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The St. Johns herald., 1890-05-15
The European Strikes.

An epidemic of strikes is prevail
 ing in Europe and is rapidly spread
 ing everywhere. Many of them are
 on a 1arge scale, and include all
 trades, particularly those employing
 half skilled workmen or laborers
 dependent on strength alone. Va
 rious causes are assigned for the
 movement-the spread of socialism and the stimulus given to labor az ltation by the German Emperor
 But the chief reason is that during the late years Of depression the condition of the laboring classes has been growing more and more intolerable, until now it has reach e'l a pass where it is impossible to live without more wages. Wages have diminished. hours of labor are long and higher class of work Is
 demanded, while rents have in creased and bread Is made dearer by one-fourth by restrictions on the importation of food poducts. Com panies have taken the place of in- divi,hlal employers and the hard ships of workingmen thus made greater; and all these changes have come at a time when the grievances of the laboring classes are made palmer by discussion and when greater physical comfort Is demanded. It is no wonder. then, that work kmen rebel at their lot, and that they resort to strikes, though they involve risks that would not be ventured on were not their distress of a kind to reduce men 10 despair. For the continent al workingman has no savings or poor fund on which to rely when he strikes, knows that he will be op- posed both by his employer and the police, and can only hope to1 succeed by putting himself and his family on starvation allowance. Necessarily he gives in soon, though as s-rule secures some slight ad- vance in wages before doing so, the governments fearing disorder, and pressing the employers to a com promise. But he returns to work as bitter as ever, and in the belief that combination has helped him. and that If he could have held out longer his position would have been permanently improved. This is the danger of tic future--the fact that there iS no improvement in the methods of strikes. that no lesson is learned from them, and that the hatredS between masters and men undergo no diminution.-Chicago Journal.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-05-15
0ver Production.


 The productive capacity of the country has increased in a far great CT ratio than The population. Pro- duciinn has gone ahead of consump- ton, and the law of supply and de mand is inexorable d scant supply means high pric9S, and a greater sup ply than iS needed means low prices. such as prevail now. Looking back ward a quarter of a century at the agric lltural history of this country, it is obvious tbat there have been numerous agencies at twork to stim- ulate excessive production. The vast territory beyond the MiSsis- sippi, consisting of virgin soil al- ready clear of timber, has been of fered free gift to settlers, and this, together with the building of rail- roads and the quieting of the h. dian tribes, has attracted an enor- nous volume of immigration. Most of the settlers in the West have ap- piled themselves to farming, and their crops have been designed  mainly for sale in Eastern markets. Agricultural machinery and inn proved implements have been brought into use all over the coun- try, and these, with increased skill and scientific aids, have enabled farmers 10 produce double what they could have a century ago, while their consuming capacity re- mains the same. In the West there has grown up a system of farming by syndicates, immense tracts being so managed, under q central direc- tion, as 10 give a maximum produc- tion to a minimum Of labor. Thus production has enormously in creased, while there has not been a corresponding increase in colSump- ton, and consequently prices have declined. At the same time the middlemen have multiplied and have managed to secure a greater share of the proceeds, thus keeping up prices to consumers. The farm CTS of the far West have seen the proceeds of their labor go mainly 10 the midllpmen and the railro ids. Their rcmoteness from the Eastern markets has made the item of freights very burlensome to them. With prices rapidly falling and lands declining in fertility, the Northern and Western farmers have reason to feel alarmed. In the South the prospect is far brighter. The cotton crop is increasing in val ne and the future is full of promise Besides, the people have been schoo!ed in frugality and self-de nial, and they feel that their pro- gress, if slow, is reasonably sure. These and other considerations show that the South Is favored above ali other sectiuns.-FIorida Times Union.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-05-15

The recent persecution of the Jews in Vienna became so danger ous to all shopkeepers that the city appeared covered with such signs as 1T am a Christian Tradesman," |" "Christian Brandy Shop" "Chris- tian Cheesemonger," Christian Old Clothes Shop"
The St. Johns herald., 1890-05-15

