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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-12
M'KINLEY PRICES.
Proof That Articles of Ordinary
Necessity Arc Enhanced In Cost,

Proof That Articles of Ordinary
Necessity Arc Enhanced In Cost
According to the local organ Of
the Harrison administration, the
democrats have stopped talking
about Mckinley prices. 1t is not
we'll informed. In his speech at
Lawrence the other day Governor
Russell of Massachusetts, read a list
of 1872 articles on which prices have
been advanced under the Mckinley
bill over 25 per cent. above the aver
age prices last year. This list, pre-
pared from the records of one of
the largest retail houses in Boston,
included "gloves, lace curtains, up
holstered furniture, woollen dress
goods, flannel wrappers, plush gar
ments, pearl, vegetable ivory, braid
and crochet buttons, woollen hosiery,
worsted coatings, astrakhan cloth,
corduroy cloth, silk plush, ETC., un-
derwears of various kinds, oorsets,
scissors, pocket knives, domestic
woollen blankets, quilts, spreads,
mohair braids, laces, neckties, for
eign umbrellas and parasols, cotton
and linen handkerchiefs, serge and
satin coat and sleeve Innings, foreign
and domestic waterproof cloth, etc.
In his speech at Lowell on Satur-
day last Governor Russell supple
mented this list with another list of
articles made up of manufactures of
iron and steel, tin-plate, glass, lead,
groceries and other articles, showing
the advance over last year by
comparing the prices quoted last
year and this in the market reports
of the Iron Age, the New England
Grocer, the Boston Advertiser, and
other papers. From the Carpet and
Upholstery Trade Review he showed
by comparing the market reports of
September, 1890, and 1891, an ad-
vance Of from to Is per cent. in
carpets.
The great majority of people do
not keep itemized household ac-
counts, and, consequently, they for
get the exact figures Of last years
prices on hundreds of articles they
bought last year. This forgetful-
ness is what the Republicans count
on in their brazen claim that the
outrageous increase in the taxes on
manufactured imports has not ad-
vanced prices. In buying dollars
worth of cloth at IL cents yard
when it cost only ten last year, the
consumer does not notice that there
is an increase of 10 per cent. in, the
price. On a single transaction it
appears trivial, but by taking a
nickel here and a dime there, a
quarter to-day and a dollar to-mor.
row on the hundreds of purchases
q family must make in the course OF
the year, the Mckinley bill gives
its favored corporations an oppor.
tunity to accumulate from the people
in the course of the year millions Of
dollars for which q fair equivalen,
is not given.
Mex Kinley prices are at tleast 40 pei
cent. above fair prices. With free
trade N quinine . dollar buys owe,
SIX times as much as when there
was 2 monopoly tax on qninine
And when the republicans made
raw sugar free il putting up ths
taxes On manuf actnred goods, tho
limmediate & result 81 free trade ii
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-12
A Clean Sweep In Ohio.

DEs MONIES, Nov. 6.-Late election
returns make no change in the results
announced last night. The Democrats
made clean sweep Of the state officers
andthe senate, but the republicans have
a safe majority in the house.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-12
raw sugar was an increase of six
pounds, or over 40 per cent, in the
retail dollars worth of raw sugar.
Jolley's Plurality 5000.

Sioux FALLS, S., D., Nov. 5.-The
latest returns show Jolly is elected to
congress by a plurality of 1000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-12

It cost the tariff barons nearly
ssoo,ooo to carry Ohio for McKin-
ley.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-12
New Treaty With Germany.

