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THE SCRANTON TRIBUjNJ!-TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1899.
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FCrtANTO.V, rKCJSMHI2K n. 1895.
What the president ought to do Is
to nominate William T. Snmpsoti us
vli'o admiral nnd dare the Schley fac
tion to oppose conllrmntlon.
In the War's Wnkc.
A .MINI) olenr, keen and prnctl
rnl, with Judpnient mature
and will-power mnnlfe:;
the whole governed by sound
principles and ideals this Is the pic
ture suggested to ' the mental vision
of the man vruo studies carefully t'io
tlrst nnnual report of the lion. El'liu
Hoot ns secretary of war.
On Saturday morning we printed In
full the portion of his report relat
ing to the broad question of army re
organization. It was a document of
the llrst Importance which went ar
once to the heart of the army problem
nnd showed Just what should be done.
Thcie was no uncertainty either In
miulysls or recommendation, but the
clear, cogent words of a man sure of
his ground. This morning we present
nnuther portion of this remarkable re
port; the roctlun treating of the gen
eral problem of Insular government
now confronting this country by virtue
of Its military occupation of Cuba,
Porto Ulco and the Philippines; and
here, also, the Impression given Is one
of masterful statesmanship.
The secretary's argument In the main
Is for a civil government under the
war power; one with sulllclent elasti
city to meet continually changing
conditions or contingencies but stead
ily progressing toward the Ideal of an
autonomy as we know It In the govern
ment of the various states. The sec
retary's statement of insular plans nnd
alms Is the clearest yet made, nnd it
will pay congress to follow his advice.
Speaker Henderson Is for economy,
but not for stinginess. It Is a dis
tinction with a difference.
An Important Question.
PltOBABLY a large majority
of our citizens are firmly of
the opinion that positions of
public responsibility should
be occupied only by tax payers. Es
pecially Is this so with reference to our
city legislature. The Idea that only
those who own property can realize
the responsibility of properly legislat
ing In municipal nffalrs seems to us
entirely correct. Questions of the ex
penditure of the taxpayers' money In
volving the necessity of taxation, al
wuys of paramount lmpounce in the
welfare of the Individual nnd tho city,
are continually before councils and
the property owner whose Individual
Interests impel him to conservative ac
tion naturally Is safer ns a councilor
than one who has nothing as a motive
except political ambition.
We have heard it said It Is a thank
less task to occupy n seat In our coun
cils and that those who find the most
fault are generally the last to put their
shoulders to the wheel and help send
proper men to the city's legislative
halls. Doubtless there is truth In this.
It rests largely with them and if they
criticize and find fault they should use
every effort to help rectify what they
ilnd fault with or "hold their peace."
We have heard much of high water
rates lately. It seems to us that the
thinking man, however ho may regard
the ohaiges for wnter.f-hculd nlto think
in another direction. High taxation
and cxtruvacance In the expenditure
f the public money often llgure In the
efforts to Induce new enterprises. Any
one who has track of our municipal
affairs must feel how perilously near
Me are to, t put It mildly, "financial
Rtrlngercy." The recognition of this
situation and the seeming impossibility,
uruVr existing circumstances, of rec
tifying It, has caused some of our
membots of council much concern and
the continual struggle has discouraged
them. Does It not seem of the greatest
importance that, in the coming contest,
teprcsentatlve men nnd taxpayers
should bo selected from the several
wards which will have vacancies to
mi?
Senator Quay will now give an Il
lustration of the fact that It is the
votes that count.
The Army Well Card For.
N HIS annual report Secretary
Hoot refers in tho followinc: con.
vluclnc fashion to a subject once
In very animated controversy:
l "Tho food supplied to tho army dur
,lng thp,year !as b'0 pi good quality
nnd Jjhafc" bJeh ', furnished promptly.