A hundred and sixty years ago one Adam Giesmann of Vienna made a hequest of 1000 fiorias, which was to be invested, and when the sum had grown to q certain amount by the addition of interest it was to be used in providing for the children of persons who had died in an epidemic. Upon the pro- position of a town councillor it has been decided to regard the influenza as an epidemic, and to grant 10 Aorins month to every child whose father had died of influenza during the past winter. It will be for the Mayor to consider the applicants claims.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-05-15

In Paris the horse is a behest of fashion rather than a source of pleasure. Few French women ride well. and the Frenchman as a rule, looks upon the animal as a diff cult and dangerous article to navi- gate, ship whose rudder is in the wrong place.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-05-15

James c Blaine IS accused of having successfully schemed to pre- vent the Pan-Americans from visit ing the South, tine very section which it was most important for them to become acquainted with, it being nearer to them, more simi- lar in climate and soil to some of the foreign states represented, and the section more directly affected by the regulations of international commerce, between the United States and those countries.-Cou- rier.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-05-15

Hunters are slaughtering deer for their skins near Lake Chelan, Wash. The deer are poor and the snow is so deep that they are slaughtered by the wholesale with clubs.
The St. Johns herald., 1890-05-15

Rcmanists are essential Y treasona
 bIe. Romanism watches over the
 immigrant class with sleep'ess vigi
 lance. Whlle we are receiving these
 unhappy foreigners with the most
 unparalleled political generosity
 throwing open to them the sane
 tuarv of our institutions caring
 for their moral maladies and social l lSnres by public institutions and i private sacrifice seeking to crown them with the highest development
 and exercise of individual freednm the Romish priest steps in le tween this mass of ignorance and these regenerating social influences. and prevents the process of com plete enfranchisement bytransform- ing the sovereign citizen of the re-
 public into the slaviSh subject of
 Romanism. There are no two things
 in all the world more antagonistic
 than are Romanism and the lumi- rous and sacred principles which constitute the fullGess of the social life of our free country. komish intolerance hovers uninterruptedly Y with its dark and crushing wings over our institutions. It submits to no restrictions and consents to no concessions. Its one aim and anI- bitiOn Is spiritual and temporal su- premacy. Thls it hopes finally to secure through the eyer-increasing numbers and influence of our for eign population. Then, it believes, It will be as easy to erect scaffolds, to kindle pyrcs for religious and political heretics, with the co-ope- ration of a Romanized, Irishized and Ganaticised people, as it was in the past through the power and in the name of a king or an emperor. Whatever may be his original un- fitness to comprehend the new or der into which he is transplanted, 1t would be natural to expect the immigrant, surrounded by sound sense and the innumerable foun- 'ains of light and liberty, to be able finally to comprehend and appre- ciate the conditions of self-govern- ment. But all this reaches him, in vast majority of cases, through the priestly ' eXegesis, colored and distorted to suit the purposes of the eXegete. It is high time for us to open our eyes to the presence and power of this enemy of our nation, whose every look is threat, and whose every movement is a me- mace. The duty of the hour is inn mediate restriction of immigration. This would go a great way in check ing the arrogant and aggressive spirit of Romanism. While Amer jeans recognize, generally, that all races are adapted to liberty, we ncv- erthelcss appreciate the necessity for thorough preparatory appren- ticeship in the art of selfgovern
 ment by daily instruction, inter- course and action. As the full blaze of light poured suddenly destroys the visual organs from which the scales of blindness have just fallen, and the best and most nutritious food must be scantilv administered alter protracted starvation, so the glorious privileges and prerogatives of full American citizenship should be cautiously conferred and grad
 ually granted. Let power go with capacity and liberty with the abili ty to use it, and thus save the coun- try from tie whitening curse of en- throned ignorance and crowned de pravity.-Argonaut.
 The superficial area of the Brit
The St. Johns herald., 1890-05-15
iIiScellane0uS Items.

