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The morning call., 1890-10-27
TEN-DGLLAR SUITS.

a New York free-trade paper seeks to
make a point against the Mckinley tariff on
the ground that ten-dOllar suit Of clothes
would cost three dollars more under this
tariff than under the old one. There would
be some significance in this statement but
for the fact that no ten-dolar suits were
imported under the old tariff, at least not
in the last years. American manufacturers
could make as good tel-d0llar suits as were
made in Europe. leaving utOf consideration
the duties on foreign gods. British papers
admit that England sends over low-priced
goods to the United States. The Manchester
Guardian, for example, recently said
''In some cases, no doubt. cur exports to
the United States Will be Iesseped but we
send nothing to the States now except
things which for excellence Equality cannot
elsewhere be equaled, and the Weather
classes in Ameri, a, who alone are our Gus
toners there, will pay almost any price
rather than go without what we have to
supply"
The Guardian has summed up the case
correctly. The goods we import from Eu-
rope are such as have been made costly by
an expenditure of labor which the American
manufacturers cannot afford. Foreign suits
costing in this country S45 can be duplicated
at home, but there are higi-priced varieties
of cloth which We do not as yet make. The
New York free trade journal made the as
sertion that dress-pattern of ten
yards costing twenty cents a yard in
London last summer would cost in
this country S. 80 under the old tariff
and 81 so under the new. But the quality
of goods that can he bought in London for
twenty cents in New York are supplied by
American mills under the London cost with
duties under the old tariff added. The OBJ
| ject of the increase in duties was to assure
American manufacturers of continued pro-
lection as an inducement TO undertake
the production of finer qualities of goods.
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WHAT BUCKLEY EXPECTS.

Looking over the municipal field and per-
ceiying that all the Republicans and a large
portion of the Democratic party are tired of
his peculiar methods, Buckley concluded
that slice or two Of loaf is better IMAM nc
bread For certain reason rs be selected the
offices of Assessor and Public Administrator
asvaluable places to keep, A so-calIed Repub-
lican paper, noting Blckley's extraordinary
effort 10 defeat Mr.. Sebe. fancied there was
an opportunity for speculation and went TO
Mr. Siebe to collect an assessment Of
$1,000 Failing in its speculative scheme, it
carried out its threat and took Bdcklay's
side by scurrlous attack on Mr.. Siebe in
its editorial columns on the pretense that he
was not good enough Republican. The
kind of Republican it wanted was appar-
emily one that would suit Buckley. The
Republican" paper has seen the error Of its
WAYS, and is now satisfied that it made
mistake" Buckley is then left to fight
Siebe without his Republican ally, and the
prospects are discouraging. Having, to all
appearances, lost the Siebe battle, there is
so mueh the more reason for desperate eff
forts to defeat hr. Wadham. The Public
dministrator has less patronage than the
Assessor. but the Office can be made to sup
port a number Of people. The Republican
candidate, Mr.. LumaD Wadham, is one of
the best accountants in the city, and has the
confidence of business men to the extent
that he is often employed as an expert.
Precisely what induced another so-called
Republican paper 10 open its fire upon Mr..
Wadham is not known to the public at large,
The reasons given why Mr. Wadham should
not receive The support Of his party are so
hm,y that some other cause for the hostii-
ity of a Republican paper must be looked
for. The effect in both cases will probably
be to cause the floating vote to drift toward
the two candidates thus attacked.
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EsTRANGED AND REUNITED.
The Happiness of St. Louis Couple

