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THE KANSAS CITY JOURNAL, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1898.
AN ELOQUENT PLEA.
DEADLY SUCTION I,ISM HESCKWED
AD DE'NOL.'vCED.
ADDRESS OF WILLIS GLEED.
TALKS TO THE 0,111.1, CI.L'II A HOLT
E1ST.WD WEST.
Pots the Trnlli In Plnln I.ncigiinge to
the Literary I'ruiilr of the Me
tropolisshows How tlic
feecilons Blander Aliuut
Each Other.
New York, Feb 13 - The members and
gucsta of the Quill Clu at tlicir banquet
this evening: at the Windsor hotel Intoned
to an address by J. W. Gleed. of Topeka.
The general subject discussed was Faction
alism, particular attention being given to
the relations existing between the East and
South. John A. Wte. of Virginia. was :ilo
on the programme for an address, but was
absent, which cave full time to Mr. Gleed.
His remarks were as follows:
Gentlemen of the Quill CiuL Sectional-
J. VT. GLEED.
Ism Is defined as the existence, development
or exhibition of sectional spirit arising from
the clash of sectional interests, whether
commercial or political; the arrajing of one
section of a country against another on
question of interest or policy. It Is some
thing more than mere local self-conceit.
Local pride Is no crime. It Is certainly best
that each state or locality should see itself
Just as it is should appraise, itself Justly
and exactly, should appraise other sections
of the country Justly and oxactlj not un
duly magnifying one or depreciating
another. And jet it Is natural to
glorify the state in which we live,
to give to its people, its history, its re
sources, and Its institution-;, somewhat
higher comparative standing than strict
scientific accuracy would sustain. State
pride may be a weakness, but it Is on the
whole an amiable weakness.
But sectionalism is something different
from this. Sectionalism, in the language of
American history and politics, is a prej
udice, dislike, or animosity, generally or
somewhat generallj. entertained by the
people of one geographical section of our
country toward the people of another. In
its mild form It is prejudice and dislike:
in Its aggravated form it is hostilit and
hatred. Sectionalism crumbles and disin
tegrates; it tears down: It never builds up:
the losses and calamities it hs inirui
upon human progress make a. large part of
human history. The antithesis of sectional
ism is unity or union.
Most sectionalism has Its root in ignor
ance and lack of sjmpathy; not In mere
Ignorance of books, and nature, and
schools; but ignorance of men. Interests
and localities. Ignorance begets Indlffer
r,n,c.'" .r '""tilltj. nd indifference and hos
tility beget and perpetuate Ignorance. The
-wth did not know the South, the South
did not know the North but they got ac
quainted. The Work of Ilniullton.
Something over a hundred jears ago
Manhattan island was the home of a great
patriot and statesman. New York city
then was a little larger than Topeka now.
This statesman was engaged in the stu
pendous task of founding a great nation.
The material which he had In hand con
sisted of thirteen separate and sovereign
states or sections. Each state saw Itself
and its local Interests and Its local states
men and leaders very large, and the oth
er states very small. These several states
anJ their local political leaders were to a.
.""I iaic-iii jealous. SUSPICIOUS, h emte.1
ami
Id nd. JJach state was rr.lunt.int tn
jlel.I the powers which it had. or fancied
. i.au, aim was suspicious that other
states would by union, acquire powers
which It had not. But one great states
man, standing on Manhattan Island, was
able to see .-rat mcrelv his own state, his
own -Wrr. his own localltj, but all the
stales mid all the people as they then
IVr"-'"!. "J.m"", t'early the whole coun
trj, its difficulties, lis dangers and Its
opportunities, he saw clearly not only
what the whole countrj tb.n was, but
what It might, and what it has, to a gnat
extent through bis influence, become. The
I edera 1st rn-ij fitly be called the Hlble of
tha Lnlon. Nowhere else shall we lind the
clanger of sectionalism so clearly sPt
forth, so logieallj analjzed and presented,
and so fully illustrated from the pages of
history, as In Its pages The Federalist
lVV'e..,u)rlf,or Alexander Hamilton. To
sectionalism Hamilton traced the ruin of
the states of Greece, the dismemberment
of Poland the weakness of the German
onfcderalion, tho misfortunes of all Eu
rope, down through the centuries, and the
prostrate and chaotic condition of the
colonies as they then were.
,"""?" appeals were not in vain: the I
i " ....J,.. me worK of liis
!,'rilnVii8 ""''i"1-. T,,at """.minion was
primarily and fundamentally intended to
lie our bulwark and our fortress through
all ages against the evils of sectionalism.
The Words of VnlilnK(.
But sectionalism was not destrojed by
the eloquence and wis,!om of the Federal
ist, nor bv the adoption of the constilu
.tion. It still existed: it still exists, it
lons time to ours It has been uppermost
in the minds of all great state-men as the
greatest and most omnipresent menace- to
eii ?J'?. 'pltte.T. ,nd Pirate of the people
1nhaliltln- this continent. Washington's
r.rZ,l ".8 a1 -l1si--"t and solemn
warning against the evils of sectionalism,
ami a fervent and effectual praver for the
puserv.tion completion and perfection of
the i nioii. in it he sajs:
e"3hi"Ji.?.1i, of,-" eminent Is a main pillar
in the edlliti of jour real independence the
support of our tranquility at home, our
Jieace abroad, of jour sjfetv-. of our ,f '
pert, of that vcrj liberty 'w huh vou so
lil-rhlj prize. But as it is eaj to fore see
that from different causes and clilfere it
quarters much pains will be taken manj
ltilhces emploje.1 to weaken in jour minds
the conviction of this truth, as this Is "he
point In jour political fortress ' again" t
which the batteries of Internal and external
enemies will be most eonstantlv and active
Ij directed. It Is of iiiliniie mom. lit tli.it
joii should iroMTl) estimate the immense
value of our ; uatlunal union tu jour collec
tive and Imlivldiinl happins. that vou
s'.ciild e lierish a cordial. I. ibitiial. and lm
rrovable attachment to it watching for its
reservation with jealous ..nxl-tv djs.
coi.ntennncing whatever iiuj s,1KKe,, ,,,,
a. snsplciem that it can in anv event 1
"J -ndoned. ami indlguantl frouning tinou
the first dawning attempt to alienate unv
jicitlein of our country from the rest or to
enfeeble the sacred ties which now link to
gether the various parts."
The Mlaalon of IVelmter.
