PHE OMAHA DAILY BEE
TWENTY SECON I ) Y EAR. -OMAHA , TUESDAY MOllNlNG , OCTOHEK 25 , 181)2. ) NUMBER 128
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THEY MET FRIGHTFUL DEATHS
Two Trains Oolliilo on the Reading Road
with Awful Results.
MANY MAIMED AND MANGLED VICTIMS
BOVC-II I'piipto Klllnl Outright nnit Nineteen
Injured Srcnoi Almul Ilio WrrrU llotv
thu ArrlilPiit llnppi'iiril-l.m ot
tlio l > cul : mill Injured.
Ptitt.xnri.rtiiA , I'a. , Oct. 21 The Shamo-
kin express on the Philadelphia fi Heading
railroad , whioh Is duo la this city nt 0:30 :
a. tn. , collided with n tnun of cintity coal
cars a short distance north of West Mana-
yunit tunnel , about eight mlles north of this
city , a low minutes past this morning.
Seven persons wore killed outright , nlnotoon
Injured who were taken to Ml. Timothy's
hospital at. UoxburiJ , and hovnrnl others less
badly hurt were treated at other places.
The Ornil.
THOMAS Wr.l.SH o'uliurn , flronmn of tlio
express tiuln.
JAMK8 IvIIiHAlN , a ed SI yuan , of "Un
it nun , forward brakoinan on coal Unlit.
KUANK fcl'llOn : of Heading , nowboy on
express train , killed In thu hn imo car.
MKS. MAHOAUET DKVINK. mod GO year * ,
killed under thu stove In tlio express car.
DAVID 11KHH. .120 J .VI , momberof thu legis
lature from Iliirrlsbnr , ; .
JAMT.S IIOVNTON , a machinist on the
llcadlnu.
ANNIK ATOIUSON. a od 23. of Miner-
Ylllo. I'a.
Injiirpil at tlio llmliiiry Hospital.
S. i ) . SIIODES of Phoenlxvlllo , express
messenger , concussion of brain ; very sorloiis.
M. D. COWAX , Harnsburg , city onglnoor.
contused let ; .
MOIUTZ G. Lni'iT.itT , both legs broken.
EI.I.A UCVISK , Philadelphia , lacerated
wound of thl.gh.
ANXA KHMP , PlUsburir , Pa. ; fracture ol
the leg. \
Miss MMIY TivT3 : ot Valley Forgo , Pa. ,
fracture of leg.
Ax.xinM. SIIIK-I , lla.iiltng , IM. . log broken.
MMIV 0. PHIT/MVN : , Pottstown , Pa. , con
tusion ot anulc.
WII.MVM H. HMiiU' : , It-jadlng , not dan
pcrous.
JAMM Drurir.i.t ) . KBiiovlllo , Pa. , brakeman -
man on coal train , scalp lacerated.
U. O. PntvrItendlnc. . conductor of pas
senger train , fractured thigh.
TIIOMVS Fitzt'vrmoK , ongmoor of express
concussion of brain and head , very serious.
UiuiM Gomiui.i. , Il-'adtug , compound
fracture , both logs.
On. Josnru K. Wtnmrr , Pnomlxvlllo , boll
Icga broken
W. II. Una K : it , Pottstown , leer broken.
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JAMLS II. CIIII.I.MIV , llaading , plumber oin
ployed by company , hurt about the body.
JOHN B. Wvxcoor , Port , Kennedy , Pa. ,
bauds aiut forearm crushed and afterward ;
nmputitol ,
WILLIAM Ilvi.sr.r , Allentown , contusioi
of lo.s.
The others Injured were :
W. 11. Giiiiumii : : : of Tamaqita , Pa. , con
, ductor of coal train , sculp wound.
'CIIAIII.E.S BII.I.KO , Xamaquu , Pa. , onglnoc :
of coal trnln. head cut.
CIAYTOV EtM'i.Bit , baggngomastcr , broke
npso ana cut hbad.
llEiiNAiin GAU\OHII : : , liroman of coa
train , wrist broken.
B. F. SIT.CK , brakeman on coal train , boa
hurt.
hurt.MIMS
MIMS Lix/.n : Snirii of Phoouixville , rign
Ing broken.
II. UiMisNi-ni.r , 'Now York , two flncer
broken.
A numoor of other parsons who were oi.l
fcllcntly hurt.
Cnmn Togiitlim- mill u Cr.iHli.
The Slmmokln loft Pottsvillo at o'clool
the coal train having orders to lay up n
West Falls , south of whom the collision ot
curred , until the Shnraoktn train had passei
The two trains ouino together right on
curve nt two minutes past it o'clock with
terrific crash. A moment later thn nhricl
and ( .TOins of the dying mid wounded tillc
the air. Tno express was filled with passei
gors. The engines nloxvcd their way throtit ;
each other and rolled over on tbolr sides I
ODO conglomerate mass of shattered inachl
ory. Thu frontof the Damage car was crusbi
completely in , HaggagQinaster Unpler BI
JohifStiofe , the newsboy , wuro burled In
mass of broken timbers , from 'which ttu
wrrosubsequently taken out as dcnd.
The roar of the bangiigo ear and tl
forward end of the smoker crashed togothc
and tlio smoker telescoped its' way Into tl
ether coach fully one-half Its length , nn
how any ono who wus in cither car escape
doatn Is u mystery. The ba cage cnr wi
literally smashed to pieces and thrown even <
on lbo northbound track in a Uoap with it
engines. It cauiiht tire and was soon burnc
up. The uex * . two cars kop't iho track , no1
withstanding they telescoped together an
were almost comuletclv domoll < ihed. Tl
next paRsoncor car and the Pullman ci
were badly damugcd , but not to such an o
lent as to prevent their bulng dr.iwn awn
from tno rest of thu train directly after in
accident occimcil. iCxuopt for seratohos an
bruises tlio passengers In iho laic two cm
nil cscapnd unhurt.
As Iho engines approached each otbi
Engineer Blllog , Conductor Corlacner ui
Fireman Gallagher of the coal tr.tln JuniiH
from iho CUD , and what Injuries they su
tain oil wcro received in jumping ,
ICnglncer Filch and Fireman Welch wo
alonu In iho passenger engine. Tlieyo
civon no tluio to Uilnk of their own'safe
and were buried In the ruins boforr tin
know what hud hnpponod ,
Himiovlni ; thu Dinul iniiiVuiiinliiit ,
When the collision occurred i.'onduct
Hamilton was In tha third ua sungur coic
the ouo next to the Pullman. lie liiuiici ;
otely turned his attention to the dnad ai
wounded , and collootlng about him a staff
helpers be soon.had tlio unfurtunuta vlcllti
nut of iho wreck. Ttiu Injured were quick
taken away , and soon u row of seven do ;
bodies was laid out on the side of the roa
Rome of ilium ualtorod and torn almost t
yond the hope of recognition.
Word was sent , Immediately In snvoral it
factions for medical aid , ami in a short tin
u staff of physicians was on hund looUh
alter thu injuroii who could not bo immoi
tely romovoii In luu ambuluncoj. As so
ns the wounded had all boon attended
' tlu'y were removed In ambulances , these wl
could go homo or voino to the city to
trains and other * wont to adjacent hosplta
| The dead were talion to Iho city police st
i lion at Manavunk.
