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THE LEADER, GUTHRIE, OKLAHOMA
WHEAT SUCCESS
'«ir
I that ever lived, a hundred voices shouted.
I No, no. Bryan, Bryan."
Mr. Williams whispered something: to
I Mr. Rldpath and the latter said: "I ae«
Whs New York Ueinocrteya Dol - I i«pt the suggestion," and bowed to Col
l)iDll(*r Col. Hrjltt 8 I cjose 0f &fr. Rllpath'a speech a
||Aftr(v Koceution I horseshoe of flowers was presented to
uuBiij V I Col. Bryan who arose and bowed.
New York. April 15.-The dollar JelTer-1 John Q Croaby sp0ke on ..Clvll Liberty'
■on dinner of the Chicago platform dem- I jn introducing Mr. Bryan, Chairman
ocrats at the Grand Central Palace to- I Brown said that Abraham Lincoln had
night In point of numbers «•> one ot the come out of th. west to .«■ . naion
blL t affairs ever held In this city, and another man had come from th«
NLrTy 3.OUO men and women sat dow,, at west to save th* nation. A perfect
Iuhk tables In the various rooms of the I of applause broke out. Tne applauding
blfc' palaot- There were all kinds of peo- subsided but started afresh. The band
rle there, dressed In oil kinds of clothes, struck up but could scarcely be heard u
White men elbowed with colored men. It played "The star, and stripes forever,
and white women with colored women. Hats were thrown up Into th. air; wo-
There were f..ur Japanese and three men waved their cloaks and handkcr.
Chinese present, but the Chinese were chiefs. Bryanralse d his hand deprecat-
merely spectators and sat up in the stc- lngly but the more he did this the more
ond gallery. They said that they had he was cheered. It lasted for at lent Ave
come to see Mr. Bryan. I minutes.
The main hall presented a different as- I BRYAN TALKS.
peet from that of the Metropolitan opera I Mr. Bryan began In a calm, clea* tone
■house at the ten dollar dinner of the an,i was frequently Interrupted by ap
democratic club. There were no flower I piause. He referred to the gathering as
embellishments, but Just great long ove- I hably the largest banquet ever given
nues of tablee covered with plain whit-; I ln tfoe United States and spoke of thoso
plates. The only ornaments were bunches I pIlifeni as being "true to the prlt'fp'es
of celery and graalteware coffee pots. | uf democracy as written In democracy's
The boxes about the hall were festoon-
ed with flax*, with silken banners rua-
pended between the llagn At the back
<of the stage were two American flags
draped, one bearing the portrait of Jef-|
ferson, and t'he other the portrait
Drawn by tiermany In the Sa
moan NfgatiatlonH at the
Expense of Eiielmid.
(Copyrghted 1899 by the Associated Press)
London, April 16—Germany ha# drawn
the first blood ln the Samoa* negotiations
at the expense of Great Britain, In to-
curing the important pulnt of unanimity
latest creed," a statement which pro.
voker cries of "bravo."
Referring to the Croker banquet
two nights ago Mr. Bryan said:
A democrat has the right to pay what-
ever he pleases for a dinner If he has
Bryan. Small portraits of Bryan were I ^ money. The character of a political
1 e banquet Is determined not by the cost of
It, but by the sentiments which are wov-
| en into the post-prandlal oratory."
Then tklng up the political conventions
J of 18%, Mr. Bryan spoke of the secession
from the two leading parties. Those who
| left the republican party after the St.
Louis convention, he said, took A. name
F1R8T BLOOD
interspersed between the flags on
balcony.
On the stage was an Immense floral
horse shoe of carnations, roses and heli-
otrope. It had, worked In flowers, the
words "Womens Bryan League." Be-
low In red carnations on White roses was
the name "Bryan." Surrounding all were
'BMkTnoneof Jhe'cane bottom chairs I so different from the republican name
was aMhasnlficent boquet of rose. But that no one would mistake the one for
ntot even on the quests table was there the other. "They have neither gone back
slnirle flower. nor standing outside, have they attempt.
Looking up from the top tier the hall ed to write the platform of the party
presented a scene such as Is seen at west- which they left."
cm barberques or Rhode Island clam Mr. Bryan spoke one hour and flftein
bake8# I minutes. He was in as good voice whin
A brass band of 35 pieces on the balcony I he finished as when he began
discoursed music throughout the even-1 when Bryan had finished there was
Ing. The diners began to arrive at the I great rush to him on the platform. Ha
Grand Central at 5 <o'clock. I was almost suffocated in the crush. It
There were 150 policemen ln and about I reqUired five policemen to force a way
tlhe palace. I through the cro^fd for him. He shook
The women to the number of 475 dined I hands on all sides. He had a few minutes
In the long hall Just off the second gal- I reception in the inside room, where he
lery. They sat down to the tables at I ghook hands with a number of persons,
5:30. The first excitement of t'he even" I and then with groat difficulty he went
Ing occurred when the Russian-Ams.-lcan I down stalrs.
democratic association, 250 strong, from I dinner Mr. Bryan said:
•the eighth assembly district, marched in. I „Thte lg t-he grandest dinner I ever at-
They were received with cheers. I tended j think It Is the greatest ever
There was no concerted attempt to seat I ^ ^ Unlted gtates. The hearts of
tlhe 3,000 (liners slmuUaeously All were ^ ^ a|, rlgtlt
told -to go ln and sit down. About 7 near- |
ly every seat of t'he men's trable was oc-
cupled, and the service began. Over 600 flGHT IN THE WOODS
walters started out into the main hall
with soup a few minutes before 7.
