Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1895, Page 18

THE 1895—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. EVENING STAR, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 18 NEW HOUSE MEMBERS Mcn Who Will Succeed Legislators Who Have Been Prominent. een gree eae PERSONAL GOSSIP —-+ 163 Will Answer the Roll Call for the First Time. Sg A QUOTA OF YOUNG MEN BITS OF —s T= ov | 2RWHELM- ing nature of ithe republican lardslide last year will be mate visible for the first time next Monday a week, at the assem- bling of the new Con- gress In bodily pres- ence. From the very outset the Hew have a repul majority of 141, snd the new faces on both sides will number not all of them republicans, save Not In the memory of this generation has there been such a complete political turnover. The last House had ninety-two democratic majority, and c sequently the altered complexton of the nev House represents a change of 233 votes, in & total of 356. = A striking peculiarity. of the new Congress fs the unusually large number of bright, energetic young men of good stock ani Progressive tondenctes who captured strors democratic districts repr: ntel for decad+s only by the most prominent demo:ratic leaders, ripe in age and of sage experience. } Among such are the successors of William L. Wilson of West Virginia, late chairman of twenty-seven. Geo. B. McClellan, New York. means; of Judge Holman, the ven- erable “father of the H man of appropriation: Bland, chairman cf c wa nel means, also of twent A republican memt though not young in yeurs, will represent th tore “Randali district” of F w h for eighty years back i turned any but democrats. tinctive fe: re of the new H large number of middle-aged me Congress, but able and exp in law or in practical either usiness, whose past training, substantial interests and fresh as ler 1a re apt to make them valuable aids islation. Still another interesting cla rich men are the very and yet another the men of cu- whose idents As Andrew election can be of a popular po Jackson of 5 33 is a curious collection,” but it takes all sorts of men to make up a world, and also a Congress. Young in Yeurs. The new “baby? member, the youngest and tenderest of all the young ones, Is George N. Southwick of Albany, N. ¥., the republican successor of Gen, Tracey. He Js aged twenty-five, but looks to be about seventeen or eighteen, and will at first be mistaken, probably, for a page boy. Next to him is Norman A. Mozely, who defeated Arnold in the fourteenth Missouri. He Is twenty-elght, and worked on his father's farm until he became of age, then taught school and began to practice law. After him comes Charles Towne, from the Du- luth district, Minn., twenty-nine years olf, successful both in business and politics. Twelve years ago he was a page in the Michigan legislature. Next is James E, Watson of Rushville, Ind., Judge Holman’s suecessor, thirty years old, an energetic young lawy an Epworth Leaguer and a prominent of Pythias. He has a serious, earnest f: is well educated and has a special gift a Frank Halterman, Pennsylvania. talker and debater. In fall he addressed big meetings of Germans in Switzerland county in their native tongue, thus deriving an immense advant- ege over his oppcnent. Three other promising new young mem- bers, all democra a change, and thir- ty years old, are George B. McClellan and William Sulzer of New York, : Fitzgerald of Boston. All democrats of mature age. M. a son of Gen. McClellan, “Little Mac,” the commander of the Union army In the carly part of the war and democratt: for the presidency In INt4. He is bright and handsome, though boyish looking, and is a er and steady worker. He has swspaper work, and served under government tn New York, and is ticing law, with an oifice in Wall the campaign last city Sulzer w. York assembl. in his orator. of the nely like ambitions, at of I New Henry nd a ‘outh, F ngaged in the usiness, Was a 1 mmen council and the Ma senate. His de ph H. O'Nell, the p States treasurer at Bos- at the primaries, though iy forty years old, by the cry, “Give the young men a chance!" Fitzgerald is in the unique position of being the ouly demo- cratic Congressman from all New England. A Litde Over Thirty. Another promising young man is Ro jsem, the * land B. Mahany, aged thirty-two, the re- publican successor of Daniel H. Lockwood from Buffalo, N. Y¥. He fs a Ha graduate and a poet of local r There are le. four ot Ucan neophytes exa years old—J. F. Hanley from the ninth 1 istrict, born among the forests of ( paign county; John Simpkins of Yarr Mass., a handsome bachelor, and the pessor of cultivated tastes and na | ttractive | | fortunes fal qualities; Harris: H. Atwood joston, a talented artist and arch lected several terms to the Massachusetts legislature, and Chester I. Long of Medi- cine Lodge, Kan., successor of Jere Siinp- Sockless."” Altogether unlike J. D. Hubbard, Mississippi. Simpson, Long is dressy, handgome, tall and dark. Me was formerly a teacher, and is now a lawyer. He has served in the Kansas senate. Milford W. Howard, aged thirty-three, comes as a populist from Alabama, and 1s known as the author of “If Christ Came to Congress,” a sensational pamphlet publish- ed two years ago. Joel D. Hubbard, Bland’s successor from the eighth Missouri district, is thirt practices medicine at Ver- saille and edits a sheet called the He has been president of a bank and is credited with versatile abilities. William Alden Smitn of Grand Rabids, Mich., is als» thirty-tive, is a lawyer and a “mighty hunter,” and has served In the legislature of his state. He began life as a wixe in the Mienizan legislature, and after supported himself as a newsboy Crowley, democrat, who suc m1 of ston, Texas, is thirty x, and, mith, used to sell newspapers the sof Boston. Leaving New gland as a lad, he went to Texas, be- ™m stevedore, and at length a local politician, William M. Trelear, who created a sensa- tion In the west defeating Champ Clark in the ninth M has been described as a