Evening Star Newspaper, January 11, 1894, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, JANUARY 11, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. SPECIAL NOTICES. SPIRITUALISM—MISS MAGGIE GAULE OF BaL- Saring’ ay" Sor private sittings, 900 Tac mt day, for private s! ‘ st. B.w.; grep, puibaY Signy, ‘Wonw's Hall, 721" st. “AN- Xo 1S HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE 9 of the stockholders ot fb NATION such other business as fore it will be beid at the ‘of the company, Rortheast corner of 15th st. and New York ave., on MONDAY, the 15th day of January, 1894, at 4 o'clock p.m. cieck B- ALBERT L. STURTEVANT, jati-3t Secretary. Is far superior to all other machines. Universal or Ideal The New John C. Parker, SOLE AGENT. D.C. (jell) 617-619 7th St. N.W. Headquarters for Trusses “N. ¥. elastic,” ete. If you want a truss come to us. We can save you money and fit you perfectly. EWNo charge for fitting. D. Gilman, 627 Pa. Ave. ia Z. jal THE FIRM OF W. H. TREGO & SON HAS THIS dag teen, dimolved ‘by mutual consent. we No Real Estate Agent ‘Trego retiring from the business, can aft 5 7 “ hereafter conducted by Albert Trego, who will| Ledger," "Property Gist’ hoes corer eo cnent assume all ities and collect = sane. due Jan, ~ facilitates business—$4, $5 and $6. E, ‘orm Malki ; CQCEEN, Printer and Publisher, 1108-16 E aw. orice To stockHoupers or tae wasu-| Wine Prices Cut for 2 Days INGTON LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. To make you better acquainted with quarterly dividend of one and one- our stock of Wines, we have cut the The regular half per cent ou the capital stock of this com- w paid at its office on and after TARY 1, 1804. ‘The books for the transfer of stock will be closed between the dates of January 22 and Feb- ruary 1, 1804. go ee Ee open every AY NIGHT com- with January 12, 1504, and March 80, 1804. Admittance free. By , COMPORT COMMITTEE, KNIGHTS OF Notice—To proprietors of hotels, board- ing &e.: Looks are now open at the ofice of the Public Comfort Committee for en- tries of rates and accommodations. Please com- municate by letter of In person to the committee, Room 18, Warder bu! cor, 9th and F sts. aw. J. H. HELL, Chairman. PERCY G. SMITH, Secretary. Jal0-5t ful ANNUAL MEBTING OF THE NATIONAL HOMEOPATHIC HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION for the election of three trustees to serve for three ears and for such other business as may come January 15, at 4 o'clock p.m., in Wil- lard's Hotel. » JOHN DALZELL, L CLEPHANE, Ja9-6t rices as follows for Friday and Saturday: 1.00 Sweet Catawba Me gil $1.60 Red Scuppernong $1.25 Sweet Mish... + .$1 gal. H. A. Seligson, 1200 Pa. av. jall EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS ure now being made to enable us to store he largest plates of French Glass. With these on hand we can attend to the largest glass ‘jobs’ immedi- ately. Buying Glass this way and selling = cash enables us See ee ices to cent” tes“ the “eredit houses. - . Chas. E. Hodgkin, =™",R== 3 7th st. Ai ‘Break Up Housekeeping”’ —pretty soon at our old home on E street— as the business has grown too big for this small building. Will rem@ve to the ing y occupied vy W. M. Shuster & Son, 927 Pa. ave., on or abont January 15 The “Talki ‘Machine will “have to “TALK” in its new home. orders for Talking Ma: old stand. COLUMBIA PHONOGRAPH © E. D. EASTON, Pres. (all) R. ARLINGTON HOTEL, JAN. 10, 11, 12, VERMONT ‘ave. entrance. jao-ste HE CABIN J: N HOTEL. aT HIN JOHN Telephone, 600. (Gad-6r*) MEETING fice ts hereby. xi ‘an election of seven ew Belt Rall Company to serve the erstulng Zear will Re beld at the ofice of aw, Waabington, D. C. oa SATURDAY, Jan- gary. 35, 1804, Detween thie of 12 Books for the tra will be closed the old hr prompt ati ya, fair sa: a careful selection of stock will be the future as bas characterized the firm in the indebted to the old firm will , Settle promptly. Ther respectfully solicit @ continuance of the patronage of the public. bi WM. KING, JR. FLORENCE KING. WEEK OF PRAYER. ‘Women’s Union Prayer Meetings seat Pee 11 a.m. at the First Church, 4% st. FRIDAY, Jan. 12, ‘Subject. pee } ‘Home Missions. Mrs. 8S. M. Newman, leader. etary wile they last. No better bargains can be 4 GORMULLY & JEFFERY MFG. CO.; Se2 1325 14th st. nw., Washington, D. C. Srrice oF THE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE Ms of District_of ~ Wi By the charter of the company the election seven managers, to the affairs of —— , is required to be held at the By the sixth article of the by-laws of the com- pany it is provided: “At the annual meet! of the the first business in order be the appointment of a chairman, who* shall t election im accordance with the act tion between the hours of 9 o'clock a.m. and 6 o'clock p.m.” Amoust premium notes beld by ‘Amount of fash t Securities . beep for FORTY T Main tice, 2st” and Tate nw. Branches, 1208 F. st. nw.: 1626 M st. nw. DR. B 8. CARROLL HAS RESUMED THE PRAC- ‘thee of dentistry. Office 1814 F street north- _Kest, opposite Sun building. $a6-1mo "vie e-s beceasty ant the National Beobteoey & the place to fill the order. Bp and Cash Books made NATIONAL BOOKBINDERY, 511 9th st. Pll Furnish Tenants Geo. I. Myers, 1505 Pa.Av. Tomorrow's weather fore-ast for the District of