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* * r * 1 * * Jj . ? f . IT SHALL NOT DOWN. v : - * - . S" * ' irzEE SILVER BILL XO BE QITES | | * ? 7 riioarzxjBxx riACE. \W \ ' ! ri , ° Cu"tom , Administration IWeaJiuro 9 * " -Also to Receive Early Consideration [ jfc t _ Addition to Section 5 of tlio Inter- 'f- ' • * i tate Commcrco Act Tho Ronton. U : " ' C * sl CSCr Arranslng Preliminaries ' | ; , * ° r Further Encounters In tlio , < King. Original Packago Talk. ' " yu . ' - "Wasiiixotox , May 23. Tho silver bill \l \ . &ad Its inning in tho scnato to-day and lf - tho "original package" bill had to go I& ' \ * 'ovcr , but Senator "Wilson , who has it in ' | : ' ; . , - / -charge , told rao that ho should call it up 'p ' V r at cvery opportunity and hoped to got it ifej. • ' . through before tho end of tho month. rlr ? . " * " he butter men aro alarmed at tho dis- p' " * / -covery that oleomargarine can bo ship- ; | f is ped in tho same manner as whisky under ' | f/ v the original package decision , and it is ' * . . . . feared that the manufacturers of oloo- # , ' margarine will take advautago of this 'I ' . ' decision to flood tho markets with patent ' § \ . butter in deiiauco of laws that exist in ipj. , / " - _ ' New York and other states prohibiting \ X7' its sale. The agent of tho New York ifc&l . . - Dairymen's association is hero looking 1 " 1./ -after tho amendment to tho bill to cover "Vl- • the butter interest and says thatsome- -y. thing must bo dono at once , becauso t , 53r 0,000,000 of capital is Interested and the farmers of New York produce § 45 , - K" ' - . * * > 000,000 worth of butter a year on a very ; | [ C- narrow margin of profit. lie claims % sSpV • that two or three months of free trado Wr. * - * in oleomargarine would ruin half tho | pi > " - , -dairymen in the state. * j * . ( The brewers' congress now in session IjgiVt. - * n tn's ' l7 Is doing everything it can to jft\VV | ; defeat such legislation , and will have ' § v' some effect in the house of representa- \ % : ) " tives , but not in tho senate. ' \S' c Next In Order. g ; > N * "WAsniXGTOx , May 23. Now that the ifpS ; tariff bill is out of tho way it is expected Pp , , - the customs' administrative bill wijl be \mf\ \ taken up and disposed of at once. The jUiF T ' bill * s m tne hands of a conference com- | * " - - inittco consisting of Messrs. Allison 'Wfy ' .Aldrich and McPnerson on tho part of gh * - - " _ the senate , and Messr ? . McKinlcy , Lur- [ fyV - * rows' and Carlisle on tho part of the 'IPw ' -house. As Mr. Carlisle has been elected ifp • " - to the senate ho will doubtless rethc 'JgjC- ' ' - from the conference committee and some .m * - ' -one else will be appointed in his place. iBE-i" The members of tho house do not quite 'Pj like the amendments added to the bill in \L \ the senate , but there are no differences g " between the members of the committee , Pf' . ' and they will probably come to anagree- rv 'ment within a few days. This bill is fer * being bitterly opposed by many of tho eSJ ! * ' - agents of foreign manufacturers in New E ' York , hut its passage is urged by every | L importer who has been engaged in the § > , ' war against undervaluations , and it is IS * . , . particularly in the interest of western merchants. P _ Senator ZJaivc * ' Proposal. ; > / "Wasiiixgtox , May 23. The follow- § i ing addition to section 5 of the inter- , ' - state commerce act is contained in a bill \j& \ * introduced by Senator' DawesPro - * * - ; ' - vided , however , that agreements to ap- , " portion the carriage of competitive .1/ traffic for the purpose of enabling each \f \ ' competing line to carry a reasonable iti' share of the traffic may be entered into il , , • ' by common carriers subject to the pro- [ ip r visions of this act and shall be lawful to ! g - the parties thereto , but this provision | C • • shall not be construed to relieve common ij2L { / • -carriers of other provisions of this act , jK | nor to affect the jurisdiction and author- * ity of the commission and courts con- 'i- 1 _ . , " ferred by this act. nor to permit tho di- [ fe " - version of traffic routes or consigned by w " shippers over any specified line. A copy , " - " of each such agreement shall bo forth- \W' \ • with filed with the inter-state commerce jf v"v commission , which shall have power to jjlp annul or modify tho same aftor a hear- > " . - ing upon notice of the parties , if the iv \ . results of its operations are found to bo $ & . in contravention to provisions of this Tr acL" ! & ' . A similar bill was introduced in