Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, JULY 20, 1896-TWELVE PAGES IN POLITICAL CIRCLES A Pro Bryan Address Issued by Populists. ee PLATFORM PROPOSED AT ST. LOUIS Conferences Held on the Eve of the Two Conventions. OF DISAGREEMENT — POINTS ‘Thomas M. Patterson, chairman of the regular Colorado delegation to the populist convention, arrived at 3t. Louis yesterday, and with others immediately began a cru- sade in behalf of the nomination of Messrs. Bryan and Sewall by the populist con- vention. During the evening Mr. Patter- son and his coadjutors prepared and ts- sued an address in reply to Chairman Taubeneck’s appeal to maintain the au- tonomy of the party by taking a position against the nomination or indorsement of the democratic candidates. The address is in part as follows: “We agree with Chairman Taubeneck that the all-absorbing question with popr- lists is and should be, how can they assist in the speedy restoration of silver to its former place and at the same time main- tain and advance this party organization. We believe that the people's party is neces- gary to the country, and that should it be disbanded or become inconsequential for want,of numbers the money power would soon resume complete sway over both the oid parties and the masses be deprived of a protector from the greed of corporations, trusts and syndicates. t we emphatically disagree with him as to the means by which these ends ere to be secured. To nominate an independ- ent ticket. one In opposition as much to Bryan and Sewall as it would be to Mc- Kiniey and Hobart, would not only make it impossible to restore free coinage of silver during the lifettme of the younzest in the coming convention, but it would Frectically annihilate the people's party so far a3 followers are necessary to make @ party. The ‘leaders’ might hold fran- tically to the organization during the cam- Paign, but at its close they would find its followers in full fellowship with the democratic party, and having voted its ticket under the name and emblem of that party. if Bryan should be elected, they would find ilttle obstacle to continuing with it. “Instead of nominating others, the popu- lists’ convention should nominate, not ‘in- dorse,” Bryan and Sewall. The conven- tion should make these two men its own Rominees—the party nominees. I should adopt its own platform of principies and Place them upon it as their cholee for President and Vice President. “The proposition of Mr. Taubeneck that whenever one party indorses the national ucket of another it has ‘no further use to exist” is wholly without precedent to sus- tain 1 “It strange logic, indeed, that the peo- ples party must die because it does right: that it must die beoause it is great and magnanimeus and patriotic enough to go ontside of its own ranks for a presiden-ial cinditate for one who, though not a popu- list in name, is in deepest sympathy with it, and for its most cherished and vital Measures to remove a great and blightmg curse from the country. > “Why will the nomination of Bryan and Sewall by the populist convention render it impossible for populists to make a fight for their local tickets, as Mr. Taubeneck claims? Where they are running populist tickets without fusion with either party the nomination of Bryan and Sewall by thetr national convention must strengthen them with the pecple. It is true that in states where fusion has been made with the republican gold standard party for the sake of the local spoils, the plans may be somewhat marred, but no true populist can be any less a populist through such action, and it can cause no populist candidate to lose a vote. “Why should the popu'ist press disap- pear if Bryan fs nominated? The proposed action, if taken by the populist convention, will add strength and influence to every populist paper in the land. The populist party press will then stand for principle indeed, and as a grateful and discriminat- ing American people are brought to un- derstand the patriotic action taken for their sake by the populists’ national con- vention the populist press will grow in favor and mzasure of prosperity. “It is true that should the democratic party be successful, the populists might not be in a position ‘to demand’ appcintments to office from President Bryan. But who can doubt his sense of justice and recogni- tion of obligation for patriotic duty well done by members of the people's party.” BRYAN W GIVE NO PLEDGE: infement to the Populists at St. Louis. ‘There was a meeting at the Lindell Hotel, St. Louis, iast night in the interest of Bry- an, Chairman Jones of the democratic na- tional committee vas met at the station by Senator Stewart of Nevada, Gov. Stone of Missouri, M. C. Wetmore of St. Louls and John F. Martin, who was sergeant-at-arms ot the democratic convention. The party drove to the Planters’ Hotel, where a short conference was held. Gov. Stone informed Senator Jones as to the situation, saying that the populists were willing to indorse Bryan if they could be assured that they would not be discriminated against. Later Senator Jones atterded a meeting of the Bryan men at the Bryan headquar- ter# In the Lindell. About sixty men were Present, and quite a large number of states were represented, among them being Mis- souri, Maryland, California, Kansas, Ne- braska, Nevada, Colorado, Utaa, Oklahoma, Towa and Washington. At this conference Gen. J. B. Weaver of Iowa was chosen temporary chairman and Fred L. Bailey of Oklahoma, Mr. Merritt of Nebraska and Mr. Young of Kansas, secretaries. It was decided to push the Eryan movement with vigor, either for a nomination or an in- dorsement. Senator Jones was asked as to what the Topulists could expect in the way of recog- nition in cage Bryan should be indorsed hy the populist party. Senator Jones re- plied that in the event of Mr. Bryan's elec- tion to the presidency he would know no party ard would recognize all those who would rally to his support. Populists were not to be looked upon as step children. The recognition of all stlver men would be equal. This announcement was received with applause by the Bryan popullsts Present. Senator Jones made further observations about this year’s campaign teing a fight by all the people for the people, and that no small differences should stand in the way of united action. He also urged them te organize as the silver forces organized in Chicago. Both of these statements were received with applause. Afterward Senators Jones and Stewart had a conference with Senator Butle~ of North Carolina and urged him to use his influence with southern delegates to support Bryan, as it was from these del- exates that the principal opposition to Bryan came. It was stated in the meeting that Mr. Bryan hed formally declined to make any specific pledges. notwithstanding hé