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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07
A NEW TREATY WANTED.
Difficulties Arising Over IExtraditfons
From Germany.

There is need for q new extradition treaty
between the United States and Germany
In the JudSmnt of the German embassy here.
as revealed in the published diplomatic cor
responGence Of the State Department for
last year. This need was made apparent by
the case of certain Jacob Davis, an Ameri-
can citizen, arrested early last year at
Me:ssenheim, Germany, and surrendered by
the German authorities to the Illinois au-
thorities, on charge of forgery. When his
case came before the court in Illinois the
prisoner was indicted on six counts TO.
larceny, forgery and emhezzlement He con.
feSSed his guilt of the latter charge, and was
sentenced no attention being paid to the
other charges. or course, this raised at
oIce the question of the right of the Unit al
States to obtain the extradition of a fugi-
tive on one charge and then try and convict
him on another. The German ambassador
here made the point Immediately supple
mentlnS his statement of the case by an ex-
preston OF the hope that the government of
the United States would exert all of its legal
power TO bring to account the officials who
had been guilty of a violation of the treaty
rights of Germany. Secretary Gresham, in
a long letter, explained that DAVIS actually
secured an advantage in being permitted
to plead guilty 10 the lesser charge; that
the proceeding was regular, and that, there
fore, he saw no ground for attempting to
bring to account the officials of Illinois This
P."''-" 80 iIc"S'|i, idiitd " meet the
views OF the German government. and in
Aprii OF last year the ambassador here wrote
Secretary Gresham a note so stating and
concluding as follows: LAS the United
States government declares that it cannot
undertake to guarantee in each particular
case, that no repetition of such proceed
lngs shall occur, the only thing that re-
mains to be done, in the opinion of the i'm
perial government is to settle the point by
new treaty of extradtion, SO that sucn
treaty, as the law of the land, may fur
nish proper criterion TO the American
courts"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07
Personal Mention.

Representative Jos. H. Cultivate of Ohio
is registered at the Grafton
Maj. l.. c. Forsyth of the quartermaster
generals department is in the city on
leave. He is at the Army and Navy Club.
Mr.. Harry H. Sheets, jr., left the city la st
evening TO accept lucrative position in
Albany, y. Y.
MIR. Sanders Garland is registered at
Hotel ChamberlIn, Old Point, Va.
Maj. VIM. l.. Vanderlip is seriously i'll at
his home, Zoo II street northwest
Or. Wallace Radcliffe of New York
Avenue Presbyterian Church is in Pitts
burg, where he is to deliver the annual ad-
dress at the graduating exercises of the
Western Theological Seminary. He will re-
turn this week.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07
To Relieve Richmond COLLEGE.

Representative Cooper of Texas, from the
committee on war claims. has submitted n
favorable report on a bill for the relief of
Richmond CVa.) College. The measure PRO-
vides for the payment of $4,000 to Rich
,nond College to reimburse it for the occir-
patton of It's buildings and grounds by the
United States troops and for injury to the
premises, and the construction of scientific,
apparatus, libraries etc. 1t is we'll proven.
the report says, that the damage was sus-
tanned within period of eight months after
April 1, 1885, during which time the entire
property Of said college was occupied and
rsed by federal troops.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07

The United States civil service commits
sion will hold an examination on June 4 to
fill a vacancy in the position of assistant
agrostologist, Department of Agriculture
at salary of si."C0 per annum. The SUBJ
jects of the examination Will he economic
agrostology, systematic agrostology prin-
cipleS of agriculture, French, German and
Latin. The examination will be held in
Washington and In other large cities where
there are applicants. Persons desiring to
compete should obtain application blanks
from the civil service commission and file
their applications at once.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07
COMMENT AT THE CAPITOL.
what Was Said Regarding the News
From Indiana.


