Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 209, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 July 1899 — Page 5

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 1899.

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TRACER FOR BEVERIDGE

STATE DEPARTMENT ALAR3IED OVER HIS BEI.G QUAKAXTISCD. Cablegram to Bcnmikl Consul to See What Has Become of the Junior Indiana Senator Epeclal to the Indianapolis Journal. WASHINGTON. July 27.-Secretary Hay has put the machinery of the State Department in motion to ascertain the truth of "a newspaper story, which put Senator Beveridge on a plague s-hlp off Nagaskl, Japan, ml tVJ, anu i u uiui lurici ii urn bus gestlon of Judge Penfleld, solicitor of the department. Secretary. Hay this afternoon cent the following cablegram to Consul C. B. Harris: "Harris, Xagaski: Reported Senator Beveridgo on board plague ship off Nagasaki. Cable his condition. Ills friends anxious. "HAY." Consul Harris is an Indianlan. and may be depended upon to attend to the matter promptly and fully. Assistant Secretary Crldler, who has immediate' charge of the consular bureau, is of the opinion that if anything had happened to Senator Beveridge Consul Harris would have notified the department, and that the fact of his not having done so may be accepted as slrong presumptive evidence of the senator's safety. This Is plausible speculation, but is not regarded as conclusive; hence Secretary Hay's Instructions to the Consul at Nagasaki. It will be remembered that the newspaper account is alleged to be based on a letter to Indianapolis from Senator Beveridge. dated June 30, and supposed to have been smuggled ashore. If this be correct then Consul Harris might be In entire ignorance of the presence of tho senator, though separated from him by a distance of only a few miles, The senator might be dead and burled without Harris knowing it, unless notified by the State Department to be on the lookout A ship with bubonic plague victims aboard and in quarantine is a close proposition, communication with the shore being next to impossible. A reply to Secretary Hay's cablegram should be received some time to-morrow. Secretary Gage to-day Issued a circular fixing the compensation of local inspectors of hulls and steam boilers during the present fiscal year. The inspectors at Evansvllle. Ind.. during the coming year will receive $1,200 per annum. A new postofUce ha? ben established at Wakefield, Jefferson county, and John R. Tewell appointed postmaster. A substation, to be known ai Postal Station No. 1, Is to be established at Hammond, Ind., Aug. IS. Its location will be left to the discretion of the postmastet of that city. Jacob V. Bcdepraven was to-day appointed a subclerk in the postofflce at Hammond. Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith has Issued an order directing the rapid transmission and forwarding from place to place of all mall matter of any kind addressed to persons connected with the army, navy, marine corps or other branches of the public service serving In or en route to or from Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii, Guam or the Philippines, or to persons in the government service in the United States whose ders. No additional postage is to be required, as is usually done. OTHERS WAST RECIPROCITY. Friendly Xatlons Without Trude Treaties See Their MIMake. WASHINGTON, July 27. There is a good deal of curiosity among the diplomatic representatives here of those countries which have not been fortunate enough to secure a reciprocity arrangement, such as Portugal has, or a treaty, as in the case of France, to learn the disposition of the United States government, should overtures be made to arrange other conventions. Now that the time limit fixed In the Dingley act within which the arrangements might be made has expired, it is a question whether or not the President will regard the spirit of the act es being against further agreements In the direction of reciprocity or whether he will avail himself of what arc regarded in some quarters as his general power unler the Constitution to make treaties which cannot be limited by the action of Congress. The point that Is regarded officially as being particularly deserving of serious consideration is whether or not It Is worth while for the State Department to proceed with other reciprocity sections of the Dingley act, neglecting only the time limit fixed by that act. It aprears probable that the Department will Incline to this course it only to prevent complaint from countries that "so far have failed to secure treaties. f.200,507rS12 IX CVSTOMS. I'ncle Sam's Tariff Collected from Lant Year' Import. WASHINGTON, July 27. The detailed tables of the imports and exports of the United States during the fiscal year ending June 30. 1S39. have been completed by the Bureau of Statistics. The summarization, which shows comparison with the fiscal year ending June 20, ISPS. Is as follows: Imports 1S03. im Articles of food and live animals S1S1.205.S14 S211.S6P.91S Articles In a crude condition which enter Into the various processes of domestic Industry.. 201,125,375 221.D9S.377 Articles wholly or partially manufactured for use as material in the manufactures and mechanical arts.... 5S,5?!,5o? 0,712,51? Articles of manufacture ready for consumption 97,SS2.4'M 108,521,46 Articles of voluntary use. luxuries, etc.. 7.1 H.172 53.314.C33 Total imports J16.010,651 SC37.116.854 Percentage free 47.3 43.07 Duties collected 143.819,54 205,507,812 Foreign goods remaining In warehouse 37,72,f S3.?5r,,021 Domestic Exports. 1S3S. 1S09. TToducts of agriculture SS53.eS3.570 STR4. 300.009 Products of manufactures 200.607.3.V 33S.6fi7.704 Troducts of mining.. 