Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 18 December 1891 — Page 6

■ 11l II II II democrat DSCATUR, IND. jL JjEUSOWB*. - - - Fwbmbmb. OH, GOSH, LOOK HERE! A WHOLE STACK OF FRESH NEWS OF THE WORLD. The British Ship EnterKln Goes DownThirty Lost—Diamonds Recovered—The Fort Kilt AffiUr — Proposed Constitutional Amendments. THIRTY WERE LOST. The British Ship Entorkln Goes Down. London special: Thirty lives are reported lost by the foundering of the British ship Enterkin. She was bound from Hull for Brisbane, and was caught in the channel during the heavy storm. Notwithstanding the utmost efforts to save the vessel, she was driven on the sand near Ramagate and went to pieces. The only perspn known to De saved was an apprentice boy} The Enterkfiv .fras standing on an inshore tack andjthe wind blew so furiously that it to carry sail enough to prevent her from making leeway, and she was driven ashore almost broadside. Alter she had struck a part of the’crew succeeded in launching a boat and got clear of the ship. They headed shoreward, but were almost immediately thrown into the sea by the swamping of their boat by a high-roller, which broke over the stern and filled it. Every man who was in the boat was drowned almost in sight of his comrades on the wreck. Shortly afterward, the ship, which had been standing upon a comparatively even keel, was struck by a tremendously high sea, and she heeled over throwing every person aboard of her into the water. Only one of them, the apprentice boy, whose name is Lewis, succeeded in gaining the weather rigging, which oj, by the keeling over the vessel was just awash. Here the lad remained throughout the night, drenched and almost frozen. Next morning a fishing smack under very short sail, sighted the wreck and boie down to it. With much difficulty a boat was got alongside the Enterkin and Lewis was taken off. -Many of the thirty drowned seamen were foreigners. The Fort NUt Affair. London special: Dispatches received here from Calcutta say that there has been considerable fighting near Gilgal, ; on the Pamir frontier. The tribesmen have taken to the hills and all pursuit has been stopped fqr the present. There ’ has been no further loss of life among the British and the wounded are all doing well. Considerable activity is mani- I fested in certain government offices here, especially in the Indian offices, but it is anticipated that no further steps will be taken until the Martinis of Lansdownu, the Governor of India, has forwarded to England his report of the Fort Nilt incident Constltntlonul Amendments. When the Congress is in condition to proceed with business Representative Bryan, of Nebraska, will propose a constitutional amendment that will, if adopted, permit any State to elect its United State Senators by the vote of the people. Another measure it has in view, is intended to correct an evil that he says prevails to a great extent in the Northwest. He proposes to compel the sale of all property under United States Court processes in the county where the property is sold, and causing the advertising of to be likewise made in the county. Louisville Has It. * Grip has struck Louisville, Ky., on its return engagement with great force. Within the past three days it has become almost epidemic there. A prominent physician says that there are at least 10,000 eases in the city. The ailment does not appear to be very •malignant, but its victims are prostrated and suffer severely. All the physicians are busy night and day, and they predict that the present visitation, of the grip will be the worst yet experienced, as the atmospheric conditions are considered peculiarly favorable for its spread. Brtward M. Field Arrested. New York special: Edward M. Field, of the firm of Field, Liendly, Weichers & Co., was arrested by Inspector Byrnes’ men at the Manchester mansion, a private insane asylum near Truckahoe, N. Y. He is now locked this city. The arrest was made on a warrant issued by Judge Martine, and the charge is grand larceny in the second degree. Prospective Poor Wheat Crop in Illinois. There will not be avery 1 big winter wheat crop next year in Illinois, according to a bulletin issued byHhe Secretary of the State Boa r d 6f Agriculture. The bulletin states that wheat has been greatly injured by the drought, and the Stand as a whole is very uneven, and the outlook for a wheat crop in Illinois in 1892 is not very encouraging. <4 Diamonds Recovered. The diamonds, which are valued at about $lB, 000, and which were stolen a few days ago on a train at Dayton, 0.. from the agent of a Cincinnati firm, are said to have been recovered by Detective Norris, of Springfield. The announcement 1* made in police circles that the jewels are safely locked up in the Beckel > house. Braall Quieting Down. , Rio Janeiro special: of the States ot Rio Janeiro and San Paulo, who were appointed by Fonseca, have resigned. The troops of the Insurgents of Rio , Grand; do Sul have laid down their arms ' and disbanded. John L. on a Jag, Es John L. Sullivan is drunk again at ? San Francisco. He knocked down Mant &ger Barnett, of his theater company, i. threw Paddy Ryan over a table aud nearly wrecked Paddy’s saloon. — —- . Four Murders In Ten Days. At Hanceville, Blount County, Ala., Julius Griffith, a merchant, and John E McNelta, a farmer, quarreled over poli- « tics. Griffith shot and killed McNeils. L; Thl» makes four murders In Blount County within ten days. Fire atLookpoit, HI. • The works of the Chicago Wire and Spring Company, at Lockport, 111., were F. destroyed by fire. Loss about 850,000. f They will rebuild. ErV Concerning Free Fusses. Attorney General Milter has determln-K-idto test the right of railway companies Bto issue free passes. The question to be Shdeclded is whether the issue of such I', jesses is a violation of the Inter-State ■Squimerce Law. He will shortly bring » suit against one of the New England B railroads, known to have largely issued tpasses, proably the Boston and Maine. K-The suit will be instituted in New Hampshire and a special attorney will be ap- ■ pointed to conduct the case. The Gov■•mment is eager to obtain a judicial Kaonstruction ot tie act upon this po. nt | ud the iasne hangs upon the question of whether or not there is a prohibition

