Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 33, Decatur, Adams County, 4 November 1892 — Page 2

I ©he Jknwurat DCOATUR, IND. »W.. -q 7 H-MWWOBK, - - - FmitJimM. 1892 NOVEMBER. 1892 Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa ». • 1 $ J 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 IS 14 15 16 17 18 19 ' 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ® ® • •••® ® ® • I HISTORY OF A WEEK. PEOPLE, PLACES AND THINGS OF THE WORLD. (fee World’s Fair May be Opened on Snn-daya-A Woman's Body Chopped to Piece* __j4 Shocking Accident —A Pennsylvania Mini nr Town Destroyed by Fin*—Claim a County. r_ TOK WORLD'S FAIR. n May Be Opened on Sundays to the Public. Chicago special: At their next meettag, Directors of the World's Fair will probably deciare that the exposition must be kept open ou Sundays, and formally Inaugurate the campaign tbat fa expected to end in the repeal by Congress of the Sunday clause put on the appropriation bill.' As the case now stands, both national and local boards are on record as committed to Sunday dosing. The Chicago Directors, months ago, accepted $2,500,000 appropriation with the closing clause attached and last week the national committee voted that the exposition should be locked on Sunday. In neither case, however, can it be said that the action taken was final or that it fairly represented the sentiment of each board. Os the forty-five tnen on the board, it is believed forty-three are strongly in favor of a seven day fair. To what extant tljp local board will figure in the campaign gainst Sunday closing has not been decided. It is likely, however, that an address will be issued and given the widest possible circulation. It will take the form of an appeal to laboring men and other organized bodies, asking that they should express their sentiments to fcagress and the Senate. CLAIM A COUNTY, Heir* of Senor Corpus Christy are After Mi Immense Ttraot of Land in Colora«<o. A claim has Just been filed in the United States court of private land claims at Santa Fe, N. M., which involves a tract of land thirty-three miles square in the Southwestern corner of Colorado, claiming that the grant was made to Senor Corpus Christy by the king of Spain, 214 years ago. The plaintiffs are Benjamin Hodges and several relatives all ot whom reside in the ■eigborhood of Rockford, Ohia They are great-grandchildren of the ancient senor. The United States Government ' and all persons laying claim to any part ' •r parcel of the land are the defendants. This claim embraces almost the whole of ' Montezuma County, an area of nearly ' 700,000 acres, considerably greater than the area of the State of Rhode Island. ' The county now has 1,529 inhabitants. A laUlo Mining Town in Pennsylvania j Devastated by Fire. The bouse occupied nd re w Sultz, , at Meback Mountain, FaSjwas discov- j erod to be on fire. ’Ah alarm was promptly given, but the fire rapidly ; , spread, the occnpants being rescued ■ with difficulty. A high wind was blow- I tag and the drought-afflicted village was without water. So quickly did the sanes spread that the fourteen houses composing the block were soon enveloped and in two honrs the little town was razed to the ground. Nothing could be done by the people, and the sturdy miners sought only to save what household effects they could. The greater ■umber lost their entire furniture and slothing, practically all they possessed. The houses were built and owned by the Mill Creek Company and cost $5,000; in■ured. Telegraphers Win. All the trouble between the telegraph operators and the Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe road was settled at a conference held at Chicago, recently, by President Manvel and General Manager Robinson, representing the railroad, and Chief Ramsey, of the Order of Railroad Telegraphers, and a committee of the order representing the operators. The operators gained their points Hereafter the minimum rate of wages of •he operators will be $55 a month, while that of the train dispatchers will be $l2O. Shorter hours will prevail and pay will be given tor over time, etc. A Shocking Accident. James McMillan, a laborer at J. C. deters’ saw-ml)I, Fort Wayne, Ind., was caught in the bull wheel used for draw- • log in lugs and had both legs broken be- I tew the knee and was otherwise injured. His injuries were of a shocking nature. His left leg was broken in two places aad his knee dislocated; his right thigh was broken and badly crushed; the right oalvlcle was broken and the left side was crushed in. breaking several ribs and tajurlng the lungs. McMillan was a trusted employe and has a wife and three children. He cannot live. Foor Burned. Des Moines special: By the burning cf George Cage’s residence near this city % four of its inmates were burned to death and Mr. Cage Inhaled the flames. He will die. The dead are: Mrs. John Cage and child and two children of •eorge Cage, aged 2 and 5 ye ar a A Woman's Body Chopped to Pieces. Paris special: Rag pickers In the Rue Bcttzaris found in a bundle of rags the body of a woman cut In twelve pieces. The pieces had been soaked In carbolic ■cid and it was supposed at first that they were from a hospital or laboratory. This story was upset, however, by the evidences of the clumsy barbarity with which the body bad bhen hacked apart The police think that the woman was murdered. * —J 1 - ~ Remarkable case ol Mistaken Identity. Indianapolis special: A singular case cf mistaken Identity developed In the trial of William Lyons, aJoreman in the S -• Pennsylvania railway yards. ■He was charged with I urglarizing the residence cf Dr. W. H. Wishard, having Peen discovered at an early morning hour In their chamber by Miss Hattie and Elizabeth Wishard. The descrition given cf the burglar answered to Lyons admirably. It was shown by the defense tbat on the night in question Lyons was excused from duty on account of illness, ■nd Dr. Wishard was the attendant physician, and Wishard, upon consulting his books, found he had really visited

