Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 343, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 December 1899 — Page 4

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1899.

1HE DAILY JOUltXAL SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, If:'?.

Telephone Calls. E'js'.ceia 0.7k e...... 223 Editorial Rooms.... ..M teiims of sinscmniox. DAILY BV MAIL, TDallr only, one month $ .70 Daily cn!r, thre month." 2.00 I ally only, on year I M Pally. Including Sorvlay. one yar 10.f0 Surday only, cn year 2.90 WHEN' FLHNI5HED BY AGENTS. TDally, p-r wfk, by carrier IS ct Funday, (Ingle ccpr 5 ct Dally and Sunday, per welc by canler.... 20 ct? WEEKLY. Ter year 1100 Reduced Rates to Clnbs. Fubscrit with any of our numerous agent! cr end subscriptions to the JOURNAL NEWSPAPER COMPANY, Indlauapolls, Intl. rrscns sending the Journal through the malls In th United Ptates ehoulJ put on an cUnt-iass taper a ONC-CENT pestai'e stamp; on a twtlva cr aixten-pae rapr a TWO-CENT postage tamp. Foreign posuge la usually uoubt these rates. Ail communications Intended for publication In this papr must, in order to receive attention, be accompanied by the nam and address of the writer. P.Jected manuscripts will not b returned unless postage Is Inrlcfed for that purjo. THE INDIANAPOLIS JOIUNAL Can be found at the following places: KEW YORK Astor House. CHICAGO Pnlmer House. P. O. News Co.. 217 Dearborn tret. Great Northern Hotel and Jrand Pacific Hotel. CINCINNATI J. II. Hawley St. Co.. 154 Vine itrcet. LOUISVILLE C. T. Deer In jr. northwest corner of Third end Jefferson etreet. and Loul3viI!e Book Co., 2Zt Fourth avenue. ST. LOUIS Union New Company. Union Depot. Washington, d. c.-ri?s House. Ebutt House and Willard's Hotel. The number of depositors In all kinds of banks is nearly as large as the number of voters a fact that those who make the money power -a hobby would do well to" remember. During the first week the Republican majority In the House has shown a purpose to attend to important business, and a unity of purpose which meets the approval not only of the party but of the mass of business men of the country. An exchange?. In finding fault with matters in general, alludes to the last Legislature as having: "sins enough to answer for." The paper in question was one of those which vehemently denounced the measures creating- township and county boards. Southern senators are reported to have assured Republicans that they will not strenuously oppose the gold bill. Thy will epeak and vote against it. tout so many business men In that section have declared In favor of the Kold standard that they will not seriously fight It. The two Democratic papers In Shelby county are engaged In charging each other with making the robbing of the taxpayers of that Democratic stronghold a vocation, it Is hoped that these mutual charges are not all true, but a few years of Republican rule would remove temptation from both. The selection of a United States senator by the Fusionlst Governor of Nebraska, to fill the vacancy occasioned by the death of Senator Hayward, Is giving him a great deal of concern. Mr. Hitchcock Is a Democrat, while ex-Senator Allen Is a Populist. Ifthe Democrat Is selected the Populists will be disappointed, and vice versa. Both will retire If Mr. Bryan will take the place. The Democratic performance In the House yesterday Indicates that those who speak for the party have learned nothing since 1W5. They talked of the gold "syndicates of the world," and of "conspiracy against the people," whereat the Republicans laughed. The Republicans stood together and limited the proposed financial debate to one week, which. In spite of the Democratic contest, wlll.be regarded as an abundance of time. The vote to take up the bill showed that every Republican is for it. The Brooklyn Eagle gives an Illustration of the power of the district leader under the Tammany regime. Mr. Engel, one of the powerful leaders under Croker, never holds office, but he rules. He asked to have the salaries of two officers in his district raised. He was put off until Croker returned. Instead of waiting, he went to the district meeting and resigned his leadership. Thereupon" the member-elect of the assembly and the alderman-elect both declared they would resign If Kngel did not remain leader. One of the men for whom he tried to secure an increase was suited with his pay if Kngel would stay. He left the meeting and a telegram was sent to another boss at Hot Springs to come back and appease the great Kngel. In this way that sort of a boss beats the Czar of Russia. A municipal fight in Roton la a long way from here, but It Is vehement beyond any recent exhibition of personal strife In this part of the country. General Collins Is the Democratic candidate, and Mr. Murphy was the Democrat who was beaten. The names suggest a fighting race, both being of Irish blood. Mr. Murphy is out for the Republican candidate, whereat General Collins assails Murphy In the newspapers. "You are Insane," says Collins, and "you are a drunkard." retorts Murphy. "I have a higher character and can do better work than you," says General Collins. "You are an Inferior lawyer and your physical weakness unfits you for mayor," is the Murphy tit-for-tat. General Collins should have 3,000 majority or more, tf Murphy can control any part of his personal following Collins cannot be elected mayor of the second Irish city in the country. The senators from Nevada, formerly Republicans, but silverltcs since that Issue became prominent, wilt act with the Republicans hereafter. Senator Jones notified the Republican caucus committee that he would accept committee assignments from that party. Senator Stewart attended the Republican caucus. Senator Jones was the ablest advocate of free silver coinage in the Senate when the issue was first raised. His speeches and papers on the subject were exhaustive at a period when the opponents of silver were not in a position to reply. Cefore the republican convention of 1S06 he caused himself to be classed as an independent. Mr. Stewart has teen a rampant sllverite for years. It has been his hobby. In. and particularly out of season, he has made tiresome speeches on the subject, lie explains that he U11 adheres to his silver theory, but regards It a subsidiary matter. For the rest, he is a Republican. a4 Always has been. Thlj leaves

