Indiana State Sentinel, Indianapolis, Marion County, 31 October 1894 — Page 9

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oaii: tiii: mdiwai'om? stovk com paw to nvisi; wages. II. R. Ilennett, the I'resldent of the StoT? ComitiiDj, I n Deep-Dyed Up publirnn and a Mrnilirr o f I li - Cola 111 Ilia CIuIk An Interesting Dinlofcat Heitre. Ulm nml n Sentinel Htporltr Over the Trlrphone. "Within th? past few days the Indianapolis stove company, a veritable hotbed of republicanism, raised the wages of its employes. This action was taken by the company on account of the large increase in its business during the past sixty days and the bright prospects for a continuance of the Increased business in the future. At the head of the Indianapolis stove company is Henry (I. P.emictt, wh se true republicanism n- one can question. He accompanied ex-President Harrison up-ai his stumping tour through tho .täte and was one of th? cnripi euous fiEiirfs in that distinguished party. Ho is cntrust"d with til! the secrets of his party and his voice is always heard in its secret councils. Henry C,.t p.-nnett prides himself upn his stanch republican views ar.d zealous support of that party in a!l things under all circunistanc-s anl upon ad occasions. He is even treasurer of the republicin county centril c -mmirtoo. So, then, with the k-vnote of the present republi -an campaign a pro'ong-d calamity waU of depressed industry, blighted enterprise, sttrvutiin wages ar.d Idle workmen, Henry .. p.-nnett was confronted with a situation embarrassing in the extreme. Iiis business was increasing' at a phenomenal rat-, c: i-s were pouring in, men were working hird and late to keep up wiih tin.- rushing busine., and Henry G. n.-nn-tt sr.v th.it he could no: consistently ke p his w;i's reduced. His men saw tho improv-d " iilitions anl naturally expect :-d fiir treatment. .So, in order to show tht in that be was fa;rmlnded, ho advanced wages all along the line a few days rgo, but with the imp'.ied understanding that n"tli';r.:: wis to be paid about it until nft-r th- election. But i: was t".. go... I to k. ep and the other evening, when some one was repotting the calamity howl ..f the republican arty. one of ll-nry (',. p-nn-tt's eraI loyes replied thit he b id j clonal knowl edge to the effe t ;p it wa.u--.-s were telns raised in several iridustri s and busin. ss was improving with every returning morning ?un. II was asked f-r proof of bisstatem nt and lasli'y give the ei ret away. The Indianapolis stove company and Unity J. Dennett hid raised the wages of their employes and th Increase had been caused by the wonderful revival t-f business. The Sentin:l called up the Indianapolis stove company yesterday afternoon by telephone ancl the following conversation took place: First, a boy 's vcice was heard at the phone, and he wad asked if Henry G. Dennett, president of the Indianapolis stove company was there. "Ye:-, sir: wait a minute." A moment after, another voice was heard. "Hello!" "Is this Mr. Ilenrv i:eiii-tt?" Yes." "Mr. Dennett, we understand from go d authority that the Indianapolis stove company has raised w.u-es voluntarily in ad liepart meats within the past week; is that true?" "Hh h h well wait a minute, pi vis-." Turning from the 'phone, Mr. Kennet: was h-ard to call Otto S. In i m r, the- head Ixxikkeepcr of th linn, to the 'phone, as he said he w ;s busy. 'S'me one wants to know about wages," he was heard to say to S hf rmer. Ir. Schermer took the 'phone. "Hello, Mr. S ht t nu r. we want to know If it's true that the Indianapolis stove company has voluntarily raised the wapes of its employes within the rust ivo-k ir two. We understand that the revival of business has caused that action." "Yes. it's true. We hive raised wages all along th ? lin-. They h.ol ! en reduced Some . n av-unt of tire panic of last year, but they luve now bvc:i placed back t i th old star. lard." "Whit caus.-d this increase of wages, Mr. S.-herm-rV" "Well, improve , but wh Ls this, pica.--?" "The Indianapolis Senänel." "Th- Se.ntin-i: Hold 0:1 a minute. You'll have t talk to some one. f tiie firm abeut. this. I haven't any authority to say anything. "Wait and I'll call Mr. Iterunetf . tut he's gjn? out now and will be back in a half hour. Couldn't you call up then?" "You sty Mr. D:-nnett ha. gone cut?" "Ye e ? s. that is he's outside. He'll be in dire-tly." The v :r-e of Mr. Schermer was hfard to turn frcm th? 'phono and he said: "Say, th'. is The Sentinel t liking." "Hello, Senanel. eul. up Mr. Derinett in two minutes. He'il be back th'-n." "Isn't Mr. Dennett sitting Vx re in the efüco?" "W&.1, yes. but the fact is this is a private matter and we want to talk it over a little. Cill up in two minutes." Two minutes? liter The S.-ntir:el called up the InJiampoas .stove c-'n: party a?ai:i, and a m.isculin- voi e replied. "Is this Mr. H m y I. Dennett?" "Yes; is this Tiie Sentinel?" "Yes, sir. We have understood that you have advanced th wages of y .ur employes within the past few- days; has there tof-n such an advance, Mr. Dennett?" "N'one whatever, sir." "Dut, Mr. Ileinetr. nn of your employes told me l-.-s than thrtM? days ago that you hid voluntarily advanced wages in your factory ail al-ng the line." "That must he u mistake, sir." "Well, then, the man lied, did he?" "Weil. I wouldn't -ay it. but tiie wags in our est iblishment hive notben raL-ed." "The r:pjrt tint fJ.h was the cx??, then, la a mi.-take, is it?" "M -t emphatii ally it is." "There is no trutu in it, th?n, at all?" "Xot th ? sii-ht-is;." "Now. Mr. Dmr.ett. less than five minuter a? j Mr. Ot:o Schermer. your heal bookkeeper, inf.rmod me over th.. sani? telepheno that you had raisei wigeS all alorg th line. He deliberately lied t? me, then, clid he?" "Hello! How's that?" "I .ay. less than ftv minutes ago your held, bookkeeper. Mr. OttJ S.-hermer, Uli ms that you had raised wigr-s iu your factory all abr.g the liae within the past few diya; he lied to me. did he?" "Well say, wait a minute." Tlvre wis absj'.ut? 5ilen.ee for about four minurs. Th-j Sentinel mm contir.ul to hold his far to the phn patiently. He wasn't getting a bit tire. 3 Some way it wi3 gettin? Interesting. Jus: like a play. Then tha e ;ri' wis broken by the vole of the president of the company: "Hello! Say. now, if there haj ben an advanc in wa?3 I d? not know anything about it. I hadn't hird of ir." "li it p v.!b. that thf rt' ccu'.l have been a. general advin-e of wages in the establl3hment of which you are the head without your knowing anything about It?" "Well. It's hardiy likely but-of