Special.'attentlon lias been paid t" se
curing rations suited as far as possible
J.o:ti tropical climate. Tests have been
-made of emergency ratmns affording u
high degree of nourishment In small
Compass, and not euslly spoiled, and n
.combination recently udopted seems to
J giving satisfaction In the Php.
"I'lnes. "
; "Tho health, of the army from the
))eg!nnlhg of the Spanish war has bren
reirnirkably-good. The deaths from nil
cause's (Including casualties In action)
In ,q whole unny, regulars and volun
teers, for tho fourteen months from
IayV IS?, to June. 1SU9, Inclusive,
iverc (J.filD. This Is equivalent to an
nnnual .rate of S3.03 per thousand of
Str'elifftli.' The deaths from disease
timing tho wholo period were at an an
"hual rate of but 25.08 por thousand.
Tlieso were as follows:
i Number of Itate por
' Ktatloim. deuths. 1,000,
Tnltcd Suites ,577 21.81
-I'uba 0s... .,,... 92S 45.11
'0f(jrHlcj v .'.!... 3 5S.15
t'hlHppliiett ?...;.. J02 ' 17.20
"For an army largely drawn from n
cold climate and transported suddenly
to tho tropics, mainly composed of new
recruits not trained to euro for them
f.elvtjli3i.rMl?JHIir qn the, march, and a
reat'piftTttrwlllcW 'waS "stationed 'In
J tflHItlt Mt'fM'tf
malarial country or. quartered In nnd
nbout titles Infected with yellow fever,
nnd especially adapted to the produc
tion of typhoid, this Is an extrnordlnory
result and reflects credit upon all the
branches of the servlco engaged In
clothing, feeding, und caring for the
men.''
The total deaths In the nrmv of tlo
Philippines for the ten months from
the 1st of January, IS!)?, to tho 1st of
November, 1S9D that Is to say, for the
entire period covered by tho wnr with
the Insurgents have been of those
killed In battle nnd dying of wounds
nnd other Injuries 177: those dying of
dlsense, MG making a total of SI3. The
significance of the annual rate of death
from disease In tho Philippines (17.20
per thousand) may bo better appre
ciated by comparison with tho rates
In some of our well-known American
cities. The annual death rate per 1,000
Is-
Washlngtou SO. 71
Huston iWWt
Snn Francisco 19.11
New York 19.2S
Baltimore 1-1
Soldiers In the Philippines 17.20
The country will be glad to learn that
tho health nnd comfort of Its soldiers
nro now receiving adequate considera
tion. Whatever else congress mny at this
session fall to do, It should h'-e.l thu
request of the secretory of tlio navy
for authority to buy good armor ijlate
to be used In the completion of the
new warships otherwise a", ready to
take their place In the American navy.
This Is n public demnnd.
The Matter of Clothes.
NEW JERSEY Is Just now agi
tated over tho question us
to whether the judges shall
wear gowns on the bench.
A warm discussion of tho subject Is
stirring up much sentiment In judicial
and legal circles, tho preponderance of
opinion apparently being ngalnst the
Innovation, because it Is usserted to be
contrary to the democratic principles
for which the stnte Is characteristic.
The matter has reached such propor
tions chiefly because the Judges, with
masculine disregard for the aesthetic
or for what Is considered the proper
degree of dignity, have appeared on
the bench clad In parti-colored raiment
checked suits, brown suits, frock
coats, cutaway, sacks, with their de
lectable pockets nnd every other stylo
and hue permissible to man. It Is in
timated that if tho honorable court
would confine itself to plain black, the
gown factionlsts would not so Insist
ently demand tho change. One Judge
who violently objects to petticoats, as
he Irreverently terms the proposed
garb, declares that he will resign bo
fore wearing a gown while on tho
bench. Meanwhile the results of these
deliberations Is awaited with Interest,
particularly by the women of New
Jersey, who nre emphatically In favor
of a gowned judiciary.
