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SHOULD NOT DELAY
LET THE PROMISED REFORMS
BE FORTHCOMING
Th Conntv lias Intrusted the Demo
cratic Tarry with rower anil with Det
inue lustrurtlonsTlio Income Tax Iilea
JJcTjih Jushed
I lUsln at Once
As might have heen expected the
discordant elements of the Democratic
party are in fierce contest as to when
to begin the task of reconstruction
Those who never meant anything but
to get the spoils of office very natur
ally are reluctant to begin at all
Those who have faith in the substan
tial character of their promises strong
ly insist that prudence as well as in
terest calls tor thf promptest action
possible
Why should not the aggressive pol
icy of llio Democratic party begin at
once The country has intrusted them
with power with definite instructions
and ample opportunity They will
have the President and all the depart
ments of the administration The
lower House is overwhelmingly in their
hands and the Senate will be with
them if they are true to the promises
on which they won That is and
thereon hangs all the solicitude Does
the Democratic party understand its
instructions Does it know what it is
in power for Does it know where it
is at If this and all that it implies
is comprehensively grasped by the
Democratic mind what hinders imme
diate action
Certainly the Democratic policy on
the tariff is ready They have de
nounced the McKinloy law They have
declared it should be repealed They
declare a tariff for protection to be un
constitutional They must now make
good their bond or the world will be
lieve them to have been dishonest
Their platform declares for the re
peal of the 10 per cent tax It is a
very short job but will they do it
They know what greenbacks are They
know the confidence of the people in
national legal tenders They know the
hatred of the people toward the na
tional bank system They know the
people are suffering for lack of money
They have had time to frame a policy
They know the distrust of wild cat
What will they do aboufc it
There is a deficiency in the revenue
Now is the time to practice their prom
ises of economy and retrenchment
They must raise more revenue or they
must reduce expenses or they must
increase the public debt They must
bear this responsibility and delay will
be destruction Congress should be
called to meet March 5 Congress
should always be in session The
American people pay for the whole
time and energy of Congressmen and
they should always be on duty espe
cially so now The verdict of the peo
ple must be executed and delay and
vacillation can only come from an un
willingness to fulfill their promises or
a consciousness of inability to do so
They are now where they must either
fish or cut bait Does the Democratic
party know what it is here for
Since the days of Abraham Lincoln
no President has faced a responsibility
equal to that now resting upon Grover
Cleveland He must demonstrate that
public office is a public trust He must
carry out in good faith the promises of
reform If he does not do so the same
power that destroyed Benjamin Harri
son will destroy Grover Cleveland A
government of the people for the jjeo
ple and by the people is committed to
his keeping Let him begin at once
by putting the Congress of the people
at work to carry out the promised re
forms Nonconformist
old anil Silver of 1891 02
The report of the Director of th e
Mint says
The mines of the United States pro
duced during the calendar year 1891
precious metals as follows
Fine Commei cial Coinage
Metals ounces value value
5old 1504S1H SMITSOO 533175000
Silver 5SS3j0X 57030040 75UG505
The coinage of the mints during the
last fiscal year aggregated 11355G12 i
pieces valued as follows
Gold Sa50G98750
Silver dollars 8iii94G700
Subsirliarv silver 615961160
Minorcon 180671052
Total S5179297GG2
The total coinage of silver dollars
under the act of Feb 2S 1878 to the
close of such coinage was 378160793
and under the act of 1S90 to Nov 1
1892 33107570 under act of March
3 1891 507S472 a total coinage of
silver since March 1 1878 of 416412-
335
The net profit on the coinage of sil
ver during the fourteen years ended
June 30 1892 including the balances
in the coinage mints on July 1 1858
has aggregated 72736065
This would seem to be very satisfact
ory but if the present value of silver
bullion were made the basis of calcula
tion the commercial value of the silver
bullion coined into silver dollars would
be far less than the government has
paid for it
The product of gold and silver in
the world during the calendar year
1891 based upon returns to the Di
rector of the Mint was as follows
Fine Commercial Coinage
MVtalB ounces value value
Gold 6102893 S12GW0 126158000
liver- AmWO 14 2200003 183174000
The coinage of gold and silver in the
various countries of the world during
the same period so far as reports have
been received aggregated
119183735
Rofl au-1-
Silver
The stock of gold and silver in the
