Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 41, Plymouth, Marshall County, 1 April 1896 — Page 2

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PLYMOUTH. INDIANA. PßlSOX FOß A YEAR. SUPREME COURT SUSTAINS THE MEACOWCROFT SENTENCE. Inst Tay the Penalty for Criminally Handling Money Crime of a Ilmtal Assassin in Uhio-Chicaao ISurglara Cleverly Caught While at Work. The Mcadowcroft Case. Several pinions of importance wore handed down by the Illinois Supreme Court late Saturday night. Chief anion? them is the decisiou Mistaking the verdict rendered in Judge Rrentano's eoiirt, sentencing Frank R. . and Charles J. Meadowcroff, of Chiracs to one year each in the penitentiary. The verdiet was rendered Dec. 14. ls'.t. since whi h time the Meadowcrofts have hen out on bail pending the final derision of the Supreme Court. The leeisi.ni is especially important, as it establishes the constitutionality of the linking law under which they were convicted, thus being the first ease under that law in this .Sttxte. The ease was a b-ng and bitterly fought n "The Meadowcrofts were convi-t-d of receiving dejwedts when thy knew they were insulvent. They were defended by x-.Iulge Collins, IM win Walke;- and A. J. Eddy, while A. S. Trude oiidu-ted the prosecution. Judge Collins said the case was taken to the Supreme Court on constitutional grounds. I.'uless th' opinion discussed the exceptions entered by the ilefens- during the trial, tiiey would have grounds for another appeal. In their appeal to the Sup-erne Court their argument was they w-re conducting a legitimate business, such as a dry goods .r any otlu-r business, and lainied the banking law was unconstitutional leaue it placed certain restrictions on one brauch of business and not on all. Kills an Age l Couple. At an 'ary hour Sunday morning a louLIe murder- it may jrove to tie a tr:p!r murder was committed on a farm seven miles east of Akron. O. Alviu N. Ston aged tis. and his wife, Serena, aged are the victims, and Ira Stillson, tin hired man, is fatally injure. Two daughters, Emma, aged 11. and Ilatfie. aged 'Si, are seriously injured, while a third djught-r. Flora, is the only one of the entire household who escap-d tin- assassin's murderous blows. The erimi' was committed about 1 o'clock by an unknown man wearin;' a mask. The crime is a mystery. There is no possih! motive for the murders so far as can b" learned. Certainly the murderer was not bent on robbery, for in a bureau drawer in Mr. Stone's riM.Mii were two gold watches and some money and nothing had been taken apparently. No Change in Trade. It. G. Dun Sc Co. Weekly Keview -A Trade says: '".No important -hang' has occurred hi th gem-ral condition f business during the w'ck. and if trade in isome respects looks worse, in other resjKvts it looks bettr. Some failures of magnitude have occurred, which eati1 much appreln'iisiou and tin willingness to lend among bankers, and there have been somewhat less favorable featutvs in the dry goods market, but in iron and Bteel conditions are slightly improved, and in boots and shoes considerably more hope is felt. The lalw.r controversy's, mainly in the clothing trade, still cause Much interruption of that .business, foreign trade is a little more satisfactory." Ca u cht in the Act. Scvretrd behind a sofa Policeman IM Dodd.-of the Chu-ago (Vntral Detail Police Station, witnessed Crank Swift, an ex--onvict,. loot a safk in the home of Catherine Johann, at No. -IP South Clinton street Friday night. Then, when the burglar had prepared to leave with his plunder, the idie'inan leaped forwartl and overpowered him. Policeman Cleary, who had remain'I outside, arrested ne of Swift's two confcdcrati'S. who was identified at the station as Michael Murphy, said by tin- poli to U a wellknown burglar. Tin third man scaped, hut it is bT'vel by the police his apprehension will soon follow. Hay State for Reed. The State cnv'ntion f.r the election of delegates to the Republican national convention at St. Iouis was held at loston Friday. Delegat s at -large are II. C. Ixlge, W. T. M. Crane. Eben S. Draper, Curtis Guild Jr. Alternates