Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 September 1898 — Page 2

Bljtgtawcrflricgrtrtinel J. W. McEWteK, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA

TRUST REACHES OUT.

WILL ESTABLISH GREAT INDUSTRIES IN ALABAMA. Great Mills to Be Built Near Birmingham - Illinois Central Would Enter the Alabama Coal Fields—Cornell University Receives a Gift. Operations of Steel Trust. A Joliet, Chicago and Cleveland steel syndicate, of which John W. Gates, president of the Illinois Steel Company, is said to be the head, has finally closed a contract with the Alabama Steel Ship-build-ing Company to erect at Ensley City, near Birmingham, Ala., steel and wire nail and rod mills. The new syndicate is thought to be in control of the Federal Steel Company, and it is believed the output for the Ensley plant will be shipped abroad. The proposed plants will cost between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000. Another step has been taken by the Illinois Central in its effort to enter the Alabama coal fields. First Vice President John C. Welling, General Manager T. Harahan and Engineer G. B. Fitzhugh of the Illinois Central have been authorized by the Secretary of State to secure subscriptions to the Canton, Aberdeen and Ashville Railroad. Race for the Pennant. Following is the standing 'of the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Boston 80 42Pittsburg ... .63 62 Cincinnati ..70 47Philadelphia. 59 59 P>sltimore .. .73 46Louisville ...53 73 Cleveland ...70 51 Brooklyn ....46 70 Chicago . ... .69 57 Washington. 41 82 New Y0rk...66 56St. Louis 34 88 Fallowing is the standing of the dubs in the Western League: W. L, W. L. Kansas City.B2 48 St. Paul 72 58 Indianapolis. SO 4S Detroit 48 80 Milwaukee ..79 54 Minneapolis. 45 89 Columbus .. .70 50 St. Joseph... .40 88 Train Goes Through a Bridge. A passenger train on the Texas and Par cific Railroad, consisting of an engine and four coaches, plunged through a bridge twelve miles south of. Texarkana. Four persons are reported killed outright and a number of others more or less seriously wounded. The accident was due to high water. A bridge had been weakened by the heavy rains. When the train struck the bridge the structure collapsed, precipitating the engine and four cars into the waters beneath.

NEWS NUGGETS.

“Blanche Roosevelt,” the noted singer, composer and author, died in London. Edna Wallace Hopper, the actress, cleared $5,000 on a stock deal in New York. Judge Thomas M. Cooley, the noted jurist and constitutional lawyer, died at his home in Ann Arbor, Mich. Three hundred followers of the dead rebel louder Prospero Morales were shot during election riots in Guatemala. The town of Jerome, Ariz., was completely wiped out by fire, entailing a loss of over $1,900,000 in property. Eleven bodies have been recovered, while a score or more are said to be in the ruins or missing. Prince August Wilhelm, fourth son of Emperor William, is suffering from diphtheria at Berlin. The younger children have been removed, and the empress alone remains at the new palace with the patient. Fire did $50,000 damage in the fivestory brick building at 54 Beekman street, New York, occupied by Leeburger Bros. Fourteen firemen were overcome by the fumes of burning essential oil in the basement and had to be carried to the street. j The St. Louis limited passenger on the Missouri Pacific crashed into the rear end of a freight train near Independence, wrecking the caboose and killing R. J. Thompson, a telegraph lineman, and seriously injuring A. Bechtel, brakeman. ■None of the passengers was hurt. The Turkish legation at Washington issues the following statement: “The entrance jnto Palestine is formally prohibited to foreign Israelites, and consequently the imperial ottoman authorities have received orders to prevent the landing of immigrant Jews in that province.” Miss Baryl Hope, the leading lady of the Salisbury stock company, which is playing at the Davidson Theater at Milwaukee, assaulted Arthur Weld, the critic of the Journal, in the lobby of the theater. Miss Hope took exception to the criticisms of her work by Mr. Weld and attacked him, using her fists until she was restrained by other members of the company. The entire plant of the Waumbeck woolen mills at Milton, N. H., was burned. Loss, $190,000. The mills have been idle since 1890, but arrangements recently were completed for resuming work, and they were to start again, giving employment to 300 hands. While the origin of the fire is unknown, it is supposed to have been caused by spontaneous combustion in the picker-room. Edward Alexander Callaghan, a private in First United States Volunteers (immunes), was shot to death at Galveston, Texas, and his companion, Jack Elliott, a civilian, was wounded in the abdomen. Harry Owens, a supernumerary policeman, surrendered himself. He says he attempted to arrest the men who had imposed upon a little boy, and they threw him down, kicked him and began knifing him. At St. Joseph, Mo., L. E. Purcell of Bedford, lowa, attempted to commit suicide because his betrothed refused to marry him. The State election in Maine resulted in the success of the full Republican ticket. Speaker Reed’s margin over McKinney, who ran on the Democratic ticket, was about 4,000 less than that of 1894. By the explosion of forty gallons of gasoline in the cellar of a grocery store at 1444 South street, Philadelphia, four and possibly a dozen more lives were lost. The building where the explosion occurred and those adjoining it on either side collapsed.

Ordered to Samoa.

The United States gunboat Bennington has been ordered to Pago Pago bay, Samoa, according to Mare Island reports, to make a survey for a coaling station. Upon finishing the survey she will proceed to Manila and relieve the Concord, which will go to Mare Island and go on dry dock, the English docks not being available. * Fatal-Work of a Windstorm. The first gust of wind that preceded a recent thunderstorm blew down the heavy iron superstructure of new pier 50, at the foot of West Twelfth street, New York, killing two men and injuring ten others. There were ninety men at work on this iron superstructure on the pier when it fell in on them. Mtmphis Closed to the World. Memphis has quarantined against the world on account of yellow fever. That is, no passengers will be allowed to leave the trains there, although they may pass through if so ticketed in closed coaches. Freight moves as usual. LI Sheds H ■ Yellow Jacket Li Hung Chang has been dismissed from power. It is presumed it was done in accordance with the demand which it was rumored the British minister at Pekin, Sir Claude M. MacDpnald, yras jnstnictc d to make.

