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TOIAlfAPOLIS 3TEW=, FEEDAT, JULY 13, 1900.

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to prosperftr;

while "the Democrats Insisted that there could be no prosperity under the gold standard. It is entirely proper, therefore. for tbs President to can attention to the fact that the conn try baa been prosperous, and to attribute ite prosperj§£tp to larse measure to the removal of

jffttM fear of free surer.

f The President insists that the pledges made by the Republican* have been

The sold standard “baa been rmed and strengthened.” and "the ms chain baa been broken, and the on our gold reserve no longer frets Reference Is made to the strengthnattoagl credit as shown by the rang of much of our dsbt at 3 per The enactment of the Dingley tarapprored by Mr. McKinley as bein compliance with the party e promThe following claims made by the * will have to be allowed, and

are Important: i

have lower Interest and higher more money and fewer mortTbe world's markets have been to American products, which go Wbeii they have never gone before, have passed from a bond-lasulng to bond-paying nation; from a nation of Were to a nation of lenders; from a ey In revenue to a surplus; from to confidence; from enforced Idle-

ble employment. The pub-

hae been upheld; public order

ned. Ws have prosper-

preetlge abroad. •

course there must be some aitowfor partisan eatravagance. For the world’s markets have albeen open to American products, may be doabted whether there are placsa to which these product* •one to which they never went beBut It la true that our export* Increased enormously, and that our are going all *pvcr tho Again, It la to bs said that our la largely due to the war taxes, tight to be repealed. It Is lotto say whether the original tarllf would have yielded suflivanue. Moreover, a surplus Is necessarily a good thing. But at the deAcit has disappeared, and are on a firm and stable Aa for upholding the public faith maintaining order, our presidents usually done both these things. But

Mr. McKinley’s tura-

of the moults of his adminiatrayon

by the facts.

natural that he and the other ReI loaders should Insist that free ~)taago at the IS to 1 ratio' la Issue, for It haa served them We safta* with them. There la no whr U should have had any place campaign. But Mr. Bryan It to, antFhe and Ms friend* will to defend the policy. Mr. McKtnvtawa on our foreign pol»cy are well | He would-give Cuba an’ tndeleot government* would hold Porto tang the Philippines, and would gtve so soon as peace is restored, t and generou* government, in the Inhabitants shall have the part let pattou for which they are Of the relation of the Gov-

territory. he says: early principle of the sustained by unbroken

Mita, that the repreaentaiple In Congress assembled dative power over terrtto the Cntted States, sub-

hafecuards of

personal rights, snd pie authority to act areets of our nation,

to its care."

Question of 'Imperialto cut a larse

For our part,

•eminent had a Philippines If this to govern them, as territory that haa

or purchase.

at the cwwnWtee of which Win aamsnl

oa the 1Mb of this month to decide

A be pursued h» the cai

will not attract a

It is a conference, mad

- net a convention, but to the moral sen It I* of Importance, and ft flutagtg comae him where the only convention of tho p«xtr was held. Then to dae courae will follow the Democratic notification me. log, Aagrust g and after that. Angt X. the mssttog of the Anti-Imperialletie League, of which ecs-Benator BootweU is ppselflen* aninf which some of the proi Uwnt seen to the country. Ilk* Andrew Carnegie. J. BterUn* Morton and Cert •chars are rice-president*. This mo tog is as high to Its moral worth and aims as the meeting of the gold Dem amts, and It win ba likely to attract a ferae folio wing. The seen engaged In It arm above party politics. They are work tog to bohdIf of tho principle to which they are at sincerely wedded as the gold Democrats are to their cause- Thus, indeed. Indianapolis is honorably dlstin guiabsd to many ways. W# are sura that •be will show on each occasion full appreciation of the distinction, and cause those who com* within her gates to go away speaking goideniy of her.

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AS A CENTER. _ Indianapolis has been M place to notify Bryan n. W# barm already calve* freely on this sublet B will be a notable city, and w*U jwebebly more megt- - of all kinds in Indiof the counII attract universal

