MORTON CHOSEN:
c,ka gets a cabinet po
sition.
. uiprlin* Morton Twiderrd tka
■TjMP ot Agriculture—Hl» Ao
officially Announced A 8r
"That 1* creditable to Mr. CI.v.
judgment—The TronMo In
'M seem* to be Over and Fence
- Mere rretmll*.
i.mitka Man for Secretory of Agri
culture.
kewood, N. J.. Feb. 18.—Mr.
•aid announced last evening that
i r'iuff Morton of Nebraska, who
h! him at his request, was tendered
etaxyship of agriculture, and
tied it.
vbVi pan Lamont, Mr. Cleveland’s
t -v of the navy, came out on the
: aiii from New York and had a
• He with the president-elect.
• had departed Mr. Morton ar
il c- was driven through a blind
.,... storm to the cottage. After a
•;,!k Mr. Cleveland asked him to
;i'-'tor the department of agricul
'.;[ Mr. Morton accepted. This
. . uly the navv and attorney gen
; . t.‘ be provided for. Thisafter
v Carlisle arriveil and went to
„'-YiUfe. He will be Mr. Cleveland’s
[, v1 • r night.
n ui r Berry of Arkansas came out
Y • rain with Mr. Carlisle and had
;,..'ialk with Mr. Cleveland. He
v, main at Lakewood hotel over
.' |i,. said his presence here was
l, purpose of attending the kin
iii‘t,"a entertainment, of which
Y;'. veland was one of the patron
ami that a party of friends ac
laticd him.
u iio. 111., Feb. 18.—Joy Morton,
sterling Morton of Nebraska
last night confirmed the report
v- father was to enter Cleveland's
: in reply to questions by a re
Mr, Morton said that Mr. Cleve
u:--. Wednesday telegraphed Mr.
;,ir <o proceed to Lakewood. Mr.
;,,(, ame here and asked his eldest
i*,, ,il, to accompany him east,
nip-lit Joy Morton received the fol
io- ilisnateh:
ikfwood, N. J.. Feb. 17—Joy Mor
idcago: Offered and accepted,
k made public immediately.
J. Sterling Morton.
r. Morton added that whUe his
it had not sought the honor he felt
tly pleased at being asked by Mr.
eland to a seat in the cabinet.
J. STERLING MORTON.
St- ding Morton was bom in Ad
liffersou county, N. Y., April 22,
! i is ancestry was of Scottish birth
Pinitans. Removing with his par
ti Michigan at an early age, Mr.
tor. was educated at Ann Arbor and
r.ion college. New York, gradu
p from the latter institution in 1854.
i< studying he had shown predilec
• toward newspaper work and con
T--u to the Detroit Free Press and
r journals of reputation. On Octo
>- 1854, he married and started
t. arriving at Bellevue early in No
ber. After a few weeks at Belle
ti> > oung couple moved to Nebraska
. where lie started in to edit the
newspaper. In 1855 he was
t'li to the territorial legislature;
>: candidate in 1850, when he was
a1--- by eighteen votes in conse
t - of his opposition to chartering
M at” banks. He went back a year
r. however, and took an active part
1 ■Uer struggle attendant on the
of the legislature to Florence.
M- rton succeeded Thomas B. Cum
'-■I'refciry of the territory in the
: - i f 58, and within a few months
iin- active governor on the resigna
Governor Richardson. In the
of .860 the democrats nominated
ha'congress, but he failed of elec
■ kx years later he aspired to be
71 ruor of the new state of Nebras
ka :ie failed of election, but David
secured the honor. Mr. Morton
appointed to represent Nebraska at
' : exposition, and was one of the
m.-loners at the Centennial. He
■ n actively and usefully inter
, lr agricultural and horticultural
- aving served as president of the
, . *n charge of these indus
j. 1 "'1 claims the honor of being the
m.i . or of Arbor day. In economics
h''r: out-and-out free trader, and
- ics of Cobden and the “Man
J - school” are to him the “last
!. 1 ? t!le subject, having all the
\'Ll^ Power of a divine revelation.
s. campaign in Nebraska
1 i su m the minds of the reud
-i. ( nominated for governor
11 niocrats. and made an earnest,
.canvass of the state.