I. C. Southard, It. II. RoutwJl. R. F. Hawkins, S. E. Courtney. They were inKtructed fur T. 15. I teed, of Main.. NEWS NUGGETS. Dr. .7. D. Ruck, of Cincinnati, will succeed the late W. . Judge as president of the Theosophh-al Society of America. Negroes are holding a Frenchman in confinement near Columbia, U. T.. and Ieclare they will not rehwe him until France accedes to the demands of exConsul Waller. A severe gale swept over the channel, causing considerable damage to shipping, and it is feared that a large .steamer which was in listr'ss off the Goodwin rands lias found-r'd. The Egyptian debt commission have paid the first installment from the rerve fund, amounting to ? 1 . N XU.H , of the money reuirel for the expenses of the British-Egyptian expedition up the Nile. Fred (iorrell, a uiolder of West Columbus, ().. aged -I, Sunday afternoon shut his wif who is but 17. ami then stood before a mirror ami -ut his throat with a r.izor. Gorrell died almost instantly, but his wif will rw-over. Jealousy was the cause of the affair. At Richmond, Ky.. Friday morning, a couple from E-e County, Virginia, obtained a marriage license. The groom, Hiram II. Ely, is 10 yirs old, while the bride, Mrs. Jane Ely, hi sister-in-law, is 40, fat. and has four children. An order from the boy's mother was produced which granted permission for his marriage. A sharp earthquake shock was felt at Rawlins, Wyo., at 10 o'clock Saturday night. Fire destroyed the Springfield, Mo., Grand Opera House. The building cost 575,000 and was insured for JL'5,000.

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WHAT WILL THE PEOPLE DO? THE following dispatch is of exceptional interest stt this time: New York, March The executive committee of the American Ranking Association unanimously nloptol the following lvsolutlon: i'sovd. The ex-utive council of the American Hankers' Association, assem-bh-d at the meeting in New York city, delare unejuivocally in favor of the maintenance of the existing gold standard of value and r'coinnind to all the bankers and to the custoiiu-rs of all banks the exercise of all tlu-ir influence as citizens in iheir various States to select delegates to the political onvi-ntions of both the gr'at parties' who will leelare unequivocally in favor of the maintenance of the existing gold standard of value." There is a lesson in this declaration that ought not to he lost on the people. The banks leelare that the single gdl standard now exists in this country. They f'd that it is to their p'euninry advantage that it should continue to exist. They know that it has doubled the value f the commodity in which they deal money. They know that it has doubled the value of debts and Interest. They feel that in this way it has enlarged their profits and incrons'1 their im wer. Cns'pu'iitly they believe that it ought to he maintained, and they do not hesitate to say 80. They lo not b'at about the hush. They do not prate about "parity" and the "debt -paying pow-r of the ldlar," for they know that the debt-paying power of tb bdhir remains precisely what it was twenty years ago, while its ptm hasing power has len doubled. They lo not bdge, nor evade, nor try to deceive anylwidy. They know that the single gohl standard now exists. anl that it gives them a tremendous advantage in many ways, and they do not hesitate to de-Iare that it ought to he maintained. They do not hesitate to avow thi'ir purpos t inaugurat a campaign of their own in order that the single gdd standard shall be maintained. Now, this is business. There is an opnnoss, a boldness about the b'-la ration of tli associated banks that ought to attract the' admiration of all honest men. Why cannot the p'ple whose interests are hurt and whose prosperity is b stroyi ! by the single gohl Btandanl be as op'ii and as hold in expressing their views as the banks are? If th p'Ople the no'ivhants, the business men, the manufacturers and the farmersthe producers d the cuntry are handicapped by timid ami time-serving politicians, it is tln'ir own fault. J Thy have only to ris in their might. give expression t their d 'sires, ami the politicians who now seem to be timid and