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The times., 1897-09-20
New York Republican Franknes,

New York Republican Frankness.
Senator PIstt's tate committee having
duly met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel and
nominated as Chief Judge OF the Court of
Appeals Judge william ]. Wallace, OF
Albany. then proceeded to adopt an ad-
dress 20 the people. The document is
quite what we should have looked for.
and, in saying that, we do not commit
ourselves to any great claim for its truth
ana verecity.
II might be added that it is not ex-
acHy what might be called a difident
address either. 1t indorses the Admins
tration, S a matter OF course, and refers
10 Mr. Mckinley a one who enjoys the
singular distinction Of being a President
who. at the end Of his first nine months.
could be reelected by increased MAORI
ties" Naturally such statements are not
to be criticised toe CO verelY under the
CIrCuIn stances. on occasions of the kind
they are pot expected TO be taken literally,
and hardly seriously 1t is quite the ex-
pected thing for MI. Platt to spread things
pretty thick where Mr.. Mckinley is con.
cevned just now. There is the patronage
and the hope Of help for the machine by
the Administration. On the financial is
sue tie address declares:
New York is gold standard State, and
It's metropolis Is gold standard city.
5 taSe aud city have enormously profited
from the new prosperity wrought by Re
publican government. Confessing tins fact,
not daring to resffiTm the abonina tions
for which 1t declared 50 Justify and fought
50 fiercely one year ago, the Democratic
State Committee Us that IL has no au-
thOrtty 20 inform the people what il be
heves, Or on " That lines il would administer
government IL It's party Were called to
power. A party which places itself in 50
COnUemp pttble & position does not need 10
Oe characterized. II declares itself a
coward and proves Itself fraud.
Now, there are several things in the
foregoing paragraph that are worth think
ing about. We can afford to dismiss the
snail mendacity about New York's being
necessarily a gold stan dard State, and
the other one about any prosperity having
government" Ordinarily, the State and
city Of New York are Democratic by large
Ia joriaes. AS the Democratic party i.
the party Of bimetailism, 1T cannot be
Claimed that the Commonwealth or its
metropolis are different from a majority
OF their vters As for Mckinley pros
peVity,'' we bnow pretty well the causes
and the limitations OF that 1t is not
worth talking about But the rest OF the
parsgra ph IS.
Mfr. Fialt certainly scores one for his
side when he holds up the TanlInany slate
committee 10 soon Tor oowsrdice in dodg
ins tie rational issue and Platform. "A
party which places itself in so contemplate
o position does not need 20 ic ci.arao-
lcrized..' Mr.. Platt might have added that
The times., 1897-09-20
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1897.
DingIev sings OF Prosperitv.

DduEatN olnE~ PA Il EbFltEtsys
This week it is the Hon. Nelson Dingley
who presents himself through the New
York World as Republican prosperity
prophet. He does not make any difficulty
about referring alleged better 5imes to
the work OF himself and his friends, and
be is very strong on what he terms NC
KinIey cOincidents." He says:
IT'S more than coincidence that the
beginning OF industrial and business de-
preston was Immediately after ii be-
came known that the Presidential and
congressional elections OF 1892 had re-
suited In the complete triumph OF men
pledged 70 overthrow the policy OF pro-
lection, and that the beginning OF indus
medi6tely after IL was settled that the
policy OF protection would be restored.
Yes certainly, this is SO much more
than Coincidence that It does not re-
s5mble It in tie least In fact, there is
not WORD OF real truth in the whole state
ment. The depression came, and came only
when Cleveland and his Wall street clique
deliberately started a bankers panic as
''an object lesson OF hard times" prepara-
tory to the attack on silver. Some relief
hasoome Though the failure ofw heat crops
In Russia, India and Argentina. Mr. Nc
Kinley no more is responsible for that pros
pe5ity than he will be for the inevitable
fall OF prices that must come when normal
cop conditions have been restored in
Competing countries.
With the cool, crisp air OF autumn. the
silly seasgn ought 10 be over. 1t does not
luok to be 50 yet where Mr. Dingley is;
but we presume that he, and others Ike
bin-Reed for riustance-areunder contract
to keep pounding the gong with some
thing, and pretty much anything seems
good enough.
The times., 1897-09-20
Berlin Et1ouette.

