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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-01

could give to an account and then only
IL written on the very snot of the ac.
ton in progress. Standish worked
backward to where tile story itself be.
gan, laid aside the heavy Introduction
and read with growing nmazement tbe
consistent account of n murder, wrought
on a Young girl. Every needed detoil
was presented the GIRLS name and nd.
dress were given. and her domestic and
social relations were fully set forth
The city editor recognized that il
would be necessary to be securely con.
WINGED Of every point, for the social no.
stion of the girl and of her friends
was of the highest The grnuhic mar.
rative continued with n SLIGHT nccount
of the twhcs over which the girl was
occupied In her own sitting room Mt
the entrance of one who was ON terms
of sufficient Intimacy to be admitted to
such freedom. The newcomer was stat
ed in the account to be woman-nt
least the feminine proaoun was used
throughout. The identity OF this second
person, even by physical features, was
obscure In the story, but there was
manifest 4 psychic familiarity with
her motives AMI passions.
Passing ovee the commonplaces CT
such n meeting between Intimate wo-
men yet always showing as by subor-
dinate CONSCIOUSNESS the black hatred
and wild rage which gushcd under the
smooth words of the visitor, the Eng
lish Journalist hurried ON his dialogue
to the point Where the murder was
DONE done with the consent Of the vic
tim, gained by the trick of some spe-
clous preteSt The weapon was but n
common hypodermic syringe, common
enough now among the toilet nppli-
ances of women on whom social du-
ties press heavily. The young girl
shrank little al sight OF the weapon,
but her companion assured her that 1t
was no more painful than the prick of
cambric needle and that single APP
plicatlon would instantly cure the
headache from which she was suffer
Ing. The girl at once consented. A
very graphic touch In the narrative
was the simple way in which she was
represented as passing her hand across
her forehead while her companion took
the glittcrng Implement Of glass and
silver from IT'S blue bed of velvet in the
leather pocket case, carefully with
drew the bristle from the needle point
and screwed the latter into place, hay
ing first drawn the piston out to its
fullest reach. In the syringe was not Il
drop Of any fluid, nothing but the air
of the room. While she WAS explaining
that charge of pure oxygen would be
better, yet that ordinary atmospheric
sir would proluce satisfactory re-
suit. the youpAA hlldishly babe her
begin. for her cDVarige was Mt the stick
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1899-11-01

young HinGoo named ABDUL Judgng
from sample, a place could be found
for the pair.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-28
TAXING LIFE INSURANCE.
Just What 1t Means and Why 1t
Should Not BE Done

NO good has ever yet resulted from lesis-
iative attempts at marrying life Insurance.
Measures to that effect whether introduced in
ignorant good faith. with the deliberate
lntentlon CT harassing, have had one usual
result. They have either been allowed +,
accumulate the dust of the committee rooms
Or If finally brought into open session and
pushed toward enactment have aroused the
Ire and protests of policy holders to such an
extent as to ensure the defeat of the bills
and the discontinue of their projectors. MANY
legislator has cwed his ultimate and
permanent disappearance from public view
to the fact that he has essayed the unneces-
sary and yexatious regulation of life in
surance. 1t has generally been a case of
oldnt know it was loaded" but the fstaiitv
has ensued just the same.
Life insurance is already under the suner-
VISION OF nearly as many different depart-
ments as there are states in The lTnion ~,
new laws for its hindrance or even tie ~ 80
sumed betterment, are not needed. rrbevf al
ways result in mulcting the policv jo,ar
and he not only doesn't like II but 49,
learned to resent it, o' Las
All of this has a special bearing u,o,
the idea of seeking to tax life Insurance n
form of tribute which il put ineo operstioo
results solely in compelling the insurod
to pay more for their indemnity II is not
company managers, or supposed ever-wealthv
members alone. w
If Minnesota taxes life insurance It merely
means that policy holders here Wig have to
pay just the amount OF that iaxseapd tha
cost of it's collection. more than Il sfsv~ lived
IN more liberal and enlightened states.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-28