WHICH IS PARAMOUNT? If the leaders of the allied political forces to this country are not careful, they will get things very much mixed. Mr. Bryan is supported by three parties, the Democratic. the Populist and tho silver Republican. each with its own platform, and each with its awn peculiar way of looking at things. The bulk of bis vote will bo cast by Democrats. Tho Kansas City compromise does not — unless they agree to It-bind either the Populists or the silver Republican*. Will they agree to it, and act to accordance with it? It seems not. for It is announced that Mr. Town* will bo the '‘official 1« to 1 orator of the campaign,'* and this, with the apparent approval of Mr. Bryan. We are told that •’he will discuss the issues in the following order: The money question, trusts and Imperialism." This order will be reversed by Mr. Bryan, while other speakers “will divide their time between trusts and imperialism. but with cursory references to hi to L'V Clearly, there is a chance here for considerable confusion and misunderstanding. All the speakers will urge the election of Mr. Bryan, but some of them will tell their audiences thgt the money question I* the Important question, while others win Insist that the money question is practically out of it. and that the great Issue is Imperialism. Towne’s speeches will not help the Bryan cause with those who are at heart opposed to fra* silver, and In favor of the anti-imperial policy; while Bryan * speeches will not be effective with those who believe to expansion, hut who are as blttarty as over opposed to £b* gold-standard. Doubtless much car* will be taken to consult the opinions and prejudices of certain localities. Silver will be mad* paramount to some regions and Imperialism In others. But it the plan outlined is carried out. the Democrats will really have no issue that la universally "paramount,” declared to be so by all the Bryan orators. ‘ , Wo My nothing of tho morality —or Immorality — of this plan, for there is nothing new or strange In thus seeking to meet varying conditions. And. after all. the question is not what the Democratic party believes, hut what it believes most strongly. Our criticism goes only tq the practicability of the scheme. And it must be manifest to all that there are serious obstacles in the way ot its successful operation. In Indiana, for example, every effort will be made to convince the people that free stiver Is really not an issue, and practically no stress wilt- be laid on it. But what will our people think when they read the speeches of Mr. Towne. “the official M to 1 orator of the campelgn," in which the money question will have the first place? Having been assured that 1< to 1 was not a vital Issue, they are likely to be puzzled when they learn that one of Mr. Bryan’s chief supporters la declaring that It is the paramount Issue. However, this is one of the chance* that the fuslonists must taka For they bar* all sorts of peopls to deal with, and they will have to do the best they can. But the situation may easily become embarrassing.

TAXATION AND ADMINISTRATION. The responsibility of the cittaen is a weUwom topic, but at the recent meeting of the League of Wisconsin Municipalities. Governor Scofield dwelt on n phase that needs emphasis and that Is the lack of a proper sense of rmpoostbUity as shown in the payment of taxes. The American cittaen, the Governor declares, doss his best to avoid direct taxation, and even when he pays his taxes indirectly. he doe* not seem to care greatly what becomes of the money. This te undoubtedly true, and It seems to os to point to a very general condition, one therefore that must to Its nature take much education and time to reform. It dOeo not seem far fetched to say that there are two phases entering into this condition that are somewhat peculiar to this countryOae is that the idea, sf indirect taxation 1a fostered by popular government, for tho cheapest and moot direct appeal that any party con make in a popular government te economy; that te. surface economy. th« kind that points to a low expenditure aa proof of efficiency Of course the thoughtful know that this may be proof of grnaesst inefficiency and extravagance. But to the mass a showing of this kind seems as a trtt dsasonstratlon of an Meal conWe hod an illustration of thte r years to our own State, where ore pointing to records of

into all

, order to at rtiiignsst ns to this end has boon ftmr settled policy ot the tariff, j the nso of tbmt machinery as a means for the enrichment of private tedMdnal* it to rained by both parties from the taxpayer without his betas of the fact. It Illustrates the dlfThs average man does sot object to psytog SB for a suit of clothe* But If hS were aware of tho fact (we are using tbs flgnrae merely by way of Illustration^ that tosses I sf paying IS for clothes he te paying SU for dothes and $7 for tariff, be would demand a hotter system of taxation. He would want to know precisely what his expenses were. Again, the tariff has been so confused with “patriottem.” has been so identified with a sort of defense against foreign aggmaairm. tost It to actually thought of and supported as a great measure of national daty. The wastefulness of ft proporthmat* to the amount it yields tor public purposes is eoonnoMk Tat. because It te unseen and because It te heralded as a patriotic measure there te not on* complaint against tbs tariff tax where there are a hundred against an Internal revenue. The evB Influence of this unseen quality of taxation extends further. We have no such thing as a budget in the European sense. Our taxes are levied without exact knowledge as to what they will bring and with no concern as to what surplus they may yield. At the present moment we are overtaxed so far as needs go snd are piling up a surplus—a sure bid for extravagance and corruption. But it arouses no protest and little attention. The other phase of the situation, namely, that of carelessness as to the expenditure of money, is a direct growth of the system of unseen taxation and the idea that w* can be taxed without knowing It. snd pay It without feeling it, and partly a growth of our conception of government, namely, as the perquisites of a party. No American regards his public affairs as he regards his private affairs. If he be part owner of a great business corporation or firm, be expects to render conscientious service for a fixed amount In other words be is permeated with the idea of "business.’' He understands that not only must ends meet but that the credit end must lap; that thsrs must be prosperity, snd hence value received for his service. He has the idea completely, and In time of stress te entirely willing to render service at reduced compensation. But when he contemplates public affairs be regards them not as with the "business’' idea, but with the spoils idea. Hence the salaries are greater than similar services In private life command. With this idea goes the general sense of perquisites, so that he comes to regard the public administration as an opportunity, a chance to make hay while the sun shines. Any thoughtful consideration of Governor Scofield's ■ agnation. It seems to us, must enforce the reflection that until we bring to bear in our public affaire a greater sense of responsibility we shall not get very far-away from the present system. We need to apply to them the business idea as to their character and their administration. If what, a man pays for his government, instead of being taken from him by indirect and unseen method*, were set apart In a lump sum each year to pay directly, there would be such a reformation as would sweep out the indirect Idea ot taxation as far as it is practicable, and that would crash and cledn out entirely the spoils idea of administration.

