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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-24
senator to speak or preside at this

senator to speak or preside at this time"
 A number of people called at the Per rine residence to-day to see MT. Bryan. In spite of the muddy roads seventeen bicyclists, including one woman, rode over from Hudson, a distance of seven- teen miles. They were headed by ex District Attorney Mccormack of Co., lumbia. MT. and Mrs. Bryan presented them with buttons bearing the picture of the candidate. Moody Boynton of Newburyport, Mass, was another caller. He told Mir. Bryan that he had been a republican. but was now sll- Yer man and he gave the candidate ad- vice about conducting the campaign. A. B. Reeder of New York, whom MT. Bryan had known in Nebraska, and F. B. Platt, also of New York, who would not say what his business was, but de- nied any relationship to Hon. T. c. Platt, also braved six miles of mud be- tween Barrytown station and Upper Red Hook to see the candidate.
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DEMOLISHED FINANCES.
Members of Monticello Club Hold an
 Informal Meeting.

Members of Monticello Club Hold an
 Informal Meeting.
 Ten members of the Monticello club held an informal meeting yesterday af- ternoon The perilous condition of the organization wes fully discussed. The attendants were all silver men, and it is stated upon the authority of one of those present that finance was much talked of.
 Where the additional subscriptions are coming from with which to pay off the s1, 600 indebtedness is what is wor- rving the silver members of the club The gold men can furnish 1t, but this the followers of the boy orator do not want if they can help it. Neither do the gold men want to maintain a club which may be controlled by their ene- mies.
 Nothing was accomplished at the meeting yesterday and it was decided to wait and see what the meeting of Tues day will bring forth.
 There is no dout ts that the debts of the club will be made good. But it does begin to look as if the two ele- ments of the party which have been playing football with the organization for the past month will kick the life out of it. Tuesday evening will decide the matter and there is a possibility, it is said, of there being a general wind up of affairs. At any rate it is pretty certain that Steward Palmer will be given a vacation and the house closed for awhile, if not for the campaign.
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thirty odd cents in her purse, which was found by the authorities when they took charge of the body in this city.
 A careful and thorough examination of the remains was made yesterday af- ternoon by Medical Examiner White. who found no indication whatever of foul play, but the most positive evil dence that the case was one of siucide That the reasons for the rash act are evidently known or suspected by the medical examiner Is evident from the fact that he declines to state that he has not received from his investiga- tions evidence pointing toward the real cause. Thus far no relatives of the de- ceased woman have come forward to claim the remains.
 The Spencer Optical company of New York, to whom the medical examiner telegraphed for information, has wired
 that owing to the absence of it's clerks it is at present unable to answer ,Gs queries, but that this morning it would
 have an investigation made among it's clerks and employees with the view if
 possible, of discovering the woman's identity.
 Yesterday afternoon, acting under in- formation furnished by Medical Ex- aminer White, the Brooklyn clues were examined The pawnbroker was visit ed and the stewardess of the Idlewild was seen, but the medical examiner will not know the results of the inves- tigations before to-day or tomorrow. The authorities suspect that the wo-
 man was at one time employed by the Spencer Optical company, which was formerly located in this city. That this was not her first visit to New Haven is quite certain. She visited this city about a year ago, arriving on the steamer Richard Peck, and the body has been identified by one of the wo-
 men employed on the boat, who had a conversation with her at that time. The position of the body on the bed in the stateroom showed that death came only after most vigorous strug- gle, as the woman's hair was badly tumbled. and evidences of her having vomited a large quantity of paris green were found in the wash bowl and other vessels. How a person could have died under such agony as is evil dent in this case without having at- tracted attention by the noise made in the death struggle is accounted for by the supposition that the poison was not taken until long after midnight, when nearly all the passengers on the boat were wrapped in slurnber The picture found in the wornan's grip is clearly that of person of American nation ality, whose age is variously conjectur- ed to be thirty to thirty-five years, and was that of a rather good looking wo- man. There is not the slightest doubt that this picture is one of the deceased. Medical Examiner White has compar- ed it with the body and has found the features identical in every respect The ring which the woman pawned was one of four in her possession. The remaining three rings are now in the possession of the authorities. :. One of these is a broad gold-band ring evil dently a wedding ring. The other is narrow gold ring bearing three small moonstones and q small emerald The
 third ring is made of a horseshoe nail turned up at the ends and silver plat ed
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JUMPED INTO THE SE.A.
Mrs. H. M. Robinson, a We'll Known Bos-
 ton Woman, Commits Suicide.

