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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-07
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Special Correspoudenceu Gazette and journal
SMYRNA, May 1.-The barn and out
buildings of Isaac Guessford near Colts
station, We're burned yesterday morning to
TO the ground, with contents, consisting Of
hay, corn, wheat and farming utensils
He managed to get his horses and wagons
out. The buildings caught from fire in
the woods, which had been burning day
or TWO
The general cry among the farmers is
rain. Those not through plOughing find
ing it very hard on their teams, though
many have finished. Grass and wheat
are said to. be suffering very much for
want Of rain. Peaches are thought to be
safe from the frosts on account of the
rapid growth in the foliage the last few
days.
SMYRNA, May 4-Tschundy & Cats
basket factory started this morning They
would have commenced making baskets
last week, but failed iii getting certain
necessary machinery in place. The outlook
for full seasons work was never better
Joseph 4. Carter with men, returned
from Charlottesville, Va, where he went
three weeks age to paint and decorate
large hotel.
Joshua 7. Ierman, who went to Denver,
Col., last summer IN search Of health, in
company with his wife, thence to Cali
tprnla, returned home Saturday evening
greatly benefited by his trim They ~.
ceiyed a hearty welcome bark again III
their many friends. ''ss - 't'''''' y
greatly deIaya5 omd timdaroS la tia5 oeo ~
accotint af the et,a,in. faiIi,a - s,;,.e "
facti9m Tbe wnrka shmt d3wn AZ ,,,,,,,
saturday h" nIInY, ,iaebnist ~ ~ , ,1,In
some cGnn,sa II tla ,aati,a ,,,,,or III IL
warked InfiI ,aii,i..ht G,tnfpia,, Nm,
when be nrG,oiirisad a,,arytiins,, ~ WI,
L." I 81
train. bt this nr ~ siie .,.S ~ ~ fa, w
started liz n,,,r. fait.d ~ ~ Wv iaa.JS
Thr Jim frafl, w.it',r1 \ 49, ~ NH '.,aSi
we're tae,r,,Iho5 X IN W. FIX u.ei'a 49,
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Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-07
THE BED QUILT.

An old lady found number OF pieces Of cloth
that were just four inches square and concluded
to piece them into bed quilt. She found that
four ofthc pieces did not make the blocks large
enough. How would she cut and sew them 70.
eether so as to use Eve of the pieces in each
block, not wasting, any material, and still have
the blocks square?
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-07

The property Of Sarah r. Mason at
Townsend, Appoguinmink hundred, was
sold Monday by Sheriff Simmons. Joseph
L Nichols Of Talleyyille was the pur
chaser at $3.50.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-07

Measuring day for Mems
Clothing to order. English
Worsted, wool finished mot
the shiny kind) made in walk
ing coat and vest, flat braid,
$3.50.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-07

Have you a Bicycle Like
tobogganing for speed {; Ike
birds flight for exhilaration.
No more dangerous than a
rocking chair, now that the
Safeties have come. We
have mounts for big and little
-boy,youth, girl, man, woman.
Victor Safety (nodels A and By, S135.
Victoria Ladies Safety, $l35
Rush Safety, 800.
Crescent Safety, $s5.
Juno Safety, $75.
Gredenda Safety, 500; for ladies', 800.
Little Giant, $35.
Rob Roy Safety, $50,
Our Pet Safety, $40
Boys Junior Safety, 1876.
Girls Junior, $35.
Nonpareil Safety, $40.
A descriptive price list of
these Machines will be sent
for the asking.
A new idea in Commence
ment and Class Day Invita-
tons. Engraved designs, but
no charge for ENGRAVING. One
uniform price-S4 for 100 in
vltatlons complete for mailing;
$3.50 for 500; $32.5o for
1000. Twenty handsome
conceits. Samples for the
asking. The old way was a
charge Of $40 to $50 for de-
sign and plate, and then S. to
$3.50 the 100 sets.
50 engraved Calling Cards
(name only 81. Same high
grade work and material as
when you paid $3.50. New
arrangements enable us TO
certainly fill orders in three
days. More than $4,000 pri-
vate plates are registered
here, subject to customers
orders-you see how our bust
ness has grown.
John WANAMAKER-
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-07