Senators Teller and Pettlgrew. who walked out of the Republican convention In St. Louis In 1SW, the only former Republicans In the Senate hostile to the administration. It la hoped that Mr. Pettlgrew will stay out. Indeed, the man who declared that he I? ashamed of hi? country because of the Philippine affair should be refused admittance. The action of Senators Jones and Stewart Indicates the change of sentiment which is silently going on In the silverproducing States. k i:tickvs ist iti'i:n. Mr. Goebel. the Democratic candidate for Governor In Kentucky, forced a bill through the Legislature of which he was a member creating an election machine which put the management of the elections and the canvassing of the votes in the hands of Democrats. It made the majority of every precinct board of election officials members of the Goebel party. Every county board of canvassers was controlled by Mr. Goebers friends. The Legislature which passed this Infamous law selected the State canvassing board. Thus every precaution was taken to make sure of the election of the Democratic State ticket. Mr. Goebel aspired to the governorship of the State when he pushed this law through the Legislature. He obtained the nomination by generally admitted frauds. He went Into the election with the confidence that the machinery he had created would count him in regardless of the vote and the returns. It Is said that twenty-five thousand antl-Goebel men were prevented from voting, and that every, vote was rejected by his precinct returning boards that there was a possible pretext for throwing out. And yet, with all these frauds and outrages upon the voters, the face of the returns as canvassed and returned by Goebel's own men showed the election of his Republican opponent by nearly three thousand plurality. And now the State board of canvassers, selected by Mr. Goebel himself, has declared that his opponent has been elected, and will give him the certificate. It was fair to assume that Goebel, when beaten by his own machine, would retire from ther contest. His hundreds of election officers and .county boards did all they could to count him in, and failed. Any other man who should be found not to be elected by his own vote receivers and vote canvassers would yield. Mr. Goebel is the one man who yet proposes to override the decision of his own judges. Consequently, he will take his case to the Democratic Legislature and demand of it that it count him In and make him Governor, thus ousting1 thc,man declared elected by his election board. The probability is that the Legislature, in which the Democrats have a majority, will do the bidding of the reckless and lawless claimant. The legally elected Governor and Lieutenant Governor will be driven from office by the. GoebelBlackburn Legislature, while the State canvassers, going behind the returns, will count in the remainder of the Goebel candidates for State officers. This will be a greater outrage than if Goebel's returning boards had counted him and his associates in. The conflict which Mr. Goebel began In the Democratic State convention will con

tinue, causing confusion in the State government, if it does not bring about a bloody collision. It will not end until this most reckless of men shall be seated In the executive chair, if he and his supporters can bring it about. When that shall be done It can be said that popular government has been overthrown in Kentucky. How many Democratic papers will denounce Goebellsm? MR. OVERSTREErS PROMINENCE. The position which Representative Overstreet has gained at "Washington abundantly justifies the Judgment of the business men of Indianapolis, who supported him with such earnestness at the polls a year ago. The appeal was distinctly made at that time for the nomination and election of Mr. Overstreet, upon the ground that he would represent with special fitness the sound monetary views which are held by the business community of this city and county almost without distinction of polltics. Mr. Overstreet had already shown his sincerity and courage by the introduction of the bill prepared by the Monetary Commission and by his manly defense of the bill before the people when an attempt was made to divert him and his friends from this course by a concentrated attempt to represent the measure as for the benefit of a class rather than In its true character as a bill for the benefit of all the people. Mr. Overstreet won fresh laurels at the Republican caucus of the House at Washington, held on Tuesday night and Wednesday afternoon. He was put forward by the Republican caucus committee to ex plain the bill prepared at Atlantic City. His selection i for this duty was In itself a compliment of a high order, since this committee contained Speaker Henderson and the other Republican leaders of the House. Mr. Overstreet did not disappoint their expectations. Subjected for two hours on Tuesday evening to a Arc of questions from 150 men trained In the law, in political and in financial and economic questions, he stood his ground without flinching or confusion, and answered clearly and forcibly the questions rained upon him. It was an ordeal which might well have daunted the most skilled and ready debater in the country, but It was an experience from which Mr. Overstreet came out with (lying colors. The general public, perhaps, scarcely comprehends the comparative Insignificance of the individual member of Congress, amidst more than three hundred associates, unless he Is a man of special abllty and great force of character. Even men with these qualities are often repressed by the lack of opportunity or the rigid system of party discipline and parliamentary law which rule the House. For a man to create an opportunity for distinction in Congress and to be equal to it implies capacity of a high order. Mr. OverStreet found his opportunity and met its requirements at the Republican caucus. Such members, when they have cemented their acquaintance and obtained high rank on the committees by several terms of service, are of many times the value of new men in accomplishing results for their district and State. Mr. Overstreet has not only enhanced his own reputation by his leadership in the cause of sound money. but he has reflected honor upon the city which he represents. The row in the theological school at Bos ton again emphasizes the necessity for a ministerial school In which sterling worth

of character, serious thinking, benevolent impulse and clean living are taught, regardless of creed. What the world needs in the pulpits is not men who know to the turning of a hair Just what ancient traditionalist unearthed such a document or promulgated such a theory, but God-fear-ing men capable of thinking, living and teaching aright; men 'whose bodies and minds are clean and healthy, whose impulses are noble and whose courage, moral and physical, is sufficient to enable them to follow the lead of a conscience nurtured in common sense af$l free from the microbe of fanaticism. Mooning over technicalities In creed Is the most prolific cause of skepticism among thinking people. BUBBLES IN THE AIR. Convolution of Loss. "Baldheaded men generally seem so cheerful and happy." "Of course; they can't remember how they looked when they had hair."