New YORK, Nov. 5.-A special to
the Herald from Washington says the
reciprocity treaty with Germany will
probably be announced at the coming
meeting of the German Reichstag. The
details have been perfected and the
treaty has been made, but the German
minister asked the privilege of making
the first formal announcement in Ger
many. The substantial outlines of the
treaty are concessions to this country
on bread-stuffs and cereals, no higher
than the duties conceded to Austria
Hungary by the new treaty with that
country. These duties are about one
half those charged upon similar pro-
ducts from other countries. Germany
makes these concessions in return for
the free entry of beet root sugar.
COLUMBUS, Nov. 4.-Chairman Neal
made no statements as to the election
results this morning more than to say
that the Republicans had captured both
senate and house. Gov. Campbell ac-
cepts the situation philosophically, and
says that the Democratic party was Ia
boring under too great a handicap in
Ohio, because of lack of funds to pay
the legitimate expenses of the cam
paign. He says they made the best
fight they could in face of a Republican
majority Of II 600 to start on and the
combined opposition of the manufac-
turers and capitalists. Besides all this
it was a life and death stsuggle with the
Republican party. To defeat Maj. Nc
Kinley, one of its national leaders and
the representative of it's chosen idea Of
protection, meant the downfall and dis
integration Of the party itself. Party
lines were closely drawn.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1891-11-12

Buys ladies kid hand
turned Button shoes,
worth So. You will find
everything as repre-
sented, good goods and
fair treatment draws
trade.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18
MASSACHUSETTS NOTES.

Rev. II. B. Rankin, formerly general
secretary of the Y. NJ. c. A. at Greenfield,
Mass, was ordained pastor of the Baptist
church at Turner's Falls, Tuesday evening.
Shelburne Falls is elated over the fact
that Major Winn, for a long time a resi-
dent of that town, has been nominated for
governor by the peoples party.
Tom Dempsey, a brick mason tender,
was stabbed in the abdomen Saturday
night, by drunken companion at Green
field The dispute arose over who should
pay for sausages bought of a peddler.
Dempsey first struck his companion, who
drew knife and stabbed him. The as
sailant, a Polander known as Joe, has
been arrested.
Turner's Falls is rejoicing over the pros
pect of the opening of the Farren House.
Frank II. Newton, a brakeman on the
Fitchburg road, fell between the tender
and head freight car near AIillers Falls,
Friday night, and was so badly injured
that he died Saturday morning. He lived
in Greenfield and leaves wife and several
children.
Frank Smith, aged %, was struck by a
train at Smiths Ferry last Friday, and one
leg so badly crushed that amputation was
necessary.
The Mount Pleasant House at Amherst,
a summer hotel which has thrived for the
past two seasons under the management of
Mrs. DIR. W. f. Bullman, was destroyed by
fire on Friday morning. The house was a
mile from the village and the absence of
hydrants made it impossible to fight the
fire. The guests escaped without injury.
The loss was from $4,000 TO $4,000, and
the insurance $1,000. The house will
probably be rebuilt.
An unoccupied house i'm the Green river
district at Greenfield, built by ii. l.. Bar
nard but owned by George Pfetferle, was
burned about IL o'clock Saturday night.
The loss was $500.
A fire started in the Griswold cotton mill
at Turner's Falls Thursday of last week,
and reaching pile of southern pine lum-
ber burned rapidly. Two streams were
played on it as soon as it was discovered
and il was soon eXtinguished. The loss
will be $500.
Several boys were throwing apples at a
man sitting on the ground reading at West
Fitchburg last Sunday. He in turn picked
up an apple, chased the boys, and threw
the apple at one of them just as he was
approaching his doorstep. The apple
struck the boy on his head, and he fell
against the doorstep with such force as to
fracture his skull.
South Hadley Falls is to have new res
ervoir on the CRANKY road capable of hold
ing 100000 gallons of water. Forty
acres of land have been bought on both
/ sides of the brook.
A notable wedding was that at Green
field on Wednesday at the Congregational
church, the contracting parties being Miss
Eliza p, G. Ripley and Thomas l.. Com
stock Mr.. Comstock is treasurer of the
! Turner's Falls lumber company.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18

perate effort to stop the tremendous flow
of wheat from the Northwest to the mar
kets. Receipts in Minneapolis and Duluth
are running from 700 to 1900 cars per day
and the price dropped Saturday to 904
cents a bushel. The Alliance men say
that this means that the whole $50, 10000
bushels of northwestern wheat will be i'm
the market by Jan. 1st, and the price will
drop to so cents. They have accordingly
sent out a million circulars telling the
farmers that the amount of the wheat
crop has been greatly overestimated, and
that the purpose is to get the crop into the
hands of the spectators. They call upon
the growers to stop all sales, hold wheat at
Sl.50, and expect ar advance of five cents
a month beyond this price during the win
ter This sounds in itself like a specuat-
or's dodge, and farmers who are level-head-
ed and not pressed for money will probably
use their own discretion when to sell their
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18
A Foreign Incident.

