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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-27
Only ONE AMENDMENT
70 Il. Tariff Bill Was Adopted by
the House Yesterday.
TO PRECIOUS STONES.

rs Ways and Means Committee
Cverruled in the Matter IN
ca. Diamonds Taken from the
Free List The Lumber and
TIN Plate Schedules Under Dis
cussion, But Not Changed.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-27

SAY FRAvCrsc0. January 28.-Murderer
NcNultv. who was % have been hanged
today. has had bis sentence c0mmuted %
imprisOr tnont f0r lifc
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-27
He Cannot Dssoribs It.

NEW YoHR, January 2G.--A special
% the VOTtd from Jacksonville, Fla,
says:
Charlie Mitchell to-day handed the
following despatch 10 the staff corre-
spondent OF the IVOrtd with the re-
quest that 10 be teiegraphed to New
York az once:
SDOrting Editor Nci0 York World:
7 would have complied with the rs-
quest made yesterday by your repre-
sentative 90 write letter explaining
what ! attributed my defeat 20, but
considered 10 better 20 walt until I
could do so after y nights rest and
calm reflection. All / can say is that
went against weightier
man than myself and was
beaten. Ny friends and many OBJ
servers claimed hs fought foul, but
! have no complaint 10 make. / did ny
bost and suffered defeat / have no ILL
feeling against the victor and am GER
tain that he is we'll able 20 represent
America pugilistically and do so credit
ably aud honorably.
Yours truly,
&. MITCHELL.
r. 81 would like TO do as requested
and describe tho sensation that a man
feels when knocked out, but do not con
slider 10 within my range Of human pos
sibiiity % do so. e. MITCHELL.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-27

Fvorv man. woman aud chid Who has once
tired thaf specific DR.. Bulls Cough syrup, can
not ssy enough la lts praise.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-27

PARIS, January 27.-The German coll
ony celebrated last night with a ban
quet at tho Hotel Continental the recon
ciliation. The Emperor's action WAS
npplanded.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-27

THE wEATaEE

WAqHtysTOy, D. O.. January 5.-For West
Virgins and Ohio fair preceded by light loo1i
showers iu The early morniuR; variable winds.
FOR Western Pcnnsplyanta, light local
SHOWS. variable winds. but generally fair.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-27

Persons sHicted with chilbiains 80 trouble
some TO many, will find pleasant and perma-
neat cure in salvation Oil. ~.
The advocate., 1894-05-30

educated and reading people cannot
be enslaved Despotism always seeks
to keep the people in ignorance, and
there could be no more effective
measure devised to insure this re-
suit than the one under Considera-
tion. Still, while such schemes as
these are being concoCted, while
United States senators are beng
bribed by the great corporations and
trusts, and frauds of every descrip.
tion are being perpetrated upon the
people, we are nevertheless told that
there is no occasion for men to go to
Washington to seek redress of griev-
snCies. If these things continue,
other than peace armies will be seen
on the march to the national capital;
and if that time shall ever arrive, the
responsibility will rest with the
monied sristocrscy that seeks the
total subversion of the liberties of the
people.
The advocate., 1894-05-30
LABOR-sAVING MACHINERY.

EDITOR ADVOCATE: - Referring TO your
editorial of April II, on "LabOr and Labor
Saving Machinery" and your treatment Of
the issues involved therein, you mention as
one Of the causes the monopoly Of ma
Ohinery and other means Of production, etO.
Is il not self. evident that, inasmuOh 40 easy
access to the natural opportunities shat
nature has amply supplied mankind with;
Gland in all formS) is the frBe, and there
fore, the most essential factor in enabling
men to procure for themselves their share
Of the wealth, abundantly produced, plan
that would equalize natural opportunities
without hinderiDg production, would flll
the bill as the first step in the direction of
putting men on the right footing in the
production and exchange Of all wealth.
Such plan is the taxation Of land values
irrespective Of Improvements called the
single-taX. Have you any objections 10 this
plan for the purpose mentioned, If 30, what
are theyG A direct reply or taking up Of
the points in your paper would oblige.
Yours for equity, j. b. BReRRT.
Butte, Montana.
Had our correspondent paused to
consider the meaning of the clause
he quotes from the editorial TO which
he refers he would have discovered
that the monopoly of land is in
Cluded in the monopoly of machin-
cry and other means Of productions"
The advocate., 1894-05-30