had been importuned to do so. Those of the delegates present who had seen him since his nomination at Chicago stated that Mr. Bryan had said to them that the populists must trust him, es he propcsed to trust them, but that under no circumstances would he make any promise of appoint- ments of any character to men of any party. ‘There were twenty-two states represent- ed in the m wa and while all those pres- ent were not Able to pledge their entire delegations, all spoke hopefully of the out- cok. Committees were appointed to look after all the details cf the organization, end an adjournment was taken until today. WASHBURNE VISITS BRYAN. The Eastern Populist Leader Goes to Lincoln, Neb. Mr. George E. Washburne of Boston Mass., chairman of the eastern division of the populist party, returned to St. Louis last night from Lincoln, Neb., where he went to pay a visit to Mr. Bryan. Mr. ‘Washburne declined to reveal the purpose of his cail upon the democratic candidate, or to enter into the details of his inter- vaew with that gentleman. There is no doubt, however, that the object of the visit was to, if possible, reach an under- standing with Mr. Bryan which would render it consistent for the populist con- vention to accept him as its presidential candidate. Mr. Washburne returned with @ very excellent impression of the demo- cratic nominee, and anxious that his party should see its way clear to indorse Mr. Bryan. Discussing the general situation, Mr. Washburne said: “This is the first cpportunity the Ameri- can people have had to render their ver- dict upen the relative merits of the single gold standard and bimetallism at the ratio of 16 to 1. We have long urged this con- test upon the money question. The two forces are preparing for the greatest con- flict since the war. The advocates of the single gold star.dard are united on one side, and It will be a crime for the silver forces to divide on the other. The success of the principles we espouse fs of far greater im- portance than party advantage or individ- ual advancement. We must mect the issue; it i3 a patriotic duty. We must rise above partisanship to a higher place for our country’s good. For a year we have advo- cated a urion of the silver forces. I still adhere to that plan. To unite means suc- cess; to divide, it invites defeat. - “Mr. Bryan indorsed the populists in Ne- braska. It is our plain duty to stand by him now. It is far bet:er for us to win on two or three of our principles than to suf- fer constant defeat on them all. Mr. Bryan represents the highest type of American citizenship. He is a man of the people, able, honest, sincere and true, and believes thoroughly in the leadirg principles we ad- vocate. The Chicago platform, while it does not go as far as we should like, is a long stride in our direction, and ts so radi- cal a departure that the democrat goid bugs openly call it a populist platform, and Mr. Bryan a populist candidate. Now, if this be true, why should we Join with thse gold bugs in refusing to support candidates and platforms of our way DISAGREEING POPULISTS, The Subject in the Unqualified In- dorsement of Bryan. Some of the anti-Bryan populists held a secret meeting in Chairman Taubeneck’s room at the Lindell, St. Louis, last night. Among those present were Ignatius Donnel- ly of Minnesota, “Cyclone” Davis of Texas, W.McDowell of Arkansas and others. They discussed the situation behind closed doors and under strict Injunctions of secrecy for hours. At midnight the meeting was still in session. Those who emerged from the room while the meeting was in progress ab- solutely declined to talk. As McDowell left he met Mr. Patterson of Colorado, and in the course of a brief conversation, sald that while it was possi- ble for the democrats and populists to get together, the democrats must meet them half wa “We must maintain the identity of our organization,” he said. “If you refuse to accept this opportunity to join the democrats in the restoration of silver,” replied Mr. Patterson emphati- cally, “the object for which we have been fighting, you need not worry about the identity of the party. There will be no party. You'll have no following. The indi- vidual populists will desert you as rats de- sert a sinking ship.” SILVER MEN FOR BRYAN. An Address Issued by Senator Teller and Others. A conference of silver men was held at Manitou, Col., Saturday night. They dis- cussed the best means of uniting all the silver forces. Among those present were Senators Tell- er of Colorado, Mantle of Montana, Petti- grew of South Dakota and Dubois of Ida- ho, Representative Hartman of Montana, Wilson of Idaho, Burchinel of West Vir- ginia, Shafroth of Colorado and A. M. Ste- venson of Denver. Senator Teller submitted a draft of an address to the people which he had pre- pared, and Senator Dubois also offered some additional suggestions. The address unequivocally indorses Bry- an and Sewall, giving in detail their rea- sons therefor, and outlining what they be- leve to be the best line of campaign for the silver forces. They each expressed the hope that the populist convention at St. Louis, as well as the silver convention, will Indorse the nom- inee of the Chicago convention. TELLER TO BRYAN. The Colorado Senator Willing to Go om the Stump. That William J. Bryan will receive the support of Henry M. Teller of Colorado there can no longer be any doubt. Mr. Bryan Saturday received @ letter from Senator Teller, in which he assured him that he would support him in his race for President. The letter received reads as follows: “Denver, Colo., July 18, 1896. “Hon. W. J. Bryan, Lincoln, Neb. “Dear sir—I congratulate you on your nomination at Chicago. I think the coun- try is to be congratulated also. I need not assure you that your nomination was more than satisfactory to me. I think we shall be abie to consolidate all the friends of free silver !n your support, and if we do this, I believe you will be elected, although I do not overlook the tremendous power that will be put against us in this cam- paign. All the power of money and organ- ized weatlh, corporaticns and monopolies of all kinds will be against us. Justice is on our side and this is the cause of the people. It is a contest for industrial in- dependence and for freedom from the dom- ination of foreign powers and foreign cap- italists and it does not seem possible that in such a contest before the American peo- ple that justice should fail and wrong pr vail. I do not believe we shall fail. I thin! I can promise you the cordial support of the western silver men who have hereto- fore acted with the republican party and if you get that I think all of the western coast and inter-mountain states will be with you. I will not offer any suggestions to you save to advise you that as you were rominated without pledges