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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-14
THE PEOPLES PARTY
prsrtT OF NATIONAL COMMITTEE
CONFERENCE At CHICAGO.
ADDRESS 70 POpULIST VOTERS
AupeaI for support OF the Joint
Bryan and sewaII and bryan and
Watson MISREPRESENTATION OF the
Democracy.
Democracy.

CHICAGO. ILL. October 13-An i'm
portant meeting OF the National Commit
tee of the Peoples party was held to-
day at the Sherman House. The follow
ing members were present: Senator Ma
rion Butler. chairman; !. r. Sove-
reign, Of Arkansas; H. w. Reed, OF
Georgia: George +. Washburne, OF
Massachusetts; John W. Breidenthal,
OF Kansas; NJ c. Rankin. Of Indiana;
j. A. Edgerton, of Nebraska; c. F.
Taylor. Of Pennsylvania. The only abb
sentee was John s. Dore, of California.
The committee was in almost continu-
Gus secret session from morning until
midnight. The preparation Of an address
to the voters OF the party engaged
most OF the time. Fusion differences
and the attitude Of certain members to-
wards Watson formed a subject of pro-
tracted debate Mr.. Reed came as the
personal representative OF Mr.. Watson.
having spent two days with Watson just
before leaving Atlanta. His signature
TO the address, which explains and JUS
titles Joint Watson-and-Sewall electoral
tickets and appeals to Populists to sup
port them at the polls. is accepted as
proof that peace las been restored over
this discussion In committee.
Mr.. Butler said no action had been
taken by the committee relative to Wat
sons withdrawal, and none would be;
that he would remain OH the ticket. An
other meeting will be held tomorrow.
Following Is the address prepared by
By the committee:
ITO the Peoples Party Voters of the
United States:
''Your National Committee INDUCED the
hope that the patriotic action of the Pe0-
pies party in national convention. In
subordinating the interests OF party TO
the success of the vital issues involved
I'm this campaign would be met by equal
" unselfsh devotion to a common IN
terest on the part of the Democratic
marty. and that all the friends Of silver
could present solid front against the
minions of greed by supporting one
ticket. the truly cooperative ticket
Bryan and Watson. But this hope having
been disappointed, there were but two
courses left-one of which had to De
duOplth.
'First. TO run straight Bryan and
Watson ticket i'm every State, which, on
account of the failure of the Democratic
party to support this ticket, would nave
effected the same result In this campaign
that would have followed the nomination
OF a straight Populist ticket at st. Louis
namely. the election Of Mckinley and
the triumph OF the gold standard.
1.-THE other course left open TO your
committee that was consistent with the
action Of the convention I'm nominating
Bryan was to do everything in its power
to unite the voters Of the country against
Mckinley, and to overcome the obstacles
and embarrassments which, II the
Democratic party had put the cause first
and party second we would not have
encountered.
FUSION.
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cARTER.-Died, Tuesday evening, at
tho residence OF v. l.. Floyd, on tne
Brook road. HAZEL, the youngest child
OF Thomas and the late Florence Carter;
aged IL months.
Funeral from the above residence at
o'clock THIS "wednesday AFTER
NOON. Friends and relatives are invited
to attend.
CONWAY.--Died. in Hcnrico county, at
her residence, Towards Grove, at nfteen
minutes past O'Clock Tuesday evening
october 10, 1896. SARAH JANE Gun
WAY.
AT rest"
Funeral from Howard s-Grove Baptist
church at 10 o'clock THURSDAY MOhN-
INC Friends OF the family invited TO at
tend.
DONOHOE.-Died, at II 05 p. NJ, Tues
day. October 10, 1895 JOHN Angus
TINE. son OF p II. and Mary A. pono-
hoe: aged years IL months and 10 days
Funeral notice hereafter.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS into rest at the Old
Dominion Hospital on Monday, October
- iss. at 3P. NJ, SIPPiE. beloved wife
OF samuel Jacobs. in the 5ith year OK her
age
The funeral will take place from her
late residence, No. 800 east Clay street,
on WEDNESDAY,, October 1ith. at IL
o'clock A. M. Friends and acquaintancss
are invited TO attend without further mo-
tice.
New York, Boston, Troy On. ~, and
Winston On. c. papers please copy ~
JONEs.-Died. at Retreat for the Sick,
ON October 18th, at 7I5 A. NJ. 7. ,.
JONES. In the s7th year OF his age.
Funeral from his sons residence
Young Jones). No. 1915 west Grace street.
TO-DAY at 800 p. NJ. Friends OF his
sons family are invited TO attend. NO
flowers.
RoBERTsoN.-Died. at her home,
Monday. October i2sh. at 2S5 p. NJ, An
ME PRICE ROBERTSON. in the 18TH
year OF her age.
Funeral from residence. In Manchester.
TO-DAY, October 18th, at o'clock z. II.
ZIMMF,R. Died, Tuesday. october 18th.
at $50 A. NJ. at his residence. NO. ~
north Thirty-third street, II. ID. ZlMhEh'
In the Both year OF his age.
sitting in the twilight pondering
On Gods wondrous love 10 me,
Something seemed to bear me upward,
Even Father unto Thee.
And the twilight changed to MONDAY.
And the ripping waves to harps;
Paved upon by angels fingers
Soothing. softening troubled hearts.
On. God. give me more such visions,
More alch loving dreams OF Thee,
For Il brings me nearer Heaven.
Nearer. nearer. God. to Thee.
Evening. morning. and at midday,
VIII come TO Thee In prayer.
Asking Thee to bring me home. Lord
From this world Of want and esis.
And when I shall crosse the river,
over on the other side.
shall once more hear the angels,
And with them and Christ abide.
Funeral from 81. Johns church This
"wednesday AFTERNOON atG O'clock.
Friends and aeqaaintances are invited q
attend.
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THE GAs-JEr TOLD THE STORY.
A Stranger Found Dead In n Hotel
az Norfolk.

