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BRYAN'S PLANS FOR A WEEK
AT HONE UNTIL WEDNESDAY,, WILLY
HE LEAVES FOR CHICAGO.

To Address the q. A. n. Encampmsne-wtn
Stay There Until the Foiiowtnst Moaday
The First Part Of tho Week 10 to Ne
Devoted 20 His Letter OF AcceptanCs.
LINCOLN. Neb.. Aug. 2e.-Mr. Bryan cams
back home this morning In time 70 go TO church.
Bis pastor Is also home and this morning
preached upon Heaven and How 10 Reach
It" After dinner Mr. Bryan drove out TO the
farm. which has been sadly neglected in recent
stirring times.
Mr.. Bryan will devote every spare moment
now to work upon his letter Of acceptance,
which has also been receiving scant attention.
In this. he says. he proposes 10 take up each
ISSUE as presented in the platform.
The Presidents inability 10 attend the Chicaro
reunion will make no difference In Nr Brysns
plans. He said this evening that he would leave
on Wednesday night for Chicago. aud on the
following day expected to keep his appointment
to address the veterans. His plans for the
next few days are undetermined as yet, but
as he will speak In Chicago the following Mon
day he viii probably remain there aud take
aSdvaN9tage .S q the opportunity to advise with
No date has yet been set for the Silver Re-
publican nouhcadon, and none will be fxed
In response. His plans beyond the first week
IN September have not been formulated. but
It Is expected that bis conference With the
by an announcement of speeohmsking tour.
Mr.. Bryan's relinduishment Of his original
plan TO make a front porch campaign has
had refitted and enlarged their houses on the
strength OF that ann0u1oement.. Thus. far
MIR. BRYAN has been called upon for but hve
these were 10 local organizations, while the
number Of distinguished visitors has been
very small. No excursions have been ar
ranged and no attempt win he made 10 have
any,
The activity OF the Prohlbitionist orsanisa-
ton Il causing considerable uneasiness among
the Democrats. Headquarters have been
opened. arrangements are being made TO or
culste literature and a speakers bureau II
being organized The Prohibition Presiden-
bIaska for dozen speeches neIt month. Pre-
vious to 1899 the Prohibitionists and the Dom
ocrats had nothing IN common, but Bryan's
personal popularity and his free silver Hews
attracted 70 his support nearly four thousand
mepbers OF the oneItime third party.
Chairman Wolfenbarger, himself a Bryan
man four years ago says the party has reooy-
cred from its infatpatiop and that nine -tenths
Of the Bryan Prohibitions " will vote for
Woolley. Quite a number OF Wooley pioturss
have made their appearance.
Vice Chairman Edmiston and Secretary
Edgerton OF the Populist Ma tona Committee
left to-day for Chicago TO attend the meeting
Of the National Committee on Thursday. They
make the confident claim that when II comes
20 selecting a sucoessor 10 Towne, Stevenson
will have majority OF from twenty 10 thirty.
The sun., 1900-08-27
sroxE TO coMMAND IN NEW york.
Bryans Eastsrn Campaign 10 Re Ran From
This CITY, German win Help.

CHICAGO. Aug. 2e.--The Democratic National
Committee will establish branch headquarters
in New York next Wednesday. W. J. Stone,
former Governor Of Missouri and vice-chair-
man OF the National Committee. will be In
charge. His associates In campaign manage
ment there Will be Arthur Pue German OF
Maryland, D. J. Campau OF Michigan, j. NJ
Guffey OF Pennsylvania, Norman + Mack OF
New York and Congressman J. d, Richardson
Of Tennessee
Campaigping in all the. territory east Of the
Allegheny Mountains will be under the direc-
ton OF The, Eastern headquarters, with the pos
sibe addition Of Ohio. The planning for this
Eastern venture has been In progress ever
since Chairman Jones returned. from New
York. The chief difficulties have been
to enlist former Senator German and
get promises Of a campaign. fund suff1c-
lent 20 carry on the Eastern work. w J Stone
and Congressman Richardson were here last
week with Chairman Jones. STRENGTHENING, out
From Mr. Stone word came yesterday that all
preliminary work had been done. and that the
Western managers would meet In New York on
Wednesday.
The sun., 1900-08-27
WISCONSIN FOR M'KINLEY.
Gen. BragE Says the Gold Democrats win
Vote with the Repu ublicans.

