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The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-11

For years you and your fathers
have found it of sterling worth.
1t IS and always has been put up
only by J. II, Zeilin & Co. Take
none but the genuine. It has the
Red q on the front Of the wrapper,
and nothing else is the same, and
nothing so good.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-11
RUSSIA'S FORCES
IN THE FAR EAST.
She Has a Vast Army and Navy
on the Pacific Coast Ready
at Any Moment.
New York Herald.

Shanghai, Sept. %, 1885,
To all people who carefully
watch the omens in the sky the
impression that the present
calm in the political atmos-
phere of the Far East is soon
likely to undergo a violent
change is daily becoming
stronger. For months past the
Far Eastern papers have every
other day recorded the passage
of ships of the Russian vOlun-
tier fleet bringing "reliefs"
to Viadiyostock. Fifteen bun
dred or two thousand men are
thus borne from Odessa to the
Siberian port at a time, and
while IL is true that the return
ing ships carry back time ex
pired men, inValids, &C., to
Russia, there is no comparison
between the figures of numbers
carried each way. Three or
four hundred men with their
families return, while four or
five times as many men almost
Invariably come out. l now
have reliable information from
Habarofi'ka that the number of
troops in the Primorsk and
Eastern Siberia at the present
moment-that is, from Passiette
to NicoIaiejsE, and from the
sea to the Zeya-is about 1861
900 of all arms, and that in the
region Of Vladivostock, embrac
ing half a dozen military towns,
there are not less than 10000
troops, while fresh barracks
are constantly being run up to
accommodate much more.
The daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1892-1897, 1896-11-11

son agrees that Russia is right
fully entitled to some ice free
outlet to the Pacific, the con
tinuance and increase of her
warlike preparations in that
region are anything but reas-
surfing, and are indicative of
either a desire to change the
present peaceful condition of
affairs in the Pacific by some
fresh coup, or a determination
to be pref ared TOR an attack
Of which there is no Fremont
ton contemplated from any
quarter. japan is in no
humor to raise fresh storm.
Great Britain is too closely
welded to peace, and China is
too much beneath contempt for
Russia TO contemplate attack
on the Pacific side from any of
these three. There is absolute
ly no other quarter TO look to
for assault, and, seeing that
she is safe from attack, these
mighty masses of gray coated
troops, and these ever growing
naval armamenss can only be
intended for offensive opera
tons.
The question is:-Against
whom l do not anticipate that
We shall have to wait many
months for the answer 1t looks
as if Russia were deliberately
preparing to force quarrel in
some quarter. To-day we are
told by cablegram that Russia
and Japan have agreed to q
protectorate over Corpa, yet
that the Japanese troops are to
evacuate the peninsula! Japan
is thus to withdraw her forces
from the country on ths Dor
ders of which the Russians are
massing the most numerous
European army that has ever
baen seen on Asiatic soil, with
the King aud Ministers Of
Corea worked like puppets by
the Russian Legation, an over
whelming Russian fleet cruis-
ing along the coast, with Chino
tied abjectly to the chariot OF
! the Gear, and stimulated by re
venge and the sense of her own
impotence. only too eager to
give his cohorta every encour-
agement to whip the victors in
the recent war. At Port Arthur
strange preparations are also
going on, which are of sinister
Significance. China has NJ ships
and not even the skeleton of d
navy, yet the dock and work
shops are being rapidly pat in
order aud large quantities Of
coal are being shipped over
there from Chill. For the use
Of whom
Certainly not for China's
navy; that does not exist The
only inference ii that they are
intended for the use of China's
great protector, who is now
preparing to repay herself for
the valuable and DISTINGUISHED
services she rendered China
over Liaotung and Manchuria.
The frequent presence OF
Russian surveying officers and
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-22
NUGGETS OF NEWS,

