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- APRIL 30. ltf.rT.
Fkost has damaged but not destroyed
tlip Delaware peac'i crop.
Two culprits wore successfully electro
cuted at Columbus, ( , last week, being
tiie first cases under the new law in tht
-t ite.
It is estimated that (treeks in Ameri
ca have forwarded $.",OO0, to their home
government to aid it iu the war with
Turkey.
A r.ii.i. has leen presented in the sen
ate to ! nsion Margaret 15. Meade and
Henrietta Meade, daughters of the late
(ien. lieo. Meade, at the rate of tlOO
pr mouth each.
The It.iltimore Sun calls attention to
the. fact "that if the last Republican
cunirrctvs had made no larger appropria
tions than the preceeding Democratic
i-i mgres there would have been a sur
plus of ?-2.tHK,000 instead 6f a deficit of
i-J.,tHN,Hm in the last fiscal year.
Ji'ST tiefore the presidential election,
; -o. A. Crouse, of Warren, Pa., posted
this notice on the doors of his estab
lishment: "This factory will be closed
if IJryan is elected." Bryan wasn't
elected, but the factory has been close!,
nevertheless. The sheriff did the busi
ness. Statk Senator W. J. leboe, the Re
publican caucus nominee, was elected
I 'nited States senator af Frankfort, Ken
tucky, on Wednesday to succeed Black
burn for six years from March 4, 1S97.
The vote in the joint convention of the
legi.-Iature was Ieboe, Republican, 71;
Blackburn, Silver Democrat, 50; Martin,
(u Id Democrat, 12; Stme, emocrat, 1.
The congest has lasted through two leg
islative sessions, has cost the state $100,
t Mtn and 112 ballots have been taken.
Rlarkhurn had in the final ballot the
same numtier of votes that have been
his all through this session, but the
bolting Republicans, who refused to vote
f.r Dr. Hunter and cast their ballots for
St. John Boyle, came over to Deboe.
lie was also reinforced by the votes of
Norman and Baird, gold Democrats,
but he would have been elected without
their aid, as r,S was a majority of the
convention.
A iter all, says the Philadelphia
l: (.., it would appear that in the mat
ter of tariff thp house of representatives
must accept what the senate shall agree
upon and the senate will be obliged to fix
the schedules to suit a few woolly mind
ed and silver-mouthod gentlemen who
Seak for states in which there are
more grizzlies than voters, The Demo
cratic majority were similarly held up
in 1'.' by "the senators from llave
meyrr." The more moderate Protec
tionists in the Republican paity have
leen clinging to the hope that the Ding
ley bill would be toned down ami hu
manized in its progress through the sen
ate. Iktuhtless this would be the case if
such senators as AKIrich and Allison
could have their way. But there are
votes to buy iu order to secure the ne
cessary majority, ami the bill, when it
shall pass, will reflect the terms of pur
chase. This is the disgraceful and un
fortunate situation.
Oi-KN rebellion is only kept in check
by the refusal of the sieaker to name
the committees, as Republican members
have a well-grounded appreheusion that
should they practically censure the
sjeuker by demandine that the house
should proceed to the transaction of bus
iness, they would be severely punished
wheu the committee assignments are
announced. This is the condition of
affairs in the house of representatives as
tlescriU-d by Major Carson, the corre
al ontleut of the Philadelphia IaxI)t, and
at one time clerk of the ways and means
committee. "It is fear that holds the
majority in check," he adds, and further
sas: "Many Republicans are
thoroughly disgusted with being treated,
as they term it, like schoolboys, re
tained in Washington away trom their
homes and business for no purpose what
ever except to make a quorum, prevent
e 1 from engaging in legislation demand
ed by their constituencies and of inter
est to the government."
The Harrisburg I'utriot last Thursday
sn s: There has been no such meeting
of the State Democratic committee in
recent years as that of yesterday.
Scarcely a county was unrepresented,
few substitutions were made and the pro
ceedings throughout were both enthusi
astic and harmonious. Many party
leaders of prominence looked on the
proceedings with interest and each raem
1T of the committee seemed in happy
touch with his fellow member and all
with the chairman.
On every side it was plain that the
Democratic party in the state has re
sumed its old gait and its former free
dom of action. It was made conspicu
ously plain yesterday that the bosses
have gone. There were no whisperings
in closets, no secret chambers used, no
masks necessary. Everything was
open, courageous, wholesome. There
was a breezy air everywhere. The faces
of the old men were kindled with hope,
the countenance of the young lighted
with enthusiasm and plucky purpose.
