Pike County Democrat, Volume 28, Number 31, Petersburg, Pike County, 10 December 1897 — Page 6

HER” M’KINLEY. rable and Beloved Mother of the President Strtekea with Paraly*!* ud lto to he Rapidly Nearluc Orath>Tml<l«ot w»l Other Member* of kh# Family llutealog llooil. w. O., Dec. 8.—At an early hoot morning Mra Nancy Allison ley, the venerable mother of president, was stricken with par* and her death is believed to be a question of a short time. Not Mra McKinley was stricken has

HANCY ALLISON’ MKIVLET. Hwre been a favorable feature in her poodiiioa. That the attack would ultimately end in death was the first of the family on discovering1 her Uaeoa. and the consultations of the ^Mending physicians have tended lennfirtu this belief. “Mother” McKinley must have been Mbrsken aoiue time during Wednesday Bight, but the first intimation she had any change in her condition was this morning when she found her* unable to speak. She walked the room of her daughter and d the latter. At once Mivs Me* ialey saw that something had hap$aed. She awakened the other rnefuof the family and a physician was culled. He at once pronounced the trouble paralysis. “Mother” McKinley had been slightly III for several days with a mild atof the grip. She had been up and about the house, and uu serious results from her iliucss were apprehended. Bor bob Abner McKinley, of I’few York, arrived in Cautou on. Tuesday, Bad his mother seemed to be greatly •heerwl by his presence. Yesterday was so bright aud . cheerful as to ae the family to remark on her im Eminent, Mr. McKinley saying he _ aot seeu his mother lookiug so well a number of years. That being r condition when she retired last cuing, the blow to the family upou discovering what had eouie upon her daring the night «u*a sad one. Durtug the forenoon a letter from the president Wa* received. It was read to the aged sufferer and iu respouse to 4|«eatioua if she understood its con* tents she uodded assentMr. Abner McKinley commuuicated With the president as soon as he Itorned the serious nature of the ill* Bass of his mother, aud the president Baked that he be advised immediately of any change. Appointments were made for communication by telephone. Had telegrams were also exchanged frequently. Soon after Mr' Abner McKinley notified the president that the sufferer had relapsed iuto setui•oaaciou.suess, and - promised to com* muuicale further at five o'ciix-k. The president did not wait for the five o’clock message, lie responded: “Tell mother I will l*e there.” aud at once prepared to start for Cautou. He la expected to arrire.here at ten o’clock to-morrow mornsug. Ur. Phillips, when he saw the patient at six o'clock this evening, had little to add to what lie had already •aid, to the effect that she was very 111 aud stood but little chance of recovery. It was the opinion of the doctor that she could not last more than • few days and the end might come at •ay time. Inquiries concerning the condition of Mrs. McKinley are coming t * Canton from all over the country, floods of telegrams coming as soon as the icai was made public.

A DUTIFUL SO»L rrttldrnt llktlpiii to lb* licditd* of III* 'trlcktu Mottirr. flAluiSQTOS, Dee. JL—President McVlaley left the city at 7:40 last uight •over the Pennsylvania railroad to dhaalen to the bedside of his sick ••other at Canton, where he will arrive to-day. With him went Judge : JDej. assistant secretary of state, the •wo occupylug the Pullman car Davy Crocket attached to the regular train. The president had made hurried arrangetneula for his departure aud durftatf the afternoon disposed of a large roinme of a business awaiting his at- | tea lion. Lie reached the station, uaati leaded, a few minutes before the time Cor the traiu to leave. The president’s stay at Canton will ! «de|>end upon the condition in which he dads his mother. If she improves he will return to Washington in time for the opening of congress and later go •gain to Canton. DEATH PENAL! Y FOR NATIVES. Ttseisins of tbs limes Colonist Cosset) to decent to tbs Feus! lode. I Beaux. Dec. 3.—The colouial conn•U, at its meeting Wednesday, while discussing Lite penal code, in addition •o approving the proposition to extend l Ike death penalty to nativea of the German colonies for crimes in the case e( which there is a milder punishment id Germany, decided that the usual Crimea, persona abetting and is citing thereto, and outrage rs of white women are punishable with

THE MATTER EXPLAINEO. Oeamutfw PtlUbury of th« Tmi«Ih Ei* plains tbs Incldeut of tbs Tag l>*antl««, wltb Bor Tow. tbs Schooner Jennie Thom**—There wm Nothln| Contmbnnd ou Klllier V re tel When henrcUedL Washington, Dec. 4.—Commander Fillsbury of. the Vesuvius. which has been doing some hard work off the Florida coast, engaged in heading off filibustering expeditions, has been annoyed by the publication in the newspapers a few days ago of a story to the effect that he allowed the tug Dauntless to pass with a schooner in tow which carried supplies of war to the Cuban insurgents. The commander has written a letter to the uavy department, iu which he said he had considered the matter of such slight importance heretofore that he had not mentioned it to the department, but the width of publication caiis now for au auswer, which he gives in the following account of the matter:

••Uu .November ll. l nearu urn me Dauntless was al Feruaudinafor fuiui- | nation. The Vesuvius proceeded to that port at once to keep her under observation. She was found justeross- ! log the bar for Jacksonvilie. to which port the Vesuvius accompanied her. ! Sue was thoroughly searched aud al- j lowed to proceed to the cjty. She was taken on the ways and cleaned, aud painted and a few minor'repairs made tc boilers aud engines. On November 7 she was put in the water again and on that day the Vesuvius proceeded to the mouth of the river to await her coming. On Fciday, November 19, the tug came down the river with the schooner Jen- j uie Thomas, of Baltimore, iu tow bound for Savannah. Both the tug and the schooner were searched thoroughly and critically. The schooner was emptv aud was cleared for Sa vuunah.. The tug had nothing on board, but coal, two or three blocks of ice and a small leg of beef. She had a v\ of uinc men. ller papers werecomplete aud without a Haw. She uuchored the schooner for the night near by and went alongside a wharf at Pilot Town. The next morning at very early daylight, just before she got under way. an oilieer was agaiu sent on board and another search made with the same result. She was allowed to proceed. "I have been informed by the com* maudiug oflieer of the revenue cutter , Boutwell of the arrival of the Hauntless. with the schooner Jennie Thomas in tow, ut Savannah on the following day.** UNDER INDICTMENT. tirrluiu ( liargr* Agali>*t a Couple of CUl- „ r»gu OffirUli. CuKAtio, Dec. 4—Yesterday afternocn the gram! jury voted to iudict Assessor Kichard C. tiuhning and t let k Benjamin Barnett, ot the Southtown. Three true bills were voted against Duuniug. The charges against him. upon which the bills were voted, are: Malfeasance in office, conspiracy aud soliciting a bribe, Two iudiclmeuts were voted agaiust Cierk Baruett. lit* is charged with malfeasance iu office aud conspiracy. The indictments charging the two officials with malfeasance iu office are based upon the refusal of Dunning aud Barnett to listen to protests of tax payers while sitting as a board of review. The alleged arbitrary manner in which they are said to have iguored all protests and the refusal to produce their books or iu uuy way to accede to reasonable demand of the protesting taxpayers constituted the basis of the charge. The alleged concerted action of Assessor Dunning and Cierk Barnett iu opposing the board of review and the refusal to produce certain books and documents constitute the grouuds for the conspiracy charge. On what ev.douce the charge of so lie.Dug a bi ibe is based is not yet entirely clear'. It was reported, howI ever, that a bribe of STNU was solicited from Charles C. Blaudcn, secretary of the company which owns a large downtown building. Another story was that the evidence upon which the indictment was voted came from members of the firm of Lyon & Healv. Some of the evidence is sail to be strong, and other witnesses will be tailed.

A BAD BURNING. lb* Hunt Fir* (h«t Hsa Vialird LairuMi H t»., for V«*r*. LaCrosse. Wis.. Dec. 5.—The worst ; fire that has visited this city lor years | occurred about midnight. Of the old “Brick" Pomeroy block aud the McMitlau opera house block, | only the tottering walls remain.'; The ! lower lioom of the burned buildings ] were occupied by H. lleil ti. hou, | shoes; Alien’s news depot, Laug* stad vV. Waters. musical instruincuts; .N. Bowl by, branch of W. W. ( Kimball Co.; the Drummond Co., jewelers. and Miller Bros., morgue. The ; secoud floor was taken up with offices, . whtle on -the third floor was the old \ McMillan opera hall, used as the armI ory for Company' M of the national guard. On this floor all the stores of the company were kept, and when the fire reached the powder and sheila the explosion was terrific. The lavs can hardly be estimated at this time, but will exceed $200,000. The greater part of this is covered by insurance. Six firemen wer« injured, three seriously. The Crultar Brooklyn. New York. Dec- 4.—The cruisei Brooklyn, although ready to leave the New York dry dock, may be detained until the new year by some alight changes which are contemplated. The year's service which the cruiser has seen has caused remarkably little wear and tear. Twenty House* Destroyed by firs. Roxs, Dec. t—A dispatch from 1 Caneo. province of that name in Piedmont. south of the Leopontine Alps, ears that 20 houses in the village of Stoviera have been deatrored hr fire.

