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The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-09
TO MAKE ENAMEL SIGNS.
q Big Factory About to be Establish
ed in ST. Louis.

ST. Louis, Dec "a company has
been Incorporated in this city with a
capital of O00 for the manufacture
of enamel signs and the OrnamentatiOn
of any metal with an enamel surface
The plant will be located in North St
Louis and is expected to be in operation
by January l. All street signs now in
use in this country were made in Eng
land or Germany, and this plant will be
the only one of the kind in America
Work will start with 80 skilled me-
cban=cS
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-09
BUILD HOUSES TO BURN.
SensatiOna l3harge of Insurance Com
pany Against Muncie Contractors.

has filed suit for $4,000 damages
against the Acken Biinich Fire Iusur-
ance company.
In the case in which Lach Street is
suing the insurance company for 81 .OOO
for the loss OF a building at Marion the
company claims it has evidence that
Hancock and Street. who are contract
carpenters, have been building houses
for the purpose OF burning them down
to secure the insurance.
Hancock has lost a dozen such build
ings here and blamed the fires to his
enemies. The evidence has caused q
sensation.
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judge Webb,s $4,000.

The state today paid to John A.
hIelnhans' to whom the claim was as
signed, S9OOO due Judge w c Webb
for his compilation of the statutes of
Kansas. The amount which was ap-
propriated for Mr. Webb was SO 900
The thousand dollars of the amount
went to John 5. Parks. the state print
er, who printed and bound the books
Judge Webb gets $4,000 for the work
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-09
Poet bv Proxy Explains

Chicago, Dec. 9.-Harry Janvier
SmalIey, whose poem in a December
magazine has been found to be almost
exactly the same as Walter Harries
Pollock's better known poem - Con-
quest" throws the blame on Edward
J. Holrastedt, a resident of Streator, or
La Sale. who asked him to send in the
poem over his own signature, that it
might thus secure publication.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-09
BLEW UP THE STREET.
Explosion of Sewer Gas Nearly
Wrecks Ambassador Hays House.

London, Dec. 9.-An explosion of sewer
gas which tore up the street. shattered
windows and damaged a house adjoining
that of the United States ambassador
Colonel John Hay, caused much excite
ment among the residents of Carlton
House terrace today
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-09
M'NALL REJOICING.
Judge Foster Today Continues the
Contempt Case to Next March.

Contempt Case to Next March.
Judge Foster of the federal court today
continued the McNau contempt case, ar
gued before him yesterday. until the next
term of court which viii be held in
March Judge Foster announced yester-
9ay mat he would decide the case Satur-
gay and ordered both sides to be ready
II iOI i,I- lIlal on that day. The continuance
- DelieNeu 10 be the result of his partial
examination of the case and the con
Siltl,lI Siiuslon that there is nothing in the in
ulCtlilent, charging McNaH with con-
Tempt II IS believed by many that this
IS the end Of the case. and that it viii
not be called up again
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-09
sheehan Co.. snnth

New York. Dec. 9.-John c. Sheehan
the Tammany leader left for Hot
Springs, Ark today. He intends to
remain in the south until his health is
fully restored.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-09
GAINESVILLE Trolley Line Bankrpnt

GAINESVILLE, O.. Dec. 9-The Zanesville
Street Railway and Electric comDz7n y
went into the hands of William Chrfstie.
receiver, today. The bonded indebted-
ness is S20.0J9 and the floating debt 1000.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-12-09
Miners Wages Increased.

Crede, Colo, Dec. 9.-After December
l, wages for miners will be $500 a day
instead of 81. so The increase was
made voluntarily by the mine owners.
Police Sergeant Tim Donovan is AZ home
seriously i'll and suffering great pain as a
result of having severe fall Tuesday.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-01
A Good Days Work.

