Marshall County Independent, Volume 1, Number 19, Plymouth, Marshall County, 22 February 1895 — Page 3

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THE BOXD BUGBEAB.

CLEVELAND ASSAILED BY BOTH FRIEND AND FOE. So Assurnncetliat Frequent Depleting Knids Will Not I5c Mad- Upon the Treasury Indications that Wall Street Wants a Frei: l in in Upon Gold. The President and the Currency. The false ami perilous currency system of th' railed States is jxi viu.tr the country no end of trouble. Neither Democrats nor IJepublicans seen) to know liow lo control it. and llio sharks of Wall Street are lying back in ecstasy at the diilletilties of the administration in the attempt ridiculous, if not so pit ial.de to maintain the gold standard, and preserve the reserve fund from the raid. of the professional panic breeders. Says a Washington correspondent: The Fresident receives the severest criticism for making a bond contract j with a private syndicate at so high a i rate of Interest, and resolutions of een- j Mire are talked about at both ends of ; the eapitol. His friends explain and j defend the President's action en the ground that the bankers who are to get j n4 per eent. interest on their bonds ! have agreed a..; a part cf the coiisidcra- . thm to maintain the gold reserve in the , treasury, but how they are going to do J it is not fully understood. The defend- j ers of the administration lind uiilieuby i in t'eni' nstratin. the melluxis Hint are to be eiiipi .yed t kep the bonds abroad and the -old iu the treasury. that is, how the purchasers or l!:e bonds .ire to be prohibited from selling I them again in this country as soon as ; they see a profit upon the purchase I price, ami h;w the gold reserve is to j Im maintained when any man with a treasury note may walk up to the eash- j ier's oilice and demand coin for his j paper. It is said that the bonds themselves -will not be disposed of to the general public, but will be held in trust in the United Slates, ami certificates representing ihem given to foreign investors. These certificates can be exchanged for the bonds after a term of years at sonn. agency that may be fixed hereafter. And it is also asserted that the gold reserve Avill bo proteeted by the iiianipidation of the rate of exchange. That is. when the rate of foreign exchange is against the United States the foreigners who take these bonds are to depress it so as t turn the stream of gold this way. This cur.inik-atiNl arrangement may be perfectly elear to the President and to the bankers who j have enterd into the eontraet, but the I nverage Congressman and the public have not been able to get it through their heads, nor is there any guaranty given so far as they can discover that it will be carried out as agreed upon. The severest criticism is based upon, the action of the President in making this eontraet without permitting any other bankers to bid for the bonds, when the last loan was placed nearly 1 lx-r eent. lower and was taken without delay. A member of Congress remarked that the criticism would be very much more severe than it is. and a resolution of investigation would undoubtedly be offered if the confidence in the President's integrity was not so complete. Help Yourselves! If the workingmen would put in the fame energy and determination in elect ins the right kind of Legislature in the beginning that they show in working for their chosen bills before a hostile body, they would be conscious of much more satisfactory results. The thing to do is to elect in the first place the men who are already committed to the workingmen's desires, instead of electing those who are either hostile or lukewarm and have to be cajoled, convinced or threatened after they are in. This is equivalent to saying that when workingmen have their own representatives in our legislative bodies .their desires will be attended to, but not until then. How can workingmen expect anything from a Congress which has not a single representative of labor in its whole -HI members? How can they expect much from the Indiana legislature which does not contain a single member elected on a workingman's platform ? Put your own" men on guard and you will not have so much trouble getting the laws you want. Continue to elect your enemies to otiice and your requests Avill be laughed at or pigeonholed. When John Burns goes to the Uritish Parliament labor has n mouthpiece who demands and gets a hearing. Send some John Burnses to our legislative bodies and you will see similar results. If you would have others to help you, you must help yourselves. Nonconformist. Most IiifniiioiiK Scheme. There is a greatly exaggerated opinion extant as to the actual