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Evening star., 1896-10-20
DEATH OF CAPT. DICkEY.
He Was n FamOusly Good Friend to
Wheelmen.

He Was FamOusly Good Friend to
Wheelmen.
Capt. James H. Dickey, the proprietor of
Dickey's farm house, at the Virginia side of
the Great Falls. died Sunday morning at
his home. at the age of about fifty-six
years. The deceased was a man well-known
among the local bicyclists. many of whom
frequently visited his place. and enjoyed his
hospitality. The dinners served at his
place to the hungry wheelmen have been
taken as standard in the cycling world.
The old Dickey farm house is a quaint
and ancient affair, and has been the home
Of the Dickey family for many years, sew
eral generations having been brought up on
the present property Mr.. Dickey was born
and reared on the place, and adjoining his
place is an old wrecked structure. partly
built Of logs, which served as the home of
his grand and great grandparents.
Captain Dickey, as he was famiiarly
known to the bicyclists. was a true speci-
men of Virginia manhood, open hearted and
generous. During the war he served in the
southern army, and was with General Lee
in most Of his campaigns. At the close of
the war he returned to his old home and be-
gan farming. About ten years ago his
place was visited by some local wheelmen.
and their treatment was SO good that they
visited the place again, and encouraged
their friends, and in this manner the popu-
larity of the place began. This spring
while ferrying a crowd of wheelmen across
the river Mr.. Dckey fell overheard, and
battling with the current, received a
stroke of paralysis. He was carried home,
but under careful treatment improved and
was soon able to get around, though not
with his accustomed speed and energy.
He leaves widow and large family Of
children, the oldest of which is about six
teen or seventeen years OF age.
Evening star., 1896-10-20
FACED FRIENDS AND FOES.
Varied Experience of Candidate
Bryan in Ohio.

Varied Experience of Candidate
Bryan in Ohio.
STEUBENVILLE. Ohio, october 2O.-The
trip this morning of Candidate VIM. ].
Bryan, through the Ohio valley district
along the banks of the Ohio, has been one
pune tuated here and there with cheers for
his opponent. and sandwiched in the crowds
were many badges of that color which in
dicated that the wearers were not so friend
~ to the white metal as they could have
been.
There were five stops before this place
vas reached, and at three OF them the can
didate addressed the crowd from the rear
of the car. There was a good-siZed crowd
at Beilaire, and it was an enthusiastic one.
Mr.. Bryan addressed them for fifteen min
utes, and told them that the free coinage
of silver would be a benefit to the farmers,
the laboring and the business man,
using practically the same argument to
substantiate that statement as employed
py him on other occasions.
Al bridgeport the wearers of the yellow
tadSeS were numerous, but the Shouters
tor the triple Lominee were strong enough
20 down the cheers for the republican can
I.date. sir. Bryan spoke to the crowd OF
some hundreds for three minutes, telling
hem that the funda amental principle which
underlies the financial question was the
iuantty and not the quality of money. He
asked them to study the question and
hen vote as their conscienoes dictated. He
vas cheered and applauded and for the
most part the crowd appeared to be in
sympathy with his remarks.
Martins Ferry turned out a crowd which
vas to a good extent hostile to the views
of the candidate. There We're gold badges
worn by large portion of his audience and
-heers for Mckinley alternated with cheers
for Bryan. Noticing the yellow badges MIR.
Bryan said that in this country anybody
cou!G take the gold cure who wanted to-
and told the story about the Nebraska wo-
man who said her brother was gold man
without ary gold. This pleased the sill
veritss and they applauded vigorously and
is soon as their applause would die away,
there would be cheers for Mr.. Bryan's OPP
poneEt
TIL. re We're stops at Yorkville and Bril-
liant, and at those places Mr.. Bryan SIM
ply appeared on the platform and acknowl-
dyed the receptions given him.
Evening star., 1896-10-20
HAVE GONE TO MICHIGAN.
The Campaigning Union Generals
Leave Ohio.