the ! § . * bouse bv "Kr. Gear of Iowa. } &i , - . ; - ' " Sullivan's Sew Deal. | l. , Xew York , May 23. Colonel J. M. i > X i" Dailey of the Virginia athletic club held iu * " . a consultation with John L. Sullivan in ' & . the Astor house yesterday. The result [ p. ' , of their conference was that Sullivan fv agreos to fight Joe McAuliffe for S10.000 1 . ' . in July and Jackson for $23,000 in Au- , fcw gust. Each battle will take place in .jjgrz - Virginia under the auspices of tho Vir- UH jjinia athletic club. The offer of tho ' ? , California athletic club has thus been w-i • . stopped by this new organization. The § * - " president of the Virginia athletic club | L. ' - -during his talk with Sullivan read to / " . * , him the charter of the club. John L. f Avas informed that the club would offer : \ \ the prizes before mentioned for either 'fer ' / or both meetings , without exacting any > guarantee whatever from either of the \ , principals , but on the other hand guar- * , ? & _ * antecing perfect immunity from tho f _ . law. Sullivan said ho would not en- f 5 age in a bare-knuckle fight under any $ - , > circumstances , but would accept both ( t' " ' prepositions made by tho Virginia ath- iJj.C- ' ' Jetic club upon the conditions that if i " ; his coming trial in Mississippi resulted f % i\ in imprisonment he desired to have the I agreements cancelled. ' • They say that I am afraid ef this .f • .ncgro , " said Sullivan , "and that after I i ' " went to see him box in Boston I said ho vas too long in the reach for me. It's a , -r . lie. I ani not afraid of him , and if he -could reach from here to the door [ rising | ' , , ' , - .and pointing to one of the entrances to \ , the Astor house parlors , ten feet dis- " - , taut ] I'd tackle him , and lick him , too. " > • - Reward for a Slurdcrcr. * J Lixcolx , Neb. , May 21. Governor 2/ Thayer issued the following proclama tion for the arrest of the murderer of vy. \ . - -Charles Poor in Omaha last Saturday " Spi ' morning : To all to whom these pres- r ! 'Jh > ' -cms shall come , greeting : Whereas , It vj , , has come to my knowledge in due form \ \ prescribed by law that in the county of • it * . ' Douglas and state of Nebraska , a mur- - , - * " er was committed upon one Charles ' fr * Poor on the 17th day of May , 1S90 , by - - * • or unknown , who \ z soaie person persons * * have lied from justice. Kow , therefore , k& \ * I , John M. Thayer , governor of the state aL * " * * of Nebraska , by virtue of the authority t " * v vested in me by law , and in pursuance P * T * of the statutes in such case made and provided , do hereby issue my proclama- * tion and offer a reward of S200 for tho arrest and conviction of said murderer v " ' ' or murderers. * In testimony whoreof I have hereunto ft 1 tot m7 hand and caused to bo affixed the great seal of tho state. Done at Lin coln this 10th day of May , 1890. liy tho Governor : Johx M. TirATF.n. Bex R. Cowjjkkv , Secretary of State. Anti-niouopoly Republican Confer * ence. Lixcoix , May 21. At 8:20 : last night Attorney General Lceso rapped tho con- feronco to order , with fully four hun dred persons present , about one hun dred of whom had signed tho declara tion of principles. Ho placed in nom ination ex-Speaker Harlan for tempor ary chairman and he wa ? unanimously elected. Mr. Harlan took the chair and opened his remarks by explaining tho causes which led to tho issuing of tho call for tho conference. For years there had been a conflict between corporate power on one hand and the people on tho other. " "Tho elements that represent the cor-t porato power , " said , the speaker , "aro organized and the .people are unorgan ized. This conference is for better organization of tho people to formulato a platform and secure tho nomination of men who will answer to the people and not to tho corporations. " Thomas Wolfe of Butler county waa elected temporary secretary and read the call for tho conference. RESOLUTIONS. Tho committee on resolutions then tc * * ported tho following , tho reading of which was frequently greeted with ap plause : llosolved , That wo reiterate and cor dially endorse the fundamental princi ples of tho republican party as enuncia ted by successive national republican conventions from 185G to 18SS , and wq believe tho republican party capable of dealing with cvi-ry vital issue that con cerns tho welfare of tho American peo ple whenver tho rank and file of tho party are untrammeled in tho exorcise of their political rights. llosolved , That we view with alarm the intense discontent among the repub