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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-19
WAR CLOUDS IN SIGHT.
The Controversy Between Eng
land and the United u
States. 81

tween the United States and Great
Britain is threatened. 1t can be
averted only by surrender on the part
of England. The contention over tho
Monroe doctrine has reached stage
which will produce the grsvest anxiety
on both sides Of the Atlantic until the
facts become known. IfthsIAmerican
CONGRESS Wall support Tie president,
md Of this thsrs can be no doubt,
Great Britain win soen be given choices
Of surrsndsrine q fshtina Upon
authority which cannot b. Questioned.
reAds the dispatch III 4ncwn that
this government hao xep9f0ei q cable.
gram from Ambaasador BayArd givina
briefly the contents u the note which
the Marquis of Salisbury has mailed
in reply to Secretary Olney's dispatch
of last July. This reply is in sub
stance refusal to arbitrate any q
the territory east of the Schomburg
line. Moreover, Lord Salisbury raises
9 new case. He now contends that
the Schomburg line was not arbitrarilys
run; tina. it was in fact,
LOCATED UPON AUTHENTIC DATA, p
and that it can be proved by the req
ords, the treaty descriptions and tho
maps that it correctly represents the
western limits Of the territory which
Great Britain acquired by eession from
Holland.
Receipt Of this information caused.
some excitement in the Washington
government. Secretary Olney at once
proceeded to confer with the presi-
dent about It. They agreed in their
opinion that the British premier wa
triling with the merits Of the cues j
tiOn. He was attempting to evada.
md delay direct responsoto the prin- II
pal Issue involved and to bring on ~
controversy between the two govern
lhents as TO historical records and
typographical facts. Such contro- y
versy,. the president and score tary.
agreed, II once entered upon. might
run an indefinite length. a.
Inc programme which the presid emit
I'D eoCroeaW now 6vefn hindBis nat.
% N6SCertain the wishes Of Venezuela
y the premises. Il Yenazula IL Will
Ing to
ARBITRATE ON THE sCuonBURa LINE
then the mission of the United Statesss
is for the time being 81 az aSnd. vsnez-
uela has rep eatedly refused this. and
it Is not expected that she will eive IN
now. Once being assured OF Venez-
usse9 0nwileneqs to submit to Eng
laeds preteeeiony the president viii
reee1eho MAole 1iotter to CONGRESS- a.
e early der for snch action q that
body mav s0oaAt U take. The GORE
spondence will be accompanied by
message from the president explaining
the situation, but probably containinr
no recommendation. Congress-. -
the only war making power, viii be
lett to its own determination unin- !
Hesnsea saw by factss VAe9 TIN &
neve exhausted his resources. The
IuSure course OF the contention viii
resi- with the national legislature. It
y expected. however, that congress-
VIII e once authorize the president to
issue Van ultimatum that viii cause
England to back down or fight.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-19

HAvANA-lSpecial. IA dispatch from
Matanzas announces that Gen. Con
zales was executed here by the Span
iarCls.s
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-19

The announcement was . painful
shock to the public here as the latest
reports were that he was doing finely.
The cause Of his death was afall which
he sustained some weeks ago. It was
thought for time that he was par
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-19

M ~ edlings In Com
1T n 1rAttsrs Per
llng Thereto.
SExATI.

ls3fas SzsSsa& g 81 "a
B IN srxArE.
81 l; plIoron Special LIN the SEN
T. endlsr, rspublcan Of New
& m, presented mass Of petit
1l olleeing election frauds in Ala
end claiming tho election Of
Y \. Kolb = governor.
skA1 pstitions for the recognition
4 e Cnban insurgents were offered.
M kspnblican Of Massachusetts,,
V ) resolution that the senate
support the president in the most
ods action he may deem at to take
~ ptOt eCtion and security Of Am
~ cttixens Ia Turkey and to obtain
r. - Tor injuries committed on such
4 - thsre;s' 1lso 1sdns sthe,presi-
inform Turkey Of the regret
y ndi enatioa s4th wmot tie An1sr-
n 1ple have heard Of the injuries
bktans II 10r1bsy and that they
a ~ expected to view q continu-
q such wI4nGH With 1ni1tff ference;
lng the president for the cor
dence with Turkey.
fcllowing bills were introduced:
TIL. Logan 10 amend the immi-
SllI ia lAWs, excluding ali immigrants
1z and 60 years Of age who
both rad and write the Eng
l. nguage.
u 70. Gay 10 incorporate an In
y pnal American bank, In accord
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-19
THURMAN IS DEAD 4
Hon. Allen G.. Ihurmaa Passes
Away After q Long HI
ness.

