igjgL carpi. r -----j-
A l. Fmrz
' 'ATTOUNEY.AT.LAW,
Office Front Room, Over I'ogloffloo.
ULOOMSBUnO, PA.
E. WALLEli, "
ATTOltNKY-AT-LAW,
Offlca oTorlst. National Bank. D1,oml", Tk
jyj u. funk;
ATTOUNEV-AT-LAYV.
Orhcolnltnt'sUulldln,-. BtooHBinao, FA
J OUN M. OLAl'IC,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
AND
JUdTlOE OF THE 1'BAOE.
ULOOMBBOEO, Va
over Aioyoruros. Drugstore.
(J W. .vllLLEH,
ATTOltNKT.AT-LAW,
onioe In Brewer's bulldlug.setond floor,room. Mo. 1
Uloomsburg, pa.
JJj FRANK 7, AMI,
ATTOItNEY-AT-LAW.
Bloomsburg, Pa,
Office corner of Centre ana Main Street. Clark
WUl.UlUgl
Can bo consulted In German,
G
EO. E. ELWELIi
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Uloomsbuko, Pa.
Ofllce on Firat Uoor, front room of Col
dmbias Building, Main street, below Ex.
cuango iioici.
JpADL . AYIKT,
Attornoy-at-Law.
Offlco In Columbian iiuilsino, Third floor.
BLOO.MSBURG, PA.
JJ V. WHITE,
AT OKNEY-AT-LAW,
B.L 0 M S B U R fl , PA.
Ollico in blowers' Building, 2nd;floor.
may 1-tf
fl. INORB. L. 8. WIHTBRBTXXN.
KNOKR & WINTEBSTEEN,
A ttornoys-at-Law.
UlllB IU 19b .SUtlUUUl PIUU UUliUlIlg, BIWU1IU UUUI.
first door to tho left. Corner ot Main and Market
streets Uloomsburg, ra.
i&'I'ennoni and Bounties Collected.
JP P. BIL-LMKYER,
(Disnirur attorney.)
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
"HTOfllco over Dentlcr's Bhoo store,
Bloomaburg, Pa. ' apr-80.80.
. H. HIIAWN.
ATTOItNEY-AT-LAW.
Catawlsea, Pa.
Oflcccornerof Tblrd and Main Streets.
M
IOIIAEl. F. EYEKLY,
uonveyancor, uoiiecwr 01 uiairas.
AND
LEGAL ADVICE IN TIIE; SETTLEMENT OP
ESTATES, &C.
tirofflce In Dcntier's building with P. P. Bill
meyer, attorney-at-law, front looms, 2nd floor
Bloomsburg, Pa. apr-o-se.
D
It. IIONOIIA A. ltOBBINS.
Offlco and residence, West First street, Blooms-
burg, fa. novas so ly.
B. McKKLVY, M. D.,8urgeon and Phy
. piclan. north side Main streef.below Market
D
K. J. 0. BUTTER,
PHYSICIAN & BURGEON,
Offlce, North Market street,
BloomBburn, Pa
K. WM, II. HEBER Burgeon and
Physician. Offlce corner o( Hock and Market
t.
EXCHANGE HOTEL.
W. R. TUBBS, PROPRIETOR
BLOOMSBURO.PA.
OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE.
Large and convenient sample rooms. Hath room,
hot and cold water; and all modern conveniences.
B.
F. IIARTSIA1S
BsrasaxNTa ins following
AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANIES
North American of Philadelphia.
Pranklln, " "
Pennsylvania, " "
York, ot Pennsylvania.
Hanover, ot N. Y.
Queens, ot London.
North British, ot London.
Offlce on Mxrket street, No, 5, Bloomaburg.
oot. 4, l-
F
IRE INSURANCE
CnniHTIAN P. KNAPP, BLOOMSBURG.PA,
1IUMB, OK N. X.
MEHCUANTS', OF NEWARK, N. J.
CLINTON, N. Y.
PEOPLES' N. Y.
READING, PA.
These ld coki'okatioks are well seasoned by
age and ring tkbted and have never yet had a
loss settled by any court ot law. Their assets are
all Invested In solid bscumtiks are liable to the
hazard ot riHBonly.
Losses rKOsirTLT and . uonehtlt adjusted and
Bald as soon as determined by christian r.
NAFF, SFICIAL AOENT AND ADJUSTER llLOOMSBUBO,
Pa.
The people ot Columbia county should patron
ize the agency where louses If any are settled and
pall by one of ther own citizens.
PROMPTNESS. K0U1TY, PAIR DEALING,
REA8 BROWN'B INSURANCE
AGENCY. Moyer's new building, Main street,
imHhurcr. Pa.
Btna Insurance Co., of nartford, Conn T,078,eao
Royal of Liverpool 18,mo,ooo
Lancashire..... 10,000,000
Fire Association, Philadelphia 4,16T10
Phoenix, of London 6,266,370
London Lancashire, ot England 1,709,976
Hartford of Hartford! 3.S73.0M
Springfield Klro and Marine 2,082,MO
As the agencies are direct, policies are written
or too iQsurea wunom aeiay iu iup uuiua ai
Ulooinsburg. Oct. 28, '61-
nj n. house,
DENTIST,
Blooms4iuro, Columbia County, Pn
All styles ot work done In a superior manner, work
warranted as represented Tsith Extract
ed without Pain by the use ot Gas, and
tree of charge w ben artificial teetb. "
are Inserted,
OfUroln Ilarton's bulldlncr. Main street.
below Market, tlvo doors below Klcim'a
drug ston-, ursl Iloor.
Jo bt at all hourt during the rfaj
Nov S3 -ly
AINWR1GHT &CO.,
WHOLESALE GROCERS,
rillLAPEU'llIA, Pa.
TKAS, hYKDrB, COFFEE, bl'GAR, MOLASSEi
mos, sriose, hioaiiii soda, kto., etc.
N. K. corner becond and Arch Sta.
tw orders win recelvo prompt attention.
Benton Hotel,
LEMUEL DRAKE, Prnp'r,
This well-known hotel has been ro-openedand
many Impro. omenta uiade for the accommodation
ot the traveling public The bar and table are
supplied with the bebt the marke' affords. A large
aLd commodious stable Is connected with the
hotel. Terms always reasonable.
7ma;67j LEMUEL UHAKK, Proprietor.
WILLIAM HART
BLOOM SBURQ, PENN'A.,
AOENT roil TUB
KEYSTONE DYNAMITE POWDER CO,,
manufactruers of the celebrated Keystone Dyna.
mlta,
tlon.
