THE MORNING TIMES, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1897.
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WEDNLSDA1. SEPTEMBER 1, 1897.
The Pennsylvania Convention.
, The Democratic party of the United
States is to be congratulated upon the
results of the Pennsylvania State con
vention. For some lime it has been evi
dent that a large amount of Repuhlicau
and "Waldorf "influence and money would
be used to defeat adherence to the Chi
cago platform, and to open the Avay for
a return to power within the party of
an clement bent only upon Its destnn tion
at the polls.
It Is satisfactory and encouraging to
know that the Democracy of Pennsyl
vania has been true to Its traditions, doc
trine and faith. Its action acclaims every
thing that true Democracy stands for.
It denounces the Ilanna trust tariff.
It denounces the cowardly policy of the
Administration In relation to Cuba and
demands armed intervention. It protests
against the subversion of the constitu
tional rights of the people by the injunc
tions of courts, and it breathes the spirit
of true patriotic Americanism.
The action of the Pennsylvania Demo
cratic convention 1 6 a "warning to the
powers ot gold contraction, trusts, monopo
lies and to the foreign influences that
are sapping the interests and prosperity
of the American people, and it ought to
be a grand encouragement to the masses,
to prosecute the goiHl work, so that the
popular voice at the elections of 189S
and 1900 shall have no uncertain tumid.
Administration Journalism.
It is a sad reflection that, while the
unanimous voice of the American people
Is raised against the frightful outrages
and atrocities of Weyler and his minions
In Cuba, and recently has been heard in
protest against the persecution of a youug
and cultivated Cuban girl, whose only
crime was the defense of her maiden
honor, a recognized Western organ of the
Administration should be found assisting
to falsify the tt nth, and to aid in fastening
the chains of felony upon an innocent;
victim. Referring to the Cisneros case, the
Chicago Times-nerald says:
And what is the truth of the matter?
Consul General Lee told it in yesterday's
dispatches. The only thing true is that
the girl is under arrest, charged with one
of the basest of crimes that of luring a
Spanish officer to a rendezvous where he
might be assassinated. She has not been
tried, she has not been convicted, she has
not been deported and the has not been
in prison, nor forced to submit to insult
or wrong.
It hardly is necessary to defend Gen.
Fitzbugh Lee from such aspersions. He
never sent such a dispatch. The truth
of the matter that the poor girl was
attacked by the brute Berriz when alone
In her room and believed by liira to be
unprotected, and that herincarceration for
over a year In a prison for abandoned
women followed as a measure of revenge
op the part of Berriz is as well known
to Gen. Lee as certainly It Is, by this
time, to the State Department and the
organs of the Administration. The attack
of the Times-Herald upon decency and
humanity is too small a, matter to de
mand discussion. The paper Jn question
Kays or Evangelina Cisneros: "She has
not been in prison, nor forced to submit
to insult or wrong."
If this is a fair sample of the "campaign
of education" inaugurated by Mr. Hanna,
to convince the country of the justice of
JtepublScan policy and practice ander
bis national control, we only can conclude
that such a campaign will be extremely
effective to the destruction of Its authors,
agents and organs.
Harrity at a Lesson.
There was a time when "William F. ITar
2ity was regarded as the war home of
the Pennsylvania Democracy. That was
in the days when the Hon. John G. Car
lisle justly was considered the war horse
I the national Democracy. The time re
ferred to is past and gone. Both of the
gentlemeu in question haverelegated them
selves to membership in the Ichabod club.
Of the two, the action of Mr. Carlisle
daring the campaign of 189G was the
less blameworthy. He plainly deserted
his party and did all he could openly to
defeat its success. The other did noth
ing openly of record, but ignored the re
sponsibilities and duties of his position
as a national committeeman, and thus
negatively did what Mr. Carlisle was
bold enough to do affirmatively; yet all
the lime the former hung to his official
position in the party, and now would take
fSJjc
advantage of his nominal connection to
re-enter Its councils and to bring back
to them all the treasonable influences
opposed to the Chicago platform that are
within his command.