1854. when a bell rope was pulled on
one of his early speeches as prodigy In
oratory which he was delivering from
the rear platform of car In the cam
paign Of that year Mr.. Blaine, the Re-
publican candidate for the presidency,
went from New York to Philadelphia
on a special train, making the trip in
the early evening. Mr.. Dolliver had
been introduced to the Republican ma
tlonai committee as remarkable
young man possessed. of the oratorical
habit. He was pushed into his initial
service on the trip referred to. Mr..
Blaine spoke at Newark, Elizabeth and
Railway, and at Trenton he made a
more extended address on the tariff
to the operatives in the pottery fac
tories there. When he concluded, Dol
liver was put forward. whereupon he
Immediately began by sailing in and
abusing the Democratic party. There
were. of course. many representatives
of that party In the great crowd of
listeners. Mr.. Blaine listened nervous
ly to the young speaker and at last
said to bystander: For PHYS sake
sup eiol ilioiI. LII OOculcHCc 10 lHG
suggestion Senator Sewell of New
Jersey, who was in charge of the spe-
cial train. pulled Delivers coat tail
and the bell rope at the same time.
When the orator entered the car the
Maine statesman remarked: Young
man, you have something to learn In
campaigning. We never want to abuse
our political enemies. but to make
friends of them"
Mr.. Delivers gushing previousness
seems not to have abated in any ap-
preciable degree since he has come to
be a congressman. 1t was a rather
crushing exhibition which Mr.. John
son. of Indiana, precipitated upon his
colleague. who, after the effusive flood
of words of which he emptied himself,
was compelled to reveal the fact that
he really did not know what he had
been talking about when the founda-
tons for his statements were subject
to exploration.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-28
PENSION BILL PASSED.
Its Consideration Preceded by an
Expansion Speech by Mr.. Plat.


WASHINGTON, JAN 27-Particular
interest was manifested in the senate
today in a brief speech delivered by
Senator 7. c. Plat. New York, on the
general subject of expansion. Mr. Plat
took for his text the antt-eXpansion
resolution offered by Mr.. Vest (Mo),
but in the course of his speech merely
touched upon the constitutional ques-
ton involved in the proposed declara-
ton. He spoke in a clear, resonant
voice. and not only because this was
the first speech he has delivered in the
senate since his return to the body, but
also because the address was a
thoughtful and we'll considered state
ment. he was accorded the undivided
attention of his colleagues on the floor
and a large audience in the galleries.
A pleasing. though quiet vein of humor
ran through the speech. sharply point
ing his statements. He took strong
ground for the ratification of the pend
ing treaty of peace.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Sui
Ivan CMiss.) declaring that the rati-
fication of the treaty should not COM
nit the government to a colonial poll
icy.
The pension appropriation bill, the
second of the general appropriation
measures. was passed after some de-
bate.
Late in the afternoon eulogies were
pronounced on the late Representative
Cook. of Illinois, addresses being made
by Senators Cullom. Allison, Yelling
ton and Mason.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-28
MONEY is EASY.
one Reason Why Recent Stock
Bulge Was Not Panicky

Bulge Was Not Panicky.
NEW YORK, Jan. 27.-Bradstreet's financial
review tomorrow will say:
"One Of those speculative outbreaks which
occur at irregular intervals in the history
OF commercial countries is now in full prog
ress In the United States, with Wall street
as the scene for its principal manifestations
The present week has witnessed further ad-
vances Of the kind, which only occur when
the public comes into the market almost en-
masse and purchases eagerly. and even reck-
lesSly. This has caused the transactions In
stocks to assume dimensions never before
seen In this market. The dealings have been
excited especially on Monday morning when
the rush of buying orders lat the market
were such as to cause wild advances in soma
stocks and not little temporary confusion
The mechanism of the exchange and of tho
street ait large have, however worked well
tbs stock clearing system being in no small
degree responsible for this fact.
Money continues to be exceptionally easy
there being no symptoms whatever of the
hardening of interest rates which usually ap-
peared on former occasions when extremely
active speculation has developed. This ex-
ceptfonal state Of affairs is due no doubt To
the circumstance that our market In con-
trast to its position in 1880, or in the other
booms OF the past, is not now borrowing
money abroad with which to carry on the
current speculation, but is actually lending
to London and the continental cities It
may be noted that while London follows the
proceedings here with great interest and has
even shown a sympathetic tendency toward
increased speculative activity on its own &C
count. 1t has been on the whole, a seller of
our securities; or to put the In another
way prices here have advanced so much end
rapidly that London has not kept pace with
US and arbitrage operations, involving the
buying of American stocks in London and
their resale here has resulted in the ship
1nent of considerable amounts of securities
from Europe to New York.
The controlling factor In the market has
however. been the continued increase Of
speculative purchasing orders in the public,
not only in New York. but throughout the
country. Wall street commission houses have
had an influx of such business to an extent
hitherto unknown, and in many cases their
facilities have been almost overwhelmed by
the detail work which it involved. 1t is
however. a notable circumstance that as
rule firms of this class which naturally profit
by the wholesale entrance Of the public into
the market have generally been recommend
ing conservatism and profit taking to their
customers In fact the strength has ap-
peared to be somewhat backward while the
public presents such decided evidences of
speculative confidence. There has. Of course
been heavy realizing from time to time, and
not little shifting of the public's buying
from one part Of the list to another"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-28

