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The herald., 1896-10-04
TERRIBLE ARRA1GNMENT.
John Sherman Put Under Cross Exam.
ination by r. T. Warner.


The following open letter has been sent
to Ohio's great Pooh Bah. John Sher-
man, by Robert T. Warner of Waterton,
S. D. 1t is reprinted from the Minneap-
oils Penny Press:
WATERTOWN. s. D., Sept II, 1885,
Honest" John Sherman, Washington,
D. C.-Sir: Are you, or are YOU not.
commonly called Honest John Sher-
man? If SO, when and where did you get
that title? How did it originate? You
are reported to be worth $28, 900, 900, Is
that true? II it Is, and it is no secret
and is fair question, how did you man
age to accumulate that amount of
wealth by your labor and by your in
dividual effort? Your salary as a sem
ator of the United States, / understand,
Is $4,000 a year. How many years. at
$4,000 year. did 1t take you to accumu-
late those $28, 100000? understand that
In the year of 1867, at the time there was
an international monetary conference
IN Paris. In which the United States was
represented by Mr.. Ruggles, you were
there present and assisted Mr. Ruggles
and the representative Of the British
government in getting said conference
to declare for the gold standard? Fur
ther, that before you attended said con-
ference, you visited Nathan Meyer
Rothschild In London, and also con-
ferred with the governor Of the Bank Of
England? Did that visit of yours have
any relation to the subsequent action
of said monetary conference? You af-
terward returned to the United States,
and In the following year (186S) you in
troduced a bill in congress to demone-
tize silver, and you followed up that at
tempt in each succeedipg year until, In
1873, you succeeded In dsmouetisipg the
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overcome. Prinsep IL an East Indian by
birth, and while Of English parentage.
has some Of the native blood Of his BIRTH
land in his veins. He was born in 1885,
and is the same age as sAlma-Tadema.
He spent two years in the Indian civil
service, but gave up the work to go to
Versailles and study art. Later he went
to Paris, and from there to Rome. He
was a follower of the pre- Raphaelite
school for time, but he abandoned this
at the advice Of the late Lord Leighton.
His most popular painting, huge can
vas covering a whole wall in the Royal
academy. represents the proclamation
of Queen Victoria as empress Of India,
the scene being laid at Delhi.
Marcus Stone has the advantage of
having been born in London. He is 54
years old. and is the son Of Frank Stone,
an artist, and the lifelong friend of Chas
Dickens. His pictures show consider
able feeling, but his color work is not
regarded as of the first class.
Edward ]. Poynter Is a Partisan by
birth and was born in 1885, the same
year as Alma-Tadema and Prinsep One
Of his best known portraits is called The
Jersey Lily, and Is an admirable picture
of Mrs. Langtry. For many years he has
been a. director Of the art schools of
South Kensington.
William Q. Orchardson has many
qualities to recommend him for the high
office His art education was compara-
lively limited. and as result his pic
lures are healthy and natural, and free
from the mannerlsms which mar the
works of the devout followers of pro-
nounced schools. Moreover, his pictures
show originality in subject and execu-
ton. He was born in Edinburgh, In
1895, and at Is years he entered the
Trustees Academy in his native city.
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IN THE PUBLIC EYE

Thomas A. Edison rarely writes or even
signs letter. His secretary does 1t ali.
There is a denial in the Western Chris
Senator Teller was once Methodist min
lister.
The late Prince Lebanon Of Russia al
he believed 1t to be the metal most suita.
BILE for horses to walk upon.
F. G. Warner. assistant professor in the
department Of mechanical engineerinr in
the University of Ann Arbor. has accepted
the chair of steam and electrical engineer
ing in Terre Haute college.
One of the Swiss papers announces the
chere member Of the chamber of lords Of
Great Britain and vice-president Of the
honorable company of the South African
Professor Carl Gebenbaur celebrated his
seventeen birthday at Heidelberg last
month, He is probably the only Lying
field, of comparative. anatomy. and his
works on that subject have passed through
many editions.
mored, will shortly pay England a visit.
is, as fond of sport as his predecessor was.
and is never SO happy when on horse
he is remarkable and can hit with ease a
coin thrown into the air. rM
Among titled distillers of Scotch whisky
of Athole, Sutherland and Fife, the mar
quises Of Butte, Ailsa, and Brenhalbane. the
earlS OF ROsebery, Aberdeen, Moray, Had
dington, Home. Elgin, Wemyss, Stair and
Galloway. 1t may be worthy OF note that
Irish whisky is not all represented in the
house of lords.
1t is said that the Duo TOrleans has
conceived the moderately mad idea of set
ting out after his marriage with a band of
friends and followers to reach Khartoum
and check British influence in the Blue and
White. Nile districts The Due d'Orleans
IS foolish enough to conceive q scheme OF
courage to carry 1t OUT.
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silver dollar Of our coinage without set
ting caught at II -