against passes including the elauaa prohibiting that no rates shall be given either more or less than the fixed schedule of the road. GAT* THE VTOKD, And Seven Men Were Shot. Denver special: A strike of the miners of the Colorado Coal and Iron Company, at Crested Butte, has resulted more seriously than was at first anticipated, and there are yet indications of further bloodshed before the battle is settled. About two weeks ago 500 Austrian and Italian miners, employed at these works, went out on strike because of a proposed reduction of wages announced by the company. Since the men went out they have been very ugly, and have paraded the streets heavily armed, threatening death to any one who should attempt to assist the company. The other day Sheriff Shared, of Gunnison, arrived there with a posse of twenty-five men for the purpose of taking possession and guarding the mines. No sooner had the Sheriff and his men alighted from the train when they were attacked by about 200 armed Sicilians and Austrians, who began firing with their Winchester rifles. The officer held his men for a moment, and then ordered them to return the fire, which they did with deadly effect, killing Mike Copuicine, Mike Minnelon, Mike Guericlo, Mike Warn, and John Poche. They were all Italians. George Simonich and Matt Grakak, Austrians, were fatally wounded. After the firing the miners retreated, and the Sheriff’s posse marched up the hill and took possession of the mines and threw up redoubts. The miners are swearing ' revenge upon every friend of the coal company, and the town of Crested Futte is upon the verge of a riot. Further trouble is feared, which, if started, will result in many dangers. The Goyernor has called out the State militia. WARLIKE. Harrison’s Message Received in Chill. Valparaiso special: The substance of President Harrison’s message relative to Chilian affairs was received and is a subject of universal comment. It is regarded by the Chilians as decidedly menacing a rupture between the two countries, as it is not believed that the Chilian Government will consent either to apologize or pay any material indem - nity. A majority in Congress is known to be opposed to any concession, and the Chilian Government, without the possession of this great influence, would find it difficult to carry support for &py humiliating measures. It is no secret that the Government is proceeding actively with warlike preparations and ■ that artillery Os the latest manufacture has been ordered from Germany in anticipation of hostilities possibly with other powers and probably with the United States. The situation is complicated by Spain’s demand for a large indemnity. The Chilians have always depised the Spanish a:id the hatred is quickened by this demand, which the Chilians say is presented now in order to take advantage of existingdifficulties. The general sentiment Indicates that they would challenge Spain, if they had not the United States to deal with, and an American official expressed the opinion that the Cnilians might conclude to settle witlKAjqieTiea inorder to, defy Spain. Captain Schley declined to express any opinion for the public as to the President's message, but it was evident that he was pleased with it. AGAIN DEFEATED, Chinese Rebels Slaughtered Before the Imperial Troop*. Shanghai special: The rumor that the rebels have suffered another defeat is confirmed. They were followed up so closely by General Nich after the battle of Chao-Yang that they made another stand in desperation, and were again driven with great slaughter before the imperial troops. The particulars of the fight have not been received. Europeans here express the opinion that the rebels would have surrendered or dispersed, but for their knowledge that no mercy would’be shown to them. Information from rebel sources is to the effect that certain Mongolian tribes were initiated into rebellion by the increased exactions and greater vigor of the Chinese authorities. # Ti\e Chinese have lately been establishing a stricter administration in the portions ot the Empire adjoining Russian territory, and the Mongols have been brought that closely within the imperial jurisdiction. The motive of this is to present a compact defense to possible aggressions by Russia. • Li Hung Chang has ordered the punishment of all who were engaged in the massacre of native Christians at Tien Tain' and several rioters have been captured and executed, the Pekin Government having granted leave for immediate beheading in all such cases. Burneil to Death. Bertha tt&ake, a young girl of I'3 years, living with the family of her brother, Albert Hanke, at St. Paul, Minn., was burned to death. The child had gone to her room, and was about to retire. A small kerosene lamp stood on the bureau, and in trying to extinguish it by blowing into the top of the chimney, the lamp-exploded, the flames striking the little girl full In the face aud breast. She rushed from the room wildly screaming, and terrifying the other