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C3E0S ACE FilEPAMIHS RAPIDLY MOBILIZING TROOP9 ON THE FRONTIER. Patriotic Spirit Burst Forth In th Volksraad In Utterances of Defiance Against England. Cap Town. CSpeclal.) The Boers, It Is stated positively, are concentrating en the border. London. A special dispatch to the Morn Ins Post from Pletennaritzburg ays MO Boers who left Pretoria for Btanderton pushed on to Volksrust, close to the natal border, where they are now encamped. The same correspondent says the ar rangements for the defense of Newcas tle, In Natal, south of Laingsnek, are now practically complete. He adds: "The governor of Natal Informs me that the Boers of Utrecht and Vryeheld have been suddenly re- called to the high veldt. They were compelled to leave their cattle behind them, but they took children of the natives as hostages. Pretoria. (Special.) At the desire of the Transvaal government there has keen transmitted through Conyngham Greene, the British diplomatic agent here, to Sir Alfred Mllner. the British high commissioner of South Africa, an inquiry as to whether an explana tion would be given in regard to the mobilisation of British troops on the Transvaal frontier. There was great excitement In the first raad today on Mr. Coetzer's in terpellation of the government regard ing the presence of British troops on the borders and the stoppage of am munition consigned to the Transvaal. President Krager, the members of the executive council and most of the prom inent officials were present, together with a large representation of the gen eral public, including many ladles. At the outset the chairman and president urged members to preserve calmness and to avoid Insulting language. The state secretary. F. W. Reitz, said he had called the previous day on the British diplomatic agent here, Mr. Con yngham Greene, and had asked him what reply the government could give In the volksraad regarding the alleged massing of British troops on the bor ders, and whether Mr. Greene would communicate with the British , high commissioner. Sir Alfred Mllner. The reply from Mr. Greene, he continued, had been received this morning and was in the following terms: "Dear Mr. Reitz: The fellowlng Is Sir Alfred Mllner's reply to the tele gram which I sent him at your request: "I do not know to what Mr. Reltz re fers when he alludes to the massing of troops. They must be the British troops In South Africa, the position and numbers of which is no secret; but it Is a matter of common knowledge that """ they are here In order to protect Brit ish Interests and to make provision against eventualities." " Mr. Coetser and other members then made violent speeches, declaring that they could not understand Sir Alfred Mllner's reply, since the Transvaal had never threatened the English colonies, """and It Is time," exclaimed Mr. Coet ser, "for the Transvaal also to prepare for eventualities." One member said: "England's action Is like putting a revolver into a man's face." , In the course of the debate Mr. Dti tait Insinuated that Mr. Chamberlain was Intoxicated on the occasion of his recent famous "Garden Party speech" at Highbury .his Birmingham residence, and he added that if Mr. Chamberlain continued to act as he had been acting the Transvaal would give him "Mauser pills," which would be good purgatives. He urged the house not to be fright ened by the show of sending out Brit ish troops, and remarked that Mr. Chamberlain must remember that Vn a war had once started he would have ! to fight the whole of Afrikanderdom. The chairman remonstrated with Mr. Dutait. observing that he thought the members had gone too far. Another concluded a warlike har angue in this strain: "It Is time to send "our burghers to the borders to ask these troops, what thev want. The fire is bound to start So let them light it and allow it to burn out quickly. .War is better than the present state of affairs. Business Is ruined and the public treasury is drying up. Chamberlain Is trying to ruin the country." i These speeches and others, attacking Cecil Rhodes, were loudly applauded "by the bouse and by the public. The debate continued throughout the after noon. Mr. Tosen, who declared that Sir Alfred Mllner's reply was tanta mount to a declaration of war, read a telegram fro mthe field cornet of the Pletrletlef district, declaring that the people would rise in rebellion If Pres ident Kruger went to another confer ence. The chairman called Mr. Tozen to order for saying that the Jameson raid ers ought to nave been hanged. Mr. J. M. A- Wolmarans, one of the non-official members of the executive council, counseled prudence and cau tion. He said It would be wise for the raad to decide whether the republic would