Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 September 1894 — Page 4

THE INDIANA STATE SENTINEL, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2fi. 18 i.

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. BY TEE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL CO. (Entered nl the Pnatnfnre nt Indianapolis o urcnnil rlaaa matter.)

terms run YEAn. Slng-le copy (la Advance) 91 OO AV nak democrats to bear In mind and eleet their nnn täte paper when they rome to take anbaerlptinna nud nwiLe np clubs. Acrnln maUIiiK np oluba nend for any Information desired. Addres TIIIJ IMll AXAI'OLIS SKiNTIMSL, Indiana polla, Ind. wnnnnsDiy, pkptf.mder so, iroi. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. Jndge f Snpreme Court, Flra rlatrlt Georjte I Itetnbard. JndKr of . Supreme Cnnrt, Fourth District Joseph 9. Duller. Seeretnrr of State William R. Myers. Auditor of State Joseph T. Fan. Ina;. Treasurer of State Morgan Chandler. Attorney-General Franrli 31. Grlf11th. Clerk of the Supreme Cnnrt C. W. U'rlmnn, Superintendent of Pabllc Intrnc-tlon-Charln W. Thomaa. State Stattatlflan Alexnndee Fulton. State Genlofftat E. T. J. Jordan. Tim CAMPAIGN OPENS. Democratic day was a success In every parteular. Th" w--ather was fine. The crowds were immense everywhere and the people were Interested. It Is not often thru such a fräst U spread before the voters of so many counties at one time, an 1 not often tint a feist of Intellect Is ro universally participated In and so thoroughly enjoyed Senator Voorhecs a't Terre Haute, Fenator Turpi1-1 at Delphi, the lion. W. D. Bynum at Pd cmIrgton and West Bielen, the Hon. George W. Cooper at EI w ood and Alexandria the II-n. E. V. Brockst ire at Crtwfordsville, the Hon. J. L. Hretz at English, the Hon. A. M. Martin at Bluff ton. the Hon. A. II. Taylor at Rockiort, th? II n. Ja4on Brown at Franklin and Indlinepolls. Governor Matthews at Wnr.saw, Capt. Myers at Hartford City. AttorneyGeneral Smith at P.rowr-town. the Hon. J. G. Slimklin at T pton, tho II n. J hn W. Kern at FpnctT. nr.d a rpPndid array of less nifd era tors at other points in over half th? tountles of th täte. It wis a grand presentation of democratic doctrine. This is the opening cf the work, and it Is an opening that will be followed by an energetic campaign everywhere. And the enthusiasm of the people is one of the most encouraging features of It. All th-t the democratic party needs Is to be heard. It Is ab-otute'.y right on its issues with republicanism, and any man who hears Its case must be convinced of It. There la where tha enthusiasm of democrats will tell. Let them get their neighbors and friends out to hoar. Republicans, populists and Independents who come to hear will go away convinced. Every man who Is not too prejudiced to be reached by reason can be made to see that the defeat of the democratic party now Is the defeat of the people. The democratic party is in the very midst of the greatest struggle that wi ever male for any people. It has assailed the entrenchments of greed and avarice and lawlessness. It has fallen upon trusts and comb!ne3 and monopolies as they were never assaulted before. And despite the traitors in Its own ranks and the united and desperate efforts of the republicans It 'has gained s ignal victorlos. Eut those victories are not completed. We are still facing the enemy. Both parties are now b-fore the people striving to secure better positions for the continuance of the great struggle. .Which shall succeed? Will the people say to the trusts, "Go back into control again. We condemn the men who fought you?" Will they not rather say to the democratic party, "Go back Into control and finish the work you have begun. Fight this battle to the end. Drive concentrated capital from the halls of legislation. Put all men on an equality. Remove all class legislation. Free the country from the odious tyranny of money. Mak3 America once more the land of liberty and equality." We have entire confidence in the wisdom of the people in thl3 struggle. All they need is to hear and undersea nd the case. DEMOCRATIC PRINCIPLES. remoeratIc principles are worth fighting for," says the St. Louis Republic, and to thy are. They are worth fighting for at all times, under all circumstances, against any odd3. They are worth fighting far because they are right and because they ar principles broad principles of Individual and community rights, on wnlch depend the welfare of the people. Of these the greatest Is th? principle of absolute equality before the law equality in the courts of Justice; equality !n taxation; equality In tiao opportunity for education and all other means for advancement In life. This U the basic principle of Jeffersonlan democracy. It Is the corner-stone of the declaration of independence. It Is the rock on which American liberty Is founded. The present campaign Is & contest for the maintenance of this principle. A democratic congress has made great advances toward making the hitherto privileged classes pay their fair portion of the burdens of government. It did not make the work as complete as the country would have wished, but the house of representatives, by Its supplemental bills, gave the country tho opportunity to put Itself on record as to Its desire for equality In national taxation. This year congressional representatives are to be elected, and the country must declare Its will either by electing tariff reformers who will perfect j the system Inaugurated, or by returning the professed friend3 of class legislation. The former would mean a Tlctory for the people. The latter would mean a victory tor the trusts. It would mean that the