To Chairman Carman much is due
for this healthy change. He has given
to every one a free hand. He has
sought in every instance to be fair and
always to be helpful. He has helped to
drive the bosses out of control and has
thrown away their whips and scourge!.
The party is in admirable shape gen
erally in the state, the organization is
compact and earnest, there are few fac
tional quarrels and local bickerings no
longer constitute the chief occupation of
party workers. The Republicans may
pel be alarmed. ,
i -wr General William L.
Wils. ditcd with the authorship
m' the t;iriii bill now iu force. His
hands were tied so that he could not
make the bill nearly us jjood as lie de
sired to make it, and the bill as finally
passed was not nearly as good as when
it first passed the honse. It was, how
ever, a ftreat improvement upon the Mo
Kinky bill and is a model as compared
with the Dingley monstrosity. We
quote the following from Mr. Wilson's
criticism of the McKiuley and Dingley
bills in a recent number of the New
York Herald:
These bills are so nearly identical in
general structure and particular items,
excepting as to tho sugar schedule, that
it may bo well to consider the effect of
tho first bill en the revenue of the coun
try. Both bills are vast and voluminous
schemes of class taxation, the production
of public revenue being- an incident and
entirely subordinate . to the purpose of
taxing all the American people for the
benefit of a small part of the people.
The protectionist has but one remedy,
which be applies whether the revenue
be redundant or deficient. If times are
prosperous and more money than is
needed pours into tho treasury, he in
creases taxes by a scheme that turns
the larpor part cf their avails into pri
vate pockets, and thi9 reduces public
revenue. If times are depressed aud less
money than is needed pours into the
treasury, be seizes the pretext of in
creasing public revenues by adding
enormously to the amount of private ex
action. The act of 1S90, whatever its other
effects, did reduce revenue. From a
large surplus it swept us headlong to a
deficiency, although it weighted the
people with heavier taxes and although
another law, passed iu July, 1890,
turned into the treasury a9 a part of the
general assets to be used for paying ex
penditures a trust fund of more than
54,000,000 which belonged to the na
tional banks and had always been held
for the redemption of their notes.
Even before the Harrison administra
tion ended we should have been con
fronted with a large deficiency but for
the use of this trust fund and the fur
ther fact that Secretary Fester, by a
change of bookkeeping, added to the
treasury balance 20,000,000 of token
and subsidiary coin not before treated
as a treasury asset. With these extraor
dinary additions, even, we v. ouud up the
fiscal year June 30, lb93, with a sur
plus of only $2,341,674 as against a
surplus for the fiscal year June 30,
1SU0, of over $So,C00,000 before the
abovo trust fund and subsidiary coin
were touched. And during the fiscal
year ended Juno 30, 1894, through all
of which the McKiuley bill was iu force,
expenditures exceeded the revenues to
the amount of $09,803,260, notwith
standing the fact that the expenditures
of the government were $15,952,674
less than in the preceding year.
This statement shows how absurd and
groundless is the claim constantly made
by the protectionists that recent deficits
in revenue aro due to the substitution
of the existing tariff for the McKiuley
bill. Nothing is more certain than that
if the bill had been in force during the
last three years the annual deficit would
have been immensely swollen, while the
peoplo in a season of depression and
hard times would have staggered under
much heavier burdens of taxation. Even
in this disastrous period, customs duties
under tho existing law have increased
from less than $132,000,000 in 1894,
the last year of the McKiuley bill, to
even $152,000,000 iu 1&95 and to over
160,000,000 in 1896.
In the sugar schedule alono the bal
ance in favor of the existing law is
about $55,000,000. The customs reve
nue reached nearly $40,000,000, scarce
ly any of which would have been re
ceivable under tho McKinley bill.
That the Dingley bill, present condi
tions considered, is the most ultra pro
tective tariff ever proposed to bo enact
ed in this country plainly appears from
Chairman Dinghy's statement that if
levied on the imiortatious of the last
fiscal year it would have iucreased the
revenue $112,000,000 that is to say, it
would have gathered from au importa
tion of $775,724,264 of imported mer
chandise the enormous sum of $272,
000,000. which is nearly $50,000,000
more than any customs revenue ever
collected in one year in this country in
the past. And to say that its rates will
probably check dutiable imports to the
extent of reducing the estimate to $70,-
000,000 is only another way of saying
that to that extent such rates are pro
hibitory.
American consumers are shut in the
borne market to bo preyed upon by com
binations and trusts without possibili
ty of relief from outside competition.
