Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 38, Jasper, Dubois County, 7 June 1889 — Page 6

OKLAHOMA.

ferst4 I.ttrwf i Interior Depart HM-Mt lNM-rtr i Srrrf)ry NWl mm Aft Jh11ms,-,v ,MiH4(iirrMd WAsimoTOY, May 3. lnspttor Pickfr, fI the. Interior Department, who U datiouetl in Oklahoma Territory, ha st'at to Secretary Xoble the followiag letter: Fer about ten daj ttere ha been a teadUytacrrasiB; feeling aero among the istople .r'st tfee City Conned or Ontario. Tt; coun it was very trresalarly chosen to best with, aad. a the people wadei-stood. for the, pan11 merely of putting the macain'ty f the etty ! Mot o. THe mayor a selected by a commit tee of M.'vn. cnoca bv a rn.is meeting, and a ox:ittee of one from each State and Territory tweaaae the conned, something la excess ef thirty uhea chosen, but low Bambm about nftcerj. Grave rrrcatt)lUtie were forced Bpoa :bem. -tad cererr.av they have saxeit ami s'.ed tbetn ta a creditable tnaetsar. Taey have preserve 1 orde r. surveyed tlte taa, cleared tire streets practical'?, and la tiatse raatwri they are commended by al. They liaTe, however. iiisl other power, ami endertakes to act ta vaVons matter' that re very jaeraJiy and very eraphatediy c m-stem-test. Taey haw appointed an attorney at li.so per vear. axutda adviv.r of the reanctl ja arWUUiiar.. at a salary in iseess of M5 a bmrd of. tSVi arbitrator ntthng the right of possession to lots. nrti i? Ivnnjr members of i tie eotnuu. as fa wilars per d y each : a-iiv j In: esk e:aa? tea dollar before hi risi J ty t beat. and re;urntai: ettiy lb ten .d- , Urt t t:jt party st-eeef-d . afttt keep-as trio tte: . o :e-. there omet m e.su: five or tx rr for thesaase lt : hf.ve eran'e.l. or F"- ' '-: tcranu a 'ra-jea $ for tea year to ae-'tnpsry to sos-aty the city with water. bu'M a c- v acjftk the :rata. ?rj.ktioc street, am) is if txaier tii:R taany eh nep that tho a1 ..' ;Jlly rte.t they were tot chosen to iif s. Hnher. oil!etlac itrpe t(sr an oecof a t for a fe!! flye Ji-Uar : "r ia.it a rrv tax. a reorler' tax on lot el -aacutcr harsa enJinance. with beavv anc .'ffrare penaitio for rtctatioa of tirae ordiaB?i!. atn! reVenly mss mony !r i.tylaseSictaK orryiK ovrn !r r"C;trs of ttee reotntioo of the peoples n-! itii,, ia fKr to -ve tb-'lr lot. rtwtlwr, tt t el-rc'a acaia't tht' Mtw"! tlHtt thy are of-tho who eane In erx trio Snail ay fc;fore the i-M ami seized all of tti.j tiestlot. anJ th: tbe esty government In alt matter prtw:et the Interest jf lh-o tn. TH wayr. "."r. Pjvr, 'f K,uiat C tr, taae tt 5nnn!ay. Ta charge has been mslo Xt. nor eo-.pbatSe from the fart that the City OW8B11 K.'tra: thetr baaM of arbstrattua; that ta eoai deriBi? tsho u entttlei to a lot tho nrI can not take ta:o eons'Uemtton the t tna fi eti!C2 a toofdre or after twelve o'ejek, Xmx t&at priority of ttitrea: on Monday, tho it reir.tnllv f the h' ur. rntttd the party Zit tse tt TS.n the people coandcred In direct cb2 c: vttth tae Pre-Uent proclataatffla, Ia trie Jat fer day ike council rlectel wo other boards arbftrauou of five each, at ac8ipon5t'on of Sre dollar per day each, as claimed by som. fad ten as elaime t by other. The council hat ttbewue tr.w acted muchef Kj1hi neit with cte.l doors. The laitvyer ha forme! a bar association, aai are the tirt t? take action lWHlti? to an eiectlOB of city oft jer and to the drfiin? of a charter to soyertt tteo. A petition n-a ciroutited yesterday s s thp coonell tc tall aa eltetton to dirWe tb- city into ward, and to hate tit nsp.ry v! tht voters, and attin? that the electftVh b Monday, Mar '.T. everytxyir practica'ly ign n tne ptHon Ifule. Pdat of ts pef.tta the c Uztm held a iarponifirtf jaaeUas la: cyeum on the siovcwawns acre. They were very much in earnest nd rry detersj"d. After peehe by ill Cerent parties they pised a resolution ontlsc fA'j major and City Caused, appointed a ccjtwittee to o notify them, ami a No had , pasifj a, retwlatjon appilnttss a committee of I sveren to'eatj a city eWttos, ujaorin? the pre- ! ent nayr &sA council. At tt ttsxt there h t vrrwa Jo be consider- j awe xdtat, the frtend of the old council vrmm. the oatt.te tferulmj thu action, whi-'i 1 only tended to tnceae the 2ret