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mmtrnmrnm CASPAIGH M< $f.' PROTECTION THB REAL ISSUE \l . , * * IN OHIO. " V" ' " at j g«a*--Wbjfct Hl« Hel|hl)oF« think of Hhn ;^«-*ha P»rt Be Ferlbnned at lh« CMesg* A Worthy StmOard Bearer. . r id «fet are now turned toward Ohio •ad her gal!ant champion of /protection «ad Republican principles, William Mc- jKlnley. Jr. The Buckeye State has been choeen, not for the first time, as the ground for the preliminary struggle of a rUonal campaign, and Major McKinley In It And, later on, when the last itofce is counted, there Is every reason to believe that Major McKinloy will still ®e in It In other words, William Mc- Klllley, Jr., has every prospect of being She next Governor of Ohio. Thft nomination of Major McKinley for i;<lhe Governorship of his native State Is *n event of national significance--even ; #f International significance. When the -lows of it reached England, the London Jtnvjs devoted a special article to it, pointing out how much was at stake for British interests. It saw that his 4efeat would confirm English hopes of the early abandonment of the pro­ tectionist. policy, while his e'ectlon yould mean that that policy was to show Itself strong enough to hold "British in­ terests" at bay, and maintain for Amer- •fca a thoroughly American policy. In nominating Major McKinley with Hhe applause of the protectionists all 4>ver the country, the friends of home industry in Ohio took up the challenge •f last November. More than any other iaan In the whole country, Maor Mc­ Kinley is identified with that policy. His Hame stands upon the tariff of 1890 as "distinctly and indelibly as that' of Col. Bays on the tariff of 1635, or that of wpitijWSW'Py"!!!-- ? :V a MXIKLtr. Morrill on the tariff of I8~t. Wot 9nly was ho the chief and responsible Author of that tariff, but ho was the inost notable victim of the wholesale lying, which produced a temporary .fright and reaction with regard to it If protectionists had taken alarm at the defeat of so many of their friends last Kovember, and had been disposed to get feady to back down irom tho legislation ' Of last year, they certainly would not feave selected Mr. McKinley for the first ftigh office to which he could be nomin­ ated. We want no better champion in this preliminary and most significant Struggle than Hon. William McKinley. Ohio is nominally a protectionist State. It is a community made up of very dif­ ferent elements, industrially it repre- ' . Stents pretty fairly the whole country. • Two-fifths and more of its people are farmers. The crop runs up into the hun­ dreds of millions of bushels The tariff . •has brought the manufacturer Into close v . ̂ aeigbborhood with the farmer, and has ;-V- ' freated ample and steady market* for food and other farm products. It has utilized the natural resources of the f<: 8tete, until the value of the manufact- • lirod .articles is now g-eater than that of •toe farm produce. This diversification ,{ 6f labor tyis given the people freedom of " •choice as\to their occupation. Those y Who have a'preference for the industrial « * arts have a chance to find work in them, Instead of beiog shut up to farming •lone. And the recent discovery of nat­ ural gas under the soil of the State has ! iven a new impetus +o manufactures of 11 kinds by reducing the cost of power. Altogether t'liio is a fair sample of the S Whole country, and it* share in the re- ^ actionary "snap judgment" of 1890 :;>y'Hfcakes its Impending choice of a Gov- t'|"-;,'-armor highiy significant, especially tn of the faot that both parties hare , drawn the issue more distinctly on Pro- , . lection than on any other problem. •KAirft'fr. The issue in Ohio is between Free Trade and Protection. There is much It v less disguise and pretense now than ® there was last November. Those who •aid "Tariff Reform" then say "Free Trade" now. That of itself is a gain to the cause of Protection, which, in the r' r long run, will be found to more than balance the loss of the next House of / . ' -Hepresentativea. The enemy have been fmboldened by their hit of sue ess to - 'abandon their ambuscade and to "fight .to the open." The American workman '?• who Aotes now for an enemy of our vTariff does'so with his eyes open. He r.* knows what to expect He solicits the v free competition of the depressed and Underpaid labor of Europe with his own, tnd with the certainty that his wages I will go down to something like the Euro- fibean level. If he has a grain of sense, ;, lie knows that the reduction of Tariff v ' duties to a Kree Trade level means the ifepeal of the laws forbidding the Impor- £ ^tetion of labor under contract. These -laws are a part of the protective legisla­ tion of the country. We cannot invita the competition of European labor, and lorbid our capitalists to bring it into the country for their own use. It would be gs unjust as it would be useless to insist /jj>n such a restriction. " The American farmer also knows what "Js ahead of him. The opposition now /Stands for the free importation of Cana­ dian farm produce, of Australian wool, i&f every sort of food product from what- aver country can produce it cheaper than tWe do. Their victory means the repeal 'V' if the duty on wool, which has given a . fresh stimu us to Ohio's sheep-farming, v" it means the expulsion of the inanufact- r.; t Hrer from the vicinity of the farm, that •he farmer may have the joy of sending ^ : all his produce over land and -sea at his , , „ «Own expense, and of bringing back a • Scanty supply of manufactured articles , .» An exchange. It means a wholesale con- •A'. r." Version of our population from other in­ dustries to farming--the conversion of) g^:M|he farmer's customers into his competit- y ' - ®rs in the food market It means a vast