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Gilpin observer., 1900-11-22
C,ar Improving som.wbn,.

Lividia. Nov. 19.-The Car continues
to improve in health. The bulletin is
sued by his physicians to-day says:
"The Emperor passed II good day yes
tcrday. At o o'clock in tho evening
his temperature was 1912 and his
pulse seventy-two. His majesty
passed very good night. This morn
ing his condition is excellent His
strength IL well maintained. 40 this
morning his temperature was 1907,
pulse sixty.eight.
Gilpin observer., 1900-11-22
May Establish n Regency.

Paris, Nov. 2O.-The Dix Neuvleme
Steele to-day prints n special from
st. Petersburg, saying the physicians
having announced that the illness Of
the Car will continue for some time,
n regency is under consideration, to.
act till the Cars recovery. The Grand
Duke Vladimir, uncle of the Czar, 1t
Is added, Is mentioned as regent.
Gilpin observer., 1900-11-22

clared in dividends. This mine has
yielded grand total OF 81, 100000 and
and n profit of S4,500,000."
Upon such prospects the shares were
eagerly bought and the revised figures
are a severe blow to the stockholders.
London, Nov. 10.-Frederick Baker Of
Stratton's Independence and T. A.
Richard of the Venture corporation re-
turned here Wednesday from Colorado,
where they visited the mine with John
Hays Hammond. The English invest
ors have lost n lot of money In STRAIT
toms Independence, and there is gen
eral belief that the mine is about
played out.
On the other hand, there is an opin-
ion in certain quarters that Warnhcr,
Belt X Co, the South African miners,
have become bears in STATIONS for
the purpose of getting control of the
mine at a small figure.
Alfred Belt is bent on buying Ameri-
can gold mines, and It will not be long
before he has II part of his fortune In
vested In the states.
Gilpin observer., 1900-11-22

The cotton crop of this country
amounted to only 100000 pounds in
1898, last year it was about $500, ,O0O,-
of the entire crop of the world and val
ued at $350,000,0 900. 1t filled 9,5O0,000
bales, and the loss by waste incidental
to the process of taking samples was
not less than $1,000, ,00O
Gilpin observer., 1900-11-22
Another rrofc..or Re.lrns.

Stanford University, Gala, Nov. 90
Professor Nj. a. Aldrlch, an assistant
in the department of economics, tender
ed his resignation TO President Jordan
today as the result of the controversy
over the dismissal of Professor Ross,
head Of the economies department. Pro-
fessor Aldrich came to the university
last year from Harvard.
Gilpin observer., 1900-11-22
Idnho.. Comnlrtn Return..

Boise, Idaho. Nov. 10.-Complcte re-
turns from the state election show an
average plurality OF 1888 for Bryan
electors. Hunt. Fusion, has II plurality
Of 2,233 for governor, and Glenn. Flu
sion. for Congress, beat Morrison by
1,1g3
Gilpin observer., 1900-11-22

The man who built the city hall at
Denver is now selling cigars and to-
bacco at stand in the corridor of the
building.
Gilpin observer., 1900-11-22

It's really surprising how much hap
piness or misery lies in the circle OF
a wedding ring.
Gilpin observer., 1900-11-22

Following in the footsteps of an in
dolent man is about the most expen-
sive travelling imaginable.
Gilpin observer., 1900-11-22

Count Boni de Castellane refers to
rich Americans as pig merchants,
whose highest ambition should be to
supply French aristocrats with
money
Gilpin observer., 1900-11-22

Too many men in this country vote
as they pray-and they never pray un-
less it is to ask personal favor.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-30
PUNISHMENT DEMANDED.

1t is not at Ill probable that the many
Republicans in Indiana who join with
cN-Prcsidcnt Harrison in unqualified
con ;cEnaiion of the imperial spirit
which dictated the passage of the iu-
iquirous Pcrto RicIn tariff bill will b.
able Ia render enthusiastic service 10
the unamerican administration rcSpun-
sible for that sin against the ConStitu-
tion.
To the minds Of these Republicans the
cabal of Empire headed by Mark Han
M ana Mr. Mckinley does not stand
for the Republican party proper. Ii
stands Instead for the most dangerous
element possible in 4 free Republic
an element composed Of men in power
who seek To strengthen their hold on
power hy establishing a forccful cen
traliZed Government that shall ignore
and overrule the will Of the people.
Thoughtful. Republicans who are still
faithful to the Republic are dismaycd
10y the boidneSS of this cabal of Empire.
They see in its policies not only the
shame Of the Republican party, but the
ultimate overthrow of the Republic
itself
The impcrialist ccmplacency which
takes il for granted that the spirit OF
Republican protest against the Porto
Rican tariff bill iuiGuity has now died
away is not well founded. The fact of
the passage and enforcement of that
bill made further opposition useless. hut
it dcepened. instead of removing. the
verdict Of condemnation. The contem-
plated sin provoked protest. The con-
sunmated sin demands something more
than proteSt-it calls for stern rebuke
and effective punishment.
Unless the significance of current de-
velOpmcnts is misleading this rebuke
and punishment viii be duly admins
tered in November. The great majority
Of Americans love the old Republic and
its undyiHc principles of liberty and
justice better than they love any polit-
ical party. 1t is these Americans who
will properly attend to the public ser
wants responsible for the passage of the
Porto Rican tariff bill. shame and /
menace 10 the American Republic.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-30

