-7 V
W
Gold
Silver dollar-
Subsidiary j ilver
Minoi co -
SHOULD NOT DELAY
LET THE PROMISED REFORMS
BE FORTHCOMING
Tins Coiintiv lias Intrusted Use Demo
crat Parry with Toner ami with Doi
litilo instructions Tho Income Tax Iilesi
Jushed
Iejjln at Once
As might have been expected the
discordant elements of the Democratic
party are in fierce contest as to when
to begin the task of reconstruction
Those who never meant anything but
to get the spoii3 of office very natur
ally are reluctant to begin at all
Those who have faith in the substan
tial character of their promises strong
ly insist that prudence- as well as in
terest calls for the promptest action
possible
Why should not the aggressive pol
icy of the Democratic party begin at
once The country has intrusted them
with power with definite instructions
and amxjle opportunity They will
have the President and all the depart
ments of the administration The
lower House is overwhelmingly in their
hands and the Senate will be with
them if they are true to the promises
on which they won That is and
thereon hangs all the solicitude Does
the Democratic iarty understand its
instructions Does it know what it is
in power for Does it know where it
is at If this and all that it implies
is comprehensively grasped by the
Democratic mind what hinders imme
diate action
Certainly the Democratic policy on
the tariff is ready They havo de
nounced the McKinley law They have
declared it should be repealed They
declare a tariff for protection to be un
constitutional They must now make
good their bond or the world will be
lieve them to have been dishonest
Their platform declares for the re
peal of the 10 per cent tax It is a
very short job but will they do it
They know what greenbacks are They
know the confidence of the people in
national legal tenders They know the
hatred of the people toward the na
tional bank svstem Thev know the
people are suffering for lack of money
They have had time to frame a policy
They know the distrust of wild cat
What will they do about it
There is a deficiency in the revenue
Uow is the time to practice their prom
ises of economy and retrenchment
They must raise more revenue or they
must reduce expenses or they must
increase the public debt They must
bear this responsibility and delay will
be destruction Congress should be
called to meet March 5 Congress
should always be in session The
American people pay for the whole
time and energy of Congressmen and
they should always be on duty espe
cially so now The verdict of the peo
ple must be executed and delay and
vacillation can only come from an un
willingness to fulfill their promises or
a consciousness of inability to do so
They are now whore they must either
fish or cut bait Does the Democratic
party know what it is here for
Since the days of Abraham Lincoln
no President has faced a responsibility
equal to that now resting upon Grover
Cleveland He must demonstrate that
public office is a public trust He must
carry out in good faith the promises of
reform If he does not do so the same
power that destroyed Benjamin Harri
son will destroy Grover Cleveland A
government of the people for the peo
ple and by the people is committed to
bis keeping Let him begin at once
by putting the Congress of the people
at work to carry out the promised re
forms Nonconformist
iioUl ami Silver of 1S91 92
The report of the Director of th e
Mint says
The mines of the United States pro
duced during the calendar year 1891
precious metals as follow s
Fine Commci cial Coinage
Metals ounces value value
Gold loOiblil 3351730 0 33175000
Silver 5SS3I00J 17030040 lo U0503
The coinage of the mints during the
last fiscal year aggregated 11355012 1
pieces -valued as follows
S37jOG98730
8iiiO J0700
liCVJbllCO
129071052
Total S5179297GC2
The total coinage ot silver dollars
tinder the act of Feb 28 1878 to the
close of such coinage was 781GG793
and under the act of 1S90 to Nov 1
1892 33107570 under act of March
3 1S91 507S472 a total coinage of
silver since March I 1878 of 416412
335
The net profit on the coinage of sil
ver during the fourteen years ended
June 30 1892 including the balances
in the coinage mints on July 1 1858
has aggregated 72736065
This would seem to be very satisfact
ory but if the present value of silver
bullion were made the basis of calcula
tion the commercial value of the silver
bullion coined into silver dollars would
be far less than the government has
paid for it
The product of gold and silver in
the world during the calendar year
1891 based upon returns to the Di
rector of the Mint was as follows
Tine Commercial Coinage
Metals ounce value value
Gold 6102tfl3 1-231580-0 126153000
Silver 4i390lfXX i kVtfiOOD 183174000
The coinage of gold and ilver in the
various countries of the world during
the same period so far as reports have
been received aggregated
Gold 119183735
Silver 1303311-
The stock of gold and silver in the