Columbia and vicinity—Cooler and fair. Important Changes Occur Feb. ist. Books Must Be Closed On That Day. All Indebted to Us Will Confer a Favor by Settling At Once. All Lumber & Builders’ Hardware At the Lowest Cash Prices In the District. Libbey, AF 9F* “Lomber, Millwork and Builders’ Hardware,” 6th and N. Y. ave. The “MASONIC” Grip and “LA GRIPPE” are two different things, but some people have ‘em both Just now. Our famous Old Stock Port fs the best remedy yet Grippe""—it is recommend: by leading ta ‘Dont mi TO-KALON WINE CO., 614 14th st. "Phone 998. Vaults, 27th and K nw. A Large Coal Business —increasing in volume every day--what makes it grow? Accommodating business methods, full weight, honest coal, prompt delivery— and as low prices as can be obtained in Washington. ARTHUR B. SMITH, Main Yard, 4th and I sts. oe. Branches: 701 12th st.; Mass. ave. and F n.e.jal0 For Library and Office. We can supply “sou wich all necemary requt- sites and save vou awcy besides — Papers Blank . Meas, Inks. “Mucilage, Twine, Rubber Bands, Copying Prerses. Waste bas: kets, Files and File Exvelopes, &c. CFlowest Easton & Rupp, *°sus.izc* 421 11TH ST. Gust above the avenue.) jal The Legal Fraternit: —are hereby notified that we ey “Briefs” on good paper —In pages—bol, clear in jobs: yy » @Xeeute fiuest at lowest ice, We. Byron S. Adams, Printer, 612 1ith st. Dw. Telephone 930. i110 Several Match Teams and Single Drivers For Sale. The great advantage of dealing with us 1s that we belong HERE. If a horse isn't thor- satisfactory in every respect, we give you another until you are suited, or money cheer- fully refunded. Only sound young stock dealt in. Horses boarded and turnouts for hire— Special monthly rates. Downey’s Hotel for Horses, 1622-1628 LST. N.W. Telephone, 555. jalo Save Your Money By having your soiled or faded apparel renewed. Highest premium awarded. Work called for and delivered. W. H. WHEATLEY. Dyeing, “cleaning and dry cleaning. 1068 Jefferson ave., bet. 30th and 31st, below M, Geprgetown, D. C. Tel. call 764. _(n17-6m) _Established 1831. NEW PUBLICATIONS. EPILEPSY. EPILEPSY. EPILEPSY. An account cf the only rational mode of treat- Address Dr. Wi! 1m ie HOME FOR AGED. Annual Meeting of the Methodist Local Institution. The annual meeting of the board of man- agers of the Methodist Home for the Aged took place this morning at 11 o'clock in the Foundry Methodist Church, corner of M4th and G streets northwest. The reports given of the work of the past year were the finest and most satisfactory ever presented, and showed that unusual prosperity had reigned at the home during 1893. After the meeting had been opened by singing and prayer Mrs. D. B. Street, the president, announced that the report of the corresponding secretary was the first business before the society. Mrs. W. 8S. S. Dyre accordingly read an interesting and complete report of the year’s work. Four new inmates had been received, and one had died at the home. Four members had also been taken from the board of managers by death. Regarding the work at the home, she stated that some improve- ments had been made in the interior of the building. All persons had helped in the work carried on, the Epworth League es- pecially. A reading circle had been formed among the young ladies of various Metho- dist churches in the city, which had given entertainments and the like for the benefit of the home, and helped to cheer the lives of the inmates by frequent visits, and Miss Laura Wilson, the blind evangelist, had started some weekly Bible readings, which were exceptionally profitable. Some Needs. The need of a telephone service and a fire alarm at the home was also emphasized by the secretary, and she stated that a large amount of money had been raised by the Thanksgiving offerings that were taken up in all the Methodist churches of the city at that time. ‘The report of the treasurer, Mrs. T. C. Smith, coming next, showed that the total receipts for the year had been $2,511.31, and the expenditures, $1,948.17, thus leaving a balance on hand of $563.14. So much pleas- ed were all present with this condition of affairs that they rose and sang the doxolo gy with one voice. Mrs. Street then thanked the board for their kindness and help during the year. She said that the home had always been a beautiful and happy one for its occupants, but that there was not room for more per- sons any longer, and it was time to think of rebuilding or extending the old struc- ure. Officers Elected. The chairman of the nominating com- mittee, Mrs. Evans, presented the list of members of the board for next year, which ‘was accepted. é A brief discussion on the advisability of printing the report before or after the March conference followed, and it was de- cided to print it right away. Officers were then elected, Mrs. D. B. Street being unanimously re-elected to the residency; Mrs. A. E. Evans, Mrs. Wil- Burris, Mra. E. J. Harper, Mrs. H. R. Naylor, Mrs. C. W. Baldwin and Mrs. 8. M. Hartscck were elected vice president: Mrs. T. C. Smith, treasurer; Mrs. J. C. Tasker, secretary, and Mrs. W. S. 8S. Dyre, corresponding secretary. Various commit- tees were also named to serve for the next year. The matron of the Methodist Home for the Aged, which is situated on the corner of 12th and N streets northeast, is Mii Sarah Henning. The home at present has eleven inmates, and is in a very pros- perous condition. ——_+e+______ A W. C. T. U. Worker. Mrs. Marion Baxter of Michigan, a prom- inent W. C. T. U. lecturer, is the guest of Mrs. S. H. Martin of the Temple Hotel. A reception in ner honor, ander the aus- pices of the Northwest Auxiliary, W. C. T. U., will be given in the parlors of the hotel tomorrow (Friday) evening trom 8 to lu. —— BEYOND THE OCEANS Foreign Intelligence of General In- terest. ENGLISH COMMENT ON VAILLANT. Patriot. FRIENDLY WORDS FROM ITALY LONDON, Jan. 11.