The Springfield herald., July 09, 1897, Image 2

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THE HERALD.
SPRING FIELD, - COLORADO.
Johnson, the Logan sport, bank wreck
er, got ten years, which means seven.
Lucky for Johnson that he didn’t steal
a horse instead of $500,000.
It has been telegraphed all over the
country from Washington that the
government still owes Grover Cleve
land one cent. Why don’t it pay tip
and shut up?
/ More than'20,‘000 tons of food for the
starving millions of India have been
contributed by philanthropic people
ot this country, but much disappoint
ment is felt on finding that the United
States government Is absolutely un
able to furnish the means for trans
porting their beneficence to the
orient.
The young Khedive is described hi a
letter from Cairo as not In the least
distinguished-looking. He has a baby
complexion, of pink and white, a good
natured, shy, sleepy expression, and
walks with a sailor roll. "His double
chin and hanging cheekq and the
plumpness Of his soft, white hands re
mind one of Dickens’ fat boy.” The
Khedive's only legal wife is a former
slave girl of his mother —the girl’s bus
iness having been to stand at the door
and remove the wraps of ladies on re
ception day.
- No detective story emanating from
the brain of an accomplished novelist
has been more curious or interesting
than the tracing of the identity of a
woman suicide in New York the other
day, merely by the torn corner of
the telegram slip, on which the num
ber of the telegram and the check
letters of the operators alone remain
ed. Neither date, locality nor address
were left—only the number 59 and the
U tters. Hut in twenty-four hours the
identity of the woman was establish
, cd beyond a doubt. This is one of the
cases in which truth is almost as re
markable as fiction.
A foreign exchange says: "Australia
at present is saiely tried by a drought,
and that the trouble is serious may be
inferred from the great activity of the
church in making propitiatory appeals
and the proclaiming of days of prayci
for rain by the governments. In
Western Australia the greatest suffer
ing is experienced. Within ninety
miles of the coast all the timber, with
the exception of river gums, has en
tirely dried out. From Ashburton to
Gascoyne, should the drought continue
much longer, all the stock, it is ex
pected. will p>rith. The last summer
rain that fell there was in February.
1892, and. with the exception of a fair
fall of six inches in the winter of 1894.
only enough rain has fallen in that
district to keep the stock alive, al
though inland stations had no reason
to complain.”
Stephen Girard, the infidel million
aire of Philadelphia, to whom a statue
was dedicated last week, one Saturday
ordere 1 all his clerks to come on the
morrow to his wharf and help unload
a newly arrived ship. One young man
icplied quietly: "Mr. Girard, I can't
work on Sunday.” "You know our
rules?" "Yes. I know. I have a
mother to support, but I can’t w ; ork oa
Sundays.” "Well, step up to the
desk and the cashier will settle with
you.” For three weeks the young
man could find no work, but one day
a banker came to Girard to ask if he
cculd recommend a man for cashier
in a now bank. This discharged
young man was at once named as a suit
able person. "But,” said the banker,
"you dismissed him." "Yes, because
he woujd not work on Sundays. A
man who would lose his place for
conscience’s sake would make a trust
worthy cashier." And he was ap
pointed.
The Mark Lane Express, in its week
ly review of the British crop situation,
says: We are unable to share the view
that the wheat is making seasonable
- progress. It is not thick, and the
growth since Easter has been extreme
ly slow, but last summer’s warmth is
still in the ground, and the autumn
store of moisture beneath the soil
should protect us from absolute dis
aster. Thus the outlook is for a
.mediocre yiel$ of 27 to 28 bu. A hot,
dry June may improve the plant, but
we do i ot believe a’ full'average cab
now be obtained, even under the most
favorable circumstances. In the course
of the survey of the wheat situation oi
continental Europe the Mark Lane Ex
press says: In France the Weather has
not been favorable. Even the minister
of agriculture’s good report of the
wheat only argues for a yield of 37.-
qrs. Ieaving-G.000,000 qrs. to be
imported. The Prussian and Polish
wheat is promising, but cold rains in
Austria have - reduced fine prospects.
Russian reports are mostly encourag
ing. The popularity of American flour
increases.
- An- Austrian- -officer who -has long
been drill-master of t-he Persian army
is nut-one of.the 'decriers of mission
aries and their work. A letter from
Persia dnotes him as saying: "Toll the
church In America that I have seen
the missionaries and have studied
their work. * * * It is-not a hu
man, work; it is an angel work'. They
are -all angel:" The officer’s confidence
iu thesf- messengers of light is greater
than his knowledge of English, says
the -fiMor.cfly crftlfc, but -what better
description than to call the spreading
of glad tidings "angel work?"
The Crow'n Prince . Constantine Is
president of the Greek Archaeological
Soelfl*y. nrhtr ’ h conducts excavations
rich in results. Recent military opera
tions in Greece show, clearly that the
prince fs better at making holes-in the
ground tharf' at making holds in the
enemy’s lines.
Shakespeare provided a motto ~for
everything. That for Victoria-on the
occasion of the jubilee js found ;iir
"Henry VI.:” ‘‘Ho, ‘Salisbury'’ n.nfl
tell them all from me I thank them
for their tender, loVing care. - . .
CHRISTIAN CITIZENSHIP.
•Nil* lonia I I.vßgun Mill'll I'le tam'd at the Bnc
i*t*HH of Their I*l»ii».
