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THE HERALD.
SPRINT! FI ELD, - COLORADO.
It is generally euay to persuade peo*
pie that they are abused.
A high ball la now appropriately
nicknamed a Bradley-Martln.
Thermoplae la atlll there, hut It will
be remembered that those who defend
ed It are dead.
Four years ago the newspaper poets
were rhyming Grover with "clover;”
now they are using "over.”
"Pop" Callender, the father of negro
minstrelsy, is dead, hut the same old
end-man Jokes will live forever.
The spruce gum crop this year Is
said to he double that of former sea
sons. This is Indeed Jawful news.
There should he a special corner In
hades set apart for the swindler who
pretends to he sorry for his victims.
Tennessee has made lobbying a fel
ony punishable by from two to five
years in prison. Will other states fol
low?
One of the best features of the com
mercial situation is the fact that the
outlook is better than the situation
Itself.
One stupendous argument against
any third term movement four years
hence will he the fact that it might
make Hank Thurber a secretary of
war.
We would be false to our own his
tory if we did not show a prompt sym
pathy with every American, country
seeking to establish its independence
of European control.
“What can we desire better .‘ban
peace, but the grace to use it?” asked
William Penn two hundred years ago.
in an essay foreshadowing modern
views upon arbitration.
Whether King James' version of the
Bible is infallible or not, it is clear that
It has failed to redeem a good many
New* Yorkers. Any other version, how
ever, might have had no better sue- •
cess.
Gamaliel Bradford of Boston think?
a mayor should not only have full j
power over appointments, but over all j
municipal expenditures. With the right
kind of a mayor the Gamaliel Brad- |
ford system would go far toward solv
ing the problem of city government.
The problem of effective dealing
with mischievous students seems to
have been solved by the mayor of a
western college town. When a body
of unruly sophomores refused to dis
perse at the command of the police,
the mayor ordered out two fire engln«-
companies, and well-directed streams
of water proved immediately and amus
ingly effective In subduing the defiant
youngsters.
Prince HilkofT, the Russian minister
of ways and communications, in an in
terview at Niagara Falls, N. Y., said
that the present policy of the Russian
government In regard to the extension
of railroads Is to extend trade and to
furnish further outlets to tidewater,
rather than to build for military pur
poses. Many roads are now in process
of construction besides the great Trans-
Siberian undertaking, and immediate
plans for the enlargement of the Rus
sian railway system include the build
ing of 2,000 miles of new track. These
new facilities will open up many new
Industries, will facilitate the develop
ment of Russian iron mines and pe
troleum wells, and will secure means
of communication for large agricultu
ral districts.
An amusing story is told at the ex
pense of a military martinet in Ger
many, who undertook to snub a lieu
tenant at a ball in Berlin. The colonel
noticed a large badge richly set with
diamonds on the breast of the young
officer’s uniform. Going to the lieu
tenant. he inquired with a patronising
air: "Young man. what is that thing
you have there?” “It Is an order, col
onel.” “An order!" exclaimed the vet
eran, with a sneer. "It Is not Prussian,
for I don't recognize It.” “It is an En
glish order." replied the lieutenant.
"Who could have given you such an
order?” "My grandmother, colonel.”
"Your grandmother!” shouted the col
onel, with a laugh. "Pray toll me her
name." "Her Majesty. Victoria, Queen
of England.” The-burly martinet did
not continue the conversation, but
bowed obsequiously to the lieutenant —
who was Prince Albert of Schleswig-
Holstein —and after an awkward pause
retired from the scene. He had not
recognized the prince, and in attempt
ing to chaff him over the display made
of a diamond-studded decoration, had
unconsciously violated royal etiquette
and made himself ridiculous.
Congressman Sprague of Massachus
etts peeded nine large cars to take his
domestic appurtenances to Washing
ton. In one car was the conservatory;
another contained the splendid horses
and their groom, which feed at the
Rame hour and in company; a third
held carriages; a fourth harnesses
and saddles, and the rest various arti
cles for the use of the horses nnd the
congressman. Some of t lie Massa
chusetts papers are criticising tills
wealthy representative and measuring
the distance between such a man and
Daniel Webster.
•There is no gainsaying the opinion
put forth with much directness In a re
cent address by Ex-Senator John J.
Ingalls, as follows: "A man should
be able to read, write and speak Eng
lish before he should be allowed the
privileges of American citizenship."
Starting with such a rule, the problem
cf providing proper naturalization laws
would be considerably simplified.