course that Ls I don't know of any advance hiving been made." "Hut it might have been mad? anyway, might it not?" Say, Sentinel, we don't want anything ail about, this matter. You fee just at this time it would b? very embarrassing for me that Is. f-r us and I wish you wouldn't wy anything' alout it." "Wh.it d.'i you mean by being1 embarawln? ta you at this time?" "Why Just at this time when when things are uns-ttl-d between employer an l employes. You se, if this ge-is out and it iiM h4ppn t) turn out that there's nothing in )t, it would be embarrassing." "You don't want anything Mid about there. bf;nu an advance of wages in your factory, you nt an?" "Yes-thit is I won J ni'Jier you said nothing about the thing one way or the ot'n-r." "You want the whole matter kept out of th-. papers, then, do you?" "Yes. that's it." V, od-by, Mr. Bennett." "(IokI say. wait a. minute I want" Eut The Sentinel had rung off.

OUTSIDE OPIHIOH. American furniture has invaded Dngland, not in a casutl but In an organized and s.-i-ious way. Our furniture has for years bcen going t S -uth America, Australia and Asia, where it had little dlfnculty in competing with the productions of Kuropean shops, and it has n jt been unknivvn in Ih, gland and on the continent, but its shipment to Europe ha3 been a matter of individual enterprise and has bn in restricted quantity. Now a syndicate of (Irani Itapids furniture manufacturers his opened an agency and warehouse in Manchester, and several large o:i tracts Irani English wholesalers hive b n secured in spite of the competition of Enirli.-h manufacturers. The pieces In which the Americans have ta- gre.iti.st superiority are desks and sideboards. The American makers have great advantage in the abundance of the mit-rials and the development of machinery In w v.d working, and English rs will ket ; a good miny citizens of Michigan at work. .Journal of Commerz and C nm. reial Dulictin (trad-). The feature of the re.il estate market !a.-: v -k was the unusual activity in the '? land suitthle for improvement. In ta. bu-iii.r.s fee tl.es; of the city numer ous via table j were purchased by build rs of means, who will tear down the p: - n: antbiuat-d -tru .tuivs now occupying the ground, and erect in their stead great business buildings of fireproof con-.-).: ucti-ci ;ind wiih ail the m adern improvements. This building movement in tiie amieivia! districts is due to the extraordinarily large imtuher of applications f.-r !oft.s in s;.m dur.s just comietej cr u;in which the finishing touches are now beim; put. In tii it part of the city lying wcet of Central j'.irk and north, of Eii'ty-rarii-st. there w.-re also several large .La!o if '.and. which is to be Immediately imt r 'V. d. ria:--, apirtment houses and d iV. Iii: a.-- are t be erected on these pi ts. Tic ni u-t sluvifh-ant of these improvem -nts are ti;. tw flno mansions planned to occupy big cm er ilots in Itiversidedrive. I . tiny be that this fine avenue wi I y.-t ftiili.l its early promise of be-conii:v-r one of thu ni st beautiful resid :; sti- t t.s in New York. N. Y. Herald (dem.). Th- fa -ts speik for themselves. They have leenip a part of the- history of Illinois. f',,ri-. late l with th?m are a multitud of other facts proving what the republican party failed to do for labor in twenty yens of uninterrupted cortfrol of th" IiiinoU state government, and what tha dcniooruic party forced into legislation wii ri it secured control of but on h tise. Tha labor laws adopted by the Thirty-seventh IHinoi.-s. assembly w"re urgM by lab .f le tiers twenty years ago, but tha republicans, then in control of b ith branches of th- legislative department f tiie state, failed to adopt any of ili'-m wiih the exception of the trueks. re luv, are th re is no doubt that this wis al'pt"d with the understanding tf.ii :ig tie lei 7 ts tli it it would be vetHd by Cull' en. This conclusion is warranted by th fact that when the dem K-rats in lVd pr ;. .s -il to le-e:iu t the ltlW they were pll that tin supreme court would d-'t lare it unconstitutional. "We have our r sj, m-il .liti; s " said J.o flill. then a m nib-r the house, and now iieuteivant",ove.n r if the state, "and the judges of the supreme court have theirs. Let us nv-ei: eurs like men." St. Louis Itepublic ( I m.l. As a m ut of fact, the employer does n-t ilivii." witii tiie employe unless he must. He is an .ml-r.t free trader 50 far a.1 labor is concerned, and he takes th? utm -t alvantagj of frea trade in labor. II-.' knows ii nv t eva le the contract foreign lab-r law. and he d.vs It. The result Is that th tiiplcyer is protected, while tii,. nun wii works for him is wholly unprotected. He gets higher wages than m-ni in other countries because h" prxluc.s m ir?, and for no other ivas n. Th i republican assumption that ivaue.s i:i -n-ral are higher because of the tariff Ls u.tr! ly fats-, and the real beneii iaries of the tariiT know It to be false. Far years they have been working a giganti enfi leii-ce gamo on their workingni'n anl the res' f.f their victims." They are still trying to work it. They are trying to work it through the republican pirty, a large part of which they are, and of which they am the mainstay because they supply the campaign "fat" which pays the pli!-:ongucd fikirs who spin li.T .ophisnu and manufacture statistics m l r. el off lies for them to order. The rpie.-tion f r warkingmen to answer two w- .-ka fr m now is whether the old game has be-n successful again. Chicago 11 nai l (dem.). A few years ag what is now McKinleyism was confin d to a few Pennsylvania's like the late Congressman Kelley. The Chicago Tribune and the St. Paul Pioneer-Dross, tlc leading republican orcans of the northwest, were vigorously demanding tariff reform in the Interest of the agricultural section. All Minnesota was for tariff reform. All Kansas, all Nebraska and all Iowa were for tariff reform. Th-re was not a voice to defend the principle o' protection for the sake of protection. It was assumed as an axiom tha: the "West suffered intolerable discrimination In the tariff taxation of that day; that consumers paid the tax and that the beneficiaries were a minority and selJlsh class. When Knute Nelson of Minr.esoti voted for the Mills bill he was applauded by his constituents and his argument In defence of his position was never attacked frem a western Ftandpoint. Western rf p ibliean leader nf this day can take ither horn of the dilemma and must write themselves raneals or ignoramuses. They ignorantly" or intentionally betrayed the interests of the West between 1S70 and 1S' or they do it now. Which is it? Were thy fools in the '7o's or are they fools now? Were thoy traitorous rascals at thit time or are they raeal!- traitors now? St. Louis Republic (dem.). T'a? principle of inheritance taxes I3 gtining ground in this country. The decision by th-- Massachusetts supreme court -ist wek. already reported, fust. inj the constitutionality of a law passed by a recent legislature which imposes a tax of 3 per cent. upon, collateral legacies ard succession.-! in all cases where the estate, after the payment of debt, reaches $10,000. Two quefti'ans w?rei raised in th discussion one. whether the Privileg of transmitting and receiving property by will Ls a "commodity" within the meaning cf rns state constitution, which authorizes tha legLflaturei to levy an excise in 5uch cases, and the other, whether the proved tax Ls "reasonnble." All seven of the Justic-s sat upon the case, and six of them d vided both points In the affirmative, holding emphatically that th tax L- "A '.thin the pwer of th legislature, that it 13 not oppressive in amount, and that the exemption of estates below 110,000 in value L not unreasonable. New York, Pennsylvania and several other states

