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THE DAILY GLOBE j
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BANKING.
'!!!■• attention of the Globe has been
called to the fact that both the Fidelity
hank and the Metropolitan bank, of-
Cincinnati, which have been robbed and
utterly wrecked, were national banks. !
'J ins fact is do reflection upon the ua- |
tional banks or the rational banking !
system]! but it decs show that all the
examinations and investigations pro
vided by government do not make a
national hank safer for depositors than
a state bank, which, in "Minnesota at j
hast, is surrounded by all the safe- j
guards that sarrouad the former.
Put a brilliant scoundrel in charge of i
a banking bouse and he is likely to be- j
tray the confidence of his clients, re- |
gardless of the law in the case, while an j
honest, patient, hard-working man will
probably fully justify all the confidence j
placed in him. The latter may not be i
•*•<> easel* to •get rich in a rapid and brill
iant manner, but he will get there by
more honest methods, and probably
quicker. This is a case in which the
race is not always to the swift.
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BOXES FOB WOBKING3IEX.
It Isn't often that money has to go j
begging, but that is the condition of a
£"-o,ooodonation which a philanthropic j
Philadelphia!) has set apart for the pub
lic good without any specific directions
as to its appropriation. The donor him
self was at a loss to know what to do
with the money. He wanted it to go to
a charitable purpose, but was without
any definite idea of what charity needed j
it the most. Consequently an appeal is
made through the public press for sug- j
gestions to aid the donor in coming to a j
proper conclusion in the matter. !
Judging from the way that sug- I
gestions are piling in through I
the Philadelphia and New York !
newspapers there will be no difficulty !
in making a proper disposal of the gift
unless the difficulty lies in making !
choice from such a multitude of sug- j
gestions. Colleges, churches and charit
able institutions of every description
are presenting their claims. Individual !
suggestions are coming by the scores, j
the hundreds, ami die thousands.
Among the many suggestions that i
have been made is one to apply it in
providing homes for workingmen.which j
is valuable in that it shows how far I
Sno,oo9caa be made to co in this direc
tion. It is proposed to take this
$50,000 and make a marginal or
guarantee fund out of it to
enable well-recommended workinsrmen
to buy homes for their families. The
plan is outlined as follows: A 51,500 !
installment mortgage loan can be made
on a boose that costs t*1,500, providing
the above fund will guarantee the pay
ments for four years, which will amount
to about -I*3oo of the capital loaned. This
will enable the 350,000 to assist 100 peo
ple to purchase homes at once, and as
the. money is being constantly paid
back, four additional purchases can be
made every month when the plan is in
full operation. This plan will, in a
period of twelve years, enable 742
homes to Ik* purchased, and, estimating
a family of five heads, furnish homes to
8,710 persons without any large risk to
the fund. The interest accumulating
on the 150,000 fund will cover all losses
without impairing the capital, and
very likely increase the capital from 20
to 30 per cent within twelve years.
"Thus the fund can go on perpetually
and buy from four to six houses every
month, and grow as it gets older. There
is no city so prosperous as the one
whose working people own their own
homes, and thus it is demonstrated with
how small a capital the laboring classes
of any city can be provided with homes.
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A SNUBBING DESERVED
The clothing manufacturers who re
cently appeared before the committee
on ways and means at Washington are
complaining that they were snubbed.
It appears that even if their complaint
is well founded the snubbing was a de
served one, for it was a remarkably im
-j-rtidejit preposition which the manufac
turers submitted to the committee.
It seems that while ready-made cloth
ing pays an import duty of 35 per cent,
manufactured cloth pays a duty of 85
per cent. With a majority of the people
clamoring for a radical reduction of the
existing duties an all necessaries, these
manufacturers had the audacity to ask
that the duty on their own particular
product be raised. They not only wished
to have the duty on ready-made cloth
ing, a duly that most directly affects the
poor tnan, equalized with the duty on im
ported cloth, bat they wanted the duty,
lifter tint aqtialltAiiioß. raised about 200
-per-m* ait,."
A..d .9. these manufacturers com
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plain that the committee would not give 1
litem a patient and attentive hearing,
The only wonder is thai they were given ;
any hearing at all. With clothing of I
all kinds paying manufacturers and
merchants In this country more then 50
per cent, even allowing for the tariff,
than clothing of no better quality pays j
the dealers on the other side of the
water, the impudence that made possi
ble the request that the government
should aid in still further increasing
these exorbitant prices reaches the
sublime.
The snubbing which, under the cir
cumstances, this particular branch of
tariff-fostered monopolists complain of |
receiving is one which that portion of j
the country believing in fair trade and
fair dealing would be glad to repeat.
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THE WABASHA BRIDGE.
Competent engineering authority, j
again reinforced by the direct declara
tion of the city engineer, has asserted •
more than once that the Wabasha street
bridge is unsafe. There does not seem
to be any reasonable doubt in the mat
ter. The bridge might stand any ordi- i
nary strain for years, ami should any- j
thing occur to disturb its precarious ■
balance, it might fall to-morrow. -
A highway traversed daily by >.hun
dreds of people should have aU+uUit ab
solutely no elements of danger. if the
bridge is liable to be thrown down by :
an extraordinary strain no risk should
be taken. It should be closed to travel I
at once. As the city engineer points
out, it is much better to subject the peo
ple on the other side of the river to the
temporary inconvenience of going down '
to the Robert street bridge, than to per
mit the daily use of a bridge which is !
liable to fall at any time and precipitate
a score of people to sure death in the
depths below.
In the meantime, work on the new !
structure which is to take the place of
the present bridge, should be begun as
soon as possible ami pushed vigorously '
to completion, and pending the closing !
of the bridge to public travel, extra pre
cautions should be taken to prevent any
undue straining of the already time- I
worn and weakened framework.
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A SPRING OPENING.
That is cheering news which comes
to Westerners and those- intending to
become Westerners, to the effect that j
the senate committee, to which the mat- j
ter has been referred, will report unan- j
imously in favor of opening the "great i
and fertile Sioux reservation. That
will be a spring opening worth while. |
It will be worth more than the spring
openings in all the millinery shops in !
the country, for it will make about
5,000,000 acres of good farming land im
mediately available for settlement.
Congress should lose no time in adopt
ing the recommendation of the commit
tee. The time is near at hand when the j
spring immigration will set in. in a |
mighty tide. There is remaining in I
Dakota, outside of the Indian reserva
tions, but little land with which it can
be accommodated. Any delay now will j
occasion annoying delay for another i
year. The West cannot afford to wait
and the settlers cannot afford to wait. I
The Northwest is especially interested J
in the matter.