10.410.707 2S.S32.547 Products of the forest 37.000.171 41.236.770 Products of the flshries 5.433,453 f..023.m Miscellaneous 3,164.628 3.21,134 Total domestic exPorts Sl.220,231.913 SU04.123.134 Foreign goods reexported 21.100.417 23.0S2.2S3 Total experts ft, 231, 42.220 fl.227,30G.413 Against Duty on Clothe. NEW YORK. July 27.-The American Travelers' Defense Association has leen organized with the view of securing the repeal of the provision of the Dingley bill which Imposes a duty on all wearing apparel and" other personal effects over $1C0 In value purchased abroad and brought into this country by returning residents of the United States. It Is proposed to form branch organizations throughout the country, and to petition Congress for the repeal of the measure referred to. The association baa its opposition to the duty on the ground that the enforcement of the provision produces only an insignificant revenue and affords no real protection to any American industry; that it causes vexation nd unnecessary delays to travelers, and

that it discriminates against residents of the United States and In favor of foreigners. CHARGE OF FRAUD SUSTAINED

Resnlt of Nebraska In vent location of Recent election. OMAHA, Neb., July 27. At the last session of the Nebraska Legislature a committee of three was appointed by the Senate to investigate certain charges relative to alleged irregularities in the recount of ballots on a constitutional amendment relating to increasing the number of Judges of the Supreme Court, as well as other matters in connection with the official conduct of certain state officers. Tne report of the committee was completed in this city today and forwarded to the Governor. It embodies the history of the investigation and concludes with an appeal to the Governor to do his duty and punish the parties whose guilt is indicated. The committee declares that the charges of fraud In connection with the recount on the constitutional amendments have been sustained by the most conclusive evidence, as well as by the appearance of the ballots themselves. It finds that ex-Governor Holcomb has misappropriated at least 1773 of the amount drawn by him on account of house rent during hl3 terms of office, and recommends that the attorney general be Instructed to take the necessary steps to recover the amount and return it to the treasury. The committee also comments with some severity on the action of the state officials in refusing to aid its members in their investigations. BANDIT CHIEF CAUGHT CONFESSION THAT IMPLICATES MAJ. ACOSTA, OF CUBAN ARMY. Plundering Expedition! of Outlaws Plotted in the Barracks, and Booty Afterwards Divided. HAVANA. July 27. Chief of Police Gallo. of Guanajay, has captured Enrique Rlvere, the ringleader of the banditti engaged In the recent safe robbery at Marlel. The bandit chief says he was a.'ked by MaJ. Jose Acosta. of the Cuban army, to help raid Marlel and was told that there was no danger in the enterprise. Acosta, he says, took him to the Cuban barracks, where the plot was arranged with Sergeant Formin. of Acosta's regiment, and five or six others. Arms were supplied the men and the telegraph wire was cut by order of Acosta. The party arrived at Marlel in the evening and all hands assisted in carrying the safe some distance away, where it was opened with an ax, each man helping himself to some of the money it contained. The party returned to the Cuban quarters in Guanajay early In the morning. Rivere says that he delivered a portion of the money to Acosta and some to Major Bulnes, and he believed that others of the party gave money to Bulnes. When the first man concerned in the raid was arrested Acosta ordered all the members of the band to get as far away from Guanajay N as possible. Rlvere says that Acosta stole many mules and horses and also had a plan to rob the hotel at Guanajay. One of the largest sugar brokers in Cuba says this year's crop will be exceptionally small, owing to want of rain at the proper season and also to a scarcity of capital, due to a feeling of general uneasiness In financial circles as to the length of time the present stable government will remain in power The Cardenas Herald urges Spaniards who intend to live and die in Cuba to accept existing conditions and become an integral part of the new society. The Herald also calls attention to the unprecedented good health of the town owing to the general cleanliness and disinfection. The Diario de la Marina approves of the old plan to build a promenade from Punta to Vadado, but says it would be better first to put the streets and sewers in order and supply houses with water by increasing the pressure. Yesterday was field day at Camp Columbia. There was fine weather and a large attendance. There were eleven events, the most popular of which was to ride one hundred yards and make the horse quiet under fire. A meeting of Knights of Pythias was held last night for the purpose of organizing. a lodge of that order. There are a large number of Knights of Pythias In Havana. La Lucha says editorially to-day: 'it appears we are gojng to return to the old system of registration of titles In Havana by uniting the three present divisions into one. It used to be said in Madrid that the position cost $30,000. When there was only one, abuses were unlimited and the position was a veritable gold mine." La Discussion calls attention to the fact that the Spaniards of Havana are not registering In order to preserve their nationality, and says: "The Spaniards prefer to become American citizens rather than Cubans, who. It is alleged by some, have no nationality." The municipal physicians have presented a petition to Surgeon Majpr Davis for an increase of salary. It has been referred to General Ludlow with an indorsement favorable. During the last thirty days there have been imported at the port of Havana 13,652 head of cattle. The Cuban generals and their staffs and a large contingent of cafe politicians are talking freely of securing the presentation to Governor General Brooke of a petition protesting against any official appointments being held by Cubans who have become naturalized American citizens. The blow Is particularly aimed at Senor Perfecto Lacoste, the mayor; Sencr Desvernine, secretary of finance, and other prominent and able Cubans now holding office, who are generally recognized as among the best of the native Cubans. Such a law would affect nearly half of those now holding office In the island. One Fever Death. WASHINGTON, July 27.