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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28

POSES, La Frame Marechal Mel, the
H Bride, Papa Gontier. etc, violets. mar
cissus, hyaeinths asparagus plumosus fern.
floral designs specially. Leave orders at
Strongs Pharmacy, 81 Bull street George
Wagner, Thunderpolt road. Telephone 498.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28

81 Ok LOAD oak wood sawed any length.
" IL ~ Telephone l2l. Almar 8 90.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

MALE Royal Dairy deliyersmilk and cream
In glass jars; wagon direct from Farm
TO east side OF park; patrons supplied ut 8 a,
M; customers wanted ON this route. p. o.
box go 5. z. Goodwin, manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-28

E1OR SALE cheap, one hand numbering
a machine; In good order and capable oil
doing good service; just the thing for small
ing News
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-22
Ex.PREsIpENr HARRISON
rendered Grand Reception in Phlladcl
phIa-NInny Distinguished 0Ien Present.

rendered Grand Reception in PhIIadcI-
phIa-NInny Distinguished 0Ieu Present.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. 2l-The re-
ception of OK. President Benjamin Har-
rison by the Union League club to-
night in point of grandeur, attendance
and good fellowship far exceeded any
similar demonstration in the city.
There were representatives of every
class and of both the great political par
ties present to do honor to the man who
so recently was the chief executive OF
the nation.
Both houses of the federal govern
ment were represented; the Pennsyl-
vania state executive and his official
colleagues, members Of the legislature,
state senate and many prominent citi-
zens crowded the halls, parlors and re-
ception room to grasp tho hand OF Cen
eral Harrison, Whitelaw Reid and other
mon Of Worldwide fame who were
gathered there. Mr.. Harrison spoke
briefly and Gov. Pattison paid him q
glowing tribute.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-22

MINoxK, I'LL, Dec. 21.-At 8 o'clock
this afternoon a Are, which is still burn
ing in the mine operated by the Chica-
60 and AIinonk Mining Company, held
two hundred miners in deadly peril Of
their lives. all of them made thsir es-
cape and but few were injured. The
man most seriously hurt is George Erb-
land, who caused the disaster.
Erbland started the fire by attempt
ing to light his torch while standing
near large can Of kerosene. The gas
from the oil famed up as Erbland lit
his torch, and in his effort to extin-
guish the flames he upset the can Of
kerosene, which at once gave the flames
great impetus.
The fire spread with an appalling
rapidity and for a time it seemed a.
though the 800 men in the shaft must
perish. Two hundred men were at the
bottom Of the shaft and the fire was
spreading furiously.
1t was found that there was not sulh.
cient hose to reach sufficiently fur down
the shaft to be Of use in extnguishinR
the flames, and the Illinois Central at
once dispatched an engine to Eureka, q
few miles away, for more hose. It
came within a remarkably short time,
and two gallant fellows at once
made an attempt to descend
the shaft. The smoke, however,
was pouring out in such dense clouds
that the men were dragged back halt
sutTocated and two others at once seized
the hose and started down. They were
drawn back nearly dead. A third at.
tempt met with no better success and 1t
was then seen that unless the men sue
ceeded in escaping through the
ventilating shafts their hope Of
life was gone. There are three
ventilating shafts. To these the
men in the mine had rushed crazed
with fear, burned with falling embers
and choked by the smoke. which was
rapidly filling the mine. Fortunately
every man reached the foot Of one Of
the three centilating shafts and was
quickly drawn to the surface. Inside
Of an hour after Erbland attempted to
light his torch all the men were safe
above ground.
At midnight the fire is burning and
is absolutely beyond control.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-22
ofParty Pledges is the Democratic
Wilson Tariff Bill
MINORITY REPORT SUBMITTED
BY the Republican Members of the
Ways and Means Committee.
THE BILL IS A PERFECT farce,
Is Discriminating, Inconsistent,
Sectional and Unbusinessllke.
ITS NUMEROUS ABSURD FEATURES

Discussed by Ex-speaker Reed, Who
Prepared the Report-TheB Bill Open
to All the Harsh Epithets Applied
By Democrats to the Mckinley Bill.
Uncgual "raxation" Its Principal
Foaturo-A "Revenuc" Bill Which
Lessons tho Revenue-lt Processes
20 Protect tho Manufactures, but
Strikes Blow at tho Producer of
Manu(aoturer's Material-The Re-
port Brings Home to Mr.. Wilson the
Illustration Afforded in His Bills
Treatment of West Vlrglnia-The
Eject on Wages Discussed ut
Leugth-The Coal, Metal and Wool
and Pottery Schedules.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-22
CONDENSED TELEGRAMs.