FINDS A HERMIT'S FORTUNE.

Missouri Man H Ciurg*d with Appropriate Ing a Dead *Hrt*s WsaMh. Benjamin Hardin of Amity, Ma.-, a section hand, found a fortune ib a htit where had lived and died a lifermit. This is alleged in a warrant which caused his arrest. The hermit was Louis Bermond, and, so far as known, he had no relatives nr Ueirs, and it is alleged that shortly after his death Hardin began a search about the hovel for money and was rewarded. He said nothibg about fails fifad, but considered the money as his. It is claimed by the prosecuting attorney that Hardin is not entitled to the money; that he has no legal right to it, and that it belongs to the State. Hardin denies that he has Bermond’s money and says the money he has been spending and inventing was left him by a Virginia relative, cyclone’s Path is deadly. These Men Killed and Many Houses and Barns Sown Dewi. A eyefone swept over Springfield township, Pg., killing three men, Bit horses, fourteen cows and destroying a number of barns afid outbuildings. When the storm struck Springfield Center William Bray, aged 24 years, was In his barn. The building was completely demolished and Bray instantly killed. Fourteen cows that were in the stable were also killed, tl. M. Comfort and Frederick A. Voorhis of Mansfield, who were touring the country with an advertising wagon, sought shelter in the barn of Schuyler Gates. The building was blown down and both men killed. Orchards were ruined and corn and buckwheat were ruined in the path of the storm, which was about a quarter of a mile in width. VESSEL AND CREW CO DOWN, Nothing Know.i as to ths Identity cf the Sh'p or Whence Bhs Cams, An unknown schooner, believed to be a fishing vessel, has been lost with all her crew at a place called Enst Lake, a mile north of East Point reef, Prince Edward’s Island. Men on shore saw the two top* masts of a vessel sticking out of the Wat* er only a short distance from the beach. They row*ed out and discovered that a schooner had foundered and was lying upright on the bottom in five fathoms of water. Two days before a heavy thunderstorm and fierce gale raged at East Point and persons living near the shore state that while the tempest prevailed they heard the cries of people in distress, but nothing was learned of the disaster Until next day. PROTECTED AMERICANS. Brit'ih Gunboat Leandir Took Care of Our Interests at Cocos. The United States ship Albatross has arrived in San Francisco twelve days from Acapulco. She left San Francisco a short time ago bound for Cocos, where Capt. Curtis w’as ordered to protect the interests of American citizens. A few days after the Albatross sailed the British gunboat Leander had reached Cocos and by prompt action her captain not only adjusted the rights of both British and American citizens, but practically wound up the revolution. The Albatross put in to Acapulco for coal and there found orders to return to San Francisco without delay. HUSBAND SHOOTS TO KILL. Wealthy Man cf Warrensburg, Mo., Slain by One He Wronged, W. H. Hartman, senior member of the firm of Hartman & Markward, proprietors of the Magnolia mills, and one of the wealthiest citizens of Johnson County, was shot and instantly killed by Adolph Lubrick at the home of the latter in War* rensburg, Mo. Lubrick forced his way into a room occupied by Hartman and Mrs. Lubrick and opened fire on the pair. Three shots took effect in Hartman’s body, killing him instantly. Mrs. Lubrick was uninjured. Lubrick was arrested. Field far American lidus'.ry. Irving M. Scott of San Francisco, vicepresident and general manager of the Union Iron Works, at which the Oregon was built, arrived in New York from Europe on the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse. Mr. Scott said he went to Russia to further American interests on the eastern coast of Siberia and incidentally to crack up the performances of Ameri-can-built ships of war. “Our naval victory at Santiago was an eye-opener to all Europe. There had been a great deal of skepticism before the war about our navy, and the experts were inclined to consider our shipbuilding in the experimental stage. The cruise of the Oregon was an object lesson to all the world in what a battleship can do, and now everyone recognizes that our warships are of the best. No such performance had been dreamed of abroad, and the prestige of our navy rose to the highest point. There w r as a keen interest taken in everything we did, going even to details. The destruction of the torpedo boats was the cause of a revision of all foreign naval programs. The battleship was elevated to the place and importance it deserves, and much Joubt was thrown on the utility of the torpedo boats. In consequence all the powers have curtailed their outlay for these craft and are doing more for heavily armed and armored vessels. Prince Miehael Hilkoff, who was in this country a year or so ago, has taken a deeper interest in things American than almost anyone else in Russia. When I was in Russia he was superintending the construction of a branch road to Archangel.”