members of the family who were abourito retire. Mrs. Hanke hastily snatched some quilts and threw them about the' little form now completely enveloped In flames but they were evidently-too light to ex-,, tinguish the blaze and the frantic child rushed from the house, shrieking wildly? Mr. J. Rausman, who occupies the lower floor, heard her screams and hurried to the rescue, aud wrapping a thick woolen .blanket about the girl put out the flames. The little victim was carried up stairs and a physician summoned. She suffered frightful pangs of agony, but lived for two hours and was conscious up to the time of her death. The flames- had burned her Hds to a crisp and penetrated her lungs, almost entirely destroying them. Mill* Very Hl. Mr. Mills has been confined to his room at Willards, Washington, since the Organization of the House. He was overworked and nervous then, and only by a great effort of will was he able to be present at the initiation of his successful rival into office. He is now prostrated with malaria and delirious. His friends are decidedly anxious as to the outcome of his illness. The report that Mr. Mills would decline all active part in the work of the House has been denied on account of Mr. Mills. Want to Stay Ont. Washington special: Delegate Caine, of Utah, denies the report that the Mormons were contemplating the introduotlon of a bill conferring Statehood on the territory. He says that he has not heard of such an intention on the part of any one, and that he certainly has no bill of that kind in vlqw himself. As far as the Mormons are concerned, he added, they have told Congress before what they think, and now they propose to lie quiet and let the Initiative come from somewhere else. Their Throat* Cut. Miss A. H. Bruce, Master Frank Packwood, Mrs. L. D. Hatch and her little son were all found murdered in a house recently hired by the Pack,wood family,

six miles south of New Smyrna, on th« East Coast of Florida. Their throats were cut from ear to ear, and all had. been dead apparently about eighteen hours. There is no clew. Tramps ar< suspected. A posse has gone to the scene. B«>pt hy a Storm. London special: Another severe gale has swept over tbe British Isles causing an immense amount of damage almost everywhere. Houses were unroofed, chimneys blown down, and a number of wrecks are strewn along the coast. Happily, up to the present, there has been no loss of life reported; but there is much additional suffering among those who have already lost by the half dozen serious storms which have marked the past year as being au unprecedented one in the weather history of this side of the Atlantic. Owing to the fact that the telegraph wires are down in several sections, communications with those parts is momentarily interrupted. Arrayed Against the Pope. Paris special: The agitation aroused by the section of the French archbishops and bishops in arrayink themselves in opposition to the Government of France has assumed a new and more serious aspect. The members of the Chamber of Deputies who belong to the Masonic fraternity, have called a meeting inviting all those who are in sympathy with them to attend, in order to formulate and arrange for a systematic, legal agitation, inside and outside of the Chamber of Deputies, having for its object the separation of church and State. The Color Line* Olvin J. Nall.a colored man, has begun suit in the Circuit Court at Chicago against the McVicker’s Theater Com* pany to recover SSOO under the civil rights law. December 1, Nall says, he Invested $2 for a box seat to witness the “Country Circus.” The doorkeeper took his ticket, but kept the coupon and told plaintiff that he could not have a scat in a box. but that he could have a seat In the gallery. So Nall will ask a jury to fix the price of his rights under the act of 1885. Sad. Indeed. A scaffold fifty feet from the ground, at Anamosa Penitentiary, lowa, on which five convicts were at work, gave way, precipitating all but one of the men to the ground. John Gilroy, of Clinton County, died an hour afterward. William E. Grove, of Grundy County, and Ed Curran, of Boone County, were fatally injured. They will die. F. N. Hull, of Lyon County, was badly | hurt. Grove, who is serving a threeyear sentence, received his pardon from Gov. Boies in the morning. Ended an Old Man’* Misery. / Marysville (Cal.) special: An old Frenchman named Lonrens Siquorette was found dead a few days ago at his cabin in the mountains and it was supposed to be a case of suicide. Now it appears his young wife shot him. She claims he recently took strychnine, as he was sick, old and wanted to die. The poison didn’t work, so she says he asked his wife to get a shotgun and shoot him. This she did. Cash for tbe Cherokee*. In the case of the Western Cherokees . suing the Government to recover the value of land in the Indian Territory ceded to them by the Government in 1828, and then given to the Eastern Cherokees in 1835, the Court of Claims has decided that the Cherokees are entitled to $830,578.66 to be paid to them per capita as provided by the treaty of 1846. _ Secretary Foster Greatly Improved. Secretary Foster is reported to be better and stronger than at any time since he was taken sick, and his friends are very much encouraged at his improvement. He is still weak, however, and will hardly be able to make his contemplated Southern trip for several weeks yet. Fennies and Dimes Very Scarce. Tbe demand for 10-cent pieces and pennies at the Treasury is so great that it cannot be supplied. Treasurer Nebeker has ordered 130.000 10-cent pieces from the San Francisco mint, in order to