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The sun., 1900-09-03
DEMOCRATS DIDN'T TURN OUT.
Lack of Euthu,Issm In Indiana ut the Rallies
to Open the Campaign.

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 2.-The Democratic
managers are very much disappointed over
the district meetings which were held through
ont the State yesterday. and which marked
the formal openpg of the campaign. As
n rule the meetings we're slimly attended and
there was lack Of that enthusiasm which
marked similar gatherings four years ago
and which the managers were contdenty
counting upon In the present campaign some
of the best speakers in the state ana some
from other states were announced as draw
ing cards but with the exception of south
bend. where Mr. Bryan spoke, the crowds were
disnppointing and the greetings given the
sneakers wanting in enthusiasm.
The party leaders confess that there Is
apathy In the ranks and that the campaign
will he wanting in those elements ot interest
which IL possessed four years ago, and which
brought a large attendance to all meetings
regardless Of the reputation OF the speaker
As an example Of the want OF interest. Con-
crcssman I.ontz of Ohio spoke at two meetings
Yesterday, and. though widely, advertised. both
Of The gatherings were small. The meeting
addressed by John ". Kern, candidate for
Governor. was also slimly attended.
The sun., 1900-09-03
TwEyrY-sEvENTH SENATE DISTRICT
Democrats Not Likely TO Indorse Gardiner
the independent Republican.

scHoHARIE. n. T.. Sept 2-Sohoharie county
Democrats have not and probably will not
indorse the Hon. F. Watson Gardiner OF Am
sterdam, the independent Republican NOM
inee for State Senator Of the Twenty-seventh
district. 1t is expected that Schoharie county
will furnish n Democratic candidate for Senator
in the person Of Arthur ID. Meade. one OF the
prominent Democrats Of the county. Ii is
intmated that the delegates from Fulton and
Hamilton counties favor the nomination of
MIR Meade which will assure him the nomina-
ton. Leading Democrats from Montgomery
county have been in Schohare county with
a view of urging the candidacy Of Mr.. Gardi-
ner, and not meeting with success they are
laborng with the delegates in Fulton and Ham
ilfon counties Judge Borst Of Amsterdam
the State Committeeman Of the district. is
suspected Of being opposed TO Gardeners in
dorsement Mr.. Gardner. II Is said. will not
run rs the Independent Republican nominee
unless indorscd by the Democrats The Dem
ocratic Senatorial convention will he called
this week. probably at Middleburgh in this
county.
The sun., 1900-09-03
WELL UNDER THE SIDEWALK.
was Filled in Forty Years Ago. but water In
ItIs Now Twenty-nye Feet Deep.

Back in the sos, before n water supply sys-
TEN was iutroduoediuto Hoboken large cisterns
were sunk about the town To provide water for
fire purposes one was built in front Of the old
First Presbyterian Church which stood at the
southwest corner Of Washington and Third
streets. When Washington street was i'm
proved some years later. the we'll was filed
ia and a sidewalk laid over it This was about
forty years ago. The well had long been for
gotten except by few Of the old residents,
until Saturday night when an accident brought
IT back To memory.
A woman was passing over the spot late in
the evening when she felt one OF the fagstones
move under her. She stepped on and noticed
that the stone had sunk several inches. While
she was wondering what had caused the sinking
John BantZ. of Weehawken came along and
stepped on the same spot, The fiagstone gaye
way and Bantz's right leg went down He had
his other foot on another fagstonet which
saved him from falling into the hole. A splash
was heard as the faRstone disappeared, BY
means Of burning paper thrown into the hole,
II was seen that the supply Of water In the well
reached within three feet Of the top. The we'll,
is built Of brick. is circular and has diameter
Of fifteen feet, The water was TWENTY-FIVE feet
deep. What became Of the earth with which
the well was filed when the sidewalk was laid
Is n mystery.
The sun., 1900-09-03
O. m. p. BELMONT FOR THE ORIENT.
EnEeis Hold Out welcoming Hands 90 Their
Candidate for Congress.

