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AN ALL RIGHT JuDGs.
How iIc Would Proceed 10 prot,c,
rhc Voter.

Omaha. Neb., Oct. 2l.-rhe World :
iieraid this morning publishes a reply
~ .eIeEram sent to United States
Sircnlt Judge Henry G.. Caldwell. nj
% ,' uuI' us 10 whether he would order
an investigation made If the COMPLAINT
that the discharge OF an ompiuvr nT -
railroad under Federal Court receiver
sup mad been made for pollticnI ran
sons Judge Caldwell says:
Would order an Investigation of n
complaint that an employe of the couri
.,au been discharged for political rcn.
T... ,,,..t "no ~ lhe complaint. upon inves-
'ieatlon, appeared To be- well founded I
would Ut once order the Dismissal of
every receiver. general mangcr. or other
olhcer or employe of the court having
anything to do with dlschargInr o,.
threatening to discharge employees for
politicai reasons And II would he sum
c!eh, ground Tor removing the receiver
OF general manager If they had reason
10 DeileVe that such unlawful coercion
was being practiced or threatened by
my OF. their subordinate officers or em-
Ploycs ana took no step to investIgat @
and suppress IT,
The foundation stone of the republic
lS thc free suffrage of the citizens. II is
the constitutional r!uht of every loooi
voier TO vote as he plcases. Any inter
ference with this fundamental right of
me citizen by n court would be a hirh
CRIME, deserving impca chment, and any
ehployc or the court who attcmpts 10
coerce other employees of the court To
vote otherwise than according to their
own Judgment and free choice. bv
threats of dlscharginE them from the
service of the court. or by the i,se nr
any other illegal means. would merit
ana would receive instant dismissal
from the service of the court without
regard TO his rank or position"
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BRUTAL MASKED RopnERs.
Husband Killed, wife Beaten npd
House Robbed.

Fremont, Ohio. Oct. 2I.-Masked rob
bers entered the home OF VIM. Bike.
west of Fremont, last night at 7:3O. and
murdered Bike, brutally attacked Mrs.
Bllke. and ronsackcd the house.
Bike was Il German farmer and oil
producer and generally keeps consider
able money I'm the house. AT the hour
mentioned two masked men called at
the residence, and with revolvers drawn
demanded money. Without giving
Bike time to comply with their de-
mands the robbers opened fire on him
and shot him through the breast, killing
him instantly.
MIS- Bike attempted to defend her
husband and was shot in the right arm.
ana when she tried to escape was beaten
on the head with revolvers in the hands
or the murdcrous robbers, and is now
In very bad condition. The house was
ransacked from top to bottom. but the
robbers secured only an old silver watch,
railing To find large sum of money
Sheriff Slcsman and the Fremont Of
iicers were not notified until this morn
ing, when posse of men nt once went
to the vicinity and secured the neighbor-
Ing woods and country.
Bike yesterday received several hun
dred dollars from the sale of oil, and the
robbers evidently knew of this and were
after It,
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THE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.
The Cornerstone OF tnc Hall OF His
tory Laid.

Washington. Oct. 2l.-The cornerstone
of the hall of history, the first of the
buildings to comprise the American
University. was laid this afternoon in
the presence of a large crowd of spec
tators and with interesting exercises.
The ceremonies were conducted by the
venerable senior Bishop OF the Metho-
dist Church, Thomas w. Bowman, as
sisted by the officers Of the District
Grand Lodge of Masons Mr.. John T..
Andrews. of New York. president OF the
Board of Trustees. was presiding officer
The programme opened with prayer
read by Stephen Newman-a prayer for
wisdom. Bishop Hurst, Chancellor of
the University, delivered the introduc-
tory address.
Following Bishop Hurst there were
addresses by Bishop Alphons w Will
son. Ex-Governor Robert Il. Pattison, of
Pennsylvania; Bishops Fowler, New
man and McCabe and Revs. Charles
Payne and John Buckley.
The laying of the cornerstone by
Bishop Bowman was followed by sing
ing American" and the exercises
closed With the responsive reading of
the 33d Psalm and hymn written by
Rev. Samuel H. Meiler, Vice Cchancel-
lor, for the occasion.
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CONFLICTING TEUEGRAMs
Co,ored Church yyor..er..

Charleston, S. c., Oct. 2I-The first
days session of the twelfth annual con-
ference Of church workers among the
coiored people Of America opened here
preside over the conference were the
Rev. Richard Bright OF St. Stephens
Church, Savannah, president: the Rev.
George +. Briggs. IT.. of st. James
Church. Baltimore. secretary
a number of able papers were read
during the morning and night sessions,
In the afternoon the delegates were ten
dered an excursion to Summeryille.
where they were shown over the Pine
Hurst Tea farm
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ROiters Ger On.

