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CHEAPENED PROMOTION

Mr.. GoScHEN and number of Ger
man writer's have recently united in
the opinion that the fall in the price of
commodities in recent years was owing
to the scarcity of gold. The demone-
tizatiOn of silver, and the consequent
advance in the value of gold, have been
accepted by these writers as the ex-
PLANTATION of the general decline in the
price Of commodities. In Consular Re-
ports 81 Oh "Bimetailism in Europe
Mr.. HANsARD advances an opposing
theory. He does not believe that the
advance in the value of gold has
anything to do with the universal
decline In the price OF commodi-
ties. He attributes the decline solely
to cheapcned production and consequent
oyerproduction. All the world, ii is
urged. has been trying for years, by the
help of steam, electricity, improved ma
chinery and industrial organization. to
cheaper production, and has succeeded.
The more production has been cheap
ened, in more prodigious quantities have
commodities of all sorts been produced.
Mr.. HANsARD shows in his report that
the worlds stock of twenty five i'm
portant articles has largely Increased,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-14

while prices have decreased. Sugar, tea,
coffee, rice, indigo, ginger, wool, cotton,
Jute, cochineai, soda, Saltpeter, hides,
taliOw, timber, iron, copper, tin, wheat
and coal have fallen in prices;
while only four articles, cocoa, paper,
silk and meat. have advanced in prices.
He argues that the need of gold to effect
payments is constantly lessening as the
use of credit in the form of checks is
constantly increasing. Mr.. HANSARD's
views are somewhat in accord with
PAUL LEvEY-BEAULIEU, the French
writer, who insists that the worlds
trade is now entering upon an entirely
new phase, because the development of
the railroad system of the world and
the cheapening of ocean transportation
are bringing the worlds markets into
closer contact with the sources of sup
ply. Thus, he argues that the Industrial
troubles of the present are not due to
temporary or exceptional conditions but
will continue until the industrial sys-
tenn is finally settled on new basis.
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ADOlOgiZed to O'Rrien.

LONDON. Feb. 13.-In the house of
commons this evening Mr.. Picton, mem
Der for Leicester, directed the attention
of the house to the breach of privilege
committed in the arrest of Messrs.
Pyne, O'Brien and Gilhooly. The
speaker said that Pyne and Gilhooly
had been arrested upon criminal war
rants, and therefore there had been no
breach OF privilege i'll their cases. In
the case of Mr.. O'Brien, the speaker
ruled that breach of privilege had
been committed. Henry Matthews,
home secretary, apologiZed to the house
and to Mr.. O'Brien for the unfortunate
indignity to which that gentleman had
been subjected. Sir e. E. Webster,
attorney general, denied that any priv
ilege existed, therefore there could not
have been a breach. Explanations and
apologies had been given to Mr..
O'Brien, and if he were not satisfied
with them he could prosecute the police
officials and obtain the remedy he
sought elsewhere than in the house.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-14
SIX PERSONS ROASTED.
Drunken Hungarians 0verturn a Lamp
and Fire House.
A WILD RUSH FOR SAFETY.
SIX People Roasted Alive and Severa
Others Fatally Burned
Other Casualties.

WLKEsBARRE. Pa, Feb. ia fear
ful disaster, the result of a drunken
spree, and by which six lives were lost.
occurred Sunday night at Silver Brook,
eight miles south of Hazleton. A party
OF Hungarians went to Hazleton to at
tend the dedication Of new
Polish Catholic church. All became
drunk and returned home i'm the even
Ing. When they got to the house of
man named Maulick they INDUCED
freely in whisky and beer. Maddened
by the effects of drink they engaged in
herce fight and, according to the story
OF one of the men, while this fight was
In progress lighted lamp was over
turned and exploded, and in an instant
Tic whole room was enYeioped
In fameS, and the clothes
OF those present were set on
hre. They all rushed wildly for the
doors, which they found to be locked.
In their drunken condition some of
them either did not know what to do or
were unable to climb out of the win
dowS, and remaining In the room. per-
lShed III the flames. Five of the men
and one girl were roasted alive. Their
names are John Elias, John Seddo,
John KObinkO, Michael Yankoyitsch,
Mary Maulick, and Paul SiskOwits.
Maulick and his wife were also badly
burned and will die. Mrs. Maulick
threw her baby out Of one of the win
dows to save it from the flames. but in
falling it was fatally injured.
Peter ManSki was terribly burned about
the upper portion of his body and his
injuries will prove fatal. Half dozen
others whose names are not known were
badly burned or injured by jumping
out of the windows. The story of the
turning over of the lamp is not be-
lieved. 1t is the opinion of many that
there was murder committed in the
house and it was fired to hide the crime.
All investigation is now being made.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-14

