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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-10
Russia as a Competitor.

Till recently Russia has constituted
little world of its own and its i'm
mense population has not disturbed
/ the people living in other countries.
In seeking to enlarge its borders it
has had troubles with other nations,
but otherwise it has not crossed their
track. 1t has not been a competitor
in the great commercial marts of the
world. 1t has produced some superior
! leather and iron that have been used
for certain purposes, but lately it has
been held that articles equally good
have been made In other countries.
1t has exported considerable wheat.
but there has been little fear that the
amount would be increased. 1t has
not seriously injured our market for
grain and meat, while it has bought
our cotton, tobacco and petroleum..
But within the past four years
Russia has revoIutioniZed the petro-
leum trade of the world. 1t has
established lines for conveying oil
from near the Caspian to the Black
sea, and has constructed iron vessels
for carrying it in bulk not only to all
the leading ports of western Europe.
but to Africa, India and Australia.
The Russians were the first to use
crude petroleum tor fuel on locomo.
tive and stationary steam boilers. for
making illuminating gas for burning
brick and earthenware.
Recent English papers state that
arrangements have been made for
bringing frozen beef, pork, mutton
and poultry from Russia to British
ports during the coming winter, and
the belief is expressed that live ami
mails and eggs will soon be brought
at all seasons of the year. If desir-
able they can be brought most of the
distance by rail or sent all the way
by water from ports on the Baltic
sea. 1t is now believed that immense
quantities of grain raised in Siberia
will be sent TO England. France and
Germany from the same ports.
Siberia is the largest if not the best
grain territory in the world. 1t is
capable of supplying all western
Europe with breadstuff5. The CEN
trail and southern portions of it are
well adapted for raising wool.
The building of the Transcaspian
railroad has opened up one of the
finest cotton raising regions in the
world. The soil is itch and the eli
mate delightful. Labor there is
cheaper than in Egypt or India.
One-half the cotton used in Russian
mills last year was produced in CEN
trial Asia, and efforts will be made to
produce the entire amount needed
within the next four years. AT the
end of that time Russia expects TO
export raw cotton. The profits of
raising it in a region where blowing
may be done during most of the
year and where no fertilizers are re-
quired are enormous. With cars and
steamers run by petroleum cotton
raised in central Asia may within
five years be laid down in Liverpool
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-10

Capt. Covert, late of the American
bark Silas Fish, which was wrecked
off the coast of Turks Island during
the cyclone in September, arrived at
home in Brooklyn Wednesday, after
an absence of over a year. Capt,
Covert and one seaman are the sole
survivors of the SiIas Fish. j. J.
Firth and his young son, Robert
Clarke, the pilot, a passenger named
Kelly and eleven seamen persisted.
Mr.. Firth was one of the most prom
inent merchants of Turks Island.
Capt. Covert sailed from New York
for the River Platte about year ago.
After remaining there for some
months he sailed on his homeward
voyage, reaching Para in August.
where two of his sailors died of yell
low fever. August 81 he left East
Harbor, in Turk Island, with cargo
of salt for this city. He arrived off
Grand Turks on the night of Sep
TENDER /, but too late to land his
passengers. The following morning
it became very stormy, and the bark
was driven out to sea. The wind
came in heavy puff5 from the north
east, but soon settled down to a vio-
lent revolving cyclone. All the sails
were torn out of the gaskets, and
! wave after wave swept over the yes
sci, tearing away all the bulwarks.
To make matters worse, the cargo of
salt shifted. The main and miZzen
masts were cut away, but that did
not succeed in righting the vessel.
The fierce cannOnade Of waves was
more than the Fish could stand and
her decks burst, making noise like
the report of Il myriad of cannOns.
Before the tossed mariners could
realize anything their vessel founder
ed and they sank beneath the waves.
Of the sixteen persons, the captain
ard the rescued French sailor we've
the only ones that again came to the
surface. They had been carried down
distance of thirty feet. He seized
a piece of wood when he came up
and chung to it for several hours,
when he and the French sailor reach
ed part of the forward house of the
bark, which drifted towards them.
They dashed themselves to it, and for
fifty-six hours, exposed to warlike
tempests and the pangs of hunger,
thirst and exhaustion. they were cast
about at the mercy of the elements.
Then they drifted ashore at desolate
place called Goods Hill. All their
clothing was torn from them, and the
tOrrid sun bliStered their weak bodies
as they lay almost lifeless upon the
bleak shore. A lonely colOred fisher
man came to their rescue and carried
them on his back to his house, where
he treated them most kindly. Capt.
Covert was net able to get around for
nearly a month, and only for the
colored fisherman both he and his
sailor would have died. The Amer
lean consul at Grand Turks sent
them home when they had recovered.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-10

