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ITS EFFECT ON BUSINESS.
The McKinley Tariff Productive of Com
mercial Discord.
When the advocate of the McKinley
tariff is hard pressed for argument, he
-will at last resort to the plea that
whether the tariff is what it should be
or not, it is now . and has been for some
time, in force as the law of the land;
that the business of the country has
adapted itself to it; that business men
are making their calculations and ar
rangements on the basis of its pro
visions; that a change of system at the
present time would expose the busi
ness world to new and hurtful uncer
tainties; that there should at last be
some stability in Our economic policy
to enable business men to know what
conditions they have to deal with; that
therefore the tariff should remain un
touched, at least at present, leaving
such changes as may be necessary for
a more convenient time, and that to.
this end the republican party should be
kept in power. This p?ea has a cer
tain plausibility, but candid inquiry
will show it to be essentially fallacious
in several important points.
In the first place, the tariff,
whether it ought to be left un
touched or not, will not be left un
touched by the protected interests
themselves, if the republican party is
kept in powef. A protective tariff is
in its very nature unstable. The pro
tected industries themselves never have
recognized, and never will recognize,
any existing tariff as harmonious, sym
metrical and generally satisfactory.
Those of them that are put at a disad
vantage by the advantages granted to
others will always move for a revision
of duties for their relief. Those which
derive from the tariff the largest bene
fits will always ask for changes secur
ing to them more certain or still larger
profits. .Adventurers who, without
sufficient ability and business knowl
edge, have embarked in indus
trial ' enterprises, allured by the
chances for the rapid acquisi
tion of wealth, such as the tariff
offers, and then come to grief by their
own mismanagement, will always
-clamor to be helped out of the lurch by
higher duties. In short, if the oppo
nents of the protective system
were ever so willing to abstain
for awhile from disturbing the
existing tariff, there would be inces
sant tinkering and interminable un
rest, making business calculations un
certain, caused by its friends them
selves. Already the cry for more has
begun to be heard, the insatiable shep
herds of Ohio leading the swelling
-choral.
In the second place, is there any sen
sible man among those demanding the
continuance of the present tariff on
the ground that business has adapted
itself to it who really believes that the
opponents of protection will ever cease
to question the justice of an economic
system which, by the operation of the
law of the land, enriches a small fa
vored class at the expense of a large
majority of the people? Does anyone
really expect that in a free country
like ours the voice of the opposition to
a system which puts the government
at the service of the selfish interest of
a favored few, to the detriment of the
many, will ever be silent? That op
position cannot be forced to desist, and
it cannot be persuaded. Nothing is
more certain than that so long as such
a tariff as we have exists there will be
fierce agitation for its abolition. If
there are business men who advocate
its continuance because their business
has adapted itself to it, there are a
great many more business men, taking
the word in its widest sense, who wish
to have it out of the way because their
business interests are injured by it.
The agitation, with all the unrest
necessarily accompanying it, will
therefore continue as long as the tariff
exists, and both the friends and the
opponents of the protective system
will do their best to keep the business
-world in that state of uncertainty
which those who at present advocate
the continuance of republican rule on
the ground of business stability wish
to avoid.
But this is not all. If we are told
that the McKinley tariff may indeed
not be what it should be, but that it
should not be touched just now be
cause business has adapted itself to it,
the question arises, looking at the mat
ter from that point of view, when the
time will come for the changes which
may be considered necessary. If busi
ness has adapted itself to the McKinley
tariff now, a year and a half after its
enactment, will not business have
adapted itself to the McKinley tariff
still more in five, or in ten, or in twen
ty years? And will not this reason for
the undisturbed continuance of the
McKinley tariff be in twenty years just
as strong as now, and in fact a good
deal stronger? Will not the same plea
hold good forever? Is not, according
to this course of reasoning, the Mc
Kinley tariff to be regarded as a per
manent institution to be held sacred
and inviolable forever, for the reason
that the business of the country, hav
ing adapted itself to it. would be unset
tled by any disturbance of that institu
tion? These questions carry their own
answer withthem.
Evidently, if there are reasons why
the high protective system should be
done away with, it will be wise to
make the necessary change before the
business of the country has adapted
itself to thai system still more. The
adapting process should not be permit
ted to go much farther. The longer
we wait with the reform called for, the
greater and more , painful will be the
wrench. All things considered, the
most propitious time for doing that
which must be done is now, and we
should not hesitate to give power to
the party that will do it. Harper's
Weekly.
IN
A BAD WAY.
Kepablicans
Repudiating Part of Their
Owe Platform.
The organs and attorneys of mo
nopoly are making a desperate effort
to divert attention from the one great
issue of the campaign by making long
speeches and writing long articles
against the wildcat currency with
which the country was afflicted thirty
or forty years ago. Wayne Mac
Veagh summarily disposes of all this
rubbish when he says that "the aver
age voter knows that the irredeemable
paper currency in use before the war
can never reappear."
The average voter knows that such
currency cannot be made legal tender
and that he cannot be compelled to
take a dollar of it unless he wants it
He knows that the constitution ex
pressly provides that no state shall
make anything but gold ant silver a
legal tender. He knows that state
bank notes would not oirculate one
hour in company with the 81,000.000.