—The Pall Mall Gazette commenting today cn the verdict in the case of Auguste Vaillant, the French anarchist who was yesterday sentenced to death for a premeditated attempt at assassination, he having thrown the bomb that wounded so many persons in the chamber of deputies at Paris, says it is significant of the flabbiness of the times that people should praise the jury’s courage in rendering a verdict of guilty against Vaillant, who confessed and boasted of his crime. It is an unhealthy sign when a plain performance of duty is applauded as courageous. This spirit will not succeed in grappling with society's ene- mies. Anarchists, by morbid vanity fed, fancy themselves heroes in seeing regi:nents of soldiers surrounding the court house in which one of them is being tried. ‘The Westminster Gazette says that Vail- lant is a specimen of the modern type of the literate criminal. He interlarded his answers to the judge with allusions to Irwin to have translated when he fashioned his bombs. His career was the result of crim- inal instinct and the heredity environing him. Education does not eradicate this taint. ‘ En a's Silver Policy in Indian. CALCUTTA, India, Jan. 11.—At a meet- ing of the legislative council today Fazalb- hai Vishram, a member of the viceroy’s council, asked whether the government meant to impose an import duty on silver. A public declaration, he said, ought to be made to relieve the anxiety of those en- gaged in mercantile business. Mr. Westland replied that the government was unable to make any statement that would fetter its discretion in the future. Rumored Death of Kossuth. VIENNA, Jan. 11.—A dispatch from Buda Pesth says that a rumor is current in that city that Louis Kossuth, the Hun- garian patriot, is dead. There has been no official confirmation of the report of Kossuth’s death. Friendly Words From Italy. ROME, Jan. 11.—Signor Crispi, the prime minister, and other members of the cabi- net were present at the farewell banquet given last evening in honor of Mr. Wm. Potter, the retiring American minister. Signor Crispi and the other ministers ex- pressed the friendliest feeling for the Unit- ed States. Many members of the diplo- matic corps and ot the highest Roman so- ciety were also present, and many regrets Were expressed over the coming departure of Minister Potter, who, during his term of office, has made many close friends in this city. Seeking a Monopoly in Cordite. LONDON, Jan. 11.—The Nobel Explosives Company is about to bring an action against Mr. Anderson of the. war office for infring- |ing the patent issued to Nobel for his cerdite invention. It is expected that re- markable evidence will be given as to the Tanner in which officials have treated other patentees. Should the company suc- | ceed in its’action it will have a monopoly of the manufacture of cordite. Extensive Fire Caused by Solar Hent. CAPE TOWN, Africa, Jan. 11.—The fire which was started yesterday morning by the action of solar heat on a pile of com- bustible material ‘lying on a-slope of Table mountain was extinguished in the after- neon, but not until after considerable damage ,had been done. Going to Alsace-Lorraine. 11.—The Vossische Zeitung Publishes a dispatch from Metz stating taat Emperor William and his family will Probably visit Alsace-Lorraine at the be- ginning of June. The empress and her children wijl, it ts said, reside at Castle Urville, ‘he emperor will make short stays at Metz and Strasburg. India’s New Viceroy. PORT SAID, Egypt, Jan. 11.—The Earl of Elgin, the newly appointed viceroy of India, arrived here this morning en route for his post. The steamer on which he is traveling remained at this port but a short time and then proceeded. Prof. Virchow Hl. BERLIN, Jan. 11.—Prof. Virchow, well-known medical authority, is scriously ill with influenza. Capital Punishment in France. in the chamber of deputies to abolish the public execution of criminals. An amend- ment. which, it is said, will be strongly ported, will be offered abolishing capi- _punishment. COOL BURGLARY. | A $1,000 Sack of Silver Carried Openly Out of the Bank of Mexico. NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—The Sun's special from the City of Mexico says: The National Bank of Mexico is the yic- tim of a remarkable robbery. Tuesday one of the tellers, who was making a large consignment of silver coin, was counting out the amount by piling up the heavy sacks of silver, each containing 1,000 silver dollars. As employes of the bank were present in considerable numbers and as there seem- ed no particular danger of any one pick- ing up any of the sacks, which weigh nearly seventy pounds each, no great care was exercised. A_ well-dressed young man _ presently sauntered into the room and while atten- tion was directed elsewhere picked up one of the sacks and strolled out. Beckoning to a burden. carrier, who was waiting for a job on the street corner, he handed him the sack and leisurely led the way along the crowded streets for a block to the nearest street car line. Here he stopped a passing car and toss- ing a teal to the burden carrier quietly took a seat in the car with the stolen sack of money in plain sight by his side. Passengers on the car thought he was a paymaster or something of the sort. After riding to the suburb of Tacuboza he left the car and although the police were soon hot on his trail they have not yet caught the robber. The Handsome Vessel Being Built for Mrs. Lucy C. Carnegie. BALTIMORE, Md., Jan. 11.