The Campaigning Union Generals
Leave Ohio.
TOLEDO, Ohio October 2O.-The special
train bearing the five generals campaign
ing for the republican ticket passed
through Toledo at 6 o'clock this morning
over the Lake Shore the party left
Cleveland at midnight after a hard days
work, and when Toledo was reached they
did not feel like holding a meeting before
breakfast, consequently there was no
demonstration at the depot.
The train left at $3.50 for Adrian, Mich
where meeting was to be held 1T 7:3O.
ADRIAN, Mich. October 2O.-Some thou
sand people welcomed the Union generals
party this morning and considerable en-
thusiasm was manifested Short addresses
were made by Gems. Alger, Sickles, Howard
and Morden. The train left at O'Clock
for Hudson.
HUDSON, Mich, October 2O.-Gen. AL
station by about 1,5DO enthusiasts this
morning. Cen. Alger, Gen. Stewart OF
Pennsylvania and II. l.. Conrad of llli-
nois made short speeches.
HILLSDALE, Mich, October 2O.-Tnree
thousand persons were at the depot to near
the speeches of the Union veterans this
morning. Five hundred members of the
Mckinley Club in uniform headed the well
coming column, and large number of the
Hilisdaie College students aided IN the
demons tration with multitude of new
yells. The speeches were received with
great enthusiasm. A farewell discharge of
cannon, just as the train pulled out, shat
tered every pane of glass in the depot.
Evening star., 1896-10-20
Wheat and Silver.
From the New York World.

From the New York World.
Whea: made another phenomenal advance
yesterday, rising to about 50 cents o
bushel. At one time it was sold for De-
cember delivery as high as A65s GEMS.
with this. 1ne advance WAS IN response
to the Liverpool market, where wheat rose
, cents a bushel, and there is no falling OFF,
even at this price, in the export demand.
In other " crds, wheat is selling for So cents
a bLsheI because it is worth that price 1t
is worth that price because the demand
for it for consumption is great. The law
of supply and demand always determines
the price, except for brief periods on rare
occasions when speculation for the time
interferes.
The bureau of statistics at Washington
has just issued some specially interesting;
tables or wheat prices during the last
twenty-e ght years. Reckoning by five
year periods, the highest price received
for wheat was not before 1873 but from
1871 to 1882, when the average in gold was
$l.19 and our exports were larger than
after the decentralization" of silver In
the latter part of 1863 wheat was from 6s
to q cents in gold, though silver was then
worth $1.22ia an ounce. Now wheat is
worth 50 cents, while silver is worth only
GO cents an ounce. Thus with silver worth
one-half as much as in 1869, wheat is worth
greatly more than it was then Was there
ever more transparently false pretense
than that the price of silver regulates the
price of wheat?
Evening star., 1896-10-20
wATsoN's NAME IN KANSAS.
The Court to Decide Whether 1t 1,
to Go on the Fusion Ticket,

The Court to Decide Whether 1t is
to Go on the Fusion Ticket.
TOPEKA, KAN. October 2O.-The name of
Thomas E. Watson, as democratic-populist
candidate for Vice President, has been
nominally removed from the Kansas ticket
OF that party in Difference to the. wishes of
the Georgia nominee, whose letter of with
drawal has been received by the secretary
of state: AS sequel to this move Chair
man John W. Brefdenthal Of the fusion
committee has filed mandamus proceedings
in the supreme court to compel the secre-
tary of state to place Mr.. Watsons name
on the ticket Notwithstanding the protest
of Mr.. Watson. The case will be heard
Wednesday.
In the meantime. as the last day the sec
retary Of state has under the law to m all
the certificates of nomination to the various
county clerks had arrived, that official has
mailed such notifications. The name of
Mr.. Watson as vice presidential nominee
was left off the fusion ticket, and in its
place slip bearing these words was in
serted: "MGndamus proceedings have been
commenced to compel insertion Of Thomas
E. Watsons name here. This may have
to be DONE
The decision Of the supreme court in the
matter tomorrow Is awaited with great
interest.
Evening star., 1896-10-20
ENGINEER COMMISSIONER.
A Report That Captain symops is to Succeed
Major Powell
Secretary Lament, However, Says
That the Change Has Not
Even Been Suggested.