Mr. Earrity, if he expected other people
to entertain the high regard for his
Democracy and his patriotism that, judged
by the text of his "explanation," he haB
for himself, would have adopted a very
different course. Since he has taken the
one now a mutter or political history, uo
true Democrat will fail to applaud the
course of the Pennsylvania State Demo
cratic committee and convention in de
claring his seat vacant, or in filling it
with a tried and true Democrat, who
fought the gcod fight of the lut campaign,
honestly, earnestly and zealously.
"Whatever Mr. Harrity may say or think
to the contrary, the place that once knew
him can know him uo more forever. The
fact that he represents an expelled cle
ment; that, whether publicly or otherwise,
be Is part and parcel of the Cleveland,
Carlisle and, generally, or the "Waldorf
secession and n-belllon, is too patent to
require discussion. "Whether In national,
State or local contests, the party of the
people is hound in honor, and in the only
hope of its perpetuity, to stand by the
Chicago platform and the vital issue of
bimetallism, until that question Is once
Tor all decided .by the voters of the coun
try at the polls, In favor of freedom and
the money of the Constitution.
There la not a shadow ot reason for
thinking that Mr. Harrity is with his late
party, or with the American people, in the
fight against gold contraction, trusts and
monopolies. On the contrary, it fully is
beliecd that he cordially sympathizes with
the view." anil designs of the enemy. There
Is substantial satisfaction in the thought
that he has lieen turned down, just as
"Democrats" of the Jine Ilk liave been
and are being iejected and discredited in
all the leading State organizations to date.
The adoption of this policy everywhere is
the single liope of the national Democracy
in 189S and 1900.
Klondike Prosperity.
To the official Republican boomers of
McKinley prosperity, the Klondike craze
came like a revelation ot salvation. Klon
dike wou'd furnish .o much gold that the
yellow metal would become a drug in the
market! Klondike would put an end to
the silver question! Klondike was the
place for every discontented person to go
for buckets of gold and ij-eldental con
version to 1 lie single standard! That
is the etory the inspired Ilanna press lias
been singing for weeks. 'Klondike gold,
und dollar Abeat, will make everybody
prosperous and happy, carry the Ohio
election, and ktiock the daylight out of
bimetallism!"
So the gold press has boomed the Klon
dike, with what result, already? The
latest advices from Dawson City, the
center ai.o distributing point for the
upper Yukon gold fields, inform us that
there will be seven or eight thousand
souls In the district before the close of
navigation, "With no possibility of taking
in food and clothing enough for more
than three thousand, if that. This will
mean misery, starvation, a reign of vio
lence, terror, and inevitable cannibalism.
Nothing now conceivable can avert the
friglitrul fact that the prisoners of Arctic
winter in that inaccessible region will
be compelled to eat each other before
the first boat can reach them at the end
of next spring. Such will be the certain
consequence ot one movement in the cam
paign of Ilanna and Ohio prosperity
education.
Conditions on thecoast of Alaska, compar
atively, may be better; but on the trails be
tween the coast and the passes not much
so. For the theft of a little Hour to keep
hlmfrom starving, one man on the Skaguay
trail has been tied to a tree and shot to
death. "What willliappen later on?
This idf a of seizing upon any and every
device to bolster a sordid and merciless
political purpose is criminal and horrible,
and we sincerely regret that the Republi
can authorities should liave reported to it.
The only imssible result will be a great
loss ot life to foolish people from all over
the country. "When the full tidings ol the
horror bhall come to us next spring, Mr.
Ilanna will liave ample cause to iegr-t
his lack of prevision. Even If the booms
and subtettuges he has indulged in this
summer, to assure him a victory in Ohio,
should produce that effect, still the reac
tion which certainly must occur will render
him bitterly sorry before the day of the
Congressional elections In 1898.
Mr. Banna and his associates have looked
upon this Klondike business as a special
providence to themselves. The time may
come when they will remember it as a
fearful curse.
At the labor conference in St. Louis a
resolution was adopted calling upon all
wajreworkers in the United States to
devote their earnings for Friday, Septem
ber 3, to the assistance of the suffering
coal strikers. Also, It was resolved that
in case the strike shall not be settled by
September 20 to call a representative
meeting of all labor organizations through
out the countiy to take such further ac
tion as the circumstances then may
justify. It Is obvious that this latter reso
lution points in the direction of a pos
sible universal strike ot sympathy, n con
summation whicb devoutly we hope may
not be found necessary.
