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THE COUEIEK-JOUENAL, LOUISVILLE, THUBSDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1901. K-i ON THE OTHER SIDE. associates have always been identified with the party of construction, and in preventing panics in the money market they have done signal service. Published Daily, Sunday and Frankfort's oioneers, died at her home in that city yesterday. She was well known all over the State.

For many years her husband managed the Wiilard Hotel, In Louisville, and the Capita! Hotel, in Frankfort. QUARANTINE AGAINST MISSISSIPPI LIVE STOCK. far above the average in intelligence and in efficiency. If shorter hours of labor will bring about this result, then it is economy to shorten the length of the working day." There may be something in this experiment. Certainly It is consistent with the well known fact that the highest priced skilled labor in the world is the cheapest because the most efficient.

This fact has recently been rejected terest naturally centers in the manner in which the Cuban convention has incorporated the so-called Piatt amendment in the document. It appears from the official draft that the convention has formally conformed to all the requirements, taking care, however, to do so with least possible injury to a condition of Cuban self-respect. The eight articles of the Piatt resolution which were enacted by Congress as an amendment to theiast army appropriation bill are not made a p.irt of the constitution in the sense of entering bodily into its composition, but they appear as "an ordinance appended thereto," following the voluminous articles of the fundamental law of the land, without comment or explanation other than the simple title, "appendix." As a further concession to the public pride manifested by the Cubans, the last article of the Piatt resolution is changed somewhat. As Congress adopted It, this article read "VIII. That by way of further assurance, the Government of Cuba will embody the foregoing provisions in a permanent treaty with the United States." The Cuban convention has stricken out the words "that by way of further assurance," and the article is left to assert with simple directness "the Government of Cuba will," etc.

His Knowledge Too Profound. Lord Kelvin, of Glasgow, Scotland, Is regarded as one of- the: foremost scientists of Europe, but it Is declared that In spite of his great learning: he is a very poor teacher. During his professorship in the Glasgow University his lectures were so obtuse" that his classes could not understand them. Tie had an assistant named Day, who, with half the knowledge of his superior, had twice tho success as a lecturer. The story is told that when Lord Kelvin was first knighted he found one morning the following legend written on the blackboard in front of his class! "Work while it is Day, for the Knight cometh when no man can work." King Edward's Sarcasm.

King Edward VII. is said to be much opposed to a "mannish" woman, and will not tolerate in his presence smoking by the fair sex. Some "time ago when as Prince of Wales the ruler of England was visiting a certain friend, one of the women staying In the house' lighted cigarette after dinner and commenced, to enjoy a quiet whiff. Noticing the look of disgust on the face of the Prince, she said, by way of apoiOgy: "I think I would rather die than not smoke." To this the Prince replied! "Then put It oU a little longer, pray, madam, until you do die." Valuable Jewels Found. The servant of a Vienna Jeweler, says the London Telegraph, has recently made an extraordinary discovery.

According to him, he picked up in tho street some j-ears ago a small round knob, apparently broken off from some article of furniture. He threw it into an open drawer at home, where it remained. In turning this knob a short time ago round between his fingers, he found it moved, and, having unscrewed it, discovered within tho receptacle more than a hundred small brilliants rolled, up In paper. The great jewel robbery in Vienna was in 1SS5, and five yeas later the jeweled staff of Marshal Radetsky was stolen Arsenal. If no one puts in a claim the brilliants will probably fall to the 'servant.

French. Playing Cards. There Is a movement on foot In -France against continuing to put a king's head on playing cards, and it has been suggested that the heads of Presidents Lou-bet and Carnot, as well as other famous-republicans, would be far more appropriate. A Pretty Name In Disfavor. It Is said that the name Yolanda, which was considered such a charming name when It was first given to the daughter of the King of Italy, has already become wearisome to the Romans.

The name ia-not only given to all babies born on the' little Princess' birthday, but is also-applied to every novelty that comes Advertisements for Yolanda hats, Yolanda neckties, different kinds of perfumes and bonbons are so numerous that the very sound of the word has become unwelcome. The Louisville Primary. Owensboro Messenger, July S. The Louisville Democratic primary election will be held to-day. and there is every Indication that it will be conducted with the utmost fairness to all tho candidates, strictly according to the primary election law.

In large cities there a Btrong ptay lor aavaniaso- friends of candidates who are khsvPHSthe Louisville street railway and was every MARRIED UNDER I GREEN AND WHITE 4. Pretty Wedding of Miss Agnes A. Price and Mr. J. Q.

Yog-elgesang. The marriage of Miss Agnes A. Pries and Mr. Julius G. Vogelgesang was quietly solemnized at o'clock yesterday evening at the home of the bride's father.

Gen. S. Woodson Price, 230 Caldwell street The house was beautifully decorated in reen and white, palms and long-stemmed white field flowers being used throughout the entire color scheme. The bride, gowned exquisitely In whits mull and wearing the regulation tulle veil, entered Che long parlor, accompanied by-Miss Carrie Wright as maid-of-honor and her sister, Miss Sallie Price, as brides- maid. Mr.