Such combinations, by joining to keep
up prices and to curtail production,
wage more merciless war against the
employment, the opportunities and the
compensation of American labor than
any possible competition from abroad
could da
The falling off of importations under
the present law dispels the illusion
that the American laborer is anywhere
deprived of employment by the impor
tat ion of foreign products. The gratify
ing increase in our exports of manufac
tures is equally strong proof that those
laws are helpiug us to enter and com
tuand new markets, which means not
only larger employment for our arti
sans, but more home consumers for our
farmers.
The following is a part of ex-Con
gressman John De Witt Warner's criti
cism of the Dingley bill:
"As it stands the most brilliant part
ol the pending performance consists in
eating the words of the same actors in
the Fifty-first congress. The McKinley
bill of that date was virtually entitled
a bill to reduce revenues. The Dingley
bill is specially commended as a revenue
getter. The McKinley bill pointed with
pride to the poor man's free breakfast
table. The Dingley bill puts upon sugar
a single item of the breakfast table
one-third of the total amount of the
tariff tax proposed. The items which
are supposed to help the farmer are good
examples of so setting your trap as to
'cotch 'em a-cumin and a-gwine,' For
Instance, we have reciprocity in order
to give the farmers a market abroad for
what it is assumed they cannot produce
for home consumption unless they are
highly protected, as is done by another
section of the bill."
Every advance toward a free ex
change of commodities is an advance in
civilization. Every obstruction to a free
exchange is born of the same narrow,
destictic spirit which planted castles up
on the Rhine to plunder peaceful com
merce. Every obstruction to commerce
is a tax upon consumption. Every facil
ity to a free exchange cheapens commod
ities, increases trade and population
and promotes civilization. John Sher
man in 1868.
If congress can advance the price of
bides 2 cents a pound in this country,
the people will pay Several millions a
year more than they do now for their
boots and shoes, and the money will go
into the pockets of the Bwcf trust
Hartford Times.
In the new tariff bill spunk is on the
free list. We have our opinion of a man
who is compelled to use imported
"jpnnk. " Philadelphia CalL
Floods in Iowa,
OitumwA, Iowa, April 26 The De-moioe-s
river, which last midnight was
stationary at the high water mark estalc
lished by "the great llood of 1802. sud
denly began t climb and by S o'clock
this moruiog had added fifteen iuches
to the record. The levees broke in
many places, railroad embaukments
were undermined aud hundreds of fam
ilies were compelled to move, large
numbers making their escape in boats.
At Eldiville, IS miles north of this city,
150 families vacated their domicile and
the principal streets are being navigated
in row boats. At South Ottumwa, the
river flows parallel with Main street. It
broke across this street early this morn
ing and poured down business and resi
dence streets, causing a panic and
scramble for higher ground. Five
thousand people reside in this suburb.
Several hundred deserted their resi
dences and removed their goods.
An Extraordinary Hun.
We are convinced that the run made
over the Chicago. Buniugtou V Quincy
from Chicago to Denver deserves to be
considered the most extraordinary run
ever made, says the xnwmiv Kiigimtr.
The distance from Chicago to lenver,
1025 miles, was covered in exactly 106'.
minutes actual running time. This was
only a small fraction less than one mile
a minute for the longest continuous run
ever made by any railroad company. A
noti-be thing about the run was that
no fecial preparation whatever was
made for the trip. The various engines
that pulled the tjaiu were selected as
those most convenient, aud the crews
were those that were accustomed to the
engines. There were no delays from
hot-loxes or any other cause, and it
looks as if trains could le itin daily
over that long distant e, and make the
time of that special train.
Lived With a Broken Neck.
rhoenixville, Pa., April 22. T-ewis
R. Jarrett. of Perkiomen junction, who
had his neck broken by a fall from a
ladder while picking apples, died last
evening, aged 45 years Jarrett lived
seven mouths with a broken neck.
The most eminent surgeons and physi
cians of Philadelphia examined the case,
and it was at one time thought that his
life might he saved. But about two
weeks ago he began to grow worse, and
death ended his sufferings. A post
mortem examination last night showed
that the vetebne was entirely broken.
rrom his neck down he was completely
paralyzed for seven months, although
he could talk intelligently.
Burglars Used a Wagon.
Butler, Pa., April 24. Burglars last
night looted the general B'ore of Ramsey
Bros., at Potersville, stealing altout
$1,000 worth of goods. A team aud
wagon was taken by the robbers and
the goods packed in grain 6acks, loaded
on the wagon and carried away. The
wagon was so heavily loaded that arti
cles dropped out along the road, leaving
traces that were followed to Prospect,
midway between But'er and Portersville.
