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THE ELECTIONS REPEAL BILL.
SjrnoprtU of (he I>«*lmte in the National Ilou^e of KeprenentatlveH. Oti tb<» 27th Mr Lawson (d»»m . Ga ) spoke in favor of the ponding bill. He said the uncon •Utotionality of the law sm^ht to be repealed ba<l always been strongly con tended. The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Hroslus) quoted an apt expression from Gartleld, that the ballotboK registers ihe decrees of the people. Upon ttoif* subject the decree of the people has been registered against the constitutionality of the*ie election laws Mr. Lawson said that under the operation of a system of laws, such as the one under discussion, it was easy to see how in Clone districts enough people might be deterred by the mere presence of the federal forces, civil or military, at the polls from vot114; to change the otherwise ncrmal result of the election. Mr Mallory (dem., Fla) interrupted by stating that in his own state two members of the legislature had been arrested by federal offlcials, taken 200 miles away from the capital, anil held thereuntil the senate was organized by the republicans and the state government thereby given into the hands of that party. When that had been accomplished tho men were released, no charge being made against them In concluding his remarks Mr. Lawson read from the report of the investigation of the conduct of Ix>t Wright, United States marshal at Cincinnati, made by a cotamittee ot the house, to show what might be done under the laws sought to be repealed, which repeal was demanded by the democratic party and tho coun-
try
Mr Bynum (dem., Ind.) stated that at a recent election in bis own state a man was arrested at the command of a United States inspector for making an affidavit whereby another man was enabled to vote. By the arrest of fids voter, said Mr. Bynum, fifty men were deprived of the right to cast their ballots Mr. Daniels (rep. N. Y.) spoke against repeal He .^aid these laws had been signed by President Grant and had met the approval of the people from that time until the assembling of the convention in 1802 which nominated Mr Cleveland for the presidency. Then for the first time was the demand made that these laws should be wiped off the statute books. As to the* constitutionality of tho laws Mr. Daniels said they affected nothing but the election of members of congress, and to that end the provision in the constitution by which their validity has been upheld met the approval of the people who framed that docu-«iK-rit and adopted it Mr. Daniels argued that the operations of the laws had worked injustice to no one; it* support of which he asserted no deputy marshal or inspector had been indicted and punished for abuse of his powers under the law On the28tfi a wordy altercation occurred be iwocn Mr. Fithian* (dem , III.) and Mr. Morse (rep.. Mass.) growing out of Mr. Morse’s tili-
which the people were told was an atrocity— this bill was thrust upon the country unexpectedly and wholly uncalled for. There was a difference in the democratic party over the silver question. It was necessary to do something to get the democrats together, and the federal election law repeal bill had been brought forward as the war cry around w hich the party could rally. The pending measure should be entitled a bill ’‘for th« protection of corruption and iniquity at elections.” ‘This would be its effect. Mr. Lacy then proceeded to criticise the election methods pursued in certain districts of South Caro-
lina.
Mr. McLaurin (dem , S C.) denied the allegation* made by the member from Iowa relative to the elections in South Carolina. He denied that the negroes in that state were deprived of any rights. Some years ago there might have been trouble. But it was not the negro that had made the trouble; it was the carpet-bagger, who had gone down south. \\ hen South Carolina had got rid of the carpet-baggers, when they had packed their bags and returned to Massachusetts and other northern states, South Carolina had passed beneficial election laws. The people of South Carolina did not care whether the federal election laws were repealed or not The only reason he was in favor of the repeal was that he believed ihe true way to build up this federal government and make it a grand government was to give the people at home a local self government Mr. Do Armond (dem., Mo.) In advocating the repeal of the election laws said they had been enacted in order to repress intelligence in the south. They had been passed to pst ignorance in power and to relieve intelligence. He said the democrats, proposing the repeal of these laws, were not moving backward; they were moving forward. They were saying that the people should govern, and if it was in their power the people should govern. Mr. Gillette (rep., Maas.) spoke against the bill and referred to the beneficial effects which had resulted from the election laws in the city of New York. The member from New York (Mr. Fellows) had said a few days ago, in defending Tammany hall, that if these laws were repealed the democratic majority in New York would bo increased by 20,000 votes. Nobody a cused Tammany of anything but the love of spoils. Tho member had said that by the repeal of these laws the democratic majority could be increased. In the opinion of the people the existence of Tammany hall and its overshadowing Influence was undesirable and dangerous The large majority of the people believe it was an unprincipled organiza-
tion.
Mr. Wheeler (dem., Ala.) spoke in advocacy of the bill, and argued against the constitutionality of the laws which it was proposed to re-
peal.
