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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11
FRUIT EXCLUSION ORDER
Promptly nedinsi Wy the Prussian Gov.
emit.


WARRINGTON, Feb. 5-Thc state de-
part ufenL has been notified by Amba,-
sailor White, at Berlin, of the modiu-
cation OF the original decree issued by
the Prussan minister OF finance, DR..
Miguel. prohibiting the importation OF
American fruits. According To the
ambassadors cable yesterday the de-
cree does not. ~ he advised Thursday,
apply to dried fruits, while fresh fruit
Will be admitted To an entry if an ex-
sIniaHtion shows its condition To be
satisfactory.
IL this modification has been made
i'm The decree IL would appear that the
prompt representa- atoms made by the
Cnited States have received an equally
prompt consideration on the other
side IL is certain that if the decree.
As originally promulgated. had been
applied 10 shipments of fruit in tran
SIT, as ITS terms indicated, tie shippers
Noald have had right To claim in
deanniiy from the prussian govern
menL tor the damages sustained by
ela1s., and it would be regarded by the
United States government as matter
of dnfy TO sustain this demand for in
ictnuItv.
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"a brings Reduced Wages 10 miij
Hands IA the East.

j; seems that the wonderful brand Of
maNim-made prosperity introduced
into the country by MIR. Mckinley and
the republican party is becoming con
tagious in the east. 1t has spread from
the cotton mill operatives 10 various
other trades. The last 10 get slice Of
it-not counting those who are already
down with :.--are the.shoemakers.
The employees in a great shoe manu-
factory in North Brookield. Mass.
caught the contagion ms a sort Of New
Years gift. They were informed that
after tae LIST their wages would be cut
down. This will. Of course. lead 10 cuts
in all competing establishments of the
east and north. so that speaking after
the manner OF the writer of Ecclesi-
hstes, who was also maxim maker,
the end is not yet.
The reason given by the manufac-
turers Is that they are losing money.
and will have TO go out of business II
they do not reduce the amount they are
compelled 10 pay their workmen. The
men have no other option than 10 sub
nit. They enter the second year Of re-
publican prosperity with reduced
wages.
Here is where The Dingley tariff
comes beautifully into play. That law
imposed a duty on hides-the raw ma
terial out Of which shoes are made. Ii
was expected. according 10 the protec-
tion theory. that the manufacturers
would recoup themselves for the in
creased price of hides by demanding
larger price for their shoes. But there
is another link in the chain that Mr..
Dingley failed TO take into considera-
tion. 'o-wit. the ability of the people to
pay higher prices.
The result is precisely what the Con-
stitution said il would be when the
Dingley bill was up for discussion. We
cannot have the gold standard and high
protection at the same time. One de-
stroys the prosperity Of the people. and
protection co.lapses when the people
are not prosperous. There is duty on
hides. and the manufacturers. instead
of recoupilg themselves bv charging
higher prices for their products. arc
to get even" by reducing the
wages of their employees.
Thus il viii be seen that our brand of
prosperity involves lower
wages for NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Con.
stitution.
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A eLAsPAEMous PARTY.
The Stock I'm Trade or RnntinE Re-
pubiicans.

The republican party has always as
sumed 10 be in partnership with the Al
mighty and in the minds OF earnest re-
pub.icans the party is the senior mem.
Der OF the firm. The idea has been ex-
emplitied times innumerab.e. The
party of God and morality" the party
OF moral ideas"-these and similar des-
lgnations, though they are now applied
derisively TO republicanism. were orig
inally assumed by that party as appro-
pirate titles for an organization which
claimed a monopoly Of all the virtue.
patriotism and piety in the country.
Benjamin Harrison. when he pro-
claimed that "the Lord did it"-the per-
formance being the carrying OF an cleo
ton by theft. bribery and corruption
voiced this idea that repub,icanism and
0mnipotence had formed an offensive
and defensive alliance. the emoluments
of which were To accrue TO the repub-
lican party. while the glory. IL there
were any, was TO be allotted TO the Al
mighty. The utterance was typically
republican and TO republican ears it
carried no hint of blaspheny. II was
merely the conventional declaration of
an accepted fact.
And so il is to-day. When VI. a. Han
ma. reeking with moral and political
putrescence. soaked TO the skin with
the slime OF untold iniquitics. secures
an election 10 the senate of the United
States by methods notorious TO all the
world. it is perfectly natural-f-om
republican point of view-that he
should indite this message TO the presi-
dent of the United States:
Columbus. O.. Jan. ie.-To Hon. VII
liam Mckinley. President. Washington. u.
C.: God reigns and the republican party
still lives NJ. A. HANNA"
God reigns and the republican party
still lives." The Almighty made an ac
ccssory before the fact TO n saturnalia
of all the crimes in the political calen-
dar; Omnipotence constituted the spon
sor for a political caliban so hideous
that even some of his own brethren re-
volted against him! God interesting
in the affairs of Hanna
Yet there is nothing unseemly in all
this 10 the republican mind. The BIAS
phemy arouses no indignation. On the |
the blasphemer is showered |
with copgrat ulations from one end of |
the country TO the other. and when. in !
the exuberanee of his triumph, he de- !
FLARES that he will annihilate those who /
opposed him he looks to his auditors as
one TRANSPORTED and bearing the sword !
II Gideon.
That is repub.icansm as II exists to-
lay-as it always has existed. Hypoc- |
-isy. blasphemy, proclamation It's stock
n trade; corruption and lawlessness
is creed.
God d Hanna (Limited) .-Chicago /
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REED RIGHT IN LINE.
The Republican Char Il "A Genuine
Republican.

