Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 October 1896 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, OCTOBER- 12 1696.

mixing- a native, cement -In a hollow log with a stick, while another carries stone to the trench for the mason. When the structure has reached the height of about five feet above the ground a scaffold is made on the outside of the building of wooden beams securely tied with ropes, across which other beams are laid, and the laborer carries the material up a series of inclines. The Inside of the building Is filled with dirt and rubbish as fast as the walls BO up. The hodcarrler carries the cement lo the stone mason in a bag, while another carries up stones or adobe bricks (size 6-11-3 Inches), generally carrying sixteen or eighteen of the bricks at a time, or a stone weighing from twerty-five to two hundred pounds. This work is very tedious, owing to its method. Afttr the building is completed the dirt and rubbish with which it Is tilled on the Inside Is carried out in bags and carried away on burros' backs to some dumping , place, whil the scaffold is used by stone cutters to carve the front of the building, an art in which they are very skillful, and receives 87 cents to fl per day. "In the mines, as well as on the building, the owners or builders endeavored to introduce modern ladders, but the peon would not use them, fearing to risk his life on the rounds, and when wheelbarrows were brought for his use he filled the box of the name and carried the loaded wheelbarrow away on his head. The stone quarries in Mexico are from one to fifty miles away from the cities, but the stone, as fast as quarred or a use has been found for it. is carried on the backs of peons and burros to the cities. Your committee met one of these peons carrying a stone 3x3'A feet square and four inches thick, which he was bringing from a quarry nearly twenty miles away. Twenty minutes later we met a number of burros, each carrying two such stones, and learned from the attendants that the peon had left the quarry at the same time as did the burros with their load. "The native for laborer) of Mexico is but a child in intelligence, and if left to his own resources would be helpless to make a livelihood. While he is an adept imitator he has no idea of doing anything to better his own condition, and does not take up modern or advanced means of brightening his existence, but retains all the primitive characteristics of centuries ago, when Cortez first invaded that country- To this day the poen sweeps the public streets with a whisp broom and carries the sweepings eway in a bag on his head or back. Whore there is a running stream of water tlere the women do the family washing, otherWise It is done in a hollow log. The women, whether of high or low degree, paint and powder in a manner comical to behold, nnd have not yet acquired the artistic touch of. their American sisters. Everybody pmokes cigarettes at all times and places. The peons cut grass or grain with a sickle or knife. "One mystery that presented itself for solution in the habits of the peon is that he lays on the cold ground or flagstones day or night with impunity from catching cvld or contracting rheumatism, while the traveler in that country to be comfortable must wear a light overcoat and light woolen underwear and have blankets for rovering on the bed. Very early in the morning one mets large numbers of the natives barefooted, in cotton shirt and lenee pants, seeming to be quite comfortable. THE COMMITTEE SHOCKED. "Your committee, on learning of the low prices paid for labor in Mexico, looking at that fact from a humanitarian standpoint and that the laborer was worthy of hi3 hire was shocked, to say the least. But later, when we saw that although it took but 20 or 25 cents per day to keep a peon family of five nnd all members worked, and that to pay him more was his ruination, we were somewhat relieved. If a peon's wages are raised he will only work until he earns a certain amount and then quit and not do another stroke while he has a cent of money. Consequently they are totally unreliable and dear workmen. This condition was brought about by the Inattention and lack of Interest manifested In them us workers by their indolent masters. Thus, among the great nations of our advanced civtbzation Mexico has been marking time while other nations have been marching on. "Millinery is a scarce article in Mexico, excepting in the city. Your committee did rot see a female with a hat on until we reached the City of Mexico, and there only on the heads of the 400 and the foreigners. As a rule even there women were bareheaded, their hair greased, yet nicely dressed. All wore a serape (a long shawl), which costs about $1.50, which is worn about the upper part of the body and so arranged as to serve three purposes: 1. It is wrapped around the breast and shoulders

1 v By being drawn closely over the chest, acts as a receptacle for carrying their babies, instead of on their backs, as the squaw carries her pappoose. 3. In a few instances the ends of this serape serve as a covering for the head. "A man's chief article of dress is his sombrero, ofren costing as much as $33 (which Is bought on the installment plan), while the balance of his clothing would make a crazy quilt turn green with envy, owing to its variety of colors and assortment of patches making It a hard problem to solve as to which is the original garment and which the patch. No stockings are worn by either Bex, and only about one-third wear sandals, which are made from a piece of sole leather and tied trv the foot with straps. These sandals cost from 12 to 20 cents per pair. The average cost of the necessities of life for a reon family of five Is 25 cents per day. and iothinjr for the same costs about $20 per year. "Street cars in Mexico are as good as can be expected, consisting principally of the umall cars formerly In use in American cities. These cars are drawn by one or two mules In a level country and by three or lour mules in a hilly country. The fare is 6. 8, 12 and 15 cents for first-class passage, and two-thirds of that amount for secondclass. After 7 p. m. the fare is doubled. Ail cars run on the side of the street, up one street and back on another. "Land in Mexico is not taxed, and a man can pre-empt as much land as he can hire peons to keep other squatters off of. It Is not even necessary for him to till or work any part of the land, but if it is intended to use any land for agricultural, mining or manufacturing purposes the government will grant ebneessions to the owner in the shape of admitting machinery or agrlcultural Implements free of duty for a number of years. "The cactus, which grows in abundance, is used by the peons in many ways. The broad leaves are dried, ground Into flour between two stones and a uort of pancake made. The fruit called tunas which resembles a russet apple. is sweet and cooling to the taste. For fodder for the burro the cactus is dried in the sun, after having the thorns burned off, while other species are used as a fence around the hut. The tequilla, which resembles the century plant and grows wild in abundance, is tapped at lt ha fni tha eiTi frnm whlVi tha ritl?. whisky is made. -HUMAN "BEASTS OF BURDEN." "Nearly all towns and cities are from ore-half to three miles away from the railread stations, in order that the peon has work to carry baggage and freight from the depot to the town. Ymr committee saw a carcador (public carrier) trotting along the highway with a largo trunk on his back, another with a half-dozen hand satchels, another with an iron safe, another with forty adobe bricks, another with two hales of hay, one with two barrels of fruit, one with a crate of crockery or of vegetables, another with two tenten peons carrying a piano. This wonderful power of endurance and - strength of limb is a mystery and proves him to be a veritable beast of burden in the carrying trade of that country and together with the burro are the railroad's only comXiet'.tons. "The day's work in Mexico runs from ten to fourteen hours. The bakers work twenty hours, and workmen who take work to their homes work as many hours as thev please. The Mexican laborer works easj compared with the American laborer, except the carrier, who bears enormous burdens on his brick all day without manifesting fatigue. The question -of shorter hours Jn Mexico is a long ways off, for a country in which labor is so cheap and plentiful that it Is offered as an inducement to bring foreign capital in, and Its toilers will be compelled to work as many hours as they . are physically able, and thanks to organized labor or the American worklngman would be in the same condition to-day as his Mexican brother. "Mexico Is not primitive in everything. Many of its present laws and customs could le proiitably adopted in this country. First of all. its system of police and soldiers to guard life and property, which is certainly perfect, excepting the pay, which is only in and 37Ms cents per du'y, with uniform fur- . nlshed. In any city In the republic of Mext ico a person is safer, either on .the street or indoors, by day or by night, than a person Ifi in the city of Chicago at police head- ' quarters in the middle of the day. House are an unknown quantity in Mexican cities. But if one of these crimes is ever committed the guilty party is immediately apprehended, taken before an officer of the lay, wner ne is oraerea snot on tne spot. Che only criir a committed are petty thieving and pickii 7 pockets. The gentry who plies this vocation is rounded frequently, when half of them are taken from the Jail and under guard of a isquad of soldiers, ent to a neighboring town which the ju-iaoriera never reach. The uoldler return

