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LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER ID, I87S.
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THL'IiSDAY DECEMBER 1 1S73.
TIB. IMIII.I."". am. tjii: WIKK-
By a special di-patch in our telegraphic
column- thin morning, it will be seen that
the bill introduced by -Mr Phillip, of this
district, to give laborers employed uj.cn
government work-, the benefit of the eight
hour Jaw lis .ad tbc Hou of Bepre
scntat.ves. ll.HHi of justice to
working men that Mr. I'fcii has labored
hard to secure, and it f urn-shea cause of
congratiilstiun to hi- friend', no less than
to tho-e fur kIim benefit the bill was
f amd t j know thatillus been success
fully carrie I through the branch of Conre-s
of which be i a member. Mr. Phillii
ha- always been one of the truest f.-uco.
that the laboring man baa had. iu either
h- ue of Congre-, and they ere tdind to
tb.irowu Un interests when they faded to
Hand by him.
to m-'Tii i ir.
We have been imio-l upon. We hive
been made the innocent victim of a cruel
oil. Mr. IVni.i Macafie ly is a resj-ect-ilile
citiz n of ilje I'.-urtli Ward, and he
wild, u- word that ihe man whocsme to us
to advirtiie tht h. g, and represented him-k-H
to lie Dennis Macafferty, wa a base
impo-Ur. I he genuine Dennis saj there
i not t word of truth in the whole of it, for
d.vil the .!,; ha he lost, at all," and if lie
did lose one it wa "no sich baylhen of a
ba-te a th one ye put in tint iitijier."
I.ternal vigilance i the price of liberty
and a newspaiwr, with simple- watchful
net", and :he e.es of Argu, will occasion
ally 1 iuijsj-ed UJion.
1111: u. i nji i :! .! i"ii:. r.
Woi k on the Wa-hiiigton Monument is
t b-again abandoned. A score or more
of plan li tve been submitted for strength
ening the f junda ion, although there i a
grave doubt that the foundation Ueeds
trenclh.niiiK. Nearly every eigineer m
the army ha reported uiwn the founda
tion" of the Wa-hiuglon Monument. Col.
( aey, howcv.r, who is in charge of the
public building ami ground in Washing
ton, it seems, has never had an opportunity
to tell what he think and to suggest a plan
for the foundation. On Saturday Pe-i-ilent
Have, W. W. Corcoran, Central
Humphries, Architects Clark and Fruzier
and Colonel Cs-y got together and dt cided
that Colonel Casej's plan should lie siib
milteil to Congress aud thai the work
t hou Id again Mop. A quarter of a million
of dollars ws appropriated in lV7(i to
finish the monument, aud the tuui ban Iain
idle in the Treasury ever since. It was
generally eupio ed tint the plan approved
last winter would accomplish everything,
and it wa-certtinly ver; proiuiing. Now,
hosrever, it ha lieen abinduncd in order to
give Colonel Ca-ey a chan-e to look into
matter, and bee what he think should be
done.
ciiki.i: r.ut i:n4r.
The well informed Wathiugiou corres
pondent of the 1'hlladelphia 1 tuna assert
jiositively that naior Lvinklin,; it not a
candidate for the ll.publicjn nomination
iu 1V-0, but is out aud-out iu favor of
Crant I he Timtx nf .
Senator, oak, nig tvio in liUiwat forllirllrst
tlmetliiit niornti s, loiiklnKui liMiii3uiieMt
bndt-nxi.n. He proiiiH-ideit ilie etiHinUT
alter tli iialt. nueilletl toirilr, aini-ln-arm
Willi In.; ."iiinr I ivi. Ac r.liii: to h
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lbl .':iklln ! njir-.iii-l b-o ln tli.1
the '-i in . v. i . b-riiii.. br'iii tli tet!ii.tii
Vt b .4ita ikI ! In liixot til Ills UliUIn
lu I'm aleilil i ant .1 -etllliUj kihimI le-O-jpltOll
tilt le. Mild .lll'U MU'eli Ull'llllllK
until lliecoueuitia hii.il lo lis muK. it
bHt it ulil lie it inlit ikelo iiukf a tiip to tile
larger titles.
I'ltr.slllKN II !..
The editor ot the Cleveland lluoli bad
occu-ion to go to Wabini on a few datb
ago and had there an piwrninitr to meel
the editor of the rtiilidvlphia T.me:
From the latter le derived I'ome iutere-'Ung
information, which xvat duly iran:nilttd
to hi" Clevel'iiil j'liirnal, and as Col. Me
Clure is recrguized a one of the clearet
headti! jioliiicians in the country, we copy
wliat he sajs of the chance of 1KI :
i.ilonel Mcl lure, the Ijuiolls ttiltor ot tile
To ijileli.lll 7imf.f Is 111 tin. 11 lolny. lie
r tli. Ileum nils nr ruiilly Urifllns to
Mnl JUuli! lib llielr l'reslitt'litlHl t-alitllJate
and that ty l-Utllr will have to take him
to prti.e to tliecoiintr that they tiHte b
Jurett tlietrboit-inomy lirresies. lie lelle.s
llayard coil d cait j New Y-irk, New Jer-e
and Indutun, wlueli, n itli the soliu fruutli.
would lelitiu moroihau vuouii vos to
elect him. McClure wty that uulliliix can
break the solidity or III- S uth In 150, and
thalbuco-bs will only tie possible for the lie
publicans by tlitlr cirrj ins New lork. He
thtnWs they nmy do this but tu the view of
the fctthRl.New York city Is a wliolesale
manufactory of fraudulent Democratic votes
tie regards It a-s doubtful. IJuth iarties will
profti.s to be aUuney in favor of honti-l
l;lionv througbout the couutry.ue predicts,
and each will do lu b-M to beat the other at
the K,ame of cheating.
broth. r'bloo-l. He is iwpulnr amoDg bis,
associate!., and Is an agreeable gentlemen of
tncoldbcbool. Some of the younger candl-
j dates for 3Ir.Gorham' place are deposed to
i ridicule the candidacy of bev.ral old men.
Tbey fcay the plaeo Is one of the most active
datles. requiring peculiar tact and energy to
dlcbrje succes-fully, and that old men are
cat nt for it They also hay that the man
who Jills the place should do for the Demo
crats what George Gorhan has done for the
Itepubllcanh and make It a powerful party
lever. One of the youngest Democratic Sen
ators said lately that as the place required
Brent ex erienceand maturity of judEinent
he should f.el bound to vote f.ir Dube Gwln,
who Is eighty-two, instead of Waltcrson,
who Is ..nly u. little o er se euly, though his
sjmpathies were ail with the latter, lie
bald, however, that if W till "u Allen were to
rise up he Ight feel bound to bupisjrt him
In preference even toUwin.
in:: !::'it ms iiii.i
The bill introduced by Senator Edmunds,
Uft May, rtlaiicg to IVe-identi.il election,
and mw pending in the Senate, has for it j
main ol.j- ct tt.e fettling of deputed jui
t"ona in tb: Slate, where tl.ey ari-e, with
out bringing them to the adjudication of
Congrca. The New York Uuoid eumma
rizes 'lU jirovi-ioa as follows :
It would sue to e.eli r'tate- an opiorluiilty
to pre-ent lit. dtrzen1. from b-ln". mlsrepre
beote.1 by its electo-al eii!e. If a dispute
bhould arise In any Mate as to the I.s.l
c' olce ot its I'resIJ. utial electors a tribunal
pro Wed bythefet-teitsel ,tiirou;h Its Leg
it atuie. Is tohear.iud deteriuli.e the o.ues
t'on. It fUlredno ordinary bklllaii'l acu
men to tr.niie a bill wi.lch would accom
plish Ilii without coming lu coi.!l!ct with
tlie cocstitutiOT. As the law now M-nds
there ts no intertneJlHte blep or p oc.liD!j
betw.-en the appointment of electors and
tlieir ineetins to cast their votes. The bill
under consideration ptovides for Intermedi
ate ptoceediugs aud extends the interval In
order that the investigation my be 'borough
and the judgineutor the state tribunals de
itlie ate The appointment of electors Is to
take place a mouth earlier than at present,
aui the electors are to meet and cast their
otes more than u mouth later tl.au at pres
ent, making an addition of two full months
to the time wlilcli intervenes lwtwten the
voting by theixopeand tlie voting by the
I'residtntial electors Tlie electors are to be
api-ilnt.-d on tlie lirst Tue-d.y lu O.tober,
and tli'vareiiot to m el and vote until the
s.cond Monday in January, allowing a ierl
olof thi- months for the btate canvass and
a Judicial determination of disputed elections
by a J-Ule tribunal The bill provides that
e ry sucli detetmlmitton bl.u I lie final, and
becouclusueevldeiiceof the liwful tltleof
the electors.
The weak point in the bill, which the
Herald points out, is one that in unavoidable
without a constitutional amendment, and
that is it ermi'ts but doc. not command the
creation of the tribunal referred to above.