Diooasned
substantial victory, but then
iv.-abuw® t*di?»8,ar* received b3
;>•'l:nrT-„{’ ?.r’i°r-lovmg- citizen;
In .. n?BOf rehef.
s|u riff s nA=aVeibeen ordered home
>InnfSe las been disbanded
under tiin a 1 districts to do l
•iicau parties*5 °f theP°Pulist or re
Itical affiwJ according to theii
mhations, are leaving: ft
1 their
’ ,,a, “ Helens Once More.
,A’ Kan., Feb. 18.—Grim visaged
,l;0Dr 1’0'-ers with threatening
; er the fair capital of sunny Kan
•we has been no bloodshed,
i> JjO- *
ni-ij vohmt ilas,been disbanded,
fn -m t floek«d into the
the rural districts to do bat
l^wea^ and*' othe
lav.- no inn S °f warfare, and mar
are. S?xt *°“.ger rules on Capitc
"■ith the offieewr rfUtbliC1!* lefflsla1
a's^tantsern-ers.°* tke house, ani
,!:'"I'mentofrfilntS;at'arm8’af ter ai
Native hin' fift-y'two hours in rer
*««• as free°“? more breathe th
ih real and last ni^h
''^akfasted1 thk4^ °f °D theflo01
oithelandhLrS morning on th
“ ' -P of coffnn1ad on a ^ndwicl
« the end ”f ,hauledt,£ a hundre
°f a rone Bv.n_:_
; at the end „f , auIedt,P a hundr,
terms of a,T,,.a rope. Following
irst—it entered into,
the housc^ nnderstanc
has SeSd!doy?rby_
t'ffi're has l.Pres'ded over hy 1
the hou^l>’Ured- a haU in wh
>^s shau^f prasided over by 1
mativ-e Wnam ,a Possession
r-ted. “a11 undisturbed
. ’’-fismo're shain P??sided over
,,s: irhed an.) ad ln hWe manner
«l the hall whU^f it'll *** ^ P
n,l‘ V if i+ ,,'ynich it has secui
;ta--e house "*** a room
'ta>-e house "*** a root
U&ntative haUmeetiD<r8 °
if-r 0 arrests to U
house ot ,to he made
other. 01 member* or officer
ourth-Ti.
mtlita to be imm
ately relieved, including the sewn*
cruits sworn in and the sheriff’s posse
to be immediately.
Fifth—Militia companies now enroute
fov Topeka to be immediately tele
graphed to by the governor to return to
their homes.
The developments of the day are re*
garded on all sides as a decisive victory
for the republicans. Even the popu
lists, with chagrin and openly expressed
indignation at what some of them call
the governor’s weakness, admit that
the republicans have triumphed for the
time, at least.
Rejoicing at Home.
Nebraska City, Neb., Feb. 18_Ne
braska City is jolifying over the ap
pointment of J. Sterling Morton to the
secretaryship of,agriculture. Interviews
with prominent democrats and republi
cans develop nothing but satisfaction.
All unite in saying it is a fitting tribute
to the father of Arbor day and an honor
to the cabinet. Arrangements are be
ing made for a royal reception upon Mr.
Morton’s return from Chicago.
The Tice President-Elect.
Bloomington, 111., Feb. 18.—A fare
well reception was given last night by
the Bloomington club, of which the
vice president-elect is a member, to
that gentleman and his wife. The af
fair was a delightful one. The club
rooms were elaborately and beautifully
decorated. # The national flag was
draped across the. end of thtf reception
hall against a background of potted
plants and flowers. Mrs. Stevenson
wore a simple and beautiful gown of
lavendar silk, and diamonds as orna
ments. Five hundred persons from
Bloomington and vicinity were pres
ent. There was dancing after 9:30
o’clock, and an elaborate lunch just
before midnight. This is probably the
last social event in which Mr. and Mrs.
Stevenson wiU participate prior to their
departure for vvashingtdh on the 87th
The Annexation Treaty.
