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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-17
Secretary Cages Currency Bill.

The currency bill which Secretary GAGE
submitted, yesterday. to the House Com
mittee on Banking and Currency, embodies,
substantially, the plan Of currency reform
which he presented in his recent report to
Congress. A separate division is to be ere
ated in the Treasury Department. to be
known as the Department Of Issue and Re-
demption: to it are to be transferred $685.
100000 of the gold now in the Treasury
and enough silver dollars and silver bullion
to cover the outstanding silver certificates
and the Treasury notes Issued under the
act OF 1890 all Government notes and sill
yer certificates redeemed are to be held
rs part of the redemption fund and paid
out again only for the coin in which they
were redeemed Inc 2l9 per cent. Govern
ment bond, expressly payable In gold coin,
is to be issued, to take up outstanding bonds
and to fund 5000, DOC. 900 Of Government
notes and silver certificates; these bonds
are to be available to national banks up
to their par value as security for circula-
tion, and the banks, when they have issued
upon them circulation to the amount Of
one-half their capitals. are to be allowed to
issue an additional 20 per cent. without
tPoh PoJ Ahk - S~A PSA
cent. per annum, which tax is to be held as
a guarantee fund for the payment of the
circulating notes all bank notes are to be
for not less han $40 each, and all Of them
are to be guaranteed by the Government
and redeemed at its Sub Treasures.
In what shape the bill will emerge from
the committee and be laid before Congress
1t Is impossible to predict. 1t bears marks
Of having been hastily prepared, and 1t
needs emendation to make it effect even
the purpose of its author. For example, it
speaks of "sums of standard silver dollars
and silver bullion, purchased under the act
of Congress approved July IA, $780,"
although nc silver dollars were purchased
under that act. Itmeans, probably, " sums
of standard silver dollars, and of the silver
bullion" &c. So, too. it apparently in
tends that the banks may deposit bonds
n receive notes therefor to an amount
equal to their capitals, but 1t does not pro.
vide for a repeal Of section 10 of the Bank
act of 1882, which restricts the amount OF
such notes to 90 per cent. of q banks capital
The essential vice of the whole bill con,
sists in its making the Government respon,
slble for the bank notes issued under it
and perform all the labor of redeeminp
them, while the banks pocket the gig pei
cent. interest paid on the bonds they de
posit as security. This will be sure to Kill
the bill in Congress, II, indeed, it is evel
seriously discussed by that body.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-17
Dispatches from Richmond describe the

Dispatches from Richmond describe the
reelection. by nearly a unanimous vote. of the
Hon. JOHN WARWICK DANIEL as a Senator in
Congress from Virginia as "a mere matter Of
FORM" 1t might be described moro eloquently
as a mere matter of face. Mr.. DANIEL is UNI
commonly rich In countenance. Massive. large.
and melancholy. 1t casts a me~lodramatic and
poetic radiance over the whole Senate. and is
regarded with reverence by oil Virginia. 1t Is
a speaking countenance. but is accompanied by
lungs which speak for themselves with q fertile
grandeur,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-17
The study of the poems of RALPH WALDO

The study of the poems of RALPH WALDO
EMERSON is now pursued In poetry classes In
Boston. which Is thus allowed to feel a reviving
pride in its literary traditions. The grandiose
curly locks Of tho Hon. THOMAS RILEY, how.
over. remain tho most beautiful pioce of poetry
now anywhere legible in Boston. They wave q
magnificent defiance to plutocrats They rustic
proudly in tho winds of silver eloquence. They
shake themselves haughtily at department
stores. They can be heard humming Bryan
peans in tho silent midnight watches. They
dart dithyrambs at tho Hon. JOSIAH QUINCY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-17

An evangelist from Lincoln, Neb., has
been lecturing in Chambersburg. Pa, for tho
purpose of condemning the use of tobacco.
whiskers, and feathers. Fine feathers make
fine birds; many fine whiskers make faces very
fine to their possessors or the world; and to-
bacco furnishes much food to the Hon. WILLIAM
LYsoNG TRoNG Lincoln, Nob.. seems to be q
capital OF speech and centre of able exhortation.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-17
Tho broadway Cable Line ana 1t. Patrons.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sir: ! am o constant
patron OF the Broadway cable line. Often / am great.
iy delayed by blockades caused from some accld mt
to cable. In such cases. when detained over hvo
minutes. should not the company give transfers or
tickets that can be used at any potut ar time on their
line? Is II right for them TO collect fares aul then
you? w. =. MCPHERSON,
NEW YORK. Dec. ia.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-17
Rubber Tube Instead or switch or Terru,s