Prince Tuan, are attar.

te the man we

Party tie* do not hold as they did of yore. The case ot Senator Hoar Is excepted. The State ticket in Nebraska, for which the allied parties —the Democratic. Populist and silver Republican — will vote next November, consists of five Popylists, one silver Republican and one Democrat. TtAre te to be a division of electors. How many of these tbs Democrats will get te not stated. Such te fusion in Nebraska. To tho Democrats of Indiana this will appear much more like absorption than fusion. And. indeed, that Is what te te. The Nebraska Populists were unwilling to yield anything. They did not even consent to the withdrawal of Towne. Fearing a split, the Democrats surrendered, and the reeult is that there te practically no Democratic, party in Nebraska.

Do the strikers propose St. Louis.

to dismember

It to about time that St. Louts herself, the greatest sufferer from the strike, were having something to say. It te noticeable that the Democrats are already weakening on the silver issue. They are indulging in the pettifogging argument that everybody is in favor of 1« to l. for If to 1 is the legal ratio. Of course, thte chatter wiU deceive no one. The Democrat* do not declare simply for the K to l ratio, but for the free, independent and unlimited coinage of gold and stiver at that ratio. And it has come to pass that, for the sake of brevity and pictureequenees. the peopls have chosen to use the phrase ”1« to 1" as descriptive of the Bryan policy.. When, therefore. it to insisted by the Democrats that everybody te to favor of "IS to 1.” they simply dodge the issue, and attempt to deceive the people.

While sojourning In New Jersey. Senator Hanna will please not forget to pass the contribution box.

There w»# no good reason why Mr. Bryan should have gone to New York in IMA M» milea distant from his home, to be notified of hte selection. Whether It was hte suggestion or that of the party managers does not matter. He could easily haws stopped it. It was not only a new departure in oUr politics, but undignified and ridiculous. * * * In consenting to cmne to Indianapolis to ho notified of hte ranomination. Mr. Bryan repeats the new departure he made In IMA and for a second time lends himself to tbs plan of hte party managers. If. indeed, he did not suggest it. to make the central figure in a spectacular ceremony, planned and located with sole reference to political effect.—The Journal. It seems to as that our neighbor takes much too serious a view of this matter. We can not see anything "undignified and ridiculous" in Mr. Bryan’s going to

proprieTv.

place than bis

sf X

piece at

: mm: to

teb the glory of arranged for In Mr. Bryan xrfll have a letter of arragtawx to right on the civil service.

For doing things up pleasantly, tor ‘Wolcott te tot surpassed.

The Populists think the Democrats are stubborn! As tho one juror i marked about the other eleven.

.The Commercial Club stands for the hospitality of the city. It seeks to encourage enterprises and assemblages to come to the city, assuring them of a cordial greeting- Any right gathering that will attract decent people to the city is a good thing for the city. It advertises the dty. it adds to Its importance, it brings money and patronage bore. It ought not. it eeems to ua. to make the least difference to the dub whether the gaiberlng te political or not, or what phase of politics it represents. The dub is not political, nor acting In a political capacity. It is simply representing tbs hospitable spirit of our dty-

The anxiety is relieved. Roosevelt have accepted.

McKinley and

Bryan and A.

People are not running over each other to get jobs in the Chinese service

rowadays.

Here is a list of the presidential tick-

ets up to data:

Republican. William McKinley and

Theodore Roosevelt. Democratic. William J.

£. Stevenson.

Populist. William J. Bryan and Charles

A. Towne.

Silver Republican. William J. Bryan and A. E. Stevenson. Prohibition. John Q. Woolley, of Illinois, and H. B. Metcalfe, of Rhode

Inland.

Populist (middle-of-the-road). Wharton Barker, of Pennsylvania, and Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota. United Christian, the Rev. P. E. Clark, of Massachusetts, snd tho Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, of Kansas Socialist Labor. Job Harrbnan. of California. and Max 8. Haras, of Ohio. Social Democrat. E. V. Debs, of Indiana. and Job Harrimaa. of California. De Leon socialist. J. F. Maloney, of MassarhusettB and Valentine Remmill, of Pennsylvania. There may be others. There are gold Democrats and

The Hon. Web Davis te having a hard

As to Mr. Bryan's future it te said there will not bs so many.