n)-r.ty of 1 the crowd. At the jusctnre ab.ive decrib.'d In i tbit tare rceettiw; of Ust erenin;, hoov jr. a tea a tew men were pusn-asan adnarcment, 1 attac the rcettst en In effect toonst the rrs j eat coeaeil. there xere ioud c-ilu for m-. from, Itbair. twth sides or sentiment. I finally ! too the stand, I told tneta a an humble rep- j nf.3ttxtre of the latermr Dttpurtcient I de ' ,r-d t ay that the desire of the Department ; 3ad the Covemmcat was that taey bald havo I a coed and oocKicaL a well a honest .id- ' raiBttrsttoa of thetrc'tr sffur. cd tht tho ; GKte.mwent was deturxiaed to tnd by tho t taea wUo obeyeii the lreldC3l',i proclamation. v far a tt wa :n. U pawer to do. I then toid . tdc-'as that in try judaent tt rras n mutak" to s.o. ptitioa the taayorand coiKiftl ;o call the election: that it would most likely result ;n tacon2 etitx city stoterr.ntects and preat d:sciriier and confusioc as well as ?reat dancer to , tfee pabt c food. Tnat they mati admit that the coasetl had dose much to be commendeil, j and that I rx confident an election would not e related, t aeed with them Mik they wen nt Md to a speedy election by lllot; that t they uer entitle! to swora utatetieat from ' tbe present conceit as to all moneyi Detected , aaipa'd ont; that thetr incoainc aslmlnmtra- j tlon sfcottld define the fees of all ofjeer inJ ' iiirds: ihoald b economic, and should be very carefal ta reiranl to rrantm? to IBitvlduals I rarsaWc frasetieof the City tvitbont due con- ' (deration. j A Itr. Date, an attorney of Wichita, Kn , Tollewed. ady( nj; the ame, and at IV cl.-s-ol ' hH ternaris a motion was made to ree'ttstder i t6e vtr deeldnas th" offlee vacant, b it th- t ehirman of the a ee ti n ir a nd al.out a fi a I f doz n j -tbr were la faror of th" action already j tatiec, and .I'elnred the motion out of order, ' ashl imld grentoinfasi n and no Iittl"xeite-j stent, th menttnst wa alnt to In vlj urn-d , aait th- almost onasimon dstre of those j present to Parry ont toy Mi?'ev,ion. They j ajaia called for me and, nulckly moutdtoK the j sUftd. 1 very eareUv pealcd to them to act ' costly, aa,l at.tte-1 them It the resolution ! thry hai! pal prv:il'!. what would ' lWW of the cty wltlwnt ofTleen atf JtNt a Kot-rnment ontit they elected otfcersv T lit ra'h"rnrm ng eon 1 tioti the j fe ultra onei ri to take, heed, and the i etn aata made to reconsider carried, and x e-jmmittee was appointed to present tt- ; iloss to the tni.yor to ealt another election, on 1 I then the see tins adjourned in stood humor, alt, . I think, de-jmln it the action UUea for the lt. I do set think uch an emergency will nrie aala. The council will craat the fleet on, f and In fact, lust before the elo of the meet- , for. sect won, that to election would lie called for Jane1 W Thi. Imwever. Is loo late a dte to ult the people, and I think when wo . confer with the council on this point, they Rt as eatltsr date. I The meetins was nr.an moa. however, that j tt ?he council rnfaied tn call the mectlnR that' tta thi citizens would can it. Major I'lckler say tt ii a Tory Interest las tuIy to watch thl.-, a pare !6mocracy. erolve a government and fi't their raa chlnery ia morion; bat it will he !on peacrfttHy. orderly and without trouble. it liqattr does not enter; and tho TJuited State- tmr.shah and deputltM nro to bt -commended for thetr vigilance in tins diTectina. N'evr peojito nre ti!l arrlvinz, and tif twn a-i do n!s Oklahoma City, eont.tsne? to crow a middly . nt tLf Leinninr;. It in tmply wouderial. SerlH Kfisr-Kisd Collision. HtCRMO.xo, Va. May X Tho northbound train on the Hlchraoml & Peters bare railroad ran Into the rear end of a lumber train yesterday nftemooa six wiles from P.lehniond, Tlie lumber train was on a side track, and not clearing tlw main track, the wall train plumed Into it. Engineer James Clayton, Express .Hess-nser William Mtolnback. Bagingewaster T, E. Tvtit BraKcman Georga I,ianwr, and the negro Bremas juwted. iHvli had his hose broken, and Stele back received a severe nervous shock and was net able to -.peak for several hours afterward. The others escaped with slight hn:ies. The mall train was gcdtig at the wie oi forty wiles aa teuar