THE REDUCTION

Facts and Figures by Schoenhof, Showing How Woolen Goods Have Been Cheapened by the Abolition of McKinleyism.

Statement of prices ruling in A UrVD-IES DRESS OOOP3 (COMBED WOOL), CASH M Kit LI. NO. J, .,s-Inch 4"-lrch 'allem v.arp Cotton warp, V, F "Hamilton." r-inch Sergej. 3S-ineh Ii L.ADIKS' DKKSS G(K1S. SACKlXliS. (CAItDED WOOL.) "Mailand." fö-inch "Mailani." 50-Inch 'i't p7..inz'," ;".n inch "Franklin," .".0-inoh "Frankiin." 51-inch Fancy dress griods, öö-inch ltroi'del ah. 5-Mrioh C OKSTKD CUmi-WANSCfCK COMPANY. XX Australian '2 rdaad. 16 oz XNX "Clav," PI oz XXX "Clay." 16 oz XXX "Clay," 14 or. XXX "Ciiv." 12 oz DWOOLEXS AND CLOA KINGS. Til-inch Deiver fl Inch Cotton warp "Economy".

51-inch Cloaking, cottan an 1 w.A L'7-inch Cassini re, heavy weight, "Stoney Creek". l'o., d., Assabet - In liua. II w 1. 12 oz., Middlesex ti-l Worsteij I'teakinj;, per cent, cotton, per cent. wo,l Men's Saltings, cottcn warp and wool and shoddy heavv weight. 54-inc'n Heavy Weight .Mflten, 54dneh. L'S oz Wat-.rproof Cluh. 51-inch, "Orlandj" Jems. 27-inch. "Hiirnbdlt" E KNIT COOHS. SIIIliTS AND DItAWEIlS. Ctton anl wail, per dozen ('etton and wool, per doz-n Cotton, and per cent, wool, per dozen Cotton, per d,z-"n Ail Wo .1, red, pr doz-n i Ail Wool, red. p r lozcn All Wod. p-r doz-n All WojI, per d z n All XN'oil, pr doz-n All Wo d. per dozen