The immigration which would nat
urally come this way is of a character
that the Northwest wants. Rut if ar
rangements are not speedily perfected
for making the reservation available,
much of it will drift south to the Okla
homa country, which is soon to be given j
territorial organization. That should |
be prevented, and the representatives j
iifcongress from the Northwest should !
see to it that the proper preventive
measures are applied with as little de
lay as possible. ■ » .
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BE FAIR, GENTLEMEN.
Whether from ignorance, malice or j
simply a desire to present to their read
ers news of the most sensational nature
possible, it is impossible to fathom . the
motives. The newspapers of the East and
the South have gone to great trouble to
print in a most exaggerated form re
ports of the destruction to life ami prop
erty wrought in the Northwest by last
month's so-called blizzard.
As more definite reports begin to
come in it appears that while the fatal- !
ity was bad enough, it was by no means I
so great as represented. In fact, from j
numerous places where our contempora
ries assured their readers that the great
est suffering and destitution existed,
there come denials of any actual suffer
ing at all. Therefore,- be fair, gentle
men. Inasmuch as you have spread
| abroad one story, which investigation
i shows to be lacking in the essential fea
ture of veracity, be equally frank about !
circulating the refutation which comes !
with the weight of authority.
You surely do not want to be placed
in the position of willfully and mali
ciously maligning the Northwest,' than
which there is no more prosperous
section of the country. Re fair and your
sins may yet be forgiven you.
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NO BUNCOMBE.
Senator Sa*ujn*s talk in New York
the other day sounds a iitttle like the
boy who whistled in the dark to keep
his courage up. Especially that part
of it where he says that the pre
dictions about Minnesota going Demo
j cratic are all buncombe. Nobody knows
j better than Senator Sabin that there
: is no buncombe about it, and that
j is just why the senator and other Re
! publican leaders in this state are trying
to wheel their party into line on a
Democratic platform. They realize that
the position occupied by the Democrats .
on the tariff question is just what the
| people of Minnesota want. They are
j substantially solid for tax reduction and
tax reform, and they are going to have
both if they have to vote the Demo
cratic ticket. They also understand
i fairly well that the only way to get
| what they want, is by voting the
i Democratic ticket, ■'•"■• -';' .
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| EIaECTRiC ROADS.
j The application of electricity as a
j motor power is no longer an experi
j ment. Its success has been abundantly
• demonstrated, the latest illustration of
its success under very trying conditions
being the completion and successful
operation of the electrical street car
line In Richmond, Va.. which is the
longest railway anywhere operated by
electricity. The length of the trackage
is about twelve miles over an irregular
course, which reaches the principal
parts of the city, In many places the
grades arc steep and the curves sharp.
The central system is double-tracked
for over two miles, partly on
j payed and partly on unpaved
; Streets, some of them in clay soil
! where it has been found impossible to
i run horse cars. Near the capitol
I grounds, within a radius of about 1,000
feet, there are four curves in the road in
which grades are encountered as high
as 7 per cent above the .standard gauge,
while the lay of the street has required
some of -the outer rails to be some
inches below the inner ones. Notwith
standing the narrow streets, their hilly
character, the lack of paving, the deep
i clay toil peculiar to that section, and
{ the additional fact that the road has
j been opened in midwinter, ' it has
proved a magnificent success. ; They
I had a terrible sleet' in Richmond the
j other day which furnished si severe
| test to the power and tractive
I loree of the new electrical line.
THE SAIXT PAUL DAILY GLOBE: FRIDAY MCVRXING, FEBHT-ARY 10. 1833.
The tails were slimy and slippery,
and yet the sixteen-foot curs, crowded
with passengers, ran up the heaviest
grades and on twenty -seven-foot carves
without the use of sand or extra help.
Other tests under unfavorable circum
stances were made. The cars were
often required to cut their way through
clay, snow and ice, the tracks being
buried out of sight, and yet they never
(ailed to go through.
In view of the fact thai the building
of an electrical line in St. Paul has been
proposed' it may be of interest to the
("t.onK readers to know something of
the construction of the Richmond road.
The power house, which Is practically a
central station, is located in the heart
of the city. The property includes
three brick buildings, the main
one being occupied by the en
gines and dynamos. The battery con
sists of three cylindrical return boilers,
mounted on a patent furnace, with a
capacity of 125-borse power each. The
electric, circuit consists of two parts—
the overhead and the grand circuits,
each being of compound character.
Along the curbstones at distances of
123 feet are 30-foot poles inserted live
feet in the ground. These poles carry
the main circuit along a copper wire
three-sixteenths of an inch in diameter,
throughout the entire length of the
road. This is called the main conduc
tor, for on it depends the operation of
the road in case of accident or repairs
to the contact wire. -The contact wire
is termed the working conductor,
and is carried over the center
of the track at a distance of
13}-; feet from the ground on
insulators supported by span wires run
ning across from pole to pole, and pro
vided with additional insulators at their
ends. The structure is very light look
ing, but it is made the medium for the
transmission of sufficient electrical
power to propel thirty cars over twelve
miles of track, aud the main conductor
can be reinforced as additional cars are
used without interfering with the oper
ation of the road. The current is taken
from the working conductor by an orna
mental structure on top of the car. This
consists of a low skeleton framework,
which carries an adjustable swiveling
trunion, having at its upper end a jaw
in which is hinged a counterbalanced
trolley pole, having at its extension a
grooved wheel, making running flexible
contact on the under side of the work
ing conductor. Every car is filled with
a duplicate compact and powerful motor
tor equipment, which is carried entirely
beneath the car body. The cars can be
run at a rate of speed varying from a
mere crawl to twelve miles an hour, and
can be started and stopped within the
space of a few inches without the use of
brakes. It is estimated the cost of oper
ating an electrical line is about one-half
of that of a horse railway, under similar
conditions of traffic.
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STRAY SUNBEAMS.
Queen Victokia didn't make her
usual appearance in the public proces
sion at the opening of parliament yes
terday. The old lady was smart enough
to know that she had no business being
seen in public the same day with Glad
stone, The grand old commoner is
more of a sovereign to-day in England
than Victoria with her crown and ped
igree.