—The steam yacht designed by Mr. George B. Mallory of New York for Mrs. Lucy C. Carnegie, a sister-in-law of Andrew Carnegie, will be launched at Sparrow's Point early in Feb- ruary. Mrs. Carnegie is the widow of Thomus W. Carnegie of Pittsburg, Pa. She is an enthusiastic yachtwoman and her name Is on the American yacht list as the owner of the steam yacht Missoe, on which she has been cruising for several seasons along the Atlantic coast. She is having the new yacht built for extended cruising. Mrs. Carnegie has applied for admission to membership in the New York ‘ht Club, which is the first instance in the history of the club of a woman applying for membership. ‘The new yacht will be named Dungeness in honor of her island home off the coast of Florida, near Fernandina. a Fatal Duel by Mistake. SALT LAKE, Utah, Jan. 11.—Frank Joyce and Tim Crow met at Park City yesterday and Joyce opened fire on Crow, mistaking him for a man against whom he had a grudge. Crow returned the fire, fatally wounding Joyce. Crow was shot in the breast and cannot live. The men were strangers to each other. Rumored Death of Kossuth, the! and Spencer, whose teachings he pretended | the | confined :n a lunatic asylum, and her un- | | been mentioned, and the general public be- PARIS, Jan. 11.—A bill will be introduced AFTER A TEMPESTUOUS PASSAGE. Muskoke From Ham- rg, Fifty Days Out. QUARANTINE, S§. L, Jan. 11.—The steel four-masted ship Muskoka of Windsor, N. 8., Capt. Crowe, arrived this morning from Hamburg after a tempestuous passage of fifty days. From the English channel to the Newfoundland banks strong westerly gales were experienced,blowing almost con- tinuously from December 4 to the 26th. On December 7 the wind blew a hurricane, and the first and second mates were washed overboard. Three boys were washed through @ port in the bulwarks, along with the braces. They held on to the ropes and were all helped aboard again by the crew. Seaman Dickler of Austria, aged nineteen years, slipped off the topgallant fore- castle deck overboard and was lost. A rope was thrown after him, but the ship was rushing along at the rate of twelve knots and unmanageable, so nothing could be done for the unfortunate fellow. December 13, in latitude 45.12, longitude BU, at 8:15 a. @ vessel was sighted, which proved to be a wreck. The Muskoka hove to, but no signs of life were to be seen on the wreck. The vessel appeared to be a Norwegian bark, of about 600 tons regis ter, and in ballast, painted deck with a white streak around the covering board. She had evidently been abandoned only a short time, as she was still in ballast trim. There was a tremendous sea run- ning at the time, the spray reaching over her topsail yards, and the wind blowing with hurricane force. It was a relief that no one could be seen aboard, as rendering any assistance would have been impossible. lbs ne SRS WHO KILLED ALICE MARTIN? More Testimony That It W: Dick Edwards, the Denison Murderer. CHICAGO, Jan. 11.—The attorneys for George H. Painter, the wife murderer, who is under sentence to hang Friday, claim to have found new evidence that will clear Painter. Late last night they located a man who was once locked up in a Wisconsin jail | with “Dick” Edwards. Attorney Theodore C. Case found the man, whose name is Lawrence Gleason, last night at his rooms in Kinsen street, and had a long talk with him, and as a re- sult Gleason made affidavit to the fact that he met “Dick” Edwards in the jail at West Superior, Wis., in December, 1898, where Edwards told of killing women in Texas. He also told that he had a woman in Chi- cago whom he had “fixed” so that no oue could have anything to do with her again, meaning that he had killed her. This wo- at name, Edwards said, was Alice Mar- Armed with this affidavit, Attorneys Case and Blackburn intend to go to Springfield again today, and again try for executive clemency. They will take Gleason along and will have him again make oath to his assertions. > LOCOMOTIVE BOILER EXPLOSION. The Engineer and Fireman Badly In- jured. LACONIA, N. H., Jan. 11.—The boiler of the locomotive Starr King, on the Belmont branch of the Concord and Montreal rail- road, burst at 8:40 o'clock this morning at Belmont. Edward Bowles of Lakeport, the engineer, had his forehead crushed and his jaw bro- ken. John Ballantine of Tilton, the fireman, was badly scalded by steam. The engine was blown in pieces, a large fragment ‘fly- | ing 300 feet away, crushing through the roof of A. W. Pattridge'’s residence. Other residences near by were damaged more or less. The explosion was heard all over the village. — ae CHARLEY BENNETT A CRIPPLE. ‘The Famo Ball Player Run Over by the Cars. WELLSVILLE, Kan., Jan. 11.