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Strange Remarks Of a Former Con-
sul-General.

The Hon. PATRICK ANDREW COLLINS
Of Massachusetts had rather be regular
than right this year and so he is marching
mpekly among the recanting Democrats. a
very precious sight at Bryanite meetings
Gen COLLINS was on exhibition AT the
New Jersey Democratic State Convention.
and he made a queer speech in which this
Is perhaps the Queerest passage:
w, meet under entirely different conditions and
have to settle utterly different questions from those
that facsd ~ In the last Presidential election We
were then In fact the United States Of America not
,h, United States Of America and Asia prosperous
and peaceful al home and respected abroad. merely
because of our material greatness. br because our
national honor was unSulll.d and our public faith
had been saeredly kept"
Bv reference 70 the Chicago platform,
which Ia a part Of the Kansas City platform
Gen. COLLINS will find how far from pros
perity the country was thought or said
TO be by the Bryanites.
Does Gen. COLLINS really think that
the United States Government after its
SUCCESS In the Spanish war and its occupa-
tIon Of the Philippines Ia less respected
abroad than II was in 1924?
A TO the national honor, Gen. COLLINS
Ia doing his best TO stain that by supporting
the fanatic OF fraudulent money.
The sun., 1900-09-17
The Hope of Former Days.

The Hon. JOHN b. STANCHFTELp was
District Attorney Of Chemung at 20. Mayor
Of Elmira at 81. a prosperous lawyer almost
IL only as now.
The hope OF former days has departed
from the young men Of the land.
The Hon. WILLIAM FLEMING MACKEY
was a candidate for Congress at 30. Assistant
City Attorney of Buffalo in his early thirties,
successful in his profession in his twenties,
a state Senator at 40. He has reached
the patriarchal age Of ~.
The hope OF former days has departed
from the youth of the land.
The Hon. JOHN 7. NORTON got a good
lob as managing clerk for a Buffalo law
firm when he was %. won an assured place
in his profession in few years. was sent
10 the Assembly at 20 He bends beneath
the weight of IS years,
The hope Of former days has departed
from the youth OF our land.
The Hen JoHS BRowN JUDsoN was
making money In the job printing business
He has done well In several kinds Of busi-
ness. HIS poll ls Whltened win the frostS
OF thirty-nine summers.
The hope Of former days has departed
from the youth of the land.
The Hon EDWARD SToRRs ATwArRR
became President Of a Poughkeepsie bank
at ss. This ivy-covered memorial Of the
days when young men had chance has
come to the Methusalemic antiquity Of a.
The hope Of former days has departed
from the youth Of our land
The Hon. THOMAS FRANKLIN CONWAY
was laying up treasure before he was 25
and was the Democratic candidate for
Attorney General when he was 80 The
monumental pomp Of 80 Is In this goodly
parsonage.
The Hon. RUSSELL R. STUART comes
down TO us from the mists OF immemorial
The sun., 1900-09-17
The Paramount Issue.

n describing the political situation OF the
country In his letter Of acceptance the
Hon. WILLIAM MCKINLEY made no great
effort to dsterutne absolutely the para
mouns issue. He notsd that the Kan
sas City platform called imperialism para
mount and free silver Immediate" but
his main purpose was 70 submit the graver
faots Of the day 10 the general Judg-
menA Nevertheless there Is test for de-
ddfng whxt issue Is paramount. silver or
imperialism. wtoh being applied. leaves no
room for honest int~Iligenoes 10 differ as to
the result 1t is this
Free silver. the star Of the Chicago plat
form, as 1t il Of the Kansas City plat orn,
Is fraud 1t is national dishonor. inde-
pendent OF It's commercial hurtfnlness.
In 1899, before Chicago platform had
set a seal on many Democratic lips. Demo-
orats We'd with Republicans in denouncing
It a. a moral orime and political disgrace
III adopted, OF even HncrSy NOUe" W. Wv
country's credit would never afterward
be spotless and above suspicion.
IL follows that there is no namabe or
thinkablc condition which can JUSTIFY
approval of the Kansas City platform and
Bnykv 70 make clear our estimate ~
the relp've Importance Of the issues now
hof.,e ne. We will say that THE Sun. the
n~,r lmong American newspapers after
the Battle Of Manila TO declare for the ex-
pansion of our sovereignty tn the Philip
pines. would rather sec the Philippines
abandoned and expansion lost than see
free silver triumph
Before the alternative Of national honesty
and national power and wealth We put
the man above the dollar: we are for ma
ttonal honesty. While that Ia threatened,
as II Is to-day through BRrAN's platform
and candidacy, to defend 1t against BRYAN
Is the voters paramount duty
No fraud for the Government Of the
United States! No Bryanism'
The sun., 1900-09-17