The Happiness of a st. Louis Couple
Nearly Destroyed by Detective.
The experience of Alexander W. Van
hafften and his wife Emma with divorce
detective is an Illustration of the evil that is
being worked between man and wife. and
the marital misery which is being inflicted
every day by unprinciped divorce lawyers
and their tools. Eanhafften is clerk in the
Chicago and Alton ticket office at 1876 Clar&
street, Chicago. He is % years old. He
was married in ST. Louis in June, 1887, to
his vile. WHO is brunette OF the highly
strung and sensitive type. They lived
together until November l, 1889, hay
ing had one child, now years
cd, when Mrs. Vauhafften left her husband
for the supposed otfense Of inhGelity. 1t
transpires now that she had no cause for
suspecting his fidelity TO bis marriage VOWS.
but that a so-called detective, Who, like
many Others OF the same species, announces
matrimonial difficulties as MS specially, de-
HbcTately made her believe that Nanhatften
was cUnSortIug with another woman. 1t
also appears that Vanhafften went to this
same detective to get him to work up evl-
deuce against his wife, and he worked up
"eyidcncc' which nearly drove Nanhatften
crazy. Mrs. Fanhdfften began divorce pro-
ceedings and secured allm0nY and the Gus
tody OF the child, While, acting upon the de-
tective's suggestions, Nanhatften filed no
answer.
BY accident Vanhafften heard that the de-
tective had been employed by his wife, and
upon comparing notes each found the other
true A reconciliation was effected, and
Mrs Vanhatften will drop her divorce pro-
ceedings. She has started for st. Louis,
where Vanhafften will join her and, no
marriage ceremony being necessary TO re-
unite them since no divorce has been
granted, they will resume marital relations.
Vanhafften intended shooting the de ectiye,
but the latter's wife prevailed upon the in
jured husband not to do sO.-Globe Demo-
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FOOLED THE ORGANISE.
He Played the Wedding March, But the
Bride Was Not There.

He Played the Wedding March, But the
Bride Was Not There.
81 could not see the door of the church
from the organ loft" said PittSburg organ
ist, land | made arrangements with the sex
ton of the church to signal me when to begin
the wedding march from Iohengrin,' with
which it was desired | should usher the
bridal party to the altar. | kept close
lookout. and at last the sexton appeared at
the place arranged and gave the signal.
struck into the march as impresSively as
could, and the bridegroom and clergyman
came out of the vestry and walked to the
altar steps. The people all turned around
to get glimpse of the bridal procession,
ana | waited for it to appear at the
point in the aisle which the mirror
before me enabled me 10 see. | could see
the people turn about again and settle
down-but that only struck me at the
moment as q sign that the congregation was
very we'll bred-and l kept up the march
with all the stops out. No ushers. no brides
maids, no bride appeared. and cold perspira-
ton began to rise on my forehead. When
the bridegroom and the clergyman walked
back to the vestry | realized mistake had
occurred and dropped from the march into an
eXtempore movement in minor key.
''Afterward | found out that the sexton
had a bad cold and took out his handker-
chief for business purposes, forgetting that
the movement had been agreed upon between
US as a signal for the brides approach. As
it happened tie bride did not arrive TIL
twenty minutes later. Dispatch
The morning call., 1890-10-27
LABOR IN PRODUCTIONS.

The ErumiRer has returned TO the subject
Of the percentage of the cost of labor in
producing steel iugnts or steel rails. Our
contemporary takes iron at its several
stages of manufacture and assumes to show
the cost of each process and the percentage
Of the cost of labor in each stage. 1t finds
the cost OF labor in ton oil pig iron at So H.
the entire cost of which is S15 As The
Examiner concludes, therefore, that only
Cne-third of the cost Of a ton of pig iron
from the time the ore is lying in the ground
is for labor. But how came the ore to be
lying in the ground? What power removed
the ore from the bed several hundred feet
below the surface and lifted it to the top of
the ground? From the very first labor is
the chief cost OF every stage. Labor
searched for ore-beds, surveyed ground,
sunk shafts, run tunnels, dug out the ore
and hoisted it to the top of the ground.
Labor levels roadways between the mines
and the mill Labor builds the mill and
places III it the necessary machinery. Capt.
tai may ostensibly DO this work. bat the
cost Of doing it is principally labor. Testi-
mony has been taken by Labor Commits
sioueTs to the effect that 80 per cent Of the
cost OF a steel ship was labor in enc form
or another. At various stages Of the work
certain expenses are set down to other
causes. For example, there is interest on
the cost Of the plant But labor is the priu-
cipal element in the cost of the plant Capt.
tai has employed labor in constructing the
plant. aud in computing the cost of ship
il charges so much for interest on the money
so expended. 1t is the custom also among
the political economists who depreciate the
cost OF labor as much as possible to charge
up such items as clerk hire, superintend-
cnce, transpor taton and interest to other
than labor expenses. In this way possibly
the cost Of one department of labor is more
easily arrived at, but in a calculation show
ing the relative cost of labor and profits of
capital all kinds of labor must be charged to
the labor account. The Examiner makes it
appear that ton of pig iron worth SIS As
costs in labor but So IS. The Inference is
that the iron manufacturers have the bal
ance, SO q, for profit But it is we'll known
that there is no large profit in iron manufac-
turing under average conditions. Some
years ago Mr.. Abram S. Hewitt, one of the
largest iron manufacturers in the country,
offered his plant to his worl5men for per
cent on the actual cost. That was less than
he had made in some years, but more than
he was making at the time The workmen
did not accept the Offer. If capitals share
OF the profits on iron manufactures is
two-thirds the whole, as the Examiner
would make its readers believe, why did not
labor take this opportunity to realize the
large profit?
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A LIFE FOR A LIFE.

