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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-11-02

"For several years have recommended
your Castoril, and shall always contia;:e TO
do 50 as it has Invariably produced beneficial
results
EDWIN T. PARDEE II. D.,
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-30
LOOKS LIKE BUSINESS.
Chairman Jones Determined to Prevent
 Coercion and Intimida tion.

Chairman Jones Determined to Prevent
 Coercion and Intimida tion.
 Chicago, Oct. 29.-Senator James K. Jones, chairman of the national demo- cratic committee, has offered a reward to anyone who will furnish evidence that will convict violators of the election laws. He does not specify any particular terri tory, but includes the whole country. As an evidence of his desire to aid in detect ing and punishing fraud at the polls he issued the following:
 ''The purpose of the Australian ballot being to protect voters in the secrecy of the ballot and to prevent coercion bribery and fraud in elections, and the democratic party, fully believing that the permanent cy of our institutions depends upon the accomplishment of these patriotic pur- poses makes the following officers:
 "A reward of $500 will be paid by the democratic national committee to any person or persons who will furnish evil -dence for the conviction of anyone of bribng or attempting to bribe any voter to vote or to refrain from voting at the general election to be held November 3, 1896
 "A reward of $500 will also be paid to any person or persons who will furnish evidence for the conviction of anyone of coercing, attempting to coerce, intimidat- ing or attempting to intimidate any voter at said election.
 "The above offers of reward to hold good for two years after said election.
 JAMES K JONES, Chairman"
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-30
FROM THE STATE CAPITAL.
BRYAN AND SEWALL CLUB HOLD
 FINE RALLY.
Progress of Government Work on the Alabama River-Mr. Grigg Died
 Without Seeing His Babies.

Montgomery, Oct. 29-(Speeial.) .)-The Montgomery Bryan club had a fine rally here tonight at the court house. Rally ing speeches were made by Hon. T. l.. Bulger, Hon. J. T. Heflin, Judge Thoring- ton and others, and the audience respond ed cordially. The utmost confidence ex- ists among MT. Bryan's friends here, and a triumph for him in Tuesdays election is predicted.
 Hon. John s. Wise of New York will discuss the political issues of the day at the court house on tomorrow night. He is an orator of national reputation, and will be greeted by a large audience. A cordial invitation has been extended to everybody, especially to the citizens of the surrounding towns and county pre- cincts.
 Colbert county furnishes one of the CO., incidences of the campaign. That county
 has five candidates for electoral positions, or one for each party. It is regarded as little remarkable that one county should have furnished one of the eleven nominees for each of the five tickets that are before the people in the present con- test.
 Capt. c. B. Percy of the government
 force which is at work improving the river channel between this city and Sell
 ma and between that city and Mobile, has been in the city for several days. Hd
 said that the work done by the govern
 ment in building jetties at Hurricane
 Bluff has increased the depth of the chan
 mel at that point from to feet, and he
 believes it will SCOUT out to permanent depth of about 6 feet. The force has been moved to the next obstruction at Canton
 Bluff
 The death of MT. Richard Winner Grigg at his home in Winona, Miss, yesterday
 will be learned by his friends all over Alabama with peculiar regret. MT Grigg is an Alabamian, having lived in this
 state all of his life, first at Greensboro and afterwards for ten or twelve years at Birmingham. He married Miss Mary Sadler in the latter city several years ago, and she and two children, twins, on- ly 3 weeks of age, survive him. Mrs. Sad | Ter was here at the time of her husband 8 death, having been for a month on visit | to her fathers family in Montgomery. | MT. Grigg was taken i'll during her ab~ l sence and, knowing that news of his ill., | ness would distress his wife in her ner- | vous condition incident to the birth of | her children, he did not inform any of his 1 relatives of his i'll health until he was in a | dying condition. He died without seeing | his babies. His remains were brought l here today, and will be inferred in the l cemetery here tomorrow. He was railroad | agent at Winona a the time of his death, 1 and was making money. He was an ex- l emplary gentleman of 31 years of age, l and had most promising career before | him.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-30