The announcement that a. n. r. Belmont
was slated for tho Tammany nomination for
Congress In the Ninth district seems 10 have
reached the Fast Side In an authoritative shape
Yesterday There had been talk about II out
side of the district, but in the district up to
yesterday the contest for the nomination was
commonly supposed TO lie among Congress-
man Thomas j. Bradley and eX-Congrcssrnan
Timothy j. Campbell, eN-Cvi Justice Henry
NJ Goldfogle. Assemblyman Lem Sanders
and the Hon. Martin EngeL The district em-
braces all Of the Eighth. Twelfth and Fourth
Assembly districts and parts Of the Second.
Sixth Tenth and Fourteenth Mr.. Belmont
does not reside in tho district
About the only place in the district where
his proposed nomination was productive yes
terday Of unbounded enthusiasm WA In and
around the headquarters OF the Martin Engel
Association of De Ate. Although Engel Is
an avowcd candidate, his friends declared
yesterday that he would gladly retire II by 80
doing he could add anything to the prestige
OF his organization. At meeting of the swell
set yesterday afternoon. Rosey the Lawyer.
President Of the Essex Market Bar Association,
said
Gentlemen, OF course you have heard OF
the proposition to send Mr.. Belmont TO Con
Gus idea. You all remember how 10 1893 we
wanted the, nomination from, this district 10
go to William Astor CHAMBER That was
our great ball Our social ambitions were
checked then because Cbanler picked out
another district. We have everything now
TO complete our success except financial pres
tige
Wagner the Grand street dry goods man
You are begging the question and are out
fer man. shouted Gas Works Meyers.
Silver and gold. too" said Rosey Now,
gentlemen / tell you. that with Belmont 10 shout
FOR. we wont be going all around the district
as we did last election preaching Democracy
from the ends OF old trucks and with three
piece bands tell you. will have have Sousas
Band and automobiles and when We go 10
Washington to the Inauguration OF Bryan we II
DO We wait undil March ter got dose over
goas?" shouted Gas Works Myers. Jumping
from his seat,
You get the overcoats before election that
is the policy OF this organization" answered
Il move" said Joe Cohen. President OF the
Allen Street Literary Club. that we send a
committee right away 10 wait on Belmont"
Wait on him for whan" asked Rosey.
Just to let him know that we are with him.
replied Cohen.
aYou will be with him all right when the
time comes" replied Rosey, but YOU are not
on the Executive Committee which attends
to all that, Your time will come later. when
we get through"
The leading members Of the other Tammany
Hall organizations in the Congressional dis
trict were somewhat reucent about the pro-
posed nomination Of Belmont All OF them
had heard Of the proposition and they gen
erously said that II Croker desired Belmonts
nomination they would not object because
they could not AFFORD 10.
The sun., 1900-09-03
TILLMAy on SOUTH CARoLINAs VOTE.
He Says That the Palmetto State Is True to the
Dispensary system.

COLUMBIA, s. C.. Sept. 2.-Senator Tfllman
made a statement to-day In regard TO the
scratching Of his name in the recent primary
and the vote for dspensary candidates for
Governor. He said:
Il have always believed the dispensary had
the support Of two-thirds OF the people. and
this election shows il. Hoyt got several tho -
sand more than the anti-dspensary vote be-
cause of his being an old Confederate soldier.
In the final race between him aud Gov McSwee-
ney mex week the frle ds Of the dspcnsary
will not be caught ma piping.
Il have made n careful study Of the returns,
and do not think 1000 of those who scratched
me were Influenced by religious sentiment,
despite the strenuous efforts 10 array the re-
ligious people against me. Tho scratching
camc from my old poll teal antagonists Of ~
and 'a2 MANY Of my friends who voted for
prohibition will resent this scratching in the
McSweeney- -Hoyt primary next week"
The sun., 1900-09-03
BISHOP GRANT FOR M'KINLBY
Negro Leader Says His Race should support
Rspubiicsns-Bisho Turner's Stand.

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. Sept 2.-Bshop Grant,
who Is attending the annual session OF the
African Methodist Church here is not Bryan
man in this campaign.
This Is no time for change in the Admin
istraton." he said to-day Il shall not vote
for BRYAN nor advise my race TO vote for him.
but on the contrary ! shall vote for Mckinley.
With the problems now confronting tho nation
and the following complications we cannot
afford TO make any change
In regard TO Bishop Turner. who, IL is said.
will 20 on the stump for Bryan, Bishop Grant
says Turner has become very much incensed
at the race riots and the failure of the Adj
ministratOn To protect the race. The Bryan
forces he says. may have promised, in the
event of success 90 call out the Federal troops
10 prevent the lynChinGs. and such promises
might make many colored people go over 10
the Bryan side: but Bishop Grant says that
while vigorous steps are being taken
he remembers that all the legislation for the
colored race has been enacted by the Repub-
licans, and he has much moro confidence in
the party with that record than the party that
controls North Carolina and other Southern
States.
The sun., 1900-09-03
DEPARTMENT STORE OCTOPUs.
sample Political Literature From the Croker
hurphy-Sheviin Headquarters.