F C. KIM-ITS. Extra Super Imrraln .... Tapestry Hru-seis Dody r.russels (5 roup A Ail wool cashmeres show greater reduction than cotton warp goods. The latter had previously come down In prices, and are likely to become more and more neglected on account of the greater cheapening of the all-wool goods under the now tariff. Tho new tariff removes the square yard duty of 12 cents, but leaves the ad valorem duty of 50 per cent. The square yard duty on as-cent goods amounts to about 1.1 cents; on 4'inch goods, 15 cents. A'l-waol, SS-inch goods, 1" cents. All-wool US-cent gxl for spring delivery are sold at about 10 per cent, less than the present season's prices. This is entirely in accord with the amount of tariff reduction, and makes the reduction one of 3 per cent., instead of 27 per cent., given in the comparative statement; in the sorge quoted the difference for next season will be about the same as in the new cashmere pike. Croup D These goods, as well as their kindred manufactures, llannels. are entirely governed In price by the demand for them. A much lower tariff, say one of 25 per cent., would be as prohibitive as one of 50 per cent. Oroup C The greatest reductions have naturally taken place In low price worsteds, where the protective rates, as in nil low priced woolen goods, were highest. In a sample which I had affixed to my price exhibits, referred to in your issue of Sept. 6, and which represents this class, now in very extensive demand, the old duty In force still amounts to 71 cents. The now dutv will vary between 25 and 27 cents a yard. Effort will probably be made to get in a class of goods at 50 cents a pound, or at a shade below this price, as on goods at or below 50 cents the duty will be 40 per cent.: on goods above .'0 cents it will be 50 per cent ad valorem. Extraordinary efforts will have to he made by the American manufacturers to meet this emergency, but I have no doubt of their success. Though str mg in lamentation, tbev are quick in adaptation. The three kind-i marked "" represent these cheaper goods. They were not pro have similar laws, and the tendency toward utilizing a method of raising money by taxation which is so easily enforced .e"ms to be graving throughout the country. Indeed, the income tax provLsi ans of thi new tariff law expressly speciTy "monev and the value of all personal property acquired by g'ft or Inheritance" as subject to the tax. X. Y. Post (ind.). For vears the Iteeord and its editor In tV-ir efforts to abolish the company-store abus in this state have encountered the hostility of greedy and unscrupulous employers of labor. While several enactments oii this subject have been passed, yet through the sibrurviency of republican state legislature.-i to monopoly the iniquity Ls a rife as ever within the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. A striking commentary upon the pretended sympathy of the protectionists of Pennsylvania for workingnien, Ls afforded by the fact that nowhera eL-e In th? industrial world is labor so systematically robbed by the "pluck-no .store" system a-- within this high-tariff citadel. Whilst illusory promises of high, wages are held out ta Pennsylvania minersi through the influence of the tariff, the manner In which labor is lilched of it earnings by this store system of Iniquity is a stern reality. In a recent report by State Factory Inspector Watchorn evidence is produced to show Sus excessive charges for goods at the company stores. Some of the instances of extortion at these shops are atracious. Workingmen are frequently charged 35 and 40 per cent, more at the company store than the cash price in independent stores. Philadelphia Record (dem.). The Hon. William L. Wils :n calls the attention of the country to the ruinous effect of republican "protection" upon our commercial marine. He fays: "Thirty years ago we began to shut ourselves in from all the markats of the world, called the American merchant-marine from oft tha seaj and surrendered the abundance of the ocean to England anl other nations." No fact is better attested than the decadence of American shipping undtr "protection." Under democratic low tariffs frc-ni to IStjl the tonn ige of our shipping increased from 1,124,000 to the hux? total of 2.4;C..SJ)4. Put under republican "protective" tarifr from LStJl to 1S33 it fell away It only SS3,19i) tons! If tha people desire a revival of American camnuree and a return of the pilmy, gulden era. when our shipping whitened every sea they must now take care to elect only men -who will boldly favor and further Mr. Wilson's noble efforts for commercial emancipation and "free ships." Republican orators ani "protectionists" grandiloquently talk of putting down England and favoring our horns Industries. P.ut their policy has proved almost fatal to our own shipping while it has built up the English carrying trade to gigantic: proportions. How can the country stultify P.s?if now by indorsing at th polls a continuation of this suicidal policy? N Y. Herald (dem.). The Sew Womtin, Sh"" "How dar you kiss me, sir?" He "I'm awfully sorry, but why did you encourage me?" She "And pray, ;r, how did I encourage you?" "Well you took oft your gtasses!" Pall Mill Budget. The I.andlndy' Tip. New Boarder (complalnlngly) "I can't tat this steak, madame." Mra. Slimdiet (accommodatingly) "You'll find an excellent dentist riht opposite." X. Y. Weekly.

IN CLOTHING.