No little excitement has been occasioned
in Europe by the report, which reached
the papers on Tuesday. that the English
iron-clad fleet sta toned in the Mediterra-
mean had seized the island of Mytilene,
which lies few miles away from the coast
of Asia Minor and practically commands
the entrance to the Dardanelles. Accord
ing to the reports which have reached
London the landing was made at the port
of Sigri, where entertainments were thrown
up, battery was planted, and 13 men of
war were stationed. 1t is understood that
this action on England's part is in answer to
the action of Russia in practically forcing
the passage through the Dardaneles of
ships loaded with troops, to occupy the
island of Tenedos, at the northern en-
trance to the Dardanelles. Many rumors
and coniectures are afloat, but the British
foreign Office is non-committal, keeping its
own counsel strictly, and refusing TO give
information to the newspapers. BY many
it is believed that the result will be to per-
cipitate general war among the great
powers of Europe.
Lateral despatch of Tuesday night
calls this story a canard, and says that the
English only landed at Sigri, while engaged
in certain naval maneuyres. The Porte's
foreign minister, has, however, addressed
a letter to the British ambassador at Con-
stantinOple, asking him for an explanation
of the incident, both verbally and in writ
inn
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18
The Massachusetts. Republicans.


The lively canvass which has been in
progress among the Bay state Republicans
for the past few weeks ended Oh Wednes-
day, when the state convention in session
at Boston nominated Charles IL. Allen of
Lowell for governor by vote of 713,
against 514 for William p. Crapo of New
Bedford. EXGov. Long made one of his
eloquent pleas in Crapo's behalf, but it was
a forlorn hope. Allen is young man of
43, strong, clean and popular. He has
made success in business, and has served
two terms in Congress with credit. The
Democrats, with Russell at their head,
have the advantage of possession on their
side, and it will be no mean task for the
Republicans to make successful fight
against so strong and popular man as
the young governor has proved himself to
be. Allen will, however, unite heartily
all the younger Republican element of the
state in his support. Hon. VIM. II. Halle
of Springfield was renOminated for leuten-
ant governor. The platform adopted de
clares for the extension of the civil ser
vice reform, for sound currency, and for all
the other cardinal points of stanch Repub-
licaniSIn.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18
HAWLEY.
Sept. rs.

Many new goods being
opened today in almost every
department. Some special
bargains among them. All
believed to be worth the prices
asked. Special lot OF Black
Chantilla Laces, and a few
white ones in the lot. This
week | have visited many of
the New York importers OF
Dress Goods and Garments
and picked up some choice
and fashionable novelties. In
the finer grades of dress goods
some of these novelties are
offered only in single patterns.
Many of the artistic novelties
cannot be represented by
sample.
One case, IS pair, White
Bed Blankets offered at SI.oo
a pair, which are better than
any we ever sold before at
that price.
Very large assortment of
the new domestic cotton dress
goods in "Bannockburn" style
especially popular this sea-
son and quite unlike any pre-
viously shown-to be cut up
at II I-2 and IS cents a yard.
". /. HAWZEY.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18
Tn Vow YorL nrmocrnt..

Tammany triumphed at the New York
state convention held at Saratoga on
Wednesday, when Roswell p. Flower. he
of ''barI' fame, was nominated for gov
ernor by vote of 334, against 43 for
Mayor Chaplin of Brooklyn. This result
is supposed to show that Hill has lost his
grip on the party in New York, but it in
dicates determined purpose'on the part of
Tammany To crush out the County democ-
racy. Flowers chief recommendation is
the large fortune which he has accumulat-
ed in Wall street and in his connection
with large railroad interests. His political
career began in 1891, when he defeated
William Waldorf Astor in an election for
a vacancy in his district in Congress. He
has for years been filled with an ambition
to be governor of New York, which has
yielded no little amusement to the public.
He is in every way distinctly the inferior
of Mr.. Fassett, the Republican nominee,
in fitness for that important position, and
the chances for Republican success are un-
usually good. One thing is sure-that in
contest, with these two men heading
the tickets, the Democrats will feel no
assurance of rolling up their accustomed
10000 majority, but must 90 to work in
Flowers behalf with an energy born of
desperation.
The first plank in their platform declares
'against the coinage of any dollar which
is not of the intrinsic value of every other
dollar in the United States" but this is
used simply as a preface to a violent at
tack on the Sherman silver bill passed by
the Republicans in the last Congress.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18
4 Pen Picture from the New York Demo-
cratic Convent
Springfield Republican despatch from Saratoga
Tupstny uigbt


