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SENATOR ELKINS SNARLING.
jll YMES M’KINLEY AXD GAGE FOR
UVAXCIAL \GITATTON.
■2 lie President’* Efforts to Compel
Congress to Take Action on the
i urrency Has Induced the Silver
sleii t Force the Fighting and Re
op e n the Old Rnorrel-sElkins
Think* the Administration Should
Hnve Kept Uniet and Depend on
Improved Business Conditions to
< ha tine Public Sentiment.
Washington, Jan. 22.—Senator Elkins
h , - president McKinley and Secretary
, responsible for the renewal of the
agitation which ia behind the
0 ; -.lions recently reported from the Sen
committee on finance, upon which the
-i’.ver and the gold standard lines are
I . drawn next Thursday.
ppears that the President has been
e ('ongress to take some action on
‘inuncial question, and in that effort
I !U |. l een more than encouraged by Sec
, i'■! y Gage. The result is that the free
men have undertaken to force the
. ting, and open up the old financial
, :lt rrel again.
n.uor Elkins says he thinks the admtn
i- ration made a mistake in trying" to force
n in view of the free silver majority
ic, Senate. He takes the ground that
u - opponents of the free and unlimited
. ~! ige of silver can go to the records of
tic ist election
v . h them on that proposition. Under such
~' ;mstances it seems idle to try and ac
, mplish by premature legislation what is
t , ng accomplished , gradually by public
sentiment.
Senator Elkins contends that public sen
r ,nt is more easily influenced by an in
ise in trade, better wages, and a hlgh
, r degree of general prosperity, than by all
the sentimental legislation that can be
piled upon the statute books. He states,
u practical business man, who is large
jv- inu rested In practical business enter
prises. that silver and paper are to-day
circulated on a par with gold, notwith
standing silver is worth In the market,
nut 49 cents on the dollar, while treasury
are simply a promise to pay, with
out interest. He adds that an individual
would consider himself extremely fortu
nate if he could give his note to his neigh
for. in a business transaction, without be
ing obliged to pay 5 or 6 per cent, interest.
Under the existing conditions, our money
Is ad right, and even our silver certificates
are received dollar for dollar wherever
American trade extends.
Without Intending to disturb the present
status of our money, Senator Elkins in
tends to introduce a bill next Monday,
which he thinks will materially improve
i!, situation. His bill will provide that
10 bids under five dollars shall be Issued.
That would force silver into circulation.
It will also provide that the tax on na
tional bank circulation be reduced to one
fourth of 1 per cent., that banks be allow
ed to issue currency up to the par value
of their bonds, and, further, that banks
may te established with $25,000 capital. He
is undecided whether to present his bill
as a sperate measure, or offer it as an
amendment to the Teller resolutions, re
ported from the finance committee.
H l ' takes this step without conferring
with any of his associates, but he is con
tident that it will appeal to the intelli
gence of every man who is interested in a
Simple, but thoroughly practical Improve
ment in our banking system. His plan
does not attempt to draw the line between
gold and silver, are circulating
at par to-day. In spite of all that may be
said to the contrary.
There is considerable anxiety among the
gold Democrats in the Senate ovPv the
pending financial question. Such men H3
Senators Gorman of Maryland, Murphy of
New York, Smith of New Jersey and
-Mitchell of Wisconsin, who are anxious to
i t in accord with their party associates,
on ail party questions, are greatly em
barrassed by the attitude in which they
find ihemsclves. It is all right for Demo
erais who have a free silver constituency
behind them, to vote their free silver senti
ments, but it is difficult for Messrs. Gor
man. Xlnrphy, Smith and Mitchell to con
vince the constituencies they represent,
thai their wishes must be ignored or sac
rificed to party dictation.
Under the circumstances these four gen
ii' rs are undecided how they will cast
’ heir votes next Thursday. All of them
nre of the opinion that nothing can be ac
■ omplished by forcing the issue at this
i me. and they also contend that it will
not benefit the Democratic cause in Mary
'and, Xi w Y’ork, New Jersey or Wiscon-
I fin.
I In this connection it (s said that there
I " is a chance of deadlocking the Maryland
I legislature for an indefinite period until
i " ,r -or Gorman voted with his party, to
I take up the Teller resolution, a few days
I ago.
I Senator Murphy wants to stand with
I his party, but his convictions, his personal
I interest, and the people he represents are
I opposed to the resolutions. So it is with
I Senators Smith and Mitchell.
I JACKSON'S GREAT GENERALSHIP.
I 'leilleal Director of His Army Corps
Tays Him a Tribute.
| New York, Jan. 22.—Two hundred white-
I blind soldiers, who fought for the Con-
I 'Urate cause under Lee and Jackson to
■ me! t. lor the eighth time, met to toast
I tn* memory of their dead comrades and
ill new issue latlon.
■ t; Thorburn, the commander of
■ the Confederate Veterans’ camp, presided.
I fhe dinner was given in memory of
■ e oi • w id Jackson.
■ The (oast of the night was that which
■ c.irra.i Gen. Jackson’s name, and to (his
■ Un Hunter McGuire, who extracted the
H lb t from the Confederate leader's body
■ n la 1., , dying, 'replied:
I ' n Jackson's history Is your history,
■ ■"'l a ire of his glory belongs to you.
■ ” ' tub to it is proved by the existence
■ c onization by the unswerving de
ll 1 h. despite advancing years and
I (roundings, you have adhered
K ' Iplcs that enobled your young
H'l j t by the exalted and self-exalt
■ - 1 • uce that you pay to your glor-
B 1 m to speuk of Stonewall Jackson,
HI," ' 1 ■ formative years of his life, nor
I, . quiet of peaceful avocations, but
H knew him when “the fire from
■ and upon him in the battlefield.”
