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THE 31QBKXJa TIMES, SAT TO PAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1897,
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Monday, September G 38.018
Tuesday, September? 41,278
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The name of American, -which be
longs to you in your national capac
ity, must always exalt the just pride
of patriotism Geoege W-isncfGiox,
September 17, 179G.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IS, 197.
With Much We&tcrn Beserve.
TO reoognize -a good thing from Ohio
is to admit that something of that kind
can oeme wt of Nazareth, but, once in a
wile, it floes happen. The Columbus
Post, a few days ago, observed with much
poiat aqd discretion. "Jso one has yet
atJlanpted to define the difference be
tween h Cleveland Democrat and a Mc
Hlaiey KepwWksau." There Is native
equine sease In tiiat remark. Nobody
has.
1 pcwite wftl UKly the political aitua
tte ia Kew York, for example, they will
see how -apposite the tbougbt is. There
is only ae Itepobllcan clt and that is the
cot tor cold, and all that gold implies. The
EOHe people -who seated Hayes in the
Presidential ohair, to which nobody Is
liar eneiga to claim that he -was ever
elected, procured the ejection of Garfield,
of Cleveland, of Harrison, and of Cleveland
again. Politically speaking, they were
and axe "nan-partisan." AH they ever
"wasted, all they wanttoday, has been, and
is, a- convenient tool to carry out the de
signs and conspiracies of the Anglo
Bepnbuc&n element against the prosperity
and the liberties of the American people.
The Jobbers who used and betrayed the
Iemocratio party whea It could be manlpu- i
lated to place la power Grover Cleveland.
were-Oie identical individuals who bought
the election of Mr. MeKInley. They were
pood liepa toucans in 1S0; they want to he
goodDomocrateia 1S97 and 19S, because
tanyreaegsizet.be crrentreruision,andare
determined to be on top. Tlrey are spend
ing money lavishly ia New York to se
cure a -voice and mfluEnoe in ths Demo
cratic organization, because that vould
give -tfeem 2. fiance to gain -control of the
next Democratic national convention.
HuvvniL
There -were tunes, and they -were long
6go, -when Henry J. ItayHiond was editor
of the .Kew York Tiraee. Then the paper
was a power in the press of the country.
Many praple did not agree -with its views,
bat .all respected it. "Tcmpus mutantur.'
Throegh misfortnnes and blunders, the
onoe-great journal has been reduced to the
position of a pawnbroker's shop, making
adcancos wi Uic seoarity of -Wall Street
ideas and ooeaUoaaliy disfwwug at auc- j
tloa -of the naredeeine pledges of the 1
BepiibUcan party
In a Tecent article the New York Times
Eaid; ''TOtaat ootdd annexation or Hawaii
give .is that Tve have not now7"
Pmm the standpoint ot the New
York Times and Mr. Clans Spreckles -we
do not -want anything more. "VYlUio the
Hawaiian XSanfls were under the control
of Mr. EpreckloE, and, Incidentally, the
Hawaiian Commercial Company, in the re
osganizatioa of whioh Mr. Cleveland ia
eaift -to ha-ve been intereslea, there -was au
eta. ot monopoly prosperity. Coolie con
traot lalhir xras cheap and planty. It is
u to this day- Annexation -will put a com
piete'stsp to that. This is one thing that
we will get by annexation that lias not
obtained before, and the fact will
aopcmiii fur motit of lite opposition to the
project.
Aide fxera 4hat, America, will gain con
trol f be Paoirie. Po&eiiioa of the
Ha-waiinn Islands will give this country
.net only domination over the great ocean
between San Tranolseoand Japan, but will
pkCkeTHSte ipdtionofanagnificentpower
ia ounnecUoii with the world's commerce
vi heueivx the ine'itable nltcb between the
seas hall be dag across Central America,
tEbe
That U an important and a vital thing that
annaxatlon will give ua that wo have not
now. When Itloomes, it will be painful to
organs like the New York Times, owned
and conducted hi foreign interests, but, all
the same, it will be eminently satisfactory
to the American people.
Gnns mid Gunners.
Students of political science, In this and
other countries, from time to time have
expressed surprise that the Congress of the
United States, which always can find
means to Improve Interior creeks and
mountain branches at enonnous public ex
pense, shook! be to niggurdly as notoriously
it Is Iu relation to the national defence.
The Times is not an advocate of a large
standing army; particularly not, while the
tendency of the day i.-s toward govenimeut
by injunction. But, at least, there is a
tenMhle view to take of our army problem
that the Congress lias not yet taken. By
Way of Illustration, there is the tactical
organization of our forces, which has been
ignored to Mieb an extent that all the
armies of tlic civilized world bae gone
beyond us, 'leaving tlje American army
with no companion in the matter of or
ganization fcave China.
A little more expense, a few more men,
would make it possible .for us to place
our regiments on the basis of a three
batlahon formation. Yet, with all the
iunmiice that soldiers like Gen. Joe
Vheler, Gen. Morgan and others of the
taint.- ort in the Senate and Hoube have
been able to exert, every effort in the
direction of Uiiu simple but none the less
vital reform, s. far has failed.