in a few hours, report that their prisoners attempted to escape and were shot. This method of dispensing justice acts as an object lesson to the remaining prisoners and is a system which has purified Mexico of crime and criminals. The other pickpockets may be set free or ordered sent to another town at a later day. "The libel and slander laws of Mexico are very severe. If a person libels or slanders another, either by mouth or pen, on complaint being made to any policeman the guilty person is arrested and lodged in jail until he has proved the charge made by mouth or pen. "All business in Mexico is transacted on a strictly cash basis, no credits are given or allowed to any ona or for any purpose whatever, commercial paper and promise to pay are unknown, and if a merchant has a stock of goods, he it large or small, every article is paid for,' consequently no business failures have occurred in that country for years. "The compulsory school law works admirably; it requires children between the ages of seven and fifteen years to attend the public schools ten months of the year. Statistics of Mexico show that where ten years ago 75 per cent, of its people could rot rad or write now Ct per cent. can.

i Another admirable feature of Mexican bus iness life is that all places of business are -!&sed daily from 1 to 3 o'clock at noon to permit everybody to go home to dinner, while stools and chairs are provided in all stores for the use of both the clerks and the customers. NO FIXED PRICES. "The worst feature of Mexican business life is that no fixed price is put on any article, but the merchant will tell the truth as to the exact quality of the goods to be purchased. If the buyer offers one-half or one-third of the price originally asked for the article can generally be bought. Wages are paid every Wednesday and Saturday. "Every town or city In Mexico has from one to a dozen public parks, which are kept up by the government, la which semi and tri-weekly concerts are given by government bands. On Sunday mornings, in the City of Mexico, military bands play in the principal public park for three hours, commencing at 10 o'clock. During the first hour and a half the pecn is privileged to promenade in the park and listen to the music, after which time he is ordered out by the police to make room for the socalled better classes who then appear on dress parade until the close of the concert. At each entrance to the promenades police stand guard to drive away the unfortunate native should he hover too near. This manifestation of social inequality your committee considers wrong to those who are the real wealth producers of the country, who cultivate the soil, bring treasures from the mines and carry' loads as beasts of burden and in consideration of this should be permitted to occupy a higher plane in the social arrangement of Mexico. "All mercantile business In Mexico is taxed 6 to 8 per cent, of actual sales. A set of books must be kept of receipts and expenditures, which are examined by the tax collector as often as that worthy comes around, who fixes the amount of taxes to be paid and affixes revenue stamps for the amount of taxes paid on the books. "Any advertisement or announcement in stores, windows, houses or public places must have a 2-cent revenue stamp affixed to permit Its display. Even the gambling houses and lotteries are taxed one-third of their business. "Although but one-fourth of the natives of Mexico are married, no divorces or separations occur. They are a very affectionate people, and, whether of high or low defree, are polite almost to a fault. In their omestlc relations they are happy no family jars, no family skeletons. This felicity takes the place of the green-eyed monster that has wrecked so many homes of the so-called better classes In America. Aged couples manifest much affection for each other. It is common to see them walk the streets with hands joined and acting with the simplicity of little children. Your committee was told that the reason the natives do not go through the marriage ceremony was that it cost too much: still, the Civil fee for the poorer class is but $1.75 for the judge and registration fee, while for the better class the cost is from $10 to $20. The church fee is much higher. Thechureh does not recognize a civil marriage and the state does not recognize a church marriage. On inquiring what was necessary for a peon to take unto himself a wife and go to housekeeping we were told: 'A picture of hidalgo, a bunch of chili peppers and an almuda of maize (twenty-four pounds of corn). As a consequence these people live together like cattle more than like human beings, and it is but five years ago that a law was passed in the City of Mexico compelling men to wear pants, as the breechcloth previously took the place of that necessary rarment. "The haciendas (or plantations) are owned by the very rich, and cover an area of from ten to one hundred square miles. Farming and agricultural implements are. very primitive. The plow M a crooked stick or beam, and scratches the ground to a depth of three or four inches. This "plow" is drawn by two oxen, and the harness is a broad strap or rope passing over the forehead instead of the shoulders of the oxen. Planting is done by poking a hole into the ground with a stick, dropping the corn into it, and the seed is covered by the peon stepping from hole to hole. On these large tracts of land the natives or peons have lived for centuries, and are forced to buy all their necessities of life at the hacienda's (land owner's) truck store. On the hacienda the peon gets from 18 to 25 cents per day for his work and a hut to live in, if he builds himself. GETS NO MONEY. "The peon gets no money. The only money he gets is on feast days and for religious offerings. By this system the peon is always in debt to the haciendado. Generation after generation of peons live on the same hacienda and always under the same conditions. This form of slavery has been forbidden by law for a number of years, but two-thirds of the peons do not know it, Si they can neither read nor write and their masters take good care not to teach them this fact. The peon cannot leave the hacienda while owing the haciendado any money, and Mr. Haciendado sees to it that when settling up accounts there is a balance due him, which keeps the peon perpetually in his service and his debt. This relic of the baronial system has made the haciendado lord and master of every man, woman and beast within the bounds of his extensive possessions. "After three hundred years of isms Mexico is now emerging from an arrested development and has a good future before it. Under this republican form of government, which in fact is a military despotism, the great masses of the working people have little social and absolutely no political standing. The machinery of the government. In its legislative functions, can and does exercise an unbridled sway with impunity. Organized labor is unknown here, which Is considered a great blessing. But that country to-day that has the best system of trade organizations and the greatest number of union men per capita of its population Is the foremost in wealth, progression and the happiness of the people. The true test of civilization and greatness of a nation depends on the intellectual and moral worth of its working classes. All laws inscribed on the statute books of nations bearing on the welfare of the toiler have had their germs planted in the soil of trades unions and by them quickened Into life In presentable forms for adoption, and that country which has done the most on thege lines stands at the head of civilization. "The cry Is raised that there are no poorhouses in Mexico, but that is no indication of the absence of poverty, as your committee can fully testify without fear of contradiction, as the voice of the mendicant supplicating alms rang in our ears all through the country, and poorhouses would be a blessing to many of the wan faces and gaunt, emaciated forms that crossed our path whi'e there. Often In witnessing these and other distressing scenes we wished that many of our friends in the rank of organized labor could look through our eves and behold conditions it would be doubtful for them to otherwise believe. There are no manna trees in the land of the Montezumas. where you can pick three meals a day off their branches, or. if one is too tired to reach for the fruit, lay under its broad branches and wait until the fruit drops into your mouth: nor is it a Sohlarraffenland. where roasted poultry is flying through the air or baked white fish or boiled trout in its streams; not even does milk and honey flow here. Instead, in the 1.200 miles of the country your committee traveled through, going and returning, onlv a few fertile tracts of land occur, clothed with sage brush and cactus and supposedly watered by a spring from a neighboring mountain. Under the influence of such a spring some vegetation bursts forth and covers u more or less extensive area, but fchas long ago become the halting place of some prospector or small larmcr, and in several places such cases supported a considerable population. By means of irrigation, some corn and cotton are cultivated, and, owing to the short crop of corn in Mexico, brought about by an extended season of drouth. President Diaz recently issued a pracUusation takiner the import duty off Amei3can rorn. and millions of bushels of our corn Is shipped to Mexico daily as a result. t "In the cities of Zacatecas and Guanajuato, with populations of 40.000 and 70.000 respectively; we failed to get butter ami potatoes on the tables of the bfft hotels. Cn inquiry? we were informed that if we

