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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

THE Republican party leaders
have decided to let politics remain
quiesccnt for a time. believing that
to keep up continued agitation of
the leading issues throughout the
interval which must proceed an
other national election would be
harmful to the business interests of
the country. This is point well
taken. 1t has always been main
tain by Republicans that when
their party administered the affairs
Of :hc Government the evils from
which the people are now crying
for relief had no existence, and
that these evils only came into be-
ing with the Democratic party's
complete assumption of power.
And they further assert that a re-
turn to those methods Of govern
mcnt by which the people prosper
ed in the past will bring about the
desired relief and give them pros
perity in the future. The incom-
ing administration will cndeavor to
effect these changes at the earliest
opportunity so as to give them
time i'll their workings to prove be-
fore another national campaign
rolls around that the Republican
policy in our national affairs is the
correct and only one by which the
greatest good to the greatest Num-
Der can be secured. The proof of
the pudding is the eating, and there
is little sense in stirring up another
mess until it has been found that
the one which will shortly Ike offer
ed, and which has tried ingredients
i'll it, has proven unpalatabie to the
people. Therefore we believe the
plan set forth by the Republican
leaders to stick closely and quietly
to the line Of policy upon which the
party has based its faith to redeem
its promises to the people, Il good
one. Let Bryan and his followers
keep up their silver din as long as
they like, under a satisfactory Re
publican administration it will soon
| die out.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

this mood. But how about the
Bourbons like TiIlman and Harris.
and the inplacables of the Teller
stamp: If an armisticc can he cs-
tablishefl between the Republicans
and these elements after reason
able time is devoted to the consid-
Grafton Of the bill, TO great delay
need be feared. But if the bill
gees through Congress in three
months instead Of the two months
which Mcssrs. Hanna ans; Dingscy
predict, the Republicans will have
no special cause to complain, al
though, of course, the sooner it
gets On the statute book the better
for business and for the country
IN gencral.-Globc Democrat.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03
STORM HYPNOT!SM.
A Londcn Writer Tells of His Stran
Experience i'll Paris.

A London Writer Tells of His Strange
Experience i'll Paris.
The recent disastrous cyclone in
Paris, which was one of the first of the
kind ever experienced in that city. has
opened up discussion on the subject
hitherto but little Investigated, the
mesmeric or hypnotic influence OF
storms.
1t is well known that birds and other
animals are often restless and disquiet-
cd before an earthquake Or 4 severe
storm, and there is every reason to sup
pose that they perceive the preli1a-
mary tremors and air vibrations be-
fore they are felt by man.
\ correspondent of a London daily
describes the experience OF himself and
his wife i'll Paris as illustrative of the
impressions to which highly strained
and nervous organizations are subject
under certain conditions of atmos-
pheric or electric disturbance. The
night before the storm they went to
the theater. The atmosphere was
sitting; it was almost impossible to
breathe. They both experienced a
dead. dull depression on the brain.
that can only be described us the symp-
toms Of semi-inebrety.
They went dinneriess and supperless
to bed and slept, unconscious of every
thing. In the morning the woman was
seriously i'll. Her lips ard skin were
! burning. She could not swallow, and
could scarcely articulate. The pupils
of her eyes We're tiiiated, the whites
were veined and almost jet black. She
! had every symptom OF narcotic poison
| ing. BY dint Of great courage she re
covered so1ncw hat and they sat in The
| courtyard of their hotel while the G.;
clone ragged, feeling it. but seeing moth
! ing of its terrors. They started fol
| their English home on the night boat
| The writer says that he went daZed int9
| the car and fell asleep instantly. liz
| has TO recollection OF the trip aeros:
| the channel, being in Il stupor all The
way.
| He left London soon after to &C
| down into the country. He says: =
slept in the train. ard l have gone OF
/ sleeping every few minutes ever since
| The cyclone was on Thursday. 1t i:
NV Sunday, and l am as sleepy as al
| owl; but gradually the mesmeric infiu
ence of the storm is fading away.
''The hypnotiSm of the cyclone i
decreasing. The intolerable pressure
Of he brain is getting less acute, bu
there still remain that awful burning
pain and the ache over the eyeball
from which we have suffered so long
What has happened to us? Will sci
entists explain ??''-St. Louis Republic
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