to compete with that produced in the
United States.
The region traversed by this same
system of railroads is also said to be
wonderfully adapted to the produce
ton of fine wool and tobacco. For
centuries large fiocks of sheep and
goats have been kept there and have
been the chief sources of wealth.
With good facilities for transporting
their f1eeces it is likely that these
fiocks will be largely increased.
Some state that the tobacco raised in
central Asia is superior to that pro-
duced in Turkey, which is preferred
for making cigarettes and smoking
in pipes,-ChicGgo Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-10
SANG RUN HEARD FROM.
OAKLAND RRDBEMBD !
The COUNTRY SAFE.

Harrison is certainly elected Pres
ident, the House of Representatives
will probably be Republican and the
Senate will be strengthened. Such
is the good news as we 60 to gress,
and such is no doubt the result of the
election.
We gain one member of Congress
in Maryland, and reelected Nc
Comas by from 1,4OO to 800 majority
The majority in this county will be
gratifying to our Republican friends,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-10
Mangled Miners.

REMOVE. PA, Nov. 6.-The Cooks
Run colt coal mines, situated ten
miles above here, were the scene of a
terrible explosion on Saturday after
noon, in which sixteen miners were
killed outright and three were 80
badly injured that they will die.
Two causes of the explosion are
given. The superintendent of the
mines, George l.. Miller, thinks that
assure of gas was struck by the
miners in drilling and that a current
of air carried the gas against LIGHT
in the hands of a miner. 1t is also
said that an italian miner who re-
ceived 100 sticks of dynamite from
the store keeper in the morning,
handled the stuff so carelesl ~ \
work that the whole was ignited. y
The explosion occurred in o pocket
about $50 feet from the opening. Of
the 100 men employed in the mine
ouly nineteen were at work, sixteen
of them in the pocket, two near the
opening some distance of, and one
still further away from the main
body. The force of the explosion
was so great that the BODIES of some
OF the victims were hurled up
through the air shalt and carried
many yards away from the mouth of
the mine. The bodies we're so shock
ingly mangled that in some cases
recognition was impossible.
A little blacksmith shop near the
scene of the explosion was turned
into morgue. There The dead were
laid out. One of them was August
Person, who was blown out through
the air shaft fifty feet in the air and
some of his clothes can be seen hang
ing to limb of a large Tree near by.
Next to him was Mike Curren, who
was blown 200 feet out of the mouth
of the mine, and was found dead in
a ditch still clinging to the handle of
his shovel. He leaves a wife and
several children.
Beside him lay P. F. DOnley, who
also was blown out of the mouth of
the mine. Donley leaves wife and
four children. Then in row were
laid Samuel Gillinger. Charles AL
mon, John Carlson, John Anderson,
Stephen Plutco and Others whose
names cannot be learned. The names
of those badly burned are Wesley
Smoke and John and Aaron Ander.
son. They will recover.
John Farrell, the mule driver, tells
this story: 81 was behind pushing
the car and in raising my head saw
flash. / Immediately dropped to
the ground, moving quickly as pos
sible toward the mouth of the drift
and escaped uninjured. My mule
and Swedish miner alOndside of the
animal were killed instantly. [ felt
but little of the effects of the explo-
sion and its force must have been all
above me, although all the timbers
at the mouth of the shaft were car
ried out 200 feet beyond the mouth of
the shaft"
The land upon which these mines
are situated is the property of Edgar
Munson, of WilliamspOrt. 1t is
leased to number of gentlemen
from New York and Williamsport,
who began operations last February.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-10