CHICAGO. Aug. 2e.-"Wisconsin.- said Gen.
Edward 8. Bragg OF the Iron Brigade tonight,
will go for Mckinley by q. 600 l do not think
there Is the slightest doubt Of that | find
that the Gold Democrats quite extensively In
our neck OF the woods are going TO vote for Mr..
Mckinley as against Mr., Bryan. There are
some Gold Democrats who have felt orphaned
back into the fold They have been lonesome
but they are not IN the maj ority. think II IA
probably true that all over tho country the
Gold Democrats when they get 10 the polls are
going 10 be with the President
In Wisconsin there Isn't any lack OF Re
publican enthusiasm. There appears 10 be
pretty general feeling that in all parts OF the
world American soldiers and American officers
are doing their duty. The whole country
are and that being so no swapping of horses
Is likely to take place.
Gen. Bragg came down from his Wisconsin
home to attend the reunion OF his famous bri-
gade.
The sun., 1900-08-27
SHEEP RAIsERs FOR M'HINLEY.
Not One in Prosperous Kansas Expected tn
Follow Bryan This Year.

TOPEKA. Kan. Aug. 2e-The Republican
State Committee asserted to-day that not a
farmer or stock raiser in Kansas who raises
sheep will vote for Bryan. Bert Anderson one
OF the prominent sheep raisers Of the State,
corroborates this statement. He has been in
the sheep business in Butler county for twenty
years and saws he doesn't know OF single
sheep man In all his ACC uantances who will vote
for Bryan this year He saws he has heard a good
number Of Democrats de clare publicly for
Mckinley in the last few weeks.
The Anderson Brothers got $4,000 in debt
handling sheep during Clevelands adminisua-
ton, and were pretty well fattened out. Dur
ing the Mckinley Administration the Anderson
bows have sold s85, ,0O0 worth Of sheep and wool
from their fiocks are out OF debt, have a fine
farm and good bank account,
In Hamilton county. far out on the plains a
dozen former Bryan supporters have declared
for Mckinley,
The sun., 1900-08-27
SALLY rs LOCKED UP AT LAST. II
She VIII Get Her First Ride to Jefferson Mar
ket This Morning.

Sally is locked up. At last her ons-delsyed
wish TO have a free ride in the patrol wagon
will be gratlfed. The Tenderlon policemen
all know her as old Sally" She calls herself
that. She is a hea vyweeht colored nanny
Over year ago she began 10 appear mornings
in front Of the West Thlrteth street police
station Her time was o'clock, when the
prisoners arrested the night before are eetting
ready to be conveyed TO jefferson Market
court.
the curb the uniformed driver and attendants
were always greeted by Sally; When the first
woman PI,s9ner a was oanHIed shd 1nt0 10 tne psIoi
The last prisoner she always greeted with a
Ruffaw. When the wagon started away saliy's
parting shot invariably was:
"Ha! Hal IA, You amt got Old Sally yet"
Yesterday afternoon -0ld Sally" got mixed
up in a fight with a negro on seventh avenue.
She had the best Of the fght when policeman
arrived. That is how "Old Sally came TO
have a ride in front Of her this morning.
The sun., 1900-08-27
oDELL BY ACCLAhATIOy. SAYS PLATr.
And the State Convention win Probably Re
nominate the Rest OF the old Ticket.

