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The San Francisco call., 1896-11-03
RIOT At WILLIAMSPORT.
Police PosUerlesy to Dtsperse RIrat Po-
lific0I Gnfherfugs.

Police Poscertesy to Disperse RErat Po-
Hticat Gatherings.
WILLIAMSPORT. Pa, Nov. q The
riotous days of the ''sawdust war" in this
city many years ago were revived between
midnight and I 80 o clock yesterday morn
ing. At midnight Court street was packed
full of Republicans and Democrats who
had participated in the big political de-
monstrations, and revelry was rampant.
Shortly before this Chief of Police Wise
had backed his horse into crowd on
Pine street and was greeted with oaths and
catcalls. The Chief then rode into Court
street and a great crowd gathered about
him. Fight policem n were with him,
and arrested men until the police cells
were full, in vain attempt TO break up
the crowd.
As the Courthouse clock struck II the
Chief rose in his saddle and addressed
the crowd, commanding them to dis
perse; but he was greeted with storm
of jeers and curses. Instead of charging
the crowd, he retreated, and was followed
by the mob, who continued their i'm preca-
tions. Mayor Mansell was informed, and
decided to send hose cart to the scene
and deluge the mob with water, but re-
consid. red, and had fire engine sent out
as a ruse. 1t worked, and the crowd fol-
lowed, but uickiy returned. Then Police
Captain Worral and squad charged the
crowd, and by dint of ''club persuasion"
dispersed them, but only after numerous
arrests.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-03
MET DISASTER
AND INSUL IS
Irish,s Pursuit of Bryan
Not the Success An
ticipated.
Wreck of the Special at the
First Stopping Place Caused
a Death.
THEN EGGS WERE THROWN.
However, at Other Towns He Was
Respected and Gwen Quite
an Ovation.

LINCOLN. NEBR.. Nov. 2.-The tour of
the John 2. Irish party, which followed
Candidate Bryan to-day, was marred by
one distressing and fatal accident and a
series of unpleasant incidents. The spe-
cial train bearing the California gold
standard advocate was partially wrecked
at Malcolm, the first stopping place after
leaving Lincoln, and John NJ Tipling, a.
well-known travelling man of this city,
was killed.
The special had been given the right of
way, but by some misunderstanding an
accommodation freight was allowed to
remain on the main track as the special
ihundered in. Mr.. Tipling was in the
caboose of the freight and ID attempting
to Jump was caught between the caboose
and freight car ahead and fatally crushed.
The body was brought to Lincoln.
Mr.. Irish and his party were badly
shaken up, but not seriously injured At
Sutton, where the crowd which welcomed
Mr.. Bryan yet remained, Mr.. Irish was
greeted with shower of eggs and other
missiles, one of which broke a car window
and injured lady. At Grafton boots
and ieers greeted him, and at Harvard
the same reception was accorded-not,
however, without cheers from Republi.
cans. In other towns he was given a
respectful hearing. at times amounting to
an ovation.
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RICH COAL DISCOYERT.
Pasf SWms Offered by a Syndicate
Land in Keafern Ontario.

Past Swns Offered by Syndicate for
Land in Western Ontario.
NEW YORK, N. Y, Nov. "A Sun
special from Toronto, Ont, says: Four
months ago there was discovery of coal
In fertile district of Algoma, Western
Ontario. 1t did not take long for the re-
port to spread, and in a very short time
the Lehigh Valley people had dispatched
experts to the scene of the discovery with
instructions to test the coal thoroughly,
and ii 1t was, in their opinion, of the
quality represented to at once buy up the
surrounding country and secure an option
on the district.
But when the Lehigh Valley people had
made up their minds to buy it they found
Canadian capitalists had got in before
them and got a claim on the property.
The Lehigh Valley combine has not given
up hope OF securing the coal mines. A
proposition Is now before the syndicate, in
which the combine offers to pay more
than 81, ZOO, 600 if the present holders of
the options will sell out to them the whole
district, which the syndicate has now
secured. The ad-isabiiity of accepting he
offer IS being considered. The syndicate
would prefer to start a Canadian company
with 81 600, 600 capital stock.
William Wilson, repre- sentative of the
Canadian syndicate, has gone to New
York to meet capitalists there who may
offer more for the property than the Le-
high Valley. The coal is OF good quality.
and Its d ,scovery in AIgoma is cons idered
even more valuable than that of the gold
mines. -. ~ sfe .ts--.--..
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nAM MERICAN IN TERESTS
AND AMERICAN HONOR. !"
Continued from First Page.

