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THE TOWN WITHOUT LOSS.
Five Killed and Fifteen Wounded
the American Lose on the
Previous Day.
Manila, P. I. (Special) Ovenshtne's
brigade was made the object of another
attack by the Insurgents south of the
city. Apparently the enemy hoped to
break the American line, but the Fourth
Infantry, against whom the Filipinos
directed their main fire, held firm. The
Americans were under fire several
hours. The nolBe of musketry caused
great fright in Malate.
A demonstration was made by natives
beyond San Pedro, Macati, during the
night. Idaho and California outposts
were engaged.
General MacArthur's division moved
forward today to San Fernando, which
was found deserted and burning. It
was occupied without loss.
The advance of the American army
yesterday was marked by sharp fight
ing, The Kan to Tomas bridge, two
miles south of San Fernando, was
crossed by Wheaton's brigade under
heavy fire In the afternoon. The bridge
had been partly destroyed.
Two companies of the Kansas vol
unteers pursued those Insurgents who
retreated toward Santo Tomas, which
was a mile west, and captured some
of the fugitives.
The main body of the Filipinos re
treated a mile to a strong natural
position, east of the railway station.
Wheaton's brigade advanced to this
position, where the enemy made a good
stand. Part of the Americans, as
sembled In the freight house, directed
an effective fire on the insurgents.
After half an hour's firing Wheaton
and his entire staff, with Funston, led
four companies of the Kansas men
over an open field, charging with
cheers. It was a magnificent sight to
see Wheaton and Funston leading
their men forward.
General Funston was slightly
wounded In the hand, but Is not in
capacitated for duty.
On the right General ale had diffi
culty In advancing. He did much fir
ing, but met with opposition. The In
surgents are fighting more stubbornly.
The total American losses In the day s
movement were five killed and fifteen
wounded, including three officers.
DEWEY TO COME HOME SOON
Rear Admiral Watson to Succeed
Him at Manilla.
Washlnton, D. C. Special.) There
Is reason to believe that President Mc.
Klnley has been advised that Admiral
Dewey contemplates coming home
within a very short time. His return
will, of course, be dependent upon the
success of the commission's present
neotlatlons with the Filipinos.
As soon as they have laid down their
arms It Is expected that he will pro
ceed with the protected cruiser Olym
pla to the United States, probably
through the Suez canal to New York,
and come Immediately to Washington
to consult with the president regarding
the Philippines.
Admiral Dewey has now been con
stantl at Manila for more than a year
and has been In command of the Asiatic
station since January Z, 1S98. The
admiral has naturally been under a
very great strain since he has been
in the east, having gone there when
war with Spain was Inevitable, and,
besides having to destroy the Spanish
fleet, finding It necessary to deal with
many Important questions which de
velop during his stay In Manila bay.
The medical representatives from the
Asiatic fleet make no mention of any
sickness from which the admiral is
suffering, and In fact, officers return
ing from the Asiatic station say he is
not 111. Hut it Is conceded that a rest
would be beneficial, and he probably
feels that he can enjoy It In view of
the prospect of early peace with the
Filipinos.
Hear Admiral Watson, commandant
of the Mare Island navy yard, will
probably be selected to succeed Ad
miral Dewey In command of -the Aslatlo
station.
CONDENSED NEWSoNOTES.
The plant of the Lookout Sewer Pipe
company, near Chattanooga, was de
stroyed by fire. Loss, 160.000.
The opening session of the sixth an
nual convention of the American Soci
ety of Superintendents of Training
Schools for Nurses was begun at New
York City.
The Colvett company of Syracuse, w.
Va., which operates coke plants In the
east, central and south, granted an In
crease of 25 per cent In the wages of Its
workmen.
A meeting of representatives of all
the St. Louts breweries was held at
St. Louis and arrangements made for
taking concerted action against the en
forcement of the new beer tax bill.
The Kqultable Building and Loan as
sociation of Hloomlngton, 111., hag pass
ed Into the hands of a receiver. Judge
Allen of the federal court Issued an or
der appointing Edward Barry of that
city receiver.
Dr. George T. Vaughn of the marine
hospital service at Washington, has
been detailed to represent the service
and the treasury department at the
International tuberculosis congress to
be held In, Berlin the latter part ot this
month. . .