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THE NEW YORK

ESTABLISHED iftgj.

An* we

Or son retmatteg

a cruet ot tree A

Dally we May, „ Nightly we cry. Oh

Of tatwe or «f nas* A dream of mother. The petenaat-ewee* t A mirage mm te dlii We know—tart hold

from dawn te set ef sssb.

Let swttewed Esau take hte mem and roam: Otamm our Mnhrtfht, World—love, peace sad tdSs te the Atlantis Monthly.

seem# to he small probability that there yet may be safety for tho foreigners The Shanghai advices that tbs legations have been destroyed and all within them killed are in keeping with the general tenor of j events. Since the rise at the Boxer rebellion as far as the outside world has been able to trace It, nothing has checked its course. The Shanghai reports sag to addition that Prince Chlng. who has' credited with protecting the was killed when be cam* to the rescue of the legations. It te like hoping against hope to think any have escaped. The world te face to face with an uprising of * nation. The Impulse has com* from below, originating to one of the most powerful of the assay secret metattae. of which there are more In China than elsewhere in the world. The movement seems to have spread among the people from the bottom to the top, taken control of the government and gone on with its purpose of purging the country of all outsiders in true Oriental fashion. It te war in earnest, and the powers can not too soon settle to such an understanding and begin to make head against it. It is very nearly a waste of good time to make predictions so early. A great many things can happen between now and November.

The Life Contemplative.

can* idle, and who lastly, la return. ystifnis that busy world aa idler, tool Prlcude, hooka, a garden, and perhaps hte p DeUgbtfW Industry enjoyed at haasa Aad Nature te her ctettrated trim Dressed to hte taste, tavtttng him abroa Can ha wmat occupation who has those? Y':e ha ba Idle who has much f anker? Me. therefore, studious of laborious ansa Not slothful; happy to daceivs the time Net waste it. and aware that human Ufa Is tart a loan, to bo repaid with uan . Whan Ha shall call Hte debtors te a Wom whom are all our blessings, finds Bran here; while sedulous I seek to At least neglect not. or leave unemployed. The mind He gave me; driving It. though alack Too oft. aad much impeded is Its work By causes not to he divulged te vain. To its just point—the service of mankind. He that attends to hte Interior aeif; That has a heart, and keeps it; haa a mind That hungers and suppliaa it; aad who seeks A social, not a dissipated Ufa Haa hoalneas; feels himself engag'd t* achieve No unimportant, though a stteot task. —■william Cownar.

Presumably, after the parties gut through sounding the keynotes, they will be ready to pitch into each ether.

There appears to be no chance of the gas meter ordinance passing the Council. The committee, teat night, decided unanimously to make an unfavorable report. This te due to the prompt action of the people to defense of their rights. We have no doubt that If they had not presented a determined front, there might be a chance of the ordinance passing, in spite of the pledges of the councllmen. The companies are sleepless. If the people fall to remember that the price of liberty 1s eternal vigilance, they wUl regret it. It will be the old story of organised selfish Interest on the one hand, snd a disorganised interest on the other. Now lhat the Consumers’ Gas Trust, which was the company of the people, snd established to uphold thte ordinance, has deserted the people’s cause and united with the Indianapolis company, the people will be foolish if they think themselves at any time secure. If there te a measure formulated, it may be taken up and pushed through at any time.

Bena-

Senator Lodge told President McKinley yesterday that be was re-nominated by the "unforced vote" of all the delegatee. Why did the Senator used to emphasize that point?

W* are glad to see evidences that the barbers are in earnest. At a meeting, last night, the journeymen barbers resolved to organise a union. We trust they will insist on a Sunday freq from work. They are entitled to it. Their calling is not such as to b* in any arise a necessity. It is a ministration to man’s convenience, but If omitted Is nothing that works such discomfort or Interruption as to affect life and business, and, hence, to bring it within th* category of work done of necessity. With a determination to have a free Sunday, the boss barbers have an opportunity to show that they, too, are on the side of liberty, for if all refrain from work, one will not lose above another, and in the long run there will be no loss. We hope the barbers will maintain a firm front, and w* hope that all organised labor will help them; and such help could be great. If there were sufficient fraternity among workingmen to put their personal action and influence into the scale, questions like this could be decided with ease snd unanimity. It will be difficult to have joint debates this year, if the speakers will not discuss the same Issue.

SCRAPS. There te promise in Oregon of the largest fruit crop ever harvested. Kansas cows to th* number of 68.133 contributed creamery supplies last year. Only one-fifth of the boys of India go to school, and only one-fifteenth of the

girls.