visit the blunder upon an innosent
man as if it had been a crime"
The Saturday ReUieao remarks ::
"The boorish rudeness of Mr.. Cleye.
land does not require to be demon
strated. What will strike Euro ne.
ans. especially those who are con.
cerned in politics, is how disagreed
BILE it must be for persons who know
what is meant by the words honest
man. and gentleman to have to live
in contact with American politics.u
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-10
The "Sun" Admits Defeat.

NEW YORK, Noy. 6.-New York
Sun bulletin says New York Repub-
lican plurality State will be small.
Hill is probably elected. Hartford
107 towns including Hartford and
New Haven, give Harrison a gain of
t,34O.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-10

1t is no great matter to live loving
ly with a good-natured, humble and
meek person but he who can do so
with the forward, wilful. ignorant,
peevish and perverse hath true
charity.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-10

A telegram was sent from Iona
coming to the editor of the Cumber-
land Times telling him to "feed the
rooster on coal slack or cuIm."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-10

The Republican majority in Gar
rett county is the largest in her his
tory-and it wasn't Mr.. Peddicord's
fault this time. Whose fault was it :?
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-10

Repent the day before thy death
Consider every day as possibly your
last, and be ever prepared through
penitence),
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-10

The Tribune" Claims the Next House.
New YORK, Nov. 6.-The Tribune
bulletin says the next House of Rep
resentatives will be Republican by
twenty to twenty-five.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-10

"The Black Horse" is an ill omen
for the Democrats.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1888-11-10

Correspondents must enclose full name ant
address, not necessarily for publication, bu
as private guarantee of good faith. Reject
ed communications will not be returned.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-20
Blaine on Prohibition.

In one OF his recent speeches Hon.
James G.. Blaine abiding to the prohibit
ton question said
maine for the last thirty-seven years
has been under a prohibitory Jaw. l
think the state has derived great nd.
vantage rom it; | think the state is far
richer and far better. But we have a
party now coming in and telling us in
effect that Maine had better not pay any
attention TO prohibition until we can or
ganze a National party, and we can
suspend temperance in Maine practically
till we convert Texas and Alabama
THAT is precisely what this National
Prohibition party means, for those who
talk frankly avow that they intend to
defeat the Republican party and bring
the Democratic party in power as a tenn
perance movement. Laughter Going
to take the Democratic party IN Maine
to promote temperance. Laughter, |
And this Prohibition party, outside of
prohibition. is entering into partnership
with the Democratic party TO defeat the
Republican, If that were possible. in
Maine; to elect that sanity embodiment
of prohibition and temperance, David
b. Hill, Governor Of New York. and
all over the country to stab the Republl-
can party in the back and in the dark, in
order .hey say, that the Democratic
party shall be brought into power.
Then there will be a reaction against the
Democrats. and by some politicSl nro-
cess. Of which the working is Sot yet
apparent the National Prohbitionists
will come into power. Fellow citizens,
the Republicans OF Maine have worked
many years in and for temperance re-
form, and Will not turn back from the
good cause But the immediate work
this year is to defend the system of pro.
lection and insure good wages TO labor.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-20
Democratic colore / Zion.

