Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1898 — Page 2

atjcj&ctiiocrflticSrnlincl J. W. MoEWBK, Publisher. *——— RENSSELAER, . - INDIANA

NO CHICAGO PAPERS.

STEREOTYPERS* STRIKE TIES UP THE BIG DAILIES. Publishers Refuse to Accede to the Demand* Made by the Men and No Papers Are Issued for Four Days— Mews In Brief. . C ty Without N^ws. None of the English papers were p«blishcdMn Chicago, owing to a strike among the stereotypers. The stereotypers demanded a reduction in the hours of labor and an increase in wages. It was refused, and as a result the stereotypers refused to go to work. The following newspapers entirely suspended publication pending a settlement of the issue: Times-Herald, Record, Tribune, Chronicle, Inter Ocean, Evening Post, Daily News, Evening Jonrnal and the Dispatch. A meeting of the publishers was held to arrange a plan of campaign and to provide for the resuming of publication at the earliest possible moment. The publishers acted together. They received a large number of applications from stereotypers in other cities. An immediate influx of stereotypers began. The intense interest in the battle of Santiago rendered the situation a peculiar one, and this fact was undoubtedly seized upon by the operatives. Something like 200 employes were directly involved. CIVIL SERVICE CONFERENCE. O >mmis»lonera Consult with th« President Concerning Chinge In Ru'es. Commissioners Harlow and Brewer, of the civil service commission, had a long conference at the White House with the President, Attorney General Griggs and Secretary Bliss in regard to a number of proposed changes in the civil service rules. It ifi understood that the heads of a number of the executive departments had recommended the extension of the rules so as to include certain specified places in the service and that other places be exempted. No definite decision was reached on all of the questions involved, but it is expected that a conclusion will have been arrived at within a few days, when the" President will issue an order covering the cases under discussion. SURPLUS TO BE DIV.DED UP. E ghtaen Million Dsllari to B» D stributad to Pullman Pataca Car Stoc’-tholdar*. The board of directors of the Pullman Palace Car Company has adopted resolutions for a quarterly dividend of $2 per share, payable on and after Aug. 15, and also a special dividend of S2O per share. The board recommends that the surplus assets of the company to the extent of $18,000,000 existing at the end of the current fiscal year should be distributed to the stockholders of the company, and that for such purpose the capital stock should be increased to the sum of $54,000,000, and that increase on stock should be iseued to shareholders in the ratio of one share for each two held by them. National League Standing. Following is the standing of the clubs In the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Cincinnati.. .44 23 New York.. ..30 30 Cleveland ...38 24 Philadelphia. 28 31 Boston 38 25 Brooklyn ....20 33 Baltimore .. .35 25 Washington. 25 38 Chicago 37 28 Louisville ...22 44 Pittsburg .. .33 30 St. Louis 22 45 Following Is the standing of the clubs lu the Western league: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis. 37 23 Milwaukee ..36 28 St. Paul 38 25 Omaha 21 35 Columbus ...35 23 Detroit 21 42 Kansas City. 37 27 Minneapolis. 21 43 British Members of Joint Commission. It is officially announced that Queen Victoria has appointed the following to bo high commissioners, in pursuance of the agreement signed at Washington on May 30, for a joint commission to adjust the Canadian-American differences: Baron Herschell, lord high chancellor; Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier of Canada; Sir Richard Cartwright, Sir Louis Henry Davies and John Charlton. , Fire In a Dwelling House. One life was lost and two persons are lying at the point of death as a result of a fire in the dwelling house of Patrick H. Flannery, 3602 Locust street, West Philadelphia. The fire was started by the ignition of coal oil, with which Mrs. Flannery was bathing her arm to relieve rheumatic pain. The flames spread rapidly and a child was burned to death before it could be rescued. Wind Plays Hsvoc In OaLfornla. A severe north wind did considerable damage to grain and fruit in the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, Cal. The greatest loss will fall upon the growers of wheat. Some conservative farmers estimate that 40 per cent, of the wheat has been thrashed out by the storm in certain localities. Awarded Forty Years Wages. Miss Sarah Logan got judgment at Kokomo, Ind., for $4,115 against the estate of Isaac Crane, the wealthy Miami County eccentric who died a year ago, aged 86. Miss Logan was his housekeeper for forty years. W. H. Eustls Nominated In Minnesota. William Henry Eustis was nominated tof Governor of Minnesota by the Repub* lican State convention. Nine Negroes Drowned. Nine negroes were drowner near New Orleans by the upsetting of a skiff. Expscte Extra Session. Henry C. Payne, who returned from Washington to Milwaukee, gave it as his opinion that an extra session of Congress would be called for next March tof the purpose of financial legislation, providing there was a Republican majdlity In both houses. 8 x Din in the Water. At Cleveland, H. H. Frolick, Miss Jeanette Kaiser and Frank Shubeck lost their lives while bathing in the lake. Two unknown men were also drowned. One «f them had rocked the boat. To Bnitd Nicaragua Canal* The Government of Nicaragua, through President Zelaya, has granted to an English syndicate the control of all its steamship and railway lines. The concession carries with it the exclusive right to navigate Lake Nicaragua and the Rio’ San Juaa, which are a most important part of the proposed Nicaragua canal. Five Visitors Are Drowned. Five visitors at Thermopolis Hot Springs, Big Horn Basin, Wyo., were drowned by the overturning of their boat in the Big Horn river. The victims attempted to cross the river in a ferry drawn by a rope. The swift current capsized the boat as it left the shore. Die in Alaskan Gold Fields, A letter received from John Muldoon, a citizen of Johnsonville, Ohio, who is now in the Alaskan gold fields, says that of the 101 men who less Seattle with him in March only four survive. Two were drowned and the others perished from cold and hunger. Business Block Crumbles. By the collapse of a building in Lancaster, Texas, Birdy Nattles, daughter of Henry Nattles, was killed, and five others injured, two of them fatally. The building was in the White block and faulty construction is supposed to have caused ftf downfall.

