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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-03

Sermon on the stood Old Times"
There is a vast difference between
the condition of the farmer to-day ana
years ago under free trade. In those
good old times
bushel of wheat would buy three
quarters of a barrel of salt, it will now
buy two barrel7.
tushel of corn would buy seven
and one-half pounds of sugar: to-day it
Will buy twelve and three quarters
pounds.
leu pounds of butter bought thirty
three and one-third yards of cotton
cloth then; now it purchases forty.
eight and one-thlrd yards.
Ten pounds of cheese We're worth
twenty-five pounds of nails; the cheese
now pays for tifty-.our pounds of nails.
A pound of washed wool grown ten
years before the war would buy one
hfth of barrel of salt, three and five
sixth pounds of sugar, three and two
thirds yards of cotton cloth or ten
pounds of nails. To-day his own pound
| of wool will gay for three-quarters of a
barrel of salt, eight pounds of sugar,
six and one-half yards of cotton cloth
| and twenty-five pounds of nails.
These figures are based on Nav York
Clty prices. But as matter of ACT he
never realized anything like hose
| prices in his local prices.
Freights were high, and when the
| cost of bringing products to the New
\ ork market was deducted from New
ork prices for farm produce, and the
cost OF bringing the merchandise from
New York to the village store ct which
ne traded was added to the price OF
| what he bought, the average farmer
was really not more than half as well
Oft ten years before the war as our fig
ures would indicate.
For instance, in 1857 it cost %! cents
to bring a bushel of wheat by the
cheapest route from Chicago to New
YORK; IN 1891 il cost less than 8 cents.
Surrounded by these conditions, life
| on the farm was hard indeed. Calico
| and Kentucky jean had to do for sun
DAY garraents, and an OK cart in which
TO ride TO church was the height
of style.
Injuries for the table were almost
| unknown; Johnny cake and salt pork
was princely diet.
Those were days of hard times, when
the farmer cradled his grain. and raked
| and bound il by hand.
He toiled early and late. saved and
scrlmped, and received less return for
a week of hardest toll than the farmer
| in 1892 receives for single days pleas.
ant ride on a moving machine or self.
| binder
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-03

end admired even by his political oppo-
hents, his advice was sought constantly
by the President and his cabinet, his
SERVICES as speaker were in demand
IN every state, and Wisconsin was hon
ored In the possession of such son.
Mit,raukee Sentinel.
Ex-senator Spooner is the right man
for Republican candidate Tor governor
of Wisconsin. lie is one of the most
capable men in the country .-Breo .lyn
Standard. tnton.
John c. Spooner is good cam
paigner, and as the gubernatorial nomi-
nee OF the Wisconsin Republicans, he is
likely to stimulate his party TO one of
the old time fed-hot campaigns. Mr.
SpoOner is aggressive, has the conf
dence OF his party, and he is not at all
Likely 10 give the opposition any rest.
There is. likely to be some good field
work in Wisconsin for the next three
months-Minneapolis Journal.
John L. Spoonsr is the strongest can
dldate Tor governor the Republicans of
Wisconsin could have taken up, with
the possible exception of Uncle Jerry
| Rusk.-Bufdlo Eipress.
The nomination of ex-senator John
I. Spooner for Governor of Wisconsin
recalls story told of him when he was
| the private secretary 10 Gov. I.ucius
fairchild, III 1870. Mr.. Spooner was
| then receiving his first lessons IN poll
tics. lie was persuaded by scheming
| politicians to LAY before the Governor
an lfinocent-hke petition, which in fact
was loaded, and ask that official if he
would not act upon it favorably. Young
| Spooner said to the Governor that it
| could be indorsed. The Governor had
| q hSnl;,tn fuif IN, Iir.C ,SY{, Il
| he might have: but the politicians had
mssled him. GOV. Fairchild signed it,
! The next day there was much criticislng
| OF the tiovernor. Young Spooner went
to the front like man and assumed the
responsibility by writing a card 10 the
newspapers stating the facts and placing
! the responsibility where ii belonged
with the schemers, Public opinion soon
turned, but the sturdy voting secretary
vas mad. He said to the men who had
| deceived him that he would some day
be Governor of the state, and he would
! get even with them. That was twenty,
| hve wears ago. He is now the candidate
of the Republican party, and those who
come from that state say Mr.. Spoonel
will be elected by large majority, and
| his time of getting even, it would seem
is near at hand. There are few better
| political fighters in the country than the
Little siiant" from Wisconsin n-Nel
| York Pres.
| Mr.. Spooner has good of ability and
some very attractive personal qualities
which have made him the popular, as
Mr.. Sawyer Is the practical, leader OF
his party in this state. The effect of his
nomination will probably be felt in a
very animated paigh-ihore ami,
mated than any seen in Wisconsin fol
many years. ashland Ntws Dem
John c. Spooner. at the head OF the
list, is a respectable nomination. He
/ has served his state in the federal SEN
ate as well as could be expected of one
with his violent political prejudices.
He is man of means, and brains suf
flcient for his present purposes.-Fond
| du Lac Repprttr Dem
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-03
Big Fire at A nnusta, Ga.

