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THE HERALD.
■ranvonHiD. Colorado.
No one works hard enough, If he has
any time left to talk.
Have some object In life If you really
want to know that you are living.
Some natures are never quite con
tented unless they are being shocked.
There are people who think that they
cannot be Independent without being
abusive.
If most of us had our lives to livo
over again, we should only make anoth
er lot of big mistakes.
How vivid becomes the recollection
of an old friend If he lives In a town
where you want something done.
People get thanks from employers not
for the work they do so much as for
the amount of work they can get out of
other people.
Woman’s Intuition is seldom at fault,
but It occasionally falls to tell her how
to deal with' an old beau after she has
married the other fellow.
If a mountain should suddenly appear
in the middle of Ijiko Michigan, there
would soon be some fellow around
claiming that he caused the phenome
non by throwing a brick into the water.
A year ago rumors of wars filled the
air. The same rumors are still in the
air and statesmen are still Jawing each
other. They seem to have become ino
culated with the contagion that afflicts
the pugilists.
Chicago and New York retail mer
chants have organized to fight the big
•department stores. These mammoth
concerns threaten to drive the small
dealers out of business and they are
uniting for self-protection. In Chi
cago the small dealers are securing
pledges from the people not to trade at
the department stores. It Is claimed
that real estate has depreciated because
small store rooms cannot be rented an!
that business for the small dealers has
been practically ruined.
A tax upon newspaper advertls*-
ments has been introduced in the Span
ish cortes, and the newspapers of
Spain are raising a storm of indigna
tion about It, as it is likely to ruin a
great number of provincial newspapers.
Publishers and editors have united in
addressing the minister of finance in
a memorial, protesting against the tax.
The minister of finance, however, has
declared that he cannot consistently
recede from the position he has taken
from the first, and since the cortes has
decreed that such a tax on advertise
ments Is fair and would increase the
revenue of the country, which needs
money very badly just now, there will
be nothing left to the publishers but to
pay up or go out of business.
London is excited Just now over a
small boy of 8 years, who has the most
astonishing knack of sketching port
raits ever vouchsafed one so young.
The child, called Little Stanley, is the
son of a sign-painter and ticket-writer
In moderate circumstances. The foun
dation of the boy’s fortunes dates from
a reoent race meeting, where the Prince
of Wales was attracted by a crowd
watching the small artist sketch promi
nent people, rewarding him with pen
nies. Among the pictures was one of
the prince and that gentleman was so
pleased he sent the boy a sovereign,
which, suitably mounted, he now wears
as a locket. A few nights ago the boj
appeared at a concert, where were
present the Dukes of Cambridge and
Teck among other notables and all
were surprised at the boy's skill. He
can sketch Gladstone in eight and one
half seconds and draws 200 prominent
men from memory. He is engaged at a
music hall at present.
The value of Kansas crops for last
year Is reported by the state board of
agriculture to be as follows: Winter
wheat, $20,271,800.31; spring wheat,*
$448,511.93; corn, $81,822,785.89; oats,
$8,326,840.86; rye, $907,349.76; barley,
$662,292.82; buckwheat, $7,579.97; Irish
potatoes, $4,644,655.55; sweet potatoes.
$244,483.62; sorghum, for syrup oi
sugar, $1,066,244.86; sorghum, for for
age or seed, $3,599,981; castor-beans.
$50,617.80; cotton, $20,330.50; flax, $2,-
235,309.31; hemp, $9,391.20; tobacco.
$45,220; broom-corn, $1,491,974.91; mil
let and hungarian. $4,124,377; Milo
malxe, $213,065.74; Kafir corn, $5,126,-
663.70; Jerusalem corn, $334,035.88; blu.
grass, $3,971,754.50; prairie grass,
fenced, $7,442,415; wool clip, $146,046.69;
cheese, $167,945.87; butter, $8,275,945.04;
animals slaughtered and sold for
slaughter, $77,283,131; milk sold, $1,004,-
627; poultry and eggs sold, $6,823,882;
garden products marketed, $1,700,357;
horticultural products, $1,572,446; wine
manufactured, $241,290; honey and
beeswax, $88,940.40; wood marketed,
$321,521; total. $244,793,814.11.
A late president of one of our col
leges once said: “The habit of standing
idle, waiting for dead men’s shoes, kills
the life in many a rich man’s son. It
is a paralysis of body and mind. I can
pick out nearly every boy in this col
lege whose idea of life is to spend the
money which somebody else has
earned. His looks, his acts, his talk,
are Infected with a dry-rot.’’ This was
a harsh expression; but it represented
useless lives, that lacked the vitality
and healthful moral vigor that make
men worthy of the highest respect, and
useful members of society.
If old Elisha Graham, who killed a
man in Cummings, Kas., recently had
received a great big whipping fifteen
or twenty years ago. he might have
avoided his present trouble. Graham
has always been a bluffer, and unfor
tunately, no one ever “called” him.
Had he received a good pounding, he
would not have been so ready to
threaten to kill and fight, and might
have spent the remainder of his days
in peace. This binding and fighting is
a mighty poor business. The fate of
old Elisha Graham should be a warning
to others.
TELEGRAPHIC ITEMS.
The wife of ox Senator Dorsey died on tbs
20th nt Denver.
Mrs. Cleveland gave n big reception to
WushltiKton ladies on the 23rd.
The mercury fell to fifty degrees below
zero in Manitoba on the 25th.
Madame Modjeskn lias reappeared on the
stage ufter two years of quiet life.