United States on Nov 1 1892 based
upon official tabulations brought for
ward from year to year was approxi
mately
Z 656041863
sfeVV777 raw
1243656814
Total
The amount of money in actual cir
culation outside of treasury valuds
including uaper and metallic was fcL
606139735 or 2434 per head
The value of gold bars furnished jpr
industrial use during the last calendar
year was 16064953 against 14605
qm in the nrior year an increase of
i 5saa2
2039052 and of silver 9631746
against 9031178 in the prior vear
an increase of 600568
If there has been no falling off in
the amount of coin melted annually
for use in repairs and jewelery the to
tal value of the precious metals used in
the industrial arts and manufactures
in the United States during the last
year was approximately
Gold 19700000 and silver 9
630000 a total of 29330000 of which
10697679 gold and 7289073 silver
consisted of new bullion
The price of silver fluctuated during
the last fistal year from 102 per fine
ounce which wa3 the price at the be
ginning of the year to 0855 March
28 the lowest price closing June 30
at 0873 a variation of 017 an ounce
during the last fiscal year Since
July 1 1892 the price of silver still
further declined until Aug 11 1892
it reached 83 cents a fine ounce tha
lowest price silver ever reached
Since then the price has advanced
and at the present writing Nov 1
1S92 it is 086 per fine ounce At
the lowest price of silver during the
fiscal year the commercial value of
the pure silver contained in a silver
dollar was 66 cents at the highest
price it was 0786 and at the average
price 0724 The number of silver
dollars distributed from the mints dur
ing the last fiscal year was 9407920
being 3800874 less than in the pre
vious year Kansas Farmer
Tlio Income Tax
The farm and labor organizations
have been ridiculed as cranks because
they have advocated a tax upon in
comes as a means of raising a national
revenue But our Washington cor
respondent tells us that this idea is
now being rjushed by some of the most
energetic and influential members of
Congress and present indications are
says our correspondent that such a
measure will easily get through the
House unless Mr Cleveland who is
understood to be opposed to it shall
call a halt and even then the chances
are that there will be some e3reopening
talk on the subject in both House and
Senate Whatever Mr Clevelands
opinion mny be we can see no other
means of escape for the Democratic
party They have promised great re
ductions of the tariff If this promise
be kppt a reduction in the tariff
revenue would moat liKe follow There
seems to be no serious proposition to
reduce salaries or expenses hence
there must be some other means of
raising revenue The tax on incomes
naturally suggests itself as the most
feasible means and a means in the line
of right and justice and one that is
really made necessary by the tenden
cies of the times and the logic of
events would seem to drive the Democ
racy to it
Thus are the farm and labor organ
izations being vindicated and the first
while cranks are proving to be the true
leaders in the advocacy of measures
necessary to the general welfare Pro
gressive Farmer
The Monetary Conference
The dispatches say that the mone
tary conference does not attract half
the discussion in Europe that the death
of Jay Gould does The money kings
of Europe cannot see anything to have
a conference about So far the discus
sions have been first upon the propo
sition of the American delegates which
was to re establish universal bi-metal-ism
on any rates which could be agreed
upon second the plan of Rothschild
of Paris for the United States to con
tinue the Sherman law of 1890 and
Europe to buy 25000000 ounces oi
silver annually as long as the price
keeps below 86 cents Then came the
Moritz Levi proposition which is more
properly a series of questions impossi
ble to answer The point of the plan
is that gold should be recognized as
an aristocratic coin That no gold
should be coined less than 4 or 20
francs and that silver should only be
a subsidiary coin below the gold and
legal tender only to the equivalent of
the lowest gold piece They are now
considering the plan of Tietgen the
Danish delegate which is to extend
the terms of the Latin union which
would be to com all silver but at an
ever varying ratio to be determined by
the price of silver bullion on the Lon
don market We see no prospect of
anything being done that will be rati
fied by the American people The
delegates have no power to bind Con
gress to any course of action and the
legislation on silver by the United
States is not to be dictated by foreign
nations Ex
Xho Option liusliJoss Docs it
I dont understand says a prom
inent Chicago operator how trade
should feel so bearish this year The
wheat crop is only 520000000
bushels against 612000000 bushels
a year ago the corn crop only 1618
000000 bushels against 2000000000
bushels last year the oat crop 615