To rHE EDITOR OF THR SUS-sr: I was glad
70 see by despatch In OF your recent Issues that
Col Le Grand b. Cannon Is protecting and I'm proving
the site al North Elba, " T.. where John Browns
body '1ies moulderlng in the grave" under the
shadow Of the Adirondacks and beneath huge
boulder Of eternal granite.
This spot will be forever dear TO history and man
kind embalmed aSuis with sacred and thrilling
memories OF that struggle which lifted a to lib.
,rty and dedicated a continent to freedom.
Itis well. therefore to keep these relies safe and
sacred for In the eloquent words OF Wendell Phillips
TT Is not impossible that Virginia clothed and In her
right mind may yet beg Of New York the dust OF
John Brown for some marble mausoleum al Rich
mond as rspentant Florence. robed in sackcloth
begged OF RAvenna the bones OF that outaved Dante
whOm a century before she had ordered 70 be burned
alive. BRANDON.
NEW YORK, Sept. Ia.
The sun., 1900-09-17
suttee Up TO Date.

From he Aiiahdbad Pioneer
One Ha7an hurlm died In the village Of Jajrani in
Banda, and his widow. Mussamht BhAgonia. made
up her mind TO burn herself on his funeral pyrc.
onSlderabe amount OF preparation appears 10 have
been made. Different people called In 70 pre-
pare the lady for the ceremony birds were painted on
her feet and tangleS placed upon her in order that
she might become a suttee The fact was pro-
claimed In the village by 4 drum being beaten and
practically the whole village assembled 70 see the
lady burn herself on the funeral pyre II appears
from tho evidence that none OF the people present did
to nre The pyre and that the lady had 10 do It
herself when the flames began 70 shoot up her
courage failed her: she Jumped down from the pyre
and was taken away by her relatives
The sun., 1900-09-17
The Department store.

why did the Hon. JOIN B. STAScHrIELp
county farmers against the department
storei Hear him:
THE department store. NJ consequence In pronor
tion W the s' Of the place where It Is located rushes
into the book trade. and destroys the income oi the
retail BOOKSHELF They dabbls in every kind Of mer
ehandise from whiskey To strychnin. all 10 the harm
Of the retailer The department store Is tho git
mate fruit oi the Trust Should the Trus, 20 on un
checked In the future has In the past II requires
no prophetic eye TO see the consolidation Of depart
nenl IN every city in the land, the inevitable
result of which will be the ruin Of the retail trades
man"
The department store Is not the fruit
legitimate or illegitimate, of the Trust II
came into being long before that nightmare
OF the Bryanites was heard Of. The old
fashioned country store. keeping or trying
TO keep everything which It's customers
we're likely TO call for. flourished when the
United States were colonies II fourishes
still. although the range OF its goods has
wldened vastly since the days when every
customer was treated TO New England or
W. l. rum whenever he bought or sold ANY,
thing at It's counters. The country store
with its dry goods and its wet goods. its
knitting needles and rolling pins its pots
and pans and straw hats and lawn mowers
Is the original department store: and We
have not heard that anybody considered
himself oppressed by It, The statesmen in
Western Legislatures who build bills in re-
straint Of department stores exclude from
the operations Of tho proposed acts towns
Of less than $1,000 inhabitants. According
10 Mr.. BRYAN all Trusts are bad. but it
seems from this circumstance that oniv n
few department stores are
And how il II with the hig ones? They
serve great public convenience and de-
mand. They are thronged with customers
Apparently they are for the greatest good
OF the greatest number. But whom are
The sun., 1900-09-17
Governor Roosevelt's Letter.