AUGUSTA, Ga, Aug. 27.-1ne' greatest
fire in the history of Augusta in recG'n}'
wears occurred this morning. Over a
quarter million of dollars went up in
flames. The fire started about ; o clock
in the large three story building occu-
pied by Fleming x BoWles, iurnture
dealers, and the Alexander Seed x
Drug Company. and spread with the
greatest rapidity both east and west
The Chronicle presses had Just succeed
ed in getting off the morning edition
when the floor of the conposing-room
collapsed and down came immense
stone slabs and thousands Of pounds of
type. The walls came down with Il
crash completely burying a frame house
in the rear of August Dorro's house.
About O'Clock the fire was got under
control
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-03
EXPLOSION IN A COAL MINE.

One Hundred and Fifty Wen Entombed
ia Wales.
LONDON, Aug. 26.-A fearful mining
accident occurred this morning at the
Park Slip coal pit, near Bridge End, q
mining town in Glamorganshire, Wales.
The day shift of miners had not been
loag in the mine before a terrible ex-
plosion was heard. The day shift com
prsed 80 men, and their relatives and
! friends rushed to the pit mouth to learn
the extent of the disaster. The expio-
sion hsd caused the earth and rock to
fall. and the mouth 81 lie pit Wss as
closed. Not single man of the 80 in
the mine had made his escape, and it is
feared that there has been great loss of
life.
Hundreds of the miners in the vicin-
ity have volunteered their services, and
the work of clearing the pit mouth is
being pushed as rapidly as circuu
stances will permit. All around the
pit are gathered women and children
hoping for the best, yet expecting the
worst. The mine officials hold out all
the hope possible, but it can easily be
seen that they fail to make the mothers
end wives believe that there is much
hope.
| Ate o'clock this evening a rescuing
party assembled to the surface bearing
with them two men whom they had
| found near the bottom of the pit. Both
tnen were badly burned and uncon-
scious. The physicians hold little
| hope Of their recovery.
| Shortly after these men were brought
up the flames from the burning pit as
/ cended and set fire to the structures at
! the pithead. When the flames issued
from the pit all hope WAS abandoned.
| Those who escaped death in the ex-
ploslon have certainly been sufocated
or burned to death.
The disaster is one of the worst that
| has occurred in the mining district for
many years.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-03
f,Sl NEN CASES IN ANTWERP.
1,.p;,-two P.rssns Attacked by the
Scourse In a Day.