TUls explosive is giving universal saiisiao
Quotations cheerfully given. liaugta
PATENTS,
l btalnert and all patent business attended to for
Moderate tees.
our offlce Is opposite the U. & Patent Office, and
we can obtain PaWnts In less time than those re
mote from Washington.
Send model 0' drawing, We advise as to pat
entability free of charge, and wo make no charge
unless patent Is secured.
We refer here, to the Postmaster, the supt. ot
Money order Plv., and to officials of the U.S.
Patent Office. For circular, advice, terms and
references to actual clients In your own btateor
County, write to
C. A. SNOW & CO.,
OppoBite Patent Office, Wahlxifiton D 0
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CLOTHING
H P H I L'A
BLOOMSBURli PLANING MILL
:o.
ThA nnilArfalr.nOf1 hadnr. n V ,n m..i
on Railroad street, In nrst-ciass condition. Is pre
pared to do all kinds of work In his lino.
FRAMES, SASH, DOORS,
BLINDS.MOUv.DINGS,
FLOORING, Etc.
urmsnea at reaaonatiop-iiccs. All lumberusea
II WPlI finaannarl anrl nnnn hnv atrlllAH n.Wn..
are employ od.
ESTIMATES FOR BUILDINGS
urnlshed on application. Plans and specifics
one prepared by an experienced draughtsman
CHARLES KRHO,
niooniNliiirtr..PH.
Mason & Hamlin.
Organs and Pianos
ThA Cabinet flrrun trta Inttwlrwf fSv Mftasin Jfe
Hamlin in 1861. Mason & Hamlin Organs hTo
always maintained their supremacy over all otbtrs.
having received Highest Honors at all Great World's
jsunoiuoiia since iwjt.
greatest Improvement In pianos In half a century."
llano circular, containing 300 testimonials from
Borchasers, musicians, ana toners, and riano and
rgan Catalogues, free.
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Ms Pills
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Malaria. Dumb Chills,
Fever and Ague, Wind
Colic, Bilious Attacks.
They pr xl tiro refrttlar, natural ert
natloiiN, ueer ripe or luterlre wit It
dally biisliiCHS. Ana rumlly ineillclu,
tbey Mil on IU be tit etery liuukubolil
SOLD EVEUYAVHEItE.
norSJn.ctcoiy.
WBtjfwv,
Bitten bender & Co,,
WAGON MAKER'S
AND
BLACKSMITHS' SUPPLIES.
No. 120 & 128 Franklin Ave.,
SCRANTON, PA.
Iron, audi Steel.
aprlll-iy.
to be made, cut this out and return to
us, and we Hill send you free, some
thing ot great value and Importance to
vnu. that will start you In buslnraa
which wl'l bring you in more money right away
than anything else in this v. orld. Any one can do
the wort andllve at home. Klther sex; all ages,
something new, that Just coins money for all
workers. We will start you; capital not needed.
This Is one of the genuine, Important chances of a
lifetime. Those who are ambitious and enterprla
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BLOOM SBTJRG, PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9,
'I utilicsilntingly add my
tcstirncmy to tho reiit lion
efila to lii dirivtd from Sim
nioiin Liter Rcgtilntor. I
wns ndlictod for Kuvcrnl years
with dlsoidcrf d liver, which
resulted In a povero nttuek of
Janndicp. I had gnod medi
cal atli ndnnre, but it failed
to restoro mo to tho enjoy
ment of my former bt alth.
I then tried tho most re
nowned pliysie.ians of Louis
ville, Ky., but all lo no pur
poso, whereupon I wob in
duced to try Simmons Liver
Regulator. 1 found immedi
ate benefit from its use, and
It ultimately restored mo to
tho full onjoynient of health.'1
A. II. Shirley, Richmond,
Ky ... "I most clieerlully re
commend it to all who suffer
from bilious attacks or any
dipeaso caused by a disar
ranged statp of the liver.''. . . .
V. R. Bernard, Kansas
City, Mo.
CROWN ACUIE
THE BEST BURNING OIL THAT CAN
BEIMADE FROM PETROLEUM.
It gives a brilliant light.
ii win not moite i ne cnironeys.
It will not char the wick.
It has a high are test.
It will not explode.
It Is pre-eu,inently a family safety oil.
WE CHALLENGE CO...PARltON
With any otlier Illuminating oil mado.
We Stake Our Reputation,
As refiners, upon the statement that It Is
THE BEST CUT-
IN THE WORLD.
Ask your dealer for
CROWN ACME.
LI
Trade for Bloomsburg and vicinity Supplied by
MOYER BROS.,
Bloomsburg, I'a.
Bep2-ly.
CLOTHING! CL0THI1TG!
G. W. BERTSCH,
THE MERCHANT TAILOR.
Gents' Furnishing Coods, Bats & Gaps
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION.
Suits imide lo oider at nhott notioe
and afit.uw.i)s guaranteed or no nale.
rinll niirl I'Ysmini" tliftlnrfist anil lest
selected stock of goodc ever fhowii in
j. . i-
joiuniuia uoiiniy
Store next door to First National Bank
MAIN STREET,
Bloomsburg Pa.
J. R. SMITH & CO.
LIMITED.
MILTON, Pa.,
Dealkrs in
PIANOS
By the following well known makers:
Chickering,
Knabe,
"Weber,
Ballet & Davis.
Can also furnish any of the
cheaper makes at manufacturers
prices. Do not buy a piano be
fore getting our prices.
Catalogue and Price Lists
On application.
sept3-8tf.
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OF OAST CH WROUGHT lltON.
Suitable for
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Cemetery Lots
and
Public Grounds
:o:
The following shows the Ticket Gothic, ono of
the several beautiful styles of Fence manufactured
by the underalgned.
ed. et up by experienced bands and warranted
to give satisfaction.
Trip.fiH nnil flnnrtimnnH nf ntliAr ;1 1.
tiens sent to any address.
,
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i. M. UESS,
BLOOMSBURG PA
3
All DnifrliU, ISO , inc.. .nil II UU hfpuri If
ocidUllkns
M. C, SLOAN & BRO.,
BLQOMSBURG, PA.
Manufacturers of
CARRIAGES BUDDIES, PHAETON!
SLEIGHS, PLATFORM WAQONS AC
rtrat-cliii work always on hand.
REPAJR1NQ NEA TLYDONh.
Fricu reduced to tuit the timet.
It Deals Only with the Tariff
Question.
TAXES MUST BE REDUCED.
President Cleveland Urges Immediate
Action on tha Part of Congress
lie Strongly Ailvi.e. a Itevlalon of the
Ell.tlnn Tariff lw, and Declare That
Utile. Sfeainres Ale Taken to Betluce
the Surplu., the I'eopte lluit Suffer.