figures. That is what stands TO the
Syndicate Boss in the place of princl-
ples-a slush fund check of generous
proportions. He hasn't much faith i'll
pNnciplcs. this master-spirit of an
American President, hut he believes III
his soul that money talks straightly and
irrcSiSiihly to the hearts of all men. He
is willing to let poor men and dreamcrs
rave about the principles involved i'll 4
campai-n-what he wants In that cam
paign is money and plenty of 1t.
1t was Il fine morning when Hanna
thus dominated the openin. gathering
of Republican managers in what Is de-
scribcd as 'thc MaruIe Palace of New
Iork-the Metropolitan Life Insurance
building. We are after votes now.
he told his feliow-campaigners. still
lingering the Connecticut check giodt-
inGly. And the words and the action
Were linked together in perfect har-
mony. Hanna. with big check in his
hand. is after votes in the only way he
believes votes may be secured. The
New York picture is true TO the life.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-30
OVERCROWDED CARS.

An engineer who has reported for
Engineering News the street railway ac-
cident at Tacoma, Wash. in which
forty-nine We're killed and fifty-thrce i'll
jured attracts attention to the need for
State or city laws regulating the maxi
mum load which street ears may carry.
The ear in Tacoma jumped the track
at Il curve and overturned. burying the
passengers under the trucks and motors.
The car was very seriously overload
ed," says the engineer, there having
been about f25 men. women and chill
dren aboard. As the normal seating
capacity was but forty and the car was
designed for a live load of five tons
to pound and settled it down so far
on the trucks that the brakeshoes failed
to take proper grip on the wheels and
all the machinery was more or less dis
placed. Moreover, the excess number Of
sixty to seventy persons were hanging
on the straps and bars in the roof Of
the car and swinging, pendulum like. as
the car ran around the frequent curves.
The weight Of four tons and more hang
ing so high above the center of gravity
undoubtedly influenced the final re-
suit"
Up to the present, legislation has al
ways aimed at limiting load to the
seating capacity OF the car. Such sRW
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-30
CUIoRoFoRM IN CRIME.

Years and years before the opening
| of the Christian era Aristotle wrote out
! n list of considerable length comprising
the falacics which received a religious
/ credence from the people without pos
scsSins the least foundation in fact.
| Most of these fallacics seem puerile
! in tie light which nineteen centuries
have shed For instance. one Of these
fallacics. That Il hair from Il horse
tail immersed for some time in water
changes into a snake" would hardly
riS. To the dignity of a faiacy ut the
present time. other popular errors
have. however. risen 10 ill the void.
That burglars frequently use chloro-
form in their work appears TO he Il popu-
lar impression. 1t appears continually II
police reports of bur=lIriCs. The patrol
man who reports the happcnin" cher
ishes and voices the suspicion that the
members of the family were chloro-
formed by the burglars TO make them
sleep while the burglars worked.
No police or detective official has as
vet outlined the precise way in which
the volatile liquid is applied in such
cases. Those who have observed the
method of its application in surgery 10
produce MISUNDERSTANDING cone of
paper filed with chlorof0rm saturated
cotton over the mouth and nose of the
patient-will have observed the large
amount of the drug and the consider
able amount of time required to produce
Inconsistencies and the desperate
struggles of the subject for breath of
air while the anaeSthetiZation Is going
on. 1t is certain that no burglar has
ever applied the drug TO 4 victim in this
way.
1t is equally certain that to put the
drug on sleeping person would he
likely to awaken him because of the
cold produced. by the rapid evaporation
of the drug, in the surface to which it
is applied.
To fill the air-space Of two or three
sleeping apartments with the yapor OF
tie drug would be impossible in sum-
mer when windows and doors are open,
and even in winter in Il close room it
would require a larger quantity of the
drug than burglar could carry and re-
Guire more time than a burglar would
care to give to that portion of his work.
1t is safe advice. if you are planning
a burglary. to leave chlOroforIn out OF
YOUR calculations.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-30