SHOT BT A ROBBER. Station Agent at Sidney, Ohio, To Per* hope Fatally Injured. The other morning at about 4 o’clock T. J. Kratzman, operator and night ticket agent of the Big Four Railroad at Sidney, Ohio, was shot and perhaps fatally wounded by a strange man, whose object was the robbery of the office. Kratzman was busy when the man entered the office and ordered him to open the safe. Kratzman first thought the intruder was some officer of the company who was taring his nerve. He refused, and, finding that the man was in earnest, he told him he would not open the safe, but would give him his watch. The robber came forward to secure the watch, when Kratzman grappled with him. In the straggle the stranger drew a revolver and shot Kratzman in the breast, the bullet entering bis lungs. The stranger escaped. Kratzman ran to a hotel, where he gave the alarm and fell unconscious from loss of blood. DEFRAUD THE WHOLESALER?. Government Detectives Discover a Band of Alleged Swindlers. United States secret service agents are on the track of a gang of men who are alleged to have systematically defrauded wholesale dealers throughout the country of from $150,000 to $200,000. The first move was made when Adolph Blau was arrested in Wilkesbarre, Pa., on the charge of using the mails for the purpose of fraud. It is alleged that the modus operandi of the combination was to establish small merchants in business in that and other cities and to obtain by some subterfuge a rating for them. After buying stocks of goods on credit the coworkers would step in and sell them out on a judgment note. AVENGE AFRICAN MASSACRES. British Expedition Pnnishes Natives Who Murdered Americans. A mail steamer from Sierra Leone, which arrived at Liverpool, reports that the British expedition which was dispatched to the Sherboro district of Sierra Leone, west coast of Africa, owing to the massacre of American missionaries by natives, fought its way to Rotifunk. The British force found the cremated bodies of the murdered missionaries, which, however, bore no trace of mutilation, as had previously been reported. The expedition severely punished the natives, but the search for Mrs. Cain, who fled to the bush at the time of the massacre, proved fruitless. SPANISH AGENTS CAUGHT.^ Found Prowling Near the Magazine at Portsmouth, N. H. Two strange men were arrested in th? Portsmouth (N. H.) navy yard shortly before noon the other day, in the vicinity ot the magazine. The men were first seen by a sentry in a clump of bushes on a hill, back of the marine barracks, and as soon as he challenged them they walked toward him and gave themselves up. The men would give no information about themselves. They were confined in the guardhouse. Stong Combine in Whisky Trade. The Standard Distilling and Distributing Company has completed its organization under the laws of New Jersey, and will commence business at once. These concerns purchased represent the entire distilling and distributing business of this country not controlled by .the American Spirits Manufacturing Company. That company and the new company will act in entire harmony. The capitalization o< the new company is $24,000,000. The purchase by the new company of the different plants and business will, it is claimed by the new organization, work great economies and consequent savings in tho conduct and operation of the business. The fact that Levy Mayer, who is general counsel of the American Spirits Manufacturing Company, has also been elected general counsel of the new company, indicates that there will be no discord or friction between the two concerns. The makeup of the board of directors of the new company shows its tremendously strong financial backing. On the board are represented the Standard Oil interests in the person of Mr. Paget, Mr, Whitney’s son-in-law. Another director is Mr. F. O. Matthiessen, who is the vicepresident of the sugar trust and also of the glucose trust. Elkins and Wagner and other Philadelphia interests have their representatives on the board in the person of Mr. Dick. New Submarine Torpedo. R. Lee Fitzhugh, late of Lexington, Ky., whose home is now in Baltimore, has been in Lexington organizing a stock company for the manufacture of a submarine torpedo device for which he has applied for a patent. The plans and specifications have been submitted to experts and the machine has been pronounced a wonder. Prof. Paul Anderson of the me. clianical department of Kentucky State College has examined it in the interest of the people who propose to invest in the machine, and says it is of perfect mechanism. It is a thirteen-foot torpedo, which is to be sunk into the water and can be sent a distance of eight miles to whatever object desired, being controlled by electrical attachments. Its inventor also claims that it can be used to locate and destroy mines in harbors and to transport messages to and from ships through the water. A practical demonstration has been made with a model one-fourth the proposed size. Fitzhugh spent several years in the United States navy and was for years an expert in the Inventors’ Association at Washington. Distinguished Men Selected. It is officially announced that Queen Victoria has appointed the following to be high commissioners, in pursuance of the agreement signed at Washington on May 30, for a joint commission to adjust the Canadian-American differences: Baron Herschell, lord high chancellor; Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier of Ohnada; Sir Richard Cartwright, Sir Louis Henry Davies and John Charlton. Boy Globe Trotter Home. After four years of rambling, during which, he says, he has traveled and lived in first-class style, without money or credit, Richard J. Vincent, aged 16 years, the boy globe trotter, is home again in New York from a foreign shore with a large book full of press clippings and autographs of distinguished persons. The bey is proud of his achievements in the deadhead line. Chose an Awful Death. Miss Anne Forester of Cleveland committed suicide in a most tragic manner at Oakdale, a suburb, where she was visiting. She went into a barn, and saturating the interior of the building with coal oil, applied a match and knelt down in the midst of the flames, praying that her life might be taken away. She could not be rescued and died in terrible agony. Martiat Law in. Austria. Dispatches from Lembonrg, Austrian Galacia, announce that martial law has been proclaimed in the districts of Limanova and Neumbandeo, owing to the frequent cases of murder, robbery and incendiarism which have occurred there. Kansas Bank Is Closed. At Abilene, Kan., Thomas J. Kirby’s bank, a private institution and the oldest in the county, was taken in charge by State Bank Commissioner Breidenthal. It has $218,000 on deposit and $70,000 cash on hand. Hangs Himself in a Cell. In New York Edward Bender, a prisoner in the Tombs, awaiting trial for the killing of Richard Bennett, in April last, committed suicide by hanging himself in his cell. Drowned in the Potomac. Edward Dearth, a private of Company 8., Sixth Illinois volunteers, was drowned at Washington while bathing m the Potomac river. Bad News from Klondike. A special from Juneau, Alaska, says, “J. M. Thompkins, for fourteen years srain buyer for P. D. Armour of Qhicago,