hesitating will be as bohl as lions. I5ut one thing remains, and that is for the people themselves to stand as united, as harmonious, and as bold, in favor of their own interests as the banks d fr th'irs. It is useless to criticise the banks for their attitude. They think the gold standard is bst for their interests, ami it is at least temixirarily. We are of the opinion that Iii' banks outside of tin big money centers of the East will find that what the gold standard is putting in at one 'iil it is pinching off at the other. We think that eventually tltey will Ie hurt more than they are helped. Rut that is neither here nor there. Temporarily the gold standartl is enlarging their profits ami gains, and they are in favor of it inirely as a matter of business. There are more than ten thousand voters to every bank in the country. Consequently the r niily of the people is to go to the polls and vote down the gohl standanl ami restore prosperity to the country by reinonetizing silver. This will not hurt any hanker, but will promote the interests f all. The ghl standard helps only those who deal in money the money lenders ami hurts all who produce or leal in other comiimditics. for the process by which moiit'r, b'bts, taxes and the rat's of loans ami discounts have been doubled in valu. has tak'ii away half the value of the products of factory and farm the products of human labor reduc'1 the demand fr goods and cut down profits in all lines of business and mercantile pursuits. These interests instead of concentrating their opposition to the gold Ptaudard in criticism of the attitude of the hanks, should boldly and unitedly take issu' with the money p)wer and declare in favor of the restoration of silver to its old place as a part of the r'b'tnption money of the country. Never has the money power b'n as lndd ami -nlil'iit as it is now. Nrver before has it had the courage to declare Its program ami make public its purposs to -ntraet the currency of the people.- Why cannot the people, whose most vital interests an? on--'i-n'l, b' as bdd and as conlibnt as the money power and the banks? Has th' ruin already wrought by the gold standard paralyzed them? Have they already titled their necks to the yk' of the motH'y jMwer? Let us hope not. They have heen deceived, but there is no reason why they shouhl he dec'iv'l nv. The money power has published its program t Iii worhl. and has announcel that it will make a campaign t maintain the gold standard. Nw what do the people propose to do about it? Atlanta Constitution. No CJoId Money There. fJohl, in the form of money, is never Keen in China, neither are gold ingots in use in trade, hut are used for hoarding otiJ(". Hoarded gold is generally

found in only two forms. One Is In Ingots shaped like a boat about i.t5 inches long, O.S inches wide, and weighing; 11.575 ounces Troy weight; the other is in the form of gohl leaf, measuring about eight Inches square and weighing about thirty grammes. The relative value of gold to silver was In the beginning of the Ming Dynasty (A. D. l.T75i, on' to four; under the Emperor Wan Li 151H of the same dynasty, one to seven; at the enl of the Ming Dynasty HCl."). m- i ten; under the Emperor Kung-hsi iU'2'2i of the present dynasty, nie to tw-Ive; under the Emperor Kien-lung tl7o7, one to twenty; in the middle of the reijrn of Toakwaug t livtoi, ,:i. to eighteen; at the bginning of the reign of Ilung-fung (isöoi. one t fourteen; in 1SV one to sixteen to eighteen, and at present one to thirty. Cold nt being used in China as moiK'v but as a commlity, its mly value is for hoarding and ornamental purposes, thus the pcplc an readily comprehi'inl that gold has advanced nearly one hundred per -nt. sim e ISM. One ounce of silv r will buy just as much rice, corn, ttm. silk r otlu'r commodity, except gold, as ever it would, but gM is too high for all but the very richest .people 1 indulge in. Precisely the sann ondit ions, as far as values are concerned, piwail in the United States, only our people have been bulhloz! int the belief that all values, except gohl. have gone down, down, while the valu' of gohl remains stationary.