000000 bushels against 739000000
last year the rye crop only 31000
000 bushels against 33000000 bushels
a vear ago with barley only 65000000
bushels against 75000000 bushels last
vear while the potato crop has shrunk
from 240000000 bushels in 1891 to
160000000 bushels now Here is a
deficiency in these crops this year oJ
709000000 bushels with prices oi
nearly everything in this line 20 pei
cent lower and nearly everybody still
talking bearish It dont seem rea
sonable to me yet I must confess the
bears are making the money
Every day some one asserts that
fiat money or paper money unless it
is made redeemable in coin is not
good is not a legal tender Why
Well there is nothing behind it Is
a United States bond good Is it not
worth a premium in gold Did not
Mr Cleveland pay out 72000000 in
premiums on United States bondslthat
were not due What makes a bond
good The security is the wealth
and patriotism of the nation which is
pledged for its redemption If this ia
true vhen the same Government
creates a dollar in paper money and
bases that dollar on the wealth and
patriotism of the whole people why is
it not a good dollar What do you
want to redeem mnov for
L flJwr
SHOULD NOT DELAY
LET THE PROMISED REFORMS
BE FORTHCOMING
The Countrv Has IntriiMtcil the Demo
cratic Parry with 1ower and with Def
inite instructions The Income Tax Idea
Being itinlted
Begin at Once
As might have been expected the
discordant elements of the Democratic
party are in fierce contest as to when
to begin the task of reconstruction
Those who never meant anvthing but
to get the spoils of office very natur
ally are reluctant to begin at all
Those who have faith in the substan
tial character of their promises strong
ly insist that prudence as well as in
terest calls lor the promptest action
possible
Why should not the aggressive pol
icy of the Democratic party begin at
once The country has intrusted them
with power with definite instructions
and ample opportunity They will
have the President and all the depart
ments of the administration The
lower House is overwhelmingly in their
hands and the Senate will be with
them if they are true to the promises
on which they won That is and
thereon hangs all the solicitude Does
the Democratic party understand its
instructions Does it know what it is
in power for Does it know where it
is at If this and all that it implies
is comprehensively grasped by the
Democratic mind what hinders imme
diate action
Certainly the Democratic policy on
the tariff is ready They have de
nounced the McKinley law They have
declared it should bo repealed They
declare a tariff for protection to be un
constitutional They must now make
good their bond or the world will be
lieve them to have been dishonest
Their platform declares for the re
peal of the 10 per cent tax It is a
very short job but will they do it
They know what greenbacks are They
know the confidence of the people in
national legal tenders They know the
hatred of the people toward the na
tional bank system They know the
people are suffering for lack of money
They have had time to frame a policy
They know tho distrust of wild cat
What will they do about it
There is a deficiency in the revenue
Now is the time to practice their prom
ises of economy and retrenchment
They must raise more revenue or they
must reduce expenses or they must
increase the public debt They must
bear this responsibility and delay will
be destruction Congress should be
called to meet March 5 Congress
should always be in session The
American people pay for the whole
time and energy of Congressmen and
they should always be on duty espe
cially so now The verdict of the peo
ple must be executed and delay and
vacillation can only come from an un
willingness to fulfill their promises or
a consciousness of inability to do so
They are now where they must either
fish or cut bait Dies the Democratic
party know what it is here for
Since the days of Abraham Lincoln
no President has faced a responsibility
equal to that now resting upon Grover
Cleveland He must demonstrate that
public office is a public trust He must
carry out in good faith the promises of
reform If he does not do so the same
power that destroyed Benjamin Harri
son will destroy Grover Cleveland A
government of the people for the peo
ple and by the people is committed to
his keeping Let him begin at once
by putting the Congress of the people
at work to carry out the promised re
forms Nonconformist
Gold and Silver of ISOi OS
The report of the Director of th e
Mint says
The mines of the United States pro
duced during the calendar year 1891
precious metals as follows
Pine Commercial Coinage
Metals ouncos valuo value
Gold 1604810 333175010 33175000
Silver 5833J000 57030010 75110503
The coinage of the mints during the
last fiscal year aggregated 113556124
pieces valued as follows
Gold S3550G98750
Silver dollars 832946700
SurjBidiarv silver Iit559811 60
Minor cons 129671052