i the defendant as a patient The alibi ' was complete in every detail and Lyons ’ | was IN RUINS Ila the Bountiful Buclld Avenno OperaHou «u hi Clovoiand. Fire broke out in the cupola of the Euclid Avenue Opera House atCloveland, from a cause at present unknown, and that beautiful play hjuse was soon tn rnins. The Opera house fronts on Sheriff street, but its entrance Is through the Heard Block from Euclid avenue. In less than thirty minutes after the fire had started the structure was completely cleaned out. the roof had fallen, but the flames were confined within the four walls. There was a furious gale blowing and danger that the fire would spread to adjoining buildings along Sheriff street, but the department put forth every effort to prevent its spreading. Adjoining stores along Euclid avenue were filled with a Suffocating smoke and their contents badly damaged. Three explosions occurred during the progress of the fire, but from what cause is not known. The Hanlon Superba Company, which was on the boards for a week, lost all its scenery and appurtenances, besides its costumes, which it values at a total of $25,000. Its plans for the season are seriously deranged. It is supposed the fire wasstarted from a cross of electric light wires in the cupola over the Sheriff Street entrance. Its spread was rapid, and within five minutes the entire interior was a mass of flames. The Heard Block, through which entrance was had from Euclid avenue, suffered but slightly. SLAUGHTERED. The Aztec Inhabitants of the Village oi Tcmochio Put to Death. Elpaso (Tex.) special: The village of Tcmochio, whose nearly pure Aztec Inhabitants have been rebelling against the State and Federal Governments on account of excessive taxation, extortion by Government officials and Government interference in their religious belief, has been wiped out of existence by the Government troops. Tcmochio is in the mountains of Southwestern Chihuahua, Mexico. Two months ago Gen. Ranjel took the Eleventh Battalion toTemochio to enforce the tax payment and force the acceptance of Government officials to take charge. The alternative was that every Temocbion should be killed. The first attack resulted in the repulse ot the troops with twenty-two officers and fourteen men killed, and two officers and forty-five men taken prisoners. Then President Diaz determined to annihilate the village. Two weeks ago 1,200 troops were sent against thirtyeight Temochions and their families. The struggle was terrible. Three hundred and sixty-eight soldiers were killed and many wounded. Not a Temocbion in the village was left The village presented a terrible aspect FATAL STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION. The Wakefield Blows Up on the Potomac River, Killing Four Men. Washington special: The steam chimney of the steamboat Wakefield, belonging to the Potomac River Steamboat Company, blew off and killed three men, possibly four, and more or less seriously injuring three others. The boat was on her return trip to Washington when off Maryland point, about fifty miles down the river, the accident happened. Alexander Dollman and James Johnson, colored firemen, were instantly killed by flying fragments, and William Clark, a colored boot black, was blown off the boat by the shock and drowned. Another colored man is missing and it is te*red that be met the fate of the boot black. E. L. Garmond. white, an assistant engineer, was badly bruised about the head and arms. William M. Motley and William Carney.colored deck hands, were badly scalded and otherwise injured. The Wakefield was only slightly damaged and Immediately after the accident was towed about forty miles from Washington. The Wakefield was 'used principally as a freight boat, stopping at ail tbe Potomac River landings for a distance of eighty-five miles down. A FAMILY’S FATE. Terrible Re.nlt of a Fire in the City of Cleveland. Fire broke out in the two-story frame building at No. 1241 Central avenue Cleveland, Ohio, and before the Fire Department could do any work tbe entire Shannon famly, husband, wife and two children, were burned to death. The building is occupied as a dwelling, with saloon attachment in front Nobody knows how the fire started, but it is supposed it started in the barroom, as tbe people were sleeping above it The four bodies have been recovered and are at the morgue. The family, it is said, used the large front room as a sleeping apartment They were all probably overcome by the smoke before the situation was realized. The front halt of the building was completely destroyed, and the four bodies were buried in the burned timbers. Shannon was 28 vears old and his wife was 32. The eldest boy, James, Jr., was 6 years old, and John, the youngest, 4 years. The search for the bodies was begun by the firemen as soon as the debris could be sufficiently cooled, and all were recovered in a terribly disfigured condition. HE POISONED HIS WIFE, Watched Her Sufferings and then Killed Himself. y Daniel Sullivan of Roslyn, L. 1., committed suicide by taking strychnine,after an unsuccessful but horrible attempt to poison his wife. After administering the poison, Sullivan watched his wife writhing in excruciating agony for hours, denying her even so little as a glass of water, cursing her when she pleaded for a doctor, and calling upon her to die, and die quickly. Their infant son, a nursing baby, was in the room at the time, unattended, and waiting for