Thi i as far an it is possible for an act of
Congress to go. The constitution gives the
several State legislature, unlimited power
to prescribe how their Presidential electors
shall be appointeJ, and his power cannot
be abridged by an act of Congress. Hut
Congress by widening the interval between
their apointiuent and their meeting may
afford the States an opportunity to decide
di'puted .uestion judicially, and encour
age them to do so by declaring that such
deciion fhall be conclusive. As to the
partisan bias of the measure, the He.ald
say.
l'lieiuost caviling opponent cmnot say
that it has been drafted iu the int. rest of the
npublicdii jiarty. It It becomes a "aw Its
op. ration In the next I'res'denllul election
will lie tu favor of the D-ms:rtic candi
dstes There Is no real danger of a deadlock
eai.pl wli.n tlie S Date is coiilro I. d b lie
p..l Ileal party and tlie House by the other,
as hapiieued to be the case in the last elec
tion IheCongrevs lilch will count the
electoMl votes in i)-Sl wl I b Democratic
n both brunches should the billof Mr. Ed
munds become a law it will lie In the siwer
of tlie i emocrats to decide very disputed
casein their owti t..vor. Ilj tills bill It Is
pioii.ied tht In cerium coii.inBeiicies the
el.-clor.l Mit.-soI a .ate cannot be rejected
wiihou iheoincurieiiceoi bith Houses, and
tliai 111 certain ether -o iittiin. ucits tuey cm
not b- count d with bu.-li ..incurrence, ltut
iu. the DemotTHlb will have a mjonty of
iMilh Houses ut Ihet in- of the next count
this bill c-ves them the nilvaiilage in both
contingencies. 1 cannot, tut refo c, be re
jected on pirtisnrirouuds cni.-sthe It pub
licins should i. fuse to buppo-t it. The bl'I
or Mr Kdmuu'sis as Imp-irlil, anil .rob
ablyasetliciei.t.asuuy that could be fr.inied
in .outorm-iy with tlie t.-derI coust'ttulon.
EsjcIGU or IT. That u, let the teichers be requirej at me
The country has had about enough of cnd of each school tern to report the ag
. .., ui
the eeivelefs twaddle and cant oi we gom
organs about the dishonesty of the Ameri-
TUC -rllllCD AVATt'II.
A WISCONSIN SENSATION
The Chicago Tribune thinka Senator
Tllaine's speech (published in full in our
teltgragh columns Thursday morning) wa
a masterly effort, while hisj resolution
places the IVmocratic side of the Senate in
a very unpleasant predicament. The Tri-
Mr. lilaiiie had the national ear In the Sen
ate yebterday for his speechon the resolution
proposing an inquiry Into all cases where
Ibe light of cllUens were In anyraanutr
abridged or violated at tlie recent elections.
This resolution, it will be noted, imposes no
Utntta to the bcope of the Investigation ; It
Ingles oat no one State, or collection of
States; It Includes Massachusetts along with
Bouih Carolina, New York as well as Louisi
ana. The Democrat may attempt to answer
the logic of the facts presented by Mr. Uialne,
bat they cannot refuse to vote lor his resolu
tion. They may dd to It by providing for
Investigation Into the ue of money In the
late campaign but they must also consent to
Include In this branch of the subject the cor
rupt use of momy in the campaign of two
years ago. They are placed m a loiuicai ais
advantage by the violent indlacreeUieaa of
their friends In the South and the aggressive
poller of their opponents in the North.
WECRETAKY OK THE SESATE.
The Democrats have not had any expe
rience in the way of electing a Secretary of
the United States Senator for nearly a life
time. Nearly all the men who are promi
nent at Washington to-day have come upon
the stage since this important office was
filled by a gentleman from the ranks of the
Democracy. Electing a Secretary is, there
fore, quite a new thing to Democratic
Senators, and it is no cau?e for woader that
there is a very lively scramble for the com
fortable place, which a Democratic Senite,
after the fourth of March, will have at its
disposal. A Washington dispatch to the
Philadelphia Times of the 10th says :
Tlie Secretaryship of the Senate lu the
next Congress Is still open to applicants, and
the scramble grows hotter day by day. Thus
tar It would seem that Senator Dennis has
the advantage. Hell an amiable gentleman,
from the Eastern Shore or Maryland, and Is
much mare familiar with tirrapln and peach
brandy than with questions of ftatesman
ahlp. He Is about So years old and looks as
wise as n owL, He has made but one speech
In the Senate and that nsd a wide circula
tion. In It he told the Senate that he had a
am In California, and that he was certain
& was opposed to brothers weltering In
r.vi:itYiiii: ii.ii:.iri:n tv
curr ii. it is..
The following paragraph from an edito
rial in the New York Ihudd, state, in two
lints, an all sufficient reason against the
demonetiz.tion of silver, or any other
meisure th.it will tend, in the slightest de
gree, to make goods cheaper and money
dearer. "iJelil," sjvs the lie aid, "have
uot diminished with the rotirce for pay
ing th.m,'' and that tells the whole story;
a debt that called for a thou.ind gretn
bick dollars when a greent.acl; dollar was
worth only fifty cent", call for just as
many greenback dollars now, when the
greenback dollar is worth a hundred cents
lijt it is p!eaant to be told that better
times are at hand, and the llcold says
Throughout all the agricultural States there
Is n general complaint of low price- This Is
consistent with the prosperity of such people
a are out of debr, for labor and all kinds of
goods are proportionally cheap. But, unfor
tunately, multitudes ared.eply In debt, and
debu have not diminished with the resources
for paying them. But the people ueera satis
fied that the lowest point of depression has
been passed and feel that they are advancing
toward better times During the next year
capital will be emboldened lo venture Into
new enterprlses,thereby tmprovlngthe home
market for agricultural products. The gener
al feeling seems to be that "the night Is far
spent and the day Is at hand "
lonijc ootie.
Hon. Thos. A. Osborn, U. S. Minister to
Chili, will return to Kansas in June, on
business, and with his family to visit their
friend, having obtained leave of absence
for that purpose. His many friends will
give him a cordial reception.
.nits. HCLI..
A correspondent at Independence, Kan
sas, writes under date of the 12th inst, that
Mrs. Carrie E. Hull, of baby fame, has just
obtained a verdict in the District Court at
that place, for two thousand and two hun
dred dollars, against her ex-husband, for
false imprisonment and malicious prose
cution."
TALLY OME FOK BIKER.
After "waitina and watching over the
border' for nea ly two years, Baker, of the
CmmmKealth, has at Ia6t succeeded in
capturing Munford of the Kansas City
Times, on Kansas soil, and no sooner did he
find him than he served on him the papers
in that long deferred libel suit, and now
Munford must measure swords, (or, rather.
lawyer) with Baker, in a Kansas court.
THE HEAVIEST.
"The oldest inhabitant one of his
names being Miles Moore says there has
never been bat one snowstorm since Leav
enworth was settled, that equalled thi, and
that was in lSOo. We have certainly had
none such daring late years.
,.. .;iv.r ,lnllr a "swindhoz dollar, a
clipped dollar," an "eighty-five cent dol
lar," and all that, the only object and pur
po eof which i to browbeat the American
people into making the standard silver
dollar worth more than a dollar, thus
making every debt juit that much
greater, and the creditor so
much richer. The gold organs have harp
ed on thi one string so con-tantly and per
sistently, the people have had the "dis
honest" character of the old dollar brought
before them in so minyclaborite leaders in
the metroiKilitan press, and fo many finely
drawn pictures in the illustrated pipers,
that a great many good souls throughout
the country are thinking that probably
they have made swindler and thieves and
pirates of thtm-elve-, while innocently en
deavoring to give the country an honest
standard of valo-, and to prevent the cred
itor from ttniu'-ly increasing the burdens
of his debtor It tho-e b. are di.ioed
to fall into this view read the following
plain and truthful statement of tie case,
from the f'hieigo T ibu .e of the loth :
Tli advocates of the sing e standard have
caused ftn silver discussion to be confused
considerably by tlie characterization ot the
standard dollar as an Sceut dollar."
This asnmp'lon Is btsed simply on the tact
that the value In told ofSTI'J grains ol Ger
man demonetized bullion, Is worth at pre
sent from s". o it) cents of the American gold
dollar. In other woid, the coin which Is
the old stat.daid dollar 1 treated In the dis
cussion by the gold-bugs as bullion of a
certain weight and not as the legal dollar It
elf. The reply that Is get-erally made
to this unwarranted assumption Is, to de
mand whether the person who enunciates it
has any silver dollars to sell for , or 9S, cr
W cents, or whether he has auj thing to sell
for which he will no: accept standard silver
dollars at the rate of 1(0 cent apiece.
Thus cornered, the goldlte retorts by saying
that the HO cents' value Is national and not
International, or, more properly, that It Is a
home value which Is not recosulzed abroad.