The Element* Work Havoc. A tornado struck South St. Joseph, Mo., the stock yards suburb, at 5:30 o’clock the other afternoon, and the damage is variously estimated at $25,000 and $50,000. Nearly every house in the town was more or less damaged. Roofs were blown off, corners were torn out and a number of buildings in course of construction were completely destroyed. The damage by water was also heavy, as the wind was followed by a perfect deluge. Much damage resulted to manufacturers and railroad shops in the south part of the city proper. Sewers were washed out and railroad washouts were numerous in all directions. Uprising cf ths Muisu'ma-.s. Candia, Island of Crete, is in a state of anarchy. A collision between the Mussulmans, who were demonstrating against European control, and the British authorities, who have been installing Christians as revenue officials, culminated in bloody fighting between the Mussulmans and the British troops. Riots took place in various parts of the city and many have been killed. Burglars Kill a Mm. Arthur Middleton, proprietor of a tea store in West Seventh street, in St. Paul, died from a bullet wound in the left breast, which, he says, he received at the hands of one or two burglars who tried to break into his place. There is no clew to the murderer. Minor Planat Is D.scovered. A cable message from the European Union of Astronomers to Messrs. Chandler and Ritchie of Boston announces the discovery of a minor planet with a remarkable orbit, which overlaps, to some extent, that of the planet Mars. Tws Ch cago M*n Drow.i. Carl Smith and Louis Sass of the Chicago Record were drowned while trying to shoot the rapids of the Grande Discharge in the St. Lawrence River, at Quebec. Two guides who accompanied them were also drowned. Conspiracy to Assassinate N'cholas. A daring plot to kill the Czar by an explosion of gas in Moscow was frustrated by the nervousness of one of the conspirators, who caused the explosion twenty minutes before the Czar arrived at the desired position. Growing Pension Evi'. An appendix to the annual report of the Commissioner of Pensions has been made publA. It contains statistics in regard to the work of the office. Reports from the various divisions of the bureau are falsq incorporated. Jt i® stated that thq

pawning Pt pledging of pensiofa tateS ife a growing evil, and isomg Stringent iftcafeures should be ailoptefajo reach lhe offense and, if possible, to effectually Stop it. It has been developed by investigations., made in several cases of this nature that unscrupulous persons have accepted as security for money Toaned td needy pensioners their p'ensiofa certificates and vouchers, charging tbeni interest on the hmouhth sb loaned ranging from 5 to 50 pet cent per niohth. This practice is hot confined to any one place, but ib indulged in to a greater or less extent ifi most, if not all, of the principal cities throughout the country. The, present law governing the psAwfiing or pledging of pension certificates is inadequate so reach the Offenders. The bum of $4,221.52, improperly Obtained uhder penSidn tVaiins, was recovered by special examined, and judgments Uete rendered in four civil suits aggregating $11,416.22, though they have not yet been realized upon. This only represents a portion of the money recovered as reclamation oh forged checks ihade through the treasury department. EAtTIES WAGED BV ESKIMOS. They Ovsrtfie Salss cf Reindeer to the United States. John Kelly and Conrad Siem had a thrilling experience last winter with Siberian Eskimos, among whom they were sent by Dr. Sheldon Jackson to purchase reindeer for the government station in Northwest Alaska. The government bought a large number of reindeer from these tribes in 1896 and shipped them to Alaska. The deer, It seems, belonged to w'hole families and combinations Of fam* Hies, but wei*e sold Withoiit the fciiowi l edge of many Eskimob felttimihg ah inter; eat in them. Aftet the Oeet were shipped h teign Of bloodshed ensued and entire families were slain. Over thirty werd killed. The native® were hostile to Kelly and Siem. Kelly was first notified Secretly by a native git) that the hdad meh Of tt dozen Villages had debated whlethef Kelly and Siem should die-. They con l tinned buying deeri BeVeirdl dozen na l fives who gathered to defend Kelly and Siem f&iight battles Dec, 29 and April 7 with Eskimos who demanded their IfreS; Several were killed in each melee; July 6 the Hawaiian whaling steamer Alexander arrived hi Lawrence Bay, and Kelly ahd Siem rushed aboard het and were saved-. Driving out the negrozs. Whitecipi Ara Opirating Ex’.ens’valy in North Texas. Texarkana, Ark., is in a state of alarm over the large number of idle negroes who throng the town, and the citizens are organizing vigilance committees for the protection of their property. The unusual influx of negroes recently is due to the operations of bands of whitecaps in Titus, Cass, Red River, Hopkins and other counties in the cotton districts of North Texas, whence thousands of negroes have fled on account of notices being posted and in some cases violence being used td ritn them out. These people, forced ottt of the cotton fields, have sought refuge in the tow’ns, and Texarkana has been the refuge of a large number. A trustworthy colored man from Titus County says that while a number of his tacd were fit work in a field a mob of whitecaps concealed id a fence cOriief opened fire On them; Thd negroes fled, leaving three of their number behind wounded and perhaps killed. They had been warned to leave the country and had paid no attention td the warning ; Other similar incidents are repotted by incoming hegroes; C.-Jihad in Arc: c Ici. Beehiihg confirmation of the reported loss in the Arctic during the breaking up of the ice last spring was brought to Seattle by the steamship Al-Ki from Juneau. It came in a letter from Captain J. C. Downing of the steamer Wolcott to Austin Claibourne, San Francisco agent of the Pacific Steam Whaling Company. Mr. Claibourne believes that only the whaling vessels originally caught in the ice about 1 Point Barrow were destroyed. These included the Wanderer, the Jessie H. Freeman, the Belvidere, the Orca, the Rosario, the Newport, the Fearless apd the Jeannie. The Pacific Steam Whaling Company owned all the whalers of the arctic fleet save the Belvidere, which was the property of William Lewis of Nets’ Bedford, Mass., and the Rosario and Fearless. owned by James McKenna, pf San Francisco. Mr. Claibourne said tliyit vessels with whaling outfits were valued at $109,000 each. It is known that the overland contingent of the revenue cilttef Bear relief expedition reached Point Bar* row, and no doubt Lieut. Jarvis, the leader, and his tnen are caring for the wrecked crew's, and possibly leading them buck to the Bear, which was last heard of in the vicinity of Kotzebue Sound, ot it may be that they were rescued by the Thrasher and are being brought to San Francisco. Dates for tHs Piadi Jubilee. The dates of the national peace jubilee at Chicago, ns finally set, are Oct. 18 and 19. President McKinley and the leading members of his cabinet have accepted the invitation to be present on both the dates mentioned. fuccssior to 0.-. Andrews. At a meeting of the corporation of Brown University, Providence, R. 1., the resignation of President E. Benjamin Andrews was accepted. Benjamin Clark was chosen to succeed Dr. Andrews. Mrs. Y irnell Accused cf Murdsr. Mrs. Ardilla Yarnell of St. Paul, Minn., was arrested, charged with the murder of Arthur Middleton, a tea broker. Mrs. Yarnell is 41 years of age, and has lived in St. Paul ten years. Wall’s Murderer May Be Slain. R. D. Cole, a farmer in Henry County, Tennessee, shot and killed a man w’ho he believes was Otto Matties, the murderer of State Senator Wall of Staunton, 111., a few weeks ago. Revision of Dreyfus Casa. The French cabinet has agreed to a revision in the case of Captain Dreyfus.

