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The evening times., 1896-10-16
CASHIER BALDWIN DEAD.
Traders National Bank of This city
Loses valued Official.

The death last night OF Mr.. Brenton Lash
brook Baldwin, cashier of the Traders
NJ, ,onai bank, at kainhow, i'll tie Adiron-
dack mountains, was announced tits morn
ing.
Mr.. Baldwin, accompanied by his wife
and three children. gave up their home, at
No. 1910 U street northwest last July, and
left for the purer atmosphere OF the Adj
rondacks, which he hoped would stay the
progress OF consumption.
sdF. nl,dwin's death brings to Il cioSe
career full of promise. He wis only thirty
nine years old, and has risen Co his present
position from that of messenger by in
dustry, ability and honesty. Mr.. Bald
wins family is one of the oldest in the
CITY.
Mrs. Baldwin will leave Rainbow with
the remains of her hus band this evening,
and Is expected to arrive here tomorrow
morning The funeral will probably take
place next Sunday frosl No. 1903 Thirty
nth street northwest, the home If Il friend
of the family.
The evening times., 1896-10-16
Watson WIN Open a Pepper p cd.

The announcement that Tom Watson Will
soon make his letter of acceptance public
CoIhes like barometer Indication of a
storm. Tom is nothing If not sensational,
and his letter will put new life into the
Fopocratic campaign.
An Iihpudent Washington drug clerk re-
Gently asked n lady customer, who pur-
chased considerable vaseline, what she did
with So much of it.
II grease the wheels in my head by
washing my teeth with it," was her indig-
nant aud witty reply.
a formal acceptance OF the Populistic
vice Presidential nomination from the
pen OF the caustIc Watson Will grease the
brain wheels of a good many cranky indi-
'hlu'tS, ana neighten the activity OF their
buzz. 1t will also put new Zest. fizz non
The evening times., 1896-10-16
INDIAN SUMMER,

In multi -colOred hues, the trees
Are decked in gorgeous gowns;
The drowsy air, the droning breeze,
Is filled with signing sounds.
y languorous haze hangs over all
The earth and exc the skies
Seem tiimly sbrouded in n pail,
As sadly summer dies.
The nimble squirrel, eager bent
On boarding up his store
For winter days, when autumn's spent,
The ut-strewn wood CLEANS o'er.
The cricket cbirps a parting song
A plaintive, low goodnight,
The cold will lull to sleep ere long,
This merry little wight.
Aihwart the sky throughout the day,
The ebon-pinioned crow,
In RHYTHMIC measure wings his way,
Where Southern breeZes blow.
The aster and the golden-rod.
Ere nights grow bleak and cold.
Spread DER the meadows somber sod
robe OF white aud gold.
Though in her richest robes she's clad,
Still nature beaves a Sigh
Her heart is melancholy, sad,
When summer says goOd-by. 3. X.
The evening times., 1896-10-16
MOVES AGAINST ADDiCkS.
Higgins Applies for Receiver for Ba!
State Gas Company.

Higgins Applies for Receiver Tor hay
State Gas Company.
Wilmington, Del. Oct. 16.-Ex-senator
Higgins thismorHing applied to Judge Wales,
in tile United States court, for receivers Tor
the Bay State Gas Company of this city ana
Boston.
The application was granted, ana D.
Augustus McCaulley, president or the
Artisans Savings Bank of this city. and
Dwight Bra man, of Boston, were named as
the receivers. Bonds in the sum of S25,oCo
each were demanded, and win be furnished
later.
A rule was issued upon the officers or
the company, returnahle November q, re
straining them from selling or dlsp"sihe
Of any of the coInpany's effects Thc pro
ceedjnps we're ex partc, the officers of the
company not being represented. Mr.. j. Ed-
ward Addicks is the president OF the com
pany.
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and ginger into politics generally, inasmuch
rs Watson is a sort of political seitzer-
bottle, and his sphon is never opened with
ogt emitting a ilow OF pesky lively stufr.
lie VIII again have opportunity To Ia. Aic
plutucrat Sewall and to figuratiyely trim
millions from hat Individual : fort une with
out in the least diminishing his wealth.
He may also quietly hit Bryan pen slap
for the studied way That individual has
neglected him
Uf late the Georcian's pint Of intellectual
gall has been afflicted with tonsilitis. This
misfortune as kept him off the stump, and
MANY of his followers have deserted HIM.
Unfortunately for Bryan, his vocal organs
VIII not give out. OF he might stand
chance for tie election. But the more he
talks the better it viii be for the country.
Consequently let his wisdom continue TO
flow.
The evening times., 1896-10-16
Uncle Sam Talks About Soldiers