Mr Biair (rep, N. II.) opposed the measure. He paid a tribute to Mr. Davenport, whom he eulogized as being one of the ablest, most eon-
buttering course on the CTih. Mr Morse ,cle,uious m ' >n who hai1 , ' v(,r administered tho
charged Mr Fithian with being responsible for tho refusal to permit him to print in the Congressional Record some newspaper extracts alUtcklng Commissioner Lochren. Mr. Fithian desired to call the attention of the house to a rather dubious proposition made by Mr. Morse U> him. who. he said, had come to him with honeyod words and informed him that he was a member of the committee on public buildings and grounds, and intimated (haf if he (Fithian) had a public building bill, he (Morse) might be able to help him if the Illinois congressman could see his way clear to wi tlidniw his objection. Mr. Morse pronounced thi>4 statement false, whereupon Mr. Fithian said his colleague, ,Mr. Goldzier, heard the conversation and would substantiate rtie statement Mr. Morse said the construction Mr. ■Fittiian put upon his proposition was entirely fair** 1 Mr. Fithian then said if the gentleman (Mr M ) dented the statement he was himself willfully lying. Great confusion in the house followed these remarks, the speaker quellirg the pending riot by declaring both gentlemen
out of^rder.
Mr. Black (dem, III.) spoke in favor of the repeal of the federal elections la w He said the law was not enacted for the elevation of the ballot box, bat to intensify the race issue existing in a large section of this country and to •upportthe weaker and more ignorant class of #ur people as against the stronger and more American of our citizens They appealed to force rather than reason. The law placed too much power in the hands of improper men. He (Mr Black) would vote for any amount of money and force, if necessary, to uphold the dignity of the government and the rights of l(>i citizens, but the exisMng laws did neither. Mr Black read a letter from Comptroller Bohlcr showing that from 1877 supervisors of . elections had cost t2,8.>4,000 and deputy mar\shads $1,127,000. The cost of the troops it was Impossible to detail. Their cost represented all the bidden drains to be accounted for. The : records showed that at first these officials had been mossed in democratic stales in the south and in New York. Gradually \lbe amount spent in democratic states decreased and the amount in republican doubtful states increased. In Illinois in 1876, when that slate first showed signs of breaking her allegiance to the republican party, but $1,100 wu*» spent In 1878, wJien the state was doubtful, 1,388 supervisors and 2,400 deputy marshals we re employed at a cost of $100,000. In reply to a question by Mr Cannon (rep., T!) > Mr. Black said every man who wore the tin star of intimidation was an oppressor. Mr Johnson (rep, Ind.) spoke in opposition to repeal. He said he wanted to “stigmatize >itiiA bill • as the climax of all that is audacious and vicious It unblushingly assailn all that is near and dear to the American heart. It is the unfortunate child of a wretched conspiracy: it is conceived in a spirit contrary to the principles of our government It is a proposition to blot out all the laws to protect the purity of the ballot and a cold-blooded proposition to repeal all the lav s making violotions of election laws crimes. To be consistent the democrats should rci>«*al all other laws for the punishment of crime, counterfeiting, robbery and murder."
elections laws or any other laws
On the 30th ult Mr. Henderson (rep. la.) read a letter from a friend of his (whose name in advance he declined to givei mentioning live counties in western Tennessee where whole sale fraud and violence had been committed by
the democrats in 1888.
Mr. Patterson (dem., Tenn.) entered a general denial of this charge, and said the republican party assumed that every negro was a republican. and that if his vote is not counted for the republican party there must be fraud and violence. That was an entire mistake. Even the republicans of the south on economic questions voted the democratic ticket. The republican party, by its legislation, had succeeded in drawing the color line, and so far as the white people of the south were concerned it w as a sectional line. He thought the remedy would be found in the Australian ballot-box system. If that were adopted thousands of negroes in the south would vote the democratic ticket, and thousands of white men would be found voting with the republicans. I*! there be kept away from the polls the army, the supervisors and marshals; and let every citizen, whether he be black cr white, go into a booth and determine by himself for whom
he would vote.
Mr. McCall (rep., Mass.) opposed the bilL The federal election laws should stand because there should be no reactionary legislation; they should stand as an evidence that the national government had some regard for Its citl*
gens.
