Semi-weekly Express, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 28 July 1896 — Page 2

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MINEBS ARE AT WOBK

CT.AIMflUK COSIES TO DESTITUTE HEWERS AT CLINTON.

Best of FMling Exists Between Operators

and Men—Situation at Other Mines —The Scale.

Special to The Sxoress.

Cltelitkwi, Ind.,~7(iily 27.—Mine No. 3, a plant of the Indiana Bituminous Minting Co., •wlhtdh lias been idle the past *!hree molltb#"T?5uHned woaik today and ISO men Kfho have been in destitute ctrtrntpstances and Buffering for tire tt£aceseairi€« of'life were called to work. The anine lost .its- oon'bracts during the iwtsige squabble la May, and although (t'h© miners, with. few exceptions. have been ready to resume work at 55 cents per ton* the operators have been, urna!bl® .to replace the contracts forfeited amd the Idleness hag been forced. The mews *t!haJt ciew con'iraidtis had been £«euired was bailed «witlh expressions oif "deW^fht, fcotai by the business men and tfae mimerst wtho have learned a practical lesson- firom theLr idleness.

NotwUtbatandinig the complicated si'tuatlion of mining matters in other parts oif the Bta/te there is a fair measure oif pzogpeotfty in 'the Clin1ton fields. Tlhe •men are getting almost steady employment, are making good wages, toonfcldentag' the demoralized state of all otlher torainfohes of labor and business. The pay rolls of the several mining compare® aggregate about $30,000 per onooith, a large portion of which amount .Itods ifts way inlo the "fills of Ckrfton nrerfcteant®. This state of affaire makes

Clinton prosperous, her miners and th«ir families "happy, wtoile otter mantin® toiwuis aT« seen almost lifeless, w.th Ibusiness at a standstill and. the miners living almost upon the Charity of the people.

Peculiar Situation.

•Both the miners and operators here are working independently of the state tfederaibion of United Mine Workers. 'At the convention held at Terre Haute In May the Clinton mien were practically

read

ouit otf the organization. The

situation' regarding the wage eoa'le is a peculiar one, and should 'the state onganization: succeed in its demand for a, 60 cent rate it would mean that the Clta'ton. mines would be idle, until such itiime as the eastern Illinois men oou.d be induced to strike for an advance. There has been a perpetual effort Whe pasit two years to induce the Graipe Creek( 111.) miners to demand the advance, but it has not .been success Cul, and while the stirBce is on in this state the Grape Greek miners are reapinig a harvest. Should the Indiana operators concede 'to the miners' demand oif 60 cents per ton, the situation would so far a-s the state is concerned be tot otitis -better, as the differential in the wage scale between Indiana and Illinois would render it impossible for Indiana to compete in the Chicago markets. Besides the difference In the pr.ee of mining tJhe interstate commerce bill gives Illinois an advantage of 3 cents per ton, which when added to the deference In the regular

fflsht ratJ[

practically shuts the Hoosier state out at the market. The "operators claim tihaJt .notwiths'tlainding_India«a coal ,s flar superior, they oa,nno.t overcome the difference between Illinois *nd

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to cost of production. To accede to the present demand^ Cff"t.ae miners lot better th^uaUon,or a-wee dt any 'more work. They tiiev coaild sell some«e ai but nothing SiyaTLl»nt .ufBci«* to warrant th«m mia'tns C«r mines ev» on halt time.-

Keeps Money in Circulation. The 55-cent ^le

M«SJ^a

place is based on

the

pnee in force at

Grape, Creek, Ml., which the only ditreat ooewpetition to the

Cli:n't0I? fi®he

It is an agreement entered into by ^he miners and operators J^dch has brouighlt albou't haippy results to ^'P^tiWconcerned and kept-thousands of dolSars moving albout Clinton, athenwtee idleness and almost starvation wouHd have prevailed.

The mttners throughout other portions of the slt'ate are highly incensed at the Clinton men for working at les* than the price demanded by the state organisation, but the men here feeft that the peculiar sdtualtion of Clantons coalition in the coal markets and the needls o« thei'r families fuMy justifies their aicMton in breaking away from the federation and aicoepting waiges wihi'oh, at least, assures them a cosmfortiaible lining. There are a few men here apposed to the acitHon o«f the Chnton m'iners in accepting the terms of the opeHajtora and aJflter ATOrk was begun on the 55-teenit s'dale these men did all in their power to induce the miners t'o quit work. Failing to convince them that filtrik'taig was betiter than working ait even living wtnges, and that loyalty to the sttaite organization was paramount to a man's loyalty ,to his wiilfe and children ,,-they adopted aibusive ttendti'CB. The men who had gone to work were called "rats," "scabs," •IbQacklesgis" and tranters, and one or t/wio of tham were assaulted. The men, however, were dcltertmine-d to work and gave 'buifc littae attention to their tormentors. The men who tried to make trouble saiw aifter a tiime that they were decidedly in the minority and that their ctaee was hopeless they gave up the flgiht and applied for work themselves.