Presidcnt-elect Mckinley left Chicago
today for his home in Canton, where he
will spend Christmas with his mother,
Hiram Able, 50 years old, is under ar
rest in Thompsonville, Conn, charged
with being the author of many incendiary
fires.
In anticipation of severe fighting there,
two German men-of-war, the Arcona and
the Irene, have been ordered from Hong
Kong to Manila,
Robert S. Henry, 8 years old, recently
discharged as cured from the Pasteur in
stitute in New York, died from hydropho-
phobia in Baltimore last night.
David NJ. Hildreth, proprietor of the
West End hotel and cottages at Long
Branch, died suddenly yesterday at his
residence In New York of heart failure,
aged rs.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-22

SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Dec. %. - The
Southern Pacific westbound passenger
train was held up by masked men about
200 miles west of here at 10 o'clock SUM-
day night. When within about half
mile Of Comstock station three mon or
dered the engineer to stop and while one
stood guard at the engine, the two others
wont through the express car and secured
about $40. The through safe was not
opened. The sheriff of Valverde county,
with large posse, started in pursuit Of
the robbers.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-22

NEW YORK, Dec Representatives of
twenty Of the largest steel and iron COM
panies, in this country met yesterday with
q view chiefly of deciding whether the
present pool shall continue in existence or
be dissolved. When the meeting adjourned
Secretary Griscom announced that moth
ing definite had been decided upon, owing
to the absence Of report from one of the
largest interests. This interest it is pre-
sumed, is the Bellaire Steel company, of
Bellaire, O., which some weeks ago drew
out of the pool. In reply to direct ques-
ton Secretary Griscom said: Il do not
think that a dissolution of the pool is at
all likely. On the contrary believe that
1t will be strengthened In a very short
TINA -
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-22
A Missing Merchants Suicide,

TOLEDO, Dec. 2s.-Ihe body of Jesse G.
Gould, who disappeared Dec. s, and of
whom no trace could be discoy cred was
found yesterday afternoon in some brush
near the bank of Maumee river, with
bullet hole through the temple. 1t is sup
posed to BIO n case Of suicide. Gould was
vice president and treasurer of the firm of
Leland Smith & Co., wholesale Tobacco
nists which failed the day after his dis
appearance
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-22
Failed to Raise the AiIsa,

New YORK, Dec cam attempt was
made yesterday afternoon to raise the
steamer Ailsa, which was sunk near Fort
Hamilton by collision with the French
liner La Bourgogne on Feb go last The
combined forces of the Milford Salvage
company and the Chapman Wrecking
company were at work, but the steamer
was not moved, although lifting force Of
over 1900 tons was exerted. Twenty-one
chains had been run under the Ailsa,
which lies in an upright position, embed
ded in sixteen feet of mud. The attempt
made was more or less of an experiment,
and means will be found by dredging or
otherwise to break the force of the sue
ton
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-22

CHICAGO Dec. 22.-William Hale Thomp-
son, the captain of the football team of the
Chicago Athletic club, has been sued for
100000 for breach of promise. The COM
plainant is Jennie #. Hutchinson, who
came here from Peeksill, N. Y, where her
parents still reside. The defendant said:
II know the woman and have known her
about three years, but never talked mar
riago to her and never gave her the slight
est idea that would be willing to marry
her. II ia simply game of blackmaiI,n
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-22
Whiteeaps In Pennsylvania,

CHAMBERsBURG, Pa, Dec. &c. Elmer
Over, who has wife and five children, is
lying in critical condition as the result
of u mysterious shooting affair which oc-
Cured on Saturday night He was fired
at while riding In buggy with COM
panion. Throe shot lodged in his neck
and fifteen went though his clothes.
Whitecaps have threatened TO visit pun
ishment upon Over, and 1t ia believed that
the affair was their work. Over declares
that he knows his assailant, but will give
no names. His companion drove him to
physician, but will say nothing Of the
Ocrnrrnnce
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-22