Senator Platt said yesterday thatihe would
start for Saratoga TO attend the Republican
State Convention at 3 o'clock on Saturday after
noon. "Mr. Ode" he added. has withdrawn
his objection to taking the nomination and he
will be nominated by acGamstion. This Is as
It should be and It will be very popular nomi-
nation. The rest OF the old ticket will probably
be renominated. so that all we have got 70 DO Is
10 meet, ratiiy and resolute. which will take
about two days,
Gov Roosevelt Ia expected to be In Saratoga
on Sept and make rip-roarinR speech In the
convention.
Senator Platt and his friends said that
no candidate for Lieutenant Governor
had been selected and no definite conclu-
sion would be reached until the delegates assem-
bl ed at Saratoga. Geographically speaking. the
candidate for Lieutenant-Governor must come
either from New York city. which includes the
borough Of Brooklyn, or the southern tier or
the Mohawk Valley, between the counties OF
Oneida and Erie which territories are not rep
resented in the list OF State offices.
The sun., 1900-08-27
Cop.r,..man Und.rhii Won't Run Again.

NEW RocHEIAE. Aug 2o.-Congressman John
O. Underhi has sent a letter to the Democratic
county committee in which he declines to be a
candidate for denomination in the Sixteenth
district, comprising Westchester county and a
part OF the borough OF The Bronx. He says
health would not permit him 20 serve another
term, Mr.. Underhill IL a gold Democrat and
voted with the Republicans on the currency
The sun., 1900-08-27
KNOCKED OUT BY NEGRO THIEVES
station Agent at Arlington junction. Va,
saudbagged and Robbed.

AwAsHrNoroN. Aug. 2o.-Charles Nv. Buckley.
station agent at Arlington junction. Va. on the
Washington. Alexandria and Mount Vernon
Railroad. was assaulted tonight and robbed by
two negroes. who escaped. The junction is be-
tween Washington and Alexandria in lonely
place and the neighborhood is infested With
bad negroes. Buckley was seated In the office
about O'Clock tonight when a stone was
thrown through the window. striking him on
the back OF the head moment later two
negroes entered, beat him into insensibility and
made of with the contents OF the cash drawer.
The next train stopped because no signals were
received and Buckley was found just revivins.
He will recover.
The sun., 1900-08-27

The figures for July. just issued. show that
the increase ia still going on, the exports In
or 100000 more than in July 1899 The
amount OF exports for the year ending June
80. 1900, as above shown. was by far the largest
In our history. The vast and steady increase
since the years of the last Democratic adminis-
tration cannot but compel attention. as also
the drop in the figures Of that administration
below the figures Of the Harrison admins
-0f the exports for 1900 81 per. cent, was OF
manufactures and 81 per cent. Of agricultural
products. This leads naturally TO a considera-
ton of the farming industry Tho statistics
show that the farmers have proSpered under
McKinley's Administration equally with the
manufacturers merchants and artisans The
total value OF horses. sheep and cattle in the
United States in January 1890, was s.5tl.-
crease under Mckinley OF s5O' i44,474, or nearly
SO - per cent. The increase In New York
Jersey .s.2e2 ,7o4 Every single State and
Territory shows an increase. and not one a
decrease. The value OF the pri1cipai crops @
under the preceding Democratic low-tarin
Administration. For example. the value OF
the wheat crop was in round numbers, s25S-
the value of Of crop h dfpGndi also dsDsnd, dTsGsdy
eSSy the a RI . sSoR M RoTs at IN
1894 the wheat retained for domestic consum-
ton was only 34l bushels per capita and the
In isos the amount retained for domestic con-
sumption was 81 bushels per capita, ana the
export was 2l7,coocoO bushels. The export
price per bushel in the two years named was
respectively 81 cents and 90 cents The figures
for corn, cotton and other important crops
are similar 10 those for wheat
a good Index Of nations prosperity is
found In the records Of the savings banks
The following figures are instructive and con-
vincng:
Increase Of savings banks deposits dur.
ing Cleveland nfst adminlstf alton. $50 57O,Ol4
HaIrison q nd mi nistration $50, 75S
Ci,yeIand's 8 second ministauon ..... 77,slS,6l5
~ ~ - :. - N.HIpiev 76i
The sun., 1900-08-27
A.bury Cottage Robbed,