1 ’ 1 ■ 1 "lion Arthur—the fire by which
■ ' lot knew him for his king—
H 1 ut like the “live coal from off
■ 1 : touched the lips” of Jackson and
a ' r, ’ m them that kingly voice
■ r ’"gle of victory knew and obey-
I, . , king was Stonewall Jackson, if
H. , 1 y annointed as by fire, ap
■ ... '‘‘i "tnoiig men.
■„ , king to define Jackson’s place
1 accept laord Wolseley’s definl
■p" great commander, he declares,
|ti ~, ' ~lnt the marks of this rare char.
' first of all, the power—the in
■, , ' inspiration—to define the con-
H,,. "the purposes of your enemy.
Hr.,,".', ,lle genius that in strategy tn-
H. : "vises the combination* most
Ht , 1 '!• feet those purposes. Thltdly,
H, 1 and moral courage—the abso
'Glance—that takes the risk of
Hirer" "* ,tle sl< ill thal promptly and
m . ' '"lvors the blow that shatters
Bfe l.lans—so munaging one’s own
"hen small,) as to have the
B ur , . r ’ lr bher at the point of attack.
cool judgment that is un
' the clash and clamor of cmer-
H , ’hit not leaßt, the provision—
, "} at care* for the lives anu
H " ul the private soldiers. and the
personal magnetism that rouses the en
thusiasm and affection that make the com
mander’s presence on the battlefield the
incentive $o all that human beings can
dare and the unquestioned hope and sure
promise of victory.
“Many incidents of Jackson’s career
prove that he possessed the instinctive
power to know the plight and lo foreieii
the purposes of the Federal army and its
sommanders.”
Dr. McGuire then went on to tell manv
incidents of Gen. Jackson on the battle,
field, the most interesting and dramatic
oi wnieh were the following:
At Malvern Hill, when a portion of our
army was beaten and to some extent de
moralized. Hill and Ewell and Erly came
lo te*ll him that they could make no resist
ance if McClellan attacked them in the
morning. It was difficult to wake Gen
Jackson, as he was exhausted and very
sound asleep. I tried it myself anil aftet
fr.any efforts partly succeeded. When he
was made to understand what was wanted
he said, ‘McCllelan and his army will be
gone by daylight,’ and went to sleep again
Ihe generals thought him mad, but the
prediction was true.
”At Fredericksburg, after Rurnside’s re
pulse, he asked me how many bandages
* ad - 1 , told him - and asked why he
wanted to know. He said that he wanted
to have a piece of white cloth to tie on
each mans arm, so that his soldiers might
recognize each other in a night attack;
and he asked to lie allowed to make such
an attack, and drive his foe into the swol
len river or capture him. Subsequent
events demonstrated that he knew the
state of things within the hostile lines,
and would have accomplished his pur
pose. Gen. Lee withheld his consent for
the reason that so often restrained him in'
.ike cases; he could not put at so great
risk an army which the South could not
replace.
That Jackson replaced the second and
third requirements, the genius to devise
and the skill and courage to deliver the
blow needed to defeat his foes, is it not
amply proved by the general fact that his
own force, In tl)e valley campaign, was
never over 17,000, and generally less, and
that for a time he was keeping at bay 60,-
000 Federal soldiers in or near the great
valley, and 40,000 at Fredericksburg—
soundly thrashing in the field from time
to time large portions of this great army?
“Or, taking a wider view, Jackson and
his small force so influenced the whole
campaign as to keep 100,000 federal troops
away from Richmond, and compel the
Federal government to employ a larger
force than the entire Confederate army
in Virginia, in order, as Lincoln said, ‘to
protect the Federal capital,’ while anoth
er superior force operated against Lee
and Richmond.
“I cannot give you any Instances or
illustrations of the mental action by which
he reached his conclusions or devised the
combinations which defeated his enemy’;
for Jackson took no counsel save with his
‘familiar’ the Genius or War, and his
God. He did hold one, and only one coun
sel of war. In March 1862 at Winchester,
Jackson had in his small army less than
5,000 men. Gen. Banks, who was advanc
ing upon Winchester from Harper’s Ferry
and Charlestown, had 30,000 soldiers. Gen.
Jackson repeatedly offered Gen. Banks
battle, but the latter declined, and on
the night of the 11th of March went into
camp four miles from Win
chester. Gen. Jackson sent for
his officers and proposed to
make a night attack, but the plan was
not approved by the council. He sent for
the officers a second time, some hours
later, and again urged them to agree to
make the night assault, but they
again disapproved of the attempt.
So late in the afternoon, we withdrew
from Winchester and marched to Newton.
I rode with the General as we left the
place, and as we reached a high point
overlooking the town we both turned to
look at Winchester, just evacuated and
now left to the mercy of the Federal sol
diers. I think that a man sometimes
yields to overwhelming emotion, and I
was utterly overcome by the fact that I
was leaving all that I held dear on earth.
But my emotion was arrested by one look
at Jackson. His face was fairly blazing
with the fire that was burning in him,
and I felt awed before him. Presently he
cried out with a manner almost savage,
"That is tlie, last council of war I will
ever hold.” And it was—his first and
last. Thereafter he held council in se
cret chamber of his own heart, and act
ed. Instantaneous decision, absolute self
reliance, every aetlnn. every word dis
played. His voice displayed it In battle.
It was not the peal of the trumpet, hut
the sharp crack of the im
perative, resolute.
“Jackson always expected to hold his
lines, but was always most dangerously
aggressive. I heard him once say, “We
sometimes fail to drive the enemy from
his position. He always fails to drive
us.” But he was never content with the
defensive, however successful, or how
ever exhausting. In the terribly destruc
tive battle of Sharpsburg, he was looking
all of that day for a chance to make the
counter stroke.
“He was always calm and self-controlled.