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It is hard to realize that there is such
a tiling as total depravity in human na
ture until we stumble across something
like the Waseca tragedy. When we see
that a man can become the vicious
| brute that farmer Jaxausciikk was we
are prepared to go back to the old
school and accept the doctrine of a hell j
I with the fire and brimstone attach
j ments. Nothing short of that would be
I just punishment for such a fiend.
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Odix G. Clay: "1 can give you this
j pointer. St. Paul is going to have a
building boom this year that will eclipse
everything in history. Ido not look for
what is called a "boom" in real estate,
but it is going to be remarkably active.
Politics will not disturb the business in
terests of the country this year. Here
tofore the Republicans have been scar
ing the people each presidential year by
telling them that if the Democrats got
into power all business interests would
i be ruined. We get rid of that bugaboo
this year, and it is a good thing for, the
country that we do."
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The Chicago Herald, which, by the way,
gave a graphic account of the Sneix murder,
which as a piece of reportorial work that has
seldom been equaled, complains that the
Chicago police department is notoriously in
efficient When a man can be murdered in
his own house without a policeman iv front
of it suspecting anything, something cer
tainly must be wrong.
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Lately Kansas City was making ill-timed
faces at St. Paul over the cable car accident.
j "Now Kansas City has an accident several de
grees worse than that in St. Paul. Retribu-
I tion is in some cases speedy, and the way of
| the transgressor is always hard.
Scott, of Erie, is to become chairman of
the Democratic national committee. As
Scott, of Erie, is worth $20,000,000 it
would have seen more appropriate to make
him treasurer. '
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Mccn-MAKEiED Mr. Wii.kins is once more a
free man. Perhaps, under the circumstances,
even if more than half a dozen wives can not
be proven, he has suffered punishment
enough.
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Minnesota has a triple tragedy and she
isn't proud of it either. She is quite willing
to leave ail such things to the more wicked
East, where they wont excite as much "com
ment.
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The contending churches which are after
the Goodrich legacy might save money by
drawing straws for the prize. A law suit
would make both losers.
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Lord SALisr.ORY is t tiding out that there
is no doubt about Mr. Gladstone's throat,
and tongue, too, being in a thoroughly
healthy condition.
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Stkangers in the city need only look at the
cable cars to be assured of the fact that even
in sub-zero weather St. Paul people like
plenty of fresh air.
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Parliament has started in again and Eng
land is now in a position to sympathize with
America, which has had to endure congress
for some time. .1-.
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Perhaps the best protection to those who
habitually use the Wabasha street bridge
would be a life Insurance policy.
It looks as though that Kansas City cable
| line expert is as badly needed at home as he
j is in St. Paul.
Gov. Hill, perhaps, is anxious to experi
j ence the sensations of the man who dug his
' ova grave.
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Yes, to be sure, flue ice palace weather, but
the necessity for it has passed now, thank
you.
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AN AFFECTIONATE "LETTER,
j Whose Appeals the Globe Cannot.
I Under the CircutnstaiiceH, Re
sist.
To the Editor of lite Globe.
I 1 have been very sad for a long week,
j Ton have suddenly ceased to bring sun
j shine to the heart of an old desolate
J "Vet,"' whose daily life is more than
! ever dark by your non-appearance at
j his humble home. You probably do not
know how much comfort i [your daily
visits afford a man who is growing old.
and who it* . necessarily .- poor; having
been for . twenty-four years unable . to
perform . manual labor, caused by i mi
i juries received in active service, suffer-
I ing great pain by day and . night. And
I now the brighest hour ot t life is to be
i clouded by the greatest affliction of all -
the cessation of the kindly call, of the
Gi.oii.:. lint it must not be. 1 cannot
keep house without you. Perchance
you may yet be induced to resume your
daily visits to au old friend. For in
stance, please find inclosed, not an ice
palace, but a XX. Now please come
again, wearing the same bright, cheer
ful face. Mr. GLOHE, I think you could
get along very nicely without me, but
excuse inc. Please come along "Dally"
and '•Sunday," as of yore, anil in future
don't tike (lie advice of evil-minded
men and stop— so tearfully sudden-like
—but take time to think and say, "Mrr
.Man, chalk up your sub"— and you hot
I will. Don't forget, to come to you 1*
respectfully, H
Cart. John S. Huntsinger, m
Park Rapids; Minn., Feb.' 8, h
TOW) BY A SUB VIVO It. __;
Additional ticulais I-e_.ar.lii.fr.
the Loss of* the Aliert-oi-ii. h
CincAf-o, Feb. 9.— A dispatch from
(>lyii)|)ia, W. T_, gives additional past
ticulars in regard to the wreck of thje
Abcrcorn, which occurred near lly.
mouth of the Columbia river Sunday
night. Tho weather was foggy, not
stormy, as previously stated, imme
diately after striking all hands wei.t
into the cabin, as the sea was breaking
badly forward, and while they wfcre
there the foremast and mainmast broke
and the deck split. In the afternoon a
heavy sea broke into the cabin, drown
ing several inmates. The three sur
vivors escaped from the cabin and as
cended the rigging of the mizzenmast.
There they saw Pilot Johnson as he
came out of the cabin, which was filled
with water. Just as he appeared a wave
struck hint. He tried to grasp the bar
of the companion way, but missed it.
Just at that moment a second wave
struck him and carried him into the
ocean. He kept afloat for some time,
but kept looking back at the vessel and
swimming parallel with her. He
SANK TO RISK SO MORE.
One of the survivors says: "A little
latter the inizzenmast gave way and
the ship opened and let us all into the
sea. As the mast was going I jumped
to clear the side of the ship, and was
under water for some time. As I came
up the second time I saw near me a
plank about thirteen feet long, which I
seized and steered for shore.'' The next
survivor, a man about twenty-five years
of age, came ashore with a piece of
plank under each arm. Both men were
in the water about half an hour. A
boy who was saved is an orphan, and is
one of the first boys from the training
ship, all of whom were making their
first voyage. He came ashore with two
pieces of plank, and was the last to
reach the snore, having been about an
hour in the water, and having drifted
two miles up the coast from where the
others landed. He was unconscious
when found by white men and Indians.
The boy says he
SAW SEVERAL PERSONS
in the water after lie left the wreck, and
he was the last to see the captain alive.
At one time the captain was within fif
teen feet of him, and told him to hang
to his planks and not be scared, and he
would reach the shore • all right. Then
a heavy wave struck them and that was
the last he saw of the captain or any of
the ship's crew. Shortly alter they
reached shore a body was seen floating
. ashore a short distance from land, but
it sank immediately after being sighted.