New York. (Special.) Commissioner
General Peck has cabled to Major Fred
Brackett of the United States commis
sion to the Paris exposition announc
ing that he has secured an additional
18 000 feet, located In the Vlncennes
annex, which space will be devoted to
the display of American bic ycles. Com
missioner Peek expects to leave Paris
for New York May 13.
RECORD DIVIDEND ON OIL.
New York. (Special.) The trustees
of the Standard OH company have de
clared the regular quarterly dividend of
S3 per share, and an extra dividend of
19 per share, payable June 15. 1899. The
stock went up twelve points to 498 on
the announcement. This Is tht highest
price ever reached.
Abilene Is pointing with pride to the
evident morality of Dickinson county.
There Is not a single criminal case on
the docket for the May term, A Jury
had been ordered, but when this con
dition of affairs became manifest the
judge ordered the gentlemen who had
been drawn that their services would
not be required. "
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Governor Mount of Indiana has re
fused military P?"0 ";:"!'in
glass workers brought from
Aria. Ind.. to take the place of strikers.
Neither will he permit armed men to
be Imported to fwl tht worts.
ADVISES DONS TO KEEP OUT.
Leading Paper of Havana Counsels
Them to Leave Politics Alone.
Havana. (Special.) La Union, a
strong pro-Spanish newspaper here,
in today's issue that It has been asked
by Spanish citizens for an expression
of opinion as to whether they should
sign circulars of the national league,
which Is attempting to unite all who
are opposed to annexation. In reply,
La Union says that Spaniards should
not participate In Cuban politics, di
rectly or indirectly, now or la the fu
ture. Carlos Aguirre, who was a colonel in
the Cuban army, and more recently a
captain of the Havana police, which
latter position he resigned In March on
account of trouble with citizens, has
been appointed chief sanitary Inspector
of Havana under Burgeon Major John
Davis.
Merchants and shippers here think
that the government should give Ha
vana an equal advantage with Santiago
in the matter of harbor dredging. Ships
cannot anchor In the harbor of Havana
owing to the foulness of the bottom, but
are obliged to tie to buoys. Besides
this, there is not a sufficient depth ot
water for ships In this harbor except
at certain points. I
The condition of Colonel Duncan Hood
of the Second Immune regiment has so
much Improved that his physicians re
gard him as being out of danger.
Colonel Hood hopes to be able to reach
Holguln In time to leave with his regi
ment for the United States, but his
doctors think It will be two or three
weeks before he will be able to move
around much.
DEPEW TALKS ON FULIilCS.
Favors Mark Hanna For National
Chairman.
Cleveland, O. (Special.) In an Inter
view here, Hon. Chauncey M. Depew
said that he favored the continuance
of Senator M. A. Hanna as chairman
of the republican national committee
"In the election of 1896 Mr. Hanna
showed a skill In conducting the affairs
of the republican party that has never
been surpassed In the history of the
party," said Mr. Depew. "It Is the pol
Icy of the republican party never to get
rid of a good leader until It has found
a better one."
Speaking of the campaign of 1900,
Senator Depew said the republican par
ty Would have no opposition. Bryan
has the New York democrats out of
the party and they will not again get
together, he said.
"What will be the republican Issue
In 1900?" he was asked.
"The platform will reassert every
thing the party has ever said and the
party will declare In favor of expan
sion."
"How about trusts?"
"Undoubtedly the republican party
will adopt a plank condemning trusts
and I also think the democratic party
will adopt a similar plank. The repub
llcan party will reaffirm Its declaration
for the gold standard and there Is no
doubt the democrats will again take up
silver."
Prospects of an Extra Session
Washington, D: C (Special.) There
Is a growing belief that the presdent
will call congress to meet In extroar
dlnary session this fall, probably early
In October. The questions which will
come before the next congress for set
tlement. Including as they do every
thing growing out of our possessions
acquired as a result of the war with
Spain, and general legislation. Includ
ing that relating to currency reform,
the Nicaragua canal, merchant marine.
etc., are of such great Importance that
the president Is Inclined to regard It
as advisable that congress should meet
earlier than-the regular session In De-
cembor In order to get the work under
way. The retirement of Speaker Reed
will entail considerable delay In the ap
pointment of clmmlttees In the house,
as It Is customary to allow a new speak
er four or five weeks to make up his
committees, and thlB furnishes an ad
ditional reason why congress should be
convened before December. Of the
several senators and members of con
gress who are going abroad this sum
mer the president has particularly In
quired as to the length of their stay,
and has hinted that It was advisable
that they should be back in the early
fall, as the necessity for an extra ses
sion might arise.
