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The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25
The Samoan Difficulty.

II looks to-day as though Germany
(which means Bismarck) had gotten be.
yond the bounds of good sense, justice
and International conf y in her endeav-
or to build up a colonial empire and
WAS likely to get into serious trouble
over il.
l. is said in to days dispatches that
Lord Salisbury. British Prime Minister,
has assured this government of Eng
lands support on the ground of protest
agains, Grrmany's unwarrauted action.
TIE United Safes, Of course, can make
no show Of great force with ships built
of wood, sailing twelve miles per hour
and armed with old mCzZIe loading
guns huiit years ago bul the effect of
immediate action is likely to be good
Few individuals OF IA ions care to an
tagnniZe an opponent who makes a de-
terminei sand, even though of less
force, and Germany is no exception to
the rule.
or course, no war is likely to result.
The DAYS are gone when nations lightly
assume that dread responsibility but
the United Sta'es and England are
evertheless perfectly right in deferd-
| ing the treaty by which they, with Ger
many, assumed to guarantee the Ru-
tonomy OF the Samoan Islands, even
though the act be war!ike in its nature.
Still, one cannot be censured for
asking the question. "Why did the
4 United States take part in these entanp,
/ ling questions 10 the first place ?''
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25
BOnntIes and lakes.

The sugar-groweTs of the country
can't compete with the sugar-growers
Of France, Germany aud Spain. To
encourage the sugar industry, the peo-
pie pay tariff duties amounting to over
$50 600 600 annually. II is now pro-
posed Dy tne Senate to reduce the .sriff
tax on sugar and pay a government
bounty Of one cent a pound 10 all sugar
growers.
Toe wheat-growers OF all the older
States can't compete with the free and
c1ore fertile lands of the Ear West, and
farms In Pennsylvania are now gener-
aliy prOfitless. If bounties should be
paid 10 sugar farmers why not to
wheat. corn and oats farmers If the
government is to become paternal and
make every business profitable, regard
less OF the swift change of the age, why
not give bouuties TO the farmers OF
Pennsyl vania. Ohio and Indiana
A few-uot fifty In all-propose to
Congress that tn now taxed 33 per cent.
shall b. taxed 20 per cent, to enable a
few dozen capitalists to make large pro
fits by lis manufacI ure. Tin is used in
every home Of the land. II is on the
poor mans roof. in his kitchen. in his
dinner pail. and is used in the millions
of cans which small far mers must have
to can their fruits aud vegetables and
the proposition is simply To tax the
whole country some SIS 600 600 a year
to enable Few capitalists to become
miilionaires and monopoIists.
LII The government is owned and is to
be run solely in the interest OF centra-
lized money, why not pay the $4,000.
600 as bounty direct to the tin combine
instead or taxing the poorer people or
the land If the many ars ID be meIe
tax subjects for the benefit of :he few,
let the law tell the truth on its face. and
provide that the government will capt.
taliZs and paw bounties to the manu!ac-
tureTs of tin
1t was assumed by the few who
profit by monopoly taxes imposed upon
the people, that tariff and tax discus
sion was ended by the late election
but the victOrs are now discussing il ia
the Senate and the cloven foot sends
shiver among the people as particular
industries are selected TO be the recipi-
ent of direct government bounties.
Let the discussion go on in the Senate.
1t will go on with the people until there
snail be return to honest protection to
the wages of labor and needless taxes
are taken from the necessaries of life.
.Phild. Times.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25
A Proposed New Test for Immigrants.

The new Immigration bill reported to
Congress proposes To exclude as danger
Ous all Anarchists" and SOCIALISTS. -
This is doubtless very well meant, but
it would be interesting TO learn by what
species of inquisition immigration
agents at home or abroad could discover
what sort of contraband ideas a man
might carry under his hat.
II is quite true that most men no
honestly entertain opinions in regard
TO government and society, however
wanting in orthodoxy, are generally
too honest TO deny them. But TO set
up a Government censorship over immi-
grants and to deny them the privilege
OF landing on these shores because of
srms abstract doctrines OF governme Mt
and policy they might smuggIe in with
them smaczs of intolerance and pro-
scriptiOn. In the same spirit Louis
XIV and the widow OF Searron Danish
I'd The Huguenots from France not so
much from hatred of their heretical
opinions. as in the belief that people
holding these opinions could Lot be true
subjects Of the realm.
Many man might be an Anarchist
in Russia when goaded to madness by
imperial despo ism, or a socialist in
Germany when contemplating its semi
military, semi socialisi ic system of gov
eminent. Yet The same man, upon his
settlement in The United States. would
be likely to be converted into a good
citizen under the IN fluence of free insr j.
tutions. Apart from The Imprscticsbii-
lty or the attempt TO exercise an InQui-
sition over abstract opinions, the scare
crow of anarchy" should never fright
en- the people OF this great roun rv into
cowardly abandonment of the liberal
principles upon which their Government
Is founded. d.-Phild Record.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25
A Bounty for sugar.

