FROM FRIDAY'S DAILY
A TRAGIC RUNAWAY.
ftt An Exciting Chase, Frighten-
SV 1. TntA 4h Will.
axnette and Is Drowned.
People on Commercial street yester-
day shortly before noon, witnessed
what appeared- to toe an ordinary, nn
eTitful runaway, tout it had a tragic
ending- ' " i
yesterday morning Rev. John Ton
kins,' pastor of the M. E. church of
v,himi. accompanied by Mrs. Ton
kins, drove to this city for a short
ft wtth Rev. and Mrs. T. F. Royal, 1
of South Salem. - Wrth the assistance Jj reach a different conclusion. The
of Kev. Royal, the Mehama clergyman last opinion, which is add rosed to the
eras unhitching the faithful equine at secretary of state, in conclusion, nays:
the parsonage adjoining the church in j "1 am therefore constrained to hold
Sooth Salem about 11 o'clock yester-I to my original opinion and advice you
til morning. Rev. Tonkins removed that you can only audit and allow In
the bridle from the horse and was In the case of the assistant warden at
tbe act of replacing It with the halter j the salary of $900 per year, and for the
when the animal made a break for 'prison Inspector, a the salary of ttfr)
liberty, which he achieved after a ' per year, notwithstanding the provls
fcrief struggle.. In starting, the horse 'ions of the appropriation bill
ran Into Rev. Royal, who was felled By a provision in the last appropri.
to the ground by the unexpected col-J bill the prison inspector Is allowed $00
lision. The visiting, clergyman and ter vear.
ewner or tne norse, ciung co ine am
mal's neck in an effort to dissuade him
from embarking on what roved to be
his fatal run, but without uO, and.
after being dragged several fee.
laxea ms noi OTirona w ecawia metropolitan office. frm sight
from out the way of the horse but he changes have recently been adopted In
fell, the horse and light open buggy tne o ringing up a desired
passing over him. j The fleeing animal party. By the new arrangement,
planted both feet upon his owner s Central doe8 practically all of the
back very severely, though not serl-; nngin When
you desire a party,
ously. (bruising Mm. i r, the central offlce and g,ve th.
Having secured a star. e boe ! number to the 0peralor. who will in
accelerated his pace and proceeded to turn caU th t requested. After
Increase the distance between himself
and master and. concluding that he . j i . ...
, .. . . . ji- , n. ber desired. It. is unnecessary for the
" J ft? L w.Ltw do any further ring mr. It
a straight pa h he ran dlrtly north f , Mtundly that when your bell
rETtaSlS fUrS m? nr t is not neceaia.y to resp.nl
ZTJLLl a ring; simply take daw. th. -r
to intercept Ms progress but he turned Phone and c"v?'8aIt5n1
to the left on that thoroughfare which U W reuire " the local
he followed to JonTetreet when he company Mine little lime to acqualm
gain pursued his course northward. era8T1Ve! W,t.w k mtM'
He did not change his route once after . but when th.y shall have become
.leaving thertty. until he reached the familiar therewith. th maltj r of tele
Labor ExctSnge property north of h"'in W,U considerably simpli-
tp the Reeves Bros, ferry, better known
as th Labor Exchange ferry, he pass
ed iwn the Incline across the ferry.
which was anchored at the east (bank,
ami, with buggy still attached, plung-
ed Into the river. He swam for about
200 yards and finally approached the
east bank of the river but it was too
precipitous to enable him. to escape
from the water and he was drowned.'
'
IT MTOilli TflR TP'P '
1 ,M
r '
i ne superiority or me iux i nw uW.n
Hag Over the Jute Pioluct
Demonstrated,
The new grain baas, manufactured
fruni f m fgon lax tow at the WasM .g
t"n slate penitential y and b o .gh ' to
thl illy Wednesday by W. J. J. Cun-
ittnbaiit, wte fcutjecied to a v-ty in-
ttrcmlng test yesUrday. afternoon
alMiifcSiue wlh a Jute raln bag that is
used extensively by the farmers on the
tuai. bv which th.; relative stierath
or the two bags was clearly and satis- or and secretary of siate by apxolnt
factorily demonstrated. m-nt. and pres-nttd bis bond as fish
.. .ho a.iom
rb test was tnaaft at me caim
. , , ,. . .,. , j
Flouilng Mill plant and was witnessed
by the manager, II. W. Holland, snd
"Jake" Mitchell and John Kirn, cm
loyes at the mills. W. J. J. Cunn ng
tiHUt and a Statesman representative.
