Totvcrs Writes a Letter.
Thg , sentence of lifo Imprisonment
lumping over Caleb Powers , who was
convicted of complicity In the murder
of WUl'lnin ' Qocbcl , dors not seem to
weigh heavily Upon the prisoner's
nplrlts. He has hope of n release
from confinement or a mitigation of
hiH sentence through n new trial or
an appeal to the higher courts on a
writ'of error.
Powers still maintains that ho Is
Innoccntof the charge against himand
has made public the following state
ment :
"To the Public : I am asked my
opinion concerning my trial and the
verdict of the Jury.
Could I have but
ono opinion ? Can
any fair- minded
man or woman of
this state have but
one ? , That ono of
the greatest Judi
cial furecs known
to history has been
'
'
enacted' here In my
, trial , under the
forms of law , newell
Caleb Powers.
well Informed man
can doubt. Innocence Is no shield
with $100,000 and the methods of
CampbolllBin apaliHt' ) ' you. The recti
tude of one's past life counts -for
naught. They w\y Taylor Is'g'ullty
because ho was at his olllco , and that
I am guilty because I was awny from
mine. I have nevqr , Imd , , nndil now
have no apology lo initko' for "being
true to the trust Imposed upon mo' by
n majority of the'vbtcrsl of "this fetat.6.
History wljl draw Itu , dark lines
around those who have outraged me
and dlsgraccd thc judiciary and black
ened the history of the state. "
, Wtfc.
Countess Von Waldersee , the wife
of the 'famous German field marshal
( whom the emperor will probably send
to China as comuyiud r.iln.clilefi ofiltlio
lorqos there ) , Is an American princess
not by marriage but In her own right.
She Is ono of the moat successful
women of America whp have marrVl
abroad. Her 'llrst husband was Prince
Frederick of Schlcswlg-HoJsteln. To
marry her on terms of equality the
prlnco sacrificed hln tltlo and royal
rights ; ' Then the emp'oror ofA'ustrli
made him Prlnco of Noor and his wife
Princess of Noor. The princess was
Miss Hondo of New York , daughter o
a wholesale grocer. Her husband 'w.\ ' ;
i'i '
COUNTESS VON WALDERSEE.
very old at the time of the marriage ,
nnd died during the honeymoon , leav
ing his Immense fortune to the widow ,
who at.thfc end of two years' mourn
ing , married the Count Von Walder-
eeo , then a young officer. Countess
Wnldersee Is one of the most brilliant
courtiers In Europe.
The Ancient Fifth. ,
The Fifth United States Infantry Is
Justabout to sail from SanFrancisco
for service In China. The Fifth Is
ono of the oldest and beat regiments
| u the regular service , nnd It has one
of the best records for active service
In the entire army. The Fifth was or
ganized on July 1C , 1798. and after sev
eral consolidations with other com
mands again became the Fifth In 1SG9 ,
and has so ro-
malned over since.
Colonel Richard
Comba , the com-
mundor of the reg
iment , has been In
the service longer
than any other of
ficer now engaged
In active duty. He
entered the army
in 1855 and 1ms
Capt. Hackney. been In It over
sin co. Notwith
standing that ho Is more than 03
years old and that o will bo retired
next year , ho IB as anxious as any of
the'young men of the regiment to get
to the scene of the conflict In the ori
ent. Oapt. Haclcney will have charge
of the Fifth after It lands In China.
He tas been in the service for .35
years. , , . , , , , , . . .
Library 4-.OOO years Old.
Professor Herman V. Hllprorht ot
the University of Pennsylvania has
Just added another to his many dis
coveries In the archaeology of Baby-
lon. Ho has dug up a library of 17,000
tablets which belonged to the great
temple of Nippur. Not ono of these
tablets Is of a date later than 2280
U. C. Professor Hllprccht says that
flvo years will bo consumed In un
earthing the remaining treasures of
the temple. For ton years the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania has been ex
cavating the ruins of ancient Babylon ,
and its collection of thono antiquities
la the finest of its kind In the world.
Nippur was one of the oldest seats of
religion and civilization in Babylonia.
PROF. HILPRECIIT. .