tFrom the Chicago Times II erald.l
The men Of Berlin have an odd habit OF
brushing and comhing their hair and whis-
xers in public. 1t does not seem to me To be
particularly nice habit. In the reStau-
rants and cafes men pull out their inlple-
ments and spruce up while waiting for
their orders to be filled. The do not take
the trouble to leave the table, either
In the foyers of the Berlin tteaters there
are many mirrors Theoretically, they are
placed there for the convenience OF ladies'
AS matter of fact, thcmen are their prin-
cipal users Fiveminutes before the curtain
goes up 4 man may be seen standing be
fore every mirror, industriously y using brush
and comb. One minute before the curtain
rises all hands place brush and comb back
in their pockets, and with well-groomeCi
appearance and self-satIsfied smile they
march down to their seats.
The times., 1897-09-20
A Case for the S. p. c. A.
tFrom the Sd. Paul pIspatoh.l }


The Alaskan dog is almost human in In
telligence. He weighs about 100 pounds
Heavily laden, he VIII travel sixty miles a
day.
With twenty dogs in a team no two Of
them are in straight line from the driver
When unhitched for the night they pile
upon tie first blanket thatis thrown upon
the snow, and there they stay. When you
crawl into your sleeping bag and pull d
robe over it the dog will get under the
robe. Unless you are careful he viii be
inside of the bag in the morning. Their
endurance Is phenomenal, and they are Gu
pable of strong affection. They are great
fighters.
traveller who recently returned from
Alaska says OF the reatmcnt accorded
these faithful animals:
"The whip that is used on them is the
cruelest thing of it's kind that Is known To
man. Thirty feet in length and two inches
thick near the short handle, it has a lash
ten feet long that cuts like knife. The
Russian knout isn't in it. When a dog is
struck yuu hear a sharp yelp, and then
your sleigh whirls past a bit of fur ur
possibly a piece of bloody Skin lying on
the Sno -
The times., 1897-09-20
NERVE IN THE FACE OF DEATH.
A Condemned Mexican Army Officer
Meets His Fate BraveIy.

City OF Mexico, Sept. 19-Capt. Gotta,
OF the Twelfth Infantry, was some time
since condemned TO death for insubor-
dination and for the killing of a major
OF his regiment i'll Sonora during the YaqGi
rebellion.
Yesterday morning he was shot In the
capital, little after o. clock. De-
tachmcnts from all the garrisons Were
present, about L 500 men being drawn
up or three sides OF the square. Among
them was none who walked with more
martial step than Capt. Gotta. His nerve
was indomitable and his carriage superb
His appearance was trim and clean, even
to fastidiousuess. A s he advanced down
the length OF the square, distance OF
100 yards, he was quietly putting at Il
cigarette, and when the squad halted he
walked deliberately TO the position as
signed TO him.
When the officer strobe toward hint.
bandage in hand, with the intention OF
bIindfolding him, Capt Gotta at once
motioned him away, declaring thHti.e was
not afraid to face the rifles with his eyes
open. Not even as the officer ia charge
CT the firing party took his place and with
his sword motloned the orders to the men,
ready, present, fire. was there the
least trace OF fear on the face OF tho
condemned man. At the first discharge
he dropped dead. There was no move
ment OF the body as it lay, bleeding. on
the ground Where it fell it lay until
the coupe de grace was finally given by
the sergeant of the squad to the prostrate
form.
The splendid courage displayed by the
officer, who was only twenty-five years
old, madc the crowd forget his crime and
regard him in the light of hero.
The times., 1897-09-20

Mr.. Cook, the actor who looks SO much
like Napoleon and has represented him in
the play of Madame Sans Gene with
great acceptability, is accused of having
endeavored to murder his wife with the
Washingtonian emblem OF truth. This
is a sad reflection upon all the other
people who look like Napoleon. Those
lineaments win 60 out of fashion. The
tendency now among the Napoleons win
be to grow vandyke whiskers and things
OF that sort.
The times., 1897-09-20
WOODWARD
maaeLOTHROP and
10th. 18th and F SITS. N. w.
The
New Black
Dress Goods.