Qnited States on Nov 1 1892 based
upon official tabulations brought for
ward from year to year was approxi
mately
Gold 050011803
32lver 537014951
Total 81243055814
The amount of money in actual cir
culation outside of treasury valuos
including paper and metallic was 3
606139735 or 2434 per head
The value of gold bars furnished for
industrial use during the last calendar
year was 16664953 against 14605
901 in the prior vear an increase of
2039052 and of silver 9631746
against 9031178 in the prior year
an increase of 600568
If there lias been no falling off in
the amount of coin melted annually
for use in repairs and jewelery the to
tal value of the precious metals used in
the industrial arts and manufactures
in the United Stares during the last
year was approximately
Gold 19700000 and silver 9
630000 a total of 29330000 of which
10697679 gold and 7289073 silver
consisted of new bullion
The price of silver fluctuated during
the last fistal year from 102 prr fine
ounce which was the price at the be
ginning of the year to 0855 March
28 the lowest price closing June 30
at 0873 a variation of 017 an ounce
during the last fiscal year Since
July 1 1892 the price of silver still
further declined until Aug 11 1892
it reached 83 cents a fine ounce the
lowest price silver ever reached
Since then the price has advanced
and at the present writing Nov 1
1892 it is 086 per fine ounce At
the lowest price of silver during the
fiscal year the commercial value of
the pure silver contained in a silver
dollar was 66 cents at the highest
price it was 0786 and at the average
price 0724 The number of silver
dollars distributed from the mints dur
ing the last fiscal year was 9407920
being 3800874 less than in the pre
vious year Kansas Farmer
Tlio Income Tux
The farm and labor organizations
have been ridiculed as cranks because
they have advocated a tax upon in
comes as a means of raising a national
revenue But our Washington cor
respondent tells us that this idea is
now being pushed by some of the most
energetic and influential members of
Congress and present indications are
says our correspondent that such a
measure will easily get through the
House unless Mr Cleveland who is
understood to be opposed to it shall
call a halt and even then the chances
are that there will be some eyeopening
talk on the subject in both House and
Senate Whatever Mr Clevelands
opinion may be wo can see no other
means of escape for the Democratic
party They have promised great re
ductions of the tariff If this promise
be Icpt a reduction in the tariff
revenue would mui lilie ijilu There
seems to be no serious proposition to
reduce salaries or expenses hence
there must be some other means of
raising revenue The tax on incomes
naturally suggests itself as the most
feasible means and a means in the line
of right and justice and one that is
reallv made necessary bv the tenden
cies of the times and the logic of
events would seem to drive the Democ
racy to it
Thus are the farm and labor organ
izations being vindicated and the first
while cranks are proving to be the true
leaders in the advocacy of measures
necessary to the general Avelfare Pro
gressive Farmer
The Monetary Conference
The dispatches say that the mone
tary conference does not attract half
the discussion in Europe that the death
of Jay Gould does The money kings
of Europe cannot see anything to have
a conference about So far the discus
sions have been first upon the propo
sition of the American delegates which
was to re establish universal bi-metal-ism
on any rates which could be agreed
upon second the plan of Rothschild
of Paris for the United States to con
tinue the Sherman law of 1890 and
Europe to buy 25000000 ounces oi
silver annually as long as the price
keeps below 86 cents Then came the
Moritz Levi proposition which is more
properly a series of questions impossi
ble to answer The point of the plan
is that gold should be recognized as
an aristocratic coin That no gold
should be coined less than 4 or 20
francs and that silver should only be
a subsidiary coin below the gold and
legal tender only to the equivalent of
the lowest gold piece They are now
considering the plan of Tietgen the
Danish delegate which is to extend
the terms of the Latin union which
would be to com all silver but at an
ever varying ratio to be determined by
the price of silver bullion on the Lou
don market We see no prospect of
anything being done that will be rati
fied by the American people The
delegates have no power to bind Con
gress to any course of action and the
legislation on silver by the United
States is not to be dictated by foreign
nations Ex
Xlio Option Business Does It
I dont understand says a prom
inent Chicago operator how trade
should feel so bearish this year The
wheat crop is only 520000000
bushels against 612000000 bushels
a year ago the corn crop only 1618
000000 bushels against 2000000000
bushels last vear the oat crop 615
