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Iron County register., 1897-06-10
JONES TO The RESCUE.
The West Has a Strong and AbI
Defender.

The West Has q Strong and Able
Defender.
1t happens fortunately for the west
ern states that, in the closing discus
sion of the pending tariff bill, west
ern senator happens to hold the bal
ance of power. More opportune, still,
it happens that fortunes selection in
this instance is a man of rare individu-
ality. Inasmuch as McKinley's admin
istration, in stolid forgetfulness of the
calamity that the Mckinley tariff of
1890 brought upon the party, has never
theless resolved to force high pro-
tective tariff upon the country, there
is nothing inconsistent in the efforts
of the advocates of the tariff for rev.
enue to obtain in behalf of the Sec
tions they respectively represent the
largest possible share of the inevitable
imposition.
The eastern manufacturers had
things pretty much their own way un-
der the bill as it was passed by the
house. Very positive discrimination
against the farming interests of the
country was conspicuous characters
tic of the Dingley bill as it came to the
senate. Raw materials, as, for instance,
wool and hides, and productions such
as citrus fruits, were awarded but
scant recognition. Especially were the
producers of the lower grades of wool
and the producers of hides delivered
over to the mercy of the New England
manufacturer. The home producers in
these articles could not compete with
the volume of trade from the steppes
Of Asia and the llanos of South Ameri-
ca. Nevertheless the manufacturers
from these materials were enormously
protected.
This was the aspect of the tariff bill,
in which particulars it was but slightly
modified in the senate committee until
Senator Jones. of Nevada, came to the
rescue. Fortunately, as stated, he holds
the balance of power, and is in nowise
backward in exercising his prerogative
in favor of extending protection as well
to the producer as to the manufacture
er. The senator's demands in this di-
rection will largely increase the duty
upon the lower grades of wool, upon
hides, upon lead ore, upon beet sugar
and upon citrus fruits and bottled
olives.
Upon these latter items Senator
Jones came to the aid of Senators White
and Perkins and practically secured by
the force of circumstances what the
latter would probably have failed to
obtain as matter of simple justice. 1t
is very gratifying to have the assur-
ance now that if high tariff must be
the policy of the country it will not be
4 purely sectional affair, with Califor-
MIA excluded.-Los Angeles Herald.
Iron County register., 1897-06-10
PolNTs AND OPINIONS.

Mr.. Dingley may find before
many years that he unwittingly did
great work for free trade by demon
strating the wrongs and injustice of q
protective tariff.-Louisville Dispatch.
President McKinley's activity in
the appointment of officeholders is a
pleasing evidence that the promised
thrill of returning prosperity is strik-
ing in some spots.-St. Louis Republic.
The agricultural department is
out with a brochure on the yellow
billed cuckoo. This is n handsome rec
ognition of the assistance Mr.. CIeve-
lands friends rendered during last
years campaign.--N. Y. Journal.
The disposition 10 take part in the
high tariff grab in order that every sec
tion may share the plumber is called n
growth of protection sentiment. 1t is
the sort of growth that will prove fatal
to the whole scheme OF robbery.-St.
Louis Post-Qispatch.
There is only one thing that
stands between this country and re-
vival of prosperity. 1t is the United
States senate, which. taking care of the
interests of the sugar trust and other
private concerns, commits the govern
ment to continued bankruptcy and the
people to prolonged poverty.-N Y.
Press (Rep.l.
Iron County register., 1897-06-10
Big Reservoir.

The largest water storage reservoir
In the world is now in process of con-
struction in the city of Boston, its in
tended capacity reaching the enormous
figure of $4,000, ,0OO, 900 of gallons, or
enough to supply that city for 3 i years,
end four times as much as the capacity
of all its existing waterworks reser-
voirs. The vast capacity is twice that of
the new Croton reservoir of New York,
thrice that of the six reservoirs of Bir-
n1ingham, in England; so times that OF
the Cochituate, of Boston, and will hold
more water than Boston inner harbor.
The dam is located at Clinton, Mass,
and the vast volume of water, covering
over 1000 acres, viii be entrapped and
retained by dam some 1850 feet long,
12T feet high above the ground, and 15S
feet high above its rock foundation.
No such immense engineering work has
ever before been undertaken in New
Encland.@Chicago Tribune.
Iron County register., 1897-06-10
DROP THE TARIFF BILL.
The Most Shameful Measure Ever
Put Forward.