of favor or privilege to any one that you maintain that position and make no pledges cr promises, so that you may go into the great office of President of the United States without the embarrassment that follows pledges and promises even {f they are such as may be properly carried out. It will afford me pleasure to place myeelf at the disposal of the national committee to make speeches in your behalf as my health will . permit, where and when they think I may do good. “I am very respectfully, “H. M. TELLER.” POPULIST PLATFORM. Demands as to the Currency and the Tari The “middle of the road” populists at St. Louts have a platform prepared which was drawn up by Mr. Alfred Daggett of California, which they will support and under which they will attempt to nominate a straightout populist for the presidency. The financial and tariff planks are: “First. We demand a rational currency, safe, sound and flexible, issued by the gen- eral government, as a ful legal tender for all debts, public and privatc, and such na- uonal currency should be issued by the general government without the interven- tion of any national bank, and without the agency of any financial or other corpora- tion whatever. “Second. We believe that the United States is In fact a free and independent nation and that its freedom and the finan- cial and industrial liberty of ite citizens should not be made to depend upon the financial whim, caprice or avarice of any foreign nation, and therefore we demand the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver by the government of the United States at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without reference to the action or finan- clal course of any foreign nation. “Third. We Cemand that the laws au- thorizing the incorporation of nattonal banks be absolutely and unconditionally repealed, and that all national banks and the national banking system now in vogue be abolished. “Fourth. We demand that Congress en- act a law which shall declare that all con- tracts, obligations and judgments of every kind and character requiring the payment of money shall be payable at the option of the debtor, in gold or silver coin or other lawful currency of the United States, and that such law shall declare that every pro- vision Inserted in or made a part of any such contract, obligation or judgment which requires the debtor to pay the money due thereunder in any specified kind of coin or currency shall be null and void; and the court in which suit may be brought to obtain judgment in such con- tract, obligation or judgment shall adjudge the proviso which requires the debtor to pay the sum due thereunder in any speci- fied kind of coin or currency, to be nul! and _ void. “Fifth. We demand that the amount of circulation medium be speedily increased to not less tnan $50 per capita of the popu- lation. Postal Savings Banks. “Sixth. We demand that the govern- ment establish a system of postal savings banka in each city, town, village and ham- let of the United States which contains a population of 1,000 or more, and that the people be permitted to deposit their money for safe keeping In such postal savings banks, and that the government carry on the business of the transmitting money from one point to another through the me- dium of postal bills of exchange issued by authority of the government through said postal savings banks. “Seventh. We demand that a law be passed by Congress authorizing the gov- ernment to loan to citizens of the United States, but-not to allens or to corpora- tions, money on all lund and property to the extent of two-thirds of the assessed value of said land, property, which said loans shall be secured by mortgage to the &cvernment and should be made for periods of not leas than five years nor more than ien years to any one citizen upon rate of interest not to exceed 2 per cent per an- num. “Eighth. We demand that a law be pas: ed by Congress authorizing the govern- ment to loan money to municipal corpora- tions in the various states for the pur- Pose of public improvement, to the extent of one-third of the assessed valuation of the taxable property in such municipal corporation, and the rate of interest charg- ed should not exceed the actual cost of Is- sulng the loan, and all loans so made should be paid to the government by the municipal corporation receiving the loan in annual installmerts, each installment not to exceed 4 per cent of the sum loan- Tarif. “We recognize that the government must have r2venue with which to pay the ex- benses thereof, but in view of the constant agitation of the questions involved in tariff legislation and the unsettled condition of business brought about such agitation, we demand that Congress pass a law providing fcr a non-partisan tariff commission, in which commission all the laboring, manu- facturing, agricultural and mining {ndus- tries of the country shall be represented, the members of which commission shall be selected from the different states of ths Union; that said commission shall collect all the facts and data as to the operation of the various laws passed on the subject of tariff and shaB annually report ihe same to Congress for its information, to the end that Congress may have authentic knowl- edge as to the operation of sald tariff laws, so that the same may be, from time to time, amended in the interest of justic alike to the manufacturer, the agricultu ist, the miner and the American laborer, 80 that Its protective features, if any, shall extend to the whole body of American in- dustry. And we demand that all tariff legislation be so framed and enforced as to prevent the formation of trusts and other ccmbinations, which for their own profit reduce the wages of the producer and en- hance the price of the product to the con- sumer.” Government Ownership of Railroads. The platform demands that the govern- ment own and operate the railroads, es- tablish and maintain schools in which the American youth shall be taught the science of railroad building, equipment and trans- portation; that it own and operate the tele- xraph and telephore systems, they to be a part of the postal department. It demands that the government at once hulld the Nicaragua canal and operate It. That the people should have the right, through the initiative and referendum, to declare their will on all questions touch- ing the domestic and financial policy of the government and on all questions pertaining to national and international improvements and treaties with foreign nations. That the President and Vice President be elected by the direct vote of the whole people, United States Senators to be chosen in_the same way. That women should have the right to vote. That tax. That land should not be owned for specu- lative purposes, and that all aliens, resi- dent