The matter of clothes !eems to be dis
turbing the minds of men ns well as
women this season. A Washington tai
lor hns thought out an elaborate theory
which gives an optimistic view of tho
age and which has called up some
discussion. It relates to pockets. There
are people who .have jdeolded that
man's superiority over woman lies In
the fact that he wears pockets In his
clothes. The Intellectual poise which a
consciousness of the possession of some
twenty odd pockets gives to tho mascu
line mind Is believed to accoun for
his advantages over women nt the.
polls and in running the country gen
erally. The tailor aserts that morals
Improve according to tho ratio of a
good fit and a diminished number of
pockets. Years ago two hip pockets
were absolutely necessary In trousers;
one for the revolver, the other for a
flask. So entirely has been abandoned
the custom of carrying these once in
dispensable protections that tho re
ceptacles thereof have practically gone
out of style. It Is therefore regardel
as xan indication that the world Is
growing better.
That the subject of men's dress Is .1
disturbing one at present Is suggested
by the complaint which comes from the
metropolis regarding the Ignorance of
actors concerning correct stage attire.
They are said to be able to accurately
follow out the fashion of a by-gone
age, but to dress like a gentleman of
today they cannot. John Drew and r.
very few others are cited as tho excep
tions proving the rule which is that the
average actor wears cheap clothes 111
cut and antequated In style.
In contrast to all this agitation on
masculine dress It is Interesting to
note that a man superintendent of
schools out In Kansas City is devoting
his attention to dress reform among
tho women. His method is contrary
to that usually observed in this mat
ter. The teachers under his jurisdic
tion found in the fashionable golf skirt
a garment so convenient and service
able for school that many adopted It.
The superintendent was horrified and
promptly Issued an edict forbidding
short gowns and there is a corre
sponding degree of Indignation existing
in Kansas City. If there Is any woman
on the face of the earth who shouil
be nllowed to wear a skirt which es
capes the lloor, It Is tho school teacher,
who must go out in all sorts of weather
and must climb many stairs in tho
course of the day and sweep up clouds
of microbes at every step In tho school
room. To her the golf skirt of a mod
est length Is a blessing. The man win
tabooes this boon for the woman teach
er Is unlit for tho superlntendency of
public schools.
In spite, of the reports of suffering
aboard her during her first voyage be
tween Honolulu and Manila, the trans
port Manauense has Just received an
excellent certificate of character from
naval officials. It Is probable, how
ever, that the volunteers who baled
out the hold would prefer to return
homu on some other boat.
The capture of $00 armed Filipinos
by B0 American cavalrymen Is evi
dently Indicative of a genoral desire
to hasten the end of the Luzon cam
paign. It looks as though the prosvnt agi
tation might result In the purchase of
a 'return ticket for Mr, Itoberts by
popular subscription,
SUGGESTIONS FOR
INSULAR GOVERNMENT
Concluded from Page 1.
loyal nnd eager for the benefits to be
derived from tho application of Ameri
can Ideas of government. There Is no
obstnele In tho way of our providing for
Porto Hlco the best government which
we urn capable of dovlsing fo" utoile
situated as arc the Inhabitants of that
island.
The questions presented by tho con
sideration of the measures which ought
to be taken for the government of Porto
Hlco nro threefold: (1) What form of
government shall be established, and
what participation In Hint government
shall the people of the Island have?
(2) What shnll bo the treatment of the
municipal law of tho Island, nnd how
far shall the laws which now regulate
the rights und conduct of the people bo
changed to conform to the idens preva
lent among the people of the t'nlted
States? (3) What economic relations
shall be established between the Island
xnd the United States?
(1) In determining the question ns to
the form of government, and the par
ticipation of tho people of the Island
therein, the most Important, fact to be
considered Is that tho people have not
yet been educated In the art of self
government, or any really honest gov
ernment. In nil their experience and In
all their traditions, law and freedom
have been Ideas which were not asso
ciated with each other, but opposed to
each other; nnd it is Impossible that a
people with this history only 10 per
cent, of whom ran read or write
should ever have acquired any real
understanding of the wny to conduct
a popular government. I do not doubt
their capacity to learn to govern them
selves; but they have not yet learned.