He never lost his balance for one mo
ment. At the First Manassas, when we
reached the field and found our men under
Bee and Bartow falling back—when the
confusion was greatest, and Bee in despair
cried out ‘They are driving us back,’ thffre
was not the slightest emotion apparent
about him. His thin lips were compressed
and his eyes were ablaze when he, curtly
said, ‘Then, sir, we will give them the
bayonet.’
"In the very severe engagement at Chan
tilly, faught during a heavy thunderstorm,
when the voice of the artillery of heaven
could scarcely be distinguished from that
of the enemy, an aide came up with a
message from A. P. Hill that his ammuni
tion was wet and that he asked leave to
retire. ‘Give my compliments to Gen. Hill
and tell him that the Yankee ammunition
is as wet as his; to stay where he is.’ There
was always danger and blood when he be
gan his terse sentences with ‘Give my
compliments.’
"Jackson knew the value of the South
ern volunteer better and sooner (as I be
lieve) than any other of our great leaders.
On this subject, I once heard him
say, ‘The patriot volunteer fight
ing for country and his
rights makes the most reliable soldier on
earth.
“The first time I was under fire, the
attempt to diagnose my feelings did not
discover to me anything that 1 recognized
as positive enjoyment. I told Gen. Jack
son frankly what my feelings were, and
asked him how he felt the first time he
experienced it. ‘Afraid the fire would not
be hot enough for me to distinguish my
self,' he promptly replied.
“I have seen Gen. Jackson stop while
the army was on the march to help a poor
simple woman find her son, when she only
knew thal this son was in Jackson’s com
pany. There is no measuring the inten
sity’ with which the very soul of Jackson
burned in battle. Out of it he was very
gentle. After the Hattie of the Second
Manassas we were Fitting by the fire
.drinking the coffee out of our tin cups
when I fold: ‘We hive won this battle
by the hardest kind of lighting.’ And he
answered me, very gentle and softly: 'No,
no; we have won it by the blessing of
Almighty God.’ , .
"The story of Jackson s death is ?n tn
miliar to vou ail, that, though intimately
associated with its scenes. 1 will not nar
r.ile it. I will only declare Hint he met
tills great enemy as he had met all olh
ers, calmly nnd steadily, expecting as al
ways to conquer.”
There were repeated cheers at the more
fervid periods of the doctor’s eloquent eu
logy but the greatest enthusiasm of the
night was When he said, pointing to the
[s'clcrgyman threw himself In front
of Jackson’s body to receive the bullet
aimed at the lender.”
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JANUARY 211, 1898.
SAUSAGE MAKER S ODD STORY.
HE CLAIMS HE LAST SAW HIS WIFE
AT HOME.
Impending Foreclosure of n Mort.
gage Alleged to Have Cfinsetl Her
to Hint of Self-Destruction—Lnet
gert Also Affirms 'Mint His Wife’s
Mind Hail Been Affected Since the
Long Illness of Her Boy—The Sus
picions Barrel of Potash Bought
for the Purpose of Milking Soft
Soap.
Chicago, Jan. 22.—The crowd in attend
ance at the Liietgcrt murder trial io-day
was greatef even than the day before,
and long lines of people stood outside
waiting for an opportunity to pass the
guards at the entrance of Judge Gary’s
room. When Luetgert took the stand to
day he was apparently much more com
posed and answered the questions pro
pounded him by his counsel In a firm
voice. The defendant was inclined to go
into details more than his attorney, Mr.
Harmon, desired. *
\Vhen asked to pay loss attention to
detail, Luetgert, with some show on an
ger, said he would tell his history thor
oughly or not at all. The most import
ant feature of Luetgert’s trial to-day was
the admission of the existence of the pot.
ash in his factory. He said it had been
in his place for nearly two months be
fore the day of his wife’s disappearance,
that it was not concealed and that he
was to make soft soap of it, The'prls
oner told of his sleeping in the factory,
which he explained was necessary because
there were many things he had to attend
to at night.
The question was asked by Luetgert’s
counsel regarding Mrs. Feld, but this sub
ject was passed over quickly, Luetgert
saying merely that sometimes Christine
visited the house. He said his wife's
health for some time previous to his dis
appearance was bad and she was fre
quently troubled with headaches. His
own health, too, was bad, partly on ac
count of his Irregular hours.
W T hen Luetgert finally reached that part
of his story concerning the happenings on
Mas’ 1, the date of his wife’s disappear
ance, the audience and Jury paid the clos.
est attention. The witness told of the
buried bones he had in the factory base
ment and of fat he had intended to con
vert into sausage. He also told of a small
meat market he conducted.
“You purchased a barrel of potash early
In March?” asked Mr. Harmon. “For
what purpose?”
“To make soft soap. One day Charles
Sohmes said there was a chance to sell
the factory. He told me to keep the place
very clean, as these people did not know
anything about the business, and what we
would call clean they would call dirty. I
secured a recipe for making soap from
Bros., and the potash was to be
used for that purpose.”
Inspector Schaack, who sat alongside
the jury, smiled as Leutgert told of his
experience In the line of making soft soap.
“When did you first see this barrel of
potash?” asked Mr. Harmon.
“The next day.”
“Where did it stand?”
"It was between the office and the meat
market, where everybody who came could
not help seeing it.”
“Did you give any orders about the
barrel?”
“Yes; I told Smokehouse Frank about
It, and told him it was bad stuff and that
it would burn him and to cover his face
so he would not get hurt.”
"Now, will you tell me why you delayed
from March to May before making the
soap?”
“The men came too soon, they came be
fore the factory was cleaned.”
"What time, Saturday; May 1, did you
return home?” asked Air. Harmon.
“Oh, I cannot tell the exact hour. It was
late in the afternoon.”
"What was said in the conversation be
tween you and your wife while eating sup
per that night?”
Luetgert here hVsitated for some min
utes before speaking.