The GLOBE gave its views yesterday
morning concerning Mr.. BLAINE's let
Ter in which he declined to be candi-
date for the Republican nomination.
This morning we give the opinions of a
number of prominent Republican poll
ticianS concerning the same matter. 1t
will be observed that the GLOBES pre-
dictiOn that Mr.. BLAINE's declination
would create CONSERVATION among the
Republicans, and would throw the ell
tire camp into disorder, has been veri-
fed. Among our local politicians the
news came like thunderbolt in clear
sky. Ii was so unexpected and fell
with such demoraliZing effect that they
can scarcely recover breath enough
10 tell how badly scared they are. 1t
was only few weeks ago that our
neighbOr, the Pioneer Press, started out
10 boom Mr.. BLAINE for the presidency.
1t was difficult matter for our contem-
pOrary to get the BLAINE harness on,
but after it got started it kept the
BLAINE boom moving with creditable
earneStneSs. 1t may therefore be some
thing of surprise to the Pioneer Press
readers this morning to pick up their
paper, and in reading the leading edi-
torial OH the BLAINE letter to find the
following language: The party must
this year put forward a man who
will retain the allegiance of
every Republican, and substitute
unity for discord. With all his acl1nowl-
edged ability, this is what Mr.. BLAINE
could not do" The readers of the
Pioneer Press need not be surprised at
this unkind cut at its erStwhile vigor-
Ously doomed candidate, for in political
matters the Pioneer Press is consistent
III nothing except being inconsistent.
But of all the touching lamentations
over BLAINE'S letter the most pathetic
wall comes from Gov. MCGILL. 1t leaves
the governor stranded OH a barren
shore, and with the desperation of a
Shipwrecked mariner who clings to the
last plank when night and the tempest
gather about him, the governor refuses
TO believe that BLAINE is off the
track. He catches a CLEAN Of
hope in the possibility of deadlock in
the Republican convention. and then
with the eye of faith he sees a stampede
10 BLAINE. He can discover nothing
in Mr.. BLAINE'S letter to give the I'M
preston that the Plumed Knight would
not accept a nomination if rendered
him Oh silver platter. To this faint
possibility the governor pins his faith.
and with the zeal of the old patriarch
who wrestled with the angel for the
blessing he will not let BLAINE go until
the morning dawns. 1t is not unnatural
that Gov. MCGILL should feel this way
about it. He had tried his own pOiiti-
cal prospects to the BLAINE kite. The
late organization of the Republican
clubs counts for nothing now, with
BLAINE out of the field. 1t was upon
the magic power of BLAINE'S name
that MCGILL relied for strength in seek
ing his own denomination. 1t would be
singular if he were not the worst broken
up man in the state over BLAINE's re-
fuSal TO be candidate.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-14
The Western Wine Trust.

BosToN, Feb. 13.-It is learned
through the agency here of d. Mills,
the president of the Nebraska Distil-
lery company, that the new wine spirit
trust which has just been formed in the
West is entirely distinct from
any whisky trust. Seventy of the
seventy-twO distillers of high proof
spirits and alcohol in the United States
are combined in the trust. The agree
ment is that the trust leases all real es-
tate for twenty-five years, and pays
per cent upon the appraised value to
the diStillery company holding it.
Then it takes in the diStil-
lery plants and issues scrip for
them. The issues are S30.000,000 for
value of stock and pays monthly divi-
dends. 1t is expected that the trust
will pay from to 10 per cent upon the
capital. There are enough funds on
hand to pay dividend at the end of
the first month.
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He Is Banqueted and Feted
by the Elite of
London.
His Address Is Received With
Deafening Shouts Of
Applause.
The Home Secretary Makes
an Apology to Mr..
O'Brien.
Pope Leo Hopes to Obtain Con-
cesSions From England
for Ireland.
Special 10 the Globe.