speech, in which he brought out no new points, and fifteen minutes after his ar rival he was racing on toward Belvidere, which was reached at 11:32 o'clock. Ten minutes were spent here. MT. Bryan spoke from a platform erected near the railroad tracks to large crowd.
 A decided opposition sentiment was manifested. Men, women and children wore yellow badges labelled "McKinley" and ..sound money" A cheer for the re- publican candidate went up as his demo- cratic opponent appeared on the stand and faced his 5000 auditors. Some young men on the top of box car gave cry re- sembling a college yell that brought in the name of Mckinley, and, turning to these first after he began talking, MT. Bryan said:
 My friends, do not be provoked. That Is the strongest argument you will hear in favor of gold during the campaign Cheers for Bryan)
 The first long stop of the morning was at Rockford, where forty minutes were spent by the candidate. He arrived at five minutes past noon and proceeded to the fair grounds, where his address was delivered
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-30
AND THE END IS NOT YET Chapter Il of the Jury Tamper-
 ing Sensation. WOFFORD WAS FINED $50 And fR, Days in laiI-A Scathing Rebuke by Is; Judge Disque.
 W
 Tf SMoNY OF THE JURORS CONCLUSIVE Y Matter to Be Pushed to the Bitter End. < Prominent Politicians Are Alleged - to Be mplicated-Sensation
 Is Now in Sight.
W0FFORD WAS FINED $50
SsMONY OF THE JURORS CONCLUSIVE

Gadsden, Oct. 29.-(Special)-In the city court this morning the case of T. J. Wofford vs. The State came up. Wofford is the man who was yesterday placed un- der arrest by Judge Disque, of the Gads- den city court, for tampering with and attempting to fix the jury in the case of Danforth & Armstrong vs. the Tennessee and Coosa railroad. This is a famous case, having been three times reversed and remanded, the last time on a verdict for s100,00O.
 Judge Disque simply reviewed the evil dence as brought out yesterday by MT. Goodue's charges, it having been shown by the testimony of the jurors themselves that Wofford had made a systematic can vas of each juror in behalf of the plain tiffs. Judge Disque read him most scathing lecture and at the conclusion lined him $50 and costs and five days in jail.
 This by no means disposes of the mat ter, as the matter will be taken before the grand jury and the attorneys will push the evidence they hold to a coal-tar finish. They say they will make the acorns fall all around the ears of some of the most prominent politicians of this county, who have been dabbling in some very dirty work.
 Wofford feels his disgrace keenly, he being a member of the county commits sioner's court and long prominent in county politics.
 A special in yesterdays Constitution names Hon. Sam Will John as one of the counsel in the case. It is authoritatively stated that MT. John has no connection herewith.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-30
THAT LOADED LETTER.
SOME MORE PEOPLE TO BE
 PLAGUED BY TT.
It Developes that Congressmen are Slow in Settling Postal Arrearages and
 Capitol Employees are Chary

Washington, Oct. 29.--The mystery of the Watson letter is not yet quite cleared up. Secretary Edgerton of the national populist committee today, replying to MT. Watson's statement that he (Edgerton) could explain the delay in the delivery to MT. Butler of the missing letter of ac- ceptance of MT. Wa tson said:
 "The only reply have to make to that statement is to. oppose to it the testimony of the senate postmaster that neither the Butler is delivered to me- never saw MT Watson's letter until Monday morn ing last, when Senator Butler called me up to his house and read it to me-
 No" he said in reply to-a question, T have no copy of the letter to make public, nor am I authorized to state the sub stance of it's contents. Senator Butler told me he received the letter on Satur- day night last"
 This date being accepted as correctly stating when the letter reached Senator Butler, the mystery surrounding the non- delivery of the document still remains partly unexplained, inasmuch as twice subsequent to that time Senator Butler told representatives of the Southern As- sociated Press that he had not been yet placed in possession of the letter. Delays in the delivery. of insufficiently stamped communications to senators and repre- sentatives in congress are by no means unusual. They arise generally from laxi- ty of business methods on the part of the congressman themselves in the matter of small dues and charges sInsufficiently stamped letters to senatorsor representa- lives are held at the city postoffice until the senate or house postmaster sends the amount of shortage. The senate and house postmasters, owing to their inabili- ty to collect these amounts from the members, especially in recess, are in no hurry to advance the amounts due. and this may he the exclamation why Mr. Watson's letter to Senator Butler. being a stamp or two deficient. nay have lain in the Washington postof1ce eight days after its arrival here. Nevertheless there seems to be mueh in the Incident which has not yet been Satisfactorily cleared up,
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-30
VICTORY IS IN DUR GRASP Preliminary Battle of the People
 Already Won. THE DUTY OF EVERY VOTER Is Now to Register the Expression of His Will
 at the Polls
 BY CASTING AN UNPURCHAS ED BALLOT The Leaders of Democracy Issue Trumpet Note Call-The Indefatigable Champion Puts in Another Day of Hon.
 est, Effective Work. ..
THE DUTY OF EVERY VOTER
BY CASTING AN uNPuRCHAsED BALLOT