THEopoRE RoosEvRIT's letter accepting
the Republican nomination for Vice Presi
dent contains one passage which presents
BRYANs false paramount issue In novel
asrect and makes useful contribution
20 the phraseology Of the campaign
Properly speaking. the question ia not whether We
shall expand for have Already eKpanded-but
whether We shall contract. The Philippines are now
part Of American territory To surrender them would
be tn surrender American territory"
This IL correct nomenclature III true
position Of BRYAN Ia here exposed IN less
than forty words He Ia not an anti-im-
perialist, for no such thing as imperialism
threatens the United States. and no Ameri-
can is an imperislist. BRYAN Is a contrnc-
ZIONIST: contraotionist OF American terri
tory. II he has his way. Governor RoosE-
WELT ia an anti-contra ctionist. What good
American Ia not an anti contractionist.
when II comes 10 the question Of surrender
ing American territorys
For the rest, the Governors letter puts
honest money squarely AZ the front. where
It belongs: touches on the question of trusts
and effectively supplements Mr.. MCKIN-
LEYs discussion Of the Philippine policy
with this straightforward proposition:
ITO turn over the Islands u AGrIsALDo and hi.
followers would not he 10 give sef government IN the
islanders; under no circumstances would IN. majority
thus sdn sell government They would simply he
putstthe mercy NJ syndicate Of Chinese halt breeds
under whom corruption would flourish far more freely
than ever II nourshed under TwBRD. while tyranni-
cal oppression would obtain to d,gree only possible
under such an oligarchy."
The letter from top 10 bottom is frank
vigorous and thoroughly American Ike
the man who wrote it.
The sun., 1900-09-17
The Methodist Central Ohio Conference on
Expansion.

FosToRIA Ohio. sept i2.-The following report
was adopted with cheers by the 500 ministers OF the
Methodist Central Onto Conference here yesterday
Among the committees TO report there is an annual
one which reports upon "thc state Of the nation"
THIS is the report read by Chairman ". L. Spencer:
''The America OF today is not the America Of yes
tefday Yesterday our Inheritance was confined be-
the seas, TO day We greet the rising sun and
shake hands with the Oftntal world. The infant re-
public q yesterday has her way TO the confidence
and respect Of the gigantic powers q earth and takes
her place IN the wang rard OF reforms American dpIo.
macy leads the slied Powers in the solution OF the
mighty problems which decide the destiny Of ma
tlOnS
The sun., 1900-09-17
The Organizer, Of Misery.

To THE EDITOR or THE SUS-Sir! II is
almost inoonceiyable that the labor leaders
have been instRated by Bryan's campaign
managers 10 send hundred thousand miners
and their families TO certain starvation. yet the
ghoulish glee with which the strike Is vel
coined by the Populistic outfit makes 1t look
that way.
Nothing more heartless and cruel can be I'M
agincd. and Il is the duty of all good citizens OF
both rartles to take car" tNa no benefit accrues
TO the fomenters OF .- .n~ table strike.
whoever they NAV b. "
NEW YORK. Sept lo
The sun., 1900-09-17

To THR EDITOR oP THs SUS-Sr; while
riding down Fifth avenue in my automobile notice
opposite the Lenox Library a bust OF a gentleman
done IN bronze and mounted upon a peristyle OF
granite, the ensemble forming a most pleasing monu.
ment had not the pleasure OF knowing this gentle
man in life and while there 10 have been some
attemp BY tn. committee 10 Identity the statue by an
,nsctp pon the letteer after nishng his task forgot
10 leave his mAgnifying glass behind so that II IL i'm
possible for the ordinary public TO read his writing
Nhoisir WALTER LIZA
NEW YORK Sept. lj
The sun., 1900-09-17

From the 81. Louis Globe Democrat.

From the 81. Loms Globe Democrat.
In the Bolivar lighthouse. which stands 80
feet high on Bolivar Point, across the bay from
Galveston, about ono hundred and twenty-five
people sought refuge from the storm The
supply OF fresh water was soon exhausted and
an effort was made 10 secure water by catch
ing rein in buckets suspended AZ the top of the
lighthouse. The experiment was success in a
way. The bucket was soon filled with water
but IL was salty and could not be used Several
attempts finally resulted in a fresh-water
excited refugees. The salt water spray was
shot skyward over one hundred and thirty feet,
and mingled with the rain water that fell in the
bn at
The sun., 1900-09-17

We wish to h. entirely respectful to the President Of
the United States yet # must he said that his treat
ment ~ this question Is fairly stunning In rs eyasive
ness and obllquity Springfield Republican
The faculty OF good Judgment. OF clear, in
tuitive perception OF character seems 10 be
hereditary. A few days before the end Of the
Buchanan Administration the elder SAMUEL
BowLFs wrote to the Hon. HPSRY IArRFSs
DAWES that LINCOLN is Simple SrsAN. 4"
and sneered at the coming Administration rs
"the New Yorker [Mr SEWARD with the Illinois
attachment
The sun., 1900-09-17

eld. He has come to IS. He had made
headway enough In his profession to be
appointed Assistant Engineer Of division
OF the Erie Canal at 49, But that was In
the good days before the unceasing war
fare against monopoly.
The hope Of former days has departed
from the youth OF the land.
The sun., 1900-09-17
Missing Records.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuS-!Sir: Forty nve
years ago there were records In the Suuogaes once
In this city Of letters Of administration granted by the
probate ocer Of this county. from the years 74S TO
1873 inclusive. occupying Ave books. dsting guished
by the letters 4. ID. C. p and z Now they cannot bs
found Where are theyt O h A
NEW YORK. Sept 10.
The sun., 1900-09-17