Chicago. July 4. -The officers of the
National Christian Citizenship League
the very mueh pleased at the result of
their efforts to sec lire a Fourth of July
eelebrntion along the lines of their plat
form of principles. Their correspond
ence for the past month lias been very
heavy, letters coining from all sec
tions of the country indorsing their
plans and telling of efforts to carry
them out. Edwin 1». Wheeler, the.
president, said io-day:
"The league began its work for a
new Fourth three years ago. The in
terest increased each year, but the re
sults this year are beyond all others.
The South has Joined tile North and the
East fin* Wi'sf In (lie plea for higher'
citizenship, and the application of
Christian patriotism to public affairs.
General C. 11. Howard. I*. S. llensou
and Hon. Ellliu A. Moore prepared the
celebration program carried out in
many towns and villages yesterday
and which will lie carried out in thou
sands more on Monday. Many thou
sands of sermons were preached to
day, and many of the strongest men
among the clery and laity. Catholic as
well as Protestant, furnishing tilling
messages, which were read to the con
gregations. Our correspondence shows
the religious denominations, young peo
ple's organizations, temperance socle
I ties, etc., are strongly Interested in the
movement. Tlie aim of tin* league is to
get all the people together on a com
mon basis of non-partisan demand for
pure government, and the success of
the year shows that we are progress
ing toward that end.”
EXCESSIVE HEAT.
Many I.ivr* T.ont hi *l»e Central Stntr*. I
Chicago. July r>.—-The wave of torrid I
beat under which the central states
sweltered last week showed no abate- |
meat yesterday. From Pittsburg to i
Kansas City and'from Chicago south I
cloudless skies and a biasing sun left a
record of .prostrations and death which
lias seldom been equaled for the early
days of July. Throughout the entire
district the mercury registers! close to
100 in the shade during the day and the
number of prostrations ran into the.
huudreds. In Chicago the mercury reg
istered close to 90 degrees for the great
er part of the day ami there were over
a score of prostrations. At midnight a
severe thunderstorm swept over the
city sending the mercury down several
points and bringing a welcome relief.
Two men were killed by the heat dur
ing the afternoon. Lambert Lad berg, a
carpenter, and Henry Belilin. a team
ster. Several other cases are critical.
William Sullivan, a laborer, dropped
dead in his home in Lowe avenue to- •
night as a result of tlie extreme heat,
making the third heat fatality to-day.
'To-day the weather was slightly
cooler, but nine deaths were reported.
Celebration at Washington.
Washington. July 5.—A patriotic cele
bration \fns held here to-day at the
Grand Opera house under the joint aus
pices of the National Association of
Democratic Clubs and the Democracy
of the District of Columbia and con
tiguous sections. An elaborate program
was gone .through, addresses being
made by some -of the leading Demo
crats in'public life. Patriotic addresses
were delivered by Senator John W.
Daniel of'Virginia and Hon. Joseph C.
Sibley of Pennsylvania. Short speeches
were made by members of Congress
and others representing the original
tidteen states. The Declaration of Inde
pendence was read by Hon. Andrew A.
Lipscomb, as was also the last letter
written by Thomas Jefferson, express
ing regret that he was unable to attend
Independence Day celebration in this
city 71 years ago. Mr. Sibley acted as
chairman of the meeting.
Kiinui Drought Broken.
Kansas City. Mo.. July 4.—The drouth
in.southern aud western Kansas, which
it was feared would result seriously to
crops.Vhas been broken, heavy rains
occurring last night and to-day. On the
Santa Fe'.ihe rain reached to Dodge
City and covered the entire corn belt
In the central west. On the Rock Island.
and Uuioh Pacific thp rains extended to
the western tier-of jrruin counties. Re-,
ports state that the damage to stand- .
Ing wheat has been materially lessened,
and -that corn is safe. The temperature•
in this part of the southwest to-day was
much milder than during the previous
twenty-four, hours. <i» Kansas City it
was ‘J2. No prostrations are reported.
Chlrngo* Hnitil Karr.
Chicago. July 5.—Carl A. Andersoiii*
a seven-minute man. won the Pullman
road race in 40:30.
Charles Lavin. a scratch man. was
first time prize.winner, with unollicial
time of 40:10.
Fred Nelson and Orlando Adams,
scratch men also, were respectively
second ami third time' prize winners.
James Levy, the winner of last year's
"time prize in the. Pullman race, feJf
from ids wheel on the last turn to-dnjv.
breaking his leg.
An Arizona Copper Mine.
The United Verde mine of Arizona _
is producing about 2,000,000 pounds of *
capper per. juuntli. and. according to
C. M. Rolkor, in an interview in the
Salt Lake - Tribune,' will before long
output six times as much. "It is rath-'
er startling.” lie says, "to think of the 1
effect on the price of copper that will
be produced.by such a tremendous in
crease in the supply Tin*' consump
tion will have to be wonderfully in
creased to prevent the price from go
ing down." 'At the rate predicted the
yield from this mine alone would bp
■300,000.000 pound8\-por year. The to
tal production of copper in the United
States, in, 1895-was about 385.000,000
pounds, and in 1-SJXi.470,000,000 pounds!
over half of which went abroad. The
main hope of sustaining prices of cop
per lies in an increase in home con
sumption. Thl f s promises to grow very
fast.