But Operators Incline to Kmploy Them. They had gone too far in their afcalttemipt to make trouble and when •they made aippiacalbion for work they were told they were not wanted. The ypeHatons had been watching their mwements and say they will ahu.t down their mines now before they will give these fel(!on\-B even a day's work. There are about forty of these 'ibSaickWsted" miners and as they are unalble to And: work any place at any price, they are in almost destitute elrcumetanxjets. A few years ago some of thess m«n were the most prosperous miners In the dam© and some of them are proiperty owners. They are in the bu:ldlng and loan assodiaitions and have their homes almost pai,d for, but now as they are ouit otf employment they oan not meet the monthly payments and unlet® they stidoeed in finding employment outside the misnes they will Hkely iotse the^r homes. Most atl of these men are either Democrats or Populists, advoictaJtes of free silver, and B/tftrtlbute their condition to the money system rather than -their zeal to have they wages they demand or stop the running indusftry df one state. The" most friendly feeling exists between" the men who are at work and the operators. .The operators say they vfiU advance the pnSce of mining just as B(kn as there is an advance in th? priloe at Grape Creek. The operators here say they will a:d their men in any effort to induce tihe Gnaipe Creek men to demand an ad-vsncc.

Miners Talking Riot.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Hymera, Ind., July 26.—Jt is reported miners of Jackson HHI, Dugg^t .. •r'»'f-V "v

Monday morning to compel the miners at this place to quit work. Several of the strikers at Jackson Hill have Leen working at the Alum Cave mine, having refused he same price at Jackson Hill, Some of them declare that the Jackson •Hill anine shall not run except wich The men now there, and at nothing less than the 60-cent scale. Many of them have their 96 and $10 bills yet, after a twelve weeks' strike. Several of them have been 'heard to say they have been marking sfrom 54 to $6 a day. One man has said he can make $4 easy at the prica offered hy the company.

THE FREE SILVER CRAZE.

A Bright Commercial TfSvelet Discnsses the Qoestion—How It Works In Mexico. A travelling mlian'^eTr-^ou'te from El Paso, Tex., to Chicago while at dinner at the deipot resltaurant yesterday was asked regiardrEtlf the political jsitualtion in the Sooi'thiwest. He saUd Populism had a strong hold in southern Missouri, !bu!t the old stalte o^ Kansas haid undouibtedly tired of tKe~fads and isnntf of defunct politiclians, and the reproach of repudiation anid anaichy and would re'tu-rn a big majorrty for M'cKinley and proiteotion. He thought Colorado would protoaibly go for .Bryan. He said there was gareatt dissatisfaction in Texas and no one could .at present form an opinion of the outfqome. The opinion generally prevailed that if Bryan accepted the St. Louis nomination without Sewall he would be put down as a demagogue •Wonkin'g onSy for office, and if Watson was taken off it would a lie niate ithe Populists of the Sou't-h. The commercial traveler remarked that he went from El Paso the other day down in •Mexico and while there took dinner at a. hotel. The price of the meal was 5Q cents. Be gave the clerk $i of our money and received dn return one Mex-f ican doltor, yet their money has 5% grains more of silver in a dollar than ours. The traveler had noticed that •merchant and fbuciness). men of all kinds without regard to nationality, race or previous political affiliations were unianjmous for sound money. They regtard It as the "death blow to the West if free silver prevaile. Men holding no'tes anid mortgages would not extend the .time but demanded payment. Bu'si-nesis houses, the traveler said, were, taking up their old paper and had primted in all new or renewed oibliiigations "ipaiyaible in gold." He thought witE the suib&Jdence of the fev?r and excitement and an appeal to the good sense and sober judgment of the people the pendulum, was already beginning to swing the oilier way, and he was satisfied thai with time and- a thorough examination of 'the subject the people oif thiB country will say, by a bljg majority, that the honor and credit of the nation must naMntained.

NOTABLE REVOLT.

Insurgents Again Massing Atonnd—Balnwayo Rebels Jeer at the Whites. (London, July 27.—A dispatch from Capetown reports that intelligence re--ceived from Buluwayo is that the Matabeles are again massing around 'that place. The situation seems no better than it was last April when Buluwayo was practically 'beseiged for weeks.

Various operations, some of them reported as highly successful and in which Cecil (Rhodes was an active figure, have •been conducted against the insurgent natives, but they were apparently ineffectual in stamping out the dissatisfaction with the state of affairs in Rhodesia. Today's reports from Buluwayo are that the pickets around the town have been largely increased owing to the massing of hostile natives in the neighborhood.