“Well, my wife made some remarks I do
not like to repeat,” finally answered the
witness.
“Tell us all about that conversation,”
paid Mr. Harmon.
"Mr. Harmon,” replied Luetgert, “I will
not repeat what my wife said that night
unless I am forced to.”
“Mr. Luetgert,” said his senior counsel,
“you will not be forced to tell anything
you do not wish to, but as counsel I want
you to tell every word that was said be
tween your wife and you.”
“My wife asked me about the manner of
foreclosing mortgoges, and when I told
her, she said then, we will lose everything.
I told her we would. ‘Then this is all we
get for our twenty years hard work since
we came to America?' I told her it could
not be helped, that I was not afraid to
work and would face the worst afresh and
work hard for a living, if necessary.”
As he told of the loss of his fortune and
his willingness to begin all over again,
Luetgert seemed to be greatly affected;
tears came to his eyes, his chin trembled,
and lumps arose in his throat.
“My wife said she was not afraid, but
that I could work and earn a living,” con
tinued Luetgert, "but what will people
say? They will laugh at us,’ she said. I
told her~ to let them laugh; that their
laugh would not take away my work, fhe
said that if it should come she did not want
to live. She wished < the children were
dead. About this time Louis came In and
asked for money to go to the circus, and
his mother told him we had no money for
circuses. I gave the hoy 10 cents.”
“What happened next?” asked Mr. Har
mon.
“She said if the sheriff should come he
would not find her here. I told her that
it was foolish to talk that way. She said
that it was not foolish, that there wos
nothing for us but trouble, if things kept
on as they did for the past two months.
I would not see her there any more-. I
laughed, and said she had better stay with
her children. She said I always laughed
at her. I did not pay much attention to
her remarks, for she had been talking like
that for several months.”
•'Was Mrs. Luetgert's mind affected by
the long sickness of your little boy, Elmer,
the winter -before?” asked Mr. Harmon.
“It affected her a great deal, and she
often made the remark that she would
rather see the children dead than alive.
She made these remarks in the presence
of both children.”
Luetgert then told of his going home. He
said: "At home, I saw my wife sitting in
the kitchen against the east wall and read
ing the paper. I think it was a German
paper. I could not find the tea and asked
her where it was. She said she did not
know, but the girl always attended to that.
The girl was In bed. I found the tea in
the basement pantry and went up stairs
again. There* I saw Louis and my wife.”
Luetgert told next of spe.iking lo Louis
of carrying a lantern, which the witness
said he always did at night when going to
the factory. In answer to a quesUon, he
said:
“I turned and left the house by the
north door. Yes, that was the last time
I saw my wife.”
Luetgert had his eyes fixed on the Jury
as he said this. The Jury leaned forward
In their seats and paid the closest atten
tion' to the narrative.
When questioned again whethsr he knew
what erne at night ho returned to the
factory Luetgert said once more he did
not know, not having looked at the clock.
“Do you remember what kind of weather
it was?” asked Mr, llari^on.
“Yes, it was cloudy weather.
At this point the court took a recess.
SCHAEFER BEATS IA ES.
Tlie Hcsult Leaves the Two Tied for
First ami Seeond Money.
Chick go, Jan. 22.—'The schedule of the
IS-inch balk line tournament was complet
ed to-night and Ives and Schaefer are tied
for first and second places. The “Wiz
ard” was too much for the “Y'oung Na
poleon,” and won to-night's game by a
score of 400 to 378. The finish was a heart
breaker, and but for an unfortunate kiss,
that caused the balls lo line up for Ives,
the result would probably have been re
versed, as he was in good stroke and had
the balls in good position. The cheering
when “Jake” made his final shot was
deafening and long continued. It has not
yet been decided whether the tie will be
played off or not. Score:
Schaefer—l3B, 1, 38, 36 . 4, 0. 2. 5,0, 35, 12,
24, 11, 26, 48, 0,8, J 2—400. Average, 22 2-29;
high run, 138.
Ives—6, 19, 100, 16, 39, 31, 0,7, 6. 12, 6, 39,
0, 18, 15, 13, 51; 378; average 26 4-17; high
run, 100.
Sutton made stlre of third money to
night by defeating Catton, the score being
260 to 95. Catton could not play a "little
bit.” Score:
Sutton—lo, 11, 19, 2,' 17, 4,0, 7, 11, 8,4,
49, 5, 28, 1, 24, 45, 23; total 260; average 13 1-30;
high run, 49.
Catton—2, 21, 18, 0,2, 0, 1. 0,0, 0, 43, 4,3,
9,5, 0,0, 6; total 95; average 5 5-18; high
run 43.
The prize money In the tournament was
made up of $1,750 put up by the Brunswick
Balk-Collender Company, SIOO entrance
money from each of the five contestants,
and the net gate receipts. This was to be
divided into parts of 50, 30 and 20 per cent,
respectively.
It is probable Schaefer and Ives will di
vide the first two prizes, as the latter
must go to New York to prepare for his
match with George Slosson. Sutton takes
third money and Catton and Spinks will
divide fourth money.
The standing of the tournament is as fol
lows: Games won—lives, 3; Schaefer, 3;
■Sutton, 2; Catton, 1; Spinks, 1.
Gfimes Lost—lves, 1; Schaefer, 1; Sutton,
2; Catton, 3; Spinks, 3.
High Runs—lves, 136; Schaefer, 139; Sut
ton, 73; Catton, 56; Spinks, 49.
Single Averages—lves, 28 4-7; Schaefer, 40;
Sutton, 17 1-32; Catton, 10%; Spinks, 10 6-6.
Grand Averages—lves, 24.1; Schaefer,
18 6-17; Sutton, 13 30-365; Catton; 6 7-29;
Spinks, 8 1-36.
SNOW AND A BLOW.