Sixteen bodies are reported found, in
cluding those of the pilot, Johnson, and
the captain, the former having been
recognized by a note book found iv his
pocket. All the bodies were found from
sixteen to nineteen miles up the coast.'
There are still six bodies uuheard from.
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TO MAKE A SCALE. j "-■'.
Coal Miners and Operators Ap
point a Committee to Form a
Scale. "*
Pittsburg, Pa., Feb. 9.— lt was after
8 o'clock this afternoon when the inter
state convention of coal miners and op
erators got down to business. Chair'
man Dempsey announced that as the
question under consideration at the pre
vious adjournment had been the scale,
that would be the order of business).
The original motion by Col. Yoeman, an-'
Indiana operator, was that the base
scale adopted by the convention be*
made the paying scale ! for the ensuing
year and amended by John Mcßride, of
the Ohio mines, to read ' that 10 cents
per ton be added to the rates now paid.
The amendment and motion were both
voted down. After a good humored,
but lengthy discussion, Miners' Secre
tary Evans moved that a committee of
two miners and two operators from each
state be appointed as a new scale com
mittee, and that the matter be referred
to them with instructions to report as
soon as possible. This was carried, and
after the following committee was ap
pointed the convention took a recess
until 7:30 o'clock this evening: Indi
ana—miners, P. 11. Perm, M. D. Gray;
operatois, S. L. Yeoman, A. J. Craw
ford; Ohio— miners, Chris Evans, W. L.
Lewis; operators, H. L. Chapman, 11.
D. Turrey; Pennsylvania miners, Jo
seph P. Shaming, W. P. Wilson; ope
rators, O. I). Bobbins, W. P. De Armitt.
A CHICAGO FIRE.
Property to the Value of $40,000
Destroyed by Fire.
Chicago, Feb. 9.— An alarm of fire
was turned in at about 2 o'clock this
morning from Madison and Canal
streets. When the firemen arrived it
was discovered that the third story of
the brick building, Nos. 41 to 47 Canal
street, was in a mass of flames. The >
floor is occupied in the rear by the show
case factory of D. W. Swiney, and here
the fire is said to have originated. It
spread in a few minutes to Griffin's sil
ver plate works in the front of the third
floor, and flames were soon pouring
through the windows. At 2:35 a second
alarm was turned in, and with the aid
of additional fire engines the fire was
under control about 3 o'clock. Swiney's
factory, in which the fire originated,
occupies the rear of the second and third
floors of the, building, and among the
otlu-r occupants of the building are the
P. Dresbach Manufacturing company,
F. P. Norton, manufacturer of emery
wheels, Samuel Hamson, hardware,
and Oscar Goes & Co., saws. The
heaviest loss falls on D. W. Swiney and
F. O. Griffin, who were practically
burned out. It is thought that the total
loss will not exceed $40,000.
A Launch "Wrecked.
New Orleans, Feb. 9.— At noon yes
terday the steam launch Irene, plying^
in the river between Canal street and
the French man-of-war, La Minerve,
lying in the river opposite. Poydras
street, blew out the flue head, resulting
in William Meade, the engineer, being,
drowned, and two boys, aged respect-'
1 ively, eight and nine years, scalded fa- n
tally. At the time the accident occurred'
she was in the middle of the river, op
posite Julia street. • On board were' ;
Meade, the engineer, Tony Guillotte,'
the owner, and his two boys. '-•*. -yy.-ft
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Five Cases of Trichinosis. R
Toledo, ()., Feb. Five cases of
trichinosis have occurred in the family
of William Man, a German resident ot
this city, embracing himself, his wife,.,
two children and the wife's brother.]
The disease was contracted from eating'
the flesh of a young hog purchased Jan.''-'
Bof a butcher. All five are in a danger-'
ous condition. ' *
UNWRITTEN.
When we parted you were ailing.
But you smiling said "much better" ;
And you promised me— me failing—
. On the morrow, dear. a letter, .'
Telling just how you were teellng, ■]
And how lime's grim hand was stealing.
God! Could you have known at' parting,
That for you there was no morrow? •
Did you repress tears that, starting,
Might ungate my flood of sorrow. . 1
Dreftinpt you that no postman mortal
1 Carries mail across that portal; -
Little recked Death's necromancy,
-■ How my hungry heart was waiting,
| With a sort of sick man's fun. . -
Signs and tokens itiisi.at-.'niiitfr. .-. .
When he bore you whence 110 letter
Com.- to fc.il Us worse or l>etlcr.
■ 7* - .-.- — }":i'i*t'»:i K.l.cn li-.-:--!i:.ti ■;
TWO BIG BANQUETS. :
King: County Democracy In
dulges in an Old-Timed
Banquet
111 Honor of the Anniversary
: h of the Birthday of Mr.
;;| Tilden.
.1 . .
The Home Market Club, of
*' Boston, Do Honor to
Sherman,
..-.. . — -
Who Enlivens the Occasion
;;. !;; With a Windy
( Speech.
.» i«.. _
Special to the Globe.
Brooklyn, Feb. # 9.— Tho -banquet
given to-night under the auspices of the
Kings county Democracy, in celebra
tion of the anniversary of the birth of
Samuel J. Tilden, was a notable event.
The assembly rooms of the Academy of
Music were finely decorated. Covers
were laid for 310 guests. The limited
number of tickets was a source of much
regret to the hundreds of Dem
ocrats who made * strenuous efforts
to secure invitations in order to
hear the eminent speakers who were to
be present. Among the prominent peo
ple in attendance were Gov. Hill, of
New York; Secretary of the Interior
Vilas. Samuel J. Kandall, ex-Gov. Ab
bett, of New Jersey; ex-Gov. Hoadley,
of Ohio; Lieut Gov. Jones, of New
York; State Comptroller Wemple, Rev.