licans of the state , chiefly duo to tho malicious and the demoralizing interfer ence of corporations and their attempts to control all departments of our stato government legislative , executive and judicial and we earnestly appeal to all republicans who desire to preserve our institutions to rally to the rescue of our state from corporate domination by ac tively participating in the primary elec tions and nominating conventions. Resolved , That while wo desire to ac cord to railroad corporations their rights and privileges as common carriers , wo demand that they shall go out of politics and stop interference with our conven tions and legislatures. Resolved , That railroad passes dis tributed ih this state , for political pur poses , aro a species of bribery perni cious in their influences and tending to undermine public morals , subversive to a free and unboiight expression of tho will of the people in their conventions , legislatures- juries , and we hereby demand the prohibition of passes and free transportation , iu any form , under severe penalties. Resolved , That Nebraska has , for years , been subject to exorbitant trans portation rates , discriminating against her products , thus retarding hci devel opment , and we condemn the state board of transportation for failing to exercise the authority vested in them , and by refusing to afford to the people the relief they were pledged to give. We. therefore , demand that the legisla ture shall enact a minimum tariff bill , covering the transportation of our pro ducts and principal imports. Resolved , That the national conven tion of 1SS8 pledged tho republican par ty to revision of the tariff and a reduc tion of import duties , therefore we , as republicans , request our delegates in congress to oppose the McKinlcy bill , in its present form. Resolved. That a committee of fifteen , five from each congressional district , bo appointed to draft an address to the re publicans of the state embodying tho resolutions adopted by this convention , and said committee shall urge the repub lican state central committee to call a state convention , to be held not later than July 8 , for the purpose of nominat ing a full state ticket under regulations that will give equitable representation and exclude proxies. And , * in case tho state central committee declines to fix the date of said convention as requested , this executivo committee to call a regu lar state convention under the regular apportionment. _ On motion it was decided that the res olutions be taken up and acted on seriatum. The first four were adopted without a dissenting vote , but when the fifth was read Mr. Bruncr of Cuming urged that it be changed from a maximum to a maximum and minimum. An amendment was offered eliminat ing the maximum rate clause , adding the following to the original resolution : • • We therefore demand that the legisla ture shall enact a plan in harmony with the demands of our state constitution on this question. " The amendment was voted down al most unanimously and the original res olution was passed without a dissenting vote. vote.The The sixth resolution was adopted with but few negatives. A long discussion was precipitated on the seventh .resolution , which was par ticipated in by a number of delegates. The resolution as originally framed was adopted. The following additional resolution was unanimously adopted : Resolved , That we are in favor of ballot-reform , and we demand that the legislature of this state enact a law es tablishing the Australian sysTcm. After the adoption of the resolutions a recess was taken to allow tho dele gates from the three congressional dis tricts to name the members of the com mittee of 15. . The following were ap pointed : First District E. Rocewater of Doug las , Corbin of Johnson , Goodell of Lan caster , Hayes of Cass and Smith of Saunders. Second district Keckley of York , Hill of Butler , Elliott of Harlan , Harlan of Frontier and Hedlund of Phelps. Third district Sutherland of Burt , Marr of Dodge , Manning of Wayne , Beebo of Custer and Smythe of Buffalo. D. M. Nettleton of Clay was elected committeemau-at-largo and chairman of the committee. The convention then adjourned. At a meeting of the corn palace dlrec tors at Sioux City it was decided to hold the corn palace exposition this year from September 25 to October 11 , Inclusive. The steamer Harold , bound from Bal boa to Glascow , has foundered off the Irish coast. Six persons drowned. SENAT0ES ON SILVER. HOI.m , TELTEIi AXD MITCUELIi EX PRESS THEIR VIEWS. Some Criticisms on tho Remarks of the