Mrs. nutigerford, who wrote many novels
under the pen-name of “The Duchess,’’ died
on the 25th.
A committee of the Missouri Legislature
is Investigating the police department of
Kansas City.
Sir Isaac Pitman, the inventor of the sys
tem of stenography which bears ills name,
died on the 22ud.
The body of the late Minister Willis was
burled from his home in Louisville, Ken
tucky, ou the 27tli.
Benator Warren of Wyoming haa recov
ered sufficiently to he able to attend to hit
duties nt Washington.
Ihe woman suffrage bill was defeated in
the House of the Oklahoma Legislature on
the 25th by a decisive vote.
Queen Lllluokalanl was In Washington on j
the 25th und culled on President Cleveland,
who gave her a cordial reception.
The Burlington road snffered a loss of
$150,000 by the burning of a part of Its i
shops at Plattsmouth, Nebraska.
A Chlnose boy arrested at New York for
deportation will be escorted to San Francis- !
co nt a cost of nearly a thousand dollars.
Italtlmore ministers want John E. Ited
mond arrested for lecturing In that city on
Sunday, contrary to the city ordinances.
A dispatch from Madrid says there has
been a severe storm In the Gulf of Cadiz and
twenty-four fishing bouts have been lost
near San Lucar.
It Is possible that the Christian Endeavor
convention may be held lu Philadelphia, In
stead of San Francisco, because of unsatis
factory railroad rates.
Little Pete, the leader of the Highbinders
In San Francisco, was murdered Saturday
night. The Chinese consul Is said to be
next on the assassin's list.
United States Senator James Z. George
of Mississippi Is dangerously 111 nt Washing
ton from heart failure and It Is feared that
he Is dying. He Is 75 years old.
No Important change In the contests for
election of senators In Idaho and Utah was
reported on the 25tb. It seems doubtful If
Dubois or Thatcher can be elected.
At Perry, Oklahoma, a soil school house
collapsed and twenty-live scholars were en
tombed. Several will die, and Miss Jennie
Jones, the teacher, is in a critical condition.
The Christian Home orphanage at Coun
cil Bluffs, lowa, burned. One hundred boys
were In the building and suffered greatly
from the cold. The firemen frosted toes and
fingers.
All the cash In the state treasury of
South Dakota was snowbound near Pierre
last Monday, when It was being escorted by
a company of militia from the capital to Its
various depositories.
An appreciable curtailment of production
of cotton cloth and other goods made by Fall
River mills Is almost a certainty, ns most ol
the owners have agreed to shut down two
days a week until May Ist.
The bill to provide for holding terms of
the United Stutes court for the Eastern dis
trict of Texas nt the town of Reaumont
was passed over the president’s veto by a
vote of 144 to 68 In the House.
A dispatch from Madrid says that the se
vere weather has resulted In great distress,
especially In the province of Seville. Bread
riots have occurred at Lulslnna. Vlso del
Alcorn, Arnhnl and other towns.
Mayor Swift has issued a call to the char
itable citizens of Chicago to coine to the aid
of the suffering poor. The number of des
titute In the city Is greater than at any
time the winter following the World’s Fair.
An order has been received from Washing
ton removing United States Internal Rev
enue Collector Joseph Dowling of Cincin
nati for violation of the civil service law.
He was charged with having levied political
assessments.
Captain Henry King, chief editorial writer
of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, has beeu
appointed to succeed the late Joseph H. Me-
Ctillngh ns editor of the paper. He has prac
tically been In charge of the paper for the
Inst two years.
The Greenlee Bros. «S: Co.’s wood working
machinery plant and the Northwestern Stove
Bepalr company's factory, Greenlee Bros,
owners, at 225 to 235 West Twelfth street.
Chicago, were entirely destroyed by fire
Saturday night. Loss, $300,'000.
While Frederick Grneber ami Miss Gothle,
an engaged couple, were driving on the
public road half a mile east of Shumnklu.
Pennsylvania, the earth caved In and they
were precipitated Into an abandoned mine.
The woman was killed and the man badly
Injured.
A special from Pottsdam. New York, says:
The Pottsdam National bank, with a capital
stoek of $250,000. was closed by n national
bank examiner to-day. The failure of the
Pearcefleld Falls Pulp A: Paper company
about a week ago Is said to have caused
the bank failure.
Mayor Swift of Chicago has signed the
theater hat ordinance. The measure will go
Into effect ten days after Its publication.
The measure provides for a fine to be Im
posed on any woman who refuses to remove
her hat In a theater after any complaint haß
been made regarding It.
Mayor James M. Jones of Kansas City
sprung a decided sensation nt the Lexow
investigation Monday morning when he dra
matically arose In the witness stand, and
holding two slips of paper in Ills hand, said:
"I hold In my hand policy tickets bought
within an hour lu Kansas City.” And he
proved It hy the man who bought them.
The twenty-nlntli national convention of
the National American Suffrage association
met nt Des Moines on the 26th. Among
those In attendance were Susan B. Anthony
of New York, president of the association;
Mrs. Rachel Foster Avery, the correspond
ing secretary, and Rev. Anna M. Shaw, vice
president at large, both of Philadelphia.
T. S. Taliaferro, of Green River, Wyo
ming, has returned from a trip to Chicago
In the Interests of the soda Industry. He
says that by next June it $50.00(1 steam evap
oration soda plant will undoubtedly be la
active Green River operation, Chicago cap
ital being mainly interested and the ma
chinery being of the latest Improved va
riety.