nourishment, which the inhuman father denied it. After indulging himself with such a scene for hours, and thinking bls wife's end bnt a question of a few minutes, Sullivan swallowed a quantity of strychnine and died in fearful'agony, calling for mercy, forgiveness and aid to the last Mrs. Sullivan is still alive, but her condition is critical Judge Blodgett Resigns. Judge Blodgett who for twenty-two years has presided over the United States District Court in Chicago, confirmed the statement that his resignation was in tbe hands of the President His resignation was to take effect the first Monday in December, he said. One of the reasons for Judge Blodgett’s retirement is the fact that his duties as co insel for the Behring Sea Commission will compel him to be absent from Chicago until*-de-cision is reached by the arbitrators. An Indian Uprising. Globe (Ariz.) special: Some Chlrcabuas are on the war-path. They fired upon hunter James Hall near Mclmllan. An Indian and a squaw were recently killed by the same band near Black Border. Indians chased John Kriser and other cowboys near Globe. A sheriff’s posse and troops are now following the Indians near San Pedro. Smothered to Death. At the site of a new bridge which the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy is building across the Missouri River opposite

Alton. 111., three hands, while working In the air chamber of a steel caisson, seventy-five feet below the surface of the river, forgot how to work the valve doors and wore smothered before relief could be furnished. All were unknown, and after the coroner’s inquest werp burled on the bank of the river. Terrible Explosion at Lima, Ohio. A terrible explosion occurred at the nltro-glycerlne works of the High Explosive Company, three miles from Lima, Ohio. A. Shoup, a workman, wa* blown literally to atoms, parts bt hlh body being picked up at various points. Benjamin Dowd and Tom McHugh, also workmen, were badly injured and may die. Heavy French plate glass in stores in Lima wore broken by the shock, which was also distinctly felt at Ada, Ohio, fifteen miles distant Killed by a Cup of Coflba. A peculiar accident tbat resulted in the death of a 3-vear-old girl happened at Pittsburgh, Pa Stella Tirevel was the little victim. Her mother was filling a cup of coffee over the child’s head, as she sat in the chair at the table, when the handle of the coffee-pot broke and the contents were poured over tbe little one. She was scalded dreadfully, and despite the efforts of the physicians died a few hours after the accident Heavy Rains tu England. London special: According to reports from the midland counties rain has fallen continuously in different sections of that region for from twenty-four to fifty hours. Thousands of acres in West Norfolk are submerged and the potatoes and other crops are rotting in the fields. Tbe thermometer has rizen 30 degrees in forty-eight hours. - Terrible Accident at Lima. > A horrible accident happened nt the Western limestone quarries, Lima, Ohio. Joseph Koontz and Henry Bowers accidentally got on top of the kiln which gave way, precipitating the men on the red hot limo. It was impossible to get at them and they were roasted alive in the presence of hundreds of friends. Sensational Arrest. Warren P. Watrons, well known in Washington commercial circles as a real estate and note broker, has been arrested on a warrant charging him with forgery, and was released on bail. The complainant in the case is Charles L. Dubois, of the banking house of Dubois & Co. The amount involved is small. Crespo’s Government to Be Recognized. The State Department is in receipt of a cable message from Minister Scruggs reporting that arrangements for tbe recognition of the new Government of Venezuela under Gen. Crespo by the United States were concluded Oct 18, and that the formal ceremonies of recognition took place Sunday, the 23d. Shot His Wile’s Paramour. Joseph Fournier, a prominent saloon keeper and politician of Toledo, fatally shot James Coggins, a gambler. Fournier’s wife was arrested in a house of assignation with Coggins. The enraged busband threatened to take Coggins life, and the shooting was the result A Reward Is Offered. J. H. Eldridge, of West Salem, Ohio, has offered a reward of SSOO for the arrest and conviction of the murderers of his nephew, F. G. Eldridge, whose dead body was found inside the breakwater last week, with two coupling links tied around the neck. ■ Instantly Killed. Washington special: John Thrush, a brakeman on the Pennsylvania railroad, in au effort to avoid a north-bound train, stepped on the track just beyond the navy yard tnnnel and was instantly killed by a southbound Main, which he did not see. Schooner Goes Down. The schooner Ellen Hammond, laden with wheat, bound from Milwaukee to Manistee, Mich., was sunk by striking a pier while making port at the latter place. All on board escaped, except Capt Michaelson, who was drowned. Two Girls Barnod to Death. A fire in the Crocker block, 52 Water street, Cleveland, Ohio, destroyed the rag warehouse of Koblitz Bros. Thirty girls were at work sorting rags on the fourth floor. Two of them are missing. Loss Smothered to Death by Burglars. Ernest Keenard, aged 65, was found sitting dead in an arm chair in his library at Melrose, asuburbof Chicago, recently. Tbe house had been robbed and the old man smothered to death. Horses Killed by a Train. While Thomas McCafferty, of Palestine, Ohio, was drawing grain to market, a passenger train ran into his wagan, killing one of his horses and severely injuring Mr. McCafferty. Tumbled Into Hot Water. At Fostoria, 0., Melville, tho 5-year-old son of A J. Zabst, fell Into a bucket of hot water and was so badly scalded that death resulted soon afterward. Car Famine. There Is a large and growing grain blockade and car famine at Chicago. It is said that there are now 10,000 loaded grain cars awaiting transportation, j THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. Cattle-—Common to Prime.... s3.so 0 6.00 Hogs—Shipping Grades... 