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FORTY-FIRS* YEAR.
WTUSVILIiE, PA, SEPTEMBER 29, 10O3
VOLUME XL1 . SO   65
CHAfRMAN DICK REPLIES
TO CHAIRMAN SALEN.
OBJECTIONS     TO      DEBATE      BETWEEN CLARKE AND  HANNA.
SENSE  COMBINED WITH  HUMOR.
Where-  Does   Democratic   Candidate
Stand on Tariff, on Coinage, on 15th
Amendment,   Etc.?
COLUMBUS, a, Sept. 27.—The re-
.ply of Chairman Dick, of the Republican state committee, to Chairman
Salen, of the Democratic state committee, declining the challenge of Mr.
Clarke, Democratic nominee for United
States senator, to a joint debate with
Senator M. A. Hanna, was given lout
tonight.
Chairman Dick says in part:
"I regret that candor compels me to
say that I find some rather serious objections to the conditions of your proposal. There ought to be some such
quality as mutuality in a joint discussion. I fear you have overlooked that
phase of the case. Let me particular-
ire. Mr. Hanna's party has but one
set of principles, while Mr. Clarke's
party has a vast assortment of principles, sounding the entire gamut from
doctrine to dogma-Democratic, Popu-
liatie, Agrarian and Socialistic.
"There is a tariff. How does Mr.
Clarke stand on that, issue? His party
stands all oyer it. In New England it
is for free raw material and for protected finished products; in Texas it
is for protected raw material and for
free finished products.
"Does Mr. Clarke favor a tariff for
revenue only, or a tariff for revenue
with incidental protection? Is he a
Gorman tariff Democrat or a Johnson
no-tariff Democrat? If he favors any
kind of a tariff let him debate with Mr.
Johnson, who is an absolute free trader
and would repeal every tariff and internal revenue law and sell all the custom houses.
"Mr. Clarke has all these strings to
his bow, and more, too. What chance
does Mr. Hanna,' who has only one
string to his bow, have in disputation
with such a man? Mr. Hanna stands
pat. When Mr.' Clarke joins a party
that stands pat on anything, Mr.
Hanna will talk with him.
"Then there is the coinage question.
How does Mr. Clarke stand on that?
The absolution Mr. Bryan gave him
would argiie* -that'- he i is not a standpatter.- Indeed, Mr. Bryan says he Is
not Then, If Mr. Clarke is really on
the Kansas City<p"latf6rm, and is bound
to have a debate with somebody, let
him hunt up the Palmer and Buckner
platform and debate 'with' that. If, on
the other hand, he is still a goldbug,
he has no quarrel with Mr Hanna on
that score—ex-Senator Charles A.
Towne is the man he Is looking for, or
the Hon. John J. Lentz might do in a
pinch. If Mr. Clarke were elected to
the senate, would he vote on the currency question with the gold Democrats or with free silver Democrats?
"The Republican state platform declares that every one of the war
amendments is binding in honor upon
every American citizen. Why did Mr.
Clarke say in his Akron speech that
that platform winds up with the declaration that amounts to a nullification of
uie fifteenth amendment?
"Where does* 'Mr. Clarke stand on
'the war amendments?'
"Does he believe in them or will he
favor their repeal?
"Does he favor the white supremacy
plans adopted by the Maryland Democratic state convention with its poorly
concealed threat to entirely suppress
the colored vote? Is he in harmony
with Senator Tillman, who has boasted'
that whenever colored voters attempt
to exercise the elective franchise in
South Carolina, he will meet the attempt with a shotgun? If elected to
the senate, will Mr. Clarke joint his
colleague from Tennessee, Mr. Car-
mack, and vote for his resolution to repeal the fifteenth amendment? Is Mr.
Clarke willing to explain his position
on these vital questions?
"Where does Mr. Clarke stand on
the Philippine question? Does he
stand with Mr. Bryan, when he was
lobbying at the capital at Washington
for the ratification of the treaty that
ceded the Islands to us? Or when,
later in the campaign of 1900, he advocated an 'American protectorate?' Or
when, still later, he declared for their
absolute independence? Does Mr.
Clarke stand for any one or all three of
these Philippine' questions?