. ' - < j
Its great temple , upon whoso library
Dr. Hllprccht has Just come , was co
eval with the beginning of Chaldean
history. This tcmplo was sacred to
Bel , the god of which the Del , moio
generally known , was 'a later modifi
cation. The date of the founding of
this old temple Is now doucedcd to bo
7000 U. C. . or earlier by 3,000 years
than the time fixed as the beginning
of the worjd , according tp the , blbllc.il
translators of Genesis. Hut long before
the building of this temple civilization
ruled In Babylon. According to Pro
fessor 'SaJ-co , "for the beginning of
nabylb niau writing wo will have to
search among the relics of centuries
that behind J.IIQ foundation of
( ' ' * '
the Temple'o'f 'Nippur.
Chinese Miners in
Mr. Nabcshlnm of the Japanese le
gation , who Is a close observer of Chi
nese tactics in the war between Chlnr
and Japan , says that the reported loss
of 1,200 at the battle of Plctsr.ng Is
probably an overestimate , or else
shows that the Chinese have adopted
the methods they employed during the
war with Japan of using underground
mines. The Japanese found these Chi
nese mines ono of the dangerous meth
ods of destruction , as they were so un
usual and so adroitly concealed. Atone
ono time the explosion of such a mine
in a free country supposed to bo free
from the enemy caused widespread de
struction. As winter advanced , how
ever , the snow on the ground permit
ted the Japanese scouts to trace the
footprints of Chinese parties sent out
to lay mines , and they were carefully
avoided. At present there Is no such
means of detecting the mines. They
are characteristic of Chinese love of
gunpowder and fireworks , although
much more deadly than any ether mil
itary eqntrlvanco used In that country ,
young and "Bra-tic ,
Major Waller , tao commander of the
American marines In the fighting be
fore Tientsin , Chi
na , whoso report
was made public
by the war de
partment Aug. 17 ,
recommends Lieut.
A. Eugene Harding
of the marine corps
for promotion for
conspicuous g a 1-
lantry In action.
Lion t. Harding
was born and
raised in Quincy.A. . E. Harding.
Ho was a captain in the Illinois na
tional guard , but resigned about a year
before the Spanish war broke out ,
When war was declared the troop
were called for. Harding enlisted as n
private In tlio fith Illinois. Col. Culver
iniuk > him a captain , and ho was given
the command of the Taylorvlllo com
pany of that regiment. He served
through the Spanish war and In 180
was appointed by the president a lieu
tenant In the marine corps.
The Hard Work.Care. .
Dr. Pyo-Smlth , In an address before
the British Medical association , pro
scribed hard work as a remedy for
many Ills. Ho declared that regular
and steady work Is ttie best euro for
a thousand nervous auments , and that
this Is true is shown by the fact that
the hard working people are not those
who are affected by these Ills. Ho de
clared that nervous prostration , worry ,
and brain .cnslon are too often syn
onyms for the cffcet of gambling nnd
drink. There can be no question that
hard work Is healthy , for It Is those
who work hardest that llvo longest ,
and the lazy dlo young. Ono advan
tage of Dr. Pyo-Smlth's prescription
Is that It Is easily followed and that
the remedy Is cheap.
( Chicago Letter. )
The respective national headquar
ters of the two great political parties
In Chicago are pretty busy places thesi *
days. Ijoth were opened on Aug. 1 ,
which Is a month earlier than usual In
presidential campaigns. It is Raid
that much more money will bo spent
than In 189(5. ( This Is especially iruo
of the Dnmocratn. Their treasury Is
fatter by far tnan It was In 1800. With
each succeeding election It has be
come easier and easier for the man
agers on both shies to use money
bounteously. This does not mean that
there is to ho a wholesale debauchery
of voters. All kinds of politicians
ngreo that the two national commit
tees had at least S5,000,000 to spend
In the fight four years ago , nnd the
same authorities arc unnnlmous in de
claring . . .at the two committees will
have fully as much this year. For
every dollar that the national com
mittees spend it Is a conservative es
timate that the state committees of
the two parties will spend four , and
this will make up the total of $25,000-
000 that the election will cost.
To show whore so much money
goes , a study of the cost of campaign
speeches alone is very Instructive.
Each national committee spends at
cast $500,000 for speeches , and the
itato committees spend 10 times as
weeks. While the national eommlt-
tee of each party thus will have 5,500
speakers out , the various state com
mittees will have 10 times as many
more on the stump. The salaries of
speakers engaged by the state com
mittees may bo less than those paid
by the national managers , but the
state committees have lo pay the
rental of all the buildings in which
campaign meetings are held. This
Horn adds tremendously to the total.