Clayton llnpler , t.bo baircuxomnstcr of tl
I express , who was mUsltii ; , U m iho hosplt
I K uttering from a contusion of tbo brain ,
I u broken nose u > id a cut heaa.
I Of the Injured at the hospital all will i
I cover with the probablook-coptlon of ICm
i ueor Fitzpsirlck and two passoniran of I
I express , Mossrs. lhodcs and UotUclm
| Fiixpatrlok and Ilhodcs both have fractur
i ikulli and other minor injuries and ( jo
1 iouall'siegt were ainpuiatoii thlsaftornoc
I fram thu ibockof which ha will probal
I die. .Tho coroner's lunupi will he he
I Thur day ,
I TWO WKIIK liTu.t : ! ) .
I rutul Acclileul nit tlio .MlhnutkBi-4 Norl
t > urn Itniiil ,
I MILWAUKEE , Wls. , Oct. W.Uya oolllkl
between a frvight und woru tralu on the M
iraukee & Northern , butwceu Klkhario o
Plymouth this mornlair , the following pcoplo
wcro killed ;
THOMAS nTX.lir.ltAtD of Dcpro.
NICK I'lU.NGI.Iviir Klkliattc.
The following wcro Injured )
Fnr.t > Uowns of Anploton .
\VII.MAM PKI'.I. of Green Hay.
( 'nuts l > i.iN ot Kiel.
rin.i. SIXTY ritT. : :
A lnl Drop ol it CmiitriU'lloii Train Sn rn
AK'II Ullll'll.
ST. PAI-U Minn. , Oct. 24. A Plonoor
Press Spokane spnclal today says : \Vhilo a
construction pang on the drcnt Northern
was laying rnlls across the Wonatcheo river
the false work under the orldgc collapsed
nnd the trade machlno with two carloads of
tics and three cars of rails fell into tlio river ,
sixty foot bolow.
lohn Leonard , John Johnson , .Tamos
Wripnt , Daniel \Vuktiux , NeU Nelson , J.
Dradson ana A. Oleson were killed.
.1. Clliniin , J. Koborison , U. Nelson , .1. J.
Campbell anu J. Llndvlllo were fatally In
jured. A number of otnors were painfully
hurl"
II'II.KS T/.V .Vll.r.
Testimony ol a \ VovtinVho Ksplitlns tlio
Four Donnr , Irt. , Oct. 24. [ Special Tele
gram to TUB Bii.l : : Mrs. John Goldsworthy
of this place has received u letter from her
niece , Mrs. Temperance Walters of Lauaoro ,
Wales , In which the latter states that
eighteen of the largest tin pinto mills tn
that vicinity have shut down and are nropar-
Ing to move their plants to the United Status.
The letter Is a family one , written with no
thought of furnishing political capital , and
the statement mentioned Is mudo as an ex
planation of tha stagnated state of business
there.
lotva Stiproiitn Court
Dr.sMotxus. In. , Oct. 24. ( Special Tele
gram to Tnc BKK.J The following supreme
court decisions wcro rendered today :
Railroad commissioners , appellant , against
Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul Hallway
company , Lyoti district , reversed ; Deere ,
Wells Co. acalnst Council Bluff-i , appal-
lam , Council Bluffs superior court , ufllrmcd ;
Cochran against Iowa Central Hillwav com
pany , nnpellmit , Mahus < ui district , nftirmed ;
Oppcnhcimcr against II. A i wide , appellant ,
Marlon d is trier , nfllrmod ; Brown ne.ilnst
Peterle , Hurdln district , ufllrmod ; Hlnes.
appellant , against Homer , Story district , re
verse I ; Gammon , appellant , ugainst Bull ,
Carroll district , mo,11 lied und nnirmod ;
Buchninn nunlnst Humphrey , ufllrmcu ; Eck-
ford , appellant , agulnat Eckford , Mitchell
district , reversed ; Mnnghcr , appellant ,
against Drury , Palo Alto district , reversed ;
Beams itculnst Crawford , appellant , Woodbury -
bury district , affirmed ; Clifton against
Grancrer , unpollunt , Harrison district , af
firmed ; Conn , appellant , ugainst Toner ,
Wood bury district , tifllrinod.
Deiiluro lorYiir. .
SlotxCiTY. In. , Oct. 21. | SpecIal Tele
gram to 'ItiB ' BuiWar | Is on between the
. -jloux City , Chlcano & Uattlmoro road and
the Stoux City Terminal company. Tbo
Baltimore company Is a new ono supposed to
be backed by the Central of Iowa to build n
line to brine the latter road into thib city.
The Baltimore people have begun proceed
ings to condemn u right of wuv across tbo
Terminal company's yards. Th Terminal
company declares that the crossing will not
bo allowed and says thorn will bo bloodshed
if it is attempted. There is a force of men at
work laying now tracks in the disputed terri
tory whiuh.wlll bo tilled with cars to prevent
the croising. Trouble Is expected very soon ,
At tint Ma -Noi-iiml. .
Ptni : ; , Nob. , Out. 24. ( Special to THE
Bni.J : The social fraternity of the Stata
Normal collage hold a banquet at the Dol-
montco hotel Saturday n'ght. ' The following
were preso'l : Charles F. Neal , Adelborl
Townsend , Hay D. Howard , Stanton T. Van
Vleot , James H. Hayes , Arthur Qulvey ,
Samuel Baiigbmnn , Charles McMillin , Did
Neal , Thomas F. Dobbs. Will N. Delzoll
John J. Neal , Orn A. Fnrgeraon , Idilla L
Jeffrey. Kittle Tynan , Hossio Majors , Aunt
McCoy , .Inlin M. Wort , iNelllo K. Loro. Annr
Borst , Olive M. Jones , Nellie E. Fllloy
Amelia Gillllan , Maud G. 1'hillips.
lotva'H Uvro.il Supply.
DCS MOINBS , lu. , Oct. 24.Tho lowr
weather liml iTrop bureau recently issued t
circular to crop correspondents a iking ostl
mates of percentage on last year's crops o
corn and oats remaining in the hands of producers
ducors UD to October ! . " > . Tho'reports re
celvod from cishtv-four counties show nn average
erago of S-'i per cent of corn und 7 per con
of oats in fiirmors's hands , homo local
itias report to ihu effect that as much of thi
now crop has bean consumed by feeders n :
there Is remaining of the old crop.
Nrlir.tKltiiM Iluitili lloll.
Ui.or Chxruu , Nob. , Oct. "H. [ Special U
TIIK Bui : . I The Clay Center Howibllcai
Cavalry company was called upon Saturday
to bury ono of its members , Lewis C. John
son , 21 yours of ago. The young man wai
employed on the farm of Gonrgo Woods , foul
mlles west of this place , and bad no rela
tives hero. The comp'auy assumed the ox
pcnsc and look charge of the funeral.
fciulnl Jlcirtallty ThroiiKliont Knsslu Sill
I'l-ovaliint In Knriipn.