Lincoln, Neb., Oct. 21.-The Supreme
Court this afternoon denied the appli-
cation for writ of mandamus to com
pei The Secretary Of State to leave off
OF the official ballot the names of the
candidates nominated at the Omaha
convention OF the gold wing Of the
Democratic party. held October 1st.
The Secretary having decided that he
would certify to the County Courts with
the designation Democrat" The Su
preme Court has filed no opinion yet. but
the points in the decision are embodied
in a paper which was read by Justice
Norval. The decision sustains the Sec
retnry and admits the bolting Demo
cratic" ticket to the ballot as Demo
crat." The writ of mandamus petition
ed by the Middle of the Road Republi-
cans to have their State ticket appear
on the official ballot as Republicans ia
also denied
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ON HARRIs0N'S TRAIL
Mr.. Bryan Leaves Ohio and Begins His
Second Tour Through Indiana.
He HAD BIG GROW DS DESPITE THE COLD
The Peoples Enthusiasm Kept Them
wnrm-Thc Candidate Quot ali.
ver n. Morton nnd Exc.tc Grrnt
Applause He AisO AiIudes TO the
Republican Deception.

Richmond, Ind, Oct. 21.-Mr. Bryan
reached Richmond at 10 O'clock this
morning and began his Indiana cam
paign here. He spoke a, O'Clock th!:
morning to a very la.g and enthusiasts
tic crowd a! T.ttin, o., and at 80 a. m.
wa: awakened by brass band and a lot
OF enthusiasts at Tipton. MIR. 3 vans
special train lay until 1:30 o'clock in the
railroad yards at Urbana. The first stop
af,er leaving there was at Bradfo: d
Junction, o., reached a.; s O'Clock. but
Mr.. Bryan was so much fatigued after
his hard day and harder night of cam
paignlng that he was not awakened to
meet the couple OF hundred people there.
They were entertained by John W. Tom
ln;on. of Alabama. Who Il accompany
ing MIR. b yam. At Greenville. where
the ONO campaign was ended, Mr.. Bry-
an spoke for fifteen minutes to about
1000 people.
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THE DAUNTI.Ess CAPTURED.
The Little Dnuntlcss and Tender
IMkcn by TIC EnlcIrh

Jacksonville. Fla, Oct 2l.-On New
Smyrna bar this morning the United
states cruiser Raleigh captured the fill
clustering steamer Dauntless and her
tender r. l.. Mabey. The Dauntless
was caught about o'clock and the
Mahey later.
The latter steamer was putting out to
sea with coal and supplies for the
Daunticss. when the Raleigh fired n
blank cartridge for her to stop. The
Mabey turned about and tried to es-
cape. whereupon the Raleigh fired solid
shot across her bows and the tug heaved
to. An officer was put in charge of the
Mabey. and the Dauntless was brought
to the ST. Johns bar. and now lies inside
in charge of officers from the Raleigh
Cubans here are greatly excited over
the news. but claim that the Dauntless
had no arms nor men on board. In
chasing and capturing the Dauntless.
times. and the alleged fllibuster came
near being struck.
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GEN. MARRIsON,s TOUR.
The Ex.Prcsident Continues His Jour.
ncY Through Illinois.

Borden. Ind, Oct. 2l.-General Harri-
sons special train entered New Albany
at o'clock this morning from Evans
vic amid tremendous footing of
whistles and firing of cannon. The
street leading from the depot to Serb
ner's Park was packed with people to
such degree that 1t was difficult TO
force way through 1t for the carriages
OF the distinguished speaker and party.
When he appeared from the rear of his
car he was greeted with loud cheers
1t took time to get him to the park, and
more time after he had arrived there
To force n passage through the dense
throng to the stand. The crowd had
been contributed to by Louisville and
points north, and was estimated at from
25, 900 to 80, 900 people
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WHAT SOUTHERN owNs.
President Spencer ExpInins to the
GcOr@iR RnflrOad Commission.