Washington, Oct. 2s.-The following call was issued tonight from democratic headquarters:
 October 29, 1896. 1- To the Voters of the United States: In the preliminary battle of the people against the plutocracy, the people have already won. In spite of an expenditure of money so large that the civilized world stands appalled, at its magnitude, today a large majority of the people of the United States are in open revolt against the merciless gold standard and the dom ination of the country by the syndicated wealth of Europe and America, inter- ested in securing or preventing legisla- tion and in controlling the execution of the laws in their interest.
 All that Is necessary to secure the reg istering of the peoples will is to see that every voter comes to the polls and casts an unpurchased ballot Many of the millions controlled by the syndicates have been reserved for election day.
 Beaten at every point, the last resort of money is to buy the ballot of the voter by purchasing his absence from the polls or to coerce his vote by intimidation. To prevent this is possible if every patriot will do his duty. Every member of club
  of election day, cast his ballot and re- main there until the polls close and the result is announced. Take care that every voter gets to the polls and casts his vote. Note down the names of every ab- sent voter. Let it be known that the cti- zen who fails to vote, unless prevented by extreme illness, has either been pur- chased by the money of the corruption ists or is otherwise unworthy to be called a citizen.
 All signs indicate the overwhelming tri- umph of the people, and to no organiza- tions is more credit due for this than to the clubs, the peoples organizations, created for no selfish purposes and bat ting for the liberties of the people as in the days of their founders, the illustrious authors of the declaration of indepen- dence. JAMES K. JONES,
 Chairman Executive Committee.
 CHARLES J. FAULKNER, Chairman Democratic Congressional Committee.
 CHAUNCEY F. BLACK, President National Association Demo- cratic Clubs.
 LAWRENCE GARDNER,
 Secretary.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-30
IF IS AR-sIGHTED.
London Times View of the Presidential
 Contest.

London Times View of the Presidential
 Contest.
 London, Oct. 29-The Times in an arti- cle on the presidential campaign in the United States says:
 7 "If Senator Jones and MT. Daniel J. Campau, respectively chaiFmen of the democratic national committee and the national campaign committee, and other democratic magnates are correct in their figures, it is conclusive that Bryan will be elected. MT. Campau estimates that 292 Bryan electoral votes will be cast by states, including Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota, all of which the republicans think are safe. If, therefore, the state of New York persists in the belief that Mckinley will be elected it is not for the want of warning. If the east is blind it is wilful- ly blind. A shrewd observer in Chicago thinks that the prevalent Bryan demon- strations mean Bryan votes.
 MT. Moreton Frewon, the English economist and bimetallist, who is now in America, writes to the Times that he has seen and heard all of the leading men on both sides and finds that throughout Illi- nois Indiana and Michigan the republi- can farmers are working heart and soul for Bryan. MT Frewon writes that he is convinced that Bryan will also carry all of the southern states, with the possible exceptions of Maryland and Delaware, and all of the far western states except Oregon and Wyoming"
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-30
FEN ROUTE TO WISCONSIN.
He Fitted to and Fro in the Lake City Last Night.

