Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 24 October 1894 — Page 4

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THE -INDIANA STATE SENTINEL. WEDNESDAY- MORNING. OCTGUEIt 24. ISS.

INDIANA STATE SENTINEL BY THE INDIANAPOLIS SENTINEL CO.

(TnJfrcd at the l'oatofllce at Inalaua pol In as irrond elaaa matter.) TERMS PEn YEAR. Single copy (In Advance) ?l OO 'm ask democrat to bear In mlnil and select their own täte poper when they come to take subscription and make op rlobi. Amenta making np clubs send fnr any Information desired. Address THE I.I)IA-AIOL.lS SE.MIM'.U Indianapolis, lud. AVKDKSI)AY, OCTOI1KR ill. 1HOI. DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET. Jndjce of Supreme Conrt, First District Grore I- Reinhard. Jadxe of Sapreme t'onrt, Fonrth District Joseph S. Dnlley. Secretary of State William R. Myers. Auditor of State Joseph T. Fnnnloc Treasurer of Stale Morgan Chandler. Attorney-General Francis 31. Griffith. Clerk of the Sapreme Court Charles W". Wei man. Superintendent of rnbllo Instrnetlon Charles W. Thomas. State Statistician VIlx Fnlton. State tieologlut Ell T. J. Jordan. 3Ir. W. D. Owen, superintendent of Immlcrallon, Is unlit and Incompetent to perform the duties of the office vrblcli be holds. He Is thoroughly untrustworthy In the performance of his ofUclnl duties. A. II. ttlcton, assistant secretary of tbe treasury natter Harrison. Organized labor in this congressional district must: decide whether is can affdrd to put In office an avowed and convicted enemy. Inasmuch as Mr. Owen Is afraid to enter into Joint debate with Capt. Myers we would suggest that he hold a debate with Charles L. Henry on the question, 'Which of us Is the truest friend of the American worklngman?" Mr. Harrison must have known that no country could avoid a panic that had over J900.000.000 of paper money In circulation, with nothing but a gold reserve of $100,000,000 and a few tru3t funds in the treasury, especially when it was forced to buy 54,000,000 ounces of silver every year. Why did he empty the treasury? The death of James Anthony Froude removes another of the world's great literary character. Aggressive and original he drew a larga amount of hostile, criticism, and especially so in his publications concerning Carlyle. His replies were quite as vigorous as the critioLsms. Whether hl3 work will live is doubtful, but it will certainly be popular for some years. The announcement of another payment of $200,000 on the state debt on Nov. 1 is one more tribute to the wisdom of the new tax law. This payment will make a total payment rince the new law went Into effect of $310,000, and the further payment of $300.000, which is announced for Jan. 1, 1S33, will make a total of $1,210.000 In less than two years. Such an accomplishment without adding to the burdens of taxation of the people is something that the people of the state may be proud of. Mr. Harrison has not yet furnished the d?.ired information as to what he did with Mr. Cleveland's surplus and his own nlne-mllllon-dollar deficit. On the contrary, he Is devoting his time to one of his children's stories to the effect that the democrats tore down the Industrial house (protection)'of the nation by the new tariff law. We would call Benjamin's attention to the fact that mills and factories ace being opened every day und?r this law. The manufacturers do not seem to realize that they have been ruin?d. The pretense that the period of high protection was one of great prospermia one whose falseness will be recognizexl by any one who looks over its conditions. From 1S73 to ISM there were 150,000 business failures in this country with aggregate liabilities of over $2.300,000,000, or more than the national dtbt was at any time in that period. The average number was a little les than 9.0u0 a year, or twenty-five per day. After the passage cf the McKinley bill the situation became worse. In 1S31 the number of failures was 12.273 with $1S0,SCS.S03 of liabilities. In 1S93 it reached 15..ÖC0 failure, with $462.000,000 of liabilities and assets of only $262.000,000. The country could not have etood much mre prosperity of that kind. The republican anticipation of the election Is beginning to assume the niture of a, panic. Everybody is blaming everybody else for the loss of ground that Is daily becoming more apparent, end already absurd excuses for democratic victory are being circulated. We arc told that Mr. Wilson has been bringing over 'British gold," and that "dastardly democratic manufacturers' are opening and running their factories at a loss In ordor to help their- party, and like rrt. The simple truth is that the republicans thought they could fool the peopl; and make them ' believe that a republican money panic was a democratic tariff reform panic, and they were mistaken. The people have more sense than the' republicans give them credit for. It appears that the lynching of "prominent citizen" Morton In Kentucky was the most orderly one that has occurred for some time. . Before the citizens subsided Into order Col. John Drummond mounted a barrel and said that "the murderer must be hanged, but that the work must be done quietly and with perfect order." That this Injunction- was obeyed appears settled by the testimony of the sheriff of Wolfe county, who happened to see the affair. He says: "I have witnessed a goodmany lynchings, but this one was the most orderly and businesslike of any I ever saw. Every man was tfuly sober, and not an oath or loud word SA'a foken." It would have been awful

Indeed If any lawless man had disturbed the serenity of the occasion by an oath or a loud word. He would have hown himself wholly wanting In the snce of propriety. The place to learn order and etiquette In Kentucky is at a lynching bee. Mr. ym D. (Inf n, superintendent of Imniiurrntloa, Is unlit nnil Incompetent to perform the duties of the office which he holds. He is thorunxhly untrustworthy In the performance of Iii ollU-lul dutU-H. A. II. ettletwn. assistant secretary of the trensury undcr Harrison.