neigh bors and fellow.townsmen at this
the closing hour of one of the most memo
rable political campaigns in American
history. The hour for discussion has
passed by; the argument is closed. The
vast interests of the American people are
now in the hands OF the people them selves
for proper settlement and determinat ton,
and there is no safer jury in the world to
sit upon American interests and American
honor than the American people them
selves. [Cries of "That's rightr' and
applause.]
"But you must Der, my fellow
townsmen, that the battle is not won
until the ballots are in. { A voice, at will
be-" and applause.] The great jury of the
American people can be confidently
trusted to establish by its verdict that the
credit of the country is to continue unim-
peached, its currency unquestioned, Its
honor unstained and the iory of the Re-
public undimmed. [Cheers.] I thank
you q Thousand times for the courtesies
and kindnesses you have shown me in
the past three months and bid you all
goodnight"
Among those who called on Major Nc.
Kinley to-day were, T. V. Powderly OF
Scranton, Pa. Charles r. Ohlfs of Buffalo
and A. w. Wright of Niagara. These
gentlemen have been making speeches
for the Republican ticket IN the West and
are on their way to their respective homes
to vote. Colonel A. L. Conger of Akron,
ex-chairman of the Ohio State Central
Republican Committee, was also visitor
at the Mckinley residence to-day.
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opposing political parties the democratic
managers claimed to be fearful OF trouble
In view OF statements thatthe hepuoican
organizations intended to gather about the
places where Mr.. Bryan was schedu.eo 10
speak and attempt to howl him down.
That was the given reason for not an.
nouncing the time Mr.. Bryan would keep
each engagement.
Continuous cheering from the mob fol-
lowing the carriage in which the candldate
ana Mrs. Bryan we're seated and from tne
thousands along the sidewalks marked
Mr. Bryan's progress from the station up
Farnam street to Boyd's Theater. Enthusl-
asm was rampant. Not an inch OF space
was available in the thea er when he arrived
anu he received an ovation there and
from tremendous throng outside. His
speech was on the lines of that delivered
at Hastings to-day. Another drmonstra-
ton occurred inside and outside Washing
eeeded ii his carriage TO Germania Hall,
where he talked to an audience of natives
OF the Fatherland about what Prince Bis
marcE had to say about bimetal Iism.
Metz Hall, in the Bohemian district;
Moran's Hall, where the meeting was
under the direction OF the Swedish BIZ
metallic League, and Creighton Hall fol-
lowed in turn. Each was crowded to the
doors and Mr.. Bryan was received with
the customary wild excess of partisan
emotion. Governor Holcomb spoke at
Moran's In support of the Democratic
ticket just before Mr.. Bryan appeared.
Creighton Theater, in the same building
with the hall OF at name, was the scene
OF the last speech delivered by Candidate
BRYAN in his remarkable campaign.
These were Mr.. Bryan's concluding
words, his last message to the free-coinage
forces:
Doyou wonder that we have been able to
conductthis campaign? My friends. we have
been able to conduct it by the unselfsh devo-
ton OF that multitude OF men-Democrats,
Populists, Republicans-who see what the gold
standard means and, seeing 1t, have been
willing to fight it in order 10 save their chil-
dren and their children's children from this
curse OF gold. They tell us that we must bow
down and worship the golden calf. say, my
friends, that the American people will not
bow down. They will vote to restore the gold
and silver coinage of the constitution and lead
IL the restoration of bimetallism throughout
the world.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bryan will spend the night
at the Paxton Hotel and at 80 O'Clock in
the morning will leave over the Burlington
Tor Lincoln, where the candidate will cast
his vote and await the returns.
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a CLASH " s FEARED.
So Repubtic1n Paraders Did Not Minote
With Bruauites.