-General Brooke at Havana has cabled the following death report to the War Department: Santiago Robert H. Cole, civilian, died July 23, yellow fever. lMnar del Rio Private John McChrlstol, Company F, First Infantry, died July 21, carbolic acid poisoning, suicide. CHINA-JAPAN TREATY. Exchange of Courtesies That lias Attracted Attention in Russia. WASHINGTON, July 27.-In diplomatic quarters concerned with the affairs of China and Japan, it Is said that the old ill feeling between the two countries, dating long before the war' and made more acute by that struggle, recently has been obliterated by several graceful and significant courtesies exchanged between the Emperor of China End the Emperor of Japan. The latter was the first to extend the olive branch by conferring on the Emperor of China the decoration of the highest order in Japan. Recently the Emperor of China has returned the compliment by decorating the Emperor of Japan with the highest order of China. A similar spirit was shown on the death of the field marshal of the Japanese army a short time ago, one of the strongest tributes paid him coming from officials high in tho Chinese service. Another recent mark of restored good feeling 1 the sending of many Chinese students to Japan for modern educations. This era of good feeling in the Orient was referred to at the legations here in connection with reports from Peking as to the visit of the Japanese admiral and squadron, and the probable consummation of a Japan-China treaty. The reports that Japan and Russia are arming for a struggle over Corea are received with much allowance in the diplomatic quarters chiefly concerned, and it is rolnted out that an entente eordlale was arranged between the two countries last year concerning affairs in Corea. This arrangement Is still in force, and there has been no evidence that either government desired to depart from it. Leland Hotel Sold. CHICAGO. July 27. Charles W. Babb today purchased the assets of the Leland Hotel, in this city, from the assignee, who has been conducting the business.- .Mr. Babb has leased the property until April 1. 1002.

IT WAS A CONSPIRACY

PRESIDEXT IIEREAUX FELL DEAD AT THE FIRST SHOT. Preparations for Another Revolution Are Already Under Way McKlnley's Condolences. CAPE IIAYTIEN, July 27.-Details of the murder of President Heureaux, of Santo Domingo, are that he was assassinated as he was about to leave on horseback for Santiago de las Caballcros to take action against a suspected insurrection following a financial crisis In the island. He was about to leave Moca.- Booted and spurred, ready to mount his horse, he sat under the gallery of a house in the Rue Colon, talking with two friends at 4:30 o'clock in the afternoon when an old man approached to ask for alms. Just as the President gave the old man some money, Ramon Caceros, the assassin, rushed forward quickly and fired twice from his revolver. One bullet struck the heart of the President, killing him instantly, and tho other killed the old man by his side. The crime was committed so quickly that the friends of the President were not able to interfere In time to prevent it, but they fired a number of shots at Caceros, who ran away, accompanied by several persons. The assassin and party returned the fire of the President's friends and Casceros escaped. It is not known whether he was wounded or not. The authorities immediately sent troops to pursue him, and the body of the President was taken to the house of the Governor of Moca. The news of the President's death spread rapidly and caused a panic among the inhabitants of the island. It is believed bymany the murder was the result of a political conspiracy. Vice President Figuereo has taken precautions to prevent disorder and has taken command of the troops to that end. It is said that Juan Isidoro Jlmlnex, who took part in the attempted insurrection of June, 1K3, is a candidate for the Presidency. It Is reported Gen. Maximo Gomez, formerly President of the Cuban insurrectionists, who is a native of Santo Domingo, also aspires to the Presidency. The father of Caceros, the assassin, was put to death by order of President Heureaux in 1SS4. Revolntlon at Work. FORT DE FRANCE, July 27. The body of President Heureaux has been taken to Santiago de las Cabatieros. The President's widow has requested that the remains be transported by railway to Porto Plata, and from there to Santo Domingo by sea, but the governor of Santiago fears disorder if the body should be removed from there by train. The governor confirms the general opinion that the assassination of the President was a political crime. It is reported that the assassin's party is gathering forces preparatory to an attack on the government troops. It has been learned that Caceros's companions, when the President was killed, were Juan Picharde and Horaclo Vasquez. The latter is the brother of a deputy in Parliament. Vice-President Figuereo, who assumes tho