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The morning times., 1896-10-09
LIST OF QUESTIONS.

in your communication to Mr.. Kalbfus
published in the press yesterday afternoon
and this morning, you give a list of ques-
tionS which you express yourself as ready
TO debate No one OF these questions as
stated by you is in the form assumed i n our
correspondence, and did l not know your
genuine eagerness that the proposed debate
shall not miscarry, I might suggest that
your list indicated disposition to bring
our efforts to naught.
Knowing, however, that such inference
is wholly groundless, and being inspired
The morning times., 1896-10-09
SUGAR STILL HEAVY,
Stocks Reached Lowest Point Since
Downward Movement Began

New York, Oct 9.-stocks during the
first hour OF business were quiet and gen.
era;ly firm in tone. The impression ranged
from IA to 3-S per cent, Manhattan,
the grangers, and Leather preferred lead
ing. London bought st. Paul and Louis
vile and Nashville, and the local shorts
also purchased the leading Issues on
The morning times., 1896-10-09

was called in order that their organiza-
ton might be perfected.
This afternoon the delegates, under the
guidance of the entertainment committee,
visited the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing and the new Library building.
The morning times., 1896-10-09
BrookIa nd School Flag Raisinr

The Brooklaud public school is now the
proud possessor of a magnificent flag.
which was raised for the first time at
11:3O this a. m, with very pretty and
appropriate exercises conducted by the
children of the school,
The morning times., 1896-10-09
Cremation for Du Maurier's Remains

London, Oct. 9.-The body of George Du
Maurier, the celebrated artist and novelist,
who died yesterday morning, will be Gre
mated tomorrow, October l o, at Woking.
The morning times., 1896-10-09
Condition of the Water.

High and low tides are officially recorded
al the navy yard today as follows:
High. Low.
9:l5 u. m. 3:34 a. m.
9:45 p. NJ. 1888 p. m.
The morning times., 1896-10-09
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Furnished by Seymour Bros, bank.
ers and brokers. members of New
York Stock Exchange. Washington
office. Rooms 3 and 3a, Sun Building
j. A. Rreen, manager
The morning times., 1896-10-09

with n like desire with yourself TO nave
the debate come off ut the time and place
already mentioned, Notwithstanding 'he
unfortunate experience OF our late repre-
scntativcs, acceptthe following questiohlh
yourIist namely, that silver and gold should
have equal rights at the mInts, ASSUMING
that Won mean the miuts of the lhi'eu
states. and that by equal rights you mean
that there should be no discrimination III
favor of either metal in the matter oil coitf
age.
Assuming that this is satisfactory To
YOU, l am willing that the terms hereto-
fore agreed upon by our late representa-
tiyes shall remain unchanged, that Is 10
say, that the debate shall take place at
Convention Hall, Friday evening, OCTOBER
l6. at s O'Clock; that admission shall DE
by ticket only. the tickets To be equally Ill
vided bet wecn you and me, and no seats TO
be specially reserved; and that the meeting
shall be under the presidency of Mr.. A. l..
Brirton, and. if he will not serve, then
under the presidency of some one else To
be selected b us.
The morning times., 1896-10-09

How Are You Fixed?
Have you any idle money in bank? If
30. The Times Real Estate Bureau can
Ees you 6 per cent and good security. too
The morning times., 1896-10-09
ORDER OF SPEAKING.

There remains but one small detail
unon which must insist, namely: The order
of speakiug shall be decided by lott the
first speaker shall speak one hour, the
second to follow for one hour, each to
have a reply of fifteen minutes in the
same order This gives each an even chance
OF having the first or the last word, and
gives each an opportunity to correct any
possible misapprehension of his position
and to reply to the arguments or his ad-
versary. A fairer Icannot conceive.
This shall he my last word on this al
ready too protraCtCd subject. IT You VIII
meet me on the terms indicated, willxcpect
your prompt reply to that effect; If you de
cline so to do, l will thank you to make
your reply equally prompt. Yours truly,
"HENRY e. DAVIS"
The morning times., 1896-10-09
KILLED AT COLUMBIA.