Now that the election is over and
there is no immediate need OF bambooz-
ling the voters II publican leader
admits that the tariff is tax.
Senator Allison, In the debate on the
sugar bounty. declared that the pro-
posed reduction OF one half in the dntv
would save so. 200, 600 to the consu.
mers or sugar In this country. even af-
ter the proposed bounty was paid.n Ic
Is we'll to record the confe, sion that
the tarih is d Tax and that the consumer
pays 1t.
In regard to the proposed bounty Of
one cent pound to the manufacturers
domestic sugar there will, of course
De no dlsputing that this would be tax
also. Every other producer OF worker
in the country would be taxed to paw a
bounty OF 81 per 100 pounds to the man.
ufacturers of sugar
Acd ~hO would profit by this I? The
caue-growers, the sorghum aud beet
raisers Not bit of il ! The bounty
would simply he bonus TO Trusts.
The present Sugar Trus ixss The price
of raw material. The Same or a new
Trust would monopoiizs the business OF
refining The producis of the csnestaIks
or beets and fix arbitrarily the price
which should be paid to the farmers.
The Trust would add the bounty to its
own prodts-thus roobiDg the people
with two hands instead OF one.
The monopoly protecting Senate is a
schoo;mast-r in the campaign of educa.
tiou.-N World.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25

IT is nor very ceditab BILE TO the lead
ing Republican organs OF the country
says the Providence II. L. Journal
that they are silent on 50 important d
question as the proposed Establishment
o. the bounty system In the UCi:ed
S ates on great scale. 1t is evident
that they do not approve 1t or they
would say so. and yet because It has
been adopted by the party leaders in
the Senate under pressure from the Sen
stoIs from California aud Kansas,
whose votes are necessary for the pass
age OF the Ter'ff bill, they siifs their
convictions and allow not only the in
dustrlAl system OF the courtIy to be
vitaily changed. but their own psrtY to
take a tremendous risk because ihey
have not ths courage and iniependence
10 speak out. II is a pltisbie exhibi-
tion of the weakness of organic iour-
nelism.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25
The Events In samoa.

| SAN FRANCISCO. January 20.-Ths
| details of the events at Samoa which
| followed the attempt OF the Germans 10
| land their forces. and the defeat OF
their troops, described at length in the
Associated press correspondence from
Apia. telegraphed last night, are sup
pleuented by other correspondence,
whose accounts are published here. The
Samoan Tunes. published at Apia, and
which has Deem impartial in Its account
of the events on the island, gives the
following version OF the fight OF Decen-
Der IS:
"At2 O'Clock on the morning of
Tuesday, eighty sailors from the Olga
were landed e: Mstaafa and forty more
were sent N boats along the coast.
the eighty men marching on land to
meet Mataafa- At a German farmers
plantation the shore party were re-
infoIced by al! The imported laborers,
said 10 be New Britain men. so that
Mstafs WAS bet ween the two hundred
men who came down the day before and
the German sailors and foreign labor
ers. Mataafa knowing the danger of
interference with the German soldiers
retired inland few hundred yards
The Germans followed up, and fired
into Mataafa's people killing a young
man, son OF the chief. The chief get
ting terribly excited, was only prevent
ed by bis own people from firing into
the Germans, but while struggling
against former efforts he himself was
shot and fell dead beside his son.
''Aataafa's people could not stand
this, anc by common impulse. without
orders. returned fire. Their first voliey
killed SIX Germans and wounded others.
x.FF
laborers refused 20 light it out, know
ing that this me-nt certain death
against vast odds. The sailors beat a
warriors following them some distance.
Matasfa lost about 10 killed and
wounded. while the German loss is
stated at 20 KILLED. Among the dead
is Lieutenant Sieger. Tie United
States steamer n ipsIc steamed to Salu-
afata on Tuesday on hearing that Ger
man warships were going TO shell Ma
taafa's stronghold. Captain Mullsn
had communications with tn German
commanders and entered bis protest
against their reported project. HIS
protest was not taken notice of. how>
ever, for Oiga threw shells into the
spot where Maiaafa was supposed to be,
but which he had vacated.'
Inc GermaDs brought upon them
selves the fate that overlook them, as It
was not until two of Matsafa's chiefs
were killed that he ordered bis men
10 fire on the Germans. After their de-
feat the Germans bombard-d the village
OF Maafagatele. although warned bv the
American CousuI. Blackjack, that three
houses In the place belonged TO an
American citizen. Over these houses
an American flag flosted, yet the flag
was torn down and partially burned by
the German sailors who landed TO com
plete the destruction OF the place.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25