CoLUxBus, O.1Special.l Hon. Al
len g. Thurman died at Ills Thursday
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1895-12-19

- IN utr6ns. !. sslf- cohadsnt, 60
dimes violent people:
70 REDUCE THE PRiCE or LANDS.
. Congressman Pickler has received .
aarg1 uumbsr Of petitions from resi-
dapte md would be.aett aots On Indian
urging legislation TO reduce the price
charged tor such lands.
WOOL oaowras WAIT TAHITI.
The annual meeting y the National
Wool Growers Association in session
adopted resolutions urging restoration
Of high tariff on wool
SENATOR PErrIaREw ON SEALS.
The Pettigrew bill for the settlement
OF the seal question In Behring sea
seems to meet with very general
appreciation among members OF the
house as well as OF the senate. Sei1A-
tor Pettigrew proposes q commisai0n
composed OF delegates from Russia,
Japan, Great Britain and the United
States, who shall make q personal
investi& ution a. 10 the sltustion. IN
referen6e % th6eea herds.k Pending
their inquiry q ufodus vfvendi is to be
declared sInsthe segant % fhodeolinns
tion of the other nations in interest to
agree to the modus vivendi the secre-
tary Of the treasury is authorized to
destroy every seal that can be found
on any Of the islands.
y il BILLs INTRoDUoED ~ GAMBLE.
Representative Gamble, Of South
Dakota, introduced bills to provide
for the payment By the United States
TO each state per cent. Of all the
snms received from the sale OF public
lands heretofore or hereafter made;
directing the secretary OF agriculture
to investigate the extent of the water
basins in tho west where irrigation by
artesian wells may be possible; q bill
for railroad and wagon bridgeacFesS
the Missouri at Chamberlain, and 3
bill to provide that taxes on. Anda
allotted TO the Indians shall Sc as
sessed as are taxes on lands taken up
BY whites, and shall be paid out Of the
federal tree4us3 ssldng a savpfqprias
post ct FaG nans 6nrgs; = bin
making IN appropriation to pay to, the
state Of South Dakota SO per cent an
Enud1l2 U al moneys received from
the sale Of mineral lands in the state
Do the support of tho School of Mines
i II nrifs r1NxNus 0oxnrrrEE.
The nov silver coinage bill provides
that whom the revenues OF the govern
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-24
HISTORICAL RELIC.
Ninks from tho Chain which Barred
tho River az West Point.

Hinks from che Chain which Barred
the River at West Point.
No visitor to West Point fails to no.
tice the few links Of the iron chain that
lie around the monument up near the
hotel. They are the remains Of the
great chain which was stretched across
the Hudson river during the Revolu.
ton, to prevent British warships from
sailing past the forts and landing an
army or marauding parties. Few pso-
pie know that Just above the entrance
to Tuxedo Park, on the east side Of the
railroad track, are the ruins OF the
building in which that chain was made.
They are known 40 the old Augusta
forge. The western gable and the south
wall are all that are standing. 1t was
never anything but q low stone build.
Ing, few feet square, and built by
country mason. It was called forge
because there iron was reduced from
the ore by the old.fashioned charcoal
method, and its counterparts were com
mon oil over the country within the last
half century. It was owned by the
Sterling Iron Mine Company, one Of the
large iron manufacturers Of the day,
Here was reduced the iron taken from
tho mine, four miles west, and the linfl
hammered out by hand.
When It became apparent, to the COD
tinental War Department that chair
was necessary to prevent vessels goinl
above the neutral ground, Secretary
Pickering consulted Mr.. Townsend, ons
Of the iron kings Of the day and an own
er Of the mine, and shortly after Gen
Putnam gave an order for the chain
In less than six weeks the links wer(
delivered to the army engineer at New
Winsor, just west Of Newburg, ready 4
put together. The carting was done By
the nelghboring farmers with their o.
teams. The links were 2 feet long and
| ~ inches square, each weighing abou
$50 pounds. When put together thu
chain had a swivel ut every hundred
feet. 1t was about 1900 feet long and
weighed $50 tons. 1t was buoyed 81
by 18.foot logs, pointed at each end. d
as to offer as little resistance to the tide
% possible. It was put In place In Its
The part which 10 preserved was nshet
up from the bottom Of the river In 1865
but the greater part was sold for oil
Iron to the West Point foundry year
before.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-24
A Bundle Of Cousrsdiosio

