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Applican-Well, I'd be willing to do that,
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UseA. N. Kellogg Company's Stereotype Plates.
Two DeIiciou. Desserts

for price of one. The Grocers of this city
are giving package of Burnham's Cream
Custard to each purchaser of a package of
Burnham's Hasty Jellycon. Both make
delicious desserts, without cooking or bak-
ing Dissolve the Cream Custard in hot
milk; Hasty Jellycon in hot water. Order
to-day.
The evening times., 1900-01-31
WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 81, 1900
The Crime at Frankfort.

AS the particulars of the Frankfort
assassination begin to reach us
the theory that it was due to the
sudden ard vengeful impulse of some one
bloodthirsty partisan is more and more
dispelled. II is impossible to analyze The
facts Of the outrage without conviction
that il was carefully planned, and exc
cuted at the predetermined point in Mr..
Goebels contest for the governorship-the
point at which il should become evident
that he would be seated by the Legislature.
For days the executive building had
been filled with drunken, armed, and riot
Gus feudists from the most Iawless section
of the Kentucky mountain regions, who
had been brought on in the interest of the
Taylor faction to prevent its overthrow
by the constituted authorities of the State,
should they. acting lawfully and in accord
ance with the constitution of the Com
monwealth decide that Goebel and not
Taylor was the lawfully elected Governor.
We have. hitherto. called attention to a
report that on last Saturday. some OF the
more conservative Republican leaders were
obliged to exert all their powers of persua-
sion to prevent twenty of the Philp0t
feudists from Clay county from going into
the senate and numbering Mr. Goebel and
other Democratic senators in their seats
1t is stated today that. on the same date.
prominent Democrats were warned thar a
plot had been hatched to murder Goebel.
from ambush. when be should be seen aa-
preaching the statehouse. and he was urg-
ed TO keep away from it. Whatever else
may be said of this leader. his fearless
courage has never been called in question
Ii was natural for him to refuse. and he
did. He said II I am shot from ambush
my death viii be for the Democratic par
u in Kentucky what the blowing up OF the
Maine was for Cuba
When the fatal fusillade was poured
from the third-story window OF the execu-
tive office. Goebel and his two companions
were within twenty-five yards OF the
statehouse steps. Only a minute OF two
elapsed before he was carried away. but
before that could be done the building
from which the firing proceeded was
blocked to the police and public by the
moUntaineer garrison within il. who fill
ed the lower doors and windows, threat
ening all who approached with their Win
chesters. The determination to prevent a
search for the assassinS was evident
A few minutes more and body OF mill
tia which had been secreted in the arse
nal appeared on the scene and re-enforc-
ed the mountaiueers. Who was responsi-
bic for this political assassination plot
we viii not venture TO guess. but that
there was such plot. and that it was
well laid and carefully carried out, all the
circumstances show. The murderers are
unknown. They were successfully screen
ed and protected according TO the pro-
gramme.
The evening times., 1900-01-31

his recent statements, while pleasing
Gage has assured the Senate that no an
swer was returned to the suggestive Hep
burn letter; yet, unexplained, there is
room for the suspicion that it might have
affected his policy and CONDUCT. For
a little while before it was receiv
ed the Government deposits in the
National City Bank amounted to
only 100000. while some months later,
on December Is, 1897, they aggregated
$20 0SS.652. Mr.. Gage denies that there
was any agreement between the Standard
Oil Bank and the Treasury. between June
8, 1897, and October %, 1897. 1t remains a
fact. however, that in October, 1897, the
National City Bank was designated by the
Secretary of the Treasury to distribute the
Union Pacific fund. amounting to $751;
44S,223. The Senate asked Mr.. Gage
What amount of bonds in the name OF
the Standard Oil Company did the
Treasury hold in trust for the National
City Bank" The reply was that 'only
$1,914,00O were assigned and delivered to
the Standard Oil Company at the order OF
the National City Bank" This statement,
though no doubt strictly truthful, was not
what one might call frankly Illuminating.
1t is reported that the greater part of the
s., 334 000 in bonds assigned by the
Treasury on Mr.. Stillman's order belonged
to the United States Trust Company and
other institutions controlled by the Stand
ard Oil Company.
In view of the foregoing and the cir
cumstances of the case generally, We
should deem it the reverse of just or COM
to President Mckinley TO ad-
nit a thought that he would exert his in
fuence to prevent Congressional investiga-
tion. The Gage scandals are a bad enough
load for his Administration to bear, at best.
He is too wise and too honest TO make it an
intolerable burden by ignoring the univer-
sal popular demand for a searching en-
quiry
The evening times., 1900-01-31
SHUFELDT NOT GUILTY.
The Verdict of a COurt-MartiaI Exon
crates the Captain.