With BrDanites.
OMAHA, NEBR-, Nov. 2.-William J.
Bryan's personal campaign came to an
end in Omaha tonight. Never before in
the history Of the city has party feeling
run so high on the eve OF National cleo
ton and ominous rumors that pointed to
personal conflict between supporters of
the great National tickets caused an un-
easy feeling throughout the community.
Fortunately no clash occurred. An agree
ment had been reached between the Re-
publican and Democratic local managers
by which the Mckinley demonstration
would not come in contact with the
crowds that gathered to hear Bryan. This
was carried out and the imposing Repub-
lican parade did not appear on Farnam
street. the principal thoroughfare, until
Mr.. Bryan had left it and begun his round
OF speech making.
Shortly after o'clock Mr.. Bryan
reached Omaha after hard days work
He had visited four of the six Congress
sional districts in Nebraska and made
eighteen speeches, including one in his
enthusiasts greeted him here and followed
his carria for mile through the streets
TO Boyd's Theater, where he spoke first.
Unlike the Republicans, no organized
parade had been arranged by the Drmo-
cratic managers. and the band, the Jack
sonian Club, the Veterans Bryan Club,
composed of old soldiers, and a number of
other supporters fell into liue and in.
discriminately composed his escort.
The Republican demonstration was
more pretentious. Scores of organizations,
nearly all bearing torches, formed pro-
cession that took an hour in passing
given point. Every brass band in Omaha
and vicinity had been secured tor the pa
rade. Despite the agreement between. the
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-03
A PEN|TENT|ARY BATTLE.
Two Desperate Convicts Over.
power a Keeper and Secure
His Revolver.
Another Keeper Then Disarmed and
the Prisoners Nearly Succeeded
in Escaping.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Nov. 2-William
Odell and Fred Williams, serving FIVE
years. term in the Erie County Peniten-
tiary for burglary, made bold attempt to
escape late Saturday afternoon. Williams
is % and Odel 81 years old. They have
been in prison just two years. Both
worked in the overall factory. When
Keeper John Hannah walked up the aisle
OF the overall department about o'clock
with stack of garments in his arms Odell
approached him with garment in his
hand. The keeper stopped, expecting
that Odell had some criticism to make of
the workmanship on the garment.
Odeli grabbed him. pinning his arms to
his side. Hannah yelled and Keeper
Clark Crosby ran to his assistance. Before
he reached him Williams bounded over q
table and snatched Hannan's revolver
from his pocket He turned it on Crosby
and ordered him to put up his hands.
They went up.
Then Williams took Crosby's revolver
and, passing it over TO Odell, the latter re-
leased his hold on Hannah and put the
revolver to his face. The two keepers,
with their hands above their heads. were
commanded to march toward the door OF
the shop,
Just then Keeper Burdick strolled in
from the packing department. Odeil took
hls gun of Hannah long enough to ord er
Burdick to throw up his hands. Walking
Hannah and Crosby before them Odell
and Williams passed out of the shop door
into the prison yard. Before them, 100
yards away, was the prison gate, which
supplies pass out. The convicts had timed
their uprising so as to reach the gate be-
fore 1T had closed.
AS soon as the convicts passe d out of the
shop, leaving Burdick uncovered, he ran
TO the prison Office and gave the alarm,
which aroused all the keepers and guards s,
1nmcluaing those posted on the prison wall.
Inc convlc,s heard the alarm, abandoned
Hannah and Crosby and ran for the gate.
=, Inc big doors were Just coming to as
they started full speed toward them.
Storekeeper Gus Durstein, w no has charge
OF the gate, saw the men approaching.
neard the shouts of the alarmed guards,
ana, drawing the gates together quickly,
snapped paddock on them and sprinied
for The prison Office. for he was unarmed /.
Stop!" cried Odell. "Stop, or ! will
nrel And without slowing up at all he
let nre. The bullet knocked a chip from
the stone wall into Durston's face. Will
lms nams nred again, but the shot went wild.
Inc oreathless man came to a dead stop
r;t. suo wall. Looking through Ine
wicket they saw Keeper James Warner,
who had heard the alarm and passed out
OF the Office door into the street to head
them on IN case they caught Durstou and
compelled him to open the gates for them.
Odeu hred n random shot, which sent
warner chasing up the street. He came
pack REINFORCED by five guards arm Ell
with hes, while the guards on the W all
nad taken thei. places prepared 10 fire.
Williams and Odell saw that they were
trapped and they threw their revolvers
over the fence and surrendered. They
were shackled and led to the dungeon.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-03
FROM LINCOLN TO OMAHA.
Plenty of Talk by the Candidate Q
Three Purtfes