—Charley Bennett, the famous catcher of the Boston champion base ball club, will never ap- pear on the diamond as a player again. His brilliait career came to an end last night in this city, when he was run over by a Santa Fe passenger train and had both legs cut off. He was on his way from Kansas City to Williamsburg, and got off at Wellsville to speak to a friend, and, get- ting on, slipped and fell under the wheels, His left leg was cut off af the ankle and the other at the knee. <> THE BIGGEST OFFER YET. Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars for the Fight at Ourny, Col. OURAY, Col., Jan. 11—The Ouray Athlet- ic Club yesterday wired an offer of $75,000 for the Corbett-Mitchéll fight. In case the offer is accepted a pavilion will be built to seat 20,000 people. >— Death of Thackeray's Widow. LONDON, Jan. 11.—The widow of Will- fam Makepeace Thackeray died this morn- ing at her residence at Leigh, Lancashire, aged 75 years. She had lived {n retirement at Leigh for upward of forty years. William Makepeace Thackeray, the En- glish novelist and satirist, died on Decem- ber 24, 1843. For years ‘before his death litle was ever heard of his wife. She was ! fortunate malady threw a heavy cloud | over the !ast years of her husband's life. Since Thackeray’s death she has seldom lieved that she was dead. abides ae Patched Her Skirt With Greenbacks. HARRISON, Me., Jan. 11.—The public ad- ministrator in looking over the premises oc+ cupied by Miss Sarah Holden of this town, | who died last week, after a life of privation, | found that her mode of living was not due to poverty, for in a box nailed against the wall wes $60) in gold. Sewed into an old skict which she wore were $000 in bills. | The skirt was patched in many places, and | under each patch was one or more green- | backs or bank notes. The woman's death was hastened by lack of attention, food and | medicine. When the body was found there | was no food or fuel in the house. | — | Merely Wenkened With Grip. LLAIRE, Ohio, Jan. 11.—Peter Jack-| son, the pugilist, is indignant at the stories | of his waning strength that have been pub- | lished, and is sustainel by Pazson Davies! in his denial of them. “Peter had the grip | about ten days ago,” said the parson, “and; suffered some in consequence, but he is all right now. The cnly sign of a hemorrhage of the nose he has had lately was when Joe Choyinski touched him in thet vicinity. He will be as strong as eve> shortly.” > Killed 02 an Inclined Ratiway. SCRANTON, Pa., Jan. 11.—Michael Yen- detts was killed and Joseph Warren fatally injured yesterday at Forest City, Susque- hanna county, by the running away of a car on the culm plane of the Erie colliery. They were caught under the chutes of ba breaker and were unable to get out of the way of the car. The accident was caused | by the breaking of a cable. | ————_— Work for Unemployed Men. DULUTH, Minn., Jan. 11.—The city has offered work to married men out of employ- ment and has appropriated $13,000 for their | payment. Yesterday applications were re- | ceived from 2,000 men. Only 200 men can be given work at one time, and will each receive $1.25 per day. peatar e Lillian Russell to Marry. NEW YORK, Jan. 11—The announcement is made that Miss Lillian Russell, the singer, is engaged to marry John Chatterton, a tenor. The marriage will take place shortly after Lent. WILMINGTON, Del., 11.—William McCaulley, an insane man, yesterday en- tered the Farmers’ Bank and demanded $100,000 in gold,which he claimed to have de- posited there. He was persuaded to leave, but not until the clerks were considerably agitated. —— Another Case of Fatal Hiccough. WEST CHESTER, Pa., Jan. 11.—Yester- day James Kelly, jr., of West Grove hic- coughed himself to death. This is the fourth death of this kind in this vicinity within a short space of time. -— Arrival of Ocean Stenmers. NEW YORK, Jan. 11.—Arrived—Fulda, Genoa. NEW_YORK, Jan. 11.—Arrived—Steamer Spree, Bremen. | to nearly $100,000,000, THE BILL ATTACKED. Mr. Dingley Says Hard Things About the Wilson Bill, PROPHESYING COMMERCIAL DISASTERS. Helps Foreign Interests and Hurts Domestic, He Says. THE TIN PLATE DUTIES. Mr. Dingley’s speech on the tariff today was listened to with attention. He said the pending tariff is incorrectly termed a bill to provide revenue. to abolish revenue. Its advocates charge that our protective tariffs ignore revenue in order to maintain protection of home in- dustries; and yet they propose a substitute which yields $76,000,000, or more than’ one- third less revenue than the tariff of 1890, in order to overthrow protection. They do this, too, in the face of a deficiency of more than $60,000,000 for the present fiscal year, and when the Secretary of the Treasury informs us that every dollar of the revenue under the tariff of 1890 unchanged would be required to meet the expenditures of the next fiscal year, The tariff measure which Proposes a deficiency of $76,000,000 is said to be one for revenue only; in fact it is one for a deficiency only. Six years ago a dis- tinguished democratic leader, then and now President of the