Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1896, Page 11

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. 11 OLD NORTH STATE Political Conditions Are Mixed and Perplexing. REVIEW OF THE SITUATION ——— Populists at Odds on the Pending Questions. ELECTORAL TICKET THE Correspozutence of The Evening Star. RALFIGH, N. C., August 6, 1896. There is a world of truth im what Editor Ramsey. who controls the organ of the state and National Farmers’ AlNance, says today in his paper: “Uneasy Hes the head of the editor of a party organ this year. He doesn’t know which party he belongs to, and if he finds out, his party may be some other party fn less than twenty-four hours. The writer is glad he tsn't editor of a party organ. If Ne were he might now be engaged In eating a large dish of crow.” What this particular paper says is of great interest. It has twice the circulation among populists that Senator Butler’s pa- per has. Its first editor, L. L. Polk, created the alliance in this state, and populists say the alliance ts “both the father and mother of popuiism.’’ Editor Ramsey quite clearly doesn’t like Senator Butler and his plans this year, Hant for he says today: “The bril- young Senator has a mania for ring the democratic party, and, he may have captured a good por- of the rank and file, we have falled to any diminution of the leaders of that I we advise him to devote his ear to more important work. The need of reform is so urgent that he will have no time to spare in these north pole expeditions after the democratic party. The ‘charmed circle’ in the democratic party and the ‘We are the people’ in the populist party have been holding confabs in Raleigh for two or three days. We pre- sume that when these statesmen find out what they want themselves they will let the people know what they are to have.” Senator Butler's Position. But Senator Butler's own paper today threw a bombshell into the camp of the democrats who are working so hard the populists to co-operate with them. ys: “In this state the democratic ex- ecutive committee adopted resolutions » bear the appearance of a willingness fair and reasonable. The real pur- pose, however, is to try to make a proposi- tion which no self-respecting populist could entertain for a moment, and then when such & proposition is indignantly rejected, to go before the people and try to make it appear t the populists are not honest, because y rejected overtures looking tu co-opera- te. There is not a democrat in the se smart enough to catch an ordinary th Carolina populist in such a trap as and they are hereby formally notited at fact. But while this is ,coing on in this State, and something similar is being in other states, Senator Jones, the onal democratic chairman, is giving out fons which tend to create greater con- w exists. If he is correctly ° is evidently trying to insult party. And if he intends in- ing to prevent a union of the prees In these two partis. And ff ng to prevent unfon, he is work- © interests of gold bugs—something vuld be glad to do openly if polic Cit. He is a strong representative of rst type of bourbon democracy, and with Whitney, Hill, to support Bryan or any genui re- If justice and equity were e in bringing order out of the present chaos, there would be no hesi- taney in admitting that che populists are ed to a full support of the democratic for a populist Viee President in re- support of the pepulists for a © President. but this will not be admitted. Nothing may be expected from the democrats except what is wrung from them by a power which they cannot of or crush." ks Senator Jones Said It. or’s paper, which is the or- rth Carolina populists, goes ow, in our opinion, the popu- iy to endure injury for the use, but as for tamely sub- sult from bourben democrats, airman Jones is suppos- athpiece of Mr. Bryan. If expressing the latter’s sentiments Mr. Bryan is proving to be a man un- " the presidential chair; for no man will refuse to respect the sentiments wishes of his fellow countrymen is fit the exalted position of President. If oung statesman's head ts becoming on account cf honors that have accorded him, he should be promptly ed that the same forces which i that swelling can do that which answeMl it and that very little provoca- is needed for doing it. He ts by no the only man in America whom gen- ie reformers are willlng to vote for.” Now does Butler lead or follow? An s* county democrat assures me the ulists are more in line with the demo- * than ever before. Can Butler control pls, or will there be a revolt on the heir state convention? Ban says: eported that populists are writing » delegates to the populis: state m urging them to favor fusion he democrats. We don’t belleve ft. are writing those letters. It t the democratic politicians and »ie'3 party politicians have determined to poul issues this year. We have no tdea t plans will be adopted, but presume the bosses will divide up the ple and sive instructions to the rank and file so tnat they may have something to wran- gle over while the bosses scoop in what is We presume that they will try Mr. Bryan President and divide up on Sewall and Watson for Vice President. — may cause Goldbug Hobart to pre- side over a plutocratie Senate. A goldbu; House is probable.” eS = Geld Democrats Organise. Over 100 gold standard democrats of New Herne met iast night and organized a “sound money” club. Some of the ablest and most earnest men participated. They dissent strongly trom the Chicago plat- form. The name chosen Is the “Jefferson Jackson Campaign Club.” This is the “sound money” club in the state. tho Wilson, populist leader, said today © populists are ready to fuse elec- and on state issues if honestly He s “The republicans want to get the legislature. It is one of the most difficult things to get.” People are asking no end of questions as to w the democratic state committee Voted in favor of electoral fusion with the pepulists. One reply is simply “to win.” Another is that in this way state fusion Between populists and republicans can alone be permitted. Another iy that it ts of the first importance to carry North Caro- lina for Bryan. Electoral Ticket Division. Dr. Mott, who is here, says the electoral ticket In this state will be equitably divided between the silver democrats, populists and silver republic He says there are as many silver republicans in the state as sil- ver democrats, and that the silver republi- cans will be smoked Dr. Mott says he expe the silver and fusion question to divide the democrats. It appears that he is right. He expects it also to divide the Tepubiicans. He declares Bryan’s election 4s sure; that then there will be a new that all Bryan's past utterances to this. Dr. Mott says McKinley's ters are