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England for each person (taken from reports published by Parliament is about $2S0, a difference in favor of America of S20S per capita. Now there are thou sands of people in England who do not receive one-half this $2S0. We pay our angle iron smiths 53 per cent more than they are paid in England; our black smiths, 1O2 per cent. more; our boiler makers, 41 per cent. more; our brick layers. 125 per cent. more; our boiler shop helpers, 95 per cent. more; our carpenters, 165 per cent more; our con- ductors lon express trains), 349 per cent more; our locomotive engineers, 191 per cent. more; our police, 260 per cent. cent. more; our train dispatchers, 316 per cent. more, and our common labor CTS, 15S per cent. more. The difference in all classes of labor is the same as these examples I mention.
 The engineers who run the fastest ex- press trains on the road in England get but S10.S0 per week for ten hours per day. The firemen get S5.92 per week or 9S cents per day. The guards (who correspond with our condGctors) get from S4.S0 to SG.72 per week. The por- ters i've coll them brakemen) get $4.56 per week. This is a sample of the pay of English labor. Our engineers in America on the express trains receive S31.J0 per week, our conductors S26 and our brakeman SIS. We pay more than double the wages paid in England, where railroad fare is higher and the coal cheaper than in America.
 The following table of wages answers all the free-trade fallacies of the Demo- cratic party and cannot be disputed;
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are occupied by poor people from the slums. was informed that many sal there the whole night so 1 arose early the next morning and went across to the seats and found that 30, 12 of whom were women, one with q child, had sat there all night because they had not the necessary cents for a bed.
 The trade of Manchester is very much oppressed at present--awaiting the pres iintenliai iEt election in the United States The merchants of the United States are making very. small purchases now, be. cause they lear new tariff bill and because American consumption is less. cned through the idlencss of the people and their inability to buy. The manu. 1acturers and shippers here do not want any change in the present American tariil. bmt they say they would rather nave Mckinley for President than Bry- an, for if Bryan is elected and a silver standard declared in the United States. they cannot sell their goods at all to America. Yet they despise Mckinley Tor, as the London Times stated few days ago, his infamous tariff bill."
 Trade Paralysis in Bradford.
 Leaving Manchester, I visited Brad. ford, which is the largest woolen and shOddy manufacturing district in the world. Trade is paralyzed there as far as United States shipments are con. ccrncd at present. The manufacturers are awaiting the election of the Presi. dent of the United States, to know whether he will be q free trader or pro tcctiOnist The merchants are very much ngitatcd on this nccount-for they can get but few orders from the United States. l said to one of them: "You have now the whole British empire (in- cluding India), with q population of al- most 35O, ,OO0, 900 controlled by her ma jes- ty, to supply; why are you not satisfied
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22

ground floor of this lodginghouse is 6 large room for the men to sit in. The kitchen below contained large closed cooking range. which was red hot, and the odor of the cooking going on made it anything but enviable to be in. The lodg- CTS all cook for themselves and have a variety of things to cook and they are not very particular as to how many diff fcrent things are cooked together in the same pot. We went upstairs and saw 395 beds, which are let at three differ ent prices-6. s and 12 cents per night. The l2.cent lodgcr has a place boarded oil to himself-nO water, no towel.
 Wealth and Poverty Mixed.
 Manchester. with her 5OO.OOO popula. tion, boasts of her wealth and manufac. turing resources and one would suppose that all of the people alike lived in pal. aces; but to examine into the exact con. dition l find quite the reverse. Thou sands of these people live on alcohol. When they earn any money, it goes for alcohol chiefly.
 Coming back to my hotel. the Queens. facing one of the finest streets in Man. chester, is the Royal infirmary, all along the front of which there are seats which
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,iration of which time they are