"Does Mr. Clarke side with the eastern Democrats, 'the reorganizes?'
Democracy today wears so many colors, appears under so many different
shapes and forms, assumes so many
disguises that I feel it would be unfair
to Senator Hanna to ask him to meet
Mr. Clarke In a joint discussion until
he is advised more fully as to Mr.
Clarke's position on the subjects above
alluded to; until he learns what particular brand of Democracy Mr. Clarke!
claims is his; until he knows whether
he is expected to debate with Mr.
Clarke, the corporation lawyer, or Mr.
Clarke, the candidate for United States
senator."
WEST     MIDDLETOWN     TRAGEDY.
Absolutely No Clue Yet—Funeral Services—Inquest Today.
WASHINGTON, Pa., Sept 27.—West
Mlddletown had the population of a
city today, made up almost entirely of
sight-seers, attracted by the tragedy of
Friday last.
8o far as developments in the murder and robbery are coneerned, there
are none. Absolutely no clue to the
perpetrators of the dastardly deed has
been unearthed, and the theories of
the officials are as vague as ever. Unless something Is brought to -light at
the inqueat, which will be held tomorrow, the likelihood of tho apprehension
of the murderer of Contractor S. E.
Ferguson is slight.
Coroner Sipe will hold the inquest at
West Mlddletown tomorrow and the
two suspects, Francis and Huston, will
be taken from-Camp Ferguson to the
village under heavy guard to be put
through the inquisition.
Bookkeeper Charles Martin, who
was so seriously injured by the explosion of the dynamite, was taken to
the Homeopathic hospital at Pittsburg
today and it is believed his chances for
recovery are much better than seemed
possible yesterday. The funeral of
Mr. Ferguson was held this afternoon
from Frances hotel with impressive
services. He was burled in the little
village cemetery at West Mlddletown,
where his remains will lie until Mrs.
Ferguson makes other and permanent
arrangements for their disposition.
CANDIDATE FOR MAYOR.
LEWIS  NIXON   OUT WITH  STATEMENT TO THAT EFFECT.
IN FORWARD MARCH OF REFORM.
Party,    However Small,   Should Lead
and    Not    Fellow—Issues    Police
Blackmail   and   Dishonesty.
NJSW YORK, Sept 27.—Lewis Nixon
tonight announced that he is a candidate for the Democratic nomination for
mayor. He made public a statement in
Which he sa'ys:
"I am a candidate for the Democratic
nomination for mayor of this city. This
statement Is made with a full knowledge of the uncertainties of the Democratic situation. I desire to make it
clear that I am willing to stand with
those Democrats, however small their
number, who believe that the Democratic party of this city should lead and
not follow in the forward march of municipal reform."
Speaking of the municipal campaign
Mr. Nixon says:
"The battle will be won or lost on
local Issues that are old enough to have
gained a prominent hold on the public
mind. Tbese issues are police blackmail and that mercenary spirit which
breeds dishonesty in tlie public service.
In them may be charged all the party's
recent loss of local prestige. The Democracy has not been beaten on these issues by Republican votes alone, by
any means. It has been beaten chiefly
by Democratic votes.
"The Democratic party of th* City
has all the issues in its favor except
these two. It is easily within Its power to throw off the dead weight when
it makes up its mind to do so. Its
right to dominancy will be restored as
soon as it does. There can be no doubt
of the result of any campaign in which
the party explicitly and without equivocation commits itself to the reforms
for which the city has four times voted
In ten years."
Mr. Nixon would say nothing more
about his candidacy.
John Redmond on Irish Land Bill.
LONDON, Sept. 27.—Addressing a
demonstration at New Castle, County
Down, today, John Redmond, the Irish
leader, said that the land bill having
been secured the next session must be
devoted to the laborers' question. The
political situation was a strange one,
he continued, and if President Balfour
desired to retain office the Irish party
would hold the power of life or death
In its hands and would use that power
without compunction to forward the
interests of the. Irish cause.
$90,000 Fire at Saginaw, Mich.