Atlanta. Ga, Oct. 21.--President Sam
uel Spencer, of the Southern Railway
appeared before the Georgia Railroad
Commission to-day 10 explain the rela-
of Georgia, and the Georgia Southern
The purpose of the commission was TO
ascertain II the Southern Railway co
owns or controls majority of the stock
OF either of the other roads.
In his statement. which was full and
explicit Mr. Spencer said that the
Southern owns n beneficial interest in
the stock of the Central of Georgia. A
majority block of the stock of the old
central was one of the assets of the old
Richmond Terminal Warehouse and
Eailroad Company. In exchange for
mat stock, and to satisfy a certain
clhim against certain securities of the
central, the entire issue of the new Cen
tral stock was transferred to the reor-
ganlzat tion committee of the Richmond
terminal. where the new stock Is still
lodged,
The stock is voted by that committee
ana me southern has no control over IL,
salG nv Spencer. He stated tha, even
tunlly tGe stock Will pass TO the South
ern II that company has the legal right
tc htid It under .:he laws of Georgia
III II mas not tha. right, then the stock
WI. Wili o.. s.iu and the proceeds will go to
me southern. The President denied
tina the southern controls the manage
IA. ~ OF the Central or dominates its
policy ~ any way. In regard 10 the
Georgia. Southern and Florida. Air.
Spencer testified that his company did
holc majority OF the stock a.. one time.
put the SOCK 'was increased. and the
Southern's holdings became a mjnoriiv
interest. ~
He declared that his company does not
control or dictate TO the management of
the Georgia Southern. either. He said
that the southern would not consolidate
any tWo OF those properties as In his
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-22
SEE ETuE CR1rrENDEN STOCK.
Dress Good, Trimmings. NOtiona,
neddinE, ETC, Keg0rdIeas of Cost

] hereby give notice that j have
boughtfhe Chittenden e tock Of dry goods
in the store No. 9S Main street, new
number 2S0. for one-third its cost. It is
a new and complete stock. for Chltten-
1 bought 1t out of speculation and want
my money back Immediately. have to
remove the stock from the store within
month, and have therefore to eaeri-
flee IT, which will do without delay.
Beginning at once 1t will be sold without
regard to lbs market value. There ,uiiI
be no effort made to get cost for the
goods. They will be sold from the start
at slaughtering prices. Great bargains
may De expected by buyers who come
quickly. 3, Mill va y
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a Negro Riot.

Caryville. Fla, Oct 21.-To-night
about o'clock j. NJ. Crigler. a manager
of the Hagerman Lumber Mill at Hager
Station, four miles west OF Chipley, be-
came engaged in n row with one Of his
negro hands, whereupon several other
negroes drew their pistols md COM
menced firing. Crigler fe, % an out
house and locked himself in until aid
could arrive from Chipley.
When the l.. & y. passenger train ar
rived there tonight the negro who in
cited the riot had been killed and two
other leaders fatally wounded
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Shot 20 Death.

Winston. N. c., Oct. 21.-News reached
here to-day that Drew Smith, O. MEM
ber of the family noted for making
"moonshine whiskey." as we'll as for
fighting, was shot from ambush Sunday
night in the mountains just across the
Virginia line. He died on Monday from
the wounds. Tom Chapman, desper-
ate character is charged with doing the
shooting. He has not been arrested.
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Virginia 0UrCI.ASsED.
Princeton OutpInysihe University nj
Every P0Iut.

Princeton, Oct ol.-Princcton out
prayed Virginia at every point in the
football games played here to-day,
making score of as to O. Each team
played good game.
NO halves Of twenty-five minutes
each We're played. During the first half
OF tile games the visitors put up n fair
resistance. but I'm the second half the
Ilgers had things quite their own way
Prlncetons goal line was never men
aced during Tho entire game. While
Virginia was weak In the line few long
gains were mndr owing TO the splendid
tacliling of Cooke and Dabney. The
work of Quarterback HoHton was also
or a nigh order. The entire Princeton
team worked together as one man
Smiths running Was phenomenal and
his passing accurate. The star PLAYER
OF the day. however. was Baird, who
Kicked two goals from the field. besides
giving fine exhibition Of punting un-
der difficulties.
i5rokaw nj end played even a better
game than Cochran, taciiling hard and
sure and getting down the field quickly
on puntS.
About 1000 persons witnessed tho
game. The line up is:
Princeton. Position. Vircinia
Ipsengarten ..Rlgh; halfback Kelley
Thompson .....Left end ..... Martin
church ....... Left tackle ....... Davis
Tyler ...... Left guard ...... Fulton
Galley ........ Centre ...... Wallace
Booth. Edwards Right guard. Kenbill
Hillebrand Right tackle :. Somoskeoy
Cochran Right end ....... Coke
Erokaw 49,. - ... White
Smith, y. Poe Quarterback HoXton
Eciter, Barnard Left halfback Dabncy
Eosengarten Right halfback.. Footc
h"i!ey ..... Groncr
Baird ......Full backs. ... Morrison
Wheeler 49,. Cooke
Observation-Disclosures, Rosengarten.
II oil 10,
downs-Baird 4, Wheeler Goals from
ield-Baird 2. Refcrec-Laurie Bliss,
of Yale. umpire-Brownlee, of Prince
ton. Linesmen-Hayward and Kennedy
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Apottery Dc.troxedbyE EIre

