The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, October 06, 1904, Image 3
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Accepting Democratic Vice
Presidential Nomination
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l' ' Ex-Senator Deprecate# Extravagance
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in Administration Affairs?Jumps
on the Trusts and Discusses
J Other Live issues.
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At Elkins, West Virginia, Sunday
night, former Senator Henry G. fD&vis
^ made public his letter accepting the
democratic nomination for the vice
presidency. In part it is as follows:
The tipaes are propitious tor the recontrol
of the government The put>
lie mind is being disillusioned of the
pretension of the republicanp arty, so
long and so arrogently made, that the
material prosperity of the country de;
pends upon its own ascendancy.
Thoughtful and patriotic people are be^
coming more and more distrustful of
the heady and personal element of the
present administration, and are more
than willing to see it replaced by one
that better recognizes constitutional
I and other lawful restraints. They demand
that the present wasteful extrav
agance in the expenditure of the money,
'drawn by taxation from the industry
of the people, shall cease, and that
economy and honesty in the public
service shall be again regarded as vir
tues in the high places of the governI
fcent.
. The expenditures per capita of the
J government are increasing at an alarming
rate. When the present admini3|
"A k tration went into power there was a
large surplus, but notwithstanding the
enormous taxation, the revenues there
| from are not now adequate to meet
the demands made by reckless appropriations.
3 The cost of government during the
fiscal year was $7.14 per capita, which
I means that the average tax paid in
some form or another by every family
of five persons toward the support of
the national administration of public
affairs was over $35, which, in the case
I Vof wage-earners, is a considerable per?
centage of their entire earnings for
the year. No more money should be
taken from the people by taxation, direct
or indirect, than is necessary for
the needs of a government economically
administered.
We all Hail as the narDinger 01 uie
P new era in the commerce of the worid
J the inception of the great work of
T . building the canal that is to join the
two great oceans, but we deprecate
the action of the present administration,
which inflicted a wound upon our
national honor by its disregard of the
rights of a weaker nation, in order to
li gain v doubtful credit for energy in
forwarding that great enterprise. Territory
of a neighboring republic, with
which we are at peace, was seized by
a band of revolutionists, protected Dy
I (ft . a/the guns of the United States navy and
[ft "erected into a state overnight, which
F\. the president promptly recognized as
an independent nation. A gross offense
against a friendly republic which
$ It was helpless to resent .
fj. These and many other unwarranted
things that belong more to an empire
than & republic, have occurred under
Ithe present administration and brought
|? '* deep eoncern and alarm to thoughtful
and patriotic minds.
That many of the existing tariff
. rates are excessive and enable powerful
combinations to extort unjust and
oppressive tribute from the. people
^ cannot be controverted. The tariff is
undoubtedly too high upon such article
as enables the manufacturer to
sell his products abroad cheaper than
at home.
It is estimated that there are in the
^ United States between twoxand three
hundred combinations of capital and
corporate interests, known as trusts,
which have grown up in the last few
years under republican rule. Some of
them are so conducted as to be pernicious
and harmful to the general interest.
With the power they are able
to exert, they can lessen competition,
control prices and regulate to their
own advantage the law of supply and
demand?
All lovers of their country must deprecate
the rehabilitation by the republican
party of a disappearing race
F issue, ai a nine wiieu cvcij cuun
should be made to promote rather than
1 retard the progress which was being
I made in the states where slavery had
existed, toward kindlier relations between
the two races. The revival of I
J ^ this issue, with all its attendant evils,
| ? ' must of necessity retard the develop- j
I*'! ment of the southern states, whose
people are struggling manfully with
conditions left by the war. and seriousjff;
My Interferes with the industrial prog*
ress of both races.
CANDIDATE HERRICK NOTIFIED.
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Committee Calls Upon New York DemIj^
* ocratic Nominees at Albany.
Justice D. Cady Herrick, democratic
nominee for governor of New York,
and his associates upon the democratic
[ state ticket, were formally notified of
tfe their nomination at Albany. The cere^
money in Odd Fellows' hall was attend|
] ed by prominent democrats from New
I ' York city and other parts of the state.
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ENGRAVER UNDER ARRfST
Counterfeiter Wynne Implicates Chais.
Manston, Foreman of Engraving
Company in Crooked Work.