Mrs. H. M. Robinson, a We'll Known Bos-
 ton Woman, Commits Suicide.
 New York Aug 23-Mrs. H. M Stephenson of Boston, accompanied by her son Walter. were saloon passen- gers who embarked on board the Netherland- American liner Sparrndan at Boulougne- sur-M Mer on August 13 On the 20th, at 6 p. m, the vessel being then in latitude 4416, longitude 55,48 Mrs. Stephenson ordered the steward to serve hgr dinner on the hurricane deck, stating at the same time that she was somewhat i'll.
 When the steward returned to the deck he was just in time to observe Mrs Stephenson jump from the rail overheard into the sea An alarm was instantly given and the steamer stop ped and backed. A boat was quickly lowered but nothing was seen of the unfortunate woman. Mrs Stephenson S husband resides in Boston. She was about forty-two years of age.
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FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED.
Four Persons KilIed-Quicksands Caused
 the Accident.

Four Persons KilIed-Quicksands Caused
 the Accident.
 Missoula, Mont, Aug. 23.-A freight train on the North Pacific road was wrecked one mile east of Horse Plains on the Rocky Mountain division yester- day.
 George Weigle, engineer; L. I. Fri- zele, fireman; J. W. Bolger, brakeman, and R. M. Fish, wiper, were killed. Full details of the accident are lacking, and it is not known if there Is a further loss of life. When the train was opposite Mile Board, east of Horse Plains, huge filling, several hundred feet long, spread, throwing the entire train into Clark's Fork river. It is supposed the slide was caused by settling of quick- sand. The roadway is still impossible.
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PASTOR TALKS POLITICS.
He Denounces Free Silver, Bryan and the
 "Western PhiIistines."

He Denounces Free Silver, Bryan and the
 "Western PhiIistines."
 Bridgeport, Aug. 23.-Rev. w., H. Walker preached at the First Baptist church this morning in the absence of the pastor, Rev. George W. Nicholson. He created sensation by launching forth into an attack upon free silver and MT. Bryan. He took for his text, 'Be still, and know that am dark
 He claimed that the business men of the country were. giving too much attention to the silver question. He said there was no need of anxiety We had defeated such movement in '76 and again in '65, and we would set the western Phillistines alright. Rev Mr. Walker is connected with the Baptist Bible house in New York, and is doing missionary work among the Jews.
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TENEMENT HOUSE HORROR.
One Person Killed and Three Others Prob
 ably Fatally Injured

Boston, Aug. 23.--A fire occurred this morning in tenement house, No. 9 Vine street, Charlestown. and Mrs. Mary O'Brien, sixty-nine years, and Patrick K. O'Brien, her son. thirty years old, jumped from a third story window. Her daughter Mary, aged twenty-eight, was overcome by the heat and fell from the window to the ground. Her skull was fractured and she died almost instantly. The son and mother sustained many severe injuries and in addition were more or less burn ed, while Patrick is suffering from in halation of smoke and flame. Their condition is very serious and there is no telling what the final result may be The other occupants of the building es- capped in safety. The fire loss was small
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'"The City of Brotherly Love gave thee
 birth,
 So, swift through thy course be thou
 slow unto wrath; With guns, ever ready for war, stalk
 the earth
 Defence, be thy mission and peaceful
 thy path The City of Churches has given thee
 name,
 So ever the cause thou maintainest
 be just.
 Should thunders of battle thy ports set
 aflame
 Float stainless above them in God is
 our trust'"
 The attorney general was somewhat confused at the attention given to the verses and modestly disclaimed any pretensions as a poet.
 The cruiser will on Monday be given preliminary run over the official course Tuesday will be a day of rest for the crew and will be devoted to the oiIing of the machinery and other preparatory work for the official speed trial of the following day. The Messrs. Cramp will. of course, venture no prediction as to the probable speed of the cruiser in her trial, but the opinion is freely express ed by the officers in charge of the ves- sel and by the heads of departments at the yard that the cruiser New York (21 knots) will at least be equalled with a possibility of an excess of that figure. Captain Sargent, who has charge Of the navigation of the Brooklyn and who in recent years has managed all of the Cramps vessels while In the hands of the builders, speaks hopefully and confidently of the new cruiser exceeding the New York's time.
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shops in Waterbury