" " J - -
recently oeen rTu rin iuti
tcry. and th rack msd fro m th j Oax
1,1-re refu-e. were in tu, n i,l.ed ith
wheat. Each sack was th, n hoi.ted
upon a platform at an "fvajion
W'tJ&J&tZJX
bag was the first to be put th.-ough the
h L It was not damaged in the s lkht
t particular by the fall. The Jute
sat k, . upon reaching the Pcor,' bui't
op. n at bcth en is. It did not require
second experiment.
II. ,..MMlM..fta m ta m Ala 9 mA thrt
- - - -
result of the test. Mr. Holland ex-
prewed himself as pleaded wiih the d-i-
monstratlon. His surprise was gieat,
but he was readll convinced of the
superiority of the product of flax tow
over that of the Jute bag.
The- flax bag used In the test was a
rough and practically nnrtnlsheJ earn-
le of what can be produced from thp
tow when the. mach mry ith Iwhlch
It was masiufactuied. Is properly ad-
Justed. The sample bags (were made
by the machinery at the Jute m II plant
wlthout adjusting the machinery In
sny . particular, which citcumstanee
partly accounts tof their crude appear
ance. - - - ! -
MiK HOi 8 rOYTKACTED.
-7"
T. F. Hayes Agrees to Deliver S.000
Pounds Deeds and Mortgages.
Yesterday was another quiet day so
far as the filing of warranty deeds
with County -Recorder J, H. Roland
was concerned. But during the day a
hop contract by which T. F. Hayes, of
Woodburn. agrees to aeiiver xo -xy
Rosenwald Co, of1 New York City.
a . I- On. . . In
e,wu pounos Vliw iw nin mw '-
ukvted price being 10 cents per pound?
4 cents of which 'is to be advanced
at picking time. J -
Only two very email deeds were filed
yesterday. Three mortgages amount
ing to 1450 and three mortgage
satisfactions aggregating $2,200 were
also recorded. The two deeds were as
follows:' - i j '
Isaac C. SuHoo and wife to-Alice
L Sutton: t 1 block. 2 Preanall
and Smith's addition to Salem. t 7$
Mathias Butaia and1 Mary- Butabv
' to reier ocmruwi tuia imi iu
block 2, Butaia'a addition to 11U
-Angel.. ' .. 45
Total. i..vf. ;-..A...r;'.r
N W4RDEVH 8 A LAKY.
Nine Hundred Dollars Per Year Under
the Statute. Though More Was
Appropriated.
bout a month age Attorney-General'
Blackburn,at the request of the former
1 superintendent - of - the penitentiary,
rendered an opinion holding that the as-
-. m. iiai uwuouon nas
enUtled ty law to receive only 1900 per
year for his services, notwithstanding
the fact that the legislature appropri
ated sutrrlent to pay him 11200, and
had drawn that amount from the state
for years. , He was, a short time after
ward, asked whether or not hi opin
ion applied to the salary of the prison
inspector, which brought alout a : re
consideration of the first opinion, with
the result, that be says, in an opinion
maie public yesterday, he has ex
amined authorities upon the subvert
more thotoughly. but has not been a.l
SOME SLIGHT CHANGES. The lo
cal telephone office, by adopting the
customs and practices In vogue at
: such tilaces. is aradtiailv mcrrinr into
r:nging up central and giving the num-
FROM A VOLUNTEER. In the de
partment of state yester Jay, a letter
wah received from Harry Empkins, h
private of company I, Second Ongon
volunteer infantry, now in the field
near Manila, containing his rvtelpt fur
lit amount due him cn acount or pe-r
diem allowed bv the state Jo rejected
sol-iiers. being in his Ci.-e, 22.50. Mr.