Mi n I lip Not m.
Nearly every train from Spokane,
Washington, for British Columbia,
carries* from loti to 200' passengers for
the mines. . -
Five mjpgets. vqjupd at a total of
£l-,300 / were brought into Baker City,
Oregon, by a.miner hist woej> from the
Gimlbtvilld placers. 1u Graiit county.
Ex-Seuator.S. \V. IJorsey lias organ
ized a eoliipany jrf London to work his
1Menoho mining porpertles. in Sail
Diego doHhfy, California. A 300-stamp
mill is fo be erected.
Of the seventy-seven acts passed by
the Legislature ..of British Columbia'
'at Its las*’ session thirty-seven we tie
connected .wLth'the development of
miningdn the province.
. Since the settlement of tlie Indiojr
troubles by the treaty with the Ya
(plis a mi|tJng boom has sot in through*
’outdhe Sierra Madro mountains in the’
states &r Oljihuahua, Sonora and Dti
q-ango. MCi&lbo.'
TAX ON STOCKS.
Kndlntl Change In the lie venue Feature*
of the Turiff Bill.
Washington. July o.—The provision
for a tax on stock and bond transac
tions in connection with the tariff bill,
which was agreed upon at the caucus
of Republican senators, was suggested
by Senator Lodge of Massachusetts
and grew out of a statement that with
the tea and beer provisions withdrawn
the tariff bill was likely to fall short
to the extent of $ 1 .“,000.000 in provid
ing sufficient revenue to meet the de
mands Of the government. The sug
gestion as made by Mr. Lodge was
thpt a tax of 2 cents per share should
lie levied upon every share of stork
sold at a stork exchange *>r at any
other place and that a similar tax of 2
cents should be collected upon nil
bonds sold on the stork exchange or
elsewhere. The caucus accepted the
suggestion, but decided to leave the
formulation of tlie amendment with
possibly a change of rates to the
finance committee. The finance com
mittee took tin* matter up to-day. but
did not reach a definite conclusion. A
rough estimate places the amount of
revenue the provision will furnish at
$7,000,000.
The caucus not only decided not to
impose tlie extra tax on beer, but it
also, at the suggestion of Senator
Pritchard, receded from the proposed
changes on manufactured tobacco, in
cluding smoking tobacco, leaving in
tli<‘ provisions regarding cigars and ci
garettes In the internal revenue feat
ure of the bill. A decision’ was
readied to make the rate on cigarettes
double the proposed rate by the
finance committee or 82 per thousand
on those weighing loss than three
pounds per thousand and Increasing
the rate for those of larger size.
Senator Elkins, seconded Senator
Lodge’s efforts in behalf of the tax.
making a vigorous speech.
CHILD FALLS FROM A BALLOON.
Vai Carried up One Thousand Foot by
Holding to u tiny Rope.
San Francisco. July s.—Bertram
Hill, the 15-yoar-old soil of Uliaunooy
I-lill, an architect, was the victim of a
sensational balloon accident to-day.
In company with Miss Olney,.daugh
ter of his guardian, ho went to Blair’s
park, near Oakland, to witness a hot
air balloon ascension by Charles Cuu
lnn of tlie Acme Athletic club.
When the balloon shot into the air.
the child clung to one of tlie guy j
ropes and was carried aloft. The ■
aeronaut heard the shouts of the poo- I
pie not to cut loose ids parachute aiul
obeyed, not knowing the reason.
When a thousand or more feet in
the air lie heard tlie* boy’s cries aiul
saw a cap come fluttering down. He
called out to his unseen companion to
hold on rind made every effort to save
him, but in vain, for soou the child’s
body shot by him and was crushed out
of shape when it struck the earth.
•liapauriac Make Trouble In Honolulu.
Vancouver. B. C., July s.—The latest
mail advices from Honolulu say that
Miss Nellie West, an American lady,
was severely beaten by two Japanese
marines from tlie warship Naulwa one
evening recently, while trying to as
sist her brother, who had been set
upon by a number of men-of-warsmen
from the Japanese navy. She was
confined to her bed next morning and
unable to appear against her assail
ants iu the I’ollce court. who*e they
were charged with assault and bat
tery.
Feeling here runs high over the mat
ter. A well-known business man
knocked down three Naulwa sailors on
the street the following morning in
consequence, while American blue
jackets went hunting for- tlie ring
lenders of the Japanese who made the
assault. One who was pointed out to
them as (icing guilty was so severely
beaten by them that his life ji6w de
pends ou the result ol a delicate opera-'
ticn.
. Natural Uai on Five,
Anderson. Ind., July s.—A' stranger
with a lighted cigar gave Madison
county probably the most extensive
Fourth of July display In Its history.
The Tremont Oil Company, drilling
north of this city, ii'ad Just opened a
’ mammoth reservoir when he appeared
.with his .lighted cigar. The gas ig
nited. The flames shot forty feet into
.the air ami could be heard for miles.
The’ derrick was burned In a minute.
There were no valves on tlie casing
and there Is no way to shut off. the gas.
-All’ methods known, except the cannon
snuffing, have been tried, but the pres
‘ stife Is, too great.
Tho'crihti’on will be used to-morrow.
A ball will be fired across the casing.
It will blow out instantly. This is
only used in extreme cases.