Charles 11. Hall, Mayor Chapin, ex-
Mayors Whitney and Howell, and many
of the local Democratic leaders. A life
size portrait, in oil, of Mr. Tilden was
hung in a conspicuous place in the hall,
and the menu cards also contained
likenesses of the statesman,
Judge Van Wyck, of the city court
presided and District Attorney Ridge
way acted as reading secretary. A
large number of letters of regret had
been received from prominent Demo
crats throughout the country. Great
curiosity was ielt as to the contents of
the letter from President ; Cleveland,
which had been described by members
of the committee who had read it as one
of the strongest documents ever ema
nating from Mr. Cleveland. After full
justice had been done to the viands the
intellectual feast of the evening was
begun by the reading of the president's
letter, which, was frequently applauded
during its delivery. After expressing
regret that it was not possible, for him
to attend, he said of Mr. Tilden : '-He
taught the s
j limitation OF federal POWER
under the constitution; the absolute
necessity of public economy; the safety
of a sound currency, honesty in public
place, the responsibility of public serv
ants to the people, care for those who
toil with their hands; a proper limita
tion of co-operate privilege and a reform
in the civil service. His was true De
mocracy. It led him to meet boldly
every public issue as it arose. With
his conception of political duty he
thought it never too late to- give battle
to vicious doctrines and corrupt prac
tices. He believed that pure and sound
Democracy flourished and grew
in, open, bold and honest cham
pionship of the interest of the
people, and that it but feebly lived upon
deceit, faise pretenses and fear, and he
was right. His 'success proved him
right, and proved, too, that the Ameri
can .people appreciated a courageous
struggle in their defense. 1 should cer
tainly join you in recalling the virtues
and achievements of this illustrious
Democrat on '-'the ■' anniversary of his
birth if in the arrangement of the social
events connected with my official life,
an important one, had not been ap
pointed to take place on the evening of
your banquet. This necessarily detains
me hero. Hoping that your celebration
will be very successful and full of profit
able enjoyment, I am, yours very truly,
Grover Cleveland.
After the reading of the various let
ters, toasts and responses were made as
follows : "The President of the U ted
States," response by Hon. W. F. Vilas.
"The State of New York," response by
Gov. David B. Hill. "The Day we
Celebrate," response by Hon. George
E. Hoadley. "Our Country," response
by Hon. S. J. Randall. "The Duties of
the Citizen to the Nation," response by
Rev. Charles 11. Hall, D. D. "The Sis
terhood of States," response by Hon.
Leon Abbott. In beginning his speech
gov. hill said:
"The state of New York is proud of
the memory of Samuel J. Tilden. His
administration of its public affairs was
one of the most brilliant and successful
in its history. When I speak of his life
and public services 1 speak of the state
itself, because they are indissoltibly as
sociated. He was born a Democrat, and
it is especially gratifying that the in
trepid Democracy of Kings county, who
were his true and faithful friends dur
ing his whole political career, should be
first to inaugurate this demonstration in
his honor on this pleasant anniversary
occasion." The governor then re
viewed Mr. Tildcn's services and
characteristics. Among others he
cited the following: "Speaking
of his confidence in young men, Mr.
Tilden once laughingly said to one of
his supporters in the interior of the
state : "Did you ever notice a lot of
men moving logs? This is the differ
ence, the old men grunt aud the young
men lift." He added : "That is the
reason I want to get the young Democ
racy on my side." But, notwithstand
ing this declaration, when political suc
cess came he did not forget the old men
who had been the faithful wheel-torses
of the party for years, and carefully ac
corded the old and young alike their
full share of honors in the distribution
of the legitimate awards which can
properly bo bestowed for faith
ful party services upon hon
est and capable men in . this
_ free government of ours. Realizing the
'necessity of governing this country by
party, he did not seek to deprecate
active, intelligent and efficient party
service, but, on the contrary, encour
aged it. Neither did he assume- to be
better than his party, nor did he ever
forget the obligations 'which he owed to
it for the honors which it so worthily
bestowed upon him. He appreciated
the? labors of those who diligently
sought to inculcate the principles of
; Democracy and to promote in a practi
cal manner the success of the Demo
cratic cause."
ANOTHI-R BANQUET. I
The Home Market Club Banquets
!*•- Senator Sherman.
Boston, Feb. o.— The dining halls of
theiVendome were filled to overflowing
! this evening, it being the occasion of
; the banquet given by the Home Market
, club. There -were present over, 400
prominent men from various sections of I
the country. After an informal recep- j
tion the company entered the dining !
halls. At a round table in the
center of the hall were thirteen
gentlemen, one seat being' vacant—
assigned to Gov. Oliver Ames. They
were the prominent guests and their
names were : President Timothy Mer
■ rick, -Senator John Sherman . Hon.
Nathan Goff, Jr., Hon. William M.
Osborne, Gen William F. Draper, Hon.
• Frederick Ely, Hon. ■__. W. liaird. Hon. !
W. W. Crapo. Hon. William A. Russell, j
Hon. Theodore C. Bates, J lon. diaries
ll.. Grosvenor, T. . C. Search and Hon.. j
William McKinley, Jr. From the ceil- |
ings j depended many j banners, several '
bearing, inscriptions, while bunting .'n j
festoons hung from every corner. After I
tiie cloth had been removed -President j
Merrick arose ami -.briefly alluded to the ,
*t fame of the club's guests, ■•oni-luding j
j by introducing Senator John Sherman.* |
;Li I'lNiii arising .Senator i-i'icn*:. 1 !- mm I
greeted with cheers that resounded
through the. entire building. When
order had been restored '» v
SHERMAN SPOKE AS (FOLLOWS:
"Referring to the •Home Market
club,' I like the name for it describes
your principles. When you use the
word •Home* you mean your whole
country. You use I lie phrase 'Home
Market' to distinguish it from foreign
market, not to exclude the foreign mar
ket, but to emphasize your preference
for home market as infinitely greater,
more valuable, more product
ive than the foreign market.
When I think ot the contrast
between our ltome market and the for
eign market, In magnitude and propor
tions, the universal benefits of one and
the competitive unimportance of the
other, 1 am led to wonder why so many
gentlemen of education and . character
are willing to endanger the wonderful
development of our home industries to
increase our foreign competition. I
believe the best we can do for mankind
is to do the best for our country."
Mr. Sherman attacked Mr. Lowell for
his speech at the Tariff Reform league
banquet. He found but very little in
. his remarks about the tariff, but a good
deal about President Cleveland. Said
Mr. Sherman: "Mr. Lowell, who has
been honored by the great party with
its confidence and trust, places Cleve
land above Grant, the great soldier of
our country; above Mr. Hayes, who
certainly gave to our country an excel
lent administration, and Mr. Lowell
himself; above Garfield, one of the
most accomplished of American states
men ; and above Mr. Arthur, in every
respect a model gentleman and prudent
in i able president." .'• -
Speaking of President Cleveland's
policy, the senator. said:
''The inevitable effect is to increase
importations at the expense and loss of
our home market, and especially to re
duce the wages of all engaged in indus
tries competing with foreign produc
tion. His message creates alarm among
the business men at home and gives joy
and hope to every market in Europe."