The menu included soup, fun, ,roaf |p|i|pln0g Ambush a Scouting
beef, turkey, ice cream, coffee and ci- I 1
gars. Party and are Sorry for It.
Three thousand bottles of wine were I Manll(1 A „ 16 (8:jo a. m.-Startling
CT^UA°^BAVNCBbOF ! easterly direction along the road to
W. J. Bryan did not arrive until short- I I'.insanhan. a party of seven ■horpuhuo:
ly after 7 o'clock. Crowds on the out- I rg under Lieutenant Southern, of the
side signaled Ms appearance by tremend- regiment, came upon
zxrsix rr^orcCdTolrcrr.. . a >,. -
evening. The band played "Hail to the I, he -first Idaho Infantry on the right arid
Ohlef" as Mr. Bryan was hurried d )wn I Fralnes battalion of the first North L>a
one of the main Isles. There was tre- I kota infantry on the left, both flanking,
mendous cheering and waving of nap-1 The trench was carried without loss to
kins. Diners Btood on chairs and tables I Americans.
waving franctlcally. The demonstration I pansanhan was found deserted.
lasted for five minutes. Among those I pour monuments on the border of t'he
who sat at the guests table were: I village celebrartrte the proclamation of
James R. Brown, president, <n his right I yaiplno independence, Issued last year
"W. J. Bryan, on "his left Charles A. I and g-i0rt^y "Agulnaldo, the liberator."
Towne, O. H. P. Belmont, Wl Voni S. 1 The Aroop9 on entering the abandoned
MrNarv. Mayor J. L. Rhlmoo.il of Cov- 1 houaea found them In perfect order. A
lrT"'the— decisions of the commission,
against which the marquis of Salisbury
held out until Germany's resistance
forced him to knuckle under. Up to the
last moment Inspired notes, emanating
from the British foreign office, declared
Great Britain would not assent to unani-
mity. Only the night before the German
minister Baron Von Buelow, made tits
announcement that Great Britain ha1
agreed to unanimity and after the As-
sociated Press had announced from Ber-
ln, that Great Britain had agreed to un-
animity, an inspired note was circulated
stating it to be Incorrect.
Therefore the German foreign minister,
at the same time that he announced
Great 'Britain's acceptance of unanimity
announced a distinct desire for German
diplomacy.
Baron Von Buelow and C)'int Hallo*-
feld-Winderberg, the German ambassador
at London, can claim the credit for this
victory. It was due to their firm attitude
and able handling of .the negotiations.
Baron Von Buelow was careful in the
relchstag yesterday to make It clear that
the United States had not opposed Ger
many's proposals for unanimity and thai
the Marquis of Salisbury alone
fered objections. until an assent
wrung from him.
The Morning Post speaks caustically of
Baron Von Buelows "miiplacel parade
of firmness"' in reference to the main
enance of German rights and complains
that he announced the agreement as to
uiuin'mlty, "ln the tone of a minister who
had achieved a great and «lorlou3 vic-
tor* "
The Speaker says:
• The rule of unanimity on any point is
ha:dly ieasonable, bi t the rule of fb
s >luie unanimity Is nuwtrkjbie"
The Spectotar expresses the belief thit
"the rule of unanimity appears to be In
tended to reduce the commission to a
mere group of reporters."
The selection of C. N. F. Eliot of the
British embassy to represent Great Brit
aln on the commission ,has given satis-
faction.
The Speaker referring to Mr. Eliot'
appointment remarks:
A man who has learned so much ap-
parently without effort can be trusted to
grasp the situation in Samoa rapidly and
deal with the persons concerned with
minimum friction."
The English newspapers have natur-
ally boomed the "Brothers in arms; the
British and American blue Jackets of
Samoa and portraits of Admiral Kautz
have figured prominently In the paper*:.
ENGLISH FINANCES.
The budget presented by the Chancellor
of the exchecquer Sir Michael Hicks
Beach in the house of commons Thursday
pleased few people. It is universally ad-
mitted that it fell far below the usual
level of budget statements.
Ths Statist dubs it "the unmerclgully
had" and dei'ares t'ie eduction of the
sinking fund is unworthy of a great na
recently passed an act prohibiting ths ex-
portation ot all logs. The Ontarioan of-
floials have so construed this act as
to apply It to all timber puchased and
paid for by Americana prior to the pa*
sage of the act The retroactive effect of
this legislation, If maintained. It Is said,
will to be render worthless large holdings
of Canadian stumpage purchased by the
Americana from the crown lands depart-
ment of Ontario and also prevent tJhe op-
eration of existing saw mills erected on
the American side which have no other
source of supply than the timber refer-
red to.
The matter wus referred to the Jonit
high commission but Chat body having
•taken, mo aetlon, a committee of timber
owners, headed by ex-Governor Rich of
Michigan, came to Washington ;i few
days ago before the commission dissolv-
ed and asked the secretory of the tree*
ury to Impose t'he retaliatory clause of
the Dlngley act.
It Is stated that a conclusion has been
practically reached by Secretary Gage to
apply the retalltory clause of the Dlngley
act forthwith in default of an assurance
from the Canadian government that tho
provincial act referred to shall not be
construed to prevent the exportation of
logs purchased and paid for by tlhe Amer-
icana prior to the passage of the act.
Whether this retaliation would go to tho
extent of prohibiting altogether the li
portation of Canadian lumber, or whcttli
a duty would be Imposed which would be
prohibitory In ItH effect, has not yet been
determined.