The outfit is gone and much adjacent
: property is damaged. Great crowds
are visiting the burning well. It is
the first one that has got loose for
years. _
Fireworks all Exploded.
- Macon. Mo., July s.—'There was a dis
astrous ending to the'Fourth, of July
celebration, at Ethel in this, Macon
county. A misdirected Roman candle
•struck an immense package of .explo
sives which shot off Jn the midst- of a
big crowd attending tlie festivities..
Horses red red and plunged and tore
.through tlie’.crbwd, knocking people
down right aiul left, women fainted
and pandemonium reigned. A number
were struck by the promiscuously Hy
ing fireworks and wounds of various
character Inflicted, and -a Miss King
was lilt in the .thigh by a sky rocket,
which tore its way through tlie limb,
inflicting a frightful and probably fatal
wound-....
Sli«* Fear* Hydrophobia.
. Sf. Louis. Mo.. July 2.—Mrs. Addle
• M. Johnson, until recently state pres
ident of the Missouri Woman's Suf
frage Association and a prominent,
member of the W. C. T. I'., will go to
•New York to-niglit to take the Pas
teur hydrophobia cure.; She lias not
yet developed symptoms of rabies,
but a scar on her hand, caused by the
bite of a pet collie,- lias caused Mrs.
Johnson some alarm for three weeks,
a'nd she will take tlie Pasteur treat
ment as a precaution.
Flylnij the Yellow Flap. .
San Francisco, Cal., July 2.—The Pa
cific Mail steamer Acapulco arrived
this morning from Panama flying the
yellow flag aiul is now in quarantine.
During .the,-voyage up the coast four
deaths..occurred on board, one cabin
passenger, one steerage and two of the
crew,, the cause assigned beiug "per
nicious fever.”
Rioter* Killed at Calcutta.
London. July .".—Special dispatches
from Bombay say that from C.OO to
3.000 rioters, were killed during the re
cent rioting' in the vicinity of Cnl
.eiittn, and it is added that native of
.‘■ficlnls put the death roll as high as
’ 3,5001 - •
FOREST RESERVES.
THE RULES CONCERNING THEM
The <loT«rnm«nt Will Allow l*ro«pectlng
l P'»u Them and a Reasonable I'ae of
Timber.
Washington. July 3. -Much atten
tion has been paid recently by the gen
eral land office to the preparation of
rules aiul regulations applicable to the
government of all the various forest
reserves of tlie United States, uud
Commissioner Hermann lias now for
mulated these for tlie approval of the
secretary of the interior.
Attention is called to the matter of
forest tires, which annually do so
much damage through carelessness,
and the law is specially referred to
which imposes a penalty for wilfully
setting fire to timber or carelessly suf
fering fire to bum unattended near
any timber, and which punishes such
offei.se by line or imprisonment. Tli£
law provides that before breaking
camp fires . shall be totally extin
guished.
Prospecting. locating and develop
ing the mineral resources of forest re
serves are permitted. Lands for
school houses and churches are pro
vided and the waters for domestic,
mining, milling and Irrigation pur
poses are also allowed.
The construction of wagon roads is
authorized and the right of way across
the reserves for irrigating canals,
ditches, llumes and reservoirs is per
mitted. The pasturing of live stock
on the reserves is permitted, except as
to sheep, which, in view of their in
juries to the forest cover, are prohib
ited In regions where the rainfall is
limited, und tlie present exception in
this regard is extended only to the re
serves in the states of Oregon and
Washington, because of the continu
ous moisture and abundant rainfall of
the Cascade mountains of tlie Pacific
coast. Even there, permission must be
lmd, which will l>c revoked if pastur
ing extends to Bull Run reserve, to
Crater lake or places where injury
.may be done.
Where persons have unperfected
bona fide claims within tlie reserves
they may relinquish tlie same and se
lect vacant public lands elsewhere,
without charge in cases where previ
ous fees have been paid.
The mineral lands of the forest re
serves are subject to location and en
try under tlie mining laws In the
usual manner. Owners of mining lo
cations are authorized to fell and re
move from their mining claims any
timber growing thereon for actual
mining purposes upon their particular
claim. The free use of timber is al
lowed to bona fide settlers, miners,
residents and prospectors for minerals,
for lire wood, fencing, buildings, etc.
This privilege is restricted to persons
resident within the forest reserves
who have not sufficient supply of tim
ber on their own claims.
The sale of timber from tlie reserves
will be permitted in limited quantities,
and tills is done for the purpose of pre
serving tlie living and growing timber
and permitting the younger growth of
timber on the reserves. Dead, matured 1
or large growths of trees found upon
the reserves shall be designated and
appraised, so far as the same may not
be necessary for the forest preserva
tion and water cover and may be sold
for not less than the appraised value
In such quantity as shall be prescribed,
to each purchaser and to be used lu
the state or territory In which the res
ervation may be. Sixty days’ notice
published in the county where the tim
ber is situated Is to be given before
sale. Payments are to be made to the
receiver of local land office of the dis
trict wherein the timber Is sold. Be
fore sale, the timber will be examined
and appraised under the direction of
the department. In order to avoid a
monopoly the government may, in
sales in excess of SSOO, make allotments
of quantity to tlie .several bidders and
tlie right is reserved to refuse any or
all bids. Within thirty days after an
award of timber to a bidder, payment
must be made In full, and within one
year it must be removed. Where It
may be found necessary to erect tem
porary saw mills for use In sawing
timber purchased on the grounds, n
permit will be necessary. All timber
so cut must be used iu the state or ter
ritory in which the reservation is situ
ated.
