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The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1896-05-04

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Lived in the Death House.

Sing Sing. n. y. April 27.-The third
murderer TO suffer the penalty at the state
prison here within "a week was electroCutcd
th's morning Today's ctim Carl
Feigenhaum, who had been confined i'm the
dcathhousc of the prison FOR sixteen months
awaiting punishment for the murder OF
Johanna Hoffman in September, 1921.
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A Half Million Dollar Blaze.

ST.. Louis. April GA special from Paris.
Tex, says the entire business portion OF
that city was destroyed by fire this morn
ing. The telegraph wires are down bat il
is reported that one man was burned 10
death and several others were seriously in
jured.
Tho flames were famed by n high wind
and The fire departing mt was unable To cope
with tho couflasra ton. The estimated loss
is nearly half a million dollars. and Is only
PARTIALLY covered by insurance. Among The
buildinss destroyed are the telegraph office
and the postoflce.
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manufactured 10y the California Fig Syrup
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rrowsnnner CONCENTRATION Denied.

New York. Arri SIT was rumorcd in
newspaper circles tonight that The New
York Times is 10 be consolidated with Tho
New York Recorder. Tho United Press is
authorized "a state that there is no truth
in the report.
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MIR. REED SPEAKS.
He Says One of the POpOcratic Tails
Has Disappeared.

PORTLAND, Me, Sept. 14.-Mr. Reed
was serenaded tonight by the Lincoln
Club and five thousand people. He spoke
as follows: Il told you long ago that
Maine would make her own record. She
has done so. l asked you when you were
here last to give a large majority and you
did l do not think you did so because
asked you. for you have ideas of your own
and know how to carry them out. One
thing perhaps is to be regretted, you have
helped to settle a little trouble among the
Chicago Democracy. The ticket has two.
let US say appendages. One of them has
now disappeared. Sewalrs star sinks and
Watsons rises. AT least it seems so, but
as neither of them were stars of the first
magnitude it may be a little uncertain.
What does this result mean? The West is
said to be different from the East, but
have not found it Too many Maine
men have gone West to build up the coun-
try for any body to say that. They will do
as well as we have done. l congratulate
you on this great majority. 1t was vic
tory which belongs to good men in both
parties and cannot fail to do good to the
whole country
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DIDN'T TRY HARD.
Democratic Chairman Hughes BE
Iittles the Republican Victory.

Democratic Chairman Hughes BE-
Iittles the Republican Victory.
BATH, Me-, Sept. H.-Mr. George E.
Hughes chairman of the Democratic State
committee, said tonight:
THE result of to-day's election is just
what everybody expected. The only signifi-
cant thing about it is the large vote given
for the Democratic candidate and free sill
yer after such a short campaign. The Re-
publican managers have worked night and
day, spent thousands of dollars and poured
spell-binderS from other States in upon US
by the score in an effort to secure a victory
that they could point to and say See what
Maine has done; free silver is not wanted
here The majority shows that the people
does not want it..
'',rhe result indicates nothing of the kind
Before the campaign opened it was evident
that 1T was impossible for the Democrats
to carry the State and it would have been
the height of folly to have made the at
tempt. There is every reason to believe
that the great advance which free silver
has made in the State in the last few
weeks will continue and you may be sure
that Maine will give a good account of
herself in November"
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LIABILITIES ARE HEAVY
FAILURE OF BIG PHILADELPHIA
WHOLESALE DRY GOODS HOUSE.
Coffin, Altemus & CO., with n Branch
at New York, Assigns for Benefit
of Creditors.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 14-Coff1n, Alte-
mus & Co., the Oldest and one of the larg-
est wholesale dry-goods houses in this city,
with a branch at New York, made an as
signment to-day to John Lowber Welsh for
the benefit of creditors. No estimate of
the assests or liabilities was given out by
the firm. and the members of the big con-
Germ refused to say anything about the
failure beyond a. formal statement which
was sent to friends and creditors that the
assignment was ,aused by '.impossibility
of securing funds through the ordinary
channel, by the disco Citing of their COM
mercial paper, and the fact that the large
holdings of real estate held by members
of the firm cannot be speedily converted
into money
Assignee Welsh said that until he had
of the firm-a week or ten days-he could
say nothing about the assets and liabiil-
ties. The firm has large and valuable
tracts of real estate on the main line of the
Pennsylvania road which was acquired pre-
viouS to the death of Lemuel Coffin, the
founder of the firm Principal among its
holdings is the famous Devon Inn, at
summer hotels to be found in this section
of the country. Joseph 3. Altemus, Ed
ward A Treat, T. b. Martin, E. H. Con-
verse and Edward J. Tie1 have looked after
the business interests of the house since
the recent death of Mr.. Coffin. The firm
did business of hundreds of thousands of
dollars yearly and it is probable that the
liabilities will be close to half a million dol
lars, with the assets possibly sufficient to
cover this amount.
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BABCoCK, FAULKNER, BUTLER.
Views of Three Political Managers on
the Maine Landslide.

