Jannary 3, 1895.
THE WEALTH MAKERS.
HILL'S POLITICAL
UNITED
By Thomas
This is a large octavo book of 450 pages, condensed by tabulation
into a small book that it may be universally sold and circulated at a
low price.
Its purpose is to clearly present, in a manner entirely non-partisan,
the merit attaching to each party. No partiality is shown in behalf
of any political organization. Like the dictionary, it simply defines.
It gives the best-known argument in favor of each, and leaves the
reader free to choose which he will serve.
It treats upon the important live issues of the time, and is an indis
pensable work to people who would intelligently discuss the political
situation. It is a very exhaustive compendium of Political Facts,
and literally answers thousands of questions. To illustrate:
What are Democratic principles!
What does a single tax advocate propose'
If all tax was placed on land, what would
be the tax on the farm!
What would be the tax on suburban prop
erty, and how much on the acre worth two
million dollars in the center of the city!
What does a Republican believe!
Why be a Republican and favor high pro
tective tariff 1
What arguments for and against
protection!
What do tut Socialist waatt
What wouid be tbeexzd'MvntV Nm111b
principles prevailed!
What do the Populists desire!
If government owned and operated the
banks, and banks never fatled, and people
never hid their money and all money came
out and into active circulation, and money
was so abundant that interest became low,
and all enterprise started up and everybody
had employment, what then!
What do the Nationalists want!
Why nationalize the railroads, the coal
mines and various industries!
What do the eight-hour advocates pro
pose! If working certain hours yields cer
tain profit, how could working less hours
yield more profit!
How could women be benefited by voting!
What started the financial panic of 1893!
Who commenced the tirade againrt silver,
that resulted in the repeal of the Sherman
law!
Who started the stampede on the banks In
1893, by which 714 of them failed in eight
months, and four hundred million dollars
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PEOPLE'S PLATFORM.
Adopted by tbe Convtntion at Om
aha Nebraska, July 4, 1802.
Assembled upon tbe one hundred and
sixteenth anniversary of the Declaration
of Independence, the People's Party of
America, in their first national conven
tion, invoking upon their action the
blessings of Almighty God. puts forth in
the Dame, and 011 behalf of the people of
the country, the following preamble and
declaration of principles:
The conditions which surround us best
justify our co-operation; we meet in the
midst of a nation brought to the veri?e
of moral, political and material ruin.
Corruption dominates the ballot box,
the legislatures, the Congress, and
touches even the ermine of the
bench. The people are demoralized;
most of the states have been compelled
to isolate tbe voters at the polling places
to prevent universal intimidation or
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subsidized or muzzled; public opinion
silenced; business prostrated; our homes
covered with mortgages; labor impover
ished; and the land concentrating in the
hands of the capitalists. The urban
workmen are denied the right of organi
zation for self-protection; imported pau
perized labor beats down their wages; a
hireling army, unrecognized by our law,
is established to snoot them down; and
they are rapidly degenerating into Euro
pean conditions. The fruits of the toil of
millions are boldly stolen to build up
pnl nasal fortunes for afew.unorecedeuted
in the history of mankind, and the pos
sessors of these in turn despise the re
public and.endanger liberty. From the
same prolific womb of governmental in
justice we breed the two great classes
tramps and millionaires.
The national power to create money
is appropriated to enrich bondholders; a
vast public debt, payable in legal tender
currency, has been funded into gold-bearing
bonds, thereby adding millions to
the burdens of the people.
Silver, which has been accepted as coin
since the dawn of history, has been de
monetized to add to the purchasing pow
er of gold, by decreasing the value of all
forms of property, as well as human la
bor, and the supply of currency is pur
posely abridged to fatten usurers, bank
rupt enterprise, and enslave industry. A
vast eonsniracv airainst mankind has
1 been organized on two continents, and
- it is rapidly taking possession of the
world. If not met and overthrown at
once it forebodes terrible social convul
sions, the destruction of civilization, or
the establishment of an absolute despot
ism. We have witnessed for more than
a quarter of a century the struggles of
the two great political parties for power
and plunder, while grievous wrongs have
been inflicted upon the suffering people.
We charge that the controlling influence
dominating both these parties have per
mitted the existing dreadful conditions
to develop, without serious effort to
prevent or restrain them.