(JUAY CASK
Damaging Testimony Inlro
ituccd Against Hie De-
fendants.
Ph..adelphla, April 14.—Prescient, keen
ond brilliant argument between district
attorney Rothermel, on the one side and
Messrs Watson, Shapeley and Shields on
the other, upon the admission of testi-
mony which may go a long way to estab-
lish the alleged guilt of ex-Senator Quay
was the feature of todays trial of that
distinguished defendant, and It culminat-
ed ln a decided victory for tho prosecution.
The red book found ln Cashier Hopkins
desk after his suclde, and upon the ad-
mission of which the commonwealth so
largely rests Its case, was the Shaft the
district attorney aimed at the defense.
To pave tho way for the final effort to
introduce the book itself he succeeded
after frequent clashes with opposing coun-
sel, sometimes bitter and personal, in pre-
senting expert testimony to prove that
the book was necessarily a book of the
bank, as accounts In the books admitted
tlon.
tngton, Ky.; George Fred Williams, I few gurriiia shots were exchanged and
Congressman William F. Ryan of R,,ch" I one maa Gf the 14th regiment was shot
ester; A. 8. Townson, of Virginia; Col. I m the leg by h,a comrad.'s who were
Thomas Smith of Va.; and John ( alklaiming at a Cariboo.
Rldpath.
The crowd was a thorough.y leprasent-
atilve one, and before the dinner was
concluded hundreds of the diners left
their seats an crowded fvbout the guests
table an began to shake hands with Col.
Bryan. This was stopped with much
difficulty.
One Filipino was killed and live wounu-
I ed in tJhe encounter beyond Tongas.
I This was an ambush. Eight men of the
| North Dakato regiment, moving ln single
file trough the* woods, received a volley
from a clump of bushes about 50 feet
I away, only one g^t off unhurt. He drag-
I ged a comrade with four bullets in nls
,1,e commit se nnl the ,Q malIl Iorce a,,,) t„en led the
ascended to the platform Mr Bryan ,u the Bpot ot attack. The
received a vociferous ovation, the diner. ^
again In many instances sU ' ng I AllaiL10nal Kitiplno dead found north
chairs and tables auJ the women waving I Cruz Bwe„ (he number killed on
napkins wildly.
James B. Brown aeVTB.I ~e~of'the leaders and twelve o fficers.
zz rMrrhuucMu, wh„
c3{Tn the rr — rut^^rrrpofnt ss
Tm '™.n U,e han* The mention of | tayonet Sunday night. 1-our other
Henry Qeorge's name evoked an
ordinary demonstration.
BEI.MONT'B SPEECH.
extra-| priests died of starvation. It appears
that the Filipino force at Santa Oruts
consisted ot 300 rifles and a thousand
O. H. P. Belmont, was next Introduced [ bo^^ lack3 su(ticlent troops for gar-
nn<! in the course of a brief speech, he
s ld:
rlsonlng^ Gen. Lawton will withdraw
. i ii. in mis of I from the towns entered. Not a house
Tonight the east extend* lis han burned. Tlhe only confiscation
welcome to the west and Is ready to do | "ns " .
honor to one
of her great sons of whom
being of pdgs and chickens. It Is hoped
that this respect for property will con-
' T„, ,h._ «>,e I mat tnis respect iur
she Is s Justly proud. Let this oe t najUves of Che good intentions
sign that there is no north, no south, no i
a t, no west in the democratic party
Whatever, our Individual, local or se< t
ional opinions are, let us express them,
and let them be respected: this ls^ ths
of the Americans.
At Pasang a woman was found hidden
i a bosket and a youth burled In mud
except as to his Oiead. Both were given
food and money to their great astonish'
sold of democracy. But when after thosa I ment
opinions and conditions have been suo- l ^ non-combatants are released with
mitted to our chosen leaders ln eonvei-1 Am(jrlcan procianmtlons to be distributed
ti on, when they have sifted them down ^ ,thel.r fr.lend8 and an church valuables
and chosen tlie material from which out ^ forWarded 'to the archbishop.
platform is to be constructed, then let us I Lleulenant ijrooke lias broug'ht to M<i-
wlth one voice, say this is the platform ^ ^ of th() capture(1 steamers and
upon which we shall stand, shoulder o I of tlle American dead ten of the
shoulder ns a unit to win or lose. I WVUndl.,i and DO who are sick. Moat of
"We have reached a point when democ- I ^ attribute ttoeir disorders to the
racy must rule or the heirs of this great Cuban can,paign. Through the itreadhcry
republic that we know of must bow their I oj, lnnocenoe of the Filipino pilot, the
necks to the most powerful plutocracy I 3teamcr W11S Btranded a whole day, the
•the world lias ever yet known, mind yo«, provl9lonB failed and there was some
not even a national plutocracy, but mn in- au(terlng on that score.
tcrnatlonnl plutocracy, without faith or
kind, which will drag us to the moet ab-
ject slavery. Today the people are wak-
ing up to the fact that the freedom of
man is the question.
-"The issue will be in 1900 are we to bo
controlled by oosmopolitan money power
Kales for the Ute Opening.