000000 bushels against 739000000
last year the rye crop only 31000
000 bushels against 33000000 bushels
a year ago with barley only 65000000
bushels against 75000000 bushels last
vear while the potato crop has shrunk
from 240000000 bushels in 1891 to
160000000 bushels now Here is a
deficiency in these crops this year oi
709000000 bushels with prices ol
nearly everything in this line 20 pei
cent lower and nearly everybody still
talking bearish It dont seem rea
sonable to me yet I must confess the
bears are making the money
Every day some one asserts that
fiat money or paper money unless it
is made redeemable in coin is not
good is not a legal tender Why
Well there is nothing behind it Is
a United States bond good Is it not
worth a premium in gold Did not
Mr Cleveland pay out 72000000 in
premiums on United States bondsthat
were not due What makes a bond
good The security is the wealth
and patriotism of the nation which is
pledged for its redemption If this is
true vhen the same Government
creates a dollar in paper money and
bases that dollar on the wealth and
patriotism of the whole people why is
it not a good dollar What do you
want to redeem uit v for
SHOULD NOT DELAT
LET
THE PROMISED REFORMS
BE FORTHCOMING
Xlio Country Has Intrusted the Demo
cratic Parry with Jower and with Io
Inite Instructions Tho Income Tux Idoii
JJoinic luliel
Begin at Once
As might have been expected the
discordant elements of the Democratic
party are in fierce contest as to when
to begin the task of reconstruction
Those who never meant anything but
to get the spoils of office very natur
ally are reluctant to begin at all
Those who have faith in the substan
tial character of their promises strong
ly insist that prudence as well as in
terest calls ior the promptest action
possible
Why should not the aggressive pol
icy of the Democratic party begin at
once The country has intrusted them
with power with definite instructions
and ample opportunity They will
have the President and all the depart
ments of the administration The
lower House is overwhelmingly in their
hands and the Senate will be with
them if they are true to the promises
on which they won That is and
thereon hangs all the solicitude Does
the Democratic party understand its
instructions Does it know what it is
in power for Does it know where it
is at If this and all that it implies
is comprehensively grasped by the
Democratic mind what hinders imme
diate action
Certainly the Democratic policy on
tho tariff is ready They have de
nounced the McKinley law They have
declared it should bo repealed They
declare a tariff for protection to be un
constitutional They must now make
good their bond or the world will be
lieve them to have been dishonest
Their platform declares for the re
peal of the 10 per cent tax It is a
very short job but will they do it
They know what greenbacks are They
know the confidence of the people in
national legal tenders They know the
hatred of the people toward the na
tional bank system They know the
people are suffering for lack of money
They have had time to frame c policy
They know tho distrust of wild cat
What will they do about it
There is a deficiency in the revenue
Now is the time to practice their prom
ises of economy and retrMioliinent
They must raise more revenue or they
must reduce expenses or they must
increase the public debt They must
bear this responsibility and delay will
be destruction Congress should be
called to meet March 5 Congress
should always Le iu session The
American people pay for the whole
time and energy of Congressmen and
they should always be on duty espe
cially so now The verdict of the peo
ple must be executed and delay and
vacillation can only come from an un
willingness to fulfill their promises or
a consciousness of inability to do so
They are now where they must either
fish or cut bait Dies the Democratic
party know what it is here for
Since the days of Abraham Lincoln
no President has faced a responsibility
equal to that now resting upon Grover
Cleveland Ho must demonstrate that
public office is a public trust He must
carry out iu good faith the promises of
reform If he does not do so the same
power that destroyed Benjamin Harri
son will destroy Grover Cleveland A
government of the people for the peo
ple and by the people is committed to
his keeping Let him begin at once
by putting the Congress of the people
at work to carry out the promised re
forms Nonconformist
Gold and Silver of ISOi OS
The report of the Director of th e
Mint says
The mines of the United States pro
duced during the calendar year 1891
precious metals as follows
luno Commercial Coinage
Metals ouncos value value
Gold 1004810 SIWlToOiO 33 1751100
Silver 5833j000 57030010 75110505
The coinage of the mints during the
last fiscal year aggregated 113556124
pieces valued as follows
Gold 7 S3550G93750
Silver dollars 83294G700
Subsidiary silver I5C591160
Minor co is V JG 71052