badly scared. He insists if the republicans and populists can’t fuse electorally, they can't do so in any Way: and that there can be no fuston be- the two unless all the republican Fs come down. At this time this improbable in the extreme. t week Is to be a memorable one polit- The democratic State committee on the 10th, the republican commit- = the ithe the populist committee en ie lath, the popuilt: the 13th pullst state convention on Jr. Mott, a most astute politician, and zealous advocate of silver, will remain until after all these meetings. ‘The democratic state chairman has select- lea headquarters here and gone to work, aided by a large force. He declares that the democrats in the state will all come to- gether; that they cannot afford to do other- wise, and that In time the party will all see and acknowledge the wisdom of the com- mittee. But at present the is more divided than at any time this year. This is an entirely frank statement. SCHOFIELD NOMINATED. Wisconsin Republicans Defeat Ex- Congresuman Lafellette. Edward Schofield of Oconto was nom inated for governor of Wisconsin yesterday by the republican state convention, after five ballots H. €. Adams, jwho made the speech nominating Lafollette,. moving to make the nomination of Maj. Schofield unanimous. When a Milwaukee delegate seconded Lafoliette by saying he hoped every delegate would vote for “Honest Bob Lafollette,” the friends of the Dane county man attempted to stampede the convention, but Chairman Griffin suppressed eee stration. Another attempt was wi an Ashland delegate spoke for Lafollette to stampede the coavention, the ‘Rah, Rah, Rah” yell of Wisconsin University students swelling above the din. Senator Thurston was introduced and made a brief speech. He said he wanted to say that in forty days the money question would he settled and the tariff would be the paramount is- sue. Delegate A. R. Hall of Dunn county brought forward his resolution, which was refused consideration yesterday, declaring against the acceptance and use of free rail- way passes by state officals, legislators and Judges of courts. The resolution was adopt- ed. A motion was adopted that the present state officers other than governor be re- nominated as a whole, and it was done by acclamation. ‘They are: Liewtenant gover- nor, Emil Baensch; secretary of state, Hen- ry Casson; attorney general, William H. Myrlea: treasurer, S. A. Peterson; railroad commissioner, Duncan McKenzle; insurance commissioner, W. A. Fricke; state superin- tendent, J. Q. Emery. ++ MR. REED’S TENTH NOMINATION. He Can Now Attend to Some General Wichedness. After his nomination yesterday at Port- land Mr. Reed was escorted to the plat- form amid loud cheering. He seemed to be considerably affected by the ovation. He thanked the convention for the unanimous nomination, saying that by so doing he had been relieved of the duty of attending to his district, and given the opportunity of paying attention to the wickedness of the rest of the world. Continuing, Mr. Reed sai “We, in Maine, have got to make up our minds on the great issue of this campaign, and a great deal depends on what we do in September. When we see two men standing on a corner, and both men seem to be somewhat uneasy and unable to fully comprehend what they are talking about you may rest assured they are talking about the currency. I shall not attempt fully to explain the currency question to you, but I shall say something about it. ‘We often hear that silver was demone- tized in 1873, stealthily and by the influ- ence of foreign embassies. As a matter of fact the Congressional Record of that date had 196 columns of speeches on the silver question, and the foreign embassies had nothing to do with it. “The only question on what the monetary system is best, you hear a great deal about bimetallism. The platform of the Chicago convention was not a dimetallic Platform, and don’t let them try to make you believe that bimetallism 1s what they are after. eee. LEVERING'S FIRSP SPEECH. Addresses Thousands of Vir- ginians at Purcellville. Joshua Levering, the prohibitionist can- didate for President, spoke yesterday at the “bush” meeting at Purcellville, Loudoun county, Va. An immense gathering, esti- mated to number upward of 7,000 people, was present. Mr. H. M. Hoge, vice president, called the great audience to order. The Beveridges sang “At the Cross,” then Rey. A. H. Smith of Berwick, Pa., gave a Bible reading, and prayers were offered by Revs. Dolly and Dorritee. Col. George W. Bain, the well-known temperance speaker, spoke most eloquently, keeping well away from politics, and arous- ing great enthusiasm in his audience. At 11:45 the music of the Purcellville Cornet Band announced the coming of Mr. Lever- ing. The audience arose and applauded the distinguished guest. Mr. Levering was es- to the platform, and was introduced I. Bain. Mr. Levering thanked the people for the cordial reception given him, declared that he came not as the conquer- ing hero, but as the representative of a patriot band, who stand for the right and have nothing to apologize for, and, after assuring them that he would address them in the afternoon, he retired. At 2 p.m. the meeting convened, notwith- standing the intense heat. After music by the Purcellville Band, prayer was offered by Rev. McDougall of Alexandria, then the everidges sang “The Dram Shop in the King’s Highway.” Mr. Levering addressed the meeting for an hour. He presented the claims of the republican and those of the democrattc-pop- ulist party, and argued that the success of either would not improve the condition cf the country or bring prosperity to the peo- ple. He claimed that the success of the issue on which the prohibition party is mak- ing fts fight would bring untold blessings to the people. Rey. Louis Albert Banks of Brooklyn, N. Y., was the next speaker. He directed his remarks mainly to the members of the church, and appealed to the sense of per- sonal responsibility. His words were full of force, and his arguments were well re- ceived by the sweltering crowd. After the usual closing exercises Mr. Levering held reception, and many people gave him a hearty handshake. Today Col. Bain, Mr. B. Lacy Hoge of Roanoke, chairman prohibition state com- mittee; Rev. Banks and probably Kev. H. M. Wharton of Baltimore will speak. Rev. Sam Small ts expected to speak Saturday and Sunday. During the meetings at Pur. cellville the Southern railroad is running excursion pe eee leave Washington at 7:25 a.m. and Alexandria at 7:30 a.m. To- day and tomorrow the Herndon train will be run through to Purcellville. He The Fixity ef the Fiddle. From Chambers’ Journal. For when you come to think of it, it is a curious and bewildering circumstance that, in a world