Referring to the surplus, Mr. Sherman
remarked : "The surplus Is a great deal
better than a deficit. It has been grow
ing since the close of the war. It has
enabled us to perform the grand feat
of rapidly reducing the public debt , a
policy which lias excited the
admiration of the greatest states
men of Europe. Tins growing
surplus was bequeathed to Mr. Cleve
land by his predecessors, and was ap
plied by them to the payment of the
debt and to repeated reduction of taxes.
It is a rational and steady result of our
increase in wealth and population
growing out of the policy of protection
to home Industries. Our friends may
be surprised that the surplus revenue
did not stop with the election of a Dem
ocratic president, and perhaps it will if
his advice is followed. Certainly it will
be if he checks the prosperity which
enables us to import goods and pay
taxes.
But why is not this surplus applied
to the payment of the public debt?
Whose fault is it that it accumulates in
the treasury? Plainly the fault of Mr.
Cleveland, whose secretary of the treas
ury is authorized to apply this surplus
at any time to the reduction of the pub
lic debt. It he had followed the example
of his predecessors he would, weekly or
monthly.without proclamation or noise,
have purchased and retired the public
debt under the main provisions of the
existing law. But if the president
preferred to reduce the surplus by a
reduction of the taxation, why did he
not apply to congress to diminish tax
ation without disturbing home produc
tions? 1 know that at any time in the
last congress the taxation could have
been reduced but for the desire of the
speaker of the house and the president
to strike at the home industries rather
than to reduce taxation. Hungry
mouths of workingmen, engaged in the
varied pursuits in every part of the
country, furnish the best market for
their productions.
And you in New England, even your
professors and free traders, will learn
that the steady demand made by mill
ions of your countrymen in the West
and South for textile and metallic fab
rics furnishes you a hundred fold better
market than you can find in the over
stocked markets of Europe and Asia.
If you join in breaking down this sys
tem in order to increase your foreign
market for manufacturers from 2 to even
10 per cent, you will destroy the goose
that lays the golden egg. You may
ask me what I have to say about tariff
reform. 1 answer that 1 am decidedly
in favor of tariff reform, always have
been and always will be. How would I
reduce the surplus. I answer frankly
the tariff ought to be carefully revised,
with a view to correct any
\ inequalities or incongruities that
have grown out of the change of
values since the passage of the act of
1883; that every imported article which
does not compete with our domestic in
dustry, and is essential to the comfort
and wants of our people, should be
placed upon the free list; that every
raw material ot industry which does not
compete with our own productions
should be especially selected for the
free list; that whenever any industry
which can be conducted in this country
with reasonable success needs a moder
ate increase of duty for its protection ."
Hon. Nathan Goff,Jr.,of West Virginia,
was introduced as the last speaker. He
heartily indorsed the opinion of the pre
vious speakers. In commencing his re
marks and relative to protection said
that he believed in a high protective
tariff, in a home market for home capi
tal, in a home market for home labor
and in a home market for home indus
tries. This country has been afflicted
with the curse of slavery, but it should
not be cursed with a tariff that would
bring on slavery. We have the grand
est market in the world, and what mar
ket are you searching for if you indorse
Cleveland's message?
At the conclusion of the speech re
peated cheers were given for the hon
ored guests of the evening and the
gathering dispersed.
CORBIN'S ANSWER.
He Will Not Consider the Strike
of the Railroaders.
Philadelphia, Feb. 9.— At to-day's
session of the general executive board,
Knights of Labor, the strike of the
shoemakers of Cincinnati formed a
subject of discussiou for a portion
iof the sitting. Hugh Cavanaugh,
master workman of District Assem
bly 48, appeared before the
board as the representative of his dis
trict, so far as it is concerned in the mat
ter. The conflict of authority between
District Assembly 48 and National Dis
trict 20 has resulted in a wholesale lock
out, and the general executive board is
! asked to decide various points in the
law of the order relating to the
transfer of local assemblies from
mixed district assemblies to national
trades districts. The board took all the
papers and reserved its decision until
it has had time to become fully ac
quainted with the circumstances. * It is
learned to-night from a trustworthy
i source that the note sent by the general
executive board to President Corbin
j to-day, asking if there was any way by
i which the existing troubles between the
company and its men could be satis
factory settled, had been received and
answered by that official. It is said
that the reply while courteous in its
nature, contained an absolute refusal
to consider the strike of the railroaders,
but said that if the miners were willing
to return to their work, any grievances
1 they had would receive fair and impar-
J tial consideration at the company's
! hands, and if there was anything to
I arbitrate such a course 5 would be
adopted after the resumption of work.
An Actress Married.
St. Loll "♦, Feb. -Miss Blanche F.
Thorne. the leading lady of. the "Held
by the Enemy" company, now playing
at the Olympic theater in this city, was
j married flits afternoon to David C. John
• son. (he well known bookmaker and
horseman : of . the firm of Appleby &
I Johnson, of New York.
A* National Convention. -
S^ ; (in iCACio, Feb. '.".—The Andrew Jack
.-ion league, a local Democratic-: organi
j /.at ion. instructed a committee last
. night to arrange for a national conven
j c?o»i of . ill* 1 l-Hjmocratic clulw of -tlie
1 /United stales. It is proposed to* hold
rtlie.-.-oim-ulicn in Chicago, June t. -■-.."•
THE RAILROAD SITUATION.
The Officials Do Not Like the Looks
of It.
THEY DON'T SEE THE END.
At Chicago There Was Nothing of an
Exciting Nature—
Rates Reduced.
The railroad situation in St. Paul was
unchanged yesterday. No new rates
were put in, nor were those established
the day before extended to other points.
It seems to be the general impression
among railroad men that the roads that
have been handling cut rates with so
much freedom for the past few days
have dropped pretty near to the point
where a loss is incurred in -loin*, busi
ness, and yet a railroad man who had
just come through from Chicago, where
lie had an opportunity to talk with rail
road men, and to ascertain something
of their views, stated yesterday that he
did not believe there was a siinrle road
running out of Chicago to the Northwest,
the Wegt, or to the Southwest that was
making money enough to pay runuinir
expenses, and yet he further said that
nowhere did he hear a single word in
dicating that any steps would be taken
to put a stop to the cutting and slashing
that is now going on. The railroad men
in the city look upon the present situa
tion with unusual interest aud antici
pate the outcome with a feeling akin to
fear. They seem to be of the opinion
that the general managers ought to
know their business and that possibly
they do, but however that may be they
do not like the present appearance of
matters, nor do they consider the out
look at all promising. Most of them
cannot see clearly how the trouble came
about or who first commenced it. They
do not like the disturbance at all.