SAGINAW, Mich., Sept. 37.—Fire today destroyed two warehouses and part
of the foundry of A. F. Bartlett & Co.,
the brick plant of the Christie Buggy
Co. and the office, two warehouses and'
small machine shop of L. Clinkofstine.
causing a total loss of $90,000. Bartlett & Co.'s loss was 140,000, fully insured; the Christie Buggy Co, was
$20,000, and Clinkofstine loss was $10,-
000. , I
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8. A. BL088,  Proprietor.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT Oil
FA8T MAIL JUMPS FROM TRESTLE
75 FEET HIGH.
NINE    KILLED,   SEVEN    INJURED.
Engineer  Was  New  to   Division   and
Came on Trestle at High Rate of
Speed—Ghastly Details.
CHARLOTTE, N. C, Sept. 27.-—
While running at a high rate of speed,
train No. 97 on the Southern railway,
the southbound fast mail train, jumped
from a trestle seventy-five feet high,
half a mile north of Danville, Va., thlB
afternoon and was almost demolished.
Of the crew of sixteen men, including
mail carriers on the train, nine were
killed and seven injured.
The dead are:
ENGINEER J. A. BRODIB, of Placer-
vllle, Va.
FIREMAN CLARENCE WHITE.
CONDUCTOR TOM BLAIR, of:£«£-'
tra'l, N. C.
Mail clerks:
J. T. THOMAS, of Washington.
W. T. CHAMBERS, of Midland, Va.
D. T. FLORY, of Nokesville, Va.
P". N. ARDANWRIOHT, Mount Clinton, Va.
A FLAGMAN AND A BRAKEMAN,
whose names are unknown.
The injured are: Mall clerks—Louis
W. Shlers, Manassas, Va.; Frank E.
Brooks, Charlottesville, Va.; Percival
Indenauer, Washington; Charles E.
Reames, Culpepper, Va.; Jennings J.
Dunlap, Washington, D. C; M. C.
Maupln, Charlottesville, Va., and J.
Harrison Thompson, St. Luke, Va.
All of the injured men are seriously
hurt and have been taken to the hospital in Danville. The recovery of
Mail Clerk Shlers is not expected and
other clorks are thought to have received mortal injuries.
The trestle whero the accident occurred Is 500 feet long and is located
on a sharp curve. Engineer Brodie
was a new man on that division of the
Southern and it is said he came to the
curve at a very high rate, of speed.
The engine had gone only about fifty
feet on the trestle when it sprang from
the track, carrying with It four mall
cars and an express car. The trestle,
a wood "structure, also gave way for a
space of fifty feet. At the foot of the
trestle Is a shallow stream of water.
Striking this, the engine and cars were
reduced to a mass of twisted iron and
stoel and pieces of splintered wood.
As the cars went down they touched
the sides of the Riverside cotton mill,
whicb is very close to the trestle.
All the dead men were killed instantly, it is thought, and all were
greatly mutilated. The skin and hair
on the engineer and fireman were torn
off by the Impact of the steam engine.
Several thousand people were soon
at the scene of the wreck. No one on
any of the cars had made an effort to
jump and the bodies of all those killed
were found In the wreckage of the
different cars to which they belonged.
Ladies who drove out to the wreck
from Danville fainted at the sight of
tho bodies, some of which were
crushed to a ghastly degree. It
seemed miraculous that anyone should
have escaped, for each car falling with
the engine bounded from it and completely collapsed after striking the
rocks at the foot of the trestle. All the
express matter in the express car was
practically destroyed, except six crates
full of canary-birds. None of the birds
were hurt, though the crates were in
the thickest of the debris.
- All unofficial opinions that have been
ascertained agree in. giving only one
cause for .the wreck, the high speed of
the train on the sharp curve. Train
No. 97 was running about an hour be
hind time. It is thought that the engineer, being unfamiliar with the road,
did not take into consideration the
danger of coming on the curve with
such great velocity.
The mall bags in ah the mall cars
were torn open and the letters and
packages were scattered, but it is believed none is lost Fire which appeared in the wreckage shortly after it
occurred was quickly "extinguished by
the Danville fire department. In loss
of life this Is one of the most serious
wrecks that has occurred on the Southern, and it is the third time that the
fast mall has been almost entirely demolished. On account of the wreck all
traffic on the central and northern divisions will be affected. It will take
several days to repair the damage to
the, trestle.