NORFOLK, VA, October l3.-tspeclal)
At the Hotel Norfolk late this afternoon
a stranger. apparently about so or 90
years OF age. was found dead in Room
No 81. Death was due to asphixiation
by gas. the Jet in the room being turned
on. The dead man registered Monday
night as William Eskrige. Of Delaware,
and went Immediately to his room. As
he did not again appear. an investigation
was made. with the above result. The
body was removed to the morgue. and
an inquest will be held tomorrow morn
ing.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-14
Mrs. enr. Restaurant at the Fair.

Mrs. j. II. Gill, superintendent Of the
Male Orphan Asylum, with coterie OF
pretty girls. has part OF the restaurant
privileges in the Exposition building for
the fair. She Is prepared TO furnish lunch,
sandwiches. or regular dinners, In the
best of style Mr. Belts. who purchased
the general privileges OF the grounds,
kindly gave Mrs. GIN permission TO open
her dining-room without cost 20 ner, IN
order that all the proceeds might so TO
the worthy institution she represents.
Although the crowd In attendance upor
tho fair yesterday was very snali. the
restaurant was literally patronized'
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COST OF AssAYING MINERALS.
The Question Before the hoard of
Agriculture Last Night.


The State Board of Agriculture con-
yened here last night. and began what
PROMISES to be a very interesting session.
Those I'm attendance were President A. s.
Buford. Captain A. j. MoMath. Judge X.
l.. Henley Judge X. NJ. Mallory. Hon.
John 5. Hurt. Captain j. X. McCann,
Major O. +. Hinc. MIR. j. X. Kemper,
and Colonel Thomas Whitehead. The
tonic which engaged the attention OF the
board last night was that Of assaying
the minerals OF the State. For the past
few years this work has been done at
the Virginia. Polytechnic Institute, at a
cost OF about Si25 per annum until tne
mast wear when the bill amounted to Sil.
Statements were heard from Professor
Froehling and others. but no conclusion
regarding the work In the future was
reached.
The board determined to call upon thc
covs,nor IN a body ths morning at 0
o'clock and pay its respects TO the E~-
ecutive.
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hotter Foa CONGRESS.
william VI. WbaIey. of NorfoiS'
Nominnte,-Wise May Withdraw.

NORFOLK. VA. October b-rhe
boiling Democrats OF this district nave
nominated Mr.. William NJ. Whaley,
prominent Businessman OF this city, ior
Congress. II is reported. With propaoie
foundation that II. A. Wise, the kepnp-
ncan candidate. viii withdraw, and thus
unite the boiling Democratic and kep"o-
llcan vote.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-14
ten days has so united them that victory

ten days has so united them that victory
Is now assured.
(SigneD
MARION BUTLER. Chairman;
-. II. SOVEREIGN.
III. W. REED.
GEORGE +. WASHBURN,
JOHN w. BREIDENTHAI,
I'M. c. RANKIN,
&C. +. TAYLOR.
-. A. EDGERTON, Secretary"
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-14
ua.ierx-M.m Re.ames.