wealth of the rcat hanking corporations. Like almost every other business these concerns have a nominal capital stock based on their ability to pay dividends. "When they receive larjje deposits of money without interest and loan it out at usurious rates tlu,y frequently make princely fortunes, but usually the actual profits are spent in riotous living However prent tjie income may be it is used up, but the capital stock is increased to such extent that the dividends are a reasonable per eent. on the assumed capital. Tims, it will be readily observed that what is called actual capital is only a figurative representative of ability lo pay dividends. The country Is right now having a vivid obect lesson of the merely fictitious character of what is called capital. Kvery day wo are reminded of the fact thaf. the banks are using greenbacks to draw cold from the Unites States treasury and It is evident that the gold Is being drawn out at the rata of several millions per day. This fact

is dwelt upon at rength by the President in his message. The true situation is never once mentioned. An impression is left that the banks having plenty of money sort it over and carry the greenbacks to the treasury and demand gold. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The United States treasury furnishes these bankers with the greenbacks to carry on this nefarious schein.. The treasury notes are deposited with the bankers without interest. When taken to the- treasury to exchange for gold they only remain long enough to be counted and are returned to the banks at Government expense. Cleveland knows, and so does every other man connected with the a'l.ihs of the treasury know, that if the United States would call for the money in the national bank depositories there would not be a dollar to buy gold with in the hands of the New York bankers. If we had a Secretary of the Treasury that desired the public welfare he could stop the drain of gold from the treasury in fifteen minutes by refusing to furnish the banks the money with which to draw it out. If the Government would to-day call in the deposits it has in the hands of these theioving buccaneers they would either have to ch.se up shop and quit business or pay over the gold which they drew out yesterday. If the people had their eyes open to the iniquitous proceeding they would rise en masse ami wipe the whole outfit off the face of the earth. -Chicago Express.

.Nesiriiiji tlie Serf Level. With each sitcccding attempt by Mr. Cleveland. asi.sted each time by IIopublican votes, to strengthen public credit and restore the much lamented c; ni'denco. prices of everything produced by labor drops a notch lower. The silver purchase act repealed, business went to hades at a rapid ;;ait. lb nds were issued to stop the hemorrhage, but only increased the How. Ponds issued once mere, and down go prices again. This week, following the declared purpose to wipe out every vestige of legal tender currency, staple products tumbled as never before. Wheat never sold on theicurb stones ed the Chicago market below ,"() cents until the day that Cleveland's message was issued to the couniry. Here is tlie market report for Tuesday as summarized by a daily paper, that discounts the wildest Populist calamity howl: It was a day of demoralization on the Hoard of Trade. The bulls raised the white ihii; early in the fi-ht but no mui:--ter was given, and on the stampede wheat made another new record. May getting to ÖU cents and cash to 41 cents. A year VA to-day wheat was G 1 cents and tvyears ago SvvJi cents. Corn and oats suffered corresponding!;, the former selling off 1! cents from yesterday or down to 4'J1- cents for May. while May oats fell to -T cents a drop of !U cents frrm the close of last night. . The sensational break of the day, however, was in provisions, May pork showing a decline at one time of J?l per barrel from tin high point yesterday, and idl products followed. Confidence among holders of all property seemed entirely lost. The principal factor of weakness was the advices from Washington, which sail that there wis little or no hope f financial legislation by this Congress and that the President's oppeal would be unheeded. The continued drain on the gold reserve, the growing nervousness in linancial circles, the rush of American securities back from Ktirone and tiie gloomy aspect for the future all combine to demoralize holders. On the rush to sell out the stuff which was bought yesterday on the hopes raised by the Presidential message there was nobody to take it and concessions had to be made to find a place for it. On the drop it met stop-loss orders and margins disappeared, bringing on more