-7 V W Gold Silver dollar- Subsidiary j ilver Minoi co - SHOULD NOT DELAY LET THE PROMISED REFORMS BE FORTHCOMING Tins Coiintiv lias Intrusted Use Demo crat Parry with Toner ami with Doi litilo instructions Tho Income Tax Iilesi Jushed Iejjln 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 anything but to get the spoii3 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 for 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 amxjle 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 iarty 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the Democratic policy on the tariff is ready They havo de nounced the McKinley law They have declared it should be repealed They declare a tariff for protection to be un constitutional They must now make good their bond or the world will be lieve them to have been dishonest Their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 svstem Thev 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 about it There is a deficiency in the revenue Uow 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 whore 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 peo ple and by the people is committed to bis keeping Let him begin at once by putting the Congress of the people at work to carry out the promised re forms Nonconformist iioUl ami Silver of 1S91 92 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 follow s Fine Commci cial Coinage Metals ounces value value Gold loOiblil 3351730 0 33175000 Silver 5SS3I00J 17030040 lo U0503 The coinage of the mints during the last fiscal year aggregated 11355012 1 pieces -valued as follows S37jOG98730 8iiiO J0700 liCVJbllCO 129071052 Total S5179297GC2 The total coinage ot silver dollars tinder the act of Feb 28 1878 to the close of such coinage was 781GG793 and under the act of 1S90 to Nov 1 1892 33107570 under act of March 3 1S91 507S472 a total coinage of silver since March I 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 Tine Commercial Coinage Metals ounce value value Gold 6102tfl3 1-231580-0 126153000 Silver 4i390lfXX i kVtfiOOD 183174000 The coinage of gold and ilver in the various countries of the world during the same period so far as reports have been received aggregated Gold 119183735 Silver 1303311- The stock of gold and silver in the Qnited States on Nov 1 1892 based upon official tabulations brought for ward from year to year was approxi mately Gold 050011803 32lver 537014951 Total 81243055814 The amount of money in actual cir culation outside of treasury valuos including paper and metallic was 3 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 vear an increase of 2039052 and of silver 9631746 against 9031178 in the prior year an increase of 600568 If there lias 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 Stares 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 prr fine ounce which was 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 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 Farmer Tlio 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 wo can see no other means of escape for the Democratic party They have promised great re ductions of the tariff If this promise be Icpt a reduction in the tariff revenue would mui lilie ijilu 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 reallv made necessary bv 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 Avelfare 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 Lou 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 Xlio Option Business 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 vear 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 oi 709000000 bushels with prices ol 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 bondsthat 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 is 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 uit v for SHOULD NOT DELAT LET THE PROMISED REFORMS BE FORTHCOMING Xlio Country Has Intrusted the Demo cratic Parry with Jower and with Io Inite Instructions Tho Income Tux Idoii JJoinic luliel 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 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 ior 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 tho 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 c 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 retrMioliinent 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 Le iu 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 Ho must demonstrate that public office is a public trust He must carry out iu 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 luno Commercial Coinage Metals ouncos value value Gold 1004810 SIWlToOiO 33 1751100 Silver 5833j000 57030010 75110505 The coinage of the mints during the last fiscal year aggregated 113556124 pieces valued as follows Gold 7 S3550G93750 Silver dollars 83294G700 Subsidiary silver I5C591160 Minor co is V JG 71052 Total 5179297GG2 The total coinage of silver dollars under the act of Eel 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 Julv 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 Pine Commercial Coinage Metals ounces value value Gold 6102893 12t515ST0 612G153000 8ilver 443994000 llVMGCOJ 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 Gold S119183735 Silver 135008142 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 Gold SG5G0418G3 S21ver 537011951 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 16661953 against 14605 901 in ttie prior year an increase of 2039052 and xl silver 9631740 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 price of silver