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The times., 1897-12-03
Twn kinds nf ParIiaments.

Mark Twain has cabled his experiences
and impressions OF the interesting knock
down and dra g out whicbitwas his privilege
10 witness in the Austrian ReIchsrath He
is too modest to recite his own cutting and
dragging cut fIom the gallery when in
ms a Auerican admiration for the under Jog
in the fight, he set up an old Confederate
yell. and remarked. 'Rahfor che puch.'
But that is another story.
Nj Clemens tells US how, on Thanks Civ
ing Day, when the Anerican President was
al meeting in Washington, and tie Span
iards butcaering little girls in Cuba, in
yienns's capitol he saw a motion read
(which nobody beaId d and which was passed
by nobody knows whom for, indeed, ~ was
rot passed al all - 1t was aimed st the
obstruclionists andpIaced autocratic. 20 svers
in The hands of the president OF the parIa
ment This as a victory for the govern
ment, but was unlawfully won ana was a
simple usurpation." Mark Twain ought TO
have been in the gallery of The House OF
Representatives last spring aud summer.
Then little thing Ike that would not
surprise him
After the Austrian president had been
blackgla rtled, bullied and assaulted, a
distant door opened and sixty spiked helmets
marched in This force was receiv ed with
tempest Of execra tions from the one party
and with victory notes from the other; yet
it was a heavy defeat for all concerned
In the sentence just quoted, we detect the
AnglC-Saxon datestat ation Of armed inter
ference by despotism in the halls Of legis-
lation. 1t IS rather rough to stomach; but,
for example, in the late extra session OF
the American Congress. an armed detach-
ment III the House Of Representatives couid
not have suppressed that body more com
pletely or more unconstitutionally, than
the bosses OF the Republican party sup.
| pressed it without the necessity for re-
| course to such assistance. In Vienna it ap-
pears that the opposition would not be
crushed without physical force. In America
it was different. No force was needed. If
it had been, no doubt it would have been
used, just as we learn that it was in
Austria.
If, in the coming session, the opposition
to Autocrst Reed should happen to be
not quite $, supine and caponized as
It was in the previous one, perhaps there
may be something at home for Mark I vain
to see and write about.
The times., 1897-12-03
Au,ocrat and Exocra,

From information ana internal evidence
o. strictly private character, 1t appears
thst Thomas Bracket Reed IT Maine. IN
his bright and shining way to The Ma
tinnal Capital TO take his position As tile
sula;! es, of the House Of Representatives..
stopper nrl AT Princeton ana rareKcd M
strUctiou and inspiration from the iate
Grover Cleveland. Proof positive Of this
Is found IT, the following, which Mr.. Reed
innlets tlir,,ugt. the pages Of the Illustrated
American:
To think the same things of the republic
Is a bond OF union today OF even more
Importance than in the days OF Cicero.
That there are vast differences between
the ideas and wants of our separate regious
IL lot well known as il ought To bc, or
perhaps 50 fully taken into account. In
each one Of the states themselves there
are communities which stand out against
their surroundings and refuse 10 bc assiuti-
lated, and To become one ia thought with
tie Others. The geographical differences
are real and powerful. Once in our history
The danger which comes of internal dis
agreement has been realized. aud the
destructive war of the rebellion VIII always
lie a warning OF possible danger, though
it, result - a protection also. These
differences are really differences i'll civili
Zation. II does not matter which section
IL more advanced, or Which section is less
advanced The only fact u Importance is
the difference. Similarity Is the great
want OF nations All the people must lie
in touch with each other. Modern ap-
pliances are all on our side. Lightning,
even more than steam. has anuihilate ed
space, and brought together the utterfnost
parts Of the earth. Both together are this
soul OF business, ana business unites with
Ties which are deeper than sentiment.
Judging from the teachings OF history, the
! great aim OF a nation should be to use
/ all the appliances for advancing knowledge,
4 TO assimilate it's peoples 10 common stand
/ ard. To that end we must not hasten.
| Not every opportunity for ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
should be seized. Too much food may
/ mean indigestion, and we are sure not to
/ be hungered while the middle OF our
empire, perhaps in the future the richest
( part of it, lies uHdeveloped.
Regard he opening sentence OF tie above
! Is il not Groveresque?
The times., 1897-12-03
CLAIM OF THE RAILROADS.
Urge as just Five Years Extension
of the Safety Law