surar trust and the Iron and coal combines would h.d their ill-gotten spoils. It would mein an indorsement of German, Drice and Smith, and of their fyitcm. Another special effort for equality In taxation is th? income tax. This is an effort to make citizens pay for governmental protection and benefits In samething like the proportin they enjoy those blessings. A large portion of th expense of government Ls for the protection of property, but under our national system property has pail practically nothing for the support of the government. It Is true that both tariff and Internal revenue taxes are levied primarily on property, but only an property directly designed for the market, and the taxes on which are eventually paid by the consumer. This system ought to bo upheld If th? people want equality in taxatlm, and the way to uphold It is to return congressmen who are committed to It. This 13 a test year. It must decide whether the people will hold fist to those who are acting In their behalf, or will be drawn away on frivolous ard immaterial Issues. Do the people know what they want? THE REVIVAL. OF IUSIESS. The rapid and permanent revival of business under the new tariff bill Is so plainly manifest that no one can evade or conceal It. It Is shown by the statistical reports In the various lines of Industries that are commonly accepted as the best Indices of business movements. One of these Is the woolen- manufacturing Industry, In which the advantages of free wool, with decreased tariff on coal, chemicals and other raw materials, is having a marked effect. We have announced, from time to time, the resumption of work by woolen manufactories. Among the more recent ones may be noted the Ravine woolen mills and Medway wooien mills, at Hampden, Mass., each of which have been closed for two years. Also the Rarltan woolen mills, which have been closed for one yaar. Toe Yr?il.intl (Mich.) underwear mills are making extensive improvements to increase production. In Maine the Moosehead woolen mills have Just been established. At Cleveland, O., the llrm of Muhlhauser & Co. has been formed. wlh a capital of JW0.000, for woolen manufacturing. Increased sal-s of wool also demonstrate the renewed activity in manufacturing. The sales vf wool last week at Iloston. the chief market, apcrc r i ! ed R. 300,000 pound., as nrjainst S.101,00") round? for the week on. yc ir ago. Manufacturers of machinery fcr woolen mills report a constant increase of orders. Another recognised barometer of p,"ner.il trade h the iron Industry. Th3 American Manufacturer of Pittsburg reports lfi3 furnace? in bast on Sv'pt. 1, with 119.2?8 tns capacity. The record rf this Industry, at several important dates, Is as f .Hows: Furnaces Weekly in hla-st. capacity. Sept. l. '34 KS H3.'!95 Auc. l. 9t nr iu.:o: July 1, '94 in r 6, June l, '91 9t fc.m Oct. 1, '93 lit? 77."31 May 1, 93 lf.5 16.92 Feb. 1. 92 C l! 194,317 Sept. 1. 'i'2 21) 13(1,581 Feb. 1, 1S2 is the point of pi ea test production over known In this country. On Sept. 1, 1S92, which was the minimum point for the year, the production wa.s only 7,ft00 tons in excess of Sept. 1, ICO 1. The very low product of June and July of this year was, of course, largely prjducpd by the strikes ot the coal and ironworkcrs. Th? recovery, however, is phenomenal, and Is a practical demonstra

tion that the Industry will eoon surpass j any previous records. A third recognized measure of prosperity Is railroad business. The Financial Chronicle reports gross earnings of railroads for August as in excess of earnings for the sime month of last year, and this is the fir3t month this year that has shown such a result. The reported gain Is $337,248, ar.d while this Is not large It is evidence that the lowest point of depression 13 past. General passenger agents at this point report that business Is Improving steadily, and that pa.--senger traffic Is In the most satisfactory condition that has existed since the close of the World's fair. Toe concurrent evidence furnished by thes three great tests Is something that ni calamity howkr can face. Democratic times are coming, and colng rapidly. ROMIXATE VIIlT.ET. The withdrawal of Governor Flower as a candidate for the democratic nomination for governor of New York has caused the announcement of several names of desirable candidates, but, without reflecting on any of the others, we believe that the best thing the New York democracy can do, and the thing that would meet the most general approval of the democracy of the nation, would be to nominate William C. Whitney for this office. The Interest of democrats outside of New York Is to have the Empire state held in the democratic column. If any one man can do that more certainly than another Mr. Whitney Is that man, and this assertion Is based on facts, which are well-known to most politicians. The first great need In this campaign In New York Is a man on wham the party can harmonize thoroughly. The party has a hard fight before It. The republicans have nominated a man who has the, necessary qualification for republican political work In New York. He will hold his party vote without difficulty, and his money will be a potent argument to a large proportion of the doubtful class. To defeat him the democratic vote must be held together. The factional disturbances among New York democrats are menacing. They threaten a disruption of the party. If anyone can stay their work Mr. Whitney can. He has the confidence and respect of every democrat In New York. Nothing can be said against him. There Is no prejudice against him. No one has any grudge against him, or any old scores to pay. He has not been embroiled In any of the party disturbances. Mr. Whitney Is recognized everywhere as ooa of tha greatest organizers, ever