It has been a matter Of gossip in certain
quarters for some time past that Major
Powell. Engineer Commissioner of the Dis
trict Of Columbia, is booked for transfer
to another field of usefulness. Such action
would involve no reflection upon his admin
1stration, for the reason that he has al
ready served as Engineer Commissioner
longer than most Of his predecessors. This
ia It, probably more than anything else, is
responsible for the frequently recurring
rumors of his relief.
Heretofore the stories have merely related
to the imminence Of a change, without spe-
cial reference to. what officer Of the Engi-
neer Corps would succeed to the vacancy.
But now. however. the story is complete.
According to 1t, 1t Is settled that Capt
Thomas w. Symons, formerly assistant to
the Engineer Commissioner, and now in
cnarSe or river and harbor works in the
vicinity of Buffalo, will be Maj. Powell S
successor. No date is given for the change,
but 1t Is intimated that 1t will be made in
the near future. Some colorlng of truth
was given the story by the fact that Capt.
Symons was in the city few days ago and
had an interview with Secretary Lamont.
In order to ascertain the facts in the
matter, a Star reporter sought Secretary
Lamont, and found him this afternoon at
his home. fresh from the cabinet meeting
at the White House. AS is we'll known,
the War Secretary is a man Of few words.
Ihey are usually to the point however.
and The Star man found his remarqs par
ticularly so this afternoon.
Mr.. Secretary" he said, ''it is reported
that Maj. Powell. Engineer Commissioner
of the District. is shortly to be relieved,
and that Capt. Symons is to take his place.
Ihe Star would like to have the facts in
the case"
There is no truth whatever in the re-
port, replied the Secretary. slowly and
deliberately. land the change mentioned
fas never even been suggested to me. 1t
is true that Capt. Symons was here a few
days ago. but his business related entirely
to the work at Buffalo and the engineer
oommisslonership was not mentioned"
Evening star., 1896-10-20

1t is Reprinted to Show His Position
on Silver In '0S.

1t is Reprinted to Show His Position
Silver in '93.
DENVER, Col. October 20.-The Rocky
Mountain News prints correspondence be-
tween j. NJ. Downing of Colorado and ]. H.
Manley Of Maine, in July, 1S93 to show
that the latter gentleman was at that time
Of posed to the single gold standard.
Mr.. Downing's letter was written July %,
and was prompted by an interview printed
in the Lewiston CMe) Journal July TO- in
which Mr.. Marley said that to repeal the
sherman law and stop there would mean
financial ruin to the country. MIR. Down
ing, in his letter, submitted to Mr.. Manley
that the action of a majority of the repub-
iican members Of Congress, in supporting
Pl esident Cleveland's efforts to secure the
repeal of the Sherman law was alternating
the republicans of the states west of the
Missouri. and he asserted that without
their AID the republican party could never
again hope to gain the ascendancy in the
nation. He asked If something could not
be done to reclaim the disaffected republ-
cans of the silver states.
Mr.. Manley' replied follows:
Augusta, Me-, July 81.
Hon. ]. NJ Downing
My Dear Sir: am in receipt of your let
ter of the 22d instant, ard 1 thank you SIN
cerely for the complimentary words it con-
tains. l send you full copy of the inter-
view propose TO put myself right on this
question, whether the republican party does
or not. l agree with you fully as to what
ought tC be done, but I think it was a
great mistake for the silver states to have
gone against the republican party at the
last national election. Wnie the republi-
can party has not taken the position on this
questio which wish it had, one thing is
sure. you never VIII get any help from the
democratic party, and If any party does
take the right position on this question, it
Will be the republican party. The demo-
cratic party never was, and never will be,
a party of progress. Our people must be
educated on this question, and we must, as
a matter of right and policy, establish our
financial policy and force the great nations
OF the world to a double standard. = The
day OF the single standard either of gold or
silver fs a thing of the past. - -
Sincerely yours, j. H MANJEy
Evening star., 1896-10-20
The Rise I'm Wheat.
m Holland I'm Philadelphia Press.