Enpklns wnt to Camp McKin'.y with
company of militia, from urg m
i:ity, and after a Orary time f wait-
1 Ing was, upon examination by the mus-
teHng oilie r. rJect-d. When the
MC
ond call was made, he again offered
his services, and pnsned a god exam
ination, was accept ed aid ent to tro
Philippines to join ns .oiopsny. and is
now gerriiig jus run oi ngniin lor iuo
starry flag. He made his affidavit be
fore Lieut Col. Qc-o. O. Yoisn.
'
THE POND FILED. Hon. F. C.
Reed, of Astoria, arrived in Salrn on
t night's overland train and nro-
eeding to the capitil, mt the govern
commissioner. The bond Is for $25,000,
. . . . .
the sureties-being five of the b'St busi-
. " ,,r,. ar, A-!rt,.
ners men of Portland and Asiori.u
The governor promptly approved the
undertaking and it was Med in thede
pttrtment of state, snd Mr. Red's rtm
giow gm tu rortlmd this .nornlng
, ,K l t.-. nm ant
,aitltud,nclilfor a Bh4rt
J ;
mt;uW morr,nK. fnd few of the flsh-
prod.d with li
cenies. thv?h all are anxious to po.
sess these documents at once.
AN OFFICER RESIONS. 3ov. Oeer
estenlay received a telegram from As
ittaiit Adjutant General Schwann, of
Washington, D. C, notifying him that
lha ralsmatlon of CaDtalik I. L. Pl-'k-
m . .
ens, OI Cfinpan7 l. dvwhh v 'irn; vn
unteerx. now at Manili, had been re-
ceved and sccepted, to take effect on
KlkJ 7tn The governor will Indue
course of time, make an appointment
to m tn vacancy, and the probability
m tht First Lleuternant M. D. 1-hHlirs
will be commission! d captain; Pecond
Lieut. James V. ,Camplell to f.rst lieu-
tenant, and the first sergeant of the
company to the second lieutenancy.
. i'
ONE NEW CONVICT. Oeorge Oay,
wno plead guilty to the crime e.f lar-
tery firm a dwe-lling In Corvallle a f-w
ays ago, was yesterday brought to
Salem and placed in the penl.e .tlary.
having been sentenced to serve two
years. Sheriff Peter Rickiird. of Tlin-,
ton county, and J. H. Simi son. a guard
es-.-orted tne prisoner to Salem, at a
cost to the state of 127.
REASONED IT OUT.
The .World-Herald states ; that a
Not th Omaha lad of seven summers
and a corresponding number of winters
has seemingly solved a vast problem.
He has been told the story of the flood
and the bow of promise so often that
he knows It by heart. During the late
cold snap be rushed Into his mother's
room and exclaimed: . -: " j
"Say. mamma. 1 know why Ood
promised not to make a nether flood to
destroy the world!" - ? : f j
Is that to, son? Why was ltr j
!"Catis he's roin t let It freexa up
and bust." '
DEMAND
FOR 'POSKUM MEAT.
The man who will Inaugurate a j pos
sum farm in Sumter county can mako
big money out cf it. This Is no jok.
nd we don't mean It that way. j,Mn
have goet rich raising terrsplris on the
roast, and today there Is more money
In a "Dossum farm than there is in a
terrapin crawl There Is a demand
or fat 'possums all over the south,
and north, too, for that matter, ard It
Is well known that 'possum meat nev
er -ies a-egtf ng. , An , enUrnrsuie;
mn isn raise more possums on 1
acres of 8umter county ground than
ri bad oats. An Independent for-.
tune awaits the pert on who under
lain s It Amencus (Oa) Herald.
Dill
BECOMES THE PROPERTY OF W. K.
' ALLEX ET0P0RATISG CO.
Will Be Opf rated ThU Seaaon-Cp-
. city of the Eraporator May
BeDoablcd.
i.
(From Dally Apt 11 15th.)
The Wallace cannery and ecapo rat
ing piant located on Twelfth street In
this city, near the Southern Pacific
company's passenger depot, was pur
chased from J.tU. Wallace, the agent,
by the W. K. Allen Evaporating Com
pany, of Newberg. Yamhill county.
uie consideration being 110.000. .