Neither do they now promise us any
substantial reform. They have agreed
together to ignore, in the coining cam
paign, every issue but one. They pro
pose to drown the outcries of a plundered
people with the uproar of a sham battle
over the tariff; so that capitalists, corpo
rations, national banks, rings, trusts,
watered stock, the demonetization of sil
Ter, and the oppressions of the usurers
may all be lost sight of. They propose
to sacrifice our homes, lives uud children
on the altar of Mammon; to destroy the
multitude in order to secure corruption
funds from the millionaires. Assembled
on the anniversary of the birthday of
the nation, and filled with the spirit of
the grand generation of men, who estab
lished our independence, we seek to re
store the government of the Republic to
the hands of "the plain people;" with
whose class it originated. We assert our
purposes to be identical with the purpose
of the national constitution: "to forma
more perfect union, establish justice, in
sure domestic tranquility, providefor the
common defense, promote the general
welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty
ourselves and our posterity."
We declare that this republio can only
endure as a free government " while built
upon the love of the whole people for each
other and for tbe nation; that it cannot
be pinned together by bayonets, that the
HISTORY OF THE
STATES.
E. HilL
were drawn out of the banks and hidden
within a period of ninety dajBl
Who was President of the United States In
1849185918691
Who have been the occupants of the presi
dential chair since 18791
Who have been members of the Cabinet
during every presidential administration!
How many Democrats, Republicans, and
members of other parties have we bad in
each and every Congress!
How many lawyers in each Congress!
Whence originated the names of "Brother
Jonathan," "Uncle Sam," "Loco-Foco,"
"Silver Greys," etc., etc. !
What were the issues involved In the
Missouri Compromise, the Monroe Doctrine,
the Dred Bcott Decision, Fugitive Slave
Law, etc., etc.!
What of the biographical record of the
great leaders In ourearly history, Including
Washington, Patrick Henry, Hamilton,
Webster, Franklin, Clay .Calhoun, Jefferson
and others!
What has thrown 'so many people Into
idleness of late years!
Why so many tramps!
What is the history of the Coxty move
ment! When did the coal miners' strike begin
and what was the extent of that movementl
What are the facts about the Pullman
strike, the American Railway Union and
the boycott of the Pullman ears!
What ase the remedies proposed whereby
capital and labor may each have justice!
Bee "Hill's Political History of the United
States."
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civil war is over and that every passion
and resentment whicli grew out of it must
die with it; and that we must be in tact,
as we are in name, one united brother
hood. Our country finds itself confront
ed by conditions for which there is no
precedent in the history o the world
Our annual agricultural productions
amount to billions of dollars in value,
which must within a few weeksor months
be exchanged for billions of dollars of
commodities consumed in their produc
tion; the existing currency supply is
wholly inadequate to make tbis exchange,
The results are falling prices, the forma
tion of combines and rings, and the im
poverishment of the producing class. We
pledge ourselves that if given power we
will labor to correct these evils by wise
and reasonable legislation, In accordance
with the terms of our platform.
We believe that the powers of govern
ment in other words, 01 tbe people
should be expanded (as in the case of the
postal service) as rapidly and as far as
the good sense of an intelligent people,
and the teachings of experience, shall
justify; to the end that oppression, in
justice and poverty shall eventually cease
in the land.
While our sympathies as a party of re
form are naturally upon the side of every
proposition which will tend to make men
intelligent, virtuous and temperate, we
nevertheless regard these questions im
portant as they are as secondary to the
great issues now pressing tor solution;
and upon which not only our individual
prosperity, but the very existence of free
institutions depends; and we ask all men
to first help us to determine whether we
are to have a republic to administer, be
fore we differ as to the conditions upon
which it is to be administered; believing
that the forces of reform this day organ
ized will never cease to move forward uu
til every wrong is righted and equal pri
vileges established for all the men and
women of this country.
We declare, therefore,
UNION OF THE PEOPLE.
First, That the union of the labor
forces of the Dnited States this day con
summated, shall be permanent and per
petual; may its spiriteuter into all hearts
for the salvation of the republic and the
uplifting of mankind.
Second, Wealth belongs to him who
creates it; and every dollar taken from
industry, without an equivalent, is rob
bery. "If any man will not work neither
shall he eat." The interests of rural and
civic labor are the same; their enemies
are identical.
Third. We believe that the time has
come when the railroad corporations
will either own the people or the people
must own the railroads; and should the
government enter upon the work of own
ing and managing the railroads, we
should favor an amendment to the con
stitution by which all persons engaged
in the government service shall be pro
tected by civil service regulations of the
most rigid character, so as to prevent
the increase of the power of the national
administration by the use of such addi
tional gonernmeut employes.