traveling ban. nstrel and piano tuner. As a fact, though, « has been a professor of music in Hardin College, and is now a tutor and composer. He was the fifth man to whom the republican nomination was offered, and scratched through in the elec. on by a margin of 132 votes. John EF. McCall, f he old Davy Crockett di ret In Tennessee, who beat Enloe, the ension oflice investigatoi is thirty-six years old, a college graduate, a successful lawyer, and ump orator. He g family, has been Sa mere “kid,” has s in the state legisla- ture, and will now have the satisfaction of serving a district that has hitherto had unbroken representation by democrats for over thirty years. Alston G. Dayton, Post- ster Genzral Wilson's successor, fs thir- ractices law at Philippi, W He Is of a vigorous, determined tem- perment, h ‘ong, clean-shaven face, and is en indefatigable worker. He has been prosecuting attorney of Upshur coun- ty and of Barbour county. Only Virginia Republican. Among the new men of mature years who will cut a prominent figure in the House from the start is Gen. James A. Walker, the only republican from V:rg-nia. His is a strong and picturesque pers He commanded Stonewall Jackson's brigade in comes from the confederate army after Jackson's death, and participated in some of the har: Nghting from 1861 to 185. After the war he became a republican and engaged in law practice. He has the respect of his ne‘gh- bors of both parties, and is recognized as a brave, fearless and able man. Another prominent new member is George Hing of Cumberla Md., who has as the man- acquired 4 great pre: ager of the republican campaign in 3 land, resulting in the elect'on of Lo} Grove L. Johaxon, California, as governor. He is a capable lawyer, of high repute and influence. Another promi- nent republican lawyer is James A, Connolly of Springtield, IL, successor to William M. Springer, and still another is George H. onan, the only republican with a certifi- cate from Texas. He attended school with President Cleveland, and has for many ra been a respected district judge In exas. Yet another { Sacramento d ly resembles Grove L. Johnson, from the t, in California. He close- ne late Gen. Mahone of Vir- ginia, in his energetic manner, p:quant mode of dress and unique personality. He is aggressive, eloquent and fiery in his style of oratory, and has for years been one of the leading criminal lawyers of his state. He has servei in boch branches of the Callfornia leg slature with dist!nction. Henry R. Gibson of Knoxville, Tenn., is also a republican and a lawyer of con- spicuous attainments, He represents the old Houk district. Likewise, George P. Harrison, democrat, from the Alabama dis- trict, long rep ted by Gov. Oates, has been a prominent lawyer for twenty years. He was the youngest brigadier in the con- federate army. He !s grand master of Ma- sons in Alabama. m E. Barrett of Melrose, Mass., to Will Sverett, son of Ed- nverett, puple of newspa- in Boston, has been speaker of the and is an ex- al manager. Men of Wealth. Owens of Georgetown, Ky., a er and a democrat, comes as the her- alded successor of Col. William C. P. Breck- inridge from the famous blue grass dis- trict. John B. Corliss of Detroit, a repub- lean, Is expected to win an eminent place in the House by his parts as a lawyer and orator. Though quite youthful looking, he Is forty-two ars old, and has a great reputation in Michigan.” Besides, he Is very ch, and his wealth has been earned in his profession. A gcodly number of other new men will be roted at the outset as men of wealth. Among these are Col. Richard C. Shannon pers Massachuset perienced pol William John E. McCall, Tennessee. ster of Rochester, N. ¥., also a re- can, and a banker, noted for his con- t @ and systematic methods; John mpkins of Yarmouth, Mass., mentioned fore as one of the ‘young men; 8. A. Cook and Alexander Stewart, both’ repub- ans from Wisconsin, who amassed vast in the lumber business; G. M. rtls of Clinton, Iowa, who also made his y from lumber, and who will represent trlet hitherto filled by demoerats, late predecessor being Judge W. I. Charles L. Henry of Indiana, Wil- Mam D. Bynum’s successor, who made his fortune in gas and street railroads, and C. N. Clark, from the first Missouri district, long represented by Gen. Hatch, chairman of agriculture, and who, like Gen. Hatch, though unlike him politically, is a farmer, and owns large holdings in bottom lands near Hannibal. Some Notable Men. A lot of other new members are especial- ly notable on account of their oddity and for other reasons. Harry Miner, democrat, of the East Side, New York, succeeding the genial and inimitable Timothy J. Camp- bell, is also quite wealthy, but his chief dis- tinction lies in another dfrection. He owns a variety theater on the Bowery and sev- erai other theaters elsewhere, is an agree- able comrade, and wears resplendent dia- monds on his shirt front and necktie. Cy- ru3 A. Sulloway, from the first New Hamp- shire district, is a Salvation Army veteran, und a capable lawyer. Two years ago he married # Salvation Army sister. W. R. McKenny, democrat, from the Petersburg district of Virginia, is one of the most striking-looking new members, resembling in facial characteristics an an- tique colonial portrait, and his manners are faultless and dignified. He is a law- yer ard a fluent speaker. Frederick Hal- terman, republican, of Philadelpnia, repre- senting the third Pennsylvania district,ren- dered famous from the long and honored Incumbency of the late Samuel J. Randall, 1s a middle-aged merchant of benignant aspect and disposition, prosperous and con- servative, and will have the proud distinc- tion of filling a seat that has not been filled Alston G. Dayton, West Virginia. y any other than a democrat heretofore in st elghty A. Calderhead, from the fifth Kansas noteworthy from the fact that in the very birthplace and hotbed of popu- lism and general Gemagogy, he won suc- $ after defiantly announcing from the stump his opposition to free coinage