Honors For Dead Soldiers
Richmond, Va. (Special.) On the
battlefield of Chancellorsvllle today
General Charles H. T. Collls and twen
ty other members of the One Hundred
and Fourteenth Pennsylvania regiment,
Collls' zouaves, dedicated a monument
to the memory of three officers and
thirty-five privates of their regiment
who fell in the battle. The visitors
were accompanied to the monument site
by a number of citizens of Fredericks
burg. General Collls made a patriotic
address and James Park Corbin accept
ed the monument on bthalf of the Na
tlonal Battlefield association, to whose
care It has been entrusted.
The monument Is of rustic design, ob
long In shape, and Is of Virginia gran
ite. On the die Is a brass plate, with
the name of those of the regiment killed
at Chancellorsvllle, und the following
Inscription: "Erected to mark the line
of battle of the One Hundred and Four
teenth regiment, Pennsylvania volun
teers, on the memorable day of May
3, 1&63, when It lost three officers and
thirty-ftve enlisted men killed.' '
At the conclusion of the dedication
the party visited several points on the
battlefield, among them tne jacsson
monument, and on the latter they
placed a handsome wreath.
Honors For Nebraskan.
Columbus, O. (Special.) Jas. Hullne
Canfleld, president of the Dhlo State
university, who has been offered the
position of librarian of the Columbian
university, has officially accepted the
honor and has sent In his resignation
as president of the university to the
board of trustees.
President Canfleld was for a number
of years chancellor of the University of
Nebraska, and his notable business
ability was a large factor In the success
of that Institution. ,
SAWMILL BOILER EXPLODES.
Hopklnsvllle, Ky. (Special.) Mc
Knight' large sawmill five miles north
of Hopklnsvllle was blown up this
mornlg, killing the owners, Barrett Mc
Knlght and Kffle McKnlght. John
White's legs were blown off and he Is
dying T. T, McKnlght Is seriously
Injured. The mill Is a total wreck.
The Railway Age says there Is every
Indication that not less than 8,000 miles
of new railway will be built In the Unit
ed States In ll, representing an In
vestment of $150,000,000,
pure white kid cloves are going out ot
fashion and the delicate tints of cream
and ecru luede are coming In.
FUNSTON IS WOUNDED
KANSAS COLONEL HURT WHILE
LEADING A CHARGE.
New Men at Kansas University-
Trusts Cannot Collect Debts-.
South Dakota Prairie Fires.
Manila. (Special.) Major Genera
MacArthur has carried San Tomas,
after encountering a strong resistance,
Brigadier General Hale moved upon
the enemy's right and Brigadier Gen
eral Wheaton attacked the left in
daring charge, In which Colonel Funs
ton again distinguished himself. The
Kansan was wounded In the hand and
several other officers and enlisted men
were wounded.
Colonel Summers, with a part of the
Oregon and Minnesota regiments and a
gun of the Utah battery, took Moaslm
on the right, resting four miles from
San Fernando. The Filipinos are re
treating toward San Isldro and It is ex
pected that they will make a stand at
Arayat, at which place place the whole
of the rebel force In the province of
Pan pan ga is concentrating.
General MacArthur swung toward
San Tomas, the route to which was al
most unprotected. General Lawton
brought his brigade In against Balsuam
from the southwest, covering the line
of retreat of the rebels towards the
mountains and depriving them of a
refuge upon whlcth they had already
counted. General Lawton captured
50,000 bushels of rice, an Important part
of the stores established by the rebels
New Men at Kansas University
Lawrence, (Special.) The board of
regents of the University of Kansas
have agreed on plans for the new chem
istry building and expect to be ready to
begin work July 1. Prof. L. I. Blake
has been made director of the Fowler
machine shops. There are 500 applicants
for places created on the faculty by the
regents at their last meeting. W. A.
