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About Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1899)
PEACE TREATY HERE. GIVEN OVER TO PRESIDENT M'KINLEY. Commission Formally Presents the 1'aris Compact to the President Ke- port from the Klondike Indicates Great Increase in the Gold Output. The American peace commissioners ar rived in Washington from New York shortly after 4 o'clock Saturday after noon. They were driven in carriages to the White House , and at 4:40 o'clock were received by President McKinley in the blue parlor , together with all the attaches of the commission. All the commission ers were , present : William II. Day , Sen ator Cushinarn Davis , Senator William P. Frye , Senator George Gray and White- law Reid. Accompanying them , besides the attaches were Mrs. Day , Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Fryc. ' The peace treaty was brought in a sep arate carriage by John Bassett Moore , Secretary of the commission , and Mr. iMii-hael , ' chief clerk of the State Depart ment , who met the party at the Pennsyl vania railroad station. Few persons were at the White House when the commission ers and other members of the party arriv ed , except a number of newspaper corre- Epitndcnts , who stood on the porch of the executive mansion when the party drove up. The commissioners stopped to shake bands 'A 5th the newspaper men , and re mained in conversation with them for several minutes while one of the guards at the door- announced to the President the arrival of the commission. There wa no formality in the reception by thf President. The commissioners re mained half an hour , President Day of the commission presenting the treaty , which was brought in a good-sized satchel. President McKinley congratulated the commission on the result of their mission in Paris , and for each one had a special word of commendation for the successful manner in which the delicate negotiations leading to the peace settlement were con ducted. GIRLS DYING OF LEPROSY. J > read Scourge Claims Two Victims in Ohio , Near Columbus. Two Ohio girls , Ilattie Garry , 32 years pld , and her sister , 12 years of age , are Blowly dying of leprosy in a remote part of the Perry County hills. Dr. Charles O. Probst , secretary of the State Board of Health , has investigated these cases. He found the girls to be genuine lepers. Hat- LABOR-SAVING SUGGESTION TO HOBSON. tie , the elder , has the disease in an ad vanced stage. Her right hand has been eaten a vay bone by bone and joint by Joint , until now nothing is left of it. Her toes also have begun to slough away. Not until long after the red marks had become -white , scaly patches , did the moth er suspect what the trouble was. Then she secreted Hattie , and later little Han nah also developed the same symptoms , and she , too , was kept a close prisoner at jthe Garry cottage. With the utmost care the mother hid the children from suspl- jpious eyes and concealed the disease from lithe public. Mrs. Garry , with all the rest of her .trouble , had to struggle to make a triple giving. Finally she could not contend against her straitened circumstances long er. She told her story to the county au- jthorities. New Lexington became a panic- ptricken town. Then came doubts of the \ disease really being leprosy. But experts Tvere summoned and it was found to be ) only too true. Then the case was report ed to the State Board of Health. The i mother , in going with her children to the refuge , agrees not to leave the lines set iabout the place or to mingle with the out side world. The township authorities will keep her supplied with the necessaries of life , delivering them near the house. Mrs. Garry is a soldier's widow , and , the leprosy in the children is hereditary , the father having contracted it in the South while a soldier in the civil war. FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER. fobn Henry Collins Said by a Jury to Have Killed His Father. John Henry Collins was found guilty of the murder of his father in Topeka , 3Kan. , May 13 , 1S98. Every juryman said guilty. The vote was unanimous for mur der in the first degree. When the verdict , tvas read John Collins showed no signs of surprise. He was perfectly cool and pmiledyhen one of his attorneys approached preached him. Attorney Godard immedi ately filed a motion for a new trial. The crime for which Collins was con- ivicted is pu jishable by death , but the law requires that the Governor shall sign the death warrant. This was never before done by any Governor , and persons sen tenced to death spent a lifetime in the penitentiary. The Collins trial lasted just four weeks and was full of interest and sensation from the start. COST OF NICARAGUAN CANAL. Commission in Its Report