Denver, April 14.—I w railroad rates
for the opening of the Ute Indian reser-
vation in southwestern Colorado on May
. . . tK,_ ---it I 4 were announced today by the passenger
or department of the Denver and Rio Grand
republic? Nothing more nothing ewJThe ^ round trlp rate ot ^ has been
republicans have ranged themselves on becomlnK effect1ve (oday, from
the side of monopolies and the concen- ^ gat6Ways for
eastern travel to Dur-
tratlon of wealth. They have ranged ^ aM10lon ,tlu, <ran!(.Missouri
themselves on the side of controlling the havfl Krant(J a ,K>me«e«kerB «-
municipal, state and national legislation curB[(m rate cff<5ct|ve May 2 ot ono ]ow
by wealth. They were slow ln avenging I flrat claBB farR plu ,2 (or lhe roun(1
the Insult and Injuries of the enemy an I ^ from Missouri river points and all
only did so when pushed to It by the I eaB^ern territory to the three Colorado
democracy of the country. They are now I commoI1 point* from which the round
guilty of carrying on our late war in a trJp mte ^ |28 made by the Rk) Qrandl3
partisan and corrupt mannar and to the | app1lejj
profit of corporations. To all this, th
democracy, I hold is opposed and is as-
sembling Its mighty army to defeat lt
dangerous fo«."
RRYAN BIQOER THAN ADAMS.
John Clark Rldpath spoke on Thomas
Jefferson. When Mr. Rldpath said that
Jefferson stood above Adams and Otla
and was the most Intellectual democrat
v;
Chicago, April 14.—The L. A. W. racing
board announces the appointment
Hosmer K. Arnold of Portland, Ore.,
handloapper for Oregon.
Ohlcago, April 14.—Mathew Clark
McRwan, in dead df pneumonia in till
ctty. Mr. McEwan was a memeber ot
ClaTk family, thread manufacturers
Th# colonial party In the l.ouse of com-
mon® has already decldeu to wait upon
hancellar of the exenoquor and urge
m not to levy a duty of colonial wines
It would add a great injury to a young
and growing Industry in Australia. The
agents generally are mak-ng similar rep-
resentations, as the Australian wlna
trade with Great Britain has increased
greatly of late.
One of the events of the prllamentary
week was the re-entry of Sir Widlara
Vernon Harcourt into the noiise of Com-
mons. Ringing cheers greeted him from
both sides of the house as he sat down
beside John Mr-rley. But, later In the ev-
ening, his fcucottsor, as leader of th?
liberal pa. t/ ln the house, 81r Hemy
Campbell- Bannerman, moved next to
him and they chatted together. Most of
the leaders on both sides of the house
conversed with Sir William Vernon Har-
court but he appeared to be conslderous
his own po«dtlon and did not seem to
enjoy the exchange of civilities.
YOUNG GLADSTONE S PLACE
The acceptance of the succession to
Thomas Edward Ellis, who died April 5,
chief liberal whip by Herbert Glad-
stone has given keen satisfaction on all
sides and his action Is warmly pral3.;d.
By accepting the post after having fillei
Important ministerial duties, Mr. Glad
stone takes an almost unprecedented
step In English parliamentary history.
He yielded to the strong representations
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, would
enable him to render valuable aid ln the
reconstruction and reorganization of the
liberal party. The office of whip is alwa/
onerous and laborious and in the presant
crisis In the llebral party, promises a
post of exceptional difficulty and respon-
sibility.
The France-Italy demonstrations of
friendship at Cagllarl, Island of Sardln-
, htla week are fully ln accord with the
Impulsive nature of the Latin races. A
few weeks ago, the Italians and French
were yearning for an oppoi lunlty to em-
gage ln hostilities, but now they are both
engaging in exhibitions of the utmost
unfriendliness. The great feature of the
festivities was the review of the com-
bined Italian and French fleets, ln Cag-
llarl bay, by the king and queen of Italy.
The French newspapers are making a
great stir over tho meeting of the two
fleets under the eye of King Humbert as
teetlfying to the approachruent between
the two countries. Accordlrg to their re-
ports, Admiral Fourier ln conversation
with King Humbert discussed the balance
of power in the Meditarannean and dwe't
upon the fact that Italy should have
near at hand a powerlul French flev. to
serve as a counterpo'se to the Brltlsk
forces.
Advices received from Russia seem to
confirm the stories of trouble ln the em-
pire, including local insurrections caused
by the prevailing scarcity of food, artes-
ian troubles and disturbances among un-
iversity students. The latter, It appears,
have combined In a protest against bru-
tal treatment upon the part of the Coss-
acks, and It Is asserted that between
strikes and expulsions, about lhlr%y
thousand students have left the univer-
sities, which are said to be closed in St.
Petersburg, Moscow, -Kief, Charkoff,
Odessa, Kasan, Tomska and Warsaw. It
Is added that the ring leaders have been
arrested, that many female students have
followed the example of the men and
that the authorities regard this as a ser
lous matter, as experience has shown
that women malcontents usually become
revolutionists.
under the courts ruldng would Ik- intelli-
gible by t/he red book.
Before starting his examination, Mr.
Rothermel read to the court a statement
of what he Intended to prove. The expert,
he said, bed mode a through examina-
tion of all the books in the caae.He found
that previous to April 30, 1891, tlhe Peoples
bank paid Interest o nthe state deposit to
the state treasurer and that records of
such payments were kept in a rt-gular
way on the books of the bank. After
April 30, 1891, when Mr. Hopkins appeared
on tho scene, a new system was adopted
ed. This entitled the oddmLsslon of anoth-
er book—now known as Uhe red book—to
the books heretofore kept by the bank.