The St. Louis labor conference talk about
asking Mr. McKinley te call an extra
session of the Congress, for the purpose of
having the rights of the people defined
as to peaceable assemblage and such
things, 1b a matter of interest. Suppose
the combined labor organizations of the
United States were to demand this; would
the President issue a call? It he did,
what could be expected from the Hanna
Senate and the House of Reed? Never
theless, It is a good question to think
about.
Senator Lindsay ot Kentucky is quoted
as disapproving of the formal expulsion
of Mr. Harrity by the Pennsylvania De
mocracy. TheEenator thinks that the party
tendency is in the direction of "harmony."
and allowing the traitors of 1896 to take
high places in the synagogue again in
1897. He Is mistaken, and every Demo
cratic Indication is that the fight of the
future will be strictly upon the Chicago
platform. Senator Lindsay may be more
excusable than other people for falling
to decipher the handwriting on the wall.
One of the maxims of ids profession is
that no bolter ever felt the party lino to
draw, with good opinion of the law.
It is reported that a private telegram
has been received by a gentleman in this
city from the proprietor of the Lafayette
Opera Bouse, denying the report that ho
had sold his Interest In that popular
theater. Therefore, it will continue to
be Albaugh, and not all boughk.
If what Is being said about the current
life and adventures of Mr. FishbacU and
his alleged "mission" to Cuba be true,
that gentleman might do worse than ap
ply to the courts and got his name changed
to Roorback.
"For bix wi-eks," wrote Napoleon In
a letter to Las Casas, dated Longwood,
March 7, 1&IG. which has Just been pub
llshed In Taris, "for six weeks I have
been learning English, and I make no
progress. Six weeks are forty-tWo days,
ir I could have learned fifty words a
day, I should know 2,200 Words. Thcie
are in the dictionary more than -10,000
words. This takes 120 Weeks to learn.
Now, 120 weeks are two years. By this
you will perceive that the study or a lan
guage is a great task, which should be
undertaken in youth."
There is a type of individual who goes
around telling other people that t
certainly do look HI. This individual is
more likely to be a woman than a man,
for If a man comes up to another and
says, "You liave a blurt: eye, haven't
ou?" as If It Ave re something the victim
really ought to knoAv, lie is likely to get a
match for that eye himself. The Avornt
element in this individual's unwelcome
remarks Is that they seem to be made
Avith the Intention o sympathizing Avith
the victim, 0 that an j thing but an appre
ciative answer puts the tormentor into the
position of injured Innocence. People Avith
any sort of deformity are apt to say.Avhen
one has gained their confidence, that they
could itand the deformity very well If
Avell-ine:nlng persons did not Insist on
talking alfout it. Common sense is a good
thing, even mixed Avltli good Intentions,
but. the tAVo are not so very often com
bined. DESPEUATE MOONSHINERS.
Auotlier Fight in the Mountains of
Pope County.
Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 31 .News reach
ed here today from Marshall, Searcy coun
ty, thbt Deputy Sheriff Hodge, of that
county, Avith a strong forte of deputies,
reached the scene of Sunday morning's
moonshine tragedy in the mountains of
Pope county curly this morning. The
ground Is said to have been alive with
moonshiners, and a fight is reported to
have taker place this afternoon between
the posse and the despeiadoes. It Is faid
that the attacking party Avas forced to
ictrace their pteps. Hodge is a Fon-in-laAv
of Capt. Taylor, the leader ot Sunday's
deputy n-arshals. Taylor, Joe Doilson and
two other deputies lost their lives in an
attempt to capture an illicltdistillery in
the mountain.
It is said that one of the bandits Avas
also killed in Sunday's engagement, and
the posse found the d-ad body of Ren
Snow, ex-sheriff of Searcy county, in the
woods near the scene soon after reaching
the place.
Marcus and Bill Romlnes are believed
to be tie leaders of the desperadoes
SUICIDE ON HIS "WEDDING NrGLTI'.
Attired for Marriage, a Yotmpj Man
Drinks Carbolic Acid.