Capt Robert Wilson Shufeldt was de-
clared not guilty by the court martial be-
fore which he was tried at the Washington
Barracks about two weeks ago. The pa
pers in the case reached the War Depart
ment today and the result of the trial was
that Captain Shufeldt was found innocent
of the charge of conduct unbecoming an
officer and a gentleman"
There were two specifications in the
charges first, that the defendant had been
guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer
and a gentleman in not paying his di-
vorced wife alimony of S75 a month grant
ed by the Maryland courts, and second
that he was guilty of disobeying the Mary
land courts order to appear before it. On
both specifications the court found the
defendant not guilty.
Captain Shufeldt's troubles have been
before the public for several months. He
was sued by his wife for a divorce in the
Maryland courts. He claimed that he was
not a resident of that State, but a resi-
dent of the District of Columbia. His
wife secured divorce and alimony, and
the Maryland courts ordered him to ap-
pear to show cause why he should not
be punished for contempt for not paying
alimony.
He refused to obey the order of the
court, and the mater was taken before
the War Department, and an order was
issued commanding Captain Shufeldt to
submit himself to the jurisdiction of the
Maryland court. He still refused, and
court-martial was ordered.
Captain Shulfeldt claimed that a
petition in bankruptcy which he had
filed with the District of Columbia
court prevented his paying the alimony
ordered by the Maryland courts, and that
the matter was still in the local civil
courts
The evening times., 1900-01-31
CHANGES IN THE PLUNGER.
The Submarine Craft to Have Gas
Instead of steam Engines.

The Submarine Craft to Have Gas
Instead of steam Engines.
Important changes will be made IN the
submarine boat Plunger. construction Of
which began at Baltimore seven years ago
and is still in a half-finished state with
apparently little effort being made by her
builders 10 hasten her completion.
For several months a board, of which
Constructor VarDey was president. under
took the consideration of important
changes in her propelling forces. and after
examining the boat carefully and going
over the subject Of submarine craft gem
orally. has reported that the steam ma
chinery built should be displaced by gas
engines and this will be done.
The Plunger is contracted for with the
Holland Company OF New Jersey, which
sublet the contract to the Baltimore firm.
Under the contract the inventor OF the
boat reserved the right 10 change the ma
chinery or any other details of the boat in
order 10 prove her efficiency for submarine
work The substitution of gas power for
steam meets with the departments ap-
proval as well as the Holland Company
and an order will soon be issued to effect
the change. This will take about six
months. The department insists that the
Plunger be ready for experimental work
next autumn.
The evening times., 1900-01-31
Rats and the Plague.