000 of paper in which the people have
confidence unless issued by the most
substantial of banks. He knows that
if there was the faintest suspicion re
garding the solvency of any bank its
notes would not circulate at all. He
knows, finally, that the question as to
the issue of state bank notes is not an
issue in this campaign any more than
the question as to the disposal of
"arid public lands," which occupies a
conspicuous place in the republican
platform.
The very men who are fighting so
valiantly against the wildcat currency
of the last generation are particularly
vehement in their assertions that the
force bill is not an issue involved in the
campaign. With respect to that Mr.
MacVeagh pertinently observes: "It
must not be forgotten that only two
years ago such a measure was warmly
advocated by President Harrison, earn
estly supported by the republican
party, and very narrowly escaped be
coming a law."
Mr. MacVeagh might have added that
the Minneapolis platform is not more
explicit or emphatic upon any other
subject than upon the one of the force
bill. It demands that such law "shall be
enacted and enforced," and declares
that "the party will never relax its ef
forts" until such laws are enacted and
enforced. If the republican platform
means anything by its most deliberate
and explicit declarations the party ia
as much in favor of a force bill as it
was two years ago or at any otbe
time.
The republican party must be sadly
short of confidence when it abandons
and repudiates one of the most con
spicuous of the planks in its platform
and seeks to magnify into a thing of
tremendous portent a little bid-away
plank in the democratic platform which
is of no more importance in this con
test than the republican deliverance
about the Nicaragua canal. A party
which abandons half of its platform
and stands in mortal terror of the othei
half is in a very bad way indeed. Chi
cago Herald.
THE PRESIDENTIAL PLOT.
Fresh Evidences of the Use of Republican
Boodle.
The plan of the republicans to buy
the presidency progresses brazenly in
spite of its detection.
The money is being raised. The
names of corruptible voters are being
secured. The skilled agents of corrup
tion are at the republican headquar
ters. The whole, republican plan of cam
paign is proceeding upon the tactics
which proved successful in 1880 and
again in 1888.
A republican leader of Pennsylvania
recently boasted at the committee
rooms that Harrison would have 60,000
majority in that state, "and more if
necessary." What possible use can
there be for meetings in this Gibraltar
of protection addressed by the most
prominent leaders of the party, except
to warm up the beneficiaries of the
robber tariff to yield their fat to the
friers?
Why should the chairman of the re
publican executive committee apply to
"active, earnest and discreet" mem
bers of his party, having "the ability
to keep a secret," for the name of "a
democrat who can be induced to vote
the republican ticket this fall" if he
did not expect to furnish the induce
ment? Why is Dave Martin "a disreputable
rascal, a ruffian at the polls, a manipu
lator of ballot boxes, a dispenser of
corruption funds" all upon republic
an authority employed to come to
New York and assist the experienced
politicians of this city to run their ma
chine? It all means a boodle campaign
nothing else. The men who won four
years ago by money, for the sake of
more money, mean to buy the presi
dency again. N. Y. World.
PARAGRAPHIC POINTERS.
Maj. McKinley says he cannot be
lieve that the people of this country
will vote for Grover Cleveland. It is
unpleasant to have to go counter to the
Ohio major's belief, but there seems no
escape. St. Paul Globe.
The refusal of the Indiana su
preme court to advance the suit of the
republicans against the Australian bal
lot law is in the line of tariff reform.
It will put the election in the state on
the free list. St Louis Republic.
The federal officeholders, mem
bers of the cabinet included, want to
keep right on holding office, and com
pose the army which is fighting for
Harrison's reelection. But the people
oppose them and the people are invin
cible. Detroit Free Press.
The republican campaign in
Michigan has not only become desper
ate, but has reached the stage of idiocy.
Senator Stockbridge told an audience
the other night that if Grover Cleve
land should be elected the rebel debt
would be paid! N. Y. World.
Democratic prospects in Missouri
are so bright that there was no need to
bring McKinley here, but a speech or
two from him will help. His unfail
ing record in the campaign so far is to
reduce the republican and increase the
democratic vote wherever he has gone.
Chicago Times.
Any hoped-for effect produced by
Mr. Blaine's speeches will be nullified
by the knowledge that his heartcs not
in the work. He holds Harrison in
contempt and has said repeatedly that
the course of the republican party is
both illogical and unpatriotic. St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
When the republicans think it
necessary to colonize negroes in an old
stronghold like Illinois, it looks as if
there might be something in that can
vass which the democrats claim shows
a majority of the voters in the state
opposed to the republican party.
Louisville Courier-Jourual.
Around Cleveland are gathering
the strong and thoughtful citizens of
the republic A false political econ
omy, a paternalistic distribution of rev
enues, an intolerant sectionalism can
not be painted gaudily enough to de
ceive them. In the walks of business
and labor the plain sense of the coun
try looks to the leader who tells the
truth and knows the right. Kansas City
Times.