Washington, Feb. 18—The president’s
message accompanying the draft of a
treaty for the annexation of the Hawaii
islands, transmitted to the senate, says
the provisional treaty does not attempt
to deal in detail with the questions
growing out of annexation. The Ha
waiian commissioners have consented
to leave to the future and to the just
and benevolent purposes of the United
States the adjustment of all such ques
tions. The president says it has been
the policy of the administration not only
to respect but encourage the contin
uance of the independent government
of the Hawaiian islands so long as it af
forded a suitable guarantee for the pro
tection of life and property and main
tained a stability and strength that
gave adequate security against the do
mination of any other , power. The
overthrow of the monarchy was not in
any way promoted by this government,
but had its origin in what seems to
have been a reactionary and revolution
ary policy on the part of Queen Liliuo
kalani, which put in serious peril hot
only the large and preponderating in
terests of the United States in the is
lands, but all foreign interests and in
deed the decent administration of the
civil affairs and peace of the islands.
It is quite evident the monarchy af
fects government so weak and inade
quate as to be a prey to designing and
unscrupulous persons. The restoration
of the queen to the throne is undesir
able, if not impossible, and unless
actively supported by the United States
would be accompanied by serious disas
ter and the disorganization of all busi
ness interests. The influence and in
terests of the United States in the
islands mist be increased, and not dim
inished. Only two courses are now
open—one the establishment of a pro
tectorate by the United States, and the
other annexation full and complete.
The president thinks the latter course,
which has been adopted in ‘ the treaty,
will be highly promotive of the best in
terests of the Hawaiian people, and the
only one that will adequately secure
the interests of the United States.
These interests are not wholly selfish.
It is essential that none of the other
great powers secure these islands. Such
possession would not consist with our
safety and the peace of the world. This
view of the situation is so apparent and
conclusive that no protest has been
heard from any government against the
proceedings looking to annexation.
Evex'y foreign representative at Hono
lulu promptly acknowledged the pro
visional government, “and I think,”
says the president, “there is general
concurrence in the opinion that the de
posed queen ought not to be restored.
Prompt action upon the treaty is very
desirable, if it meets the approval of the
senate peace and good order will be se
cured in the islands under the existing
laws, until such time as congress can
provide by legislation a permanent
form of government for the islands.
This legislation should be and, I do not
doubt, will be, not only just to the na
tives and all other residents and citi
zens of the islands, but should be char
acterized by great liberality and a high
regard to the rights of all the people
and all foreigners domiciled there.” s
The Pension Bill.
Washington’, Feb. 30.—The pension
bill has passed the house, but every
amendment affecting' the administra
tion of the pension laws and every
amendment proposing, changes which
were designed to cut down the rolls
were stricken from the bill. As it fin
ally passed the committee of the whole
the bill contained a paragraph provid
ing that no person having an income of
$1,000, or capable of earning that sum in
gross, should be permitted to draw a
pension under the disability act of 1380.
But through the efforts of Mr. Pickier
of South Dakota this was stricken off,
as was the clause providing for the abo
lition of the pension agencies. Prac
tically the bill, as it went through the
house, simply appropriates $104,000,000
for the payment of pensions during the
fiscal year of 1804. and nothing else.
Shot HU Wife’s Guardian.
LaMars, Iowa, Feb. 18.—Nicholas
Lang, ex-Mayor of Remsen, shot his
wife's guardian, John Neishwander, a
wealthy farmer, yesterday at Remsen.
The murdered man was opposed to the
marriage. Mr. Lang eloped with the
girl about a year ago. Both are
wealthy. Neishwander had threat
ened to kill Lang on sight. Lang sur
rendered to the sheriff and claims ha
acted in self-defense. ,
Hv1
CLAIM IT A MIRACLE.
A Mala raw la a Nu'i HaaMwaa Ala
(Mara on a Pillow Naar aJSiek Child.
Nkwpoht, R. I., Rah. 18.—This city
has a most extraordinary religious sen*
aation, many claiming it a miracle. In
A plain garret room, without even a
picture on the walls, in probably the
most humble home in the city, a little
child, the son of cMr. and Mrs. M. J.
Malloy, has been lying for several
weeks unable to move, suffering with
water on the brain, its lower limbs
paralyzed and its stomach congested.
Last evening the mother, while
watching her little one, was terrified
to see a face appear on the pillow next
to the one on which the child lay. The
news spread like wildfire and hun
dreds of people—Methodists, Baptists,
Episcopalians and Catholics—visited
the room and came away astonished!