' NegotsjtionsT for the purchase of this
property had been pending for several
days, but were .finally consummated
yesterday morning. The transfer In
clude the entire canning and evaporat
ing plant on Twelth street. -
O. V. Allen, who will serve as gener
al manager for the new company, was
seen yesterday afternoon by a repre
sentative of the .Statesman. . Mr. Allen
said that the plant would be operated
this season. The cannery will be run.
aaid Mr." Allen, with a view to supply
ing the demand for the canned pro
duct. The management win regulate
the output of the cannery by the de
mand and will endeavor to prevent
overstocking the market.
Peas and tomatoes will be handled
this year, and possibly a few straw
berries will be canned. Ultimately,
however, the new company proposes
to place In the market ail kinds of
vegetables and fruits canned.
When the amount of damage done
the fruit trees In this vicinity by the
February frost snail have been deter
mined upon and if the prospects are
then favorable for a fair fruit crop
this fall, Mr. Allen Informed the writer
that the capacity of the evaporating
plant would be doubled.'
The new firm has contracted with
numerous farmers for the pea crop and
that vegetable will be quite extensive
ly handled.
The task of renovating the cannery
and (placing it In readiness for the sea
son's work will begin about May 1st
and by the first of the succeeding
month the plant will be ready for oper
ation. Mr. Allen, who' is the president of
the company, leased the evaporating
plant from Mr. Wallace last season
and very successfully operated -the
same.
The news that the cannery . and
evaporator, of the Salem cannery which
has been idle since the summer of 1895,
will be operated this season will be
welcome intelligence to the farmers
and fruit growers throughout this sec
tion of the valley. It will furnish them
a market for' their vegetables and
fruits which have, during the past few
yeans, by reason of bountiful crops,
been difficult to dispose of in the local
market.
BUILDING NOTES.
E. L. Irvin is having built on Twenty-fifth
street, between Ferry and
Trade streets, a six-room cottage to
cost approximately $1,500. The work is
n earing completion. e
C. H. Burggraf, the architect, yester
day received the information that the
plans he recently submitted for the
Lincoln county court house, to be con
structed at Toledo, had been accepted.
This is the third structure of the same
character that wUl have been erected
for which Mr. Burggraf furnished the
plans. The court house at Albany and
Rosaburg, respectively, were built from
plans submitted by the Salem
draughtsman. "
C W. McNamar, Who recently pur
chased the Geo. H. Jones palatial re
sidence on South Commercial street. Is
having the Interior of that building
rightly hanged, preparatory to mov
ing therein. -
NAMING THE NEW BABY.
Curious Customs That Prevail In
Countries of the Old World.
. In some countries curious customs
prevail in, regard to reWcting a naovt
for the baby. A Hindu baby is nam
ed when . it Is twelve days old. an)
usually by thi mother. Semetlntes the
father wishes for another name than
that selected by the moth r. In that
cast, two lamps are rliced oter th j
two names, and the name ever which
the lamp burns the brighter is the one
given to the child. 1
Ir an Egyptiai. family the parents
choose a name for their b:.by by light
ing three wax candles; to each of these
hy give a name, one of the three be
longing always to some dignified ier
sonagei .Tb candle that burns the
longest determines the name for the
baby. :.
The Mohammedans sometimes write
desirable names on Ave slips of pa.oer,
and these they place In the Koran.
The name upon the slip first drawn out
ts given to the child.
The children of the Amos, a people
living ir. northern Japan., do not re
ceive their names until th.y are B
years oil. It is the fatbet who then
chooses the name by which the child is
afterward called.
The Chinese give their boy hsbl-s a
. name In addition to thelr surnames,
and- they must tall themselves by
these names until they are 20 ve-irs
I old. At that age the father gles his
Json a new name, j : v
The fJhinese care so little tor' their
girl babies that they do not give them
a baby name, but Just call them No.
SI. No. 2. No. X, according to their
birth.. : j ' .' : -
Boys are thought vn much more of
In China than girls that you ask a Chi
nese father who has both a boy and
girl how many children he has ke wtit
always reply. Xnry one child.
; German parents som4J?nes cluenge
the name of their I a by f t It Is 1L and
the Japanese are sure to j change the
name of a child four times;
VICTORS AGAIN.