Crawfordsville, Ind., Aug. 31. A tragic
suicldeoccurredlate lasteventtignt Wayne
town, ten miles Avcst or CraAvfurdsA-ille
The victim Avas John White, aged twenty
one years. He was to have been married
last night to Miss Nettie "WMttaker, and
had been preparing for the nuptial event
apparently in an unusually happy frame of
mind.
At 6 o'clock he went to his room to dress
and a few minutes later was heard to
leaA-e the house. He went directly to the
barn and drained a A'ial of carbolic acid.
His body Avas found halt an hour later,
about an hour before the time set for the
ceremony. No cause Is assigued for the
deed.
Fatal Boat Over a Dnsobnll Game.
NeAvberne, Ala., i.ug.31. Durlngabase
ball game today a dispute arose between
Richard Lee, jr., and Sid Gooden. During
the quarrel Lee's father offered to take a
hand. Marshal Richard Bennett arrested
him. As the elder Lee Avas being led away
Gooden runhed up and struck him on the
head, inflicting a fatal injury. The row
then Lecame general, and several shots
Avere fired. John Ward and Alexander
Merritt were dangerously Avounded, and
others were slightly hurt. Many arrests
luwe been made.
Demand "Weyler'fe Recall.
Madrid, Aug. 18. A dispatch from Gen.
"Weyler, giving a summary of the Cuban
operations from August 5 to August 15,
has Incited the newspapers tiere to renew
their attacks upon him and to urge
bis immediate recall.
A New Declaration of Independence.
(From the Los Angeles Times.)
A heated and nervous philological critic
Avritea to the Times, in a state of evident
excitement end acknoAvl edged pain, at
tacking the grammar of this religious,
educational, classical and picturesque daily.
W e aro surprised audshocked at this violent
assault upon the King's English "as she is
spoke" through these columns; but Ave are
bound to piotest and derend the ass-iiled.
Ourfurijuscritlcrlsesonendanddemands,
in a thundering tone of voice, a solution to
the folIOAvhig preposterous conundrum:
"How the devil do you parse such a verb
'as he had bettor come home' In that sen
tence?" And then he adds the Important
though doubtfully true information:
"The proper expression is, 'he would
better come home.' " For the informa
tion or our crusading censor we will say
that we aon't parse the offending sentence
at all; ve "don't have to." This office
is no girls' boarding-school, and the staff
are not Pareees, only plain Methodists, not
working overtime at it, either. More
over, our pursing editor Avas out of town
yesterday; in fact, he has been given an
indefinite leave of absence, not to say dis
charged, as a d d barren ideality and
an innocuous superfluity. "Wherefore , the
Times will take chances on its future
linguistic end. Just common, everyday
United States language is good enough for
us. Ragged, unparscd Anglo-Saxon, of
the rough-hewn, extra-condensed, double
shotted, copper-riveted sort, seems to meet
the ordinary requirements ot the average
citizen from AVhom the Times Is made.
POLITICAL GOSSIP.
Politicians acquainted with the condi
tion of nffairs in Maryland predict that
Marburg will he nominated by the Repub
licans for mayor at the primaries ordered
by the State convention at Ocean City last
week. Malstor, avIio Avas frozen out be
fore and ran independently, getting more
votes that the combined opposition, Avill
he .given an equal show at these primaries,
but It is admitted that he cannot possibly
poll the -otes he did before. Mr. Mal
ster's primaries Avere not surrounded by
the usual safeguards found at primary
elections, and It Is asserted that anyone
Avno wished it could vote. In this waj, It
Is said, he sequrecj many Democratic votes,
and the claim Avas made at Ocean City
that the vote he secured did not express
the sentiments of Republican voters in
any particular. -
Tlie voting conditions at the next
primary av1U . be, altogether dirf erent. The
machinery aviii be In charge of the "Wel
lington men, and etery ballot cast will
hi- watched 'and 'all doubtful Republicans
challenged. In this way, it Is believed
a lull and fair expression of the party
Avill be secured.' With the influence of
the machine lit his back and Suppiee avIMi
draAvn altogether, the managers of Mar
burg's campaign say there Is no doubt
or his nomination. At the same time,
Malstir is confident never wns candidate
more so and ir.it should turn out that
lie Is dereated, there muy still be a hot
time In Baltimore. Malster's mends still
threaten to liolt. They believe their cham
pion was fairly nominated at the previous
test, and ir he should be defeated now
they Avill cry "rraud,"and jump the ticket.
