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'Monday BvecUic Jao 4. The -stock market tfA back afain Into duHacaa an4 decline. London bad a holiday, and no support coming from that quarter It was aavr to troiiai lean that tb short totar-est of last week was) responsible, for the transient rise. JLt on time prices weak, ened sharply, but tho close showed some rally. Money was easy at 1402 per cent.

Sterltnc exchange, was easier. Tba bond market was it i fg ular. The strenrth oC corn, dust to VtgbH. rt eelpts, pot up all the Chicago cereal auar. kefs.

Om eiosed VtO hlarher; wheat H14o and oats He. Prevlolons ctssed sronef and WHSSic nicher. Cottoo was flrna and The Chicago cattle market was also better, beef catUe belnc 1013c. Hoes were a shade lower, but dosed strong. Lambs were lOo higher and sheep steady to strong.

Ths Truth of It. The Inaccuracy that cbarsoterbws the "contemporary newspaper not limited to the department of narration, but as-cends the steep incline that leads to the Olympian beighta of Editorial statement. "We quote from our esteemed contemporary, the St. Paul Dispatch; "If Henry Watterson. up la the editorial room of the CtourlexsJournal.

nae) yielded to the pressure from the counting-room and. recanting his heresy of "9. is now blowing tt biggest born in the band that leads the Bryan process kin, he gets some ooaelatka for the bumlliatiosi In standing out stoutly for territorial expansion. He has as time for the fate-bucker of bis party, or of any party for the matter of that, who are setting thecnselTes against the current of eenturlee of racial Impulse." It la true that the Courier-Journal is In favor of Expansion. It beiieres that there was a deeper design beneath the coming and the going of the war with Spain than the annihilation of.

few Spanish ships within Manila bay and without the harbor of Santiago. It be- lieves that acquisition, and occupancy of the disputed territory will rehabUt- tate the energies and fortunes of the South and enlarge the area of the national power as It Increases the vista of the national glory. But why should our friend of Minnesota' go out of bis way to, question its motives with respect to policies and conditions immedl- ately at home, and, especially, why should It perpetrate the misstatement that It Is "blowing the biggest horn tn the band that leads the Bryan proces-slonr Indiscrimination of this sort. Is a common offense of the average news- paper. It does sot seem to know now to be simply Tet, a little flection will show that exaggeration Is jauTndlfferent make-shift for current history, possessing neither rhyme, nor reason; valueless ss a partisan expedient, and no argument at alL int courier-journal is Blowing no horn except its own nor leading any procession other than that of patriotism, enlightenment, beauty, clvlllzaUoo, philosophy, religion, morality and virtue.

Three years ago It got down oft the high horse It bad been riding the preceding eight and twenty years. It ceased to be a leader. It took a musket and fell Into the ranks welt toward the rear of the column. There It Is march- Ing to-day; -foot: neither caring for, nor claiming recognition of anybody; neither exercising, nor seeking to exercise, any power whatever; a private sol. dler; a free nigger, not a slave nigger; a Democrat, not a Republican; with nil its whs about it.

with all its faculties Intact; equally ready for a fight or a not la least solicitous whether sv-hool keeps or closes; responsible for nothing except to Its own fidelity and cleanliness; accountable to nobody. rave God; its opinions, purposes, plans, schemes, hopes even its fears written tn legible characters over the front door and the back door, and glowing in letters of living light upon the banners that wave shore tbe root Eohdd mm, brother! Admire us. But don't be foolish. OettmlM Traternitj. Nothing connected with the Confederate Reunion of last week was more significant than the Invitations which came to the Association of Southern Veterans to hold their next annual encampment In some city north of the old.

mythical line of Mason and Dixon. Chicago, Cincinnati and Buffalo led In this hospitable and patriotic overture. Buffalo, In particular, extended an active and an eager welcome, sending a strong committee of prominent citl-sens to Louisville to convey It. They brought with them as their letter of credit the following preamble and resolution adopted unanimously by the Grsnd Army Posts not merely of the rtty of Buffalo, but of the State of 'ew York. We quote: "Whereas.

The city through fts Merchants' Exchange, has extended a pressing Invttalion to the Confederate Veterans' Association to hold its annual reunion in 1301 at Buffalo; and hereas, The comrades of the department of New York, Grand Army of the Republic, at Us annual eiacampmeat at Syracuse, May IS, 189S. unanimously indorsed and concurred in said invitation; and "Whereas, Tba Memorial and Cxatwttrs Committee representing all the Grand Army posts and other veteran, organisations In Buffalo have united la said and -V "Whereas, The comrades of the Depart, ment of 'New York, Grand Army of the Republic, from personal knowledge and commend the) hospitality of that eRy; therefore, "Resolved, That the Department of New "Grand. Army of the. Republic, in annual assembled, do cordially mdors the Invitation so extended, and earnestly and fraternally urge its ac-ceptanaai and extend to the said Confederate Veterans AssoetsUoo th assurance that if said Invitation Is accepted, they will be received with great Cordiality and in the most fraternal Nothing could be' handsomer at once more gallant and more cordial than these words of soldierly greeting of patriotic hospitality from bravs men, to brave men. and they fell most grate fully upon every- mind and made a lodgment la every heart of that vast throng of assembled Southerners, The invitation was declined not be cause there wsja" the least disinclination to accept It.

bat because th dis- tanee Intervening between so many of tnei Confederate camps and the city of Buffalo raised a very serious dilemma as to the ways and means of going there and getting horn again. Th grizzled veterans of Dixie are too old walk. and It goes without saynig that they are not over-burdened with this worW goods. Hence, much" as they might wish to meet the civility of their old antagonists, now their fenow-oountry-men. in spirit and la kind, they were most reluctantly obliged to consider the matter of travel and outlay." The mors th pity; because they would have encountered In.