Meyer Goldsmith, an expert account-
ant, was the witness upon which th,. com-
monwealth depended to accomplish Its
contention. During the whole course of
the experts examination objection after
objection was made by t<he defense and
as frequently overruled by Judge Bid-
die, while lhe district attorney In logical
sequence drew from the witness his con-
clusions as to the book, based upon a
comparison of w'hat was written on Its
pages wun what appeared in the other
books. Two accounts out of upward of
1,000 in the regular books were incom
plete and inaccurate unless explained by
entries in the red book. One was an item
of 11,519 enttered In the Individual ledger
to tlhe credit of the person who received
it. The witness as not permitted to des-
ignate the persons by name. He found
this item on the stub of the cashiers
check book, but what it represented he
could not say until he rad examined the
calculations in the red book. Here he
found the amount entered and the indica-
tions It had been paid by tho cashiers
Check on November 14, 1897. Another Item
of $5,197.10 he found In the regular book
dated May 24, 1894, and found the same
item in the red book dated October 30,
1894. He stated that there were other en-
tries In the red book, wfoicn <-xplolnod
transactions in tho regular book, but the
two Instances specified were the only
ones ln Which he had reached accurate
conclusions as to their nature and purpose.
Mr. Goldsmith said that when he first
opened the red book he did not consider
it abook of the bank, but when he com-
pared the calculations entered on its page
with transacelons on the other book, ho
was forced to consider it a book of tho
bank. He expflained this by saying prior
to 1891 calculations such as appeared ln
the red book were regularly antered In
the ledger, but ainco tne red book had
been substituted and fulfilled and fixed
the same results.
During the cross examination of wit-
ness which was conducted by Mr. Shields
he testified to a page which was missing.
The diefensie repeatedly endeavored to
get from him the statement that thsre
might have been figures and words on
that page which would clearly explain
tlhe entries on the o'ther pages and that
the book as it now stands is unreliable.
This was ruled out, following an ob-
jection by the district attorney this
would seen, io indicate that when the fi-
nal effort to present the book In evi-
dence comes tomorrow, the defense will
make another opposition to It, even if the
court should decide tfha<t with relation
to thie transactions testified to,
book of the bank.
purlng all the examination touching on
the book, With the exception of the two
Items mentioned, no intimation of the
amounts or names was allowed to reach
the Jury. The prosecution all along, how-
ever, has alleged that this book will
show that Cashier Hopkins computed In-
terest on State funds and deposited tl e
money to Senator Quay's credit.
8AMOAN QUESTION
The One Subject or DiHCUssioii
ut (Jerma y'§ Capitol.
Berlin, Aprli 18.—The Samoan question
continued to overshadow eli others during
the week, so much so that the Interest In
the subject has even seised the mseees.
The most remarkable feature of the af
fair Is the united dally onslaught made
by the entire Agrarian. antl-Semlts end
part of th# conservative and national lib-
eral pre** on the cabinet, especially on
the minister of foreign affairs. Baron Von
Buetcw. wh> is charged with following \
vacillating policy end yielding too mucin
British Insolence and Yankee Im-
pudence." A regular campaign of abuse
has been opened against the iead-H*s In
foreign politics, many of the utterances
belnK of usual vigor, for the German press
conditions. It is learned en good euthorlty
that the aim of this Is to discredit Baron
Von Buelow with the emperor, force his
retirement and prejudice public opinion
and the Reichstag against the United
States and thus defeat the meat lnsepotlon
which is conslde red by Agrarians to
b<t too favorable e> Ame tra and *>o harm
ful to Germany. It Is added that Fridays
interpellation of the government in the
It rich stag on the Sam«>an question and
Baron Von Buelows reply, were intended
parties, as Baron Von Buelow as well as
the consul, which Is more or less swayed
by him, Is considered by the Agrarians to
be distinctly hostile to their Interests. Bu*.
the great noise of the Agrarian press end
its allies ought not to deceive people into
the belief that they represent public opln
Ion. They ore merely the blantant min-
ority. Neither the emperor nor the gov-
ernment have allowed themselves to bo
influenced by these mischief maker* This
fact was strikingly Illustrated In the pa*
sing of the midland canal bill by the diet,
The measure was ••xtremely distasteful
to the Agrarians. The party Is distinct-
ly on the down grade. Tn the relchstag
the party has only about 100 out of a total
of 397 members and In the diet Its ad
tierents number considerably less then half
the total membership. Dr. Lehrs ridicu-
lous jingoism ln the reclhstag last evening
In presenting the opening speech of the
Interpellation, spoiled the Agrarian game.
PRESS COMMENTS.
Tho German press comments on the oc
currences In Samoa this week differed r>
makably, according to the party stand
point of each paper. Until Friday, while
the fate of the high commission was
trembling In the balance, tho comment was
more vivid and more bitter. The Deu-
tsche Zettung heeded a page editorial "The
shamo of Samoa," and condemned the
action of the government. It declar?d
that the cabinet was wholly devoid of
national sentiment and aspirations an3
asked Ironically: "What more do wo
want? The drelbund has fallen to pleoee,
Russia Is allied with France. England with
the United Sttee, Austria Is secretly allied
with Franco and Italy is wholly depend
ent upon England, with the possibility of
her sliding over to France. Added to all
this the brutal treatment wo have been
subjected to by England and the United
States Count Von Thun-Hohensteln, Mr.
Maxse, Mr. Chambers, and Admiral Kautz
Indeed, we ask, what more do we want?"
A number of papers point out the abso-
lute necessity of a larger navy. The eeml
official post, In nn Inspired article, «iys
Probably the Samoan difficulties would
not have arisen at all if the other coun
tries had to reckon with a strong Ger-
man fleet ready for any emergency."
Many of the papers have emphasized the
fact that the absence of cable connec
tlon with Samoa was largely responsible
for the most recent troubles. They urge
the laying of a cable as soon as possible.
