Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 45, Decatur, Adams County, 27 January 1893 — Page 6

©he fcmacrai DOCATUR, IND. K. BLACKBURN, • • • rnw.iwiin. ftps JANUARY. ISOS Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa ~T 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 © • ® • 0 0 0 ® Q I)'" " ‘ ' A GOOD CROP OF NEWS GATHERED FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD. Hnddon Death of Jafttlee Lainnr-An Old Oeuple Mnrderoil for Money-A County Treasurer Gone Wrong- An Elevator Do•UYrtod by Fire—Sad Accident. Dent!} of Jn*tl«e Lamar. Macon (GJO special; Justieo Lucius Qointus Clncinnatus Lamar died hero at 1:50 Monday evening. It is a terrible ahock to the community. The death waa sudden in the extreme, for although he has been feeling ill for some time. Jus- , tlce Lamar appeared to he gradually gain-1 Ing in health. He came from Washing- f ton to Macon about a month ago ami has ; been visiting at the residence of Mr. W. i H. Virgin, in Vinevillo. a suburb of this eity. Monday afternoon at about 3 o’clock Justice Lamar took his overcoat, intending to go to the city, but was met at the door by a friend, I)r. Lewellyn, with whom he returned to tho sitting room. At that time and during all the afternoon he was in good spirits, and at dinner, at 0:50, ho seemed to have a good appetite. Dr. Lewellyn left tho house about 8 o’clock and a few minutes later tho Justice was seized with violent pains in tho heart and died at tho hour mentioned. Money for Public Buildings. Among tho contracts that have beon entered into tor partial work or for com- ; pletion of public buildings to tho amount e's $2,350,000 are tho following; Ash- . land, Wis., $100,000; Atchison, Kan., $100,000; Burlington. la., $125,000; Can- j ton, Ohio, $100,000; Cedar Rapids, lowa, ! $100,000: Chicago, government building for World’s Fair, $400,000; Rockford, 111., $100,000; Rock Island, 111,, $75,000; Salina, Kan., $75,000; Saginaw, Mich., 1 $100,000; Sheboygan, Wis., $50,000: Sioux City, lowa, $125,000; South Bend, Ind., $75,000. The treasury Is authorized by existing laws to spend $9,100,000 additional on other public buildings.among which are: Aurora, 111., $75,000; Bloomington, 111., | $75,000; Davenport, la., $100,000; Emporia. Kan., $10,000; Galesburg, 111, $75,000; Madison, Ind., $50,000; Racine, Wis., and Danville, 111., $100,000; Fort, Dodge, la., $75,000; Kansas City, Mo., ■ *175,000; Lafayette, Ind., $80,000; Lansing, Mich-, S 100.000; SL Paul, Minn., $400,000. _ Muni ©rod for Money. A special from Marietta, Ohio, says; Mike Ha»9 and wife were murdered about two miles out of town on the Newport pike. Haa9 last fall married a Mr*. Langfitt, who had two sons aged 27 and 20 years. The family has never been a happy one, continual quarrels occurring between the two sons and Haas and his wile. Haa3 and his wife went into the •ountry to sign some papers on soma property, which Haas owns. Mrs. Haas had about SI,OOO on her person. The two Langtitt boys each hired a team of Mugrage, the liveryman. Haas was shot j and Mrs. Haas was stabbed several times. A County Treasurer Skips. Auguston Cronkhito of Williamsport, Ind., Treasurer of Warren County, has disappeared. It is reported that his accounts are short to the extent of $65,000. It is not known whore the money or Croukhite has gone. Cronkhite was in the habit of receiving money from heavy tax payers and not entering tho same on his receipt book, although giving receipts to the parties who pa)d the money. The required publication of the delinquent list precipitate matters and Cronkhite felt He loft a note to his bondsmen tolling them that he wa9 afraid to face the music. Sad Accident. John Buchtman met with in accident i at the Sherry'Mftmlf&Cturlng Company’s ! handle factory, New Haven, Ind., which resulted in his death. Ho was running a rip 9aw when in somo way the carriage did not work and a piece'of timber fell on the saw. It was thrown back and struck him iu tho stomach. He leaves a young wife whom he married at Delphos, Ohio, two months ago. Close the Fair on Sunday. In tho Lower House of the Pennsylvania Legislature a concurrent resolution urging Pennsylvania Senators and Representatives in Congress in favor ol enforcing the contract entered into botween the United States Government and the World’s Fair Commission requiring the closing of the Fair on Sunday, was agreed to, yeas, 91; nays, 52. Th© President Declines to 1 1’ardon Rank Wrecker Harper. Edwin L. Harper, bank wrecker and ex-l’rosident of tho Fidelity National Bank of Cincinnati, and a convict in the Ohio Penitentiary, has beon doniod a pardon by President Harrison. Harper was thought to be seriously ill, but an investigate proved otherwise. An Elevator Burned. The grain elevator belonging to Fred Rush&Co., Indianapolis, was destroyed by tiro. The lire was remote from water and the department could do little but stand by and see the elevator destroyed. It contained about 40,000 bushels of wheat * Senator Carlisle Resign*. Frar.kfort.(Ky.) special: Tho resignation of Senator Carlisle has been transmitted by the Governor to the State Senate. The decision of Gov. Brown not to boa senatorial candidate is final. Matthews Can’t Appoint. A caucus of Democratic members of ihe Indiana Legislature has decided to kill the bill giving to the Governor the appointing power. His Chi ld Died for Want of Medical Aid. Haverhill (Mass.) special: The 1-year- - old daughter of The BovC ATS. Orne dled of typhoid-pneumonia, from which the Child had Iv-r-n sintering- for the past-three weeks, and during which time she received no medical treatment whatever. , Mr. Orne says of tho case: “The gir was taken sick three weeks ago, but n’t serious turn came until last week, whet V r - Morse diagnosed the ease at my resanest, and pronounced it to be typhoid pneumonia, lie did not give me any prescription, foe 1 do not believe In piiysi rians or their treatment, Furthefmoro, I am not of this world, and I try to follow the wo'dsof the Scriptures and, as .. i ; . .-.jjf