He Appeal to the Jlanufacturers to
Exert Themaelvei In Favor of a Tariff
Redaction.
WAsniNaTosr, Dec. 6. Tho president's
annual message, read before congress, Is as
followa i
To the Congress of the United States!
You nro confronted at tho threshold of
your legislative duties with a condition ot
the national finances which imperatively de
mands Immediate and careful consideration.
The amount of money annually exacted,
through the operation of present laws, from
the Industries and necessities of tho people
largely exceeds the Bum necossary to meet
the expenses of the government,
THK TUBLia TrtKASVJIlY A IIOAnDINO PLACE.
When we consider that tho theory of our
institutions guarantees to every citizen the
full enjoyment of all the fruits of his In
dustry and enterprise, with only such deduc
tion as may be his share toward the careful
and economical maintenance of the govern
ment which protects him, it is plain that the
exaction of more than this Is indefensible
extortion, and a culpable betrnyal of Amer
ican fairness and justice. This wrong In
flicted upon those who bear tho burden of
national taxation, like other wrongs, multi
plies a brood of evil coniequenees. The
publio treasury, which should only exist as
a conduit conveying the people's tribute to
its legitimate objects of expenditure, be
comes a hoarding place for money needlesrly
withdrawn from trade and tho twoplo's use,
thus crippling our national energies, sus
pending our country's development, pre
venting Investment in productive enterprise,
threatening financial disturbance, nnd in
viting schemes of publio plunder.
This condition of our treasury is not alto
gether new; and it has more than once of
late been submitted to the people's repre
sentatives in the congress, who alone can
apply a remedy. And yet the situation 6tUl
continues, with aggravated Incidents, more
than ever presaging financial cpnvulsion and
widespread disaster.
It will not do to neglect this situation be
cause its dangers are not now palpably im
minent and apparent. They oxlst none tho
less certainly, and await the unforeseen and
unexpected occasion nhvn suddenly tbey
win De precipitated upon us.
On the 30th day of June, 18S5, the excess
of revenues over public expenditures after
complying with the annual requirement of
the sinking fund act, was tl7,859,7S5.84;
during the year ended Juno 20, 1830, such
excess amounted to H9,405,5iVy0j and dur
ing the year ended June 30, 1687, it reached
the sum of $55,567,849.54.
THE SINKINO FUND.
The annual contributions to the sinking
fund during the three years above specified,
amounting in the aggregate to $13S,053,
320.04, and deducted from the surplus as
Btated, were made by calling in. for that
purpose outstanding 3 per cent, bonds of the
government. During the six mouths prior
to June SO, 1857, the surplus revenue had
grown so large by repeated accumulations,
and it was feared the withdrawal of this
great sum of money needed by tho people
would so nffect the business of the country
that the sum of 7,8o4,100 of such surplus
was applied to the payment of the princip il
and Interest of the 3 per cent, bonds still
outstanding, and which were then payable
at the option of the government. The pre
carious conditfon of financial affairs among
the people still needing relief, immediately
after the SOth day of Juno, 1887,
the remainder of the S per cent,
bonds then outstanding, amounting with
principal and interest to the sum of
$18,877,500, were called in and applied to the
sinking fund contribution for tho current
fiscal year. Notwithstanding these opera
tions of the treasury department, represen
tations of distress in buslnoss circles not only
continued but increased, and aUoluts peril
seemed at hand. In these circumstances the
contribution to the sinking fund for the cur
rent fiscal year was at once completed by the
expenditure of $27,W4,2S3.55 in the purchase
of government bonds not yet duo bearing
4 and i per cent interest, the premium
paid thereon averaging about 24 per ant. for
the former and 8 per cent, for the latter. In
addition to this the interest accruhu during
the current year upon the outstanding
bonded indebtedness of the government was
to some extent anticipated, and banks se
lected as depositories of publio money were
permitted to somewhat increase their de
posits. SUI1PLVS REVENUES.
While the expedients thus employed to re
lease to the people the money lying idlo in
the treasury served to avert immediate
danger, our surplus revenues have continued
to accumulate, the excess for the preseut
year amounting on the 1st day of December
to $55,258,701.19, and estimated to reach the
sum of $113,000,000 on the SOth of Juno next,
atwhloh date it is expected "that this sum,
added to prior accumulations, will swell the
surplus in the treasury to $140,000,000.
There Beems to be no asurance that, with
such a withdrawal from use of the people's
circulating medium, our business community
may not in the near luture be subjected to the
samodistrees which waaqulte lately produced
from the samo cause. And while tho func
tions of our national treasury should bo
few and simple, and while its best condition
would bo reached, I believe, by its entire
disconnection with private buineiM interests,
yet when, by a perveision of its purposes, it
idly holds money uselessly subtracted from
the channels of trade, there seems to bo
reason for the claim that tome legitimate
means should bedeWsed by the government
to estore in an emergency, w ithout wa.te
or extravagance, such money to its placo
among the ieople.
NO EXECUTIVE POWEIl Or ItEMEF.
If such an emergency arises thero now ex
ists no clear and undoubted executive )oner
of relief. Heretofore the redemption of 3
per cent, bonds, which were payable ut the
option of the government, bus afforded a
means for the disbursement of the excens ot
our revenues; but these bonds have all been
retired, and there are no bonds outstanding
the payment of which we have the right to
insist upon. Tbe contribution to the sinking
fund which furnishes tbe occasion for ex
nditure in th purchase of bonds has been
already made for the current year, so that
hero is no outlet in that direction.
In the present state of legislation tho only
pretense of any existing executive poner to
restore at this time any part of our surplus
revenues to the people by its expenditure
consists In the supposition that tho secretary
of the treasury may enter the market and
purchase the bonds of tbe government not
yet due at a rato of premium to be agreed
upon. The only provision of law from hioli
such a power could be derived is found In an
appropriation bill passed a number of years
ago, and it is subject to tbe suspicion that It
was intended as temporary and limited in its
application, instead of conferring a continu
ing discretion and authority. No condition
ought to exist which would Justify tbe grant
of power to a single official, upon bis judg
ment of its neccslty, to withhold from or
release to tbe business of the people in an
unusual manner money held In tbe treasury,
and thus affect, at his will, tbe financial
situation of the country; and if it is deemed
wise to lodge in tbe secretary of the treas
ury tbe authority in the present juncture to
purchase bonds It should be plainly vested,
and provided as far as posslblo with such
checks and limitations as will define this
otUcIar. right and discretion and at the
same time relieve him from undue responsi
bility. TDK QUESTION OF FUBCIUBINO BONDS.