NEW BRUNSWICK, n. j.. october
13.-The Norfolk and New Brunsw,ch
Hosiery Company's mill, when suspehueu
indefinitely a month ago, because, as y
u,s : said by the officials. OF the uncertain
~ ~ he political outlook. sesumed opera
lions this morning.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-10-14

This could be accomplished only by
arranging for a division of the electoral
vote I'm every State possible. securing
50 MANY electors for Bryan and Watson,
and conceding 80 many to Bryan ana
SewaGl At the opening OF the campaign,
this under the circumstances. seemed
The vvisest course for your committee,
and n Is clearer to-day than ever that
II was the only safe and wise course X
our votes were to be cast and MADE
effective for the relief OF an oppressed
and outraged people. Following this me
81 noIicv your committee has arranged
eiactorai tickets in three fourths of the
states and will do all in its power to
make the same arrangements in all OF
the states. BY perfecting this arrange
ment and every sincere opponent OF the
cold standard giving loyal support to
,bese ioint electoral tickets, the Peoples
Marty will not only secure In the Electoral
College for Bryan and Watson several
times az many votes as we could nave
nossiblv secured by maks.g a straight
ticket hut we will secure the defeat OF
MCKINLEY and the gold standard, whicn
should now be the greatest desire OF
everv citizen who believes In the primer
niles of true Democracy.
"Ry this arrangement we can unite
large majority Of the voters on our JON.
nToctorol tickets Therefore. the only
hone ~ the money-power and trusts Is 10
divide and conquer. The Republican man
ayers and their Democratic allies realize
this and are putting forth every enort
49, ,ocomnlish this end. Some OF the
na,oocrats OF the revenue stripe. who are
40, vet weaned from the fiesh-pots OF
tr.,,n, hui are sticklers for regularity,
"a are nominally supporters OF MT.
prvan while secretly and In every UNDER
handed way trying 10 accomplish MS
Sasaa, ore advising against the joint
e,-.,n,ai tickets and failing in this, they
advise Democrats 10 scratch reop.e
nartv electors; and already a Few So
called Populist leaders are ADVISING 'no
rank and file OF our party TO strike PACK
~, refusing TO support the Democrauc
aiactors on the joint electoral tickets.
rhts A. q trap set by the gold-bugs, VINO
- retoicsng that few honest men nave
@a,,x,, into IL. These reports to-day are
- oolv ones that buoy up the hopes OF
~ psnublican managers, and the Demo-
crats and Populists who are thus en-
,e's.,,sd are doing Just what the gold men
aasirad Therefore, we appeal 10 every
prrul,st who may have been misled py
s,,nn ,o,staken or false pleas OF pretended
LOYALTY TO the Peoples party INTO tsius-
ing TO support such joint eiectorai ticAs's
10 stop and consider the results OF SUI ~
conduct. and refuse TO be ihhaeneei W
either misguided or corrupt men.
-The revulsion Of the American people
against these Doodle men during tnc '@s'
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panuri.t-neuuhl.cnn ruslon on.

ATLANTA, GA. October lS'--N. "a.
Peck, the Populist nominee for copstess
an mis- district. refuses to withdraw IN
favor Of the Republican candidate, ana
there Will be no fusion.
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! MUSICAL COLUMN :
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

