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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
DOWN GO WAGES.

The Fall River Cotton Manufacturers Will
Reduce operatives VIII strike
A Specimen Taritf Industry-Blaine ON
Wages.
A meeting of the Fall River. Mass
cotton manufacturers was recently held
aud resolution was adopted to make
an early reduction in wages. The spin
ners and weavers have held meeting
and have decided to resist this reduc-
tion. At this meeting it was voted to
instruct the secretary TO prepare all
weavers' unions in the national union
for strike.
The protection papers are in the habit
of boasting of the cotton spinning and
weaving industry as one of the bright
est illustrations of the "benefcences Of
protection" Yet here is their
pet tariff industry doing the
very thing that protection was given II
to keep it from doing. Protection
makes wages high and keeps then
high" is the false and foolish cry o.
the McKinleyites; but the Fall River
manufacturers have determined to pu
wages down. This is done, too. at {
time when they have been buying raw
cotton ranging from 90 to 80 per cent
below the p'ices of last year.
These men cannot offer the excus,
that they have been paying higher
wages than are paid in England. Tel
years ago, when James G. Blaine wa
secretary Of state nnder President Gar
field, he made a report on the cottol
goods trade OF the world, in which h
said:
rhe w,ge, 1T spinners AMI wcavers 4
Lancas shit aul In Ma sichusets 8, accorlin
10 the forug In s'ate'ne ,ts. were as ollow
ret week Splnacrs. Enyllsn. H. . n ",
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10

(master-spnners running as hi III as sis1t
American. kzo7 to sias.
weavers, English. Sast TO ss.6l subject AZ
the date on which these rates ". re gwen to
a reduction of n per cent; American. .is7
to s. 73
The average wages OF the empIoyes In tha
Mass lchuse.t, mills are as follows Accord
ing to the official retlrns Men s6 80. women.
s5.62; male children. So II; female children,
ss.os According to Consul shaw's report the
average wages Of the men employed In the
Lancashire mills on the lst Of jam Try. 1850.
was about 500 per week, subject to reiuc-
ton OF 10 per cent women from Is 40 to 81 S0s
subject to a reduction of 10 per cent
The hours of labor in the Lanca shire mills
are fifty six In the Massachusetts sixty per
week Tie hours OF laoor In the mills n the
other New Enga and states where the wages
are generally less than In Massachusetts,
are usuallv sixty-six TO sixty nine per week.
Undoubtedly tho inequalities in the wages OF
English and American operatives are more
than equalized by the greater Ell iency Of
the latter AMI their longer hours OF labor.
Notwithstanding the fact that they
pay no higher wages than are paid in
England, our Fall River manufacturers
do not figure at all as competitors with
the English in the worlds markets.
They have cheaper cotton and about
the same wages; yet the English hold
the world s1aFketxt.fc ssotst as ~ sffss.
Last December when our manufact-
urers found that they had on hand q
vast stock of plain white cotton cloth
for use in making calico prints, and
that they could no longer effect ready
sales at their "com bine" price of 5-l6
cents per yard, they were compelled to
reduce prices about 10 per cent In
their distress they turned their atten-
ton to the foreign market, hop
ing to get rid of thei- surplus in
other countries; but they found that
they could not do any export business
at a higher price than az cents a yard
This meant a reduction of nearly 30
per cent from the price which the
manufacturers had been realizing in
the home market through their com
bine." They decided to stick to the
home market, "the best market in the
world"
Since 1916 our cotton will have en-
joyed protection for building up
home market" but to this day they are
able to take but little more than one
fourth of our domestic cotton crop.
How long does it take to build up an
industry to consume our domestic pre- /
ucts? And how long must it be pro-
tected to make wages high and keep
them high?"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
GAMBLING IN GRAIN,