Lights were shifted into every posi
tion, but there on the pillow was a
male face, in . nun’s headdress, the
forehead, nose, eyes, mouth and chin
as plainly outlined as if chiseled out
of pure marble.
The more minute the' observation
the more' striking did the features
stand out. The face gradually faded
away at 3 a. m. Large crowds be
sieged the place, but were refused ad
mission by orders of priests and doc
tors. The child has taken a turn for
the better.
DINNER TO CARLISLE.
rile Coining Secretary of the Treasury
llanqueted by the Senators,
Washington, Feb. 18.—The parting
dinner given to Senator Carlisle by his
late associates in the Senate at the
Arlington Hotel, was a memorable af
fair in more ways than one. The din
ner itself was the best that could bo
served, and the company included al
most tlie entire Senate. f-j
President pro tem Manderson of Ne
braska, presided in the absence of
Vice-President Morton (who later in
the evening appeared and made a
liappy speech). At Mr. Manderson’a
right was Mr. Carlisle, the guest of
the evening.
Air. voornees oi Indiana, in response
to the toast, “The 1'resident of the
United States,’’ eulogized President
llarrison, saying that he had
known him about forty rears;
they ha&„ practiced law together,
and he admired his industry and
courage and integrity. He believed
his foreign policy would pass into his
tory and challenge the admiration of
the world. He closed with some pa
thetic allusions to the President’s be
reavements, and with the statement
that the President retired from office
with the sincere well wishes of the
American people for his future suc
cess. _ ‘ 1 1
ANOTHER CABINET CERTAINTY
Ur. Cleveland Bare Hoke Smith Will Be
Secretary of the Interior.
Lakewood, N. J., Feb 17.—Mr.
Cleveland has announced the name of
the fifth member of his Cabinet. It is
that of Iioko Smith of Georgia for
Secretary of the Interior. In making,
the announcement Mr. Cleveland said:
“I met Mr. Hoke Smith of Georgia in
my office in New York yesterday. He
called at my request. I offered him
the position of Secretary of the Inter
ior. He accepted. I wish to say that
I have not written him or received any
letters or other communications from
him and that yesterday was the first
time I have seen him since election.”
Mr. Cleveland went to New York on
the 8:30 a. m. train. He remained at
his office in the Mills building all day
and saw only those who called by ap
pointment. Mrs. Cleveland accompa
nied him to and from the city. The
selection of Hoke Smith, with that of
Gresham, Carlisle, Bissell and Laraont,
fills all of the positions except the
portfolio of the Navy, the Attorney
General and Agriculture.
SHOULD HAVE PAID HIS PARE
Kansas Elopement Spoiled by a Ride la
a Box Car, '
Kansas Crrr, Mo., Feb. JO.—James
Moore, a coal miner at Weir City,
KaD., arranged yesterday to elope
with the wife of James Hennessy, an
other miner. Moore gave Mrs. Hen
nessy money with which to buy a'
ticket to Kansas City and arranged
to meet her here. Moore thought he
would save the price of hia transporta
tion and broke into an empty box car
to steal a ride.
- In the meantime Hennessy found
that his wife had disappeared and
j learned that she had bought a ticket
•to Kansas City. He determined to fol
low, and to save the expense of the
railroad journey decided to steal a ride
on a freight car. As fate would have
it he got into the same car with
Moore. The men had never met be
fore, and in their conversation Moore
told of the elopement. Hennessy held
his peace until they reached here.
Then he had Moore arrested, and go
ing to the lovers’ rendezvous found his
wife and took her home.
Tried to Protect the Pinkertons.
■ Pittsburg, Pa., Feh. 17.—The de
fense in the O’Donnell trial attempted
to show that O’Donnell was a corres
pondent and was at Homestead the
day of the riot acting in that capacity.
A number of newspaper men were
called as witnesses, and it was shown
that previous to the riot he had been
doing work for several Pittsburg
papers. The general trend of the
testimony of the newspaper men was
to the effect that O' Donndll interfered
to protect the Pinkertons. ’
Will or Mrs. W. C Whitney.
