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nn1nrnraa. IN KoMEM
Tho HuterestinK Discussien Called Forth BY tho
afnrr nj q. Nlndnmn ENntternN.n

IN NNNANN S-NANN y 49,
story NJ :" MADAME nntteFnJ.n
To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: I should
like to say NJ Dear Mr.. stcrner.' because this
letter is addressed to him. To he sure thoro arc
things in this world which are not nico. / men
toned ono OF them very particularly in my
letter, and / sec that l SO aptly caught her like
ness that another woman mo for 1t.
! also mentioned that she was generally OF u
strong admixturc OF foreign blood. an alien to
our nature.
My dear Mr.. Sterner. do you think you quite
understand usi or course you do in n degree.
Thank you kindly for your compliment to the
enormously keen and comprehensive faculties
Of the American woman She has them, MS
has been noticed many times. She looks over
the world, and when she finds anything In art
or literature which Is truo and great, she ac-
cepts IL and rejoicos; nonsense to tho contrary:
the naval officers wife was untrue to nature;
absolutely; a nero distortion, abnormal. What
l asked was this: Do men, OF bhe class 81 me
the cdltor Of II great magazine, expect the pres.
e~ntation of hor rs normal to pass without
COMMENT Would men. like q woman who could
gayiy, iieht.hcartedly, and happily adopt tho
child of her husbands mistrossi DO men want
TO foster such an abnormal nature in women
There Is no way 80 easy as to continually present
II In literature as normal.
The travelled American or the foreigner GER
tainlv has liberty to dislike ou- 'niceness" II he
wants TO. Facts prove that he generally respects
It. But SO long az that niceness is u fact. my
dear Mr.. Sternor. 1t should be presented In lit
eraturo like any other truth. You see. we are
on exactly the same side, only you don't know
It. We both want the truth. We know as we'll
as you do that there Ia nothing SO moral as
truth. Truth is morality, Every great artist and
every great writer realizes 1t, and makes us
realize II. 1t can never do any harm to present
the most un-nice (since we began with that
world truth IL 1t lie done with great art, because
It is the mission Of art to interpreting so present
the truth that the message shall thrill the duh.
est. The author of Madame Butterfly" has
CONT very near to high ART In filing us with
indignant pity for tho poor little Japanese.
There we feel his truth: but his American bride
IL impossible.
Our American women are nice. They like to
be nice. American men want to marry nice
women. Those arc the women they are taught
to love and respect, into whose nee hands they
want to give their homes. for American men
are fastidious enough to want nice homes.
AT least, that has been the American woman's
theory about her countrynien. What l nm ask
ing. l say again. is only this: Would men like n
woman who could do what the naval officers
vito tried to dol Was she IL nice woman from
their point of view 1 should like to ask If Mr..
Sterncr would like herr
AN AMERICAN WOMAN.
NEW YORK Jan. Ii.
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used upon tho line, II much greater than
IL yet exhibited at Niagara.
Notable, also, arc the applications OF the
electric current to heating and to metal.
lurgy. BY electric welding machines are
now made carriage hardware, axles, wheel
tires, parts Of bicycles, and tools, metal
bands for pals, tubs, and barrels, and In
Vulnerable other articles. Electric meth
DDS have been found adaptable to thea an
healing Of armor for war vessels. Formerly,
1t was almost impossible odrlll orcut holes
In the plates of HnrvcyiZed armor, but, by
the application of electric machinery. 1t
has been found practicable to obtain X
treme localization In the heating of metal
through the delivery Of electrical energy
and its conversion into heat at the desired
point without impairing the quality of the
rest of the plate. Mr.. THOMSON reminds
us that, before the advent of the electric
welding process, iron and platinum were
regarded as the only weldable metals. Now
all metals are capable of being welded I'M
der electric treatment.
Electric heating is used in many other
ways. There are electric cooking utensils,
electric soldering tools and similar devices,
while many street cars are provided with
electric heat in winter.
In metallurgy the value Of electricity has
received of late q new demonstration at
Niagara, where the metal aluminium
which, not many years & cost 80 an
ounce, is now produced and sold at a price
which makes it, bulk for bulk, cheaper
than brass. In this case, Of course the
electric currents power Of electrolyzing or
breaking up strong chemical unions is en-
ployed. Works for the production Of me-
tallic sodium and other metals similarly
depend upon the decomposition effected BY
the electric current. Enormous mounts Of
crude copper are annually refined by cleo
t~rolysis, with the result that a nearly pure
metal is obtained, where formerly impuri-
ties lessened the value of the copper. Not
only is this the case, but, in some instances,
mounts of the precious metals sufficient
to pay the cost Of the process have been
separated In the refining.
Passing from the applications of cleo
trlcity to industrial purposes, Mr.. THoM-
SON reviews the advances made in cleo
trical science considered as q department
Of physics. Among other discoveries, he
TeierS W tue uemonstrdtlon Inaue ny I1EtZ
and others that signals may be transmitted
to distant points without wires simply
by using electric waves Of some millions
Of vibrations per second; these invisible
waves being recognized by suitable receiv-
ers. Whether, however, the wireless tele-
graph will supersede surface telegraph
lines and submarine cables is pronounced
questionable. We note, finally, that the
discovery Of the X-rays belongs, properly,
to electrical science, seeing that the rays
are the result of electrical action in certain
bulbs. On the whole, the data set
forth by Mr.. THOMSON fully justify his con-
clusion that the application of electricity
to the needs Of mankind will be deemed
hereafter the browning glory of the latter
half Of the nineteenth century.
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Our esteemed contemporary, Il