concede further negotiation or not President Kruger, rising, said: "The aliens have been offered equal rights with the burghers, but hare refused the. Mr. Chamberlain Is striving to get the franchise which the outlanders do not want, but what he really de sires Is possession of the Transvaal. The burghers are willing to concede ouch for the sake of peace, but will ever sacrifice their Independence." After eulogising Mr. Gladstone's ac tion of retrogression In 181 as a noble deed, Mr. Kruger said that if It now came to fighting the Almighty would be the arbiter. He urged the-members of the raad to show moderation! re uadtag them that the reply from Mr. Chamberlain was en route, and point Use oat that tf the proposal for a com wswlnn were agreed to the republic wool swad delegates to further discuss r-vtters, aad If posniwe mane peace a speeches following the president's wan More moderate In tone snd the read rose without passing any resolu- ' tSt. Itotoa Baked whether the govern e4Bt coaeidarad Blr Alfred Mllner' i tjrasa a deciaraUoa of war. tSWsWW replied that personal f Ks aot tklnk so, adding that the M as ineorpUcabte to the as to the raad. subsequently , '3sr-M tasd twa hamber thai t tr Orantw Free 1 J ri tke rtwal met at T tor fill 4U "4 i- $ MILES TO GO TO MANILA. Major-Ceneral Likely to Tak Charge of Forces In Luzon. Washington, D. C. (Special. Gener eral Miles expects to be sent to th Philippines to take command of the fighting forces. The necessity of sreed ily crushing the insurgents for polltica.' reasons is being forcibly placed be fore the president One of the mosl earnest advocates of prompt and de cisive action Is Secretary Root, wha has entered the war department with a determination to direct an aggressive campaign. So important is the situa tion that the president Is being urged to assign one of the major generals ol tne regular army to the command. . General Brooke, at Havana, Is by common consent not considered In thli connection. General Miles and General Merrltt are. The former is understood to have the support of Secretary Root His friends emphatically claim that the new secretary of war desires the general commanding the army to pro- ceea 10 nanus, ana say that only the activity of General Otis' friends nost- pones me issuance or the order. General Miles himself savs he would like to be Intrusted with the responsi- uiuiy, ana seems anxious to go to the Philippines. General Merrltt does not desire to return to the Philippines. At least his friends say that for personal reasons he prefers to remain in the united States. Sentiment here In army circles Is inclining to the dispatch of one or the highest officers to Manila, and General Miles Is considered the most available. General Merrltt will retire earlr next year, and under the existing law an officer cannot be continued In the serv ice after the date of his retirement except In time gf war. As war is not admitted to exist In the Philippines the pension could not be effected. This Is another reason operating against uenaral Merrltt s selection. One of the highest authorities In the war department said today that the proposition to have an army of 66,000 men commanded by a brigadier general was thoroughly ridiculous. Although General Otis is considered an excellent officer, he was placed in command not because he was peculiarly fitted for the position, but because he was the senior officer present when General Merrltt departed. Reports received at the war depart ment show that 371 men were enlisted yesterday for the new volunteer regi ments, the total for the day previous being over 200. More than 3.200 men have been enlisted. 196 of them being credited to the Forty-fifth regiment, recruits for which are being enlisted in Illinois. The Fortieth and oFrty- first regiments are the most backward, haing only 93 and 64 recruits. The rhlrty-eighth regiment leads with 270 men. The war department has received a report on the inspection of the Thirti eth volunteer Infantry, with headquar ters at Fort Sheridan, and It shows that the regiment is thoroughly equip ped. Colonel Gardner's reg'Jnent is composed of splenflid material, and Is particularly efficient in target practice. Coxey Has Struck It Rich. Massillon, O. (Special.) "General" Jacob Sechler Coxey, the leader of Coxey's army and the advocate of good roaas, nas struck it rich, it Is reported. In Missouri lead and tin mines. About a year ago Mr. Coxey and some other Ohio capitalists organized a company to prospect near Joplln, Mo., and they took a lease of the Shoal Creek company's property, about three miles from that city. For six months they met with Utile success, but now. It is announced, they have struck an iKimei.se vein of lead ore, said to be