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Evening star., 1898-01-04
X. of p. Omcer. Installed.

Deputy Grand Chancellor John c. Yost
installed the following officers at the regu-
lar meeting of Franklin Lodge. No. 2, K.
OF p, last evening: Chancellor commander,
c. D. Church; vice chancellor. John B.
Woodfeld; prelate John 7. Woodf1eld: mas
ter of work, Daniel Rothwell; keeper of
records and seal, Thomas Adams; master
Of finance, ]. H. Entwistle; master of ex-
chequer, Lemuel Fugitt; master at arms,
John F. Hayre: inner guard, John w. Cox;
outer guard, George Ryall; trustees, Geo.
Ryall, ]. T. Woodfield and c. Rothwell
representatives to the grand lodge, Thomas
Adams, Lemuel Fugitt, George RyaIl. Dan
lei Rothwell and John B. Woodfield.
Evening star., 1898-01-04

The Commissioners have informed NJ
Victor Kaufman. secretary of the Wash
ington Heights Citizens Association. and
Mr.. M. A. Ballinger. president of the Co.
lrmbia Heights Citizens Association. that
the permits given for the erection of tele-
phone poles on Wyoming avenue and in
Columbia Heights were granted TO the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Com
pany under the impression that the law
gave the company a clear right to erect
such poles In the suburbs. Discovering
later that there was some question as to
the intent of the law in the matter. the
permits were rescinded for the time being,
At the present time, the Commissioners ex-
plain, they are waiting for fuller under
standing Of the question, either from argu-
ments of the telephone company or from
Congress.
Evening star., 1898-01-04

A dispatch from Barcelona last Saturday
says: Gen. Ruis Rivera, the insurgent
leader, who was captured, badly wounded,
in the province of Pinar del Rio. by the
Spanish troops under Gen. velasco on
March %. 1897. and who was condemned
to death and his sentence modified, has
arrived here and was conducted on foot and
in chains to Mont Juich Fortress between
lines of soldiers and mounted gendarmes
Gen. Rivera was calm, but he protested
against being chained. sNe one was allow.
ed to speak to him. Therebwas a big crowd
Of people in the vicinity but there were
Evening star., 1898-01-04
Water Pitcher as q weapon.

The case of "Creede" Smith, colored,
who was arrested on the charge Of strik-
ing George Brown. also colored. in the
head with a water pitcher during a fight,
last night was today continued by Prose-
cutor Mullowny until Smith is able to ap-
pear In the Police Court. Brown was
takeqs to the Freedmen's Hospital, but he
will, It is thought, be able to appear In
court tomorrow.
Evening star., 1898-01-04
STEAMER "wAKEFIELD."

FOH FOIONAC HIVEB LANDINGS,
Leaves Warrington, d. c. 9TH st. ferry wharf),
Mondays. an, for intermediate landfnev 10
Colonial Beach. Bushwood. Rock Point, Nomini
Creek. AbelIs. Leonardtown, Stones, Howard's,
CObruns, Calton's.
Wednesdays. an, for intermediate landingp to
Coaoniai Beach. BTshvood. Rock Point, Colton's.
Le0nafdtown, Abelfs Nomipi Greek, Pfney Poant
St. 0ecFgs's Island. Smith Greek, Coaa and Yeoce-
mieo rivefa.
SATURDAYS. an, for intefmedfats landinss to
Colonial Beach, Bushwood. Rock Point, Oolfon's.
Nomini Greek.
(See schedule in effect September r. 1917
se7-0 q II. RIDLEY, Gen1. AanaGee.
Evening star., 1898-01-04

The Pan Mall Gazette. commenting upon
the increase Of American cotton shipments
to Japan. says:
THE special interest fog Jus lies in the in
jury to Indian cotton growers. If the
American staple continues cheap and the
American takinEs fncraRsa. It ID more than
possible that ere long America will also ship
to China" m.n
Evening star., 1898-01-04
MODERN NOVELISTS.
Lecture on Their Methods by Prof.
Francis EUan.