Our esteemed contemporary, the Rich
mond Times. while not avorse to the recent en-
largemcnt of the staff of the Governor of vir-
ginia, puts forward the theory that the title of
Colonel should DO conferred. not by common
consent, but by popular election" The theory
Is engaging, but unsound. The jealousies. tho
hatreds. and perhaps tho deeds Of violence
which would be caused by the popular election
of Colonies in a community where every man ia
entitled. by the beauty and the chivalry Of
his appearance. and by his knowledge of war
and poker, to be called Colonel. would be dire.
No; every Virginian of full age should be er
obfcio Colonel, and the Colonies on the staff
should be styled Gencralissimos.
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From Sunset. in the State Of the Lone
Star, there bursts forth a note that jars harshly
upon the tunes Of populism. What is 1t to be"
asks tho Sunset Signal, "a big cotton acreage
again. planted with the earnest prayer that our
neighbor's crop may be ruined"
Do wedetect tho germ of the trust in this ten
tative plainti Is there a suggestion in it of
conference among cotton-land owners, Of a har.
monizing of their interests and of cooperation
in tho great industry of cotton growingf We
are constrained to think there is. The unmoved
and irreconcilable anti.monopolists OF Texas
should arise and ravage the fields in which this
trust germ has found a Judgment.
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1t is said In st. Paul that the Hon.

1t Is said In St. Paul that the Hon.
IGSATIUs D~oNNELLY, the Sage OF Niningcr. still
delving in the Baconian mine, promises rich
now treasures. In his next book he will prove.
with his customary weight of proof. that BACON
wrote "Don Quixotc," besides all tho English
classics except Mr.. DoNNELLY. Is tho Sage of
Nininger aware that the original papers OF Gin
HAMET BENENGELI have been recently discov.
erod in n castle in la Mancha, and that they
show. with tho absolute clcarness of a cryptic.
grammatical demonstration that the so-called
BACON was Don QUIXoTEi The chronological
difficulties will be explained sufficiently in tho
forthcoming volume no. 2s) of the Proceed.
ings and Famous Deeds of the Academy of
Windmills, and Nine Worthless OF Toboso." MIR.
DoSNELLY is going to be surprised.
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The Mississippi River is frozen with hor

The MISSISSIPPI River IS frozen With hOr-
TOR and all the pines of Pearl county sob in fear.
The Hon. SHEBANGo SIiIvERs OF Pearl county
has introduced or thrown into the Mississippi
House of Representatives a resolution "indors-
ing" a gentleman of the dangerous name of
RAPIER for his resistance to the high-handed
usurpation and seizure of the Mobile Post Office
by the Federal authorities Can such things
be and overcome us like a summer shower with
out our special knowledgei Apparently RAPIER
has drawn himself out of the Union. and tho
Hon. SHEBANGo SHIvERs. inspiring everywhere
his own surname, is prepared to follow. The
dogs of war howl for their licenses. The Federal
authorities must beware.
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A Bachelor G,rrs Protest and Approval.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: Permit q
woman to declare her approval Of tho senti-
ments expressed by obadiah Oldboy" In to-
days Sun. and to say that she rejoices in the
knowledge that the type of man which he 30
faithfully represents is not afraid to come forth
and "shout his appreciation to tho American
Woman who writes to THE L on the sub
ject of Wives and Husbands"
Like Obadiah Oldbov" l.. too. boil with in
dignation" when I attempt to read some OF the
literature of the day. and I note with growing
are presented in our theatres and seem to meet
with the approval OF large audiences. The en-
couragement which the reah'ng and the theatre,
fear. responsible for the apparently ever.increas-
ing lack of simplicity OF thought and of manner
which our mothers taught us 10 believe in 30
implicitly.
Let The Sun continue its good work and
thereby earn tho gratitude Of its readers who
are still sufficiently oid-fashioned to protest
against the advanced views of such writer's as
the American Woman !" refers to in her article.
NEW York., Jan. II. A BACHELOR GIRL.
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SUNBEAMS.

