Shot Hi Otvn
Heart Thrilling Tragedy in the
Vhiltpfints.
Tho groat mystery of the war In the
Philippines tho disappearance of Ma
jor Charles N. Rockafoller of tho Fifth
Infantry, has been solved, and Its so
lution brings with it tho reminiscences
of tho most tragic mystery of a Hfo
of sorrow the thoft of a child from
its paronts, tho death of tho mother,
and then tho death of the son at the
hands of tho father, whllo tho two
Tvero soldiers in opposing armies in
the Philippines. Then follows tho
desertion of tho grief-stricken father,
who has Bought oblivion In an ob
ccuro part of Central Amorica.
War in tho Philippines has had its
tragedies that Bound supreme. There
was tho death of Egbert, veteran of
tho civil war, survivor of wounds at
San Juan, killed in tho outskirts of
Manila; thero was tho peerless Law
ton, bearer of a charmed Hfo, who
calmly whistled ns he sat on a box
under a tree at El Canoy with tho
Mauser bulloU singing about his ears.
But these were tho deaths of soldiers
doath only, tho end of all things, sud
den, sure and soothing.
Rockafollor's fate Is worso than a
thousand deaths,
lie is a living man
with ''his heart
dead within his
breast Ho knows
that his child was
killed by his own
hand. Father and
son so para tod by
years and half a
world, wero facing
each other upon
tho battlefield, and
tho boy fell by tho
father's hand. Both
wero 1 o a d o r s.
When tho lad fell
his followers fled
and tho fathor, all
unconscious that
tho body that lay
upon tho ground
was that of tho
child ho had not soon since its in
fancy, registered a victory for his
men.
Tho Btory goes back nearly twenty
years. At that time Rockafellor, yet
a young man, only a few years mar
ried, was statlonod at Hong Kong
upon official duty. With him was his
young wife and their little child.
Lieutenant Rockafoller, as ho then
was, lived at ono of tho principal ho
tels of tho city and was ono of tho
most popular of tho official set. His
wife, a lovely representative of tho
west, had won admiration by hor
frankness and cordiality. A Chlnoso
nurse woman had charge of tho llttlo
boy, and hor devotion to It was re
marked by all who saw her.
Thus passed tho two years that
marked Lloutonant Rockafeller's term
of duty at Hong Kong. Then ho ar
ranged to return home, engaging pas
sage by the Pacific Mall steamer for
San Francisco. There wore the usual
farewells, tho little social festivities
that speed tho parting guests, tho Jo
vial, hearty handshakes and good
Hailtvav "Reorganisation.
Tho experience of tho Hocking Val
ley railway under its reorganization
suggests that to go through a Blmllar
courso would help many railroads and
their customers. Tho annual report
Just published shows that In a year
tho fixed charges havo been cut down
about ono-Uilrd, whllo earnings have
been Increased. Tho gain in gross
earnings was $1,543,232, and tho gain
in net $861,545, increases of over 50
per cent in ono case and nearly 100 per
cent In tho other. These decreases of
exponso woro accompanied by tho pro
lO.Trt.) UK Hull, Af A-A
Son in 'Battle.
wishes, and tho merry laugh of Mrs.
Rockafellor, who was ovorjoyed at
tho prospect of oaco again seeing hor
natlvo land. Only tho nurse woman,
Yen, sccmod sad. She dreaded part
ing with her llttlo charge.
Two days beforo tho dato of tho
sailing of the steamer Yen disappeared
and tho child disappeared with her.
Tho Rockafollor's woro frantic. Tho
wholo foreign, or white, city was
aroused. Tremendous Towards wero
offered. Tho English governor of
Hong Kong caused tho city to bo
scoured. Police and troops invaded
tho natlvo city and mado a kouso-to-houso
Gcarch. It was all In vain.
Neither Yen nor tho child could bo
found.
Years have since passed away.