We canuot conceive how an honest
negro can support the Democratic ticket.
The Democrats have always advocated
the doctrine that the negro had no rights
whichsthe white man is bound to re-
spect They have tried to establish q
connecting link, or rather, identity be-
tween the negro and the monkey. They
degraded him TO the level of the brute
creation according him the treatment
below that of a favorite dog or horse.
They beat. shaved and killed the negro
and his offspring without any fear of the
law. They made unholy and immoral
efforts, and with partial success to
bleach out the race contrary TO all Chris
tian teachings, and protests from their
own wives and children. and to the
curse and rnination of our helpless wives
and daughters. Their many sins and
wrongs must have made old Satan him
self blush and tremble for his honors,
for they out-Sataned even himself. The
war on the side of the Southern Demo-
Gratis and their Northern allies was for
perpetuation of these unholy crimes
against the negro, and the success of the
south meant eternal bondage for the
negro, including our negro democrats
who are SO soliojtous about the welfare
of the Democratic party. Since this issue
the progress of the negro has been re-
tarded by the opposition of the Demo-
cratic party and the only enemy to-day
he has, and the only "protectron" he
really needs is from the heel OF the
hardened, unprincipled negotiating
Democrats and their allies. Is it pos
sible that these smart negroes are con-
WINGED tho they hate themselves? That
they are opposed to the acknowledgements
of themselves and their own race? That
they are opposed to the education and
progress OF their own race and them
selves? That they are opposed to all ne
groes holding office unless it be them
selves as a reward for their traitorous
acts towards their race? Money may
satisfy hunger but not conscience. Those
whom YOU would wrong, look upon you
with pity.-IRdidndpolis World.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-20
Cleveland and Thurman Single
formers.

When we consider the patronage Of
this great office. the allurements of pow
er, the temptation to retain public place.
once gained. and, more than all, the
availability party finds in an incum-
bent whom a horde of officehoders,
with a zeal born Of benefits received and
fostered by the hope Of favors yet to
come, stand ready to aid with money
and trained political service, we recog
nizc in the eligibility of the President
for reelection most serious danger to
that calm, deliberate and intelligent ac-
ton which must characterize govern
ment by the people. President CleUe-
lands Letter OF AcceptaRc6, Aug. rs, 1884.
My friends. you will never have any
genuine reform in the civil service until
you adopt the one term principle in re-
ference TO the Presidency. So long as
the incumbent can hope for q second
term he viii use the immense patronage
of the Government to procure his re-
nomination and secure his reelection. -
From speech By the Hon. allen @.
Thurman, Columbus. o., 1872
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-20
DEMOCRATIC STATEMENT.

Whenever possible it ia a good thina
rays the Minneapolis Tribune, TO QUOT
democratic authority. Mr.. Samuel ]. Rsa
dali, the lifelong democrat from Penn
sylvania, and one of the most reliable nd
in the country, made the following ststi
ment while discussing the Mills BIZ
much has been said about remoyinI
taxes upon 'neeessaries' and imposinI
them upon luxuriss.' What does the bl
propose to do in that directionY Iigiva
free olive oil to the epioure, and taIa
castor oil 81 per cent; it gives free 4
plate 10 the Standard Oil Company al
80 the greet meat canning monopolies sH|
imposes a duty 100 per cent on RICE
gives the sugar trust free bone black, anI
proposes prohibitory duties on grocer
grades of sugar; it gives free licoriee
the tobacco manufacturer, while retainiDI
prohibitive duties on manufactured a
becoo; it imposes duty OF 40 per cehl
on the "poor mans blanket" and only i
per cent. on the Administer carpet Of "a
rich. It admits, free Of duty, the IN
animals imported by the gentlemen 4
the turf, aud makes free the paintings ~
statugry of the railway millionaire ~
coal baron" As rule democratic stag
ments on the tariff issBe are not h''
gether trustworthy, snd it is with gfs1
pleasure the Tribune finds it possible \
give its unqualified assent to demo
cratic argument in relation to this all ~
sorbing political topic. Democrat
should read it over again, and READ !
slowly. II takes time and close a'tenii''
90 understand a democrat who argues ~
protection.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-20
The Free Traders in Indiana.

He was a Democratic politician from
the East The train stopped at Elkhart,
but. not wanting refreshments, he raised
the window and looked upon the crowd
such as usually gathers about a railroad
station in the Wild west He observed
two long, lean citizens. each with gun
on his shoulder. standing apart from the
rest and nearest him. Being bit of a
wag he shouted TO them
Hello, strangers. are there any free
traders in this countv?'
Wal" replied the most forbidding
one OF the two. there war two over in
the back end Of the county, but we've
just been over thar and shot EN- both.
They do say thar is another one down
on Pigskin Creek, and we are On our
way down to kill him The reply
satisfied our Eastern Democrat, and he
concluded that if that was the sentiment
all over Indiana there was a mighty good
show for HARRISON.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-20
He Can't Tell the Truth.