Ex-Governor Altgeld. In a speech In Chi
cago Saturday night, said over 04,000 fraud
ulent votes were counted In Ohio In the re
cent election and that Mr. Bryan actually
carried the state by over 40,000. In Illinois
McKinley actually had only a very small ma
jority, while he was credited with 130,000
majority, and he did not legally carry In
diana, Kentucky or California, and prob
ably n number of othc r states credited to
him.
Congressman J. C. Sturtevant of Craw
ford county. Pennsylvania, says that Major
McKinley. In an Interview, said to him: ”1
will call an extra session of Congress March
15, Unless I change my mind you may bo
In Washington by that time. I desire to
have my protective system inaugurated Im
mediately upon my Inauguration, and 1
want n measure passed that will Immediate
ly stimulate business and give idle men
work."
The spread of Tolstolsm among the edu
cated nud professional classes of Russia has
led to a spirited state of crusade against the
Tolstois. In some villages one out of every
ten Inhabitants Is an avowed Tolstolst anil
there are many more secret adherents. A
notable accession to the cause is Prlnco
Dimitri Clillkoff. The houses of suspected
persons arc being searched, Tolstoi’s workr
ure confiscated and the owners are entered
In the police black book. Some active Tol
stolsts have myserlously disappeared from
Pavloka. and It Is feared they have been
tent to Siberia. Others have bad their chil
dren taken from them. It Is stated that
the council of state has considered the ques
tion of Tolstoi’s expulsion and only refrains
lest an attack ou so great an authority nud
thinker should rally his forces to bis side.
THE LEGISLATURE.
Taemlay, J • unary 2Hth.
Senate—Only nine more days remain
for the introduction of bills and a
large number are lu course of prepara
-1 tion, to be introduced before the ex
| jtiratlon of the thirty days allowed by
i law for the presentation <>f proposed
: legislation. The committees are busy
discussing bills and reporting the same
i back to the Senate with recoinmeudu
-1 tions. Over 200 have been introduced
I thus far, of which number about half
have been printed and the only one
1 which has been passed by both houses
of the Legislature provides for an ap
propriation to pay the salaries of the
! members and employes.
House—The labor committee report
j ed In favor of the bill to prevent the
| employment of miners longer than
i eight hours a day, and the bill to re
quire street railroad companies to pro
tect motormen and gripmen from the
weather.
A bill requiring horseshoers to pass
an examination was defeated In com
! mlttoe of the whole by a vote of twen
ty-six to twenty-eight.
The bill of Mr. O’Neill, forbidding
the Issuance of scrip by corporations
to their employes, after some discus
! sion was laid over for a time.
Wfilnp»il»y. •J:inii>«ry 27) h.
Senate.—-The bill of Mr. Carney, to
j forbid the acceptance of passes, aroused
discussion in the morning, without
| tangible result. Several memorials and
I petitions were listened to. the rest of
j the day being devoted to the introduc
! tion of new Hills.
I Senator Reuter submitted the report
,of tlie committee on privileges and elee
: tions in reference to the contest seat
-1 ing of Senator 14. Clark Wheeler of
Aspen, at the afternoon session. The
j decision was in favor of Senator
Wheeler and held that ids election was
i legal and the claims of the contestor
! for the seat could not prevail. The re
, port was unanimously adopted by the
; Senate and further proceedings in the
contest dismissed.
House.—A number of petitions in
i favor of tlie creation of a new county
1 from tlie Cripple Creek district from
citizens in tlie territory to bo embraced,
i were read and referred to tlie commit
i tee on county and county lines.
| The bill prepared by an organization
; of business men to reduce the amount
to lie exempted from attachment on la
j borers’ wages from SOO a month to (JO
I per cent, per month lias caused much
antagonism from labor organizations.
I Petitions were presented from the
(luray Miners’ Union, the Locomotive
i Firemen of Pueblo and tlie Carpenters
jof Leadville against the proposed
amendment.
Mr. Heartz, chairman of tlie commit
tee on towns and cities, recommended
the passage of tlie Engley bill to pro
hibit the wearing of headgear in thea
ters. Tlie report was adopted and the
I bill will appear In tlie calendar for sec
ond reading to-morrow.
Tlie bill to appropriate funds for the
payment of tlie expenses of the execu
tive and judicial departments of state
for the first quarter of tlie fiscal year
passed Its second reading without ob
jection.
In tlie afternoon the fight over the
- O’Neill anti-truck and anti-scrip bill.
\ which a provision for
I monthly paj’inent of wages, was taken
I up from the previous day. On that oc
) casion the committee of the whole de
cided by a majority to consider It with
I another 1)111 by Mr. Anderson of Trin
j ldad. dealing with tlie same subject.
; Some of tlie members expressed the
| helief that the I*lll was unconstitution
j ill, and it was agreed to submit the
j question to the supreme court.
! Mr. Engley’s I>lll forbidding interfer
ence with Sunday amusements and
j recreations was discussed In committee
! of the whole and defeated by a vote of
! 27 to .’4O.
i The next bill was the one to prevent
i county treasurers In every part of the
i state from being candidates for imme
| (liate election, tlie same as with state
i treasurers.
j A motion to defeat tlie I>lll was lost
|by 20 to 20 votes. But before final
| action could l»e had on tlie 1)111 the op-
J ponents secured an adjournment.
Thursday, January 28(li.
