The Ottawa free trader., 1889-07-27

been said that while the British nation ha!
not thus far objected 10 putting up for the
wild oats of His Royal Highness, the
Prince of Wales there Is steadily grow
Ing sentiment among them that they
should not be asked 10 go on providing In
definitely whenevera young princes roya
grandmother resolves that he must marry
or a lovesiCk Princess of the third genera
ton takes II into her serene head 10 strike
for a trOusseau. Of course In this feeling
large proportion of lntelligentlAmerican:
are with them heart and soul, but what
difference 1t can make what Americans
think does not appear, except that. possibly
Americans, as lockers on, can see that an
end must come; and this Her Royal High.
ness evidently does not yet see.
| Mrs Geo. Brown was struck by lightning
near Bloomington some days ago. Not
being killed, though rendered unconscious,
she was wrapped In sheet and covered
over with fresh earth, except her head.
This was repeated on four successive days,
for several hours at time, until she fully
recovered.
The Des Moines Water Works Co., a
private corporation, bought the franchise
given by North Des Moines 10 another pri.
vste company. Recently North Des
Moines had some sense pounded into II, and
proposed putting the question OF building
its own works 10 u popular vote, when the
Des Moines Co. asked for an Injunction to
prevent the town from voting on the prop
osition Judge Bishop very properly re-
fused. Nevertheless North De M)ines
may still be In box Cities, like men,
generally pay the penalty for making fools
of themselves.
The II. c. Frick Coke Co. is trying to
buy 1000 more Pennsylvania coke ovens
with the lands to add 10 the 5,640 the
company now owns. If successful, this
company will have control OF the coke
trade of the North.
The Salt Trust has been completed and
on the payment the other day OF Sl3,I5O
license fee 20 the State OF New York II ac-
quired legal standing capitalization, $l5,-
100000 on which amount 8 per cent Is
guaranteed shareholders at the minimum
annual dividend, though the prospectus
shows how the company will make three
or four times that amount. The concern
owns 1870 salt works, located In every salt
making section of the country-practically
| has control of the entire business In this
country,-and says 1t Is going to make Its
hugh profits merely through the benefits
of cooperation. AS the American octopus
Is but branch of the English Salt Union,
which within the past six months has
doubled the price of salt In England, II is
more than likely the corporation will
be the expected cooperation to plunder the
people. Of course, our local stumpefs will
In oh OF % nlltr naib IphtDh aim plu rnhs
head of family of six cents week, or
something Of that sort but the old-fash-
lOued pars0n used TO teach us that the theft
of pin was stealing and the extortion of
100000 Scents week, wnen unneces.
sary, Is not far different.
Martin Burke has not yet been sent back
from Canada by eXtradition Indeed, he
seems as far removed from the Cook county
Jail as ever, and II Is possible that as the
probable murderer of DR.. Cronin he may
yet escape He has recently received an
apparent abundance of funds from some
quarter AMI the legal fight has been re-
sumed with increased vigor on his part.
Gov. Lowry of Mississippi Is still on the
war path about the Sullivan Kilrain fight,
and since he cant get hold of the princi.
pals he has arrested the owner of the
battle ground, the superintendent of the
railway company and such other of the
small fry as come within reach.
The straw board makers have organized
TT OH no, the American Strawboard
Co., capital, $6000,000. 1t takes In twenty.
six mills located from Delaware to Illinois,
and all the dealers. The slow coaches
we're persuaded to join by the cut the
American" Company made from AZ
cents to SO cents and when that pur-
pose was accomplished, the price has since
risen 10 35 cents, and the trust Is working
beautiful"
The arbltrators of the mining troubles at
Streator have been hearing testimony this
week at StreatOr and In Chicago. 1t has
been shown that the miners wages are very
low-not averaging much over $50 month.
| While at work, the men can earn about
$l75 per day but only portion of the
month-ffteen TO eighteen days are
working days. The mines appear to have
more men than they can keep busy and
divide the work among those applying for
1t. This does not however, appear to be
peculiar to the Illinois fields for several
OF the men testified that men could earn as
much In the West as In the Hooking Val
ley The market price of coal at the mines
has been low enough, averaging, perhaps,
less than 81 so per ton SO that unless
freights are frlghtfully exhorbitant the
consumer has been paying the dealers a
handsome profit If they can buy as low as
the railroads have been offered coal for.
The wire nail men have taken the pre-
liminary steps looking to combination of
all the cut-nail mills, by which their pro-
duct will be handled by single central
organization. Report will be made to an
adjourned meeting to be held Aug. Z.
Chicago and New York have each be-
gun the preliminary work of securing the
location of the great International Exposi-
tion 10 celebrate the 4th centennial of the
discovery of America by Columbus in
1902. Both cities claim the location, ana
both will put forth extraordinary efforts to
get 1t, We of the West certainly want
Chicago to have the great show, for as
America In 1876 outdid all prior exhibi-
tions, SO that of 1899 will no doubt sur
pass that Of Paris of 1889, up to this time
the greatest exhibition the world has ever
seen. Chicago would open the exposition
doors to thousands who would never be
able to go to New York, and In her ability
to take care of people, Chicago In 1892
will be head and shoulders above New
Nnrk hamm al In 40 Naw NorL 10 ,,t,it.,