foreign markets fixes attention The lumber
movement Is unusually large for the season,
with prices OF low grades sharply advancing
Railroad earnings and tonnage have shown
surprising gains. Treasury receipts are gain
ing and vote on the peace treaty has been
fixed for Feb. g.
The weak points in the situation may first
De considered. Wool grows weaker because
forced BY speculation a year ago to prices
which the market for goods could not sus-
tain. and has been much embarrassed in Try.
Ing TO sustain ever since. Western bankers
begin to advise speculative holders to sell.
Goods are In much greater demand, because
prices fairly proportional to the reduction
OF ABOUT lO per cent In wool since a year
ago, nave been made In important openings
The sales Of wool are still small manufac-
turers buying at Philadelphia, where prices
are yielding, rather than at Boston, where
great EFFORTS are made to sustain them, but
the goods movement for heavy weights is still
disappointing and comparatively sow. Larger
orders for light weights keep many works
employed Sales for the week have been
G. 400, 800 pounds and for four weeks %. S99 300
against go 421 O7O last year, and rs 457, 500 two
years ago.
Cotton Is higher, No. and goods are strong.
Belief that damaged cotton will cut down
the yield helps increased demands for goods
to raise prices for both. The receipts are
light, cotton growers having seen a rise of
over lie per pound from the lowest point
to tempt them. Goods have risen many
grades. about 4-1O per cent ON reported quail
tiles. against per cent on raw cotton. and
the consuming demand is strong.
Pig iron has risen at Chicago because Of
higher freights from the South, and at Pitts
burg shade for Bessemer and grey FORGE
because of growing demand, but for the mo-
ment the rise Of per cent in pig Is ex-
ceeded by the rise Of per cent in products
The pressure for many products Is such that
the works are able to make their own quota
lions, and rails and bars at Pittsburg and
wire nails have slightly advanced The de-
mand Is heavy In al lines. covering 10000
tons rails in one contract for a Southwest
ern road and many Of smaller quantities; 20
600 tons bars and many for less quantity,
covering 5000 steel cars for the Baltimore &,
Ohio. with other ship, car and miscellaneous
contracts: numerous bridge contracts, with
one pending~for Canada and others from ali
parts of the world; 10000 tons sheets at
Pittsburg, with heavy business elsewhere,
and general demand never surpassed. Rails
are advanced by the combination; pipe works
are crowded and negotiations progress for
their consolidation, as also in bridge build
ing.
Failures for the week have been 2a4 In the
United States, against 342 last year. and 80
in Canada, against "a last year.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-28
AS to the Paper Trust.

The paper trust is reported as being
confident that there are six votes in
the United States senate against any
Canadian reciprocity treaty which may
interfere with the duty on paper. The
trust Is further reported as declaring
that the demand for free paper and
for the preservation of American for
ests is not serious that it does not rep
resent the sentiment of American
newspaper publishers.
The trust may be correctly informed
as to the number of votes it has cap
tured in the senate. It ought to know
1t has lobbied long and persistently
against the insertion of any clause In
the treaty that will admit free wood
pulp and paper from Canada. It has
money to spend galore, and doubtless
a statement Of its direct advance"
and contingent" payments would
show that Washington was a favored
center for the transaction of its pecul-
lar legislative business.
But upon the other proposition, that
publishers are not serious in their de-
mand for this treaty privilege, the trust
is not qualified to speak Whatever
reduces the expenses of making news
papers is beneficial to the reading pub
lie. Logically and legitimately the
case Of the publishers against the pa
per trust is the case of the people and
should prevail
e We are confident that Minnesota
representatives will be found on the
publishers side in this contention.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-28
SATURDAYS WEATHER.
Threatening.