offerings on the demoralized market. This was true not only in wheat but in corn, oats and provisions. There was some reaction after the liquidation had spent its force but no healthy recovery. Advices from Europe showed demoralization there as well as here, and all American markets had a big tumble in prices. Chicago Searchlight. The Second Hill Dead. ' The administration's currency bins are proving to he exceedingly good, judged by the saying that the good die young. The first was debated a day or two and then withdrawn for repairs; the second early in its career ran up against a motion to order tlie previous question on the adoption of an ordinary rule prescribing the conduct of the expected debate upon it, and failed to surmount it. The supporters of the bill wen unable to order the previous question, the demand therefor being refused, first by a rising vote of trj to 11 and then on a yea and nay vote by 1J 1 to l'H.. The advocates of the bill Were dumfounded when they discovered that they had been beaten in the preliminary skirmish, and the order was withdrawn. This was the lirst reverse the committee on rules had suffered In four years. An analysis of the vote shows that all of the IUI votes in favor of the motion were cast by Democrats, while MJ Republicans, lU Democrats, and 8 Populists voted against it. Of the III) Democratic votes against the motion it was pointed out that HI were cast by Democrats defeated for re-election. Following this ignominious defeat there lias been a lot of talking and consulting by members of both houses and of the two leading parties, trying to agree on some bill or oilier for reforming the currency, but without any definite result. All these things serve to direct atten-' tion to the fact that the People's is the only party in the country iossessed of a delinite financial policy. Purty Organization. 1 he following resolution was unanimously adopted by the national coninilttce at their meeting in St. Louis and tlie suggestion in regard to organization should be published by every reform paper: Resolved, That, while we do not at-

tempt to dictate to any State as to the plan of organization it shall adopt, we renew the recommendation of the nations.! committee in favor of the organization of the Industrial Legion in every precinct in the land: and. further, recommend that no dues shall be exacted, only from legions that operate the rebate plan, aud that in all cases where members are able they be urg d t send lo cents per annum t headnmirtt rs: that nil ehibs or other orders that wish to change into legions shall send J cents f.,r supplies, and that original legions shall send ."! cents, but that no legion f.hall be denied a charter when it is unable to pay for it. and that these .i ganh'.at ions shall be culled People's Parly Clubs. Fee; h 's Party Legions, it Industrial Legions, in order to suit the oiiilitions i?i each State, and that UuU: 10 of Instructions of the Industrial Legion be dropped, and that all People's Party Clubs or Legions shall report to the same hcndqunrt rs. in order to avoid confusion and to perfect a systematic or ganizatioii.

Kansfin Philosophy. When yon workingmen vote the ol.l party tickets you vote burdens on your own backs and chains on you own limbs. Labor creates all wealth. The 'iu;--iien that is coming to the front is whether it shall own its creations oi bestow them upon the idle. Plutocracy is building arsenals and equipping militia for the conllict wdh labor it foresees. When the issue is joined you will be found with the people or with the oppressors? I low nie you voting now? Cov. Morrill wants the laws changed so as to make it asier to collect debts. There speaks the money lender for you. Ioubtles he would like to set- the whipping post an 1 imprisonment for debt revived. Do you work long hours and get sm.ill pay? If you would make liu- hours fewer and the reward greater, you must try to find why it is that thoe wir work less have mure than yon do. If enough of you get to studying this problem it will be solved to your advantage. To say that the Government can't manage our currency and that we must turn that business over to the banker-, is like saying that a part of the peoph! are wiser than the whole. Every objection to more socialism is of the same sort. And yet you don't often meet aii'oiii! who has the hardihood to claim that the postutlico business or the common schools would be better manage 1 as private enterprises. .Judges are canopied in no dignity aside from their own decisions. They are but inen. If they do justice th -ir aels honor them; if they do injustice their acts degrade them. As a bulwark against changes in the laws that the