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MORE CONVICTS
Released at Bricevil!c, Tenn.-Ten of Them
Recaptured.

Recaptured.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Nov. Slate ad.
vices from divers confirm the state
ment that convicts to the number of 1856
more have been released. But ten
guards were in the stockade, and they
yielded to the inevitable. The miners
numbered two hundred, and all were
mounted. Many wore masks over their
faces. 1t was the most complete piece
OF lawlessness yet done. Sledges and
hammers accomplished what fire would
not and one hour after the arrival of the
miners the costly stockade was in ruins.
Thirteen convicts represent the
entire number captured out of 4s6 re-
leased by the miners A heavy guard
left here this afternoon for Tracy City,
accompanied by Superintendent of
Prisons E. B. Wade. They will reach
there tomorrow, and remain if the
miners do not complete the work there
tonight 1t is now said that the miners
are adding insult to injury by releasing
the convicts taken by the officers of the
law,as soon as captured.
81. VERNON, KY, Nov 2-Ten of
the Briceville and Coal Creek convicts
were arrested and jailed here Monday
night The sympathy of the people
generally is with the miners.
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SAUCY CHILL


VIII just suit Itself in the Matter of Repa.
ration and Apology.
The reply of the Junta to the de-
mands made by Minister Egan on be-
half Of this government for satisfac-
tion for the Valparaiso outrage was
translated at late hour Thursday
afternoon and proved thoroughly un.
satisfactory. 1t carried with it the
practical announcement that the Chill
ian government would suit itself in
the matter of reparation and apol-
ogy, and distinctly stated that ii
viewed the demand of the United
States as threat Mr. Blaine
at once hurried to the white house
to communicate to the president the
character of the message, but there was
nothing obtainable Thursday night as
to what reply will be made to the
saucy communication of the Junta 1t
is extremely probable that this govern
ment will use some caution before go-
ing deeper into this issue, though un'
questionably the original demand au'
thorized by the president will have to
be sustained in any event. the national
honor being involved.
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CONVICTS RELEASED.

Three Thousand Miners Surround tho
Bricevllle Camp-The Stockade Burned
and the Guards Overpowered.
Three hundred and twenty convicts
have been released at Briceville, Tenn,
and an immense stockade has been
burned A battle has taken place be-
tween guards and miners. The fatal.
ties are yet unknown, dispatch from
Knoxville, Tenn, dated Saturday 2 a.
M, says: A gentleman just from Brice.
vile confirms the reports of the
release OF the convicts Three thou.
tand miners surrounded the stoclkade,
and the guards gave up the convicts,
who were given citizens clothes and
the stockade burned The miners were
surrounding Gambia Stockade when he
left. They were armed with Winches.
tcrs. Not one was killed. One hun.
dred and forty-one convicts are already
released. A dispatch from Chattanooga,
dated Saturday a. IN, says: Demor-
allied wires make it difficult to reach
mountain stations in the vicinity Of
Briceville. The telegraph operator at
Clinton reports at 1880 a m, that
heavy firing is going on at Briceville.
He says that the convicts in the Branch
prison were released at o'clock by
miners. He says if any fatalities have
occurred, the news has not reached his
office.
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HIGH TARIFF AND SHODDY.

One Effect of the Wool Tariff Has Been to
Increase the Use of shoddy.
The American Wool Reporter re-
Gently published the following:
"The increase in the duty on carpet
woods renders it necessary for carpet
manufacturers to change present prices,
the advance in the price of carpets over
year ago being proportionately not
as great as the increase in the duty on
the raw material. One effect of the
increased duty is seen in the-use of
more shoddy and hair in the making of
ingram carpets. The increased duty
has unquestionable curtailel consump-
ton and has hurt the manufacture of
carpets. If carpet woods were free we
should have better grade of ingrains
at cheaper price. This would lead to
an improved demand from those who
have to consider the cost even when
purchasing an ingram carpet, and the
whole industry would be materially
bene fitted"
No wonder that the shoddy manufac-
turers, whose business has been boom
ing since the enactment of the McKin-
ley tariff, declared during the cam
paign of 1888 that the election of Cleve-
land would be the death of their busi-
ness. What a change has taken place
under the high tariffs since the war,
when manufacturers of wooden goods
openly declare that the day is passed
when all-wool goods are the rule.
Shall King Shoddy rule supreme? Free
wool would be the death of shoddy.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-07
WHO PAYS THE TARIFFq