at the expiration of which time they are discharged.
 Nobody is allowed to come to these places more than once a month, and he can stay no longer than the time pre- scribed. The ward l visited. accom- modated ffty-fve men and thirty-two women. The beds consist of narrow strip of canvas stretched like a hammock between two iron rods about foot from the floor. The applicants are admitted after 6 D. m. in the summer time and after 4 D. m. in the winter time. As soon as they are admitted they are given a bath in one of the six baths in the ward and their clothes are fumigated and dsnfccted. After the bath they and pint of gruel. For their bed they are given three blankets. For breakfast they receive the same food as for sup per. For dinner, in addition to the bread and gruel. they are given IF ounces of cheese. The total cost for caring for these people during the period of their confinement, including the five meals, is Q cents each.
 Advice to Americans.
 My advice to every American working man is, as 1 have said before, to pro toct his own rights and the rights and privileges of his family and not to fol- low the whims, cries and falsehoods of the free-trade politician who seeks to have goods imported into the United States which are made by cheap pauper lobor because he thinks the goods can be sold cheaper than if they were made in America.
 If the wages of the American working men arc not reduced to the standard of those in England, and the goods are not made in America, he has no money to purchase these cheap goods with. Be- ing deprived of work, where are they to get their money to make their purchases with?
 Labor fin London.
 The following statistics are taken from Rooth's life and Labor of the People of London" showing the number of peo- nic employed in the various lines in the city of London:
 Tailors ......... .................... G1,S76 Boot and shoemakers. s.............. 96.6l4 Unttcrs ....... ................ 9,S27 Dressmakers and milliners. 43,104 ..................... l7,326 Machinists. ................. 6,715 Drapers and hOsiers. =. ............ 3i,377 Clerks. ,.................... 1S1, ,5S9s Cabmen, coachmen, busmen, etc.. 261, 496 Hallway service, labor, etc.. 92S2S Scamen. ........ ........... l5,S33 % Uorters, gasworkers. etc. ........ ss2o1 General labor, factory labor. ...... 215,465 Engine drivers and artisans. 45,39O All other classified labor not in.
 cluded above. ........H....... 711,240
 Grand total in London. ....... .l,ol2, ,49o
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are running full time our people are idle. Today the goods that are being made in Leeds and in Sheffield would, were it not for the Wilson bill. be made in the United States.
 l spent a day in Birmingham, which is another thriving and prosperous manu- featuring center. Here also the people are very dcsirous that no change be made in the present American tariff schedule which would result in depriving them of our market for their goods.
 Tho British Chain Gang.
 After leaving here l went to Bradley Heath-among the women chainmakers and women blacksmiths-to witness the misery there which l had visited in
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One pauper to every 37 persons. Twenty eight paupers to every 1000 persons.
 annually. ..................... .s57 ,s25, ,47b the royal family. n. s..en s2, ,eo3. ITO Cost to maintain the president
 and his secretaries. es............. $85.OOO The population of the British empire, including India and the colonies, is 346.- 100000. There are 59 colonies and 40 distinct governments.
 Life in London. arrived in London August 2S, and made visit to Whitechapel. l visited q lodging house on Osborne street. asked for the proprietor and was intro duced to him. They call him "the gov ernor" to distinguish him from other
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There are 519 friendly 2,

There are 519 friendly societies ., trades unions in Great Britain with membership of 1,043, 900 (taken from rss port of House of Commons). Seyerei of these societies are located in London and include some of the trades ennmer. ated in the Booth table. The societis. control the wages of their various trades and were it not for the stand they take manufacturer to lower standard tban they are at present, which is less tban one-half of what is paid in America.
 Higher Wages in America.
 Our last census report of 1890 ravs us 4,I12,622 people employed in mann. featuring, the average yearly earning oS each person being $4SS. The average in
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1888 md in 1892. There are women there by the thousands who make chain for a living in old, low buildings adjoin. ing their houses.
 One man, William Boxley, said he was 56 years old and earned GO cents a day as n laborer. when he could work. He has five daughters and five sons. Three of this daughters are chainmakers and one works in q brickyard, carrying brick. 1 went into his house. On the lower floor was room with stone
The Coconino weekly sun., 1896-10-22
FREE TRADE MISERY. Nathaniel Mckay Tells of His Tour Through British Manufac-
 turing Centers PEEP AT POVERTY IN LONDON. Working Women at Masculine Labor Stern Facts for Our Wage
 Banners
PEEP AT POVERTY IN LONDON.