paid $1 a pound of butter would be purchased and kept for our exclusive use. NO PLACE FOR AMERICANS. "Your committee would caution American, workingmen against goinr to Mexico without sufficient funds to bring them back, or to have employment secured ftefore going there, or they will be obliged to subsist on cactus and the sap of the tequila plant while doing the country. On asking an American who was conducting a prosperous business in one of the cities which your committee visited why it was that the foreigners all seemed to be making money, no matter what business they were engaged in. he. with characteristic Yankee frankness, replied: 'The laborer here is different from the laborer In the States. Hre labor Is cheap and we have no brains to contend with.' "According to a census taken in September. 1S95, Mexico has a total population of 13.000,000 people, of which number nearly 6,000,000 are Indians, 4.500,000 are a mixed race of Indians and Spaniards this is the peon class. Together they represent about Ho per cent, of the total population of the country and directly contribute not one cent to the support of the government. The government is supported and maintained by the balance of its population 2,500,0'JU who are designated as the white race and consist of Spaniards, Englishmen. Germans, French, Italians and Americans. "The mission intrusted to your committee is a peculiar one. We were sent to study the social and financial conditions of a faraway people. We are plain toilers, inured to the hard knocks of the factory and work shop, and none are better qualified to investigate or to feel and sympathize with the workers of another country than men from our ranks. We did not go loaded with credentials, to be entertained by the people of the better classes, or yet as scholars, to describe the monuments of historic interest, or to have our poetic fancies Inspired by the landscape and azure skies, or build up wasted energies in the healthful air of that southern climate, but to go among the common people, who are of our own class, and study conditions from that standpoint. Hence this epistle does not abound In high-sounding platitudes on the sublime and beautiful of that country, tut on facts that still exist and are re.'- .y to speak for themselves to those who wi'l go and seek as we have done; and should they do so they will feel as we do, that the American workingman is a prince compared to the workingman of Mexico. That in this country all stand equal in social and political life, and in that political right they should exercise with care the faithful discharge tf their duties, unprejudiced and unbiased, by supporting such principles as will do the greatest good to the greatest number, irrespective of party politics or the machinery of either party, who may manipulate conditions and measures for personal gain to the detriment of the whole people. "Fellow-workers, appreciating the honor conferred upon us, we thank the Chicago Trades and Labor Assembly for the confidence reposed in us on sending us upon so important a mission, and believe that we have fulfilled the duties assigned to us free from prejudice, as in this report we have simply held the mirror up to nature and chronicled events and conditions just as we found them. "In conclusion we submit herewith a ccmparatlve table of the average prices of commodities of life and wages paid in the different cities visited by us. All of which Is respectfully submitted. "P. J. MAAS, "PATRICK ENRIGHT, "Committee."

INTERESTING STATISTICS. Comparative Rates of Wagres and Prices of Commodities of Life. The tables alluded to above, giving the wages in the United States compared with the amount received for'the same class of labor in Mexico, and the comparative prices cf commodities of life, are presented below. The following table shows the average wages per day at Chicago and El Paso, Tex., compared with the wages paid at Guanajuato and City of Mexico. The rates for the American cities are given in American money and for the Mexican cities In Mexican silver. The American dollar is worth 100 cents in gold, while the Mexican dollar was worth but 49 cents at New York on Saturday. The population of the cities given Is: Chicago, 1,500,000; El Paso, 10,000; Guanajuato, 70,500; City of Mexico, 335,000. Blanks in the table denote that no journeymen are employed: Chi- Kt Guana- City of Occupation. case raso juato Mexico. Teamsters .... $1.75 $.75 $.50 $1.00 fctreet cars drivers 2.25 .:) .75 .73 street cars conductors 2.2 .S5 .75 1.00 Miners 2.00 .75 .75 Printers 3.00 l.r.0 .75 .75 Pressmen 3.?.0 1.00 .37!4 1.20 Press feeders.. 1.75 .50 .25 .S7V4 Book binders.. 2.75 .... .50 1.(0 Iron molders... 2.50 2.60 . .S7'i 1.002.00 $8 per $11 per $6 per Cigar makers.. .M up 1,000 1,000 Cigar makers females .25 .50 .62', Barbers 2.7a 60 p c .Xi'i o0 p. c. Bakers Shoemakers ... Carpenters .... Brickl'y'ra and masons Plasterers . Hod carriers... Clerks Wod w'rkers.. H'rness m'k'rs Horseshoers .. Blacksmiths .. Waiters Cooks Machinists .... Tailors Painters Butchers Engineers, sta-. tionary Firemen. stationary Musicians Cab and hack drivers O'mm'n l'b'r'rs 2.fto 2.50 2.80 4.00 4.00 2.00 2.00 2.25 1.50 3.25 3.00 2.25 3.25 2.75 1.60 2.75 2.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 1.75 1.25