special 10 the Globe.
LONDON, Feb. 13.-Prot. James
Stuart, Liberal member of parliament
for HOXton, presided at the banquet
which was given to ex-Lord Mayor r..
ID. Sullivan, at the criterion restaurant
tonight, and large number of Lib
erals and Parnellite commoners were
present. Mr.. Sullivan, in responding
to the toast, ITO the Honored Guest of
the OCCASION" exhibited great deal of
emotion, and during the first part of his
address was several times overcome by
his feelings. 1t would require, he said,
the inspired word of Grattan and the
eloQuence of O'Connel to do justice to
the occasion, which was not merely a
banquet to Irish political prisoners, but
banquet to the Irish nation. For the
first time in the long history of England
and Ireland there were no political priS-
onerS i'll Irish jaiis. The Irish people
had no feeling in their hearts laying the
slightest blame against the English
people for the state of affairs, knowing
it to be the action of a party that had
been put into Office through false pre-
lenses. Mr.. Sullivan expressed sorrow
that Mr.. O'Brien was not present, and
declared that that gentleman's heart
was as tender and as open as woman's,
and man ready to do what duty called
him to perform at any time. He was
sure that there did not exist an Irish
man on the face of the globe who would
remain unmoved by the spectacle could
he see the sights that had been wit
messed to-day, and if the time of trial
should be prolonged they still would
not lose heart. He concluded with the
quotation from MoOre's poem, To Erin !:
THY winter is past" ETC.. and resumed
his seat amid deafening shouts of APP
plauSe.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-14
Lincoln's Anniversary.

COLUMBUS, Feb. 1S.-The first BAN
quet in honor of the anniversary of
President Lincoln's birthday, was given
in Wells Post hall here tonight by the
Ohio Republican league. The number
of tickets was limited to 25O and the
committee scanned closely. the list, so
that the attendance was yery
select, representing the best and
most prominent elements of the
Republican party in all parts of
the state. Among the guests and ora
tors were such well-knoWn men as SEN
ator Sherman, Gov. Foraker, Gov. Luce,
of Michigan; Gov. Beaver, of Pennsyl-
vania; Ex-Gov. Foster, of Ohio; Hon.
James P. Foster, of New York; Con-
greSSmen ButterWorth and Thompson.
of Ohio; Murat iHalstead, Gen. W. H.
Gibson, Judge William West, Gen.
James s. Robinson, Prof. Scarborough,
of WilberfOrce university, and most of
the leading Republicans on active
party service in the state.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-14
A DESPERATE SHOT.
Capt. Dick, a Texas Train Robbie
Shot nv a Sheriff

Capt. Dick, a Texas Train Robber,
Shot by Sheriff.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Feb. 13.-Black Cor
nell, better known as Capt. Dick, the
desperate leader of the notorious
Texas train robbers, was shot and killed
this afternoon, while resisting arrest,
by Sheriff Alice, of Troy county, Texas,
eighteen miles west of PearSaIl, sta
ton On the International 81 Great North
ern road. Cornell was noted outlaw,
and year or two ago organ
lied band of horse thieves,
or ''rustlers" as they are called
in the Southwest for the purpose of rob-
bling express and mail trains in Texas.
Their first exploit occurred on the
Southern Pacific road in Fla
tonia, Tex, in the spring of
1887, in which they spared neither
express, mail or passenger. They
realized about So, 1000 in cash and other
property, one item being $4,000 worth
OF diamonds and jewelry,- belong
ing to those, on the train.
two weeks loter when they captured
train at Mcneil. on the International d
Great Northern road, and secured about
$4,000 from express, mail and passen-
gers. After this robbery large re-
wards were offered for the arrest of the
gang by the Wells Fargo and Pacific
express companies and Southern Pa
ciflc and Inter National IL Great
Northern railroad and also by the
state of Texas, and great efforts were
made to capture the gang but without
success. Governor Ross of Texas took
very active interest in the matter.
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Forest Fires in Tennessee.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Feb. 13.-Among
the localities that suffered from the
forest fires last fall was the neighber.
hood of Sigler'S landing, on the MisSiS-
sippi river. hamlet in Tupton county,
Tennessee. The fire was so hot and the
earth so dry that the deep mold in the
forests, composed of decayed leaves and
earth, was ignited and burned down a
distance of ten to twenty inches. In
most places the heavy rains eXtin-
not so i'll the Sigler's landing neighbor-
hood. There the earth has continued to
burn below the surface. and at a dozen
points blaze issues from crevices in
the soil. 1t is believed that there is a
bed of coal not very far under ground,
which caught from the burning mold on
the surface
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A BOLD ABDUCTION.
A Young Lady Of Cleveland,
O., Abducted by Parties
Unknown.
She Finally Makes Her Escape
and Tells a Curious
Story.
Young Lee, Who Shot Banker
RaWsOn, Gets a Light
Sentence.
His Age Let's Him Off With
Eighteen Months in
Jail.
Special 10 the Globe.