Estimates It at $133,000,000. The preliminary report of the Nicara- cuan canal commission , consisting of Gen. iSames , Admiral Walker and Prof. ( Haupt , has been com The report gives as a conservative of the jentire cost of the canal $13 ,000 , thus pearly agreeing with Gen. report of 1S9G. It is estimated the excavations necessary will be 125 , LOOO cubic yards , exclusive of all dams and i > ankments. V. BANK'S VAULT IS LOOTED , IJurarlaro at .Lima , Oho , Carry Off $18,1 G8 , Gold and Paper. At Lima , Ohio , the American National Bank was robbed Sunday night of $18- 1G8. The bank is located at Main and High streets and was considered fire and burglar proof. When the janitor went to the bank Monu.Ty morning he discovered the outside door of the vault standing open. The officers were notified and an investigation was made , which disclosed that the other doors were locked , but that the vault had been entered and all the currency and gold coin taken , while sev eral hundred dollars in silver was not mo lested. There were two doors to tke vault , the outer one being operated by a time lock , .while the inner door was se cured with a combination lock. The inner door was opened. A large rack containing $1,000 in silver coin was found on a chair , where it had been left. Sacks containing several hun dred dollars more in silver were found in tact on top of the bank safe , while.n pri vate safe was also found not to have been molested. Saturday night about $10,000 in paper money and gold was deposited in the vault , but it. as well as about $2,000 in paper money , which had been thrown on top of the safe after it had been lock ed , was missing Monday morning. The directors of the bank held a meet ing , at which an assessment was levied to meet the deficiency. Other banks of the city offered whatever assistance might be needed to help the bank open business. The robbery is shrouded in profound mys tery. RIOTOUS TIME IN PANA. Nonunion Mincra Undertake to Ter rorise the Town. Monday was terrorizing day in Pana , 111. It was observed by both union min ers and non-union miners. The mines did not work , and the non-union miners , principally negroes , becoming intoxicated paraded the streets. AK a result of the Saturday night riot David McGavie , union miner , is in a dangerous condition , antl two negroes who were badly cut with knives are expected to die. Negroes arrive daily in companies of six and ten and openly defy the whites , but the presence of the militia serves to prevent trouble. The provost guard ar rested twenty persons. Chief Kiely ar rested two negroes armed with hatchets. Two negroes fought a duel with knives in West Plains Sunday evening , both being carried from the field of battle. James Meyers , non-union minor , was aspaultcc by unknown persons. His injuries are reported fatal. A negro miner uaniec Snyder attempted to shoot his wife. A -Detroit Journal. bystander turned the gun , and the charge entered Snydcr's right breast , making a fatal wound. AN INDIANA LYNCHING. Murderer Token from His Cell and Hanged to a Tree. George Tyler was taken from the Scott County jail at Scottsburg , Ind. , about 2:30 o'clock in the morning by an armed mob and hanged to a large tree in the jail yard. On Nov. 2o Tyler shot his wife and afterward attempted to end his own life by putting a bullet through his brain. His attempted suicide was checked , however , and he was arrested and placed in the Scott County jail , where he has been con fined since. The attempted murder of his wife was considered by the citizens of the county to be the very height of brutality. The mob broke down the jail doors and forced the sheriff to hand over the key to Tyler's cell. Tyler was draiged from the jail and a long rope , which had already been drawn over the limb of a large tree , was slipped over his neck. Tyler soon breathed his last and the mob , which was composed of about 100 men , quickly de parted. SOUTH DAKOTA DIVORCE LAWS More Stringent J-cxislution to Sid State of Matrimonial Uligfits. Among the measures which will come before the North Dakota Legislature dur ing its session will be one providing for a more stringent divorce law. A large ele ment of the people are ashamed of the record gained by the State on account of the laxity of the present law on this sub ject , and are anxious lo shut off the ex cursions thither of matrimonial misfits. Prefers Garrison Duty , i At Atlanta. Ga. . Captain J. K. Camp bell of the Ninth Illinois volunteers , who is a member of Congress from the Twenti eth Illinois district , declared he would ac company his regiment to Cuba regardless of the effect of his action would have as to his position in Congress. Plaiu for Home Inle. John Dillon , the Irish leader , announces