ten feet thick and very rich. Tjiifa may mean a fortune to Mr. Cox ey or rather another fortune. For. contrary to the general impression, be is a wealthy man, a prosperous and uccessful man of business. He lives In a comfortable house abo'it seven miles from this city, where he freely talked with the correspondent about his busi ness successes and his political ideas. Mr. Coxey is a heavily built dark- complexioned man of middle age, with a smooth, full face. He is under 60 years of age and is rich. Upon his mother's slde.General Coxey descends from a Swiss priest named Reese, who left the Catholic church, married, was thrown into prison, was released by Napoleon and emigrated to America. His Sechler ancestor foaght with Washington In the revolution, the first American Coxey coming over from England rather later. In ISM Mr. Coxey bought and began to develop his stone quarries. Besides quarrying building stone and grind stones he works stone into sand used to make steel castings in. Man of peao as he Is, his sand has molded the steel plates for many an American warship. Mr. Coxey is also a success ful farmer and stock raiser. General Coxey's residence is almost unique li this country. It Is a two story log house, built more than 125 years ago. but still as sound as a nut The big rooms, with their huge, open firepiuces and boks and pictures, are an ideal home for a man of culture. Mr. Coxey edits the Massillon Even ing Item. As the roads are often hor. rible. he runs In and out of town in a nej htha launch used on the Ohio ca nal, which passes his house and quar ries. He has built a tiny suspension bridge over the canal to get at bii landing place more easily.. ' Quarries and farm and newspaper are not enough to keep this man busy, and be is now preparing to tour the coun try In a special train of three cars, eaoil bearing the legend: "Jacob Sechler Ccxey's Good Roads and Non-Interest-Beaming Campaign Car." Flnt there is a Pullman hotel car for tho Coxey family and guests; then comes a tent car to carry a big tent tint will hold when raised 10,000 people. The tlhrd car Is to carry the tent men and a brass bsnd. These two cars ai covered with curious pictures snd let terii'g. Mr. Coxey will spend 130,001 In this campaign. He has distributed fife of cost 600,000 copies of bis pam phlet upon good toads and non-Interest-tearing bonds. Be seems to mak money, as a successful business man, only that he may spend It again Id pushing bis pet theories. Mr. Coxey's unique campaign began by his wagons getting stuck In a mud dy public road, which he finally had to repair at his own expense. Thll suggested to him that In hard timet the great army of the unemployed might be set road-making at wsges ol not less than $1.50 per cay. This, ol course. Is not a new idea. But It l also hi notion that such work should be paU for by non-Interest -bearing bonds, to be paid In twenty-live annua. Instalments. Mr Coxey Is highly spoken of b buslnes. men In Maosillon. He emyloyi forty workmen, and has never had auj trouble with them. Their only com plaint of him to this: , "Bay, ke spends every cent he make en hie campaigns; en' he don't wani M office, either) Oeel He's a mark, ain't jm?" Mr. Coxey baa a charming wife, f otn sows and daughter. The pet of tin - - 1- a li iiw f WW USS V-adw tMur, turn rar BANKERS FAVOR GOLD. WANT THE STANDARD BY LAW. FIXED Members of Convention at Cleve land Adopt Resolutions Asking For Single Cold Basis. Cleveland, O. (Special.) Before the convention of the American Bankers' association EL O. Leach of New York, vice president and cashier of the Na tional Union bank, presented a resolu tion which indorsed the gold standard. Mr. Leach urged Its adoption, and said the resolution would stay In the bands of the members of congress. Colonel Myron T. Herrlck of Cleveland, In an enthusiastic speech, seconded the mo tion for adoption. , The question was raised whether the resolution could be voted upon by the assembly at once, without referring It to the executive council. After a hot debate it was decided the resolution must be referred to the council. Chairman Trowbridge called the council to order right in the convention and In a moment the resolution was recommended for presentation to the convention. The resolution was then voted upon by the assembly and unan imously adopted. TEXT OP THE RESOLUTION. The resolution follows: The bankers of the United States moat earnestly recommend that the congress of the United States at its next session enact a law to more firmly and unequivocally establish the eolii standard in this country, by providing that the gold dollar, which, under the existing law, Is the unit of value, shall be the standard and measure of all values In the United