Prof. Maurice Francis Egan, Ii. D., of
the Catholic University, will deliver. by
request, lecture tomorrow evening at the
Carroll Institute on 1.-The Methods of Some
Modern Novelists." The other lectures to
be delivered at the institute will be Thurs
day, January 13, Rev. Thomas J. Shahan
d. d., "Albrecht Durer, Engraver and
Painter" and Rev. William T. Mcclure,
Brooklyn, N. Y, president of the Catholic
Young Mems National Union, on Daniel
O'Connel," January %
Thursday evening, January 30. there will
be the second joint entertainment of the
Capital Camera Club and the Carroll In
Stitute.
Evening star., 1898-01-04
AMOUNT OF BOND REQUIRED.
Orders OF Judge Cox in Belt RAILWAY
Case.

Case.
Judge Cox, n Equity Court No. 1, today,
in connection with the Belt railway case
signed an order to the effect that S. s.
Dash & Son, one Of the unsecured cred
tiers. heving taken an appeal to the Court
Of Appeals from the decree directing the
sale OF the road, shall furnish an appeal
bond In the sum of $4,000. If the bond is to
operate as stay supersedeas. and at 500
IL not to so operate. The order stipulates
that the American Security and Trust Com
pany may hereafter move to have the
amount Of the bond increased. IL it SO de-
sres.
Judge Cox further directed that the em-
pioyes furnish a bond in the sum of SO
to secure the costs of the appeal taken
by them.
The appeal from the decree of Judge Cox
will be argued and submitted In the Court
of Appeals within sixty days. II can not
be stated, however. how long the court viii
require to draw up and announce its opin
ion. It may be six months or even longer,
IN the event that the Court Of Appeals
sustains Judge Cox. before the road Il sold.
Evening star., 1898-01-04
RAILROADS.
RAILROAD.

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD.
STATION CUENEf: OF SMITH AND Z STREETS.
1:Jo AN week days. PITTSBURG EXrRESS-
Parlor and Dining Cars Harrisburg 70 Pit,s6nrg
II 30 AN PENNSYLVANIA LINITEB-Pullnian
Sleeping. Dining. smoking and Observation Cars
Harrisburg to Chicago. Cincinnati, Indianap polls,
81. Louis. Cleveland and Toledo. Buffet farlor
1o:oo An FAST LINE-Puliua1 Buffet Parlor
Car I" Harrisburg. Buffet Parior Car harrisburg
$40 PM CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS EMPRESS
Sleeping Ear Washington TO ST. Louis. and
Sleeping and Dining Cars Harrisburg 70 St
Louis SaShys tia CinGianat and Chicago:
ing Car to PittshurS Chicago aud Harrisburg to
Slrveland n Dining il1s,e, Gag TO chicagc Mn
man Sleeping Cars Washington Pittshurg and
Harrisburg TO st. Louis and Cincinnati. Dining
1o:5p PM. PACIFIC ExpREss-Pullman Sleep
ing Car to Pittsburg
7:Sn AN for Kane. Canandaigua Rochester and
Niagara Falls daily. except sunday
1o;Jo An for Elmir'' and Eenovo daily: except
7.2o I'.M- for wnIismsport. Rochester. Erie. Buff
fai% and Niagara Falls daily. except Saturday.
with Stepping Car Washington TO Buffalo.
1a:4o Pm. for Erie. Canan'iiisua. Rochester Buff
fiio alh Niagara Falls daily. Pullman Sleeping
Car Washington to Rochester Saturdays only.
FOR PHiLADELFIIIA. NEW YORK AND THE
800 IN. CONGRESSIONAL LIMITED" daily.
al fdFi"r taIs. with Dining Gar from Baltimore.
Regular at 100 Dining Cart. 500 900 1000
IlinsirID AN. II: -. 5.l5. I:2n $50. 1o:oo and
l1;@9 = VI. On Sunday. 10 ,pining Carr, 500
90 II 90 dining Or FROM Wilmington, NJ.
l. a.. 3;ib 10. $50. It.uO and II 80 PM.
For Philadelphia oHIg. Fast Express $50 A "
He,I SeI~ lays t4prrs~: I2:l5 IN week days.
fof I'St"n Without change. 80 An. week days
aDd i,u PM. daily 'N'
For BalJincre. Go. go. T:50 500. 900 1000
rs" HOO An. l. IL. II. Is 12:5u 2:o1 3:13
.-tV 't:'p i.iIhitr'i. 4:-t' $40 G:15 ESQ
- 1J:po lb:Ip. II IL and II 80 PM On sun
nay. 10 500. BOO 9:H5. ld:J0 IL 90 A NJ
I-;l'. 10 2:ol, 3.I5. $40 tf:oo Iimited, i:2o
y 1;tM1 A. o;l1. 6.51 I:2e. 1o:cV, 1870 and IL 80
fSF d,,It LIers,s Greek Line. $50 AN. and 4:ss PM
f9r u iAhiapnis 700 500 AN, 4:2O and $40
~ n naiy; except Sunday. Sundays. 900 A. NJ
Atlantic Coast Iine-Express for Florida and points
- ~ -fti'intic Coast Line. 40 A. NJ. 3:4S PM
tai-! h,ichInond only 1O:51 AN week dsys:
IhtIdhti special. via Richmcnd and Seatoard Air
80 I'M daily. Accommodation for Guam
tieo' '''v M daily and 4:25 PM week days
T. SEASHoRE CONNECTIONS
TOT = atiahtlc City tvia Delaware River Rridpe ,1,
Nhs WI rsute'. 3;l5 Pm. daily. via Market Street
wharf 1000 and 1I:0o All. I2.45 p " weat
dsSs. and 11:J0 T. NJ daily " en
daily. ' "eeA ua!s' ll'oO I'M
onI aehet ofhees. corner Fifteenth and G. streets
I'D tne station, Sixth and Il streets where
S,i. .ah DE- left for the checking of baggage to
"es'iAal"h from hotels and residences
" D. - HUTCHINSON General Manager
- - NttD. General Pas,anyer AGENT 400
Evening star., 1898-01-04
Trolley ON Navy Yard Bridge.