POLITICS OF THE DAY

THE CHICAGO PLATFORM. The Chicago platform forced to the front in this country a question which can never be forced into the background until it is settled. That is, whether the control of the currency, and of trade depending on it, shall be exercised by the people or by corporations, by the Government under just laws, or by alien plutocracy in alliance with our trusts and syndicated corporations. No single question in politics could be of more fundamental importance than this, but the issues raised by the platform itself are far broader, deeper and stronger than any question of the control of the currency can be. The platform is a stand for popular government, for civil liberty, for home rule, for true Americanism and all it represents, against coercive government and all It means. Shall we maintain the government of the fathers of the Constitutional Union of Washington and Jefferson, or, rejecting it, shall we accept the imperialism of Russia and of England? The plutocracy of London and Wall street, against whose domination in America the Chicago platform was adopted in protest, is the determined foe of democracy and of republican institutions. To recede from the platform would be to surrender the future of America to the enemies of American liberty and sovereignty. Democrats will never do it. They are ready to do for this new declaration of Americanism all that the Americans of x 770 did to give validity to the Declaration of Independence. Japan’s Gold Experiment. While Republicans are trying to make the people of the United States believe that the gold standard is a good thing, Japan is learning a lesson of distress through adopting the creed of gold. Industrial conditions in the Flowery Kingdom have passed from bad to worse, and the year 1897 was marked by the greatest depression In manufacturing circles. In his report on Japan’s industrial condition A. H. Hay, of the British legation at Tokio, says: “The cotton-spinning industry, on which such great hopes were based, has already suffered severely. At the end of the year many of the mills were financially in a precarious condition, and several small concerns in a state of bankruptcy.” In commenting on this, report the London Financial News remarks: “These are the mills whose prosperity not many months ago we were able to cite as indicating how comfortably a silver using country could compete with Lancashire. In the early part of last year the Japanese spinners were doing uncommonly well, and the belief that all the surplus yarn would find a ready market in China was being realized. The year’s exports of yarn to China reached 40,366,389 pounds, against only 15.256,116 pounds in 1896. The future seemed roseate, but, in Mr. Lay’s words, ‘the adoptiou of a gold standard in October, together with the fall in silver and the enhanced cost of labor and fuel, doomed these expectations to disappointment.’ Here we have cause and effect set alongside In a way that should impress the Indian Government, if It can for a moment emerge from its own narrow preoccupations so far as to look ou currency and exchange as factors influencing the whole life and prosperity of a country, and not merely the settlement of a foreign debt charge.” Japan Is paying dearly for its desire to imitate the “most civilized nations” and placing itself on a gold standard. Foreign trade has fallen off, manufacturing has declined, and just at present a panic Is threatening the country. Truly the gold standard is a good thing—to let alone.—Chicago Dispatch. No More Sam-Randallism. The letter In which Hon. William J. Stone, of Missouri, advised the eviction of Harrity, the Pennsylvania goldbug, from the Democratic National Committee, is a landmark In the history we are making as a country. For year after year, Samuel J. Randall, who was put to the front by the same element which put Harrity forward, prevented the Democratic party from acting on the tariff issue. Those who thought they could do with Harrity what they did with Randall, see now that they are dealing with new conditions and with different men. In writing to Chairman Jones, Gov. Stone says that “many of the so-called gold Democrats In the party are in a state of mutiny, and are more disposed to co-operate with the Paimer-Buckner Contingent, to undo what was accomplished at Chicago, than they are vo co-operate with the true Democracy In upholding It.” This is the vital point. It Is so vital that had there been any other action than that actually taken; had the committee compromised with Harrity and thus opened the Way for the Paimer-Buckner element to control the Democratic party, there would have been no party left. Now the party will trample down obstructionists and drive out traitors. There will be no weakening anywhere—least Q's all at Springfield, when Missouri Democrats meet to decide between the Chicago platform and its enemies. Friend of Anglo-American Alliance. It must be evident to all that the Republican party 1s wholly responsible for all that has so far been done In the way of an Anglo-American alliance so distasteful to the people of the country. As this same question is inseparable from the great financial issue, it is not strange to see the gold standard advocates willing to seal the culmination of their infamous policy by an alliance with the nation responsible for the whole monometallic system that is now cursing all mankind. In the campaign of 1896 we tried to make it plain that the Republican party was being aided by British money, and that If the Republican candidates were elected Great Britain would be prompt In collecting the Indebtedness. We all know that ever since the day that McKinley took his seat British influences have been dominant at Washington. So the Republican party has sought to favor an alliance with our traditional foe. This Is a glorious day for Democracy. The people more clearly understand the position of the Republican party. It has succumbed to the influence of the British gold. Its candidates of 1900 will have to face the American people on the record now being made. Democrats Are Loral. Patriotism is characteristic of Democracy. Through the patriotism of the members of Congress all ‘partisan advantages were ignored when the discussion of war measures was first begun at the capltol. The patriotic attitude lias not been changed, although Republicans have constantly