States: that all the obligations of the government and all paper money. Including circulating notes of national banks, shall be re deemed in gold coin, and that the legal tender notes of the United States, when paid into the treasury, shall not be re issued except upon tht deposit of an equivalent amount of gold coin." FOR AN INSTITUTE OF BANKERS. When the second session of the con vention was called to order by Presi dent Russell there were 200 more dele gates present than there were at the previous session. After necessary pre liminaries the report of the committee on education was. presented by W. C. Cornweil of Effalo. The report In part ssys: "The committee has examined the operation of the Institute of bankers In London, and thinks the formation of an Institute of American bankers on sim ilar lines would be a comparatiely easy matter. As a means of education and training it must be as valuable to the banking houses as to the employes Who enjoy Its benefits." General Whiting of Alabama Intro duced a resolution, which was passed, recommending that the committee be Instructed to present to the executive council a plan for the organization of such an institute as that in London described by Mr. Cornwell. CREDIT BUREAU IN FAVOR. Robert McCurdy, chairman of the committee on credits, advised in his re port: That the association establish In New York an agency, to be known as the 'bureau of bank credits.' whose duty shall be to collect information in regard to the standing of all parties who etther as makers or lndorscrs sell their paper on the market.'" James G. Cannon, vice president of the Fourth National bank of New York, presented resolutions favoring the adoption ef a uniform property state ment blank by all banks in the associ ation, and favoring the establishment of a model credit department, the ob ject of which should be the adoption by the banks of such a department. The resolutions were filed with the sec retary. Walker Hill, president of the Amer ican Exchange bank of St. Louis and vice president of the association, will be chosen as the next president of the Bankers' association. Alvah Trow bridge, prseident of the North Amer ican Trust company of New York, has been recommended by the nominating oommlttee for first vice-president Iowa Regiment Soon to Sail. Manila. The Iowa regiment the last of the volunteer organizations on duty In the island of Luzon, has been with drawn from Calulut to barracks at Calucan, preparatory to departing for borne. The number who will sail is tot. Less than 300 of the regiment were left on duty at the front when the order came for their relief, 406 be ing on the sick list. This regiment has undergone hard outpost duty for three months, during which It has been very much exposed to the rains. Seventy five members of the regiment have re enllsted. Although the Iowans partici pated In some of the fighting between Malolos and San Fernando, not one of them was killed In battle. Thirty-nine members of the regiment, however, were wounded, and nine died of disease. The Insurgents continue to make demonstrations In the vicinity of Imus. The American outposts were obliged, to fire volleys the last three nights. Mall advices from Zaroboango report that the town has been practically de serted. The facts concerning the recently re ported fighting between Dato Mundl and the Insurgents are that the Insur gents attacked a village In Dato Mun dl's dominions on neighboring Islands, killing two of the villagers. The in surgents were subsequently driven off and several of them killed. A new Invention threatens to put the blowpipe out of date as the sym bol of the glassworklng fraternity. The new machine makes bottles, fruit Jars, lamp chimneys and all similar wares four or five times as fast as they can be made by hand and leaves no seam such as Is the mark of the ordina ry mold. It takes the glass, presses It Into a blank, carries It along to the mold and blows the finished article with the regularity of a clock, at the rate of about nine articles a minute. Only four men and one or two small iuim are ren ui red to operate a machine, and It Is this that Is frightening the a ass workers with loss of work and SmlaTw a devolution In that branch promising a revolution 01 tne glass irannct The keeper of the public cemetery of small Bohemian town near Pragu excavated the older parts of the grave, yard, aad sold all the old bones h could ftad for Industrial purposes, as b found that certain manufacturers paid mora for human hones thaa for those of animate. Ma had been earning money, M this war tor several years before he was Steeted aad suspended from Ma Pt. ORUOOMC ALASKA STORIES. Related By an Iowa Man Just Re turned From There. Seattle, Wash. Speclal ) Otto Thew of Primrose, la., who has arrived hers from Copper river, Alaska, brings news confirming the reported death of seven members of the Scientific Prospecting company of New York. The dead are: Earhardt, Miller, Al lerman, Schuts, Peter Slegel, But tier ind Baumgartner. George Hooker, another member of the party, got out alive, but Is badly stippled with scurvy, which carried iway the majority of his companions. Baumgartner went out bunting and aa never seen again. The most affecting case was that of Butner. who was driven insane by his mfferings. His weak companions had jo strap him down, but even they could lot restrain him. One morning Thews, K'hose camp was near, found Butner iltting out In the snow with his clothes ind hat off, the thermometer being 45 legrees below zero. Butner was taken aside, but be died in a. few hours. Thews also brings a gruesome story n connection with the finding of the emains of a Jeweler named Smith. s-ho perished last November on the Paldex glacier. Every exposed portion f the body had been eaten away by avens. The remains were Identified u be those of Smith by the clothing ina ertects round with them. A purse ontalnlng $250 was among the effects. K prospector named Austed, a partner tf Smith, said a money belt which con fined a sum of money was missing. I hews said he had a close call cross ng the glacier. He fell Into a crevasse ,000 feet from the top. but the pack on lis back caught him and held him un- .11 his companions could come to his escue. Turkish Spy In Chicago, Cincinnati, O. A. F. Dahronge, who laims to be a representative of the rurklsh government, was arraigned In sourt here on the charge of renting ypewrlters aind selling them. While lalmlng to be the Syrian consul here, Oahronge has quarreled with the local lyrian colony, and the Ottoman consul reneral at Washington Is expected here !o settle the case. Since the arrest of dahronge, the police have discovered etters and telegrams showing M. Pah range was doing a land office business n shipping goods. The police do not Hate what they found in the rooms of M, Dahronge, but they indicate that he prisoner Is acting as a spy for the Ottoman government, with his efforts Jirected against some secret society ir S'ew York, Hoboes Capture Them. Centervllle, S. D. Six tramps took jtosstssion of a moving freight train it this place Wednesday, and, while at .empting to drive them off, the conduc :or had his head laid open with a blow !rom a revolver. The other four then leld the balance of the train crew at a listance with revolvers. Sheriff Kirk, who was In town with i number of deputies, then tried to surround the hobnes in a cornfield, but ;hey made tbelr escape. Shortly after noon the officers again turrounded the men about three miles lortheast of town, and captured the rang. Feeling runs high, and If the ocal authorities have their way, the jutfit will be given the full limit of the aw. Beverldges Long Talk. Washington, D. C Senator Bever- idge of Indiana, who has recently re turned from the Philippines, called at the White bouse and had a conference with President McKlnley. The confer- nce lasted nearly two hours, and while Mr. Beveridge declined to disclose Its nature. It is understood to have given reference to the condition in the Phil ippines. At 5 o'clock Senator Bever idge went out driving with the presi dent and the conference not halng 'ex hausted the information the senator brought back from the Philippines, at the suggestion of the president another eonference was arranged, to take place at the White house. GENERAL NEWS. Carson City, Nev. William Jennings Bryan, who Is to deliver a speech here, will be given the largest reception ever tendered a public man In this section. The mines of Virginia City will be closed down and all the western part of Nevada will be en fete. From Lake Tahoe Mr. and Mrs. Bryan will be brought to Carson In the historic coach occupied by Horace Greeley on his trip to that city, and In which U. C. Grant was also driven. San Francisco, Cal. A Jury, compos ed of American and foreign architects, has awarded M. Barnard, the Parisian architect the first prise In the compe tition sponsored by Mrs. Phoebe Hearst who offered prizes for the uni versity of California. The ultimate cost of the Improvements will reach Into the millions. Mrs. Hearst will defray all of the expenses of the proposed additions to the university. Santiago de Cuba. President McKln 'ey's census proclamation has been P"b li"bed here. A leading Journal says: "The Cubans must realize the situation and co-operate In all possible ways for the thorough taking of the census, which will give proof regarding the elements of population and supply ar guments to support the contention of