I" diminution in the purchasing-power of s-' the bushels of wheat and the carcass of r;s> -f>ork, although this will be concealed ;V - fender the "cheapness" of one-half of the -farmers' bargains. ? ,V - It will mean no reduction In the cost ©f living except through abso'uto cut- \ ting-off of comfor+s and luxuries that are >tf,. -Jftow enjoyed b7 all or nearly all. Instead Of protective dutie^ for the benefit of tv American labor we shall see revenue .duties on tea, coffee, spices, sugar, and HS*; the like to pay the expanses of the Gov- ^ irnment The cost of housekeeping will no whit lower, although we shall hav^ gl kfco duties for the benefit of the American ;>^rodu'. er. Under the McKinley tariff the cost • »f living has gone down. There has , -fceon at least no rise in the cost of car- _ - pets, clothing, hardware, food, and all ihe rest I Lave askod one home-pro­ vider after another to tell me what arti­ st «!• Uiuy P»y more for than they did laal yeiwr. In ©very case they tell me that nothtef U dearer than it wtm, *mI that many things are much chaajMr. The difference in the cost of sugar aloao is an Important item in 'household ex­ penses. Wages have held up and in many case* have risen. In a word, the "McKinley Prices" lie has been exploded by the evidence of facts which touch every man's pocket. The gallant Major's own district was bamboo?led by that lie into voting against him. ills htate now has the op­ portunity and the duty to give it its final quietus. Shall not Ohio prove her-, self equal to the occasion? "As a man thinketh at heart, so is he. * As a man takes with his neighbors at home, so in no small part is he. There are big men with iritis and big men without them. Wm. McKinley,, Jr., doesn't wear many. McKinley was scarce eighteen, when, in 3pite of his mother's fears, he shoul­ dered a musket, and went forth from the little hamlet of Po and,. Mahoning County, Ohio, in the regiment led by Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes. Young McKinley stuck to fighting in a modest, business-like way, and grade by grade pushed his way to the fore. Finally, reasons ssstytifctd, then its prsseuee win be an insoit to the people of that city and surrounding country. They have suffered loss, bat the sensible people there will not take kindly to political condolences o^ered in exchange for votes. While the corn is out in silk and tassels, it is useless for Mr. Boies to make a junketing tour of the State la the hope of making the people believe that -tiny are losing 67 cents on every acre of corn in Iowa.--Ds» MokM* Reg* iater. Kipitlttoa or 8onnd Frioelpl** CoBMaaliy N*od*<L ! .Good and true doctrines can never be repeated too often. There will always be new readers and new listeners. The principles advocated but four years ago must again b * gone over to a new gen­ eration of voters. The population of the United States is now over 63,000,000. It is probable that over 13,000,000 votes will bo cast next year, and yet not one- eighth of population, or one-quarter of AMONG THB LEPERS. would have been all right; but it was not, and it was altogether impossible to manage to eat it. TIM "SIWITTF" Evil In Chloagwt ~ "Sweaters" are middlemen who 1 operate 'between capital and labor. New Zealand, says a writer in the j chiefly in certain lines of clothing Pall Mall Budxjet, started tm a tour of | manufacture. They hire miserable Russia and Siberia in quest of further • rooms in precincts already well set- information regarding the disease and ! tied by poor families, procure orders for large supplies of one kind of art­ icle, put in machines and employ wo- SaU Martdra, th« Br»v« Xngllslt Woman, aod Her Travels, Just about one year ago Miss Kate Marsden, the lady who studied leprosy among the Maoris in various parts of its unfortunate victims. Miss Mars den went under the special protection of the Empress of Russia, and armed \ men, girls, boys, and in some cases with documents by the aid of which every hospital and prison in the vast empire of the north would open its doors to her. When she set out Miss Marsden was under the impression that she could accomplish her object! within six months. Now, after nearly a year's hard and continued age at the outbreak of the civil war. i It is estimated that 3,600,000 votes will 't be cast next year by men who iiever | voted for President before. And over . tk . . 5,000,000 more men who were not of age ?,« M ?ft \tttSe9S qUiHettLd0^5 1 *ken Lincoln was inaugurated, while n 1865, McKinley had earned the gold ,naa , (Vv» non vnt„„ wilt hv the present voting population was of *or^' s^e high up in the white ISorth, which, nine months out of twelve, is wrapped in ice and snow. Wild tribes, the very fringe of west­ ern civilization, inhabit these regions in the government of Yakutsk. In- leaf of a major and had developed sun dry tound traits so well perfected in the school of war. What systematic school­ ing McKicley received in those early years was acquired at an institution at Meadville, la. A statesman was pre­ served to the Nation when, at the close of the war. the young ^lunteer resisted the urging of his father and declined to Join the regular army a* aid-do-camp to General (arroll for servtce in Texas. .So the young fellow came home and dived into the law books of Judge Belden, an old practi­ tioner of Canton-' Politics and its rewards now began to boom up before the rising lawyer, and he soon found himself Prosecuting Attoriiey for Stark County. In 1S70 he was first elected to i ongress, and two years later he first encountered the Giant (jerrymander, and with him wiped the earth, for, after one of the bitterest fights, he was re-elected over Glen. Aquilla Wi'ey by a small plurality. In his next Congressional fight he had S clear field, for his dlstiict