The argument of the question of extend
ing the time in which the railroads Of
America should adopt air brakes AID au-
tomato eouplers was continued before the
Interstate Commerce Commissioners yes
terday-
William Brown, representing the Chicago
and Alton road, reasoned that the stock
holders OF the read Were as much entitled
TO their dividends as holders OF Govern
ment bonds were to interest or employees TO
wages. He saIdtpat en- ployes Of this corpo-
ration received extra compensation because
of the extra hazaId OF the work they per
formed, ard he maintained that the repre-
sentatives OF organized labor did rot fairly
voice the sentiments Of the trainmen of the
Chicago ana Alton. He offered in testi-
mony Of this assertion petition signed By
three hundred Of the men asking that the
commission grant the extension Of .i0le
asked by the railroads.
He also sad iH commenting upon this
petiti'n tnat those who knew the char
acter OF the managers of this road wOul4
not suspect that any coercion had been
used to procure this petition. On this
road, during 1897, only one man hal
been killed and thirty-fOur injured ia
coupling, aud none killed and but one
injured in braking. Mr.. Brown did not
question the right of Congress TO regulate
commerce between the States, bat he
thought that it would be forcing this
right too lar not To grant tie extension
Of five years asked for by the "a IL
roads.
MIR. West representing the Cotton PsIt
System, stated that 20 per cent OF the
1850 freight cars owned By tits sys-
tenn has beea equipped with the automatic
coupler end air brake. This system was
doing III it could do to equip its cars, and
during he ces SatiOn OF traffic caused by
the yellJW fever IL put On a great
many new brakes ana cOuplerS.
Mr. Payson spoke Tor the Southern Pa
eific system, and urged an extension. say
ing that, II five years. all the cars Of
this system could bt equipped in conformity
with the law without injury to comnercs.
Mr.. Brcwnneli, representing the interests
of the Erie system. argued in favor Of
the extension petitioned for.
Mr.. L S. Coffin, of the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Engineers, urged that the pc
titien of the railroads be not granted
lie thought that the Companies we're not
equip. as during the years which had
elapsed since the law requiring the 4dop-
ton of automatic eoupIers and air brakes
| on all cars and engines was passed BY
Congress, only feeble efforts had been made
by many OF the roads to comply with the
! law.
| Mr. Burnen, Of the Erie lines, suggest I'd
| that longer extension he granted for the
| adoption OF air brakes than of coupIers
| but this proposition was objected to by
| several Of the representatives Of the rail
| roads, notably by Mr.. Thomas OF the Nash
/ vile. Chattanooga and st. Louis Railyya Y
! and Mr.. NJ errll, OF Tia, Erie.
Secretary Mosely. of the Interstate Com
| merce Commission, has made a host o
/ friends during TIC hearing By his courtesy
| to the railroad men AMI the consideration
| he mas shown to reporters.
The hearing will he resumed this morn
1 ing at 1c O'clock.
The times., 1897-12-03

OF infantry. cavalry, and artillery against
the LEFT of the Cuban line of Investment
Il. the bills OF Pinar del Rio, held by the
patriot, Gen. Ducasse. simultaneously he
sent his chief commander in the field, Gen.
Pando. to strike the center II Gen. Gomez
in Santa Clara. Tie first movement, no-
toriousIy, las resulted in a Spanish -out;
the second is said 10 have ended in de
feat. and the killing Of Pando in battle.
Thus tie first campaign OF the Spanish
captain general AGAINST the army of the
Cuban Eepuhlic appears To have fo'nd
disaster almost from its inception. Fr nn
u military standpoint it wac well planned.
bat Blanco did not have tie kind Of troops
to make it successful. II lac could haye
turned the position of Gen Ducasse, aud at
tie same time have penetrated the '.Llan
center, he would have had Ducs sse at
lis mercy, and relieved the province OF
Havana from further attack for the .oIes-
cnt Put both adventures seem signalIy
to have failed, and the situation conse-
quent must be takenas threatening Blanco
main stronghold. Al least there is every
reason ior thinking that Gomez will rot
be slow TO take advantage Of the coEtli-
tioas winch lie has constructed by Turing
the SPANISH forces into the open and lie
livering a wifi and forceful counter-hl1w.
Considering the status OF the military
struggle in Cuha in the light of latest
reiiahle information, it is impossIt!e TO
reacl any other conclusion than that me
present chances favor the old liberia to'. as
far as field operations are concerned. II
viii be very strange if we do not ilve
some good and sensational news FROM the
eastern part OF The island before many
days
The times., 1897-12-03
MARTIN THORN AND MRS. Mack.
His Appeal and Her Plea IF Guilty
OF MansIaughter.