; New York, Feb. 17. —The will of the
j late Flora Fayne Whitney, wife of Ex
Secretary of the Navy William (*
Whitney, was yesterday filed for pros
| bate. The will was executed Jan. 31,
j 1393, and leaves all of her property,
| real and personal, to her husband and
makes him sole executor. The per
sonal estate is valued in the petition
of Mr. Whitney at £.‘.300.000 and the
real estate at 9730,000. « ■■
IT LOOKED WARLIKE.
—...
! BUT' FORTUNATE!.V NUBLOdD
WAS SPILLED. ; , ? /
llellteoM Preparation! Carried On and
j Both Side* Exhibited a Determination
Not to Yield—How the Kepnbllcana
Btreaatheaed Their Foeltloa—The Gov
ernor Powerlem Beeanee Troops Fall to
Obey Bis Orders—What Senator Peffer
Bays of the Bltaatloa. .| |
;■ . ’ - ,
Ths Bltaatloa In Kansas.
Topeka, Kan., Fob. 17.—The only
thing1 needed to make war In Kansas Is
fighting. The conditions of war are all
present. Opposed bodies of armed men,
something to fight about and the dis
position to fight are all evident, but the
war does not open. Bellicose prepara
tions were carried on briskly by both
sides all day, but the governor by offer
ing to compromise the difficulties which
are keeping the two houses-apart, tem
pered the crisis into a very tamo armed
truce. The proposition for a compro
mise was offered to the republican
house at S p. m. by the governor's pri
vate secretary, Ben Close, who stated
that the governor proposed it as a last
resort to avert bloodshed. If the re
publican house declined to accept it
then the governor would be forced to
drive the republicans out at the point
of the bayonet, and he added: “Their
blood be on your heads.” This threat
had been made so often that the repub
licans received it with jeers. They re
ceived the proposition, however, and it
at once became the subject of earnest
consideration. .After debating it for
three hours, the republicans finally
amended it to suit their ideas and re
turned it to the governor. The com
mittee charged with that duty was in
structed' to inform the governor that'
the blood of innocent men slain by rea
son of his refusal to accept the amend
ment would be on his head.
The committee had been out but a few
moments when it returned and an
nounced that it had performed its duty,:
that the governor desired time to
consider the amended proposition and
would give the committee his answer
the next morning at 0 o'clock. He pro
posed that in the meantime an armed
truce should be established and neither
side should make any hostile move be
fore that hour; that the republicans
should be allowed to come and go as
they pleased. This, struck the republi
cans favorably and they agreed to it
wilHnnrltr
The republicans hit upon a plan this
morning to strengthen their position
and that was to bring to their aid the
authority of the sheriff of the county,
backed by a posse of 1,000 men. The
sheriff issued his proclamation summon
ing a posse at 10 o’clock. By noon the
1,000 men had been BWorn in. Not car
ing to take the risk of arming the re
cruits with fire arms, the sheriff decided
to arm them with clubs. All sorts of
clubs were pressed into use; clubs made
from broom handles; clubs made from
feather dusters with the feathers pulled
out; clubs made from chair legs and
clubs made from mop sticks. Still not
enough clubs could be improvised to
arm the entire posse and the sheriff
finally bought all the base ball bats in
town and placed them in the hands of
those unarmed.
It was at first the object of the sher
iff to take possession of the Capitol and
make the troops members of his posse.
That plan was abandoned as unneces
sary and dangerous, and the sheriff de-.
cided to take no action with his posse
until a fracture of the peace should oc
cur. He concluded that he would re
gard an attempt to eject the legal re
publican house, as he regarded it, a dis
turbance of the peace, and then would
interfere to maintain order. This ac
tion by the sheriff deprived the popu
lists of all armed support, except the
three provisional companies of militia
and Hie assistant - sergeant-at-arms.
This condition determined the governor
to seek compromise and to, at least,
gain a little time. More telegrams were
sent to the populist strongholds through
out the state advising them of the situ
ation and Informing them that the pres
ence of jfepulists wonld be a great sup
port to them both physically and mor
ally. In the meantime hundreds of
populists, to whom telegrams had been
sent last night, began to arrive, and to
night the populists are strongly rein
forced. The governor may organize
these into provisional troops, who can
be depended upon to obey his orders.