It is t-ven betting whether Cleveland
will settle down in Princeton and writ*
his memoirs, or take a fishing trip
around the world.
THE TARIFF BILL.
Tin- Mount- Will KpfiHl TfU Hour* w «Ihj
L'poii It.
Washington. March IM.—'The pr**-
gram of the tariff debate, which opens
in the House to-morrow, is simple, but
arduous. The House will sit from ten
o'clock in the morning until eleven
o'clock p. in.. Willi a recess from five
until eight each day for dinner. Tin*
general debate will dose Thursday
night. "Beginning Friday the bill will
be read for amendment under tlie five
minute rule until three o'clock on the
following Wednesday, March 31st.
when the bill and pending amend
ments will Is* voted u|Min. The com
mittee on ways and means, by the
terms of the special order under which
the House will op-rate. will have the
right of way In the matter of amend
ments and such amendments can at
any time supersede pending amend
ments of individual members, a pro
vision made to give tie*'committee the
fullest power to perfect their bill.
The Semite will devote the major
portion of the week to the considera
tion of the Anglo-American arbitration
treaty. If the appropriation bills,
which have passed tin* House as they
were agreed upon in the last session,
should be reported to tin* Senate, they
will probably receive prompt atten
tion.
After Will Wood Now.
Cincinnati. March 22.—There Is to lx
another chapter in the history of the
murder of IVarl Bryan. Since the ex
ecution of Scott Jackson and Alonzo
Walling, the friends of the men have
determined to prosecute William
Wood, a cousin of Pearl Bryan, who
was charged by Jackson with her se
duction and getting Jackson and Wall
ing to help him out of trouble. Among
the effects of the dead men are letters
from Wood asking Jackson for medi
cine and 'Afterward to arrange for an
a Isn't if »n. These letters have l>een
turned over to Postal Inspector Sal
mon. who presented them to the dis
trict attorney at Indianapolis for use
before the federal grand jury for the
purpose of indicting ami trying Wood
for such use of the mails. Wood was
indicted over a year ago on the charge
of abetting an abortion. Wood lias
not been at bis home In Greencnstle.
Indiana, for mouths nnd his present
whereabouts are unknown. It is pro
posed to get the secret service of the
government after him.
Fouler For Tu rkry.
Washington, March 20. Although
ox-Secretary John W. Foster declines
to discuss the subject, it is believed
that tio- President has tendered him
the Turkish mission, which, next to the
Havana consulate, is the most import
ant diplomatic post under the govern
ment at present. It is known that the
President has been looking for a man
of diplomatic skill and experience for
tin* Turkish legation, and has bad sev
eral persons under consideration.
It would Is- perfectly natural for the
President to semi Mr. Foster to Tur
key. and It would he natural for Mr.
Foster to accept a duty so important,
and one for which lie is so well qual
ified. He would not only be satisfac
tory to tli* missionary people, who ar**
more interested than any other citizens
in the appointment of a minister to
Turkey, but in* would be a persona
grata to the Sultan.
.\h|>i-ii Tliiipn Seized.
Aspen. Colo.. March 2*».—(Special.i-
Tlie Aspen Times. State Senator B.
Clark Wheeler's paper, was eized by
the sheriff to-night. Its seizure was
made under an overdue mortgage for
s4.s<>o. and which was transferred by
the original owner. B. L. Olson, some
months ago to Ids brother Ixmis. of
Ftali. Tlie total due on tin; mortgage,
witli interest, is $5,300. Wheeler' se
cured an injunction in Denver on Fri
day. hut was unaware of the owner
ship of the mortgage, and as tin* in
junction did mu reach L. L. Olson, that
individual ordered foreclosure this
evening. Shortly after midnight
Wheeler gave ail indemnifying lioud
for $10,500 and tin* plant was releas d.
Condition of ih«- >ll»>iUiil|>pl.
Memphis. Tenn.. March 21.—'To
night. for the first time In many weeks,
tli - Mississippi river is reported falling
at Memphis, the gauge reading thirty
seven feet against thirty-seven ami
om*-tenfli at seven o’clock tills morn
ing. Several breaks in tin* levee
are known to have occurred be
tween Osceola. Arkansas, and Mem
phis. and the fall of the river here is
attributed to these crevasses. Tie
break at Sans Solid is rising and the
mad rush of tin* waters through the
opening can be beard for miles. Three
additional breaks, all near Sans Souci
are reported to-day and the suffering
of tlie people ill eastern Arkansas will
surely be greatly intensified.
Appropriation Itlllx I’anxed.
