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1 THE I NDIANAPOLIS NEWS AN I4tKVK.vrrtNT NKW.SPAI'E!!. l'lBLiMici) nvrcitv AT THE II I I I. II I tV 32 Vit Miililalua t. Entered at the at Indiana: In.l aa eecond ootss niatiar Tr JNe la ei'l by rm't! I and nelg iur. i week.

Orders for JUVery tan be nr by or thruueh tclrphoroe. No. 141. Wtir Ii regular. p.a rfor.

rumedla re: t'o the flee. My rWmti. VeUr pwj.a d. erf 2 cents 1 yH. payable ii.

lv.n;a. Speciaien copies hialied free on uppibwi TH poata a single ivpyMn a wrapper 1 cent, late when tlie subscription jraM iv lb rnv' eauli papf" All ct mrntir.lcatlone aiiuuiil be trne1 tie ruiit' ih writer necessarily ftr publication, but evidence of r'l Annnyntjtie c. can l.ut be n.e tJ ed. i ContTBjutlons for which pay should Iw narktd wun the price The e.h: utn not undertake to re urn 'rK'r1 manu a.Tlsrta. nontributura ehiulJ copies.

Intretln news corrvponVnM destreU from tan of the Stat, and will be i ffr If uaed Special want adrerl Iseniente one cent a ord oh ttiMTllun; nothing ls than trn ordi urh adtwrtlatrmepn nniat haj14 in bjr 1 'alork to mun pabilcattn tliat day. nhn Wahk dah lima ar are emit a a lln. Th won) or word (rlaaelficia tloiit rcdln pdvrt1mrnta. audi a WantM." "fVr S(0 "AnnouncwiitBl," mux counted, and ara always charged T. and two cnt pootace atampa will ba rec4vJ'tn payment of ordera by mall.

D'a i i iay adrrtiaenenta vary 'n price, a. iordin to time and poaltlon. and nniat be received 'by o'clock to Insure Insertion aame day. i'hannea for rf iday or PaturNay fnuat bt hand In thvmomlna; of th day before Ir.eertWn. No advpetlaement lnaeried a editorial niaMetr Mako all drafts, rheoka and poaioffloe ordera pyaie t' (n order of, ankl address all com munlcatlona to i THE rN'DIAAPOLIS NEWff.

Telephone Calls: Editorial' rooms .473, Basin off! re TEN PAGES TJfEyPOST.VASTEn 4 RKPonr. I Jilt apier from the rSort of Poftmasjtee i (leneral Wilson that rth xpenJltureij of his defiajrtment for th 'iW al year whtch iosed with laat Jin exceeded its receipts '4y mora than M.ooo.ofio. No orie expeo's 'ht GoTarament to mak money out of lis postal there la no reason why It huVt lowe money The deficiency "this vat Is onialler than It was. last, arid it Pottrtasiejr Gc.eraI entlmates that the dwtkHeflcy for next year will be 472.419, swid tha for the year ItUi $1.286,354. We io I rot auppMo that ajny ona would; object rtousiy to thla imfavorabia balance If It feirliel rom trnprovenventsj In the srv i e.

Ifrtt that la cava. Th recekots are sufflrlffit lo orovlde ftft all the Uroro ve that th psyoplo would be likely to i dfmajid. If It not for irreiat a hjuse. i1'. to whlph svt tention has often been iUlrejcteJ fcri the past, and to which acatn the Pre iiient and PostmajteTGeneral Wlison call attention.

We refer to Jhe prac tVce which the letter of the law. now allow, of sending thoug'h the malls at pound rates a i vast amount of printed matter, which can not by anjy fair classification brought wlUiln the spirit of the law. The cheap, rate of 1 cent a pound wti lii I tended for legitimate magazines and newspapers, which are true aerial publi toationa. But the prlvllere has been rant led to many aorta of publications without regard to their true character. The publisher who wlahes to take advantage of second la as postage has only to Issue1 "hi book as parts of a "llbra Ty," to them consecutively, and 40 print? and distribute Sa certain number of the each year.

Kach book Is distinct from those precede and follow It, and yet it treated; as a part ot a aerial publication and Is allowed the benefit of the jotind "rate. It1 true, as the Postniaater Uaneral aaya, tht auch was 'never la the contemplation of the law." ijTheee "libraries' are published In this arbitrary aerial form for the pur loi of ecurlng cheap transmission through the malla. 1 j. PoPtniaater Clynenal W'ilson ahowa er the welgh of all the" seootsd clasa matter carried last year was 349000.000 pounds. The ct of IU transportation at 8 cents" pound was The amount which the; Government' received for this ervlce wis only 92,968,403.

Here, then, Is a4 loss of almoet ISi.OOOOOO. It Is evl i deat front thh that the Oovernment made mntie ia other branches of the poetalj ervtfe." The whole amount of non official mall jmatter carried was H2.997.S23 pounds, i lae total expenditures of the depart nteniL Were 392.1S6.1S5.C. It will be seea front this, that the secpnd cla which rcoristltatea two thirds of the habdJed leirt year, brought in a revenue oil to le9 than one thirtieth the cot ot the; mall service of; the Blnc'e ISSs; the deficit In ithe Postoffloe De 1 1 Varttnentphas jiggregated. more, thftn 3tJ0i toij.orp. And yet the Goverrrment hr com I7ilert to" carry two thirds of Its mall liftA.ttcr,! wlilch It costs 8 cents a pound to csrry, tor cent a pouryd.

As this deficit Is TnJ good jbut of the revenue derived tram grone ral taxation. it ta clear that ConRTt ei eouW do something to fridge th present gap between Income, and outgo by stopping' this abtuse or' postal prJv This evil iitn ory costs. the Government. but It abio makes Impossible the lutltuUoti needed refrtrts and lmprov buiits In the service. Wlth refcrm in this we.

have a 1 cent JetUr rate, and a "general! Increase of mall Uut tiaUl. this abuse done away with. Utile can be hoped for in thU 'llrectlon. Mr. vyilsori'a predttessors have more than o.rtce called at tip ntlon to! this matter, but i Coiitrs tasi refused Ve triw't that it wJ? be Impressed with the arg 11 ments of Ihe preseirt Gerieral.

Tw 3 other recotnruenvUt'OHS in thU re ort are Important, Mr. Wlfeon urges that itihe tenure of the i. three assistant jl'oataiastes Oeneral be nde" to depend oJely urjvMt efficiency ami good behavior. The reasons he gives foe this rfoini are atoirhdV It ls.j as he ays.th men Vwh 'presfni's th continuity of the department, no: In mere Utjk or worktj but In jr.ge.neral positions ientirely non politioai.and.it 9bvJous 1 tht Vcaparity deal with the larg machir.ry and great expenditures their respective1 bureaus muot come In, great measure rom experier.ce.' Good, busineas ilimand the adoption of: this re irii in the xreat bxisiress department of the Go vnment. XIU iiAS? iViV lS ii cover trlv; in.

