li
ftved on the subject V cannot spare
litm nt all Whatever vn shall do with
tho factory law which was just from a
dead letter becoming an active force
with tho tenement house problem which
moans life liberty ami the pursuit ol
happiness to a million wngo oaruors
with thotranchisosantl thotrustswhoni
ho gave tho cold shivers hy proi osing to
ileal justly by thom whntover the
losses will do with us when hois none
who dealt justly hy them also 1 dont
know I lmuw what happened In the
police department when he was gone
May It help us to understand that the
lloosevelts and tho Waring of our day
nro sent to set the rest of us to work ami
that for us to stand hy and hco them do
it merely applauding and calling them
good fellows is not tho moniiitiK f
and not sense Only when wo grasp
that is their real work done and we
need have no further fear of tho bosses
There I have said it and having said
it shall do what It is tho business of
ovory good Now Yorker and every good
oltlon nnywhoTO to do take off my
coat and help put Theodora Uoosovolt
whoro the mass of IiIh countrymen want
him oven though I have to give him up
Ah I understand it that Is tho American
plan
I romembor well when wo Unit ran
across each other Seen him I had bo
foro heading an investigation commit
too that camo down from Albany with
tmo instinct to poko up tho police de
partment I had followed his trial In
tho legislature always exposing job
bory fighting boss rule much to the
ainuzotnont of tho politicians who be
held this silk stocking youngster barely
out of collego rattling dry bones they
had thought safoly buried out of tho
reach ot oven old hands at that business
Llioy comforted themselves with tho bo
liof that it was a fad and would blow
ovor It did not blow over They lived
to rue the day some of them when they
picked him up as a handy man in a
faction light They got rather more
light out of him than they bargained for
Hut they might have spared themselves
their Nolf roproaohos They were not to
hlamu
Ho came to the Evening Star olllce
one day looking for mo I was out but
ho left his card with tho simple message
that he had read my book How tho
Other Half Lives and had come to
help That was tho introduction It
sooms only a little while ago and meas
wrod by years it is not long hut what
has ho not helped with in Now York
wnco We needed to have tho police
made decont and ho pulled it out of tho
slough of blackmail it was in It did
not stay out but that was not his fault
Ho showed that it could bo dono with
honest purpose While ho was t hero it
was decent and by tho way lot mo say
vight hero that there is a much larger
percentage of policemen than many
imjjgino who look back to that time as
tho golden ago of tho department whon
ovory man had a show on his merits
mid whoso votes are quietly cast on elec
tion day for the things Teddy stands
for
Wo had boon trying for 10 years to
nohiovo a system of dealing decently
with our homeless poor T woscoro years
boforo tho surgeons of tho police depart
ment had pointed out that herding them
in the cellars or over tho prison of police
stations in festering heaps and turning
thorn out hungry at daybreak to beg
their way from door to door was inde
cent and iuhunian Siuco then grand
juries academies of medicine com
panics of philanthropic citizens had at
tucked tho foul disgrace but to no pur
pose Pestilence ravaged tho prison
lodgings but still they stayod I know
what that light meant for I was one of
n committee that waged it year after
year and suffered defeat ovory time
until Teddy Uoosovolt camo and do
utroyed tho uuisauco in a night 1 ro
membor tho caricatures of tramps shiv
ering in tho cold with which tho yellow
nowspapers pursuod him at tho time
labelliug him tho poor mans foo
Tho poor umua foo I Why tho poor
man never had a hotter friend than
Theodore Roosevelt We una gouo
through a season of excitement over our
tenement houses Tho awful exhibits
of the Gilder conimitteo had crowded
remedial laws through tho legislature
laws that permitted tho destruction of
tenement house property on the showing
that it was bad Bid meaut murderous
The death records showod that tho worst
rear tenements killed one in five of the
babies born in them The Teuoment
IIouso committee called them infaut
slaughter houses They stood con
demned but still they stood A whole