had been re­ stored to its original limits, and Judge Thoinan, of Youngstown,»was obliged to stay at homo In 1882 dissensions arose and Judge Wallace, of New Lisbon, beat him, although McKinley w3%de­ clared elect* d by seventeen votes. In 1884 again he grappled with a gerry­ mandered district, 2,500 Democratic, and down went David R Paige, of Ak­ ron. In 1883 McKinley forced Phelps, of the Alliance Leader, to stick to his quill--Phelps had been heading for Con­ gress. Then came 1888, and, with a re­ stored di-trict, the Ma;or laid away on the shelf George P. Iker, of Columbiana County. But the man, the husband, the citi­ zen. Eighteen years ago he married Miss Ida baxton. of Canton. Those eighteen years have proven McKinley the perfect husband, for during all this tim - his wife has required the extra de­ votion demanded by a confirmed invalid. Major McKinley is not a wealthy man, but he is in comfortable circumstances. He is not what is called a money maker, as it is <*aid he never even charges interest on money he loans. The Rev. D. H. Muller, of the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Canton, a man who knows McKinley well, says of his dominant traits: "As to his moral qualities, his con­ science is tender, clear, strong, keeping him always in harmony with his own convictions, and making him reliable when great principles are at stake. I think the predominant heart quality which he ha»exhibited as a person is his self-sacrifice, self-abnegation. His mod­ esty equals his unselfishness, and his devotion to those he loves is exceptional. Without trespassing upon the sanctity of his domestic relations, let me say that very few men, it any! have uiven them­ selves with such unstinted devotion to an invalid wife as Major McKin'ey has for years. Save when Important duties demanded his absence from her side, he has ever been present to cheer and com­ fort her. When other men, after their public duties of the day, have found relief in some social or physical recrea­ tion, he has turned aside from all solicit- M'KINLEY AT HOME. less than 3,000,000 votes will be cast by men who were then of age. None of the young men who will cast their first vote for President next year* and who are receiving wages and salaries from $10 to $12 per week, can recall the time when under a Free-Trade tariff they would have been compelled to walk four miles to begin work at daylight continuing as long as it was lisht enough to see, and then walking four miles to their homes, and for what? Eighty-seven cents per day! The young voter cannot remember when the philanthropic people of New York organized free-soup dispensaries to the poor who were without work or who were obliged to work for a pittance. Much need there is, to repeat over again the doctrines and principles of Protection to our industries, lest, through ignorance, we return to those dark and bitter days of idleness and poverty. Let the new voter be thoroughly informed, and we do not fear to abide by the result of his balloting. Intelligence leads to Protection, Pro­ tection, to Industry, Industry to perity. Perform »ae * va. Promise. ,j There have been twenty-four sessions of Congress since the war of the rebell­ ion. Hy a peculiar coincidence the con­ trol of the House of Representatives, with which must originate all legislation affecting the revenue, has been for an equal period--twelve years--with each of the two great political parties- Wrhile one of these parties has been committed to legislation having in view the protection of American labor and in­ dustries, the other has been inviting the support of voters by its promises of "revenue reform" and the reduction of taxation. It may prove Instructive to look over the record of each party for the twelve years it has controlled na*' tional legislation, and find out just what has been accomplished. The Protectionists, while in position to originate legislation, passed eight acts by which the revenues were reduced 836?,504,509. On the other hand, the Earty clamoring for "revenue reform* as, during the twelve years of its su­ premacy, reduced the revenue but$«,368,- 935. The figures upon which this sum­ mary Is made have been before Congress repeatedly, and have never yet been controverted. Upon the record thus made --performance on the part of one, prom­ ises on the part of the other--the two parties will soon again appeal for the support of American voters. Which is most to be trusted? stead of coming home to chronicle her discoveries and experiences, Miss Marsden has sent over to England an English lady who joined her at Mos­ cow, was her traveling companion to Omsk and who hopes to return to Miss Marsden (to whom, speaking Russian fluently, and being keenly interested in the lepers, she is in­ valuable) after accomplishing the task for which she has returned to England. This lady, Miss Field, gives the following interesting de­ tails of the tour: I joined Miss Marsden at Moscow, whence we went straight on to Sa­ mara. I cannot tell you how kind- nay, more than kind--the Russian Government has everywhere been to us. Miss Marsden has an autograph letter from the Empress (with whom she is also in direct communi­ cation as to her work) and a number of official documents, and no sooner J does she produce them than every- < body, from the highest to the lowest A Tariff Picture. At the Protective Tariff Senator Aldrich disposed of the absurd claim tbat protection kills foreign trade by showing th&t during the revenue tariff period, from 1847 to 1861 the avenge yearly exports of the United States per oapita were but 97.18, while in tbe j4&* s 1876-lfc90. after our industries had been built np by protection, our average anneal exports per capita were S13.S7. --New York Proas. atlons and pressing invitations