known In this country. His knowledge of human nature Is phenomenal. Ills ability to sdve on brief , notice the gravest political problems has become noted everywhere among politicians. He stands acknowledged the greatest political preneral in America. And yet none of the taint that so comnnnly attachc3 to political generals attaches to him. While knowing him as a remarkable politician the people also know him as a statesman and a man of the hir,-he?t character. He has, In happy combination, all the qualities that are desirable in a candidate for governor of New York at this time. The New York democrats ought to no-.tünate him, and insist on hU acceptance of the nomination. The democratic party cannot afford to lose New York by factional fighting. r THE I.OIIMIANA HOLT. The bolt of the Louisiana sujrar planter Is not an unmixed evil, even If It should bring that state into the republican party. They declare themselves firm protectionists of the republican type and pledge their support to the republican party In national Issues, and their aid In organizing the next house of representatives. In the first place this action does cway with all republican talk about protecting southern Industries, for the sugar duty was the only one of any Importance levied on a distinctively southern product. It was levied primarily for revenu, and secondarily because Louisiana sen itors declared they would not vote for tnc bill unless a duty was put on raw sugar, and thirdly because the sugar trut senators declared they would not vote for the bill mless this was made an ad valorem duty. Rut now come the planters and say hey want no "protection" of this kind. What they want Is the McKinley bounty protection, and they certainly have good reason for preferring It, for It poured money Into their coffers as no tariff bill In-fore ever did. They prefer the republican p li,y to the democratic jolJcy, and the republican party to the democratic party. They know what both mo:n In ready cash. When any republican talks ab.-'iit protecting southern sugar growers, just c?U his attention to the fact that southern sugar-growers are opposed to that kind of protection and In favor of the McKinley kind. In the heeond phico it is a mater-al advantage In the light for tariff reform to havi the tariff-reformers on o:i tdde and the protectionists on the other. Such a condition make." the question much ir!er to handle, and prevents any such unfortunate checks to legislation ..s occurred in the last ccncTWs. The sharper the line of division is marked the better. It Is easier to overcome protectionists who are .avowed than those who ara masquerading a.s democrats. In the third place tlr? sugar-grjwers fdve themselves away In their state mcnts of the need ct bounty. They admit that th product of a ton of cane is worth J.i.4.0, of which $2.G3 representc the cost and profit of manufacturing. This leaves Z2.S2 for the producer, and the pro

duction averages twenty ton3 to the acre. It wotll fcim that a return of $"o.40 to the acre would bs as profitable as other agricultural work. To this has been added a bounty which Is equivalent to SI on the product of one ton of cane, or $C0 an acre. The Incidental protection of the present bil! will equal about onehalf of that amount, and if tu;ar planters are not content with $S' an acre thev should ko to raising wheat like Ihelr brethren In the North. The amount of bounty' paid to Louisiana sugar men In U?3 was over $S, ."00,000, and in 1M4 a mil larger amount. They cannot show investments In new machinery to the? amount of the bour.ly received In r'ther year. On the face of their own showing the sugar planters belong to the hog class. They want othT people taxed to afford them Inordinate profits. The place to go for that sort of taxation Is the republican party. F..CAMPIET EXPENSES. According to the press reports the expenditures of the committee In charge of the arrangements for the grand army encampment held at Pittsburg will amount to about $00.000. This, however, do?s not Include the expenditures from an appropriation rf $,"0.000 by the municipalities of rittsburj? and Allegheny. While no official reports have been made public vet, the published statements of the officers of the encampment Indicate that the total expenditures on arrangements and entertainment will be in excess of $100,000, or probably between $30,000 and $10,000 more than the total expenditures In Indianapolis last year. The Pittsburg people seem to be well satisfied, and there has been no picayunish outcry no malicious slandering of the men who managed the encampment. The Flttsburg encampment has been pronounced a success, and deservedly, but according to the Information regarding It, the arrangements there were on a much smaller scale than In Indianapolis. There were In Pittsburg no such public attractions as the war pageantry, the Kearsarge, the monument Illuminations and decoration and the various camps In Indianapolis, nor were other thlnga provided In their place. Pittsburg provided free deeping quarters for about twenty-five thousand persons, while In Indianapolis arrangements were made for free quarters for 40.000 quite as comfortably as were ever provided In any city. On the same basis expenditures in Indianapolis would reasonably be expected to have been $133,000 or $140,000, and as a matter of fact the arrangements here were scarcely less ample than In Washington, where the total cost was nearly $150.000. The accommodations in Indianapolis were In no respect Inferior to those provided' In other cities. They were more than ample, and all who applied for free quarters were provided for. It Is true tbat they vera not furnished free food, and It Is equally true that In no other city has this ever been provided at the public expense. Indianapolis has the distinction of having provided for the encampment in a

manner that was at th? time universally pronounced the most satisfactory In the history of the organization, and by careful management this wa3 done at an expense very much below that incurred In other cities. It Is the only city where an appropriation was made that has had a balance returned to Its treasury, and that saving here, be it remembered, was over $42.000. Now that the city which followed In the footsteps rf Indianapolis has spent from $30,000 to $40,000 more on much less extensive arrangements, we ajraln have cause for congratulation over the success achieved here.