Ir Malster should run as an independent
ticket it is doubtful If Marburg could draw
enough Democratic votes to his side to
orfset the loss of the Republicans Avho
Avould bolt with MaUster.
With the absolute necessity of .getting
every vote in the coining legislative elec
tion there is more talk now ot harmony
among the Maryland Republicans than
formerly and not so much of deposing
Wellington from the State chairmanship.
Republicans of Maryland realize that they
have a hard fight before them, but they
know, also, that the prize is Avorth the
battle. It they can carry the election
und send a representative to the Senate
to succeed Mr. Gorman the victory will
be memorable in Maryland history. To
dejiose Wellington Would be but to drive
the splitting wedge deeper into the party,
and Republicans are almost convinced that
this would be suicidal. Votes are Avhat
are Avanted Just noAV.and It Avise counsel
prevails there will be more talk ot har
mony and less ot the unsheathing of
knives.
There Avas a great deal of boisterous
talk down in -Virginia the other day,
emauatlng from the Republicans opposed
to the action of the State executive com
mittee in deposing Col. Lamb auri deciding
to not call a State convention. That talk
has likewise immured down to .1 gentle
wave of gossip. Col Walker refuses to
be a candidate for the malcontents He
believes the committor r, .1 Avrong in de
posing Col. Lamb, and he hsluvos it acted
unwisely In not calling a com-eimon, but
at the same time Col. Walker believes
in obeying the organization, and there is
no higher A'oice of party authority in a
Sta!. than the State committee.
Here and there, in a feAv counties, the
Republicans may ruse Avith the Populists,
but it will not h.weanyerrectonth"genernl
result. The Democrats avIH curry the
State by an old-time majoritA. A Demo
cratic governor aviII be inaugurated, and
the Hepub'lcnns will i.ot be in It at any
staged the game. Ths rerusal to call a
State oonA-entlon has merely saved to
each posaible d-ilcgute hls-exp-ii8s to and
from Richmond.
No one doubts, bjt'.t that Senator Daniel
will succeed hlmsefr lu the United States
Senate. No one elije is seriously taIkilof,
but there Is opposition developing against
Senator Martin. Senator Martin is taking
a lively Interest l(i this campaign. It is
natural that he .should. Part of the
Senators elected tills year hold over and
avIII have a Aote Avhen the ballot 1" cast
foe Senulor Martin's successor. To get
as many uf his frjends In tho Senate as
possible is the, task the Senator has
mapped out for himself. He finds him
self the target of much criticism in cer
tain parts of the State. Especially Ls he
accused ot not being a true friend of
silver.
The friends of Gen. Fltzbugh Lee have not
forgotten the campaign that resulted in the
defeat ot their hero. At that time they
belic'-cd Gen. Lee had the election of
Senator within his grasp, but Avbcn the vote
was taken Martin was elected. A State
senator whoA-otedat thaV time for Martin.
but Avho had previously been Instructed for
"PLec, was a candidate for renomination last
Aveck and Avas lgnominonsly defeated. It
1 generally understood In Virginia that
Lee refused to be a candidate for Governor
in order that he might make the race for
the United States Senate to succeed Sen
ator Martin.
The political news of the day is grad
ually unfolding a gigantic plot that Is be
ing hatched by the master mind of Mark
Hanna He is engaged in perfecting a liuge
pcrsonal organization, which he expects
to use in future campaigns. Hanna likes
power and he would rnther be a President
maker than President himself. He is so
self-satisfied with what he has accom
plished that he now looks forward to the
time when he shall be theabsolute dictator
ot the Republican party. To do this he
must hnvo a perfect organization and
one that will be thoroughly and absolutely
loyal to him. Every man who Is not
loyal or who wi'l not be dictated to by
Hanna Is to bo turned down it matters not
where he lives or what the Republican
leaders of the State may have to say.