Waterbury, Aug. 23.-The Waterbury Clock company, which has been closed owing to the depression, will resume work tomorrow
 The Benedict & Barnum Manufactur- ing company. one of the largest brass goods concerns in America, has reduc- ed it working time to four days week. President Frisbie stated this evening that serious dullness in the business is directly attributable. to the ire silver agitation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-24
Hoke Smiths Resignation.

Washington. Aug. 23.-Secretary Smith, when seen by the United Asso- ciated Presses reporter tonight, said he had no further information to add to that already make public about his resignation from the cabinet. He was much amused at the varied comments of the eastern press on it and was free to confess that he had learned from them a good deal about his early life that up to now he was ignorant of.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-24
Funeral of Mrs. Clemens.

Elmira, N. Y, Aug. 2s.-The funeral of Miss Olivia S. Clemens, daughter of Samuel l.. Clemens, was held this af- ternoon from the residence of her un- cle, General c. L. Langdon. The Rev. Thomas K. Beecher officiated and the remains were inferred in the family plot at Woodlawn.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-24
Affray in Rockville.

Rockville, Conn, Aug. 23.-A serious stabbing affray occurred among par- ty of Frenchmen near Adams Mill early this morning Jack Ahearn was stabbed three times in the head and twice in the shoulder, and probably fa.- tally injured. J. Shell, Albert Coville. Joseph and Napoleon Milo were arrest- ed Shell was also seriously stabbed.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-24
TO TALK ON AGR1RI.IN INTERESTS. Major Mckinley Will Address a Dele
 gallons of Farmers This Week.

Canton, O., Aug 2S-Major McKin- ley expects to be uncommonly busy this week. He will make two speeches on Monday, one to delega ton of farmers from Knox county, Ohio, and the other to a number of potters and other citizens of East Liverpool. There have beer a great many farmers in several of the delegations which have come to Canton, but there has been no delegation composed exclusively of farmers, and the one coming tomorrow will be the first of that description. The farmers have not come in large delegations for the reason that they have been very busy since the nomi- nation of Major Mckinley with their harvests. During September and Octo- Der large number of farmers will call on Major Mckinley.
 Major McKinley's speech to the farmers who call on him Monday will be scanned with unusual interest, for it will be his first direct talk in this campaign to the class which Is said to be most generally and seriously in fa- vor of free silver.
 Major McKinley's mail contains daily scores of letters asking for political documents These letters are always referred to the state or national com mittee. Between the first of this week and the Sd of November Major McKin- ley expects to make a great many speeches, probably no fewer than fifty. He has already made half a hundred since his nomination, and they have been printed in neat book which will be ready for distribution tomorrow. There will be another edition of speech es about October l. The demand for them is great, notwithstanding the fact that they are all published in the news papers, and it has been found neces- sary to print them in book form. Ma jor Mckinley still insists that he will take no holiday during the campaign, but he has promised to go to Zoar, O., about eighteen miles from Canton. When he goes he hopes to remain two or three days. He will also make few very brief visits to Cleveland dur ing the campaign. All the rest of the time he will spend in Canton.
 Canton, O., Aug. 23.-After a week of uncommonly hard work Major Mc- Kinley to-day enjoyed day of abso- lute rest. The weather was inclement in the morning and has remained so throughout. In the afternoon Mir. and Mrs. Mckinley went out for a drive
 Charles G. Dawes, member of the national executive committee, and Ma jor Dick, who is also an important fac tor in the western headquarters, came to Canton to consult with Major Me- Kinley. They had a long talk over the situation in the west, which seems to present many more difficulties than than the eastern states
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nIatabele Chiefs Surrender

London, Aug. 23.-A dispatch to the Cjhtral News from Buluwayo confirms the report that the principal MatabeIe chiefs have surrendered to the British forces and it is believed here that the war is ended.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-24
 THE CEUISER BROOKLYN
To be Tested ednesday-Attorney-G Gen
 eral Harmon's Extempore Verses.