3.50 & 6.00 Sheep—Fair to Choice 4.00 0 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 Spring7l 0 .72 Cobn—No. 2 41540 .4254 Oats—No. 229 @ .30 Rye-No. 2 M 0 Butteb—Choice Crermery27 0 .29 F.oos—Fresh2o & .22 Potatoes—New, per bu 60 @ .TO INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping......;. 3.25 0 5.25 Hoos—Choice Light 3.50 0 5.75 Sheep —Common to Prime.....; 3.00 & 4.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 69 0 .70 CO BN—No. 1 White 43 <9 .4314 OATS—No. 2 White .33 0 .3354 BT. LOUIS. Cattle 3.00 0 5.00 HOOS 3AO 0 5.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red« 9 0 .70 COBN—No. 237 0 .38 Oats-No. 2 .28 0 .28)4 Bye-No. 2 A3 0 .54 CINCINNATI Cattle 3.00 0 4.75 Hoos 3.00 0 5.75 Sheep 300 0 s.oo Wheat—No. 2 Red 68540 .6954 COBN-NO. 2. M 9 .4454 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 32 0 .3254 BYE—No. 2 .57 0 A8 DETROIT. Cattle s.oo & 4.50 HOGS. 3.00 0 5.00 Shbep 3.00 0 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red. 7454® .’654 Cobn—No. 2"Yellow .48 0 .47 0A«-Na 2 White 34. W MH TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 72 0 .73 COBN—No. 2 White.4l 0 .42 Oats-No. 2 White3l 0 .3154 Byes 6 0 .57 BUFFALO. Cattle—Common to Prime 3.00 0 5.25 Hoos—Best Grades 4.00 0 6.00 Wheat—No. 1 Hardßo 0 .87 COBN—No. 2 M 0 .47 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring M ® -68 Cobn—No. 340 0 .41 Oats—No. 2 White 33 0 .34 Rye-No. 1 « 0 -«3 BABLBY—No. 68 0 -68 PoßK—Mesa 1L75 01153 NEW YORK. Cattle 5.50 0 5.50 Hoar 3.00 0 6.00 Sheep 3.00 0 5.00 Wheat—N<t 2Red.. ...... n 0 .79 COBN—No. W 0 .61 Oats—Mixed Weetem M 0 -S« BUTTEB-Creamery .28 0 .30 Poxx—New Mesa 18,00 013 JO

THE TIN PLATE CIRCfiS. . : SOME ORIGINAL TRICKS OF CLOWN M’KINLEY. Stattotletaa Peele on the QueaUoa of Wngoa —Senator Dawea I» Rattlml-Robotea Favor Fwslgaar*— Our .-Happy Farmers” -Crockery Dutk a end Prices. at Phlladelphta Wa doubt If there ever has been in any previous campaign anything comS arable to the silliness of tho 'American In” performances which Mr. McKinley and his associates have been guilty of. When McKlaleysioko in Philadelpdia Sept. 23, the following toleinn buffoonery was gone though with in the Academy of Music, aflconling to the Philadelphia Press: 'While he whs telling of the new industries that hto been built up in this country, a bann ir made of tin and bearing the inscription, * American tin, 181)2, made at Norrtetown,’ was carried down the platform. The applause which greeted the appearance of the banner interrupted the Governor, and he turned and looked at the taanor. * Another trophy to a protective tariff ‘ was his comment, and then cheers were given for American tin.' | CoL McClure qxcosed the humbug of this performance* completely a few nights later, but the manager of the 'American Tin Works at Norristown" has since added the final touch. He says the works liave been shut down, and their sixty wkukmen thrown out of employment because of tho delay In the arrival ot material from Wales. There are, he says, 25(> tons of plates on the ■way, all of which have been rolled in Wales, and that when tho plates arrive, thoy will be dipped at tho works in tin. As for the sources of his tin supply, he says: 'I purchase it from the Importers in New York. Lt comes from various parts of the world, and I am frank in saying that although I have looked high and low for the American article, I have never seen it* He goes on to “give away* the entire business by adding: “I am willing to tell the truth about this matter, and nothing but the truth, and therefore I mean exactly what I say—that the sheets, pig tin, and palm oil are imported. Therefore, if at any time there should boa delay in the arrival ot these materials, we would be compelled to shut down, as we have done this week. We have ten tin-men at work this week, and they are all men who were employed in the factory at Wales.* That is the plain truth about the tin banner which McKinley pointed to with pride as the symbol of a new American Industry. It was made entirely of foreign material, by foreign workmen imported for the purpose, and there was nothing American about it save the glamour of humbug which McKinley threw over it His antics with it were only a little more intense than were those of the Republican candidate for the Vice-Presidency and Warner Miller at the Cooper Institute meeting here last week when they passed around among the audience 'samples* of American tin made in a similar manner. The distribution of small plates among the school children of this city is another variation of the entertainment. What is to be said of the intellectual and moral caliber of a great party whoee leading minds conceive that the j>eople can be induced by such exhibitions as these to bear patiently a tax of $25,000,000? The manager of the Norristown works says he has not been able to discover any American tin, and his testimony is confirmed by that ot every other man who has tried to ony any. The entire product is abaerbed in samples for mass meetings and Republican newspaper office windows, and much of this, like the Philadelphia banner, Is made of foreign material. The Temescal tin mines, whose product was in so much dispute for a considerable period, have been shut down because of failure ot the ore, and the Tribune of to-day has extracted from Congressman Bowers the valuable opinion that they are full of tin, but that they have been shut down by their Engl.ah owners in order to “ireete out* some of the stockholders. Mr. Bowers is convinced of this because he visited the mines and was not allowed to look into them!