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SHIP TEXAS AGROUND
Bic Battle Ship Went Broadside on
Newport Beach
The big battleship Texas of the United
States navy went hard aground off Goat
Island near Newport R I The levia
than ho formidable when in her element
was absolutely helpless and at the mercy
of the wind If a storm had arisen before
she was released the chances are she
would have been beaten to pieces This
magnificent bit of naval architecture
which cost the people of the United States
something like 3000000 was subject to
the caprice of the weather until the tide
came jn when tugs got her back into
-deep water
The Texas left the North Atlantic
squadron for the purpose of getting a sup
ply of torpedoes When she reached the
liarbor the tide was running out strongly
nd was at about half ebb She steamed
Alowly to her anchorage ground west of
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BATTLE SHIP TEXAS
thp torpedo station and dropped anchor
in the usual place a half mile from shore
The order was given to stop the engines
but for some reason not explained the
machinery continued to work and the
powerful twin screws dragged the anchor
until the boat pushed her nose upon the
sands
When the boat finally came to a stand
her bow stood about two feet higher than
It shuuld Meanwhile the water continued
to go ut rendering the great vessel more
and rxore helpless The tug Aquidneck
ame alongside in thirty minutes and be
sun work but it was soon discovered that
the Toxas was stranded
CORN IS SAFE FROM FROSTS
Conditions Generally Favorable for
Harvesting the Crop
Rpports by States on the condition of
-crops show tWt the danger of frost has
been generally passed The general ab
sence of rain in the Southern States has
been very favorable for cotton picking in
-which has been made rapid progress The
continued dry weather has impaired the
-outlook for top crop which in many sec
tions will be a complete failure Con
tinued cool and rainy weather has re
tarded the maturing of late corn in Iowa
and Northern Missouri and in North Da
kota the crop was injured by frosts on
the 0th and 10th Gutting has progressed
favorably and busking and cribbing are
in progress in Nebraska and Illinois In
tho States of the central valleys the week
has boon especially favorable for plowing
-and seeding Reports by States follow
Illinois Corn cutting has been pushed rap
Idly The work will generally be finished
this week The grain Is drying quickly and
muh of the crop will be safe to husk and
cri 1 within two weeks Plowing and seed
lnr in the drver nortlons of the State have
ainch delayed or entirely stopped and
Taijs mucn neeaeu especially in southern
eounlps In the central section much un-
easunsH is ieit in regaru 10 seeuinjj owing
to the great numbers of chinch bugs
i Iowa The general condition of crops Is
very good The bulk of tlietocorn Is practi
cally safe from frost For the complete
ripening of the fall crop of corn from ten
days to two weeks of dry weather Is needed
More than the usual area of fall plowing
will be covered the conditions being very
favorable
Missouri Corn Is beyond injury by frost
and In some central and southern sections
cutting is nearly completed Potatoes will
mako an excellent crop Pastures are In
ned of water
Kansas All corn except some very late
is out of danger of frost Haylnghas been
retarded in some counties by rain but the
rnp is fine and abundant
Wisconsin The rains of the past week
havp been well distributed and very bene
ficial giving pastures a new start and put
ting the soil in good condition for fall seed
ing Corn Is nearly all out of danger from
frost and about three fourths of the crop Is
in the shock Buckwheat Is maturing rap
idly The crop Is only fair
Minnesota Thrashing In progress though
delayed by local rains Corn generally safe
and much cut already Plowing is going on
but most of the ground is very dry
North Dakota Thrashing progressing fair-
3y well being interrupted by rain last week
VVWhent generally fair yield some -late sown
r wheat not yet ripe Corn promises a good
crop Heavy frosts on 10th and 11th injured
corn and killed vines and garden crops Oats
light crop owing to rust Other crops fair
South Dakota Temperature averaged be
low normal with light to heavy frost in lo-
canties Friday morning but no material
damage Showers scattered and mostly
light Most corn matured and the latest gen
erally safe from injury by frosts
Nebraska All but the latest pieces of com
matured with shucking commenced with
a large yield Rains here placed ground in
excellent condition for plowing and seeding
Some fields of fall sown wheat up in good
shape No damaging frosts
Indiana warm dry weather Buckwheal
filing out well and safe from frost corn
most all cut plowing done seeding delayed
by dry weather wheat and rye coming up
nicely
Ohio Corn ripened rapidly and Is gener