Vogelgesang. with his best man, Mr. George T. Price, met them oe-neath a great swinging basket of drooping ferns and white sweetpeas, where tha ceremony was performed, the Rev. J.

Kinsley Smith, of the Fourth-avenuo Fresbyterian church, the officitlng clergyman, using the beautiful Episcopal service. Among those present were: Mr. and Mrs. Ben. Letcher, of Xew York; Mr.

end Mrs, George Price, of Alexandria. Mrs. Charles Grey, of Chattanooga, Mis Agnes Thompson, of Alexandria, Ind. Mr. L.

T. B. Peay, of Marion; Misa Marie Thompson, of O'Bannon Station; Col. and Mrs. Bennett H.

Young, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. C.

Humphreys, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Tabb, Mrs.

Sallie Wright, Mr. and Mrs. Vm. Eubank, Mr. and Mrs.

KInsey Smith. Mrs. M. A. Kelly.

Mrs. Sallie Marshall Hardy, Mrs. Reginald Thompson; Misses Patty and Adri-an Thum, Misses Sophia and Mary Gray. Miss Settle Fulr ton. Mr.

William Milton and Mr. John Cowles. After an Informal luncheon, Mr. and Mrs. Vogelgesang left for California, where they will remain until August, when they sail for Manila, where Mr.

Vogelgesang has many business Interests, INVESTIGATING CHARGES AGAINST FORMER OFFICIAL Nashville Grand Jury Takes TTp Cass of W. S. Eainey, Accused of -Embezzlement and larceny. Nashville. July 10.

rSpedal. The entire attention of the grand jury to-day was devoted to the investigation of the alleged embezzlement and larceny case against W. S. former Circuit Court Clerk. It is understood that between twelve and sixteen indictments have been drawn up against Rainey.

and that the grand jury will report on them to-moirow. The shortage of Rainey, according to the reports of the experts who examined his books, amounted to over $26,000. The former clerk was arrested January 13 last upon a State's warrant charging him with embezlement. The warrant was issued at the instance of A. D.

Wade, who represented th-2 guarantee company that was 011 Rainey 's baud. '-lv? grand jury took no cognizance of the case heretofore, and it has been thought all along that no action would be taken against Rainey, but that the matter would be set-led cut or court. Since Rainey was discharged from his office he bas been nitiking a book on the race meetings in various cities. It is said that he was successful in Memphis. At the XashvIIle meeting he declined to appear in the betting ring, but continued in St.

Louis. He is now In Chicago. FEABODY SCHOLARSHIPS. Questions To Be Used In Compjtitlva Examinations Are Prepared. Xashville.

July 10. Special. The State Superintendent of Public Instruction sent out circulars cf instructions to County Superintendents with the lls'ts of questions to be used in the competitive examinations for Peabody scholarships to be held at the various county seats in senatorial districts where there are vacancies. The questions will be opened in the presence of all the applicants. The papers will be sent to the State Superintendent and graded by a committee which will report to the State Board of Education.

BIG TOW OP TXMBEB, Logs Covering Over Eight Acres of Water Taken Out of Guyan Kiver. Ashland, July 10. Special. Tbt steamer Catherine Davis brought out the largest tow of timber ever taken out of Guyan river. It was for the C.

Crayne Lumber Company, of Cincinnati, and consisted of 3.0S2 large logs or S.620 lineal feet, averaging two and one-half cubes to a lineal foot, making 12.K10 cubes. The tow was 432 feet wide, and the euges grazed the piers of the Norfolk and Western bridge at Kenova as it passed through the channel span. The boat and tow covered over eight acres of water. BONDED IMPOKTS INCREASE. Big Gain Shown In Office of Nashvill Surveyor of Customs.

Nashville. July 10. Special, The rapid Increase in the importations In bond through the office of Surveyor of Customs at Xashville Is shown In the tabulation of the business for the fiscal year just completed. During 1S3S-99 the amount was S21.711; 1899-1900. $30,220.

and during 1900 and 1901, or within a small sum of as much as for the previous two fiscal years. FERE IN WICEXIFFE, KT. Flames Destroy Property Valued At Sll.OCO. Paducah, July 10. Special.

A fire at Wickliffe last night destroyed the hardware and feed store of Prentic Co. The building was a two-story brick, the upper story being occupied by John Overstreet as a residence. The building and contents were a total loss. The building was insured for $2,000, and was valued at $4,000. Prentice loss was about partially covered by insurance.

Mr. Overstreefs loss i about $1,000, with no insurance. Farmer Crushed To Death. Henderson, July 10. -Special.

Glllis Dugan, a farmer, was crushed to death on his farm, six miles south of here, to-day. He was at work about a threshing machine and was caught between the thresher and the engine and his body was mangled. He was forty years old and leaves a wife and several children. Death Caused By Mixed Drinks. Huntsvllle.