—New York Evening Post Senator Dawes Rattled. The Question Clubs of Massachusetts have been putting some queries to Senator Dawes In reuard to the McKinley tax on wool, reminding him that he was in favor of free wool in 1860, and asking him if it was true, as reported in the Boston Jpu id al, that he believed that “whenever raw' material entering Into manufacturing hereoannot be produced here in sufficient quantities and at such cost as to make its use In manufacturing here profitable. It should be admitted free of duty. * The Senator answered that he had been correctly quoted, and that *by that test the clause alluded to (the one increasing the duty on carpet wools from 25 to 32 per cent) must, with me, stand or fall. But he does not think the McKinley bill can “be best judged by piecemeal, any more than a house can be best judged by testing here and there a brick in it." That is to say, the Senator would be in favor of knocking out the wool brick and many others, In accordance with the demands of his constituents, but thinks the riddled McKinley edifice would still be fair to look upon. At any rate, he is unusually bold and frank for a Republican in a Presidential year, though we fear it must be charged to the fact that he is not Seeking re-election. It is impossible to conceive of the Hon. Henry C. Lodge at this interesting political juncture admitting, with Mr. Dawes, that the “McKinley law is not perfect.’—New York Evening Post JFkyl-Hyde-MedlU. The following extract from an address delivered by Hon. Joseph Medlll, editor of tho Chicago Tribune, before the American Agricultural Association of the West, appeared in yesterday’s Republic, but It is worth reproducing: “I understate the truth when I say that the farmers of the West and the planters of the South are charged $500,200,000 a year on their goods, for the profit of protected Eastern manufacturers, more than is fair and necessary on the principle of live and let live.’ This is Mr. Medtlfs real opinion, to which he gives utterance during three years and nine months out of every four years. During the remaining three months, just preceding a Presidential election, he advises the farmers of tbe West and the planters of the South to vote for a party that imposed and keeps up these unfair and unnecessary taxes.—St. Louis Republic. No Secrecy Asked by Labor. Labor Commissioner Peek, of New York, who ought to be designated rather Commissioner for Capital Peck, states in his reply to the pourt at Albany that every time he sent out circulars asking for information he "Invariably gave pledges of secrecy." > It is a curious fact in.the transactions carried on by Commissioner Peck that it was only protected monopolists who desired this pledge at his hands. Labor has asked no secrecy from Peck, If there be a workingman from end to end of this country whose wages have been increased by the McKinley bill he will excuse Peck from keeping the fact secret. If the McKinley bill had raised the wages of any r«®k, or any division of workingmen, they would be eager to

proclaim the fact. Where are these mon? Who are they? In what industry are thoy occupied? No workingman wanta to rob a tariff law or any other law of the credit due it for raising his wages. Labor asks no secrecy about Its fortune under the MoKinloy law.— Chicago Herald. How PMkie Supported. In Its attempt to bolster up the foolish and fraudulent figurea put forth by Labor Commissioner Peek, the Johnstown Republican thus refers to the report of Commissioner Wadlin of Massachusetts: “Labor Commissioner Horace G. Wadlin of Massachusetts has reported that wages have been Increased in the Old Bay State, during the first year ot the McKinley tariff. * We are greatly obliged to our contemporary for citing Commissioner Wadlin. Here is the testiinoney submitted by that very accurate and upright official. 1. Average annual lnorea»o ot wages for the aix yearn proriona to the enactment ot the M’Klnley tariff tins Annual increase of wage* tor 1891 under the McKinley tariff 3.97 Decrease under McKinley tariff.. sß.l* 2. Average annual Increase in total wages tor six yean previous to the enactment ot the McKinley tariff $4,060,411 Annual increase in total wages for 1891 under the MoKiuley tariff.... 8,335,945 Decrease under McKinley tariff.. $1,624,466 3. Average annual Increase to materials used for six yean previous to the enactment ot tbe McKinley tariffsl2,ooo,ooo Annual increase to materials used tor 1891 under McKinley tariff.... 9,774.506 Decrease under McKinley tariff.. $2,225,401 4. Average annual increase In manufactured product for six years Srevlous to the enactment of the toKlnley tariffs23,7oo,ooo Annual increase in manufactured product for 1891 under McKinley tariff 8,078,063 Decrease under McKinley tariff.. $16,631,947 The Massachusetts report shows that the McKinley tariff has stunted the State's industrial growth, checking the Increase for six years previous In the average wages, the total wages, the materials used, and the manufactured product It has impaired the efficiency and reward of labor and deprived industry of the advance which six years had entitled it to expect. This Is the result of McKlnleyism in Massachusetts, dear Republican, and we have no doubt the result in the State of New York is substantially the same, the statements of the discredited and disgraced Peck to the contrary, notwithstanding.