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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-12-22
RAILWAY INTERESTS.
r,,r INTERSTATE LAW DEFENDED.

pyre,nrNr srIcKNEY CHARGES THE DEMoRAL-
IzATIoN IN RATES TO ITS wrLFUL VIOLATION
Chicago. Dec 2i A r. stickney, president OF the
Cbicayo Kansas City and St Paul Road, created quite
4. sensation among railroad managers by his speech
made at tho meeting of the western ffcighI Asso0'"
ton yesterday. The question came up Oh aoopu'e
resolution proposed at the previous meeung, " to
affirm the existing agreements, and 10 siSo s"1o"~
power to the chairman, enabling him 10 mNes"ga'e
hx-ses NJ vto,at,on of rules and without walt
ing for formal complaints to be made Mr. euchhey
took the ground that such action as was proposed
would in no vsy correct the abuses from which the
roads were suffering, because the Chairman "ouu no
no able TO secure the evidence TO convict ROAD
Tho present demoralized state OF analrs' nc sdiu'
was due to the dishonesty OF railroad oih0'a'S' anu
their vflfu violations of the Interstate Commerce Jay"
Not ono road In the Association had complied with the
law since its adoption. Instead of consprlng 70
evsde the provisions Of the law, they shoulu pahu
together and prosecute any road guilty OF Nioialns
any of its provisions The Interstate commerce Co'
mission was the proper authority 10 mNesusa.o
charges 1t could bring all railway officials before IL
and compel them to testify under oath. Inc COMMITS
sion would have difficulty in finding out that secret
r.hates drawbacks or other Inducements were gwen
10 fsyorjle shippers that tickets we're placed IN inc
hands Of scalpers be sold at cut rates. ana ui"'
other Illegal practices were INDUCED In oy al uo
roads II the railroads failed to take concerted action
enforce q strict cOmpHdncc WIN eno
one proposed 10 take individual action peiofo NV
Commission against parties he found violating IL
lie read the draft of charges against hunipor =.
roads to which he proposed 10 call the a"en'on "a
the Commission and said he would appear peloio ~ 40
q public prosecutor Ills principal chafs0 was '
instead OF the roads publishing and posting all farms
in pica tyne. and giving ten days notice OF pro-
posed change in rates, alterations were peins tesS
without previous notice being gwen anu ma ma h w
of publishing and posting notices as requIeu ~ re-
they simply posted written copy IN some IorSe
way place Thus If q road desired to take la,so
shI1ment at reduced rate, II posted such clanuesln
notice in some obscure place Al inc sd been
fen DAYS the freight which the cut iate nau DGr
made was an disposed Of and the road woulu aea,n
charge tariff rates until there was anolncr oi ,o
fnnjty 10 take a large amount of business away Ioni
a competltor. Under the law the lates 10 Ihielnic
diae stations must correspond with the thrOush rd'es
st ai,hougb II was usually stated al the bottom OF
necai tT giving reduced through rates that charges
~ intermediate stations would not be higher, yet the
regular tariff 10 such points was not changed .
The speech forms the general topic OF discussion III
railroad circles
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-09-01

United States army scouts may be di
vided into two classes: white men, who
rank as chief of scouts, and Indian scouts,
who are organized as military companies
The white scouts are usually men who
have been employees of the San Carlos and
Mescalero Apache reservations, or Indian
agencies. They are, from constant ,assoCi-
alton with the Indians. well acquainted
with their character and habits and fire..
quently speak a little Apache. The
Apaches, with few exceptions, speak
Spanish, and it is usually the language
they use in communicating with the In.
dian agent and the employees Of the
agency. A white man who makes himself
useful to the Indians by doing them little
favors Is, in time, taught ito read sign"
This may be said to complete the education
of a chief of scouts.
1t would be beyond the scope Of news.
paper article to describe how "sign" Is
read, nor would anything save practical
demonstration convey any comprehensive
idea to the reader A scout who can read
"sign" can tell you by examining q trail
over which horses have passed II they
We're ridden or led. and if both. the mum,
Der ridden and the number led Even
when shod he can tell whether the horses
were American or Mexican. II the trail
be made by men on foot, he can tell If II
be an Indian trail, or simply the trail OF
Mexlcans wearing moccasins. In hostile
party he can tell by the trail how many
are bucks and how many are squaws and
children and so on over field of observa,
tion as extensive as interesting. The
scout thus qualified finds no difficulty in
obtaining employment in the southwest,
where Apache outbreaks are of almost
yearly occurrence,-Con A. Mahony in
litter Ocean
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-09-01