atnI ACcIutII at tHt -NtW VPefH
House.
1t is reported at 2:45 O'Clock this after
noon that man has been killed at the new
Columbia opera House, Twelfth and F
streets. by falling from the roof to the
raftcrs below.
The mans name is Frank Walker. He
was twenty-five years OF age, and lived at
No. Al street northwest.
The morning times., 1896-10-09

Today's session, which winds up the
proceedings Of the seventh annual coll
vention of the National Association of
Life Underwriters, was perhaps the most
interesting of the series
Although the program called for two
meetings today,it was announced by Presi-
dent Calef that both would be combined
in one. owing to the fact that the manage
ment of the hotel wish to have possession
of the hall as soon as possible in order
that they may have time to complete
the elaborate preparations for the banquet
to be rendered to the visitors by the local
association this evening.
That the meeting might he ended earlier
President Calef requested the delegates
to be in their seats promptly at 10 O'Clock;
but, as on previous meetings. however.
they We're dilatory in coming in, and 1t was
1890 before tue meeting was called to
order
ness was the election of officers and the
selection OF the time and place OF the next
meeting.
AS in previous years nominations were
made by Il committee The Committee,
composed OF one member from the delcga-
Arlington last night, and made the list.
The race for the nomination for president
was especially close, the successful candi-
date winning by the small vote OF fifteen to
thirteen
The morning times., 1896-10-09
THE EVENING TIMES. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 8. 1896.
INSURANCE WORK FINISHED
Two Sessions Rolled Into One
for a Good Reason.
BANQUET GIVEN TONIGHT

Able Papers on the Requirements OF
the Day In Local Associations and
Other Topics of Live Interest to
Members-NOminat of Officers.
Brisk Contest Over Presidency.
The morning times., 1896-10-09
HEIGHT & COMPANY,
SIS Seventh ST.

You're going to get the
best of the deal. but we
want you to. We are go
ing to offer all our mems
SIS and SIS suits, begin
ming tomorrow and for the
balance of the week, for =
The morning times., 1896-10-09
$l.3o each.

Well again offer you the
ail-wool plaid cheviot and
cashmere short pants suits
The morning times., 1896-10-09

Well make it interesting
for you in the boys depart
men tomorrow by offering 4
lot of boys $3.50 suits for
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-08
PRISON DRESS REFORM.

The prison dress of this country is
usually made of cloth with alternate
stripes of black and white, the stripes
being about one inch in width. And
when lot of conyicts in this dress
are grouped together it has the effect
of making them appear like so. many
ratt!esnakes.
The Illinois prison at Joliet is about
to introduce some changes in the mat
ter of dress. After July l. instead of
all prisoners being compelled to wear
this ugly dress there will be three
styles of dress. The prison officials
will say what particular style a con-
Wet shall wear. Each style indicates
a special grade or class.
Cadet gray is to be worn by the high
est grade TRUSTEES and convicts eX-
pecting to be liberated in a short time
will don this costume. Green will be
the color worn by the doubtful class,
or those on probation. For the low
est grade red will be the color and
stripes will distinguish the wearers as
bad men.
This will probably have a salutary
effect upon the prisoners, for no man,
no matter how bad he may be, but
likes to think some one is worse and
to be distinguished from such by some
mark. Nowhere is this feeling stronger
than among men confined in peniten-
tiaries To distinguish one above an
other, hows oever small the distinction
is to encourage him to be better: it
arouses some little feeling of pride.
In the Utah penitentiary there is nc
such distinction of dress as is pro-
posed at Joliet, but it might be q
good thing TO introduce it. It is q
matter well worth the serious consid.
eration of the prison board. But the
distinctions would be useless so long
as the prisoners are kept in idleness
and herded together in common
yard.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-08
DECORATIONS IN SCHOOLS.