ally out of danger of frost much of It In
the shock Crop is very fine and fully equal
to previous estimates Tobacco nearly all
secured In good condition Fall plowing well
advanced with some grain sown All fruit
abundant and winter apples about ready for
picking
Michigan Corn cutting and fall seeding
have progressed rapidly Bean harvest near
ly completed Buckwheat maturing nicely
and some has been cut Late potatoes a
light yield Heavy rains are delaying farm
work
News of Minor Note
The leaders of the conspiracy against
the Spanish Government in the province
of Cavite Philippine Islands have been
shot
Smith Culbertson SO years old of Bir
mingham Iowa a prominent man in that
town committed suicide by jumping into
a deep well The cause was despondency
and ill health
One of the first Americans to step ashore
at New York from La Touraine from
Havre was Mme Demitri Callias widow
of the late P T Barnum and now mar
ried to Count Callias an Italian nobleman
of ancient lineage but not wealthy
Provided satisfactory arrangements can
be made with the Canadian Pacific Rail
road a large ore smelter and refinery will
be established at Vancouver B C with a
capital of at least 1000000
Thp Secretary of War has nrninnnpprl
fc uil vr Ala i
m a generut uiua mat me campaign
against the Utes in Colorado and Utah
Sentember 1879 to November IRSO
- against the Apaches in Arizona 18S5 to
18S6 and against tne fcioux m South Da
kota November 1890 to January 1891
were of sufficient magnitude to entitle en
listed men who served therein to wear the
service in war chevron
MKINLEY PRESENTS HIS LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE
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BUT IT IS SO THIN THAT THE FIGURE BEHIND IT CAN READILY BE SEEN
BART1NE TO MKINLEY
The Ex Concressman Writes a Letter
Recalling Congressional History
Hon Wm McKInley Canton Ohio
Dear Sir You are the Presidential candi
date of the Republican party upon a plat
form unequivocally committing you to the
policy of maintaining the gold standard in
this country until bimetallism can be secured
by international agreement As neither you
nor the party which you represent offers a
suggestion upon which we can ground a hope
of obtaining such an agreement the finan
cial plank of the platform upon which you
stand must be regarded as a declaration in
favor of permanently adhering to the present
gold Eystem In your letter of acceptance
you treat the money question as the fore
most Issue and discuss It at considerable
length giving to the present monetary pol
icy of the Republican party your unqualified
Indorsement It is scarcely necessary for me
to remind vou that by such cqurse you have
assumed a position quite different from the
one you occupied but a comparatively short
time ago
That very able men may and do honestly
change their opinions upon questions of
wisdom and expediency no fair minded per
son will deny that when they do so change
their opinions it is both their privilege and
their duty to shape their actions accordingly
is beyond all controversy But where the
Bubject Involves moral considerations where
It is simply a question of right and wrong
of honesty and dishonesty the same princi
ple cannot apply and the same latitude of
change cannot be allowed It is this distinc
tion that has prompted me to address you
through the medium of an open letter
No one can read your published accept
ance without being Impressed that you re
gard the maintaining of the gold standard
not merely as a wise and judicious policy
but as absolutely essential to the preserva
tion of our financial honor You assert
that the free coinage of silver at the ratio
of 16 to 1 would at once lead to the debase
ment of our currency to the level of a 53
cent dollar Impairing the obligations of ex
isting contracts and bringing a long train
of terrible calamities In Its wake Through
out your entire discussion of the question
the germinal idea is that parity with gold Is
the Infallible test of honesty In money and
that any currency cheaper than gold at Its
present appreciated value Is of necessity
dishonest
You are certainly aware that the campaign
committee of the Republican party Is liter
ally flooding the country with books papers
and pamphlets In which it is broadly de
clared that the financial Issue as now made
Ib simply a question of honest money vs
dishonest money There Is no reason to
doubt that you are In perfect and harmonious
accord with your committee Hence the con
clusion comes Irresistibly that you regard
the advocates of unrestricted silver coinage
as being deficient in personal Integrity and
as seeking to establish a monetary policy
that will dishonor the American name Be
ing one of those whose personal Integrity Is
thus Impugned I make free to remind you
that in the year 1878 as a member of the
House of Representatives you voted for the
