New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-11-02

THE PASSING THRONG.

Joseph H. Manley. OF the Republican National
Committee. speaking yesterday OF the political out
look. said: 'T no reason to
CROKER change my recenF prediction as TO
Is BAD the outcome of the election on
LOSER. Tuesday. We gaining daily In
strength, and the reports we re-
ceive from all the Northern and Western States
are OF the most encouraging description No; we
do not fear any trouble - the result of Richard
Croker's recent extraordinary advice to his bench
polls on Election Day Talk Of that kind does es
harm only to him whG utters IL; 1t is. besides.
weakness, Croker knows that the Democratic
We viii asIredy esrrv nS re- Ks Oa at sa
10000 votes. and our majority here may run 10
Colonel Calvin r. Mutt. OF Frederick Ma. speak
ing yesterday at the Waldorf-Astora Of his home
States politics. said: THE Repub-
MARYLAND Hcans. I think, to-day hold Mary
FOR land safe. and the majority for
MK1NLEY. Mckinley and Roosevelt there will
between 10000 and 200Oo The
enormous and phenomenal registration in Balti-
more makes 1t impossible to figure with accuracy
on the size that Major McKinIey's majority will
De- but feel safe in saying that 1t will in any
Ee si,d ia oeipW 10000 We expect also to return
SMaryland and to elect Jackson In the Eastern
ocrac %heh MAS HAS With been e6 Ds n
mine from Wilmington on Wednesday, who Is we'll
the State would 60 for M cR by at i least $50
Republicans would their
stchet 2y 200 The Legislature he also expected to
20 hepueican and thus insure the election OF
X A. c. Clifford. of Liverpool. England. when
seen at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday. said:
The Boer does not attract
EMPEROR much attention with
WILLIAMS does the situation in the Far East,
MARKSMAN- The present resistance the Beers
SHIP. are making Is not regarded as OF
serious import. being generally
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Anglo-German alliance is very popular in England,
and from what I have heard. in Germany we'll.
speaking of Germany reminds me OF amusing
experience l had there four five years ago.
trouble: but word arrived in a town where was
ne mat the Emperor was coming there the
p witb SOM time and was on the best Of terms
siderable hunting and fishing. When the advice
m a6 ne g9 0d 9s" la know And hsn
20 d. There's an old cock pheasant up the glade
IN have the Emperor there betmes: and 1t will
ed ahsf houF me he E RE nm was ST
! He answered me only with a look. but that was
frequently published pictures Of the Emperor stand
cism ro - MS u''e'i'"S ''''-"''" nee" ''ep''-
We have been having the worst assortment Of
weather in Washington recently" said Egbert
Claiming. of that city, at the Hotel
| STARRING Imperial yesterday, that It has
| RECALLED. Ordinarily. at this time Of the year
WASHINGTON. far climate goes
should be at Its best The first touch Of cold gives
| hracng tone to the atmosphere that makes it a
delight merely be alive. This year however il is
| either unhealthy there. or so damp that
| you feel II you must be board ship. l fear
| that this year Will pass from sernl-summer to
! winter weather bound. I heard an interesting
| tale tho. other night which l never remember TO
| have read in connection with the awful tragedy OF
| President I.inCOn'S h1d n do yVith
Payne, who had been chosen 10 kill Seward Seward
lived then In Lafayette Place. short bound
Ing the side of Lafayette Square the park d.
rect1y facing the White House from the other side
! OF PennSylvania-avP. Stewards home lay from
seventy 10 4 hundred yards from what is present
| HIST but was then the BladensburE Pike the road
at that time running practically without a break
| the plains OF Biadensburg This road ran al right
angles 10 the street upon which Stewards house
situated Payne rode up 10 the house hitched his
opened. Payne started to force his way the
| where Seward lay ILL., the third floor, and the
way in and out q the house. stahhiEs no less than
five persons, including the Secretary OF State. in
| but by the time Payne again made his appearanc &c
| In the street the whole neighborhood was in 4
| Iurmo!I Servants were shrlthli!S from TIE VIII
doWs or the Seward mansion. and pedestrians We're
| rushing from every direction IN answer TO their
| outcry. Payne quietly unhitched and mounted his
horse. and then he h3d the ironctd nerve 10 walk
| him 70 the corner. Testimony afterward giver
! by men who had passed him that his horse was
moving a slow walk, while the rider lOOking
! back at the house. II to make what all the
he made up for lost time And hard did he rfdt
| his unfortunate nag that the horse found the
| next morning on the plains or Bladensburg IN !
dying condition u wasn't over dozen miles from
| cred In racing time. Payne. you know. was
, afterward captured and executed. 1 can't help ad
| walk his horse ~ the corner when he knew that
| apprehension meant death.