FINANCE.
We damand a national currency, safe,
sound and flexible; issued by the general
government only; a full legal tender for
all debts public and private; and that
witnout tne use ot DanKingeorporations;
a just equitable and efficient means of
distribution direct to the people, at a tax
not to exceed 2 per cent per annum, to
be provided as set forth in the sub-treasury
plan of the Farmers' Alliance, or
some better system; also by payments in
discharge of its obligations for public
improvements:
We demand free and unlimited coinage
of silver and gold at the present legal
ration of 16 to 1.
We demand that the amount of cir
culating medium be speedily increased to
not less than $50 per capita.
We demand a graduated income tax.
We believe that the money of the
country should be kept, as much as pos
sible, in the bands of the people; and
hence we demand that all state and na
tional revenues shall be limited to the
necessary expenses of the government,
economically and honestly administered.
We demand that postal savings banks
beestablished by the government for the
safe deposit of the earnings of the people
and the facilitation of exchange.
TIUNHI'OHTATIOW.
Transportation being a menns of ex
change and a public necessity; tin) gov
ernment should own and operate the
railroads in the interest of the people.
The telegraph and telephone, like the
postofflce system, being a necessity, for
the transmissionof news, should be owned
and operated by the government in the
interests of the people.
LANDS.
The land, including all natural re
sources of wealth, is the heritage of the
people, and should not be monopolized
for speculative purposes; and alien owner
ship of land should be prohibited. All
land now held by railroads and other
corporations in excess of their actual
needs, and all lands now owned by
aliens, should be reclaimed by the gov
ernment and held for actual settlers
only.
RESOLUTIONS.
The following resolutions were offered
independent of the platform, and were
adopted, as expressive of the sentiments
of the convention:
Resolved. That wedemand afree ballot
and a fair count in all elections, and
pledge ourselves to secure to it every
legal voter without federal intervention,
through the adoption by the states til
the unperveriea Australian secret oui.o;
ystem. ....
Resolved, That therevenue derived irom
a graduated income tax should be appli
ed to the reduction of the burden of taxa
tion now levied upon the domestic u
dustries of this couutry.
Resolved, That we pledge our support
to fair and liberal pensions io ex-FJniuu
soldiers and sailors.
Resolved, Thavwc condemn the fallacy
of protecting American labor under the
present system, which opens our ports to
the pauper and criminal classes of the
world, and crowds out our wage-earners
and we denounce the present ineffective
law against contract labor, and demand
the further restriction of undesirable
immigration.
Resolved, That we cordially sympa
thize with the efforts of organized work
ingmen to shorter the hours of labor and
demand a rigid enforcement of the exist
ing eight-hour law on government work,
and ask that a penalty clause be added to
said law.
Resolved, That we regard the main
tenance of a large standing army of
mercenaries, known as the Pinkerton
system, as a menace to our liberties, and
we demand its abolition, and we condemn
the recent invasion of the Territory of
Wyoming by the hired assassins of
Plutocracy, assisted by Federal officers.
Resolved, That we commend to the
thoughtful consideration of the people
and the reform press, the legislative sys
tem known as the Initiative and Referen
dum. Resolved, That we favor a constitu
tional provision limiting the office of a
president and vice president to one term,
and providing for the election of the
senators by a direct vote of the people.
Resolved, That we oppose any subsidy
or national aid to any private corpora
tion for any purpose.
H. E. Taubeneck, Chairman, Marshall,
Illinois.
J. H. Turner, Secretary, Georgia.
Lawrence McFakland, Secretary, New
York.
M. C. Rankin, Treasurer, Terre Haute.
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FARM AND HOUSE HOLD.
THE COW PEA AS A FERTILIZER
AND FORAGE CROP.
More Profitable at I'resent Than Wheal
Detroyinic the White Grub Hull rower
Before Calving l'ork I'olnters ' and
Household Helps.
The Cow I'ea.
That farmer who makes a study of
his business will very readily per
ceive the valu ; of legumes in his
crop rotations; not only to obtain the
highest results from a present finan
cial standpoint, but to best preserve
or improve the natural fertility of
the soil
Nitrogen is undoubtedly the most
valuable ingredient taken from the
soil, and tne most costly on i to re
place, wherj commercial fertilizers
are used for reaching that end. To
the farmers of the West the question
of purchasing nitrogen has hardly
presented itself, they finding it more
profitable to obtain this element by
growing the legumes. The clover
has long held first rank among these,
and has been found not only to
largely increase the fertility of the
fields but to produce large quantities
of provender, besides yielding abun
dant pa3turage.