1t may be hazardous to doubt the
correctness of the prediction Of
Mcssrs. Hanna and Dingley, in the
matters OF politics, yet they are
probably in error in regard to the
speed which they say Congress will
display in the extra session in pass
ing the tariff bill. They may be
right in saying that the measure
will he substantially completed by
thc't time the session begins, for the
ways and means committee has been
busynponitf forsevcral weeks. There
is strong likihood, too, that March
-, the day when, according to
them, Congress will convene, will
not be far from the actual opening
date. But their assertion that the
billwill be in'thc hands of the Presi-
dent in sixty days from the opening
of Congress is rather hard to accept
literally.
This time would be so much
quicker than Congress has made in
many years in cnactins tariff law
that there will be a good deal of
skcpticism in regard to its accom-
plishment. The Mckinley bill
was reported to the House April
Is, 1890, but President Harrison
did not get it until September 30.
The Wilson bill was presented to
the House December 10, 1898, but
it did not reach President Cleye-
lands hands until August l., be-
coming a law on August - by
the expiration of the time limit
That is, the Mckinley bill was five
and a half months before ono
branch or other Of Congress, while
eight months passed before that
body finished its work on the vii
son bill.
Nobody looks for deadlock
this time between the Senate an(
the House like that which chung
up" the Wilson bill for many weeks
1t is we'll to bear in mind, however
that the Senate is an unccrtaii
body under all sorts of circumstan
ces. Pledges, it is said, Of suppor
for the tariff bill have been obtaine'
from enough silver esRcpublnan
to insure the passage ct the bi|
| in the Senate, yet the power fo
obstruction which a handful o
members of that chamber ca
, exercise must always be rcckonc
with. Many Democratic Senators
, it is true, have disclaimcd any j,
tention to delay the bill beyond tn
: time which they think intelliges
c dclibcration demands. Perhap
> most of the Democrats will be j
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03
Train flob:;cry Statistics.

Some interesting facts concern
ING train robbery were presented
to the judiciary Committee of the
National House of Representatives
recently By Representative Hub
bard of Missouri, who has intro
d,,ccd bill to provide the death
penalty for the crime. MIR. Hub
bard showed that the number of
train ''ho!,l-ups in six years had
been 1s3, i'll which 3 persons were
killed and :,S wounded by shots.
The record OF 1896 was % hold
ups. in which - passengers and
trainmen were killed and many in
jured: four robbers killed and two
Injured. The bill is very severe
one. and fixes the death penalty or
Imprisonment for not less than ten
years for all ''ho!d-urs" or at
temnts at train wreckiug.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

To a man up a tree prosperity
seems Il distant ncbula, but to the
man in the field behind 4 plow it is
within grasp.
CLEyELAND's second administra-
ton will be notable in history
chiefly for having had to borrow
money to keep things moving.
BKYAN's book is in the press, but
the people will have to be pressed
for reading matter before the they
spend their good money to buy it.
THE political troubles in Ohio
are manufactured in the Offices of
the Democratic papers which print
such stuff for the delcctation Of
their readers.
LYMAN J. GAGE, of Chicago,
will be Secretary Of the Treasury
under the new administration. He
is said to be man of broad finan-
eial experience.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

SENATOR DUBOIS, of Idaho, one of
the small cotcric of cx-Republicans
who made such a spectacular exit
from the party at the St. Louis
convention last June, has met with
defeat at the hel,ds of a nondcscript
general assembly in his State, and
a Populist chosen to succeed him.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

One month from tomorrow will
sec the retirement of President
Cleveland to private life. Three
times the nominee Of his party and
twice hailed as the Moses who led
his followers into the promised
land, he now rcs'res from the pres
Mcntial chair without homer from
his party.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

AN eminent English statesman
once referred to a contcmpory as
being drunken on his own vcrbos-
ity. We fear that is the way one
William j. Bryan was affected at
Chicago last summer, and us the
latter has resumed his lecture tour
it is quite evident that he has not
sobered up yet.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

THE policy which is being pur-
sued by the Democrats in the
Thirty-ninth General Assembly is
to lcgislate to keep the beastly
Democratic majority III Missouri
intact first and then to consider the
needs of the people:
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

fr the Legislature reduces rail
road fares to two cents mile, q
bill to that effect having been in
troduccd, it will lessen the value
of our free mileage book one-third.
So we don't know but wlrat we are
''foreninst" the measure.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

One of the most prominent facts
of the day is that the gold reserve
is steadily increasing, and is now
near the $15O,000, 900 mark. Had
Bryan been elected the amount of
the reserve would at this time
probably be 0.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

THE Spanish are not conducting
honorable war in Cuba. Their
methods of supprcssing the rebel
Lion ON the island can only be COM
pared with the Turkish atrocities
in Armenia.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

IT is quite likely that Governor
Stephens will appoint Chairman
Rozellc of the Populist State Com
mittee to the Office of Labor Com
missioner, which makes Rozcllc' S
reason for leaving the "middlc Of
.lhc road" stand out like a wart on
1lc end of The nose.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