The laws of the Eplsce-pal church
regarding- marriage will not be cha g
ed. I - 3
Who Is responsible for lhatr
"The men behind tb canons." .
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A CENTURY OF
Hon. Wm. L Strong, Ex-Mayor of few York, Sum
marizes the Tremendous Results of the
American Policy,
txxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx):
In summarizing the history of pro-
tection in the United States it la not
possible in the brief space allotted to
this article to more than glance at the "
tremendous results that have
fol
lowed the pursuit of what has
now
come to be generally designated as
the American policy, as well as the
disastrous consequences that have in
variably followed our occasional de-
be
parture from that policy. Broadly
speaking, we have had protection in
1789. 1812. 1824. 1822, 1848. 1S1, 1S90, and
from 1897 to date.
We had free trade or very low tar-
Iffs in 1780. ISM, 1832, 184. 185?. 1894. ,
As a matter of fact and of record,
the results, condensed to minimum of
expression, have been as follows:
Under protection we have had -
L Great demand I for labor.
2. Wages high and money cheap. -
2. Public and private revenues
large.
. 4. Public and private prosperity
great beyond all previous precedent. 1
. urawtng national independence, marks of prosperity and ' happiness.
Under free trade we have had unequal ed, perhaps m any other por-
1. Labor everywhere seeking em- tion of the world.
ployment. f The tariff act of 1832 was really
2. Wages low and money high. nothing but some slight amendments
S, Public and private revenues to the act of 1828.. In 1833 the enemies
small and steadily decreasing. of protection again secured control of
4. Public and private bankruptcy congress.' Through a compromise with
nearly universal. Southern nulliflere the protective tar-
5. Growing national dependence. iff acts of 1824 and 1828 were repealed.
Our first free trade period was from and duties too low to afford any real
1620 to 1789, first, under the colonial protection to home Industries were es
government, and, second, under the . tablished by that congress,
confederacy. x Since 1620 and through! Again financial depression followed;
our colonial ilstory, but especially ; assuenments and bankruptcies result-
since the treaty of 1783, by which the
revolutionary war was closed and our
independence established, we have
tried and thoroughly tested all the
different phases of this economic
question from extreme free "trade un
der jthe confederacy '.(1783 to j 1789) to
the protective tariff pnder the rule of
the republican party, beginning with
1861. I I
The years from 1782 to 1789 'were hal
cyon years for the merchants and
statesmen of Great Britain. In about
three years' time nearly ail the money
of our country had ' passed into the
pockets of British merchants and
manufacturers. vAs there was no tar
iff to prevent, foreign nations literally
poured in upon us their products of
every kind and description in such
quantities and at such prices that our
people could not compete with them.
Our domestic . industries were sus
pended. The weaver, the shoemaker,
the hatter, the saddler, the ropemaker
and many others ! were reduced to
bankruptcy; our markets were glutted
with foreign products; prices fell: our
manufacturers generally were ruined,
oar laborers beggared, our artisans
without employment, our merchants
insolvent, and our farmers necessarily
followed all these classes into the vor
tex of general financial destruction.'
Great Britain filled every section of
our country with her manufactures of
wool, cotton, linen, leather. Iron, glass
and all other articles used here; and
in four years she wcpt from the coun
try every dollar and. every piece of
gold. As this was the closest approach
to absolute free trade ever tried by
this country, so there was the largest
harvest of dangers and calamities ever
experienced toy the American people.
It is a fact of history that protection
of American tabor and industry was
almost the leading motive In the for
mation of the government 0 the
United States. Without that provision
It is probable that the federal consti
tution could never have been adopt
ed. The tariff question was the very
first question discussed by the first
congress. The first act of the first
congress regulated the form of oath
to be taken by officials, and was mere
ly formal, but the first act of that
congress affecting the country was the
act establishing a protective tariff,
passed and signed by George Wash
ington July 4, 1789. ,
' The fact that the act was passed In
the Interest of protection Is shown In
the language of the preamble, which
recites that
. nvnereas. It Is1 necessary for the
support f the government, for the
discharge of the debt of the United
States fand for the encouragement and
the protection- of manufactures that
duties be laid on Imported goods, etc..
therefore be it enacted, etc f
A large majority of that first con
gress were farmers, but they saw the
necessity of encouraging and protect
ing manufactures. In order that they
might be free from servile and dan
gerous dependence on foreign nations
for the arms, the Implements of farm
ing and other machinery needed for
their own safety, protection and inde
pendence. George Washington, John - Adams.