The news from Indianapolis was awaited
with interest at the Capitol. When Indi-
ana's action became known Senator Sher-
man said the question was settled, and he
believed Mr.. Mckinley would be unani-
nOuSly nominated.
The overw helming sentiment both north
and south was for him to such an extent
that there could be no other outcome.
Friends in the Senate of other candi-
dates, ana candidates themselves generally
received the announcement with a grim
smile, but declined rule to be quoted
Senator Quay SAID that he did not consider.
The light closed until the convention should
declare itself as much would depend upon
the coutestiug delegations.
Senator Lodge, referring to the length Of
the declaration, said jokngly that it hardly
seemed adequate"
senator Gallon smiled when he read the
dispatch, but declined to make any com
ment.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07
Marriage LiccnSes.

Marriage licenses have been issued 10 the
following: Isaiah Cox and Maude A.
Meacham: Henry J. Laubach and Madge-
lena J. Bradengeyer; William f. Taylor
and Lille NJ. Thoma; Aloysius Brown and
Amy n. Edwards; John w. little and
Laura f. Fox.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07
A Cumberland Sensation.

Special Dispatch to Tie Evening Star.
CUMBERLAND. Nd, May This city
was thrown sintosa state of great excite.
ment last night which has developed into
the greatest Indignation over the elope-
ment of U. $. Martin. a city councilman
and the superintendent of Kingsley NJ e.
Sunday school, with Clara, the sixteen
year-old daushteri.of Charles seabert, fore
man of the composing room of the Even
ing Times. e
Mrs. Martin is much distressed, and says
that frcm cestaint discoveries she has made
she has notithe hast doubt that her hus-
band has deserted her. Martin sold six
houses here yesterday and would nave sold
more had his wife signed the deeds
Detectives have been put to work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07
Morning Fire.

Fire, from an unknown cause, about $50
o'clock this morning occas.oned about $500
| damage to stable in the rear of SD 9th
street southwest. The property was owned
and occupied by Andrew Archer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07
WHITE PAPER costs so

WHITE PAPER costs so
little nowadays that some
newspapers print large NUM-
Der OF give-away copies, which
never reach the eye of readers,
but go to the junk shops, or d.
rectly back to the paper mill.
They think they can afford to
do this, assuming that on the
basis of the number of copies
printed, whether actually circu-
lated or not, they can build up
a profitable advertising patron
age. The Star never does any
thing Of this sort. 1t doesn't
need to. The truth is good
enough for it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07

The following are the opening, the highest
and the lowest and the closing prices of the
New York stock market today, reported
by Corson & Mccartney, members New York
stock exchange. Correspondents Messrs-
Moore & Schley No 50 Broacway.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07
Grain and Cotton Markets.

Furnished by w. b. Hibbs & Co, l42l
street, members New York stock EXCHANGE
correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thai
mann & Co., New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07

The platform is as follows:
1--WE are in favor Of a firm unvarying
maintenance Of the present gold standard.
We are opposed to the free coinage of sill
yer at any ratio and to the compulsory
purchase Of silver bullion by the govern
ment.
1--WE believe that the interests of the
people demand that the earnings of trade
agriculture. manufacture and commerce
and especially the wages Of labor, should
be paid In money of the greatest intrinsic
value and of the highest standard adopted
by civilized nations of the world We
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-05-07

I'VE favor the use of silver as currency
but to the extent OILY and under such
regulations that its parity with gold can
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27
City,
THE MANUFACTURERS CLUBS PRO
GRAMME.