"You may exchange your standard bllver
dollar at the rate of 10J cenis In gold within
the territory and Juri-dlctlon of the United
Wales Government." hays the gold-bug, "but
the moment yon send It abroad you will find
that you cannot get more tliunf-'i cents for
It" And this sta'ement 1 generally p-1-nrtted
by the silver men to pass as true,
though, as a matter of fact, the standard
American dollar Is worth about 100 cents In
Liverpool or London, or Paris, as well as In
Chicago, or New York, or Boston, and Is so
raled and can be exchanged at that valuo.
After showing, as above, that the S3-ccnt
argument is utterly false, so far as this
country is concerned, and that the Ameri
csn standard silver dollar is just as good in
every part of the United States as a dollar
of any nther kind or character, the Tribune
turns to the charge that it is not good in
foreign countries, and shows that to be
equally false. It says;
Tha status of the American silver dollar
abroad can be determined by the btatus of
the foreign silver coins In this country. It
must lie kept In mind that the American sil
ver dillarcontatnss per cent more of the
metal In the relation It holds to the gild dol
lar than dotho English French, or German
bllver coins. II It belound, then, that Kn
glish, rrench. and German silver coins re
tain lhelrf.ee valoe ascolnsln this coun
try and are not estimated by the mere
amount of non legal tendermetal they con
tain, the American silver coins of greater
relstle Intrinsic value must be similarly
rated in European markets. Thus the Kn
gllsti gold piund bterllug is worth in Araerl
e.n money it 16".,; but the latest coin quota
tion In Ne- York bhow that Ei gllsh sliver,
which Is only a legal tender for S 0, Is rated
nt II.S3, or as much as the English gold Lbs
the extra co-t of transtortatlon. The value
of the French franc lu American money Is
worth S5. The latent New York quotations
show that the silver Ave franc pl.cesln this
country brlni 91 cuts In gold, or as much
as th" gold five-franc piece Is worth
wltn an allowance for charges on
Bhlnrnent, although Its mere bullion value
would not excel SI csnts. So In IJiidou or
Uverpool, the broker will givo as much for
five American standard sliver dollars ns I c
will for an America half eaic gold piece
with a fractional dlirorenca to allow for
more freight charges ou si vcr than on gold
Practically, then the Amrrlcsn merchant
e.nbuy as much of any given commodity In
I-iondou and Paris with American bll
ver ns ho can with American gold. The
American traveler can exch inge his s'and.
aril silver dollars for abDilt s much English
cold as he could acquire for the same number
of gold dollar.
That is a plain statement of the statu of
the silver dollar in foreign countries, and
the reason it is goad abroad ah well as at
liome, i alo plain and simple: It is be
cause the foreign banker, by returning the
money to the United State, can get the
ame value lor the American silver dollar
as for the American sold dollar. He only
tituds to allow, t'icii, for any small differ
ence there may bs in the freight charges on
the coins, and while the balance of trade
continue o enorsiously in our favor, the
merchant!, and backers of Europe will be
only too glad, as the Tribune says, to get
their hands upon our standard silver dol
lar, as they are just as good to them as
gold, and will pay for jut as much Ameri
can corn or jiork. We quote again from the
Tribune :
A. hundred millions of such American dol
lar would be received with avidity In Eu
rope and clrcnlatel or held there until need
ed lor remittance to this country to pT fr
breadstuff, cotton, meats, et?. Nobody over
there would think of quoting our standard
legal tender sliver dollar at 5 cents or any
ether figure under S9 cents In gold.
It Is false therefore to say that the standard
silver dollar Is worth only 85 cents here or
anywhere. It Is worth Just what the Amert
can gold dollar Is everywhere, and it will ex
change for Just as much with the bankers
and merchants of any country which has
commercial deallnga with the United States.
The London, Paris, or Berlin broker would
aot exchange silver dollars for gold dollars at
the rata of 85 cenu for the former anymore
than the New 1 ark broker would do the same
absurd thing. If theold demonetized German
thalers sent to London for sale bring only
their bnl Ion valne. It Is beeiu'e they are no
longer legal-tender, and will not be recog
nized aa lawful coin If returned to Germany.
But while American sllverdollarsare weight
ed at the rate of IS to 1 of gold, and while
the silver dollar remains a full legal-tender
bj well as the gold dollar, there Is no danger
that the former will be received for less than
100 cents In any country where the ratio of
15S f silver tolof gold prevails. There ts
not the smallest .warrant for denominating
the standard sliver dollar as an "S3-cent
oln, and there Is no commercial country
and no sane man tuat will refuse to allow
practically gold value In exchange for them.
The "SS-cent" phrase Is a deliberate decep
tion, and the men who employ It know It to
besucn. Iu use Is designed to belittle and to
east a slur upon those who advocate the old
standard dollar,
The foregoing is a plain and truthful
statement of .the value and statns of the
silver dollar; and it is the deliberate judg
ment of the country that the crusade
against it Js founded in dishonesty in a
desire to increase the obligations of the
debtor without giving an equivalent therefor.
gregate attendance of all their pupils in
days; let district clerks be required to col
late these term reports, and report to coun
ty superintendents the entire aggregate at
tendance for the vear in days ; let county
superintendents be required to aggregate
these di-trict reports and repcrt to the
State Superintendent the total attendance
of their several counties in days ; with all
their county reports added together the
State Superintendent may estimate the por-
lion oi iue yearn iuwt uuc ws.. -,. -
tendance, and on that basis apportion to
each county its share of the public fund, to
be by county superintendents apjiortipned
to the several districts on .he stme basis.
I think such a change would be anim
provenientou the jt ecj'ta basi of distribu
tion, chiellly iu this: It wouldofler to the
inhabitann'of the districts an inducement
to send their chi.dreu to school more regu
larly and more coutinuou-ly ; to be less
tolerant of absentees; and to have school
taught in tlieir several ditrict a many
tusnlbs as jkwuIc All of thise desidera
ta are greatly to be desired. Every teach
er know, and every per-on who take an in
terest in the educational .system know that
there is co greater ob-tacle to the success
ful working of the schools than ab-enlees
aud desultory attendance. Any plin ca
culated to abate this evil, even measurably,
ought, it eeems to me, to be f-ivorably re
garded by all who liave the educational in
ter, st at heart, and ought to bs adopted
unless grave objections can be urged to the
contrary.
It seems to me this plan is demanded aa
a matter of justice. The general school
fund has been provided for the education
of the children and youths of the Stale.
What claim have those district. uiwn any
share of it whoe inhabitants arc so indif
ferent lo the educational welfare of their
children that tbey will not make appropri
ations for maintaining fchools, or will not
seed their children lo school when school is
in session.
The existing law makes no di:crimination
between those districts which show com
mendablc enterprise in the educational
line, and thoe which do not. So that a
district reports three months school the
previous year, no matter if the average
daily attendance did not exceed a half doz
en, with a total enrollment not amounting
to over ten per cent, of the whole school
population, it is entitled to its share of the
State fund, equally with the district which
maintained school ten months with a daily
attendance averaging fifty and an enroll
ment embracing nearly all the juveniles
within its border. It seems to me that is
neither fair nor just.
I wish every teacher, every scliooloflicer,
every jierson in fine who takes an interest
in the school management, would consider
the plan or change here suggested, and re
port his or htr opinion, whether favorable
or otherwise, to the editor of this paper.
Let your commuuications be simply "yea"
or "nay," on potal card, by mail, and I
doubt not they will be publishednd will
have due weight in making up the right
verdict J- A. B.
Louise, Dec. 14, 173.
Dr. lalmsgs Staying Out Very tale A B;g Sensation in the Town Of Ken
Indeed Alcep and Steeple Cain- j
osna,
WllATTIIEKIf.HnOKSTIII.Mt OF
VS.
X VAST AMOUNT OK bTATIt .SEWS.
Ellsworth Keporter, 12-1
The Daily Times has recently been en
larged aud is now tlie largest dally In the
Suite, and every number contains a vast
amount of State news .
the fcEvr wkstokSt. Louis.
Junction City Tribune, i:.
Thel-avenworth Timi-s, liko the green
bsy tree, lsalway growin. It has recently
added four columns to lu magnitude, and Is
now t ho lirgest and best dally webt of St.
Loul-.
osr. or Tttn i.NDir.Tio.s.
Lawrence Journal, 11,1
We h ne Inadvertently failed to notice the
enlargement of the Leavenworth Dally Ti mes
to a nine column jsiper. TueTimes is con
ducted with great enterprise, and lis buccess
is one of hopeful Indications of the growth
and Increase of Leavenworth.
Ul.COMI.NG TIIKMosT POITI..K IN KANSAS.
Chauut- ituie, il!
In another column appears the advertl-e-meiitoflhe
' cavenworth Times, the largest
and mo-t newsy jper in the State. It has
been recently enlarged lour columns, anil
under its jiresen management gives a great
anetyof both St.teand g.-ner.i'. news, and
Is becotnl z ttie mo-t impnlar p-iper In Knn-
S.IS.