Free-tra5c slavery still exists in the British empire notwithstanding the re- s.Uction of the American tariff, which benefits the English manufacturer, but
 Eight years ago visited England for ahc purpose of studying the condition of
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are no poorhouses in Brownsville staring these working people in the face. They make from six to eight times the wages of the poor people at Wigan, and there are no women at woik wheeling coal in the United States.
 Paupers' fin the British Empire. Population of Great Britain and
 Ireland. ...................... 3I,732,92c Paupers. ................... l,018,02S
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floor and an old-fashioned fireplace with ovens on each side and a place for coal in the middle. Back of this was a little space for washrOom where there is room for only one person. In the front room all the cooking is done and it is also used for living room and dining room. Upstairs is room Sx12 feet. As I entered here I noticed woman lying on one of the beds (there were
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27

blow to Welsh anthracite that the aa,e, o or that the
New south Wales coal some years aso asod ~, 40 20 The
New South wales coal previously delivered, ~ wv
bituminous coal of this coast - hos bcen under
Tonnuin since the Tonquin war; mas nspo,, ca anai
tho control OF the French and IL ~ H. iand ~
tha, "a now developing Its mines but a". I'd Il is
stiil ponulated by the Chinese as bei1ir beid in The
tho cbean Chinese labor that Il chp,sos s.nanct ion
,,,,,os. henco the extremely low cost ol W Toncun
"hicb enahles the French owners ol ulc ., nther
mines TO undersell the con- pIouuiuO
countries where labor is better paii, ~. tho bark
Tho amo,,nt OF Chinese coal brousnt Wy sran s after
co,"rado was not great. but heavy ca. aeaxed Inv
cargo will begin to come as soon as u 10 0 "
The coal from the orient Is said 70 ne o, or
ouaiitv fully equal TO the best f'hisS ~ pennsvl-
WoIsh coal 4 clean range grade OF tne III ts NOW
y,nia and Welsh anthracite for house Us u coai of
selling NJ about sl3 ton. and the lonqu lonqa, at 60 a
tho same grade ca be sold Al goou p,i viii he
,nr While Tonouin anthracite steam u'h Cp.',h Welsh
sod a ieasf sI a ton under the price so of an
coal Of that grade Is now bringing IN, IN ", . rapd
thracite for steam purposes Is incrca sine n ex-
@ &c ON this coast many large plants "'''e
c.usively. htoh is also being i'm
nor,ed Is something entirely new W o, oa,dnsi The
s made bv the Chinese natives ro'TT Tho coaldust Is
lnnips resemble in shape an egg, o,ompressed into
rnixed with pitchy substance ana co,ild ids combus-
that form The nnammable cemona % no, a only a very
lion and the coal is said TO make not o'''
hot but a very clean fire
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27
4 CITY BTILT on SAND.
TWENTY ACRES OF BROKEN BOTTLES MARK THE
SITE OF AINSWORTH.


SITE OF AINswoRTH
From The Seattle Post-Tntelligencer
There were towns of the mushroom variety in the
old mining days one day party of surveyors
made camp sand fiat by the side Of the turbu-
lent Snake kiver-the l[imoo"num OF the Nez Per
ces the Lewis River of Lewis and Clarke-where
it pours it's yellow gray. mudstaned feed into the
clear water of the Columbia. There little
scenery i'm the landscape and less vegetation on
the soil. Sagcbrush and cactus were the fora
owls the fauna of the land. 1t had neither beauty
nor utility recommend it, and there were no YET
low grains in its sand banks for attractions But
there must be railroad and there must be way
of crossing that haf-mile Of muddy. rolling water.
IT WAS NOT boys lob Tor at It's lowest low 1t was
a powerful river. and when the SHOWS OF the great
were melting under June sun a current sixty feet
deep rushed down over its rock bottom in dark
sunk in the stream before car could pass over te
bridge on the sand of that desert rose city. In
ton on that sandbank that numbered in its limits
1000 inhabitants. II was not city set upon nil,
hide their light. There We're good times i'm the city
Of Ainsworth. The CITY was named Ainsworth.
auarried on the river above and RATED down. The
lowest wage g 50 per day. and the pay ranged
spent H. The general merchandise business was not
extensive. and the comp2ny store snIoyed praCu ne
great trade waS Umetilla in It's prosperous
things was amended i'm refreshments. Sixteen
saloons hourished and dispensed whiskey cocktails
to lis motley population Ime nierence OF casun,
bIanic for this unequal condition of affairs
garling liquids and more solid articles. Perhaps
the residents noted that Snake River rolled millions
of ton. of good water down toward the sea-. while
at n distance of tea feet from its shore the land
was psrchcd aud burning tho whole year round.
Reasoning from this that water was ont of place
there they swOre of using II as a beverage, and.
what was remarkabc about swearing of. they
almost universally stuck to il.
one day the bridge WAS completed Fifteen hun
drcd and forty.one feet 1t stretched over the
stream with 3i0-foot draw. April j.. 1851 it was
completed and the old ferry boat Billings that had
carried the across the river 50 long was "out
Of a Job" II had been over two years building.
When the bridge completed the inhabitants
began TO move away. Some took their houses down
and away. Others left them for the rest TO take
down. which the remaining population promptly
did for Grewood So many went that there were
not enough left TO fiji the offices of the corporation,
and 50 The place disincorpOratod. What Is more
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27