Mr.. William ID. Hoard, whom the Re-
publicans have nominated for governor Of
Wisconsin, Is described by the local press
as % modest man, who runs a farm,
makes cheese and writes for the agricul-
tural papers," at his home near Fort At.
kinson, Jefferson county. His nomination
was triumph for the granger element"
with which he has been identified oil his
life. He was, like the Republican candi-
date for governor of Illinois, a private In
the Union army during the late war.
Gen. Nathan Goff Republican candidate
for governor Of West Virginia, is but "A
years old, native of Clarksburg in his
state, and a graduate from the University
of New York. He enlisted at the begin
ming of the war In the Third Virginia
(Union) volunteers; rose to be major Of
the Fourth Virginia cavalry, and after
wards attained higher rank by brevet. He
served many ylars as United States dis.
trict attorney for his state and was sec
retary of the navy for few weeks In
Hayes administration.
Hon. Eugene M. Wnson, Democratic
nominee for governor Of Minnesota, Is
native of Virginia, from which Father and
Grandfather Wilson and his maternal
grandfather, William Griffin, were repre-.
sentatives in congress. Eugene was grad
uated from jefferson college, Va, studied
law in his fathers Office at Morgantown,
In that state, located at Winona, Mimi.
in 1856, and was appointed United States
district attorney for that (then) territory
early in 1857 In 1852 he enlisted in the
First Minnesota cavalry, and in 1869 was
elected to congress. With these excep.
tions his life In Minnesota has been that
of hard working lawyer at Minneapolis,
where he located In 1857.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-09-01
A Female Book Agents Triumph.

There is crusty old bachelor who has
! an office in one of the tall buildings on
/ La Sale street. His pet aversion Is the
tbook canvasser. although he has score
!Of minor aversions, all of which serve to
bring out the rough side Of his nature.
The other day he was visited by modest
looking young lady, who was soliciting
subscriptions for the cart Treasures Of
Italy" in the endeavor to provide for the
wants of her widowed mother and her
self AS she entered the door the old
man looked up, and, without waiting to
learn the mission of his fair visitor
yelled out: II haven't any money to give
away for charity today" and went on
with his writing. The young lady ad-
vanced still further into the room, and
again the old fellow called out; And ]
never buy any tickets for Sunday school
young lady had approached the desk and
modestly informed him of the object Of
her visit.
"What! A book peddlerl No, nam;
no books for me. Haven't time to talk
to you. Go away and don't come here
any more"
The girl tnrned away somewhat angry
and seriously disappointed, but she said
quietly, There is one book, sir, you
ought to buy and study well.
whats thaty grutily inquired the old
man.
1.-The Ethics of True Politeness," was
the reply.
"How's that?' sputtered the old gen.
tleman, and his face grew red. Come
here. young woman; let's see what you've
got to sell"
And in less than ten minutes thereafter
the name of the crusty old man adorned
her subscription book Chicago Herald.
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Profanity Among the English.