WASHINGTON, Sept. IA. - Chairman
Babcock, at Republican headquarters,
speaking of the Maine results. said I'VE
regard the Maine election as indicative of
the sentiment of the whole country. 1t
shows the trend of public sentiment. and
insures for Mckinley all of the States
north of Mason's and Dixons line and east
of the Missouri river, with large number
of electors not only south of Masons and
Dixon's line, but west of the Missouri
river
Chairman Faulkner, of the Democratic
congressional committee, saw nothing
startling in the news from Maine. That
State had been recognized Republican,
he said and there was no eason to expect
other than a large Republican plurality.
The change in the State ticket from gold
to silver one just three weeks before the
election and the fact that there had been
no effort on the part of the national or
ganization of the Democratic party to con-
troll matters in the State because 1t was
recognized as clearly Republican, were fac
tors which the Senator though proved con-
clusively the reasons for the large Repub-
lican plurality.
Senator Butler attributed the result to
the disorganized condition of the Demo-
cratic party in the State, due principally
to the fact that change of candidate and
platform was made shortly before the elec-
ton Mr.. Butler declined to make any
statement to the effect the result might
have on the substitution of Mr. Sewall for
Mr.. Watson as a candidate for Vice Presi-
dent
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Mii,iken,s Comment.

BELFAST, Me-, Sept. H.-Congressman
Miliken makes this comment on the cleo
ton: ''Maine's $4,000 Republican majority
signifies that American citizens are honest
and do not believe in settling at so cents
dollar that they believe in fostering
American industries and employing Ameri-
can labor at fair wages, and they believe
also that we have national government
which has a right to enforce it's laws. Be-
lieving myself that the citizens of other
States are as honest and patriotic as we,
1 satisfied that majority of them will
record their verdict against free trade, free
silver and communism, as we have done"
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fought in Maine not only the September,
but the November, contest"
WHAT MIR. FRANK SAYS.
The Defeated Democratic Candidate
for Governor Talks.

PORTLAND, Me-, Sept. 14-M. p. Frank,
the Demo cratic candidate for Governor,
gave out the following statement tonight:
"The Democratic parry OF Maine lad
adopted a platform which proved to
be in direct opposition o the Chicago
platform the currency issue, and nom
mated candidate for Governor upon that
platform. After the national convention
they were obliged to change their position
and put in nomination another candidate.
The Republicans having a thorough or
ganization, had meanwhile taken advan-
tage of the situation. committed substan-
TALLY all their voters to their policy in
the currency question before the Den1o-
Gratis were reorganized in new lines. The
dissatisfaction created in the party by the
cha snge and the disorganize1 condition of
the party enabled the Republicans, with
their thorough organization and the un-
limited means at their command, while
the Democrats We're without funds to pay
even the absolutely necessary expenses of
the campaign, to make the gains they nave
over their vote of iS23. Considering the
conditions of the parties, the short time
and limited means that the Democrats
had, the result is fully as good as could
reasonably have oeen expected. They have
fought a gallant lignt against adverse con-
ditions and tremendous Odds. In view Of
the above facts the result can have but lit
tie effect on the national C)atest.
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GREAT VICTORY, INDEED.
MIR. ManIey Tells What Sound-Money
Votes Did Yesterday.