VtKSNt , Oct. 'J4. A coachman residing n
Florlsdorf , u suburb of this city , too it
drink of water from the Danube on Friday
Yesterday hodiod from what physicians au ;
WAS genuine Asla'Io cholera.
Tim II.MIUB , Oct. 'Jl. During iho pas
week twenty-ono deaths from cholera hav
occurred throughout Holland ,
ST. PjiTeu-nriKt. Oct. ! JI. Slnco the out
break of ths choloia In tnu Husstun domin
ions , there have boon In th-s liuutonaucy o
Caucasius 1'J'i.OO' ) c.ncs of the dlsoasu am
li"i ( MO deaths. In HarntolT there have bnoi
KI.II'JO cases and 11,000 deaths , und In St Po
tersburBJl.itOl ) cases and I.r < UUdeaths , niakini
In UIOHU thrco districts iilono n total n
lV.l , ! Xl cases mid 57,000 deaths. Thro
weeks use the disease hrnlco nut In Warsitt
and since that time twenty cholera doaib
hlivo occurred in that city.
HvMiirun , Oct. .M. The ortlcial choler
I tlgurus for yestordav pluco tuo number o
now rases tit twenty-four and the deaths a
two ,
HriK I'rsTii , Out. Ul. Fiva cases of who
is declared to bo Asiatic chol ra huvo oc
purred In Somlln since October U ) . Two o
the cases proved fatal ,
PAW * . Got , 21. Tlio town of Calais ha
been oftlclully declaim ! to bo infected wilt
cholera. Three cases of the dlsoasp and on
duulh have occurred thoru since Friday
Five oases aim thrco deaths have occur re
in iho udjacoiit villairo of Harrato , Fou
persons died In Marseilles today from whn
is supposed to have been cholera ,
VIKNSM , Out. yi , A girl who lived on th
banks of the P.inuba , Just without tbo limit
of this city , d.ud today of choIoM.
Motmnmit * ul ( ici-.m stciniori.
At Hamburg : Arrived Moravia , fro :
Now York.
At Ulbraltar : Arrived Fulda , fruui .s'oi
York.
At I.lvoruool : Arrived Columbian , froi
Boston.
At Quecuslown : Arrived Ottoman , froi
tloston ; Inulaua. from Philadelphia.
At Scllly : Slghtoa Belgeulund , froi
Now York.
At Antwerp ! Arrived Frleslund , froi
New York.
At Southampton t Arrived Aller , froi
Now York.
At Cherbourg ! Arrived La Champagni
from New York.
At Boston : Arrived Pavoulafrotn Livei
pool ,
At Now York ; Arrived-SJrvu an
Aritoua , from Llvcipiol.
HAS FAVORED THE POOR MAN
What tlie Ropublicnn Fatty Has Done for
the Country.
MANDERSON DISCUSSES THE SUBJECT
Itcticw of tlin I.oglnlntloii ConililRtril by I ho
1'iirty of I'rolMtloii No 1'iirnllol lit
ttic rolltliMil History of
the Nation.
HcntiuN , Nob. , Oct. 21. [ Special Toloeram
to Tun Bun. | Senator Mandorsoti addressed
n crowded opera house for two hours and
forty-live minutes with scarcely ft person
leaving a neat tonight. Many prominent
democrats wore present ,
"I have Just returned from Chicago , " said
ho , "whoro I rode eight mlles from tlio cen
ter of the city to the gates of the exposition
building. There wore upwards of 1,600,000
people present anu ttio half million who
banked tbo olght miles of road were ronru-
sontatlvos'of every country on the face of
the globe , und more prosperous , baiter fed
people never lived. Seventeen million emi
grants have come to this country ,
ciiunl to sixteen states. Was It
for freedom ! No , it was for
selfish motives ; it was to better their condi
tion , got bettor wages and free homos. Thuy
came to a protected country. The democrats
say you do not protect tbe laborer from
foreign l bor , yet wo want thom to como
over and help us Improve our land. Wo
send agents to bring them amonc us , yet In
apolitical year the democrats do not want
them. Wo want all who will become good
citizens , none others.
"Tho republican party passed the Cblnoio
restriction uct In lSSr > , passed the contract
labor apt in 18SS , also the pauper not. The
republican party has dona all that , has been
done in favor of labor.
minted ti I.lttln Scripture.
"I have searched in vain for a parallel of
the convention held In Omaha July 4. The
platform was framed bv those who had long
practice m both the old parlies. Wo will
refer to the I" Samuel , xxli. , 1-2 : 'David
therefore departed and escaped to the cave
of Adullam , und when his brethren heard of
It , they wont down hither to him , and everyone
ono that was in uistrcjs and everv ono that
was in debt end every ono that was discour
aged gathered themselves unto him and ho
became a captain over them , and they were
with him about 100 men. '
"Wo will now subslituto Oioaba for
Adullam and Van Wyck for David and tbo
time the Ton rt n of July in Omaha last Fourth
of .Tulv. I have searched in hislory for a
narallel. They came to frame the platform
by these who bad had lon j nraetiea la other
uartlos. Tnoy fratnod the platform who
, vero In distress , who were In debt , who
were discontented. They sent out the wail
of dlstrojs , they couldn't travel on passes ,
they wore growlers , cotiiplalnors , ItlcKors ,
there was no joy for them In the green tiolds ,
the abundant harvest , the herds on the
prairies all brought no Joy to their poor
sorrowing hearts. Thny built all their hopes
on misfortunes and walls , the two congresses
were dishonest , the supreme benches were
corrupt , newspapers were subjldlzod or muz
zled. Wish some of them woro.
Contrasting ; the I'artlcH ,
"Public opinion was silenced and yet the
voices o ! the two Vans , the Van Wyck and
Vaudorvoort , were heard in the land , 'yea
our homes covered with mortgages and nc
money in circulation. ' There nroso another
party in the city of Minneapolis nnd in con
trast they all were thankful for tbe bounteous
'
harvest , 'the happy homes and the abundant
Joys. When wo deal with foreign natins we
want to gel more than wo givo. In ISUO this
country bad sixteen billions of wealth
and Great Britain had twenty-six
billions. In 18W ) our wealth bad
Increased to sixty-throe billions \\bllc
Great Britain bad but fifty billions. In the
last Oocade wo have grown In population
twenty-four par cent and in wealth forty'
live per cent. Our wealth per capita is ovei
(1.000. In JSOO Nobrasua had an assessed
valuation of s > 4.00t ,000ind 1800 , $104,000,000 ,
Wo have $ ; . " ) UUJ,000 deposited In ba.iks It :
Nebraska. Nebraska's natural wealth 1 :
more than $1,1U5 tu every man , woman anc
child. The actual wealth of Thayer count ]
U Sift tKiO.OOOund the mortgage Indebtedness
l.OOJ.OJO. "
Ho dwelt very briefly on the tariff. I
WAS sum blent to know that every year n
protection meant prosperity. Hon. E. K
Valentino was too hoarse to npoak.
WAKAILY ( iiiirii ! : ) IN INDIANA.