THERE is said to be due the Safe
from eight corporations about 50 3o0,-
900, which would pay off the Siaie debt.
These claims are based on the actual
capital o. the companies on which they
have neglected or declined to pay. The
corporations and the amount of their
alleged Indebtedness are Delaware
and Hudson canal, s977. 600 /; Lshigh
VSlley railroad. s744, 600 Delaware,
Lsckswanua aud Western railroad,
$50. 900 Pennsylvania railroad. 81 1885,.
600 Erie and Western Transportation
ss2oo, 900 Philadelphia and Erie rail-
road S419, 200, and the Mutual Life
Insurance company, OF Philadelphia,
100000.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25
The Amendment middle.

The fscts pointed out in the Post
months ago. that with the Adoption OF
the prohibition amendment the S ate
will only reach the initial stages of the
prohibition crusade are Just commence
ing to dawn on some OF our esteemed
contemporaries. The amendment is
not Self-eDforciDg. and will require a
code of laws of a kind happily unknown
to the people of PENNSYLVANIA. but fa-
miliar TO the people OF Maine, Vermont.
Kansas and Iowa, to give it any practi-
cal effect. Otherwise it will have no
more force as a prohibiiory measure
than the famous bill against the comet.
To pass such a code an extra session of
the legislature will be necessary. This
Is precisely where the shoe pinches the
Republican politicians. It. IL easy 20
favor submission or prohibition as a
sentimental theory. but whan it, comes
to frame the stringent and arbitrary
laws necessary to make IL a reality we
only stand at the threshold of the
weighty problem. The trouble will
theE commence. Should no laws to en-
force the amendment be passed before
May, 1890. when license are issued un-
der the Brooks law. that viii cease 10 he
operative. because 1t would be in open
conflict with the smendment, which
sternly prohibits. without reservation
or exception. 1.-The manufacture or saIe
OF keeping for sale'' of intnxicants
The legislature is granted rhs power TO
provide for the sale of liquor "for OF ber
purposes than as a beverage and is re-
quired To do so, as well as to enforce
the general prohibition at its first ses
siou after the sdop' ion OF the amend
msnt. In the absence OF such laws
devising radical me, b Ids. the practical
result will he that the Brooks law will
lapse "a unconstitutional, and the sale
OF liquor will be free and unrest rained
just as it was in Ohio for years. pnder
somewhat similar conditioIs.-Pius
burg Post.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25
MhfskeY Kfltn.

How often are we yet 70 be told thas
whisEey kills Arsenic kill; ! opium kills,
and so do hundreds of other good remedies
kill IL abused instead of used. But ask the
question. ''Will whiskey cure - ''Yes - is
the positiverreply of the most eminent ply
siciaDs of all the land. Disease steals into
your system like sneak thief into your
house, and often by negiecting bad COLI,
We end our days in lingering. and wishing
for hralth-wben, indeed. one pottis OF Pure
Whisseg or Brandy would have cured The
cold Such goods may be scarce. but they
can be found at Max KieIns. 81 Federal
street, Allegheny. His "Silver Age" Is the
only whisky endorsed by the doctors. You
can get the pure Guckenheimer. Finch or
Gibson Rye at 81 90 per quart or six quarts
for S5 90 Send for price list.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25
The Needle woman's Tax.