Mr.. Bailey has proved his case against
Speaker Reed. The Maine man has
been convicted of form of dup.icity
and petty deception not usual in the
speakership. His violation of an agree
ment on n matter of vital national con-
Germ. under the puerile and contempt
ible technical excuse that the agree
ment was not made when the house was
regularly in session, shows that the
vaunted Reed is of that small caliber
which sacrifices honor at the behest OF
expediency.
The whole proceeding. however,
smells of sinister influences back of the
public attitude of the republicans in the
Cuban matter. 1t is in line with the
policy Of deception that has character
lied the administration ever since its
accession to power. That policy has
been the violation of solemn pledge to
the American people that their over
whelming sentiment for the indepen-
dence OF Cuba should have vigorous ex-
preston.
Until the Bailey incident was de-
veloped it had been generally believed
among all sorts and conditions OF peo-
pie in the country that the speaker Of
the house was free from faint Of con-
tact with the influences that control the
president. But it appears that this be-
lief was erroneous. Reed now is in the
category with Mckinley.
In fact he is even in worse light than
the president. 1t is possible for Nc
Kinley to shield himself behind TIE acts
of the state department when the real
truth is revealed. But Reed will have
no such convenient cover. His humilia-
ton is as complete as it is pitiable.-st.
Iouis Repubiic
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POINTS AND OPINIONS.

Perhaps Speaker Reed reigns in
order that the republican party may
live.-Chicago Dispatch.
-Attorney-General McKenna was
n good fellow when the presidents
hackers we're after the Union Pacific.
and now he's a supreme judge.-kansas
City Times.
An attempt is being made to
gerrymander the Ohio congressional
districts. Mr.. Hanna contemplates an
extensive real estate deal. and will have
some excellent plots ready for 1000
N. Y. Journal.
Popular faith in Mr.. Hanna's
will again be shaken by the news that
500 Of the employees OF his Cleveland
Iron works are out on a strikc.-Chi-
.ago Chronicle.
Can any honest man in Ohio be-
lieve that either Allen G. Thurman.
Benjamin +. Wade. George ii. Pendle-
ton or Thomas Ewing would have taken
his scat in the United States senate
while an investigation was under way
to test his title ?-Columbus CO.. Press.
Little less assumption, little
more modesty. a little less folly and
little more wisdom, little less procla-
nation Of coercive measures and little
more declaration OF conciliatory pur-
poses would. all things considered. bet
ter become Mr.. Hanna. There Is an old
but instructive fable which has TO do
with frog that aspired to be an OK
which might be probably considered
by the chairman OF the national com
Observation-Disclosures Ledger,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11
CAr,ADA.
IrterestinE Items Relating TO Anairs
Ia the Dominion.