Officers are scouring the country, and it
is thought the rascals cannot escape
with their load. This is likely the same
gang that has leeu operating in J.aw
rence county.
Colored Citizens Kvacuale.
Ardmore, I. T., April 20 As a re
sult of the warning given to all the ne
groes in the town of Davis last week by
a mob of masked white meu, not a col
ored man remains iu the place. The
federal grand jury, which was called to
gether by Judge Kilgore to iuvestigat
the outrages, examined a small army of
witnesses, but reported that it had beeu
impossible to identify any of the raid
ers. When it Ixt-ame known that no
indictment had been returned the color
ed people hastily quit the town. The
murder of a white man by a negro was
the preliminary cause of the trouble at
Davis.
A Fathers Awful Crime.
I New Yoik, April 26 Isidore Weber
shot his 4-year-old daughter, Josie, to
day, killing her, aud then killed him
self with the same weapon, falling dead
leside his child. Weber was a hard
drinker. He came from Tennessee and
six years ago he married Lena Huobner
in Baltimore. He used his wife ill and
and she was obliged to turn him out of
doors. To-day he returned, and finding
Josie aliout to start for school, offered to
accompany her there. Her grandmoth
er consented. As they left the house
Weler drew his pistol and committed
the murder and suicide.
Seriou Accident at a Launching.
Chicago, April 26 An accident mar
red the launching of the new steel steam
er Minneapolis at South Chicago Satur
day. As the boat slipped into the wat
er it caused a large wave to overllow the
shore, where a large crowd was standing
to look at the launch. A panic ensued,
the people making frantic efforts to es
cape a drenching. A number were bad
ly bruised, the most seriously injured
being Robert Gregory, Miss Et'hell Mar
tin and Charles Purles. Gregory's leg
was broken, and he received other in
which may result fatally.
Wasted Money in Court.
Butler, Pa., April 20 The case of
Nicholas and Francis Reott against
Christian Michaels, a dispute over a
boundary line between farms in Sum
mit township, which had been on trial
since Thursday, resulted in a verdict for
the plaintiffs this afternoon, with $5
damages for Nicholas and $15 for Fran
cis Reott. The land is less than one
acre and not woilh over $20. The ex
penses to each side so far have been
about $i'.00, and a total of $1,500 to se t
tle a petty case and satisfy the contes
tants. Ten Years lor Forty Turkeys.
Lancaster, Pa., April 26 Harry
Freybarger. a notorious Welsh moun
tain chief, was sentenced to ten years in
the Eastern penitentiary for stealing 40
turkeys one night last summer. For
several months after this wholesale theft
Freybarger was a fugitive from justice,
and was captured in Delaware. His
brother, who was implicated in the same
crime, was given three years, it being
his first offense. Another brother,
George, is to be tried later.
Hundreds of Houses Burned.
Pittsburg, April 22. The 350 frame
houses built by the Carnegie firm with
in the mill enclosure of the mill at
Homestead are in dames. A I read v oo
of these houses have been burned to the
ground and the other 150 cannot
saved. IT) ese bouses were built during
the great Homestead strike in 1892 for
protection of their workmen against the
strikes. The loss will be flO.000 and
about 200 peoole will tie homelete Th
cause of the liie is iot known, as yet.
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The gentlemen engaged iu attempting to
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tilings nave zeal, win, orains, auuacuy
in fact, everything but the one thine
necessary to succeed: votes euough to
outvote Reed'ssuppoiters. There is lots
of talk about a large numlier of Repub
licans teing readv to join the revolt, but
if brought to an issue it will le found
that the "large number" will be about
a dozen or possibly as many as twenty
at the Olltsillf" Thw lioino lha pau if
strikes me that these gentleman are, with
the lest intentions, wasting time that
might be put to a better use than raising
ex notations that cannot lie realized
among those who are not fully acqtiaint
with the situation in the house. That
there are enough Republicans in the
house who are at heart oppoml to Mr
lbed's policy and methods to make a
majority of the house when combined
with the Democrats and populists is
probably- true, but thev nil
committee assignments they can get and
are not going to vote against the man
who makes these assigumeuts; they also
want favors from the administration.
aud they know that Mr. McKinlev is
in favor of the Reed not
KeDubliraiia to iuhL-p u muini-ifv n,.
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house will support Reed, regardless of
what they think.