Among the campaign literature which dec
80. ,ho ,ahIo. a, tho baadouar,ara NJ tha
60. r-chnr,in ,ao,ion q, tho Domo-
o.'a - q. pao,, ooo a, ,hs uo,,and aou..
ara a nunber of pampblels entitled Darkest
- ,,I--I I.L 80 D....,,,o,, Geo..
America issued py ue hnu-Dopa 'non' o'o'o
Association, which are directed against depart
ment stores. Richard Croker. In recent inter-
view pointed out the dangerous character Of
,o"' 49,. :. - ..,,-a =, --o,,ld =. ~ =
department stores'aho aaAou "ne' "ou'u oo 'no
result II those IN Nc" iorA snouu oono'no ihv'
a trust similar In character 10 tne Ice Trust.
The namnhlet. Darkest America contains
i"o -. ,.,,o,k. ..a,n.. A.
.r,v,.n, .tore. Her. for e1ample. Ia An er-
-.
nanartroen. stors. 4, the Mother OF Sweat
Shops.
Departmen, stores es y ,he Ie nadSv sn% ommy
OF Trusts.
They do seem very good In thei way.
As did the Circus Clown 70 his Master ay.
But rs D bad way-anyway.
mere 10 au cav a'' IiV'r '"o'
the title The Octopusslan
,i,,. thrI,,ea n nd l,ves or strivea and dea on
AZ ,,',r,har of Its Nerch n nj store keepers the
tne nuinDeh i,S.rt E 4, - its a. raa taat ooodIthe
greatest huinoei 70 iOt 'Ca - tn ~ sCvastion
Customer SnoppeIs are my ~ 'Io iue9,'V',. ",
they were aWays accoIiiInPuaHeu AZ ees et a.
Is IN lts SIZE, hpt cIns - p,si1ass' hr a Arms
ao69 y BI5cks Of Idleness. Desoiation OF 10000
down rodden KY oI woman ssys "avs sne e,n
n I1aHiI n1 hors a % ""V0I0TTEs
ii 70" ooy B. ,
Not only were the stores attackeo IN prose-
hut in verse. Here Is n sample OF the verse;
The sun., 1900-09-03
FERRYBOAT HANDS RESTORED.
Men Laid on on the james Slip Route Put
Back to work.

The working force Of the Long Island Ra'lro oad
Ferry. from James slip to Long Island City.
which was recently cut down from three crews
TO two has been increased again TO the old
number The men employed on both Long
Island ferries got together recently and ap-
pointed a committee from among the
pilots engineers and flremen TO wait
upon President Baldwin and lay the case
before hun The men we're bound by an under
standing that II the relief asked for was not
committee called upon President Baldwin on
Friday afternoon and explained the situation to
him. Mr.. Baldwin said that the men laid of
should he put to work again at once He ac-
conIpanied the committee to the office Of the
manager Of the ferries and gave the necessary
orders that resulted in the third crew being
returned TO duty on Saturday morning.
The sun., 1900-09-03
League OF De m ocratic Clubs.

II was an nounced yesterday at the headquar-
ters OF the National League OF Democratic
Clubs that over l.0o0. 900 Democrats in all parts
OF the country had enrolled In the organization
composing the league up TO Saturday. Presi-
dent william r. Hearst said that this en-
rollment would result in a big meeting
at the quadrepnial convention. which
wllllbe held in Indianapolis on oct, 3 and 4
Mr.. Hearst had consultation with Vice Chair
man Stone and Daniel j CamL au Of the Ma
tional Committee and Chairman Richardson OF
the Congressional Campaign Committee las,
week and offered to cooperate with them during
the campaign.
Mayor phelan OF San Francisco has accepted
the post OF organizer on the Pacific slope
Lewis q. Stevenson. son OF the candidate Tor
vlce-Presdent. Ia the organizer In the middle
organizer in every city In the country will be
announced
The sun., 1900-09-03
MISSING NAVAL RECRUIT.
Took . Twenty-four Hours Furiough and Did
Not Come Back-Father Looking for Him.

William De DHso called at THE SUS office
yesterday and said that he had come from
Chicago in search Of his si1teen-year-old son
Edward De Driso. About a year ago he said.
his son left his home IN Chicago and enlisted in
the navy. going aboard the training ship Al
lance Mt Newport, X. on June 10, he said
the youth was transferred to the Vermont at
the Brooklyn Navy Yard This wa. the last
heard from him. When the faith er called al the
navy yard yesterday he was informed that hts
sOn had received furlough for twent v-four
hours and had not been seen since DeDriso,
Sr.. SAYS he cannot account for his sons disap
perance as he always said in his letters that
he was satisfied with sea lie. He Is feet ?
Inches tall is fair and weighs about 40 pou nds.
The sun., 1900-09-03
Tn. Tiger In sheeps Clothing.