There are among them many highly
educated and able men, public spirited
and patriotic, and theso show what
their people nre capable of becoming;
but there are not enough of them to
mnke 11 working government which
would be anything but nn obllcarchv.
and many of them have merely a theo
retical rather than a practical ac
quaintance with the processes of gov
ernment. The difficulty does not consist merely
of n lack of familiarity with the meth
ods and processes of government; It
lies tleouer than that In the fact that
the Porto ltlcans, ns a people, have
never learned the fundamental nnd es
sential lesson of obedience to tho de
cision of the majority. They have had
no opportunity to learn nnd they never
have learned. There can be no free
government without a loyal, voluntary
personal subjection to the peaceful de
cisions reached by lawful processes.
In tho experiments which have al
ready been tried In municipal elections,
nnd toward government by municipal
boards, the minority which Is voted
down almost Invnrlably refuses to par
ticipate further In the business of gov
ernment. Lesson Slowly Learned.
Tho attitude of the defeated party Is
preclselv that which causes the con
tinual revolutions In the government of
other West India Islands and the Cen
tral American states In the same lati
tude. This habit marks a rudimentary
stage of political development, and be
fore the people of 'Porto Hlco can be
fully Intrusted with self-government
they must first learn the lesson of self
control nnd icspect for the principles
of constitutional government, which re
quire acceptance of Its peaceful decis
ions. This lesson will necessarily b"
slowly learned, because It Is a matter
not of intellectual apprehension, but of
character and of acquired habits of
thought and feeling. It would be of no
use to present to the people of Porto
Hlco now 11 written constitution or
frame of laws, however perfect, and
tell them to live under It. They would
Inevitably fail without a course of
tuition under a strong nnd guiding
hand. With that tuition for a time
their natural capacity will, It is hoped,
make them a self-governing people. A
form of government should be provided
for Porto Ttlco which will assure tho
kind of administration to which we are
accustomed, with just as much par
ticipation on the part of Porto Ricans
ns is possible without enabling their
inexperience to make it Ineffective, and
with opportunity for them to demon
strate their increasing capacity to gov
ern themselves with less and less as
sistance. Programme Suggested.
I think that some such provision
should be made for future government
as the following:
That wo should first declare definite
ly, by statute, what general laws of tho
United States are to be extended to the
Porto Ricans, such ns, for Instance, the
postal laws, tho banking laws, the cus
toms, navigation and Internal revenue
laws with such modlllcntlons us may
be deemed advisable, the laws against
counterfeiting, the anti-trust laws, etc.;
and provide for federal olllcers to exe
cute these laws Just as they are exe
cuted in the various states and terri
tories of the Union; that there should
be a provision for a federal Judiciary In
the island, with the same kind of juris
diction which Is exercised by the circuit
nnd district courts of the United States,
and that Jurisdiction to review their
determinations should be vested in the
Supreme court of the United States, or
In a designated circuit court of appeals
and the Supreme court of the United
States.
That there should be a form of local
Insular government provided which
shall have complete control over the
lights, property, and obligations of the
people of the Island, substantially cov
ering the Held covered by the govern
ment of our respective states, and sub
ject to limitations prescribed by con
gress of tho same character as the con
stitutional limitations generally Im
posed upon our state legislatures.
That the framework of this govern
ment should bo substantially as fol
lows: A governor, to be appointed by
the president of tho United States with
tho advice and consent of the senate;
the chief olllcers of state customary
under our system, such ns secretary of
state, attorney general, treasurer, audi
tor or comptroller, superintendent of
public, works, and superintendent of
education, to bo appointed In like man
ner; and a legislative council, to be
composed of the chief olllcers of state,
and a minority selected from tho peo
plo of the Island by the president; that
all acts of tho council should be suh.