OWEX AM VOHKItJMK. The Sentinel this morning gives its readers an opportunity to sea what kind of a man is the Rev. William D. Owen, who leads the republican state ticket, both in the way of general capability and morality, and in relation to the labor interests of the country. It 1 well known to every one that immediately after the passage of the McKinley law the tin-plate schemers who secured the adoption of the tin schedules began impr.lng contract labor from abroad notwithstanding the provisions of the lav, and when r.rctest3 wero made against it they app'd to Owen to help them out. There can always be some excuse made for lmprrtln? contract labor. Levi Morton says he imported hi3 coachman as a domestic servant, and the tin-plate Men said that their Import was for a new industry. Mr. Owen assumed that this was true, .without even the formality of an examination. As a matter of fact there was no reason to say that there were no men In the country who could make tin plate, for tin plate had leen made in the country since 1S73, at least. The works at Wellsvllle, O., were started In that year. The Hogers & Burchfield works at Lcecbburg. Pa., were opened soon after. The United States tin plate company built its works at Demmler, r.i., in 1S73. In his testimony before the McKinley committee in 1890, Mr. Cronemeyer stated that this plr.nt run till 1STC, when the company went into the sheet-iron business, but In 1873, when tin plate went up in England, they "immediately started again." How cou'i this have been done If there were not skilled men In this country to do It? And further. In response to a question from Mr. Burrow.", Mr. Cronemeyer staled that his company had since been manufacturing the article "in a small way." From 1S73 to 1S91 the duty on tin plate was $1.10 per cwt., and It was proven befor. this committee that on Sept. 20, 1SS9, Mr. Cronemeyer had l.--sued a circular stating that tin plate cou'.d be made at a profit "at the present selling prices." The prices were lower then than they had betn in seven of the past eleven years, an 1 only 23 cents per cwt. higher than they had been at the lowest point In those eleven years. There was therefore no reapon why his company should not have been making them all the time. But Mr. Owen cared nothing for facts so long as he could accommodate his tinplate and silk-velvtt friends in violating the purpose of the labor law. At the same time he was pursuing a course in his official duties which showed that he had little reganl for law of any kind, 'f we may believe the statements of his superior officers. The statement of Assistant Secretary Nettleton prerent3 a picture of Mr. Owen's ofTlcial life which shows that he is unfit to hold any official position. - 11IM.Y" WILSOVS I'ltillT. No congressional contest in the country is being watched with greater interest than that of brave and brainy Wilson of West Virginia. But for .he position of the protection beneficiaries of his district there would be little difficulty for Mr. Wilson in the contest. His opponent is an obscure country lawyer, whose name is on the ticket "Alston G. Dayton," and on his visiting cards "A. German Dayton." There were two men of some force who were candidates fr the nomination John W. Mason of Fairmount, who was commissioner of internal revenue under Harrison, and George' C. Sturgls of Morgantown, who was United States attorney from 1SS9 to 1S93, but unfortunately for them Steve Elkins concluded that a man who beat Wilson would be a formidable opponent to him for senator If the state should go republican, and so r.e dexterously killed them off and put a nobody on the ticket. The real opposition to Mr. Wilson li?s with Elkins and Henry G. Davis, who are using the West Virginia Central railroad, which they and Richard C. Kerens, a member of the republican national committee from Missouri, own, as a political machine to beat him. There are extensive coal and lumber interests on this line, and it i3 urged by the republican managers that irreparable injury has been done to them by Mr. Wilson. Nearly every oflicer, superintendent, foreman and boss of the West Virginia Central is aggressively and offensively fighting Mr. Wilson. Henry G. Davis Is the president of the