Decatur Democrat, Volume 35, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 25 December 1891 — Page 6

©he UJEGLATUR, IND. - 1 9* .BLACKBURN, • • • Pubusbnr. SIZE THIS WORLD UP, • AND FIND OUT WHAT THE PEOPLE DOING. Ground Sinking Under • Pennaylvnnln Town—Ran Into n Landslide—A Hank Robbed—A Thousand Maaaaor*il—To Explore the Amaion. Calamity Threatened. The ground in thq, vicinity of the Gaylor Slope, at Plymouth, Pa., began to settle suddenly the other day, and in less than six hours the surface to the extent of two or three acres was broken up and caving in. The big breaker house of the mines are breaking up and may fall at any moment The engine, oil house, and storage rooms, surrounding the breaker, are gradually sinking, and the machinery is being removed as fast as possible by gangs of men, who work in great danger, as ths surface may drop and engulf them at any moment The house of a minor, named Richard Glace, which began to sink late in the afternoon, is now in ruins. Glace and his family escaped in safety. The officials of the mines are unable to explain the • sinking. The town is greatly excited. Answered the Telegram Himself. The banking firm of McManus & Sons, of Chihauhau. Mexico, was robbed of $13,500 recently. -H. Charlton, the telegraph operator of the town, and a man named Silverberg were concerned in the job. The firm received a telegram ordering them to pay to Silverberg 813,500 and signed by the Merchants' National Bank of St. Louis. McManus & Sons refused to pay the money until they had telegraphed the St. Louis bank about it. In the course of a few hours an answer was received that it was all right. Chariton had destroyed the bankers’ telegram and waited a seasonable time,®when he answered the message himself. Silverberg was arrested a short time afterward. but Chariton has thus far eluded the police. . A Thousand MhsbhctmL Brussolsf’special: A dispatch has been received at the Catholic Mission atGhent from Father Rutgos, the Vicar Apostolic of Mongolia, stating that Father Minn, a Chinese priest, and a thousand native Christians were massacred by the rebels during the recent troubles in Northern China. The dispatch stated, however, that all the Belgian missionaries in the disturbed district and all the Belgians connected with their work were safe, and that assistance had arrived which would prevent further danger for the present at least. • Jndge Higgins Not Guilty. Judge Higgins has been acquitted of the charge of murder at Sedalia, Mo., though there was no attempt to show that ho did not fatally shoot his friend, Thomas B. Price, in a quarrel that occurred on a railway train last spring. The men differed on a political argument and the dead man slapped Higgins, who discharged his revolver through his coat pocket, inflicting the fatal wound. The jury was out but a short time, and but one ballot was taken. Kau Into n UamlHlhle. Passenger train, No. Bon the Lehigh Valley railroad ran into a landslide at Rockport, Pa. Michael Lavelle, an engineer on the Central railroad, of New , Jersey, who was riding in the cab. was killed. The engineer in charge escaped. George Weaver, the fireman, was fatally injured. Weaver lives at Wllkesbarre. The passengers wore badly shaken up, and some slightly bruised. The train was running at the rate of thirty-five miles an hour. Shot In Church. During the services which were being hold in the People’s Tabernacle at Denver, an unknown man entered and took a seat near Mrs. Uzzell, the wife of the pastor. As he sat down a revolver was discharged from his pocket and shot the lady in the leg, inflicting a serious though not fatal wound. Great excitement resulted, as the shooting occurred • in the midst of the church services. The shooting was entirely accidental. To Explore the Amazon, The Bureau of the American Republics is informed of the organization at Rio De Janeiro of a company with a capital of 85.000,000 for the purpose of exploring the natural resources of the Amazon. It is intended to establish colonies on the upper branches of the Amazon and afford moans of transportation to market for a region that has heretofore been practically unexplored. Smooth show. J. G. Shaw, a notorious burglar, serving a double term of ten years from Cuyahoga and Franklin Counties, Ohio, escaped from the State Prison by cutting his way through the roof and lowering ■ himself to the ground outside the walls with a rope. He had placed a dummy in his cell cot, and was counted “in” while he was hiding In the attic. The Cherokee Strip. Word has been received that the Cherokee Council and the United States Commission have agreed upon the sale and purchase of the Clierokee strip for the consideration of 89,000,000. Matle Millions In Whisky. Henry C. Gibson, the well-known millionaire whisky distiller, died at his home in Philadelphia. Ho le- es a fortune estimated at 820.000,000. , Murder at Buchtel, Ohio. At Buchtel, Ohio, Thornton Sampson shot and instantly killed John Lynch. Both parties are well known young men. Student* aud Police Fight. Sqn Francisco special: The steamship City of Pekin, brings Chinese advices that the United States steamer Palos, was at Man King during the Chinese military examinations, which lasted from November fl to 11. There were 5,000 students present. During the examinations a conflict occurred between the students and the police, growing out of the arrest of two students for smuggling. One of the prisoners was killed while resisting the officers. A GovorriVient commission H investigating the affair. Diamond Robbery. One of the boldest robberies ever perpetrated in Pittsburgh, Pa., occurred at 9:15 the other night, when thieves broke in the piste glass window of W. Wilson’s jewelry store, at fll Fourth avenue, and stole #4,000 worth of diamonds. The robbery must have been carefully planned, for there was not a hitch lu its execution. It Appears that at the above hour one of two thieves blockaded the ■. store door from the outside with a long stick. When this was accomplished his pal smashed in the plate glass window with a railroad coupling pin, grabbed a tray containing Awenty-fnur solitaire diamonds .and ran