Lieut. Lawton Is now n major general
In tho war against the Filipinos. He
has just lead n successful char go on
a band that had surprised tho Ameri
can bivouac. Its leader wan a
whlto man, clad In immaculato white,
young, tall and handsome, and ho
rushed forward ahead of his men with
tho genius of command of courugo
coupled with power.
Uw lUduMlM Um Tktl B, KJXU4
Pin ttk
Then Rockafeller turned. Right by
his side was a company of voteran
fighters and these ho selected to bear
tho shock of tho coming onslaught.
Himself In tho lead, the llttlo band
rushed forward, firing, yelling and fu
rlouB. Rockafellor looked nhead at
tho young offlcor leading the foo, and
tho young man looked, almost smiling,
at tho votoran officer beforo him. They
woro father and son, but the lad's
smiles did not tell It. Neither man
seemed to know tho other. But tho
rush thickened it even looked, for a
moment, as If tho American skirmish
lino would bo overborne.
Then tho old man, shouting "Steady
thoro, steady!" drew his rovolvor and
fired. Tho young Insurgent stlffoned,
threw up his arms and tumbled to tho
ground. There was a pauso of a mo
ment, a volloy from tho prostrate men
behind, and tho Insurgents broko In
confusion and fled, leaving tho body of
their young leader and their other
dead upon the field.
When tho body was search'od for
evidences of'ldontlty a diary waa
viding of improved oqulpmont, 4,500
cars having been bought, and 93,132,
757 In all being spent for property.
Rates wero not Increased, but tho sat
isfactory earnings wero due to tho
improvements of the property nnd tho
Increased facilities offered tho public.
Tho samo methods might well bo ap
plied to other roads. There are many
that aro eating their heads off, money
being wasted In salaries whllo tho
equipment is spoiling. A reduction of
operating exponses, togother with an
Improvement In equipment, would
bring about a change for tho better
toe both stockholders and Uto public.
found, nhowlng that tho possessor was
Paul Stanhope of Hong Kong. It
rccotintod his adventures In tho war,
so mutinies even jocularly alluding to
nevero engagements In which ho had
barely escaped with his life.
Tho report of tho engagement was
sent to headquarters, but for bo mo
reason Major Rockafoller rctalnod tho
diary. Events followed fast, engage
ment succeeding engagement, skir
mishes, attacks and tho capture of
villages being of dally occurrence.
The guard notjeed that tho major's
light burned lato ono night nnd that
there wero low queries ns to what tho
"old man" was likely to do next
Instantly thoro was an alarm. Tho
guard of tho night beforo was arous
ed, but they knew nothing. Every
inch of tho camp was examinod.
Searching parties wero sont out in
every direction no traco of tho ma
jor was found. Old scouts examined
every blade of grass. Tho major waa
gone I
The day passed, and a night, Major
Rockafellor was missing. Tho senior
captain took command and ordered
tho major's effects scaled up. Every
thing was in order, down to tho last
detail, and tho ordorly at tho major's
headquarters doclared that practical-
ly nothing had
boon disturbed.
But on the table
they found an open
type-written letter
upon tho letter
head of tho Araerl
can Consulate at
Hong Kong.
reads thus:
"Major Charles
Rockafeller:
"Dear Sir:
It
N.
In
further reference
to your recent
communication re
gardlng your lost
son an incident.
has been recently
disclosed which
Cmmi MwOc
may nave some
hearing upon It.
"In 1879 n Chi
nesc woman placed a whlto child
named by her Paul Yet In tho Jesuit
college at Hong Kong, tho boy being
about nine years old. Her own name
she gavo as Yen Lai.
Auout two years later tho hoy.
then a bright lad of eleven years, waa
adopted by Walter Stanhope, and was
uioroafter known as Paul Stanhopo.
His education wns completed hero and
ho entered his foster father's counting
nouse to learn tho business. Howevor,
wnen uio Filipinos rebelled against
tno Spaniards a few years ago ho
sought and secured Mr. Stanhope's
permission to go to tho scone of tho
fighting and later on wrote that ho
had accepted tho commission of colo
nel in tho Filipino ranks. Slnco then
his communications havo been infre
quent, but ho is bollovod to he still Id
his position in tho Filipino army.
