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A Black Eve for Waite.

Denver, Col, April 5.-Later returns
from the various cities and counties in
the state show that the Republicans
carried twenty-four out of thirty towns
in which elections were held. The
Populists carried six towns against
twenty-five last year and by reduced
majorities. Governor Waite's own city,
Aspen, went against him in Tuesdays
contest.
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THE WEATHER.
Fair and Colder.

Boston, April s.. For New England for
Friday: Fair; slightly colder: westerly
winds.
Washington, April 5.-For Friday for
New England: Generally fair, with cold
er, northwest winds.
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weather Observations.

The following are the observations for
the Agricultural Department Weather
Bureau for yesterday. April 5, taken
at p. M. 18th meridian time. the OBJ
servations for each station being given in
this order: Temperature. direction of
the wind. state of the weather:
Boston, 4so, W, clear; New York, AZ,
NV, clear; Philadelphia, 500, NV, clear
washington, 50p, NV, clear; Buffalo, $40
NV. cloudy; Detroit, $50, NV, cloudy;
Chicago, 5So, s, cloudy; St. Paul, 4S0, W,
clear; st. Vincent. 420, Sc, CLOUDY HUI
ron. OAK. $40, S, clear; Bismarck. 500,
W, clear; Jacksonville, e60, E, fair.
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Local Weather Report.

Portland. Me-, April 5.-The local
Weather Bureau Office records as to
the weather the following:
Sa. m.-Barometer. 29.7 720; thermome'
ter, $50 dew point. Al: humidity. So
wind, S; velocity. 13; weather,
partly cloudy.
8p. m.-Barometer. 29.797: thermome'
. ter. 46.0; dew point, 3S: humidity, IS
wind, w; velocity. 6: weather.
cloudy.
The mean daily thermometer. A: max
imum thermometer, $50: D1nimum ther
mometer,. $40; maximum velocity OF
wind. IA W; total precipitation, o.o(
inch.
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TILLMAN GOT MAD.
He Threatened to Knock the Devil Out of
Gargan.

Darlington, sc. April 5.-The spies
who came in last night to give testi-
mony before this inquest were hustled off
on special train at seven this morning
Last night, when they were disarmed,
previous to giving their testimony,
forty-three revolvers were taken from
the eighteen men. The inquest was
adjourned at one this morning by an or
der from the governor. 1t reopened at
ten behind closed DOORS The governor
sent telegram to Gen. ichbourg, COM
mander of the State Guards. a few
minutes past midnight, in which he
charged the General with acting in oppo-
sition to the interests of the spies and
censured him roundly for not having
had them represented by an attorney.
Gen. Rich bourg denies that he gave
them an unfair hearing before the mill
tary court. The censorship or the press
contin les.
1t is reported from Columbia that a
stormy scene took place yesterday at the
Governors mansion. VIC. Coker, presl-
dent of the Darlington Woolen company;
e. Keith Dargan, president of the
Peoples bank, and G.. W, Dargan, ex-
member of Congress, three of the most
CitlZSllS u CdllCu
on Gov. Tillman and asked him to with
draw the guards from the town, telling
him they would be sponsors for its peace
and good order. The Governor indig-
nantly refused to acceded to their re-
quests. A discussion followed, ex-Con-
gresham Dargan being spokesman, in
which there was a wide difference of
opinion between the visitors and the
Governor as to the wisdom of his acts.
The discussion became angry, and, it is
said, finally ended by the Governor
threatening to "knock the devil out of
Dargan," and ordering them out of his
presence. 1t is believed the Guards will
be withdrawn tomorrow.
The Law May Be Upset.
Columbia, S. c., April 5.-The follow
ing despatch was received here tonight
from Darlington, the home of Chief JUS
tice McIver:
''Intormation has been received from a
source entirely trustworthy that a decis-
ion in the dispensary cases mas already
been drawn up and has been signed by
Justices McIver and MCGOWAN. and has
been sent to Justice Pope, in whose
hands it remains. 1t declares the act to
be unconstitutional, but whether in
whole or in part could not be ascer-
tained."
The Trouble is Over.
Columbia, S. c., April ga proclama-
ton was issued by the Governor tonight
declaring that in the counties of Darling
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unable to quell the disturbance in the
coke regions. His deputies, he says, are
powerless against 5000 OF 10000 strikers
now marching to and fro through the re-
gion.
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Prendergast's Lease of Life.