The Oregon's hull and machinery cost 13.223,310. Fitted out for service this great ship represented an outlay of I6.67A002. In Siberia acetylene gas te largely used to light up various operations along the line where work te carried on at night. Within the last twenty years the number of American and English female physicians in Asiatic countries has increased from 30 to 230. Viper hunters are wanted at Boxen. Tyrol. The snakes are so abundant as to be a source of danger, and the government offers 15 cents for each head. Recent studies of the ocean bottom near the coast line of continents have showft that rivers of considerable ais* sometimes enter the sea beneath the sur-

face.

Mummies manufactured in Franc* are now being shipped all over the world. Prudent antiquarians, purchasing wisely, examine the mummy with the X-rays, for thua the spurious article te readily detected. Mofakhamed-Dowleh, the new Persian representative at Washington, was born and bred a soldier. He entered military service at the age of eleven and did not take up diplomatic life until he was twenty-five years old. John Armbuster went into a restaurant kept by Mrs. Minnie Watson snd ordered some of the cakes "like mother used to make." He criticised the corn cakes Mrs. Watson brought to him, threw them in her face snd was arrested. —Chicago Journal. A steady diet of sulphur and molasses Is said to be a perfect protection against mosquito bites. Thq insect te said to be antagonistic to the atmosphere that surrounds a person who indulges in that method of driving the impurities of his blood to the surface. The employment of women in the postal service te not an American idea. It was by no means uncommon in the old days, when poetmasters kept post houses and were persons of some consequence. “In 1548, Leonard, of Taxis, appointed a woman postmaster at Brain*-le-Comte, an important point in France." Besides being th* seat of the Transvaal government Pretoria te the most beautiful town in South Africa. It nestles to a valley. Nowhere else in South Africa te there such a blending of new snd old or are there so many contrasts in the way of architecture. Thera are quaint, low Dutch roofs, sturdy English architecture and the big government buildings completed ten years ago at a cost of 51.000,Queen Victoria's gold cup, a present to the city of Dublin, to commemorate her recent visit to Ireland, has been handed over to the Dublin corporation. It Is egg-shaped, weighs 180 ounces, and Is two fest three inches in bight, with a circumference at th* rim of three feet. It stands on s pedestal of black marble. Inlaid xfith gold, with th* royal arms on one face and those of the corporation of Dublin on another.

When

Rev.

the tree* yieldwell distributed

ipelago gen-

practical

preacher.

aorae of a merry-go-round, from which he was endeavoring to secure the brass ring, the capture of which would entitle him to another ride free, he remarked, aa he picked himself up, unhurt and somewhat startled, that he regarded the phenomenon as a divine warning against

playing games of chance.

There are important distinctions between India rubber and gutta percha, and in the majority of purposes for which they are employed, one can not

replace the other, while tl Ing India rubber are

over the tropical part* of the world and may be cultivated with more or leas faculty, the tree which furnishes gutta percha te to be found only in Borneo,

Sumatra, and the Malay archipel

erally. ^MM

A fat citizen of the seacoast town of Lubee. Me., went down a ladder at the side of a schooner to get a hammer that be had dropped overboard. He inserted hte body between the rungs of the ladder, that be might reach down and get the hammer from the shoal water, and became stuck there. The tide was rising, and he was rescued three hours afterward, just in time to save him from drowning, the water having reached

within two inches of his mouth.

A beginning has been made with forestry in the United States Though only a start can be claimed, th* outlook is hopeful. New York haa adopted measures t« protect the headwaters ef the Hudeofi. In the Adirondack Park 2.500.000 acres are reserved, of which 1,000,000 te owned by the State, as much more is In private game preserves, and the remainder in th* hands of those who will sell to the State when they can get their price.

Cornell and Yato conduct

school* of forestry.

Prince Oukthomsky sent hte celebrated collections ot bronze Mongol idols to the Russian Astatic section of the Paris exhibition. They remained on view for a time, but boom of the figure* shocked even Paris ideas of decency, and ’ complaints began to come in. Having been accepted, the exhibit could not very well be returned, so the officials picked out the worst specimens, packed them in a box of Astatic appearance, and have placed thte in a conspicuous position, with

the label. “Mongol idols."

The unusual spectacle of a dog spread at full length upon a cake of Ice attracted a full share of attention on Eleventh street yesterday. The ice had been left before a store door early in the morning. The dog waddled languidly up the street, th* sorriest victim of heat to be seen in a day's tramp. He looked at the ice. cam* nearer, sniffed it In evident enjoyment, then in raptures of delight ran his tongue over Its cool surface. As a eat capers in catnip, the dog capered around the ice. < Then de turned twice and stretched himself upon It. Many a passer-by seemed to envy him hte cool position.—Philadel-

phia Record.

A story illustrating the democratic simplicity of the King of Sweden and Norway is told in the Echo de Parte by M. Gaston Bonnier, the botanist. ML Bonnier was botanlstag near Stockholm, he met a stranger similarly occuTh* two fraternized, aad M. Bonmggsated that they should lunch together at an inn. "No, come home and lunch with me instead." said the stranger; and he tod th* gray to the Poland opened the gate. M. Bonnier was naturally astonished; but his new acquaintance was most apologetic. "Fa sorry." he said, "but I happen to be the King of this country, and thte te th* only place I've got to entertain anybody to." Bo they went to and lunched and talked botany together ail the afternoon.