and in an age where progress is one of the laws of existence, the violin should be today, not only as to form and all essential details, exactly what it was some 300 years ago, but that it is even now a less perfect instrument than it was when the old masters were warming their glue pots aad mixing their vaunted varnish and chipping out their blocks of wood in the little Italian town of Cremona, now two centuries back. Mr. Gladstone has said somewhere that to perfect that wonder of travel, the locomotive, has not required the expenditure of more mental strength and application than to perfect a violin. But then you can put the locomotive into the march of progress; the violin you can't. In this respect it stands alone among mu- sical instruments. Flutes have been improved, new types of clarionet have been evolved, the harpsichord and the spinet have given place to the pianoforte, organs have come to be con- trolled by electricity—everything, in short, in the way of musical instruments has tended toward advance and improvement, while the construction of the violin is num- bered—at any rate by the enthusiasts who run the fiddle prices into four figures— among the arts which have been and are not. The experience of centuries and the ingenulty of many generations of skilled mechanics have been altogether unavailing, and violinists today are content to starve themselves that they may give hundreds, nay, even thousands, for Instruments which did not produce tens when they first leit the workshops Cremona. ————. +e -____ Anything for a Change. From the Cleveland Plaindealer. They were gravely discussing hosiery out on the hotel piazza. “Where are you going, Maudie?” said the fluffy hatred little blond with the blue tinsel belt. Maudie paused in the doorway. “} thought it was about time to change the subject,” she said, and vanished. A few moments later as the solitary young man came up from the station he observed that she had on a pair of lavender ones with a purple vine climbing up from the instep. SILVER IN OHIO ‘Fhe Rural Districts Are Heneyoombed With the Sentiment. Farmers Refeve to Listen te Arge- ment—Repablicans Will Have Ne Walkover iz the State. ‘Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ¢ COLUMBUS, Ohie, August 7.—The repub- Means of Ohio are coming slew!ly to realise that they will have no watkever in the state election this fall, an@ that the state ta by no means safe now for McKinley and Hobart. The rural districts ere honey- combed with the free silver sentiment. As elsewhere, the farmers are largely in debt, and they think they see the cause of it in the present basis of money values, and the remedy for tt in the free sftver movement in which they are asked to join. With the farmers of Ohfo, tt seems now that the main question will be that of coinage. With the laboring men of the large cities the tariff will play a‘more fmportant part, and there McKinley will easily lead. The Star correspondent recently made a careful investigation of the sentiment of the leading officers of all the labor unions of this city, asking each one how he voted four years ago, and how he Proposed to vote this year on the na- ttonal ticket. With but one exception, they will all vote just as they did four years ago. As most of these men are republi- cans, it shows that McKinley is still popu- lar with this class of voters in this state. The single change referred to was in the case of a man who voted for the populist candidate for the presidency four years ago and will vote for Bryan this year. This is, ,of course, in the general trend of people ‘of that way of thinking. Farmers Won't Listen te Argament. Many of the republican leaders admit that the free silver movement has gathered great strength in Ohio, but claim that it has now reached its highest point and ts al- ready receding. This, before they have opened their campaign, eer sent a single speaker Into the field, is taken by them to indicate that under the influence of strong argument from sound money speak- ers on the stump the free silver cloud will soon be dissipated. The strength of the free silver party in Ohio can only be felt by going into the country. There is its center and strength. The most discouraging sign to the sound money advocates in this state is the temper of the farmers. They are in no mood to Hsten to argument. It makes them mad to receive sound money litera- ture. They call it all ‘Wall street bosh.” To one who was in this state during the campaign of 1892 the situation now recalls the attitude of the people in general toward the then administration. They would not listen to argument. Even Senator Sher- man, who has always been held in high re- spect by Ohio people generally, could not draw a crowd of respectable proportions to hear him speak. The voters were dissatis- fied with the condition of affairs in the government and voted, it must be admit- ted rather blindly, against the administra- ticn. There is danger that they will choose to vote again without Hstening to cam- paign arguments. Nevertheless, they will have abundant op- portunity to hear the issues thoroughly dis- cussed. The state committee of the repub- licans is making arrangements for a cam- Faign of education such as the state has never’ before seen. The free silver move- ment has affected the republicans of the porthwestern part of the state more especi- ally, and there a school house campaign will be made. Every country school district will be honored by a speech from an orator of reputation and ability. Senator Sherman is to take the stump as soon as the extreme heat of the summer Is passed, and Senator- elect Foraker will devote all his time to the campaign work. The party is well off in local ability In this line and the whole force of Ohio republican speakers will be put to work at once. ~From outside the state Chairman Hanna may be depended upon to send in able men, his state pride leading him to leave no stone unturned to carry his state for McKinley by a safe majority. Beginning the Campaign. The republicans will open their state cam- paign here on the 15th of the present month —a month and a half earlier than any na- tional campeign was ever before opened in this state. The state headquarters of the party have been open for nearly a month, the time being spent in effecting county or- ganizations and sending out Itterature. The latter work has been going on for the last two weeks at an enormous rate. The com- mittee will flood the rural districts with this matter. The democrats are slow about making their campaign organization. It is now nearly a month sine» their state conven- tion was held, and the state executive co: mittee has not yet been selected. The state central committee will meet here on the 