Boston, Auug 23.-The cruiser Brook lyn, which will have her official trip off the New England coast on Wednes- day, arrived off Boston from Philadel- phia at 6:15 o'clock tonight and an- chored about eight miles out from the city. The Brooklyn left Cramps yard in Philadelphia at 7:45 o'clock Satur- day morning and moved rapidly down the Delaware river and bay, A stop of about two hours was made outside the Delaware capes just before sunset for the purpose of adjusting the com passes.
 The big cruiser then headed for Bos- ton. The run was uneventful, except ing to show the remarkable steadiness and good behavior of the cruiser. An average speed of 1s1a knots was made in the continuous run of Saturday night and Sunday. A number of distinguish ed guests were aboard and will remain on the cruiser during the preliminary and official trials. These included:
 Compodore Melville U. $. N. engi- neer-inc chief of the navy; Attorney General Judson Harmon; Congressman H. c. Loudenslager of New Jersey; Congressman Francis H. Wilson of Brooklyn, N. Y; Captain H. D. Borup, U. 5. A.; Captain Colby M. Chester, U. IS. N: Commander N. Myioka, Japan ese navy: Commander Charles H. Da- wis. U. S. N; Naval Constructor John F. Hanscom, U. $. N; Chief Engineer John D. Ford, U. S. N, United States inspectors stationed at Cramps yards; Naval Constructor J. H. Linard; Lieu tenant J. c. Boyle, U. s. N. and Lieu tenant Lucien Flynne, U. s. N.
 The Japanese naval men exhibited keen interest in all the workings of the machinery and the navigation of the vessel, Attorney General Harmon was probably the most interesting fig ure on board the vessel. His easy and democratic manner and his humorous anecdotes attracted group about him at all times. While sitting in the room of MT. Edwin s. Cramp during the run on Saturday evening chatting with the latter and a few others the attorney general in a moment ~f inspiration, pencilled off a couplet as follows:
 To the U. S. s. Brooklyn on her trial
 trip:
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DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
THE ELEMENTS CAUSE SAD HAVOC
 IN SEVERAL WESTERN STATES.

Large Number of Fatalities Reported
 Many Buildings Struck by Lightning
 Crops Ruined nnd Bridges Swept Away
 Circus Tents Blown nDown-Elephants
 Escape and Create Panic in a Small
 Town-Cyclone Follows Period of In-
 tense Heat in Illinois.
 Chicago. Aug. 23.-Dispatches from points in Indiana and Ohio report se- were storms last night, accompanied by much destruction of property by light ming and some fatalities. Photographic communication is much impaired and full reports are hard to obtain.
 At Indianapolis the wind reached hurricane velocity, but no serious prop erty loss was sustained, nor were any lives lost. The rainfall was very heavy.
 Near Rome City. Ind, large barn was destroyed by lightning and Arthur Fcss, aged fourteen, was killed
 Early Saturday storms in the same territory were equally destructive. At Ellwood, Ind, lightning demolished Rev T. J. Wright's residence All the family escaped injury, but MT. Wright, who was horribly burned and paralyzed from the waist down.
 Greensburg, Ind, reports heavy dam ages to the crops. and several bridges washed away. Mrs. John Baumgard- ner of Wabash was struck by lightning and fatally injured. Lester Bliss and Neil Bliss at Delphos, O.. were killed by lightning.
 At Hobart Ind, the dwelling of a man named Smith was demolished by lightning ard the entire family of three persons killed
 At Burlington, Ind, Wallace's show tents were wrecked at 6:30 last night by the storm. The horses and menagerie stampeded and much property was ruined. The elephants caused a panic. The storm unroofed several buildings and blew down wall of the new Griffith block.
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Efinghan, H., Aug. 23-The intense heat yesterday ended with a cyclone at 5:30 last evening The storm came up with unprecented rapidity The rath of the cyclone was in the south part of the city and was only a few hundred feet in width, but where 1t dipped down 1t wrought ruin. The tower of the new Methodist church was demolished, the damage to the building being large.
 The roofs of the electric house Aus tin college and of two factories were carried away.
 Streets are biockaded with shade trees and electric light and telephone poles that were. torn up and scattered The damage will foot up $15,0Oo to $2o,- 000
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Hastings & Dakota Grant.