Griffith of St. Louis, formerly of Em
poria, was elected to the position of
professor of drawing and painting, to
succeed Prof. A. H. Clark, who will go
to New York City to open a studio.
Dr. Albert Mathews, Instructor In
Harvard university and Tuft's college,
was made associate professor of physi
ology. Ida Hyde of Harvard, instructor
In Ingols college at Cambridge, was
made assistant professor of zoology.
John W, Gardner, graduate of Purdue
and Cornell, was made assistant in
structor In mechanical drawing. W. R
Crane, University of Kansas, was made
assistant professor of mining engineer
Ing. W.E, Higglns, University of Kan
bob City, was made assistant professor
of law.
The preparatory department of the
school of muBlo was abolished. The
election of an assistant In sociology and
political economy was deferred until
the next meeting of the board.
Trusts Cannot Collect Debts.
Topeka, Kan., May 9. The action of
the court of appeals In St. Louis, in Its
interpretation of the Missouri trust
laws, has recalled a law nearly un
known on the statute books of Kansas.
It Is quite similar to the trust law of
Missouri, but has never been tested in
the courts, though held good by the
attorney general. It received its appro
val last December. In creating a char
ter board it says that:
'Persons seeking to form a private
corporation under any of the laws of
this state or any corporation organized
under the laws of any other state, ter
ritory or foreign country, and seeking
to do business in this state, shall make
application to said board for permission
to organize a corporation or, to engage
In business as a foreign corporation in
this state."
The Important part of the act is that
In which it says that no foreign corpo
ration can enforce a claim against a
debtor until It has received authority
from the charter board acting under
the laws which permit It to limit the
powers of trusts or "New Jersey cor
porations." The section that may be
used as a restraint on trusts is that
which reads: "No action shall be main
tained or recovery had In any of the
courts of this state by any corporation
doing business In this state without
first obtaining the certificate of the
secretary of state that the statements
provided for In this section have been
properly made."
There Is a difference of opinion be
tween the attorney general and the
other members of the charter board
over the Interpretation of a section
which refers to corporations already In
the state. Godard holds that the law
does not apply to them, but to those
who shall ask for charters after the
law went Into effect. The courts will
probably decide It if the opposite view
Is taken by the charter board In dealing
with the companies.
Prairie Fires In So. Dakota.
Armour, S. D. (Special.) Recent au
thentic reports from the fire on the
Yankton reservation are' to the effect
that It was much more serious than
was at first supposed. No fatalities
have been reported. One man seeing
the fire approaching sent his family
Into a cave, himself remaining outside
to afford such protection to his property
as he could. Later he found himself
unable to reach the cave on account of
the smoke. After the smoke had some
what abated he wrapped himself In a
wet quilt and succeeded In getting to
his family and found two little chil
dren nearly suffocated. They are ly
ing very low and may not recover.
Wesley Simpson lost his bulldlngs.nlne
teen head of hogs and sis calves. An
other settler lost sixty cattle. More
than a score of farmers lost all or a
large part of their possessions, some
buildings, others stock, and very few
of them are left with hay and grain at
the beginning of the season's work.
NEW SEEDS AND PLANTS.
Selections Made by tne Govern
ment In the Land of the Czar.
Washington, D. C, Hay 9. During
me lasi year me unuea States depart
ment of agriculture has had four aerl
cultural explorers at work In different
parts of the world having In view the
Introduction Into the United States of
sucn seeds and plants as may prove
to be of economic value. Secretary
Wilson sent Prof. Mark A. Carleton,
the well known authority on cereals, to
KusBia, with instructions to obtain such
varieties as might in any way add to
the value of our cereal production.
Prof. Carleton has Just returned, after
spending about eight months In the land
or the czar, and is confident that some
at least of his selections will prove of
gnat Dennt. He mentions a winter rye,
wnicn is grown at ust-sisolsk, in the
government (state) of Vologda, which
Is In about 60 degrees north latitude.
The climatic conditions correspond very
iiKe io i nose-or Labrador. It is believed
that this rye will do very well In Alas
ka, a section of our country which has
not yet produced cereals except in In
experimental way.