presidential functions, acting with the ministers, has Informed the widow of President Heureaux that the body of her husband will be Interred at Santiago de las Caballeros, and orders for the carrying out of this plan have been given to the Governor of Santiago. It is currently reported that this course was decided on in order to avoid the excitement and manifestations which would be the result of the removal of the remains to the city of Santo Domingo. ForeseeJn the possibility of disturbances, and In order to be prepared for any emergency. General Pepin, Governor of Santiago, has taken important precautionary measures, and has decided to demand that arms and ammunition be forwarded to him from Santo Domingo. Advices from Santiago received here at a late hour report that the situation there Is becoming more serious. . . MoKlnley's Condolences. WASHINGTON, July 27. The State Department ha3 received confirmation of the death of the President of Santo Domingo in the shape of the following dispatch from the United States consul at Puerto Plate: 'President Heureaux assassinated." Consul Reed, at San Domingo, also confirms the report, but neither give any details. Official confirmation of President Heureaux's death was communicated to the President at Lake Champlain and the following cable message wus sent: "Lake Champlain, via Washington, July 27. "His Excellency, Wenaslao de Figuereo, President of the Dominican Republic, Santo Domingo: "In the name of the American people and In my own, I offer to your Excellency and the Dominican nation most sincere condolences by reason of the death of President Heureaux. WILLIAM M'KINLEY." Figuereo iS'the officer next in line to Heureaux and succeeds to the office of President. THE RIVAL YACHTS. London Yachting? Pnper Shows the Superiority of the Shamrock. LONDON. July 27. The Yachting World issued to-day contains a long article on the Shamrock's chances in the contests for the America's ciip. Starting on the assumption that the Vigilant and Britannia were equal, the writer argues that the Shamrock showed herself to be capable of beating the Britannia In a moderate breeze, twenty-five to twenty-six minutes over a thirty-mile course. With time allowance the Shamrock's net superiority would be fifteen to twenty minutes. As the Defender's superiority over the Vigilant in sailing the same course is estimated at six minutes and the Columbia's superiority over the Defender is assumed to be three minutes. It is estimated the Columbia's superiority over the Vigilant is nine minutes. Therefore, according to the Yachting World's article, there are excellent grounds for the belief that in the present condition of both yachts the Shamrock will win. Columbia's Xfw Blast. BRISTOL. R. I., July 27.-Columbia's steel mast was stepped to-day. It was in place by 7 o'clock this morning, the workmen having begun on it before daylight. All preparations possible were completed last night so the final step was accomplished easily and very quickly. As it stands the mast looks taller than that of Defender and Is considerably darker in color. The topmast, in conformity with a new idea of her builders, was inside the hollow mainmast and operating like a telescope, will be raised and lowered from the deck. RECORD-BREAKING TRIP. Steamship Klnnha Morn Arrives at Victoria from China. VICTORIA, B. C. July 27. The steamship Klnshu Maru arrived to-dayafter a recordbreaking trip from China. She had few white passengers, among them being Dr. Eastlake, of New York, who Is introducing his electric trolley system Into Japan. The officers of the ship report that the plague has been almost stamped out, so far as ships are concerned. Elaborate preparations were being made for the celebration of the revised treaties coming- into force on the 17th. This will not apply to France, Austria and Italy, with whom the treaties do not apply until Aug. 4. United States Minister Buck has issued a proclamation calling on all United States citizens to loyally observe the new arrangements and Dr. Eastlake says the general impression is that foreigners will be much more leniently treated than the natives. A hurricane swent the Japanese coast

from the 8th to the 11th of July. In Ushijlma Mura. Oye district, to Kushima prefecture, seventy houses were washed away and fifty persons were killed and thirty are missing. At Inisajo Mura, Itanc district, same prefecture, over forty houses were demolished and many people are missing. At Aigu Mura. Kltsmore district, Miyo prefecture, a landslide occurred on the night of July 10. owing to heavy rain. Five houses were crushed and twenty-eight persons were either killed or Injured. FREE LOVE RUINED IT.

Ruskln Colony an Experiment in Socialism, Is Given I'p. NASHVILLE. Tenn., July 27. The property of the Ruskln Co-operative Colony, located at Ruskin, Tenn.; fifty miles northwest of here, has been sold by a receiver. The land. 1.700 acres, and buildings, brought $12,000. This means the failure and end of the Ruskln colony, founded by J. A. Wayland In 1S03, and which has been looked on, both In this country and Europe, as the most successful experiment in socialism ever Inaugurated. The colony was prosperous, revenues far exceeding expenses, but became disorganized by a faction favoring free love, contending it was sound socialism. WEDDING POSTPONED. Aeronnnt Thayer Killed in a Parachute Fall at Streator. STREATOR, 111.. July 27. Aeronaut Thayer, of Nlles. Mich., fell 200 feet and was instantly killed here to-day. The balloon rose about a half-mile and began to descend. Thayer was seen to launch his paraChute and leave the balloon. The balloon and parachute descended together some distance, connected by a rope, when the balloon turned