The unfavorable news from Rhodesia renews the .suggestion for the dispatch of additional imperial forces to assist against the iMatabele. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain has shown himse.lf loath to agree to this step, it is 'believed on political grounds, owing to the jealous fears certain to be aroused in the Transvaal. Thes.e would not be lessened if the Imperial reinforcements were to be sent at this time, by the fact that Cecil Rhodes is on the ground and with practically a fresh hand.

The press correspondents at Buluwayo in. their dispatches this morning complain that the authorities are-hush-ing up the details of the recent, ifijshts. which are said to be not so favorable to the British forces as the reports al* lowed to be sent indicate. These- correspondents assert that persons arriving at Buluwayo from the front report that the Matabele rebels manifest extreme confidence and display great arrogance, jeering at the whites and calling them cowards.

DASHED INTO THE DEPOT.

Cable Cars ltecame Detached and Ioi.nre Several People. (Kansas Oity, Mia., July 27. Two caible aans broke loose at the top of the Ninth street inleHlne late this evening ahd daished dawn the declivity into t'he Union Depot sheds. The grip car and those on board escajped injury .._.tou.t the traiier was thrown from ,th,e track jusit inside the

clqyalte4rshe|dsra!n,di

erally smashed, to uiefceis.. Several df the oocaipants oif -the. car we.r'e,..badly hurt. Amrangr them are George p., Fear.ry oif Kansas City, and his two sisters. MTC. Gay and Mliss Fearry, bo-t.h of New York Ci ty. Mni. Gay suffered an injury af the spine and is eaid to be in a erGticaJ condition. M. Hogan, a train pi tat on the urlington road, wtas also badly injured.

Western Aasoclatlon Dlnbnnds. Peoria, 111., July 27.—The Peoria Western Association team dis'banded lonight and Manager D-ugdaie says the entire league has dee'd-ed on disbandment. The political exe'tement'has detracted rem base ball and reduced the attendance so that it would not longer pay. The.diJibandment of Quincy started -the disintegration and it was known three wt-eks ago, Dugdale says, the league would not last longer. Des Moines, he says, has gone home to., d©band 3rd Burlington will follow suit. The league wiil be reorganized next year.

General Harrison In Mew Tork. Ntiw York, July 27.—Ex-President Harrison and Mrs. Harrison arrived this city from Old Forge tonight. Genea-1 Harrison caims to attend the session of the general coram ttee of the general assemibly cf the Presbyterian Church, which begins tomorrow. He leclLned to d.scuas politics.

Kxpres* Companies ifued. Special to the Express.

In-tf anupoiis. July 27.—Suirs were filed in the Circuit Court this morn:rug by Attorney General Ketcneon on behalf the state a guinsrl Che American. Adams and WeM'-^at^o Exipress Com'anies to recover unpiid taxes. The Sxipress companies like other larfee corporations have obdti?ted to the payment of taxes as assessed Under the diona Saw and h-ave refused to pay

ti Uu

are coming ,£6re Jji- th^ni. ihad the gang decaanped as $©o» their. v: v-'w^

TERRE HAUTE EXPRESS, TUESDAY MORNING, JULY 28,1896.

FBANE BRUCE BEAD.

THE NOTED THIS* FA88ED A WAT IN THE SODTfiiBS^NlflSTIAHY.

He KfiS'SKai fSr Robbing the Baekeye Cash Store Three Tears Ago.

ri* iltoanfc Brutee, alias Munige, one oi the smoothest and mos't daring all round crooks im th^ entire ooointry, died in the southern peiSWeatiary Sunday of consumption. As wis antioitnced' In -yesterday's" Express his partner id crime "Red" O'Brien, has Just been ciptared and is now in Jail at Savannah, Mo. Frank 'Brace's picture graces the' gallery of evet.y detecti've agency in. the cou-ntry and his lrfe has been an eventful one. He had known nothing but crime since boyhood and growtag utp among thieves, as he did, it was bu't natural he should become an expert.

Frank Bruce's hom« was ait MairshaSl, Mo. With O'Srien and John Henry he came to Terre Hawte in June, 1&93:' The gang roblbed the Buckeye, Cas^ Store and Brnice and Henry were convicted and taken io the prison south. At the time of Bruoe's arrest lie-'was 'worth about $75,000. He had this money ''planted" and no one ever kne!w: .what! disposition he,: made of it. The lawyers who defended him got some of it, but the rest,- it is# believed, has been turned over to the thieving fraternity, as. Brutee knew thatJie.coy.M not live out h'i'S sentence. Wfilie' u-n- 'jafl £n this city Bruce and his iiais made a bold attemipit to escape and but Tor Kid Girard, who

vimrnis

i-r :,f

FiRANK BRUOE.

trpped t'he scheme off to the JaHlers, Ithe attemjpi would have been successful.