The ologne Gazentte points out that
the spstem of unanimity is e feature Which
the United States has prelously strongly
Insisted upon, "quoting President HaTrl
son In 1892.' on the subject.
EMBASSY SATISFIED.
The officials of the United States em
bassy are well satisfied with Baron Von
Buelows speech, which agreed with his
previous statements to tho United States
ambassador, Mr. White, who considers
his speech to have been moderate and pa-
cific, and he so cabled Washington.
The correspondent heTe of the Assoclat,
ed Press learns that both Great Britlan
and the United States express the hope
that the unlmlty principle would not
carried to an unreasonable extent, which
might easily frustrate the whole purpos®
of tho commission and result 1n a dead-
lock. uermany gave ooncllatory nssur
moat a million delists The flames be >fc ■
out in a straw goods factory, where a
large number of girls wen? employed, and
that none of them lest their lives Is mi
raculous. A number of persons were in-
jured as follows:
August Marquhardt, fireman engine
company no 3 head cut and stunned.
Frank Hughes, engine company No. 3,
ad, face ad hands burned.
Frank Kane, hook and ladder oompany.
7 head and face burned.
Mrs. Mary Mylett, No. 84 Marlon street
lly burned about the head hands and
cheat.
'atrick Jordan, engine company No.
rned about head and hands.
Frank Brunner, engine company, No.
urned about face.
Frank Murphy and Sherwood Hoyt e
mpany No. 1 burned hands a.ul
glne
fact
ohn Rauschert, No. 69 ltozetta street,
lly burned on head, face ar.d arms,
'ho dumagu done is as follows:
Four story brick building, No. 99 Bank
reet owned by F, Rosen felt and occu-
pied by Meyer Jaskulell, packer of h of
ibacco. Ijos* 17,500.
four story brick block 91 Bank streit
ned by E. I. Baldwin estate and oc
uplcd by L. H. Whltcomh & Co., and A.
J. Sampllner, cloak manufacturers.
Baldwin estate loss $10,000; L. H. Wlilt
loss \ \v. .v J. S.I 111
pllner, loss $HX>,000.
Six story brick block No. 85 B&nk
■ iwned by the E. I. Baldwin estate
upled by Hart & Co., wholesale
milliners. Baldwin estato loss $50,000, llart
|4fi0,000.
Four story brick building No. 81 Bank
reet owned by the Bradley estate and
upled by II. Black & Co., cloak man.
facturers. Estate loss $5,000. Black and
loss 150,000.
C. H. Foote's loss $5,W)0, Reed Bros, loss
.000.
Five story brick building No. 9 Aca
my street owned by tho Bradley estate
and occupied by Comey A Johnston,
raw hut manufacturers. Estato loss,
000, Comoy Ac Johnston's loss $150,000.
Two story framo buildings ownod and
occupied by E. Rosenveldt, cigar manu-
facturer, loss $5,000.
Six old two story buildings and a small
livery stable on Academy street damag-
ed to the extent of about $5,000.
The firo started In the rear of tho sec-
ond floor of tho Comey & Johnston's
factory and In a few mlnutos tho whole
building was ablaze, th* 500 girls and
women employed getting out by moans
of fire escapes. Tho flames thon commu-
nicated with the block occupied by Hart
& Co., and thence spread to tho other
blocks damaged.
Mrs. Wylett sustained her Injuries
while escaping from tho straw hat fac-
tory. The Injuries to tho firemen were
not Inflicted In ono spot and go to show
in what close quarters they wero^ooes-
pelled to fight tho flames
NtMifiition Promised. _
Hastings, Neb., April 15.—Thero are. few
developments In the poisoning case today.
The friends of Miss Herlocker, the young
woman suspected of sending t'he posloned
dy to Mrs. Morey, state that they
know where she Is nnd that Sho will
voluntarily return In a few days t'o faco
accusers. Now that it Is assured
that none of tho victims will die, an ef-
fort is being made to 'have the prosecu
tlor. dropped. Parties of large Influence
In the city are interested. It is hinted
that thero Is a sensation covered up
vhlch her trial would bring to light
much to the discomfort of Interesiei
parties. The sentiment of the public Is
that the caseshould be probed and t
Whoever Is guilty of the crime should b<
punished.
AN ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER
Seattle, Watfh., April 15.—Captain Jame
I. Bam Son, a well known shipping man
of that city, has been appointed assist
ant quartermaster of the United 8t.
LoRgerHtuid Lawmakers atOuM
Washington, April 14.—A crisis, tt is
said, has about been readhed In the ten
troversy between the American owners
of timber in tire province of Ontario and
live parliament of that province which
TRANSPORT SENATOR ARRIVED IN
SAN FRANCISCO.
San Francisco, April 15.—The United
State* transport Senator arrived ton'ght
from Banila, Ah it was after sundown
the steamer was not horded by the quar-
antine officers and she was oblige! to
anchor 4n the stream until morning. She
brought only three returning soid'er*,
viz: Lieutenant E. B. Finley. 1h' Cali-
fornia; Lieutenant F. A. McCall, 1st Ida-
ho; and Quartermaster clerk R. San-
ford.
anceiJ
The government has appointed council
ed Press learns that both Great Britain
of the Interior and Baron Marshal Von
Blebersteln to Investigate tho methods
the New York Life Insurance company
Both the commissioners are on tha point
o fstartlng.