That great effort will be made at
st. Louis to force protection to the
front and the money question into the
background, there can be little or no
doubt. On this question the Manl-
facturers' club of Philadelphia sounds
the keynote for the movement. Last
week 1t held a meeting at which the
following preamble and resolution were
introduced and adopted:
Whereas, The matter of most vital
Importance to the manufacturers at
this time is the increasing of tariff PRO-
lection to home industries; and
Whereas, Influences of certain kinds
are being exerted to have this question
put into a secondary position, assert
ing that protection can wait, be 1t by
the Manufacturers club
Resolved, That the president of the
club be directed to appoint a commltuse
of fifteen members to visit st. Louis
at the time of the meeting of the Re-
publican national convention, and to
appear before the committee on plat
form for the purpose of obtaining
ringing declaration upon the subject
of ample protection to American indus
tries.
d
protectionist club of the leading pro-
tectionist state will not be without
great influence with the convention
committee on platform. 1t will be the
introduction into Republican national
convention of the methods pursued by
the protected interests in a Republican
congress- 1t is beginning the work
at the original source.
While this move is ostensibly for the
purpose of having the convention de-
clare for ample protection to Ameri-
can industries" the real object is to
defeat any chance there may be to
have the silver question recognized as
the issue and a declaration made IN
favor of it, 1t is the issue before the
people and the national conventions
cannot ignore it; they must make de-
clarations upon it, and the people are
demanding that those declarations
shall be positive and incapable of a
double Interpretation. There is no
such demand on any question con-
nected with the tariff, the position of
the two great parties on that issue
being known
The Manufacturers club declares
that influences of certain kinds are
being exerted to have this question (of
tariff protection to home industrieS
put into a secondary position assert
ing that protection can wait " Of
course those influences are silver in
| fuences. We think the Manufacturers
club is unduly exercised over the mat
ter, for we do not believe silver will
have any show at st. Louis. Pro-
lection not only can but will have to
wait until the money issue is decided.
The club may as well make up it's mind
to wait patiently in the meantime.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27
UrAH.s GOLD BONDS.
Thus saws the Pittsburg Post:

Thus says the PittSburg Post:
Utah is the most pronounced of silver
states, yielding a large product of the
white metal and fully committed to
free coinage, contributing the votes OF
two senators and one representative to
that policy. Yet we learn from the Salt
Lake Herald that the a per cent loan
for 100000 just issued by the new state
is to be a per cent. gold bond. A lit
tie fact like this answers all the speech
es made by the silverite congressman
from Utah or elsewhere.
And one single paragraph such as
this by the Post editor writes him
down an ass. What argument against
free and unlimited coinage of silver is
there in the fact that the per cent
loan for $4,000 just issued by the new
state is to be in per cent. gold bonds :?
Because silver is produced in large
quantities in Utah, and the people of
this state are almost unanimously in
favor Of the free, unlimited, and indie
pendent coinage of silver and gold, does
that give US a different monetary sys-
tenn in Utah than that which prevails
elsewhere throughout the Union? Does
the Post writer entertain the view that
out here in the mountain states we
have separate monetary system into
which we refuse the admission of the
silver we produce from our mines?
And therefore we show our lack of con-
tidence in silver as money? 1t would
be interesting to know just what this
goldite editor does mean by his idiotic
remark
The currency law of 1878, known as
the Bland-Allison act, while it made
all silver dollars of the standard weight
and fineness legal tender for all pub
lie and private uses. created no end
of mischief, and utterly destroyed the
value of the legal tender quality SEEM
ingly conferred on silver dollars by
making this proviso-''except where
otherwise expressly stipulated in the
contract" The result was inevitable
that practically all contracts after that
stipulated that payment should be
made in gold. And since gold is con-
stantly approaching in price it is next
to impossible to float any kind of bonds
or issue private notes except on a spe-
eial agreement to pay gold. And east
ern capitalists who are likely to buy
most of the Utah bonds-for Utah cap
ital seldom is satisfied with four per
cent. investments-will demand that
the bonds be gold just the same as if
they were sold by the great state of
Pennsylvania. Utah's production of sill
yer, and Utah's belief in bimetallism-
the unlimited and free coinage of both
gold and silver-affects neither one way
nor the other the character of the
states bonds. But let our Pennsylva-
MIA friends work for and finally secure
the same privileges for silver as is now
accorded to gold-free and unlimited
coinage at the minis, and confer upon
it also full legal tender quality, with
out any such proviso as is contained in
the 1878 law-and there will be no dis
elimination either in seeming or in
fact against silver in Utah or Pennsyl-
vania or anywhere else in the United
I States.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27