1 he cereal that promises best results
Is the Kubanka wheat, from the Kuban
territory. In the Volga region. While
this is a spring wheat in Russia, it is
believed that it can be changed to a
winter wheat here. It is very much
harder than any of our wheats and Is
the great bread wheat of the Volga re
region. It Is, however, for this purpose
mixed witn sorter wheats to the ex
tent of 10 or 20 per cent. This wheat
needs a warm climate and is expected
to give good results in Texas, No-Man's
Land, western Kansas and eastern Col
orado. It does best In Russia, where
the annual rainfall is only about fifteen
Inches. In western Kansas the annual
rainfall Is about eighteen inches. Prof.
Carleton feels that the greatest .dim
culty that this variety will meet with
here Is the objection of millers , to
grinding It, owing to its great hardness.
A variety called Polish wheat, which
was obtained, has the largest grain
of all wheats In the world, the average
length of the kernels being about five-
ixteenths of an inch. Like the Ku
banka It is exceedingly hard, but it is
not bread wheat. Its use is in pastry
and as a macaroni wheat. American
macaroni which Is not made from
wheat Imported for the purpose Is now
made from North Dakota hard wheat.
The Polish wheat needs a warm climate
and Is expected to flourish wherever
the Kubanka wheat does.
Several varieties of broom millet are
to come. These are for cold, dry cli
mates. It is not claimed that they are
superior to the millets now growing in
this country, but will grow where ours
do not grow. These are grown In Rus
sia for the seeds principally, and are
used for food in the way of soups and
gruels. It is possible, as Prof. Carle
ton suggests, that we may thus add
something desirable to our dietary. An
other importation, which in Russia Is
largely used In soups and gruels, Is
Siberian buckwheat. It is called
Gigantic buckwheat," from the Im
mense size of the kernels, being nearly
twice the size of our buckwheat. The
most is expected from this introduction
in dry, cold regions.
A variety of spelt called "Polba" In
Russia, Is another importation which
grows in Russia In regions so cold that
ther cereals will not grow. This may
prove to be an excellent winter grain
with us,' and especially suitable for
Alaska. It Is grown In Russia almost
exclusively for feed. The kernels are
very hard.
Two varieties of oats, the Swedish
and Tobolsk, are expected to be the
thing needed In the dry, cold regions
of the west. The Swedish variety orig-
nally came from Finland, but In Rus
sia it has been grown many years, each
year from selected seed. The govern
ment Importation is from this selected
seed. The other variety Is from To
bolsk, in the northern part of Siberia,
here It Is very dry and cold.
The total Importations amount to
about thirty varieties of cereals and
forage plants, besides vegetable seeds
and melons.
8WEAT SHOPS IN CHICACO.
lorence Kelley Deecrlbes Unhap
py Condition of Children.
Washington, D. C (Special.) The
industrial commission resumed Its pub
lic hearing In Its headquarters at the
Bliss building. The first wiuaess was
Florence Kelly, for four years chief
factory Inspector of Illinois. Her state
ment dealt particularly with swea shop
work In Chicago. She painted the pic.
ture in dark colors. Of the 200,000 fac
tory workers In Illinois, she said 150,-
000 were In Cook county. Practically all
the ready-made clothing and much of
the so-called merchant tailor work of
the city was swet shop work pure and
simple. The conditions surrounding the
work were unsanitary and harmful In
marked degree.
Child labor, she said, was also used
in
direct defiance of the 14-year age
limit In force in the state. She said tht
employers had no difficulty in evading
this law and securing age certificates
for the children. Many of these little
ones, she declared, worked for the first
year for nothing with the promise of
a week at the end of that time, and
Itlmately, perhaps, S3 to $4 per week
hen they had reached the top of the
ladder In their line. She strongly ad
vocated the passage 'of a law similar
its general provisions to the Sulzer
act now In force in New York.
The commission haB received word
from Chief Counsel Dodd of the Stand
ard Oil company, assuring that John
D. Rockefeller and others of the com
pany will be pleased to comply with
the commission's request to appear In
Washington between May 15 and 20.
HE WILL ATTEMPT SUICIDE.