July 10. Special. The Coroner's Jury summoned to investigate the eudden death last night of Sarah West, an aged woman, returned a verdict charging that her death was caused by mixed drinks given her by-Charles Hawk and Charles Hill. State Bonds To Be Purchased. Nashville, July 10.

Special. The State Funding Board has authorized Treasurer Folk to negotiate th purchase of $50,000 of bonds. BRIEF POINTS ABOUT PE0PL.E Mr. and Mrs. Ben Letcher, of New York, are visiting Miss Barbaroux, of 216 East St.

Catherine street. Mr. Robinson A. McDowell will leave to day to spend several weeks in the East. Miss Louise Barbour has returned from an extensive Eastern trip.

Mrs. Hlte Bowman left yesterday for Michigan, where she will spend several weeks. Mrs. William Cheatham left Tuesday for New York. Mr.

and Mrs. E. O. Grissom and daughter, of Bowling Green, are visiting here. Mrs.

Edgar D. Martin and Miss Elizabeth Langley left Tuesday for Buffalo and the East. Miss Baskin Is visiting Miss Mary Churchill Humphrey at Fincastle. Misses Etta and Nellie Snead will leave to-morrow for Orange, N. Y.

Mr. and Mrs. George Gaulbert are at Warm Springs, Va. Mr. and Mrs.

A. B. Cook are at the Chicago Beach Hotel. 4 Mrs. J.

B. Osbourn and son, Robert, left yesterday for Virginia. Mrs. Sue Alexander and M153 Mary Lee Alexander will leave to-day for Nantucket. Mr.

and Mrs. Robert A. Witherspoon have returned from bridal trip and are at the Cheatham Cabin for the summer. Mrs. Charles Gray, who came to attend the Price-Vogelgesang wedding, will leave to-night for her home in Chattanooga-Mr.

W. B. Haldeman, after spending a few days in the city, returned this morning to Ocean Grove, N. J. There he will rejoin Mrs.

Haldeman, who has been considerably benefited by her stay at the seashore. Mr. David P. Faulds has returned from a visit to his relatives, Mrs. Henrietta Williams, her daughter, Mrs.

Robert G. Stoner, and son, Col. A W. Hamilton, at their fine old country home, "Longwood," In Montgomery county. Johnny Netow, formerly of this city, but now with the Mexican Commercial Company, of New York, arrived in the city yesterday from Go.ham to visit hij family for a couple or weeks.

Johnny, while a youngster, is well known about town. He left here more than a year ago, going to New York, where he soon secured a position with the firm- mentioned, and is doing well. Mrs. Mattle L. Tachau, accompanied by her brother, Mr.

Louis Ochs, and niece. Miss Burger, will leave Friday for Nar-ragansett Bay. Sirs. A. J.

Turpin, of Meadow. Lawn, has returned home after a ten days' visit to Mrs. Graham, 117 East Jacob street. Mrs. Turpin will leave Saturday for Dawson Springs, where she will remain three months.

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wymond left last week fpr'(AtIantlc City to spend two two weeks, "after Which they, wiii attend the Buffalo Exposition before returning home. Misses Eliza and Kate Hardj- and Mr. Frank Hardy have gone to their cottage at Fort Springs, W.

where they will spend the rest of the summer. Mrs. Morton Morris and little daughter. Miss Charlotte Elliott Morris, and Miss Juliet Morris have gone to Sewanee, where they will occupy the Elliott cottage until fall. Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Norton have gone Atlantic City on a visit of two weeks, after which they go to Buffalo for a short stay before returning home. Webb Hogg. Whltesburg. July 10.

Special. B. Monroe Webb, aged fifty-two years. Democratic county chairman, and a retired business man of this city, and Miss Sal-lie A. Hogg, of Whltesburg.

aged eighteen years, were married in this city. Begistered At Chicago Hotels. Chicago, July 10. Special. Hotel arrivals to-day were: W.

P. Lincoln, Louisville, at the Auditorium Annex; II. Harvison, -Louisville, at the Victoria; W. S. Jacobs, Memphis, at the Leland.

Wooten Smiley. Madison, July 10. Special. Miss Florence Smiley, teacher of drawing in the Madison public school, and Robert L. Wooten, a merchant of Milton, were married at the Episcopal church in this city to-day.

Kennedy Green. Richmond, July 10. Special. Mr. Jesse Kennedy, son of City Assessor J.

H. Kennedy, and Miss Lucinda Par-rish Green were, married at the bride's home, near Red "House, this county, today. KENTUCKY NEWS IN BRIEF. The Owensboro Lodge of Elks gave a free river excursion yesterday afternoon to the poor children of the city. Over COO tickets were given out.

Freeman Frazier. engaged in hauling staves, was struck by lightning near Caldwell Springs, and. together with his team, was instantly killed. Mrs. Lucy A.