lt-2. rer Yard. Cen ts. Fall. 1S94. Re-lue- IterlucPeryard. tlon in tion In Cents. Cents, per cent. 1 .274 .32 .H'a .IS ...) .-' .10' i .17 .05 .u .r2; .12 ... M 225 o fi'i .10 .15 .12 .15 .10 .12 r.o 22'j v.U 2 I 21i 24 16'i .1.". .57' 4 .',:! .7 .i j .4t!i .."a .::2'-i .$ "O . 2. -I . 1.7.-. . l.C . Mil . 1.:!0 J 1.3T, . 1.20 . ..so . . 2.A $ 1.7T. 1.75 l.li'i l.i .2 $ l." .!'. .'.- .55 ' -1.7J .77' i i.i2'; l.v7Va .1 .li Ü.5'. 3.75 r..i 7.' 7.5 I nt V .:. n.i 12.W t . .t;7u .l'7Va . e .50 . . . . .17'i . 1 r.; :i a 2' 21 2S ri tU 15 .- .25 2. 1.00 l.C'i .'1 .27' i .1" 21 220 25 21 ?.:' tt7L2 17 21 25 f2'2 L'7 20 2 V 17 . 1.". .5' .37i . 3 lo . 4.i . 1.0H . P.lt . !.5o . 12.1) . l t.5n . 15.1 . 15.(0 .$ .' 1.17! j .5 2.r. 1. a 2. 2.o .t.im t!.i 4a 3. UJ .07' . .20 duced here two years ago, but they are made and sold now at the stated prices. For comparison I have taken the pi ices of foreign make which the Americans are now beginning to meet. Orotip I) In heavy-weights of this class, where cotton and shoddy are component, m lterials, reductions are very marked, 'but by no means extreme. In view of the fact that these have held the field exclusively since ISC."., let us say. Protective rates of 150 and 200 jer cent, were too dilhcult an obstacle to surmount, even by so sly a being as the amalgamated Hritisher Is understood to be. With a tariff of 40 per cent, all the mixed goods will come under this rate, the American "woolen" manufacturer will see his very domain invaded and prices will undergo a test to which they could not possibly be .exposed until competition can actually be manifesting itself. Alas for tie iconoclast! Croup U Shir and Drawers floods under $3 a dozen can hardly be classed among woolen goads. I have not taken them Into comparison, as I deducted from my original statement J20.0OO.UO0 as representing; goods (hietly of cotton in the census of "h siery and knit goods." In a das marked "30 per cent, wool," formerly selling at Jf, the price has ibeen reduced to $3.75 by several large producers, and it can be well imagined that if like good are still quoted at higher i prices that they, too, will have to follow in obedience to tha law of gravitation. Croup F Carpbts Ingrain and tapestry comprise bout 70 per cent, of American production. The reduction in the.ie is not as large as in other woolen manufacture.." The prices have for years tended downward, farced by American competition and entirely Independent of foreign competition. The prices here quoted are still those under the rule of tariff-taxed wool. As carpet wools are all Imported It is natural to suppose that prices will yield at least In proportion to the saving in the wool price. IA AN I ASTIIl ICS THE ATM1IXT Ol' TIEVrS 1JY IXOCl LATIOV. Trial ut One nf (he Lnrgent Ilonpituln In l'nrl Produce Wonderfnl Item ul In. lte.l nein t; the Dent h Kule (ne-IInir The In Wed Mute Conmil's Itenort. WASHINGTON. D. C, Oct. -3. The now treatment by inoculation for diphtheria and croup as practiced in France is the subject of a sioeial report to the state department by United States Consul C. W. Chandler at Havre. He says that by this method of treatment only one out of four diphtheretlo patients succumbs, whereas the figure Ls double for other methods of treatment heretofore applied. Consequently the consul, who is a Ealtimcre physician of repute, says that It would seem very desirable that the antidiphtheria perum should be introduced and come inta general u?e at the earliest period practicable in America, where many thousand children and numerous physicians, Kudent and nurses die annually from diphtheria and croup. The cansul gives in detail a history of he development of the treatment by Dr. Pasteur and his assistant. Dr. Roux, keeping it secret until they had satisiied themselves of its elliciency and had subjected the animal (the horse), best adapted to transform diphtheretio poison into an anti-toxine. A trial of the now treatment at one of the largest children' hospitals of Paris resulted in reducing the death rate from diphtheria from 51.70 per cent, to 24.33 per cent. In addltim it Ls elated that children vaccinated with tho serum were protected from the disease oven while living in close contact with diphtheretic patients. A3 the Pasieur institute cannot meet the great demand for the serum movements are on foot In different lacalities to establish auxiliary' station. In slight case.sj one injection of the serum is sufficient, while the ordinary case yields to two. MnonA Elect Officer. . NEW YORK. Oct. 24 The supreme council thirty-third and last degree of the ancient and accepted Scottish rite of free masonry, which has been in session in New York City for th past two days, today elected the following officers and adjourned: John J. Gorman of New York, sovereign grand commander; William A. Hershiser of (hio. lieutenant-commander; Granville A. Frambez of Michigan, minister of state; Vernon O. Taylor of Rhode Island, grand prior; David V. Thompson of Connecticut, grand trea-arer; John G. Barker of Brooklyn, grand secretary; Gen'. Robert 'L. Weyght of Troy, ip-and keeper of archives; Wiliard C. Van Der Lip of Massachustts, grand master-seneral of ceremonies; E. Junius Edwards of Minnesota, grand marshal general; M. H. BayilRi of Washington, D. C, grand atandari bearer; William .1. Hyer of Hhodf Island, captain of th guard; W. W. Carpenter grand marshal of the camp; Edward Rose water, grand marshal of tha camp.

FOR DIPHTHERIA Ai GROUP

VICE-PRESENT IfJ T01.