11th to do this. In organization and money to carry cn the campaign the democrats will probably be at a great disadvantage. ‘The wing of the party that .s ‘n control is impractical and inexperienced in managing Political affars. Many of the most astute managers of the party in former years, as well as the most liberal contributors to the campaign fund, are on the other sidc of the political fence this time, and while still re- garding themselves as democrats, are for sound money and will vote and work for McKinley. One reason why the democrats are slow about perfecting their state organization is that the leaders are proceeding cau- tiously with a view to securing a fusion with the populsts. The Dana law for- bidding the printing of the name of any candidate for any office on the Australian ballot more than once will, if it stands, make it exceedingly difficult to make an effective fusion. It will probably be test- ed in the courts, but no decision can be secured from the supreme court in time to prevent the operation of the law in the coming election, even though the court shouid ultimately set it aside as uncon- stituticnal. A Basis of Fusion. As a basis for a fusion on the electoral ticket the leaders of the democratic and Populist parties desire to fuse on the state ticket. The democrats have already nom- inated their state ticket, but it is not yet certified to the secretary of state for in- sertfon on the Australian ballot. One of the democratic candidates has died, and another wishes to withdraw. There are only four state officers to be elected this year. The opportunity is offered for an equal division of the state offices between. the democrats and populists, and a fusion like this would make a good basis for fusion on the electoral ticket, so far as it can be made under the Dana law. Whatever is the result of this attempt of the democrats and populists to fuse Bryan will get the bulk of the populist vote in this state. It was about 50,000 last year. There will be about that many gold democrats in the state, however, who will vote for McKinley or refuse to vote at all. The determination of the result rests largely with the republican farmers. If they go for free allver in as num- bers as seems Hikely now, the balance will be turned in favor of Bryan. It is a well-known fact that Charles L. Kurtz, the chairman of the republican state executive committee, is im favor of free silver coinage, but keeps his personal views on the question tn the background because of the stand his party has taken. Another member of the executive com- mittce, C. D. Firestone of this city, is an ardent advocate of free silver, and has recently made himself objectionable many republicans py oppesing hi» party on the main issue, while he is so closely con- nected with the party management. ——= Street Cars as Delivery Wago! Harold Fiederiek’s Cable to tha New York Times, The Manchester chamber of commerce has committed itself to the new idea of utilizing street cars, or what are called here “tramway lines,” during the dead hours of night for the conveyance of mer- chandise, and it will associate itself with similar progressive bodies in the north to press upon parliament the adoption of some scheme to make gereral this night use of ich tracks and plants. There ts no doubt now that the motor car bill will become a law this session, and the engineers of var- icus municipalities are hard at work over plans to utilize this new machinery also for general civic purposes. WITH BUT LIPTLE CARE AND NO TROUBLE, mustache the beard and can be 2 uniform brot black color using Mi for the ‘Whiskers, 7 bone CANDIDATE BRYAN’S PLANS. Arrangements Made for His Journey te New York. The train bearing Witliam J. Bryan, the democratic nominee for the presidency, and party, to the meeting at Madison Square Garden, New York, on the 12th instant, will leave Chicago over the Pennsylvania rail- way system Sunday night, the 9th, and ar- rive in New York Tuesday .evening, the llth. The run will be made over the Fort ‘Wayne route on the Atlantic express, known as train No. 4, leaving Chicago at 11:30 p.m. Sunday and reachicg Pittsburg at 5:10 o'clock Monday afternoon. A stop over night wil! be made at Pitte- burg. En route the train wilt pass through Fort Wayne at 5:28 a.m; Lima, Ohfo, T4 am; Crestline, 10:45 am; Mansfield, 11 a&m.; Wooster, 12:4 p.m.; Canton, 1:21 p. m.; Alliance, 1:55 p.m.; Salem, 2.31 KG party will remain in Pittsburg Monday night and ments are being made by the democrats of Allegheny county for a grand demonstration. A committee of prominent democrats will meet Mr. Bryan at the Pennsylvania line and escort him to the city. In the evening there will be a meeting, probably in Schen- ley Park. After a night's rest the party will leave for New York over the main line of the Pennsylvania road, passing through Altoona, Harrisburg, Philadelphia and New Jersey, and arriving at New York in the evening. Mrs. Bryan, Congressman Bland and wife and several newspaper correspondents will be with the party. Mr. Bryan telegraphed the Allegheny county chairman, Mr. How- ley, yesterday: “I can speak at the meeting for a few minutes only. I think Mr. Bland can speak at length. No special entertain- ment desired. Must retire early.” It was decided to rent the Grand Opera House and the Avenue Theater for a mass meeting. Mr. Bryan will speak a few min- utes in one house, and while Congressman Bland is addressing the audience the pres- idential candidate can speak to the other crowd. A reception will be held at the Central Hotel. ————— NOT TO. ESCAPE SPEAKING. Foraker Dentes That He is Seeking to Escape Campaign Work. Senator-elect J. B. Foraker denies that his visit to Europe this fall is to be taken to enable him to escape participating in the presidential campaig: Yesterday he said: “Yes. I am going to Europe. I leave on the 19th of this month, and will bring my daughters home. That's all there is to !t. It is a trip to Europe such as I have made three or four times be- fore.”” “How about it interfering with your cam- paign work?” “I will be back in time for that. In fact, I will participate in the opening at Colum- bus before leaving. The party managers desired me to postpone my trip untfl then, which I did. I will be back on September 12, and will again go into the campaign, just where I find others.” —____ +0+______. PINGREE WON. He is the Republican Candidate for Governor of Michigan. Mayor Hazen S. Pingree of Detroit was triumphantly nominated against all opposi- tion In the Michigan republican conven- tion at Grand Rapids yesterday. Pingree received 449 votes on the last ballot. Bliss had 293. On motion of the other leading candidates Pingree’s nomination was made Unanimous, and the convention took