Sc0ursc IN - LAY.
i,rvgar. Aug, 50.-The cholera re-
-.r. Stow twenty-five new cases since
-...qrdar, anG four deaths, Hitherto
n ep,dtG as been most prevalent
,fhe aaFser- ming the Scheldt,
m,l5a rry q be spreading into
HpCn .rs yer. Injected yes
!: 3,e mldstream where
tstg a. 10 fumigation and
l.av .4asa- the disease germs.
Ingsr. ius. There were report
4.1 ,hls e..y Yesterday : ] new cases of
g,agra. an increase 0t Ii cases - COM
rUsi With sundays returns. The
snter Of deaths Was =, which is a
,srease Of compared with the death
Ruins d sunday
.as>, aa-. l0 Thirty new cases OF
taaerne we're reported here yester-
4sr There nerc tour deaths from the
disease, ne.utttng that OF hospital at
.e1dslt.
HuHrR1. Aug. S0.-At a meeting of
;te haspital authorities. held TO-DAY,
slat9, Ialhmenn stated that Prot.
hych vas of the opinion that the epi-
tfn.4r ii this city would abate as quick
ysst increased.
II. PF1Ef>EIEo. Aug. 3G.-The official
nilras shoW that III this city sterday
ler we're reported l5b new cases of
tsoera and I deaths, This is an in
Geae O q new cases and Is deaths, as
Ilgsrei With sundays figures.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-03
Course of Prices OF Nails.

Suppose that cut nails were made eXeiu-
Sively here. and wire nails were only pro-
duoed abroad. Then. according to the
fashionable tariff ideas, the proper action
to take would be to put Eeavy DUTY on
wire nails, thus keeping them out of the
American market. that the American in"
duStry might be saved from obstruction.
The essence of protection. as at present
interpreted. is to take business ont of its
natural channels and compel it TO be ear
ried on in channels prescribed by the gov
ernment Boston Herald.
The difference between fact and a
supposition can be seen from the fol-
lowing historical statement There
were practically no wire nails made IN
the l,nited States prior to 1888. They
were an expensive nail-the price was
cents, or little over, in that wear.
When the tariff was revised III 1888 a
duty of cents was put on wire nails,
or, according to the Herald, or the free
trade theory, or 'supposltIon, this
duty would have kept the wire nail out
of this country. Well, what is the his
tory of the wire nail industry? When
the tariff law of 1888 got in operation,
wire nail factories were established IN
the t'nited States, and within a few
months the price began to decline, so
that in 1890 they were sold for p cents
pOunu, anu tHe HoHle man uiaCluie VI
the nail was so stimulated by the pro-
tective duty that the product of that
year reached 3,l5o,900 kegs. The Nc
kinley bill decreased the duty to ,
cents pound, and the prices are now
below the duty,
But there is another point in the his
tory of the nail industry which wrecks
the suppostion of the Boston Herald.
The duty on wire nails did not only
keep that article out of the country, but
it lowered the price of the cut nails,
making them cheaper and cheaper ev-
ery wear, the process of decline being
illustrated by the following:
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NJ llnRf lIinBl Ri IMMIGRANTS.
N'4i-'h h.p Company VIII Cease Carrying
This Class of Passengers,

N'Ai-'h.p Company VIII Cease Carrying
This Class of Passengers,
SlF York, Aug. 80. At the Ham
t-..American Line Office it was stated
'o-iay that after tomorrow no more
l1nsrarts would be taken at Ham
lig ior tins port. The last of
IL immigrants from Hamburg
NJ BIZ the steamer Bohemia
aaarr5w. The following steamships
a-rTrt last night; i,riesland, from
A1,spfo, Wit - cabin and So steer
~ iasseaeers, Clrcassian. Glasgow,
tSh.n and - steefage; Van
aal Amsterdam, la5 cabin and
<'eerage passengers; and Iuca-
a Havana, 2 passengers. These were
scored al quarantine and closely ex-
n aa4 but no sickness was found. The
h'aSrsa q dlsIntecting the baggage was
sl aaen uq. Capt. Allen, of the
aase SAID lie left Havana on
-r sta ard at that time there
~ cholera or any signs of it. The
"ash'as Arizona, from Liverpool,
l-1a, rom Bremen, and State OF
.a.eFAla. from Glasgow. have been re-
ra,t ant have gone 70 their docks.
l-tf nieerage passengers will be land
g ~ Etlls island TODAY.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-03
The Armours Lose S50O.OnO

KANSAS CITY, kas., Aug. 21.-A fire
broke out here this evening and spread
quickly to the livery stable Of Davill x
Co., which was rapidly consumed.
Thence the flames spread to Won Fos-
sett's block and to the Armour viaduct,
which leads from the railway yards to
the Armour packing house cattle yards.
The viaduct was partially destroyed,
but the fire was kept from spreading in
the sheds. The Van Fossett building,
which had q numerous tanantrv, was
destroyed, as were all the other build
ings in the same block. including a
large nest of gambling houses and pool
rooms. Loss, $500 GOO.
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Over Half a Million less.