The prevalence of the bubonic plague in
certain parts of the world has led scien-
fists to consider seriously the question of
eXterminating rats. There is scarcely a
doubt that contagious diseases are some
times carried by these creatures, especially
when they come on board ship at
an infected port. Three or four hundred
years ago, when sanitary precautions were
unknown, the humble rat was probably re-
sponsible for many outbreaks of plague and
smallpox which were then ascribed to the
direct work of evil spirits.
Naturally, the problem of destroying all
the rats in any city would be a stupendous
one. The creatures are SO numerous and
their territory so difficult of access that it
would be almost impossible to wage war
against them. OF course, if they were
cleared out of one section of a city others
would flock in to fill their places. There
are too many old buildings and subterran-
can passageways for any general scheme of
destruction 10 be practicable.
There are rat catchers in all large cities.
who have their own methods of waging
war against these persistent and destruc-
tive beasts. Some of them receive regular
wages for keeping large Office buildings
free of rats, and it is well known that
large number of cats are in the pay of the
United States Government as official rat
catehers. The most curious scheme vet
devised for freeing buildings of these pests
was the product OF Chicago mans fertile
brain. He was a most thorough and ef-
feient rat exterminstor. to all appear
ances, and for a long time it was a mys-
terry how he managed it. At length he di-
The evening times., 1900-01-31
THE SWEATSHoP EVIL.
The New York Inspector Advocates
Suspension OF Immi grafton.


ALBANY. y. Y. Jan. 31.-The fourteenth
annual report of the State Factory In
spector today presented TO the legislature
treats very fully upon the sweatshOp sys-
tenn and its evils. The report holds tina,
the competitive system IN manufacturing
and unrestricted immigration are the
causes of this abuse. 1t says
who are the tenement workers? They
are mostly. if not entirely. of the ignorant
immmigrant class, who come to the shores
of this country. II is a rare thing to find
native American engaged at work in a
tenement The tenement workers are
and contractors the Hebrews predominant.
The dense ignorance of the class of aliens
engaged III tenement work makes them
easy prey to the shrewd Hebrew con-
tractors.
The unfortunate feature about the
whole thing is the fact that there is no
prospect OF immediate relief. The steam
ship companies pour into this country a
steady stream of these undesirable citi-
zens. They come and they stay in the
denseiy crowded sections of East New
York, making that part Of the great city
yeritabls hot bed for the propagation of
every conceivable form of vice. II
would help materially to solve the
sweating question if immigration
were suspended for the next decade.
1t is recommended that the legis-
iature petition the United States Congress
to take such steps as will afford the de-
sired relief"
The evening times., 1900-01-31
The Chinese Sense of Humor.

(From the New York Evening Post)
Wit and humor are not among the attributes
ordinarily associated with the Chinaman, although
professors of both probably flourish among the
literati OF the Flowery Kingdom. Old Ii Hung
Chang used to make some shrewd and quaint COM
ments in the course of his European travels but
was scarcely regarded a lumorist. The Chinese
Ambassador in England, Sir Chichen Lofenghit,
on the other hand, besides distinguishing himself
by some exceedingly able speeches in English, is
winning a reputation also as a punster and a
sayer of smart things. Some of his utterances
have a sting in them He was taken over gov.
emment ammunition factory the other day, aud
an officer directed his attention to the fact that
the different buildings were erected at a great
distance from each other. Splendid isolation"
he remarked, with a bland smile, referring to
the famous expression in which Lord Salisbury
once defined England's political position among
the nations. The uncomfortable significance of
the unexpected quip, at this particular time,
not lost upon the bystanders.
The evening times., 1900-01-31
The Subsidy Business.


This is the time seized by the subsidy hunters
to demand that the taxpayers shall be forced to
subscribe to their profits With incredible fatu-
business they base their demand largely on the
pressing need of ships existing and progressive
in all parts of the world. 1t is as if the farmers
finding an increasing demand for grain, should
ask the State or the nation to buy them plows
and harrows and fertilizers to enable them 10
supply that demand at greater profit to them
selves. Whatever force there may have been in
the plea for taxation in the interest of infant
industries, surely there is none in the hardy
demand of few shipbuilders-it is not at all a
universal demand-for money from the pockets
of their fellow citizens to help them increase the
country.
The evening times., 1900-01-31