ThousaiiiU Turn One to I.Utou to Itelil nm
, Ind. , Oct. 21. Hon. White
law Hald and Chaunaoy M. Depsw recelvec
a genulnd Hoosier welcome todav all alon ;
the line In Indiana. On the trip from Chicago
cage to Locronspart hundreds of people eath
ered at the stations and a lusty ohoer wen
up as the Hying special whisked by. Lo
gansport was the llrst slopping plans ot Im
portnnco. Hero was gathered n crowd varl
ously estimated at from 0,0'JO to 3,003 people
The arrival of the train was announced b ;
tbo tlriug of a cannon and ringing of bells.
MOSSH , Hold and Depow wore escorted ti
the rlnli by the Logan Republican club , thi
local band and drill corps und tbo Comiuor
clal Travelers club from Indlanauolls. Tb
rlnl ; was packed with people when tli
speakers reauhed it and a tbo'usaad or mor
who desired to hear were unable to got ti
tbo doors ,
Mr. Koid was Introduced dm. Ho lalitoi
of the mighty cry that had been raised b.
Iho democrats. Ho said that from what hi
had soon on his trip through the state tbi
pcoplu of Indiana did not appear to be over
taken with calamities. They wore prosper
ous and had boon under the republican pol
icy for thirty years btuuding. Ho uskei
Ihom to endorse this policy at the polls.
Chnuncey M. Dopaw was then Introducoi
and spoke briefly.
The special train left for Indiannpolis at '
o'clock anu reached Kokomo ut U o'clock
Hero provisions had boon made for a rocop
lion of tlio most elaborate sort , not loss thai
0,000 people being present , with gaily am
gorgeously trimmed wagons and all tho'pom ;
and ceremonv ot an old-fashioned Hoosie
rally , A stand had tjoon erected In th
court house yard which fronts the rallroai
track , and accommodations had boon lire
pared to accommodate a great thronu. Brio
spoenhcs wore made here as well as a
Huarpjvillo , Tip ton and Noblnsvillo , wbor
the people nad turned oat by thousands.
\vn.i. r.ir HUMC.S M > III > von : .
Inilgu CruniHC Warmly llmialvud by 111
Itlcluu-iUim County frleiiiU ,
Uut.o , Neb. , Oot. IM. [ Special Telegran
toTitq BEI.J : Judge Crnanso spo'io to m
.entbusiastlo crowd hero this evening , us th
Judge resided here in the 'OOs. Ho wa
greeted by his old InemU and neighbors
without regard to parly. A grind torch
light procession , hoadoJ by the lioj Cloud
Kan. , bind , paraded the streets , and at tin
close thu Judge was presented a ma ;
t.lflcont bouquet by bis admirers , alte
which ho bewail his speech . Ho rofcrro
feelingly to bis early recollections of lime
spent In liulo , after which ho humorous ! '
spoke of his tlrst start in political life , us
representative ) from this couutv , and nttrll
uted his politic U btariiultfe to nis friend
In Hula. Hu tnun spoke about two hours o
the political situation und ablv discussed th
tariff , financial and state usuos and p.iv
Van WycK a few turns on the suit. He rtil
get tbe votes of Uulo solid.
.Morion ui .Met ; ii k.
MtCooK. Nob. , Ont. -iSpjcial Toll
pram to THE Bee. ) lion. J. Sterling Moi
ton wu greeted with u crowded hime her
tonight , dulo atloua coming from all the sue
roudlngtowus. . At 7:39 : tbo proc93loa wi
formed , with thn MdOoWk band In the load.
Governor Mor'on arid .Hon. S. E. Wntbach
were escorted to the oppni house. Mr. Wai-
bach was the llrst ! , r > o. h4r , and In n few well
chosen words promUod the people if ulcctrd
that he would do Inn Whole- duty Uy tha poo-
pi" . Mr. Morton was " received with cheers ,
nnd proceeded nt onco" to demolish Iho cheap
money fallacies of the Independents , nnd
scored Van Wyck , h'owlng his rooord In
coneross to gtvo the lie to his utterances on
the stump as tbo people's candidate- gov
ernor. His address on the tartlT was logical
from n frco trade stand point , nnd ho was
frequently applauded by his enthusiastic ad-
mlrora. _
II.VUTINim > VS'IimNSTIlATII : N.
Hundred * cf ltciutillcius ] Turn Out to llc.tr
.Hrlklrjnllli Spo.lk.
HAUTI.NUTO.NNeb. . , Oct. 2J. [ Special
Telegram to Tun Br.n.l-Tho republican
rally hero tonleht was the largest demon
stration of the kind ever h lil hero. Several
hundred onthusiastlo republicans from all
parts of the country had gathered to listen
to un address by Hon. George D. Moikle-
John , Tno train phllod up to the depot to
night houvilv laden with republicans from
Colorldce. The procession marched up town
escorting tbo speaker to the Merchants hotel ,
At 7:30 : p , tn. the procession , six blocks
long composed of the metropolitan band of
this city , the Colorldco cornet band , the Harrison
risen club ot this place nnd the Republican
club from Coleridge , formed and marched
through the principal Mrcots. When the
procession had reached the hall scarcely auy
could enter as the roa n was already packed.
To have the largo gathering divided was nil
that could bo done , consequently several
hundred remained tu listen to Mr. Mclklo-
John and the rest of 'tho crowd cathcrod In
front of the hotel to hoar Hon. John Harris
of Norfolk , ono of the leading republican
orators of the sta'c. Both speakers tilled
the crowd with enthusiasm.
Oitkiliilu Itepiihllrnnq Moot.
OAKDU.E , Neb. , Oct. 21. [ Special Tele-
cram to Tnc BEE. ] The republican rally
bore tonight was ouo of the largest over hold
in this region , the largo rink being filled
with un iutcltlgontaudionco containing many
ladies. A largo excursion came down from
Ncllgh. The torchlight procession was the
finest over In the pluco. A unique and
charming feature of it was the Young Ladies'
Republican club tn uniform.
The speeches were made by W. H. Alex
ander of Omaha nnd Judge Norrlr of Poncn.
Mr. Alexander discussed in nn able manner
the tarilT question from the beginning of this
government until the present time. Ills
method of presenting the tariff under the
McKinley bill was now and very convincing ,
coed judges saying It was the best tariff ar
gument thev over hoard.
Failure ol'un Indnprnitoiit , Itiilly.
NBHiMSict CITV , Nob. . Oct. 24. ( Special
Telegram to TUB BjEE-J The grand inde
pendent rally advortl4pfl to take place In this
city today was any thins but grand. Gen
eral Van WVCK , Grebn and Sbrador were
billed to speak , but' Green failed to mater
ialize and Van Wyes left for Fairbury In the
afternoon. Two" oppplutraonls for one date
did not trouble the general. Shrador spoke
ton small cro'wd at the court bouso In the
afternoon nnd in ttio1 evening was again
pressed into service at the Standard tneiUer
assisted by J. W. , jJoviue. At the courl
house this uventng iBently nnd Maxwell
spoke for the prohibitionists.
rioiised.vltll AimklKJoIui.