That 1 lad enough, but ignoring the
present and pressing iibcensity for pro
viding skilled artillerymen to man the
gun- iku we even now are placing on our
coaxU is wore. Lieutenant Carbaugh, in
the Journal of the .Military Service In
stitution, prev.-nth a strong argument in
this- directum. He ihowh that the system
of HiaUmrd protection auopled by our
authorities includes inorethan five hun
dred liurh-power guns, one ihoubnini mor
tars and tliree hundred and jJxty rapid
fire pieces, to be grouped at over oiie bun
dred different points in twenty-five har
bors, and le-eiiforced by six thousand sub
marine mines- To handle this defense
organization properly will require at
least seventy rive hundred additional ar
tiPerymen, divided 111U. ten skeleton regi
ments, wlaoli, in case of war, onild be
epanded to their full "implement or, say
twelve hmulri'd men each. Such a force
would cover one hundred and ten wa coast
batleriep. licside.s the ten field baturiesnow
malataiiicd on our present establishment.
The total eoj-t ot the increase would not
exceed one million dollare a year
Considering this important need of onr
military defense service, it is satisfactory
to know that a most efficient, not to say
a diMiagulshed artillery board, has been
por.donng the question, and we presume
that Secretary Algei will present its cou
clusioDb to the Congress early in the
aeit session. The board constats of
Cols. Rodgers and Hasbrouck. and Capt.
Miller, all officers of distinction and sci
entific accomplishment. The country
will look .forward with interest to their
report, and with confidence that our
legislature; will take the action ne'-esl-tied
bv the conditions and the duties or
the hour.
Clfunlinohs.
Th proverb that el-anliuess is next
to gtrtlUnees may hoie come down to
us Tram tbe Jiutch of New Amsterdam,
ot wliom it was said tnat their wix'3
fiorubbt'd bo much tltat their hands grew
web fiitgers like unt. a duck's. Un
fiTtunoteljmost ieople take the proverb
to mean that if a person is godly he
will be clean, neglecting the other pos
sible meaning that if he is clean he is
likely to be gcod It is a poor proverb
that does not work both ways, and this
proverb docs, Just like a mule, or an
old-fashioned muzzle-loading shot-gun.
In the first place, the person who Is not
clean is raore llkelj to catch disease, and
disease, except in the Sunday-school books,
is not a mf-ans of grace. It is- morePkely
to be a mean" ut bad temper, ill feeling,
unhappy hon.es, and street-tared chudren
Secondly, there in a feeling of seir-reppect
inculcate 1 by being clean, and self-respect
is one of the mightiest promoters or good
behavior in tills world. Thirdly, the per
son who is clean receives better treat
meat from hb superiors than he who is
otrty.andso he feels more fneudly toward
them, and they toward him.
Lt have water -as much f iva-k
possible -in every place where it Is needed.
Let as see aft eT the sanitary arrangements
Jn 1he houses of the poor. It is cheaper
in the long niu-notiucL a rerylong run,
either to pay for running -water in the
house, and proper ventilation and sewerage
thnn to pay for a city hospital, or foot up
a long doctor's bill in one's own family
for some sickness caught irom a Blum
dweller. And, abovt all, let the water
which is provided be clean.
Health Officer Woodward states a-j a
positive facl that thesewagj of a con
siderable settlement above us- on the Po
tomac comes down to us unaltered and
is disseminated through our drinking water.
He says that the flowing of water for any
distance does not purify the stream, as
the popular Idea is, and that the impure
condition of the Potomac water with which
"Washington is supplied is the cause of
our large death rate. He says that a
large part of these deaths Is among the
colored people, who are crowded luto the
less de3lrable dwellings of the 'city, In
which there are no good sanitary arrange
ment's, and in wh'ch thoy die very fast
from diseases -which can be directly
traced to bad water and lact of sanita
tion. A. disproportionate number of these
deaths occur in infancy
Now, adde from the justice or injustice
of crowding people into quarters in which
it is almost Impossible for them bo be clean,
and then blandng them for lack of neat
ness, this thing should receive attention
for the pood tif the whole city- There
should be free baths in every big city,
and theTe should "be agood supply of water
la or near each house for drinking, scrub
bing and bathing purposes. Of course,
elaborate bathrooms cannot bo pat into
worklngmea's houses without an Increase
of rent which might prove a hardship,
but there are Improvements short of that
which could and should be made. A prop
erty owner who will put one blo'k of
houses hi good sanitary condition, and
takes a little care to secure tenants who
will keep them clean and In good order,
puts a premium on cleanliness, and steadi
ness, and decency, and since people who
care fot these things usually are regular
in paying their rent, the landlord will not
in the end lose money. And a little leaven
leavens the whole lump. The 'man who
builds a row of alley houses simply for
money-making purposes, and rents them
to jts many f amine as are willing v live
in them -one family to eachroom,perhaps
and squeeze? out the last penny of rent he
can.nnd pays no attention to the sanitary
condition of his tenants, is doing bis fellow-citizens
an injury, and one of tiies'i
days lie will be regarded as a i.Jneteenth
century criminal, and laws will be made
against him. He Is not civilized, tltough
he may -a ear a drew, coat aud bo a con
noisseur on wines; ho is nu atarlstic
barbarian, using his money, instead of a
club, to remove the brains and necuro the
earnings of his fellow-beings.