Il is becoming evident that unless The
Influence of Mr- Hanna and the Standard
Oil interest is strong enough 10 induce the
Republican House leaders to smother all
attempt al investigation. the Gage sean
dals will have an airing that may prove
10 be as sensational as it certainly viii be
Instructive. There is some reason for be
lieving that several Republican members
of the Ways and Means Committee favor
an enquiry. and it would only take three
in addition to the six Democratic members
10 report the Sulzer resolution favorably
Naturally, a great deal is being said, and
not always as kindly as We could wish
in regard to the Presidents attitude in
the matter. Mr. Grosvenor. a Representa-
tive from Ohio who is a member of the
Ways and Means Committee. and who as
many people seem to think. is the vocal
organ Of the Executive on the floor of the
House is reported as vehementIy resist
ing an investigation of Mr.. Gage, the
Standard Oil Bank and custom house deals,
or anything else connected with the man
agement Of the Treasury, or its relations
to speculative movements in Wall Street
How far Mr.. Grosvenor may be properly
considered as Mr.. McKinley's personal and
responsible representative, we have no
means Of knowing; but in the present con-
nection We cannot believe that he repre-
sents the Presidential attitude. but rather
that OF the party managers and their out
side control.
President Mckinley is not only an as
tute politician with full appreciation of
the extent to which the Treasury scandals
have irritated the American people: he is
something more. He has a sense of pride
in the reputation Of his Administration and
a praiseworthy ambition to have it pass
into history with as clear record as pos
sible. He may naturally feel that in per-
mitting himself to be worried and dra-
gooned into the protection of Algerism.
Esgsnism, and Sampsonism. he has bowed
the knee TO Baal, all he should be asked TO.
And We feel confident that. if there is any
determined movement in Congress to pre-
vent the facts in the Treasury scandals
from receiving Congressional consideration
II will not emanate from the White House
No one realizes better than Mr.. Mckinley
that a matter like the one at issue is not
mended by violent suppression.
Apologists for Mr.. Gage are declaring
that his latest explanation relieves him
from all blame in his relations with the
Standard Oil Bank and its officials for
whom it was claimed that they deserved
consideration on account of ''what was |
done in fhn paDvacc Iucf ,-aar l1oacl ., n. 1
the county cannot be said to be satisfied
on the point, and, if the Secretary is as |
firmly entrenched in his conscience as his /
friends say he is, he will court rather than
avoid a thorough investigation.
That, probably, would be the advisable
course in view Of the fact that there is a
general consensus of public opinion that
The evening times., 1900-01-31
MANY VESSELS OVERDUE.
News of Disasters at Sea Received nj
Philadelphia.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Jan. 31--Many Of
the transatlantic vessels bound for Phila-
delphia are overdue, and those which have
succeeded in getting in show unmistakable
evidence OF the rough weather through
which they have passed on the voyage
News of the disaster is also being received
from many other points along the coast, all
showing the violence of the storms which
have swept over the great ocean highway.
The storm beaten Norwegian steamships
Ceylon. from Bilboa, and Blaamanden
from Rotterdam. met with terrific weather
and both bore ample evidence of having
been badly shaken up. A terrific sea
swept over the Ceylons decks on January
IS and carried overheard Hans Evensen. an
able seaman, who was not seen afterward.
Evensen jumped on top of one of the deck
houses TO avoid the heavy seas. which were
breaking over the vessel. bpt they in
creased in size and swept the unfortunate
mariner to a wateTy grave.
The evening times., 1900-01-31
THE NEBRASKA ARRIVES.
She Reaches New York After n Rough
Noxage from GIasEONy.