'i 11. ttie mea ivtw 'h's pre denMo i r. ia; air I 1 fouY: in reri te. rhi i I urea' j.oo'm.iUTx. an 1 generis lPyt wli.i prnri le xhf Thre ar nure of 'i nnh.

the l'uK'mml'r i.Jejjeral ay, "Are lie iilef hj1i a ti rnri who jlai are. Wiltton apt la think ha; Ih vrOiiga i (a rt bigger thefr njli. mn rl wiJi wh'li in me: that obhsra is jKiire1" gnpratitv tf uffloe thtn any l'ke anJ activity for tri eervif:" Tlie hu.iiilliiK thu mall i matter, an "thjuld as'su'h H7.VA ORHKIiiyu OF PI if course. If. the county coinnils'oriern refund to remove the rarripart of earth ami ton that now rfn.lers damp and un holvsonie.

th ower floor of the court hou. the city will be. obliged to find quarter But for the present fit proji ct of a permanent hall shoulll not, our opinion, undertaken. Therb may le wisdom in. the suggestion that a city building1 on the ground where thf tattcn now combining a propel statlion hour'aj and f'olice Court.

wiit! a tunnel under Alabama treet to' th jail over the way. making a right and tight communication, would allow the whole criminal huHiHes' of th city to divorced from the other ioftice. We aie not approving thtu plan, for a thing of thbs kind should be vfry (arefully considered. Hut on the face of th ssigKt ftion there ffrms to be windOm inwli vorcing the criminal business froim the city There Is no reason why a poJIce court with its. necessarily unplieasait siirrourliiifs should be In a roont next t.

the ty comptroller, the niayof. thf engitieer or the city jreasuref If it should he. finally tied that this livlsion should be made and the county romml.s?ciiers were to have forethought and enterprise sufficient to improve trie court hojise, the city offices might stfty whfre they are for an peri1. Prcper Improvipment or the court house would make ofj'the lower floor a most sirable The cutting away of the three or four earth would allow in entrance at eh end. thus giving the xr rl lor a lirr outlook with an approach straight from the street instead of.

as now. an entrance tucked around behind and under anolrher entrance, with a descent that Is much the back way of a cellar, commissioners can find to appropriate for a cottage at the Soldiera' Itomc innd to pay an ordlna.te Jaw fee. Here is just ji half the proposed improvf men Would And yet the commissioners can And no moiiey for an Improvement would Increase the value and attractiveness of the icourt' house and help the whole city by transforming what is now a useless rampart of earth into a pleasant i parlr. onv considers that this county property is owned more than eight fnther 1 the residents of the city, and that county billsto that extent are jiaid by residents of ihe city, and yet that so necee saj'y an improvement can not be made. 1 the wild absurdijty of our way of manag ing pupuc arrairs again manifest.

To be Sure, our whole system of county government in is wildly absurd'. In the beginning it was well enough. It w7puld be well enough to day, perhaps, in pulrely agrkrulturat counties where ther are city Interests and no density of 1 Hut with the growth of cities ithe inadequacy of; pur county system ot i government 4s appearing more and more. CouSty government as it in Indiana today for the most part Is really taxation without rejyresentatlon, and In addition to thla Lj the most un Amer.can mixture and combination oT legislative. Judicial and exeit utlve powers.

It is certain some day to be reformed, But, meantime, we can not seie that the; commissioners of Marlon counrty should make awful examples of It. They might do much to ameliorate things by a little broad mindedness and wisdom. A )DlUM EXPOSED. It is of Inteirest to hear of the dramatic unmasking of a medium at Bpston a few nights ago. The Wident Itself was Instructive; but the exposure show that considerable attention Is paid to spiritualism at the Hub.

There is. Indeed, a "Spiritual at Boeton. where mediums demonstrate their powers before credulous and Incredulous people. Such phenomena have a wonderful attraction for many people. iThere Is a disposition on the part of people, even those, who are highly intelligent, to attribute Jo super 1 atura agencies anything that can not at tnce be reasonably explained.

A few eeks ago lh jarring and rumbling In a hoiwe In Capitol avenue gave riee to a discussion of the incident o'n a supernatural basis. The newspapers are constantly printing similar stories. There are many splrijtiia.liets In. Indianapolis, i We are Informed by a believer in Spiritualism that there are as many as fifteen or twenty thousand persons in Indianapolis who are either convinced that is the possibility of communication between the living and fhe desd, or who take ithe receptive attitude that "there must something In" spiritualism. 1 have heard bf most curious phenomena IbduceJ at local meetings.

Many people believe thoroughly that all these table rappings, tabile tfppdnars, are bor vt hwinife.tations from the spirit world, i At the Boston temple a Kansas medium as g.vmg an exhibition of his when several young men rushed upon the 1 cablnet, fond him In the act of dressing himaelf in a gtuxy robe, which had been concealed about his iKxlj While he had ready a bunch of false whiskers with I bunch of false whiskers with i which' further to disguise; himself be fore appearing1 to th audience! In re embodied forms' was afllvely scuffle as the yow ng men made the rush, ibut th ex pesure was complete, theirmedium and r.ts friends were nostirrauy raucn ais com fltea. The say that thei young men who! made the exposure themselves ihrw the gauzy robe and She whisiter Into the cabinet. Th's is ingeriious, but not wholly satlsfyittR. A full i count the matter printed lu the Boston Herald lars evidence io careful reporting. I the of he Kansas mevt'umf, and hlu i w.nii.:! tiored elsewhere, th In Kostoa.

We rlv'l service aj rs 'H' doer ru! 1 I i hmelVM of h3j r.f fr ii prAi a num. rm; ciii nt her mnnlfe'n t.v ev ra. if r. rfl. nien I fw.

the f.si of jfvar.1 Inlvtrrt is 1.1 Hi! thf" "one. He a capita, man la 1 i mu. a f. ii" s'. 'J'i'iere no roanon.

iiy vs Tu ihii.j tr tt Their are If li 'Hi: ra ti. truth. ha iy mi 1 to us a is t) th ir. th se tirTu ra 'iOtiM rr.eraiiy iili.n his teen UwcteJ with the urt nw i gii's. t.

riiftnn arid the i va the i i. cor trap of i I'olilnet, Kelijr Hr ngeri.oiis ma clan of 'he day neessari ly do many of their lies: tri. ks under cover of hive never hi ard, any satisfaotoi eas. in g.vea in a Jots observation of the 4f up i uj li.st pht nomei.rt the merit of the or.verittond! cabinet, and the Insistence on darkness. Spir wl.i rrevt onv the majority pejple untii abandons the appiratus jf rhe pres.idig taicur.