There will begin a marked rcvi-
val Of business ut II O'Clock noon,
on the fourth day OF March, 1897.
We shall have an American presi-
dent and a American cabinet who
will work for American interests.
The above paragraph was clip
Fcd from q recent number of tho
St. Louis ''Dry-Gocds Reporter,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

A ''REFORM has been made in the
Democratic city committee in St.
Louis, but the machinery is still
worked by ''Bill'' Stone. That's
the only kind of reform boss Will
liam approves of.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

THE latest reports arc that Nc
Kinlcy has completed his cabinet
slate, but there is plenty Of time to
do little sponging between now
and March 18th.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

GENL WEYLER claims to pacify-
ing the Cuban insurgents, and at
the same time he is busy dodging
rifle balls the peaceful Cnbans are
sending in his direction.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

which was strong supporter OF
Bryan and free silver in the recent
campaign.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1897-02-03

The Pennsylvania State Capitol
WAS destroyed by fire Tuesday.
Loss about 81, 5Ooo.Ooo-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-13

90 n w.,ucAon. nav brunswick. Franklin Park.
Kingston, LawrencsvIlio and Princeton, follow tne
t mp to W e. SrIds ssrS src." bridge 70 aoTrisviie. 70
the turnpike. TO Tuliytown. Bristol, Franktorg ano
rSiiI tssP fUiioE E'' %nPTen street 70 the remington
turnpike, to Pennington, Hopewell. Blawsnourg. ana
brook, Dunneiicn, and Nswmarset; continue thromgh
plainfcid, scotch Plains. Springfield. mniourn' Irving
J. MI TO ride to Atlantic ,nhI. IA ssS y; p,s't!n oi!
Though n,T Jug staten n Island md and "a r ths Rattery and n take the
ferry to 81; George. $, i follow the shor So roG nor y
and Tottenviiie; take the ferry to Perth Amboy; go
straight through the town to Metnone ph,9 nn se, nSeiMS
published in TuE Sun this morning; leaving PhiledoL
phia follow Market street to Front street. TO south
through woodbury., Mantua, MulIica Hill. woodstown.
Deerneld. Bridgeton. MlllyIie, North Dennisvilie,
Longport aud Atlantic city, 2. To ride to southamp-
s Snd e. cross IS go 20 & brd sss hG'i ri asf io BEDFORD 's avenue asFt %
the Eastern Parkway, to stone avenue, TO Glenmore
1 rsshU e. Y Sa ITSse Stream. fSTnsiSi: 'G R"Ssy Shs Centre.
Mlllhnrn, rrcoport. Merrick; Bellmore; Ridgewood;
B%Oyshcrs, continue through Islip, East 1siip.
Southside Club, oakdale. Say willie. ant Bayport;
go to, Beiiport. Brook Haven. south Haven, West
Morichee. Centre MorIches. East Moriches. Passport.
Canoe place; from that point SnfS there Is = short walk to
the BEGINNING. OF shinnecock Hills; then fne riding
over the hills TO southampton. The distance is about
ninety eight miles
Adolph Michaels. the young Jersey rider. who is
somewhat of an adept at hill.climbing. ia training
for an assault on Eagle Rock hill at Orange.
The Defender wheelmen OF Brooklyn will resume
their weekly evening runs, commencing to morrow
evening with n run to Bath Reach.
on Sept. 10 the Mantle wheeimen of jersey City
will hold a run to R~idgewood.
The annual meet OF the New Jersey l.. A. W. will DO
held At Newark on Sept. Is.
The ten.mile match race between w. j. Kuchen
OF the Williamsburg Whcelmen and o. DePalos OF
the Alpine Cyclers. to settle a dispute which arose at
the annual nve.miie road race OF the williamsburg.
b. Id on Aug. 2S. was decided on saturday last over
the Elizabeth. RAILWAY course. The race was easily
won by the Williamsburg representative in 20 min
uteA ] l seconds.
The Bushwick wheelmen Of Brooklyn hope to move
into their new clubhouse the latter part of this
month.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-13
Gossip or the HaudbaiI Courts.