famous Bland bill providing for the un
restricted coinage of silver at the ratio of
16 to 1 At that time the commercial value
of the bullion which you voted to coin Into
a dollar was a little more than DO cents It
had been much lower but at the time your
vote was cast It had risen considerably as a
result of political agitation and prospective
free coinage You will also remember I
am sure that the Bland bill was at the time
denounced as repudiation and rank dis
honesty by many of the prominent finan
ciers who are now giving you their earnest
support
In view of these facts would you regard it
as Impertinent for me to request a public
statement of your opinion as to whether or
not the Bland bill was a dishonest meas
ure calculated to debase our currency and
dishonor the country If you answer in
the afiirmative In justice to yourself you
should Inform the country why you voted for
it If your answer be In the negative It
should be supplemented by an explanation
of how an act that was honest In 187S can
be dishonest in 1896 It is true that the vote
In question was cast eighteen years ago but
even then you were old enough to know the
difference between right and wrong It is
also true that silver was not at that time so
far below the gold level as it is now but In
this connection you will allow me to suggest
that there is no difference whatever in prin
ciple nor even In degree so far as the
question of dishonesty Is concerned Petty
larceny involves the same moral obliquity
as grand larceny If it is dishonest to coin
53 cents worth of silver Into a dollar It Is
equally dishonest to coin 03 cents worth into
a dollar But neither of these explanations
Is available because of other highly signifi
cant circumstances In your Congressional
career
You have probably not forgotten that you
were a member of the Fifty first Congress
and a candidate for the Speakership of the
House I am very certain that the Republi
can members of that body from the far
West have not forgotten how anxious you
were for their support and how earnestly
you reminded them that you had voted for
free silver nearly twelve years before I
was one of those Western members At
that time 1SS9 when silver bullion had
fallen to less than 73 cents on the dollar in
gold you certainly never gave any token
that in your opinion a law providing for the
free coinage of that metal would Involve
financial dishonor
All through the long session of the Fifty
first Congress you distinctly recognized the
fact that the demonetization of silver was
wrong that the Bland Allison law was too
narrow in its scone and that something
I further must be done toward silver restora
tion Your utterances at the time plainly
showed that you were prepared to go any
length in that direction if the Republicans
in Congress would only keep you company
You of course remember that there was a
very earnest demand throughout the coun
try for silver legislation and that there
was a strong silver sentiment in the House
of Representatives that the Republican side
was itself deeply cinctured with the free
silver Idea and that nearly every member
on that side conceded that some legislation
must be had You will also recall the cir
cumstance that the Republicans In caucus
appointed a committee of fifteen to endeavor
to frame a bill upon which Republicans
could unite That committee consisted of the
eight Republican members of the Coinage
Committee of whom I was one and seven
leading Republicans of the House not mem
bers of the Coinage Committee of whom you
were one so that you and I were for the
time being colleagues In committee
You will not hesitate to admit that you
were one of the xnoct active members of the
committee and that none was more earnest
than you In the effort to formulate a measure
which all Republicans Including thoBe who
were strongly for free silver might support
You may not remember all that you said dur
ing the debates In that committee and
neither do I But there Is one statement
made by you that I have never for a moment
forgotten In emphasizing the necessity of
passing a silver bill in substance you
said We must pass a silver bill the coun
try demands It but we must pass It as a
party measure I am prepared to support
any bill that we can unite upon I can accept
free coinage or the Wlndom bill or any
thing else upon which we can agree but it
Is imperative that we have a silver bill
I grant that you showed a preference for
some measure other than free coinage and
that after some vacillation you threw your
vote in favor of what was called the Wlndom
bill I grant further that you may have
expressed your willingness to vote for free
coinage merely for effect knowing that the
condition laid down was an impossible one
and that the Republicans would never agree
upon such a measure Still the fact is that
you said It and there was no inconsistency
