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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-11
FOE: A REVENUE TARIFF.
TIE PhilaueIphla "gtmes' declares Prots
li0n An Incident
To.dav's Philad'a Times

TIE Phil.ueIphia "I,mes'' Deciare. Pro,sc-
ti0n An Incident.
To.day's Philad'a Times.
The age Of Il prohibitory protsctire policy
has gone By. The time was when our
manufacturers were feeble and demanded
the fullest measure of protection to enable
them to develop our home products and
diversity our industrial interests; but We
are now fully abreast. with the Old World
in everything that facilitates the develop
ment of our varied sources Of wealth, ex-
cept in the cheapness of labor, and it IS to
requite, dignity and prosper labor that our
tariff laws have been most needed. In al.
the multiplied inventions Of the age. aud
in all the wonderful perfection of machin-
cry. the United States surpasses the other
civilizations of the world. and wo arc now
largely exporters and sellers of cur handi-
work in countries against whose
better machinery and cheaper labor
we once needed protection. From
a purely protective policy, advocated half
a century ago by Clay, We now need a
judicious revenue policy to meet our large
debt and vast necessary expenditures,
wisely discriminating in favor of our in
dustries. II we had no national debt, and
no hundred millions . year for pensions, the
basis of our tariff policy would necessarily
be more distinctively that Of protection
but the present generation with its debt
and extraordinary demands created by
civil war, will need a revenue tariff with
fair determinations in favor Of protection
We have progressed until protection il
now the incident, and not the chief pur.
pose of our revenue laws. and We must ad
vance our tariff policy with the inexorabie
advancement of our industries and trade
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WORK FOR THE FOOL KILLER.

N
He IL Evidently Needed in Mauor township.
N. Y. Herald.
We see from our exchanges that thera
are some idiotic persons in Pennsylvan 4
who are amusing themselves by starting in
that state what are called ',Blaine clubs. :"
If the idea is, as it appears to be, to make
MIR. Blaine a candidate for the next presi.
dency, it is a new phase Of insanity, and
the best thing the friends and relatives of
the Blaine club members can do is to have
them committed to some lunatic asylum
before they do something more foolish or
dangerous to themselves. MIR. Blaine him-
self sees that he has no chance whatever Of
besng even candidate. He announced
some time ago that he was out of poll
tics. He has closed up his new house in
Washington in fact We believe 1t is for
sale. 1t was intended at one time that
this establishment should be tho social and
political headquarters for all the Blaine
following; but this was in the halcyOn
days when Mr.. Blaine was the premier Of
the Garfield administration, and when lie
was meditating guano wax with Chill and
q grand crow" with all the rest Of the
world. The sober common sense of the
country has sqCelched all these sensational
and ridiculous enterprises and made Mr..
Blaine political bankrupt. II there is y
fool killer around anywhere he ought :"
go to Pennsylvania.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-11

PEOPLE who express themselves in
favor of protection in tariff for revenue,
seem to ask for very contradictory
things. A tariff for revenue is one which
will admit the largest quantity Of the
things which will pay the duty; while
protection to home manufactures can
only be given by excluding foreign
manufactures. Tariff for revenue and
for protection are too very distinct
things, and it would be impossible to ad .
just them so as tocompletely accomplish
both objects, although it may be possible
to do it SO as to measurably accomplish
both.
Possibly a very great deal of skill
could secure such delicacy of adjust
ment in the duties as to make them at
one time protective, and at another reve
nue., as the market value of things would
see-saw up and down ; and possibly in
these alterations there would be enough
got on either side to be satisfactory all
around /; but it is work of difficulty.
Experience does not show that it has
ever been satisfactorily performed. Itis
hard to strike the line that will leave
sufficient protection while it secures
sufficient revenue. The better plan is to
put on tariff rate that will exclude the
articles whose protection is necessary,
and to raise the revenue needed from
other sources.
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OBITUARY.
Tho Roll of Distinguished Dead.