Charles A. Manston, foreman of the
Southern Engraving Company, In Atlanta,
was arrested Thursday morning
by Captain J. M. Wright ,of the United
ooorpt fiArvine. chareed with be
ing implicated with Will L. Wynne in
the making of plates for counterfeit
money.
The arrest was made on the sugges
tion of the district attorney. Shortly
before 10 o'clock Secret Service Officer
Wright entered the shop of the Southern
Engraving Company, located in
The Constitution building, and requested
Manston to walk over to the United
States building with him.
The sensational commitment trials
of P. S. Coffee, J. N. Little, Clarence
Rebb, O. L. McMichael and W. L.
Wynne occurred a few weeks ago and
all Ave of tljese men. charged wi th
connection in the same case are now
in Fulton county jail, having failed so
far to make bonds. The arrest of Will
Wynne took place in St. Louis after
the commitment of the other four.
The arrest of Charles Manston
makes six arrests that have been made
by the United States secret service
men in connection with the making
of plates and printing of counterfeit
money in Atlanta.
After Manston had been arrested he
was taken before Commissioner .0. C.
Fuller and placed under a $1,000 bond
for his aDnearance before Comnr.is
sioner Colquitt. His bond was promptly
forthcoming.
The arrest of Manston is said to
have been made upon representations
made by Wynne. A peculiar feature
of the case, therefore, is the correspondence
between Manston and
Wynne, in which the latter informed
him of practically the time of his arrest.
Manston had received several letters
from Wynne regarding the arrest
of the latter and finally this one was
handed him by the mother of Wynne:
"Mr. Max^ston: As I have no money
for an attorney and you don't want
to help me any I will have to tell all
I know about the biz, so it will take
a few years off of me.
"You' had better get your things
straightened up by Monday night.
"WYNNE,"
JAPS BEGIN OFFENSIVE.
They Capture Da Pass After Two
Failures and Commence Pressure
on Kuropatkin's Flank.
News was received in St. Petersburg
Thursday from Mukden to the effect
that the Japanese have at last begun
the offensive. They have captured Da
pass and are pressing on to General
Kuropatkin's flank. The war office is
unable to confirm this report because
Kuropatkin's dispatches are following
the emperor, but the Associated Press
is informed by the general staff that
ali indications point to the news being
correct.
Several other passes of the De
range east of Bentsiaputze, 20 miles
southeast of Mukden, are also in the
hands of the Japanese. Kuropatkin is
evidently drawing in his forces to the
less mountainous country northward,
where he may decide to give battle.
Iv the meanwhile sharp fighting is regarded
as imminent southeast of Mukden,
whence the Japanese are expected
to deliver their main attack, the
flank movement from the west being
of secondary importance.
Da pass, or Ta pass, meaning great
pass, is situated about forty-five miles
southeast of Mukden, and is the s:une
distance northeast of Ldao-Yang. It
i t about 25 miles south of the Hun river.
The Japanese attacked Da pass,
which was occupied by the troops oi
General Mitschenko and Samsonoff, on
September 24, but according to dispatches
from Harbin were twice repulsed,
before suocess was achieved.
Private reports from Port Arthur
state that the garrison there is confident
of being able to hold out until
the beginning of next year.
The report is confirmed of the loss
of three Japanese torpedo boats and
the damaging of a Japanese cruiser by
coming in contact with Russian mines.
GOOONOW TO RETURN HOME.
Consul Will be Allowed to Answer
Charges Against Him.
A Washington dispatch says: Acting
Secretary of State Loomis has cabled
Consul General John Goodnow, at
Shanghai, China, permitting him to return
immediately to the United States
and answer charges preferred against
him of maladministration of the affairs
in his office.
Ghost to Walk During Work Hours.
An order was issued at the navy department
Thursday providing that all
employees of navy yards and stations
in the United States shall be paid during
working hours. The labor unions
have long objected to their members
receiving pay after working hours.
Home for the Wives of Drunkards.
Twenty thousand dollars to establish
a home for drunkard's wives in Iowa
is one of the bequests of the late James
Callahan, the eccentric philanthropist
millionaire of Des Moines. The bequest
was made known Thursday.