2.00 .50 1.50 l.."0 .2i 1.25 3.50 .75 1.25 5.00 .75 .376 2.50 .50 .87 1.50 .50 .75 1.25 1.25 2.75 3.00 .75 1.25 2.00 .75 1.25 2.f .75 1.50 2.73 .87i 1.50 1.00 .37'a 1.00 1.23 .50 1.25 2.50 1.75 3.00 1.00 . 37 .50 $7 suit 3.00 .75 1.25 1.25 .62 .75 2.50 .87 1.00 2.00 . 37 .87 2.00 . 37'2 1-75 1.00 .50 1.00 1.00 .50 .27 .50 .50 .62 1.C0 .37 .37 .50 .25 ,50 1.00 .50 .50 .50 .50 .37' 1.00 .37 .75 1.00 .73 .87 1.23 .62 .37 1.23 .37 .50 1.00 .37 .50 .50 .25 .50 .50 .37 .50

H'lp'rs Min'rs H'lp'rs m'ld'rs Helpers cigar makers H'lp'rs b'k'rs Helpers shoemakers H'lp'rs on Mrs Helpers horseshoers H'lp'rs Blacksmiths Helpers machinists H'ln'rs p'nt'rs H'lp' rs tailors H'lp'rs butchers Mexican money. PRICES OF COMMODITIES. The following table shows the comparative prices of commodities, the American towns being quoted in American money and the Mexican In Mexican money: Chi- Kl Guana- City of Articles. cazo. Paso. juato. Mexico. Calico, per yard $0.05 Black cassimere, per $0.04 $0.17 $0.11 yard 1.03 .90 .60 .20 .20 Ten-q'rter sheeting, per yard BWched muslin, p'r yard Unbleached muslin, per yard .22 .06 .13 .03 .05 . .20 .60 5.00 .75 .r.O .06 Oilcloth, per yard... .13 Red table cloth, per yard 23 .65 1.25 6.00 3.00 .40 Blankets, per pair.. 3.50 6.50 3.00 Shawlp, wool Hosiery Half hose 4.00 .15 .15 Cotton underwear, suit 1.00 Flannel underweur suit 2.00 Hickory shirts 50 Linen shirts 75 handkerchief, bandana 03 Handkerchief, linen .15 Suit of clothes. woollS.vO Men's hats, felt 2.00 Ingrain carpet, per yard 60 Stove. No. 7 cook... 9.00 Iron bedstead, sinsle S.25 Kitchen table, oak, six feet 3.50 Scwint; machine 40.00 Single harness 10.00 Wagon 65.00 Saddle 5.00 Winchester rifle, 44. 11.00 Colt's pistol, 44 13.00 Powder, per pound.. .20 Table cutlery, per half dozen 1.25 Pocket cutlery, each .75 Ax 60 Iron Fhovel -10 Pickax .62 Hand saw. 2t-inch.. 1.15 C'king utensiiw. set. 12.00 100-pieee set china.. 6.30 Plates, cups, sautt en, each jer Uoz.. .85 Table lamp Z0 Watch, silver, seven jewel 10.00 Clock 3 00 Plow 4.00 Reaper 65.00 Boots, pair Shoes, pair 2.00 Kitchen chairs, each .40 Bread, per lb loaf... .03 Flour, per ixjund 02 Butter, per pound... .1 1.00 2.00 ..'0 1.00 .03 .10 15.00 5.00 1.25 8.00 3.00 2.00 65.00 16.00 70.00 15.00 13.00 12,00 .40 1.25 .75 .S5 .73 .85 1.25 5.00 9.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 3.00 7.00 1.25 1.75 .12 .50 15.00 :.oo .12 .25 .40 io!6o 3.P0 85.00 25.00 100.00 15.00 32.00 30.00 1.20 28.00 9.00 3.00 85.00 30.00 125.00 25.00 25.00 20.00 .50 4.00 1.50 2.i)0 .SO 1.25 3.00 30.00 40. J0 1.25 1.50 12.00 7.00 15.00 225.(0 2.00 5.C0 3.00 .07 4.00 1.50 1.50 1.00 l. 2.50 3.00 1.12 H.0O .f0 12.1K 210.0J 4.00 3.50 .M ' .0-5 .75 .12 2.00 " .04 ".07 .12 4.00 2.00 3.00 ro.io 3.00 4.00 .90 .10 .03 .25 .0(5 .75 .25 .10 .OS .55 .10 1.50 .38 .(9 4.00 .09 .20 l.f.O .60 t Siiffar. per pound.,.. .05 I Tea. per pound .40 Corree, per pouna.. Milk, per quart Sirup, per grullon .25 .05 .30 Rice, per pound. .06 .OS .10 .16 12 Meat, per pound 10 Canned fruit... 1.0(1 1.00

Canned vegetables.

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Poultry, each........ .30 Ham. per pound..... .13 Bacon, per pound... .12 Fibh, per pound 10 Corn, per pound '30 Beans, per pound . .04 P'tatoes, p'r pound., .ooi Apples, per pound.. .02 Cabbage, per pound. .00 Cheese, per pound... .12 Tomatoes, p'r pound .00 Mfclons, each 13 Turnips, per pound. .01 Soap, per pound 05

.13 .23 -17 .12 .60 -.33 .12 .t0 .30 .2 .25 -31 .01 .01 1-3 .04 An .06 .10 .01 'i .'17 .CS .04 Of, .04 .03 .05 .15 .32 .40 .0.1 01 .12 -17 .30 .01 01 .10 .11 .17