Washington. March 2!. —Tlie House
yesterday pushed through the two re
maining "left over" appropriation bills
the agricultural bill, carrying $3,182.
!»02. and tlie Indian bill, carrying $7.
1570.220.
Tlie sentiment of the House against
the provision in tlie Indian hill open
ing to entry, under the mining laws
tin* lands in tlie Fucoinpahgre reser
vation in Utah containing gilsonite oi
asphalt urn deposits, which was Insert
ed in the hill by tin* Senate, was that
it was stricken out by unanimous coll
sent.
Hilled Four Pornoim.
Richmond. Mo.. March 21.- A trage
dy resulting in the death of five mem
bers of on • family is reported from Or
rick, a small village tlirty-tive miles
southwest of here. B. Rainwater, a
farmer, shot ami killed his wife, ids
motlier-In-law. Mrs. William Artm.an:
ids hrotlier-in-law. John Thurman, and
bis little stepdaughter. Ethel Gentry.
Then, after so nearly exterminating a
whole family, the murderer blew off
the fop of his own head, dying instant
ly. Rainwater was thought to lie jeal
ous of Ills wife.
•litckHon mid W iilllng llump-d.
Newport. Ky.. March 20. The mur
der of I‘earl Bryan, t'otirte n months
ago. was avenged to-day by a double
banging. Scott Jackson and Alonzo
M. Wailing were executed at 11:41 a.
in., from tin* same scaffold. There
was a double trap, hut only on*? lever,
and when Sheriff I'lummer pulled the
lever both dropped the same instant.
Walling, however, lingered a moment
longer than Jackson. The neck of nei
ther one was broken, and both strug
gled bard in the pr«»e ss of strangula
tion.
Tin* Turkish Army Inferior.
New York. March 22. A copyrighted
dispatch to the i’ress from I.arissa.
Thessaly, says a careful examination
of tlie Turkish army, made with spe
cial facilities for accuracy, justifies the
statement that the m it are dirty, rag
ged and ill-fed, and that they are
demoralizt-d by the spirit of dlscon
tei't. as suejt conditions invariably
create. <'< ntrary to the general belief,
they are inferior to the Greeks In num
bers.
THE LEGISLATURE.
WrUm-ndK)’, Murrli 17th.
Senate.—The report of the bribery
charges in connection with tlie Sylvan-
Ite county bill was taken up in connec
tion witli the report of the special in
vestigation committee. A motion to
adopt the report of tin* committee cen
suring tlie Rocky Mountain News was
carried by a vote of 24 to 8.
Senator Taylor’s resolution, setting
aside two days of tlie present week
and two days of tin* coining week for
the consideration of House bills now in
the Senate brought on a long dispute.
The resolution was filially killed in
favor of a similar lioujr- resolution. In
troduced by Mr. Hart, which had been
passed by the lower branch, and this
substitute resolution was adopted. By
it Thursday and Friday of this week
will lie devoted by each house -to the
consideration of bills of tlie other
house, which have passed the body in
which they originated.
At tlie evening session of the Senate
Evans’ salary hill, which lias been be
fore the Senate a dozen times and til
ways resulted in a row. was taken up
for' third reading. The bill provides
for reductions in tin* salaries of dis
trict attorneys, deputies, clerks of Dis
trict Courts, county judges, sheriffs,
assessors and superintendents of
schools.
Senator McNeely was opposed to the
bill and Senator Kennedy attempted to
have it re-referred to the Senate for
second rending, but the motion was
1.-st. He then received unanimous con
sent to change the salaries of county
fudges in counties of the second class
from $3,000 to $4,000.
Tims amended the bill passed third
reading.
House.—The following bills passed
third reading:
By Mr. Shumate-, regarding unex
pended balances of the State fund and
providing that such balances shall be
turned into the general fund.
By Mr. Stewart, relative to the gov
ernment of the School nf Mines nnd re
quiring the president of the school to
reside in Golden.
By Mr. Sechrist. permitting cities to
levy annually by ordinance a frontage
tax on till property on water mains in
towns having and owning water
works, for the purpose of building and
maintaining ditches and for planting
and earing for shade trees, and pro
viding that such tax shall not exceed
three cents per front foot annually.
By 11 tune Lewis, prohibiting surety
companies engaged in the business of
guaranteeing bonds or securing per
sons unless such companies shall have
complied with tlie requirements of the
insurance department of the State and
unless they shall have a capital of at
least SIOO,OOO fully paid tip.