Most Severe Storm of the Winter
Now* Sweeping the West.
Chicago, Jan. 22.—The most severe snow
storm experienced this winter in the
Northwest set in this afternoon, and at
midnight Is till raging with no signs of
abatement.
The storm is general throughout lowa,
Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and
Missouri,
In Colorado the heaviest snowfall was re
ported, an average of sixteen Inches being
reported from many points.
The snowfall was accompanied by gale,
which caused heavy drifting and made
much trouble for the street cars.
All freight cars were run on a siding,
and, as far as practicable, passenger
trains were put ahead. The telegraphic
service is badly crippled.
In Chicago the storm is very Severe.
The wind howled through the streets at
a rate of fifty miles an hour, piled up
the snow in deep drifts, knocked down
many signs and telegraph poles and did
other damage.
M’COMAS AND GORMAN TIED.
Each Gets Forty-Six Vote* on the
Joint Ballot.
Annapolis, Md., Jan. 22.—The Maryland
Legislature in joint session to-day took
another ballot for United States senator,
which resulted as follows: McComas, 46;
(Shaw, 16; Findlay, 3; Shryock, 2; Gorman,
46; total 113. Necessary to a choice, 57.
The McComas men claim to have seven
more votes well In hand which will be cast
on Tuesday, if not on Monday.
Eaton Defeat* Coburn.
St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 22.—At the indoor
bicycle meet in the Coliseum to-night, Jay
Eaton, the "indoor king,” of New Jersey,
won the match race with Willie Coburn
of St. Louis.
THE BEGGAR’S NOVEL SCHEME.
How He Snve* Fifteen Dollars a
Week by Not Shavlnsr-
From the New York Telegram.
About two months ago Charles Coghlan,
the well-known English actor, walked
down Broadway late one evening and was
accosted by a bright-looking young man,
neatiy but very plainly dressed, who had
about a two days’ growth of beard on his
face. He approached the actor In a most
deferential manner, and caused him to
stop by the novelty of the way In which
he asked for alms. The young man ex
plained that he felt considerable diffidence
in asking a gentleman to aid him in his
financial distress, but Mr. Coghlan looked
kind-hearted, and therefore he would take
the liberty to relate bis troubles. He had
only been In the city three days, and by
hard hustling had managed to secure a
place to go to work the next morning. He
hadn’t any money to pay for his night’s
lodging or hi* breakfast. He did not care
for that particularly, but he did want to
go to his new place the next morning
looking clean and neat. He would, there
fore, be much obliged to Mr. Coghlan if
he would kindly give him ten cents with
which to get shaved in the morning.
The story was so plausible that the
actor, who is notoriously indifferent to the
value of money, dipped into his trousers
pocket and presented the young man with
a silver dollar and went on his way.
About a week afterward, while going
from the Lotos Club to his hotel, Mr.
Coghlan was accosted by the same young
man on Fifth avenue, without being rec
ognized. He was told the same story.
Desiring to learn the real inside of this
new scheme. Mr. Coghlan said nothing,
but invited the young man to come with
him to the cafe of the Hoffman House,
where, after sitting down at one of the
tables, he remarked:
“See here, young man, you told me this
same story on Broadway the other night,
and I gave you sl. Now I want you to
tell me all about -this scheme while we
have a drink.”
The young man’s face lighted up, nnd
he gave vent to an uneasy laugh, as he
replied:
“Well, mister, the drinks are on me, as
I see you are ’on’ to me. I have been
working this scheme for nearly two
years. I came to this city broke, and in
two or three days secured a position, and,
desiring to look clean and neat when i
went to my new employer the next day,
the idea came to me to ask a passerby
to give me money enough to get shaved
in the morning. The gentleman gave me
fifty cents, and the idea struck me that if
I could make money as easily as that i
would be a fool to go to work all day
In a store for $8 or 110 a week. So I kept
it up. and manage to pick up anywhere
from $25 to S3O a week.
GERMAN COURT FAR FROM GAY.
EMPRESS AND PRINCESSES AWAY
AND INFLUENZA EPIDEMIC.
The I.railing Event of the Week tlie
Order and Decoration Fetes and ilm
Investiture of the Knights of the
Black Eagle —A Total of iJ.OOO Dec
oration* Conferred Matrimonial
Difference* of the Grand Duke and
Grand Dnehes* Louin Increasing.
Special Cable Letter. Copyright IS9B by
the Associated Press.
Berlin, Jan. 22.—The court festivities of
the week, including those which are usu
ally the most Imposing of the year, the
order and decoration fetes and the in
vestitures of new Knights of the Black
Eagle, were far from gay, owing to the
absence of the empress and the princesses,
and the influenza in court circles. The
Emperor himself is far from well. The
number of decorations conferred was lung
er than ever before, totalling 2,009. The
Vorwaerts thereupon ironically remarks:
“It is evident that the number of meri
torious Increases year by year.”
Among those decorated were Baron von
Thielmann, the minister for foreign af
fairs, and Count William Bismarck, both
of whom received the Star of the Red
Eagle. His majesty also sent decorations
to the high officers of Edhern Pasha's
army who were militarily educated in
Prussia.
There Is much comment in Berlin court
circles at the news from Darmstadt of the
increasing matrimonial differences of tlie
Grand Duke and Grand Duchess Louise.
A fortnight ago there was a terrible scene
between them, the trouble culminating, it
is asserted, in the Grand Duke laying vio
lent hands upon his wife and ejecting her
from the room.
The Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha
has been repeatedly appealed to by bis
daughter, and letters of bitter complaint
have been sent to Queen Victoria, but both
the Duke and her majesty profess their
Inability to cure the trouble. The Czarina,
who was also approached on the subject,
Is said to side with her brother, the Duke
Loul9. The quarrels are aald to be large
ly due to the natural prejudices for the
Germans and English and vice versa.