Thii Host "tempie'' was. we are told, a gentleman greatiy interted ail such phtrumitia. S.jrely. ii will loxt its prestige iu nce as those we have deK'tlbci are permitted to continue there. hnr little of Iteeil, but up pose.i that Is at hla.

post and in good control of the wheel. The report of war between 'ariiei; mi Kockeftller sourl cit range. Why ltoLli they wat, when it eaiei to mibineV Spain is forced to admit that tie tnl.ui part of the message might liave been worle. The bill for the proper classification, of postorflt clerks which was 1 ft over fr.nu the )sf t'ongress. "and is now pending in the Houe of Uepreetr.

it' ves. phouhJ be taken up and pass at an early day. Tne present system of class' Heat in no system all. ar.d it frenuent ly re suits in great injust.ee to servants of.th public. A lump sum is turned over to the postmaster wl which to hir clerks, and he can apportion that sum in his office prrtt." nearly as he sees fit.

Nothing could be more unbusim and unfair than th.s method. The interests of the public as well as or those directly aflv. tel by (he evil, demand the passage of the pending bill, it lias the approval of General Wilson, and is sustained by the be.t pubic The grad of salaries rlxed is reasonable, the classification proposed is scientific, and the effect of the measure wii! be to improve the service, and that. ioj. without any additional expense to the Kvernment.

Sd far as we know, there is no opposit'ori to tiie biil. should le passed at thr present session. There ar? signs of repentance ami light In The Senate the other day refused to pars a bill invalidating contracts payable In jgold. The President' message left Jbovu where we were as to Cuba. ns just Shall business pause again until the Republicans have another whack at the tariff? 1 Judge Alien directs that the as ignee shafi treat all stockholders of th Mechanics' Savings ar.d Loan Association precisely "alike in closing ip the lvtisines of that unfortunate institution.

The order strikes us as emkiently sound. In: the regular Current of f.usiness msny associations the holder of prepriid ntjck are a privileged class. They vir tully take no risk, or are supix3sed to take no risk. They contrib it nothing to the "expejife they can vvithdra.y at any tlTne without, deduction, and wl'h Interest at a fixed amount. But it arrears that when an association is forced Into liquidation, these privileged shareholders are to be treated precisely like all other We think that is as it should be.

Kpur States have passed the million mark in voting strength, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois and Ohio, the size of the vote being in the order named. It', is to be hoped that Maceo is Only Vdead again." Mr. Watterson says that the Democrats mould have a day of fasting. Just a day? Why, Henry, they will have the next four years In which to fast. According to the figures in Auditor Daily's forthcoming report, there are In tlie State 137,261 persons interested in the 50G and loan associations of the State.

Of this number 101,775 are invest tng members, and 65,489 borrowing mem 1 berf. That is to say, only one man in three that have gone into the associations IS a borrower. Two out of three take i tiea as a savings bank. The crop reports would Indicate a period prosperity for Kansas, but behind the cold figures lurks the form of Populism. Are the silver Republican Senators, who refused 10 attend the Republican caucus, expecting a bid from Democratic councils? No one that followed the evidence in lhj' horrible Jackson Walling murtler case can doubt that the Kentucky Supremo Court has rendered a r.ghteous decision in refusing to grant a new trial.

Mark Hanna says he hat nothing to do with forming Mr. McKinley's Cabinet. That may be, but the newspaper fia ternlty la Justified in thinking that he may have some inside information. Bryan should begin his ltctures as early as possible, fopuiar interest in mm fast dying out. 1 1 i Told Hy "bin Mucl.areu." Washington Cap.tai.

One the stories which "Ian Mad. area" tola on hla late isit here good eoougn to uv repealed, it ivas of an 01a bc.oicnnun In hos pttal, and illustrates thu national love lor rttscjuhsiuii. one of lncS w41iatrn) angeU fem.nme torm whu huepuaU iuseu by his cot and ftou sing a hymn. ThW old man rar. hini.eli on elbow said a hoarse wh.i ptr; "Na.

nt. But, ye wad lute an srgumem, noo, .1 la lln rllrnt rnltilBj George, now etplenduay you tatKie." Whei thf iaerly oaine no had her ear at the keyhole or the parlor door heard this she went away reassured. "Tfmv are nikliik. of ihe fio: she said. Ivan sit bs 'ntnre.

St. I uis 5SC' gate Seven in Kansas cast an less taar? a t.ouaajna ui i ote. and wdi be consol; Jate.1 i.ito courti save expenses. If Kansas to i'opu llsm a tew yeans it w.ll present great attractions as a bitflalo Msiiarhstrll) DrrUluu. The Supreme Court or Mas.

achus ha decided cn appeal it is no; lawful to walk iru an i down tn front of a in's premises for the ijur; prevent ui; iwrsotrii from cntirinrr enirlov ment bv t. itvi itrt 3ts. 1 1 1 I 1 1 i I i I i 1 THE INDIANAPOLIS NEWS, WEDNESDAY, DEC EM HER $. 18U6. Iluuntcil .1 i (r i Ar.

v. And A ,1 it I .1.1 l' lu rp'i ii. i a Ie r. 1 duties kep: i j. i TI1 "imrl r.

riin i 1 i gre. i ii r. Yea. dis nii iiringiiTtK i.er Jieir 11 nm l.i rr i .1 A Si.r.i Rn'oara fal. man i order frtv.ti 'irba for niuie.

1 ''oiotei. pliysiciar.s have for State irK.nizat 'ielr rifk the ireat played rhe and composed mi and di 1 ltii rlina ft fli. A house wa In 1 'o k. Mexico, recently for 321 wlueh cost to bui'd "ycl "katituj, acmrdii'tr to tlie L.idv's Pictorial, is to the next i raz" in I. ri d.

1 prt sen season nip Kg pt promises years in quality. put p.isj 'flu re Is 3 icrk in, Man. c. ranee, ho has ira if unsticcesf ui at t. r.iits to I'titr il sulci le.

Cenrr.iVl'ark. In New York city. a and a h. if Iec long and iircc 'ii. irt rs of a m.

le wi le; it covers Si2 acres. Teapots were the Invention c.f eit the. In iiiins or 'iin ami are of ii ic i tain y. They canrc t.j I i.n tea in People sii in Turk. tint takes ten Hi )t ws tc iiie Arnn ii.nn an.i nians to equal on in sh.irp dealings.

1 Jreece has a jopulatiori of i. ctirllnu to tiie census taken, air 1 1 iffasp of sltnv Ath tis h'ts nj a inhatiitants. Arizona ha the greatest d.iiiy chatiite of tempi i.n the earth's e. Th'tj is fic.ucn:ly a change of eitf'n (legrees i i the twt ive hours. Nxt tjjGt'OfKC W.