Buffaior such a reception as the Grand Army of the Republic encountered here tn, LoulsvUl five years ago; and It is good for all the people of all the tour corners ef th Union to meet and mingle one with another; discovering how Uttle there Is of frictkmi how much of agreement; and how great and strong are marching under a common flag. Americans) all! Buffalo, has LouisvSIe, I on ef the most beautiful and prosperous cities ha the world. The people there have health and wealth, which go so tar to make good-fellowshln. and they are the best fellows Imaginable. The Pan-American Fair of next year will rival the World's Fair of Chicago.

Niagara will not merely have Its usual display of water-works, but will largely contribute to the fire-works; for they have saddled and bridled the whirlpool and will ride it Into town; (those Buffalo boys will ride anything and anywhere.) Neptune astride a bicycle; Aphrodite, new-risen from the frosty deeps and born upon an automobile by sixteen cataracts; every cataract warranted to be all wool and a yard wide! It Is too bad that' the boys tn gray could not go to Buffalo on the lnvita-i tlon of the boys In blue. They miss a good thing In not being able to go. Let ns. hope the pleasure Is only deferred. May be.

when the time comes, we shall be ready in a body to cross over and annex Canada. That would be almost as pretty as following Wheeler and Roosevelt up the steeps of San Juan to wipe the earth with Spain! Again, the Courier-Journal wishes to thank the good people of Buffalo for their hospitable forethought and to assure them that it will long be treasured la the hearts and minds of the people on this side the old deed and burled fighting line as a priceless token of patriotic fellowship. The St. Louis Strike. Th St.

Louis street car struts was beaten at Its beginning, for It was mad to enforce demands, some of which wer preposterous, and which th managers or the company could not have granted without proving their incompetency to conduct th business. The strike, almost from the first, degenerated Into violence, riot and murder. These scene daily enact ed In St, Louis are a disgrace to our civilization asd to our system of self-government; property wan tonly destroyed men, women and chil dren shot down In th streets almost dally; women pursued, kicked, robbed and stripped of their clothing simply because they rid on a street Surely these conditions can not last much longer. Order must be restored and the city must be protected. The outraged sentiment of the citizens will Insure this, regardless of any question at Issue between the strikers and the Transit Company, or of the cheap-John politics mixed up In the situation.

Neither organised labor nor organized) capital can be permitted to set aside the law of the land and overrun si community with anarchy. This particular strike ha weakened THE COtTRTER.TOTJKXAT; LOUISVILLE. TUESDAY MORNING. TONE 5. 1905.

rather than strengthened the cause 'of worlnkgmen's combinations. Labor anions. Intelligently conducted, are unquestionably good things, but when they overstep the limits of reason and common sense, as In this Strike; when they make a demand, not because It Is right, but because they believe they have the power to enforce it, and when they seek to-enforce It by such desperate methods as they have pursued at St. Louis, they deal themselves heavier blows than they Inflict upon capital. A city which would submit to such lawlessness could not long furnish a field for either labor or capital.

The' pity of such a strike as this, aside from the Innocent lives taken. Is the nardahlp it works upon the members themselves, many of whom do not With to but must do as they are- directed or invite- all. the terrors which disobedience entails. The organisation Which wields such a power must wield It wisely or It becomes the most cruel Instrument of oppressing those whose Interests It Is meant to advance. But deserving ipf sympathy individually as these men may be, they can not be permitted to terrorize a whole community because, their leaders have thrown them out of work.

i The Growth of Competition. That the permanent monopolization of any line of trade or Industry la impossible bas been repeatedly asserted In these columns at th tam when the movement for consolidation was under the greatest headway a year ago. It was pointed out then as bow that by no device can. competition be suppressed in a business) that promise good profits, and th more tempting these profits made by trusts the more certain is the establishment of rival plants. Money is too plentiful us this uuunUy to be invested in bonds at and 4 per cent, when it can be put la manufacturing or mercantile enterprises thai promise twice or three times the return.

Only a few months hav pissed sine th consolidation movement was at the flood tide; bat ft apparent that the big syndicates are already facing formidable new competition. Even in those cases where practically the wool industry was united trader one head this state of affairs For In stance, the American Tin Plate Company combined 98 per cent, of th cs padty, apparently malting it impossible for the few outside plants to do any bostnes whatever. Bine then, there have been two new and powerful companies formed tn opposition the Na tional Tin Plats Oompany, with capitalisation, and the Sharon Tin Plate Coenpany. with tSQO.000. tn addition to dose las of smaller concerns whose acgrs-gate capacity large.