What Is Money? The silver question is a branch of the larger subject of "money." ami therefore a glance at the nature of money will be useful hcfoiv -uisnlering the silver piest ion itslf. There was a time when money was unknown. Away bac k in th' dim past, before civilization had made much pivgivss. people dealt with ah tber by "barter;" this is. by exchanging one -unnodity liiv tly for some other which might bo needed. As wheat for b'f. or iMtnt's for lot ii. and the like. In newly settled countries much t ratling is Jone in this way even now. Put it is a very innveni'nr way, lnvause the person having wheat ami desiring b'f. may not ivudily lind tu? with beef who needs wheat, and so with evrything else. Hence, grew up the custom of adopting some one thing as a general medium of exchange something which every pcrsn would receive in return fr anything which he might have t dispose of. Many different substam-es have been thus used. Iron. lead, copper, hbh'S. cattle. slavs. pie 'S of bark, and many other things have b'eii emplyel at dinVrcut times, and by various nations. Put linally gdl and silver came to be generally conshleivd the substances best litted for such use. and for at least three thousand yars they have b'en regarded as the world's two great money metals, other things b'ing only us'l loially, and. as a ni'.e. in a much smaller way. Asa result of this custom which ripened into law), when a man had wheat that he wanted to exchange for other things, instead of bartering it directly for what lie wanted, he wuhl lirst exchange it for gdd or silver it hat is, for money), ami with this h' could procure or buy th' other things which he needeil. Gold and Silver in 1H7.'1. At the beginning of the year l&7o the total mass of told and silver money in the world was not far from 27,0mi.-000,000-about $3,rO.0U0,OU0 of each. Leaving out of consideration the paper money circulating in certain countries, this amount of gold and silver const itutel the world's stck of money. In every stile of goods for cash, some of it had to be used. In every sale on credit, the person trusted had to look forward to the time when he could g't a sullicient amount of money to pay the lebt. Put some nations, such as Cermnny, Austria. India. China, Mexica, etc., usl silver as their principal money, Cohl was not legal temh'r, and if thcy used it at all it was chiefly for hoarding or export, being more -onvenient for those purposes. In England and Portugal, gold was the principal money, and silver was only used in small transactions, being limited legal tender. In England it was legal tender fr -10 shillings (about J? 10) only. England adopted the gold standard for the lirst time in 1SK5, and Portugal in 1N54. A third class of countries used both gold ami silver as full b'gal tender. That is, a debt of any amount, large or small, could be paid with either gold or silver coin. In th's' -ountris coinage was free, except that in some of them there was a small charge, called seigniorage, to cover the expense of minting. These countries were called "bimetallic," hecause they usi'd th' two metals as full legal temler, ami witlnmt discrimination against either in the matter of co ina g Monkey Skin lock't book n Cad. Women who aspire to be fashionable now carry io-ketboks made d monkey skin. Tli'se pock'tbooks are a light chocolate color ami have a slightly crinkled surfa-e. The newest are bound with gold ami have a spray of enameh'tl flowers fastened to the cover. A monkey skin po'kcthok which has been especially made for an Easter present lias Its cover adorned with namel. Another has a spray of sweet peas in white shading to violet as its tloral decoration. Narrow belts of monkey skin and chatelaine bags to match are also a fad of the hour.

MICHIGAN'S MEN WIN.