MONTREAL, Dec. 22.-Dr. Conaty, of the
Washington University, who lectured here
last night states that on the day of his In
auguration he will make statement as
to where he stands regarding the conflict
ing schools of thought in the United
States which are causing trouble to the
Catholic hierarchy. Il leave tho people to
judge me by my past record, he says; Gin
religion l am Catholic, in politics an
American ~
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-22

BETHLEHEM, Pa, Dec 81. - Vincenzo
Friezo, aged 20 years, was fatally shot yes
terday by Benedetto Saffiero, by the acct.
dental discharge Of gun. The men were
hunting when Ssfflsro fell and his weapon
was discharged, the contents lodging In
the body Of Friezo, who was walking
ahead. He died at st. Lukss hospital
shortly afterward. The coroner's jury OK.
oneratsd SatIiero from blame.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-22
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For that tired aching feeling and ma
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-22

Slmms the first among pills for tn,
Indies, made of pure material staiid htgil
in their recommendation for the intirmt.
ties of ladies' u, also sent ny mail 6Jj
King street
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-22
W WEDNESDAY, DEC. esd,
at 10 n cInnIf

WEDNESDAY,, DEC. esd,
at u cIock.
6heRd OF work or draught horse. d n.borse
Iulnithre wagons In good order, i l.horse
furniture wagon In good ,order.l heavy bnii-
o. wsgon. goose neck truck, set Of heavy
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S!-horse carts, 4.horse hack sled, i set nav
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Q sets lead harnesRb sets cart harn sss brio ca
damp buckets and wharf block. Chains Of
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chute wagon Jack. block aud rope shoyeIa.
FORKS pick and barsa and numerous other ar.
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.. W0RHALL & son,
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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-22

Most OF the consumptives that come to
ue are incuruhle. They have neglected
until too late, but still thetesre casea that
come Oh time and are cured by Dr.Simm'5
White Pulmonlc lSalsam and Vegetable
Pills. Depot COG King street.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-22

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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-22

DuBLlQ SALE-Our lease expiring on
L New Years day, at stable, situated at
nu and french, we will dispose Of our stock
ouslstlnY or horses. wagons carts etc,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-22
Unparalleled!

w /E ARE through the
w t g store Tor slowing crowd would have been
RED our feet Saturday yesterday To inexperienced looks
strange for the people the store that rmove from the centre
we KEEP out ordinary store we're extraordinary large stocks of the most
seasonabe goods and extraordinarily ries for them
sell
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-08-15
The Industrial Revolution.
GEO. B. LEONARD.

While the people are being led to
a FOOLS paradise by the sweet
promises of the see-saw politicians,
the work of the social evolution
goes increasingly on, bringing from
time to time to the unmlndtul o.
server some startling results. Men
will not think if they can help it.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-08-15

done by the masses Of the people
comes as the result of an impulse
given by the grinding wheels Of
our social fabric. Misfortunes in
enterprise, in business, calling, pro-
fessiOn or trade-an industrial
panic-seem to be the greatest
social educators in modern times.
But even then men will go for the
solution Of the "burning question:
into side alleys and back yards and
stop on protection or free trade. on
the size and the quantity of coin and
other financial schemes. AS in
olden days, SO at present, in all
those issues, whether they are di
rectly or indirectly against the in
terest of the great masses Of the
producers, who alone are the up
builders of civilization, the latter
are called upon to do the fighting.
The Nottingham, who is the scape
goat all through the year tor the
sins of the capitalist class, is APP
pealed to by this or that faction OF
the non-pr0ducing socially para
site classes, as the bulwark of ma
tional glory and honor and the one
and only one, the proposed pana-
ceas are going to save. In the
meantime cold facts of the gradual
enslavement of the American peO-
pie wrought by the competitive
system now in sway among all So
called civilized nations. stare. with
all their horrors of past and future
wrecks in the industrial, intellect
ual and moral world, in the face OF
the greater portion OF mankind.
Modern science has proven that
| -: " ~ ~%o 1c>fr1 Infx
like nature, undergOes steady de-
ing it are as memorable as the laws
warfare Cheapness is the successful
weapon. To produce the most with
| the least effort is the underlying
principle of modern social produce
ton, and concentration of human
effort, division of labor, labOr-saV
ing machinery and the revolution
lied methods Of transportation are
it's necessary COnc0mitants. The
productive powers are increased
imm Prices commence
to fall in proportion to the in
crease of merchandise on the mar
ket. The downfall of small produce
ton follows, and with it the small
manufacturer, trades1nan and far
mer are thrown overheard. The
anti monopoly, anti department
store agitation and other "anti'
movements are nothing more than
movements of despair, and are not
to be credited with the knowledge
and erudition which modern Civili-
zation offers. They are fruitless
attempts of quaCks, and their pro-
motors are social prototypes of Don
OuixOte. The tenth annual report
of the bureau of statistics of labor
of the state of New York, for the
wear 1892, is full of instructive infor-
nation in regard to the industrial
revolution that has taken place
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-08-15