Tho Roll of Distinguished Dead.
William +. Blakenry, tho turbine w!,e.
inventor, has died in Dayton, Ohio.
Edgar S. Van Winkle, well known
lawyer Of New York, died on Saturday
night, aged -.
Frank Lombard, ":hc we'll known cam,
paign singer" has died in Chicago, ieav-
ing {. family destitute.
Edward N. Kent, chemist, and formerly
melter and refner in the New York assay
office, died suddenly in Now York city, on
Friday, aged 64.
Mrs. Caroline a. Stevens, wife of Simon
Stevens, OF New York, and daughter OF
the late Amos Leland, of Philadelphia,
died in New York city on Saturday.
Rev. William Leverett. a retired Zap
tist clergyman, died at Newport, Rhode
Island, on Saturday in tho SD year OF his
age. His son, Rev. w. C. Leverctt, is an
Episcopal clergyman at Carlisle, Penn
sylvania.
James II. Barney. ex-city collector and
president OF the Baltimore warehouse
company. was found dead in bed at his
home in Baltimore. He was G3 years of
age. His death is attributed to heart dis
ease,
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AFTER TEN YEARS.
The Reunion q. tho Survivors Of the Com
tutiODal Convention.

The Reunion o. tho Survivors Of the Constr
tuiiODal Convention.
Philadelphia Press.
Since the adjournment of the conven-
ton which framed the new constitution
of the state in this city in 1872, it has been
customary for tho surviving members of
that body to hold All annual reunion and
dinner. Yesterday afternoon the CON-
mittee having this years celebration in
charge net at the Continental hotel and
decided upon the Stevens house,
Lancaster, as tho place, and the % lust,
as the time for the Eext celebration. Tho
committee consists of Samuel II. Reynolds,
of Lancaster, chairman George N. Cor
son, of Norristown, secretary; q. w.
Li;tleton, of Philadelphia; General Lilly,
# Mauch Chunk, and Charles BrOdhcad, Of
Bethlehem. Ex Governor Curtin is presi-
dent Of the association and Lewis G. Cas-.
sidy is treasurer. OF the 236 members Of
the convention Sc have died since it first
met. The roll of deceased members III
c!udes the following names, we'll remem
bered in both city and state: William
NJ. Meredith, Of this city, who presided !;
NJ. d. Baker, of Philadelphia Thomas r.
Barr and Lin Bartholomew, the silver
tonsued' Of Schuylkill county ex-Gev-
nor William Bigler, of Clearfield Henry
Z. Carey, of Philadelphia; David Craig,
Theodore Cuyler, Of Philadelphia Wm.
Darlington, Of Chester county !; Robert
NJ. Do France, Samuel E. Dimmick, who
as attorney general, died in office j.
Gillingha,n Fell, of this city Thos.
r. Hazard, William Hopkins, father
of tho congressman elect from Rus
sell Errett's Allegheny district IL.
NJ. NIcAllister, father-in-law Of Cen
eral Beaver John S. Mann, of
Potter county Morton McMichael, of
this city; q. w. Palmer, father of the
present attorney general of tho state J..
L. Reynolds, of Lancaster Benjamin L.
Temple, ex chairman OF tho Democratic
city committee W. j. Torrell, ]. II.
Walker, of Erie, who presided after tho
death Of Meredith George W. Wood
ward, ex-chief justice of the supreme
court G. E. Wright. Henry W. Smith, of
Reading ii. G. Smith, of Lancaster ;
John Mccullough, A. &. Finney, Henry
Garter, Thomas +. Cochran, of York, once
auditor general j. Collins, Thomas Mac.
Connell, ex-Attcrncy General Samuel II
Purviancc.
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DESPERATE FIGHT.

Attempt of Jail isir.ss +" Escape defeated.
n desperate attempt to escape from the
provincial pcniten:iary at Stoney MOun-
tain, Manitoba, WAS made by tho prison
ers, Saturday There had been {: regular
conspiracy, led by Garvin, an American,
recently sentenced to seven years
Imprisonment for shooting man
named Mcdonald in bar
room fight. Garvin camo behind tho
guard, knocked him senseless, took his re-
volver and keys, and called on the other
prisoners to follow. At this juncture
Warden Bedson appeared in the corridor.
Garvin fired five shots at BedsOn, but all
missed him. The warden grappled Gar
vim, threw him down and disarmed him,
receiving in the struggle severe cut on
the arm with knife the prisoner had con-
cealed on his person. Before the other
prisoners could interfere guards appeared
with rifles and ordered them back. They
sullenly obeyed, and all were soon under
lock and key.
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the budget is so4o, ,se5.2s for the ma
tional guard. Although there was no
session of the Legislature. sA,526.01 is
set down as expenses of the Senate and
s15s, ,0s4.2s for the House; and, in ex-
planation of this, it is stated that this
was the "back pay" of the members
after the supreme court had decided
each to be entitled to $500 extra. But
as there are only 25l members in all
this would account for but S125, 500
whereas S197 ,6lO.3s are credited to tic
expenses of the Legislature. Was there
also 80 per cent. addition made to the
pay of the clerks, messengers, pastors
and folders, doorkeepers and janitors
and to the " contingent " funds !?
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-11