and non-resident, be prohibited from owning any land In this country. To prevent and destroy “land monopoly” there should be a graduated land tax. That every enterprise of public utility which requires the ald of the sovereign power of eminent domain or taxation should be owned and controlled by the govern- ment. That Congress should pass an effective law against foreign immigfation, and such law should be rigidly enforced to the ex- clusion of all foreign immigration which directly or indirectly competes with the American laborer, and to accomplish this end a per capita tax 1s favored. That the Monroe doctrine should be en- forced. Sympathy is extended to Cuba. Government Bond Issues Denounced. The issuance of government bonds is de- nounced as unconstitutional in law and vicious and unjust in morals; interest-bear- ing bonds should not be issued except by act of Congress. Opposition to the Pacific ratlroad funding bill is expressed, and the demand is made that the government proceed to enforce the collection of all debts, principal and in- terest, due from the Pacific railroad com- panies. Liberal pensions to ex-Union sol- diers are favored. The platform concludes thus: “‘Belleving that the maladministration of this govern- ment during the last twenty-three years has produced and brought about a degree of financial and industrial distress to the American people greater than has ever been known in the history of the republic prior to 1873, and believing that the maladmin- istration of the government has arisen from a disregard of the principles enunciated in the foregoing platform, and being firmly convinced that the observance of these prin- ciples and the accomplishment of the re- forms hereinbefore demanded will pre- serve our institutions and make this truly ‘a government of the people, by the people and for the people,’ we earnestly invite the voters of the United States, without respect to former party affiliation, to unite with us in the coming election, and by the ballot en- graft the foregoing principles upon the ad- ministration of the government and accom- plis’ the reforms which we have hereinbe- fére demanded.” —_—+0-— Bernhardt Foreswe From the London Spectator. Sarah Bernhardt has tabooed diamonds; she says they dull the luster of the eye, deaden the whiteness of the teeth, and spoil the complexion—but give the charm- euse pearls, ropes of pearls to crown her red-gold hair, to twine about her willowy waist; for, like many other beautiful wo- men, she loves their milky luster. Queen Marguerite of Italy wears chaplets of them; they are becoming alike to blonde and brunette, and the Parisian Diamond Company have wisely deemed that an iml- tation of this seductive jewel could not be carried to too great perfection. Their orient pearls are the acme of beauty, not only as to Imitation, but as to mounting. The daintiest little dlamond clasps, the most cunning devices of the jeweler’s art, are displayed in the wonderful variety of their designs. No girdle is comparable to a gir- dle of pearls, and one only wonders that it is not oftener used for wedding gowns, for the mating of white satin and pearls is charming. If diamonds extinguish the whole gamut of blondes, it cannot be said that pearls are unsuited to brunettes, many of whom look far lovelier bedecked with the soft sheen of pearls than with the hard rays of diamonds. Black pearls, pear- shaped pearls, look regal combined with diamonds, and I have seen some of the Parisian Diamond Company's stomacher brooches in lovely Rennalssance designs with pearl, pear-shaped drops or tran: parently set ribbon bows of diamonds that might have nestled in the perfumed Valen- ctennes of a Louis Seize bodice. S ———_+ee___ Harder Than Diamond. M. Moissan, a French scientist, has dis- covered @ substance harder than diamond, in. the form of a compound of carbon and boron, produced by heating boracic acid and carbon in an electric furnace at a tem- perature of 5,000 degrees. This compound is black, and not unlike graphite in appear- ance, and it appears likely to supersede dia- monds for boring rocks, cutting glass and other industrial purposes. It will even cut diamonds without difficulty, and can be produced of any required size, there should be a graduated income Diamonds. SOUTHER RATE WAR aD ny Seaboard Officials Say They Intend to Stay inthe Fight. ——re- THE LaTisY GUT MAY BE MET Postmaster General Wilson's Order About Raifroad Mails. VARIOUS ENTERPRISES ‘The Southern States Freight Assoctation, of which the Southern rallway and al other railroad lines in the south, except the Sea- board, are members, having, within the past day or so given permission to its mem- bers to meet the cut of the Seaboard in pas- senger rates, the association having charge of passenger matters as well as freight, the rate war may be said to have com- mencea in earnest. Some idea of the re- duction may be formed from the fact that @ passenger can now go from New York to Atlanta for $15, between which points a week ago the fare was $24. The Seaboard Beople, most of whose general officers have gene to New York for the purpose of direct- ing the fight, are making almost super- human efforts to induce the steamer lines from Boston, Providence, New York and Philadelphia to southern points to rescind their repudiation of the Seaboard’s new freight tariff, and their refusal to handle any freight under the same. In the Fight to Stay. Before leaving for New York Traffic Man- ager Glover sald: “We are fn this fight to stay until the end. We were forced into this position by the action of the Southern rail- way, and if we find that our rates are met we will still further reduce them. We do not underrate the strength of our adver- sary, but we oppose to the millions of their bankers the sturdy, unwavering loyalty of the merchants, shippers, farmers, manu- facturers, the producers and the plain peo- ple of Virginia, the Carolinas, Georgia, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida and all territory tributary to our line, all of whom are as much interested, and will be as vitally affected by the out: come of this struggle, as ourselves. The battles we are fighting are theirs as well as our own, and thrice-favored we consider ourselves to be, because our cause 1s just. We hope to secure the boon of free scope and action in our dealings with a public we are striving for, and in so doing to defeat the schemes of a corporation desirous o* bringing the entire south under its exclust control. With popular sentiment and sym- pathy in our favor, we must win. It will be a sad day for the south if by any possible chance it should ever find itself at the mercy of one corporation and subject to its undis- puted sway. We anticipate no such re- sults, for truth Is mighty and will prevail. Under no