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Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-02-28

President Cleveland appears to
have concluded to saw wood for
awhile and let Congress do the
talking.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-02-28

Tom Platt's attempt to appear
surprised at the announcement of
Mat Quay's candidacy was a coloss-
al failure.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-02-28

Tommy Plat is perfectly willing
to sing for his supper, even though
his voice is neither youthful nor
enhancing.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-02-28

What was the man who looks
like Lincoln, otherwise known as
Shelby NJ. Cullom doing when
Reed captured those four votes in
Illjnois2
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-02-28

Mckinley would. better get up
more steam in his promise depart
ment, or he will find himself dis
tanced.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-02-28

DR., Talmage recently preached a
sermon on ifs" The conjunction
has been very frequently used in
connection with the doctor.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-02-28

All Communications intended for
publication must be accompanied by the
writer's name and address, net for pub
Scation, but as An evidence of good
faith.
Persons writing 20 the paper on bust
ness, persona to themselves will please
inclose stampfor reply
We reserve the right to abridge, re-
serve or reject any matter sent us fcr
publication.
Persons having friends visiting them
or knowing Of strangers visiting in the
city will confer great favor upon the
Editor by informing him either in per
con or by note.
Entered as sccond.class 'nailmat-
teratths Lawrenee6urg, Z san post
office.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-02-28

Mr.. Benjamin Bridegroom Har-
rison isn't helping the Quay boom.
Not on your life.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1896-02-28

1t begins to look like there was
a plot to whipsaw Mr.. Thomas
Bracket Reed.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-16
Total. .....ss7 % Total. -. Goo %
Mr.. Hobart and the Trusts.

''The coal trust conspiracy" a local
anti-Bryan newspaper informs its
readers, els criminal at common law
even II there were no statutes against
it." And in a high vein Of righteous
wrath it inquiries, "What is the AZ.
torney-General's occasion for sparing
lawbreakers whose lawlessness cripples
industry and impoverishes the people?
What is he afraid Of? What is the
occult reason for his inactivityY
Perhaps the Acknowledgement is
aware that one of the chief parties to
the criminal conspiracy known as the
coal trust is the New YORK, Susque.
hanna and Western Railroad Com
pany, and that Carrot A. Hobart,
the Republican nominee for Vice.
President of the United States, is a
director of that company, and, there.
fore, one of the responsible organizers
of the trust. More than that, as
general counsel for the corporation he
took an active part in formulating the
agreement which now enables q few
men to rob consumers of coal on the
one hand and its miners on the other.
Attorney-General Hancock, being q
well-informed man, is doubtless cog.
infant of these facts. Being partisan
Republican, he is supporting McKin-
ley and Hobart. Finally, being pos.
sessed of average common sense, he
doubtless understands that it would
be ridiculous for him to urge Mr..
Hobart's election to the second place
in the peoples gift and at the same
time bring civil or, criminal action
against him and his associates as law
breakers.
Whoever aids the election of Nc.
Kinley and Hobart helps not only one
trust, but scores of them. Mere de-
nunciation OF trusts without attack on
their great political representatives
won't do. New York Journal.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-16