It has come to pass that Dave
Martin is the republican party. If the
will of the people is defeated and plu
tocracy continues its ruinous policy, it
will be because Dave Martin's work of
colonization is successful. It is de
plorable that one reckless, unprinci
pled, coarse-grained rascal, tough by
nature and experience, should be in a
position to endanger the greatest na
tion and most liberal government on
earth. The beginning of the end is at
hand when Dave Martin rules the des
tinies of the proud but tottering g. o.
p.- Detroit Free Press.
WAYNE M'VEAGH TALKS.
He Telia Why He Cannot Act With the Be.
publican Party in the Present Campaign
Wicked Legislation Denounced.
One of the largest political meetings
of the campaign was held in the Acad
emy of Music at Philadelphia on the
evening of October 15 under the auspices
of the Young men's Democratic associa
tion of that city, which had invited
Wayne McVeagh, formerly attorney
general under President Garfield's ad
ministration, to address the public in j
reply to Senator Sherman's recent
speech and to explain his reasons for !
abandoning the republican party, as ;
announced in Mr. McVeagh's recent
letter saying that he would vote for j
Grover Cleveland. The auditorium was
filled and many were turned away.
The audience was decidedly democratic
in its sympathies and received the j
speaker with great enthusiasm
The orator of the evening was intro-
duced by Samuel Gustine Thompson,
president of the Young Men's Demo
cratic association, who, in a brief but
pointed address, attacked the republic
an system of protection.
By way of beginning Mr. McVeagh referred
to the fact that he attained his majority the
day the republican party was born, that he had
never voted for a democrat and that four years
ago he voted for Harrison. Until now he had
not felt at liberty to vote for any but republic
an candidates. In 18r6 he balieved that Mr.
Tilden was entitled to the electoral vote of
Louisiana. But President Grant, Secretary
Chandler, Secretary Cameron, Gen. Sheridan,
in command of the troops in the state, and Sec
retary Robeson, with his gunboats in its watery
were all deeply interested in that election.
United States Marshal Packard was seeking
the governorship with a host of deputies at his
command, and yet when fhe polls closed Mr. j
Tilden had 7.000 more votes than Mr. Hayes
The speaker objected to this sort of thing. He
had watched with pain the steady growth of
the corrupt use of money in politics. He had
hoped the republican party would turn itself
against congressional bounties and diminish
that awful traffic in votes. His hopes had been
disappointed and he was convinced that unless
the republican party was checked it would
make the poor poorer and the rich richer, more
corrupt and selfish and less patriotic.
He demanded that the rich should not destroy
the source of national life. There was.too much
truth "in the rumors that tho election of 1883
had been bought. A prominent republican
manufacturer had said: ''The McKinley biil ia
ours; we bought it" There was no way of ao- j
counting for the action of the republican party I
for the last four years than the bargain and
sale of legislation. He did not see how any
man in his senses thought it wise to inflict upon j
the poor the awful burdens of the McKinley '
bill or to debauch voters by oiTerin;: them pen-
sions or to impoverish the taxpayers to buy
vast masses of silver for which there was no
use or to insult a small, weak sister republic
like Chili by sending such a diplomat as Patrick
Egan or to threaten her with war without
waiting to translate her apology for the wrong
done. j
Referring to Senator Sherman's speech on
the McKinley bill he said no one knew better j
than the senator that the cordage trust was an
illegal monopoly, plundering the people in utter
contempt of law. He took Senator Sherman to j
task for the stand he took on the silver ques-
tion to-day, which was opposite to the views he ,
expressed in 1891.
On the tariff question Mr McVeigh said less J
than 12 per cent, of the laborers of Pennsylva-
nia could secure employment on the protected j
industries, while the other 88 per cent, had to
pay bounty on almost everything they ate and I
wore. The rich paid substantially nothing,
bet on the contrary realized immense profits
out of the prevailing system of taxation The
prices of the necessaries of life were frightfully
increased to those who could purchase only in
small Quantities Owins to the cordatre trust
and similar evils 'the hard working American I
farmer had each year found himself growing i
poorer until now, in Ohio and Pennsylvania, J
the land was worth less than half what it was
twenty years ago. The depreciation in the value
Of farms in the country since 1S70 was greater, I
in the speaker's judgment, than the cost of j
any manufactory in it. The farmer had to sell
his wheat for the price fixed in Laveruool and
less than it cost him. The farmer Wj.s forced I
to pay big bounty to the cordage trust for twine !
owing to the McKinley bill. The farmer further j
found his poverty increased by the tax he had !
to pay on almost everything he had to buy. j
The laboring men were obliged to pay artificial
prices for sugar on account of the sugar trust
kept alive by the McKinley bilL Seeing these i
things it was not strange that ministers of the
gospel cried out that the laborer is looked upon
as a beast of burden and that Mr. Carnegie and
his associates were responsible for every drop i
of blood shed at Homestead These were not I
the ravings of anarchists, but Christian teach- J
ers. And what was true of the McKinley bill
and the great group of gigantic monopolies
which were nourished by it was true of reckless
pension legislation.
The wickedness of such legislation was more
apparent when it was known that every dollar
voted to pensions involved a distinct diminution
of the wages of labor. Eloquent millionaires
spoke glibly of ?15J,00O.0j0 voted to pensions,
forgetting this vast sum came almost entirely
from the earnings of toilers. The speaker did
not object to just pensions. An eminent divine
had 'said: "Every skulking camp follower, de
serter and fraudulent claimant has the aff ront
ery to demand his bribe if his vote shall be
i come a commodity." What infinite dishonor
I such names brought to the pension rolls dedl
I cated to the heroes who went to the front!
