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Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-06-17

The seltishness Of the protective
policy was never made more manifest
than hy the recent action of several
Senators from the Southern States in
supporting some Of the most obnoxious
features OF the pending Tariff bill.
They frankly admit that they are op.
posed to the principle OF protection,
hut as long as the "swag'' is to be
given ont, they are going TO secure
some of it for tho benefit of favored
interests in their own States. In other
words, they do not propose to let the
great bulk of it go to Pennsylvania and
New England. But how much better
and more consistent it would be for
them to oppose the unjust taxation OF
the masses of the people for tho pro
lection OF favored interests in any sec
tion of tho country, instead of seeking
a share for interests in their own
sections.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-06-17
mo Award Of The county Loan.

IL is not surprising, under the cir
cumstances, that objection has been
raised to the action OF the Levy Court
in awarding the county loan of
Sl50, 700. In matters of this kind 1t
is expected that the loan shall be given
TO the highest aud best bidder but here
at least two bids were higher than that
OF the successful bidder. and those
who mads those two higher bids, nat.
uraly consider that they were alao the
best.
This being the case, an explanation
from the Levy Court OF the rensons
that influenced this action, is certainly
in order The people of the county,
who have to pay the interest and prin-
ciple OF the loan, are entitled to such
an explanation. Not 10 give it will
place the Lery Court in tha position of
having acted in spirit of favoritism,
or from desire 10 keep concealed some
transaction that might not seem alto
gether creditabie under the light Of
publicity.
courts action is the damage it may in
ilict upon the county in financial
way. II is almost sure to have the
effect OF discouraging bidders, and when
ii comes to issuing other loans in the
future. the county may lose the advant-
age OF competition in the bidding. For
when those engaged in this lima of
business see their bids disreparded for
the benefit Of a bid less advantageous
in every point of view, they are likely
TO abandon the fold in the future,
which would leave 1T TO tho bidder
once favored in this inanner, at practi-
caily his own terms.
Viewed in any light, therefore, the
transaction does not seem busiusssliks,
and tho members Of the Levy Court
should mako an explanation, in iustice
to themselves as well as in pursuance
OF their duty 10 the people.
Delaware gazette and state journal., 1897-06-17

lend that any customer shall keep
goods, If after getting them home
and giving them a leisurely exam.
ination there isany reason for want.
ing to trade back.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-12-16
IN GENERAL.

Bradstreet's commercial report for the
week says: Mild weather throughout
most of the country has interfered to
some extent with the distribution Of win
ter-weiGht clothing and other seasonable
goods, and trade from first hands is quiet
er even than last week. Jobbers and re-
tailers, however, report steadily increas-
ing and in some regions very active busl-
ness in holiday goods, groceries and kin
dred products. Favorable reports come
from Chicago, Kansas City, st. Louis and
st. Paul. The price situation is one of
sustained and even aggressive strength.
Wheat is higher, and all other cereals
have sympathized with wheat. Coffee,
copper, cotton, dairy products, leaf to-
bacco and raw sugar are also among the
prominent staples which have been en-
HANGED in value. The decreases have
been few and slight Cereal exports con-
tinue very large, though showing falling
off from last weeks heavy total. Total
exports of wheat and flour from the Unit
ed States and Canada this week aggre-
gated 6,005, ,63S bushels, against 6,699,0OO
bushels last week. Corn exports also show
a falling off, aggregating 3,06S.O 600 bush
els this week, against 4,5S5,00O bushels
last week"
There is more gold in the world by
$215,900,000 than there was year ago,
writes the Washington correspondent of
the Chicago Journal. The total stock of
the worlds gold, including all used in the
arts and for purposes Of money through
civilization, is estimated by the director
of the mint, in his report just issued, to
be $4,359, 100000. This is an increase
from 81, ,143, 100000 in 1896. A certain
amount of this enormous increase has
come from recently discovered mines in
Alaska. A large amount comes also from
Russian and South American mines, and
much from the regular sources which con-
tinue in operation. The decreased rela-
tive value Of silver has discouraged the
mining of that metal, and in consequence
the stock of silver shows much smaller
relative increase, the total amount in eX-
istence now being S4,26S 100000. Last
year the supply was 81, 236, 900, COO. Rus
sia and the United States have been cor
nering the gold market. The former coun-
try has increased her supply of the pres
cious metal sos S,300,0 900, while the United
States has gathered in $24, 100 600. Aus
tria- Hungary comes next in point of gold
wealth, having $11.300.000. and tine gold
stocks of the United Kingdom and France
are no larger than year ago. Some In
teresting figures have been gathered by
Comptroller Eckels. showing the amount
of money which each person has On an
average in the principal civilized coun-
tries. According to these statistics, the
citizens of France are wealthier than
those of any other country, having S34.6S
each of money-silver, gold and paper.
The United States comes next, each Of
its inhabitants being entitled to $23.10.
OF gold money, the Frenchman has
S30.05, while the American has $9.a5.
The Britisher has on an average S2O.65,
of which $14.75 is gold. The poorest per-
son in the world is the Turk, who has but
$409, about half Of which is in silver and
half in gold.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-12-16
SOUTHERN.