Payne, sister of Capt. William Henry, died in Versailles, after two years' illness. The body will be taken to Frankfoit for Interment to-day. John Travis was crushed by a traction engine on the farm of Collie Dollar, near Fredonia. The engine was being backed to hitch to and Travis fell under the wheel.

He will die. Judge M. D. Hughes, a prominent Democrat of Lancaster, announced his candidacy yesterday for City Judge. He has the distinction of being one of the most learned men and educators In Central Kentucky.

Nuck Hoard was dismissed by City Judge Stirman, of Owensboro, for shooting at Mrs. Fete Gertisen, his sister with intent to kill, his prosecution and dismissal for killing her husband serving as a bar to this prosecution. Lexington officers are searching for Mrs John Marshall, of NicholasvIIie, and Ed Milton Cainan. alias Van Avery, of Columbia, Tenn. Mrs.

Marshall was in Lexington Wednesday night, but a thorough search failed to locate Cainan. Prof. M. A. Cassady, who recently resigned as Superintendent of the County Schools of Fayette, has been reappointed by Judge Bullock, and will accept the p'ace again.

Prof. Cassady has been at the head of the schools in Fayette county for twenty years. The Danville Daughters of the Confederacy have elected Mrs. J. C.

Bogle President to succeed Mrs. R. J. Breckinridge, deceased. Mrs.

David Logan was elected Vice President, and Mrs. George Spilman Corresoonding Secretary. The chapter contains about twenty-seven members. The Boyle County Court has refused to allow the owners of the Danville-Lancaster turnpike to collect toll in Boyle countv, as the company has not complied "with the terms of Its contract in keeping the roads repaired. This is the pike on which dynamite has recently been used.

Mrs. R. C. Steele, aged eighty-three years, wife of Campbell Steele, one of Population In France. The late French census repeats the depressing story of the decay of the French population.

It is true that there is an Increase of 330,000 in five years, but wiien immigration Is taken into account this is apparently no natural Increase at all, but the reverse. Nearly all the increase was in Paris, which will be a surprise to many, for it has been thought that the rural districts might compensate in some degree for the lack of natural increase of1 the great cities. This is true of some departments in France, but not of a majority. The statement that there Is an aver age of only two children to a marriage indicates a positive decrease of popu lation apart from immigration. Such a ratio would keep the population stationary If nil the children grew up and married, which is far from being true.

The great number of children that die before reaching five years of age is well known to trtudents of vital statistics. The probability Is. therefore, that the estimate of two children to a marriage is too small, though It Is apparent that the proportion Is decreasing to an uncomfortable degree. There Is no room for doubt that the decrease of population in the rural districts is due largely to changes brought about by the French Revolution. Before that great convulsion the nobility and the clergy held practically all the land.

The increase of the peasantry was not restricted by any consideration of the resulting division of real The sysiem of peasant ownership of the land has changed all that. To the peasant holding a small plot of land a large family means a division into still smaller parcels, and this continued for a few generations would mean the reduction of the holdings to tracts too small to afford a subsistence. It has resulted that in many agricultural districts, at least, public opinion condemns large families. The dictum that two children are enough forms a part of the rural etiquette. It Is bad form to have more, and it exposes the offenders to some loss of standing In the community.

Though the church condemns Hits notion, and the peasant is attached to the church, yet the considerations which favor small families are often too strong for the influence of religion. The dominant militarism of France undoubtedly contributes to keep down the population. It is not merely that the people feel a reluctance to rear children to become food for powder. Since the great struggle with Germany French wars have done little to deplete the population. But compulsory military service reduces production, interferes with the initiation of business careers and contributes to delay; when it does not prevent, marriages.

The-army, indeed, Ib popular. It furnishes occupation for a considerable number of the people. But the expense incident-to this large body of nonproducers must be met by the producers. The exactions of a great military establishment intensify the economic, considerations which render large families undesirable. The part that vice plays in this decay of population need not be ignored, but it is very easy to overrate it.

The great cities of France, like those of other countries, are often hot-beds of vice. But in many of the rural districts, where the birthrate is very low, vice is extremely infrequent. In such communities, it is a negligible quantity, so far as the increase of population is concerned. The causes of the low birthrate, therefore, must be sought elsewhere. We need not conclude from these premises that the French race is destined to extinction.

That is too broad a generalization Trom the data at hand. The birthrate is apparently still somewhat in excess of the deaths in the whole country, though less in many departments. To what extent this is affected by immigration cannot be now determined. In the United States the children of foreign-born parents are more numerous in proportion than those of natives, and this contributes essentially to keep up the birthrate. This may be true, though on a much smaller scale, in France.