away, a poitcpman, naif a block away, heard the crash and ran to the scene at once, but the robbers .were not to be seen. Mrs. Wilso<wife of the proprietor, and a saleslady, were in the store at the |Jme and ran to the door when they heard the noise, but could not open it until the blockade was removed. The thieves have not yet been apprehended. The police and deteptives are. working on the case. Die* On the Gallow*. Wm. E. Fitzgerald was hanged in the penitentiary, at Columbus, Ohio. At 12:03 a. m. the drop fell. The murderer's neck was broken and he was pronounced dead in thirteen minutes. He murdered Police Officer William B. Freed, at Youngstown, Mahoning County, May 14, 1891. Tbe crime although a cold-blooded one, was not in the strictest sense of the word premeditated. Fitzgerald was a professional burglar and all round thief. He had stolen a sealskin socque in the pocket of which was nearly 8100 in money from a private residence and was making way with his bgpty when Officer Freed attempted to arrest him. A running fight between the two ensued with pistols being used by both the officer and the fugitive. Fitzgerald was Anally cornered near the outskirts of the town and turning, shot tbe officer dead. He was immediately arrested and confined in jail and was tried for his crime and convicted. • Her Feet Burned by Fiendish Thieve*. About 7 o’clock the other evening three masked men forced an entrance into the residence of Miss Phoebe Wise, a wealthy maiden lady residing on the outskirts of Mansheld, Ohio, and bound and gagged her. In order to compel her to divulge where she .kept her money they burnt her feet horribly. She was compelled at the point of a revolver to give up all the money there was in her house, which consisted of only a few dollars, as she keeps a large amount in the bank. A gold watch and chain were also taken. ’ Miss Wise says that one of the fellows was drunk, and another wore a black beard. From their conversation while ransacking the house she Is convinced that they are residents of Mansfield, and well acquainted with her circumstances. A vigilant watch is being kept up by the officials, who think they can secure the perpetrators of the inhuman crime. Miss Wise is suffering terribly from her burned feet. Cap’. Parker Reicued. The steamer Del Norte has arrived at Chicago from Coos Bay with Capt. Parker and flvif of the crew of the bark, General Butler, which was abandoned In a sinking condition off Cape Blanco. The survivors say that the bark left Port Gamble, Nov. 28, with nearly 1,000,000 feet of lumber, consigned to Chicago. When the bark, as previously reported, sprang a leak during the gale of Dec. 3, and the mon were ordered to take boats on the oth instant, their haste was so great that they were unable to provision the boats except with a few biscuits and some water. The bark was then only a hundred miles off shore, but the force of the gale was such that it was three days before those of Capt. Parker’s boat could land and the suffering from hunger and exposure was terrible. The boat under Mato Willoughby, also containing six men, has not been seen since it left the bark and it is feared they all are lost. The New Eengue. The National League and American Association have consolidated and formed a twelve-club base-ball league to be known as the National League and American Association of Professional Ball Players. Nick Young was elected President, Secretary, and Treasurer of the new league, and Zach Phelps was chosen as solicitor. The headquarters will remain, as In the old League, at Washington. The Board of Directors was drawn by lot, and was composed of members equally from the Eastern and Western circuits. The members are Brush of Cincinnati, Von der Ahe of St. Louis, Hart of Chicago, Soden of Boston. Von der Horst of Baltimore, and Scanlon of Washington. The cities composing the League are Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Baltimore and Washington in the East, and Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, St. Louis and Louisville In the West. Dynamite Explode*. Leadville (Col.) special: While some workmen in the Busk mine were drilling out an unexploded shot the drill struck the dynamite, A terrible explosion followed and the following three men were instantly killed: John Malley, John Starbrek, and Charles felson. Frank Yeakoe, and William Goodwin were seriously injured and were brought into the city. Malley was the foreman of the laborers, who number seven. It was by a lucky chance that the other two escaped uninjured. Malley’s head was blown entirely off, and his arms and legs were severed from the trunk of his body. Starbrek was mutilated beyond recognition, but his companions! identified the remains by his clothing. Olson was also terribly mangled. The