Adams. Jefferson, Madison, Jackson and
other great political seers and patriots
whose names we honor and revere, realized
the dangers and labored zealously to miti
gate and destroy sectional Jalouie and
animosities But It has alwavs seemed to
ire that It was reserved for Webster, ntiallv
nfi effectuallj. to fuse all sections and por
tloris of the countrj by the fire of his elo
quence, and with the hammr of his loeie
few weld a iCdl wd enduring Union, based
upon the loe of the whol-j people Tor it. una
tl.e intelligent appreciation bj the whole
people of the benefits it conferred. What
ever mav be -said of Webster, he did love
the Inion. Whatever max be said of him.
he did hate section iHsm Whatever maj b
s.iid of him he. more than any other, saw
the incalculable benefits the Fnlon con
ferred, and was through the centuries to
confer, upon the inhabitants of thi- con
tinent. To ue Ills own language, he re
garded the Union of these State-", rot so
much as one of our blessings as the great
nc-asure-iiouse wnicn contained tnem ail.
God seems to have withheld the war over
slverj- until Daniel Websu r rould corinlete
the work begun bv Washington and Ham
iltonthe work of creating a real Union
based upon the ippreeiation and love of the
whole people. And then when the work
was completed and the moment it was
completed when the Union had attained a
held upon the minds and hearts of the
People that no sho k could destroj. God
sent John Brown to precipitate that war
to be as a --eeond John the Baptist crjing
in the Wilderne ', "Prepare e the waj of
U e Lord."
The East mid the Went.
But I am not expected to dwell on sec
tionalism in general, but to say :i few
woreis about the East and the "West. What
is their attitude toward each other? Are
the feelings, between them salutary and
right? Or has a new sectionalism sprung
into being''
A member of this club has asked me to
explain to vou whj the West hates the
Kast. It does not! In m judgment, the
West feels nuitc as amiable toward the
Kist as the East does toward the West.
Hut while there exists no general state of
animosity between the two sections, it is. 1
suppose, true that some people in the West
hate the Hast and that some people in the
Kast Late the West. At any rate, they do
not universallv understand and appreci ite
each other as the should. The condition
Is unfortunate and Indeed in some degree
dangerous, and I shall proceed to consider
some of the causes for such mutual dislike
as does exist, and lion and how far this
dislike is curable.
The Avnlnncbe of Dlatrras.
The hard times on the western slope of
the Mississippi alley reached their most
uncomfortable stage from IS'iO to 1W. The
decade from 1SS0 to 1SS0 was a decade .of
tremendous immigration. Millions of acres
of raw land were turned into farms. Thou
sands of miles of new railroad were built.
Hundreds upon hundreds of new towns and
cities sprang into being. All kinds of new
industries and enterprises Were set on foot.
The mania for speculation became as gen
eral as it was acute. Individuals, railroad
and other corporations. Schoeil districts,
townships, counties, cities and villages bor
rowed immense sums of money. Money
was abundant. It became almost easier to
liorrow than to refrain.
Then at length came the reaction. The
borrowing had to cease and the paving to
begin. At this unfortunate moment came
had crops, worse prices anil otner calami
ties for a succession of ears. Creditors
pressed, farms and homes passed under
mortgage, actual and imaginary fortunes
vunished as In a night. Extraordinary and
speculative forms of activity and industry
were ended, and ordinar and legitimate
business and industrial enterprises were
paralvzed and crippled. These were jears
of calamity, disappointment and depres
sion, and of some real suffering and want.
The Demntocnc on DecL.
To people in this condition and frame
of mind came the demagogue. He found
them an easy prey. He magnified their
sufferings and their calamities, and ou
know well that to a man in a certain frame
of mind this brings a certain kind of joy.
Tnere Is a certain mood and frame of mind
in which our happiness depends largely
upon our misery. He did not tell them that
their misfortunes were due to their own
errors follies and extravagances. He did
not tell them that their temporary distress
vas necessary and unavoidable from the
very nature and constitution of human so
ciety, but he told them onlv things which
he knew would be agreeable to them. He
magnified their misfortunes and placed the
responsibility for these misfortunes, not on
the people themselves, but on others, and
largely upon the East- He nlanted the
seeds of distrust, and endeavored to in
spire and Inflame In the minds of the vot
ers hatred and dislike for the people be
ond the JVlleghenics. Hatred and envy
grow fast and luxuriantly in hearts of a
certain kind, where the soil has first been
prepared by misfortune and disappoint
rrent. In such hearts, and perhaps in all
hearts, hatred and envy and dislike are
much more quickly and effectively aroused
and transmuted into conduct than the bet
ter feelings and affections It is easier to
excite hatred than to Inspire love. The
demagogue came to the great agricultural
communities of the West and began to
paint for them such pictures as these; He
said to the farmers:
"What are ou but mere helots, slaves
and serfs, compelled to toll without respite
nnd without hope, simply to support the
Eastern money barons In Idleness and lux
urj? The East holds our individual debts,
jour township debts, jour county debts,
vour school debt0, jour cltj- debts and jour
state debts: jour nnuge Donas, jour scnooi
bonds, jour court house bonds, nnd vour
railroad bonds. The great corporations have
received public lands and municipal bonds
enough to have built the railroads three
times over, jet vou owe the bonds, jou
have lost the lands and jou have no Inter
est In the railroads. The East holds jou
powerless In its iron grap Bj- mears of
Its accumulated wealth. Its business talent
and cunning. Its Inexorable and pitiless de
termination Its political experience and pow
er, it exploits jou. You can manufacture
nothing: jou have no capital: jou don't
know how. You have grown up under a
sj-stem under which the East manufactures
and sells to jou, and at Its own priceevery
necesftltj- and luxurv, except the mere
staple articles of food. As to manv arti
cles of food, even, jou are cntlrelj- depend
ent upon the E 1st. Huge combinations of
money and business genius in the form of
trusts dictate the price of manv of the bare
necessities of life. Tliej- saj- what jou
shall pav for sugar, for coffee, for crack
ers, for matches, for petroleum, for an
thracite co il and for a hundred and one
other articles. Thej- throttle the tax on
Incomes and strike down half the money
of the constitution."
evr lorlc u Shlnlnt; Mnrlf.