I Speaking of stiver he said it was known that
J in the present year silver had been mined in
J vast quantities at a cost of 33 cents an ounce
' and sold to the government at over 73 cents, so
j that it was probable our silver dollar was not
I worth more than 59 cents. Yet there were hun
, dreds of millions coined and stored in vaults
I and thousands of tons uncoined and stored in
the same way. Still the government continued
, to accumulate at the behest of the repub ican
j party and the price of silver continued to drop,
r This was driving gold out of the country and it
j was only a question of time when we would be
' reduced to a silver currency. All this was
due to the election of Harrison in 1S88.
j Such results had been secured
! at the expense of the moral degradation of the
,' people. It had come to be that men of large
( wealth had persuaded themselves that they
j were at liberty to pervert this government from
its lofty functions of securing the greatest good
to the greatest number, to taxing the majority
in order to hand over those taxes as bounties to
persons who would contribute large sums of
money to carry on elecions. In 1888 4500 000 was
used in Indiana, but that was not a patch to
New York. The proportion of this corruption
fund was appalling. The speaker said he had
rather place money in the hands of a burglar
to bribe a watchman to rob a bank than con
tribute money to be placed in hands of Mr.
Quay or Mr. Martin or Mr. Bracket t to be used
in politics.
Two Miners Killed. ,
Ibonwood, Mich., Get. 17. August
lianielson and Alexander Boswin,
miners employed at No. 2 shaft of the
Bast Morris mine have beee killed by
an explosion of giant powder.
PERSONAL GATHERINGS.
Rev. Dr. Hoffman, who owns the
Hoffman house, New York, is the
richest clergyman in the world.
Chief Inspector Steere, of the New
York police department, retires on a
$2,500 pension after thirty-five years of
service, during which he never had a
charge preferred against him.
In the family of Philip C. Drumel, of
Philadelphia, five generations are repre
sented. Mr. Drumel is ninety-four
years old and was a drummer boy un
der Napoleon, being present at the
burning of Moscow.
H. B. McClelland, who has been
teaching school in Encinal county,
Tex., for ?40 a month, has been notified
that he has fallen heir to the title and
$2,000,000 estate of his uncle, Lord
William Moore, of England.
Mrs. Martha A. Hogan, Mrs. Mary
A. Fassett and Mrs. Sarah A. Fassett,
triplets, were present at a celebration
at Walt ham, Mass., the other day.
They are sixty-nine years old, and say
they worked when girls in a cotton
mill in which Gen. Banks was a bobbin
boy.
England is as large as Iowa.
GRAND BALL.
The World' Fair Dedication Inaugurated
With a Grand Ball The Children Cele
brate. Chicago, Oct. 20. In behalf of other
patrons and of the patronesses of the
ball, Maj. -Gen. Miles, Mayor Wash
burne, H. K. Fairbank, Ge orge M. Pull
man and Marshall Field had invited
4,000 prominent citizens of various
states to participate in a reception ten
dered to the president, vice-president
and ex-presidents of the United States,
the representatives of foreign govern
ments, the governors of the states and
territories and other distinguished
guests. While in its inception and con
duct the function of last night was un
official, it opened the baptismal jubila
tion of the world's fair of 1892-3.
So it was that there were billiant
scenes in and about the Auditorium
building early last evening. Thou
sands of electric lamps glowed brightly
from the facade of the towering build
ings on the lake front. Along the
broad pavements of Michigan avenue
dense crowds of people were content to
stand closely packed for hours viewing
the notable folks as they arrived to at
tend the reception. About 9 o'clock the
rumble and flash of glistening equip
ages began. The lady managers and
patronesses of the affair were com
ing to the rendezvous which had
been J3xed at 9:30. The gener
ally invited guests followed in rapid
succession. Once within the great Audi
torium the first impression was that re
sulting from a flood of light, almost
dazzling to the unaccustomed eyes, and
yet it was the soft, aggregated glowing
of incandescent lamps myriads of
them There seemed no stress of light
in any quarter of the great hollow, so
equally were the lamps distributed.
The great steel fire curtain of the stage
had teen lifted and the stage flooring
had been extended over the entire
orchestra pit. Smooth and tempting
to the dancers did it appear.
At the conclusion of the reception,
and which continued until nearly 11
o'clock, the vice president was escorted
to the lodge on the immediate right of
the stage, and the, remainder of the
distinguished guests followed in this
order:
The members of President Harrison's
cabinet, headed by Secretary Foster
and Postmaster-General Wanamaker,
Speaker Charles F. Crisp and party,
Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller and
party, the associate justices of the su
preme court. Boxes H to M were occu
pied by Govs. Reynolds, of Delaware;
Pattison, of Pennsylvania; Abbett, of
New Jersey; Bulkeley, of Connecticut,
Russell, of Massachusetts, and Brown, of
Maryland. The reception committee held
the fort in box 29, and had as neighbors
Gov. Flower, of New York; Holt, of
North Carolina, and Brown, of Rhode
Island. Box S had been assigned to
that eminent philanthropist and advo
cate of, prison reform, ex-President
Rutherford B. Hayes, but up to a late
hour, this distinguished guest had
failed to put in an appearance.