his beautiful domain Tn England's pleasantest island.
 It was claimed in the meeting at- tending the celebration of forty second anniversary of modern Spiritualism recently that there are S0,000 Spiritualists inBoston alone, many of whom are scattered among
 the various churches.
 One of the greatest aflictions that can befall State or community is to have a boom. The recovery Is worse than plague. Steady growth and honest business methods should always be encouraged, but none other.-Kansas Financier.
 The Baltimore and Ohio contin- ues to pay five per cent annual divi- dends on the stock of its Washing ton branch, which remains almost the only railway in the country earning dividends at the rate of ten per cent per annum.-Railway Age.
 The rage for decoration grows in New York. Wealthy families leas- ing expensive apartments often put many thousands of dollars upon the walls. A tenant with a five years lease in the Dakota flats has spent 5000 in decorating the walls of his apartment.
 Charles Theodore. Duke of Ba- varia, besides surgically treating thousands of poor patients gratis, spends about s50,0OO year in maintaining his free dispensaries and hopitals. He has no private fortune, but is dependent upon his annuity from the Bavarian Crown.
 An electric railway in Siam has been incorporated and will be built at once omeBangkok to Paknam, a distance of thirty aI.Ies. ThrSz road is to cost sl0O.000, and Siam. csc capital will alone be used. An, electric-light company has also. been organized and the plant or dered for Bangkok.
 Some experiments by Professor Haeckel of Marseilles show that kola is a drug of extraordinary power of stimulation. The Colonel of a regiment at Perpignan, dosed with kola, made the asceet of the Canigon Mountain, 9,137 feet, and felt quite fresh after his climb, which lasted twelve hours. He on- Iy halted once, and for twenty min utes, and ate nothing.
 A number of English landowners who saw a species of revelation in ' Robert Elsmere" have founded a temple in which to have the views taught therein put into practical operation. Rev. Stopford Brooke has been urged to become the chief apostle of the movement, but has not as yet gwen any sign of ac- eepting, and the St. Elsmereans are leader.
 According to R. G. Dun & Co.'s report of trade for the past week nearly all the domestic markets are influenced by the prospect of an ex- Dansion of circulation based on sil- Ter. Silver has advanced two cents per ounce; wheat two and a quar- CT cents per bushel; oats, three cents; coffee and oil, half a cent each; cotton, a sixteenth; pork, twenty-five cents per barrel, and all he leading stocks have been strong,
 The low price of farm products he last year is largely due to more han average crops in the principal ,rain growing countries of the world. England, in spite of the act that wheat growing is one year with another unproitable, has for he last three years produced a arger portion of her demand than
The St. Johns herald., 1890-05-15

The British fisheries last year yielded the catchers between ESQ., OOO,OOO and $40,NO,OOQ.
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-17
PRINTED
TWILL
FIANNEIENTES.

Made by the COcheco Print Company. one OF the
desirable fabrics for ladies and children dresses price only
0c per yd This most excellent cloth would be every
family did chey but know It's merits. The styles oriental
and rich in their varied designs and coor These goods
ian be found in Gingham Department
SPRING q COMPANY.
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-17
INTERESTING FIGURES.
They Show Everything About the City
Water Except the Bugs