You. in New York, are pictured by the
demagogue as a vast aggregation of hu
man beings, bound together bj but one com
mon impulse and aspiration, the desire for
wealth. Vou arc. thej-saj, composed of two
classes the lich and the rabble, the wealth j
and the sirvants and parasites of tho
vvealthj. Your e itj- consists of palates and
tenement houses. You arc governed bv a.
new sort of elesjiot called a boss. or rather
two bosses two Imjssps who take turns
a daj- and a night boss or If not really
governed bv- one single autocrat, at least
bj- a gang of bandits and frce-booters and
political pirates, under a sort of new feud
al "jctem, based upon the selfishness and
cowardice of the rich and the corruption
and oppression of the poor. Mr. Godkin has
donee something toward fanning this par
ticular prejudice. Your bankers and brok
ers are pictured as powerful and almost
omnipotent financial and political pirates
nre-jlng alike on private purse.- and public
trcsurj. Vour politicians are onlv a low
er order of free-booters. Your soeictv Is
represented bv Bradlej -Martin balls cost
ing fabulous sums. Jn, ,j Seelev dinners
devoted to tile most shameless debauehcrj''
In short, you are picture el as the last and
greate-t hodom or Babvlon, more corrupt
than Pompeii, more rotton than imperial
Borne at Its rottenest. Uu are palnte-d as
devoid of patriotism devoid of public spirit
devoid of pietj. Vou are charged with
standing for mere pitiless power, based on
stocks, bonds, contracts and political cor
ruption. False as most of this is. it is undoubtedly
what some, or even mtnj-. people In the
cst have been persuaded to believe. You
are not to understand th it the demagogues
persuaded all the people to believeali of this
but thej did persuade somerof the people to
believe some of this. And is It altogether
strange? If the positions of the two com
munities had been reversed, would nqt the
Lastern demagogues have been eqtnllv- sUc.
cessful? There were more than 11..O00 Votes
cast for Brjan In New York citv: And are
there not some little, fine, small grains of
truth contained In the Indictment? If
there are. I leave jou to find them.
Keplr of the Ancry IJnt.
And now what does the East saj- in an
swer to the tirades of the demagogues?
The East s-ivs: "The whole Western do
main was once the property of the Eastern
states Those state s might have dealt with
that domain as a source of revenue That
would hav been tn retard Instead of to
encourage- development. The opposite
cours- was adopted r gav,. UIIr inl
In congress to every measure intended to
promote the growth and prosperitv elf the
-stern states. We- iiioiiragrd the build
ing of railioads bj liberal donation .f
public- land, that was to make the new
states possible. We encouraged jnur edu
cation il institutions with liberal contribu
tions of public land, that was to make
thei new states attractive. Your own state
of Kansas has a permanent school fund of
tci.(w. the result of the liberality and
wise foresight of the East in its dealing
with the public domain We gathered our
accumulated capital from all classes and
conditions of thrifty citizens here in the
Kast. and we built railroads and tele
graphs through deserts. We opened jour
mines. . constructed jour irrigation
flitches. We erected jour boasted school
houses, court houses and other public build
ings We hulk jour bridges We opened
and Improved jour farms. We furnished
th monej- to build jour towns, and. In
short, we, with our hard-earned savings,
made it possible for jou to achieve in twen-
tj j ears a material progress greater than
we made in 200. We took pride in jour
growth and prosperitj espeelallj- as long
a-s jou voted with us. And now that vou
have possession of our propertj-, now that
our railroads cover jour vast prairies like
a spider's web. now that jour bridges and
roads are built, and public buildings and
schoolhouses, and churches and cities and
villages are all built and oicupieel. now
trat jour farms are improved and stocked,
and jour mines opened and jour arid lands
irrigated, now- that jou have had our
n onev- and luve spent it and are enjojing
ire results or it. jon turn upon us. i on
refuse us anj- compensatio-i for the risk
we ran in venturing our monej in the wil
derness and in new and untried enterprivc"-.
ou overtax our railroads. You regulate
our rates, alwajs reducing and never rais
ing them. You blackmail us in jour legis
latures. You rob us as Jurjmen. lou re
fuse us justice In jour courts. You attack
and harass us In everj" conceivable and
possible waj-. We are at jour mercv. You
have our property in jour possession, but
jou do not even pretend to deal justlj' with
us. You repudiate jour obligations, public
and private. We have lost millions of
monej- in building jou up. We are loaded
with worthless railroad stocks, depreciated
or worthless bonds, bad mining and irriga
tion securities, depreciated municipal bonds
loaded with dishonored obligations, public
nnd private. Not content with all this, jou
attack the supreme court, ard attempt to
foist upon us a cheap ami depreciated cui
icnej. and to make it possible to pav debts
at the rate of U cents on the elollar: to
throw- not onlj- ourselves but all the nation
into a dishonorable sort of bankruptcy , and
to render it impossible for any man to be
hcrest, whatsoever his intentions. Besides
all this, jou turn upon us and call us hard
names and hate us." These and such us
these are the contrarv p proaches which
the East hurls at the West.
Horrible Pictures of the "West.
And what pictures of the West lie In
the Imagination of vast numbers of the
citizens of the East: it is a mere jumble
of cowbojs, Indians, firearms, train rob
bers cvrlnnes. drouths. Grasshoppers, In
surrections, repudi itions. tierce heats, ter
rible snows, cranks, whiskers, isms and
eccentricities. You know- that jou have
sent home mission ines out mere, ion
knew that now- and then a boj or girl
comes from there to Eastern schools to be
educated. You remember what jou
learned about our geography thirty or
fort j vears ago when we, were children.
Yo-i wonder If we enjoj- any religious priv
ileges. You ask the man from Denver if
he knows jour friend who lives In Minne
apolis. You think of us somehow as pe
culiar, strange, different. You think of us
as remote provinces and colonies. You
hesitate to visit us. because as gentlemen
of taste and refinement jou fear jou will
be conspicuous, that the inhabitants will
stand on the street corners and gaze ae
jou. Now. I assure jou such fears are
baseless. You need not fear being a
marked man either In Chicago, Kansas
Citj". Omaha, Topeka, Denver, or even
Phoenix. A. T. There really is not one
of jou that would be espeelallj- noticed in
anj- ordinarj- Kansas town.
Facta .ot to Ue Forgotten.
If the pictures drawn of jou bj- West
ern demagogues are false, how much falser
are the ideas which manj- of jou enter
tain of us. The real truth is, there is
onlj- a little difference between the peo
ple of the West and the people of the
East. There are shades of difference, hut
onlj' shades. To realize this, jou have
but to stop and think. We all came from
here. We are slmplj- a section of jou, and
we are not necessarily an Inferior sec
tion either. We know we are good ma
terial, because we originated In New York.