people vote to make, the judiciary is an anachronism in a free government. And the courts an always and everywhere the last refuge of scoundrels. Times without number they are used to defiat lather than promote justice among men. What would the banking busin s amount to without the power of Hie (Jovernment behind it, exerted to give the banka special privileges and t'.ivorsV There wouldn't be anything iu it for anybody. Paternalism for the few is what the money-kings want. Their privileges are like a privateer's commission. What the public shall do for them tlie law prescribes; what they shall do for the public is left to their own sweet will. The general government which charters them and give them special favns makes no attempt to regulate their interest charges. Star and Kansan. Sherman Ac Co. Now that TIonest" John Sherman has taken hold of the thorny problem and introduced a financial bill of his own, and kindly consented to save the country, it will probably be in order to breathe freely. Sherman has proved such a success heretofore as the linancial guardian of the people, and so many blessings have llowu from his marvelous performances in the world of finance, it is not too much to predict that his new bill will either cure or kill us outright. Of course no scheme could be expected from the "lean, spare Cassias" of Ohio that did not provide for a bond issue, as the objective point of his whole existem-e seems to be to get more bonds and bigger ones. Iiis idea of supreme bliss seems to be a country plastered over two feet thick with interest bearing mortgages with himself and friends as the manipulators of the coupons attached thereto. A fruitful crop has been ivaped by Sherman & Co. as the result of this policy, and it would be uuivas jnable to expect him this late in life to relinquish his hold on so good a thing. Should your Uncle .lohn ever get to heaven the lirst proposition he would make to St. Peter would be to lay a bonded mortgage on the pearly streets and adjacent angels and give him the sole right of foreclosure. proved n Failure. Tlie effort to impeach Judge Hicks proved a failure. It will be observed that party lines were drawn as soon as the matter was brought up in Congress, and this will always be the case. No judge need have the slightest fear of losing his place by impeachment. That ponderous proceeding has been tried against four or live judges in our history but in each and every case, failed utterly. A majority of the House is necessary to prefer the charges, and two-thirds of the Senate is necessary to convict. It i a waste of time to try to punish derelict judges by this cumbersome process. As well lire off a cannon at a gnat. Impeachment failing. the Federal Judges are practically beyond the reach of punishment, as n other method is provided by our lawsPerhaps that Is the reason they sIioti" uttcli contempt for the laws iu many of their decisions and set up a new form of government called -'government by Injunction." Laborers must study the money question.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

OCCURRENCES DURING PAST vVEEK. THE An Interesting Summary of the More Im portant Doings of Our Neighbors Wm1iinsr and Deaths Crimes. Cuailics auj General Ncwc Nolca of the State. lIo3sIor liipponhiss LYwooi planing null plant is m a.-iic. Loss, $5.01 i. John Si !:ixr.!:rN;:K wa.i found der.d in Iiis ImmI at Port Wayne. S.u. km is talking of an electric railway between Salem and Sejniour. Mi;s. Li.kxoi: Maxwc.i.i.. 7"', early settler of Morgan Couniy. is dead. Of the r5 inmates in th St. Joseph County Asylum, t ight are women. Ct.ay CorvTv syld w.(KO worth of jail bonds, lately at a premium of ;'ds. Tucni: are two cases of glanders in Xcediiam Township. Johu.-'on County. Tin: (Jood Citizenship League of Anderson is making war on the s'.o: machine.-, r4 Min. T. I. EwiN;. a wealthy lady of Seymour, slipped and fell on tlie porch at her home, ami broke her lc;t ;.na at the should, r. A Tiioi:of,;u invest i-J at :ei i--. being made oftheKoustmm.ier.-.i Liwoad.-'.mi it is very probable that at least two u:,.iv arrests will shortly be made. Tu::i:i: robbers cnt-Y.d J. P.. Envni's drugstore at Logan -ort. while the proprietor was alene. and robb-'d him ei':;.!!. Tlie men were captured :;t Camden. Cii.!ii.::s !';:a!ü:;:. who sliot his rival. Frank Kichtirds, froia aiabu.vl; in Harri.