heard an Englishman say, not long
ago, that the reason he liked to be asso.
ciated with a certain man in business, al.
though that man was not very prompt in
paying him his salary, was, that he
always spoke to him as gentleman, and
never swore at him. Another man who
offered him better position. he hesitated
to go with because he peppered his con.
versation with oaths. Not that the
Englishman was such tenderfoot, but
he did not like such rough language He
said that 1t irritated him 10 have a man
say TO him, even though he meant TO be-
perfectly amiable, "Where the h have
you been all this timer" II was form of
greeting which, while intended to be cor.
dial. was unpleasant
He did not deny that Englishmen swore,
but he said he never heard oaths among
the same class Of Englisbmen as were
used by Americans of the same set OF
course you do not expect 10 hear woman
use profane expressions, but an English
woman will not use any Of the violent
words that even an American lady has In
her vocabulary. You may offend an Eng
lish woman to the last point Of her en-.
durance, but she will only be "vexed, !" or,
under unusually strong emotion, "very
yexed." l notice that the young Ameri.
cans whose lives are devoted TO initiating
English manners are very soft spoken,
and their great aim seems to be self sup
preston. They consider II bad form to
show snv emotion At all,-New York Sun,
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doned, as they were always said to have
been rendered necessary by state reasons.
Sultan Mahmoud II, grandfather of
the present sultan, was poisoned
at Mahmoud Bent, which means NAH
moud's reservoir, between Backtche Reni
and Belgrade, by dish of khalva, a
Turkish dainty, and he died very soon
after being brought back to the Dolma
Bagtchee palace. The people heard of
his illness and crowded around the pal.
ace, and as Abdul Medjid was not present
to be proclaimed the officers of the house
hold painted the dead sovereign's cheeks
and eyes and stood his dead body up in a
window, that the people might believe
that he still lived. In the meantime
Medjid arrived, and was at once pro-
claimed sultan, and his poor fathers
body was rolled in mating and stood be-.
hind the door, after which it was hurried
to the grave, as is usual with all Moham-
medans. Medjid was scarcely more than
q boy when he took the reins of power.
He was wise and good. and his manner Of
death has been variously surmised, yet
never exactly known, though probably it
was natural, hastened by drinking.
The tragic fate Of Abdul Aziz shows
what may happen powerful ruler.
When the time comes for the present
sultan to leave his kingdom there will be
nothing known Of either his sickness or
his death that can be kept hidden, for the
habits and laws that govern the Turkish
nation make it virtue to keep all secret
that can be suppressed. His excesses
and extravagant misuse of his health are
all CLOSED over, and his fear and terror,
perhaps remorse, all are hushed on the
lips OF those who witness them, and so
when, in few months, this insiduous
disease shall have carried him to the
grave of his fathers, none outside of his
personal attendants will know of his suf-
ferings and final end.
1t remains to be seen whether Murad v
will be brought forth from his confine.
ment or whether Mehemet Reshid will be
exalted.
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shadowipr a su.pectcd Man.

The work OF shadowing man Is easier
than person who has never been In tho
business would think. You must first
study your man thoroughly. so you
would know him II you only saw one of
his boots, and you must do this without
attracting his attention, which Is not
always simple thing to do. A man who
Is to be shadowcd Is always man who
has reason to suspect that no will be
shadowed, and consequently he will be on
his guard aud very watchful. II tho man
is not on experienced criminal one dotcct-
I've ought to bo able to follow him day
and night as long as there is any necessity,
but II ho is an old hand ono man cannot
do tho work, and can only queer IL by
trying IL. There should be threo or four
shadows, each ono ready to take up tho
work when for my reason tho person who
is following tho man deems IL prudent
to quit.
You see an old criminal has many de-
vices for finding out II he Is being
watched. He will jump en- car. ride a
block and get off, Well. II you hnve not
got another man ready to tako up tho trail
then, you will flush your bird. Or he will
get Into cab and rido block or two and
get out. We must be prepared for all
that sort Of thing. Usually tho shadow
will keep on tho othcr side Of the street
from his man, from n half to q whole
block behind him, and pay as much at.
tention to keeping himself from being
noticed as to watching tho other fellow.
II Is work that not ono detective in
twenty can do scientifically, although
some men are very expert. know man
that saw q criminal make out an improper
voucher, went with him and saw him get
check for 1t, then Walked with him to
tho bank, saw him cash the check, and
arrested him while he was counting the
money.--Detectivo In Chicago News.
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"A Japanese renpie and pe,i.