a re- cess until 4 o'clock. This nomination ends & prolonged contest which the Detroit man has waged against the republican state managers. He is the father of the move- ment, which he begun in Detroit, and which has been extended to other cities, to permit poor people to raise grain, potatoes and other vegetables in vacant suburban lots which are awaiting the builder. The rest of the ticket nominated is as fol- lows: Lieutenant governor, Thomas B. Dunston of Houghton, Upper Peninsula; secretary of state, Washington Gardner (present incumbent); state treasurer, Geo. A. Steele of St. John’s; auditor general, Roscoe D. Dix of Benton Harbor; attorney general, Fred A. Maynard of Grand Rapids; commissioner of state land office, Wm. A. French of Alpena (present incumbent); superintendent of public instruction, Jason BE. Hammond of Hillsdale; member of state board of education, John W. Simmons of Owossa. ~ +00 UNIQUE ENGLISH PRISON. A Progressive Penal Settlement Be- longing te Great Britain. From the Edinburgh Scotsmas. From the Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal, comes remarkable news as to the progress of that great penal settlement for life convicts. These and the Nicobar Islands have now Maj. R. C. Temple, C.I. E., as their chief commissioner. The primeval forests of the islands, with their magnificent trees, from which the rarest orchids depend in rich profusion, have just been placed under a local forest depart- ment. Saw mills of the most improved and extensive kind were a few weeks ago opened on Chatham Island. They are driv- en by engines supplied from salt water by means of a surface condenser drawn through a tunnel which runs eighty feet out to sea. The whole department is worked by some 000 convicts, so that the islands are sup- plied with the timber they need, while the rest is exported to many places in India and Europe. For forty years a community rarely below 10,000 convicts, of the worst type to begin with, have supported them- selves under strict discipline, leading to local freedom after ten years of good be- havior. What was primeval swamp and forest in a climate so deadly that it was abandoned by Lord Cornwallis century ago has been made, since the mutiny of 1857-8, a ferttle island settlement, covering many square miles of gardens and consist- ing now of more than fifty villages of re- formed criminals, besides the convict sta- tions and extensive government buildings. Never in the history of prison adminis- tration and criminal reform has so suc- cessful an experiment been made on so vast a scale, the whole controlled by a company of a British regiment, who find the place an equatorial paradise. From these islands the Chinaman gets his edible birds’ nests, and the Calcutta clubs and the governor general their turtle. The botant- cal gardens, under Dr. King, are enriched by them with rare indigenous specimens of orchids and other plants. Cultivation has made the greater islands healthy. The only drawback of the region now is that it is a souree of the cyclones which periodically ravage the Bay of Bengal and its coast districts. —+e+—— Women Do So More Than Men. From the Philadelphia Public Ledger. A man cannot do two things at a time. A woman will broil a steak and see that the coffee does not boll over, and watch the cat that she docs not steal the rem- nant of the meat on the kitchen table, and dress the youngest boy, and set the table, and see to the toast, and stir thé’ catmeal, and give the orders to the butcher, and she can do it all at once and not half try. Man has done wonders since he.came before the public. He has navigated the ocean, he has penetrated the mysteries of the starry heavens, he has harnessed the light- ning and made it pull street cars and light the great cities ef .the world. But he can’t find a spool of red thread in his wife's work basket; he can’t discover her pocket im a dress hanging in the closet; he cannot hang out clothes and get them on the line the right end up.~He cannot hold clothes Pins in his mouth while he is doing it, either. He cannot be polite to somebody he hates. He can’t sit in a rocking chair without the rockers into the base- boards. He can’t put the tidy on the spfa pillow right side out. He cannot sew a button. In short, he cannot do a hund: things that women do almost instinctively. —-e—_______ Running Low in Wives, From the New York ‘Tribune. An old fellow who had recently buried hia fourth wife was accosted by an acquaint- ance who, unawares of his bereavement, asked: (How ts your wife, Cap'n Plowjogger?’ “Waal,” replied the captain, with a sol- emn, not to say gad, “waal, to tell the (a A, I'm kinder out of wives Just now.” COL. CESPEDES ARRIVES He and His Associates Say Ouba Will Triumph. They Suffered Great Hardshipe tm Crossing From Cuba to Nassae im am Open Boat. From the New York Timea Eight of the eleveh men who evaded the Spanish military ané naval forces and reached Nassau, N. P.. from Cuba in an open bost July 2 have arrived here on the steamship Antitia of the Bahama steamship line. The party consisted of Lteutenant Col- orel Enrique de Cespedes, commanding, who is a nephew of the late President de Cespedes of the Cuban republic, id cousin of Carios Manuel de Cespedes, now gov- ernor for the patriot party of Oriente, in the Department of Santiage de Cubs; Liex- tenant Eduardo Laborde, brother of Al- pedo Laborde, one of the prisoners of the Competitor expedition; Captain Marie~ CariHo y Aldama of the Cespedes expedi- tton of last October; Dr. John H. Smith, a Dartmouth graduate and army surgeon with Maximo Gomez’s division; Grover Flint, a newspaper correspondent, and Modisto Leon, Emilio Agrenot, and Jose Cabrera, pilots. The visit of the three last to this country is doubtless to be use- ful in guiding expeditions, as they are all familiar with the coast of Cuba and the ocean paths to it, and the channels of the West India Islands. The other three of the party who reached Nassau were left behind. They were ne- gtoes, one an American, the others sub- jects of Great Britain. They were left at the quarantine station at Nassau. The Antilia left Nassau at 3:30 p.m. last Wed- nesday, but was delayed a little waiting for de Cespedes and his party, who came from quarantine in a rowboat. 