New York, Dec. Martin Thorn Will be
arraigned before Justice Maddox in Long
Island City at / O'Clock tomorrow after
noon 10 receive sentence of death. He will
probably be taken 10 Sing Sing Saturday
morning. 1t was Hoped that Mrs. Nack's
case might also be disposed Of, but owing
to the inability of Justice Smith to attend
it cannot he. Amy plea taken from her
tuust he taken before him, as he is the pre-
siding magistrate for this term of court,
Justice Maddox having been called in to try
Thorn owing to his colleagues illness.
Thorn's attorney, william F. Howe,
says that he is confident that the court
OF appeals viii reverse the conviction, al
though admitting that Justice Maddox
presided with absolute fairness. He bases
this belief ON the ground that the testi-
mony of Constantire Keehn a TO Thom's
threats three months prior TO the murder
werC immaterial, incompetent and irrele
yant. He objected 10 this testimony, bat
the justice ruled il in, granting an exeep-
tion and stating that he would consider
its competency later in the case. TIE
questions was not called MP, and hence the
evidence stood.
Mr. Howe also doubts the legal right Of
either himself OF OF the defendant TO iv e
the presence Of the defense on the trip
to the Woodside cottage. This afternoon
Nanny Friend visited Mrs. Mack, and had
a talk with District Attorney Youugs.
Neither would tell what occurred, but Mr..
Friend declared that he did not think
Mrs. Mack would get the ma Ximum penalty
for manslaughter in the first degree.
1t is practically settled that this will
be her plea. Even the maximum sentence.
which is twenty years, would allow her
TO come out in about twelve years and
| four months, If she behaves herself as
| prisoner.
The times., 1897-12-03

onr of the notable features OF tie Popu-
l.,r Science Monthly for December Is The
SIN holism of Salt" 10y Marie Goldsmith
West young Washington girl. whose V.ork
in anthropology and crimiuoloEy has at
tracted much attention in scientific circles
Salf is IL substance inEepaTably conaected
Wit. the life of mankind from its earliest
history, and the superstitions customs ana
proverbs connected with IL are legion hut
il has heretofore received no attention from
scientific writers. Miss Vests article IS
an - >tremely interesting one. Another
paper of general interest is An Early
AR erican Evolutionist," by Dr.. {. ~. ElacS-
ford. this evolutionist being James Law
renee CabeH. or the University OF Virginia.
who issued book embodying the Darwin
ian theory some months before The origin
of Species was published. The Curious
thing about it is that the very same theories
whei we've greeted with vitHperatinn by
the leaders of religious thought in the case
OF Darwin were welcomed Ia the case of
Cai,eIl The current number Of The
Racial Geography of Europe" By Frot
William. z. Ripley, is also full OF interest.
The times., 1897-12-03
Remnants Today,
AS Usual,

But owing to the store having
been given over TO the display
and sale Of Holiday Goods, rem
nauts will not be advertised in
detail. This weeks busy bust
ness has resulted IN the collec-
tion of hundreds of usabIe rem
uants-odd bits of Silks, Vel
vets, Ribbons, Laces. which can
be made use of Tor Xmas-oue-
of-a-kind pieces of China, Bric-
a-Brac, Art Glass, etc.-euds of
the choicest Dress Goods IN
lengths suitable for women's
dresses, skirts and waists and
children's frocks. Nearly every
department. IN the house will
have more or less remnants
and to make a complete clear
ance of them in a day we have
made the prices extraordinarily
low,
The times., 1897-12-03

It is the announced belief of the Auto,
crat, Reed, that, because the American
people have not become homogeneous,
that they have sectional interestc; thata
therefore. they sholld ait until they have
conformed strictly TO the New England
mode before they dare to assume the
airs Of a nation, and reach out for the
accomplishment of national ambitions or
other words: They should abstain frora
pushing those things as 10 ~hich they are
in entire accord until they have been
able TO see them through the provincial
tpectacles of Down East This is snug and
properly rharsaical but hardly convincing.
The times., 1897-12-03
PRoGNos1s OF THE MESSAGE.
Subjects That VIII BE Discussed
by the President.