Sioux Falls, 8. D. (Special.) "Big
court say me hang 16th. Me say me die
13th." John Bad Elk, the Sioux Indian
sentenced by Judge Carland to be hang
ed June 16 for the murder of an Indian
policeman, thus declares that he will
never end his life on the gallows. This
opinion Is freely expressed by him to
other prisoners In the county Jail In
this city, where he is confined, and has
been written by him to a relative on
the- Pine Ridge reservation. This is
taken to mean that when all hope of
securing a new trial Is gone he will end
his life by some means and thus cheat
the gallows. A Sioux warrior possess
ing the unquestioned courage and de
termination of Bad Elk would be proud
to die gloriously In battle, but the
thought of being hanged is naturally
repulsive and Is looked upon by the
Indians as the most ignominious death
that could be meted out to him. Bad
Elk will accordingly exerclBe all the
cunning of his nature to obtain the
means to end his life In the event that
a new trial cannot be obtained In his
case.
I have lived long enough to know that
a woman can make a pie out of any
thing she wants to, but whatever she
uses she "can't make 'em like mother
did." A husband da's'not say this but
once.
THE RACE FOR HOMES.
Durango, Colo. (Special.) Many per.
son. who had been holding places in
the line at the land office changed their
minds today and Joined the rush for lo
cations on the Ute lands, which were
opened tor settlement at noon by proc
lamation or tne president.
Whistles and bells proclaimed the
hour of opening. Scores of men who
had been holding places in the line sold
out half an hour before the opening
ov was tne prevailing price. It is esti
mated that 1,000 people shought in vari
ous ways to secure land.
The Btreets of Durango were crowded
and there was great rejoicing. There
was no central starting point, and men
were scattered along the Colorado and
New Mexico lines for forty miles, await
ing the hour, many with no means of
rapid transit. From Duranero hundreds
of well mounted and well armed men
began pushing to the front at davlia-ht
an giving themselves ample time to
reach the favorite sections. The Du
raneo Democrat discouraged manv In
line tnis morning by declaring that ev
ery reputable attorney in Durango hod
advised clients to settle on the land and
tile at any time within the limit pro
vlded by law.
A surprise was sprung when "Buf
falo" Jones suddenly appeared near Ig-
nacio with 300 followers from Guthrie.
O. T., and was met by Dr. E. D. Allen,
who was prominent In the opening of
the famous Cherokee strip. The latter
has been sojourning in and around Du
rango with some half-breed Cherokees
for the past week, and early this morn
ing started to Join with "Buffalo" Jones
with the determination of starting a
townslte and booming the same. Their
objective point is near Ignacio. The
town, it is understood, will be called
Tabor. By night there will no doubt
be more than a dozen villages created
in the Centennial state. The railroad
has representatives on the round who
will select some of the most promising
sections.
The Denver & Rio Grande railroad
runs through the eastern end of the
reservation.
COUNTRIES AND MARRYING AGES.
In Germany the man must be eigh
teen years of age before he can legally
marry.
In Portugal a boy of fourteen Is con
sidered marriageable, and a woman of
twelve.
In Greece the man must have seen
at least fourteen summers and the wo
man twelve.
In France the man must be eighteen
and the woman sixteen. In Belgium,
the same ages.
In Spain the intended husband must
have passed his fourteenth year and
the woman her twelfth.
In Switzerland men from the age of
fourteen and women from the age of
twelve are allowed to marry. -
In Austria a "man" and a "woman"
are supposed to be capable of conduci
ng a home of their own from the age
of fourteen.
In Turkey any youth and maiden
who can walk properly and can un
derstand the necessary religious serv-
ce are allowed to be united for life.
In Hungary, for Roman Catholics,
the man must be fourteen years old
and the woman twelve; for Protestants
the man must be eighteen and the wo
man fifteen.
In Russia and Saxony they are a
little more sensible, and a youth must
refrain from entering into matrimony
till he can count eighteen years, and a
woman till she can count sixteen.
MODERN CAVE DWELLERS.
Cave dwellers, or to be exact, earth
or rock dwellers, are not yet extinct.
A traveler who visited the prehistoric
cave dwellings near Halberstadt, In
the Harz mountains, found In the near
by village of Langenstein ten caves
hewn In the rock and occupied by forty
persons.
This little settlement Is built on the
slope of a rocky hill near the village.