Crushed Under tho Whee,s of an Epri,e.
Vinton Rogers, a fireman in the emplov
Of the Pennsylvania railroad company at
Philadelphia, was fatally injured at the
Twenty first street station Sunday after
noon. He was engaged in oiling his en-
gine while moving with train, when bis
foot slipped and he fell beneath the loco
motive. Tho wheels passe over his bodv
at the waist. He was removed to the
University hospital where he exired before
noon. Rogers was 25 years of age, had
recently and lived at GIG North
Thirty. sixth street.
Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1882-12-11
BOILER EXPULSION.
Seven Men Killed and Wounded.

At San Francisco the explosion of tho
boiler at tho Bay View distillery Saturday
was more disastrous that was at first sup.
posed. The boiler was old and leaky, and
the men had complained Of it for some
time. Peter Phelan, foreman of tho Full
ton iron works, was examining it when
tho explosion occurred. He received in
juries which proved fatal in a few hours.
w. H. Woods, the engineer, and John
Cassidy, who was seeking employment,
were dangerously hurt. Frank Thibauls,
book keeper, Henry Muche and Thomas
Gosling, distillers, and a teamster named
Hunter We're less seriously injured. The
building was of little value. The machin.
cry was wrecked. The loss is from 81, 600
to So, 600.
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A Mexican State In Arms.

A dispatch from Albuquerque, N. NJ,
says Frank Joselyu, or "Dsaf Sandy"
as he is called, has arrived at Silver City
from chihuahua. He was with Mcdonald
and Biggs when they were murdered by
Jehu's tand of Apachcs. The three men
had ridden hard all day, They
had seen the Apaches' trail, but no Indi- :
aus. They proposed to camp at Poso del
Chacolah. JOsselyn thought it dangerous,
however, and rode off ono hundred yards,
while Biggs and Mcdonald unsaddled.
Suddenly the Apaches appeared and fired
q volley and the two campers fell. JOS
selyn put spurs to his horse and escaped.
lie returned later, with sixty well-armed
men, and buried the bodies of Biggs and
Mcdonald. The Indian scouts saw the
Apache marauders arc under command of
Mana himself, the war chief reported
killed last year. Tho whole state of Chi
huahua is in arms
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ACCORDING to the report of tie au
ditor general for the past year, the ex-
penses of our state government were
So, ,869, SIS, exclusive of loans redeemed
and interest paid. $1,0s3, ,524.O9 of this
amount went to the public schools, and
$6s3,654.35 to charitable institutions.
The soldiers orphans schools cost $780,
670.S7, and the penitentiaries, $216, 1885,
IS; the judges were paid $4s1 ,605. .O2,
and the other most considerable item in
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BURIED rxEAsUxE UNEAKraEp.
The Location of . Chest Containing O27, ,OO0
In Gold kevealQd In q QreaQs.