Outside of these there is coropetitkm from other source. The CbssBxpira area and Steel Company ef Michigan has put np a number of tin tnlTav as have several Pennsylvania eompanlea The National Enamenng and Stamping Company has put up no less than thirty mills with a capacity that wilt not only supply its own wants, but enable it to sett tin on the open Kwrkat. The American 8tse! and Wire Company was another consolidation that seemed to dean up th platter with a $90,000,000 capitalisation, but now tt b) confronted by the Sharon Steel Company, the Union Steel Company, H.00Q.0O0; New Haven Wire Corporation. Washburn 'Wire Company. SLG00.000; AbAhama Steel and Wire Company, t2.000.00s; and the New York Steel and Wire Company.

1500,000, Smaller competitors are the Ashland Steel Company of Kentucky; the Dlllon-G ris weld Wire Company of Sterling; DLi th Grand Crossing Tack Company, of Chicago; the Page Wire Fence Cotnpany, of Michigan i the DeKalb Fence Company, of DeKalb. Ill, and. many smaller concern. Th Continental Tobaooe Company Is how facing a host of Independent factories, small and large, and more are coming on. The Royal Baking Powder- Company ha called into rife a swarm of small concerns, and the sam Is true of every other big syndicate.

To. show bow far competition has spread, the New York Journal of Commerce has mad op a list of Independent concerns whose capitalisation is $200,000 or more, and which aggregate 114,000,000, besides twelve coal and cone comps olea with $21,000,000. It also calls attention to th fact that in the iron and steel trad a great many small concern hav been formed whose total capital would make a formtrtahl figure. As an Indication of how rapidly new factories are organised, it tnentkma that twenty-seven new cottonseed oil companies hav been, projected, yet their combined capitalisation is tea than There Is another very important point to be considered. As a business man observed the other day.

the tune has now come when over-capitalisation and un- der-tnanagement are being put to the se verest test." The new concern that are starting up on every-hand can suffer from no- more than one of these handi cap at th worst. Their capital Is mall, being confined to the actual value their plants and working funds. On it other band the big syndicate not only capitalised the plants tbey bad to bay st enormous figures, 'but Issued hares against the earnings they hoped to make by monopoHsatioa. The Tin Plate Trust, for instance, baa $90,000,000 of capital whereas It bas beea estimated that all tts plants could be replaced with new factories at a cost of not over tlT. 000,000 or $18,000,000.

The Continental To. banco Company with $50,000,000 preferred and $5,000,000 common stock could probably build new plant of a capacity squel to all its- old one and more conveniently arranged at a cost of 000 or $15,000,000." Of course, the good will of the companies acquired repre sents targ sums la all these cases, but then- value fluctuate greatly, and what are good to-day may be worthless tomorrow. of the big Industrial combinations may survive, while ethers, and the majority, win have to be reorganized' of else dissolved and the various properties sold back to their original owners pr others. The Flour Trust and otbera have gone their way already. In any.

case; though, evils thst were expected from tnonopoltuUoa are coming' to he less snd less feared, as It Is realised that competition can not be crushed, Armor Plata One, of the Interesting points of the dlscurslpn of the conference report on th Naval Appropriation Bill "was th price to be fixed for armor plate, or whether no price at all should be but the whole matter, left to the Secretary of the Navy. Some wished to fix $300 a ton, some $400. ethers Uo, There was also a -proposition that Government build a plant to make Its own armor plate. It was partteulariy to be noted in this discussion how shymost of the members fought of the question what armor plate is really worth Indeed, said In general, terms that armor, plate can be made at a profit-at $300. while others Insisted that $445" Was- riot excessive.

But they did not sppear prepared to support these contentions by facts and i On the one" side It was' said that the Government must have ships and havs them right, away. lest a. war ahould break, out -hav decided toV oonsii'tfct a-: navy, and we can not have an 'efficient one without armor plate. Government "plant can hot' be conetructed. according to some, in less than four years, while others said It could be don In a year, a year and a half or two-, years.

'Another Senator, more radical, declared that he would rather that the ships should rot on the stocks than to.iee a combine in this country' take, th Government by the throat fh a matter of this kind, Soma Senators- Insisted on repealing th provision of th hill providing for building two great battls-sfalpav three armored cruisers and three protected cruisers, costing $40,000,000 to oa the ground that the Senate would never hav agreed to authorise them if it had been expecU ed that the Secretary of the' Navy would be allowed, to pay $530 a ion tor th plant or sr $60 or $700. The Sen ate, however, considered, this' Impractlr cable mnder th parUamentarx situation. As there- will probably be mure to bs said hereafter oa the subject it may be. as well to exptsra what tie parliamentary situation was at the time this dis cussion The Conference Commit tee bad reported 'thai they "could not agree on certain section of. the Naval Appropriation Bill -including" that' oa armor.