m, ., :. ~, n.. ~, r,,,..
Inc strike IN ,he tnint ID hoch Collpa.!
coal mines at Amy, Iehh.' cuiinihateu III
the shooting from ambush OF TWO miners
William west and James Garpy.
c. A. Broten of Austin, Mimi. has been
sentenced by Judge Lochren in the United
States court to five months in Jail and
$500 fine for fraudulent use of the mails.
Adyices from Indian Creek, 100 miles
west of San Antonio. Texas, say that the
recent gold discoveries there are of fabu-
ulous richness. An ASSAY of the ore tax
on from one prospect ran 81. $50 to the
ton
,,o. r.;or,,rs b.ro hoon rocoivad
= m 1asp Toras fror, San Simon a
n,,,an - .+a 80, 80 n,st of yy;lIcox IT
~ Sa,tI,cr,, pan;so of troin hold,
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-12-16
A Seductive Weed.

In Southern Arizona the Jail and
prison officials have their hands full in
trying to prevent the smuggling into
their institutions of the seductive mari
guiana. This is kind Of 'loco' weed
more powerful than opium. 1t grows
from seed by cultivation in Southern
A-:zona and in Mexico. 1t is dam
gerous thing for the uninitiated to han
die, but those who know its uses say
It produces more ravishing dreams
than opium. The Mexicans mix 1t with
tobacco and smoke it in cigarettes, in
haiing the smoke. When used In this
way it produces a hilarious spirit in
the smoker that cannot be eQualed in
any other form of dissipation. When
smuggled inside the prison walls Its
devotees readily pay 81 an ounce for
1t, but free men buy it on the outside
for so cents an ounce. General Shri-
yer, of the prison force at Yuma, has
Just unearthed large quantity of the
weed that had been cached within
reach of the convicts who work in the
ouside gangs.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-12-16
FOR POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.
National Board of Trade Warmly Dis.
cusses the Proposition.


The first matter which came before the
National Board of Trade at its session in
Washington Wednesday was a resolution
favoring the establishment of postal saw
ings banks, which was introduced by the
Chicago Board of Trade. 1t was stated In
the resolution that the people should be
encouraged to deposit their savings in
department of the national government.
The passage of the resolution was advS-
Gated by Mr.. Lyon of Chicago, who said
that the secret of saving lies in beginning.
An objection was that it would concen-
trate money in the cities and would inter-
fere with the business of building associa-
tions, etc. After some discussion the
question was referred to a committee to
report at the next meeting.
The question of artificial irrigation was
next discussed, the basis being q resolu-
ton offered by the Pittsburg Chamber Of
Commerce. which recommended that Con-
gress enact laws to place the supervision
of all irrigation enterprises in the hands
of the United States authorities, where
such work is undertaken upon waterways
affecting interstate navigation.
Mr.. Pence of Cincinnati presented the
report Oh IIe cOUlUllltee OIL luIHTUdClOudl
waterways. The report urges Congress
to continue such legislation and to make
such appropriations as will provide for
deepening the channel oil the Mississippi
river so that at least six feet be perma-
nently maintained from the mouth Of the
Missouri southwark. The report was
adopted.
The afternoon session was chiefly de-
voted to currency discussion. The gist Of
the resolutions adopted was an indOrse-
ment of the single gold standard, the grad
ual retirement of United States notes, the
enlargement of the national bank circula-
ton with a gradual reduction in the tax
on the same, and, finally, the establish
ment of national banks with n capital of
$4,000 or over in towns of over 1000
population. A motion to locate perma-
nent headquarters for the National Board
of Trade in Washington met with general
approval. but was referred to special
committee for final action. The active
prosecution of the Nicaraguan canal pro-
Ject was heartily indOrsed
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-12-16
FOREIGN.