My good people. among other things, we
Aust stop making our regular army u depot
for the dainnation OF kids. The parade of
the Union Veteran Legion last Wedr.,s.
day demonstrated the two extremes of mil
itary life.
Our ex-soIdiers 1re growing tco old, and
very many OF our regulars are entirely too
young two facts that were pa .nfully ap-
parent.
We can't help the old soldiers, but we
can save the boys. We can't prolong the
The evening times., 1896-10-16
PRESENT FOR THE UNIVERSITY.
Fifty Thousand Dollars for the Chair
of Celtic Literature.

Baltimore, Nd, Oct 16.-A large dele
CATION from this city and State will be in
attendance at the Catholic University at
Washington next Wednesday when the
fund of $50 900, raised by the Ancient
Order of IIibernians Throughout the United
States, to endow the chair OF Celtic lit
crature at the university will be presented
to the trustees of the institution.
That day the archbishops, bishops, and
iaymen who buvc the management Of the
affairs Of the university Will hold their
annual IN peeting. and atits conclusion Presi-
dent O'Connor, Of Savannah, Ga, will. in
behalf OF the Order OF Hibernians, hand
over the check for the money. He will
be accompanied by other national officers
and directors of the order
The evening times., 1896-10-16

A special train, carrying one hundred and
fifty United States artillery from Gov
erHur's Island, N. Y. Ell route to sc. Francis
Barracks, at st. Augustine, Fla, to which
post these soldiers have been ordered trans
ferred by the War Department, passed
through the city this morning at 3:25 over
The Southern Railway
The evening times., 1896-10-16

and as a swallower of nauseous things he
can outdo a Hindoo fakir
In the Fifty-third Congress he played the
boa constructor act for the sugar trust The
Democratic party had promised to shake
til at corporation by giving the country free
sugar. But Senator German was bigger
than his party, and at the instigation Of
the trust "took in the joint conference
committee and imposed a tariff on sugar.
During the last Congress Senator German
was for sound money. In a speech to the
Senate he predicted all sorts of calamities
from the adoption OF free silver. In a voice
full of tears, he told of the suffering it
would bring poor people, and each of his
grieEstricken words was clothed in Weary
Waggles habilments.
Last night in Baltimore the agile Senator
shook his sound money skin and put ON a
free silver uniform. He denounced the gold
standard as reekiDg with the sins of money
changers, and. in accents that indicated his
agony, depicted the avarice OF gold bugs.
Which makes the better appearance the
Gorman hide that gliStens with gold and
has dropsical appearance, or the Iago
silver skin that has not yet GormandiZed,
but IS ready to try the swallowing process s?
Should Bryan be elected the meal is IN
waiting, and there is a fat Federal patron
age in Maryland for tie silver Senator, and
fortunately he is big enough to hold it,
The evening times., 1896-10-16

Another Great Explorer of Thought.
Once in a while a country develops a
wonderful genius. Rome had its Caesar,
France its Napoleon, England the Duke of
Wellington, and the United States, WASH
ington.
strangely enough, the National Capital
% our great country is no threatened with
the ascension OF a greater and more abund-
ant individual. lie rejoices in the proud
The evening times., 1896-10-16

the satisfaction Of everybody It runs sum-
ner cars in the winter and aIlo ws its tracks
TO assume the symmetrical curves of two
snakes basking in sunshine. apparently IN
snake up its passengers and promote diges-
tion.
IL the Bright wood company cares TO con-
tinue its business. more attention should be
given to repairing its equipment. The Com
missioners should also demand that comfort
apie cars te provided FOR its patrons, espe-
cially during cold weather.
The evening times., 1896-10-16
Cuom,,ion Political change Artist.