The bounty Senate still kseps on in
favor of the Classes. II refused to re-
duce the tariff ou thread out reduced
the tariff on pearls from 25 per cent to
10 per cent.
The cotton thread trust consisting of
the Clarks and Coats is protsc'ec In the
monopoly bv a duIy III So 50 per cent.
on their thread They sell their 200
yard spools here at 55 cents dozen less
2 per cent for cash. and at the end of
the year they give bonus of per cent.
which makns the price 20 the Ietail
merchant 462 cents per dozen. which
doZsn he retaiis for go cents, or 8 cents a
spool. Over in Canada this same
thread is sold to retail merchants at
273 cents a dozen aud r-tailed at for
. cents In other words at the mos
favorable terms our merchants paw 193
cents a dozen more for a dozer spsols of
Clsrks spool cotton than The CanadI
AZ merchant pays and the farmers
wife pays 10 cents for two spools of
thread that the Canadian house wife
gets for five cents. But in the eyes of
the United States Sanate this is protec-
tion 10 the American people.
Who does not remember the time th at
two blocks of Estches cost Eve cents.
Each 100 had a one cent revenue stamp
on them. Two of the five cents paid
were n tax 3 cents were for the matches
The tax was removed. now you can buv
900 matches anv place for a nickel and
manv plac-s 200 are sold for a penny.
Clarks spool cotton does not bear a
stamp as the block of matches did, but
the tax is there with this diff
the match tax went to the government
the thread tsx goes iDto the pock-rs of
the Spool Cotton Com Dbination. Here
is one instance where the tariff shows
itself a direct tax OF the consumer Of
goods produced In this country. In
Canada spools cents. In P-npsyl-
vania, spools 10 cents. Tariff, tax.
bounty paid to the Thread Trust on two
spools OF thread 5 cents. Who can
fail to understand hat. In this case il
looks as If the tariff were tax.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25

NOTWITHSTANDING the tariff, which
the managers OF the z. o. p. allege is
the only thing that keeps mp the wages
OF the woIkingmen remains at The top
notch, notices were posted by the
Pottstown Iron Company on Monday.
ordering a reduction in the pudding de-
partment of twenty nve cents a ton.
making the price s.. the sane as was
paid during the panic in 1873. This
reduction affects three hundred men
It takes effect February A. b. one month
in advance OF tie Inauguration Of Pres
ident Harrison. There is no,king like
proteet tlon--to the manufacturers who
bad The fst fsied out os them previous
to the election, ana who Will now pro-
eeed to tr7 It %: Of their employees.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25
A Scrap of Paper save. Her Life.

1t was just an ordinary scrap or wrapping
paper. but IL saved her life. She In the Ia Il
stages of consumption, told oy physicians that
she was ineurable and could live eRly a short Z
tims she weighed less than severity pounds.
On piece of wrapping pspper she read OF Dr.
Kings New Discovery, and got . sample bottle /;
it HELPED her. she oought large botti. II helped
ter moe bought another and grew better fast,
connou'o q u'e and Is nov strous. healthy,
rosy. plump. vel hing 100 pcn,ds. For ful er
Particulars send staupto W. u Cole. Druesist.
fo1 Smith. Trial sorti-s Of this wcudsrful psx.
coSery iree at tn AZ store OF E. Jsmss, Ress.
euTg. ana W. ". Gcltseg. Lsssrto.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25
EuPepsy.

This wha. you ought TO have. IN fact, you must
have II, 20 faiv enjoy life. Thousands are search
ing Tor II daily. aud monrr ng Sc they nnd
II not- Tnousards upon Thousands of dollars n q
spent annually BY cur pe Die IN the hope tnst
they may attzIn this boon. And yet IL unay be
rad ~ all We gua-nntee that Electric Bittsrs
y nssd according 10 directions aas the use per.
sisted IN viii bring you Gooi ID gsstfon and
Gust 'fe demon Dyspepsa q and fnsfAn instead
EoF epsy. Ne recOmmend Il ctric Bittsrs for
ID sf.-psia anf 81 diseases Of the Liver Ston sch
are hIdnevs sold at Soc and 81 90 per bottle ny
Z James, Eoensturg, aa6 W. W. HeAtsVr, Lct.
stto eTCyztsts. S@"-
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25

THE Democratic S;s te Committee
met at the Bolton house Harrisburg,
Wednesday morning, os last week aud
reelected Chairman Elliott p. KIsner
and Secretary B. NJ. Mead. Harris
burg was selected as the place for hold
ing the next State Convention and the
following executive committee WAS
chosen NJ ,rshal Wright Lehigh
Charles Z. Krumbahr Philadelphia
M. f. Elliott. Tiogs B. +. MYERS,
Hsrri risburg William Scot. Erie
James p. K-rr, Cl-arfield EckeIy B.
Coke, Luzerne.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25
Rhamokfn White Caps.