upside down and struck the parachute, which It overturned, throwing the aeronaut to the earth. Thayer's wedding was to have taken place to-night. MRS PEROT, OF BALTIMORE, Arrested on Reaching: Liverpool for Ahdnctlnj; Her Daughter. LIVERPOOL, July 27. On the arrival of the Dominion line steamer Cambroman at this port this morning, Sergeant Collins; of Scotland Yard, and Sergeant Bell, of Liverpool, arrested Mrs. r illiam Y. Perot, of Baltimore, on the charge of the abduction of her daughter from Baltimore. Mrs. Perot was accompanied by a tall, military-looking man, and tho party had taken passage as Mr. and Mrs. Pierce and daughter. They were arrested at the custom depot while waiting for the departure of the express train for Euston Station. "Pierce" is Captain Blood, a brother of Lady Colin Campbell. Mrs." Perot did not deny her identity. She had not anticipated arrest, and was terribly surprised by the event. The arrest was effected quietly, but there was a painful scene between mother and daughter when they began to fear separation, the child weeping bitterly. The police reassured the mother for the present. The child and mother were taken to the police office, but proceeded to Euston Station by a later train. Captain Blood took charge of the baggage and accompanied Mrs. Perot to London. Sirs. Perot Released on Ball. LONDON, July 27. Mr6. Perot was arraigned at the Bow-street Police Court this afternoon and remanded for one week. The child will remain in the custody of her mother. Bail with two sureties was fixed at 100. It was furnished by Sir C. E. Smith and C. N. Blood. When Mrs. Perot, her child and Mr. Blood arrived at the Euston Station they were greeted by Inspector Freest and a correspondent. To the latter Mrs. Perot said: "This is a pure case of persecution, I assure you. Some of the proceedings are utterly unwarrantable. If taking ny child away is an indictable offense.1 then I m guilty, perhaps legally, but every mother's heart will be with me in this trouble. We had no idea of this further attempt in a long series of houndings. If I return to America it will be never to leave it without my child. We are perfectly devoted, as you can Imagine." Mr. Blood said: "There Is no mystery about this case. The statement that I was traveling as Mr. Pierce is untrue. I traveled under my own name. I am a very dear friend of Mrs. Perot and her child, and propose to stand by them. I consider Perot, the grandfather, a scamp to play this inhuman trick. I have engaged the best extradition barrister in London to fight this casf." Mr. Patrick Rose-Innes. who appeared for the prisoner, said after the hearing: "There is not the slightest chance of extradition in this case. The English law says abduction must be against the laws of both England and the United States for extradition. Mrs. Perot violated one law only." Mrs. Perot and her child have gone to Fulham. where they will be guests of Lady Colin Campbell. ALLEGED MURDERESS. JlrOlUch Will De Tried by President of Chihuahua Tribunal. EL PASO, Tex., July 27. Mrs. Rich was arraigned before the judge of letters In Juarez this afternoon for a sort of preliminary hearing, which the law of Mexico directs must take place within seventy-two hours after the arrest of a prisoner. She was told that she was suspected of the murder of her husband, and asked if she objected to the Judge on the bench trying her. bhe promptly said she did. and, as a consequence, will be tried by the president of tho Chihuahua tribunal of Justice, who arrived to-night. The chief of police of Juarez went into Mrs. Rich's cell last night to inquire why he was weeping and sobbing. The Judge saw him there and suspended him four days without pay. The Governor directed that no official but the Judge and two witnesses be permitted to enter her room after sundown. The United States has provided no lawyer for Mrs. Rich, and the American consul has not visited her since she wag surrendered. She was not represented by an attorney in court this evening, and the only Americans present were two reporters, B. & 0. TUNNEL CflVE-IN. Discovered Just In Time to Prevent a Serious Wreck. CAMBRIDGE. O., July 27. The main line of the Baltimore & Ohio was completely blockaded to-day by a tunnel Just west of here caving in. The cave-in occurred about twenty minutes after the regular passenger, west-bound, had passed through. The track inspector who discovered the accident had just time enough to stop a special and save it from destruction. The tunnel is 700 feet long and at least half of it is blockaded. All trains are running over the Cleveland & Marietta Railway. It will be at least two weeks before the obstruction is cleared away. PARSONS'S SON INSANE. Sent to Asylntn In Spite of Evidence in His Favor. CHICAGO, July 27. Mrs. Lucy Parsons, widow of Anarchist Parsons, appeared in the insane court to-day and testified against her son. Albert R. Parsons, who, she claimed, Is mentally unsound. The young man answered all questions in an intelligent manner and claimed his mother was trying to place him in an asylum to get possession of his property. Several friends testified in his behalf, saying at no time had he displayed any signs of insanity. Notwithstanding, the jury adjudged him insane, and he was ordered sent to the Elgin Asylum. Movements of Steamers. ROTTTERDAM. July 26.-Arrived: Rotterdam, from New York. Sailed: Spaarndam. for New York, via Boulogne. NEW YORK. July 27. Sailed: Barbarossa. for Bremen; Fuerst Bismarck, for Hamburg. QUEENSTOWN. July 27. Sailed: Waesland. for Philadelphia; Teutonic, for New York. LONDON, July 27. Sailed. Menominee, for New York. NAPLES, July 27. Arrived: Ems. from New York. GENOA, July 23. Sailed: Aller. for New York.