Chicago, April 5.-sheriff Gilbert was
served today with formal notice that
the execution of Prendergast was further
STAYED from tomorrow, until July2.
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The Woman Suffrage Bill Killed.

Boston, April 5.-The bill granting
municipal suffrage to women was killed
in the Senate this afternoon 18 to 25.
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The sheriff said to Give It Up.

Connellsville, Pa, April 5.-Sheriff
Wilhelm has notified Governor Pattison
that he has exhausted his means and is
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action upon these amendments the COM
mittee rose and the House adjourned.
Postmaster at Freeport

Washington, April 5.-The President
today sent to the Senate the following
nominations to be postmasters in Maine
Michael Alb. Barrett, Caribou; G.L.
ArncId, Foxcroft; E. E. Pinkham, Free
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More Maine Postmasters.

Washington, April 5.-B.B. Bryant has
been appointed postmaster at Freedom,
Me-, vice Miss J. E. Edwards resigned,
and John l.. Jones at Webster, vice
Herbert L. Kiloore.
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Mills on the Thistle.

Washington, April 5.-In the Senate
today, Mr.. Mills made an argument
against the appropriation of million
dollars for the destruction of the
Russian Thistle
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The Law May Be Upset
The Trouble Is Over.

Columbia, S. c., April ga proclama-
ton was issued by the Governor tonight
that.in the counties of Darling
ton and Florence there was no longer in
surrection and the civil status there was
restored,
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PAINTING THE LILY.
That and the Gliding Of Refined
Gold Suggested to MIR. Reed.
RECENT APPROPRIATIONS AND
THE BILLION DOLLAR CRY.

Mr.. Reed Recommends the Penitence of
silence to the Majority Party-How
Holman Was 'Cashiered''-The Behring
Sea Bill Passed by the House-Provi-
sions for Seizures Based on the Slave
Trade Treaties.
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OF course this is a free country, but some
queer things do happen here. nevertheless.
For instance, Mr.. w. b. Caps has just
been released from 4 county Jail in Ten
nessee, after a confinement of fifteen
months for working on Sunday. Caps is a
Seventh Day Adventist, and observed Sat-
urday instead of Sunday. About a year and
a half ago complaint was made that he
worked oil Sunday, and. as he was found
~ploughing on that day. he was arrested,
convicted and fined $40. AS a matter OF
principle he refused to pay the fine. The
case got into the newspapers and a society
known as the Freedom in Religion Society
heard of 1t and induced him to let it
make a test case at his expense. This So
ciety got him in debt 1914 and he was still
In jail. In the meantime his farm, which
was mortgaged, was sold and his wife and
children were turned on the world home
less and penniless. He called the society
off and set to work to earn his way out of
Jail by working for the State at an average
OF about $50 a week. In fourteen months
he got his debt down to $4O.s7, and then a
. Hebrew paper, published in New York.
heard of his case and appealed to it's read
ers in his behalf. There was prompt re-
Spouse, and a few days ago a check for
S34.SI, still due, was sent to the clerk of
the county court and Caps was released.
The whole case savors strongly of intoler-
ance and persecution.
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SELFISHNESS IN FICTION.