President MCKIStRY's letter OF acceptance seems
to mean that the gold standard Will be secure only
so long as the Republican party is kept in power
IOufJrNs Courier Journal
You've got IL precisely. It's mere political
truism. The country's monetary standard
will remain al the mercy OF the party In power
until it is fixed by some Constitutional amend
ment law week for fortifying the gold
standard would be no barrier TO its overthrow
by a party opposed TO It when 1t got the
chance.
To-day the Democratic party Is for free
silver.
The sun., 1900-09-17
Easy TO Tell.
From fhS Gldsootr Tirs,

Fvorl fhS Gldsoptr Tfr1st
Henderson who had Just bought new pipe,-can
you tell me, professor, II this am Der Is genulns'
Proiessor-oh, that's easily determined. Soak II In
alcohol tor twenty -four hours II rs genuine n viii
then Id 10 disappeared
The sun., 1900-09-17
Born on April I aud Lived 100 Years,

From The Springfield Republican
Lortn Pease died Wednesday at his home in Hook
anum, Hsdley, at the age OF 100 years Mr.. Pease
observed his Tooth birthday on Aprn 1.
The sun., 1900-09-17

That mighty Populist, statesman and privy
councillor Of Col. BRYAN. Gen. jim WEAVER. was
TO hold forth at Emroria Kan. the other day
Instead Of the expected sea OF faces. there
wasn't even a bucketfu and Gen. WEAVER
refuse 10 speak. once more these lovely lines
bubble up in the memory:
big Crops,
The sun., 1900-09-17

-Four States have Populist Governors al present
Minnesota. Nebraska. South Dakota and Washing.
ton In Washington. Minnesots and Nebraska Gov.
Rogers Gov. Lind and Gov Poyner candidates foI
reelection on fusion tickets In South Dakota Gov
Lee Is a candidate for Congress There is Silver
Republican Governor in Nevada The other Govern.
ors are either Democrats or Republicans
The sun., 1900-09-17

Some Republicans in the lower part Of the Thirty
fourth Assembly district south oi the Harlem River
have formed themselves into an Organization known
as the Independent Republican Club.
The sun., 1900-09-17

pAris-H,osqus Ne 10. mar Grand Hotei' ana
Kio.aue No 10, Bouisvssd dss capednsa
The sun., 1900-09-17
POLITICAL NOTES.
NEW YORK. Sept. II.

The Governor-elec NJ Arkansas Is Jefferson Davis.
The Secretary Of State elected Sept. 5. is named
Crockett and the State Auditor Is named Monroe.
The sun., 1900-09-17

Women will vote for President In Idaho for the
FIRST time this year Between 1899 and SOS through
tho extension OF the suffrage, the vote in Idaho In
creased 80 per cent.
The sun., 1900-09-17

Alexander Rid 10 the slated Republican candidate
for the Assembly In the Finh district and James z.
DurosS the slated Democratic candidate In the
seventh
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-09
GREAT BRITAIN CONCERNED.
tugal Far More serious Than
Generally supposed

London. Dec. s.-Thoush the trouble be-
tween Holland and Portugal can scarcely
result IN war. # IS far more serious and
interesting than generally regarded here.
Great Britain Is concerned Ia the AFFAIR
more deeply than appears on che surface.
for the Associated Press learns that q
IS due 20 a British protest to Portugal
that the exeauator OF Herr PoV. the
Dutch consul at Lorenzo Marquee. was
withdrawn and the visit Of the powerfn
British fleet to Portuguese waters is
something more than a coincidence.
The Lisbon press frankly declares it was
intended az a wnrning demonstration to
other nations 90 keep their hands on Por-
ugal. The British officials also do not
hesitate to admit their governments read
mess 20 back mp the action which Portu-
sal took at its request
Hence. Holland can do li-sle more than
gracefully make the best Of a bad Job.
unless she receive the support Of some OF
the great Powers, which IS very remote
contingency.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-09
RESlSTENClA CRITICISED.
Federation of Labor Against span
ish CtEnrntnkers Much Hast
uo~s Was Transacted


LaulsYre. pec &-At to-Jays session
of fps American r,.i.rstt.p of Labor cone
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-09
De WET IN A CORNER
nnIrIsH COMMANDERS BELIEVE
THEY HAVE HIM.
SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES
DUT HE MAY CROSS SWOLLEN RTy-
ERs IN FRONT or MN.

