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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27
GILLEN-DUNCAN.

Wednesday afternoon Elwyn A, Gillen,
OF Kenneth township, and Miss Matte V.
Duncan, of Elkton, were married at St
Patrick's Church; hennettSquarr by Rev.
Father ODonnell In the prescnse Of friends
OF the contracting parties, At 3.37 the
Soung married couple left on tho train for
wedding trip.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27
viii Celebrate His Birthday,

George Ortlip to-day reached his 6sth
birthday 1t will be suitably celebrated at
the Gables this Saturday evening by his
numerous friends.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27

Mr. Jackson, OF Bancroft's Banks, en-
tertaincd the members Of st. ,Juseph's
choir on Thanksgiving evening. A turkey
supper was sevel.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27

Tomorrow promises to be clear, and
rather cooler. Somewhat similar conui.
tons will probably prevail on Monday.
The Thermometer vt w. G. Taylprs
drug store 3p King street, registered to.
day us follows:
7o'clock 10 o'clock O'clock
"a 52 80
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27
EVERYTHING Satisfactory,

United States Inspector Thompson Wis.
tied tho Federal building to-day and in
spected the elevator and heating arrange
ment. Every hing was found in u salts.
factory condition.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27
A DcreliCt SCOW.

A dcrelict scow in tho Chris;iana creek
Yesterday stove in the crib of the VII
mington and Northern Railroad bridge
and damaged pile driver ut the whhrves
of the Harlan and HollinGsworlh Com,
pany. There the scow was caught anu t'co
m
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27
Diphtileria.

Oracle McNeal. aged syears, of No. 1916
Rowland street aud Margaret E. Bogia
aged years, of No. 1885 Chestnut street.
died yesterday from dipththeria.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27

George b. Mackey was riding ON the
back of an ice wagon at Seventh and Mar.
kst Atreets to-day whom a dog >Spranx 90
him aud made All as.y wsnnd On his less
leg.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27
Uettlug Better,

Herman GossnE uf this city who was In
jured recently By fallins OF trolley car
in West Chester iA- able to lie around
again.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27
Sailors Entertained.


Tho crew of tho Gunboat Wilmington
visited Longeps brewery yesterday nftor.
noon and were royalty entertained.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27

Samuel Enos, formerly of near Kirk
wood and now of Philadelphia has fallen
heir to Sl,0O000O by the death Of DR..
Evans of Paris,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27
Uun, Cont Burned,

A gum coat that was hanging In front
of Nathan Barskeys store ut No. 4l6 King
street, was burned last evening by coming
in contact with the gas jet.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27

Eczema of the scalp or Scald Head, even
in its most severe form, is overwhelmingly
cured by Doan's Ointment, tho surest
specific for all itchine5s of the skin:
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27
The BANQUET.

Only few individuals outside of tho
members of Council will attond the ban
quet this evening at Eden Hall to tho Off
GERS Of tho gun5oat Wilmington. Tho
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27
MARRIAGES..

The pool tournament at kolloy's saloon
was won by William d. Prochle He will
be awarded q handsome medal.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27
Combination Sale OF Carriages, Wagons,
Cows, Swine, Etc.

Frank D. Chandler and VIM. Fl. klair
will have combination sale at Centre
vile, on Tuesday, December Z. at /
o'clock p III. of carriages, wagons, har.
ness, horses, fresh COWS, springcrs pigs,
dogs cats. The articles are sufficiently
varied to Insure q largo attic ndanco OF
farmers and others residing In the yicin-
lily. Tho wagons are well malo ard tho
cows good Cnes ~ can bo found. For
particulars sea advertisement
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27

Communications for this column should
oo written GA one side OF tho paper only aad
addressed sour Card Basket" KsPUBLioAN
Oihcc.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27
Suit ior WugcS.