By Mr. Elirhart. giving the Board of
County Commissioners of such coun
ties wherein public reservoirs are lo
cated full charge of such reservoirs
and supervision of the distribution of
tli** waters.
By Mr. Roe. providing that county
treasurers shall not advertise and sell
as delinquent tax property any lots or
lands, the tax sale of which is held by
the county.
By Mr. Cooke, authorizing tlie incor
poration of co-operative societies, com
panies. exchanges nnd colonies in the
same manner as business enterprises
are incorporated by the present laws
regulating corporations.
Thursday, March lKth.
Senate.—Tlie adverse report of the fi
nance committee on Senator Felton’s
1 >lll making an appropriation to relieve
the Benedictine Sisters was rejected,
and a minority report referring the 1 till
to the Senate was adopted. The bill
called for $5,000 for the completion of
the school building of the Benedictine
Sisters at Canon City and to reimburse
the sisters for money advanced.
Under the resolution adopted by the
Semite on Wednesday the afternoon
session was devoted to the considera
tion of House hills.
Tlie first Dill taken up on second
reading was by Mr. Jester, in relation
to sales on credit. Tlie bill provides
tlint tlu* selling of goods or merchan
dise with intent to cheat or defraud
the seller or vendor, shall in* a misde
meanor punishable by fine and impris
onment.
A bill by A. It. Lewis, prohibiting
tin* sale of morphine in any form, ex
cept upon the prescription of a physi
cian or surgeon, was amended so .-is
to permit the sale of the drug to den
tists and passed.
By Mr. Bucklln, providing for the ap
pointment by tie- commissioners of
each county of a horticulturist inspec
tor for tlie purpose of looking after and
protecting the horticultural interests
of the country, for which lie is appoint
ed. passed second reading. The bill
provides for the inspection of trees
and plants imported into the State and
gives inspectors authority to establish
quarantine regulations governing trees
and plants. An amendment, prohibit
ing tin* spraying of trees with sub
stances injurious to bees, was incor
porated in tin* bill.
A bill by Mr. Elirhart. governing the
leasing and distribution of .waters
stored in the Boss Lake reservoir in
Chaffee county, was discussed. The
bill provides for tin* leasing by the
Stati* to Chaffee county of tin* reser
voir for fifty years. Amended so as
to relieve the State from liability for
damages by breaking or Hoods, the bill
passed.
A bill by Mr. Roe. making Mineral
county a part of Normal Institute Dis
trict No. 10. passed second reading.
House.—Tlie following bills were
passed In tlie House and sent to tin*
Senate:
By Mr. Nieol, giving school boards
power to employ and discharge teach
ers. fix wages, determine rate of tui
tion of non-resident pupils and fix com
pensation of secretary and the regula
tion of school buildings nnd other min
or regulations governing schools.
By James A. Park, constituting it a
misdemeanor for any agent or repre
sentative of any corporation to
wilfully make or cause to be made
a false statement in writing to
the ottteers of any corporation,
with intent to defraud or make n
false entry in any book or statement
of the wages due or owing to any em
ploye.
By Hume Lewis, providing for the
construction of local Improvements in
cities of tin* first class and regulating
the* issuance of bonds and the assess
ment of property for the payment of
costs of such improvements.
By Mr. Ilelbig, making it a felony to
burn or attempt to burn insured prop
erty or to defraud or prejudice insurers
or insurance companies.
By Mr. Nieol. making it a misde
meanor to manufacture or sell sugar
products from adulterated or substi
tuted Ingredients.
Senator Painter's bill, requiring all
legal notices to be published in papers
having a general circulation in the
county by which such advertising is
done and defining suitable weeklies as
those which have? been published con
secutively for fifty-two weeks and dail
ies as those which have been pub
lished for six months consecutively,
passed on second reading.
Senator Gayinond’s pawnbroker bill
passed second reading without amend
ment.
Friday, Starch lOth.
Senate. —Senator Moody's bill to le
galize the practice of osteopathy
passed third reading. The discussion
on the hill occupied nearly all of the
forenoon.
Senator MeNeely offered a resolution
referring Mr. Anderson’s anti-scrip
Dili, which has already passed the
House, to tli«* Supreme ('••urt f"r an
opinion as to the constitutionality.
Adopted.
The following bills passed third
reading and were sent t<» tli" House:
By Senator Taylor, concerning the
compiling, indexing and publication of
the journals of tin* House and Senate.
By Senator Bromley, concerning
damages sustained by employes, and
is what is known as the employers'
liability act.