within a comparatively few years.
On page II we read: I'm the a2Gre-
gate, as rule, the capital invested
in manufacturing industry has in
creased in a higher ratio than the
number Of hands employed. 1.-The
returns for seventy-fve leading
cities throughout the country show
an increase of 122.51 per cent in cap
ital as against the much less in
crease Of G}.77 per cent in the num-
Der of persons employed. This is
not new tendency. 1t is-in a great
part the natural result of improved
machinery, more costly but labor
saving. 1t is one of the facts
which confirm and illustrate the
proposition otherwise established
by Bradstrects statistics of fail
ures, that the average amount OF
capital required to successfully en-
gage in business is steadily grow
ing larger.' How fast the downfall
Of small production is taking place
can be seen from the disprOportion-
ate increase in hired labor. "Thc
number of persons employed in
manufacture increased faster than
population" 90. 42). In the city Of
New York the increase of pOpula-
ton between 1880 and 1890 was 1852
per cent, and the increase Of the
humber of employees in nanufac
ture, 1896; in Brooklyn for the same
period the figures are are 1890 and
l1O.1O respectively; for Buffalo, y.
Y $3.50 and 144.Gl. Similar figures
are given for other cities, (p. 42).
That like figures would be obtained
in other occupations Grade, trans
portatiOn, professional and d01nes-
tic service) none will doubt. It may
| be safely asserted, that "at no pre-
vious time in the history of the
country was SO high a proportion
of the population engaged as
, 'wagewOrkcrs.' The report adds:
1--WE are in fact nearing the Euro
pean percentage i'm this respect
| (page 49,. These figures may also
convey an idea OF the extent OF the
displacement of the man by the
woman and child in the pursuits
| for the nccessaries of life. For the
same decade the increase Of manu-
| featuring establishments for the
whole country was 1,7O4, or trltlc
over one half of one per cent, (p. 43).
"And as the capital engaged in
nanufa cture showed an increase
of nearly $780, OOOOO), the inevitable
conclusion was that a great concen-
tration Of the means Of production
had taken place during that
period, up. 1876. Even this small
percenta &c would disappear if 1T
were taken into consideration that
for the last two or three decades
ownership by corporation has
been rapidly displactng ownership
by individuals. and that the
same individuals oftentimes I'M
der this disguise control more
than one manufacturing establish
ment. That the same tendencies
exist in trade and agriculture we
may have chance to show some
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1896-08-15
ELLIS B. H ARRIS.
Air standing on de Conner Didn't Me-
No Harm.