Harrison's Indiana friends are irri-
tated at the course Of McKinley's man
ayers in that state. Paragraphs very
uncomplimentary to the ex-president
are appearing in numerous country
papers throughout the state, and their
insertion is attributed to the Mckinley
managers. One of the delegates, Harry
New, has stated that he saw no rea-
son why a friend of Harrison might
not be the consistent friend of McKin-
ley; that these men had come to Nc
Kinley only afte. Harrison had written
his letter, but that if this sort of cam
paign were continued and the questions
of instruction forced to an issue, they
would take it upon themselves to
demonstrate in the st. Louis conven-
tion that Indiana's first love is Harri-
son, and that a campaign made up on
the line Of belittlement of him could
not be successful in this state. Mr..
Harna's agents are displaying poor
political judgment to stir up such
strife as this in Indiana. They are
attempting to belittle man who has
publicly said he is not a candidate.
and more dangerous thing they
could not do. -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27
THE SALT LAKE HERALD, MONDAY APRIL u 1896.

last winter and at least several times
discussed in committee is subject
which the people of Utah by no means
ought to lose sight of, for there viii
be other legislatures in Utah, and they
will have better opportunity to discuss
this subject than the last one had; and
we are of opinion that ultimately it
will be adopted.
The Chicago Times-Herald recently
gave the following account of the pro-
gress it is making in various states:
The Torrens system of land transfer
is making Roadway. There is scarcely
a state in the union where it is not pc
ing discussed in some form or other.
/ Massachusetts,, one eli the very Oldest
of the states, where chain of title may
be traced back, if necessary, for two
hundred and fifty years, is considering
it, with every likelihood of adoption.
SO in New York, Ohio, Minnesota,
Montana and Utah. So will all the
states in time, for wherever it is sub
| mitted to popular opinion and popular
action its approval follows unquestlon-
ably
a bill for it's adoption is now pending
in the Ohio legislature, with every
prospect OF passage. Inc Onlo Hiedoui (
goes further even than ours or the
Manitoba system, in that it makes reg
istration compulsory, the present sys-
tenn by record being continued until
all lands are registered under the Tor
rens law. The limitation law, too, is
five years, the same as with us.
The TorrenS law has been established
in Manitoba for eleven years, and is
voluntary, as it is in Illinois. And al
ready it has turned out that the loan
companies will not loan money to par
ties not having Torrens title They
stand at the opposite pole from the
Northwestern Life Insurance company,
of Milwaukee, whose attorneys require
an old-Gashioned abstract from borrow
ers year or two of experience VIII
teach them better and the time VIII
come when the Northwestern and al
other investing companies will whistle
the old abstracts down the wind ana
demand a certified title under the Tor
| rens law before granting loan
1t is a wise and beneficent law ana
every day gives added proof as TO It's
popularity with the people.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27
COMPROMISE DON'T GO.

The declaration of Colonel William R.
Morrison that he would be willing to
accept the language of the law repeal
ing the Sherman act as the policy and
platform of the Democratic party
made though it evidently was to please
the eastern goldite Democrats-ap-
pears not to have accomplished its
purpose.
The Baltimore Sun. Independently
Democratic, and a staunch, able sound
money paper, says that Colonel Nor
rison's utterances hardly makes his
position clear, and he seems to be in the
attitude of man who wants some
thing and wants it very bad, but does
not know what that something is
Then criticizing his proposition to ac-
cept the declaration of the law repeal
ing the Sherman act as the policy and
platform of the Democratic party. it
says:
That declaration calls for all equality
of values in the gold and silver dollars
by international agreement, or by such
safeguards of legislation as will insure
the maintenance of the parity in value
of the coins of the two metals AS
the colonel has previously stated that
the use of gold and Silver as stand
ard money" could be continued "only
with the cooperation of other coun-
tries, and there is no immediate pros
pect of securing this cooperation, we
fail to see how he can approve the
declaration of the law repeating the
Sherman act as the platform or policy
IF hn 10 rr-%x l., =
anxious for the party to put forth a
platform that, under Colonel Morrison
Interpretation, would practically mean
nothing. The distinguished gentleman
from Illinois will have to try again.
for we cannot believe, after his Ian
guage quoted above, that he could in
terpret the Safeguards of legislation
referred to in the Sherman repeal law
declaration as being anything else but
subordinate to an impossible interna-
tional agreement.
1t was ever thus with leader who
seeks to please ali parties. it ends in
none having confidence in him, and
each party looks elsewhere for the
leader they desire.
The gift, or tact. as we may say, of
compromising is rare tact The pow
er TO harmonic conflicting elements
without sacrifice of principle or a vi
olence to conscience is very rare
power, and very useful withal, for It
results in securing the practical from
both extremes. But sometimes such a
thing is impossible, and either one or
the other of the extremes must triumph
We are of opinion that stage of devel-
opment has been reached in the money
question-the day of compromise on it
has ended. Either the single gold stand
ard must be permanently established,
or gold and silver bimetallism must
prevail by the unlimited coinage of
both This is in the air. It is fast
crystalizing in the thought and speech
of our people, and even in party plat
form utterances; and under these cir
cumstances no wise leader will attempt
to stem the inlowing tide on this ques-
ton, but will manfully take his stand
squarely on one side or the other of the
great issue, and with patience abide the
consequences.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27
THE DIME NOVEL.