ENTITI.EIIT.ITIIK "HOItN,"
lYnleh Central Nea s, iwenilKT lUlli-l
The Lavei: worth riMf.s. beyond dSput.
the ablest conducted tiewsj.aperlii the State,
its compilation of ' t.i'e News" being alone
worth more than the pilce of bub-criptiou,
was enlarged ouTlnnkstlving to nine col
umns to the page, making It the largest daily
in Kansas. Col. vnthony is entitled to the
"horns" as the "b s" newspaper man in the
Empire State of the v est.
A LIVE KAXsAS fAl'Ftt.
IHrooSvtlle Times, n.
Thelyave-.vorth Tijifs was enlirged oa
Tlmikftlvluc d.y nnd Is now a: V, column
folio, the largest and liost dally paper In
Kansas. Tho telegraphic news Is ver full
and the editorial ably written. If yoa want
a live Kansas paper send for the Times. It Is
o!Terl at the lowest rates a good dally has
ever bieu published for
ONEOFTIICnDsT PAPEEs ISTHE STATE.
w il-on lnde-v, Dec. 12.
Jlr.N.E.-Stevens the wide-aw.iko corres
pondent of the Leavenworth Tutu called at
our sanctum ou last Friday As we were out
the time, we did not gel to interview the
gentleman but then we know that he repre
sents oe or the best papers In the State.
TO ACroWMODAIETIIE 1'ATr.OSAOE.
Eussell County ltecord, 12.1
We received a call last week from Mr.N. E.
Stevens, traveling agent nnd correspondent
or the Leavenworth TlMi-s. Mr. Stevens Is
working up the Interests of his paper In a
lively manner. The proprietor of The
Times by the way, has found It necessity to
add a column to the pige In the size, ot his
paper to accoramodete his Increasing pat
ronage, and still leave room for the news.
AN-TUO.NYISM EXCUSED IIV HIS ROVAL IIIGI'.
NESS.
Emporia 1-edger, 12.
The Leavenworth Times now com. s tons
greatly enlarged In sire and otherwise Im
proved In many respects The Times is and
always has been the best dally newspaper In
the State. It Is enterprising and full of news,
and were It not for the objectionable feature
of Anthonylsm, would be far ahead of any
dally newspaper in the Missouri Valley.
However, we all have our weaknesses and
this weakness of The Times can be excused
on the score of human Infirmities over which
the editor has no control.
Takes toe nan oft the iilsii.
Lyndon Times December 12th.
The largest and best dally newspaper In
Kansas. Is tae Leavenworth Daily Times.
Mr.D. It. Anthony enlarged It to the size of
nine columns on last Thanksgiving cay, and
it now presents as handsome an appearance
as many papers whose editors make more
pretentlonsln feet. The Times absolutely
"takes the rag off the bush" In the newpa
perdora of Kansas, as tho official report of
the amount paid for postsge will show which
we publish In his advertisement elsewhere
in this paier. It Is a very popular It-pcWl-can
paper, and leans strongly to the green
back side of the money question.
THE SEASON or SUCCESSFUL ESUIOEMENTS.
Hiawatha Herald, 12.
The season for successful enlarg-mnt of
the dallies Is here. The l-eavenworth Times
and St. Joseph Hera'd have put their annual
Hnkl on their at. tiers. nd appear as"the
largest dallies west of St. Louis."
ling, Drnnkennei and Crime in
Full Slast.
New York Herald, ?.
Dr. Talmage preached yesterday morn
ing, as uual, in the Brooklyn Tabernacle
on the night side of city life, this time ex
patiating oa the "Third Watch of the
'ight,' which he described as by far the
mo-'t horrible. He chose his text from
Genesis, i , 5 "And the darkness he called
night " Two grand divi-ion of time, said
Mr. Talmage oueof sunlight, theother of
shadow. 1 have spoken to you of the first
and second watche of the nigh. I speak
now of the third thzt i-, from twelve to
three o'clock. The thunder of the city has
rolled from the air. .-light sound now
cut the ninht wi h a ditinctness th it ex
cites vo'ir attention. SoUrnn and stupen
dous "is the third watch 1 '1 here arc respec
table men abroad. The city misionsry i
goim; up to that court to take j. scuttle of
coal to a poor fami y. Men wh-j are forced
to toil into the midnight are hi.stenirg to
iheir plilow. li-u the great multitude arc
adeep. The lights are out in the dwelling.
The street '..imp, s'sudirg in a long line,
reveal the silence and the slumber o' the
town. Stupendous thouaht! i sreat city at
ret. Let the great host rlerp, Ujd's a!um
berlts eye will watch.
TIIO-E Vf HO tVO.N'r.-I-I.EP.
But there an- thousnd who will rot
sleep to-niih ? ui thtt dirk court. Be
careful or vmi will tail over the prostrate
form of a drunVrr.! i? in,; on his own door
step. Look abnui, let yo-i feel thegarroterV
hug. I.oek in ttirotign that broken ptne.
No bread, no liht, no fire, no cover. They
shiver in darkm. They begged, but got
nothing. They had rather die than go to
the almhoue. You ray these are vicious
poor. So much the more to be pitied
Their last light ha gene out. They are in
hell now. Where I have ten prayers for the
innocent I have twenty for the guilty. The
viciou poor have had two shipwrecks
that of the body and that of ihe soul
wreck for time and wreck for eternity.
I'ass en through that alley. Open the
door. It is not locked. They have noth
ing to lose. Strike a match and look
beastliness and rags I From the corner a
wild face starts out of the straw and moves
toward you just as your light goes out.
Strike another match. Here i a little bale
Xot like thoe beautiful children presented
this morning for baptism. It never smiled:
it never will smile. Strike another match
The face of that young woman is bruised
and gashed now. Xo hope has dawned on
that soul for years: hoiie will never dawn
upon it. The match has gone out. Light
it not again, Lr it would seem to be a
mockery.
Pass out and on. There are thousands
olsuch abodes in our cities. An awful
gloomy and overwhelming picture is the
city in the third watch. After midnight
crime does its chief work. During the day
time the villian lounge about, a part of
time asleep a part awake, but when the
third wati-h arrives they will roue up with
eye keen, mind acute, arms f trong aud feet
fleet to fly to purue. Many of them have
been brought up to the work. They began
by picking boys' pocket, and now are pre
paring to blat the gold vault of a bank.
So long as the children of the street are
neglected there will be no lack of 'despera
does. THE EVILS or OAMBLlSf..
In the third watch the gambling houses
are in full blast. Stir up the fires! Bring
on the drinks! Put up the stakes! Many
a till will spring aleak. Gaming is mak
eflort to become respectable. A member
of C'jngrt p plaved with a member clict
and won SlO 000. The old way of gettnig
a furtune is so slow ! Come, let's tos up to
see who shall have it! And so it goes on
from the wheezing wretches pitching en
uie to the millionaire gamblers in the
stock market. Legislators tired of
making laws take a re- i e in breakicg
them. Officers of the court while away the
i ue while the jury is out. There is no ex
cuse for this crime. There are $7,000 000
annually lot in Xew York at tlf. gaming
table. The agent of the-e gaming table
are around our hotels. They a-k a strang
er if he would like to sec the city, and show
him what they call the "lion-" ar.d the
"eleph-tnl" "i Laughter.) If a young man
Ins seen the ' lion-'' and the "elephant"
he will never see Hcaten. Look ou: for
thoe men who move around hotel with
sleek hats and a pitronizing air, and are so
unaccountably anxiou about your enter
tainment. All they want is your moniy.
You arc a fool if you can't sec through it.
(Ltughter 1
In the third watch, al-o, druukenns dot
its wort. The drinking man will lie re
spectable at eight o'clock, at nine he is
talkative, at ten his tongue is thick, at
eleven he blafpheme-.at twe've his hat lalls
oir, at one he f jII to the t'.jor asing for
more drink. Drunkenness maKos men
mad. One of it victims came home one
niyhL ami l'jund Ills wiie had died during
his abecc;. He went into tLe room where
she been prepared L:r the grave, shook her
from the shroud and tos-td the body out of
the window.
The land is soiled with -in. Something
radical niu-t be done. You do not see the
worst, if Christian men and women woum
go forth among the wandering and the desti
tute they inisrlit make ihe darkest alley of
thecity'kiudie with tlie gladness of heav
en. Do not think pioti counsels will stop
the gnawing of empty stomachs or warm
slockingks feet. "Take bread, raiment,
medicine, as well a prayer. We want no
such inapt work a th it of the men who
W3nt into an hopital during the war and
gave to a o!dier who had both his legs
amputated a tract on the sin of dancing.
(Laughter). Generoa, hsipful woik
would bring back thousands. I see them
coming now. Cry up the wort new lo
heaven! Set all the lell a-nngng! Spread
the banquet and keep the jubilee!