Former Gentleman Sensational Rumors at Jollot , III. , Growing Out of Attempted Escape of Prisoners Death ofDr. Ryford , One of tlio Most Noted Physicians of the Country An Unfaithful Wife Causes a Trag edy in Georgia. Dolph's Antl-Prce Coinage Views Cri ticised by Teller and Mitchell. Washixqtox , May 22. The silver bill being undor discussion In tho senate , Mr. Dolph made an address. He thought that international bimetallism was de sirable. So far ab ho knew there was not a member of tho senate who was not in favor of both gold and silver as money. In considering the various plans proposed ho was satisfied that the plan proposed by the secretary of the treasu ry was open to less and fewer objections than any of the others if tho purpose was to keep both gold and silver coin in circulation. He argued against the free coinage of silver as something that would stop the coinage of gold , but re marked that what ho said in regard to free coinage did not , of course , apply to free coinage under an international agreement establishing a ratio between gold and tilver. At tho close of Mr. Dolph's speech , Mr. Teller criticised some points of it and said it would not do for that senator or for any other senator to say with unction that he was for the double standard or for silver and then favor measures which were absolutely de structive of silver as money. He did not propose that the country should be deceived into believing that the proposi tion which came from the finance com mittee , meant silver at all. On the con trary , he asserted , that it meant a sin gle gold standard. Mr. Mitchell expressed his dissent from the views expressed by his col league , Mr. Dolph , saying : ' -I desire to state , for whatever it amounts to hero and elsewhere it may not amount to much that I dissent from the speech just made , in toto , and I wish that dis tinctly understood. Tho two state con ventions that recently met in the state of Oregon , one a republican state con vention , the other a democratic con vention , each resolved unanimously , without any hesitation , or equivoca tion , whatever that they were in favor of tho free and unlimited coinage of silver. I believe that each of these conventions was composed of the rep resentative men of the respective par ties of our state. I believe that they knew what they were about. I believe they understood what they were doing. I bcl'cvc that in adopting those resolu tions they voiced the sentiment almost universally of the people of the state of Oregon. Therefore , I do not desire it to go out that his speech here today on this subject voices the whole of the sentiment of the state of Oregon , as far as the representation of that state is concerned on this floor. I expressed in a speech I made on January 29 last my views on this question. " Sensational Rumors. Chicago , May 22. A Jolict , 111. , spec ial says : A report is current that more money has been found on some of tho convicts and that through fear of pun ishment a Cronin prisoner has squealed and revealed a state of things that has thoroughly alarmed the prison officials. If this report should prove true it would appear that tho underground route was speedily repaired after the recent expos ure and that the communication between the Cronin prisoners and their Chicago friends was renewed to some purpose. A sum of 51,000 in addition to tho smaller amounts discovered is said to have been smuggled into the prison for bribery , and. according to a story told by a prison employe to-day , the warden and his men are busily engaged in hunting it up. So far their efforts have proved un successful , but they deny that anything of the kind has occurred. Their move ments , however , betray tho fact that something of unusual importance has taken place. The lawyers for the de fense have visited the Cronin prisoners since their release from punishment , and are said to have strongly advised them to carefully avoid breaches of the prison rules that would get them into trouble and prejudice the public against them. But their Chicago friends have apparently more confidence in the un derground system than in the efforts of counsel. - Death of Dr. Ryford. Chicago , May 22. Dr. W. H. By ford , one of the best known physicians in the United States , and an author of several celebrated medical works , died yester day after an illness which lasted but two hours. The d sease that carried away the doctor so suddenly was angina pec toris , an ailment of the heart. Dr. Will iam Heath Byford was seventy-three years old. Ho was born jn Eaton , O. . and had