Never in the long list of political conven-
tions in Saratoga has there been as much
drunkenness as there was last night. The
presence of several thousand Democrats i'm
as many as a dozen political organizations
was enough to account for it. The bars
and many of the saloons were open all
night and liquor ran as freely as Saratoga
water Fights were numerous. A big pol
tician caught two smaller ones trying to
relieve him of his diamond pin. He bump
ed their heads together, and they were tax
en- to the hospital for repairs. Then the
Cleveland men and the Hill men had sew
eral battles, and the ear of one of the Cleve-
land men was almost bitten off. After the
drunken crowd had tired of the bars, the
saloons and the streets. they marched
through the corridors of the hotels and
made a night of it. The morning opened
on a sight seldom seen anywhere. Batter
ed faces and iammed silk hats and political
badges made "A combination that could not
disguise the Democratic rounder even
though clad in broadcloth. And these were
the men who control politics in the lower
wards of New York, and sometimes decide
the election of president of the United
States.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18

Dr. George b. Loring, who died in Sa-
lem, Mass, on Monday morning of heart
disease, has been well-known public man
He had been surgeon, farmer, politician; /;
had served in the Legislature and i'm Con-
gress, been president of the New England
agricultural society from its foundation
national commissioner Of agriculture, and
United States minister to Portugal, and
was widely known as an orator. In 1889
he was appointed minister to Portugal by
President Harrison, but resigned that mis-
sion after year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18
The wheat and Corn Crops.


These two salient points regarding the
wheat and corn crops should not be lost
sight of:
The present condition of wheat has been
exceeded but twice in the past II years and
then but slightly, in 1882 and 1884. The
increased acreage of 1891, however, will
place the yield far beyond the yield of those
two years.
The present condition of corn is 20 per
cent better than at the same time last year
and the present percentage has been eX-
ceeded only three times during the past 10
years.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18
a Nation of Homes.

There are in the United States 12,500,-
600 families. and of these 1902, 900 are
living in houses, or on farms, that are not
encountered by any mortgage obligations.
This is showing of homes for the people
that are free from debt which cannot be
paralleled in any other country in the world,
and it is more than a sufficient answer to
the croaking and cackling of the calamity
shriekers and Farmers alliance cranks
about the distressed condition of the farm
ers of this country.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18

Commander-in-Chief Palmer of the
Grand Army has appointed Col Veazey a
member of the committee for the erection
of memorial to Gen. Grant at Washing
ton.
The million dollars of government funds,
which Balmaceda ''swiped" and shipped to
England at the moment of his downfall,
has reached Lisbon on its way to South
ampton, where it will be legally enjoined
and put in the Bank of England pending
the judicial proceedings instigated by the
Chilian junta.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18

Secretary Proctor is now making his IL
nal tour of the military stations of the
West before resigning his cabinet portfolio.
Gov. Page accompanies him. In an inter
view at Chicago the secretary said: I'VE
will probably have less trouble this winter
with Indians than for a number of years
past For this condition of things much
is due to the intelligent policy of General
Miles. feel great interest in the plan
Of enlisting fighting Indians as soldiers in
the regular army and propose to make a
thorough inquiry into its practicablity.
The number of military stations in the
West will probably not be decreased, as
has been reported, for a number of years.
The number is now about down to mini
num-
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18
Miles of Grain-Laden Cars.