"If you deem these facts of sufficient
Importance I am nt your service to
make any other Inquiries you may
aoem necessary. Very respectfully,
"E. WILDMAN."
her man and Clmy.,
With tho death of John Sherman
mere passes from tho sceno a man
wnoso mo was for nearly forty-four
y a pari or uio political history of
his country. Of tho men who entered
imiuiiu mu iiuoih mo time he did
Onlusha A. Grow Is the only ono'
Mr
who
leiiumiH. ne, IlOWOVer. ncvor nl
--- "vi.ui junycu
the long, conspicuous part In public
ayed
umiirH wmcn mo limn i,.trvt,,.. n..
iivMiiu um,
Tho latter appeared upon tho stago
uuiuiu mo MHpuuiicnn party was horn.
im lxubuu io do conspicuous In
councils only a little over two y
ago.
it
ars
"WHERE DUTY LIES.
MOTTO OF ALL AMERICANS
MUST BE "PRtiSS AHEAD."
Knlnn Imiich Itultrd la Hlliiil the HT" to
tlio Dniiucr of Itcpmtlntlmi nml r(l
Ins Labor Tnmhlpn Tlio Uront Delu
ocrntlo "I'nUo" little,
Questions arc upon us In this cam
paign to test tho stuff we aro mado of
as to Its far-sighted intelligence, its
radical honesty nnd Its Saxon courage.
In this presidential canvass arc solved
the magnificent prosperities of the past
threo years, an honest dollar, tho deg
radation of tho Judiciary, tho fate of
an honest civil service, tho Just ad
ministration of tho great affairs of
our new dependencies In tho fnr cast,
our continued beneficent Influence In
tho concert of tho powers In tho set
tlement of tho destinies of tho Chlnrso
empire, and a masterful hand In tho
great world-movements of tho twen
tieth century. For such a benign effi
ciency wo aro bettcD placod than any
other power on earth.
We (annot abdicate without shnmc.
Wo ennnot withdraw from our place
of world power without n breach of
faith with tho nations and with hu
manity itself.
Who tries to shako us with torrors
of Imperialism wantonly blasphemes
tho character, tho intelligence and tho
will of his countrymen. It Is but
trlple-tongued domagoguory that talk
ono thing in ono section, another In
another nnd a third in a third; con
sent of tho governed on ono stump nnd
suppression of votes of a constitutional
majority on another; ono section of
tho republic to another section, "tho
enemy's country.''
In tlilH campaign He, not half hid
den, all those Insurgent questions
which perturb tho world of capital and
labor. Socialistic madness Is In tho
mixture nnd tho gnunt specter of tho
anarchist stirring tho pot is in full
view of tlio man with vision.
The poor aro being Inflamed against
tho rich.
Mon with their pockets stuffed with
tho stock of oppressive) trusts aro de
claiming against combinations of cap
ital. An Irruption of tho barbarians Is nt
tho gates of Rome. Tho eyes of tho
civilized world are upon us to sco
whether honesty, Intelligence, courago
and patriotism aro guarding tho glo
rles of tho young republic. Hns popu
lar intelligence risen to tho point of
safety; populnr virtue to tho point
of secure sovereignty? Havq wo vision
for our own security, vlrtuo for polltl
cal morality, national righteousness
and sturdlness for International lead
ership. Great salvations or awful
abyssea nro ahead. We must slraro tho
great world's destinies. We must share
their Bhaplng. We must bravely moot
tho responsibilities of our greatness.
Rev. A. S. Flsk, D. D., Washington,
D. C.
APPEAL OF THE A. O. U. W.