The Most Shameful Measure Ever
Put Forward.
To advise the republicans in congress
to drop the Dingley-Aldrich tariff bill
and say no more about it is to give d
counsel of unattainable perfection. The
republican party exists for tariff max
ing and cannot in reason be expected to
abandon the object of it's being.
Nevertheless, il would be better for
the party to drop the tariff bill. 1t
would have fewer and less powerful
enemies now and hereafter. 1t would
be more united. There would not be
so many old-time republicans going
about proclaiming that they had had
enough of McKinleyism. The present
angry disposition of the country to
punish the party and drive it out of
power would be Immediately and WIS.,
IDLY modified.
We suppose nine republicans out of
ten would reply that the party gave
pledges in its platform that it would re-
wise the tariff in the interests of Amer
lean labor and American industries, and
that it would never do for congressman
to go home without having passed a
tarln Dill. democrats talked IN that
way three years ago after the Wilson
bill had been rewritten by the senators
from Havemeyer and SO bedeviled that
it made tariff-reform democrats sick.
But the democratic party would have
been better off if the house had put the
ak to the perverted measure and post
poned tariff revision to a more pro-
pitious season. The responsibility of
leaving the Mckinley act in force would
have been serious. but less damaging to
the democracy than the iIl-repute of
that scandalous sugar schedule.
The Dingley-Aldrich bill will come out
of the conference committee the most
shameful and infuriating tariff meas
ure ever put before the country. There
will be disgraceful wrangle over it.
and possibly some ugly scandals. 1t
may not pass at all. If it does pass. it
viii doom its makers to certain defeat
in the next congressional elections.
And the longer it is in force the angrier
the country win get. Better drop it al
topether.-N. Y. Times.
Iron County register., 1897-06-10
THE HERBS OF LONG AGO.

1t stands upon the wooded hin
Among the murmurinE leaves
An ancient house with shinRIe roof
And mosses on its caves
Around its Teather-beaten door
The running roses climb,
And all the weedy garden beds
are sweet with box and thyme.
In dreaming fancy once again
1 mount the creaking stair,
Ana breathe beneath the massive beams
The garret's fragrant air;
For there along the dusty walls
And from the rafters low,
They hung in dainty punches tied
The herbs of long ago.
The balsam with its fluffy buds.
The roots of sasSafras
The catnip, and the peppermint
That loves the meadow-grass
They held a cure for every Ill,
A balm for every pain,
When gathered in the silver dew
or after summer rain.
Across the smoky chimney-tops
And UP the city street
I smell again the withered herbs
That made the garret sweet:
And scent of crumbiing lavender
In yellowing linen laid,
As If a ghost of olden times
Along the pavement strayed.
close my eyes-they fade away,
These gloomy office walls,
No more upon my weary soul
The din of traffic falls:
But where the hardy trumpet flowers
Their cups Of scarlet spill
4 cricket tunes his violin
Beside a lonely sill
-Minna Irving, in n. Y. Independent.
Iron County register., 1897-06-10
Grent britain and Zanzibar.

At last slavery has been abolished in
Zanzibar. On April the sultan issued
a decree which abolishes the legal
status-incredible as it sounds, we
have actually been enforcing plantation
slavery in the islands ever since we
took possession of them. Compensa-
ton is to be awarded for slaves legally
held, and, if Zanzibar is unable to meet
the expenditure, help is to be given by
England. The clauses as to compen-
sation are said to have made the Arabs
receive the decree without discomfort.
and there is reported to be no proba-
bflity of resistance. The Arabs, say the
kilograms, were SO cowed by the recent
bombardment that they will not show
fight. 1t is asserted, however, that in
future the greater portion of the Glove
crop will remain unpicked. We doubt
it. If the cloves are worth picking
j. e., Will pay for picking-the owners
will be able to get people to pick them.
We cannot refrain from saying that the
story of our dealings with slavery in
Zanzibar is extremely discreditable.
Till forced into better ways by public
opinion the foreign Office refused to act
upon what was long ago settled to be
the cardinal policy of this country-the
policy of abolishing slavery whenever
and wherever we had the power and op-
ortunity.-London Spectator.
Iron County register., 1897-06-10