Nessrs. Mann a. Mackenzie. we'll
konwn railroad contractors, have Sc
cured the right from the Canadian gov
eminent 10 build line of railway from
Telegraph Creek or G.enora. on the
Stikine river. 10 Lake l'eslin. "A dis
lance OF 1870 miles. The contractors
agree 10 have the road completed - the
Ist of September, 1895. Ii will connect
by means OF lighters with boats at
Wrangall
The domisjca government officials
are taking steps To secure options on
vacant lands IN the provinces lying west
OF Lake Superior. SO as TO facilitate their
settlement. Many new districts are
now being opened out by lines of rail-
way under construction.
The Self-Help Emigration society.
whose offices are nj the Memorial hall,
harrington street. London. has received
a free government grant of 1880 acres
of land in the province of Ontario. The
Minister of the interior has made fur
Their grant TO the society of section
home center. During the last IL years
the society has aided nearly 5000 per-
cons to emigrate.
The impression has gone abroad that
the United States government viii send
detachment of United States troops
with the relief expedition 10 the Klon-
dixie. Such is not the case. Minister
Sifton. of Ottawa. Can. says the mount
ed police alone WI. Act as escort.
Three parties of Klondikers occupied
tourist sleeper that passed through
Winnipeg recently for the west They
intended to get into the gold fields as
soon as possible. and will outfit on the
coast.
Mr.. A. McEwen. representative of the
Western Electric company of Chicago.
who recently spent some days in Winni.
peg. was very much delighted with
Manitoba weather. as compared with
that of Chicago. He had expected i,
to be much colder.
Wheat is selling in western Canada
nj SO cents per bushel. Other com modi-
ties bring good prices on account of the
klondike rush.
Hon. David Mills. minister of justice for
the Dominion of Canada. has ordered
the new trial in the Sternam man case 10
take place NJ the May assizes before
Mr.. Justice Robertson. The question Of
. change Of venue is left 10 the Judge.
Mrs Sternaman Is charged with hay-
ing poisoned her husband in Buffalo.
but he died after being brough. TO Can
ada. At her first trial she was found
guilty. but an appeal being made a new
trial was granted couple of days be-
fore the sentence TO hang would have
been carried out
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rHE OTHER SIDE OF 1T.



BHHIiN, Feb. 5.-The Reichsanzeircr
yesterday afternoon published the
following:
Ihr American agricultural depart
nenEs report on the San Jose shield
I0usc led to an official inquiry here as
To the circumstances under which
American fruit is imported. Prof.
Frank on January 30 found on Cali
tornia pears arriving at liam
burg numerous living, breeding
sfiieid lice. absolutely Identical
with the true san Jose Shield louise.
He consequently expressed the opin
ton t.at the hQmc fruit cultivation
WAS exposed IL grave material dan
ger thereby A conference of the
sttser specialists and the reports of the
imperial Office Of health confirmed
thus view in every particular Thus
che necessity for prompt measures for
projection was fully demon strated."
The Rcichsanzeiger then describes
the extraordinary harmfulness" OF
che Saa Jose louise, according to pub
LEGATIONS Of the Washington agricul-
turai depar tment aud the measures
ealscn ia America, notably in Oregon
and British Columbia, aud continues:
1T Is thus the unavoidable duty OF
the government TO give efsicacious pro-
lection To the home fruit industry from
the danger of disease here"
The Reichsanzeiger then gives the
regulations adopted, and concludes
with pointing out ply lloxera as an ex-
ample OF the danger of not adopting
Immediate protective measures, while
the Colorado bug. IL is added. has been
srcpt out by timely precautions.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11
New York city a Century Ago.

Tie first inaugural ball was an i'm.
posing affair held in New York city in
May. 1889. and attended by n most dis.
tinguished company of beaux and
bellies. The glimpse Of society of a
century ago is indeed an imposing one
while the description of the picturesque
costumes of those days is most fasci.
mating. II "a recorded that Washington
danced three times during the even
ing, and also that he was exceptions
ally fond of dancing, a liking which
did not desert him until after he had
retired from public life.-Mrs. Burton
Harrison, in Ladies' Home Journal.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11

Some guns kick. Revenge is one o..
them.
The dullcst man has in him some
thing original. IL is sin.
The man is usually in the right whe
owns himself in the wrong.
The waters Of Lethc drown the past
The blood Of Jesus clcanscs IL.
"Christinniiy is all very well. but .
man must live" Yes. TO all eternity.
For an cpitaph: "IIc believed in a
free Gospel: II never cost him cent"
Er cyclopacdins have 10 be rewritten
every ten years; the old Bible Is still
NJ 10 date.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11
cREENROOM GOSSIP.

May Irwin will try a long ergag,
ment this season in Chicago
Marie Shotwell has resigned from
Fanny Davenport's company.
Olga Nethersolc will defer her re.
turn TO America until next season.
The Hanlon brothers will produce .
spectacular comedy next season.
Kid Mccoy will be featured" in a
Version OF THE Par .fc MAIL" which
sill probably be given soon in Boston.
Herbert waring and May Witty are
low playing the principal roles in ''Se.
sret Service" - the London AdelphL
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11

The John y. Salzer Seed Company. /,
Crosse, Wis. have shipped within . day,
400 barrels Of their celebrated Saller's
Earliest o Weeks Market Potato r. Tesas
customers. This potato has the reputation
OF being the earliest. the finest Favored md
the heaviest producing early potato in the
country.
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FOUGHT FOR MONEY.
wnes asis salary stopped Surrendered to
the Spanish