silver dollar Of our coinage without GET
ting caught at it.
Had your action in demonetizing Sill
your visit IN London in 1857? # 50. WHAT
consideration was there at any limo
before or since, moving from said Na-
than Meyer Rothschild or the Bank of
England, to you as compensation for
your services rendered In the work Of
causing silver to be demonetixed in thfn
country? 1t has been said that s'open
concession is good for the soul" How
much cash did you receive from the
Jews OF Lombard street, or from any
source, for your services in procuring
the demonstration of silver? Do you
not know that the wages Of sin "a
death?" Why is It that you prefer to
commit treason against your country
ana damn your own soul by receivinsr
blood money from Its enemies, rather
than to live the life of an upright Amer
lcan citizen and to serve the American
people honorably and probably. a. yo2
ought to do If you were SO disposed3
would not the consciousness Of q likS
spent IN the service of your country ~
q greater satisfaction to you in your o.
age than that Of having spent the bert
years OF your life in the service Of your
country's enemies? "
You must be aware that you havS
been honored and trusted by your coun-
trymen as few Americans have heAn
honored and trusted. Now in your
own sphere you stand pre-eminent. Tha
treasons OF Benedict Arnold and Jef-
ferson Davis pale into insignificancA
beside yours Your grand larceny a.
the peoples money. in perpetratine tia
English gold standard upon them ~
means OF the mint act Of 1873. by fraud
and stealth, has no parallel in the ari-
nals OF crime. You have discounted the
exploits Of Claude Duval and Jesse
James. You are also the most colossal
liar of the nineteenth century. Your In
fanny is complete. Why seek to damn
yourself more completely or effectuallv
by repeating all the lies you have in
vented and published during the last
twenty years, besides coming new ones.
as you did in your late speech at Colun,-
bus? 1t Is too late now for you to make
a defense. You are already convicted
OF the crime Of 1873. before the bar Of
the intelligent people of the United
states. Your only hope now Is in the
pardoning power.
Now. Honest" John. you are gettinr
old. You are falling into the "sere and
yellow leaf" Why not abandon your
lust Of power and greed Of gain? why
not now do works meet for repent
ance? Why not turn from your evil
ways" and seek salvation and a free
pardon" through our Lord Jesus Christ9
In the name Of the American people u
warn you to "f1ee from the wrath to
come" for the "unprof1table servant
Of the people "shall be cast into outer
darkness; there shall be weeping ana
Wailing and gnashing Of teeth"
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tional system has been established and
now no hamlet in the republic is with
out a school, conducted under govern
ment supervision. The attendance Of
the pupils is compulsory under the stat
ute, and 1t Is provided that when child
rem between certain ages are employed
in factory or in any industry, the en-
ployer must guarantee, the attendance
OF such children upon some, regularly
established school.
The banditti, who made travelling in
Mexico an undertaking fraught with
considerable danger, have wholly disap-
peared. One may travel from the Rio
Grande to the southern border without
an escort, without a weapon and entirely
without danger to life and property!
The former brigands are now members
of the "rurales,' one of the finest
bodies Of cavalry In the world. or have
become charcoal burners.
CAUSES OF IMPROVEMENT
Whether this great improvement In
Mexican economical and social condi-
tions is to be attributed to the stable
government established and maintained
by President DiaE, to the opening up of
the country by railways. of which nearly
all OF the 1000 miles In operation have
been constructed within the last fifteen
years; the Investment 81 foreign capt.
tal.S OF whether It u dus.to tho currency
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cernns, including paper mills, tobacco
factories, the new smelterS and metal
mills, will reach 1000 in number. The
establishment of these mills has caused
a demand for skilled labor, which is
met by foreigners and by the training