From the Elmfra Daily Advertiser.
At tho regular meeting OF the Principals' Round
Table at Horseheads, Saturday, the question OF cor
poral punishment was taken up. After considerable
discussion the principals practically agreed that II
whipping had to be done the best thing to do II with
was q rubber tube. This would inh,ct a sunicient
amount OF punishment and was not in any way dan.
gerouH to the child and was not likely to disable him
or make the effects Of tho punishment felt outside
the school room.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-17
Tho :. Smoke Tall" In Politics.
From the Boston Traveller

The Quincy Democratic Club OF Wards 10 aud 7
has adopted the following resolutions;
Whereas, II has come to our notice that certain
parties in Ward 10 have issued tickets for a smoke
talk for Dec. 81, election night, under tho name OF
the Quincy Democratic Club OF Ward 10. we. the
Quincy Democratic Club OF Wards l0.7 condemn the
action OF such parties, and take this means OF letting
our friends and the public know that the instigators
OF said smoke talk. who are Curtis men, were re-
fused admission TO our club. but. nndlng they could
not Ret n fOothold among us to forward Mr.. Curtiss
above.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-17

There Is a great deal of what Mr.. DAVID B.
Hill used to call enlightened self.interest in tho Re-
publican party.-Ne1 York Times.
The phrase enlightened self.interest was
probably coined by JEREMY BENrHAM. and. If the
Republican party Inns "a great DEAL of 1t, that
party is impelled by a motive to which tho
great philosopher attributed the highest and
most valuable advancement of society.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-17
..MArketsIoEyi"

ESom the Atlanta Contribution
hArketology. or practical marketing, IL the subject
OF the latest study being pursued In the fashionable
boarding schools OF the North. and coming properly
under the head OF ' Home Science"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-17

u our friends rho favor us tcith manuscript Tor
publication tpish TO hare rejected articles retsrntd,
Mev must IN all cases send stamps for that purpose.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-18
Suspicion. of Relief Grain.

Washington, d. c., June 7.-Lewis
Klopsch, publisher of the Christian
Herald of New York, which has under
taken to procure cargoes of grain to be
sent to the famine sufferers in India,
has notified the navy department that
the grain on hand will be sold and the
money forwarded to India instead as
the best and speediest means of relief.
Accordingly the department has aban-
doned Its efforts to secure steamship
at New York to transport the grain to
Bombay.
Mr.. Klopsch writes that the delay in
securing the ship was one of the rea-
sons for the change in plan. Then, too.
the Indian roads at this time dhe wet
season. are very difficult of passage.
while the natives. having been made TO
believe by unscrupulous native grain
dealers that the Americans have poi
soned the wheat that was to be sent to
them, refuse to eat any of 1t under any
circumstances.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-18
CONGRESSIONAL LIBRARY.
The Immense Task of Moving to the New
BuildIng Sow Under Way.