New England and Pennsjlvania. or our
parents did. We are pre-eminentlj- Amer
icans. Kansas, for instance. Is 90 per
cent native born. We are the product of
two or three generations of training un
der American institutions. We did not go
West to escape debts, nor to avoid the
sheriff. We are not off-scounngs nor out
casts. We are not colonies of bankrupts
and convicts We scattered over the pral
riej of the Mississippi vallej because we
were joung and enterprising and we were
allLred bj- the freer conditions and greater
opportunities. We came from jou, and
we have never for a moment been isolat
ed. We took with us as we went the rail
road, the telegraph, the postofflee, and the
printing press. You err if jou assume
for a moment that we must necessarily be
less intelligent, less wise, less patriotic,
less moral. less cultured or less refined
than you. We can summon statistics. We
are not below jou In illlteraej" a larger
percentage of our children are In school
than here in New York, and a larirer nr-
centage of our jouth in college. We spend
as much for schools as jou do and get
more for our monej-. We have school roam
for all. You manufacture more boohs
than we do, but jou don't read more.
You board and lodge more authors and
writers for a part of the jear, but we
have the best part of those authors with
us the j ear round namelj, their books
and their writings. We may not have
more libraries, but we have more people
in them. We publish and read more news
papers than jou do, and they are cer
tainly as clean and respectable. We have
more reading and writing clubs than vou
have. We do as much independent think
ing We worship God out there, too in
a ra-about as jou do here in a way.
If I did not live there I might even say
In a better waj-. Certainly our church
population is. according to the statistics
proportionately larger than jours; our
jail, penitentiary, reformatory and poor
house population considerably less We
spend our monej on schools; jou, on jour
police. Old New York spent a sum on its
police department equal the entire cost
of township countj-, municipal and state
government in Kansts. We have not as
much wealth as jou. but it W more gen
erally distributed. We have more prop
erty owners, more home owners. Beally
the statistics are largelj- our waj-.
Errors liy the ftreat anil Cooil.
I am not reciting these things to boast
we know that is not In good taste but I
recite them for this reason. Some East
ern people meet the West, with an air ot
pitronage anl condescension, a ta-it as
sumption that Western people as a whole
must necessarily be very much Inferior to
the people of the East in all that goes to
constitute civilization. The assumption i
enti rely false. Some of jour most learned
and distinguished citUens make the great
est mistakes alut us In November or
December. lKl.. Professor Norton, of Har
vard, wroto an article for a magazine in
which he lamented the. growing spirit of
jingoism and the rising hostility toward En
gland IIb entertained serious apprelien
sionsof war on aceountof the half-civ ihzed
1 alf-eeiiieated condition of Western people'
"their lack of ideals. ' their 'Ignorance of
lustorj-." their "undeveloped Imaginations
.ii.u iiiijieuc-c i sJnp.unIp,- within a
month President t 'lev eland, of New
ork. elected bv New York and Ma-a-elibsotts.
Issued his famous war message a
mes-age drawn bj- Secretary OIncj. 'of
Massachusetts and Harvard college: a
metsjjjp issue) jn pursuance of a iiollcv
wi.rmly advocated bv Senator Lodge of
Massachusetts and Harvard college and
a polie v- opposed, if I mistake not, by Sena
tor Peffer. of Kansas, and many other
Western senators and representatives. Now
reailj-. a Western man's belief in his own
omniseence would be dtcldcdlj shaken bj
an occurrence like that.
The East doe-, not know the WesL How
should jou? How can jou? Vou as a peo
ple never go there. At best you but pass
through on a limited train. Vour leisure
time jou spend In Lakcwood or Bar Harbor
or Europe. The West knows the East. It
came from the I"ast. It visits the East. It
has a wider view- of the whole countrj- than
tb East has. The East Is still inclined to
saj. as the great Defender of the Consti
tution said in his time. "The whole coun
trj. from Maine to Georgia." New- Vork Is
much inclined to saj-. "The whole countrj-.
frcm High Bridge to the Battcrv." The
"West Is more inclined to sv. -The whole
cruntrj-. from Maine to California, from
Florida to Alaska " And w hen It does say
that it knows rather better than the East
what it is talking about. Webster said that
In a few generations the Mississippi valley
would be America. It behooves jou to
know- that this prophecy Is soon to be ful
filled. At least remember that the AVest contains
to-da- just as miny good men as the East
just -is many who love their countrv. just
as manv- who deal honestlj- and tell the
truth, lust as manj- whose conception of
worn inhnod is the Sistlne Madonna and
not the dancing girl, just as many who ad
mire Oliver Cromwe-U nnd his soldiers, and
not Charles and his courtiers; Just as manj
who know their books; just as manj- who
know their business; Just as manj- strong
Just as many upright, and just as many
st
nuble,
Some Ground for Complaint.
Such dislike as exists between the East
and the West Is, as I have said, Urgelj- ,n,.
to Ignorance; but there are doubtless "some
real grounds of complaint. I have alreadj
suggested some of these. There aie others
Some of us do net like some of jou because
of the untrue things vou write about us
We are jounger. and certalnlj, in a monej
rnse, weaker than jou lou spread on
jour big pages every form of distorted
statement about us which money will buy
Your Western correspondents know what
yr.u want, and thej- send what jou demand
The West Is sensitive about these matters
When the West finds that nobody there Is
of Interest to Eastern papers exc ept some
political freak or moral monstrositj, it
hurts. Scholarly and dignified writers who
would spurn the charge of recklessness and
s'nsatiqnallsm. sometimes produce the verj
worst examples of Injustice to the West
Their productions arc based on prejudice
and misinformation, but their respecta
bility of form and place gives them an
added power for harm. Some of us do
not like jou here in New York because of
New York's sectionalism: a metropolitan
sectionalism is worse than rural sectional
ism, because It Is upheld bj- more compla
cencj nnd self-satisfaction and has great
er means of expression.
Some of us do not like some of j'ou. be
cause, while jou made all jour monej- in
the West, jou are ungenerous toward the
West, vou are ungenerous and unsjmpa
llietlc. In our recent political and financial
troubles jou saw onlj- results and refused
to consider causes. Some of us do not like
some ot jou for the financial tricks jou
plaj- us, when jou use the West as the
fulcrum for jour lever of dishonest j- In
prjing monej- out of jour neighbors' pock
ets here, we are free to admit that we do
not like jou Some of us do not like jou
because of the assumption of superiorly
In political matters which at times seems
to characterize the E ist. We do not think
such assumption is justified. We elo not un
derstand mat tne greatest siaiesmansnip
and generalship in national affairs during
the pist few decades came from the East.