! Senate.—Nearly tlie entire day was
! taken up with discussions ou the Den
, ver school bill, introduced by Sena
, tor Thomas, mid providing for tlie con
j solidation of all the schools of Denver
} into one school district. The bill pro
vides for the organization of a school
j district to be known as “No. 1,” to be
controlled by a board of education con
• sisting of fifteen members, each to lx*
j elected for a term of three years. The
i members of tlx* board must lie electors
of tlie city of Denver and must also be
i taxpnys.
Any school district contiguous to
i Schood District No. 1. or any school
district partly or entirely within tlie
j :*ity of Denver, may become attached
to District No. 1 upon a vote of tin*
qualified electors of tlie district. Upon
! tlie annexation of outside districts all
j Ihe property of such district shall be
come vested in tlie board of education
J i>f District No. 1.
I Mr. Thomas showed that under tin*
| present arrangement the school taxes
In District No. I were much lower than
' In the other districts of the city. The
j Dili was recommended for passage.
' The Dill to abolish tlx* Board of Par
j Jons was defeated upon final action be
, ing taken.
I The judiciary committee reported to
! tlie Senate yesterday that the position
i assumed by Auditor Lowell in refusing
j to pay the vouchers for tlie salaries of
! the extra employes, provided for in tlie
j net of 1895, was correct, and the secre
-1 tar.v of tlie Senate was Instructed to
' prepare vouchers for the employes pro
vided for under tin* law of 1891. This
j cuts out about eighteen of tin* employes
| of tlie upper house, but they will soon
| lie replaced under tlie provision of a
: new law introduced by Senator Brom
! ley yesterday, which will undoubtedly
| pass with no opposition.
| The judiciary committee also recorn
, mended Senator Scherinerhorn’s char
| ter bill for printing,
i Senator Reuter’s bill providing that
1 In civil actions taken 4o the Supreme
J Court or Court of Apeals, on appeals
;or on writs of error, merely for the
I purpose of delay, the court may add
from 5 to 20 per cent, to the judgment
of the court below and the costs of the
j case, passed third reading and was
1 sent to the Mouse. Another bill by
, Senator Router fixing the jurisdiction
! of tin* Court of Appeals, giving it final
jurisdiction in all cases Involving less
! than $2,500, was also recommended
j for passage.
] House—Tlie Engley bill for Sunday
: amusements was resurrected by a re
1 consideration of the vote of tlie day be
■ fore. A number of j*etitions for and
against tlie new county were read.
A very largely signed petition in fa
vor of the Ileuter bill to compel rail
road companies to carry bicycles as
baggage and signed by wheelmen was
; referred to the committee on corpora
: tions.
I Tlie Dill to appropriate funds to pay
' tlie expenses of tlie executive and Ju
] dlcial departments of state for the first
! quarter of Ihe year passed third read-
J ing and will go to the governor to
j morrow.
In the afternoon the election contests
pending were taken up. There are two
of these, one of Coates against Greene
of Pueblo, and tin* other of Woods
against Crowley of Otero. Neither of
the contestors obeyed the law in hav
ing the evidence ready to present to
tlie committee. After considerable
wrangling about ihe consideration of
further testimony a vote was taken
with tlie result that Messrs. Greene
and Crowley were seated by a vote of
thirty-six to twenty-six.
Friday, January 20th.
Senate—A memorial was read from
tlie Cripple Creek Trades Assembly
urging tlie division of El Paso county
and the formation of a new county.
Referred to tlie committee on county
and county lines.
Bill No. 12, by Sours, was passed. It
provides restrictions for the annexa
tion of towns to Denver.
Bill No. IS. Introduced by Senator
Painter, prescribing the qualifications
of candidates for county judges and
requiring them to lx* at least 25 years
of age, a practitioner before tlie Su
preme court, a resident for at least two
years within the state and an elector
within the county for which ho Is elect
ed. was passed.
Senator McCreery’s bill, providing
for the repeal of the act creating the
bureau of immigration and statistics,
brought on a lively discussion of the
advantages derived by advertising
Colorado through tills bureau. The
Dill was recommended for passage.
Bill No. 35, by Senator Painter, reg
ulating tlie proceedings in certain elec
tion cases, was recommended for pas
sage.
Bill No. 22. by Senator Evans, relat
ing to tlie prevention of infectious dis
ease among cuttle, was recommended
for passage.
House—The Creswell Dill to reduce
wages subject to attachment from so<r
a month to 00 per cent, of the amount,
was ordered printed.
On motion of Mr. Crowder a commit
tee of three, consisting of Messrs.
Crowder, Rhode and Crowe, was
named by the speaker to select the
names of employes that should lie
dropped temporarily from the roll on
account of the invalidity of the law
of 1895, providing for their appoint
ment.
A joint memorial by Mr. Greene of
Pueblo praying Congress to cede tin
public lands to the state to hasten their
reclamation and utilization was con
sidered. It provides that such cession
be so conditioned that irrigable and
farming lands and lands suitable for
homes shall be sold or leased to actual
utilizers and occupants only, and that
tlie forest, coal, iron and precious min
eral lands and lands suitable only for
pasturages shall lie reserved from
sales. The memorial was unanimously
adopted. It will have to lie read a
third time, according to the rules.
The Dill to prevent county treasurers
from holding office more than one term
was discussed and a vote in favor of
the Dill resulted. It will probably be
fought vigorously on final passage.
A Dill by Mr. Bucklin to amend the
laws dealing with horticulture was con
sidered. It is designed to protect orch
ards from pests that affect trees and is
much on the same line as a law in
force in California. It pennies of
county commissioners, on application
of 15 owners of orchards, to ajipoint a
horticultural inspector, who shall re
ceive $4 a day while actively engaged.