-one Western railroad, at least. refuses to permit
stories of the lives of the James and Dalton outlaws
to be sold on its lines.
Some Southern Baptist clergymen have attempted
to drive from their churches members who take up
the teachings of "Christian Science"
1t is said that q Kentucky surgeon replaced with
q wooden leg tho broken leg OF a steer that was
caught under a failing tree at Bowling Green.
Farm thieves have been operating in parts Of
Kentucky and farmers have suffered the loss Of
wagon loads OF grain. pumpkins. and shocked corn.
According to report O Great Benc, Ind. woman,
who, on being divorced, married the man who had
been her father-in'.aw, made herself on this second
trial O n model wife.
"A fish in q bottle was captured by a Maryland
FISHERMAN and It seemed to be content with ito
quarters. Apparently It had entered the bottle
under favorable circumstances and found Itself
unable to wriggle out.
There is a fine horse at Glasgow Junction. Ky,
which was left with a citizen near tho railroad sta
tlon last April by q stranger who was IN a great hurry
to catch a train and said that he was coming back
from Bowling Green on the next returning train is
has not been heard OF since
The experience OF Wichita, where tho Masons.
who q few years ego bought the First Baptist Chnrrh
at foreclosure sale. recently purchased the y. g.
A. building unGer similar conditions. gave point 10
the words OF Il Topeka clergyman. who said that he
lodge room was supersedlng the church In Kansas.
-Buddins 6 MUS in Portland. Or, has devise! o
utlltarian plan to make the new aluminqm musical
Instruments convertible into Kitchen utensils. ~
making tn keys and strings detachable he proposes
10 use the mandolin for a stuwTar, the guitar fora
ham oilrr or nsh frigr, and TO cook %nnpjacSs on the
banjo. II VIII readily bo seen thar a plccolo r"''d
serve the uses u a poker without any dttaahing, AMI
tae conversion 81 q saNaphone into q soup lal.s
would have advantages too manifest :or comment.
in the complaint in n suit for 10000 daprag"n Tor
personal injuries IN the pursuit OF his WORE f"r iA'
Armour IA King company at Kansas City. KIN, "Hs
Andy Dupont. who Ii a pugl!it 4 local not" ~ " a
as an Armour employee, stated hts case IN fhF'|''
and asserted that he would "suFcr his lifelong ~
reason o! defendants wrong The defendant ma''
answer also in rhyme, se,tins forth As foliuws'
Each claim OF plaiutIn we resist
Because he Is n pug!l.si.
AMI whether e be- wrong or right
II duty Is TO stand and night.
No: In the oolrt. but with his fist,
Is where the plaintiff should resist,
And rot let some poor slaughtered sheep
Knock plaintiff out and make HIM we p
DCfen ant also here VIII state,
II plliutlI got a wounded pa'e.
It was by his own want OF care,
For by US lie was treated fair,
Therefore defendant should go heaSS
With coat. for thlS u IL dsGsRsA."
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people Of old 70 thsit eonsuiu. shet not tire repnhiio
suner HARM win ba accepted from the American
people and will be executed with hdelity and honor
by the hero OF the bimetaiiic cause. the champion OF
liberty, tho advocate of popular rights, the gifted,
gallant, and irrcproachnele WILLIAM JENNINGS Bryan"
Hurrah and Hooray! But the gifted, gal
liant, and lrreproachable WILLIS is the boy
for our money. AS a temple purger and
demon driver he can give the Hon. BILLIE
BRYAN cards, spades, big and little casino,
and three aces.
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age, but in her appearance n Of alien blood.
Her husband Ia away from homo much Of the
time. but ne no is a man OF affairs. nobody
thought OF that until his wife began talking
about 1t. She lives In a perpetual excuse for
living with her husband and tolerating what
she says is n fact, that ho dcvotos his time to
another woman. But her plen always is the
fact that sho lives in luxury and tho other
woman works for her living. That seems 10
compensate her for all things. She says that it
Is mn absolute proof that her husband respects
her rs n good woman" quito unconscious that
she Is writing her husband down ms n sruundrsl
on both sides OF the sheet. She tells her slight.
est ncquaintances that shc, oxacts. compcusa.
tious. She IL ono OF those who are full ot good
works and duties. and. as Another" suggests,
she grows stoutl AS for An American
WomRn's" knowledge of the spirit Of the real
American woman. that delicacy which makcs
her holy md precious. which makes hcr give all,
and in giving demand MI, 1t is exactly right. A
man Is never untrue-or 1t Is SO seldom that he
Is nm abnormal brutc-to u wife like that. I
hnvo onel AN AMERICAN MAN.
NEty NnpE-
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Notes ON the Democratic Platform.