Ject to the veto power of the governor
nnd to bo pnssod over tho veto by a
two-thirds vote, and no law should
take effect until It has remained with
out disapproval for thirty days after
presentation to congress or to the
president of the United States, If passed
when congress is not in session; that
there should be a Supremo court of the
Island, composed of Judges appointed
bv tho president with the ndvlee and
consent of the senate and havinx ap
pellate jurisdiction only; trial courts In
separate districts, having general orig
inal jurisdiction, with Judges and ofil
cers to be appointed by tho governor,
and a. petty court In each municipality;
that the several municipalities now ex
isting In the Island, with such consoli
dations ard alti-rntloiiB of boundaries
as tho council shall describe, shall 1m
governed by mayors and municipal
councils, to be elected by tho people of
the municipalities, each municipality to
bo freo from control In tho exercise of
tho powers of local governnrtnt, except
as It shall be controlled by statute, and
oxcent ns its officers shall be llablo to
removal by the governor In case of
failure to faithfully perform their
duties, and with power In the gover
nor In case of such failure to order a
now election and to (ill vacancies In the
meantime.
Precedent In Territorial Legislation.
Such a system as this Is not without
precedent In our qwn experience, for
tho provision of n governor and coun
cil wns frequently adopted In our early
territorial legislation. It would glvo
to tho people of tho Island participa
tion In tho government, and would af
ford them an opportunity both to ac
quire and to demonstrnto capacity for
the conduct of government
Tho question whether thero might not
now bo provision made for a legisla
ture elected by the people ot the island
Is not freo from doubt, but in view of
their present Inexperience I think that
It would bo better to postpone such a
provision until the people can have had
an opportunity for exercise In munici
pal government and until the first for
mative period of adapting the lawj and
procedure of tho Island to the new con
ditions shall have passed under tho
direction of a council comoosed of
Porto Ricans selected for their known
cnuacltv anil wisdom und' Americana
from the state competent and experi
enced In dealing with legislative and
administrative problems. Tho consti
tution of such n legislature should bo
contemplated ns a step to ba taken in
tho near future.
1 think tho basis of suffrage should
be that all who cm read and write, or
who hold property up to a specified
small amount, mny vote, and no others.
With a sulllclent p.vstem of free pri
mary education, the entire people
should ncqulre the suffrage on this
basis fully ns soon ns they are capable
of urlng It understandlngly.
For tho successful working of such a
scheme, or of anv scheme of rovcrn
ment for the island. It will bo necessary
that som cardinal rule shall be adopt
ed and rigidly follo'ved legardlng ap
pointment to office. Wherever n Porto
Rlcan can be fctMid capable and will
ing to perform official duties ho should
be selected, and the nlm should bo to
Include In the civil service of the
Island no greater number of Americans
from tho Uulted States than nre nec
essary for tire Introduction of the meth
ods of administration In which Ameri
cans have been trained and Porto Ric
ans have not.
Wherever It is necessary to employ
Americans, except In tho chief offices,
a system of civil sprvlco examination
should bo provided, under which re
quests from tho governor of Porto Rico
for suitable persons to bo appointed
may be filled.
Education Heeded.
A necessary element to the success of
this, or any scheme of government In
Porto Rico, Is the complete establish
ment of a system of education which
will afford the opportunity for every
child of school age In the Island to ac
quire elementary Instruction. The cost
of this should be defrayed from tho
insular treasury, if Its revenues are
sufficient, and if not It should be re
garded as a duty of the highest obli
gation resting upon tho United States.
and tho expense should be borno by the
United States.