You can do q good days work for the
Republican party and for sane and honest
politics on the American plan, II you VIII
undertake between sunrise this morning
and sunrise tomorrow to make ono vote
Tor Gen. TRACY besides your own.
Find one genuine but misguided Repuo'
lican who intends to cast his ballot for
SETH Low the vote-chaser, and show him
what an act of treason it Is that he con-
templates. Rescue him from his delusion,
and he will thank you afterward.
1t will be necessary to use plain English
concerning the free trader, the Cleveland
Mugwump, the assassin Of BLAINE, the
p~retentious and egotistical self-promoter,
who is to-day telling Republicans that he
is yet q Republican and Is at the same time
tugglng at the coat-tails of the mourners at
HENRY GEORGES grave TO inform them
that he stands for what their dead leader
represented. Do not DO afraid of using
plain English, therefore, in speaking Of
SETH Low.
Try it. Most men hate a humbug and q
traitor. Few men there are In the Repub-
lican party who would consciously assist
in betraying their party.
Use plain language in q kind tone of
voice; and stay up all night tonight, II
necessary, to wi for BENJAMIN f. TRACY
q single vote that might otherwise be cast
against him and against the Republican
party.
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Tho KIonaike rrnxanern.

To THE EDITOR ~ THE sUs-Sir: As You have
many inquiries regarding the best means OF getting
into the Alaska gold fields during the coming season,
I take the liberty OF imparting to you my ideas from
personal experience and contact with experienced
mountaineers and miners.
The best path to enter the gold fields during the
winter an up to the nrst OF May 10 the White or
skaguay Pass. because IL will then be frozen or GOV.
cred with snow. and is easily passable to the head
waters or the Yukon at Lake Bennett, whence tho
trip can be made over the snow by siedges 10 Dawson
cry, or where ouihts can he cached in cabins and the
thaw ava ted. III" trip under the latter circumstances
being made from Lake b. nuett hy boat. Horsrs 20
all the distsnce over this trail. and while snow IL on
the ground they will avoid the hoggtng and miring
which has been the chief source OF delay and losses
or horses by "VereKertiOn during the season Just
past. Next summert this trail VIII be mu h improved
and, ] believe. will he passatle at all times.
The DyeA or Oh lcoot Pass Is safely passable and
without delay only In the summer. say from the 18th
OF May until the 10Th OF October. as between October
and May the gales are so fierce that sometimes a wait
or from three TO four weeks has TO b. und rgone be-
Tore one dAres risk the summit. However. in sum
mtr IL Is a good trail. to Lake Bennett. hut II must no
borne In mind that horses can only be used from the
landing AZ Dyea To Sheep Camp, from there on Ia
Lake bennett the OUTFITS must lie carried by packers.
and II Is a very expensive undertaking.
Yukon about the LIST Of June. This IA also an ex.
pensive route, Their, fore, all things considered. II
seems TO M that the Skaguay route II the best OF al,
especially II one oAreA to make an early start during
the coming 8 ason. f. u. SAPoRrAs,
SKAGUAY, Alaska, Oct. 10.
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The Republican Vote.

1t can be considered as certain that the
Low Republicans who will now turn to
TRACY because of Mr.. Lows attempt to ap-
proprlate to himself the George movement,
will be far more in numbers than the i'm
questionable waverers who will turn to
Low with the idea that through the death
Of HENRY GEORGE he has received some
new accession of strength.
To think otherwise, as Mr.. Low of course
thinks, is to ascribe to human nature o
fiimsiness of judgment and q sympathy
with the crooked and revolving that would
become q community of degenerates rather
than the people of the Greater New York.
The Citizens Union candidate, who has
sought support from every organized enc
my of Republicanism, even from the
mourners over Mr.. GEoReR's body, could
divide the entire George vote with Tamma,
ny Hall and still not equal the vote which
will be received by that honest partisan,
that dignifed man, and that impressive
representative of government by Republi.
cans instead of disorder and disaster by
BFyanites, BENJAMIN f. TRACY.
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THE SUN, MONDAY, NOVEMBER I, 1897,