The Lessons Taught by the Duties on Win
dow Glass-Complete Refutation OF the
Assertion of Secretary Of the Treasury
Foster That the Foreigner Pays the
Tariff Tax.
The other day the secretary of the
treasury. Foster, made speech at Find
lay, Ohio, in which he asserted that the
tariff is not tax and that the foreign
ers pay the duties on goods sent to this
country. The secretary said: 81 do not
know of more fallacious proposition
than the one contended for by all dem
ocrats, from Grover Cleveland to Jerry
Simpson, that the tariff is tax and
that the consumer pays the tax. OF
course, know that the proposition
seems to be logical, and in the light of
the experience of this country the prop
osition has been proven to be untrue.
If the democratic idea OF tariff is to
tax articles imported into this country
but not produced here, is to prevail then
the tariff is tax. This fact is abun-
dainty illustrated bv the effect Of the
Mckinley bill in admitting sugar free
of duty. The price of sugar has fallen
the amount of the tax. But when you
apply the protective principle amely,
u place e1.ty upon articles we pro
duce in this country-such results do
not follow"
Secretary Foster is large stock
holder in several window glass fact
cries in Ohio, and took active part in
the formation of the window glass
trust The protective principle about
which he speaks has been applied to
widow glass since 1916. We produce
window glass in this country to-day,
but the trust so controls and limits
production that we still have to import
80 per cent of the window glass we
consume each year Window glass
satisfies the conditions which he saws
compels foreigners to pay the tariff
tax. No article is more highly pro-
tected than window glass, as the fol-
lowing figures show The figures are
for the imports in 1890;
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The Plano Manufacturers.

Mr. Alfred Dodge took occasion in
recent issue of the New York World to
say that the Mckinley tariff had in
creased the cost of making piano only
twenty-five cents Mr.. Dodge is adealer
in piano supplies and the only manu-
facturer of piano hammer felt in this
country, and probably knows the facts;
but it is little puzzling to ordinary
business minds to know just how he
makes his estimates. Some of
the piano manufacturers are not
little surprised that anyone
should make such statements. They
say: Nearly everything that goes in
to a piano costs more. Tuning pins
have gone up so cents per 1000, or 30
cents piano; piano wire, 90 cents
pound, and it takes one pound to each
treble; keys cost 81 more per set; inn
ported felts, 80 cents more per pound,
or 2S cents for each piano. These are
but few of the items which cost the
manufacturer more because the duty
was greatly increased on them, conse-
quently the piano business has not
been as dull in fifteen years as it has
been this spring and summer. Nearly
all factories are on half time, when
they ought to be filling fall orders.
Firms that usually make forty pianos
a week are only making eight or ten
now ~
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NOT so HOT.
The Temper Between Chill and the United
States Cooling.

Ahc lenper between Cniil anu tne tnlteu
States Cooling.
New YORK, Nov. 3-The New York
Herald's Valparaiso dispatches say that
from all appearances the danger of any
serious trouble between Chilli and the
United States over the Baltimore out.
rage is rapidly passing away. Libertad
Electoral, the semi official organ of the
Junta publishes an editorial which is
calculated to set at rest any feeling of
uneasiness which may have prevailed
in Chilli.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-The tagging
interest in the Chilian affair was re-
vived in measure Monday morning by
visit of Senor Don Pedro Montt to the
navy department He remained with
Secretary Tracy for an hour. This was
followed by a fifteen-minute call on
Secretary Blaine. Secretary Tracy said
that there was no warrant for sensa-
tional warlike dispatches at this time.
The United States government has re.
quested an investigation of the assault
upon the Baltimores sailors; an inves-
tigation was being made, and nothing
could be done until the results were
known. He saw no reason for any ap-
prehension in the mind of the American
public.
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CHILrS SIDE TOLD.
N" ohclal Report IF the Fight Sent +
Washington.