THE CRONIN MURDER. lteelve rK . 1, 0. H1Hvh h ' I'rsnk Itlm k hMi tVMdir I Hdleled fnr j the Mnnlfr f 'rulis I'ntHtlaetit Cltt . h, shtsdH nil Nhh mr (ihUHire, f Chk'aoo, Ma2. Tho Ktvt i jury ImI reniiK, aiicr a edH of rovum Uoum, !

tn4iHl UetoHivo D mil fonirhlln, l. O, 8iillifn, th VleV' ifc-iealer. aud Frank Iliad", alias Wotiru- Cur tho wil f h! munlr of Dr. 1 II. ciiln, Illnck I the in an arret4 fir (oaljMr tht whit ' horite aud rif in whfoh tht ftivsU'iaii win : drivn to hts 4'tli,a(l wkv f'WH T wooly ; try reKHrtiiasr !4JCrmtilihaVfff. boou ' talceu tn atten-ith woutaa, yh.-io bo.lv, m h claim, d, Was aTtrwar4 Uden in 1 t trunk, ' v . I t . fit u ).k. I.A Mit . (.4.1lfl.l(,fV both iruu;il luuir istu , 1.,-.. 1 iiint eii. I'd, hut no vidMw vv.ih iUMtiLjpyMto k con- ' hplracr, and tha jMiTflPWiKsr. about wfaich o much h bH rm. wro ktijrt fro the iury. A a reH; the iavestiicatlou if was decided by a tifimniutoiH voUi to include thss thra rJsoycr in otu indlclmeiit of thrw cotfotsurh ehm'in;, iksitn with kllliuj: Dr. Croni wtii n blunt ; iBstrumnt, th scowi' atlj;i tho tisu j of awrii iusiruuient, And thy third with ' "iustntiBout'i and menus unknown." 1 Tlie indii'twont.s wef rjturnod to f Juifctf Williamson nd the jary wleuiod tor the li:lit. Stntas-Attorney joni:nrir said sub- ' sequontly that tho iiuo.stion of a con-; "piracy wai not i:iTiisU';tl in any form, aud ihnt ttid matter woitld hut bo taken up ajjaiu by the pre wut bo'dy, t It i-4 s;ii"d npou ubolttu nnthority that j tlve police nro oaiy jtt'it Winuhif;. to jr it, . (tr insight intOftho wnitude of tho con- . "ipiracy. Ml ulonn th'' Jwve bcoa workiny on th theory that it wis "counaod ton ! foW. HMth'ia tlui lar'twHity-fuur hours,' however, they have como into pops sloij ' of iufornintioa that plar-vs it beyond tho, shodpw of a doubt that nt lmst a scire of , individuals were cotmectt'd, directly or ! indir.ctly. with, tfce trtabolicnl affair, Auious these, it U Mid, ae oltfht of UitJ most prominent Irish Nationalists in the pre.s Land League of America. He is probably the best-watched man in Chicago to-day, Shadows info.tJlho lobby of tin Chicago Opera-house building, in which his offices are located; they .tit around the upper corridor; they dog his footsteps when he goe, across, to the court-house, and they have hH iousa-jOalc street under surveillance. Only wliqii closeted In his office; or when in tlie parlor of his home, is he froi from their ae. Chief of Police Hubbard practically admitted last sight that he was responsible for this e.pittnne, but he declined to say upon what aroimds. U based, although he hint'-! that it was done to satisfy Crnnin's friends. Almost in tho same breath he said that of all the stream Of direct evMeara thai liaiiljeen poured in upon him, there was not a Single fact that pointed in the slightest. degree to Alexander ,S.:llivan's culpability. The friends of the latter Md their number is lesion take the irrouad tliat 1m) is being most outrageously persecuted. Ha is, they, say, being made mark of hymen who have been opposed to Mm for years ia secret societies, and who are now only too willing to take adrantage of thi present excitement to identify him with the crime in the public mind. The Herald to-day, ia & elaborate article, reiterates its former statement that Dr. Cronin was "removed" by taoClua-na-Ouel after trial nod conviction, on the charge of being a Itrltish spy. It declares circumstantially that an officer of the order known as a delegate called upou the senior guardian of a North-side camp to appoint a committee. No names aor specifications woro given. At the next meeting of the camp, It was announced, under the rales provided for such occasions, that a trial committee was required. Each mau present wrote a name ou a piece of paper. When all the slips hail been deposited in the ballot box It was delivered to a trusty meaiber who counted them and selected the seven that received the highest number. Kacli was quietly notified of the fact, while the unsuccessful ones simply received blank slips. The committee inol within a week and for tlte first time became awaro of each other's identity, and nlf o that of tha man whom they were to try and th chnrzes preferred. Hence, of all tha members of thu order only the committee, the man preferring tlr; charges, aud tho witnesses examined, wero cognizant of the personality of the body or its pro-oeeding-'. Charges were preferred agnimt Cronin of being a British spy; he was found guilty by a unaultnoHi vote and sentenced to bo "removed." In some why th. knowledgB of thesa proceedings cntuo to Cronin, nnd hence his frequent Statements just before he met hi death that a violent end was in store for him. The article also says that tho only object of the presence iu Chicago of Luke Dillon, of Philadelphia, who Is ue of tho triumvirate now ruling th order, is to learn the numbor of tho camp by which tho committee was appointed. Th'j coroner's jury yesterday visited the cottage and tlte man-hole in which tho corpso was found, ahd upon returning to i the city adjourned until this morning 0 -Deteotiro Robert I CHICAOo, Mar . . iruee, n un hum ueuu umuiu uuii i vate agency In this city, walked into Lieutenant Horace Elllqtt's office yesterday and said that several mohthl Klifo Aldvr-t man McCormlck. oflereil him elovon huudred dollars to kill Dr. Cronin. DriiCe, who has just rHturaed team a three months' stay in Texas, says thatMcCormlck nahl hla a hundred dollars in advance, and agreed to py the! re-, isainia? thousand dolkirswheH thh Job' was done. Urnce declares that Mccormick told him to feign sickness InJils office, and then send for Dr. Crbnln jaud kill htm. Urac took the hn Irod 6llars? sjwnt It for liquor, aaM Mtevor i(ail' a move toward carrying out the contmot. Iiruce lieara a rather wvrf reputation, uud the police do tint place all tho reliance in tho world ' In Ml Stwy. H has been la MUinerons sompes ia Oils city. The tlHkmtWH Driver IteeitKnlreit, CrtiCAOO, May M.-As Wiltard 3. Smith was leaving th court room after tho grand jury session, ho Wus raeognUed by Frank Hcatilaii, the ltfrfmnl'wlio saw Dr. Cronin altvc, at the unknown man whodrve away wltb t)w mknkred man lu the buggy hauled -by tho white Jtorso oh the fatal Saturday iil'ht. MrJteaii Ian took a loc look at Smith, and declared he could not be i llstakeu. This lnforntttion was glvtm to Captain Schaack. A eotwuHutlou was held, but It was decided riot to arrett StilHh at this time, Smith Is the mat! who claimed lat Sunday that he was the .Smith referresl to by Detective Coughlla as k-U friend from MlchljsaH.