It is not believed, however, that he will
take such extraordinary action.
The injunction proceedings to restrain
the anditor from paying the salaries of
the populist members under the legisla
tive appropriation bill passed by the
populist house will come up in the
morning at 9 o'clock in the district
court. Whatever the decision of that
court will be, an appeal Will bo taken
to the supreme court.
The prospects are that the populists
f will decline to accept the compromise
: as amended by the republicans, and
that the situation will lapse back into
yesterday's conditions. In that event
i the onl^r resource left the populists will
; be reliance upon provisional troops.
1 The general feeling at present is one of
renewed uneasiness, and predictions are
; freely made that tomorrow may see the
i 'ong anticipated war inaugurated.
PefTer Takes a Hand.
Washixgtox, Feb. 17.—Senator Pef
fer has taken a hand in the Kansas
troubles, and yesterday urged the gov
ernor to stand by his colors. “In the
first place,” said the senator in discuss
ing the situation, “a great wrong has
been committed by the state canvassing
board. That board is a body composed
of state officials for the purpose of can
vassing the returns which come up to it
from the counties as concerns the elec
tion of representatives, senators, judges
and other state officers. The board
wilfully gave certificates of election to
two persons whom it knew were not le
gally elected.” • '«£ :
The Anti-Option Bill.
ITasiiixotox, Feb. 17.—The commit
teeon agricultural 'matters met with
nearly all the members present, and by
a unanimous vote adopted a resolution
1 asking the committee on rules for a
special order giving one or two days for
the consideration of the anti-option bill.
Cloture is not asked in the resolution,
but will be moved on the part of the
bouse. The committee then waited on
Speaker Crisp and laid tbs resolution
before him. The member* expect a de
cision to be reached by the rule* com
mittee on the request within a few days,
but if they don't hear aoon, will en
deavor to force consideration, or tie up
the house.
There has been a practical abandon
ment of the plan to send the bill to con
ference where tills amendment might
be examined, and it is proposed to move
in the house whenever the bill is taken
up to concur in these amendments sc
that the bill may be sent immediately
to the president.
The plan of procedure ia lagely left
with Chairman Hatch. Mr. Hatch said
today that he did not care to make any
threats, but he Intended to have a vote
before the 4th of March. A resolution
for the anti-option bill, he added, had
been before the rules committee for
three weeks. If it did not act soon he
would call his committee together and
if the itstruction was given to him he
would carry it out if an extra seession
became necessary. lie asked for a day
for the bill, and if given he would see
that a vote was obtained. He would
yield gracefully to a squarq vote against
the bill by a majority of the house, but
did not Intend to be beaten by flllibus
tering.
President Harrison Pavers Annexation.
Washington, Feb. 17.*-Tlie president
sent a message to the senate recom
mending the annexation of the Ha
waiian islands to the United States.
It is accompanied by a treaty of annex
ation concluded between the secretary
of state and the Hawaiian coinmisiou
ers and a mass of correspondence re
lating to the question at issue.
The treaty is brief, providing merely
for the annexation of tho islands under
the present provisional government and
leaving the details of the permanent
form of government, etc., to the action
of congress. The correspondence is
voluminous, going back many years,
and gives a complete history of the isl
ands, so far as negotiations with the
United States are concerned.
Contrary to general- expectations the
senate in executive session declined to
make the treaty public immediately,
but decided to lirst have the message
and documents printed for the confiden
tial information of senators. Tho pa
pers were accordingly sent down to the
government printing office to be put in
type for confidential use, with the prob
ability that the seal of secrecy will be
released tomorrow.. ,,i j "
.me message oi me president ana me
correspondence were received in legis
lative session with an attention such ns
no message from a president has re
ceived in recent years. There was no
debate beyond a few questions directed
to the chairman of the foreign relations
committee, but every word -was careful
ly weighed and the message and the
treaty met with almost general approv
al.