Mr. McNagny (dem., Ind.) advocated the bill, holding that tne judgment of the American people was that tho federal election laws should be repealed. Mr. Warner (dem., N Y.) defended the city of New York, which he said had given a model to the United States in its registration and its election laws. .The reform of the election methods had come about by state laws under the construction of the state courts. He asked in behalf of New York state that the federal laws should be repealed. Mr. Richards (dem., O.) also advocated ths repeal of the election laws. On the 2d Mr. Dtnsmore (dem., Ark.) spoka in support of the pending repeal measure. Ha expected to see tho pledges of the democratic party on this question redeemed. It was the duty of the democratic party to repeal the laws permitting federal interference at state elections, and that duty should be faithfully performed. Mr. Denson (dem., Ala.) denounced the election laws. There were some men who said that there might be another war. He was not one of tb»se. He had fought against his distinguished friend, Gen. Henderson, of Illinois, and he did not want to see that fight any more. ; Mr. Cooper (dem., Fla.) and Mr. Clark (dem , Mo.j spoke against the Taws. The latter said the democratic party had begun business for | the purpose of giving local self government to | the people. That was the mission upon which I Thomas Jefferson had led it to its first victory, | and that was the mission on which Grover Cleveland had led it to its latest victory. Mr. Clark, in the course of his speech, predicted j that within a short time the people of tha south, white and black, would be found work- j ing together on all economic questions. In, conclusion Mr. Clark said the democrats were hon- !
THE SILVER DEBATE. Synopiis of tho IHscimston In the United Staten Senate. On the 27th the resolution offered by Mr. Dubois (rep, Idaho) to postpone action on financial. tariff and federal election measures until next January was taken up, and Mr. Duboia made an argument in its support Messrs. Mitchell trep., Ore.) and Chandler (rep., N. H. » opposed the measure. Mr. Wolcott (rep. Col.), in the course of his remarks in favor of iMistponement, referred to Mr. Gorman (dem., Md.) as the leader of the steoring committee, in terms which the latter evidently considered offensive. M r. Gorman declared it was plain to everybody that the resolution under discussion was merely for the purpose of filling up the time of the morning hour: that could not be denied. He then took up the scenes of the last few days and said that the history of the senate could show no parallel Ho said “the chief actors in them are doing much to belittle this great body and bring it doWBtothe level of a county convention or a meeting of some city council. 1 believe that the time will come, and speedily, when the chief actors will regret the part they have played and make atonement.” He wan tea to know If Mr. Wolcott referred to him us of the steering committee. Mr. Wolcott said he had beard there was a steering committee, and that Senator Gorman was the democratic head and Senator Aldrich its republican. Mr. Gorman then said he had "been a member of this body for over twelve years. Since a boy twelve years of age (pointing to the pages) 1 have been connected with this great body. I have seen scenes enacted in which all tho greatest senators that have lived took part. Tho vital interests of the country have been involved. Hut this is the first time I have ever seen a senator who has listened at the keyholes of committee-room doors or received his information from eavesdroppers tell the senate of what took place and w hat was said at private conferences." Continuing he said: “lam not the mouthpiece of the president, but 1 cannot allow the assertion that he used his patronage to influence congressional action go by w ithout declaring that there has been no occupant of tho executive mansion who has, in the administration of his office and the distribution of patronage, been so careful to avoid any action that might be construed as an a ttempt to swerve congress from its legitimate course. He has been r.o careful that he has scarcely done his party justice.” Mr Aldrich (rep., R L) denied that he at any time hud undertaken in any conference to represent anybody but himself He intended hereafter, speaking upon his responsibility as a senator and as the representative of a state, to cooperate with the senator from Maryland, or any senator who would save the senate from further humiliation, if possible, in the eyes of the American people Mr. tVolcott replied to Mr. Gorman's remarks. He said he had not cast the slightest reflection upon that senator by intent or otherwise. What rankled in his mind was that he had been characterized as one of a steering committee, but he (Wolcott) had not named him. If the senator was a “steerer” he ought not to have objected to a reference to that fact He would not have risen to reply to the senator had it not been for the fact tb it he had seen tit to suggest that he (Wolcott) had listened at committee-room doors, and he had been followed by his faithful ally and pupil, the senator from Rhode Island, with the same intimation. Mr. Gorman stated that he had said that the senator (\Molcott) obtained his information from eavesdroppers who listened at the
door.
•*I understood," Mr. Wolcott persisted, “the senator to intimate that I had listened at com-mittee-room doors. Nobody knows better than he that I wouid scorn a dishonorable method or dishonorable means. I am glad he now says that he did not say so.” Mr. Wolcott closed with a passionate appeal on behalf of the silver-producing states, and the Dubois resolution went on the calendar Mr. Pasco (dem., Fla) spoke on the repeal bill. He argued against unconditional repeal, but also opposed an obstructive policy. Mr. Teller (rep, Col.) said the criticism that had been made on the president had not been a personal assault It was an official criticism of official acts; and if the dot*brine were to prevail here that a senator was not to criticise official conduct there would be an end to this country of free government If Mr. Cleveland were an unpopular president his encroachments would do no harm. Harm came in this case from the fact that the people were willing to trust him. On the 28th Mr. Peffer (pop., Kan.) sent to the desk and had read the letter of the president to Gov. Northen, of Georgia. The letter did not dissipate, said Mr. Peffer, the confusion in the public mind as to the president's real opinion on the monetary question. He might be a monometallist; he might be a bimetallist; but t^cre was nothing in the president’s letter
to
show
what
kind of a metallist he
was.