In. considering the question ot purchasing
DOndS BS a means nt 1Satnrhl9 tn r1n.,,1at1nn
the surplus money accumulating in the treas
ury, it should be liofna. in mind that pre
miums must of courso be paid upon such
purchase, that there may tw a largo part of
these bonds held as Investments which can
not be purchased at any price, and that com
binations among holders who are willing to
sell may unreasonably enhance the cost of
such bonds to the government.
It has been suggested that the pro ent
bonded debt might be refunded at a less rate
of interest, and tho difference between the
old and new security paid In cash, thus find
ing uso for the surplus in the treasury. The
success ot this plan, it is apparent, must de
pend upon tho volition of the holders of the
present bonds; and it is not entirely certain
that tbe Inducement which must be offered
them would renult in more financial benefit
to the government than the purchase of
bonds, while the latter pro;ositlon would re
duce tho principal of the debt by actual pay
ment, instead of extending it.
DEPOSITINO HONEY IN BANKS AN OBJECTION.
The proposition to deposit tho money held
by the government In bank) throughout the
country, for use by tho people, Is, it seems to
me, exceedingly objectionable In principle,
as establishing too close a relationship be
tween the operations of tbo government
treasury nnd the business of the country, nnd
tooextCTislvo a commingling of their money,
thus fostering nn unnatural reliance in pri
vato buslnoss upon publio funds. If this
Bchemo abould be adopted It should only bo
done as a temporary expedient to meet nn
urgent necessity. Legislative and executive
effort should generally be In the opposite di
rection, and should have a tendency to di
vorce, as much and as fast as can safely be
done, the treasury department from private
enterprise. .
Of courso it is not exjiectod that unneces
sary and extravagant appropriations will lie
made for tho purpose of avoiding tho accu
mulation of an excess of reveuuo. Such ex
penditure, beside the demoralization of all
Just conceptions of pnbllo duty which it en
tails, stimulates a habit of reckless improvi
dence not in the least consistent with the
mission of our people or the high and benefi
cent purposes of our government.
ORAVITT'OF THE SITUATION.
I have deemed it my duty to thus bring to
the knowledge of my countrymen, as well as
to the attention of their representatives
cbnrged with the responsibility of legislative
relief, the gravity of our financial situation.
Tbe failure of the congress heretofore to
provide against the dangers which it was
quite evident the very nature of tbe difll
culty must necessarily produce, caused a
condition of financial distress and npprehen
eloil since your last adjournment, which
taxed to the utmost all the authority and
expedients within executive control; and
theso appear now to be exhausted. If dls.
aster results from tho continued inaction of
congress, the responsibility must rest where
it belongs.
Though the situation thus far considered
Is fraught with danger which should bt fully
r allzod, and though it presents features of
wrong to the peoplo as wi 11 as peril to the
country, it is but a result growing out of a
perfectly palpable and apparent oause, con
stantly reproducing the samo alarming cir
cumstancesa congested national treasury
and a depleted monetary condition In tbe
business of the country. It need hardly be
Btated that while tho present situation de
mands a remedy, we cau only be saved from
a like predicament In the futuro by the re
moval of its cause.
OUI SCHEME OF TAXATION.
Our scheme of taxation, by means of which
this needless surplus Is taken from tbe peo
ple and put into the public treasury, con
sists of a tariff or duty levied upon importa
tions from abroad, and internal revenue
taxes levied upon the consumption of to
bacco and spirituous and malt liquors. It
must be conceded that none of the things
subjected I o Internal revenue taxation are,
Btrictly speaking, necessaries ; there appears
to be no Just complaint of this taxation by
the consum rs of these articles, and there
seems to be nothing bo well able to bear tbe
burden without hardship to any portion of
the peoplo.
TAKIFF LAWS SHOULD DE AMENDED.
But our present tariff laws, the vicious, In
equitable and illogical source of unnecessary
taxation, ought to be at once revised and
amended. Theso laws, as their primary and
plain effect, raise the price to consumers of
all articles imported and subject to duty, by
precisoly the sum paid for such duties. Thus
the amount of. the duty measures tho tax
paid by those who purchase for use these im
ported articles. Jinny of these things, how
ever, are raised or manufactured iu our own
country, and the duties now levied upon
foreign goods and products nro called pro
tection to these home manufactures, becjuso
they render it possible for those of our poo
pie who are manufacturers to make thtso
taxed articles and sell them for a price equal
to that demanded for the imported goods
that have paid customs duty. So It happens
that while comparatively a few use the im
ported articles millions of our people who
never ase una never saw any of the foreign
products purchase and uso things of tbe same
kind mado in this country and pay therefor
nearly or quito tbe same enhanced price
which tho duty adds to ti e Impoi ted articles.
Those who buy impoi ts ;ay the duty charged
thereon into the publio treasury, but tho
great majority of our citizens who buy do
mestic articles of the same class p ly a sum
at least approximately equal to this duty' to
the home manufacturer. This reference to
the operation of our tariff laws is not made
by way of Instruction, but in order thatwe
may bo constantly reminded of the manner
ill which they impose a "burden upon those
who consume domestic products as well as
those who consume imported articles and
thus create a tax upon all our people.
MANUFCTUMNd INTERESTS MUST BE PRO
TECTED. It Is not proposed to entirely relieve the
country ot this taxation. It must be exten
sively continued as tbe source of tbe govern-
mrnt's income; and in a readjustment of our
tenir the Interests of American labor en
gaged in manufacture should lo carefully
considered, as well as tbe preservation of
our inauuiaeiurers, it msy ue calico pro
tection, or by any other name, but rellet
from the hardship and dangers of our pres
ent tariff laws should ba iluvlsol with espe
cial precaution against imiorillug the exist
ence of our manufacturing Interests. Hut
this existence should not maan n condition
which, without regard to tbe publio welfare
or a national exigency, must ulwuys Insure
tbe realization of immense profits instead of
moderately profitable returns. As the vol
ume and diversity of our national activities
Increase, new recruits are added to those
who difllro a continuation of the advantages
which Ibey conceive the present system of
tariff taxation directly affords tlem. So
stubbornly have all efforts to refoiin the
pnsent condition been resisted by those ot
our fellow cltlrens thus engaged that they
can hai dly complain of the u'piclon, enter
tained to a certain extent, that tliere exUts
an organized combination all along tbe line
to maintain their advantage.