Total 85179297062
The total coinage of silver dollars
tinder the act of Feb 28 1878 to the
close of such coinage was 378166793
and under the act of 1890 to Nov 1
1892 33167570 under act of March
3 1891 5078472 a total coinage of
silver since March 1 1878 of 416412
835
The net profit on the coinage of sil
ver during the fourteen years ended
June 30 1892 including the balances
in the coinage mints on July 1 1858
has aggregated 72736065
This would seem to be verv satisfact
ory but if the present value of silver
bullion were made the basis of calcula
tion the commercial value of the silver
bullion coined into silver dollars would
be far less than the government has
paid for it
The product of gold and silver in
the world during the calendar year
1891 based upon returns to the Di
rector of the Mint Avas as follows
Tine Commercial Coinage
MetalB ouncos value value
Gold 6102893 12615801 126158000
Silver 443994000 ll2G0C0J 186174000
The coinage of gold and silver in the
various countries of the world during
the same period so far as reports have
been received aggregated
Silver 135008142
The stook of gold and silver in the
United States on Nov 1 1892 based
upon official tabulations brought for
ward from year to year was approxi
mately
Gold 650041863
B21ver 537611951
Total Sl243G5G814
The amount of money in actual cir
culation outside of treasury values
including paper and metallic was 1
606139735 or 2434 per head
The value of gold bars furnished for
industrial use during the last calendar
year was 16664953 against 14605
901 in the prior year an increase of
TTaPf
51039052 and of silvor 9031746
against 9031178 in the prior year
an increase of 600568
If there has been no falling off in
the amount of coin melted annually
for use in repairs and jewelery the to
tal value of she precious metals used in
the industrial arts and manufactures
in the United States during the last
year was approximately
Gold 19700000 and silver 9
630000 a total of 29330000 of which
10697679 gold and 7289073 silver
consisted of new bullion
The xrice of silver fluctuated during
the last fistal year from 102 per fine
ounce which was the price at the be
ginning of the vear to 0855 March
28 the lowest price closing June 30
at 0873 a variation of 017 an ounce
during the last fiscal year Since
July 1 1892 the price of silver still
further declined until Aug 11 1892
it reached 83 cents a fine ounce the
lowest price silver ever reached
Since then the price has advanced
and at the present writing Nov 1
1892 it is 086 per fine ounce At
the lowest price of silver during the
fiscal year the commercial value of
the pure silver contained in a silver
dollar was 66 cents at the highest
price it was 0786 and at the average
price 0724 The number of silver
dollars distributed from the mints dur
ing the last fiscal year was 9407920
being 3800874 less than in the pre
vious year Kansas Parmer
The Income Tux
The farm and labor organizations
have been ridiculed as cranks because
they have advocated a tax upon in
comes as a means of raising a national
revenue But our Washington cor
respondent tells us that this idea is
now being pushed by some of the most
energetic and influential members of
Congress and present indications are
says our correspondent that such a
measure will easily get through the
House unless Mr Cleveland who is
understood to be opposed to it shall
call a halt and even then the chances
are that there will be some eyeopening
talk on the subject in both House and
Senate Whatever Mr Clevelands
opinion may be we can see no other
means of escape for the Democratic
party They have promised great re
ductions of the tariff If this promise
be kept a reduction in the tariff
revenue would most like follow There
seems to be no serious proposition to
reduce salaries or expenses hence
there must bo some other means of
raising revenue The tax on incomes
naturally suggests itself as the most
feasible means and a means in the line
of right and justice and one that is
really made necessary by the tenden
cies of the times and the logic of
events would seem to drive the Democ
racy to it
Thus are the farm and labor organ
izations being vindicated and the
cranks are proving to be the true
leaders in the advocacy of measures
necessary to the general welfare Pro
gressive Farmer
The Monetary Conference
The dispatches say that the mone
tary conference does not attract liali
the discussion in Europe that the death
of Jav Gould does The monev kings
of Europe cannot see anything to have
a conference about So far the discus
sions have been first upon the propo
sition of the American delegates which
was to re establish universal bi-metal-ism
on any rates which could be agreed
upon second the plan of Eothschild
of Paris for the United States to con
tinue the Sherman law of 1890 and
Europe to buy 25000000 ounces of
silver annually as long as the price
keeps below 86 cents Then came the