EVERY DAY SHOULD HAVE ITS SAVING THESE ITEMS FOR SA will be the means of saving much, little here and there on these summer needs.

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WASH GOODS 58 pieces 34-inch Madras, in bin* and pink check, pink aad green checks and brown and white checks, suitable either for dresses or shirt waistss: t . a 15c fabric, for O^C Fine Corded Lawns, in navy blue, with white figures, stripes and dots, also whit* grounds, with neat aicolored figures, 15c quality, for.. A sv 68 pieces Batiste, to light grounds, with neat colored figures and *7 istripes, worth Uific. for A jC 35-loch Percales, in light grounds, with neat figures and stripes, suitable for shirt waists, a 10c qua!- w _ Ity, for —East Aisle. WHITE GOOD5 White Goods, in lace strip**, St 1 _ worth 10c, for vie Lae* Plaids, worth 18c, for a *y r yard « t 35c quality fine Corded Lawns, SSC. with lace stripes, at a yard...... •kK3 12 pieces Corded White Goods*9 worth 17c, for —Basement. UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS Fine Silk Serge Umbrella, on good, stout steel rod, paragon frame and natural wood handles, a 31.39 quality, for Ladies’ Fancy Parasols of China Silk, in blue and white, pink and white and navy and cerise, a * KQ 32-68 parasol, for *1*1 —Right of Entrance.

$1.00

AT THE LACE COUNTER

variety dera, h<

Imperial Scarfs, In a variety of colors and in Persian borders, hemstitched and Bat Wing Ties, also th* new High Bandu Tie, in a variety of styles, sold everywhere for 50c, OCyour choice

—Center Atelo.

RIBBONS

No. 5 Satin and Gros Grain Ribbon, 1-incb wide, in cardinal, white, lavender and navy blue, regular A* price 10c, Saturday, tor a yard... Satin and Gros Grain and Taffeta Ribbons, 1%-inch wide, a few good shades left, also black, regular ec. 14c quality, for V C Satin and Gros Grain and a few Taffeta Ribbons, 2 Inches wide. No. 12, regular price 20c, sale price, a yard *VL A good collection of fancy Checks and Stripes, 3 and 4 inches arid* f and worth 25c, for 3**l

-West Aisle.

BUCKLES

Just 3 prices in the big lot of them

at the Trimming Counter.

Gold, Oxidised Black snd Steel

color, both in pulley snd clasp styles, a 16c buckle, for

Gold and French Gray and Black Jeweled Buckles, both pulley effif and clasp, the 25c ones, for ***'• Enameled Pulley Belt Sots, with

slide for back, also fine ateel

buckles, a 60c value .'* t ** 1 '

—Center* Alai*.

HANDKERCHIEFS Ladies’ fancy lac* trimmed and pretty colored border and extra quality of plain White Hemetitched Handkerchief*, fill width* of l| hem, each A new line of Men's Handkerchiefs, in fancy colored borders, both wide and narrow hem. worth 16c |Q^ Ladies' convent made, hand embroidered. pure Irish Linen Handkerchiefs, they come • In a bunch, at— 10c each, or 6 for 55c

—Center Aisle.

HOSIERY

SALVAGE

Enoughs of the 8

KRY t A malm It tturday teuyora

Ladles’ | fast Mack, full ■umUm Hose, with double heals and 8c "Leather Stocking" g c

NEW MILLINERY

Cotton

toe*. Me

new white

. fast black, full wag

Cotton ^pus^janc "Leather s

.wssissarjs*,

• *»*-*■**• ewaaewoeusa *U

Ladieston Ho

toes. Me _

— ——— . w 11 — for Saturday, ail ef our Me Blank Lae* Ltel* Thread Hoe*, for ladles and children, all sixes, on* day. a pair ........

plain th# i

with roues i

very stylish, worn SPECIALS—W* he pretty trimmed Hats,

MB.88, that you

aaay have

your cheioe at

HMlTworth H05 to 9185, Tuscan Straw Braid that ware Htt and fill, 1

jnsjCrtrii.i

knees and toea, Ee ones

!5c

—Bast AMs.

