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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-03-05
Pottery is (heaGer.

The Baltimore Journal of Commerce
for last month saws the dealers VINO inn
ported English and other wares large
ly, in expectation OF an advance IN
value on account of some changes in the
tariff, have been disappointed, for the
prices have not gone up, and the i'm
porters are out Of pocket. The journal
then says:
one of the anomalies connected with lii =
manufacture of pottery in the United
States is found in the fact that the increase
of duty on the ARTICLE has resulted III an
improvement of quality and reduction of
cost OF from cne-third To one-haIf 10 the
consumer, thus confirming the views of
those who held that 1.-The tariff is not Il
tax. ami showing by the marvellous ad-
vance i'll quality that the tarlf Is not a
''prcmium on medlocrlty.
our manufacturers Of pottery ind 1hat
the workman gets the entire amount of
the duty levied. and that naught but the
most careful management OF their affairs
can make il fairly rcmuueratiNe. vt least
none Of our Baltimore BOtterS are likely
in the present decade 10 reach that point
financially which would class those spoll-
Ell of as '.robher IaronS.
The cost of pottery. from beginning to
end. IS nearly 80 Der cent labor: this
makes lis manufacture Of great value 10
any community. as IT distributes a large
amount of money in the form of wages to
a class who SPEND most of it III the city
and II remains in circulation
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-03-05
Money Circulation and Business.

Furthermore the same lesson which
we are being taught now, that enter
prise ana prosperity are not the accom-
panlment of mere currency enlarge
ment, is a very old principle acl1nowl-
edged the world over and one which ali
our iinancia! history has been illustrat- :
ing. The nited States on the lst OF
January, 1892, had in active circulation
s. .oSS, Isl ,129 of currency; the govern
ment estimates the population on that
day at "a, Csc, ,OO0 consequently the per
capita currency in circulation January
|, 1892. was S2i. .56. On the lst of ,Ianu-
arr, 1879, when we lesumed specie pay
ments, the circulation in the hands OF
the people was only SSH, ,265 122, and
only sai2, i52 i52 on January i, 1890;
the census gave the population in lSS } at
-, 10, ,1Si; consequently the per capita
circulation January |, 1879. WAS not far
from SlG.27, al 4 on January |. 1890, was
only SlS19 To most OF our readers
these figures are familiar, and yet they
cannot ! e repeated too often, for the
truth they unfold is one which appears
still to need repeating, that the period
Of greatest prosperity this country ever
enjoyed was not accompanied with a
large per capita circulation. Ii anyone
needs to be reminded of the degree of
prosperity at that time enjoyed, he has
only to look at the little table of failures
we published last week in our article on
that subject. The proportion Of failures
10 the number in business was only in
every l5S III 1850, l III everv 40 in 1881 J,
and | III every l22 i'll 1852. We have
seen nothing OF that kind since the last
named year; the per capita currency
has been growing every year, and yet
the best record that table gives after
1889 is failure III every l03 in 1881, and
| failure in every l02 in lS9o.-FIn0Hctat
Chr0Hicis
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-03-05

what is required for the 42.0O0,O 900 we
now have, it would take 10000. COO acres
OF land and would give employment to
some 2ol,GOO hands in caring for the
sheep and in the manufacturing of the
WOODEN goods we now import, which in
1888 We're invoiced at he custom houses
at S65 5,0Oo,Oo0, this sum, too, represent
ing an differentiation Of at least one
half. With this idea in view the Me-
kinley bill placed duty of $3.50 per
head on sneep instead of Sc cents. the
old law. This will cut off half a II illion
year and give some encouragement to
sheep raising. Let the wool tariff of
1883 be restored and the hopeful thiEgs
Indicated III the foregoing Will be con-
summated
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1892-10-27

Die Demotraten sreifen 81 uerSwei>
fclten Mitteln uno inooiiiren bic Gletz
toreu Der 8olfspartei lit fait idmmtli<
@cn repnblifanii@en meitliden Staaz
ten. Die B%oltspartei tann bies
natiirli@ ni@t perbinoern. M0sli@er
weiie weroen ii6 Die &epublitaner baz
our@ :euan9iren, oaB ie oieles 8ei>
ipiel in ben be'nofratii@en Glib Staaz
ten na3abmen. Dies 1T ber bette 8es
meis, baB beibe alten Yarteien ni@t UNI
Elm Brinsip, ionbern UNI bic Beute
fdmpfen.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1892-10-27