Among the detailed dispatches re
ceived at the state department from
Honolulu is one from Minister Stevens
giving an interesting account of reasons
which governed him in assuming con
trol of the islands. It is os follows:
“I have time before the mail steamer
to state briefly the' additional reasons
which caused us to assume a temporary
protectorate of these islands. The pro
visional government must have time to
organize a new policy and to diseipline
a small military force, for when the
monarchy died by its own hands there
was no military force in the islands but
the royal guards of about seventy-five
natives, not equal in effective force to
-twenty American soldiers.
"There are now 40,000 Chinese and
Japanese on the islands and evil-dis
posed persons might stir up some of
them to disorder. But the chief ele
ments of evil are in Honolulu, where
are the renegade whites at the head of
the lottery and oplufn rings, and a con
siderable number of hoodlum foreigner*
and the more vicious of the natives.
Jerry Simpson on the Situation.
Washington, Feb. —Representa
tive Jerry Simpson was seen in regard
to the riotous condition of affairs be
tween the two factions of the Kansas
legislature. He said he had not re
ceived any official information from To
peka, his only information being de
rived from the reports seen in the pluto
cratic presB. Mr. Simpson said he did
not intend to send any word of advice
to the populist party, as he thought the
people knew the situation thoroughly
’ and were aware of the best methods to
pursue. His party was the represeta
tive one in Kansas, he said, and it
should do everything to uphold its
j rights, at the same time keeping within
the bounds of law. The. governor was
vested with power to see that the peo
j pie's wishes were carried out. :mc! hav
j ing the machinery to do it, it should
! done. The primary cause of the trouble,
j said Mr. Simpson, was that the railroad
| corporations had been robbing the peo
: pie of about $4,000,000 each year and
' they wanted to continue it.
i A Leper in Washington.
Washington-, Feb 18.—The liawaiin
commissioners last evening- spoke of
Senator Vest's allusion in his speech
about the introduction of leprosy into
the states in consequence of annexation
as not well founded.
“Why.” said Mr. Castle. “I saw a
leper walking: the streets of Washington
yesterday. There was no mistaking: the
symptoms, with which I am familiar.
Son such a thing- as that would be im
possible in the streets of Honolulu or
any other city in the Hawaiian islands,
under the laws for segregation which is
a feature of government here. We
keep the lepers together and if the
present efficient system is not disturbed
the disease will in time be wholly erad
icated. The number of unfortunates
in the se .tleinent has been reduced from
about 1,300 to slightly in excess of 1,U00.
“The situation in tiie I'nited States
is not such," continued Mr, Castle, -as
to warrant opposition tomunexation lie
cause of the fear of the importation ol
leprosy from Hawaii. There has been
leprosy in Louisiana for 300 years, and
Wisconsin is cursed with the disease
brought from the countries of Northern
Europe, in neither of these states u
there any such effective laws against
its spread as are in foree with us. Why,
in a New York hospital there is a lep
er's ward. The disease is not new nor
strange in the United States, and there
is no danger of it spreading here be
cause of the annexation of Hawaii.
Advocates of the repeal of the Sher
man act will make one more effort to
accomplish their purpose.
builders in convention.
IapwU>t Katlesal Gathering laga '
Loala—Plaaa far tha Sail
, Expos It loo. ’’isVfl
St. Louis, Feb, 17.—The convention
of builders, which has been In session -
here this weak, has been closely
watebed by architects all over th* $
country. The convention brought f
something like a thousand pedpla to
the city who were interested in arohl- f
teoture and build ing. All of the dele- j
gates spent an afternoon going through
the big business buildings of St Louis, 4
and examining from carriages, as they
rode along the boulevards, the hand
somest private residences of the clty.j
The convention took very strong
ground against the National policy of! I
trusting important public work in the
handa of “political architects,” an ' ’
Charles Dudley Warner calls them ini
his artiole on the World’s Fair., bulld-i ‘i®
ings in Harper’s, protesting that it en
couraged extravagance, and gave the
country ugly and unworthy govern- '
ment buildings. A'^X
For some time work has been atopped
on the comprehensive system of boule
vards planned for the city last year,
and it has required legislation
authorising an additional taxation of \
the property that would be benefittedf
to get the money to carry out tha
plan*. The property owners affected
were willing enough to pay the small!