ton. After ihia Boo conceived great
political scheme io found r. limited
monarchy in Che a0Hihueal wish Sow
Orleans aa tho a.at ai e0vUrameuland
ho una % De ihe monarch lf6 lroa-
ouable designs we're discovers anl 10
wH8 arrested and tried and h...Iv g.
experimentation. rbcodoaamvrdmm
through hgp.ladi1F har aeFouonand
ben fascinating beauty IuI Zach vas
tAo futle tgmpa ,Hat bahai o. .Elio
hmaali nHd escaped t0 PrIf. who're 81
lived far several years Htu Ne as
mnod Nome of Aruot Whom De- dared
% return be resumed tho practice OF
law in New York, and soon became enc
tangled in many feandalsnnd iutriguas.
When be was seventy years old he was
eth handsome and engaging, and ao
hcguiled d French countess of great
wealth that che married him. Ho
wasted her money 90 layishly that sha
separated from him in q short time aud
DO was loft pouniiesa HE few friends
abandoned him aud be died degraded
aud disgraced 81 the ago Of four score
years. In his last days ho read tho
Bible anow-read aud pondorod, aud
with sadness and conirition said
fIhore Is tho most perfect system Of
truth the world has ever seem"
What q life, what a record, what a
wreck Of great talents, oil because he
inrsook the teachings of his noble
Christian ancestors aud became o scof-
fer, an inGdel, o Chesterfield. What
bitter memories-what anguish he
must have felt in bis last daya-his last
hours, when he begged to be buried Of
Princeton by the grave Of his father.
Verify, IL seems like Providence fol-
lowed him with an avenging hand and
hoapod misery upon him oil bis life.
And my old friend Carnoehan saw
that man and heard him talk and felt
magnetizod by his presence-and no
was old enough TO vote for Jackson for
president and since then has voted for
seventeen presidents What q world
OF memories the old man has. You
can't alarm him with fears Of the ma
tion going to ruin through the curren-
cy question. He has heard the cry Of
ruin too long and too often, II makes
him smile TO hear the boys talk
ruin now. It is the same old
tocsin that pealed the alarm
in Jackson's day, when the United
States bank was demonetized, and he
remembers that. 1t was bigger fuss
than this, he says, though there wasn't
so many people nor 30 many newspa-
pers to make it, The old man came
south in his early manhood and rode
on tho first and only railroad of any
length that had been built. He is q
concordance, a chronology, an antiqui-
ty. There are some older men, but
not many who are as bright, as genial,
as contented. His long life Of industry
is an object lesson to the rising genera
tion, and hope they will see it and
think of it. He has done no big thing
to give him fame or fortune, but he
has'fought a good fight and set a good
example. Peace to you, my old friend.
May you keep on living until you are
tired and then depart in peace. BILL
ARP in Atlanta Constitution.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-16
What II Stands For.

Mckinley says: emo one need be
in doubt about what the Republican
party stands for.
To which the Topeka Kan CO.
Operator makes reply: "No, if there
ever was a doubt it has been dis.
PEELED.
est stands to-day for all that the
American people do not want.
cit stands for what benefits the
bond gamblers of Wall street.
''It stands for protection TO Ameri'
can laborers' one day in the year, and
then legislatea against them the other
364 days,
cit stands for the wealth consumers
and against the wealth producers.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-16
wEYLER's PLANS FAIL.
So Incensed at Defeat that He Won't
Allow Reports Printed.

So Incensed at Defeat that He Won't
Allow Reports Printed.
A special dispatch to the New York
Herald from Havana, via Key West,
Fla, says:
Captain General Weyler's initial
operations inaugurating the campaign
in the extreme west, intended to trap
Maceo or defeat and drive him east
ward, have proved failure.
General Melguizo, who as military
governor of Pinar del Rio, was dele
gated by the captain general to start
the ball, has been defeated in three
successive engagements with Maceo in
the mountains of Pinar del Rio, where,
with the combined columns of Colonies
Francis and Hernandez, he attacked
the rebel positions. Those columns
suffered tremendous losses and were
compelled to retreat to the coast.
''The news fell like bombshell in
the palace. The captain general will
not even permit the Havana represent
tatives of the Madrid papers to wire
the facts, and he gave strict orders to
the press censors and postofllce officials
to use every effort to prevent the news
of the failure of his plans from getting
out.
'The editor of FL Diario del Eier-
otto, the army organ, whose paper is
seldom if ever censured, daring to
print few details, was called to the
palace by the captain general and
severely reprimanded.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-16
RECIPROCITY HUMBIG.
FA0r7 frD TIGUBEs ar A DEJID
Idly CONVINCING NATURE

Human Necessities and Human DC
manda che Only Trus Trade Reg
uiafor Lnb8r's Opportunities
Greatly Improved by Wilson Eiu.
The United States Treamry Depart
mcnt recently prepared n atatoment
showing one importatious aud cxpor.
tatl0ns of this country with an foreign
countries with which it had entered in-
90 reciprocity agreements during "a
period OF seven yoarg, commencing
with 1855 aud ending with 1895, and
80 docs not require q person we'll
vcrscd in mathematics 20 tell where
reciprocity commenced and where 10
stopped. These figures are authentic,
taken, as they have been, from the
monthly statements Of the Treasury
Department, and are tho FIRST statistics
which have ever boon compiled au-
thonbcally on tho subject. With
these figures before him Secretary
Morton spoke ns follows on the que8-
tion Of reciprocity:
"Ihe reciprocity agreements nu-
thorized by the tariff act Of 1890 de-
monsirato IN their operation the fal-
lacy OF reciprocal agreements. Ia dis
cussing this question IL is necessary
90 remember that the events of to-day
are not necessarily tho results of leg
islation Of yesterday. Therefore, an
extension Of trade during the exist.
eneo of reciprocal agreements may
have been merely tho continuation OF
an important trade that had been In
progress for years before the recipro.
cal agreements we're instituted. Il Il
fair also to say that sudden falling
of in trade after reciprocity agree
ments lapsed may have been due 70
obvious conditions that would have
diminished trade had reciprocity con.
tinued. But the truth is that il
nearly every case there was neither
any considerable increase or decrease
Of trade while the reciprocal agree
ments we're in force, nor immediately
after they had lapsed.
Except In the single case OF Cubs
no one could conclude from looking a
export and import statistics when re
ciprocity began and when it ended.
''lhe entire commerce OF the United
States with the Central American coun
tries, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua
and Salvador, and with San Domingo
the British West Indies and British
Guiana, with all of which countries VI
entered into reciprocal agreements, il
severally so small that The statistic
have been consolidated. For thes,
colonies and petty sovereignties tn,
statistics are as follows:
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-16

