Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-08-22
NEWS OF The DAY.

that he would support Mckinley. He
states emphatically that he will not
vote for Mckinley.
1t is now reported that Maj. McKin-
ley will stump Illinois and other doubt
full States as soon as arrangements for
big meetings, which are now under
way. can be completed.
It is announced that Mr.. Bryan will
make tour through North Carolina,
making speeches at Asheville, Greens
boro and Raleigh and many other
speeches from the rear platform OF his
Car.
The famous pacing stallion Joe
Patchen lowered the worlds stallion
record by one quarter OF second, 60
ing lhe mile in BOB fat. on the Rigby
track, Rigby Park, Me-, yesterday
evening
The presence of Secretary Carlisle
down town in New York yesterday,
and conference he had with Mr.. Ba-
con, OF ]. ?. Morgan & Co., caused some
talk about the possibility OF another
bond issue.
1t is reported that movement is on
foot to nominate Mr.. Martin E. ingalls,,
president OF the Big Four Railroad
Company, as the gold standard demo-
cratic candidate for President of the
United States.
Mr.. Bryan expects and has been as
sured OF eastern support Letters con-
tinue to pour in asking him TO speak at
eastern points, and if the requests were
needed he could spend the entire time
from now until election day in New
York State.
Rev. John a. De Ruyter, aged p
years, Catholic priest and president Of
the st. Joseph's League, at Whining.
ton, Del, which is devoted to mission
work among colored people on the Del
aware, Maryland and Virginia PENN
sula, died yesterday evening.
President Spencer, OF the Southern
Railway, yesterday turned on steam at
the new and immense workshops Of that
system constructed at Salisbury, \. c..
Vice Presidents Baldwin and Andrews
we're also present. These shops are the
largest in the southern States.
John T. Sykes, young dental stu
dent, was taken to the Emergency
Hospital, in Washington, last night,
suffering from asphyxiation by illumi-
mating gas. He was found unconscious
in his room about o'clock last night.
All the doors and windows we're tight
ly closed and the room was filed with
gas. A physician was called and after
several hours work restored him.
Sykes says the escape OF gas was acct
dental.
The farmers encampment at Mount
Green, Pa, yesterday, was enlivened
by the presence Of Senator Tillman, OF
South Carolina, who spoke On the
money question. He denied the
coarges of some OF the eastern papers
that he is populist. He said: II am
democrat, democrat of the stamp of
Jefferson and Jackson" He advised
the farmers to read their histories and
they would then know that Lincoln, if
he was alive would be on the side OF
silver"
At Laurel, Md, last night Mr.. Rich
ard T. Bland, the champion of free sill
yer, spoke to an assemblage numbering
something like 5000. A torchlight
procession was formed and marched
through the principal streets of the
town. Mr.. Bland said this was cam
paign in which the laboriog classes were
in conflict with greedy corporations. 1t
is the first time in the past quarter of a
century that the lines have been so
sharply drawn between these corpora
tons and the masses. The corporations
are the benefciaries of class legislation.
The principal complaint is that the tax
payers oftbis country have been drained
to pay the interest on $250,0oo,Oo0
worth Of bonds during the past three
years to maintain the gold standard.
He spoke of the conditions prevailing,
and said that the only remedy was the
free coinage of silver.