Constantinople advices assure us that
the Sultan finally is satteiled with the
basis ot settlement established by the am
bassador. Tewflk Taslia, Grand Vizier,
was expected to sign the protocol of peace
today. TerhnpF. he will do go, although
we are rather inclined to nuspect that, at
the last moment, the Sublime Port will
find that some ancient question yet re
mains to be considered.
Although some further spread of the
ye'low fever epidemic may be looked for,
the health authorities seem to think that
they have the dlseaie fairly under control.
Most Df the people who were exposed at
Oceau Springs and afterward became scat
tered through the Southern States have
been accounted for. In nenrly every
instance the pl has lollowudlheiu Yes
tcrday there was but one death from yellow
fever, aud five new cases In New Orleans.
In other places the situation was more
encouraging than it has been for several
days.
Pension Commissioser Evans apparently
Is satisfied that the Old Guard not only
never surrenders but never dies. lie Is
quoted as saying that 200,000 penhlon
claims confronted him when he took office,
and that In the single, month of June,
of this year, there were 18,108 new appli
cations. The statistical division of the
"War Department shortly will have to
revise its census of soldiers engaged in the
"late unpleasantness." From current In
dlcatious we nre satisfied that the num
ber of enlisted men must have approxi
mated alwut ten millions.
An account tomes to this country via
Munich of a London society for the propa
gation ot cats. The idea is that the cat
-is fall of electricity (especially, when
chasing a dog), and can thus be used in
the treatment of disease. "Whether the'
patient is to be massaged with a cat or to
wear a cat as a porous plaster Is not ex
plained, hut It is perfectly evident that
there is electricity in cats, andjthatyon
occasion, human beings are greatly stirred
up by this quadruped It might be a good
thing for certain nervous diseases If the
patient could be put in the room with i
cat In the act of catching its dinner alive
in the thape of a mouse. The rapid
motion engendered by the effort to get
cut of the cat's way would call into being
all sorts of energies. A cat is a curiouo
sort ot an animal anyway. It is the one
among cur domesticated animals which re
tains most of the wild traits, while taking
on most completely the aspect of tiuneness.
To see a cat meekly sunning herself on a
window-sill, her white-mlttened paws
crcsed devoutly on her little white breast
and ber eyes closed as Jf she were engaged
in humble and happy meditation, is very
edifying; but Just look at that cat when .1
small dog comes around the corner. Just
listen to that cat ju the deadof night, sing
ing acid the steady fatter ol bootjacks,
bricks and crockery, none of which hit
anything but the ground. Is there any
thing devout about her then? Not much.
But there is a good deal of electricity,
and maybe, when .she sitB in that meek
and gentle attitude of contemplation, she
is generating lightning against the time of
need.
THE SILVER CAMP 3EETING.
Muny Distinguished Speakers Were
Among the Arrivals Yesterday.
Springfield, Ohio, Sept. 17. The at
tendance at thenatlonol silver camp meet
ing today wah larger than yesterday. The
air was oool today, and everybody enjoyed
the camp meeting. Col. Brown announced
that 500 people were coding from North
ern Ohio tomorrow and that therewouldbe
500 from the "West.
Another delegation is coming from Cin
cinnati to stay over Sunday.
G."W. Moore vas chairman this morning
He made a 3hort speech. He was followed
by Hon. T. E- Tarsney, of Detroit, who
spoke ror two hour.son theissue.
This afternoon Judge Tarvin, of Cov
ington, and Mrs. Tilllnghast, of Cleve
land, made stirring addresses.
Tonight Hon. Charles Townc and Charles
Hartman spoke. They were received with
enthusiasm.
Hon. H. L. Chapman, candidate for
governor on the Democratic ticket, will
be here Monday. The speakers who ar
rived today are: Ex-Speaker John S.St.
John, Hon. ChaTlcs Hartman, Montana;
Hon. F. G. Newlands, Nevada; Miss Nellie
Robinson. New York; Hon. 0. A. Towne,
Hon. Martin Williams, Missouri; Hon. J.
A. Lee, Missouri; Sev. Sam-W. SmalLMrs.
Helen M. Gouger, Indiana, and Oliver
Downing, Boston.
A big laboring men's meeting will bo
held Sunday.
The Betort Pat.
(From Tit-Bits.)
"My good -man," faid the severe lady,
"have you ever stopped to think how
much money is wasted each year in to
bacco mid rum?" "No, mum, I haven't,"
anwei;dthe object ""It's a-taking up all
my lime jhr now to figgar out how many
lamiiies could be supported on the prjee
of the extra mateial women put in their
leeves."
A Prudent Afterthought.
From the Chicago Times-Herald.)
Tlie trustees of Brown have decided that
an Andrews in the faGulty Is worth a
whole loofc of blank checks in Bockefel-
i lcr'u pocket.
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
TAKES CARE OF HASKELL. Col. nas
kell, of Ohio, who Is supposed to bo tho
sealer of weights and measures for the
Dlstiict, seems to he independent ot the
Commissioners. Apparently be has little
Tespect for t!,at body, and certainly does
iot fear the authority it Is supposed to
possess!. Col. nhKkell wab here jesterday
and secured a Iurttier leave vT absence.