THE ISCOUKIGIBLE.
But there is a man who won't reform.
Well, then, how many acts, in a tragedy.
I believe five.
Act the First Young man starting
from home, Parents and siter erring.
Wagon passe over the hill. Farewell
kill thrown back. King the bell and let
the curtain drop.
Act Second Marriage altar. Bright
lichts. Full organ. Long white veil trail
ing through the aisle. Prayer and congrat
ulation and exclamation of "How well
she looks!" King the bell and let the
curtain drop.
Act Third Midnight. Woman wait
ing for staggering steps. Old garments
stuch into the broken window pane. Many
marks of hard'hirn on the face Biting the
nail of bloodless fingers. Neglect and cru
elty and disgrace. King the bell and let
thecurtiin drop.
Act FornTii Three graves in a dark
tilare prave of the child that died from
lack of medicine ; grave of the wife who
died of a broken heart; grave of the hus
band who died of di-ipation. Oh, what a
blated heith, with three graves, plenty of
weeds, no tlowers :
Anguih coiling its serpent's coil around
thecrti'h.il heart. Blackness of darknes
forever.
Woe ' woe ' woe '. I cannot bear longer
to look. Come, come. King the bell and
let the curtain drop.
IT HA BEE FIXED.
We understand that Gov Anthony has
more than one strlne to his bow. If he falls
on the United States Senatorshlp.then he will
be made President of the Agricultural Col
lege, through a regency of bis own construc
tion. We shall have more to say on the sub
ject as the Senatorial struggle logins. Junc
tion City Tnbune.
George T. made this arrangement some
two months ago and The Tribune has not
the prower to prevent its consummation.
What are you going to do about it Mr.
lYt&iou?
Bain, the Celebrated Wagon-Msker,
Shot by a Woman.
Kenosha, Wis , December 12. Kenoha
is enjoying a sensation of the Laura Fair
type, which, though not attended with fa
tal results, proori-es to furnish food for
many niunth' go-isip. O.i Tuesday even
ing 5lrs. Almirah Kn-; i, divorced Iadv
of some So years, -j popularly known es
' the Widow Knapp," laid in wait for Kd
ward Biic the well kuown millionaire and
wagon-maker, on one of ihe main streets,
whi e he was on hi way from his re-tdence
to his office. She met him near the Kpis
copal Church. A hurried conversation in
sucd. Tne f-w way firer were startled by
the rcverberitio-: ol" a pi-lot shut, suc
ceeded by the cry of "iurder ' ' which, in
turn, was fallowed by two shot, as Mr.
Bain made a ba:y re reat from the infuri
ated womau. The sic mil shot
autre.'-, nut in tue mrjiiT leg,
ju! above the knee. Tue ball pastd clean
f-rongh the thigh-Vone and the artery
Mr. B du, on being struck, fell, but almost
immediate! v picked him-elf up and renew
ed his running, nliile the woman find the
third sLot. Orercome by loss of blood, Mr
Bain v. -s not able to run any distance at
t.r being b-ruck, aud fell fainting on the
sidewals. He was picked up by several
persons who had bt.cn drawn to the scene
bv ihe pi-tol shot, and was. carried into
Mr. McDermott" millirery store. Two
phvsic.ans were hurriedly summoned, a
carriage was called, and the injured man
was taken to hi residence, wheic his
wounds were drestd. In the excitement
iiobodv paid any attention to the woman
in the" co.-e. Brandishing her pitol, she
rmhed into the office of lawyer Quarlts,
screaming at the top of her voice.
"I HAVE illOT AT UI31 '-''
tjuarlcs took the revolver away from her,
and, after she had .juieted down, asked her
what was the matter. She replied that she
bad shot at Bain, but didn't know whether
she had hit him or not. Quarles looked
around for an officer, but, not finding one,
and seeing the district attorney, asked him
to take her in charge. lie did so, and had
her conveyed to the county jail. Mr.
Quarles thinks, from her apiwarance, that
she was stimulated with brandy, judging so
from the fact that, while iu his office, she
sank into a chair perfectly exhau-ted.
During his conversation with her she told
Quarle that she shot Mr. Bain because she
was out of money. From time to time he
had given her money. He knew that at
the time of the shooting she had none. She
saw nothing but starvation staring her in
the face, made doubly so by the presence of
her son, aged 1-J She had pondered over
her destitute condition.
IIF. IIAIiniVEN 11EK MONET.
and could do so again if he would, and she
knew no reason why he should refuse to
continue the allowance he had been in the
habit of granting her. This allowance she
had been receiving for two or three Tears.
She therefore made up her mind, if he did
not contribute to her support, she would
not .allow him to live and enjoy his
wealth.
"What was the allowance for her?
queried the reporter of Mr. IJuarks, who
l Mr llnin's lawvpr.
"Well, you mti-t know that Mr Bain i
an exceedingly charitable man. No one in
need ever applies to him for assistance and
goes away empty-hinded. This woman
wa a seamstress, "and had at times vrked
in his and o-her families in the city When
work liecame dull she applied to hnu in
shape of a loan. He refn-ed to make a loan,
but helied her from time to time when he
thought she needed it. On the eveuing of
the shooting she imperiously
fiEMANPEIl SOME MONET.
He was atoni-htd at her manner, and re
fused Again she made the demand, and
told him, by way of a clincher, that, if he
did not.she'wouid shoot "What do you
mean bv shooting ?"' he inquired. She
bri.Uy replied "I have got it here'.
"Your won't harm me " he replied. "Yi.u
shan't enj iv your richts hilo I starve,"
was her rej under. He then absolutely and
oitively declined to give her anything.
She ag-iin threated to shoot. Hetoldh-r
to do so, and she did a ha been relate..
To-night, in a very Star-Chamber sortof
manner, -he wa brought up before Justice
Gillett for examination, which she waived,
and, in default of .COO bail, wa re
manded to the county jail. Thi business
wa performed in " the mot mysterio-i
manner. The slicntl and other officials as
serted to the rejior.er that the examination
would not c hi Id until to-morrow, and it
w:. onlv l.r accident that it braked out.
Not to exceed half a di z-n people were
present, "i our correspondent made urgent
rcouest to be allowed the privilege of in
terviewing Mr. Kmpp, but the sheriff
stubbornlv refused it. He, in companj
with everybody el-e in the town, recognize
Till. POV. EK OI- MONEV
and po'ition, and everything ha been done
th.it a no-bible to keen the public from
getting at any of the bottom fact in the
ci-e. Mrs. Knapp is represented to be a
we 1-pre-erved, rather atuactive woman of
some :V to as summers, fche came here
aboutjien or twelve year. ago, and shortly
afterwards obtained a divorce lrom her bus
band, he ha obtained a rather precar
ious living by dre-.-making the greater por
tion of the time. The jieople hereabouts
hint mysterious things about her, but these
have never a-unied any projiortion until
last nigh., and to-day there are some mys
leriou hints about her relations with three
or four different gentlemen but, outside of
the alleged liaison with Biin, no one i
identified except a person with a rather bib
ulous name, and it is stated by Bain's
frienda that he has of late taken particular
pains to give currency to the story of her
connection with Bain. From an old friend
of the wagon-millionaire your correspond
ent learned to-night that Bain became ac
quainted with her some two years ago, and
that on five different occasion he visited
her residence and that
HE WAS IN THE HABIT
nf firir," her SoO rer month. W hether it
was from becoming tired of the association,
or from learning that there wag another
man in tlie cae, he recently determined to
put an end to the amatory partnership, and
o informed her. He had (so my infor
mant staresl re-olvtd to cks the account
nn the lSthinL bv the payment of S50.
He informed the friend that the woman
ought to have waited a few days longer and
got her money, but lhat, after all, he w.
rather glad of it, a it certainly, ind with
out doubt, put an end to a very disagreea
ble piece of business. Dr. Farr, Mr Bain's
physician, on learning that a couple of
Chicago reporters were in town (for the
news ol their presence was paseo. aiong
with more than telephonic rapidity) issued
positive orders that they should not have
acces to the wounded man, and the failed
to interview him. It is the generally-ex
pressed opinion that the woman will not be
prosecuted Straw-bail will be furnished.