circumstances will we abandon the ship, and should the result be different than that anticipated, which seems impos- sible, we will go down with drums beating and colors flying.” The Southern to Meet the Cut. Regarding the action of the Seaboard, Vice President Baldwin of the Southern, who Saturday went to North Carolina to spend Sunday with his family, said the cut would be taken care of? Commissioner Haines of the Southern States Freight Association has called a meeting of the executive board of the as- sociation for Tuesday, in Atlanta, and it is supposed the standard tariff will be main- tained until after that date. The Railroad Mall Question. A meeting of generat-managers, at which nearly all the big railrcads of ‘he country were represented, was held in Chicago Fri- day, and after a fill discussion of the re- cent order of Postmaster General Wilson in reference to the earrying of ratlway mail, it was agreed to submit the following proposition to that official as a compro- mise: First—Each of the railroad companies will agree that they will not handle the mail of any other railroad company unless such mail is being transported under the auspices of the Post Office Department, the same as any private mail. Second—That any mail they have that is intended for points on the line of other railroads they wiil gladly forward through the Post Office Department. Third—That all they ask Is to be allowed to transport mail free of charge between the officers and employes of each individual company that pertains to the business of that company. A rallroad official, in speaking of this matter, said: “The railroad companies think that there is nothing but plain justice in allowing them this privilege. It will en- tail an expense of thousands of dollars daily, in the aggregate upon all the rail- roads if the order of the Post Office De- partment is carried out to the ietter, and they feel that they have had enough trouble of their own already without the addition of this new menace to their net earnings. “It does seem that their proposition is reasonable enough, but as to how it will be received by the post office authorities no one as yet knows. The indications are, however, that the order of the Postmaster General will, for the present, at least, be enforced. What has aroused the govern- ment particularly ts the system of railroad exchanges or post offices established by the railroad compantes in the more tmpor- tant cities, by which a thorough system of mail service has grown up, in virtual com- petition with the Post Office Department.” To Make the Post Office Pay. A post office official, in referring to the matter, sald: “While the railroad compa- nies have made no secret whatever of the manner in which they were handling rail- road mail generally, the government, ::ever- theless, wished to make a full investiga- tion of the matter in order to arrive at some definite understanding of the loss in postal revenue that was entalled by the practice in vogue in the railway service. The post office branch of the government has been laboring under many diffizuities, and as a result of its operations there is a detictt every year of $4,000,000 and upward. While Mr. Wilson has had charge of the depagtment he has given much of his time to devising means by which the postal branch of the service could be made scelf- sustaining, and his recent order relative to railroad mail is one of the results of the canvass of the situation instituted by him. It {3 understood in government circles that if the order of the Postmaster General ts put into effect there will be no more de- fictts in the department's annual budget. “There has been no desire on the part of the government to take snap judgment on the railroad companies, and for that reason government inspectors ‘and other subordi- nates throughout the country were allowed to understand tacitly that the railroads were to be given ample time to put them- selves In shape for the new order of things, and until they had sufficient time to do so, no cases were to be wade against their officers or employes.” The Chicago Exchange Closed. One of the effects atready produced by the order of the Postmaster General has been the closing of the Chicago Railroad Exchange, which for fifteen years past has acted as distributmg agent for railroad mail sent without being stamped and with- out passing through the: post office. It is expected that urider the Postmaster General's ruling, which also has the in- dorsement of theAttorney General, an enormous amount of mail will be diverted from this channel into the regular United States mails. It is stated that the Pullman Palace Car Company hos been in the habit of sending mail for division officers and for conductors in bags which are carried in the sleeping cers. Many of the railroads have already announced that if they are not allowed to carry mail for their own benefit they will refuse to haul tbat of the Pullman Palace Car Company. The Postmaster General has instructed the inspectors in the Pcst Office Depart- ment to keep a sharp lookout to see that this order is not violated. Improvements by the Pennsylvania. The enterprise of the officials of the Pennsylvania road is shown alike in good and dull times, and the plans made for the immediate future indicate that improve- ment is the constant aim in the conduct of the affairs of this great railway. After business begins to reach normal propor- lions the improvements under way will be pushed as fast as possible, and still greater improvements will be undertaken. There will be a number of curves taken out of the Pittsburg division and some of the Mines will be reduced. On the lines west millions of dollars will be spent before the company is satisfied with the condition of the property. The Pan Handle will be look- ed after and preparations made to handle the rapidly growiag business of that road with greater economy and expediency. The grades on this line can be reduced consid- erably and by means of interlocking switches and improvements in yards it will be porstble to reduce the running time of through passenger trains from one to three hours. A number of new bridges and sta- tion buildings are needed, and they will be Provided as soon as the financial condition of the road will justify the expense. It has been estimated that contracts are about to be let by the different trunk lines of the country for large numbers of new box cars, the total number of which will reach 10,000. These cars will require at least 160,000,000 pounds of iron and steel and hundreds of thousands of feet of lum- ber, and will cost close on to $7,000,000. More than 60,000,000 of wire nails of dif- ferent sizes will be used In building them, and to paint them will require enough maint to fill several large reservoirs. If conditions