year was tho law a dead letter until as
president of tho police board Roosevelt
became also a member of the health
board that was charged with tho en
forcement of the statute Then they
went and quickly A hundred of thorn
were seized and most of them destroyed
In the June number of tho Roviow of
Reviews I gave the result in tho case of
a single row the Barracks iu Mott
street which Mr Roosevelt and I per
sonally inspected and marked for seiz
ure I was at that time exeoutive of
ficer of the Good Government clubs
The death rate came down from 30 50 in
the thousand of the living to 11538 loss
than the general death rate of tho whole
city
That work stopped too They are
seizing no more rear tenements since
Tammany came back It has been too
busy putting up tho price of ioe that
means life In Hicmi hot summer months
to the poor mans babies whether In
front or rear tenemont I should havo
liked to see Theodore Roosevelt run on
Ills record lu our state this fall against
the lee trust conspiracy tho man who
saved the poor mans bablos against tho
villains who would see thorn perish with
Indifference so long as It paid thorn n
profit It would havo boon Instructive
-mightily
It was human that somoof tho laboring
men should misinterpret Mr Roosuvelts
motives when as president of tho police
board he sont word that ho wanted to
meet them and talk Rtrlko troubles ovor
Willi thotn They got It into their
heads I suppose that ho had como to
crawl but they woro speedily unde
ceived I can boo his face now as ho
chocked tho llrst ono who hinted at
trouble I fancy that man cansoeit
too in his dreams
lontlonion said Mr Roosevelt I
have como to get your point of view and
see If wo cant ngroo to help oach othor
out But wo want to make it clear to
ourselves at tho start that tho greatest
damago any working man can do to his
cause is to counsel violence Ordor must
ho maintained and mako no mlstako
I will maintain It
I tingled with prido whon thoy
cheered him to tho echo Thoy had
como to moot n politician Thoy mot a
man and they knew him nt sight
it was after midnight whon wo
plodded homo from that meeting through
snow two feet duop Mr Roosovolt was
pleased and proud proud of his follow
citizens They aro all right ho said
Wo understand each other and wo
shall got along And thoy did got
along with porfect confidence on both
sides
I read a story when I was a boy about
a man who pursuod by a rolontless
enemy dwelt in security bocauso of his
bolief that his plotting could not hurt an
honest man Mr Roosovolt constantly
made me think of him He spoko of It
only once but I saw him act out that
belief a hundred times Mulberry Bt root
could never havo boon made to take any
stock in it When it failed to awe
Uoosovolt it tried ts catch him Jobs
innumerable were put up to discredit
tho president of tho board and inveigle
him into awkward positions Probably
ho novor knew of one tenth of thorn I
often made thorn out long after thoy
were scattered to tho winds Mr
Uoosovolt walked through them with
perfect unconcern kicking aside the
snares that wero sot so elaborately to
catch him Tho politicians who saw
him wnlk apparently blindly into a trap
and beheld him emerge with damago to
the trap only could not understand It
They concluded it was his luck It was
not It was his sonso Ho told mo onco
after such a timo that it was a matter of
conviction with him that no frank and
honest man could be in tho long run en
tangled by tho snares of plottors what
ever appearances might for tho momout
indicate So ho walked unharmed in it
all Bismarck confounded the councils
of Europe at times by practicing Roose
velts plan as a trick Ho spoko the
truth bluntly when tho plottors expected
him to lie and rounded them up ensily
One charge his eueiiuos made agninst
him in which there was truth It
summed itsolf all up iu that with a heat
that was virtual acknowledgment of its
being tho whole arraignment That
there was always a fight whoro ho was
Always trouble said
men who counseled surrender
when Uoosovolt was fighting for a de
cont Sunday through the enforcement
of the law compelling tho saloons to
close Never any rest Not Thero
was novor any rest for the lawbreakers
when ho was around nor for those who
would avoid trouble by weakly sur
rendering to them Roosovolt guaged
Now York exactly right when ho set