New YORK, Aug. 2S.-The Metropoli-
tan Opera House, one of the most mag
nifcent and expen sive of modern play
houses, occupying the entire block
bounded by Broadway. Seventh Ave-
nue.. Thirtv-ninth and Fortieth streets,
in the short space of an hour yeste day
was ruined The Broadway front vas
saved bv the firemen, but fully three
quarters % the square was made l. woe
bv the flames. The official police re-
port of the damage is as follows: SEN
ery, etc. 1000; opera house build
;pp - QDD
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-03
Rad i.,Ire Ia Ernn IkINn.

New YuRK. Aug. &1.-John \. Casey's
refining works, situated on the north
east corner Of Richard and Commerce
streets. BROOKLYN, was totally DESTROYED
bv fire shortly after 6 o'clock tonight.
The establishment covers space OF
quarter Of block, and on the premises
was carried on the distlllalon OF sp!rltS
and the manufacture OF pitch and var,
nish and rosin oil. The loss Is estimated
at Sl25, 800. As far a. could be learned
IN the absence Of Mr.. Casey there was
no insurance on the plant.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-03
NINE PEOPLE DROWNED.
Steam Yacht Wapiti Wrecked in Georgian
Bay.

steam Yacht Wapiti Wrecked in Georgian
Bay.
SAGINAW, Mich, Aug. 26.-Thc steam
yacht Wapti has been wrecked in
Georgian Ray and nine persons
drowned. Only the cook and one other
person were saved.
On board the yacht were II. w. Sib-
ley, millionaire OF New York, his
wife. son, daughter and two lady friends,
Miss NJ. b. Pond and Miss F. W. bur
bin, of Rochester. \. y. The crew was
composed of Capt. James kldridge and
Engineer Walter A. Henry; Jerome
@ Hare, deck-hand; fire man, name un-
known, and the cook, George Sherman,
who shipped at Mackinaw.
The Waplti left here about ten days
ago on cruise up the lakes. She spent
some time at Macklnac Island, and
started from there for Georgian Bay on
the Dist. She is supposed to have run
upon the rocks to-day near Colling-
wood, Ont.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-03
The Government Was Defraudcd

NEW YORK, Aug. 3O.-The Tribune
saws: The custom house officers have
found extensive and systematic under
weighing OF sugar. From August l.,
1891, to March !, 1892, when sugar was
put on the free list, over 4,O@,0oo
pounds of sugar We're imported winch
were not accounted for to the custom
house, and the government was de-
frauded out of from SO, 600 to $4,000.
The investigations have not been car
ried back of August |, 1891, because pre-,
vious to that date the law permitted
ONLY the seizure of the actual sugar
smuggled, when It could be traced.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-03
,.r,plNG CONV ICTS SHOT.
!. .,,emp, to Leave tho Michi'
,,sreraie p-,.op at jackson,