—Gloverville Standard. Wages in Building Trades. That statistical evader of justice, Mr. Peck, has produced some more figures in which the protectionists seem to find great comfort. They purport to show that wages in the building trades increased from 1890 to 1891. As a matter of fact, wages in the building trades have been going up for many years. No one, however, but a headlong, thoughtless, open-mouthed swallower of protection lies would ever suppose that carpenters, masons and people engaged in kindred pursuits owe their prosperity to the taxes which the Government levies on them. There is no law on the statute book, and even Mr. McKinley would not undertake to invent one. that taxes houses Imported from Europe, or roofs, or stairs or paved streets or ceilings. The art of driving a nail or of carrying a hod is not taxed. And, as we all know, there is no duty on carpenters or engineers,or lathers or stonecutters. The wages in building trades have had a tendency to advance for at least half a century, and the great reason for their going up is because the men are more their own masters than are the hands employed by a trust or a single protected capitalist. The mind that supposes that a bricklayer or a stair-builder can be protested by a tariff which increases the cost of his living, itself needs a protection that it is far beyond the power of any statute to grant. Perhaps such a mind may take its first step in intelligence by grappling with this problem. A correspondent of the World, who has the courage to sign his name, A. Marcrdft, writes as lows“In this city carpenters are getting $3.50 a day of eight hours; in Brooklyn they get $3.25 per day of eight hours; In Jersey City $3 per day of nine hours; in Hoboken they get $2.75 per day of nine hours, and in Westchester Oounty $2.50 per day of ten hours." How can the tariff account for these differences? It is an easy problem if tackled cautiously, and if no protection professor Is consulted. —N. Y. World. Republican Romance Spoiled. Lately the Republican papers outside of Indiana have be n referring to an alleged report made by State Statistician Peele, showing an advance in wages since the enactment of the McKinley tariff. The Republican papers of this State are not referring to it, because no such report has ever been made. In order to disprove this Republican falsehood, Statistician Peele makes the following statement for publication: “I have made no report since the report for 1890 was issued- Thd report for 1891 will not be made until the next Legislature convenes, next January, when it will be submitted to them printed. It will be a general report of statistics of Indiana, but there will be no comparison of wages in it, because I have nothing to compare it with. There is not a scrap of data in my office giving any in'ormation of the wages received by Indiana workmen prior to the passage of the McKinley tariff. How is it possible, then, for me or any one else to make any comparison with the wages receiver, since the passage of the McKinley bill?. You see, therefore, how false the statement circulated by Republicans is. It is a Republican trick. “I do not believe there is a workman In Indiana whose wages have been increased on account of the McKinley tariff. But we all know here that the coal miners of Indiana receive less in wages now than before the election of Mr. Harrison. No one can deny that statement ” A few weeks ago the Indianapolis Sentinel advertised for the photograph of an Indiana workman whose wages | had been increased on account ot the McKinley tariff. It is said that it received but one, the photograph of a printer of a county paper who had made extra money setting up sheriff sales. Mr. Peele was elected in 1890 on the Democratic ticket and is the Democratic nominee for the same office this year.— I New York Times. Columbian Parade a Failure. A great oversight was made by the managers of the Columbian parade In New York. Tbe banners and the floats were symbolical of. 'music, art, printing, physical science, ■oto., but the greatest Institution of modern times, the one ; thing that has made this the greatest of modern nations, was entirely forgotten In the make-up of the parade. No ban-; ner bore that most significant of all | American words—“protection," the newly discovered method of increasing protection and enriching a nation by tax-1 ation. The biggest float of all should have been an American tin-plate mill in operation and showing the recently landed Welshmen In the act of dipping imported steel sheets Into the imported tin and imported palm oil, with a special agent of the Treasury stamping “American” on each shining sheet. These should then have been made into suit- I able emblems of “protection" and distributed broadcast to the millions ot j

spectators, Infindlng the thousands of school children of Rew York, who had not previously been supplied. The spectacle would have been inspiring, and would have made an indelible tmpression upon all present. It is to be hoped that this great idea will receive proper attention at Chicago next year. Crockery Dutlm and Prince. We hear a great deal lately about a "free breakfast table* given to us by Republican reoipro ity. Ot course, it is a fraud. Sugar still bears a duty of J cent a pound, every mill of which Is collected by tho sugar trust. Tea and coffee have been on the free list for years, and the only change that “reciprocity" can make Is to put a duty on them as hue already been done when they come from certain countries. But civilized man eats his breakfast from dishes. Did McKinley make these free? Let’s seel The following table gives the net wholesale price for the various articles making a set of crockery needed for the farmer’s table, In England ana the United States; also the difference between ihe English price and American nrtoe, and the amount of duty that must be paid when the goode are importeL The kind of ware for which tho prices are given is what is known as white granite \yare: Wholesale Price U. 8. U. 8. En» U. 8. Prices, Duties. 