By Senator Reuter, relating to ne
gotiable instruments, defining the legal
status and force of the same, and
making rules for the collection and
payment of same.
By Senator Reuter, regulating the
manner in which appropriations shall
l*e paid in ease the revenues of the
State are insufficient to meet all ap
propriations made by tlie General As
sembly. Tlie order of paying appro
priations by this Dill Is as follows:
First—the ordinary expenses of the
legislative, executive and judicial de
partments of the State government
shall first lv* paid in full.
Second—Appropriations f<>r all in
stitutions. such as the penitentiary,
insane asylum, industrial school and
tin* Ilk**, wherein the Inmates are con
fined involuntarily, shall be paid next.
Third—Appropriations for education
al and charitable institutions.
Fourth—Appropriations for any oth
er officer or officers, bureaus and
boards, to be paid pro rata, if there
be not sufficient funds to pay in full.
Fifth—All other appropriations made
pro rata out of the general fund shall
next be paid from till revenues avail
aid** to meet such appropriations.
A motion to hold night sessions was
defeated.
House.—The following bills passed
third reading and were sent to the
Senate:
By Mr. Lawrence, concerning tlie
fish hatcheries of the State and appro
priating SB,OOO for the Denver hatch
ery. $5.000 for the Gunnison hatchery
and $450 for the La I’lata hatchery,
which is to be discontinued after May
Ist. Provisions were also made for
tin* sale of the Twin Lake hatchery.
By Senator Evans, providing 'for
quarantine and regulations to prevent
tlie spread of contagious and infec
tious diseases.
By Mr. IlomfeUl. changing tlie lxmn
dary lines of water districts 35 and til
and to establish water district Git.
By Mr. <'reswell, for the protection
of liotel and boarding house keepers,
and limiting the amount of property
for which they may Ik* held liable t*«>
SSOO when such property is deposited
in a snf«* for the purpose. The liabil
ity for loss of property when left in
rooms of guests is limit ed to SIOO.
By Mr. Lewis, providing for tin* tak
ing of appeals and writs of errors to
the Supreme Court and Court of Ap
peals by municipal corporations with
out tit** giving of official appeal Ikukls
generally required on taking appeals.
By Mr. Jenkins, regulating the man
agement and organization of building
atnl loan associations and savings so
cieties and relieving tin* aggregation of
the savings of laborers and mechanics
from taxation, and societies which are
declared t«» la* benevolent in purpose.
By Mr. Crowder, creating a depart
ment of fish, forestry and game, to be
presided over by a commission to be
appointed by tli.' governor, and mak
ing various laws for tin* care of the
game interests of the State.
Sutunlay. Murrli goth.
Senate—After some obstructive mo
tions to prevent it. the Senate agreed
to net upon House Dills and several
were considered in committee of the
whole.
The afternoon session was taken up
with a discussion of Senator Bromley’s
salary bill, providing for reductions in
tit** number and salaries of tin* state
officers and employes. Only a portion
•if tli** bill lias tints far been considered
by tit** Senate and several changes in
it as originally printed have been
made. Adjournment was taken while
tin* bill was under discussion.
I louse —ll was found necessary to
adopt resolutions warning the pages
and some other employes that they
would be discharged if they did not
behave better ami attend to their du
ties.
Tin* 'following bills were passed on
third r**n*ling:
By Mr. Ilomlicld. giving police pow
ers to water commissioners in order to
better protect the rights of water con
sumers and fixing the pay of water
commissioners mul their assistants.
By Mr. Cresw.-11. fixing tlie fee to lx.*
paid by counties for legal advertising
• •!' such notices as are required under
tlie laws to be published. By the bill
the fee for legal advertising Is made
t u cents a line for tlie first insertion
ami seven cents a line for each subse
quent insertion.
By Mr. Jones, regulating tin* weigh
ing of coal at coal mines and requiring
all coal to lx* weighed when it is
brought from the mine before it is
screened and providing that 2.000
IKUinds shill, constitute a ton. By this
Dill tin* mine owner is required to pay
the miner at the fixed price a ton to lie
weighed under the above conditions.
At two o'clock Mr. Hart's Dill provid
ing for tlie removal of tlx* Soldiers’
and Sailors’ Horn*? from Monte
Vista to Fort Lyon was taken up un
der special order. The Dill was rec
ommended to tlx* House for passage
by tit** special committee of old sol
diers to which it liad been referred.
The amendment appropriating $22.-
000 to reimburse the citizens of Monte
Vista was killed and the Dill passed
second reading without amendment
and by a large majority.