"Ae remember that Lincoln Grant, the
Shermans. Sheridan. Chase, Morton. Gar
field. Harrison, McKlnlej. Waite, Dillon.
Miller, Matthews. Field and Brewer, and
manj- other of our greatest statesmen and
jurists of the last quarter or third of a
ecnturj. have been men from the West.
But though there mav- be some sllcht
grounds for real dissatisfaction. mot of
such dislike as exists arises from ignorance
and we saj. as Abram said to Lot:
"Let there bo no strife I praj- thee be
tween me and thee, and between mj herd
men and thj herdmen, for we be brethren."
.SectlonaliNin Is mniiiitnliliig.
Tho East and the West cannot come to a
complete understanding without much act
ual personal observation and intercourse.
While we have some mischievous newspa
pers, we also hive m iny good ones real
messengers of light, with healing on their
wings. And personal Intercourse and ob
servation are eonstantlj" Increasing. Trans
portation grows cheaper and swifter. Hab
its of travel wax apace. The Scripture is
being fulfilled: "For manv- shall run to and
fro. and knowledge shall he increased
It is now almost impossible for anj com
munitj between the two oceans seriously
to misunderstand anj- otner ior anj grcar
length of time.
In the development of a vast empire Mun
as ours, commercial interests will clish
from time to time and feelings of un
friendliness, section toward section, will for
the time result. The states are too manj
and too diverse in climate and resources
for us to expect otherwise. But let us
adopt as one common tenet of religious
and political faith, the proposition th it all
parts of our common countrj- are good and
are inhabited bv good people for this is
true. And when differences arise and hard
feelings are engendered. let u- lie hos
pitable to good report and indifferent to
bad: let us use tolerance and patience, not
epithets: let us use everj- means to miti
gate, not aggravate
Clash of interest will arise, and tempor
ary hostility of feeling will result: but who
can pronounce .-in adequate anathema upon
that demagogue who for his own selfish
purpose fans and Inflames such feeling,
whether bj- tongue or pen? The demagogue
has attempted to perpetuate, increase and
use the animosity toward England which
tho Revolution and the war of 112 handed
down to us. The misunderstanding between
the North and South was to some extent
deliberately cultivated bv- designing poli
ticitns. Whenever occasion arises or op-portunitj-
offers, there we maj- expect to
find the demagogue influencing nnd nour
ishing sectional hatred for his own pri
vate purposes and ends. But his power will
grow less and less as the different sec tions
grow in knowledge of each other and in
that sjmpathy which comes with acquain
tance. The Went la Cnatoellnn.
It is espeelallj- necessarj that jou should
know and studv- the West. The West has
become the custodian of all jour wealth.
You have reams of paper stored in jour
safe-deposit vaults, and jou call it jour
wealth, but as a matter of fact it is only
the paper representing vour wealth. Your
real treasure, jour railroads, lands, mines,
farms, herds, and other properties are
largelj- In our keeping and subject to our
laws
New York, queen of the East, is a mag
nificent citj. It contains a vast amount of
stalwart goodness. It owes its greatness
and strength to the countrj- of which it is
a part and to which it belongs. More
knowledge of that countrv. more feeling of
obligation toward It. more sjmpathj and
unitv with it, might perhaps advance the
interests of both the island and mainland.
The Treusnre Honxe of IHeaainc".
Civil libertj-. political cquitj-, peace and
prosperitj, are not nyre, words, but happy
conditions which we-, actuallj- enjoj-. Free
labor, equalitj- of opportunity, free speech,
free nnd universal siiffrage, free and uni
versal education, are not mere phrases,
but are actual and present blessings which
have not come to us fortuitouslj- nor bj
the irresistible attraction of our personal
virtues and merits, but through the patient,
persistent, patriotic endeavor ami labor
of our forefathers. To our forcfuthers we
are under profound obligation to transmit
these blessings undiminished to our chil
dren and our children's children. And to
do this we must continue In the profound
conviction of Hamilton. Washington, and
Webster, that the Uniqn Is not so much
one of our blessings as the great treasure
house containing them all. In this faith
let us abide. In this faith let the fortj
five sister states, clothed In majestv- and
power, go forward trom aenievement to
achievement, from glorj to glory.
TI ou, too fall on O Ship fit state.
SaII, O Union, strong ami great,
Humanity with all Its fears.
With all the hopes of future year?.
Is hanging breathless on thy fate
We kno nliat Master laid thy keel
What workman wrouRht thy ribs of ateel.
Who made each mast and sail and rope.
What anvils rang, what hammer beat.
In what a forge and ethat a heat
Were stuped the anchors of th hope.
Tear not earn sudden sound and shock
'Tis of the ware and not the rk.
T1k but the Capping of the sail
And not a rent made by the gale
In spile of rock and tempest's roar.
In spite of false lights on the shore.
sail on. nor fear to breast the sea
Our hearts, our hopes, are all with thee
Our heart our hopes, our prayers, oar tears.
Our faith triumphant o'er our fears.
Are all icltii thee, are all with thee.
EDNA WALLACEAND HER DOG.
DeWnlf Hopper 'Wife I.rnvea a
Cleveland Hotel Thnt Dee-lines
Her Terrier.
Cleveland. O, Feb. 1' Hdna Wallace
Hopper arrived at the Hollenden hotel last
night and found her dog would not be ad
mitted to the hostelrj-. She was obliged to
take her pet to the Stillmau Mrs. Hopper
showed a permit to carrv- her dog on anj
Pullman or Wagner palace car In the
countrr. nnd added that there were but
three dogs in the Fnited States which have
the privilege of riding on Pullman cars.
It Is a fact not generallj known tint this
selfsime unsightlv inline is responsible
for the estrangement between the comedian
and his wife. A wealthy admirer purchased
the pup at a cost of $10 flew, and presented It
to Kdnn. whereat DeWoif Is s,,(l to have
Imparted a degree of chilliness to his own
Jovemaking.
This latest dog episode, too. has brought
about a fiinnv angle In the domestic in
felicity drama. When Hopper heard th.it
his wife was going to the Hollenden he
took quarters at the Stillman. and then he
hied himself to Pittsburg to spend Sundav.
When the comedian returned this afternoon
and found his wife at tin- Stillman he in
turn went to the Hollenden.
FORBID ZOLA DEMONSTRATION.
"ante Authorities Order Lenders nt to
I.ene the rnlerilt-
CainpuN.