t! God did'not non my cel d, I bellevo He lias another object In taking her away. Mr. Orne stated that he had healed his children at other times by anointing with oil and laying on of hands and prayer, and believed It It had been God’s wul *. this child would liavo beon saved. Rev, ; Mr. Orno was formerly city missionary here, and Is now tho State agent of the j Stato Parontal Homo Association. = THE CItUNIN CASE - ICrvlveil by a Sensational Supreme Court Hilling;. Chicago special: Daniel Coughlin, tho only survivor of the trio of Irishmen sentenced to imprisonment for llfo, December 16, 1889, for tho murdor of Dr. P. H. Cronin, will have another tusslo with the law for freedom. At the October term of tho Supreme Court an appeal for a writ of error In tho Intorost of tho convict was made by Attorneys Wing I and Forrest. The appeal has boon sustained, a decision to this effect having been rendered at Ottowa. Tills decision , means that Coughlin is, for the time bolng.ln tho eyes of tho law, froo from, tho brand of murder. He Is no longer a convict he Is as Innocent In the legal ! sense as when he took his placo in the dock three years ago last August with Beggs, I-Cunsn, O’Sullivan ana Burke to answer for tho killing of Dr. Cronin. But tho chargeof murder still hangs over him, and the new trial that tho decision of tho Supreme Court involves may send him back to coniinement or to thn gallows. It may on the other hand i rosult In his getting his liberty, j The judgment of tho Supremo j Court is base don tho charge of prejudice i made in the appeal In the case of Jurors I Clark and Boneteeon. The admissions made by these jurors on their examlnaI tion as venemen were fastened on as supi plying good grounds for a now trial by | Coughlin’s attorneys, and a majority of the court agrees with that contention. Justices Magruder and Scofield dissented from the verdict of thoir brothers on tho bench. APPALLING. Terrible Catastropliv at Alton Junction, i m. Nino persons killed outright, twelve fatally injured, and nearly a hundred more or less seriously hurt is thn appalling result of a series of accidents at Alton junction, 111. An open switch on the Big Four main track was the cause of the disaster. Tho southwestern limited ran through the switch into a freight j train standing on the .-siding, and Engineer Webb Ross, of the limited, was . instantly killed. The wreck took fire ; and while a great crowd was watching the spectacio an oil tank car exploded ! with torriHc force, enveloping the spectators in a sheet of burning oil. Eight of them were instantly killed and scores were frightfully burned, a dozeu of > whom at least will die. For those within tho circle of 100 yards, there was no escape. Their clothing was burned and literally fell from their bodies. In a moment those who were not disabled began running - hither and thither waving their hands and j screaming for help. Some went to the nearest water ami others ran into the fields and are missing yet. Panic reigned for a short time until the uninjured recovered the presence of mind to | care for the afflicted. Two barrels of linseed oil were taken from a grocery store and applied to the wounds by several physicians who happened to le on tho ground. Every house in the little village’was turned Into a temporary hospital and every doctor in Alton anil its vicinity was summoned. THROUGH A BRIDGE. Terrible Wreck on the L. E. St W. Railway Rear Peru, Ind. The north-bound express from Indianapolis on the Lake Erie and Western Railroad, was badly wrecked about one mile south of Peru, Ind. Among the fifteen passengers on board the train not one escaped injury. The entire train, | engine, smoking, express, and chair cars were precipitated on the ice of the river about thirty-five feet below. A broken rail about 100 feet from the river threw tho train from tho track and the train continued on until it reached the bridge when the first »wo tiers gave way, and the entire train went down. The engine stood upright, and cars covered it with its wreckage of three cars. The fireman jumped, but Engineer , Griffin was pinned in tne eabin and taken out severely scalded. The wreck took lire and was burned completely, the cars being smashed to splinters. Brakeman Richard Neff was badly hurt, but • jwiiuJ himself out s! the wreck and, lighting a lantern, ran back and flagged a freight which was following. It was stopped only about 100 feet from tho wreck and another horrible wreck was averted. J It!»' miraculous that no more were j killed as the cars were hurled over stones and not a splinter of the wood waajaved from the fire. BADLY BEATEN. The Muncle Switchmen Give upDtlie Strike. The switchmen’s strike on the Lake Erie & Western road at Muncie, Ind., which has been carried on for more than a week, was practically settled .Saturday as the company succeeded in getting out five trains without being molested. Six of the sixteen strikers have been arrested and taken berore Judge Baker of tho