innin the respect even Of the men under
his command, he did manage during tho
two years which he spent In Cuba to gain
an evil fame which is likely to live long
in history. Compared with the havoc
wrought by him In q once lovely island,
the work done by ALvA In the Netherlands
or by TuRKNNB In tho Palatinate was .
minlstration Of charity and peace. He has
treated men Of his own race, language, and
religion worse than tho aboriginal Inhabi-
tants OF Cuba were treated by their 5ranish
conouerors. He is the only General in this
century who has made determination the
avowed object Of his policy. He has DELHI
erately striven to render every part Of Cuba,
not occupied by his garrisons, not only unfit
for human habitation, but u~ninhabited.
or the open country he has made q desert,
and of every city q hell. It is too late now for
relief to be secured through q revocation of
the order concentrating the no~n-oombatants
In towns.
Gen. BLANoo, the new Captain-G General,
will authorize tho non-combatants, 1t 10
said, to return to their homes. They have
no homes to go to. WEYLER's programme
Of humiliation has been too thoroughly
carried out. There is nothing for the nom
combatants to do but to stay and starve
where they are. So far as agriculture Ii
concerned, 1t Is an utterly ruined island
which WEYLER has left behind him.
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Appeal from . colorsa Voter.

To THE EDITOR OF TIE suN-Sfr: I thank TIE Sun for
publishing the article in this days issue from my
friend and shipmato Mr.. Albert Mitchell. He was
one OF the first of my race to enlist. early in the war.
in the old varuns, in which the gallant Boggs fought
at Forts Jackson and Phillip until she sank under
him. but not until sho had destroyed six rebel YES.
sells. and we'll paia for herself in the damage inflicted
upon the enemy.
when shipmate Mitchell tells the colored readers Of
THE SUN that there never was such q feeling OF enthu.
siasm among colored voters in this city a. at tho
present time, no writes you the truth. Tho colored
voters instinctively feel that the most important and
far.reaching results depend upon the success OF Gen.
b. y. Tracy.
This feeling 10 due partly TO the open. frank express
sion by Gen. Tracy OF Q determination TO stand by
them and the party's ao1uiescence in his expression.
They have long felt that the debt Of gratitude was
not all on one side; that the party owed them Q duty
as they owed 10 ndolity.
Gen. Tracy has said that II he found . man with
brain enough to serve the city he would select him
for ofics whether he was white or black. The col.
ored soldiers and sailors who fought for tho Union
are all for Gen. Tracy. The colored women in this
city whose husbands fell in the war arc for Gen.
Trscyi nine out of ten Of our ministers of the Gospel
are for him. The Right Rev. DR.. william 3. Derrick.
DR.. Henderson,. the eloquent divine, the Rev. Dr..
Scott. and all OF our ministers who have good COM
mon sense. and all tho good Afro-Amerioans OF New
York. will vote for Gen. Tracy.
I " ououku u III up u nuiRubtlou 70 bco y o
ored man who has himself been freed from the lash
Of the overseer and the frown Of . master tell his
colored brethren to 20 hack on the Union Army and
Gen. Tracy. There must DO . pride Of race among all
people. and my pride Of race IL wounded when I hear
aoolored man like Carr attack the Republican party
and Gen. Tracy. who has fought for freedom to tho
race and makes no distinction OF race, color. or
people.
It 10 the plain duty of tho eolored voter to now
stand by Gen. Tracy. A. ono OF the black mon who
enlisted in the United States Navy in the late conflict
without the inducement Of bounty. without tho prom
ise OF reward or hope of pay, in the name OF the men
who from tho Everglades OF Florida to the shadows
Of Richmond's spires held aloft in the storm Of battle
tho nag, remembering the comrades who fell on
every neld, remembering the blood.stained paths OF
war. the whitened bones under Glistening headstones
in national cemeteries, ! cannot forget the acts Of the
Democratic party to our race.
30. comrades. let US meet once more on election day,
that we may again place In ONCE the comrade whose
clasp of the hand has so much meaning.
We are but Q small band here Of all that mighty
host, but lot us stand faithfully BY our oomrade. Cen
Tracy. though the whole world assail him.
WHrTKsToNE, Oct. 81. JAMES WASHINGTON.
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A Side-Look Ahead.