1 doxen bskenis 86 $1.49 *8 M s4< 1 doxen bowle 47 74 27 26 2covered butters.. » 47 IV U Idoien individual butters 6 15 i t 1 dox. handled cosfee cups 44 80 86 24 54 dosen co v ered dishes I.ls 1.80 68 C 2 54 dozen ordinary dishea S 3 40 17 18 2 creams 9 20 U 06 1 dozen flat plates. 36 60 26 19 1 dozen deep plates 35 64 29 19 1 doz. fruit saucers 14 23 w «8 2 sugars 21 38 IT 12 1 dozen handled tea cupa 37 67 30 % 1 teapot 12 23 H 7 A set of crockery as above, costing $5,10 in England, costa $8.71 In the United States, the United States price being $3.61 higher. The duties on the ware alone amount to $2.81. Duty at tbe rate of 55 per cent, is also levied on the packages in which the ware is packed, and the other expenses of purchase, which, added to $2.81, make the whole duty equal to the difference between the English and American pr ce. The beneficiary is the crockery combine. , Rebates Favor Foreigners. Many intelligent citizens find it hard to believe that ou? protected manufacturers sell their products cheaper to foreign than to our own consumers. There are many reasons, and one of them ie that our manufacturers can afford to sell cheaper to foreigners. Our tariff makers intended that this should be done when they inserted the “rebate” clauses in their “prote tion” measures. These rebates favor foreigners by giving our manufacturers cheaper raw materials when they manufacture goods for export. If any one doubts this, let him read the fol.owing from the Sac (Iowa) Sun. copied in the American Economist of Oct. 14: "The present protective tariff rebates the duty—pays It back—on all raw material imported and manufactured into articles which we then exported, 1 per cent only being retained to pay expenses of collection. This is done to enable our manufacturers to secure raw materials (not produced in this country) which are to be manufactured for export as cheap as they can be had In foreign countries, and thereby to compete in other countries with foreign manufaaturers, ’which they are do.ng very largely.” ; The McKinley tariff may be hard on W it Is much harder on Araeric one, who get no relief from its burdensome taxation and prices. “Protective* or "American” tariffs, as their friends like to call them, always discriminate against Americans and in favor of foreigners. 1 A Wolf In Sheep’* Clothing. With the duty higher and the price of wool lower than ever before, Bradstreet’s of Oct. l.says: “Manufacturers show a greater inclination to take wool. The market has weakened on several grades, and there is good reason to believe that it will go lower before advancing. Present conditions are difficult to explain on the basis of supplies." And yet we have a party with gall enough to send the author of this calamity amongst the flocks of Vermont and Ohio to express sympathy-by trying to bleat with the sheep. It is no wonder the sheep In Vermont took to the woods when they heard the wolf’s voice. It Is said that consternation is also seizing the herds In Ohio, and that when Gov. McKinley appears on the Republican side of the field all of the wise old rams, followed by the rest of the flo:-k, make a break for the Democratic side ot the field, where they huddle together bleating and trembling until the Republican wolf in sheep’s clothing Is safely out of sight The Democrats are beginning to understand the meaning of the enthusiasm and noisy demonstration? that attend McKinley in these regions, and well they intend to take good care of the frightened lambs. ••Happy Farmers.” The American Economist of Oct 14th quotes from the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle that “Ogden farmers are in good humor over the protection prices which are being paid for their produce—barley at 73c, with tendency upward; potatoes firm at 5Uc, and cabbage $3 per hu dred. * The Ogden farmer must have a narrow mind and be of a happy disposition if he can extract sunshine from cabbage, potatoes and barley when his neighbor’s protected wheat, corn, oats, rye, wool and horses are selling for unusually low prices, and wh n farm lands every where are declining in value. As long as prices.of our leading farm products are determined in foreign mar .et the farmer need not i rouble himself about trying io change them by tariff leg elation. But there is need of his troubling himself about the price of what he buys, which consists largely of things imported and the price of which can therefore be raised by legislation. This is the end of ' the tariff rope on which he ehould do his pulling unless he prefers, as ho seems to do, to continue in the debtor class. Low In Protected Mills. It is undisputed that wages are higher 4n unprotected than in protected Induat tries. Carpen ere, masons, engineers, and printers belong to the best-pa d class of workers. This is not an accident, but is a logical outcome of a tariff that fosters cotnbln es. It is but natural that protected manufacturers organized to take advantage of a high tariff ty advancing or sustaining prices, should use their consolidated power to dictate terms tb tffelr employes. Another reason for the lower wages and ui usually harsh treatment of labor In the mills ot protected mon poliste Is found in the fact, expla'md at length by Andrew Carnegie, that the officers of great corporations deal at long range with their employes, do not come into dally contact with then, and la'k that sympathy which woul I often prevent strikes, lockouts and riots. Hence it is tbat workers In protected mines and mills constitute our worst-paid, most insecure, and therefore dangerous classes.