The entire Gillian cabinet has resigned.
The event has caused sensation. The
cabinet was appointed last August, to sue
ceed the ministry formed on Aug. 8, I'M
der the premiership of Orrego HUGO,
which in turn succeeded the Antunez
cabinet that retired on June % last.
A Peking dispatch to the Lcndon Times
says that China having complied with her
demands, Germany undertakes to evacu-
ate kio-Chou at a date to be fixed here
after, and will receive instead as coal
ing station the Sam-Sah inlet, in the PROV
ince OF Fo Kien, over against the Island
of Formosa.
\ cable from London states that the
British-American corporation has fioated
S5,000,0O0 and has secured the La Roi
Josie and eight of the Rossland mines,
also the Alaska Commercial Company,
the town site of Dawson City and claims
on Bonanza, Eldorado, Bear and other
klondike creeks.
7. Estrada Palma, representative of
the Cuban provisional government in New
York, received from Gen. MaXimO Co
mez a copy Of proclamation he has re-
Gently issued rejecting autonomy. The
W ulCu Is ~ Tue III
my of liberation reads: patriotic Sol
diers Who Are Fighting for the Emanci-
patton of the Cuban People-Gen. Blan-
co, the substitute of the bloodthirsty
Weyler, who despises and threatens us,
comes to establish new features in this
war. He says so in his proclamation to
the country and to the army, but we do
not require 10 make any changes, and
the war will be carried on by us just the
same as we commenced it, since all my cir
culars are in accordance with civilized
warfare. Everything that helps the en-
emy must be destroyed, and everything
that seems to harass him must be achiev-
ed. That is our right. Our purposes
have been well defined and sufficiently
proclaimed TO the world. We aim at the
of our country. Cuba for
the Cubans. America for the Americans.
To attain these high and honorable results
we rely on our pledged honor, the posses
sion of the island, and the lapse Of time.
Resources to carry on the struggle will
spring forth from our resistance. The
hopes OF Spain to subdue us are already
blasted. Gen. Blanco represents her last
and final resort"
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-12-16
EASTERN.

Mrs. Jennie June Croly has been ap-
pointed an inspector of public schools at
New York.
Sixty-fve out of 102 New York pub
fishers have granted the Typographical:
Unions demand for nine-hour day.
Walter S. Walsh, head Of the firm of
Walter S. Walsh 4 Co., wholesale shoe
dealers of Philadelphia, committed sui
eide.
The body of man supposed to be Chris
tan ]. Ansen of Milwaukee was found
hanging in the woods near Constanua,
n. Y.
Three of the largest gas companies OF
Boston-the Brookline, Dorchester ant
Jamaica plain-have been absorbed b!
The New England Gas and Coke Com
pany.
Trunk line railroads are said TO have
secured control of nearly the entire water
front OF Greater New York and to be
freezing out the lighterage and barge con-
Germs.
James Cave, a printer living at Pater-
son, n. j., has been notified that he mas
fallen heir to fortune of $4,000 by the
death of his grandfather, james ID. Cave
In western Missouri
1t is announced that New York and
Boston capitalists, together with George
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-12-16
Washed Or Muri:IO.