How the Escape Was to Be Made. The galag's friends on the outside had arranged everything. They had hired a buggy, which was stationed on the weet s.de of t'he river, and was in Tilting .for the signal co 'drive aiway. That sigraal' wtas heve: gi\«:n, fsfcanks to Girard.' When tsuken to prison, Bruce gave it out he would escape if he ir-td to kill every guard in the placfe. H« made one dash for liberty and can,# very near" getting away. He cl:mbed to the roof of the cell house, but was iseen- by a guard and captured." Since that time he had ibee^ in.failing health and his dea'th had been, expected for several weeks. .J

Bruce's Dashing Wife.

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Bruce's wife, more tha,n any.other person, was responsible for his capture in this city. She was a dashing woman, witha wealth of blonde hair and was on the streets a good deal. She had an absorbing love for beer and it was while enroute ito the saloons for the bottled beverage, that she first attracted the attention of the police. Her dress was faultless. The gowns-she wore were of the richest texture, all made in NewYork) and as she was of graceful figure'' and" Imposing carriage, she attracted attention wherever she went. Bructi kept her well supplied with funds and1 jewelry.- (Diamonds were her favorites?

MRS. FRANK BRUCE.

and she wore them at all times. Shoruy before her arrest with the other members of the gang she was seen at a,hotr-l by an Express reporter and it is believed she had at least $10,000 worth of jewels on at the time. The large stones sparkled in her ears, she wore a cluster at her throat and had at least half a dozen fine rings.

Lottie Bruce was truq to the man she called her husbantf Vhen h,e,:was taken to the penitentiary, s^e was released from jail. It was but three days before she was in Louisville and within a week had been inside the prison walls and by a sign language had communicated with the convict. But the.Louisville detectives were shadowing her* and it was with great difficulty that she did anything. But she was a wonderful woman Like her husband, she line all of the noted crooks and it was not long after her arrival in Louisville that she Entered Into correspondence with noted Cracksmen relative to a scheme by* ^h5ch: her:husband might escape. The plan wds discovered and she was driven' out of Louisville. She next went to in-"-dianapolls, but as her fame had pM-v ceded her. she was at once spotted.

Old Gang Broken Up.

The last heard of the woman she in Chicago. There is scarcely doujk' but Bruce left her well provi-led f-jT". Just previous to Bruce's death an effort was made to Induce him to turn .'up some of his pals, but though he was oif his death bed, with no hope of recovery.' he remained true to his fellows and enlysmiled when urged to give a history of his life and deeds of robbery. Bruce furnished the brains for the entire gang. O'Brien is smart, but the thieves always looked to Bruce tc map out a plan of action whenever there was a job to be done. His only mistake was wnen he neglected to get out of Terre Haute the d*y of the Budkeye^ store robbdrv. The the?t was'not known until noon and

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•work w&» done, it is likely thay would never 'have been captured. The old ctbtr4°ls broken up, as the ringleader Is dead and O'Brien mad Henry aire |n%rison, but throughout the c6u3iry the detectives remember them as thebsiS®othest lot of criminals with whomjhey

ever

had to deal.

POPULISTS AT SEE.

Faiftir TJndeclded on the Question of Aeceptiaar Shively. Special to The JSxoress. ilndianlapoHs, July 27.—More Dehaocrttfflc£ leaders than PoipuBrlats have ga^htered! for th6 Pesradlst state conven!tiob •tomorrow. Governor Matth^is^ B. F. Shively, dandidate for governor S. M. RalLston, candidate for seteretory oi state J. T. Fanning, candidaite for aflfldAtor, and a nuimiber of leading Democrats mefc at the Grand BDoltel this -noton. to, further the des^n conceived by the free sdlver Democna is to catpiture the Populist state convention for Shlwely Jojpsft as ,the at. Louiis convenitfton wias cfiMptured (for Bryan. They hawe beei- etea^ly at work on this pKHposLfib'h"• ever1-"since Saturday and though they, have met with considerable ogptpoisition ifrom Populist leaders they believe1 they will suiaceed. They prefer atfi CTifiolrselment to a nominaltlon and are working hard to that end, ibut If they cannot geit the etidbxsementt Mr, Shivetly is ready to accept the nomin&Mon upon the Populist plabforan. This question was puit squarely to. Jiim 'by the Cbimmerictiad-Triibune correeipondent this afternoon.