Mr. Hart's Dill provides that immedi
ately upon its final passage the
grounds of tlx* Fort Lyon reservation
-hall lx* pur into condition for file re
moval of the le,me from Monte Vista
and that all tin* property belonging to
the state now in use at tlx* present
home shall forthwith be removed to
tlx* new site. By its terms tlx* govern
ment of tin* home is placed in charge
of a commission of five persons, citi
zens of the state, jo lx- appointed by
j tix* governor by and with tlx* advice
; and consent . f tlx* Senate. Tlx* com
mander of the Grand Army of the Re
public of lids division shall, when si
resident of tlx* state, lx* a member <*x
• tlieio of tin* Board of <'ommissloners.
No compensation is to be paid the
members of tlx* commission, nnd each
shall lx* required t«. give a bond in tlx*
amount of $-1.000 fm* the faithful per
formance of his duties. Tlx* state
treasurer shall hold all money appro
priated by the state or received from
the general government and shall pay
tlx* same out on warrant of tlx* audi
tor. Tlx* bill carries witli it an appro
priation of $15.4i00 for tlx* necessary
improvements to lx* made to tin* new
home and further appropriations of
$30.000 for tlx* maintenance of tlx* in
stitution during tlie year ist)7 and a
i'k* ouut for isos are carried by
tlie bill.
WASHINGTON GOSSIP.
ITEMS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT.
The New Tariff ltill of llenellt Chiefly to
to the Manufacturers— l“en*onal Note*.
Washington, March IS.—The corres
pondent of the Chicago Record writes
his paper as follows:
Senator Mason says that President
McKinley is the nicest man he ever
knew, anti that he can deny a request
so pleasantly and graciously that you
are glad he did not grant it. Every
body speaks of the President’s great
good nature. He has not lost his
temper once, so far as I can learn. He
smiles and keeps silent unless he has
something particular to say.
The men who were nominated to
otlice by President Cleveland toward
the end of his term, and were not con
firmed by the Senate will not be re
appointed unless there are special
reasons for so doing. They were se
lected by President Cleveland, and
were Democrats. President McKinley
prefers to make his own elitfice, and
will appoint none but Republicans.
The tarifi’ Dill is not popular except
with a few members, whose constit
uents are interested In securing tlie
highest degree of protection. It is the
same old thing. The rates have been
fixed to satisfy the clamor of the man
ufacturers without considering the in
terests of the counsumer, and. al
though the duties on agricultural
products have been increased in a cor
responding degree to mollify the
farmers, they will not be satisfied.
Representatives of doubtful districts
remember tin* tidal wave of ’!)2 and
distrust the consequences of adpoting
this measure. The more it is ex
amined the worse it seems. With tin*
exception <>f a few schedules the rates
are quite as high as and in some eases
they arc* higher than the McKinley
law of lSbo. and the arguments and
objections that applied to that meas
ure apply with even greater force to
this. The committee started out to
make a revenue bill in which the dut
ies were to be as moderate as those of
the existing law. except in a few
cases where that did injustice. But it
has gone back t<> high protection rates
without regard to their unpopularity
and unmindful of tin* fact that they
have been twice repudiated by the
people.
The reciprocity in the tariff bill is a
humbug. It will be impossible for
the secretary of state to negotiate a
treaty of consequence with any nation
upon tlu* basis presented there. Im
agine Horace* I'orter, our ambassador
to Paris, walking up to the President
of tlie French republic and asking
him to make a treaty exchanging gin
ger ale and chieklc for our Hour.
There* is no use* of asking a foreign
government to make* a treaty of re*ei
procity unless we* offer something it
wants, something that will be for its
advantage, or is demanded by the in
terests of its people, and there is ne»t
a government on earth that would not
laugh at every item proposed in Mr.
Dingle*y's bill. Ii Is one of the advant
ages aiid benefits of reciprocity that
by its application the people of the
United States may receive articles
that they need at low rates of duty.
If customs concessions are to be made
at all. they must be such as will bene
fit both parties to the agreement.
There is only one black man in the
House of Representatives, and his
name is White.
Mr. Palmer, tin* grand chamberlain
attached to the court of her gracious
majesty. Queen Liliuokalani. who is
now sojourning at tlu* Cairo hotel, con
tinues to address notes to tlu* Presi
dent’s secretary asking for an inter
view, but gets no satisfaction. Mr.
Palmer and her majesty have both
been informed that site will have to
take her turn with tlu* other callers,
but that does not seem to satisfy them.