When the Greater New York Charter
Commission, of which BENJAMIN r. TRACY
was President, submitted to the LegislA-
ture Of Feb. lS last the charter, which tho
Legislature approved and Governor BLACK
signed, It accompanied tho document with
. report, from which this IL an extract:
'The Commission does not assume that IL has been
able 20 anticipate every contingency. nor, with ali It's
care. that Il has been able altogether TO avoid omis-
sions. repstitiona. and mistakes, but 10 does believe
that tho charter contains . systam Of government for
tho consolidated city that may safely be put into
operation with the assurance that II win quickly nd.
Just Itself to the oity's MEDIA"
After the charter had been duly passed
and approved. sundry supplemental acts
were adopted by the Legislature, and sun
dry other acts will be necessary to carry
into full effect Its provisions, to supply omis.
sions, to correct mistakes. and otherwise
to make 1t conform in operation to the new
city's requirements. The present Governor,
FRANK s. BLACK. is a Republican. elected
on . Republican platform by a plurality
larger thar had ever heretofore been re-
ceived by a candidate for Governor, and
as a loyal Republican he has performed q
public duty by advocating vigorously the
election OF BENJAMIN II. TRACY. The
LieutenantGo Governor, the presiding officer
of the Senate and the legal successor to
Governor BLACK, should that gentleman
die, resign, or vacate the ~Governorship tc
assume or accept the duties OF another
office, is Mr.. Woodbury. OF Brooklyn, on.
of the most earnest and active of Gen
TRAcY's supporters. The State Senate
which will be in Office during the next
Legislature, consists OF 80 Republicans and
II Democrats, a two-thirds Republican ma
3Ority; aPd apparently the Assembly to b.
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elected this year win have . large Ropub.

elected this year win have . large Repub-
lican majority.
It is to q Legislature thus divided politi-
cally, and to q strong and faithful Republic
can Governor that the Mayor Of the Greater
New York, whoever he may be, will be
Obliged to appeal, not merely for the sue
cess Of his administration, but also for tho
maintenance Of Its integrity, else the whole
project Of the Greater New York IL to be
overwhelmed in disaster. Whatever mall
contents and doctrinaires have been able to
do, In other respects, the Legislature Of
New York is divided on partisan lines, and
none other, and II tho administration Of tho
Affairs Of New York IL to be a. successful az
every good citizen, outside Of the ranks Of
the Anarchists and the Lowites, hopes 1t
will be, such q result can only DO attained
by a cordial cooperation Of the legislative
and executive branches Of the State gov
eminent with the local authorities.
No success IL to be looked for for any adj
ministration not in harmony this year with
the Legislature, and the candidate who
alone gives the assurance, positively and
absolutely, In BENJAMIN r. TRACY, the cam
dldate of the Republicans Of New York.
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Weyler Gone at Last.