The cow pea is the legume that
has held the highest favor in the
South lor many years, and is grad
ually extending its domain north
ward. In South Missouri it is being
extensively grown on fruit lands,
and either eaten down by hogs or
else plowed under when it reaches
its greatest luxuriance. In many re
spects the pea is held to be superior
to the clover. In growth it is more
rapid, and doubtless adds in one sea
son more nitrogen to the soil than a
crop of clover, while as forage for
stock, especially hogs, it is found to
be most excellent.
At present the seeds are hard to
obtain and cost $1 or $1.5;) per
bushel They may be bought in
Memphis and perhaps St. Louis and
Kansas City; it is probably best to
have your local seedsmen order them
for you," writes D. VV. May of the
Missouri agricultural college, in
Colman's Rural World. Avoid
weevily peas. It is claimed by many
that the weevil attacks only the
starchy matters and never injures
the embryo, however this may be,
careful experiments have proven
that weevily peas more often fail to
sprout, while those that do sprout
are found to be less thrifty than
those vines grown from good seed.
There are three main objects in
the culture of the cow pea, it may be
grown for plant food or manure, for
forage and for a money crop. As a
manurial crop it is either sown
broadcast or harrowed in, or else
sown in corn after the last plowing.
The method of sowing will determine
the amount of seed per acre, it vary
ing from one to four bushels oi sixty
pounds to the bushel When alone
it is best to sow as early as possible
in the spring, waiting until the
ground is warm and danger of hard
frosts is past Some growers prefer
to wait until the first, or even as late
as the middle of June in order to
avoid the ravages of the pea bug,
prevalent in some sections. In this
locality, however, I think it unad
visable to wait this late, especially
if the crop is to be harvested. When
sown in corn tbe object is manure or
forage and tho sowing is necessarily
late. As a manure the crop, should
be plowed under just before coming
into bloom, as it has been found to
hold at that time the highest amount
of nitrogen. If desired, potash and
phosphoric acid may be addodjjin
a commercial form; and these, to
gether with the nitrogen found in the
pea vine, will add the three great
requisites to the soil.
In diversified farming it is more
profitable, especially on the fertile
lands of the West, where other ob
jects than the enrichment of the
land may be lcoked for to pasture
the pea crop before plowing it in. It
makes a splendid food for the hog in
particular. Care should be taken in
turning cattle and horses in upon
the crop, as death may follow over
eating. They should not be turned
in hungry, but should be fed, water
ed, and salted before; they may then
bo left in as long as desired. Swine
are very fond of the pea and there is
nothing, perhaps, superior for laying
on fat. It is best to turn them in
when the pods are fully developed
and the pea soft. This treatment
not only lays on a large amount of
meat in tbe stock, but the refuse
roots and manure add very materi
ally to tho fertility of tho soiL
Sown in corn it adds very much to
the value of the stalk field, as well
as to the enrichment of the soil;
while the aoil itself is protected
from the washings of late rains.
This method of sowing yields from
three to fifteen bushels of seed per
acre.
Owing to the low price of wheat
and the lessening of the yield caused
by continued croppings, the growing
of cow peas offers two very promin
ent inducements. At the price now
received for the latter tho profits
must surely surpass those of wheat
crops; the yield of poas sown broad
cast being from fifteen to forty
bushels per acre, on our rich Mis
souri land probably ranging nearer
the latter figure. Again nothing
will add more to the richness, and
therefore value of our lands, than
tho growing of this valuable legume.
The cultivation is easier than the
cultivation of corn; and the harvest
ing may, by proper methods, become
more cheaply done.
It is already manifest that this
plant is to reach a much more
prominent place on our farms, and
the discerning man who takes up its
cultivation before its products are
cheapened will acquire the greater
profit. It in ha. who learn that
when a product ha reached a state
of over production, it is to his boat
Interests to grow another upon which
he may realize the best results from
his labor.
Hull I'owor.
There are many good reasons why
bulls should bo worked more than
they are, and no good reason that
we are aware of why they should not
be, except that they are sometimes
unruly and hard to manage. When
working in a treadmill, however,
this objection is of little consequence,
and if a little tact is used in feeding
his majesty with a few oats after
his work is done, he will soon become
reconciled to the drudgery and take
to it kindly.
The bull has advantage of the
horse for this kind of work in that
he is not likely to be in demand for
other work and can be depended upon
when wanted.
