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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-03-05
The wcrid's Jewish Population.

In a L3ndon publication, "The Year
Book for Jews" there are such Stats
tics as can be obtained of the Jewish
population in all the countries of the
earth. The compiler of the statistics
Mr.. Jogeph Jacobs, in summing up his
figures, makes it appear that there are
row about II 100000 Jews in the world
more than half of whom are residents
of the Russian empire and subjects OF
the czar. There can be nothing more
than an estimate of the number OF
Jews in the United States at this time,
1t has been greatly increased in recent
years by immigration from Europe, and
is now certainly beyond 100000. AS
many as $4,000 Russian and Polish
Jews have come to the United States
in the last fifteen years. The great ma
jority of them are residents of the
large cities of the country, among
which New York is the Jewish favor
lie. It is probable that the next CEN
sus of the United States will contain
trustworthy statistics upon the SUBJ
ject
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-03-05
A Political Tragedy.

In July, 1895, Stefan Stambuloff, ex-
premier of Bulgaria, was murdered on
the streets in Sofia by three assassins,
who stopped his carriage and attack
ed him With knives. Three men ac-
cused of the crime, one of whom was
Stambuloff's coachman, were tried by
a military tribunal at Sofia last month,
and two who were convicted were
sentenced to three years Imprisonment.
A dramatic incident of the trial was the
charge made in open court by Madame
Stambuloff, widow of the murdered
statesman, that the men on trial were
merely tools, and that the real MUIR
derers Of her husband were the pres
ent government of Bulgaria.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-03-05
Kansas A. O. U. W.

SALINA, Kan, Feb. 25.-The grand
lodge of the Ancient Order of United
Workmen was called to order in nine
tenth annual convention yesterday
morning by Master Workman w. NJ.
Wallace. John H. Crider of Fort Scott
was elected master workman on the
first ballot. Eight hundred delegates
are in attendance.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-03-05

Marriage, says a cynic, is like put
ting your hand into a bag containing
ninety-nine snake and one eel. You
may get the eel, but the chances are
against you,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-03-05
Mr.. HarrIson,s Daughter.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Feb. Eek
President Harrison's little daughter
has been named Elizabeth. This is
Mrs. Harrison's mothers name. The
christening will not, however, take
place for some time probably. Both
mother and daughter are doing finely.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-03-05
Buralo's New Catholic Bishop.

BUFFALO, N. Y, Feb. 25.-The Rev
E. J. Quigley, rector of st. Bridget's
church in this city, was to-day elevated
to the position of bishop of the Roman
Catholic diocese of Buffalo. Arch
bishop Corrigan OBLIGATED, as conse-
orator
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-03-05
Not oppo,ed to emilia Insurance.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. Feb. 25.-In
the House the insurance committee re-
ported unfavorably bills to prevent in
surance companies from insuring
persons under IA years of age and a
bill to prevent the giving of rebates.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-03-05
Slangy.

els the sail the only thing that
guides a ship" asked the green pas
senger. mo-" said the mate. There
are rudders." -Indianapo Journal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-03-05
burglar, secure Much Jewelry.

Tina, Mo-, Feb. 25.-Burglars broke
into Carlson's jewelry store this morn
ing at about o'clock The safe was
blown open and about 5000 worth of
iewelry was taken 1t is supposed the
thieves were trampS.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-03-05
No Ra,,ot for Raw State women.

BosroN, Mass, Feb. 23.-The refo-
luton for constitutional amendment
granting women equal suffrage with
men was defeated in the House.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-03-05

Louis A. Pettier, of Allen county,
Ind, has been an undertaken for sixty
years. He has buried over $4,000 hui
man beings
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-03-05

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets All
Druggists refund the money II II falls TO cure. 25c
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-03-05

The Maine bear is fast becoming .
tradition. There is talk of abolishing
the IS bounty on bear.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1897-03-05
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The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-10