"Billy" Mason, of . tbid n.elr
tablished his record in the senate as a
"kicker," by making a speech in favor
of his resolution for a cloture rule, in
which he ridiculed the methods of that
august lody and charged its memtiers
with caring more for individual power
than for the public welfare. Referring
to the failure to act on the Morgan Cu
ban resolution he said that it was im
possible to tear down tha golden god of
the senate rules in order to act, and
closed by saying. I would not scuttle
the old ship, but I would like to put her
in dry dock long enough to have her
ImiUoiii scraped."
While no gold Democrat has leen ap
pointed to a prominent place by Mr
McKinley, he is indirectly showing his
gratitude to the gold Democrats by al
lowing a number of them to remain in
very desirable offices. Mr. Conrad N.
Jordan, Assistant Tr asurer of the U S ,
at New York, is a conspicuous example,
although Seuaior Piatt and the entire
New York machine made a hot fight for
his place for Ellis II. Rolrts. a Piatt
Republican. Mr. Jordan was in Wash
ington this week to renew his $100,(HR
bond that expired at midnight on the
22nd inst. His renewal of the bond
makes it certain that he has been as
gured of his retention in office for an in
definite period, as a reward for being a
gold Democrat. And the same policy is
being pursued towards Claude M. John
son, of Ky., chief of the bureau of En
graving and printing; ex-Representative
Formau, of Ills., commissioner of inter
ternal revenue, and others who fill
places of less importance.
The professional ollice holders those
who have leen in ollice before have se
cured about nine-tenths of the pie dis
tributed up to date by Dr. McKinley,
which seems to show that experience is
as necessary in ollice seeking as in any
other business; but that doesn't lessen
the disappointment of the ine.xjerieiiced
reachers after official pie.
Senator Morgan has given notice that
he would insist Uon a vote next week
upon his resolution for the recognition
of the lelligerency of the Cubans. The
resolution can command a majority in
the senate all right, but there it will
stop, unless Czar Rend sees fit to allow
the house to do some I
session outside of the tariff bill and the
leu over appropriation bills.
The adverse decision by the 1'. S.
Supreme court in the case of Chapman
the N. Y. broker w ho refused to answer
questions in the senate sugar scandal
investigation, leaves Chapman with only
one hope of escaping the thirty-day jail
sentence imposed iion him when he
was found guilty of contempt in Wash
ington court. That is, in his ting par
doned by Mr. McKinley. Strong pres
sure is being brought upon Mr. McKin
ley, to issue a pardon to Chapman.
Democratic senators hv kun
fietl that if they would not force Senator
est s resolution, declaring the action
oi secretary Uray vu issuing orders for
me enforcement of the retroactive clause
of the tariff bill to be illegal, to a vote,
that clause would be either made satis
factory or dropped entirely before the
bill is reported to the senate. This con
fession that thp elxi in iiiincliAr. urn n
merely put in the bill to bluff importers
.a uoi surprising, it never had many
advocates in the senate. M.
Fx pid it ion for Cuba.
Philadelphia, April 2(1 A carefully
planned expedition left for Cuba last
night from Sea Isle City. N. J. The
supply of arms and ammunition left New
York on Saturday on lighters aud was
placed on a tug Between Barnegat and
Ixmg Branch. The tug came stead
ily down the coast and was soon joined
by another boat. Off Atlantic City
Borne Cubans and Americans were picked
up. Still further along a steam launch
put out from Sea Isle City with another
detachmhnt, and later on got another
squad fiom Avalon.
Getting out to sea all hands, with the
munitions of war, were transferred to a
black painted steamer that quickly
started south. There was none of the
recognized Cuban leaders with the expi
dition, because nearly all of them are
already out of the country. T.iere were,
however, some militiamen from this city
and from Camden.
In the way of munitions the expedi
tion took along a Hothkiss gun, nearly
5.000 lilies. 123,0H pounds of ammu
nition, 2,000 machetes, a lot of medi
cine and what is known as an experi
mental flying machine, to be adapted,
if possible, to the use of dynamite.
Si careful were all the movements
conducted that the point and the time
of departure were concealed from some
of those who have heretofore known all
similar details.
Tbe bemoilDK of the new year will bare a wel
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Will First Examine the Amend
ed Tariff Bill.
EXPERTS ARK TO BE EMPLOYED.
They Say the .MfMre fin Not r.o to
tlio Srtiatr l ull: 1 lirv I-Illicit 'I llrir
lupret itu l.ikrly So Urijuh e Sftcral
Vf LV 1 line.