John II. Rogers brought suit in Magis.
trntn Sasse's court yesterday afternoon for
sl3 due as wages to him by A. Dearborn,
Referees Samuel Chambers, Robert Key
nolds and Jesse x. Baylis awarded MIN
his claim,
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27

Rev. A. N. keigwin and wife, who pass
ed Thanksgiving with Their son III MID
vile, N. j., have returned home, and he
will preach in West Church Tomorrow one
Of his best sermons.
Rev, DR. Tinker, of Asbury NJ E; Church
went to Washington to-day i'll order TO IN,
duce Postmaster General to appoint Il good
Nnthodi4t friend postmaster in Sian Fran
cisco, California. He will return home
this evening and will DO on hand to super
intend tho services in his church to-lhor-
rlNY
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27

Lawrence GluCk II driver for John A.
Lengei lost his pockotbook containing 10
on Thanksgiving Day.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27

Walnut brittle fresh every hour at Fer.
guBons
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27

Holiness meeting 1879 n. H., Sunday
school 2 80 p. IN, street meeting p. H.,
preaching 730 p M.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1897-11-27

The Peoples Mission, III Shipley street
will in the future, commencing with this
Saturday hold an all night meeting every
Saturday night Doors open at Z o'clock.
At this meeting n cup of otgcotfee will be
piven tn tha nOnr
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
CAN'T MAKE TIN, CAN'T WE?
Old Free Trade Argument Knocked
Into q Cooked Hat.

Everybody remembers how the free
traders scoffed at the idea of making tin
plate in this country, and how long they
denied that it was being made at all. Now
we are making tin plate enough to supply
our own markets and ship some abroad,
and we are making it better and cheaper
than the Welshmen did. London Hard
ware of Sept. 16 says, referring to the
Welsh makers: 1T is not their fault if the
American works, brand new in all their
appointments, turn out plates little
cheaper than the Welsh mills. Besides,
the Americans get their tin bars cheaper.
Of course the loss of the Ameri-
can trade is a great disaster, but it came
in the natural order of things, and must
be accepted patiently" There never was
a greater triumph for the protection prin-
ciple, or Il blaine demonstration of It,
effectiveness, than the establishment Of
the tin plate industry in this country, and
appreciation of that fact was one reason
why the free traders fought it so malig
lgnantly.-Louisville Commercial.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
Compares the Two Laws

The American Economist contains an
instructive comparison between the first
two months of the Wilson tariff and the
Dingley tariff. The figures show that dur
ing the first month Of its operation, Sep
TENDER, 1894. the Wilson bill yielded a
revenue of 500, 621 ,229 and during the Sec
ond month $40, 139, 24O The Dingley bill
produced $19,023,615 during the first
month of its operation and $21 ,933, 09S
during the second. The point of contrast
is that while the Wilson bill showed a
large falling off in the second month the
Dingley bill shows a large gain and ST.
793, 1858 more than the total revenue re-
ceived during the second month of the
Wilson bill. From another point Of view,
covering expenditures as we'll as receipts,
the deficit during the first month of the
Dingley bill was nearly 100000 greater
than during the first month Of the Wilson
bill, while in the second month of the
Dingley bill the deficit was over $1O,0OO,-
600 less than in the second month Of the
Wilson bill. The Wilson bill deficit grew
as the bill got older and continued to in
crease, while the Dingley bill deficit was
81, 100000 less in the second month than
in the first, showing the superiority of
the Dingley bill as producer Of revenue,
while as producer of prosperity there is
no room for comparison. The Wilson bill
destroyed prosperity, while the Dingley
bill is restoring it.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
An Eminent Mans Views.

People who are railing against the Unit
ed States courts and their methods would
do we'll to read what retiring Justice Field
said of that highest of all United States
tribunals, the Supreme Court, after more
than thirty years opportunity to observe
the court. In his letter announcing his
retirement, he said, Gas l look back over
the more than third of a century that 1
have sat on this bench, l am more and
more impressed with the Unreasonable
Importance Of this court. Now and then
we hear it spoken of as an aristocratic
feature of a republican government, but
it is the most democratic of all. 1t car
ries neither the purse nor the sword, but
it possesses the power Of declaring the
law, and in that is found the safeguard
which keeps the whole mighty fabric of
the government from rushing to destruc-
ton. This negative power, the power Of
resistance, is the only safety of a popu-
lar government"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
Political Bird Shot.