The secretary of the Board of Public
Works, in his forthcoming annual re-
port to the board, Will include the fol-
lowing among his figures:
During the year ending April 30, per
mits have been issued for 736 services
connected with the city's works, and
before May ! 1889, there were 2493 con-
ncctiOns, making the total TO date
3229, which with the addition OF 95
SPECIAL connections, makes the whole
number 3,327 From this number must
be deducted 4Gl services now cut off,
leaving the total now open and IL use
2S6G.
The receipts for the year have been
as follows: From water rates, fines,
etc, ST., ,200.l2; from water permits,
5000. Total income from the water
works. $43, ,S30.l2. From miscellaneous
receipts, sj3Go.S0. Total tor the year.
S49, 1902. Cash on hand May /, lSSS,
$lS33.l1. Total, S5l ,02i.09.
Deposits have been made with the
city treasurer during the year as fol-
lows: TO the credit OF the water works
income fund, Si4 340.4l; TO the credit
OF the water works fund, S5lo0.sI: "a
tne credit of the general fund, 500.
Total deposited during the year. Si9,-
J0l.22.
Since the establishment Of the works
ln lo74, from May ] OF that gear. tIc
total receipts of the works have been
.aa J,'-I. 50 ZIP 90 year ago. and $3.50
PISA up To date. During tho rss. yoar
from Nay !. ls'3. % May J, l>t9, 7l-5,-
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-17
UNIVERSITY ITEMS.
Preparation for commemorative
Addresses-iaw Examinations.


Addrcsses-Law Examinations.
Ann ARBoR, Mich, June l6.-Prepa-
ratiOns arc being made to make the
commencement exercisesOf the Univer-
sity the finest ever held. Each depart
ment IS preparing 10 make It's class-day
n success. Some of the most pr0mi-
ncnt men OF thr country have been
secured 10 make the several addresses
during commencement week. Presi-
dent Angel will give the discourse to
all classes og sunday Evening June, 22.
Justice Harlan, LID, of the United
states Supreme Court viii address the
law students on Wednesday, June -, IN
tie afternoon and ON the evening of the
same day the Choral Union, OF the Uni
ycrsity Ot Michigan VII give is annual
concert and vii produce the dramatic
cautata. "Ihc Light OF ASIA"
The fOrty--lVtu annual commence
ment day VII. he Thursday, June rs,
and Hon. Andrew D. WA.te, l.. J.. b.,
pres.dentoi Cornell college, Will deliver
tue address.
Tucauultl meeting OF the Board of
Regents Will Lc held Tuesday, June 3i
Turiy-Evr students from the law de-
partmrnt went 90 Lansing yesterday
and passed thc examination before tie
Supreme Court, and were admitted %
the bar. Last night they gave q han
quot t1 some Of the examining board
at the IIhtari House. in Jackson.
Encouraging speeches We're made hy
the mtmuers Oi the cXamin ng commit
tee and responses hy some OF the new
attorneys. took up tine balance OF the
evening until tram time.
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-17
A NINE EXPLOSION.
Attended by a Terrible Loss CT
Human Life
IHIRIY-OyE MINERS ESIOaBED
Fierce fiF~s Raging in the stines Rad Al
hope AbAndoneo--A keseUing f4ris
Iazble So Eruder Aia-fhe
Mias h4s be kataed-

DUNBAK. Pa. June l6.-ThILy one
miners we're killed by an explosion ot gas
in the coal mines at Hll Farm. 6Wned
by the Dunbar Furnace Company and
located one nile west or this place
The explosion occurred al l0.39 o'clock
this morning. The bodies OF TWO 0f the
unfortunate were taken cut. The
others are still entombed IN the mlne
where a fierce hre is raging. There is
little doubt that AL are dead.
Desperate efforts are IA progress TO
clean away and 10 recover the bodies
but 80 lar without avail A rescuing
parts OF one hundred men. headed py
Mine Inspector Keigley, Of thls d.
trlct, spent the afternoon IA the PIX, DIl
upIO a late hour tonight. they had Only
been able 10 rescue Two bodies. 1nese
had died from the force Of the eNple-
sion and are badly burned. Their Tea
tures are distorted AMI distiguIed, ani
they could only be recognized by Their
clothes. Fltty-seyen miners were a.
work about i've thousand teot from lie
mouth OF the slope when the explosion
occurred. Near the point AZ whica inc
heading started, an alr-hOle had becl
drilled recently. Gas and water had az
cumulated in 10. miner named
Patrick kerwln penetrated this alr-hOie,
SIX inches ~ diameter, With las picA
whereupOn 4 strong stream OF water
gushed out. kerwln, alarmed, sounded
the danger signal. lis assistant, Pat
rick HAYES, started hurrledly for the
main entrance, and had scarcely moved
when the foul gas was lgnlted from hF
lamp. The explosion thatfollowed was
terrific. What little air there was IN
the place drifted to the heading 10 the
right OF main entrance. The
fire followed swiftly, and before
the thlrty-One men could ne
alarmed, all hope of escape was shut
of hy the flames. Twenty-six men
employed in the left heading were
notified OF the danger IN time TO save
their lives, although their escape was
thrilling and was accompanied by the
widest confusion. At point
near where the explosion occurred, the
bodies of Daniel Siberian, ire boss.
and David Hayes were found. They
had evidently attempted TO escape
through the flames.
The loss by the explosion cannot now
be asceItained. 1t will be heavy. how
ever, and the owners are fearful tnai
the works will have 10 be abandoned.
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-17
VERY SATISFACTORY
Srsss EAFais.s sg HAiirsals Cesasliss b
Iats CTS.