meet the demand. Mangled liy a Mad Dog. Jonathan Jones, a wealthy and prominent citizen of Anderson, Ind., was horribly mangled by a dog. The wounds were cauterized at once by a physician, as the brute is supposed to have the rabies. A Horrible Catastrophe. Berlin special: A terrible explogjon took place IntheFuerkens-Huflnung pit, at Hennsdorf, in Silesea, killing twenty miners and severely wounding a number of others. Fatal Experiment. During a series of experiments at St Petersburg, a shell, charged with a new and powerful explosive, burst, Instantly killing Capt. Panpashko, the artillery Instructor of cadets. New Inter-State Commeroe Commissioner, Representative Culbertson, of Toxas, has accepted the position of Inter-State Commerce Commissioner. Ho will resign from the House at once. Murder at St. Marys. Lewis Rhodes was shot and killed by John De Rush at St. Marys, Ohio. The shooting was the result of a quarrel over A woman. THE MABKETS, „ CHICAGO, Caitlk—Common to Prime33,6o A 6,00 Hogs— Shipping Grades... 8.10 ® 4.95 Shbkf—Fair to Choice. 8.00 a 8.36 Wheat—No. 2 Red 88 A .88 Coax-No.B J 69 A 84 Oats-No. 8 ‘.J .33 A 84 Ryk—No. 8 ..... .as A ,80 Buutkh—choice Creameryß6 S .28 CHaaaa-FuU Cream, flats 18UA ,18W Haas—Fresh .84 A .88 •* 5 •“ Catilr— Shipping 8.95 A 6.78 Mogs—Choice Light 3.50 » 4.W Shbhp—Common to Prime 8.00 A 4.M Whxat— no. a Red 9112 Coax—No. 1 White. .46 A .41 Oats—No, a White ,34 S .88 „ bl, LOUIB, Hogs. a,BO a 4.95 Whrat - No. a Rod .94 ® .80 Coax—No. 8...,,..... ,43 8 .44 Oats—No. 8 89 A .84 Bru—No. 8,88 A ,04 CINCINNATI. tt StS? Bbkxp a.oo A 4.80 coax-Nm a. 1:5 CATTua.... 3.00 A 4,71 :::: $| F BaayCATTLi.A 4,00 a 8.78 BX^v»ai:x , .x.- ;» I fl o*k iss’li roas—«sw AMS,,<«<«>~«•<<«, 6,78 fi|Vl>V6

THE STARCH TRUST. CONCERNING ITS ORIGIN AND HISTORY. Bow It Manipulated Its Job tn tha MoKinley Bl* and Thus Gained Complete Control — Beelproolly and Our Export Trade—Two Pictures Contrasted—TarUl Shot. Another Octopus. On February 5, 181’0, the leading starch manufacturers of the United States met in Buffalo to consider the advisability and the ways and means of uniting their interests. The outcome of this meeting was the formation of the National Starch Company, popularly known as the “Starch Trust* The Trust was organized at the end of March with a capital of $10,000,000, at CovKentucky. Hiram Duryea, of the-Gjqfi Cove Starch Company, was elected President and Frank Schuler, of the A. Erkenbrecher Starch Company, es Cincinnati, Secretary. Eighteen of the largest concerns in the country came under the absolute control of the trust Some of these were bought outright for cash, but the greater part were sold for : 25 per cent, cash and 75 per cent in debenture bonds. The only large factory not in the trust Is that of the Kingsford Starch Company, whose product is a special class of goods not competing with that of the trust Two defunct concerns, the American Starch Company, of Columbus, Indiana, and the Ottawa Starch Company, of Ottawa, Illinois, threatened ; competition with the trust, but were ap- 1 peased, the former by being taken into the trust on a long lease and the latter by being guaranteed a sufficient income to keep out of business. The trust thus organized proceeded to business. When the trust was formed lump starch was selling at SSO per ton. | The price was raised to $55 by the trust ; and afterward to S6O, to S7O, and, on Aug. 2, to SBO per ton, or an increase of 60 per cent above the price prevailing ‘ earlier in the year. In order to make its hold on the mar- I ket absolutely secure, President Duryea ' had a consultation with Mr. Thurber and other members of the Wholesale Gro- j cers’ National Association, the outcome of which was an agreement on the part of the trust to sell at wholesale only, and ; on the part of the wholesale grocers and ■ jobbers to buy only of the “trust” and to i maintain the trust prices The trust i also agreed to grant the jobbers a rebate of 12 per cent, and freight (less onetwentieth of 1 per cent, for expenses). This rebate is paid to the grocers’ association and distributed by it to all buyers who maintain prices Having thus secured absolute control over the production and sale of starch in the United States, the trust began to formulate its “tariff job. ” The duties on starch itself under the tariff*of 1883 were practically prohibitive. Dextrine and sago flour, the former manufactured by roasting starch, and the latter an East India product made from tho pith of several varieties of palms, were still Imported in considerable quantities. Both are used largely in textile and wall paper manufacture as sizing. It was the alm of the trust to have the tariff so raised as to shut out both of these products, and in this way give it a complete monopoly of the home market. To carry out this purpose the trust difl not, appear at the public hearings of the Ways and Means Committee, but secured the private ear of the hightariff leaders. The tariff of 1883 covering starch and kindred products was as follows: “Sago, sago crude, aud aaga flour, free. “Potato or corn starch, 2 cents per pound; rice starch, 2)sf cents per pound; other starch 2M cents per pound “Dextrine, burnt staron, gum substitute, or British gum, 1 cent per pound.” The schedules as recommended by the Starch Trust, and carried through by Major McKin’ey, were as follows: “Sago, crude, and sago flour, free. “Starch, including all preparations from whatever substance produced, fit for use as starch, 2 cents per pound. “Dextrine, burnt starch, gum substitute, or British gum, cents per pound.” The only apparent change in these schedu es was that