and all the raging isms prevailing in that coun- try. Though the House will miss the re- verberating ¥ of Champ Clark of Mis- scurl, it will receive 2 supply of the same a ble and resonant sort of music from the lungs of John F. Traeay, republican, from the sev Missouri district. He ts re- ported to wield a voice like a fog horn, and to be able to fill the House with the sound of a cyclone. Solid Republican Delegations. Not less than twenty state delegations In the new House will be solidly republican— a thing unprecedented since the war—and if the selection of a President were thrown in- to the House, a contingency that seems ut- terly unlikely to occur, the republicans would control the action of thirty-one state delegations, and the democrats only eleven. with two evenly divided. The solid republi- can delegations come from West Virginia Delaware, Indiana,Connecticut, New Jersey, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota, besides lowa, Maine, New Ha: Vermont, Rhode Island, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, the Dakotas and Wyomng, while the big delegations of Iino Ohio and sylvania contain only two democrats the delegations from Massachu- selts and California but one democrat each, and the delegations from Kansas and Ne- brasKa but one populist e: , all the other members be’ng republicans Out of the thirty-four men composing the New York delegation, the biggest of all, only six are democrats, and those six come from New York city. On the other hand, the only solid democratic delegations are from Ar- kansas, Georgia, South Carolina, Mississippi and Louisiana. Both Virginia and Texas send one republican, and Colorado and Ala- bama one populist each. The Kentucky and Tennessee delegations are broken up about evenly between republicans and democrats, while Missourl sends ten republicans and five democrats, and North Carolina sends four republicans, three democrats and two populists. Only Six Populists. Populism seems to have been pretty well checked off, for there are only six populists in the new House, two coming from North Carolina and one each from Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and Alabama, whereas there were twelve in the last House. All the delegates from the territories are now republican, for the first time. Thirty contested election cases have been made up, and will be presented for the con- sideration of the House—four each from Alabama,South Carolina and Virginia, three each from Louisiana, North Carolina and New_York tw» each from Texas, Illinois and Kentucky, and one each from Georgia, Maryland and Missouri. Fifteen fresh Senators will be sworn in at the opening of the Senate. Eleven of these Jas, E. Watson, Indiana. are republicans, two are democrats, and two are populists. The republicans are Baker of Kansas, Geer of Iowa, Carter of Mon- tana, Thurston of Nebraska, Sewell of New Jersey, Wetmore of Rhode nd, Elkins of West Virginia, Warren and Clark of Wyom- ing, and Neison of Minnesota. Nevertheless the republicans will not have a majority without some further accessions. The democrats are Bacon of Georgia and Martin of Virginia, and the populists are Marion Butler of North Carolina and Ben. Tilman of South Carolina. Senators Gear, Carter, Sewell, Elkins, Warren, Clark and Nelson have been in Congress before—Sewell in the Senate and the others in the House— but the remainder are new to legislative ex- perience in Washington. ——~— A Relentles: From the New York Weekly. Mrs. Jimson (whispering)—"See that man? He's a lady Killer.” Mrs. Bilson—‘“‘Huh! He isn't handsome.” Mrs. Jimson—‘Oh, J don’t mean that kind. He's a regular killer, a murderer.” Mrs. Bilson—‘Ooo Mrs. Jimson—“Yes. He married a beauti- ful coquette, who treated him so heartlessly that he hes sworn eternal enmity to all wo- men. It's awful.” Mrs. Bilson—“‘But how does he kill?” Mrs. Jimson—‘He rides about in crowded street cars and whenever a lady gets in he jumps up and makes a bow and offers his seat quick as a wink. They always drop dead. Foe. ——__—- + e+ —____ Pence to His Ashes. From Texas Siftings. Not long since Gus de Smith took a stroll through the Dallas graveyard. When he came out of the graveyard he looked very serious. Gilhooly, meeting him, asked what was the matter. ‘Nothing. I was only thinking that the Dallas husband must light all the fires in the mornings.” ‘What makes you think so?” “Well, I see so many of them are burned to death. I noticed on three or four tomb- stones: “Peace to his ashes,’” WEBSTER AND CUBA Utterances That Have Application to the Present Situation. >—___. The Great Statesman's Answer to Austria i 0. ustria in i SOME PATRIOTIC WORDS Se The letter from Dantel Webster to Mr. Hvlsemann, charge d’affairs of Austria, re- ferred to in a recent issue of The Star, 1s in- teresting enough as bearing on the attitude of the government of the United States, in regard to the Cuban revolution, to excuse the reproduction of its principal features. The letter is under the State Department letter head of date December 21, 1850. In the opening of the letter Mr. Webster says: “The objects of Mr. Hulsemann’s note are, first, to protest, by order of his government, against the steps taken by. the late President of the United States to ascertain the prog- ress and probable result of the revolution- ury movements in Hungary; and, secondly, to complain of some expressions !n the in- structions of the late Secretary of State to Mr, A. Dudley Mann, a confidential agent of the United States, as communicated by Pres- ident Taylor to the Senate on the 28th of March last. “The principal ground of protest is found- ed on the idea, or in the allegation, that the government of the United States, by the mission of Mr. Mann and his instructions, has interfered in the domestic affairs of Austria in a manner unjust or disrespectful toward that power. The President's mes- sage was a communication made by him to the Senate, transmitting a correspondence ‘between the executive government and a confidential