3 All of the eight were bronzed and hearty. Although well dressed they were in light marching order, as when they escaped from Cuba they had to leave all superfluous baggage behind. Messrs. de Cespedes, Carillo and Laborde and Dr. Smith bring important dispatches from General Gomez to the Cuban junta here, and will deliver them to T. Estrada Palma today. “Until I see President Palma,” said Lieutenant Colonel de Cespedes, who was on crutches, to a reporter for the New York Times, “I must be silent on all that concerns the war, my mission and my es- cape, for were I talkative I might unin- tentionally betray persons who helped us. We escaped, that is sufficient. “I heard of President Cleveland's proc- lamation a few moments ago, and it as- tonishes me, while I have no fear for the cause on that account. I suppose that the President acted patriotically, and have no comment to make.” Dr. Smith said that there were the grav- est reasons for maintaining silence. “As to the President’s proclamation,” he continued, “I am surprised. From what I hear it is uncompromising. But the Cu- bans cannot be stopped from winning their independence. Things are bright for the cause down there.” “I em home agair.,” said Capt. Carillo last night, “but I cannot say for how long. One has to be prudent these days. I came through many risky situations all right, and was wounded but once—a furrow in the head—at the battle of Palo Prieto. “I was with the de Cespedes expedition, which landed safely last October at the mouth of the river Calleta, and have seen much of the war and fighting. I left the revolutionary government at La Yaya to bring dispatches here with Lieut. Col. de Cespedes, Lieut. Laborde an@ Dr. Smith. It is the rainy season, the roads are hor- rible, and we were on horseback. Lieut. Col. de Cespedes had a sore time with his game leg, as he had to ride with it over the pommel of his saddle. “Without saying how it was accomplish- ed, we secured between Nuevitas and Pu- erto Padre, a whaleboat, with twenty- seven feet keel and four and a half feet beam. It had two masts with felucca-rig- ged sails and a jib. We managed to ge: two casks of water, some crackers, a few tirs of provisions, and some raw salt pork. There and ihe boat were hidden in bushes. Off the shore, not more than fifty yards away, lay the Spanish man-of-war Golon- drina. Her company was wide away. She Fatrolled between Nuevitas and Puerto Padre, and some one who sold us provis- icns betrayed our presence in the neigh- berhood to her officers. They did not know exactly where we were, but were trying to fird out. On one occasion, while we lay low in the bushes, men were sent to the crow’s nest of the Golondrina elosely to scan the shore. They did not see us. “The Golondrian started on a patrol the evening of July 23, and she was null down toward Nuevitas when, at 7:45 o'clock, all being ready, we launched the whaleboat and began our escape. That night we were anxicus, but were not discovered, and when day dawned nothing was in sight to make us apprehensive. “Our trip to Nassau was really unevent- ful. We were short of provisions, it is true, and suffered much inconvenience from the sun and the drenchings we got frem a heavy swell. We could not cook anythirg, and the water soon became so foul that we had to run into Green Key and Ket two kegs. Then we had to row in a calm, and when we struck the coast of Nassau rowing had to be done for four- teen miles. “When I left La Yaya everything was bustle and activity in the patriot lines. 1 last saw Gen. Gomez July 3. He was on his way to Oriente to see Gen. Calixto Gar- cla. Gen. Gomez will come out of the rairy season with 2,000,000 cartridges and Prepared for an active campaign to de- stroy every plantation he comes across. “I have no doubt that the patriots will win, and some of the pro-Spanish-Ameri- cans should go to Cuba and learn for themselves that no story of Spanish atroc- ity has been exaggerated. But the right spirit is with the revolutionists. Why, children of fourteen are fighting in the ranks. “What the patriots need is arms, A machete reaches three feet—a Mauser rifle three miles. Let a couple of thousand rifles be landed and they are swallowed up at once. Campaigning in Cuba, just now ts no child’s play. You have to look out for then there ts the constant rain and danger of illness, but what tries one most are the insects. I do not suppose that there are mosquitoes in th thcse of Cuba.” = wereaike o+—___ BE DISCARDED. Indiana Prisoms Adopt a Classified Plan for Their Inmates. From the Chicago Record. The convict stripes are to be discarded in the’ two Indiana penitenttaries. The state prison south is the first to take the step. Warden Hert announces that every prisoner who maintains a perfect record in conduct and labor until October 1 will on that day discard his hated prison stripe and be clothed in a suit of neat dark gray and placed in first grade. Every prisoner who tries hard to make a perfect record, but fails because of his thoughtless vio- lation of rules, will be piaced in a second grade and will substitute a suit of gray check for the stripe. Those prisoners who willfully violate rules and cause trouble will be in the third grade and continue to wear stripes. The first and second grade men are to be allowed to march in mill- tary style, two abreast, instead of in the lock-step, while the third grade men will continue in the lock-step. The first and second grade men will eat in the spacious and airy new dining while the third will ——__+ STRIPES WILL cupy the best cells as far as possible, will = Permitted aor wate settee recelve let- ers, receive visits from friends, may use tobacco if they wish, may wear beards and have many other privileges which seem small to a free man, but cherished by oners. All of these valued pri grade men will be deprived of. The second grade ix a transition stage. Every new man on entering the prison is HANNA GONE NOME. = |GEORGIA'S QUANDAR ee Her People Slowly Deciding Their Political Course. Philadelphia Conference, Where Rolt- Demecrats C m= Him. Mark Hanna had an important con- ference yesterday with a number of leading Philadelphia business and pro- fessional men of both parties He ar- rived at the Pennayivania railroad sta- tion shortly after 3 p.m. and was met shia by Provost C. C. Harrison of the University Sonne eee, Jon Wanamaner. Thon. | REPUBLICANS STRONG IN THEIR FAITH The party. entered carriages and were i i ars ems driven to the Stratford Hotel, where com- mittees representing the business men's committee and Union League committee Es with Mr. Hanna for am hour and @ half. One of the gentlemen present said the conference was to obtain Mr. Hanna's as- sistance in the extension of the scope of the business men’s organization in other cities. It ts the desire of the organization, he said, to co-operate with the national repub- Ucan committee in the collection of cam- There Are Many Candidates for the Democratic Nominations. tices POPULISTS CONFUSED esa paign funds and all other campaign work. At the conctusion of the conference Mr. Hanna expressed his entire approval of the Movement and his intention to join earneat- there Were present at the conference Rudolph John