BMKIISON , Nob. . Oct. 24. [ Special Tele
gram to THE B Kb. IfA rousing republican
rally was hold-hero tui raflornoon. Gaorge
U. Melkloohn"camlidate'for ] congress from
this district , was -principal spoaker. The
town hall ' was wplf pHedHvith' citizens of 41
parties. 'Mr. Moikln'john made ono of hi ;
tolling speeches for the republican party ant
received rounds of applause. Judge A. E
Barnes of.Poncu also mude a brief address it
support of tbo ticket. This was Bmorsou'i
first political rally and , although a demo
cratic town , everybody went away from tht
meeting well satisfied that Mr. Moliilejohi
will bo the next congressman.
I"iisloniau < l Its Complication ! .
Pii.unn , S. D. , Oct. 24. The secretary
state has received the resignation of C. L
Wood , democratic candidate for coocrcss
This seems to' indicate fusion with th
populists. It is believed other candidate
will resign and the tickets will bo dlvidoi
about half and halt. This is tbe last da' '
resignations can bo received. The ticket
have already been printed without resigna
tlons. Tho'printtng of now tlokots will cos
$10,000 and will bo chureod to the countla
where resignations render reprinting I\QCQI
sary. It is believed many counties will re
fuse to order new tickets.
Fremont Speech.
FHCMOVT , Nob. , Oct 2l.--fSpactal Tele
gram loTim BKE.J Hon. Matt Goring ui
rived in this city this afternoon from tb
west , and wa ? met at the Union Pacific tral
by n roc-option committee and the junior don
ocratlc life und drum corps. The bam
'
played sovoral'Dopulur pieces In front of th
court house , in the evening. The court rooi
was well tilled with ladies , democrats , prohl
bltlonls Is , republicans und independent
Mr. Goring was Introduced by Thomas Id
len. Ho spoke for two hours on MuICmloy
Ism , the tariff bill , income tax , free trade
force bill , oto. _
IV. . Sliru Murlliins.
BumMixuTON'.Nob. ? Oct. 24. [ Special Teh
gram to Tnu BEK. ] The following was rt
ceivod by thocoutily clorlt today : "You wi. .
under no circumstances nnuse mv name to b
printed in the oftlcfal ballot as candidate fc
state senator of tbo Twentv-sixth distnc
P. W. SHEA. "
till'lll'T "IO UK.lTIl .IT t/f J.V.I'M f
Hanks of the follow .Ilivor IJroak ARI |
anil Over fiO.OOl ) I'ruplu urn Urottnril.
SVN FitANciM'o , Cal. , Oct. 24. LoMot
froTi China bring terrible accounts of loss c
Ufa and property caused by the breaking f
the banks of the Yellow river at a pom
called ' "China's Sorrow , "
It Is estimated that the Hooded district i
IfiO mlles long by thirty mllus wldo ; tha
over BU.OOO people hate been drowned , an
that fullv 1,000,000 will starve to death unlns
tbe Chinese government furnishes them fee
from now until neXUsprlup.
'Ibowork of strengthening tbe ombanl
tncnt of the nvor was poorly done after tn
last great Hood , thron1 years ago , and th
hluh waterthi9 _ , i-iroii swept away tb
banks as though thwnWore ol straw ,
In several dlstrutii | water is fifteen fe <
deep und wboo ! < families nro on the roofs i
their nouses , Only tbe moro BUbstantli
structures renal the option of the water , tb
majority of Iho houie crumbllna away an
carrying tbo wretched people to death.
Hlulno'a Itiitimito Ilm Capital ,
WJHIIINOTON , D. 0 , , Oot. 24. [ Spocli
Telegram lo TUB IJh * . ] James G. Blnit :
nnd family arrived ! hero a5 o'clock t
night .after an absence of llvo inont't
from the nattouM capital. In tbe coi
oral interest wbloh centered at the wbi1
bouse ihu coining of the HlMnos was almoi
unnollcad. It wus in marked contrast wit
tbo lait arrival of Mr. Hlalno , when ho n
turned from his long niceo of sickness at I ) :
Harbor. Mr , lllalnc came through tbe depi
und balled' ihu colored driver of n nisi
liner , The dilapidate' vehicle swung oroun
to tbo doe ? of the situloa and ibo party wn
driven to the Ululn'o "mansion on Lufayoti
Place. Mr. Blalne'q'step was Jaunty aiid li
looked well.
Oct. 21.- < -'I'DO Globe in nn art
clo on emigration gayaj Aneffort will 1
inaao from this out lo Induce emigrants fro
western Europa who have gone , or are K
Ing , to the northwestern states to como In
tbo Canadian northwest. Uuriug the prcsei
teuton homosteaden bavo been requested
state in their paper whether they are r
turned Canadians or Americans nnd the r
turns show that about 7p per cent are Ataoi
cans uud about 25 per coal Canadians.
WILL TRY TO SAVE BRYAN
Omnha Democrats , Will Oat Their Shekals
Into the Breach ,
DECISION OF A SECRET CONCLAVE
Cry for Alii friini tlio Voting- Sinn Kl
of the I'lrst nnd tlir lte ponio It
IMIulted Arrunced n
Itliml.
AnaniD * nnd Snpphirn , rest serenely bur-
od In your little crypts of the moldy past ,
alongside your undisputed titles to the chain-
ilonslilp of provnrloatory artists of your lime.
Jon'tcomo buef to oartb and Omaha , to
outer the lists against the products of modern
clcnco and centuries of experience , now
losing as heavyweights in your llnu. Profit
) > n fnondiv tip , nnd como not hero In your
mbccillly nnd dccropltudu , as Sullivan jour-
loyed to Now Orleans , ulso bo prepared to
hare his fate.
But why this warning , nnd wherefore !
Local democracy mot last night nnd , what
s not at all strangeto relate , Its business
vas of a nature tint every demo
crat present was ashamed that the
public should Know. Therefore was It
loomed necessary , from a democratic stand
point , that each and every unterrlllod dis
ci plo should bo doubly pludgod not to reveal
a word of what actually transpired , nnd
'or fear that aomo of thoui weru
not sufUciontly apt to successfully answer
all questions that might ba fired
>
at them , in a manner to avoid giving any
nkline of what had been done , a school of
nstructlon was instituted for the education
of all present In the art of co operati vo lying.
But moro ot that anon. Would you Know
low it happened , peruse In silence.
l.lon and Tleer Ccttlujr Together.
Bo it known that a moating was regularly
called , to bo attended only by mo-nbors of
the Samosats and Jacksonians , the two
rival democratic clubs of the city , no
torious chloliy because of tno bitter ,
cut-throat warfare that they have persist
ently waged against each other ever since
: ho latter organization has been In existence ,
tint this was not at all surprising in view ot
the fact that the tnlng that gave the
Juclt'Otnnns birth was tbo uncontrollable op-
nositton that sprang up within the ranks of
the party against the methods pursued by
the silk-stocking organization and Us self-
constituted bosj , now in the gubernatorial
chair , and from that tlnia until S:2T : o'clock
last evening thn oroach continued to widen.
The real object of the meeting was direly
dark or darkly dire . ( preference ordinarily
given the former ) , but the Information was
given out to the few who were curious
enough to ask , that it was for the purpose of
arranging for u grand rally in Ibis city at an
early day , to bo addressed by Congressman
Brvnn. So ranch for the preliminaries.