of the younger native element. The
coming generation Of Mexico will show
a marked improvement on the old in
the matter Of skilled labor.
1t may be said, further, that there
is no lack of work: those who are idle
in this country are usually so from
Is true in every condition of labor. On
the windows or doors of more than fifty
establishments of this city are posted
this notice:
"De solicitan oficialis." which being
translated is the familiar Help want
ed"
Thousand of acres Of land have been
reclaimed from desert by the railroads.
tapping new sections, and the increase
in fruit production, as well as other
branches Of agriculture, makes heavy
demands yearly for labor. In the pro-
duction of fruit and coffee there has
been great development, and greater
possibilities exist. Last year the orange
export was 400 carloads. A conserva-
tive estimate places it this year at 800
cars. The coffee trade five years ago
was inconsiderable. Last year the ex-
ports of coffee exceeded $12,000,000 1t
is believed that the product will reach
$25, 100000 In 1900. The United States is
Mexico's heaviest customer and buys
more largely each year. In the fiscal
year of 1S93-94 the imports from the
United States were 81, ,785. and the
exports to our country were $50, $3.50, ,243.
In the fiscal year 1S94-95 the United
States sent to Mexico $15.130,367 worth
of merchandise and bought $67. .322, 1856
worth Of Mexican products. The in
crease of Mexico's importations from
the United States in the year was less
than $1,000,000; the increase Of it's sales
was more than $6,0oO.00O. The United
States occupies the first rank in the
foreign trade of Mexico, receiving
about 70 per cent of its exports and
sending back about go per cent .SS its
imports. In twenty years the value of
United States goods shipped to Mexico
has increased three times. In the same
period the merchandise shipped from
Mexico to the United States has sextu-
pied in value.
THOMAS T. CRITTENDEN.
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Thomas T. Crittenden, our CONSUL
general at Mexico, has four claims to
distinction. He was elected governor OF
Missouri by the largest Democratic ma
jority ever cast in that state; he broke
up the James gang; he kissed Patti, and
he Is one of the abiest public men of the
west. He would have been appointed
minister to Mexico ten years ago had
not President Cleveland misunderstood
his action in the James case, and his
appointment to the consul generalship
under Mr.. Cleveland's second admins
tration was q tardy recognition Of his
remarkable qualities
The following facts given by him to
the New York Journal are, therefore,
entitled to peculiar weight:
MEXICO CITY, Sept. 4, 1896.
w. r. Hearst, the Journal
Your request for information as to
the condition Of commercial, Industrial
and social affairs in Mexico Is similar to
many other inquiries from citizens of
the United States which receive in my
capacity Of consul general. 1t is impos-
sible to institute a comparison between
the people Of the United States and those
of this country. Any such attempt
would be futile: they are wholly differ
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ent in habits Of thought and in mode of
life. Their ambitions are diverse and
their education and tendencies are dis
similar. There Is no common plane Of
comparison. Mexico must be measured
by the Mexican standards. Erro-
neous conclusions would be- reached
were We to apply the English,
French, German or American
systems Of comparison. Viewed krom
any standpoint the country has made
marvellous strides in the last ten years.
Its growth in commercial, Industrial and
educational directions cannot be real.
lied by one unacquainted with the for
mer conditions. From being a nation
that depended largely on outside
sources for supplies, 1t has risen to a
point where its exports are In the neigk-
borhood of three times its Imports The.
balance Of trade last year was, in round
numbers, nearly 10000, 900 gold in favor
Of Mexico. Old Industries have strength.
ened and improved; new ones have been
established. Where occasional paro-
chial schools existed, a public edstca.
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ING. MARY MAcDALEN AT THE TOMB OF CHRIST