been a resident of this city thirty-three years. Dr. Byford was at the time of his death professor of gynecol ogy in Rush medical college. In this branch of med'eine and surgery he was considered the first in the profession in this country. He was the author of many text books on the subjects that have always been accepted as tho stand ard works both in this country and Europe and quoted by medical writers everywhere. Formerly he was instruc tor in the same branch in the Chicago medical college. He was an activo member and had frequently been an offi cer at all local , state and national asso ciations and had been selected to repre sent American physicians at interna tional congresses in Berlin , London and Edinburgh. In 1S79 he associated him self with a number of other medical men in the formation of the Chicago mddical college and occupied the chair of obstetrics and diseases of women and children until 1SS9. In that year Rush medical college created the new chair of gynecology and invited Dr. Byford to unite with tho faculty of that school. He occupied that position up to the time * of his death. An Unfaithful Wife Causes a Double Tragedy in Georgia. St. Louis , May 22. A dispatch from Jessup. Georgia , to tho Post-Dispatch , gives an account of a doublo tragedy there. J. N. McCall , county-surveyor i of Ware county , came to Jessup , from > - ; li"r * , " * ' - - * - " " -r = e - l i 1 1 < i • Brunswick , and stopped at tho LIttlo- field house last night. During the nightho went to the room of Mrs. Lit- tlefield. There ho was found in a compromising position with her , by her husband , who saw tho proceedings from tho porch. He rushed through the window into tho room and shot his wifo just over the eye , killing her in stantly. Ho then shot McCall four times , the latter dying from tho wounds soon after. NEWS SUM7IARY. Tho Iowa Indians have refused the government's offer. At the next papal consistory threo now cardinals will be created. The Presbyterian assembly at Sara toga has declared for temperance. At Chilllcotho , Mo. , John L. Bowden commited suicide af tor failing to kill his wife. Minister Palmer has returned to this country from Spain and contemplates resigning. Vice President Harris will act as gen eral manager of the Burlington road for the present. Tho Cherokee commission has met unexpected difficulties in dealing with the Iowa Indians. The newspapers of Piedras Medras , Mexico , are demanding an anti-Ameri can contract labor law. Ex-Senator Charles W. Jones of Flor ida has been adjudged insane and com mitted to St. Joseph's retreat. All the European nations but Franco have concluded commercial treaties with Furkey on the basis of a fixed tariff. Near ConfluencePennsylvaniaa quar ter of a mile of the Baltimore & Ohio track was covered by a landslide. It is officially denied that there are any disturbances in Guatemala. Ev erything is reported in the finest condi tion. tion.Tho Tho hands In all but two of the planing-mills of Buffalo. New York , have struck for 9 hours' work and the old wages. Speaking at Spalding , England , Mr. Gladstone said ho would welcome a dis solution of parliament and an appeal to the country. The "original package" decision has boon construed in both Kansas and Iowa as not in conflict with the state law on prohibition. At the Longue Pointe ( Canada ) In quest the nuns produced a list of fifty- six inmates who perished in the asyluic fire recently. The McKinlcy bill passed the house , only two republicans , Coleman of Lou isiana and Feathorstono of Arkansas , voting against it. The Brazilian government has decreed that after July 1 , customs-duties to the minimum amount of 20 per cent shall be payable in gold. * An attempt will be made in the au tumn to cultivate American and other cotton in tho Crimea and other places on the Black sea coast. A large portion of the village of Mil- ford , Utah , was destroyed by fire. It was started by a drunken man. The losses aggregate $145,000. Stifel & Cohen , overall manufacturers , Baltimore , have assigned for the benefit of creditors. Assets , S50.000 ; liabilities , between SSO.OOO and $90,000. It is officially denied from London that the cable companies propose to re duce tho number of letters in words transmitted regularly from 10 to S. Rich discoveries have been made oi antimony in the state of Chihuahua , Mexico , and large deposits of coal have been found in the state of Tabasco. Dr. Maritz Ludwig , for many years telegraph editor of the Illinois Staats Zeitung , dropped dead on a car in Chi cago while returning home from work. Ten