The improved conveniences of the
modern dairy farm demand' the use
of a cheap power of some sort for
running the separator, the churn,
pumping water and sawing wood and
cutting fodder, which can be
done whenever the wind blows and
occasion demands. But a power that
can be depended upon for moderate
work daily, without regard to wind,
and that shall be less expensive and
troublesome than steam, is in de
mand on many dairy farms, and the
bull seems admirably qualified to fill,
this want
There can be no question that
moderate daily exercise is a good
thing for the bull; it makes him
morevylgorous and sure as a sire,
more tractable and less dangerous to
handle, and greatly diminishes the
risk of his suddenly becoming treach
erous. The testimony of many farm
ers who have tried it is unanimous
on these points.
Destroying the White Grub.
The white grub is the especial en
emy of strawberry growers, because
the two-year-old clover sod, which it
Is generally advised to plow under
for making a strawberry bed, is
usually filled with these posts. The
best way to get rid of the grubs is to
turn a lot of young, active hogs into
the patch, fencing it in so as to con
fine their rooting to the spot that is
to be plowed. Feed the hogs some
milk and wheat middlings, and then
let them root for the white grubs.
They will clear the patch sooner
than it can be done m any other way
and at less cost We think, too,
that the rooting helps to keep hogs
healthy, and if they are fed as ad
vised their droppings mixed with
the up-turned soil will help toenrich
it. American Cultivator.
l orn i'olnters.
Those who will start to feed wheat
meal to their hog3 will never stop it
again till they die.
The medium sized hog of good
quality is more profitable than the
very large hog.
If your swine pen smells badly, and
it will if it is a permanent one, use
lime and plaster about it plentifully.
A foul pen may generate disease.
Regular feeding of swine is im
portant. If the hog is not fed for an
hour or two after its regular time it
will eat too ravenously to the injury
of the digestion.
The pig that is not vigorous can
not grow. Good health must be in
sured. Good pasture and plenty of
It will make the pig healthy, unless
it is diseased to start with.
It has been demonstrated by prac
tical experiments that it costs less
to produco lean moat than to pro
duce fat. wbsch means that when a
variety of food is given there will
bo a greater gain in weight, with a
fair proportion of lean meat, than
wnen the animal is provided with,
corn exclusively.
A pig fed on bulky green food will
develop a larger stomach than one
fed on concentrated food .like corn;
and when you come to fatten it this
enlarged capacity will enable the
animal to eat and digest more corn
and thus lav on flesh more quickly
than the other, and be a profitable
hog to grow for market
Household Helps.
A sponge bath of cold or tepid
water should be folio wed by friction
with towel or hend.
The line, a soon as its duty is
ended, should be reeled ud and
placed in a bag until next time.
Pillow slips should be ironed
lengthwise instead of crosswise if
one wishes to iron wrinkles out in
stead of in
Clothes when brought in should be
separated and folded at once; if al
lowed to lie together many wrinkles
accumulate.
Dish towels and common towels
can be ironed just as well in half the
time if folded together once a3 if
ironed singly.
A pair of white gloves or mittens
are a comfort to hands taken from
hot suds to hang clothes in zero
weather; also a closo-fitting jacket
and hood to keep one from catching
cold.
Sheets folded across, bringing the
wide and narrow hems together, then
folded again, then ironed across both
sides, are finished quickly, and look
as well as if more time was spent on
them.
Ink stains on silver can be re
moved by mixing a little chloride of
lime to a paste with water and cov
ering the spots with it They will
quickly disappear, and the paste
should be washed off and the article
wiped dry.
When oiled walnut furniture begins
to grow dingy it can be made to look
as fresh as new by reoiling. Lin
seed, or even olive oil, may be used,
but pure, good kerosene oil is much
the best Rub it well in with a soft
woolen rag, and polish with olean,
ry flannel.
Rift
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AWFUL DISASTER TO A CHRIST
MAS GATHERING.
CAUSED BY A LAMP EXPLOSION,
It Set Mrs to a Building at Silver Lake,
Lake County, Oregon, and Caused a
Panic, In Which Nearly All
Were Darned to Death
Fifteen Merry Makers '
Mere Badly Injured.
-L
Elamath Falls, Oregon, Dec. 31.
News has just reached here that at
Silver Lake, Lake county, Oregon, on
Christmas evening, while a large
party was attending a Christmas tree,
a lamp exploded and, setting fire to
the building, forty-one persons were
burned to death and fifteen injured.