Hanna gave an illustration ot his
methods In Bufralo last Aveek. It has been
generally supposed that Henry W.Brendel,
a prominent Republican leader ot that city,
would be made collector ot customs of
that port. In Buffalo there la a man
named Frank B. Balrd, who ls the repre
sentative of tho Hanna Interests in that
city. He has never taken any part iu the
City politics. Recently he surprised every
body by coming out as a full-fledged candi
date for collector. He Avas laughed at, as
he had no political Influence. When Hanna
Avent to Buffalo In his yacht to meet the
President Baird's importance became ap
parent. Ho suddenly became prominent In
the public eye by giving a dinner to Mc
Kinley. Not one of the members of the regular
Republican organization Avas invited, and
the function had more significance Avhen
it Avas learned that three ot the Repub
lican papers ',of Buffalo had assisted In
making out the list of guests. Balrd Avas
pushed to the front, and it is reported
on excellent authority that on the Avay
to Cleveland Hanna talked the affair
over and declared that Balrd Avould be
the next collector ot customs at Buffalo.
The Inconsistencies of English.
"It is not considered desirable to be
happy In this country, I find," said the
intelligent foreigner, who had about
mastered the language.
'"What makes you say that?"
"You have a proverb which speaks ot
the happiness ot a clam at high tide."
"Yes."
"And you have another which advises a
man not to be a clam." Judge.
"We're out-talked often out-done never."
IGET OF "BIG
that'll only take a moment to read of a moment to
see but you will count the saving by dollars.
Reliefs for uppermost needs.
IfVSen'S PantS
Patterns and weights that
are right enough for fall left
from thesummerstock. Mark-down-price
Pants sales are
plenty but they're not Saks
Pants neither in quality nor
fit nor effect. If you want to
do your best for the least it's
here with
9U.25 nnd 93.50 Pants for $2.50.
$1.00 nud 9-1.50 1'niitH for 92.75.
9-1.75 uud 95.00 PniitM for 93.50.
90.00 I'nntH iioav for 9-1.00.
$2 is Avhat we've marked a lot of
Suit Pants, of which the coats and
vests haA-e been sold. There ure some
row pairs left from the finest Suits
that you can have Tor $3.50. You
know what our Suits are must realize
Avhat a bargain the Pants are at $2
and $3.30.
Glen's Shirts-
If you wear 16 1-2 or 17, here are
some Percale Shirts, to be Avorn with
white collars and cuffs, that have been
Goc today for
iC.
ir you Avear 13 1-2 or 14, here are
some Madras Shirts, -with collars and
curfs already on that have sold up to
$2.50 today for
c.
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SECRETARY BLISS' TROUBLES.
Hih Choice for un Office Vetoed by
Indian Commissioner Jones.
The office of Assistant Commissioner of
Indian Affairs ls jnst at present a bone
of hot contention between Secretary Bliss
and Indian Comndssloner Jones. Soelearly
dffincd are the respeitive positions of the
two officials concerning this matter that
it is said openly that their personal rela
tions arc considerably strained if not en
tirely severed.
The trouble lies In the difference of opin
ion as to what shall be done with present
Assistant Indian Commissioner Smith, w-ho
was appointed by President Cleveland and
held over until the present time Smith,
it l.s understood, has made a splendid rec
ord during his term of office, but the
place is so prominent a one that the polit
ical lx)ses of the party could not recon
cile themselves to its being longer held
by a Democrat.
So far all avus plain sailing, and it was
thougr-t that Smith would soon give place
to a protege of Senator Hanna an Ohio
man by the name of TaAvner. There is
no doubt that TaAvner Avould have gotten
the office in short order, because in ad
dition to the backing ot Senator Hanna,
Tawuer it the private secretary of Secre
tary Bliss. But just at this point Secre
tary Bliss threw the Hanna camp into
deep consternation by declaring flatly that
Smith m'ist be provided for in case he
Avas compelled to vacate the commlsslon
ershlp It is s-ild that Senator Hanna remon
strated against this strongly, and it is
further alleged that President McKinley
found mt.ansto express sorrow at the stand
taken by the Secretary. This failed to
budge that gentleman, howeA-er, but he
proposed a compromise that apparently
simplified the situation. It was that
Tavner should be given the place of
assistant commlKsioner and that Smith
should be transferred to field duty as a
special agent of the department The
parties interested Avere informed of this
arrangement and the change Avas about to
be made when Commissioner Jones de
livered the ultimatum that Tinvner Avas
not acceptable to him as an assistant
and that he positively Avould not counte
nance the appointment.