And now a word upon the special
feature of Donahoeism which these
few men calling themselves Democrats,
but who are far from representing the
sentiment Of the Democratic party IL
Wilmington, have been most emphatic
endorsing his "homemarket''a amend
ment to the Wilmington 100000 loan
bill. Do these men realize that they
are not only endorsing a piece Of dema.
gogism, fer that's what ii is, but are
also subscribing to the Republican doe
trine Of high protection, Of which the
home market idea is a darling feat
urey And have they reflected what
would become Of Wilmington's great
manufacturing interests should other
communities adopt this selfish "home
market theory and resolve 10 have all
their work done at home instead Of
sending il to Wilmington? How many
ships, how many railroad cars, how
many locomotives, how many car
wheels, how many Of the other manu-
features that are daily turned out Of the
great establishments Of this busy city
would be called for if the supply had to
be limited to the demands II the ''home
narkets"
At is useless to dwell upon this point
further. Wilmington is the last city in
the county that should think Of adyo-
eating such a business principle as
spending every dollar Of ones money at
home and sending none abroad.
With the fight that is now going on
N the Republican party over the
Aayoralty nomination, and tile bitter
feelings it il sure to cngender, there Is
an excellent prospect Of eleeting the
strong and satisfactory Democratic city
ticket that was named by TIE City
Democratic Association Saturday night.
But if il is loaded with DQnahaeism 1t
will be doomed to certain defeat. When
Mr. Donahoe was the candidate for
Senator in ISIS, he received 1915 votes
in Wilmington, against 5o35 for the
Cleveland electors, showing him to
have been 40 votes weaker than the
head Of the ticket. His personal and
official record since then has not been
such as to dissipate the distrust Of him
entertained by 4I9 Democrats Of vii.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-05-07

The marble settlers in st. Louis have
been granted their demand for So for eight
hours work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-02

place yesterday afternoon from the
family residence. From noon till 3
o'clock a constant stream of citizens
passed through the house to take last
look at the dead statesman. The Hem
bricks and Cleveland and Gray clubs, the
Marion county and indianapolis bar as
sociations, and the city and state Off
Gals were all present, and the process
sion included fully 500 vehicles
Among those from without the CITY
who were in attendance were the dead
statesman's brother, JAS A. Mcdonald,
and his son, Geo. w. Mcdonald, of At
tica, Ind; Don Piatt, cousin, from
Macocheek, O.; w. C. Shepherd, of
Hamilton, o., and Frank Farnswo. tn,
of Washington, Mrs. McDonald's
brother.
The floral tributes were profuse and
beautiful and came from every political
organization in the city irrespective of
party.
The funeral ceremonies were con-
Quoted by Rev. Joseph A. Milburn,
pastor of the Second Presbyterian
church, and Rev. DR.. NJ. L. Haines, of
the First Presbyterian church. Brief
and eloquent eulogies We're delivered
by both divines at the house, and the
ceremonies at the grave were impress
i've and beautiful.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-02
NEED OF THE TIME.
Manly Men of Liberal Culture Needed in
Every Walk of Life.

Manly Men of Liberal Culture Needed in
Every Walk of Life.
AMHERST, Mass, June 25.-President
Merrill L. Gates delivered his inaugural
address at Amherst college to-day.
Among other things he said:
The pressing ant of our time Is manly
men, of liberal culture and sound head and
heart, in every walk of life. The influence
of such men amelorates all the relations of
life, and lends to it rich ness and tone.
Christian manhood is a greater thing than
any profession. We do not need greater
number OF doctors, lawyers, mer-
chants. We do need a greater number of
literally educated men who value Christian
education above dollars and cents. What
else can dispel the awful cloud of ignorance
and vice that blackens our census map of
the south and storms at all our ports of i'm
migration? If the dangers which
threaten US from these sources
are to be averted, must look
not to 'fhome missionaries" alone, not to
clergymen only, not to the efforts of poll
ticians or statesmen, but to the increase of
the number and the influence of those lib
orally educated Christian men whose stand
ard of judgment and action, in every vOca-
tion should raise the tone of public opinion
and purify the public morals.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-02
An Important Ruling in Regard to Chi
namen.