H. Converse, Howard ly_in the work. Besides those mentioned above, Blankenburg, B. Mayor ‘Theo. Justice, artes F. Warwick, ex-Mayor Edwin S. Stuart, Charles Emory Smith, United States Sen- ator William J. Sewall, Thomas McKean and a number of others, including Wil- jam M. Singerly, Joseph Sinnot and Frank ‘Thomson, heretofore leading democrats. Mr. Thomson, as first vice president of the Pennsylvania railroad, made known his in- tention of voting for McKinley. After the conference Mr. Hanna was escorted to the club house of the Union League, where an informal reception and lunch was given. Ex-Congressman Benjamin Butterworth of Ohio came from New York with Mr. Hanna, but left for Washington on an af- ternoon train. His presence gave rise to the rumor that he was going to be the ninth member of the campaign executive committee. Mr. truth in the rumor. of Mr. McKinley taking an active part in the campaign has not yet been discussed. His belief is that Mr. McKinley wili pursue urse. He will not, Mr. Hanna his present « said, go on the stump against Mr. Bryan. Mr. Hanna left at 8:50 o'clock for Cleve- land, and will spend a week at the audi- Then he will torium headquarters there. return east again. — THE SINGLE TAX FIGHT. Plenty of Volunteers to Take the Place of Imprisoned Speakers. The Delaware single tax war is waxing There is every indication that the climax has not been reached. So far the arrests of the disciples of Henry George have not been marked by any demonstra- hotter. tions of physical violence. The single taxera say they will keep right Plenty of men have vol- on with the fight. unteered to take the place of the imprisor ed speakers, and the new volunteers say im- if they could they are perfectly willing to suffer prisonment with the rest, oniy be assured of triumph in the end. The Single Tax Society of Deiaware is getting its guns in readiness for the coming hostilities. They have been in close com- munication with Henry George during the past few days, and it is intimated that the latter may come to Delaware to help along the campaign. Should Mr. George decid= to come to Dover and try speechmaking in the public square he is almost sure to be arrested. BETTER THAN THE SURF. The Peculiar and Surprising Delights of Dead Sea Buthing. From the Utahman. It may seem preposterous to talk of the finest sea-bathing on earth a thousand miles from the ocean; but truth is no less truth because it appears absurd. The cea- bathing in Great Sait Lake infinitely sur- passes anything of the kind on either the Allantic or Pacific coast. The water con- tains many times more salt and much more soda, sulphur, magnesta, chlorine, bromine and potassium than any ocean’ wa:er on the globe. It is powerful In medicinal vir- tues, curing or benefiting many forms of rheumatism, rheumatic gout, dyspepsia, nervous disorders and cutaneous -liseases: and it acts hke magic on the hair of those unfortunates whose tendencies are to bald- headedness. It is a prompt and potent tonie and Invigorant of body and mind, and then there is no end of fun in getting ac- quainted with {ts peculiarities, A first bath in it is always as good as a circus, the bather being his or her own amusing trick mule. The specific gravity is but a trifle less than that of the Holy Land Dead Sea, the actual figures with distilled water as unity being, for the ocean, 1.027; for Salt Lake, 1.107, aad for the Dead Sea, 1.116. The human body will not and cannot sink in it. You can walk out in it where it is fifty feet deep, and your body will stick up out of it like a fishing cork from the shoulders upward. You can sit down in it perfectly secure where it is fathoms Ceep. Men lie on top of it with their arms cross- ed under their heads and smoke their cigars. Its buyoancy is indescribabie ard uni je. Any one can float upon it at the first trial; there is nothing to do but He down gently upon it—and float. But s ming Is an entirely different matter. The moment you begin to “padle your cwn lively and—to the lookers-on— provoking. 2xerciscs ensue. When yoy stick your hands under to make a stroke, your feet decline to stay anywhere but on top; and when, after an exciting tussle with your refractory pedal extremi- ties, you again get them beneath the sur- face, your hands fly out with the splash and splutter of a half dozen flutter wheels. If, on account of your brains being heavier than your heels, you chaace to turn a sSomersault and your head goes under, your heels will pop up like a pair of frisky did- apper ducks. You cannot keep more than. one end of yourself under water at once, but you soon learn how to wrestle with its novelties, and then it becomes “a tning of beauty and a joy for’ any summer day. The water is delightful to the skin, every sensation is exhilarating, and one cannot help feeling in it like a gilded cork adrift in a jewel-rimmed bowl of champagne punch. In the sense of luxurious ease with which it envelopes the baiher it is unrival- ed on earth. The only approximation to It fs in the phosphorescent waters of the Mosquito Indian coast. The water does not freeze until the thermometric mercury tum- bles down to eighteen degrees above zero, or fourteen di below the ordinary freezing point. It is as clear as crystal, with a bottom of snow-white sand, and small objects can be distinctly seen at a depth of twenty feet. There ts not a fish or any other living thing in all the twenty- five hundred or three thousand square miles of beautiful and mysterious waters, except the yearly increasing swarms of summer bathers. Not a shark or a stingaree to scare the timid swimmer or floater, not a crab or a crawfish to nip the toe of thi nervous wader, not a minnow or a fro; tadpole or ® pollywog—nothing that liv moves, swims, crawis or wiggles. It Is the ideal sea-bathing place of the world. ———+e+—___ Dean of Oberlin. From the Cincianat! Enquirer. A pretty little story is told about Mrs. A. A. Johnston, the dean of Oberlin College. I: is said that she never leaves American soll witNout carrying with her a silken American flag. On one of her early trips abroad she went to a pension in a German city to perfect herself in the use of the German language. It happened that rep- resentatives from several other countries were there. On the evening of her second day in the establishment the Herr doctor, who sat at the head of the dinner table, began to question each young woman in turn of what she was most-proud of in her own country. One mentioned great vic- tories, another illustrious men and women. Each one had an appropriate answer. Johnston was in has been to give up hunting. What is the matter with her’ “The “says she has a to- bacco heart.” Hanna, when questioned by a reporter, sald there was absolutely no He