Senator Tillman says: "I do not an
ticipate anything from this adminis
tration except an increase of taxation.
The Republican party is divided on
every other question.”
The secretary of the Senate raised a
laugh to-day when lie read a pension
bill: “For the relief of William J.
Bryan.”
There are 1 -IS new men in the pres
ent congress, which is an unusually
large percentage. these sixteen
have formerly served. The remaining
132 have never been in Congress be
fore.
"Silver Dick" Bland of Missouri
came back to Congress to-day to re
new his fight for silver, and was the
most conspicuous of all the newly
elected members of the house, except
the venerable Mr. Holman of Indiana,
who lias also been returned by his i>a
tient constituency. Both of them have
been prominent figures in the past.
Botli have hobbies, and have come
back to ride them. Mr. Bland says he
will renew liis fight for silver to-mor
row morning, or as soon as ho gets an
opportunity, while Mr. Ilolman will
look after tin* economies, so far as his
Influence goes.
The Hon. Ki Gudger of Buncombe
county. North Carolina, is a candidate
for minister to Brazil, and Senator
Pritchard, wlu* indorses him. says that
notwithstanding his extraordinary
name, he possesses all the qualifica
tions desired for a diplomatist.
Secretary Wilson lias asked the pres
ident to select for consulates in the ag
ricultural districts of the world men
who are familiar with that science, so
that tlu* government may obtain intel
ligent and valuable reports of the pro
gress and improved methods intro
duced there for the benefit of Ameri
can farmers.
Tlie President’s pot idea of a com
mission of practical men to revise tin*
currency system of tlie United States
and prepare a Dill for presentation at
the next session of Congress does not
meet with much encouragement at the
capitol. The senators and representa
tives who ltave made a study of finan
cial problems consider themselves
quite as competent to prepare such a
measure as any outsider the President
can select, and unless both Mouses of
Congress are represented in such an
organization its recommendation will
have little weight.
Thousand Student* Arrested.
London. March IS. A dispatcli to the
London Times from Sr. Petersburg
says that over a thousand students of
the university and other institutions
have been arrested at tin* very doors
of tlie Cathedral of our Lady of Ka
san. They were endeavoring to attend
prayers said for tin* soul <>f a girl stu
dent named Vitroff. who. it is alleged,
set fin* to her blanket and burned her
self to deatli in her prison cell to escape
the insults and violence of a prison of
ficial. Sin* had been imprisoned since
December on the charge of being a po
litical agitator.
Crete Blockaded.
London. March 18.—A dispatch to the
Times from Athens states that a strict
blockade of Crete was begun yester
day (Wednesday). Apparently there
will be no blockade of Greek ports for
some time to come. Tin* insurgents in
Crete are building fortifications at va
rious strategic points, under the direc
tion of Greek officers.
RUSH OF IMPORTS.
' Merchant* Trying to Get Ahead of tin
New Tariff I-»tw.
Washington. March 111. —Tlie Repub
lican members of the ways and means
committee are now trying to devise
some means to prevent further inii>or
tution of foreign merchandise under
the present rates of duty. 'The in
creased items in the new I dll are so
many and so great that it Is feared
the importing merchants will bring In
their supplies for a long time in ad
vance. before the law goes into effect,
and that will cut <»ff the revenue
which is required and expected for the
next fiscal year. Reports from the
New York custom house show that tin
merchants having goods in lxmd arc
withdrawing them for fear tlie bill
may be made retroactive. The re
ceipts for customs in that city during
the last few days have been larger
than ever before. The usual average
x*f collections at New York is about
$500,000 a day. The Increase suddenly
began last Friday, when the amount
covered Into the treasury was SI)OS.-
410: Saturday. Monday
$2,077,034; Tuesday. $3,052,015. The
total receipts for March thus far have
been $12,127,000. which is larger by
several millions than for a like period
for many years. This Dig influx ol
customs money will wipe out tin
usual deficit for the month, and foi
the first time since tin* Wilson bill was
passed show an excess of receipts over
disbursements. Tlie largest with
drawals have been sugar, tobacco ami
wool, but there lias been an enormous'
amount of general merchandise taker
out. and it Is known that New York
importers are sending large telegraph
ic orders to their agents and manufac
turers In Europe for immediate ship
ment in anticipation of the early pass
age of the new tariff bill. Various
plans for preventing tlie importation
of goods previous to the passage ol
the new law have been proposed, bui
none of them are likely to be made ust
of. as tlie Senate would not rush anj
such measure through.