BY the United States Weather Bureau.
Observation-Disclosures weather: variable
winds. IOWA-Threatenng weather; warmer
IN eastern portion: south to southwest winds.
MONFANA-Threaten weather with light
snow in eastern portion: variable winds.
SOUTH NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. weather with
snow in extreme western portion; variable
winds NORTH DAKOTA - Threatening
weather and snow; probably colder in eX-
IRENE northwestern portion; northerly winds.
Observation-Disclosures weather; warmer;
fresh west to southwest winds.
YESTERDAYS TEMPERATURES St.
Paul. 10; Duluth, =; Huron, %; Bismarck
s; Williston. ,; Havre, 20 Helena. IS: Bat
tlef0rd. p; Prince Albert 20; Swift Cur
rent. e; Qu'Appelle, is; Minnedosa, -12;
Winnipeg. -12.
Buffalo, 1910: Chicago. 1912; Cincinnati,
1920; Montreal, LOT; Pittsburg 1916.
ST PAUL BUREAU-The following taken
at 6:4S p. m local time Is O'Clock Washing
ton ume) is a relative statement of the local
conditions for the twenty-four hours which
ended when the observations taken
Barometer, 30.16; mean temperature. 4: rel
alive humidity. %: wind at p. M. south
west; weather. partly cloudy: maximum tenn
ssrature. u; minimum temperature -21 :;
uAiiy range. SO; amount of precipitation rain
and melted snow in last twenty-four hours
trace.
NOte-Barometer corrected for temperature
and elevation. p. F. Lyons, Observer
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-28
The Convention of Manufacturers.

The fourth annual convention of the
National Association OF Manufacturers
has been in session during the past
week in Cincinnati. Naturally much
pride is manifested by them as the re-
suit of the national record of exports
OF manufactured articles during the
current year just closed. In referring
to this point President Search says:
While many factories have contributed to
this great extension of our foreign trade
probably no influence has been more noted
than the efforts of the manufacturers of the
United States. Individually and by united
action they have worked persistently in the
development of their foreign trade. and have
pushed their products into many markets
where heretofore they have been unknown
By their untiring energy. persistence and
honest dealings the manufacturers of the
United States have acquired position in the
worlds markets from which they cannot be
dislodged With the start that has been
made, our foreign trade is bound to grow
and no opposition from our strongest COM
pettors can bar our progress
This statement is gratifying, and at
the same time it affords a promise that,
the entering wedge having been intro
duced among foreign nations, it will
not be permitted to be withdrawn, but
that our products will be forced with
the consciousness that the capacities of
the present are even capable of i'm
provement in the future.
The time for the holding of this con-
ventiOn is unusually propitious It is in
the middle of the first month of a new
year. and in the flush of the great
score. not only of the year that has just
closed, but of that of the closing month
of that year and the first two weeks of
the new year, which reveal the fact that
the movement is not spasmodic. but
thoroughly we'll sustained, as evidenced
by the uniformity of the gradual in
crease. The convention, furthermore
IS participated in by men of all shades
of political opinion and without regard
to sectional lines. The growing South
is proudly revealing its native strength,
but all are operating in harmony with
view to a generally increasing de-
velOping of the resources of the coun-
try. The protectionist and the free
trader are standing on common ground
and the interchange of opinions nat
urally resulting from a serious conven-
ton of this sort must inevitably lead
to clearer views as to how far the one
idea of political economy may advance
without entrenching upon the fruit
bearing elements of the other 1t is by
such conventions, composed of repre-
sentative practical men of affairs, that
the true sentiment of every community
is revealed, and it is from the deduc-
tons drawn from such interchange
that more perfect laws may be forinu-
lated
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-28
The Iowa Oratoricai Prodigy.