Mr.
Peffer said there was
but
one
thing
the
president insisted
upon
and
that
was
the repeal of the
Sher-
man
law.
While pretending to be
a bi-
Mr Johnson charged the democratic party wkmu* of the nation and defying the public will; with forclitR the Morey letter in 1W*4, with foiling <he returns In Chlcairo in the Halin' year that »ent Joe Macktn to the penitentiary, with forifin* returnn in
DISASTROUS SMASH-UP. rtiftseiiger and Pile-Driving Trains Collide
and Kill Two Laborers.
metallist, as a number of senators pretended to be; while pretending that he favored the use of gold and sliver, the president made it plain if anything in tho letter was plain that he would measure by a gold standard, whereas th<* history of the coun.ry has been just the reverse. Gold had been measured by the silver standard, ami Mr. Peffer insisted that the system had not been changed so far as concerned the law. He said his amendment, which Is the pending one. would give the country bimetallism. Mr. Peffer declared that “whenever the administration, represented by its friends upon this floor, are ready to accept the pending amendment or some other amendment which will bring about the restoration of the law of 1837, they can pass the repeal bill in twentyfive minutes. I do not believe there is a senator here who would care to say one word more if only the chairman of the committee on finance would indicate to us that he was ready to accept that compromise. Then he could shake hands across the bloody chasm, puss the bill and take a rest for a week or two. Speaking for myself and the people I represent, that is the only compromise we offer or will accept Anything less than that would be a surren-
der. ”
pemtenviary, wi n lorg.ng returns n CRE8CKXT CITY, la., Sept. 29.-A pa* Before he reached the ronclus-ion of his reOhio anil Indiana, with fraud* Innumerable | _ . . , . >. mark* Mr. Peffnr said, while was willing to
in New York, with deeds ot violence in the sooth. "Ttio parly that has perpetrated all thewe wroujrs now contemplates this climax of thitr crimes, bullet them enjoy their victory without mental or mural reservation. They have set no Umit u) tbeir excesses. The hour of retribution will come It will take the party that has prostituted the power given it for great public purposes and hurl it Into ob-
livion.
Mr. Breckinridge 'dem., Ky.) followed, and hurled defiance at Mr Johnson "If the gentleman if» fair type," he said, “of the people of bis district, then they cannot be criticised for sctidins; here a man who denounces as Infamous a majority of the people of this country I have a profound pity for a man who could make such a speech, who does not believe his countrymen arc to be trusted. With this I dismiss him tram my mind and front mr speech ” Mr. Johnson interrupted by saying there were other things which the gentleman from Kctitif'lty would like to dismiss, alluding to the PoMard-lireckinridge breach of-ptomise
sender train and a work tram, havinjr a pile driver attached, collided about "J miles west of this city at 13 o'clock Wednesday on the Chicago «fc Northwestern line. The passenger train
had left Council Uluffs for point and the work train this place in the tnorninR. workmen on the pile-driving were killed and two injured.
this left)
Two j train Loren
Petersen and Bert Jackson are the names of the killed. Jackson is a Council Bluffs man. The injured are John Condon and Chris Knudson; the latter will probably die. The trains collided through a misunderstanding, each engineer thinking he was to pass the other train at another place. There was no one injured on the passenger train. The engine of the work train
suit Mr Breckinridge replied that such a wag pushing the train Imdead of pull-
remark only snowed that the gentleman (Mr. ! ; nir ;♦ JoHnumn h:L<i no nf ttrnni-i#*t v nnrl 1 8 •
Johnson) had no sense of the propriety and de-
cency of public life.
M r Breckinridge's speech was devoted largely to the constitutional phase of the question. These laws, he argued, marked an era; their repeal would mark the beginning of an-
other uud ;i better era. 'Ido not care to reply ^ , to the attacks ot the republicans against the } in this purt of the state in the slurt . democratic party." said he. “You can t indict t ^ ^ i »
RENEWED ACTIVITY.
The Indiutrien of Connecticut Feel the
Itetter Conditions of the Times.