The surroundings of children at
school have strong educational effect
upon them. This being the case those
surroundings should be made beauti-
full and source of unconscious in
struction. Every school could be made
an art gallery on small scale and the
pupils made familiar through photo
graphs and engravings wfth..the great
masterpieces of paintings and sculp-
ture; through photographs they could
be made acquainted with the famous
scenes of history, scenes which the
majority can never hope to visit
Familiarity with these scenes through
pictures would make history far more
interesting than it is, while names
would become living beings.
The New York Evening Post tells of
a school where all this has been done
It says that the new high school
building at Medford, Mass, is pointed
to as an example of what may be done
in an educational line asr.to interior
decorations. In the twenty-seven
rooms of the building there are 172
works of art of different kinds, most
of them being large photo engravings,
while there are also bu5ts, bas reliefs
and other articles of beauty and value.
The busts and pictures are all care
fully grouped and arranged, each room
being given a separate subject or class
of subjects, and these subjects being
carefully graded upward in harmony
with the progress of the pupils. In the
halls and on the Staircases the same
general plan has been carried out with
regard to famous natural objects
Those of our own country are found
on the lower floors, and those of other
countries higher up, the idea being to
ground the pupil thoroughly in the
knowledge of his native land before
taking him abroad for that of other
countries. Most of the engravings are
of famous paintings or other works of
art, SO that, while carrying the main
idea Of presenting an author or states
man, they also give the pupil gem
eral knowledge of the work of famous
artists of different eras These decora-
tions are valued at $780, and were
presented to the school by the alumni.
We could scarcely hope to have all
our public school buildings decorated
| in this somewhat elaborate style 4ut
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-08
CAMPBELL's PLAN.

Ex-Governor James E. Campbell, of
Ohio, has given his views on the silver
question in telegram to the San
Francisco Examiner.
He says the free silver sentiment will
undoubtedly control at the Chicago
convention; that the main purpose of
all good party men who gather there
should be % avoid split and keep
the party peace. II the sentiment of
the majority is for free silver, and he
thinks that all signs show this, then
he would have the Democratic party
declare for free silver. But let us
have it," he says, without insult or
offense to those members Of the hon
est minority who may believe the other
way" Surely that is a most reasonable
request. For majority to insult
minority would simply be for it to de
grade itself
Ex-Governor Campbell says that,
stated crudely, his own idea of a free
silver plank would be this: Declare
for free silver. Demand that the gov
eminent. through the president and
congress, issue a call to the CONNER
cial nations Of both hemispheres to
meet in conference with us at Wash
ington for the one purpose specified
in the call, Of devising method Of
putting silver on a par with gold as a
money of the world" He then ex-
plains his position at length as fol-
lows:
The conference occurring, we would
agree with such nations as we could.
If England or some other nation turn
ed her back on the conference let her
go her way To. such as agreed with
us on finance we would offer special
tariff favors or the principle of RECT
procity. To such as did not, England,
for example. we could turn a tariff
cold shoulder. We are every nation s
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best customer, and all would at last
be made to agree through trade losses
which flowed daily from non-agree-
mant.
Should none agree with US, I would
have this nation declare for free silver
on its sole responsibility and fix date
as, for instance, January l, 1899, when
silver and gold would meet at our
minis for coinage on equal terms. This
would leave an open time of two years
in which trade would adjust itself to
the conditions about to change, just
as was the case when specie payments
were resumed after the war
Put in few words the ex-governor's
position on the silver question, is this;
Declare in favor of calling an inter
national congress for the purpose of
seeing what, if any, agreement can be
entered into regarding the free coin
age of silver The suggestion, if moth
ing come of this congress, that this
country fix a date, i. e.. January /,
1899. sswher silver and gold would meet
at our minis for coinage on equal
terms" is a mere makeshift, and does
not meet the issue at all. 1t is little,
if any, better than straddle.
Does Ex-Governor Campbell seriously
believe that the Democratic party
would be willing to take UP that Re
publican shibboleth, the principle of
reciprocity" 1t never would in the
world. 1t has very fixed views upon
the tariff question, and has never &C
cepted the doctrine that it was thing
with which to make trades at home or
abroad. If there be the merit in the
principle of reciprocity that Mr..
Camnbell believes, he should urge its
adoption by the party, regardless of the
financial question.
To us it looks as though he dreaded
to meet the financial question fairly
and squarely, and was seeking to
dodge it without seeming to dodge 1t
1t must be met this year, and without
waiting for an International agreement
i or the advent of the year 1889.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-08
HOLIDAYS AND PICNIcs.