United States Court, and warrants are out for the others but they cannot be found. s “Men have a right to quit the employ of a company, but they have no right, under the guise of organized labor, to e interfere with property and to engage in' : trespassing. Then it is not organized labor; it is organized crime.” These wore the remarks of Judge Baker of tho , United States Court, in the trial for contempt of P. Nixon and D. Kirkwood, two i of the Lake Erie and Western strikers, who are charged with contempt A Bad WRECK I — ■ ■ .... [ On the Terre and Indianapolis j Kgtlroad. A serious wreck occurred on the Terre r Haute & Indianapolis Railroad at ) Knightsville, Ind. The miners’ train, carrying minors from Brazil, was standIngjon the Side track waiting for the east bound passenger train to pass, when the - passenger train on the Center Point dl- ,- Vision of the Terre Haute & Indiane apolis line dashed around the curve t and crashed into the miners’ train with terrible force. Both trains were filled with miners and wore piled in one massive heap. Four cars with tneir human ,f freight were thrown from the track and 0 badly wrecked. It is said that seventeen 0 persons were more or less Injured, but by some miracle, none were killed outright. Wat Llewellyn was terribly crushed apd it is feared he will die Tho Muncle Strike. The situation of tho switchmen's strike | in the Lake. Erie and Western yards at ” Muncie, Ind., remains unchanged. Gerieral Superintendent D. S. Jllli, ’ Assistant Superintendent Jarvis, ami Roadmaster Hoban, have been doing 1 „ the switching for, nearly a week, and to do the work , successfully has caused a complete " blockade in the yards. Dozensot loaded f cars remain on the side tracks, loaded with merchandise. Factories are eldsing d6wn every day on'account of failing to get material delivered after 11 reaches the yards, and consequent!) » y "

» noarl* 1,500 hands aro out of omploy- . meet Valuable l-eltor* ami Signature.. A sale of autograph letters and signaj tures of various notables was hold at Bang* &J Lnyd auction rooms, New f York, recently. George Washington's 9 letters sell for half what they used to. One to Thomas Jeflforron, concerning his condition of contlnulngjln office, went for $35. Signers of the Declaration of Independence fared hardly bettor. Autograph 1 of Thomas Lynch, too rarest of all the signers, went for $24, while tho slanai tures of modern men of prominence In l the literary and artistic lino went for a • few conts each. 1 Firemen .Severely Injured. Whtlo running to a fire at Evansville, . Ind., a hook and ladder truck was ovor- ’ turned and engine No. 7 and a street car - collided, injuring a number of firomon, two of them fatally, as follows: Jacob : Beck, captain of tho, hook and ladder company, back broxen; will die. John Welsh, driver of tho hook and ladder , truck, skull fractured; will die. Joe’ Mver, fireman, hip broken. George Schmitt, fireman, leg broken; William Blschman, driver of englnn No. 7,eaught beneath engine and crushed; severe injuries; recovery doubtful. Died from Leproay. Mrs. A. F. Wood, wife of a prominent pioneer citizen of Hardin County, lowa, has just died at Union of what Is said to have been leprosy in its most malignant form. Sho has beon bedridden and utterly helpless for a number of years, her body finally becoming so shrunken, distorted, and disfigured that sho scarcely resembled a human being. Part of her face, her fingers, toes, and portions of her lower limbs had beon enton away by the ravages of the terrible disease. What Causi-il Gen. Butler’s Death. It is stated that an autopsy on tho body of General Butler, previous to interment, showed that the cause of death was bursting of a small blood vessel on the brain, caused by a violent fit of coughing. All the internal organs were found to be in excellent condition, and hut for the accidental cause of his death he would, probably, have lived many years.' His brain weighed four ouncos more than that of Daniel Webster, which was one of the largest on record. Terrific Boiler Explosion. The waterworks boiler at Nappanee, Ind., exploded killing three mop and injuring two others. The boiler also operated the electric lights, and had just been repaired. It was neing tested when the accident happened. The Killed aro N. A. French of the Town Board; George Parker, and Electrician Johnson. The injured are Jonas and Isaac Whtsler, boiler makers. The stand-pipe of l> e system collapsed not long since, fatally Injuring several. The Socialists’ Claims. Paris special: The Socialists are still claiming the Panama scandal will land them in power again. Citizen Guesde, one of the leaders, says that sixty Socialists will be returned at the next election. After the Socialists get into power, he says, they will seize all the banks, railways, big landed estates, and all corporate property, manage them for tho people of France instead of a few. Hangnl to a Tree. In Pickens County, Alabama, May Davis, aged 13, gave birth to a colored child, confessing that Jame 9 Williams, colored, was its father. Williams was arrested by officers, who, while taking him to Carrolton Jail, were overpowered by a masked mob at Coal-fire Swamp, and Williams was taken and hanged to a tree. His body was then ridd'.cd with bullets. Gas Explosion. Chicago special: The gas works of the Northwestern Gas Light Company, on which the entire city of Evanston depends for its supply, were blown up. Two men were seriously injured, a financial loss of 520,000 