that a new measure of land agitation will shortly be engineered through the United Irish League conference. Uo says the prospects of unity among the factions in the conference are bright and declares that home rule is eventually assured. Against Chicago JJauk. The Supreme Court of Minnesota the second time handed down an adverse de cision in the suit of the Fort Dearborn National Bank of Chicago against the Bank of Minnesota for ? G,000 , claimed as i balance due the Chicago concern on ac count. For Scientific Research. The Jenner Institute of Great Britain las been notified of a gift of 250,000 by Lord Ivcagh , who will expend a like imount improving sanitation in the Bull | lley district in Dublin. WAE WAS EXPECTED. ORDEHS NOW MADE PUBLIC PROVE THIS TO BE TRUE. Preparations Begun 12arly In January for the Conflict Which Seemed Prob able if Not Inevitable An Unusually Disastrous Season on the Lakes. Despite the vigorous denials made at the time , it is now a matter of public rec ord that the United States Government became convinced at least as long ago as the lirst day of January , 1S9S. that war with Spain was probable , if not inevita ble. During all the period from the meet ing of Congress in December until the actual declaration of war the President and his advisers , in spite of their reiterat ed belief in a peaceful solution of the diffi culty , were steadily preparing for actual hostilities , and this , too , long before the Maine was blown up. Official dispatches have been made public which establish this fact completely. In January Ad miral Selfridge was in command of the European station , and on Jan. 11 , 1898 , he was instructed to retain his sailors in spite of the expiration of enlistment. Five days later the gunboat Helena , at Fun- shal , Madeira , which had been ordered to the Asiatic station , received orders mark- td ' 'secret and confidential , ' ' to delay its departure , and the next day it was or dered to Lisbon. At the same time Cap tain Chester , in command of the South Atlantic squadron , received a confidential dispatch directing him to announce unoffi cially that the cruisers Cincinnati and Dastine would go to the northern bound ary of his station for drill and exercise , then proceed to Para , Brax.il. "without causing comment. " The same day , which ivas Jan. 17 , the Wilmington , at Guadc- loup , received instructions canceling its ardors to go to South America , and re taining it in the Windward Islands with out touching at Spanish ports. Commo dore Dewey , at Yokohama , as early aa Ian. 27 was instructed to disregard en- 'dstuients ' and keep his sailors. The Maine was blown up Feb. 15 ; ten days later Theodore Roosevelt sent to Dewey the first warlike dispatch , which read : "Secret and confidential : Order the iquadron , except Monocacy , to Hong Kong. Keep full of coal. In the event of declaration of war with Spain your 3uty will be to see that the Spanish squad ron does not leave the Asiatic coast , and then begin offensive operations in the Philippine Islands. Keep Olympia until further orders. " ' The Monocacy was practically useless and the Olympia was under orders to re- lurn home. At this time Secretary Long vas giving out interviews daily affirming that the Maine was destroyed by accident ind that there was no danger of war. Yet Uie day after Roosevelt's stirring dispatch to Dewey Secretary Long sent dispatches to Chester in the Barbadoes , Miller at Honolulu , Howell at Lisbon , Dewey at Hong Kong and Sicard at Key West , all of which read significantly : "Keep full of real the best that can be had. " March r , six weeks before the declaration of war , In ordering the Brooklyn to Hampton Roads to leave the flying squadron. Secre tary Long used the unusual expression : "The situation is getting worse. " April T , a little over two weeks before the dec laration of war , Commodore Dewey was cabled : "Land all woodwork , stores , etc. , It is not considered necessary to have for operation' ' an order which , of course , contemplated nothing less than an attack on the Philippines. Three days before ; hat Admiral Sampson at Key West had been instructed to be ready at any time to take possession of the Key West cable office , and assigned an officer to stop the transmission to Cuba of any telegram re lating to the action of the President or Congress. The destruction of the Maine hurried things along , but the United States , it appears , was preparing for a ivar without exciting comment long before that terrible catastrophe. HEAVY MARINE LOSSES. A-n Unusually Disastrous Season foi Fresh "Water Navigation. Marine losses during IS'JS were mate rially greater than during . r.y previous season on the lakes. Up to the middle of July insurance men were