It was thea explained that, the House position was tBa Secretary of th Navy buy the armor plat at any price that he deemed 'Jut, and reasonable; If could not he might. In his discretion ptcur, and erect a factory for, making armor. The Senate conferrees favored authorising- the Secretary to -buy at any price up to $445 a ton: falling that, to build an armor plate plant Some ef the Sear ators, however thought that $300 was enough, and if th plat could not be got at that "a Government plant ahould be built, them' appeared to how much th Government really ought' to As this discussion has beea on la one form or another for years, it would seem that some members of Congress might have accumulated some Information on this point. To sure It was said la th' debate that the Illinois Steel Company bad offered to make armor plate, for $260 a ton hut oa. the other side it was said that this was a pure- though it is the general Impression that the company named 1 solvent.

It was'ala stated that th Boa. Hilary A. Herbert, while Secretary of th Navy, made an Investigation and found that steel plat oould mad at a profit for $192 a ton. A Senator said he thought he knew as much about steel plat as Secretary Herbert, but he ignored th fact that the latter had. made a special investigation to find out.

It seems rather queer that 'liter so-many years of Investigation nobody In Congress knows anything about ths real value- of armor plate, but- must rely aa the statements of outsiders, which are InMrtefltstery oantradlcted. auccee of th late Confederat Encampment largely turned; upon the work of th Executive Commit. tee, and th work' of th Executive Committee largely hinged upon the inspiration and example of Its chairman. Col, Bennett H. Young.

He was literally everywhere and everything. No detail escaped, his attention. No labor was too excessive. It was not merely the eloquence and effort ef OoL Young, that brought the encampment- to Louisville. butrit'wsA his energy and ardor, system; and or der, which, under' most trying Circumstances, secured for it, and Tor the city, the fulfillment or every promise made a year ago at Some ot those industrious gentlemen vrbo make a busines of sending "news' from London to this country are now assuring us that Europe is anxious to pounce upon Great Britain, and is only waiting till the conclueioa ot the Boer war.

Other people, who don't make a business of getting up foreign news, would think that If Europe is going to pounce soon it would do so while the British army is absent In South Africa. Billy' Mason is now anxious that we shall go to- war with Turkey. Billy is doubtless anxious for another chance to anathematise the United States and to introduce' resolutions of sympathy with our victims. fc-The Indiana county fairs are advertising Kentucky daya Between Mount and the fairs. Indiana making, a strong, bid for.

Kentucky, visitors. what in ths south. Jefferson Davis birthday fell on 8unday this year. It ts a legal holiday to Georgia, and yesterday all the public Institutions of the State were closed in honor of the Southern champion. Newt Orleans wholesale merchants find drayage such a costly item that tbey are thinking, of moving.

up to the railroad Memphis wants to hav the Forrest monument ready for dedication during the Coofeoenu reunion which is to be held in that city next year. The' Dublin. Os Courier says: Ths Mayor of Ttfton recently served notice upon himself as funeral manager of th Tlf ton and Northeastern Railroad, that more equitable freight rates wer desired and must be had. It remains to be seen which will triumph. Mayor Boatwrlght or General Manager Boatwrlght.

see The project of equipping ths track ot the NaebvtUs. Cnattanooga and St. Louis Railway from Huotsvuls to Belle Factory wKtt overhead trolley wire for the opera, tlon of electrio cars binges upon the ter- Monument te the Signers of the Mecklea. burg Declaration of Independence, Char-lotte. North Carolina.

ml nation of "the BecoUetion ef Northern rmpltalsKs to purrhase ths industrial property at Bens Factory. If the deal is roads, th purchasers will spend t2.000.0C In ee-tasttlsMadr new eotto mill and w4II s. taonsb a town ef not lee than COW people. The nguiar track of the Nashville. Chat, tanooga and St.

Louis Railroad runs from HunUvin te that point, and it I believed electtie cars on the Una operated In adm. ttoa to regular- trains, would do a Mg business. Electric power will be secured from the waterfalls In Flint river. Normal, the station ef the negro Ajrrkmltiiral Snd Mechanical CoUee and Mastln's Laks and Three Forks of popular picnic grounds, are. along the line of the road.

V---- It Is regarded as pmetiealTy evrtsia that Btrsnlngtiaa will hav a new SXn.000 betel on the old First Methodist efcureh lot, at the corner of Nineteenth street and Fourth avenue, says a BU tulngtamm telegram. One of the promoter stated this morning that all hut $30,000 ot th money had been raised, local capitalists subscribing for the asajortty ef the stock. It Is believed that no difficulty will be encountered la placing the remainder of the stock at aa early data. Tje pfata of tb hotel are new setae drawn up by Stone Broa Cesnpany, ot New Orleans. Th report of.

fh Birmingham clearing bouse for th month of May shoe total oleatines ef $1,62.032.65. seralnet for Maar, 19. an looreaae of ever last year. 'There has been an average Int ies for th first flv month of this year of ever $1 .008,00 per saonth, the total increase for tbe period ever the same rtod of last year being S3, 000,000. The Increase tor the year bids farr te be $1X- 030,000.