ADLAI E. STIIVKSO OX IIIS WAY TO MIW YOIIK. Tiie A Icr-I'rc.ldcnt nf the VnKed I Mn(ra Talk. llopt-f oll j- of Drmncrnllo SnoccKS Aext Month He Sny ! !( C.reat Itovlnl nt Ilunlnemit I ! Itrrrjnhrre Apparent Some 1'ncla Aboat Harrison. Adlal E. Stevenson, vice-president of the United States, accompanied by his son I.ouls and wife, passed through the city Wednesday afternoon on the Pennsylvania road en route from 'Illinois to New York. Mr. .Stevenson was here nearly thirty minutes and was found in the sleeper India. "Yes, I am on my way to Now York," said he, "where I shall make three speeches and probably more. Meetings have already been arranged for me at : Urooklyn, Troy and Poughkeepsio. I i have been speaking in Missouri, where I j addressed large meetings in three close districts. In Illinois the prospects for the j democratic party are most flattering, and I am confident that we shall elect MacVeagh to the senate. There has been, as you no doubt noticed, a very large registration, and this in Illinois is an Indication that the democrats are taking an interest in the election and will be out to the polls. This will carry tho state. Factories are running, business has revived, wheels are turning, workmen are employed and everything is most prosperous and busy. The future looks bright for business, and tho workmen of Illinois have been taught from practical demonstration that the panic was in no way due to the victory of the democratic party. "The same conditions are met with in all parts of tho country. Within the past two months every industry has taken upon itself a wonderful degree of activity, and the next year promises to be the most prosperous period of the country's history; prosperous rot only for the rich man, but the poor man as well. This is true prosperity. "The longer I live, the more experience I get, the more I see and the more I lind out all unite In making me more and nit. re glad that I'm a democrat. The democratic party is that of the people. The claim has been made that the last congress did not keep faith with the people and that its legislation was not in the interest of the people or in accordance with the pledges of the platform. "Now, it should bo remembered that when President Cleveland's administration retired from power it left as a heritage to the Incoming Harrison administration a prosperous country and an overwhelming treasury. Two years before it had been a vexed question as to what should be done with the surplus. The revenues exceeded the expenditures by more than Jlo0.000.0o0 per year. Four years later, when tne republicans, with Mr. Harrison of this city at the head of them, retired from power to make way for Mr. . Cleveland, again the question was as to how revenue should be obtained to meet th expenses of the government. There was a looted treasury. Why, the last republican secretary of the treasury, within a month of the c-lo.se of the Harrison administration, stated to the ways and means committee that $50,oio.0oo more of income was needed to meet the actual expenses of the government. "What is the cause of this depleted treasury and the bankruptcy of tho country at the close of the Harrison administration? In my Judgment it was in a large measure the result of the passage by a republican congress of tho McKinley tariff bill, a law that will go into history as the crowning act of the billion-dollar congress, both branches of which were republican. "As I said a moment asro, the democratic party when it came into power March 4. lst3. found a depleted treasury as the result of the Harrison administration. Tho necessity for securing sullici.it revenue to meet the expenses of the government was imperative and there could bo no escape from it. Ti.eso revenues were to be raised either by continuing the burdens of taxulon upon the people ,r by a moderate income tax upon the earnings of wealth, the aggregate of which in this country exceeds $C5,0O0,00o,OO0. It was deemed best, and it was a wise decision, to impose a tax upon wealth for the bonefit of the masses. Of tho JtlUJ.OoO OO'l necessary to meet the general cxper.:scs of the government during the current fiscal year It i.s believed that JtiO.OuO.oOO of that amount can Im? secured by the income tax of 2 per cent, upon individual incomes exceeding J4.0IH) f.nnually. "It is claimed tnat the income tax l-i odious; of course it is to a certain extent, for all taxes are. but it is the doctrine of tho democratic party as old as Jefferson that the necessities of the government are the beginning t.nd ending of all just taxation. "It is claimed that the income tar. cannot Ik collected. 1 claim that th:s is a slander upon the business men and the men of affairs in this country. It is oased upon the assumption that a man who has an income coming within tne provisions of the law will incur the penalties of perjury rather than disclose to the proper authorities his income. I call that a hood. slander upon And history American manItself contradicts party has com$20,000.000 toward it. The democratic polled wealth to pay the expenses of the government widen otherwise would be raised bv a tax upon the necessities of life as under tue McKinley law. "The depleted treasury left by tho Harrison administration is being replenished and business is moving as of old. The future is bright with prospects and prosperity. Tho people have been taught the practical lesson that the party of Jefferson is the party of tho people and tiober roflecfion and careful study will maintain the democratic party in power. 1 sve nothing discouraging in the outlook. I should like to see Mr. Rynum elected and have enmiüh confidence in the .democrats nf tho Seventh Indiana district to believe that they will return to congress as tneir representative so able a man as he has proven himself to bo. The record of Mr. Rynum in congress has boon such as to reflect "great credit upon himself and the city of Indianapolis. His return will be a grand victory for the people and their Interests." The train movoTl out of the station and Mr. Stevenson shook hands cordially with The Sentinel representative. He stood on the platform for a few moments looking out upon the city and then disappeared within the car. Vitlnnhle Pnpera Recovered. NEW YORK. Oct. 25.-L. C. Weir, president of the Adams express company, received a pouch today containing a number of bonds. Insurance policies, stocks, drafts. bills of lading and other valuable docu- 1 ments. These papers were stolen from the ! company's safe In the express car of the train which was robbed at Aqula Creek, ' Va., on Oct. 12. Tha pouch was one of the express bags taken from the train by the robbers, who shoved all their booty Into it. The money wa afterward extracted and the pouch with the remainder of Its contents wai hidien in th woods near Cal- i verton, Va. Searcy, the caotured robber, ! who has turned state's evidence, revealed the hiding place to the authorities and th pouch was sent to Mr. Weir. The recovery of these valuable documents reduces the ! loss of the Adams express company by ' tha robbery to less than $5,000.