"With Haiina, the manager of the present
Administration, at his hack, of course Col.
Haskell's request for leave of absence was
giatited without a word. Col. Haskell U
and iias been for some time employed by
Senator Hanna In the Ohio campaign, and
that story about his desire for more time
in which to arrange his private affairs is a
neat piece of fiction on the part of Col.
Harwell. Whenllanna 1b through with him
and his peculiar Services are no lofger
needed in Oldo, then Col. Haskell will
Co.ue to Washington, qualify for the office
to wi.lch he has been appointed aud begin
U draw ids salary. Meanwhile the Dls
tiict will endea-vor, to stagger along with
out hifapreem.e and -ee that the weights
and measures lare' properly looked -iTter.
It is a nice thing to have Presidential
managers for tjackiug and Col,. Haskell is
making the best of it.
THREATENS COLORED MEN.-Several
prominent citizcn&io.f Ceon-'hi Were at the
White House yesterday for the purpose of
protesting against what appears to be the
fixed deteriuinkU0i of the President to ap
point JudRoti L5 on, colored, to the office
ot postmasterat Augusta, iu that State.
It was sanl by a member of this delegation
tliat a member of Congress from that
State had told the Piesidentthit it he ap
pointed a negioto any of the federal of
fices iu that Slate be would be shot by
the people. The President was not deterred
tv this, thicat, which was put to htm diplo
matically, hut, appointed the man who
was killed the other drfy. It was whispered
among ihe Georgians here jesterday that
if Lyon was appointed he would inall prob
ability suffer the same penalty. The
bitual'.on presenus a deplorable suite of
affairs, but there seems to be no indication,
of the President's being Influenced thereby.
The. bargain wai: made with Hanna months
bemre tho convention, and in the dis
tiibntlon of the patronage now the Admin
istration is but pajing off wme of the
debit Incuired bj Banna when he 10a e
his campaign for delegates to St. Louis
If the negroes are all put In office and
fien all killed, Mr, Hanna will mit be
al!e to capture the State when tho next
convention Is ready to assemble.
BELDEN LEAVES SYRACUSE. -James
D. Belden, the ten times millionaire Con
gressman from the Syracuse district of
New York, has l-ought himself a residence
in New York, and will remove to that
c'ty with tne intention of making it hla
fuiure home. This will be joyrul news to
Major Poole, ex-Senator Frank. Hls
ock and other Republican leaders of the
city up tl.e State. Major Poole defeated
Bcld&rt for the nomination hi 1895, and was
elected to succeed Belden. He was re
nominated 'n thelaJt campaign, but Belden
fixed au independent ticket for himself and
defeated Poole and returned to Congress
Poole attempted to gt back into public
life by being made Pension Commle-sioner,
but he did not find favor in the eyesof tho
President. Ever since his defeat, Poole
has been opposed to Belden, whom he
accuses ot having taught his way into Con
grecs through the expenditure of -omething
like$13,000. Now thatBjIden leoutot the
way Poole will again be a candidate, but
it Ip understood that Frank Hlcock. not
withstanding his service or six years In the
Senate, will make the race for tho nomi
nation againrt Poole.
SMITIJ SEER MoKINLE Y Ex-Secretary
of the Interior Hoke Smith nas at the
White HouS; yesterday just to pay his
resjwetsv He i$ 'jnjbi&.way hqmefrom New
Yuk and stajjftcjd pv..rll5re-Ba Mime legal
matters. Discussing the situation in Ids
State Mr. Smith paid Georgia was coming
out of ner period of depression and her
people were begmniug to be prosperous la
a measure. ''We were among the first to
feel the depression of some year's ago."
Rtid the cx-geQAary, ''and we ought to
be am-jiig the'flrol to feel themprovemeut
if there ih any. Our .people could not hav.s
been any worse off than they were for
many years. 1 Tb-y lost their credit, could
buy nothing except for cash, and wereab
solutely forced to live in the most
economical manner po-salble. That condition
of affairs ha-.mg been forced upon them
ithan became now a matter of habit Now
thit they are begin uiug again to produce
things Tor which J;hey rind a niart.et, It
they contlnuBthelr economical haul is. there
will soon i-e a surplus, and with that sur
plus better times aud all that syrtof thing.
The tariff has not done us a particle ot
good- On tlie contrary it hab Injured us In
many respects. We have simply fought our
way up from the deptlis of despair aud
by 1 eer hard work have put those do
pressed condition behind us, and are now
looking cheerfully in to the future."
McKINLEY IN THE JULLS.-Tbe Presi
dent will endeavor next week to give the
offlccicekers another shake and will go
where they will scarcely have the hardi
hood to follow him. Since ids return
to Washington the President has been
overrutt with offlceseekers, anil has, had
but little time to give to the moro Im
portant affairs of slate. The crowds who
have gathered at the White House arc
Pimply driving Jiim out of town again.
The President -will leave Washington
next Tuesday, after the Cabinet meeting,
for Adams, Mass.. where lie will bo the
guest of Mr. IV. P. Plunkett, a personal
friend of the Frejsi den t aud Secretary Alger,
and one of Massachusetts' wealthy citi
zens. He lives hi one of the most de
ligbttulpartsof the Berkshire Hill.. country,
and part of the President's vacation there
will be given np to a coaching party
through those charming and picturesque
hills. Here he wUl be free from the in
trusion of oflceseekers. He will be the
guest of a private citizen, and oo person
will be permitted to bother him. The
President expects to return by the 1st ot
October.