Bridgkport, Conn., Sept. 27.—The effects of increased business are felt
of mills that have been runon half time and with only
a wHole people. You no longer indict the south wIkmi you attack the democracy, for the time thas come when a majority of tho representa-
tives from the north are democrats.”
On the 29th ult Mr. Lacy (rep.. la.) spoke
In opposition to the repeal of the election laws. ...... . . . , He characterized the meusur** us an unseemly ^arc making preparations for bill brought in at an unseemly time. This ex a good fall and winter trade. Reports trmordlnary .session bad been cal Isa on »c from towns up the Saugatuck valley
j nintf
| half tho usual number of hands | employed, and there is such a feeling' of confidence among the merchants
count of ihe tinanclul condition of the country. Some thought .bin Uad been brought about by the election of Ikt'i. some ItmuKht it bad been brought about by the tariff. Instead of meeting the Bnanclii' questtouas it should be met. instead of bringing forward a bill to revise tho artff—
all indicate the same condition of
fairs.
af-
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(lov. Altgeld, cf Illinois, lias removed the bar to the importation of cattle froiv Arkansas.
continue with his speech in the evening and to address the senate till sunrise, he did not desire to exhaust the patience of the senate by asking the senators to remain longer than they wished to. An executive session was then
held
On the 2»th ult. Mr Harris (dem., Tenn.) •poke against repeal. He favored the coinage of the entire American product of ailver. at any ratio to be agreed upon, saying that that of sixteen to one would be satisfactory. He said he had always understood that Senator Sherman believed and had stated that the limited coinage provided for by the Hland-Allison act would bring the United States to a silver standard and drive gold out of the country. Mr Sherman replied that he believed, as he alwayshad, that the continued purchase of silver. either under the Uland-Allison act or the act of 1890, without limitation, unquestionably would bring the country to a time when gold would disappear from circulation and silver would be the only standard. The free coinage of silver, In his opinion, would result in a silver standard. The act of 1890 would tend In the same direction. and In time would undoubtedly bring the country to a single silver standard. Therefore he favored the abandonment of the system. He (Sherman) thought the coinage of from two to four millions per month would have that effect also At the close of his speech Mr. Harris expressed himself ready to accept any fair and honorable compromise, but s-aid that he would rote against unconditional repeal. Mr. Morgan (dem., Ala) declared himself op posed to repeal and ridiculed the proposition of an international agreement governing the «olnage of silver, and made an argument ic favor of the constitutional rights of the people He said we are told even by the president of the United States, that functions of congress for the regulation of money cannot be properly exercised, and ought not to be exercised In these chambers, except In concert with some foreign powers That is the proposition. We arc told that we cannot exercise it wisely or justly until we have obtained the consent of some foreign power. If that proposition 1* true then we might just aa well declare wo
are not a government and that we have not got the power, under the constitution of the United Stales,, for taking care of the Important and serrlous interests of the pceple. We might just us well declare, so far as this particular debate is concerned, and so far as the Influences anil considerations that operate In this chamber as a pressure upon us are concerned, that we have never accomplished eur independence of Great Britain. If It be true that we still consult Qieut Britain, that we must sWll act in harmony with her, that we cannot legislate for our people till we get her consent for a certain measure, then we have not achieved our independence, and perhaps it wa» a mistake that we ever made tho effort. "That idle dream of international unity in regard to this matter,'’ said Mr. Morgan, "can be realized only in the fervid imagination of every enthusiastic statesman. ” On the 30th ult. notices were given of two amendments to the silver repeal bill—one by Mr. Wolcott (rep., Col), providing for the return to the states interested of the amount of the cotton tax'collected from them during the war; the other, by Mr. Perkins (rep, CoL), providing for the coinage of silver of American production at the existing ratio, the treasury to retain a seigniorage of 2J per cent.; also providing that hereafter there should be no gold coins minted of less than flO, and no bunk notes or treasury notes issued of less than 15. and for s monetary commission of tlvs experts. Mr. Camden (dem., W. Va.) argued In favor of the silver repeal bill, and Mr. Peffer (pop, Kan.) resumed his speech against repeal On the 2d Mr. Kyis (pop, S. D.) argued against the repeal measure. He took the ground that the Sherman law was not in any way responsible for the business troubles of the country. He appealed to senators from the south and from the west to stand for the protection of their own states. He contended that, as between gold and silver, silver was the more stable measure of commodities; that It was folly to fritter away time with an international monetary conference, and that the hop,-of ths United States was In looking forward towards a Pan-American alliance. Mr McMillan (rep. Mich ) made an argument in favor of repeal He said that the argument that the United Slates should continue the purchase of sliver for the sake of the silver mining and kindred industries could not stand, fctlver had declined ,in value for the same reason that iron had. The result of closing the silyer mines had been to start work on the goldmines Whatever might be the evils of a scarcity of money, the evils of an overabundance of money were still greater. Congress should do these three things: (1) Provide for a currency, every part of which shall always be maintained at par with the world's money: (2) provide for adequate banking reserves distributed throughout the country in accordance with local business necessities; end (3) provide a ready means of converting securities into cash and cash into securities according to the need for a more expanded or a more contracted currency. If these things were accomplished the quantity of money might be left to natural business causes. Mr Dolph (rep.. Ore.) expressed the belief that the cause for the present business disturbance in the country was the fear of hostile tariff legislation. The democratic party was standing, torch in hand, to tire the industrial interests of the country. Was it, then, any wander that with such a threat mills and factories had closed and idle men walked the streets demanding work and bread? In a wordy controversy with Messrs. Teller and Stewart on the question of free coinage, Mr. Dolph asserted that the advocates of free coinage did not want a silver dollar that was worth a dollar in gold. They wanted a 56-cent dollar—a cheap dollar; the cheaper the better.