SIM Conn @rmltrons, Oconto Co..
@is., 1T meSer elm bemotratii@er nod
Elm republitanii@er Stimmseber gu fins
ben. Sn Ma2le Bailey 1T bemielben
County erbdlt bic @oltspartei pon ben
$50 bort ab5usebenoenS timmen aue NIT
Nusnabme Don 80.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1892-10-27

Cine teranii3e i3eiturs idreibt:
,Oie politd@en Mader mosen es ii4
seiast ieiu la1en, boB Der 3dblunss>
@9minbel pon Mlabama in Geras nidt
wieoerbolt merben BARI. Die Geraner
peroen auf elmer ebrli@en !3dbluns Be-
iteben. Dieier @int iolte s%eniisen."
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1892-10-27

Sn Birmingham, alabama, per>
iammeltm ii@ neuli9 500 Delesaten
ber 8oltspartei aus alien Counties bes
Staates .uno saben li@ bas feierli@e
8eripreden, bic ndditc @oDt 81 ibers
MAIDEN uno bafir au ior9eu, oaB ebrli@
9eSablt mirb.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1892-10-27
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

81. u. Gbompion, Voriiter bes
Volfspartei : Gomites BON pennipluas
MEN, bat beim Staats ietretdr bic err
foroerliden 10000 llnteridriften bin>
terle9t, UNI bic 9tamen Der Woltspartei>
Ganbibaten aut bic amtli9en Stimmz
Settel gu ieten.
Der fortschritt. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1891-1915, 1892-10-27

yHn lest an 'gsree Id wieber aae Nrtsn Don i3em.nts
men. Die beien Sorten 2emeut inb tets blird mid A.,
nsStepen. User trgenb etipas In btejsr sinte mi. 8 Dbl,
utrb 8aranttrt.
Ssbann XltieW,
G6s States u. NorbItr'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-21
Tri-State Brevities.

Two electric cars on the Beaver Valley
line collided at West Bridgewater Tuesday
night. Conductor Hazen may die.
FRANK e. HILL, formerly of Greensburg
ana Scottdale, where he figured in several
scandals, has been arrested in California on
a charge of bigamy.
FARMERS in the neighborhood of Canton,
O., met in that city yesterday to arrange for
a petition to the Legislature for the i'm
provement OF country roads.
THE silver jubilee of Father j. Mattingly,
OF Martins Ferry, was celebrated yesterday.
Bishops Phelan and Kahn were present. with
large number OF other clergy.
THE snow plow on the NickeI-Plate ran
into a freight train near Erie last night.
Freight Conductor Thomas Mccarthy was so
badly inju ured that he cannot recover, and
his flagman, James Lewis, was fatally
crushed.
The State Agricultural Society, in session
at Harrisburg, elected the following officers:
President, John Mcdowell; First Vice Presi-
dent, w. F. Rutherford: Vice Presidents, L.
H. Twaddell, Thomas j. Jordon, BENJAMIN
S. Kunkle, Robert c. Ogden, George H.
stein, William Taylor, B. J. Meg rann Daniel
II. Neiman, d. J. Waller, Hiram Young,
Gabriel Hester. Joseph Piollet, Joel A. Herr,
John H Lemon, John S. Miller, j. S. viii
helm, r. j. C. Walker, George Rhey, W. W.
Speer, James S. Mexican, j. A. Quay j. d.
Fitzpatrick, J. c. Thornton, William Ptwell,
John A Woodward: Corresponding and
Recording Secretary, d. w. Seller; Treasurer,
John j. Nissley.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-21
By the Score Among the Aris-
tocracy of the Beaver
Valley Towns.
A RUSH FOR WRENCHES
Follows the Discovery Just Made by
the Bridgewater Company.
FOUR BANDITS FOUGHT BY A GIRL.
Espy, Sent Up for Life on Murder Charge,
Probably Innocent,
NEWSY NOTES FROM NEARBY TOWNS

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE pIsPATcH.l
BEAVER FALLS, Jan. 20.-Since early
last fall the Bridgewater Gas Company has
received intimations that people IN this
place and other towns along their lines
have been using gas that has never been re-
ported at the Office. The gas was used by
means of what are called ''mixers," which
had been purchased in Pittsburg.
Monday the company quietly put an in
spector to work, and the result of his inves-
LEGATIONS has astonished the officers of the
company and caused panic among the peo-
pie who have been illegally using gas in
this way. The result is that there has been
a scramble for wrenches, tongs, etc, to ena-
BILE the people to turn off the gas, and the
plumbers are unable to supply the demand.
At the offices of the company no names
will be given, but they say they are as
founded at the number of people found to
be stealing gas. They do not belong to the
poorer class of people, but among them are
many who are well able to pay for anything
they desire. The list, so far, it is alleged,
embraces church members, ward officers and
other prominent people, including minis
ter of the gospel.
The theft is made easy, as the meter sys-
TEN has not been generally used. In most
of the houses from one to two fires were
being paid for, while from five to six were
found running full blast. AS rule the e1-
cuses given are that when gas was low the
consumers had to either freeze or burn coal,
and now that gas is rather plenty they pro-
pose to get even. A meeting of directors
hss been called, when some action regard
ing delirquents will be taken.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-21
THE HOUSE.