Thomas Jefferson. James Madison and
James Monroe, our first fire presidents,
were wholly committed to the policy
of pmt ec tton 1 .
' As a result of the tariff of 1789 agri
culture became more extensive and
; prosperous; commerce Increased with
wonderful rapidity; old Industries
j-were revived and many new ones es
tablished In all parts of the country;
our merchant navy was revived and
multiplied; all branches of domestic
nuW wre nroa-nerous: our revenues
soon became sufficient to pay the
j ptoses of the government; the people
j became contented and Industrious.
I and the whole country was on the
high road to great national wealth and
i prosperity.:,.' - ,.j -' .
r' In 1812. as a measure to raise money
: to carry on the war wtth England.
'the tariff duties were nearly doubled.
- greatly to the benefit of the country
and of Its home Industries.
. In 181 there was a decided reaction
; from the hlrh tariff rates of 1812. The
. aMS m a - - - a
law Oi m .. nv wrnunrTi .
. m s a -M 4l
Ini were repealed ana ww iwuct
betituted theref or. While there
were some protective features retained
-i -m ,m - i-.m
,a ra "
aa very wyie ana aivuuvu utivws
PROTECTION
from the tariff rates of 1812: and at
the best was only moderately juoxecf
tive. Great depression in ail branches
of business at once followed. , Bank-
ruptcy soon became general, and finan
cial ruin was everywhere present.
This disastrous state of affairs con
tinued for several years, until our peo
ple resolved to endure it no longer.
and in. 1S24 congress gave us a new
tariff, the first tariff that gave us real
protection. '
One of the strongest advocates and
supporters of that tariff was Andrew
Jackson. An era of general financial
prosperity at once set in. So marked
and helpful was the improvement that
m 1828 the duties Were raised still
higher; business Improved; new ln-
duaties- were, started and prosperity
gladdened the people. President Jack-
son said in his annual message In De-
cemjber, 1832. concerning the results
and benefits of eight years of protec-
tton under the tariffs of 1824 and 1828:
Kur country presents on every side 4
ed everywhere; manufacturers sus
pended operations and business grew
worse and worse, till the culmination
was reached In the financial crash of
1837, one of the most appalling and
disastrous revulsions ever known.
The whole country went into liquida
tion; bank loans and discounts fell off
more than one-half; the money lost to
the country was not less, than $1,000.
000.000. The national treasury was
bankrupted and the credit of t hesita
tion very low. In the first six years
after 1834 the revenue fell off 25 per
cent and the government was obliged
to borrow money at high rates of in
terest to pay current expenses.
This state of things continued until
1842. when a whlg congreas passed &n-t
other protective tariff, and passed It
a recond time because of the veto of
President Tyler. Immediately the
financial gloom began to pass away;
the sun of prosperity . shone forth ;
business revived everywhere; foctorles
and . other industries sprang up on
every hand throughout the North.
Confidence was restored, and customs
receipts increased the first year (1843)
75 iper cent over the last year of the
compromise tariff of 1833.
In 1844 the democrats, having been
restored to power, repealed the tariff
of 1842. and again a tariff of very low
duties became the policy of the country-
The Inevitsble results followed,
as alwayas before, under free trade
or very low duties. Many Industries
were destroyed; business was par
alyzed; total ruin overtook tens of
thousands of the most useful mer
chants and manufacturers of the coun
try, and armies of tollers were hurled
from the factory or the shop into the
streets to steal or starve.
In 1857 the democrats, urged on by
the South, again reduced duties, al
ready too low. to the lowest rates we
have ever had since the adoption of
the constitution: and again financial
revolution, appalling In its widespread
severity and distress, Involved the na
tion, and for more than four years
tortured and Impoverished our people
and exhausted our resources.