This Interesting event occurred last Aveek
and at the outset Secretary Bliss Avas
highly displeased Avith the stand taken
by Commisoloner Jones, On last Friday the
two gentlemen had a conference in the
private office ot the Secretary. While it
cannot be learned Avhat occurred on that
occasion, It is knoAvn that the session was
a stormy ono, and tliat the tAvo officials
parted In anytliing but an amicable frame
of mind. But nothing definite concerning
the coiitTOA'ersy was arrived at.
Another conference Avas arranged for
last Monday afternoon and Commissioner
Jones Avas on hand. But it Is said that
the Secretary sent out a curt message to
the effect that other matters engaged his
attention lust at that time.
Thosa Avho are cognizant of the situa
tion are keenly on the alert for develop
ments. It Is understood that Secretary
Bliss has aroused considerable enmity on
the part of the political bosses by his
Independent course in appointing or urg
ing for appointment men of his OAvn se
lection. Commissioner Jones' objection to Tawner
as assistant commissioner, it is said, lies
In the fact that It conflicts with the Com
missioner's policy to have no assistants
Avno are not perfectly in accord Avith him
In Ills administration of the office. He has
been particularly active in breaking up
certain deils Avhich are known to be of
frequent occurrence in the administration
of the Indian affairs in the field. It is
known that the Government, as Avell as
the Indians, has lost much money through
the questionable transactions of the In
dian agents in turning over to the various
DAILY PIANO BARGAIN at
FOR THURSDAY 7i octave upright "Checkering,"
ebonized case; action is excellent and tone fine; not used
much. Cost $500. Price $225. Terms: $10 down and $8
per month.
E. F. Droop & Sons, ?S2 a
STORE"
Men's Shoes.
A culling out of lots that
have become broken since
stock-taking both Black and
Tan lace, button and con
gress. 93.00 und 93.50 Shoes for 91.05.
91.00 nnd 95.00 Shoea for 92.25.
Wc expect we can fit most any of
you, iu one lot or another. Finest
Shoes ibee are Hauan's some of 'em.
Bicycle Sundries.
When we say "always low
est" we mean what we say
lower than anybody else any
where at any time under any
circumstances.
Fancy Footless Bike Hose.. 25c a ralr
Aluminum Wheel Eell, Avortli $2, for
$1.23
20th Century Lamp $1,65
Corkaline Grips, colored tips 35c
Barnes Nickel "Wrench 25c
Eclipse Stel Graphite 2f.e
New Roller Toe Clip, Avorth 50c, for
250
Dean Puncture-proof Tires, worth $13,
for $9 a pair
Single-Tube Tires $2 each
Hard TlreOement So attick
New Cicycle Locks, for sprocket or
chain 25c
American Cyclometers, 10,000 miles,
48c
tribes sums of money awarded them by
the Government. There is also nch oppor
tunity for dishonest agents to co-oprate
with tradfTS In fleecing the Government
and the Indians alike.
rommUsloner Jones has une.irUied several
of thet-eschemes while on bistoury through
the West, and he has his eye on several
others.
THE CROOKED SUGAR TRUST.
It Seeks Xoav to ISxclnde the Dutch
Trod net.
Treasury officials are now thoroughly
convinced that the Sugar Trust ls en
deavoring to haA-e Dutch sugar excluded
from admission to the United States. The
Times published a Tew days ago an ac
count or the alleged persecution ar. the
importers or Dutch sugar by the American
Sugar Trust, and how it had succeeded
in causing the prosecution or three men
in Ohio Tor selling Dutch sugar, alleged
to have been adulterated by injurious
chemicals.
The charge d'arfaires of the Netherlands
in the United States, realizing that a con- I
A-ictlon of the men to be tried Avould
result disastrously to the Dutch sugar
Industry, asked the State Department to
interpose, and to obtain an analysis by
Government experts. The request was re
ferred to the Treasury Department, which
communicated with Mr. Blackburn, the
dairy commissioner of Ohio, who did not
take kindly to the request, and who in
timated that Dr. Scherer, the Treasury
expert chemist, was more than ravorably
disposed toward Dutch sugar. After mak
ing a number or excuses, Commissioner
Blackburn finally sent a jar ot Dutch
sugar to Dr. Scherer and another to the
chief chemist of the Agricultural De
partment. Dr Scherer made his analysis and sent
to Assistant Secretary Howell his report
er, nowell did not read it, but forwarded
it immediately to Commissioner Ulackburn
The Jug of sugar seat to the Department
ot Agriculture had been tampered Avith
bpfore It reached the chief chemist. The
Jar Avas open and had some paper stuffed
in it to fill the space made when sugar
avus removed. The sugar it contained
was alleged to be some of that sold by
the three men under prosecution in Ohio.