The Immense Task of Moving to the New
BuildIng Sow Under Way.
Washington. June 12.-'rhe enormous
task of moving the congressional libra
ry from its old home in the capitol to
the new and handsome modern struc-
ture which has been erected especially
to receive it. is under way. Within the
last few days great quantities of du-
pllcate volumes. foreign parliamentary
reports and other publica tons for
which there is no demand have been
transferred. IL was intended to post
pone moving day until after the extra
session of Congress To obviate confu-
sion in the arrangement of the volumes,
which would be irritating to members
who tind ii Unnecessary To have daily ac-
cess TO the collection of works of refer
ence in the preparation of speeches and
10 prime mp for participation in the de-
bates. But Librarian SpOfford has de-
vised a comprehensive scheme by
which the great library can he taken TO
Its new home without confusion.
The collection will he classified and
each division arranged by authors al
phabetically. These divisions Will
be sub-divided into classes and
zach class arranged alphabetical
ly by authors. BY an ingeni-
phabet. the library will be arranged so
that any one of the 6S5.0OO bound vol
nmes and 100000 pamphlets can be
reached at a moments notice. 1t is
probable that a temporary elevated
railway will be constructed between
the library building and the capitol for
the transfer of the books. Over it
small cars. propelled by electricity, will
travel
Three gigantic frc-proof book-racks
have been provided in the new build
Ing for the reception of the library.
The two larger are each siXty-five feet
high. l12 feet long and forty-five feet
wide, and each of them will hold SO0,-
600 volumes. or more than the present
entire contents of the library of Con
gress. These great honeycombs of iron
are so constructed that any class or di-
vision may be extended indefinitely
without any trouble and furnish forty
three miles of shelving. If the vol
nmes now in the library were arranged
side by side they would extend about
fourteen miles. so that the present
shelving facilities will be ample to care
for the growth of the library for sever
nj years to come Space has been pro-
vided for the erection of other stacks
however, which will contain 2.10O.OOO
volumes. and l.pD.OOO volumes. In adj
dition could be stored in the court yard.
1t is expected that the library of Con
grcss will some day he the largest in
the world. and the new building has
been constructed with view to provid-
ing accommodations for the growth of
centuries. When the collection has
reached 6.OOO.OOO volumes every one of
the books will be accessible at mo-
mcnt's notice
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-18
NEW HAWAIIAN TREATY.
Tho Government Planning to Amer the
I.lands.

Chicago. Ills, June 13.-The Times
Herald publishes the following Wash
ington special:
A draft of n treaty for the annexa-
tion of Hawaii to the United States Is
being prepared by Judge Day, the as
sistant secretary of state, and Mr..
Hatch. the Hawaiian minister in
Washington.
1t will be presented to President Nc
Kinley for approval soon after he re-
turns to the city.
1t does not follow, however. that ii
will Immediately be sent to the Sen
ate. On the contrary, the President
will adhere to his determination not to
complicate the tariff situation by the
introduction of any foreign questions.
The fact that treaty was actually
drafted has not been known outside of
the State Department and the Hawai-
ian legation until to-day. The Presi-
dent has not yet committed himself on
the Hawaiian question. but he has CIV
en- the impression that he is in favor of
annexation. Should he decide to send
the treaty to the Senate during the
present session of Congress, 1t will be
ready. Should he determine to delay.
the whole matter will be laid aside un-
til Congress reassembles in December.
The acute situation in the diplomatic
relations between Hawaii and Japan
is what has brought the annexation
question to the front at this time.
The draft of the. treaty is being pre-
pared on the lines of the treaty ne
gotiated by Secretary Foster In the
closing days of the Harrison admins
tration.
A leading member of the Senate com
mittee on foreign relations said to-
night that two plans are under consid-
Grafton of the administration. One Is
to annex the islands and admit them
into the Union as the territory of Ha
wall The other is to make them II
county of California. No decision has
yet been reached.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-18
Representative Bailey. Views.

Washington. June 11.-Representa-
tive Bailey of Texas, the recognized
leader of the Democratic minority in
the House of Representatives, has sur
prised his friends by declaring for the
denomination of Mr.. Bryan in 1900 He
was one of Mr.. Bryan's most active op-
ponents at the Chicago convention, and
has been suspected of lacking in admir-
alton for the Nebraska orator. But Mr..
Bailey has just returned from a. visit
to the West, and. as he says, has been
touching elbows with the rank and file
of the party.
at seems to be the almost unanimous
opinion of the Democrats with whom l
have been brought in contact. person
ally and otherwise" said Mr.. Bailey,
'that the Democratic party should
commit Itself unreservedly to the re
adoption of the Chicago platform of
1896. The almost universal desire ap-
pears to be to add nothing to- and sub
tract nothing from that platform, but
to accept it without qualification or res
ervation as the principles of the Demo
cratic party for 1900. 1t will be impos-
sible to disassociate Mr.. Bryan from
the platform. He is a part of the fight
of 1896, and TO adopt the platform Of
last year and refuse the nomination to
Mr.. Bryan would be n serious mis-
take"
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-18
m'KiNLEY AT NASHVILLE.
Hc and Mrs. Mckinley Given Hearty We'll
come.