IN THE MEN'S CORNER AU-sUk^Striag Ties. Me onaa10c each, 3 for 25c Men’s fete Tan Cotton Half Mesa full seandess. with double haste 1 c and toes!a pair Agu Men's (surplice neck Night AQ_ Shirts. Kht weights, each "Black! Cat" brand of Man's fins light weAht Cotton. Ltel* and Mercerised Mzif Hoaa all Mo ones, |Q~ Man's White Pique Neglige* Shirts, all siass of th* dollar ones. At%~ for .m/vo

—East Alain TOILETS

Williams' Jersey Cream Soap, large six* cake, at Lund bora’s Triple Extracts, assorted odor*, an ounce Kirk’s Elder Flower Soap, a

—Center Ate!*. JEWELRY

fancy

Felt Tourist Hate, at........ Second

FOR THE BO Overalls tor the »•*•»«*Waeee* *•*#**••

Brownie

boys, each

tSe

Rough Elder Butts, at fOSc \ Bor's Straw Sailor Mata our regular Mo and Me one*, for....

HAMMOCK SALE A do** w.

colors, complete, with spreader, thq regular 51.00

for ««*,.«.«.».••

Hammock, to pretty i, with pillow and rular 31.00 kind, AfL.

10c 10c

ora. with pillow

woven, regular prto*

for

DOMESTICS Remnants of

3 col- j

H*”"”" to 1 s r 'ars&5. elm

snd shirtings, from Hi

. M Indies Ready-mad*

yard lengths M

yard

Ladies' Pina-

plated Beauty 6 for 5c

Mexican hand-carved Leather 20r* ?ulley Belts, each MwL

Pulley Bette, each Japanese Folding Fans at Jg —Center Atat*. LINENS

Outing or Cream Domet Flan- Kg

pel, a yard

Any Lap Rob* In stock, linen. »emie or Cloth, at a discount ed 15 per

rant.

each

LADIES* DRESSING SACQUBS

.. i-JUL. mad with ruffles, to-morrow, fori-* 1 ^ SHIRT WAISTS for iadtes% made of the latest stylee in summer ms terlals, in colon, from— 29c to $1.00 75c to $5.00

N«w Tlffet over, m dls i

Sartng Biff. — only, sisos 54 to 44. Tho bsstMLA <TK waist w# ever offered, at....*f3*«

-Second Floor. ART DEPT

SPECIAL—Our Me. Uxl4. Cameo Pictures, bast make, choice Me Beautiful line regular Me Picture*, large slse. framed In, gilt, goodly number of subjects, chotee .....Me

-Second Floor.

eta Silk Waists, tusked allgwteh the dress sleeve and Thee* cose* to black

NOTIONS 10c, Ukfand

SIT

yarffi ptocs* of Ftntehtag Braid, th $9to 10c, for le, ic and Te

14c Dress Shields, ehote*.

Cotton cAtah, a yard ( Check Glass Toweling, in aa , to quality. M All Unen Bleached Crash, < worth to. for a yard t* Hsarffhemmed HUCk ToW * lf ' |( Napkins, to half doaen lota, au linen, a half doaen 31.00 quality, to>taeh six*. for..®^ c I H.M quality. B-tnch ala*, at. SIXTY REFRIGERATORS All of (he hast bought at a price—it wt8 to buy them, but we aad now give you th# a list of a tow of the just gives an idea of th* 188 lb. slat, worth «M HOW • « ee's # » * «* » a* • # * aqs# aa»*-a 1M th. aSte. worth 918.10. i now

make—that we was a tittle lata

a pair

worth

Plenty of those Me Silk Side Sup. porters left for ladles, misses and children, at a pair Mo

80 lb. double, 9M.TI now.-, s 1X8 lb. reeMvabte los

regular gt «NJ*

HOW « »•*•*•» a « * •• * a a •-#*•** *•*>• V* 1M lb. ais*. with die KOK | finish, was IN.00. now....0*0.1

PETTIS DRY GOODS CO.:

^Naw

PETTIS DRY GOODS CO.

MR. STEVENSON’S HEALTH. Very Poor on Be turn of Bimetallic Commission. (Washington Special Boston Transcript.] The nomination of AdifJ Stevenson for Vice-President haa caused genuine aatonlo.hment here among hte most intimate friends, who would have been better prepared to learn of nis hopeless lllnsas. Reports of a rather alarming character spread here, in circles where he was best known on th# return of the bimetallic commission, in 1397, from Europe. At the time President McKinley appointed him to go abroad, in company with Bsnstor Wolcott and Charles J. Paine, to negotiate with the governments of th# Old World tor an international bimetallic

_ Ugt _MM

President’s chair, which, for a man of his temperament, was something of a siege. On the return of th# commission, however, snd evidently emanating from its members, directly or Indirectly, came accounts which led to a belief that th* ex-Vice-Prealdent. though only sixty-two years old, was breaking down like a man of eighty. Hte associates on the commission were evidently a good deal alarmed about him, and felt strongly th* responsibility which rested upon them, as In s sense his guardians. Hte absentmindedness gave them an uneasy feeling when he went very far from headquarters alone; and it was said that h* was often seised with a fit of nervousness in the midst of crossing a street, so that he would turn around In the midst of his transit and return to the curb, apparently In some dread of being run over. The fact that he did not play a very important part in the councils of the commission was not considered strange among those friends who knew him. althis finally reached a point where

have peep!

tbi

THE ASSESSMENT DECISION.