JAPANESE INVASION OF HAWAI
I.orrin A. Thurston Give* Ills t Irws on tin
Subject.
Washington. D. C., March 20.—Lor
riu A. Thurston, ex-minister of Hawaii
to this country, now president of tin
Annexation Club, of Honolulu, and
here in the interests of that organ iza
tion. gave out. in an interview to-daj
regarding the news from San Francis
co that rlie Hawaiian government, it:
refusing to allow 537 Japanese labor
ers to land in Honolulu, believed it
had unearthed an attempt to import
Japanese into Hawaii in violation ol
tlie iniinigva tion laws. He character
I zed tlie subject ns one of the gravest
now confronting the Hawaiian govern
ment. He said:
"Four or tirl* Immigration companicf
have been formed in Japan, headed bj
leading officials, including tlie present
Japanese minister at Washington, anc
they have tlie past year been bringing
in large numbers of free Japanese ini
migrants to Hawaii. There are five
lines of steamers between Ilonoluli
and Japan, making monthly trips, and
every steamer brings from 250 tt
750 Japanese, thus turned loose or
the community without any knowl
edge of governmental check. It is :
serious question whether this inpour
ing of men. almost unaccompanied b\
women, will not soon create a large
class of men unemployed and without
means. The Hawaiian government
adopted measures to meet such con
tingcncies, but they have been evaded
DEFEATED BY A WOMAN.
A I.ove Affair Figure* In a Primary Elec
tion.
Kansas City, March 10.—It. L. Short
city clerk of Kansas City. Kansas
who was a candidate before the Re
publican primary* election for mayoi
of that city, lias been beaten in tlu
race on account of a love affair. A1
though Short was a favorite, the nom
illation went to Robert L. Marslinian
a real estate man. Short’s defeat U
laid to Miss Sadie Parsons, whom lit
had jilted after a courtship of twelve
years.
Short and Miss Parsons, it is a I
leged, by the Star this evening, had
set the date for their wedding, and
two days inter lie quietly married t
widow. Miss Parsons made campaigt
material of tlie affair, and so thorough
ly did she work up the light that 1—(
of her women teacher friends a lout
voted solidly against Short. Never it
tlie history of Kansas City. Kansas
have the women shown such intense
interest In an election. Tlie whole
feminine population was aroused and
many women went about in hacks and
literally hauled otliei* women to the
polls and urged them to vote against
Short. With the male suffragists
Short had been a favorite, for as a cite
clerk he had proven a very efficient
public officer. Kansas City is Repub
lican in government and tlie nomina
tion practically amounts to an elec
tion.
THE MISSISSIPPI FLOOD.
A Woman anil Four Children I)ronnc<
Near Memphis.
.Memphis, Tonn.. March 18.—To-night
the great flood claims five more vic
tims. Near Marion, Arkansas, Etta
Lix and her four children were trying
to make their way to MariGn for shel
ter, and while attempting to cross a
railroad trestle the strong current over
whelmed tlu* party and ail perished.
The oldest child was a girl aged six
teen, and the youngest an infant ot
eight months. The river is still rising
at Memphis and the indications sin
that it will continue to do so for sonu
time to come. The river to-nigli!
stands sit 3(3.1) feet, a rise since morn
ing of one-tenth.
The river may rise still higher, sn
heavy rains continue almost constant
ly in tin* Mississippi and Ohio valleys
The work of rescue and relief goes
forward with unabated zeal. Four oi
five rescue steamers arrived lien-,
bringing several hundred refugees
nearly all of whom were destitute, ti
lie eared for by tlu* charity of Mem
phis people. Tlie relief committee has
its bunds full.
Mayor I’lngree Ousted.
lonising. Mich., March 11). Gov. Ha
zeii S. Pingree is ousted from the of
fice of mayor of Detroit. Such is the
mandate of tlu* Michigan Suprenu
Court, which orders a special election
for mayor on April 5. The decision
which was unanimous, was handed
down at 5:30 p. m. to-day.
Tiie court, in substance, states that
the holding of two such offices ns in
conflict with tlie State constitution and
that the offices are incompatible umlet
tlie common law.
Water Still Rising.
Memphis. Tonn.. March 10.—Two ne
groes lost their lives to-day as a result
of the great flood which engulfs hun
dreds of .acres of land in tlu* Arkaustu
bottoms. Tlu* two men were drowned
in Fifteen Mile bayou, near Marion
Arkansas. There is no cessation In tin
rise of tlu* river, and to-night tlu
gauge registers 37.2. a rise of one
tenth sin e the morning report.
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