There were some dazzling toilets in
the adjoining box, which had been al
loted to the board of lady managers,
and in which Mrs. Potter Palmer,
president of the board, was at times
conspicuous. The visiting members of
the diplomatic corps, the local directors
and the members of the national com
mission were nearby neighbors of the
ladies and beyond these twenty-five
consecutively numbered boxes were
occupied by the executives of states
previously unprovided for, commenc
ing with Gov. Page, of Ver
ment, and concluding with Gov. Mark
ham, of California. All of the chief ex
ecutives were accompanied either by
their staffs or members of their respect
ive families. Conspicuous in the tier of
boxes were Govs. McKinley, of Ohio;
Boies, of Iowa; Peck, of Wisconsin, and
Boyd, of Nebraska, conspicuous in so
far that they seemed to be the target
for the hundreds of lorgnettes that were
sailed into requisition at intervals by
the grand aux dames on the dancing
floor.
THE SCHOOL, CHILDREN.
Chicago, Oct. 20. Yesterday witnessed
two important events in connection
with the dedication of the world's fair
and these were followed at night by
the inauguration, reception and ban
quet at the Auditorium.
The first event was the celebration of
"Columbus day" by the school children
of the city and youthful enthusiasm
was given the widest play. The com
mittee of state and city superintend
ents had arranged a programme for the
celebration in the public schools and
the children executed the order of ex
ercises with vim simultaneously in
the scores of school buildings,
which were all decorated. First
came the reading of President Har
rison' proclamation. This was fol
i lowed by a flag raising and the pupils
saluted the colors, pledged their allegi
ance to the flag and in concert sang
"America." The next feature was
reading of the scriptures or some ac
knowledgement of the Divine Being.
Each school then joined in singing
"Columbus Day." In the primary
grades the little ones recited patriotic
verses and sang little songs, while in
the grammar and high school histori
cal essays were read and declamations
delivered and Joaquin Miller's song,
"Columbus," as arranged by O. Black
man, was sung. Singing of "The Flag
of the Free" by each school closed the
exercises.
Dividing attention during the day
with the school celebration was the ar
rival from Washington of the cabinet
officers, members of the diplomatic
corps and justices of the supreme court.
Stevenson
Birmingham,
8tevenson, when
give his letter of
lie, answered: "
engaged during
south and will
until I return to
Not Yet Ready.
Ala., Oct. 20. Gen.
asked when he would
acceptance to the pub
I am now very much
the canvass in the
not give out my letter
Illinois"
Cleveland to Speak.
New York, Oct. 20. The campaign
committee under the auspices of the
Business Men's Democratic association
have decided to hold a meeting at the
Madison Square garden October 29.
The speaking will be opened by Hr.
Cleveland.
A Fatal Prize Flgrht.
New Ycjr, Oct 20. A fatal prize
fight in the rooms of the 'Phillipoe
Garrison Association" came to police
notice Monday. John McGarrey and
William J. Neary fought to settle an
old grudge. In the fourth round Neary
received a blow in the chest, from the
effects of which he died.
Favorable to Spain.
Madrid, Oct 20. It is officially an
nounced to-day that the new commer
cial treaty between Spain and the
United States covering trade in the
Antilles is favorable to Spanish industries.
THREE MILLION ACRES.
The Amount of New Land to Be Thrown
Open Through the Coma ichei, Kiowas
and Apaches Taking- Allotments.
Anadarko, Ok., Oct 22. After four
weeks of council the Cherokee commis
sion yesterday finished its negotia
tion with the Comanche, Kiowa and
Apache tribes and effected an agree
ment. The negotiation beeran at Fort
Sill the 26th of last month, at which j
time a proposition on the part of j
the government was submitted to the
Indians. The proposition provided that (
these Indians should take allotments of i
160 acres each and relinquish the resi-
due of the reservation to the govern-
ment to be attached to Oklahoma and I
opened to white settlement. For this
surrender and relinquishment the In- i
dians shall receive $2,000,000.
Of this sum $200,000 will be paid in
cash within 120 days after the ratifica
tion of the agreement, $200,000 within
one year and $100,000 within two years.
The remaining $1,500,000 will be left
in the treasury and bear intei-est at the
rate of 5 per cent payable annually.
Minor paragraphs of the agreement
rovide that existing treaties are
not to be disturbed, legally executed
leases shall not be interfered with un
til limit expires, customary school sec
tions and land occupied and used for
religious purposes to be reserved, and
adopted members of the tribe are to re
ceive lands. The proposition was ac
cepted on the 7th and since that time
xne commission nas Deen en era ""eel m I
securing sufficient signatures to make j hoard of electrical matters, Prof. Gra
it effective. ham Bell, the inventor of the telephone.