And now coms Senator Cull'in of Illinois with the assurance that the republicans will not restore the McKinley law If they get the chance, and that the party always Intended to revise the law downwards. Thin to In line with Col. Conger's letter In which he said: "When we rut forth the McKinley bill we violated the pledges of the party. Increased duties; then wtnt forth to battle upon the proposition and were beaten. Now, It would be simply political suicide to start out upon that proposition In 1S9." Inasmuch as the republicans made pledges to revise the tariff In 1SS. and violated them, what Is the use of miking more of the same kind notf? They opposed every step toward revising the McKinley law downwards In the last congress, and ninety-nine out of a hundred of them are defending the McKinley law now, and proposing: to restore It. The cheekiest production of the present year is the New York republican platform. ProducVd by a pang of professional politicians, who are past masters In every form of corruption and intrigue, It endeavors by bombastic assertion to throw odium on the werk 'of the present administration, whose chief glory Is Us warfare on Just such men as the P'.att crowd In New York. Terhaps the most ridiculous thing of all is its us3 of the Ftereotyped reference to protecting southern interests at the very time when tV? representatives of the chief southern Industry, said to be protected, have ju?t repudiated th? democratic policy toward them, and have gone over In a body to the republican party. The sugir planters know where to go for protection as Is protection. It Is very unfortunate Indeed that Mr. Owen's sickness will prevent his m;tIng Cupt. Myers In joint 'd late. There Is ro better way of brin&lne: the truth home to th people than joint d-i.it-and no man la ItuIIan.e. is better qualified to present the magn fieent cas t the democracy than Capt. Meyers. It Is desirable that as many republicans as possible should hear him. The Ohio demo-rts polnVd the finger of scorn at Mr. Rriec by a resolution demanding the popular election of United .States senators. The demo-racy of the mtlon would have been better pleased with two or three more fingers and a thumb. The republican have nothing to talk of except democratic failure, to fully pertct reforniV which" tlio K-publlcans have been fighting at every turn. There Is not enough consistency in the republican party for' anything stronger than circus lemonade. The probanr.ity that the whisky trust will be declared unlawful in the prosecution instituted by the democratic attorney-general of Illinois has caused a great depression in the stock of the concern. The total number of sugar planters In Louisiana Is 5S7. The mi-sing thirteen are a bad omn for the republican prospect of carrying th3t state. F ER 10 i, ALS. Prof. Vlrchow, the most versatile of the living savants, filled up his summer vacat.on by attending five great intcrnat.onal congresses. Yet he Is seventy-three years old. The smallest woman living today is sild to be Mdlle. Paulina of Holland, of a respectable family, who Is eighteen years old, we ghs ten pounds and is one foot n.ne inches tall. Dr. Waldo, a London health officer, has found thirteen different kin Is of living microbes in a new loaf of bread. It is said that the London underground bake-houses are proverbially dirty. Thomas G. Lawler, the newly elected cmrnander-in-chlef of the grand army, is the first native Englishman to be placed in charge of an army in this country since the days of the revolution. Lord Breadalbana is credited with owning the most magnlflrent residence In Scotland. Ills lordsh p ein ride 100 miles west from Taynaouth park to Ardmaa.ly castle, on the Argylshlre coast, without setting foot off his possessions. Bishop John Ambrose W'atterson of Columbus, 0., whose condemnation of Roman catholic liquor dealers has aroused so much attention, was born in U'.a rsvi.le, Pa., nearly fifty years ago. He Is numbered among the most Intellectual bishops of the Roman catholic church. The latest reports from Hawarden state that Mr. Gladstone Is still able to see with the eye which was not operated on sufficiently to read and wr.te. The other eye Is not serviceable at present, but there Is every hope that the slsht of that one will ultimately be recovered. Mrs. Dunlap Hopkins, founder of the school cf technical design In New York, has been Invited by Princess Christian to a conference with reference to establ shIng a similar school in London. Mrs, Hopkins has also been inv.ted by the French government to give them the benefit of her experience. The' Rev. Samuel F, Smith of Newton Center, Mass., author of "My Ctuntry. 'Tis of Thee." Is now eighty-five years old and In excellent health. He la a graduate of Harvard, class cf 1S29. and reads fifteen d fferent languages. Mr. and Mrs. Smith celebrated the sjttleth anniversary of their marriage Sept. 9. O'Brien eeems destined to be a name which Massachusetts will feel some pride in. Robert O'Brien, who went from the Transcript office, is Mr. Cleveland's pr.vate secretary, and now Michael J. O'Br.en has made his mark as an officer in the army. Lieut. O'Brien secured hb appointment to the military academy by ha merits in 18S1. He graduated in IRS, ani has proved a most valuable officer. Secretary Lamont has picked him out as the best youngster In the army to go with the Japanese forces In Corea as the military attache from this government. He will have a great opportunity there to study the oriental war operations, and w'.tl have an opportunity to write a bock, as Lieut. Greene did about the war between Russia and Turkey. There are many oncers in the English army cf good standing named O'Brien, but this Massachusetts lieutenant is the only one of note In the United State army.