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
"I suggest" remarks Chairman Jones. {" as a basis
OF union the Chicago platform. with the 'redeemablo
in coin clause left out"
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1t is satisfactory to see that the Chicago
Tribune quotes the view held by President
REACH OF Philadelphia on how to restore dis.
ciplino to the ball field. with the remark that
the latter expert evidently realizes the impor-
lance Of suppresslng rowdyism on tho field"
Mr.. RE&cH favors the common sense plan Of
fOrbiddi4g players 70 question dsCiaions given
by the unpire. =,
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To THE EDITOR OF THE sUS-Sir: THE Sun 10 Ger
tainly a daily college course. When I see a man with
THE Sun In his company. I know that his head con-
tains lots of high.grade gray matter.
EDWARD BRANCH LYMAN.
GREESFIELD. Mass, Jan. Ia.
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So Mr.. RICHARD lie GALLIENNE, the
man with tho Arthurian romantic name, is
coming TO this country to lecture. read. and
write. Have his friends examined carefully the
provisions of the Contract Labor law3 Surely
1t will not be pretended that he is an artist
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To II EDITOR or TIE SUN-Sir: II
American WON lived in our ncishborhood
she would have a few moro touches to add TO
her Observation-Disclosures wife. Here
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From the st. Louis Republic.

WILDERNESS. Ind, Jan. 1.-THE Democratic delega
ton of the Second Congressional district to-day UNI
equivocally Endorsed the Chicago PLATFORM. advocated
william ]. Bryan for President in 1900. and declared
unanimously for the free and unlimited coinage d
silver at the ratio OF 10 to /.
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Tour Jrtends ,cho favor us NTH manuscript Jo'
rsbncntion irish TO hate rejected articles returned
fAev must In all cases send stamps for that purpose.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-10-06
MRS. DOIk|N MUST CD
Back to Delaware to be Tried
for Murder.
BUT BEFORE SHE GOES
Supreme Court Test OF the
Law May Be Made.