agent of Its own. This would seem to be Itself a domestic transaction, a mere incidence of intercourse between the President and the Senate, in the manner which is usual and indispensable in com- munications between the different branches of the government. It was not addressed either to Austria or Hungary; nor was {t a public manifesto, to which any foreign state was called on to reply. It was an account of its transactions communicated by the execu- tive government to the Senate, at the re- quest of that body; made public, indeed, but made public only because such is the com- mon and usual course of procedure. It may be regarded as somewhat strange, there- fore, that the Austrian cabinet did not per- ceive that, by the instructions given to Mr. Hulsemann, it was itself interfering with the acmesiic concerns of a foreign state, the very thing which is the ground of its com- plaint against the United States. He then proceeds to enlarge upon this Proposition and adds, after recapitulating Mr. Hulsemann’s note: “If Mr. Hulsemann saw, tn the address of the President to the diplomatic corps, satisfactory pledges of the sentiments and the policy of this government in regard to mutual rights and mutual duties, it might, perhaps, have been better not to bring on a discussion of past transactions, But the undersigned readily admits that this was a question fit only for the consideration and decision of Mr. Hulsemanm himself; and ‘uuthough the President ‘does not see that any good purpose can be answered by re- opening the inquiry into the propriety of the steps taken by Presktent Taylor to as- certain the probable issue of the late civil war in Hungary, justice to his memory re- quires the undersigned briefly to restate the history of those steps, and to show their consistency with the neutral policy which has invarlably guided the government of the United States in its foreign relations, as well as with the established and well- settled principles of national intercourse and the doctrines of public law. “The undersigned will first observe that the Prestdent is persuaded hls majesty, the Emperor of Austria, does not think that the government of the Untted States ought to view with unconcern the extraordinary events which have occurred not only in his dominions, but in many other parts of Eu- rope since February, 1848."" America’s Natural Sympnthien. After declaring the natural interest of a neutral power that the United States felt in the matter, he proceeds: “But the undersigned goes further, and freely admits that, in proportion as these extraordinary events appear to have their origin in those great ideas of responsible and popular governments. on which the merican constitutions themselves are whoily founded, they could not but com- mand the warm sympathy of the people of this country. “Well-known circumstances and their his- tory, indeed their whole history, have made them the representatives of purely popular principles of government. In this light they now stand before the world. They could not, if they would, conceal their char- acter, their conditions or their destinies, They could not, if they so desired, shut out from the view of mankind the causes which have placed them in so short a national career in the station which they now hold among the civilized states of the world. They could not, if they desired it, suppress either the thoughts or the hopes which arise in men’s minds, in other countries, from contemplating their successful exam- le of free government. That very intel- gent and distinguished personage, the Em- peror Joseph I], was among the first. to discern this necessary consequence of the American revolution on the sentiments and opinions of the people of Europe, In a letter to his minister in the Netherlands in 1787 he observes that ‘it is remarkable that France, by the assistance which she af- forded to the Americans, gave birth to reflections on freedom.’ ‘This fact, which the sagacity of that monarch perceived at so early a date, is now known and ad- mitted by intelligent powers all over the world. True, indeed it Is that the preva- lence on the other continent of sentiments favorable to republican liberty is the re- sult of the reaction of America upon Eu- rope, and the source and center of this re- action has doubtless been, and now fs, in these United States. “Tha position thus belonging to the United States is a fact as inseparable from their history, their constitutional organiza- tion and their character as the opposite po- sition of the powers composing the Euro- pean alliance is from the history and con- stitutional organization of the government of those powers. The sovereigns who form that alliance have not unfrequently felt it their right to interfere with the political movements of foreign states, and have, in their manifestos and declarations, denounc- ed the popular ideas of the age in terms so comprehensive as of necessity to include the United States, and their forms of gov- ernment. It is well known that one of the leading principles announced by the allied sovereigns, after the restoration of the Bourbons, is, that all popular or consti- tutional rights are holden no otherwise than as grants and indulgences from crowned heads. ‘Usefal and necessary changes in legislation and administration,’ says the Laybach circtilar ‘of May, 1821, ‘ought only to emanate ‘from the free will and intelligent conviction of those whom God has rendered responsible for power; all that deviates from this line neces- sarily leads to disorder, commotion and evils far more insufférablé than those which they pretend to remedy.’ And his late Austrian majesty, Francis I, is re- ported to have declared, in an address to the Hungarian diet, in 1820, that ‘the whole world had become foolish,’ and, leaving their ancient laws, were in search of im- aginary constitutions.’ ™ Sympathy for Revolutionists. Mr. Webster then speaks in terms of elo- quent enthusiasm: “The power of this republic at the pres- ent moment is spread over a region, one of the richest and most fertile on the globe, and of an extent in comparison with which the possessions of the house of Haps- burg are but as a patch on the earth's surface. Its population, already 25,000,000, will exceed that of the Austrian empire within the period during which it may be hoped that Mr. Hulsemann may yet remain in the honorable discharge of his duties to bis government. Its navigation and com- merce are hardly excecded by the oldes: and most commercial nations; its maritime means and its maritime power may be geen by Austria, fteclf, in all seas wher she has ports, as well as they may be seci. also in all quarters of the globa. Life. liberty, property and all personal rights are amp secured to all citizens, und protecte? by just and stable laws; and credit, public and private, is as well established as in any government of continental Europe; and the country in all its interests and concerns partakes most largely in all the tmprove- ments and progress which distinguish the age. Certainly the United States may be pardoned even by those who profess ad herence to the principles of absolute gov ernment if they entertain an ardent aff tlon for those popular forms of political organization which have so rapidly ad- vanced their own prosperity and happiness and enabled them in so short a period to bring their country and the hemisphere to which it belongs to the notice and respect- ful regard, not to say the admiration, of the civilized world. Nevertheless, the United States has abstained at all times from acts of interference with the political changes of the earth. They cannot, how- ever, fail to cherish always a lively inter- est in the fortunes of nations struggling for institutions like their own. But this sympathy, so far from being necessarily a hostile feeling toward any of the parties to these great national struggles, is quite con- sistent with amicable relations with them all. The Hungarian people are thre> or four times as numerous as the inhabitants of these United States were when the American revolution broke out. They pos- fess, in a distinct language, and in other respects, important elements of a separate nationality which the Anglo-Saxon race in this country did not possess; and if the United States wish success to countries contending for popular constitutions and national Independence it is only because they regard such constitutions and such rational independence not as imaginary,but as real blessings.” The Case of Hungary. The manner in which the attention of the President was called to the situation in Hungary by Mr. Stiles is recited: “In the course of the year 1848, and in the early part of the year 1849," Mr. Webster says, “‘a considerable number of Hungarians came to the United States. Among them were individuals representing themselves to be in the confidence of the revolutionary government, and by these persons the Pres- ident was strongly urged to recognize the existence of that government. In these ap- plications, and in the manner in which they were viewed by the President, there was nothing unusual; still less was there any- thing unauthorized by the law of nations. It is the right of every independent state to enter into friendly relations with every oth- er independent state. Of course, questions of prudence naturally arise in reference to new states, brought by successful revolu- tions into the family of nations; but it is not to be required of neutral powers that they should await for recognition of the new government by the parent state. No prin- ciple of public law has jeen more frequently acted upon, within the last thirty years, by the great powers of the world, than this. Within that period eight or ten new states have established independent governments within the limits of the colonial dominions of Spain, on this continent; and in Europe the same thing has been done by Belgium end Greece. The existence of all these gov- ernments was recognized by some of the leading powers of Europe as well as by the United States before it was acknowledged by the states from which they had sep- erated themselves. If, therefore, the United States had gone so far as formally to ac- knowledge the independence of Hungary, although as the result has proved, it would have been a precipitate step, and one from which no benefit would have resulted to either party; it would not, nevertheless, have been an act against the law of nations, provided they took no part in her contest with Austria.” Mr. Mann's Mission. ‘The object of Mr. Mann's mission fs fully explained, and the right of the United Ste tes to send such an agent is defended. Referring to Mr. Hulsemann’s statement that Mr. Mann might have been treated by Avstria as a spy, Mr. Webster says: Had the imperial government of Austria subjected Mr. Mann to the treatment of a spy it would have placed itseif without the pale of civilized nations; and the cabinet of Vienna may be assured that If it had car- ried or attempted to carry any such lawless purpose into effect, in case of an author- ized agent of this government, the spirit of the people of this country would have de- manded immediate hostilities to be waged by the utmost exertion of the power of the republic, military and naval.” In conclusion Mr. Webster 2 “Toward the conclusion of his note Mr. Hulsemann remarks that ‘if the govern- ment of the United States were to think it } proper to take an indirect part In the po- tical movements of Europe, American policy would be exposed to acts of retalia- tion, and to certain inconveaiences, which wculd rot fail to affect the commerce and {udustry of the two heznispheres.’ As to this possible fortune, this hypothetical re- taliation, the government and people of the United States are quite willing to take their chances and abide their destiny. Taking neither a direct nor an indirect part in the domestic or internecine movements of Eu- rope, they have no fear of events of the nature alluded to by Mr. Hulsemann. It would be idle now to discuss with Mr. Hulse- mann those acts of retaliation which he im- agines may possibly take place at some indefinite time hereafter. “Those questions will be discussed when they arise; and Mr. Hulsemann and the cabinet of Vienna ma¥ rest assured that in the meantime, while performing with strict and exact fidelity all their neutral duties, nothing will deter either the goy- ernment or the people of the United States from exercising, at their own discretion, the rights belonging to them as 1n inde- pendent nation, and of forming snd ex- pressing their own opinions upon the great political events which may transpire among the civilized nations of the earth. Their own Institutions stand upon the broadest principles of civil liberty, and believing those principles and the fundamental laws in which they are embodied to be eminent- ly favorable to the prosperity of states—to be in fact, the only principles of govern- ment which meet the demands of the pres- ent enlightened age—the President has per- ceived with great satisfaction that tn the constitution recently introduced into the Austrian empire many of those great prin- ciples are recognized and applied, and he cherishes a sincere wish that they may produce the same hap effects throughout his Austrian majesty’s extersive dominions as they have done in the United States.” Life In Washington, From th» Boston Transcript's Washington Letter. The absence of nerve-racking nolses fs a heavenly feature of this town. A New Yorker naturally feels, when he gets tc Washington, as if he had arrived at some peaceful hamlet, lke Flushing or Nyack- on-the-Hudson. He is also surprised to find how far his money goes. One groveling commercial creature declires that he never was rich but once in ais life, and that was when he was making $ month in Washington. He had everything he want- ed, he belonged to a swell club, dressed like a lord, had a Manhattan cocktail every morning, 2nd smoked Reina Regents cigars In an evil hour he accepted a place in New York at $7,000 a year—and he has deen on the ragged edge of pauperism ever since ~ eee The Army in 1900. From Judge. The -trim young female orderly ap- proached the captainess and saluted. The officer returned the salute. The orderly spoke: “Madam, Private Edith Netting has a headache this morning, and would like to have her breakfast in he: “Very well. Have it sent. =e A Patent Beer Dredge. How Herr Spiegelmyer Saved Time Between Drinks. From the Filegende Blaetter. THE KEELY MOTOR. A Marvel, but an Unsafe Investment— Some Experiences. From the Philadelphia Times. The publication in the New York letter in Sunday's Times of the fact that John Jacob Astor did not intend burying a por- tion of his millicns in the Keely motor mystery brought an approving smile yes- terday from a well-known Philadelphia newspaper editor and publisher, who is noted for his foresight and excellent judg- ment in financial matters. “Eighteen years ago,” he said, “I was invited to attend an exhibition of Keely’s marvelous force with a view of inducing me to make an invest- Ment of money in the enterprise. I took with me two well-known experts in phys- ics, one of whom was the gifted Professor George Barker of the University of Penn- sylvania. We saw what many others have seen since. A pint of water poured into a cylinder appeared to work incredible won- ders, the gauge showing a pressure of } 56,000 pounds to the square inch. “Great ropes were torn apart, iron bars were broken and byllets were discharged through twelve inches of plarking by a force that was invisible, and which the expert scientists with me tested in order to discover whether it could possibly have been produced by compressed air, elec- tricity, steam or gases of any kind. Upon that occasion I well remember that Keely said that within a very short time with one quart of water he would be able to send a train of cars from Philadelphia to San Francisco and back, ond that with one gallon of the same fluid he would drive a steamship from New York to Liverpool and return. After the exhibition I asked my two friends, the experts, whether or not the force demonstrated had been pro- duced by any of the four causes I have mentioned. They satd it had not. I asked them what was the power. They said they could not tell. The next day our friend, the publisher, walked into the cffice of the secretary of the Keely Motor Company, on Walnut street, and handed him a check for $500, with a request for ten shares of the stock of the corporation. A look of disappoint- ment crossed the official's face, and he re- marked that he thought the subscription would be larger. A Practical View. One hour later, in his office, the pub- lisher was visited by two of the.most influ- ential members of the board of directors, who said to him: “Were you not satisfied with last nighUs demonstration{” “Delighted,” was the reply. “Weil, we surely counted upon your sub- scribing for at least $25,000 worth of the stock,” said the visitors. “No,” said the newspaper man. “If all that Keely says is true, the $00 I've in- vested will In a few years be worth many millicns, and that will amply satisfy me for the investment. If Keely has what he claims every newspaper press, every sta- tionary engine, every street car, every loco- motive, everything that is now provided with steam power will be given force by the use of only a pint of ordinary water, and untold millions will accrue to those who have put their money into the inven- tion.” That was eighteen years ago, and steam ani electricity have not yet been sup- planted as motive powers. Shortly after this occurrence a brother- in-law of the publisher called upon him and begged him to arrange for an inspec- tion of the mysterious motor. To his rela- tive he said: “Don't go. If you do you will be fascinated. You will invest your money perhaps to a reckless extent, and yet there is nothing there to warrant any sensible business man buying the stock." The brother-in-law coaxed, promising that he would not put any of his