favored the prosperity of the railroads so that the improverments needed could be ordered all other kinds of busi- ness would be sure to flourish. Widening Narrow Gauge. The Plant system, which owns the Charleston and Savannah, the Savannah, Florida and Western, the South Florida, the Brunswick and Western and the Florida Southern railroads, has just changed the gauge of the latter, which extends from Pilatka to Lakeland, in Florida, a distance of two hundred miles. The road had been a narrow gauge aince its completion, some years ago. It was a competing line to other lines of the Plant system, but {t was sold under a de- cree of the court, and was bought by H. B. Plant and his associates, to become a part of the Plant system. The gauge was changed July 11, and on the same day the gauge of the St. John and Lake Eustis rail- road, another branch of the Plant system, was changed to a standard gauge road. These are practically the last of the south- ern roads to be changed from narrow to standard gauge. ‘The railroad commissioners of Massachu- setts have denied the petition of the Peo- ple’s Steamboat Company of Fall River for leave to run Sunday excursions, and at the same time they have limited the running of steamboats by the Providence, Fall River and Newport Steamboat Company on Sun- days to two each way, and these must only carry regular passengers. The petitioners were opposed before the board by the Sun- day Protective League of Massachusetts and a large number of the prominent di- vines of the commonwealth. Railroad Personalities. The Pennsylvania system has appointed E. A. Dawson, manager of the Star Union line, to succeed D. S. Gray, who for some time has been the Pennsylvania's repre- sentative on the board of mapagers of the Joint Traffic Association. Mr. Dawson has been the western superintendent of the Union line, and will be succeeded in that position by the transfer of C. W. Forrester, xeneral southern agent of the line from Louisville to Chicago. M. M. Hurley has been appointed general southern agent at Louisville. W. P. Elder has been appointed traveling freight agent for the Central Ohio and Mid- land divisions of the Baltimore and Ohio, with headquarters in Columbus. Mr. Elder takes the place of E. P. Snively, who was appointed by E. T. Applech, western coal and coke agent, as his secretary. Mr. M. Nicholson, who was formerly city ergineer of Knoxville, Tenn., has been ap- pointed engineer in charge of the Chatra- nooga Union railway. His reports will be made to Chief Engineer Hudson of the Scuthern Railway Company. General Freight Agent F. C. Dunbeck of the Chesapeake and Ohio and Southwestern Railroad Company has resigned to take ef- fect on the Ist proximo. New Enterprises. It ts understook thai an electric railroad, eighty miles lon—to connect Kansas City, Leavenworth, Atchison and St. Joseph— will be constructed in the near future by the Missourl, Kansas and Texas Trust Com- pany. A representative of the company has been at work for some time securing the necessary franchises. It is said the only serious obstacle is securing a franchise out of Kansas City. It is said that the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company will spend $500,000 in improving its terminal facilities at Cleve- jand, a part of which will be used to re- place its antiquated passenger depot at that point with a modern structure. There is a rumor that when the Marietta and North Georgia road, which is to be operated under the auspices of the South- ern, is taken out of the hands of receivers and reorganized. many improvements will be made to the property. The first move made by the new owners after the reorgan- ization will be to extend the line into At- lenta. When this work is completed the road will have as its terminals Knoxville end Atlanta. ge A Young Horse Trainer. From the Philadelphia Record. Perhaps Lexington has the youngest trainer in the world who has complete con- trol of a stable of trotting horses. This young man is Raymond Snedaker, son of Theodore Snedaker, who at one time was trainer at W. C. France & Son's Highland Farm, and who brought out the famous stallion Ralph Wilkes, 2.06 3-4, and drove him to his first standard record as a two- year-old. Young Snedaker is quite apt with the reins and exercises judgment on the track that would be a credit to drivers @ score of years his senior, and should he make training a profession he will somo day rank high among the knights of the sulky. In his charge are Chaterer, by Dic- tator, dam by Red Wilkes; William Tell, by William L., dam by Hambletonian, 10, that he has driven a mile in 2.24; the bay horse Panic, 5, by a son of Lumps; Orell, bay colt, 3, by Chaterer, and Albert, a three-year-old by Empire Wilkes. Young Snedaker is now fourteen years of age, and his first experience with horses was in the summer and fall of 1894, when he broke the celebrated Bingen, 2.19 3-4, and drove him @ quarter as a yearling in 36 1-2 seconds and a full mile in 2.49. —_——__-e-_____ The “Cowboy” Drill, From the Portland Oregonian. A novel method of perforating iron plates is reported from Salt Lake City. The city is being supplied with electricity for light- ing and power generated fourteen miles away in the Big Cottonwood canyon. It was found recessary for the purpose of pipe connections to cut four forty-eight- inch openings in the seven-foot penstock, the plates of which were half an inch thick. The workmen began to cut with cepe chisels, but the progress made was too exasperatingly slow for the engineer of the works, R. M. Jones, who is known throug. out tha west as the “cowboy engineer. Mr. Jones took up his rifle and, using steel bullets cased with copper, shot a line of holes through the plates from a distance of about thirty feet. The intervening edges were afterward easily cut out, and in a very short time the job was finished. ————+e+____ Influence of Perfumes on Character. From Tid-Bits. - Essence of peppermint, according to a French writer on perfumery, is the specific for the development of the mercantile in- stinct. Business men, therefore, will do well to see that their handkerchiefs are properly saturated with it during business hours. Essence of magnolia moves him who sniffs it to warlike passions. Caution in its use is, therefore, to be recommended. The scent of the violet, we are not sur- prised to learn, produces a spirit of placid devotion. The lily, however, makes for the obstinacy of the most obstinate of Orlean- ists. We are grieved to hear it. Extract of cloves transforms the milk of honest thought into the rankest poison. How true! Did not Boulangiem adopt the red carnation as its symbol? Essence of bergamot changes the frivo- lous spirit into the profound and meditative thinker, while vervain has the merit of in- stilling