used war a a a means by which to advance their party interests. In the platform adopted by the Democrats at the Indiana State convention the loyalty of the Democratic party to the country was confirmed and its support pledged to the Government in the war with Spain. All effort of Republicans to place the Democratic party in the opposition will fall. As a matter of fact the Democrats were the earliest and strongest advocates of war, and their views on this subject have suffered no reversal. When the Indiana convention approves the war and rejoices In the heroic deeds of Dewey and Hobson It echoes the sentiments of every Democrat In the land, and its action meets with hearty approval from Democrats everywhere. No Compromise with Gold. There should be no compromise made by Democrats which will place a gold advocate on a Democratic ticket Approval of the gold standard is the main doctrine of the Republican faith and it is not good politics, nor is it good sense, for Democrats to help elect Republicans to office. Gold Democrats are assistant Republicans. They have no right to ask a true Democrat for his vote. They have no claim upon the suffrage of the Democratic party. If they want office they should ask it of their allies, the Republicans, and not the party they deserted in the time of need. Loyalty to silver is the test of Democracy. On the issue as to a currency based on gold and silver and a currency based on the money of the constitution the campaign of 1896 was fought. Over six and a half million votes were cast by Democrats in favor of bimetallism. As the Democrats fought in 1896 so will they fight in 1898. Only Democrats should be named on Democratic tickets, and men who defended the gold standard are not Democrats. Let there be no mistake about that. Keep gold Democrats off the tickets.—Chicago Dispatch. Pai-suing; an Elusive Shadow, We are preparing to give the world an illustration of Aesop's fable. We have already discovered the shadow of Imperialism and with the instincts of the dog we are preparing to drop the substance of free government and plunge Into the water after the shadow of empire. Once this nation becomes intoxicated with the ambition of Alexander we will not stop while there are other countries to conquer, unless the allied armies of the world meet at some Waterloo. The Republican party is squarely committed to an Anglo:American alliance. That is just where we want that party. Let it openly favor an alliance with England and we will rout it horse, foot and artillery In November. —National Democrat. Hanna’s Friends. “A man who charges the government three prices for something the government needs and must have,” says the Baltimore American, “can hardly expect to have his name put down on the roll of American patriots.” Perhaps not, but he will not be lonesome, all the same. There are nearly as many of him probably on the pay roll as there are of patriots on the army roll.—Charleston News and Courier. Galling- to the Germans. We have always told the Germans that the narow Republican party has no use for the Germans except on election days. Every Republican paper from Maine to California is now falsely and maliciously making the statement that the German people are against us in this war. This must be galling to the Germans who have always supported the Republican party. —Exchange. Republicans on the Defensive. It has been many a day since the Republican party in this State was compelled to apologize as they are now apologizing. And the trouble Is that the people do not know whether they are’ dictated by a sense of duty or for the purpose of getting votes.—Peoria Herald. Makes the “Grafter” Envious. Perhaps some of the imperialists have noted the Item that during the four years that General Weyler was Governor General of the Philippines at a salary of $40,000 a year, he was able to add to his private bank account over sl,ooo,ooo.—Manchester (N. H.) Union. Political Notes. Why not whip Spain out of Havana and be done with it? What is the use of all this fooling? We might have whipped Spain in six weeks if Hanna had been permitted by J. Pierpont Morgan. Republicans who voted for McKinley on his pledge to enforce the law against the trusts must be getting anxious by this time to see him begin. When Hanna claims that be was indorsed by Oregon he forgets to add that he did not ask Oregon to wialt for details of his bond graib before voting,. The more gold there is in the treasury, under the McKinley policy, the more money we have to borrow at interest to keep treasury gold out of circulation. What has become of the man who said McKinley would finish poor old Spain in six weeks, bond deal or n<? bond deal? Has he pulled the bole i» after him? Remember the McKinley administration, which is now taking $200,000,000 out of business for bonds, has another $200,000,000 locked up in the treasury to make the bonds necessary. Cuba must be freed—first from Spanish robbers, and then from the thieves of the sugar trust, who wish to subvert the Cuban republic and set up a carpetbagging government of their own. W T hen_the bond-grabbing banks take snuff the Hanna administration will sneeze. And thereupon the army and navy will be allowed to take Havana and end the war. The people who are getting gold standard prices for cotton are not competing very strongly against the Roths-, ehilds syndicate for Mr. McKinley’s gold basis bonds. According to Russell Sage, the United States is governed from within hall a mile of his office. He means there is a cable office connecting Wall street with London, within half a mile of his establishment. He is undoubtedly right The tax imposed on options in the bond issue bill is offset by an equal tax on all sales of cash wheat thus making the whole tax one on handling grain, to be deducted by the handlers from the profits of the producers. Instead of being a tax on gambling by the Loiters, It made a tax on production by the farmers.