fc Last Night.
 Chicago, Oct. 29.--It was after o'clock when MT. Bryan got back to Chicago. The distance covered in the trip was 2S5 miles. MT. Bryan had scarcely time to eat a. hasty dinner before he was in his carriage being whirled away to the north side. The first of his evening speeches was delivered at St. Stanislaus hall. Not w;xhstanding he was over an hour late in arriving. he found the hall packed with people, The disagreeable weather did not deter the thousands from turning out to see the candidate, and 1t was difficulty that passage was made through the crowd from the hall to the carriage.
 Social Turner hall, on Belmont avenue. heard the candidate for few minutes af' ter 9p. m.
 Lincoln Turner hall, on Diversy ave- -nue, was reached half an hour later, and Lages hall, at Cleybourne and Southport avenues, was reached by TO-
 MT. Bryan was rcheered by a tremen- deus crowd in and around Garfield Fur ner hall, at Garfield avenue and Larrabee street. He addressed them briefly, and after another talk of about the same length at Muellers hall, on North avenue, in which the Bismarck letter was given prominence the candidate was given good rest while he was driven to the Northside Turner hall, on Clarke street, near Chicago avenue. About 4000 people were crowded into this hall, and the can didate awarded them a speech of consid- erable length. One more talk, that at Brandts hall, three blocks away, finished the hard day and nights work, and at II 80 MT. Bryan left on his special train over the Northwestern railway for Green Bay, Wis.
 When Mir Bryan finished speaking at Brandt's hall tonight he was in state bordering on collapse. His voice failed near the end of his speech, but he man aged to finish in comparatively good form When he left the hall he was supported by two officers, and walked with consid- erable difficulty, his progress being barred at every step by the tremendous crowds.
 Once in the open air. the candidate quickly recovered. He said the day had been particularly trying on him, but that after a nights rest he would be ready to go through the same thing again.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-30

had done all that could be done now, and the obstacles in the way of complete fu- sion would have to remain. The cam paign work of the peoples party national committee is practically done, and MT. Washburn declared the probabilities were in the direction of MT. Bryan's election. He knew of six combinations of electoral voters in states that were not safely for Bryan or Mckinley which would work out the salvation of the silver candidate to the one combination of the republi cans, allowing them Illinois as the de- cisive state. He confidently declared that MT. Bryan could not be beaten, with the gold democratic vote offset by the silver republican vote, as admitted by the oppo- sition, and the addition of the 2,000,000 populiSt votes.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-30
FRAUD IN NEW YORK.
Italians Have Been Peddling Bogus Citi-
 zenship Papers Extensively.

New York, Oct. 29.-Fraudulent citizens papers have been discovered in the pos session of a number of Italians residing in this city. These papers bear counter felt seal of the superior court, and the forged signature of it's chief clerk. One of the Italians found with the fraudulent papers in his possession stated that he had bought it from fellow countryman for $10. He says the seller made consider ab1a. money disposing of the papers to Italians and that he had sailed for Italy Most of the holders of these papers, it is believed, reside in an upper district of the city, and this district will be narrowly watched on election day.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-30

Portuguese coasts.
 According to Oriental adyices. the Japa- nese are secretly aiding the rebels in Ma nilla.
 The Havel brought s1,2OO,OO0 gold to New York. Total arrivals to date at that port, 60,093, S55
 The report that George Palmer, who killed little Hazel Marshall, at North Bend, Miss, had been lynched, is without foundation. Palmer is In jail at Black River Falls.
 Amount of bullion withdrawn from the Bank of England on balance yesterday was f246, 900. Included in the withdraw als was the sum of f46,0OO for export to the United States.
 The president has denied a pardon to Luther A. Hall of Georgia, sentenced i'm January 1851, to Imprisonment for life in the Ohio penitentiary for conspiracy and murder.
 Attorney General Harmon has appoint ed Brand Wallford of Richmond, Va, as assistant United States district attorney for the eastern district of Virginia vice William H. Mann, whose term has ended.
 MT. Carlisle speaks at Lexington this afternoon. He will leave Lexington for Washington soon after the speaking, as he did not get chance to go to Coving- ton and register, the time for registration having expired.
 Wilbur F. Proctor, democratic candi- date for governor of New York is i'll at his home at Watertown, having broken down from his speech-making tour Ee has cancelled all his engagements for the remainder of the campaign. It is stated authoritatively at the state department that Consul General Lees re- turn to this country at this time is with out any other international significance than that the state of affairs in Havana jus now is so satisfactory that his pres- ence there Is not urgently required.
 The Mecosta Savings bank, Big Rap ids, Mich, did not open yesterday. A statement published October showed re- sources of $302000 of which some $44, 900 was cash on hand There has been a light, but steady run on the bank for the last few days. It is believed the assets will equal the liabilities.
 Chairman Sommers of the free silver democratic state campaign committee of Kentucky yesterday gave out his poll of the state by counties exclusive of Jeffer- son county. This is the final silver poll, and gives Bryans ma jority at 29,412. Chairman Sommers estimates the Palmer and Buckner ticket at 5000. but he leaves it out of the figures entirely.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-30
HOW HE'LL GET THE NEWS.