Five hundred thousand wool growers
will present petition to Congress
against free wool.
No credence is given to the report
that strike on all railroads between
Chicago and New York is threatened.
A plot to kidnap little Ruth Cleve-
land, the Presidents daughter, was dis
covered at Abilene, Kas. 1t was the
work Of crank.
A great naval battle between the in
surgent vessel Aquidaban and the
Brazilian warship America is expected
at Pernambuca to-day.
The official canvass of the votes cast
in the Chicago mayoralty election shows
the plurality of Hopkins Dem over
Swift Rep to be 1920.
Speaker Crisp again, by partisan
ruling yesterday, cut of discussion OF
the Hawaiian question when Mr.. Bou-
telle called up his resolution.
Joe Choynski and Steve O'Donnell are
matched to fight for $500 side. 1t
may come off at Jacksonville the night
before tina Corbett-Mitchell fight.
Allan Cousins. who killed his wife, at
Knoxville, Tenn, last May, for alleged
intimacy with her step.father, was
hanged in the Jail there yesterday,
Frank Gordon, OF Chicago, was muir
dered by Mexican robbers few days
ago on tho Mexican side Of the Rio
Grsnde. opposite Pecos county, Texas.
Schwartz & Graft, the Philadelphia
wholesale carpet dealers, have assigned.
They state it is due to dullness OF trade
caused by threatened tariff legislation.
Owing to a Juror becoming suddenly
insane, the Meyer murder case, in New
York, will have to be tried over again.
This will be at the January term Of
court.
The Now York state Democracy,
which aims at the overthrow Of Tam
many Hall and bossism throughout tho
state, met in Cooper Union last night
to perfect a permanent organization.
Ex-SecretRry Of tho Treasury Fairchild
was chairman.
The former Lehigh employees are now
awaiting the result OF an interview be-
tween the general chairman OF the fed
Grafton grievance committee and
President Wilbur. They expect Mr..
Wilbur to stand by the agreement
signed at Bethlehem, and that all pres
ent dissatisfaction will thereby be as
suaged.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-22
Save Each Days Coupons for lm@]]8g@m@@r RIn@&0@a

which are produced at a labor cost Of
one-tenth, and not one Of them at Ia
Dor cost greater than one-fourth Of ours.
Having sacrificed over half a million
dollars per annum Of revenue to the va
gary Of free trade, the tariff bill for
revenue only" proposesto affect another
large source OF revenue by serious re-
duction Of the duties on pig iron. That
duty is now Sc 72 per ton. The duty
proposed is 224 per cent ad valorem or
about 81 go to 81 90 per ton, q lower
tariff than was ever before proposed on
this article.
A SECTIONAL BILL.
There are two sections in the bill
which, when brought side by side, dis
close in significant way its sectional
character.
Hoop, or band iron, or steel bars at
nd valorem duty OF 80 per centum, "ex-
cept as otherwise provided for" The
"oEherwise provided for" has reference
to ties OF iron or steel for baling cotton,
which are placed on the free list.
Under tho existing law, the duty on
tin plGtSs is'2 2 Cents per pound. The
duty at present proposed by ths COM
mittes was 40 per Centum ad valorem,
but has been changed to specific duty
Of l.2 cents per pound.
1t will be observed that the proposed
duty is one cent per pound less than
that OF the present law. This means q
severe blow to an enterprise which,
under existing conditions, has grown TO
immense proportions and which prom.
ises under proper protection to be one
OF the great industries OF the country.
FREE COAL,
One OF the most amazing PROPOSE
tions OF the bill is that bituminous
coal shall be put upon the free list, and
tho million OF dollars per annum
(almost) that we receive from its impor-
tation by way OF revenue absolutely
thrown away. Coal has little value,
save as it gets it from labor. 1t is
worth almost nothing in the hills;
would be worth absolutely nothing
were it not for the prospect OF being
mined. 1t is not raw material, for it
is not worked into any further shape,
but is consumed and done for at once.
Call it raw material in the bill il you
please; it cuts no figure in tariff bill.
There are few states or territories that
an interference with it will not affect.
There is no more splendid illustration
OF the benefits of our protective system
than is be found in the manufacture OF
plate glass. American enterprise and
energy in the development Of this in-
dustry have resulted in vigorous home
competition, so as to bring down the
prices of the product to one-half Of what
it was ten years ago. We have now in
operation in this country twelve COM
peting plants, having capital of Sl2.-
100000 and a capacity of 100000
square feet of glass annually. Every
material used in the manufacture is Of
American production, excepting soda
ash. Eight thousand men are directly
employed. and probably with families,
10000 persons arc interested in the
maintenance of this industry.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-22