''Ihe reciprocity agreements with
the countries in the above group went
into effect at various dates in the year
1892, except that with San Domingo,
which took effect September l, 1891.
The last had little effect on the figures
for 1892. Our imports increased in a
marked degree from 1888 to 1891.
The increase during the three years
was over 36 per cent. In the year in
which the reciprocity agreements were
made there was decided decrease in
our exports, and further decrease
the next year, followed by gain in
1894, which Was still good deal be.
low 1891, however. in 1895 there was
a slight falling OF in our exports, but
they were still considerably greater
than in 1893. Our imports from the
countries named reached their highest
figure in 1891 since then they rapidly
declined.
"With Brazil the United States
made the earliest of the reciprocity
agreements. From that country we
buy immense quantities of coffee. Our
exports 10 Brazil, however, are rela.
lively very small. It was claimed that
under the reciprocal agreement we
should pay for all of our coffee by the
exports OF our own products. Prior
TO reciprocity, which took effect April
l, 1891, our exports to Brazil increased
at the rate OF So, 900. 900 year. Dur
ingll992, the first year after the recip-
rocal agreement, there was very
insignificant increase.
During the next two years there
was decline in our exports to Brazil.
But our exports to Brazil in 1895, a
part of which were made subsequent
to the sbro8ation OF the reciprocity
agreement, were larger than in any
previous year. Estimating the ex.
ports from the United States to Brazil
for 1895 on the basis of the exports
for the FIRST half OF that year and the
exports for 1895 on the same basis
will be even larger than those for
1896"
At this point the Secretary turned TO
a large voluminous collection OF tabu.
lated figures, which he had just re.
ceived from the Treasury Depart
ment, and in q significant tone said:
''For the purpose of comparison let
us turn now to Venezuela and the Ar
gentine Republic. These two coun.
tries did not enter into reciprocity
agreements with the United States,
Because they did not many people
presumed our trade with them would
be diverted.
"But the commerce Of the United
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-16

The convention of the Brotherhood
of st. Andrew, to be held in Pitsburg,
Pa, October 14th to 18th, will he one
of the most largely attended ever held
by the organization. Already over
800 delegates from all parts Of the
country have sent in applications for
accommodations.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-16
CLoUDBURsT DESTROYS ATOwN
Bisbee, Arizona, With its $500 Inc
habltants, Washed Away.

Bisbee, Arizona with It's Z,0OO IN"
habitants, Washed Away.
A report has just been received at
Tucson, Ariz., that the mining town
OF Bisbee, containing $500 inhabit-
ants, has been almost entirely washed
out by cloudburst.
The telegraph wires are down and
the report cannot be verified, but 3
serious disaster is feared, as the town
is located in a narrow canyon which
offers little chance Of escape from
foods.
Further meager reports from Ben
son confirm the death of Mrs. Ashburn
and her children, Mrs. Zok and her
two boys and four Mexicans. The wires
are still down and the railway tracks
are washed out in many places. The
J property loss will be heavy.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-16
MINERS WILL REMAIN QUIET,