a..
~ FUTURES When Delivery Is NsS
tious.
Inc supreme court of Minnesota Fri.
uay morning handed dowl the decision
VI 'le case of Oscar Mohr ct al VS.. An.
'oh Miesen, appellant The appellants.
""o are brokers' in the Milwaukee,
;hamber OF commere, sued the defend.
anu MieSen, for money expended in the
purchase and sale of grain. The an.
swer set up thatthe purchases and sales
were not actual purchases or
sales OF grain, but were merely
Voioraoie' and We're gambling
transactions, where the plaintiff in.
form undertook to bny and sell on the
Ohicago and Milwaukee boards Of
trade, ostensibly for future deliveries
ou' without any intention or expecta-
'ion on the part of either party that the
same would be actually delivered. large
Quantities Of wheat and barley, with
the intention on the part of both par
m meS wagering on the market price.
Inc lower court held th.t tho
contract was valid. The supreme
court reverses the decision and holds in
lhe syiiabus that contracts for the sale
and delivery of grain or other commo.
ol'les to be delivered at fut ere day
are notper Sc unlawful when the parties
IN good faith intend to perform them
according to their terms; but contracts
IN form for future delivery not intended
as actual transactions, but merely to paw
and receive the difference between the
agreed price and the market price at a
luture day, are in the nature of wager
on the future price, and void
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
OFFICIAL NOTICE

10 the Gillian Junta That a Continuance
of lts Attitude Toward the U. $. Lcga-
tion Will Lead to Trouble.
The Gillian government has so far
evinced no intention of abandoning its
position that it has perfect right to
arrest persons as they enter or leave
the precincts of the American legation.
But while strenuously insisting upon
the possession of this abstract right,
the government is at present making
no attempt to put it in practice. The
partisans of Balmaceda, who took ref
rge under Minister Egan's sroof, are still
there, and no arrests have been made
during the past few days. 1t can not
be learned that the government has in
contemplation any plan for asserting in
the near future the right of arrest that
is claimed. But it is thought that the
present unsatisfactory situation can not
be OF long continuance. In accordance
with instructions received from the
state department at Washington, Min
ster Egan has given the Junta to under
ind by formal and official notice,
if the Chilian authorities continue
to maintain their present attitude,
the friendly relations between Chilli
and the United States will be
interrupted. The Junta's reply to this
notice is awaited with great interest.
What Minister Egan's next step will
be in case the reply is unfavorable is
not known. The U. S. steamer San
Francisco, which is returning from the
north, is expected to reach Valparaiso
some time this week. When she gets
into port the present plan of the minis
ter is to ask the Chilian government to
allow the Chilian refugees now at the
U. S. legation to go on board the u S.
man-of-war Baltimore and take their
departure from Chilian territory.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
HOT-HFADED CHILL.
u >. Cruisers May Have Dealings with
tho Junia- ,tiv ty In the BrookIyn
NAVY ri

U. 8. Cruisers May Have Dealings With
the 'unia- dtiv ty In the Brooklyn
Navy Y rd.
Despite the ct that Wash 'ngton adj.
vices OF W dnesday de red that there
was no necessity Of enforcing Uncle
Sans naval represent ton in Gillian
waters beyond the dispatching
OF the gunboat Yorktown. the in.
dications were not lacking Thurs
day at the brooklyn navy
yard that the cruisers Boston
and Atlanta will be sent to Valparaiso
at the earliest possible moment Mean.
while the department Of the general
storekeep2r is fairly flooded with
acquisitions for thousand and one
articles of outfit, and the instructions
are that, in ease thcv are rot
in store, they shall be purcha ed
in open market. 1t is fully nine
Thousand miles FROM brooklyn to
Valparaiso by water Under favora.
bic conditions the Yorktown can make
two hundred miles day With the
Yorktown, the Baltimore, the San
Francisco and probably the Hoston and
Atlanta in the immediate vicinity OF
the principal Chiiian ports it would
seem that Uncle sam will be well repre-
scented. There is an element Of hot
headcdncss which is liable to break out
at any time and precipitatc a condition
of affairs decidedly inimical TO the in.
terests of Americans in the republic
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
QUEER TALES ABOUT ANIMALS.

THERE is cat in Belfast, Me-, which
during the green corn season eats each
day half dozen cooked ears,
JAMES CLARK, of New Moorfeld, O.,
has a cat which has adopted an infant
polecat, and is as attached to it as to her
own kittens.
BosToS has cunning street-car
horse, When in the stable, and its turn
has come to be led forth to car, it
sneaks to the rear of the line of horses.
A HORSE at Santa Cruz, Cal, mistook
the trimming on his mistress hat, oats
and clover blossoms, for the genuine
articles. and took in the whole estab-
lishment at one fell swoop.
A DIsREpuTABLE little dog in Griffin,
Ga, is in the habit of visiting bar
room and tapping up the drippings from
the beer glasses and kegs, until he
is barely able to stagger homeward.
An intoxicated COW was lately seen in
Pasadena, Cal. 1t reeled along the
road, and finally dropped helpless be-
fore its owners barn. II had gorged it.
self with grape skins and stems from q
neighboring winery.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
"M'KINLEY PRICES"
Humbug tables Prepared to Catch Il
IInwary,