THE MARKETS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.09 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 63c to 65c; corn, No. 2,30 cto 32c; oats, No. 2,20 c to 21c; rye, No. 2,44 cto 46c; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 14c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 45c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 59c to 61c; corn, No. 2 white, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.50 to $4.25; sheep, $3.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,68 cto 70c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 29c to 39c; oats, No. 2,20 cto 22c; rye, No. 2,42 cto 43c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,64 cto 66c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; rye, No. 2,46 cto 48c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.25 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, G3c to 64c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye, 45c to 46c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 65c to. 66c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 21e; rye, No. 2,44 c to 46c; clover seed, $3.35 to $3.45. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 62c to 63c; corn, No. 3,31 cto 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2,44 cto 45c; barley, No. 2,42 cto 43c; pork, mess, $8.25 to $8.75. Buffalo —Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, common to choice, $3.50 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $5.00; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $6.25. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2,36 cto 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c; butter, creamery, 15c to 20c; eggs, IVesteni, 15c to 17c. ■ 1 .

POLITICS OF THE DAY

No rlse in prices. fcletetofore when the United States Ivas at war there was a considerable adVanbe in the prices of commodities ahd produets as compared with times of peace. The present war, however, is fan exception to the general rule, though fiver 200,000 men have been changed from producers to consumers by entering the military service. The price of labbr has not materially advanced, if at all. The war has created no appreciable demand for labor, though tbousands are engaged in manufacturing clothing and uniforms of war for the army and navy. Wheat and breadstuff's generally have declined In price since war was declared against Spain, the failure of Leiter, the great grain speculator, having much greater effect upon the market than the withdrawal of 200,000 men from civil life. Of course, thei’e are many articles Which necessarily have advanced Of Will advance In price because of the war. Sulphur, niter, and other materials used In the manufacture of gunpowder are higher, but lead and iron are not. • W'heat and flour are lower than they were before the war commenced, but the decline is caused by more abundant crops this year than last year in foreign countries. Hay is higher, especially on this coast, but that is due to the drought, not to the war nor to the administration.

The principal reason why the war has not Increased the prices of products is that there is no more money in general circulation than there was before the declaration of war. The bonds issued by the government took $200,000,000 out of circulation for the time being. This tends to reduce prices, and would do so were it not that there is no more money in general circulation again for the purchase of supplies and the payment of the troops. A part of the $50,000,000 appropriated by Congress, to be expended by the President as he saw fit, was paid to foreign countries for vessels and war materials, and Very little of the money paid the troops and sailors at Manila and In Cuba will find its way back to tile United States. A Spanish Steamship Hile will receive half a miilioh dollars or more for transporting the Spanish soldiers who sutren* dered at Santiago to their native land, feo that oh the whole the war reduces instead of increases the volume of inbney ih circulation in the United States.—Gardnersvllle (Nev.) Record.

f tarving the Soldiers. While death at the hands of the Spanish soldiers has been a rare event dur Ing the late war, death from the neglecl of the war department has been frequent. Especial attention to this shameful and criminal condition of affairs has been called in more than one in stance, and the death of Lieutenan! William Tiffany, of the rough riders, in Boston will intensify the feeling of resentment which has arisen against the war department. Lieutenant Tiffany served at Santiago and was brought north In the Olivette and landed at Boston. He was taken to a hotel, given care, but could not rally. Th? death certificate, signed by Dr. F. M. Johnson, gives this as the cause of young Tiffany’s death: “Death due to protracted fevers, due to war life in Cuba, and starvation.” While the government cannot control fevers, it can provide food and medicines and decent shelter for its soldiers, and this it has not done. There havd been criminal blunders in the Selections of camps, criminal blunders in sending troops home in pest ships, criminal blunders in exposing men to contagion, criminal blunders in failing to supply medicine and surgeons. In addition there have been robbery, inefficiency, carelessness and cruel neglect in the commissary department. Alger has much to answer for, and by the storm of popular indignation which is rising he will be swept out of public life into an oblivion which is his just deserts. Trouble for Hanna. Mark Hanna is not going to have everything his own way, even in his own party. When young Garfield was “turned down” by the anti-Hanna Republicans of Cleveland the rotund bass Who boasts that he “conciliates with an ax” received a gentle hint that trouble was brewing for him. But just now the sensation of the hour in Ohio politics is the alleged alliance between former Secretary of State Sherman and Governor Bushnell. These two prominent leaders of the Republican hosts in the Buckeye state have not as a usual thing worked together, but a common hatred for their common foe, Mark Hanna, has made them friends and allies. John Sherman visited Columbus and had a long and confidential conference with Governor Bushnell. Under the circumstances this is almost the equivalent of a declaration of war against Hanna. It is so considered by Republicans, and the greatest anxiety to the boss. In addition to the trouble Hanna is going to have in his own party, the Democrats have devoted a plank to him in their state platform demanding that the senate of the United States Investigate the charges of bribery formulated against him by the state legislature. On the whole, it looks as though Hanna might be forced before long to arrive at the conclusion that a politician’s life is not a happy one. The Repudiators, The Republican newspapers are berating the unpatriotic express companies who ore refusing to pay the stamp tax required by the war revenue bill. They are deserving all the pounding they may get. To refuse to pay a just share of the war tax is nothing short of treason. They do not deserve to be protected in this country and ought to be kicked out. put we wonder if these same Republican newspapers remember how they abused the Democrats in 1896 for what the Chicago platform said on corporations and trusts? Because the Democrats said all men were not treated alike, the Republicans howled traitor, anarchist, and repudiator till they grew black in the face. Nothing was too vile nor too low-lived to apply to anyone who dared suggest that may-be the corporations had more than their share of influence with the potvers. Now it is different. This is a horse of another color. Somebody else is pinched, and how they howl! We wonder who are the real repudiators this load of poles. Sic ’em, Tlge!—Washington (la.) Demotrat. No Large Standing Army. The plutocracy, while charging that the Democracy is seeking a new issue, is depending upon the issue it is attempting to make on the question of foreign conquest, to distract the attenUon of the people from vital