The declaration of the Incoming minister
of finance, Dr. Miquel, on Wednesday that
notwithstanding the increased tax receipts
and the large surplus Prussian state loans
are necessary, has created a sensation. It
Is understood that the new loans will be
used in improving the rolling stock of the
railways.
The Liberal-Leftists of the Reichstag
seem to have been right in assuming that
Count Posadowskl, minister of the Inter
ior, means to further curtail the coalition
rights of workers. An inquiry instituted
by him among the German stale govern
ments was the first move in that direc
tion. It is intended to shape state legis
lation and practice in the different states
uniformly, and in such a manner as to
serve two purposes, namely, to render ex
tended strikes more difficult and to en
able the authorities to have more strict
control over strike leaders and labor dele
gates, so as to practically drive the latter
out of the country. It would seem that
the existing laws ought to be sufficient to
meet the requirements, from the fact that
during the present week a laborer at
Ronneberg was sentenced to a year In Jail
for alleged intimidation of a "scab,” while
at Lubeck, a striker was sentenced to nine
months in jail for tearing up the slips of
two “scabs.”
From Information which has reached the
foreign office, it appears that the German
missionary troubles in China nre becom
ing widespread, and are leading to new
complications between the two govern
ments. The Protestants, as well as the
Catholics, have been attacked. Reports
received by the Berlin Evangelical Mis
sion Society show a critical state of affairs
exists. Murderous attacks have been
made upon three of Its stations.
Throughout the Prussian provinces a
historical work on William I, entitled “Our
Hero Emperor,” which is greatly approv
ed by the present Emperor, is being ped
dled out by the police, who are securing
thousands of subscriptions by intimidat
ing farmers. Herr Richter, next week,
in the Diet, will Interpellate the govern
ment on the subject.
Dr. Schwelnlngei\ Prince Bismarck’s
physician, to-day said the condition of the
former chancellor’s health was not se
rious provided he was cautious In not
exposing himself to the weather and fol
lowed strictly hlegenlc rules.
AMERICAN MACARONI.
Great Secrecy Observed a* to the
Machinery Used.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.
Macaroni, spaghetti and vermicelli, so
closely associated with Italy in the minds
of the public, Is made almost the world
over. So universal has the manufacture
of the pastes become that It is extfemely
doubtful if the best article in that line is
the Italian product. There are Beveral
reasons for this. One Is that the manu
facture of the Italian macaroni Is still
carried on tn a primitive way, a large
part of the process being by hand, and
hand work Is compared to machine work
in food preparation doe* not have the ad
vantage of cleanliness. The American
macaroni has the advantage of improved
machinery; it has also the advantage of
being used sooner after manufacture than
the imported kind, and macaroni Is best
when fresh. Macaroni that has been
shipped about the globe, stored in doubt
ful storage places and kept tn stock for
some time is quite sure to have deteriora
ted. Moreover, it is often Infested with
weevils, so that In order to be sure that
all such Insects have been removed the
macaroni has to be broken into very
small pieces.
In spite of the probable superiority of
the American product there is a senti
ment about the actual foreign article that
does not seem to wear away, and as a re
sult the American manufacturers are
simply forced lo put their goods up in
packages counterfeiting the style and
wording on the Imported brands. The
manufacturers would much prefer to put
out their goods In honest labels, but it
becomes a question of bowing to the de
mands of the trade or going out of busi
ness. They hate the deception because
they feel that their goods are even better
than those Imported, and if the public
would let them they would Is* very glad
to put their own names on the wrappers
and make their names a guarantee of
pure goods and cleanly manufacture. The
sentiment in favor of anything made in
some older country docs not wear off,
however, and so the housewife who buys
a package of macaroni at her grocer’s,
guaranteed to be of Italian make, In nine
cases out of ten brings Into her home a
sample of Milwaukee made paste.
There is another curious thing about
macaroni. It makes no difference whether
a person buys the domestic product or the
foreign, he Is quite sure to get an article
made from American flour. On this point
the American manufacturers complain
bitterly, for they say they are the vic
tims of freight discrimination. Macaroni
made in this country has to pay freight
to the amouiit of 75 cents a hundred
.pounds, so that it is actually possible for
tite Ltiro|ean makers of macaroni to
make it of our American flour and then
send the product to this country and un
dersell the \merl in product in the New
York market, on a. count of the cheap
rate on wheat to Europe. When It gels
to the consumer, however, the price Is al
ways raised to a f \v cents more than the
domestic article, Ikc.hi.-c tlie |>eople are
widlng to pay die exir.i amount for a
foreign made food. \ t.oat that recently
arrived In New York had on board thirty
three thousand cus.■- ,> macaroni, tlfteon
thousand of which w* re for one import
ing house.
Milwaukee has one mu aronl factory,
which is situated in Twelfth street. Its
output is large, and goes di over the coun
try. although it is hut ~„e „f some 209 such
factories loeaad in tin various cities of
this country. is with mo ,V-ri
machinery, and for this r< ason has only to
hire a dozen men and hoys to turn out a
large amount dally. II h macaroni man
ufacturer makes certain Improvements on
th<‘ machinery th.it is common to nil fac
tones, by which he Is emit,;, and to Improve
his manufacture, and for this reason
strangers are not allowed in the rooms
where the work Is cane and on. The gen
eral methods of manufacture are not se
crets. however. Macaroni is made from
hard wheat, that being richer in glutiii
and other nitrogenous compounds than the
Rott wheat. The paste that Is made from
[he proper part of the wheat is heated with
hot water to Atie proper consistency and
then put In cylinders, from which it Is
forced through small openings of (he shape
required lo make either macaroni vermi
celli or spaghetti. In the case of the holes
lot* forming the macaroni a mandril ia
centered in them from the Inside, so (hat
when the piston nt the other end of the
cylinder begins to push tlie mass of dough
toward the end having the o| nlngs it
Is forced out In pipestem shape. The ma
caroni Is out off the proper lengths and
placed on cloth-bottom trays to he dried
These tra.vs.are taken to the diving room
and placed in racks, twenty-four hours
being required to make them marketable.