Voyage From Glasgow.
NEW YORK, Jan. 31.-The belated Allan
State Line steamship State Of Nebraska.
Captain Perry, arrived this morning from
Glasgow after a most tempestuous passage
lasting over nineteen days. From the time
the vessel left the Clyde on January II, up
to her arrival at the Sandy Hook lightship.
she experienced a series of terrific gales
from the westward with tremendous high
seas and heavy squalls'of snow and hail.
The ship was unable to make much head
way against such weather. but succeeded in
reaching port without the slightest damage
to vessel or injury TO her passengers, con-
sistiHg of three saloon, fourteen second
cabin and tweuty-seven steerage.
Captain Perry, who is a transatlantic
mariner of long and varied experience in
the handling OF various large steamships.
says the weather on the Atlantic on the
present passage of the State of Nebraska
was the worst in his experience. The
steamship sailed from Glasgow on January
10, and Movill, January IL, making the pas
sage to New York in nearly twenty days.
The first day out the vessel entered heavy
westerly gales which brought a high and
dangerous sea. Gale after gale followed
varying from southwest to north-north
west, the ship lunging into the enormous
seas which flooded the decks continuously.
At times the steamer could barely hold her
own against the fury of the storm. Snow
and hail were Of frequent occurrence. The
steamer, however. proved herself to be
splendid sea boat and sustained no dam
age TO engines, spars. rigging, or deck
gear.
The passengers suffered from the inelem-
ent weather, but were not otherwise in
No one on board was in
any way injured.
Captain Perry says that he saw nothing
of the Anchor Line steamship Ethiopia
but believes the vessel met with the same
experience in weather as the State of Ne
braska and will arrive in due time and
safely
The evening times., 1900-01-31

That erratic imported political rocket
known as Bourke Cochran is reported as
declaring that the American people VIII
vote this year directly on the question OF
imperialism. and this question will be the
one decisive issue of the election" If Mr..
Cochran is right, history. tradition, and
the notorious condition of national opin-
ion, all join to tell us what the result will
be. The American people will decide ex-
dctly as they did when the Louisiana Pur-
chase, the acquisition of Florida, the an
nexation of Texas. the cession of Califor-
MIA and of New Mexico and Arizona were
issues
The evening times., 1900-01-31

vulged the secret. He was accustomed to
take one rat, paint him all over with a sort
of phosphorescent paint and let him loose.
AS this queer object fitted through the
runways of his accustomed place, all rat
dom Was scared into flight. 1t is not
known whether rats are superstitious but
a: any rate this animal seemed to impress
his companions with the idea that he was
uncanny and abnormal. In about twenty
four hours the paint caused the death of
the weird creature which effected the exc
dus, and in that space of time every ro
dent had left the building, never to return.
Some scientist with less knowledge of
human than of animal characteristics pro-
posed that snakes be introduced to kill
the rats, but it is obvious that such a rem
edy would be likely to prove worse than
the disease. 1t will be remembered that
when the mongoose was brought to one of
the West India Islands to dispose of the
snakes it multiplied so fast and throve
so well that the whole island was over
run in a very short time, and the new Wis
itation proved only a little less unpleas
ant than the original evil. Naturally, NEST
people would prefer to have rats rather
than snakes in their houses. The rat is
usually somewhat shy and loath to OBJ
trude himself on human society, especially
if there happens to be an active terrier
on duty. He confines his operations TO the
hours of darkness and quiet, and the fast
nesses of cellar and storeroom. But the
ka ic dofarantial
one knows who has lived in country
where the reptiles abound, considerable
care has to be taken to prevent the en-
trance of serpents, big and little, into the
closets, wardrobes, pantries, and other
agreeable hiding places. That scientist evi-
IDENTIFY did not submit his theory to the
women of his family.
On the whole, ii seems as If the only
thing which could be done in the matter
at present would be to keep the rats out
of ships so far as possible, especially ships
sailing from ports where contagious diseases
entail traffic. 1t is said on good authority
that with great care rats can be prevented
from travelling in this manner and if they
can, any sensible person will admit that
prevention is better than cure, and also
much easier. The rat nuisance may abate,
moreover. as frame dwellings become less
common, and houses in general are better
built. Like the house fly and most other
living things, the rat detests place where
he can get nothing TO eat, and when food
is protected by tin safes, and sanitary ar
rangements are good, his fOraging is so
poor that he is apt to go somewhere else.