of taxation, finance; the aggressions of corporations, and the subordination of every branch of the Federal Government td the influence of concentrated wealth. Once a large standing army becomes a fact, with the attendant force of officialism that will grow up under the colonization policy, election will become a farce; our legislative halls and courts the mere tools of art aristocracy that will trample with impunity on constitutional government and perpetuate its power on the absolute destruct! an of personal liberty.— Cleveland Recorder. Needless Bond Issue. Professional financiers rose to the occasion during the war with Spain and demanded an issue of $500,000,000 worth of government boners. This dtf-' ma nd was finally reduced by $100,000,000 and an issue of $400,000,000 was authorized. Secretary Gage was besought by the money dealers to offer the whole amount, but decided to issue only half the number of bonds authorized. His decision has proved fortunate for the people of this country, and it would have been still more fortunate if he had waited sixty days, because in thitt event he Would not have issued any bbnds at ail. 'there is a great surplus, growing greater eVery day, in the treasury, and there is nd way to get this idle money into cirbuldtion except for the government to' buy back its bonds. In the meantime the people of the United States have been burdened with an interest-bearing debt of $200,000,000. Democratic Congressmen pointed out the mistake when the suggestion of issuing bonds was made by the Republicans, bu>t the cry of “obstructionists” was raised and the Democrats yielded rather than to place themselves In a position which would have been construed as an opposition to war measures. Republicans will have to bear the responsibility of the needless and costly issue of bonds. Democrats suggested methods of meeting war expenses which events have proved would have been amply equal to the emergency,, but the Republicans wanted to serve the mohey dealers, and now they find themselves iu a serious dilemma.

“Object Lesson for Bryan.*’ So the tradesmen of Santiago refuse to take the American silver dollar except at 50 per dent discount ‘l Let Shafter be recalled and send Colonel Bryan in his place. If he cannot turn the Santiagoans from the error of their ways he may learn a thing or two which will he useful to him in his political campaign.—Boston Transcript. How about the discount on American told coin at Ponce? For whom is that in “object lesson?” Why do not the gold-worshiping fanatics give us a few “object lessons” from the conditions which have prevailed in India since the mints of that country were closed to the coinage of silver? Why do they not lay some stress upon the fact that even with gold bars as security, money has frequently commanded 12 per cent interest at Bombay? Why do they not advert to the historic fact that there have been times when money could not be borrowed in Calcutta at all upon the security of gold? That the merchants and business men (native and foreign) would have nothing but silver? They would take silver bars quickly enough, but not gold bars. Why? Simply because they could have the silver bars coined into money, while the gold bars Were merely a commodity the same as pig- iron. And the law made the difference, but it is safe to say that not one gold scribbler In ten knows It. A Momentous Contest. We arc now entering upon a momentous contest. Gold monopoly has the Executive, and is making superhuman efforts to control both houses of Congress. Ih that event, legislation will be devised whereby the machinery of government control for the good of the people Will be placed in the hands of bankers, money changers and stock jobbers with which to tax, harass and impoverish the mass of the people. You must not allow gold monopoly to continue to own the executive branch of the government. You must not allow gold monopoly to acquire a complete title to the two houses of Congress, for if you do your government is a despotism. It will rob you and treat you with more cruelty, harshness and oppression than the Russian government is said by its enemies to treat the serfs of that country.—Silver-Knight Watchman. You Know What to Expect. If gold monopoly rules, you know very well that it is more heartless, more cruel, more relentless) and more grasping than any other despotism that can be invented by man. There is no passion as wicked as aval ice. There is no sin so far reaching and destructive as usury, and if you permit avarice to rule and usury to fatten on the labors of the people you will be slaves. Resist now while it is in your power. Arouse your neighbor, and your neighbor’s neighbor, and keep the good work moving on, so that you will be ready for the great battle at the tfext election in which the fate of humanity Is involved.—Silver Knight Watchman. Prosperity Notes. About 1,500 cloakmakers isj New York and vicinity are on strike. There were only sixty-five suicides in Cleveland, Ohio, during the past year. The number of suicides has increased 100 per cent in six months. The sheet and steel manufacturers of Pennsylvania are closing their plants, and they will remain closed for at least six weeks. The reason given is that it is desirable to curtail production in order to raise prices. The Hamgut Cotton Mills at Bristol, R. 1., which are operated by the Richmond Manufacturing Company, have been shut down for the month of August. A dull market for goods is the cause of the curtailment. The Stevens Woolen Mills at Ware, Pa., were shut down on the 30th ult., to remain closed until September sth. This is the first shut-down in these mill in the past four years. The New York Journal of Commerce says that an expert who has canvassed the growth of trusts finds that fully 200 such organizations are now in existence, with a total capital In stocks and bonds of $8,662,000,000. Needful Preparations for War. “In time of peace prepare for war” is a saying which has been tremendously emphasized by the affair between the United States and Spain. There is a considerable extent to which war preparations can be made without violation of the thne-honored precepts against |he maintenance of a large