Humbug Tables Prepared to Catch the
Unwary.
Cotton has for some months been
from 25 to so per cent. lower than last
year. And in consequence of this the
manufacturers have been able to pro-
duce all kinds of cotton goods at con-
siderably less cost to themselves than
last year. As a natural result some
kinds of goods have fallen. although
many have not.
The trade papers say that where re-
| duction has taken place at all it has aver
aged only about 6 per cent Yet certain
high tariff organs have made diagrams
illustrating this reduction and parading
them before the public as Mckinley
prices"
OF course no sane man believes that
the Mckinley law has anything to do
with this fall in prices If any proof
of the humbng character of these "Mc.
Kinley" prices is needed it will be
| found in late number of the London
Economist, which gives comparison
of the prices of standard cotton goods
in England last year in August and in
the same month this year. The follow
ing table is complied from the figures
of the Economist:
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
Average reduction

From this table it will be seen that,
while our high tariff organs eau pick
out some kinds of Gotten cloth which
show an average reduction of per
cent in this country, most kinds mean
while showing no decline at all, there
has been an average reduction on
standard goods in England of more
than IS per cent. Of course in both
countries the fall in price is due to the
unprecentedly low price of Gotten; and
when our McKinleyite organs try to
palm off bogus Mckinley prices" for
American goods, they are simply at
their old trick of trying to deceive
their unsuspecting readers. Their Me-
Kinley yarns must be woven into bet
ter fabric before an intelligent reader
will believe them. Such high tariff
humbugs are too transparent by far.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
Ten Thousand Coal Miners Strike

A general strike of railroad coal
miners of the Pittsburgh district was
inaugurated Thursday in accordance
with the action taken at Wednesday s
convention. Reports have not been re-
ceived from all the mines, but II is es'
timated that close on to 10, 900 men quit
work. They are firm for the 81 rate
and assert they will remain out until it
is conceded by all operators, A long
and bitter struggle is probable.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
A TERRIBLE STORY.
Exiled to Siberia For Giving a Birthday
Party for Son-A Daughters Honor
| Drin .,G

Exiled to Siberia For Giving Birthday
Party for n Son-A Daughters Honor
the Price of Liberty.
BENZ Sintzki, his wife and his son
Moses, arrived in Boston Friday on tho
Warren steamer Kansas. the family
gave party May 2S in their home, at
Trabe, Russia, in honor of the thr.
teenth birthday of Moses, who, under
Jewish customs, had reacha3 c,aAa
estate. Private parties being contrary
to Russian l'ws, the local police de-
manded a large sum of hush money.
which Sintzki could not give. The fam.
lily, without trial, were started for Siber.
ia. On the way the officer in command
of the guard made proposal to Sintz-
ki's daughter, agreeing to release the
whole family if she would submit She
was willing to sacrifice herself, but her
father forbade her doing So To make
the father yield the girl was strung up
by the arms, and the pain and fright
caused her death A section of Nihi-
lists heard of this outrage, succeeded
in drugging the soldiers and executed
the captain. The captives were res
cued and were assisted across the Rus
sian frontier They were pat aboard a
vessel bound TO Hull, Eng. from whence
they came to America.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
Expelled by the Lutheran synod.

TIFFIN, O., Oct $50 far the session
of the Wittenberg synod OF the Luther
an church, now in progress in this
city has been largely devoted to dis
ciplnary work. Having disposed of the
case of Rev. Mitterling, it took up that
of Rev. Shafer, of Leipsic, who had
been trit 4 and convicted by the western
conferen ,e on the charges of lying and
creating dissensions in his congregation,
defying The authority of the synod, and
applying for admission into the Presby-
terian chdrch and being received by the
Presbytery of Lima, while his case was
still pending in the synod. The action
of the conference was sustained and
Mr. Shafer was expelled from the min
istry of the Lutheran church.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
Justice to Alabama oysters.

The Alabama oyster law test case is
decided by Judge Semmes in babeas
corpus proceedings. The test was
made to see whether the new law for
bidding shipment of oysters in the
shell out of the state at certain seasons
and by rail only would stand. The
Judge decides that prohibition of this
character is unconstitutional as viola
tive of the freedom of interstate COM
merce. The case will be appealed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
Lady Jumps Prom a Train.