Hit i® difficult to answer that ques-

This latter cannot 'be had jug! at present, but this afternoon John H. iBrunt, the Anderson Popuust to whom Governor MatitheiWiS wrote his free silver letter a couple of months ago, was jsent as an emissary from the Demobratic cohifereince with a suiffgestion that' the convention meelt tomorrow, adapt such resolutions as it may see flit and •leave the nomination oif presidential electors and a. state -Ticket in the hands of a committee, authorized to ant for the party. (Mr. th'.s pro-posi-tion before the Populist leaders and expatiated at soime length upon the wisdom of taking such action. The Populists fee saicL_S'ho'uM wait at least "thinly days untll they could see the outcome Of the Wats-on-B^wall matter. 'Hf thought it highly probable that Se.wa'! would withdraw and the national co.mmittees of ithe two parties reach an un'flsrstanding by which the electors in e?feh 6tate Should be divided' and a ifftir division made of the oongressionat hprninaltionis. He declared that he was •afeso satisfied that the Indiana. Demo-' ccaits were willing to not only do this ifcyt to maike a division oif t-hfe leg'isl'attve nomination also, i-n fact to arra-tiig-e ,&] pian of fusion all the way through." He had no credentials, he said, frbrrt ar

Democratic s-tate committee auibttoihifcinig htm to make this proposition/-be^ cause Chainman Holt, oif the committee, was not in the clity, but he mentioned the ifaiett thajt Shively and-many other party leaders were here and intimated to his Potpul-ist friends that they would see that this was carried out. At any rate he left itheni wVth the undersiDainding' that Matthews, -Shively and Ra'Iston, were (behind the proposition.- :.

Jumped nt the PropoaiHoni'*

The half dozen memlRers of "th'e Populist state cammit'lee who were at it he English Hotel, when this proposition was made, jumped at it. taking it for 'granlte'd that the St. Louis committee would be the one 'in whose hands the convention would leave the deal tp be made. Each one saw at'once that If this deal should be left,in the hand's of the state conunrittee"Tie couid get all kinds of promises for h.msel'f and possibly something more substantial. It would be an easy matter" to let the thing's glide along for a month or so and then recommend the" straight endorsement of ithe Democratic ticket. provided, always, of course, that the •memibers .of the oomanittee should be properly taken care of in the deal.

T'he state committee, or rather the half dozen,members,of it present met at 4:30 o'clock to consider this proposition and was for it unanimously. The only question .discussefd was how to induce the convention, to adjourn and leave the question of nominations :n me hands of the state committee instead of naming ainew executive forjhat purpose. When the news of this deal vas spread among the few delegates who had gathered in the hotel lobby considerable indignation was expressed and it is very doubtful whether.the? state committee will "be able to deliver the goods.

HELD UP THE STAGE.

"Bill"

Soolin and His Band Operating In Oklahoma. Wichita, Kan., July 26.—In a lonely several miles west of the village of Lacey In the northern part of Oklahoma territory, the regular mail stage was help up -this afternoon by a band of outlaws, who rifled the express and mail sacks, taking all the registered letters and took all the valuables carried by the two passengers in the coach. It is thought the robbery was the work of, the reorganized gang of "Biil" Doolin, the condemned murderer and outlaw, who escaped from the Jail at Guthrie several weeks ago. A large force of United States marshalla has been In pursuit of the ^outlaws ever since their •scape.

Dfi. HURTY'S LETTER.

HK KEQVE8I8 THK CJO-OPEKATION Of IaOCAIi HEALTH OFiTlCKBS.

ttaai of iiie New State Boatd-Ma«bers to Keceive No Faj for Their Services.

CDr. Jaimas H. Wtais, seforeiary of tihe county board oiC health, is in receipt Wf a letltef from Secretary Hurty of the starte board, regar^ag the new health Lsuw for Indiiana wich will soon go into effect. Secretary Hiurty says: "Tou are douiUtless aware tha't our present he»3th law is very impeiHfoct. It is inadequate and not up tb the time. A neiw one is needed to place Indiana aforeeislt otf cither states, and to enaJble the heaJi'th auithoxtSties to serve the ipeojiQe, as they should be served, according to the laws of modern saniitary stele nice. These fawts have been iforimaltiy retdoigin'Ized in resokiitioraa, unaniimously pa-ased at the last meeting of the board. "This leMer Is to i-nffbrai you o«f our iTJtention to try to "better matters and sto asik your afld. A comnriiititee is now sttiutdicuECy at work drawing up the (points fior a nerw laiw. So soon as t'heJr work is finibh-ed, towo promiinenit lawyers here, who have volunteered their taervlioes wj|l gtave the matter legtal iforttn t'he proposed law will then be iprimted and di-sltittbuted to tlhe physicians and papers of the state. Their effort is sOmiply to do tihat which is rl'gihlt. No setifish ends are to be subserved and every one Will 'be asked .to heip, 't-htalt the cornimOniwealth may be

toon offhand,' 'replied Mr. Shively.. '^11 Tbenafititield. The first sedtion of the new see no reason why I should throw away flaw will pujt the present members of any support and yet I cannot give- up -t'he state board of health out oif office, any of the principles in the Democratic We wltll all further d'^teSare that we will plaJt'fonm. Fturtther than the normal ef-j not be cand'i'diaJtes for the neiw state lect It would have upon the campaign, (board, thus prevenltirag all sneers and I dto not regartd' it as a matlter of large tsilenioi-rag uinJcharilttalble caritcteans. In iimpoiitanCe. I do nojt think they can handfle their people. A very liarge proportion of the Populist vote wilffl" oomU to the Democratic ticket anyhcuw."