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lOA.R PAliSESAWAY
Distinguished Senator Succumbs
to Grim Reaper,
; ILLNESS WAS PROLONGED
Hit Passing Brirgs to Close a Noted
Career in National Legislative
Halls?Demise Occurred at
His Home in Worcester.
George Frisbie Hoar, senior United
States senator from Massachusetts*,
' died at his home in Worcester at 1:20
1 o'clock Friday morning.
1 The end followed a period of uncorj
sciousness that had continued sine a
early Tuesday and came so gently that
only the attending physicians were
, aware of the exact moment of dissolution.
The physicians despaired of the senator's
life six weeks ago, but such wa3
the vitality exhibited by their distinj
guished patient that even they were
surprised and the public was at times
led to cherish a faith in an ultimate recovery.
On Sunday, however, all hope was
, abandoned after a last unsuccessful attempt
to administer medicine and
nourishment. Brief lucid intervals
, were followed by longer durations of
unconsciousness until Tuesday morning
when the venerable statesman
sanK into a staue ui euma irum wuicu
all efforts to arouse him provel futile,
and in which condition he remained
. until death intervened.
George Frisbie Hoar was horn at
Concord, Mass., in 1826." He graduated
at Harvard in 1846, studied law in the
Dane law school, Harvard, and then
, opened an office in Worcester. He
was an ardent member of the free soil
party, and later of the republican party,
almost from the time of its orgarization;
and in 1S52 he was elected one
o? its representatives in the Massachusetts
legislature. Though his an,
bition at this time was for a legal,
rather than a political career, he was
Induced to accept other nominations,
which resulted in his serving in both
branches of the state legislature and
in the United States house of representatives,
of which he was a mem*
ber from 1869 until 1877, when he was
chosen senator by his state.
During his laut years in the house
he was a member of the electoral com
mission, chosen in 1876, which decided
that Hayes had been elected president
over Tilden. He presided over the republican
national convention in 18&0,
which nominated Garfield, and thus
ended the bitter contest between Grant
and Blaine. He was always a consist!
ent opponent of Imperialism from the
days when he aided Sumner in his opposition
to the annexation of Santo
Domingo; and, though he supported
President McKinley for re-election, he
strongly opposed his policy in the Philippines,
which he considered subversive
of Americsm Ideals.
During his service in the house, Mr.
Hoar was one of the managers of the
Belknap Impeachment trial, and after
his election to the senate he was chair>
man of the' committee on the judiciary
and on privileges and elections, and
a member of the committees on engineering
bills, civil service and retrenchment,
library claims, Nicaragua claims
and rules, as well as chairman of the
select committee on woman suffrage,
and relations with Canada.
CLEVELAND TO PRESIDE.
Democrats Plan a Monster Mass Meeting
in Madiaon Square Garden.
A New York IDispatch says: A democratic
mass meeting will be held in
Madison Square Garden about the middle
of October, at which it is the intention
to have as speakers former President
Grover Cleveland and a number
of the foremost democrats of the couna.
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cry. iue uaie utts xiul ueen uxeu ueiinitely
beyond agreeing that the meeting
shall be some time between October
loth and 20th. If his health' will
permit, the former president will preside.
POSTMASTER GENERAL ILL.
Marked Symptons of Heart Trouble
Develope in Payne's Condition.
A Washington special says: Postmaster
General Henry C. Payne is
seriously ill at his apartments at Hotel
Arlington. Marked symptons of heart
trouble have developed, and his condition
became so serious during the day,
Thursday, as to cause grave concern.
The absence of the emperor, who [
has gone to Odessa, is causing an even
greater dearth in St. Petersburg of
official news from the front than has
been experienced heretofore.
ORDINARY IS HOLDING MONEY. !
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Property of M ssing Man Turned Over ;
to County Official.
Charles F. Graham, proprietor of the !
Pulaski House, Savannah, has turn-!
ed over to Ordinary McAlpin $325 j
left on deposit at his hotel by E. H. j
Griffin, of Quiman. The ordinary will j
hold the money until the whereabouts
of the missing man is learned. Griffin
is the man who disappeared so misteriously.
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; RUSSIANS FALL BACK.
Victory Perches Upon Jap Arms in
First Test of Strength in the Vicinity
of Mukden.