Supplemental Instructions are given
to all special agents of the Interior De
partment to especially take cognizance
of unlawful cutting of timber and de
predations upon tlie public domain, in
cluding tlie forest reserves, and hereaf
ter a vigilant watch will be directed to
ward the matter of forest fires.
The law further provides that lu the
case of lands more applicable for miu
iug and agriculture than for forestry
purposes, upon a proper showing made,
the same may bo eliminated entirely
from the forest reserve and restored to
public domain.
As to forest reserves which have late
ly been suspended by the recent act of
Congress, tlie geological survey is now
busily engaged in examining them
and of extending tlie exterior lines
properly embracing such reserves. In
this manner large portions erroneous
ly heretofore embraced in reserves will
be restored to public .entry and other
portions which were omitted from the
reserves will be embraced within them.
The estimated area of tlie existing
forest reserves is 18.993.250 acres. The
estimated area of the suspended forest
reserves Is 39,953.300 acres. Tlie ag
gregate area of the existing and sus
pended reserves is 34.944,040 acres.
This is greater than the area of any
state east of the Mississippi river and
of several west of it.
JAPAN’S ATTITUDE.
Reported That Strained Relation* May Re
sult From tin: Annexation of Hawaii.'
Washington, D. C., July I.—Toru llo
slii, the Japanese minister, is likely to
be recalled at an early date.
While officials of the Japanese lega
tion here claim to be in ignorance of
any sucli probability, well informed
opinion in State Department circles in
clines to tlie belief tlmt Mr. Iloslii will
ask fur his papers within a short time.
The reasons for the minister’s recall
are two-f01d..-not the least potent of
which is said to he the feeling of the
Mikado’s government and the minister,
personally, toward the United States
over the Hawaiian difficulty. The min
ister himself feels insulted because the
.State Department did not apprise him
of the negotiations which led to the
signing of the treaty for the annexation
of Hawaii, and, while tlie Japanese
home government is incensed on ac
count of .tills and what it terms a lack
of consideration of its rights in Hawaii
in the-framing of the treaty Itself, the
condition of Japanese politics affords a
second, reason for the minister’s re
call.
Trade In Railroad*.
San Francisco. July I.—At 12 o’clock
tills morning the 240 miles of track ex
tending from Mojave to the Needles
became part and pared of the Santa
Fe Pacific Railroad company. At the
same time tlie strip of rail running
from Benson to Guayinas was trails
ferreil to tin* Southern Pacific, tn ac
cordance with previous arrangements.
All the officers and employes now in
the service of the Atlantic & Pacific
railway will continue to perforin their
duties until otherwise onlered.
THE TARIFF BILL.
Nearly Disposed of l>y th«* Bronte und llit*
in Hlglit.
■Washington, July I.—The finance
committee suffered several unexpected
reverses during the progress of the
tariff bill to-day, being defeated on
three important votes. Cotton bugging
I was placed on the free list, 30 to 25.
The duty on white pine lumber was
reduced from $2 to $1 per thousand,
fill to 31.
The amendment on pine occasioned
the greatest surprise and led to a gen
eral breaking up of party lines on both
sides of the chamber. During the
early stages of the debate the duty on
lumber, including pine, was placed at
$2 after a protracted contest.
To-day Mr. Teller returned to tin*
contest, and moved to place white pine
lumber on tin* free list. The amend
ment was defeated by the close vote
of fi2 to fifi, four Republicans, Baker,
Carter, Ilanxbrough and Quay, joining
with the Democrats, Populists and Sil
ver Republicans in the affirmative,
while three Democrats, Bacon, McEn
ery and Martin, voted with tho Repub
licans in the negative.
Following up this close vote Mr. Man
tle moved to reduce tin* rate on white
pine from i? 2 to sl, and tlds was car
ried by a majority of one. Two Re
publicans. Baker and Carter, voted
with the Democrats in the affirmative,
and three Democrats. Bacon, McEuery
and Martin, with the Republicans in
the negative.
The bill is now completed with the
exception of tin* reciprocity section and
some comparatively minor paragraphs.
Much progress was made to-day in
clearing up detached paragraphs here
tofore passed over. Only three of these
coal tar. potash and tea—-remain, so
that these items, the reciprocity sec
tion and the brief internal revenue and
administration provisions, are all that
remain of the bill to be disposed of be
fore the final vote is taken.
MOLLIE GIBSON MINERS FIRED.
Discharge of the Entire Day Shift Because
Some of Them Told Secret*.
Aspen, Colo.. July I.—Some little
stir was caused here to-day by the an
nouncement that the manager of the
Mollie Gibson mine had summarily
discharged the entire day shift of
miners which had been working in the
thirteenth level of the mine, where the
big strike was reported to have been
made a few days ago and which sent
Mollie stock nbooming.
The men were all discharged because
some one of them lmd told of the
strike, and as the individual could not
bo ascertained the entire shift was let
out. Before discharging tho shift the
foreman informed them that if the
guilty party would confess no one else
would he discharged, and as no one
pleaded guilty they wore nil let out.