. " :r. u .:. . r" . " I wiWIfw with him it U not thought he can

uif,-"i, noi so iuua una mu u "i hold ont hint? f'tihist nn uttaek bv tho immediate nrroit, hut, us thu police put , ii , , " ,, ,"f A y LwL i. ! I i. i.ti,a t.i. A.f .- .j 1 -Northern troops. Ooneral Legititno Ium it, "The better to subserve the interests m,.t.,., f,,. u, i.., . ,.f 4..m " t, ,,.i ,.,, not a sutneieat force in the capital .to .fdtt t T?42f f, L f, i Board the ptnc or quail a riot Should n f widely-known of tho eight is Alexander , turU, .A !,.. Md this

r fcsnliivan, the i x-

" TMtt BLACK REPUBLIC A rtrlt War In WtiloH lh KvoIhIIohUM U'lll Hi VletorteM-llipiwtytw .MH'.ter of Mm sit mh! tun h llH)tl-A l'nyiHHttr Ab',Hd. . Nkw York, 34ay . Oenernl Flurvill IHliitolyto, t th head of hU army, i

itiardihis oh rort-aM-lrnw, th lUytlau catiltul, and tha la.t weiw ia th wo loiiired KtrucKl" fr ttprtmae.r In t!w lit tie IsltiMd is iib ittt to iV in favor of tlw North. Already two ut LexUlmo's (!ieral's huvo abandoned tholr. pottu nud lied, Tho SoutliVrn army is almost totally dUorjrahiiio 1, aud a compete state of a'unrchy t,tlt fn tha capitil. TJm Mstdent nr' living iu far atd tremhlin? of what may hupp wh4t MlliKito'i sddieri ut-tt ouco iu thoi4-mwliit. It is only a question of a very ?bort tin whfit Legitime, tha Southern lender and 1leired rresldi'titof the Republic, will havo to abdicate or loe hi inenomt mi l perhaps his life. This h the ntiWi brouicht by tite Jtoyal Dutch U'mt ladiHtt mail stettiiHhlpOranJ NasHit, arrived frn "ort-au-rrinee. Mr. 2f, Jhmtln, w native Haytiau and n paseai;er o tho telmerf kiwo th particulars. The Hiiytian papers published at IVrt-au-Prince, and La Vcrlte, Le(;itiiHe'a own organ, were full of conflicting reports, and the situation is freely commented upon. On .May HI, Mr. lion tin said, (ienerul 0. riftiuut, iu command of the fortress nt DessnUues. huarim; that the Northern troop-, were ndraneiug, lied with riSsmall remainder of hi comnnud to rort-nu-l'rluce. rearing til" auger of Legitime at his linvlngevaeiinted the fort, he took refuse at the French consulate, nnd ufturward secured passage in iv stnall steamer to Cuba, where he now is, not daring ti return to the capital. tKMiet al Anselme Trohete, another Southern chief from whom Lniitlnto ejipocted great things, abandoned his troops aud fled to the capital. The Koldiors of tho two Genera!! disbanded and .struggled .back to rort-.iii-l'rinco iu small companies. General St. Fleur is the ouiy Southern commander 'now outside of Port-nu-Prince, and a he has only two hundred event was momentarily expected when tho Oranje Nassau nailed for New York May 21. Added to this Is the fear of Hippolj te's soldiers, who are daily hrlj;audlng near the city. The peaceable residents wait in dread expectancy tho fatal moment when their homes shall be reduce'! to ashes arfil the city become a scene of pillaga and slaughter. Tile disbanded troops wauder lawlessly about the city, and there lit no attempt at organization. Just before the Nassau loft Hayti a report was received that Hippolyto with his entire army was encamp nl four miles froim Port-au-Prince. Tho Northern fJeneral was preparing to umvo his artillery Into position in order to bombard thu capital. Deforo doing so it was said that General Hippolyte would oeud a Hag of truce to Legitime, who still occupied the palace, demanding his hn-modl-uo and unconditional surrender. The Mercedes and Caronilelet are also