NO MORE BRYAN VOTES

KEXTICKY POPULISTS ROAST' THE ORATOR FROM THE PLATTE. Refused to dominate the Probable Democratic Candidate Aguinst Goehel. FRANKFORT. Ky., July 27.-The Populist State convention to-day named a full State ticket. John G. Blair, of Nicholas county,' was nominated for Governor by acclamation. The platform adopted indorses Wharton Barker, of Philadelphia, for President and Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota, for Vice President. It reaffirms the former Populist national platform and declares in favor of government ownership of all public Institutions aa a means of stamping out trusts, emphasizing the government ownership of railroads. It condemns the Goebel State election law as an attempt to disfranchise the voters of the State and says further: "We regret to see that Hon. William J. Bryan, for whom the Populists of Kentucky voted in 1S96 for President of the United States, by his public indorsement of the ticket nominated at Louisville, and the platform there adopted assumes the responsibility of indorsing the criminal attempts of corrupt elements of Kentucky politics to subvert the ballot. "In order that the Populist party may be preserved forever free from fraud, bossism and political corruption, such as now dominates both the Democratic and Republican parties In Kentucky, as well as in other States, as exemplified in the late spectacle of the Democratic convention, controlled by policemen and others sent there to defeat the will of the Democratic masses of Kentucky and the Republican convention at Lexington, controlled by Federal office holders, we indorse the policy of applying to the 'management of the People's party, as far as practicable, the principles of direct legislation in nominations and the conduct of the party affairs." The nomination of Blair was something of a surprise and came about by a change of plans of the leaders after they came to the convention. An effort was made to have the convention nominate former Governor John Young Brown, who is a candidate for Governor on an anti-Goebel platform, but the anti-fusion sentiment was so strong that it failed to go through, though some of the delegates and party leaders regarded it with much favor. The tenor of the speeches was enthusiastic and it was evident that the Populists believe that the split in the Democracy over the nomination of Goebel, will result in such disaster In November that their party will rise to political supremacy in the State soon. before adjournment to-night the convention nominated G. W. Reeves, of Ballard ccunty, for United States senator. Reeves was a probability for the nomination for Governor, but was later entered against Blackburn. A COUNT'S AUTOMOBILE SHOP. The Establishing? of It Came About Through an Obstinate Toy. Paris Letter. M. le Comte de Dion, aristocrat, sportsman and manufacturer, has long been a prominent figure in Paris. He was even known and esteemed beyond the limits of his native country wherever there were people interested In the progress of the automobile. But there is no doubt that the part he took in the manifestation against President Ixmbet at the Auteuil race track has probably contributed to his fame beyond the sea much more effectively than his well-filled existence of sensible and fruitful labor. Some fifteen years ago Oomte de Dion was the typical "white carnation" of Parisian aristocracy well-groomed, aimless and useless. Nevertheless, there was good stuff in the man, and the merest accident sufficed to put him on the right track. One day Comte de Dion bought a miniature locomotive for the little eon of one of his friends and carried the toy to the child. But, though they lighted the alcohol lamp and got up steam in the tiny boiler, for some reason the thing would not work. Comte de Dion persisted, tried this cog and that, finally taking his coat off to work more at ease. He puzzled the whole afternoon on the engine, with no success. Then he carried it home and spent the night on the floor amidst a sundry assortment of screw-drivers, hammers and files he had bought on the way. The locomotive was taken completely apart and readjusted several times. At last, toward daybreak, the young count had the satisfaction of seeing the toy travel merrily all round the room. Having thus discovered within him a taste and an aptitude for mechanics, Comte de Dion did not return to his idling, but studied until he became a remarkable engineer. It was just at this period that he showed remarkable business perspicacity in throwing all his energies and investing all his capital Into the automobile Industry. At a time when everybody was deriding the first clumsy machines that spurted and shied, and then refused to budge for hours, he understood the possibilities of the motor car and resolutely cast his lot with its fortune. It is universally acknowledged to-day that no man in France or in any other country has done as much to further the cause of the new locomotion. Not only did he take care of his own interests, but, with remarkable foresight and liberality, helped his competitors, fostered Inventions destined to ruin his own patents, arguing always that progress can hurt no man permanently. Early in his industrial life Comte de Dion met a man in whose qualities he discovered the complement of his own. That man was M. Bouton, then an ordinary machinist working at ordinary wages. First, M. de Dion made him foreman of his shop. For several years the two men have been partners in business as well as close chums in private life. It is a remarkable association, that of those two men who started in life from such opposite directions one the scion of a race that took pride in doing no work; the other the son of generations of toilers, who himself had to toll to live. The firm of De Dion-Bouton has prospered. M. le Comte, always well dressed, always the handsome club man, used his high position to the best interests of the new born industry gave confidence to capital, founded the powerful automobile club, secured liberal laws of circulation for the ostracized vehicles, organized matches and expositions, and last but not least, made the automobile fashionable as a sport in the high circles. Meanwhile M. Bouton ran the shop and ran It well. Surrounded by the best engineers, liberal and accessible to inventors, these two men have retained for their firm its place in the front rank of competitors. To-day they havo a model factory, pleasnntlv Kltimteri on the hanlfi cf th RolnA in the suburbs of Paris, with lots of air and H cht i T"iH 9rrrr nir.rvtrhora TriAtr A.