Standing on de co'ner. didn't mean no fuss,
Wild my daisy. my emil le1n
Up came a coon and he began to cuss
My Bryan, my candidate;
I out wild my augment and gabe to it a fling
Dat coon found he was treading on de SLIDER
Now he's sorry dat he triff1ed wild de money.
Chorus
Oh my constituents tell me true
10 you lub me as Tub yO?
Oh my constituents tell me true
DO you luL me as lub 20!
Dis coon said silber dol1a's was only fifty
Dis hoo-doo, coo-coo;
I said I'd buy at 80 and take de consequence,
But de big ham didn't hab am;
So he said de agitation OBJ de si1ber money
Was de reason he was busted and he'd hab
gold do11a's when
Mark Hanna plays de piano in de White
House
He said SLIDER mon was lot of white trash
lis liber colo'ed SLIDER
But he didn't hab anuff Oh it to buy plate
oh hash
No indeedee he was seedee;
So offered him quata' an when TO- it he
l told him dat de gold bugs ought to practice
socked it in nv pocket whar got it,
Den he said de fall of SLIDER didn't bring de
fall oh wheat
Dis wig:wag, zig-zag;
But told him it was palmer den de bun1ons
on his feet,
Fo' it did so, de hobo;
Den I got him in a co'ner an dis is what
held him wild my eloquence-he'n vote 16
He's beauty true to duty deed he is.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14
MILFORD NE WS.

Milford, Dec. 14-The Milford Wheel club will give bean bake on Friday evening. December IS, in it's club rooms on Broad street.
 Ralph Bingham appeared on Satur- day evening in the First church to a fair sized audience, the church being well filled. His impersonations, read ing and violin solos were very fine. and it would be very doubtful if he ever appeared in town again without appearing before a much larger house
 Walter K. Oviatt, the Journal and Courier correspondent, is spending a week in New York city visiting friends and relatives in that place.
 A coon and turkey supper is to be given by the ladies of the First Baptist church on Wednesday evening. A mu- sicale and literary entertainment is to be given by several of the church members during the evening.
 The news stores on River street are rapidly nearing completion. The plate glass windows were put in their proper places on Saturday. This building, when done, will add much beauty to the street.
 A mammoth entertainment and sup per is to be given on next Tuesday eve ming in the town hall. This will be something unique for Milford, as noth- ing has ever been attempted like this in years. Contributions are to be re- ceived at the town hall all day or
 
 worthy one, the patronage should be very large. It is not known positively but it is thought to be for the benefit of several needful families in the town
 The Epworth league of the Methodist church will give another one of it's pop ular socials on Thursday evening of next week in the Methodist church chanel
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-12-14
REV. FATHER RYAN SPEAKS

To the Congregation of St. Johns R. C.
 Church on the Duties of Christians
 A Special Call to Duty in This Christ
 mas Season.
 Rev. Father Ryan, assistant pastor of St. Johns R. c. church, delivered yesterday, in the absence of the pas tor, a very able and interesting ser mon, taking for his text the Gospel of St. John, chapter i. 18th to 18th verses, At that time the Jews sent from Jeru- salem priests and LeViteS to John to ask him, Who art thou? And he con- fessed and did not deny; and he con- fessed, I am not the Christ And they asked him. What then? Art thou Eli as? And he said, I am not Art thou the prophet Esaias And they that They said therefore unto him, Who art thou, that we may give an answer to them that sent us? What sayest thou of myself? He said: 1 am the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Make straight the way of the Lord as said the prophet Isaias. And they that were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him and said to him: Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, not Elias, nor the prophet? John answered them, saying: l baptize with water; but there hath stood one in the midst of you whom you know not The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me; the latchet Of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose. These things were done in Bethania beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing."
 The reverend gentleman then spoke in substance as follows:
 Brethren, when John was preach l ing in the wilderness and baptizing in the Jordan, not in costly garments or I with the insignia of high office, but in 1 humble garb, by his preaching he at | tracted multitudes of the people, telling | them that he was but the voice of one 1 crying in the wilderness, Make
 straight the way of the Lord and that 1 one should come after him the latchet | of whose shoe he was not worthy to i loose. The Jews, attracted by his preach 1 ing and alarmed at the multitudes that | were following him, sent from Jerusa- | lem priests and Levites to John, not l with the intent of honest inquiry, but
 to entrap him, and they asked him