The appointment of tho Samoan commis
slon and the flnal acceptance by Great
Britain of the Germrn proposal as to the
scope and methods Is hailed wlwi joy by
the entire press, and the belief Is ex
pressed that something like order and har-
mony will now be re-established In the Is-
lands and thus remove one of the main
disturbing factors standing in the way
of an understanding between the three
countries.
With the reassembling of the relchstag
the Imperial chancellor has returned to
Baden Baden where he spent a fortnight
for his health. His return is ironically
greeted by the Agrarian press as showing
that he 1s a mere lgurhead and mat Bar-
Von Beulow continues to bo the real
head of the government.
AGAINST THE EMPEROR.
The most Important matter .aside from
the Samoan IntteTpellatlon, was the intro-
duction In the diet of the Midland canal
bllft. The Agrarian opposition to this
measure of the session has Increased In
spite of the fact that the emperor has
strongly Identified himself with It. The
support It Is receiving from Industrial
circles and the strong pressure exerted
In other quarters In behalf of the strong
measure makes It probable that tho bill
will become law.
In the negotiations for a reciprocity trea.
tybetween Germany and the United States
the former claims that under the most
favored national clause the United States
must In many cases grant tho samo
concessions as recently granted to Switz-
erland and France. Tho United Stafree dfs
putes this, contending that the most
favored nation clause not apply to specW
concessions, actually made as In tho case
of the Franch treaty.
Regarding the Swiss treaty, It Is con-
tended In behalf of the United States that
it was conoluded under a misapprehen
ion upon the part of the American *°vec -
ment and that It is probable tho whole
treaty will be denounced by the Unit-
ed States as inconsistent with all of Ame-
ricas previous commercial treaties,
There can be no question of America
yielding In this respect. It is probable
however, toat a reciprocity treaty wfll be
negotlaited, Germany granting equiva-
lent concessions.
Feedtmi Experiment Dlflieultle r~~f
Illustrations of tho need of several
trials or a eotisiderable number of an
imals fed for several weeks if safe
conclusions are to be drawn from feed'
ing experiments have been abundant
at the Oklahoma experiment station
during the past winter. Careful se-
lection of figures may make widely
different results from different parts
of such an experiment. Of two steers-
carefully selected with reference to
supposed feeding qualities, similarity
of breeding, form and age, one gained
430 pounds, the other 435 pounds with
like feeding. Of another pair, the one
beiieved the better except in size,
gained 305 pounds, while his mate
gained 430 pounds with like feeding.
The poorest formed steer in a bunch
of nine made as much gain as the
best. He ate more and is worth less
per pound. A half Jersey steer calf,
although not showing distinct symp-
toms of illness, gained only 10 pounds
n four weeks; in the next four weeks
gaining 110 pounds; in the next four
dropping to 00 pounds gain; in the
next three, 05 pounds; in the next one
making no gain. From one period of
of three weeks we might have con
eluded that four pounds of cotton seed
daily kept the calf out of condition;
from the next three weeks, that giv-
ing this mueh as a part grain ration
caused great gains; from the next
three weeks, that it s practically well
to feed no grain but Kafir meal.
STEAMER BOUND FOR ALASKA.
Seatle, Wash., April 15.—Steamer Ex-
celsior soiled today for Copper River, Al-
aska. She had on board tho government
Valuable marble, said to be equal to pages."
Hull a /'or Hanna .
But Kansas has proved although it
needed no proof—that when it conns
to a 'est she is just like the others of
these United States of America. She
is a chick of the Eagle and a forty-
fifth of the Stars. When a war came
and there was real blood to be shed
Kansas was right alongside of Ten-
nessee and Peonsylvania Nobody but
the Filipinos was surprised when the
Kansas regiment swam the river and
took the block house which the insur-
gents had fortified and disguised as a
leper hospital. The Filipinos don't
know Kansas, although some of them
are much better acquainted with her
since she introduced herself to them
If they had not been so ignorant they
would have seen no cause for aston-
ishment at Kansas' conduct; they
would have understood that charging
a leper hospital was a small matter to
the boys who think it nothing to light
into the money devil in his lair, and
that swimming rivers is trivial to
those who have been swimming in
gore ever since they quit swimming
in catnip and paregoric. —Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The. Kereuye* of Time.
A correspondent writing to a news
paper 6ays; 1 I would like to exchange
Pollock's "Course of Time" for a few
geraniums. The volume contains
HUMOR OF LUNATICS.
A8ANE MAN'S EXPERIENCE IN AN IN-
SANE ASYLUM.
By the Time He (lot Through Brlig
Fouled l > the Inmatea He Was
Heady to Dlatruat Kven the Saper-
latendeat of the laatltatlon.
"I never knew until I went out to
California this time that insane i*x)ple
have a powerful sense of humor," said
a Wushingtoninn who recently returned
from a trip to tho coast. "1 confess that
I've always found a morbid sort of in-
terest in going throngh noted insane
asylums, and so I armed myself with
tho proper credentials in San Francisco
and went up to Napa county to have a
look over the splendid asylum for the
insane there. Inasmuch as I wanted t<
see u few things without the attentioi
of a guido, I didn't present my letters
but jiiBt rambled around the l>oantifu)
spacious grounds for awhile. I hadn'
spent three minutes examining the ei
traordinary rose gardens in front of ti
main asylum building before a ta
slender young man, well dressed ai >
exceedingly well groomed, emerg tl
from a clump of oleander trees and ftp
proached me.
Taking a look around, ehT" said
he to itie.
Yes,' I said. 'I only arrived here
a few minutes ago, and I'm taking the
liberty of nosing about without any
official guidance.'