act, signed two days before his retirement,
was the "Morrin" tariff act, a thoroughly
protective measure, whose passage was
made possible at that time because Of the
fact that large number Of the Southern
Democratic members of the Thirty-sixth
Congress had withdrawn, leaving Con-
gresss In the control of the Republican
party. which thus placed tariff act upon
me statute books two days before the in
auguration Of Lincoln.
President Lincoln, who was inaugural
ed March 4, 1851, signed his first general
tariff act on Aug. 8 Of that year, and this
was followed by the passage In July, 1852,
and June 8, 1894, Of other tariff measures,
10 which his signature was attached.
Grant, who became President March 4,
lSoS, signed on July IA, 1870. his 6rst
general act relating to revenues, by which
enc internal revenue taxes were reduced,
rnds being followed by another reduction
on June Q, 1872.
President Hayes, who was inaugurated
March 4, 1877. signed no general tariff
Legislation, the House being Democratic
IN the first Congress under his administra-
tion and both branches Democratic In
the latter half of his term.
The Garfeld-Arthur administra tion,
which began March 4, 1881, did not wit
ness the enactment of any general tariff
legislation until March 3, 1888, two full
years after the Inauguration.
Cieveland's first term was not marked
by the completion of any general tariff
legislation. the Mills bill, which passed
the Democratic House in 1888, failing In
the Senate, which was 80 closely divided
politically that II was found impossible
to pass through II a measure satisfactory
to the administration, the substitute
which was adopted by the Senate being
rejected by the House, where the Demo
cratic divisions on the tariff question, now
90 strongly marked. was then beginning
TO make itself apparent.
benjamin Harrison's term began March
4, 1889, and the first general tariff act
passed under his administration was sign
ed Oct. !, 1890, eighteen months after his
Inauguration.
Cleveland's second term, which began
March 4, 1893, with his own party in con-
troll In both branches of Congress, did not
witness the completion of its tariff meas
ure until Aug. %, 1894, nearly eighteen
months after he took the oath of office.
A study Of the above history of the tar
IN from the beginning of the Government
down to the present time will indicate to
those who have been inclined to criticise
what they assume to be the slow action of
Congress that instead of it's action being
unusually tardy, II has been unusually
prompt, and especially so in view of the
fact that the party in control Of the ad
ministrntion controls only one branch of
Congress, condition under which it has
seldom been possible to pass a tariff meas
ure, even in much greater length Of time
than has been or is likely to be occupied
In the present instance.
GEORGE MELVILLE.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-10
Some Free silver outoasts.

Some individuals, who bolted the Re
publican party last year and voted for
Bryan, held a meeting in this city and
organized what they call "The Silver Re
publican Party Of the United States"
For some reason they do not care to join
the Popuists or the free silver Demo
Gratis. They seem to think they will have
a better chance of picking up offices II
they have distinct organization.
These boilers cannot be prevented from
forming new party, but in doing so they
ought to state clearly to the public what
its principles are and what reason there
is for its existence. That has not been
done. Congressman Towne declares
that
''This Is a movement that has taken
deep root, and will grow until the restora-
ton of silver to an equality with gold has
been accomplished"
What is this equality that Towne and
his associates are going to devote the
rest of their lives to securing? Does he
intend to say that the time will come
again when sixteen ounces of silver will
exchange everywhere for one of goldF
Towne should look the facts In the
face. The price of silver, which was l3o
cents an ounce in 1870. Is 60 cents now.
In spite of the low price the silver miners
of the United States put 66,OOO,OOO
ounces on the market last year and made
money at the business.
The demand for silver by silver stand
ard countries is decreasing -because the
number of those countries Is diminishing.
Japan, the most progressive Of Asiatic
nations, with a population of 41,OOO.OOO,
has adopted the worlds gold standard.
Peru and Bolivia, though silver-producing
countries, are preparing to do 80.
Does Towne really believe that his lit
tie movement" will be able to raise the
purchasing power of 371 grains of silver
until 1t becomes equal once more to the
purchasing power of twenty-three grains
Of gold? 1t is difficult to believe that any
intelligent man who knows what the
present silver production of the world Is.
and how much more cheaply 1t is pro-
duced than Of old, really imagines any
thing Of the kind.-Chicago Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-10
Tariff Prospect. Are Helping.

The progress made by the Senate with
the tariff bill has given some impetus
to general business and has created a
more hopeful feeling in all departments
of trade. The matter is not entirely SEN
timental or at all PARTISAN The doubt
and instability which have plainly sur
rounded every commercial avenue and
which always exist while tariff uncer-
tainty lasts will in adj probability soon
be removed. For the first time since
1887 the business of the country will be
in free and untrammeled position and
the favorable effect on credit and individ-
ual action canot be too highly estimated.
The manufacturer and the distributor
will be able to see clearly into the future
and the money lender and the money bor-
rover will be able to act Understandings.
The prospect has already caused some
activity in the iron and steel trades, and
has given definite assurance in other d.
rections. The great majority of the
American people hope for and have con-
fidence in substantial results. The gen.
eral situation Is ripe for the change.
Money Is abundant at low rates. Price
Is on level which practically guaran-
tees judicious operations.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-10
Political Pith.