One story has il that "a Coffey county
man who is ON State Treasurer Biddle's
bond for $4,000 had q judgment for 500
declared against him lately, and the amount
could not be collected. Investigation shows
shat there is no Coffey county man on Mr..
Biddle's bond, and has never been. II the
Populist press can only keep tally on the
republican lies as fast as they are told, Che
educational influences" Of the campaign
will soon begin TO influence. Bsa-
CON, May II.
We will say in addition to the
above that q leading republican
banker IN this city said to the writer
that Mr.. Biddle's bond is the best
bond any state treasurer OF Kansas
ever put up; and we think he would
not hesitate to say the same thing
over his signature if 1t should come
to q pinch. Honest republicans who
know anything about the facts are
becoming very tired Of this kind Of
nonsense.
The advocate., 1894-05-30

cred 10 hear them. There was a
time long after Che snti-slsvery sgi-
tation began when there was scarcely
a church in all the land except that
Of Henry Ward Beecher in which q
word could be uttered against chat
tel slavery, and large majority Of
the ministry were quoting scripture
to justify the institution. II took
years of agitation to draw to the side
Of human liberty any considerable
number of the ministry. The fact is,
ministers, as q rule, are followers and
not leaders Of public sentiment, and
they are usually among the last to
champion any reform. There are ex-
Ceptions to this it is true, but they
are not plentiful. In the days of
slavery we were governed by a slave
holding oligsrchy, and it would have
cost a minister his place almost any
where in the country to espouse the
cause Of freedom. Hence the minis
ters did that which was necessary to
insure them their places. To-day we
are governed by money oligarchy,
and 1t would cost almost any minister
his place were he to speak against it.
Suffice it to say very few Of them are
losing their places. Here again there
are noble exceptions to the general
rule, but they are altogether too few
to justify the hope that the adoption
Of prohibition as a principle Of the
Peoples party platform would call
the ministry or any material part Of
it to the support Of the party.
But there is another fact to be con-
sidered in this connection. The Peo-
pies party believes 1t has q better
method for the solution Of the liquor
question and the disorgsnizstion and
overthrow of the rum power than by
prohibitorY legislation. This method
Is the naturalization Of the traffic
and the total elimination of all profit
from the business. The rum power
will never be disOrgsnized until the
entire business of manufacture and
sale is taken out of it's hands. While
the party, therefore, may declare in
its platform for this method Of solu-
tion, it can hardly be expected to de-
clare for prohibition.
The advocate., 1894-05-30

As land ls q necessity to all produc-
ton it must be so included.
The difficulty with nearly all the
advocates Of the single-tax is that
they do not appear to have studied
any other economic or social prob
lem. They regard this single tax as
a panacea for every ill that flesh is
heir to, and this is very tiresome to
men who have given their invsstiga-
tions broader scope. Let attention
be called to any other evil than land
monopoly that Is necessary to be
remedied, and single-tax advocates
from Maine to California feel at once
called upon to bury the writer under
an avalanche of manuscript in which
it is insisted that, whatever the evil
mentioned, the slngle.tsx is the one
and only remedy for it. There are
happy exceptions indeed to this rule
Of general information OF single-tax
advocates, but they are few. There
are men among them who realize that
there are other questions in this coun-
try to be settled besides the question
ofland monopoly, but such men are 80
rare that we prize them very highly
when we find them. We have been
flooded with long Winded articles
from single-taxers in different parts
of the country taking the editorial
which this correspondent undertakes
to critlcise as q test, and not one of
the writers discovered that land mo-
nopoly was included in the monopo-
lies to which we referred, and not
one has undertaken to show that we
were incorrect in the conclusion at
which we aimed in that editorial.
The fact is we did not make land mo-
nopoly our exclusive subject or single
tax our exclusive remedy, and that is
an objectionable omission in the eyes
OF the average Single-taxer. Our sd-
vice to these men is to look about
them and see If there are not some
evils in this world that the single tax
will not cure. There IS bare posoi-
bility that they do not enjoy a mo-
nopoly of the worlds wisdom.
We do not write in this particular
spirit simply IN reply to the letter at
the head of this article, because that
is brief and courteous, but in refer
ing to this subject we desire that
others who have written not 80
briefly, and far less courteously, may
take q tip from this comment. We
have no objection to the suggestion
Of the writer of this letter 80 far as it
goes, but 1t does not cover the points
aimed at in the editorial to which the
writer refers.
The advocate., 1894-05-30
RELIGION AND MORALS IN POLITICS