Votes Did Yesterday.
AUGUSTA, Ne, Sept. 4.-Chairman
Manley, of the Republican State commit
tee, sent the following telegram to Hon.
M A. Hanna chairman Republican
tional committee. at Chicago tonight:
"The Republican party has achieved this
day the most sweeping and magnificent
victory ever accorded TO any party in the
history of Maine. We have carried every
county in the State, elected every State
Senator. at least 40 out of Isl members
of the House of Representatives, secured
every county officer; given each member
of our magnificent delegation in the House
of Representatives the largest majority
they ever received; elected our candidate
for Governor by the greatest majority ever
given a candidate for thai high office, in
dorsed the st. Louis platform and de-
clared for Mckinley and Hobart by fifty
thousand majority. The Republican vote
will exceed by several thousand the larg-
est Republican vote heretofore given. The
vote given the Democratic candidate for
Governor is the smallest Democratic vote
cast, with one single exception, and that is
the vote of 1894, which was only three thou
sand less. What more could Maine have
done for the cause of good government
honest money and protection?"
Mr.. Manley SAID TINS evening: The
sweeping Republican victory in Maine
proves conclusiveIy that so far as Maine
voters are concerned the free and unlin.
tied coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to
/ cannot be defended. and will never have
the Endorsement of the people of this
State. The vote shows free-silver votes
among the Republicans of this State. 1t
proves that the Democratic party cannot
be carried a party to the Endorsement
of this financial heresy. Great credit should
be given to those Democrats throughout
the State who rose above party and aided
the Republicans in winning the fight A
much larger number of Democrats who
could not support their party abstained
from voting. Any attempt to ignore or
belittle the effect of the decisive vote in
Maine to-day by the leaders of the silver
party will only make them ridiculous The
Democratic party in Maine has not had for
years so good so effective an organi-
cation as it has had IN this campaign, and
it has had the prestige of having the can
didate for Vice President a resident
of our State. 1t has resort
ed to every effort and every de-
vice TO cut down the Republican major
ity of four years ago. It expected to do
it; it openly boasted that if would do it
and now when 1t is overwhelmed with the
indignant rebuke of the people it attempts
to say that it is just what it expected
The Republicans frankly confess that the
majority is much larger than they ex-
pected Their own vote corresponds to the
canvass, but they did not expect so many
Democrats to refrain from voting 1t is a
victory greater and grander than the Re-
publican party in Maine ever before won
and the country viii so understand it, and
no amount of explaining or excusing will
wipe out its effect. The contest was waged
entirely upon national issues. and we
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THE NEWS At CANTON.
Major Mckinley Congratulated on the
Extent of the Xicfnrx

CANTON, O., Sept. IA. = Mr.. and Mrs
Isaac Harter, who live two doors south of
the Mckinley home entertained the Nc
Kinley family at dinner this evening Ma
jor Mckinley received the news from
Maine. which came to him over the Associ-
ated Press wire, the Western Union COM
pany providing loop to his house for the
occasion.
Have you heard from Manner" said the
reporter to the Republican nominee as he
returned to his home. The answer came in
kilograms of congratulations which he
handed the reporter as soon as he had
opened and read them Major McKinley's
friends have throughout the entire cam
paign felt that their standard bearer has
never for moment doubted that the over
whelming sentiment of the country was
with his party's cause. He showed no sign
of unusual elation when the bulletin said
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QUICK WORK BY SLAVIN
JAKE KILRAIN KNOCKED OUT IN
TWO AND A QUARTER MINUTES.
The Old Baltimore PugiIist n Back
Number, and He Seemingly Doesn't
Realize 1t.

BALTIMORE, Md. Sept H.-Jake Kill
rain, the Baltimorean, and Frank other
wise known as Paddy" Slavin, the Aus
tralian, were the stars in a lively fistic
contest which took place at the Eureka
Athletic Club under the management of
Eerford, near this city, tonight. The
fight attracted large delegations of sport
ing men from all parts of the
country, as, bad blood is known to have
existed between the two men ever since
Slavin defeated Kilrain at Hoboken in
1891, and some hard punches were thought
to be certain. The result was a crowded
amphitheater and any amount of enthusi-
asm. kilrain, although past the age when
men are thought in these modern times
to be good fighters has been training hard
and every one present felt that he
would be able to give a good account of
himself against his younger and stronger
antagonist.
The last event of the evening was called
soon after 10 o'clock, and proved a bitter
disappointment to the ds of the ex-
champion, who made ii exhibition.
When Kilrain stripped h, ,ked to weigh
not less than 250 pounds, and the flesh
hung from him in rolls. Slavin, on the con-
trary, was in the pink of condition Jake
led with his left. but it was mere feather
tap. Then Slavin sent out his left, landing
lightly, and then clinched and began to
pay on the wind. Slavin hit hard, but Kill
rain was not effective. Three times the pu-
gilists repeated this performance, ana then
Slavin caught Jake in the ribs and they
clinched. Slavin hit his man a terrific
short-arm blow below the heart. threw his
arm around Kilrain's neck. hooked with his
right on the jaw, and the old-time pugilist
fell like log. His head struck the floor
He tried 10 rise the referee began TO
count. staggered to his feet as the fatal ten
was spoken, but could no raise his hands
and was pronounced "out The round
lasted but two and quarter minutes
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MEANING OF THE VICTORY.
GOvernOr-EIect Powers ON the Result
of the Election.