of the leading builders of Cincin nati have signed the advance scale de manded by the stonemasons and about 300 of the strikers have resinned work. It is said a North Georgia Baptist association passed a resolution advising the summary execution of revenue offi cers found looking for moonshine distil leries. ] The Belgian war-minister declared in the chamber that the government was satisfied with Belgian manufactured cannon and would order no more from abroad. James Ilcndrickson. fi Chicago laborer aged sixty-fiiveunsuccessfully attempted to shoot his daughter , fatally wounded his wife and killed himself. Liquor and jealousy were the causes. The trial of the secretary of state and public printer of Colorado on the charge of conspiracy to defraud the state , was concluded on the14th , and the jury re turned a verdict of not guilty. Henry Villard denies the rumor that he has joined hands with C P. Hunting ton to obtain control of the Pacific Mail steamship company and cause George Gould to retire from the presidency. Henry Winklebleck , a lumber-dealer and sawmill operator of Logansport , Indiana , is believed to bo in Canada , having perpetrated extensive forgeries , 510,000 of the fraudulent paper having already come to light. The London Daily News adds to its announcement that Mr. Stanley's mar riage will take place in Westminster abbey the statement that if the explorer undertakes any further expeditions his wife will accompany him. Governor Warren of Wyoming has ap pointed A. C. Beckwith of Evanston and Henry G. Hays of Cheyenne commis sioners , and A. L. Merger of Cheyenne and John McCormick of Sheridan alter nates on tho world's Columbia commis sion. sion.A A St Paul ( Minn. ) dispatch says : The prayers for rain and for tho welfare oi the crops that ascended yesterday from every city , town and hamlet of the northwest were anticipated by the drenching showers that' fell , it is be lieved , upon every square foot of soil belonging to the spring wheat belt. Tel egrams have poured into the chamber oi commerce from every point in Minne sota and the stereotyped form is "Drenching rains over this entire terri tory and the wheat crp is saved. " . 4 i iiB'rim * 0 ± m t' * - - - * 2iM HtoS * * . ' . " 'i ' * - • n- * ' * 1'WKS * ( • * < * 0 * IL < * - > i I ' * UM1 Extra Session of tho Nebraska Legis lature. Lixcolx , Nob. , May 20. Governor Thayer has Issued tho following procla mation : Section 1 , article 5 reads : "Tho gov ernor may on extraordinary occasions conveno tho legislature by proclamation setting forth tho purposo for which convened , and tho legislature shall outer upon no business except for which * they were called together. " Whereas , Matters of vital Interest to the peoplo of tho stato greatly agitating tho public mind constitute , In tho judg ment of tho executive , an extraordinary occasion which justifies tho assembling of the legislature therefore , I , John M. Thayer , governor of Ne braska , by virtue of tho authority in me vested by provision of tho constitu tion , do hereby issue this , my proclama tion , requiring tho members of tho houses of tho Twenty-first joint assem bly of Nebraska to convene in their re spective halls in tho capitol building on Thursday , Juno 5 , 1S90 , at 10 o'clock a. m. , for tho purpose of considering and taking action upon the following named subjects , and these only : 1. For the purpose of enacting a law establishing maximum railway froight rates , and to repeal that section of tho statute creating a state board of trans portation. 2. For the purposo of considering and amending our election laws by tho adop tion of what is known as tho Australian ballot system. 3. To consider and give expression In favor of an increase in tho volume of currency and of tho free coinage of sil ver. ver.No No other subjects will be proposed for tho consideration of tho legislature at this special session. By tho governor : Joiix M. Thayer. BEXJA3IIX R. CoWDEItY , Secretary of State The proclamation has created quite a sensation. It is generally considered here as a counter move by railroad pol iticians to the recent anti-monopoly con ference , which declared for a maximum freight rate bill , and the independent alliance movement , which makes more currency and the free coinage of silver its battle cry. THE GOVERXOIl IXTERVIEWED. A correspondent called on Governor Thayer and asked why the proclama tion was issued. "Because I believed it to be the best thing I aould do , " said he. ' "I d.d it voluntarily , without consulting anybody else , and the secretary of state did not know