How the bill will act as revenue
raiser, and how it can act as an injury
to tho government and the producer
both together, is well exemplifed in
the changes made in the pottery
schedule.
Only an amount equal to two-fifths Of
the amount OF the imports are made
here, valued at S3,SO0,OOO. Nine mil.
lions ard a half are imported. Under
existing law the revenue obtained is
five millions and half. Under the
proposed bill, il tho manufacturer hold
their own, and tho most sanguine
friends would not dream OF that, tho
loss in revenue would bo 100000. If
the manufacturers were entirely driven
out and all our ware should be imported
the loss in revenue even then would be
SSS2O0O. The crockery schedule seems
hardly to be managed with viow to
revenue.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-22

Tho metal schedule presents some
features that illustrate in a significant
way the illogical character OF tho bill.
Among these may be mentioned the
substitution in almost all cases OF ad
valorem for specific duties, the making
free n number OF articles called "raw
materials" ths disregard of the rela-
tions that exist between moro or less
finished products, and the totally inade-
quate duties named upon certain lead
ing articles.
Some ideas seem to have prevailed in
the minds Of tho majority to the effect
that duties should DO adjusted in pro-
portion to the advance OF the article in
manufacture. The idea does not seem,
however, to have been very successfully
worked out. For example, iron ore is
made free, and reckoning per cent Of
metallic iron to ton OF ore the manu-
facturer OF pig iron is given an advant-
age as to duties 81 50 on n ton OH his
product. On the other hand the amount
OF protection thereon is reduced about
"a 80. The ingots, which are tine raw
material OF steel blooms, are made to
bear duty OF % per cent ad valorem; I;
the blooms which are the raw material
OF ste0l rails bear the same duty, and
the steel rails, the last finished product,
bear the same also. Such incongruities
run all through the schedule and are
apparent to any one familiar with the
processes and products Of iron and steel
manufacture.
That which lies at the base Of our
iron and steel industry is iron ore. The
existing duty thereon is seventy'fve
cents per ton. The revenues from It's
importation aggregated in the last fiscal
year over half million OF dollars. 1t
Is proposed under a tariff bill for rev.
onue only" to throw away absolutely
every cent OF this large revenue by put
ting iron orc on the free list The bill
proposes to put into competition with
American ores foreign ores, some Of
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-22
A REMARKABLE SUICIDE.

Tho Woman Who Drove n Nail Into Her
Head Dies From tho Injury.
ABILENE, KAs, Dec. 2l.-Mrs. Frank
Roadson died last night, having cons
mitted suicide. Last October she de.
liberately drove two-inch nail into
the top of her head, pounding 1t down
with stone even with the scalp. She
became partially paralyzed, but sur.
vived. The nail was discovered two
days ago and removed, but too late to
save her life.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-22
pEcREAsRs rng REYENuEs.

Another serious general objection to
the bill is that it decreases the revenue,
according to the calculations usually
made by the treasury department as
compared with 1898, about $74, ,000
This large deficit, coming as it does
upon q depleted treasury, is rather ap-
palling in bill for revenue only. How
this great hole in our resources as q
nation is to be filed no one knows. At
this date not even the committee itself
knows, unless the President, anticipat-
ing in his message to Congress the re.
port OF tho committee on ways and
means, shall afford to the committee
itself its wished.for clue.
Against the consideration OF such q
bill creating such q deficit and leaving
it unaccounted for, the minority vainly
protested when tho bill was laid before
the committee. Who would daTe, II Of
sound and statesmAnlike mind, to
create a deficit OF 81, 100000 and bliRdly
vote it with no plan in sight whereby
the government could meet its expendi-
lures?
That same protest VIC make to the
house and to the country.
The bill ought not to be reported
without the internal revenue bill, which
is to make up the deficiency. Are we
to pass the bill and then be coerced
into the other2 Who knows if they
were presented together that we might
not prefer to stay where We are? The
progress of this attempt at what has
been called reform has already created
such feeling that the country is stirred
all over. When the scheme Of raising
taxes by methods used in the time Of
war ls presented, in addition to those
now imposed, there may bo such further
revulsion Of feeling as will accomplish
the work of defeating this bill.
We have not thought 1t desirable TO
make any appeals to passion or to pre-
judice. So far from that We have taken
thus far no notice OF the condition OF
business now, which is terrible, and Of
the workingmen which beggars descrip-
ton.
PRESENTING ITSELF.
There is no need for US to present
this Othe country. It presenting it,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-22
BY A MIRACLE
It Seemed that Three Hundred I'm.
prisoned Coal Miners
ESCAPED A MOST TERRIBLE FATE.

