The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1889-01-12
Current Events.

There Is little doubt that Mr.. Harrison,
though maintaining MS record since eiec'
zion AS the great American sphinx, Is hol
"a happy us he In quiet. II Is not unlikely
he will he still more unhappy before the
end of March. His party Is too much
loaded with great men, he mas such II
plethora of greatness 10 select irOiii' 50 U"
speuk! At any rate, Mr.. Blaine Is gong
u give Mr.. Harrison great deal oi uheas
iuess; and whichever horn II the diItii>
ma he takes he Is pretty sure % get mo
hot water because Of his choice, ana "
does not appear that there Is so very much
choice AS between horns. The chanceS
are Blaine will get there, He has gone To
Washington permanently" and the proph-
cts say that means the premiership,
A new feature of the struggle against
Blaine Is the position OF "sas.iety' In
Washington. II is all "agin" Blaine and
his wife, according 10 the n Herdld
Mr. Elaine seems To have in some way
been disturbing element in Washingt u
and the return OF the family 10 public lite
is not hailed with any degree of cordali'y;
and this fact Is being worked" for all 1t l.
worth by Mr.. BIS enemies; and in n city
like Washington "sassiety' Is not without
It's weight
One of the most gigantic swindles 81 the
age has just collapsed, bringing RUN 10
many cOntidiug investors, who nave
"dropped' over "A million of money In the
"Electric Sugar Refining Company
With the tariff IN refined sugars Ms II mas
stood since 1882, there are barrels Oh
money in sugar REFINING. 80 when OIL
Henry G.. Friend appeared IN the ir"ie
about four years ago with samples on won
deriully pure sugar, which he claimed 10
have himself refined by his secret elec-
trio process, be had little trouble In organ
iling company 10 take hold al the Ousl-
ness. A factory was built, but no one was
allowed inside Of IL but Friend ana wife
and few ignorant wOrkmen, Friend claim
ing that AS his process was not phtentable
he could not afford % allow anyone Ia see
his process. Though not stOckh.lder or
any man in the world save Friend knew
what was going on in the factory, the stock
went booming" reaching $500. Friend
then began 10 unload his stock, and then
suddenly died and Mrs Friend and all
others connected with the plan disappear
ed, Mrs Friend, IL is said, with $3.50 600 In
available assets. The Preslden and Treas
urer of the Company and mum oer OF
stockholders proceeded 10 the factory and
invaded the secret rooms. What they dis
covered made their eyes bulge out There
were "A number Of machines used In break
leg cute sugar into smaller particles, ana
In granuating the coarser grades and In
nothing else There was no mysterious
electrical apparatus by which the sweet
stuff should be transformed into the pur'
est sugar There were Crushers and that
was all Not pound of raw sugar had
been refined In the factory. Quantities OF
refined sugar, chiefly CUBES, had been pur-
chased hy the operators and prepared In
come secret spot with chemical liquid |
which eliminated the ordinary impurities
found In all sugars The chemical used |
had crystalliZed the cubes 10 Il barge eX'
te {, ami when they were broken they had
"A finer appearance and quality than sugar
was ever known 10 pOssess.-Ihe stock !
holders aud the officers of the company |
were kept in perfect confidence until the
larVes, possible amount of money could he
secured, aud then the bubble was allowed |
tO burst.