II were good Buddhist would say
prayer or two to the Chioin bell the
largest In Japan, but monster breathing
sweet music that thrills one from head to
foot, aud ringing so seldom that the dates
arc kept In mind carefully. lest one miss
the great treat. The bell hangs In q
shady little place at the top OF stone
staircase by itself, and Is struck from the
outside BY q swinging beam that gives
the soft reverberations that do not Jar on
the ear, no matter how powerful they are.
When the huge beam Is unclaimed and
swung IL Is generally st the time Of the .
o'clock mass In the morning, and heavy
eleepers havc been unconscious of the
musical booming and missed II all. Others
are wakened by tho strange vibration and
the soft music ringing and pulsating on
the air, and in the half consciousness of
waking 1t seems like part Of some bcauti-
ful dream. It Is the greatest pity that
with such magnificent bell the temple
does not see fit TO ring IL oftener.
The Chioin is rich temple, and its
altar one Of the most gorgeous In Kioto,
q mass Of carved and gilded ornaments
surrounding a massive gildcd shrine. Oc-
casional worshipers como and kneel on
the mats and mutter their prayers, but
most often one finds the only occupant
Of the space before the altar Is lone old
priest industriously hammering away ut
a modern drum shaped like huge round
sleigh bell. From o o'clock In tho morn
ing until tho temple closes at In the
afternoon tho thunk. thunk keeps up A
nice old woman, who must DO profes.
sional mender, from the incessaut patch
ing and darning Of blue cotton garments
that she keeps up. takes caro- Of the shoes
while one roams the temple stocking
footed, but she does not offer to mend the
foreign stockings one wears out on matted
and polished wood foors.--Kioto Cor.
Globe Democrat
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Fixing I'm the Passes.

Whom tho interstate commerce bill went
into effect, by the way, 1t was supposed
that free passes would be everywhere
abolished. Tho railroad passenger agents
and managers 80 announced with -four
ish Of trumpets. But whero railroad
man wills he still finds q way. As an 81
lustration, may mention tho case of a
friend'who applied recently for pass
over trunk line to q western city,
scarcely expecting to get It, yet being
compelled by his circumstances, and feel
ing that for indirect services long ago
rendered he was entitled to transporta-
tion.
He was told that he could only get q
pass within tho lines of tho state in which
the main limo Of the system is incorpo-
rated, or between any two points within
the boundaries Of single state. Cant
you fix mo up for all the states In that
way" he asked. except between the sta
tions when you cross the state lines, and
let me pay for that distance to the con.
ductorf" The man of passes smiled good
naturedly as he said; "Yes, might, but
Ill tell you what I'll do. know you are
entitled to the consideration, and I'll Just
engage you In my travelling advertising
corps for couple Of days. You shall
have your travelling expenses for your
services. Here are the passes" A wink
and pleasant nod accompanied tho do
Ivory of the bits Of paper, which had
aeanwhilc been filed up, and my friend
came away wiser and bnnnv.---Naw York
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no RevoIts Against cruelty.