(t«h'e interests of good government, *ve shattl' iteo re^oimimend to the appointilngf jjoiwer that no apfplicanit for appointSment on any of the new boardfe

I ajh down here other business, sot—^'lt'OF- be oontroiied by the proposed laiw tendiing a. meeting of our State Uh-l- [elhlill be co'neHdered, as it is certainly versity board and I am' not paying' any true that th'is offilce •slhcuM seek the aAenltion to wth&t the Populists propose |mian.

to 6o. I have he&d no coniferences-Vf

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aliy kind wilth any oi theim or their rep- ICeatures af the new law: resentatilves."

t'opullstR ail at S«a.

The' PopuJlsts themfeelves are^veryP

ci'fS wnf S?Meet

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sw&lilo/w Daiwler, Fan'ning, iah.ll the other goilld Standard Democrat^ ph(Gthe ticket. Some of thedr leaders

A. C. IWbisiwton, their candld'alte for oonigreiss in the Sixth district, flavor endorsing Shffvely, or rather .norriInating him arfd makSng up the. resit oif the tiicket to sulit themsetives.' Other leadens like C. M. Walters, m'emiSer i1031

of the national commitftee, ifavor a

etraight PapuMs-t tidket, while still oithers like Chhdrman Buitts of their state oarmmittee, are a'n'xiious to have a conference with some one authorized to talk for the Democrats, in order that they may fix same kind of a deal. I'/'V

Sive y°u an outline of some of the

meto'b^rs

as for

These o'uHlines are, of course, inexvmiplet:«. They are thus presented n"w imereljy to give yow an tinders tan ding oif' the pllain and to enlist you in the irtautee. Voaur thoug'hlts and su.giges' Lons on.ihe sultyjoct are most earnesiily soMcited. AH students of preventive jti.mIiHne can demonstrate to the 1-a-yimen !'t hat several mti'llions of diollars

wasted annually in rndijiana In disease land deaJtlhs thalt need not have been. These millions can be sajvfwi, and. w'Jth ithem the hearitiacihe® that attend this pneiventtajbtle sickness a.nd death, if we lbu)t hlad a proper health laiw, eniPorced •by good men. We hope that you wiiil ipramtee your aiid, and that you wilil heartily pult forth every eftVrt to .further the cause. We ask you to h'ave this leifter published in your loca-1 paper and request the editor to give the maitter his senioUs atten'tion and kind assistance. Also make it known tha-f all ciltizens are urged to join in this effort (to do some(thin.gs thiait is not only good (for the greatest nuirJber but good for UW,"

Ilace War In Florida.

Jasper, Fl-a., Jli'ly 27.—It is reporied that a race war has occurred

about

fifteen miles east of here, in wh eh six^men were killed, and seven

serious

ly wounded. Those reported killed are Amos Campbell, Henry Jackson. Albert Sullivan, and Edward Johnson, white Tom Mitchell, and James Solomon, colored. The tragedy is said to have taken place at HJggard's turpentine still, where many negroes are employed. It said that colored men gave a party, and while it was in progress a number oif white men intruded, and the shooting resulted. A posse of white men left here last night for the scene oif the tragedy, and if the reports of the affair are found .to be true further trouble is expected.

BRYAN IS RETICENT.

Declined to Be Further Interviewed Concerning the Populist Convention. Lincoln, Neb., July 27.—The stream of visitors to the Bryan home was very large today. 'Mr. Bryan received a number of telegrams containing suggestions in regard to the action of the Populist convention to.all of which he responded in effect that he well act with deliberation and that nothing will be done which can be justly criticised by any of the elements who are sincerely interested in the success of the cause of bimetallism. In his replies to these expressions he earnestly advises all friends of the cause in all parties to refrain from harsh criticism of those who occupy common ground in desiring the immediate restoration of free coinage.

Mr. tBryan expresses the utmost coa-

fidence that) a wise and gratifying solution of the perplexing conditions will be presented and adopted in due and good time and that the solution will he both honorable and'satisfactory to all parties. Further than this Mr. Bryaa declined to talk in relation to the situation. Every entreatin inquiry calculated to fathom his plans or purposes met with the simple response "I gmust decline to be interviewed, concerning the St. CLouis convention or its results."