At the storming Of I.oftsha, during
the Russo Turkish war. Gen. skobels6
ordered an o6icer to lead . battalion
to o certain point The men marched
on 40 long - there were buildings to
shelter them from the Turkish Ore.
but when they came to the open ground
they halted. for an advance, apparent.
", meant the humiliation Of the bat
talon.
Just at that moment the men saw Sko-
belief riding calmly at o walk across
the fatal space, while round him shot
and shell whistled furiously.
In o nght after the passage Of the
Balkans, the painter verestchagin sayS
that the rain Of bullets was the most
murderous that he ever experienced,
though he had been several times un.
dor heavy fire. In spite Of the danger
no watched Skobeleff walk slowly
along, his hands buried In the pockets
of his overcoat. The whistling bullets
did rot cause him to bend his head
oncc; his face was quiet, and bis eyea
restful.
Snow, we know what running the
gauntlet means" said he to the artist
as turn in tho road sheltered them
from the bullets Of the Turks.
"Tell mo honestly" said the artist
shave you really 30 accustomed your
self to war that you no longer feal
dangcr2"
"Nonscnsc." replied the Russian gen
eral. "Thcy think that I am brave
and that am afraid Of nothing. But
I have made It q rule never to bend
down under flrc. II you once permit
yourself to do that. you will be drawn
on farther than you wish. Whenever
90 into action I say to myself that THU
time there will be an end to me-"
But though courageous under Ore
the Russian general was coward q
headquarters. Before his troops b
always appeared In o full.dress uni
form, with his hair neatly trimmet
and scented. But In the presence o.
his superiors he wore an old coat
cloak hanging oil awry. and q cal
crushed down at the back Of bis head
He seemed embarrassed. 90 II afrait
his elegance might give oifense.
| This hero Of many battles was super
stitious. He believed In lucky and un
lucky days, refused to cit down witt
thirteen at o table. jumped from hi
seat at the splitting Of o little salt, AM
left q room In which three candle
were burning.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-24
Modern Education of Women.

Here IL a word for the college woman
from story In Scrlbner's: "Life Is SO
rich In experiences for wOmen-sO much
richer ana fuller for woman than for
man-that tremble Mt this violent re.
action from nature to art. To-day
woman seems to forget that she must
learn to live, not live to learn. At the
risk of being branded rs behind the
times l must say that until woman re-
discovers that life Is everything, that all
she can learn In hundred times the
four years of her college course Ii but
the least part of what life and nature
can teach her, until then ! shall not be
wholly satisfied with the modern edu.
cation of woman"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-24
A SLIGHT Mistake.

A gentleman who has recently 70.
turned from England regalcs report.
or with this bit Of gossip: "There wa
an Englishmen who pridcd himself
upon his ability 40 an amateur plumber.
He decided to put gas connections Into
his house, and do It himself. He went
ito work with o great flourish; hammer
ed and soldercd and lifted away, and
ut last came the Anal hour Of triumph,
He called tho family into tho parlor,
beneath the great chandelier. He turn,
ed on the taps. with taper In hand
and vigorous showers Of water gushed
forth over them all. He had made the
mistake Of connecting with tho water
pipe instead Of the gas-plpes."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-24
A Solemn Truth.

Jeunesse Doree-By JOve! Q yelled
woman always excitcs In me q curios-
ity to know her.
Old gallant-You'll get over that,
M boy, In time. II she was young and
good. looking she wouldn't be veiled.-
New York World.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-24
Not IutePeotOd,

Starting from her sleep. she seixed
her husband convulsively BY the nose
and one eye.lid.
"John." she cried. "there's burglar
going through your trousers!"
"What do you wake me forr' iTfita-
bly, demanded the head Of the house.
'"Settls II between yourselves. dc.
tr0it Tribune.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-24
yust What He Wanted.