United States, declared that it was “a condition (that of excessive revenue), and not a theory, which confront- ed .us and necessitated. tariff revision.” Now he reverses this reason for tariff re- vision. No matter about the “condition,” it is the democratic for revenue only that “confronts us.” Democratic Justification. The democratic majority of the commit- tee which have reported the pending bill justify their scheme to remit $76,000,000 of revenue and create a deficiency to that amount on the ground that it is a reduc- tion of the taxation of the masses of the people. Assuming for the present that a duty is always added to the price to the consumer, this claim irvites attention to the imported articles on which duties have been reduced and revenue surrendered. On imported liquors, cigars, leaf tobacco, silks and plushes, kid gloves, jewelry, laces and embroideries, ostrich feathers, artificial flowers, opium for smoking, plate glass ! and paintings and statuary—all articles of luxury or voluntary use—it ts proposed to surrender about $14,000,000 of revenue. The masses must feel greatly relieved at this reduction of taxation. Nearly one-half of the imports of woolens, on which there,is a remission of duties to the extent of nearly $22,000,000, are fine goods, imported for the use of well-to-do persons, who could buy just as good arti- cles here, but who want something foreign. A considerable proportion of fine cottons and of many other manufactured articies are also articles of voluntary use. Nearly $36,000,000 of revenue from im- ported luxuries and articles of voluntary use are surrendered by reductions of duties by this bill, and that, too, in the face of the fact that all authorities agree that high rates of duty can justly and properly be placed on such imported articles for revenue. The Tinpliate Reduction. Then $6,250,000 of revenue have been sur- rendered by the reduction of the duty on tin plate 1 cent per pound, in the face of the fact that the increase of 1 1-5 cents in duty in 1890 has not increased the price here more than 1-4 cent per pound above the average from 1883 to 181, if at all—thus showing that the Welsh manufacturers have practically paid nearly all the in- ceased duty by reducing their price in or- der to hold our markets against the grow- ing tin plate industry here. Inasmuch as this prevails as to many othe> imported manufactured articles, in spite of the free trade ridicule of the fact that in many cases the foreigner practically pays a part and sometimes all the duty, it is no wonder foreign manufacturers and those of Canada are rejoicing over the prospects of being relieved to so great an extent from contri- butions to our revenue. There is remitted to Canada nearly $1,500,000 in duties on lumber, $2,000,000 on farm products, without even asking anything in retrrn; not to men- tion $8,000,000 remitted on wool. The President and the chairman of the ways and means committee inform us that their revised tariff will only temporarily re- sult in a deficiency of $76,000,000. They teil us that it will increase importations of du- table goods, which will In a short time supply part of the deficiency and ultimately all, and that they propose to supply the :le- ficiency caused by the remission on duties | on foreign goods by taxation of our own in- terests. Effect on the Workingmen. When it is remembered that most of our dutiable goods are such as can be made | here, and that any increase of such impor- tations would simply take away so much demand from our own mills and so much work from our own labor, this announce- ment of the end sought by this bill must be comforting to the millions of working- men who are out of employment or work- ing at reduced wages in consequence’ of the distrust caused by the anticipation of | this bill. Think of the increased importations neces- sary to make good the revenue surrendered by this bill. It would require an increase of importations of woolens from $37,000,000 and the te increase of importations under this bill would have to be about $25,000,000 in order to supply the revenue surrendered. Of course there is: rejoicing abroad, and con- sternation at home. Robbing the People. And all this wreck of home industries in order to carry out a tariff theory adopted by the last democratic national convention— the theory that protection is unconstitution- al and robbery and that duty on imports should be for revenue only. Yet the dem- ocratic majority who have framed this bill, after informing Congress and the country that protection is “rubbery,” gravely an- nounce that while they have removed pro- tection entirely as to many and reduced as to most industries, yet they have continued protection for the present as to some “great interests,"” because of the difficulties of the situation—that is, the bill proposes to allow some “great interests” to continue to “rob” the people, while other interests not so in- fluential they propose to throttle at once. This is a confession that these geatlemen do not believe what they say of protection, for if they did, it would be a refiection on their character to charge that they have al- lowed any interests to continue to “rob” the people because they are “great.” It seems; then, that this is a discriminat- ing tariff—a tariff