The LeadVille B1en Decide to Walt
Until After the Election.
AS a result of the miners meeting
at Leadville a majority have decided
to remain quiet until after the election.
II Mckinley is elected the present in
tention is to abandon the strike, II
Bryan is elected, the hope is that TIE
pr ce OF silver will advance and the
managers of the mines will at once
grant the demands of the union. The
unruly men are aggrieved over the
decision and are eager to adopt de-
cisive measures at once.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1896-10-16

air. Mckinley in bis loltor of 40.
coplanco declared taa Wilson law Co
De o failure, among olhoF reasons,
because ils duties do not cover tho
difference in Che labor cost between
this country an1 Europe. Wa have
already shown that iu Che great indus
tries 90 pig iron, steel rails end cotton
cloth ihe existing duties are moro than
she entire labor cost Here b an.
other example;
Tho Afy-oighl st0ckholIora OF Tho
Window Glass Trust hayo been pro.
toctod by q duty on foreign Imports;
ln 1900 revenue tarG,........ l5 pof cent
lu 1851, War tArIu.t,.s...tt.... so pcr cent
I'm 1885, Republican Commission
NtfiH ,tt..att tttsssstt+ttsAa NfF cert,
IN $780, Mckinley mr.u.......,l3l paf cent.
IN 1885, wilson larln ....r...,..l0i pee eenf.
The price per half box lisz2N ia
this country was $500 ia 1860 and
1913 10 1890 The trust kept tho
price steady. Tho foreign price OF
our imports Was In 1890 per half box
el.8O, aud we imported l9,00L0j7
pounds, for which We paid:
The foreign cost......s.......... $50
The Customs h9ua duty ...s.... t52,Glj
So that to tho original cost OF tho
half box Of Sl80 there should DO
added fine OF S285, making cost
TO land OF 3Ll5, 80 that the trust
could market al It made ut 1913. Il
would have sold it all at 5L12 but for
a trust quarrel.
A duty of 10 per cent. moro than
covers the labor cost on a melting:
United States Belgium.
Raw material ef7 30 Raw material s88 A
Labor cost. .. 10 05 Labor cost. IA 90
- Addl0per recent G 90
Total......s67 40 Total ...... zoo 20
The additional SIC. 80 was the "lat''
Of the trust 1nder the Mckinley bill.
This "iat" has been reduced to S60.7l
by the Wilson bill. Does Mr.. McKin-
ley really think that this bounty
should be increased? He had the
peoples opinion OF it in 1890 aud
again in 1892,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-22
FRATERNITIES.

The Grand Encampment and Grand
Lodge, ]. O. o. F. have been having their
annual sessions in Rutland this week and
on Wednesday the Odd Fellows Home at
Ludlow was dedicated. At the parade
at the latter Major 0. II. Henderson
commanded the Third battalion and in
this battalion was Canton Crescent OF
ST. Johnsbury with % men under Capt.
Beck. At the dedication ceremony U. ii.
Henderson took the part of the Herald
of the North in the ritual
At the meeting of the Grand Encamp-
ment on Tuesday c. W. Farr OF st.
Iohnsbury was reelected Grand Scribe.
Palestine Commandery, K. T., No. 5,
has accepted an invitation from Crescent
Lodge, Lyndonvile, to take part in the
dedicatorv exercises there next week
Wednesday and will act as escort in the
parade. They will drill for this purpose
Saturday at p. m. The Commandery
will be accompanied to Lyndonvlle by
the St. Johnsbury band and will march
from the hall to the station, where they
will take the II so train. They will also
take part in the Memorial day observ
ances here next week Saturday and will
meet in their hall at 1890 p. m. that day
to get ready for the parade.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-22