senor Don Pedro Montt, the represen.
,a'iVe OF Chilli, Friday received the fol.
lowing Official cablegram from his
country explanation of the trouble at
valparaiso. Investigation instituted
Immediately and continues with great
uliigehce, but it is not yet finished. The
trouble began in Claves street and
II became tumult at about n m
regular soldiers, police and the
special guard of intendente restored
order. The combatants, 80 Americans
ana II Chilians, were committed before
the Judicial authorities, They fought
WIN knives, stones and everything
eney could lay their hands upon'
lhere was one killed and several
wounded. 1t is said that there
We're l6O American sailors from
the Baltimore on shore at the
time Of the tumult In explanation
OF the small number of Chilians ar
rested in comparison with the number
OF Americans, it is stated that the
Chilians were at home and able to con-
ceai themselves, while the sailors being
strangers, and in uniform, were easily
distinguished, and, having no place Of
coneealment, were readily captured.
1t is thought to be certain that the
Chilians implicated will eventually be-
brought to justice
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-07

LONDON Oct. 29.-It is said that a
serious scandal is involved in the recent
mutinuous outbreak of the Grenadier
Guards at Windsor. The authorities
have been paying for a better quality
of rations than the troops received, and
it is insinuated that some officers were
aware of the fact and the Grenaders
having suspicion of this knowledge,
mutinied as Il last resort to call ztten-
ton to their grievance.
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RIVER DISASTER.
Steamer Oliver Beirne Burns to tho
Waters Edge.
Tnh1y Persons Believed to Have Per.
hhed-The Registry Of tho
Boat Lost.

The New Orleans and yieksburo
steamer, Oliver Beirne, was burned
Thursday morning near Miliken's Bend,
La, while en- route to New orleaus.
with loss of probably twenty.tive
lives, for the exact numberwill never he
known. The Beirne left st louis last
Wednesday, October 2l, and was going
South to enter her regular winter busi.
ness, running between New Orleans and
Vicksburg in the cotton trade. She had
q small cargo of merchandise aboard
and some 700 bales of cotton and l1C
passengers, most of them deck passen.
gers. The boat had just left Milhkens
Bend landing at $3.50 a. M, and was but
a short distance from the land when
the cry OF fire was raised, the flames
brsakiias out among thc cottoff ne;sr the
engine. The passengers were hurriedly
aroused, and when the flames were
seen, which spread rapidly, a panic
broke out among them, and they rushed
around the deck in their night-clothes
Notwithstanding the great cold. Some
OF them, seeing the fire spreading, be.
came SO frightened that they leaned
wildly into the river Although the
flames enveloped the wheelhouse, the
pilot stuck to his post like a hero
to the last possible moment, and
headed the boat for the Louisiana
shore until she ran aground, thus
enabling many of the passen.
gers to escape with their lives, for
they had but short distance to swim.
The engineer got out the yawl and
with it pulled up a number OF persons
floating in the river, while others were
saved by clinging to the floating cotton
bales with which the vessel was laden
and number Of which were thrown
into the river. Others of the passen.
gers clung to the boat to the last
moment but were finally com.
PEELED to spring into the river
A yawl in charge of the en-.
gineer picked up number of them,
but thirteen are known to have lost
their lives and ten more are thought to
have been drowned The loss includes
the following: The two children of Dr.
d. Worrell, of Baton Rouge, the moth.
er escaping alive. Sam " Entricken,
OF New Orleans, son of the clerk. A
daughter of Mrs. 0, Adams. Mrs j.
Wolbridge, of New Orleans, colored
nurse of Mrs. Frazier, of New Orleans
Five cabin boys and two chambermaids.
There were large number of deck
passengers, but how many there were
it is impossible to say, but probably 100.
The number Of them who are lost is
variously estimated at from four to
twelve, but it is not probable that their
names will be learned The Oliver
Beirne was only four years old, and one
of the few remaining types of
the old-fashioncd side.wheeler She
was valued at 100000 All the books
were burned, and no list of passengers
is obtainable.
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Buying Out Competitors.