fluctuated during the last fistal year from 102 per fine ounce which was the price at the be ginning of the year to 0855 March 28 the lowest price closing June 3G 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 pi ice 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 Tho 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 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 iu 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 oi 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 conforenco does not attract half 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 Kothschild 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 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 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 tha legislation on silver by tho United States is not to bo dictated by foreign nations Ex Tho Option Jiusiness 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 wish 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 deficiency in these crops this year 709000000 bushels with prices 1 K a of of nearlv 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 is true when the same Government creates a dollar iu paper money and bases that dollar on the wealth and patriotism of the whole people why ia it not a good dollar What do you want to redeem monev for FIVE PLANS REPORTED CONFERENCE COMMITTEE SUB MIT DETAILS Tietgen Proposes lUinouctization oTSilvcr I with a Variable Katio to Gold Houlils worth Prefers Legal Tender Certificated Redeemable in Silver Doings at Drusscli The Monetary Conference Committee at Brussels reported on various schemes whidi 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 tho respective countries coininq it Sir William Houldsworths plan proposed tho creation of an international silver urrency in 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 certifKates would meet the objections raised against bimetallism on the ground of the inconvenience which re coinage would cause in case of varia 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 union or if this could not be brought about at least free silver coinage in one sufficiently strong country Of tho third plan it was considered that M Allard of Belgium who had drawn it up on the lines of the Windom bill with an international character added wished to create an international silver note not possessing the character of legal tender but repayable to the bearer in weight of silver variable ac cording to the fluctuations of the mar ket but always representing the nomi nal value expressed in gold The states issuing such notes would have to bear in common any nossiblo loss re sulting from repayments in case of a depreciation in silver The fourth plan which M de Foville tho French delegate desired to encour age was the practice of depositing sil ver bullion in mints and banks of issue f with certificates of deposit and eial warrants negotiable without a le gal rate or a guarantee of value on the part of government Baffaeloviteh of Bussia proposed to cive the certificates 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 sil ver at all institutions which adhered to the plan and having a stock of silver at disposal Representatives of the silver-producing countries objected to this proposal as lying outside tho program of tho con ference the duty of which was to study the means of extending the monetary employment of silver The fifth plan introduced by Sainc telletio of Belgium an1 supported by Mr Montffiore propo d to create re ceipts of deposits of gold and silver I Rearing such conditions that a certain quantity of gold should be alwavs 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 intojM0 m nxing These proportions that an international character might be given to the certificates The rep rt proceeds to reproduce the arguments for and against these plans and asked whether the marriage of the two metals would not be an artificial one and whether the conventional sys tem would meet thoe requirements of commerco which desired above all things the simplest possible solution of the problem On the other hand it is urged that variations in the price or 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 valuo of the twin deposits READING COAL COMBINE Continuation of the Investigation by the IIoue Committee The House committee appointed to investigate the Beading Railroad an thracite coal combination resumed Thursday morning In the Commerce Committee room tho inquiry it conduct ed into this subject during tho recess in New York Philadelphia and elsewhere William H Joyce general freight agent of the Pennsylvania BaUroad was ex amined II o offered in evidence a letter dated April 18 last addressed by him to E 11 Holden chairman of the anthra cite rate committee New York calling attention to the fact that during tho last year the Lehigh Vglley Bailroad Company through its coal company had made with individual operators con tracts for the purchase of their coal upon a percentage ot tho prices realized at tide water The Beading Company the latter added had made similar agreements with a number of minors and shippers and it was therefore necessary for the Pennsylvania Bailway to do likewise if it weie to secure the product of collier ies that hail heretofore shipped over its 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 the price over their road was determined by the law of supply and domand DARES TO SEEK LIBERTY The Colorado Cannibal Aniuus to Breathe ret iir Alfred Parker the man eater the man who killed and devoured his