Special TO the Globe.
CLEVELAND, O., Feb. 13.-Miss Ella
Davies, Of Revenna, while visiting
friends in this city mysteriOusly disap-
peared Sunday. The fact that she was
missing was published in the local pa
pers this morning, and to-day her
friends were notified of her where
abouts. The girl is ward of Mrs.
Mary Bradford, woman of this city.
Owing to severe mental shock received
a year ago she has suffered from
nervous prostration. The story of her
abduction, for such the case proved to
be, is told to the GLOBE correspondent
by DR.. Fryer, her physician, as follows:
''Miss Davies is of very nervous tenn
permanent, and year ago received a
shock which aggravated her trouble.
Sunday afternoon she started out from
Mrs. Bradford'S to pay visit to friend
on Prospect street. Near the corner Of
Superior and Seneca streets (the bust
ness center OF the city she was accosted
by man whom she declares was her
father, and who is
A WORTHLESS FELLOW.
with whom the family have nothing to
do. He took her by the arm and told
her she would have to accompany him
home. She was too much frightened to
make any resistance, and before she
knew what was going on, she had been
hurried on board Milwaukee car and
taken to her fathers home, somewhere
on Broadway. Here, after being
stripped of her clothes, she was locked
up in room where she remained all
night. This morning while her captor
was out of the house, she seized the
OPPORTUNITY TO ESCAPE
and gathered up few old clothes, hur-
rledly dOnned them and left the house.
After this she wandered about until she
finally arrived at Superior street, some
where between Dodge street and Sterl-
ing avenue, where she fell down ex-
hausted and craZed, and was taken in by
persons who found her i'll that condi-
ton. In her rawlings the girl mentioned
my name several times, and the parties
who had cared for her telephoned
to me, and together with her
sisters and guardian [ went out
and get her." The case caused some
thing of a sensation, as the abduction
took place in the very heart of the city
and in the middle of the day. Mrs.
Bradford does not believe that the girl
was abducted by her father, but that
some man spirited her away for the
purpose of robbery. seeing that in her
weakened condition she was not capa-
BILE of resistance. When she left home
she wore costly dress and some yalua-
BILE jewelry, but these are now missing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-14
BANDITS CAPTURED.
Notorious Bandits Captured by
the Mexican Soldiers.

the Mexican Soldiers.
CARNAGE, Tex, Feb. 13.-Capt. Sa-
madrid, of the Mexican army, at the
head of force of cavalry, descended on
the Mesquite ranch, about thirty leagues
from here, and captured Vasquez, a
noted bandit who had broken his leg
and was there recovering. Vasquez
was made to confess that his compan-
ions, the notorious cut-thrOat, BaSaldua,
and the terrible brothers, Adolfo and
Antonio Valligas, were in hiding near
the ranch. Capt. Samadrid compelled
Fernandez. the proprietor of the Mes
quite ranch, to guide his troops to the
hiding place of the bandits, but Fer
nandeZ treacherously led the soldiers in
the wrong direction. When Samadrid
discovered that Fernandez had deceived
him, he tied him to tree and ordered
his men to riddle him with bullets,
which they did, Notwithstanding Fer
nandeZ repeatedly cried out that he
would give the soldiers $4,000 to save
his life and release him. While this
was going on the bandits had been
warned and fed to Texas. There is
reason to believe that not less than
twenty notorious highwaymen are now
safely reudezvOuSed at the GuellO
ranch in Starr county, Tex.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-14
Seven Persons Drowned.