standing army. The American objection to a large standing army is opposition to a military establishment that means constant invitation to war.—Cin* cinnati Enquire* jobbery in the War Department. Alger has been Surrounded by a coterie of jobbers always oil the make, it is surmised they have becii preaching patriotism to cover their boodling. The expenditures of tile wdr shduld be thoroughly inquired into when Congress meets by an independent committee, hot for any partisan of personal purpose; but to find out the wedk spots of our system that they may be guarded against in the future. Wfe want td have in stock the benefits of our experience, no matter what party may be in power.—Pittsburg Post.

THE PEOPLE'S MONEY

Stable Dollars. Goldbugs frequently speak of money as though Its only function was as a medium of exchange to effect transactions in presentl. Almost any form of money—whether gold or clam shells—would answer that purpose. The important thing ih money, however, is to have it remain Stable sot periods of time, so that contracts Will be paid with the same value as at the time of their inception. The Chief end to be sought is to maintain the parity between money and property. The foregoing illustrations make it clear that there is only one possible definition of honest money. That is, an honest dbllaf Would be one that maintained the sdme Average purchasing power yesterday, to-day and forever, as measured, not by the prices of any particular articles at any particular time, but by the general Average of prices. Such a dollar Would do justice to every one. The creditor would get all that he bargained for; he has no right to insist on being paid in a dollar that is not worth more property than the one-he lent. The debtor, too, would pay a dollar representing the same amount of property as that he borrowed. But if a choice must be had between a slightly rising dollar and a slightly falling dollar —in other words, between falling prices and rising prices—it is clear that rising prices are more beneficial to the community, as a whole, than falling prices. Gold as a Standard. Current production of silver, like Wheat and cotton, is absorbed by current demands. The world’s silver product is sixteen pounds to one pound of gold. Why refuse the natural, logical ratio of 16 to 1? Gold is constantly diminishing in output compared with demand. The price barometer Js proof of this. The index numbers of prices show the cause and cure of this financial depression. If nailed to the masts of the press Dun and Bradstreet would be powerless to “fool Some of the people all of the time.” The authorities teach that independent bimetallism and parity are a simple undertaking for this country, because price level and money level are international. Our present prices require our present money Volume of about $1,750,000,000. To lose our gold without a primary substitute means to lower our prices and raise in “the same proportion” the prices In countries receiving it. Yankee trading and the “greed for gain” prevents this. Hence it is axiomatic that our gold cannot leave us until a substitute fills the void.

Alger and the Press. Secretary Alger believes that he can stave off an investigation with his barrel.—Salt Lake Herald. The administration should devise ways and means of io-sing Alger as soon as possible.—Pittsburg Post. Doubtless Secretary Alger has heard of the French saying that he tvho excuses himself accuses himself.—Boston Herald. Secretary Alger’s defense, ns published in administration organs, is a string of evasions.—St. LouiS PostDispatch. No doubt Secretary Alger realizes by this time the folly of attempting to bolster a bad cause by letter writing.— Boston Herald. Secretary Alger cannot make any mistake in providing too bountifully for the needs of the men at Camp Wikoff. —New York World. The coon that won’t come down is certain to fall. Secretary Alger might as well paste that sentinment in his hat.—Boston Herald. By the time congress meets, the people will know just who were Alger’s accomplices in the neglect of the American soldier.—Philadelphia Ledger. A strong effort is to be made to get Alger out of the cabinet. If it succeeds and Alger is philosophic, he will retire to his barrel like Diogenes did to his tub.—Salt Lake Herald. Secretary Alger is- having an opportunity now to compile a large scrapbook, all about himself, that might make even a Guggenheimer indulge in questionable French.—Boston Globe. The principal is hlways held liable, General Alger, for jthe acts of his subordinates. No ma)i can free himself from responsibility by putting the blame on the men subject to his orders. —Boston Globe.

Alger as a political issue is growing more conspircuous with every tale of horror from the camps. All other questions are obscured by this huge cloud of miserable incompetence.—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Our soldiers have been murdered in multitudes by avoidable camp conditions. Who are the murderers? It is for congress to find out, and there are fearless men enough in congress to do this duty.—New York World. When Secretary Alger says that there Is no need for an investigation at Camp Wikoff he says a very unwise thing. His remark will greatly inflame the demand for investigations in every Inve®tigable direction.—Cleveland Plain Dealer.

The whole power of the Spanish fleet and Spanish forces has been unable to inflict upon the armies of the United States a loss of life in any degree approaching that resulting from the unparalleled blundering of the war department.—Philadelphia Record. Camps in unhealthy localities, poisonous water, scanty and bad food, exposure to the elements for want of tents, cots and blankets—these have killed hundreds of men, unwounded men, who entered the army to fight for their country.—New York .Journal. Now that the Republican candidates for Congress have begun to call for Alger’s resignation, the movement against the war department promises to gain a new impetus. Alger is too big a load to carry through a political campaign, even whep It is a —Boston

THE GIANT CACTUS.