,, to Leave tho Michi.
p''r'f''ss s.n prison at Jackson ).
Mich, Aug. So.-Edward
lex ,aenty.year Detroit burglar
fan'enh n,S,.. a fye-year burglar from
R4n ,,ao. n and "Llge' Bnllard, sent
b's''Te n.,,oit for six years for assault
f'n ps i,su,,t +, kill, tried to escape this
va -, from the penitentiary
,9rahs hing the prison walls.
Il eillhga Ind Davis were fatally shot.
BantIes - 'nsntured. The attempt was
FeN ,ast s : . clock, and was timed to
gsde ., :, sdv.nsage. Huntley and Bull
tie 'es' .at in the first squad and Davis
sF c.'';nnies later. In some way the
-t'.ta had had secreted long ladder
oa'it..s. southwest corner, inside the
~ 'le 1s,sner case saw Huntley and
VI ! h1sr cave the ship. He instantly
saNa They ran swiftly TO the south
FloNe,s sbere Davis joined them. The
arasf sonxiets placed the ladder
tlrre ' ,ba wall. Davis running up
sysias' ~ - He had his hands filed
o .le .,nes ss which he threw at the guard
VIZ s,gn .rslI as he advanced, and at 9TH
Q' y ~ followed inside the yard.
Il " GIark fred three times at the
te'I bgt missed. dis gun thea failed
. of. r;c+s now mopnted be-
ins nsr,s g,r on tho wall. Seeing that
W pa nm had refused to 60 off, they
ta'A the guard house on the wall, in
s3i-nS5 -lnS5rlich Clark was, They attempted
>lr. ...a-ln the door to kill Clark and
7 - the seu. Huntley carried a
sl' .bie,i, four feet long and
esi. ..,,afaa. which he he'd in front of
,9l ,sro,eet him from the bullets and
~ inch we're directed toward him.
-, all three guards coming he
s3 sr.n- down outside the wall and
l.si 10 run. By this time
HID Hill, had put new cartridges
HI gun and began firing.
Y Y. strqes HuntIey twice with mis-
l' - one entering tue right side
l.l,, .-,a tae hin and another lower down
/ l-. Ill. - Guard j. J. Freeman came
\ VI Nm nneture snd brought Davis
7. NTH 4 haIl II the left hip, which
1. .,arsi tie bone, and he feI! from
= Mn. Bullard then threw mp his
spl vas handcutied and brought
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-03
. Party Which Is Getting Very Tired.

politician of shrewdness and long
exnerience. commenting on the prev
alent lassitude, indifference and dis
couragement among Democrats, makes
This remark: q think this is the last
time any party will undertake. to run
candidate for President in three sue
cessive elections. Shouting Tor one
man twelve years is too wearyIng Tor
weak human nature.
To this the New York Tribune makes
answer "II is now sixty years since
snv President was elected VINO hau
been three times candidate. NO
party has ever tried that experiment
except tie old Republican party IN the
person of Jefferson, who was @ a candi,
date in 1876 and elected in 1900 and
1901 and the Democratic party, which
ran Jackson in 1924 and elected him IN
| 1905 and 1892. Even in these cases II
will he noticed that defeat came iirst;
| ofter the candidate was elected he salts
| fied the people we'll enough to secure a
| ra-electi6n. But no party has yet tried
| 10 elect a candidate after his first term
oS President had resulted in his defeat.
mil the Democracy, in its queer con-
temnt for popular feeling, put up Mr..
Clevelsnd for the third time.
Men do get weary of hearing and
sboutinp the same name. and 1t is SIM
cnlsr that the party which processes to
he in closest touch with the popular
feeling should have been the only one
to run presidential cahulaa'e Infee res
| times in succession. but IL Is Jusl pe
oansa 1he Democratic party does moi
aus cioSsIv '1 renresent people that it doe:
otoi s ,i,ras such things 1t relies upor
n,u mac hinerv. discipline and the trained
fnrce Of mercenaries who have held
Office Offices and jobs under leader ant
ono 70 hold them again and thus the
Msrtv @ comes to care as little as it pre-
tpsnds p,d to care much for the popular
,r;nbes and feelings. Something NOR,
s",,hstsntIsI and reasonable than mere
WEAKNESS iusrihes tho dlstaste q in'
niliions for q perpetual candidate
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-03
PRiEsTLY VOWS FORGOTTEN.
Montreal Divine Involved in a scanda'ou.
Affair with Womau.