Beaver Falls Pa, Oct. 21.-Mayor
Brothers Pottery was destroyed by fire
early this morning. The fire Is thought
to have been due to u gas explosion
The loss is over 100000, fully insured.
Over 200 employees are thrown idle
After daylight this morning five bows
were badly hurt by a falling wall. Two
Of them, named Reed and Wallace, were
perhaps fatally injured.
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Taken Under Adyisemcnt.

Topeka Kan, Oct. 21.-The mandamus
proceedings against Secretary of State
Edwards to compel him to insert Wat
sons name on the official ballot was ar
gued In the Kansas Supreme Court to-
cay. Inc Judges took the case under ad-
visement ard announced that their da.
cision Will be rendered this evening or
tomorrow. "
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end OF A RUINED LIFE
W. 7. Rambusch, the Juneau OefauItsr,
Takes His Own Life al fredericksburg.
DIED AMID HIS OLD COMRADES GRAVES
lie Had for Some Time Bcc,, In Fred.
crieksburg Visiting Ola Hattie.
"s' "hich He Had Last Seen
when n Union soldier l.er. aY.ct.
Tor Asking Fray ers for IL Ia Femisx.

Fredericksburg, Va. October d.
W. L. Rnnbusch, the nbsconding bank
,,l from Juneau WIS. killed himself
mere last night. Ramhusch got here -
week ago and registered ut the ho,cI
mS ,, =. T. Anderson. He has been Wis
tlnE the battleilelds since He shot him,
Tha Sg,s IN ha,,,i the National Cemetery here
ture, the hand still graspjn,r The nistnI
VIII VIII Which lie had shot himself I'm the
lIEnt temple. He left IL note saving he
,sh Mish To die among his comrades. One
''u,'uIeu uoilars was found on his body
was evident from the papers found
on Rumbisch's person that ne had CON
'clhpinted suicide, but was hnstened In
committing the deed by the appearances
~ ~ SnstErouy morning papers of IL cut
crime. VI NIB
PRAYERS FOR HIS FAMILY.
He addressed n letter TO tho pra.hv-
tcrlan minister here asking that bo of
Ter player over his grave and beg
heaven TO protect his wife and daughter
lie requested that his remains be bur
rlcd here and that parties nnmed Nv
him he wired to come hero ana inda,,,
tilS mis- body in order that his fnmilv
would nave no trouble in securing the
insurance money. He claimed when he
came here that he was In IN health
uhu hnd been ordered by his physician
10 seek rest and recreation and ms he
hau not visited the battlcffelds of thia
section since he participated I'm the
stormy scenes of the war he came TO
this place. He had no effects with him
save IL small hand satcheI I'm which were
II change of underwear and n few other
small belongings and the one hundred
ana Twenty-Five dollars found on his
person This he requested he used i'm
settling his unpaid bills and funeral eX-
pehses He was very methodical in all
ne ana and went to his death with n de-
liberation and calmness that only a man
or IRON nerve could command Those
who came In contact with him here
were impressed with his intelligence and
uisnihcd manner. The verdict of the
coroncr's jury was murder by his own
hand"
CONFLICTING TEDEGRAMS.
kilograms have been received from
friends I'm Wisconsin and New York.
but as they are somewhat conflicting,
the senders have been summoned here
In person.
The letters to his wife and Mr.. John
Curtis. of Centreville his cousin, were
Mt his request forwarded unopened In
neither of his communications to par
ties here did he refer to the grave
charges made against himself in the pa
pers. doubtless thinking that the disclo-
sure OF his identity would be sufficient
TO publish his wrong doing far and wide.
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on for Kentucky.