Lincoln, Neb, Oct. 29-Preparations for the reception of election news at the residence of MT. Bryan in this city are being pushed forward rapidly It was only today that Mir Bryan consented to permit the wires to enter his house. Both the Western Union and Postal companies will have bulletin wires in MT. Bryan's library. In addition to this a special wire direct from the office of Chairman Jones' in Chicago is talked of
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-30
MAJOR GORMAN
Returns From the West With Some En-
 couraging Figures.

couraging Figures
 Maj. w. P. German, well known in this city paid the State Herald editorial rooms visit last night. The major is en route home from a campaigning tour through Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan and Minnesota, in the interest of the democratic nominees.
 In conversation the ma jor said he had estimates on the results in the five states named, which were given him by those in a position to know in the several state campaign committee headquarters. He gives the estimates of Bryans majority in the five states as follows:
 Illinois ......... .....s........'....'.uVD 1ndlana....,.. '........ ..-......''. .'.....doWW Iowa .......... .........'''. ..... oUy @ Minnesota .............,. .........3O,00O
 As to Illinois, It is estimated at the democratic headquarters in Chicago that he will come to Cook county with 8, eco majority. Altgeld for governor will come there with bare majority. The fight in Cook county will be made against Bryan, and not Altgeld. Governor Altgeld, the major says, declares that every vote for him in Cook county will be given to Bry an also, and he places the majority al even greater figures than 50.000.
 Tn Iowa 25 per cent of the republican farmers will cast their ballots for Bryan and Sewall
 In Minnesota 60 per cent of the republi- can farmers will do likewise.
 In Michigan the populists, prohibition ists, free silver republicans and demo- crats have combined and will cast their solid votes for the nominees, and the chairman of the campaign committee says 10000 is a small estimate. This as- sertion. he says is based on the fact that Michigan has never failed to go demo- cratic when financial issues were in- volved in the campaign When Begolle was twice elected governor greenbscks md r1,ofr Ttt6 6fxf,A against Judge Cooley for seat on the supreme court bench he beat him by 35.- GOO votes. Greenbacks was the issue In this race also.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-30
EGG THROWERS EXPELLED.
They Had Disgraced the College, Said
 President Powers

Chicago H., Oct. 29.-Chauncey c. Eos ter and Lewis J. Hanchett. the young men who attempted to egg MT. Bryan on Tuesday, were this morning publicly ex- pelled from the business college, from the windows of which the eggs were thrown. in the presence of his assembled pupils, and announced the expulsion of the cul- prits, who had, he said, disgraced the col lege, the city of Chicago and even the state of Illinois.
 AS the young men were released from custody, at Mr. Bryan's request, this ac- tion of Principal Powers may be said to close the incident
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-30
A VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY.

Aiken. s. C.. Oct. 29.--In the Broxton bridge trial verdict of not guilty was brought in today. after thirty minutes ,onsideration by the jury. This dis arr-eH--Ackerman Jenny. Brant and fesrs- 4 nolle prosse was entered by he solicitor in the case against Frank Stanley and r. H. Hines.
Birmingham state herald., 1896-10-30
TWO HOURS LATE.
But a Great Crowd Bade Him Godspeed
 From Chicago

Chicago, H., Oct. 29.--Candidate Bryan was nearly two hours late i' leaving Chi cago this morning for his ying trip to minor Illinois points. His train was due to depart at 7:35, but MT. Bryan requested that it be held, and he did not reach the station until 9:30
 Early in the morning enthusiastic Bry- antics began gathering about the station, and dense crowd awaited the coming of their favorite. When MT Bryan finally reached the scene storm of applause greeted him, and the assembled multi tude refused to be satisfied until MT Bry- an appeared on the rear platform of the train and spoke a few words of acknowl- edgement for the honor paid him. Twelve towns are to be visited today. and the Bryan special is scheduled to cover the distance between them at the rate of a mile a minute. The last town on the list is Haywood. which should be left behind at 6:30. and at MT. Bryan is scheduled to speak far out on the northwest side of Chicago.