THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-TUESDAY, JULY 21, 1900.
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BEPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS.
National.
.Vrsldrnt-Wli.i.t.Wt McKISl.KY.
nce-rreIJcnt-Tlli:OI)OIH: M0K r.W.
State,
Conerrssmrn-at-l.'iw OAI.rMI.V
A. 011OW,
JlUHKltr 11.' lOKUIH'.HDlt.
County.
rnncress-IVIM.IAM COSNi:i,T..
IuiIki ni'.omii; m. waimiv.
Sheriff IOIIN II n:i.i.ovs.
Iira.iinr .1. . SCHWIOW
t'ntrlct Attorncv Ull.t.l.Wt 11. I.l'.WlS.
I'r..the,mt.nv -JOHN" COl'IX.WD.
.'lirk nf Cnurts-IIIOMvS 1. Dv.NIl.I.S.
fmcoHler of Dceiis-l'.MlI. 110VN.
IliBtstir of Wills W. K. HI.CK.
Jurv (.onimlssloncr-l.DWAUD U. STL'ltGr.9.
Legislative.
First District TilOVIAS ,1. HKVNOUTs.
Second District .IHIIV "W lir.tT.II, .111.
lhlnl Distilet-I.DvvAHD .1 WII'.S, J1U
fourth -District-!1. A. PIIlI.lil.N.
The traveling public will heartily en
dorse the remarks of Judge ,rchbald
In lefcrenee to the Abington turn
pike. Its Interest In the matter Is to
have the road put and kept in lit con
dition for use. Whether this shall bo
done primarily by Mr. 1'aino's men or
Street Commissioner Thomas' mon or
both, Is of minor consequence, pro
vided it is done, dono promptly nnd
done well. Under the law if the city
doesn't repair that part of the turn
pike within the city limits the turn
pike company may and must, charg
ing the cost to the city. A thorough
faro so important as this one is must
not lapso into disrepair.
Good Roads nnd the Trolley.
ANKW ULAN to secure a com
plete bystem of good roads
in Pennsylvania, starting
from the county seats and
radiating in various directions, has
been formulated by Arthur Kirk, a
Ulttsbmg enthusiast upon the subject,
the particular meilt of which, as set
forth In Mr. Kltk's paper, the Im
prover, is that It will not impose a life
tenure of taxation upon tho land own
eis of tho state.
As drafted for presentation to the
next legislature, Mr. Kirk's bill Is ex
ceedingly voluminous, comprising 4ft
sections. It provides for tho state office
of chief engineer of highways, salary
$3,000 a year, the occupant to be
supremo over all details in his depart
ment, and to name a chief highway
engineer In every county, salary $300
a month. A council of three engineers,
salary $2,000 a year apiece, Is to bo
named by the state chief engineer, to
help him in deciding on plans and to
examine applicants for the county
chieftainship. Tho county chief in turn
is to appoint for each township a
township engineer, salary $200 a month,
nnd thes-e vaiious ollicers, after n
certain date, are to take charge of alt
the public highways within the com
mouwcalth outside of tho boroughs and
cities.
Xo now load is to have more than 3
per cent, grade nor bo less than 40 feet
wide. It must have in all 21 inches of
stono, suitably rolled, layer upon layer,
and suitably drained. Kvery county Isj
to have at least four radial roads 60
feet wide, connecting with similar
roads from the adjoining counties, all
beginning nt the county seat, Piesent
road taxes nre to be reduced one-halt
and paid into a bank In each county,
subject to tho state engineer's draft,
this money to bo applied to old and
new loads, except radial roads, and to
lepalrs. For tho iatll.il roads the
county commissioners, upon the stnte
engineer's estimate, are to issue four
per cent, bonds, payable in thirty
years, tho proceeds to be paid out by
the state engineer for the building of
the loads upon voucheis signed by the
county engineer. Taxes to pay these
bonds nre to be levied by the county
commissioners. All woik to be done by
low bid after public advertisement and
to be subject to specifications. Mile
stones, guide boards and toadslde fruit
und shade trees aie provided for.