Reports from the farming regions show
that the corn is shocked. So are the free
silver advocate who note its advance in
value.
Those dark clouds that hang over every
manufacturing town nowadays are not Of
a dangerous character, except to the ca
lamity howlers.
The Bank of England is becoming
alarmed at the outflow of gold from it's
Golfers to this country, and various meas
ures are being attempted to stop it. But
it still continues to come.
The Democratic newspapers are bewail-
ing the fact that the deficit of the second
month of the Dingley law was over three
million dollars ($3,000,000). They prob
ably did not notice that the deficit of the
second month of the Wilson law was over
$13, 100000.
"Mr. Hanna is the owner of mine in
Michigan. 1t is the only one in Michigan
where the miners own their own homes.
In this mine they are getting better paw
than at any other mine IN the State.''-
Statement by A. w. Wright, ex-Member
Board knights of Labor.
The Philadelphia Record saws that tba
Dingley law comes laundering down the
line in the second month of its operation
with deficit Of three and half million
dollars. What noise there must have
been in the second month of the Wilson
law, when the deficit was thirteen and q
half milionl
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
Our Farmers Will Profit.

Estimates made by the Government sta
tisticians Of the United States and Aus
tra-Hungary place the deficiency, in the
worlds wheat supply for this year at 2O2.-
OOo,OOO bushels. The total crop of last
year fell 13O,OO0,00O bushels short of the
average, so the net deficiency Of the two
years aggregates 332,G0O,OOO, or more
than one-sixth Of a normal years supply.
This is sufficient to account for the adj
vance in prices, when taken in connection
with the fact that the consuming popula-
ton is constantly increasing. Renorts
from the wheat exporting countries of
the Southern Hemisphere promise a good
average yield from the next harvest. but
the outlook for next years American win
ter wheat is bad enough to more than bal
ance the good promise of Australia and
Argentina. On the whole, the outlook is
for no better supply next year than this.
including Misunderstanding Dispatch.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
Populisu5 DR. piping 1t.

The Populist party is rapidly abandon
ing the free silver proposition. The To-
peka, Kan, Advocate, a recognized Off
cial organ of the Populist party, in a re-
cent editorial, says: "The principal differ
ence between the orthodox Populist and
the Republicans and Democrats on the
money question consists in the fact that
he believes paper money Of the right sort
is as good as gold or silver, and does not
need to be redee1hed in either metal. 3
He knows that the fiat or the law written
on the coin Zone dollar is it's commission
and gives it its legal value, and he cares
nothing about the value of bullion. s.
There is no more room in the bimetallic
theory for the fat idea than there is in
the mOnometallc theory"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
Mckinley and 25-Cent Wheat!

The free silverites last year made sun
dry bold statements about a contracted
currency; that there was not enough mon
ey in the country with which to do bust
ness, and that the only way out of it was
by the adoption of the free and unlimited
coinage scheme. This would fix things up
all right. but unless adopted, many terri
BILE things would happen; wheat would
drop to % cents bushel, mortgages
would be foreclosed, men could find no
employment, and a general gloom would
settle over the country, such as had never
been seen before. 1t will be remembered.
however, that the free coinage proposition
was not adopted by the voters Of the coun-
try, and yet in spite Of this fact the ci:.cu-
lation Of the country within a year has
increased nearly $100,000,OOO, wheat has
gone up to the dollar mark, mortgage are
being rapidly paid off, men are employed
everywhere, and the only gloom observa-
BILE in the country comes from the fac
tory smoke
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
They WOuli Ruin liz

1t is pity that this country should be
so completely at the mercy of the gold
power" of England. Gold has been pour.
ed into the United States, at San Fran
cisco, New York and all the great ports.
until our gold circulation is fifty million
more than il was year ago, while the
total increase in circulation is nearly a
hundred million. There really seems to
be no way to stop these schemers in the
old countries from flooding us with their
gold and sweeping away the UNDERMINING
of the Chicago and other free coinage
blanks
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
Deficiency .s21 ,275, 500 $4,000, 15O
Unduly Exerci,ed.