artistic ideas. But the king among perfumes is without dcubt ambergris. Be. fore afnbergris we must all bow down, for it is the divine essence on which alone genius may be nurtured. The one thing we should like to know is the particular dose of ambergris that gave birth to this most ingenious system, Blackwell’s Genuine BULL DURHAM ‘Fou will Sind one coupon inside each 2 ounce bag and two coupons inside each 4 ounce bag. ‘Buy & bag, read the coupon and see how to get your share of $230,000 in presents. AN UNFORTUNATE CANDIDATE. Mixsed a Seat im the United States jenate Through Four Acciden| From Harper's Weekly. No candidate ever came nearer the United States senatorship and 18%t than Mr. Wal- ter Denegre of Louisiana, who was defeat- ed for that position the other day by ex- Gov. 8. D. McEnery. Mr. Denegre was an Independent democratic candidate, support- ed by those who demand a new and honest election law, a constitutional convention and a reform in existing abuses. Sterting with 30 votes for Senator, he reached 40 votes on May 28. The election of Senator was expected on the next day, and it seem- ed certain that Mr. Denegre would win, and three times on that day he was within an inch of election. It required 67 votes to elect. Mr. Denegre got 66 votes. His sixty-seventh man, Rep- resentative Fauria of St. Tammany, who wanted to vote for him, was a little late, but ought to have reached the state house in time. The opposition, however, put every obstacle in his way, obstructed the entrance to the assembly hall, and Fauria got there just too late to vote. Just be- fore the vote was announced Representa- tive Trosclair of Lafourche changed to Denegre, giving him a majority, but the | V speaker failed to catch his eye or to hear him, and the result was announced as only 66 votes for Denegre. A second ballot was demanded, when Denegre was assured of 72 votes, but the Meutenant governor, who was hostile to him, withdrew the senate, under a ruling which was afterward shown to be errone- ous. The next day, when ex-Gov. McEn- ery had been telegraphed to, and had con- sented to run against Denegre, the latter's ill-luck continued. The ballot was an ex- citing one, the two candidates keeping “nip and tuck” with each other. In the midst of this excitement, what was the surprise of every one to hear Representative Klein- peter, Baton Rouge, an ardent man, vote for McEnery. It was a slip of the tongue, made in the excitement of the moment. The roll call was rushed on be- fore Kleinpeter discovered his error, and his vote elected McEnery. He changed ‘t afterward, but it was too late. Thus four successive accidents—if accidents they can be called—robbed Mr. Denegre of the sena- torship when it seemed securely within his grasp. se Dimerent in Germany. On a side street just off the avenue is a dairy lunch room kept by one of the jol- Mest Germans that ever left the father- land to become an American citizen. That he is rot so very long over is shown by hs accent, which surpasses imitation. While passing out a slice of ple and a glass of milk yesterday something was said about the fresdom with which people in this country pass judgment and criticism on the President and other high cfficials. “Ach,” said he, “in Jairmany it is ferry mooch different. I vas reading in a paper from my home city how dat a young man I used to know vas drafted for t'ree years’ service in der army. He vas der only sup- pert of his vidowed mother, who vas two und fifty years old. She vas ferry mad, und she vent out und said yust vat she thovght of der kaiser. Un vot do you dinks? Der voman next door goes und dells der police officials und der result vas that der poor old voman vas sent to jail for six months. Und jail is also ferry dif- ferent in Jairmany. Dey don’t get fat ven dey are locked up for six months in der vaterland. Ach, Gott, America vas goot erough for me.” ——__ San Francisco Savings Banks. From the San Francisco Call. The semi-annual dividend to be paid the 120,000 depositors in the local savings banks in July will be nearly a quarter of a mil- Fen dollars less than the amount received by them during the same month of 1895. This enormous falling off is due to the ex- cessive tax levy of the present year, the banks being called on t> pay nearly threc- quarters of a million more than in 1895. Last July the savings banks paid a divi- dend ranging from 4% to 4% per cent. Jenuary 1, 1896, this was reduced to 4 per cent, and for the six months just ending a further reduction of at least one-quarter of 1 per cent is expected. This means that the depositors—the labor- ing class being most largely affected—will receive the sniallest return on their hard- earned savings ever paid in the history of local banking. Ten savings banks in San Francisco have ‘on deposit about $100,000,000, divided among 123,000 people. On some the loss will be light, because their accounts are small, but a large percentage will be sorely discom- forted at the unexpected cut in their in- come. So English Sailors in the 5! From the Army and Navy Journal. Three hundred Roman Catholic seamen and marines of the British Mediterranean fieet called on the pope at Rome on Sunday, June 14, in charge of Commander Grant of the Anson, accompanied by about fifty offi- cers. They marched early in the morning to the Vatican, and, entering at the great brenze doors, after exchanging salutes with the Swiss Guard, were conducted up the grand staircase to the Sistine chapel. Shortly after 8 o'clock the pope was borne into the chapel on the sedia gestatoria, frem which be blessed the congregation. His holiness knelt at the faldstool while mass was celebrated by Mgr. Mazzolini, and afterward held a reception in the chapel, all the officers being presented tuo him. He then gave the apostolic benedic- ton, and as he was borne to the door the congregation, rising, broke into cheers such as chapels rarely hear, the bluejackets waving thelr hats and hurrahing as his holiness passed. At a dinner given to them in the Portico Carlomagno the health of the pope was drunk before that of the queen, which is perhaps allowable now that Mr. Gladstone 1s reported to be seeking for Catholic unity on the basis of a recognition of Anglican orders at Rome, with an ac- knowledgment of the primacy of St. Peter's. pel, ——___-- 0+ ___- Wore His Army Uniform. From the Richmond State. The center of attraction was T. M. Mur- phy of Company E, 6th Alabama, who wore a bright red ribbon badge, on which was printed Camp Ruffin, No. 320, Troy, Ala. Mr. Murphy had on a coat that he wore through the war, and, although it was tattered and torn with bullet holes, it 1s still in a good state of preservation. Mr. Murphy informed me that f was this coat that Gen. John B. Gordon used as a pillow when he was wounded at the battle of