So far as the District Commissioners are
concerned. the Capital Railway Company
will be permitted to use an overhead troll
ley system on theNavy Yard bridge. In 4
report on House bill 5149. SO authorizing
the company, the Commissioners recon-
mend that the bill be amended 80 as to
provide for double overhead trolley wires
ON the bridge, protected by the wooden
trough suggested some time ago In The
Star, and thoroughly insulated from the
bridge. The speed of the cars on the bridge
hour.
Evening star., 1898-01-04

Mr.. George C. Gorham will give a lec-
ture on the ''Unwritten Laws Of the United
States Senate" this evening before the
Mems Club at the New York Avenue Pres
byterian Church. Mr.. Gorham is regarded
as one of the best informed men In the
country regarding the rules that govern the
Senate, and q large attendance to hear him
ia expected.
Evening star., 1898-01-04
SOUTHERN RAU.WAy

All SeHeuuie IN effect November 81 1897
senger station At fehhssNahla pas
and x aMapaily Local for Danville Charlotte
S; Sulsi Harrsonburg and Staunton. daily eycent
Wasrty ana at Lynchblrg with the Norfolk and
II, HIP A;M-.Daily.-T UNITED STATES FAST
MhiL; NJ IaFrles Pullman Buffet Sleepers. New Yort
bury with Pullman Sleeper for AsbrviIie and ds HLs,
spFlhss- sF y e: Knoxville and Chattanooga. Tenn
guSta Pullman Buffet Sleeper New York To New
0re1hs; sps Ms connecting at Atlanta for Birmingham
u Halfway for Lexington and NatnraI Rrdra
uJ,,s. LAY Solld train Washington to New Orleans
without change: Sunset Personally Conducted To,ir
o't mtd.Sidy and Saturday To San Francisco with
,4:ol i',M--Local for Front ROYAL strasburp and
h.lEisIntGrg, daily, except Sunday
11.i !, MMIIaily-L"saI for Charlottesville.
Nj m,li;,. Elm IESTiBILED LIMITED. composed of
rn rnilman Nestibuled Sleepers. Dining Cars and Day
Tenn via Ashevflle. knoxville and Chatfanooga:
New 1ork to Tampa. via Charlotte Columbia Sa,
rglman Sleeper from Richmond to Augusta Via
coiumbia with connection for Aiken and New York
70 . memphis via birmingham. New York to New
orleans. via Atlanta and Montgomery VesthuIed
Day coach Washington to Atlanta. Southern Rail-
TRAINS on WASHINGTON AMI OHIO DIvI-
S1oN-leave Washington 9:O1 a M daily. 4:45 pm
uaiiy except Sunday. and G:25 D. m SUNDAYS only
for Round NH; 80 m daily. except Sunday for
heeShhts. -i ana 80 IN daily for Herndon Re-
p m daily from Round Hill 7:os am. daily. eS
tept sunday from Herndon s:34 m. daily except
Through trains from the south arrive at Wash
srpn Ta- a-m 10 ~ 20 pm and 92S pm daily
Sunday and $50 m daily from
Tickets Sleeping Car reservation and informa-
Pennsylvania avenue. ami at Pennsylvania railroad
w Fl. GREEN. General Supt.
J: VI. CCLP. Traffic Manager
W y. ~ Rk. Gen. Pass. Agent.
Evening star., 1898-01-04