in 4 rushing American city ike st. Louis
would undoubtedly work a hardship on
passengers during certain hours OF the
day. Passengers would greatly prefer
standing and hanging by strap 10
waiting for an indefinite period for Il
car that had n vacant seat. Even If the
cars were run at intervals of few sec
onds an extended period would elap>e
sometimes before passenger could get
Il seat.
This course has hitherto proved the
undoing of legislation to limit street ear
loads The accident at Tacoma. how
ever. shows distinctly that structural
limitations 10 the capacity of a street
ear may be lower than the physical
limitations Of space.
st. Louis has recently had much ex-
periencc with crowded street ears. The
fact that DO catastrophe has occurred
is no indication that none can occur.
law fixing the maximum load of a street
car at Il certain percentage over lis seat
in= capacity could be PASSED without OPP
position from any source. The street
railways could easily he held account
able for the enforcement Of such Il law.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-30
STUDY UP THE MAP

When We pay TO Spain the 100000
necessary to the purchase OF the two
midget islands Of Cibutu and Cagayen.
which will complete our Ownership Of
the Philippine Archipelago. the outlay
Will represent the cost of ignorance and
undue haste in q transaction of Empire
1t would have been supposed, inas-
much as it WAS the intention of the Nc
hinley imperialists to buy from Spain
the right 10 govern by force the peo-
pies Of all the Philippines, that they
would have made sure of a bill of sale
properly comprehensive in this respect
before paying down the S20,UUo0uO
which transformed the Filipino war for
freedom from Il revolt against Spain To
revolt against the United States.
There was no mystery rs to the islands
composing the Philippine Archipelago.
They had been known and charted ON
the maps for centuries.
But the American Peace Commission
appointed by Mr.. Mckinley seems To
have lacked the coOiness and accuracy
of knowledge SO Indispensable to your
truly successful nd-grabber. Of their
own accord its members drew n line de-
filming the boundaries of their imperial
purchase from Spain, and just outside
that line-little Cibutu being but four
miles distant-lay those two islands
which we must now acquire at an addi-
ti0nal expense of money and Of reputa-
tion as an Empire that doesn't really
know the Empire business. 1t isn't
Spain's fault; she was entirely willing
To DO the right thing, but of course she
wasn't going out of her way TO gather
up stray islands for us. That was our
lockout.
If the American people decide to re-
tain Imperialist Mckinley ut the head
of Government that great conqupror
should more thoroughly learn the first
lesson of conquest. A land grabbing
Empire which proposes to 90 free-boor-
ing all round the world should surely
know the map of the world. It's absurd
as well as expensive TO have to pay
twice for islands simply because you
were Ignorant Of their existence. Busi-
ness is busineSs-and nothing is more
SO than the Empire business.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-30
WILL REVIVE.

Tue discovery by City Chemist Teich-
mann, that the widely circulated anal
yses of the water of the Illinois River
made by the Northwestern University
do not extend beyond the time of open
ing of the Chicago Drainage Canal, war
rant his reiteratiOn that the safe course
for st. Louisans is now and always will
be to boil or filter their water before
using 1t for domestic purposes.
st. Louis succeeded in proXimately
tracing one epidemic of typhoid fever to
drinking water, and the assertion seems
justified that st. Louis will continue To
suspect its water and to apprehend a
prevalence of typhoid fever whenever
the river falls to a low stage.
These undoubted facts coupled with
the unsightliness of st. LOuis's drinking
water were at the bottom of the filter
crusade in which many strong aSsocia-
tions in St Louis participated and
which the House of Delegates blocked
peremptorily.
Such a temporary setback cannot re-
move the desire of st. Louisans for a
filter plant which will supply clear
water above suspicion as to its purity.
No matter what chemists, bacteriolo-
Gists and analysts find and report, st.
Louisans will still deplore the waters
unsightliness. The filter movement will
keep reviving until the filter system is
built. If the present Municipal Assem-
bly,, because of the activity of Meramec
Springs or private filter promoters, will
not push plans for filter plant, another
Assembly will do the work.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-30
MORE REApINGrROOMS.