A Story of tho Battle and Siege of Lex
ington, Missouri.
A number of good stories were told at
the late meeting of the survivors oil the
battle and siege of Lexington. One of them
was as follows:
DR.. Bluthardt, then young doctor fresh
from college, was in charge of the hospital,
a large, fashionable mansion, owned by
one Anderson. One day he was pulled
uneeremoniously through a hole in the
basement by hard looking rebel, who
to it and skipped off to use his victim as a
target. This pIqued the brave surgeon and
he exclaimed:
"You coward, you'll Give me revolver,
let us walk five PAGES, turn and lire"
AT this juncture manly young Confeder-
ate walked up, and, taking in the situation
at once, exclaimed:
You scoundrel! [ did not come all the
way from Kentucky to fight with such he
devils as you'll Release the man or l will
blow your black heart out"
The doctor thanked his defender and
walked off with his prisoner. lie was taken
uptown, Toasted with General Price, and was
next morning given an escort and marched
back to his hospital. That afternoon the
charge was made upon the hospital. The
Union men were quick to resent the unmiil-
tary action, closed in upon the Confederate
forces and melee enSueu inside Iae nos
pital whore the rebels were either bayo-
neted or taken prisoners. DR.. Bluthardt
FASTENED upstairs to see about the sick and
dying men. The room was full Of smoke
and he Gould scarce see his own hands be-
lore his face. Two men rushed toward
HIM and cried, "For Gods sake. save us -
The doctor placed them both beneath a
blanket which partially covered Il Union
man whose leg had been shot through, and
they lay there until dark. In the mean-
while the Union forces had searched the
house for stray rebels, with strict orders to
show them no quarter. When the smoke OF
battle had cleared of, DR.. Bluthardt went
upstairs to release his prisoners, and in one
of them he recognized his defender of the
day before, who had saved his life. He re-
leased them both-escorted them through
the lines, and babe them good-by.
At the meeting of the Survivors of the bat
tie and siege OF Lexington, he, for the first
time, learned that that man was Tip" Man
snr, the banker of Chillcothe, Mo, a brother
of fh4 Congress -(Tl0bp-i Democrat,
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A SUICIDES BARGAIN.
He Promises to Vote for Coroner w
VIII Not Cont Him Open.o