Baron Munchausen, the prince OF
lars, was not entirely a creation of
RasPe, German refugee, who was a
Protege of Horace Walpole, and who
published 'The Surprising Adventures
of the Baron" in 1856. The Fatherland
only the other day celebrated the one
hundredth anniversary of the great pre-
varicator, who was really German Of
ficer and served in several campaigns
with the Russians against the Turks.
His whole name was Jerome Charles
Frederic Won Chicago
News
Iron County register., 1897-06-10
EDHEM PASHA.
A War Correspondents View of the
Turkish General.

| A War Correspondents view OF tine
Turkish General.
Edhem Pasha understands war thor
oughly, but it took him little time tC
| appreciate the functions of a war cor
respondent. He seemed to think that
the latter should be hedged about by
many restrictions, tenderly fostered
and safely deposited during a battle
| among the baggage animals and the
knights of the hospital. 1t was some
time before he realized that the ex-
pectation of witnessing and describing
battle was the one thing which pro-
cured him the honor of these gentle
mems company in his camp. One anx-
ious morning, at time when war was
thought to be imminent, on sending
round to headquarters it appeared that
the general and all his staff had fitted
during the night and had gone no man
would say whittier. No orders had been
left and the guards would allow no one
to pass. Here was a case of dire disap-
pointment, but no man may run the
gauntlet of an Albanian guard with
impunity. When the general returned
a joint representation was made and he
was entreated not to allow this kind of
thing to occur again. He expressed
his penitence and promised timely
warning of any unexpected move.
1t may be interesting to mention that
Edhem Pasha, the central figure of this
little world, is about As years of age,
though he looks older. He is rather
above middle height and wears short,
thick, black beard, already f1ecked with
nnSo iS ct nh
long, but his most interesting feature
is his gray eyes, which are large and
intelligent. His manner is very at
tractive-a mixture of that courtesy
and dignity which are not uncommon
among Turkish officers.
He does not strike one as strong
man physically, though I am told he is
a hard worker and does not spare him.
self. His manner of talking is as rule
quiet and marked by much refinement
and gravity; but it grows animated
when a subject kindles his interest,
and his eyes glow with enthusiasm.
1t is difficult to judge of mans sense
of humor through the barriers of a
strange language. His style of life is
simple and he has none of the oriental
love of display. In character he seems
to be straightforward and sincere,
frank and truth-loving. Trickery and
intrigue, diplomacy and politics he alike
detests. His subordinates and those
who see him more intimately are very
fond of him.
He treats u.s." one of the aids-de-
camp said to me, mot as a superior.
but as a father."-London Telegraph
Iron County register., 1897-06-10
A WRONG sunnoaIfIon.

'"The people moved out of that house
this morning, and that is the landlord
just going in
''He appears to have . great many
prospective tenants
Irrespective tenants, indeedi They
are only neighbors going to see in
what condition the people left Gha
house."-London Fun.
Iron County register., 1897-06-10

The new transatlantic cable, which
s to be laid between Brest and New
York during the coming summer, Will
1t is said, be the longest in existence,
The length viii be $3.50 nautical miles,
and the total weight of the cable with
its envelope Is estimated at 1900 tonR
Four large ships are to be employed in
stretching it across the oceans bottom.
IN. Y. Sun.
Iron County register., 1897-06-10
ArffuI.

James-Do you always write letter
in such large script as you are using
now? 1 could not help noticing it.
Henry-No; but this is to a girl. You
know they always size a fellows re-
gard for them by the number of pages
he fills.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Iron County register., 1897-06-10

notwithstanding the fact that the
borax trade is practically in the hands
of a monopoly and enjoys tariff of
62b per cent, Senator Aldrieh has in
creased the Dingley schedule ON that
article by more than doubling the pro-
posed tariff of so per cent. This win
produce revenue of about $1s0.000,
which. instead of cheapening the prod
uct to the consumers, viii swell the
profits Of the trust.-Chicago Chron-
icie
Iron County register., 1897-06-10

Strange to say. no member of the
senate proposes &c clear its reputation
by proposing an inquiry. Senator Hoar.
who upho1ds the contention that the
senate has not degenerated, ought to
be among the first TO ask for an Inquiry
or at least for coat of whitewash.--
Baltimore.
Iron County register., 1897-06-10