JONES TURNED UOWN With the ap
pointment yesterday of A. Clark Tenner,
of Ohio , to be Assistant Commissioner of
Indian Affairs, Commissioner Jones Is
turned down badly. There has been a
struggle between the commissioner am:
Secretary Bliss over this office for some
time- Banna wanted Tonner, who Is an
j Ohio man, and Bliss private secretary,
appointed to the place, and, of course, if
Hanna wanted it, Secretary Bliss was
wilting that be should be given it and used
his Influence on the cotumissloiier. Com
missioner Jones is one of those rugged
fellows from the West who takes a per
sonalpridein his work and believes he has
a mission to perform in the administration
of the Indian Bureau. He is against
fraud aud rottenness of all sorts and is
going to the bottom of everything of this
character that has protruded itshead since
lie came into office and widen gained a
foothold there beforo he came.
He knew that this would be a gigantic
task, and he wanted some one as his as
sistant who would work with him 1n the
p'roper spirit and who would also be as
ztalou1; as himself in ousting those who
were living off the Indians and violating
tlie laws in several particulars- Mr. Jones
did not believe Mr- Tonner was the man
ho wanted and said so freely. He ven
went to the President about It, but he
protested in -sain- Mr. Tonner had to be
taken care of, and the appointment -was
made yesterday while the commissioner
I was ia New York trying to run down some
cro'iked business connected with soma In
dian contracts.
STILL ANOTHER COUSIN. The Presi
dent yesterday took, care of another of
those cousins of his who have been bobbing
up serenely nince the present Administra
tion came Into power. This time not only
was a cousin put into ortice, but the time
honored doctrine of home rule was sec
aside Frederick E. McKinley, of Albu
querque, N. M , was made receiver or
public moneys at Guthrie, Oklahoma Ter
ritory. A cousin ot the Vice President,
Edward F. Hobart, who did not have the
political pull strong enough to landt him
in the office or governor of New Mexico,
was yecierday given tne office of receiver
of public moneys at Santa Fe.
A BIG SHIP CANAL PROJECT.
Cougresb Will Be Ashed to Help
It Along.
New York, Sept. 17. Since 1836 plans
for a ship canal connecting Lake Erie
with thesoutheruendof Lake Michigan bavw
beeu from time to time under contldera
tion pf capitalists and legislators. Now
the project in Tairly uuder way. and
Stewart Appletou, of Twelve Corners,
Mich., representing the ship canal com
pany, is on ins way to Washington to ar
range for bringing the matter before Con
gress. Mr. Appleton was seen today at the J
Windsor Hotel.
"The prr.powed ship canal," he said, "id
to extend from the Hiutheateru corner of
Lake Mich'gan to the western end of Lake
Erie, near Toledo, and will out off about
1,000 miles of travel, the distance around
lo Chicago, through the Straits of Macki
naw. "Moreover, it will add six weeks of navi
gation ut each end of the season. The
original cost of the canal was estimated
at $30,000,000, but we have cut that
down to 55,000,000. Instead of digging
a canal eighteen or twenty feat deep
we find that nine feet will be sufficient.
owing to the invention of a St- Louis i
man named Lucas- He has Invented
ship of six-foot draught which, by the
contrivance of a twenty-foot centerboard,
is rendered perfectly seaworthy In heavy
weather. Ship of this kind will be
uM'd on the canal. We expect that
Congress will give us an appropriatioa.
Last year the Canal and Railroad Com
mittee considered the matter and every
member was personally pledged to the
support of a bill providing for an appro
priation. The bill will soon be ready
for presentation "
SECHISTAltY GAGE IN CHICAGO.
He Talks iu a General Way About
Financial Affairs.
Chlcagc, Sept. 17.-Secretary of the
Treasury Gage arrived today. It is his
first visit home since his acceptance of
the Cabinet portfolio last March.
During, the forenoon he visited the First
National Bank, or which he was president
for many yearn. Old employes were greeted
with a pleasant smile, and the officers
hastened to welcome their former chief
and buslne3s associate.
In a brief interview, Mr. Gage said he
was here to look after his private busi
ness interests. In Teply to a question as
to whether he believed xhe financial con
ditions ot the country were Improving,
he said. .
"1 think the country generally is im
proving. It Is hardly necessary to speak
of this for the reason that the general con- f
dit'ons of the country speak for themselves.
The improvement is marked."
.sir Gge said that the gold reserve was
ample and steadily increasing. In fact,
he believed there w-rs more of a gold re
serve than we needed. He declined to
talkonthenew currency commission, saying
that men who tood high iu the business
world had been selected, and he had per
fect confidence in them. He could not
predict what would be the outcome of
thch deliberations and Investigations.
ARCHDUKE OR AN IMPOSTOR'J
A Question Which Is Acitoting the
Royal Circles' of Huropo.