The evidence that it had been tampered
Avith Avas so apparent that the chief
chemist refused to make the analysis, and
the Government officials have determined
not to make any more analyses on terms
that Avill subject them to suspicion
Trasu- officials arc convinced that the
sugar sent to the chict chemist wa3 tam
pered with by some one in the Interest or
the Sutrar Trust. It is also believed that
if the Government chemists by analysis
found Dutch sugar to Le injurious that the
Sugar Trust would insist that the Secretary
ot Agriculture, by virtue of the poAver
inA'cstedJilm, prevent further importations.
TCobert Crooks, ot New York, who im
ported the Dutch sugar that was sent to
Ohio and which is alleged to be Impure,
has called at the Department of Agricul
ture several times for the purpose or having
Ihc sugar in question analyized, but the
chief chemist has each time refused to do
so. He avIII not analyize any Dutch sugar
unless it is given him by the charge
d'affaires of the Netherlands.
Youthful Posers.
Aunt Ada was trying to teach her four
year-old nephew the value of patience and
the f utili t v of crying on the slightest provo
cation or without any provocation at all.
"Herbert," she said, "once there was a llt
tie boy who cried and cried until there avus
nothing left of him but a tear-drop, and
presently that drop dried up,undthere was
nothing left of that little boy." The small
llstenctlooked at the narrator of the story
with large, round eyes, and asked in a
solemn voice: "What became of his. soul?"
Flttsbnrg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Droop's Music Store,
025 Pennu. Are.
vfiT'
WOODWARD
and
10th, llth and P Sts. N. W,
BUSINESS HOURS:
8 A. M. to 6 P. M.
AstoflisMni Prices
-FOR-
Standard
IlsT sets :
We have secured part of an edi
tion of Standard Sets whfch were
made for two large jobbing houses
for the fall season of 1897. We
purchased them at such, low figures
that -we can sell them at prices be
low any we ever quoted before.
The Books are strictly high class
and perfect, and each set is in a
neat paper box.
Chas. Dickens,
Complete. Fifteen volumes, 12 mo. Cloth
binding.
S3. 50 Set.
Shakespeare,
Complete. Seven volumes, 12 mo. Cloth
binding.
$1 .25 Set.
flacau ley's Essays
and Poems,
Three volumes, 12 mo. Cloth binding.
75c Set.
Macauley's History
of England,
Five volumes, 12 mo. Cloth binding.
75c Set.
Cooper's Sea Tales,
Five volumes, 12 rao. Cloth binding.
75c Set.
Cooper's Leather
Stocking Tales,
Five volumes, 12 mo. Cloth binding.
75c Set.
Green's Short History
Of the English People. Four volumes. 12
mo. Cloth binding.
75c Set.
Les Miserables,
By Hugo. Five volumes. 12 mo. Cloth
binding.
75c Set.
We have only a limited number
of these and will not be able to
duplicate them this season. A good
plan to anticipate later needs.
Basement.
TODAY
A 69c Sale
-OF-
Women's Cotton
Underwear,
Worth up to $1-25.
This sale consists of a lot of
Colored Lawn Skirts to be worn
under thin materials. White Lawn
-Dressing Sacques and about five
hundred Gowns, Skirts, Chemises,
Drawers and Corset Covers, cam
bric and muslin, trimmed with
lace, tucks and embroideries.
These goods are perfect in every
respect, but there are only a couple
or so of any kind or style. On
sale this morning.
Choice
O a Garment
Regularly up to $1.25.
Second floor.
We cleanse Lace Curtains and
Blankets perfectly Curtains, 75c
per pair Blankets, $1.50 per pair.
Called for and delivered.
Woodward & Lofhrop.
Books
C-