FROM dOlland In Philadelphia Press.
To Tammany leader who, realizing the
tremendous power of argument which is in
the quotations for wheat, and who said,
This Is all done through a conspiracy by
Mark Hanna for a campaign argument -
+. the reply was made. You might as well
say that Mark Hanna would undertake to
play the part of King Canute' and COM
mand the ocean to stay it's tides as to de-
clare that he had power to influence eli
mates. the sun and rain, SO as to make a
scarcity OF wheat in other parts of the
world. Besides, there is no farmer who is
going TO find fault with Mark Hanna for
conspiring with anybody to raise the price
Of wheat"
The information reported by the Press
last week, coming from one of the best-in-
formed wheat merchants of the world, tina:
there was a shortage of the wheat supply
everywhere excepting in America and the
Danube provinces, has proven an accurate
report. This man also sent private infor-
nation that steamships had been chartered
In London for shipments of wheat from
New York to Calcutta and Bombay. His
prediction was that America held the key
to the situation, and that 1t seemed to him
that if in the near future America de-
manded a dollar a bushel for wheat, Eu-
rope and India and Australia would have to
pay that price.
This merchant knew nothing of the
claim of Bryan and other free silver ad-
VocateS that the price of wheat had fallen
because of the demonetization of silver
He simply confirmed the claim of the econ
omists, that the price of wheat was regu-
lated by supply and demand
Reports received here today from the
great wheat belt suggest that the farmers
have received in this impressive way the
truth that their wheat prices in the past
have been low for reasons with which sill
yer had nothing to do, and are now in
creasing daily in spite of the methodical
fall of silver. 1t is felt here that this is
the most remarkable interposition of rea-
sonable and powerful argument ever known
in a political campaign, and that it seems
almost as though nature herself had de-
termned to persuade those who produced
natural causes always which affect the
price of them.
The movement of wheat is having a IA
vorable influence also upon the trunk rail-
way lines, all of which are making exten-
sive preparations for hauling the western
supply to export cities.
Evening star., 1896-10-20
TRIED FOR ASSAULT.
Man and Woman Arraigned for
Crime ON Il Child.

Man and Woman Arraigned for
Crime on Child.
John F. Lawler, g respectable appearing
middle-aged white, man, was placed on
trial in Criminal Court No. 1 this after
noon, charged with the carnal knowledge
of colored girl under sixteen years of
age, Mary, alias Mollie, Arlington, col
ored woman, being tried with him as an ac-
cessory
In explaining the case to the jury, AS
sistant District Attorney Jeffords stated
that the government expected to show that
Lawler met the girl at the flying horses, in
South Washington, the 10Th of last June;
that he induced the child, Katie Tillman
colored, to visit the house of the AIRING
ton woman with another girl, and that
there he assaulted her.
The prosecution also expected to show
said Mr.. Jeffords, that the Arlington wo-
man not only knew of what was transpir-
ing in her house, but also that she assisted
in the accomplishment of the alleged
crime.
On behalf of the defendants Attorneys
Campbell Darlington and E. NJ. Hewlett
reserved their opening address to the jury,
their clients denying the charges, of course
Mr.. Jeffords called the alleged injured child
as the first witness, and her testimony, un-
fit for publication, tended to show a state
of affairs as outlined by the prosecution
The trial of the case will probably be
concluded tomorrow.
Evening star., 1896-10-20
GEN. HARRIsON.s TOUR.
The Ex-President starts on n Trim
Through IMdiana