Ono of the most expensive Items In
the campaign next to the speakers Is
that of printing and stationery. For
this each national committee spends
at least $500,000. The number and
size of documents sent out have In
creased with each campaign , until this
year It Is expected that the McKlnley
and the Bryan managers each will
send out no less than 100,000,000 docu
ments. Deforo the Gnrfleld-Hnncock
campaign was half over the Republic
ans and Democrats had sent out more
than 12,000,000 documents , and this
style of campaigning has become more
popular with each presidential con
test. The bulk of this matter Is sent
by express to the chairmen of the
various state committees for distribu
tion. A great ( ' "al of It goes free , be
ing franked from Washington. Speech
es delivered in congress by Republi
cans and Democrats constitute n large
clubs they could not bo moro thorough
nnd systemntlc. The national chair
man maps out the work and divides
great responsibilities among his Im
mediate assistants. 'Ihey In turn di
vide their work so that a dozen or 20
or 100 men will look after the details.
These men In turn assign important
tasks to hundreds of parly workers
under them. After the cnmpnlgn Is
well under way the minor workers re
port to their superiors ns a lieutenant
In the army reports to his captain.
The captain In turn reports to his ma
jor , the major to his colonel , nnd the
colonel to his general , Senator Hnnnn
or Senator Jones , as the case may
be. When a situation arises down the
line that threatens trouble Senator
Hannn or Senator Jones hears of It
nnd devises sonic plan for diverting
the danger. Ho then directs his sub
ordinates to see that the plan Is tried
nnd requires full explanations for
failure. While the national chnlrmen
are very busy devising plans for suc
cess , they nlso find time to raise the
bulk of the campaign funds. They
delegate to others the task ot select
ing and sending out campaign litera
ture , engaging and assigning speakers ,
receiving callers and answering corre
spondence and studying reports on
conditions In the various states.
Speakers are told the subjects on
show who of the voters arc doubtful ,
who are Inclined to favor Bryan and t
who lean toward McKlnley. The tak
ing of this canvass costs n tremendous
deus sum of money , but the party
managers must have It In order to
gauge the outlook. They soon discov
er where their own lines are weakest
nnd where these of their adversaries
are strongest. While steps are being
taken to Insure success nt ono point
and to avert disaster at another , n second
end nnd flnnl canvass Is begun. This
usually Is completed two weeks before
the election. By that tlmo a largo
proportion of the doubtful voters have
taken sides nnd cnn bo Classified. The
result Is n cnnvnss which shows with
fair clearness the probable result of
the election. Once again the mana
gers of the parties search for the Im
portant weak spots , deciding the
points at which to do the hard'est
work in the closing days of the cam
paign.
Sdmo novel campaign methods will
bo resorted to by the two parties this
year. The Republicans already hnvo
ndoptcd the plan of sending out a
largo number of phonographs , which
will bo used In small places. Elo
quent party speakers , like representa
tive Dolliver of Iowa nnd Representa
tive Dalzoll of Pennsylvania have been
making speeches Into these mnchlncs.
>
Scott. Gibbs. Hanna. Bliss. Manley.
A CONFERENCE OF LEADERS AT REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS.
much moro. This Is one Item of $1-
000,000. The Republican national com-
mlttoo this year will send out 2,500
speakers from the Now York head
quarters and 3,000 speakers from the
headquarters In Chicago ; The Demo
crats will send out an equal number.
These speakers cost on an average
$110 c , week , that sum including sala
ries to the spellbinders and an extra
allowance of $8 a day. Some of the
campaign speakers receivesalaries , as
high as ? 250 a week , while others are
content with $25 a week and their ex
penses. The average cost of the
speakers to the committee Is $110 n
week , and they are on the stump eight
3crtia's Queen.
This Is Queen Draga , formerly plalu
Mine. Draga Maschln , though not
plain of face. She Is also a woman of
beautiful figure. Young King Ferdi
nand married her a short tlmo ago
against the wishes of his royal par
ents. Now the wives of diplomats at
his court at Belgrade glvo her the eut
direct , and behind her baclr say tin-
pretty things about her.
Our Commerce taith .Speun.
Spain has learned that It Is'better
to trade with Uncle Sam than to fight
him. Although It is less than two
years since wo , .concluded a treaty o/
part of the campaign matter , and Re
publicans and Democrats alike take
advantage ot this opportunity to get
to the voters speeches favorable to
their side of the contest. Each na
tional committee sends out 5,000,000
buttons and 5,000,000 lithographs , all
of which are distributed through the
state chairmen of the two parties.