Berlin, Sept. 17.-Despite the official de
nial from Vienna, the Hussmana iamily
persif-ts in the assertion that Maria Huss
mann, who was the housekeeper or Herr
Krupp, the gunmaker, of Essen, is mar
rlcd to Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir
p esumptive to the thrones of Au-tria and
Hungary. Fraulein Huxsmann, or the arch
duebess, as the case may be, is twenty
five years old and has always borne a
good reputation. She is described as not
being pretty, but as agreeable and inter
esting. One of her brothers is the keeper
ot a dripery store; another is a .school
master . and a third is an inspector ot
Krupp's works. Tbe impression prevails
in Aichen Aix-la-Chappelle). near which
city the Hassmanns lire, that although
the statement ot tlie marriage came from
the family, the latter are, nevertheless,
in doubt whether the young woman is
married or has merely lored unwisely.
Ihe Kreuz Zeltuug ceclares that the bup
posed archduke is an imposter. it says
that he introduced himself to the Hiihsman
family as Dr. ArentL After he had es
tablished himself in their good graces, ho
told them that he was of imperial birth
It adds that the .caujfie disappeared on
Friday lasr- The young woman toon with
her her own fortune, amounting to 10,000
raaiks. She left a note in which ohe Mated
tltat she was going to a distant part ot the
world. The paper .say3.it believes that the
num who represented himself as the arch
duke is of ihe vilest character, and that
he is engaged in the white slave traffic
He vainly endeavored to persuade Maria'ii
youngest slater to accompany him. H e told
Maria that the Archduche-ss Stephanie,
widow of Crown Pnncf Rudolph, was her
greatest rival.
Theaffairis widelydiscaissed in Germany
London, Sept. 17--It is announced that
Archduchess Stephanie, w-Jhose name has
been mentioned in connection with the
alleged marriage of Arclidulce Franz Ferdi
nar.d and Fraulein Hussmann, and who
has just arrived here, intending to stay i
month in England and Scotland, will
immediately return to Darmstadt, where
t,he will attend a family meeting.
Presence of Mind.
Frm the Chicago Times-Herald )
One whiter about twelve years ago I
was visiting Bill Nye at his home in
Hudson. Wis., for a few days, smd on
evening we were doing the chores pre
paratory to a good time later on in a
eubre party. We were gohig from the
woodshed to the be ck porch, well loaded
with stove coal, when it occurred to Nye
that he would knock down a huge lcycle
tliat hung over the porch ,steps lest it
should fail and hurt Mime one. At least
ibis was wiat I thought wa Tunning in
his had. He took a good, hand' stove
stick from theOdd on hla left arm and
threw it, as I supposed, at the icicle.
But the missle went far of ihe mark
and killed a cat that was rubbing her
self agulaat a corner of the 'kitchen.
'That's th way I always do 'em," said
Nye, uttf-rly unperturbed. H'o stray old
strange cat can come around bere rubbing
the paint off my new home in any such
manner a.s that, hence she is my meat'
I'Jye hadn't seen that cat until he had
killed her.
The Rebulte Positive.
(rrora the Brady Sentinel.)
An item in one ot out dallies is that
Presidont McKiriley went to church.
Humph I that' nothing; we 0 $0 (Church
every Sunday .and . don'it ,ey,er put it
in (the S,entlnel-
GOBIN'S AUTHORITY ENLARGED.
Can AKHist Sheriffs of Adjoining
Counties if Necessary.
Hazleton. Sept. 17. Should demonstra-tiou-3
similar to those which took place
In the vicinity of McAdoo yesterday oc
cur ugaiu, troops can be sent there on
shortnotice. Gen. Gobiu received authority
from Gov. Hastings In the course of the
day to comply with the demand of tne
sheriffs of udjacent counties for mditary
protection. Nothing calling for such ac
tion occurred today, nor were there any
breaches of the peace.
The Carson and Star washeries, on the
south side, from which the men weredrawn
by a mob of men and women yeterday,re
aumed opera tlons this aioming. No attempt
was made to disturb the workmen. The
Monarch washery and stripping, however,
were closed. . j;
Mourned officers from the Eiglith regi
ment made an tafpeUion of the district
this motniug, but finding everything quiet
returned to camp. The Ebervale colliery
was at work today, as were A. 8. Van
Winkle's plants at CilerahieandMilnervilte
The same was the case with A. Pardee
& Co.'f breaker and stripping plants at
i Jranberry and Crystal Ridge. With the ex
ception of Eckley, ail of the Cress Creek
Coal Company's collieriea at Driftou were
in opeiation. Ia Lattimer, where a strike
ia on, the mine carpenters made necessary
repairs to the breaker under guard of a
squad of soldiers from the Thirteenth regi
men t, which is stationed there. They were
not molested.
A report gained credence today that Gen.
Gobin had expressed an intention of stop
ping the tneetingof strikers on the common
here tomorrow evening.
When sen in reference to thlg matter,
the general said:
"I have never wdd so, nor have I any
intention ot preventing the proponed meet
ing. I do not think it will cause any
trouble, bat If it slwuld, why the Twelfth
Regiment : enmped in tbe Immediate vi
cinity and could quickly act."
HANK OF ENGLAND RESERVE.
Treasury Officials Disinclined to
Diheuss the Silver Movement.