When Judge George Shields , president of
Satnosot , officially nnd incidentally the in
dividual who had engineered tbo meet
ing , called the assemblage to order ,
there wcra about 125 of the faith
ful present ! and every mother's sou ot them
belonged to one orcahzatioa | , or the other ,
for an individual with a liberal deposit ol
adipose tissue on both body and brain stood
at tbo door und denied admittance to all save
those whoso names appeared on the member
ship rolls.
licHiiecliliii ; Tor Hilly Itrvtlll.
President George Hluesof the Jacksonlan
was allowed to state the object of the moot
ing , which ho declared to bo the
matter of raising money to assist the demo
crats in the First district in electing
Hon. W. J. Bryan to succeed himself ic
congress. The nnnouucomcnt occasioned c
little ripple of excitement , as few
of those present bad been lot
Into the secret beforehand , and
surprise was depicted on many i
countenance , whoso owner is supposed to be
proof against surprise of any kind or In
any form. .Mr. limes extolled the iniinv
supposed virtues of Mr. Bryan , and tried tc
explain to the assembled democrats of the
Second district how important it was foi
their future happiness that Bryan bo re
turned from tbo First. He declared that
Bllliam was the greatest democrat this side
of Now York , and then volunteered tin
information that the situation down in the
First was very precarious and that it was
necessary that something desperate be done
or Hon. Allen W. Field would reprosonl
tbo southeastern corner of Nebraska ir
the next congress. When his auditor :
deemed lo bo worked up to a realizing sense
of tbooxngueralcd nwfulncss nt such a con
lingcncy , Mr. Hlnes relieved himself ot the
assertion that In order to countorbalanci
the Inroads that Field had been making in
iho Bry n forces it would bo necessary foi
the democrats in Omaha to raise $1,000 a' '
once , nnd more at n subsequent timo. Whet
the speaker sat down , the silcncn was si
deep that n ton-foot polo would not havi
roachcahalt way to the bottom.
Henry Os'.hoff of the Fifth ward , whi
deferentially yielded to the wishes of Goorgi
P. Bomls and several others last fall wilt
reference to the- mayoralty question
thought over what had been said
nnd then raoioa that a commit'.o of live bi
appointed to .solloit funds for tbo purpose o
assisting Mr. Bryan out of his presen
despairing predicament. Ho bad not beet
paying the closest attention to all Ilm
Hlnes had mid , so when he came to adt
his mite to Iho eulogistic shroud that wa1
belli ? woven for Mr. Bryan , hu voclfcrouslj
nsbortid that ho wus the greatest democrat
west of Chicago. But the audience apparently
ontly didn't euro foru llttlo ttung like i
thousand miles , and iho motion to appoint i
committee- carried without a dlssantlnf
voice.
Chairman Shields very properly named Mr
'
Osthoft as tha chairman of the' committee
but for thn first tuned in his life the abbreviated
atod Individual from the Fifth declined. 1
was a very refreshing sensation , and ufte
the crowd had recovered Osthoff stated thu
no needed all his spare tltno to rustle ui
funds to secure the election of .Mr. Osthol
us the next councilman from the Fifti
ward.
The chairman then named as tbo boodli
committee Messrs. Con Gallagher , W , I )
Mcllugu , Thomas Lowry , Adam Snydar am
Bradford.
Croat lloild Thin , Kir. '
F , A , Brogan then claimed the attention o
the cnalr to remark that several very Bbar
newspaper men were straining every nerv
to ascertain what the meeting was callo
for and what it was going to dc
and that it would bo necessary to use extr
precautions to see that not a word of thoi
prncooaiiigs reached tlio oars of the outsld
world. Poor Bropy. Ho meant well , but b
Is young yot. Still , ho will probably b
older after ho accumulates more ago.
He thought that as the mooting had boei
called for thoostonslblopurposoof arrangini
for a grand rally ut which Brvnn wouli
speak , it would bo well 10 gtvo It out tha
this was the business transacted and ii
order lo make tbe storv hang to cthe
nicely , ho moved that a committee of llvo b
appointou to look after the matter.
In bupport of his motion bo said that i
would bo Impossible to obtain un opera bous
in tbh city between now and the time o
election , and as bo understood that the Hi
position hall could bu secured for the Mh o
November it would oo well to Ux tbo moot
Ing for that tltno.
The motion carried and the chairman sal
that ho would name tbreo Samosuts ut a U
turo limo to serve OD the uommittuu , nn
would l-mdly allow Mr. J. B. Sueeun , score
tary of the executive branch of the state central
tral committee ana a meinbor ot tbe Jack
sonlans , to pick the othqr two from amou
the members of tbo latter organization.
Are | il un u Story.
Tlili i ample of Satnojet geuorouly
xomo of the Jackionians to open their eyes ,
but , before thov could collect tholr senses
enough to protest ugainst It. C. S. Montgom
ery hud the lloor , with a few more suggest
ions as to secrecy. He agreed ulth , all that
Mr. Brogan had said , but thought Hint the
crent thing for the members to dwell on
when asked about the meeting was that It
was called for the purpose of uniting the two
great democratic clubs of Omaha : that it wits
asocial and fraternal uvuilnc , louiilng 10 iho
laying aside of nil tha animosities of the punt.
Hu thought that It this storvVIH mlnpted ,
the public would get only what It was en
titled to , nnd the members would find no dif
ficulty In answering o.nc < > llons.
The storv that each should tell was thus
agreed Upon , nnd a recess of ten minutes
was then declared to allow the committee-
Bryan cash to got In Its work on the mem
ber * present.
It was n charming sight to eo these patri
otic partisans fairly fnlllnir over oaoh ether
to contribute to the fund to help a forlorn nnd
helpless brother , nnd nt the expiration of the
tlrst live minutes almost 1 had bojn con
tributed.
O'CEliiC ' Up tllt < DilcntH.
This did not please the committee , and
with u choice assortment of profanity and
United dtutos the twin clubbitei wore or
dered to trot un nnd dc poslie n liberal quan
tity of iho Johnny ICudoih. The now plan
worked hotter than thn old , nnd Colonel Gal-
lagnor announced nt Intervals , " $ I ! ! * > , "
"SIM , " "flir,11 "f 170 , " "f.00. " and nt tbo
latter figure Iho levy stopped. It was then
announced that It was not necessary for the
money to bo paid on the spot , and that sub
scriptions would ba taken for any amount ,
no matter how small , "for , " sai'd Colonel
Gallagher , "every cunt counts in this cam
paign. "
On awaln calling to order , the chairman
stated tlutt ho was glad to see so many as
sembled together in the mime of doinocracv ,
and that bo hhd long Ibougtat that It , was
time for the in em bur a of both clubs to cot
togothor. Ha know that It was the purpose
ol the Sumosots to elect democrats nnd bo-
Itoved that such was also the purpose of the
Jacksonians. Their purposes ns evidenced by
some individuals nad seamed lo ba to down
each ether , but bo was certain Ihut there
were cranks everywhere , und ho preferred
to believe that It was this class that had
made lha trouble between the clubs , nnd
he honed that it was over for all time. Ho
called for other speakers and T. J , Muhunoy
responded.