increasing the duty on dextrine to 1’ j cents per pound The textile aud wall paper manufacturers opposed this increase, but at the same time they thought that as long as “sago flour” was on the freelist the Starch Trust could not. force them to pay exorbitant prices for its dextrine. They were mistaken, however, tor in January,last the Treasury Department decided that sago flour was subject to a duty of 2 cents per pound, being a “preparat on, fit for use as starch. ” The Job concocted by the Starch Trust and carried through by McKinley, was thus complete. The Trust had gained its object. The already prohibitive duty on starch was retained, that on dextrine was raised 50 per cent, and a prohibitive duty was Imposed on sago flour. The effect of this job on the dextrine and sago flour used by the wall paper and print cloth manufacturers can be easily shown by a comparison of the prices before the McKinley tariff waa enacted with those ruling now. These are as follows; Auauat, November, 1890. 1881, Ot*. w it>. eta. 19 to. Dextrine..,....,., 0 6)4 Sago flour a This increase in the prices of dextrine and sago flour bears heavily upon the cotton-cloth manufacturers, since it affects the cost of the goods which we are exporting to China and other Aslastic countries in competition with France and England. Such la the history of the Starch Trust and its operations No wonder that McKinley wants the tariff lot alone. And why? Because its jobs are manifold, and when brought to light will cause the repeal of his bill. The Furniture Trade and the Tax on Lumber. ( At a time when a large proportion of the people of the United States were demanding free lumber, the McKinley tariff-mongers took occasion to levy duties upon every species of lumber that had previously been on the free list. Mahogany, rosewood, lignum vitw, and every variety of lumber used In manufacturing furniture and cabinet-ware, were removed from the free list and subjected to a duty of Isl per cent on the value. It was probably feared that if mahogany, rosewood and other tropical lumber should become too cheap and abundant, the use ot pine, oak and cherry In making furniture for the Amer* lean people would be interfered with seriously. Why, it waa asked, should the people of the United States send to Central and South America and to other tropical regions for rare and costly woods, when they have at home an abundance of cheap materials for making furniture? In response to this question the McKinley statesmen clapped a duty of IB per cent upon the materials of numerous and important American Industries. As a consequence of this malignantly stupid legislation the American menufa* turers of cabtnetware« who are unexcelled in taste and workmanship, have been put in a more unfavorable position than ever for competing w(th their European rivals tn the world's markets. They cannot use a stick of lumber, whether of foreign or of home production, that has not been enhane d in cost by too tariff. While toe beat woods ot.

- gSBBgBBBteW—gg the forests of Brazil end of Honduras are sent to Europe, American manufacturers must content themselves with cheaper domestic substitutes that are protected by a duty of IB per cent No protectionist government in Europe imposes a tax upon the imported lumber usedin the manufacture of household furniture. That stroke was reserved for the latter-day protectionist statesmen of the United States, who, in their jealousy of everything foreign except imported pauper labor, would exclude foreign woods from use in the manufacture of oabinetwara for the American people. The tariff-enhanced coat of lumber discourages the consumption of Its finished products and lessens tho opportunities of remunerative employment to the mechanics who work in wood. While the duties check the importation of valuable foreign woods, they at the I same time obstruct the exportation of furniture. Os the exports of wood and its products in the last nine months* amounting to nearly $19,000,000, household furniture figured for a little more than $2,0b0,0W. Nearly all the rest consisted of lumber to be wrought elsewhere into finished products But this exportation of American furniture in spite of tariff obstruction, small as it is, shows what could be accomplished in this branch of trade if lumber should be placed on the free' list.—Philadelphia Record. Reciprocity and O«r Export Trade. The following table shows the value of our exports to the different quarters of the globe in 1890 and 1891, and the percentage which exports to each section bears to total exports: Per ct. 1890. 1891. of total. Aiw0pe..,....... 8677,284,305 8697,614,106 British N. Amw. T ioa. 38,544,454 48,813.518 5.03 South America.. 87.745,00a 37,345,515 4.29 A»ia A Ooeanioa 135,93),458 33.416.178 AB3 Mexico, O. Auier- , ica B. Houdura*.......... 18,118947 81,336.545 9.43 Africa..... 4,590,187 4.768,847 .54 AU other. 906.810 879,179 .11 T0ta1..,.,,.. 8845,29:^8283879,270,283 "mOO This shows that Europe takes nearly 80 per cent of our total exports The South American countries about which thebelievers in the reciprocity plans advanced by Se retary Biaiue are so solicitous, take but 4.29 per cent, of our exports. Even the provinces north of us whpse trade our statesmen have discouraged as much as possible, going even so far as to snub with epo) deliberation the commissioner sent here to discuss a re iprocity treaty, take over 5 per cent, of our exports If reciprocity with South America ts to boom our export traUe, why not try it with the countries north of us as well? A morp pertinent question suggested by the above figures is wherein lies the wisdom and consistency of discouraging, by every form of re .