Moritz Levi proposition which is more
properly a series of questions impossi
ble to onsAver The point of the plan
is that gold should be recognized as
an aristocratic coin That no gold
should be coined less than 4 or 20
francs and that silver should only be
a subsidiary coin below the gold and
legal tender only to the equivalent of
the lowest gold piece They are now
considering the plan of Tietgen the
Danish delegate which is to extend
the terms of the Latin union which
would be to com all silver but at an
ever varying ratio to be determined by
the price of silver bullion on the Lon
don market We see no prospect oi
anything being done that will be rati
fied by the American people The
delegates have no power to bind Con
gress to any course of action and the
legislation on silver by tho United
States is not to be dictated by foreign
nations Ex
Tho Option Uusiness Does It
I dont understand says a prom
inent Chicago operator how trade
should feel so bearish this year The
wheat crop is only 520000000
bushels against 612000000 bushels
a year ago the corn crop only 1618
000000 bushels against 2000000000
bushels last year the oat crop 615 -000000
bushels against 739000000
last year the rye crop only 31000
000 bushels against 33000000 bushels
a year ago with barley only 65000000
bushels against 75000000 bushels last
vear while the potato crop has shrunk
from 240000000 bushels in 1891 to
160000000 bushels now Here is a
deficiency in these crops this year of
709000000 bushels with prices of
nearly everything in this line 20 per
cent lower and nearly everybody still
talking bearish It dont seem rea
sonable to me yet I must confess the
bears are making the money
Every day some one asserts that
fiat money or paper money unless it
is made redeemable in coin is not
good is not a legal tender Why
Well there is nothing behind it Is
a United States bond good Is it not
worth a premium in gold Did not
Mr Cleveland pay out 72000000 in
premiums on United States bondslthat
were not due What makes a bond
good The security is the wealth
and patriotism of the nation which is
pledged for its redemption If this ia
true when the same Government
creates a dollar in paper money and
bases that dollar on the wealth and
patriotism of the whole people why lv
it not a good dollar What dp you
want to redeem money for i
A
ifiSTi sutTmtrN I
FIVE f LANS REPORTED
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUB
MIT DETAILS
Tietgen PropoHcs Ilcznonctlzatton of Silver
with a Variable ltatio to Gold Iloulils
worth Prefers Legal Tender Certificated
Kedeemable in Silver
Doing at IJrussel
The Monetary Conforenco Committee
at Brussels reported on various schemes
whieh have been introduced to advance
its object The first plan that of Tiet
gen of Denmark consisted in the crea
tion of an international silver currency
based on the variable mercantile value
of metal in international intercourse
but with unlimited paying power for the
respective countries coining it Sir
Villiam Houldsworths plan proposed
the creation of an international silver
Jfurrencyin the form of certificates of
deposits as a legal tender in the states
which would issue them but not re
deemable in gold The adoption of these
certificates would meet the objections
raised against bimetallism on the
ground of the inconvenience which re-
coinage would cause in case of
tion in value of tho metal gauged by a
gold standard In order to attain this
end Sir William Houldsworth proposed
a preliminary formation of a bimetallic
j union or if this could not be brought
about at least free silver coinage in
one suiliciently strong country
Of tho third plan it was considered
that M Allard ot Belgium who had
drawn it up on the lines of the Windom
bill with an international character
added wished to create an international
silver noto not possessing the character
of legal tender but repayable to the
I bearer m weight of silver variable ac-
cording to the fluctuations of the mar-
ket but always representing the nomi
nal value oxpressed in gold The
states issuing such notes would have to
bear in common any possible loss re
sulting from repayments in case of a
depreciation in silver
The fourth pian which M de Foville
tho French delegate desired to
age was the practice of depositing
j ver bullion in mints and banks of issue
with certificates of deposit and commer
cial warrants negotiable without a le
gal rate or a guarantee of value on the
part of government Eaffaelovitch of
I Bussia proposed to cive the certificates
1 an international character by establish
ing a system of warrants enabling tho
bearers thereof to obtain on delivery of
their receipts an equal quantity of
vpr at all institutions which adhered to
tho plan and having a stock of silver at
disposal
Iiepresenlatives of the silver-producing
countries objected to this proposal
as lying outside the program of the con
ference the duty of which was to study
the means of extending the monetary