X'ander ill the et l.ir.4wner in North ranilina is Minister u. who is new at lu re trom Mexiii. on his Roanoke plantation. The yueen Hepfit of Spa n. v.Jio s.ion ha ve a tiictor arrl ige.

will he first iOuropean ov to us one It will be known as an "electric victot la." Tiie Arreriean Ves. e's that re the 'avai para at the cj'Ming of the Ki. a mil in is ere the Ne York. Columbia. Sari Krai' cisco and Marblelread.

rtie beg inninJ? of tiie presen: century the 11 hie coc.ld lc studif by only one flflh of the ear.h'fi population. Now is translated into languages widili make it e.jcfss.hle nine ten he; cf the world's in habitants. I'rofes Headland," of tiie Taking I'ni versity, if authority for tiie sta tenietit that, the Kmperor of China now sys 1 tematlcally studying tt New Testament I at present reading the gospel of St. Luke. Fond Wife Whit ire you worry about this evening? Husband (a youjin lriwyer An important case 1 have ri iian l.

My client is charge I wi i mur. Icr. and I can't makes up my nihi to try to prow fhat tne deceased was killed by some ot'nr man or is still aiive. New York Weekly. A French yirl appl ed for work a Hid.iefoid (M.

factory, but when tie gave her age a foti. tetn. she wa rld rtia; she mcst to s. h. Kil.

She aigii inquireu ir a marrie.i woman rims. gu i school, and upon arnirirf tiiat sue was and lia a chii t. stippo: to. agent save ernid. ym.

ri The Secretary of State lor India has made his strong statement: "Tine government of India can not but acknowledge the great obligation under which it is laid by the benevolent exertions ma by mis.slon arif whose blameless example and self denying labors are infusing new i v.gor urn tne 1 lire the fry. population placed under Knglish rule. Tile ilelightful absurdity of K'iglun d' criminal law was exemplified the "rite: day at the Central Criminal in l.c:: ion. when, on the adjournment of a o. tiy rrial a Saturday to Monday, tne jury were kept locked up.

while the pr; oner, con er ning whome guilt there wtls but litrle doubt, was permitted 10 main at liberty qn bail. New York Trm Mistress (rcprovinglv) F.t i.lirf t. breik f.st is ry late ihis motnirig. 1 ft lat nilit that you had company in the kitchen, an I it was nearly 12 o'clock ycu werrt to bed. Bridget Yis, mum; 1 kfrowel you was awake, frr 1 hfard ve niovln' around; an' I said to meeif i nade slatie Shis mornln'.

an' I d.stjrb ye wd an early breakfa mum. New York Weekly. The German Minister of War has 'sued a general order to the effect thai military honors are no longer to be rendered at the funerals 1 of oftioers who have corv mitfed suicide, whose names are likewise henceforth to be made public, instead of being kept secret. Emperor William has been led to tike this stttp by the extraordinary increase of late in tiie number of suicides among the oftioers of thr? Vhen it appeared that Che New Kngla id apple crop would altogether seed tli. known as the Farmers' Fruit Offering.

marne; aemanu. an orgtanlzation. now was lormeu in woston to surplus orchard product to the poor that city. This society gathered and col lected whatever apples the farmers won! donate to It. an 1 it has just its mission after seven weeks of efTor in that time it has distributed 4.810 bus liels of apples, whldi might ortierw i.se have gone to waste, among 43.T8U persons.

Of all the proposals that have been sub mitted to the Government wtt'n regard to the Palais Koya! at Paris, which is falling into ruin, the scheme which tin is most favor with the Oovernment an.l with the public is that of covering in tn whole garden or square with a hinre gl a roof, converting it into a hot house or winter garden for the reception of tropi plants. The cost would not exceed while it would constitute a popular attraction and feature of the exhibition 19oe. tl in a favorite theory with the fishing an i seafaring people on the northeast of Scotland th ii tn a storm three waves strong and violent while the four.i i is comparatively weak and less dangerous. This succession they call a "rote ot wavea." Fishermen returning from therr lishing ground often prove by experience the truth of their theory, and hang ba as they come near the shore take a I vantage of trie lull that follows, thev say, pretty regularly after three lug breakers. Fxamtnatiori of certain bronze ssel exhumed at Pompeii has reveal 1 that the Grefk.s an 1 Romans male UJ.

'i venrs ago of the tubular form of In. It construction, whhli' modern eng ineer reinvented not many years ago. and wli.ch is now regarded as one tlteir riwn tiw These ol 1 contrivance were not designed to sr. I am presstrre of c'ourse. their purjvise betng merely to heat water or wire, nut v.

ral of tti tn are provi led wit'ti real wat grates and other too to ract.tt ar 1, i rapid circulation of the coat ni I .1 i I I and increase the eff tlve furnace area I Chicago Record. Th? letter box is by no a 1 an unfa tar device. As the posirnn's mail 13 dropped into the rre jt lcx electric i ontict i mile, an 1 bell is rimjf in the kitchen. This i a v. ry simple and admirable provi on r.i;a:;: the possibility of an important lette that mav d.m aitd an instant reply lying 1:1: in thrt, box.

A variation c. cevioe now kised for calling 'he aiteii ion of i Klerks to tlie tnccmlnc cf snecial delivery letters. Tiie irrvent which is red tee 1 to a former 1 er "onsi itf a siantittg box lower ifii of jwhieh there is a she, met. working on swivel jo nt.s. a letter is ilrcvjj i into the box slide iown uticn thei n.et.il sheet ar I hold the lower edge iown, thus making an ele.

tr. circuit that rrir.gs a bell intil si me bod Ji goes to th" box and lets le letter oik. which r. uone by tinho It ratstna frcr.t part oJ trie t. St.

l.ouis lil: Demo rat .1 1 I 1 1 SOUTH AFRICA'S CALAMITY hd niim imiu 1 II KIM) I M.I iii; ki Hrlril lal'orl ii nri I it Wlilcli like I mile rillKlir I It lie (ll first Siinir iiIhIIiiii UkhiI I Ik iilim t'iril I I on Ii ii "ii.i 11 ci l.i nil; 'es, i Ii, t.ir nr i 'n people ti new fr tiin 1 rk i in I Ineij i i tie iii' iri I a i far in t.i wor i ienr Irs e. A I d' Mi h.i if 1 1 1 i bo; w.i I 1 nut i inriiy p'inis i hlJ the intril'leis flit sl.e:c i Tin lar.ng to i i i iv a 1 rh nl way a dtplotii.il tro.i Nile. iiik I nlni; dis In on. ji S.iinh ie on a gre 1 bicker. war l.i.