A Miners Attempt to Light a Torch
Too Near Can of Kerosene ImpeF.
lis the Lives of His Follow Work.
men-A Thrilling Experlenoe-FouF
Fruitloss Attempts at Resoue Before
succcss-The Entire Mine Ablaze.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-22

For West Virginia, fair slightly warmer
southcrly winds.
For Western Pennsylvania, fair. except show
ers Friday on the lakes; sOuthVeSterly Winds,
becoming northwesteriy.
Ohio, generally fair, slightly warmer in the
western portion; southwesIerly winds.
THE TEMPERATURE YESTERDAY,
as furnished by c. scHNEPF. druggist, cornsr
Market and Fourteenth streets
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-22

The river coal operators in the fourth
pool with but one exception have con-
ceded Ii two.cent rate demanded BY
the miners, and there will be no strike
in that pool.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-22

substituting the content which prevails
in the east from daily increasing de-
mand for new luxuries soon to become
neeessitieS, may contribute to prevent
the full effect of foreign wages upon our
markets, yet as against foreign factories
which have all our capacity for obtain
ing new machinery and which have ac-
cumulations of capital far greater than
our own the tariff is the greater main.
tainer OF wages. Without being guilty
OF that attempt to press the question
into nutshell, which is the bane Of
economic discussion, it may be briefly
said that every product which goes to
mar ket must meet every other like pro-
duct on equal terms.
DEMONSTRATION.
1t is true that invention at once keeps
pace with and regulates the demand for
higher wages aud lower prices and few
hours, which are the conditions OF our
higher plane OF civilization, but it can
not do more. 1t cannot meet, in addi-
tion, the lower prices OF lower level Of
civilization. Our inventions arc too
quickly absorbed by foreign countries
to permit this. Hence, the result OF Il
refusal to protect our labor at its pres
ent rates must result in lower wages.
This seems capable OF q rough demon
stration: Our goods are now met by
foreign goods, on our own shores, at Il
price made up of raw materials, plus
labor and plus the present rate OF tariff,
on very nearly equal terms. II the tariff
element be lowered, then something
must be lowered on our side, and in the
last analysis it will be labor aud capi-
tai, and, in the long run, the loss Of
capital is also q loss OF labor, for capital
employs labor, and lost capital sets no
machinery in motion. We must, then,
meet the reduction OF price OF foreign
goods which are our competitors by re-
ductioa OF tho price OF labor.
lime was when the lower prices and
higher wages were secuted as incom-
patible and absurd, and as things that
could not exist together, but to-day
both are recognized as reasonable de-
mands, when reasonably limited, Lower
prices will take care OF themselves and
so will higher wages il they are not in
terfered with by competition from re-
gionl where the different social status
causes laborers TO be content with
lesser results.
The consumer will take care Of him
self if you look, alter the producer, for
he is one and the same individual.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-22

TAKE Simmons Liver Regulator for
heart troubles, often due to indigestion.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-22
AID vALoREM DUTY.