is a kind OF double bladed ships propeller; having
diameter of about three yards. 1t Is placed IN
front of the ba sket. while right below the car Is
another propeller OF the same dimensions. for up
ward and downward movement These propeHcrS
make 900 revolutions per minute. The engine il Of
eight-horse power The monster balloon IS over
thirty yards long and the centre the diameter Is
bout ten yards. The basket. from its shape. j.
called gallerie. and is five yards long. II IL con-
sructed of bamboo and l. fastened IA. the balloon
in such a way as form integral part Of It's
bulky sustainer. Neither part can have separate
movement. The method of fastening the two Is
the secret Of the inventor. Dr. Wolicrt. who will
not say anything about H. He has made fifty
three ascents with other smaller balloons OF his
construction the last time on May ~ from the
Royal Department Of Military AerOnauts' drill
ground This latest and largest OF his progeny he
has christened Deutschland and il is hnted that
the form Of the balloon is not dissimiar from that
ordered by the Spanish Government for against
the Cuban rcvolu tionaries
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27
Uses IN NAVAL LIFE.

In describing the uses of electricity in naval hfe'
Lieutenant Fiske divides his subject into many
heads the principal ones being Electric lighting.
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27
tended ne would have strven to reacn MS VIE
or would have answered in some way her cries
of despair and distress.

tended. he would have striven to reach his wiie
or would have answered in some way her cries
OF despair and distress.
PERIsHING IN FLAMES
more recent case In which the courts acted
upon few facts and much inference was 'ia' VI
the will and estate of Ehle G3 Wis. 4i3)- nre
consumed a frame building in which were Apra"'
Ehle, eighty-two years old; his son. James, the
sons wife and the sons three children All OF
these pershed in the flames. as did woman
who occupied room In the building youlis
man who occupied another room was saved. ana
was the only witness as to what occurred at tne
time Of the fire Abram Ehle occupied a room py
himself He frequently used candle AT night In m
getting medicines and liquors from closet l,
was also shown that he had in his room an olu
stove, in which wood fire was Kept cccaSioi-
ally the door of the stove would ny open and coais
come out the floor. The testimony Oh .h'
young man who survived the disaster was that
when he opened the door of his room there was a
rush of flames from the room nearest 10 'na' oo
cupied by the old man. The body OF the ola man
found in the ruins beneath the close, Where
the medicines were kept. From these circu'n-
stances the court came to the conclusion tnat 'ne
old man was the first of the family TO die. III
then remained to consider whether the father OF
the children died the earlier as there was some
property left to James Ehle for life ana Al MS
death to his children The body of the father OF
the children. James A. Ehle, was found under
room at some distance from that occupied ny
part of the night. and the bodies Of the motner
and three children were found close to WINDOW
OF the family bedroom. The Young man VINO es-
caped had heard cry from James Ehle close 10
his own room at the time when he opened the
door and was driven back by the flames James
Ehle was then enveloped by the flames. which
burned brightly in that part of the house Ihe
court decided that he must have expired Wltnih d
few seconds after he uttered the cry. Buttons
and watch were found close to his body. so that
he must have been dressed There were other
circumstances to show that the fire die not reach
the family sleeping room until after other parts
of the building had burned. The wife had appar-
emily succeeded in taking the children from their
beds to a point near the window where they
were overtaken by the flames or suffooated by the
smoke The court held that the evidence was
sufficient to show that James Ehe died before
his children.
Whether or not the character Of the injuries
sustained by Mr.. and Mrs Youmans can ever be
sufficiently ascertained or other facts developed
to show which Of them died before the other, is
doubtful and no action may arise for judicial
inquiry If the matter is brought before the
courts another decision will be added to the small
number of important American cases In which
the question of survvorship of one Of two per-
sons who met their death by common accident
Is determined.
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27
4 NEGRO SUPERSTI7lON'
From The Atlanta Constitution.