company. He is a first cousin of Senator Gorman of Maryland. Elkins is a son-in-law of Davis. George W. Harrison, F. S. Landstreet and T. B. Davis, officers of the railroad company and superintendent of the coal mines, all calling themselves democrats, are supporting the republican candidate and bulldozing their employes into support of Dayton. T. B. Davi3 is a brother of Henry G. Davis. The Baltimore & Ohio railroad, which is the largest and most' Important railroad In th district, is taking no part in the contest A letter has been 'written and posted by one in authority In the company notifying employes that they were at liberty to exercise their suffrage according to their own Judgment, and that if anybody tried to influence them In the name of thd company.it was without authority. The republican managers have an almost unlimited supply of funds, and are using them freely, but It is not at all certain that this will be effective. The natives of West Virginia are a proud and honest class of men and they know that if Wilson were defeated it would be. attributed everywhere to the use of money. It Is, therefore, probable that enough of thosd who have a' pride In th' reputation

of the state will vote for Wilson to offset republican gains with the purchasable element. ' A ItAILROAI) ritESHK!VTS VIEW. No lntervj?w on tas recent panic has attracted mora attention In the Ea3t than one recently held with G?orge B. Roberts, president of the Pennsylvania, railroad system. It 13 conceded in financial and business circles that Mr. Roberts Is one of ths most conservative and safest of men, and this, coupled with the fact that the vast railroad system over which he presides has attained extraordinary strength and prosperity, his caused his statements to b? received with special consideration. And they d?s?rve some e nsid?ration, for they are a singular mixture of truth and absurdity that may easily l?ad to error. Mr. Roberts says: Th? recent pinic, which began in 1833, and the natural result, an industrial depression, which still continues, was largely the natural outgrowth of speculation in all kinds of securities representing no real valu?. A larg mass of railroad security and of "industrials" equally worthies, had been put upon the market, and the financial panic was the legitimate result of the discovery of their worthlessxi233i it w. at first a bankers' panic, rath?r than a commercial or Industrial one. Unquestionably it was a bankers' panic, and not a commercial or Industrial one, for the simple reason that It appeared In the b3nk3 and continued there for soma diys before trade began to be affected. But on the sim; evidence it was not due to any discovery of the worthlessness of stocks, because the fall in stocks followed the pinlc in the banks. There is no reason why Mr. Rob?rts should assign a colhps? of stocks as the cause except thit h Is a very conservative man w.to has a horror for watered stocks and bogus valuev?. It runs on his mind and he naturally blames everything to it. But he seems to forget that the financial stringency of 1$93 was not spent on Inflated stocks. The very best of securities were taken off their footing and United States bonds themselves were sold at a serious reduction. No one need seek for any explanation of the panic of 1S93. Its cause stands out plainly before every one. It had be-n predicted and anticipated In financial quarters. One bank in this city had accumulaiod a store of nearly a million dollars of gold in anticipation thit the government would ba compelled to suspend ppeclo payments and gold would go to a premium. Anoth?r had issued, and used for months, notes payable In gold coin, expressive of its opinion that the Sherman purchase law was c?rtain to drive us from a gold basis. Henry Clews and other New York bankers Insisted that the government must soil bonds and replenish it gold or suspend. It was conceded on all hinds in financial circle, until the S'a?rniHn law was repelled, that the Sherman law W33 the cause of the panic and that Its r?peal was essential to th? ending of the panic. Unquestionably the panic was a bank pinlc, and unquestionably it was occasioned by a real or professed fear that the government would be forced to suspend specie payments.