AsBURY PARK. n. j, AUG 2e.-Early this
morning the cottage of Cornelius c. vermeule
al 1os Second avenue was robbed OF siverware
TO the value OF $50 The thief was negro. He
went into Mr.. Nermeule's room and was max
ing his way TO the bureau when the occupant
he escaped Heleft behind bottle OF &C d, and
the siains on the silverware showed that he had
tested IL TO see IL IL was solid The Vermeules
live at East Orange
The sun., 1900-08-27
HELPING COLER'S Room.
Tho Franchise Tax League to Hold Another
Meeting TO Advocate His Views.

Another meeting in the interest Of the fran
chise tax and municipal ownership and In op-
position to the Ramapo water scheme will be
held at the sturtevant House on Wednesday
evening under the auspices Of tho Franchise
Tax ard Municipal Ownership League. which
demands the nomination Of Comptroller Coler
as the Democratic candidate for Governor,
by John DE witt Warner, Francis VI. Bixby
John q. Boyd, Henry Nichols, c. Augustus
Haviland William q Mclaughlin and Barley
j Wright
The sun., 1900-08-27
AT WORK Nv THE THIRTY.PIFTH.
Republican Club of the Ninth Election Dis
trtct TO Hold q Rally.

The Republican Club Of the Ninth Election
district of the Thirty-hfth Assembly district
will hold big public meeting and rally at
Liberty Hall. l5sth street and Westchester
avenue. on Wednesday evening. at which its
President. Jacob Leitner VIII preside The
district rallies OF this club have proved very
effective IN working up interest among the
Thlrty-flfth. Intends to have such meetings In
every election district
The sun., 1900-08-27
color.d Republican, Gettins Ready.

The West Side Colored Republican Club has
invited all Of the oolored Republican clubs in
Manhattan and The Bronx 10 appoint COM
mittees OF Ave to meet at 23S West Sirty-frst
street on Thursday evening IN conference. The
large may be elected at the Saratoga Conven-
ton on Sept. T. and II Ia proposed 20 arrange for
a strnnR camnalRn.
The sun., 1900-08-27

LoNo BRANCH. ". j.. Aus. %. Senator Hanna
will not leave the Franklin Murphy cottage at
Elberon for his home in Cleveland on Sept IS
announced He stated toni ght that he would
might rrolong his visit in the East until well
into September
The sun., 1900-08-27
Republican CIub, Are for odeIl.

The League Of Republican Clubs Of this State.
Of which Frederick c. Easton is President, will
hold a convention in Saratoga on Sept s. the
day before the Republican State Convention.
and, IL is expected, will declare for the nomina-
ton OF Benjamin B. Odell for Governor.
The sun., 1900-08-27
}. ". H.ndrl. Give. $40 200 to . Church.

STANFORD. Conn. Aug. 2o-At a meeting Of
the society Of the First Congregational Church
OF Sound Beach last night the announcement
was made formally OF a donation 20 the chur oh
OF $40 0o0 by John W Hendrie, the well-known
philanthropist, The donation IL To form fund
70 be applied 10 the general expenses Of the
church. Trustees were appointed to hold IT,
The sun., 1900-08-27
Kul.d By . Rock.w.y Beach Train.

poorly dressed man was struck by Brook
lyn elevated train bound for Rockaway Beach.
about Eve hundred feet north Of the Aqueduot
station lsst night He was Instantly killed.
purse containing 20 cents was the only thing In
his pockets.
The sun., 1900-08-27
K.n.a. Populi.t. to Accept Stevenson.

TOPEKA. Kan, Aug. "a. The Kansas members
OF the Populist National Committee, Jerry
Simpson, John W. Breidenthal and Congress-
man RidrleV, left for chicago tonight to at
tend the meeting Of the National Committee.
They are instructed to vote for the substitution
dent.
The sun., 1900-08-27
GIVES HIMSELF UP.
Frank Corcoran OF st. Johnsbury, VI, Says
He Is wanted for Larceny.