steamship Clerk-Do you want a.
loon passage?
Col. Winterblossom (from Kentucky
We'll. I should say did. You didn't
suppose would 80 any other way, did
you 1--Detroit Free Press.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-24
The Best Of Everything for Chicago.
The Civic Federation
OF CHICAGO.
Telephone Main 2so2 617 First National Bank Building
WILLIAM r. BAKER, President.
BERTHA h0N0RR PALMER, First Vice President.
JOHN J. Me0RATh Second Vice President.
RALPH N. EA8LEY, Secretary.
EDWARD s. DREYER,
The Civic Federation Aims to FocaIze All tho Fsrces Now
Laborlng to Advance tho Political, Municipal PhIlan.
thropc, industrial and Moral Interests OF Chicago.
Work Hands Specialists
ahtees Now Bslsg at Work % the Following uaes:
I-POLITICAI. aton Public Loan Bureau Employ.

i.-POLITICAL
The selection Of honest, capable men
TO govern the city. State and munich.
pal legislation for Chicago. Honest
elections. A general interest In the prl.
maries.
2.-MUNICIPAL.
Glenn streets and alleys-prompt re.
moval Of garbage - improved urban
traflic-less smoke-more water-h0n.
orable policc-cheaper and better &c.
commodations for the people Of Chica.
20 In all Observation-Disclosures Of rail.
road tracks, etc.
B.-INDUSTRIAL.
Establishment Of Boards Of C0ncill'
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-24
A Hereditary TsIsnt.

BelleAeld-Young Halfback gets his
atheletic tastes legitimately. He comes
Of Q very athletic family.
Bl0omdeld-Is that s02
BeAefeld-Ycs; his father once held
up Q train. He had an aunt who did
some shoplifting and an uncle who was
quite noted for jumping board bills
Exchange.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-24

Az son a. o woman gets . lot Of
new clothes, she discovers that che b
lonesome.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-24

Throw rock these days and you will
hit q woman wearing shirt waist.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-24

To live leisurely without getting lay
. 0ue art
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1895-08-24

alton, Public Loan Bureau, Employ.
mcnt Agencies, etc.
4.-PHILANTHROPIC.
Development Of the Central Relief
Association to a thorough systemisa-
ton Of the organized charities Of Chi.
cag0.
6.-MORAL.
The suppression Of gambling, obscene
literature. etc.
0.-EDUCATIONAL.
Ample school facilities - improved
methods In teaching, and the develop.
ment Of Q greater interest In the
schools by the parents.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-06
A WORN OUT CREED.



freer Trade.
The news that Victoria is making
step forward in free trade and proposes
to admit many articles free OF customs
duty will be good news TO American
manufacturers.
Among the articles put on the free
list Of Victoria's new tariff are: Amer
lean miners gum boots. carpets and
felt drurgcts. India-rnbher gloves and
skin rnbber~. cotton tw.nc. wnrdcn
buckets. many ar;i,l les Of iron hollow
ware. stavc, (roughly dressed, brt not
shaped hickory trough and unbent.)
elm hubs. sycamore. parts OF pneumatic
tires. breast drills and bucket-ears and
preparations of invalids' and infants
foods.
A reduction also Is proposed by both
the Victorian government and the tar
if board on the duty Of nearly every
article in the present tariff law. and
the governme mt proposes to raise more
revenue by duty OF Is shillings or
81 Is per gallon on spirits.
Victoria has long been conspicuous
for her high tariffs and blind attach.
mcnt to ''protectionism- But APP
parently she has learned the folly OF
this worn out fiscal creed" of despotic
restriction and repression. which In
practice has everywhere worked SO dis
astrously to commerce. 1t seems evil
dent that .protectionism" Is dying out
in Australia N. ". Herald.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-06
PROTECTION SWlNOLE.
A Fraudulent Pretense- Prohibitive Duties
Yield No Revenue.

The New York Press insists that in
order to secure more revenues the conn
try must return 10 the Mckinley tariff.
At the same time that trade-hating or
gan demands the imposition of duties
sufficiently high TO keep American
markets for our own goods" and asserts
that under democratic rule our mar
kets have been handed over TO foreign
ers
IL does not appear that the Press un-
derstands the real nature OF the protec-
ton swindle which it advocates; for in
favoring a tariff high enough To shut
out +. reign goods and keep our mar
kets for ourselves. it loses sight of its
claim that high tariff is necessary in
order to raise large revenues. II 1t IS
sound public policy to keep out foreign
goods by "A prohibitive wall. how Is it
possible to obtain any revenue from
duties on goods? On the other hand,
IL foreign products come in in spite OF
duties Of from 50 to 1.D per cent. how y
the home producer benefited? IL for
eipu goods are sold instead of those
manufactured at home, ii does not
mat tier that their price may be in
creased by added customs duties. 50
long as they take the place of domestic
products. The short-sighted manufac
turer wants protection so that II VIII
prevent outside competition. vii! no
be satisfied with anything less thar
the total exclusion Of foreign goods
But IL a tariff is constructed on thos'
lines how will it yield large revenues
1t must be apparent to every intelii
gent citizen that the two reason
which the Press gives for returning 7
Nc Kinleyism directly contradict eac
other. a high tariff either exclude
foreign goods. in which case no rev
} enue is derived. or else it admits ther
to our markets. 1t cannot proven
} competition and at the same time pre-
vide for public expenses. 1t Is eithe
barrier to commerce or fraudulen
I pretense to benefit our home indus
tries. In either case 1t is an explode
c superstition. Il. w. IL.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-06