Mr. W. 11. Owen, Miiperlntendent of I :n til I K ru I Ion, in nntlt i n 1 incompetent to perform the 1 tit leu of the office which he hold. He In thoronffhly untrnntMrorthy in the performance of hin ollirl.il liitieN. A. II. Xettlfton, nniiNlimt wecretnry of the treasury under Harrison. rAVMEXTS OJ STATE IJKIIT. It Li surprising that the Journal persists In misrepresenting the facts as to the payment of the eiate debt under the new tax law, after the truth has been specially caUed to Its attention. Commenting editorially in its local columns on the statement of State Auditor Henderson, which was published in The Sentinel yesterday, it says: The above Is so wordedi and! contalna so much vain glory that it Is almost cruel to recall that ut to the present promised payment, there had been no progress in stopping thj borrowing to pay Interest until the Fifty-first congress refunded over J72.".ooo of dliect tax to the. state. Then $710. 0O0 of thfc dtbt was paid and the democratic spjl'.biiidtrs, from Governor Matthews down, have been doing a vast deal of crowing about the success of the present . tite administration in reducing dfbts and taxes. The $200,000 to be paid Nov. 1. if Mr. Hcndtlson keeps his word, is the tir.Jt payment that the administration has mid? from the taxes collected from the people. As ihe state expenditures have not been reduced in anv measure, it lä plain the only way tne money was secured to pay the debt was by rating the tax rate and the valuation of property. It la apparent 'that, notwithstanding the increase, of revenues from increased taxation, the administration has not, on its awn statement, paid a dollar of the debt with money collected In this way, and will not until .NOV. I." The?s statements are wholly Inexcusable, because their falsity is shown by the official records of the state and any one can easily ascertain the facts. The refunding of the direct tax by the national government occurred before any taxes were paid under the new law, and it was not used in the payment of state djbt. The receipt of the direct tax refund will be found entered In the report of the auditor for the fiscal year ending Oct. 31, 1S91. at pige 2(5. By the same report the state d;-bt Is shown to' be $S,830,145.13. The new tax law was approved March 6, 1S31. and took effect at once, but of necessity no taxes could be paid or were paid under It until 1S92. No reduction of the state debt appears until the report for the year ending Oct. 31, 1S93, when tha total debt Is shown to be $3,430,613.12 or in other .words $340,000 had been paid. This was) the first payment mado on the sUte debt, and it was made out of the moneys collected under the new tax law. It 13 known to all intelligent people In the state that under the old republican tax law the state was running behind every year, and that It was necessary to borrow every years $700,000 to pay the Interest on the bonded, debt. The. direct tax refund, received In 1SJ1, sufllccd to prevent borrowing for one year'3 payment of interest, and ' thereby bridged over the time from the passage of the law until the t3xes under it began to bo paid into the treasury. But for it the state debt would have had to be Increased $700,000 before the new law brought in the necessary revenue. The new? law, brought, and Ls now bringing in, sufficient revenue not only to meet these -.annual interest payments, but alsa to re

duce the debt. The debt has been reduced $710.000 and the two payments Announced by Mr. Henderson "will make the total reduction to Jan. 1, 1833. $1,210,000. But the great benefit of the. new tax law Is that this additional tax Ls paid by the corporations, which: had been escaping their Just share of taxation, formerly, and not by the people. The total increase of state taxes In the first year under th? new law was $1,069.772.23. The increase of railroad taxes in the same year was $3S7,203.iS. In addition to this there were large increases in the taxes of telegraph, telephone and othef companies and on banks, which would bring the aggregate Increase of corporation taxc3 above the total increase of state taxes. If any individual in the state i3 paying more than his just share of (iXM it Ls due entirely to Iiis local tax officials." As The Sentinel demonstrated in 1S92, the republican local tax official increased local taxes $1,623,013.30 for the purpose of bringing odium on the new tax law. They were fully exposed, and the people administered a well deserved rebuke to them at the polls. But the evils of unnecessary local taxation have not been stopped. They are very apparent In this county. The Indianapolis BchooJ board Increased taxes $145.000 in 1S91. and it is still collecting about that amount mora than is necessary. The present city government has this year adopted appropriations which will call for a levy of 60 cents, and will raise over $150,000 mora than was used by the Sullivan administration. Such things as these are what make taxes high. With decent management in local affairs the tax levy in Indlanapo'.Ll could, be reduce! between 30 and 40 cents. But It will not be done until the people learn to pay more attention to local affairs than they have been doing. Mr. W. D. Owen, superintendent of Iniinlgrntlon, 1 unfit and Ineoinpetent to perform the dntief ,f the (if. flee which he hold. He In thoroughly untrustworthy In the performance of hin official duties. A. It. Xettleton, nanlatnnt ecretary of the Irennnry under Ilnrrlwon. ' -'