Some years ago prominent Ameri-
can manufactures of screws made a
contract with Hon. Joseph Chamber
lain, of Manchester, England, to pay
him the sum of S3O,O00 for keeping out
of the American market High prices
in the protected home market were SO
important to this American firm that
they were willing to pay hard cash to
have this projections precious market
all to themselves,
This odd freak of protectionism has
just been repeated in Germany. In
that country there is duty of s. 10 a
ton on steel rails, and the manufactur-
ers have trust which keeps up prices
quite after the American fashion. But
one thing disturbed the high tariff an
tics of the German rail trust 1t was
Belgian competition. But now peace
reigns; the trust has paid the Belgian
rail makers $50, 900 to keep out Of Ger
many.
Protection manufacturers are queer
lot, always SO miseraby poor, always
about to be ruined by foreign compe-
tition. and yet they can 80 deep into
their pockets to buy off rivals.
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BRONZE STATUE
or Brig. Gen. wickham Unveiled Mt Rich
mOnd, Va.


Richmond, Va, was filed Thursday
morning with strangers, including con-
federate veterans and military organi-
cations from various portions OF the
state, drawn together to unite in
demonstration in honor of Brig Gen.
VIM. Carter Wickham, a bronze statue
of whom was unveiled at noon, The
statue was unveiled by Carter Wick
ham Renshaw, a grandson of the gen.
eral. Judge b. W. Lacy, of the SUI
preme court introduced Gen. tltz
Lee, who delivered the oration'
at the conclusion of which a
military salute was fred. The bronze
figure is seven feet high. 1t represents
Gen. Wickham in the full uniform OF q
brigadier-general of cavalry, booted
and spurred. The pedestal OF granite is
nine and one.half feet high. On the
diverse of the die is the inscriptions
"Wickham, Soldier, Statesman Patrio''
Friend: Presented to The City OF R'ch-
mond by Comrades in the Confederate
Army and Employees OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad" On the reverse Is
the name, NV. Carter Wiekham' WIN
date of birth and death.
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Mckinley
Duty

In spite of these enormous duties, we
still import 80 per cent. of the window
glass we consume The reason why
glass trust, of which Secretary Foster
is member finds that it can make
more money by producing a small
amount OF glass and selling it at high
prices than it could were it to make all
the glass we need for home consump-
ton.
But Secretary Foster says that the
foreign manufacturer pays the duty
and that the home consumer does not
How absurd this is is shown by the
cost of the foreign window glass
imported in 1890 and the amount of
duties levied. In 1890 we imported
81. 4O2, 1876 worth of window glass on
which $l,5SS,22S were paid in duties.
Nearly all of this glass came from Bel
gium. Does Secretary Foster mean,
when he says that the foreigner pays
the tariff tax, that the Belgians pre-
sented us with 81, 4O2, 796 of window
glass and gave us sl35 432 besides for
taking it as gift? Now these figures
were made up in the bureau OF statis-
tics under Secretary Fosters charge.
Either they must be erroneous or else
the secretary has told his Ohio friends
something which he knows to be false,
for the Belgians are not more generous
than are other nations.
How the window glass trust takes
advantage of the tariff to charge con-
sumers all the bonus it allows is shown
in the following table which gives the
present wholesale price in Belgium,
from which all our imports come, and
the prices charged by Secretary Foster
and his associates in the window glass
trust for carload lots The figures are
the net prices for second quality single
thick glass These prices are absolute
ly correct The third and fourth col
umns in the table show the amount
which the American price exceeds the
foreign and the duties charged on the
foreign glass when imported.
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MECHANICAL SCIENCE.

THE practice of cold saving" OF
steel and iron is being generally
adopted.
IMPROVED engine practice has caused
the adoption of a mechanical device for
constant feeding of fuel to the fur
naces.
A NEW mode of furnishing power to
motor engines by mixing steam with
hot gases is creating great deal OF in
terest in English circles.
PEAT fuel has been found very sue.
cessful in Russia. 1t is produced by q
patent process, and is cheaper than
coal, has less weight and bulk, and con-
tains scarcely any sulphur
IRON has been rolled to the thinness
Of 1880 of an inch. This excessive
tenuity will be understood when it is
considered that the thinnest tissue
paper measures l-l20O of an inch.
SCIENCE comes to the front in the
manufacture Of grindstones. The best
now made are composed Of a mixture OF
pulverized quartz, powdered flint,
powdered emery, and rubber. They
outwear by many years any natural
stone.
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FREEDOM OF THE PRESS.
1t Has Recognition in the Supreme Court
of Michigan.