The bill prohibits the introduction of
fruit trees or cuttings into a county
where an inspector lias been appointed
without being examined by him. No
action.
Saturday, Janiin y 3011*.
Senate—The matter of payment of
employes was discussed but no new ac
tion taken.
Senator Painter’s bill. No. 32, relat
ing to estrays, was recommended for
passage. The Dill provides that no per
son shall take up an estray except in
the county where lie resides and is a
householder. When any person takes
up an estray he or she shall within live
days record a written description of
the animal with tlie county clerk, who
Khali be entitled to a fee of 25 cents
for recording such description in the
estray book. The taker-up of an estray
shall be entitled to mileage to and from
tlie county clerk’s office at 10 qents per
mile. He shall have the estray ap
praised by two householders, who shall
lie sworn, and they shall receive $1.50
each for such appraisement. The tak
er-up shall advertise such estray for
four consecutive weeks in a paper pub
lished in tlie county and lie shall hold
such stock until claimed, proven and
taken in charge of by tlie owner.
Only two new bills were introduced.
Mouse—The Dill to prevent tlie re
election of county treasurers was called
up and defeated by a rote of thirty
seven to twenty-four.
<>n reconi'inendirtion of tlie commit
| tee ou mercantile and manufacturing
* affairs, the bill introduced the previous
i day to appropriate $20,000 to make a
i display at tlie Omaha exhibition next
! year was defeated.
! A Dill to require county connnisslon
j ers, in making new roads, to provide a
bicycle path was reported back for pas
j sage by tlie committee on roads, and
I tlie report adopted.
| A Dill to permit of the Pueblo City
I Council appropriating funds to the As
sociated Charities passed third reading,
i In (lie afternoon the House at once
| went into tlie committee of tin* whole
'on tlie second reading of the bill to
| create flio new comity of Sylvan!to.
The Dill provides that the county seal
| shall be established at the town of
i Cripple Creek “temporarily,” and at
the first general election tho question
of a permanent county sent shall be
' submitted to the people. 'Hie governor
| shall appoint the temporary officers un
; til the election in November. For the
fee system tin* county shall be of the
j second class. It is to he attached to
j t lie* Fourth judicial district, and to
I have four terms of Ihe district court a
j year at the county seat. It is inside a
I part of the Third senatorial district
j nnu attached to El Paso county for
representative purposes.
In moving for the second reading of
the hill. Mr. Hurlhut made some state
ments about the prospective countv.
The proposed county would embrace
500 square miles, and left 1.000 square
miles for the old county. Including
; Pike's Peak .the scenery and trie health
| and pleasure resorts. The old county
i would still he third in population mi l
third in valuation among the counties
j of the state, while the proposed county
would l)c fourth in population and sev
-1 enth In assessed valuation. The ns
sessahle valuation of Ihe city of Crip
I pie Creek alone was over $5,000,000.
i The estimated population of the pro
! posed county was 50.000. The vote nt
j the Inst election wns 12.72.’!. Its btisi
| ness at the county seat of El Paso
county was 75 per cent, of all the bus
iness transacted. The statement of the
recorder’s office gave Cripple Creek
mining district 09 per cent, of nil the
business.
The amendment to exclude the por
tion of Fremont county from the new
county was defeated by thirty-one to
nineteen. It was .agreed to put the
proposed hew county in tlie second < < n
gresslonnl district and the third nor
mal district. Tlie hill passed second
reading without opposition.
MR. GAGE'S VIEWS.
HE IS OPPOSED TO SILVER.
StatM Fully What II * K.nandal Policy
Will He—Want* to Sell Government's
Silver Hu lion.
Now York. Fob. 1. -A spoohil to tho
World from Chicago says: Tho World
submitted In writing to Mr. Lyman J.
.Cage a number of questions concern
ing the most vital issues with which
he will deal as secretary of the treas
ury.
Mr. Gage, with great candor and
courtesy, makes his position quite clear
on all of them, as follows:
“Our whole monetary system Is the
result of makeshift legislation and un
scientific compromises. It is time that
reform began.
“In my opinion the greenbacks
should be permanently retired. The sil
ver purchased under the Sherman act
should be gradually sold and the treas
ury notes redeemed and canceled. Some
well guarded system of bank note cir
culation. broader and more elastic than
the present national bank act provides
should lie inaugurated.
“Such bank notes should be redeem
able at a central place and be redeem
able In gold only.
“Silver certificates, which'form near
ly onc-llfth of the circulating medium
of the United States, are dangerous.
By their use a volume of inferior mon
ey has found an abnormal use.
They are the most perplexing feature
in the much involved problem of our
national finances.
"There is no reason why the gov
ernment should act as a warehouse
man for either gold of silver. Such
a function is outside its proper limit
of action.
“But we are faced by a condition. :
The enormous amount of $500,000,000
of silver, represented by $.”>48,000,000 in
silver certificates, added to the $150,-
‘.Hio.OOO purchased by the government
under the Sherman act, constitutes a
standing menace to every business in
terest. *
"To sum up. the defects of our pres
ent currency system are:
"First Confusing hetcrogenity,
which needs simplification.
"Second— I The greenback controverts
the principle of money, viz: That ev
ery note injected into the commercial
system should represent tin existing
I'ommercial value.
"Third- -The treasury note is a stand
ing evidence of a foolish operation—
the creation of a debt for the purchase
,>n a falling market of a commodity of
which the purchaser has no use; it lies
.pen to the just charge of being both
idiotic and immoral.