On radial loads thus built and on
the basis of their cost, twenty year
lease of franchise to operate double
track trolley lines for freight und pas
sengers Is to bo sold at public aue
ton after duo advertisement to the
highest responsible bidder whoso bid
for .the 20 year lental shall exceed the
totdl cost of road construction. This
1 i flic distinctive feajjre of the Kirk
billon ml is expected nV 'u author to
piqduce sufficient revenue to carry
most if not all the expense of the
hole system. He takes it foi grantel
that there would bo a brltjk coinnell
fori over those roadways. Ill iew of
t'iclr connecting county seat with co in
ty Heat, and he nyj.: "I in not nxar,
geri.tlon, but perfectly within the line
o Reason, to believe that traction com
panies could, and will In numerous In
stances pay double the original cost
of tho roadway for the franchise.
They would be enabled to get their
cars running with far less outlay or
money, and In less time, than If they
adopted nn Independent line for their
cars, They would have a roadbed pre
pared for laying the rails, and string
ing tho wires and In a few weeks
could have cars running. On tho other
hand, take any of the suburban roads
for example and witness the costly
bridges, the heavy tills, and cuts they
we're placed under the expense of be
fore they could operate a car, the cost
oTy'hlch runs Into hundreds of thous
ands of dollars, nnd It Is readily seen,
thai to pay one hundred thousand dol
lars total would be a largo saving
thus It can be understood why a good
road from one county seat to another,
will be a source of brisk competition to
secure It and bring bidders who would
pay a liberal premium over cost of
construction for the trolley rights."
This argument Is reasonable In ret-
creuce to populous nnd fertile coun
ties where the rtirnl Inhabitants nte
amply able to sustain first class coun
try roads, with or without th? trollm
accessory; ami a point to bo noted In
this connection Is that such counties
ns a rule nro already plentifully sup
plied with trolley companies, rendering
doubtful tin.1 organization or new ones.
Its weakness Is in lefcrenee to the
sparsely nettled and hilly counties,
where good roads nre needed the most
but where the Htral Inhabitants nro
least able to afford them. The Kitk
plan makes no provision for those In
equalities. It alo lodges in the hands
of the proposed chief engineer nt llnr
rlslitirg a degree of authority calcu
lated tinder existing conditions to set a
liberal temptation before the so-called
"spoilsmen." Its main Ideas, however,
are undeniably sound and the next
legislature could profitably take It as
the basis for actual progress toward
better roads.
One thing it certain. The United
States will do Its best o protect its
ctltzens nnd Its Interests in China,
with foreign help If possible, but with
out it if necessary. The bickerings of
the powers annoy but should not deter
the government at Washington from
performing Its whole duty to the ut
most limit of Its ability. On this
point public opinion Is unanimous.
The Bear by the Tail.
CCOIIDINO TO outgivings
from Washington, the Inde
pendence to be extended to
Cuba in tho near future is
likely to have a number of strings at
tached to It. It Is asserted, not, how
ever, on definite authority, that tho
government at Washington Is contem
plating the reservation of sufficient
autboiity to (1) edit Cuba's foreign re
lations; (2) prevent Cuba from declar
ing war without our consent; (3) veto
increase of the Cuban debt above n
fixed limit; (4) control Cuban flscil
affairs chiefly with a view to seeming
honest accounting; and (",) retain con
trol of Cuban fortifications.
There Is no doubt that all of these
leading strings would be very helpful
to tho experiment of a fiee Cuba, and
would, as a matter of fact, present the
only probability of that experiment
terminating successfully. Hut there nroJ
very great difficulties in tho way of
enfoiclng these reservations of author
ity. Here, Is the language of the reso
lution of congress under which we are
in Cuba:
Itcsolvcd. That the people of tho Islmel of
Cuba are, anil of rluht onjjlit to he, free ami
inch penitent. That (he United Statis heieby
disclaims any disposition or iuttntion to exor
else sovereignty, jurisdiction or control over
paid island, cxicpt for the pacification thereof;
and asserts its determination, when that Is
accomplice d, to lcio the kov eminent and
lontiol of the Isl mil to its people.