was entailed, and the city of Evanston was shut out from its supply of light The injured are Thomas Ryan, engineer, and Thomas Korn, fireman. Boy Badly Burned. James Irwin, the 5-year-old son of Henry W. Irwin, living near Cedar Chapel, Ohio, was seriously and probably fatally burned. Tho little bov fell into the fire, and before assistance could be had was frightfully burned about the head and breast, the-flesh being literally roasted. Aged Woman injured# Mrs. E. Yocom, residing at Staunton, Ind., fell from a largo chair creaking her right thigh. She is past 70 years and cannot recover. Mrs. Yocom is the mother of County Recorder Yocom. Two Liven for One. Tunkhannock (I’a.) special: w Rosenwig and Blank, convicted of murder for the killing of Marks, the peddler in the Dutch Mountain, have been sentenced by Judge Harris to be banged. Prisoners Escape. Fifteen prisoners in the Greene County, Mo., Jail—one of them Peter Renfrew, who is under sentence' to be Jianged, overpowered the Jailer and escaped. Bishop Dwenger Dead. Bishop Joseph Dwenger, Bishop of the Fort Wayne Catholic diocese, died at tho Episcopal residence, Fort Wayne, Inch, of organic disease of the heart. THE MARKETS. „ CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime .... $1.25 <g 6.15 Hoos—Shipping Grade/, :t.r.o @ 8.00 Hheep—Fair to Choice 3.00 @ 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 76.77*4 Cons—No. 2 43 !*,<S .44!4 Oats—No. 2... 31*4$ .32Ja Eve-No. 3 57 «< .51/ Butter—Choice Creamery..... .32 $ .33 Ecus—Fresh 32 @ .34 Potatoes—New, per bu 6i & .75 „ INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 (3 5.25 lions—Choice Light 3.50 <<s 8.00 Sheep—Common to Primo.' 3.00 (<<4.75 i Wheat—No. 2 Red .67’z@ mh Corn-No. 2 White .89*4 Oats—No. 2 White 35 © .30 : ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.00 <9 5.25 ' H0g5....: r........ 3.(4), <<s 7.75 WHEAT—No. 2 Red 70*44)1 .71*4 ■ CORN—No. 2 31) a .40 Oath-No. 2 32>4@ .33(4 ’ Rye—No. 2.A 53 is .61 > CINCINNATI. ■ Cattle s.oo (9 5.00 . HOGB 3.00 <9 7.75 Sheep 3.10 et 5.60 ' Wheat—No. 2 Red..... .70 <a# ,70!4 1 Corn-No. 2 .42 @ .43 i Oats—No. 2 Mixed .35(4 Rye—No. 2 or @ .62 - j DETROIT. 0 l ' Cattle 3.00 @ 4.50 1 i Bogs 'J,oq iff 7.50 ‘ Sheep 3.00 '<sß 4.50 I I Wheat—No. 2 Roil 75 4$ .76 t Corn—No. 2 Ye110w. .4 41)40 .4214 . Oats -No. 2 White... V.. 3S (<< .33 , TOLEDO. y Wheat—No. 2 .—-ti .76 & .77 i COKN-No. 2 White. 43 4$ .44 I Oats—No. 2 White .8444(9 .3554 : lUE .63 (3 .Gi BUFFALO. 4-1 Cattle—Common#to Prime. 3.00 @5.25 , . Mou£—Kent Grades 4.00 <3 7.75 “ Wheat—No. 1 Hard-.: at & .85 1- Corn—No. 2 Yellow .45 (<} .46 i, - MILWAUKEE. , Wheat—No 2 Spring .66 # .66)4 i Corn—No. 3 .■M'fjtSl .40H g i Oath-No. 2 White .3444 <0 ,35!4 • j Rye-No. 1 «o @ .61 1! Barley-No. 2..; 62 at .Hi ■ • PoHK-Memt 18.25 @13.75 9 1 NEW YORK. d | Cattle *.50 & r,.ao ,1 I Ilf’Uß 3.0) <a 7.75' i Sheep 3.110 & 6.50 i- i Wheat—No. 2R«d .82 <8 .83 1- I Corn—No. 2 ,54 @ .66 | Oath—Mixed Western :w & .41 II Butter—Western .25 & .35 y POBX—New Mens lb.W fIIV.OU ' , 1

IN SPITE OF TARIFFS PRICES DECLINE BECAUSE OF IMPROVEMENTS. Home Facts Demonstrating that I There Are Far Mors Potent Influences than the Tariff Governing the Prices of Commodities—Must He No Delay. Some Plain Facts. In a financial article tho New York Tribune states that “in a whole generation of continuous protective duties here and continuous free trade in Great Britain prices of American products have been reduced almost exactly as much, in spite of tho addition of duties said to be intolerable to consumers, as prices have been reduced in Great Britain during the same time." This fact demonstrates that there aro far more potent influences than tho tariff in governing tho prices of commodities—a truth which the protectionists obstinately refuse to recognize. In a well-known work Mr. David A. Wells, the eminent economist; has reviewed the causes that have produced the great revolution in trade, the results of which are recorded in statistics of prices. Chief among these causes are inventions and improvements of laborsaving machinery, discoveries of new materials, of manufacture, better organization of labor, and the cheapening and extension of means of transportation by land and sea. These mighty agencies for supplying the wants and increasing tho comforts of mankind have overcome in great de-*' gree the obstructive methods of tariffmongerlng legislation. It would be tedious to recount tho labor-saving in-entlons and discoveries within this generation that have multiplied the products of the factory and field, and vastly cheapened their cost throughout the world in spito of Jealous tariff restrictions upon trade. In further comparing the statistics of prices, the Tribune finds that “greater cheapening of products has been realized by Americans than by the people of Germany;” and it concludes: “Though Germany has prospered greatly under protection, It has neither made such progress in Industries as this country, nor realized as great a cheajieuing of products to consumers.” In certain lines of industrial progress, notably in the application of chemical discoveries to manufactures, the Germans have not realized as cheap prices as have people of this country and of free-trade England. Germany has been subject to a corn law system (somewhat mitigated recently) which has much enhanced the cost of breadstuffs and provisions to her consuming millions. In Great Britain, on the other hand, these commodities are free of tax; while in this country the McKinley duties on them, for the sake of protection, are mere futilities. This is what serves to explain the statistical phenomenon in regard to Germany , mentioned by the Tribune. It is not pretended that other—■eemmodities besides food supp Hes are dearer in Germany than eKewhere. Let the . duties be taken off the bread and : meat of and the pbe- , nomonon would disappear