From the New York Mail and Express.l
Grain-laden trains of cars are coming in
from the West actually by the mile lengths.
Never in the history of grain shipments
has rolling stock been in such demand to
move cereals, and hundreds of trains are
stalled en- route and side-tracked awaiting
their turn to be forwarded.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18

The weekly trade review of Dun II
Cos commercial agency gives favorable
report of the business outlook in all parts
of the country. There is no room for
doubt that a general improvement in trade
is taking place. In Boston the boot and
shoe trade is lively, dry goods are active,
there are large sales of lumber, wool is
selling fairly well, manufacturers feel en-
couraged, and collections are improving.
The outlook has not been better in years.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18

Miss Lizzie NJ. Kendall of Cavendish,
for some years past teacher of the piano at
Goddard seminary, Barre, was playing the
organ voluntary on Sunday forenoon in the
Universalist church, when a blood vessel
burst at the base of the brain. She was
carried to apartments at the seminary and
physicians called, but she died Tuesday.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18
NEW HAMPSHIRE NOTES.

A very serious accident occurred at
the Bond factory at Charestown last week
Wednesday. John Fish, in attempting to
remove a piece of tarred rope from the
machinery, had his hand drawn into the
belt and thumb torn off in a horrible
manner, the tendons or cords being torn
out from near the elbow.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18
Mr. NIcIlinIer,. winning Fight.
From the Rutland Herald.

\ FIOIn tNt EUIIinI HtTuIul.
Maj. Mckinley as the head of the Re
publican ticket in Ohio is making a re-
markably strong, aggressive fight against
Campbell, and there is every prospect that
he will win. He has many advantages, the
tariff discussion helps him at every step,
and the state is naturally Republican. The
Republicans have clearly the whip hand
in nbin
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18
The Re.uIt. Are sun Crowlng

From the St Louis Globe Democrat.
1t is a definite and splendid fact that
the tariff reform legislation of the last
Congress has created a market for over
10000. 600 worth more of farm products
than were sold last year, and this benefi-
cent work has not yet been completed.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18

Over 5000 people attended the Chelsea
Tunbndge-Strafford picnic. Addresses
were made by Col G. w, Hooker and V.
l. Shea.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18

President Harrison has appointed Fran
els Hendricks of Syracuse to be collector of
the port of New York to succeed j. S.
Fassett.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18
THE VERMONT PHOENIX,
and TERMONT RECORD AND FARMER,
united May l. iSSO)
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT BRATTlEBoRo, VT, BY
o. l.. ENCH.

TERMS: 81 50 per year in advance; II not paid
within the year, $500
RATES OF ADVERTISING furnished on application.
Births. Deaths and Marriages published free;
Obituary Notices Cards of Thanks, etc, IS cents
per inch of ~ lines or less.
Entered at the BrattebOro Post Office as second
class mail matter.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18

In 1SsO-sl we shipped 10000, 900 pounds
of pork to France and 100000 pounds
to Germany, which was 1922 per cent of
our total exports to those countries. In
1SS9-90, June 80 being the end of the
yearly reports, our exports to France were
only 334, $50 pounds and to Germany
$685. 1886 pounds. This was only "a per
cent of our total exports to those countries.
If the raising of the embargoes merely
gives us the same market we had the year
before they went into effect, low estimate
of our increased foreign sales of the pork
product is 10 to II million dollars annually.
The sales ought to be larger than in 1880
81, since the populations of France and
Germany have largely increased in the in
tervening decade
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18

Senators Morrill, of Vermont and Nc
Pherson of New Jersey, acting as a sub
committee of the United States Senate
committee on finance, aie.now making a
trip along the frontier from East to West
investigating the trade relations between
the United States and Canada, and the eff
feet of the new tariff. The Senators start
ed from Boston on the 18th inst. and went
as far east as Calais, Me. They have
since been at Newport, Richford and St.
Albans and are now en- route to Chicago
The bulk of the testimony obtained thus
far is understood to show that the McKin-
ley tariff is working well for American in
terests, and that the residents on this side
of the border are well satisfied with the
situation.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18
GBe Drrmunt pb@nit.
BRATTLEBORO:
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER Is, 1891.

The Vermont Phoenix has n larger
paid circulation In Windham county
than any other paper.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1891-09-18

A st. Paul, Mimi, despatch says the
Farmers Alliance leaders are makinga des-