We are in the midst of centennial celebra
tions, ami with becoming pride we rejoice In
Americau skill and Ingenuity, in American
energy and enterprise, and in the wonderful
natural advantages and resources develojied
by a century's iiHtiouul growth. Vet when
on attempt is made to justify a scheme
which penults a tax to be laid ii on every
consumer In tbe land for the benefit of our
manufacturers, quite Uyond a reasonable
demand for governmental regard, it suits the
purposes of advocacy to call our manufac
tures infant Industries, Btlllneediug the high
est and greatest degree of favor and foster
ing care that can be wrunj from federal
legislation. ' I
THE LABOR QUESTION.
It Is also said that the men ass in the price i
ot domestic manufactures resulting from the
present tariff Is necessary in order that
higher wages may be paid to our working- I
men em; loyed in manufactories, than are
paiaiorwuat is caned tho jauiier labor of
Europe. All will ackuonledge the force ot
an argument which involves the welfare and
lllieral compensation of our laboring people.
Our labor is honorable In tho eyes ot every
American citizen; and as it lies at tbe foun
dation of our development ard progress, It is
entitled, without affectation or hyKcrlay, to
the utmost regard. Tbe standard of our la
borers' life should uot lie measured by that ot
any other country less favored, and they are
entitled to their full share of all our advan
tages. By the last"census It is made to appear that
ot the 17,392,099 of our population engaged
lo all kinds at Industries 7.610,493 an em
1887.
ployed In .agriculture, 4,074,238 In profes
sional and personal aeryicB fjta4,870of whom
are dnmnatln brv.ni. ..! l.uu-.i t. n
1,810,250 are employed in trade and'trans-
Kn.uw, mm o,ooi, in are classed as em
nlnvMl In mnnnfniti..l - ...I
For present purposes, however, tho last
i.m.i.w, Ki.uu iuuuiu lie consiaerauiy re
duced. Without attempting to enumerate
all. it will 1a mnnvtoil .hat f.BH BkA..1.1 l
deducted from those which It Includes 375,143
rail-outers anu joiners, tt,4Ul milliners,
dressmflken. nnil MnmtMa ITOiyM
..u, voovnf (iiin un.,;-
smiths, 133,751 tailors and tnllores-es, 102,473
wi, nt, ....... . . ' .
ncuim, ,v,ti uuvcaera, ii,oiai Makers, vt,vba
,iuiren uuu ,ovi engagou in manufactur
ing agricultural implements, amounting in
the aggregate to 1,214,023, leaving 2,023,089
tierilOna mntnvml In atiM, m,n,,f..i.l-l
, - , 4 -wvu wniiuiau.ui mB ill-
dustri s as are claimed to bo benefited by a
blgh tnriff.
To these tho appool is made to save their
employment and maintain their wages by
resisting a change. Thero should be no dls-
ralflnn n , ., ,
nuanvi suuil BUggeSIlOllS Dy lOO
allegation that tbey are Inn minority among
those who tfllmr nn ll,ap-fAM
. , ...... tuu.r.uio puuuiu iuivgu
an advnntoge in the interest of low prices for
.Injuns , vuHir compensation, as it may
bo affnetad hv th
should at all times be Berupulously kept in
..on, ,.ua , mm Biigm reiieciion ruoy will
not overlook the fact that they are con-
lumen With thn nat l,a. U 1
Ibclr own wants and those of their families
10 supply irom tn ir earnings and that the
price of the nepAKimt'fpfl nf Ufa n. n.Ati . i. .
amount of their wages will regulate the
iitL-uBuru 01 intir weiiaro ana comrort.
But the reduction of taxation demanded
should bean mantm-ivl na nn. n . 1, .
' - uw. w, 11, 1 1 3.1, HI IU
or Justify either the loss of employment by
the working man nor tbe lessening of his
nubc3, uuu mo iiruuu sun remaining to the
manufacturer, after n necessary readjust
ment. Bhould furnish tin nrnnai fnc
'flee of the interests of his employes elthor in
vwwui bui,it.y to worn or in t in dlinlnu.
lion of their compensation. Nor can the
worker In manufactures fall to understand
that while a high tariff is claimed to be
nocessary to allow the payment of remun
erative wages, it certainly nsults in a very
large Increase in the price of nearly all
sorts of manufactures, which, in almost
countless forms, he needs for the use of
himself and bis .family. IIo receives at the
desk of his employer his wages, and per
haps before be reaches his hoaie is obliged,
in a purchase for family uso of an article
which embraces his own labor, to leturn
in the payment of the increase of price
which the tariff permits, the hard earned
compensation of many days of toll
AN APPEAL TO THE FARMERS.
T1 u farmer and the agriculturist, who
manufacture nothing, but who pay the in
creased price which the tariff imposes upon
every agricultural Implement, upon all he
wears and upon all he uses and owns, except
the increase of his flocks nnd herds nnd such
things as his husbandry produces from the
soil, is invited to aid in maintaining the
present sltuition; and he is told that a high
duty on Imported wool Is necessary for the
benefit of those who have sheep to shear, in
order that the price of their wool may be in
creased. They of course are not reminded
thnt the farmer who has no sheep is by this
scheme obliged, in his purchases of clothing
and woolen goods, to pay tribute to his fel
low farmer as well as to tho manufacturer
and merchant; nor is any mention made of
the fact that the sheep owners themselves
mm meir uuusenoius must wear,cIotulug and
uso other articles manufactured from the
wool they sell at tariff prices, and thus as
consumers must return their share of this
increased price to the tradesman.
THE WOOL QUESTION.
I think It may be fairly assumed that a
large portion of the Bheep owned by the
faimers throughout the country are lound
In small flocks numbering from twenty-tlve
to fifty. Tbe duty on the grade of imiiorted
wool which those sheep yield is ton cents
each pound if of the value ot thirty cents or
less, and twelve cent If of tbo value of more
than thirty cents. If the liberal estimate of
six pounds be allowed for each fleece, tho
duty thereon would be sixty or seventy-two
cents, and tills miy bo taken as the utmost
enhancement of lis price to the farmer by
reason of this duty. Eighteen dollars would
thus represent the increased price of the wool
from twenty-five sheep and $30 that from the
wool of fifty sheep; and at present values
this addition would amount to about ono
thlrd of its price. If upon its tale tho farmer
receives this or a less tariff profit, the wool
leaves his hands charged with precisely that
sum, which in all itschauges will adhere to
It until it reaches-the consumor. Whon
manufaftured into cloth nnd other
goods and material for use, its
cost is uot only increased to the extent
of the farmer's tariff profit, but a further
sura has been addel for tbe benefit of the
manufacturer under the operation of other
tariff laws. In tbo meantime the day arrives
when t e farmer fin s it necessary to pur
chase woolen goods. and material to clothe
himself and family for the winter. When
he faces the tradesman tor that purpose he'
discovers that he is obliged not only to re
turn in the way of increased prices his tariff
profit on tho wool he sold, mid which then
perhaps lies before him in manufactured
form, but that he must add a considerable
sum thereto to meet a further increase in
cost caused by a tariff duty oh the manufac
ture. Thus in the end he is aroused to the
fact that he has paid upon a moderate pur
chase, as a result of the tariff scheme, which
when he sold his wool seemed so profltai le,
an Increase in price more than sufficient to
sweep awny oil the tariff profit ho received
upon the wool he produced and sold.