money Into the scheme, explaining his curiosity by the fact that he was int ted in all mechanical devices. He vas superintendent of one of the largest print works in the world—a man of keen, shrewd judgment. He saw the motor. It was not supposed afterward that he had spent a penny upon it. A few years ago he died, and an examination of his personal estate disclosed the fact that the day after he had visited Keely’s work- shop in this city he had handed the secre tary of the company his check for $5,000. A Prediction Verified. One more incident. Shortly after the newspaper publisher referred to had made his investment in Keely stock he was visiting New York, staying at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. His name had been rumored about as a be- lever in the motor. One morning he re- ceived a card of a nephew of George F. Peabody. The visitor explained that he had noticed the arrival of the Philadel- phian in one of the morning newspapers; that he was going over to the Quaker city to examine the great myste and that he wanted the newspaper man’s opinion Cf it. The reply received wa: Jon’t go. It is certain to impress you as a marvel. Unless you are abler than most men you will be- lieve in it, and you will waste your mon: I do not say that it is a fraud; but I do say that Keely makes extrayazant prom- ises, none of which are ever fulfilled.” The visitor declared that he was pos- sessed of sufficient firmness of will not to be led into anything that cool judgment did not approve of. Now for the sequel. Eight years ago there was a row between the Philadelphia and New York stockhold- ers as to who should control the Keely Mo- tor Company, and at that time the Quaker city publisher made inquiry 2s to how much money, if any, his visitor at the Fitth Ave- nue Hotel of years before had invested in the stock of the corporation. The answer he received was: ‘Mr. Peabody has alto- gether purchased $80,000 of Keely motor stock.” What has become of all the mon That is 4 mighty difficult question to answer. Keely himself is a rough, rude, crude man, whose personal habits are not expensive. There is no doubt, however, that vast sums have been expended in useless machinery, devices and tools. Gne plece of mechanism, which cost $40,100, was paid for and immediately rejected by the inventor because he claimed there was a flaw in it. He thinks nothing of spending $20,000 for a piece of machinery, and a few Weeks afterward throwing it aside as use- less. In that queer-looking workshop of his on 20th street, above Master, he cer- tainly Goes perform the most marvelous things, but how he does it no one but him- self knows. I doubt if any one ever will. WORLD'S FAIR HOTELS. They Are Being Sold in Job Lots to Suit Customers, From the Chicago 1 Some of that class of structures in Chi- cago known as “world’s fair hotels” seem to have been destined to a peculiar fate. The better class of them are still in use, either as hotels, flat buildings or apartment houses. The cheapest of these structures have nearly all disappeared. With a few of them final disposition is a more difficult problem. These are too gcod to be sacri- ficed to make kindling wood and not good enough, either in design or construction, to une. attract tenants. Since the grand rush of exposition days they are deserted. One of them, which stands on a bushy south side thoroughfare, bears a big sign with this inscription r Sale—Doors,Windows, Win- :dow Sashes, with Weights, : Jambs, Casings, Laths and Piank- ting, and other Portions of this Building. Ta sold piecemeal. If one wishes to buy a window the sign invites the purchase. The man in charge of the building said he would rather sell the whole ‘thing, but he couldn't, and therefore he would sell as much of it as he cculd. “If some one wanted to buy the front di uld you sell it?” he was asked. Yep. “Would you leave the place open?” “No; board it up.”” Then a man, seedy lockirg and rubicund, who had been reading the big sign, shuflled | up to the salesman. “What'll you sell me a door knob for | “Den't you want the lock that goes with ; 1 got th’ rest.” , don't you want the other knob? here's two knobs to @ Goor.” “I jus’ want one.” “Well, you're a little too retail for me.” The chilly manner of the salesman re- pelled th2 rubicund man instantly, and he w ss sald the salesman, “it ain't o snap selling a hotel that's too good for kindling wood and ain't good enough for a notel nowadays.” | In cases where dandruff, sealp dl: and grayness of the hair’ ap) a them, but apply a proper remedy and tonic 1 Hall's Hair Renewer. CAUSED BY VAGOINATION From the Journal, Detroit, Mich, Every one in the vicinity of Meldrum avenue and Champlain street, it, knows Mrs, McDonald, and many a neighbor has reason to feel grateful to her for the kind and friendly interest she has mant- fested In cases of illness, ue is a kind-hearted friend, a natural nurse, and an intelligent and refined lady. ‘To a reporter she recently talked at some length about Dr. Willams’ Pink Pills, giving some very interesting Instances in her own immediate knowl- edge of marvelous cures, and the universal benefl- cence of the remedy to those who had used tt. “I have reason to know,” said Mra. McDonald, “something of the worth of this medicine, for it has been demonstrated in my own immediate fami- Jy. My daughter Kittle is attending high school, and has never been very strong since she began. I suppose she studies bard, and she hus quite a dis- tance to go every day. When the smallpox broke out all of the school children had to be vaccinated, I took her over to Dr. Jameson and he vaccinated her. I never saw such an arm in my life, and the doctor said he never did. She was broken out on her shoulders and back and-was just as sick as she could be. To add to it all neuralgia set in, and the poor child was in misery. She is naturally of @ nervous temperament and she suffered most aw- fully. Even after she recovered the neuraigia did not leave her. Stormy days or days that were damp or preceded a storm, she could not go out at all. She was pale and thin, and had no appetite. “I have forgotten just who told me about the Pink Pills, but I got some for her and they cured her right up. She has a nice color in her face, eats and sleeps well, goes to school every day, and ts weli aud strong in every particular, I have never heard of anything to build up the bleod to com- pare with Pink Pills. I stall always keep them in the house and recommend them to my neighbors."