anything about it until I asked him for his signature. My main rea son is the present great subjects that are distracting the public mind. As you know there have been of late conven tions and rumors of conventions , par ticularly on account of the mooted rail road question , and the best interests of the people demand a settlement of the same at as early a date as possible. It is for the public interests. I do not wish , at present , to discuss the board of transportation , but , if it is not serving the purpose for which it is intended , on account of the mistaken position taken by its members in regard to tho public interests , it must , like all other useless or harmful institutions , be done away with. Tho eyes of the intelligent vo ters all over the entire state are at present on the board of transportation. Vox poptili ! Vox Dei ! The members of the legislature will have to listen this time to this voice. They will be on their good behavior. They w.sh to he re-elected , and if they put themselves on record as being against the wishes of the great majority of their constit uency , then , it is farewell to their hopes for re-election. ' • I expect a due deference to the voice of the people this time. Tho Australian system seems to meet the approbation of the anti-monopoly re publicans , the alliance men , tho horney handed members of the Knights of La bor and everybody else , who has seri ously considered , the matter. If it is a good thing , why not adopt it at once and enjoy its beneficent results in the coming election. • • I believe that all true republicans will see the wisdom of the session of the legislature , and the democrats ought not to blame me for doing a thing that is for the be t interests of all. Burrows of the alliance will , of course , damn me for stealing his thunder , but it is just as well , because he would suspect me of plotting if I agreed with him and fol lowed out whatever plan he would sug gest. " ' • How long do you think it will take for the legislature to settle this ques tion ? " "It ought to do so in two weeks. That is all the time I ought to allow them. I have had expert accountants calcu late how much this thing will cost , and ihey say it will be about ? S.000 per week , or 510,000 for two weeks. * ' Adulteration of Food and Drugs. Wasiiixgtox , May 2G. Senator Pad dock has received a number of tele grams during the past week from the wholesale druggists in Nebraska. In diana. Nov * York and other states urg ing him to postpone consideration of the bill prohibiting the adulteration of food and drugs until the drug trade of the United States shall have an opportunity to fully consider its provisions. The r telegrams , which have been duplicated to every United States senator from the drug trade in their states , are the re sults of a circular sent out by the Phila delphia drug trade , whose representa tives appealed before the committeo two weeks ago to protest against a bill then being considered bv the committee. Their objections having been put in writing and printed for the use of the committee , they have been considered and certain features of the bill which they felt would unjustly discriminate against their business will probably be elim nated in the draft before the bill is finally considered before committee. • 'Senator Paddock today said : "We have been working for four long months and have held meeting after meeting , to try to formulate a bill which will protect the people of this country from the adulterations of food and drugs. We have iieard various interests and have modified our bill time and time and again , in order to secure a meas ure which would have some chance of passage in the senate. " The man vvbo 'truiyantl sincerely love3 himself has uo fears of being jilted. Somervillc Journal. Is it not odd that our fondest recol lections should be about waisted oppor- tuui.ties4sajd ress. * is . | 1 j The Misunderstood Elephant. ! „ n Tho affection and sensibility of tho ! 