The treaty of 1868 entered into on ! E- L- Bidgeway, of the Consolidated
Medicine Lodge creek provides that no
agreement for the relinquishments of
lands shall be valid unless sjgned by
three-quarters of the male adults liv- I
ing upon the reservation. The three !
tribes number about 2,800 people and j
about 575 bucks over 21 years of age. !
Yesterday the requisite three-quarcers
were secured. The agreement will be-
come cnecuve wnen ratineu oy con
gress. Of these three tribes the Co
manches are the most advanced in civ
ilization and were the first to accept
the proposition. These were followed
by the Apaches. A large number of
Kiowas banded together to oppose its
acceptance and endeavored to intimi
date those inclined to sign. The three
head chiefs, however, attached their
names
The reservation lies between the
Washita and Red rivers in the south
western corner of the Indian territory
and embraces nearly 3,000,000 acres It
is by far the best land yet negotiated
for in the Indian territory. It is well
watered and fertile and will develop
into magnificent corn and cot
ton land. This is the tenth
agreement entered into by the
Cherokee commission since May, 1890,
from which a total of almost 20,000,000
acres of land have been reclaime'd from
Indian occupation. Ten thousand five
hundred Indians will have been placed
upon allotments and w(ill cease to draw
rations from the government. Five of
these agreements have been ratified by
congress and the reservations have been
opened to settlement These are
the Iowa, Sac and Fox, Pottawatomie,
Shawnee, and Cheyenne and Arap
ahoe reservations. Four have been re
ported to congress for legislative ac
tion the Kickapoo, Wichita, Tonkawa
and Cherokee outlet Of the first three
there is no time limit, but for that of
the Cherokee outlet it is provided there
in that unless ratified by congress by
March 4, 1S93, the agreement shall be
void. Those interested in the opening
of this domain wouid do well to note
this feature of it. The commission will
proceed to the Pawnee agency on the
outlet to negotiate with that tribe.
STARTLING SUICIDE.
Tragic Occurrence at a Scene of Festivity
In Vienna.
London, Oct. 22. The Vienna corre
spondent of the News reports a tragic
occurrence in that city, bringing a
scene of festivity to an abrupt and
startlinc conclusion. While the 20-
year-old son of Pater Benecie was play-
ing on a violin at a party which had been
given to celebrate his success at some i
examinations which he has just passed
in a creditable manner, he suddenly j
threw down the instrument and before 1
any of the guests could divine his in ten- j
tion he drew a revolver and shot him- J
self dead. When the young man's j
father was informed of his son's suicide
he appeared greatly shocked and fell
dead! from heart disease.
OPERATORS RESUME.
The Telegraphers' Strike on the Texas Di
vision of the Santa Fe Ended.
Galveston, Tex., Oct 22, The latest
development in the Santa Fe operators'
strike situation is an agreement that
the operators resume work pending a
conference at Chicago between a Texas
committee and President ManveL The
understanding is that the schedule that
may be adopted at the Chicago confer
ence shall have effect from the begin
ning of the strike. It is stated here
that a conference by wire with Presi
dent Manvel resulted in a practical
agreement on all points except wages.
All operators will be reinstated and an
order from the strike committee to all
operators to resume work was
warded.
for-
Charged With -mugxlintr.
New York, Oct 22. Edward Good
acre, a member of the firm of Redfern
& Co., the women's tailors, and the
manager of the New York branch of
the establishment at 210 Fifth avenue,
was arrested by special inspectors on a
charge of smuggling clothes into this
country by women agents.
Indians Terribly Scared.
Winnipeg, Man., Oct 22. Indian.,
throughout the Canadian northwest are
in a high state of excitement They
declare that two new born infants on
the Sorcee reserve, near the line of the
Canadian Pacific railroad, had spoken
and predicted that a terrible storm would
sweep the country in a very short
time and destroy trees, houses and everv
thing in its course. This absurd story
has been taken throughout the country
by Indian runners and the Indians are
alarmed to such degree that they are
now all engaged in digging large pits
in which to take refuge when the storm
comes.
Shot By a Constable.
Hazelton, Pa., Oct 22. Squire
O'Donnell, a prominent citizen of Au
denried, was shot and killed by Isaac
Phillips, a constable. The men were
having an excited political discussion,
when Phillips suddenly drew a pistol
and fired three times at O'Donnell, each
ball taking effect The wounded man
seized him, when he fired again, the
ball entering ODonnell's heart and
causing instant death. The murderer
was taken to jail by a squad of officers
with great difficulty, as an attempt was
made to lynch him.
WONDERFUL ACHIEVEMENT.
New York and Chicago United By Tele
phone Talking By Persons l.OOO Miles
Apart Longest Line la the World.
New York, Oct. 19. The cities of
New York and Chicago were united
yesterday afternoon. Figuratively
speaking it was a civil marriage, the
mayors of the two great cities, a thou
sand miles apart, performing the cere- j
mony. it was a distinguished gather
ing in the office of the American tele
phone and telegraph office in this city
which acted as witnesses to the cere
mony. Gathered within an arched glass
chamber, made brilliant with colored
electric light, and whose sides were or
namented with potted plants and flow
ers, were many men famed in electrical
science and skilled with the pen. In the
center of the room, placed at the base
of a column, profusely decorated with j
golden ribbons and yellow chrysan- '
themums, was a handsome cabinet re- !
ceiver constructed especially for the oc- i
easion. Radiating from this cabinet I
were twenty or thirty receivers that j
were distributed among the guests in j
order that they might hear for them
selves what science had accomplished.