MOM1V l rOI.ITICS. There are few persons who will openly defend the U3e of money in politics In the" form of direct bribery of the voter. The almost universil adoption of the Australian ballot liw in this country proves that the people are opposed in principla not merely to te. corruption of the voter, but also to the control of government by money, for that is precisely what the purchase of votes means. The vast majority of Americans believe that the country should be governed by the voice of the people on a manhood basis and not on a property basis. They do not believe that a man should control either legislation or administrative government in proportion to his wealth, although It is and must be conceded that wealthy men do exercise a greater influence over both from thi very nature of things. The American Idea ls that the difference between man and man so far as It Is made by property should be reduced to the . lowest possible point. . One of the most dang?rou3 formä of the influence of concentrated wealth is It3 ability to oppose those who oppose its Interests, and there is a growing disposition ta do this. Every one vll remember the fight made by tariff beneficiaries against Mr. Morrison of Illinois because of his earnest and aggressive work for tariff reform, and his example, his often been pointed out since to those who take a determined stand against such Interests. It is an open secret that the agents of the ßugar trust have repeatedly threatened tc ga into districts of representatives who opposed the interests of that organization and make a special warfare on them at the succeeding elections. Several fights of this character are being made at present. Wilson of West Virginia ls being openly fought by the coal and Iron Interests of hi3 state, as well a3 by the railroad systems that profited by the transportation of these materials to the seaboard cities. It can hardly be doubted that .'the bitter fight on Tom Johnson In the Cleveland district is backed by the Brice Influence and Is meant as a punishment fop the very outSpoken opposition of this rrsentatlve to monopoly In all Its forms: George W. Cooper is being opposed by the banking influence of his district, and outside capital is aiding In this flgbt on account of his championship of the law making greenbacks taxable. The chief opposition to Mr. Dynum In the gas belt is from thi window gliss .manufacturers, who hive cut the wages of pirt of their men and have made them believe It la. due to the tariff. The flint gliss men are not In sympathy with this opposition. Thes are dangers tint confront the representative whin ' he enter3 congress with a desire to legislite for the benefit of the people. If he desires to strike down a wrong the men who profit by it will fight him. Will the people rally to his support tha more because of such opposition? The question Is always a doubtful one. The mass of them are ?et In their political views and welcome such opposition as a good thing for their party instead of recognizing it as dangerous to themselves and to the country. This condition of public sentiment is not very encouraging to a man who desire? to do his duty, but there' is usually a fmill class of voter3 who "appreciate boldness in the right direction and who regard the opposition of class Interests as an Indorsement to a candidate. Thl3 Is the silt that saves the nation, and there cannot be too much of it. Few -workingmen will have difficulty in making up their minds pn Mr. Henry's labor record. The first men whom he discharged swear that they were discharged because they were about to form a union. Henry denies this, but says they were discharged because he "did not want them." Tliey were discharged. , That is now conceded by every one, though Henry's superintendent, Cox, first denied it under oath. They were discharged immediately after issuing a call for a meeting to form a union. That Is not disputed. They .were subsequently given certificate of recmmndatln to other

employers. Thit 13 conceded. These circumstances alone, aside from the great weight of direct evidence as to the statements of Henry and his employes, demonstrate that the men were discharged for attempting to form a union.

Anxious Inquirer: No; Mr. Owen ls not dead. He is skinning around the edges of the thick woods, trying to keep out of a joint debate. Sir. V. n. On-rn, nperlntendent of immigration, it unfit and Incompetent to perform tUv dutlcM of the office 'vhleh he- holds. He is thoroughly uiitrunt worthy In the performunee of hi.i llicinl da tie. A. 1. Netlleton, nMiitnnt secretnry of Ihe treasury under Ilurrlnon. MR. HARRISON, PLEASE EXPLAIN. Your Otvu Afltnnt Secretary of the Trenmrj Speak. Mr. Harrison, the ex-president of the United States, on his tour to Pt. Wayne will advocate the election of W. D. Owen to the high and responsible position of secretary of state of Indiana. How can he reconcile it to his own conscience to malte such an appeal to his fellow-republican when Mr. A. B. Nettleton, his own appointment to