I nsk especial attention to the very
valuable discussion of this subject con
tained In the report of Brigadier Gen
eral George W. Davis, military gover
nor of the Island, submitted here
with. (3) The question of the economic
treatment of tho Island underlies all
the others. If the people nre prosper
ous and have an abundance of the ne
cessities of life, they will with Justice
be easily governed, and will with
patience be easily educated. If they
are left In hunger and hopeless poverty,
they will bo discontented. Intractable,
nnd mutinous. Tho principal difficulty
now In the Island of Porto Rico Is that
the transfer of the Island from Spain
to the United States has not resulted in
an increase of prosperity, but In tho
reverse. The Industry of tho Island is
almost entirely agricultural. The peo
ple live upon the products of their own
soil and upon the articles for which
they exchange their surplus products
nbroad. Their production Is In the
main of coffee, sugar and tobacco. The
prosperity of the island depends upon
their success In selling these products.
So long as the Island wns a part of
the Spanish possession there was sub
stantially free trade with Spain and
with Cuba. The total exports from
Porto Rico for the four years preced
ing 1S97 averaged nbout ?1C,C09.000, of
which an average of less than one
sixth part ($2,630,000) was sold to the
United States and an average of one
halt ($8,023,000) was sold to Spain and
Cuba. Immediately upon tho transfer
of the Island from Spain to the United
States. Spain erected a tariff barrier
against the Introduction of Porto Rlcan
products. The Interests of Cuban ag
riculture led to the erection of a similar
barrier In the tariff adopted for Cuba,
so that Porto Rico was debarred from
the principal markets which she had
previously enjoyed, and at the same
tlmt this country has maintained Its
tariff against Porto Rlcan products just
ns It existed while the Island was
Spanish territory. The result Is that
there has been a wall built around the
Industry of Porto Rico.
No Market for Products.
Even before the hurricane of August
8, 1S99, two crops of tobacco lay in the
warehouses of Porto Rico, which the
owners wero unable to sell at prices
equal to the cost of production. Their
sugar shared the prevailing depression
In that commodity, nrlslns from the
competition of bounty-fed beet sugar.
Their coffee was practically unknown
In the United States and had no mar
ket hero. It Is plain that It Is essen
tial to tho prosperity of the island that
she should receive substantially the
same treatment at our hands as she re
ceived from Spain while a Spanish col
ony, and that the markets of the
United States should be opened to her
as were the markets of Spain and Cuba
before the transfer of allegiance. Con
gress hns the legal right to regulate
the customs duties between tho United
States and Porto Hlco as It uleases;
but the highest considerations of Jus
tice and good faith demand that wo
should not disappoint the confident ex
pectation of sharing In our prosperity
with which the people of Porto Rico
so gladly transferred their nlleslanco
to the United States, and that wo
should treat the Interests of this peo
ple as our own; and I wish most strong
ly to urge that the customs duties be
tween Porto Rico nnd the United States
be removed.
THE AMERICAN SOLDIEE.
'Tin a far, far cry from the Mlnuto Men
And times of tho buff and blue
To the days of tho withering Jorgensen,
Tho hands that hold It true.
'TIs a far, far cry from Lexington
To tho Isles of tho China Sea.
Hut over the samo the man and gun
Ever the same are we.
For tho blood of tho sires nt Bunker Hill,
Through countless tlorco campaign,
Is n:t red and eager in peril still
In tho depths of tho children's veins,
And tho heart nnd tho eyu support the
hand
No matter what odds there be
Ever the same, thy sons, O land,
Ever tho same are we.
Not a Valley Forge, nor a Wilderness,
Nor a lint! of a Cuban steep,
Can take one Jot from our fearlessness,
Who dally thy honur keep.
Wo curry the Hag through varying
scenes
From tho sign of the old plno tree
To tho Stars and Stripes of tho Philip
pine Ever the same nro we.
And tho lad with the fresh, unshaded
mouth
Fights ns his fathers fought.
And the man fiom the North and the
man from tho South
Do us their fnthors wrought.
And whether fiom olty or town we como
Wo answer tho call with glee
Wc heroes upsprlng at the beat of the
drum
Ever the same are wo.