Tim .Mntionej't , i\purlrnrc.
Ho wanted to tell what hu had found on
his travels out through tno state. Ho had
hoard from the republican nomlneo for state
treasurer that the Democratic South Side
club intended to vote for Weaver for presi
dent , and tbo statement came from the presi
dent of the club.
Ono lonesome tcnn applauded this state
ment , but ho was not long In realizing that
ho had clapped his llttlo hands too soou , for
he saw that ho was ulouo and promptly died
on the spot.
Mr. Muhonoy said ho was sorry that this
ivas so. Ho regretted that such a report nail
'Jeen ' allowed to go out through the slate , for
10 thought that Uouglus county democracy
should vote the straight democratic ticket.
o didn't care a straw ubout either Crounsu
or Van Wyck , but ho didn't think that the
democrats should waste thsir time or tholr
I'otos in voting for one to prevent the other
from boin ? elected , when their own ticket
stood such a coed show of success. Out In
the state one could not help but fool that the
democratic party hau not gone out of busi
ness , notwithstanding the ro'norts to the
contrary.
Ho told of half a do/en counties where ho
hsd been , nnd in all of thorn the Independ
ents were losing ground rapidly and thu
diuocrats | were on the gain. Ho said that it
was tha verloit idluov lo talk of abandoning
the party organization and tusiug with Iho
populisU.-oitUiir openly or beorotly-as Itnras
that very thing that had cost them so dearly
two year. ! ago. Ho nssoHou that If it bad not
been for the fact that the democrats in the
old Third dislriut had volod for Keiii ,
not because they wanted hlmulcclud but be
cause thor thoueht that it was the only way
they could defeat Dorsov , they would have
elected Thompson just like roliinuolT u log.
In the old Second district they fused on Me-
Koighan and no local tickou wcro put In
nomination in many of the counties , if they
bad not done that und had nominated their
tickets as they should , they would have
elected their whole state ticket instead of
simply u Governor. Hesaid thut every tvh'-'ru
he went outside of Douglas county the ques
tion was asked , "What will Omaha and
Douglas county do will the democrats there
abandon their organization und vote for Van
Wyck I"
Van U'idt I.iMlnc ( .roiilid.
"I can toll you ono thing , " said the
speaker , "outsldo of Douglas county Van
Wyck won't begin to poll the vote Hint
Powers polled two years ago. Flllmorc
county gave Powers l.SOO two years ago ,
last year Edgerton 1,100 and this year the
populists won't ba In It there. It is the same
all over the state. You can boliuvo it 01
not , but it Is n fact , nnd the thing for the
democrats of Douglas county to iln is tc
wako up to the fact that the democracy
ot Iho state Is in this light and is In
it with a good lighting chance. Jn
many of the representative and sona
torlal districts the republicans will
help us where they have tie
chance to elect their own ticket. Thej
would do tltis in the senatorial district nunlc
upof Antelope , Boona nnd Greelny counties
but for tbo lact that it has been impressed
upon thom that wo are going to throw oui
untlro support to Weaver. Wo must rcmom
her thut there will bo un United States anna
tor to elect at Lincoln this winter , ntid tht
democrats will be In a position to have u bic
say so in that matter if it in worked right
Wo can prevent either of iho ether nartlo'
from having a majority on Joint ballot. J
tell you , my friends , that It behooves us tc
stand firmly for the straight ticket. "
Mr. Montague was then called upon to tcl
What to had found on bis whirl across UK
prairie. It was of the same place as Mr
Muhoney's and wus to tlio effect t hut tin
rock-ribbed should not under any circum
stances vole other than thu straight part )
ticket. The situation ut Chudron , vulan
tine , O'Neill ' , Gordon and Bussutt was detailed
tailed , and tbo losses which the populist
had experienced were detailed us Bucurci
from tbo most reliable bouives.
Slioniuakur'ri IIt tin Story.
\V , S. Shoomnkor , nomlneo for county at
toruoy , next claimed attention to rumarl
that ho had n suggestion to offer. Ho n ;
bistod that the party must ht.vo good Judge
at the polls on election dav , as It was I in
possible to carry nn election without them
Ho thought that it was ono tiling to oas
ballots und another thing tn count thom
Somu of tlio voters might need t
uo instructed , and ho wanted th
democratic- voters to have u demo
crallo Judge give thom what Instructloi
they needed. Another manor that h
wanted to speak ubout was that of Imvln
Judge tVukcloy make a few speeches fo
Judge Doano. Ho thought that ho would b
willing to do It , und he felt that It would rt
suit In securing for Judge Doano tbo last o
iho few voles that wcro not already cor tun
to bo cant for him.
Nobody else wanted to talk , and the moot
ing adjourned ,
It was a secret meeting , and out of dofoi
once to the wisbnj of Messrs. lirogan , Moni
gomory ot al. TIIK Ben refrains from print
Ing u detailed report of tto proceedings ,
DiiMouit.vrii ; iivrociusv.
llotv tlio Uiittafclioil Kt.ido tlio l.ittv un
Thru Kieki llnriiiidonnlily.
Poi'mastor Clark-ion was Indiznunt ycstei
day over an editorial which appeared In th
World-Herald under the head of "Peoksnl
In the oftloo. " liore Is tbo gisto ( tbo screed
"Tho discrimination of Mr. Wnnnnmkcn
the administration ot his ollice ni favor c
republicans und against democrats is enow
conclusively In tbo passage through the mall
of what is known as 'Tho Voter's Library ,
It was registered as a regular publication b
the republican campaign committee , and i
stralpht republican political literature. A
It Is registered as regular matter , this cam
palgn text book passes through tbo mails a
2 cents a pound , while tbo democratic uc
tlonal committee- has to pay a cent for ever
tvvo ounces or fractional part of two ounce
for its campaign literature. "
Sppaklnif of the mutter Postmaster ( Uarl
ex IILCOXU rias.
PASSED PEACEFULLY AWAY
Su.sp.jns3 nt the Exooutivo Mansion Ended
Early This Morning.
PATHETIC SCENES AT THE BEDSIDE
Mr * . IliirrUun's l.n l .MomrnU I'ttHiiril
Unii-i Minnlirr Spark of l.llo Coulil
bcitiruly UH llrlootcd Towitril
MtilnlKlil.
.Mr < . Itiirrlioii illoil lit I : ! ( ) . in.
WASIIISOIOV HumMI : OK TUB HBB , )
nttl FotniTiir.NTii SritKi-.r ; , v
W IIIMITOS , l.C. . , OCU ! ! U. )
All through the Innir , weary night the
silent watchers at the white house .sat watt-
Ing for the end , to.trlng yet boltevlnit
that death would co no with tha
dawn. All night long the president )
walked the corridors , sat in the sick
room or stretched hlmielf out for a brioC
rest In his room. If hu slept at all It was
only foru few moments at n time. Through ,
the early night Lieutenant Parker lay on a
couch In Mr. llalford's room , but as , the
nlgnt were on ho wont to his room to seek a
llttlo rest. The other members of the
household were in lliolc rooms sleeping , but
half dressed , ready for a sudden summons.