An English traveller in Paris was
sorely tempted by a magnificent and
undoubted Murillo, duly authenticated
to have been the plunder of one of Ma
poleOn's marshals in Spain. An enOr-
nous price was asked for it, but after
much deliberation he bought it.
At that time paintings imported here
paid duty, and our connoisseur, desir-
Gus of avoiding it, caused landscape
IN distemper to be painted over his
Murillo. OF course, it passed the GUS
tom house. 1t was then sent to n pict-
ure-cleaner with orders to wash off
The landscape.
He washed off the landscape, and he
washed off the Murillo, and there ap-
peared an early corporation portrait of
King George Ill, in Windsor coat,
buckskin breeches and top boots
Snare Moments
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-12-16
STEAMER CLEVELAND LOST,
Vessel Is Wrecked on the Coast of
YancOuYer Island.

vancouver lSlanQs
Uncertainty as to the fate of the over
due steamer Cleveland, which sailed from
San Francisco Dec. 4 for Seattle, was
cleared away by the receipt Of telegram
from Captain Hall, master Of the ship,
addressed to the owner. From the rather
indefinite details so far received it ap-
pears that the steamer is total wreck on
the west coast of Vancouver island, in
Barclay sound, twelve miles north Of
Cape Beale. The captain and six others
are safe, but twenty-five are still missing
ard it is feared they were drowned.
The steamer broke down during q Sc
we're storm off the mouth of the Columbia
river. Captain Hall tried to put into
Puget Sound, but the fury of the gale and
rapidity of the current combined to make
the vessel totally unmanageable, and
when she finally ran ashore on Barclay
sound, the paIic-stricken crew rushed for
the boats.
Despite the warning of Captain Hall,
who advised the men to stick to the ship,
she was beached. None of these boats
have as yet been heard from and it is
feared that they are lost, although it is
probable that they may have landed on
the coast of Vancouver island at some re-
mote point. The captain, chief engineer,
purser, three sailors and one fireman, who
remained on board the Cleveland, sue
ceeded in reaching the shore through the
surf safely. The vessel and cargo was
valued at $4,000, on which there is little
insurance
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-12-16
Mr.. HOweI1,s Misanprehension

4 statement is put forth by Assistant
Secretary Howell of the Treasury De-
partment, apparently designed to miti-
gate the discouraging figures of his
chief as regards the operation of the
Dinsley tariff. The point made by Mr.
Howell is that the responsibility for the
future of the Republican tariff to pro
duce revenue lies with the public. not
with the law. If we had the imports
that we had in 1892 or 1896, he says, ii
would be all right. But the purpose
of the Dingley bill is to shut out i'm
portations. If the people do not import
as much under the Dingley law as they
did under the Democratic tariff. is not
that, according to Republican logic,
great and glorious triumph of the pro
tectiye principle?-BOston Post.
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-12-16
WESTERN.

r. n. Whittlesey. surveyor of custom.
at Council Bluffs. has disappeared.
The jury in the case of ten poolroon
| operators ON trial in st. Louis, failed Il
agree.
John Winslow, who sued the knights
of Maccabees for $25,G00 for dislocating
one of his kidneys. while initiating him
was awarded $4,000 by a jury in Judge
Bates division of the Circuit Court al
Kansas City, Mo.
The land suit of the Des Moines Val
ley Railroad Company against James O.
| West and Sylvester NJ. Fairchild has
| been decided in favor of the plaintiff by
the United States Circuit Court of Ap.
peals at st. Louis.
Uranium, worth S1,500 per ton, has
been discovered near Black Hawk, Colo,
and the agents of a French syndicate have
| announced that they will buy all that can
| be produced. as it is much desired by the
| French Government for hardening and
solidifying gun metal and armor plate
Willie, Antoinette and Lille Sobotka,
three small children of Bohemian fam
| lily, were mysteriousiy poisoned at st.
grandmother's house on an errand. While
vomit He soon died. The other two will
recover.
Mike" Dwyer and John Laughlin, of
the Soldiers Home, Dayton, Ohio, quar-
relied. Laughlin struck Dwyer on the
neck with his fist, knocking him down.
Dryers head struck stone step and
his skull was fractured. He soon died
Laughlin was arrested on charge of
murder.
Charles Birnbaum, aged 30 years, once
q wealthy mine owner, shot and killed
himself at his home in Kansas City, de-
spondent over business reverses and i'll
health. Mrs. Birnbaum. who is blind
was the first to discover her husband af-
ter he had shot himself. She had entered
his room, and failing to receive reply to
question, placed her hand on his head.
One of her fingers touched the spot
where the bullet had entered Birnbaum's
forehead, and she screamed and tainted.
The north-bound passenger on the Chi
cago division of the Panhandle collided
with a south-bound freight just south of
Royal Center at 5 o'clock Tuesday after
noon. A. Cottner, aged 26, of Royal Cen
ter, was instantly killed. Cottner and
William Mention, also of Royal Center,
were riding on the blind baggage, and
when the accident occurred Mention
jumped, escaping with bad cut on the
hand. Cottner, however, was caught be-
tween the car and engine and crushed.
Two small children of Mrs. Hardesty of
Kewanee were painfully bruised. None
Of the train men or other passengers was
hurt.
Harry Jones, Chicago boy, 10 years
old, is heartbroken and weeps in childish
misery. In all his short life he has not
experienced so great Il sorrow. for he has
caused the death of his brother Archie,
two years his junior. The children were
left together in their fathers home by
their mother, who had gone down town.
Mr.. Jones, who is a telegraph operator,
was at his place of employment. While
playing hide and seek the brothers found
n loaded revolver between the mattresses
of their fathers bed. 4 struggle for pos
session of the weapon ensued, during
which it was discharged, the bullet caus-
ing wound in Archie's head from which
he died seven hours later att IZ>/Zent
hospital. E
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-12-16
WASHINGTON.