From The Atlanta ConstltuIIVH' -, suncf.
Some OF the Georgia negroes II 10 nee OF this
found In the case OF "A negro who was md G' who bad
some offence over In Brooks Coun,n,,a lime Sheriff
hn d"d,ing about Va ,dos,a for some hSosta and
Sonollv and Marshal wade went to 10 HahIrs
secured track hounds and then pSnt %S four or Ave
where they took a buggy i9r & " ,pCro i was picking
miles TeS, m ed S When he learned that nS took
after him He dropped fis c9,,Th c,, country church
his heels Passing through a nt''ss ~ ~ Graveyard
nas unrd bn ailed his shoes pretty iul 1' ,Ssack
dir to keep the dogs from getting m a,pposed il would
This NOT as ercys me s' after TS he he dSss
bs bsd 'p his track and were following sor twelve W mile,
red The negro was tracheu mn nam The officers
Ts,msd u wa with him that night They say yer ,N seem
negro The best rsSe hin lines -
and though tne nsp them back and keep up his
FOR liberty
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27
TIE TILGHAH PEACH.
NAMED AFTER GENERAL TILGHAM. WHO DIED
UNDER \ TREE.
From The Paducah Register.

From The Paducah Register
General Lloyd Tilsham in appearance tall
and as straight an Indian. lie was handsome
lie Was an old West Pointer and very fond Of
fine dress and display. 50 much so that the soldiers
would remark when they saw him coming Wonder
comes the Peacock However he WAS as brave
lion in action. good nrovider for his troors and
that he i'm command. not OF regulars. but OF
volunteer troops. An instance: II at Fort
Donelson when one day he rode over from Dover
his Headquarters. on business with Colonel Head,
in winter quarters dog huts) and mostly off duty.
were gathered around log fire at the end Of the
the nearest soldier, ana in nompous manner said
Hold my horse. The soldier one late POLK g.
Tho General looked dumfounded. hut politely
The horse The General went up 10 Coloners
cabin and they sent for Polk. When asked why
General he answered that he did not enlist in the
army to hold horses or in any other way to play
questcd politely he would have willingly accommo-
dated him. The General learning who Polk was
Inon the men told him that he meant no offence
He proffered the position Of orderly on his staff to
Down i'm the State OF Mississippi they have
large and delicious peach known as the Tilgham
'' At the battle Of Bakers Creek of Champion
Hill Miss General Lloyd Tilgham was killed by
cannon shot He was tenderly lifted and laid under
a peach tree by of his men. His blood ebbed
vvas one Of The "Whte Heath species and
on that day May 1G. 1863. fun Of young peaches 1t
was prolific bearer. and each year previously its
crop had been selected for preserving, as the
fruit was large and white Late that summer
u,hen gathered II was found that the meat of the
neaches was blood red and each succeeding crop
was ever after of the same color The story was
n,tblshed and the fame of the Tilgham peach be-
came general all over that section of the state.
The writer has eaten peaches that grew on gratis
rom the original tree. and knows they were red
and luscious He received letter the. other day
from an old army comrade of Comanche. Texas.
al
The tree which recalled the legend. Both OF US
we're in General Tilgham's brigade.
New-York tribune., 1896-09-27
CO4L FROM CHINA.

From The San Francisco Chronicle.
China has thrown down the gauntlet to the big
coal miners of the Pacific Coast and TO those OF the
United States, for that matter The American bark
Colorado which arrived in port August "a brought
factured coal mined and made In the 'ronquin dis,
trict II was consigned to coal-dealing frm OF
his civ which promises TO push the Chinese fuel
on the coast market AT prices greatly below those
,~bich Pennsylvania and Welsh Goals OF the same
chnracter arc now bringing Examining experts
have nronounced the Tonquin coal beds almost In
exhaustible The Chinese article Is In the market
70 stsy a is said at least long present tariff
conditions exist. . ,
the new coal threatens to deliver the same body