Wo submit tho question fairly and
honestly to our brethren. Cnn wo nf-
ford by voice or vote to do anything
that will disturb tho present prosper
ous condition of our country, which
has resulted In n most magnificent
growth of our ordor, nnd which means
to us additional and ubsoluto security
for our beneficiary certificates, hold by
us sacredly for tho future benefit of
tho widows and orphans of our mem
bership? To tho jurisdictions of Penn
sylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana,
New York, Illinois, Missouri, Tennes
see, California, Georgia, Nevada, Utah
and Louisiana, to whom wo paid moro
than half n million of relief, wo ask,
can you afford, for tho snko of yield
ing to political excitement engendered
for purely political purposes, to do
anything thnt shall In tho slightest de
greo disturb your own prosperity, nnd
that of tho Jurisdictions who so will
ingly and lavishly contributed to your
relief? You know as well ns wo can
tell you how sensltlvo our ordor In In
relation to the relief law, and If, ns tho
outcomo of this political campaign,
thoro should bo a season of business
reverses, hard times, and ns a result
our order's growth should ho impaired,
can you not see, ns tho grand master
workman of Now York says, how much
more lmportnnt It Is for you to pro
tect this order, than who shall "bo
tho next President of tho Uulted
States?"
Our brethren In Nebraska who aro
now flourishing, cnn you afford to haz
ard tho future Gf your castorn breth
ren at this tlmo, having In mind tholr
generosity when, but a few years
slnco, they contributed nearly twenty
thousand dollars to purchase scod and
otherwise assist you In tho dark days
of your dreadful drought? A. 0. U. W,
Monthly.
DISCOURAQINQ THE SOLDIERS.
Lieutenant L. A. Darrlngton of Al
liance, Neb., now in tho Philippines,
writes:
"There Is ono saying of Decatur's
that rings In my ears, whether In tho
mountains or in tho swamps, along tho
battle lino or away from It, 'My coun
try, may sho bo always right, but right
or wrong, my country.
"A soldier's heart Is not mado glad
when ho reads In tho papers from
homo that ho Is a cutthroat and light
ing a peoplo who aro fighting for their
liberty. That Is a lie! Tho peoplo hero
wunt our liberty, our flag as their flag,
and our laws to govern thoin, It la a
band of hlghwnymon and cutthroats
who pose no plnco ns patriots except
in tho papers and minds of some of
tholr friends In tho United Statacs
that are once allenced you will hoar
of nnd sco tho beginning of tho end
of all this trouble In tho Philippine Isl
ands."
OUR LARQE STANDINQ ARMY.
Our "largo standing army," of which
tho Democracy Is In such n stnto of
fear consists of 05,000 men. Switzer
land kcops nearly two and one-half
times ns many In her standing nrmy
of 118,000 men, nnd besides has 301,
000 men In reserve.
Tho United States proportionately
has tho smallest army In tho world.
Tho ratio of soldiers to total popula
tion la shown In the following:
Soldiers per 1,000 population.
Franco 14.05
Germany 11.05
Austro-Hungary 0.07
Russia G.01
Turkey 7.01
Great Britain 5.0G
Italy 7.01
United SUites 0.80
Wo do not havo one Boldlcr for every
thousand people.
FEELINO.S OF SOLDIERS'
MOTHERS.
"If the mothers of tho soldiers who
are lighting In the Philippines could
vote." said Mr. H. C. Maurlco of Ver
mont, whllo at Washington, "I do not
bellovo ninny of thorn would glvo Wil
liam Jennings Bryan tho benefit of
tholr suffrage Tho women of Amer
ica have over been patriotic, and it
would not bo natural for a mother to
wosto her sympathy upon tho men
who nro trying to tako tho Hfo of her
son. Whllo there hnB boon heartbreak
ing sorrow at their going, no Spartan
mother over sent her son forth to bat-
tlo with a braver heart than tho Amer
ican mothers who havo sont their boys
to fight their country's battles on tho
other side of tho world, and much ns
they would havo them back home, not
ono In ta hundred would call them
back until tho work there Is done."
DIFFERENCE IN HAY PRICES.
Tho llttlo tablo which fdllows shows
tho Importations, the homo production,
tho value of tho homo crop nnd tho
prlco por ton of liny In tho United
States In 189C, under tho Democratic
low tariff and business depression
which then existed, and In 1899, under
protection and prosperity:
Ycnr. Imports. Production. Tons.