The Southern is arranging to run its
southbound   trains over   the Norfolk
and   Western   from   Lynchburg   via
Burkville to Sanville, new trains being
Hiaatle up at that place.
FITZSIMMONS  AND
GARDNER MATCHED,
Contest Will Be for Twenty Rounds,
Before Yosemite Club.
NEW YORK, Sept. 27.—At a conference held today at Bath Beach between Bob Fitzsimmons, William
Pierce of Boston, manager for George
Gardner, the light heavyweight champion of the world, and James C. Kennedy, representing the Yosemite Athletic club of San Francisco, Fitzsimmons and Gardner were matched to
fight at the Yosemite club the latter
part of November for "the title held by
Gardner. The contest will be for
twenty rounds at 168 pounds, the men
to weigh In at 3 o'clock on the day of
the battle. The purse will be divided,
76 per cent going to the winner and 25
[per cent, to the loser. Edward Graney
of San Francisco was chosen as referee and forfeit Jiolder.
It was stated at the conference that
Fitzsimmons will leave for San Fran-
daco early In October and go into active training for the fight. Gardner,
who is in Texas with a theatrical enterprise, will cancel this engagement
and proceed to the coast as soon as
possible.
DELEGATES OF TEN THOUSAND
WORKMEN WILL WITHDRAW.
Will Not Put Up With Continued Domination of Parks.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 27.—Pitta-
burg, Cleveland, Buffalo and Wheeling
delegates, representing 10,000 men, decided at a meeting here tonight to
withdraw from the International Association of Structural Iron and Bridge
Workers in the event of the continued
dominance of Samuel Parks, the New
York walking delegate to'the annual
convention now being held here.
Michael Flaherty, chairman of the
Pittsburg delegation, will direct the
anti-Parks figlft on the floor of the
convention.
The injection of Parks and his influence has so shaped affairs that the
New York walking delegate Is an issue
as directly opposed to the Buchanan
regime, and It has been decided to
fight" it out on that line by again attempting the 're-election of Buchanan.
At a caucus of Buchanan men tonight
it was figured that the president could
count on forty-three votes.
WARNING FROM NEW
YORK'S FOUR DELEGATES
STATEMENT   TO   IRON   WORKERS
AT KAN8A8 CITY CONVENTION.
ATTACK     ON      SAMUEL     PARKS.
HAIL STONES DO $25,000
DAMAGE AT WEST CHE8TER.
"Keep   That Man    in and in    Three
Months   Ther*   Will Be    Nothing
Left of No. 2"—Other Details.
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Sept. 27.—Samuel Parks, delegate to the International Association of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers from Local Union No. 2,
New York, said tonight that harmony
would prevail during the remainder of
the sessions of the. convention, which
will resume tomorrow. The refusal of
the convention to grant a charter te the
new union known as the New York
Housesmiths' Union, .which sent four
delegates to this convention, Delegate
Parks says, is a closed incident These
four delegates, in a statement issued to
the convention, say:
"In refusing a charter to- the New
York Housesmiths' Union you have
virtually indorsed all that is bad and
rotten in trades unionism. By< your
action you have lost to your body the
greatest city to the United States. All
present refuse to recognize a union
which will to the end be the dominant
power in the Iron trades in New York."
The statement attacks Samuel Parks1,
and continuing says:
"Keep that man in and within three
months there will be nothing left of
No. 2 and the International union will
be down and out as far as New York
is concerned.
"Now we will say that any organization that relies on brnte force to maintain its supremacy to the end will end
in disorder and disruption.
Delegate Parks said tonight:
"I am quoted in New York as saying
that I am going to raise oil kinds of
trouble on my return there. Present
conditions do not exactly call for
strikes. I do not intend fo call any
strike among the structural iron workers engaged on buildings in New York,
but if there is not a change in the conditions at the East River bridge I shall
start something there in about two
weeks."
President Buchanan said*.
"I know of no reason w-hy-r-there
should be any further trouble in the
convention.   There will be no split."
H. F. Donnelly, of Albany, Is to be
the Parks candidate for the presidency.