HER UNIVERSITY ORATORS FEAT CHICAGO. DeDiscuss the Principle of Graduated Tux Alarming; Condition of Affairs in Matabeleland Spain Must Fight Her Own Uat ties-Consul Criticised. Chicago Men Lose in Debate. Michigan and Chicago Universities met for the lirst time in debate at Ann Arbor I'rithij night. Michigan seciuvs the lirst forensic victory and Chicago gets her fourth consecutive defeat. The pi?-stion was Is the Principle of a Graduated Tax One That Should lie Adopted by tili States?" Michigan took the atlinnative side and Chicago the negative. Michigan's speakers in their order were Chas. .7. Vert, senior law, of Morristown, N. Y.; Edmund Plock. senior law, of Chattanooga. Tetni.; and Paul (J. Albright, freshman law. of Philadelphia. Chicago's t-am consisted of .Tames P. Whyte of Chicago Wesley C. Mitchell of Kushville. 111., and E. Prent Vaughan of Ohio. The judges w ere President Pallantiue of Obel I'm College. Supr. Conipton of the Toledo schools, and Judge McEcllan of Auburn, Ind. They gave each man a percentage both in argunu'iit and le".ivTy, and on the ranking system Michigan had thirtytive and CLrjago twenty-seven. A Bloody Kevolt. Dispatches received at Cape Town from Puluwayo, Matabeleland, indicate that the uprising in that part of the colony is very serious. Telegrams from the front lirst merely outlined a revolt of a few natives in the Iuseza and Eilabusi districts, the massacre of some white settlers, including Commissary Pcntley, and the dispatch of a small force of voluntei-rs to the scene of the disturbance. An extensive uprising of the natives, it is understood, has taken place and the revolt may spread to other parts of South Africa. The settlers in Matabeleland are Hocking into the towns, which are being placed in a condition for lefense. Volunteers are being enrolh'd everywhere and provisions are being colh'cted. I le-en forcemeats of mounted police have already Won snt to Puluwayo, Inseza and (Janibo and fho ('ape rilles have received orders to prepare for active service. Supplies of ammunition for the Maxim guns are being hurriel to Puluwayo and all the horses of the disturbed territory have biMMi seized by Col. Naph'r. who is in harg' .'. the government fon-cs. The natives are raiding farms and killing white seitlers in the Matao hills district, and rumor has it that over lifty people have bc'ii slain. Will Not Support Spain. It has leaked out in Madrid diplomatic circles that the Spanish foreign otlue has ben informed by its ambassadors in the principal European courts that Spain is not likely to receive moiv"than purely j.'atonie sympathy even from the French (lovcrmnciit in a conflict with the Vnited Stab's. The Spanish representatives in all the European courts have discoverd that it is absolutely absurd to hope that any European (overnment would act in concert to support Spain even by friondly mcdiation or moral intlueiie. Tlo'.v have also discovered that both the fon-ign governments and the whole European public wonder why Spain does not immediately give Cuba and Porto Pico colonial autonomy and self-government, such as England gave to Canada, in oder to disarm the secessionists in Cuba and to conciliate American sympathizers. Incompetent Consul. Congressman Hopkins, of Illinois, called on Secretary f State Olney and made v-rlal charg's against Consul (tcneral Williams, who r'presnts the United Stab's at Havana, Cuba. He accuses the consul irencral of iaeoinpeteiice for the position he occupies and de-lares his negh'ct to investigate and reitort upon the -ase o( Walter Dygert. a citizen of Illinois and a residchf of the .district which Mr. Hopkins represents in Congress, w ho is under arrest in Cuba, shows he is in sympathy with Spanish otticials. BREVITIES. (oorge Henry Poughton, the distinguished artist, has Wen elected a lloyal Academician. The Smith, Wilson & Sears Paper Company, of Holyoke, Mass., iias called a meeting of its creditors. The liabilities are 2KläAM.HMJ. A terrible explosion of fire damp has taken place in a mine at Prunnertoii, New Zealand. Five persons were killed outright and sixty more are entombed, with no hope of being rescuel. The latest contest in the famous Davis will case has just b''U lih-d at Putte. Mont., by Mrs. Hulda Queen Davis. f Tehachapi, Ca!., who claims to be the widow of the dead millionaire. The Senate Coniniith'e on Puhli- Buildings and ! rounds vtel to n'-oinmend the passage of the bill appropriating $J,(MKi.ooo for a new public building at lnd:anaiolis, Ind., the bills for government buildings at Oakland, Cal.. and Waterbury, CMn.. and also the bill for the purchase f a site for a building at Salem, Ori'gon. Mrs. Josephine Snyder died at Port Jarvis, N. Y., of ioisoning, as alleged. Her husband. Jacob Snyder, lid Tuesday night. At the autopsy evidence of loison was found in his stomach. Mrs. Snydct's ante-mortem statement has b-'ii taken, but Coroner Harding declines to reveal its contents. The daughter of the Snyder."