which favors some indus- tries—generally, it will be found, those whose owners are high in democratic coun- cils, or who have contributed liberally to democratic campaign funds. Alleged Discriminations. A few specimens may be cited. An ar- j tcle of food like rice is given a protec- tive duty of 83 per cent, while many north- ern farm products, placed on the free list, and others given a duty of 15 to 25 per cent. The marble quar- ries of Tennessee are protected as to stone | in blocks by a protective duty of 29 per cent, but imported granite competing with the granite blocks of New England is placed on the free list. Hoop iron when made in- to ties for cotton is free, and hoop iron when made into bands for hay has a duty of 2 per cent. Such discriminations run through this bill. All the so-called raw materials, such as manufactured lumber, wool, farm products, coal, iron ore, &c., which are not raw ma- terials, but completed products of indus- tries used by more advanced industries, are placed on the frec list. The gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Wilson) claims that this is not a discrimination against the labor employed in these industries, be- cause (as he avers) it costs no more in money to produce these articles here than it costs abroad. And yet af:er making this asseruon, he places his advocacy of free raw materials on the ground that it will cheapen their money cost to advanced man- ufacturers to admit them free of duty. If the latter be true, then whatever is saved by free importation of these articles. must arise from the fact that the labor cost of their production abroad is less than here. Ad Valorem Duties, The reductions of duties which appear on the face of the bill are largely increased by It ts, in fact, a bill | “theory” of a tariff | including = wool, are | INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTANTS.... Pare 10 AMUSEMENTS. -Paco 9 Page 10 Page 8 ae ” EDUCATIONAL... . EXCURSIONS, &c. FINANCIAL, FOr EXCHA! " FOR RENT (Fiats) FOR RENT (Honses),. FOR RENT (Miscellaneous) FOK RENT (Offices). FOR RENT (Pianos) FOR RENT (Rooms) FOR RENT (Stables). FOR REN f (Stores), FOR RENT (Warehouse), FOR SALE (Houses) FOX SALE (Lots)... TOR SALE (Miscellaneous. at a a el tt RSS ERS ES reste hs ah eK SER e A SSSSSSSSSSucokusk LECTURES......... LEGAL NoTICTS... LOC4L MENTION, LOST AND FOUN. MANICURE. MARRIAGES rey NOTARIES PUBLIC OCEAN TRAVEL. PROFESSIONAL | RAILROADS ... SPECIAL NOTIC! STORAGE............ SUBUKBAN PROPERTY. UNDERTAKERS WANTED (Help), i PERSONAL. oo 0 bs os 0 td PTTL CETTE Ce os WANTED (Miscella: | WINTER RESORTS... Matti} eSsess j the substitution of single ad valorem for specific or mixed duties, under which there |are always great undervaluations that de- prive the government of revenue and re- move any chance for protection against foreign industries employing cheaper labor. In view of the fact that every democratic Secretary of the Treasury from Gallatin to Manning (Walker alone excepted) has pro- tested against ad valorem duties because they encourage fraud, nothing but a deter- mination to make war on protection could have brought about their adoption. Notwithstanding some industries are left fully protected by this bill, yet the rule has been to so far reduce duties as to increase foreign competition and importations, in | obedience to the “revenue-only”” theory, with a view of other reductions from time to time in the future, until the British free- j trade policy is made our own. | The theory which has animated the com- mittee in framing the bill, although there are some notable exceptions, is that a pro- tective duty, f.e., a duty equivalent to the | difference of labor cost of production and | distribution here and abroad on an imported j article, where such an article can be made jor produced here without natural disad. | Vantage, increases the cost to the consumer | of the domestic article to the extent of the | duty, and is, therefore, a tax which does | net go into the treasury and which gives nc | compensating advantage to any one but the | manufacturer or producer. This is the as- } sumption which runs through the entire | argument of the gentleman from West Vir- | ginia in favor of this bill. | Consumers and Producers. | ‘This free trade contention—for the tariff | for the revenue only theory rests on free trade arguments—is based on the mistaken |) idea that men are consumers only, and not | Producers also. It uses the term “cost” only in its money sense as applied to the | price of products, dissociated entirely from the price of labor or service. The true eco- | nomic cost of any article is not its cost in | money, but its cost in labor or service. | Strictly speaking, it costs no more to pro- , duce or make an article her® than it costs abroad when no more labor is required here than elsewhere. It will cost more in money | ‘higher wages here than abroad, but it will | @ucts of labor in which most mien ultimate- lly pay for whatever they buy.. Money is | the only medium of making the exchange. | Ail that a protective duty does is simply |to make the basis of competition here our | high-wage and high-living standard, instead of the low wages abroad. It simply says jto the foreign manutacturer, “You must pay our government as a duty the differ- lence