The fronts of the dwellings are made
by cutting a vertical face in the rock.
Each "house" has a door and one win
dow, The first house was constructed
nly forty years ago by a young mar
ried couple who were too poor to pay
their rent in the village.
The rock houses are warm in winter
and cool in summer. They are quite
healthful according to the testimony
of their inhabitants, whose stout limbs
and red cheeks vouch for the truth of
their statements.
FRILLS OF FASHION.
Making hat crowns of flowers Is one
nf the novel effects in millinery, but
he latest form of vegetation used for
this purpose Is moss, not artificial moss,
but the real thing.
Attractive color-blendlngs appear
unon the new matelasse grenadines.
The various grounds are creped or
basket-woven, and the raised designs
are In shaded silks.
Wedding gowns in princess style
made of satin, duchess and peau de
sole, with elegant garnitures of Vene
tian lace and corresponding net draper
ies, will be In marked favor with the
brides of this season.
Taffeta foulard and taffeta soyeux
woven with beautiful oriental borders
are among the latest novelties in silks.
An Appleton, Wis., firm has received
cable orders for plans for a big ground
wood pulp mill, to be constructed at
Stockholm, Sweden. The interesting
feature of the order Is that the entire
mill machinery Is to be made on Amer
ican models. The order Is the fourth
the concern has received In the last two
years.
The world's total copper production
is estimated at 420,000 tons for 1898. The
copper consumption of 1898 was more
than one-fourth of the copper produc
tion of the whole world.
There are no large factories for mak
ing shoes In Mexico, as In the United
States. There are extensive establish
ments In Leon, Mexico City and Guada
lajara, but they are not exactly fac
tories. The shoes are made under a
kind of tenement system. Workmen re
ceive a stipulated sum for each pair
ci shoes made, according to quality.
House Hunter How about the people
In the flat above have they any chil
dren? Agent Mercy, no! The general
secretary of the Mothers' Mutual Ex
perience association lives there.
If a servant In Germany falls sick
her mistress Is not allowed to discharge
her, but must pay 47 cents a day for
her hospital expenses until she Is per
fectly well. The wages of girls vary
from $2.40 to 17.20 a month, with board.
FOR AND BY THE PE04H.E.
By Laurence Gronlund in New York
Journal: The new democracy at
very time has a more glorious oppeaw
tunlty before it than ever was offered
jjunucai organization In our coun
try, not excepting the republican party
in the critical times of Abraham Ua
cold. Its great need Is a worthy Ideal
and an adequate program. Its leaders.
i.uoi uecome conscious that we
standing on the threshold of th
an cenxunes, tnat Is destined to .
witness the perfection of our civilisa
tion. The time is ripe for great social
and economic reforms, which will have
to be accomplished by political meth
ods; and of the two great partes in our
country onlv the new h, .
ready for the task. If that Dartv .haau
return to its old idols of before '. um
Henry Watterson
should collapse in 1900 from lack ot
Ideals and an adequate program, tne
good by to radical reforms for man
years; goodby to the many noble hopes
which lovers of their kind in this coun
try have connected with the comlnsr
twentieth century! For the rem.hiiZ
party, which commenced its career a,
nobly, will now listen to nothing bag
what strengthens and consolidates tfaa
powers of plutocracy
THE PROTECTOR OF THE PEOPIA
he new democratic
the first place and mainly, to take car
or the interests of the poor. "Demo
cratic" became the name of the old
party because it claimed to be pre-enw-InentJy
the champion of the people
Why should not now the new democ
racy come out and frankly declare It
self the party of the poor of those
who constitute 75 per cent of our popu
lation? Why should Bryan not style
himseif the leader of the nartu tka
poor? Surely there is nothing for them
ueci irom the rich as a class
they are attracted to the rermhii,.
party as to a magnet, and have chosen
it their champion by an irresistible In
stinct. Understand me, it is not a.