Under this head We publish, in an
other column, a communication urg-
ing the necessity of making moral
issues a part of our party platforms.
We fully agree with the writer as to
the importance of baslng the political
party that seeks to better human con-
ditions in the future upon moral
questions, but we are compelled to
differ with him respecting the de-
tails of his letter. He presents the
question of prohibition as one that
the Peoples party should add "to the
glorious lists Of reforms 1t already
champions" and says IN that case it
would win the support Of the ministry
and "a host of loyal men and women
who would seal their devotion to its
principles with their blood" We
very much fear our correspondents
enthusiasm gets away with his judg-
ment. As 8 matter Of fact there has
been for years a distinctive prohibi-
tion party in this country which,
though it has made prohibition it's
leading issue, has also placed many
o. the demands in its platform that
the Peoples party has since adopted,
and we have not discovered any
great rush of the ministry to the
support Of that party or any psrtic-
ulsr disposition Of the ''hosts Of loyal
men and women TO seal their devo-
tion to its principles with their
blood" In fact the party does not
poll as large a vote now in the sggre-
gate as it did some time ago. Our
correspondent says:
Likeit was in che days Of slavery, from
every loyal Christian pulpit in the land,
thereN will be thundered The artillery Of
prayer and argument against tho bulWarkB
Of the money and rum powers. We a. min
listers would have q party Of which We would
not bs ashamed.
This reference to the slavery ques-
tion is q rather unfortunate one for
our correspondent We distinctly
remember the anti-slavery contest
before the war. We distinctly re-
member that William Lloyd Garri-
son, Wendell Philips, Henry @.
Wright, A. P. Foss and multitude
Of others who were pleading for hu-
man liberty were not only denied 80
called Christian churches in which to
speak, but that so-Called Christian
ministers joined in mobs to drive
them from the public streets and
halls whore their few followers gath.
The advocate., 1894-05-30
A NEW sCHEME.


and petitions are being circulated
asking for it's passage. Eastern
papers say that two classes of people
N the East are signing these petit
tions. First the merchants, bankers
and business men, who want letter
postage reduced to l cent, and sec.
ond the politicians, who fear the
rapidly-increasing influence of the
reform press, and who know that the
increase of newspaper postage will
swamp large portion of the reform
papers now published. The lniquity
of the scheme, like all other devil
ment that has been done by the ma
tionsl congress in the past thirty
years, is sought to be disguised by
seeming benefit to the people. In
this instance the seeming benefit is
the reduction Of letter postage. Who
would this benefit? There ls no
doubt that the merchant, the banker
and the business man whose letter
postage amounts to many dollars per
week, and in not few instances too
many dollars per day, would make
great saving by such law. How
much would the farmer or the ordl-
nary workingman save by 1t? How
many letters do these classes write
in q year? Let each reader Of the
ADVOCATE figure for himself how
much such a law would save to him.
Let it be remembered, also, that il
this scheme succeeds newspapers now
published at so cents q year will
have to be raised to 81, and those
now published at 81 will have to be
raised to $1.75 in order to cover in
creased postage. What will be the
effect Of thisH Subscriptions to
weekly papers OF all parties through
out the country will fall off, and they
will fail for want of support. This
is not a measure against which the
Populist press alone should protest.
It will effect the rural and the weekly
press Of all parties; and these are the
papers that the masses Of the people
read. On the other hand, the great
dsilies which are chiefly supported
by the merchants, bankers and busl-
ness men will not suffer, because
those who support them will save on
their letter postage many times more
than the cost Of their daily papers.
This is one more of the schemes of
plutoCraCy to keep the masses OF the
people in ignorance; and the present
administration and the present con-
gress are well adapted for just this
Kind Of dirty work. The old party
politicians, of course, can consistently
join hands with the business men and
bankers in supporting this measure.
What will be che attitude of the old
party press towards lt2 As yet we
have seen very little reference made
TO it. Some of the great dailies have
condemned it while others are as
silent as an Egyptian mummy con-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-12-20
THE WAGE, QUESTION.