J'VI'I 1.1 I.lili. oal de fie ver the Til never tidf. meji gr.iw t.i an sorui ble. Afrl. a the I lorn irilon.

hard and uii in South We js of rhe Canadian tiie toleranc e. if India, i the jolly endurance of Australia, or tin I 1 lef i ti perdstcri of New l.i ti 1, but in thcit place only an ruptilous and 10 appearance courage, very meritorious, but sometimes a little intolerable to calmer men. it is as if t.ie climate, with violent changes, mile i rythirrg excessive and a llt'l i la 1. Fither mere is a great i tlve rising, or the Jint. and the Knglisli ar quarrel.

ng. or somebody In command has 'made some huge blunder, or some explorer has forgotten that, black men arc ion. animaM, or niture has been striking out in her malicious mood. It is true line di ovVry of gull ar.d diamonds may ror.sidrred in South Africa Itself an ff.se to the usdal asen. of leas .1 events; but to Knglarid tlie diamon i liave brought nothing ex ept a few capl r.ilist.

usually Jews, an I a few more palace In 1'aik lane; while the gold has produced an outburst of spiteful envy throughout the world which has already yiel led serious dipl lifll alt lets, and 1 may y. inv dvi us in a most dangerous maritime ar. Has the Witw atersrand Indeed, brought us more in actual profit than tin a lditiotr il liions whi because of it, we have spent, are spending. an I shall spend upon army and navy Vena of Vsrloil Mifiirlnne. ru; rf i is fortune.

The eorresporide: of 'he li'l'Iv le.grapn a lie 1,1 dr. a. glvrrrg tacts which sho.v that at all cnts tin ii.l. r. ii ol is i are ft rlously une i and Mr.

I'r arrcis K. Th.o i.psoii. the Kngllsh "pioie Ht. pent. 1 ly tire I'ape parliain.rit conrti i i icr tor the j.t r.

t'ovi of rircicrp'. st, i has iivi views of exte ii Siuth Africa of rhat awful visitation. In brief, the cattle of the holt souther is; the ontinetit will ine.itably swe.jt Trie I igi lias sprei I steadily 'outfiward from Fgarnla. and it will rot 1 stopped by the ooi 'l ot ntion have fallal. Th" In fi.

Uon' travels it is scar cely know how, jo sir ly in wool bale. possil iy througli. oxen sed for draught, possibly tiiro.rgh her tj of wild came, lv it travel steadily on, an I nothing can be done. The plan cf extet rating inf. te.l her 's has been tr.

d. nut it doe not tc. it is almost ira' ly riens an.l burial f. es tr th can 10. he a.

owed to Tnfed the nil and .11 cai tri iges Is 3d per beast and it i arises the natlvts, who think it is I lse.l oat of hostility to them, into 1 rrr.e 1 rcststan e. 'Ihe white men of th 1 lir'iitJ dare not i a Al.ich .11. thf whole atie op al.t 1 1. in, ar.i the iarr of ete rrnin.ition'hfl. in fact.

l.t ti nv a neral consent, which incl that of the exp erts. pronou 1 'mprafti caide. Vlven it lr. Ko discov r. tne ca jsr of the disease an I a which is 11 o.

tin; 1 oi. a'. i he will le 'l to ae tire lr.rls: and liie cattle, which are 1 he rr.alnstav or agii on no. aoo n.i.iic foo 1. isL le I or a 1 i.racrhal rpo.

ext.nc ext.niri. inai i a it 1 it t.rt'i but we can enrth.y I a oti why 'I oii shrrl exug it rate t.oned liis knowledge can rot qaes an 1 private advices l'r infected sirlcts all tell lite sa i sioiy. The Il rls lloomed. The herds doomed. The blow woin 1 be an awful one even to a Kuropea 11 state, but to realize its weight in South At ilea we must imagine not only Hint all our herds die, but sill ur Hocks slid nil our hordes, for throughout South Africa there is practically meal.

pecially for the natives, except beef, and no means Of transport except draug.it even. Away from the few rnijways 1 ho movement of produce will he arrest 1 jus: when ii is most necessary, when, that is tlie tribes which have lived on meat begin to be pressed for food. Short 01' a failure in tin silica sheaths of the ereuls so that grain wouJd trail instead of standing up. or an outburst of a pest like phylloxera the roots of the cereals and grasses, one can hardly think of a misfortune more terrible, or one more certain to change nil existing conditions r.f hie as it is lived In South Africa. Their wtaltli has gone from the from the native tribes, and from tin Knglisli stock raisers, and for years to come they must take themselves to new and untried occupations, often, Mr.

Thompson uggests. crowding into the towns, which can have 110 sufficient work for them to do. No present improvement of their position is possible, even if Parliament voted them tin millions, or Mi. licit. Mr.

Robinson. Mr. liainalu and Mr. Rhodes agreed to make South Africa free gift of hall their plled up millions, it would take years to imuort from the Argentine Repuhlb ar.il I "rug nay. he on ly probable source of supply, the new ai.d lame herds required, years more to suffer them to grow to the requisite dimensions, and veil then a trickling stream of tb disease curried down by some forgotten herd of wild deer would probably, unless science had meanwhile discovered a prophylactic, one' more destroy all colonial hopes.

The misfortune is for a generation irrejir: ruble. Good Out of Il il. Far away in the dim future, it is true, we may so good coming out of th ev il a half nomad population devoted to idleness and sol ring tunic 1 into quiet agi cu It tirists, wh'te squirt farming the gr scale comtn iri in th Southwestern Sta'tox. and a land full of which already exist in itrej numbers, and of motor? employed for every kind of traction. But if ca'tle di'.

and in Mr. Thompson's opirii .1 their xtlnct on i.s Inevitable, the misery will come first, will be veay Jeep, and will have far aohaig 'jLeiU tic. We should rot won 'er In for instance, to see th Poitu giuse the a.st an.l the (iermins on the wast coast era. from the rid. Apart, hoiviwr, Ir; an eritbur of native rage, which, unrv ng as it ill be, we can not but think rat irui.

every jx ople attr.b utir.jr all i vil to a government, we not see. a outsiders. why" shoul I i irr at less life. There ill be i where for one ear, surely the of all flora know how to grow wheat and mc 1 it s. the provid.

of sc i i. in not be beyond colonial power, and. with nong sturir.g them in tiie fi, e. all men will work hard, ev at una. cus med to.l.

It is not the means of life so inn as ilth, and the power of motiOti. arid the to emigrants, which have in so large a mfasure come to an end. T.host how ever, over large an area are terrible lnssr. such as in any o. tin try but out? would spread through oci ty' a nnlve sa! sense of defeat.

