Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-03-08
THE GROWN PRINCE DYING.

ALL HOPE OF HIS RECOVERY GIVEN UP
BY PHYSICIANS AND PEOPLE.
London Telegram New York Mail ana Express
Dispatches which have been received
personally by Queen Victoria from Ber-
liz and san Reno STATE plainly that all
hope has been abandoned of preventing
fatal issue of the Crown Princes i'll
ness. This has been the truth Of the
matter from the beginning, as l have
steadily advised you; and these direct
and uncompromising admissions of the
desperate condition Of the Prince only
confirm the opinion which has been held
by the best-informed persons all along.
His life may still be prGtracted for sew
eral months by the indefatigable atten-
ton and various skill of the physicians.
Under the vigorously careful treatment
to which he is subjected this is quite
likely; bat, as l cab!ed You Yesterday,
nothing more than this is possible. The
Princes strength, which has, until lately
been kept up in marvellous degree, has
SO visibly diminished during the current
week that the grayest fears are enter
tanned Cf his ability to summon sufficient
force to even feebly aid the medical men
in their assiduous endeay0rs to alleviate
his sulferings and prolong his existence.
So dabilitated and nervous has he be
come, and so greatly have his dyspepsia
and general constitutional arrangement,
resulting in distressing lassitude and
loss Of recUpe-atiye rest. lesSened his
normally enormous vitality, that any
new development Of the disease, even if
it be only a slight one, will inevitably
precipitate the crisis. Tie people about
him are fallen into sad expectation of
his death. the aged Emperor ard En-
press are no longer beguiled with false
hope, and the German people can do
nothing now bat look on with sorrowful
waiting. The Iamentable condition of
the German Crown Prince has led to
the curtailing OF silver wedding festiyi-
ties of the Prince and Princess of Wales,
and everywhere a spirit of mourning
has seized upon al who are allied in
blood or friendship with the imperial
family of Prussia. Prince Williams
presence az san Reno has proved very
gratifying to his afflicted father and
mother. The question Of the abdication
of Trince Frederick William, or any ref
erence to political affairs of that sort,
has rot been mentioned in the sick
mans presence, the critical state of the
patient rendering impossible the discus
sion in his hearing of any exciting mat
ter, to say nothing Of consulting him.
He might not be able to bear any furth-
er mental irritation, although he still
bears up as brayely as possible.
THE PRODUCTION OF STEEL.
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
1t may interest the general public to
know that under free trade rule only
$4,000 tons of steel were manufactured
in this country, While now one-half the
steel produced on the globe is manufac-
turel in the United States. Further
more, under the system of protection the
price of steel rails has fallen, inside of
ten years, from $50 to $50 per ton, and
yet free traders tell lis that protection
mas increased prices and been a burden
to consumers.
There is not leading article produced
in this country under the influence of
protection that is not cheaper than it was
ten years or five years ago, and that Is
not lower than it would have been under
free trade.
Take the duty off wool, and while 1t
would reduce the price temporarily, it
would soon very soon increase it beyond
present figures. Strike out the domestic
product, as free trade would, and the for
eign product would speedily advance.
1t would then be too late to revive
sheep industries. 1t would take years
to undo the mischief At the same
time domestic mutton, which is an es-
Sentiai article of food, would become
comparatively scarce and dear.
The wool question alone would prove
the bad policy of the free-traders' policy.
But it would be a costly system of edu-
cation. Too expensive altogether to be
A FRANK ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Journal.
The correspondent Of the Louisville |
C0urier-JOarHai acknowledges that the
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