employment oi silver
The fifth plan introduced by Sainc
teiletle of Belgium an1 supported by
Mr Montefiore ilouod to ereafa wf
eeipts of deposits of gold and silver
i bearing sch conltjon that a certain
quantity of gold should be always ac
companied by a certain quantity of
silver the proportion of which should
be determined periodically by an inter
national commission which twin de
posits would be effected in order to be
represented by certificates the market
price of silver to be taken into jiprnnnt
m nxingtncrs proportions that an
International character might bo given
to the certificates
The report proceeds to reproduce tho
arguments for and acainst these plans
and asked whether the marriage of the
two metals would not be an artificial
one and whether the conventional sys
I tern would meet those requirements of
commerce which desired above all
things the simplest possible solution of
the problem On the other hand it is
urged that variations in the price of sil
ver would be lessened if not altogether
stopped by the coexistence of the two
metals in deposits represented by cer
tificates and the relative fixity of value
of the twin deposits
READING COAL COMBINE
Continuation of the Investigation by the
IIouc Committee
The House committee appointed to
investigate tho Iteadlng Eailroad an
thracite coal combination resumed
Thursday morning In the Commerce
Committee room the inquiry it conduct
ed into this subject during the recess in
New York Philadelphia and elsewhere
William H Joyce general freight agent
of the Pennsylvania Railroad was ex
amined Ho offered in evidence a letter
dated April 18 last addressed by him to
E E Holden chairman of the anthra
cite rate committee New York calling
attention to the fact that during the
last year the Lehigh Velley Eailroad
Company through its coal company
had made with individual operators con
tracts for the purchase of their coal
upon a percentage of tho prices realized
at tide water
The Reading Company the latter
added had made similar agreements
with a number of minors and shippers
and it was therefore necessary for the
Pennsylvania Railway to do likewise if
it weie to secure the product of collier
ies that hatl heretofore shipped over
lis lines These contracts gave ship
pers for their coal 60 per cent of the
prices obtained at tide water The let
ter stated that the Pennsylvania Com
pany would therefore reduce its price
for carrying coal to tide water Wit
ness said that tho price over their road
was determined by the law of supply
and domand
DARES TO SEEK LIBERTY
Tim Colorado Caunlbiil Anxious to Breathe
Free Air
Alfred Parker the man eater the man
who kilied and devoured his compan
ions and who took delight in telling the
horrible torj has applied for a release
from tho pniuinary at Canyon City
Colo Parser without doubt is the most
fiendish an houiish man who ever es
caped tho haiinan j ncosu His record
is a gruopomo one In his time it is
known that ho has killed and eaten five
men
In Jarnmry 3874 Al Parker in com-
with Vivq others left Dry Creek
Eany Juan County for the Los Pinos
Agency and in March of the same year
he appeared at his destination wild
eyed haggard and alone He told con
flicting stories about his companions
finally stating that they had died on the
trip Tarker left Bingham Utah in the
fall of 1373 Wiati r found his partv of
twenty one snowed up at Dry Creek
with Chief Oar ay the famous Uncom
pahgre TJte Aftr camping with the
Indian a few weeks he proposed that a
few of them push on to theagency
In company witfySwan Miller Bell
Noon and Humphrey they bundled up
blankets cooking utensils and a gun
and wih a horse started over the range
in the coldest part of the winter Pood
was scarce and soon the horse was
turned loose to die Throe days later
the provisions gave out and the parry
became desperate It was bitterly cold
and the snow fell fast The men took
turns breaking the trail those follow
ing carrying the camp utensils Starv
ing the men chewed their moccasins and
cut uo tbeir blankets to serve as shoes
When the matches gave out fire was car
ried in a coffee pot by Swan who was old
and feeble Sometimes the men found
frozen rosebuds and leaves and ato
them ravenously Swan gave out when
near the top of the Continental divide
and then tho dovilish work began Sev
eral stories aro told but the one most
generally believed is that each agreed
to climb the mountain and look for
signs of tho agency leaving Swan in
camp in a clump of trees When they
left Parker returned and struck the old
man a blow on the head with a hatchet
and killod the others as they came in
Bell it seems was bent on murder
and had about made up his mind that
some ono had to die to save the
others He returned to camp and Par
ker assaulted him A fight took place
and Bell sue umbed All that winter
Parker ghoulisii like remained with
the dead and subsisted on tho choice
cuts from their bodies