Recent arrivals give us a
collection of choice and
charming effects in the lat
est staple and ultra-novelty
weaves fresh from the
looms of the best European
and American manufactur-
ers, a large part of which
were made to our order and
are confined to us for Wash
ington.
Especial attention is
asked to the medium and
lower priced goods, the
quality and beauty of which
are unusual. And the prices
were never lower for like
grades.
The times., 1897-09-20

The admission or the first colored woman
to the practice of law took place at Men-
phis, Tenn, and not at Boston, Mass. r
Chicago Post.
The admission of the first colored woman
TO the practice of law was not in Memphis,
Tenn, nor in Boston, Mass, but III Chi
years. Her name is Ida Platt, and she is
a graduate Of the Northwestern University
Law School, and of the Chicago College of
Law. She has quite an extensive practice,
largely among foreigners, as she speaks
German and French fluenuy.
The times., 1897-09-20
dubious Mornings.
lFrom the netroit Free Pres 5

(From the Detroit Free PreSs.l
The following rather ambiguous adver-
tisement appeared in the Personal" col
umn of a Western newspaper short time
ago:
Wanted INFORMATION regarding the
whereabouts OF Ebenezer Jones, who IS
supposed to have died In this city last
year."
4 still more ambiguous personal ap-
peared in Chicago paper year or two
ago. 1t was as follows:
.'If this should meet the eye Of Lewis
J. Smith and he will send his present adj
dress to his old home be VIII hear some
thing to his advantage. His wife is dead. "
The times., 1897-09-20

Secretary Algcr does q sensible thing
Michael to preserve order. He would have
done a much more sensible thing IL he
had sent force to intercept the idiotic
rush of foolish people who have gone into
the Upper Yukon country since July.
A few weeks ago the opportunity was pre-
sented to him TO prevent what will result
in wholesale cannibalism before spring in
the K.oudike country.
The times., 1897-09-20
The Matter With Foster.

Lapses of memory arenot unusual among
public men. but it has been noticed that,
as rule, they are confined to cases in
which documentary evidence cannot be
adduced 20 correct forgetfulness. Mr.
Charles Foster, sometime Secretary of the
Treasury. is an exceptional Individual
When he forgets he does not care cent
about the evidence that may be lurking
In the archives of the nation to con
found his statements. This shows that
he is as bold as he is good. Recently,
in the course Of a speech delivered in Ohio,
Mr.. Foster declared it false that ne made
preparation TO issue bonds in the closing
days of the Harrison administration. Mr..
Foster is reputed TO be man OF probity
ard honor. On that account it would be
a matter OF great qualification if he would
inform US as to who forged his name
TO the following document, which is rep
resented To be letter once written by
him to the chief of the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing:
The times., 1897-09-20
HANNA ADDRESSES LABOR.
Opens the Campaign in His Home
CITY.

CITY.
Cleveland, Ohio, Sept. 19 Senator Hanna
opened the campaign i n his home city yes
terday. Ee was assisted by Congressman
Grosvenor and Burton. Fifteen hundred
members of workingInen' S clubs attended.
Senator Hanna said in part: when |
find myself among labor people OF Cleve-
land l feel that 1 stand here as your
servant. 1 took the position / did In the
last campaign beca use l was a friend Of
Mckinley We have not fulfilled ever,
promise made in the st. Louis platform
because we need a Republican Senate. We
viii get that If we win in Maryland and
Ohio this fall We viii then pass the i'm
mgr alton bill.
They call me a labor crusher, but
never has a ma an working for me had just
cause for complaint l am and always
have been n believer in organized labor.
/ was the first employer in Ohio to recog
nze it. When any man says [ am an
enemy OF labor he says what is untrue
and what cannot be proved. l am will
ing TO leave the verdict in the hands of the
people employ
The times., 1897-09-20