Is there something in the New England
why is it tina. this unpleasant trait is so
prominent in New England fiction? The
plot of more than one of Hawthorne's
novels turns upon the seIfishness of a
leading character. Mr.. Howells has found
it in his studies of life in that region, while
some one has pointed out that Miss Will
kins's stories. almost without exception,
have the s~elfshness of one or more indi-
viduals in each for the central theme.
Certainly there could be no more remark
able presentation of intense and narrow
personal feeling and s~elf-love than in her
latest novel. Pembroke" AS If this were
not enough of a disagreeable subject, Mrs.
Deland has made it the motive Of her new
story Philip and His Wife" the conclud-
ing chapters of which have just appeared
in the Atlantic Monthly. in one sense it
is a tale of village life, but the chief char
Wilkins writes. Their home is in a viii
lage permanently or temporarily, but they
are people of the world, cultured, travelled
and educated. Nevertheless. with all their
advantages. love of self is the overmas-
tering trait of three of the leading per-
sonages; a fourth only saves himself by a
spasm of conscience at the last from
breaking a woman's heart. while a fifth.
in the background, but still influential,
is a monument of self-indulgence and dis
regard for others. OF the five, one. as just
mentioned. finally redeems himself: an
other. a woman. performs an act of self
sacrifce-not from principle. however-that
wins a measure of the readers sympathy,
but the other three never so much as COM
prehend that they are selfish
The story is written with an ethical pur-
pose. after the tiresome fashion of end-of-
the-century novels. The question consid-
cred is the propriety Of divorce where the
love hat frst bound a married couple to-
gether has ceased to exist The husband.
a refined. sensitive man, chooses to view
the. matter from what he calls a high moral
ground. He argues that there Is no spirit
ual sympathy, no Intellectual companion
ship, and where even the love won by
physical beauty has given place to indiffer-
ence. il not ~repulsion, continued associa-
ton is degrading and should cease. After
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long cogitation on the subject he resolves
to act upon this theory and announces his
decision to his wife. who. though herself an
easeloving and Intensely selfish woman and
thoroughly devoid Of affection for her hus-
band, is shocked at the thought of the dis
herself to the idea she feels a sudden sense
OF freedom-a freedom the more enticing
since ii discloses TO her the fact that she Is
in love with her husbands friend and sis
ters ~fancee. and he with her. IN
friend, an honest, manly man with all his
weakness. RECEIVERS himself after a single
passionate interview with the woman. and
makes haste to persuade the husband to a
reconciliation with his wife. He points out
that although separst ton might be better
for the husbands moral condition, and
would improve his spiritual comfort, the
woman. with her sensuous. self-indulgent
nature and lack of stern principle, was in
greater moral danger than when held to
correct conduct by the bonds and rigid
SoCidl COuc Ol uldrTleu he. II SodA
apparently fails to comprehend that he
owes any duty to his wife: he insists on the
separation, and accepts from her a great
sacrifce-the giving up of her ~child-which
in a moment of rare humility and
self-abnegation she feels herself un-
fit 10 rear properly. She is a
rich woman. and goes to Europe, where
according to her nature, no longer re-
strained, she is sure to lead a lax life, and
for which, according to the authors view,
the husband is to be held responsible.
That parsonage, in fact. with all his delicacy
and refinement and so-called high principle.
proves to be the most self-loving, and self
indulgent and least altruistic of ali. The
point in controversy is a fine one, and is
skillfully presented. Doubtless society needs
a lesson of the kind, and will, perhaps,
profit by this; but, nevertheless, a protest
must be entered anew and in general
against the novel with a fixed and deter
mined ethical purpose, and, in particular,
against further acquaintance with the cold
blooded, self-centered New Highlander as
| depicted in popular fiction. He is de-
pressing to the soul.
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WAR TALK BETWEEN FRANCE AND