The action of the Bank of England in
deciding tn hold ouu-nfth of its reservo
in silver is dismissed by Treasury of
ficials as an Incident that will not
cause more than a few da3's discussion.
Officials of the Treasury decline to talk
for publication, but one of the highest
now in the city said yesterday that there
were entirely too many "ifs" In the
proposition, and declared his belief that
tbe emitter would amount to u-jthing.
"It will not," he said, "either help
the cause of International bimetallism or
bring us any nearer to au agreement for
even a limited coinnge of .silver by the
joint action or the nations. The French
government will not open its mints to the
coinage of silver under any circurnwancea
In my opinion, nor will It be possible fur
the Bank of England to purchase silver
at terms w hlehit may deem 'satisfactory.'
The latter is, perhaps, the more potent
reason why the proposition will nctcometo
naught."
COINING SILVER DOLLARS.
Treasury Wants to Get the Benefit
of the Seigniorage.
The Treasury has resumed the colnaKC
ot the silver dollar. It Is given out as
a rtason therefor that these colas are
needed for the redemption ot the Jsitver
certificates and for use in the Weot in
moving the crops. The railure to coin
these dollars during the earlier part of
the fiscal year is said to be dae to the
settlements that were necessary at the end
of the last fiscal year.
The real reason why the silver dollars
are now being coined is .quite another
matter. There is not any more money
In the Treasury for current expenses than
there should be, aud money is badly
needed. By coining the sUver dollar the
Treasury gets the benefit of the seigniorage,
which, in the course ot the year, will
amount to upwards ot $8,000,i0 or
510,000,000, and will mi quite a hole
in mi-etms current accounts that fall dua
from lime to time.
These dollars can be coined at the rate
ot two or three million a month, if it
is de&lrpd. No limitation has so Tar been
placed on the amount, and the mints will
run at their full capacity until farther
orders.
ONE RESULT OF THE JUBILEE.
Premier J.uurier Converted Into
a Strong Imperialist.
Montreal, Sept. 17. Sir Wilfred Laurier.
premier of the Dominicm, has evidently
since his return from the Jubilee festivities,
it Lyndon, been converted from a stanch
Republican and annexationist to a strong
imperialist.
Ia replying to an addr? ss which was pre
tented to him here this afternoon Sir Wil
fred. referring to the denunciation or the
Belgian and German treaties by tie British
government said that the relations he
tween Canada and England werenow most
cordial. If Canadians iiad henceforli any
grievances they might feel sure that they
would Had a bearing in England, and it
a sacrifice had to be made, England would
not hesitate to make itfor Canada Hehad
been 1'jng convinced that the present re
lat'cns bet ween Canada and England could
not always remain as they were.
By the mere lact of Canada's develop
ment as a nation, the present relatious
were to be satisfactory. There mast be
one of two solutions. Either absolute sep
aration or closer union. He trusted that
the solution would not be separation, but
closer union.
Canada, however, must retain it. au
tonomy. He believed that it would" be
possible ror the Dominion to keep 10 the
fullest degree its fiscal and legislative
independence, and, at the -same time, to
have a closer bond of union with Great
Britain. What rorm that bond would
take he -could jiat say, but toe va con
vinced that, when die quefitlou arose, a
satisfactory solution was to he found.
BeuIllale;3Kl1b, Retort.
(Fmtni the Cleveland Plain Dealer.)
BeaumaJX'hals, the .author of Xhe famous
"Marriage of Figaro," was the sou of a
Parisian watchmaker, but had gained
fame,, tank and wealth through his own
talents axd exertions. A -conceited and
envioas young nobleman once undertook
to wound tlie pride of Beau marshals yy an
allusion to ids humble origin. In the pres
ence of a lirge-comnany oi people who had
a tvgard ?or the talented young author,
this young man handed him his watch
fraying " Examine n , mr it mrew tnd- kt-er
time. You can doubtless ascertain the
caupe " Such was his rude haste that Ihs
hand left the watch before that of the
surprised Beaumarcliaih had grasped it, and
it telltc the ground. "Pardon, Monsieur,"
said the author, with grave-courtesy, stoop
Ing to pick up the watch, and handed it to
Us owner, "you see, my father was right
when he declared that I was too awk
ward to be a watchmaker."
A Busy iujteJJect.
(From Illustrated Bits.)
The Absent-minded professor Do you
know, my dearj I was so busy remember
ing wjat you asked me to buy you that 1
foigot to stop and get it?
A 'Xe.t.
From Tit-Bits.)
You can always .tell a bachelor by no
ticing .whether he .carries ,0 baby more
like a lighted lamp or an old overcoat.
SLOTHROP
10th, 11th and F Sts. N. W.
School
Supplies
Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Ho
ji-ij1 x-uiuiauiuga i 11 ia.
other Dress Requisites and
the various ' 'Fixings' for
the desk so helpful to the
boy or girl.
The following list is but
suggestive of the various
classes of goods represented
in this sale, and while in
no wise complete, it tells of
very reasonable prices for
goods that are in every way
dependable and desirable:
Girls'
School Clothes.
Girls Navy Blue Serge Blouse Suits,
trimmed with braid and buttons; large
sailor collar, full skirt- All sizes.