said to be on their way south from Cape Haytian to shell Port-au-Prince from the harbor. One of the Oranje Nassau' cabin doors was badly shattered on her arrival, and the cause, It is learned, wuidue to th attempted escape of one of Legltlme's paymasters, tL night before the vessel fiilUed ft llayua.li hoarded her and enRaged cnbiu passage for Ilrooklyn. Ho was given a passage, and took possession at once. His baggage consisted of ono box. A few hoars 'before tho Vessel sailed, Stephon Preston, a son of tho Hnytiau Minister at Washington; tho chief of police and so'ge soldiers boarded the Oraujo Nassau. They searched tlm vessel, and at last came to the cabin occupied by the Haytian. The door was barricaded, but. the soldiers Boon demolished it witJi the butts of their rifles, aud the inmate was ordered to surrender. This he did, aud ho was takoa ashore. Mr. Preston Informed the captatu of the Oranje Nassau that iho man they had arrestd had boon sent by Legltlme's government with jJH.Oly) to pay the troojts in the field. He fulled to do so, aud was iit&kiug liis esoape witfs the woauy nt tho time of hit arrant. When" the lmn was taken on shore h waa given the alternative of death or resUtutioa. THE FRENCH OUTRAGE. Secretary Illulnn Determined t 1'usli tlio .Mutter to tlii) Kml Tlie Ctolut a fult (In the Oiiestioii, Washington', May 20. Additional in -striictiotis were sent to Minister Uid holiday iu regard lo the outrageous manner iu which Mrs. Dorr, Miss Van Nostrum! mid ,MIs Marvin were treated by French officials at Montone. As -stated ill these dispatches yesterday, the State Donartment directed Minister Held to ninke an immediate. and thor onch investigation Wto tho whole matter. Tlw case has been the talk about the clubs and official cir cles. nud unless somo prompt action Is taken by the French Government, there will be thousands of Americans who will give the exposition the cold shoulder, niul in this manner resent the o ratal treat L nient iuflicted ulKin three of their conn trywomeu. Secretary Dlalue is very in .11......... (litrunut, nuu in uwioug cauiegraiM sent Minister Held yesterday ha Cmphulfeully gtatetl that such treat otcnt would not Iki tolerated, and it ,was a msigraco to any civilized country to allow such iu compoteut ahd luthless officials io remain in power a single day. His directions were the unanimous voice of tho Cubluft, all of whom express the greatest Indignation, and especially are bitter toward the American Consul, Mr. Cllercy, nnd his assistant for the part they took in tho matter. Mr. Gardner Van Nostrum!, a brother of MlsS Vun Nostraud, was expected at the State Department yesterday to have n conference with Secretary Dlalue, but a telextam was received from hint In h afternoon that it would 'v J" t v uvutv, mil lllilb he would be hore to-morrow, when he would lay the whole ease before Secretary lilalHe. . Keoretery HUliie's Ktrurslnn. iVAStitAOTO.v, May 5H. The postponed excursion given by Secretary lilaliie lu honor of Sir Julian Paunoefote, the new Drlttsh.Mlhi3trf took idnee to-day. Hy Invitation a select comiwmy of Cabinet ofnceriUplomatiu represeMtallves. high ofWclals and a talr spririkllag f Waslilugton society boarded tho Dispatch at li':30 this afternoon ami (Sailed dowa tlte Potomac as far as Mt. Vernon. I'eaen In Samoa. Wasrixotox, May . Admlrat Kimberly reporU to the Navy, Detriment, under iWte of May 27, that the Samoaa natives are dhbaadluf atil that peace prevails.