"a young man who said thathe was Frank Cor
coran, 20 years old walked into Police Headquar-
ters Saturday night and asked TO be locked UP.
He said that he was fugitive from justice
from Vermont, where he was wanted for the
larceny of 5000 from the Metropolitan Stock
Company of st. Johnsbury. He said that he
had been manager OF the concern and that he
had run away five weeks ago with 5000. He
was arraigned In the Centre street police court
Yesterday morning by Magistrate Pool and
will be held until the Vermont authorities can
be communicated with.
The sun., 1900-08-27
Poison Burned. So sh. spa, It Out.

PATERSON. n. j., Aug. 20 Phoebe Grant at
tempted to commit suicide this afternoon at her
home In Haledon by drinking oarbolio acid.
When she found that the poison was burning
She had taken enough. however, 10 burn her
tongue In q terrible manner. She will recover.
The sun., 1900-08-27
WARNING TO CROKER.
Hamilton williams Respectfully Informs the
Tammany Chieftain That He's Doomed

DR.. Hamilton Williams. the fiery. Coroners
physician. who has taken up the cudges for
John c. Sheehan and at the meetings Of Mr..
Sheehan's supporters in the Ninth Assembly
district has furiously attacked Richard Croker
and Chief Devery. sent to THE Sun last night the
following copy OF letter he has forwarded 10
the Tammany chieftain:
"24s WEST FOURTEENTH STREET
NEW YORK, Aug. 20, 1900.
"To Mr.. Richard Croker. Democratic club. Cuv,
SIR: You have ordered your Coroners TO drive
me from Office upon trumped-up charges.
defy YOU You made like attempt last year
and failed Shall you fail this year? l care
not-I despise YOU.
But do care for a few young men who en-
tered politics some time since, anticipating
by the wav, your recent counsel, unaware that
YOUR politics are not American politics: but
your English pocket. They chose. as I did
between John Sheehan and your creature,
"The IA athers now walk idly, for they lost
their Jobs; the worried mothers strive To make
the infreauent bread loaf go unduy far, their
forms fatten and their rest is broken by the
nightly whimperings Of marasmic infants.
well! What Of IL? Nothing-absolutely
nothing the merest incident in the campaign
OF a Paretic Dement, for the State leadership,
taken seriously your denunciation Of the trusts
their end had been oblivion and the pit
You have thought well TO enter into judg-
ment with thy servant. Now, mark me-
my last word, you will sink beneath tho ban
OF every God-fearing man Of the land and
city who holds as the apple Of his eye the clean
illness and integrity OF the family relation and
You are doomed For the present, am. sir.
yours respectfully, HAMILTON WILLIAMS.
Coroner's Physician for the borough Of Man.
haitian in your city Of New York"
The sun., 1900-08-27
To Preach In Coney. streets.

The Rev. l.. q. Broughton Of Atlanta. Ga, an
nounced In the course of his sermon at the Han
son Place Baptist Church. Brooklyn, yesterday
that he had decided to hold series OF revival
meetings in the streets Of Coney Island.
The sun., 1900-08-27

These figures, be II rememhered, arc as re-
ported by the labor organizations themselves.
President Gompers OF the American Federation
Of Labor, In his official report for 1897, said:
That terrible period for the wage earners Of this
country which began in 1893 practically ended
with the dawn OF 1897 and in hsreport for 1899
have witnessed within the past year is one for
general congratulauon Beyond question the
wages Of the organized workers have been in
creased Mr. Gompers. moreover, as Is we'll
known, Is a strong Democrat, This tendency
has continued throughout 1900. Every few
days the papers tell OF voluntary increases OF
wages by employers.
The story Of our export trade Of late years
affords another illustration Of the comparative
effect upon business and labor OF the policies Of
the two parties. Look at this table Of the value
The sun., 1900-08-27
PROSPERITY'S THE ISSUE.
COL. BRYAN CAN'T DODGE 1T, SAYS
JOSEPH n. MANLEY.
It's the Full Dinner Pail Against Abstract
Theortes-Under Mckinley Wages aud Ex-
ports Have Increased, Farmers Are In
Clover and the Savings hanks Filling Up.