The Greater New York Association OF Anti
Imperialist Clubs tTam will hold sixty Assem-
bly, district mass meetings in New York city dur
ing the campaign beginning on Sept I3 ON
that night meetings will be held In the First and
Thirteenth districts OF New York county, one in
Richmond one in Queens. one In
suffolk and on" in Kings. After that
there will be a mass meeting every night some
where In the city until the series is finished.
Then there will be a general mass meeting 10
Carnegie Hall All the meetings will be called
Liberty meetings, and this programme will be
carried out:
Patriotic AIRS ...... ..... go. Band.
Reading the Declaration q Inde ~ ndence.
Sonf.....,.........'" The star Spangled Banner. :"
Speeches on Imperialism. .
The sun., 1900-09-03
Hts Bicycle smashed Under Him.

The fork on the bicycle which james O. Sny-
der. 10 years old. OF 2s0 West Twenty-fourth
street was riding broke when he was near West
forth street in Central Park esterday and he
pitched forward on his head Policemen Foley
and Farrell found Snyder unconsc Gus when
had 70 be called 20 res uscitate the injured Young
man. He was able to walk home after time.
The sun., 1900-09-03
HayyA LEAVES ON WEDNESDAY,.
The Ohio Senator'S Last sunday at Long
branch Ouiet One.

IONG BRANCH. Nj. Sept. >. Senator Hanna's
last Sunday in Long Branch was a quiet one
He received very few calls at his summer homo
on Ocean avenue at Elberon and these had no
political significance. Senator Hanna and his
family will leave on "Wednesday for Cleveland
on Thursday Franklin Murphy, chairman Of the
RepubiCan State Committee Of New Jersey
In whose cottage the Ohio Senator has been
spending the summer. will come here with his
fnmily for a short stay.
The sun., 1900-09-03
TELL HILL TO STICK TO CoLER.
Ex-senator Advisers Say There Must BE No
shifting.

Severalfriends Of Mayor James X. Mcclure Of
Syracuse. whose boom for the nomination for
Governor received an anonymous typewriter
boost on Saturday declared yesterday that he
was not res ponsible for the talk about him.
That he was not a candidate and that he would
not be a candidate, They said that ex-senator
Hill had been told by his supporters that he
he must not shift, As TO the statement Of eI-
Senator Murphy that Mr.. Coler would not have
seventy-fve votes in the State convention. Mr..
Coler's friends said that they would have 10
OF the $50 delegates anyway, and probably
more. They added that they were going 10
hgh for Mr.. Coler TO the end. anyway.
The sun., 1900-09-03
sch elastic Population" of Texas.

AUSTIN. Tex. Sent. al, 8 Kendall state
Superintendent or Public Instruction. has issued
statement Of the scholastic population" cf
Toxas and State appor'ionmert of the available
school fund for the year ending oug. 81, 1901
Tho total scholastic population over and un-
der II wears Of age Il 72o.s65 The total num-
her ~ male children enumerated ie 37e. .Osl
Of whom 2Sq 800 are white and - .715 colored.
The total number Of female children is 3S7-
Soi, of hom 275 .aaS are white and 50 o8e coored
The sun., 1900-09-03
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The sun., 1900-09-03
Most successful Transaction.

have been brought about through THE SUNS
Roal Estate columns. Both the dealer and the
reader NAV be depended on, factor not to be
lost sight of.-id"
The sun., 1900-09-03
NO MORE CONCISE AGGREGATION

OF Real Estate News Is 10 be found in any
medium than that printed in THE Sun each
day.-Adp.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-05-03
Nothing Gained by the british,

London. May 3.--Lord Roberts dis
patch throws no light on the object
and possibilities OF the extensive oper-
ations In the neighborhood Of Thaba
N Chu. one military critic believes
that the inference Is justified that Lord
Roberts successful attack at Houtneck
threatens the Boer center and puts the
British in a favorable position to
crush the Boer left, which is still fac
ing General Rumble at Thaba NChu.
or their right, which is somewhere be-
tween Bwndfort and Winburg. Gen
eral Ian Hamilton's success at Hout-
neck elicits little enthusiasm, as the
critics UNANIMOUSLY pointed out some
time ago that the policy OF the Beers
would be one Of slow retirement.
Colonel Baden-Powell reported off,
cislly from Madehng. under date OF
April 20, that all is well there. There
are diminished ratons for nine thou
sand souls within the beleagured
town.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-05-03
THE MINNIE wRAy SUICIDE.
She Was Here In January and February,
and was IA Most Pleasant Lady.

