The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-21
NEWS IN SUNDAYS JOURNAL.
Summary OF Events Chronicied i'm the
Edition of Sept. 20.


Edition of Sept. 20.
Br. Bryan's speech at Washington was
interrupted by rain.
The National Bank of Troy, n. Y. closed,
owing depositors s439. 00Q
The internal revenue receipts for August
of this year amounted TO Sn,52toti.
Mr. Bryan and Senator German rode
from Washington TO Baltimore together.
Preparations on an extensive scale have
been made for the Cars visit to England
Consul-general Lee denies that he is for
hidden TO visit American prisoners in
Cuba
Citizens of Indiana will present. Monday,
to the battle ship Indiana massive silver
service.
Silas Wrinkle. of Richland, Mo-. was
struck by lightning, but was only severely
burned.
The Southern Illinois Conference of the
NJ. +. Church will be held in Mount Yer
non next year.
A minister was reproached for indorsing
free silver by Bishop Andrews, of the Hill
nois NJ. E. Conference
Macon Mccormick thinks Corbett will
whip Sharkey and that Jim and r1tz Will
come together about next spring.
First Lieut.. w. F. Hancock is relieved
from duty at Washington University, st.
Louis, and will rejoin his battery.
DR.. STICKY will resign the presidency of
the Louisville Baseball Club. Harry Pull
liam, it is believed will succeed him.
Senator John NJ. Palmer left Springfield
for New York where he Will speak at
Madison-square Garden next Thursday
Saturdays National League scores: Bal
timore Z, Philadelphia 2; Cleveland q. Gin
cinnati 2; Brooklyn 8, Boston /; Washing
ton s, New York I.
Saturdays Western League scores: In
dianapols s. Minneapolis 81 Detroit 13, Mil
waukee O; Milwaukee 6, Detroit 4; Grand
Rapids IA. Kansas City IA.
Indianapolis.
Embezzler Green was given sentence OF
three years.
The State fair deficit will amount to be-
tween $4,000 and $1,000.
Indianapolis defeated Minneapolis al base
ball yesterday; score, to j.
J. W. Wayt, repairer in the street car
barns, will lose his voice. as the result or
a peculiar accident
Four complete companies of wheelmen
have already been organized in this county
for the Mckinley and Hobart regiment.
It develops that only three men we're were
killed in the c., H. & d. wreck near Con-
nersville Charles Hughes is still alive.
Saturday at McKinIey's Home.
CANTON, O., Sept. 19.--This little city
had hardly recovered from the effects of
yesterdays avalanche of visitors when
more delegations began to arrive to-day.
The crowd to-day although large. was
small in comparison with yesterdays
throng Yesterday $1,000 strangers swelled
Cantons population temporarily to over
100 O00 To-day there were visiting delega-
lions of from one to six thousand each and
utilizing twenty-six special trains. There
was a cold, drizzling rain all forenoon and
when it ceased the temperature fell rapid
ly and overcoats were in demand. After
two receptions in the opera house in the
forenoon, one to the visitors from Hutton
Verona Oak Mount and other boroughs of
Allegheny county, and the other to the
employees of the Carnegie city mills, of
Pittsburg, the speechmaking was trans
ferred to the Mckinley lawn, part of it
being done in the rain.
1t was the big delegation of railroad men,
too large for any hail. who set the example
of defyng the elements They with the
three or four hundred telegraphers who
came with them, surrounded the little re-
ceiving stand on the Majors lawn and lis
tened to and cheered the assurances of
hearty support delivered by their spokes-
man, J. w. Hodge, of the Illinois Central,
and w. F. Burke, on behalf of the tele-
graphers. The crowd was SO large and
other delegations crowding so fast that the
usual programme of Misunderstanding had to
be eliminated. Those nearest Major Nc
Kinley made a rush for him and beside
tearing down part Of the stand almost tore
his clothes from his back.
Two delegations were massed in one for
the next address, They Were the people
from Mercer county, Pennsylvania, about
$500 in number, and the Butler county,
Pennsylvania, delegation, also a large one.
These delegations brought three or four
bands, a number of clubs and four or five
hundred gayly uniformed men. Congratu
tory addresses were made by John b. Har-
his, puddle boss of the Sharon Iron Com
pany's rolling mill; j. M. Evans, president
of the Sharon Mckinley and Hobart Pro-
tective and Gold-standard Club, and Fl. f.
Gaier nlao iry,1sa C1ff 20
publican executive committee, on behalf of
Mercer county, and by Col. j. n. Thomas
on behalf of Butler county. Each assured
Major Mckinley that his majority would
be the largest in the history of the Key
stone State. .
Major Mckinley, hurried to the house
when this address was finished to pay some
attention to individual callers awaiting him
in the library. He just reached the door
when the committee of the Railroad Men s
Gold-standard Club of the northern division
of the Pittsburg & Western railroad from
ed a response to the Introduction of their
president, d. G. Moriarity, of Foxburg. He
compiled.
The next delegation to seek an audience
was the commercial travellers of Cincinnati
accompanied by Mayor Caldwell and d
number of PROMINENT Cincinnati business
men, Theirs was large and distinguished
looking delegation, which had literally
packed a train of twenty coaches. The
members of the organization wore white
hats, large badges and canes and were very
stylish in appearance. Music was furnished
I
Goodale, ex-president of the Cincinnati
Chamber of Commerce, was the spokesman
The CincinnatianS had surrounded Major
Mckinley on the porch and were shaking
hands with him at the rate of more than
one a second when the horsemen escorted a
long line of carriages and a longer line OF
marchers to the gate. This body was the
commercial travellers of Pittsburg, with
their wives and lady friends in the car
riages. They brought floral tribute OF
immense size and great beauty to Mrs. Nc
Kinley and their president placed a large
roseate badge of the club with special in
scriptions on Major McAinleys lapel. Ad-
dresses were made by Percy f. Smith and
by William II. Reed, president of the Pitts
burg Commercial Travellers Council.
of Hungarian-American citizens of Cleve-
land, each of whom waved a small Amer
lean flag. DIR. B. Steiner and State Repre-
sentative Joseph c. Bloch made addresses
The last organization to call was the
Hardware Mems Mckinley and Hobart
Club of Cleveland, made up of the dealers
and their employees, but originated by the
latter. 1t was in charge of the president
Major Gemmll, and he was introduced by
| Charles A. Parsons Each of the men in
the party a white duck cap and car
ried tin cane and a flag. Major Mckinley
| addressed them briefly.
TO THE TELEGRAPHERS.
When Major Mckinley concluded his ad-
dress to railway employees he turned to Mr..
Burke and said:
stAnd now, Mr.. Burke and gentlemen of
the photographers Association of Chicago,
am glad to meet you here with the railroad