II is not probable that the war cloud
that is lowering over France and Great
Britain will be condensed to an extent that
actual war will occur. Wars between CIV
Eized nations are rather out of date. 1t
is much safer to subjugate tribes in Africa
or conquer the effete nationalities of the
East. like Egypt. Great Britain viii buster
for a time and finally retire under some
pretext. So far as the merits OF the dis
pute are concerned. they seem to be with
French protectorate in Madagascar in ex-
change for benefits received from France.
Therefore, it may be assumed that Great
Britain is pettifogging over the meaning
Of what a protectorate is. in expectation
Of further concessions. If, however. those
nations should decide to go to war. one
must not take 1t for granted that Great
Britain would have the best of it. France
has not only the best army, but it has a
navy inferior to Great Britain only in
numbers, but equal If not superior in the
II "a 80 oAAARCs wv AOA6 0AAAOC
Lord Beresford frightened England for a
few days by telling Parliament that France
and Russia were gaining enormously in
naval strength. The harbors of France
have unequaIed defenses and it's railroads
make rapid concentration easy. Not long
since France tried the experiment of
mobilizing it's army, and the result was a
marvellous success. On the other hand,
Great Britain's colonies would be a source
Of weakness in the event of war rather
than OF strength, while it's widely scat
tered commerce would be, for a time. a
prey to such cruisers as France could send
out. France is self-feeding; but If its ships
were crippled. England would be out of
bread in two or three months.
All these things being better known to
British statesmen than to the world, Great
Britain will find some means of continuing
its policy of fifty years, which is to keep
out of war with a nation nearly it's equal
unless it has allies who can furnish armies.
While the United States could not take
part in such a struggle, the sympathy of
the American people would go TO the re-
public rather than to the empire, as it went
to Germany as against France when the
regime of Napoleon III was destroyed.
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The South Bend Tribune has turned itself
over to the Ladies' Relief Society Of that
city to be edited and managed by them for
one day in the interest of their organiza-
ton. This is a dreadful precedent Tor
a newspaper to establish. Now that
the Tribune has granted such privi-
lege to one society how will 1t refuse
other equally worthy organizations who
ask the same favor? Does 1t suppose
for an instant that after the Relief Society
has had an issue devoted entirely to the
interests of its work that the orphan asy-
lums and the flower missions, the kinder
garten associations, the sanitary societies,
the temperance and missionary societies.
the clubs and organizations without END
whose purpose is to ameliorate and i'm
prove the condition of mankind-does the
Tribune suppose for a moment that 1t will
not be besieged b. all these? Will one of
these societies submit for a moment to
the thought that another has enjoyed ad-
vantages which it might have also? Will
not social war ensue, in which the Tribune
will suffer if it allows the Relief Society
to celebrate itself to its hearts content
while the others are limited TO half a
column or less or are even forced TO gain
publicity at a fixed price per line? The
too hasty managers of the South Bend
paper may not enjoy the prospect, but hav-
ing once lifted the gates they can hardly
shut them down until the torrent of elo-
quence and free advertising has all poured
through. Benevolence is admirable. but a
paper or several papers given up entirely
to philanthropic interests does not wholly
fulfill the public idea Of a newspaper.
Children are charming, but a complete
edition with nothing in it but child lore
might pail upon a busy mans taste. SAM
tary societies are necessary evils doubtless,
but many columns filled with awful de-
scriptions of filth. terrifying accounts of
microbes and diatribes against the splitter
would not attract the multitude. If the
Tribune man has no journalistic instinct
and Is moved by a purpose to please all
his patrons, not in one paper but on the
installment plan, he should reconsider. Only
the members of the society celebrated will
read it's special issue; I'll the rest will find
fault and his last state will be worse than
his first.
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make some comparatively worthless roads
paying property. The same saving might
be made by running full freight trains.
Separate and duplicate organizations are
wasteful.
The remedies suggested in part are pool
ing and consolidation. This suggestion
will brighten the picket-line anti-monop-
olist, but the writer. who has the best
opportunities. for observation, believes that
pooling and consolidation would cheaper
the cost OF transportation by Shipment
over the shortest routes. do away with the
empty car service and the maintenance OF
costly organizations and agencies.
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The New York u having recently re-
marked that 'white-shelled eggs always
sell better than Others" a New England
farmer writes that his experience is that
brown ones command the readiest sale.
persons esteeming them richer than the
Leghorn eggs" 1t would probably take an
expert chemist to discover any difference
as 10 richness between a white-shelled and
a brown-shelled egg, but tastes and opin-
ions may differ as TO which are most at
tractive in external appearance. There are
not many things in nature more pleasing
to the eye or more suggestive of good
country living than a basket full of clean
fresh-lookins eggs, whether white or
brown, though, unfortunately they are not
always as fresh as they look.
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Here is a decline of prices within a year
ranging from so cents to s1.6219 per hum
dred pounds, and the most of it has come
within the past few weeks. 1t will be
charged to an overstock of hogs in the
country. But why is there an overstock?
but the reverse-the number of hogs in the
country Jan. 1. 1890, being 51,e02, $50, against
A, 2O6.2 9S Jan. /, 1894. With a decrease of
$500. 900 in four years there can be but one
cause for overstock now. and that cause is
the falling off in demand. There are no
figures at hand showing the consumption
of hog products during the first year of
Cleveland, but the fact that the consump-
ton of wheat fell off over a bushel per
capita during that period of clover" and
corn 62-3 bushels per capita, warrants the
conclusion that there was a like falling off
in the consumption of hog products. In
quiry made of retailers who sell largely to
wage-earners, last spring. shows that there
was much less of such meats purchased
than a year earlier. Less hog products,
which are the meat of the masses more
than any other, are being consumed be-
cause wage-earners have not the money to
purchase.
Furthermore, the Democratic Congress
has interviewed to cut the hog products of
this country out of special markets by the
- - T-..---
treaties. Cuba will still purchase of US in
part. but we shall hereafter pay the high
duties imposed upon other competitors.
making it cost more to the consumer and
causing him to purchase less. The same
is true Of Brazil. With the utmost diff
Guilty the Harrison administration made a
treaty with Germany which opened all the
German ports, which had been closed in
part TO such goods. at a lower duty than
most other competitors were compelled to
4 This treaty was set aside by the DEM
ocratic Congress in a manner which has
given offense to the German government,
so that retaliation may be looked for which
will shut off our growing trade with that
country in hog products
In no one thing was the Harrison admin
istration more active and persistent than
in opening markets which had been closed
to our hog products, and in getting tariffs
discriminating in our favor. 1t was the
impetus to the beginning of a vast trade.
and under its stimulus in clearing the home
products advanced during 1891 and 1892. All
this has been recklessly thrown away by
the authors of the Democratic tariff, which
has closed markets which Republican eff
fort had opened.
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fort had opened.