Immigration is not greatly favored there, especially by the working people, but it appears to be increasing. Should it continue to grow it might in time produce a considerable change in the character of the population, but the predominance of tiie native French element may be considered secure enough, so far as it is now possible to foresee. Changed conditions in the future may restore the natural increase to something like normal proportions. Nevertheless, the growth of the rivals of France in population, while she remains nearly stationary, presents a depressing outlook, and on deserving of attention from French statesmen. Tor More Efficient Labor.

Three of the largest shoe manufacturing firms in Massachusetts have agreed to ask their employes to work fifty-four hours a week during the summer instead of fifty-nine hours as formerly, the wages for the week of fifty-four hours to be the same as they have been for the longer week. Two of these firms have decided to follow this schedule not alone during tiie summer, but throughout the year. The change, says the Boston Advertiser, "was made voluntarily, and apparently because employers believe that just as much work would be done as before. The same experiment has been made In other lines of industries, and seemingly with success. More and more in New England the manufacturers are trying to produce a higher grade of product rather than a cheaper grade.

To get the best results it is necessary that the workmen shall be ftfllce, Cor. KonrtJi Ave. and Green St LOUISVILLE. i COUNCIL? otjb. new HATES.

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The stock market underwent another period of depression to-day, after a strong; opening, encouraged by advances in London. The market was sold off steadily, the Grangers being the principal object of attack, but the whole market being affected. The declaration of only the usual dividend on L. -and X. sent that stock, down to 104.

and the rally was slight. The closing was near ifcc lowest figures of the day. Money was easy all day, and closed at 4 per cent. An engagement of $750,000 gold for export and reports as to the corn crop helped the decline. Sterling exchange was steady, and bonds weak and Irregular.

The grain markets were all firm, and even w.heat had an advance of "sc. The com market was active and vigorous, and closed at an advance of HfoKc, though there was some reaction on reports of rair.s in Texas. Oat, like corn, closed "Sic up. Provisions were influenced by the strength cf corn, and closed 5150c higher. Cotton was easier.

Cattle In Chicago were steady to slow. Hogs were 5c higher, and closed firm. Sheep were strong to 10c higher, and lambs 15c higher. Preventing a Money Squeeze. The story that J.

P. Morgan Co. and allied financial houses have organized to prevent a money panic in "Wail street is made plausible by the behavior of these firms in the past when they nave repeatedly come to the relief of borrowers. This was the case last Monday, when the gossip or the street attributed lo certain money brokers a conspiracy to put up the rates, and when their action was met by Mr. Morgan and his associates, who sent into the market- at 6 breaking the alleged combination in a twinkling.

Thernoney brokers who were said to. have combined for the purpose of squeezing are popularly accredited with controlling the funds of a big bank, which has been repeatedly charged Through the press with manipulation to secure low-priced stocks for what are known as the Standard Oil group of financiers. This bank was pointed' out by the States Investor as having started the stampede of May 9 by heavy calling of loans on the previous day, and similar action was alleged against the institution on Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. In consequence the rate for call loans was forced up to 25 per cent, before i the market closed, and the way was 1 prepared for a genuine "squeeze" ori last Monday. Mr.

Morgan's Interference prevented the panic that was alleged to be planned and which certainly might iiave come to pass. These stories of conspiracy may or may not be it can readily be what power for evil Is in manipulation of the money marker. In contrast to this the action of the Morgan syndicate in offering millions at the market rate Is distinguished by public spirit and by a prudent regard for the future. It is to the real interest of bankers to keep the money market free from manipulation, leaving the rate to be regulated by the law of supply end demand as a rule, but taking prompt measures for relief when the necessity arises. That It Is also to the interest cf the people at large as well as epeculatcrs is manifest.

A bank wields too great a power to lean to any side in "Wail street, and certainly If it docs It should not be to the people whose interest ii is to tear down rather than to build up. J. P. Morgan Co. and their Tennessee Takes Precautions To Prevent Anthrax From Eeacliing Its Borders.

Nashville, July 10. Special. Live Stock Commissioner W. H. Dunn returned from Memphis this morning, where he inaugurated the quarantine against live stock from Mississippi.

A State quarantine will be maintained along the Shelby, Fayette and Hardeman county lines, and Shelby county has a county quarantine. There is no disposition, however, to run stock into Tennessee. Anthrax Is rapidly sweeping In southerly direction from the point of outbreak now extending over four counties in Mississippi and destroying mules, cattle and sheep. A passenger on a steamboat from Vicksburg told Capt. Dunn that for forty miles along the river the stench was so bad passengers had to lock themselves in their staterooms.

Stock is dying so fast the people are unable to bury it. One planterlost HO mules and was in Memphis yesterday tryine to purchase more. Cotton all over that section Is Just now in that condition where It is absolutely necessary to work it- Vaccination is being practiced on new stock in an effort to render it Immune. NEGRO POPULATION ON THE DECLINE. Increase Hot In Proportion To tha Total Gain In Number of Ameri-.

can Inhabitants. "Washington, July 10. Predictions based on tiie census of 1S90 that the negro population of tne United States would- gradually decrease in proportion to the total population are not borne out by the statistics of the present cen sus. The negro population In the United States in 1S90 was 1L93 per cent, of the total, a decrease from 13.12 per cent. In 1SS0.