OF Michigan.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Nov. 2.-The
supreme court of Michigan, in handing
down its decision in the case of Eliza
beth X. Sherwood VS., the Chicago and
West Michigan road, decided the point
of great interest to newspapers. Dur
ing the second trial of the case in the
lower court of Grand Rapids, the papers
published tn fact that verdict OF
Sl3, 900 had been given in the first trial
Counsel for the defense moved to have
the publishers fined for contempt. The
motion was denied, and the trial re-
suited in $4,000 verdict, which the
supreme court affirmed. In its
decision, the court says: "The de-
PENDANTS for counsel insist that this
publication was prejudicial, and rspe-
cially in view of the fact that the ver-
dict in the present case was larger than
in the former This rule, if established,
would render incompetent all who
knew the amount of the former verdict
Intelligent men who are the most com
petent Jurors are usually readers of the
newspapers Newspapers have the
right to publish verdicts and judgments
rendered in courts. However unwise it
may be to publish them at the time of
the trial no violation of law is commit
ted in so doing, nor will the reading of
them by Jurors render them incompe-
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The four-story building forming tho
front of the TheaterVendome, Nashville,
Tenn. in which was located the office OF
the Gas light Co., burned at O'CLOCK
Friday morning. The theater was
dreuched by the fire department and
saved. A number of roomers in the
Gas Co.. building had narrow escapes
from being burned to death The loss
is over $40, 900.
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Nine boxes of the above sizes of glass
can and are bought in Belgium for
Sl5Sl. When imported Sl2. 10 must be
paid in duties Freight and insurance
amount to about 81. SO, making the total
cost laid down here, duty paid, S29.2
The glass trust charges exactly $29.064
for the same amount of glass. Secre-
tary Foster knows that these figures
are true. What then becomes of his
assertion that the foreigner pays the
taxP He characterized the proposition
of Mr. Grover Cleveland that the con-
sumer pays the tariff tax as "the most
fallacious proposition of which he has
any knowledge" Are not the above
figures a complete refutation Of Secre-
tary Fosters assertion, and do they not
establish the soundness Of Grover
Cleveland's proposition? Secretary
Foster cannot complain Of this proof.
The figures are not drawn from
obscure sources. The industry chosen
for illustration is not an obscure one.
1t Is of all industies the one with
which he is most familiar. Why did
not Secretary Foster prove his PROPOSE
ton of illustrations drawn from the
prices Of window glass! Simply be.
cause such figures would show its
fallacious character.
England formerly imposed an inter
nal tax upon house windows, and every
part Of the receipts went into the
national exehequer. To-day, under tn,
Mckinley tariff, we, in effect impose ;
similar tax but how differently do W.
dispose of the receipts. Under oul
system the treasury gets one-third o
the tax, and the window glass trus
and Secretary Foster get the other two
thirds This is the system Of taxation
which the late Justice Miller, of tn,
United States supreme court in tn,
celebrated Topeka case characterized
as robbery. as follows;
"ro lay with one hand the power o
| the government on the rfoperty OF th
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A Washington special says that naval
officers are confident that the dispute
with Chilli can only be settled BY dis.
play of force by this government. The
talk about available vessels and the
possibility OF assembling sufficient
fleet before Valparaiso to compel
Chilian respect is animated among
naval men and officers are begin.
ming to think of active duty on
board ship. Secretary Tracy will,
no doubt, in few days, if the dis
patches from Chilli are not more court
eous and reassuring, send the Chicago
and Newark after the Yorktown and
the Boston, which have started for VAL
paraiso and later on will support the
vessels already under orders for Chilli
by others, including, if necessary, the
ships of the North Atlantic squadron,
now almost ready to sail.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1891-11-07

The infirmaries of Cork have oeen @ !.
busy since early morning attending noa Syrt 70
ins in Thursday nights parnellite- isc,r Mocar.
.ny,,e my n,,ients ,i in the hospital suffering
wv, wv wounds received during the fight
from ir@ TDt Tbis number Of course, is in ad,
d;s;on s to a very much larger numoer ',a,,a =,
o,..D" o.rsons 81 who have been similarly y
p',udsa persuds and who are being treated
woundeu, ', shsir own bones The wounds a'
a. q rule, are about the patients ! nea%s don.
showing : that the blackthorn 'o '0A'
r,ost affective work