The tale is a fearful ono He was ar
rested at the agency but escaped and
was not again captured until 1883 in
Cheyenne In 1886 he was sentenced
on five counts to eight years each each
sentence to commence when the other
expired He is an ex Union soldier
NO PRIZES WERE GIVEN
Aictlms of Bogus lottery Tickets in ThUi
Country and Canada
According to the statements of Chi
cago detectives who have been engaged
for over four months in hunting the
manufacturers of counterfeit lottery
tickets a stupendous scheme for de
frauding lottery ticket purchasers has
been discovered In every city town
and village in Canada Michigan Indi
ana Illinois and tho Northwest the
members of a gang have operated their
clever swindle for about a year and
have come out of the game heavy win
ners In all of these places persons
livo who think themselves born under a
constellation of lucky stars and several
comets and at every change of the
moon they have made investments in
lottery tickets It was to accommodate
these persons that the men who aro
clulmccl to constitute an unlawful gang
have been working But the tickets
they sold were for drawings that never
took place
The end of the business came when a
plant for the manufacture of lotry
tickets was discovered at 28i and 23
Clark street and Jacob B Stanger the
proprietor was arrested and charged
with forgery The arrest is the outcome
of tho work of four nonths by the iio f
teetives who took u the case after W
1 Henderson or Baltimore attorn eyi
lor tne Louisina JLottery cOihpany had
done some work in the hope of detect
ing the defrauders It is believed by
officers of tho Louisiana company the
firstjissue of counterfeit tickets was made
a year ago and since then and up to
the issue of August last the northern
tier of States the West and Canada
SnDoWfidg DTenMpwetfVup
plied their sale at 1 each has netted
the counterfeiters a neat sum
Tho men interested in this scheme
have not confined their talents to the
Louisiana company but have issued
tickets it is claimed on a number of
companies that do not exist The de
tectives confiscated at the Stanger shop
a fine lithographic press about 16000
Mantanza tickets December issue 40
000 Vera Cruz tickets of December and
January issue several large sheets of
Louisiana tickets without the numbers
and twenty engraving stones and sev
eral numbering machines The plant is
valued at 5000 The Vera Cruz tickets
were sold largely in the northwestern
part of Chicago the Mantanza tickets
over bars in the country towns of Michi j
gan Indiana Illinois and Iowa while
the Louisiana tickets went into Canada
Michigan Illinois and the Northwest
COUNT NEW SENATORS
Democratic Claims to Nebraska Kansas
and North Dakota Vigorously Disputed
TheEepublican Senatorial caucus mel
in Washington and further discussed
the programme to be followed by tha
party in rogard to the prospective sen
atorial contests in several of the West
ern States A resolution offered by
Senator Hawley Conn was adopted
authorizing the chairman Senator Sher
man to appoint a committee of five
Senators to take into consideration the
wisdom and propriety of senatorial in
terference in these contests
The consensus of opinion expressed
was that while the Senators did not de
sire nor intend to interfere with the
States in carrying out the will of the
people it was the duty of tho Republi
can Senators to resent strenuously the
assertions of the Demosrats who are
now as they charge trying to pervert
public sentiment
It was shown to the satisfaction of
the caucus so a dispatch says that the
Democratic steering committee had
no ground UDon which to stand when it
gave out the authorized interview in
New York and in corroboration of this
some figures were produced In Nebras
ka it was said by the speakers that
the Democrats had but four members
in the entire Legislature and in Kan
sas but seventeen In North Dakota
the Eepublicans had a clear majority
of nine in both branches and In Wyo
ming five In California and Montana
the vote is close with the Populists
holding the balauco of power One of
the active members of the caucus said
it was not the intention of the Eepub
licans to appoint any so called steer
ing committee for the reason that tiro
only purpose of such a committee
would be to exercise an improper in
fluence upon the Legislatures in the
States in question
Ixfoehation has been received from
Conshatta 0 T of the death of Gen
Henry Gray one of the few surviving
members of the Confederate Congress
and Brigadier General of the Confed
erate armv
A NEGro woman is under arrest at
Edgefield S C for murdering her two-year-old
babe and then serving it
cooked to her friends at a quilting party
as roast pig It is probable that she
will be lynched
Laura Biggah the actress a mem
ber of A Trip to Chinatown company
neglected to pay a hotel bill at Cincinna
ti and was arrested at Hamilton and
taken to Cincinnati
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