From a reliable source the Assoclat
I
ed Press at St Petersburg hears that
sharp fighting has occurred near Mukden,
resulting in the Japanese driving
in General Kuropatkin's outposts. Important
dispatches have been received
and transmitted to the emperor. They
are believed to confirm the Associated
Press information.
The gtneral staff, however, is unable
at present to go beyond the positive
assurance that the main Russian army
is still at Mukden.
According to the best estimates obtainable,
the Japanese army confronting
General Kuropatkin comprises a
grand total of 180 battalions. Allowing
800 men to a battalion, there are 144,
000 Infantry. In addition there are tv
300 cavalry and 638 guns.
There is no definite news from Port
Arthur. Changes in the Russian ministry
of marine and in naval commands
are announced on high authority. The
new head of the admiralty, it is said,
will be Vice Admiral Doubasoff, an officer
of wide experience in war and the
present head of the technical bureau
of the ministry of marine.
FEAR UPRISING IN CHINA.
Trouble in the Celestial Kingdom Not
Generally Understood.
An Associated Press dispatch from
Pekin says: Foreigners have been
much preoccupied by the growing unrest
in the southern part of Chi" Hi
province and Shantum and Hunan
provinces.
They were informed by the officers
of the foreign board that the agitation
Is largely revolutionary and aflti-dynastic,
thus differing from the boxer movement
of 1900. which was chiefly antiforeign.
Ministers of the powers in Pekin
have approached the foreign board
with a view to including the officials to
take effective measures. The board
answered that strict orders had been
given to Yuan Shi Kai, viceroy of Chi
Li and commander in chief of the Chinese
forces, to do his utmost to suppress
the revolutionary movement, ana
added that no serious trouble was anticipated.
The foreign board naturally minimizes
the symptoms, which certainly
are widespread, but there seems
ground to believe that the character of
the movement is different from that' of
the boxers of 1900.
- The native papers of Pekin and other
places are utilizing the coolie question
as a means of agitation. Pamphlets
and hand bills are also distribute!
complaining of the alleged cruelties
which the coolies in the Transvaal are
subjected to. The Chinese government
apparently has not attempted to
counteract or check these mischievous
statements. It Is difficult to ascertain
the precise object of the agitation, but
the foreigners regard the situation as
being distinctly disquieting.
REQUISITION PAPERS ISSUED.
Florida Governor Complies with Request
of Georgia Officials.
Governor Jennings, of Florida, wired
Sheriff Price of Dunal county, who
has in custody Hilary Altman, Charles
Altman and Iver Harney, to hold the
prisoners and deliver them to the
sheriff of Charlton county or his representative
when a demand is made
for them.
The telegram to the sheriff states
that the requisition papers have been
perfected.
POSTMASTER PAYNE RALLIES.
His Condition at Times Aroused Most
Serious Apprehension of Doctors.
The condition of Postmaster General
Payne, whose serious illness was announced
Thursday night, continued:
extremely grave throughout Friday.
There were times during the day, notably
in the early morning and late
in the afternoon, when attending phy
sicians believed the end was near at
hand, but the patient responded to
the heroic remedies applied and seemed
to regain some of the lost ground.
UNJUST TO CUBAN INTERESTS.
Cigar Manufacturers Displeased at
Treasury Ruling.
Cigar manufacturers in Havana regard
the decision of the United States
treasury department In the cigar stamp
case as unjust to Cuban interests.
They see no reason for protecting
manufacturers in the United States to
the extent of removing the only conspicuous
evidence that the contents of
a bjDX of cigars was imported. The decision
having already been announced,
it is doubtful whether the Cuban government
will make representations on
the subject to Washington.
BOTH FACTIONS HAVE TICKETS.
Delaware Republicans Fail to Agree on
Gubernatorial Choice.
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The warring iacuons ci me repuuiican
party in Delaware made a vain
effort at Washington Thursday to effect
a compromise on a sta'e ticket,
both the Dupont, or regular, anC the
Addicks, or union, having held their
conventions and nominated separate
tickets. The hitch is over the choice
of a candidate for governor.
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FLOOD IN TRINIDAD
Colorado City in Great Danger
From Raging Waters.
RESULT OF CLOUDBURST
River Forced from Banka and Property
10 txxent or Many Tnousanda in
Value is Swept Away?No
Lives Reported Lost.