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SIX MILUONS Lost MILWAUKEE’S TERRIBLff VISITATION. Swept Sy Flame* with the Wind Blowlug a Slzty-MUe Gale—Entire Lower PortfaV of the But Side Ii Gone. Wild Night of Rain. The lower portion of the East Side of 1 Milwaukee went up in a whirlwind ol flame Friday night The burned portlon comprises the wholesale district; the Northwestern Railway yards, and gas works. It is also thickly Inhabited by Italians, Poles, Germans and Irish, most of whom are poor and have loot everything. Tho loss will be between $5,000,000 and $6,000,000. The Are started shortly before « o’clock in the wholesale liquor house of A. Blade * Son. The wind at the time was blowing fully sixty miles an hour. As the fire broke through the roof the hurricane caught up the brands, and, whirling them across the block, fljing them full on tho soven-story building ofi , Bubb A, Kipp on tho corner of Broadway, and Buffalo streets. Before the engines on a third alarm could arrive and come' into action the Kipp building was ai mass of flames. This was the beginning of the end. The sparks were caught up by the gale' and whirled hither and yon, while the firemen, fighting bravely In the molten, shower, found their efforts powerless to; stay the progress of the flames. A general alarm was turned in, bringing the entire Pghting force of the city into action, but it was unable to stay the steady march of the flames which now • were rioting blocks away. From this on it was a steady conquering march. The big streams of water, looked like squlrtguns playing against the roaring sea of flame. From Bubb Ad Kipp’s the fire had eaten backward to East Water street, but there It was held, by hard fighting, with the fire eom-{ panics enveloped in smoke and flames,: undistimruishabte except as tbe wind whirled the curtain apart at times for a second. People Driven from Their Home*. 1 Balked here, the flames threw themselves with renewed vigor on the territory to the eastward and leeward. There no engines stayed their progress, and they rioted down across Broadway, stopped for a moment in the block between that street and Milwaukee street, then jumped over that and oonkuued their unimpeded career toward the lake, a half mile away, carrying destruction, ruin, and despair to poor families who were in their path. These people hurriedly left their Hbmes, carrying with them what they, could, and where this was impossible by the sudden onset of the hurricane of; fire fled swiftly, not stopping is look, behind, only glad to escape with their lives. Mixed in with the small woods*' buildings, which were the dwelling places of these unfortunates, were huge wholesale houses. The fire king made; no invidious distinctions. The big trade warehouses went with the humbler home. The only difference was that he stayed longer with tbe former, i - The territory burned out is in the shape ot a slightly obtuse triangle with' the apex at Blade A Cp.’s, on the river,; the upper side Detroit street, tho lower Menominee street to Milwaukee and then to the Milwaukee River, and the base Lake Michigan. Roughly it is a space two-thirds of a mile long on the base line. £.t 7:30 o’clock Friday night Fire Chief I Swenle, of Chicago, received a message I from Chief James Foley, of Milwaukee, I asking for Immediate assistance. Ex- I aotly at 9:30, lees than two hours after | the call for help was received, the tra n I left the north end of the Northwestern I yards, with G. M. Harshaw, a trusty I driver, at the throttle. The train eon- I slated only of four tet oars containing I the Are apparatus and a caboose, and I looked more like a circus train tbah 1 anything else. The caboose was filled I with firemen, reporters, and ftre-insur- ■ anne adjusters. It was run as a special, I and was given a through right of way I from Chicago to Milwaukee. ■ Assistance also came from Kenosha I Racine and other towns near by. In the I meantime in Milwaukee the scenes of | Chicago’s big fire were rept ated. Hun-, ; dreds of poor householders carried ta ■ their arms, tn carts or wagons whatevw ( ■ they had been able to seize and save' ■ before they were obliged to fly from ■ their burning homes. They did not feet ■ safe until they put the Milwaukee Riven || between them and the destroying ene-j ■ my. The few engines which could bel I brought into action were unable to pra-j I veut the wild riot Every street look-, 1 ing south was a molten hell. The efforts ■ of that portion of the department to the; | west and north of the Are had been db- I reet ed toward holding it from any retro- ■ grade march, and in this the men were ■ successful. .... t - -I The flames showed considerable! ' eccentricity in their ravages. They ■ would jump across buildings lor a bloek.i 1 leaving them>untouched, only to return; ■ later and wpe them out in spite of the ■ efforts of the firemen, who fought gaW ■ lantly against the heavy odds. 1 Capt Davis of the revenue cutter ■ Johnson, which was lying in the harbor,i ■ tendered hie crew to Chief Eoley for use ■ ■ in fighting the Are. They were grate-; ( ■ fully accepted, and relieved the flremeli / ■ in places -where they had become ex-j i ■ bausted bylhelr hard fight The rs-; ■ ■ serve force came just in time, and the | 1 Johnson’s njen fought gallantly and ew j |1 fectively. . ' I The Fourth Regime-t, under the oom-r / ■ mand of Col. King, was called out to I ■ as-Ist in guard duty, as the crowds ta I ■ the vicinity of the burned district num- I ■ berod thousands, and the police force i ■ was in need of assistance. A platoo&l , ■ of the Fourth which assembled at the I la armory earliest was sent to the House/ m of Correction, near which institution a( ■ fire was reported raging, where there ■ were no police for guard duty, aU the ■ men being busy at the other tire. Coml ■ paniee E and F were used for guar4 ■ duty along Detroit street, where therij ■ were piles of household goods whlol. ■ bad been hastily removed from tty ■ burning houses. Company A» was « ■ guard duty around the Northwestern yards, where thieves had taken adv* • ■ tase of the Are to attempt the lootlif of boxcars. * u 1 I Fully 10,000 people were made horn ■( ■ less and leading insurance men e<< H that about half tho loss is covered H ■ insurance. They estimate the toll loss at $5,775,000. I vij The losses are as follows: » Bubb * Kipp, furniturelSOOto ESg J. E. Patted A 00., oils and paintsSJ*g ■ P. Kissinger, wholesale liquors IM Milwaukee Mirror Works,jg| ■ B. Leidersdorf, tobacco Guyler Llthosrzph Company. Ity* ■ Roundy, Beckham A Co., wholesale || H P «cheftci A*Co.',’ wholesale' grocers.'.'.' kEw H J. Wellmure A Co., wholesale grocer*... Sqeou |gH SUwankee Chair Company sa*M ,■ orthwestern freight house, contents [ I ■ Mfb?snkoe."Lsio Shore' and' Wdsteni TH I McLxnden Hotel MV H P. Finger A Co., confectionery... P,** ■ Sauer A Co., glove manufacturers Fifty smaller business housesso,6*2 tag Five hundred dwellings and oottages... g| F. P. Dohmen A gOJ || Kteg ■ Femekor « Bro,, couf6otwnery..«....esi Delorme <fc Quentin, tool shop PjMW Milwaukee Rag Company.K I I