between that language and your previous
record If a majority of the Republicans
had declared In favor of a free coinage bill
I have no doubt that you would have kept
your word and voted for it Therefore I
ask you the further question Did you in
1890 regard the free coinage of silver as
meaning financial dishonor and conse
quently dishonesty in those who advocated
that policy If not the country will no
doubt be greatly Interested In reading your
elucidation of the ethical difference between
free coinage in 1890 and free coinage In 1896
Finally I deem it proper to remind you that
up to the very day of your nomination you
were not the choice of the extreme gold
standard men They looked upon your past
financial record with unqualified disfavor
and the somewhat uncertain language of the
Ohio platform which was supposed to re
flect your position filled them with distrust
In the end however you were nominated
upon a gold standard platform and these
same men are now your enthusiastic sup
porters You have suddenly become as en
thusiastic as they in your devotion to the
gold standard which you never failed to
attack In Congress when the opportunity
presented Itself for even the Wlndom bill
and the Sherman law both of which re
ceived your vote recognized the fact that
the gold standard was wrong
Not only this but you seem to have also
apparently abandoned the opinions of a life
time on a question of morals and reached the
conclusion that the free coinage of silver
would be both unwise and dishonest This
change In your attitude is so extraordinary
and so sudden that feeling as I do the deep
est Interest in every phase of the silver ques
tion I address you in this public manner
hoping that you may find It not incompatible
with the dignity of your present position to
furnish in the same public manner an expla
nation that will be satisfactory to both your
friends and your opponents Very respect
fully yours H F BARTINB
Chicago
How to Vote for Prosperity
The great objection to running more
than two presidential tickets this year
Is that the money question should be
settled one way or the other so decis
ively that the beaten party will have tc
accept the verdict without hope of ap
peal That the present uncertainty as
to the future financial policy of the
country is doing great Injury to busi
ness is only too evident Nothing can
really be worse than the existing situa
tion in which the manufacturer or the
trader cannot tell whether the currency
Is to be still further contracted under
McKinley and the gold standard or in
creased under Bryan and bimetallism
Everybody is afraid to enter into any
new venture or to even incur what are
almost necessary expenditures
The great question before the twelve
millions or so of American voters s
whether the single gold standard shall
prevail hereafter in this country or
whether both gold and silver shall be
used as money qual terms as for
merly The m polios trusts and
syndicates want oi thing and the peo
ple must decide whether they shall
have it McKinley is the candidate of
the rich who want the yellow metal
exclusively Bryan is the candidate of
the workers in the fields and in the
shops who hope for better times
through the use of both the white and
the yellow The American people must
settle this question of gold alone or sil
ver and gold together The issue is a
clean cut one and the ballots should
all fall straight on one side or the
other None should be thrown so as to
leave it at all doubtful to which party
they belong
Letting Out the Truth
The McKinley managers show that
they are badly rattled Mark Hannas
imperative command to McKinley to
remain off the stump reveals that he
recognizes that the Canton man is not
capable of discussing the financial ques
tion and that the arguments he would
be forced to advance for gold would w
likely to make votes for silver
Within the last few days with one
accord the Republican papers have
been claiming that the silver sentiment
was on the wane And yet here comes
an interview with Senator Allison in
which he is made to say that he believes
Iowa will declare for McKinley in No
vember
As Iowa in 1892 gave Harrison a plu
rality of 22905 even Senator Allison
seems to recognize that the free silver
sentiment has swept away the Republi
can majority in that State If he can
not with any enthusiasm figure out a
certain victory It shows that he re
gards the situation as hopeless
From the Minnesota Republicans also
comes a wild appeal for help meaning
cash It is freely admitted that with
the Democrats and Populists united
and with thousands of silver Republi
cans supporting Bryan the Republi
can ticket is doomed to defeat in that
State The Hanna syndicate finds it
self in a desperate fix and at its wte
end
Princess Li the wife of Li Hung
Chang is 50 years old but is said to
look twenty years younger She owns