In 1861 the republican party for the
first time came Into power In the na
tion, both In the residency and In
congress; and with Its advent came
back the doctrine and practice of
protection to home industries. Un
der its benign Influences we have ex
perienced a degree of prosperity abso
lutely unparalleled in the history of
any nation.
In 1890 the McKinley tariff was en
acted, and proved Itself a friend and
benefactor of all Americans, of all
American Industries, and especially of
all American wage-earners. -
This .eminently successful tariff was
practically repealed . as a result! of
the presidential and ' congressional
elections of 1892. and almost Immedi
ately the country entered upon the
most profound and disastrous depres
sion ever known In the history of its
commerce and industry. - In fifty-five
American, cities the volume! of business
for 1893 suffered a decrease of about
118. OOO.OOO.OOO as compared with 1892.
Business failures increased &3 per
cent, while the shrinkage during that
year In the values of stocks, railroad
properties,' farm 'products. Industrial;
plants and output has been estimated:
at upward of 15,000,000,000. ,
In October, 1894. the Wilson bill be
came a law. It was framed on low
tariff and "free trade lines, and of Its
tremendous consequences to the trade.
Industry' and commerce of our coun
try It is Impossible to speak In fitting
terms without the appearance of gross
exaggeration. This law ts conserva
tively estimated to have decreased the
national wealth of the United States
upward of 19,000,000,000.
The losses, woes and sorrows which
it Inflicted upon a prosperous' and
happy people are beyond accurate
corrrputailon. :-- .r
The election In ItH of William Mc
Kinley as president of the United
Stales, together with a safe working
majority In the house of representa
tives, enabled the republican party to
tariff law the Dlngley
hich went Into effect ' July 24.
1897. The marvelous revival of pros-
.perity which fonowed directly upon
Wa n ulili t - saf tKlsTi 11 ! mm r
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S. n mm rti talw sk saaHae A JHtsaaa
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history and oommon 'experience
the people oc tne unnea vraies inai
u. Amtl nMnl nrm be dwelt noon
;r... Vk- rt .r
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phenomenal prosperity. It ts recog
nized the world over and is in the esti
mation of other countries - the most
stupendous - commercial rdevelopment
in the history of nations, What with
our vast Increase in national wealth,
our unparalleled growth in domes tl a
and foreign commerce, our surplus of
exports over Imports, wherefrom wo
had for 1S9S a favorable trade balance
of over $(25,000,000. our enlarged em
ployment of labor at profitable and. In
creasing wages, our thriving agricul
tural Interests, and our strength and
prestige as one of the great powers
of the earth, the end of the century
finds protection more firmly Intrenched
than ever before as the national pol
icy. That this policy shall remain
fixed and unaltered as the guiding
economic principle of the greatest of
all people is the hope of humanity and
the wish of every wfcse and patriotio
citisen.
FIGHTING THE SEA.
Building Defenses Against Its Assaults
on the Coast of chleswig.
If we were lo visit this spring, the
w w st coa t of Schlsw g he-e the
lifting sand are cinstn y ehan∈;
the vagus cutlinos of - the Khore, we
woiill witness a scene of unusual ac
tivity. ,A!on that part of th coast
fronting the Italllarn islands 'he luge
appropilat on cf the Piisslan lricbla
ture for th prot-Kfon -f tbo co'st and
Islands at alntt tn I nva Ion of the
North sea is beirg expend U. A large
AVIV 7 u& mill IB ,VJ I, VUIIIIII'H iuc uain
or breakwat r between the Uf Is island.
of Oland and the mat 1 land, whloh. In
connection wit H ether woiks a'rtadyi
completed. Is expected to k"p the, tea
within bounds for many 11 lies aong
th coast.
The people living along thl con
stantly endanrer d -ptt of the shia
have a lively anticipation cf acq-t. nr ,
new lands, covered with ilh, d ep
mud, v hfch will lc'",recl itie-l from the
sea by the 1 : e 1 nl dlnr a: ound them
They expect that n t on y will the o
defonres keep the sea from eating thi
mainland away, but also.- that nt.it.
are-as of land - w.U be secure I aft?.
windmills and ileam power l a
punped the inc!v.eI sparVs dry. Ho -,
land calls these ;ec!.ilmed areas "po - -dors,
and has over l.ooo of them a' nrr
the southern part f h r coast: ami
Schleswig niHl win a n w .series iC
polders" through the wa.is rj .v' .