The Chicago Inter-Ocean says the
phrase dime novel; has come to mean
the cheapest trash in the way of sensa-
tional stories. It has not only come
to be so considered, but has been so
considered for twenty years or more.
Who that remembers events and oc-
currences thirty years ago does not
recall the huge stacks of dime novels"
in the book stores of the west? Those
were the genuine dime novels, dime
novels par excellence. They were "Bea-
dies dime novels No others have
any right to be called dime novels.
They were turned out by the hun
dreds. Most of them related to the do
ings of the wild Indian and the still
wilder white men.
What deeds of proves were recorded
in them! The boastings of a modern
cowboy, whether he hail from Texas
or Arizona. are as nothing to the do
ings of those heroes. Coopers Leather
stocking Tales are milk and water in
comparison with them. Daniel Boone
was something of a hunter, skilled in
woodcraft and versed in Indian lore,
but of these things he knew nothing
when compared with THE Hunters Of
the Miami Was there ever such a
bloodthirsty, low and cunning Indian
as ''Scar Chief, the Wild Half Breed?"
There never was.
Such literature as this was the liter
airy pabulum upon which the brave
and romantic boys of the wild and
woody west were fed (they held the
pie in their own hands and were always
crying for nore) thirty years ago. We
remember one boy whose soul thirsted
for the knowledge contained in these
books, whose young imagination was
fired by them. Their heroes became
his ideals; their theories became his
practices. In his quiet cottage home
Git was a typical western log cabirD
he had hundreds of these "Beadles
Dime Novels" He devoured them; he
digested them, he made them his own,
and so great became his power Of as
similation that he would assimilate
half a dozen at a time whenever he
entered a store where they were on
sale and the proprietor was not look
ing. That boy became living dime
novel;" The last time we saw him he
was before the bar of justice to an
swer for dime noveP' exploit. He
was asked by the then chief justice of
the territory, and now chief justice Of
the state, if he had ever been sentenced
before. He answered modestly and
with a graceful air, something after the
manner of Maud Muller, only three
times, your honor" Only three times
before had this highest product of dime
novelism done time in states prison.
And perhaps now he, for his country's
good, is working in some state instl-
tuition, clad in the stripes but without
the stars.
But what has become of all of t'Bea-
dies Dime Novels?" Once they were
as numerous as the sands on the sea
shore or the millions in the gold re-
serve. Now they are as scarce as first
editions Of Homer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-04-27

While it is possible, and for that
matter very likely, that the city coun-
ell will be able to make a satisfactory
contract for the present with one or the
other of the electric light and gas COM
panies for lighting this city, still the
proposition for the city to have an cleo
trio lighting plant of its own, ought not
to be too far relegalted to the rear. The
feasibility of such a scheme should be
considered by the city fathers, and as
soon as possible the site should be To-
Gated and secured, if nothing more, for
at the last we believe the city will find
it to the advantage of the corporation
to own its own lighting plant, and be
independent Of private companies, who