Frankly, wo do not see any means of
escape from tho Cuban dilemma but
to let go at a certain time, absolutely,
coupling our retliement with a declar
ation of Intention to protect to tho
uttermost every American Interest In
the island or connected with it In con
sequence of the Monroe doctrine. Then
let them light it out until necessity
or evolution or both shall, as it must
and soon will, cause them to Invito
our re-asssumptlon of control. If It
were not for tho foreign interests in
Cuba, this solution would bo the Ideal
one.
European representatives at Tien
Tsln act as though they would inther
have every white resident of IVkln
murdered than to admit that a mlstnkt
had been mado at tho beginning of
hostilities.
That Porto Rican Tariff.
MMEDIATntVY
ment of the
tat lit law for
after the enact
llftcen per cent.
Poito Itico, when
wns being made
as a matter of
a gieat ado
by tho Democrats
politics, and by some Republicans un
tile r a misconception of the actual
facts, over this Innglnnry betrayal of
national faith, tho New York Sun
despatched to Porto Klco a trusted
representative to limlto a thorough
study of the conditions on that is
land and to report what he found.
Two days ngo appeared tho first In
stalment of his leport, n most read
able article several columns long. It
tteated of a number nf topics very
pertinent to his mission, but we shall
now consider the tiuifi! question only,
that theme of violent denunciation on
the part of Colonel Ur.van's platform.
Tlie first thing the Sun reporter
found In Porto Kleo was that there
neer was tiny honest opposition to
the Imposition of 15 per cent, of the
Dlngley tariff rales n imports Into
the island or on tmpo s of the Island's
pioducts Into tho Unlr 1 States. Men
of prominence representing every
shade of Intelligent native opinion ns
sured him of this and ho soon dis
covered the reason why. Two-thlids
of the revenue of tho Island como
from duties on Imports. As It re
quires nil of the revenues of tho Island
to pay the i mining expenses. If there
weie no tnilff tho money now raised
by tho tariff would have to bo raised
by internal taxes. Tho burden not be
ing scientifically distributed would
have been felt tenfold. A tariff was
absolutely necessary to raise money
to pay the public expenses of the is
land until such time ns a scientific sys
tem ot 'ntcnml taxation could bo de
vised to take the place of the system
In vogue- under Spanish rule, which
included a tax on everything that was
eaten, eveiy thing that wns drunk, a
tax on every Industry, tnxes an ex
ports, a tax on skill, a tax on educa
tion and even a tnx on b.-alns.
Tho now tnilff In Porto lileo went
Into operation on May 1. Under Its
provisions the duty on all Imports from
countries other than tho United States
Is the snmo ns tho duty on like lm
poits here. On all Imports froml the
United Stntos tho duty is 15 per cent,
of the Dlngley tariff rntcs. On all ar
ticles entering the United States from
Torto Hlco the rulo Is the same. The
money collected In Potto Itlco, ex
clusive of tho actual cost of collec
tion, goes Into tho treasury for the
benefit of the Island, and tho money
collected hero on Imports from Porto
Itlco, not oven deducting the cost ot
collection, is sent to Porto Itlco and
is used for the benefit of the Island,
So Porto Hlco gets not only the tariff
A.
tax that her own people pay, but she
gets also the tariff tnx that the Ameri
can people pay on her productions.
Hut further than this, many articles
taxed under the Dlngley law are abso
lutely exempt In Porto Itlco. Theso
ate nrtlcles nf universal use, nrtlcles
of food chiefly, such as Hour, codfish,
rice, beans and salted meats. Arti
cles needed by the Porto Ulcans In
their business, such ns agricultural
Implements, nro nlso free.