Senator German ia the champion lightning
change artist OF politics. He can get in and
out Of his hide quicker than rattlesnake,
The evening times., 1896-10-16

ThemoOt court OF G georgetown Law School
held its first session last night
The evening times., 1896-10-16
The Brightwood "Freezout" Line

Unless indications are disappointing, the
Brightwood Electric ailway is preparing
to freeze out" its stockholders by running
refrigerator cars for the use Of its patrons
The first thing corporation usually does
to go into the hands of a receiver is to de-
stroy its business and cut off its revenues.
The Brightwood company is doing this to
The evening times., 1896-10-16

u, yHILE not connected with the Union
wv Veteran Legion directly, Samuel N.
Cook of Colun bus. Ohio, who is
registered ut Wizards, is brought here by
the convention of that body. Mr.. Cook is
here to offer inducements on the part OF
the business Mems League Of Columbus,
for the holding Of the convention or the
legion next year in that city.
In the course of a conversation the topic
of pouttcs was, of course, suggested, where
upon Mr.. Cook took occasion to remark
upon the queer situation in his city.
on the gold side, Mr.. Watson, the Repub-
Ican nominee for Congress in that district.
is supported by Mr.. r. N. Cultivate, who
last wear ran against Watson for that place
,p the Dem ocratic ticket, but was defeated
Mr. Cultivate. however, is gold Dem o.
crat, and when the metal issue cane to
the front this wear Re promptly earoilch
himself among the gold men ana is now
working with might and main to secure tine
eicction Of his erstwhile opponent.
On the other hand, Mr. John LentZ. the
nominee Oh the silver platform, twelve
months ago was one of the warniest sup
porters of sound money in the state. But
In the Democratic convention, after another
man had declined the nomination, MI Lentz
was put forward as having experienced q
change of heart, md promptly received the
place at the head of tn c ticket.
Remarking further on the situation In his
CITY, Mr.. Cook said that Columbus is the
Many Republicans VIII vote for Bryan this
fall, but TO counterbalnnce this great :um-
berof Democrats have changed side, 50 that,
although he anticipates q very close con-
test he believes that the victory Will fl
pally rest with gold.
The evening times., 1896-10-16

n HR A. A. GOLDSMITH, coinmer-
Nt ciai traveller of Cincinnati, Ohio. is
registered at the Raleigh Mr..
Goldsmith, although Bryan man, went up
10 Canton with the drunmers Of his city
a few weeks ago, 10 hear an address by
Mai. Mckinley. He expressed himself as
highly delighted with the delivery If the
Republican candidate, and gives it as his
opinion that all the talk about the oratory OF
the man from the Platte has distracted
the attention Of the public from McKnley's
powers of public speaking.
Mr.. Mckinley, he said, has straight
forward manly style. which is both pleas
ing and convincing. His gestures are easy,
and his voice easily reached the farthest
in the great crowd which had assembled to
hear him.
The matter OF the address, which, while al
variance with the personal opinions of Mr.
Goldsmith. seemed TO that gentleman To
be very well pat together, and selected with
the best Judgment.
Those of the party who were already
gold men, as well as some who were not,
left Canton that evening with the fullest
faith in Mckinley as the next President,
and in gold rs the financial policy OF the
country.
The evening times., 1896-10-16

lives OF the men who saved the Onion, much
as We would like 10 do it, but we can avoid
Tobbing our high schools for soldiers by
stopping the enlistment OF their scholars.
We can't keep the old soldiers with us
always as reward for their brave deeds,
but we can prevent beardless youths from
warming seats around barrack card-tables.
and from becoming targets for Iudian
bullets.
Boys Just under age make good fighters,
butpu few years on their heads and the ey
are much more valuable to the country as
upright citizens. 1t is also better for the
country TO save its boys from destruction
than for the boys to think of preserving
tue country by enlisting in the regulars. II
we haven't got men enough for the army
let us import a few coolies, and dress them
In uniform. They may not make as good
soldiers as do our boys, but they will serve
the devil just as faithfully in the hereafter.
Say what you Will, the regular army is
no place for boys II the practice of recruit
ing them is TO be continued false boards
should be provided as part of their equip
ment. 1t is shame to parade a column
with SO many infant faces. 1t looks as IL
the regular army was an auxiliary OF our
system of public high schools
The evening times., 1896-10-16