Valuo crop. Dollars. Prlco per ton.
Dollars.
189C. 302,052 59,203.487 388,887,019 C.5G
1899.. 19,872 50,055,750 411,020,187 7.27
Our Imports of hay which, In 1898
under the low tariff, nmountcd to over
300,000 tons, wero In 1899, under pro
tection, less than 20,000 tons.
Tho nvcrago prlco por ton during tho
depression of 1890 wns but $0.57 per
ton. In 1899 It was $7.27.
BRYANISM AND CORN PRICES.
When tho Bryan boom culmlnatod In
September, 1890, corn had reached tho
lowest record of tho year at 19V6 cents
a bushel. Then as tho Bryan boom bo
gan to subside nnd McKlnley's election
to look probablo tho prlco Improved,
and In Novembor, right after tho elec
tion of McKlnley, tho best prlco of
tho last six months of 189C wns
reached, at 25V4 cents n bushel. Bo
tweon tlio low prlco Just at tho height
of tho Bryan boom In Septembor and
tho high prlco just nfter tho olectlon
of McKlnley thoro wns a dlffcronco of
G cents a bushel, which mndo a differ
ence of $120,000,000 In tho valuo of tho
crop.
THE POPOCRATIC CRY.
Tho popocratlcs aro a llttlo early
thlB year with their outcries about
coercion of wago carnerB. Four years
ago they dofcrrcd this trick until a
week' boforo election. Now, hb thon,
tho reply to it Is tho samo. No ono
hns voiced It better than Presldont
McKlnley did In a speech to u Cleve
land club of wago workers, Oct. 24:
"They talk about coercion, tho coer
cion of tho employo by employer. They
mlstako tho spirit of tho campaign. It
Is not coercion but cohesion cohesion
between employer und employe, mado
stronger by a common Interest and u
common exporloncc."
REMEMBER.
Ucmcmber '92. During tho campaign
of '92 you thought you wero too busy
to tako an nctlvo interest In politics.
Romember tho result:
CoiiBtcrnatlon.
LacIc of confidence.
Empty pocketbookH.
Vicious tariff laws.
Emergency bond Isbucs.
Losses lu bond Issues.
Losses In business,
Assignments.
No employment.
Distress.
Do not make tho samo mistake this
year.
COCKRAN ON DEMOCRACY.
"Democratic leaders may betray n
convention to tho Populists, but thoy
cannot seduco tho footsteps of Demo
cratic voters from tho pathway of
honor nnd Justice." Hon W. fiourko
Cockran, Democrat, Madison Square
Qarden, New York city, Aug. 18, 189G.
DESPAIR IS DROWNED.
"Tho hum of Industry has drowned
the voice of calamity, and the voice
of despair Is no longer heard In tho
United States, and tho orators with
out occupation hero are now looking to
tho Philippines for comfort," William
McKlnloy.
M'KINLEY'S POLICY RIGHT.
Iltcnta In Clilnn Hato Vindicated 111
ludcmont.
Tho Boxer insurrection In China,
animated by n fanatical hatred of for
otgn Ideas, methods nnd purposes, and
resulting in unexampled outrages upon
tho Hfo and property of foreigners, has
created ono of tho most difficult prob
lems in diplomatic history. Tho em
peror of China, personally desirous of
reforming nnd modernizing tho an
cient Institutions of his country and
of adapting them to thq conditions of
modern life, has been surrounded by
a conservative, reactionary nnd antl-
forclgn clement which has rendored
his position not only difficult, but pre
carious. Tho Boxer movement, rising
ostensibly from tho great masses of
tho Chlncso population, has undoubt
edly been aided and abetted by power
ful persons In high places, somo of
them Influential In tho Inmost circles
of tho Chlncso Imperial court.