New Haven. Conn. Feb. 15 No Yale
demonstration on behalf of Zola was held
to-night. Dean Wright, of the academic
depa.tment, sent a. peremptorj- order to the
leaders not to 'eave the campus, and the
parade never started. The anti-French agi
tation at Yale has aroused the Frenchmen
of the citj, and about fifty of them march
ed out to-night in hopes of meeting the
Yale delegation. An encounter would prob-ablj-
have followed, but the two factions
did not come together. A pro-Zola oration
maj- bo delivered on the Yale campus later
this week.
PREACHERS FIGHT DIVORCE.
Anderson. Incl.. Vlinlsters OrKnnize to
IleifUlnle Marriage in
Thnt 'll.
Andeison. I ml . IVb i Ai derson preach
ers to-night formed an organization and
entered into a compact which will regulate
marrltges In the future.
Thev state that thev regard adulterj- as
the onlj- ground for divorce In the ejes of
God. and that divorces granted on other
grounds are not complete dissolvencj- of
matrimonial relations.
Thej- will therefore refuse to marrj- all
divorced persons, except the Innocent party
in a case wherein adulterj- has been the
cause of divorce.
Why don't yon try Carter's Little Liver
Pills? Thej- are a positive cure for sick
headache and all the 111 produced by dis
ordered liver.
A Total Disability Claim of $1,650 Paid to
a Man who was Afterwards Gored.
The Monitor, a newspaper published at
Meaford. Ont.. Canada, lirst discovered this
case two j ears ago, and published it at
length, which now seems, owing to the cure
of it, to be a miracle. The facts were so
remarkable that manj- people" doubted the
truth of them. They said: "It Is too re
markable: It e?annot possiblv- be true; the
paper is mistaken, and the man. although
he may think himself cured, will soon re
lapse into his former condition." etc.. etc.
The accuracy of its report called in eiues
tion, the Monitor determined to find out
definitely whether the facts were as stated
and whether the man would reailj- staj
cured. Thej- atcordinglj- kept a close watch
on the case for two jears after the first
article appeared, and have just now pub-
lished another article about It in which the
original reports are completelj- verihed, the
cure is permanent, and thej- publish a fac
simile of the check given by the Canadian
Mutual Life Association for $1.63)00 amount
of total disabiiitj- claim paid bj- them to
to Mr. Fetch.
The first account stated that the patient
("see address below) had been a paraljtic
for five jears. that there was such a total
lack of feeling in his limhs and bodj-. that
a pin run full length could not be felt:
that he could not walk or help himself
at all; for two vears he was not dressed;
furthermore, that he was bloated, was for
that reason almost unrecognizable, and
could not get his clothes on. The paraljsis
was so complete as. to affect the face and
prevented him from opening his mouth suf-
WOMEN OWNTHE CITY
WASHINGTON' FILLED WITH 31 .
TIIONS AND M.UIJS.
MANY FEMININE GATHERINGS.
HOW TIME II S MODIFIED THE SLF.
Fit AGE DELEUVTE.
Desire to N ole No Longer Confined lo
Dry-Henrted. Disappointed Old
MnliU Suffrage I'leaa Heard
by Senator and Rep--
resell tat Ives.
Washington, Teb. 13 Washington is now
enjojing its annual invasion of women.
The National Woman's Suffrage Associa
tion Is in session. Next week we are to
have the Daughters of the Revolution, and
after that the mothers congress, a conven
tion of colonial dames and other assemblies
of the feminine persuasion. The hotels are
filled with women; they occupy the side
walks, crowd the street cars, and In the
reception rooms of the senate and house of
representatives and the White House have
displaced the oftlceseekers from the benches
thej- have occupied so patiently since the
4th of last March. The hotel corridors.
T hlch are usuallv redolent of tobacco
smoke, are now scented with lilac and
musk, and there is a change for the better
all around.
The woman's suffrage convention, which
met jesterdaj- and as usual commenced Its
exercises with prajers. hjmns and a ser
mon in Imitation of the continental con
gress, contains manj dlstinguisheel and
beautiful women. In fact the most nota
ble thing about it to one who lias been in
the habit of attending such gatherings is
the striking contrast between the appear
ance ot the women who are here now- and
those who composed these conventions a
quarter of a century ngo. The short-haired,
blue stockinged woman with spectacles and
a hard, wild look in her cje, who wore a
home-m ide bombazine dress and the same
lionnct of soiled straw- and faded black rib
bon jear after jear, with her big feet in
hecllcss shoes has almost ejitirelj- disap
peared. Her place has been taken bj- wom
en of elegant and fashionable toilettes, be
coming bonnets of the latest Parisian pat
tern, with attractive faces, charming man
ners and a grace that is as much admired
on the platform as in the drawitg room.
The woman suffrage movement is no longer
confined to drj -hearted and disappointed
old ma'ds with water in their vein. but is
In charge of women who adorn beautiful
homes and furnish the bet tjpes of moth
erhood, wifehood and sisterhood In tho
w orld.
Although the Daughters of the Revolu
tion do not meet until the 21st inst.. the
members of that organization and delegates
to the annual convention are beginning to
gather and are holding consultations cverj-daj-
for the purpose of making slates and
combinations. There are three important
subjects for consideration. The first is tho
election of officers, and the contest Is grow
ing verj- bitter, not onlj- N-tween Mrs. Don
ald McLean, of New York, and Mrs. Dan
iel Manning, of Albmj-. for the presidency,
but for the minor positions, and particu-larlj-
for that of editor of the magazine,
which carries with it a salary of $1,200. and
the appointment of a stenographer at $720.
The members of the present organization
are strongly in favor of Mrs. Manning, but
Mrs. McLean is the champion hustler
among the Daughters, and she will win
her case If It is within human power to
do so. The second topic of Interest Is the
proposition to grant a founder's medal to
Mrs Marj- S. Lockwood, the editor of the
Daughters' magazine, who has been the
mist effective organi7er In the soeietj".
Noliodv objec ts to any honor that maj- be
legitimated conferred upon Mrs. Lock
wood, but manj membeis of the souetj
think It Is improper to grant a fojnder's
med il to anj- p-rson. however worthj, who
was nut actuallv a found, r.
The Daughters of the Revolution elated
their existence is a soeietj from a lit il
meeting of three women Miss Kuphemia,
Washington, who is a descendant of a
brother of the father of his countrj-. and
a clerk in the postofflee department; Miss
Marj- Desha, a sister-in-law of the notori
ous W. C. P
Breckinridge, of Kentucky, '
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ind Mrs. Walworth, of Saratoga. N. Y.