RIDDLED WTH BULLETS. Calvin Stewart, a South Carolina Negro, Killed by Masked Men. Columbia, S. C., Sept 28.—Calvin Stewart, the nejrro who murdered a white man near Langley a short tim^. since, was captured Wednesday in a' swamp above Langley by Constable Augustine. Tuesday night the constable and a few friends started to bring the prisoner to Aiken. When they had left Langley about a mile in the rear they were surprised by a mob of fifteen masked men. Before any resistances could be made the prisoner was taken from them and riddled with bullets. Before being shot Stewart confessed to having murdered old man Carter at Langley and implicated Stephen Dunbar, who he claimed had aided him in the murder. Dunbar was arrested and placed in the Aiken jail. The sheriff, fearing an attempt to lynch Dunbar would be made, telegraphed (lov. Tillman, who ordered the Palmetto rifles to the jail to protect the prisoner. Dispatches from Aiken say that a mob of 150 men are reported going that way from Langley.
A DREADFUL SCENE. Last Art In a Doawrstir Drama of Discord and I>efipon<l«nt’y. Pittshproh, Sept. 27. — Samuel G. Stodhart. a car accountant at the Carnegie Steel company, shot his wife in the heart while she was sleeping, and then placing the muzzle of the revolver into his mouth sent a bullet crashing into his own brain. The tragedy occurred at 5:35 o’clock a. tn. at the home of Stodhart on Point View avenue, Last End. Insanity over religious differences and despondency over business troubles are the causes which led to tho awful deed. Stodhart was 45 years old and his wife two years his junior. The couple have been married sixteen years, and have had seven children, the eldest being a girl 15 years old. Mrs. Stodhart was a Catholic, and the two frequently quarreled over the education of their children. Recently Stodhart’s salary was reduced 15 per cent-, and this also preyed on his mind.
FOR BETTER TRADE. * _______ Opening of the HimetnllU' Convention In MldHouri’s Metropolln. St. Louis, Oct. 4.—The pan-American bimetallic convention assembled at Armory hall at 11 o'tflock Tuesday. Ex-Congressman Nathan Frank delivered the aldress of welcome on behalf of the city. Gov. W. J. Stone, of Missouri, performed a like service on behalf of the state. 8. S. King, of Kansas, responded for the convention, expressing thanks for the welcome. Turning to the question of sectionalism ami silver he declared, first, that this country was able to get along without the economic aid of any foreign nation; second, as regards silver, | there was no sectionalism other than I that conceived by those endeavor- | ing to debase it, citing, as he pre- j sen ted this, the solid votes of the north- I eastern Atlantic states. As to com- 1 merce, he quoted statistics showing that the internal commerce from the Missis- j sippi valley was greater than the com- i bined foreign commerce of all the world, lie touched upon depreciation of the money value of agricultural products by the use of the single gold standard, and in closing upon the Mississippi valley, that great empire of the J xvest, to wake tip and take its place in the economics of the country. Gov. G. P. Tillman, of South Carolina, was chosen temporary chairman. In his address the governor took occasion to charge that the reduction in the anticipated number of delegates was due to the power of the press to smother the efforts of the masses to rise to their proper place. But with all that he dared to say that the time was coming when the west and south would join hands and win their rights, if not by agitation then by their ballots. When the afternoon session convened the credentials committee reported an authorized convention list of Klti representing the states of Colorado, Iowa, Texas, Indiana, Montana, Kansas, South Carolina, New Mexico, Old Mexico, Arkansas and Missouri. It was decided that each state delegation at large should cast twenty votes, while all other delegates from other sources should cast their individual votes. H. C. Walters, of Washington, delegate from a state whose governor refused to appoint, was given power to cast the state's entire vote of twenty, as was also