For the rest, the fact remains that the tariff .makes the cost of textile fabrics of nearly every description, of many manufactures of iron and steel, of earthenware and glassware, and of various other articles too numerous to mention, much greater in this country than in Great Britain, or in Germany. While under the influence of potent agencies of modern civilization the cost of commodities has steadily declined for thirty years or more, the American people do not receive the full benefits of the industrial revolution to which they arc entitled. While they supply the world with cheap food, they are obliged to pay exorbitant duties on many of the commodities which they receive in exchange. It is the-missiofi of tariff reform to correct this evil.—Philadelphia Record. Anti-Tariff and Anti-Monopoly. A ieform must be close at hand when the ministers of the churches dare proclaim it in unmistakable language from their pulpits. The antislavery agitation was coming in on the homestretch before ministers, to any considerable extent, took part in the Reform which culminated in the freeing of the bodies of the black slaves. Now that both white and black slaves are struggling to obtain industrial freedom from the onerous taxes that shackle industry, cramp body and mind and lead to political corruption, it is an augury that the industrial freedom proclamation may soon be promulgated, to hear a sermon like the one preached by the Rev. John J/ Peters, of St. Michael’s Church, in New York City, on Jan. 8. He condemned in 6trong words the politicians who steal from the poor; the officials who take bribes; legislatures that give away valuable franchises without compensation; the party papers, “to whom all that their worst party bosses do is right, provided only they bear the party name,” and evil in all places. “Woe,” he said, “to the monopolies and trusts, coal combinations, sugar trust, win-dow-glass trust, Standard Oil, men that go to Congress to lobby through a measure, to put a high tariff on steel rails, tin plate, articles of clothing as consumption In order that they may reap enormous profits, joining house to house, field to field, with the money which they filch from the pockets of the wage earners, grind ing the faces of the poor."

Canadian* Like Cheap Snffar.

Because of tho repeal of the duty on raw sugar in the United States the Canadian Government has been obliged to make similar concessions, -The opportunity of smuggling necessitated such a policy 1 . ' As a result there is a shortage of revenue and an increase of Canadian debt. There Is nb argument for reciprocal commercial understanding between the two countries more impressive than the inability to maintain unequal tax rates on articles of,, importation. Even our Chinese restriction law is rendered partially abortive by the failure qt the Dominion to undertake a similar foolishness. —Philadelphia Ilceord. . _ ~ Our Bleated McKinley Tariff. As nearly everybody knows, the transatlantic steamship Umbria broke her shaft on her last voyage In 1892. An officer of the company said

that there was a new shaft on tho other side of tho Atlantic, but as tho tariff tax would be half of the original cost of the shaft section they would not havo It sent over and put In on this side, but would take the Umbria to Europe and havo the repairs made thore. There wore plenty of mechanics In New York capable and willing th make these repairs, but our tariff laws came between thorn and their bread and butter. Th» New ri*:«-Ulnu Tout. The form of trust adopted by tho manufacturers of plate glass on tho last day of the old year closely resembles that which lias been used for some years by the manufacturers of steel rails, and it may be noticed that tho number of factories Is very nearly the same in both of these industries. There are eleven plate-glass factories, and three of these are controlled by one company. Tho nine companies or firms which own those eleven factories havo combined by appointing an agent or commissioner who will sell all the glass produced by them and distribute orders among tho producers. These orders will bo apportioned according to tho productive capacity of the several factories. Tho commissioner will not only regulate production but ulso maintain a uniform price. In this way competition both in production and in prices is suppressed. This is not the first attempt to make a combination in this industry. For some years the manufacturers have been experimenting with combination agreements of one kind and another. A few weeks after tho enactment of the McKinley tariff the New York Tribune directed attention to these practices in tho following telegram: I’itt.sbcro, Dec. 25. — A meottnj of tho manufacturers and Jobbers of the plateclass trade will be held in this city in the near future. At the recent New York meeting it was decidod to advanco prices 30 percent., but since then Western men havo made a stand for a 25 per cent, advance. ’lhe avowed intention of the fraternal combination Is to keep plate-glass prices at the inchest He are possible, and at tho saiuo time keep them low enough to shut out all importations.