STREET FICKINGS.

It was en eil rly. thick set, intell'.pentlouklnc man whom the PIck'ngs man observe! stindlng nt the corner of Market ant Pennylvan'a-ts. II? was well dressed and appeared to le In a med tative moo I. for he pa'd little or nj attention to his surrouniings and seemed to le .n a brown stuly. Approaching from the north on Pennsylvanla-st. was a nonle-pcr!pt-l K)k!np Individual drlvlnp a nervously moving broncho to a dilapidated cart. .The outfit came up with a rush to the corner where theKentlomin was standing and was brought to a short nnl declsIvj slop directly at his s'.de. The fellow in the cart pave an energetic jump and landed on the sidewalk. The broncho turned Its head over Its shoulder nnl there appeared to Issue from the bloodshot eye of the anlmat a vlcous Kani of Fatlsractlon when It saw that the cart was empty and no hitch-weight at hand. "Say. stranKt-r." excla med the toufthlocklng owner of the rifj, "won't you Just hold this horse for ir.e till I run? Into the postornco and get a stamp for' this letter?" "Certainly, sir," was the polite rejoinder, and the gentleman added: "Do not tarry too 2onf." The granger disappeared within the federal bull ling nn l right then ani there the broncho, without so much as a premonitory tip of what was coming, bean business. First he threw up his head, draw.ng his ho! dir off his feet. The hor.se then showel decided Inclinations to stand on 'its hind legs and the gentleman yelled "whoa!" Then the ugly brute, with an action which was more forceful than elegant, ra'sd Its r?ar hoofs and kicked a silver of fair size off the upper elge of the dnsh-boarj. The gentleman by this time had taken a stat.on at the head of the beast rl;;ht In the street ani was hanging with a grip of iron and with both hands to the bit rings ami turn ng anxious looks In the direction of the dorjr where tho owner of the devilish beast from Texas had withdrawn from the scene. Quite a crowd bad collected at the corner and was taking in the circus with a relish. "Little boy," said tha gentleman to a dirty-faced street Arab, "you go In there and find a man with a ragged suit of clothes on his back, a broad brim hat n his head and a p pe in his mouth. Tell him to come out here In a hurry and I will give you a quarter of a dollar." Til? boy Mew into the bi'.d'.ng nnl very s on reappeared with the owner of the enthusiastic little pony. The man mounlel to his seat in the cart, seized the relnj In a tight grasp and giving the broncho a s'iarp cut with the bgjrcst end of a broken whip, start?l away In the direct on of M nunTnt-p'.ace. The gentleman adjusted his cuffs, place.' h's hat in a rlihteous position on his head nnd after one long, last look in the d.rection taken by the owner of the hirse and cart, passe 1 out of siht. The accommodating gentleman was ex-Attorney-General Miller. He ii tall and he Is slender. He wears a gray suit of cWhes and usually a cold f'i.iw l-juquet In the lapel of his coat. At the present time he Is wearing a fawncoiorel d -rly borrowed from one of the boys on the staff. Hois yjunganl tender an 1 his niroe is Willie, or at leict that Is wh it his asciates call him. Willie Is a newspaper reporter and he dallies w.th the p-'.ice d"t.u tment. Willie is always l-.klns fr the "icg end of It" ani he frequently pets It. II? will go a long distaneo out of h's way to get a "scoop" and Is a brave boy. W!'.i lives In th western part of the city, beyond the W. Wash ngton st. brlle. lie has often hard Capt. Campbell tell of the "hold-ups" ani murders that have occurred on the old covered brUge and consequently when he passes it in the early dawn he quickens his steps ani shuiUers. It was only a few m.rnlngs .igj when Wlil'e crossed the bri Ige two hours after "church yards yawn." It was dark and the rain, which was fulllnar, made it decidedly unpleasant. Willie thought of his girl in Chicago and figured on the time whfn he would have money enough to pay hr a V.s!t. And the rain continued to fill. Willie reached the enl of the covered bridge and all was still; not even the snores of the tlrel sleepers In the block acrosi the street could be heard. Presently a lons-drawn sigh folbwed by a mcst dismal groan reached Willie's earj. He Stepped and shivered ani the chatterin? of his teeth sounded Ike the gentle rain fa'.l'.n? on a t n roof. VlHK's first thought was of his paper. "Ih, a scop," thought he. "1 am sure the-fellows on the other 'ra;?' will know n jthlng of th s. A murder has been committed. I w II get the particulars, hl3 the b?dy, return to the office, write my story, an after the other paper has gone to press notify the pol ce." The beautiful vision of a first-page head floated through Willie's