by the President.
The forthcoming message of The Pfesi-
dent is being discussed. There rs general
belle, amongst The Con gressmen, apparently
wel-founded. that the document wll be
devoted mainly TO the currency and for
eiea relations 1t is understood that the
President mdorses, substantially, the views
submitted by Secretary Gage, without com
mitt;ne himself 10 their support in detail.
tn most urgent recommendation in the
mess age is for the annexation Of Hawaii.
THE President urges Congress TO act in this
n,aite- immediately, and favors the "a ifi-
catiol OF the treaty now pending in the
ScI;tc.
With regard to Cuba the message VIII
be 4 disappointment TO all excepting the
holders of securities which are susceptible
e. vide and Sudden fluctuations. It com
n.ents with favor upon the course of af-
fair ia Cuba, and argues therefrom that
there is no call for Interference Of this
Government IN the matter
A. stated heretofore, the question OF reef
procity with various countries is giving
conc elr at the White House and upon
that topic the message Is confined 20 cX-
pressing a nope that satisfactory results
viii be secured In the future" Ii is
know.i That the negotiations for reciprocity
are pot III satisfactory condition al
pi csrut.
Little attention is devoted 20 the various
recommendation made blythe departments
upon postal savings banks and other
projects. The reason for this is easily
understood. To many public men who
have called at the White House during the
week. the President expressed a desire
that the utmost economy should be prac
ticed by Congress this winter, because
Of the disappointing condition Of the Treas
| uy. Having urged the legislators TO %
slow in matters involving possible expendi
| lures, it IS necessary for the President him
self t. refrain from recommending ans
| important Innovations ia any direction
The majority OF the Congressman wnl
! havc discussed TIE message with the Presi
! dent admit that in their judgment the mes
sage would toe exceedingly conservative
| not to say prosy, and that it would greatly
! disappont people who admire an ener
getic and progressive administration.
Members Of Congress are reaching the
! city ON every incoming Train. ConYersa-
| ton with many OF the new arrivals in re
| gard to probable 1egisiat ion, shows there
is general opinion that nothing viii be
| done with the currency, and that Iegis
! lation viii he confined to Ha wall immi
| grafton and national bankruptcy legisla
ton. All believe, however, that there
viii be extended debates upon all mat
ters OF public interest.
The times., 1897-12-03

There is weird story to the effect that
senor pupuy dc Lome has complained 20
Judge Day that a party OF American att
venturers, under command Of Brig. Gen.
Kari Eecker, aIe about to take the Moro
castle, ana fire bombs infected With the
..Yello,v Flta' fever into the cityof Havana
We have not been able to axe the report
seriously, but Judging from the young cor
respondents former success in WeylerS
capital we should Say that the best thing
Blanco could do under the circumstances
would he to haul down his has and 20
dents over get it into their heads 10 lake
Havana, we are afraid that IL viii ha se
to go.
The times., 1897-12-03

In face Of the fact that the deficit con-
tinues to pile mp and the Dingley bill ap-
pears TO he totally inadequate te to meet the
necessities of the Government, every Rep
rescntative who now comes into towl is
found singing its praises.
Mr.. Tawney, member of the committee
which fl AIMED the House bill, declares there
is the greatest satisfaction with that mea s.
ure throughout the West, and that the
people are already feeling its good af
fects." That measure will, he says, pro-
duce ample revenue by the end of The
fiscal year, by which time the anticipatory
importatlons will have gone into consump-
tion. Mr. Tawney does not see any chance
of carrying through Congress any general
plan of currency reform, and, for this
reason he does not think 1t advisable to
undertake any policy involving violent
changes in existing law. Like all
the rest OF the Republicans, when Cuba is
mentioned Nj. Tawney simply bows and
awaits the suggestions of the Presid. mt.
The times., 1897-12-03

Administration organs insist upon re
ferring TO the late commercial trip of the
tug Dauntless as ''filibustering expedi-
ton Such Technology may be convenient.
where it is a purpose to de.ude the public
but we have yet ID hear that the Dauntless
carried any armed expedition" against
the peace OF our Spanish ally, and. thar
being tire fact. all talk of filibustering is
The times., 1897-12-03

Judge Day, "for reasons strictly per
Has the Assistant, and de facto, secretliy
Of State some idea that, after al, his ehiel
may he compelled 10 retire? Judge Day is
& patient party, ana perhaps he IS willing
10 wait until after Sir. Hanna has been
safely landed ia the Senate.
The times., 1897-12-03