This object can be attained more surely by the plan now adopted than by the verbal promises of the manufacturers. When art orders must be addressed to one Commissioner, who is bound to exact a uniform price, there will be no rodrn for variations and secret underselling. The leading manufacturer recently said that the domestic product had come to be 90 percent, of the entire supply. The fact that 10 percent of the supply, if that be a correct estimate, is still imported in spite of very high tariff dutfes indicates that by means of combination agreements the selling price of domestic plate glass has been maintained far above a normal level. This may also be indicated by the large profits of the industry. The leading company paid a dividend of 34} per cent, in 1889, and the ne\v tariff has made the importation of plate glass more difficult in the last two years, although the specific duties on the leading sizes were not changed. The duties on the two specified sizes larger than 24 by 30 inches are 25 and 50 cents a square foot, respectively, and these were equal in 1891 to 06 per cent in the first case and 105 J per cent, in the other. Such arc the imposts under the shelter of which the manufacturers combine to exact ring prices from the people who gave them the “protection” which they abuse. It was supposed that by means of the Federal anti-trust law the people could reach these unlawful associations, hut tho affiliation of the Harrison administrations have prevented the enforcement of the new law. The combination of plate-glass manufacturers and many other combinations will not be overlooked, however, in the coming revision of the tariff.— New York Times. No Delay, Trimming or Cowardice. Every argument and pretext for delay iu reaping the fruit of a Democratic victory is a concession to the demands of the defeated party. Only those who are cowardly? or wavering, or mercenary will give to the pleas for procrastination any consideration. To stop the wheels of a benifleent revolution is to join the reactionists and to become an enemy of progress. The people voted for reform—not the mere idea of tariff reform, but for actual, efficient, radical reform. They voted for that method of reforming a great abuse and evil, which is to destroy it They did not vote for that spurious method of reform which would tolerate further the abuse and evil, postponing the day of reckoning and arresting final judgment The demand for reform was as emphatic In relation to the time as in relation to the principle which was to be enforced. As in many cases at law, time is the essence of the contract into which the Deiriocratic party entered with the country in its platform and at the ballot-box. , There Is no necessity nor excuse for* procrastination. Two or three campaigns of education have been fruitful. The people of this country, all men who read and vote, are as well instructed now on the tariff question as they will be at any time in the perceptible future. Congressional committees can find out nqthing new on the subject of the tariff. A tariff commission could not extricate from any possible mass of testimony a single fact in regard to the commerce and Industries of the people which would add a ray of light to the common intelligence. Every feature of tariff legislation and its practical effects has been elaborately discussed, and no further period of deliberation is necessary or desired. Every hour of delay beyond the period at which the new Congress can assemble and obey In Its legislative capacity the mandate of the voters is an hour of cowardice. The people have no time to wait They do not propose to stand in the vestibule and cool their heads, while their representatives in the inner halls are considering the advlsabibity of obeying their command. If the Democrats in Congress Shall fail to administer at once and effectively the commission with which they are charged they will have disobeyed and forfeited it. For this infidelity to duty they will be held accountable. No cowardice, no trim-

! demand made at tho ballot-box. It Is the recorded will of tho voiors.— Chicago Horitld. Hull Trwit. Tho American Manufacturer In protectionist In the strictest faith ; It is, however, one of the liest organs of the iron and steol industry. From its annual rovlew of the trade for 18U2, we extract the following: “There was nothing of an up and down character In the steel rail trade during the past year, at least so far as prices were concerned. Ever since tho price of standard heavy section rails was established on a basis of *3O, Pittsburg, Feb. 1, 1891, that figure l)ds been maintained in the face of a demand lessened by tho high prices charged and with more or loss friction within tho Steel Hails Association over tho question of the distribution of orders. There Is no question but thut the sb< el rail trade was much smaller than It would have been had tho price been placed even arbitrarily at a lower figure, and through the rail trade nboost all other branches of trade wore affected. At the beginning of tho year 1892 it was predicted by parties prominent iu the rail business that the requirements of that year would exceed tin so of 1891 by 500,000 to 750,000 tons. This was biased on the expectation that the railroads of tho country would make extraordinary efforts in tho way of improving and increasing trackage to bo able to meet the enormous traffic consequent upon the World's Fair. While this expectation has been realized in a measure, the cause cited above has prevented its full fruition. The production of heavy section rails in 1891 amounted to 1,089,000 tons, and for 1892 a little under 1,300,000 tons, tho official figures not having been an- j nounced. This shows the increase' for 1892 to have been only about 210,000 tons, or far less than was 1 expected, or at least hoped for, by the 1 rail-makers. The association has decided to make the price of rails. for the present year on a basis of *29, j Pittsburg. If this figure is adhered to, with soft steel getting nearer to I *2O apparently, and If railroads re- I strict purchases as much this year as last, the bond of union holding to- 1 gether the various steel rail concerns In tho association will bo subjected to a crucial test. It is the opinion of many that were this branch of trade placed on a footing of open competition It would bo beneficial, not only i to the steel rail business, but the direct and moral effect on all other lines would be great.” It is expected that the next Congress will gratify tho wishes of the manufacturer by putting steel rails on the free list There will then be open competion, with all of its at-' tendant blessings to other branches of trade. Woql-Growere Are All Klßbt.