The Spirit of Research. "Ma, oh. ma!" "What is it, Georgie?" "If you had married somebody else 'sides pa would I ha had red hair or black hair?" Honie-Mnile Arctic Region. "Did the doctor say that out-door air would hurt you?" "No; he said outdoor air would do me good, but I mustn't ride around town In any of these ice-box cars." Too Thick to Thrive. . "Jack, we must move to-morrow." "What's the matter with it?" "Why, our dear baby is named 'Dewey and that woman in the next fiat has a horrid pug dog she calls 'Dewey.' " Precedence for the Victim. "Here you've headed this article wrong." "What's the matter with it?" "You call it 'Chicago's Kxperience with Grand Opera;' it ought to be 'Grand Opera's Experience with Chicago.' " Influence of Music. "I know why the 'Turkey Girl In that picture Is playing the flute to those turkeys." "Why?" "She wants to paralyze them so they won't feel it when they get killed." THE MAGAZINES. Table Talk contains a variety of matter of Interest to the housekeeper, but the dally menu for the month contained In each number alone makes it of value. The little magazine is published at Philadelphia, and costs $1 a year. Trained Motherhood deals with the practical and the theoretical, and has much In each issue that cannot fail to be of use to inexperienced mothers. Some of the sub jects considered in the December number are: "Possimilties of the Ball," "Christmas Rights." "What to Give the Baby on Christmas." "A Word for Dolly's Outfit. " "Taking Children on Shopping Expedi tions." and "A Doctor's Talk with Mothers." A good map of the seat of war in Africa, 32x46 inches, accompanies the National Geographic Magazine (Washington, D. C.) for December. The map shows in detail the mountain roads, railroads, telegraph lines, stations and all physical features necessary to a clear understanding of the country In which the British and Boers are at present fighting. As the map was prepared under the supervision of the War Department Its official nature guarantees tho correctness of the details. Publishers' catalogues and magazine prospectuses are works of art this year. A booklet containing an outline of the at tractions to be offered by Scribner's Magazine during the coming year is so much more than a mere advertisement that It Is not likely to be thrown earelessly aside. Drawings have been expressly made for It by F. C. Yohn, "Walter Appleton Clark and others, and are printed In color. A portrait of Rarrie is also in color. A miniature reproduction of a new cover for the magazine shows an artistic design. The International Magazine (Chicago) contains a very interesting article on gold. It treats of the various geological forma tions in which the metal Is found In dif ferent regions, the manner in which the ore Is reduced, the amount produced, the amount coined, etc., in all a variety of Information seldom found within the limits of a single paper. Seme illustrations that really illustrate accompany the article. A chapter on the meaning and pronunciation of new or frequently misuserr woras is a unique feature of this magazine. The death In Central Park by suicide of Bill Anthony, the famous orderly on the Maine at the time of her explosion, has left his widow and child destitute. Leslie's Weekly prints a large picture of a typical United States marine In its Christmas number and offers to send copies on tine plate paper, suitable for framing, for 25 cents to any address, the proceeds to be devoted to a fund for the assistance of Mrs. Anthony and her baby. It will also receive contributions from any other sources for the benefit of Its Anthony fund. The special features of the December number of the Review of Reviews Is an illustrated account of the unique educational movement known as "The School City," by Dr. Albert Shaw; an article on "Wagner in America" (illustrated), by Gustav Kobbe, the Wagnerian student and critic; a forecast (also Illustrated) of "The Season's Promise of Grand Opera;" the story of the movement to establish "A National Park in the Minnesota Pine Forests," by Horace B. Hudson; "Guy V. Henry A Knightly American;" ' What Has Been Done for Porto Rico Under Military Rule." by Dr. H. K. Carroll, special commissioner of the United States; "China's Secret Mission to Japan," by Wm. N. Brewster, and "The Progress of Monetary Reform." by Charles Sumner Hamlin. There is also an extended illustrated review of the books of the season. The editorial department, entitled "The Progress of the "World." discusses the results of the recent elections, the campaign in the Philippines, the war in South Africa and various qustions of commerce and diplomacy. The Youth's Companion offers Its readers for the coming year, its seventy-fifth of issue, a programme of unusual comprehen slveness, timeliness and variety. Among the famous authors who will write Tor it are Ian Maclaren, Mrs. Burton Harrison, Mar garet Deland. Charles Dudley Warner, Israel Zangwill, Mary K. Wilklns. Ruth McKnery Stuart, Jane Barlow, Rider Haggard, Paul Laurence Dunbar, Frank R. Stockton, the postmaster general, the sec retary of the treasury, the attorney gen eral of the United States. John Philip sou sa. Reginald De Koven. Victor Maurel. the lord bishop of London, Itishop 1 1, c. rot ter. Dean Farrar, Prof. W. M. Sloane, Prof. W. J. Rolfe. Prof. Simon Newcomb, Prof. C. A. Young, Prof. John Trowbridge, Pres ident Angell of the University of Michigan. Capt. Charles I). Sigsbce of the Maine. Capt. A. T. Mahan. Gen. Wesley Merrltt. Gen. Joseph Wht-eler. Prof. A. S. Packard. the Duchess of Sutherland, Gen. John B. Gordon. Henry M. Stanley. Walter Camp. Dr. Cyrus Kdson. I Iannis Taylor. Andrew Carnegie, Phil Robinson, bir li. ii. John stone. President Morton of the Stevens In stltute. Jacob A. Riis. Justin McCartly and Commander J. D. Jerrold Kelley. Edmund AKHiimt Quny. Washington Special. Kx-Senator Kdmunds has been employed by the Republican reform element to con duct the fight against the admission of Matthew Quay to the Senate on Governor Stone's certificate. Since his location in Philadelphia ex-Senator Kdmunds has be come a great reformer and a bitter enemy of his old friend and associate Quay. He will argue powerfully In support of the proposition that a Governor of a State has no right to appoint a United States senator after a legislature has failed or refustd to elect, as, required by law. As an act of courtesy to a former senator, the senate committee on privileges and elections may