TIE Rev. Hugh Johnston, pastor of the
Metropolitan Methodist Church, is likely
To ascertain that the truth should lot be
mentioned in connection with foreign sf-
fairs il the presence of the great. Dr
Johnston should take instruction from
some of our sensational preachers, who
always adjust their views and their con-
sciences to the meridian of the current
Administration.
The times., 1897-12-03

simple idiocy. 1t is time that the Amc-i'
can people thoroughly understood that IS
long as Spain refuses to reeog gnize "A state
of war; in Cuba, they have the absolute
right to sell arms and ammunition 70 the
Inhabitants OF that island, and to deliver
them when and how they please. Inter
ference with that right oil the part of he
administration is oppression.
The times., 1897-12-03

An good Americans will Sympathize with
the President in the affliction OF partial
paralysis, which has visited his hcnored
mother Mfr. Mckinley has been good
soi To a dear old American mother. God
grant that she may be spared to him these
many years.
The times., 1897-12-03
sold Cheap.

From the Chicago Post.)
This he said as he laid down dime,
lis conscience t1eney. Ten years ago"
Il should have Supposed was the
sarcastic reply of tile storekeeper, who had
lost a good deal through petty pilfering,
that you would have quoted your con-
science higher than that"
The times., 1897-12-03
Frank sherman Killed While Walk
ing With His Son

Knoxville, Tenn. Dec Prank Shcr-
man, an aged citizen of Mouse Creek
T enn, and his son Steve, We're fired upon
last night by unknown persons in am
bush The elder Sherman was killed in
,tantly and the son was seriously wound
ed. No motive has been assigned for he
perpetration of the crime.
This afternoon Pete Sherman and John
Sherman, nephews of Frank sherman,
Were arrested on suspicion IF having com
mitted tie crime. They protest their in
nocence. Frank Sherman and steve Sher-
man have not been on friendly terms for
several weeks.
The times., 1897-12-03
The Proper Use of Children.

(From the Chicago Record.)
Without doubt Santa Claus should be
hanished. Also all little girls and boys
should be bald-headed and have bulging
foreheads and wear spectacles and spend
their time trying to find out the W henceness
of the whit her.
The times., 1897-12-03
Blan,o's Opening Campaign

Regarding the latest Cu3an news, from
critical standpoint, it is impossible 10 reach
any other conclusion than that the initial
military campaign Of Marshal blanco has
resulted in most undeniable riasco. Last
week ne dispatched three heavy columns
The times., 1897-12-03
Reduction Sale
of Pictures.

In connection with our rem
nants, and for the purpose of
getting much needed space in
our Picture Department for
Holiday Goods, we have gone
through the picture stock and
selected all odds aud ends, one
of-a-kind sorts, small lots and
the like, and have put them on
sale at such prices as make them
rare bargains and will doubtless
clear them out at once. Most
of these Pictures are perfect
some are a little marred or
otherwise defaced-but they are
all worth your buying and are
genuine bargains, We mention
few of the lots as examples:
loo Medallious, that were see,
79c, S1.oO and S1.25, reduced to
soc.
100 MedalIions, oval frames, ety-, tIat
were 81 90. $3.50 and S2-o0.
Reduced to $50.
100 Framed Pictures, various good sub
tec,s. that We're 81 so. S2.eti and $3.50.
Reduced to S1.OO,
80 Empty Frames. oak. white. gilt. etc,
that were $1.00 20 $500.
Reduced to $50.
81 empty Frames, Eiit oak, etc various
sizes. that We're 81 so 70 500.
Reduced to S1-oo.
| Never have such values as these been D:
fered in this department. Many more jusr
as good not advertised.
The times., 1897-12-03
Living Un to His Name

(Frem the Philadelphia North Americana
What's this item of $50 for?'' asked
the treasurer of the Fly Chasers' Union.
"car fare for the walking delegate"
replied the president.
The times., 1897-12-03
Inducements.

(From the Cleveland Plain Dea ler.l
1t is to be feared that when the rising
young men of the nation learn what sub
stantial fortune the late Charles A. Dana
left the schools Of journalism viii be over
crowded
The times., 1897-12-03
Annen RANGES Are neeeitfuI.

From tile Chicago Times Herald,
Nature, it s said, never makes a mis-
take; but how does it happen that the
chrysanthe isn't available for the
manufacture of cold slaw?
The times., 1897-12-03
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