Total 5179297GG2
The total coinage of silver dollars
under the act of Eel 28 1878 to the
close of such coinage was 378166793
and under the act of 1890 to Nov 1
1892 33167570 under act of March
3 1891 5078472 a total coinage of
silver since March 1 1878 of 416412
835
The net profit on the coinage of sil
ver during the fourteen years ended
June 30 1892 including the balances
in the coinage mints on Julv 1 1858
has aggregated 72736065
This would seem to be very satisfact
ory but if the present value of silver
bullion were made the basis of calcula
tion the commercial value of the silver
bullion coined into silver dollars would
be far less than the government has
paid for it
The product of gold and silver in
the world during the calendar year
1891 based upon returns to the Di
rector of the Mint was as follows
Pine Commercial Coinage
Metals ounces value value
Gold 6102893 12t515ST0 612G153000
8ilver 443994000 llVMGCOJ 186174000
The coinage of gold and silver in the
various countries of the world during
the same period so far as reports have
been received aggregated
Gold S119183735
Silver 135008142
The stock of gold and silver in the
United States on Nov 1 1892 based
upon official tabulations brought for
ward from year to year was approxi
mately
Gold SG5G0418G3
S21ver 537011951
Total Sl243G5G814
The amount of money in actual cir
culation outside of treasury values
including paper and metallic was 1
606139735 or 2434 per head
The value of gold bars furnished for
industrial use during the last calendar
year was 16661953 against 14605
901 in ttie prior year an increase of
2039052 and xl silver 9631740
against 9031178 in the prior year
an increase of 600568
If there has been no falling off in
the amount of coin melted annually
for use in repairs and jewelery the to
tal value of she precious metals used in
the industrial arts and manufactures
in the United States during the last
year was approximately
Gold 19700000 and silver 9
630000 a total of 29330000 of which
10697679 gold and 7289073 silver
consisted of new bullion
The price of silver fluctuated during
the last fistal year from 102 per fine
ounce which was the price at the be
ginning of the year to 0855 March
28 the lowest price closing June 3G
at 0873 a variation of 017 an ounce
during the last fiscal year Since
July 1 1892 the price of silver still
further declined until Aug 11 1892
it reached 83 cents a fine ounce the
lowest price silver ever reached
Since then the price has advanced
and at the present writing Nov 1
1892 it is 086 per fine ounce At
the lowest price of silver during the
fiscal year the commercial value of
the pure silver contained in a silver
dollar was 66 cents at the highest
price it was 0786 and at the average
pi ice 0724 The number of silver
dollars distributed from the mints dur
ing the last fiscal year was 9407920
being 3800874 less than in the pre
vious year Kansas Farmer
Tho Income Tax
The farm and labor organizations
have been ridiculed as cranks because
they have advocated a tax upon in
comes as a means of raising a national
revenue But our Washington cor
respondent tells us that this idea is
now being pushed by some of the most
energetic and influential members of
Congress and present indications are
says our correspondent that such a
measure will easily get through the
House unless Mr Cleveland who is
understood to be opposed to it shall
call a halt and even then the chances
are that there will be some eyeopening
talk on the subject iu both House and
Senate Whatever Mr Clevelands
opinion may be we can see no other
means of escape for the Democratic
party They have promised great re
ductions of the tariff If this promise
be kept a reduction in the tariff
revenue would most like follow There
seems to be no serious proposition to
reduce salaries or expenses hence
there must bo some other means oi
raising revenue The tax on incomes
naturally suggests itself as the most
feasible means and a means in the line
of right and justice and one that is
really made necessary by the tenden
cies of the times and the logic of
events would seem to drive the Democ
racy to it
Thus are the farm and labor organ
izations being vindicated and the first
while cranks are proving to be the true
leaders in the advocacy of measures
necessary to the general welfare Pro
gressive Farmer
The Monetary Conference
The dispatches say that the mone
tary conforenco does not attract half
the discussion in Europe that the death
of Jav Gould does The monev kings
of Europe cannot see anything to have
a conference about So far the discus
sions have been first upon the propo
sition of the American delegates which
was to re establish universal bi-metal-ism
on any rates which could be agreed
upon second the plan of Kothschild
of Paris for the United States to con
tinue the Sherman law of 1890 and
Europe to buy 25000000 ounces of
silver annually as long as the price
keeps below 86 cents Then came the