accident was similar to one that happened last mouth, when three mon were killed and four injured. , Chill Plotting. A special cable dispatch from Valparaiso says there is certain knowledge as to the exlstance of a plot either to set fire to the United States legation or the adjoining house, In order to furnish a pretext for a mob to enter and sack the Rogation and house of the refugees. A Washington special says: There is a feeling hero that the Chilian affair is fast approaching a crisis. The reply of the Chilian Government to the demand of the United States for an apology Is expected In a few days. An order full of Import has been issued at the Navy Department. It Is to the effect that hereafter th& movements of naval vessels shall not be given out by the department. This is regarded as not only highly significant, but as a proof that the naval authority Is fully expecting a serious outcome of the Chilian affair. Chill Mast Retreat. A special from Callao, Peru, says: The United States steamship Baltimore will leave for San Francisco immediately. All on board are unreserved in their expression of Indignation over their treatment at Valparaiso and express the hope that Congress will support the President in his demand for proper reparation. The tone of Minister Matta’s dispatch In reply to President Harrison’s message is regarded with astonishment here. The "general opinion seems to be that the relations of the two countries are so strained that Chill must retreat or else a conflict Is Inevitable. It la thought that Chili intends to stand by Minister Matta. It is a well-known fact bore that Chilians are trying to enlist men for their fleet. Horned to Death. Pittsburgh special: Gertrude Bankia, the 17-year-old daughter of Charles D. Rankle, of Knoxville, Pa., a suburb of this city, was burned to death by the explosion of an oil lamp. Miss Gertrude was seated on her father’s lap at the tnoinent mending his gloves. Without warning the lamp on the table In front of her exploded, deluging the girl with the burning fluid. Mr. Rankle was also painfully burned, but managed to extinguish the flames that were fast consuming his daughter. The»hau*e caught Are and was badly damaged. Rankle and his daughter were removed

Attach » Train. Brazil (Ind.) special. A mob of angry strikers from Perth, Caseyville, Rosedale and Coxviile attacked the “blackleg” train at Coal Bluff as ft was returning from Syndicate Mine No. Btbe other eve- , ning. The windows of tbe cars containing the “blacklegs” were smashed with stones and several pistols were discharged, but none were injured. Tbe train passed tbe station at the rate of forty miles pn hour, so that it was impossible for any of the men to board the cars, and the enraged strikers gave vent to their feelings by firing revolvers and throwing stones. • Appo ntmens of Jud***. The President has sent to the Senate the following nominations: -Tobe United States Circuit Judges, Wm. L. Putnam, of Maine, First Judical Circuit; Nathaniel Shipman, of Connecticut, Second Judicial Circuit; George M. Dallas, of Pennsylvania, Third Judical Circuit: Nathan Goff, of West Virginia. Fourth Judicial Circuit; William H. Taft, of Ohio, Sixth Judical Circuit, and William A. Woods, of Indiana, Seventh Judical Circuit, and Warren Trutt, of Oregon, to be United States District State Judge of tbe District of Alaska. A B»<i t.reok. A disastrous freight wreck occurred at Eureka, Mo., on the Missouri Pacific. • The first section of No. 124 broke In two on a steep grade, and tbe second section ran into the stalled part of the train, demolishing tbe eugine, about twenty freight cars and the caboose of the first fraiii. Engineer Joseph Hill and Brakeman George Powell were seriously Injured. The latter 1s so badly scalded and crushed that but little hope is entertained for his recovery. Found a Clew. It Is stated that the police,of St. Louis have obtained another clew'to the Glendale express robbers from tbe notorious Jim Cummings, who is now in the Jefferson City Pennltentlary for a similar offense. The robberyjwas committed by ex-convicts, led by Charles Brown, a notorious character, who was only recently released from tbe Canon City Penitentiary. It Is supposed that the robbers are now In hiding in Colorado. Cooked Fln*h. Mary Gaffney, aged fl years, had a narrow escape from being roasted alive at Springfield, Ohio. Her clothing caught fire from a stove, and when her mother arrived the child was struggling on the floor, slowly cooking. Thu right side of the child's body, from the hip to the neck. Is a sickening mass of cooked flesh. The abdomen, breast and right arm are frightfully burned. The injuries mav prove fatal. Boy So in umn bill (at. William Hicks, or Hickson, an 8-yoar-old colored boy, en route from Chattanooga to Pittsburgh with his mother and thijee sisters, walked off a Little' Miami train as it was nearing Columbus, Ohio, and, alighting on his head, was instantly killed. The boy was sleeping in a seat, near the car door, - and it Is thought walked out during a fit of somnambulism. Prayed to Die. Mrs, Nancy Britt Kennedy, the oldest woman in Augusta. Mo., died recently. At an early hour she got up and commenced praying that she might die, and continued her prayers for nearly three quarters of an hour, when she fell to the floor dead. The deceased Is the wqman whose age has been extensively reported its 118. Her exact ago, however, Is not known. A Woinaq’* Boycott. The beautiful village of Yellow Sprih'gs, in Green County, Ohio, Is greatly perturbed over the radical action of the W. C. T. U. of that place. The organization has passed a resolution to boycott all merchants who sell tobacco. The effect has not yet been made known. Engineer anil *lranian Killed. 