Washinotov. April Tho P"mo
cratio members ot the srii.ite t,iiaiT"r
committee have follmve.t u( their r-;-fa-al
to allow toe tariil bill to be re
ported tiireet to the senate with the an
nouncement that lll-'V will expect to be
given ooport unity lor a thorough exam
ination of all the schedule ot the t ill
as am-mied be lore it i- it ported to I i.e.
senate.
They have already employed one ex
pert ami will employ otiiers to take up
the bill iu their ijehalf as soon as it is
presented to theui. They expect to b
able to expl t 11 t h ; but suUicieotly to
permit it to g to the senate lit aootit
two week time after they receive it.
There has 1 -en some talk ainontr thn
Democratic senators of Krantin hear
ings by tho full committee, buc this
proposition does not appear to have
met with general favor. The Demo
cratic members of the committee tear
that insistence upon this course would
be construed into a determination to
delay the lull for the sake of delay,
which they insist, is no part of their
program.
The decision of the Democratic mem
bers may have tile effect of casing a
postponement of the pi-e.-eiitat ion of
the lull lieyond tonu.no .v. Some of the
Republican committeemen now s ly
that they may not conclude their w.irK
before Monday morning, as tiie:e ar.
still various matters which art; not te
fi n it e ly decided and which it becomes
necessary to fix absolutely be lour yoiiiij
into the full committee. They ar-.- s ill
working with the hope of pres.-nnn;
the bill Thursday, but are less houetul
than formerly.
The Republicans think they discover
in the presen- attitude of their Demo
cratic colleagues a liso-iti n to oelay
the pasace of the bill, which they h id
not previously counted upon, and art
making their preparations tor a lon
siepe in the s-mate. as well a in com
mute' r Some of t hem express tne fear
that the bill will not become ;.i law be
fore Aug. J.
Itlainn Oppmril a Duty on Hideo.
The following letter from Secretary
of State James Ci. Blaine in 1I0 is
Fnpiosed to have had great weight with
tho ways and means committee:
Washington, April 10, 1S!.
Dear Mir. McKim.ky It is a tr. at mistake
to take hiiie from the free list, where tl.ey
have leen for so ninny years. It is a slap in
the face to the South Americans with whom
wo are tryinu to enlarge our tr:ule. It will
benefit the farmer ly uildiii 5 t S p-r eent 1o
the jirice of his children's s1hm-s. It w ill yielil
a profit to the butcher only, the last man that
nwtln it. The movement is injudicious from
bcKinnint; to end, in every form and phase.
Pray stop it lx'foriit w-s liitt. Stieh move
ments us this for protection w ill protect the
Republican party into u sptly retirement.
Yours hastily , Jami.xO. I'.i.ai.nk.
Hon. William McKinley, C'iuuruiali Wa s and
Means.
Where is tho Blaine this year who
can head off the v stcriicrs w ho want
their share f protection and foolishly
imagine that they can get it by a duty
on hides? It is jieifcctly consistent with
the protection system to tax bides, es
pecially as tho bulk of the tax would
probably x to a few monopoly hutch
era and ranchmen. Hut ohservo some of
the effects ujxm our industries:
The importations of untaxed hides
and skins last year were valued at i'JO,
216, 52S. Tho goatskins were valued at
f 10,303,30'.). The former were mostly
converted into stile leather, beltings
ami such like heavy material, for which
our native hides are not thick enough.
The goatskins are not produced iu this
country.
From this raw material wo not only
manufacture boots, shoes and leather
goods for our own people cheaper and
better than they aro umilu elsewhere in
the world, but wo exjKirted finished
products of tho value of $ 20, 242, TOO.
Without free and cheap raw material
this export trade would have been im
possible, and our own people, as Mr.
Blaine tointed out, would be compelled
to pay mure for their footwear. The
wages fiaid to our workers in leather
last year amounted to $ 25,542, 100.
Irot-ot inn the iw Woolgrowen.
Suppose the Dingley duties on wool
would give the woolgiowers all tho
protection claimed and that the price
of wool would actually go up the full
amount of the duty, which, of course,
is absurd. What would be tho effect up
on the country at large?
Mr. Kdward Atkinson, statistieiau,
estimates tho annual wool product at
$55,000,000 out of a total of $13,200,
000,000 pnxluced by all tho workers of
the country and tho ik tsoiis dependent
on the wool industry at 300,000 out of
a total population of 73,000,000. Tho
wool duty then means that out of every
240 persons 23'J are to be "held up" for
the benefit of the other one. This is u
sample of what protection does. Of
course more than 300,000 persons may
Bometimes raise a few sheep, but tho
interests of these others are more those
of the consumer than of the sheep raiser,
and they would hise more because of iu
creased cost of woolens than they would
gain by the increased price of wool.