Henry Watterson, the Louisville philos-
opher, has been viewing with alarm again.
He sees evidences that the French revolu-
ton is to be revived very soon on the
American stage with Alleged, Tillman and
Henry George cast as Robesp;erre, Dan
ton and Marat respectively. As mat
ter of fact, there was never less danger
than now that we are near to a conflict
with the forces Of disorganization. The
American people are better fed, better
housed, better clothed, better educated,
and more contented than any other people
in the world, and if they should conclude
that any political or social changes are
necessary or promising they will make
them peaceab.y through the ballot box.
Mr.. Watterson should cheer up and re-
turn for season to those mild Swiss
wnAS-Ey
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
GEORGE MELVILLE.
What About Corn, Pork and woo,9

How do the free silver and free trade
theorists who are charging up the advance
in wheat to the shortage abroad account
for the advance in all other farm products.
corn, rye, beef, pork, wool, cattle, horses,
sheep. hops, tobacco and potatoes? The
fact is that it is due to the increased con-
sumption at home. People who earn little
economic in eating; those whose earn
ings are increased spend far more for
food and get that Of better quality.
When the working people of the United
States are employed at good wages they
buy more food and clothing than when un-
employed or working for half pay. 1t is
protective tariff that does the business.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
Probably an Oversight.

About the only wild vagary that the
Chicago platform did not indorse and
adopt was the single land tax, and it looks
ROW as if that might go in the next ma
tional Democratic platform. The truth
is, there is not much else left for the par
ty. The tariff question is settled for
many years to come, free silver will never
figure in another national election, "gov-
eminent by injunction" is too thin for
national issue, so what is the poor old
Democracy to do? John G. Shanklin,
Democratic national committeeman from
this State, has been a pronounced advo-
cate Of the single land tax for years, and
a few days ago he said to an interviewer:
Were In New York l should support
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19

in that State. German is candidate for
reelection to the Senate, and the Legis-
lature chosen this year will elect his sue
cessor. A few weeks ago German an
nounced that he was not seeking another
term. That was the first confession Of
weakness on the part Of the Maryland
Democratic managers, for Germans can
didacy, as both Democrats and Republi-
cans we'll know, will take away thousands
of votes from the Democratic State and
legislative tickets. Germans conditional
offer now to abandon the leadership of
his party and cut loose his official connec-
ton with it means that he and the other
mana gers believe that the partys chances
in the campaign are hopeless.-St. Louis
lobe-Democrat.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
money Power" Again.

Is it that terrible money power" that
is destroying the crops all over the world
for the purpose of giving American farm
ers higher prices and thus showing them
the falsity of the wheat-and-silver theory
There is just as much sense in assuming
that the money power could control the
wind and weather and grasshoppers and
other causes of foreign grain shortages
as it was to assume last fall that hand
full Of fnanciers located in some mysteri-
Gus secret chamber in London or Else
where could control the legislation of the
greatest and most intelligent nations of
the world in behalf Of the gold standard,
as was asserted from day to day and
week to week during the entire campaign
of 1885,
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
Dineley Law Doing Splendifly.