Prof. Coggins Il beginning TO show tho healthy
effects OF consistent training and play. He now scais,
weight mark.
The special feature at the ManhattanviIle Court m
next club day. win be a match for SlO a side
the result. "Se On
United States Marshal Devaney. who IA n atanch ,a.
mlrer OF hanuDall, WAS among the visitors AT nj.
Jersey city Court during the week. The BrooltiSn
CLUB members will DO the guests OF honor on neyt
thursday afternoon.
"ciub-day " reunion, aud lively scoring w as he ordar
!; fehnessy and ID. Logan won In II AT style from "
down before p. tiaherty and N MIMI !; hara went
and n; Walsh outpointed \. Waldron and T, Jseksnn
ana michael Hunt won from John Byrne,
rpr' byrne or Omaha and his brother are on a visit
Ign Clubs court. They arc unusually cioysp n n
mems ma OF tue nns oid game, and on "ciub day they
They, viii be around again TINS afternoon. ana eos
Coggins is arranging a special Programmes f ~ rroi'
casion, the 90
Ten wellcontested matches made I'M N, or,o.
club day - card at Manhatlanyllle. Xii In. ao,e
were on hann IN good scoring trim and kent ina
figured successfully In a rousing best OF n pe,shan
with e. oI.rary and w. 7. eastman, Tho an match
X, Leonard, p Kelley NJ j. Cnsh oa y Delaney.
Durkin. c. RiIlilea, ]. Lehman aud j, Kenhea prauy' j.
the regular club day" muster at IN. nroo,,,..
the Jersey city Club. incIuIing Iii" EE% ~ssn from
teur champion Jere Mcmahon and pr"I' y ANA,
Hyiand, III. 2sI"%iss''H James Fitzgerald end u.
Ryan DISPOSED OF W. l.. Jones and j.. suIfiyS Sna N;
went In against James IItzgerald aInun' y: y byrne
ms "a Vas e rafting match, although the formn Srle.
ming IN straight games by 2iNnI9 SorIsuinent; win
pr 9,hhai.n anu Mike ,Egan made a formidabla 81
MeMahSr" ere i9rsed TO lower their coIors TO jrr ..
by 2l-is. 1921, Eli. Several ~ mhished style
As S~u esuole matches nlled out the card '""S
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-13

M grounds of the Star A. c. at Fourteenth street
u 'He East River, Long Island city. yesterday were
'h' scene OF some capital field and track compctt-
t tn'h w Duane leads In the points TO date and
mary: BUM
iwVth aru Dash. Handicap-Flna heat won by VII.
uh, u. Duahe. D yards; Walter II. Marshall & wards.
second, on N"oer' hennedy. z yards. third. Time. II
229 Yard Run. Handicap-FInai heat won by Cant.
~ 2ia'hanarth ~ yards; Joseph A. McDermott, 20
irdamnuns' % spU ) robert A. Kennedy. II yarGs. third.
I,a," 1, ~ Nun; handicnpSFInal heat won by VIII
seconds, ~" " "inu'eS 10
oi.. hile run; iandicap-WOn by James MolIoy. 90
ShtoS. George II, Ewers. 90 yards. second: Joseph
seconds. '""' q H'hu'es ~
h4nnlhg HOP, step and Jump. Scratch Won by
Mn'.ni', pmrue, WIN w feet George II. Kwers SEQ.
with 20 feet. - Ne"'' '"'Iu'
Ths h1in'' were Duane. lOi Hammarth. 2; Kelley.
and Kennedy. .. d
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-13

The Harlem Regatta Association will make an
effort next Sunday to hold a grand reunion and
dinner at College Pc mt. 1t is thought that
every barge on the river will be pressed into
service for the occasion. and that one, or DOS.
sibly both. Of tho Harlem River tugboats
will have to be chartered. The start
from the river will be made about IL
O'Clock in the morning. Notices were posted
in every boathouse along the river yesterday,
and as the combined membership amounts to
over eighteen hundred men. q big turnout seems
assured. There was comparatively little rowing
gone on the river yesterday. as the result of tho
Middle states regatta seems TO have taken all
the vim out Of the local oarsmen, who sadly
Barge Club.
Instead Of a full.fedSed regatta, with an ex.
tenslve list OF events and the customary
pageant, the Lone Star Boat Club is holding its
annual contests by piecemeal. Although no
outward display was made. there was some very
Interesting racing yesterday over the regular
Harlem River course. The sport opened with n
single gig handicap in which there were nve
starters. l.. Bachman. 10 seconds. won BY about
three lengths from b. Meinzhcimer, scratch.
Ihere were three entries in the handicap double
gig race and Keller and Mayer won from
scratch. There were some halfdozen competi-
tors In the 2Oo.yard swimming race, which was
won by y. Bachman. IS seconds.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-13
Few Works Mako No Advance In Batting ana
Fieiding-BFookiyns Gain.