Most of our public holidays have lost
their original significance. The Fourth
of July. dear to the heart of every
American boy for the opportunity 1t
gives him to disturb the peace with
out being disturbed, is now chiefly re-
garded as a day for recreation. very
few think of what it really means and
fewer still observe it by taking down
the Declaration of Independence and
reading it on that day and rejecting
on what our past history has been
and wondering what the future mas
in store for our country. Thanksgiving
day is no longer observed as day Tor
giving thanks, but rather as day or
rest and recreation, while presidential
and gubernatorial proclamations. set
ting it apart are very perfunctory pa
pers and excite interest chiefly IN the
date fixed. Memorial day, too, is losing
much of its special character. BY those
who would have it religiously observed
complaint is made that the people DO
not pay that respect to the dead who
died that the nation might live that
they should. But from a day of re-
mernbrance of these dead it has come
to be day of remembrance for all the
holy dead; and on that day the
mothers babe who died almost before
it had seen the glorious light of day
as we'll as the mothers son who died
on the field of battle is remembered
and flowers are strewn over its grave.
&c
wrong to remember the living, to spend
the day in peaceful enjoyment, per-
haps in the midst of the mountains or
beside the waters of the lake? 1t is
not.
There are those who would make of
the Sabbath naught but day of dole
and laceration of the spirit and almost
of the flesh, who hold it wrong to
worship God in nature and to expert
ence peace and joy. 1t is the old
Puritanic idea that anything that de-
lights the soul and does not nlortify
the spirit is wicked. And this is how
many world have all our holidays OBJ
served. Fssy would have all go forth
in sackcislh and ashes and dc
penance for wrongs that exist only in
the Imagination as the result of bad
digestion. People should observe their
holidays as a good conscience directs
And if to some picnics and outings or
such occasions as Memorial day seem
dissertations. they should remember
that those who indulge in them have
no thought of disrespect. If many
mourn it should be a thing of joy tc
them that all do not mourn 1t is the
fate of all holidays to soon lose Their
distinguishing features and all become
! alike.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-08
SILVER AT ST. LOUIS.

The San Francisco Chronicle says
that two of the most notable signs in
the political heavens today are that
Mckinley will receive the Republican
nomination for president on a pro-
nounced protective platform, with
something more than a kind word for
silver, and that the Democratic party,
unable to successfully defend its tariff
legislation, will split on the silver reef,
toward which it is drifting Its tariff
policy Will not worry the Democratic
party, and when it comes to defending
it, it can be pointed out that some
thirty millions of dollars were lost to
the treasury by the change of front
within a month of member of the
United States supreme court. Nor is
there danger of the Democratic party
splitting on the silver reef.
What win the st. Louis convention
do for silver? What will this "sone-
thing more than a kind word for sill
YER amount to? Anything? The
Chronicle makes protection the promi-
nent issue when everybody knows that
the financial question is the paramount
issue.
1t has been our belief right along
that the Republican convention would
declare for gold; and this has been the
general belief. The silver sentiment in
the Democratic party has become so
very pronounced that there no longer
seems TO be any question whether the
ifa,cr fO-
/ free silver. Furthermore, the silver SEN
timent is spreading so rapidly over the
whole country that it is not improb-
able the Republican convention may
deem it absolutely essential for policy's
sake to throw a sop to the silver men
a SOD: some fine phrases about the
parity of the two money metals; per-
/ haps a declaration in McKinley's own
words that 1.-The Republican party
would as soon think OF hauling down
! the flag as debasing the national cur
rency." There may possibly be dec
! laration to the effect that there should
| be free coinage of silver when, in its
great wisdom, the Republican party
| shall deem the time for it to have ar
rived. No man can predict what a
national convention will do until it has
done it and adjourned. But there is
not the slightest doubt in the world
that the ST. Louis convention will not
declare out-and-out for free silver 1t
: may possibly attempt to wheedie the
silver members of the party into the
belief that it is the party's intention
20 do something for silver, and all the
while be stSbbing it in the back.
The silver Republicans of Utah
should be on the lookout for this very
thing and not allow themselves to be
deceived by it if attempted. They
should not forget that one of their SEN
ators has put the tariff issue before
the silver question. The people of the
whole state should bear these things in
mind. To them the silver question is
paramount to all others, and they
should show the party that attempts
double dealing with it, they want
and will have no straddling. To the
party that straddles on the silver ques,
ton Utah is lost.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-08
WEED AND ROSE.