"Fourth—Tho national bank note
merely conforms to the principle of pa
per money, but tin* unreasonable re
quirements for security paralyzes its
etliciency and operates to destroy its
elasticity.
“Fifth—The silver certificate encour
ages the use of silver to a larger extent
than is consistent with tho safe preser
vation of that metal on a parity with
gold.”
“Would a national commission help
to promote reform?”
“There Is reason to hope that It
would be of great use in that direction.
■Such a commission, if rightly eleeteu.
would throw a flood of lignt upon these
involved questions. The information
it might gather would be of immense
value to our people and would guide
us to wise legislation.
"Emotion and sentiment are not safe
guides in matters of science. A clear
apprehension of true principles will
lead to correct solution.
"Reaction will be slow, but It is com
ing, and it will be of long duration.”
CLEVELAND GETS FUNNY.
T»lks> to the New York Doctors In a
II ■■ moron* Vo'n.
New York. Jan. 20.—The occasion
for the celebration of the New York
Academy of Medicine at Carnegie hall
to-night was made auspicious by the
presence of President Cleveland, who
had been invited to address the doc
tors.
The opening part of his talk, which
was in a humorous vein, was ns fol
lows :
"I have anticipated the share as
signed to me on this occasion with con
siderable trepidation, for various rea
sons. I have been chiefly disturbed. 1
believe, because of my inability to dis
cover satisfactory grounds for my
right to join those who celebi'nte the
semi-centennial of a medical associa
tion.
“If, in passing through that period
in boyhood when the desirable choice
of future activity seemed to rest be
tween running away from home to be
a sailor and staying at home to be a
doctor, 1 inclined towards the more
quiet and orderly of these pursuits,
this surely furnishes no basis at this
late day for a claim for relationship to
the medical fraternity. Nor do I for
get that less than seven years ago, I
was accorded the privilege of partici
pating in the exercises when t lie cor
ner stone was laid of the building
which is now the home of the organi
zation which to-night- celebrates its
half century of useful and honorable
existence. But this incident which
aroused tin interest still uudiminished.
in the welfare of the academy of Med
icine, hardly entitles me to a share in
the felicitations of those who have
since borne tin* heat and burns of its
work while I have enjoyed the ease
and happiness surrounding public sta
tion.
"In confessing, therefore, that 1 have
no right of even standing room within
the inner circle of the profession, I
have boldly and without the least au
thority determined to speak to you as
a representative of tin* vast army of
patients and laymen.
“At the outset, 1 desire to remind
you that you owe us much. Though
largely in the majority and with plenty
of members to spare, those who are
well conducted among us do not vex
you with hurtful competition. In
stead of making life hard for you by
an observance of the laws of health,
we assist you by indulging in all sorts
of irregularities. We are obedient and
submissive to your commands, that is.
when we are sick-and we sometimes
pay bills even after a recovery to
health, which we are always certain
would have resulted without your in
terference.
"In this circumstance, if when in per
fect health, we venture to assert our
selves and tell you what is in our
minds, it is not fair to liken us to a
certain person who. when sick, a saint
would be. though very differently in
clined when well.”
The president then went on to speak
of the advancement made in medicine
and of the great service of the profes
sion to humanity.
Sell Public Fr ■ im’liturn.
New York, Feb. I.—The Greater New
York commissioners have finally ar
ranged a method of equalizing the sal
aries of the consolidated police force.
They have provided for seven grades,
with salaries ranging from SBOO for
the first year up to $1,400 after six
years.
It is provided that street franchises
shall be sold at auction for a term of
twenty-five years, and that the lease
shall provide that ui>on the expiration
of the term of the franchise the city
may resell the franchisee for another
term of twenty-five years. Vested
rights of existing street railroads can
not. be disturbed. At a meeting of
women suffragists yesterday they
adopted a series of resolutions demand
ing equal rights of women in the
Greater New York.
INVESTIGATORS AT WORK.
Hrglnnlng to Eumlno Witni-Me* at Lead
vllle.
LendvlHe, Colo., Jan. 31.—Tho Inves
tigating committee sent here by the
state legislature to look Into the causes
for the strike commenced active work
yesterday morning. The committee In
its entirety consists of Senators Gnlhi
"gher and Reuter and Representatives
Gardner, Ami ear and Sechrlst. The
mine managers were represented liy
Attorneys (Aivendor and Ewing, while
the miners were represented by Attor
ney Glynn. Monday, however, the for
mer will he assisted l>y Judge Dickson
and rhe latter l>y Attorney Taylor, both
of whom are in Denver. The exanilna
tion will progress very slowly, id
though the committee is doing all In
its power to push along the proceed
ings.
Tho witnesses examined yest'erda.v
were Thomas Graham, Mayor S. D
Nicholson, Charles Me Ix4inn and Sec
retary Dewar of the Miners’ Union.
The first witness was Thomas Gm
ham. He stated that he was a resident
of Montana and is a member of the
Western Federation and on the execu
tive board; that the Cloud City union,
being a branch of the Federation, must
he guided by its constitution; that the
executive board has full power to act
between 1 the annual meetings of the
Federation; that a local union has full
Jurisdiction over local affairs, by a vote
of three-fourths of the membership
'They must, however, give fifteen days'
notice to the Federation and git its
sanction.
On May 11, 1800, the Western Feder
ation of Miners met in Denver. The
Leadville union hud eight delegates
there, and tho difficulties up here were
fully discussed. Secretary Dewar of
the Leadville union stated Mint he and
President Amburn had been before Mr.