To have held tho Chlncso govern
ment to a strict und immcdlato ac
count for Its non-suppression of tho
Boxer movement would undoubtedly
havo precipitated n general war be
tween tho foreign powers whoso inter
ests wero Imperiled In China and tho
feeblo government which hns been un
ablo to suppress tho Insurrection. Such
a war would havo led inevitably to
tho conquest of China by a number of
foreign powers, n result fatal to tho
policy of tho "opon door" of trado nud
commerce, for It would havo subdivid
ed tho Chlncso empire not only into
spheres of foreign Influence, but of
actual occupation nnd possession, each
encompassed by a barrier of discrim
ination or exclusion erected against
tho Importation of American products.
Tho spirit nnd traditions of tho Amer
ican republic would not permit tho
participation In such an act of dis
memberment, but without a partner
ship In determining tho destiny of tho
empire it Is difficult to porcolvo how
our treaty rights with China could
havo been protected.
In dcalng with this delicate and com
plicated Bltuntloil tho United StatOB
took tho lead In trying to preserve tho
existing central government of Chlnn,
and thus open tho wny for tho main
tenance of tho Integrity of tho em
pire. Tho greatness of tho president's pol
icy In dealing with tho Chlnoso prob
lem Btunds out clear nnd luminous
whon wo contumplato any altornatlvo
courso that has bcon proposed or cnn
bo suggested. Gcorgo D. MelkloJohn,
Assistant Secretary of War, Washing
ton, D. C.
NO PAY NO 1 ALK.
Even nt this stage of the campaign
Mr. Brynn adheres to tho doctrine of
"No Pay no Talk." Ho was at Chil
llcotlic, Ohio, tho morning of tho 14th
of October, und delayed tho meeting
thoro for at least half an hour until
tho necessary $75 to Insure tho wng
glng of his Jaw was forthcoming.
When tho necessary stlni had been
raised ho spoko for nbont eighteen
minutes, which is n very liberal rnto
of a llttlo over $3 per mlnuto, and ho
had considerable troublo In Inducing
tho peoplo of tho old tlmo city of
Allon G. Thurmnn to give up tho need
ful coin.
THEN AND NOW.
Four years ngo wo laid off about
ono-half of our mon, on account of in
sufficient business, and tho other hnlf
woro employed only six hours with
six houra' pay.
Today every man is working full
tlmo nnd receiving ten hours' pay for
nlno and a quarter hours' work. Wo
bellovo that our condition Is similar
to that of nil other electrical manu
facturing concerns. Yours truly,
Tho Cutler Hammor Mfg. Co.,
J. G. HIckcox, Sec and Treas.
Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. C, 1900: 1
IMPERIALISM 36 YEARS AQO.
If Abraham Lincoln Is re-elected
President, tho liberties of tho peoplo
are gono forever. Military despotism
will rule. Thoro will ! no liberty of
spocch or press. Anarchy, bloody an
archy, will follow. Taxation without
limit will grind tho people to tho dust.
There will bo moro widows and or
phans and mora tyranny and oppres
sion than the world has seen for cen
turies. Nllcs Rcoubllcan, 18G4.
PANIC WOULD SURELY SET IN.
Tho agitation which would Inevit
ably follow a Democratic triumph next
November would check tho volume of
business, delay Improvements, curtail
tho output of mine, furnuco and loom,
and nnother ora of retrenchment with
tho corresponding lack of work, lack
of conlldonco, lack of comforts, would
bo Inaugurated. Tho wise business
tnnn lets well enough alone, and thr
wlso voter will do tho same.
TREASONABLE OPPOSITION.
And If, lu performing this work of
civilization, American blood should bo
shed tho position of our nntlexpanslon
Ists would not bo enviable. The first
shot flred against tho American flag
would make domestic opposition to tho
mensures of our government nvcrt
treason. And thoso who prnctlco trea
son find small Indulgence In any coun
try. New York Journal, Jan. 0, 1899.
SMALL AND AGUINALDO.
"I will not vote for a candidate for
tho Presidency, or help to bring n par
ty Into power who, whllo thoy plant
ono heel on tho forehead of Booker
Washington, and the other on tho fore
head of Robert Small, wavo tho flag
over Agulnaldo and Mabliil." Georgo
F. Hoar.