A good deal has been said in the Demo-
cratic newspapers, and more particular
ly in the mugwump free trade papers,
about the failure of the Dingley bill to
produce sufficient revenue. They were
not willing to wait until the bill had been
fairly tried and until the stock of import
ed goods had been exhausted, but began
as soon as the bill went into effect to COM
plain that it was not a revenue getter.
They utterly ignored the fact that in an
ticipation of it the country had been food
ed with imported goods and that conse-
quently importations fell off as soon as
the new law went into effect.
The Wilson law was declared on it's
face to be revenue getter purely, and
it's advocates asserted that it was a tariff
for revenue only. 1t went into effect in
September, 1894. In its first month the
receipts were SO, 621, 229. In October, the
second month, the receipts were SIS, 1885,
24O. The total receipts for the first two
months were $41, 760, 400. The Dingley
bill was in operation two months on the
LIST of October. In August the receipts
were SIS, 023, 615, and in September $751;
1884, 96, the total for the first two months
of the new law being $40, 956, 713, or less
than a million below the receipts Of the
first two months of the Wilson law.
Here is another way of putting it. In
the first month of the Wilson law the de-
fciency was $7,705, 100; in the second
month, $13, 573 800; the total deficiency
in the first two months being $21, 275, 600.
Under the Dingley bill in the first month
the deficiency was $14, So, 432 and in the
second month, September last, So, 435, 71S;
the total for the two months being $1S,
900, $50, therefore the deficiency in the
first two months under the Wilson law
was over 100000 greater than in the
first two months of the present law. Put
ting these results in tabular form we fur
nish the following statistics:
First two months:
Wilson Dingley
Bill. Bill.
Expenditures 1858, O36,059 $5s,956,s63
Receipts ....... 41,760,469 40,956, 713
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
Trade Revival Not Threatened.

The same sort of reaction which has
occurred in the stock market in the past
two weeks took place in the latter part of
1879, the year of gold resumption, and
many persons predicted then, as they do
now. that the ''boom has burst" The
very same influence which caused the re-
action then causes it now-wild specula-
ton. Prices went up too fast at the be-
ginning of the trade revival then, as they
have done in the past few months. Bust
ness expansion was not checked in the
slightest degree, however, by the tempo
rary drop in stocks in 1879, nor is it in
lS97-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
facture tin plate successfully in America?

facture tin plate successfully in America !
Treasury officials now have no doubt
that the Dingley law will produce ample
revenues after it gets fairly at work. The
earnings of its second month exceeded
those Of the second month of the Wilson
law, and are steadily growing.
Secretary Wilson says the beet sugar
manufactures in the United States will
be quadrupied in number in the next
year. Is this due to famine abroad" d?
OF course the Dingley law must not be
credited with it.
Prof. Wilson is so busy with his new
duties that ne hasn't had time to explain
why farm products and prices of labor in
creased as soon as the Dingley law went
into operation.
The Democratic New York Journal says
that gold is on its way to New York and
the tide Of domestic manufacturing inter-
ests rises higher each day. The railroads
are blocked up with the crush of business
all along the line
1t will be noticed that the total loss on
the value of the farm animals of the Unit
ed States during the years 1893, 1894,
1895 and 1896 reached the enormous ag-
gregate of $3.50, 422, 1858! That is the
loss in the value Of farm animals alone
during the past four years.
These are vitality important facts to the
farmers of the nation, and they are only
another link in the chain of official proofs
prepared by free trade officials-that the
farmers of the United States lost over
five billions of dollars by the decreased
consumption and decreased values of their
crops during the four years of free trade
government and free silver agitation. The
readers should constantly remember that
the statistics given here are not Register
lies,' but are taken from the official re-
ports Of the free trade Secretary of the
Treasury and the free trade Secretary of
Agriculture of President Cleveland's last
adminstra ton.-Des Moines Register.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1897-11-19
Another Evidence.

An evidence of the Improvement in bus
mess since the people of the country de-
cided in favor of protection and sound
money is found in figures in the recent re-
port of the Interstate Commerce Commis-
sion. They show that the freight tonnage
for the year just ended is the largest in
the history of the railways of the country.
and is nO less than seventy million tons
in excess of the preceding year. The
gross earnings of the railroads of the
country for the year were nearly SIC, OOO.-
OOO greater than those Of the preceding