give him a chance to present his argument orally. In fact. It is understood that this

priviirger m do accorded mm, aiuiuuftn thA rn!ftmi.tro to r-AiMlr for the . ...... ao aiiiiusi suiiuj - seating of Quay, its willingness to hear Judge Udmunds is possibly inspired by the 0 r r iVtot V r . l 31 . - ItA. In Via irtt iiiav uaii jj.iin cnanaiiT possession the official record of a tremendous argument made by him when a senaIUI Hum v Milium, m IJv63, laKHlfc a puninn r1irrt1v tit xvVilf h hf nun aruunro. xit llltXL year III iU - of New Hampshire, was appointed senator in precisely the same circumstances as Mr. Quay eleven years later. Senator Edmunds iook cnarge oi Mr. Blair s case ana succeeded in getting him seated. His speech on V n i'li-i n . 1 a- . 3 a aiAKiir Ml r the argument he will deliver in the Quay case. The laugh will be on the ex-statesman from the Granite State. THE MARLOWE DIVORCE. V Little History of the Parties to the Snlt. Philadelphia Press. Information that Julia Marlowe is seek ing a divorce from her husband, Robert Taber, has occasioned little surprise In Philadelphia, where Miss Marlowe has long been known no less in a social way than in her successful stage career. For a long time It has been known that the TaoerMarlowe marriage had been followed by a separation, and the application of the wife before Chief Judge Taft, of the Ver mont Supreme Court, for a divorce, in which she alleges intolerable severity and refusal to support, has been generally expected In theatrical circles. Mr. Taber Is at present in London, where he has been for the past three years. Miss Marlowe's real name is Sara Fran cis Frost. She was born in England. When three years of age her family moved trom the old country to Kansas City and then latterly to Cincinnati. Ada Dow, the wife of Colonel Miles, owner of the Grand Opera House In Cincinnati, took a fancy to the little Frost girl and had her schooled, with the stage as an ultimate goal. Whon eighteen years of age she made her d2but nt the Grand Opera House, in Chicago, playing "Parthenia" to John W. Norton's "lngomar. Her success was instantan eous, and Robert Ingersoll. who was In the audience, latterlj' took the young actress to his own home in New York, and by the influence of himself, wife and daughters, managed to get her an opening in New York, where she appeared at the BIJou Theater. Following her ew ork success she came to fnuaaeipnia ana played at the Broad-street Theater. On the Monday night that she made her Philadelphia debut there was but a handful of peo ple in the theater, but by Saturday even ing people were turned away, unable to gain admission. Colonel MeClure was one of her firmest friends in Philadelphia and to his helpful and energetic aid much of Miss Marlowe's early success -was due. They quarreled, and the breach between them has never been bridged. Robert Taber comes from a New lorK familv. Ills father was a cotton merchant. one of his brothers a professor of higher mathematics, one a successful railroad man. the other a landscape painter. As a child Robert showed his fondness for the stage, and after a series of amateur theatrical entertainments he entered a dramatic school. Richard Watson Gilder introduced the young man to Madame Modjeska, and when in the early part of inm sne gave a performance of "As You Like It" for the benent of th Polish exiles, young Taber played "Silvius." and played It so well that Mod jeska engaged him for next season. The following season he went as a leading man for Julia Marlowe. In 1800 and lS'Jl he left Miss Marlowe to go with William) Terriss, but rejoined her company In 1S92. The next j-ear he was with the Coghlans. and in May, 1891, he married Miss Marlowe. Then came the name on the playbills of Julia Marlowe Taber and Robert Taber, and Manager Frank Howe, jr., of the al-nut-street Theater, with whom Miss Marlowe was booked, sued her because he averred that as Mrs. Robert Taber she was not so potent a drawing card as she would have been as Julia Marlowe, that J una Marlowe was a trademark and was worth a certain amount of money, but Mrs. Robert Taber was practically . unknown. Mr. Howe lost his suit. Shortly after their second joint starring tour the Tabers separated, Mr. Taber going to England and Mrs. Taber taking her previous name of Julia Marlowe. Mr. Taber appeared with Sir Henry Irv ing in the latter's revival of "Macbeth." and the London critics were loua in tneir praise of the American's art. "It remained." said one critic, "for an American to show us that the role of "Macduff is a character of which we heretofore have thought too little. Mr. Taber'a portrayal ot the latter character was none less a triumph than was Mr. Irving's "Macbeth." For a time Mr. Taber rode high on the wave of popularity and in Irving's production of "Peter the Great" achieved another signal success. Rut falling 111 In London, he was compelled to relinquish his position in Irving's company, and for the past six months has been content to remain in London doing nothing. Money Makers and Fools. Leslie's Weekly. One might well exclaim, "What fools these mortals be" after reading the story, amasing as it is. regarding the Franklin Syndicate conducted by William F. Miller, a twenty-threc-ycar-old manipulator, in Brooklyn. He advertised extensively that he would pay )0 per cent, interest a week on deposits and he actually did pay 10 per cent, a week to a few customers for a little while, until, as he had anticipated, there was a mad rush of customers to avall themselves of this extraordinary profit of 520 per cent, per annum. Such a crowd gathered about hl3 place, an obscure tenement, that public attention was attracted to the scheme, warrants were Issued, the police interfered and the "Franklin Syndicate" went up into a cloud, the last act of Its projector being to make an assignment, with the purpose, of course, of settling his claims by taking the benefit of the bankruptcy act. It is most amazing that such a thing could happen in a great city like New York. City folks are fond of making fun of their gullible country cousins, but no buncosterer from New York could go into any country village In the land, unknown, with no financial backing, without a pretentious office or any evidence of wealth or standing and fool the country people as the "Franklin Syndicate" fooled a multitude in the midst of a great city, and while Its newspapers were dally exposing the obvious swindle that was being perpetrated. Miller is said to have taken off $230,000 In cold cash when he quit. With such things in mind is it any wonder that fortunes are dropped in the gambling enterprises foisted noon the public by sharpers in and out of "Wall street? That Hospital Ship. Detroit Journal. v Ambassador Choate said at the Thanksgiving dinner In Loi.don that those American women in London "who had fitted out a hospital ship had done a deed that would live for all time as a blessing to common humanity." We read, on the contrary, that some of the American ladles wish they had never entered into the hospital ship project. Forgetting for the moment that a ship cannot climb the heights Into the South African republic the ladles were Induced to subscribe on the understanding that the hospital ship was for the wounded of both armies, Roer and English. Now that the ladles realize that the ship can be of use only to the latter they feel that the gift takes on too one-sided an aspect. Short Memories. Washington Special. People have short memories. Many of those who have been clamorous for the immediate Institution of a civil government In Cuba and full of complaints because nothing has yet been done were recalled to their senses this afternoon by a clause in the President's message showing how, under the treaty with Spain, proceedings to that end cannot be initiated until April next. Spanish residents of the land have till that time to decide whether they will go back to Spain or remain in Cuba. Until the time limit in the treaty 1 reached there will be no means of knowing who will be entitled to participate in the creation of a civil government. Beer in Mnsiiciiuetts. Omaha Bee. . The official labor bulletin of the ComI monweaUh of Massachusetts for the month of October reports all brewciles running