This year the percentage will be somewhat less than 11. though until the compilation of statistics has been more nearly completed it will be impossible to give exact figures. In some of the Southern States the negro population is incr-'adng faster In proportion then the wmte. In the bolder States there seems to be a little fall ing off. and in the Xorthprn to wnich the tide of European Immigra tion flows strongest, the whl'e population is increasing more rapidly, though this does not hold good in some local ities, such as cities in which negro serv ants, especially in hotels, are rapidly displacing white men and women.

CHINA ASKS INDEMNITY FROM UNITED STATES. Declares Celestials Have Been Mis treated By "Boxers" In Butte, Montana. Washington, July 10. The Chinese Government, through Minister Wu Ting Fang, has filed a claim for" Indemnity to the amount of a half-million dollars on account of alleged outrageous treat ment of Chinese at Butte, Mont. There is a suggestion of Boxer outrages reversed in the presentation of the case to the State Department, the treatment inflicted upon the Chinese at Butte being claimed to have been cruel and oppressive.

is charged that some cf them were killed, others lost their property and nearly all were ruined in business and many of them were driven out. The claimants number several hundred. The outrages date back to 1SSG, and it is declared that the City Council of Butte and the State courts upheld the rioters and the boycotters. TWO DAMAGE STITS Follo-w Arrest of a Woodford County Couple In Lexington. Lexington, July 10.

Special. In the Circuit Court this afternoon E. R. Mattox and Lucinda Mattox, his wife, of Woodford county, filed suit ag-ainst Thomas J. Cain for damages for having them arrested and imprisoned on the charge of kidnaping.

Mattox and his wife on June 30 took their son from the farm of Cain, alleging that the boy was not bound to him. and that he refused to give him up at their demands. Cain followed them to-Lexington, and swore out 2 warrant, charging kidnaping. The charge was dismissed in the County Court. A similar suit for a like amount was also filed against the city of Lexington, Chief of Police John McD Ross and Chief of Detectives Harry Stough by Mr.

and Mrs. Mattox for false arrest and imprisonment on the charges mentioned In the preceding suit. BELIEF COMMITTEE UPHELD. Eight To Build Dam and Bridges At Elizabethton, Established la Court. Knoxvlllo, July 10.

Special. Judge John P. Smith has denied the application for a permanent injunction to restrain the Relief Committee of Elizabethton from using flood sufferers-funds for building a dam at footbridges over the Watauga river at Elizabethton. The committee held in court that it was protecting property of sufferers in building the dam and bridges, and was simultaneously giving other sufferers employment. The court held in his opinion that had he custody of the funds the same policy would be adopted.

This flood fund was subscriber to liberally by Louisville citizens. It was for persons who lost heavily in the big flood of May 21. CANED A MINISTER. Illinois Preacher Denounced a Mayor and Eeceived a Beating. Edinburg, 111., July 10.

The Rev. T. M. Dillon, a Methodist minister, was caned on the street by Mayor Vigal, of Edinburg. Dillon had published in the Rochester Item, of which he Is editor, an article headed "Czar W.

H. Vigal." In which be denounced Vigal, who refused to allow a band stand on the street of Edinburg, as "unAmerican, un-gentlemanly, unchristian and insane." Mr. Dillon visited Edinburg, -Mayor Vigal met him, cane in hand, and beat him severely. The Mayor was then taken before Justice George and fined 53 and costs. Bowling Green Man Appointed.

Clarksville. July 10. Speaal. H. H.

Lewis, of Bowling Green. has been appointed local agent of the Southern Express Company here to euc-ceed T. D. Slover, resigned, who has been agent here for sixteen year. by some of the callow dabblers in modern socialism, who designate it not a fact at all but a "new theory" unworthy of their consideration, although both.

as a theory and. fact It is almost as old as American Industry. Its practical demonstration has been so conclusive that the outcome of the allied theory of these Massachusetts shoe manufacturers will be watched with interest and even confidence. The National University Idea. It has been understood for some time that the scheme for a national university at Washington City had been abandoned by a nimfeer of its leading advocates.

Some have ceased to think it desirable, while others are convinced It is impracticable. The Washington Memorial" Association proposes a substitute, by which students will get the educational benefits of the Government Institutions at Washington without the establishment of a The National Council of Education, in session at Detroit, listened to the report of its committee of fifteen In opposition to the national university project, and then resolved to insist upon It. The discussion which" preceded the adoption of this resolution lasted two hours. The temper of this discussion on the part of the national university advocates suggests the question asked by Virgil with reference to anger in ce lestial minds. Presidents of state uni versities seemed to be particularly hot In their advocacy of a national insti tution.