-mTl I over 500 picked workmen, who are treated with consideration, and who earn the best wages paid anywhere in France, and who are, one and all, absolutely devoted to their two employers. DEFENSE OF T1IOREAU. Not the Kind of Man Bret Harte De- - scribed. Boston Transcript. 'A paragraph is going the rounds- of the press which attributes to Bret Harte some disdainful comments on Henry Thoreau's hermit life at Walden. Mr. Harte is represented as saying that until he visited Concord he had no idea how short was the distance between Thoreau's hut and civilization. Moreover, Mr. Harte is reported as saying that the late Mrs. Ralph Waldo Emerson said that Thoreau never went out of hearing "of our dinner horn." We hesitate to attribute these slurs on Thoreau directly to Bret Harte. because what a man says is often so distorted by repetition and because they imply that If he ever read Thoreau's Justly famous book he must have forgotten almost all of Its contents. Thoreati, who never represented himself as In any striking light, distinctly says that his house, or hut. was a mile from any neighbor, and that it was about two miles south of the battlefield. He found the Fitchburg Railroad roadbed his shortest way to the village, as it led him more directly to his family home. Thoreau did not picture himself as a hermit in the wilderness, but as one who was not far removed from the touch of civilization. When he was at work in his beanflelds he heard the voices of the teamsters on the road that leads through Lincoln towards Boston. With all his taste for solitude there was nothing of the churl in Henry Thoreau. His nature was of the sunniest kindness. He was shy but not morose; a gentleman in all his ways, thoughts srd bearing. A scholarly and interesting companion to those of similar tastes, he was patiently courteous even to those who had no sympathy to give Mm or to ask of him. There was no pretense in the man. He was himself, no other. To represent him as a masquerade hermit listening for the Emersons' dinner-horn can only be

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excelled in absurdity by one other representation, and that Is of Ralph Waldo Emerson blowing a dinner-horn from his house in "the center" to notify Thoreau. The town has grown toward the pond since Thoreau's day, but a dinner-horn sounded from Emerson's doorstep would be to a man at Walden like one of "The horns of Elfland faintly blowing." THE FLEUR-DE-LIS. A ropulnr Symbolic Decoration for Four Thousand Years. Harper's Bazar. For 4.000 years the fleur-de-lis has been a popular symbolic decoration. It appears on the heads of the most ancient Egyptian sphinxef , and it was used by the early Persian and Assyrian kings upon scepters and crowns as an ornament symbolic of frultfulness, honor and royalty. Solomon, in building the house of the forest of Lebanon and the house of Pharaoh's daughter, sent to Tyre for Hiram, the widow's son, who was "filled with wisdom and understanding and cunning to work all things in brass." and he made two chapiters of molten brass to set upon the tops of the pillars, "and upon the tops of the pillars was lily work." And he made a molten sea to contain 2,000 baths, "and the brim thereof was wrought like the brim of a cup with flowers of lilies." This was 1,500 years before Christ. . . According to the legend, in 491 A. D.. an angel appeared to Clovls, the first Christian King ot France, and bestowed upon him a fleur-de-lis. From this time it was considered as the emblem of royalty In France, to which country Is due Its preservation until modern times. . The fieurs-de-lls have been found In the Abbaye de Saint Germain des Pres and on the tomb of Fredegonde, who died in 597. Several portraits of Charles le Chauve exist showing him with fleur-de-lis in his crown. In 972 Lothaire for the first time used a seal with a scepter surmounted b :t fleur-de-lis Hugh Capet and all his successors were them, and he was but one of fifty successive monarchs who used the lis in France, where, though different races succeeded one another In the country's rule, it remained the royal emblem for over 1.20) years. It was not until 1179, however, that the arms of France were first formally mentioned. French kings, returning from the crusades, brought with them Eastern customs; tournaments were introduced in Europe, and coats-of-arms were adopted in Imitation of Arabs and Persians. Then Louis le Jeune, arranging for the consecration of his son. Philippe Auguste, at Rheims, ordered that his garments be covered with fleurs-de-lis, and after this the King wore them without number. All ecclesiastic and secular institutions of royal foundaUon received the fleur-de-lis into their coats of arms. They were Introduced as ornaments for the apparatus in all military games; they were sprinkled over the flags and standards of the army, they surmounted the helmets of princes and decorated their armor and coats of mail; they trimmed the heads and flanks of horses In tho tournament. In the days of Louis XIV, XV and XVI all the royal ornaments, carpeta, windows, the king's prle dlcu. his throne, his oratory, the pulpit and the pontincial robes of the high priests, the vestments of the deacon and archdeacon, the bench of the peers and the standards of grand dukes, all were strewn with fleur-de-lia, embroidered or wrought In gold. With the Queen and her ladles it was the same. GEORGE ADE'S FABLE. Soulful Girl In a "Reub Town 3Iny Be In This City. George Ade, in Chicago Record. Once upon a time there was a slim Girl with a Forehead which was Shiny and Protuberant, like a Bartlett Pear. When asked to put something In an Autograph Album she invariably wrote the following, in a tall, dislocated Back-Hand: "Life Is Real; Life Is Earnest, And the Grave Is not its Goal." That's the kind of a Girl she was. In her own town she had the Name of being a cold proposition, but that was because the Primitive Yokels of a One-Night Stand could not Attune Themselves to the Views of one who was troubled with Ideals. Her Soul Panted for the Higher Life. Alas, the Reub Town in which she Hung Forth was given over to Croquet, Mush and Milk Sociables, a lodge of Elks and two married Preachers, who doctored for the Tonsilltls. So what "could the Poor Girl do? In all the