full time and to afbout 75 per cent of their capacity, with selling prices unchanged. On the other hand, the bulletin reports that in the manufacture of temperance drinks the demand this summer has not been as good generally as usual. Establishments have been running full time, but only to less than one-half of their full capacity. In the race of such showing, officially vouched for, wf a tempted to ask: What's the matter with Massachusetts? Is water diluted with mplt more palatable than wind diluted with water?

RAILWAY FREIGHT RATES. The Proposed Sew Classification Denonneed ns Indefensible. Railway Review. The cancellation of commodity rates is justified, and correctly so, by the claim of the railroads that there exists an absolute necessity for an advance in rates. This announcement Is made openly and while there Is naturally some objection on the part of the shippers of the particular commodities affected, the shipping public as a whole recognize the equity of the advance and quietly acquiesce therein. It appears, however, that not content with this method of increasing their revenues, the railroads have adopted another plan which cannot be so easily defended. To make the matter worse, no general notice has as yet been given of the proposed action, the apparent intention being that the first disclosure should be the publication of a revised edition, of the official classification on Jan. 1, which should contain a large number of changes In the classification proper whereby the charges would be materially advanced. It Is not the fact that Increased revenue is sought, but the way in which it Is proposed to be accomplished, that is here criticised. Had the railroads come out frankly and advanced their class rates in a reasonable degree, no fault could have been found with them. The fact that everything required in the operation of railways costs very much more than a year ago, is ample justification for such a course; but that they should select six hundred or more articles on which to advance the classification, leaving other articles untouched, and do this without notice, is by no means so defensible. Although radically defective, the present classification professes to express the results of the best railroad thought modified by experience as applied to the problem of the proper relation from a transportation standpoint, of the various articles offered for shipment. Hence, to select a large number of commodities, as has been done In this case, and subject them to a higher classification without at the same time advancing the entire list, is to subject themselves to the charge of discrimination. When the articles thus selected arc examined this charge appears to be well sustained. It is shown, for Illustration, that nearly the entire list of tools used In agriculture has been raised one class, but that ale, beer and porter remain unchanged. Soaps of all kinds, which a railroad official recently called "the advance agent of civilization." have been in like manner advanced, but wines and liquors will still be carrlel at the same rates. Various articles used in building will cost more to ship than heretofore, but users of -cigars and other forms of tobacco can Indulge themselves at the same old price. These comparisons might be continued. but enough has been shown to indicate the influences which appear to have controlled this movement. In thus condemning the action of the tailroads in respect to this change of classification, the Railway and Engineering Review wishes to be distinctly understood as not being opposed to an advance in rates. It only objects to the method by which this particular advance is sought to be accomplished. The railroads are much in need of an Increased revenue, but it would be more to the credit of the roads and very much more acceptable to the public, if the desired end were reached by a reasonable advance In the class rates Instead of making what has the appearance of an attempt to Impose upon shippers. Henderson Connted. Washington Post. Anyone who watched Speaker Henderson count the House yesterday would have known he was a new hand with the gavel. He actually counted the members, whis pering the figures to himself with painful accuracy. Reed was not so careful. When the presence of a quorum was ques tioned iteea used to close his eyes, swing the gavel In a wide circle over the heads of the congressmen, and instantly an nounce: "The chair counts 179 members, and a quorum is present." Then Reed would settle back In his chair with the proud consciousness of a man who never made a mistake. As to Mr. Roberts. Washington Special. When the House gets through with the Roberts ejectment case the Mormons will have been taught a lesson they will not soon forget. Information reaches Wash ington that the Mormon Church Is solidly behind him in this matter ana has resolutely refused to permit him to back down and resign in order to avoid humiliation. The church order has been for him to stand up and take his punishment and to make the occasion a test of Just how far the Mormons could go. He will return to Utah a martyr to the cause, and a great future in the church is assured to him. A Lone Opinion. Washington Special. There Is a tremendous demand upon the clerk of the Supreme Court of the United States for copies of the decision in the Addyston Pipe Company case. In order to facilitate the widespread notion of this anti-trust decision, Representative Grosvenor will ask that it be printed as a pub lic document. People wishing copies can get them rrom their congressmen without cost. The opinion of the court is long, about 20,000 words, or nearly the length of the President's message. Cleanliness and Godliness. Kansas City Journal. "Talk about keeping clean," writes a Stockton-boy from Jolo, Philippine islands, "if I went as dirty as I did at home I would be driven out of this fort. First thing in the morning Is get up and wash, eat and wash, then drill and wash, eat and wash and then stand retreat and a bath every day. I am not going to the devil as fast as some might think. I have read the New Testament through since I left San Francisco and I study It quite a bit." Test of French Degeneracy. New York Press. The French defenses of the obscene caricature of Queen Victoria are a new symptom merely of national decay. They show a "melancholy unconsciousness of the character of the offense. Decent French people, it Is argued, do not support Le Rire, at least not when Le Rire Is as filthy as at present. But there are not. It seems, enough decent French pople to put down Le Rire. That Is the test. The Crying Need. New York Evening Telegram. Now the farmers have Joined organized labor and want a union label on potatoes and other farm products. Please start the reform with a union label on the egg. Milk and butter speak for themselves, as It were, but the egg comes disguised even In Its dotage and violates the rules of civilized warfare. We Knew His Folks. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Editor Stead wants Uncle Sam to understand that Joey Chamberlain is a bold, bad man. This is unfortunate, because Joey is a relative of Uncle Sam's by marriage. Of course this will not blind us to his shortcomings, and Editor Stead can rest assured that his solemn warning will not be wasted. llnngs's Ability. Washington Post. John Kendrlck Bangs is to edit Harper's Weekly. He ought to bo able to make it as stupid as tho humorous department of Harper's Monthly. Three-Ily Done. Philadelphia Times. As a bone of contention in Congress Mr. Roberts will represent three ribs.