Those opposed to him assert that-hia
election will mean a reign of bossism
by Sam Parks and that they will withdraw from the International body if
it comes about.
Donnelly tonight makes the positive
claim that he will be elected, asserting
that he has fifty-five votes out of 102
pledged to him.
A caucus attended by Parks and his
followers is in session tonight and it
is said that the plan to expedite the
business of the convention to an early
adjournment is under consideration.
Parks and his follower profess to believe that President Buchanan and
his supporters intend to attempt the
disruption of the present organization
that they may reorganize the convention before a new set of officers is elected. Parks wants to finish the business
of the convention, including the election of officers before Buchanan can
accomplish the disruption.
The New York delegation decided to
turn down Secretary-Treasurer Johnson for P. J. Dallon. of Chicago. Johnson is a member of local No. 2 and
a Parks supporter and it is believed
that by naming Dalton this would capture the western vote in case of a split.
The Buchanan crowd, it is said, will
fight both Johnson and Dalton for secretary-treasurer.
WEST CHESTER, Pa., Sept' 27.—
Damage to the extent of at leas* $25,-
000 was done hero this afternoon by a
hailstorm, the stones to some instances being two Inches to diameter.
All the school buildings, churches,
court house, depots and the. cars on
both steam and trolley lines were damaged to a considerable extent Several
people were badly bruised and out by
the hail stones. One nursery had
14,000 panes of glass destroyed, while
the Pennsylvania railroad had the windows of forty cars broken.
TAT
SAULT STE. MARIE.
THREATS OF INSURANCE CO. CAN-
CELATION8 ILL-ADVISED.
LETTER     OF     WILLIAM     COYNE.
No Disorder, No Trouble or Lawlessness  in   District—Contrary  Statements Unjust and Insulting.
NEW YORK, Sept 27.—The follow.*;
ing dispatch was received today by the
Associated Press from William Coyne};
assistant to the president of the Consolidated Lake Superior company and
W. E. Plummer, mayor of Sault Ste.
Marie, Ont.: -.-,i.|
"Sault Ste". Marie, Ont, Sept. 27. ,|
"The Associated Press, New York: - ifM
"Insurance companies are threaten*
ing to cancel, in some case all, to oth4
ers half of the policies on the works of
the Consolidated Lake Superior company and the business houses and
private dwellings of the citizens because of reports in newspapers of dis-j
order, violence, etc., occurring to Sault
Ste Marie, Ont. This Is to inform all
the newspapers that there is not, nor.
has there been, a more orderly town in
Canada or tbe United States, than the
Soo fbr the past thirty days.
"There has been no disorder, no
trouble qt lawlessness of any description or is there likely to be. State-*
ments to the contrary are unjust to tha
authorities and citizens of the Soo and
an insult to the quiet, law-abiting cittr.
zens and small percentage of foreigners who go to make up the complement
of men employed by the company in
its woods, mines and works. There-
are no cases of destitution. The company and the town are feeding the ex-
employes who cannot be paid for the
day or two at most that elapse after.
their arrival at the Soo before they
leave for other parts to take employment with other interests-.,
"The town is full of employment
agents offering free transportation and
good wages to all the men and they
are moving away to large numbers
promptly after their arrival, entirely
satisfied to leave the matter of their
back pay to their friends or attorneys.
The company is giving them all good
and sufficient evidence of its indebtedness to them and they are either leav-
ing their claims with friends for collection or taking them' with them,
trusting the near future to see then*
paid, to full.
"The attorney general of Canada has
been asked to take cognizance of the
situation and to prepare and take
action against any newspaper that has
or does publish untruthful information regarding the situation at the Soo,
and if insurance policies are cancelled,'
by reason of exaggerated reports and
fire losses occur, an attempt will be
made to collect the amount of loss from,
the newspaper at fault.
(Signed)
"WILLIAM COYNE.
"Assistant to President, i
"W. H. PLUMMER.
"Mayor." /.
—si
James Shartle, who has been the
county assessor for the second ward i
of Meadviile for more than twenty-
five years, handed to his resignation
on Friday. Mr. Shartle has been to
poor health for some time and was >
forced to resign for (hat reason.
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