Country around there was not a Man who came up to her Plans and Specifications for a Husband. Neither was there any Man who had any time for Her. So she led a lonely Life, dreaming of the One the Ideal. He was a big and strong Literary Man, wearing . Prince Albert Coat, a neat Derby Hat and godlike Whiskers. When He came he would enfold Her In his Arms and whisper Emmerson's Essays to her. But the party failed to show up. Often enough she put on her Chip Hat and her Black Lisle Gloves and Sauntered down to look at the Bunch sitting in front of the Occidental Hotel, hoping that the Real Thing would be there. But she always saw the same old Line of Four-Flush Drummers from Chicago and St. Louis, smoking Horrid Cigars and talking about the Percentages of the League Teams. She knew that these Gross Creatures were not prone to chase mere Intellectual Splen dor, so she made no effort to nag them. When she was Thirty-Four years of age and was able to recite "Lucile" without looking at the Book she was married to a Ianltor by the name of Ernest. He had been Licked by a Mule when young and believed everything he read in the Sunday Papers. His pay was Twenty-Three a month, which was high, If you knew Ernest. His Wife wore a red Mother Hubbard all during the Remainder of her Life. This Is invariably a Sign of Blasted Hopes. Moral Never Live In a Jay Town. TWO VIEWS OF A DOLLAR. What It Will Day nnd What It Will Sell for In 1MK. Hartford Courant. A dollar never aw the day when It would buy more food, clothing, transportation unJ other necessaries of life than now. On the other hand, a dollar never saw the day when It could earn les than now. These are points for the consideration of those who discuss the relations of capital and labor. The change In the rate of interest on money has come gradually, but Is one of the most remarkable events in financial history. It Is easily enough explained, now :t is here, but nobody could have predicted it. It amounts to cutting the rate lit two within a quarter of a century. For example, a good many people will remember that in 173 the railroad stations between here and New York were placarded with the advertlsemnts of the Harlem River & Port Chester Railroad 7 per cent, bonds, guaranteed by the main road. These had to be very extensively advertised to secure their sale at par. To-day. If the same road wanted to sell per cents., it could get a siiKht premium for them. That Indicates a shrinkage of one-half. It means tha if in 173 a nmn had had IL0.(V0 in cash to invest he could have bought these bonds and got an Incom of $1.4Cj a year. Now th man who had IS0.000 to invest could get but $7(X) from the came security. There are funds In hands of trustees that have no' been changed In twenty years, and are

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To-day the savings hanks are squeezing out 4 per cent, to depositors and discuflng the advisability of making the rate 3. But while the dollar cannot earn what it once could, it can buy vastly more of what is needed. At the time alluded to lcr the interest comparison coal was at $ a ton. now Jfi..V: flour was at $3.73 to 112.50 a barrel, now $3.23; sugar was at 15 cents a pound, now 4V& cents; hay was at 128 a tonnow J13. A day's work put into getting bread, clothes and similar necessities will produce more than twenty-five years ago, but a day's work saved up and turned Into capital will not earn more than half the money It used to. LACK OF SEXTIMEXT. A Story Concerning Empress Eugenie and Her Son. "Saunterer." In Boston Herald. Ylth all her capacity for sorrow, the Empress Eugenie does not appear to have much heart or sentiment in her composition, else thia curious story concerning the library door of the Tuileries would have been contradicted long ago. On the contrary, it continues to bob up serenely, and cither Eugenie is Indifferent to the painful reflection It casts on her character as a wife and mother, or she Is a victim of the perennial gossip monger and innocent of thd facte of the ca.e. It seems, however, the tale of Chiselhurst has aroused -the Mory once more and sent It on its rounds as fresh rs ever. When the ruins of the Tuileries were sold at auction the library doors, curiously and deeply notched by a knife, were purchased by a gentleman In the crowd, who had viewed the marks with visible agitation. The next day one of these same doors wast packed and sent to the addrrs? of the Empress Eugenie at Chlselhurst. Her Majesty seemed very pleased when she secured the souvenir, with a letter begging her to accept from a faithful friend this remembrance of the touching love of Napoleon III for his son. It was against this door that, every month, the Imperial father would stand his boy to be measured. The difference between some of the measurements showed how fast the little prince had grown, and with what evident gusto the knife went in when it was considerable. The dcor was put In the passage at the top of Camden Hcuse, and forgotten, when a note came from a cerfiin rich foreigner building a mansion In the Avenue du Bols. and using for the interior decoration of It all the remnants of the Tuileries ralace. which he had rebought, piece by piece, at a good price. But it was discovered that one of the three library doors was missing, and. after much trouble, it had at last been found out where It was. Therefore the marchese wrote, but with little hope that his request would be granted, begging, as a groat favor, that the Empress would restore the door, and adding that the price was no consideration. And what does the Empress? Simply to accede by return of pout, to this stranger's request, but sending the address of the gentleman who had bought the souvenir for her, because he was unable to ,iee It pass into another's possession. It was necessary that the marches? obtain his permission, but she would be willing to give It up. if they could come to terms. So the library door, against which the littl prince had stood wlille his father Joyously cut the mark for each month of his childhood, was resold to the marchese, who has the good taste to see then evidences of the Emperor's love and pride remain as he put them there. But the gentleman who saved this door for the mother who had lost hir only son cynically boasts that he has ma Je a good thing out of the weakness of his own heart. Xnt So Crowded. Chicago Tribune. 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