Washington, October 2l.-CarlIsle left
here at 2:30 this afternoon over Inc
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad for Gov
mGton, ky. He Will make the first of
five speeches in the Kentucky cam
paign at Covington THURSDAY night
october 90. He will return to Washing,
ton October 81. and will not vote i'm the
Presidential election on November 8.
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NORFOLK vIHGINIAN: THURSDAY. OCTOBER % 1896

judgement 1t would be bad policy TO do
:. AZ. Spencer's statement threw new
nent on the relation of thsee roads, and
II IS probable that the commission will
nor pAoeeed any farther with the in
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1896-10-22

Eishop keanc. the late rector of the
University, still remains u member of
the Board of Directors.
me resignation Of Prof. Perrier, of
canon Law, was accepted.
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Beautifnl Present 10 Every Customer
~ This Week

Lovely Stamped Centre Piece will be
presented to each customer purcha sinT
one dozen File or Wash Twist. Line Of
Stamped Linens at less than cost this
week. w. N. PoMlock. trustee for r. a.
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HAMPTON nooE TAKEN down
Fusion OF Republicans and Cold Men
I'm the sixth.

Roanoke. Va. Oct. 2l.-The District
Republican Committee of the Sixth Dis
ttict met here and withdrew j. Hampton
Hoge as their candidate for Congress
and endorsed Duval Radfo-d. gold Dem
ocrat
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QUOTES OLIVER p. MORToN.

QUOTES OLIVER p. MORTON.
AIR. Bryan In his speech quoted a
speech made by Oliver =. Mo! ton. I'm the
United States Senate in the Fortv-sec-
ond Congress. and concerning II said:
There Senator Morton wss declaring
against the policy of contraction; ,.here
he was asserting shat an increase in the
supply OF money would bring prosperity
ana progress and enterprise, and we as
sert the same thing to-day. We assert
that an Increase in the supply of money
VIII reverse the grinding conditions un-
der which we have suffered for the past
few years and the position which we
take must be approved by any person
who will stud the money question with
out putting before his eyes enough gold
coin TO blind himself the proof"
AboE 1000 people were a the second
Richmond meeting, which was add.essed
by Mr.. Bryan from the balcony of the
Hotel Westcott. so numerous were the
yellow Mckinley badges in that audi
ence that the candidate had something
to say ahoW them.
a PERTINENT QUESTION.
ANY person" he said, who has an
opinion ought 30 have a reason TO base
II on. / wan; to speak to those who.
by wearing yellow badges indicate their
suppor, Of Republican ideas to consider
two or three things, If She Republican
party believes THAI; the gold standard is
n good thing, ask you, selves why the
Republican party always talks about
sound money" instead OF the gold
standard. Why do they use ambiguous
phrases TO conceal their meaning? / as
sert that if the Republican party
thought the gold standard was good
they would no, attemp 20 deceive peo-
pie by using sound money" but they
would say gold" and let the world
know that they meant gold" Cheers
Mr.. Bryan had some other things to
say abou: people who wore she orange
in practically the same language us9d
by him al other places. where counter
demonstrations were attempted.
AT Cambridge City Mr.. Bryan made q
speech to about two thousand people.
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IN SPITE OF THE COLD.
Tho People Everywhere Are Eager
mud dEMthusiMstic.

Rushville, Ind, Oct. 21.--Bryan had an
audience of six or seven thOusand people
at the first meeting In Richmond. which
took place IN Glen Miller Park. The al.
was keen. and only those in the audience
whose pol.t!cll sympath!es allowed them
to be enthusiastic We're able to keep
warm
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HINT 10 TOM WATSON
The Leader of the Middle Of the Road
erS Writes Letter.
BRYAN is THE CHAMPION OF REFORM
Watson Should Como Down ana Not
Contribute to the Success of the
Gold Standard Ticket The Let.
ter Tells of How Anxtons Mark
Hanna Is TO Prevent Fusion.

Washington. Oct. 21.-Col. S. r. Nor
OF the Aliddle-of-thc- Road Popullsts at
the ST. Louis convention. has written
10 Chairman Butler the following COM
munication:
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Continued on Third Page.)
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1896-08-01
Free EmpIoyment Bureau.

By the provisions of New York assem-
bly, bill No. 986, which passed the legis-
lature at the last session, the free EN-.
ploynent bureau was opened Monday
morning, In charge of John !. Bealin,
superintendent. This new department
is locaed In the New York Office of the
bnreauof labor statistics.
The 'stensible object of the bureau
is to receive, free of charge, applica-
lions working men and women for
employment and of merchants and man.
ufacturrs for employees. The real
objects'f the free employment bureau
are to rduce the army of UNEMPLOYED
In this ity and to strike blow at the
numerous private employment bureau,
where nedy workingmen frequently
spend thir last dollar in the vain hon,
that somthing will "turn up.p Ever,
man or wman who applies at the blu
reau for ork will be required to sigr
his or herame In a book, and to fil