1000 pairs of shoes nearly 1000 dresses
and 500 fur garments
NONE SO BLIND AS THOSE WHO WILL NOT SEE
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nfUiu KAvffiroKpHfflB 5 IqM y i r - reporters
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The gold standard press is conducting a campaign of education
A MIRACULOUS STONE
It Was Taken from the Base of a Pifr
lar and the Pillar Still Stood
Bamarcan is a great and noble city
towards the northwest inhabited by
both Christians and Saracens who are
subject to the great Kaans nephew
Caidou by name he Is however at bit
ter enmity with the Kaan I will tell
you of a great marvel that happened at
this city
It is not a great while ago that SJga
tay own brother to the Great Kaan
who was lord of this country and of
many an one besides became a Chris
tian The Christians rejoiced greatly
at this and they built a great church
f n the city in honor of John the Bap
tist and by his name the church was
called And they took a very fine stone
which belonged to the Saracens and
placed it as the pedestal of a column In
the middle of the church supporting the
roof It came to pass however that
Sigatay died Now the Saracens were
full of rancor about that stone that had
been theirs and which had been set up
in the church of the Christians and
when they saw that the Prince was
dead they said one to another that now
was the time to get back their stone
by fair means or by foul And that
they might well do for they were ten
times as many as the Christians So
they got together and went to tihe
church and said that the stone they
must and would have The Christians
acknowledged that it was theirs indeed
but offered to pay a large sum of money
and so he quit Howbelt the others
replied that they never would give up
the stone for anything in the world
And words ran so high that the Prince
heard thereof and ordered the Chris
tians either to arrange to satisfy the
Saracens if It might be with money
or to give up the stone And he allowed
them three days to do either the ono
thing or the other
The Saracens would on no account
agree to leave the stone where it was
and this out of pure despite to the
Christians for they knew well enough
that If the stone were stirred the church
would come down by the run So the
Christians were in great trouble and
wist not what to do But they did d3
the best thing possible they besoughl
Jesus Christ that he would consldei
their case so that the holy church
should not come to destruction nor the
name of its Patron Saint John the Bap
tist be tarnished by its ruin And so
when the day fixed by the Prince came
round they went to the church betimes
In the morning and lo they found tha
stone removed from under the column
the foot of the column was without sup
port and yet it bore the load as stoutly
as before Between the foot of the col
umn and the ground there was a space
of three palms So the Saracens had
away their stone and mighty little joy
withaL It was a glorious miracle nay
It is so for the column still so standeth
and will stand as long as God pleaseth
-St Nicholas
A Leopard Hunt in Africa
Started out hunting at 5 oclock Came
upon a small herd of mswala followed
nem carefully but could npt get near
enough to have a shot After an hour
I found that I was not alone in being
Interested in the mswala A leopardess
had stepped in between me and the
game When I first saw her she was
crouched like a cat Then she moved
stealthily and quickly toward the game
crept rapidly toward the buck For
about a quarter of a mile I moved
stealhtily and quickly toward the game
I was then within a short distance of
them and could faintly hear the crea
tures hi among a clump of trees I
was thinking how best to stalk and get
a shot when the leopardess again ap
peared about eight yards from me and
close to the mswala She had cleverly
crept to windward and was now almost
within striking distance She crouched
and moved her head slowly from side
to side in order more clearly to see her
game To get a better view she slowly
raised her head and sat on her haunch
es Then she took a still better view by
putting her front paws on a log which
raised her two or three inches higher
Then she showed her head and shoul
ders above the grass and I succeeded
in putting a Snider bullet through her
She was six feet in length It is a very
rare thiug to see a leopard at all and
most unusual to see them in the day
time The natives were delighted I
find the killing of the leopard raises me
to a heroic plane while as a matter of
fact the mere killing of the beast was
as easy as the shooting of a retriever
dog Century
A Losing Business
As a prediction the following point
er was safe enough but considered as
advice it would have been much better
if no lottery ticket had come with it
Gnats do not reform when candle
moths warn them not to fly into tho
fire
One of Beauregards old soldiers sent