She will be given a railroad ticket to a dis
tant point, and her departure will be the
last that will ever be seen of her.
tie ; and this especially the case as to In
dian wars. There is no glory to be gained
in the defeat or even the extermination of
a tribe of uncivilized and unfamed natives,
while a campaign against them, as the
bleaching bones of thousands of our soldiers
altest. is full of dinger and death. For ten
years past the history of the Indian service
nas been marked on every page by the testi
mony of arm. men against its discreditable
features. Secretary Stsnton said, vears
ago, on tha occasion of a visit to him by
Bishop hippie: n hat does the liishop
want' If he has come her to tell us that
this government is guilty of gross crimes
in its dealings with the Indians, tell him
that we know that all this is true." After
ayeirof searching investigation into the
caues of Indian wars, Generals Sherman,
Harney, Terry and Augur, in their cthcial
report, wrote : J. hat the Indian goes to
war i not astonishing; te n olten com
polled to do o ; wrongs are borne by him
in silence which never fail to drive civil
ized men to deeds of violence. Among
civilized men war u-tially springs from a
-cn-e of injustice. The best jeosible way to
avoid war, then, i to do no act of injus
tice. But it is
aid that our wars with the Indians have
be"en almost con-taut. Have we then been
uniformly unjut? IIV arrxer, tsih&ita
hnytif, y. '
Details to lUstify sucn statements abound,
but it is not their existence that we nar
particularly refer to at present ; the fact
that leading officers of the army, men upon
whom the conduct of Indian wars tills or
his fallen, speak thus cf the manner in
which those wars originate is that most in
teresting and imjiortant in the present
stage of the discuion. General Crook, in
a conversation last summer as rejorted
at the time spoke : his brother
officer. had done, and said, in answer to
a question, that "it would lie cheaper to
treat the Indians justly. All the tribes tell
the same story; they are surrounded, the
game is driven away or destroyed and
there remain but one thing for them to
do fight while they can. Kven the injus
tice of sending troops against them, how
ever, is not the hardest thing; a harder one
is for us to be forced to kill the Indians
when they are clearly in the right." It js
from men thus impressed, and thus candid
in their testimony of the truth, that we
hope, in case the transfer should be decided
ujion, for a fair and jut treatment of the
tribes with whom wc have had re
cent collision. Men who have so clearly
een the evils of unjut action and are
placed in to cruel a position of hardship
by the outbreak of Indian wars, may be
trusted, we should hope, to avoid the caus
es which have heretofore produced to many
of them.
kaii.uo vi .iri'Aiiis.
the Walkley buiidiDgs. Though no cases
cf drowning occurred, there were
SEVERAL NAEKOW ESCArE,
ALL OVER THE C0KTINE..T.
Particulars of the Terrible Rain
Storm in the East.
j jiit before tlie building began to crumble
! to pieces. They extended a ladder through
Rivtr3 CUt Of B-nkS, Bridges Swept j a window aero the driveway, and gained
I access to the adj)ining building. Another
Away Towns Inundated. chap. w'i.- fell into the current on Meadow
j street, wasavd by rope thrown to him.
y' t No exact litvf
The great storm, of which the cne that , TuE loe?,
The Soiuliwest.'jii lime Amociailon
and the l'rospecl for Ita Ilenrganl
z&tlon I'rojrrobM of ibc Ctuc&ao A:
Alton KariiliiSM anil Otuer 3Int-
tern.
Kansas City Journal, 13
A Journal reporter had a few minutes'
conversation yesterday with Mr. II. H.
Courtright about the Southwestern pool, fcr
which he is the agent at this point. Mr.
Courtright is an old railroad man, and his
opinion with regsrd to the prosjicct for a
continuance of the ool next year is valua
ble. He apprehends no difficulty in the
continuance of the organization. He says
that all the roads are sati-fied with the
present arrangement, that i, that there
must liea iooI in order for them to do busi
nesH with profit. The organization has
been in existence two vears without a break;
except last spring, when the St. Doui roads
withdrew lor almost a monih. tae longer
the organization continues, the better sati
licl the managers of the several lines are
with it, the better they become acquainted
with each o'herV inlerest and the more
reasonable in their deiuands and liberal in
their concessions to each other
Speaking of the Chicago & Alton de
manding greater privileges on account of
claiming lo be a dual line", he said he did
not apprehend any trouble on that score.
lie did not attribute the-se rejiort, that the
Chicago A Alton would demand extra per
centage, to Mr Blaikstone or Mr. McMul
lin, but to on ide pirlie. The reporter
ventured the suggestion that iK)ibly they
originated with biiines men who would be
glad to sec the iool discontinued. Mr. C.
replied thst he did not believe the business
men would be pleased with a di-ruption of
the jiool. As it is they can make contracts
and count on the freights oil or OU days
ahead. Under the other condition of af
fair, while each line i fighting its rival,
there i no certainty abaut rate. A ship
per may make a contract based on rates as
they are to-day, and to morrow they will
have advanced o that he is a heavy
loer. l"nder the arrangment there is some
certainty about rat?, and he believed busi
ness men were in favor of the pool. In
thi connection, it is reported that an ar
rangement ha len made by which the
Illinoi Central will carry the Kansas City
and Minnri river bu-iness conigned over
the two St. Iritis roads to Chicago. This
will probably bring the Illinois Central in
to the Sctithwe-itern pool.
ATCHISON, TOrEKA AND SANTA t H.
The executive officers of the Atchison,
Tojieka and Santa I'e railroad are now in
I ilondo arranging to take possession of
the Denver and Kio Grande railway under
the lease for thirty years. The exten-ion
ot the main lin- of the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe'ine southward has already
crossed the Colorado line into New Mexico,
and is bein vigorously pushed forwanl
with intent to reach ly-s Vega by the 1st
of April. The Denver and Rio Grande
will al-o be extended at once through the
Grand ( anyon ot the Arkansas to Lead-ville.
has prevailed here for the last thirty hour
is evidently a part, assumed the form of
rain, throughout the Kistern States, and
was the most destructive that has ever been
known. Spf cial despatches to the Chicago
Times of Thursday morning yive the fol
lowing interesting part-cular, in addition
to the sccounts already sent by A--"socia cd
Press
A SCENE OE HEjOIVriO
piunghei., Mas., December 11. In
the mst thirty-six hours Wesifield has ex
perienced a night of horror and suspense
and a day of sights of destruction such a
never was before seen there. The strut
between tbe depot and post-office look a
though a vast army hail paeil through,
sacking every building and razing them to
the ground. The broad avenue and neat
buildings gave place to gullies, with large
or small torrents rushing through them,
over which, in some ca-es impromptu
bridges were thrown. Small building and
household furniture strewed the yards and
streets like dead leaves. Scrap ot women's
clothing hung from fences and trees. Here
and there
UEAD IIOOS AND lOIILs,
were lying, and over the wreck of their
homes", women were weeping scenes not
soon to be torgotten by the jieople who wit
nessed them. It was known at S o'clock
Tuesday evening that the river was rapidly
rising and danger might be anticipated.
The selectmen were at once notified, and
soon they had a large force of men at work
raising the dyke between the railroad and
Elm street bridges. The river fas: gained
on them, and at IfcSO the fire alarm bells
weie rung and the firemen responded. The
water was kept in check until nearly 11
o'clock. Then, almost simultaneously with
news that
THE DIKE HAD OIVEN WAV
at the bend, nearly a mile wct of Elm
Btreet, came intelligence that at Clark street
and just south of the Canal railroad track,
the tlike had also broken and the water
was rushing into town in torrent. All at
tempt to longer save the dike near the
bridge was abandoned, and warned of the
flood nine years before, the jieople on Elm
street, betw'een the bridge and Orange street,
ruhed toward Franklin and "the green."
The flood from the break a mile west had
reached there before them and surged into
the hollow between Franklin street and the
railroad crossing with a sullen roar.barnng
their progress in that direction. Then the
crowd turned back and attempted to get
south of the flood by means of the railroad
track, and a large number succeeded in do
ing so before
THE WATER KOsE TWELVE FEET,
and covered the embankment. Tho- who
failed to cress turned back, and were soon
shut up in a narrow limit by the water
from the dike at Sackett street, forcing
through the railroad embankment, carry
ing sheds, barns, and houses in its progress,
and louring with relentless force aero
Elm street at the unoccupied factory build
ing of;Leonard Atwater, and burying Un
or twelve feet under the adjoining houe,
occupied by.Widow Tachett, plunging the
house into a hole and making the e-cape of
the half-dead inmates imiosibIe-, until t
o'clock this morning when they were
TAKEN OFF IN BO IT.
Another stream jurcd down Orange street
and swept away the railroad at that point.
Hardly had the flood from Franklin street
covered the railroad embankment back of
the numerous factories located at that jsiint
when the embankment gave way in three
places, making gajiea of from fifty to two
hundred feet wide, and sinkiog the track
from ten to twenty feet. As the Uoo.1 ouri
throiiL'h the cans the scene was wild beyond
description, the roar of the water and the
crashing of timber drowning
THE fRIES f f IIOKKOH
from the affrighted spectators who crowded
b ck uion each other in their e.igerne to
get away from danger. The freed water
spread out into the meadow below, but soon
gathering renewed force, wept from it
foundation the bridgoipanning the brook
at Mechanic street. Just below it wa join
ed bv the torrent from Orange street, and
together the two lifted like a feather the
large double-tenement house occupied by
Frank Ash, and carrying it a quarter of a.
mile threw it high and dry ujion Mosely's
meadow. The water alo lilted 1'atrick
Salmou's hoiie, but let it down again at an
angle of 1". degrees. While the
water wa doing this damage be
low it was pouring with momen
tarily increasing force between and through
THE FACTOIUES.