When the number of farmers engaged in
wool raising is comparod with nil tbe farm
ers in tbe country, and tho small proportion
they bear to our population is considered;
when it is made apparent that, In the case of
a large part of those who own sheep, the
benefit of the present tariff on wool Is Illu
sory; and, above all, when it must be con
ceded that tho increase of tbe cost of living
caused by such tariff becomes a burden upon
those with moderate means and the jioor,
the employed and unemployed, the sick and
well and the young and old, and thnt it con
stitutes a tax which, with relentless grasp,
is fastened upon tho clothing of every man,
woman and child In tbe land, reasons are
suggested why tbJ removal or reduction of
thls.duty should be Included In a revision of
our tariff laws.
INCREASED COST OF HOME MANUFACTURES.
In speaking of the increased cost to the
consumer of our home manufactures, result
ing from a duty laid upon imported articles
of the same description, tbe fact is not over
looked that competition among our domestic
producers sometimes has the effect of keep
ing tbe price of their products below the
highest limit allowed by such duty. But it
is notorious that this competition Is too often
strangled by comblnatlonsquita prevalent at
this time, and frequently called trusts, which
have for their object the regulation of tho
supply and price of commodities made and
sold by members of tbe combination. The
people can hardly hope for any considera
tion in the operation of these selfish schemes.
If, however, iu the absence of such combi
nation, a healthy and free competition re
duces the price of any particular dutiable
article of home production below the limit
which It might otherwise reach uuder our
tariff laws, and if, with such reduced price,
Its manufacture continues to thrive, it Is en
tirely evident that one thing has been dis
covered which should be carefully scruti
nized In an effort to reduce taxation.
Tho necessity of combination to maintain
tho price of any cbmmodlty to the tariff
point furnlshi s proof that some one Is will
ing to accept lower prices for such commo
dity and that such prices are remunerative,
uu imvor prices produced uy competlti
pi utd mu same luing. inus wnere either
rot
"BM wuniHum mut a case would Beem to
be presented for an easy reduction of taxa
tion. The considerations which have boen pre
sented touching our tariff laws are intended
only to enforce an earnest recommendation
that tbe surplua revenues ot tbe government
be prevented by tlio reduction of our cus
toms duties, and, at the same time, to cm
phailzo a suggestion that iu accomplishing
this purpose, we may discharge a double
duty to our people by granting to them a
measure of relief fiom tariff taxation iu
quarters where it is most needed and from
sources where it can bo most falMy and justly
accorded.
Nor can the presentation made of such
considerations be, with any degree of fair
ness, regarded as evldenoe of unfriendliness
tvnuiu vur luauuiaciuring interests, or
of
MW& w& .-wrv-Mauoa ui weir value
i and
THE COLUMBIAN. VOL. XXI Nn.s
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL LI, NO 81
Importance.
MANUFACTURERS UROED TO CO-OPERATE.
These Interests constitute a leading and
most substantial element of our national
greatness and furnish the proud proof of our
country's progress. But If In the emergency
that presses upon us our manufacturers aro
asked to surrender something for the publio
good and to avert disaster, their patriotism,
as well as a grateful recognition of advan
tages already afforded, should lead them to
willing co-operation. No demand is made
that they shall forego all the benefits of gov
ernmental regard, but they cannot fall to be
admonished of their duty, as well as their
enlightened self Interest and safety, when
they are remlndod of the fact that financial
panic and collapse, to which the present con
dition tends, afford no greater shelter or pro
tection to our manufacturers than to our
other important enterprises. Opportunity
for safe, careful and deliberate reform is
now offered; and none of us should be un
mindful ot a time when an abused and irrl-.
tatod people, heedless of thosj who have re
sisted timely and reasonable relief, may
insist upon a radical and sweeping rectifica
tion of their wrongs.
The difficulty nttendlng a wlso and fair
revision of our tariff laws Is not underesti
mated. It will require on tbe part of the
congress great labor and care, and especially
n broad and national contemplation of the
subject, and a patrlotla disregard of such
local and selfish claims as ore unreasonable
and reckless of .the welfare of the entire
country.
Under our proseut laws more than 4,000
artlclo9 are subject to duty. Many of these
do not in any way comioto with our own
manufactures, and many aro hardly north
attention as subject of revenue. A consid
erable reduction can bo made In the aggre
gate, by adding them to tho free list. Tbe
taxation of luxuries presents no feituros of
hardship; but the necessaries of life ued
and consumed by all the people, tho duty
upon which adds to the cost of living In
every home, should be greatly cheapened.
Tbe radical reduction ot the duties Imposed
upon raw material used In manufactures, or
its free importation, Is, of course, an im
portant factor in any effort to reduce the
price ef these necessaries; It would not only
relievo them from tho Increased cost caused
by the tariff on such material, but the man
ufactured product being thus cheapened,
tbat p irt of the tariff now laid upon such
produot, as a compensation to our manufac
turers for the present price of raw material,
could be accordingly modified. Such re
duction, or free Importation, would serve
beside to largely reduce the revenue. It Is
not apparent how such a change can have
any injurious effect upon our manufac
turers. On the contrary, it would appear to
give them abetter chance in foreign markets
with the manufacturers of other countries,
who cheapen their wares by free material.
Thus our people might have tho opportunity
ot extending their sales beyond the limits ot
home consumption saving them from the
depression, interruption in business, and lost
caused by a glutted domestlo market, and
affording their employes more certain and
steady labor, with its resulting quiet and
contentment
PATRIOTIC DUTT INVOLVED.
The question thus imperatively presented
for solution should be approached in a spirit
higher than partisanship and consifrrcd in
the light of that regard for patriotic duty
which should characterize the action of those
intrusted with the weal of a confiding peo
ple. But tbe obligation to doclared party
policy and principle is not wanting to urge
prompt nnd effective action. Brtn of the
great political parties now represented In tbe
government have, by repeated and authori
tative declarations, condemned the condition
of eur laws which permit the collection from
tho people of unnecessary revenue, and have,
In the most solemn manner, promised its cor
rection, and neither as citizens nor partisans
are our countrymen in a mood to coudone
the deliberate violation of these pledges.
