The sun., 1896-07-01

| ,Sol. =; n. Ladd, permanent Chairman Of the
| state Convention at Peoria. was around the
about silver and gold
| II regard this coming Convention AS pro-
ceedings for, divorce. When 1t is over the bonds
which have long held the two factions together
In nm uncongena union will he severed, and
each side will be happier and more useful than
nscon 4. ona r oe now. me south and West must
CAME WITH THE SILVER MEN.
A Great Pest OF Moths Arrived with the
| Sage Brnsh and scrub Oak.
| CHICAGO. June 30-with the silver booms
| from the sage brush and the scrub oak districts
there has como to this town pest Last night
1t nearly overcame the town, and this morn
ing furnished employment for almost as many
| thousands of the unemployed as usually find
| work the morning after big snow storm.
| 1t was just after tho arrival of the Hon. Dick
Bland's followers from Missouri when the sky
| began to darken and the air became thick with
millions and millions of flying things. These
| things were about inch long. They had wings
that stood straight up from their backs. They
also had numerous legs. The people in the
| street hurried into the houses. Hundreds used
their coats and vests and hats az Tenders Their
hair and their faces were thick With them. Tho
| cable men had to wear goggles to protect
their eyes, ana the policemen stopped hunting
thieves and beat the air with their clubs.
| II was just after the arrival OF the pest that
| the electric lights that keep the streets of the
| city from total darkness at night were started
| up. The silver whiteness Of these lights seemed
| TO attract the pest. even free silver attracts
| the statesmen from the sage brush and scrub
oak districts. They dashed against the lights
| by the thousand. and frum them they fell like
rain to the pavement. there TO be walked on and
killed, II their collision with the light globes
| hat alr It
when the lights were lit that tho flying things
were moth millers. Half an hour after tho
| lighting Of the lamps there was not An arc light
| globe in the city that was not two inches thick
full OF the silver-light hunting things, and the
pavement underneath each light was from .
half inch to an inch deep with them.
Walking along the street was dificult. 1t was
slip and slide every step and every time a lamp
was reached. Ones eyes and eass and nose was
filled with the things that were huttering or
| falling. The women who ventured out wore
wells and they hosted their skirts as they
| walked. There are two arc lights In front OF
House. Ry 10 o'clock the dead millcrs were
| two inches deep on the pavement for n distance
window OF the room was covered so thick that
on the lake front. was completely con.
he' the screen doors that the lights inside tho tho
hotel could not be seen. For a long time after
| tH6 coming OF the pest an OF tne nOtel
had endeavored TO keepa passage clear with a
| broom. but he had had to give 1t MP and retreat
his his ccatins cat % Of moths The 4Hditorium was s' as as
bad. The sidewalk in front OF this famous
house was like 2 slaughter house hoqr. People
stayed on their feet, and at the other hotels
and the rest aurants in town 1t WAS the same.
AT daybreak this morning men and boys with
shoves and brooms went around town just as
they do on a winter morning. and they made
the walks. They were hard working folks. and
at q O'Clock or thereabouts the payements were
moths m that had been destroyed: " here this
pest came from nobody knows but 1t Is sup
the the fGG.
The people ask where else could It have come
and they poihn. htr.% out war ya5ioas
and the moths Looking at the moths
through a microscope ie, @ Io i can be seen that
and narrow y, and % point upward: Set as they are
forth. but more convincing than all, the people
here point out that 1t was only the silver light of
had no attraction whatever for them. Even
not drawn by the glitter OF gold, They turned
and fed from II. The sage lIrnshites and scrub
the mystery Of % the said eoud
not, but without execution they said y.
1T is plain that the moths ares are creatures Of
Gated in mo- our great schools How do we know
Is y no, proof G when they chose the silver and
But the moths and statesmen from the sage
brush and the scrub oak are not the only things
Chicago newspapers there was this morning
Of Of
In cPTsEstSrs 4Sir 9ldTR eH TSks ksss
and His Pockets Rifed."
The opening paragraph reads: ,-,,
| "Chicago burglars. footpads, and pckpockets
giving the oyerworked hero OF tho store hold up
was in evidence on the three sides of the city,
but Inspector John p. Shea's district remained
the enterprsing thief began at 3 p NJ. and con-
tinued on indefinitely Women were popular as
Then followed a list under these sub-heads:
Work of Pickpockets." Work Of Sandbag-
SAYS about 81 500 changed hands In the trans
actions; that in several Instances the activity of
The Perpetrators aroused the wrath Of the West
| Side citizens, who chased through busy streets
with dire threats Of hemp, but who. were dis
tanced and laughed at by the agile thieves.
AT one time" says the article tho streets
II may be well for the Tammany Hall braves
and the other sound money advocates OF the
East TO bring their shooting irons when they
come hero. Tho Hon. Wash Hesing realizes
that the situation Is serious. and to-day he Is
II would not have the idea go forth that I am
in favor of a bolt on the part OF tho sound and
would not accomplish anything, Ny position is
that the sound d-monsy men should stand 6y
not have them do as did Teller, nor attempt to
form third party organiTstio9. The The last four
to-day Is similar to the conditions which pre-
vailed at the time of the French revolution.
Tho situation In this country to-day appeals 70
OF the end OF those centuries. The conditions
are but little, different from those which ptp-
| duced the French revolution. am not m
Glarmist, buV silver has been lost sight OF. III
the proletar iAt against the plutocrat
hHye tHis eonStssSn Sr so aLSr anSr 9e