Plenty of Talk by the Candidate of
Three Parties.
OMAHA, NEBR., Nov. 2.-Three stops
were made by Mr.. Bryan's special on the
run from Lin coin to Omaha. They were
at Greenwood, Ashland and Gretna, and
q. each the candidate was enthusiastically
greeted. His remarks at Gretna were
rather interesting. This is what he said
Ladies and Gentlemen: When 1 began nv
first canvass for Congress in 1890 came to
Gretna, the strongest Democratic precinct in
the only certain county of the district and
when came here remember that you raised
the first pole ever raised in my honor and put
upon IL O banner bearing the inscription ''W
j. Bryan, NJ. c." Six years have passed since
then, and l now come among you on the La st
day, and in the evening Of that day. when in
stead OF being candidate for Congress I am
the candidate of three parties for the Presi.
dency. i remember with grateful apprecia-
ton the handsome vote that 1 received in this
precinct six years ago, and / am going to
watch the returns tomorrow night end see If
Gretna does as well this year. [Cheers.l
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-03
Under Arrest at .Hu,nso1dt.

UNION CITY, TENN, Nov. ALBERT
D. Powers, manager of the Cuban Bureau
of Chicago is now under arrest at Hum
boldt, Tenn, q town forty miles south of
this City He was arrested last night by
Officer BlaKemore of that place, who was
informed as to his identity by young
man named Hatch, who left this city with
him. He came Here from Martin, Tenn,
q town fourteen miles east, where he had
been engaged in sign painting for week
or more. There is no doubt as to Powers
identity, as Hatch knows him well.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-03

Dot Gray, resident of house of i'll
fame. said to be his wife, ana William
Metzger, with whom he caught her.
Lin on then turned the pistol to his own
head and fired bullet into his brain.
He died few minutes after. His friends
assert that Linton was crazed by finding
his wife in such house and believing
that MetZger had influenced her to go
there he attem pied to kill them both.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-03

See to 1t that a Republican Assembly
is elected, for n United States Senator
il to be elected. Do not vote for a DEM
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-03

See to it that a Republican Assembly
Is elected, for United States Senator
Is to be elected. Do not vote for Dem
ocrat.
The San Francisco call., 1896-11-03
THRILLING TRAIN WRECK.
OIL Tank I0nited and Fiffeen Cars and
Their Contents Consumed.

Their Contents Consumed.
HOUSTON, TEX, Nov. "A freight
wreck occurred yesterday morning near
here on the International and Great North
ern, in which there were no fatalities,
but loss of fully 40.000 was entailed by
the company. The train was loaded with
merchandise and cottonseed meal. While
going up Grand Lake hill. thirty miles
north OF this place, the train broke IN two.
wrecking fifteen cars, one OF which was a
tank of oil. The liquid was ignlted and
before the flames could be extinguished
the cars of merchandise and meal had
been consumed. A wrecking outfit was
sent from here tn clear the track, which
was accomplished last night.
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KtHed Hi. Erring Wife and HsmseI3
WHEELING, w. VA, Nov. News
has been received here from GEORGETOWN,
Ohio, to-day OF a terrible tragedy there.
Scott Linton shot and fatally wounded
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And SILVER
Avoid the mistake of Voting
for the Electors headed:
/" National Democratic Party Electors"

The name OF one Clay W. Taylor appears in this
group. These Electors represent BOLTING DEM
OCRATs, who are for the SINGLE GOLD STAND
ARD and AGAINST SILVER, and vote for this
movement is in effect vote for MCKINLEY.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-31
roo THIN.

Some kind and astute gentlemen who
are interested in schemes that do not
include the reelection OF Senator Plat
are suggesting that it would be a fine
thing to make him the candidate for
vice president on the Republican ticket
OF course they know that he doesn't
want such an honor as they are talking
about thrusting upon him, and Of
course they know that there is small
probability that any attempt to thrust
that honor upon him, or any other
Connecticut man, would succeed. What
they are after is to delude some Of the
honest friends of the senator into doing
something that would not help his re-
election. Their efforts are foolish and
will be futile. Connecticut needs Senator
Platt where he is, and there is an earn
est and general intention to keep him
there. Those who have that intention
will not chase any will o. the wisp at
the invitation of schemers who, while
protesting a desire to honor the sena-
tor, are really trying to get chance
to hurt him.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-31
AN INSURANCE PROBLEM.