Mississippi wQl probably represented by two set of dsisgatee when th Demo, emtio National Convention meets at Kansas City on July 4, says a New Orleaas telegram. Th spilt Is aa unusual one. Both detentions will go to th convention pledged to Bryan, and th quarrel ha entirely over the method of electing the dei. COURTHOUSE IN WHICH DECLARA. TION WAS SIGNED.

Tbe contest calls attention to tb fact that, the Democracy of Mississippi has already practically adopted several ef th piaaks of tn Populist platform, eapesaUly toe rsfsreodum and the submisska of all questions, and of all nominations to th popular vote party The issue upon which the Drmocracy of Mhsjlaatppt hu spUtp-aad almost evenly is whether delegates to the National Coo. Vention shall be elected by a Stat convention or district conventions called for that purpose, or directly by the people, at a primary la which all whit voter may Aa there. Is much rivalry between Mobile and Pensacola In foreign business, It Is toteresting to note that In th past eleven month, ending May 31. Mobile's foreign trade amounted to tlS.lue.98, aa increase over lS8xf $5, 420, 561, while Pensaooia, for the same length of Urns, had $13,431,35 showing ths balance la favor of Mobil by A Vaval Xeunion. Nashville American, Tb eld Confederate had a good time hosting in Louisville streets.

OoL John J. Whittaker, a Confederate veteran and a wealthy stock dealer of Pine Bluff, Ark, was given a reception at the Bourbon stock Yards yesterday morn, lag. For many years Col. Whittaker has snipped stock to the LouisvUls market, and during the reunion he was the guest ot th brokers connected with ts Bourbon Stock Tarda Tb reception was followed by an afternoon of slsrht-seeins. and th veteran from Arkansas will carry away with hkn many pin sent memories ot bis visit to Louisville.

Miss Jeaa Buchanan, of Crab Orchard, ts the guest ot Miss Belle- Hslalasnatt. Fourth aveausv BITS FROM JJethersol In Max of "Sapho" Suits "Sapho" left a legacy of trouble to-Olga Nethersoie. Following th suit ot Clyde Fttoh, th for royalties to which he claims he Is but which Miss Nethersoie says should go as Fitch's share ot ths expenses of ths "Sapho" Indictments, come a suit brought by her own manager, Marcus Mayer. After that Is still another by Nixon and Zimmerman for alleged breach of contract. Nehersoies former manager disagreed with her early this week, when they were settling up their season's accounts, It developed that there was a difference of between what Mayer claimed and what Miss Nethersoie thought he was entitled to receive.

She refused to pay bis claim, and Mayer sued out aa attachment against her for the amount, Deputy Bheeiff Radley attached ths scenery and costumes of the play at Wallace's, and also attached Miss Nether, sole's bank account- Ths attachment was granted by Justice Andrews, of th Supreme Court. Miss Netttersol means to fight ths ess the end. (New York telegram to the Chicago Tribune. Calve Abandons Opera Tor Drama. Mm.

Calve has definitely decided to abandon opera for ths drama. This startling announcement by one of the world's two greatest prune donne was mads to a Pall Mall interviewer. "Yes," she said, "I have" decided to leave the stage, that ts, the operatic stage. I win remain this year in Europe and create Bruneau'a TOuracan at the Opera Comlque in Pariaduiing th autumn. Then I shell appear probably se.Armlda, by Gluck.

Thereafter I will devote myself to tb drama. "When I hav tried the French dramatic stage I shall do the Italian. The thing has become quite a passion with ma, I may but. my mind Is mads up. It is no whim.

"I was sever meant for a sbiger. "I lack th cardinal requisite of the singer's srt, the sentiment ef rhythm. I am absolute. Iy rebellious against it Besides, for years now the feeling has been growing on me that the very mode of expression in operatic art is false and- th whole ot tt unreal and untrue. "Besides, wbea- I sing- I don't live.

I must bays plenty of movement and exercise, but I hsve to do without them to be in good vole. It Is a life ef constant sacriflcea. I sm tired of it "I am not so selfish, either. Twice, for the sake of art I abandoned my American tour, sacrificing $200,00 thereby. "There Is another reason.

My temper, axnent and all of myself attract me-toward set of parts, but the limitations ef my vote emand as to remain wrrt another set Could I sing Wagner I should not grumble about ths rhythm. As it is, I must try fresh fields In th drams, "My decision is absolutely Leado cabt to the New York. World, Bar Floors Tor th Shah. A suit of rooms at Buckingham Palae, known as- the Beigleh apartments. Is being prepared) for the reception of the Shah of This does not mean that they are being decorated or besxrttflsd.

but th Th last Bhsh who visited Kn gland was boused la the same apartments, and, owing to the entire disregard of civilised notions and domestic and. sanitary requirements by himself and his entourage, $30,000 had to ba spent in restoring them to a habitable condition. Food and: burning cigars and cigarettes bad been thrown oa th costly, furniture. Th carpets sad wall had been defaced and destruction dealt all around, This tint ail th valuable or fragile articles are being replaced by cheap, plain furniture, th wan protected, by gaudy banging and every precaution taken to forests II tb effects of the careless snd dirty babjts of tb eoastng Oriental poten-tats. iLobdoa cable ts th New York World.