for soefal enloymont to contribute to the happiness of his beloved one. This has been not for days, weeks, or months, but for nearly eighteen years. He is a man that is completely getata- ble. The constituent from Wayback has no trouble finding the Congressman from the Sixteenth. And he is loyal--• loyal to the core. Who does not remem­ ber his attitude in the Chicago, conven­ tion of 188h? A follow townsmen who went with McKinley to the Chicago convention when Harrison was nominated for Pres­ ident, tells of a little incident as illus­ trative of his loyalty to the pledge he had made to John Sherman. Says he: "Just before the balloting begain I said to the Ma or, '\~ou will certainly be nominated for President. The ticket will be McKinley and Morton.' He re­ plied: 'I wo ild regard it as a personal and political calamity to be nominated at this time, because it would not only p!ace me in a position to be accused of betraying a trust, but because, if nominated and elected, it would retire me too early in life.' "Then came his speech, when he mounted a chair and declined to allow the use of his name. After It was over I said to him: VMajor, that speech was a literary gem--you must have prepared tbat beforehand and committed it to memory.' 'Well, sir,' said he, 'I got up at 5 o'clock this morniug and walked the streets of Chicago until I got just what I wanted."" Lastly, say they who know him, *he speaketh no evil." . • • GOT. Boi-A END Cherokee C«untjr< A Democratic committeeman is report­ ed to have said ihat uov. Boies is to open the campaign at Cherokee, because the people of that city, on account of the June foods, will be able to appreciate a ca a'nity campaign Does this mean that the Governor of Iowa is going toN travel v.p and down the State dilating' upon the poverty of the people in order to secure his own re-elet tion? Does he intend to travel in the wake of floods and to camp on the trail of tornadoes to profit by failure of crops and other mis­ fortunes that have been viaited upon the people.' The people of Cherokee have suffered a great deal. Many acres of crops were levelled to the ground, cattlo were swept down tha stream and houses rained, but these dire disasters are not proper matters for political profiting. If it is true that the Governor is to be­ gin his campaign at Cherokee <«r the Tl»e Farmer Moat Vital!? Interested la Protection. The wage-earners on farms in this country exceed 10,000,000, while there are upward of 24,000,000 persons dl^ rectly dependent upon farming for their livelihood. Those 10,000,000 farm hands, their employers. Md tlMwpUal iaveeted, produce annually over $3,000,000,000, exclusive of cotton and tobacco. Of this 9 per cent, only is sold in foreign markets, 02 per cent being consumed at home. Which market, then, should the farmer uphold and encourage? What tariff principles should he maintain and support? What would become of this great home demand and remunerative market should such a bill as the Mills bill become a law? Why, it would shrivel amaziusly, while millions of idle mill operatives would be driven to the farms. Imagine the number of farmers doubled and the home market shrunk to one-half or one-fourth its present size! Ko wonder the owners and workers of farms are becoming anxious and taking a deep interest in this, to them more than anything else, vital question. The busy season is at hand, but a double harvest will accrue if every man will do his duty. Kxchange Comment. RECIPBOCITV wins another great tri­ umph In the new treaty with Spain open­ ing Cuban trade.--Philadelphia Press. MKS. LEASE, of Kansas, Will stump Ohio. A Kansas Lease is even worse than a Kansas mortgage. --Peoria Tran­ script Gov. CAMPBELL is making a great campaign for the Alliance vote. He has had his wife cut his hair.--Milwau­ kee Sentinel. OHIO has no cause to complain of the lack of free raw material, with Simpson, Peffer and Mrs. Lease taking part in the campaign.--Springfield Journal. IF Grover Cleveland does go out to Ohio to help in the campaign the sliver plank will furnish him an excellent text. --Peoria Transcript. "WHAT do the silver men want?" asks the St. Louis Globe-Democrat Evidently a little sense and some knowledge of the laws of finance.--Albany Express. THE Maryland Democrats are lavish in their praises of Groyer Cleveland's administration, but it will be noticed that all reference to Mr. Cleveland's we'l-known ambition to conduct another notional administration has been care-, fully and completely amended out of their platform.--Philadelphia Press. NOBODY is losing much sleep over the threatened doings of the Democratic liou^e of Representatives next winter, i The people of the country are waiting patiently, with a faith that has never proved fruitless, for the Democratic j one but three coats--one of felt, official, does his very best to assist her in any way he can. At Moscow, for instance Prince Bolgoroukoff, the then Governor, collected a sum of money for Miss Marsden, and many other people in high position made her presents of warm clothing and other things she would want in the North. She has also quite a collection of valuable saints--images which the Russians consider will protect any one carrying them from all dangers of the body, mind and souj. When at Samara we had not quite decided whether we could do any go<»d by going to. Ufa, when the Gov­ ernor there told Miss Marsden of a most interesting man at Ufa--just the one man of all others that could give her full information about the Siberian lepers. This was Arch­ bishop Dvonesius of Ufa, a man widely known in Russia for his learn­ ing and for the splendid work he has done among the half-savage tribes of Siberia. He was the first Bishop in the north of Siberia, where he lived and worked for forty-three