WASHINGTON, June Acting Sec
rotary Spalding has made a ruling in
regard to Cinnamon that will be wide
spread in its application. Three China
men came to Detroit, Tuesday, from
Canada, and the commissioner init
mated that Canada was the country
from whence they came, and to which
they should be returned. Acting Sec
rotary Spalding directed that they be
returned to China, and in discussing
the points raised by the United States
commissioner at Detroit, cent the fol-
lowing telegram to the collector there:
THE act of Septembe Der Is, 1883, is not
in force, as the treaty named in section
1 was not ratified. Act of August Is,
1890, page 3s7, Statutes-atLarge,m makes
appropriation, specifically, for return
ing to China all Chinese persons lille
gallv in the United States. 1t is useless
to return them to Canada to come back
tomorrow. The above act was eX
pressly made to meet the difficulty.
Under it we return unquestioned to
China. as the country from whence
they came, Chinese coming from
Mexico and British Columbia, as
they make these contiguous for
eign countries the avenue for reaching
the United States.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-02
SHAMELESS CORRUPTION.
Whon Harrison Bought Wanamaker He
Made Bad Bargain.

When Hon. John Wanamaker was
promoted from Philadelphia bargain
counter to the elevated and responsible
position of postmaster general of the
United States, the people of the United
States beheld the first open and ac-
knowledged sale of a high public office
by one of the great political parties.
Wanamaker was taken into the cab
met, not because of his supposed exec
utiye ability, nor because he had the
confidence or admiration of even a
faction of the republican party. He
was known personally to only linn
tied number of people in Philadelphia,
and by reputation only to those who
read his 'bargain" advertisements in
the Phil adelphia papers. The country
at large had never heard of him. The
first intimate knowledge that the peo-
nile gained Of him was through the adj
vertisements of Wanamaker Il Browns
cheap clothing WHICH postmasters were
asked to circulate shortly after Hon
John became comfortably settled in Of
fee.
He was made postmaster general
simnlv because he raised 100000 for
the big corruption fund by which Har-
rison's election to the presidency was
purchased in 1888 To man of Mr.
Wanamaker's enterprise the office was
cheap at that price. The firm OF
WanamalSer & Brown doubtless mace
some money, though not SO much lbs
was expected, through the advertise
ments which Hon. John caused to be
circulated by postmasters. In the
light of subsequent events IL is prop
Ia
postal telegraph scheme to work there
would have been millions in it for
the republican party and for the saints
of the republican party. Instead OF being
squeezed in his stock jobbing oper-
atoms by Jay Gould, Mr.. Wanamaker
might have danced gleefully upon the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-02

financial colin of the great wan surees
operator.
But it begins to look as if the Harri-
son administration is gradually finling
out that it sold itself too cheap: gave
itself away, in fact, when it let Wanna
maker in for 100000. The scandal of
the Keystone bank is slowly permeat-
ing too many branches of the govern
ment in Washington to be at all COM
Portable to the occupant of the white
house. The derclictions of official duty
already shown in connection with that
bank point strongly to the conviction
that men who are dishonest enough to
use money corruptly in politics are also
dishonest enough to resort to crooked
practices in order to get their money
back with interest.
The Harrison administration owes its
existence to shameless fraud and cor
ruption practiced in the election of
1888. Mr.. Harrison owes his Office
largely to bribery and purchase. If
his latter months in the white house
shall be clouded with scandalous ex-
posures of his associates, it will be SIM
ply another case of the engineer blown
skyward with his own dynamite cart
ridge.-St. Louis Republic.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-02
TIN PLATE FIGURES.
Phenomenal Decline of the Product i've
Capacity of the Industry.

Phenomenal Decline of the Product i've
Capacity of the Industry.
The output of domestic tin plate has
fallen off in the Office OF the Cleveland
Leader, as we'll as in the columns of
certain other Mckinley papers. On
May 81 the Leader said, in an editorial
paragraph relating to a meeting of
1.-The tin plate manufacturers Of the
United States:"
1T was reported that mills now in working
order in the United States are turning out tin
at the rate of 60, 900 tons year"
That is to say, that American manu-
facturers were at that time making tin
plate at the rate of 1874, 400, 900 pounds,
or l. 200. 900 boxes, per annum. But the
Leader said on June 9, about three
weeks later:
No protectionist expected that any great
amount Of American tin plate would be made
until the higher duty went into effect. What
was counted on that arrangements would
be made for its manufacture, and this has been
done. Small quantities have been made and
sent out over the country samples"
Here is phenomenal decline of the
productive capacity of the industry in
less than three weeks from 1874, 400, 600
pounds per annum to small quantities
sent out over the country as samples
The remainder of the editorial article
from which our second extract is taken
is composed chiefly of the customary
references to the lies and free
trade howls'' of journals that are I'M
willing that the people should pay
millions of dollars for these samples"
N V Times
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-02
A SAD SCENE.