Soon through th dull gloom the building
occupied by llolcomb .. Cook, whip manu
fcturer,wa been to ric and quickly strike
againt the skeleton of the railroad, live
elu !n the rear. For a moment the cur-
eo.,t ica ilamrnrd. but its resistless force
crushed the ide of ihe wooden factory and
the roof fell upon the ma.. Hardly Ind
thi occurred before a like building ju.'t
south, occupied by Elmund (eioper and
other maculactiirmg hrm, siaritu 10 nu
low its mate. When the track was reached
it,- l.nildin" stood firm except that the rear
end was torn out o tint it extended to the
remains of the railroad track. To
A QUISTIOI FOR EDUCATORS.
Here is a question which I address to
educators and to all persons who deem our
public school system of sufficient impor
tance to concern themselves about it.
Under the existing law, the State gen
eral school land is annually distributed to
the school districts, according to the num
ber of inhabitants resident therein between
five and twenty-one years old, on a certain
day prior to the day of the annual meet
ings.
Te Great siorm In Ina EaiU
Chicago Tribune, lil
We who have had so little rain during
the past two months find it difficult to com
prehend the disaster which h fallen upon
the people of the East. A flood so exten
sive has not visited the country since the
development of the art of newsgathering to
its iiihmi decree of efficiencv. In hundreds
of small cities boats are seen in some of the
streets, and the principal street of Westbehl.
Mass., was filled for hours with a rapid
current of water ten feet deep. Everything
domestic except the cellars of the hone has
floated past Ponghkeepie, in the Hudon
KiTer; twentv five bridges around White
hall, N. Y, "have been swept away ; the
mountains of Pennsylvania as a -general
thing have coasted upon their hills, and
the Kennebec, Connecticut, Mohawk, Le
hieh. Su'auehanna. and Ohio Rivers have
ruined propertv averaging millions of dol
lars for esch stream. The Pittsburg Expo-
Itallway 'IcIrsrapU Company.
'New Yort American Exchange, 10.
A bill is now pending before the United
States Senate,which was introduced by Sena
tor Jones of Florida, authorizing the rail
road of theUnited States to build lines of tele
graph and to operate them in the transac
tion of public as well as of their own pri
vate busine. It has long been known
that the Baltimore and Ohio railroad com
pany nas not Decn in sjmpainy wuu iue
Western Union management, and, in fact,
that all the trunk tine companies, except
the New York Central, have become ex
tremely restive under what they look upon
as Mr. Vanderbilt'a management of their
lines. It is well understood that the Bilti
more and Ohio and other leading railway
mmnanies are behind the movement that is
now before Congress. Indeed, it is said
that Mr. Garrett, during his recent visit to
this city, held a long conference with the
managers of the Pennsylvania and Erie
railways, and that an understanding was
arrived at by which the three trunk lines
will act in unison. The telegraph lines on
all three of these roads, the I'niladelphia
and Heading, Wabash, Illinois Central,
and, in fact, most ot the leading railroads
nf the ennntrv. belon to the respective
railroads, and are only leased to the Wes-
A Ml. I-onls. .TIjtrrr in Nan I'rnn
eluco. The story goes that a young isjrson from
St. Loui has been a mystery in one of the
San Francico grammar schools, and may
till be a mystery for aught anybody knows.
When he sat in the principal's office one
morning he gave his name as Alfred Stan
ley,! fifteen years of age, and said that he
wanted to go to school. He was accepted,
and sent to a class taught by a lady. After
somo days the lady teacher thought she
discovered signs indicating that Alfred
Stanley might be a girl in disguise, and she
told the principal of her suspicions, and the
principal told Alfred Stanley that she was
a eirl. She said that was a fact, and that
she had alopted male attire to te ure be
ter advantages ot education, sue saia sne
was from St. Loui, and that they might
call her Alfrida Stanley and let her take
her place in the girls school. lhey took
her word , she appeared next day in fe
male habiliments, and she is now enjoying
the advantages of the girls' school. But A.
Stanley from St. Louis is still a sort of un
solved mystery.
omen for ft ar.
:.r i :u: : :. .&.,. I.a msr..
nificent spectacle of a floating place, being tern Lnion upon terms that authorize the
. . ... r .e . ...u.ll-...n ... .ha Ib.w nmn snort no-
Would it not be better if the law were
changed and the State fund distributed ac- accesaiveonly by navigation of the waten i cancellation of the leases upon short no-
COTUllsa iO Uie uuuiuu vi ujb ..CUUiW SlUlUUUUitfg am
Times Journal, lil
It is said that the Russian War Minister
is enthusiastic uj.on the subject of educat
ing an 1 training' women for army practice.
It is understood also that the Czar favors
the movement. The experience of the late
war satisfied all intelligent ob-ervtra that
the regular medical staff could not pror
ly care for the Bick and wounded. It is
said that clas.-es will soon be formed at St.
Petersburg for the teaching of women, and
when they have completed their studies
they will be assigned to the medical stafl of
the army.
The nold Dollar Jlast Co.
Inter .Ocean.
The gold dollar is a nuisance when in
circulation, and totally ueles when out of
circulation. Therefore, the gold dollar
ought to go.
It was never known until 1S45; it ought
never to be known after 187D.
Aboli'h the gold dollar and we shall
have onlv the standard silver coin to re
present our unit of value. This will not
destroy the tyranny of gold, butit will
help, and every step in this direction, co
matter howidiort, should be tafcen.
We repeat that trie gold dollar is a nuis
ance. It was brought in when silver was
scarce, and there was ome excue for it
Let it march out now that silver is plenty,
and the nece-sity is passed.
The gold dollar must go.
Army OfB.ern In tlie Indian Nervier.
Philadelphia Tlme',10.
Whatever may be the result of the pres
ent effort for the transfer of the Indian Bu
reau to the War Department, it is a fact
that public willingne-M for the change is
largely influenced by confidence in the
sound jndgrnent and jut inclinations ot tne
army officers. Many of these, including
some well known to all the country, and
Drominent in the several Indian wire of the
last five year, have been among the most
positive and decided in their expressions of
condemnation for the acts of bad manage
ment and bad faith on the part of the whites
which in many instances drove the Indians
to take the war path. It is the public be
lief that men like Howard, Crook, Gibbon
and Harney and we mean no invidious
distinction in mentioning these only have
no desire to exterminate the red people,
but, on the contrary, wish to avoid hostili
ties with them t.y honestly respecting the
treaties and protecting them in iheir rights;
it is this belief, we say, which makes many
persons, who feel keenly how unjust our
A..nIe. Kd Wn frtvArit the Indian, will-
:.. ,nu. it,. sn.n . m iK. Wr n.inr:.1 Knla Forruinc Winter Camps.
ment. ' Lomjon, December 13. A Vienna cor-
The ordinary characteristic of a good respondent of the "Daily News" says it is
-i.i: :. ..!. ,. i,. n n-ef.r to reported frooOJessa that winter camps lor
avoid it: the man who most thirsts fcr 2j,000 men are rapidly fonuing near tn
.. ,e. 1 .-.:.. I...1 ., hi fenn.7e
Dloou IS usually ce wuo ueTer waiuu..- ....s..
THE HORROI OF THE SPECTATOR.,
who could not get within one hundred
feet of the building, a voice was heard cry
ing for help and a man's head protruded
from the second-story window. lope were
sent for to effect hi recue. Fearing that
the building would fall to pieces before they
arrived, two brave cigar maker, James
Bliss and Andrew Smith, crawled out ujion
the ties and rails over the boiling water
and shouted for the man to drop from the
window. He did so, and was grasjied by
them and dragged to a place of safety. It
proved to be
HYAIT H0UCOMD,
a wbipmannfacturer, and as the peril and
fright completely prostrated him, he was
conveyed to his home. A crash next warn
e.1 the neonle for Kiuares away that some
castrophe had occurred, and soon it wa
seen that the water was undermining m.
Provino's handsome four-story brick bice
and the north wall was crumbling to piece.
Acros Elm street a channel wa washed
out twelve to fifteen feet deep, and all yes
t.e.l.t twvlr of water wa rushing
through, probably ten feet in dejith, and ef
fectually stopping travel of any kind to
and from the depot, except by the railroad
bridge.
GREAT DAMAGE
was here done by the current, If. t. hute
lumber yard and fancy wood work factory
being the first to suffer, the factory split
ting in two and the lumber being scattered
along the line of the flood for a mile or
more. Next came Steer & Turner's church
organ factory, whose east and wet wing
were swept away, and with them a great
amount of valuable tools, stock and nearly
finished work. An under current set batk
utonPeck, Oiker A Co.'s brick whip fac
tr,rir at the south end of the bridge, and
about 1 o'clock twenty-five feet of the rear
end tumbled off
FROM TOP TO BOTTOM,
carrying with ii some thousand., of dollars'
worth of finished and unfinished goods, ma
chinery and raw stock. Just east, tlie
small house of "Daddj" Cleveland wa tip
ped over, and from this place the water
contented itself with flooding houses and
barns and drowning pigs aud fowls. About
3 o'clock
a new iionrtou
was added to ihe - cue. Col. L. B. Walk
!' barn, on B.rlleU street, was in flames.