The Secretary of the Treasury Called Upon
for Figures on the Imports From the
south-Mr. Springer Introduces q Bill
for Free Wool
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-Although it.
was generally believed in the House this
morning that the President would send his
Chilean message to Congress to-day the
tenor of the forthcoming document was
speculated upon by the little groups of
members who, around the freplaces at the
rear of the seats INDUCED in conversation
while awaiting the noon hour.
On motion Of Mr.. Stone, of Kentucky,
resolution was adopted, calling on the Sec
retary of the Treasury for statement of all
goods imported into the United States from
the Dominican Republic and from Puerto
Rico, dutiable or free. Also statement of
all goods exported to these countries for ten
years prior to the passage Of the Mckinley
tax.
Bills were introduced: For a public build
ing at Ann Harbor, Mich; directing the
Secretary of the Treasury to call in at once
and cover into the Treasury all moneys now
deposited with national banks drawing no
interest; for public building at Hunting
ton, w. Va
Mr.. Springer. of Illinois, introduced his
free wool bill, and it was referred, to the
Committee on Ways and Means. Ad
iourned
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-21
ABOUT OUR NEW CATCHER


Some Kind Words Regarding film by a
Cincinnati Baseball Writer.
Rem Mulford has the following to say
about Earle, the Pittsburg catcher:
'Iast nights mail carried to Pittsburg
the signed contract of Billy Earle, who has
certainly had queer experience since he
took part in the contests which led to the
downfall of both Chicago and st. Louis at
Sioux City last fall. His work with the
Western champions was so great that he
was Immediately corraIed by Arthur Irwin
for the late Boston Reds. At that time the
shadow ofdissolution was upon the team
and the check for advance that came was
returned with the famous old message of the
Brotherhood days N. G.-N. F., which
being interpreted means no good-no
funds The little globe trotter was
overly pleased with the violation of his
contract and expressed himself in terms
that brought an epistle from the Hub to the
effect that no advance money be paid and
that if he hidn't like it he was as free as the
ambient air.
"While this little farce comedy was in
progress, Ted Sullivan foated into town and
got Earle's name on an agreement to play
at Washington. Then Sir Ted mysteriously
and suddenly disappeared, and another
Charley Ross case has been recorded. Uncle
Anson-who feared that he had lost Kit
tridge-knew Earle's worth and sent for
his terms with the hint-"wait awhile. !"
while waiting the chance came along to go
to Cuba and he took it. A. C. Buckenber-
ger knew just what Earle did last fall, and
when he returned from Havana, he found
letter from his old manager. Pittsburg has
signed one of the best cards in the land-a
catcher who can hit and who is full of life
and ambition
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-21
THE LITTLE PUGILIsTs.
Warren and Callaghan Are Confident OF
Defeating Their Next Opponents.

Warren and CalIaghan Arc Confident OF
Defeating their Next Opponents.
BAY ST. LOUIS, Jan. 20.-[SpeciaL J.
Tommy Warren, who is to meet George
Siddons tomorrow night in New Orleans,
and Tom Callaghan, who is to face Cal Nc
Carthy at the Olympic Club on January 26,
are all reported to be in fine condition.
Warren says he is going to do his best to
win back what he lost with Cal Mccarthy,
and if reports are true that come from War
ren's quarters in the town of Donaldson,
La, he will be in much better shape than
when he fought Mccarthy. Warren then
appeared to be over confident, or he had
lost hope of winning. In this instance it is
thought around here that Warren will win.
Tommy Callaghan, the Irish lad, is doing
good work In talk to-day he said: 'Mc-
Carthy is a good man, and if he defeats me
L will give him my hand and wish him good
luck. am here, however, to win, and want
only two good battles, one with Mccarthy
and the other with Dixon. This fight will
be my twenty-third, and ! have won %,
each in less than seven rounds. I think the
"go" between Mccarthy and myself will be
less than ten rounds. Mccarthy may win,
but will pledge you that if he does he will
not think he has been to a Christmas party"
At present Callaghan is lacking only
few pounds of being at weight. His injured
hand is about well. Johnny Griffin says
that if Callaghan's hand is entirely well he
will be a safe man to bet on. Fitzsimmons
thinks great deal of him, and Carroll says
that if he keeps as well as he is now he can
not lose
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-21
A WOMAN AGAINST FOUR MEN.
She Succeeds in I'utting the Burglars te
Flight After a Terrible Struggle.