compan ions and who took delight in telling the horrible torj has applied for a release from tho penitentiary at Canyon City Colo Paruor without doubt is the most fiendish an houiish man who ever es caped the noose His record is a gruoFome one Iu his time it is knowji tha1 ho has killed and eaten five men In Jatmary 3874 Al Parker in com pany with iWe others left Dry Creek Ban Juan County for tho Los Pinos Agency and in Mar eh of the same year he appeared at his destination wild eyed haggard ad alone He told con flicting stories about his companions finally stating that they had died on the trip Parka- l f t Bingham Utah in the fall of 187 Wint r found his party of twenty one snowed up at Dry Creek with Chief Ouiay the famous Uncom pahgre Ute Aftr camping with tho Indian a few weeks he proposed that a few of them push on to Cheagency In company with Swan Miller Bell Xoon and Humphrey thy bundled up blanket cooking utensils and u gun and wih a horse started over the range in the coldest part of the winter Food was scarce and soon the horse was turned loose to die Three days later the provisions gae 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 up tbeir blankets to serve as shoes When the matches gave out fire was Car rie I in a coffee pot by Swan who was old and feeble Sometmes the men found frozen rosebuds and leaves ami ate them ravenously Swan gave out when near th top of the Continental divide and then tho dovilish work began Sev eral stories are told but the one most generally believed is that each agroed to climb the mountain and look for signs of the agency leaving Swan in camp in a clump of tree3 When they left Parker returned and struck the old man a blow on the head with a hatchet and killed the others as they came in Bell it seems was bent on murder and had about made up his mind that somo one had to die to save tho others He returned to camp and Par ker assaulted him A light took place and Bell sue umbed All that winter Parker ghoulisli like remained with the dead and subsisted on tho choice cuts from their bodies The tale is a fearful one Ho was ar rested at the agency but escaped and was not again captured until 1883 in Cheyenne In 18b6 he was sentenced on five counts to eight years each each sentenco to commence when tho other expired He is an ex Union soldier NO PRIZES WERE GIVEN Victims of Bogus Lottery Tickets In ThU Country and Canada According to the statements of Chi cago detectives who have been engaged for over four months in hunting tho manufacturers of counterfeit lottery i ucKeis a stupendous scnemo 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 gamo heavy win ners In all of these places persons live who think themseh es born under a constellation of lucky stars and several comets and at every change of tho moon they havo made investments in lottery tickets It was to accommodato these persons that the men who aro claimed 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 lottery tickets was discovered at 28i and 28 Clark street and Jacob B Stanger tfie proprietor was arrested and charged with forgery Tho arrest is the outcome of the work of four months by the tpr tives who took up the rase after W i nehdersph or Baltimore attorney for the Louisina Lottery company Jiad done some work in the hope of detect ing the defrauders It is believed by oflu ers of the Louisiana company tho firstjissue of ounterfoit tickets was inado a year ago and since then and up to the issue of August last the northern tier of States the West and Canada teSSkRWj rJeitt Keitf cweisirp plied their sale at 1 each has netted tho counterfeiters a neat sum The men interested in this scheme have not confined their talents to the Louisiaua company but havo 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 IVIantanza tickets December issue 40 000 Vera Cruz tickets of December and January issue several largo 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 Mantanro tickets over bars in the country towns of Michi gan Indiana Illinois and Iowa while the Louisiana tickets went into Canada Michigan Illinois and the Northwest COUNT NEW SENATORS w Democratic Claims to Xebra9ka Kansas and Ziorth Dakota Vigorously Disputed The Republican Senatorial caucus met in Washington and further discussed the programme to be followed by tha party in regard to the prospective sen atorial contests in several of tho 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 tako 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 interfero with the States in carrying out the will of tho people it was the duty of tho Republi can Senators to resent strenuously the assertions of the DemoTats who are now as they charge trying to pervert public sentiment It was shown to the satisfaction of the caucus o a dispatch says that the Democratic steering committee had no ground upon which to stand when ife 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 Bepublicans had a clear majority of nine in both branches and In Wyo ming five In California and Montana the vote is close with tho Populists holding the balauco of power One of the active members of the caucus said It was not the intention of the Bepub licans to appoint any so called steer ing committee for the reason that the only purpose of such a committee would le to exercise an improper in fluence upon the Legislatures in the States in question IvroRHATiOK has been received from Conshatta O 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 Latra Biggai tho 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 fc1 V