Such In brief is the much abused
and much denounced Porto lllcnn tar
iff bill. This bill is operntlng, accord
ing to the merchants nnd nccordlng
to the officials, w Ith n minimum of
hardship. The only complaints that
are made about the tnrlff generally re
late to the Imposition of n duty on two
nrtlcles of food. One Is rice nnd th
other Is codfish. Hlce that Is grown in
the United States is admitted fiee,
but the complaint Is made that theie
Is not enough rice grown in the United
States to supply the Island. There Is a
duty of two cents a pound on lice im
ported from countries other than the
United States, and the Porto Itlcans
say that because tho United States do
not produce sufficient rice for then
consumption that duty should be re
moved so that they could save this two
cents a pound. Codfish Imported from
the United States Is also free, but the
Porto Itlcans havo been used to get
ting the larger part of their supply
of codfish from tho Canadians. The
American codfish Is better than the
Canadian codfish for the'United States,
but the Porto Itlcans think that the
Canadian codfish is better for them be
cause it is cured differently. Tho
Canadian codfish Is kiln-cured while
the American Is sun-cured. The kiln
cured fish lasts In the tropical climate
much longer than the sun-cured. The
Porto Itlcans think that in the matter
of codfish they should bo permitted to
get what they are used to having
without paying any duty on It. In the
Sun reporter's trip over the Island,
the only complaint he heard from nny
source whntever about the tariff was
In regard to these two things, nnd
every man to whom the question was
put regarding tho necessity of tho tar
iff answered In effect thus: "Why,
yes, of course we had to have the
tariff. How could we have paid ex
penses if there hadn't been a tariff?
Wo expected to have to ray 25 per
cent. Instead of 15. It couldn't possi
bly be nny lower."
"While the duty on Imports Into the
Island has been reduced to the point
where only enough Is Imposed to raise
tho money necessary to conduct the
affairs of tho Island, the duty on ex
ports of all kinds has," the Sun article
continues, "boon abolished. The threu
great products of Porto Hlco have al
ways been coffee, sugar and tobaeo
and on theso products the government
of Spain always Imposed an export tax.
Every quintal of coffee, that Is, every
100 pounds, exported from tho country
had to pay an export tax of $1.50. The
coffee production of the Island made
up six-tenths of the total production.
Every 100 pounds of tobacco had to
pay a duty of $1 if It was exported.
If manufactured Into cigarettes it had
to pay $1.12 a thousand and if manu
factured into cigars it had to pay $1.CS
a thousand. Wood wns another export
of the Island and that had to pay a
duty of 13 cents for each 100 kilo
grammes. The United States have al
ways been the great market for the
products of Porto Itlco. Now, ns an
Instance of what tho tariff bill has
done for Porto Itlco, sugar may be
cited. Hefore tho tariff bill went Into
effect the best profit the sugar plant
ers could get was In the neighborhood
of $3 a ton. The S5 per cent, reduction
enables them now to make a profit of
something like $37 a ton. Tho Import
ance of this will bo understood when
it is explained that the sugar land dis
trict of Porto Hlco runs almost from
end to end on each side of the island
nnd extends Inland more than five
miles. Tho Island, roughly speaking, Is
109 miles long and 50 miles wide. Under
tho new tariff coffee Is admitted to the
United States fiee and there Is no ex-
port duty either. When these facts are
considered It will be readily understood
why the people of Porto Hlco are
laughing at the Idea of Democrats
making political capital out of Porto
Itican affairs at this time."
Citizens of Pike county contemplate
offering n bounty for rattlesnake skins
in order, If possible, to rid the locality
of the dangerous leptlle. Hut for the
presence of rattlesnakes In numbers al
most beyond computation by the snake
story correspondent, Pike county would
be tho most delightful summer resort
In tho land. At piesent, however, the
place Is shunned by timid people whj
can find little pleasure In contemplat
ing the beauties of nature and keeping
an eye open for snakes at the same
time. Tho rattlesnake bounty will cot
talnly be of more vnlue to the com
munities of like than rewards offered
for the scalps of wild animals and
when the hunters get down to business
we may expect some snake stories
from Shohola nnd Mllford that will
break all records.
Winnie Wakefield, of Maine, has
spoken to no one but his mother In 28
years, and only a few words In that
Instunce. It Is possible that Winnie
mny become a 1G to 1 orator this fall In
order to make up for lost time.
Hon. Ohauncey Ulack states that Mr.
Wanumaker and Mr. Quay both fuvor
his ideas of a constitutional convention
for ballot reform. Where experts
agree laymen have little excuse for
differing.
A few days at furthest ought to de
cide whether Wu Ting Fang or the yel
low newspapers can furnish the most
reliable war news.
THE ROOT OF AXL EVIL.
I!. S. Martin, In Harper's Weekly.