The protective tariff system is a farce
when considered in connection with the
farmer or the workingmau. Will they
ever fully appreciate it?
Thurston Submit a Statement.
Wasmi.notov. April 2s. L
tt at eiiient of ..... ...i. , . .,
II...., "e tmiiKsthe
liawai an reciprocity treaty ou-ht not
whveir b?KSYrd br t!,e tariff b.ll. aml
why it should not. on its merits, be ab
rogated at all.
VWyler ll.irk In llarana.
Havana. April 2S. Captain Ceneral
W eyler has arrived here. The c.iptaui
general s visit is for the purjose of m.
patching mail to Spain and to bid fare
well to his son. FerJinatido Weyler
who is go.nsr home to study for a mili
tary career.
""""" (irrrk to j.,vr,
B isxov, April 2S.At a meeting here
o00 patriotic Hellenes declared tmir
liitention of leaving An,, rica ,o o ,
the i,rek army. Al :;.ooo v "
tiie war IOa tJ J lJ
Injured by , Train.
JFFFERSONTIM.K, Jm, , A .;,
Thomas Jones, w hile trying to N.anl a
moving freight train on the Big "our
STwm dWa anloneut.
Iliurston. ex-mini-ter from Htwaii
from that country, has subnutr d to
the finance committee of thrt va, , ..
He
Iiizht new we have the largest
anl t est collection of
Wash Goods
ever shown here, ami wc'ic put
ting such stress on choiceness of
goods, of colorings, of designs
for the prices as show that we're
determined to merit your order
and if we do that, as we will,
we'll get them.
Samples of eveiy kind ready
to send widths and prices plain
ly marked thereon and the
goods when seen, will proclaim
their own merits.
French Organdies here in won
drous array fine sheer goods,
25, 30 35c.
largest lot at the 30c. price.
French Organdie Kayes
striped Orgaudies the choice
fine wash fabric of the season
35c.
Kcsl American I It sramlies. in. I.1, l.V.
Finest I in .no ted llimilies. 1.".. vu. 2.V.
Other nejt coloied Itlliillies. tV1- lol'-'jC.
I.ihfll llt-llies.lll,s. lo. r.".. to
New Novelties in l.ea ti 1 1 1 n I coiori liif s jti.il
.le-ii;s. VOc. to tl.Vl.
SIK( IA1. offf.kim; OF
New Wash Goods, Sc.
white j roll litis i t h lie at colored liiMiros
ami f.ii.cy colored siipt-i etbi ts- pinks
ijrood ileep . ) 1 1 U willi white line stripes
f li v ti if n ri ii vl ti i ies i ii iiitiks tcl lilneS
na y t ine mound in fancy w liitepriiitinu
sijlciiilitl inexpensive vToixIs lur iiresses.
w aists a rappers ur children's wear, tiel
samples ami see what a money-saviu
chancetliis is.
Have w y our address fur the new cata
logue? You'll want want a copy.
BOGGS&BUHL,
Allegheny, Pa.
For l imr Prolrrllan. ('atarrah "I'urts"
or Iodic lor t'atarrati in li.ui.I form Iu tie takrD
nlrn illy. usually contain either Mercurjr or
toili'le ol I'otarKa. ur tx.tti, wMoli are Irjurluu U
too Ionic Uikon. I'atairrah i a loral. nut a feoM
dl. eaio. mu-e i oy a uhlen rhaave t CulJ or
laiu weal her. It Mart la tbe aaxat patuiaae,
atlerlinic eyewear at.il throat. t'oUl In the head
i-iuws exceptive How of mucus, and if re;eatedly
neglected . the results of eatarrah will lollow;
severe pain in the heal, a roarlnic sound In be
ear, bad I rea Jth. and ottentnnes an flenslTe
dirrharire. Tbe rem edy should he jul-lt to ally
in ttinnjatipn and heal the membrane. Kly'ri
t?r?am Halm 1 the aranowleifed cure lor there
roulleand contain ru mercury nor any In-
uriou drug, frice, ao rent.
nor 10 W ly.
OILS ! OILS!
The Atlantic Refining Co., of
Pittsburg, Pa., make a specialty
of manufacturing for the domes
tic trade the finest brands of
Illuminating and Lubricating Oils,
Naphtha and Gasoline
That ran be
WA FRQFal PETROLEUM.
We challenge comparison with
every known product of petrol
euui. If you wish the
Most : TJniformly : Satisfactory : Oils
in the market ask for ours.