Srsss E2Faisss sf f2tlresas Cesasflss ip
Eais Sits-
For tue nloata of Nay. ls}9 tae eross
ear4laes IT g..e sirsul Rapids A lal.aaa
rs.lsoa4 esre f-0 80 Ton N4y 1883
tley were sl,8 j85. au ucgease tol l,-H
@ So 1857 Ia uaeet lass 81 ,ae o..
Is q l. earned ss-.944. against 50 ssh
tef So al llfe4se nl p ,Hss.
For Nav Ieel tsN earnings oi tnt
Detrou. iansnG Il Northern Ner- e..
olo. ae4.nst s,a.5>4 flr Nat i,es. al
.lgIe&ss ot SAL .4ot. burus $3.50 >afA.
psuol rae Ch.l.go a West a -cll-saa ?
gt0ss earnings we've sl4l, 20, for tAe
samc m0nIhs l lss3. lht ctri..lses WeIt
slls So, an Increase 81 IS oo4.
For tue nye months ended Nay 81
TIE gFoes earnings pi tLe Grand Rapids
All tntlana we're sl,o99.a3a. iot tae
same peIod ln lss3, TIE gross earnings
We're $50 sf3, an increase al 4ttso-t-
There were le9 miles opeIatctt. At
leased lines Ot l45 miles canned 500
46l, IA the PERIOD of i've months
against 500. $50 Tor l3sI year, de-
crease Oi sl,0li.
DURING the same period the Detroit.
Lansing and Northern operated e-s
mles ol road aud tle gross eGrails
were s4lO.l42, against @422 ,s5l Tor toe
correspond nFe months ln leosi an
Increase OF s37 ,23l. The Cnlcaeo and
West Michigan operated 4o4 mles OF
road and earned sDll .s33 ia the i've
months, against S553,Us2 for tae same
period IN looy, an increase OF 50 sol.
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-17
SEWING MACHINES!

The dependence of man upon his fellows is funda
mental fact of economic life We do not for the nch
corporations who have made millions of money out o the
working this country and who still perslstenuy
endeayorng get the most fabulous prices for article
should be furnished 10 the dealer al fair margin OF
profit Our method is phllantrophic Our eIdeayor
to sell at the lowest possible price Sewing Machine equal
TO the best
Wea large and direct buyers from the factory and
therefore able 10 sell at nearly cost OF manufacture We
daily receipt of letters from far and containing
INQUIRIES In regard $3.50 Machine. Oar customers
are not confined It's bordering States bat far
beyond
We recommend the Demorest Sewing Machine TO every
home where frugaty and economy pra ced under every
roof where labor necessity pleasure IA the poor
mans home and the lich palace there Wy
any household need be without necessary article
SPRING q COMPANY.
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-17
GINGHAMS-~o-S -SATEENS.