NOT MUCH SPIRIT.
There "Was Not Much Life in the
Rate War at Chicago Yesterday.
Chicago, Feb. There was not
much spirit displayed in the Western
freight rate war to-day. Only a few
comparatively unimportant cuts were
recorded. The Burlington put into
Mason City, 10., the same rates as are
made to St. Paul, the object being to
strike the local traffic of the Milwaukee
&St. Paul company in Northeastern
lowa. The dressed beef rate from
Council Bluffs to Chicago was lowered
to 20 cents, or 10 cents below the
tariff in order to bring the rates in line
with Kansas City. The Wisconsin Cen
tral made the same rates to Duluth and
Lake Superior points from Chicago that
are made to St. Paul. The Milwaukee
& St. Paul and Chicago & Northwestern
met the cut. Fourth-class rates to Dcs
Moines were lowered }£ cent, all roads
to that point participating. The Alton's
grain rate of 5 cents from Kansas City
to Louis is diverting a large amount of
Nebraska corn in that direction, and the
Burlington is said to be preparing to
counteract it with a low grain rate from
the Missouri river to Chicago.
Lumber Rates Reduced.
Special to the Glooe.
Eau Claire, Wis., Feb. Lumber
freight rates from the Eau Claire dis
trict to all Missouri river points were
reduced 2% cents to-day, leaving the
differential only 4 cents over Chicago
by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul.
The reduction is not understood to be a
mere incident of the freight war, but a
permanent concession to a request made
by lumbermen of this section many
times since the old Bogne differential
was established. The result will be a
general piling of lumber here and ship
ment by rail and but little rafting. It
is believed Frederick Weyeriiausei's In
fluence has had much to do with this
reduction of rates, which follows so
soon after his acquisition of interests
here. The Omaha and Northwestern
roads make a similar reduction.
Luvcrne Is Happy.
Specinl to the Globe.
Luvekne, Minn., Feb. 0. —P. E.
Brown, George C. Huntington, S. W.
Thomson, G. W.Kniss, Angus Ross and
Jay Ladue returned this afternoon from
Sioux City, where they went to repre
sent the interests of this place in the
proposed new railroad from Sioux City
northward. They reported the results
of their interview with the officers of
the company at a citizens' meeting
this evening. The villages of Marshall,
Woodstock, Eilgerton, Rock Rapids
and other towns along the proposed
site were also represented by commit
tees. The gist of their report was that
the officers of the company pledged
themselves to make a survey of the
route via Luverne early in the spring,
and the committee was unanimous in
the opinion that Luverne will secure
the road.
Announce Their Rates.
New York, Feb. 9.— The Chicago, St.
Paul & Kansas City railway (formerly
the Minnesota & Northwestern) an
nounce that they will put in force the
following rates from Chicago and com
mon points to St. Paul and Minneapolis,
subject to the trunk line official classi
fication: First, 25 cents; second, 21
cents; third, 17 cents; fourth, 14 cents;
fifth, 12 cents, and sixth. 8 cents. These
rates represent, it is claimed, the pro
portion west of Chicago of the Chicago,
Burlington & Northern Railway com
pany's private pro-rating deal with the
route via New London to Chicago for
quoting through rates from seaboard
points to St. Paul and Minneapolis, and
the Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City
Railway company decided yesterday to
meet the figures.
Chips From the Ties.
The St Paul & Kansas City road has issued
a circular, or. notice, to shippers announcing
that it has completed its line in Illinois be
tween Dubuque and Freeport. and in position
to guarantee uniformly as good time ns can
be made by any other line on freight between
Chicago and SL. Paul, Minneapolis, Dcs
"Moines, Dubuque, etc.
The Minnesota Transfer association had a
meeting yesterday afternoon at the headquar
ters of the Omaha road. All the companies
were present but two. No business was
transacted, but a general and informal talk
was indulged in in regard to where the new
tracks shall be laid and the general business
of the company.
The meeting of the Western and North
western associations called for yesterday
was postponed till Tuesday, the 14t*h.
F. B. Clarke and Messrs. Teasdale and Mc
Donald, of the Omaha _*oad, hare returned
from Chicago.
W. S. Melleu, general manager of the Wis
consin Central, Is in St. Paul.
All the trains were behind time yesterday
owing to the extreme cold. ._.
P. N. Finney, formerly of the Wisconsin
Central, is in town.
_-_
Fire at Cleveland.
Cleveland, (»., Feb. 9. —At 11
o'clock last night fire was discovered in
.the large clothing establishment of J.
L. Hudson, known as "The Excelsior."
The fire originated in the basement,
used for storing and packing ware
rooms, where there was an immense
stock of goods, which were almost en
tirely destroyed. The lire was confined
to the basement. \ Hudson's loss will be
175,000, covered by an insurance of
$150,000. The building, one of the finest
in the city, owned by Joseph B. Per
kins, is not damaged to any extent, ex
cept the burning of floors and partitions
in the basement. _ ,ly. .-■'■.■:
No New Developments.
Cincinnati, 0., Feb. 9 —No new de
velopments occurred to-day in the
Metropolitan bank matter. Among the
possible receivers of the Metropolitan is
Charles H. Law, one of the managers of
the Royal Insurance company, presi
dent of the Corrugated company, and
who was urged by President Cleveland"
to take the assistant treasurcrshtp
of the United States sub-treasury
here. His being a personal friend of
Comptroller Trenholm Improves his
chances of securing I him the position.
In '-regard.-, to 'Miss Josie Holmes, ex
change clerk of .the late Fidelity bank,
it is authoritatively stated that District .
Attorney Burnet will write to tbe at
torney general advising that her indict
ment be nollied because of her valuable
assistante as a witness for the govern
ment. The action of the district at
torney virtually settles the matter, and
before long she will undoubtedly b«
free.
m*m
PLUMMER POST'S SCANDAL.
Nothing Definite Done at the
Sleeting Last Night.