So it seems the wool-growers were deceived all tho while when told that free wool would he the death of them. Now that free wool is seen to be inevitable, the alarmists of other days are telling the farmer that he is all' right, tariff or no tariff. The Chicago | American Sheep Breeder asserts that “the most intelligent thinkers do not; apprehend any such dire results as the calamity-criers would have us believe," and says the “muttonraisers have nothing to fear,” as “tho consumption of mutton is on the increase,” and “the mutton business is paying better than any other branch of live-stock raising,” so much so that sheep, “without a pound of wool,” are leaving “a golden track,” and are “mortgage-payers.” Even more striking are the added comments of the Boston Journal of Commerce: “Sheep husbandry and wool production will bo an important occupation in this country for generations to come, either by itself or in connection with general agriculture, whatever the tariff policy ot the United States may he. Tho stylo of sheep husbandry may change somewhat, from the merino to the English type, in case of free wool, but It Is bound to play an Important part in the vocation of the farmer. The merino sheep is but a pioneer sheep at the best, and Is always succeeded by the mutton sheep with the advance of the higher forms of agriculture which accompany the progress of population. In a thickly settled locality no farmer can afford to raise merino sheep in preference to mutton sheep. These conditions affecting sheep husbandry are not disturbed by the tariff policies of the government.” —New York Evening Post. Isn’t it most singular that not one person in five hundred ever consults a physician except when overtaken by Illness. If every man and every woman, even in perfect health, would every sixty days consult a skillful physician, submitting to such examination as may be deemed necessary, the results would he most salutary In preventing the slow and almost Imperceptible inroads of disease. Preventive work should be by far the most valuable service of the true physician to any mortal. Yet all avoid consulting him except for curative treatment. Give your physician a chance to keep you in good health, and not stupidly wait till you are ill, and probably hopelessly so, before you ask his professional services. -5*A — - '■ ' The Associated Press said recently that Yonkers would have a new carpet factory. Yonkers now has the largest parpet factory In this cohntry; hut, of course, with free wool in prospect new factories must go up to supply the great demand for carpets that will follow general prosperity and cheap carpets—but these items are hard blows for tho McKinley “demnitlon bow-wow” prophets. The great and modest Sir Isaac Newton, with his vast attainments, once likened himself to a child who had only gathered a handful of pebbles on the seashore, llis knowledge was very little, in liis own view of it, yet his varied attainments*seem almost to transcend the known capacity of man. There are people in the United , States who don’t realize that an election has occurred. Trust-makers may continue to ply their trade until next March, when the new administration will curb their powers, a Good passenger locomotives which \ develop 1,200 horse- power cost about ) SIO,OOO aplepe. > ~ . ’• v ' - * ■ - - /; %

MOURNING FOR IIAYES THE EX-PRESIDENT EAS LEFT THIS EARTH. nia Illneaa, Neuraljtla ot the Heart, ot bat » Few Day»‘ Duration— Sketoh of • Lire Remarkable for IHveree Experience*. -- - F At Be«t with 111- Loved Wife. Ex-President liulherford B. Hayes died at hla home, Fremont, Ohio, at 11 o'olock Tuesday night. He returned Jrom a trip tho prior Buturday night and was then 111. He grew worse, an( l Monday It was announced that ho was serloualy sick. He had been seized at Cleveland with neuralgia of the heart, wlille on his way home from au Ka-torn trip. During Monday night he rested well, and Tuosd y his friends were hopeful. As tho day wore away his symptoms became aggravated. In tho evening the family sent for Dr. Hirbish, physician. The dootor soon announced that his patient was growing rapidly worso ami that the end could bo expected any moment. Shortly thcren'tor tho ex-l’resident died. Tnero wero present at his bedside his duughter, Miss Frances Hayes, and h's sons Soott of Cincinnati, Birchard of Tolelo, and Webb and lluthertord H. Hnyes. A personal trlend of the iamily gives this statement of the slcknoss and death of the ex-President: “Gen. Hayes was in Cloveland with his son V et>b, Fiiday, and loft there Saturday afternoon for Fremont. He was driven in a closed carriage to the l nion depot, whore h:s son joined him, and immediately after en'ering the ear complained of cold and asked for s lmuiants. He finally consented to leave the car, and weut into tho waiting-reom, where stimulants wero given him. These so revtved him that he Insisted on returning to the train, saving tliathe must go home. ’I would rather die in Speigei Grove,’ he said, ‘than live anywhere else.’ After his return to the car he was seized with violent pains in the chest, which lasted until after his return home. He was treated for ang ? na pectoris, but while relieved of distress his heart never recovered its vigor and life was suddenly terminated by paralysis of tho heart while lying in his own room. He frequently referred to a visit made’ lo his wife's grave the preceding Sunday and spoke of th© quiet beauty of the snow-covered Scene. He t-nld lhat he-almost wished he was lying there by the sido of his wife. ‘lt was all so peaceful, and yet,’ he said, ‘I am not unhappy. My life is an exceptionally ha'ppy one.’ His lust words were: ‘I know that I am going whore Lucy is.’ This was Fpok. n to his family physician with the utmost earnestness early in the evening. There was every reason to suppose that the patient would pass a 00*1 ortable n'ght, and the family retired to rest. He pas-ed quietly and painlessly away."