Blanks denote that such goods are not for sale. Sandals, 13 to 25 cents. a pair. Agrees vlth Bryan. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: In his Sioux Falls harangue of yesterday Mr. Bryan said: "I am glad to have the bond syndicates against me. because when I am elected they will not come down and try to get me to sell bonds to them at $1.04Va when they are worth $1.19." Shake, William Jennings! I am glad to have something lucid on the financial question from you at last. You have almost got that point "dead to rights," and Us "right you are. old boy." When you "are elected they will not come down and try to get you toell them bonds at $1.0412 when they are worth $1.19." Not by a large majority. Not even by a small plurality, will they come down to buy your $1.04 bonds. There won't be any such bonds to sell, when "you are elected," and the syndicates and the bankers and the farmers, who happen to have some good money on hands, will not come down. Don't you know that "when you are elected" and open the United States Treasury for business on your 53-cent dollar plan, that you will have to invent some kind of a free silver, patent self-adjustable extension and contraction system of bonds to go with the new financial theory? You will have some trouble in getting your financial system "to go." but If you will allow the suggestion, Mr. Harvey, author of Coin's Financial School, would make you a good Secretary of the Treasury. He knows all about finance and if you and he should get your financial heads together; well, you would not have to ask the "consent or advice of foreign nations" about a policy. No, indeed; not vou. But you would have to issue bonds. Mr. Bryan; no getting around that, and instead of the syndicates coming to you, you would find it necessary to go aiter them, and you would fare no better, perhaps, not so well, as one of your predecessors, who was trying to run the government under a "tariff for revenue only" policy, without the free-silver annex. History repeats itself and like produces like. Hon. Galusha A. Grow, of Pennsylvania, furnishes this statement of affairs. 'During the administration of Buchanan, the last Democratic President before Cleveland, the public debt increased from $31,972.000 in 1S56 to $64,842,000 in 10, and this in time of peace. During the last year of the administration money was borrowed at a ruinous rate of interest to meet the necessary expenses of the government. On the 14th of December, 1S59, Congress passed a law authorizing the issue of $10,000,000 in treasury notes, payable in one year, at the lowest rates offered. The Secretary of the Treasury offered $5,000,000 of the notes, bids to be opened Dec. 28. and when the time came only $500,000 had been offered as low as 12 per cent. There were some offers at 24 per cent, and some as high as 36 per cent. The Secretary rejected all over 12 per cent. As the government needed money at once. It borrowed $1,500,000 of the banks at 12 per cent. A month later it offered $5,000,000 more of treasury notes, payable in one year, and they were taken at an average rate of 10 per cent. This shows the condition of the national finances in the last year of Buchanan's administration." Mr. Grow was a member of Congress during Buchanan's administration, and if he; should live, and could be a member of Congress under Mr. Bryan for four years, I will guarantee that he could furnish a much worse report than the above. SON OF A VETERAN. Indianapolis, Oct. 11. A Railroader!! ReaHoim. To the Editor of the Indianapolis Journal: Having been in the employ of the Vandalia line since 1S73," I would like to say why 1 think the railroad men will so solidly support Major McKinley this year. The principal reason applies with equal force to the empolyes of other . Industries also. During the years 1890 to 1S92, Inclusive, the brotherhoods formed by the men In the different branches of the railroad service were very active in organizing, and by 1S92 were so powerful that they" arranged scales of wages, defined the hours that should constitute a day's work, and through their committees presented these scales to the general managers of the different lines, and in almost every case they were met in a friendly spirit and all just demands were griyited. Wages were thus raised to a hijXier level, and the rights of the men were better defined and understood than ever before. In a great measure the men named the terms upon which they would wcrk, and the companies accepted them. We all remember those times. No one who wished to work was Idle, and we all had everything we wanted, or thought we had. until the free-traders taught us we should have free pearl buttons. So the champions of free pearl buttons were placed In power and the great change came. Long before Mr. Cleveland took his seat fear took possession of the business interests of the country, business began to fall off, fewer trains were run, times became hard, men became plentiful and jobs scarce, and conditions were favorable for a general reduction in wages. But w all know that, though during the last three years, business with all lines has been light, and that evf n the strongest lines have had hard and still harder times to meet their expenses; that though repeatedly the order has gone forth to further reduce expenses, until every expedient has been tried except one the one that affects us most, a general reduction of wages yet on the VandaliaPennsylvania system very few If any men's wages have been reduced, but for the same service done now we get the same pay a for that service In 1892. Shall we now show our sense of fair play and gratitude toward our employers, who have stood by us rnd treated us so handsomely all this time, by voting against their known wishes, and for nothing more substantial than the free pearl buttons of four years ago? Shall we not rather trust them and their judgment in this matter, when they have proved themselves to be our real friends In the past? Our interests are identical. Bad times for them are bad times for vis; good times for them are good times for us. So we will honor our superiors by standing by them as they have stood by is. and all pull togeth?r- for McKlnlsv and Hobart and a return of good times: and will not be coerced into voting to reduce our own wages, or to drive our employers into bankruptcy. J. C. HUTCHINSON, Agent T. H. & I. Crawfordsville, Ind., Oct. 10. Vsing Mr. Bryan. Chicago Letter in New York Mail and Express. It appears an open secret that Mr. Jones has given up all idea of controlling Mr. Bryan, and has uttered many sneering remarks about the Popocratie presidential candidate and his tour. Bryan is so full of egotism and conceit that no power on earth can make him realize that he Is already beaten. He has the Insane Idea that he is going to carry every State in the Union and that he is going tc do it himself, by his speeches and without the aid of the national committee. Senator Jones seems willing now to let him go ahead and elect himself, but meanwhile he is playing shrewd politics on Mr. Bryan himself, and the Boy Orator has fallen into the trap. . The original plan was to send Bryan from St. Louis into Iowa, the Dakotas and Minnesota, but, on his return to Chicago, and after his interview with Senator Teller. Senator Jones changed the itinerary, and switched Bryan off into Indiana. What was the reason of this? Why, Indiana elects a Legislature next month to select th successor of Dan Voorhees. Jones knows that the State is going for McKinley, but he hopes to save the Legislature, and thereby elect a free-silver Senator to take Voorhees's place. Bryan is thus made to do double duty, and, as he is allowed to make as many as ten, a dozen or more speeches a day, he is satisfied; but his tour is to be used to stir up enthusiasm in the legislative districts to elect members to the Assembly, and not to get votes for the national electors. Plenty of Gold. Washington Special. The statement given out last night by Controller Eckels successfully controverts the statement so frequently made by Popocratie" speakers and newspapers that there is less than $123,000,000 in gold in the country outside of the government reserve. lieports from ten thousand banks show that there is in that number of national and private banks about $310,000,000 in gold. Add to that the treasurv reserve and there is "in sight" something like $455,000,000 in gold, to say nothing of the indefinite but none the loss very large aggregate of gold hoarded by individuals In safety vaults and "stockings" an amount probably not less than $150,000,000 or $200,000,000. Xotlce to llanna. Kansas City Journal. The Wichita Eagle serves notice on Mark Hanna to quit sending polished Eastern orators out here who say "the horse reared up on his hind legs." when, all Kansans know he "rared." D