It will be remembered that a similar
occurrence happened when the first
big strike was made tn the mine sev
eral years ago. Some of the men then
employed could not keep the secret and
one day they were discharged in a
body. The fact that a fabulous strike
lmd been made was also vigorously de
nied, and ns no other set of fiiiners
were put to work in that part of tho
mine for a long time the public belief
grew Hint the reported strike was eith
er mythical or greatly exaggerated.
It was not until a large holding of the
stock had changed hands that the real
facts came out and the Mollie Gib
son commenced shipments by express.
The Nile Expedition.
New York, July I.—A dispatch to the
Herald from Cairo, via Paris, says:
The advance toward Abu Ilnmed will
be resumed shortly. The intelligence
department staff will start for the front
ns soon as their head. Colonel Wingate
Bey, returns to Cairo.
Several disastrous fires have brought
desolation and ruin In Tantah and
some suburban districts of late and the
number of people rendered homeless
by the last fires at Aboo Tor and Mlt
Hobeish is 3.500 and 913 respectively,
while the Identified bodies of the unfor
tunate victims amount to seventy-three
and nineteen respectively. The spread
of the fire nt Tantah was most capri
cious, some houses being left intact
while buildings all around them were
burned. In one Instance the fire leaped
a distance of eight}’ yards, an interven
ing house of a somewhat more substan
tial build tlinu the others being left un
touched.
The loss is estimated so far at £90,-
000. not a penny of which wus covered
by Insurance.
Coal Strike Ordered.
Terre Haute, Ind., July I.—The Ex
press will say to-morrow: Next Sunday,
or prior to that day. circulars will be
placed in the hands of all the bitumin
ous miuers in tlie United States calling
them out on strike. It is estimated
that 250,000 men will be involved.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois,
and parts of West Virginia and Ken
tucky will contribute to the movement.
The strike is to enforce the Columbus
scale of 09 cents- per ton for Pennsylva
nia, 00 cents for Ohio, 00 cents for Indi
ana and 55 cents for Illinois. When
the Columbus scale was adopted it was
not thought advisable to attempt its
enforcement. A committee was then
appointed to take in bund the matter
of a strike and to order one as soon ns
such course seemed opportune. This
committee has decided that the time
has come to act.
Central Pacific’* Dig Job.
Reno, New. July I.—. Superintendent
.T. E. Wright of' this division is here
this morning making. arrangements for
Christian Endeavor truffle. Colonel
Wright said it would take fifty trains
of ten cars each to carry them. They
will run about forty-live .infinites
apart, and to avoid accidents trains
will run front station to station, that
is. a train leaving Reno would not be
followed by another section until the
preceding one had passed Verdi.
All freights will be abandoned! It
is expected that the trains will begin
passing Reno some time .Monday af
ternoon. Fifty big mountain engines
and fifty crews will lx* sent from Sac
ramento to Wadsworth on Sunday.
Flood* In Honmria.
London. July 2.—A dispatch to the
Daily Mail from Brazil, tlx* principal
port of Rouiuania, says that 20.000 in
habitants of Galhtz, in Moldavia, on
[ (lie left bank of the Danube, between
I the continences of tlx* Seretlf and the
! Pm tho with that river, arc .homeless
las the result of recent floods. Most of
them are destitute also, and camping
in the streets, where they are led by
the military. The Roumanian gun
boats are busy rescuing families still
iu danger. It is estimated that no few
er than ten persons have boon
drowned, though the authorities are
reticent on the subject from fear of
censure for their failure to adopt pre
cautions earlier which might have mit
igated the disaster!
HANDLING THE CROWDS.
Colorado Itoad* ’ D.d Well lu flurry lu;,'
Special Train* WwMiurtl.
Denver, July fi. -The Republican ?JiD
morning says:
About G.ooo tourists arrived in Den
ver yesterday, of which 4’,000 continued
their journey westward after a brief
lay over.
By 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon th
-of Christian Endeavor travel
through Denver was about over, and
the weary railroad otlicials went home
and tried to sleep off their nervous ex
citement. Some of the Denver 6c Kio
Grande officials were on their feet for
thirty-six hours at the Union depot,
with scarcely any intervals of rest.
Two men were busy as ants all tlx
time, keeping track of the incoming
trains and scheduling them out again.
The Denver & Rio Grande men are he
ing showered with compliments by rail
roaders all over the country for tlx* ad
mlrablo way they handled the crowds.
At least eighty per cent, of the entire
travel through this state passed over
the Denver & Rio Grande line, and not
one passenger was hurt eu route. Tho
trains were hurried through and de
livered to the Rio Grande Western on
time. Up to last night there had not
been any accidents, and there was not
the slightest confusion, although there
were from thirty to forty extra trains
on t lie road.
Representatives of the eastern lines
had not received very complete data up
to last night, by wbicli to estimate tlx*
number of tourists brought, into Den
ver. General Agent Vallery of the
Burlington said that Ids lino brought in
fully 7,500 people on Thursday and tlx*
Union Pacific brought in nearly tlx*
same number. The Rock Island. San
ta Fe and Missouri Pacific each had
several heavy special trains. Just
what proportion of those who arrived
were destined beyond can only be esti
mated from the figures furnished by
the Denver & R»o Grande and Midland,
from which it is variously figured that
from 7,000 to 8,000 persons have up to
the present time come In on tickets to
Colorado and from 12.000 to 13,000 Cali
fornia tourists have passed through the
state.