years. He also translated the new Testament into the language of this Yakutsk tribes. "But don't they talk Russian, like the civilized Siberians?" Miss Field was asked. the different tribes have each their language or dialect, which are quite different from Russian. Well, the Governor of Samara gave us a let­ ter to the Archbishop of Ufa, which proved to be invaluable to Miss Mars­ den. We called on him the day af­ ter arrival and found himself a most interesting man, who himself had found out a great deal about leprosy. He told us about the lepers in the vast wild districts beyond Yakutsk-- how they live scattered around in lonely places and how frightfully lep­ rosy is prevalent among them. There are three different kinds of leprosy and it appears that in the case of these tribes in the lake district of Northern Siberia the source of the disease has been traced to a small fish that inhabits the lakes and is eaten in large quantities by the na­ tives. The germ of leprosy was dis­ covered in the flsh, and, what is more, an antidote to it has also been discovered by some one. This is a herb that grows in the district, called by the Russians kutchukta (octoble- pharum?) This, of course, is of the greatest possible importance, but alas! though lepers abound in this district there is no place where they can be taken care of--no hospital where leprosy in the early stages might be cured, and where the suffer­ ings of those might be somewhat alleviated when it is too late to cure. To procure money for building a hos­ pital in the north of Siberia is now an additional object of Miss Marsden, and she is confident that she will be helped as soon as she makes it known in Russia and in England. You can imagine that we went on from Ufa more deeply interested than ever, now that we were on the actual track of the disease. The next place we were bound for was Omsk, where I ISTt Miss Marsden to come to England and plead for more money with which to carry on the work that has proved so much more extensive and successful than she could forsee on setting out last year. The travel­ ing expenses alone are very heavy, and Miss Marsden never passes one of all the prisoners sh<; sees in the var­ ious prisons without showing some, little kindness to them, by giving each a small quantity of tea and sugar,, both luxuries not included in the prison diet." - "How do you travel in the interior of Russia?"' 7 "By troika, put on a sledge in win- t<%and on wheels in Summer. When we were traveling together it was winter, and the cold was often 30 de­ grees (Reaumer), with a wind. What that means only those can understand who have experienced it. Miss Mars­ den was ciressed in Jager wool, to be­ gin with, and over that she wore not one men, at the lowest wage, the capital­ ist, wholesaler or retailer never com­ ing in contact with the labor thus employed. 'It is not uncommon for the wholesaler to supply materials and superintendence. The expense and worry of managing factories are thus taken off the hands of the marketer of the product. The "sweater" es­ capes risk on capital and fluctuations in market rates and fashions. The capitalist is not embarrassed by strikes. He gets his per cent, and has no further care. The misery and loss of the system fall only on labor. The system reached its highest de­ velopment in London, where the vast size of the city and the distance be­ tween marts of trade and the quar­ ters of the sewing poor was too great for the latter to cover while getting employment. Middlemen found it easy and profitable to huddle these miserable creatures into cellars or garrets without light or sanitation and drive them as many hours a day as they were able to st itch for pit­ tances that barely sufficed for food. In many cases families remained in their wretched hovels and piece work was doled out to them at the same rates. The evil became so monstrous in its economic and moral aspects that even the stolid House of Lords found it desirable to appoint a com­ mission to inquire into its causes and to devise means for its ameliorate. Nothing practical ever came of the inquiry. It is now well established in all large American cities. Distaste of women for housework has added im mense impetus to its growth. Thous­ ands of wan and pinched mothers and daughters prefer the beggars' rate paid for the sewing done for "sweat ers" to decent homes where they would earn far more pay and be surrounded with safeguards absent from "sweat­ ers' " dens and the social surroundings that necessarily environ human hu­ man herding of both sexes and all ages. It is not clear that any cure for it is to be had, at least radical in its effects, so long as prejudice'against domestic employment remains among women who need to work. Manufac­ turers will resort to this species of middleman co-operation to escape labor unions and strikes if for no other reason. No law can interfere with their buying where and of whom they please. At the meeting of the Trade and Labor Assembly statements not well founded were made concerning the output of ' 'sweaters'" dens. One speaker declared that the cloaks thus manfactured were worn "by the daint y creatures that ride up and down the avenues in fine carriages," and that it would be well they should know that their garments were made "in pestilential holes where small-pox and diphtheria germs thrive." What ever amount of truth there may be in the last assertion, there is little in the first. The out put of "sweaters'" dens is not fine nor artistic. "Dainty creatures who ride in carriages" have their cloaks made to order and do not patronize dealers who carry thestocks gotten from "sweaters." But it is certainly true that in the dens "sweaters" run disease germs must thrive; therefore the city authorities are bound to exercise vigilant and constant supervision over them. The factory law touching child labor should be enforced with the greatest vigor. The miserable creatures who engage in service to"sweaters" are to l)e considered quite as promptly and deferentially as the dainty creatures who ride in carriages. The middle class of industrious people who do buy the lines of apparel made in "sweaters'" shops also have rights. We cannot abolish "sweating." But we can lessen its evils.