During the week about $4,000 let
tcrs on which the postage has not been
paid. or insuficiently so, are discovered
in London, and they are taxed to the
amount of about 6 700.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-06-19
BALLOON CAUGHT FIRE.
Two Men Killed 5000 Feet Above
TIM Ground

Two Men Killed 5000 Feet Above
the Ground.
Berlin, June 16.-The celebrated aer-
onaut, DR.. Wolfert, who for two years
has been engaged in endeavoring to
perfect airships. and who last year on
the occasion of the great Berlin in
dustrial exposition, made several sue.
cessful ascents, met a frightful fate.
He had been busily occupied for the
last two months ON an improved air.
ship which eliminated all of the OBJ
%jectionable points interfering with the
steering Of the vessel. After the bal
loon reached a height of about 1000
feet it suddenly stopped rising. In the
same instant huge tongues of flame
darted from all sides and d loud ex-
plosion was heard. A few seconds
later the air balloon seemed trans
formed into a flying mass of fire.
Burning pieces of the bag fell among
the spectators. The car, which was
also ablaze, detached itself from the
balloon and descended with fearful
rapidity to the ground. AS soon as it
reached the earth the crowds rushed
toward it. Both of the occupants were
found dead and their bodies horribly
burned. The cause Of the fatality was
found to be an explosion Of the benzine
used in the steering gear motor.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-06-19
POUNDING AT SUGAR
THE DEBATE ON THE SUGAR SCHED-
,ULE CONTINUES. >
Sharp Exchange Between Senators
chusetts Senator Characterizes
the Charges Against Senators as
ance in the House.

Washington, June Is. - The senate
debate on the sugar schedule of the
tariff bill proceeded with only one di-
verting incident to relieve the monot-
ony into which the discussion has
lapsed. This was the sharp exchange
between Mr.. Hoar Of Massachusetts
and Mr.. Tillman of South Carolina,
representing the two extremes of SEN
atorial procedure. Mr.. Tillman re-
ferred to published charges of irregu-
larity in connection with the sugar
schedule, and asserted that the senate
would stand convicted before the
American people if it failed to investi-
gate the charges. MI. Hoar calmly
impelled this statement, his tone and
language being calculated IS a rebuke.
He declared that the vague charges Of
irregularity were not only p~reposter-
GUS, but Infamous. Mr.. Allison, in
charge of the bill, made another
speech in defense of the schedule, pre-
senting tables which he declared
proved that the sugar refiners received
ule than under the existing law. Mr..
some length in favor of his amend
HELL W pace OA llIc LICE AoI 0AeASASS
controlled by the trusts, severely ar
raigning the various large trusts. Mr..
Allen Of Nebraska urged legal proceed
ure against the trusts. Only n roll
call occurred during the day, on Mr..
Lindsay'S amendment to place all su-
CARS on the same basis. This was re-
jected-29 to &c. Mr.. McEnery voted
with the, Republicans in the negative
and Senators Pettigrew and Mantle
with the Democrats in the aftirma-
tive.
The house adjourned until Thursday
after a session that lasted forty-fve
minutes. No business of general i'm
portance was transacted. Before the
session begun the hub Of a. wheel
wound round with a monster petition
said to contain 100000 signatures
appealing to congress- to recognize the
Cuban insurgents rs %belligerents, was
wheeled into the space in front of the
speakers rostrum. t has been in cir
culation throughout the United states
for about six months. and was pre-
scented to congress by Representative
Sulzer Of New York.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-06-19
H RUIZ CASE.
Spain Said to Have the Stronger
POsftiOn-Other Claims.

Spain Said to Have the Stronger
Position-Other Claims.
Washington. June lot is claimed
that there has been a serious blunder
in the handling of the DR.. Ruiz case,
and that DR.. Congosto's report has
probably broken down, The Spanish
law was not violated by keeping DR..
Ruiz incommunicado for owe seventy
two hours. Now, since it is seen that
Spain has the stronger position on the
question of law as to DIR. Ruiz's in
generation. the state department will
base it's principal contention on his
death in custody. The way which is
opened by the Ruiz case will give the
state department an opportunity it has
long been waiting for to push some
long standing claims arising, from the
ten years war. There are eleven in
all, ranging from $1,000 to 100000.
and amounting to about half a mil
lion dollars. The United States also
has claims against Spain, growing out
of the present trouble in Cuba, which
at the beginning Of the present year
were estimated by Secretary Olney at
q little less than $4,000, 600.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-06-19
PLEASED THE w. c. t. U.
Reform Legislation Enacted by TIL
Different State LexisIaturea.