congratulating themselves that they were doing well. The losses had been few , and there was a large margin of premiums to cover the latter half of the season. Along in Sep tember the trouble began , and it did not cease until the last boat was in port at the close of the season. The trouble was not confined to any one cause. Fire contributed an unusual num ber of big losses , but straiuliugs were pre eminent. The collision item was much smaller than in previous years. As to the grand total of losses from all causes , no two underwriters make estimates within a half of a million dollars of one another. A general average of statements made by people who are in touch with the business places the aggregate loss at about $2- 000,000. Vesselmeu , who are fearful of high rates next season , protest that these figures are too high. In a list of 5G9 losses the causes assign ed were as follows : Ashore , 123 ; aground in protected channels , 120 ; fire , 40 ; col lisions , 00 ; ice , 1C ; storm-beaten , 9J ( ; foun dered , 8 ; miscellaneous causes , 116. News of Minor Note. Owing to protracted drouth , many people ple in Monterey County , Cal. , are on the verge of starvation. There are over 200 creameries in South Dakota , the annual output amounting to nearly $3,000,000. The United States Government will probably arrange for the raising of the Cristobal Colon and the Maine. A man snored so soundly in court at Govington , Ky. , the other day that the judge gave him thirty days for contempt of court. The best managed dairies in Minnesota have reduced the cost of manufacturing a pound of butter to 1.2Sc. The prevail ing price in other States is about 3c. The terra cotta monument marking the spot where Lafayette was wounded on the Brandywine battlefield , was blown down by the recent high winds and badly broken. Dwight L. Clough accidentally received a 900-volt shock from a dynamo at Lock- port , N. Y. , and survived. He says that the electricity so paralyzed him that he felt no pain. It is said that Mrs. McKiuley will em ploy -colored woman known as "Aunt Martha" in the White House kitchen for her kindness during Mrs. McKinley's re cent visit to Atlanta. - There is no mistaking the fact that sen timent is growing in Congress against the Morgan proposition to buy the conces sions now held by the Maritime Canal Company and build a ship canal across Nicaragua according to the conditions in such concession. A great many sincere friends of the canal cannot bring them selves to b ieve that it would be the best thing for the Government to go ahead un der this particular concession. They con tend that to do so would be to commie this Government to the expenditure of anywhere from $40,000,000 to $75,000- 000 over and above the actual cost of the canal proper , and they do not see the ne cessity of assuming any such responsibil ity. They honestly believe that it will not be fatal to the canal project to allow the concession to the American company to expire and begin negotiations direct with the Government of Nicaragua for the right to construct a water way across that , country. The American peace commissioners and their assistants have been obliged to pay all their personal expenses out of the com pensation allowed them by the President. The expense which the Government de frayed included office rent , stationery and general expense. The hotel bills of the commissioners were not defrayed by the Government. As the personal expenses of the commissioners were very high , a comparatively small amount was left to each commissioner and each officer of the commission out of the President's allot ment of salaries. Each commissioner will receive about $17,000 for his services , and out of this he must pay all personal ex penses contracted on his trip abroad. Sec retary Moore will receive half the amount paid to each commissioner , and as his personal expenses were as heavy as those of the members of the commission he will fare worse than his superiors. Of the 1,700 letters which President McKiuley received one clay last week one of the most interesting was from a Chicago cage man named Dougherty. He offered this suggestion : "The United States went to war to set Cuba free. Now we have it in our power to liberate another country of far greater importance and interest without going to war. That is Ireland. We have on our hands the Philippine Isl ands , which we may offer to England as a compensation as well as to relieve our selves of what may turn out to be a white elephant. McKinley's ancestors were Irish and his great-granduncle , Francis McKinley , was shot down by the British soldiers as an Irish rebel after a farcical court martial about 100 years ago. " Under the provisions of the bill for the increase of the army