üu County, sjnie time since, was sentenced to two e;;is in he pen. at New Albany. Tit;: collector i mhTiie.! revenue. Jump, of Terre Haute, has appointed Pent itaier. of Sullivan County, and W. ! Ihyantoi Prankf'irt, deputies of the income tax. Cuai:i.i:s Ciinnou. son of M. A . Connor, living cast of Crawfc-rdsvil'.e, wasscriou.dy injured by a half do.en horses rushing out of a barn and over his body, lie i- expc ted to die. Tin: Masons of A nut r..n and the Anderson lluildiug and Loan Association have joined in an enterprise to erect one of the largest bn. iness blocks in the gas belt. It will cost 1 UK . Kxti:.siv;: preparations ;'.re being made at South Head for the entertainment of tlie Indiana teachers, v. ho will hold a three days session there the lirst week in April. One thousand teachers !-e expected. nPuAUi.r.s. tlie tt-yc:tr-o!d soiM;fJem 2ipp oiTev AlbanyT ve"sleft alone at home and was burned to death. The child's clothes i aught tire from a gr;:te and lie was horribly burned Ifefyre neighbors could render assistance. ltiu.::ui:.i:r Smith of l'lwooJ, was out gunning, and by soni" unknown means his gun was discharged and the :u passed through, his tight wrist. The wrist was so badly .shattered and mangled that amputation was neussary. Kt.wooD has so far this winter had no need of a charity mission of local citizens to care for the poor, as there are very f .-w cases of destitution reported, and these are being car. 'd for by the different churches and fraternal societies. Tun annual report of County Superintendent Shaw shows an enrollment in the public schools of Shelby County of S.S'IS children and an attendance ot j.llS. Jn Shelbyi!ie the enrollment is only l,4''d and the attendance XU. Locis 1'ooki:. a wealthy farmer residing in Xnble Township, Shelby County, while fid ting wood severed his right fool at the ruble with the ax. Tlie man fell unconscious to the ground, and when ioand a half hour latei was almost frozen. YVt:nsTi:n Dot ;m:urv, one of thebrstknown and brightest Port Wayne newsboys, was hilled recently, lie attempted to run across Lafaette street bei ween detached parts of a train and was caught between thecals. A ri:w weeks ago Albert Prazier of Mmicie, was married and in the delirium of his joy he treated ah his friends to cigars. Two of the recipients happened to be minors and the grand jury indicted him. He was released upon a petit ion signed by the citizens. Thk elevator in the She'.byville furniture factory of Stewart A: Plakely fell two stories with bookkeeper I. A. Harding and an employe named Wood. Loth were badly injured by being buried under smae, table leavca which toppled over at the same time. Tut: little town of Jonesboro. Grant County, some time ago. struck mineral water similar to that at .Martinsville and now has a new phenomenon in the shape of a, hot water well. The water is too hot to drink and on striking the cold air sends up a great volume of steam. At Jeffersonville, Judge Gibson granted a divorce to Mrs. Anna Pineberg from her husband Abraham. The proceedings occupied just seven minutes. The court officials claim that is the shortest time on record in which the proceedings of a divorce suit were consummated and the divorce granted. Joux IIim.rY, of Purlingten, la., a brother of Superintend 'nit, l.'ipley, of li.o Cosmo Uuttermilk soap factory, of Valparaiso, was seriously injured by the falling of the factory elevator. lie was on the third floor and took the freight elevator to descend, when the mooring gave way, letting liipley and tlie platform drop to the fast Hour, a distance of fifty-five feet Tin: will of Gen. M. I. Manson has been admitted to probate. He absolutely gives to his wife all his property, personal and real, with power to do as she desires with it. In case she lies without disposing of all the property it is to be divided equally between his children, taking into consideration what sums he has advanced to them. Mrs. Manson is named as the executrix. Fki:ii:i:sck NttuM.i'.a prominent farmer living three miles south of Delphi, was hunting rabbits with his l"-year-old boy. IJoth were armed with shotguns, and both discovered a rabbit at foe suae moment. As the boy, iu his excitement, brought his gun to his shoulder his linger accidentally touched the trigger too soon, and tlie contents of Ins gun were discharged into the body of his father, causing instant death. TuE firm name of Wadsworth Kessler, publishers of the Laporte Argus, will undergo a change in the near future, the latter having sold his interest in the paper tu 1. L. Vradsweitli, son of the senior member of the firm. The transfer, however, will not occur until April 1. On k of the largest deliveries of timber in a single day in this State occurred in Deeatut the other day. Sixtv-live teams delivered to the mills of 1 W. Smith & Co. ovej SI, 000 feet of oak and hickory timber, log measure. They came in one continues train, each driver bearing oloft the American Hag, and were headed by thfi city band.