The i.ar faniin would be a smaller loss l.i th tt. human lives bearg involve I. it ry i oT riy strikes the imagination qe. I we sir.iH have at the ginning year fr all human probtihlltty to 'a it once, l.f will r. .1 be itli lnf our people th it Tfan nor haif we derive from our 1 a the tr ir.

nta is say we io. rr nT fcit trie of luxury The I'lilnln I'nrni lilrn. X. a York P.wr. tdin; ilea, as a proviM.

to. th' nunioer of tl poar, is. A of the gieites; le pr 1, 1 letro't. tht city of Its birth "Xi I'. ifri there i' a I i i i 1 I city nrnmlssion, and.

from temporary expe lient In a time of industrial depres sio.n. lppears to be taking the form of a pe irni. ient o'ty with marked I i lai featurt.j. on the ground that i the poor are always with us. the potato mmlsslon.

as they are oilled. arg ue that steps should be taken to make tne potato pint farnnng under patcrna, care an en i during part of the city's min's tnt on for th dependent. They report also that i find difficulty i obtain rg pTmiss'on to use vacant land. This lead I to the suggestion that the city buy 200 more acres of 1 irvd, to be fenced Into sec and provided with store house.s ind overseers. The commission endeavor i sweeten what ght be an unpalatable pi p.

isit on with the sug etion that theae pit.ito patches can, as th city becomes i i'ifr. be converted Into parks. Thee and other features of the commission'a report rrJte a that the position of commissioner is a salar one an.l worth i. tarning. Hut they should find better ar irument for th permanency of the pots to prttAli plan than those offered, ihrit ir creates a dfsire for the ownership of land and is an objoct le.son in imiustry.

Til It 10 MIST NOT HILL. hi; rDRCE Chicago Tribune (Kepi. The' Washington correspondent of 'a 1 t. publican paper states that Men who hold confidential reVation with the President elect believe the comins administration will mark the enactment a new election law, not a "force bill." bu: a comprehensive statute designed to prevent a recurrence of such election fraud as those which have cursed a number of Southern and border Statese Jur ing past national campaigns. Any Senator or Representative who asks the next Congress to enact a statute such a is mentioned above will show himself an enemy of the Republican party, who i.s desirous of 'wounding that party fa tally in sections of the country where it is gaining strength rapidly.

After the experience of the last twenty live years it folly to propose another "for billl" Its friends will not give it that name, but any measure the object I 1 wni' is to pnapte me coiorea vote or the cotton in be cast and counted will be called a "force bill" by every Southern man. Jt ought to be apparent by this time that no law which has not a good deal of force behind it will secure to the colored voters of States like Georgia, Louisiana and Alabama political rights to which they have been entitled since 1870, but i which they have not enjoyed since 1K7d. The pnrasf "force bill" is not altogether inappropriate. The party triel faithfully for many year's to defend the suffrage lights of the colored voters of the South. It put on the statute books laws which seemed stringent enough, but which were ulueless, because where they were most needed public opinion was the most le terminedly against them.

To enforce those laws was as difficult a a a 11 1 101 i 'ir, ouci 111 ii acted it law, to enforce it In eti. tl.s where the vast majority of the de want sa Icons. The Drys may or ganize a State constaouiary. 1 ney may fill the districts" with but lajtor continues to te sold in iienance or the law. In lSyo the Republicans atterited to enact a new national election law.

'1 hey failel only ecai.se soae cf the free silver Republican Senators, voted with the lie o.rats "to git something for silver." That bill did not pass, but it was one of th" issuer In the ca rrpaign of 1892, and It did net helu the Renabricans any at the South, where here was a lurking fear of negro domination. election laws weie sept away in 134. That ci td the Republicans no harm two yur? laterl They polled far morf vot's in the South last month than thev di 1 in 182. Thev carried Maryland and Kerf tuckv. 'Thev would have carried Tennessee had there teen fewer colored men In the State to be counted by cheating Democrats fcr their candidate.

If it had been understood tiefore the election that the Republicans, if sv.cre sf ful. wc Id enact a law to prevent certain ilassfs of election fraut'a which are prac tictd in the Fo uth. Major McKinley woul 1 not have carried Kentucky. He would not have revived 14Hiu votes hi Terrne fste 163. (.00 in Texas and in Georgia.

Tliere Is one thing the party can do. Jt can Ptiaet legislation To enforce that section of the fourteenth amendment wlii. declares that where a State disfranchises masses of Its citizens becairae of race or eoior its congressional rf presentation mav be reducetl proportionately. Hotiili Carolina and Mississippi have done this. They (should be cut down from veil House members to three or four.

Thev should net be allowed representation for "iersjiis they will no: permit to vote. A law taking from those Mtates their ex cessive re jiresentat. on will not be a "force 1 ill." It w'll call for no Federal officers In rlie South. But that law will enforce i irsdf without difficulty, whi. Federal lection laws have not done.

The radicals in the party have had their irn ngs. Their policy has been trlr 1. and It ban failed. It la time to pursue ano.lier course. Give the South a (fiance to work out its own salvation.

Flection frauds are becoming offensive to th cit'zenis of those States. Yirg nians. Tenneisseearr! an 1 Alabam(ans are (wnplain'ng of them more bitterly than Northern Republicans arc: They can do more to stop those frauds than Congress can. An attempt at "force bill" legislation w'll awaken suspicions, prejudices and passions Blvch are dying out. Presidentelect McKinley knows that, arid he will ret indorse such legislation.

The Congressman who may urge it or the paper which may recommend it is an entmy of hi! party and of the public peace. OPPOSES MORE SURFACE TRACKS. Commercial Club On the Puinnylva 11 in Compnny'n Slt The 'iiiactors of the Commercial Club last nigh: received following letter from TSK Lilly. hairman of the Commercial' Club elevated railway commis s.on: "You will doubtless remember when the proposition was made by the mayor of 1 the city a few years, ago to undertake the construction of one or more viaducts a solution of the problem of railway I street crossings that the Commercial Club, 10 prevent the adoption of that method, which was considered wrong in principle, held a large meeting in which the 1 entire subject of reltef from grade cross ing was discussed in every pr.ase an.i the elevated railway eomm'sjdor. was formed with the view that eventual rel: must ie soueht In a system of elevate 1 tracks the commission was dircted to prevent, in every way proper, the extension of surface tracks, which would len to prevent that end being attained.

A conference was hld with the railway representatives, the gi.t. of their pifltlo.i be.ng summea up cy Mr. mc I'rei, of the Pennsylvania company, with the statement that Indiar.aporl.s was not suffering in the matter of railway gra le i i s.nirs, and that she needed no relief anl would get none. This commiss.on. throcirh the club and its committee rn city interests, lias gone forward In their work.