the assistant secretaryship of the treasury, had this to say of Mr. Owen: "1. Mr. W. D. Owen, superintendent of Immigration, is unfit and incompetent to perform the duties of the office which he holds. "2. He ls thoroughly untrustworthy in the performance of his official duties. "3. He has been guilty of circulating malicious slanders against his superior officer In the department. "4. His ideas of official regularity and integrity are slipshod, reckless and a source of serious risks to the public funds partially within his control.." PERSONALS. The empress of Germany rises at 6 and makes her husband's coffee with her own hands. President Terler's late tour of France was made In a carriage so high that no hand could reach him with a dagger thrust. The youngest son of President Garfield, who was graduated from Williams' college in IS?:, Is now coaching the foot ball team of that college. Mrs. Wayne MacVeagh, wife of the Italian minister. It Is reported in Washington, is In such delicate health that her condition Is causing serious alarm. The Rev. Dr. George Dana Boardman of Philadelphia Is an Indefatigable worker. He often spends the entire day In his study, paying little attention to meals. Amlwssador Bayard, recalling the fact that the Kngllsh have placed the busts of Ixowell and Ingfellov In Westminster ab-t?j-, is quite sure they will place that of Holmes there also. A descendant of the famous Hans Holbein, the painter, was sent to the poor house in Aussig, Austria, a few days ago as a vagrant. He Is a member of the nobility and learned photography as a livelihood. Emperor William's new opera on a German subject ls to be given its first production next month lefore a select court circle. If It ls then adjudged a success It will be tried on his other German subjects. Penator McPherson. there is reason to believe, did not really mean his letter of withdrawal, but his cook found it on his desk and mailed It In the same way that she sent his sugar telegrams, while he sivmbered. John Jacob Astor recently purchased two pieces of property adjoining his home In New York for $100.000. The houses on them, said to be very handsome brown stone one, are to be torn down to make a tennis court. The latest pretender to the "throne" of France Is Mohammed-ben-Bourbon. He claims descent from one of the Bourbon prlnce, who went to Algiers at the time of Ixuls XIV. He is a cattle dealer at Bougie, In Algeria. The late Warden Durston of Sing Sing prison bgan public life in 1876 as warden of the rriscn at Auburn, N. T., and during his career acquired a high reputation for establishing profitable Industries In the state penitentiaries. Miss Helen Gould does not go in for many society fals, but when her brother George bought a fine billiard table Miss Gould employed a teacher and It Is recorded of her ttva.t Khe has made as high as three points all In one run. M. iHipuy. as "minister of the Interior, has Just forbidden bull lights In France at which either bulls or horses may be killed. At Nimes, where preparations had been made for a series of fights on a large scale, the prohibition caused great excitement. Crowds paraded the streets demanding the fights, and a public meeting was called to protest. The court of cassation wilt be called upon to decide on the validity of the prohibition. An Indication of I'rosperlty. The extent to which money finds use in legitimate business operations is the one sure measure of prosperous Industry. Thte is shown, in the only trustworthy way. in the reports which the national banks make of their condition at the call of the comptroller of the currency. A comparison of the reports under the last call with those made in July shows a great and gratifying increase In the commercial employment of money. In Boston the increase in loans and discounts is seen to be more than $4.000,000. In New York the Increase is nearly $10,000.000. Philadelphia shows a gain equal to that of Boston. There Is an increase also in Chicago, Cincinnati, Baltimore, and, in fact. In all the large cities, with the exception of Brooklyn. These facts show that . busin c-ss is moving, that money is finding its proper use in trade, that commerce and Industry are reviving. The barometer of trade is rising. Clear weather and bright skies are indicated. Boston Post (dem.). Blr. W. II. One n, nperlntendent of Immigration, ix nullt anil Incompetent to perform the duties of the office which he hold. He In thuroiitfhy untrustworthy In the performance of his olllclnl dutlc. A. II. ttlcton, naalntnnt secretary of the trrmnrr under Harrison. Modern Xanten of Prise Fighters. "They used to call prize fighters by uch names as 'Thj Bantam and 'The Chicken' in bygone days. Do they have any such names now?" "Not of that kind. But they still have distinguishing titles, such as 'The Cyclone.' 'The Tornado,' " etc. "Why such names as these?" "They signify wind power, you know." N. Y. Press. The Houte He Tuok, "How can I leave thee?" her lover did fing That nlht 'neath her window, with ardor Intense; Ills question was answered when the dog, with a spring. Made him sooot. shortly after, to climb the back fence. Spare Moments. Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder World's Fair Klabot Modal od Diploma.