HOULTON, Me-, Sept. IA. - Governor
elect Llewellyn Powers was seen tonight
and asked for an expression of his opinion
on the result of to-day's election. He said:
Maine has to-day declared in no un-
certain terms against Reputation and dis
honesty as represented by free silver and
a 50-cent dollar. We all knew that the
Pine-tree State could be depended upon in
the emergency TO set the entire country
good example. but the extent TO which her
citizens have expressed their approval of
sound money and the Republican party has
even exceeded our expectations L think
the result of to-day's ballot is most Sig
nificant. The campaign has been a short
one but the people of Maine have been
greatly interested, and the majority with
which our citizens have honored the Re-
publican ticket simply indicates that in No
vember the Democratic policy of injustice
and imitation will receive blow from which
il will never recover
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Democratic Chairman Beane conceded
Maine by 10000 for the Republicans. He
said he was glad to hear from his faithful
Maine friends, when Joseph H. Manley had
telegraphed him that the returns indicat-
ed 90 600 majority" He made no effort to
conceal his pleasure at the receipt or a
congratulatory telegram from Hon. Charles
G. Dawes. of the national Republican COM
mittee, Chicago. and one from Congress
man Nelson j. Dingley, jr., of Maine. read
ing: Maine sends her greetings. A Re-
publican plurality of $1,000 We shall give
you Co., 900 plurality in November Among
others telegraphing congratulations were
Major Mekinley's associate on the ticket,
Garret A Hobart, Cornelius Bliss, Col
William NJ Osborne, General Scott. Gen.
Powell Clayton and General McCook, of
New York.
Down town, at Republican headquarters
Canton enthusiastic over the news.
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SENATOR PALMER'S OPINION.
The Returns Show the Chicago Mob
Is Dcstroying Democracy

SPRINGFIELD, H.. Sept 14-When
asked what he thought of the result Of
the election in Maine tonight Senator
Palmer, National Democratic candidate
for President. said THE election returns
from Arkansas, Vermont and Maine show
that the Chicago convention partially sue
ceeded in its purpose, which was to dis
band the Democratic party and under its
name to organize a new sectional partv
The convention by it's platform and its
nominations sought alliance with other
sectional organizations, which were
promptly accepted. The country has not
yet reached the danger point, but it soon
will, unless this coalition is defeated
Prejrdices based upon the real or imagfn-
ary interests of different sections are cas-
lily excited, and the Chicago convention did
all it was possible to do tc form a uartv
on sectional lires. The result in Maine
proves that the people of that State at
least understand the animus of the Chi
cago convention and have determined 10
reblko il. -
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Five Proposals Received and No Colo
Clause in Amy of Them.


WASHINGTON, Sept 14.--Bids for build
ing three great battle ships of about eleven
thousand tons each were opened at the
Navy Department to-day in the presence
of acting Secretary McAdoo and a num-
ber of representatives of the ship building
works of the country. The terms offered
were reasonable and under them the ships
can be constructed and fitted with their
armor at total cost within the limit of
the amount authorized 10 be expended for
this purpose by Congress. There were five
bids and, contrary to the speculation that
has been INDUCED in, no attempt was made
in any case to bind the government to
pay for the ships In gold or its equivalent
The bids were as follows: Newport News
Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company of
Virginia, one ship for S2.5 000 John H.
Dialogue * Son, of Camden, N j., one
ship, for s2.e61. 900: Bath iron works, of
Maine. one ship for s2.6s0.0 .000 William
Cramp & Sons. Philadelphia. one ship for
81 $50, 000 and two for 81. $50 600 each: Union
iron works. of San Francisco, one ship for
81, ,950 The department. under the act of
Congress- must award the contracts for
building these ships by Oct s next and
the vessels themselves must be completed
within three years thereafter. The limit
of cost fixed for each ship was S3 750, ,000 in
cluding the hull armor. 1t is estimated
that this arnaor can be supplied by the de-
partment for less than a million dollars
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CAMPBELL,
WILD s co.
BONDS
2O5 INDIANA TRUST BUILDING
EARL Ii SAILS.
The Chinese Embassador on the Way
to His Celestial Home.

VANCOUVER, b. c., Sept. H--Li Hung Chang
arose at O'clock this morning and was very
busy until the departure of the steamer for
Hong Kong receiving deputations from his coun-
trynen and the civic and provincial officials.
lie discussed railway construction with the mem
bers of the Board of Trade. stating that such
material would be brought to China from Canada
for railroads about to be constructed in China.
He thanked the Mayor for the protection extend
ed to Chinese, remarking that as he understood
Canada wanted population. the Canadian govern
ment should welcome Cinnamon
AS the steamer left the wharf the Chinese
started fusilade Of frecrackers, which was
kept up for over hour.
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POPOCRATS LIED.

Their Majority in Arkansas, will,
Four Counties Out, Is Only 33.31O.
LITTLE ROCK, Ark, Sept. H.-Official
returns from sixty-one out of sixty-five
counties give Jones, Democrat 71,645.
Remmel, Republican, ,410; Files, Populst,
II $50; Miller, Prohibition. 643. Jones's plu-
rality, 1924; Jones's majority, 80, $40. The
indications are that Jones's majority in the
State will be considerably less than at first
estimated