One recommendation in the annual re
port of the Librarian of ST Louis's
Public Library. Mr.. Frederick Crunden,
should call forth the best efforts of the
library authorities to bring about its
realization.
There should be distributed through
out the city" says Mr.. Crunden. 'at
least twenty branches with reading
rooms open every evening supplied with
the best of the popular periodicals. The
Scientific American, for instance, IS
issued thousands of times annually i'll
our reading-rooms. If we lad twenty
copies in twenty reading rooms each
would doubtless reach many hundreds
of readers who are unable to travel
miles to reach the only public reading
room in the city.
St. Louiss Public Library exercises
almost as extended an educating and
cultivating influence as the st. Louis
Public Schools. The fact that the Ii
brary issue for home use last year, ac-
cording to the Librarians report, was
7O7.Sl3 shows its influence.
4 number OF reading-roomS placed in
sections of the city where there is L
lack of book facilities would enormously
increase the usefulness of the institu-
tiou
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-30
GRAND OPERA OUT OF
DOORS-STAGE NOTES.

Not many times, out of doors or in. will
you hear the Tempest in My Heart" sung
as well as Mr.. Hinshaw is singing it at
Ihrle's Cave this week. ''Troyatore." with
its wealth of famous melody. is big under
taking for your summer garden manager.
but Mr. NcNeary is doing well with IT,
The crowd last night vas more than worth
while Moreover II was intelligently en-
thusuiastic. Ii fancied Mrs. Van Studd:ford,
who sang her best seasons worA as Leo
nora, her first appearance, by the way. IN
So important "a part. She entered into the
acting spirit of the performance and IN
vocal achievement she was even brilliant
Mr. Pache, who has not always filed US
with delight, was an efficient ManFico. There
have been better ones here. but the per-
formance was almost satisfying. The real
success of the evening was the Count or
Mr. IIinshaw, who looked like an ancient
picture. sang like a modern master ana
acted so well that he disguised himself. THIS
Promising Young Man continues to have a
few fIannerisms that he must coach him.
SELF away from. He Is improving SO rapidly,
however, that one looks for their disappear
anCe before the season is at an end. one
may expect great things from Mr. Hinshaw
in the winter opera season. There was
sonnet ming about Miss Meyers's appearance
as AZJcena that the audience Gid not know
about and which Is worth recording here.
She sang in comic opera In Memphis until
IL O'Clock Saturday night. After a short
rest she took Il ) O'Clock train for St. Louis.
reaching here yesterday evening. proceeding
at once 10 Chrig Cave, where she APP
peared an hour later as The Gypsy. And
vet they say thGt the life OF the actor is one
sweet day dream.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-30
ILLINOIS NATIONAL GUARD.
Four Branches of Service at Gang
Lincoln.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Camp Lincoln. Near Springfield. ILL.,. July
2e-Before noon to-day an assortment Of
troops. representing four branches OF che
Illinois National Guard service, were in
stalled In camp for the weeks tour OF duty
Colonel Young, who by virtue Of his rank. is
the post commander. arrived in camp early
this morning. and Immediately set about
pitching new camp, and rearranging the
tents, streets. etc.
The enlisted men of the four organizations
Were all placed upon the color line The
Engineering Company OF Springfield. com
manded by Captain Frank II. Hamilton.
was given the right right q line The sigma, d Corps
banded by Lieutenant Benjamin +. Her
riDgton of Yorkville. is on the left of the
position on the left of the signal Corps, di-
rectly in the center OF the camp. The Ar
tillery Battalion. composed of the two bat
les. y Of Danville and Il of Galesburg. IL on
the extreme left of the line, and has by far
the prettest location in the camp.
The pitching of the camp was done by tn:
men of the various commands. Colonel
Young IL of the opinion that the men can
have no better experience than the pitching
streets. and the like. and as the work pro-
gressed he rode about the entire camp Of
fering suggestions and giving directions.
The Fifth Regiment Band of Canton viii
furnish the music for the week. the mounted
band of the First Cavalry having recently
Several @ npnS Shicagoa % sprinafieId @ 0 and @ Peoria
bands were anxious to come to camp for<
the week. but the Fifth was selected IN
preference to all. owing to the fact that te
agreed to furnish the music at a much
cheaper figure. The band arrived In camp
at noon, escorting Troop II OF the First
Cavalry commanded by Captain William d.
Welch of Nacomb, this being the last organ
ization to arrive. The band was loudly
cheered as 1t marched across the parads
ground.
The number Of men in camp this week will
be much smaller than during the previous
weeks Of the encampment. but the Interest,"
ing features that have been arranged viii
make the last week one OF the most success
full and entertaining Of the whole encamp-
ment. In addition to the mounted drills OF
the cavalry and the, artillery, the engiueer
company and the Signal Corps have ar
ranged interesting features OF instruction.
much of which will be in the nature Of
practical demonstrations. and these viii
draw large crowds of -isitors to the camp.
The general order calling election in
Company G, Second Infantry. for First Lieu
tenant is amended so that the election VIII
be held on Tuesday. August Z, at p. m.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-30
HANNA TO THE LIFE.