It sometimes trims as if, in the abundance of
crganlred opposition In this country to such de
tails of iniquity as Intemperance and cigarette
smoking, there was a rather dcfcctlte abhorrencs
of the root of all nil, which, tho Scripturrs
maintain, Is the n cf money. There are no
soi lilies or organizations to wean folks from the
hue of money. Even the churches don't do It;
at least not ery definitely. And yet if we were
better philosophers, or een better Christians,
we might find reasons for thinking that it was a
more dangirous propensity, and one more omin
ous to the welfare of our country, than any other
tbat could be nair
SIR ROBERT
This brilliant English director of the Chinese imperial maritime customs, to which post
he was appointed in :88;, was offered the assistance of Prince Clung and other miluentiu!
mandarins, but refused to abandon his countrymtn in Pekln, and is reported massacred.
Some Imperialism
Uery N?ar to Home
From the Hochcter l'ost-l'.xpress.
i
T WAS Ilenjamin It. Tlllnnn, popularly
known as Pitchfork Tillman, the senior
senator from South Caiolina, who lead the
platform to the national Dtmoiratlc con
vention at Kansas 1'ity and moved its adoption.
The platform declares imperialism to be the
"paramount issue" and Tillman i$ so de
lighted with tills particular resolution that he
read it three times to the comention. Subse
quently he has denned imperialism as "i;oorn
mint without consent and without rcpieienta.
lion." lie is opposed to It. And jet, aicept
inE Tillman's definition, the fact is that the
wort c.unplo of impcrlaliMii before the Ameri
can people todsy i not in tha Philippines but
in Senator Tillman h own slate of south Caro
lina! And for the condition of affairs there tills
blatant demagogue, more than any other man,
is personally and directly responsible. Wc hae
prepired the following Hble showing, first, the
total sote; second, the lhmocratle ote; third,
the Itepubllcan ote, and, fourth, the party mi
jority in each of the last si presidential elec
tions In South Carolina:
Total. Pern. Hep. MsJ.
IS78 183,021 91,510 0J,O5l fill ltep
ISM) 170.3S3 112,312 SS.OTI 111,211 Hem
1SS1 1,57S CU.815 21,7.13 43,112 I)ein
1SSS 70,501 Cj,b2j 13,73(1 fij.iwj Dem
1W2 OS.037 11.1S02 13,3" 41,317 Dem
1SWJ 63,079 G'vOS 0,2sl 17,517 1km
South Carolina is one of the three Mates in
the American Union in which the colored people
outnumber the whites, tho others being Louisi
ana and Mississippi. In IS1) tliero were 227,00,)
more negroes than whites In South Carolina, in
the dajs of reconstruction tho negroes oted,
secured control cf the go eminent, and under
tho leadership of dishonest whites, showed an
Incapacity to gocin wisely. In tluir ignoranee,
their inevpcrlcnc'', their innocence, tho negroes
made deplorable mistakes. The wliltes, instead
of trying to do something for the education and
uplifting of tho negroes, instead of pointing out
the errors that the negroes had made, resole, d
to rob the negro of the ballot and by force and
fraud substitute the rule of the minority for
the rule of the majority. A reign of terror was
Inaugurated;, midnight raiders committed un
speiliable outrages upon negm oters und their
families; thousands of negioes were frightened
from appearing at the polling places; of those
that did appear to Insist upon ixcriislng the
rights granted by the constitutions of their
country and their state, many were drieen
away by armed men; some of the lemainder
had the courage to sote, but it was useless, for
white mon did the counting. This went on for
seural years, until by force and baud the
whites obtained control, and then, to make
their control permanent, they put into the con
stitution an educational test for the voters,
leuting Democratic election judges to detei
mlno whether or not the citlren was intelligent
enough to esercise the right of sufTiagcl Na
turally the negro was barred because be was a
llrpuhbcan, while his white neighbor, though he
might be unable to read or write, and to defi
cient in understanding as to be virtually an
idiot, was admitted to the fianelrsr iiecause he
was a Democrat. The icsult is seen fn the
stcadv decua-so in the lie publican ote f(om
02,0si In 1S70 to !,25l in WC.