While still . student he exhibited a
picture at the Royal Scottish academy,
and it was honored by prominent posi-
ton. In 1868 he went to London and at
once gained recognition. French ar
lists regard him with much favor, al
though the English painters seldom ap-
peal to them.
Hubert Herkomer has the disadvan-
tage Of being Bavarian by birth, yet he
Is freely acknowledged to be the leading
English portrait painter. He Is but AZ
years old; and, with his father lived in
the United States for time The faith
er, wood carver, had small success in
the New World, and came to England
in 1857. Herkomer studied at South
Kensington and Munich. He has paint
ed portraits of large numbfc of Euro
pean celebrities and as an etcher he oc-
cupies the first place. He is professor
Of art at Oxford. having succeeded Rus
kin. .a.
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UNFAIR AND UNscIENr1F1c

Quoting imported provisions here and
then comparing values with Americsa
the unthinking crowd who read tl5o
northern papers with the idea that Mex
leo is a bad country to come to. This -
unfair, unscientific and ridiculous. The
inhabitants of the City OF Mexico we've
sitting down to soup, fish and roast tt1Ss
key when the pilgrim fathers were teAf-
irg blue mussels off the rocks OF Plys
dren. but Mexico's newspapers, and e
had them then, did not send correspond
ents up there, to the region Of the In
nutritious and unwholesome east wind.
to write up how the Anglo Saxon Wa
starving on a wampum basis. --Mextca2
Herald. c n s a n =
The herald., 1896-10-04
ENGLANDS ROYAL ACADEMY
Who Will Be Sir John Millais'
Successor?
A POST OF GREAT HONOR
Seven Candidates for the Presidential
Chair
Alma Taden. Burne Jones, Stone.
Poynter, Prinsep, Herkomer
and Richardson Spoken OF.

LONDON. Sept. 15.-Perhaps by the
time this reaches the eyes Of the news
paper readers on the other side of the
pond the great question which is vexing
the English art world will have been
settled, namely, the selection of presi-
dent Of the Royal Academy to fill the
place made vacant by the recent death
of Sir John Millais, who had occupied the
post of great honor scarcely six months.
1t will be the second time this year
that the members Of the Royal Acad-
emy will be called upon to elect a presi-
dent-an unprecedented case. Lord
Leighton, the seventh president, died
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A JUST CRITICIgN.

The New York Sun objects partievlarl6
chewing gum" This is Just criticlsnas r.
bicycle ought not to chew gum nor "
fix its back hair when In public. .-cttco
Tribune. @ ~ .fHss !. ~ r -3I
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THE FEDERAL BADGE or CoCI

A great many Of the boltonx 3
Gratis have the courago ok IA =
positions they hold -aG6lHG IN
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Weeks GEORGE CUMMINGS SON
n handha is bought saeM . ~
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Record
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or prestige, or any gain of a substantial
character, even II we got the best in Ii,
which would undoubtedly be the case; and
for powerful nation to get the advantage
of a weak one, under any circumstances,
brings no glory. This country does not
desire to make Cubans American citizens.
We don't want any of the hot-blooded race
at citizens through conquest The Gu
pans are not, as race fitted to coalesce
with our people. They are a great deal
better adapted TO remain by themselves
and work out their own independence and
destiny. What Spain should do is to glve
the island home rule, under a liberal po,.
Icy, with the option on the part of the
Cubans of buying the island at a set price
within. say, ten or twenty years. payable
by annual installments This country,
especially after the last four years of dis
aster and bad times, wants a. continuation
OF peace for the next four years az least.
Besides, war With Spain might In the
end involve us with other European ma
tions
Al any rate, they would be likely to give
aid and comfort to Spain to our great dis
advantage during the struggle. 1t must be
remembered too that Spain, after a war
with us, will be too poor TO pay an indem-
nity so that no compensation can be had
from that source. Wherein then, can this
country gain any material benefit to COM
peusate for years possibly Of costly war
with Spain? This country's best interests
lie IN following George Washington part
Ing words: avoid all entangllng allan
ces." This government is a republic. Euro
pean governments are the reverse, and i'm
such contest would be secretly against
us by natural interests and instincts
France Is republic, IL is true, but she IL
handicapped by Imperialism and so cannot
be considered as we are as being on per-
manent republican basis Under any cir
cumstances France would be controlled
by Russia in war between this country
and Spain, and that undoubtedly would be
in the interest of the latter. Hostiuties
should be Stunned except as an inevitable
last resort and to maintain the Monroe
doctrine, which is certainly not menaced
in the present Spanish Cuban complica-
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FOOT BALL PLAYER DEAD.
Cross Country Run Results I'm Fatal
Injury 10 His Heart.