ATLANTIC REFINING CO.,
I'lnSHI'KD 1 1 KPT..
PlTTSBCKtl, PA.
xtg suly.
Owens & Makin,
HtJ TCHBUS,
All kinds of the Best Meal
from selected stock kept at their
V -v mar -
iiaiiy Meat Market on Hih
Street, Ebensburg.
Give as a call.
sep4.ini
CREAM baimCATARRH
7 fnirklif
AVvjwvf '.rKMr.
Alltitn iin a.irf
I m at inn,
lira In the Sorrn.
fratrrta the
Mrmhrane from
-4 . it town tf'ff.
Itrntvrr the
S nf Tnxte
ami Smrll.
It Will Cure COLD " HEAD
.... Iv "i1!"""! iqiu cacu nop ire l anu it
aicreeahle. l"rice 50 -nt at liruKKlft orb mail
fcl.Y KKUTHtKS, M Warren Street, New York
A li. rl t . ..ii. i . . . . . .
Kteistam Fire Insurance Apcy
X1. AV. DICK,
General Insurance Aent.
KBExsitrna, va.
WRIBHrBMb
For all Bilious and Naavovs
Iiisbasbs. Tbey purify the
15 lood and give IIkalthv
action lo the entire system.
WW
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Cure DYSPEPSIA, HEADACHE,
CONSTIPATION and PIMPLES.
April la 79 if
hlittnu flntrn tri tlirt
U11TU1 UUIU IU IUU
TMKOi.iv ciin,!,F.!i im.w wm:kx
OlllclNATKU Til r (II I M,K! I'MT.N IXi.t I;v.
It is the Largest Plow Factory in the W,,.,
GENUINE OLIVER CHILLED PtOW
and Repairs Arc tbe Ec?l ca tlis Face of ifc eiolr.
?TTliv staml tirt xml fnr.-tin.-i f-r
war.-of imitation. Tin- n:inif V I.U
ft. 1 ' 1
tliii Imiriiw ami tin" iraf i no ur- llian
iiirh." ran Ih- wtnii nil the tef.li ! I u
l removed in a snMinl.
HI ..U H AI.ilX
II tliK-i AMI
lil ( I.Kv
The WEDDING CERKMOXY
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is ly far thf most inipotlant event of your life, lmt it is ;ri,,n i,v,-:
ami it wi 1 take something more substantial to rciuiu l ou ,,
ever after.
This is the WVd.ling Ring of which I have a r:oo.l t... k . n he
to select from as a first s-tep. After lhit y.ti t in . m. n v . .:
happiness of married life by adding from time to time ;n,i ?'v
King or any other ni e piece of Jewelry you m iy think of M.
stock is always complete in everything in that lin IV.'in a S h:
Thimble to a diamond King. You are invited to call an 1 v
my stock.
CAKL RlVffjVICS.
E3ENS3URG
Granilo and Marble Works.
J. WILKINSON & SON,
Manuf i. tiir.-t .f aiul l.-.t;t-i in
The Highest Grades of Cemetery Work
From the Best Marble and Granite produced. We
are prepared to execute any class of work in. ludin
the largest and most elaborate monumental memor
ials and our reputation earned by years ot careful
consideration of our customers' wants should entitle
us to your potronage. All correspondence will be
answered promptly and all work guaranteed a rep
resented. Particular ittention ?iven to the setting
of work. We are also agents for the famous Cham
pion Iron Fence for Cemetery, Public and Private
Buildings.
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will find the same reliable sroods that we have alwavs becu -t-'r-'
and at the lowest prices to be found in the city.
JOHN jNT'COjNTNE JL.
1300 Eleventh Avenue, Altoona, Pa.
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JOHN McCONNELL:S CLCIEIXGSTIF.?.
l.'.i 'i n i Mil A i: k
where yon will find the hr.-
fiuest and best seKvto! sttn-k
Men's, Hoys' and ( 'hiMrt-n's '.'!:':
ing. Hats, Caps and Gtn?" r ;
nishing Goods to be iVun 1 in
city.
(ambria County peopU
been dealinr with us in the
i iimr MiniiM;
1 hat fl.lrn. into the t.. tur . .-
ciuNiii. ticlll.fulne aLil fc.il ;
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ami nut hi ik i l?:t nrj.i.inr to ! ..).- t i u- ir'"-
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tt-rial am aorkuianshi. . f
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economy. a
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ot Wuvoii an.l l'arria' Work '-. '
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Formerly of Carrollton-
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