George Campion and Mr. Cam pi mi had
said to them that lie was expending
large sums of money of other people,
and that os good men could be secured
for $2.50 per day. unless the union
could Jack up other mining managers
lie would have to cut wages. The ex
ecutive board. Mr. Graham stated, be
lieved 1t necessary to protect labor in
the West, and they therefore thought
that they should do something to pre
vent a general reduction of wages to
$2.50 in this camp. They regarded the
matter as very serious and pledged tho
union here the support of the Western
Federation. It was the lieliof of the
executive committee on the whole that
the Lend vllle miners should get $3. Mr.
Graham stated Mint lie came here on
December 15 to manage the strike ami
lie has had charge of it since that time.
THE STATE DEPARTMENTS.
Proponed Reduction* in the Salaries at the
Capitol.
Denver. Feb. I.—Senator Kennedy,
chairman of the special committee of
the Senate appointed for the investiga
tion of the expenses of tho state offices
and for the purpose of making recom
mendations for reduction In the ex
penses. has presented to the Senate
a report providing for sweeping reduc
tions in the salaries of all state officers.
It is proposed, among other things, to
limit the executive departments to the
following:
Governor, $5,000: private secretary,
$1,500; one stenographer, $1,000; one
messenger, $900; lieutenant governor,
$1,000; secretary of state. $2,500; depu
ty secretary of state. $1,800; printing
clerk, who shall also act as stationery
clerk, $1,200; one brand clerk, who
shall also act as index clerk, $1,200;
one stenographer, $1,000; two record
ers, S9OO each; deputy labor commis
sioner, $i,200: clerk of the deputy la
bor commissioner, $900; auditor of
state. $2,500; deputy auditor of state.
$1,800; one bookkeeper, $1,200; one
clerk. $1,000; state treasurer. $4,000;
deputy state treasurer, $1,800; one
bookkeeper, $1,200; one clerk, $1,000;
attorney general, $2,500; one assistant
$1,800; one stenographer, $900; super
intendent of public Instruction, $2,500;
one assistant superintendent of public
instruction, $1,200; one clerk, $480;
state librarian. S9OO.
CRUISER BROOKLYN DAMAGED.
; A Dig Hole Mude in Her Prow by Sunk' n
Rocks.
Philadelphia, .Tan. 31.—The United
States armored cruiser Brooklyn, the
latest pride of a peerless navy, calcu
lated to withstand the fiercest on
slaughts of Bhot. and shell, to-day lies
almost utterly helpless, because of a
narrow ledge of sunken rock in the
Delaware river, above Marcus Hook.
Pennsylvania, an which she struck
heavily yesterday afternoon. Her low
er double compartments, forward, were
closely stove in, and it was only by the
merest good fortune that the big ves
sel did not sink. This would undoubt
edly have been the result had not her
inner conquirtmeuts successfully with
stood the shock. As it was she was
pulled clear of the rocks, and is now
tied to the big stone ice breakers at
Marcus Hook, protected from the
heavy ice gorges in mid river.
The big vessel is seriously damaged,
and it is impossible to say wlieu she
will be able to go into active service.
At present she is' in no danger of fur
ther damage, being fully protected in
the safe anchorage afforded by the ice
breakers. llow the accident occurred
can only he established by a court of
Inquiry, and this Captain Cook, of the
Brooklyn, lias already asked for.
Train Rnt>l>rry In Oregon.
Portland, Ore., Jan. 29.—The north
bound Overland train, which left San
Francisco Wednesday and was duo
here this morning, was held up two
miles west of Roseburg, Oregon, early
this morning.
Fireman Hendricks stated that the
train was first flagged by the highway
men. the express car was looted arid
burned and the safe blown open. No
one was hurt, and the highwaymen es
caped.
Amorlcnn Conni' Klnctl.
Berlin. Feb. I.—A dispatch from Mny
ence says that Perry Bartholow, the
United States consul there, lias been
fined 200 marks for an assault commit
ted. last summer. In October last a
dispatch from Berlin said that Mr.
Bartholow was being prosecuted for
severely injuring an inmate of his
house by striking him on tho bend with
a revolver.
Sitfuly Flouted Dir.
Washington, Jan. 31.—Word lias
reached Secretary Herbert, that the
United Stales vessel Alliance, used ns
a school ship for naval apprentices,
which went ashore last night at Cape
Henry. Virginia, succeeded in getting
• •IT. and since has arrived at Newport
News.
Destroying u lUllroad ■« W«r-T»*»«.
111.. I.viinmr.l I vimiry, <■«>• Hor “f*
Porter tells how the Union “rmyjj.
strayed the Virginia Central railroad,
near the North Anna. Il« Huya. * we JJ
wilii a iH.rtl.>n of Russell s vision bf
Wright's ran*, which begun the work
of deslruction at a point on the rail
road about eight hundred yards : from
the enemy's extreme left. A brigade
was extended along one Hide of the
road In single rank, and at u given sig
nal tlie men look hold of the rails, lift
ed up the road, and turned it upside
down. Then, breaking tin 1 rails loose,
they ns.-.I them as levers In prying on
crass tics, which they piled up at
different points, laid the rails across
I hem and set lire to the ties As soon
as the rails became sufficiently hot they
bent In the middle by I heir own
weight; efforts were then made to twist
ihriu s«* as to render them still nioic
unserviceable. Several miles of rail
way were thus destroyed.