The Mckinley Iiii Was Responsible forths
Los. OF a Market.

American farmers who find that
they are not receiving as high prices
for their beef n they think they
should. will be interested to learn that
the Mckinley tariff was the cause Tor
the loss OF considerable market Tor
American beef Previous to i>'@ the
moderate French tariff on cattle anu
meat did not prevent the Importation
~ those products OF the American
farmer. But the passage OF the Me-
Kinley bill, with its heavy. almost
prohibitory. duties on French manu-
features SO rritated the people OF
France that the spirit of retaliation
made il possible 10 greatly increase
the tariff ON cattle and meat liy the
French tariffs adopted in lspa the eN-
pensc of importing cattle was raised 50
high that importation practically
ceased The COS. of bringing single
head ;of beef into Paris from the United
states amounted in some instances TO
more than so The result was the
loss of the French market To the Amer
lean farmer.
\ This action on the part 81 France is
instructive as showing concln~iveiy
that protection is an arbitrary, inJu-
riouS ana mutually destructive policy,
and that if its idiotic principles were
carried ont by all countries the result
would be war OF tariffs which would
be harmful to all the world Anerl-
cans who think that protection -
good thing for the United states, but
who loudly complain when Germany
shuts our pork out Of that country
France refuses TO buy our beef, OF
Greece prohibits the importation 81
our oil. are very inconsistent. They
ought to know that if we declare that
we will not buy of other nations we
nav be sure that those countries vii
refuse to buy from u. And according
to the protectionist notions interna
tional commerce would cease. for eacl
country would prohibit the purchase
of foreign goods Fortunately the los
and injury caused by such protective
tariffs as already exist are SO eviden
that enlightened sentiment every
where declares in favor of their re
peal. and their entire abolition is onl.
q question of advancing civilization.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-06
SEVERE BUT JUST.
a bad Negro Given Life sentence Cndcs
the HabituAi Criminals Act.

ST. Loris. Aug 80. Prank Rhodes,
the negro who forcibly entered the
Protestant Orphans home in Webster
Groves and made a brutal assault upon
Mrs X C. Felch. the housekeeper.
about o'clock on the morning OF March
20. and who made second raid into the
house on the following night, causing
great excitement among the orphans
and other inmates Of the institution,
was tried in the circuit court at Clay
ton Wednesday. found guilty OF bur
glary in the first degree. with intent
to commit a felony, and. under the
provisions Of the habitual criminals
act. was sentenced TO imprisonment in
the penitentiary during his natural
life.
Frank Rhodes is about IS years o.
age. and when not in the penitentiarJ
at jefferson City has made his hone
with his mother. in Webster Groves
lie is large and powerful man
and has been a terror to the pco
1 pie residing in the village. a
well a. to his associates. all OF whom
feared him. He has served two term
in the penite ntary, one OF four year
for grand larceny, and one OF three
wear, for larceny from dwelling
house. He was each time convicte
in the circuit court at Clayton. Tn
verdict gives general satisfaction
since mast 81 the offenses committe
In the neigh borhood have been attrit
utcd 10 Rhodes and his associates
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-09-06

Farmers have tariff object lesson
very easy to learn when they buy bind
ing Irvine this year TO bind their inn
mensc crops Of wheat and oats Last
year IL was retalcd here at from to
10 cents per pound; this season II is
being sold mt from ~ to 9 cents. Last
season the Mckinley tariff was in
force, to-day it is admitted free under
the Wilson bill And, strange to say,
not a Irvine factory in the country has
been closrd up hut all are rus9ing on
full time and at higher wages than
were paid two years ago. Wayne
tNeb.D Democrat