The Chase Has Recn Hard one.
hut Knox Has Heen Persistent.
Beers Had 60 Abandon 500 norses.
Knox HAS Been on stcadS March
AFTER Them since Dee. 2-oen. De-
Vets Attempt ON Cape colony
Has Failed.
AiiwaI North. Cape Co,ony, Friday. Dec.
Gen Dewet appears to be IN most
dangerous position and 40 need an his
strategy 10 extricate his force.
with strong British columns on three
sides and two swollen rivers barring ME
front. the British commanders begin TO
be hopeful that the great chase by four
columns which has been one of .he most
exciting operations Of the war. viii result
in the capture Of Dewet.
Definite news OF hts whereabouts was
first received Dec 2 The next morning
Gen. Knox started In hot pursuit and Fii-
chers and Herbert's columns were de-
tached to make turning movement
After three hours march gen. Knox
learned that during the night DeWet had
doubled back past the British right ne
ccssltating complete cnause of plans.
During the night Of Dec. g. Gen. Knox
camped on the Carmel farm, the site Of
the Bocr lager which had evidently re-
certify and hurriediy moved. Gen kn2N
started again at daylight. hoping 10 COT
ner Dewet while crossing karrepoort
drift. but he arrived too late.
The British experienced very great diff
nculsy In following DeWet. owing 10 tine
rise In the river. but they succeeded ia
crosfing witaout the loss Of man or a
beast From that time on the pursuit
os the Beers was taken up without bag
gage. the troops being supplied By forag-
ers. enabling them 20 make more rapid
movements and keep in touch with the
republicans.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-09
TWENTY PEOPLE INJURED.
Express Train struck Empty BoX
Car which Had Jumped Track.
some Inimrirs Nerlnns.


'f''-'' '"N"'
were injured t"-dAN ln an aecldeht on
the Philadelphia Wilmington and Balb-
more abroad a. Crews Ferry station In
W.. r.n.,.,.s..
=" ei"P'y DON CAT jumped 'he WaoA an"
damaged several OF the passenger coaches
on the EXPRESS train which leaves wash
,.,.
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MISS Eulti~A loubheFlS Oh O"es'eF hau
both legs broken aud rs In critical con
aitiou. ana Miss Ella Little. also OF Ches-
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Inc express Wain was MADE up OF
three Pullman cars, q dining car ard six
day coaches
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'h'sN"t' i"-' eh' most ot the injured
We're of their number
Following Is the list OF injured:
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-12-09
TRAIN srRucK STREET can.
one Man Was Killed and his wife
Fatally Injured.

Fatally Injured.
Plttshurr. Dec. s-The Cumberland ac-
commodatlon for Plusburg on the Baiu-
more and ohio road tonight crashed into
a United Traction car filled with people
a Rankin. one man was killed outright,
his VIE was so badly hurt that she can
hardly recover. his baby was seriously in
iured and a score OF other passengers
were badly hurt
The dead man is unknown and his wife
M late hour tonight IS still uneon-
seioue from the effects Of her injuries
The baby was found clasped in the tath-
ers arms with the mothers body across
them.
Rankin. serious. Antonio Long Of Rankin.
ba4d ana body manEled. Patrick Gavigan,
.orduetor 81 the traction car, arm ana
leg broken: Mrs. W. !. Marshall ana Two
mail children. the woman seriously chill
dran slightly. Harry McGrm, seriously
Mrs king and baby; James Ridge.
some ten or twelve other passengers
we're takon into houses near by ana car
"a FOR Their injuries are not khoWh.
when the traction car reached the bai"
tit,ore and Ohlo crossing at RANKIN 'oh-
aprtor Gavlsau went forward 70 see II
,ls rroeslng was GEAR lie found a drunk
en man wing on the tracks Of both trae-
nom ana railroad. When aroused the
drunken man showed hgat and oaNlkah
mad 40 drag him from the tracks When
b.. bod bin clear OF the track. the sig. Al
vas given the motorman 20 go ahead. ~
fha excitement the approach of the ran
read train was uunoticed, and in spite OF
the efforts of Engineer osoin. VINO re-
yereed and put on the Dir, his engine
struck the rear 81 the street car. huriinS
i twenty yards horribly mangiing i.s
human freight The mon who was re-
p6neibie Tor the accident escaped injury.
| .rn IL VT dntn.LInn.