DTDIAN AS SOUGH BXDEB. Not only does Federal law require that he should glv up Ftniey oa demand of the executive authority of Kentucky, but a law of Indiana, recently enact sd and approved by Gov. Mount himself. Imposes upon tbe Governor the duty of Issuing a warrant tor the arrest of a fugitive from justice oa the demand ot th executive power of the State where th fugitive Is wanted. The Governor evidently makes for himself th distinction drawn in International relation, that this Is a political crhn which does not fall under tbe laws to question, but would this be the Indiana Republican, view ot tt if a Democrat from Kentucky should oom ever into Indiana and kin Gov.

Mount for political reasons and escape acres the liver TiBprtngfl sid Republicans Gov. Mount, at the last moment may hesitate to violate his oath and to overset the what criminal interstat eomity ot the country. On the other hand, he may not. The murder of we are sorry to see, hi largely regarded In Republican circle as a political Incident which has reflected credit upon Us author and perpetrator, rather than otherwise, snd ws do not expect Mount to act la tbe case ot the refugee, Taylor, la any way other-wtoe than be has in that of the other allseed murderer. Ftniey.

(Washington Times. Pom. Xjepublicaa Protection. Jacksonville Time Union and Citizen. The opinion grows throughout the ooun.

try that s-Gov. Taylor, ot Kentucky, la In Indiana because Gov. Mount promised' aim protection. Taylor has shown lack of nerve throughout his troubles he has sot faced the situation as Americans supposed a Keatuckiaa would not fail to do. Innocent or gultty, his cause must suffer by a policy of evasion and delay be is suffering how pubiio opinion.

A grand Jury ot hie own Stat be put him upo trial, and should hasten to meet the wie mis is and demand Justice; why should wait for a requisition, which must be honored by Indiana, unlese Gov. Mount -expects to prove himself as lawless as Taylor. 's. Palmer's Address. New Orleans Tlm Democrat.

Ws advise those of our readers who has-e not yet familiarised themselves with Dr. Palmer's Louisville oration to Lose no time before they do so. It ts a superb effort of th orator's art, gathering illustration of It argmneat frota universal history and marshaling Its reason wlta a logician's skill, sending forth now a bugle blast that stirs the sluggish blood in ths vein and. now a note of sorrow, thst brings moisture to the eyes tbe whole couched language so choice, that, th reader Is almost beggared of words to express bis admiration of tt BWBnSsnBBSSSBBsSsS A Timsry Contrast. Nashville American.

The presence of an old-time firs eater at the Confederate reunion only served te demonstrate by contrast that the present la sa era of good feeling between the i Grand Success. rVlcksburg Herald.) Th LoulsvUl reunion of the U. C. V. he been a grand success ene tersest attendance probably In all the life ot the sssoclaUoBa I THE BOM And Awaiting the Comlns Kentucklans.

THE BATTLESHIP IS READY TO RECEIVE THE HASDSOUE STLVTB SXSVT.CE. ELABORATE PREPARATIONS Mad For th Entertainment of th Iteration Which Is Das This THE COHPLZatEJTT 01 OCTXCSBS. 'Newport New. June 4. Special.

The battleship. Kentucky, 1tae queen of the American navy. left her pier at snip yard this afternoon. and steamed oat into Hampton Roads, dropping anchor off Fort Monroe. Elaborate preparations have been made on board for tbe reception ol "the Louisville hi err is expected Wednesday, when th people of the- Bluegrsss State are to present the new ship with a handsome tUver service.

The big battle, sbip is now In perfect form, having received her entire furnishings and fight-ins; equipment The full list ot officers ot the Kentucky la as follows: M. Chester. Captain, U. 8. Karl Ronrer, Lieutenant Cornaiander, U.

S. Charles A. Commander, U. 8. William L.

Rodger, Lieutenant U. 8. J. B. Bernadou.

Lleu-teant U. S. Martin Bevlngton, U. J. c.

Leonard, Lleu-t en ant, U. 8. M. Cross, Lieutenant, U. S.

W. Moffett Lieutenant. U. S. W.

8oott. Lieutenant. U. 8. George P.

Lunssoen. Surgeon. U. S. S.

G. Evan. Passed Assistant Surgeon. IT. S.

J. Q. Loveil, Paymastsr, U. 8. W.

N. McKetvy, Captain. U. 8. Frank E.

Evan. Second Lieutenant V. M. E. Wood.

Naval Cadet U. a F. E. Larkin, Boetsmen, U. 8.

A. Ellers, Gunner, U.9.N.; A. T. Klley, Carpenter. U.

S. M. J. Oanoey. Warrant Machinist.

S. Otto Dlt-tricn. Acting. Warrant C. S.

C. Ellertoa, Acting Warrant Machinist, U. 8. David Purdon, Acting Warrant Machinist. TJ- S.

Otis F. Cato, Pay Clark, U. B. N. i Story of the Xratucxy.