When the festivities were at their
height some one climbed on a bench,
from which point he expected to get
a better view of what was going on.
In doing so his head struck the lamp
hanging from the ceiling, overturning
it The oil immediately caught fire
and everything in the room
being dry and of an inflammable
nature, the room was soon a
mass of flames. Some one shouted:
Shut the door and keep quiet; it
can be put out." By this time the
confusion was so great that people
began scrambling in a wild endeavor
to reach the door. Women and chil
dren were trampled under feet and as
there was only one exit to the hall
and the fire being between the ma
jority of the crowd and the door many
rushed headlong into the flames.
LOCKED IN A VAULT.
Bold Bobbery ot a County Treasurer's
OtUoe In California.
Santa. Rosa, Cal., Dec. 31. Santa
Rosa had the biggest sensation in ita
historyayesterday. The county treas
ury was robbed of nearly 88,000 and
County Treasurer Stofen was left in
sensible in the vault to suffer death
by the robbers, who locked the door
of the vault upon him. The
robbery occurred about 9 o'clock
in the morning, but was
not discovered until about 5
o'clock. All this time County Treas
urer Stofen lay on the floor of the
vault gasping for breath, fearing
every moment during conscious inter
vals would be his lat Had it not
been for the timely arrival of his
wife, the only person in town who
knew the combination, he would
have been dead.
RAILROAD OFFICIALS MISHAP.
A Private Car Takes Fire and They
Barely Eaoape With 1 heir Lives.
Hastings, Neb., Dec. 31. About S
o'clock yesterday morning the offi
cers' special car on tbe St Joseph &
Grand Island was discovered to be on
fire when about three miles east of
Edgar. In the car were Superintend
ent A. M. Morey, Division Engineer ,
F. M. n owe. Attorney M. A. Reed, of
tbe railroad, and Judge J. B. Cessna, - - -
of this city. It is supposed the car
caught fire from the heater. The oc
cupants were sound asleep and bare
ly escaped with their lives.
They lost .their watches, pocket
books, money and nearly all their
clothing.
Missouri Woodmen Elect Delegates.
Jeffekbon Crrr, Mo., Dec. 31. The
Modern Woodmen of America in state
encampment elected the following
delegatas to the national encamp
ment, which meets in Minneapolis,
June 4, 1895: Delegate at large. Dr.
J. H. Smith of Slater; delegates, E.
A. Pigg of Sullivan; S. B. Jefferies,
Canton; W, . II. Clark, Steelviile; W.
C. Shurrel, Excelsior Springs: M. G.
Ratcliffe, Albany; H. E. Ralston,
Quitman; C. S. Fisher, Kansas City;
F. L. Ludeman, Sedalia.
Lottery Company Quits Business.
Kansas CiTr, Mo., Dec. 31. The
firm of E. Fox & Co., for so long at
the head of the lottery business in
Kansas City, Kan., has closed its doors
and is announced to have retired from
business. At any rate the firm will
no longer operate from that point and
in case any more business is done it
will be from some other city. The
firm is one of the oldest in the city
audits leaving the ranks means vir
tually the collapse of the business
here.
Armour Reduces Expenses.
Chicago, Dec. 31. The 3.500 em
ployes in the packing house of Ar
mour & Co. were informed yesterday
that hereafter eight hours will con
stitute a day's work. The plant has
been running ten hours up to this time.
The reason given for the reduction
in working hours is that it is neces
sary to reduce expenses and that the
stronsr competition between the pack
ers has greatly reduced the profits to
be obtained from the business.
Blaine's Old Home. . . .
WiOIIIVilTAV Ti Q1 An
the Blaine residence on L'alaveTie" - I
square in wTJicii ih"e"'Vtalc3uialTreuT'
The opera house is to cost 5250,000.
It will be constructed so as to allow a
roof garden, the first of the kind in
Washington.
Blown Into a Klver and Drowned.
Nobwalk, Ohio, Dec 31. Gilbert
Jameson, one of Norwalk's oldest
residents, while walking across the
Lake Shore bridge at Hudson, was
blown into the river and drowned.
Cheap Bread at Cincinnati.
Cincinnati, Ohio, Dee. 31. The
crusade for cheap bread here has re
sulted in twenty-five bakers ot this
city to date reducing the price from
five to three cents per loaf.
Murder and Suicide.
Millington, Minn., Dec. 31. Mat
thew Palmer cut his wife's throat and
then his own. Both are dead.