Each . $6.25 to SlO.OO
Girls' Two-piece Suits. Serges and
mixed effects; Eton, Empire, and tight
rittlng styles; gored skirts; plain and
fancy trimmed- Each $12 50 to $22.50
Girls bchool Reefers a very large
assortment of foil weights, in fancy
mixtures and plain cloths, in a variety
of styles. Each $3.50 to $10.00
Some ery good bargains In Girts' Lawn
and Percale Wash .Dresses the correct
thing to finish up tbe season with.
Third floor. ,
Boys'
School dollies.
-"Mothers Friend" Shirt Waists, new
fall patterns
Unlaundered Percale, each.. 75o
Unlaundered White MUbUu, each-.60o
Laundered White Muslim each. ...730
Boys Gray or Blue 'S!ater" Flannel
Waists, all wool, each $1.00
Boys'"!! & W." Dnderwalsts. each 25o
Boys' Nazareth Underwalsts. each 25o
Boys' New Derby Hats, eaoh $1.50
Boys Fedora Hats, each.. .... 51.60
Two special values
Boys' School Suits.
in
Strictly All-wool Cheviot Suits, sailor
blouse style, very largo sailor collar,
trimmed with f dnoy braid. A regular
$6 value.
$4-75 each.
"Reciprocity" Suits, elegant new fail
styles, strictly all wool, double seat
and knees, man tailored throughout--the
very be3t boys wilt obtainable.
S5.00 .each.
Third Goer-
Boys' and Girls'
School Hosiery.
Children's Fast Black Hoae, fine and
corduroy ribbed. Sizes 3 to 9 1-2.
Per pair.,. ......12 1-20
Onr Famous "Ironclad" Hose for boys;
double knees, toes and beet., fine and
corduroy ribbed. The best Homj on the
market today for service. Ttr pair. .2Go
Children's Fast Black Cotton Koe;
fine ritrtrtid, doirtHe toees, toes and
heels. Sizes 5 to 7 1-2. Per pair.. 25a
Size 8, 27c-Size.8 1-2, 29c Site 0,
31c-Size 0 1-2, 33c.
A full line of CnHdren s Fast Blaok
Cotton Hose (plain): doable knees, toes
and heels. Sizej 5 to 7 1-2. Per
pair 250
Size S, 29c-Size S 1-2, 31c.
A fall line or Fast Black Cotton
Hose, in sizes 9 1-2, 10 and 10 1-2;
especially for boys to large for ordi
nary size hose and not large enough
to wear tucks. Also suitable for Men's
Bicycle Hose. Per pair .12 l-2o
First floor.
Boys' and frills'
School Shoes.
Boys' Calf Shoes, hand welt, heavy
-extension soles, ball-dog toe- Size
2 1-2 to G. Very neat and serviceable.
Per pair 3.00
SUej. 11 to 2, 52.00 per pair.
Boys' Steel-shod Bals., especially
adaptable for school wear. Sizes 2 1-2
to 6. Per pair $2.00
Boys' Russia Calf Bals., hand welt,
coin -toe. Sizes 21-2 to 8. Per
pair.. S3.d0
Girls" Fine .Kangaroo Boots, .stock
tip, ctun toe, spring heel- excellent for
rough wear and rainy eather. Size
11 to 2. Per pair JJ2.00
Sizes 8 1-2 to 10 1-2, $1 .50 per pair.
Girls -Yici Eld Lace and Button
Boots, coiiunon -sense and opera toe
Sizes 11 to 2. Per pair .52.00
Children'sHand-tHru Vlci Kid Wedge
heel Boots, patent tlp-lightand dressy.
Sizes B 1-2 to 10 1-2. Per palr.$1.23
Girls" Button Boots, ioth top, patent
lip, taring heel. Ver pair $2.00
Second floor.
School
S&ppiies,
Lend Pencils. per dozeB....t?c,lflad"lSIo
Lead Pencils, eaab- 3e and .ae
Lead Peueik. Faler's, -each. -,2o
Slate Peucils, wood coxerad, per doz-Auc
Each -10
Slate Pencils. Flag, per box .00
Slate Pencils, Soaitoae - for lc
Rubber 'Eraser, each. ... --lo, 3c and So
Blackboard Erasers, each 5o and iOc
Chalk Crayons, per box lOo
Colored Craoiih, per Jtox-..- Co
Maple Kuler, each lo and 2c
Pencil Tablets, large tabout 200 pages),
each . Oo
Ink Tablets, each 5c, Oc.Scaml 10c
Library Pate, per huttUe So and M)o
Mucilage, per bottle 5o
Composition Books, each... 5c, Scaud lOo
Blank Bool- bound, each 20cand2Go
School Straps, single, eaoh Eo and 10c
School straps, double, eaoh..l0o and 25a
AdjuMable Straps, eaoh 12
Pencil 'Boxes, each ,.. tie to 25c
Pencil Poxes. rille'd. each .. 15c 20caml25c
Black Ink, per bottle 5c and lOo
Bed Ink. per bottle, -.-5a
Covered Slates, each Sc, 10c to 20o
Spider Inkstands, dustprouf, each 40c
PenvWiiie;rht.cliamols)each.4c,iCcandiI0a
Basement.
Woodward & Loftoop. ,
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