A Prominent Young New Yorker Loses
His Life in Trying to Save That of a
Young Woman, who was Also Drowned at
Elberon, n. 1.-The Heroic Sacrifice
Witnessed by Hundreds who were I'm
able to Lend Assistance.
AsBURY PARK, n. j.. June 25.-Fred
Brokaw, eldest son of Isaac V. Brokaw,
prominent in New York. was drowned
while attempting to rescue the servants
of Mrs. Herr at Elberon yesterday
afternoon. One of the servants was
also drowned Miss Annie Donohue,
Miss Aggie Birsch and Miss Julia Tor
pIa had been bathing. and were car
ried out beyond their depth.
Their cries were heard by Brokaw,
who, with DIR. Ferris, of Philadelphia,
was sitting on the lawn of the Brokaw
cottage. The two threw off their outer
garments and leaped into the sea-
Brolsaw seized Miss Donohue and DR..
Ferris caught hold of Miss Birsch.
Brokaw made gallant struggle to
reach the shore with his burden.
The girl completely lost her head,
several times breaking from his
grasp. He would not desert her, how
ever, and struggled to bring her to the
shore. Finally efforts to retain his hold
on the girl exhausted him and he sank
from view with the girl, whom he chung
to to the end.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bro1aw witnessed the
sad accident from the beach, and are
almost frantic with grief.
Brokaw was 21 years old. He was
catcher of the Princeton college team
and a graduate of that college in the
class of 81. Miss Torpia and Miss
Birsch were saved. DIR. Ferris was ex-
hauSted when rescued and taken to the
Brokaw cottage where he lies in a
critical condition. Hundreds of wealthy
New Workers who have cottages in the
vicinity witnessed the sad scene
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-02
The Pennsylvania Laws.

Mr.. Fl. G. Lea, prominent merchant
of Philadelphia, has written a letter to
the PENNSYLVANIA legislature vigorously
protesting against the passage of a bill
to list and tax personal property. Mr..
Lea is large owner of real estate and
a very small owner of personal proper
tv, which makes his letter all the
stronger He says:
AS heavy taxpayer have naturally
given the subject of taxation some
thought for many years past. and my
conviction is settled that real property
is the surest and fairest basis on which
to levy the public revenue. 1t can not
elude the assessor, as the great bulk of
personal property can; it's value can be
estimated with reasonable accuracy,
and is not subject to violent or sudden
fluctuations. The difference between
land at S25 an acre and S25 square
foot is simply that the latter is sur
rounded by capital and busin ess, while
the former is remote from these sources
of value. OF all classes in the COM
munity. the landowner is the one most
interested in having capital and bust,
ness untrammeled to earn the largest
profits. He gets, sooner or later, his
share in those profits, and it is suicidal
for him to drive away that which alone
gives his land its especial value over
government lands in the territories
The bill provides for a complete in
ventory of the personal effects of every
person, firm and corporation, including
household furniture and tools, and then
provides that the inventories shall be.
printed and distribu to all the tax
payers, SO that each one may play tho
spy on his neighbor and see whether he
has made a true return or not. AS there
are 225, 900 taxable persons ia Philadel.
phia, the lists would fill several vol
umes, SO that each person would have a
small library presented to him every
year at the public expense, consisting
of detailed statement of everybody
assets and liabilities.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-02