brain. "Murder Most Foul;" that would be a good first In?. "The Holy of a Beautiful G rl. Covered with Blood. Found in the Covered Bridge." What a "beaut" for a secend. "Nineteen Stabs nnd Her Head Beaten to a ." Another groan, more horrible than the first, fa'.rty ma le W ille quake. Once again he turned toward tha bridge, but he did not advance. That last groan was too much 'for Will e and with a wild cry he departed hence. The police at West and Washiut. n-sts. heard that wdid, despair ng cry and they say It sounded like the wall of a 1st soul. When they went to make an Investigation they found Patrolman Ferguson convulsed w th laughter. His sides were shaking ani they first thought he had a fit. He finally manigd to tell them that he was responsible for the groans that frightened Willie, ani then they all laughed. But what of Willie? At the quarter he was three seconds ahead of the time made by Robert J. At the half he was five seconds ahead and at the three-quarters nothing but a black streak could be seen. That was Wili.e, brave Willie. It was "Children's day" at the state fair. The street cars cn the lines leading to the fair grounds were all crowded with precious freights of happy ch.ldron. Northward on N. IllInolF-st. a train of motor car and three trailers was spinning at a fifteen-mile an hour rate. On the rear platform of one of the cars was a beautiful a radiantly luminous object In blue and brass. It struck graceful attitudes whenever it could secure space enough to strike. It had a mustache of tha color of burnt amber and the corners of the pretty ornament turned heavenward with educated precision. When a party of lad es or little children, meeting the npproach ng train on, a street corner were making strenuous efforts to board the cars, it was wont to leap d'jwn onto theeal'rty asphalt, do a little more striking of attitudes and opening Its mouth which, by the way, looked much like the opening of navigationand yell: "Step up there! Move lively and don't keep us waiting here 1 11 night. Come, move aicng! Plenty of room In there between the seats. Hurry up, ladies! Get a move on yourselves, boys." Then It would squeeze Its lovely self back cnto the platform and cry out with a voice which resembled anything but tinkling cymbals: "Go ahead." Every soul on that car had long since been overawed by Its majnlflcent personality, but at last a brave I ttle girl, standing on her mother's lap and look.ng backward, turned a large pair cf blue eyes up to its face and said: "Say, do you otm this car?" It looked down at the big badge of silver and brass on its expand ng breast and replied: "Nit; I'm' only conductor 120." . Protectionists' Theorie Disproved, In the American market, the outlook for domestic wool and the wool industry generally has been more hopeful since the new tariff went Into effect. The advance here also disproves all the theories of protectionists in this regard and shows that the tariff on wool was no more a benefit to farmers than the tariff on wheat. The McKinley tariff on wheat was 25 cents a bushel, and wheat went down under It to a lower figure than ever was known. Baltimore Sun (dem.). - ' -

FEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Sam T. Chise of Chicago Is one of the bst known men In the country la tennis clrcle-s. Four consecutive times he has earned the title of champion of the westDAM T, CHASE. em states, the first time being In isoo. He ao wont the western doubles with his brother in 1S83 and with J. A. ltyeison In 1S91. The nearest Cliae ever came to being a rational tennis champion was last year when he and J. S. dark were the runners up In the national championship doubles held In Chieago. They were easily beaten by Clarence Hobart and Fred H. Hovey. Chase's family has been a leading one In tennh circles for soma time. The brother of the present champion, C. A. Chase, won the first western state's tournament in 1SS7 and held the tltls of western champion until defeated by his brother In 1SD0. A. P. Burchfield, who was elected sanier vice-commander-in-chief of the fl. A. U. at the recent national encampment at Pittsburg, -was born la Allea. p. nur.ninixa gheny, Jan. 20, IS it. He graduated from the public schools and then entered mercantile life, but left It to e-nllst as a private in cvmpany II, One Hundred and Twenty-third regiment Pennsjlvania volunteers, with which remained until they disbanded in 1SG3. He was th"n only nineteen, and again entered mercantile life. He has since been identified with O. A. It. matters. Mr. Burthlield Is one of Pittsburg's representative citizens. Ons of the popular elections of the G. A. It. for the next year was that of Chir'.es H. Shute of New Orleans as junior