J. K. Weatherford, of Oregon, for his state. The following names were announced as the selection of the committee on permanent organization for officers of the convention: President, Gov. L. D. Lewelltng, of Kansas: vice president, M. E. Benton, of Missouri; secretary, Olney Newell, Colorado; assistant secretaries, Samuel H Cook, of Missouri, and YV. H. Culp, of Arkansas. Gov. Waite, of Colorado. Gov. Stone, of Missouri, and S. H. Snyder, of Kansas, escorted to the chair President Lewelling, who briefly thanked the convention, urging that the deliberations of the assemblage be carried on with care and caution, that the results desired might be accomplished without alienating those who would be friends. He then presented Mrs. Mary E. Lease, of Kansas, for whom he asked of the convention a hearing. Mrs. Lease said that a crisis was now on more dangerous than that which ' confronted the American people in 1776. With that introduction she proceeded to argue for the union of the west and south against the bondholders of the east At this point calls for President A. C. Fisk, of the Pan-American Bimetallic association, brought that gentleman to the floor with an address entire- | ly statistical, in behalf of bi- j metalism, the Nicaragua canal and the use of the Mississippi and * other rivers leading to the gulf, there- 1 by severing relations with the east to the benefit of the west to the extent of at least f83,000.000 on freights to Europe on flour, wheat and corn, and much more in other products. Gen, J. B. Weaver briefly jtddressea the convention in favor of bimetallism in its fullest sense, and then the convention adjourned for the day. HIS FATAL MISTAKE. Gave the Wrong Signal and in Horror at the Ketiult Shot lliin«ielf. Easton, Pa., OeL 4.—A Lehigh Val- j ley coal engine cut a Crane Iron com- | puny engine in two at Catasauqua. A dozen coal cars were wrecked and all ! travel blocked. The collision was due to Watchman Thomas Bias giving the signal to both engineers | that the track was clear. He had ! been stationed there more than twenty I years and this was his first mistake, j After he saw what he had done, he i went home and shot himself. John 1 Ray, fireman on the Crane Iron com- ! pany engine, died of injuries received, ! and Engineer Herbert James will be a cripple for life.
STONED TO DEATH. Hrutal Murder of a (’olontdo Post matter and Hi§ Analstiiiit bj IndiaiiA. Denver, CoL, Oct 3. — Post Office Inspector James A. Small has received a telegram notifying him of the brutal murder of Postmaster II. M. Potter and his assistant Robert Roberts, at Monitor, Yuma county. But few details of the killing were obtainable. Both men were alive Friday morning, but at noon, when the mail was called for, Roberts was found sitting in a chair in front of the office dead. When the sheriff was summoned he discovered the body of Potter some distance away with one leg broken and the skull crushed in. Everything indicated that the men were stoned to death and it is suspected that the murder is the work of Indians in the vicinity. The post oftice was robbed of two pistols and a rifle. Railroad Men on a Strlko. Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 2. — All the switchmen in the Chesapeake A Ohio yards went out Monday morning, and only one yard engine is being worked. It is in charge of the trainmaster. The coal heavers, wipers, section men and men in the shops are also out. The switchmen on the Louisville, New Orleans «fc Texas and Illinois Central have refused to handle Chesapeake A Ohio cars and they, too, have gone out
PANIC IN A CHURCH. Ten Peraosa Rilleil anil Many InjnreU at Paran Karlen tern, Mexico. City of Mexico, Oct. 4.—Advices have j been received from Parangarientero, ! state of Michoacan, of a horrible acci- | dent at a church. The parish church ! was crowded with people attending a religious festival when a rocket set fire to tho roof, and the ' fact being announced by-the ring- | ing of the church bell a panic seized upon the assembled multitude, who j made a simultaneous break for the I doors, with the result that ten persons were killed, three of them being children. Many others were seriously injured.