--Chicago Herald. majority in the next Congress to seize the first opportunity to make an ass of itself. And they will not be disap­ pointed.--Chicago Tribune. t TUKI'.E is every indication that the Democratic party has been hearing from the country. They are begging for "fewer issues." Brer Mills only wants them to talk of "the things in reach," and "reforms that can be accomplished," such as "the tariff." How he is going to abolish the tariff new he doesn't say. It is a goose that hangs too high lor hlia to reach.--CMeago Jnttr Oeosm. wadded, and the outer coat sheepskin inside and reindeer skin outside. Reindeer skin,, with the hair, of course, left on it, is always used in Siberia for winter coats." "What about your food in out-of- the-way places?" * "Sometimes we had to live almost entirely on tea and biscuits and such tinned provisions as we had with us. The brown bread was so bad that we could not possibly eat it. Had it been the common soldiers' bread it PLYINQ FROM JUSTICE. is tho Sick- Room. Never whisper in a sick-room. The sound is expressively exasperating to an invalid. Say what you have to say in a clear, distinct, though not necessarily loud, voice which the patient will be under no strain to understand. I knew of a lady who, having been ill for some time, had had several people to watch with her. "Let me have Mrs. ," she at last begged, "she never whispers." People will often stand outside the door of a sick-room and carry on a whispered conversation; do not make the mistake of thinking it an im­ provement on louder speaking. There should be no talking near a sick­ room, unless quite necessay, and as I have said, it should not be in whispers. And let me just here put in a plea for the nurses: You who are not in the patient's room, do not be offended when asked to be more quiet about the house, even when you think that you are being very careful. It is almost impossible to realize when you know the doors are shut, or possi­ bly a story is between you and the in­ valid, that what seems to you a con­ versation carried on in ordinary tones, can possibly penetrate to that distant chamber, but it can, my friends, and does; so take tlfe , request, when it comes, in good part; for it is almost agony, at times, to the nurse--through the patflsnt--to have to endure the sound of those voices. Avoid wearing boots that creak, or a rustling dress. Never stand or sit at the head of the bed, or where the patient will be obliged to tarn even his eyes to see you; place yourself where he can look into your face. I have seen people enter a sick-j^oom and take their stand out of sight, under the mistaken im­ pression that they would not attract attention; but invalids are peculiarly j sensitive to an unseen presence, and they Vill turn their head, or even try | to raiiSe themselves on the pillow in the effort to ascertain who has come into the room.--Good Housekeeping. IN a minute the lowest sound your ear can catch has been made by 980 vibrations while the highest tone reached you alter Brajking 2,228,099 yibrationa. B. B. Mugmve Frustrated In HU VImm to Bocwre KSO.OOO InimntMo. ' The Musgrave mystery at Terre Haute, Ind . has been solved. The man who would have the world believe him dead is alive and well in Chicago. Charles M. Trout, the young real estate dea er who was strongly suspected of complicity in the conspiracy, confessed all at the Coroner s inquest and was placed under arrest for arson, perjury, and conspiracy to defraud. Frederick F. Markle, brother-in-law to the fugitive real estate dealer, set the ball rolling. He is a citizen of repute, and he had too much on his mind about this case. It troubled him, and. when he was called before tho Coroner he made up his mind to tell all he khew. Alter he had told his story the police took Trout Into custody. \V hen he learned that Mark'.e had exposed the conspiracy he weakened, and then he also went before the Coroner. In a room closed to all save the police of- cla's Trout was for two hours the most supreme object' of Interest He was dejected to a pitable degree and he was In an intense state of nervous agitation. The story of the desperate attempt U. swindle the insuranco companies by this fugitive forger with $3u,ooo on his life is sensational in the extreme. Musgrave, according to both witnesses, is now hid­ ing in Chicago under the alias of T U. Thornton. Alark.e gave the fugitive's whereabouts as 4345 Berkeley avenue and Trout gives li as 7436 St Lawrence avenue. Just how this discrepancy oc­ curs Is not apparent Markle is married to Musgrave s sister and the latter was greatly agitated, believing her brother had really met a terrible fate. A few days after the log-cabin fire Trout con­ fided to Markle that Musgrave was really alive, and that it was just a scheme of his that he was working. As Musgrave had borrowed *200 from Markle. which the latter needed badly, he got Musgrave's address from Trout, and going to Chicago saw him near the Oakland Hotel, at Drexel and Oakwood boulevards. Musgrave was greatly sur­ prised to see him. Markle w:vnu;d to kuow what object 1 e had in aciin.; in this manner, in becoming a fu\iti>e on the face of the earth once more, as if one experience was not enough (or him, and Musgrave answered that he wanted the insurance. Markle told him he could not hope to escape, as detectives were everywhere On his track, and the fugitive .