INDIANA LEGISLATURE. Tin: anti-pass-bill was before the House, Friday. The committee on I.ights ami Privileges reported in favor of the passage of the bill, but liepresentative Moore moved its recommitment to the Committee on Lailroads. After a heated debate it was so recommitted, by a vote of to JS. The House passed the following bills: Providing that railroad companies and street car companies shall not run their lines through cemeteries. Legalizing tho incorporation of Grand View. SjH'ncer County, ami Alton. Ciawford Comity. Tho bill creating a Hoard of Park Commissioners for the city cf Indianapolis was passed un h r suspension of rules. The military reorganization bill appropriating ?.".km, was parsed, and Dinwid.lie's prize-fight bill was ordered engrossed. The Senate killed a couple of insurance bills hearing on what arc known as valued policies. The Senate heard and adopted Committee reports and then adjourned, until Monday morning. Among the bills recommend, d b r pas.-a.ue were the following: N m.ici- Harnes bill to establish permanent meridian line.-,. Tin' to reiuibur. e tertain p r-ons for d.'.. a :ed stock, killed by order oi" the State Sh.ard of Health. Senator Crumpr.eker's bill providing for a system of public parks in the city of Indiana polls. The bill of Senator Kern, providing for the aboiitmn :i tlie general term oi Superior Court. In the House Monday the regular order of bii -iness was bills on second reading. There was some discussion over House bill No. 'Ms. for an act regulating li; dog 1 1. The bill was passed to lliinl reading. Among the other bills passed to third reading were the following: Touching the duties of townshiptrustees: reorganizing the board of trustees of Purdue t'nivt rsity: relating io the running at large of all kirn's of animals: concerning the dimensions of grav'-i roads on which tolls are collected, j rovidmg that such roads shall be twelve feet w ide and si all have gravel twelve inches deep: p authorize common councils to license vehicles: to regulate teaming and hauling over turnpikes: relating to the employment of teachers by township trustees. The Miller-bow ers contest from the joint representative district of Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland counties was decided in favor of Miller. The following bills were introduced in the Semite: To prohibit the sale of pernicious literature: a fee and salary bill: to provide for a waterway from Luke Michigan to the Wabash Uivcr. and to drain the Kankakee swamp lands: to protect persons w ho hae been injured and have recovered a judgment therefor; to amend ihe laws concerning civil case:;. The Senate passed the following bills Tuesday: Providing that fencing and drain tile shall be a lien on property: authorizing trustees of religious and charitable institutions to receive donations: providing that auditors of counties from which cases are sent on change of venue may make inquiry into bill of expenses charged: providing for the apointment of a food and dairy commissioner: declaring a road that has been used live years a public highway: requiring railroads to build their trecks to a grade with the sireets: placing the. keys of the jury box in the hands of the jury commissioner of opposite politics to the clerk; providing that the salaries of county commissioners in counties of 0;),noj or over, shall be $1 'JOU a year: appropriation ?10.uoj annually to enable the State Hoard of Agriculture to pay premiums. The House adjourned at .'hÖO o'clock to give the Wepublican Kepresentativosaiiopportunity to attend the Lincoln League, meeting. The bill prohibiting football and baseball on Sunday was engrossed. The bill requiring farmers to t:ik- oat lieer.se before selling produce in cities and tow us w as referred to the Committee on I'l'idits and privileges, and thereby killed. j'ho bill prepared by the )Vays and Means Committee providing for the exemption of mortgage indebtedness from taxation to the amount of ?riX was amended to read $l.no;i. and was ordere! to engrossment. The bill exempting :j."o.i indebtedness on personal property was also cngrhsvd. The House was engaged all day Wednesday on committee reports. The anti-rail-rcal pass bill of lh preseiitative Uobinsoii was before th" 1 1 (.use f:.r an hour, and an ell'ort was made to refer the bill to theCommittee on Pailroads, which would have meant its burial. The motion to refer w as defeated by a dose vote, and the bill was ordere 1 to a second reading. The senate was engaged all day with bills on third reading. The most important bill passed was the hill creating a liremen's pension fund. The following hp.is were passed: Providing for an attorney's fee of not less than $.". to be paid by tlie defendant, where any citizen, mechanic, laborer, servant