WON LAURELS AT MANILA.

% Bn t Fate Forbade that Captain Gridley Should Come Home. Capt. Charles Vernon Gridley, who died in the Asiatic seas, presnmably as a result of injuries received in the battle of Manila, was one of the heroes of the glorious battle fought on May 1. It was his ship, the Olympia, that led the line of battle and fired the first shots. The captain himself stood lb the conning tower throughout the bat* tie and Spanish missiles flew about him. It is surmised in Washington that he received some Injury there which led to bis death. He was in healthy condition before the fight and for several weeks afterward. Capt. Gridley was born in Logansport, Ind., in 1845. The family moved to Hillsdale, Mich., from which State in 1860, at the age of a little over 17 years, he was appointed to the naval academy. When still a cadet at the academy he was appointed by the President as acting ensign, and served with signal distinction on board the United States ship Oneida at the famous battle of Mobile Bay in 1864. In 1872 Gridley was ordered to the United States steamer Michigan at Erie, Pa., and remained there until 1874, when he was ordered to the Monongahela, on the South Atlantic squadron. He has served at all the American foreign naval stations except the North Atlantic. He

CAPTAIN CHARLES V. GRIDLEY.

was ordered to duty as instructor in seamanship at the Naval Academy in 1877, where he remained three years, and was then ordered to the Trenton, the flagship of the European squadron, as executive officer, and served In that capacity until 1882, when he again came back to the Michigan at Erie, where he remained a short time, or until his promotion to commander, April 3, 1882. He was then ordered to the Boston navy yard, where he remained until April 3, 1887, and was then assigned to the command of the training Ship Jamestown, and afterward to the command of the Portsmouth. On leaving the Portsmouth Gridley was made Inspector of the Tenth Lighthouse District, which Includes Lakes Erie and Ontario, and from there to the command of the Marion at the Asiatic station. When the cruise on the Marion was ended the commander was again ordered back to the Tenth Lighthouse District, where he remained until his promotion to captain, March 14, 1897. In July of last year he was ordered to the Olympia, the flagship of the Asiatic squadron. Erie is his home residence. His family consists of his widow, two daughters, Miss Katherine V. and Miss Ruth W., and one son, John P. V. Gridley.

LOOKING INTO A CANNON

View Through the Muzzle of a 13 Inch Gnu Which Is Forty Feet Long. Did you ever look into the muzzle of a seventy-two-ton cannon? If not, here is your opportunity. Of course, the picture here shown can give no

VIEW FROM MUZZLE TO BREECH.

definite realization of the wonder and terror that come over you when you thrust your face into the gaping mouth of one of these steel monsters and look through it a distance of forty feet to the open breech. You can get a fair idea of the damage such a big gun can wreak, although you can’t begin to imagine the shock and heat and noise which the discharge of such a gun creates. This cannon has a recoiling force of 225 tons. The projectile leaves it with a velocity of 2,100 feet per second or 1,400 miles per hour. The force imparted to the projectile or cartridge, if properly applied, would life a battleship bodily three feet in the air, and yet this great machine of death and destruction, weighing 145,000 pounds, is as accurate as a high-grade watch.

DRAWS A BIG SALARY.

President of Equitable Life Assurance Society Gets SIOO,OOO a Year. Henry B. Hyde, president of the Equitable Life Assurance . Society of New York, draws the highest salary in the United States. The President of the country receives $50,000 a year for his services. Mr. Hyde is paid Just double that sum annually for the work he does for the Equitable. He was born, one may say, in the insurance business. His father was the leading insurance man in New England, and

HENRT B. HYDE.

the son absorbed a thorough knowledge of the business. He launched out for himself when he became the cashier of the Mutual Life of ’New York. He was In the employ of that company when he originated the idea of the Equitable. Hyde unfolded his scheme to President Winston of the Mutual, but the latter frowned it down, saying no man connected with the Mutual could be interested in any other company Hyde promptly resigned and began the work of organizing the Equitable Life. It is owing to his great service that the company thinks SIOO,000 a year is a moderate compensation for him. It amounts to about 10 cents j

year from each policy holder. He believes in Insurance himself and carries about $200,000 on bis life. He wastes no time, so far as his company goes. He thinks his pay warrants him in giving all his time in return, and this he does. He is very quiet in his tastes and Is not very widely known in New York, so far as personal acquaintance is concerned.