Senator j. K Jones and Senator Vest
made vigorous fight on the clause Of
of tailOrmade goods tourist Could bring
back to this country. The Republican
bosses In the Senate Insisted on heavy
tariff on goods over 800 in value. Now
the European tailors are coming To America
TO establish branch tailor shops. One ef-
feet of this" said Congressman Strait of
South Carolina yesterday, "is that we can
patronizc our foreigners right here at
home.''
The times., 1897-09-20

under orders to proceed to India and the
frontier. With four already there that
will make fourteen batteries to look after
the tribesrnen and Abdurrahman. In Lon
don the opinion prevails that the ministry
is in possession of some new and alarm
ing intelligence regarding affairs in Asia.
The times., 1897-09-20

Mr.. Mckinley will send Gen Fitzhugh
Lee back TO Cuba, though not for q month
TO come. That will bring the date lust
before the Ohio election" Then something
may be done, If it has not been already.
by Messrs. Gomez and Garcia The
London Spectator advises Spain to secure
the good offices of the American Gov
ernnlent, and to make terms With the
Cubans. Otherwise 1t observes that things
may be considerably bluer for tie Spaniards
later on when the Congress meets.
The times., 1897-09-20

There appears to be some prospect for
a family difference over the tariff next
winter. Advices from Germany arc to the
effect that tariff retaliation is to take
the form Of prohibition against american
meats Of all kinds. That would carve
some of Mr.. lIanna's friends like Armour,
Swift and such people too deeply to make
one willing to believe they will suffer in
silence.
The times., 1897-09-20

Gen. Calixto Garcia succeeds the aged
patriot Gomez as general-in-chief of the
Cuban army, the latter taking the portfolio
OF secretary of war. Garcia promises to
drive Weyler out of Santiago de Cuba
and Puerto Principe, and has made an
excellent start by routing Spanish brigade
near ManzanllIo.
The times., 1897-09-20
The German Mustache.
onthe Chicago Times Heraldl

(Fron the Chicago Times fferaldl
have learned the secret Of the fierce
upstanding German military mustaehe. II
is an artificial, Lot a nutural growth. With
little contrivance of linen bands and rub
ber straps the barber man guarantees tc
make any mustaclle stand up like the Kas
er's. Price, marks. Time OF using
six minutes every morning. 1t is q for
tunate thing that it all comes 81 easy, tor
you are nobody in Berlin IL your mustaehe
droops. 2.
The times., 1897-09-20

Mr.. Harry johnson, Mr.. CIeveland's con
sui at Antwerp. and Mrs. johnson, are
in Washington, staying az the Metropolitan
They are on their way to Mr. JohnSon's
home at Atlanta from New York, and more
remotely from Antwerp, which they Ieft
a month ago. Mr. johnson will begin the
practice of law in Atlanta gain and viii
probably 90 into politics again, too. He
is gold Democrat, but always votes the
ticket, gold or silver Mr.. Johnson said
to a reporter for The Times last night:
''No, 1 am not afraid to 60 10 Atlanta now
We are fully convinced there that yellow
fever cannot live in the place. We never
quarantine against the disease. We are
1900 feet above the sea level, and one
of the healthiest spots in the South Refu-
gees come to US. six years ago when
the fever was raging in the South one
of cur physicians brought a yellow fever
patient to the city and slept in the room
With hin until he got well. I am not
expecting a spread OF the fever this time.
the season is so late, but, OF course
don't now very much about it haven =
been III Atlanta for nearly three years"
Mr. johnson is succeeded at Antwerp
by Mr.. George T. Lincoln. who was also
his predecessor there. Mr.. Lincoln is
from Connecticut and is an intimate friend
OF Mr. Porter.
The times., 1897-09-20
At S1.00 a yard:

Atwood Fancy Basket Weave
Atwood hounette ChevIOt.
Atwood Figured ATmure.
Au-wUol TTiCotine.
Atwood Eengallne.
All wool MatelasSe Granite.
wool CameIs Hair.
Atwood Granite theytOt.
All wool ETOadCIJth.
Atwood Cord detts-
All-wOOi SOlIel-
Atwood Armure Granite.
AL wool DOuble-twill DfagOnals
All wool Whlpcord-
Au-wooi BiaFetz.
Atwood Storm Serge.
Atwood Armurs Serge.
Atwood ChevIOt Serge.
Atwood Marine Serge.
All wool FTieZe Cloth.
Silk and-wOOl Henrietta.
Six and wool EuJlOra.
All wool YlCuna.
AL wool DTap q Etc
MOhaiT ErHllantins.
MOhair SICilian.
The times., 1897-09-20

Some natural ground for comment is
found in the statement OF Consul General
Lee that he would go back 70 Havana II
he saw "a chance for a settlement OF the
war Congressman Livingston was at the
State department the other day when this
was reported. "It can only mean one
thing, he said; Gen. Lee never talked am
biguously in his life. AS he is going back,
there is chance for the settlement Of the
war, and I don't think he would 20 back
If he didn't think it would be settled in his
way, and that is our way
The times., 1897-09-20

Notwithstanding his protests OF friend.
ship, it is evident that the British gov.
ernment does not trust the Amecf Of AT.
ghsnistan. He has been forbidden to bring
in any more war material by way of
India, and ten batteries OF artillery are
The times., 1897-09-20

when it goes farther. and nominates for
the highest office In its gift this year
man who currently is reported to have
worked end voted against it in 1896, it
makes a fool Of itself.
The times., 1897-09-20
Mystery of Republican Logic.

tFrom the Omaha World Herald.)
Republican logic is queer thing. Hero
we have a tariff bill protecting American
manufact turers of iron against foreign
manufacturers. and the American manu-
facturers are actually underseli;ng tho
foreigner In his own ma rkes.
The times., 1897-09-20
Treasury DEPARTMENT.,


Washington, ID. c., Feb. 20 1898.
Sir. You are hereby authorized aud di-
rected 10 prepare designs for the 3 per
cent bonds provided in a senate amend
ment TO the suHdry civil bin now pending.
The denominations which should first Ie-
ccive attention are zoos and ,0uOs Of
the coupon bonds, and zoos, ,00u's ana
10,000s OF the registered bonds. This
authority Is given in advance OF the en-
aclment, IN view OF pressing contingencies,
and you are directed to hasten the prep
aratiOn OF the designs aud plates in every
possible manner. | inolose memorBn-
dun for your guidance in preparing the
script for tie body OF the bond. Respect
fully yours,
CHARLES FOSTER, Secretary.
The Chief of the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing.
WIN Mr. Charles Foster oblige us by
denounciEg tie person who thus assumed
his power and functions, and ordered the
prepara ton Of he bonds which Mt Foster
says he did not authorize? There never
was time when a god Ohio man en-
joyed better opportunity TO square him
self with the American people.
The times., 1897-09-20
At 81. 25 a yard:

Atwood Novelty Figured Yelours.
Atwood Granite CheviOUS.
All wool DiaCOnals-
Atwood WhipCOTds-
Atwood Imperial Serge
Atwood Storm Serge.
Au-WOOi ATmuTe Serge.
Atwood French EOule Serge.
Atwood WhipCUTd DiagOnalS.
All wool Vicuna-
Atwood ArmuTe GbeviOt.
All Y COL POpiin ' eloUTs-
Atwood Velour Cords.
AIl-wuOI CameTs Hair
All wool EiaretZ-
AH-wOOi POuCles-
Atwood hldreJz Henrietta.
All wool BToadCl1th.
Atwood SebastapOl-
Atwood Figured MatelaSse.
Suk-warp EudOra.
Silk-warp Henrietta
Slk-waTp MelTOSe.
SILK warp Armures-
All wool Drap d Etc.
The times., 1897-09-20
Ghonlisn GIee.