or other employe has to sue for wages: Inquiring township trustee to ke'cp record of all persons to whom aid is granted from public funds: providing that prosecuting attorneys may administer oaths in certain cases: providing that upon the petition of fifty-three holders the question of the construction of grand or macadamized roads shall be left to a vote of the locality interested: authorizing county commissioners to purchase and hold tor fair m r poses fair grounds that have become encumbered with debt; providing for the issue of bonds for the purchase of lands r.nd the erection thereon of sehoobhouse's. The Nicholson temperancehill was favorably reported from the House Temperance Committee, Thursday. K epreseut.it ie Nicholson wanted the constitutional rules suspended and the bill placed upon its passagt. This caused a w rangle, and an attempt by Hepresentative Ho'.loway to stave otf discussion until next Thursday. Kepresentiit i ' llobinson's amendment to j wist pone until Tuesday finally prevailed. Ib-presentat ive Moore's bill giving councils the power so say where saloons shall be located and likewise the power to prohibit winerooms wasalso favorably adoptctl and the re j ort adopted. Tlie Railroad Committee made a f.uorable report on Representative McCaskey's bill reducing the rate of railroad fare tt two cents a mile. In the Senate there was a discussion ovci Senator Shively's hill, which permits a wife to become surety for her husband. and to make contracts, i.e. There were two reports. The majority report was adopted and the bill killed. Senator MeOonald's Iroquois (inn Club bill, to amend the present law t o that men can hunt on the marshes iu the north part of the State, which is prohibited now, was reported favorably. There were two reports from theCommittce on Education on Senator Ncwbv's bill requiring instruct io is in public schools concerning the effects of stimulants and narcotics. The minority rejHirt. favoring tUe passage of tlie bill, wasjadopted.

CURRENT COMMENT. The I I he Disaster. Tlie hiss of the Kibe is one of thoso things that unfortunate!;.- will happen events unpreventabh" by he.men ingenuity iu its present stage d -'ewl.-pnient. Chicago Post. Such a tragedy I ring-; !.:::- th t:u - rtainty of hi'-, to the i.i ! !e-.:h s. May we all -oiup:ch ::. n b t?er. :::id ii; e ne. re in ."ceordaiiee with ..vr knowledge. C'ourh r-.bn:riial. (bit of a!i that company tlcs. if teer se:illlell '.i.o s:lVd t ).-Ill'-l Vrs IlUtü 1 ge 1 to rescue oj 'y ..;-e jm-,;. All the -liier Women and d-ili : -;i vev it e. p. r:.Ii. N.-u- York W.srSd. Tlie collision at s. e has m to be r eog::h:e.l .-: 1 1 ; - - ne a i'.-i.t egrti'.st which iieitiu r si ::n:.-! ns';i; v. e i .-r-t ight -oin-partnieiits n.-r M:y ot!:.r marin' equipment can a 'ford entire protction. Chicago lie.- .j-tl. The statements ,f the r sen cd pasenfgors ; tin Libe Lave !:o r- ;,i fr Ior.bc tiiat the ;;;, -,rs of the Vesse'-at least the surviving ones a.-;. 1 in a cowardly, brutal a:;d sePNh. m: tea. r. St. Imia ( l'..be-I eni"c;:t. It is not strange .reit Ihuperor Will him should be indig: ;nt ere chagrrr.ed that a ('ri:nn civw sL e:! l have saved only sm woman in a shipwrc-I: v hen Ciey managed io s iv. so n:a;:y ,f !;'::.! ws. A ciMirt mm-: 'ee.I uM"h. 'y with tlie Kibe ,-r..v. - i !,;, ;,-., I!, .v:.!. i. Yoyng.-s by see. have b- t n r"nderel reine rh.ibl.- r-a i'e .. l.hhi ! -i i:i . . S.-,.re upon scor.-s of si ( a m!:! ps cross the At lantie weekly, yet tlu-re i-; . !. l.:u an aecitl!'t of .T life. 'he '.s of life is made impressive ehi"i!y because it was . oneentrab d. V':Ah dc-phia Le lg. r. I .-low Zcr.i. Not a cas- of sunstroke was reported yesterday. ToVdo I'.hide. The i;ie:::i temperature just le.-.v is exceedingly mean. I e.rihigtoii Ha wk.-ye. For lliis weather we h;:v noihing but Words f celisnie. New Y- :k Advertiser. The c.ial man is having a long inning, and is running i.p a big vor". Milwaukee Wisconsin. The man who thought the backbone of w inter w as broken w as a litt!" off. It was only the wishbone. Madison Journal. The man who is not alivi'dy frozen will plense stand tip and be told that another blizzard is coming'. Cleveland Fla in dealer. In oer mild and genial wint'-r climate the temperature !' the l.'st f W" Week: has been seiaew! :.t trying.- Minneapolis Journal. The "oldest inhabitant" is somewhat undeeide l abo-it th" tin-.e when he experienced a eeid wave as severe as the present no. 1 buffalo News. The i men are 'ongratulating themselves that they got in ihcir crop before the i-o froze to the bottom of th river. Keokuk ';tte City. Kxpb.rers faded to get narer the North F!e last year, and all but one are back home, realizing that everything comes to him who waits. St. Louis Clobe.