ports Have Increased, Farmers Are In
Clover and the Savings Banks Filling Up.
When the Republican campagners at the
National Headquarters in the Metropolitan
Building. 1 Madison avenue. have a moment
to spare. they devote II to wondering what
new paramount issue Bryan has put forward
since the last reports from him were received.
Senator SCOTT has figured out that II Bryan
allows as much time to each plank In the Dem
ocratic platform "a "the paramount issue"
"a he did to imperialism, he will run out Of
paramountcy about Oct 20, and will not have
anything left TO talk about. Senator Scott
says. however, that this will not prevent Col
Bryan from talking, The Bryan habit Of
changing the paramount issue every few min
utes is something new in politics. according
to the Republican managers. and they are
much interested In the habit.
The Republicans have no trouble about a
paramount issue" said Joseph II. Manley yes
terday. Their one param cunt issue Is the
prosperity Of the country and the destrahility
Of continuing that prosperity. In opposition
to this great oyershadowing fact Of national
prosperity the Democrats and Populists have
nothing TO oppose except abstract theories.
Such theories have ttle effect on the man with
a full dinner pail. or the merchant with more
orders than he can find time to fill
1T IL easy TO assert that prosperity Is great
and increasing but the latest official figures.
both State and National which have come
70 these headquarters prove the assertion.
facts as furnished by the labor organizations
themselves show that wages have steadily
advanced under the present administration.
Here are few typical instances Of increase
Il. IL.
The sun., 1900-08-27
POLITICAL NOTES.

The Governor Of Georgia. population In 1890
1900. 900. receives $4,000 year salary: the Gov.
ernor OF New Jersey, population in 1900 400. .ooo
receives $4,000. There will be a State election In
Georgia on oct. g.
The sun., 1900-08-27

The Board Of Public Improvements Is not neglectfu
Of the public veal This Volunteer Steam Fire I'm gine
Company. 4, OF Maspeth. borough OF Queens. pc
utoned for a nre hydrant fronting its premises on
Msspeh avenue and the local board Of the
borough In meeting Assem- bled tho 9th OF August
declaring Its appreciation Of services which such or
ganl,auon is ready to render to the public has
resolved that prompt response should he made the
desire OF said company. There Ia however. no hy-
drant on Maspeth avenue as yet
The sun., 1900-08-27

Henry Coggeshall who has not been renominated
in the Utica district for the Senate was until his re-
trement. the FsIher OF the Senate" having served
continuously In that body since 1854 Prior 10 his
election % the Senate Mr.. Coggeshall was an Assem-
blyman for one term Mr. coggeshsll succeeded a
Democrat as Senator
El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-03-20
TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
Is the Amount Carl Eikert Wants
From the Mexican Central

AS was mentioned in yesterday 8
HERALD Carl Exert, through his at
torneys, Patterson and Wallace. fled
suit in the federal court for $4,000
against the Mexican Central railroad
for alleged personal Injuries.
The details Of the case as set forth
in the petition show that the accident
in which it is alleged Eihert WAS in
jured occurred atCarden as, Mex. on the
Tampico and San Luis division. 1t is
here that for some reason or other are
located nearly all the damsge suits
sled duriug the past year against the
Mexican Central in Ell Pss). He states
he wss employed as q bridge foreman
and at that time he was engaged In the
discharge of his duty IS such and was
standing on bridge al work when 3
freight train ran By the dsueer signals
and knocked him off the bridge. His
right arm, shoulder and leg were
broken and rendered almost wholly
useless for life.
For this he Claims that he is en-
titled to damages from the company
both under the laws of Texas and the
United States and under those of Mex
leo and asks for the above named
sum-