(Froln the Atehison Globe.l
There it some 10y in store for the people
this year; in few weeks they will have
the pleasure OF seeing the flies sicken and
die
The times., 1897-09-20
Economical.

tFrom the Detroit Free Press.)
"My dear, why are you saving those old
fly papers?''
why you said you alw ays have to
buy flies when you go fishing
The times., 1897-09-20

with two Of the Cabinet officers and
the Commissioner OF Labor interested 10
the welfare of the Yukon miners there eau
he no tragedies there this winter. secrc-
tary Alger is going to experiment with a
combination steam sled-tobogEan. Secre-
tary Gage is Interested in bis son, and his
son is interested In the great supply line
fIom Dawson 10 the Yukon. Carroll ID.
Wright dispatched special messenger to
the Yukon some months ago for u special
report, which is now about due. That re-
port. if published now. might save all the
transportation companies and prospective
piigrns deal OF trouble.
The times., 1897-09-20

Gen. Wheeler, Of AIabana, does not find
the city intensely busy right now. He re-
ferred, of course, only to the political
world, as VIII be inferred from the reason
he alleged for the dullness OF the season:
why, they worked all day at the Post
office Department today saturday." he
said, and appointed only 103 fuurtf-class
postmasters.'
The times., 1897-09-20

Mr. Richard yaux Buckley. OF Philadel
phia. a relative and named after Richard
Vaux, who was member OF the Fifty
second Congress, succeeding Randall, is in
the city staying at the Shoreham he is
not much like his uncle in appearance.
Forty years or more ago, Richard Vaux
was an attache of the United states
legation, at Londoa. and danced with
Queen Victoria. Until the day of his
death he Wore the clothes OF that Feriod
in honor Of the event, and allowed his
hair to grow long. His quaint appearance
attracted much attention everywhere.
Richard Vaux Buckley, however, is ocs-
mopolitan voung man. thoroughly up With
the times.
The times., 1897-09-20
At 75c. a yard:

Atwood Jacqua ris.
Atwood Bhsviots.
Atwood storm Serge.
All wool Imperial SeFga.
All wool Armure Serge.
Ail-w0ol Ladies' Cbth.
All wool tan vas.
All wool Granite ClOth-
Atwood Henrietta.
Atwood Armure GheviOt.
Atwood MelrOse-
Atwood benga line.
Atwood Marine Serge.
Atwood ZibeIne.
All wool Railway Cord
Atwood Camers Hair.
Mohalr Friiliantile.
biohair SiCilian.
The times., 1897-09-20
Also 200 Muslin Pillow Slips to match,
% 2x36 inches.
12Xc. e ach.

These prices are much
less than the actual cost of
the material by the yard,
and are not likely to be re-
peated.
Second noOr.
The times., 1897-09-20

Mr. Gordon Mackay, of Newport, r. l..
was AT the Arlington yesterday
The times., 1897-09-20
First nool
Housekeeping Supplies.

Away-ahead planning and
large buying give US a great
advantage. Daily we are
offering Linens and other
housekeeping goods at the
lowest of old prices. We
submit the following items
for the consideration of
housekeepers and hotelkeep-
ers having present or pros
pective needs;
irish Damask Table Cloths, pretty pat
terms. extra quality and pure white =
The times., 1897-09-20
At SOC. a yard:

AI-woOl Jacquards.
AIl-wOOl CnevlOts.
Atwood Storm Serge.
Atwood Imperia l Serge.
Atwood ArInUTe Serge.
Atwood Ladies Cloth.
All-wOol Canvas.
Au-wOol Henrietta.
Atwood CaIneTs Hair SerEa
Ail-w0Ol ATnure Cueviot.
NOhair Briuiantine.
MOhaiT Siciiian.
The times., 1897-09-20
Second noor

Another lot of Mason pattern Fruit Jars =
the iast we'll have this season. Pints, per
doZ-, 40C-; quarts, soc.
The times., 1897-09-20

Hon. ]. N Huston, ex-Treasurer of the
United States, now of New York. is in the
city, staying at the Ebbitt House.
The times., 1897-09-20
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