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REPUBLICANS PREPARING TO PUT HEAVY ARTILLERY. I. ACTION. Arrangement (or the Generalit nnd Speaker Reed In Wayne ConntyGen. Lew Wallnce to Speak. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. RICHMOND, Ind., Oct. 11. The next fewdays will be a period of great activity among the Republicans here. The chieS event to occur is the night meeting to be held on Wednesday, at which Generals Alger, Howard, Slgel and Sickels and Cor poral Tanner will be present. A number of committees have been at work for several days preparing for this, and no pains Ixave been spared to make the meeting a great success. An escort of old soldiers will go out as far as New Castle and will accompany the visitors to the Hotel Westcott, where they are to be entertained. A tent has been secured from Cincinanti to hold the meeting in, and it is capable of holding over 15,000 people. It is expected that every inch of space will be taken up by the immense crowd that is expected to turn out. The Republicans are delighted with the news that the Hon. Thomas B. Reed, of Maine, is to speak at Cambridge City. The date is Oct. 16, and the meeting will be a district one, delegations being expected from all parts of the district. Not less than 20,000 visitors are expected if the weather is suitable. Congressman Johnson will speak at Beeson's Station on the afternoon of the 16th. Lee C. Gates, of Los Angeles, Cal., will also be present and speak. The lion. John L. Rupe, of this city, speaks at Whitewater Tuesday evening. The Hon. E. R. Reynolds, of Hagerstown, will speak at Chester Friday evening. On Tuesday evening a McKinley and Hobart wheelmen's club will be organized here. RALLY AT ANDERSON. Mayor Dunlap Speaks to 2,000 People After a Parade. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ANDERSON, Ind., Oct. 11. The Republicans of Anderson held one of the greatest demonstrations of the campaign last night. Hon. M. M. Dunlap, Mayor of the city, wg.s billed for a speech at the Armory under the auspices of one of the local Republican clubs, and the event was made the occasion of an outpouring of Republican hosts such as has not been witnessed in Anderson during the entire campaign. The toilers in the mills and factories, In the offices and stores, turned out to do honor to Republican principles. The parade was alike remarkable for the number of laboring and business men in line. Mr. V. T. Morgan, of the North Anderson Window-glass Company, was grand marshal of the parade, and enlisted nearly 1,200 of the voters of the city in the demonstration. There were two bands of music, four drum corps in the marching lints, and a body of cavalry and bicycle riders as escorts. The march was through the business portion of the city, and hundreds of people cheered as the men went marching by. The following labor organizations participated: The file and tile workers, the window-glass workers, the tinplate workers, the Hazelwood Republican Club, the titeel workers and the Central Republican Club. Nearly two thousand people had gathered at the Armory to hear Mavor Dunlap, and those who were unable to gain admittance contented themselves with marching around the public square and shouting for McKinley. The blare of horns and drums was not stilled till 11 o'clock. The Mayor's speech was one of the most masterly and patriotic discussions of the Issues of the campaign that has been heard in the city during the campaign, and related almost wholly to the money question. In conclusion he said: "A word to the sound-money Democrats and I am done. When the National Democracy assembled in Indianapolis to organize resistance to the misguided host which threatened to destroy tne Democratic party itself, together with all remaining vestiges of national prosperity, a distinguished citizen of California, in a speech of matchless eloquence, inspired his hearers with the story of the heart of Bruce. Mav not the loyal Democracy of our State arid Nation receive additional inspiration and direction from that other story of the immortal Bruce, when, in the sanctuary of the chapel at Dumfries he struck to earth Red Comyn, the enemy of Scotland's liberties. Rushing from the tragic scene he met Kirkpatrick, a bold and fearless baron, who, burning with zeal for his country's cause and fearing lest the knife of Bruce had not made perfect work, shouted: 'I make certan,' and, invading the sanctuary, dispatched the stricken foe. To-day the monster of repudiation and opposition to the federal authority rears its threatening front and utters its menace to the welfare of our common country. The Republican party, true to its patriotic instincts as in the days of old. will strike it down with the ballot in November. But shall not the patriotic Democracy of our land 'make certain' of its absolute death by voting for him whose election offers the greatest assurance of the integrity, the prosperity and permanency of the Nation?" GEN. LEW WALLACE Booked for Three Speeches in Montgomery County Lanclis's Work. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ina., Oct. 11. The campaign in Montgomery county is in full sway, and political meetings are held every night all over the county. From a careful survey of the outlook it can be eafely said that Montgomery county will go for McKinley by 200 majority, with but a slight difference for the Republican county ticket. The Democrats have swallowed the Populist county ticket, with two exceptions, but still this does not greatly increase their chances for success. During the past week Charles B. Landis, the Republican candidate for Congress in the Ninth district, has spoken at several places in the county and has drawn large crowds to hear him. He is making a favorable impression by the manner in which he is handling the questions of the campaign. He will also speak In several places in the county during the coming week. A. B. Anderson has also spoken several times in the county, and he has proved himself to be a forcible speaker. General Lew Wallace will speak at three places during the coming week, as will also Hon. M. D. White. Hon. S. R. Artman, Hon. W. A. Ketcham, Judge E. C. Snyder, Hon. Frank Hanly, W. L. Whittington and W. E. Slavens. Next Saturday the Republicans will have a grand rally, the speakers to be Hon. A. J. Beveridge. General John Coburn and United States Senator S. M. Cullom. The McKinley Veteran League has an enrollment of 569. Of this number 247 are sons of veterans. The students of Wabash College have organized a McKinley club, with a iarge membership. The McKinley Veteran League will go to Lafayette next Tuesday to attend a rally that night. IN DELAWARE COUNTY. Enthusiastic Republican Meetings The Generals to Have an Ovation. Special to the ludianapolis Journal. MUNCIE, Ind., Oct. 11. The Fourth Ward McKinley Club entertained the Republicans from other parts of the city with a big meeting at the Boyce handle factory. 1 he three drum corps and over 500 Republicans formed a parade and escorted the speaker, Hon. I. P. Watt, of Winchester. Fully 1,000 people heard the Randolph ccunty orator. Judge George H. Koons and Burt Needham, Muncie's boy orator, who recently sprang Into prominence by his presentation speech when the Muncie ae-egation visited Major McKinley, addressed a big Republican meeting at Yorktown last night. George O. Cromwell, of this city, yesterday received a letter from .a man in a position to know, who states that Mr. Cromwell can safely wager his life on Kansas giving McKinley 10,000 and Nebraska 4,000 pluralities. Recently a letter was received here from Albert W. Wickershan. of the firm of Wlckershan & McMillen, hardware dealers in Jamestown O., asking him what he thought about the prospects of McKinley's election, Mr. Wickershan replied as follows: "I thir.'t that McKinley will be elected by gieat odds. I am willing to wager $1,000 to $500 that he will carry Ohio, and X am also betting that be will