RAPID-FIRE GUN3.

What Distinguishes Them from the Slow-Fire Cannon. Rapid fire guns are just now mnch talked about, but most people have only a vague idea of what they are. Prob ably the general Idea Is based on the Gatling gnn. People wjio take the Gatling gun as a type of “rapid fire” suppose that all guns called by that name are merely machines for showering rifle balls. But this is a complete mistake. There are rapid Are guns with a diam eter of six inches that throw shells weighing 100 pounds. The Engineering News explains the matter as follows: The essential difference Is In the method of loading. Instead of opening the breech and Inserting the projectile and the powder separately, the latter is In a bunting bag, ammunition for rapid fire guns is now prepared as for small arms, the ball, powder and firing primer are united, the powder in a metallic case atached to the shot, and the primer in the center of the base of this case. There are a number of types of rapid fire guns, differing in the way this fixed ammunition is fed to the gun and fired. The six-pounder (2.24-lnch caliber) rapid fire guns of the Hotchkiss, Driggs-Schroeder, Maxim, Nordenfeldt and Sponsel types can discharge 100 shots in 4 minutes 26 seconds, 4 minutes 35% seconds, 4 minutes 41 seconds and 4 minutes 56% seconds, respectively, or twenty to tweny-flve shots per minute, with accuracy of aim. Without attempt at accuracy of aim the rate can be Increased to thirty to thirty-five shots per minute. With five-inch rapid fire guns, or flfty-pound-ers, thirty-six shots have been fired in five minutes.

PUNCTUAL DUKE’S CLOCK.

Constructed So that at the Hour of 1 It Strikes Thirteen Times. The clock is fixed in a tower at Worsley, in England. The originator of the famous Bridgewater canal—Francis, first Duke of Bridgewater—was in the habit of constantly visiting his yards and workshops and overseeing his workpeople. He was Invariably the first to reappear after the dinner hour was over, which was just after 1

IT STRIKES THIRTEEN.

o’clock, and noticed that many of the workers were most unpunctual, returning often considerably after the appointed time. Upon remonstrating with them, however, he was told by the men that they could not hear the dock strike I—the signal for their return. Thereupon, to rob them of this excuse, the Duke ordered a clock to be constructed which should, at the hour of 1, strike thirteen times, .and from the time of its fixture this excuse was never given as a reason of unpunctuality.

THE WHEEL IN WAR.

How Bicycles May Be of Service to the Ambulance Corps. The bicycle as an aid in war is a much discussed subject. Here it is shown as used by the British soldier in carrying the wounded off the field. Every year a royal military tournament is held in London, and at the one held

THE DOUBLE AMBULANCE.

recently this ambulance was a feature. Four bicycles are used to each litter, one at each corner, but only two riders are required. Whether or not this idea would be of any use in Cuba with its sandy soil is a question.

Chorlock In Spring Grain.

If there appear yellow flowers scattered here and there through fields of oats or barley, when these cereals have grown a few Inches high, it is a sign that the field needs attention and weeding. This yellow flower belongs to the mustard family, and is air intolerable pest in spring grain. It only grows on ground disturbed in spring. Each plant bears hundreds to thousands of seeds, and as these will lie in the ground for years, and only grow when the ground is spring plowed, they soon make the growing of spring grain Impossible. Wherever this pest abounds seeding should be done with winter wheat or rye, and no spring cultivation of these grains can be allowed, as this will start the weed to growing, Just as it would in spring grain.

Cow Lice.

“Cowmen are complaining of the ravages of the ‘cow louse.’ To get rid of the pest veterinarians recommend rubbing the animal all over with linseed oil. This will kill the lice, but will not destroy the eggs. A second rubbing, a week later, will destroy the newly hatched lice. An infusion of an ounce of tobacco to a quart of water may be used instead of oil. This advice is practical only as to cattle that can be handled and will not benefit owners of range cattle that are infested. There seems to be no way to rid range stock of the pest except by preparing vats and dipping. Where the cattle are watered in troughs some sulphur kept In the troughs might relieve the animals. —Texas Stock and Farm Journal.

Growth of Greenlanders.

Greenlanders get their growth when about 25 years old. The oldest persons known are about 60 years of age. Every person has a sack for telling his age and each sunrise (once a year) a bone Is put into this sack.

No Women in Parliament.

No woman has ever actually sat In the English Parliament, though several have been returned as members.

CONGRESSMAN NEWLANDS.