Th first-elas sea-golnsT bettleahip Kentucky was authorised by Congress March 2, 1S96, simultaneously with her sister ship, the Kearsarge, In construction and equipment each is a counter part of th other. The two moaster fighting machines wer latmched on the mm dsy. March 24. Coming at a time when tb war fever was Intense, it was a notable launch ing, marked by many striking Incidents and episodes. Thirty thousand people witnessed the launching; It was th first time in th history of the world that two first-class battleships wer launched, oa th same day.

Tb twin leviathans of the deep were put Into th water within an hour, and th always attended with con siderable risk, was accomplished with perfect success. Naval traditions were rudely broken In the christening ot th big esse la According to th notions ef sailors, both should be unlucky. Th Kearsarge was dedicated to ill-fat by being christened by a married woman, th wit of Lieut. Commander Wlnslow, ot the navy. Tb sailor's idea of th proprieties fared even worse in, the case of ths Ken tucky, for Miss Christine Duncan Brad ley, daughter of the Governor of the Bluegrass State, broke a bottle of spring water over th vessel's prow as the new fighting machine sildlnt the James river.

The water came from a spring on the Kentucky farm on which Abraham Lincoln was bora. Bom mitigation- ot the unpropltious beginning of ths Ken. tucky's career was Insinuated by a number ot Kentucklans in attendance upon the ceremonies, who during her trip down the ways bombarded her with pint and quart bottles of Kentucky Bourbon. A poastbl charge of section al baptism was prevented by enthusiastic confederates, who smashed against tbe warship's sides bottle of water from a spring oa th Kentucky farm where Jefferson Davis first taw th light of The battleship Kentucky and Its duptL cats, the Kearsage, belong to a unique and lndivldtral typ ot battleship con struction. They are th only warships in the world that carry the heavy guns of their ami batteries mounted In su- perlrrrDoeed turrets one above the other.

There are two of these turrets, one for ward, the other aft As the U. s. 8. Monitor, of civil war fame and exploit was tbe first war vessel to carry a turret for the protection of her guns and to glv them a wider range of fire, so sr the Kentucky and her twin sister the first to carry double, or supertmposea, turrets. This scheme was tried a an exnerirnent.

but It I the general opinion now that tbe super Imposed turret Is the coming battery ajrsnement; and. so cmfldent of this are the naval chiefs at WasMrwton. that tbey have decided to equip the three new bsttls-ships with tbe device. The upper turrets of the Kentucky each carry two eight-Inch guns and the lower turret eacn two thlrteea-lncb guns. The guns la each turret point la the saune lateral direotion.

To realn the gun of-en turret It Is neoessory that all four point at tbe sam target In this wsy a terrible fire I concentrated -upon the obect to be- destroyed. Tbe turrets can be turned to starboard or to Doet at wilt and botl can- be trained on one obect less than LOO yards dis tant a- Dimension and Tsataisa. Th. length of the Kentucky on the load water line Is 368 feet; beam, ex treme. 73 feet 2Vs Inches; free-board.

aft, 12 feet Inches; mean draft, with 410 ton ot coal, t3 feet Inches; dis placement 11.523 tons; contract speed In knots per hour, (th Kentucky has. however, proven; herself worthy to be classed as aa 18-knot ship, and is so regarded unofficially); Indicated, horsepower normal, coal capacity 410 tons; bunker capacity. L210 tona The main batteries of the Kentucky consist ot four la-inch guns, four s-lacb and 'fourteen 5-Inch guna Her second- atjc batteries ar, pjHot Iwatj 3 s-pounders, six l-poundrs and tout ThM rm aUs tmi? torpedo tube, two on either broads! ds. The armor on tne vessel is nlckel-eteei. Harveyised.

The lower' part ot the protection, the barbette, so- ii i ik inches in thickness. armor of th lflnch turrets Is also a. Is. inches trucK. excrp ju front where It is IT inches.

Th arraoe L.inh arune la lncbea. but that too. Is 2 Inches heavier Imme diately in front di. hull asalnst In. Jury to the water line region effsctstl by means or a mas nuw maximum thickness of lM rnche.

wit hi a mean depth of 7 feet Protection to: tYi main aid armor ny. a steel belt Inches thick. On top of the main sea rxnr rests a flat steel deck ncn thickness, and forward and abaft the machinery and boiler spece the 4olc is inclined at the sides, and th thickness oa ths slopes increases to aad 6 Inches. To further protect the vessel against a raking atbwartshlp bulkheads of sr-mor tea and twelv In che tnickar worked at the points-where th deck, is formed wtth Inclined sides. Ths conning tower nas armor Inches In thickness, with a tub seven I i i.L.bu IKilns' riown tO tb armor deck for the protection, of tb voice pipes, telegraphs and stsesuur roda v.

tfa advantaaTS of every known success of inventive in genuity in her construction ana A more terrible engine of Ar 4 sssaKsala VaSM A aark lsl a Vart WltlV her rrlm apparahw of dertrTMrtkfr tha artaaysav Sk rlarit4Sw 4sMI IVsalTYX IUUVCU tlVIU XHV flCT" saw might Imagine himself la a sumptuously rurnisnea notei. iner i every hand In th furnishings of tn ship, comfort and aleganoa All thei modern conveniences of sn ocean liner I. tttM Kiillne nf a bst-' tleshlp of to-day. and th Kentucky Is a model of its kind in this respect CapC Chester, her commander, bears the reputation of being a stickler for appear ances as well as tne most ciuur mwiA the commander of a battleship rs prtvi- AmnIw. Kl.