!, Mrs. Martha Whittaker, is under guard. The Massachusetts State lb-publican convention, in session at Posten, elected h'h'gates to the St. Louis convention, adopted a platform declaring for protection and against the fro and unlimited coinage of silver and presented the name f Thomas P. Kccd f Main' as a -andi-date for the Kepuhlicaii presidential nomination. The Transvaal republic has form'd an offensive and lefensive alliance with the Orange Free State. A Montreal florist is suing Qu'en Victoria for $1,1HK) for Mowers supplied at the state funeral of Sir John Thompson. Marcus Poll a sky, of the law firm of Doolittle, Tollman & Pollasky, of Chicgo, has brought suit in the United States Circuit Court for the ftoutheru district of New Y'ork against Collis I. Huntington for $.174,000 for breach of ontract in connection with the -onstruc-tioD of tbt Sao Joaquin Valley Kailroad.

THE DEACON'S ADVICE.

It Was Given for Nothing, and Was Worth Less than It Cost. Opposite the railroad depot in a Southern town was a grocery kept by a colored man, and as we had some time to wait for the train three or four of us crossed over to look at his stock. Pusiiu'ss was very brisk with the merchant, though all d his customers were clorMl. W; noticel that sugar, tea and codfish se'ined to sell above all else, and during a temporary lull we npproachel the ha tt ereil old scales on which everything was weighed and picked up some f the weights. The hollow in each one had been filled with load, and wh'ii (juite sure that the pound weight would balance at least twenty ounces of codfish I said to the old man: "I see you have tilled your weights with lead?" "Yes. sah yes. sab." he replb'd, rubbing his hands together. -What was the idea:" "To keep de lirt out o de holes, sab. Can't no dirt git in dar now." "Was it your own id'aV" . "No. sah. I never should her got dat Idea if it hadn't bin for Deakun Williams. De deakun said it was de way doy did lown in ('roonvilh an' lu lixed 'ein up fur me widout cost." "The deacon buys all his groci-ries her', loesn't heV" i "He do, sah. Yes. sah, he buys "em all y're, and be was tellin me only Iis mawnin' dat he m-bbor did see de beat o' how lein groceries held ut." ' He was advised to take his weights over to the -otton warehouse and have them weiglwd. and h' picked th'in up and startMl off at a slow walk and very much puzzled. When h' returned it was on the run and his eyes hanging out, and as he rea heil the store hi exclaimed: "No wonder I has gone into bankruptcy fourteen times, and had to sell my mewl ami hogs an" make th' de woman go b'arfut! Dat ar' pound weight wighs twenty-two otincfs, tin bery time Deakun Williams has bought two pounds of sugar or codfish he has tooken away thre pounds and u half! Shoo! Jze gwine to close de doah an' put up a sign of Pusted agin!' " Don'ts for Intruding Prhlcgrooins. Don't marry a woman who takes you 1 localise she loes not want to be an old maid. Don't marry a wmau who thinks she is doing you an honor to become your wife. Don't marrv a woman who has a mother with no nnuv sens' than to think her daughter is too good to do housework. Don't marry a woman who reads novels in bed, who commits Saltus and Swinburne to menmry, and levours "Camille," whether it is the book or on the stage. Don't marry a woman with a droop to the corners of her mouth she'll whine like a Niobe and her bread will always h sour. I)m't marry a woman who is as round ns an apple at L'O she'll be as round as ii barivl at M0 or .1.". IKm't marry a woman with children. It's a great responsibility to father your own offspring; it's simply awful to have to father some other man's. Don't marry until you have sense enough to know that a neat ankh and