Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1886-02-06
CAPITAL GOSSIP.


of the brain, brought on by the shock of he
daughters sudden death two weeks ago. For
the first week she stood the strain and excite
ment q lite well. but a week ago last Friday
she was compelled to tai Ike her bed, and grad>
ua'ly grew worse from day to day. On
Thursday conges ion of the rain made its
appearance. Size was unconscious for 24
hours fore death
Mrs. Biyard was born in Baltimore in
1885. Her father, Josepl Lee. was one of tie
leading business men of that city 30 ears
age. She met thu s cretary while his father
was Senator from Delaware, all they WI re
married in ls56 There v ere twelve children
born to them, seven of whom still live. Up
to even or eight years ago Mrs. Bayarl wa
a lea Ter in society at the national capital.
The new Morrison tariff bill Is IN ended as
a compromise measure, AMI is, of course,
unsatisfactory to thu radical free traders
The ground will be taken that owing to the
decreas, II prices since the act of 1888, the
cuts on thu srec fl rates will b, little worse
than those proposed by the tariff commission
Beginning wi h h, iron AMI stee! schedule,
pig iron will BE- put at s. per ton; wrtuyl t
scrap irC2, q er ton. $ eel rails will he re.
duced to $3.50, and the general omnibus
clause Of the M tai schedule to 40 per mt.
instead of II per cant. Iron ore Will he pu.
at so cents yer ton un'ess II witt succeeds in
carrying his recon III endation for free ore.
Su ar Will come in for fair share OF the
reduction, and tie voice of the sugar men
will lie quoted against him. In 1882 and lSs3
as Morrison will conten |, III. gar grower
wanted the specific duty arranged to give him
an average ad valorem duty OF about a pei
cant. The averac ad valorem rate last year
on suger. molass ~. sugar candy and confec-
tionery was ZOOS per cant. Ius end o! begin
ming at A. 100 cents yer found for sugar
testing by the polariscope not above - de-
grecs, it W Ii certainly legin a. l 25-400, or
perhaps less the oil ject being to make the
duty about what the sugar men said they
wanted in 1888, namely, al average of 40 per
cent. adj valoren.
NO CHANGE IN CLASSIFICATIONS.
The present classifi at oIs will he retained.
The rates OF duty will be cut down 50 as 10
wool and wooden schedules to about 80 per
cent; on some Items trife more Of course
Iron anil steel will he cut to ;bcut 30 per
cent; fl *, hemp, lte etc, from 2I.75 to
Is Yer cent. The silk schedule will n9t be
touched unless it decided to change from
ad valorem to spec tic. The asury depLr,-
ment will throw impoi tant light o. this
is To
duties The cotton schedule will be reduced
f. ON an average OF 4 Is Ier cent to 35 par
rer MT, and the present ARA 'geinent will
I've retained Far from incr, asng the Rates
of duty en- fruit. esLecaly on fresh frui- it
will be reducai, as even Mr.. Ran Hall fGv r
this Chemicals will be generally Gu so 1ha
the average rate will be p per cent, instead
of 3? A. Leather and manu- 'actures of will
lie reduced from =, . to - per cent
Glass rnd glassware will have to bear rela-
lively their share, and the HI will be to re-
1uce this schedule from an average Of IS 81
TO an average of % per cent, which Moore
GAINS is abundant protection. Earthenware
and CHA will not be expected, bat willie me
down fir, IN 81. to 30 per cen-. One>.lird of
the present cuty on rice will he taken eff
which will then give the South 'rn rice pro-
ducers an average dd rolorem rae Of - per
cent. Zinc and lead and their manufa lures
will each be reduced from an average of Is 63
and SS.2l respectively to an average IS near
as pos ible OF so er cent. Copper will b.
changed from three cents per p1u I'D two cents
copper in pl ttes, etc, from f ,ur cent to three
cents.
A MORMON CORRUPTION FUND.
Mr.. Dement, says that the Mormons have
spent GH enormous amount of money in
L.. ! IL e c..