Nashville. Tenn. June 11.-President
Mckinley and party arrived at the
Union station this city. at 7:30 o'clock
this morning, and We're met by Major
]. w. Thomas. president of the Ten
nessee Centennial Exposition, and the
members of the Exposition executive
committee. After cordial greetings
had been exchanged the visitors were
taken in carriages to the Maxwell
House. The Union Station and Church
street. leading to the hotel, were
crowded with people and the visitors
were heartily cheercd. AT the Max
well House the party breakfasted. and
at ten o'clock Governor Taylor of Ten
nesse and Governor Bushnell of Ohio,
accompanied by their staffs. called up
on the President Mrs Van Kirkman,
president of the Woman's board of the
exposition. also called upon President
and Mrs. Mckinley and party.
Leaving the hotel Mt II o'clock the
party arrived at the grounds three
quarters of an hour later. The streets
along the route We're densely crowded
and many houses We're beautifully
decorated The weather was delight
full. Accompanying the president and
party were Governors Taylor and
Bushnell and their STATS. Mayor Nc
Carthy of Nashville and Mayor Cald-
well of Cincinnati. President Thomas
and the executive committee of the eN-
position. A detachment of eX-Confed-
crate veterans acted ms n guard of
honor. Entering the exposition
grounds the party proceeded to the au-
ditorium under the escort of the Cen
tennal Guards. the centennial chimes
being rung for the first time as they
marched up the broad avenue.
Arrived at the grounds formal
speeches Of welcome Were made by the
local officials. and President Mckinley
responded at some length, which was
received with the greatest enthusiasm.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-18
MONEY FOR THE 4lRscH FUND
Check for R25O.OOO Received From the
Baroness -Its Disposition.

Baroness Disposition.
New York, June 12.-Myer S. Isaacs,
president of the Hirsch fund, has re-
ceived.a draft for $3.50 900, the first i'll
stallment of the S1,OOO,0OO given by
the Baroness Hirsch for the benefit of
the poor of this city. Nothing has as
yet been definitely decided by the
trustees of the Hirsch fund as to the
manner in which this additional mon
ey will be used Mr. Isaacs said that
the money would be used to improve
the condition of the poor of New York
in any way which experience should
dictate. The work now being done
with the funds given by Baron Hirscli
Will be extended and an effort made
to better the condition of the tenement
house dwellers. Whether. however.
model tenement houses will be erected
or the Inhabitants of the poor quar-
ters of the city benefited in other
ways, Mr.. Isaac could not say.
Mr.. Isaac and his co-workers are
fully alive to the danger of forcing
charity on people and also to the. ne
those worthy of assistance Most of
the direct aid is distributed through
the medium of the trade school sup
ported by the Hirsch fund, cases re-
quiring assistance being reported
through the instructors of these lnsti-
tutions. The chief object of the money
given by the Baroness Hirsch is to en-
courage dwellers In the crowded sec
tions of the city to go to the country
and the trustees will probably devote
a large part of the money to enable
those disposed to agriculture to buy
and stock their farms.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-18
SENATE DISCUSSES SUGAR.
Its Sweetness May BE Turned Into Bitter
nees Before They Finish

Washington. June 1O.-The long de-
ferred debate on the sugar schedule of
the tariff bill came on abruptly at 1
o'clock to-day after the Senate had dis
posed of the cereals in the agricultural
schedule.
Mr.. Jones of Arkansas opened the de-
bate. to some extent answering Mr..
Aldrlch's statement on the sugar sched-
ule.
Mr.. Vest severely criticised the sugar
trust and argued that the rates were n
further tribute to its vast resources.
Mr.. Caffery of Louisiana also opposed
the schedule as Il whole.
No final action was taken on any
feature of the schedule further than
the withdrawal of the original Senate
committee amendments.
This leaves the House provisions of
the bill, with an amendment increas-
ing the House differential from O.SIj
to 0.95 cents per pound.
The provisions relating to the Ha-
waiian islands went over by mutual
consent.
Early in the day Mr.. Tillman of
South Carolina made a lively speech
in favor of the amendment giving an
export duty on agricultural products
The bounty amendment was defeat
edo to so.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-18
A HOUSE BLOWN UP.
ATTEMPT TO DO MURDER.
Enemies of Governor Smith of tho Lesven-
worth Soldiers Home Try New Plan
to Remove Him-Narrow Escape of His
Family.