FREE RAW MATERIALS.

KNfcMtU f M TarUT MttMlHMhtttHl Ujr ChewpJOMH I'tttlUMMH. The protsHitionlst pi opaKandUU ar Kkinf to woo thu Statouof thu boiiLh Into the rnuks of tho Uitnublknut party by cunningly proisslnjf tho idua that protKJtion will make them gi-eat and prtwiiwrovw manuiHc-tut'inK oentei"s. Uhe HiimUer of niar.ufctoris Is lacreasing fast in the Southern Sutos, aad uvliUnw is not wanting that sumo of the manufacturers there havo boon impi'Msed by the apical inadu to thuo hUchI lutefests. A Hior oarutul considuration of Uia subject will convince the Southern manufacturers that there is nothing to lie gained by' giving their mlhereaiM to tha shortsitfhted tarlll Kliuy of the Itupublican IMift-. Thtt iron interests of Alabama havu nover had any thing to fear from foreign competition. Tho problem with them at tho Ixiginnlnif was to bo ablo to ctmijKilo with the older establishments of l'onnsylvanla. They hava domohstrated tholr nbillty to do this, Htid domoiistrutwl lt$o cffiU'ttmlly that tho iron operators of Ktutorn IVnnsylvuniu aro threatened with serious dUnitor. Meantime Now 1'njfland has come to feel Uio pressure of domestic competition, and tho demand thoro for free raw material is constantly growing loudor. An iron furnaco In Massachu setts, donivd tlwa privilije of import ing coal duty free, wliiidi would give It a chance of life. Is, making a lust struggle for existence by trying the experiment of using an inferior quality of eoal from a mine iu Rhode Island. If this do not prore'sufoeasful tlie business will have to bo abandoned. Other branches of industry tire experiencing trouble of the same kind. Here, for example, is Wade's Fiber and Fabric inquiring for tho good times which wore promUed as tho suns sad necessary result of tho election of Harrison. Tho Hber and Fabric is for protection, but it desires n species of protection which will protect. "Wo are a firm believer," it says, "in protecting American industries, if it could be done under tlie guidance of honest statesmen, but in tho hands of quack politicians terrible work is made of protection." A specimen of this species of v-ork is cited iu the continuance of tho tiri(I on wool, "when any one can tee. '-f he will, that freo wool would be a great mdve toward honest protection." I5y "honest protection" we arc. of ccv-i'se, to understand suth regulations, as best protect the particular individual who happens to be speaking or Writing. Jt seems dlinciut for many protectionist to understand that it is impossible to frame a system of protection that will protect every body. Mr. Keller, of Pennsylvania, loag ago apprehended this point, and answered demands for protection ' to outside In terests by pointing out that to protect every body was to protect nobody. To rospond to tho demands of wool manufacturers is to leave wool unprotected; to answer the wishes of iron men in Massachusetts is to tako th duty on coal, and so in hundreds of othor instances Tbe iron manufacturer, whose business", despite the fact that they have an abunlttncd of protection, is now greatly depressed, are tearfully noting the fact that there is a "boom" in iron abroad, particularly In England and Belgium. In countries where no iron is produced tlto demand for iron is actlvo. The United States havo tlie iron, but can not sell it abroad, be cause protection has so increased the cost of making it as to sdiut us out of the foreign market. Louisville Cour ler-Journal. QUEER PENSION RULINGS. Goinl Times fur Tension Sliurks lluw to Cat Hid of the Surplus. It begins to look ns if tho halcyon days of tho Nation had come for tho hlgh-tarilTineu and the tension sharks, A short cut to higher duties is to be made through cutom-liouses, instead of by the usual but more roundabout method of legislation. Pension C'ommlHsioiior Tan tier, whose ohsibilltles are affected by tho discovery that so small a pension as $1 a month is paid, uVelares that he proposes to call in all pensions lower than $ l"a month and issue thorn at not less than $1 a week. Whcti he does' this generous thing it will be interesting to know what has become of tho law under which pensions of less than $1 a month wore granted. There has boon only one Democratic Commissioner of Pensions sinco the war of the rebellion. The reflections of Commtasioaer Tanner ; arot thoroforo, cast upon a long line of Hopuhlican Commissioners who must ! bo assured to havo been less generous than Mr. Tanner, or lcs acute to dis cover tho extent to which the CominisI sioner could exercise his generosity It will also Iks interesting to obsurvo j whether tho pension agents will ootno in font share of Commissioner lan tier's generosity. There Is the pen slon agents' commission, and they may reasonably extiect him to do some thing to manifest his gratitude for the high position Into which thoy thrust him. If the Pension Oflico gives notice that it is prepared to advance the rate Of all pensioners receiving loss tliMti & I a mouth, it is not at ait unlikely that about that time each of tlie pensioners of tho class referred to will rereiva notice from a claim agent of his readiness to push ins case speedily through Commissioner lannor solllco. If the fee lrt tho unual one. and each of the pensioners now receiving less than V t onn be Induced to apply for an In crease, it will be a neat little prize o $700,000. It will show how iBdlfferent Ttmiter U to a matter of Moaey