«aid if he only had $500 he could make his way in safety to England. Musgrave paid hlia •10 on account. He did n<>t seeiu to have much money, and his appearance was changed, according to Markle, so that be could scarcely be recognized, although he was not In any manner dis­ guised. Musgrave wanted to see him again next morning, but Markle did not go back. Musgrave told him in tho con­ versation that the remains found in the cabin were those of a skeleton he had bought August 12 at St Louis. He paid 8105 for the skeleton. It was shipped August 14 to Chicago in the name of T. B. Burnham. Trout's story, giving the way In which the ghastly scheme wai worked, was de­ cidedly thrilling. Musgrave com*. Ivnd the Idea of Insuilng his life heavily and then disappearing, and ho otTected $.')<>,• 000 Insurance on his life -$10,M>» In the United States Mutual Accident, ¥5,<Mi0ln the i£tna, and $15,000 In two . thee eon* pan tea. He made $2u,00o i ayatue t<» his mother, Mrs. f-arah Mutigrave, to his unmarried sister Anna, ami CA, 000 to Miss Catherine McLaughlin* of Minneapolis Minn., to whom he WM en­ gaged to be married. He and Trout had a conference at Chicago Aug. 2, and two weeks later they met at Hillsdale. The Friday ntaht before the fire Musgrave and Trout returned to Terre llaute from Hillsdale, the former carrying the box containing the skeleton, a box about a foot square and two feet, long, across tho Eralrie to the cabin. Musgrave took up Is abode in this lonely hut early Satur­ day morning Tt was agreed as part of the scheme that Trout should work some prominent Knights of Pythias fri$?ids of Musgrave to visit him at the cabin so as to establish conclusively tbat he was there. This Trout successfully accom­ plished. Sunday night Musgrave and Trout took the skeleton out of the box to ar­ range It for the cremation. Trout Fays that when Musgrave saw It he shivered and could not do anything. i?o Trout said: "This thing has gone too far Co go back now," and he arranged the skeleton himself in the straw on the bunk and placed the Knights of Pythias emblem bearing Musgrave's name and address near it. Then Musgrave fired the cabin It was really his tracks tbat the farmers traced to the cornfield. Musgrave waited until he saw tbat the fire had a good start, and then he cut across the prairie and caught the north-bound train for Chfcagd. Trout had started for Terre Haute before the hut was fired. All tbat was left to burn besides the skeleton was Musgrave's valise, specta­ cles and Knights of Pythias badge. He was goinp; to leave his shoes, but Tront objected, saying that It would create suspicious to buy a new.pair at Tecum- seh or Torre Haute. Trout says the mistake that was made was In not leaving his shoes and the buttons of his pants. The skeleton was one such as Is used in museums, strung together by catgut. Trout Is the most dejected mortal en earth, and he takes his arrest very keenly. Detectivo Schumacher, of Chicago, thinks the letter from Musgrave's sister to Trout sereral days after the fire, which was Intercepted by tho po.lce and published, in which she asked about in­ terest on money in Hudnut's bank, was a cipher messa -a There was no money In that bank or any other. Immediately after Trout's confession, Chicago officers were notified. At 4345 Berkeley avenue lives a Mrs. Mary J. Jones, a widow, with her two daughters and son. They do not know Thornton or Musgrave, or anyone answering to his description. There is no such num­ ber as 7436 St Lawrence street The nearest approach to it--in fact, the c nly house on that side of the street for three blocks--is 7414, and the gentleman who lives there says he never heard of Mus­ grave. The addresses given by Markle and Tront are probably fictitious. , ^ Of Pawing Interi s'. IN proportion to its size Colorado Springs Is probably the richest town in the United States. One single street contains the residences of twenty-one millionaires. AT the Lebanon. Fa., railroad station a man who had dropped a nickel In the. slot was holding his band for a cake of chocolate, but instead a live mouse was deposited in his palms. EACH minute, night and day, by the official reports, the t nited States collects $639 and spends $461. The interest on the public debt was $96 a minute last year, or just exactly equal to the amount of silver mined in that time. NEW YOHK, according to the best Judges now has a Hebrew population of 225,000 to 250,000 souls. It is the center of Judaism in tho world. It contain* more of the Israelites than all of Pales­ tine. QMSEW VICTOMA'S favorite dogs, about" forty to number, are being photograph­ ed at the royal kennel, near Windsor Castle. The animals consist of Pome­ ranians, oollles fox-terriers and dacfes- MIFFOTSIFGIDEN: SOBER OR STARTLING. FAITFE- FULLY RECORDED. ' » Policeman Shot by a Kegro--Met Half m Centnty-A Minister Depoitd Fatal Aoetdonto--Robbed of aif,OOj|> ? Murderer Doty, of Bentea, flwri nnil«nn - In icmoriam. ' ' TIIEBE has just been dedicated at Get­ tysburg a monument to mark the snot where the troops of Illinois opened that memorable engagement It serves alas to perpetuate the memory and achieve­ ments of tl e naen who fell In that bloody conflict. There were tut three Illinois regiments in the great battle--namely, the Eighth Illinois Cavalry, commanded byMa^or John L. Beveridge; the Twelfth Cavalry, commanded by Cat tain Georgw W. Shears; and the Eighty-second In­ fantry, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Edward S. Salomon. The first of these three rudiment* had the fiigh honor of opening the engagement, and all of them showed sp'.endid bravery and reflected credit upon the State The two burgs, Vicksburg and Gettysburg, will