It Is rather In others and for others that
the modern civilized man breads paiR. Ho
finds 1t harder TO know that other men are
suffering tho pains Of cold OF hunger In
Kansas or Ireland or India; or that "pris-
oners of poverty" arc working for pit
tances In the great cities; or that laboring
men are driven TO work sixteen hours q
day; or that criminals arc tortured or mis-
treated in the chain gang; or that "politi-
calls" are driven to insanity in the Russian
state prisons. He rcsents and Furnishes
cruelty to animals where his great grand
father, perhaps, thought nothing Of send
ing slave TO the whipping post. Ho re-
volts even against harshness in Just
punishment, and desires TO alleviate some
Of the horrors Of hanging. II no ignores
case of cruelty, it is from lack OF ON
niscience; let him know about 1t. and the
world shall know his feelings about it..
Wilberforce and Copley might go on for
years telling Englishmen Of the horrors
Of the middle passage and Of all tho viii
lainies Of the slave trade; and still tho
slave ships sailed out from Liverpool, and
tho slave trade was represented in parlia-
ment. Cruelty in moro recent times lives
by stealth and bushes to find itself ia
nous in the newspaper pillory The
Century
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utes' ride from Dolma Bagtchee, but
which is on hill, and the approaches
can be constantly scanned, and no one
can come toward it without being seen.
Here the buildings are mostly of wood and
not nearly so SAFE but the sultan feels
secure because he knows no one can ap-
proach without being seen and therefore
cut down before they reach his most sa-
cred person. But these precautions can.
not after all, preserve his life from dis.
ease nor prevent treason in his personal
attendants. and he is therefore miser.
able man, always expecting open revolt or
secret assassination.
Abdul Hamit, or, as it Is usually
Sept 22, 1S42, and is about 40
years of age He is the son of the good
and amiable Abdul Medjid, and is the
thirty fourth ruler of the Ottoman nation.
He has five brothers living aud was the
brother of Abdul Aziz, who was put to
death at Teherigan Yalasee.
The law OF succession in Turkey is that
the brothers of sovereign shall reign
one after the other as long as any live,
and when all the brothers are dead the
eldest son of the eldest brother shall
reign; then his brothers after him until
they are all dead, and so on througlAthe
list, the sons of the eldest brother always
taking the precedence.
The present reigntng family were the
sons Of Abdul Medjid, and Abdul Aziz
was the first, Murat the second, Hamit
the third and Mehemet Reshad the fourth.
There are others still younger.
The mother of Abdul Medjid was q
slave The mother of the present sultan
is never mentioned, and no one knows
who she is exactly, but sultans' mothers
are called Valide Sultan, or sultan's
mother. Therefore Murat is the rightful
heir and the present sultan only holds
his position through unjust usurpation
on the ground that Murat is mentally in
capacitated.
1t was his Vaccinations toward having
the law Of succession changed SO that his
eldest son could reign, instead of his
brother, which caused the assassination
Of Abdul Aziz. He was in one sense
hardly to blame, for the position of posi-
BILE heir to the throne is very difficult
and dangerous one. Until he is upon the
throne he is regarded as an intriguer and
a dangerous enemy, and has heretofore
been virtual If not actual prisoner, and
while his bodily needs are supplied no
liberty Of action is allowed for fear that
the people will learn to love him, and SO
overthrow the reigning sultan. The
brother OF the sultan is simply effendi, or
sir, or mister, until he becomes abdul,
which means sultan. Murat suffered
greatly during the reign of Abdul Aziz,
and passed nearly half his time shut in
cafass, or cage, and was deprived even Of
permission to visit his family. Murat,
who is now confined at Tcherigan palace,
was, as simple "effendi," greatly loved
by all who knew him. He always loved
study, which few Turkish princes do,
and he is very fond Of music and the
sciences. He plays well on tho flute and
piano, and has even set to music very
many of the Turkish songs, which are
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capr1ces ana passions, and he has never
had that balance that education gives, fort
beyond learning TO read aud write and
q very little geography where his own
country Is the prominent figure, he would
not study. Why should he fatigue his
mind while he had slaves ready to tell
him, and ministers whose business II was
to understand all those detailsf His reign
80 far has been an indolent one, intended
mostly to make the best Of bad condition
Of things in general, and TO protect the
life Of the sacred person Of the sultan.
Abdul Hamit is a thorough Turk, with
all the characteristics of his race. He Is
now thin, pale and wan, and his express
sion shows the wasting q, Of his
sufferings. Though he never was as
handsome as his father, Abdul Medjid,
nor as large and fine looking as Abdul
Aziz. still he has an attractive presence.
He has an affectionate disposition and Is
particularly kind to his sisters, Of whom
he has three, his aunt and his nine or ten
cousins. He dresses plainly In dark blue
cloth with narrow red braid upon the
seams. and with military standing collars
on all ordinary occasions. On state occa-
sions he wears a coat which is almost
covered with stiff gold embroidery and
flashing jewels, and his pantaloons are
loose and long to admit of his sitting
cross legged In them. He oversees all
state business, giving up his morning
hours to that labor, and passing his after.
moons In allowing himself to be amused.
He walks about the park at Yildiz, which
Is of large extent, and sails on the little
artificial pond, and sometimes shoots at
birds and lives in the bosom of his family
generally as far as he will 60 around.
1t would, perhaps, be too sweeping an
assertion to say that no sultan has died Q
natural death, but it is very nearly q
truth, and such crimes have been con-
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Search for Old Watches.

There arc great many funny things
attending the rise Of the "Jenkinses." !
mean those people who have advanced in
material wealth without adding whit to
their literary or social position. They arc
Dragging Of an ancestry they never had,
and are at q loss to establish themselves
as members of the old families. Just now
there Is a search for old gold watches,
which will be paraded as family heirlooms,
handed down by this or that distinguished
Roundhead, or Mayhower pilgrim The
old Johnson watches, made on ,urch
street. Liverpool. are among those most
eagerly sought by tho man who wants to
trade money for lineage. Few of them
arc left, and in Baltimore an especial mar
ket has been established. and large sums
are paid for them. Money is great deal
plentier than blue blood. and the exchange
Is willingly made by those who have
lately acquired the shekels.
In Globe Democrat.