Author of the Resolution Providln* for the Annexation of Howell. Congressman Francis G. Newlands, of Nevada, who introduced the resolution providing for the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands and the assumption by the United States of their national debt of $4,000,000 Is now serving his third term In the House. He is a native of Natchez, Miss., a graduate of Yale College, and has been a citizen of Nevada since 1888. Mr. Newlands studied law at the Columbian University law school, and before going West he was admitted to the bar by the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia. Then he went to San Francisco, where, like all San Franciscans, be be-

FRANCIS G. NEWIANDS.

came Interested in the Hawaiian Islands and their destiny. Mr. Newlands is the only Congressman Nevada has, and he is also the only man in Congress who has a party al) to himself. That is the “silver party,” as he calls It He has been very active as a silver agitator ever since he went out to live among the mines, and silver has no more devoted adherent than he. For years he was the vice chairman of the National Silver Committee. In fact, the Nevada Representative is deeply concerned with all questions pertaining to the big West. He was a trustee of the estate of United States Senator Sharon, of Nevada, and before removing to that State he had built up a good law practice in San Francisco. He is said to be one of the richest men in Congross.

SERMONS OF THE WEEK

Idleness.—ls you have a son the best way to Insure his future well doing is to have him learn some regular business or occupation. He who knows not any means of making a living is most apt to fall victim to temptation. It is well said that “The devil’s best workshop is an idle brain.”—Rev. S. P. Sprecher, Presbyterian, Cleveland, O. The Religion of Christ—ln the twentieth century men will see in Christianity less of the so-called Christian religion and more, vastly more, of the religion of Christ. —Rev. J. G. Schurman, Presbyterian, Ithaca, N. Y. An Awakened Nation.—What have we to fear? We have exhaustless resources. We are able to put millions of men in the field. An alliance of France with Spain, armies coming from the three quarters of the globe, need not alarm us. The nation has been awakened by honor.—Rev. Hugh Jonnson, Methodist, Baltimore, Md. The TTuth of Christ,—The open tomb, the risen Savior, was to be for all time the evidence of the truth which Christ, the Lord, preached to men. Although men had raised others from death to life, by* the power of God, no man had raised himself from death to life. The test of the truth of Jesus Christ was to be in the resurrection effected through bis own power.—Rev. T. J. Conaty, Catholic, Washington, D. C. Follow Christ.—We are to follow Christ in the road of renunciation and self-sacrifice. This is the secret of the life of Jesus Christ. This is the secret of any man’s life which is in the highest sense successful. We are to follow hpn in the life of toil and hardship. We are to follow Christ in the road of suffering and F/f-in. —Rev. J. W. Atwood, Episcopalian, Columbus, Ohio. The the vision comes the call. Not until we have seen him do we hear his voice. When you are consecrated you are ready for service, open to calls anywhere. God wants messengers, he loves volunteers. Self-conse-cration is the door to service. Then he tells you what to do. He opens the way. Are you ready for service? He is waiting to fit you for his work—Rev. G. Roughton, Methodist, Cincinnati, O. The Man Who Works.—What can we do for the man who works? What can he do for himself 7 It is only when he is doing the best be can for himself that other people can effectively help blip. Even the gods can not help him who will not help himself. Life means work, struggle, conflict, patience, per-sistence;-it means standing on your own feet and working out your own salvation; when it ceases to mean all this, it will not be worth living.—Dr. Gladden, Congregationalism Columbus, Ohio.

What Constitutes a Good Beehive.

Simplicity and efficiency are the main requirements of the modern beehive. The hive produces no honey, but it is an indispensable Instrument in bee culture. The best implement is often a failure in Inefficient hands, while an efficient operator can make a partial success even with poor tools, but for a first-class Job we look for a good mechanic with the best tools. In the production of honey, like the production of anything else, at this time, competition is very strong, and if we would make a profit on the goods produced we must cheapen the production. We must produce the very finest goods at the lowest possible figure. This we can accomplish only by having the best bees, the best hives and implements, and handle the same economically. The man who rides "hobbies” and runs after “fads” in bee culture will have a lean bank account.—American Gardening.

Disproved the Slander.

There is a Mexican bull fighter—El Curita—whose enemies have made the statement against him that he had been beaten by a woman. He denied this and, notified the local newspapers that the actual facts were that he had knocked the woman down four times with a chair. Moreover, he had been sentenced to Jail, but his eight-day sentence had been commuted on the payment of a fine, which he construed as a vindication of his character.

A Slight Misunderstanding.

Mr. Guyer—l suppose you ride a wheel, Miss Antiquate? Miss Antiquate—Yes, Indeed; I completed my first century yesterday. Mr. Guyer—Really? You don’t look it, I’m sure. N. B—Friends they were, but strangers now.