She Succeeds in Tutting the Burglars to
Flight After a Terrible Struggle.
READING, Jan. 2O.-A plucky young
woman's tussle with four masked burglars
in Augustus Fiudeisen's grocery store and
dwelling last night, saved the life of Find
eisen, her father, aged TO- Shortly after 8
o'clock in the evening the quartet of masked
desperados entered aged Grocer Findeisen's
place. The doorbell of the little store
tinkled its warning to the small dwelling
adjoining that somebody-possibly pur-
chaser-was in the grocery. Lille, the 49,
year-old daughter, an only child, living
with the old Findeisen couple, answered
the summons. She had no sooner entered
the store than she was confronted by two
masked men, each holding q revolver. In
her fright she struck at the first one,
wrenching the revolver out Of his hand.
The second man struck at her and attempted
to hold her fast.
In the struggle that followed the man
and woman rolled over and over on the floor.
each striving to use the revolver upon the
other. While this struggle was going on
two more masked men had entered and
passed through the store into the sitting
room, where they seized the old man and a
terrible struggle ensued. With clubs, which
had been improvised from fence pickets, the
robbers beat the old man on the head and
shoulders until he was unconscious, and
covered with blood. In the meantime the
daughter had torn herself free from her as
saiiant, and gone to the assistance of her
father As she appeared in the house one
of the masked men struck and knocked her
down. She quickly recovered and ran out
into the street, calling for help. Her cries,
although not heard by the neighbors, fright
ened the four men, and all escaped. The
entire affair did not last ten minutes.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-21
TARIFF REFORM MOVES.

The Secretary of the Treasury Called Upon
for Financial Figures.
WASHINGTON, j an. 20.-The House Ways
and Means Committee met to-day and
adopted the following resolution: Resolved,
That the Secretary of the Treasury be re-
quested to appear before the Committee on
Ways and Means of the House of Repre-
sentatives at 10 o'clock on Saturday, the
2Sd of January, for the purpose of furnish
ing the committee with information in
reference to the finances of the country.
Mr. Springer, Chairman of the committee,
said that the information was desired in
order that the committee might have knowl-
edge of the Governments receipts and ex-
penditures before taking action with refer
ence>to the tariff. Until this information is
secured, he said, the committee will not de-
eide upon the course it will pursue. The
tariff was not broached in committee to-day,
at least in formal way.
Mr.. Springer during the dav introduced
his free wool bill, but he said that it had no
reference to the meeting of the committee
in the morning. The bill is similar to that
heretofore made public except as it respects
the waste or shoddy wool section and a new
section providing that goods in bond JAN
uary 1, 1898, the date the bill goes into
effect, may be taken out of the Custom
House on payment of the new duties, the
same as though imported subsequent to that
date. The waste section of the bill as
amended and introduced to-day-reads as fol-
lows: ''The articles mentioned in paragraph
800 of said act and likewise all mungo,
shoddies, gametted, or corded waste, or other
waste product composed wholly or in part of
wool, and which has been improved or ad-
vanced beyond its original condition as waste
by the use of machinery or the application
of labor, or both, shall, on and after the first
day of January. 1898, be subject to duty of
80 per cent ad valorem."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-21
LIMITATIONS DIDN'T SAVE HIM.
An Honest Jury Convicts Confidence
Man Despite the Statute.