NO STOP FOR HOLIDAYS

i i AMERICAN TRADE COXDITIOXS IXPRECF.DE.MEDLY FAVOHAHLE Demand for Finished Products Shows o SIkii of Slacking Tin and Copper Are the Only Weak Spots. NEW YORK. Dec. S.-R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade, which Issues tomorrow, will i?ay: The approach of a new year usually brings so much of hesitation in business that the small shrinkage this year is surprising. Probably never before have the productive forces of the country been so largely covered by. contracts at this date, insuring employment and profit far Into the coming year. This results, not from any mere speculative excitement, but from actual demands for consumption, running far beyond the producing capacity heretofore, and pushing it to remarkable expansion. The increase in foreign trade has been insignificant, compared with the increase of 124,000,000,000 in payments through clearing houses. For the week the payments have been 20.3 per cent, larger than last year, and 38.1 per cent, larger than in 1S02. Prices of plgiron are strongly maintained, though extraordinary efforts promise increase of over a quarter in producing capacity within a year, because the entire output of most of the the furnaces for the first and In part of the last half of next year has been sold already. Sheet bars are a shade lower, owing to the closing of many tin-plate works. Demand for cars and other railway equipment Is enormous, and also for shipping, both lake and ocean. Tin is tweak at 27VsC and copper declined to 164 c, but lead and spelter are stronger. Hides are again stronger at Chicago, although receipts of cattle at the four chief Western markets In eleven months have been 3 per cent, larger than in the previous year, as the demand for consumption In manufacture has evidently increased much more. Thus, Western production of boots andshoes has gained more than , yet shipments from Boston for the year have been 372,000 cases, or 9.3 per cent, more than last year, and 937,000 cases, or 27.8 per cent, more than In 1S92, when cattle receipts were 7.8 per cent. larger than this year. Wool has advanced further, with much speculative buying, though most manufacturers have supplied wants for the present, and are less disposed to purchase at prices now averaging higher than at any time since June 15, 1S31. Higher prices demanded in the interior, and this raising of prices abroad, give confidence In spite of the fact that goods have advanced from the lowest point this year, only 19.2 per cent. Cotton is weakened by accounts ot large quantities held back, and has declined an eighth, but reports are sufficiently conflicting to make speculation active, notwithstanding a decrease of 830,000 bales, or 29.4, per cent, in exports for three months of the crop year. Takings of spinners have been large, and the demand for cottcn goods is heavy and covers production far ahead in many lines, while fears of important strikes have been dispelled by a general advance of wages. Wheat has risen 3 cents, and corn a fraction 0.1 the decline in Western receipts of both. Atlantic exports of wheat for the week, flour Included, were onlv 3.259677 bushels, against 5,636,767 last year; and Pacific exports S&6.172, against 556,523 last year. Failures for the week have been 221 In the United States, against 248 last year; and thirty-three in Canada, against twenty-two last year. AUSPICIOUS CONDITIONS. They Surround the Trade Situation for the Year's Last Month. NEW YORK, Dec- 8. Bradstreefs tomorrow will say: The last month of the year has opened auspiciously, finding trade and industry generally well employed, demand treading close upon and even passing supply, labor troubles averted In some instances by widespread advances In wages, of small Importance, except in one or two cities, and with the general level of values of staples at the highest point reached for eight years past. Holiday demand has opened well, and collections from retail trades therefore show some Improvement. The strength of cereals, notably wheat, this week Is a reflection largely of decreased receipts at the Northwest. Increases in November, this year, were not as large, either in this country or abroad, as they were one year ago, and to this extent the outlook is less bearish; and owing to the