San Francisco, Oct 5-Governor Budd
this afternoon decided that Mrs. Cordeia
Botk.n must go 10 Delaware 10 stand trial
for the murder of Mrs. John P Dunnlng
and Mrs. Deane. He Will honor the reaul-
s:tion Of the governor of Delaware and
order the issuance of his warrant for the
delivery of Mrs. Botkin to Detective Nc
Vey, the agent OF the state of De.a ware
Last Saturday. Chief OF Police Lees re-
ceived the new set of requisi1.on papers
and on Monday they We're submitted 10
Governor Budd- Today ne gave his opin-
received his careful conSlders ton present
ed them selves
First, Could Mrs. Botkin be tried IN this
state for the murder?
Second, Was she legally a fugitive from
the justice of state IN which she had
never been?
There was a wide divergence Of opinion
among attorneys as 10 whether ~ not she
could be tried here.
There was but ore supreme court de-
cislon on the question of her beng a fu-
g.tive and in that case zwo justices held
that the defendant was and three that
she was not The governor did not be-
lieve that she was, but thought the law
should be tested and If II he defective.
il could be amended. For that reason he
would issue the requistion papers and
Mrs Botkn's attorneys could carry the
matter TO the supreme court on habeas
corpus
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here, from 1890 to this year, he has ae-
dressed the people at the opera house
three times as large as me court house,
and Il would be packed to the doors. The
committee. however. anticipated a small
attendance thls time and would not put
up the necessary $40 for the opera house
There was no committee 10 meet the
Congressman: there was 10 all-day picnic
no parade no enthusiastic cheers for Jer-
~: no Wild hurrahing. no Outbursts Of
applause at MS sauies; no surrounding
the speaker AZ the conclusion OF the speech
nothing but a frost.
Mr.. Simpson was on the defensive
throughout his speech. He defended MS
course in congress. defended the state al
Immigration: defended the slim crowd J.
defended everything. He argued FOR his
record, but made TO reference % his vo;e
against the Hatch anti-oDtion biil ie
praised the last Legislature. but said moth
ing in defense Of hls lobbying against
the antl-usury bin al Topeka he de-
Tended -he Popuiis-s Of mis- d.strct but
said nothing OF Brown q Prstts attitude
and mis- charges against hin. lie 6i4 not
seem uke the eld-time Jerry the people
used To 90 wild over. and bis ssLies -
miraa and political mis- were not 10 evil
aence. T. vyas a new Jerry. a man who
evidently saw the handwriting oa the
wall
New York Oct s-Robert F1tzstnrnons
the pugfis ~. rece v-d word To-Day that
hls father died yesterday a. TiularI. Ne~
Zealand. aEed u1usty gears.
New York. oct 5-Pres dent Jane
ra~.fa
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QUAY AND OTHERS
ARE BOUND OVER
CONTINUED from First Page)

The senator tonight, in response to an
inquiry for statement by a reporter for
the Associated Press, said:
Il think that no one Who was present
at the hearing today entertains any doubt
as TO the truthfulnesS of the charge bold
ly made by my counsel, that this proceed =
ing was instigated by political enemies
Of mine who hide behind the district at
tcrney and win not permit him to reveal
their names. and that their sole purpose
was 10 manufacture campaign literature
by false charges that could not be met
and answered except on a trial in court. :"
"As to the charges themselves, / have
simply this to say, that they are abso-
hltely false and wholly without founda-
ton l have always had an account with
the Peoples bank and have frequently
instructed Mr. Hopkins to have brokers
buy for me stocks which 1 thought were
likely to rise in value. but they were
always bought with my own money or
upon my own credit and upon thoroughly
good collateral. and the Peoples bank
was always amply protected for any
loans / btained from IT, Not a single
share of stock was ever bought for me,
either directly or indirectly. with pub
lie money. and my letters which were Of
fered in evidence themselves, clearly show
this. Nor did l ever nave the use or
benefit, either directly or indirectly, to
the extent of one penny. of any OF the
states money n deposit in the People
bank Nor did 1 ever obtain from the
bank the loan of a single dollar because
Of the deposit with it of state money
Nor do I owe the Peoples bank a single
pennv. for every dollar l exer borr wed
from it was promptly paid by me at ma
turity.
As to my son's transaction which was
perfectly legitimate, l had nothing what
ever to do with Ii, except that. having
full confidence in his ability TO pay the
loan at maturity, I Endorsed his paper ana
IT was fully paid at maturity.
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WHEELER FINISHES
HIS TESTIMONY
Continued from First Page.)

association tents. which he said were the
hand. he condemned the outside drinking
houses. where he said much sop was sold
that was worse than whisky.
He rema ked in this connection that
Atkinson and the Georgia authorities had
co-operated with the military authorities
in the most exemplary manner to sup
press the institutions He also said there
was no lack Of transportation especially
in coming in. All arrived in Pullman cars
or in day oaches. It was not as II was
in the civil war, when the box car was
good enough.
Most Of the complaints were he said.
from the typhoid fever patients, who were.
OF course. kept on low rations a : A medf-
cal precauton- There was never any
shortage Of rations. the newspaper state
ments TO the contrary notw1 hstanding.
CARRIAGE BARREL PHOTOGRAPHED
In the course OF his testimony General
Boynton was asked about photographs
ne was reported 10 have taken, showing
the condition Of garbage barrels in the
camp. He said re had found some gar
base recep-acles left by the FIRST Illinois
cavalry. the day after they broke camp.
which were tuu o. verutu and chat he had
made the picture q one Of them. L was
an unpleasant sight. bat while this was
true. the regiment was a good one and
the general said ne did not desire 70 cast
any reflections upon j.
General Boynton viii continue rs tes-
ttmCDy tomorrow.