A recent report OF the Insurance COM
missioner OF Pennsylvania directs at
tention to what may be a dangerous in
novation in the conduct of mutual fire
insurance companies, tending to poss-
ible loss on the part of the mutual
members. The laws of the State pro-
adapted especially to rural districts,
where number of owners agree to
the number by equal assessment on ALL
The expenses are trivial, there is no re-
serve, and the association, when pro-
ceeding as the law contemplates, is gen.
orally well able to take care of itself.
But it may be different, as the COM
missioner points out, when these asso-
Citations begin to advertise for outside
business and to sell insurance for cash
premiums. Then they enter the fields
of companies having invested capital,
but without any of the accountability
of such companies. To protect the mu-
tual companies themselves as well as
possibly innocent owners of property,
the commissioner will require that the
members of all new mutual companies
shall be owners of property, and that
all the old companies which have de-
veloped g. speculative tendency shall
subject their cash business to the same
requirements that are imposed by law
on joint stock companies. He also
urges legislation requiring that every
insurance company should be confined
to one distinct system.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-31
MORE HOpE DEFERRED.

Hope deferred maketh the heart sick,
and the heart Of the Democrat is very
sick because his long deferred hope that
the condition of the treasury would inn
prove must now be still further de-
ferred. This is the last day of the
month. With two days of March left
the government receipts for the month
had only reached $24,O0O,O00. They are
not likely to exceed $26, 900, 900 for the
entire month. The low receipts have
been very disappointing to treasury
officials, who have been trying to per-
suade themselves that business, which
is reflected in government receipts, was
materially improving. The deficit for
the year to date is SIS, 000,0 900. In April
heavy interest payments fall due, and
with the present ratio of receipts the
deficit at the end of the fiscal year may
approximate s27,OOo,0O0 Secretary Car
isles estimate was s17,oOoO 900.
An error of $1o.Ooo.OOO in a guess isn't
much. for a Democrat. And deficit
of $27,000,000 isn't much, for a Demo-
cratic government to show.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-31

tFrom the Hartford Courant.l
All the talk that is made land it has
to be made) about running Senator
Platt OF this State for vice president
should be set down, at once, and with
out question, as unfriendly to that gem
tleman.
This attempt to honor our senior
senator is in fact an attempt to der
rick him out of the place he has so we'll
filled in order to create a convenient
vacancy. The coming convention could
not easily do a more ungraeious thing
to Mr.. Plat than to launch an undesir-
ed boom" for him for the national
ticket, If the delegates are led to be-
lieve they could please him by any such
course, then they will be deceived
If Mr.. Plat is good enough for four
years in the passive position of vice
president, why isn't he good enough for
six years in the active position of SEN
ator from Connecticut, where already
he has done such service for the State
and the country?
Let nobody be caught by this trans
parent project. 1t isn't what Mr. Plat
wants, nor what the State wants. It all
grow out of the fact that he occpies
a. place that somebody else wants.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1896-03-31
NOT pOPEI4R.

France has an income tax bill in the
works, and it is interesting to notice
the protests against it. The Budget
committee invited the societies of in
chambers of commerce to submit their
views on the subject. The result has
been general, not to say unanimous,
condemnation of the bill. Among the
most important of the answers, that of
the Chamber of Commerce of Paris
says: 1.-THE Chamber of Commerce re-
pudiates the personal and progressive
taxation upon income, in it's very es-
sence. 1t rests upon the most unsound
basis, namely, the inquisition and in
reference of the State and it's repre-
sentatives in the affairs of private citi-
zens." The Society of the Manufact-
urers and Merchants of France says:
"The small manufacturers and mer-
chants would be compelled to increase
the price Of their goods. Their custom
ers, who generally possess small means,
would bear the consequences, which is
quite contrary to the intention of the
project of taxation. It would be the
people of small means and the poor
who would suffer most heavily from
the effects of the law as it is now pre-
sented." The United Chamber of the
Masons and Builders, the Union of the
Associations of the Former Pupils of the
Superior Schools of Commerce and
many other similar associations
throughout France have pronounced in
nearly the same words against the pro-
posed bill.
1t is evident that the income tax idea
is not much more popular in the French
republic than it is in this republic.