One of the commissioners of Cook coun-
ty, Illinois. in which Chicago is situated,
who has been investigating the situation
with regard to the necessity for relief
work during the coming winter, thinks the
condition OF the working people of the city
is much worse now than it was a year ago.
He says the people have had less work
than they had during last year. and. con-
sequently. their savings and credit are at
a lower ebb and more people will need as
sistance. If this is the case in Chicago it
gree in other cities.
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rarts Of the country having resolved 70
adopt the new form OF service. In most
cases tiny silver cups nave been cnosen'
glass. for some reason. not being regarded
favorably by the authorities. AS silver Is
costly it is not likely that a large NUMBER
of extra cups for use In emergency VIII De
provided in any case. The Journal con-
fesses to a feeling of reverent curiosity ~
this point. In the event that an unex-
nected number of communicates should
present themselves. and the supply OF cups
run short. would a ~dishwasher be stationed
at a point convenient to the altar to cleanse
the utensils as they were used! Wouiu II
be necessary that one of the deaeons or or
dained brethren should do the washing, or
would an unregenerated boy serve! UT
would the establishment of a constantly
flowing stream of water for cleansing pur-
poses, after the fashion OF the famliar
soda fountain, be a proper solution? Ii me
individual anti-microbe cup is coming, its
care must be provided for.
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Great Britain nave denounced the resolu-
tons adopted at the recent trade union
congress in England as "the dreamy ideas
practice, would be a curse to labor by
placing it in a condition of abject de-
pendence upon government" Such resolu-
intelligent organize ions seem to regard
them as mere froth.
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While societies in other States are col
lecting the history they made in the war
icing done in Indiana. The troops InGiana
contributed to the several armies. and the
part these troops took in the campaigns
valuable contribution to the heroic history
OF the State. II no organization is in ex-
lstenee which can take up this work for
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In what proved to be a fatal position. Hind
sight is far better than foresight. If a fire
chief could foresee such accidents he would
avoid them. but IL he never sent his men
into places of danger he would be de-
nounced as a coward and incompetent. 1t
should be incurred, and no chief should
be censured for not foreseeing that which
is beyond human foresight.