The editor of this paper advises his
millers that a package of Peruviana,
the brat kidney cure on earth, will he
delivered FREE to any sufferer if wril
trii for promptly. Peruviana Herbal
Remedy tv. 2SG E. sth St.. Cincinnati,
01)10. (Tlilh offer appears l»it once.)
In o IU.I Way.
Fanny .who Is engaged to Charles) -
Charles, don't you remember you said
that you would buy me the first real
handsome ring you saw.'’ Here in tills
window Is a regular beauty.
Charles Y-e-s. 1 haven't got my
pocket hook In these punts, and they
are the only pair I’ve got. Flelgeudo
Blaetter.
THAT SPLENDID COFFEE.
Mr. Goodman. Williams County, 111.,
writes us: “From one package Salzer’a
German Coffee Berry 1 grew 300
pouuds of better coffee than I can buy
iu stores at 30 cents a pound.”
A package of tills and big seed cata
logue Is sen: you by John A. Salzcr
Seed Co.. La Crosse. Wls., upon receipt
of 15 cents stamps and tills notice, w.n.
Education of Presidents.
It Is n grout mistake to suppose that h col
lege e.lucnilon U necessary for success In
politics, although there Is no doubt that such
an advantage is felt by those who succeed.
There have boon twenty-four presidents;
fifteen of thorn wore college graduates, but
the two who are always mentioned ns tin*
first citizens .*f America were not. George
Washington was edueated in the* field, ami
experience was Ids best teacher, while Lin
coln's struggle for learning is equally well
known. The following Is a list of the presi
dents and the Institutions from which they
graduated:
George Washington • - None
John Adams Harvard
Thomas Jefferson William and Mary
James Madison Princeton
James Monroe William and Mary
John Quincy Adams Harvard
Andrew Jackson >•)«“*
Martin Van Huron
William 11. Harrison ,
Hampden I Diversity. Virginia
John Tyler William and Mary
James fc. Polk.. University of North Carolina
Zachary Taylor None
Millard Fillmore None
Franklin Pierce Bowdoln
Janies Buchanan Dickinson College
Ahrahum Lincoln None
Andrew Johnson None
Ulysses S. Grant West Point
Rutherford B. Hayes Kenyon
.Tunics A. Garfield Williams
Chester A. Arthur Union
Grover Cleveland w. n ?
Beniamin Harrison Miami
William McKinley None
—Chicago Record.
The Uncrowned Monarch of the Niger.
While Mr. Rhodes has been on the high
Boas, hastening lo London to face tlie pros
ecution with which he Is threatened, an
other notable Englishman has landed In
Africa, whore he will leave Ids mark or his
corpse. The return of Sir George Goldie to
the Niger begins an epoch of West African
history. Sir George Goldie is one of the
empire-builders whose work Is as silent and
secret as that of Mr. Rhodes is the reverse.
From ids office in London, Sir George Goldie
lias brooded for years over the work which
he is now in the field preparing to accom
plish. Immediately before ids departure he
spoke with deep earnestness of the perilous
ipiest on widen lie was starting. A quiet
man. who lias set ills heart on delivering
forty million human beings from an Infernal
slave-trade, he made no secret of the ar
duous nature of the task on which he was
about to embark ills fortunes and those of
the Niger company. “We have done much,”
he said, "of which fortunately nothing has
been heard. It is possible to lay tho founda
tions of empire without being disturbed,
where the climate is too deadly for news
paper correspondents to live. I now go to
complete the work. We shall put it through;
hut make no mistake, we are putting our for
tune to the touch, to win or lose it all.”—
From “The Progress of the World," in Feb
ruary Review of Reviews.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Hromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund tho money if it fails to cure. ‘J5c
The new oriental baths in St. Petersburg
are said to surpass in luxurious arrange
ments anything of tin* kind ever built, 'rite
building was begun twenty years ago.
Cnscnrels stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe. 10c.
"Imitation coffee Is made now. I notice.”
“Is that so? Imitation good coffee or Im
itation had coffee?” -
! FOR 14 CENTS.
I jLa We wish to priiln 100,000pleased
i customers In 18«7 and hence offer
i i i>ktf Blemnrk Cucumber 16c
i M@9I 1 I'kK l(i.mid (ilobe Beet 10c
i MHEBni " Knrliu't Carrot lOc
I " Kaiser Wilhelm Lettuce 16c
[ Above 10 pkge. worth *1.00 we will ]
i joint i. KH./I.U it».. I.a utossK, m j
Leading
everywhere sell
FERRY’S SEEDS
Pon't flak the loss of time, labor and (round
hr planting eeedsof unknown nual
tty. The market Is full of cheap,
unreliable eerds FERRY'S If EDI
are always the best; do not accept
asy suhet it ute. Seed Annual Fret.
M. FERRY dt CO..
’IS'SU" » I Thompson’s Eyo Wator.
flPlim WHISKY l>»Mt. eared. Reek MWl
UriVIH runic. Ur. U. I. Uotll.I.KY, ATLANTA, RA.
WMtaSWgBMBf
LADIES u We * ?, end tr0 °— ‘Woman.
iJV- ■ rfZ IV. hood, ’ a booklet tremtiiur
of I emaie UiHennra. Wo want agents for Dr
SURE CURE for PILES
W>). Uruial.u or in.lV nit |uika"°KM* Put”' f £V
w. N. U. DENVER. NO. G. 1897.
Wliiii wrltlnifio nil vor Users, i>1o;iko nay that
y.ou unw the ud verUxouicnt In this paper.