He Promises to Vote for Coroner Who
Will Not "Cut Him Open"
Il know three men who are going to COM
nit suicide" was the striking remark made
by the County Coroner to an Indianapolis
News reporter.
Are you going to take any steps to pre-
prevent them from working out their
purpose ?"
mo. If man is in his right mind and
is sure he is ready to leave this world | do
not know any way to prevent him. There
are a thousand ways by which man may
take his life and the man who may be called
a confirmed suicide will sooner or later
accomplish his purpose"
The doctor ran his right index finger over
the TIPS of his left hand fingers and counted
up eleven. 81 know of eleven men who
told me they were bound to commit suicide.
They now fill suicides graves, and l. though
aware of their purpose, was powerlesS to
prevent it. Nearly every mau. ] suppose,
has friends who are possessed Of the suicide
mania. Certainly every Coroner has had
experiences of this kind.
II recently had an extraordinary confidence
reposed in me. You remember that an es-
teemed and rich German citizen, living on
North New Jersey street, died under pecu-
liar circumstances some weeks ago. He
was Democrat, and, as you know, was
nominated and elected Coroner as Repub-
lican. Just before the election the German
in question came to me with this PROPOSE
ton:
90 DR.. Wagner. will vote for you if you
will make me one promise
"'Name it.
If you are elected Coroner want you
to promise that you will not cut me open
when | am found dead
"' Do you mean to say that you are about
to commit suicide?
as l am just tired of living and want you
to promise what | ask
Il was not able to dissuade the man from
his purpose, and | suppose he voted for me-
L was not much surprised last month there
fore to be called upon to investigate his
death. / knew what was the trouble and no
autopsy was necessary"
The Society of Triumvirs Fisher,
Greens Grocer and Biud Butcher--has asked
Coroner Wagner to appear before it and dis
close the names of all the people who con-
template suicide. The society will appoint
a committee to persuade them to live. The
society says it will not only reduce the census
showing, but will have a bad influence on
trade by reducing the number CT customers
if these suicides are permitted to work out
their peculiar theories.
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but little better than the genuine article IT.
self. When Caiifornians are abroad they are
regarded as representatives OF the moral
and political sentiment of their State. what
could the people of New York and Washing
ton have thought of the Representative OF
the Fifth District who left his duties in Con-
gress last winter to attend banquet In
honor OF Buckley? What will they think
of Californians as people if they return TO
Congress Representative who declared
himself Buckley lamb in the face o! the
whole nation? The Republicans have NOM
mated a candidate in the Fifth against whom
nothing can be said. The voters should not
hesitate long between Loud and Clunls.
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PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Senator German has leased Perry Bel
mont'S house in Washington for a long term
of years.
w. W. Astor is travelling in Europe under
the name of W. II. Class in order to escape
the annoyance OF beggars and adventures.
Jean Chariot, boy aged IL years, has sue
cerded in ascending Mont Blanc. He is the
youngest climber to accomplish such feat.
Nine. PATHS voice has once more under
gone distinct impairment as to its tleXi5-
ity. Her terms, however, are as intleXible
as ever.
Miss Harriet Colfax, a cousin of the late
Vice-Presldent, Is keeper Of the lighthouse
at Michigan City, one of the most important
beacons on Lake Michigan.
Nine. Mimi de Fontenilliat, the sister of
Mrs. VI. X. Vanderbilt has abandoned her
intention of going on the stage and has be-
come reconeled to her husband again.
General Adam Badeau was the only man
in New York who followed European Ell
quette IN writing his name in the COmte de
Paris visiting book instead of sending in his
card.
1t is expected that the marriage of Miss
Mildred Fuller, the daughter of the Chief
Justice of the United States Supreme Court,
to Hugh Wallace of Tacoma will take place
about January 1st.
Mrs. NJ. L. Howcott of New Orleans is
said TO own more real estate than any other
600 acres of timber lands in Louisiana, Mis-
sssippi and Texas.
Louis Kossuth is still engaged at his home
in Turin, Italy, in writing his memoirs, the
completion of which is made slow work by
his great age-he is now 8S years old-and
his habit of running into diffusive details.
The Spanish dancer Otero opened the new
ballroom at DeImonico's recently by an en-
tertainment to fifty of her friends. She
danced her famous figures for their enter
tanment until o'clock in the morning, and
the whole entertainment wound up with
banquet.
1t is said Senator ingalls, never signs
note or gives mortgage. He planks down
the cash for everything he gets, whether it
is for 20 cents or $4,000. 1t is claimed that
he can put his hand on more ready money
than any man in Kansas.
Frank Stockton, the novelist, lives in
roomy house at Madison, n. j. He is
methodical man in his literary work, devot-
ing the early part of each day to his writing.
AT times he suffers from weak eyes, and on
such occasions he dictates his stories to his
wife.
A Paris correspondent says that 1t is
hardly possible for any one not intimately
acquainted with the fact to realize the ex-
tent of the petting and adulation that is
lavished on Alexander Dumas. He has
clique or coterie of his own which surrounds
him with all sorts of attractions
The morning call., 1890-10-27
OUR CoNGREssMEN.

California should elect six Republican
members to Congress this year. There are
four debatable districts. but the provisions
Of the Mckinley bill should incline them to
the Republicans. In the First District, now
represented by Democrat, the industries
are chiefly those of the soil. The new tariff
IS especially favorable to the products of
field and farm. 1t has been held hitherto to
some extent that farmers could take care of
themse Ives, but that manufacturers needed
protection. The present tariff taxes foreign
raw material as well as manufactured prod
ucts. The Fourth and Fifth districts are in
ordinary years so close that a little personal
popularity turns the scale. The Democratic
nominees in these districts are Buckley's
followers, and their election would be ac-
cepted abroad as an Endorsement of Buckley
at home. They are also in favor of free trade,
or that modification Of free trade which is
The morning call., 1890-10-27
TIE CALLS CALENDAR.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