The Passin if McAllister. Mr. McAllister was a symposiar.-h of the most accomplished kind. Minneapolis .lo'.irnal. lie made and ein! llished the paths of the "Jim." His word was authority from the simplest im-stion f table manners to the most complex problem of court etiquette. Detroit Free Fress. No man -.tibi bo th ause or coasion of so much ation and comment, f si much chroiiicle and arieature. of so much talk and artooidng without having a good h ai in him. Frooklj n I'agh'. 'Uy that he should have been -enTent to rule in so paltry an empire and to wear so tinseled a rown. There was that in Ward McAllister which, if wisely used. would have led to honor. Chicago Inter Ocean. Fall cf V. ci-IIai-Wci. The 'iit'es of history now reo;iro th-it the Chinese navy be spoken of in the past tense. Detroit Free Fress. Wei-1 L-.i-Wi has again fallen, this time, it is to be presumed, finally and permanently. Call iniore 1 1 era 1.1. On the principle that he who fights and runs away will live to light another d.y, the Chinese soldi, rs night to be immortal. New York Fress. The surrenhr of Yei-! Iai-Wei has been ellieially c-nliriced. lie ö re it is :e-stor-l to a p-:iee footing it should he empelled to change its name.- Omaha Fee. If V-i-IIai-Wc" has l.-.'Ien. and t!:. Chinese llct has surrend. .. d. there i.-j m.tliing 1 It fr .'apan t .ioJ.i;i to n-e.p as much of il.- harvest of her victories the great powers wi'l permit her to lake. 1 Josten Transcript. The Fort Arthur Massacre. .Tapan admits that he is guilty. Si..ux City Tribune. We are glad that the mikado's govern-mi-nt appears to realize the shame its sob diers have put upon ii and to desire to make promptly all p- -".hie amends. -Fhil-aih-lphia Call. The .lapamse Cncrnnu nt lias practically admit t'd all the l oriible dc::ils. it will lake years for .Japan t w pe oe.t this stain i:p n its vaunted progress and civilization. Fort Worth -tie. Japan confesses that her troops were guilty of savage atrocities at Fo-i Arthur. The harges of ru liy rnd torture :;re admitted and the :d.legi:; v.i fr.uu Mr. (Yeohuan Is ad.i.itted. --I'inghaiuten Kepnblic.iii. 1 1 -v i Oni-t:i I.il. Tin recent cmeuie mar Honolulu v.. a probably the l ist hi k d the irreconcilable ioalists of Hawaii. Fhihidclphia Iecrd. As a woman she has been no credit to her sex, and it Would be better for the world if she were soon forgotten. St. Faul Calk The ex-queen of Hawaii is to be exiled. Sic might .-ome to America and engage as a dime museum inhibit. Wheeling Intelligencer. it is not to le won. lend at that Mrs. Hominis was ivady to give up her shadowy claims to tlie sovereignty in order to save her very malt rial neck. Cleveland Fhiindealer. If the new government is af.'ai.l that she will make mischief in the future, tha oest thing it can d is to banish her from the islands and allow er a small pension. Aliiuieaiiolis Tribune.

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