Mexicans and Indiana Make Many Uses of the Ugly Plant. Southern New Mexico and Arizona and southwestern Texas embrace a region totally unlike any other section of the United States. This portion of our country bears evidence of Its Mexican origin In Its swarthy population and its low-built “adobe” bouses, while its bleak mountains hiding treasures of precious metal and its sandy deserts, among whose greasewood and mesquite bushes live the poisonous tarantula, the venomous rattlesnake and the stinging scorpion, seem but part and parcel of Our Sister republic on the south. That which strikes the traveler most forcibly, however, in journeying through the sandy wastes, is the wonderful luxuriance of the cactus family which appears to grow everywhere—the lowly eholla (choy’yah), the reedlike oCalilia (okah-lee’-yah) and that unsightly giant, the great sahuara (sah-wah’-rah). The dryer the sand and the hotter the sun the better the castus seems to flourish. On some mountainsides the chollas grow so thick one cannot pass through them, so fierce arc the sharp spines of the cholla “balls.” Curved at their ends like fish-hooks, these little spines pierce leather and fasten upon the skiu of the foot, causing the most intense pain. Tlough and repulsive as these various kinds of cactus are, however, yet a use has been found for most of them. After treating the stems of some of the smaller varieties, furniture is manufactured from them—chairs, tables and other small articles; the tall, graceful stems of the ocalilla are gathered and woven into fences, while the weird, uncouth sahuara is put to a number of uses which will require a more detailed description. The sahurara, easily the king of the cactus family, is peculiar to Arizona, its fluted columns with its gaunt, up-ward-growing arms, covering the deserts, in seme places, like a veritable forest. It is often twenty feet in height and its heart is a watery pulp protected by long parallel strips of tough, fibrous Wood reaching from base to top, the whole covered with a thick, green skin Which successfully turns the sun’s rays and prevents the evaporation of the water within. Where the sahuara gets this water is a mystery since it grows in the dryest of places where rains come, if they come at all, at almost yearly intervals. This water, however, is of no use to man as many a poor prospector has found to his sorrow. It is estringent and bitter, serving only to increase thirst The Indians of the country—Apaches, Plmas, Papagoes, Maripocas—use the straight, flexible poles which form the skeleton of the sahuara in the construction of their huts. Like the “prickly pear,” the giant cactus also bears a fruit which grows on the very tips of the parent stalk and its branches. This fruit is nearly the size and shape of a hen’s egg. When ripe it is of a scarlet hue and splits open into four lobes, disclosing a pulpy mass about the consistency of a fig and filled with minute black seeds. The Mexicans and Indians are passionately fond of this fruit—and so are the birds. The former, if so fortunate as to get ahead of their feathered rivals, take long poles and knock the fruit from the top of the stalk. The Indian squaws dry it and prepare it into a dish resembling fig-paste. But there is a use to which the squaws put the fruit which is not so commendable. It is pressed in wide, shallow baskets and the juice collected in pottery ollas (o’-yahs), vessels of native manufacture. The ollas are then stored in a small room where a fire is kept burning until the appearance of a white froth on the surface of the liquid. It is then a strong drink called “tlzwin,” for which the Indians show a deplorable fondness. In former years the government always expected trouble from its red proteges in “tiz-win-tlme,” and extraordinary precautions were taken to hold the savages in check during those particular periods.

What the Law Decides

A debt for the purchase of an electric light plant for a municipal corporation is held, in Mayo vs. Washington (N. C.) 40 L. R. A. 163, not to be one of the “necessary expenses” of the town which can be incurred without a vote of the majority of the qualified voters and legislative authority. The intoxication of a passenger standing on the running board of a streetcar is held, in Kingston vs. Fort Wayne & Erie Railway company (Mich.), 40 L. R. A. 131, not to absolve the company from exercising care toward him, or to prevent his recovering damages if injured by the carrier’s negligence. With this case is an extensive note on Intoxication as affecting negligence. The application of the proceeds of a sale under a deed of trust to the first of two notes secured is held, in Owings vs. McKenzie (Mo.), 40 L. R. A. 154, to be valid as against objections by mesne conveyancers who by purchase and sale of the property have become sureties, although their liability has been released by y extension of time. The fact that firewords were on exhibition in a store when a policy of insurance was issued on the stock, or that one of the firm of agents which issued the policy soon after purchased fireworks at tlfe store, is held, in Phoenix Insurance company vs. Flemming (Ark.), 39 L. R. A. 789, to be sufficient to* show knowledge of the agent when issuing the policy that the fireworks were kept in stock.

Comments of the Cheerful Man.

The cheerful man came into breakfast late the other morning. The stout lady opposite, who always comes down to breakfast in a wrapper, was complaining that, the table was too crowded. “I must have another leaf put In,” she said. “Ah, an autumn leaf—very appropriate,” fhld the cheerful man. “No, just a plain, hard board,” said the stout lady. “Plain, hard board,” said the cheerful man. “More appropriate still.” Thea he suddenly remembered that the stout lady was the landlady’s sister, and put salt on his buckwheat cake. —Washington Post.

Schley and Sampson.

It is said that when Schley and Sampson were young officers on board the same ship a number of years ago the latter ordered severe punishment infl’eted on a marine for an offense of wirch the man was guiltless. Schley pretested, a quarrel ensued and the man who is now commodore slapped Sampson’s face. Since then they have been friends.