the regular force will consist of 3,942 commissioned officers and 90,815 enlisted men , making a total of 100,757 men in all. There will be one lieutenant general , six major generals , twenty-four brigadier generals , 114 colonels nels , 156 lieutenant colonels , 447 majors , 1,053 captains , 1,401 first lieutenants and 740 second lieutenants. The total enlisted strength of each arm will be : Infantry , 53,220 men ; light field coast artillery , 20- , 598 men ; cavalry , 15.840 men ; medical de partments , 8,750 ; signal corps , 630 ; ord nance department , 605 ; engineers , 1,862 ; Subsistence department , 160 , and tb.6 quartermaster's department , 150 men. The President says the idea of placing the graves of Confederate soldiers undei ! the care of the Government first occurred to him twelve years ago , when he visited the city of Frcdericksburg , Va. He found the Confederate cemetery in a deplorable condition , while under the care of the quartermaster's department the graves of the Federal dead were nicely trimmed and kept In perfect order. He resolved then that he would take the first opportunity to bring this matter before the attention of the country , and he thinks the time has now come when the dead of both armies should be looked after by the Government. The Canadian high joint commission will soon reconvene in Washington. It is not true , as widely stated , that the con ference is a failure and that indications point to a non-agreement upon a treaty between the United States and Canada. Directly contrary is the case. The Cana dian and American commissioners are gradually getting together upon the Impor tant points of difference , and there Is lit tle doubt of an ultimate agreement. _ * Before the end of January 50,000 volun teers will be mustered out of the service , the preliminary orders for this having al ready been drafted. Present plans are that the troops which have seen foreign service will be let out first , but the con dition of some of the Southern camps Is such as to cause apprehension of an out break of typhoid fever , and before the mustering out program is finally arrang ed it may be deemed necessary to break up those camps. All of the soldiers in the Cuban army will be taken care of. If they want wages they will be given employment upon the public works. If they prefer to remain In the army they will be organized into rural police , the intention being to keep them together and prevent them from scatter ing idly like tramps throughout the coun try. Champions of an extra session of the Fifty-sixth Congress for the enactment of monetary legislation do not hesitate to Admit that they are having a hard time converting weak members to their way of thinking. Still , they are keeping ever lastingly at it. Robert P. Porter says the customs col lections at the port of Santiago are al ready twice as much as they used to be under Spanish control , and that when the internal revenue system is adopted there will be plenty of money to support the Government and construct much-needed public works. Secretary Wilson has already begun planning for agricultural schools In the Philippines , and advocates such institu tions as Booker T. Wr.shington has founded - ; ed at Tuskegee. MEN OF THE NAVY. Arduous Study and Drill a Necessary Preliminary to Good Service. The average person , after reading of The recent glorious aehtevenieii.ts of out navy , is iitrllnetl to take it as a mattei of < wn i that AVC should have won , and , perfhanre. does not realize ol'whal sicrlin ? : stuff our naval heroes are nade. nor how many lonir ami tiresome lays imt t have been spaut at study and ilrill before mou can be rounded out into u tfood , fighting naval force. At the same time , it is not to bf won dered at tli.'it the averagt- person knows very linie of thf difference in rank of ottii-er < . of their duties , of their mode of appo'ntinent. of their rigid training , : url of tiiMiurd < hip ol" the service be- foiv the world evi > r knows of their mod- { - - i rflwts in the performance of the p u-il monotonous daily routine of duty. TIH.I' arc also many interrtinir de- .a'V and poinrs of interest in connection .vhlt the life of the members that con- the more numerous part of the of the ship's crew , viz. : the tile of the navy. The commissioned officers who con stitute i-he braios and the directing power of the ship being for the present Unregarded , the rest of the crew cou- > i < t , mainly of seamen , marines , machinists - chinists carpenters and landsifen. The ia < t named includes all nurses , messengers , and all boys or men who are employed at duties that can be per formed by men without previous train ing on seagoing vessels. These men are enli-teu for a term of years , and re ceive