7 By the collision of two freight trains in the tunnel on the Cattwassa branch, near Shamokin. Fa., Engineer Mosher and Firefnan Fink, were fatally injured and Brakeman Jones, seriously Injured. Three Men HadlV lujared. Throe men, Wm. Koznaski, Frank Schultz and Theo. Lowskowski, were badly burned by the explosion of blast furnace No. 1 at the Illinois Steel Company’s rolling mills at Milwaukee. The men will recover. Adjutant General Appointed. Major McKinley has appointed Col. E. J. Pocock Adjutant General of Ohio, with Col. Howo, of Kenton, as assistant The latter is Colonel of the Second Regiment, O. N. G. , Big Money. Anton Rubenstein, the Russian pianist, has’ accepted an offer of 8125,000 for a series of fifty concerts to’be given in the United States. One Hundred Ln*t. It is reported that the Ashing excursion steamer Havana has sunk near Sandy Hook and that a hundred people were lost I'roctor’* Bucoe**or. The President has appointed Stephen B. Elkina, of West Virginia, Secretary of War, vice Redfield Proctor, resigned. ’ THE MARKETS CHICAGO. 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I ’ • TRUSTS SEND THEIR SURPLUS ABROAD. Another Wage Reduction In a Protected Industry—Eli Perkins and the American , Economist—Proposed TarMT Reform — High Price* nt Home. How Price* Are Kept Up. When the, manufacturers of harvesters were holding meetings for the purpose of considering tbe best ways and means of consolidating their interests in the form of a “trust” J. R, Rusk, the Secretary of Agriculture, whois a stockholder in one of the companies which entered the “trust," said in an interview in the New York Tribune; “An investigation will show that this same combination is now selling, or offering to sei! machinery in Russia, Australia and other wheat-growing countries at a lower figure than they do in this country." That this system of selling cheaper to foreigners than to our own farmers is adopted by other manufacturers of farm implements, is shown by Mr. A B. Farquhar of York, Pa., one of the largest manufacturers of agricultural machinery and implements in the United States. In May last, Mr. Farquhar, in replying to a letter of Inquiry written to him by the Home Market Club of Boston, said: “In reply to yonr favor of the Iflth Inst. I have to acknowledge that our firm sells .implement* and machinery through Mexico, South America and Africa at prices from five to ten per cent less than they are sold for In this country- ” This system of favoritism to foreigners is characteristic of the trusts in this country. Trusts are fermod by manufacturers in the same industry for two purposes. L To limit and control productions, and 2. To control prices, and thus prevent competition. The ultimate aim, to accomplish which trusts are organized, is to Increase profits. Whenever they fail to gauge the extent of the home demand and have on hand niore of their .products than the home market will take at the high and arbitrary prices they fix, the trusts resort to exportatit nto dispose of tholr surplus. In foreign markets they must meet the prices at which their competitors in ether countries are willing to dispose of ■' their productions Since the prices which prevail here under our tariff arc higher than in other countries for the same products, the trusts give what is known as special export discounts on home prices to foreign buyers. These extra discounts are in most cases a combination of two forms. In order to prevent the foreign buyers frojn selling their gools in this country again, the trusts pay the freight to and put the goods on board ship at the port of exportation This of itself is equivalent In most cases to a liberal discount. In addition to this they also give a special discount on home prices varying all the way from five to twenty-five per cent. In some cases the trusts go further, and agree to lay the goods down at the wharves in the foreign port, paying all the freight This is the system adopted by the glass trusts. How the trusts operate to keep up prices here and to sell their surplus abroad, so that It will not interfere with their home trade, is well illustrated by the history of the American Ax and Tool Company. c< mmonly known as the “ax trust" The first meeting of the manufacturers of axes was held in Buffalo In February, 1890. At a subsequent meeting in March the trust completed its organization. The trust is composed of the following companies: Hubbard & Co , Pittsburg, Ta. Douglas Ax Manufacturing Company, East Douglas, Mass. William Mann's Ax Works, Lewiston, Pa. Johnsonville Ax Manufacturing Company, Johnsonville, N. Y. H. Knickerbocker’s Works, Ballston Spa, N. Y. Peerless Tool Company, Cleveland, Ohio.’ . Romer Bros. Manufacturing Company, Gowanda, N. Y, Lippincott & Co., Pittsburg, Pa. Underhill Edge Tool Company, Nashua, N. 11. • The Globe Ax Company, Boston, Mass. Carpenter & Co, Jamestown, N. Y. The Buffalo Ax Works, owned by G. W 7 . Francis—in all twelve companies, As soon as tho trust was organized it raised prices, as the following from the Iron Age for March 27, 1890, shows: “The general feeling among the trade is that the ax-makers have formed a very strong ’association,’ and have complete control of the market, or so nearly so that the outside makers will have scarcely any appreciable effect on the prices. It is found that scarcely any orders can be placed with outside manufacturers who are not under the control of the American Ax and Tool Company. The trade will do well to note the changed condition in this line of goods as regards the higher prices now ruling, and the strong probability of their ma ntenance for some time to come. Ou first quality goods an advance is now made of $1.75 to 82.25 per dozen. " This advance has been well maintained. Before the trust was formed plain axes of tho best brands weie selling at 85.25 per dozen. They now sell at 87 per dozen. So far as concerns the home market the trust has been successful In that it is able to get at least 81.75 more for a dozen axes than the manufacturers who formed it were able to get before. It has been able to do this by its complete control over production here. • And now as to th ' way it disposes of its surplus abroad. In Its foreign trade tbe trust is represented by branch houses in New York. Thus the branch which exports its products to the Spanish countries of South America Is under the charge of G..P Maleza. The makes of axes known to the trade as the “Ohio,” “Yankee," and “Kentucky," which the trust sells in this country for 87.00 per dozen, are offered by Maleza for export for 80.00 per dozen delivered on board ship Other brands and shapes are sold at similarly low prices. By putting their products on board ship, and gating the bill of lading, the trust Is able to prevent homo buyers from taking advantage of its low prices to foreigners What ia true of the manufacturers of all glasses of agricultural implements, and the ax trust is true of other trusts depending oa the tariff for their existence, and u<ing the protection thus given them to swell their profits by high prices at home. Doubtless that-apostle of high proteo tloniam, Mr. R. G. Horr, who is employed by the New York Tribune to tell the farmers how good a thing the McKinley tariff ia for them, will any of thia, as he did of the statement of Mr. Farquhar, that it la “an abominable free trade falsehood.! * Another Wage Reduction. To the list of protected industries which have reduced the wages of their workmen, tbe New York Mills Cotton Company, at'Utlca, N< Y., must now be added. The President of the concern la W. Stuart Walcott, and the Treasurer is Samuel It Campbell. Both are ardent and actlvo Republican politicians, and devout dlat’lples of McKlnleytsm. Mr. Walcott has long .been credited with asE (rations to the State Senate)ship from Is district. Mr. Campbell la the eon of the late State Senator Samuel Campbell. He is a liberal contributor to Republican Minpalgn funds, and in Presidential

On Saturday notice was posted in what areknown as tho lower and middle mills of the company that a reduction tn the wages of the weavers would take place on December 7- The former schedule was 77 cents for weaving a cut of fifty-five yards of shirting, and each weaver had charge of four Tooms. The new schedule makes a different scale, and provides that the weaver shall operate five-and six looms instead of four. The new prices are 70 cejits per cut tor an operative who has charge of four looms, 00 cents a cut where, five looms are operated, and 02 cents a ent for six looms. The average operative can get two cuts a week from a loom Under the old schedule the average weekly wages of weavers was 8& 10. Under tho the average weaver will earn new scale 85.00 a week working at four looms. This reduction makes a bleak outlook for the weavers, just at the beginning of winter, and the warmest indignation is expressed by them. The weavers say they cannot run six six looms because the cotton Is poor, and some of the operatives are inexperienced. They Insist that four looms are as many as they can handle It is said that many of the best weavers will have to seek employment elsewhere. At any rate the new arrangement will compel the dismissal of from one-tenth to one-fifth of the four or five hundred weavers, and harder work or smaller wages will be the lot of the rest. One operative summed up the situation in this fashion: “We will say you are paying a man 81 per day for sawing wood at the rate of a cord a day, and it is all ho can do, and you say to him that hereafter you will pay him 81.50 per day if he will saw two cords." Ferkin* and tlio American Economl*!. In their search for powerful advocates, our high tariff friends have found the truthful Ell Perkins, and we understand that his services have been engaged by the American Protective Tariff League for the campaign that will close In November next His first argument was published In the Tariff League’s Bulletin, otherwise known as the American Economist, of the 4th Inst. The subject of his first argument is chicory, and the Tariff League places at. I the head of the essay this title: “The j. Birth and Growth of a McKinley Industry. ” “I suppose,” says Mr. Ferklns to the editor of the Tariff League paper, “that you don’t know what chicory is. ” This Is almost as bad as saying that tho Tariff League’s editor “doesn’t know beans. ” Ell explains that It is a vegetable which "tastes like coffee” and then he goes on as follows: “To get to the story. When they were putting tho tariff on different things, last year, and got down to ‘C,’ they came right on to vhicory. "‘What’s chlckory?’ asked Major McKinley. “No one was able to tell anything about it, except that we paid 85,o(X),ooo every year to get what was used. ’ “ ‘Well, what shall wc do with it?’ asked several Congressmen. “ ‘Why, If wo can’t raise it.’ said McKinley, ‘and the people want it, we will let raw chicory come in free, but wo will put a protective tariff on manufactured chicory. We will try and bring the manufactories to America If we can’t raise the stuff.’ And so the tariff went on to manufactured chicory. “Suddenly I noticed a great stir among the chicory importers " ‘Why, this McKinley bill has raised the dickens,’ they sa’d. ‘We can't import ground chicory any more from Franco and Germany. We must make it here.’ "So they wrote anil telegraphed the foreign chicory manufacturers that they must hurry up and bring their chicory factories over here And, sure enough, there was a stampede from Europe " We -interrupt here the easy flow of Mr. Perkins’ narrative to make a f«w remarks. We shall not question the truthfulness of his assertion, that neither Mr. McKinley nor any other member of the Ways and Means Committee know what ch'ekory is, although they knew, so Mr. Perkins says, that “we have been sending out about 88,000,000 to Germany every year for this little qrtlcle. ” But we must say that the book of statistics which Perkins uses fa not in accord with tho one published by the Government In the latter the report concerning the value of chicory imported is as fallows: IMPORTS OF CHICORY. 1889. 18JQ. Chicory root, ground or un> around, burnt or preparedß2ol,Bo9 8231,600 There Is some difference between 88.000,000 and 8231,600, but we cannot expect that a genius like Eli Ferklns will permit himself to bo tottered by facts. It will bo noticed also that when the members of the committee “got down to ‘C’” and “came right on to chicory." they decided to “put a pro.active tariff on manufactured chicory.? Here again Perkins's book of statistics has misled him. The duty on manufactured chicory was not changed by the McKinley act. In the old tariff it was v cents a (onnd, and in the new one it is the same. Ferklns must have been misinformed about the ‘‘great stir among the importers. ” They told him that they couldn’t "Import ground chicory any more” because the McKinley bill “had rai-ed the dickens. " But, as we have said, the duty on ground chicory was not changed. There was a change, however, with respect to raw and unground chicory. Thb duty on this had been 2 cents a pound, and the McKinley bill took it off. Perkins says that under the provi-ions of the McKinley act the farmers are all beginning to raise chicory. That la to say, the removal of tho duty on raw chicory gives them so much protection against the raw chicory of “France and Germany, where it is grown with very chean lator,” that they are very anxious to take hold of the Industry. What does the Tariff League say to this?-—New York Times, Mercantlllam and McKlnleyHm. E. Benjamin Andrews, Preside it of Brown University, defines mercantilism in his excellent book. Institutes of Economics, as follows: “This (the mercantile system) neglecting agriculture magnified other businea es, and commerce in particular, yet, regarding money as the most real form of wealth, insisted that in order to profit by trading a nation must have the ‘balance of trade’ in its favor, work mines, tax impoits, subsidize exportation, and conduct Its whole policy with the view of amassing tbe greatest possible hoard of the precious metals To thia end übiquitous governmental regulation of industries waa necessary, with privileges and monopolies to all inland business deemed important, also encouragement to domeatlo shipping, discouragement to foreign: These notions, while more explicit tn France, were common to all Europa, and determined the character of economic and International politics for centuries. ” Wore one asked to write a definition of McKlnleylam one could not do bettor than to substitute for mercantilism the word MeKinleylsm in the above deflnl-, tlon. It was not until about 1775 that the statesmen of England saw where thq, blind worship of mercantilism was leading them. Adam Smith did more to openthelr eyes than any other persoh. At the dawn of the present century England began those reforms of her fiscal system which have made her the .greatest manufacturing and commercial nation In the world. The abolition of

her absurd and narrow navigation laws was the first step, the second being the free importation of raw materials for her manufacturers. The last great measure of reform was the removal of such Import duties as favored the few to the detriment of tbe many. Cn tbe other hand, the French carried mercantilism to its logical conclusion, and refused to discard It when its disastrous effects were becoming apparent. Thi result was tho French revolution. The masses in France had been so robbed and plundered on all side t that they rose In the r power and swept the royalty and aristocracy out of existence. Witfi these examples before tho people of the United Mates, will they longer tolerate MeKinleylsm—the chief results of which are tariff-protected monopol es and trusts, which, unless checked, will bring about the same results. Frupoaed Tariff Reform. Congressman William J. Coombs, of Brooklyn, has prepared the following resolution concerning customs dut’es to , be offered in the House of Representatives at the opening session: Resolved, That the Committee of Ways and Means be directed to prepare and present to this House a bill for the collection of revenue and other purposes substantially upon the basis and principle of the following propositions: The bill shall have® four schedules as follows: i Schedule A.