secretary AA8eF the OOnOr.
A story of Secretary Alger's generosity
has come to light. On Christmas eve he
sent to each Of the forty-eight charwomen
In the State. War and Navy Departments
building $ bill The Secretary followed
bis usual practice at Christmas of present
ing overcoats to all the Detroit newsboys
who had mona
Evening star., 1898-01-04
POTOMAC RIVER BOATS.

THE WEEMS STEAMBOAT co.
POTOMAC RIVER ROUTE,
Winter Schedule, in effect Dec. %, 1897
STEAMER POTOMAC
Leaves Washington every THURSDAY At 4 I'm
for Baltimore aud River Landings
Baltimore freight solicited.
All river freight must be prepaid
STEPHENSON & BRO Aets
Omce, 9!O "a. ave. Telephone rs.
Evening star., 1898-01-04
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY.

THRorGH THE GRANDEsT SCENERY OF
AMEkIIA, ALL TRAINS yESTIBrLED
ELECTRIC LIGHTED STEAM HEATED
ALL MEALS SERVED IN DINING CARS
STATION SIXTH AND STREETS
Schedule In effect November IA, 1897
2:2h Pm. DAILY-Cincinnati and St Louis Spe-
cial-Solid train for Cincinnati. Pullman sleepers
10 Cincinnati. Lexington. Louisville Indianapolis
and 81 Louie without change Parlor cars Cincin-
Eait 10 Chicago. Connects at Covington, Va for
Virginia Hot Springs ~
11:10 T. NJ DAILY-F F. V. Limited-Solid train
Tor Cincinnati Pullman sleepers to Cincinnati
Lexington and Louisville without change Omen
for reception of passengers o pm Pull
man compartment car to Virginia Hot Springs
without change Tuesdays. Thursdays and Satur-
days Daily connection for the Springs Sleepe- a
Cincinnati 10 Chicago and st. Louis
20 Pm. DAILY-For GordonsyfIle Cha arlottes-
vile. StauHton and for Richmond daily except
Sunday
Io:5i AM. EXCEPT SUNDAY-Parior car
washington to Richmond and Richmond to Old
foint-only rail line via Penna-, r. F. and p
and q. and o. railways.
Reservations and tickets at Chesapeake and Ohio
Offices. 513 and li2l Pennsylvania avenue and at
the station
Fl. W. FULLER
api'-3>d General Passenger Agent.
Evening star., 1898-01-04

If you want anything. try an ad. In The
star. II anybody has what you wish, you
win get an answer.
Evening star., 1898-01-04
WASHINGTON. ALEXANDRIA AND Mt. YER
NON RAILWAY

WASHINGTON. ALEXANDRIA AND MT. YER
NON RAILWAY.
FROM STATION. I3I4 STREET AND p. AVE
IN EFFECT NOVEMBER IA. 1897
For Alexandria. week days, $50 7:o5 7.35 ex
500. s::J. $50. $50 Jo:o5 ex IL 90 III .45 n !,
I2:os e1. I'D. I:I5 i:45. 2:o5 ex.. 2:40 800
3:59 ex-. AIS ex.. 4:50. sos $40 ex 5:.o 6.oS
ex., 6:31 200, 500. 900, 1000 II aO. II 20 PM
For Ais1andIia Sundays. :a5. s:45. 9:4s' 10 80.
11:15 A NJ: 1900 noon, 12:35. 30 2:I5 3.oo
3;45 4;3a 5:15. 500. 6:i5 1880. s:l5 900, 1000
1I:2p PM ''
For Mt. Vernon, week days, $50. 500 1o.os
1l:eo A M: 1905. l:15 2:05. 3:59 1905 PM
For Mt. Vernon. Sundays. 7:45 9:45 A. NJ: Il. 90
noon. 2:15, 3:+5, 6:I5 PM
For Arlington and Aqueduct Bridge week days
500, s:a3. lo:e5. 11:0O AN; 1908. H. 20 lis
EOS. 2:40. 3:20. AIS. 5:2D, sos T:0s 500 p NJ
For Arlington and Aqueduet Bridge SUNDAYS
t:+5. s:35. 9-45. 1870. HIS AN; 1890 noon
12:45, 30. 2:l5 300. 3:45. 4:so. 5:i5 600 615
7:3o Sis PM ' wv
Baggage checked free for passengers holding arst.
class tickets at station Bicycles. 25 cents each
Parcels carried. nn1a
Evening star., 1898-01-04