Tho LocatlOn of . Chest Containing o27 900
In Gold Revealed In . Dream.
Franklin, Pa, in the oil regions, is agi-
tated over the discovery of chest con-
tanning s27. 900 in gold by y resident Of
that place. For many years past there
has been belief that during the .occupa.
ton of that part Of the country by tho
French a large amount of treasure was
secreted in Franklin, near whore tho old
fort stood and close by the ancient house
of Capt Smith. which is now occupied by
Prof Solinger as residence. Columbus
Brown had mania in regard to this
treasure, and for years the thought Of
becoming possessed Of riches in this way
has haunted him.
About two years ago two Frenchmen,
supposed to be relatives of tho old COM
mandant of the fort, arrived at Franklin
with maps, and commenced systematic
search, but it proved fruitless. Brown
became excited at this, and since that time
has continued the search. On Friday
night, while sleeping, he had a revelation
He dreamed that he was counting and
handling chest of gold, and that he had
found it buried in the earth at the foot of
a tree, in an open field. He was informed
in some manner, he cannot tell how, but
by man with foreign accent, dressed
in a military uniform, with a sword and
sash, that ii he would measure q GER
tain distance from the centre Of rock
in the run, due north, aud then measure
thirty. three feet Cue west from that point,
he would tind the treasure he had SO often
seen in his dram. He arose. and with
spade and pick went to the owner of the
field in which the tree stood aud gained
permission to dig. Ho had not been at
work more than two hours when he came
upon an iron chest, which he opened and
tho sight that met the gaze of himself and
son was enough to turn the head of al
most any man. The box was nearly two
thirds filled with gold and silver coin,
tarnished and covered with sand
and mould, but nevertheless gold.
The coins are mostly French, but a num-
ber OF English, German and Spanish coins
are among the lot They bear dates 1929,
1744, 1851, and various other dates, the
latest of which is 1854, which is the same
year that Fort McNault was completed.
On brass ruler found in the chest the
name 'Joneaire" is plainly stamped. 1t is
| a we'll known fact that this was the name
| of the officer in command Of the French
troops. The Fort was evacuated in July,
1859, and very hastily. The location OF
| this field is about seventy-five rods south
! of the fort, and was no doubt selected for
the burial of the treasure with a view to
mislead the Indians and recovering it at a
subsequent date. Mr.. Brown took the
chest to his home and many of the coins
have since been on exhibition in the
banks.
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THE QUARTER SESSIONS.


The Finney Case and Othsrs Disposed Of.
"A Suit Brought by Psrties as = Re-
sui, Of Trade.
The adjourned term of quarter sessions
court began this morning, with Judge
Livingston on the bench, and about thirty
i've cases on the trial list.
In the case of VIM. Smart, charged
with defrauding a boarding house keeper,
verdict of not guilty was taken with
county for Office costs. The defendant
has never been arrested. The Same dis
position was made of the case Of Ad-
aIlstown borough, indicted for nuisance.
Tue following cases were mol pressed on
pay ment Of costs ID. F. L. Wilmer, resist
ing an officer City of Lancaster, neglect
Of duty. The case Of descrtion against
Peter iunma was dismissed, the costs
having been paid Martin Miller, assault
and battery and resisting An officer
Annie Nash. assault and battery.
COm'!h vs.. Washington McC Cardle, false
pretenss The evidence Of B. +. Hopes
showed that Oh the 18th Of September he
went into the saloon in the Fountain Inn,
this city, kept by the defendant :; he had
had gold watch valued at 1850 which he
bought ut Hirsh's store; McCardle also
had watch which he represented as being
gold lie induced witness upon these rep.
reservations to trade hiIn afterwards
| witness took tho McCardle watch to
jewelry store and found it to be worth but
Sc.
The defense was that the prosecution ON
this day was anxious to make . trade and
insisted ON doing SO with the defendant !;
. trade was finally made, Hopes getting
50 in money and McCardle's watch the
latter did not believe there was gold about
any of the watches, although he had paid
s14 for his after the trade the prosecutor
told different parties that he "sOldered :"
McCardla on the watch. The jury rem.
dered verdict of not guilty with defend
ant to pay two thirds and Hopes, the
prosecutor. one-third of the costs.
Tho Finney Case Disposed OF.
The certificate Of DR.. Welchans, setting
forth that Wm- L. Finney, who was
charged with manslaughter, died on Nov
em5er 9th was presented to tho court this
morning. The case was thereupOD drop
ped from the list with county for costs.
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The report of the government com
missioner Of railroads shows that the
Pacific railroads owed the United States
at the end of the last fiscal year a
balance Of over one hundred and three
million dollars. This includes the origi-
nal debt and its interest +; the latter now
amounting to nearly half the former.
None Of this interest can be collected,
under the remarkable decision of the
courts, until the maturity of the debt,
which will be at the close of the cen
tury. by that time the commissioner
suggests that the great debt duethe gov
ernment may be precariously secured,
and he suggests that some arrangement
be made for its earlier settlement. This
would manifestly be wise, if it can be
done. The United States made very
bad speculation, indeed, in making its
loan to the FIRST Pacific railroads /; her
courts have held her most unfairly
bound, and it is doubtful whether the
money invested will ever b. returned
to her. Whatever can be got now is a
clear gain. Now we can use it to re-
duce our debt. BY the end Of the GEN.
tury we will have no debt, and generous
Congress may be called on to forgive the
indebtedness of bankrupt railroads.
There is no great competition ahead of
the Pacific railroads that their future
financial condition cannot safely he
trusted. There is a sinking fund pro-
vided by the companies for the pay
ment of their debt, but the commissioner
says that it will only amount,
when the debt falls due, to some
seventy millions of dollars less than the
debt at present. The commissioner asks
that, if the sinking fund is to be contin.
ued, the secretary of the treasury have
enlarged discretion as to the investment
of it, but he advises that the indebted,
ness, which is now in the form of book
account, should be changed into securi.
ties of fixed amount. payable at fixed
periods. The matter should have the
attention of Congress, and such disposi,
tion should be made as to put the treas
ury Immediately into possession of secur.
tiles for the government loan which may
be disposed of for tho redemption of the
public debt.
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Ian Blanket Stolen.