PEOPLE TALKED UL

One of the most talked of men in United Srates army circles Is Gen. Thomas H. Ruger. who will in all probability succeed Gen. 'Nelson A. Miles In com2k CE T. H. KÜGER. mand of the department of the Missouri, with headquarters in Chicago. He is now located at San Francisco In charge of the California division. Gen. Ruger is about fifty-eight years' of age and Is a very genial and accomplished man. He entered upon his cadetshlp at West Point, July 1, 1850, and graduated in 1S54, taking rank as lieutenant. Till 1S55 he served as assistant in charge of constructing the defenses on the approaches to New Orleans. He then resigned and began practicing law, but at the outbreak of the war promptly enlisted and did excellent service for the union throughout the war. He was brevetted brigadier-general for gallant services. Since the war he has been in almost constant service. The democratic nominee for governor of Tennessee ls Peter Turney, the present Incumbent. He was born in Jasper, Marlon county, Tennessee. When TETEB TURNEY. a young man he selected the study of law as a profession and was educated to that end. When the war broke out he was one of the first in the field as colonel of the First Tennessee volunteers. At the battle of Fredericksburg he was severely wounded, a ball passing under the left side of his nose, and as the doctors refused to remove the ball, thinking he would not survive the operation, his noble and courageous wife did so herself with a small penknife and a pair of tweezers, and he recovered Yin a few months. After the war Mr. Turney was elected judge of the supreme court In Tennessee, and held the office for over twenty-two years. He became governor in 1832. V As the democratic candidate for governor of California. James H. Budd Is a much talked of person. Mr. Budd was born in Wisconsin In 1S51, but for thirtyseven year3 he has been a resident of the Golden state. After graduating from the University of California in 1S73 he chose the law as his profession and two years later was admitted to practice. In 1875 he was appointed a member of the governor's staff and later served as a United States commissioner and deputy district attorney in San Joaquin county. He was eleoted to congress In 18S2, defeating Harold T. Page, who was known as the "Invincible" sitting member. It ls said that his campaign was one of the most vigorous and peculiar personal canvasses ever made by a candidate for office. Everett P. Wheeler ls a much talked of person as the candidate for governor of New York on. an Independent democratic ticket. The nomination of this v,l E. T. WHEELER. ticket 13 a direct attack on David B. Hill. Everett P. Wheeler is a prominent lawyer of -New York. He has seldom worked In harmony with the "regular democracy of the state, and has always been an active opponent of Senator Hill. Mr. Wheeler is fifty-four years of age. He received his education in New York, studied law at the Harvard law school from 1S57 to 50, and was admitted to the bar In 1861, and has practiced law in New York City ever since. He was one of the founders of the Bar association of New York; a member of the board of education from 1877 to 1S82, and for five years president of the New York free trade club. No persona g? has been more to the front since the : attempt of4 the French to establish a protectorate over Madagascar than M. le Myre de Vilers, French KLLR. MYBE IE envoy to the Island. He has demanded that the entire riorthea3t coast. Including the best harbor, be ceded to France; that she control all the northern peninsula, and that concessions of any kind be invalid unless approved by her. In short. France is to dominate la the island. The strained relations existing between France and England were caused by thlä action of the French. M. le Myre de Vilers Is at present the bearer of on ultimatum to Madas&ccar.

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Analysts say that butter is the most "nutririous article of dl?t and that bacon comes next. It Is said that no woman can ever be a great humorist, because all great humorists must Wrn by knowing how to laugh at themselves. Tla? Chinese emperor dines alone, and his repast always consists of eight dishes. The Japanese emperor is endeavoring to add a ninth, of crow. A thin parchment called "glassine" his just come into use as a protection to the covers of book. It i glo?sy and transparent and very durable. New York's public schools now teach nearly C37.X)0 children, and there is still a demand for new buildings to hold many more thousand.-:. The Medical News says that ever? sewage water can be converted Into pure drinking water by sand nitrations :n filter basins at the rate of 2.000,000 gallons per acre p?r day. Great discontent ls shown in Germany at the large number of pensioned otticerg In the army. Since the present emperor ascended the throne in IS' 4,000 have been forced to resign. A Choice of Evils "You started out to keep a diary, I believe?" "Yes." "Going to keep it tip?" "No. I've decided it's easier to write an autobiography ahead and then live up to It." Truth. A deposit of corundum has been found near Morgan Station, Delaware county, Pennsylvania, and a company of Philadelphia capitalists seeks to control it. Corundum is worth about $200 per ton. There are between 3M and 400 women pharmacists in the United States, and be it said to their credit they ar rarely charged