Senator Hanna and Senator Jones ,
the respective cnafrmen of the two
great political parties , are organizing
machinery for the campaign of 1900 as
complete and substantial as though
they expected never to do anything
else but elect presidents. If they were
organizing hundred-year presidential
peace with the Spaniards they come
to our shores to buy and sell to an
extent almost unequaled In our previ
ous intercourse. Spain has sold to the
United States nearly $6,000.000 worth
of goods and has bought from us prod
ucts valued at ? 13,100,000.
"Ret ) . "Brotvn Again.
The Rov. C. O. Brown , recently pas
tor of the Green Street Congregational
Church , whose church trial and trou
bles In San Fran
cisco with Miss
Davidson In an al
leged attempt at
blackmail , attract
ed so much atten
tion a few yoara
ago , Is In Toledo ,
O. , accompanied by
Mrs. Brown No. 2.
The present Mrs.
Brown was Mrs.
Mallory , the pos Rev. Blown.
sessor of largo real
ostn , ' " Interests In Chicago.
Thw former Mrs. Brown was granted
n decree of divorce about two months
n o. According to the Rev. Mr. Brown ,
the pctitlton Hied by his former wife
was llrst known as "Mary Brown vs.
Charles Brown , " and tlio grievance in-
clud-ad in the petition was cruelty. Bnl
he alleges that at the last moment ,
just before tlio close of court , In some
manner the petition was amended to
ro.\d "Mary Brown vs. Charles O.
Brown , " wbllo tbo pleadings wore al
tered.
which they may talk , and they are di
rected as to how they shall handle
their subjects. If It Is found that a
certain line of argument Is received
with disfavor in a certain state the
speakers In that state arc warned to
shift their arguments in accordance
with new Instructions.
No feature of the campaign is
watched by the national chairmen
more closely than the preliminary and
final canvass of the voters. Both par
ties will soon have under way a can
vass of every voting precinct. This
will show in a general way how many
of the voters favor Bryan anil how
many favor McKlnley. It will also
This change , he asserts , was without
the knowledge of himself or his attor
neys , and he says that It also slipped
through the hands of the court reporter
without his discovering the change
that had been made.
Grolulh of 1hc "Button Industry.
The shell or button Industry on the
upper Mississippi river Is growing to
enormous proportions , Th crow of
the Gen. Barnard , a Mississippi freight
er , have had occasion to oHse'rvo this.
They report that on a recent down
trip between La Crosse , Wis. , and
Clarkesvllle , Mo. , they counted 1,627
men and women in the main channel
of the river engaged in getting out
shells from the stream. About a year
ngo they counted only 710. Of course
there nro a great many In the sloughs
behind the Islands , etc. , that were not
counted. They estimate that no loss
than 5,000 people earn a living gather
ing shells. Just below Dubuque 120
were counted In ono patch. Button
factories have been established In ev
ery town along the river nnd In Mus-
catlne there are twenty-two. Five or
six steamboats of 100 tons capacity do
nothing else but tow shells.
Few men of his ago were so agile
and athletic ns seeretnry Hay. He Is
past CO , but still Indulges In nil sorts
of exercises , Including n fast walk ev
ery afternoon. Every morning at 7
o'clock ho undergoes massage treat
ment at the hands of a skilled Swed
ish operator.
The Democrats , on the other hand ,
will make free use of stereoptlcons.
James K. McGulro , chairman of 'tho
Democratic stnto committee of New
York , already has arranged to glvo
Democratic stereopticon exhibitions
all over the state. Ho will send- out
these shows on a schedule in every
respect similar to that made by a the
atrical manager who puts a show "on
the road. " The Republicans also will
nso flags and maps In novel ways !
They will send out thousands 6f maps
of the world , showing the American
flag floating over Hawaii , Philippines
and Porto Rico.
Gen. Von Lcsscl.
Commander of the Gorman Land
Forces In China.
William Wood Galllmore , who died
the other day in Trenton , N. J. , was
ono of the best known modelers nnd
designers of pottery In the United
States. Ho was boni In England ,
where his father nnd grandfather wore
potters before him , the family being
famous in the work in England in con
nection with the Worcester works , of
which the Galllruores were the first
owners. Behind him ho has left two
daughters , % -ho already -havo .note
worthy skill In the work.