Within two minutes after Boss Han
na TOOK personal charge of the Eastern
campaign headquarters of the Republic
an party in New York City. National
Committeeman Brooker felt the typical
Hanna influence and passed over to the
Boss Connecticut's opening coIitribu-
ton to the Republican slush fund of
1900.
Ii was a check of five figures, and
Hanna's face beamed with satisfaction
as he noted this fact. Well" he eX-
claimed. lingering the Doodle lovingly;
that gives US a mighty good start in
the East" And National Treasurer
Bliss. we are told, was profuse in his
gratitude, and under the stimulating ef
feet of this quick sight of money the
opening day of the Republican party's
campaign in the East was a golden day.
1t was characteristic of Hanna that
his idea of IA good start in the East"
was typified by this check of five
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-30
SHOW WRECKED.
Buffalo Bills Employees Meet With
Serious Accident.

Detroit. Mich. July 29.-Section one OF
the Buffalo Bnrs Wild West Show train
suffered a severe collision near Milwaukee
Junction shortly before daylight to-day. re-
sutling in the smashing of a show en-
ployes' sleeping car containing some forty
sleeping inmates. One of the latter is
dead and nine others are in Detroit hospi-
tails suffering from more or less serious
injuries.
THE DEAD.
EDWARD SULLIVAN. aged S7.of Bridge
port. Conn. porter of the canvas car, who
died from internal hemorIhage after reach
THE INJURED.
HENRY EASTMAN nickname Nash).
age q. OF Rochester, n. Y, one of the
processes Of spine broken of. spinal cord
as yet unaffected.
ford, Pa. crushed and injured very SER
iousiy internally. back and leg cut by win
dow glass. recovery hoped for.
ter. Pa. knee cut. bruised about back.
JOSEPH MCANN. aged -. Of &c Cham.
hers, street. New York. confusion of right
MOVES MIX. aged is. of New Haven.
Conn. slightly injured through chest. hand
THOMAS KELLY. age Is. Of No. III North
Elliott, place. Brooklyn, n. Y: shoulder
JOHN CUsICK. age 25 of Pittston. Pa !:
bruised.
GEORGE HUNT. aged 23 of Waterbury.
Conn: confusion Of both legs
WILLIAM GILMORE. age .. OF Oska-
loosa, Ia: left shoulder and arm bruised;
skin torn from right heel.
At the time of the collision the train. con-
sisting of twenty wagon and stock ears,
four of the shows sleeping cars and a
ferred from the Michigan Central to the De-
troit. Grand Haven and Milwaukee road.
The train was being pushed backward
when it was struck by an outgoing Grand
Trunk freight train. The caboose was forced
on top of the Buffalo BilIs employees sleep
er. No. 80. which was filed with sleepiny
tent and canvass men. When the uninjured
men had recovered from the shock. the
wrecked sleeper was chopped open and The
injured gradually gotten out.
All the victims will recover excepting the
three most seriously injured.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-30
Results Easily Changed.

The returns Of 1896 show that a change of
-i','v votes would have changed the re-
sult IN Ohio: INDIANA. with a change Of
?00 would have been Democratic: similar
results would have been achieved in other
States as follows: Illinois. 72.Ooo: Wisconsin.
5000: Michigan. 29'rlD; Minnesota, 27.0a0
and Kentucky could have been Democratic
by the change of mere handful.
The mention of Kansas and Nebraska
serves only to suggest that If there really
is any German-Amc slump to the
Democratic party. the Republican hopes of
winning those States this year are not
based on reasonable grounds.
From these estimates. il can be seen that
it Will not take much of a change Of Ger
man-Americans to win several of these
States. unless the Republican party makes
cOmpensating gains among the new voters
Of the native American element.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-07-30
ALABAMA EDITORS DEPART.
Pleased With the Reception Ten
dered Them Here.

The members Of the Alabama Press Asso-
citation departed last night over the Mobile
and Ohio Railway for Birmingham. where
the party will disperse to their homes. after
a twelve days tour OF the Northern cities
The party is in charge OF J. A. Roundtree
of Birmingham. 1t will arrive at Brming-
ham at o'clock this afternoon.
All of the members expressed themselves
as being delighted with their visit to st.
Louis and say that they were more hospit-
ably entertained here than at any other
city on their route.