DEMQCh Tl TIMES. COLUMRIA. Ta.. Xt. 20. Tiie sawmill XI mi!e's3Uth of York Haven Is running and about one hundred men are employed. All sizes of lumber are being sawed, and it will take several years before all tha logs will be converted into lumber. Woodbury, X. J., Oct. 21. Tha thirtyton tank furnace at the Woodbury glass works went into blast today. The furnace has during the past season been rebuilt and is one of tho best in the Ftat. These works give employment to afMi: onts hundred and fifty hands. The John Wyeth & Uro. matt extract works w-i'.l resume work on Monday, after several months' Idleness. WILLIAMSPORT. Pa., Oct. 20. Th Susquehanna &. Buffalo railroad is about completed, and beginning next w-"k passenger trains vill run over the road. Since tho announcement of the building of tho railroad shops at Caleton many workmen are moving their families there. At present the several hotels and boarding houses are inadequate to aocommdate the inllux of men 1 joking after Work or already engnged. BETHLEHEM. Pa., Oct. 20. The mills of the Bethlehem iron company will soon bo in full blast again. Tiie rail mill, it was stated at the otlices this marning, will start to work on next Wednesday. The puddle and merchant mills will pa into operation on Monday. The Times also says ;hat the Bethlehem board of trade is in receipt of offers of large inducement frim capitalists to erect a sh .-e factory in South Bethlehem. Dover, N. H., Oct. lrt. Agent Holland of the Coeheco mills today issued a notice informing iho operatives that bepinning Oct. 15 wages in all departments would be increased 5 pi-r cent. This is g.Kid news to tho several thousand bread winners in the mills and rest res half f th cutdjwn made In the summer. It will probably have the effect of putting an end to the mule spinners' strike by granting them an increase without formal concession. Pittsburg, Oct. 22. The supreme court of this state today checked tho Standard oil company in its process of absorbing the independent oil refineries in the c"untry. An arrangement has been male to buy out the Producers and refiners oil company. John J. Carter of Franklin. Pa., a stockholder, objected and sei u: ad an injunction in the Venago county courts by which the sale was topp-d. Today the suprane court, without discussing the questions involved, made the injunction permanent. Chicago. Oct. 22. T ae works of William Heering c Co., manufacturers of harvesting machinery and agricultural implements, locat-d at tiie junction of Fulier-ton-ave. and th-1 north branch of th Chicago tiver, will start up this week. The lirm employes ahmt three thousind m-".i. all of whom will return ti their work. The shops have been, closed as usual fT two motUhs. succi-e ling 'the harvest. The new twin factory of Dc-iing & Co. will be completed by Nov. 15. This will be the largest mill west of the Allegher.ies. Philadelphia. Oct. 21. The announcement was made yesterday that ex-Posi-master-general John Wanamaker hid added to his recent n-al estate investm-mts by the purchase of the Haseltine building, at Nos. 141Ö-141-S Chestnut-st. The property has a frontage of .'2 feet on Chestnutst., with a depth to Sainpson-st. of about 227 feet fi inches. Tin consideration paid was $57.1,000, or over $11,000 per font. This latest acquisition makes nearly $2,000.0i.0 worth of real estate acquired by Mr. Wanamaker during the present year. POTTSVILLE. IM.. Oct. 20. Nearly all the railroaders in llazlcton and vicinity, left idle by the strike last winter, are now employed." There are still five men who have not been able to secure work. Among that number are two engineers, one fireman, a conductor and a brakeman. There were lo2 men in all living In and ab nit Hazleton who participated In tho strike. Superintendent F. II. Miller of the Orwlgsburg shoe campany started his cutters on Wednesday morning, and is now going at work with several machinists geling things in readiness to put other hands to work next week. Dover, N. J.. Oct. 21. The big Edison iron works, in the- upper part of Monis county, will start up full-handed tomorrow. It is reported here that every part of the works will be put in full blast an! that the employes will return at in eieis-, wages. The Dover shops of the Delaware. Lackwanna v Western railroad are now working ten hours a diy, as there is a big demand f r cars for eastern grain shipments and rapidly increasing freight traffic. The Lackwanna road never had a bigger lot of work on hand thin at present, both in new work and in line 'f repairs. These Fhops never before worked ten hours at thU time of the year. Conn alLsville. Pa.. Oct. 21. There was a gain of nearly 2'J0 cars in tiie coke output la.st week. This is a sure sign of tlaegreat revival in the iron and tdeel industries. The moro fuel cumsumed. the more work Ls done in trsesa mills. All over Western Pennsylvania the demand for coal and coke is very strong. At the McClure coke company's olfieo the manager said a steady improvement had been noticed, the volume of business being niuh greater than a few months ago. Part of this increase he attributed to the reaction setting in after th3 strike, but the pxeiter perCtKrtage was due to the regaining 'if confidence by the manufacturers and the ge rial resumption of operations in the mills throughout tho country. St. Louis. Oct. 23. The lumber business of St. Louis for the week ending Saturday, Oct. 20. was: Receipts by rail. 931 cars, against 74S cars for the corresponding week in 1S!3, thawing an increase of ISO cars; receipts by river, 220. 0o0 f-vt. against 82,000 for the corresponding wet k in 1S93. showing an increase of 13S.O0Ö feet. Shipment.- for the week amounted do cars, against 554 cars for tha same week in lMlil, showing an Increase of ninety-six ears. This shows an increase in every item over the oorrespinding we ek of lS'jil. Last year business wa.s exceedingly dull at this teaon. and no on? kn -w what was coming. Now a better feelir.g prevails, and the lumber industry is gtining every week in the volume of business transacted. Washington, Oct. 22. Tho case of the United States against the sugar trust will probably be argued in tho supreme court during the present week. The case comes to tho supreme court on tn appeal from the United States circuit court of appeals for the Third circuit, taken by the United States. It is a bill in equity. to ups,t this trust, filed by the United Spates under the so-called Sherman anti-trust law of July 2, 1KQ. The appeal present peneralty the question of the validity and effect of the law. Aside from the bearing of tho case on tho sugar interest, the decision of the case is regarded as important because of its bearing upon other oases of a sinii'ar character touching the valadity of the Sherman law as applied to other trusts. It is expected to prove a test case. Chicago, Oct. 21. Comptroller of the Currency Eckels, who arrived yesterday, says the recent marked revival of business is by no means confined to the g-eat financial centers of the country. The comptroller came on from Washington to address the Bankers' club at Finsley's last evening. "The last call for a statement from the national banks was made on Oct. 2." said Mr. Eckels. "It showed an increase In the reserve cities sirce July IS of $3S,000,000 of loans and discounts. We estimate that, in addition to this, there TV13 an increase of $20,ooo,0o0 in outside

cities. It was not confined to the financial centers, but seemed to come from every section of the country, indicating a very general and healthy revival. Compared with the statement of one year ago, however, the increase ls phenomenal more Üian $150,000,000. AU this indicates a restoration of public confidence and more liberal Investments."