Rev Dr. Brooks has broken out again.
He now denies that he ever said he had
"been a rebel, a STAKEHOLDER and Demo-
GRAFT but, thank God, had never been a
Republican" Mr. Brooks is making
things worse for himself. The facts are
sworn to by the best of witnesses. He
has good deal to deny besides the
Decatur speech At the Metropolitan
Opera House, in New York, June %, In
q speech he used this language, which
has been dug up out OF the verbatim re-
ports of the meeting made at the time;
In that contest my distinguished friend
(Fisk) and brother who leads me in this
conflict was on the side Of emancipation.
He was an abolitiouist; and used to
hate an abolitionist worse than | did the
devil. If there was anything outside
the neither regions that | hated mere
than another it was an abolitionist.
Laughter, And while he was fighting
or one side, / was doing all the praying
and all the exhortation, and all tie en-
treaty and a Title fighting, on the other
sud-" The last few words differ from
his rebel speeches at the West in admit
ting that he was rebel fighter. THANK
God, Brooks would undoubtedly be a
better man if he possessed the virtue of
yeracity Of which he appears to be desti-
tute. - ChicdQ0 Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-20
Notices for Banners.

"You don't hear Of any one emigrat-
ing from the United States. We prefer
carpets on the floor rather than sand.
1--WE won't be dragged down to Euro
pean wages. Let them come up to our
Standard
Let the tariff be revised by its friends
and not by its enemies
There can be competition only be-
tween equals
Whatever is manufactured IT home
gives work and wages to our own Peo-
pie
The lowest priccd fabric means the
lovest-priced labor.
1--WE are on strike against the free
trade Democracy and European wages.
Let Well enough alone
Cleveland runs well Ia England"
Experience las taught me that
manufactures are now rs necessary to
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-20

our independence as to our comforts. -
Thomas Jefferson.
ITO be independent for the comforts
of life we must fabricate them ourselves. y
Thomas Jefferson.
Cleveland has advanced free trade
more than any British minister. Lon.
don Times.
''The American standard Of living
satisfies u.s."
cleveland wants to pauperize labor, y
"Never surrender to England. No
pauper wages for u.s."
''fhe only time England can use an
Irishman is when he emigrates to Ameri-
ca and votes for free trade. London
Times.
"All free traders are Democrats. but
all Democrats are not free traders"
"The Mills bill was introduced by a
free trader"
"We had tariff revision in as and 81,
and soup-houses followed"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1888-09-20
Tribute to Daniel Voorhees,.

Daniels fate is to rake up
the failures Of all his political career in
his TRADES against republicans. Every
accusation turns upon himself. He can
not touch upon political history without
stumbling upon the blunders of his life
--blunders which he now charges upon
others as crimes. He can not look back
without looking upon a life of failure
without single redeeming act to which
he can claim the quality of patriotism or
sagacious foresight or good sense. So
long as the slave lords ruled, their serv-
ice did not allow him a soul. When
they went into the war of rebellion he
served them with aid and comfort with
out the mitigating part of risking per-
sonal danger by joining the rebel army.
Whatever he could do to give aid and
comfort to the enemy in the war, while
claiming the immunities of the laws of
peace, he did. The levying of war up
on ones government may be treason
without dishonor; but can treachery
which claims the protection Of the gov
eminent while helping the enemy, be
without dishonor? General Benedict
Arnold's engagement to deliver up the
military post of West Point. has made
his name a synonym Of infamy for all
time. Yet that was q small affair IN
comparison with the Democratic con-
spiracy to surrender Indiana to the Con-
federate army. Cincinnati CONNER
ciQI Gazette