Moritz Levi proposition which is more
properly a series of questions impossi
ble to answer The point of the plan
is that gold should be recognized as
an aristocratic coin That no gold
should be coined less than 4 or 20
francs and that silver should only be
a subsidiary coin below the gold and
legal tender only to the equivalent of
the lowest gold piece They are now
considering the plan of Tietgen the
Danish delegate which is to extend
the terms of the Latin union which
would be to com all silver but at an
ever varying ratio to be determined by
the price of silver bullion on the Lon
don market We see no prospect oi
anything being done that will be rati
fied by the American people The
delegates have no power to bind Con
gress to any course of action and tha
legislation on silver by tho United
States is not to bo dictated by foreign
nations Ex
Tho Option Jiusiness Does It
I dont understand says a prom
inent Chicago operator how trade
should feel so bearish this year The
wheat crop is only 520000000
bushels against 612000000 bushels
a year ago the corn crop only 1618
000000 bushels against 2000000000
bushels last year the oat crop 615
000000 bushels against 739000000
last year the rye crop only 31000
000 bushels against 33000000 bushels
a year ago wish barley only 65000000
bushels against 75000000 bushels last
vear while the potato crop has shrunk
from 240000000 bushels in 1891 to
160000000 bushels now Here is
deficiency in these crops this year
709000000 bushels with prices
1
K
a
of
of
nearlv everything in this line 20 per
cent lower and nearly everybody still
talking bearish It dont seem rea
sonable to me yet I must confess the
bears are making the money
Every day some one asserts that
fiat money or paper money unless it
is made redeemable in coin is not
good is not a legal tender Why
Well there is nothing behind it Is
a United States bond good Is it not
worth a premium in gold Did not
Mr Cleveland pay out 72000000 in
premiums on United States bondslthat
were not due What makes a bond
good The security is the wealth
and patriotism of the nation which is
pledged for its redemption If this is
true when the same Government
creates a dollar iu paper money and
bases that dollar on the wealth and
patriotism of the whole people why ia
it not a good dollar What do you
want to redeem monev for
FIVE PLANS REPORTED
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUB
MIT DETAILS
Tietgen Proposes lUinouctization oTSilvcr I
with a Variable Katio to Gold Houlils
worth Prefers Legal Tender Certificated
Redeemable in Silver
Doings at Drusscli
The Monetary Conference Committee
at Brussels reported on various schemes
whidi have been introduced to advance
its object The first plan that of Tiet
gen of Denmark consisted in the crea
tion of an international silver currency
based on the variable mercantile value
of metal in international intercourse
but with unlimited paying power for tho
respective countries coininq it Sir
William Houldsworths plan proposed
tho creation of an international silver
urrency in the form of certificates of
deposits as a legal tender in the states
which would issue them but not re
deemable in gold The adoption of these
certifKates would meet the objections
raised against bimetallism on the
ground of the inconvenience which re
coinage would cause in case of varia
tion in value of tho metal gauged by a
gold standard In order to attain this
end Sir William Houldsworth proposed
a preliminary formation of a bimetallic
union or if this could not be brought
about at least free silver coinage in
one sufficiently strong country
Of tho third plan it was considered
that M Allard of Belgium who had
drawn it up on the lines of the Windom
bill with an international character
added wished to create an international
silver note not possessing the character
of legal tender but repayable to the
bearer in weight of silver variable ac
cording to the fluctuations of the mar
ket but always representing the nomi
nal value expressed in gold The
states issuing such notes would have to
bear in common any nossiblo loss re
sulting from repayments in case of a
depreciation in silver
The fourth plan which M de Foville
tho French delegate desired to encour
age was the practice of depositing sil
ver bullion in mints and banks of issue
f with certificates of deposit and
eial warrants negotiable without a le
gal rate or a guarantee of value on the
part of government Baffaeloviteh of
Bussia proposed to cive the certificates
an international character by establish
ing a system of warrants enabling tho
bearers thereof to obtain on delivery of
their receipts an equal quantity of sil
ver at all institutions which adhered to
the plan and having a stock of silver at
disposal
Representatives of the silver-producing
countries objected to this proposal
as lying outside tho program of tho con
ference the duty of which was to study
the means of extending the monetary