Te the BCltor «tf The News. Mr:

The opinion of the majority of the

' Indiana in th* street is filed yeeterday, Is

for th* point* It

as for those It decides. th* charter for pays ware supposed to

enacted for tho benefit of ml tod me* ns, who could not,

wit

thO vmi.,v uawi,i ah. vww. vu», surely. It was not the Intention of th* Legislature that such people should bs compelled to agree to pay aa assessment made solely by the front foot and great ly In excess of benefits, while a more favored clare, who have the mean* aad dirptsiuon to fight, may. to a euit for foreclosure, have their Assessments cut down according to benefits Th* logic of this decision to that a poor man, who wants to pay by installment*, no matter bow ex cess Ire hte assessment may be, must wslv* all objections on that account aad agree to pay tbs wrongful and illegal assessment in its entirety, la order to get the right to pay by installments. He can have no consideration of the question of benefits until long after th* time for ♦*»* bvneflt of payment by installments haa expired. If he waits for a foreclosure suit, as th* decision say* bs must, to order to have hte

tt te too late te

elect to pakr by installments; and even If be dare* Co question the correctaeee oc bis assessment in a forsotoeur* suit, bs dees so under penalty of paying an

attorney's if** as large a* th* court, under the teptimony of lawyers expert In fixing larqp fee*, may add to th# debt

mockery, under tbeot dr-

cuustanoeA to say that the law affords

er the teptli sing lerjrt' I •id ooets.f Is it no! a uustanei , I

such prop, tjr owner an opportunity to be heard as t the matter of benefits?

the commissioners practically ceased consulting him. Mr. Stevenson's experience h«*i been wholly that of a lawyer to a small town, and a politician, and hte acquaintance with even the scientific terminology of the money question was rudimentary at best. Hte appointment waa everywhere recognised as on* of tboes pleasant little acts of grace which President McKinley te fond of performing, and had neither any special political significance nor any basis in th* idea that he would be more than a genial traveling companion for the other commissioners, and that hte recent retirement from the second office in the nation would lead a certain dignity to the triumvirate Mr. gtereneon’s acquaintances here, who supposed that be bad taken himself out of office affairs for the purpose of spending hte latter days in the restful atmosphere of hte home, are wondering at hte consent to come out of bis retirement for this campaign. They argue that it •mans either a dangerous exertion tor him or a wonderful restoration of health

and strength.

FRANCIS MURPHY’S TRIP. Visit to Australia Postponed on Account of Plague. George V. Beck, of this city, who formerly lived in Australia, received a letter to-day from Francis Murphy, now at Butte. Mont, in which Mr. Murphy says that he has again postponed his trip to Australia. At Mr. Murphy's request Mr. Beck wrote to friends in Australis asking about the health conditions, and test week he received a cablegram which stated that while tbs plagtfb was **«iy the conditions were not lavlting. It was Munphy I p^i»n^ n Ws r trlp" The ^trip aSi probably be made in the falL

Again, t s opinion throughout that th* < property owner may strata an than bs haard am

amount ol th* proposed answer to thte doa* t >t than hte maam meat will for* can ot tall wts not. (2) 1 ntess b«

is;

know

be, and

bstbsr te ol live* in th*

sjp

what

J*ct or strwt.

he can ■ t remonstrate at alt Tak*

Washing! a street, from West East stre< , or Meridian, from

BTsat street te XLSm

aad th*

tea to LAatetana; it Is

single pe: ton owning property lives in (hat part of «fth«r of

atgdsi*.

Th*** _ _ __ _ sidered to th* Superior aad courts. JBcordtog to th* briefs opinions. 1 h*r were n*tth*r

nor considired te th* Suprem* Court. A* to th* realon why th*y wore not referred to in thoprtef, erary on* wiU form hte

•wa

The lawJ a* construed

should be fntitled "An act tor

of contraffiora at th*

too

gat July 1L,

standard, As a matter of fact.

honestly belter* th* gold i silver taso* has anything to do

or bad time*; or rather, to hare both under *it

Mag th* oa**, don't you both of th*s* issues are balte" for vote*, and that t te whether th* Declaration •oca shall stand? E. B.

South Bend. July n.

IYss. hard times may corns, ths standard. Tbs point ws a in* to make waa that Mr.

tenUon of four years times could net bs ttos was dons to slh __

has*!#ss by svsnts.—Edit

A n*w ms

[Munei* News.) wall to Madison

natural

ttos fifteen

what jus

(Ideation can

upon th< likely to

TELL THE

SATURDAY

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lead to* is * fina tor at TOe t lb.; i 50c; another, 80a

’MS

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i artleis you say ^MteJprc*

det; Pinegpplaa, 10c

ana. lie;

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