NO QUESTION OF THEORIES.
Our progress toward a wise conclusion will
not be Improved by dwelling upon the
theories of protection and free trade. This
savors too much of bandying epithets. It is
a condition which confronts us not a thoory.
Relief from this condition may involve a
light reduction of the advantages which we
award our home productions, but the entire
withdrawal of such advantages should not
be contemplated. Tbe question of free trade
is absolutely irrelevant; and the persistent
claim made in certain quarters, that all
tfforls to relieve the people from unjust and
unnecessary taxation aro schemes of so called
free traders, Is mischievous and far removod
from any consideration for the public good.
The simple and plain duty which we owe
the people is to reduce taxation to the necee
wry expenses of an economical oparation of
tbo govern mont and to restore to the busi
ness of the country the money which we
hold In tbe treasury through tho perversion
of governmental powers. These things can
and should bo done with safety to all our
industries, without danger to the opportu
nity for remunerative labor which our
worklngmen need, and with bo eflt to them
aiid all our people, by cheapening their m'ans
of subsistence and increasing the measure of
their comforts.
ALL OTHER QUESTIONS LAID ASIDE.
The constitution provides that the presl
dent "shall, from time to time, give to the
COnirreSS infnrmntlnn nf tl.a .L-
w. .uo " id vi tut.
Union." It has been tho custom of the ex-
teuwve, in compliance with this provision,
to annually exhibit to tho congress, at tbe
opening of Its session, tbe general condition
of the country, and to detail, with some par
ticularity, the operations of tho different ex
scutive departments. It would be esjieciiilly
Igreeable to follow this courso nt tho present
time, and to eall attention to tbe valuable
iccomplishments of those departments dur
Inir Mi lust, flu.nl va-- n... t
-n -.-. J--".. UUh X Ulll IU U1UCU
Impressed with tho paramount importance
v. .u. .uujwi io wuicn wis communication
has thus far been HAvnt.m1 that T ai.-ll rn
the addition of any other topio, and only
n ui,. juui iiuuieuiaie cousnieratton the
"state of the Union" as shown in the present
condition nf fltlp tM.tiin -...1 l
- " -. j auu uur Keuerat
iscal situation, upon which every element
BaiBij, uu prosperity uepenus.
The reports of the heads of departments,
which will be submitted, contain full and
ixplicit information touching the transaction
f the businesi Intrusted to them, and such
recommendations mUtinr. tn uni.(ni i-
n .i fa in,, in vii in
the public Interest as they deem advisable.
" " muse reporu anu recommendations
the deliberate examination and action of the
legislative branch of the government,
Tliere are other subjects not embraced In
the departmental reports demanding leglsla
live consideration and which I should be
rlad to BubmiL Rnm nf lh.M I
liave been earnestly presented In previous
un, i hi kj mem i ueg leave to re
peat prior recommendations.
As the law makes no provision for any re
port from the department of state, a brief
bistory of the transactions of that important
lenartment. fciwnilinn a,ln. .i
- . i , . o . i.i. uiuu mutters
which It may hereafter ba deemed essential
uuiuuwuu to too attention of congress,
may furnish the occasion for a future com
munlcatlon. O rover Cleveland.
Washington, Dec. 0, 1837,
OXTAIIIO TUOUIILKS.
ny Failures Reported ami a Financial
I'unio 1 eared.
Toronto. Dec ATi,cn i. i.n
tlon of a financial panlo throughout Ontario
oon. The suspension of the Oenti al bank
has boen followed by a general decline Iu
Itocks. Federal bank stock within ten days
has declined from over 100 to 76, an I there
has been a marked decreasj iu all lank
itocks. There Is a great stringency in money.
anil th nnttnnlji I. frf. V .
" - trviu reassuring.
Two large wholesale dry goods firms in
London. Out., havn fallal i.i.i .. .
last few days, John Lalng & Co., with $190.
000 liabilities and little or uo assets, and
John Green & Co., with $150,000 liabilities,
issts about one-third. In Toronto J, W.
Oale & Co., large wholesale dry goods, sus
pended payment, with $104,000 liabilities.
nnn.lii.il n.a.i.u .1 . .i.k, .u. - . '
.wum.iH.uHauuiit t m each case
ISnellsh and nontlnftntnl dm,, ...... , t,
Involved. Other firms are bar i pressed by
oanks, and the collapse of some is not un
rxpected. It is also feared that one or two
tf tbe smaller banks will succumb unless a
tnauge lor tne better speedily takes place.
Kt ward if, Allen and Howard M. Uolden,
millionaires of Kausas City, bare brought
suit to recover 50,000 from the Colorado
Central Consolidated Ukxlug oompany. The
secretary of the. cosnpaay tlaoottdUtd with
lb money,
NOMINATIONS SUNT TO tHK finN
ATM 11V Till" l'llKSIDKNT.
Lamar, of Mls.laslppl, AMoclnlo dnitlce
of the Hnpremn Cnnrf, Itnn Dickin
son 1'o.tinmte r General, Vilas Sec
retary of the Interior.
Washington, Dec 0. Theso nominations
have been sent to tho senate by the presl
dentt
Lucius Q. A. Limar, of Mississippi, to be
associate Justice of tbe supremo court of tho
United States.
William F. Vilas, ot Wisconsin, to be
secretary of the interior.
Don M. Dickinson, ot Michigan, to be
postmaster general.
Den Charles 8. Falrchild, of New York, to
be secretary of the treasury.
Oeorgo h. Hives, of Now York, to bo as
sistant secretary of state.
Isaao It Maynard, of New York, to bo
assistant secretary of the treasury,
Slgourney Butler, of Massachusetts, to be
second comptroller of tho treasury,
James W. Hyatt, of Connecticut, to bo
United States treasurer.
Frederick Illley, tho Young llarbarlnn.)
Jerset City, Dec (1. Frederick Riley,
aged 10, is an Inmate of tbe Home of the
Sisters of the Peace, In which are living over
a hundred children. Illley Is a very vloloui
boy and the other Inmates nro afraid of him
and avoided blm as much as possible. Riley
found little Tommy Jones, 3 years old, play
ing In the kitchen nlone. Rlloy caught tbo
little fellow, gagged him with a handker
chief, and then after removing his clothing
hold him down on the top of a red hot stove.
Jones succeeded in getting the handkerchief
from bis mouth, and his cries brought Sister
Evangeline to his assistance, but not until
be was terribly burned, and It Is thought ha
will die. Riley was turned over to the police.