MISS BALCH'S CIVIL SERVICE INSTITUTE AND
Business College. 1911 11th st. n.w.-Typewrit-
ing bookkeeping and stenography taught by best
teachers. Pupils instructed by correspondence
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26

a deception" he added, with a slight
sheer. 600 to him; he will tell you wheths
err have spoken truth or falschood."
~ will ask him"
She turned away with her usual state
~ grace and dignity: save for her intense
pallor. there was nothing strange In her
appearance. A CLEAN Of admiration cnme
into Bryant's eyes rs he followed: she
was brave. and he. base though he was,
respected courage.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26
Ornamental; Also Useful

Mrs. Suddenrlch--What awful nice
spoons them are!
Dealer--Yes. madam; they are our
very latest designs.
Mrs. S.-Are they to eat fruit with?
Dealer--They are souvenir spoons.
madam.
Mrs. S.--Gimme a dozen. Our new
French cook makes elegant souvenir
New York Weekly.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26

"Well, ! had a very fine business all
summer, but It's about axzled out now"
That's too bad. What Ia your line2'
~ have the soda water concession in
q downtown drug store"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-11-26

Some people should take more pains
b conceal what they know.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-02
Something to Know.

1t may be worth something to know
that the very best remedy for restor-
ing the tired out nervous system to a
healthy vigor is Electric Bitters. This
medicine is purely vegetable, acts by
giving tone to the nerve centers in
the stomach, gently stimulates the
liver and kidneys, and aids these or
gans in throwing off impurities in the
blood. Electric Bitters improves the
appetite, aids digestion, and is pro-
nounced by those who have tried it as
the very best blood purifier and nerve
tonic. Try it. Sold for 80 cents or
81 per bottle at Hartz & Ullemeyer's
drug store
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-02
An Editors Hard Lot.

There are always those who will kick.
For instance. if you publish jokes with
whiskers on them some will say that
you ought to be in lunatie joint II
you don't print something to smile at,
they say you are a pessimistic fossil If
you spread yourself and write a good,
original article, they will say it is
stolen. If you reprint an article, they
say yen can't write. If you say de-
serving word for man, You are partial;
II you coInpliment the women, the men
are jealous, and if you don't the verdict
of the women is to the effect that your
paper is not fit to use in the construc-
ton of q hustle. If you stay in your
Office, you are afraid to remain ON the
strests; if you do. you are lazy. If you
look seedy, you are squandering your
money; if you wear good clothes, you
are dude, and don't pay for them. II
you play a social game of any kind and
get stuck, you are a fish; if you win,
you are a tin horn, and so it goes
through one continual round of pleasant
complications. -Roslyn (Mich.) Senti-
mel
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-02
A Singular Calculation.

In a recent number of Power a singu-
lar calculation is presented by j. A.
ReIrie. 1t would require, according to
Mr.. Renie's figures, the power of 10, :
600 horsepower engine about 10000, :
900, 600 years to lift the earth foot in
height, and to do this work, allowing
Is pounds of water per horsepower per
hour, would require some 10. 600, 600, =
00S, 900, 900, 600 gallons of water. or
more than would be discharged at the
mouth of the Mississippi i'll 60, 600
years. This would be enough, the writer
estimates, to cover the entire surface Of
the earth to depth Of about 300 feet,
to convert which into steam, using good
boilers, would require somo A, 600, 000,-
600, 900, 900 tons of coal. If the latter
quantity of the mineral was loaded on
cars of 20 tons each, it would demand
200, 900, 900, 900. 600 such cars. If the
latter were 80 feet long and all coupled
together in one train, it would reach
around the earth 40, 600, 900 times and,
if running 20 miles per hour, would
consume 90, 900, 900 years in running
the length of itself So much for Zig
ures %
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-02
A Cuban MilkmAn.