with making mistakes and never permit winking at their poda fountain. Three raspberry canes In the gardens of the London horticultural society were grown from seeds found in the stomach of a man whose skeleton was dug up from one of the old burial mounds of North Pritain. An lee locomotive was some years ago constructed for use in Russia. It is employed to haul freight between St. Petersburg and Cronstadt. The front part rets on a sledge and the driving wheels are studded with spikes. Andy rainier of Maine has built his new home on the dividing line of York and Cumberland counties so exactly that when he is at one end of his dining table In York he is helped to soup by his fair vis-a-vis In Cumberland. An International journal for African languages has Just been Ftarted in Germany, aided by a liberal subscription from the government The secretary cf the Colonial society ls editor und eix parts are to appear each year. Russia's cross of St. George ls given only for bravery on the field of battle, but the order has one woman member, the cxqueen of Naples, who won It by her gallant defense of Gaeta, the last stronghold of the bourbons In Italy. Dampness has made the Corinthian capitals of the Church of the Madelelre in Pari crumble and recently pieces of stone have fall?n, endangering the passers-by. The capitals are to be removed and new ones put in their place. Mercantile business throughout the southern states ls very satisfactory. Sale are largely and fteadily incre-islng, collections are fair and the condition of the crops encourages the belief that fall and winter trade wil be unusually guod. A physician has recommended that cologne water be Inhaled through the nos and mouth for curing plight colds in the head and chest. Fifty drops on a handkerchief Inhaled four or five times a day Is said to have a good effect. The lines of no human hands are exactly alike. When a traveler to China desires a passport the palm of the hand ls covered With fine oil paint, and an Impression ls taken on thin, damp paper. This paper, officially signed, ls his passport. Nutse enters the door of professor' study "I am happy to tell you, professor, a little boy has Just arrived." Professor (looking up abstractedly from his book) "Eh? Oh. Just ask him to wait in the ante-room a minute, please." Tit-Bits. Elsleben, the birthplace of Martin Luther, Is sinking Into the moor upon which it ls built Measures have been taken In recent yearn to drain the bog, without avail, and tho Inhabitants are seriously thinking of abandoning the town. It has been proposed that stations be erected In convenient localities in titles and large towns where physlclana may go to be thoroughly disinfected immediately after they have visited a cas of Infectious disease and before paying anyfurther visits. In an old English dictionary a "girl" Is described as "a roe-buck of two years." A column and a half Ls given to the description of a crocodile, closing in thl way: "It will weep over a man's head, after devouring th body, and then devour the head also." In order to hold back water in times of excessive abundance at the head of the Mississippi river, both on account of th? damage floods might do and the value to navigation rf " supply in dry weather, a system of .-iv-rage reservoirs was begun about fifteen years ago. Two women recently accepted invitations to speak at the Kentucky Sundayschool convention. Hearing of this, two clergymen who had also consented to Fp-ak at the contention, canceled their engagemenll on the ground that women are forbidden by the Holy Ghost to speak in public. Off the northeast coast of Xew Guinea, the island of Kitala, surrounded by a wall of coral, 300 feet hih on the outride and from fifty to iOO on the inside, maintains twelve villages of natives, to whom war. crime and poverty have ben unknown since the beginning (tt their traditions. "Raphael Madonnas and Other Great Pictures" 1s the name of a work which Ij now in preparation in London. This is the first attempt to give reproductions of the whole wiles of Mandonna3 by Raphael, and It will be elaborately gotten up. and should make a most Interesting volume. John Drew Fisher, th? actor, who died at Brooklyn. N. Y.. was another example of how coincident fatality may pursue a family. He was the fifth of the Fishers who died at 7 a. m. on a Sunday morning, his mother, brother and two ekners all having died on that fateful day at exactly the same hour in the morning. The Infant son of the duke and duchess of York and grandson of the prince cf Wales is now visiting London. The baby, who may possibly be the king of England some day, Is to be fhort-frocked In the immediate future, and In preparation for the event all the necessary articles of apparel have ibeen ordered furnished by British manufacture. The Massachusetts tax assessors are having difficulty in their efforts to assess the tax on bicycles provided for by u. recent law of fhat Ftate. They generally report that they have boon able to get nold of hardly half the wheels '.n use, and !n some places could, not have made even that showing had It not been for the wheelman's directories, published before Ihs tax law was parsed. Many of the wheels are owned by minors, whose property to the value of J1.000 can be exempted. The Massachusetts assessors had a similarly bothcrsoW task eome years ago In the taxation of hens, of which the legislaturt etibseguently relieved them.