But while this bill in its principle, if
it has any, is not unprotective, it will
be absolutely SO in practice not only in
its reductions but also in its indirect
reductions sure to come from the
change from specific duties to adyalo-
rem, which is marked feature OF the
bill.
An ad valorem putty, as the name i'm
plies, is one which varies according to
the price. II prices could be exactly
determined, nothing would seem to be
fairer than an advalorem duty. But,
unfortunately, prices are very much
matters OF opinion, on which honest
men may differ much and rogues much
more, lnasmuch as the duty depends
on the price. cheat on the price is a
cheat on tho duty. If q piece OF goods
is worth 50 yard and the duty is %
per cent, the correct duty is 81 so. II
the price be invoiced at 81 % and the
ad valorem, which seems to be 25 per
cent, becomes about 20 per cent,
not only is the government cheated out
OF its quarter OF dollar, but the manu-
facturer is cheated out OF one.dtth OF the
protection his government has prom
ised him.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-12-22

equivalent OF taxes on all the purchase.
1t unfortunately happens also that free
raw material" is an elastic term, and
what is ono mans free raw material is
another mans finished product.
The so-called free raw materials, free
wool, free coal and free iron, are not put
on the FREQ list with any reference di-
rect or indirect to raising revenue
They arc placed there to encourage
manufacturers who are to be- compen-
sated for any loss in this market by the
markets OF the world, where they will
have the chance to struggle with the
cheaper labor OF the Old World with
whatever energy they may have left
alter the struggle at home with that
same cheap labor, let into our markets
by lower tariff which does not give us
the compensation even OF larger
revenue.
all the objections so often urged by
the dominant party against the exist
ing system, we repeat, lie against this
bill The difference is only one Of
degree. II the present system is "rob-
berry," rs these men have iterated and
reiterated, the proposed system is pre-
cisely the same. 1t is true that the con-
sumer will no longer pay tribute to the
western farmer for the wool OF the
sheep, but the New England and other
manufacturers arc still authorized TO
lay tribute upon the citizens of the
United States, who must pay, 80 these
men have always said, 30. 40 and 40 per
cent to the manufacturers on every
yard OF wooens and worsteds, while the
country will only receive, by way OF
revenue, lessened sum, unless in
creased importations signali2es the
dnnth OF American nrndnctinn
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-05-26

We can do Il great deal To cultivate
the ear, but we can do nothing to en-
tend the range of sounds which thn+,-n-
panum can receive. The ear may have
great keenness of perception. may hear
sounds extremely small. distant and
faint, and yet be always deaf to any
noise, however loud, if it is lower or
higher in pitch than the tvmpapum is
made for. Various experiments show
f1s about the lowest, or what in rln-
instrument would be called the
EST bass sound, consists of 12l undu-
-.-.-5 IN the second. and the highest of
rather more than 5000 Human ears
have not all the same compass. A party
OF young people, all with excellent hear
ing, may 90 into the meadows, and some
will hear the shrill note of the common
grasshopper, and some will not hear it
even family, but simply hear nothing at
all.
DR.. Wollaston believed that human
hearing never extends more than note
or two above the cry of the common
Gryllus campestris.' He gives a scale
of sound which he found to be inaudible
to some ears. He found that some people
could not hear the cry Of the bat. nor the
chirping Of sparrows, which Is four oc-
taves above F in the middle of the piano
forte. Not to be able to hear this last
note he considers to be very rare. He
believes the whole range of human hear
ing to be compressed between the deep
-
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1893-05-26
. oooa Judge of Human Nature.

tod Methodist minister of Ohio
a. go IN incident that occurred on a
leiis -, which he was travelling east
Ia,li TO attend a conference. When the
t M@ had left the second station beyond
tI"'N tbe conductor, who CHANGED to be
.i,bioner of the doctor, came up to
pal n5 said: Brother c., there's q
lii-l ~, in the next car who says she had
W. noc,,ot picked since getting on the
No. l1aip ut D-aud says she has no mon
=, a 70 nav her fare, Now, as you are a
~ Sood indge Of human nature, l would
H. H. 10 have you talk to her and see if
il Lo u u a worthy object for free ride"
Tbo Rev Mr.. c. promptly acceded
tho reouest and went into the next
w. where the conductor pointed out
tba woman in question. Mr. C
'ns Ieisurely up the aisle, and stop
va al fine seat occupied by the woman
p soid. so, ny good woman, you have
. Sol With a misfortune i'll having your
nrrse stolen Would you mind telling
me lust how it occurredt
Inst then the woman raised her eyes
% sbIipEed. "Oh, Nh c., please
a snn,+ have me arrested. Please don't.
I'll III, never steal again" Mr.. c., who
-' ~ - completely dumfounded, finally rec
s "ay The woman as a former servant
oP his household who had decampod I'M
c,romo1iously the previous week with a
valuable portion Of his wife's wardrobe.
II is hardly necessary to say that the