6 elephant aro well known. In tho | memoirs of tho actor , Charles Young , ? is an nnecdotfl which admirably ll- lustratcs theso characteristic I Chung , a big elephant , ju3t nrrivoA' f from Jndia , had been purchased byj | an English manager to exhibit in aj f children's pnntomine. At tho first l' relifirsal when Chung reached a \ bridge over a cascade which ho was expected to cross , he refused to step' ; ; upon it , distrusting its solidity , and. > \ i not without reason. In vain the an- j ' rry keeper punished him by pricking ' • ' him behind tho ear with an iron goad. "With lowered eyes and pen- , dent ears tho enormous animal ! t stood in a pool of blood , motionless as a wall. Tho captain of tho vessel which had brought Chung over enmo in. during the contest between tho man and the elephant. Ho had becomo fond of the beast , amd often fed it with dainties. Tho animal had scarcely j recognized its friend when it ap proached him with supplicating air , ! gently took his hand in its trunk ' i ' and placed it in tho bleeding wound , | ' then held the hand up to tho cap- h tain's eyes. Tho gesture said as s clearly as words : ' 'See how they have made me suffer. " Poor Chung appeared so unhappy that every one was touched , even tho cruol keeper. Towin pardon tho man ran out nnd ' brought some apples , which ho offer- „ ' ed to the elephant. Hut Chung dis- , ; dainfully threw them away. The j. . captain , who had also fetched soma | fruit from Convent Garden Market , . 1 : camo back immediately and held it f.\ \ out to Chung. Ho willingly accepted j it , and , after eating it , coiled his trunk gently round his protector's waist. The Right Sort of a Wife. I "William H. Crane , the actor , who is I justnowcarningso much money that I ho hardly knows what to do with it , I may owo part of his success to his I wife , who manages him with a hand fl which , while it is highly prized by tho I comedian , is none the less resolute I and dictatorial. Atoneofthe actor's I symposiums conversation turned on I the subject of money making , and I some one observed that Mr. Crano must bo making as much out of his new play as he and Kobson made to- gether in the best run of "The Hen- I rietta. " I "And now that you don 't have to H share with Robsonyou must natural- I ly make doublo as much as you did I before ! " said the visitor. M "Oh , no , " replied Crane. "I have a partner still who takes a good deal M more than Itobson's share * " I "Why , who is it ? " was asked. I "Mrs Crane , " was tho reply. "I get my board and clothes , just ns I al- ways have. I have one of those rainy I days wives. It wouldn't do a bit of fl good if I earned ten times what I do I now. I would only have gooa living I and a fur lined overcoat to remind I me that 1 was an } * more prosperous I than when I played Le Blanc at fifty I a week. " Four New York men who were pres- ent complimented Mrs Crane. I "You are not a New Yorker by birth , " said one. "If you were , your I husband would be bemoaning your H extravagance. " Philadelphia Press , H * * llQ0 - Cl l | He Fiddled and They Fit. I A Mill Creel : miner thus winds up I the story of a fight between 1,100 I wolves that besieged his cabin one H night recently in the mouutains of H that region , incited to irenzy by the I notes of the aforesaid miner's fiddle : H "I fiddled and they fit and ate each H other , till the band began to thin fl out. Every time I gave an extra * I rasp on the E string they howled' louder and pitched in afresh. They I kept it up for three hours , when there I wasn't more than forty or fifty leftT I and they so blamed Full that they I could hardly waddle. But L fiddled and they fitfor asecond wind. Wiien H one threw up a sponge the others H bolted him in a twinkling. By and I by there wasn't more than a dozen H left. But I fiddled and they fit and I feasted. B "Whenthcygotdowntothree , each I one laid hold of another's tail and I chawed for glory. The ring kept I getting smaller , bnt I fiddled and H the } * chawed until there was only a H bunch of hair left , and that blowec H awa } * down hill. The snow was rec H with blood , and trampled down ter H feet. Heads and bones were strunu H all down the canon , and there wai H fur enough in sight to stuff a circuj H tent. It was the dandiest dog fighl H I ever saw. " Virginia City Chronicle H M - OOSO - A Human Burglar Alarm. H A lady whose husband was tin H champion snorer of the communitj H in which they resided confided to $ H female friend the following painfu H intelligence : "My life has been one o H unalloyed delight. I have had tin H measles , the chickenpox , the cholera H the typhoid faver and inflammatorj H rheumatism , but I never knew whaj H real misfortune was until I marriec H a burglar alarm. " H "Wiie.v the current in electric rail H wa5 passes from the car-wheel tc H the track it causes a considerable in- H crease in the friction between the two. H Expert opinion seems to lavor thi * H theor } * that this additional resistance H is due to a slight welding action H caused by the heat generated by tho. H current. V H ' ' " " - " * - " * " ' " ' jJMBB fflffiirttJMTwltiirJffl' 'tMU'ir ' r > r * * i' j H