NEW ORLEANS, Feb. ia party of
eight persons, all colored, consisting OF
Horace Carter and his eldest daughter,
Eliza, and younger daughter, Hannah.
Pierre and Frisbie Allen, Priscilla
Smith, Cecilia Lewis and boy named
Ike Carter, crossed the river from La
Reusite plantation to Dymond's Fair
view place Saturday afternoon in a
skiff. The boat was old. and when the
party were returning and were within
100 feet of their home landing, the
Swells of passing steamer caused the
Skiff to go to pieces, and seven of the
occupants were drowned. Ike Carter.
the boy, saved himself by clinging to
piece of the broken boat,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-14

Irvine has gone on increasing from year
to year, and it is within the experience
of many farmers that the impossibility
of obtaining a sufficient supply of twine
has been of serious annoyance TO them.
This Irvine trust purposes not only to
restrict the production, but to still
further raise the price and make the
farmers pay it.
1t is against such grasping monopolies
as these that the Democratic party
has arrayed itself in behalf of the peo-
pie, and next fall it will confidently
call upon the people for assistance in
fighting the good fight. viii the farm
ers of the Northwest be found wanting?
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FARMERS AND TRUSTS.

Perhaps the farmers fancy that the
numerous trusts now being formed
don't directly concern them. Because
they are not Immediately affected by
the combinations to raise the price of
half dozen different articles, it is con-
ceivable that they may not at once OBJ
serve that in one way or another sooner
or later they must contribute their share
of the aggregate sum which the whole
public is forced 10 pay into the Golfers
of the trusts.
But they are, naturally enough, very
quick to observe anything that is in
imical to the industry in which all their
energy is concentrated. Therefore let
us consider sample trust, which even
the most ardent lover of high tariff,
who is at the same time a farmer,
can not fail TO see to he hos
tile to his interests. Every farmer
who on the fertile prairies Of
Minnesota or Dakota raises a goodly
crop Of wheat knows that the necessary
expenditure for binding Irvine forms
considerable item in his annual ex-
penses. What then would these farm
ers say TO a twine trust? That is ex-
aetly what's being formed in New York
under the name of the National Cord
age company.
The object is to control all the I'M
ported and manufactured hemp, crowd
out dozen cordage and twine mills and
make the farmers pay for The Irvine an
increased price that will add so per cent
to the profits of the trust. 1t is a .pau-
tiful scheme--tor the mUEopolists.
There has never been az oycrprc-
ductiOn of twlne i'll this country.
1t has been al! that tl,c mills
could do by running oil full
time to keep pace with the wonderful
development or the country, partic-
n!arly in he Northwest. Tie price of
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THE 800" APPROPRIATION

A good many members of congress
and good many people generally seem
to think that in asking all appropriation
of 100000 for the improvement of the
800" an eXOrbitant sum is being asked
i'll the interest of the Northwest and of
the lake cities alone. Nothing could be
more misleading. The improvement is
a national one in every sense of the
word, since almost the entire country
will directly benefit from it. The ton
mage which passed through the $500"
in 1886 was equal to one-half of the
ocean tonnage of all the seaports of the
United States.
Now, take for instance New YOrk's
interest in the matter. With the tun-
neling of the Cascade mountains, Puget
sound will be brought within 1890
miles of Duluth. With the i'm
provement of the $500" any COM
merce that may come overland can be
accommodated by water transportation
from Duluth to New York. New York
will thus be brought within 10, 500 miles
of China, instead Of 20,50O miles by way
of the SueZ canal, and will be proper
tionately nearer other ports in the far
East than European ports are. Such
being the case. it is not at all unlikely
that the $500 would be the means of
enabling this country to control large
portion of the commerce from the
Orient which now is held by other
lands.
The appropriation asked is only in
accordance with the vastness of the
work and its far-reaching possibilities.
Though the Northwest earnestly favors
it, it is not in selfish spirit. The East
is as much interested as the Northwest,
and the two should join in impressing
upon congress the vital Importance of
the work.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-14
For More Light Houses.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.--Congressman
Chapman, of Michigan, introduced bill
for light houses and fog signals on the
upper lakes. 1t apprOpriates the follow
ing sums for the work named: For the
removal of the light house at Peninsular
point, Lake Superior, to neighboring
point, upon an eleven-foOt shOai, with
the addition of a fog signal, $4,000; for
the erection of a light house and fog
signal at Squaw island, Lake Michigan,
$1,000; for placing a signal at Beaver
island. $500; erection of a light house
at White shoals, $4,000; for the estab-
lishment of a fog signal at Mackinac
point, $500; fer the removal of the
light house from Nic(iiipin's point to