between our wages and your wages | in the production or manufacture and dis- withheld from your labor and which we have paid ours.” ~ The cost of any article thus manufactured ,in this country under protection may be | more in money at a particular time, be- cause of our higher wages, but no more in | labor or service. The money price is made here by competition without reference to | the duty, provided it is protective, and as low as it can be and pay American wages. And experience shows that the money,price is gradually reduced here and elsewhere by | the competition thus induced by protection, so as to be lower than tied when - = ‘Med upon foreign manufacturers, and ulti- | mately lower when measured by labor or | service than anywhere in the world. Domestic and Foreign Goods, The gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Wilson) asserts that his theory of the effect | of a protective duty is that the tariff of 1svo increased the tax on all the woolen goods used in this country $30 on every $100 worth, and the tax on cotton goods $17 on each $100, and so on, when the fact is that whatever increase was made in the duties on imported goods in these schedules by that tariff has not affected the price of ‘ woolen and cotton goods in this country at jall, for the reason that we use mainly do- | mestic goods on which there is no tax or duty. Woolens were 5 per cent cheaper the | year after these duties were increased than | they were the year before, because the in- | crease of duties gave our domestic manu- facturers a large market and enabled them to reduce the cost of manufacture. The free trade theory on which the democratic majority have built their tariff-wrecking scheme fails to square with the facts. The | tariff of 1890 reduced the duty on pine lum- | ber $1 per thousand, but the price here was junchanged, the Canadian lumber dealers and timber land owners raising their prices | as much as the duty was reduced. | Under the protective policy, which has ‘prevailed in this country for more than thirty years, we have become the greatest manufacturing country in the world, and | the most prosperous one in the family of | nations; and labor has received the highest | reward ever known in any country, wages having advanced 68 per cent in purchase power since 1860. Instead of being a tax ‘that increases the burden of consumers and robs them, protection is a wise and | beneficent policy which benefits laborer and |mechanic, farmer and trader, and every | class of our people. Prophesying Evils. One year ago, or until it was known that the democratic party was soon to come into power in every department in the gov- ernment, pledged to overthrow the pro- tective policy under which prosperity had so long prevailed, our industries were all | flourishing, everybody employed at the high- est wages ever known and activity and | happiness everywhere prevailed. The an- Ucipation of early revolutionary and de- | structive changes in vur tariff policy, em- i ' ; bodied in the pending bill, have caused everybody to distrust the future and pre- pare for the worst. Industries are para- lyzed, mills are running on short time on reduced wages and millions of suffering workingmen out of work are walking our streets. The democratic majority, heedless of the remonstrances coming from all classes in | all parts of the country, and deaf to the protest of the people in the recent elec. tions, are hurrying forward their scheme of warfare on domestic industries, under the mistaken idea that they received a commis- sion in 1892 to enact into law the tariff | theory enunciated in the Chicago platform. ae Dough Drops. From the Detroit Free Press. Jones—“My wife easayed a new role to- day, as cook.” Brown—‘Mine essayed several.” Jones—“What were they Brown—‘Light rolls, and they were so heavy I could hear them drop when I swal- lowed them.” ———_- cee ________ Frank Bolles, secretary of Harvard Uni- versity, died yesterday afternoon of pneu- monia, } cost no more in labor or service or the pro- | FINANCIAL. The Washington Loan And Trust Company. PAID-UP CAPITAL, ONE MILLION DOLLARS. EXECUTES TRUSTS. FURNISHES SAFE INVESTMENTS. PAYS INTEREST ON DEPOSITS. LOANS MONEY. 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Lord Dunraven'’s cutter Valkyrie was hauled out on Tebo's dock at the foot of 23d street, South Brooklyn, yesterday after- noon. The Valkyrie will be cleaned and dried out and a number of changes will be made in her cabin arrangements. J. Beavor Webb, the designer of the Galatea, will have charge of the work, and will superintend the alterations, which will include a new mast rig and enlarged sail plan. From the above it will be seen that Lord Dunraven expects to race the Valkyrie in earnest next year, and the owners of Vigilant, Colonia, Volunteer, Jubil Navahoe will have to be up and moving, if they intend to race against her next sea- son. Tha’ 7 Bg t Designer Watson does not care to have the hulls of his yachts examined by the curious was exemplified when the Valkyrie was hauled out of the water. As soon as her shapely hull appeared above the water canvas screens were hung over | the side to prevent the fiend from getting a shot at her. nn Francis A. Rite of Rochester, N. Y., hour later. He leaves a grown-up tamily.