Look to the Record of Employees.
->Generally speaking, the employees of our
street car lines are not only polite and ac-
eommodating. butare gentIemen by nature
and education. But the suit for damages
brought against the Capital Traction Cou-
The evening times., 1896-10-16

rs E. AKERs, who keeps track oi Ia, a.,
", the Latin countries OF the "oriu
for the London Times, is guest
at the Shoreham.
Mr Akers' last place OF sojourn was
Cul,a. where be has been for the last
three months.
When asked what credcnce he placed
in the report which was published yeS.er-
day to the effect that Spain VIII give
up her claim to Cuba if the Insurgents
are not suhdued by March /, lie repheu.
Not the slightest"
The cIuard L, thinks, probably origi-
mated in Cadiz, Spain, which Is the head
quarters Of Tie disaItected party in sIiilisn
politics. There is n very respectable mi
nurity in Spain who would gladly see
Cuba get its freedom if only the heavy
taxes, which have been imposed TO meet
the expenses of the war, would cease.
lie SAYS that he has talked witn the
high Spanish officials and he is sure that
nuuc of them contemplate for an instant
the rclinqUishing of SPANS claim upon
Cuba.
Whrt changes in the situation may take
place he is MT prepared to predict, nut
abandonment under any conditions is not
a part Of the Spanish program at present.
Affairs in Cuba, he further stated, are in
such total confusion that it. is impossible
to say which side has the advantage or for
any one To furetell the eventual result of
the struggle
The insurgents are consistently follow
ing out the plan of gctiun laid down by
their leaders: that is. a campaign Of delay
They always avoid Il direct battle and such
fighting does take place are only trifling
enGa GcIncnts between irmiShing PARTIES.
The only real battle which has taken place
was the one fought near Ey Genio last year,
In which the insurgents lost about 800
men and the Spanish about 200.
The insurgents, who, although very nlL
merouS are only scattered gucrr liza hands
deserve great credit, he thinks. for the dis
cipline maintained in the complete avoid
ance of straightOut encounters.
Although the cities are suffering greatly
for want OF food, these guerrilla bands are
fully supplied through the natural products
OF the island, which are plentiful enough To
furnish them rations for the next ten years
should 1t he necessary.
The Spanish army, on the other hand, is
supplied with provisions and munitions Of
war by the mother country, which, through
its agents, provides for IL every want.
The enterprise now carried on by Spain.
said Mr. Akcrs, of keeping up an army Of
10000 men, supplying and arning It,
while il is 900 miles away, is unparal-
Ieled in history. Every ship from Spain
brings, besiGes the regular cargo OF sup
plies, additional re-enforcements to fill up
the gaps in tie ranks, which necessarily
follow the introduction of "A raw body of
men into a strange country.
Whichever way the war terminates the
correspondent continued, Cuba VIII not re
cover from the devastation Of this struggle
for many wears.
ThPSu p+rcruD. which is. OF course. Cuba's
chief product. is entirely swept away and
this means that no more sugar will be
raised on the island for a long period OF
years. Tobacco raising. which has also
suffered greatly, is not so seriously injured,
for it can be replanted and grown next
year. If the farmers have the opportunity.
The evening times., 1896-10-16
JUDGE JOHN WILSON, of St. Paul.

UIUE JOHN WILSVN, OF Sc. FauI,
q Mimi, is guest a I the Arlington.
When approached he said that he
was East on q pleasure trip, and has not
kept closely fD touch with politics One
thing, however, is certain, and that is that
Mckinley will carry Minnesota by a large
majority.
The free silver movement had at the be-
ginning of the campaign gained some foot
hold in the southern part of the State, where
the farmers are most numerous, but the
leaven OF conservative German and Swedish
settlers soon caused the disappearance of
All radical ointment
The evening times., 1896-10-16
The Lounger.

u E. AKERS, who keeps track OF an
=. the Latln countries OF tbe "oiiu
for the London Times, is guest
The evening times., 1896-10-16
soc suit.

80 dozen " women's black equestrian
tights. such are sold for soc, viii
be offered for
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-02
THE BANK DIDN'T ROB BRYAN.
He Owed $1,000 when 1t Burst and
Had S73.O3 on Deposit.