We are daily renewing stock OF Sateen and Gnghams
with choice selections IN both domestic and foreign goods
crowd attracted to this department by
effective display.
SPRING C0MPANY
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-17
BUFFALO IS HERE
So the Council Committes Wm Not
90 There.
IgE LiIESI BORD Oy ASPHALT
I4etsa haaisys n Froaainent Citixsa of
ban4io, fsiis a - rslsg ran4- Herald %
Reporter whas fhat ttts Fklaks
sf A1Fhzlt Pavement

Visiting g. W. Jennings, Z33 SOUTH
tu-ou-st. = a gentleman ah0 knows a.
nilcn aoout asphalt pavement A. It Is
necessary " know Tor practical pur-
poses. The gentleman Is Luclan Haw-
ley, Sho has been q resident or the city
ot Buffalo tor more than nifty years.
and Is an attorney OF considerable
prominence ia Western New York.
Mr. HAHleY received the TELzGRAN-
hEaALD reporter most graci0usly and
expressed hlmsslf most happy n CIV
lag any Information about asphalt pave
meat that MS knowledge Of taa sub
Iect afforded.
The reporters hrst question was
elbow comes 10 that the impression 50
w.teiy prevails tLaI the city OF Buffalo
is q superior place TOR the study ot paw
lug m genera. and OK asphalt paving
Iu paIt.cuIart'
Sir HlWley- impression ; ma
tulal. because Buffalo mas always
pr.ded herself on her streets. Before
square yard OF asphalt was pat down ia
tle c.ty lt NAs her boast, Well-,usI1lued
ty ta- facts, / tniuk. that Buffalo
uls tAe best paved clty lu the
'.~t-lt '.'t common pavement, az
t.1L tnAt tame, was tile Medina stone.
li.4 4JNH l4 t.ocNs, aud 10 "1s
simply .ueNust.0.c. and never wore
"Al. l1e only repair t ever required
was Nhcn ine ioondaLon became lu-
secure. NotWtusludlag tine great
N--le VI Medina stone, lt is but rarely
40" lnAL our clt<eus ever call t"r
aAt LHil- DuL a-filAlt Wucn ne"
elitrl- are l1 tc paved or o.u streets
irIAsrd- 4n-s means tnat Buffalo.
nov ".th seventy miie> al asphalt
pavement, con-.i iers asphalt As nearly
a. possible perfect pavement.
o.. yef l'C your people not
sAtlnA lfom Lhc expense OF itt
VIZ. iia"iey-' Wei. on the face OF
li' the expense seems great, and 10 Is
great. but 'aspnalt follows, In many
ways the Well known rule that the
dearest IS the cheapest. Under car
rage wheels, 10 IS absolutely nOlselcss.
ns involves not only an immense saw
luE o. tile nerve. Ok ciLlens, but II
Almost Wholly 11n.hllates the wear aud
tear OF vehicles II the one hoss shay
AAd neen run on asphalt . would be
running today. 10 is somewhat hard
ou horses hOoiS uecause Il is perfectly
SOLID. >uOe-eotSs MAKE no impression
on Do Whatever let A'crymen say
tnat the saving OF carriage wear vastly
more than compensates Tor tue pound
ln7 OF hot-e- Iett-
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-17
HOSIERY.

We viii place upon counters 100 dozen Boys fat
black Hose sizes to ~ twenty-five 2jl ceuts per pair
goods especially adapted for boys wear s they are
durab and stainless.
In addition n the above lot. viii have large qUsn
fl of sIml lar style sell ~ fifteen ljl cents Also
anime our ONYX Hosiery for Lade- at twenty-five % cents
These goods reduced D prce and viii be On sale At that
rrcs fOr this week only
Telegram-herald., 1890-06-17

Ribbons ont II season with We tcep our
stock complete possible at a time nearly every color
used either for dress trimming other adommeut be
found with
When you send your husband down town with sample
IF ribbon match. and expect him back short oe tell
hm to 20 direct Ribbon Department and AVOID tie
perp!ex tiles that usually attend such errand
We have moved our Ribbons near The entrance 70
store for better convenience.
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