ana was Most Pleasant Lady.
Miss Minnie wray, who committed
suicide at the Palmer House, Chicago
the other day is quite well known to
some of the citizens OF Albuquerque,
she having spent several weeks here
in January and February last. She
arrived here from Los Angeles, where
she had gone from Lincoln, Neb., In
the hope of securing position as
stenographer and typewriter. but find
everything overdone there she came
with Mr. and Mrs. J. o. Gideon
on to this city and took a room
First street. She remained here, as
stated above. several weeks and Theo.
dore Muensterman, to whom she pre-
sented herself as an acquaintance of
his nephew, Fritz Berge OF Lincoln,
Neb., took some interest in her well
fare and attempted to secure her a
position. one day, however, when il
looked very much as II the young lady
would receive some work here, she
called at Mr.. Muensterman's shoe store
and stated that she had received bad
news from her home in Indiana and
would leave Immediately for that state.
| The next thing heard of the young
lady was the announcement of her
suicide at the Palmer house in Chica-
20. Mr.. and Mrs. Muensterman and
others. who came in contact with Miss
Wray while she was here state that
she was a perfect lady in every res
pect, and most accomplished stem
! ographer and typewriter. The tele-
graphic accounts of her death give out
the Information that she was in love
with Mr. Berge. who is a soldier in the
Philippines, and being informed Of his
death she sought solace for her sor-
rows by committing suicide. Mr.
Muensterman states that he has no in
formation to the effect that Mr.. Berge
il dead
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-05-03
STATEMENT CORRECTED.
q. W. SHUT Talks Again About the Low
Line Ditch.

q. W. shut Talks Again About the LOVE-
Line Ditch.
The Citizen yesterday afternoon pub
lished the following paragraph:
The Albuquerque Land and 1rrlga-
tlon company operating the low-line
ditch. are paving off the employees this
afternoon. President Hesselden. OF the
company, who has just gotten up from
a sick bed, states that all the debts
contracted up 20 date will be met.
George NJ. Shut, OF the Shut I'm
provement company. called at this Of
flee last night and stated that the
above paragraph Is misleading, and
places him and his company in a pc
culiar position before the public, after
he had declared in unmistakable words
the day before that the Albuquerque
Land and Irrigation company owes his
company $4,000 and had not paid them
Mr.. Shut stated that the only em-
ployes who received any funds from
the Irrigation company yesterday af-
ternoon were the members OF the engi-
neering corps. and ths others. equally
as anxious to reoeive payment. were
allowed to whistle.
What action Will you take?' asked
the reporter.
II will leave on the nights train for
Pueblo, Col.," remarked Mr.. Shut.
where l will consult an attorney and
decide upon some future course OF pro-
cedure. The Shut improvement COM
pany from any point OF view and the
small subscribers to the building OF the
low-line ditch, II seems to me. are the
| only losers so far in the scheme. As
1 stated in an interview published in
| Tuesdays Citizen. my company ex-
pended $4,000 TO refit and enlarge our
outfit in order to fulfll our contract as
to the construction OF the ditch, and.
| without my company receiving any
pay. have between fifty and sixty work.
men ready to pounce down upon US for
the payment OF their wages"
The Citizen representative, in his
rounds yesterday afternoon, ascer-
| tained that a number of subscribers
| are very bitter in their opinions of the
| principal promoters OF the ditch, and
| several declared that they were in
| duced to subscribe to the ditch fund by
representations from certain wealthy
subscribers that sufficient funds would
be forthcoming and that the ditch,
when work was commenced. would be
pushed rapidly to completion.
Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1900-05-03

Pretoria, May 3,-An official war bull
letin issued here, reports that on April
2S the federals captured nine prisoners
east OF Thaba N Chu and that on April
30 the British mounted corps appeared
near Brandfort. After a sharp fight,
tackled them on two sides. The British
retired; two federals wounded and
eleven prisoners taken. Another ac-
count, semi official, OF this affair says
that WalkerstoOm AMI Ermelo COM
mands had a sirmish with The British
near Brandfort After sharp fight
eleven prisoners were taken and nine
teen British were left dead on the field
including Captain Lddy. 4 few fed
erals wounded. Heavy bombardment
by the British has been resumed al
Fourteen Streams. An American has
been arrested In connection with the
Beglle explosion