o
Tillman, one e.f the rankest demagogues In
tho United States today and one of tho most
dangerous men in public life, not only took an
active part in the robbery and dlfianchismont
of the negro, but hn actually hid the audac
ity to brag of his crimes, even going to far ae
to insert In the Congressic.nil Hecord of the lu-t
congress the franK liut iniamous speeeii wmen
he delivered In the ciinstltulinn.il convention ot
South Carolina five jcars ago. In this s-pmh
Tillman confesses to fraud and eiults in its til-
uniph. "How did we recover our Illicit .'" h
asked, and answered the qui f Hon by saving, "Ily
fraud and violence," adding, "V tried to over
come tho 30,0i0 majority by honest methods,
which was a mathematical impossibility, lfow
did we bring It about? Hvery white man sunlr
his personal feelings and ambitions. Ihe whilu
people of the state, illustrating our glorious
motto, 'Heady with their lives and fortunes,'
came together as one. Ily fraud and violence, if
jou please, we threw- It off. In lf78 he had tt
resort to more fraud and v. lolence, and si
again in 15S0 " In the constitutional eonien
tinn it was propoc-cd by some of the more de
cent Democrats to put in a property qualifica
tion, so that no man could vote unless he owned
property valued at $-100, but Tillman oppo-cl the
plan because it would disfranchise 30,000 whltis;
he demanded the educational tesl, and said.
"Some lave said there is a fraud in this under
standing clause. Some poisons In small doses
are very salutary and valuable medicines. If jou
put it in here that a man mnjt understand, and
jou vest the right to judge whether he under,
stands In an ollleer, it Is a constitutional nit.
That officer is responsible to his con(hnee and
his fiod he is responsible to nobody else.
There is nn partlile of fraud or Illegality in it.
IT IS JUST bIMIi.Y SHOWING I'AItTIAI.lTY,
I'EIUIAPS, OR DlSCRIMISATIXn."
o
Tho census shows that in 1W) there were 233,.
GOfl persons in South Carolina of voting age,
hut the total vote cast in 1S10 was onlv fi.(l7(i.
The election returns show that the Republican
vote has practlcilly been wiped out in South
Carolina by force and fraud and Tillman glories
In that fact, while he denounces "imperialism.'
Is there not government In South Carolina
without consent; is there not taxation there
without representation! Are not thousands of
voters di.franchlsed by fraud? Are not provi
sions of the 1'edcral constitution virtually over
riden? Ie not crime triumphant? And et
Senator Tillman, the instigator of crimes against
the franchise, the pareg.vrlst of fraud, has tho
amailng audacity to stand up before the Ameri
can people to denounce "Imperialism" and weep
for Aguinaldo and the savages of Luzon I Was
anything like It ever seen before?
o
Mcanwlillo South Carolina that cast C3.O70
votes in tho last presidential election, has ns
many senators and representatives in the con
gress of the United States as California, that
cast 278, 0111; as many as Kansas, that east
33.1,131, and as many as Minnesota, that cast
311,081,
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LITETtAUY NOTES.
Two books are announceel for early publlev
Hon by the Ilaker & Taj lor Co. which ought
to bo widely welcomed, One, .by Dr. Jo.lali
Strong, author of "Our Country," Is entitled
"Kxpanslon Under New World Conditions" and
Is to be a thorough summary of tho reasons be.
hind this great movement. Tho other, by V.
M, Collier, civil service commissioner in New
HART, BART.
York state, is called "Trmts: What Can We
Do Willi 'Mini' What f .in Tiny In Willi Is "
Tins is announced as "a ear ful discussion of
the economic and polltirnl quisilniH smin"lng
cut of tlie great tiut problem, ch liing v. Ith
the Industrial benefits and evils ol tmsts, and
alo the necessary icstrictlons and liinitnuons
that must be put upon them. Mr. Colliei liov
in what way lirge industrial crganiitlui.s ,nc
liccrssaiy fcr the piepcT niromplls'iin nt of the
gigantic business undertakings of Hu d.iv, n
pre Lilly in developing and extending our for
eign trade and in securin; market i fcr our
surplus prduels, and he also considers tlie ex
tent to which tiny linit competition and nie
monopolies. He di-cus-os the inline and scipo
of legislative powers over frusta, Hie evil of
evcr-capitilkation, the effect of trusts ,v n
vvage-c amirs end farmers, and the proper nine
dies for the evils of trust I 'lN e sen .at phase of
tlie question Is considered In a ch.-nter entiibd
'Tin- Man and (he Dul'jr,' witli spei i il Kfir
emeto William J. Ilrj.m's fimous sprei li nt Hie
Chicago trust conference. The lelitioni of 'he
tarilf nnd of territorial expansion to the ttu-ts
ari t'.haustivily eonsidctcd."