Reform Legislation Enacted by h
Different State Legislatures.
Chicago, June 16.-The national w.
G. r. U. officers have issued a report
regarding the work of the various
state legislatures in session this year,
and from it this is taken: Legislation
in reform measures this winter is very
gratifying. Illinois appointed a police
matron bill to apply to cities of over
LOGO Inhabitants; also q stringent
temperance education bill and a cigar
bill. Minnesota passed a bill prohib-
iting the admission of any one under
twenty-one to dance houses or any
place where intoxicating liquors are
sold or given away. The Iowa legis-
lature made liquor bills incollectable.
Then Massachusetts, Kentucky; Con-
necticut and Indiana passed strong
anti-cigarette laws. In Washington
an anti-vivisection bill was passed and
the legal age of consent is raised. The
supreme court of Missouri has decided
that women may hold any office from
which they are not debarred by the
state constitutions"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-06-19
NEWS IN BRIEF.
Overflow From the Wires in q Con-
densed Form. -.
na,o II. 10 cori0l1SlV III

0verl0yv From the Wires In q Con.
densed Form. :,
Chauncey Depew, Jr, Is seriously al
at London.
Howard A. Scott was electrocuted
at Sing Sing, N. Y.
The senate has confirmed John i.
Gowry of Washington as consul gen.
eral at Kanawaga. Japan.
Alphonso NJ. Ross Of South Dakota
has been appointed carpenter ut Rose
bud Indian school at 5000 per annuln.
Il. johnson, a sailor on the
Fanny Neil, of Chicago, drowned last
week at Washburn, Wis. has Deen
found.
A serious landslide has occurred
near Brieg, Canton Of Valais. Part OF
the forest there and a number OF Dullu-
ings have been buried.
John Vail, a farmer living near
Marion Iowa, took cramps While SWIM
ming in the Cedar river and drowned
He leaves a wife and five children.
William Fl. Hutton, surgeon IN the
United States marine hospital service
died at Detroit, Mich, aged fifty-nlne
years. He had a brilliant war record.
The union plasterers employed on
all buildings in New York where the
| contractors refused to nominate fore
men to be elected by the union have
struck.
The state department has been In
formed by Consul General Lee OF the
release Of Vargal Remedies, an Amefl-
can citizen arrested at Porto Cabanas
May %.
Charlotte E. Wolter, the t%ragedienne,
at one time known as the tragedy
queen Of Germany" is dead at Vienna,
after a long illness. She was born at
Cologne in 1884.
Great dissatisfaction is felt with the
programme Of the jubilee procession
in London because it gives no recogni-
ton to the civil and industrial side OF
the queens reign.
l.. James Jewett and Martin Marquardt
attempted to drive across the railroad
tracks near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and
were struck by a train. Jewett was
cut in two and Marquardt terribly in
jured.
Sir Henry Irving unveiled the me-
mortal statue of Mrs. Sarah Scott Sid
dons, the famous English actress, on
Paddington Green, close to Paddington
old cemetery, where her remains were
inferred sixty-six years ago.
Tommy Dixon and Johnny Lavack
fought a fifteen-round draw at Roch-
ester, N. Y. Both boys were careful
and mixed it up only in a few rounds.
The contest was very close and the de-
cision was received with satisfaction.
Patrick Hunchon, worth about ST.
100000, is dead at La Porte, Ind. aged
seventy. He and his brother, both
bachelors, lived together for thirty
years, without speaking, and the sill
ence remained unbroken at his death.
The Barlow Corn Planter works at
Quincy. ILL.,, was closed by creditors
who r secured by mortgages on the
real estate and personal property of
the company. The claims are for
$4,000 which is secured and $4,000
unsecured.
Asa w. Fiske of Boston, son of a
noted money lender by a former mar
riage, has brought suit ut San Fran
cisco to have his fathers estate held
in trust until certain claims, amount
ing to $1,O99,O64, have been satisfied.
He was cut off in the will.