Striking Figures, Foreshadowing an M
vestigation by tho Senntc-Labor's Fer
centage Gradually Decreasing ana Capa-
tails Percentage Increasing-A Census
Secret Let Out-The Different Aetnoos-
of 1880 and 1890.
An investigation of the wage ques-
ton is in contemplation BY the census
committee of the United States senate.
Frederick C. Waite, the statistical ex'
pert of the department OF agriculture,
has been making an exhaustive study
of the census returns on wages In
preparation for this senate invesnga-
ton.
OF the questions which confront the Amer
lean statistician and statesman" ne SAYS.
there is one which towers above all the rese
in Importance. It is the wage question. As
for the great mass Of working women. Win 'ne
age OF marriage increasing and their style ol
living rising, there Is necessity lot rise "a
wages sufficient to insure their indepeno-
ence. For this and many other reasons, ~"
we'll known to need mentioning In this year Oh
widespread distress, the question OF wages -
the one great question Of our time Upon IL
depends nearly all legislation and upon IA
vorable answer depends our hope for widening
the influence OF Christianity ana the perPcsuA'S
Of our institutions.
The question Is not simply rs to wnetner
'laborers are receiving moro dollars than form
erly. It is . double question. First, does
labor receive larger . smaller share OF the
product: And, second, does labor receive more
Of the necessaries and comforts OF lfe tnan
formerly?
The following table, which shows what per-
centage Of the manufactured products goes 20
labor as wages, tells the story IS to whstneF
his share is increasing or decreasing.
Percentage Of product paid rs wages lnot
inclusive of salaries Of oficers, firm members
and saleSmen):
Az per census volume For industries fally
(Uncorrected) well returned NJ esSS
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-12-20
ALLEGED JAPANESE CRUELTY
At tho Capture of Port Arthur Being In.
vestigated by that Government.

At tho Capture of Port Arthur Being In
vestigated by that Government.
WASHINGTON, Dec. IA telegram
has been received at the Japanese le-
cation from the minister of foreign af-
fairs at Toxic in relation to the atroci-
ties alleged to have been committed
by japanese troops at the cap
ture of Port Arthur. The government
at Toxic is not in possession
of full details of the affair.
but the information already at hand
shows conclusively that some of the
reports circulated concerning the con-
duct of the japanese troops were both
exaggerated and misleading. If there
was any unnecessary bloodshed, the
telegram states, the japanese gov
eminent cannot but believe that
there must have been some
cause, for the behavior of the
japanese troops in the enemy's
country has heretofore been most ex-
emplary, at times under circumstances
tending to excite feeling of the deep
est resentment and animosity. It is
known to be fact that the great ma
jority of those Chinese who were killed
at Port Arthur were not peaceful in
habitants, but Chinese soldiers
disguised in civilian dress. Most
of the inhabitants fed from
the place several days before
its capture, and at the present time
have returned and are pursuing their
ordinary vacations without molestation
or restraint. The japanese government
has no disposition to conceal any of
the facts, but, on the contrary, has or
dered a strict investigation, the result
of which, it is stated, will be promptly
made public.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-12-20
LATE NEWT ITEMS.

On the 10th JOnn huntington, re-
rnittance clerk in the Citizens state
bank of Council Bluffs, Ia, shot and
seriously wounded F. N. Hayden, OF
Chicago, and A. Cromwell, of Mime
apolis, respectively superintendent and
inspector of the Fidelity and Casualty
Co., of New York city, and then COM
United suicide by shooting himself
through the head. An investigation
of some of Huntington's crooked work
was in progress at the time.
ADIsPATcH from Ottawa, Ont, on
the 10th, said: 1.-The report that there
would be a dissolution of parliament
after the cabinet was recognized is
altogether premature. Until Mr..
Bowel has formed his cabinet nothing
can be done in this connection. The
chances are that if he succeeds he will
call session before parliament dis
solves"
The weekly statement of the asso-
ciated banks of New York city, issued
on the 18th, showed the following
changes: Reserve, increase, SAB, 175:
loans, decrease. $685., 200; specie, in
crease, Sc, 1875, 900; legal tenders, de-
SIChSCs Io,~ff,cOVs uSpOSAlS, uGCTcdSc
81, gag, 800; circulation, decrease, $50
900
THE Bethlehem (Pa.) Iron Co. has
received the whole contract for the
armor for Russia's two new war YES
sells. The contract calls for over Il, 600
tons. and means full ya,r's work in
the armor department.
THE German reichstag. On the 18th
rejected the governments proposal to
prosecute Herr Liebknecht for lese
majesty by n vote of 16S to S. The
debate on the anti-socialist bill BEGAN
on the 18th.
THE governor of the Wicllau district
in Prussia has dissolved the social
democratic organization within his
jurisdiction on the ground that it is a
society without the rights of a corpo-
ration.
a DUEL with swords was fought, on
the 18th, between NJ. Paal Bluysen, OF
LIE Jour. and NJ. Tourot. of LIE Petit,
Rcpublique. NJ. Bluysen was wounded
in the arm, and Nj. Tourot received a
wound in the stomach.
On the 18th the associated banks of
New York city held S33, PAS. s25 in ex-
cess of the requirements of the 25-per-
cent. rule.
VIM. L. BRADLEY. the millionaire
president of the Bradley Fer tilizer
Co., died at bingham, Mass, on the
18th.
DIR. JOHN LORD, historian and lee
tnrer, died at his home in Stamford,
Conn, on the 18th.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-12-20
ThoRNE coNFEssEs.