employment of silver
The fifth plan introduced by Sainc
telletio of Belgium an1 supported by
Mr
Montffiore propo d to create re
ceipts of deposits of gold and silver
I Rearing such conditions that a certain
quantity of gold should be alwavs ac
companied by a certain quantity of
silver the proportion of which should
be determined periodically by an inter
national commission which twin de
posits would be effected in order to be
represented by certificates the market
price of silver to be taken intojM0
m nxing These proportions that an
international character might be given
to the certificates
The rep rt proceeds to reproduce the
arguments for and against these plans
and asked whether the marriage of the
two metals would not be an artificial
one and whether the conventional sys
tem would meet thoe requirements of
commerco which desired above all
things the simplest possible solution of
the problem On the other hand it is
urged that variations in the price or sil
ver would be lessened if not altogether
stopped by the coexistence of the two
metals in deposits represented by cer
tificates and the relative fixity of valuo
of the twin deposits
READING COAL COMBINE
Continuation of the Investigation by the
IIoue Committee
The House committee appointed to
investigate the Beading Railroad an
thracite coal combination resumed
Thursday morning In the Commerce
Committee room tho inquiry it conduct
ed into this subject during tho recess in
New York Philadelphia and elsewhere
William H Joyce general freight agent
of the Pennsylvania BaUroad was ex
amined II o offered in evidence a letter
dated April 18 last addressed by him to
E 11 Holden chairman of the anthra
cite rate committee New York calling
attention to the fact that during tho
last year the Lehigh Vglley Bailroad
Company through its coal company
had made with individual operators con
tracts for the purchase of their coal
upon a percentage ot tho prices realized
at tide water
The Beading Company the latter
added had made similar agreements
with a number of minors and shippers
and it was therefore necessary for the
Pennsylvania Bailway to do likewise if
it weie to secure the product of collier
ies that hail heretofore shipped over
its lines These contracts gave ship
pers for their coal 60 per cent of the
prices obtained at tide water The let
ter stated that the Pennsylvania Com
pany would therefore reduce its price
for carrying coal to tide water Wit
ness said that the price over their road
was determined by the law of supply
and domand
DARES TO SEEK LIBERTY
The Colorado Cannibal Aniuus to Breathe
ret iir
Alfred Parker the man eater the man
who killed and devoured his compan
ions and who took delight in telling the
horrible torj has applied for a release
from tho penitentiary at Canyon City
Colo Paruor without doubt is the most
fiendish an houiish man who ever es
caped the noose His record
is a gruoFome one Iu his time it is
knowji tha1 ho has killed and eaten five
men
In Jatmary 3874 Al Parker in com
pany with iWe others left Dry Creek
Ban Juan County for tho Los Pinos
Agency and in Mar eh of the same year
he appeared at his destination wild
eyed haggard ad alone He told con
flicting stories about his companions
finally stating that they had died on the
trip Parka- l f t Bingham Utah in the
fall of 187 Wint r found his party of
twenty one snowed up at Dry Creek
with Chief Ouiay the famous Uncom
pahgre Ute Aftr camping with tho
Indian a few weeks he proposed that a
few of them push on to Cheagency
In company with Swan Miller Bell
Xoon and Humphrey thy bundled up
blanket cooking utensils and u gun
and wih a horse started over the range
in the coldest part of the winter Food
was scarce and soon the horse was
turned loose to die Three days later
the provisions gae out and the parry
became desperate It was bitterly cold
and the snow fell fast The men took
turns breaking the trail those follow
ing carrying the camp utensils Starv
ing the men chewed their moccasins and
cut up tbeir blankets to serve as shoes
When the matches gave out fire was Car
rie I in a coffee pot by Swan who was old
and feeble Sometmes the men found
frozen rosebuds and leaves ami ate
them ravenously Swan gave out when
near th top of the Continental divide
and then tho dovilish work began Sev
eral stories are told but the one most
generally believed is that each agroed
to climb the mountain and look for
signs of the agency leaving Swan in
camp in a clump of tree3 When they
left Parker returned and struck the old
man a blow on the head with a hatchet
and killed the others as they came in
Bell it seems was bent on murder
and had about made up his mind that
somo one had to die to save tho
others He returned to camp and Par
ker assaulted him A light took place
and Bell sue umbed All that winter
Parker ghoulisli like remained with
the dead and subsisted on tho choice
cuts from their bodies
The tale is a fearful one Ho was ar