about his turbulent program of enforce
mout of law The scaudal was not that
we were being robbed by political cut
throats but that wo submitted tamely
The formula wo heard so often from his
lips iu the years that followed honesty
manhood courage was the exact pro-
flsription wo needed Wo in tne me
tropolis aro abundantly nblo to run tho
robbers out of town aud koop them out
by just following the road ho made for
us wheu ho rau thorn out of the police
department But he made it fighting
It was truo that thero never was nny
rest while ho was at it night or day
When he had battled all day iu Mul
berry street ho would sometimes get up
2 oclock in the morning and go out on
patrol to find out the policemen who
were stealing the citys time It be
came suddenly posslblo to find a police
man any whero at any hour of the night
in Now York Within a year after the
old Tammauy regime had como back
an opldemlo of uight fires that cost
many lives brought from the firemen the
loud protest that policemen were not
awake aud the chief found it necessary
to transfer half the force of a precinct
for sleopiug ou post
No thero was never any rest whon
Roosevelt wae arouud Thero was none
iu congress during tho six years he was
a civil service commissioner uuder Har
risou and Cleveland and as a result
where there had boeu 14000 places
uuder the merit and capacity rules of
the commission when he came iu there
were 10000 when he went out To
that extent spoils politics had been
robbed ot its sting There was even
less repose in the navy department
THE NORFOLK NKWR THURSDAY OCTOHKR I 191W
when ho went thero ns assistant secre
tary fresh from tho fight iu Mulberry
street to flharpon tlio tools of war It
had a familiar sound to us in New York
when wo hoard tho cry go up that
Roosovolt wantod a row nnd didnt
care what It cost Ho was asking If l
roinombor rightly for something loss
than sMiOOOtXX for target practlco on
tho big ships Tho only notico ho took
of it was to demand another 500000
about tho timo ho got Dowey sent to
tho oast I was iu Washington at tho
timo and I roinombor asking him about
that Commodore Dewey was some
times spoken of iu those days as If ho
were a kind ot fashion plato Aud I
romonibor his answer as wo woro
walking up Ojiinocticut avenue
Dowoy Is nil right ho said He
has a lion heart Ho is the man for
that place
Not many of us quarrol with him
nbout that now or about tho wisdom of
shooting away that million iu target
practice It mado tho man behind tho
gun of whom wo nro all bo proud
Tho fact Is that Roosevelt so far from
bolng a hasty man given to Hiiap judg
ments is ono of tho most far sighted
statesmen of any day Ho has shown it
in ovorythlng ho has taken hold of It
was iu Washington as it was in Now
York Tho thing that beclouds tho
judgment of his critics is tho mans
amazing capacity for work Ho can
weigh tho pros and cons of a caso and
got at the meat of it iu loss timo than it
takes most of us to state tho mero prop
osition Aud ho is surprisingly thor
ough Nothing escapes him His
judgment comes sometimes us a shock
to tho man of slower ways Ho does
not stop at conventionalities If n
thing is right it is to bo done and right
away It was notnbly bo with tho
round robin in Cuba asking tho govern
ment to recnll tho perishing army when
it had won tho fight People fihook
their heads and tallied of precedents
Precedents It has beenRoosovolts
business to make them most of his timo
But is thero anyone today who thinks
he set that ono wrong Certainly no
ono who with mo saw tho army como
homo It did not come a day too soon
Whon ho had done his work for tho
ships and resigned his olllco to tnko tho
field tho croakers shouted that at last
ho had mado tho mlstako of his life all
to got into a scrap His men didnt
think so whon ho lay with thorn iu tho
trenches boforo Santiago Bhariug his
last biscuit with thorn Thoy got to
know him thoro aud to lovo him I
know what it cost him to leave his sick
wifo and his babies I wanted to keep
him at homo but I saw him go with
prido becauso I know he went at the
call of duty Ho thought tho warjust
and right Ho had dono what he could
to bring it on as the only means of stop
ping tho murder in Cuba nnd ho wont
to do his share of tho fighting as a mat
ter of right nnd of example to tho young
men to whom ho was a type of the citi