-Miction, trade with. Europe, which takes nearly 80 per cent of our total exports and making such extravagant predictions of the good to come from treaties of re iprocity with a section of the world which is able to take less than 5 per cent, of what we can sell them. Again, Secretary Blaine claims that his reciprocity treaties with South America are chiefly in the interest of our farmers utterly ignoring the fact that it is just these countries which in the future will be our strongest com* petitors tn furnishing the world with the food supply it needs. How can our export trade in farm products bo increased by reciprocity treaties with countries which are themselves exporters of these very products? (Jiearly then, if Secretary Blaine is sincere in his beliefs he is using the farmers* interest as a dodge to conceal his real purposes The beat that can be said of reciprocity as at present outlined la that it is a brilliant coup d etat, to detract attention from the outrageous high tariff and to give to Ita originator such political glory aa can come from 'it, before ita sham character is fully understood. Tariff Shot. From 1847 to 1861, when we had a tariff for . revenue, a period whloh the followers of McKinley’s high tariff policy describe aa “our diaaatroua free trade period,” wheat averaged $1,24 per bu»hei in New York, repreaented by thia line, ate* 1 miWßW'tewti During the ten years ending in 1888 wheal averaged only 93 cents per bushel in New York, or this line, Under our revenue tariff the price of standard cotton drillings averaged 8 cents per yard, or For the ten years ending in 1888, after many improvements tn the processes of production, cotton drillings averaged 7X cents per yard, or Under revenue tariffs a bushel of wheat waa exchanged for 16 yards of cotton drilling, or But under a high tariff on cotton manufactures a bushel of wheat would exchange for only IS.fl yards of cotton drilling, or Under which period waa the farmer better off? Two Pictures Contrasted. In ita laaue of Nov. 31, the Manufacturer, the organ of the High Tariff Manufacturers Club, of Philadelphia, waa printed the following editorial: “Meaara, Marshall Brothers, manufacturers of Iron, at F/ont street and Girard avenue, Philadelphia, and members of the Manufacturers Club, are now making between six and seven tuna every day of bright tin plate of good quality. They actually make the article trom tho raw material In the shape of ateel ingots, which they roll into plates suitable for tinning. The tin plate thua produced la sold aa faat aa it la made, and the firm la now preparing to double tho output, ao that, within a abort time, it will be making between twelve aud fifteen tons a day. “We have two free trade journala In Philadelphia, and the methoda of uceeaa to the Marahall mill are-oaay, and the coat of movement thither upon a horae ear amall, and yet neither of them haa undertaken to supply ita readera with the facta respecting thia introduction of an important new industry to Philadelphia,* Thia paragraph came to tho notice of the editors of the National Provla'oner who are In queat of bright tin plate in carload lota. They a cordlngly telegraphed to Marahall Brothers asking their prices for their tin p ale In duo time they received tho following telegram: “Philadelphia, Pa,, Nov, 37, '9l. •The National Frovialomr, Now York i “Gkntlhmhn—Your dispatch Juat received, and we are not at present making bright tin plates, only roofing ternea. Therefore have no quotation to make. We are making preparations for bright plates and later on shall be pleased to quote. Yours truly, “Marshall Bros. * Co, • Ought not the editor of the Manufacturer to have invested ten cents for a round trip, by horae car, to the Marahall Brothers’ works before pointing tbe way to others? Thr following item appeared in a Mississippi paper: “Bev. A. Cathy, a Methodist minister, aged 70 years, living at Burnavllie, recently eloped with Mlaa Millie Marlor, aged Bl yean. Tho

■ IT IS A BITTER FIGHT. I BOTH S1D»» DETKRMINBD IN THE COAL FIELDS. The Strike May Terminate Within « Week naff It May Last Fnr Into the Spring— The Men Say Nothing Short of Starvnlion Will Induce a Surrender. 'The Situation laSerlou*. From the outlook it la impossible to say what will come of the strike tn the the Brazil, Ind., coal fields. It mav terminate within a week, and it may last all winter and far ifito the spring. Neither the operators nor the miners have made a move toward settlement. Both are determined and silent. The miners say nothing short of starvation will drive them into the mines, and there is little prospect of such an emergency in the near future. On the other hand the operators, with one or two except tions, have signed an agreement to allow their plants to stand Idle until the spring rather than make the Increase demanded by the men- A rather sensational rumor has been circulated in Terre Haute and Bracil for some days, and if it should turn out to be true will undoubtedly prevent an immediate settlement. It is that the Big Four road is using secret Influences to prolong the strike. There Is one feature in the strike which looks favorable to the men. It 1s the jealousy which exists between the soft coal operators and the block coal operators. They are for the present pulling together, but a separation may occur at any time. In this event the men may be victorious. J. H. McClelland, general manager for the Brazil Block Coal Company, denied that such a jealousy existed, but some of the soft coal men say it does The miners deprecate lawlessness, and quiet prevails