vlce-commander-ln-chitf. Mr. C. It. PIirTK. Shute has been Ions Identified with the G. A. R. and Is one of the well known mon of the organization. It Is especially appropriate, In view of the next encimpment being held below Mason and Dixon's line that the South should be represented among1 the principal officers. Mr. Shute has an . enviable war record. Is a man well known and popular In his own city, and will make an excellent aid to C."mmander-ln-ChIef Lawler. The sensational charges made against tha venerable Senator Stewart of Nevada by Mrs. Charles Glasscock, though believed by some people to ba but an atfrV'nf tx it -c' i JIRS. GLASSCOCK. tempt at blackmail, perve to make Mrs. Glasscock a person of Interest. She is a southern woman, now residing In a poor quarter of Washington, D. C. Her maiden name was Carrie Drady and her father was a farmer in Iredell, county. North Carolina. Her family being Presbyterians she was thrown off by them when rhe .became a catholic and married Glasscock, a livery keeper of dissipated habits. She was married ten years ago at the age of eighteen and Is the mother of five children. She Is slight of figure, of the blonde type, and although not handsome, her face Is not without evidence of refinement To defend her children and clear her nam.?, she says she will remain in Washington until th? courts do her Justice. The newly elected national president of j the Woman's relief corps Is Mrs. Emma i It. Wallace. She is a woman who has won distinction in moro ways than one. Vi . ' - 4 .1 f .;- m i EMMA R. WALLACE. She became the wife of Col. W. R. M. Wallace, and as a young bride accompanied him to the front, where she saw much of the horror of war, and stayed 1 until Its close to take care of the si"k and wounded. She has ever since been a true friend to the soldier. Mrs. Wallace was foremost in bringing Into prominence the woman's department of the wor'd's fair, and at Present her whole tiine Is devoted to philanthropic and re- j formatory work. She is president of the Illinois Industrial school for girls. As president of the Woman's relief corps of Illinois, she kept in line 230 corps, numbering 8,000 members, and filled her office with Blcnal grace and ability.

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Metals were first employed In statuary 74S P.. C. Animals hnv lgil right. A German soldier was o-.:rt-martIil 1 for ap; lying a naughty w..d ti i hr.- and an Austrian editor f r l.b.l.ng one. Hungary Is about t h !d an exhibition of historical rd.es to c 1; brate the mllbrinlil abn.ver-ary f the foundation vt th? kinrdom by Arpad in M'4. Ilfhanz.n's crown frun D.ih mNy has Just' b?en plac?d In th anthr jpol ogicil collection in th? T.ouvr. It Is of burnished copp?r girnl-Oird with prrci us .t..nes, and is of colossal size. An artist being ask d. "Is sculpture d.fflcult?" answ-.-red: "Winy, bl-.ss you. nol You have only to tike a M k of narbls and a ihis. l. and knvk ..rf ill tht? mail.H you don't want." Tld-liits. Th? Edwards of England tiny yet rival In number tb Henrys. It is said t.oU the princ? of Wilis pripo t,, i. knwn, if he ever reigns, as Edward VII, and the baby York nny b vnu Edward V 1 1 1 . When the coroner's Jury sit on the body of Link Wigger, an Indiana outliw, who was lynched, tloy nrrlvd at the verdict that he bad b?en killed by thirteen bullets. An.tiur j to of thit thirteen is an unlucky number. Justlcf; "Now, 'Kastus, as I saw you, myself, In the act of stcllng tho? chickens, what d you mean by pl?idlng 'Not guilty?'" Uncle 'Itastus "Jedg?, Pes wiltln' to see ju prove It by all de? lawyers who didn't see m-!" Jimmy "Ain't yj't awful gdad cool weathT Is comln', Mr. Muddle?" Mr. Muddle "Well. I dm't know. Why?" Jimmy "Oh, causr mimma said your wlfj made thing? hvt tor you most of the time." Caicag) Intr Ocean. Professor (lecturing on th? gorilla) "Gentlemen, you must give me your undivided attention. It Is Impossible for you to form a true Idea cf this hideous animal unbss yju keep your eyes lixed on me." Hasten ComtnercI.il I?ull?tin. Fond Parent "Goodness, how you look, child. You are soaked." Frank!1 "Please, pa, I fell Into the canil." Fond Parent "Whit, with your new trous rs on?" I 'r inkle "I d.dn't hive time, pipa, to take 'em off." B-ton 1 1 jine Journal. When the high-wheeled bicycles wer Introduced into Morocco, the sultan of that country used them as a mjans cf punishing his wives. Th? offending w.m.n were comp -Hod to rid thr'm. and vhn th-y f-.ll off. the sultin exclaimed, "Lllsmallahl" and laugh. -d. Th'? antl-miro Ir.g club cf IVrby, Conn., aft r a stirring and uncertain life of thirty-six hours, has disbinded. Th young men who wert its members pledg.