zen nnd tho patriot As that typo when
he enmo home wo mado him our gov
ernor iu New York stato Wo ran him
on tho pledge of his record tho pledgo
of honesty manhood aud courago and
ho kopt tho plodgo I sballjlet souio ono
else toll tho story of that Just lot me
recall tho last trip wo took together be
causo it was so much like tho old days in
Mulborry stroot Thero hadarisou a
contention as to whether tho factory in
spector did his duty by tho sweat shops
or not and from tho testimony ho was
unable to decide So he camo down
from Albauy to see forjhimsolf It was
a sweltering hot day wheujwe made a
tour of tho stowing teuemoutsou tho
down town east 6ide I doubt ifjony
othor governor that ovor waawould at
tempt it I know that none ever did
But he never shirked ono of itho Jtwonty
houses wo had marked out for Jexplora
tion Ho examined thoovidcuco in
each whilo tho touants wondered who
tho 6trangor was who took so much
interest in thoir affairs and as the re
sult he was ablo to mark out a course
for the factory inspector thnt ought to
double nnd treble the efficiency of his
offico and bring untold relief to a hun
dred thousand tonement housojworkers
if it is followed when Roosevelt is no
longer iu Albauy That will be our ond
of it to soe to it that ho did uot labor iu
vain
That is Roosevelt as I saw him daily
during those good years wkeuthings
wo had hoped for wero done Thoro
stauda upon my shelves a row of books
more than a dozen in number beginning
with the Naval War of 1813 written
when he was scarcoly out of collego and
yet ranking as an authority both here
and abroad including the four stout
volumes of Tho Winuingof the West
aud ending with his Rough Riders
the picturesque account of that pictur
esque regiment in tho last war which
testify to his untiring energy as a re
corder as well as a maker of history
The 6ecrot of that is tho story of the
police force aud tho sweat shops over
again his enjoyment of the work If
I wero to 6um the man and his aohiovo
inents up in a sentence I think I should
put it that way But that would not
mean au accident of the Dutch und
uugueuot ana insn blood that go to
make up his heredity It would mean
of itself an achievement Theodora
Roosevelt was bom a puny child He
could not keep up with tho phy of other
children or learn so easily as they He
had to make himself what he is aud
with tho iudomitablo will that character
ized the boy as it does tho man ho sot
about It Ho became nt onco nn nthloto
and a sttidont Whon ho Joins tho two
ho is at hie best Ills accounts of life
ou tho western plains of hunting in tho
Bad Lands of Dakota whoro ho built
his ranch on tho banks of tho Little
Missouri aro written out of tho mans
heart
Mr Roosovelts rocout protest ngalnst
tho impertinent Intrusion of tho camera
fiend upon the socluion of lm home
life nt Oyster Bay was perfectly char
acteristic of him nnd of his w y of say
ing the right thing nt the right timo
Tho whole couatry applauded it In
his homo Mr Roosevelt coascs to Lbo
governor if the Einpiro stato nnd bo
conies husbind ntidfatlior tho compnu
ion of his children who treat hinfliko
thoir big overgrown brothor His lovo
for children eieelally for those who
havo uot so good a timo as somo others
is as instinctlvo as his championship of
all that need a lift I doubt If ho is
aware of it himself Ho does uotjrecog
ulzo as real Sympathy what ho fools
rathor as a souse of duty Yot I havo
seon him whon school childroucrowdod
around tho rear platform of tho train
from which ho had boon making cam
paign spoochos to shako hands catch
tho oyo of a poor llttlo cripple girl in a
patched frock who was making frantic
hut hopoloss ofForts to reach him in tho
outskirts of the crowd and pushing
aside all tho rest mako a way forhorjto
tho groat ainazomont of tho curled
darlings iu tho front rowr And on tho
trip homo on tho last night of the can
vass of 188 when wo wero nt dinner in
his privato enr busy reckoning up
majorities I saw him got up to grcot
tho engineer of the train who canto in
his overalls und blouso to shako hands
with such pleasure as I had uot scon
him show in tho biggest mooting wo had
had It was a coincidence nud au omen
that the namo of tho engineer of that
victorious trip was Dowoy
That bent of his is easily enough ex
plained Thero hangs in his study at
Oyster Bay apart from tho many tro