Everywhere. Nothing like agitation exists The men are at home with their families, waiting with a dogged persistence for the operators to give in- Things at out the mines looked gloomy to a recent visitor, but in moat of the cottages there waa an appearance of thrift, and the aqualor and dirt ope expecta to find in mining ham-' leta was wanting. Nothing of the anarchiatio order waa found. The one or two acta of violence which have occurred were denounced- The miners realize that to win they muat maintain the respect of the public. In the strike of two years ago,” said one, “we held out seven months, and not one of us was arrested for lawlessness. We have not changed, but away back in the ’7os an attempt was made by the opperators to run in a lot es foreigners and then there was a riot. The outsiders had to go Under similar circumstances violence might occur.” The operators all say no attempt wIU be made to import labor- They are willing to test the endurance of the miners. STORM ON THE WEST COAST. Widespread Damage to Orange Groves and Other Property in California, Southern California has been visited by the worst storm known in years, which caused the loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars to the orange grove < of Los Angeles and San Bernardino All telegraph wires were down and even yet all damage has not been reported. From what is known, however, one-half the orange crop of Pasadena and the San Gaoriel Valley ts destroyed Riverside, which uaualiy suffers from heavy winds and which ts therefore protected by big hedges, did not feel the full force of the storm, but the orange crop was badiy damaged. The center of the storm was at I asadena. There the Congregational and German Churches were totally wrecked. The tin roof on Williams' Hall was lifted and deposited in front of the San Gabriel Valley Bank, The roof on the Arcade Building went up at the same time. The Raymond Hotel suffered serious loss. The roof of the west gable was carried off when the gale waa highest. Fortunately no one waa injund by the accident The destruction totorange orchards la reported aa heavy in exposed places. It la said in some sections that two-thirda of the fruit ia blown from the trees. In the Verdugo Canon and Glendale section the atorm waa the wildest ever known, Mrs Brown, living in a amall house on the Verdugo road, met with a horrible death. Her house waa a amall structure aet up high from the ground. A terrific guat wrenched It from the foundations and it collapaed. Mra. Brown waa caught tn the timber. From that position she could not extricate herself, and fire ensuing ahe waa burned to death. The atorm waa terrific in the San Fernando Valley, The old mission at San Fernando waa shaken up as it never waa before. Great chunks of adobe wads weighing a ton were hurled about. At Burbank the Frcabyterlau Church waa wrecked The Holiness Church at Monrovia was wrenched from ita foundations and tho steeple of the Baptist Church was badly wrecked. Some of it waa carried away. The old mission church at San Gabriel waa one of the strongest and Vest pre served mission buildings In the State. The walla were badly damaged and the belfry was demolished. THOUBANDE OF GABBS OF GRIP at. L«ui* auffPrlng from a .Heturn of tke Epidemic. Dr Priest, chief dispensary physician, estimates tho number of cases of la grippe in st. Louis at 80,000, Three hundred employes of one wholesale tobacco house have been compelled to quit work, and the disease haa affected choir singers. While the mortality list does not Indicate a large number ot deaths from la grippe directly, a great percentage of them have been largely due to complications of influenza and chronic affections There were thirtynine more deaths during the last week than during the one pievlous, or a total of 3fl», an Increaie of seventy over tho same period last year. Os the 999 deaths seventeen were from bronchitis, sixtyfive from pneumonia, four from dlpn’therta and six from other respiratory diseases Thirty-four deaths were of persons under 1 year, fiftytwo under 5 years, and sixty-four over flo years The increase in the death rate ts principally among the latter, and an examination of the burial certificates shows that nearly all died from bronchitis or other respiratory diseases Many local physicians upon being interviewed say that the disease is contagious or infectious Nearly all are agreed that in form it-is not as violent as It was last season: that the exposure of the person does not necessarily invite an attack, but that tho malady seises upon those whoto systems are In poor condition. Here and There. Thbw are 74,000 Germans In London. Ax English peer cannot resign his peerage. Crimx ia very rare among women In In Scotland. Qmlv one Englishman in twenty-seven pays income tax. ,4 Tukrk are thirteen regiments of heavy cavalry In tho British army. Throughout tho entire world about ( 88,000,000 people die every yean A man in Missouri has twenty-seven < pat rattlesnakes whico come wlwn he calls them. thoteffito! or*ono'?o o on |. tight men employe<y d