On the arrival of the limited train on
the Rock Island road from Denver FRI
day morning it was learned that d
young woman from Denver had either
Jumped or fallen from the train to her
death short distance outside Chicago.
She was taken seriously i'll Thursday
night about 200 miles west of Chicago
and suffered very severely. She was
given such attention as was possible
under the circumstances 1t is sup.
posed that, crazed by pain, she either
purposely or accidentally jumped from
the train when it was going at a high
rate of speed.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
Our Treaty With Spain.

by royal decree, communicated to the
governor general of Cuba by the colon.
ial minister at Madrid, the privileges
granted to the United States by the last
reciprocal commercial arrangement be-
tween the United States and Spain
shall be also granted 10 all nations
which in their treaties with spain have
the clause of most favored nation, as
long as said treaties are in operation.
All, excepting the treaty with Sweden,
will terminate in February, 1892. The
treaty with Sweden will expire in June
in the same year, After the frs: of
July 1892. the United States only will
enjoy the privileges of the arrange.
mnQ1.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
An Atroclous Crime.

BrRMISGHAM, Ala, Oct. 3.-Monday
night masked white men visited the
house of John Brown, well-to-do
negro farmer near Childersburgh, Ala. q,
and carried him off on pretext that
they were officers and had a warrant
for his arrest. Yesterday, Browns
body was found in creek with rope
around his neck. He had been hanged
to bridge and when dead the body
had been cut down and thrown in the
water. Ne cause for the deed is known
excepting that Brown was tt witness
against two white men charged with
burning William Boaz barn.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
Blue Laws in Baltimore.

Complaint having been made that
the Sunday law was not properly enforc.
ed in Baltimore, the grand jury FRI
day called the attention of the
police commissioners to the fact.
Thereupon the marshal gave no.
ticc that the sale of cigars, candy, soda
and mineral water-in fact, every thing
except milk or ice-would not
be permitted on that day hereafter
Bodily labor is interdcted.
and even druggists are not al.
lowed to do business except the filling
of bona-lidc prescriptions. The statue
is very strict and reads like Connecti-
cut blue law.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
A Cowboy 5 Profit.

The town site of Chandler, 0. T., is
now n town of about thousand pco-
pie, and there are about five hundred
fioaters, made up of adventurers of
every description Every thing is
tranquil A lot that sold for 500 the
minute after cowboy reached it, is
worth $500 to-day. A messenger has
arrived at Guthrie who says that every
body is busily engaged in building u
shelter,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
PECULIAR AFFLICTION.
brooklyn Woman Unconscious and
Rigid for Five DAYS and Nights.

nrookiyh woman Unconscious and
,"a sI p ..' iN' D"ss anu Nish's :,
s.naa. pnaD,., Iei' u no, "So oaiuioro
. 80 n,ooAiyh' !" 'ie VicIim Oh
-osV poeuliai case Vi iiiei'ai ulsoruer'
s..A.l st.u ~ phy ''.'"ue W nave oeeh olrec'ly
NV .. -iou'aoio W .,o grip "h,ch proved
a. o. etan.o, p.sen.,o ~ 'iia' cry her maiady
e.''Neu a' eoe'asiS' for hVe
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
A Paid IN tina Saala.

The sealing schooner Edward E.
Webster, Capt Mclean, arrived in San
Francisco, Sunday, after an absence Of
seven months According to the story
told by some of the sailors, the Web'
ster was joined off Copper Island, on
July a. by the schooner Hamilton
Lewis, commanded by brother Of
Capt. Mclean. and 4 Joint raid was
nude on the rookeries. The sailors
killed large number Of seals, when
the Russian authorities opened fire on
them. firing volley after volley Tho
Webster lrings back thirteen hundred
EealsEin. n
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
MET THEIR DEATH
While Attending Funeral-A Team to n
Rear Carriage Frightens and Dashes
Down Hill Among the Others.