Leavenworth, Kansas, June ia
diabOlicnl attempt was made upon
the life of Governor Andrew j.
Smith of the Soldiers Home and his
wife and daughter between and .
O'Clock this morning. Dynamite was
employed in the outrage. and the eN-
plosion, which all but demolished the
governors beautiful residence, arous-
ed the residents of the city and houses
trembled as If undergoing an earth
quake shock. Mrs. Smith had mir
aculous escape from death, the base of
the explosion being directly beneath
her bed chamber. Besides being cut
and bruised by broken glass and pieces
of flying bric-a-brac and furniture, she
was completely Frustrated by the
frightful shock and is now in n pre-
cariOus condition. Governor Smith
and their daughter. Miss Daisy, occu-
pied rooms on the second floor and
were far enough removed from the eS-
plOsion to escape the serious conse-
quences suffered by Mrs. Smith.
The residence is Il scene of wreck
age. The brick walls are torn and
cracked, one side being almost COM
pletely blown out. The windows are
shattered and the debris Is scattered
over the grounds for distance Of
of confusion and destruction, with
broken bric-a-brac and furnishings ut
terly wrecked. The report of the ex-
plosion was distinctly heard in this
city, three miles away, and many resi-
dents We're aroused by the shock,
which was not unlike the trembling
produced by an earthquake. Veterans
In the barracks were thrown from their
cots and n panic was with difficulty
prevented.
Governor Smith attributes the at
tempt on his life and that of his fam
ily as direct result of the persecu-
ton that has been waged against him
during the past five or six years. The
veterans Mt the home are standing by
him manfully and swear they will
lynch the wretch if he be caught.
Joseph w. Oliver, dishonorably
discharged veteran has been arrested
by the police. Evidence against him
is strong. He has just come to his
room after being out all night. His
clothes We're bedraggled, and he was
sorry the explosion had not killed the
governor as he deserved such fate.
Oliver bears rough reputation.
Afterwards Oliver refused to say
anything. Another dishonorably dis
charged veteran is suspected of COM
plicity but has not been apprehended.
oliver is n tough character and a
few months ago was arrested and pun
ished for deliberately shooting into an
electric car. A few nights ago John
Biringer's powder ma agazine was rob-
bed and 1t is believed the robber is the
one who caused the explosion.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-18
FAST RELAY RIDING.
A Message Carried by Bicyclists From sa
Ida to Denver In Fifteen Hours.


Denver. June 14.-At 4 o'clock yes
terday morning Il message from the
mayor of Salida to the mayor of Den
yer was placed in n leather pouch and
slung over the back of n bicycle rider
at Salida At o'clock last night the
message was delivered. Salida is 21O
miles from Denver by railroad and II
little more than that by wagon road.
The trip was made, therefore. at an
average speed of about fifteen miles an
hour This remarkable feat was ac-
complished by dividing the distance
into short relays and covering it at the
utmost speed to be got out of wheels
and legs under all kinds of conditions
Considering that the roads were al
most uniformly bad-mountainous in
some places. muddy in others and
rough for the rest-the time made was
excellent Some parts of the road
were Travelled at good deal less than
a tree-minute clip. to make up the time
lost over dangerous and almost impass-
able stretches.
A notable circumstance is that the
trip was made in exactly the schedule
time. To figure out to minute the
time necessary for message to travel
by relays n distance of ZIG miles was
something of n feat itself. This credit
able bit of calculation was performed
by j. A. MaGuirc of Denver and f. w.
Livesley of Salida. They and the Sail
da Wheel Club, with the Jealous as
sistance of the wheelmen of Canon
City. Colorado Springs and Denver,
managed the ride.
The Springfield herald., 1897-06-18
Ambassador Reld's Picnic.

London. June 1l.-Ambassador Hays
gave n dinner this evening in honor OF
Mr. Whiteaw Reid. the special am.
bassador of the United States to the
diamond jubilee festivities. Most of
the guests were America rs. the COM
pany including Mr.. Andrew Carnegie
and Mr.. Chauncey NJ. Depew.
Mr.. Reid's splendid quarters at Ions
dale house are already the scene of so
cial activity, and the social embassay
promises to be one of the features of
the jubilee.
To-day Sir William Colville, the
queens master of ceremonies. called
on Mr.. Reed. as did also Lord Wolsley
the commander-in-chief and other
prominent men.
The queen has appointed Colonel
Henry Hallam Parr as special
equerry to Mr.. Reid during his stay
here as special ambassador