Marshal Blaneo has cabled to Senor de
LONE, Spanish minister at Washington,
Il request that he tender Blanco's condo
lence to President Mckinley on the death
of the Presidents mother.
The Agricultural Department at Wash
ington issues the following: The special
wheat investigation instituted by the De
partment of Agriculture indicates Il crop
of 530,000,000 bushels. These figures
are subject to slight modification in the
final report.
The Agricultural Department at Wash
ington has issued the following, signed by
John Hyde: THE departments final esti-
mates of the production of the principal
crops are based largely on the December
returns. The only information now avail
able relates to the average farm price of
certain products on the first day of the
present month. The farm price of corn,
as indicated, averages 26.5 cents per
bushel, against 21.5 cents last year; that
of oats, 21.5 cents, against 1871 cents last
year; that of barley, 31.1 cents, against
32.3 cents last year; that of rye, All
cents against 40.9 cents last year; that
of buckwheat, 42.1 cents, against 3d.
cents last year; that of hay, $3.50 per ton,
against S6.55 last year. The averages for
the products not given are withheld for
revision, as are also the estimates of the
acreage of winter wheat and rye and the
condition of these products"
Secretary Alger Of the War Department
at Washington says it was not true that
his order to have the reprimand recently
administered TO Captain Lowering read
at all at army posts was the result of in
formation that the officers at Fort Sheri-
dan, Chicago, intended to ignore the mat
ter as far as possible. He said it was
suggested to him that some effort might
be made to suppress the reprimand, and
as he felt very anxious that the widest
possible publicity be given to the fact
that reprimand had been administered
in the case, he thought it best to issue
q general order, directing that the docu-
The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1897-12-16
SPAIN MAY GIVE UP CUBA.
Suspicion Increases That an Evacua
tiOn Is Actually Intended.

Suspicion Increases That an Evacua-
tion Is Actually Intended.
There is suspicion in Washington Off
cial circles, which is gradually becoming
a correction, that Spain is preparing to
turn the island over to the Cubans. A
correspondent says that there is no doubt
that the Spanish Government and people
are sick of the war; Some of the officials
here suspect that Spain would be glad to
get rid of Cuba, If she could do 1t grace
fully, and without seeming to acknowl-
edge that she has been whipped.
These views were strengthen by dis
patch which Senior Dupuy de LONE, the
Spanish minister, received from Captain
General Blanco, containing notice of the
granting Of what appears to be an order
of amnesty to all political exiles from
Cuba. This indicates that Captain Gen
eral Blanco has revoked the orders Of
Weyler, under which American citizens
were expelled from the island. If Blanco
intends to adhere honestly to the policy
outlined in his dispatch to the Spanish
minister, everybody expelled from Cuba,
except common criminals, may go back
to the island with assurances of their
safety as long as they obey the law.