President Cleveland pulled down the
American flag in Hawaii; President Nc
Kin,ey pulled it up again.
One-third of the Southern vote in the
present Congress has been cast for pro-
lection.
Every days consideration of the Senate
schedules Of the tariff bill brings them
more in harmony with those of the House
bill, and it Is probable that the bill, when
1t goes into conference, will differ but lit
tie from that which passed the House.
The shades Of the late Samuel ]. Ran
dali are DOW being invoked by the Democ-
racy of that section which fought him
most bitterly during the closing period Of
his useful career.
With one member of the Democratic
team pulling in the direction Of free trade
another towards protection, still third
In favor Of free silver, and fourth head
ed resolutely toward the gold standard,
the Jeffersonian-Ja cksonian band wagon
is not making much progress.
The recent silver Republican" confer
ence is said to have had as it's real object
a plan to unload Mr.. Bryan as the leader
of the silver cause. Mr.. Bryan has too
many 'isms" and Is to erratic to suit the
men who are putting up the money in be-
half of the silver cause.
No subject is being more carefully con-
sidered by President Mckinley now than
rhe Cuban question. 1t has been the
cause of much anxious thought by him
from the beginning and there is good rea-
son to believe that his plans are well de-
veloped and Will be recognized as wide
and satisfactory when they become
known.
The trade reviews and the daily papers
Of the country unite in the assertion that
business is Frightening in all parts Of the
United States. More men are employed,
the volume Of new orders is increasing,
and the amount Of work done Is steadily
gaining. With the final action on the tar
iff bill, which may be expected during the
present month, an increased improvement
Is confidently expected.
People who are surprised that the Re
publicans in the Senate are not answering
In detail the attacks made by the Demo
Gratis upon the pending tariff bill need not
suppose that 1t Is because Of lack Of argu-
ment or facts upon which to base them.
Their silence Is simply because Of their
unwillingness to consume moment Of
time more than is absolutely necessary
In getting the bill before the Senate.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-10
CAME be FOOLED Eyery rime.

Some people can be fooled once or
twice, but very few more than that. Mr..
Bryan in his speeches last fall asserted
that the forty-two million dollars neces-
sary to keep pace with the growth of pop
ulation in the United States could not be
produced since the suspension of free
coinage Of silver, and quoted Senator
Sherman in support Of bis theory that this
amount was necessary to be added to the
currency of the country each year. He
was undoubtedly right in bis quotation Of
Senator Sherman, but both inaccurate and
misleading In assuming that this amount
Of currency cannot be and Is not added
to the circulating medium Of the country
by means Of Its present facilities. The
coinage Of the mints Of the country in the
year which ends with the present month
win be, in round numbers, one hundred
million dollars, three-fourths of II gold,
while that of the calendar year 1895 was
ninety mine million dollars. Add to this
the fact that the money In circulation
to-day Is $13S, OOO, 900 more than II was
year ago and 1t will be seen that Mr..
Bryan's statements In this, as well as
in many other things, were, to say the
least, misleading. IVA
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-10

of last year. The fact that large numbers
Of Democrats In every State where cam
padgns are to take place this fall are re-
fusing to support the free coinage Of ~
yer, and that many members Of that par
ty In Congress and elsewhere are aban-
doning free trade and supporting high
protection, has rendered q further alli-
ance Of the two parties improbable. Mr..
I. b. Rankin, prominent member Of the
Populist party In Ohio, In q recent In
terview. said: 1.-THE object of the or
ganization Of the Populist party was to
secure needed reforms. not to stab the
Democratic or Republican parties. l was
opposed to fusion last year, and am stu
more opposed to Il now"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-10
The Campaign OF Calamity.

To read the daily wailings Of the organs
of free silver and free trade will con-
vince any fair-minded person that those
noisy journals have started In to fight the
calamity campaign of 1896 all over again.
They are preaching the old pernicious dog
mas of discomfort, disorder and disaster
with all the reckless rhetoric of the dem
agogue and the anarchist. Processing
friendship for the cause of labor, they are
wickedly striving to arouse the working
man against his employer; pretending to
favor the restoration Of prosperity, they
are deliberately trying to stiae the grow
ing spirit of confidence in business en-
terprise; and, while ostentatiously mourn
ing over the depression of industry, their
whole influence is being exerted to make
il permanent and hopeless.
Such are the real purposes of the new
campaign of calamity. In furtherance
Of them its organs publish daily columns
of dispatches to show that trade and in
dustry are steadily going from bad to
worse, and that the condition of labor
IL becoming more and more desperate.
To these prophets Of evil the report that
q factory has closed its doors, that a fur
mace has banked it's fires, or that min
has curtailed its working force Is mes
sage Of joy. A story of business failure
or abandoned enterprise IL delight:
tales of idleness and want are hailed
with glad acclaim, and every line that
tells Of paralysis in trade, loss in capt.
tai and earnings or despair among those
who toll Is eagerly welcomed and osten-
tatiously displayed as fulfllment Of
gloomy prophecies.
Back Of this eager quest for evil It'd
ings IL a stealthful purpose to provoke
antagonisms between labor and capital,
and thus undermine the foundation Of
the rising structure Of business pros
perity. Good times mean death to the
agitation for free trade and free silver.
The calamity organs know 1t. and this
knowledge 10 the inspiration of their
desperate attempt to postpone the day
of returning confidence and prosperous
business.
The intelligent masses Of American
wage-earners fully understand the stu
alton. Their condition is far from what
Il ought to be in employment and pay,
but on the other hand II Is much less
distressing than the mouthy oracles of
chaos would have Il appear. The conduct
of the great body Of workingmen under
the harsh conditions which now prevail
has been admirable In its patience, hope
fulness and self-restraint. The attempt
Of demagogues and chariatans to incite
disorder and strife In the ranks Of labor
will receive its sharpest rebuke from the
workingmen themselves
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-10
Politicians Working Country Peo,