RECIPROCITY HUMBUG. Ck* MeKialer Scheme of Becvtattaf Forelga Trade. Reciprocity with France, we ore informed, is almost effected, ft has been hoped that the treaty could be negotiated and ratified before Ambassador Patenotre left for Paris, but that has proved impossible. Still, the scheme has progressed so far that only one thing is lacking to its success. That is the consent of France. The treaty to which France’s agreement is asked provides for the abrogation of the laws excluding American cattle from France. In return our government offers to make a reduction of 20 per cent, in the duties on France’s exports to this country of champagne, brandy, cordials, statuary and painting. The peculiarity of this proposal must strike even the most cursory reader. These duties, which the administration is willing to reduce, are all revenue duties. The articles named do not really compete with our own products. To scale down the customs taxes on them is simply to diminish the revenues of the government. These articles, too, are used by the rich alone. The wealthy alone will benefit by their being cheapened in cost. It- is of no consequence to the average citizen whether champagne is a little dearer or a little cheaper. He almost never gets French brandy, either, even if he pays for its Nor does he find that he can live more economically if foreign statuary and paintings are admitted at a lower rate.

Thus the proposition of the administration is to admit luxuries cheaper but not necessaries. It is willing to extend our markets for cattle by cutting off just so much revenue from the treasury and making it upb.v taxingcattle raisers on their clothes, harness, implements ami homes. Statuary and paintings ousrht to be on the free list. Even the American artists protest against the present taxes on education. Put French wines and brandies, Wing luxuries, should be taxed heavily. No reductions should be made in revenue duties which fail bn the rich, who already gain at the people's cxj'ense by the protective tariff. True reciprocity would aim. not at lightening the cost, of luxuries, but at cheapening necessities. ' It would obtain concessions for our products by lowering the duties on foreign manu-, faetures. This would diminish the tribute which our farming, laboring and business classes pay to the tariff barons. There is no sense in the McKinley scheme to buy off foreign nations from retaliatory tariff legislation by reductions which operate as a bounty to the barons. Hut the administration dares not arrange for rea 1 reciprocity, because tliat is. as a matter of fact, tariff for revenue only, by special agreement. And nothing which helps the common people will find favor in the eyes of our plutocratic administration. —Kansas City Times. PROFITS IN SIGHT. The Proposed Gold McKinley for the Pnrla Fair. It would be interesting to know the names of the western millionaires who are to provide the capital for the solid gold statue of William McKinley that is to be exhibited at the Paris world’s fair in 1J>00. The report is that $1,050,000 of gold is to be employed in making the statue, which is to be of heroic design and seven feet tall. This is a foot and an inch or two higher than the president, but in order for the statue to be heroic, it must exaggerate the proportions of the subject. • Presumably the sculptor or the ruolder or the goldsmith or whatever variety of artist is to be intrusted with the work will be instructed to bring out in bold relief those features of the Canton major which are supposed to give him a strong resemblance to Napoleon. If this was neglected one of the chief charms of the statue would be lacking. While we are about it we must show the Europeans that they have not a monopoly of the Napoleon business.

Those patriotic millionaires who arc to provide the capital for the undertaking expect to lose nothin". They inay reasonably expect to make good inter- | est on their investment. In fact, looked at from any stand1 point, it will be impossible for them to ! lose a cent, unless somebody steals the statue or their idol gets smashed in ! the meantime. The $1,050,000 of gold put into the work will be worth as much when the show is over, and a good deal more, if properly hand led. If cut into small slices and sold as souvenirs of a great achievement, a great event and a great man, each would bring a great deal more than its weight in gold, provided the president is as great a man whom the slicing operation begins as he is now, in the eyes of the I thrifty patriots who have obtained his I sanction to their scheme. But on this point they would better have a care. Fame is a wonderfully j evanescent thing, and before 1900 gets here William McKinley’s fameandglorv may have vanished into thin air. He has difficulUea^nhead of him that seem to make thixJ/ighly probable. Maybe the promoters of the scheme will wait a year or two to see what happens to i him.—St. Louis Republic. -The democrats are pledged by their national platform of last year to bring the trusts under control. The republican national convention, under the domination of Mark Hanna, ignored the subject, but the republican leaders In congress know well that the masses of their party share the feelings of the democrats on this subject, and that they would never forgive the defeat of anti-trust legislation. These leaders are in a distressing position.—N. Y. Journal. -The republican congress may even things by giving the country an immigration law that will shut out as many undesirable aliens as Hawaiian annexation will let in.—Detroit Free Press.