Passenger men figure that there will
be a great rush of Colorado tourists on
tho regular trains from the East and
South to-morrow. Sunday and Monday.
Persons expecting to come to Colorado
would wish to avoid the days when tlx*
regular Christian Endeavor parties
wore traveling, to escape tho crush.
Tlie Rio Grande lias knowledge of fifty
special ear parties that will get in to
day. besides the New York and Penn
sylvania Christian Endeavor delega
tions and the Union Pacific and Rock
Island representatives all predict heavy
regular trains.
COAL STRIKE ORDERED.
All Minor* in the Middle State* Expected
to co Out on the Fourth.
Columbus, Ohio, July 2.—A general
strike of miners of the United Mine
Workers of America lias been ordered
for July 4tli by tlie National Executive
Board, whose headquarters are iu this
city, and also by the district presi
dents, at a meeting held here June
24th, 25th and 20th.
The officers here say 375,000 men are
Involved as proposed strikers. Presi
dent llatcbford says tills Is the best
time to settle the question of wages,
as during the summer the men can
make use of their little garden patches
to obtain subsistence. The needs of
clothing are not so great as in winter.
The proposed scale is intended by
the miners to make work for miners
profitable to them in the Pittsburg dis
trict and elsewhere. Pittsburg, ne
claimed, is paying fifty-four cents per
ton and Ohio fifty. To make the differ
ence what the Ohioans think it ought
to be they threaten to reduce the
wages to forty-live. The miners pro
pose, if possible, to raise Pittsburg'
prices so as to prevent n reduction iu
Ohio to forty-five, and. the possibility
of even a further reduction here in case
Pittsburg should keep on lowering, as
Ohio lowered, to maintain the differen
tial of nine cents.
Hlack Jack’s Gang.
Santa Fe, N. M.. July 2.—United
States Marshal Hall to-day received
information- from the New Mexico-
Arizona line to the effect that the
Black Jack gang of desperadoes had
disbanded and quit the country. Black
Jack Ketehum, their leader, who was
killed in April, was the third member
of the band shot down by a deputy
United States marshal since Marshal
Hall beganpursuing them one year ago,
and tlie announcement that the rem
nant of tlie gang had ceased opera
tions will be pleasing news for the peo
ple of the southwest. George Mus
grave and Sid Moore have gone to
South America aud Red Anderson, the
Panhandle tough, is said to have goue
to South Africa.
Local Strike* Only.
Columbus, Ohio, July I.—President
Itatchford and Secretary Pearce of the
United Mine Workers reasserted to
night that there was no official author
ity for the statements that a general
strike of the members of the miners’ un
ions is to be ordered. They state that
the conditions are such in some locali
ties, however, that the miners cannot
be controlled and that local strikes are
likely to occur.
•iHpunmr Expelled.
Bakersfield, Cal., July 3.—Recently
two Japanese cooks were forced to
leave the new mining camp of Johan
nesburg on account of race prejudice.
They complained to the Japanese con
sul in San-Francisco, demanding dam
ages* and protection in their treaty
rights. The consul lias called on Sher
iff Borgwardt of Kern county to inves- .
tlgate the case, which, it is said, has
been laid before Secretary 1 Sherman.
C'omnil**lon Will Non- Visit London.
Paris, July I.—The United States
monetary commission, headed by Sen
ator Edward O. Wolcott of Colorado,
will start for London at the end of the
week. Tho commission express' them
selves as being well satisfied with tlx?
results of their negotiations here, and
the monetary outlook. There is a
strong belief in this city that .the com
missioners have accomplished some
thing tangible in France.
Dolegnte* to tlie Gold Convention.
Quincy. July 2.—The addition of tlie
Ohio list of delegates appointed by
Governor Bush noil makes a total of
twenty-four states to be represented
at tlie International Gold Mining con
vention, appointed by tlie governors,
and thirty-seven’ states and territories
from the various county, municipal
and industrial organizations. The en
tire official list in tlie hands of the sec
retary embraces over 1,000 names.
Kx-Oorcrnor Evnn* Dying
Denver, July 3.—Ex-Governor John
Evans Is dying at his home In this city.
The doctors say he cannot Inst through
the day. He lias been confined to his
bed for nearly a year, the result of old
age. • Lie is now In his eighty-fourth
year.
BEHIND THE PURDAH, INDIA
Veil or Dignity Which Shut* Women
from the World.
An Englishman, bent on mastering
the mysteries of their code of worship,
attended Hindoo debates where the
orthodox and the advanced school met
together iu discussion, says the Quiv
er. "Can you tell me,” he inquired at
last, confused by the arguments and
counter-arguments tossed like shuttle
cocks from one to another, "of the sin
gle article of your creed which you all
hold in common?”
"We all believe, ’’ one of them replied,
"in the sanctity of a cow and in the
depravity of a woman.”
As a rule, they act up to this article
of belief, or, rather, they live down to
it. Yet once upon a time, even in In
dia, there seems to have been a golden
age for women. Their present social
condition is traced to the Mohammedan
invasion. The country was harrassed
by erruptipns of Arabs and Persians
from tlie
quered by the Sultan Baber in 1125.
The Moslems brought with them not
only ravage and bloodshed, but many
evils hitherto unknown in the country.