Charles E. Howard Vincent member of Paria-
ment for Sheffield, recently. in letter comment
ing on the latest pamphlet or The Golden Club
entitled "The Triumph OF Free Trade" declared
'the effect of the new tariff upon American
manufacturers and labor is already evident. The
capital of the iron and steel companies in
Pennsylvania Is being largely increased; new
factories of every kind are in contemplation.
even by British syndicaies. You publish to-day
the prospectus OF new Industrial enterprises in
the United States. The abest artisans still re-
manning in Great Britain viii. before long be
drawn across the Atlantic by the high wages be-
coming still higher. And what do we see here
under the free import system? Iron masters de-
clarng that they have been working at loss
and that wages must come down 10 per cent.
Popular aeitators seeking work fer 100000 I'M
employed by legislative reduction in the
hours OF the employed. Capital is SO scared that
few would be hardy enough TO invest in an I'M
protected British Industry"
New York has Just had an object lesson IN
Chinese deprayity and the people are beginning
TO realize what blight this curse has been upon
CalIfornia's prosperity. The authorities of the
metropolis now declare that the highbinders,
many OF them having beeu driven out OF San
Francisco by the police, are making a pest spot
OF that portion of New York which they infest
and give no end Of trouble to The officers.
The MINIS of the United States have coined
376, ,466 standard silver dollars of which
64,OO0.o00 in round numbers are i'll circulation
and 3o9,oooooo are repre- scented by outstanding
silver notes. The demand for small silver notes
from various sections of the country Is increas-
ing aud is likely to continue for some time.
The Census report on viiicultural affairs pro-
nounces California a wonderland OF the yine
where every variety that has made European
vineyards famous can be found growing ain
no other vine region Of the world" declares the
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SfsNAL SERVICE. Z. s. ARMY, !
DIVISION or THE Pacific, 7
sAS FRAxcIs,.o. OCT. 20. ISs0-5 p. MI

SIGNAL SERVICE. L. s. ARMY,
DIVISION OF THE PACIFIC,
SAN Francisco oct 20. 1892 p NJ
sYpopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours.
The barometer is highest in Northern Nevada and
lowest in Southern California; the temperature has
generally risen in ali districts; the weather has
been falr in all districts.
Forecast TIL s 2. NJ. Monday.
For Northern Californa-Fair weather: winds
generally northery; nearly stationary tempera-
tura.
Ter Southern Californa-Fair weather; yara-
lie winds; nearly stationary temperature, except
cooler at Los Angeles.
For oregoE-Fair weather; winds generally west
erly; nearly stationary temperature, except cooler
al Portland.
For WaShington-Fair weather; winds generally
westerly: nearly stationary temperature, except
cooler st Olympia and Fort Candy
JoHS ?. FINLEY,
Lieutenant Signal Corps In charge.
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report, .are all those splendid grapes found
growing side by side" Excep tion Will. however,
be taken TO the declaration regarding native
ehampagDes.
A national plebscite shows the Swiss are In
favor of State insurance against accident and
Illness. Evidently they have been favorably I'M
pressed with the workings of the system adopted
ny I,ermany
The morning call., 1890-10-27
Tnx-Payers' Union Picnic.

The Licensed Taxpayers Union held its
seventh annual picnic at Shell Mound Park
yesterday. The affair was enjoyed by sew
eral hundred members and their friends,
who. when not taking part in the games
provided by the park management, INDUCED
in dancing to the strains of excellent music
TIL the evening was far advanced.
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sos Montgomery street, Clay open until IL
O'Clock p NJ. BRANCH OFFICES: 10 Market
street, near Kearny open until IL O'Clock midnight:
3S9 Hayes street, open until $3.50 O'Clock; 6O3
arkp street open until 80 O'Clock: 25lS Mission
street open until O'Clock p NJ, and 1l6 Ninth
street open until $3.50 p NJ.
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A Son Cut OF With Five Dollars.

The will of Kate NJ. Burke has been
filed for probate. Her estate is valued at
$4,000, which is bequeathed as follows: To
her son, Frank Ii. Burke, So, and to her hus-
band, Martin j. Burke, the remainder, who
is appointed executor.
The morning call., 1890-10-27

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