Mr. Bryan received another rabbit's foot sent by a telegraph operator in Montana, making the sijeth rabbit. foot besides a great many tour.leaf clQyer* and a horse shoe.

ENTERPRISING BOTANISTS.

Effects of the Great (tertnl of the Six* teenth Centaury. In the great literary and scientific revival that took place In the sixteenth century botany made afresh departure. The discovery at America had brought a vast number of new plants to Europe, and their study doubtless stimulated the more comploto study of those of the old world. The great commercial activity of the century must also ha?e had. its infiuenoc. Ships were bringing new products from all parts, and, among these, plants were not forgotten. But from whatever cause it arose the great impulse and renewed activity in the discovery and study of plants was quito remarkable. They produoed a large body of students, whose labors were unwearied, and a wonderful amount of botanical literature.

Among those students were such men as Loincer, L'Obel, Csesalpinus, L'Ecluse, Mattloli, Caspar and John Bauhin, Conrad Gesner, Pona, Leonard, Fuchs, Prosper Alpinus, Dodoens and many othera And these men were not stay ut home botanical students. They were groat travel* era, whose delight was to collect and examine plants in their native countries. Caspar Bauhin collected tliem in Germany, Franco and Italy with great labor and danger ("quod prseclpunin cqnt, plantas loois natalibus inspioiendo nnllii laboribus,' nullis molestiis, nullis sumptt bus peper cimus") L'Ecluse collected them in Sprin, Hungary and Bohemia Du Chonl scorched Mount Pilatus and John Pona Mount Baldus Leonard Rau wolf made a long journey to tho east iB search of them, and Prosper Alpinus cx amined those of Egypt.—Quarterly Hoview.

'The raw etiaJte aboard of hea'tHh shall his impressions of England and the Eng' consist of seven members, four of ti:em lish people. To illustrate the dlifficnltj to be phytsitaiane, one lawyer, one en- encountered by his countrymen in getting

ties- and powers to be eareifiuHy de- posed was due to the English habit o« Iflmed. The idea is aasooilatinig theae "getting on." In the following sentence* lawmen witbh the physicians in the con- less than nine different breach verb* mvmon af the board is to make Ii as fe us^, whereas in English they can all ifopreefrn'tiative as possible of ail

Who

are. toteirested in the public health. Tiheiir adivice and co-operation wouM manifestly be very uiseiful to the medi-

ex'am,ple'

Thr. Verb "To Get." '.V'

M. Duhamel, at a meeting of the SoeleM Nationale den Professeurs de Francais eo Angleterre, related in an.amuBing manneJ

Appointed a thorough grasp of the English languag*

ioteSfr NoTy. Only ex- M. Dulomd ^tenl to thooom^to-dv.

MOh mfUt.

Du-jusoof U.e v-rb -to get," whlcl. he ..ip-

he fendored by the ver to gc

has

pnaldjiieal workings and results of the New Yortk state laiw. '1£lt'aite Health Cammissioner.—Shalll be appointed by the board. Shall be a caipaible phy3lci:an who has made a iSipeolality of the branch of medicine known as sanitary science and hygiene.

Apres avoir fiane toute la journec, fatigue, je rentrai chez moi, et apres avoii soupe, je me mis au lit ou je no tardal pa a m'endormir. 'Apres une bonne nnit ropos le lendcmain matin Je m'eveillal frais et dispos, mis mes habits ct bientol apres roc us tin telegranune."

This M. Duhamel said would or could bo thus expressed in English: "Having got tired with knocking about all day I got home, got my supper, got tc bed and soon got to sleep. After a good night's rest I got up refreshed, got my

iHe shall be experienced in sanitary clothes on and shortly after breakfast got

iGbemisltry and bacteriology. Shall be proflaienit in Vitia® stiatiifeU-ics. Term, ifour years. Shall- be the secretary and executive officer of the iboard. Salary, $3,000. Duties and powers to be caretfully detfi.ned. "'A ganiiitary liaittoiiatory shall be established where all necessary sanitary analjises and bacteriological examinations and all heaftih work may be done tor .the people without charge. A modern heiaUfh board without a sanitary lalborat'ory In change oif a skilled and learned specialists would be almost helpless. Certainy it would be anarch-on-i&nri. 'XToiiinty Health Bria.rds.—'Shall- corf'si'sit oif tiwo phy's&JIia ns and a lawyer or business man. Aippointed by the commiissioners. One of the physicians to be made secratary and county health ofii/cer. ShQill meet oner a month. Secetary to le pa Id $10 per year for each 3,000 oif papulation except in counties olf over 300,000 salary in these not to exiceed' $1,000. The oiuher t)wo member? to' reweive no salary. Expenses paid •ifoy the eo unity. Dulles and powers to ibe rfeweCuBy defined.

a telegram." Is it any wonder that foreigners find th« TCngllah language a perpetual puzzle?—' Westminster Gazette.