A terrific storm struck the city of
Trinidad, Colorado, Friday and the
whole valley along the Las Animas
river, devastating a wide section and
causing a Joss which will reach one
million dollars. So far as known,
there was no loss of life, but several
are reported missing.
Every bridge in the city of Trinidad
is down, the Sante Fe station is demolished,
all of the railroads are tied
up and the telephone and telegraphic
service completely suspended. More
than thirty city blocks in the residence
and business portions were temporarily
from two to four feet under
water along the river.
The flood was caused by the heavy
rain which fell for two days. At
8 o'clock Thursday night the storm
assumed cloudburst proportions and
at two o'clock Friday morning the
Las Animas river went over its banks.
At 3:30 it was impossible to get
within a block of the river bed at any
point and Commercial street was
flooded for three blocks in the heart
of the business district.
City in Complete Darkness.
Meantime the electric light and gas
plants had been flooded and the city
was in complete darkness. Hundreds
of citizens thronged the streets on
the edge of the submerged district
carrying lanterns and doing their
best to providfe shelter for those driven
from their hemes. Warning of the
flood was given when the river left
its banks by revolver shots and the
ringing of the flre alarm, followed by
the blowing of all the locomotive and
shop whistles in town.
Citizens upon rafts made of sections
of sidewalks paddled through
the streets rescuing families which
were in danger. The new Bacca hotel,.
a two-story structure Just hearing
completion at a cost of $20,000, was
destroyed. The water then ate its
way through 50 feet of ground to the
Sante Fe depot, which was carried
away. The Cardenas hotel, adjoining,
barely escaped a similar fate, an
acje of ground being washed away
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El Moro is out and the Sante Fe right
of way in many places has been washed
out. Railroad traffic is entirely
suspended and business is paralyzed.
It was reported at one time that
the flood was due to a break in the
city reservoir, but this is erroneous.
The reservoir is safe.
SHERMAN HELPED THE SOUTH.
General's Famous March Brought Up
in Convention of Lawyers.
The first convention of the Universal
Congress of Lawyers and Jurists concluded
at St. Louis P^iday after three
days of presentation and discussion of
legal propositions of world-wide interest,
chief of which was the ultimate
establishment of international peace
and abolishment of all conflict
Everett P. Wheeler, member of the
New York bar, asserted that devastation
of private property on land or sei
acted as a direct injury to the pillagers
and in this connection referred to tha
march of Sherman through Georgia as
helping the Confederate cause and delaying
the final result.
The statement brought Morfleld Storey
to his feet, and the Bostonian 1maaiiwaa/I
fVio Mow VflrVor'i
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statement as ridiculous.
He said that the fact that the destruction
of private property, whether
on land or sea, was of an advantage to
the destroyer; could not be gainsaid
and that as long as war lasted destruction
and pillage would follow in its
tracks.
BLUFF OF BRAVE BROWN.
Express Company Operator Holds Off
Lone Texas Highwayman.
A lone robber entered the office of
the Fort Worth and Denver railway
and Wells-Fargo express at Dalhart,
Texas, Thursday to hold up Night
Operator G. H. Brown. The robber
fired at Brown and ordered him to
throw up his hands.
Instead of obeying the robber's order
Brown drew a revolver and opened
fire on the intruder who fled to the
railway yards. Sheriff Webb was immediately
notified and put his pack
of bloodhounds on the trail.
FLOOD WHELMS LITTLE TOWN.
Hair or wairous, r?ew iiicaim, uwnv
and f)ozen People Drowned.
Half of Watrous, N. Mex., has been
destroyed by a flood and at least
twelve persons have been drowned,
including three children of J. 'P.
Stevens, Felix Villareal, his wife, two
sisters and a couple of children and
O. F. Porter.
Many persons were rescued from
trees and house tops.
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MANSION BOUND OVER. * |
Charges Against Atlanta Engraver
Anent Counterfeiting Case to Be
Investigated by Grand Jury. .
Under a $3,000 bond, Charles A. Mansion,
superintendent of the Southern
Engraving Company, in Atlanta, charged
with being a party to the making of ' :
thp Sio counterfeiting Dlates. the un
earthing of which some three months
ago created a pronounced sensation ' "'(i
thoughout the south, was held Saturday
no answer to the charge in the
United States court.