extra cost the boulevard building
would have Imposed on them, but the 7
law would notallow the tax to be col
lected, and so in this legislature the
unique spectacle was presented of the
owners of land begging for the
imposition of a greater tax on their
ground in order that its value might '
be increased. Now, the money being I ; i;
seoured, work on the new boulevards -
will be pushed vigorously as soon as
spring fairly opens, and by the end of
summer it will be possible for a man to >
drive over smooth asphalt and telford '*
paving for twenty miles without get
ting out of the city. , 1 *
The managers of the St Louis Expo*,
altlon hare just made an arrangement ‘ ''j
with the World’s Fair directors by I;
which the art gallery of the great ex
hibition here will get the benefit ot.
the finest ot the pictures sent to the 77
Fair by painters in this country and
cthera Paintings will be exchanged .7
between 8t. Louis and the gallery ot £
the World’s Fair. The arrangement Is «
a very costly one to the exposition, but £
it promises much better results than ’
the old way ot borrowing a tew plot- .
nres here and there trom private gal
leries in different cities, anil , then • ;
filling up the rest ot the space with
paintings that were tor sale by the
artists. By the new plan visitors to ..7;
the Exposition here will be able to see
the very best works of art from the
galleries of all the great cities of the
United States as well as Europe. '
From this time till the end ot the '77
year, the Health Department of the
city and the Citisens’Sanitary Com
mittee will spend over halt a million -
dollars in carrying out the sanitary
plans that were made last year. It is ' ’
intended to make the streets, alleys
and vacant lots of the elty so olesa
that not only will it be impossible for ;t
any epidemic disease to break out here >7!
during the summer and fall, but more,
than that, the intelligence of the.
wholesome condition of the city,going i
abroad, will reassure timid people who 7
have not yet recovered from the
cholera scare of last season in Hew
York, and will convince them that in
St. Louis they will be protected against
any sort of danger to their health. The
widest publicity is to be given to this 7
sanitary campaign, and it will be sure
to leave St Louis the' best guarded city '
in the country, in the event that any ’
plague from foreign shores comes this
way. ___ . ■ ;7:v
It Isn’t Ke«r.
Those who imagine that the care of 7
the teeth and the replacement of the 7
natural grinders with false ones is
"something new under the sun” may 1
be surprised to learn that artificial . ;
teeth were made of ivory, placed oa 7
plates of the same material and held ,
together and in place by gold wires and jfi
rivets 500 to 1,000 years before Christ. :
Herodotus, "the father of history,” tells >
us that the Egyptians of the fifth dy
nasty understood the diseases of tine
teeth and their treatment. There are -
several passages in history to lead one :
to the belief that both Cmsar and An
tony wore artificial teeth. The date of
the introduction of false teeth into 7
Europe is uncertain. They were known
in England os early at least as the dis
covery of America. "The Mathemsti- 7
cal Jewel,” published In 1585, contains : ,
an account of Sir John Balgrave, “who
caused all of hys teethe to be drawn#
out, and after had a sett of ivory teethe
in agayne.” The visitor at the centen- ■
nial of 1876 was given a chance to view
the false ivory masticators which once
served the immortal Washington.
The Faley.
People suffering- from palsy are now
■aid to derive benefit from railway jour
neys, and, on the principle of like cur
ing like, the greater the shaking the .
more complete the cure. For the use of
patients a certain doctor has invented
an oscillating chair in which those af
flicted with the terrible disease may be
rocked and racked in a most terrible g
manner. Another health-giving appa- ,
ratus is a vibrating hemlet applied to
the head by a number of metalic strips,
to which a trembling motion is im
parted by an electric motor in the crown
of the hemlet, and we are assured that ,
it gives relief to sufferers from nervous
headaches by inducing lassitude and
sleepiness._ ' ,,
A Spanish Money Changer.
The street Cambists or money chang
er is an interesting character in Span- &
ish cities. He stations himself at a 4;
principal street corner early every
morning, and exchanges a bag of cop
pers for silver. By 10 o’clock his hag la
exhausted and he goes home. All the
servants on the way to market get their
money changed by him. as they are not
skillful in counting and afraid of false .v
coins. He gives them full count, his
coppers being obtained from the hank
ers, who get rid of their coins at a dis
count. Cambistas are also found seated :
in the markets with a tray of coppers
before them.
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