There was no demonstration of regret
when Gen. WEYLER left Havana for Spain.
The report that the volunteers, and even
many of the regular soldiers, were opposed
to his departure and were willing to sup.
port him In q refusal to surrender his
authority, seems to have been without
substantial foundation.
1t is undoubtedly true that much the
larger part of Spain's military force is now
stationed in Cuba, and that 1t would be
strong enough to set up an independent
Government, II 1t were moro devoted to Its
commanding General han loyal to the
nome Government. There have been some
memorable examples of rebellion on the
part of Spanish soldiers. HERNANDo Cor
TEE defed the Governor of Cuba, whose
subordinate he was. fought and defeated
the body of troops sent to arrest him, and
then resumed the conquest of Mexico.
FRANCISCO PIzARRo refused to turn over
the control of Peru to the representative of
the Spanish crown, and died In arms
against his sovereign. But WEYLER Is not
OF the stuff whereof CoRTEz and PIzARRo
were made. He has never won a battle in
the field. He has never exposed his person to
danger, being always attended in his move
ments outside of the capital by an over,
whelming force. He has done nothing to
endear himself TO the common soldiers,
but. on the contrary, is held responsible by
them for their failure to receive their pay
and for the inferior quality OF the rations
and clothing furnished them. The only
sentiment with which he was regarded by
the men under his command was that Of
fear; this he could scarcely help inspiring
since he was clothed with absolute au,
thority and was merclless in the use of 1t
Such being the facts, 1t was difficult to sup
pose that WEYLER, once stripped of the
official powers which had made him formid
able, could exercise any influence over tn,
regular army, much less array it in insur
rection againstSpain.
! Although WFYLER did not succeed IL
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From the NelD York Journal.
When Henry George lay newly s[ricGen by death,
when tho pulse OF the whole city Seemed 20 stop, and
strangers spoke to each otherin hushed tones OF the
awful news. Mr.. Seth Low saw In me snocKIng evens
q noble opportunity TO promote his own political
fortunes. As speedily as he could dictate the message,
he sent TO the mourning family OF the d" ad leader an
announcement that he sympathized with their sorrow
and wanted the votes OF their friends. Two OF the
members OF his Campaign Committee hastened to the
George headquarters to clinch their claim on tho sue.
cession before the stunned JenrrsonIan managers had
recovered from the nrst confusion OF their grief. We
recall no parallel to the indecenoy and gboulishneSS
OF this proceeding on the part OF the Citizens Union
camPAiguers aud their candidate.
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From the Sc. Louts Globe. Demoora,

From the 81. Louts Globe Democrat.
Dan Duden is q grocer in Clinton. He was
"shot all to pieces in the war;" to use the COM
mon hyperbole Of the veterans. but he sternly
refuses to apply for q pension. To the contrary,
Mr.. Duden. while bearing many wounds, ID
proud Of the fact that he docs not draw o pen
sion, as he says he 10 able to make a living for
himself without asking the Government for 40.
sistance. This fact. however, seems to represent
the Independence Of spirit in the man. He 10
liberal and brave and true. He admires q brayQ
man, no matter on which side the latter fought
during the "late unpleaeantness"
Well, It appears that Major Salmon, tho OF.
Confederate, and Dan Duden, the Federal, are
warm friends. They often go on q fishing OF:
cursion together. Some time ago Salmon and
Duden were returning home from a fishing trip.
They had spent several days and nights in
catching some hne bass. aghting mosquitoes.
hear ng tho bullfroRs croak, and In telling war
stories. Finally Duden remarked:
major. ! swear / now love an ex-Confederat0
as we'll as do q Federal. Don't your
Major Salmon scratched his head for o mo-
mont, and. with q merry twinkle In his eye. 70.
well, Dan, I certainly love o man who has
gone a-fshing with me better than I do o man
who never did 60 a-ashing."
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Mr.. Charlie. stewart smith. ..D..l.v

To THE EDITOR OF THE sUs-Sir: Referring to the
ridiculous statement OF Mr.. Charles Stewart Smith in
this mornings Herald to the effect that 1t 10 necessary
in order that the Republicans control the coming
Legislature that they make a deal with %Tammany
Hall. permit me to call to your attention and the at
tontioD OF your readers that In the borough OF Queens
alone, and In many OF the Assembly districts through
out Greater New York. the CitIzens' Union. or "sOre
head =" Republicans have nominated OF their own
voiition the Republican cAndldatesf for almost every
once. In the Borough OF Queens there were but two
exceptions. In the other borouyhs OF the greater city
the ballots speak for themselves,
There are enough Republicans in Greater New York.
II they oil voted our ticket, as they All last year, to
send none but Republicans TO the Legislature; and
that 10 Just what will happen. as the candidates for
The Legislature are, with few exceptions, up0n the
straight Republican ticket and upon the disanectrd
ticket NJ the so-called Citizens Union. SO that any
deal between Tammsny Hall ana the Republican
party 10 not necessary under The circumstances. IhiS
shows the fAllacy OF Mr.. Smiths direct Information.
ARTHUR VAS SICIES,
President OF tho Republican Club OF the Eleventh
and Twelfth districts OF Flushing.
FLUSHING, Oct. 30.