Her Dehnt.

"Now, can any little boy tell me what the word debut meansP" asked the teacher pleasantly.

There was a dead silence.. "Come, come," she continued in nn on* couraging tone, "let me see if I cannot help you a little. Yon all remember when I became your teacher?" "Yes, ma'am," in a chorus. "Well, tho first day I presented myself before you, what was it I made?" "Please, ma'am, I know," from Tommy Traddles.

That's it, Tommy," said the teacher, with a pleased smile. "Telltho rest of the boys what it was I mode." "A bluff," said Tommy.—Milwaukee Wisconsin.

Examples of viciouK courses practiced In a domestic circle corrupt more readily and more deeply when wo behold thom in persons in authority.—Juvenal.

Vork'H Hlff Strilco.

Nivw York, July 27.—The late sit acquisition to the ranks of the str.klng coat makers are 0,000 overcoat and sack coat makers, who quit work today. This force will 'be augmented on Wednesday by arj asserntVy of ti.OOO jacket makers, and will, in all probability, be *',re followed by 4,00fl knee pan'U makers.

Hottest ir tin Wur.

Voel'-erday wias the hottest day cf 'ho year, the thermometer roKis'terfti# !9V? irn nh-e sluid'o. l'!iorj were no prostrat'-ono sit far us kno'vvn. A lifesivy m5ri fell iw-tii of here Jtaist nl-ght but theiu was no perceptible etuum.£c i-n live ii iitod rlicro dui'lniJ the early -muriiin^ h-onirs.

ABOliT PE0FJ.K.

fn Li'iFian Hnsae-H's -mrw opera her entranco is to la upon, a black J-.it-I'i'an will wear-the bif-iwcatwl sku'i unC pi. uulrale.

Cecil Pialt. the you-ngest son «»f John J. I'ia.tt. the r"et. is si-cretary to llm I'jillevl Slates consul at Coi-k, u.nd net-^Mly rescued a drowning yaclitsnnan at Queunstown, dlspi-iiyinK a Jieroisin and judgKukTOi w^tiujh iiuve called out wortl» o»l pralso from 'tins Kngh.-yl'i press.

Queen Viccoritj received a uiriqtie pu^esent recently from a DubOin litfamtwiger in the of a monster tfturgt-on. weighing KU0 i^ouiAlg.

I .el a man he nom ina ed /or an oHfieo and his antecedents will »»ii be out of t'lie past. It has already be-on discoverer] -tihat '!h-« grand/altiliK-T of Candidate Arthur Si-wall, Samuel aniit'h, wtta the judge bafore whom of tWi SaCem witches were tTied land eon-v-ksUtd. •Tord Salisbury is (Mi yeiaurm of u^c. He spt'nt lift win ytiars 1n -tli«

Iiciims*

of com

mons and has beon twenty-four y.-airu in t'he lKU"ie of lords. Thcwid*w««d queen of -Naipliroi is tih« only female Imtgtut of the Ru.ss.ibn Order of St. G«onsr -, an "honor confer ret stalely for exceptiortal gallantry irnder lire.-.* \tSF .. "All Hnslishnien," »ays the -LoTido-n Chronfcle, "irrespective of panty. will road wi-'.'h pleasure the aoeoun't of tlhe 1uor,u.ri which Oxford has accorded to Mr. Bayard. We mf ver rscktwi Ainrwrioarw? as foreigner®. and 'Mr. Iia-artl, conr'n^ of a stock that is bone of our 'bone, is fttiy honored by the unlvtrsfty w"hcre tihe intellectual and m-aral life o! the m-c^t'ti-T country has besn "as largely .rrurmur.d."

General Count Waldersee has just beiert made an honorary citizen 'of tihe lowi of Altona. !Hiw wife is an A-mer-lVisMi tody. MVs? Marie Ksther Lee wfc-s The daughter of a rich Ni York Ren-vlftman -and wh.'-n 27 vears of a*e sfte married Prince Friedr'eih of Br'htaswrx-Holstei'n, a frreat urtoi« •of the Gcnman empress, and on iter imrriasre rooelwed the Utle of Priiwiss Van Xoer. Prince Fripdrich died raw quica a \var after hn3 raarriage. Cn .1S65, arr.l the princess, after renstaiwlng a •widow tormina JTMTS,

married Coiwit

WruMi-raoe.

'Ptra

c--untf'!?s has always maintained affectionate terms wilTi the relations of lunr Gnrt and is a grext favnr3be -wit,' jttoe Qernmn