phies of tho chase tho picturoof a mnu
with a strong bearded face
Thnt is my father said Mr Roose
velt Ilo was tho finest man I ever
know Ho was n merchant well-to-do
drovo his four-in-hand through the
park and enjoyed lifo immensely He
had such a good timo nud with cause
for ho was a good mau I remember
seeing him goiug down Broadway
staid and respoctablo business man that
ho was with a poor littlo sick kitton in
his coat pockot which ho had picked up
in tho street
Tho elder Theodore Roosevelt wns n
man with the same sano aud practical
interest in his fellow man that his sou
has shown Ho was tho backer of
Charles Loring Brace in his work of
gathering tho forgotten waifs from the
citys streets nnd of every othor sensible
charity m his dny Dr Henry Field
told me onco that ho always occupied
us ho was with tho management of a
successful business ou principle gave
ono day of the six to visiting tho poor
iu their homes Apparently tho au
alogy between father and sou might bo
carried farthor to include even the
famous round robin for upou the samo
authority it was the elder Theodore
Roosevelt who went to Washington
after tho first Bull Run aud warned
Presidont Lincoln that he must get rid
of Simon Cameron ns secretary of war
with the result that Mr Stnntou the
Orgauizer of Victory took his place
Whon the war was fairly under way
it was Theodore Roosovolt who organized
the alottmeut plan which saved 4to the
families of 80000 soldiers of New York
stato more than 5000000 of their pay
and when tho war was over ho pro
tected tho soldiers against the sharks
that lay in wait for them and Baw to
it that they got employment
That was tho father I have told you
what tho son was like A man with
red blood iu his voins a healthy patriot
with no clap trap jingoism about him
but a rugged beliof in America and its
mission an intense lover of country
aud lag a vigorous optimist a believer
iu men who looks for tho good in them
and finds it Practical in partisanship
loyal trusting and gentle as a friend
unselfish modost as a woman clean
handed and clean hearted and honest
to tho core In the splendid vigor of Ills
young manhood he is the kuightliost
fieure in American politics today the
fittest exponont of his countrys idea
aud the model for its young sons who
aro coming to take up the task ho set
them For their sake I am willing to
give him up and set him where they can
all see and strive to be like him So we
shall have littlo need of bothering about
boss rule aud misrule hereafter We
shall farm out the job of running the
machiue no longer wo shall be able to
run ourselves
When it comes to that the vice pres
idency is not going to kill Thoodoro
Roosevelt It will take a good deal
more than that to do it
Large Attendance at Unl erslty
Washington Oct 4 The Cuthollc
university of America opened for the
coming BCholnstic year yesterday with
the largest class ot clerical anu lay
students ever enrolled by It Nearly
every section of tho western hemi
sphere will bo represented during the
current session Besides tho leading
archbishops of the American hierarchy
nearly every bishop of prominence in
the country has commissioned priestly
atudeuts to take post graduate courses
ii m in
Express Messenger Uses His
Rifle With Deadly Effect
HOLD UP KANSAS 0IT Y TRAIN
Tmi Itolibem Compel Crnwr to Cut OJT
ruM Mer CuhcIicr mill Attempt to Dynu
iiillo KxprcM Car Near ouiiill 111 mis
Oiiu of the Itnutl tta lriipe
Council Bluffs Iu Oct Two high
wiiyinuii held up the Kansas City St
Joseph and Council Bluffs train this
tilde of Mosquito creek bridge south of
Council Bluffs last night mid Express
Messenger Baxter from nnibush whero
lie had concealed himself shot onu of
tho robbers through tho heart
The two men boarded tho train nt
tho Union Pacific transfer and climbed
over tho tender Just us the train was
crossing the Mosquito creek bridge
Engineer Donnelly und Frank Holmuu
urotnun who were In charge of the en
gine were ordered to slow up as soon
us the trnln hud crossed the bridge
While the lend inun held u revolver
on the engine crew his compnnlon went
back und cut off the huggngc und mall
cars leaving the day conches and
sleepers stndlug on the tniilti Hue
Acting on orders the engineer pulled
the train half a mile down tho track
where u stop wns mnde Here the rob
bers approached the express car and