him a dollar and requested him to send
him a lottery ticket which would win
a big prize He said I was always
at my post and never disobeyed orders
I came out of the war with not clothes
enough to wad a shot gun The Gen
eral answered
My dear comrade I send you a
ticket that I hope will draw a prize
and beg leave to give you the following
pointer If you stick to the Louisiana
lottery for four years as faithfully as
you did to the Southern Confederacy
vou will not have clothes enough to
wad a pop gun
Row Chnnie invert ier
That Charley Spindles is a horrid
fellow isnt he
Yes but he once saved me from a
mad bull
How was that
I saw Charlie coming and went
through another field Cleveland
Plaindealer
No man ever said a woman was an
angel who did not know better
jIllff4
Lord Salisbury is an enthusiastlcr
scientific amateur in electrical matters
R P Keating who died in Virginia
City Nev last week left a mining
fortune of between 1000000 and 2
000000
A college chum of Tom Watson sayy
that the Populist nominee for Vic
President was the hardest student h
ever saw
Slgnor Tomagno the tenor it la sakS
rwill leave the stage and become a far
mer at the close of the next operatic
season
J H Davis the leader of the Texa
Populists lacks only one inch of being
seven feet tall He is called Cyclone
Davis from his tremendous voice anJ
breezy style of oratory
The late Lord Lilford first heard of
the murder of Lincoln from a scrap or
a Spanish newspaper found In th
nest of a kite near Aranjuez Spain
The Prince of Wales celebrated
Norwich Gates at Sandringham ar
considered the finest specimens in tha
kingdom of wrought Iron
Napoleon had beautiful hands andj
was very proud of them often contem
plating them with a self satisfied air
lie never however save when militarjj
etiquette required It wore gloves
Edwin Lord Weeks the Boston ax
list who was recently appointed k
chevalier of the Legion of Honor of
France has lived in Paris for twentjj
years
Elizabeth Seward of Denver thf
only woman bill poster in the United
States employs from eight to ten menl
and is assisted by her 22-year-old
daughter
Ex Premier Crispi is undergoing 9
course of mud baths near Padue Be
sides suffering from gout he is afflicted
with weakness of the spine and is like
wise almost entirely blind
Miss Ellen Arthur a daughter of th
late President Arthur has just arrived
in this country after an extended trip
in the old country She will reside at
her old home in Albany
Miss Cornelia Sorabji the first ladj
lawyer in India who appeared to de
fend some persons accused of matt
slaughter before the sessions judge o
Puna had the satisfaction of seeing
her clients acquitted
Hans Warner of Wisconsin is dead
He was Secretary of State from 1878
to 1882 and could have been Governor
when Jerry Rusk was first elected to
that office had he not generously stood
aside in order to permit the latter to
be honored by his party
The late Prof Whitney of Harvard
had a remarkable woman for his wife
She is best known as the author of the
interesting narrative of the burning
of the Ursuline convent school In
Charleston Their only daughter mar
ried Thomas Allen the Boston artist
Newton F Hurst 24 years old is a
grocers clerk in Buffalo and gets 5 a
week wages Some time ago he in
vented a car coupler and last week
he received a letter from a manufac
turing firm offering him 30000 in cash
and a royalty on all couplers sold fox
his invention
Scott Hayes a son of ex President
Rutherford B Hayes is connected
with a prominent electrical company
in Cleveland Not long ago he was a
party to a civil suit in which he waa
represented as counsel by State Serv
ator Garfield of Ohio a son of ex
President James A Garfield The son
of the ex president won the case
Didnt Know It Was Loaded
McScorcher My baby has had tha
wind colic for two days
Sikleface What caused the trouble
McScorcher The poor kid tried ttf
cut its teeth on my pneumatic tire
The Care of Childrens Teeth
The care of the teeth cannot be b
gun too early If a child loses those
of the first set prematurely the jaw con
tracts there being nothing to prevent
it from so doing the second teeth have
not space to stand properly and ara
crowded Particles of food lodging be
tween the teeth cause them to decay
early It is a wise precaution to teach
a child to pass a thread of silk or den
til floss between the teeth after eating
as well as to brush them regularly
Salt and water is a good antiseptic
and answers for a dentifrice as well a3
many more elaborate and more expen
sive preparations Ladies Home Jour
nal
Paper Pipes
It is claimed that paper pulp water
pipes have been tried in London with
success Besides being durable and in
expensive they are free from the us
ual corroding influences affecting metaf
pipes and moreover are free from the
electiDlytic effects of the electric cur
rent employed in street railway sy
tern