ac cording to his own tastes and incline tlons. the man wno is as gentis as s. girl la peace and -as terrible ss a lion' aal 411 A.alrk!- aSMTM Ksae MakJB Kli: Ul Wtas, uvuwMisB cabins in princely fashion. As yet only the ship's furnishings bar been taken oa Doara. W.W.I IMthAfl If, IRSt U.I1BII IKIIUU and bss beea revolutionising them ever sinca it is true otner-nation prorressed more ranidlT numerically.

but scientiflcsily, la bulla rnachlasry and armaments the United States naval constructors, in tne ounaing oi waf werrrilp as th Kentucky, hav eon- fc nana Vldh mftriA. llUySJU IW SS-CW aJS- g-'S-s-W e-a The experiences of ths wsr with Spain hav suggested new departure. The ship of th future addition to tb American navy win oe a marnea aa- vance on all former designs. imiORITY KEPORT OS THS COETTR D. IBVESTIOATIOir.

It Is Kalntalned That SXetrlam Xftm Hlstaken As To His Power and Duties, Washington. June 4. The minority report oa the Coeur d'Alen tavestigationj wss given out by RepresentaUvsa Lents, and Hay, ot Vlrglnhv w4va arVrted It' The followina Is a. svmmary of Itures:" "Ttt minority point out that the-; deace taken the- InrcsUgaL bows that there was absolutely no rt-lng in' Shoshone county, Idaho, afur April 29, 1809; that, when the United; States troops arrived upon ths seen quiet bad beea restored and no resistance was being made to th Stat ao thoritiea' In aumming, the minority say lluur, "are satisfied from the a videnceadd ucd that Gen. Merrawa was wholly mists kers sa to hi power and duties; that bia conduct has resulted la th gravest la-juries to th liberty ot th citlzea awt rights of lndivlduala Innocent men hav been kept 'la prison tor month without trials and finally discharged, without any charges being- pre feu ed.

"At one time or soother titer wer 100 men In prison at Wardner, knows as toe buii-pstv Tbey were kept tner many moutha They wer not triad They were act charged with any errme tbey were held and guarded by Ust United State troop. It was th Out) ot Gen. Merriam aad th Prsasdsaa at tbe United State to inquire luto Us cauess of aadt neons for tbe ds4esttaoe) of so marry Annrkiaa crtlsena. No auea inquiry waa made," Th minority held that the Prestdenl is not Justified la keeping United States soldiers Indefinitely in Bnoshon county at th request ot one man, when the) LegtstsAar oould have been, sod ought to ba. convened and.

its wlsne asoar-Uined. Th majority tepoit was also oom-pleted todsy and sutsmttted to th- tnie aortty membsra but It win not mad pubiio until approved by tbe II mesa Military Comrmtts. whioh, cnodqto4 the Investigation. C0NGRESSWAN BOT.Eir.3 Th IMsyadant Za Suit For Virotot and Alimony TUsl At XoBdoa. London.

Ky, June 4 Mrs. Sarah B. Borelng has sued Congressman Vincent Borelng for divorce and alimony and tor the restoration of her maiden Sarah E. Th case was beard before Special Judge RawUns Saturday night on the question of an allowance to plaintiff, and ah was allowed $140j for maintenance until the October ternv vi wnicp tune, ma cavse win ne trnxU Cocgresaman Borelng is in Washington. South Kentucky Collage.

Hopklnavllle, Ky. June 4. Th e- amlnatioa for members hip In th graduating class ot South Xsataoky CPU age closed wtth th following results: Mimes Nannie Long, Addle P. Pool and Elisabeth Conathy. of Hopklnavllle; Hugh Sneed.

Na-hvllie, Teatk, and Mia Baa. tie Redd. Julten. Ky. Mis Lear wa elected valedictorian.

The annual erctses wilt begin to-snorrow and, wilt conclude Thursday evening: Elder W. P. Ellis, of Nashville, will deliver- the baccalaureate sd dress. Snlcidt In Christian, County. HopkinsvUla Ky.

Jan 4V Mrs. Mittl Cheatham, wife of W. 8. Cheatham, on of tb most prominent farmers ot tba county, committed suicide by banglnsr this morning. Eh had teen mentally unbalanced for sent time and after midnight escaped the vigilance of th 1 family and left her room.

Her body wa found banging to- a peach tree to, the garden. Bfa was about fifty years okU, Fatal Shooting At SmltJiIanA Paducah. Ky. June a News of a fatal snooting at Smlthlaad react, ed the city to-day. Henry Haanoa and Newt Wells wsr fighting when Di Klack well, cripple, rushed In and shot Wells in ths bead.

At last account. WeUs was dying. JBlsckweU wa ar reateds, 0 V. I i.