The fire spread so rapidly that the horses
could not be rescued. Soon the fl.mes
communicated to the houe, and for a time
it looked as though all the buildings in
that section, including the Catholic church
would be demolished, but some of the bra
vest of the firemen, beaded by Chief Engi
neer Whipple, waded through the water to
the Arnold engine-house, seized a hose car
riage, and, at the imminent risk of their
lives, dashed up to their necks through the
torrent which rushed across Elm street,
and reached the fire in time to confine it to
or name? of tLe locrs can yet bo given, in
cluding that of the railr.vid, but the total
is now estimated a at least iSllOOCO. Some
of the prominent Io-cr are Ephram Crary
tio factorv bulling. ;" WtS.imual Hor
tuu, various buildiug-, sSi.oUO; It- C bhute
lumber and f.ccy utdirk, -); rjr
A Turner, orgau. toots, and material, !?V
IXK); P.ck Osden & C . machinery, finished
and unfinihed gcul. Ki.WlO: Wui. Provino,
brick blotk, lo.llW; llolcomb & Ceo'.,
whip factory, ; I,' "JW- The damage to town
road, sewr, and bridges wi. I K-ot np at
least SSO.iXJO.
WlDE-rHtM? I'SSOIATTON
Bost. in. December II. The Jargcr ur
nals till dying, announce that the storm
has not six'nt its fury, altho'igb this even
ing i clear and cold with a moderate Lret.v
blowing. Boston escaiH.il damage by the
tempest, thirty ix hours of rain and wind
doinrrcrinj''C" beyond tho dempUilou ol
chimneys and tue siattertrg oi tree branch
es. But in ether parts ot ttv Er gUnd the
hurricane ( for the wind' velocity wa at
times over fifty-five mile an hourt wroncht
calamitously." Kai'road were washed,
dams weakened, and property destroyed to
the value of a million at a mesJer
ate estimate'. In we-'eru Massachu
setts and the Connecticut vaBey the
greate-t loa of property wan in
dieted. These disa-ter will I reported
from fcpringhsld, it befog sufficient to s ly
here that owing to ihe washing away of the
Ba-ton and Albany railroad at Bit-sell 3rd
Huntington no train from Albany ha
reached this city by that line since -I I". Ji
on Tuesday.
IUIUtO.lt Dti.lSTll:-.
An express tram from Beaton ou the Rut
land diviiou of the Central Vermont rail
road plunged into a washed culvert lat
evening near Barlonsvillo, Yt.. and was
utterly wrecked. The engineer, Al Pratt,
had his collar boue broken and was other
wie bruised. The fireman. Edward Davis,
of Rutland, was inantly killed, hi body
being found under the engine in the water.
Kit Riee, the baggage-ma-t I, is probably
fatallv inj'tired, brand Kemp, of Bellow
Falls the I nitcd States etprcss me e-iigcr,
was instantly kill.d. The bjggage-cir
was turned bottom side up in ihe lied ol the
stream, and Kemp and Rire- were fuurd
under the baggage and ovprts car, tight
or ten other were injured, but none, it i
thought, fatally.
The evening expre from Montreal, via
Concord, N. II., was precipitated down an
embankment about one hundred feet. The
baggage-car struck into the side of the
wahcut, and te!escoid into the passenger
car next behind. Both cars were thrown
on to their sides in an ophite direction
trom thelecomotie The Pullman car wa
not thrown from the track, and the occu
pants experienced but a slight shaking up.
In the pus-enger car some fourteen eople.
and in the smoking car .ight or nine.
Only two peron were in the luggsge car,
neitner of whom were injured, tsorne seven
passengers were injured, Ihe hurts being
mainlv cuts and bruf.s.
The third railroad disaster was on the
Trov and lireenficld road, where a wet
bound freight train plunged into a fifty-foot
wadiout without, however, killing any
one.
A similar accident occurred near ..cn--
wortb, N. H.
Several small railroad in notherti New
England are not in o ration to-day on ac
count of the washing of embankments and
bridges, and ninth apprehension exis' at
various point throughout New Ilamiwhire,
Vermont, and .Maine iHcau-ecf thusftolleu
rivers.
at woixestei:.
A diMiatth from Worcester. Mas, -ays
that the dam uf the Suttou Manufacu.ru..;
company at Witkinsoiivtlle wan ear'u.l
away this morning, with the bridge, .
involving a loss of Hi.OOi.
IN MllNE
the storm was very severe AH the rib
and stream are at he highest jr-n
reached for year", and all tho railroad '
-eriou-Iy washed. The I rand Trunk
not in operation in tL 1; rhatu r.
The Acdru-coggin rail i d t.s a hiv
ferer and is Cot runnirg. n tlf Mair
Central there are half a drzen largo gar
and th.- -mailer roads have nearly all s.i -pended
operations. The Anttrcierog. ;
river has risen twelve !ef, aral tho otnei
in proportion, and a great loss o los is
rculr.
tEOltlNSTt-lt.
A special from Leominster, Mas'. -
the dam of Martin, Rates & Co-'h fnrniti r
manufactory was washed away last ni"''
also a storehouse just below the dam, t i i
was full of furniture. The furnitrn-
scattered over the meadow) for a mile I
low the shon. The water in Moooom- k
brook wa fifteen inche higher than ever
before. No other scrion damage ecctf
red, though fears were entert itnd for -e.-
era! other dams.
!IT Ulil set.
A dispatch from Htchrmrg repor:- t.i
to bridge are washed away on tue roi-1
to I.unenberg, and the stone bridge j-.'
about sixty ieet of road to Towoscod.
great deal" ot damage is aUo rert.d .
South Fitchb irg. Many families l.wng
near the river, fearing that one of the r. -ervoirs
about might give way.vacat.d tl.1
tenement and removed their good in l
high grounds. The streets of tlie city i
in a very bad condition, ard were never
badly wa-hed before.
on the sea.
Thanks to the efficiency of thcsign.
ervice, there are but few marine dia-ter
to reirt, and none of them involving lo
ot life. All the Vf'el injiired, so far a
heard from, were in port and their damage
wa. received through pirticg their mom
ing and coming in contact with wharve
aud other ve-vet.
TEkEoKAr-HIi COMMIWHATION,
which was almost sn-pended west of Ie
ton, has been restored.
NEAR SPRINGFIELD.
SfKINOlIEED, December II. Mill R.ver
valley has been viited by the severe '
storm since the great 11 d of 1571 and r i
damage i estimated at frr.ni .V'"-,i t
S1C0,0J0. This is divided between Goshi u,
William-burg, Skinnervife, Haydeiisvno
Leed, Florence and Northampton, whi re
the roads have been badly washed, brl.'ge
carried away.radl prnpertyi!moIihtd re
tdences wre'ked, and other injuries ".n.
The beautiful village of Conway is in
ruins by the giving way of the A-hfie! 1
revrvoir, the flood sweeping through the
place and leaving devastation in its wake
The lo- i e-timated at ?' 'iOO, Whately
and Northfield "UtTer a lo ot i' 000 frr.m
the freshet in Westbrook. At Huntington
the iron bridge and everal other lirg.
bridges were cirned away, with. i part' f 'ii
Cheter Par company's new dam. Wi
liams' mill and the "Highland mi!' ire
badly undermined. The street wacul!ie '
dwellings were moved from their foun '
tinn, acd the damage to the town i-
i00. Many other place suffel gre i'-r
Ies loe and the damage tn wcs'. r .
Massachusetts will be about s7",-1-
A TriplH Alliaute m ilir i:n.f.
LtiiraoTltn s. I-" I
It is currently reported in London that a
large number of I.u-ian officers have re
cently quartered thtm-elves at the capital
of I'er-ia, and are engaged in reorganizing
t nd drilling the army of the shah. It w . i
be a wonder if Beaconifield does not Luu in
this movement a menace to England' roa .
to India, or a suggestion cf a triple a .
ance between Persia, Afghani-tan, ar I
Ktis-ia, threatening India itself.
o Lack of Democratic Wltn.-.ses.
Intr-oean, 1-J
The Democrats say the President wi"' m
in trouble when Congress ask him for the
sources of his information as to election
frandsinthe rsjiith. Will he' General
Davis, Independent Democratic candidate
for Congress in Mississippi, and hundreds
of other Democrats in ditierent Sta'es, to
say nothing of IUpnblicins, are prepared
to'deliver a broad'ide of facs and figures.
Davw has been a liie-Ion Iemocrat, but
he was bull-dozed and cheated, and his is.
eager to tell the tory of Democratic fraud.