Edwin I.. Babln, In Munscy's.
PERSONALITIES.
Tho emperor of Austria's salary Is
2,000,000 a year.
Mr. Chamberlain, British Colonial sec
retary, In tho C0s was a Sunday school
teacher In Illrmtughniii.
Lord Kitchener' 4 latest honor Is that
ho hns been appointed District (iraml
Mnstcr Mnscn ot Egypt nnd tho Soudan,
Mrs, lo Breton, Mrs. l.anntry's mother,
lives In Jersey and Is still 0110 of tho
beet-looklug women In tho Island, In l'Ho
of her ndvnncsd ant.
Hull Calno l rapidly buying 'and In
the Island ot Mnn.N, his nsplrntlon being
to ba one of tho lamest leaded propri
etors In (Irrnt Britain.
S. Edwin Mepargtc, who Is acting con
sul general ot Greece, has been named
nn official ctivqy of thnt country to tno
International Commercial congress.
Jokul, tho Hungarian writer, has pro
duced more than 300 novels. Ho has
planned to display 'a copy of every edi
tion of I1I.1 books at tho Paris exposi
tion. Joseph II. Douglass, tho' colored vio
linist and uwner of the $2,000 Ainatt vio.
lln. Is a grandson of Frcdeilck Douglass
nnd Is to spend live years more In musical
study In Italy.
Mrs. Harriet R. Stafford, of Martha's
Vineyard, tho aged owner of Paul Jones'
Bon Hommo Richard's ling, has decided
to glvo that banner upon her death lo tho
Massachusetts Historical society.
Senor Don Eduardo l.opez do Roninnn,
tho new provident of Peru, Is, by train
ing, almost nn Englishman. Ho was sent
to London when only 10 years old and
was educated at Stonyhurst college.
Cuptaln C. Baettge, of San Francisco,
has entered Into an agreement to salt
around Capo Horn to New York ana
thenco lo Europe In his 30-foot Mnbcl.
Sho Is a ccnterboard boat, drawing three
feet slrt Inches of wnter.
Dr. H. E. Well has been appointed as
sistant In chemistry In Wesleyan uni
versity. I.nst year ho was engaged with
Professor Atwater for a part of tho time
In tho food Investigation at tho New
York State Hospital for tho Insane.
Charles I.aurler, n brother of tho Can
adian premier, Is traveling salesman for
a cigar firm of Calumet, Mich. Ho set
tled In upper Michigan a number ot year3
ago. Mr. Laurlcr Is about forty years of
age. The Canadian premier has a sis
ter, Mrs. Lamarache, living In the same
city.
Four years ago Governor Morrill, of
Kansas, found himself getting too fat,
and ho worked off a lot of flesh by tak
ing long dally walks, Recer.tly ho was
left In an emaciated condition by an at
tack of rheumatism, and now ho Is add
ing flesh by taking tho tame kind of
walks.
Dr. L. Cans, a rich citizen of Frank
fort, Geriniry, has presented that mu
nicipality with 150.KI0 marks to form
tho nucleus of a fund, the Interest ot
which Is to bo devoted to adorning tno
city's stiects and squares with works of
sculpture. Other citizens will contrib
ute, nnd It is thought that the city will
roon havo C.000 marks a year for the
purpose.
Colonel J. L. Torroy, author ot tho
bankruptcy law and later commander
of n regiment In the Cuban war, took a
great Interest In two of his troopers.
One of them, Charles Blake, of Sand
Creek. Wyo.. ho has sent ti tho Kamas
Stato university for a full course, and the
other, Truman Fox, of Sundance, Wye.,
he hns given $5,000 to study art in St.
Louis nnd Lender.
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Ornamental Floors, such as we
offer have been in use in Europe
for generations. They are no ex
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dwelling as these ornamental floors.
They are cheaper than carpets.
Floors laid and finished in best
manner.
Fine line of patterns to select
from.
Estimates furnished and all work
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