Miss Yaws concert on Monday, the
18th inst, is being looked forward 70
with a very great amount of interest,"
and is sure to draw very large audi
ence to Simpson tabernacle. Miss Yaw
will be assisted by the same artists that
contributed to the success of her las.
season, Miss Georgiella Lay, pianiste,
and Macmillan Dick, violinist.
An opera entitled Der Vierjaehrige
Posten," by Schubert, had its first per-
Torrance in Dresden last month. The
music is greatly inferior to the Erlking,
which Schubert wrote in the same year,
when he was IS; but DR.. Hirsehfeid
strengthened the score by interpolating
selections from other little operas writ
ten by Schubert.
Herr Hermann Levi, the famous Wag-
merriam conductor, has been compelled,
owing to a prolonged nervous malady,
to retire to private life. Herr Levi was
a pupil of Lachner, and is man of SO.
He has been court conductor for the past
tWenty-four years at Munich, and it is
largely due to him that the Bavarian
Opera house has attained to its present
high position. The regent of Bavaria
has now granted him a retiring pension,
and has appointed as his successors DR..
Erdmannsdoerfer and Herr Richard
Strauss.
Paderewski, about whose sanity SEN
sational rumors have been current, is a {
present in the south of France, busily
engaged on new opera, which he hopes
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to publish early in the new year, SAYS
Julian Ralph in the New York Journal.
lie is in vigorous health, and save for an
occasional visit to Paris, has been hard
at work Tor the last six weeks. His Lon
don agent received long letter from
the great musician last week, in which
he remarked how well he has been and
told what pleasure work on his new op-
era had afforded him. Paderewski would
very much like to undertake another
tour of the United States, but his agent
is convinced that this will be impossible
for some time to come.
There was time when the Viennese
honored composers neither in life nor IN
death. When Mozart died three friends
accompanied him to the grave, and they
turned back because it began to rain.
Schubert was buried at his brothers ex-
pense. But the world moves. The Wen
nese, though they neglected Anton
Bruckner during his life, have honored
him in death. His funeral was at TIL.
city's expense, and the emperor himself
sent the flowers from his private gar
dens. Thousands of people lined the
streets when the funeral procession
passed Hans Richter conducted the
services, and among the famous musi-
clans present were Brahms, Hellmes-
berger, Goldschmidt and Fuchs. The
University and the Conservatory, as
well as the Opera house and the various
musical societies, were represented by
many members. The hearse was followed
by two wagons filled with flowers But
Bruckner was not buried in the Gene
terry which holds the remains of Mozart.
Schubert and Beethoven. His body was
after the procession was over, taken 10
the railway station and transferred IN
st. Florian, in Upper Austria as Bruck-
ner wished to be inferred near his birth
place.
If any more musical memoirs are to
be written, we wish that Nine Teresa
Carreno might be the next author, saws
the New York Tribune. Her life has had
incidents enough for several volumes.
and if she has half the skill with pen
that she has at the keyboard, her book
would be fascinating in the highest de-
gree. She has been in Europe since 1889.
but New Workers have always felt as if
she was still their townswoman. They
saw her grow up here and watched her
develop from sylph-li like creature, with
killing black eyes, into magnificent
woman, endowed with dominion over
everybody except her husbands. Is it
because of her love of art that she hunts
husbands in her profession. and is Il
because they were all musicians that
they turned out so ill First. Sauret,
the violinist, and what brilliant couple
they were when they made their con-
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AS the mistress of the big Whitney
Mansion at the corner of Fifty-seventh
street and Fifth avenue, she is bound
TO be success. She has fortune of her
own, and conservative estimate of
the wealth of Mr.. Whitney would place
1t at $1O,OO0,000. Moreover, he is a great
money maker and there is little doubt
that any demand the social success of
his wife makes upon his income will be
fully met.
Mr. Whitney is ambitious socially. and
when his first wife was alive his home
was the scene of more entertaining than
any other house in the city. And he
showed his power by inviting people to
his home who were not regarded with
high favor by the swell set. On one oc-
casion he had among his guests Rich
ard Croker and he took particular pleas
ure in introducing that gentleman to
those who were in the habit of denounc-
ing him most loudly. 1t would have
been social death to almost any one else
to attempt an innovation of that kind.
but Mr. Whitney carried it off with fly
ing colors.
1t is said that the new Mrs. Whitney
has much of the same independence as
her husband, and If her friends succeed
in their effort to install her as queen.
some startling changes in swelldom can
be looked for.
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sustain the weight of entertaining
which must be done by the reigning
queen. New York society just now is
undergoing the process of rehabilitation
by the infusion of new blood, and the
tinge of this fluid is decidedly golden.
Most of it comes from Chicago. There
is General Terrence, for instance, who
secured immediate metropolitan recog-
milton by wearing $4,000 overcoat, and
Charles T. Yerkes likewise magnetized
the gaze of Gotham by sleeping on a
$40 600 bed. Potter Palmer descended
upon Newport during the season with
the object, it is said of feeling the social
pulse preparatory to making the New
York plunge.
All these things have to be looked af-
ter by some responsible head. Society
is not unlike a great business concern
and if it is allowed to drift along without
the supervision of recognized eXecu-
tive something in the nature of a catas-
trophe Is certain to result.
MRS. WHITNEY'S CLAIMS.
Her friends say that Mrs. Whitney is
just the woman to set things to rights.
She has not been connected with society
matters here intimately enough to be in
fiuenced by the petty squabbles which
now exist. Moreover, she is fitted for the
place by many external considerations,
such as great wealth, family and gener-
al surroundings.
Personally, no one better could be
found. She has figured prominently in
society in this country and abroad for
the past eighteen years, ever since she
was brought out. She was educated i'll
Germany, and her first husband, Cap
tain Randolph, had the entire to the best
social circles in England. Mrs. Whitney
is but thirty-six years old and is a
CT oil f,tl1x 90
blonde type. She has exquisite taste
in the matter of dress, and has displayed
much ingenuity in devising unique en-
tertainments.
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Try our port and sherry wines at rs
cents per gallon. T. Vache & Co., Com
mercial and Alameda streets. Tele-
phone 800.
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genuine royal kind, have their enemies,
and If the wishes of these latter could
be realized, the poor queens would be
ousted without seconds delay in
time.
Mrs William Astor was the last
queen to reign in New York. She as
cended the throne by a species of divine
right, as the two preceding Mrs. As
tors had reigned before her. Mrs. AS
tors abdicatiOn was due to the force
Of circumstances. The first of these
was the unfortunate catastrophe in the
domestic affairs of her daughter, Mrs
Coleman Drayton. Mrs. Astor might
have survived this, but at the critical
time her prime minister, otherwise
Ward McAllister, passed away.
McAllister was really the power be-
hind the throne. He had tremendous
influence, and every ounce of it was ex-
erted in behalf Of the Astor dynasty.
Members of the swell set who were
personae non gratae at the Astor court
had hard time of it. They met with
petty annoyances and snubs at every
turn, while those who freely acknowl-
edged the queenship Of Mrs. Astor had
roseate time of it.
BEGINNING OF THE END.
Naturally Mrs. Astor had enemies.
They made the most of it during the
Drayton collapse, and refused to receive
that lady when Mrs. Astor essayed to
re-establish her in society here. 1t was
just when this effort had reached it's
critical point, and when the services of
McAllister were most needed, that that
gentleman sickened and died. The
death of Mrs. Roosevelt, Mrs. Astor's
daughter, forced her to retire from social
life for a time, and this, combined with
ill-health, completed her dethronement
Upon Mrs. Astor's abdication there
arose host of claimants for the throne.
The most recent of these was Mrs. Oil
yer Hazard Perry Belmont, the former
wife Of Mr. w. X. Vanderbilt. Mrs. Bel
monts aspirations suffered a sudden
and dismal collapse. She discovered that
her speedy marriage to Mr.. Belmont af-
ter her divorce from Mr.. Vanderbilt had
not increased her popularity to any Wis
ible extent; in fact, her experiences at
Newport the past summer, when she
undertook to fight the whole Vanderbilt
clan, were of such a disheartening char
acter that it is now said she will live
abroad in future and will sell her town
house and her Newport palace.
Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt might have
reigned had she wished, but her aspira-
tions do not run in that direction. The
illness of her husband now makes that
impossible.
NEED OF A RULER.
Of Thea old-time Knickerbocker fami-
lies few Of them have millions enough to
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A New Aspirant for the Exalted
Position
A RULER OF THE 400 NEEDED
Mrs. Whitney to Ascend Gotham's Social
Throne
The Smart Set Has Been Sadly Befog-
ged Since the Abdication of Mrs.
Astor Two Years Ago.