Why Red Maddens Oxen.

Jled irritates oxen because it’s the complementary color to green, and the eye® of the cattle being fixed so much on herbage, anything red Impresses their sight with increased intensity. The man who fights and runs away may live to draw a pension.

RIGHT AGE FOR MARRIAGE.

Health and Happiness Moat Frequent 4 Ijr Attend Barly Marriages. Taking it for granted, which all sensible, right-minded and good-hearted people do, that marriage is the very best condition for all men and women, the question arises, What is the best marriageable age? There is very much to be said in favor of both late and early marriages. Those who start out in life early may have the satisfaction of gathering a large family of grandchildren about them, and spending the latter portion of their lives in comparative freedom from care and anxiety. Having brought their children up in the way they should go, and established them comfortably in prosperous occupations, they may feel relieved from the immediate responsibilities of everyday life, and feel that all the children will have an Interest in their happiness and welfare. Of course, where youngsters begin life together, they usually do so with small means, and if the little ones arrive in rapid succession there may, and almost inevitably will, be more or less hardship in making both ends meet and in providing food and clothes and education for the fast-growing brood; but if parents will only take a rational view of the situation, and understand that simple food is not expensive, that plain clothes are quite as good as fine ones, and that education and knowledge is the one thing of all others to give the children in order to furnish them with working capital, they w’ill have simplified life to a great extent, and can pave the way to prosperity and a peaceful and plentiful old age. People who marry when quite young are likely to live together more harmoniously than those who enter into this relation after their ideas, minds and methods are fully settled. The younger a woman marries the less likely she is to set up her will in the household. For this reason many men prefer young wives; indeed, they sometimes say that they would choose a very young girl and bring her up, so to speak, to their liking. Mature women have their own ideas, and these aro very frequently not specially in accord with the views of the average man. Physiologically, there is a good deal to be said in favor of early marriages, provided the family does not increase too rapidly. If women would observe all the laws of health they could marry later in life with much greater safety than at present; but health is usually the last thing to be thought of unitl it is gone. Marriage is the only proper state for rational beings to live in, and if it is a failure it is not so from general laws, but from the caprices and wrong methods of those who enter into it. From twenty to twentty two is a good age for young women, and men would do well to marry before they are twentyflve. If women were as physically able to assume the most important duties of the mairrlage relation at twenty-five or thirty as at twenty there would be an excellent reason for delay; but all physiologists are aware that the responsibilities of motherhood are attended with much greater risk after twen-ty-five years, and after thirty the dangers are increased tenfold. There is one serious defect in the education of the average girl. Instead of being taught to put herself in perfect physical trim from her girlhood and being-able to meet the contingencies of life with calmness, confidence, and the certainty of a successful outcome, she is left in profound Ignorance of those things that she has the most need to know. At twenty-five or thirty a woman has more inteligence to guide her, but less favorable physical conditions. As health is the most important of all things, it would seem wise to so arrange our life that its most taxing cares come with as little injury to the physical system as possible.

More Nois, Please.

In talking over the minute factors that have made jf.oflt or loss to manufacturers, some curious details were given me by experts. For Instance, one clock manufacturer, of Birmingham, found that a certain rival was doing a large trade in cheap clocks sent out to the wilds of Africa. He got hold of a sample clock, and, finding that there was a heavy profit in the enterprise, invested a large sum of money in making a still better clock, thousands of which were shipped to the same market. Strange to say, sales were very slow, while his rival, turning out a cheaper and far less accurate timepeace, was selling all he could make. Finally the explanation came. Savages like noise. The clocks made by the original exporter had a particularly loud and aggressive tick; his imitator made a better clock, but it was almost noiseless, and the savages would have none of 11. The remedy was simple. The next shipment of clocks to the Guinea coast ticked more loudly than anything previously heard there, and all went well.—Pearson’s Weekly.

Foreign-Born Population.

According to the eleventh'census, the total foreign-born population of this country was as follows: “From Germany, 2,784,894; Ireland, 1,871,509; * British America, including Newfoundland, 980,938; England, 909,092; Sweden, 478,041; Norway, 322,665; Scotland, 242,231; Russia, 182,644; Italy, 182,580; Poland, 147,440; Denmark, 132,543; Austria, 123,271; Bohemia, 118,106; France, 113,174; China, 106,688; Switzerland, 104,069; Wales, 103,079; Netherlands, 81,828; Mexico, 77,853; Hungary, 62,435; Belgium and Luxembourg, 25,521; Cuba and West Indies, 23,256; Portugal, 15,996; Central and South America, 6,198; Spain 6,185; India, including Asia, not specified, 4,403; Japan, 2,292; Greece, 1,887; all others, 41,729. Total foreign-born, 9,249,547. The persons in the United States of foreign parentage, which includes persons born abroad and native children of foreign-born persons, numbered, in 1890, 20,676,046, 33.02 per cent of the population. The percentage in 1880 was 29.75; in 1870, was 28.25.

No Brains at All.

“Belle Is disgusted with that young man at the seashore.” “What about him?” “She says he is crazy; there are fifteen pretty girls there, and he goes around raving about the lovely sungets”_New York Evening World.

Desert Land Made Beautiful.

No fewer than 12,000,000 acres of land have been made fruitful in the Sahara Desert, an enterprise representing, perhaps, the most remarkable example of irrigation by means of artesian wells which can anywhere ba found.—Philadelphia Inquirer.

A Long Aim.

Chimmle—Billy, I’ve hit a job as elevator boy. Djit's wot I ben aimin’ at fer two years. Billy-Two years! Gee! You must have some Spanish blood in ye.—Sag Fpwcleco Examiner. ’ w J