William Wynne, who brought the accusation
against Manston, was the
principal witness. District Attorney
Bell requested him to tell all he knew
about the plates from which the $10
bill plate had been made. Nothing
loth to talk, Wynne started his story.
"I was approached," he said, "by
parties who wanted a plate from which
to make money. I was told that a '
plant had recently been purchased and
established here, and that work of
that kind could be dome. I had worked
with Manston and I went to him,
telling him that we could coin some- "t3j|
thing out of it. Manston asserted that.
he would have the parties arrested. I <|?
told him that would acomplish noth- . "|a
ing, as nothing could be proved on \ -43
them. Then he said if there were ..vgj
suckers about, he'd like to trim them .J|j
himself. I told him what we could
do, and he dropped into the scheme. ' )|||
It was Mansion and myself who made ?|
these plates. I got Willie Howell to '"|w
let me work at night for him, and on* %
Friday night we m^fce the plates."
"These plates?" interjected District
Attorney Bell, showing the witness
the plates.
Wynne identified the plates. ,Then :;|S
he told how he had asked Willie How- -jS
ell, an assistant in the engraving de- <|a
partment, for a night's work, and |8
during that night, some time about >^9
May 20, the plates were made. He ;|?
described to the court the usual inside *11
working of a shop of the kind, much /M
of which was Greek not only to the :;3|
spectators and audience, but to the
attorneys interested in the case. He
declared that, after Mansion had become
interested in the work, he had |a|
arranged for a night off for Howeil
when Wynne should work. Howell *J|
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anxious to drop out for the night, but
did so. Then Wynne told the court JHhow
the plates had been made. He a* jra
serted that the bill used was a Buffalo - jj|
bill and that Manston took the bill r|?
from his pocket when the photograph*
ing process began.
"The bill," said the witness, "was an -^3
old one and he was afraid of it. He 5|
thought it ought to be a new bill It
was that bill we photographed, and ;>vd'
from it the plates were made." -v:lj
Wynne testified that he had known
Manston seven or eight years, that he ,f|j
he went to work for him as an office
boy, that on a Saturday night about ^
the 10th of May, Manston and himself
stayed late at the office of the com*
pany for the purpose of making the 'M
plates that night, and that Manston
did most of the work with his own
hands. Wynne said that Manston s^|
locked the door and put cardboard Va
over the glass part of it to obscure the
vision from the halL He said that he ' |9
got $350 and a lens for the plates at* -1~?
ter they were completed, of which sum ,
he handed Manston $100. He sold the ^
lens, he said, to Mr. Robert Hemphill
for $60, receiving a check in payment.. 'Vjg
This check, he swore, was caehed by
Manston, who gave him half the
money.
J. H. Wallace, watchman at night in
the Constitution building, wherein the -Tm
engraving company is located, testified
that the keys to Mansion's office wero :J$
not in the elevator on the night of " ?3
May 21stf where they usually were. He ' H
said that Manston and Wynne were In
Manston's office practically all night.
Paper was pasted over glass part of
the door. He was in the office of Man- VcJj
ston at 11, at 1 and after 3 o'clock
on that night ^
"I knocked on the door," he said, 3
"and failing to get any answer, went
to the elevator to get my keys. They
were not there. Then I went back and M
knocked again. Wynne let me in."
Manston made a statement denying
all complicity in the affair.
TUMBLED INTO THE CELLAR.
Accident Occurs at Corner-Stone. Lay- |
, ing in Adams, Mass,
During the laying of the cornerstone
of St. Stanislaus' Polish church at ^
Adams, Mass., Sunday afternoon, a
floor collapsed, precipating 150 persons
into the basement.
Thirty-seven persons were so injur
ed as to require medical treatment. Of
this number the injuries of sixteen
are serious and in one case may prove
.yp&a
fatal. The others sustained minor cuts
and bruises.
SENSATIONAL TESTIMONY.
Alleged Lyncher at Huntsville Makes
Statement in His Own Behalf.
James H. Mitchell, on trial at Huntsvilie,
Ala., for lynching Maples, testified
in his own behalf Friday and said
Judge Speake made an address to the
mob on the date of the lynching and
said: "Give the la^v a chance to han2
this man, and if it does not do it, I ;;
will help you hang him." Mitchell asked
the judge to testify, but he refused. Sj?