Ths Plummer post row in Minneap
olis did not come to any definite con
clusion last evening. The meeting was
l-oth protracted and animated. In fact,
the animation went so far that
Commander Hawkins ordered the guard
to place one of the speakers
under arrest. The order was not cur
ried odt, however. The .report of the
Investigating committee did not reveal
any new developments. The committee
had found that the receipts from the
sham battle amounted to 112,060, and
the expenses to $11,943, leaving a bal
ance due the post of about $145. and
11,000 worth ammunition on band which
can be disposed or. The investigating
committee also reported that there were
no visible receipts from the hotel or
restaurant to which large donations
had been made by the business men of
Minneapolis, although the man in
charge said he had turned over $*500 for
which no account had been made.
The tickets distributed among
the posts throughout the state
were also not accounted for, although
some of the posts had made sales to con
siderable amounts. The members of
the sham battle committee bad also put
in a bill for services for 108 days at $5 a
day, which seemed absurd, considering
that none of them could command such
pay ordinarily, especially so in the case
of one member of the com mi I to win- was
a city employe during a portion of the
time and could hardly have given more
than thirty days' of service. The Haw
kins men, in their defense, alleged that
the reason for not making a report
was that a settlement of all bills had
not been made, although something
like three mouths have 'elapsed since
the battle. There was also an
intimation that the state fair
management had not made a fair settle
ment. A motion was made to incorpor
ate the post, so it could bring an action
to recover the money believed to be
due, and this was opposed dy the Haw
kins gang, of course, and was laid
over for a week. Several member-
expressed their disgust at the situation
and asked for withdrawal cards. Among
these was Col. M. H. Sessions, a post
commander. At the close C. 11. Curtiss
began a labored oratorical effort in de
fense of the sham battle committee,
which seemed to have the effect of an
opiate.for the members of the post either
fell asleep or went to their homes.
To sum up the situation nothing has
been accomplished further than thai
the post as a body is more firmly con
vinced than ever that it has been di—
bonestlp and dishonorably dealt with,
and the intention to probe the matter to
the bottom has been strengthened. A
movement to demand the court-martial
of all members of the committee is
under foot. Commander. Haw
kins tendered his resigna-ion, but
it was not acted upon. and
probably will not be until some sort of
definite settlement has been made. A
general regret has been expressed that
the difficulty has .arisen, but the post
now intends to see the matter through
to a finish. The investigating commit
tee will continue its work during the
coining week and next Thursday night
there will probably be a culmination of
the various events tbat have raised such
a scandal.
AT THK PLAY.
The sale of seats for Hanlon's "Fan
tasnia"' opens to-day at the Grand. This
fairy spectacle ought to do large busi
ness. The management announce that
to the school children attending the
Saturday matinee and tin- one making
the most successful acrostic out of the
word "Fantasma"' will be given a prize
of $10. The answers must be handed in
at the door at the matinee.
Manager Conklin is expected home
to-morrow.
Ben Stern, manager of Hanlon's
"Fantasma," has been sick. lb* prom
ises to be on hand Monday to give his
attraction a good send-off.
Notwithstanding the exceedingly cold
weather, "Mary Warner, or a Wife's
Devotion," was presented to another
good audience last evening at the Peo
ple's. The play continues the balance
of the week with a special matinee to
morrow, when the prices will be 10, 2U
and 30 cents.
•'The Golden Giant." with Mrs. Me-
Kee Rankin in the title role, will be
seen at the Grand opera soon.
SHOUT SAYINGS.
County Attorney Davis— To be honest
1 would* rather look at a ballet than
Munkacsy's "Christ Before Pilate."
Terrenes Connolly — I'll go yon a
hundred to five that I am elected police
commissioner In spite of all.
Supt. Hem—W arts the matter with
Byrnes'.' •
Meat Inspector Mea— When I want to
tell a man what 1 think of him I tell
him to his face. 1 don't try to get the
Tirades and Labor assembly to do it for
me.
James Gray— am suffering from the
winter cholera in my tooth.
John T. Byrnes— l intended to roast
the Journal in my speech, but 1 forgot
the little thing.
Heartless Davis— Me and llilles, we
are doing the Damon and Pythias act
now.
A. X. Jordan— l am off for the Mardi
Gras at New Orleans, via Hot Springs
and Chicago.
PERSONALS.
Miss Addle P. Murray, of Philadelphia, i«»
visiting her cousin. Mrs. George W. Coo'.cy.
Arthur X. Jordan left teat evening for
New Orleans to attend the Mardi Gras.
Rev. D. -". Hirrrill returned yesterday from
a visit to his former home at Freeport, lIL
W. 11. Vanderburg has -sailed for Europe.
He intends to visit Egypt before his return
home.
August Ililgerman, the well-known store
fixture manufacturer, leaves next Wednes
day for a pleasure trip of a mouth in Cali
forma.
Lieut. Charles Foster. V. 8. N.. is on a
visit to his parents. 1717 Fourth street
southeast. Mrs. Hubert Foster. Lis mother,
is very ill, aud is not expected to live.
Ticket Brokers' Meeting.
Louisville, Ky., Feb. 9.— The exec
utive board of the American Ticket
Brokers' association is holding its regu
lar quarterly meeting at the general of
fices of the association in this city. The
attention of the board is especially
being directed against legislation in
congress hostile to the business mem
bers of the association. It was decided
that some specific action should be taken
to guard against possible surprise, m
two members were delegated to go to
Washington, and there remain to watch
the progress of events, with full power
to employ counsel if needed to secure
the proper presentation of the brokers'
cause in congress.
An Odd Libel Suit.
At Harlan, la., one of the oddest libel
suits on record was recently instituted.
Several years ago a young man from
the country attended the Southern lowa
Normal nt Bloomficld for a term. He
was an ambitious and also excessively
polite youth., and as he walked along
the streets frequently communed with
himself, adding gesticulation to his
thoughts. This habit caused a story to
be set atloat that one day, when he was
rambling along in the suburbs, he bad
doffed bis hat to a cow grazing in a
vacant lot and saluted her with: "Good
alternoov., Mrs. Cow." The story clung
to him, and when a few years later he
began practicing law at Harlan aud be
came a candidate for office a local news
paper published a column, done up in
verse, describing the alleged episode.
Of course Urn young lawyer became tho
laughing-stock of the community for the
time, ami lie promptly instituted a libel
suit against the newspaper.
THIS BLIZZARD.
it is all very well '.
i •• "or people to tell - ; ,"--♦-.
or the '.ana of the loins and lizard. "
tint it shrivels us all '
Whoa down from St. Paul
tosnc» the Mm: of Its blustering bUrswd.
"-/,;• Buffalo Ss.pt**--.