The speaker then took up the Has
tings & Dakota land grant and ex-
planned it thoroughly, as already pub
lished in these columns. He said that
Gov. Clough' could not legally do
otherwise than what he did. If there
was any ground for the forfeiture of
the grant, it was when John Lind
was in congress, and he should have
acted. But he did nothing, because
there was no demand for it.
The speaker referred to the mar
velous advancement and unparalleled
prosperity of the country during the
thirty years under Republican rule,
previous to 1892, when the Demo-
Gratis came into full control and put
their economic and industrial policies
into effect. The people now well un-
derstand this, and are going back to a
protective tariff, reciprocity, sound
money, and an adequate revenue, if
he could Judge of the country by the
trend of opinion in his district. The
enemy is trying to hide all other is
sues under the money question, but
it cannot.
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SCHOOL TAX LEVY.
The Board Levies Sal, 500, and Awards
Wood Contracts.

The school board held a meeting
Friday night and made the tax levyfor
the coming year. The levy was $751;
900 for the current fund and S., 500 for
the special fund, a total of S21, 800.
Today was the last day to file this
with the county auditor.
Bids for supplying the schools with
wood to the amount of hundred
cords of hard wood and hundred and
ten cords of soft wood were received.
A number of bids were put in and the
following contracts were awarded:
Thomas McGarry, 45 cords of mixed
wood, at So rs a cord.
L. B. Mueller, 60 cords of soft wood,
at 1924 cord.
D. Schmidt, 25 cords of oak, at SO a
cord.
Stephen Lamm, 10 cords of maple
wood, at 1915 cord.
Frank Swanson, so cords of maple
wood, at 1925 cord.
The matter of making some slight
repairs to the Pleasant Grove school
building was referred to the COM
mittee on property and expense, as
was also a request for drum to beat
time for the scholars to march by in
the West Mankato school. 1t seems
that the other buildings have drums
for this purpose.
The matter of purchasing some sup
Elementary books was referred to the
committee on schools and supplies.
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Congressman J. A.Tawney, the able
and brainy representative of the
First Minnesota district, gave mag
nificent address at the opera house
Saturday night, which ought to have
been listened to by every voter In
Mankato and Blue Earth county, and
his listeners were enthusiastic in
their praises of his efforts.
The night was as disagreeable a
one as has been seen in Mankato for a
month. A cold, drilling rain fell, land
the streets were sloppy with soft mud
and water. Despite all this, between
400 and 500 people bravely faced the
storm, and were we'll repaid for their
trouble. Almost all present were
voters, and they listened to a speech
that was fully as good as Congress
man Towne's address, while it con-
sisted of sound arguments and unan-
swerable facts, which Mr.. TONNES ad-
dress was sadly deficient in.
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Nailed a Campaign Lie.

Mr.. Tawney said that he was sorry
to say that there was one man in
Mankato toward whom he could not
express kindly feelings. Just before
coming to the hall, his attention had
been called to an article in a local
paper, which said that he had been
called upon by committee at Lake
Crystal last night and challenged to
a Joint debate with Prof. Cation, and
that he had declined. He said that
the first intimation which he had re-
ceived of this was when he read the
paper, and that the statement was
absolutely and unqualifedly false.
Mr.. Tawney then spoke of the
greatness and prosperity of Minneso-
ia, and the high place which it holds
in the list of states, and the general
respect in which it is held. He said
that all this had been brought about
under Republica rule. An effort is
being made to put the Populists in
control of the state, and he spoke of
the fall which the state would take
under such calamity.