usually the smallest pay of all on board. The duties of carpenters and machin ists need no explanation , and these men aNo go an under enlistment , after hav ing passed a searching examination covering all details in the departments in which they wish to serve. The marines are what might be called the "infantry of the navy , " and act as guards on board ship. "Laey are usual ly not more than lift ; , of them on any ship in regular service. They wear a uniform very much similar to that worn by the men of the artillery branch iruards on board ship. There arc usual- of the ship's crew lo make a landing , in case men are needed ashore from the ship. Popular Monthly. The Smallest Boole in the "World. The smallest book in the'world is pre cisely five-eighths of an inch long , sev en-sixteenths of an inch wide and three-eighths of an inch thick , says the New York Journal. It contains two hundred and live pages of the very fin est type imaginable. The point of a pin would cover a let ter , and a magnifying glass is neces sary for anything like reading. Charles Seribuer's Sons have a copy of this wonderful little volume , which is kept in an envelope in the safe to Insure its safe keeping. It was printed In Padua , Italy , in 1896 , and is a reprint of an Italian article on Galileo , printed orig inally in 1659. It is only a curiosity , but as sucli it outdoes all previous attempts at making small books , "thumb books" as they are called , for they are no long er than your thumb. This little book has nine lines printed on each page , with from fifteen to twenty letters on a line , that is , one , two , or at most , three words. Yet it is so carefully devised Avith margins that the letters do not seem unduly small , and you rub your eyes , wondering w by you can't read it. Unless you see the book you can hardly form an idea of its size. It is so very smallthat it will not cov er a dime. When placed upon a copper cent it leaves much of the cent uncov ered. Two such books placed on a sil ver quarter will not quite cover it , and three of > them seem to make a curious triangle on a half dollar. You could cut- three leaves for this book out of a two- cent stamp. All of the paper in the two hundred and five pages could be cut out of about one-third of a square foot of paper. When Ice Will Burn. Most people are aware that a piece of ice roughly hewn into the shape of a double convex lens will , if placed in the drect sunshine , concentrate the rays of the sun io such an extent as to light an object placed at some distauco behind it ; but the fact is not generally known that it is able to produce materi als for supporting the fire tints pro duced. Ice taken from marshes , and other localities where vegetation or animal matter is undergoing decompo sition , often contains bubbles of olefi- ant gas. Some of these cavities in the ice are of considerable dimensions , and if pierced the gas escapes with great force and may be lighted , burning for a few seconds with a bluish-white ilame. Novelist with Four Million Readers. The most popular novelists are those who are least known to literary people. Who lias beard of Emma Jane Wor- boise. or of the late Sir. Smith , of Fam ily Herald fame ? And among French midlists. Zola , and Daudet , and Ohnet v.-c know , says the London News , but v.'ry few have beard of Itichebourg , \-hos ? deatb was announced recently. Yer Kichebourg "the king of feuille tonists. " as be was called bad prob- : iMy more readers than any novelist . .ilhjor dead , and made as much mon ey by < .ne novel as any other novelist > / two. He bad. it was calculated , fi r million readers for every story he y.-p > rf\ and be received $20,000 for the - . ! ! : > I risrhts alone. Liike 11 is Papa. T. ! visitor ( viewing the new baby ) ! > o vou think he is going to resemble liis father ? 'I li mother I shouldn't be surprised , H keeps me up every night ! -aid'thut the whisper of a beau- Iu 1 v/yinan can be beard farther tb.au ih' _ > iondefet yell of duty. , Chicago seems to be getting very hot jS under the collar over the doings of her al- flermen , despite the cold weather. Boston Globe. Admiral Sampson says he is neither a Republican nor a Democrat. Possibly he , considers himself a stand-off. Washing- Ion Post. If the stock of American heiresses holds out the alliance between this country and England will be a condition , not a theory. Pittsburg Post. The Chicago aldermen are getting into the doubtful list , preparatory to Mr. Yerkes' next hot dash for philanthropy. Washington Post. A Chicago man was sent tre jail for" " stealing tombstones. Gracious , is a body safe any way in that wicked town ? Philadelphia Times. Bob Fitzsimmons , as becomes the cham pion of the world , announces his willing