-d themselves n.d to walk on the street with luli's or escort th?:n to a place of entertainment. "Dm you think." said th? In' Ml ctuil young wntun, "thit there Is any trulh in the theory that big rre it tires ar- better natural than sm ill on s?" "Yes." answered th? younj; min, "I do. ly k at th-? difference btve n th J rs. y m .squit) and th? Jersey cow." LIf?. A womtn has written: "Th nun who feels l'k? swearing ind d-.es nit Ls tith r a very gnd Christian or very much f i gentleman." But if the average man tried to follow his eximpl? In this busy world he would l? a cuid'.dit for a padded c .-11. or da as he usually do?s, swrar a little. Teacher Give an example of the truth of the motto: "United w? stand, divided we fall." Johnny "I I ein't think of any, ma'am. I don't believe it's tru. anyhow." Teacher "Whit? DoyouUmw of any case in which It ls nit tru?' Johnny "Yes'm. A 6tep-ladder."--Chlc.igo Tribune. A tramp, during the absenes of workmen at lunch, entered the Barton winery at Fresni, Cal., recently, ecured a dmlJohn and knocked the bung out of a 34.000 gillon cask of port, proposing to fill th? utensil. The fore? cf th? stream of wine, however, knocked him down, and fully 1,000 gall-ins cf wine, valued at $2,oo, were lost before the bung could be replaced. W. L. Jones, a farmer near Sioux Falls. S. P., has been entirely deaf Ft fivo years. The ether day he was working with a swarm of bees and many of them, getting under the net which covered his face, stung him severely e,n the ears. Thd next day his deafness left him. and now he cannot onCy hrar with his old-time power, but his hearing is much mora acute than formerly. The will of a Chicago man. which was recently probated, ls one of the most curious on record. The testator states that he was married three times; thit h had five children by his first wife and two by his second wife. Of LVae sevt.i children he remembers the nameä of but three, and y:-t he leaves the bulk of hi.s property to the mysterious children of whom nothing Is known. Burglirs lately broke Into the housa of an old gentleman In Pari, and after helpmg them3?lves to the f liver atai valuables give him a lecture on his wickedness in hoarding up capital which belongs to society in general. The papers in telling of the robbery spoke of a bundle of securities worth 20,Go franks which the thieves had overljokud, and that night they call?d again at the house, demanded the securities and carried theia off. . OUTSIDE OBSERVATIONS, To Governor McKlnley's inquiry as to whether the new tariff would start a single new factory or revive an old one, the Syracuse Courier responds by printing a ll?t over one column long of enterprises which have resumed business since the tariff bill was passed. This Is hitting the Ohio governor in the precise spot where the chicken got vh ax. Brooklyn Eagle (dem.). The Louisiana sugir planters hav found the right road at last. This c nntry should ral.se Its own sugar Instead of pajing vast sunn for a supply from other countries. Toe policy of the republican party ls to put tne FUR.tr Industry on a llrm foundation at home, and this has been the course of Pranc and Germany in building up their domestic: production of sugar. If Louisianians believe that this policy ls rieht they should no longer support a p..rty that has d?alt it an unfair and remo-se-lr-ss blow. St. Louis Globe-Democrat (rep.). Senator Jones bought this senatorthip some' four years ago, and paid tOa money down, and the idea that ha should resign and give he Nevada politicians an opportunity to cp.n a se nd auction on one senatorial term is transcendanlly impudent. Senator Camcion; who has acquired a senatorship foinewhat on the Nevada plan, the considerationbeing diff .vent, is with . th Nevada fenator on the silver question, in favor of free coinage, but no one in Pennsylvania h.u dreamed of calling for his resignation. Pittsburg Post (dem.). Ac to the paper trade many manufacturers report that they have all the orders they can fill for the moment, and there is a tendency toward stiffening the prices. Now and then we hear of a manufacturer allowl.ig an order to pro by because he can't fill it as quickly as desired. This is an unusual occurr.nce, to be sure, but even an isolated instance is significant in these days The cold truth is, business is lrr.provmi verv materially from day to day, anvi without doubt It will continue to improve. Now 13 the time to Fend th croakerä to the rear. Pay no at tent lor to the "unfavorable symptoms" cited by ultra protectionists and go ahead with the work of adjusting business tc the ord?r of things brought eivut by the new tariff. Paper Mill (trade). , Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder A Pur drap Cream of Tartar Powder.