An oratorical scrimmage occurred in
the house of representatives at Wash
lhg;on the other day between Mr..
johnson, of Indiana, and Mr.. Deliver.
of Iowa, which, in some respects, was
unusually interesting. Both are Re-
publicans and among the Younger
members. Mr. Johnson was not re-
elected last fall, for the reason that
he did not seek a denomination. Dol
liver, on the other hand, is there to
stay as long as his constituency will
consent to keep him there. He has a
mouth and lungs and an inexhausti-
BILE fund of conceit. At school, when
a boy, he was doubtless of that band
of declamatory nuisances for whom
great futures are always predicted by
their admiring spell bound friends. 1t
is presumed that he many times re-
cited that threadbare piece" my
Name Is Norval" 1t may be he was
the original of that incident which
occurred in a country school house
about the time he was an aspiring
youth, and which is related as fol-
lows: Jonathan was assigned to de-
claim con the Grampian Hills" He
began:
BY dabe is Dorbal. Cd the Gram
piad hills by father feeds his fiocks."
Just at that point one of his rivals
remarked:
well. Dorbal, plow your dose"
Wheceupon Jonathan replied:
Hi It'd pillow it, put it won't stav
plowedr
Mr.. Johnson, in the debate referred
to. inveighed strongly against the ad-
ADMINISTRATION on account of the part it
had taken in connection with the re-
tention Of the Philippines by the Unit
ed States, and demanded information
as to what was really the policy of
the president respecting the final dis
position OF the islands. Mr.. Dollivsr
undertook, in his reply, to stir I'D the
enthusiasm OF the administration fol-
lowers by one of his natural 'sbursts
of eloquence." But Mr.. Johnson prod.
ded him for a direct reply, and the
young Iowan retired from the field
vanquished.
This recalls another incident in the
fffe of ..Jr. Dolliver which occurred In
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-28
Again inquiries Waggles:


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that the ship
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-28

lature, and gives 4 premonition Of its IN
t ,e to enact thes Character of the tail to
ess parts as 1t aid In the 'ss campaign. Mr.
Srinney. its manager Iwho was sent hv 80.
sentatives of the .RotIschild money monosposv
from New York to dictate to the Democratic
party OF Minnesota and to steer II in rho
interests OF Wall street. has evidently ra-
ceiVed ms orders and. thus The Globe has
begun Its contortions. But it's master is
700 wen known; its animus is too generally
uhuerstood and SO the response of the Demo-
elauc party and of all the reform forces az
Minn sss will be: Tell with Wall street
and Inc St Paul G | o b e, its capricious ana
serylle caudal appendage!-Freeborn Countv
Standard PopD. Sooney
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-28
STILL IN DOUBT.
Question as to Who VIII Get the
Wisconsin SenatOrshfp.

MADISON, Wis, Jan. 27-Though
ninety ballots have been taken in the
Republican legislative caucus for the
selection of United States senator to
succeed John I. Mitchell the question of
whom that successor will be is tonight
as far from being solved as ever
Joseph V. Quarles is still in the lead
with forty votes, Stephenson and Cook
20 each; Babcock 16 and Webb TO-
Early in the day three Of Stephen
sons supporters swung over to Cook,
causing not a little excitement. This
was done, it is said. TO keep the Cook
men in line. some of whom were re-
ported to be on the verge of going to
Quarles. A report was current today
that in the event Of any one OF the
Republican candidates getting fifty
votes in the joint assembly the Demo-
Gratis would quickly settle the con-
troversy by throwing their entire
strength-seventeen votes-to that can
didate, thus giving him the necessary
sixty-seven votes or enough to elect
A joint ballot will be taken tomorrow
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-28
SCANDEL is DEVELOPED
Continued From First Page.

state veterinarian. and fixing salaries
OF county attorneys were killed. These
bills were passed: To require assignees
and trustees Of insolvent foreign cor
porations to give bonds: for a nine
hour day on public works; for court Of
Cancellation. and regulating the amount
or assessment work required on a. min
Ing claim. The nine-hour day bill was
amended in several particulars by the
farmer members to be sure 1t would
not In any way apply to farm laborers.
DR.. Mead. superintendent of the in
sane hospital, is here to appear before
the appropriation committees of the
legislature in the interest of appropria-
tons necessary for the hospital for the
next two years.
J. s. France and r. Groat, of Spring
field. are here to work up an appro-
priation for the normal school at that
place