Well,' the tall young man said,
pleasantly, 4I don't suppose I fall out
of tho classification "official guidance,"
seeing that I am the asuistant superin-
tendent here, yet I should be pleased to
show you about and at tho same timu
try not to place any restraint apon you
by my awo inspiring presence.'
Well, the young chap's manner was
so pleasant and winning that I could
only thank him for his kindness, and
wo started over the grounds. Wo
hadn't gono far before a middle aged
man, also well dressed and well groom-
ed, appeared some distance in front of
us down tho gravel walk, and he beck-
oned to my companion. The young
man excused himself courteously and
went up to tho middle aged man. The
two conversed earnestly together for a
few minutes, and then, linking arms,
what do they do but coolly walk off,
leaving mo standing there in the mid-
dle of tho gravel path, a good deal non*
plused.
Snrprisod over tho way they de-
serted you?' said a voice right back of
me. 'You mustn't mind a little thing
liko that, though. Both of those men
aro as craty us loons.'
"I turned around, and there, stand-
ing behind a hedge about ten feet to my
rear, wus a little old gentleman, neatly
dressed in black, and with a quizzical
smile on his features.
14'Surely,' I said, 'you cannot mean
that that rational speaking, pleasant
mannered young man who was conduct-
ing mo about tho gronnds is bereft of
bis wits?'
14 'Mad as a March hare,' repeated
•tho old gentleman flatly. 'Incurable
caso. Harmless, but incurable. Tha
man that he went off with is also a
very sad caso—very. Thinks he is tho
Maharajah of JJludblud, or eomething
liko thai But you mustn't mind 'em.
Lots of visitors are taken in the same
way. If you care to, I'll just show you
around. I am ono of tho board of visit-
ors of this institution and just happen-
to bo here in my unofficial capacity to-
day.'
"Much marveling over what the old
gentleman told me, I fell in with him,
and wo rambled around the huge gera-
nium arbors, and finally entered the
enormous glass building where the cul-
tivation of violets is carried on.
"'Nico array of flowers, isn't it?'
tho old gentleman inquired of me, wav-
ing his hand at tho beautiful beds of
violets in bloom. 41 am not inordinately
vain, my friend, I hope you will under-
stand, and yet I cannot but congratu-
late myself upon the introduction of
this violet raising feature here, for I
myself was responsible for it and only
succeeded in having this hothouse con-
structed after enormous exertions with
tho authorities of the institution.'
I congratulated the old gentleman
upon tho result of his labors and was
just about to ask him to take me into
the main building and introduce me to
tho superintendent when he suddenly
excused himself, saying that he had
left his spectacles on a bench in the
gardens and would bo back directly. I
waited for him for fully ten minutes,
but as he did not return I started on
out of the glass building.
You didn't really expect him
back ?' I heard a voice say, and then
a pleasant faced man, dressed as a la-
borer and carrying a watering pot,
came from behind a group of palms.
He spoko with a Scotch brogue.
M 'Tho old gentleman you were with
is very bad up hero,' said the man with
the watering pot, touching his fore-
head. 'He's been here for 20 years, and
he fancies ho owns tho place. 1 am tho
head gardener hers, and ho tries his
best to run me. But ho don't—no, sir,
he don't Ho can't No crazy man can
run me.' And the Scotchman went down
the length of tho raised violet beds, wa-
tering the plants.
I passed out of tho glass building
and started for tho entrance to the main
buildiug, thero to present my letters.
As I was about to walk up the steps to
the entrance a man with side whiskers
and father a sharp, piercing eye walked
up to me
" 'You have business here?' he in-
quired of me in a rather sharp tone.
Well, \ thought he might be another
of 'em, and so I kept right on. He fol-
lowed me up tho stairs and into the
office, and I had to hand my letters to
him. He was the superintendent He
smiled when I told him of my experi-
ence in tho grounds.
" 'Which of them was really insane?'
I asked him.
" 'All of them,' he replied. "—Wash-
ington Star.
carrara marble, has been found In German
southwest Africa.
The government has sent a committee of
expert® to report upon the fllnd.
Big Fire atCltveUnd.
Cleveland, Ohio, April lfc-Almost half
party under Captain Abercromble, U. 3. I the block of business houses bounded by
Poor Mr. Pollock But in this prac
tieal age he does well to go for that
much. And, indeed, he doesn't de-
serve so much. We shall hear next of
someone who wants to swap Crabbe
for a cabbage, Moore for a mandolin
and Byron for a bicycle.
Washington, April 17.—The Detroit
aT," Wta\ryU.K to build a road from I I-ak.-, Bank. Academny and St. CI* has P°r'llonker w y
Valdez through the Copper Tiver valley streets was wiped out by fire thlB r.tw.r- to Bluefields where she goes to p otec
across the Tana to the Tunkos. 'noon, the dima^e done amounting t« al« American interests.
Ida Ett ing Acquitted.
Marysville, Mo., April 15.—Mrs. Ida Ew-
lng, charged wrth having murdered her
sister-in-law, Mrs. Lizzie Kwlng, in Sep-
tember last, was acquitted tonight by a
Jury. The two women took rfdee In a
spat between their children, as they mme>
about to retire at night and tho troubte
ended in the killing of IKwlng. Tho
defense succeeded In convincing the Jury
that Ida Kwlng acted in self defense, the
claim being that Ida took a revolver from
the dresser and shot Uzzle after t> e lat-
ter had attacked <her with a pistol taken
from under a pillow on the bed.
(Copyright, 18 , by the Associated Frees.)
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