rested at the agency but escaped and
was not again captured until 1883 in
Cheyenne In 18b6 he was sentenced
on five counts to eight years each each
sentenco to commence when tho other
expired He is an ex Union soldier
NO PRIZES WERE GIVEN
Victims of Bogus Lottery Tickets In ThU
Country and Canada
According to the statements of Chi
cago detectives who have been engaged
for over four months in hunting tho
manufacturers of counterfeit lottery
i ucKeis a stupendous scnemo for de
frauding lottery- ticket purchasers has
been discovered In every city town
and village in Canada Michigan Indi
ana Illinois and tho Northwest the
members of a gang have operated their
clever swindle for about a year and
have come out of the gamo heavy win
ners In all of these places persons
live who think themseh es born under a
constellation of lucky stars and several
comets and at every change of tho
moon they havo made investments in
lottery tickets It was to accommodato
these persons that the men who aro
claimed to constitute an unlawful gang
have been working But the tickets
they sold were for drawings that never
took place
The end of the business came when a
plant for the manufacture of lottery
tickets was discovered at 28i and 28
Clark street and Jacob B Stanger tfie
proprietor was arrested and charged
with forgery Tho arrest is the outcome
of the work of four months by the
tpr tives who took up the rase after W
i nehdersph or Baltimore attorney
for the Louisina Lottery company Jiad
done some work in the hope of detect
ing the defrauders It is believed by
oflu ers of the Louisiana company tho
firstjissue of ounterfoit tickets was inado
a year ago and since then and up to
the issue of August last the northern
tier of States the West and Canada
teSSkRWj rJeitt Keitf cweisirp
plied their sale at 1 each has netted
tho counterfeiters a neat sum
The men interested in this scheme
have not confined their talents to the
Louisiaua company but havo issued
tickets it is claimed on a number of
companies that do not exist The de
tectives confiscated at the Stanger shop
a fine lithographic press about 16000
IVIantanza tickets December issue 40
000 Vera Cruz tickets of December and
January issue several largo sheets of
Louisiana tickets without the numbers
and twenty engraving stones and sev
eral numbering machines The plant is
valued at 5000 The Vera Cruz tickets
were sold largely in the northwestern
part of Chicago the Mantanro tickets
over bars in the country towns of Michi
gan Indiana Illinois and Iowa while
the Louisiana tickets went into Canada
Michigan Illinois and the Northwest
COUNT NEW SENATORS w
Democratic Claims to Xebra9ka Kansas
and Ziorth Dakota Vigorously Disputed
The Republican Senatorial caucus met
in Washington and further discussed
the programme to be followed by tha
party in regard to the prospective sen
atorial contests in several of tho West
ern States A resolution offered by
Senator Hawley Conn was adopted
authorizing the chairman Senator Sher
man to appoint a committee of five
Senators to tako into consideration the
wisdom and propriety of senatorial in
terference in these contests
The consensus of opinion expressed
was that while the Senators did not de
sire nor intend to interfero with the
States in carrying out the will of tho
people it was the duty of tho Republi
can Senators to resent strenuously the
assertions of the DemoTats who are
now as they charge trying to pervert
public sentiment
It was shown to the satisfaction of
the caucus o a dispatch says that the
Democratic steering committee had
no ground upon which to stand when ife
gave out the authorized interview in
New York and in corroboration of this
some figures were produced In Nebras
ka it was said by the speakers that
the Democrats had but four members
in the entire Legislature and in Kan
sas but seventeen In North Dakota
the Bepublicans had a clear majority
of nine in both branches and In Wyo
ming five In California and Montana
the vote is close with tho Populists
holding the balauco of power One of
the active members of the caucus said
It was not the intention of the Bepub
licans to appoint any so called steer
ing committee for the reason that the
only purpose of such a committee
would le to exercise an improper in
fluence upon the Legislatures in the
States in question
IvroRHATiOK has been received from
Conshatta O T of the death of Gen
Henry Gray one of the few surviving
members of the Confederate Congress
and Brigadier General of the Confed
erate armv
A negro woman is under arrest at
Edgefield S C for murdering her two-year-old
babe and then serving it
cooked to her friends at a quilting party
as roast pig It is probable that she
will be lynched
Latra Biggai tho actress a mem
ber of A Trip to Chinatown company
neglected to pay a hotel bill at Cincinna
ti and was arrested at Hamilton and
taken to Cincinnati
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