"In the m.ftter of the lgansport road ar 1 in other cases where it the r.struction of additional tracks would mure strongly bind the people to pres ent conditions, the fxtensions have been prevenied. "It is now sought to lay feven a Idit'or. al tracks a. ross Delaware street same from the 1'nion tracks, at this I rti: tr.e" of the safi gra le cross ng i Ui the citv, an 1 the mutter is under conedd ration" by the Board of Public Works, the I contracts le ih? drawn. I believe it my to all your attention to this pro posed which I consider to op.iv subversrive of the interests of the city i in its.

if. but a very precedent, 1 the fact that re lief "Vvtr omes from the bur I den of gra 1 crossings that the subbe: must b. approachc in a spirit cf i fairness by both parties, and it has never been Mhtrwis feeling of this com m.ssion. but every advance has been met bv rebuff, as if the rights were all with the radways and none with the people. It is time to take some decisive action, I submit the eubject to the directors of the el ib." The communication was referred to the 1 1.

vated railway commission, with direction the commission to appear before the Board of I'ublic Works and oppose the granting of th? pro posed franchise. James fi. Carnahan asked the Commr al Club to unite with the Board of Trade an effort to raise mtney for prizes to be jmj. ted for by th various compan'es 1 of Kr.lzhts I'ythlas. who hold aheir Na t.

nal Kncampment in mis city itm. i ommittee was amointH t.o oonfar with tt ia Traiie on subject. A letter was a I from the secretary ot the itoar.l or raae 01 jonr.sioH, i forth that the Boirl.of Trade at that place had adopted resotuti ons invi: lri. the Ixiar of trade and commercial bvl.es liiaunuritf a movement that wil. ake the tariff, the monetary system and d'fTeiences labor and ca Miai 1 hicv.a Th fconlinuiuta.

11 i i. I i 1 EstaWlaha SPFCIAL ATTENTION GIVEN Reduction oiii il Coats Our east window tells the story vjrldlj, for it tilled with some off the season's swellest, nobbiest and handsomest Ladles' Coats that; were yesterday reduced their newer and much lower price marks beinu plainly ticketed upon th. They run something like thls: $10 Coat at $5 $28 Coat at $15 1 $25 Coat at $14.50 $55 Coat at $27.50 Don't forget to take a good, long look in the east window. FLANNELS AND BLANKETS domst flaaaela are new. and will picas prrsona looking; for low priced embroidered llannel.

Made la pretty design to retail at trom aoc te jsc a yard. Wa are agent. dood quality crum domet flannel at 4C a yard. 3ood qualities and styles in fancy out ing flannels at 8c and too yard. A (real value In an all wool akirts at .60 a Better ones, of coare.

Wttrt agents for Merritt'a celebrated akirts, llannels and blanket. Oood Cotton Bitting at go a roll. Cotton blanket In gray and white lor 3c a pair. Full 6 pound 11 4 size, wool mixeJ b'ankets. worth $1.50, for Si 60 a pair.

Fins blanket lor the hoi day trale up to fl a plr. Spread and down comfort from 59c each up to 1 5. Our fj tine, all wool blanket, easily equal those you see else wot re at 36 and ST. Large size risrseille pattern sprtiU. i ireiu nemmeu, rrguier value fl3 now 98c 0 i We keep 3 grades of down pillows In all lze.

A good ao in pillow lor 48c. Also treat values In feather bed pit lows BASEMENT. Agents for Butterick's Patterns PETTFS DRY 'cruu aruruxnn rurLTiririrmnrinjaruij LIQUOR LICENSES. 1. 1st vf Those Whose ppl lilna Have lle (irnntrd.

The following liquor licenses have beein granted by the new board of county com miaiicreis: Herman. Altman. MO Morris street; pool table. Frank' Arens. L'49 Kast Morris street, peel tade.

Sid Bofster, ill Columbia avenue, pool tabic, Charl'es Belmke, southeast corner Vostcr and I'ost avenues. Liouirl Brown, ZZ3 West Washington sttaft. Peter Baney. 5" Kas: Washington street. Frarki Brown, northwest corner Miami' and Wallace Fred Brant, 41 West Washington street.

Michael Costilla, 4 South Meridian Darley cyle. 40 West Maryland streeU Patrie ki A. Coleman. 59 Beacon street. Bernard I'oyle, 849 South Meridian street C.

Hi Otnnins, lmis Fast Washington Henry C. litipple, tit) North Delaware street. John lDugan. 4fS Blake street. John iDugan, 3S West iichlgan street.

Haughrdlle. Theodore A. Dietz. South Delaware street. Nicola Di train, 127 Fast Maryland street.

Albert Danke. northwest corner Meridian ami Garden streets. D. W. Kngle.

loi South IlllnoLs street. Louis lOssman, 23 Weft Pearl. Will. am Flynn. Hi West Ray Charles G.

Frank. 12i'l East Wash'nijrori street. Michael Finn, southwest corner West and Sharp streets. John B. Gasper, 5t: North Pennsylvania street.

John Graham, 1.11 KHzabeth strvet. Archie Grfathuse, 10 Indiana avenue. Jameu D. Hatnl.n, 472 West North street, Charles A. Helbig, Three Notch road, Perry townsh Michael Jiaberen.

Z4 West Washington strict. Flward Hagerty, northwest Ninthi and artir.dale avenue. Jarrw Hagerty, 438 West Washington street. Otto Hoffman. 47(' South Meridian street.

Frf.l.Ilg, 23 Virginia avenue. Fdward 1. Jones, ia" Massachusetts avenue. Benjarnin Ker.sting, 2.8 West Washlng jn Richard Kenneday, northeast corner West art 1 Maryland streets. Kolb.

21 Kentucky avenue. H. Kohlst, 451 Fist Washington street. Fred Kroeokel, South Meridian street. C.

C. northeast corner Rural and Boyd avenues. Mathew Iewis. 28 West Michlgtn. street.

Haughville. Conrad Uehrltted. tit40 Indiana avenue. Daniel Iehman. 4'i South We.st street.

John Hoes. VI South Noble street. F. H. Jt4jA lg rind A.

IefTorge, it North Al ibamU street. Martin erka; Jlake street. George Miller. 'TiSfiouth Meridian Herrv Maver, Michigan street. W.

J. Mitchell, 154 outh New Jersey red A. Meyer, 4'jiif South Mer'dian afWeet. A Moran, 119 South Illinois street. John Murray.

i3I Virginia avenue. charlerf M. McCarthy, 139 irg.nla avenue. John M. ldden and Thomas Mead, 13 Kast Washington street.

Themis Nuly. 76 Kentucky avenue. John B. rtlumm. 2il South Delaware street.

Gustave Pink. 1W5 Indiana avenue. James A. Powers. IS North Illinois street.

Isaac Rappapprt, 143 West Washington street. John George Rels, 219 Newman street. Christian Reis. 149 Columbia avenue. Charles' Reichert.

Wl Prospect street. W. Richardson. 151 Indiana avenue. John Uoeder, 248 Davidson street.

Dannie Host, 1109 East Michigan street. Casper Schmalholz, 9 Foot Pearl street. Peter Spltzfadden. 21 Virginia avenue. SIgmond Schocn, in Virgin'a avenue.