Some of Our Horses. st. Johns-
bury correspondent of the Boston Globe
sends the following interesting account
Of the fast horses that are training here
and at Lyndonvlle:
AID Osgood is training IA horses at
Caledonia fair ground track. They in
cude A. S. L., pacing record 2.23A, by
Golden; Mamie o, pacing record 2.22,
by Jesuit owner Frank Carr; Romulus,
pacing record 2.29A, by Edgemark,
owner c. E. Kirk; Corbett, 8 years old,
by Golden; Daisy B., 4 years old, by
Goldfnder, owner H. f. Moore; Aggie
Star, PAGER, by Little Star, owner
James Lankey; Silver Gray, PAGER, by
Golden, owner DR.. Carter; Henry's
Girl. PAGER, by Henry S., owner S. J. Bur-
bank; Judge, PAGER, by Jesuit, owner
William Mclaughlin; Crescent, by Abb
bott Wilkes, owner c. V. Perry; Daisy,
bv Abdalah Wilkes, owner Lew Smith /;
Fred L., by Quarter Master; Fannie
Medium, by Highland Medium; Golden
Belle, by Gratian. owner George Carlton.
John A Moulton is training on the
| LynQOnVllle TRACK, 1f nSdu, luSluuipS
Kendall, 2. 20h, by Kent, owner John A.
Moulton; Nixon, 2.2312, by Abdallah
Wilkes, Snowbird, owners Blake and
Tinker; Lyndon Boy, 2.23A, by Black
Morrill, owner H. c. Mower; Lady B..
2.25%, by Springtime, owner {. o. Rich
ardson; M. B. c., PAGER, 2. 81, by Jesuit
owner DR.. N. j. Beattie; Belle Stanford
PAGER, 231h; Rhoda c., by Elation
owner George c. Cary; Lew Wiggle
PAGER, So, by Bradlaugh, owner W. c
Daniorth Baron Speedwell by Volun
teer Wilkes, owners Powers and Cor
ham; Leland Jr., by Leland, owner c
o. Richardson; Tim, by Abdallah Wilkes
owner ]. c. Gray Harry R., by Cassiu
M. Clay, owner W. S. Smith; Nov
hawk, by Darlington Chief, owner F. E
Gorham.
w. S. Baily, trainer and owner, ha
in training at st. Johnsbury Helen M
PAGER, 2.17, by Golden; Lambert B
2.22A, by Daniel Lambert; Spragu
Superb, 2.29A, by Wilmar; GratiaI
PAGER, 2.401a, by Golden.
St Johnsbury has the fastest PAGER
the state, in Barney, 2.0Sa by Barne
Wilkes, who is being handled by the We
, eran Ham Brock.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-22
Religious Gatherings.

The Passumpsic congregational S'"o
The May meeting of the Passumpsle
CONGREGATIONAL Club will be held with
the South church in this place next Mon
dav afternoon and evening. At tour
o'clock is an informal reception in the
church parlors. TheeXecutive committee
meet at 400 and business meeting OF
the Club will be held at 5 o'clock. AT q
the ladies of the South church will serve
a collation.. After the supper the follow
ing toasts will be given;
Our Commonwealth. Major Josiah Grout'
st. Iohnsburys Favorite Son, l.. ID. Ha1en'
The Court, Chiei JuSt'cG 1 MSS
our City, T. r. fia"'"'
" Prof Henry Fairbanks
our Club. Hon. f. d. Hale.
The Congregational Bond, Rev. j. K. Fuller
After these postprandial exercises an
adjournment will be taken to the audi
ence room of the church to hear the adj
dress of the evening by Rev. DR.. A. H.
Plumb Of Boston.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-22
Deaths.

At st. Johnsbury, May 10, Mrs. John Mo-
rancy, aged about SO years.
At Waterford, May 10th, Mrs. sylvanus
Owens, aged ~ years.
At West Concord, May 18th, Fay, infant
son of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Mooney,
At West Concord, Mrs. Moses Hill, aged
about 80
At Glover, May IS, Joseph Drew, aged 81
years, months.
At West Danvile, May 10, ofconsumption,
Frank Choate, aged 26 years.
At Lyndonvlle, May IA. Carl, only son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Perrigo, aged IL years
and months.
At stannard, May %, Mrs Cynthia Weed,
aged &c years.
At East Hardwick, May II, Hattie Hill,
wife of J. w. Campbell, aged 4S.
At San Francisco, Cal, May 4th, Saorina
M, wife of Silas NJ. Locke and daughter oil
the late Barron Moulton of st. Johnsbury.
At East Barnet, May 18th, Mrs. Mary
Messer Gammell, wife of Alexander II: Gam
nell, aged II years months and days.
At Sutton, May 10, Mrs. Bennett Curtis
aged II years.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1896-05-22

Church News.-Miss Mabel Hartford
one of the three or four survivors of the
massacre at Ku Cheng, China, last fall,
will speak next Sunday morning at
Grace Methodist church. private
letter written at the time says: Her
escape from murderous death is simply
a miracle of amazing mercy. Her pres
ence of mind in Selling the deadly
weapon and diverting it from her own
heart, her feetness of foot as she ran
from her blood thirsty enemies, her loss
of sleep and food for days and nights, all
this and much more fills us with wonder
and praise that she is still with us"
Bishop Mchaud of Burlington will be
in st, Johnsbury the first Sunday in June
and will give first communion to So
boys and girls in the morning and in the
afternoon will hold confirmation ser
vices.
Ascension day was celebrated at the
Catholic church last week Thursda,
with low mass at 40 a. M, high mass
at 10 a. M, and vespers at 100 p. m.
all well attended.
The drama 'Dr. Baxters Great Inven