a pretty face are not the only things desirable in a woman. Some of the prettiest faces hide a mean disposition. and the ne'.test ankles very freijuently support a creature whose selfishness is .sheer ruin to a husband. Don't marry until you get over the lirst throes of your infatuation and reason has a chance, and, linally. don't marry for the sake of all that is good and holy don't marry unless you are clean of heart and soul, and facing facts just as they exist can declare with face uplifted to Coil that you are the eipial of any pure. true, loving girl, and mean to stay so. Pose Pea lie's Paper. Prehistoric Swords. : In the early ages. bforo men knew anything alKUit civilized ways, they lived in caves and hal to prot'-t thejnjselves not only from the attacks of aniinals, but from those of their human brothers as well. The lirst weapon their unaccustomed lingers shaped was a war club. Experience, however, soon taught them that a deadlier blow might be delivered with a weapon that would cut rather than crush, and they made fi hatchet. Then, one day, some one discovered a substance in the secret ptores of the good brown earth on which he finally learned to put a keener edge than he had ever been able to chip on his stone hatchet, and the sword was made. From the remains discoverel in tombs and barrows, or mounds, we know that these savage races gained a certain degree of skill In fashioning bronze and iron sword-blades. And from the care with which it is evident that their bodies had been buried, we Infer that they are the remains of chieftains and men of -nseiuence, and that they esteemed their swords most honorable and perhaps useful companions in the long journey to the world beyond. St. Nicholas. Ijaureate Austin' Idttlc CJame. Alfred Austin, poet laureate, refuses to be interviewed by newspaper men. Ho writes a letter saying that the public should find enough in an author's books to satisfy their curiosity. Malicious people say that the letter Is an Ingenious mode f making people buv Alfred Austin's books. Cannot Translate It. Prof. (Jarner has just returned from Africa with the positive announcement that gorillas talk. It Is worth noting, however, that he doesn't tell what they say. New York Mail ami Express. When horses begin to shed their hair In the spring, people are apt to think that electric cars and bicycles did not come any too soon.

WORK OP CONGRESS.

THE WEEK'S DOINGS IN SENATE AND HOUSE. A Comprehensive Digest of the Proceedings in the Legislative Chambers at Washington Matters that Concern the People. Lawmakers at Labor. An unexpected climax to the Cuban di bate was reached in the Senate Monday when, on motion of Mr. Sherman, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Cuban resolutions were recommitted to the conference committee. Tl.t vote to recommit was unanimous :u, without the formality of a roll call. r presenting a general cmenus of oii:i!.:i that the committee should s change the resolutions as to overcome the opposition that has developed. Messrs. Sherman, Morgan and Lodge were appointed to represent the Senate in a furth.-r eonferen--. Simultaneously with this action Mr. Mills presented Cuban ri solution which propose to ?o farther than has yet b-n suested. They direct tho -'vsident to request Spain to grant local self-government to Cuba, and in case Spain refuss the President is authorized to use the military and naval forces in taking possession of Cuba and holding it until selfgovernment is established by the Cuban people. The House Committee on Elections of President and Yio-l'resid nt reported favorably the bill introduced by Mr. Corliss, of Michigan, providing for the election of Senators by direct vote of the people. Some amendments of minor importance were adopted. The question of rcformim: the fee system of the l.'nib-d Stales District Attorneys ami Marshals occasioned much debate in the Senate Wednesday. Mr. Hoar opposed the change from fees to salaries by means c an appropriation bill, as it was a large subject, neediair separate treatment. Mr. Allen (Iop.) of Nebraska attacked the high salaries. He declared that the otlices of District Att rney were given frequently in payment of political debts, and instead of requiring a hih degree of legal talent the places onntimes went to "shysters" who could not earn a living out of