| 4 New York Policeman Held Under Bail
for Perjury, Makes = startling Confess
sion, Giving . Complete Statement Re-
garding Blackmail and Corruption in the
Police Department-Work for the Grand
Jury.
NEW YORK, Dec. 17.-Policeman Au-
gust E. Thorne, formerly of ex-Capt.
Stephenson's Leonard-street squad. has
confessed. He was held in $500 bail
Friday for perjury and kept in the
| Tombs all night. Saturday morning
he expressed desire to see Assistant
District Attorney Lindsay. To him he
| made full confession of all he knew
| about the police bribery. The revela-
tions made by Thorne are of an as
founding character.
Assistant District Attorney McIn-
tyre, who left Mr.. Lipdsay's Office
about o'clock in the afternoon said
to group of waiting reporters that
he never heard anything like what
Thorne had made known. The in
dicted policeman has made clean
breast of the Stevenson story. In ad-
dition to this he gave a complete state
ment regarding blackmail and COR
ruption in the police department. He
told of the system, it is said, that has
been in vogue of making collections
from every source where tribute has
been levied and will, far as he knows.
tell where the money has gone.
Thorne has been on the force six
years.
At $50 o'clock Thorne left Mr.. Lind
says office and was taken back to the
Tombs. Mr.. House, who was present,
seemed very much disturbed. Mr..
House is counsel for several of the in
dicted police officials yet untried.
Mr.. Lindsay said that Thorne made
a full statement concerning the acts
charEedsagainst Stephenson. He says
to 60 on the stand during his trial
last week and re-perjure himself, but
he absolutely. refused to do SO, al
though hewas in the criminal court
building during, the trial. Thorne
went far beyond this, and it is under
stood implicated many police officials
in the confession he made.
Mr.. Lindsay said the information
given was of such character that he
could not, possibly say anthing about
it at this timet Thorne was connected
with the Leonard-street station during
the terms OF Captains Eaklns, Siebert,
Stephenson, Cross, Schmittberger, Do
herty, and acting Capt O'Toole.
A report was current Immediately
after Thorne left the building that the
matters he confessed to will be brought
to the attention of the grand jury at
once, as soon as the stenographers
minutes are ready. 1t is also reported
that a number of police officials who
have not yet been smirched will be
kept under strict surveillance until
action is taken. It is said the confes-
sion is the most important that has yet
been brought out. Policeman Thorne
was admitted to bail in 81, 500 shortly
before o'clock yesterday afternoon.
His bondsman was Ludwig Meyer, of
No. 1874 Franklin street, who gave
that property as his security.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-12-20
WILL NOT HANG.

The Self-Confessed Murderer Blixt Will
be Given q Life Sentence.
MINNEAPoLIs, Mimi, Dec. lit is
not likely that c. A. Blixt, the self
confessed murderer of Catherine Cling,
will be hanged. He will be brought
before Judge Hicks, of the district, to-
day, where he will enter plea of
guilty. Sentence will not be passed,
however, until he has been used as
witness for the state in the case of
Harry Hayward, and then it is ex-
pected that he will be given a life
sentence.
The court Saturday appointed Judge
]. M. Shaw, w. J. Hahn and f. IL.
Carleton, three very able criminal law
yers, to defend him, but when they at
tempted to hold a consultation with
him yesterday Blixt refused to have
anything to do with them.