T). Appleton .t ro, announce fir early publi
cation Mr. 11. Honch's romance of Hie plains,
"lhe Girl at the? Hiltvvay House," which his
hem called an American epic by critics who
have read the manuscript. A dramatic pie lure
of a battle In the civil war, which has been
compared to scenes In "The Red Hailgo of
Coinage," opens the story. After tills "Hiv of
War" there conies "The Day of the llmlalo."
Tlie reader follows the course of tlie hero and
bis friend, a picturesque old army vetiran, to
the frontier then found on the western plains.
The third part of tlie story is cilleel 'The Dry
of the llittle" and the fourth part ot tho sloiy
"The Day of the Plow " While this story is a
novel with a live motive it Is perhaps must
striking as .1 rcmance of the plcturcsipie and
dramatic da.vs of ciriy western life'. It shows
tlie movement westward and tlie free play cf
primitive forics in the opening of a new coun
try. Nothing it is said has been wilttcn on
the opening of (he west to excel this romance
In epic qinlltv and its historic interrst ae well
as its freshness, vividness and absorbing Intcicit
shouht appeal tei ev.ry mirionn rcaeler.
llndcl. Mead k Co. will publish this fall the
latest book of Mule Corelll, entltleel "The Mas.
ter ( hrlslian." This is consielercd by Mis
CorclH to hi her most important novel, which
was begun some thice vears ago alter ilnWilng
her short sbry called "lane."
The mar.v admirers of Hi" wilting of Paul
Leicester I'ord will be delighted to learn that in
tho early fall a new woik from his pen will rp
I ear firm tlie press of Dodd, Mcael & 1j. It is
to be called "Wanted A Matelim iker."
The Ilookman announces for next vear a scrips
of lllustiatod articles dialing with the great
newspapers of Hie United States, their history,
their ownership, how they are made and who
the more prominent makcis are.
MASSACRES
FAMOUS
TORY.
IN HIS-
I'rom the Chicago Tlmes-Ilerahl.
SSI II.
C. Two tlmusaml inlnbilants of Tjre
crucified nnd s.uiO bun hen-el by the sol
diers of Alexander the (.re.it.
C. Celts kill Nun) Roman toldieis at
Auranslo, on the Rhone.
C. slaughter of Teutons near Al, in
which 2011.010 haili.ul.ins were slain.
103
It.
n.
102
7(. A.
I). Destruction of Jirusalriu. Above 1,-
lUO.lsW .Itws put to lhe swcul by Horn in
army.
115 A. D.Siveral thousand Orecks ami Romans
murdered by Jews under Andrae, leader
of resolution.
11E3
A. D. Massacre at Acre of 1 OW Moham
med ins by order of King Richard I., in
the iruadcs.
A. D. Maughtcr of tho Inhabitants of
Aleppo by the Mongols.
A. 1). "Sicilian Vespers," About 8,00.1
Trench killed in Sicily.
A. I). St. llartholomew's Day. Massacre
of lOO.OeiO men, women and children
Huguenots in 1'iaiie.
A. D. Turks slaughter G3.00J ( hristians in
Cioatla.
A. D. Settlers in Java slaushtcr 12,000
Chinese at Hatavia.
A. D. "'e popery" riots. Mob led by
Lorel ffi'iuge (iordon killed 4j0 Human
Catholics In London
A. D. Chinse murder 21,000 Christians
l'C0
1M
1572
1592
1710
17S0
15S1
at Kuang-Tl, In Annim. In Cochin
Chilli thu tame .vear 22.OU0 native Chris,
tians were mivcacicd.
IS0J A. D. Tuiks kill between 3,0u0 and 5,000
Armenians In ma Minor.
1000 A. D. llocr re U limn, having for Its ob
ject tlie extirpation of native Christians
and all foi eigne is
2a
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