The test was an absolute success, not
withstanding that the weather condi
tions in Chicago and along the way
were decidedly against the experiment.
In the New York office of the com
pany were gathered Mayor Grant, Com
missioner Walter Storm and Electrical
Expert Schuyler S. Wheeler, of the
Subway Co., John L. Hudson, presiden
of the American Bell Telephone Co.
Col. Edward Parker, E. J. Parser, vice
president of the Long Distance Tele- i
phone Co., W. J. Seaton, Ralph Pope, !
George M. Phillips and T. C. Martin, of
the Society of Electrical Engineers,;
several ladies, officers of the telephone j
J company and a score of newspaper men.
I Altogether about 100 persons were as
sembled. It was learned by telephone
that a precisely similar gathering was
in the Chicago orliee.
President Hudson explained to the
assemblage in the New York office that
this new connection between New York
and Chicago was the longest telephone
line in the world. The long distance
telephone between Paris and Marseilles
was, he said, only 500 miles and that
between London and Paris less than 250
miles, whereas the New York-Chicago
line was nearly 1,000 miles long.
With these preliminary remarks the
test began with the soft strains of a
cornet floating through the room, car
rying the familiar strains of the "Star
Spangled Banner. Hardly had the
last note died away when it was an-
nounced that the music would be re-
peated from Chicago. the auxiliary
receivers were placed to numerous ears
and clear and distinct came the famil
iar air. A hush was asked for and the
auxiliary receivers disconnected Then
the wonderful carrying power was
fully demonstrated A small thread
like note came from the cabinet re
ceiver, but it was the familiar tone and
was distinctly heard by all in the room.
"America"" was sent and received in the
same way and then Mayor Grant came
to the cabinet His honor sat down,
clapped the receiver to his ear, his
mouth to the sender and said in a low
distinct voice: "Hello, Chicago; is that
you, Mayor Washburne?"
The Chicago mayor was evidently not
familiar with long distance telephones
as he did not get sufficiently near to
the instrument to make his voice carry
at first
"The city of Chicago greets the city
of New York," said Mayor Washburne,
in Chicago.
"The 2ity of New York returns the
compliment and wishes you aU success
in the great celebration you are to have
there this week," was Mayor Grant's
reply.
"The city of Chicago extends its
greeting and congratulates the nation,"
said Mayor Washbdrne, impressively,
"on an American invention which shall
I supplement the telegraph and enable
me people oi tnis continent comma
nicate orallv where they now resort to
the post and telegraph-"
Mayor Grant responded no less im
pressively : "I congratulate you and
the people of the United States upon
the opening of this great wire."
Mayor Grant in conclusion made a
graceful personal expre-sion of regret
at his inability, owing to press of offi
cial business, at not being able to be
present in person as well as by voice ia
Chicago during the world's fair dedica
tion week.
WHITELAW REID'S LETTER.
The Republican Nominee Accepts the
Honor and supports the Platform.
New York, Oct 19. Following is the
letter of acceptance of Whitelaw Ileid,
republican candidate for vice president:
Hon W. T Durbia. Anderson. Ind
Dear Sir: When the nomination with which
the national convention had honored me v,as
formally announced bv your committee. I ao
cepted it at once- In doing so I accepted also
the principles set forth in the resolutions
adopted by the convention as the basis of the
appeal to popular suCrago.
To do other, or less than this, is, to an honor
able man. an impossibility. A political party
J is an association of citizens, seeking to have
j the government conducted in accordance with
I its views and presenting candidates whom it
strives to elect for that purpose. To accept its
nomination without intending to carry out its
principles wr.ald he as dishonorable and as crim
inal as to procure goods tinder " false pr teases
There will be no misunderstanding as to the
purposes of the republican party in this con
test, and no doubt as to the attitude of its can
didates. What It intends it has set forth in
language that cannot be mistaken, and they
will strive by all the lawful means In their
power to enforce its plainly expressed will.
Fight on
the Frontier and an Austrian
Killed.
Vienna, Oct 19. Austrian sentinels
on the frontier near Balzac refused to
admit some Russian Polish emigrants
into Austrian territory on the ground
that the passports exhibited by the
emigrants were defective. The
Cossack guards on the Russian
side of the boundary were anx
ious to get rid of the emigrants
and protested against the action of the
Austrians. A shot was fired which
killed one of the Austrians. Shots and
bayonet thrusts were exchanged. The
Russians at length fled.
Land Swindlers Arrested.
Mason Citt, Ia., Oct 19. There is a
strong probability that the land swin
dlers who so effectually worked several
purchasers in this section, getting away
with at least 910,000, are now in custo
dy. The leader gave his name as
Michael O'Connor and his accomplice's
as J. F. Strong. A dispatch was re
ceived from a small town in southern
Kiaipa that two men answering exact
ly to the description of the swindlers
had been arrested and were held for
further identification. The sheriff of
Wright county is now on his way there
to see the men.