A little weed grew at the foot of a rose,
And they both breathed the soft, sum-
mer air,
But the little weed sighed as it looked at
the rose,
For the rose was SO tall and so fair
AT sunset the little weed tremblingly
spoke, r
And told of its love to the rose,
But the rose did not hear, for the %ln-
guage of weeds
Is a language a weed only knows
Then the little weed wept, washed the
fair roses feet
And the rose was refreshed for the
night;
The song of the morning birds opened
her heart,
And she lifted her head to the light.
And taller she grew, and her green leaves
spread wide,
Till they shut out the sunlight and air;
So the little weed died at the foot of the
rose,
And the rose never knew it was there.
Atlanta Constitution.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-08
TALES OF THE DAY.
A Broken Friendship Terminated
By n Bullet in n Frontier tTcxvr

broken FriehuSnip terminated
BY Bullet in II Frontier Town.
1t was in the early days of a town in
southwestern Kansas. The deadly 49,
was the most respected law of the place
and daily and nightly in the half-dozen
saloons which the embryo city support
ed was eongregated as rough set of
men as could be found in. any town of
the size west of the Mississippi, spend
ing thc time in gambling and carousing
says the Detroit Free Press.
Monarch of all the roughS was Ed Pra-
Their. He had eight notches in the handle
of his trusty 40, signifying that by his
hand eight human beings has been sent
TO their long home Prather's bosom
friend was Billy Wells. He, too, was a
bad man in the western acceptance of
the term. Damon and Pythias were not
more fraternal than these two desper-
ADDE'S. When one was seen the other was
always near. If one got into trouble the
other was always on hand TO assist him.
The tragic end of this friendship came
one summer morning. Prather had just
successfully stood off, a sheriff and his
posse and the crowd of roughs was con-
him, drinking to his health and celebrat-
ing the occasion by filling themselves up
with what is known in western vernacu-
lar as ''forty-rod," preparatory to ter
drew his revolver from the scabbard and
saying, Boys, watch me put a hole
through BiIlys hat" fired.
There was a yell of agony and Wells
MY God. have I killed him. were
Prather's first words. Then, throwing
down his revolver, he sprang to the side
of the wounded man just as the last
culver came over the PROSTATE form and
the soul went to render its account.
For the first time in years a solitary
tear coursed down over the hardened
features of the man whose hands were
newly stained with the blood of fellow
creature, but, ashamed of this momen-
tary evidence of emotion, he hastily
brushed away the tear and, turning to
the bar, called Drinks for the crowd, "
and the carousal went on.
Thus was one more chapter added to
the history of frontier life.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-06-08

Any one at all observant of current
politics cannot but see that the f1nan-
cial question is the issue this year.
The ST Louis Globe-Democrat says:
THE money question, therefore, will
come up in the canvass Of 1896 with
greater sharpness and clearness than
It ever did before There will be some
interest. Of course, in the tariff ques-
ton, but that must be a subordinate
issue if the Chicago convention adopts
silver platform and puts up silver
candidate If siiverism comes up in
any such portentous shape as it at
present threatens to take, it will be
practically the only issue of the cam
paagn. 1t will dwarf the tariff as the
slavery question did from Texas an
nexatio1 to the civil war;"
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very much could be done towards it..
parents who have children in the
schools should take an interest in these
matters. Do not let the children
grow up with the idea that the state
will do everything for them. Instill
into them an ambition to do some
thing for themselves, make them to
feel that in the school building where
they have received much of their edu-
cation they have a personal interest;
develop in them an attachment for it
as being part of their lives. A good
way to do this is to decorate the
school buildings and make them as
beautiful and interesting as possible.