On Saturday afternoon a lap blanket
valued at s13, was stolen by some person
unknown from in front of tho store of Ed
ward Kreckol East King street. He i'm
mcdiately notified the police, and Chief
Deichler traced the missing article to the
store of Hebrew junk dealer on Middle
street, to whom the thief had sold the
blanket for 80.
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When ROgueS Fall Out.

The melancholy report comes from
Harrisburg that Senate Librarian and
Supply Custodian John G. Delaney has
quarrelled with the contractor for state
supplies and refuses to take the articles
he proposes to furnish because they are
not up to the standard bid for. The con-
tractor in turn alleges that Delaney is
"pinching" him because he wanted a
friend of his own to get the contract. In
view of the way this supply business is
managed the public will be very ready to
believe both stories. Fraud and pecu-
lation have nearly always honey.combed
the furnishing of state supplies, and
there never was more suspicion and sca.l-
dal attaching to it than since Quay has
been invested with the manipulation of
the contracts and Delaney has received
and has had charge of the supplies. No
body will believe that Delaney
would make objection to the contractor
furnishing "wagon sponge at S3 per
pound" instead Of flesh sponges at.Sl5
per pound - "towels at s. per dozen in
stead of Turkish towels at S2Oper dozen;
scapstone dishes instead of china small
pieces of chamois, instead of large skins !:
common plain glass, instead of cut glass
tumblers; ordinary cuspidores, instead
of fancy decorated; inferior brushes and
dust.pans 25 cent towel racks for those
costing $3.50; poor quality of damask
towels and machine-made combs, for
handmade" and otherwise making
from 500 to 1900 per cent-if
Delaney's friends will profit by the steal.
On the other hand everybody will be
ready to believe that the contractors for
these supplies regularly swindle the state
by furnishing articles of inferior quality
and in quantities below their contracts.
But the contracts themselves are swim
dies in that they call for many articles
which the state should not buy at all,
and many others of which there should
be an ample supply on hand from the
purchases of preceding years. The
whole subject needs thorough ventilation
and reform and the quarrel between DE.
laney and the contractors may help to
light up the dark ways and vain tricks
which have too long prevailed at Har-
riSburg.
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Abram Frantz, q young man who Is
deaf and dumb, stepped into an elevator
hatchway in j. T. Ensmlnger,s ou,,ding,
Harrisburg, on Saturday evening. In the
darkness 10 had mistaken the elevator
door for one leading down stairs. aad liz
foil from the fourth story to the basement.
Strangely enough he was not rendered
unconscious, nor were any bones broken,
though it is supposed he Las sustained
severe internal injuries, and his hands
are terribly burned and to:r by the wire
ropes, which he caught hold OF in his
frightful descent, and wliici, served, in 4
measure, to break tho force of his fall.
Being dumb he was unable TO cry for as
sistance. and though badly injured he
managed to craw! up into the carpet room
in which place 70 mal:a himself as COM
Portable as possible Oh q large chair. He
lay there all night and was found by tho
watchman on Sunday morning. Frantz is
a draughtsman ut the Harrisburg foundry
and machine works. His homo is in
Waynesboro, Franklin county.
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Tho yyashinston Monument

Captain Davis, of the Fourth infantry.
the engineer il. charge of the Washington
mcnurlcu-. !. s decided to add four moro
CONFESS / ,ranite and marble to that
structure before roofing it over for tho
winter. These courses will add eight feet
to the height Of the column, which is now
33t feet.