EOAIVtClauB WOrklu8 SOuutry TeOpl0
The dangerous characters who were last
fall hired to stir up dissatisfaction and
SOW seeds Of anarchism and riot In the
cities are now being sent through the
country districts for the same purpose.
They travel in gaudily painted wagons,
bearing false or misleading quotations
from distinguished men, which are dis
torted into apparent support of the free
coinage of silver, which Is now worth less
than one-half what 1t was when these
utterances are alleged to have been made.
To conceal their real purposes these men
profess to be obtaining subscribers to u
free silver publication, with which Is fur
nished a copy of book by "Coin" Har-
vey, whose writings are now recognized
as not only untruthful and misleading.
but purposely and maliciously 30 and an
imposition upon those before whom they
are placed. This attempt to distribute the
seeds of distrust, anarchism and riot In
the agricultural communities for the pure
ly selfish purpose Of making a market
for the property Of silver mine-owners
and placing a few politicians In office de-
serves the contempt Of those upon whom
1t Is being imposed. 1t is Of the same
class as that by which the tin peddler
wagons spread falsehood through the
country in the Congressional campaign Of
1890, but is vastly more dangerous to
the country from the class Of employed,
the doctrines they disseminate and the
desperate schemes Of those who support
them in this performance. The silver
and their political allies have
resorted to this new device to deceive the
people, who are, however, rapidly discov-
ering the impositions they practice.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-10

- :
The Sugar Trust ecrea1ers Hind Their
ATTACKS Rsscting ON Thsmsslves.
There has been some especially ahaRp
talk In the Senate and some of the people
who are seeking to make political capital
by throwing dust with reference to the
pending tarin bill have suddenly dis
covered that there are two sides TO almost
any story. Two or three Democratic
leaders seem to have reached the conciu-
sion that they could once more fool the
people, and that their most convenient
way to do 1t would be to charge that the
sugar schedules Of the tariff bill as agreed
upon by the Republican caucus were IA
vorable to the sugar trust. So they pro-
ceeded upon the stop thief" plan to make
all sorts of malicious charges of this kind,
taking advantage of the fact that Repub-
licans In the Senate have been refusing to
discuss any features of the bill not abso-
lutely necessary to be explained, simply
for the purpose of gaining time and get
ting the bill through as promptly as pos
sible. The. gentlemen have found, how
ever, that there Is limit to the endur-
ance of the public who are being imposed
upon with this sort of falsehood, and tho
newspapers Of the country have suddenly
revived the fact that the very men who
are now shouting sugar trust with refer
ence to the pending tariff bill are the
ones under whose guidance the ''per-
fidy and dishonor" bill of 1894 was franz
ed and its sugar schedule so shaped as to
create the greatest scandal that has been
known in political history in many years.
Attention is called to the fact that the
three men, Senators Vest, Jones and
Mills, whose mouthings about an increase
in prices of sugar trust stock as result
Of the pending tariff bill have been the
features of the week, are the very men
who framed the sugar schedules Of the
Wilson bill under which sugar trust
stocks advanced GO per cent, while the
advance during the entire consideration
of the present bill is only q per cent. and
this a mere incident of the general adj
vance which has been strongly marked
meantime In all stocks. That the three
men whose manipula tions in the schedules
Of the Wilson bill caused an advance Of
W per cent. in the price Of sugar stocks
should now be screaming like madmen
because sugar stocks have increased 9 per
cent. during the consideration of the pres
emit bill would be unaccountable but for
the fact that they are apparently doing u
to not only make political capital against
the Republicans but at the same time
conceal as far as possible their own rec
ord in this very line.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1897-07-10
Their theories Explodine.

ward course, there will be nothing left to
farm products kept pace with those Of sill
yer. Leading farm products have in
on the stump last fall, while the price OF