smaller world's production this year, hopes of well maintained prices have not been abandoned. Cotton has lost most of the notable strength displayed in past weeks, owing chiefly to a portion of the speculative element becoming tired and selling freely on slightly Increased receipts. Toward the close, some strength was noticeable on Improved foreign buying and the net change for the week Is not serious. After a year of unprecedented activity and advancing prices. Iron and steel are quiet, with few significant changes, partly because the season of the year does not favor new work, and partly, also, owing to the fact that producers are very generally sold up to the middle of next year. Prices show no marked change, plates and the sheets being relatively the weakest among the finished products, while bars are strong. Copper shows little change, but tin Is lower again, affecting decreasing speculative interest and smaller consumptive demands. Activity in hardware is largely confined to holiday specialties, which are experiencing an active movement at most markets. The feature of the coal trade has been the increasing scarcity of bituminous grades. East and West, some markets being reported practically bare of supplies. The strength of wool Is apparently un impaired, though demand is quieter. London prices have again moved higher, and the small available suply of fine grades suports the belief that prices may still move upward. The granting of a 10 per cent, advance at nearly all the large cotton mills throughout New England, on the basis of census figures, would point to an Increased purchasing power being secured by nearly 100,000 people. The coffee trade of the country, but particularly of New York, has been agitated, and speculative prices have been Influenced by the delays growing out of the unsettled situation of the quarantined cargos from Santos. More seasonable weather conditions have further stimulated the demand for boots and shoes, at numerous points, and hides and leather retain all the strength gained as a result of last month's general rise. Notwithstanding the advanced stage of the season, lumber, hardwood particularly, continues in active demand at most markets. Wheat, Including flour, shipments for the past week aggregate 5.133.221 bushels, against 3.639,400 last week, 6.S68.952 in the corresponding week of l&ltf. 6.262.15D in LOT, 4.222.714 In lfctt and 2.4S5.523 In 1S93. Since July 1. this season, the exports of wheat aggregate 04,301,227 bushels, against 103,476,9S4 last year, and 114.204.79S in 1837. Corn exports for the week aggregate 3.813.Cl)y bushels, against 4.441,514 last week. 4.38,535 in this week a year ago. 3,12S.ri4 in LM7. 3.511.2SS In 1806 and 2.3S1.1SI in 1&05. Since July 1. this season, corn exports aggregate 100,4S3.701 bushels, against during the same period a year ago, and 67,2tl.Su5 in 1S37. Business failures for the week in the United States number 2J. as compared with 177 last week. 237 in this week a year ago. ?J2 in 1S37. 3aI in 10 and 313 In 1XC. Business failures In the Dominion of Canada for the week number thirty-one. ns compared with twenty-five last week, twenty-nine In the week a year ago. twenty-three In 1S37, forty-two in JK6 and fifty-nine in 15. a NEARLY TWO BILLIONS. Total Bank Clearings Again nt Record-Breaking Figure. NEW YORK, Dec. 8. The following table, complied by Bradstreet, shows the bank clearings at the principal cities for the week ended Dec. 8, with the percent-

age of increase and decrkape as compared with the corresponding week lat yean r. ct. p. ct New York J1.20I.73;.Sai is.9 Boston US.&00.U-C 22.3 Chicago 1S7.S47.S1 2 Philadelphia 101.rvi.vr7 11.2 St. Louis 35.C71.2J3 1.7 Pittsburg 22.30.070 5S.3 Raltimore 20.752.273 2.4 San Francisco ... :4..",W1 52.2 Cincinnat i 17.S33.4 M 22 fi Kansas City 15.y7.1.0T4 27.7 New Orleans .... 14.7J2.373 17.6 Minneapolis 17,1S?.257 27.9 Detroit S.3Jfi,Mil 2i.7 Cleveland 1W13.170 23.0 Louisville 10.211,4:O 31.5 Providence 7.0.4) 22.2 Milwaukee 6.5:; 1.973 13.5 St. Paul 5.97'S2S . .... 3.8 Buffalo 6.13:.25 f 21.S Omaha 6.7e7.IS: 5.8 Indianapolis 6,611.U4 9.6 . ... Columbus. 0 7.6.2.) 67.1 Evansvllle, Ind... S7U,S2 14.0 Totals, United States H.955.7S5.9C4 19.9 Totals, outside New York 745.C49.1C1 21.7 BAD DAY FOR M0LINEUX