Chow many COWS there are about the
streetsi'' somebody exclaims, and then
he is calmly informed that the morn
ing's milk is simply being delivered
A bunch of cattle and their driver stop
before house, and the portero comes
out with cup for the mornings sup
ply. 1t is seen then that the cows are
being MIXED from door to door by the
dairymen, for this is the way the acute
Cuban housewives have taken to assure
for their tables tactical supply which
is entirely fresh and absolutely pure.
Even with the cows MIXED before
the door one must continue to watch
the milkman, for 1 have even heard OF
their having a rubber bag Of water con-
cealed under their loose frocks and con-
nected with a rubber tube running
down inside of the sleeve, its tip being
concealed in the hollow of the milking
hand. Only gentle pressure upon the
bag of water within is needed to thus
cause both milk and water to flow into
the cup at the same time. The milk
vendors of Italy and India have also
learned their trade to perfection, for
they practice this identical trick.-Ed-
ward Page CASTOR in Woman's Home
Communion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-02
A Deadly Gas.

MiIlers and the owners of grain ele-
vators look upon the bisulphide of car
bon as one of their most useful agents.
When a mill. an elevator or a granary
becomes infested with weevil, bisul-
phide of carbon is the cheapest and
most effective thing to exterminate the
pest So deadly is the. gas, however,
and so rapidly does it act that the ut
most care must be taken in applying
the bisulphide. 1t is usually sprinkled
over the grain from watering pots The
liquid is rapidly converted into gas.
and the latter sinks through the grain,
carrying death to the weevil and even
TO the unmatched eggs. =
So long as the persons applying the
liquid stand above the point of applica-
ton they are pretty safe from the
fumes, but occasionally the workmen
breathe little of the gas and have to
be removed at once to the open air, as
the heart Is quickly paralyzed by the
action of the bisulphide- 1t Is usual to
treat the lower floors Of a granary first,
so that those employed in the work may
keep constantly above the gas. Any
animal, as a cat or dog, shut up in an
apartment where the bisulphide is do
ing its work is found dead when the
place is opened Inter Ocean.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-02
Artillery Terms.

All artillery may be divided into two
main classes, heavy and light. Heavy
artillery is called also garrison artillery.
Heavy artillery guns are placed perma-
nently in forts, and the men who handle
them form foot artillery batteries and
regiments Light artillery refers to
guns not permanently emplaoed-that
is, light enough to be taken from place
to place by means of horses and ma
neuvered by hand. In our army the
light artillery gunners ride on the Gals
sons and gun carriages. In horse artil-
lery the gunners ride horses, so that a
horse artillery battery has a great many
more horses than light battery. We
have no horse batteries in our army. A
field battery is light battery. A flying
battery is horse battery. Siege guns
are between heavy and light artillery.
They are Intended to be placed perma-
nently for the time being and are
brought to their places by teams, but
they are not Unanswered as light guns
are.-New York Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-02
E1planntIon Demanded.

The taxpayers of Illinois are de-
manding an explanation of that APP
preparation of $240. 600 to the Joliet
penitentiary. In January, 1897. the
commissioners of that institution re-
ported to the governor that after four
years of hard work they had at last
got Il to be self-sustaining, thereby
taking il out of the list of institutions
to be supported by the state. This
was joyful news, indeed. Times were
hard and the fact that one state ipsti-
tuition had at last become self-sus-
tanning created widespread comment
of n very favorable nature But what
do you suppose happened? With this
record and report before ii the legisla-
ture actually appropriated this inssi-
tuition $240. 900. Why did it do it?
No one knows unless the present state
administration wanted to have n fat
expense fund for the officials. Re-
publican papers, such as the Times
Herald. are charging that the Tanner
machine is raising S72, 600 for cam
paign fund by assessing state officials
and employees. Is this $240. 900 furn-
ishing good slice of the $72, 900? At
any rate it is an unspeakable outrage
for legislature to appropriate $240,-
600 for an institution when it's COM
missioners said it didn't want it. This
is one little chapter only in republican
extravaganza.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-09-02
Literary.

In the September North American
Review Burnside Foster, NJ. d., writes
upon "Leprosy and the Hawaiian
Annexation. With probably not
less than 6, 200 of the Inhabitants of
the new territory just acquired by
the United States victims of this hor-
rible scourge. DIR. Foster urges the
adoption of measures by the Ameri-
can government to stamp out the dis
ease.
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