—To bo composed of articles free of duty, Including all raw materials necessary la the manufacture of goods. Schedule B.—To be composed of articles which by their nature should not pay a duty exceeding 10 per cent, Schedule C.—To be composed of articles, principally wine, spir ts, tobacco, cigars and cigarettes, and upon which a duty must be charged sufficient at least • to protect manufacturers, who pay a tax under our internal revenue Jaws. Also, of a few well-defined articles of luxury, which will bear a rate of at least . 40 per cent ad valorem. Schedule D.—To be known as the schedule for the protection of labor, and which shall be made up from time to time In tho manner herein specified. All articles not covered by the preceding lists shall be grouped and known as “unspecified," and shall have a uniform rate of ad valorem duty as provided ' hereafter. The bill shall also provide that as soon as Congress shall ascertain the amount of money necessary for the conduct of the Government for the current year, It shall submit a report to the same, deducting therefrom the following items: (a) Surp:ns remaining over from preceding year. • 1 (b) Estimated income from Internal revenue. . 1 (c) Estimated Income from Schedules. (d) Estimated Income from Schedule C. (e) Estimated income from Schedule D. (f) Estimated Income from all other sources. Which amounts being deducted from tho amount to be provided for, the expenses of the Government will leave as a result tbe amount to bo raised by Import tax on all “unspecified” articles. It shall, in its report to Congress, es- , tlmate the gross value of such importations for the current year and tho percentage of • duty necessary to be levied on the same in order, as near as may be, to realize the amount ascertained as above. The bill shall also provide that In case any manufacturer or manufacturers of goods or merchandise included in the class of “unspecified’’ shall find that the item of labor cost, including the use of machinery, of his productions In this country shall exceed that paid by the manufacturers of tbe. same class of goods made In foreign countries, ho may present sworn proofs of the same to the committee, with the demand that such articles sha’l bo entered cn Schedule D. If, upon examination, the committee find that the statements are correct, or If they find that any difference exists In favor of the foreign manufacturer, they shall cause tho article or class of articles to be entered upon Schedule D, with a specific duty equal to such difference, always provided that she article is not protected by letters patent issqed by this Government Starch Trust Profit*. In spite-of the fact that Es capital ia hoavt y watered, tho Starch Trust, or as the high tariff organs choose to »all it, the National Starch Manufacturing Comfinny, pays good dividends, as the folowing from the Financial and Mining Record, a high tariff organ shows: “The National Starch Manufacturing Company have declared the regular semi-annual dividend of 6 per cent, on the second preferred sto 'k, payable Jan. 1, 1892. The company paid the usual 4 per cent, dividend on the first preferred stock on Nov. 1, last; also the semi-an-nual interest on their bonds due at that time, and set apart the amount required for the sinking fund. The company’s finances are in good shape, and tho prospects for the coming year are very favorable." In addition to the heavy expenses which had to be paid to those who organized it, and to the defunct concerns to keep them from competing with it, this showing on the part of a trust whose Jobs in tho McKinley •tariff were among the most flagrant in the whole bill, Is very favorable. First Street Railway. The first street railroad chartered in this country was the New York and Harlem, but now known as the "Fourth Avenue,” and the date of its charter is April 25, 1831, or sixty years ago. The patent was taken out in 1833 by John Stephenson, still living at the advanced age of 85 years, and bears the signature of Andrew Jackson, President; Edward Livingston, Secretary of State; Roger B. Taney, Attorney General; and John Campbell, Treasurer. The car is described as "a transition from the existing styles of coachwork, being the union of three Quaker coaches suspended on four short leather ‘thorough-braces,’ which afforded an ease of comfort not since excelled." Its picture represents it as a cross between an omnibus, a rockaway and an English railway coach. In addition to comfort this car had another advantage which is now beginning to be appreciated in the congestion of street traffic in large cities. It was divided on the inside into three compartments, each seating ten passengers, and the roof held two seats more, one at each end, capable of seating ten more. So we see that the "upper deck" feature la really as old aa the flrat street oar built. In those days it waa supposed, as a matter of course, that the passenger was entitled to a seat, and forty persons was thought to be a fair load- for one car. Nowadays in Chicago and New York such ideas are too antiquated for courteous consideration. Passengers are not Sven seats, but are lucky to get standg room.' The rapid growth of cities has rendered intramural transit and rapid transit one of the serious probterns of the age. ...