Sharpsburg. He prizes it very highly, and never fails upon the inquiry of a stranger to give a full history of it. 3 Have to Please Her, From the Raleigh Observer. ‘Are you expecting your rich isit you this summer?” ‘Yes, and it will be a lot of trouble. We have to get all the old family portraits down out of the attic and hang them around while she’s here.” aunt to Denegre | | marvelous country ROBBING A LA CARTE, Some People May Doubt the Veracity of Thin Queer Story. From the Pall Mall Gazette. A grand duke and his escort of six men assaulted at the very door of Rome by two brigands and despoiled of 56 francs is the great news spread all over the world by telegraph the other day. “The reputation of Italy is ruined,” say the slow-going. “‘Thiat is worse than the defeat of Adowa.” “Oh, no,” say the knowing ones with a smile; “it is a fact that the diminution of tourists and travelers in Italy dates from the moment of the suppression of brigand- age, which was one of the principal a: tions of our country, certainly on: oldest and most honored institution ranked in Pompeii.” trace of t . which interest with the Coliseum and “Don It seems that ningen, a de- protector of pcommequentt jover of the ur self at rascati with io ‘O88, poet and painter. After Ming one beauties of nature the grand duke exclaim, ed: ‘Splendid; but the brigands? 1 was ind (0 expect brigands. Where are they?" His companion,embarrassed, explained thar they had been suppressed. “I really do ner wish to be exigent.” said the duke “bes the brigands I really will not forego” After much trouble Herr Voss, by chane. discovered just what he wanted, and me bared a delightful surprise for his patron There is here @ society, but little known, ia the interest of foreigners who desire ‘ex citement on easy terms. The tariff runs ae the Grand Duke of Saxe-Mei seendant of the friend and Goethe, and consequently a 1 arts, found follows: Hoey) by an entire band +2008 ‘Bression, simple, with tw: brigands Z eidneiges | Aggression, with two ie ithe teeth... iling cne horse 100 ‘ g - 100 ext Wounding one horse tof extra Wounding driver (with his consent brigands armed oat in writing) steeeeeeeee eee. DOF extra Shooting, w noise, without wounding.... - Bfextra Herr Voss chose the third offer, thinking it would mean only 28 francs each. Simple aggression armed to the teeth! At one moment during the drive, while the duke was exclaiming: “Superb! Italy is truly a suddenly two feroc- | tous characters sprang, as it were, out of the ground, guns cocked, shouting: “The tariff! the tariff!” “What do they say?” asked the duke, who experiencing all the desired se sations. “That they must have 7 francs, which, after some search, was accordingly handed over, and the party was allowed to Proceed, the only comment of the duke be- ve “So cheap, indeed; a marvelous coun- ry!” From the One of the new and curious fads is the treatment of beautiful butterflies, not as objects of scientific interest, but as deco- rative articles. When a valuable collection of mounted butterflies was sold recently, handsome specimens were bought by va- rious persons, not with the intention of making them features of a butterfly col- lection, but solely for the sake of the in- herent beauty of the butterflies. A comparatively recent invention for mounting and exhibiting insects has made it easy to use butterflies in this fashion. Handsome moths and butterflies are now mounted upon plaster of paris tiles, each ule having a depression for receiving the body of the insect. The mounted insect is covered with a glass plate of the same size and shape as the plaster, and glass and plaster are firmly held together by strips of paper pasted on. In some ir stances, for better decorative effect, the plaster is gild- ed. No letiering or numbering appears upon the visible surface. On the pasteboard back of tho plaster tile is written the sci- entific name of the butterfly, together with whatever account of the insects and hab- its may be desired. As some of the tropical butterflies are of Tare beauty, the decorative effect of the insects when thus mounted for exhibition is very Striking, and three or four disposed about a room attract much attention and interest. This fad is less costly than many others. Specimen butterflies of rare beauty may be had at from $2 to $5, and the mounting does not add materially to their cost. Many are not only beautiful, but also valuable as illustrating the effects of evolution, The non-scientific interest in butterfiles ts likely to increase the demand for handsome varieties. Those from India and Brazil are especially prized for their beauty. As there is great danger that tha Perfect butterfly will be injured when cap- tured, butterflies are now cultivated in cap- tivity, especially to supply the demand for interesting specimens, jehing Sharks, From the Brockton Times. The business men at the South End whose families are summering at Monu- ment, Onset and other resorts vie with each other ir telling tales of their skill in angling after the weary creatures of the briny deep. Every day a fresh y: is told, and if the second day's story does not put that of the first in the shade it ts be- cause the imagin@tion of the story teller is a little duller. Here is one of a series. One well-known gentleman disdains fishing for cod and mackerel. They are not large enough prey for him. He wants sharks or nothing. This is the way he catches them: He a hook de of steel, about fifteen incaes long, rows out where the water is forty or fifty feet deep, baits the hook with a plece of pork weighing ten pounds, tles one end of the line to the stern of the dory and sinks his bait. Then he sits and smokes till the sharks gather, and he watches them as they play with the bait. Soon one big fellow is sure to grab it. Then the patient fisherman takes his oars and rows in, towing his prey. When he reaches shore he draws in the fish, to the wonder and astonishment of all onlookers. He fre- quently, on opening the fish, finds tin cans, kettles, buckets, etc., which the shark has swallowed. sabe ed Advice Wage Earners. From the Boston Journal. A dinner should be chosen with care in the summer months, especially by those in moderate circumstances whose income is dependent on their heaith, Wines and veg- etables should be in sympathy with the meat. Thus with episrammes de pigeon- naux drink claret cup and eat black Ham- burg grapes; with venison take dry cham- pagne, melon and French beans; with or- tolans, chateau Yquem; with artichaux a la barigoule, tokay. These niceties may seem trivial to a man with vast appetite and un- cultured palate, but they give sweetness and light to the banquet; they are the rm sults of a subtle and recondite chemistry which renders impossible both indigestion and dissatisfaction.