Lincoln CNeb.) Special in New York SUM-
The closing paragraph of the speech de-
livered by Mr. Bryan in New London,
Conn. yesterday was interesting TO certain
persons in this city VINO are familiar with
the business affairs of the Popocratts can
ddate for President. Mr.. Bryan said:
Il know a little about the banking pusl-
ness. l will know more as soon as ! get
posted when the bank failed. We had a
cashier of that bank who was afraid OF
silver. and wanted honest money, and was
afraid that the people would get 5O-cent
dollars. They would have been glad to De
paid in 50-cent dollars.
to the thousands may have danced before
Mr.. Bryans friends and sympathetic adj
wept over the heavy loss sustained by the
man who is so abusive OF the banks But
on account of his alleged loss might as
we'll have been withheld. In this case the
bank did not do ITS patroahi t are re si
to say that just the reverse is true.
Mr.. Bryan had in mind the German Ma
tional Bank when he spoke of the lost de-
posit This bank failed in December, 1888.
Mr.. Bryan was depositor. and there was
money to his account when the institution
closed its doors. Mr.. Bryan's balance.
as shown by the books now in the hands
of Receiver Kent X. Hayden, was exactly
s73.03.
Mr. Bryan did business at both ends OF
the German National Bank. He was "A
books show that the amount he had bor-
rowed always exceeded by at least oo per
cent. the amount he nau on deposit
Among the present alleged assets of the
bank is a note for 1900 bearing Mr.. Bry-
ans signature. 1t has been in the bank
for years. In addition to Mr.. Bryan
name it contains the Endorsement Of his
partner. A r. Talbot. Mr.. Bryan's loan
has been 81 900 ever since he began doing
business at the bank. and Mr.. G; T. Boggs'
who president OF the failed bank, IN
formed the Sun reporter to-day that MT.
Bryan's deposit never exceeded $500.
Mr.. Boggs said it was usually the custom
for the receiver to hold the dividend in
ii, fha
thought it probable Mr.. Bryan never
received his percentage of his deposit or
S73.03 for this reason So ii appears that
Mr. Bryan's story about the Lincoln bank
and his deposit was true, but he told only
half of the story, and omitted the more
interesting half. These statements are
made on the authority of the bank officials.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-10-02

A voter has brought to the Journal a
pamphlet on THE Money Question" to ask
if a statement on page 6S. to the effect that
Secretary Manning stopped a raid of gold
hooters upon the treasury reserve by calling
them together and telling them that if they
proposed to make such raid he would pay
from 10 per cent to so per cent. of their de-
mands in silver, is true. AT that time-1SS5-
S7-the treasury was OVERLOOKING with
money. 1t had from 100000 to $685. Oo, 900
in the banks. Dec. 81, 1855, Secretary
Manning reported $34 495,0 600 of gold in the
treasury in excess of the reserve. But
though dead the late Secretary Manning
who was a Jealous opponent of free coin
age, refutes this story by his own words
sent to the House March 2. 1856:
have upheld the value of the silver dol
lar by never compelling it's receipt by any
creditor of the government and never fall
ing to provide, by exchange or transfers.
whatever currency might be preferred.
To force q surplus silver circulation
by too large funded-debt payments there
with is not possible without the hazard of
silver basis.
In his report. the last he made, in Deem
Der, 1856. Secretary Manning called atten-
ton to the above as indicating the policy he
had pursued in paying out money Thus,
Mr.. Manning himself refutes the story in
this pamphlet
Opening this remarkable pamphlet to a
page in which the prosperity of Mexico is
set forth IN the colors of a real-estate
agent curiosity was excited to examine it
further On page are given what pur-
port to be the conclusions of Alexander
Hamlton's report to Congress on coinage.
One of these conclusions, as given by this
Munchausen. is as follows:
Fifth-That the market value is a proper
Eai t v TOR the he bropoFtion provided the mar
OF both metals as money.
For the words. provided the market
value be fixed by free and steady use of
both metals as money" there is nothing in
the mint report of Hamilton to warrant
What Hamilton said on this point was:
There can hardly be any better rule in
any country. for the legal than the market
proportion. If this can be supposed to have
been produced by the free and steady
course Of commercial principles. The pre-
sumption in such case is that each metal
finds it's true level. according to its in
trinsic utility. in the general system OF
money operations
Hamilton's mint report is an argument
Tor bimetaiiism on the commercial ratio
He distinctly declares that zone conse-
quenee of .overvaluing either metal in re-
spect TO the other is the Punishment of that
which is undervalued." That is. if one
ounce of gold is worth in the worlds mar
ket thirty ounces of silver. If the ratio for
free coinage is made sixteen ounces of sill
yer TO one of gold by our Nation. gold will
be hanished as money. Mexico's experience
proves that Hamilton was right
Opening this remarkable pamphlet at
page 80. the report OF the Controller of the
Currency. page $50. is quoted to show that
the net profit on national bank circulation
On = deposit of 100000 s1f per cent bonds