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datighler-iii-Iiw ir the great chancellor. 1 or the oppression, the withdrawal of the
The two latter are clerks in the pension of- military forces surrounding the localitj-. tli
l'ce. They ptoposed the organization ami , ,".ur 5f al! prisoner- to rknli for trial,
starts the movement which verj- soon -Tesitn of WZSFJUTlfflti
enll-ted the energy and ability of Mrs. a. sensation among the Turkish ministers
Locknocd, who had more time to devote and at the palace.
liclentlj- wide to tdke solid food. The doc
tors called the disease spinal sclerosis, and
all said he could not live.
Tor three jears he lingered In this condi
tion. Then bj- some friends be was ad
vised to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for
Pale People. He took them and there was
a slight change. The first thing noted was
a tendencj- to sweat f reel v. This showed
thero was some life left in his helpless
bodj-. Next came a little feeilng in his
limbs. This extended, followed by prickling
sensations, until at last the blood began to
course freely, natttnillv- and vigorouslv
through his bodj". and the helplessness gave
waj- to returning strength, the abihtj to
walk returned, and he was restored to
his old-time health.
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Tlie above is the substance of the first ar
ticle published by the Monitor. Now- fol
low some clippings, taken from the same
paper two jears afterward, and there is
not the slightest shadow of a doubt, in
view of this tcstimonj, that Mr. Fetch's
cure is permanent. Here follows the ac
count: On being again questioned, Mr. Petch
said: "You see those hands the skin i
now natural and elastic. Once thej were
lard and without sensation. You could
pierce them with a, pin and I would not
feel It. and what is true of my hands is
true of the rest of my body. Perhaps jou
have observed that I have now even ceased
to use a. cane, and can get about my busi-
res.s perfectly well, -jou may say there
to the work and peculiar abilities to ap
plj to it. But technically she was not a
"founder." and a factioi of the society
holds that consequenty she Is not entitled
to one of the medals which were cast and
granted to the three ladies above named
to commemorate their services. As one
of the opponents of Mrs. Lockwood ex-!.-.?
Gf,ne''l Lafajette and George
Washington were the greatest benefactors
of this country in the P.evolutlon. but at
tiie same time it would not be fair or just
to give them medals as signers or the Dec
laration or Indcpepdence.
The third proposition which is exciting
the order is an attempt to equalize repre
sentation in tho annual conventions. At
present it is plain that the minority has
control Any local soeietj- of the Daughters
can send a delegate, no 'matter how large
or small Its numbers, and. as there are a
great manj more small chapters than large
one", the former control the organization.
Some of the chapters In the largest cities
have memberships equal In numbers each
to twenty or thirty of the smaller chapters
in the rural districts combined, but the
latter nave thirty votes to one for the
former. It is now- proposed to amend the
plan of representation s0 as to require that
no local chapter shall be entitled to a del
egate unless it has a. certain number of
members, but to allow- several local socie
ties in the same neighborhood to combine.
in order to make up a sufficient number
to entitle them to a delegate. The small
chapters, however, now hive the majorlty
in the soeietj-. and will not wlllinglj- sur
tender their power. If an attempt Is made
to deprive them of it there will be a very
uveij- time.
SUFFRAGEPLEAS HEARD.
House and Senate Committee Listen
to DelegrnteN tn the SaffrnRe
Convention.
Washington. Feb. 13 The senate commit
tee on equal suffrage to-daj- granted a
hearing In the senate marble room to a
large delegation of lidles from the National
Woman Suffrage Association now in con
vention in this citj". Senators Berry. AVet-
more. Teller. Cannon and Mc-Laurin being
present. The marble room was crowded.
The addresses were all pleas, direct or
indirect, for granting the franchise to
women.
The house committee also accorded the
delegation a hearing. Miss Susan B. An
thony, the president of the association,
made a strong plea in which she pointed
out tho full suffrage alreadv granted in
the British colonies, the Isle of Man. New
Zealand and South Australia. She referred
to the manj- voters less qualind than in
telligent women, spoke of ignoramuses who
held the elective franchise and said
the government which refused women
anj- right of suffrage was casting the bal
lot privileges unasked on foreigners reach
ing our shores and extending them the
franchise practlcallj- unasked.
A paper by ex-Senator Carej-. of Wj
oming, read bj- Mrs. Senator AVarren. re
viewed the historj- of suffrage in that state,
and said the women in everj- res-pect, be
fore the laws of the state, arc- equal to men.
A number of other addresses- were made
and papers read.
As the members were engaged before the
committee of congress this morning, there
was but one meeting to-d.,y of the Nation
al Woman Suffrage Association. This re
solved itself Into a work conference dur
ing which the dclegites discussed sugges
tions for obtaining tne best results in the
advancement of woman snrfrt,Ke an(i ,ie
class of matter that should be sent to the
newspapers for publication. Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt presided. Papers were read
and remarks submitted by the following:
"An Ideal State Association." Mrs. Catt:
"Juvenile Work." J. Mar Pierson. super
intendent of juvenile work in New York;
"Ideal Press. Work." a iiaper prepared hv
Elnora M. Balieock. the press superintend
ent in New Vork. and read bj Jane Camii
bell. of Philadelphia: "Hew- to L'tilize- the
Press of Iirge Cities." ida W. Harper;
"ImprovementsOver Present Methods," Ida
Porter Bocr. of Philadelphia
To-day is the TStli anniversary of the
birth of Miss Susan B. Anthonv. the pres
ident of the association, ami she was given
a luncheon by Mr. John It. McLean, who
itterward received the members of the as-
sociatlon at her home.
BULGARIA'S JJOTE HEEDED.
Snltnn tends Edhem Pashn to lsL.nl
to Investigate Alleced
Oatrnices.
Constantinople. Feb. 13. IMhem Pasha
has been ordered from Tlie-salv to Uskub.
100 miles from Salonlia, in European Tur
kej. in order to "institute inquiries Into th
outrages complained or in Bulgaria."
It Is jelded Hi it at the sjme time it is
hoied that the ' presence of the victotious
commander will intlmM.it.- the excited
population
The Bulgarian .iKent at Const. n.imm.l..
YytUTuot'l The T'lirM-H
gove-rnini ni punning out tne seriou-lless of
the recent occurrences in the vilajet of Os
kab, where Bulgarians have been arrested
bv the Turkish authorities on the charge
of storing arms The agent furtbe r alleged
that manv- of the prisoners had been tor
tured to death, and that women and girls
v - cr.,1 ni'ng rom i tne outrages indicted up-
mi tlipm TMinrornro Mi -irx.nl r rt.tir, . -i .