when jiutnousm ana tt ptmtrioit agettU are eouearnod. The tttnslou agents have had their eyes on the stirphw for several years. They would lie glad to take it, and the way that Commissioner Tanner ugget would be. an acceptable one, lie doubt Jt would be unusual, to say the leant, for tlte Pension Oltloe to take up these 70.000 eases without solioltatlou or intervention, and the ensioa agent would probably And it too irregular to be countenanced. Mr. Tanner is in favor of several othor "improvements'' that he might manage to adopt without the approval of Congress. lie would "have the reeord of the acceptance of a soldier regarded aa evidence that he was sound when enlisted, the Government to tat obliged to prove the contrary. He would continue a pension to a widow or dependent relative, whether thu pensioner died of wounds or dls eiue resulting from service or not. He would extend thu arrears limit to January 1, 18S9 or ISSS. He would rant pensions to all survivors of rebel prisons without requiring them to prove that disability arose from imprisonment. He would extend Hivorftl

classes of pensions from 2ft to aoarly 'tO ior cent., aud would equalize all bounties. Any thing that has tlw suggestion to Increase in it ought tc be a-i grateful to tlto pension attorneys as an opidemie to undertakers, X. V. Timos. SPIRIT OF THE PRESS. Corporal Tanner and the claim agents appear to have the American eagle by tlto tail. Louisville CourierJournal. President Harrison, above all of lis predecessor., has comprehended thu "relative" value of his office. X. Y. Times. The Washington Hatchet, spoakng of William E. Chandler's canvass for Senator, says: "He is about tho right caliber to represent Now 1 lamphire. It is a small State." A man may have acquired much glory during the war, but it fade away as soon as he so far forgets hi country and his God as lo announce iis'tiisbollef in a high protective tariff. N. Y. Herald. It was Wanamakur himself who once wrote an advertisement reading: "We havo stripod women's stockings at fifteen cents per pair." .Mils was the Iteginning of a great man's business carer. Detroit JrVoe Press. The lte-publican members of a committeo of tho New York I.cgisla. tare, which has been investigating the. trusts, have reported that trust are a blessing. We llko to see party men iave tho courage to avow openly their party's real principles,-Boston Globe. benjamin F. butler failed to es tablish himself as a military genius during the war. Perhaps Ite can add to hi laurels by questioning thoi courage now of men who served the cause of the Union with fidelity, and whose records are not stained by deeds of oppression, rapacity or greed. N. Y. World. In Chicago tho patronage board, . . , . . , ,.1! .. . 1 T- . .. .1 consisting oi a iicpuuiicau umicu States Senator and three Republican Congressmen, called the new Repub lican postmaster into tlie session ami the four divided the patronage in whal i.s described as "solemn conclave." Such conclaves will make President Harrison solemn before ho Ts through with tlie patronage policy that origin ates! them. St. Louis R-'publie. "A little daughter of. W. F. Grillith received a letter from an aunt who lives in Dakota that .speaks well for the honesty of Uncle Sam's postal rustlers on the route. Tho envelope wns unsealed never had been sealedami three dollar:! in bank notes Inclosed was viaible. Tho money was sent as a present to tho little girl, and in some oversight the envelojH was not closed. Such honesty is easy enough accounted for. You see, the , rascals; havo not Iwjn turned into office yet Joplin (Mo.) Herald. I President Harrison claims that he has no time to make many im-, portnnt appoiatments urged upon him by prominent Republicans. He found time, however, to appoint his brother Carter United States Marshal for the Middle District of Tennessee. Per sonal friendship, disreputable party service and blood relationship seem to Ixj tho only grounds of political prefer ment, at present Tho theory that "public olHee i.s a private snap" is" flourishing gloriously andor Mthe cen tennial admmistratiou."SU Louis Post-Dispatch. Harrison as a Spoilsman. Harrison is a spoilsman par excellence, and if ho has not fully earned tho rebukes administered by his mug wump critics it is rathOr boeauso he is making a careful, systematic study of tho spoils business, with a view to strengthening his own hands to tho best effect, than because of unwillingness to violate tho spirit cf tho CivilService law. If it is commendable to ignore tho attempted reform of tho civil service and to bestow tha fattest offices upon tlw men who did the moat to secure hi election, no commendation can bo too great for our President. Ho Is undoubtedly an adept in the art of looking Out for No. 1, huha no ugly scruples about rewarding tho partisan press, and his conscience does not appear to trouble him about the abandonment of active statesmanship In order to occupy himself exclusively with decapitations and appointments. Lot disgruntled oWee-seekera nay what they wilii it is a long time since the country had a President wfce wa of the same substantial service to bU party. Pittsburgh Ludur.