* Dr. Willams’ Pink Pills for Pale People are considered an unfailing specific in such diseases as locomotor ataxia, partial paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache, the after-effects of la grip, palpitation of the heart, pale and sallow compleatons, that tired feeling resu'ting from nervous prostration; all diseases resulting from vitiated huinors in the blood, such as scrofula, chronfe erysipelas, ete. They are also a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as suppressions, irregularities and all forms of weakness. In men they effect a radical cure in Lil cases arising from mental worry, over- work er excesses of whatever nature. Dr. Wil- Hams’ Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be sent post paid on receipt of price G0 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50—they are never sold in bulk or by the100)—by addressing Dr. Williams’ Medicine Schenectady, N. ¥. It THE § MARK. Why Should It Not Precede the Num- eral. From the St. Louls Republic. Did it ever strike you as being at all pe- culiar that we should use the dollar mark ($) before, instead of after the figures in ex pressing the sum of five, ten, twenty or any other number of dollars? We may say “twenty-five dollars” plain enough for any one to understand, but as soon as we put the expression into figures «nd characters it is “dollars twenty-five” ($25) instead of 25%, as it should be. Nor is this all that is peculiar in this connection: In every country which has a written language and a system of coinage the abbreviation for the unit of value precedes the figures. In England the pound mark (£) is used in the same manner that the dollar mark is used In this country, while the same peculiarity is no avle in Germany, where the abbreviation m. (for mark) appears preceding the number, jest as the French abbreviation fr. (for frar used In France. If the abbreviations are not legend is more apt to be corre. that in Mexico they have a 2 stead of “p. 242." as one might expec Newfoundland they have a plain two-doliar Piece. So, too, in France, where the ab- breviation is not used we find such pieces “10 fra: “20 franc: U In Germany they have a piece nm ¥ thaler,” which is all very plain, but the mo- ment a clerk, bookkeeper or other makes an entry or j down ™ dum he tells you that it is a ‘th. English pound sign, n is believed to be the oldest monetary ab’ey atioa now in use, is the old initial letter by which the Rom; + ¥ the u used the We find s” in- t the Ro always = “decem li and the initial iecter or character was vsed ays preceded the figures, thus “£10,” instead of the reverse. Thus the whole world have gotten in the habit of doing these things bachward ee A BARGAIN. stead of “pounds ten When th GETTING She Went to the Auction and Proceed= ed to Get Rattled. From the Ohio State Journal. ‘A lot of people were present at an auction sale of Japanese goods recently. “How much am J] bid for this exquisite vase?” asked the auctioneer, holding it above his head. “Five dollar: responded an elderly lady, sitting in one of the front seats. “That's a shame,” cried the man with the hammer. “This vase, as a work of art, is worth four times that sum. Why, look at t. Will an intelligent audience allow such a sacrifice?” “Six dollars,” came in the same woman’s voice. “Well, well, well! Can't you see that this is a treasure. and you stand here and allow it to be given away for such a paltry sum?” “Eight dollars.” Again it was the same bidder speaking. “Eight dollars! The very idea!” ejaculated the auctioneer. “I never saw the like. Come, what is the meaning of this? One of the mikado’s especial designs slighted in such a manner! It is a reflection on your ‘Nine dollars,”’ said the solitary bidder. It is too costly, too precious and too rare in pattern. Wake up, or I'll put it back in the bo: “Te " the “Well, it doesn’t scem as if I can get any more, so here it goes. Ten dollars—once, twice, three times! Sold to the lady there at that shameful figure The lady stepped up, paid for and re- ceived her parcel and departed, apparently without noticing the smiles of the audience, ee woman said. From Artist to Dairymatd. From the New York Evening World. One of the prettiest and most fashionably connected girls in town,an artist, has thrown up her paint brushes and gone into butter making. During the summer she has been experimenting with the family cows at their country plac She proved to be not only a captivating dairymaid, the costume proving becoming, but astonished her incredulous family by producing butter not only artistic in form, but irreproachable in flavor. She now proposes to go to one of the agricultural schools and learn the newest scientific pro- cess with a view of fitting herself for a posi- tion in some of the big dairies. cos Boston Frait. From the Somerville Journal. In a Boston restaurant: St. Louis Girl— “That's queer; I've looked this bill of fare all over and I can't find baked beans on it Sc Girl (suspiciously)—“Have you looked under the heading ‘Fruit hundreds of dol- RIE lars trying varl- ous remedies and physicians, none of which did me and good. My finger nails came off and my balr came out, leaving me perfectly bald. 1 then went Hot Springs ed treatment, “to try I com- after Thad taken cured—cured bY ened prings had the Disease and its Treatment mailed Wires, SWIFT SPEC { could get relief from a most hor- rible blood dis- ease I had spent this cele Hoping to be cui vi rat once, I was entirely when the failed. WMS LOOMIS, FIC CO., Atlanta, Ga.