olli-v. Mr. (Jeore (Deut.) of Mississippi attacked t he entire" Iolicy of giving high salaries ?;tiJ show'd that the tJovernors and Att r:iy (Irncrals of States received less by half than the bill proposed allowing Federal District Attorneys. Mr. Allen also criticised the provision allowing the Attorney General to designate the number of Depu'y Marshals. He spuke against the "horde of oflicehohh'rs." I'ndcr Huchainn the Government spent $öi.ikm,Oinj annually and now it is .yHi.0oo.. Ia that time the population had doubled, but the -x-penses had increased tenfold. OHieers were thrusting their hands into the treasury and by hook and crook, mainly by crook, seeking to increase their salaries. The purpose of this provision was to ndd to Ine otIie's controlled by an exeeiitive otlicer. Mr. Hoar responded warmly that the Senate ould not waste its time inv stigatlng the dei;ils of the number of Deputy Marshals i;i ?i-h of th seventyseven districts in the united States. If it did it would become a laughing stock, if the Jov'rnment could not trust the Attorney General with tili: duty then the American Govi-rnment had betu-r shut up shop and apply to s uae Populist -!uh to carry on its affairs. After an extended debate the salary's for District Attorneys and Marshals were agreed to as reIorted, with a few minor changes. The legislative appropriation was not completed when at ."i:."0 the Senate went intij executive session and soon after adjourned. The House discussed naval appropriation. The Senate spent most of Thursday on the legislative appropriation bill, but did not comph'te owing to Mr. Sherman's motion to strike out the proposition for the change from fe's to salaries for 1'nitcd States district attorneys and marshals. A joint resolution was adopted allowing ex-lres:d'iit Harrison to accept heo rations from Ilrazil and Spain. The joint resolution was passed providing for tin appointment of a -ommission under the direction of the Secrtary of War for the preliminary survey, with plans, specifications and approximate estimates of cost then'of. for the construction of a ship canal of approved width and depth, from the lower shore of Lake Michigan to the Wabash riv-r, and for the further investigation of the practicability of the construction of such waterway. The naval appropriation bill was passed by the House without substantial amendment. The bill carries ."s'll.Oll.O:;! a;: 1 authorizes the construction of four battle ships and fifteen torpedo boats, the total cost of wlii h will be in the neighborhood of The S nate indulged in an acrimonious political lehatc Friday. The e.itrovTsy arose ver Mr. Hill's motion strike from the legislative appropriation bill th proposed change of the date of assembling the New Mexico legislature fror.; I)ec'inber to May. Mr. Hill bitterly !'- noitnred the t hange as a political tri k. Mr. Elkins protested. The debate took a w'ale range, Senators Gorman. Faulkner, Cokrell and ther Democrats attacking the provision as political, while Senators Elkins. Carter. Culloin and .her Republican Senators defemb'd it. Mr. Ciilhmi sought to table Mr. Hili's motion, but a motion to this effect faib'd Uy a vote of Jl to L.i. whereupon Mr. Culloni yielded to the Hill ittoti. n and the Nv M'xici provision was struck out. The Sennte passe! the legislative appropriation bill, arrying .Slil.ö(H,(KHl. Aside from prov'eing the usual appropriation, the hill is important 'n effect i tig a reform of the syst'in of compensation for l'nitM States District Attorneys and Marshals, salaries b'ing substituted for fees. The appropriation committee attempted to take up the sundry civil appropriation bill in the House, but the members who were interested in bills on the private calendar lefeatod them by a vote of H'2 to 77. Kmperor William II n tops. An English phrenologist who has ex amined the head of Emperor William II., says that there is nothing unuseal about it. "It is," he says, "a medium head, of the military type, such as can be found by the sore in the army. The humps of self-love and eomhativenss are abnormally developl. He will never let himself be stoppe! hv an ob stacle. There Is no pwer on earth that eould exercise the least pressun upon him. His self-love is so great that it would not surprise me If he should proclaim himself Infallible. He would be perfectly sincere in so doing.,