Fred M. Schmidt. 364 Virginia avenue. Anton 362 Shelby street. Charles St.

Clair, 79 Wabash street. Albert Stiirotder. 29 Uapttoi avenue, South. f.eorge Stehlin. 3W.

North West street. Dtopold Spltznagle, 92i South Merldiam street. Lter 131 Kast street. Charles G. Thompson, southwest corner Udell, and Michigan road.

Joachim Traugott. 174 River avenue. West Indianapolis. Lewi W. Tully.

720 South Kast street. C. A. Tipton, 6G Massachusetts avenue. Phillip Ungar.

northwest corner RusseeJ avenue and McCarry street Andy Van Julgerhols, souyiwest corner Troy aveaue and Shelby vllle road. Perry townsfiip. 1 Peter Wagner. 8.18 South Meridian street. John H.

Wilson. Sc ith Illinois street. John Walsifer, S27 Suih Meridian street. Willis Jr Woodward. IS SauJi Delaware street.

Joseph Ze'n. South Kast street. Kemonatrances have tren filed against Worthington Apple, of township, and Douglas of 602 North West street. I 1 Fire In Temllnaon Hall. The fire depirtment made quick time yesterday afternoon) to Tomlin soil from which an 'alarm of fire was sent I jitle damage was oone.

There I I i 1 tV 1853.1 I. TO ALL MAIL ORDERS, The reru'ar 65c uallty 9 4. ready made Bleached sheets for 55c each. 9 4 ready made bleached hemstitched Sheets, worth 75C. for 59c I Ready made tieacnel kemstitched pillow cases, worth 2 2c for 16c' each Very heavy nabieacbed cottog flaooel refutarly sold at l2M'n tow 9c a yard.

DRAPERY DEP'T 500 pillow divided ivto lv lots at five different prices, comprising all sizes, colors and kinds, at i 4ind $198. All splendid values. 36 good, oak Screen Frames, threefold, five feet high, for 9Smeu 2ot the 52. SO kind go at $1.50 each. 36 pairs of fine finished Iamask Portieres, full size, five different colors, fringe top and bottom: regular 4 portieres, for $2.08 a pair.

36 handsome Imported Table Covers. Hi yards square, fringed; all around good 3 values, at $1.98 each. Jt 1 60 odd pairs of Lacs Curtains in eluding all kinds, going now at half the nsual cost. See them in the Art Kocra. ui GOODS GO.

rtruuuu waa an escape of gas from the chandelier at the gallery entrance anrd an; elecffia light wire extended from the celling' along the chandMier rod. The insulation had worn from the wire. an If Is supposed that the electric current ser fire to the escaping ga. It made a braize of con slderabl size, which, threatened to set fire to the woodwork. 1 Wants Room In Illlnola Street.

Sterling R. Holt for several years has contemplated the crectlpin of a firH bullding on his lot at Pearl and Illinois streets. He was asked If he Intended to build next year. "I have not fully the re ply. "I think the Occidental corner should be builti up.

and the corner 'on whirl, stand the old Franklin buildings across the utreet should also be built If the owners of that property will do a Utile building I will erect a. nine story building on my property. Washington street is getting most of thei fine buildings. 1 think the owners of Illinois sImh' property should do something to help out the appearance of that street." Hendricks Club nnd Blmetalllani. The Hendricks Club last night Voted to kt up the.

fight for The re. olutlcna adopted declare tha the tern pon rare tefeat; cf blretglilSTi at the receu election was due, "not to the sober Jut'g? ment of the heneat rrasJes, but to the. fraud, intlr.ldatlon and oorraptlon praeV ticsd byt the money pow er of the country upon the gieat masses' of laboraig rrxu wlthlit our own rank" The duo declare that the evil effects ot McKlnleylsm are already being demonstrated, and points to the receivership of the Vandalla railroad and the the PrerJer steel works as example. i t'hstnu id Vrnne Kor Stnlrap. Wlllard Rcbenson.

attorney for Davi 1 Stalcup, had filed a motion for a change of venue from Marlon; county. alcup was convicted over a year ago for the murder of Bill Owens in Powers' barrel house In Kast Washington street, and sent to the penitentiary for life, Rob ri nuv uirii i arrled the case to the Supreme Couri and the case was sent back for retrial. Stalcup was returned to this city last week, and Is now awaiting a new tnalrf i HaTj4.Ao;alatsit Invld C. Bryasr. Robert Kinney has file a suit In the Superior Court to recover 2.30 from Da vid C.

Bryan and others1. The complaint sets out that he fradieJ property to Bryan for a pianing ncill at Home avatue and the L. K. a V. railway.

I He toak the planJng rrall euJbJect to a mortgace cf J3.000. After the deal had hein closed. a mortgage and liens amounting to were fo against tne property. Th plaintiff alleges that; this mortgage and lien3 are fraudulenC 1. Deafneea AmotiK CiaraaUn.

Caucasians are mor liable to deafness than people of any other race DANCER IN SODA. Serious Results Sometimes Follow its I7v lua fir. I I Common soda Is all right Hv Its place and Indispensable In the kitchen and for cook lng and washing purposes, but ft'' wa never Intended for a medicine, and peoVa who use it as such will so re day regret It. We refer to the cotmTon use to rKeve heartbtfn ctr sour stomach, a habit which thousands of people practice almost, daily, ami one which is fraught with "dsn gcr; rr.oreovcr, the soda ofdy gives temporary relief, ani In the eivl th stomach; trout le gets worse and. wore.

1 The soda acts as a mechanical Irritaat to the Willi of the stor.ach and bow'els. afid cases are 6ri record where If accunvjlatel in the Intestines, causing dtath by la flammation or peritonitis. I I Dr. Harlandaon recommends as the atfest arrl surest cure for sour stoarach (acid dyspepsia) an excellent preparation sold by druggists urder th? name of. Stuart's Tablets.

These tablets ara large twenty graJr lozenges, very to ta ste, and contain the natural acids, peptones and digestive elements essential to good dlgestlcti, and when taken, after mrals they digest the food perfectly and prcjiptly before it' tL to. fern en sour and poison tha blood "and nervous ays tern. Dr. Wuerth states that he Invariably uses Stuart's Tablets Vi all cases of stomach derangements, anB fimis thtn a certain cure, nek only; fcr sartr rtomachxftut by promptly the food they create a healthy appetfte 1 increase fleeh Bini strengthen the; attion of the heart and liver. They are rot a cathartic, but intended only fcr rtomach eases and weakness, and will be fc unj reliable in any tomaeh trouble except' cancer cf the etcraefi.

All druggists ren Stuart's Tablets at 00 cert. per package. A little took describing air forms tomach weakness, and tkeir cure, mailed' ftee by addressing thelHt jart CoTparty. Marshall, Mich. 3.