our people that they deserve Independ ent government." Pan Francisco. Cal. The steamer Del Norte has arrived from Alsska with 16.812 sealskins, consigned to the North American Commercial company. They were taken under license and will nel the government a heavy royalty. Kansas City. Mo. After a three days' session the Tiansmlvsouri Traffic ao. elation adjourned without hsvlng taken action on any of the Important ques tions considered. The question of car load or 100 pound rates on live stock I 'J tuning in transit question snd hrratlco"Lr.?."y.?,Lwent ove' to me out mummy meeting. Philadelphia, Pa. The cruiser Detroit of the North Atlantic squadron, which has been ordered to La Ouayra, Vene zuela, on account of the disturbance In that country, weighed anchor an4 left this city. The Detroit Is expected to reach La Ouayra In about a week. London. Andrew Carnegie, It Is said, will be the next liberal candidate tot ItUfegrwadsnlre, All ESTIMATE OF BUY All JAMES CREELMAN DESCRIBES THE DEMOCRATIC LEADER. Considers Him tho Foremost Statesmen and Makes a Prophecy. (By James Creelman.) Cincinnati. O. (Special.) Mr. Bryan a not one of the most Impulsive men n America. The common Idea of him a that be is governed In all things by lis emotions. Nothing could be fur ther from the truth. His habit of mind a orderly and deliberate, and he Is us lally desperately slow in making de risions. Of all the leaders of the demo- ratlc party, as it exists today, he Is, erhaps, more laborious and careful, nore studious and more suspicious o ssues that originate In popular clamor iian any other. This statement may surprise men -ho look upon Mr. Bryan as a mere passionate orator. But It Is the simple :ruth. His political passions are pas lions of what -he conceives to be prln :lples. This Is the key to the Bryan f today. He Is conservative, rather Jian radical, fundamental rather than j radical. Since his nomination In 189t, Mr. Jryan has grown graver, broader, deep er. He has lost what was in him, lectional feeling, and looks to the iwarming east to help the south and vest In the struggle against the abuses if corporate wealth In polltica He is nore natural In his point of view. To. lay he seems to understand that t nan may disagree with him on the cur- ency question and yet be a sincere lemocrat, as representing the party ireed as a whole Although I have not been a supporter f Mr. Bryan, I am convinced by per tonal contact with him and by my Knowledge of what he has accomplish rd and is accomplishing now, that three rears have changed him from a sectlon il leader. Inspired but enthralled by a tingle Idea, Into a many-sided, respon- lible statesman. His patient tact, his Mmrageous devotion to principle and lis power of compelling confidence In lis honesty are gradualy rvunltlng the lemocratlc party. MOST ASTUTB POLITICIAN. Let no one be deluded by the idea :hat Mr. liryan dwi not understand arty politics In all its ramifications. i should say that he is at this moment he most astute politician in the V-nlted States. Think of the extraordinary ibility and knowledge required to hold n union the democratic, populist ana xee silver republican parties; think of i defeated candidate who can for three ears, without power or place, hold the mention of the entire nation, speak xildly and without reserve on every jublic issue In a time of constant and lerce excitement, and yet not make a tingle political blunder; in these three rears he has become more moderate In ipt-ech and lews rhetorical. He Is rea ninable rather than dictatorial. 1 spt-ak of his as a profound and man- erful politician, because that Is the ilde of his character not generally un- lerstood. Neither Senator Hanna, President McKlnley, David B. Hill, Ar .hur P. Gorman nor Ulchard Croker Is n the same grade with him as a party politician. He stems to rule without Jireats, without promises and without noney. He Is building up an organ zatlon that will compare In complete iess with any that hire existed since .he civil war. lie is determined that ills party shall not go into the next ;ampalgn In a fluid condition. If Mr. Bryan has a serious fault as a poli iclan, It Is his Inability to yield or leem to yield. His personality Is something phenom :nal. He dominates everything about llm. In this respect he unfortunately resembles Mr. Cleveland, but unlike Ur. Cleveland, he trusts the common lense of the common people. Mr. Hry m's deep religious convictions control ilm In his attitude toward the manses. de firmly believes that the hand of 3od Is always present In tiie affairs of nen, and that it is a part of the divine plan to work out every good thing -.hrough the average mind; in other words, through the majority. STRONGER THAN EVER. No unprejudiced