carry Indiana by a mjority of 25.000. You can bet all the money s ou want to on Ohio and also on Indiana and I will back you." Farmland Republicans are preparing for 0. grand rally Fridy of this week. Hon. James E. Watson, of Rushville: Hon. E. S. Elliot, of Wst Virginia, and E. E. Hendee, of Anderson, well make the addresses. Muncie Republicans are preparing to entertain Generals Alger, Sigel. Sickles. Howard and Corporal Tanner Wednesday in great style; fully "0,000 strangers are expected to be present. The parade will move at 10 o'clock in the forenoon to Heckin Park, where Hon. Edward S. Elliot, of West Virginia, will make the address. At 2:30 o'clock the veterans' special train will arrive here from Hartford City. They will be escorted to the public square, where they will be heard and will then leave here for New Castle. At 7:30 o'clock In the evening a speech will be made at the. public sonare by Hon. Bellamy Storer, of Cincinnati. Great Day in Benton County. Special to the In 'i.'.napolia Journal. FOWLER. Ind.. Oct. 11. Saturday was a great day in Benton county for Republicans. Three important meetings were held. The meeting at GUboa was attended by farmers from Benton. Newton, Jasper and White counties. They expected to hear Congressman Hanly, but he was detained at home from sheer exhaustion. Mr. Isham, of Fowler, was drafted as Mr. Hanly's substitute, and made an excellent speech. At Fowler the Hon. George W. Letourneau, of Kankakee, spoke lor protection and sound money. His audience was composed mostly of French citizens, and the speaker used the French language. Following Mr. letourneau came Colonel De Hart, of Lafayette, always a favorite in Benton county, who spoke to the newly-organized First Voters' Club. He had also in his audience a few old veteran Republicans, who cast their first Republican vote in 1S55. The Colonel's speech was heartily applauded. The large audience dispersed at 4 p. m.. to assemble again at night to hear enthusiastic speeches from Judge Wiley, Mr. Isham and L. A. McKnight. At Boswell Hon. James T. Johnston, of Parke county, made a speech to the largest and most enthusiastic meeting yet held In this county. This meeting, like the one at Fowler, was followed by a night meeting at the opera house, addressed by Mr. Stansbury, of Williamsport. Mr. Hanly was present at the night meeting, but was suffering from overwork. In a voice almost Inaudible he made a fifteen-minute speech, captivating his hearers. Poles Raised by Glass Workers Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Oct. 11. Over three hundred glass workers raised a seventy-five-foot pole on the South Side Saturday, on the top of which floats McKinley and Hobarfs pictures and the word "Prosperity." Hon. J. J. Maddox, one of the oldest residents of Blackford county, addressed the crowd. Out of the several hundred men who reside in this glass-factory district there is not an average of one Democratic voter to the hundred. It Is commonly termed the "solid South Side." Special to the Indianapolis Journal. ALEXANDRIA. Ind., Oct. 11. A McKinley pole was raised here Saturday under the auspices of the McKinley-Johnson Club of the DePauw window-glass factory. A large crowd was present, delegations from Summitville and Orestes being in attendance. Hon. Lafe Johnson, candidate for State Senator, and for whom the club was jointly named, was present and addressed the crowd. Dun Wanffh and W. W. Monnt. irrecial to the Indianapolis Journal. WINDFALL. Ind.. Oct. 11 The Hon. Dan Waugh, ex-member of Congress, and Walter W. Mount. Republican candidate for judge of the Thirty-sixth judicial circuit of Indiana, addressed five hundred voters in the rink at this place last evening from a Republican standpoint. Judge Waugh spoke tor. an hour and a half, devoting most of his time to the fallacy of the free-silver craze. His speech was one of the most forcible, enthusiastic and votegetting that has been made here this campaign. Walter W. Mount spoke about one hour, devoting his talk principally to the judiciary subject. This was one of the most enthusiastic meetings we have had here this campaign. The Windfall Glee Club and the McKinley Club drum corps enlivened the occasion with music. The meeting closed with three cheers for McKinley, sound money and protection. Ketcham in Wabash County. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. WABASH, Ind., Oct. 11. One of the best political meetings held in Wabash county since the open'ng of the present campaign was that ,at Laketon, Saturday, addressed by Hon. W. A. Ketcham, of Indianapolis. Farmers from all the surrounding country turned out. and several hundred from the towns of that part of the county were present. There were a number of handsomely decorated wagons and two bands In the procession. It Is estimated there were from 2.500 to 3,000 people at the meeting. Iast night, at the courthouse in this city, Hon. Everett H. Ketcham. of Indianapolis, made a sound-money speech to an overflowing house under the auspices of the sound-money Democratic committee. There was a large attendance of both Republicans and silverltes. Greene Coanty Proud of Hardy. Special to 'the Indianapolis Journal. WORTHINGTON. Ind., Oct. 11. The bestattended and most enthusiastic series of meetings ever held in Green county greeted Congressman Hardy during the week just closed. He made eleven speeches in the county, and every meeting has been a rally. On Friday night, at the little hamlet of Calvertvllle, over a thousand people assembled at what was intended for a schoolhouse meeting. Yesterday this city was crowded with Republicans and sound-money Democrats, and Mr. Hardy addressed for two hours over two thousand people at the wigwam. Greene county is proud of her Congressman and the splendid canvass he is making in the district.