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urgentlj- demanded n immediate cessation
Xc
is absolutely no doubt as to my cure being
permanent. Indeed. I am in even better
health than when 1 gave -ou the first in
terview." "Do jou still attribute jour cure to the
use or Dr. Williams' rink Fills?" asked the
Monitor.
"Unquestionablj- I do," was the replv.
"Doctors had failed, as had aNo the nu
merous remedies recommended bj- my
friends. Nothing I took had the slightest
eftect upon me until I began the use ot
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. To this wonder
ful medicine I owe mj- release from the
living death. I have since rec ommende.l
these pills to many of my tnends. and the
verdict is alwajs m their favor. I shall
alwajs bless the day I was induced to take
them."
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Such is the history of one of the most
remarkable eases of modern times, t'-tn
anj one saj-. In the face of such testimony,
that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are not cn
t'tled to the careful consideration of anj
suffering man. woman or child? Is not the
case in truth a miracle of modern medi
cine? .
To make the evidence complete we puli
Hsh above a fac simile cut of the check re
ceived bj- Mr. Petch from the Canadian
Mutual Life Association, being the amount
due him for total disability. It Is unneces-sarj-
to add that this life Insurance associa
tion did not paj- this large amount ot
monej- to Mr. Petch. except after the most
careful examination of his condition by
thelr medical exnerts. Thev must have re
garded him as forever incurable.
retch. Griersville. Ont.. Canada
Jlr. fetch s address is as follows: Keuben
ORDERS HALFA FUNERAL
Lower Portion of Ed Hnebler'a Body
Interred at St. Lonia With
Ceremony.
St. Louis, Feb. la. Through his own di
rection, the lower half of Ed Huebler's
body was interred in Calvary cemetery to
day at 2 3X The funeral was as solemn as
though the whole bodj were going to the
grave.
On Februarj 11 Huebler was struck bv a.
train, sustaining injuries that necessita'teel
the amputation of both legs. When he
rallied from the shock he e'ecided that his
legs should be buried with proper cere
monj. This morning Huebler had so far recov
ered that he ordered the burial to proceed.
He was not able to attend his own hair
of a funeral, but he had the satisfaction of
knowing that his friends had not forgotten
him. A burial permit was issued and the
withered limbs were taken to the cemeterj.
where relatives and friends saw them low
ered Into tho grave.
After the funeral Huebler's friends call
ed to see him and gave him assurance
that his legs had been accorded a Christian
burial. He resides at 42IT North Fourteenth
street.
KILLED BY APENCIL STAB.
Elght-Vear-Olcl Boy of Englerrnod. N.
J., Dies In Agony From Wound
Received at School.
New York. Feb. 13. Willie Henley. S years
old. died to-day In Englewood. N. J., of a
slate pencil stab inflicted bj h- plajmate.
Charles Kennj. aged 9.
The boj-s had been lighting mimic ducN
In their plaj with wooden daggers, a-d
when thej went to school and sat together
Willie essajed to give his companion ir
struction as to the manipulation of the
weapon the-had been using.
It was just after the opening exercises
and during the confusion of breaking up
into classes. Charlie had Just pa: & sharp
point on his pencil.
"Now. suppose that was a dagger." said
Willie Henlcj. "You'd just jab It at me
like " Charlie Kenny suited the action
tc his mentor's words.
A shrill scream rang through the school
room. Willie Henley sank back In his seat,
the blood spurting from his ear. Ills In
structions had been followed too literallv.
An ambulance was summoned and the suf
fering boj- was taken to the hospital, where
he died in agonj.
VON HOLST VOWS VENGEANCE.
Clilcnico University Professor Threat
ens to Prosecnte Ills Son's
Assailant.
Chicago, Feb. 13. Professor Von Hoist,
of the Unlversitj- of Chicago. Is threaten
ing to wreak the full vengeance of the
law upon the voting men who attacked his
son Herman. Yourg Von Hoist. It is al
leged, had been in the habit of secretlj
frequenting the baek jard of a. neighbor
and with the aid of opera glasses peering
Into the window of the sleeping apart
ment of Miss Kate Nash. Recently Miss
Nash's three stalwart brothers, together
with Louis A. Becker, a relative, plotted
His capture.
Having made sure that all avenues of es
cape were blockaded they arranged an
ambush and waited for their prey. Shortly
after midnight, it Is asserted, joung Von
Hoist arrived with a companion. While he
was gazing intently at the lighted window
of Miss Nash's apartment the party tn
ambush attacked him. It Is s,,!d he was
severely kicked and otherwise brui-eei.
At the end of a short and eleeisivp struggle
Von HoNt retreated to the paternal roof.
GOLD FINDJN MICHIGAN.
Itlch lein of Qunrtz Sulci to liar
lleen MrncU. on a Farm rar
Bnrr flak.
Nlles. Mich.. Feb. 13. Intense excitement
reigns at the village of Burr Oak. In St.
Joseph countj. over the diseoverj of gold
on William Plant's farm, two miles south.
Edward Plant, a. son. had lwen doing
some excavating when he came iqion a pe
culiar substance, which on aniljsls was
found to contain gold. At a depth of sixty
eight Teet a. richer vein was struck. The
shaft is now- guarded e'nj and night.
Two miners who have prospected at Crip
ple Creek and in California made an Inves
tigation and they report the quartz as con
taining an unusual percentaste or gold. Th
country lit which the discovery is made
presents a tieculiar appearance, being brok
en with heat and lie-aring sins or volcanic
eruptions.
It Is claimed that Mr. Pl-int has tiken
several thousand dollars" worth or ore out
of the shift and be does not deny it. He
admits th it his find Is verj valu ible. and
he will continue oe-rations on .i verj largs
se ale.
Vnyn I.-..MM n leur for Ills Villa.
Newport. R. I.. Feb. IV The price paid
bv Potter Palmer for the rental of th
llavemever villa for the coming season Is
said to be In the neighlmrhooel or J13.0W).
the largest sum ever paid ror a co'.tRge
here. The Rriccs paid nearlj as much ror
the Astor place, and some jears ago A. P
Stockwcll paid JMXT) for the John Jacob
Astor place.
Abilene Itrvlvnl errlres.
Abilene. Kay. Feb I5-Spccian Union
revival services of Methodist. Lutheran.
Baptist. Christian. Presbjterian and Unltd
Brethren churches began to-night In Ar
mory hall, led by L. T. Thompson, ot Ohio.
Ol