man can travel thro' :he various states today without recog ilzlng the fact that Mr. Bryan Is much itronger and much more firmly In irenthed In the confidence of the mul titude than he was at any time durins ;he last presidential campaign. He Is iie supreme, unchallenged leader of lis party. Hut what has most Im pressed me Is the large and constantly .ncreaslng following he has among the business men now. His refusal to enjrage In personal at :acks on the president., his decent and llgnified manner of speech, and his jpposltlon to a national policy of for eign adventure seem to have broken lown the prevailing distrust among le gitimate business men. The truth Is .hat Mr. Bryan is today the great bar ier against state socialism In America. Were it not for his unceasing labors, 3l open and real sympathy for th ntlllon who suffer In the shadow of remorseless corporate greed, and hi power of convincing the desperate and lespalrlng that their cause can be won without overturning the present order t government, slate socialism would e kindled Into life. Hundreds of thoupands of men who 'ook with kindly eyes upon government .onflscatlon of trusts as a relief for Ihe present top-heavy, unequal condl ion of the nation have been drawn Into Mipport of the democratic party thro" (heir belief In Mr. liryan's sincerity. He bridges a great gulf. Ho long as the original conditions, tendencies and opportunities of the republic existed, there were no signs of socialism to be een. Mr. Bryan's rise into national oower Is the Ian protest of old-fashioned Continental Americanism against (he new order of things represented by McKinleylsm, trust and Imperialism. Much as I personally dislike and dis trust the free sliver Idea, I am com fielled by force of facts to recognize In Mr. Bryan a really great man, a stub bom and uncompromising champion of s mistaken financial policy, but a statesman and patriot who loves and believes In the plain people. Much has been written and said about Mr. Bryan's failure to make a national name and grest fortune a a lawyer, but It must be remembered lhal he w?s only 23 years old when he was ad mitted to the bar In a small Illinois town, and that he gave up the practice of law seven years later and entered upon a political career. Tet twice dur Ing that period he mnde himself self supporting once In Jacksonville and again after his removal to Lincoln, DECLINED A TRUSTS OFFER. Besides that, he declined to accept a alary of $10,000 a year from the Htund. rd OH company, preferring to live more economically snd fight against he abuses of such overgrown corpora tions. Ha baa a much more solid record as a lawyer and business man than Preaf dent McKlnley. For one thing, no ma has ever been called upon to pay hid debts, and I personally know that ha has helped many an unfortunate friead out of his troubles. Another fact about Mr. Bryan has become known since ll6: He cannot be used by other men; he Is not weak or Invertebrate. He Is the .master rath er than the servant of those who sur round htm. It was said in the last campaign that tf this uninformed. In experienced youth from the prairies of Nebraska should be seated in the White house his every act would be dictated by cranks and fanatics. But today the whole nation can witness In every part of the country the evidence of this man s Indomitable will and unconquer able courage. I am quite sure that If the next dem ocratic national platform should fall to meet his convictions he would de cline to be the democratic candidate, al though be would vote the democratic tlcket- My own Judgment Is that he will have no rival in the national conven- "ve no, u h, irrta. tlon, and w" . b? J ".ml1nnatte04 MDres a "a J ."J1 positive opinion regarding his chances of election, but 1 snouia say n oe m much more popular than when he was last a candidate, and that If the con test Is to be between Mr. McKlnley and Mr. Bryan the present prospect favors Mr. Bryan's election. It Is a long look ahead, but at the same stage of events preceding the last national conventions I succeeded in demonstrating to my own satisfaction at least, Mr. McKlnley's nomination and election, and I do not fear to make a prediction now, with all the reserve arising from the fact hat a prophet can never hope to be as accurate as a h!s torian. . , Owned 65.000 Acre. Jjon Angeles, Cal The Bay View ho-' tel at Aptos, Cal., Is all that la left of the Castra empire. Not so many years ago the Castro empire embraced some thing like 65.000 acres of land along the shores of Monterey bay. Don Ra fael Castro ruled as lord over it and numbered his subjects, servants and dependents by thousands. His was one of the great Spanish families that made California before the Gringo