MONTREAL, Que, Aug. 3o.-A sensation
has been caused in French-Canadian
society by the discovery that priest
is involved in a scandal with the
wife of leading lawyer. The
priest is young man. and came
from France about ten years ago
and Joined the Sulpclan order tie WAS
assigned to Il. James parish, one of the
leading churches, where many French
families worship. There he became &C
ouainted with the woman and became
her spiritual advisor. He went on trip
TO Europe a few weeks ago. and while
he was away compromising letters were
found. The wife has gone into CON
vent and the husband threatens to shoot
the priest when he returns 10 Montreal.
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PILES OF LUMBER BURNED.
The Northern Michigan Company Lose
100000.

PETosKEY, Mich, Aug. 27.-Fire broke
out this morniag in the iath room ofthe
Northern Michigan Lumber Company
factory at FaIdorage, near Oden, seven
miles north of Petoskev. The flames
spread with great rapidity, until the
entire immense plant was in flames.
r. g. Peters Is the principal stockhold-
er in the company, which employs over
100 men in the manufacture of lumber
and hardwood articles. Fire engines
from Charlevoix and Petoskey were
sent. The flames were raging in acres
Of hardwood lumber piles, making such
q hot FIRE that trains were unable TO
pass, and eGdangering az the houses of
the little lumbe-ing village on the op-
posite side of the track. The loss will
! be between SlOO, 700 and 500, ,0O0, with 9
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1892-09-03
QUICK RETRlBUTlON.
A Thresher Kills BOY and Is stabbed
to Death with u Pitchfork.

SAVANNA, \. y. Aug. 2o.-The news
of terrible tragedy near Cato, Cantn-
daigua County, has been received here
1t appears that boy, while cutting
bands for threshing machine, acct
dentallv cut the feeders hand, which so
infuriated him that he Immediately
caught up the lad and threw him INFO
the rapidly revolving cylinder, where
he was ground to pieces before anyone
could raise hand to prevent it. The
brother of the unfortunate lad wit
messed the bloody deed and lost No time
IN Wleaklng vengeance upon the mur-
derer. He felled him to the floor with
blow from Il pitchfork, and while he
lay writhing from the effects the brother
repeatedly plunged the tines o. the cork
through his body, not ceasing until he
was dead. All the threshing hands
stood by and witnessed the two tragic
deaths, which occurred SO quickly that
they were pOwerIess to Inte erfere.
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on July /, 1889, the beginning of the
first fiscal year of Harrison's admins
tratiou, the public debt bearing interest
was $50, $50. 800, and the annual inter
est was S33, 80 $3.50.
Three years atterward, on July J.,
1891. the interest bearing debt was
$50, ,529, ,12O. and the annual interest
81, ,6l5, 735 S0-a reduction efS2l0, ,22i, $40
in TIE principal and of SO, l56.6lS.sO II
interest.
On July /, 1880. the non-interest-
bearing debt-that is, legal tender notes,
gold, silver and currency cerNticltes-
was S7S7 81. 4 1927. On the lst OF July,
1891, the MISUNDERSTANDING debt was
1898 So. 7ti5. San increase of 81 II. .6a5,-
3l9.3S. In other words, there was an
increase of currency in those three years
Of a Republican administration OF = 46,--
565. .SI9. IS. and a decrease OF the bonded
debt of 500, ,22i $50.
Compare this with the first three
wears of Cleveland's administration.
The bonded debt July /, 1883. vas
81, ,l9S, 80, $50, and on July l. 1855, three
wears iater. was $3.50, ,522. .50O-a decrease
Of s245. .52S, $50. But the currency, OF
con-interest-b bearing debt, in ls>o, wss
:nt3.-l2 q2T.ss, and three years later
WAS only s73a, so, ,3s2.32-an increase OF
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siGNsD The SCALE.

s'ain ois Steel Company Agrees -
the ss~ Schedule.
Ns.SN. Pa., Aug. 26.-The Column
:, % company and their employees,
4. aleAoers Of the Amalgamated
u ~. reached an agreement as
tres ..,1 a1s night, and the scale has
a.+ S-ea Tie mill will resume at
,ya y - hundred men are affected