CONGRESS

' Id the House on Tuesday the conference report upon the bankruptcy bill was adopted by a vote of 134 to When the bankruptcy bill was disposed of Mr. Mahon (Rep., Pa.) asked unanimous consent for disagreement to the Senate amendments to the war claims or “omnibusf* bill, and for granting the request of the Senate for a conference. Consent w&a given and the chair appointed as conferees Messrs. Mahon, Otjen and Richardson. Several bills affecting the armr were passed, notably being those providing for the pay of volunteers from the date of enrollment for service, and providing for increases in the ordnance, engineer and quartermaster's departments. Almost the entire session of the Senate waa occupied by Mr. Cattery (Dem., La.) in a continuation of his speech against the annexation of Hawaii. At 4 o’clock, he had! not concluded, but yielded fbe floor in order that the general deficiency HU might be considered. The bill was read pad the committee amendments, so far a& they have been offered, were agreed to. j A precedent that will be historic was established by the Senate at its session «Qt Wednesday. For probably, the first tine* In the history of the Senate a resolution was adopted tendering the thanks of Congress to common seamen, specifically naming them in the resolution. The resolutions recommended by the President were adopted, tendering the thanks of Congress to Naval Constructor Hobson and the other heroes of the Merrimac, and toi Lieut. Frank 11. Newcomb, commander of the revenue cutter Hudson, for bis gallant rescue of the Winslow and her crewi off Cnrdenas; and retiring oO full pay Ciipt. Hodgson of the McCulloch for distinguished services at Manila. Consideration of the general deficiency bill was concluded and the measure wns passedAn amendment of great importance was’ attached to the bill, practically by general consent. It relates to the settlement of claims of the Government against the Pacific railroads. The bill as passed carries about $227,000,000, the largest sum carried by any appropriation measure since the civil war. After the passage of the deficiency bill consideration of the Hawaiian annexation resolutions wns resumed. The House after sending the Indian and sundry civil bills back to conference, consideration of bills from the Military Affairs Committee, under the rule adopted on Tuesday, proceeded. Notable among the mensuros passed were those providing for the enlistment of cooks Ja the army, providing for the appointment' of military storekeepers for the army, providing for the protection of harbor de- 1 senses and fortifications against wanton and malicious injury, and giving the Secretary of War discretion to permit ahy church or religious sect to erect its boose of worship upon the West Point military reservation. : Late Thursday afternoon the Senate* cleared the legislative decks for what: may be the final action upon the Hawaiian annexation resolutions. The last: of the appropriation bills that have been pending in conference were disposed of and was a law before midnight. After a debate lasting three hours the Senate finally receded from its amendment to the sundry civil bill and adopted the confer-' once report on the Indian appropriation bill. ' Mr. Bate (Dem., Tenu.) and MrJ Tillman (Dem., S. C.) discussed at length the Hawaiian annexation resolutions. The latter discussed the race problem from the standpoint of a Southern man.' and was characteristically vigorous in his remurko. All irttrmpt otfCtire yewyo of the bill to Incorporate the international American bank met with determined opposition in the House. Filibustering was indulged in, but it was not effective ini preventing the consideration of the bill* Adjournment, however, was forced before a vote upon the measure could be reached. The House adopted the report upon the Indian appropriation bill, insisted unanimously upon its disagreements to the Sennte amendments to the sundry civil bill and sent the general deficiency bill to conference. , In the Senate on Saturday bills passed as follows: Amendatory to the law regarding fraudulent affidavits in pension and bounty land cases; to pay the owners of the ship Achilles for expenses incurred in rendering service to the wreckedi American ship Arabia. Mr. Pettigrew; (S. D.) then resumed his speech upon the Hawaiian annexation resolutions. The Senate passed with amendment the House bill to increase the force of the ordnance department. Mr. Cockrell (Mo.), from Committee on Military Affairs, reported and the Senate passed the House bill fixing pay of volunteer soldiers from the date of enrollment for service. The bill was amended so as to include all officers.. The Senate passed the House bill directing the enlistment of cooks in the regular and volunteer armies. Also a. bill to change the times for holding courts in the eastern district: of North Carolina. Also the House bill to amend the statutes relating to the bonds of vice-consuls and the quarterly returns of business by consular officers and the Senate bill amending the laws relating to American seamen for their protection and to promote commerce. The chief features of the latter are the elimination of all imprisonment provisions . in the coastwise trade, including Mexican and West Indian, the reduction of penalties in the foreign trade; the improvement of the provision scales, and the reduction of allotments to one month. In the Senate on Monday Allen of Nebraska began his speech in opposition to Hawaiian annexation. At noon Turpie read the declaration of independence. During the session a large number of pension bills were passed.

Odds and Ends.

A gallon of water holds 231 solid inches. A struck bushel contains about 1% solid feet. A horse’s respiration is performed entirely through its nostrils. Fifty pacers and nineteen trotters Joined the 2:10 class in 1807. Don’t think because riches have wings that they’re bound to fly your way. The largest sheep ranch in the world is in the counties of Webb and Dimmit in Texas; it contains more than 400,000 acres and pastures 800,000 sheep annually. In 1897 the millionaires of the United States gave more than $32,000,000 to various benevolent and charitable institutions, no gift considered here being less than $5,000. A medical authority on the virtues of various kinds of food declares that the herring gives the muscles elasticity, the body strength, and the brain vigor, and is not flesh-forming. The Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who has been singled out for special honors by the Emperor of Austria, spends his life like any simple burgher. It is said that Napoleon’s sleigh (the one in which be made his retreat from Moscow) was in Chicago until recently, when it was chopped up by a woman because she was tired of looking at It. Anthony Hope is reported as saying that there are three kinds of press interviews—^“when the gentleman never said anything of the kind, when he said something of the kind, and when the Interview never occurred.”