But their remarks do not give us an exalted Impression of that calm serenity which is supposed to be the characteristic of the mind of the scientist and the educator. President Baker, of the University of Colorado, led in the attack on the committee and its report, for he was not content to discuss the report alone, though he described that as a "con temptible thing." He impugned the motives of the. members of the committee by Eaying that they were afraid their own institutions would suffer. He thought the.report was almost as bad as "the crime of 1S73." The spirit of the millionaires, he said, is on our universities. "What we want now is a univer sity built up out of the spirit of the common people, supported by them through taxes collected by the Government." Suppose It be admitted, for the sake of.

-the argument, that we want a -uni versity from which' the spirit of the millionaire shall be banished, how are we going to get it by act of Congress? Is Dr. Baker sure that the spirit of the common people, that, is, of the voters of the country, will provide such a uni versity as he desires? They have sig nally failed to resent what he considers the greater crime of 1S73. The spirit of the millionaire is as potent on the floor of Congress as in our universities, and probably more so. Yet Dr. Baker finds a panacea in Government control of ed ucation.

"It would," he said, "in a century cure all the evils which threaten the land at present." Such faith as this is touching, but it lacks the ele ment of evidence as a basis. There were indications of a saner view in the Council of Education, as when Dr. Butler said that the idea of a national university is built upon a fallacy in political theory and a failure in political practice. "You forget," he continues, "that the nation is an organization of liberty as well as government Some things develop through government and others through liberty. The universities have developed through the liberty which is as national as government.

Ruin will come when we forget that those who spend time and money in building institutions are as much national and democratic as the people who work through the Government. Harvard University and the University of Chicago are to be considered national and public institutions as much as those supported by taxes -through the Government." This rational view did not prevail. The Council resolved to continue to advocate a national university and to advise the Educational Association to appropriate money to continue the absurd agitation. "The obscure clerk whom Secretary-Long says wrote the famous Dewey dispatch will now please emerge," is the beginning of a sentence in the Boston Herald. Who would have looked for such Boston grammar as that, even when the city was frightened out of Its grammar by the Spanish fleet? And now they say that the President proposes to remove the Pension Commissioner, who is obnoxious to the pension raiders, by kicking him upstairs Into a higher office.

Car. this- be true? And, it so, can the President believe that he could fool anybody thus? Tolstoi seems to have a bad case of the photograph habit, but it would be more endurable if he would quit sitting for his picture, in gunnysacks and Mother Hubbards. Philadelphia's credit having been so weakened by the Quay gang that she w-as unable to float a 3 per cent, loan, she now proposes to try one at 3 per cent. Emperor William says "the sword is the noblest, weapon," but he seems to think the tongue -is the most available one- STREET-GAR SILHOUETTES. HERE was a rush from a crowded car on Fourth avenue to make a transfer, and at the moment that two young men started to leave the car two old ladles started to board it.

A collision resulted, and one old lady sat down on the seat before she Intended and much harder than she usually sits. "Oh, oh, oh," she moaned, throwing up her hands with a look of despair, "Southern chivalry is dead, Southern chivalry Is dead!" When she sat down she pulled from her purse two or three hair pins, a clipping frcm a newspaper, a email piece of chamois skin and a stamp, finally finding a coin, which was daintily placed in the runaway, where It glided away to the collection box. Hearing it fall in the glass compartment, the motorman turned and looked at it with customary watchfulness. Then he poked his head in the door and said: "You put a one-cent piece in here." "Oh, did said the woman, blushing furiously, and the more embarrassed because the passengers did not refrain from smiling. Out came the feminine articles again, this time she contributed the proper coin.

Now, the lady was innocent in the transaction, but the motorman was not eufficienriy diplomatic to observe as much, and, placing her in class with which he sometimes had to- deal, he formed the opinion that her action was intentional. Thus was illustrated the world-old adage that the innocent must suffer because of what the guilty do. For a personification of ease and independence, watch the sole passenger on a night owl. When the car starts with norone but his own big self for fare. he takes off his hat, throws his feet up i on the next seat, expands his chest, hums a little song, elevates his chin and I fairly wallows in the luxurv of a whole car.

If he owned dollar of stock i table to' ride a thousand -yeafs for noth. lng, he couldn't be 'any happier or feel any bigger at such moments. WTiich teaches that it is possible to feel rich even a nickel investment. Good-humoredly hilarious-, he boarded a Market-street car and hung limply to a strap, looking at everybody and smiling foolishly. When the car had gone about ten blocks, he suddenly cried: "Conductor; oh, I shay, conductor where am I at?" 1 "We are at Fourteenth street," said the rope-jerker.

"Where do you want to get off." i "At the next saloon," said the genial gentleman, ana even the ladies laughed. If you don't mind being what is technically known as a rubber neck, you may hear many bits of interesting information and lots of funny things on a' car. One woman the other day went into a detailed description of the lingerie to be worn by a bride. Another was saying to her escort: "I just hate summer evenings. You can't do anything but sit on the steps, or on the lawn, if you have one, and look at the stars and gossip about nothing.