PERSONAL AND LITERARY. Scientist Chevi-eul la better knows k fatno for hie great age thaa for all hie valuable contributions Ut human knowledge, It ia said that Henry George frequently flnislM's writing an entire page for hia pa'ier without anoe rising from his chair. Hon. Clianncoy M. Depew recently received a letter which had been mailed at Melbourne, Australia. imply addreesed to his name without further direction, whloh goes to prove what Is in a name. The hotly of William Bradford, the llrst United States Government Printer, and the man who tartest the Hrst newiaw in Pennsylvania aad tho soeond newspaper in New York, lies iu a grf-ve ten feet from the Northern entrance to Trinity Church. .Janet Hamilton, the Footeh poetet to whoso memory Mr. Gladstone has helpiHl eretjt a fountain lit her nutlvo Lingloam, was in youth wholly uneducated--was married at' thirteen, and was more than sixty when her first volume of jvoems was given to the world. The Empress of Ham, of Japan, Im an ardent friend of alt schemes for advancing tho social ami legal standing of Japanese women. She has literary tastes and writes poetry. It is never published, but apiwar in autograph form on screens used iu her private apart men ts. Hancroft, the historian, is nearlng ninety, and is losing his memory, especially for names and faces, as Raljih Waldo Emerson did In his later years, and who, after gazing awhile at tho fa co of Longfellow as tho latter lay in his cortln, turned to a friend and observed: "He wa a sweet nnd beautiful soul, Imt I have entirely forgotten his name." There is a story told of Mr. W. J). Howells to the effect that on one occasion he attended a costume parly wearing the conventional evening costumeof the present, where every guest was required to appear in the dress of cne of tho characters in the novels of Scott. On boi ng brought to look for this irregularity, he justified his gai'b by the plea that ho did represent one of tho chief characters in Scott, tho ofton-appcaring "gentlo .reader." Speaking of Mrs. John Chanler. formerly known as Miss Amelie Rives, the Richmond Dispatch critically observes: "Her eyes have lieen conipap"d. to t wo great double blue violets, so indescribable is their hue between purple and blue, and the color of her hair can be only described as that of burnished gold. Her voice is very sweet, and her unspoiled aud perfectly natural grace could only bo the reflection of a warm and generous heart, which those who know her beet accord to her." HUMOROUS. -

The girl who can't play on tho piano, and wont play on tho piano, deserves a brass mednJ, anyway, foi not trying.- Somorvllle JottrnaL Young doctor "Well, I've got at caw at last" Young Jawyer "(Wad ', to hear It. . When you get him to the point where he wants a will drawn, telephone over." Life. Min. D. Lane (calling) "Is your servant girl a good laundress?" Mrs. P. Kay "Well, no. she doesn't wash and iron very well, lint, oh, she hangs her clothes out so artistically!" boston Herald. a An editor in reply to a young writer who wished to know which magazine would give him tlie highest position quickest, advised "a powder magazine, especially If you contribute a fiery article." " A messenger "boy," aged seventy, is in the employ of tho Western Union Comjmny at brad ford, Conn. A messenger boy of that age has probably gone on at least a doen errand in his career. Pittsburgh ChronicleTelegraph. Tho "good old timos." GoOrgy, were the days whon your great-grandfather was working fourteen hour a day to got a corned-beef dinner and pay tho mortgage on tho farm you have cut up into city lots. Clnelnnattn was a better man than Nero; but he didn't have so much fun. Puck. Mr. Youngiovo "Why. my dear, what makes you look so miserable? Is then any bad news in tho paper?" Mrs. Y'ounglove "N-no. not exactly bad news; but eh, George, don t you know of any of our relatives who are in poor health? I never saw such bargains m crapo in all my born days." America. Thoy had been engaged to be married fifteen years, and still he had not mustered up courage enough to name tho happy day. Ono availing ho called, in a peculiar frame of mind, and asked ker to sing something tender and touching, something tha would "move him." She sat down at tho piano and sang, ''Darling. I am growing old." Sermons at Home Ileal good man (to his minister) "It aeemstome that I tako cold When in church used to warm, dry, sunny room, yptt know, and if you don't object l should hks the nrivUetro Of having tolephoue attach tnont made to your dok so that whon I fear to venture to church i can at bast hear the flormon." Minister (dollghtod) "Certainly, certainly. Uavo it fixed at any titno." Ileal good man (the foltowlng Sunday) "Jueon, what Is that talk?" Jaaon (a valet) 'Tho sermon in your pounding telephone, sir." "Oh. I forgot Put a blanket uver IL" Philadelphia tUeortl .