Ing to hem in the overflowed lands.
Not even Holland herrelf ha ufr r
ed more ftom the irruptions of the t a
than these oulllng biards of St hi s
wig. On Sny goou mait iw.ty Ir- t
hundreds of sand banks, or watten. as
the are call , II ting l e cot t ami
extending twenty-or mo e miles out
Into the North so.i. 1 1 the m tklle sges
these rand bank, now hidden . under;
the waters at flood tide, were a patt ef
the m In nd in! wn o .r with,
fertile fields. Since then the ssi bag
gnawed the tnlre e-rast away to a
0. th of over twen.y mlls, and lha
Islands are now mitly fi ruins of
ahat was sol d lanu. In s00 yrsrg
Sch'elg has lot en -t tin! of her.
.area by these ieils.ent aau s of the
ses. A s eel 1 feature of tie workS'
is the complete prot ctl n they ae In
tended to clve to the low-lying HaJ
ligen Is'ands, whi h rls only a few
feet above high water.. Tl.elr n'tab.t-
uiii, uiiit u untcu vy iiif riiciM(n
ments of the sea to lv In sina'l ctlni
built on ai t!1 la' mown' s, tnd, w rn
out by tlie hardships snd un e. lartl-i
of fhilr rt ivlllin Many i t th .in VinvS
abandoned' their homes and sought
r fge on t'.e mainland. New York
Sun.
MOUNTAIN GUNS FOIl fTI8,
An English Establishment to FurnisH,
Enough fur Four lio.tU rki.
Arrangements are under way at th
war department with the representa
tive or an Englu-h gunnnaklng eslaSa
llshment lookng to the 1m media t
shipment of four mountain batteries
to Manila. The English makers fur
nished a large number ef automstlo
qulck-flrtns guns to the I'ntted States
In the spring cf 18?S. The same ss
tablhhtnent now offers to sMp to lis
n la at once, and 1 com pi; t In eTsrS
det r, lacking only men snd n u es.
InA tin m n, .mmiinlliAil f m- i 11
...w V . . . . w...... wa.am ..... . w. . ... ,wi'
batierl-s.
Genera Ctis, ft seems, has asked the
war department for a number of ir oun
(aln batteries. Th? call came at m
time when no L weapons of - the tyre
needed w-re In stock in th United
States. Several two-pounder mounta n
guns are about to be dispatched, but
th- two-pounder gun la not deemed as
desirable as JatT typee. The Kng.lsa
ru a undr cni dprtll m Ih ns m.
project II? weighing! about twelve
pounds, with a velocity of nearly 900
feet per Second. This Is deenaed hlh
velocity for a mountain piece
The war authorities are of the opin
ion, it Is said that. In forcing the rem
nants tf ih; luu-gert f ces out of
he mountain fastnesre, artll eiy will
be necessary. Owing to Its weight
the standard type cf fle d gun cannot
t transp rted through count y of a
rough- and mountainous chai aster.
GEBMAK CROWN PK1N;E.
The German crown prtnee Is raiddlr
growlnir -up. He will be J7 next May,
and Is already taller than Ms father.
His education ts pursued with truly
Teutonic rigor ind tboroushsiffs, n l
there are not many moments du-lnjc
the day which the youth f ai call his
own. A few days ago. however, he
had a half-holiday. Join-d "i lm;-rial
(hooting party, and bagged Ids first
pheasants snd rsbblls in the fimoue
gpaodau foreft. . The nejt thing will
no doubt be a shot at the wild d-mus.
on which bis father waxes tus-.h impas
sioned
WONDERFULLY ABSENT MINDED
I never saw anybody qvlte so absent-minded
as Billinpsby. Whit do
you suppose he did?-
-Give it up." ,"--rT'
-He let the surgeons operate on him
for appendicitis the second lime:
.Wvelfsd rialn Deajer.
i .x
I . ' t .1
I Chief Justice Fuller was on quite
tXlZTtnA
"" -i,.,. th4. .an. 'which
OI nS prowess oenina imi gun. snitu
now sdom h.s home.