His father is doad, nnd his mother being
unable to control him, had put hlra In charge
of tbe institution.
Two Hundred and Thlrtr Quit Work.
Pittsburg, Pn., Dec 0. Two hundred
and thirty men and boys quit work at King's
flint glass factory Tuesday. About noon a
committee of the workmen waited upon
Manager Charles Zlmmor and asked him:
"Does this Arm intend to nbldo by the agree
ment entered Into with tho workmen to give
thirty days' notlco of any contemplated shut
down or strike!" To this Mr. Zlmmer re
plied that he w as not prepared to answer.
The next question was: "Will this factory
shut down on Jan. 2P No answer was re
ceived to this or tho question, "Is this list
finnir The men and boys quietly dlspersod,
going to their respective homes. It is
thought that this is tho lieginuing of a strike
that will affect 4,000 or 5,000 men.
Chinese Hjporrltes I 'mi nil Out.
Indianapolis. Dec. 0. Tho police raided
a Chinese laundry and ariested eight of tho
"Johns," who were ongnged p'oylng Borne
kind of a game of chance. All of the men
nrrestod belong to a Sunday school class In
tho Second Presbyterian church and aro
regular attendants. Hop Ling, who lives at
Oreensburg.but comes hero everySaturday to
have tho advantage of Sunday school teach
ing, was ono of the parties arrested, and
when searched a huge revolver was found
upon him. Tho arrests have creited some
thing of a sensation among tho goal ladles
of the church who havo taken so much inter
est in them.
Shot Ills Wife nnd Tried Sulelile.
Minneapolis, Dec C James Funk shot
bis wife and attempted to commit suicide at
tho lyognn house, In Wilmaro, Minn. Funk
is a railroad brakemnu nnd has been leading
a dissipated life. Tho landlord had just left
the room when two shots wore fired. Run
ning back be found Mrs. Funk dying with a
bullet through her heart and ber busbar d
severely but not fatally wounded. Funk
handed bis revolver to the landlord, askiug
him to finish the job.
A Wholesale Murderer on Trial.
Macon, Oa., Dec 0. Thomas O. Wool
folk was arraigned for tbo murder of his
father, stepmother, five brothers and sisters
and an aged aunt. Counsel for defense
asked for continuanco on account of absenco
of witnesses, which request was refused by
JudgeOustin, When court adjourned seven
jurors wore In the box. It Is thought tbe
trial will occupy about a week's time and
that conviction will result on the first indict
ment. Warrants Against Indians.
Pierre, D. T., Dec 0. Warrants were Is
sued by United Stntos Commitsloner Coy for
the arrest of Standing Boy and twenty other
Indians, charging them with assault iu hav
ing pulled guns on settlers who had bought
wood from them. The wood was on the
Winnebago reservation, and after tho whites
bad paid f6r it tbe Indians wou d not allow
them to take it away. Much Interest is felt
In the outcome of the trial
The Stevens Petition.
New York, Deo. 0. Hearing was begun
before Surrogate Rollins on the petition of
Mrs. Faran Stevens for the removal of the
executors of her husband's estate, Messrs.
Melcher, Stevens nnd Richardson. Mrs.
Btevens' daughter, Lady Paget, joius lu ber
mother's petition nnd was present with her
in court. General mismanagement of the
estate is alleged against the executors by tbe
petitioners.
1'recautlons Agnln.t Dynamiters.
New York, Dec 0. A rule was adopted
at the piers of the several steamship com
panies in this city by which all jiersons, ex
cept those having passes from the comjianles,
are denied udmisslon to tho piers. The offi
cers of the companios refuse to say anything
about the rule, but it is said to have boon
adopted as a means of protection aguinst
dynamiters.
Two Children Ilurned to Death.
Brainerd, .Miun., Dec tt Tne resi
dence of a family named Roberts, at Wright's
station, was burned. Two chiUien agod 8
and 10 were burnod to death. Tho father
was so badly burned that he may not recover.
The mother was compelled to Jump from an
upstairs window with a babe in ber arms.
Died ISO Yean. Old.
Reading, Pa., Dec. 0. Robert Springer,
colored, of Caruarvon township, Berks
county, Is dead. He was said to be 120
years old. He was born In the south and
escaped from slavery eighty years ago, bid
ing in the forest near Churchtowu,
Major Bulllruu Ilciiioved.
Dublin, Dec. a Mayor Sullivan has
been removed from tbe Dublin jail to Tulla
more prison. This was dono in order to
prevent the holding of the dally levees which
have greatly lessened tbe hardship of Mr.
Sullivan's Imprisonment.
Death of Mother Mury Chirk.
Dubuque, la., Dec. C.-Mother Mary
trances Clark, superior general of tho order
of Bisters of Charity of Americu, died Bun.
lay ut tbe mother houso in Table Mound
township, Dubuque county, about twelvo
miles from this city She founded tbe order
3f Bisters of Charity In thfs country, estab
lishing tho first mother home in Philadelphia
In 1833. During the Know Nothing riots In
18111 her convent was destroyed, and, in com
pany with four oilier sisters, she established
tho mother bouso ut this city. The day prior
her death Pope Loo XIII sent her by cable
I special blessing and plenary indulgence
Dr. I'urker liidlgnnut.
New York, Dec. 0.U is claimed on Dr.
Parker's behalf that his departure from Ply
mouth church Sunday before the benedic
tion was on account of suddou illnes-s. Dr
Parker sent to Assistant Pastor Halllday, of
Plymouth church, $100 to reimburse the
church for payiiig his hotel bill while In
Brooklyn. In a uote accompanying tho
chock be said be hoped thus to put an end to
Iho Insults heaped upon him.
Illlll'l- MKNTION.
A mob of fifty armed men undertook to
wipe out the town of Gypsum, Kan., and
Ave mon were killed in the resulting affray.
The supreme court decides that a state has
k right to tax out of existence or confiscate a
business If it is deemed to bo productive of
poverty, and that no compensation cau be
-luimed, thus upholding tbe prohibition laws
)f Kansas.
An old Maine farmer was attacked by
burglars, who knocked him senseless and
stole $32,000 from bis trunk.
The evidence in the trial of E. L. Harper
vice president of the Fidelity National bank
showed the large overdrafts which bellied
11- 11,11 IKlllfc.
The sister of Mm. Graqo Harrliiglon tells
a remarkable sU ry of that lady's wauderiujs
sud strange return to her rtl dives.
Art-cunt letter from r.vld nt Cleveland"
to his former lu tner, Mr. llitioll, settles the
question of bis cltlxenshlp, Uu has re
nounced finally his claim to vctlng iu Buf
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