if you Are in quest OF FRESH INDIANA NEW®, PE* RUSE THE FOLLOWING) Important Happonlnp* of th* Wook-. Crim** »od Ca*ualtl** Saioldaa* D*atb»—WoO<Un<*, Eto. Minor State Item*. George ‘McPherson, aged 35. near Iltehell, ate a hearty dinner and Two fre)oht trains met in a disastrous collision at Berkeiy. No lives lost. Leonard Ratz tell from the frame of a factory at Brookville, and was badly hurt. The Muncie Fllnt-glas- Works drilled a gas well that turned o< t"Yo baa monster. William Goi.uday, of Kokomo, was dangerously poisoned by eating canned salmon. Mrs. Eixib, Dana, fell and struck her head on a rail while waiting for a train. Badly hurt. The State Veterinary Surgeon has been notified of a supposed case of slanders at Muncie. The boiler in the factory ot Kramer & Goddard at Elwood exploded, blowing a big hole through the roof. A machine for husking corn has beep invented and is in successful operation by I. H. Hardy, at Hardy. Five boys walked trem Bedford to Mitehell for a wager, and covered teu miles and a half in two hours. Nathan and Esther Frame, Quaker evangelists, are converting quite a num,ber of people at Mount Vernon. Isaac Downs, lately discharged from Northern Prison, has returned to Lafayette, and is thought to be insane. The large barn near Evansville, owned by Isaac Odell, was destroyed by fire, caused by an exploding lamp. Loss, 87,000. Not less than twenty persons were poisoned at New Albany by eating headcheese cooked in an unclean copper Vessel; All will recover. Young men employed in factories at Muncie will organize a night school for the benefit of those who are unable to attend In tho day time-. An engine ran over Chester'Weltzman, aged 11, at Logansport, crushing his left leg. The boy’s father demands 810,000 from tho railway company. Abram CLvmer, a miner at Everlng's coal mine near Vincennes, was killed by falling slate. Ills skull was completely crushed. A wife survives him. The question of city government for Winchester is being agitated. The Commercial Club of that city has taken the matter up and will push it with vigor. Thomas C. McKee tried to kill himself at Marion with a butcher-khife. Ho was a heavy drinker and on the border of delirium tremens. Will probably recover. Dog meat is not a now diet for consumption. John Hubllnger lived at Madison twenty-tive years ago. s Tis said he ate dog meat and was cured of the disease. Mbs. Lavra Nichols, of Seymour, claimed damages in tho sum oi 825,000 against Jackson County. She received internal Injuries in falling from a bridge last October. Caleb Garrett, formerly of Richmond, and a soldier of tiio Eighth Indiana Infantry, committed suicide at Tacoma, Wash., Dee. 8, by throwing himself under an electric street-car. Jesse Boyd, of Chambersburg, killed an American eagle. The bird measures seven feet from tip to tip. It is supposed to be the mate to the one killed near there about a year ago by Adclphus Braxton. The good citizens of Stilesville, Hendricks County, charged on Charles Stephens’ house, where, it was claimed, liquor was being unlawfully sold, and tore tho building to pieces), emptying barrels of whisky in the street, The factory which was recently located at Pendleton to manufacture glass tubes and piping for conducting underground electric wires is being rapidly pushed toward* completion. It will be ready for operation within sixty days. George McPherson, aged 35 years, residing about twelve miles southwest of Mitchell, was found by his wife lying on his bed dead, after having taken a hearty dinner at a neighbors. Heart failure is the supposed cause of his sudden death. Wm. Rozion, of West Hammond, stabbed two members of his family. One of his victims, a lad about fifteen years old, it is feared will die. Rozion buried a knife iu the boy's side. Anbther sou was stabbed in the face, and will bear the scars of the assanlt for life. Rozion had been drinking excessively for several days, and was in a state of mind bordering on madness when he attempted to murder his family. Auditor of State Henderson has revoked the license of the Progressive Benefit Order of Boston, to do business in this State, because, upon investigation, he finds that an entirely different statement of the condition oi the company exists than that represented by the company when application was made for a license. The Secratary of tho company represented that the assets of the Order were 8A5.874.10, with no liabilities, when in reality the assets are 8388,- ’ 300, with liabilities amounting to 83,953, * 925. • The 4-year-old daughter of E. Myers, a prominent citizen of Brazil, met with a terrible accident. While playing around a stove its dress caught lire and almost Instantly the child waa wrapt in flames. The mother, iu an adjoining room, ran to the rescue and made every effort to quench the flames, but failed. Several neighbors being attracted by the screams of the mother and child, rushed In aud assisted in smothering out the fire, Tio child waa burned to a crisp, but ia still alive. Tho mother waa also badly burned, aa waa another woman. In the Muacatltuck River. Thursday, near Seymour, a voting man named Buach, from near Salem, waa drowned together with hla team, while trying to croaa the swollen stream. The body waa not recovered. The new directors and officers of the New Roaa Fair Association are: Preal- • dent, W. H. Hostetter; Vice President, Gilbert Gray; Treasurer, John Inlow; Superintendent, N. G. Thompson; Hecrsr tury, Thomas Ronk; Executive Committoe, Jesse Rains, Marian Porter, Simon Hostetter, John Brown, R. 8. Bratton, Thoa. A. McLane, W. H. Golt, and Isaap Inlpw. Fire slightly damaged the upper story oi Peter J. Clark’s residence, Lafayette, After the flames were extinguished the discovery was made that Clark’s 8-vear-old son, Jossph, had perished, having been suffocated. It is presumed the child wae playing with matches, and set fire to the house. Frank Kimmel, a* brakeman aa the Pennsylvania road, was poshed from the top of his train by a tramp whom he had reepeetttully ordered off the train. The train was crossing the bridge over the Bt. Marys River, near &rt Wayne. Kimmel fell sixty feel into tho water. Fortunately, the water was quite deepat