CAITinn OF TUB WOMAN "WHO CARED FOR DEFENDANT'S ROOM. Wanted by the Prosecution to Prove that Mollneux Used Blue Paper William Hall's Testimony NEW YORK, Dec. 8. Several interesting points developed to-day in connection with the trial of Roland B. Molineux for the murder of Mrs. Katherlne J. Adams. First, there was the capture of an Important witness for the prosecution. This was Mattle Mullands, the young woman who cared for Molineux's rooms at Newark. Through a ruse on the part of the detectives she was Induced to cress the state line from New Jersey to Suffern, N. Y., and when once within the Jurisdiction of the New York state authorities she was placed under ar-. rest and brought to New York city. It is said .that she will bo placed on the stand by the State and compelled to testify that Molineux was accustomed to use the now famous blue paper surmounted by the three Interlaced crescents. This same paper made Its appearance in the case later in the day, when George William Hall, of Mood us. Conn., was called for the purpose of testifying concerning a letter which fell Into the possession of his employer, Professor Fowler. The witness said that Jamo Burns, of Detroit, Mich., sold a great many thousand letters to Professor Fowler, who deals In medical remedies, that the signature "Roland B. Molineux" was noticed and the New York authorities were notified of the find. The defense admitted the Identity of this letter as having been written by the defendant. This is considered an important point owing to the fact that it was written on blue paper with the crescents, and the defense acknowledged the writing of it. The legal battle to-day raged around the question of expert testimony and the admissibility of handwriting whe$ "not disputed." Attorney Weeks fought bravely for his client, but in the end the prosecution triumphed, the recorder saying that tho court would be forced to consider the exhibits as being In the handwriting of the defendant unless the testimony of the witness. Expert Kinsley, should be impeached or contradicted by the defense ' in some manner. It seemed to be a day or victories for the prosecution, fdr the specimens of handwriting written by Molineux before his arrest and at the time that Cornish was under suspicion were admitted, also the diagnosis blank of a patent medicine concern with the blanks filled xut in handwriting, said to be the same as that of other letters In evidence and signed "H. C. Barnet," and in the face of strenuous objections Expert Kinsley was permitted to testify that In his opinion Molineux wrote the address on the poison package sent to Harry Cornish. NOT ALL SATISFIED. Some Members of the Late Dr. nail's Church Object to Sir. 3Iorftat. NEW YORK. Dec. 8.-There is a possibil. lty that G. Campbell Morgan, of London, may not be chosen as the successor of Dr. John Hall In the Fifth-avenue Presbyterian Church. Opposition to the selection Is so strong that the pulpit supply committee hesitated in taking the ordinary action In such questions, and the congregation may have an opportunity to make known its views on next Sunday. Nine members of the session met recently in the church with the Rev. Dr. Robert Russell Booth, appointed by the presbytery as moderator. The whole situation was talked over, with the result that a special committee of three, members of the session, was appointed to Investigate the feelings of the 2,400 members of the congregation concerning the choice of the pulpit supply committee. This committee, which was given unlimited time, was also empowered, if thought wise, to bring Dr. Morgan's name before the church on next Sunday. It also can report back at the next meeting of the session, if necessary, and on its decision Dr. Morgan's name can be dropped altogether. PAID POR LOSING SLEEP. Marcus Brnun Given T50 Because n Woman Took His Berth. NEW YORK. Dec. S. One of the most novel suits on record has Just been decided here, Marcus Braun having secured a Judgment against the Wagner Palacecar Company, for $730 as damages for a mistake made by one of the company's conductors, who allotted a berth already sold to Braun to a woman. When the error was discovered every berth In the train was sold, and Braun was compelled to sit in the smoking department during a trip from Clevland to this city. When Braun bought his coupon for the berth he left his luggage in the seat and went to the smoking compartment. He did not return for two hours, according to his own story, but wheh he did he found the berth made up and occupied. The comments of other paFK-iie.j so Injured his feelings, he snvs. Mint a money compensation is due him. he alleges. The woman In the berth produced a coupon which was an exact duplicate of the coupon given to Braun. MUST PAY THE POLICY. Decision At mt w Life Inaaraaee Comprint In a .Novel Cntc. BELLEFONTE. Pa., Dec. 8.-A suit to recover $1,500 on a life insurance poVcy from the Central Mfe Insurance Company of Cincinnati, O., has been decided In the courts here In favor of the plaintiff. George McK. Potter, late of this place, was murdered In a lumber camp In Potter county. Pa., In May, 1S94. He was last seen by his parents May SO. 1S91. The body was burled without Identification. When application was made by Totter's father for the redemption of the policy the insurance company claimed that the supposed murdered man was still alive somewhere in the West. In January. - ltfrt. the body was exhurmnl and Identified by the cowlick in the hair, which was noticeable on tho skull. Notwithstanding this, the Insurance company continued to fight the claim, but the Jury has finally found a verdict In favor of th dead man's father for the full amount of the policy, with Interest.