Gen. Moran, of the Frenoh army, has enlisted the plow in the service of war for the hasty preparation of intrenehments. A half a dozen furrows, which are run parallel on the line selected, make it possible to turn up intrenchments in greatly less time tlmfl tvhen the earth has to be loosened by the spade alone. A strange whim is displayed by a saloon-keeper in New Albany, Ind. He has two polecats which he treats as pets. Some people do you a favor very much as a hedgehog sheds his quills. |
A Matter of Health. Housekeepers faintly realize th® danger of an indiscriminate use of the numerous baking powders nowadays found upon every hand, and which are urged upon consumers with such persistency by peddlers and many grocer* on account of the big profits made in their sale. Most of these powders are made from sharp and caustic acids and alkalies which burn and inflame the alimentary organs and cause indigestion, heartburn, diarrluEal diseases, etc. Sulphuric acid, caustic potash, burnt alum, all are used as gas-produc-ing agents in such baking powders. Most housekeepers are aware of the painful effects produced when these chemicals are applied to the external flesh. How much more acute must be their action upon the delicate internal membranes! Yet unscrupulous manufacturers do not hesitate to use them, because they make a very low-cost powder, nor to urge the use of their powders so made, by all kinds of alluring advertisements and false representations. All the low-priced or socalled cheap baking powders, and all powders sold with a gift or prize, belong to this class. Baking powders made from chemically pure cream of tartar and bi-carbon-ate of soda are among the most useful of modern culinary devices. They not only make the preparation of finer and more delicious cookery possible, but they have added to the digestibility and wholesomeness of our food. But baking powders must be composed of such pure and wholesome ingredients or they must be tabooed entirely. Dr. Edson, Commissioner of Health of New York, in an article in the “Doctor of Hygiene,” indicates that the advantages of a good baking powder and the exemption from tho dangers of bad ones in which the harsh and caustic chemicals are used, are to be secured by the use of Royal Baking Powder exclusively, and he recommends this to all consumers. "The Royal,'' he says, “contains nothing but cream of tartar and soda refined to a chemical purity, which when combined under the influence of heat and moisture produce pure carbonic, or leavening, gas. The two materials used, cream of tartar and soda, are perfectly harmless even xvhen eaten, but in this preparation they are combined in exact compensating weights, so that when chemical action begins between them in the dough they practically disappear, the substance of both having been taken to form carbonic acid gas.” Hence it is, he says, that the Royal Baking Powder is the most perfect of all conceivable agents for leavening purposes. It seems almost incredible that any manufacturer or dealer should urge the sale of baking powders containing injurious chemicals in place of those of a well-known, pure, and wholesome character simply for the sake of a few cents a peund greater profit; but since they do, a fexv words of warning seem to be necessary. A One Volume Man. A curious example of generous obstinacy was a stout countryman who inquired for a nice book to read—“one with a story in.” On several being placed before him he examined them attentively, and picked out the middle volume of a “three-decker” with the remark: ‘ This ’ere's my sort What's the price?” “Oh.” was the reply, “this is only the second volume; the story goes through three—the set is half a crown.” “Hauve a crown! Well, I’ll gie ye that for that one book. It's a pretty un enough.” “But won’t you have the other two as well? You’d better!” “Naw! 1 don't like th’ beginnin’ of a story; I can’t get furrud wi’ it An’ 1 don't like th’ endin'; 1 don’t knotv as ’ow it’s corned about But in th’ middle un I'm into t’ thick of it right off. No. I'll only tak’ th' middle un; it’ll set me up for a month.” And. cramming the book into his pocket, he put down his half crown and disappeared with a “Good night!” before the other volumes could he given him.—Chambers’ Journal.
Hie YVaa ItavengtHl. "Up!” shonted a man, as the elevator car dashed past the second floor. "Curse him!” ejaculated the attendant, as he clutched the check rope and reversed the ear. “It is always the same. That man never calls until I’m past the floor.” The man entered the car complacently. The elevator man slammed the door after him. gave a vigorous pull at the twisted wire strand and away shot the elevator toward the tenth story. “Seventh!” shouted the man again, as the ear approached the landing, but the elevator man stirred not a hand. “You didn’t call in time,” said he, “and my orders are against going back for anyone. I’m coming right down again,” and with these few words he rushed the occupant up to the tenth story and back again. He had sought and found revenge.—N. Y. Herald.
Saved by a Narrow Margin. “Been to lodge, have you, Absalom?” •aid Mrs. Rambo, in a metallic tone of voice. "Yes, m’ dear,” replied Absalom. “What time does the lodge usually let out?" “About—urn~aliout eleven o’clock.” “And what time do you think it is now?” “Er—it’s abont twelve, isn’t it?” “It is half-past two. Does it take three hours and a half to come home?” "^es, m dear. Lodge bodies move •lowly.” And Mrs. Rambo went gaspingly upstairs to bed.—Chicago Record. foolt Him by Surprise. “Oh, well,” said a Hartford (Conn.) photographer to a pickpocket who pulled his hat down over his eyes and averted his face, “it doesn't make any difference to me whether you are pho tographed or not. I get paid just the •ante.” "Is that so?” exclaimed the fellow, as he looked up in surprise. The photographer never got a better picture of a crook than the one he caught that moment.—N. Y. Times.
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