STOCK ITEMS.
When fed too long upon any one Ida d
of food hogs are very liable to get off
their feed, and especially so with com.
Hence the necessity of a variety.
One advantage in always keeping the
pigs thrifty and growing is that they
are always ready for market, and an
advantage can often be taken of better
"markets.
j Sheep, when well sheltered during
! the fall and winter, will not only shear
j more wool, but it will hi of a better
quality than those exposed to the
j weather.
j Success in hog raising means that
there most be a regular growth for
every pound of feed consumed, and
j the conditions necessary to secure this
! must be observed.
Pigs raised by a mother who has fully
attained her growth will have a better
start at weaning time than those fal
lowed by a half-grown sow. and in ad
dition will have a better constitution.
It costs no more to winter than to
summer a calf that must be fed Oh milk,
and a fall calf is ready to take advan
tage of the growth of grass in the
spring, while a spring calf must be
wintered on dry feed.
Rough food and grain are both neces
sary in wintering cattle in order to
keep them in good, thrifty condition.
Cattle will often live through te win
ter if they have the run of the straw
stack or are fed sufficient fodder.
Diseases lurk in the feed-troughs that
nave sour ieea in taein. Clean every
thing out of them after each meal if
there is any danger of fermentation.
Also examine the bins where "round
feed is kept. If there are svjy lumps,
throw them out Sour fee:! will scow
a horse, and is apt to bring on serious
bowel complaints.
Make it a point to keep ihr mttlo
quiet and comfortable as possible and
they will require less food to keep
thrifty and gaining. The more rapidly
an animal is fattened the less food is
necessary to sustain its vitality. Lib
eral and abundant feeding is the most
economical and a saving of timi in pro
ducing the same effect is a gain i the
I profit
With a good breed and good food and
care February pigs can be made ready
to market in September qr the early
part of October and nearly always bring
good prices, fcrhile they make their
growth and can be fattened under very
favorable conditions. If February pgs
are desired, it is best, so far as is possi
ble, to use only well matured sows, those
that liave farrowed at least one litter
of pigs and proved themselves good
mothers. Then, if kept in good, thrifty
condition and provided with eomfort-
able quarters, one can raise them with
i no difhulty.
FARM NOTES.
Success in farming is rapidly resolv
ingitself into success in making, saving
and applying all of the manure possi
ble. Manure can be hauled out and ap
plied at any time during the, fall and
winter when the other work will
permit
Select out some of the best hay and
grain and store away for spring feed
ing. This will be found quite an ad
vantage. With poultry, as with many another
business, the first year is the most try
ing. Once fairly started, the road to
success is easier.
Mulching not only aids .to retain
moisture in the soil, Jut also helps to
keep the ground loose and tt a proper
condition for root growth.
Whenever the orchard is pruned all
the brush should be carefully gathered
up and either thrown into the gullies
to prevent '.ashing or be burned.
If one goes to the expense of planting
out an orchard he should do the work
well, and in due season he will be able
to enjoy the results of his labor.
While it is more convenient at least
on the farm, to allow poultry a good
range, yet because this is given they
should not be expected to make their
o n living.
The American farmer thinks he has
hardly time enough to sort his potatoes;
nevertheless it could be done at the
time of housing with less outlay than
su bsequently.
One advantage in using dry earth as
an absorbent under the roosts and in the
feeding places in winter is that it aids
j in preventing lice and also affords a
good material for the hens to scratch in.
I It is not the largest hens that lay the
I largest eggs by any means. As a breed
the black Spanish lay the lartrest eggs,
j which are of a beautiful white color.
All the non-sitting breeds lay white
eggs.
The farmer who will dig his potatoes
! and allow them to lie in the bright,
j warm sunlight is not posted.. Potatoes
t should be kept in the dark. If the
j reader has a root cellar, that is the
place to keep them in; but before hous
ing keep them in piles and cover them
with horse blankets, or any similar ma
terial. Winter mulching should not be ap
plied until after the ground is frozen.
As the mulching is not done to keep
the soil from freezing, but to obtain an
even temperature, it is best to wait un
til the ground has frozen hard enough
to bear up a wagon. With small fruits
It is nearly always best to cover the
whole surface of the ground with the
mulch, but with trees a circle three feet
in diameter will be sufficient for an
average sized tree. Care should be
taken to apply it evenly on all sides.
Notes.
All kinds of small fruity, as well as
all kinds of newlv set trees or plants.
j will be benefited by being mulched, at
least until they get well established.
Save some of the very best hay for
late winter feediag. It will nearly al
ways pay.
The man who knows how to keep on
the right side of the market is merciful
to stock.
While the returns from the poultry
may seem tma in themselves as com
pared with other crops they often prove
quite an advantage.
If yon are feeding calves this winter
be sure that yon are putting the feed
into good stock.
No animal will look well or thrive
well if exposed to all kinds of weather,
and especially so during the fall and
winter.
Select the food for your fowls with
care and do not confine them in uncom
fortable quarteca
In the management of an apple or
chard pruning is essential; all the weak
shoots, those which seem to suffer from
overbearing; or from any other cause,
which are not as healthy as others.
j bould be carefully cat oat every yer.
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