ordered Messenger Baxter to open the
door Up told them to go to h 11
Under compulsion Engineer Dounnelly
uttnehed n stick of tlynninlto to the
Hide door of tho car nnd blew it open
In tho inountline Messenger Baxter
seizing his gun csenped from the door
on the opposite side of the car As
soon ns the door wns opened one of the
robbers entered the car while his com
panion mnrched the engineer aud lire
man back to the engine
Baxter crept around In front of the
engine und seeing the robber standing
guard over the engine orew fired one
shot killing him instantly As soon us
tho shot was heard the robber in the
car lumped to the ground nnd lied
through a cornfield
The lend man was picked up placed
on board and the train was backed
Into this city The body was searched
but nothing wns found on it by which
it could be identified
It Is thought the dend robber Is a
barber who worked for Bombard In
Council Bluffs about a month ago
ARCHBISHOP KEANES PLANS
llciiri f Dubuque See Talks to Ills Irh sU
at a Dinner
Dubuque la Oct 4 Archbishop
Kenne revealed his plans to the 205
priests who dined with him nt the
Hotel Julien yesterday Ho declared
for n campaign of Christian education
Praising the late Archbishop Ilon
nessys stand on this question and ac
cepting the policy of the stute us set
tled he nnnounced Ills purpose of es
tablishing n Roman Catholic high
Hchool in Dubuque and of erecting
the seminary for which the late arch
bishop left a liberal sum
St Josephs college and the parochinl
schools throughout the archdiocese
would also be objects of his care He
nnnounced a synod about n year
hence niter the completion of his con
firmation tour nt which the division
of the archdiocese among others would
be considered
Ho declared his own willingness that
the urchdiocese should be divided nnd
his responsibilities lessened but a pro
test against division circulated dur
ing dinner wns quite generally signed
Littlo Chuuga In New Parliament
London Oct 4 The results of yes
terdays polling In the parliamentary
general elections were less striking
than those of Tuesday Tho Conserva
tive majorities still show Increases In
numerous contests but In a less
marked degree Ou the other hand
tho Liberals have gained additional
Beats On the whole the Indications
this morning are that there will not be
much change lu the complexion of the
new parliament Altogether tho Lib
erals have gained ten seats and the
Conservatives seven
Nebraska Couple Killed by lloxers
Mllford Neb Oct 4 News of the
death of Mrs Alice Troyer Youug nnd
her husband who were murdered near
Peking Chluu by the Boxers on July
10 has been received by her parents
Mr nnd Mrs John Troyer of this
place Five years ago Miss Troyer
left here and cutcred tho missionary
work of China About a year ago she
married Mr Young also a missionary
Mr nnd Mrs Troyer havo lived here
many yenrs and their daughter was
well known
WolMley Pleads for Sobriety
London Oct 4 Lord Wolseley the
commander-in-chief in an open letter
asks the public wishing to honor the
returning soldiers to refrain while ex
tending them a hearty welcome from
offeriug them Intoxicating liquors as
like all of U8 thoy are open to tempta
tion The commander-in-chief also
ays he trusts the greeting to the
brave soldiers will bo something better
than an Incitement to excessive driuk
Japs Going After lloxeri
Peking Sept 27 After the return
ot the German expedition to tie south
ward yesterday a small Japanese
force left Huang Tsun for Tslng Yang
where the Boxers are supposed to be
congregating The Russians remain
ing Ik Peking are two battalions of In
fantry and a battery of artillery Col
onel TrotUkoff consmaadlog They
will hold the summer palace aud
MacbUpo railway tennlaiu
BRYAN DENIES THE CHARGE
kn llu Dill Not ltecelvo Money fur lu
nlitlug on tint Kilter Plunk
Portage Wis Oct 4 Mr Bryans
attention was culled to u statement
made by n Mr Kingman that he e
ceived 150000 for Insisting upon the
Bilver plank of the Kansas City plat
form und he suld
It Is hardly worth while to deny tho
chnrge of a innn who hides behind a
woman whose name ho will not give
but in order that the most unscrupu
lous Republican may have no reason
for repenting the charge 1 will say that
It Is absolutely false in every partic
ular No one ever offered promised
or gave me that sum or any other sum