two Chlngs-xelther itself shoulder the
increase, or charge it over to occnpapt",
l. e., consumers of houses. Ii capi1ai
accepts the former alternative it must
content itself with smaller returns. But
it was receiving, presumably, no more
than the average return before ana
rather than receive less it will look for
investment in some other direction.
But. if the increased taxation is to DC
charged over to the consumer of houses
practically the consumption of houses
will decrease, e., people will try to
content themselves with less expensive
or narrower quarters.
The first effect of the increased taxa
ton might be. consequently. rise IN
the rental value of inferior houses, ana
a decline in the rental value of super
Tor houses; but upon the whole, there
is decreased demand for houses ano'
consequently capital lacks encourage
ment to invest in that sort OF produc-
ton After awhile, the increase OF pop
ulation will have so far outstr.pped the
production of houses, or existing houses
will have so far worn out. that mousse
rents will rise, and the owners of houses
will begin to collect the increase OF
taxation from tenants in the shape Oh
increased house rents Capital VIII
then begin to be invested more freely
in the production of houses, because IL
can now count upon receiving the aver
age return. This same explanation VIII
apply to all other products of labor ne
sides houses Taxation of labor pro
ducts discourages production. and de-
crease in production ultimately causes
rise in prices.
Taxation upon land values can not
discourage the production of land. On
the contrary, it, so to speak, increases
such production. 1t causes some land
at least, which was being held for an
advance to be offered at a lower price,
and if the tax were so adjusted as to
amount to all, or nearly all, of the an
nual rental value of bare land. all land
now held for a rise would either be i'm
proved by present owneTs or offered for
SALE
l am aware that this has been stated
before, at least the substance of the
proceeding paragraph; but l do not
recollect having seen in The Standard
any very elaborate attempt to explain
just how increased taxation upon labor
products in the course of manufacture
finally tends to rest upon the shoulders
of the consumer in the form of increased
prices. H. j. Chase.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-02
English lnklings of Single, Tax Prin-
cipIes.

The select committee on town hold
ings of the house of commons, which
has to consider the value and taxation
of land on the motion made by VIM.
Saunders in 1886, is now sitting in Lon.
don. Mr.. Moulton, Q. c., testified be
fore it on April 10, his testimony being
thus summarized in the Chronicle:
The incidence of the rates was at
present unfair and injurious. The
landed property in town ought to bear
the major portion of the expenditure.
The value of the land in town depend
ed upon the communal prosperity, and
therefore, large part OF the com
munal expenditure ought to come out
of the property held in the town. In his
opinion ground values should contrib
ute to the poor-rate just as well rs
railways, or anything else that was
profitable in a town. Ground rents, he
thought, should bear their fair share
of civic burdens, because they especial
1y profited by civic expenditure Houses
and buildings were property OF a kind
which should bear a smaller impOst
proportionately for these reasons First,
that the property came from an outlay
of private capital; secondly. that it was
wasting property-in the sense OF grad
ual decay; and, thirdly, THAT it
did not not follow that communal ex-
penditure, which improved the value of
land, would improve the value of the
houses upon it. AS an ILLUSTRATION, the
witness instanced the case of Rosebery
avenue, where large communal cx.
penditure had greatly increased the
value of adjoining land, and at the
same time had reduced the value of
many houses almost to zero, because
they were not suitable to land so valu-
able, and consequently had to be pulled
down. Another reason why the annual
value derived from the house should
not be taxed at the same rate as the
value derived from land was that the
annual return from houses, did not rep
resent the same sum as an annual
return from land. An annual return OF
e10O from ground rents represented
double the same annual return receiv
ed from house rents
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-02
Sample of Republican Cheek.

The supreme gall of a republican
convention bobbea up as usual at CO.
lumbus The great statesmen in at
tendance from sheer force of habit
showed this plank in their PLATFORM:
We favor economy in the administration OF
national and state affairs.
Was there ever such balderdash!
After a republican administration has
knocked the bottom out of the public
treasury, leaving nothing therein but a
large and growing deficit, then come
the Mckinleys, Forakers, Shermans, ct
al, with plea for economy.
In the bright lexicon of the repub-
lican party there is no such word as
ecOnOmy-Chicago Globe
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-07-02
Fatal Shooting ARRAY,

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, June 26. - A
shooting affray occurred yesterday
afternoon at colored picnic from this
city held at Maxwell, Hancock county,
in which three men were shot, two
probably fatally. The shooting was
the result of an old quarrel between
Ed Harvey and John Banks, two negro
toughs of this city. Each had two re-
volvers and each emptied every cham
Der of his weapons. Councilman Henry
Sweetland, colored, of this city, was
shot through the body, but will recover.
Banks was shot in five places and will
die. Harvey, is fatally wounded.