In Italy the macaroni Is dried over rods,
its consistency being such that it will sus
tain its own weight without breaking. In
Italy, a.so, the drying is done in the open
air, and advantage tn climate that gives
the manufacturer there an advantage, It
not being necessary to have heating tip
plia nees.
The mcaronl. vermicelli and spaghetti
are all made from the same dough, the
only difference in them being In the form.
In the Milwaukee factory farina Is added
to the wheat in making the dough, and it
is claimed that this enhances the qnullty
of the product. The demand for maca
roni Is always on the Increase, but the lo
cal manufacturers say the sales are con
siderably affected by the market price or
potatoes and flour; when these articles of
food are high in price the people take more
macaroni.
DEER TURNED HUNTER.
Dangerous Reversal of Actacon’*
Fylileil Plight of Yore.
From the San Antonio Express,
Dr. F. Petzold, a German doctor and
farmer, who lives within six miles of Uval
de, near the Nueces River, related the fol
lowing exciting affair which took place on
the night of the 26th Inst. The doctor is
well and favorably known, tits character is
good, his standing for truth and veracity
Is unlmpeaehed. “In company with a
friend of mine, a Mr. Herman,” began the
doctor, "wo went out quail hunting, and
had nothing but a gun and a butcher knife
along for shooting and protection. As It
happened, night overtook us when we were
near the Gato. a creek running through our
county, so we decided to camp out for the
night.
"After our scanty supper we smoked our
piles and spent the time telling stories,
etc. Finally we prepared our'beds, fell
asleep and dreamed of the new currency
scheme of the. middle-of-the-roaders and
the future* success of the erst, while 16 to 1
silver party. All went on nicely, when
suddenly I was aroused by some kind of
strange noise, and thinking an old cow or
a sls yearling was after u for at least
some pieces of harness or an old pair of
pants to chew, I watched, and Intended to
run off the object.
“Tlie night being quite dark, I could not
fully and to my satisfaction distinguish
the beast in question. Now, then, as long
as it take's to tell this, suddenly and with
out warning a great big buck (deer) was
attacking me. I held on to Ills horns for
dear life, and called on hiy friend for as
sistance. The buck in the meanwhile
kept on pushing me until I tumbled and
fell, the buck continuing to go for me
with all his force and rage. For once I
tried one hand on Ids mouth, this, how
ever, being full of foam and very slippery,
I let go and again took hold of his horn.
"In the meantime my companion was up
and about. He had bis gun ready, and
was going to shoot at something, perhaps
me, when 1 called out not to shoot, for
God’s sake, but come and come p. and. q„
too, else I was about to lose my strength
and give up my hold of the buck's horn.
"With one great effort and push my
friend flew up In the air, and coming down
on the terra firm halloed out painful
shrieks for life. Again, without any spec,
lal desire, I had to take hold of the buck’s
horn, and now, thinking of my butcher
knife which I carried In my leather belt,
I once more made a determined effort and
got a sort of twist on the buck’s neck;
out came the big knife and I cut away at
his neck at a fearful rate, until the brute
tumbled over, a lifeless form. Being
dressed in light attire, I was black and
blue all over my body, besides being cov
ered with blood.
”1 honestly do believe had It not been
for the timely assistance of my friend my
life would have been In imminent danger,
jvly friend says he will not go hunting with
me another time."
The Homeliest Mtutcsmnn.
Washington Letter in Pittsburg Dispatch.
There has never been any dispute as to
the Identity of the homeliest man in the
House since Cockrell of Missouri was
elected to the Senate. There Is no malice
in saying this, for lie himself takes pride
in the fact. Even I’ettus, the new sena
tor from Alalxima, makes no attempt lo
dispute with Cockrell for the distinction.
Except for Cockrell, however, Pettus
would Is: ail easy winner In this regadl.
Pettus Is 72 years old, and perhaps by rea
son of his years and experience he consid
ers himself entitled to be heard in the
upper house, like Nestor In the councils
of the Greeks fiefore the walls of Troy.
Any way, he recklessly violates senato
rinl pr* ei Int by talking ag" a> deal, and
often he says very lunny things without
meaning them to be so.
The homeliest man In the lower house
Is Eddy of Minnesota, and, like Cockrell,
he prides himsdf on it. He has even dis
puted the point with other members. He
dresses like a farmer, tn a gray nonde
script costume, which looks so soiled that
it does not show dirt. His mustache Is al
ways just about four days old, and his
Whiskers have u growth of two days. How
he keeps them so is a mystery, hut ne has
never been seen clean-shaved. Withal, he
is a quaint humorist, and a man of con
siderable ability,
—Among the novelties In the way of
men’s clothing that will be exhibited at
the convention of the National Tailors’
Exchange, to tie held tn Hichmond, \ r a.,
next month, will be a dress suit of sum
mer wear, designed particularly for sea
side bolls. The coat will tie of black al
paca, with moire silk facing. The vest
will be white cashmere and the trousers
of light-weighted lavender colored French
cashmere. Patent leather pumps and
plain black silk stockings will complete
the attire.
SENATORS TAKE UP SILVER.
STEWART DISCI SSEB THE TELLER
H E.SOLUTION,
Claim* That the Kc*lattn. Ia Al
ready a bare of the Land and That
Disregard of It Ha* Rronght Pan
ic* and Other Calamities— He Main
tain* That It I* Mandatory on the
Seeretarj of the Treasury to Pay
Bond* Off In Silver—Steal Charged
In Connection With Cleveland
Bond iNsgcM.