for urging that plank or any other
plunk lu the Kansas City platform or
any other platform I do not know
anything of Mr Kingman but It Is
said he Is n cousin or Senator Ciillom
und 1 do know something of Senator
Cullom Tho senator ought to know
whether his cousin Is trustworthy or
not and If the senator will state over
his own Hlgnaturu that he believes
what his cousin says nud is willing to
represent him in an Investigation of
the charge I will make him n propo
sition which will give liltn an oppor
tunity to produce his evidence
Set of Spur for Roose clt
Dendwood S D Oct 4 When Gov
ernor Roosovolt mounted the platform
nt Chadron whero a 20 mlnute stop
wns made to allow him to address the
people who had ussombled there State
Senator Van Dusen of South Omaha
presented Governor Roosevelt with a
set of spurs of the cowboy type
TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD
Emperor Wllllnm Is now deerstalk
ing nt Rominten his hunting lodge iu
Western Prussia
The St Paul presbytery at Hustings
Minn has voted for u revision of the
Westminster confession of faith
Tho Great Northern railway hns Is
sued a circular announcing a big re
duction in hnnieseekers rates to points
on its Hue
Marshal Ieonhod von Blumenthnl
the lust surviving prominent general of
the Franco Prussian war Is danger
ously ill In Berlin
The resignation is nnnounced of Au
gustus Newman for 28 years assist
ant general freight agent of the Chi
cago nnd Alton railroad
Reports received from all parts of
Georgia Indicate that the Democratic
majority in Wednesdays election for
state officers will be about 50000
The Hallway Clerks Mutual Benefit
association elected Henry E First of
Cincinnati president Milwaukee wns
chosen ns the next plnce of meeting
The Peruvian cabinet has resigned
becjjusepf the scandal in connection
with the purchase ofnrrhs In Belgium
nnd the misuse of government funds
The session of the live stock boards
at Louisville adjourned Wednesday to
meet next yenr in Nashville Colonel
C P Johnson of Illinois was re elected
president
Advices from Havana Indicate that
much apprehension exists among tho
Americans there regarding the yellow
fever ns the condition grows worse
Instead of Improving
C K Galloway aged 89 years died
in Denver Wednesday from Injuries re
ceived by being struck by a tramway
cnr He Is believed to have been the
oldest newspaper editor in the United
States
General Leonard Wood commanding
United States forces in Cuba has made
his annual report to the war depart
ment It contains his previous recom
mendation thut nil troops lu Cuba be
mounted
Kansas City and Orient Hallway TT
Mexico City Oct 4 The conces
sion for building the Chihuahua nnd
Pacific railway hns been formally
transferred to the Knnsas City Mex
ico and Orient Railway company
The stamps on the document nmounted
to 0000 The Kansas City and Orient
will build from Kansas City to Topalo
bumpo bay now called Port Stilwell
In honor of the chief promoter of the
enterprise The government hns given
much encouragement to tho enterprise
Walnut nails Futurity
Lexington Ky Oct 4 An Interest
ing card drew n large crowd to the
second days races held under the
auspices of tho Kentucky Trotting
Horse Breeders association Tho
futurity for 2-year-olds purse 5000
was won by L V Harkness Walnut
Hull At the conclusion of the 212
trot the Judges fined Fred Noble Geor
glanas driver 500 for laying up tho
first two heats
Itciluco the Irlce of Sugar
New York Oct 4 The sugar mar
ket Is domornVcd The American
company has reduced Its prices for re
fined 15 points Arbuckle Bros havo
reduced their list prices 20 points for
fine granulated This Is 5 points un
der the American and other refiners
and it Is rumored that other Independ
ent refiners are making reductions of
25 points
Elliott Again Dsfeats Gilbert
Kansas City Oct 4 J A R Elliott
again defeated Fred Gilbert at Exposi
tion park yesterday the score being
09 to 07 The shoot was for the
Sportsmans Review cup the condi
tions being 100 birds to each man SO
yards rise for 100 a side
Suicide at Clinton
Clinton la Oct 4 Jobn Krohu
aged 66 committed suicide yesterday
morning by drowning In the Mississip
pi Ho was one of the pioneer set
tlers of the county aud had resided
here 35 years He was despondent
fovr continued U uess
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