THESE ACTUAL FACTS ALL FOUND WITHIN THE BORDENS OF INDIANA. WX—. 1,1 Aa lateraMlag aaaunary of tho Moro haportaat Dotage of Our Neighbor*«« CMa*os> CaauultlM, Drath*. Eto, Mlaor State Item*. Wk* Susie Davis, aged 99, died at Lebanon. Lutz’s brick-yark, at Yorktown, was damaged about ssoo by fire. Some 300 men and 600 women want screens removed from Goahen gin mill* The Rodefor Window-glass Works of , Bellaire, Ohio, will be removed to Elwood. Glanders has been discovered amongst John Krlst's horses in Huntington County. An iron bridge at Shelbyville, dropped into the river with a crash, killing two horses. S. Gkphart was accidentally shot in both thighs with a shotguu, while out hunting near New Albany. Mrs. Amanda Colgan, aged 70, living at Eckerty, fell in the fire, and her arm burned nearly off before she was found. Little George Hodges, 9 years old, jumped into a cistern and rescued his 3-vear-oid s|ster • from drowning at English. Daniel Chappell, a young man of Fortville, while hunting, had a band torn oft by the accidental discharge of his gun. The Monon fast train killed two horses near Crawfordsville. The team was being driven by John Welch, who escaped uninjured. There is a barber-shop war at Wabash. AH shop save one have cut shaves to Scents and hair-cutting to 10cents for the purpose of freezing out non-union es. tabhshments. Near Warren, John McClung was gored to death by a wild boar. The beast’s tusks entered. McClung's body twice, ouoe severing the main artery in the call of the leg. Laura Lewis charges Superintendent John Kinyoun.of the Madison County Infirmary, with paternity. She ia unmarried. Kinvoun denounces the charge as a blackmailing scheme. A burglar pried open a window of Joseph Bills & Co.’a atore. at Fortville, and atole a complete suit of clothes, including underwear, shoes, stockings, hats, and linen collar, leaving his old clothes on the floor. Fish-Commissioner Dennis wants si,. a 000 with which to make an Indiana iish exhibit at the World’s Fair, He should also take some of the polluted water from White River, near the Noblesville Strawboard Works, to the great fair- J Mrs. W. H. Long, living near High Rook, Morgan County, gave birth to a daughter that weighed only ope pauud. The child ia said to be perfectly formed, and ia as lively as a cricket. The parents of thia midget are large and robust people. Christian Smucker, a Herman farmer living at Napaoee, is a monomauiac on the subject of witehes. He claims to be followed with Invisible spirits both day and night, writing unintelligible words on the wall aud crylug out in the night time. , Peter Fleming Kennedy, one es the honored citizens of Shelby County, died from a stroke ot apoplexy, at hia home :u Hendricks towuahlp. aged 75 years. Deceased has been a resident of Shelby County since 1839, aud has reefed a large family, While Homer Laue, a Wabash brakeman on the east-bound local freight train, was attempting to make a coupling in the yards at Roann, hia left hand was caught between the draw-bars and hia thumb »ud three flngera mangled. He went immediately to Dr, Brod beck’s office, where hia wound waa dreased, aud he left for hia horae In Peru. Judge Kirkpatrick overruled the motion for a new trial lu the case of John Bonecutter, who had been sentenced to ten yeara* imprlaonmeut for the murder of Fred Hooba, at Kempton, last July. The prisoner waa completely overcome and broke down. The aceue waa very touching, Bouecutter ia 54 yeara old, and from the appearance of the long aentence, It ia hardly poaaible he will live to be a free man again. Ar apSteal will be taken to the Supreme Court or a new trialAnother fatality occurred at DalevlUe recently. A little boy had bla life crushed out under the eyes of hia Barents, Michael Stephenaon. aproaperoua farmer, realdlng near Daleville, had brought a load of corn to Graham’a elevator, Hia wife and four children, rode to town or. the wagon. Mr, Stephenaon waa aaalatlng the families from tbe wagon when the horaea atarted, knocking a Uttle 9^ -year-old »-»n down, The Uttle one’a head fell directly auder the wheela, and Ita skull waa oruahed iu a frightful manner. In 1875 Frank R Smith, now as Columbua, then employed on the Q. A M. railroad aa a fireman, went into the strike of that year, which resulted in hia discharge when the trouble waa ended. ’ He waa previously married to a daughter of Judge Crandall, of Joliet, 111. Losing hia position he drifted Westward, leaving hia wife and two children. He found employment on the Union Pacific railroad, aud later loat that poaltion. He then tramped hia way to Columbus, became industrious and rapidly accumulated wealth. In the meantime hia first wife had been divorced and went to Chicago. She maintained her two aoua ’ by hard work at the aewing-machlno. Smith remarried, and soon had another family. In the latter part of October Smith, who had grown both wealthy and influential, suddenly disappeared. Prior to thia time he waa engaged In the livery business, and was city water-works trustee, Hia last wife remained faithful: though he deserted her. Last week hia flrat wife came to Columbus and registered at a prominent hotel, prepoaing to remain until she gets satisfaction. George Richard* the young man who rented 800 acres of land of John Bucket of Tipton, giving him forged notea to the amount of 99,900, pleaded guilty to forgery, and waa aentenced to three yeara in prison. Henry Herman, a Poliak laborer,waa run over and instant l ? killed on tbe Lake Shore railroad, near Rolling Prairie, He waa a section hand and waa employed . in shoveling snow at the aide of the track. He attempted to crow tbe track aa tbe train waa approaching* Tbe alarm waa given In time, but he appeareo to take no notice of It. Some think U waa ' a deliberate iplclde. While climbing a fence cf hia farm, Chartea Wright, a young farmer, living near Wabaah, dropped a revolver from hie pocket. The weapon was discharged and the ball entered hia groin, where It ' vet remains. There la alight hope of hia It la assorted, upon what aeema to be unquestionable authority, that Rev. J, riM«h. n*MM U>M .■ Ing was the chosen caudtdata of the . OQUiwIl of bisuppi of ttw MUwoiiikoo {ll**