With the exception of Joyce and McCreery,
the regular players of the New York Club d.
unfinished their batting averages last week. Tho
team held its own with the stick and showed no
change in the fielding figures. In the mean
time the opposing players added one point to
the batting column but lost a point in fielding.
Or the Brooklyns Alex Smith is likely to lead
tho team when the season ends. as he is adding
points to his average in every game. He has
passed Lachance and is now within sixteen
points OF Anderson, who still stands at the top.
Barnic's men gained three points in batting and
one point in fielding last week. There was an
players. The records:
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-13
Time Of
each Quarter.


Jimmy Michael, the Welsh rider. is a puzzle
10 the American riders. His succession OF vic
tories in paced match races has entitled him 10
class as the best long .distance man in this coun-
Try. but his debut In a competition race at Hart
ford last week, which he won handily. raises
some question as to whether Michael may not
prove invinctble In sprint competition races as
well as In distance events. Such men as Kiser.
Cooper. Mertens. Gardiner, and Bald feel some
anxiety over Michaol,s entrance into the compe.
tition class. and until these riders meet the
doughty little foreigner there will exist consid.
cradle speculation rs to whether they can van
quish MIN in short competition races.
A;E. Walters. tho English professional. ere.
htea new world and English records in the six
hour race held at Catford on Aug. 2s. He van
quished Messrs. Stocks and Chase. New worlds
records were created from 80 to So miles, and
from ~ 10 l62 miles new British r cords were
made. The times recorded are ma follows. '
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-13
Gossip or tho Ring,

Harry Fisher and George Ryan OF Boston will bou
twenty rounds to- might.
y, black, New Iork.-They fought at New Orleans
ior a purse OF s25, 900 before the olympic A &. on
srl', : lo"s' corbett won In twenty'one rounds,
hiiy kntchford and Sammy Kelly have been
matched 10 night before u club in this STATE The latter
EWSht o' ms month. Rotchfurd Is a pupil OF Tommy
white anu Is rated as u good one.
KID Mccoy wants to nuht CharI.y N,,ohou 10, .,1
tm motineu 'Iony" Moore. MitchrlIs father inInw,
,t ~ meet; of course. the Kid won't bother VITA
Altchell until his fight with Dan erection Is settled ~
n reorse Dixon defeats SolIy Smith at san Fran.
f n"o ia 10 month. his manager viii try nnd hayr niu
Aui.traiiia Vi being the beat man OF his wcisNtu
FATreu ar " nhs mas been matched 10 box Charl'T
STH'iie - bnslon twenty rounds Letnrr Ihr G~laill;u-
cinnrrte AZ nas't0rd on sept, 2J. Ou the same rNruin.
hnnsriey ION billy Madden's new middlcwnighL. WII
&C W IouhuS with Georg Beyers. cOlorrri.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-09-13
BOWLING.
Brooklyn Royal Arcnnum League Elects on
eern and Adopts . Schedule.

Brooklyn Royal Arcnnum League Elects ON.
Gers and Adopts . Schedule.
There was a large attendance of delegates at
the annual meeting Of the Brooklyn Royal Ar.
canum Bowling League on Saturday night at
the Elephant Club house, 14l1 Fulton street.
Only two OF the twenty-nine councils in the
league-Acme and Stuyvesant-were not repre-
scented. DR.. W. A. Griffith presided and Edward
Pye acted as Secretary. Treasurer Wild report
ed a small balance from last season, and this.
with the entrance fees for the present tourney,
will swell the treasury to about 5000.
Charles II. Ebbets. Chairman of the schedule
committee. submitted a report. which Ell bodics
n new plan for this years competition. 1t pro-
vides for the division of the twcnty-nine teams
into two sections with a final, c. insisting of
first teams In each section, and the manner of
selecting the fifteenth team being left with the
board OF managers. SO cleverly had Ebbets ar.
ranged the schedule that all conflicting dates of
council meetings were avoided. and the entire
report was adopted with a vote Of thanks to its
author.
The tourney will begin on Sept. 90 with Phila-
delphos, De Forest, and Bedford Councils repre-
senting the first section. The second section
bert, and De Long Councils. The finals will be
begun on Jan. IL. The prizes will be distributed
men, one to each Of the three men having the
highest percentage OF spares. one TO each Of the
three men having the highest percentage OF
highest scores. In the final tournament prizes
Will be given TO the members Of the first six
teams Each council will be entitled to fifteen
eligible players. and the names OF these must be
in the hands OF the secretary on or before Sept.
IL. The election OF officers resulted as follows:
President; J. Harvey Waite. De Long Council; Vice
tary; Edward Pye. Nassau Council; Treasurer. W. T.
w. A, Grimth. Gilbert Council; James l.. Martin. Phi:
adelphos Council: Z. J. Barber. Bedford Council. Del.
Grinith Ihfee years.. J. Harvey Wsite two y va: a.
James L. Martin zone year..