And you have to talk in a whisper, or all the neighbors will hear you. Out on Third avenue, where I have a friend whom I sometimes go to see in the evening, every familj' gets out on the grass and tries to talk gayer than the other. You can hear what everybody is saying for forty yards. When a visitor comes, there is a regular powwow of pleasure. A visitor, you know, on a summer evening, is a life-saver to a family tired cf hearing itself talk.

"It is dull in summer," she continued, as the young man diplomatically assented to her oplnionative observations by silence. "What I love is a winter evening when you can get in front of a cozy fire and read. But these summer evenings are perfectly frivolous. I really don't believe people have as much sense in summer as they have in winter, do you?" The young man cynically observed that some persons didn't seem to have any sense at any time. "But what I mean," she resumed, "is that even a sensible person gets frivolous in summer.

Look how the girls flirt and cut up at the summer resorts. Why, they do things in -summer without thinking anything of it which would be considered disgraceful in winter. And I don't like the summer young, man. particularly those new- whale-boned coats and Boni de Castellane trousers. If I had a husband that wore one of those hideous suits I'd throw him out of the window.

At church last Sunday I saw "Here is our corner." Interrupted the young man, and what she saw at church was lost to journalistic history. A pretty young girl on Fourth avenue is suffering with a bad cold contracted in a curious manner. Last Wednesday she boarded ail open car during the rainstorm which broke the hot spell preceding, and she declares that a horrid, rude man appropriated -the only dry place on the seat, compelling her to sit in a puddle of water all the way nome, wnicn cummumcateu a most uncomfortable dampness and created the cold that she now coughs about. THE CONDUCTOR. WOMEN WILL ATTEND TRIAL OF EARL RUSSELL Seats Heserved 3Tor Peeresses In the British House of Lords.

London, July 10. The trial of Earl Russell before the House of Lords, July IS, on the charge of bigamy, has occasioned the issue of all kinds of quaint notifications. None of perhaps, is more curious than the latest, relating to the admission of women. The notice announces that a hundred places have been reserved for peeresses. it en '-'of those in charge of the -party or- ganization, but in this Instance-there is, no sign, nor has there Been tne nrst accusation, that any favoritism will, be shown.

This is a rar'e occurrence, indeed, in Louisville. The Democratic party is to be congratulated that the Louisville or. ganization is In charge of such an upright and courageous young Democrat as John W. Vreeland. State Central Committeeman for the Fifth district.

Mr. Vreeland has been perfectly fair and just to all. His favorite for Mayor earnestly preferred a convention, but. seeing that the masses of the party wanted a primary, Vreeland gave them a primary, -and lias so fixed it that no man complains of or suspects an injustice. A FLOATING HOTEL Will Leave New York Battery Evenings and Beturn the Hext jfforning.

Brooklyn Eagle. The talk about a floating- hotel, to be towed out from the Battery every night and brought to the dock in the morning, which has filtered through the newspapers during every hot spell in recent summers. Is at last to be realized. Mr, John Arbuckle, who has had the plan under consideration for several years, has bought some ships and brought the scheme so near to completion that It will be launched soon it is to be hoped before we have a repetition' of last week's heat. The details were fully told in Sunday's Eagle.

The boats, or hotels, will leave the Battery in, the evening, return in the morning, and will make over Sunday cruises to nearby points. Ample provision seems to have been made against accident and for the preservation of the decorous conduct which is essential to the success of a scheme of this kind. No liquor will be sold on the boats and other provisions have been made, calculated to insure quiet and good order. With thousands of people sleeping on Coney Island sands last week and. many more thousands tossing at home, unable to sleep on good beds, in spacious rooms with large windows, it would seem as if this project would meet an existing demand.

But much will, of course, depend upon the management and success cannot be guaranteed 'in advance. It should be primarily a device to enable those detained in the city to secure a good night's sleep when the heat denies them that luxury on shore. Therefore, it should not be a picnic with late hours, music and other noises to disturb the people who seek these boats for rest. There are abundant resources for merrymaking on shore. No addition to them is needed which the beaches will not supply on the mere suspicion "of a demand.

But there is no way of insuring refreshing sleep to thousands in the city who would be glad to pay for that privilege. Mr. Arbuckle's Is the only project before the public likely to meet that demand. If it keeps strictly to that one purpose it ougnt to prove a boon to thousands who now swelter helplessly through at least two or three weeks of the summer. CUBAN CONSTITUTION RECEIVED' IN WASHINGTON.

Havana Convention Has Formally Conformed To All the United States' Bequirements. Washington, July 10. The War Department has received an official copy of the constitution of the republic of Cuba, duly authorized by Gen. Wood and the proper authorities, and the document is now being carefully translated into English by the expert linguists of the insular division. Chief in-.