Washington. Jon. 22.—0n the desk of Mr.
Allen, of Nebraska, at the opening of to
day’s session of the Senate, was a stand of
beautiful American beauty and bride’s
roses. It was "a testimonial from the la
dles of the departments for your noble and
brave defense of a woman's honor." Mr.
Allen championed the cause of Mrs. M. E.
Kol>erts, who was summarily dismissed
from the pension office.
Mr. Teller’s resolution providing that
the bonds of the United States may be paid
In sliver dollars was laid before the Senate,
and In accordance with notice given yes
terday, Mr. Stewart, Pop., discussed the
resolution. He said that the disregard of
the resolution, which Is already a law of
the United States, had brought many ca
lamities upon the land, and the results of
such disregard had been disastrous and la
mentable. He attributed the panic Of 1893,
directly to the disregard of the law.
Mr.Stewart said he expected to show that
the Secretary of the Treasury had no more
authority to sell bonds and demand gold ,
for them when there was coin In the
treasury with which to redeem bondst
Bonds had been sold, said Mr. Stewart,
because the coin In the treasury was not
the kind with which It was desired to pay
bonds. He maintained that the law was
mandatory upon the Secretary of the
Treasury to redeem bonds In silver. Even
the Indlunuoplls committee, he continued,
which knows as little of finance as it is
possible for men to know, admits that Its
obligations are payable in gold or silver at
the option of the government.
Referring further along to the sale of
the $262,000,000 of bonds by the administra
tion of Mr. Cleveland, Mr. Stewart declar
ed that In the sale of those bonds there
had been a “steal” of $30,000,000 with the
connivance of the executive. The senator
denounced It as a shame that
no adequate Investigation of the
“steal” had ever been made by Congress.
"Mi. McKinley,” said the senator,
”co(ild not have gotten enough votes lo
make a decent showing If he had not been
announced as a bimetallist. Indeed, It
was claimed throughout the East that
Mr. McKinley was a better bimetallist
than Mr. Bryan, because It was declared
that he hud the only method by which
bimetallism could be accomplished.
Mr. Nelson of Minnesota, at the conclu
sion of Mr. Stewart’s speech, offered the
following amendment to the Teller reso
lution:
And that It Is the duty of the govern
ment of the United States under existing
laws, to maintain the parity in value be
tween Its gold and silver money; that tha
dollar of one metal for all monetary pur
poses shall always ha equal in money
value to the dollar of the other metal.”
Senator Morgan of Alabama secured the
passage of n bill to grant 25,000 acres of
unoccupied lands of the United States In
Alabama to that state for the use of the
industrial school for girls of Alabama
and of the Tuskegee Normal and Indus
trial Institute.
A bill was passed authorizing the
Shreveport and Red River Valley Rall
ro id Company to construct and maintain
a bridge across the T-iOggy bayou in Louis
iana. The Senate at 3:08 o'clock went Into
executive session, and later adjourned.
I’OHEN GIVE BLOOD.
Ntiange Malady Has Aroused the Su
perstition of Neighbors.
From the New York Press.
There are devout women and men in
Phllllpsburg. N. J„ who look upon George
M. Smith with the deepest awe and at
tend lo their religious duties with un
common care when they hear that he has
been seized with a recurrence of his ex
traordinary malady.
It ia no figure of speech, but a sober fact
that George M. Smith sweats blood, and
mapy of his neighbors cannot help regard
ing him as the instrument of divine mani
festations, like the saints they have been
told of who exhibited the stigmata of the
crucifixion upon their bodies.
To be sure, Smith’s physician pooh-poohs
all reference to the occult; says unkind
things about superstition at the.fag-end
of the nineteenth century, and turns to hts
medical library to prove, by chapter and
book, that his patlent’a symptoms have
long since been labelled by science. But
the term purpura hemorrhagica which
he flings in the teeth of the perturbed
ones, Is not accepted by them as an exor
cism of the Influences which have laid
them under a spell of vague terror nor
do they view his drugs as anything ihort
of sacrilege.
It Is especially hard for the villagers to
believe that Smith’s periodical attacks of
bleeding from the skin are due to patho
logical causes, because the patient Is at
ordinary times a man of great vigor with
1 ? hIS < V* torlor to "uggest a con
stitutional weakness of any kind; and
when he Is stricken, it is Invariably when
be is feeling and looking his pest.
Ihe first symptom of a seizure Is
fee “UPearance of the face, similar to
the congestion produced by a severe cold.
At thin fltage of tho malady he comnlain*
of ebbing strength and soreness In the
muscles all over his body. Next the
bleeding begins. th ®
The first parts attacked nre the mucous
surfaces, where the life fluid percolare’
most readily through the membrane. Thus
It issues from the nose, eyes, gums tongue
and throat. If the attack Is Stow^t
progress the purpura hemorrhagica ex
tends all over the patient's body, and
Ixood oozes from the pores of his skin in
spots varying in size from a pin point to
a silver dollar.
Such was the nature of Smith’s first at.
tack, which occurred last February, and
reduced him to a very debilitated condi
tion. Under careful medical treatment he
recovered sufficiently to go to work again
but In two months he suffere.l another atl
tack of shorter duration, but no less se
vere.
Aftcf that Smith worked every day and
felt quite vigorous until last Thursday
when the old symptoms showed them
selves again. And yesterday the crim
son sweat had manifested itself, greatly
to the alarm of the carpenter's superstl
tlous neighbors.
Purpura tiemorrhglca Is spoken of by
scientists not us a disease, but a symp
tom of diseased conditions, producing de
bility and various Wood .changes.
—Mrs. H. G. Wells, the wife of the young
author-scientist who has come so prom
inently before the public lately, attends to
almost all of her husband's cortespond
crice, nnd her handwriting is almost indta-
Lngulshable from tua.
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