nv H@A.AfeSAuent starts Trim
Through Indiana.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, October 2n.-Gen.
benjamin Harrison left Indianapolis at 8
o'clock this morning, over the Indianapolis
and Vfncernes road. on his first Indiana
speaking trip. He was accompanied by r.
g. F. Pierce. H H. Hanna, w. T. Durbin,
representing the national committee: Dan
lei Ransdell. E. H. Nebeker H. c. Adams,
w. L. Taylor. John L. Griffith. C. c. Fos-
ter and w. l.. ketcham. About seventy
nVe people were at the station to see the
departure Just before the train started
there were calls for Mr. Harrison He
stepped to the rear platform and bowed,
and the crowd gave him three cheers. The
train Is maize up of a coach. the private
car OF the Indiana. Decatur and Western,
1or the use or the newspaper correspond
entS ana X B. +. Pterce'S private car from
the Clover Leaf road.
SPENCER, Ind, October 2o-The first
stop was at the Belt crossing In West In
d1anapolis. No arrangements had been
made for meeting at this place. but about
JCD persons had gathered and demanded a
speech. Gen. Harrison spoke briefly and
as the train moved out cheers for Harrison
and Mckinley were given.
The first scheduled stop was at Moores-
vile. Here great crowd had congregated.
The ex-President was cheereG as he ap-
Feared on the platform. He arraigned the
democrats for striking down the protective
tariff.
AT Martinsvil!e Gen. Harrison spoke from
the stand which had been erected near the
railroad. About 5000 persons listened at
tentively and eagerly. He confined himself
chiefly to a description to that part of the
| Chicago platform relating to the use OF
federal troops in the states.
Mr.. Bryan has indorsed that platform, -
| said the speaker. 1T is his pledge to the
people of the United States that If he is
| elected President and Gov. Altgeld is elect
| ed governor of Illinois and a like mob
| should stop our mail and interstate COM
merce trains not to exercise the power and
authority of the United States
AT Spencer there was a great demonstra-
| tion. Gen. Harrison here discussed the
powers of the federal courts and his re-
| marks We're enthusiastically cheered. This
| afternoon Gen. Harrison will make his
| principal speech of the day at Princeton.
Evening star., 1896-10-20
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Evening star., 1896-10-20
SPECIAL TRAIN FOR GUESTS.
brilliant Wedding at. the Village q
Scarborough, n, "

SCARBOROUGH. N. Y, October 2O.-The
shepard Memorial Chapel in this village
was the scene this noon Of one the most
brilliant weddings ever celebrated in West
chester county. The occasion was the mar
riage of Miss Edith Shepard, the second
daughter of Mrs. Elliot F. Shepard and
granddaughter of the late William H. VAN
derbilt, to Ernesto J. Fabbri
The chapel. which Mrs Shepard erected
to her husbands memory, was superbly
decorated with fall flowers and foliage.
Spanning back of the chapel a great Gothic
arch OF palms was arransed eighteen feet
wide and sixteen feet high. The sides of
1t were of keptia and the center aretia
palms, and through, all hundreds of white
chrysanthemums were scattered A bit of
color relieved them at the point of the
arch, where mass of mauvre orchids were
seen.
Through the pews of the middle aisle
was a perfect forest Of chrysanthemums.
tall trees of them on bamboo stands being
imported for the purpose. There was also
bushels OF gold and white flowers, the
stands of the first being hidden under au-
tumn leaves ard the white under brown
foliage.
The organ loft was lost in palms. smilax
chrysanthemums and anem ones The win
dows were framed with feathery aspara gus
and banked with autumn foliage Even the
portico was lined with green palms and
giant ferns
The guests left the Grand Central depot,
in New York, on a special train Of parlor
cars soon after 10 o'clock am. The party
included about 300 persons, prominent in
society in New York and Newport On the
arrival of the train the guests We're con-
Veyed in carriages to the church. The
ladies all wore elaborate toilets, and the
little church was ablaZe with diamonds and
other costly jewels when the audience was
seated.
The forward pews were occupied by the
Shepard, Fabbri and Vanderbilt families,
including Mrs. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt. Mr.. and Mrs w. D. Sloane DR..
and Mrs. w. Seward Webb, Mr.. and Mrs.
III. Mex. Twombly, Mr.. and Mrs Augustus
ID. Shepard. Mr.. and Mrs w. D. SehiefI1in,
Mr.. and Mrs. David Hennen Norris Mrs
Fabbri, Mrs. Ernest Fabbri, Mr.. and Mrs
J. Doun-Miler. Burritt H. Shepard and
Frederick Shepard.
The ceremony was performed by the Rev
DR.. John Hall of the Fifth Avenue Presby-
terian Church, assisted by Rev. Mr.. Bless
ing, pastor of the Scarborough Church.