came in those beautiful fiesta days when a family of grandees had all the pres tige and power of a tribe, and when only a f tribes divided California s millions of acres among tnem, ry grace of grants from a prodigal Mexican government, that knew how to lavish i!ton its netted children with the blandest of smllen everything in sight that didn't belong to it. Todnv Don Rafael's cranddaugnier, a thoroughbred Castro with the blood of klnus In her veins, runs the Hay View hotel on the last lone acre of the Castro t-mplie. I'rom (T-.OAO acres the holdings ot mis or.ee powerful family have dwindled to a hotel lot In a town that naa grown up around it and swallowed it. The town t-sed to be a minute part of the ( smro estate. Now the castro psiaie a rr.'nule part of the lown. .oirnng Is more prthetlc to those who are fa miliar vith the history of the Castros thp.ii the Utile hotel that stands hud dled up oii this minute bit of Aptos. looking as though It felt Its decline and gtirank trim a public recognition or u. Miss Amelia, the eMesi or ine mree sisters. Is the one mst iiKciy i sre-ii tr. victor at the dir ol tneir utiie hotel, and upon her his entertainment must redr. depend if he be of a rem ln'.s.fnt turn and susceptible to Ule splrnii g in the dusk of evening. Yes senor, sne will say um uv OCCBf lonS. in a voice lum-iui S,,.ttitnh ctdences and Inflections, res. I may sav wiifiout wrawinn mi v" (asms were great people in me ohj davs. They owned nearly a nunureu square miles of the lands aooui mis place, but this little spot that I love to call borne Is all that Is left them now. iio. ma the old Castlllans come to so swiftly lose their rich inheritance? Well, that is a difficult question 10 an swer. I do not know much about nr the methods by which men gel the better of one another In bar gains, trading, etc. I think, however. that the Spaniards were never snrcwu ,.n-,.ich for the Americans and almost alii8 got the worst of it In business transactions. The uastmans am nui value their land highly enough. They always had so much of It that It seem ed as nothing to them. They wanted money. They had always had plenty of everything else, but ready money was not at all times abundant with them and they craved It. Now the Americans naa plenty oi monty and they wanted land. They fourd the Castlllans willing to part wlih large tracts of fine land for very little money. Why. I have been told that this whols Apt" grant of thou sands of acres could have been bought In IK.'jG for 10 cents an acre. Vf course such bargains were not left to stand long. Thus It soon came to pass that the Ami rlcans had vast tracts of land and the Spaniards had the little sum of money they sold It for, and even this ittle money they kept not for long. It S'K' n slipped away from them, as they leaned American habits, and now for tiie Most part they are poor, even the ton and daughters of great houses, like that of Castro. "This little home, worth but a few hundreds, and humble as you see It, Is still much more than Is owned by my relatives, and had It not been for my mother, who thought for us carefully ulill eshe lived, we would not have even this much left out of the great heritage that should be ours. "You must excuse me now, senor, for lh ugh a grande dame born, I am still the right hand In tho kitchen here, and ou will not get any breakfast If I do ru t soon begin ojeratlons." There were Castros In the train of Alonzo d'Aguilar In the fifteenth cen tury when this beau Ideal of the Bpan ixh soldier and his gallant knights drove Boabdll, the last of the Moorish kings, out of Granada, to did a wan derer In Ihe wilderness. A few years later, when this same good knight Alonzo was slain, with all his follow ers, by Moorish rebels on the heights of Plerra Bermeja, it til a Castro sword that defended hlrn to the last thrust, and a Castro hat caught him In his arms as he fell, only to fall himself a. moment later. Thence down through the sixteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth and nineteenth centuries came the C'sstro hosts, family after family, always In the lead of chivalry, at the front of fighting. In the van of exploration, until their adven turous spirits finally brought them to the farthest edge of the new world, to be rewarded by the parent government, through the medium of tributary Mex ico, with great grants of the richest lands of the west. When Cortes led his legions to tha conquest of Mexico and South Amer ica he had Castros st his back; and they were looked upon always as sol dlera of mark, as I hry were. In fact, soldiers of rank. Their power was known throughout Spain and Mexico, and wss recognized In many subatan tlil aya other than the bestowal Of" California's acres upon them.