Sketch of HU Career. Rutherford Birchard Hayes was bom Oot. 4, 1822. He had been known principally as an Ohio Governor prior to kw nomination for the Presidency, although he made a record In the war. He was educated at Kenyon Collette and studied law In the offlce of Thomas Sparrow, at Columbus. In IMS) he moved to Cincinnati, where he built up a good praotlce and gained considerable reputation in several sensational murder trials, in 1«W he was made City Solicitor. He entered the army as Major of the Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry June 7. last A. few months later he was Lieutenant Colonel, and he came out of the army with the rank of Brevet Major General of Volunteers, a rank conferred upon him "for gallant and distinguished services during the campaign of, 1864 in West Virginia, and particularly at the battle of Fisher's Hill and Cedar Creek, Va." Aug. fl, 1864, while Hayes was in the field, he was elected to Congress, and took his seat Deo. 4,1865. He was elected to the next Congress, but resigned to make a race for the Governorship, to which he was elected In 1867. In 186# he was renominated by aoclatnatlon, and was elected by about the usual Ohio majority. In 1872 he aoceptcd a nomination to Congress, but was defeated by Gen. H. B. Banning. The Republican State Convention In 1875 nominated Hayes a third time for the office of Governor. After a campaign tint excited the attention of the entire country on account of the financial heresies Involved he was elected, defeating “Old Bill" Allen about 6,000 votes. It was this important canvass that suggested Hayes as a possible dark horse In 1876. His nomination was brought about by the fight against Blaine. The nomination of the latter was seen to be Impossible. The Pennsylvania delegation led In a break for Hayes, and his nomination followed. The suspense and anxiety of the country during the months following th<s election Is well remembered. It Is not necessary to dwell long upon the causes. His administration was not a brilliant, but a respectable one, and Washington society declared his wife to be a most refined and charming woman. Mrs. Hayes died at Fremont, 0., J une 21,1889. Since his retirement from the Presidency Rutherford B. Hayes had lived quietly at his old home in Fremont 0., devoting himself assiduously to poultry farming and the promotion of prison reform. Mr. Haves was attacked by an Illness which caused him to lose his voice, and he was much depressed in consequence. remem bered that ex-Presidcnt Hayes had been an Intelligent and systematic worker for tho education of tho Southern freedmen and for prison reform. He was a trustee of the Ohio Stato University and was an earnest and effective laborer for the prosperity of that institution. He gave special attention and work to the subject of Industrial education. In which he was a great believer, and of which he was an earnest advocate. In these and other fields of Eractloal usefulness he employed what might ave been the idle leisure of his retirement. The Birchard library was presented to the town of Fremont by ex-Presldent Hayes. It contains a large collection of books and a museum of historical records. The life of Rutherford B. Hayes since his retirement from the Presidency has been one of peculiar unostentatlousness. During the rcoent Grand Army encampment at Washington the ex-PrCHldent marched through the broiling sun, with the rank and file of his command. Upon recognizing him, the assemblage of patriotic thousands accorded him a perfect ovation all along the line of march. In speaking a few days before his death of his daily pursuits, the ex-Presldent said: "I rise with the sun both winter and summer and seldom use the gas to dress by. This makes me get up very earlv in the long days of the year, but in tho winter I sometimes lie abed as late as 7 o'clock, though I usually try to get out by «. I dreßS and come down to my library and work from that time until breakfast. I do all my disagreeable work before breakfast, and I solve my most knotty- problems at that time. I think one's brain Is clearer In the morning, and I find this to be my best working period. Mv correspondence Is quite large and it oovers all sortß of subjects. Ido all my work myself and pen answers to all my letters with my own hand." The Value of Thought. The best men in any enterprise are those who think, those who wisely plan. The commoner article made must first be fully created In someone's thought before it can be realized In wood or metal. When tho great Fataday was announcing his discoveries in pure science which have made the telegraph, the telephone, electric lights and electric power possible, he was offered a million of dollars to stop his investigations, and devote his entire time and ability to making practical applicatiops of electricity, but he refused to entertain the offer, saving that he could render mankind more service by his theoretical discoveries, and that other men could follow him with the applications, as Edison, Bush and Bell have done. The bulk of men do no thinking; enterprises with which they are connected carry them, and the results are patent on every hand. A few thoughts of a Bonaparte make Austerlitz a possibility* Scores of men can execute a plan where one man can be found ,to make the plan and do the necessary thinking to render It a success. The most valuable men to Germany In the Franco-Prussian war were Yon Moltkc and Bismarck, who did the thinking, while inferior men like the Crown Prince and Prince Charles executed what Von Moltke had planned. ' . ■ C _**•». v -V,* *5-