THE DtNGLEY DEFICIT. The Republican Tariff Depleting tbe Treamry. The Dingley high tariff law is proving a failure as a revenue producer. Out of the mouths of its authors and champions is the operation of the act condemned. Said Representative Ding-ley in the house on March 24: “Our problem is to provide adequate revenue from duties on imports to carry on the government.” In discussing-the measure in the senate on May 20, Senator AMrich. of Rhode Island, who had charge of the bill in the upper body, said: “The adoption of a revenue bill which should fall in this purpose (of producing revenue), which should create an additional deficiency in the immediate future, which would require a further issue of bonds to meet current expenditures, would certainly be fatal to the hopes of future success of any political party responsible for such legislation." The excuse for the calling of a special session of congress for the revision of the tariff was the necessity for increased revenue. The real purpose of such legislation was the furnishing of protection to special interests. As usual in such cases the latter object was accomplished at the expense of the former, as the figures clearly show. The statement of govern-mect receipts and expenditures for November shows a deficit for the month cf $18,572.109. The deficit for the fiscal year up to the present time stands at $4fi.581.120. The deficit by months since the beginning of the present fiscal year is as follows:

July .. *....511.073.545 August. 14.564.4SS September. 3.425.718 October . 9.310,097 November. 5,5*2.100 The Dingley law became a law July 24. ' * The deficits for the last four fiscal years, ended June 30, have been as follows: 1904...569.803.2H 1895 . 42.Sc5.223 155*6 . 25.203.246 1597. 1S.0Cj2.254 For the current ilscul year the deficit, which for the five months already expired amounts to over $40,000,000, promises to be larger than for any of the years given in the foregoing table, unless there shall be radical, and. judg ing from the present outlook, unex pected changes in the relation of re ceipts to expenditures. For the fiscal years from June 3\ up to the close of the third week in November the revenues, expenditures and deficits for the years given were as follows: ExpendiRever.ues, tvr*'s. 1«9.V.5131.b'MW 3i:i.C7vnVI 52’•■ *,72. 1896 .122.8T5.Sff l*:t.5*06.957 39.231.4M 1597 . 123.275.777 lw>.ii5.2»0 44.56'.*.:) 3 For the periods from July 24. the date of passage of the Dingley law, to tlie close of the third week in November, the comparative deficits are as follows: 19»5 .. 510.732.201 15W! . 26.2.4,441 1S97 . S4.170.739 However it may be figured the comparisons are unfavorable to the Dingley law as a revenue producer. Possibly the future may bring improvement, but the natural fear must be that the rates of the Dingley law are so nearly prohibitive as to prove destructive cl revenue producing qualities sufficient to meet the needs of the government.— Chicago Record (Ind.). COMMENTS OF THE PRESS. -Mark Hanna now claims a major: ty of 15 in the Ohio legislature. How much did it cost him?—Kansas City Times. -Mr. McKinley and Mr. Gage seem to have agreed to disagree most amiably on the* currency question,—Chicago liecord (Ind.). -A farpier writes to ask if there isn't some way to sidetrack this McKinley prosperity until tbe cotton crop can be disposed of.—Nashville (Ten::.) Sun. --® -The Dingley deficit up to the close of the third week in November was a trifle under $45,000,000. The increase in pensions will absorb nearly all the receipts from the Union Pacific sale, and then the Dingley deficit will resume its steady and majestic course.— X. V. World.

-The nenly organized wipe trust fills a long felt want. It has been* a matter of reproach to the manufaetur-alm-ost every other branch of trade they had no wire eonibine. Fortunately for them, the Dingley tariff comes to their aid and enables them tocorner the production! of wire. Prosperity has arrived.—Kansas City Times. -If the government has $36,000,000 t-o give away, it may not be out of place to suggest that there are some “protected” workingmen in the coal mines of Pennsylvania and other states, for instance, who need money rather more than Cncle Collis. These are they who asked for bread and received an injunction, and if fortunes are to be given away they undoubtedly would be glad to be remembered.—San Francisco Examiner. -Nine-tenths-of the vast sum exacted from our industries by the republican tariff tax on hides goes into the pockets of the trust magnates, who control the cattle market. It is a very substantial gift to the Chicago beef trust, made by the republican party at the expense of every manufacturer who uses leather belting in his factory, and indirectly at the expense of evenr workman who looks for a rise in wages.—Boston Post. -We have already, in the Ding leybill, exhausted our powers for the industrial injury of continental Europe. If Europe retaliates upon us we have no further power of retaliating upon Europe. What we shall have is the sweet consciousness that, even if we can no longer market our surplus crops abroad, and even if we have reduced our revenue from imports so that we mnst resort to new schemes of taxation to meet current expenses, we have attained in the Dingley tariff the most complete scheme of protection and commercial non intercourse ever exhibited txt China.—N. Y. Times. forming monopolies in

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