All night lone tbo electric light blazed In tha
vestibule In tbo executive ofllcos and in tha
long hall way upstairs. At Intervals the wutch-
man made his noiseless rounds , lie mot no
ouo but the president , nnd ho saw him but
rarely.
With the coming of the onrly morning-
hours ihu watchers by the bedside watted
almost breathlessly for the changing tide ,
but tbodrcadod crisis did not como. The
patient lay half sleeping , half waking , never
actively conscious. When thu hour of great-
ust dunctbr had passed Iho president lay
down for a brief rest. Hu wai in the sluk
room again wlion the doctor arrived , a few
minutes after 7 o'clock. Mrs. Harrison wan
nwako then. She recognized Dr. Gardner as
ho bent over her bed , nnd whlsparod a faint
greeting to him. The doctor saw that nho
tvas weaker , but there wore no indications
ot colhipio. The president , hownvor , would
not leave the sick room this last day oven lo
to got his breakfast. After the simple
morninc service naa boon held In his room
ho hud some food sent up to him and ate a
llttlo of it , than returned to the badsldo.
Suititrnl3- Cliiingo Oeritrrctl.
It wus only half an hour later thut there
came a sudden changu in thu patient's con
dition. Her stronuln seemed to fall nnd
Mrs. Mclveo and Mrs. Dlmmluk , who stood
by the oedsiue. fjarod that the end was ap
proaching. The doctor , however , by the
use ef stimulants wus ublu to bring the flee
ing vitality back ug.tlu to the fecblo'form.
nnd once more thu ayes opened nnd looked
upon the world , but thu lips had moved for
the last lime. Even had the will been active
tlio muscles qf thu face- could not have
responded. For the remainder' , the day
the slok woman WHS lymu. motionless and
speechless on bar bad , the llama ot Ufa rising-
and failing , flickering feebly , ready nt almost ,
any moinontto , L O out.fore.ver. The muscles ,
'
o'f tho'throa't , lee , refused to do tholr duty ,
und so the last act of the tragedy bsgan.
There was no pain , no suffering , physical ur
mental. The faculties wore not all be
numbed. The eyes could look and know u ,
llttlo , but thu wonderful energy which has
fought off thu end so long hail ell wasted
nwav.
There were intervals of stupir and inter
vals of wakeful Hi-ml-consciousness all
hrouuh the day. The doctor hud stayed
until U o'clock , then ho had gone away to'bls
other p-itiunts. Ho rulurncd about noon
nnd again at 1 o'clock. He said at bisthird
visit that Mrs. Harrison might llvo for four
or llvo hours. Hi : came ai'uln at ! ) o'clock
and said that she might llvo three or four
loars longer. The provident , saw but ono
Isitor today , In fact , onlv one person who
was not n member ot tno household. Thu
exception was Dr. P S. Hamlln , the pastor
of the Church of the Covenant , ot which the
resident , nnd Mrs. Harrison have boon moni
kers. Ho came to ofCor a few words of coin-
Tort , and the president and Mrs. MuKeo saw
iiim for a few minutes in thu upper hallway.
\\ltn this exception the president saw no
3110 not , even Mr. Halford. No business was
brought to his attention and there was no at
tempt to intrude ) vi | on him. The white house
was closed to all vUiiors as it is on Sunday.
\ card nn ttio door announced the fact ,
General Grant , the assistant secretary of
war , and Indian Commissioner Morgan
called nt un , early hour und saw Mr. Hal-
lord for a minute ; later Judge
Bealo of tnu court of claims
came and through the day Attorney General
Millur was a frequent caller. Many others
slopped nt iho door to leave messages of
sympathy , among them Chief Justwo Fuller ,
Mrs. Benjamin Biittarworlh , Minister Dei-
toiivo , Mrs. Mason , Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah
Wilson , Mrs. William Haywood , George
Chandler , James N. Tynor , 'Minister Grip ,
Mrs. .lulien James , Mrs. Major Parker , Min
ister Moudonca , Count and Countess Spon-
necu , Mrs. Romero , Mrs. William M. Lay.
Sonornnd Midnmo Guzman , J , V. L. Findlay -
lay of Baltimore , General FuUortou nod Mrs.
Sccrotary Husk.
Coining ol HID lllid.
At tiO : ; o'clock Mrs. Harribon had sunk :
into a stupor which seemed to presage thu
coming of the end. Tlio nurse told the pres
ident that she was dying and at his sugges
tion the other members of thu family were
summoned to the sick room. Thov were Hev.
Mr. Scott , Mrs. Uurr-ison's broth'or , Mr. nnd
Mrs. J. H. MelCeo , Mis. Kinsoll Harrison ,
Mrs. Uimick nnd Lloutunant and Mrs. 1'ar-
ker. They .sat silently awaiting for ihu
lust moment , Mrs. Harrison was unable to
moveor to speak , She lay most of the time
In a heavy stupor , liku a deep sloop , from
which sha omorgcd at limes into un appearance -
anco of consciousness , Thn doctor came nt
ti o'clock. Ho found her condition un
changed , and when ha cnma again ut 7 a'clooic
It rumalnod the sumo.
Meantime In lha executive ofllco a number
of mi'ssuBos of condolence bad been rocolvoi' ,
addressed to thu president. An explanation
of thom came over the white t.ouso wire
later. Koine ono had went n telogiam to In-
cimmipoliH Baying that Mrs. Hurrison wus
dead , and from IndltinapolU the report bad
spread over the country , Mr , Halford hna n
bulletin sent out uy the iVostorn Union Telegraph -
graph company saying that Mrs. Harrison
hud not died. But the bulletin did not travel
as fast us tha report und the maaiagob of
of condolence continued to como in.
At 7:115 : a telegram was received from
Judge Scott of Port Townbond , Mrs. Harri
son's brother , saying that ho would start for
Wellington today. Ho Is the only member
of Mrs. Harrison's family who has brnn ab-
tent during her blokncss. Ho will ba Inter
cepted uy telegram and will probably btopat
Indianapolis ,
Keeking Information.
At tbo oturanco to the white ho'ino ' was a
llttlo group of newspaper correspondents
waiting for bcraps of Information , In
thu executive oftlcu the tolopbono
bell tail * ut intervals and liujuliloi ,
were mudo for news of Mr * . Harrlson's.con *
ditlon , The oxecutlvu clerks hud all b on
summoned for use If needed , nnd tbo white
hoiiBu carriage waited for ut.o In nn omer-
goni-y. Several messages had been sent
during tbo day to the nbsont members of the
cabinet , Secretory Noble and Secretary
Tracy arrived In Washington today and
wore at Iba white housu this aftornoou.
Word was lucelvod trom Secretary John W.
Foster that no would bo hero In' the morn
ing. Postc ster Wananmkor pasted through
Pittsburg tonight , and bo lee will be hero
In tbo morning. Secretary Charles Foster
expcclotl to leave Chicago tonight and bo In
Washington tomorrow morniug. Secretary
HUSK will Icavo Wisconsin tonight and Sec
retary Hiking will bo hero tomorrow.
At7iiO : Lieutenant PurUor c m from tUft
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