crime to be rich; it is a splendid merit
i" a. nun man io sympathize actively
with the poor; t s more than mi m-
cent of the poor would do were their
Places reversed. We have such noble
rich men among us; God be praised, we
have many rich men who champion the
fortunes of the poor. But, unfortunate-,
ly, most of our rich men are terribly
selfish, and pursue exclusively thb
own sinister interests without any re
gard soever for the welfare of thi-
country. ,
Now, the campaign of lttMS imnna-
tionably was, as Henrv Georat ni
ceived, already a struggle between the
poor and these rich, "with silver the
symbol of the poor and gold the sym
bol of the rich." Why, then, should not
the new democracy straightway start,
the campaign of 1900 openly and deter
minedly as one of the Door ae-ninot ths.
plutocrats these selfish rich distinctly
disclaiming, however, all notion of do
ing any injustice whatever to the rick
of any class? What does it mitt tri
the party be denounced as "socialistic?"'
yvas xnis not already done in '96, and
was the result not such that we maw
deem the denunciation beneficial rather
man injurious
This, we say, is the first reautremnr-
of the new democracy: It must set to
work and do something for the poorer
classes of our country. The party must
devise measures which the poor at a
glance can see are favorable to then,
and which really are an embodiment:
of the spirit behind the free silver
platform of 1896.
PROGRAM OF SOCIAL REFORM.
It seems to me that the following-.
seven measures will constitute an al
most ideal platform for the year UOfc.
1. Municipal management of all niin
lie utilities.
2. State productive works for the un
employed.
3. Assistance to organized labor in Itm
struggle against the trusts.
4. Government banks of deposit and?
banks of loans.
5. The department of agriculture aav
the organ of the farmers.
6. A national telegraph.
7. Government control of railroad.
fares and freight rates.
This, Indeed, will be an antt-tmoer-
lalist program In itself, infinitely more
persuasive than a mere abstract declar
ation against imperialism. For the peo
ple, seeing these magnificent projects
In their behalf, will quickly have tftefcr
attentlon withdrawn from the Filipinoav
and the Cubans, and come to the con
clusion that their own affairs demand
all their time and all their efforts, .r
Of these seven measures I last Sunday?
discussed three to-wit: State produc
tive employment, government banking;,
in its two forms of banks of deposit i
and banks of loans, and the extenioa.
t the functions of the national aenorb-
ment of agriculture, because they seen .
to me to furnish the most effective ar- -guments
in a national campaign. Bat -municipal
management of public utH
ities is, nevertheless, of the utmost. Im
portance and expediency. Our munld
palaties are splendid co-operative struc
tures which it has taken generations to
build up, and which can confer vast,
benefits both on the people who nan
the transportation, the gas and elec
tric powers, and on those who are em
ployed thereon. One city like Glasgow
in the United States would have won
derfully ripening influences on our peo
ple throughout the union. And how are
our people not interested in having;
cheap, healthy, well lit and well heat
ed dwelling houses such as have beets
provided by several English cities?.
LABOR AND TRUSTS.
Next, as to the struggle of organize
labor with the trusts. Our states can do
very much to render labor organiza
tions more effective than they areu
With the arrival of the trusts the ideal?
of every true union man has become fan
time to have an organization controll
ing, of course by democratic method,
the entire labor force of the country?
that is to say, to create one national
syndicate of labor. We say that thUf
Ideal will have to be realized, or tBe
trusts will override all the liberties off
the country before they can be ranxxIMr
by national authority. But such an all
embracing national syndicate can never
be effected by the workmen themselves;
the state must lend tls aid. The state,
that Is, the "all of us," must be. at
crutch to "some of us" to the work
men, who are the under dog In the
economic battle. Effective labor or
ganizations will enable the men to meet
even the haughtiest trusts on an eqaal
footing. What an enthusiasm organised:
labor will bring into the campahrsh
when the new democracy takes Its side!!
HIDING THE TOTALS .
"Is that the street sweeper?" "Nb;1
the hrewery delivery wagon err
Beasley's. Mrs. Beasley gets Mlem ts
come after dark, so that the nelghborsk
won't count the cases." Plalndealer. ,
DIDN'T LIKE IT.
"Don't you think I write with a K
deal ot dash?" Inquired the new wot
reporter. "Yes," responded the city
Itor, "and I'd much prefer to hare
use commas and semi-colons."'
NO HARMONY.
"Did you enjoy the symphony
cert?" "Not at all. A girl who sat i
me had on three colors that didn't 1
monise a mi."
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