Prof. C. II. Hall lor Sound Money. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. FRANKLIN, Ind., Oct. ll.-For some time it has been known that Professor C. H. Hall, of Franklin College, one of the ablest speakers In the State and a man of wide influence, expected to deliver an address in favor of sound money. The speech was delivered last night at Bluff Creek before a big audience. His arguments In favor of the gold standard as being the true and just one were the best yet heard in thi3 county. The extensive study he has made of the money question during the pat few years enabled him to present points in a light which permitted no contradiction. Joint Rally at Birdseye. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. HUNTINGBURG, Ind., Oct. 11. The Republicans of eastern Diibois, Crawford, Orange and Perry counties held a joint rally at Birdseye yesterday. A large crowd was present. The Huntlngburg McKinley Drum Corps and the Eckerty and Uniontown glee clubs furnished music. A 120foot pole was raised in the morning. After noon the speaker of the day. Congressman Robert J. Tracewell, addressed the people on the political issues for over two hours. Dr. W. R. McMahan. of this city, foiiowed with a few well chosen remarks. The speakers were frequently Interrupted by ap. plause. Will Cumbuck nt New Point. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. NEW POINT. Ind.. Oct. 11. Saturday night Will Cumback spoke here to as many as could find standing and sitting room In the large hall. Many went away because they could not get in the hall. They had come for miles to hear him. He spoke for an hour and a half. There was a good glee club present. The Republicans will gain in this township. All the Republicans are In line, and, more than that, a dozen Democrats will vote for McKinley. Mr. Cumback will speak at other points in the county before the election. Decatur county will line up all right on the 2d of November. Land is Gaining: Votes. Sjecial to the Indianapolis Journal. COLFAX. Ind.. Oct. 10. Charles B. Landis,. candidate for Congress from this district, and Hon. Asa Jones, of Ohio, spoke to a large and enthusiastic crowd of Republicans at Bowers' Station, in Montgomery county, yesterday afternoon. Both made strong and convincing speeches and produced quite an effect upon their hearers. Mr. Landis is gaining votes for himself wherever he goes, and several of our old Democrats are going to scratch Mr. Cheadle. Many Heard Colonel Dodtre. Srecial to th Indianapolis Journal. NEW LISBON, Ind.. Oct. 11. An enthusiastic meeting was held by the Republican at this place yesterday. The procession required two hours to pass a given point. Conservative estimates place the attendance at G.OoO. Colonel Janea S. Dodge held

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Each letter is answered carefully and accurately, as Mrs. Pinkham fully realizes that a life may depend upon her reply, and into many and many a home ha sho Bhed th rays of happiness. the closest attention of the audience for two hours. Many who were heretofore considered doubtful have come Into the fold and old campaigners are engaging in the work with renewed zeal. Glee clubs from Straughans and New Castle were present and entertained the audience with excellent music. Drum corps were so numerous that no attempt was made to count them. . Overflow Meeting; Necessary. Special to the Indianapoliij Journal. LYNN. Ind.. Oct. 11. Hon.-W. Haggard. Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, addressed a large meeting at City Hall last night. An overflow meeting was addressed by Daniel Laurence, George Eckerle and M. J. Furnas, of this place. Indiana Campaign Notes. The Hon. R. A. Brown spoke at Whiteland Saturday night, and was greeted by a very large crowd. The management of the Michigan division of the Big Four is preparing to run a special train from Wabash to Indianapolis for the great meeting of railroad sound-money clubs and the speech of President Ingalls, of the Big Four. All of the two hundred members of the Wabash Sound-money Club will be taken free, the railroad shops being shut down for the day. Theron P. Keator, who for several years was the editor of the Wabash Plain Dealer, writes that paper under date of Oct. 8, from Fullerton, Neb., that McKinley is practically sure of carrying Bryan's own State. Mr. Keator is stumping the State for the Republican ticket, his appointments having been made by the national committee, and he says that enthusiastic meetings are being held by Republicans in every school district. Speakers of natlfinal reputation have been thrown Into the. State by the national Republican committee, and the whole Commoiiwealth is ablaze with enthusiasm for McKinley. ' AMUSEMENTS. Robert Mantell opens his brief engagement nt the Grard to-morrow evening In a enectacular revival of Alexander Dumaa' romantic drama. "The Corslcan Brothers." The names of many famous actors are associated with the history of this drama. It was first produced in Paris at the Theater Hlstrlonique in 1850 by the late Charles Fechter. His impersonation of the two Cor'sicarta was eminently successful both In Knuland and this country, and his waa unquestionably the finest performance ever given. Oustavus Brooke, a girted and versatile actor, also won a distinguished success in this drama. Booth, Davenport and Eddy added to their laurels by their dual characterizations, and within the past decade Henry Irving gave the romance a magnificent scenic revival at his famous Lyceum Theater in London, which was followed in this country by what was known us the Booth's Theater production. Augustus Pltoti had charge of this revival, in which Charles It. Thome, Jr.. appeared for the last time on thU world's stage. It was a really admirable performance of the play, and If Thorne had lived It would have made his lortune. Him-e then "The Corslcan Brothers" has rarely been played. Two years ago a special production of the dram was given In Philadelphia, with Kobert Mantell as the twin brothers, and the success he achieved induced him to give the play a. prominent place in his repertoire. At the Wednesday matinee "Monbars" will le given, and the engagement will close Wednesday nltrht with another strong romantic French drama, "The Pace in the Moonlight." The week at the Park will open this afternoon with "The Boy Tramp," presented by the Neuvilles and their company. This sensational play will remain the bill ntil Wednesday, when "Cell 22," another exciting drama, will be given. The last half of the week will be made attractive by the return of one of last season's favorite companies playing "The Prodigal Father." At the F.mplre to-day Miaco's City Club Burlesque Company opens a week's engagement. The programme includes - two spicy burlespis and a strong olio. Notes of the ftnRe. Hoyt's "A Milk White Fleg" will have its first production in Sydney, Australia, on Saturday, Oct. 17. In "Thoroughbred," which Charles Frohmnn's company will present at the Grand' next week, Thomas Q. Keabrooke will sing his latest sonss, "Keep the Baby Warm, Mother," and " 'Appy Little 'ITdson River 'Ome." Manager iranK l. feney isiaies mat no arrangement of any kind has been made regarding a professional alliance of Mme. Modjeska and Otis Skinner, and there is scarcely a possibility that such a deal can be consummated. The popular actor Aubrey Bouclcault has won an heiress for a wife, and St. Loui9 society people are grieving over the fact that they have lost a social ornament. M'.ss Nellie F. Holbrook' is the fortunate or unfortunate girl, whichever way one releases to consider it. and her friends fear she will take to the stage, although it i given out that instead of thfs Bouclcault will leave the stage and that the two will go abroad. Otis Skinner began his season In Chicago laFt week with another new production called "A Soldier of Fortune." It is very highly spoken of by Chicago critics. Though this is Mr. Skinner's third season as a st?r, he has not yet appeared in New York. He will arrive there In due time and in good share. Mr. Kklnner Is a fine actor with scholarly tastes and hic-h aspirations, ami deserves the encoura2ment of every one interested In the advancement of the American stage. NATIONAL Tube Works Wrought-Iron Pipe for Gis, Steam and Water. Holler Tube. Cast nd Malleable Iron l utings ( black an4 gslvauized). Valves, Stop Cocks. Knglne Trimming, Stesiu Oauuei, I'le Tongn. 1'ljie Cutters. Vise. Screv Plates ami Dies, Wrrmtiea, Mesni Tri. rumi'. 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