ness to fight Chauncey M. Depew. Mem phis Commercial-Appeal. One of the reforms that is not tobe looked for at this session of Congress is the abolition of the ' 'leave to print" nui sance. Philadelphia Ledger. Among other important improvements already secured in Havana is the chang ing of the name of a street from Weylen to Obisko. Milwaukee Sentinel. - * * . . Now that the treaty of peace has been signed , it is time for Don Carlos to rush across the stage with his wax impression' ' of a resolution. Pittsburg Pobt. ' It is a wonder it never occurred to Paul flu Chaillu to explore the fastnesses ol South Clark street , Chicago , if he is really in search of excitement. St. Paul Dis patch. It is hoped that Gen. Shatter is noti anxious to be classed by posterity among ! those warriors who do their principaq fighting with their mouths. Philadelphia Ledger. i An Ohio man had a surgical operation performed upon his mouth with a view to ? making it larger. It is safe to say he wiJB have no feminine imitators. Cleveland ! Plain Dealer. England has seized the opportunity that offered to assure Turkey of her friendly ! feelings toward her. There it is again. ' England is always seizing something. Boston Herald. Mr. Croker must really feel envious when he learns how Gen. Wood elected his mayoralty candidate in Santiago. The general's was the only vote cast. Cleve land Plain Dealer. Now that Spain yields everything we shall soon have some iutimatiou of what Europe proposes to do about it. The best thing to be done is to make for the "open door. " Boston Globe. The reports of Senator Quay's indict ment and arrest have thus far failed to show that John Wanamaker rushed in and affixed his name to the bail bond. Kansas City Journal. In thinking of pistols and ropes for those alleged boodle aldermen , Chicago gives the world an apparent intimation that she has outgrown the use of the sandbag. Philadelphia Times. If the French editors will permit them selves to think over the peace terms which France accepted from Germany , our re quirements of Spain may not seem so harsh to them. Milwaukee Sentinel. It would seem that it took the United States minister to Turkey to succeed where the ministers of the other powers had failed , in bottling the crusty old Porte. Wire the cork securely. Boston Herald. ( The French newspapers would have Great Britain believe that we will swal low her next , and that Europe would enjoy - ' joy the performance. John Bull is not to be scared by that sort of talk. Washing ton Post. Kisses Sivamp a Hero. Fie , fie , Hobson ! The country will losa Its good opinion of you. Boston Globe. As far as Hobson is concerned , mistle toe is a mere mockery. Cleveland Leader. Hobson wears a rose in his buttonhole , but tulips are his favorite flowers. Peoria - oria Herald. Hobson sunk the Merrimac , but a lot of foolish , sentimental women have come well nigh sinking Hobson. Bloomington Pantagraph. Hobson is now a shattered idol with the great majority of the American people , his foolish fondness for indiscriminate os culation having hurled him from the ped estal on which the public had placed him. Peoria Transcript. Lieut. Hobson has thoroughly disgusted the people in his efforts to make a record as the champion kisser. On every occa sion he has slobbered over shallow-pated women , and so conducted himself as to leave the impression that he is the cheap est kind of a snob. Galesburg Mall. The Chicago Fight. r Mr. Yerkes' pet theory ascribes vast quantities of ulterior motive to the Ohi- cajo editors. Washington Post. So far as could be learned at the hour of going to press , Chicago's Board of Alder men was still unhanged. Kansas City Journal. The Chicago aldermen can put in the long winter evenings by discussing the venality of the public prints. Washing ton Post. Those Chicago councibnen , with their $100,000 votes , are likely to raise the prica of "concessions" in Philadelphia. Phila delphia Ledger. If the dander of Chicago keeps on ris ing the only safe place for an alderman will be in the penitentiary. Memphis Commercial-Appeal. If Chicago should turn in and lynch a few aldermen , public condemnation would Doubtless be indefinitely suspended. Memphis Commercial-Appeal. The disappointed Chicago aldermen will never forgive those men who h'ave tarnished the fair name of the city and incidentally killed a real good thing. Washington Post. The people of the country at larg should rejoice that this result has been reached without the Chicago public be ing provoked t that pitch of public re sentment which might have ended in vie lence. As the matter now stands , the people have triumphed ovec the boodlers by the ordinary and legitimate processes of municipal legislation. St. Loa'm Re public ,