Man Despite the Statute.
CLARION, Jan. 2O.-[Spec:a. I'm the
spring Of 1889, W. B. Smitten, son of a
promiren; Indiana county farmer, came to
Clarion county, spent the spring and part
OF The summer establishing agencies for a
patent fence. He induced many farmers to
become agents on commission, among
them H. Mccall, of West Freedom. Last
spring Mccall received notice from the
National Bank of Clarion that 8 note signed
bv IN in favor of Smitten, dated May IA,
1889, at two years for S125, would be due
Nav IA, 1891. This was news to Mccall.
He went to the bank, admitted the sigma
ture to be genuine and paid the note. He
then made information against Smitten,
charging him with forgery.
Smitten was arrested and put on trial.
Mccall alleged that he did not sign the
note, but signed printed contract and an
agreement concerning commissions which
was written in pencil, but signed by him in
ink. About three inches below the writing
was a promisory printed between the writ
ing and signature. The writing was cut of,
leaving clean, straight promissory note
made payable at two years to cover time
enough to escape a prosecution for false
pretense by the statue of limitation. The
Jury this evening rendered verdict of
guilty.. Smitten is now on trial on similar
charge, in which Charles Huefner is prose-
cutor He has operated throughout the
entire western part of Pennsylvania. Both
the defendant and his counsel frequently
admitted during trial that he was guilty Of
false pretense, but that he had provided
against that
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-21
Thought 1t Very Cheap.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2o-[Spec,al. president
Frank de Haas Robson, of the Cleveland
club, arrived in the city yesterday on pri-
vate business. Mr.. Robson is highly
elated over his success in bringing about a
settlement of the baseball troubles, as to his
efforts more than any others is due the 12-
club league as it now exists. '.Many people
seem to think that the League bought peace
dearly in paying s13O,oOO for it, he said,
"but according to my way of figuring the
price was cheap. We will save nearly that
during the next few, years in salaries, with
unhealthy competition removed. and be-
sides the public will pay the money by in
creased patronage at the games. The price
comes from the public pocket after all: Had
peace not been declared anyone could have
had my baseball holdings at ID cents on the
doIJor'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-21
PEOPLE COMING AND GOING.

Fl. B. Hilton, son of Judge Hilton, of
New York, returned to the metropolis last
evening. He is a member of the firm of Hill
ton Hughes Dennng who sneceeded nc zee leo oao
per year. Mr.. Hilton came to Pittsburg to
see Paul Hacke, Joseph Horne and other
business men here.
Colonel Willis J. Hulings, of Oil City, is
at the Monongahela House. He tells some
lurid tales about tramping through West
week in lumber camp. The snow was only
two feet deep. The Colonel is engaged in
lumber business in that State.
Sister NJ Ildefanse, of the Sisters of
Charity, will leave for Santa Fe next week,
where she will be sent for year by the
order on account of i'll health. She is
sister of Father Lambing, of Williamsburg,
and Mayor Lambing, of Cory.
Among the passengers for New York last
evening were J. E. Umbste etter, Frank B.
Robinson. of the Carbon Iron Works: Charles
Robb, the attorney, and Charles Speer, As
sistant Cashier of the First National Bank.
N. B. BiIlingsley, of New Lisbon, Presi-
dent Of the Pittsburg, Marion and Chicago
road, passed through the city last evening
bound for New York.
T. w. Tucker and wife, of Washington,
and G. W. Marsh, of Zelienople, are among
the gaests at the st. Charles Hotel.
NV Richards, immigrant agent for the
B. & o. road at Baltimore, registered at the
Mouongahela House yesterday.
6. D. Crandall, General Manager of the
Western Electric Company at Chicago, is
stopping at the Duquesne.
T. B. Wilgus of Monongahela City, and
F. G. Brown, of Titusville, are registered at
the Schlosser.
S. n. Johnston, of Akron, and Orton Hill,
Of Reading, are stopping a t the Anderson.
Senator NJ. S. Quay and his son Dick are
stopping at the Duquesne.
I. W. Phillips, of New Castle, was in the
city yesterday. >
D. c. Herbst and wife went to New York
last evening.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-01-21
MAKING A BIG CLUB.
The Shooters of Beaver County Form One
Big Organization.

The Shooters of Beaver County Form One
Big Organization.
BEAVER FALLS, Jan. 20.-TS Special. IA
we'll attended meeting of the different gun
clubs of Beaver county was held in the
Central Hotel at this place last night, the
object being to consolidate the clubs The
following clubs were we'll represented:
Spring Chicken. and Beaver Falls of this
place, New Brighton, Rochester and
Beaver.
D. c. Braden, of the Beaver Falls club,
was appointed temporary chairman, and
Herbert Wickham, of the Beaver club,
secretary. The matter of consolidation was
considered in all its bearings, after which
the chairman appointed a committee con-
sisting of the following gentlemen: George
Reed, OF New Brighton; George Woods, of
Rochester; George Wolf, of Beaver; Jona-
than Anderton, of Beaver Falls club, and
Joseph Close, Of the Spring Chicken club,
to select suitable location for the new
grounds and report at a meeting to be held
at the same hotel February2 q At that
time a permanent organization will be eff
fected and officers elected.