SHAaoKIS, Pa, January 20. The white
Cap outrages near Coal Run surpass In
atroeity the exploits of that Infamous organ
iza.ron in other states. Patrick Doolan and
two Hungarian laborers left the mines of
ths Corbin co.liery n 2o'ciock Friday morn
iDg 10 go TO their bones at SpriE gfleId. a
aile from this city, and two mites from the
mines.
When near their homes they met thirty
armed men wearing black masks and white
caps -Four of the men were carrying a
naked man whose person TesenbIed a quar-
ter of beef. This appearance was caused,
40 the leader told the astoBished and af-
frighted miners, by having twenty lashes OF
q cato -nine tails laid on hIm. When the
procession reached the spot where Do. Ian
and the White Caps stood. the bIeedire Q
man. who was unconscious. was held up ia
front of the worKm-D, who recognized hiu
as Thomas Hague. of Coal Ruiz, repu.ed q
harmless idiot. who. 1t was claimed bad
tried to assault a girl.
A rope was then tied around Hsgue n
he was cast into the ice cold stream and
dragged up and down In the water for a
short while. when he was laid on tie bank
A White Cap then ordered DooIan and bis
DeD to kneel ana remain in that position
until they were out OF sight. The men die
so aud the band disappeared In the woods
The workmen carri-d Hague into a hostelry
in Springfield where hs Now lies at the point
OF death The alarm was at once given and
bands OF angry miners secured the woodl
for miles around. hut no trace of the bro,e.
could be found. Y sterdsy's mail brought
number OF warnings to different psopl, ts
leave Shanokin in twenty-four hours or re
ceIve punishment from the White Caps 7,
% feared that there will be bleodshsa, as
eSerybe6T il heartily acred.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25

REPRESENTATIVE James y. BurEes,
OF Missouri, was seized with an attack of
paralysis Oh Wednesday afternoon in
the House st Washington, during the
consideration of the sundry service bill.
He was removed to bis hotel in the
police ambu, ance. His condition is
very critical, his entire left side is COM
pletely paralyzsd and while he is pei
fect'y conscious, his condition is alarm
ing.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25

-Tbouas PrestoDs. aged twenty four,
living at Centre and Hancock streets, Ger
mantown. shot his nipeteen-year>ofdw wife.
Saiiie. Tuesday afternoon three vines,
while she was nursing their year. Did babe.
The woman will die. Preston had been
married less than two years. and 1t is sai1
that the lives OF the pair have not been nap-
by owing to the extremely Jealous disposi-
tiOu of the husband
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25

TIE land disposed of by the govern
ment during the year ending with the
30th of June last, under the homestead
and other land laws, amounted TO 16 =
319,076 acres, equal to more than half
the State Of Pennsylvania, and suffi-
cient to make one hundred thousand
farms Of 160 acres each.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25

In the Senate at Washington, on
Tuesday among the memorials present.
ed was a ludicrous one by Senator Vest.
signed by number of dentists asking
that bounty of a dollar per .ooth ex
traeted he allowed to American den
lists, sin order TO encourage the immi-
grafton of dentists from other parts OF
the world thereby making better mar.
ket fer agricultural and other product $
or this country" II was laid on the
table
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25

AT Harrisburg, on Tuesday the
House passed finally the constitutional
prohibition amendment resolution by a
vote ef 132 yeas to "a nays. Hon. John
;. Rhey, voted with the majority of the
Democrats against the passage of the
resolution. while Hon. John. NJ. Rose,
voted with ths maio -ity of the Repub-
llcans in favor 1t.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25

THE new American navy, when COM
pleted, will consist OF % vessels, rang,
ing from the armored cruiser Maine,
carrying 444 men. down to a first-class
torpedo boat, carrying four officers and
eighteen men. There will be 5 7s6 on
board the twenty-five vessels-5Oo OH
GERS and 5. 2s6 sailors and marines.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25

BECAUSE few capitalists in Pitts
burg want To experiment in the manu-
facture Of tin plate, they want the whole
country taxed to help them along. If
these r-paupers.:must have as
sistance, it would be better 20 give them
8 direct slice oct OF the surplus than to
raise the duty on tin plste and thereby
tax every family that uses tinware.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25

THE Philadelphia Ledger has started
a boom for Col. Free, Grant, for Min
lister TO China. II they cannot get
Grant the Ledger might compromise on
James G.. B.aine, Jr., who has an
!llustrious sire aud is at present out of
a paving lob.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25

A BILL was introduced in the House
at Harrisburg, -on Monday, amending
the High License law, giving cons 'ables
s24 year for work done under the
high license act.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-01-25
E6ENssURc. Pa.
FRIDAY, JAN. .. 1889.

You have just five months to consid-
er the Prohibition question. To be or
not TO be Z?