The Hindoo homes were robbed of their
women- and girls to fill the harems, or
zenanas, as they are called in India,
and the Hindoos fehut up th?lr wives
and daughters in order to protect
them. Only the higher castes could
do this effectually. Stern necessity re
quired that the poorer girls and women
should work, and it offers degrees of
liberty on a descending scale. Tho
higher the caste, the more complete the
seclusion.
It is computed that at least 5,000,000
girls and women live behind the pur
dah, or curtain, metaphorically a veil
of dignity, which shuts them off from
tlie outer world. It is not from want
of natural humanity that a zenanu is
the darkest part of the house and
farthest away from the entrance into
the street. A Hindoo is very religious:
it is said that he even "sins religious
ly.” His sacred books tell him that
a woman must be protected; that she
must not be allowed to look out of a
window into the street; that no man
except a near relation must look ou
her face, and, if she offends, she may
be corrected by ”a rope, a whip or A
cane.”
SERMONS FORGOTTEN.
The "nig How-How Stylo” In Pr«achlng
I* Out of Date.
The wife of a departed pulpit orator
once addressed her husband as follows,
says Longman's Magazine: “There's
Watty Scott, that was at school with
you, has published books and got
thousands of pounds for them. Why
don’t you publish a volume of your
sermons and get thousands of pounds
fer it?” For that good lady one vol
ume was just as good as another, and
there was no reason why "Waverly”
should interest human beings more
than a collection of discourses, all of
which had set the congregation to
sleep. The good cleric understood
things better than his admiring part
ner, but he did not suggest the con
sideration which the astute reader has
thought of. Quite another. He re
plied: "Wheesht, wumman; they’re a’
'in print already.” He added no more.
■Nor did she. Only let me say, as with
authority, that though the sermons you
have conveyed be very good In them
selves, they will sound very duli when
delivered by you. Just yesterday a
very accomplished man said to me,with
much feeling: "I have Just been read
ing some of Chalmers’ sermons. How
could that lumbering stuff produce the
superhuman impression which it is per
fectly certain it did?” One could but
say that Chalmers could not publish
that which was the first, second, ani
third thing which did the work at the
moment * of' the awful hush, passed
away. Further, the. taste has changed.
Much more direct sentences are wanted
now. Even Henry is quite out
of date.’ What Sir Walter called "the
big bow-wow style” in preaching is as
Bob Acres maintained certain other
things are. It has “had Its day.” For,
as that philosopher well remarked, you
get tired of even the best things.
PRYING POTATOES.
A New Scheme Adopted by California
Farmer*.
We learn from California that a fruit com
pany In that state Ims adopted an Interest
ing method of. drying potatoes, by which
they are greatly lightened, so ns to he more
available for trimsportatlon. . By .the drying
process four-fifths of the weight Is removed
without lessening.the nutritious value of the
potato or diminishing Its-excellence ns food
when cooked. H Is reported that the com
pany engaged In tills business will soon huvo
ready for market nearly a million pouuds of
dried potatoes, the original weight of which
was about fi.000.000 pounds. Tlie Idea of
drying potatoes for shipment is not novel,
hut we do not know thnt It has ever before
been curried out upon a--large scale In this
country. We gnunut sny how the potato
growers of the great potnto-growlng state of
New. York look upon It.
California Is-truly an enterprising stntc.
Its fruit, vegetable and grain raisers have
recently manifested a remarkable amount
of Ingenuity In marketing ‘vops of their
ranches. They live fur away from the cen
ters of population, and they are able to con
sume but little of -their own Tbod products;
so that they have to.seek for qiiirkets. not
only In this part of the country, put also lu
Europe nn«l Asia.—New -York. Sun.
Two Mighty Continent*.
North and South- America, beside Guate
mala.-tho West Indies. Australia, and even
Europe, are tlx* llelds of usefulness hi which
Hostetler's Stotniich Hitters has demon
strated its value ns an antidote to malaria,
and as.a remedy for dyspepsia, constipation,
rheumatism. neuralgia. biliousness. ner-
VoiishCiHufurioss of appetite and sleep. The
inhabitants, the medical men of these coun
tries, liuVc spoken In no uncertain tones
concerning the elllcucy of the great house
hold remedy.
“Walsh noli fly loses bis mlml when hta
\ylf/> goes .away." **Uow does, he actV 1 '
"Why. yesterday, before she was a mile out
of town, |ie went and bought himself a new
straw bat. a' nil necktie und u pair of yel
low shoes."
Educate Tonr Dowels With Cascnret*.
Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever.
10c. lf.C. C. C. fall, druggists refund money.
The population of Dublin has decreased
within the lust forty years from 201,000 to
24,\000.
Miss Qtilzzer—VDo you' believe all tho dis
agreeable things you road lu the newspa
pers?”. Miss Huzhuz- "I do," If they ure
about people I know."—Ronton Traveler.
Comes Back to Hood’s
Whenever the Stood is Impure or
Health Poor.
“I have psed Hood’s Sarsaparilla as a
tonic and blood purifier for a number of
years and I uso it Whenever I becomo de
bilitated or my blood is impure and it has
never failed to bring mo back to my nor
mal condition. It always strengthens and
invigorates tho system.” It. M. Prather,
016 South Street, Atchison, Kansas.
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. si• six for $. r >. Get Hood’s.
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