NEW YORK, Nov. 6-Society is to
have new queen. OF course, it has not
been officially announced; things of
that kind never are; still 1t is pretty we'll
understood by the gilded folks who
make up the smart set that the throne
chair, which has been vacant for the
past two years. is to be occupied and
the affairs of swelldom directed with
as much splendor as the heart of the
most brilliant butterfly could wish.
Mrs. William Collins Whitney, the
new wife of the ex-secretary of the
navy, is the lady slated for the throne.
And right here it should be stated that
the instant after the lady's name has
been mentioned for the unique honor
a host of dissenting voices tore the
air and shouted in unsion that "it must
not~be." But all queens, including the
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THE CALIFORNIA LIMITED ON
SANTA FE

Leaves every Monday and Thursday,
reaching all eastern cities from 10 to 30
hours quicker than any other train.
Double drawing room sleepers, dining
car and composite car to Denver, Kan
sas City, st. Louis and Chicago. Ticket
office 200 South Spring street
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LAST

All things come to those who wait. and
Such was the experience of Mrs. BERNARD
narklns OF Philadelphia. 1t has been
MTs. Harkln.s custom every night before
retiring for the last ten years to look under
the bed. Sunday night she looked as us
ual and uttered scream of fright for & @
seen. He was there for sure and her ten
years of waiting were patiently rewarded.
Mrs: Harkins screams brought her hus-
breaker from under the bed. Mrs. Har-
kins. yelled "Police!" and the husband held
the burglar until the police arrived The
dine. a burglar who has a long record in
criminal annals.-Chicago Chronicle
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PAULIST MISSION.

On the 22d inst. mission will be held
at the San Gabriel mission by the Paul
ist fathers The exercises will begin at
1890 o'clock on that day, but on the days
during the week that follow they will
begin at &. m. and Z p. m. Catholics
and non-Catholics are invited to at
tend, p