KETCHI'S FAMOUS BRIEF

MAKIMl CIIAIUJES AGIT HARRI SOX AM) TIIE OUtiW. Had the Fact That He Und Filed the Ilrlef In Qiientlon I U-t 11 Knonai la Time lie AVonlil o llae "irrnrrd Hie .onilnn t ion for AUrne-r-irn rral ! llrsna Was Kept from Ising Im Kr I (e. A few evenings ngo W. A. Kotcham, candidate for attorney-general on the republican ticket, at a meeting held under the auspices of the Commercial travelers' club of his party, at which there wer less than a dozen commercial travelers and about fifty c r sixty outsiders present, extolled ex-Presid-nt Harns n as chief among eminent republicans. He spoke of his leadership as pre-eminent and hia ability as a. lawyer and statesman unequaled and that bis recent t ur through the state had been or.e triumphal ovation. Months b fore this Mr. Ketcham, as attorney in what are known as the banla cases, involving transactions of the Indiana banking company, and William Ne.-diiam. with John C. Wright, J)hn C. New ar.d others, signed a brief which was filed in the supreme court of the sta e March C this year, a f-w weeks bef"e t.ae repnbbean state convention. In that bri-f Mr. Ke.en.m expressed an opinion of the ex-president not consistent with what h told th-- eemmerciU travelers for eamoai-n purposes. Had tha reference to Harrison in tha: brief been known in time Mr. Ki t. ham w uld not have been the republican nominee. Tb cases wo-re fil.-d ten years ag' and tried oti e b- f re Judge Howe. The result Was ad vers- t, tn. defendants. Wright. New and oth-rs. They moved f .r a new trial and th-n imniediab. ly secured a change of venu- from JKove. of wlt an they alleg 1 "bias agiinst th'.' defendants." Th ne: trial was b- foi- jtilge Walker and a jury, th- jury retaining a. verdict of special finding f 'r tiie plain tiffs. This vc-r-diet was s-t a.-id and a motion for a new trial sustain d. It is up m these questions that the cases p-nding in thi supremo court and in tae brif of whkh f- r appellants. Hand, receiver of the Indian i i. inking company, and William Nc'vllani. attorney. Kttcham wrote: "Our 1 -ained opponents for s:me reason or other s.-enied to think it was essential : convince this court of the merits of th.-ir d-fenso without th- formality or inconveni.-n e of a trial with the attendant risk of a j'Jelitnv nt and have filled their case, especially their brief, filed Sept. 20, ls;iO, with abundant statements of alleged facts and circumstances, none of wii eh are In the record, and ara not only not in accordance w ith the facts, but if writ on by one who participated in th trial that fact must have Inn known by the writer, and if the brief was written by some one not present or participating in the trial ih Haitcm-nts as facts which ho could not know occupies in morals an unenviable pi-spjm." Th -rein is an lnu-nJa that the (brie! of the appelle.s. Wright & New, was prepared by HarrLon. Much was said in that ibrief ab ait the opinion of Judge Walker in sustaining a motion for a new trial and setting asid tho Verdict of special findings. C mc'-rning that appellant's brb f has this paragraph: Attorney t'linngecl Mile. "When th opinion referred to by appellee's counsel is formally and detlantly flaunted in our f ices as a reason why th court should sustain tiie rulings of th court 'below, whether upon a demurrer t" the complaint in the one case, or upon the pleas in abatement in the other case, it as an entirely proper Roland for such an Oliver to call the court's attention to tin well-recogniz-ed fact that judges are sti.i human and that tiie frailties and ambitions of men are not always cast asid when they assume th judicial erndnej that one of the d - f.nd ants in that suit was the owner of the organ of the pafty ta which the judge granted the new trial belonged, and. if further suggestion.? wer-j needed along that line the record In the partnership cases shows that in the outset of the litigation the plaintiffs la each case were represented Jy a firm, the senior partner of whiflti at the time of tiie hearing of th motion for a newtrial represented In the Senate of th Urited States the party to which both tie.- Judge and newspaper proprietor be- '. ng"d. and that as early a.s lsstj. when the motion for a change of venue was filed by the defend m is befire Judge Howe, that same firm, with that sam. senator at its head, appeared upon th other sid of th jse sinie cases as attorney f or the opposite pirty from those with which they 1-gun the litigation. The nntion fir a new trial is not in th transcript; otherwise it would show that as eirly as tint stage in the history of the litigation that s.-nat or, not yet. however, fully recognized as a presidential possibility, concluded to change sides during the '."gal battle." In tho paragraph following Mr. Ketcham indicates that ambition for a federal judgeship which Harrison could at one time bestow, prompted the last opinion 1n this case in the lower court. In this lenticular the brief of appellants is: "It is doubtless true that a motion for a new trial ought not to bo granted at the command of tho owners of the party organ, oven wdien enforced by the insistence of the hold of tha party in the state, through whom a:vn a promotion to a United States bench should come. If it com- at all. While this is true, however, it is also equally true that the temptation to a Judge of a local court to obtain favor with the owners cf th party organ and party lea l-rs that might in future result in promotion, is one that, while having no proper place in tho administration of justice, is also ouite a temptation to the ambition of an ambitious man, and after all judges, whether high or boy, are but human. The decisions of the learned Justices of the supreme court, upon questions affecting the election of tho president are very Instructive. If not Iliu's-trious examples to the efi'i'ct that tho personal predilections of men are not always destroyed by the ermine that the Judge weais." Merely- n ri Incident. This matter was an incident in the animosity that has g-own out of the bank suits. Mr. Ketcham's participation in the suit, during bis canvass for nomination as attorney-general, brought against him th violent opposition of the owners of the party organ referred to in this brief. They were unable, however, to bring about his defeat, though every, inch of Marion county was fought over by W. L. Taylor, supported by the party organ and the ptate central committee. In this fight Keteh.ir.Vs meruit s did not have the benefit of tho brief quoted In this article. The existence of thrse paragraphs reflecting on Harrison and the proprietor of the party organ was not known until it was too late to put them to any general use in bringing about the defeat of Ketcham. During the afternoon of the state convention the matter was discovered and that night was in possession of the editors of the organ. Mr. Ketcham was nominated and it was tho purpose of the organ to ' print the nutter Qu oted. This meant open revolt with dire consequences not onl to Ketcham, but to tho republican party throughout the Btate. The dangerous miter was in type when Daniel M. Ransdell, R. O. Hawkins and others of the "slick six" crowd, friends of Harrison, bitt who had voted for Ketcham in the convention as against Taylor at the solid