While Attending a Funeral-A Team to n
Rear Carriage Frightens and Dashes
Down Hill Among the Others.
A series of frightful accidents oc-
Cured in a funeral procession at Altoo-
ma, Ia, Monday, in which one man
was killed outright, four other per-
sons fatally injured and score
of people bruised and fractured. A
procession of forty carriages was fol-
lowing the remains of Nicholas Hem
street from the church to the cemetery,
located some distance out OF town.
While the procession was winding down
hill team in the rear fright
ened at steam threshing-machine
and started to run. The road was mar.
row, and the runaway horses ran into
and upset a dozen of carriages in front
of them, breaking six of them into
splinters aud scattering the occupants
broadcast. A panic ensuod as the other
teams ran away. Men and women
jumped out Of the carriages only
10 be tramplcd on by the run
away teams. When quiet was re.
stored it was found that Edwin
Drestell, of Altoona, was killed;
Joseph Perduc, a telegraph operator
from Grinnell, internally injured
and can not live; Mrs. Joseph Mason,
aged 10 years. leg broken in two places
and otherwise injured and not expected
to live; Mr.. +, S Sayre, skull fractured,
and can not live till morning; Mrs II.
|, G. l.ann, of Newton, so badly fright
| ened that there is believed to be nc
chance for recovery. Among Others
badly injured were Mrs James Parker
and Mrs. Isaac Parker, both OF Altoona.
Fully twenty others were more or les,
in illrp1
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
Chattanooga Squire Fined.

The county court at Chattanooga,
Tenn, convened in quarterly session
Monday In the afternoon a quorum
was not present, and the sheriff was
instructed to bring in the absent mem
bers One of them, Esquire Haltzclar
told the deputy sheriff who demanded
him to GO The recalcitant and
profanc squire was fined $500 for con-
tempt of court, and execution issued
against him.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10

Reports are coming in of the hurri-
cane in the northern pincries Michi-
gan. The best calculation to be had
shows twelve to fifteen townships de-
vastated, and the loss of timber is now
sure to be into the hundreds of millions
of feet Settlers who escaped are coming
out, their timber claims being value
less. Several surveyors crews are still
unheard from. Two others, however
are known to be saved
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
NEW YORK TO BRAZIL.
New Line OF Thirteen Ships To Be
Started

According to report sent out by a
news agency, there is soon to be new
line OF steamships established between
New York and Brazil Only Brazilian
capital is interested in the project. DR..
DE Sousa Lima, president Of the Banl,
OF Concessions and Discounts of Rio
Janeiro, and also president of one of
the largest stock companies engaged
in the shipment of Brazilian products
to New York, is credited with being at
the head Of the enterprise. Dr. De
Sousa Lima has advertised for bids to
build the steamships, of which there
will be 10. Eve of these will be first.
class iron vessels of 1000 tons each,
and eight are to be of wood. One of
the chief objects alleged is to cut off
the unfair advantage which English
traders with Brazil heretofore have en-
joyed
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
Melbourne Brings Rain

Melbourne, the rain-maker began
operations at Goodland, Kan, again
Sunday The test was begun at s
o'clock in the morning, when the Sky
was clear and the air warm and dry.
At noon the sky was covered with
clouds and the thermometer had fallen
from so degrees to so degrees. The
clouds hung over the town all night
and at ? o'clock Monday morning rain
fell for about half an hour.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
Nina Nlgroas LYnch,i

Wednesday afternoon officers sue.
cceded in locating thirteen OF the
worst of the rioting Negroes in cane
break near Cats Island, Ark The
Negroes made dash to escape Two
were killed, two escaped and nine were
captured A crowd of masked men,
mounted and armed. demanded the
prisoners at the hands of the deputies,
and, as they ou,numbercd the deputies
twenty-five to one, took charge Of the
nine prisoners, marched them into a
thicket, and hung them until they were
da,1
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
psacs Relgns in Guatemala.

Senior Jacob liiaz, the Guatemalan
consul General at New York Friday re-
ceiyed the following cable from Presi-
dem, Barillas: Guatemala, Oct |, 1891
-Hioz. New York: Absolute peace
reigns in all Guatemala Deny all ru'
mors of revolution, which are false ana
malicious. bAhiL'As'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
The Big Gusher,

The Greenlee and Forest oil well at
Mcdonald, eighteen miles from Pitts.
burgh, Pa, was drilled deeper Monday,
and the flow increased to IA, 400 barrels
q day. This is the largest well ever
struck in America, and believed to DO
the largest in the world.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-10-10
Accidentally KILLED His Child

John Hostetter, a well-to-do farmer
residing near Lexington, Va, acci-
dentally killed his two-year-old baby
Sunday night. The child was asleep
on the floor, covered with its fathers
overcoat The father, who had been
lying on bed near by, arose, and in
doing so stumbled and fell upon the in
FAINT, his knees striking it in the abb
domen, killing it instantly,