said the question Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. SAVANNAH, Ga., August 2, 1898. ‘The political situation in Georgia is still perplexing, and with the efforts of the pro- hibiticnists, poptlists and republicans, who Gesire fusion, the outlook is unsettled. Dr. J. B. Gambrell, ex-president of Mer- cer University of Macon, whose friends are pushing him forward for the nomination for governor on the prohtbition ticket, ts well known through the state, and tf nom- irated ts going to poll a very heavy vote. The prohibition party is very strong, and at every state election a full ticket has been named, drawing many thousand votes from the democratic ranks. Walter B. Hili, a prohibition leader, and a lawyer of ability, residing im Macon, is another aspirant for the governorship on the ticket. Gambrell has notified his party of his will- ingness to run. He has just returned from Mississippi, where he assisted tn the fight in that state. The following ts about the lst to be placed before the prohibition con- vention, which assembles at Atlanta on Thursday, August 6: For governor, Seab Wright of Rome, Dr. J. B. Gambreil of Macon, Walter B. Hill of Mecon, John P. Fort of Mt. Airy, W. L. Peck of Conyers; for attorney general, Jno. Vv. West of Thomson, J. B. Mahaffey of Jefferson; for secretary of state, Gen. Phitl- lips of Phillips’ Legion, Dr. Nance of Gainssvilie, John Hi Traylor of Troup county; for state treasurer, Col. Jones of Bartow county, W. C. for Sibley of Augusta; controller general, W. R. Kent of anuel county, Maj. C. E. MeGrogor of McDuffie county; for commissioner of agri- culture, James Barrett of Augusta, C. H. Ellington of Thomson, John W. Poole of Meriwether county; for permanent chair- man of the convention and chairman of the state executive committee, Judge J. K. Hines of Atlanta. Judge Hines, it will be remembered, was the caadidate for governor against Atkin- son two years ago. A Republica There is a big row on in republican cir- cles in the state. The colored elem+ht, led by Rev. i. K. Love of Savannah, is leading @ movement to fight Boss Buck, and it is said authoritatively that @ full ticket for state house officers will be named at a convention soon to be held. Thos. F. Johrson, ex-collector of the port of Savan- nah, and @ son of ex-Governor Herschel V. Jchnson, will likely be the gubernator- ial nominec. He 1s perhaps the strongest cf his party in Georgia and very popular with democrats in south and middle Geor- gia. The white electoral ticket recently se- lected was maue at a meeting of the state committee and not by a convention of t party, and this, it seems, ig the ground for complaint of the Love faction. The white rs, however, will prove a drawing tor the republican ticket in Georgia. was Tom Johnson who last week bovght the first bale of Georgia cotton and shipped it to New York incased witb gilded hoops, inscribed “McKinley and Gold, Com- pliments of T. F. Johnson, Georgia. The cotton was bid In by the latter at Ty cents per pound and sold on the New York exchange at 20 cents. The bidding was lively. Rew. Democrats Acquience. The democrats of this section are doing some very effective work. An immense Bryan-Sewall ratification meeting will be held here Thursday night next, to which United States Senater Bacon and Gov. At- kinson have been invited. It is plainly seen on all sides that the dissatisfied dem- ocrats are now coming to the support of the Chicago ticket. The sound money fol- lowers, though numerous In south Georgia, see that it ts useless to vote and work against the party, and many are now avowed supporters of Bryan and Sewall. John Temple Graves, recently an able ex- poneni of sound money, has announced his purpose of stumping for Bryan and Sewall in Georgia, and so it is with the leading democrats of the state. Bolters seem to get very little sympathy in Georgia, and yet the sound money ques- tion is a vital one, and thousands of buat- ness men who three weeks ago refused to support Bryan are now coming over to his support—many say just to keep the party intact. There are many conservative poll- ticians who ere satisfied that the country will never have free silver legislation, even with Bryan as President. This ts the logi- cal phase, of the question. The New York World still places the News in the list of bolters. This is not the case, however. The News, though a strong advocate of sound money, has openly supported the Chicago ticket. Bewildered Populints. The populists are still in a muddled state awaiting the outcome of Tom Watson's candidacy. Populist meetings are being held all cver the state and county officers nominated. In the second district (Bea. Russell's) fhe populists nave just nominat- ed John Sibley of Tifton for Congress. J. C. C. Black is being urged to run for Congress again by the democrats of the tenth district. Tom Watson being out of this race would give Black a heavy ma jority. Savannah Morning SS ‘The Leof. From the St. Louls Republic. The lergest gold coin now in circulation in the world ts the “loof” of Annam, a Frenct; colony in Eastern Asia. It is a flat, round gold piece, almost as large as a tea saucer, and is worth $220 in United States coin. The second largest is the “obang” of Japan. The obang is a beautiful, oblong coin of the finest quality of gold, and is worth about $% of our money. The third largest and most valuable of the! regular “current coinage of the nations” is the “bends,” a hamshaped ingot, which circu- lates as lawful money in Ashantee. The bends is worth #49 in United Sta:es gold, which makes it about equal in value to the California gold $ piece. The “loot” of Annam, the coin first mentioned above, is believed to be the largest and most valu- able piece ever coined in the history of the world, excepting, of course «as far as val- ue is concerned), the different gold coins of smaller denominations which have sold at enormous prices on account of scarcity or on account of historical associations. As far as weight fineness 1s concerned the loof 1s the king-pm of the world’s coin- age. SSS eens Baths on the Train. From the New York Journal. And now a bathing car for raliways has been patented. Henceforward there is no reason why persons traveling should be an- noyed by the incidental dust and cinders. if they feel soiled they can jump into a bathtub, presently emerging clean and freshened. ning from one end to the other, on either side of the aisle. Each room contains a bathtub and may be closed by a sliding door, so that the strictest privacy is se- cured. Pyeng wag beat bhp thay son light and may furnished with every lux- ury and convenience to be found in a hotel of the first-class. Hot water is supplied Fa | eld: & g HS | ; i f 4 eee Ld be) ft ue