Altoona, Pa. Dec. 2O.-Frank Cessna,
captain Of the Franklin and Marshall Col
lege foot ball team. died suddenly at the
home Of his parents in this city this aft
ernoon Of an injury to his heart. Last
Thursday at college he and a number Of
other students took a cross country run
for exercise, and In this he over-exertco
himself and injured his heart. He came
home. but was not confined TO his bed,
and was not thought 70 be seriously ~.
when he dropped dead. lie was p year.
Of age. a member Of the class Of 9s and
an excellent scholar.
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REVIVAL IN FcRNITURE MAKING.

Grand Rapids Factories Find Bust
ness Improving.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec. 2O.-A can
vass of twenty-five furniture factories
shows that since the presidential election
there has been revival of business in
all lines of furniture making in this city.
and that in fifteen of them there has been
an increase of l,2l5 men. Reliable reports
from thirty-fiye other factories making
furniture and furniture supplies show re-
vival in special work and an Increase of
employees.
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MINE sTRIIxE ENDED.
The Men Accept a Reduction After
Resisting For Eight Months.

Terre Haute, Ind, Dec. 20.-The strike
of the bituminous miners of the state,
which began May /. has come to an end.
The men at the mines in three counties,
representing 1000 miners, have voted to
accept the 5 cents reduction from 60 cents
a ton. Some of the men in other fields
had gone to work at So cents, and many
more had been conceded the 60 cents. 1t
is understood the operators now paying &C
cents viii ask their men to accept the re-
duction.
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NEW TRIAL FOR DURRANT.
The Case to Come Up I'm the state
Supreme Court To-day.

supreme Court To-day.
San Francisco. Cal, Dec. 2O.-The Dur
rant case will come up In the supreme
court tomorrow. The attorney general
has prepared his brief in answer 20 the
briefs Of Durrants attorneys in anticipa-
ton Of the possible setting aside of the or
der OF submission Of the court. The main
argument will not take place tomorrow In
any event, but the proceedings promise to
be interesting nevertheless. If the order
OF submission is set aside the defense will
have ten days or more IN which to file an
answer to the attorney general. Then the
real and flnai struggle for a new trial for
Durrant will take place.
The attorney general has had the brief
Of Durrants attorneys TO consider II has
not been filed, but is IN the office Of the
clerk Of the supreme court ready for NJ
ing. The brief Of the attorney general is
long and all the leading points made for
the defense are met.
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The Visible supply OF Cotton

The visible supply of cotton to Dec g,
as made up by cable and telegraph. is as
follows. The continental stocks, as we'll
as those for Great Britain and the afoat,
are this weeks returns. and consequently
all the European figures are brought down
to Thursday evening. But to make the
totals the complete figures for Dec. u.s. we
add the item of exports from the United
States. including In it the exports of FRI
day only:
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A Census of Words.

From the intermediate des Chercheurs.
1t is generally admitted that 1000 express
sions are amply sufficient for common use.
The vocabulary Of a writer seldom sur
passes that number. With 1000 words a
language Is acquired thoroughly Ac-
cording to Bracelet, the number of French
words In the Dictionnaire de rAcademie In
q 600. including 5000 primitive expressions.
The Littre Dictionary contains about Co.,
coo words.
English, according TO Johnson. contained
IS 900 words; but Thommery gives to the
English of the present day $1,000 words.
An ordinary German dictionary has
about 1900 words, and a Spanish diction-
airy $1,000.
Chinese is composed OF 1900 known
words in an imperial dictionary Of the
eighteenth century. Arabic has proba-
bly, the greatest number Of expressions. IL
has about 10000 words; but what richness
Il possesses compared especially to that
other language Of the Levant, Hebrew, the
poorest of all. For example, wine, al
though forbidden by Mohammed has l40
different names in Arabic. not to indicate
the different varieties but simply to sig
Nifty the juice of the grape. cup Of wine
has about ten expressions. and the camel
the horse, and the lion have hundreds of
names.
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FIFTY HoRsEs DIE IN FLAMES.
Three FIremen Injured by Failing
walls In the Blaze.

New York. Dec 2O.--Fifty horses were
burned to death at fire which started
at $50 this morning in the brick boarding
stable, occupied by Bernard Soy at 555
Carroll street Brooklyn. Three 1remen
were injured by falling walls. The total
loss Is about $4,000
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Chicago, ILL.,. Dec. 2O.--The National Bank
of Illinois has been suspended by the clear
ing house. 1t is said the bank will not
open it's doors tomorrow.