always taud out with special prom­ inence in the military history of the United States, and Illinois may well be proud of having had even a small part in the battle of Gettysburg, so prominent was its part at Vicksburg. JOHJT WKSSELMAN, of Carlyle, was rtai over by a train and instantly killed. THE Farmers' Mutual Benefit Associa­ tion of Fayette County, held its annual picnic at Vandal ia. GKORGK KCHIRBKI, a Mascoutah brew­ er, was robbed of £3,0001 There is no clew to the robber. EI>WARI> GRAY, a farmer of Morgan County, was thrown from h's wagon at Orleans and instantly killed. Miss FLORENCE CARTEF. for soma time connected with the schools of Lin­ coln, died suddenly in that > ity. THE annual reunion of the old settlor* of Clay County was held at Saylor Springs. About 5,000 people attended. THK annual rally of th^> Illinois Antt- Horse Thief As ociatmn took place at Salem. Two thousand people were in attendance. AT Hillsboro, while waiting on the prisoners at the jail, Deputy isberiff C. A. Freeland was attacked by two and severely beaten. AT Mascoutah there was a meeting between brothers who had not met for half a century. They were E. E. Pagby and William Bagby. -During the war the brothers lost track of cach other. POLICEMKX LINNEA and Wilson at­ tempted to search two negtoes at Effing­ ham, when one of them put the muzzle of a revolver to Linnea's throat and fired, inflicting what is thought to be a mortal wound. A MAX apparently ataut 30 years of age attempted to alight from a m wing train at Chicago. He felt beneath the wheels, his body being cut in two. la his coat was found a card bearing th& name of reter Kovic. WU.MAM THAXBKROBB, of Cartervllle, finding James Sanders with his wife on his return homo shot Sanders twice ia the head. Tranberger surrendered and was r< l«M*ed on bail. Sanders' woundc are thought to be fatal. Tit* trial of Rev. H. Meyer, ot the 1 - VinuiHl Lutheran Church, at Lincoln vtiitliluatcd In a decision to transfer the minister to Other fields. The chorch hut nearly seven hundred members. Charges of «<ot»eulatlon, usury, and false­ hood were made. Rev. Mr. Meyer came from Hanover, Germany, twenty yeara ago. Jotix Dot.r, who murdered his mother- in-law, Mrs. Al.en, near Benton, last June, surrendered and was lodged ia jail the other day. He has been searched for all over the country ever since the murder. The reward of 8100 which was offered for his capture was paid to Daniel Day, the gent!eman to whom he surrendered. Rewards ta the amount of $300 are still offered for his conviction by the county and State THE twenty-sixth year of the Lincoln University opened with 200 students in attendances THK body of an infant partly covered with dirt was found in the yard of Isaae Harris near Vandalia. THE asylum for insane crlminaH at Chester will be completed and ready for occupancy about Oct 1. MRS. J. M. Nickols was fatally injured near Chatham bv being thrown from a buggy and trampled by a horse which was following. TnK fourteenth annual reunion of the Van Buren County battalion of theO. A. R. was held ai Taw Paw. Speeches were made by Commander Caton, Judge Buck, and M. A. Merrifield. THE o:d settlers of Montgomery County held their annual reunion at tim fair grounds In Hillsborough. Mr. and. Mrs. Sopor Clark, ased 88 and 85 years^ Were the oldest couple present A SINGLE day's record of accidents and fatalities in Chicago makes starfr» ling roading. H. Koop and a Mr. Carl­ son, bicyclists, collided, and Koop was lnjnred so that he ditd. The ury exon­ erated Carlson, as Koep was riding at a fast gait on the wrong side of the road. JamesX'ook, a pollceiean, dropped dead while traveling his beat Claus Nottle- liian, a railroad laborer at Montrose* was struck by a train and died. Joseph Kulgmeiter, a farmer of Wheeling, was thrown from his wagon, and received Internal injuries f.om which he will probably die. August Seiferth, while delivering mail in the Commerce Build­ ing, was badly hurt by the fa!!ing of the elevator. Waller Corson, Freight Yard- master on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railway at Evanston, was caught between two cars and seriously hurt. An hour later, on tie Chicago and Northwestern Ka'iway at Evanston, a man attempted to board a moving train and was thrown between the cars. He escaped with some bad bruises. Wm. M. Hate was struck and run over by a switch engine. Both legs were cut oil, and he cannot recover from the shack and loss of blood. AXEI. J. Duti.BEnc, a patient at the Jacksonville Insane Asyium, committed suicide by hanging himself to a window. A NEOKO resisted arrest at Effingham, and shot OlMcer Linnea in the throat. Linnea's life was miraculously sav< 4 by the ball striking his collar-button and being turned from its course. He has a fearful wound, but will recover. GKOHOE C. AHUEHSOX, superintendent of . tin Madison Car Works, was shot at St. Louis, Mo., by Warr.-n Colbott, an ex-employe of the works, but not dan­ gerously wounded. Colbott then pat a bullet through his head, expiring shiart- ly afterward. AT Quincy, while seven men were un­ dermining an embankment, the earth gave way, burying one man and knock­ ing two others into the quarry forty feet below. The man who was buried, Joseph Mussin, was dead before any oue could reach him. Another, George Hunt, §i in a precarious tcnditioB. AT a meeting of the State Board of Live Stock Ccmmi sioners the Secretary reported the work done during Ita month of August Twenty-three glaa- deted horses were killed and 168 quar­ antined. Three cases of Texas fever to t attle occurred, one iu St. Clair and twa in Cook County. The resignation of AFR si«tant State Veterinarian WilUaaMt«t > Blooinington, was accepted. ' • '00̂ 'v* H r<4 -»t I 1 vs-M' • *fjsjr k» -i- ".A * v - 1̂% ̂ - ; t ."Sife