HAVANA, Feb. Z - Advces from
Gibrz. province Of Santiago dc Cuba,
say that nm American who has been
serving with the insurgents as captain
'sf ARTILLERY and who had 50, 900 in a
belt, surrendered TO the Spanish
authorities yesterday. 1t is added that
the captain took this step because the
iasnrgeats had failed to pay up.
ihc insurgents have captured IA
ren. Including six volunteers who
~ezc bathing IA the river near Gibra.
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20 grandma la the rocker Grain u (. ,o,,
for the whole family. II Is the long An 81
substitute for coffee. Never upset. az.
nerves or Injuries the digestion. Maae fr,5e
and appearance Of the hes. coffee an Nv.
price. II IL genuine and scientific aifies
and is come 10 stay. II makes far he,ith
aud strength. Ask your grocer for Crane
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11

Where a man is too utterly trifling TO do
anything else, lac hunts M an estate OF me-
ancestors that he was cheated out Of
Washington Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11

It's the man who has the will power 10
stop drinking when he sees fit that never
sees fit.-Chicago Daily News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11

The pain that tortures--scatica The
Cure that cures it-St Jacobs Oil.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1898-02-11

Knowal Nero fidded while Rome wa,
burning. VI"
Flatdwellcr (shuddefingl And I'm no,
be was Just learning to play, too.-N. y.
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oINoLEY THE WHOLE THING.
The Republican Deity Who Works
Wonders.

Prosperity and the Dingley tariff are
linked together.
First came the Dinglev bill. and then
followed dollar wheat. When the great
and ali-powerful tariff act became
law the farmers of Europe announced
that they had no wheat TO sell; indeed.
they had none for home consumption.
Prices for the cereal went up. and the
republicans sang PAGAN Of praise and
said: Thanks to Dingley."
Sugar stock jumped 40 per cent. and
Standard OF! stocks climbed so per cent.
while Metropolitan railroad stock in
New York sells for 1870 per cent
thanks to Dingley.
Trusts were never so numerous and
never SO profitable as they are now.
Never were so many new combinations
of capital formed: never were the rich
favored as they are at 2resent--thanns
to Dingley.
Senator Hanna missed a point when
he telegraphed Mckinley to the effect
that God rules and the republican
party still lives" lie should have sim
ply said with truth and brevity:
Thanks to Dingley."
Seldom has there been more genial
and kindly winter. The mercury has
gone up with a cheerful persistency. and
enthusiastic republicans can but recog-
nize In this another proof Of the up
ward trend Of all things since the e. o. p.
went into power. Surely they are justi-
fled in saying: Thanks to Dingley."
Chicago Dispatch.
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If there has been my lingering

IF there has been my lingering
doubt in any honest mind that Mark
IIanna's election TO the senate was Sc
cured by corruption and bribery Mr..
Hanna, bis friends and attorneys have
completely removed that doubt. In the
investigation ordered ut Columbus
their policy has been one OF obstinat.
conccalment. Each OF Hannas lieu
tenants and agents when put upon the
witness stand answers every question
important or INDEPENDENTLY the
set phrase: II decline to answer
n. Y. World.
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-09
ON TO SPAIN.

n FTER the advance of the British and French / \ troops upon Picking had compelled the Elm peror of China to accede to the demands of the allies and accept peace terms dictated by then the Chinese authorities, told, announced the fact to their subjects in manifesto declaring that the white devils, having been severely punished by the Son of Heaven, had dispatched large body of supplians several thousand strong to the royal resi- dence praying for peace and that the lord of the Celestial Empire had graciousy consented not only to pardon them for past ofenses, but permit them to trade with his people and occupy certain ports where they might enjoy the blessings of his goodness and profit by the wisdom of his counseIs.
 Were 1t not for this precedent 1t would be a harassng problem for the Spanish Government to continue to give the news in way calculated to satisfy Spanish pride and vaingory To misrepresent events at Manila and at Santiago may have been a comparatively easy task to the liar who has been trained by years of experience in Spanish politics and diplomacy, but that Watsons fleet will soon cap- ture the Canares and then blockade the ports of Spain itself it will not be easy to deny that the Americans have been victorious and maintain that the foreign pigs" have been slaughtered by the champions of Spain
 When once the sound of our guns has been heard at Cadiz and Barcelona and the waving of our ban ners has been streaming from cruisers all along the coast the only left to the organs of the Madrid Government will be adoption of the Chinese manifesto Sagasta will have to announce to his people that all these warships have come to European waters suppliants suing for peace.
 How much longer the Spanish Ministry will con- tnue the war, ostensiby to preserve Spanish honor but in reality to maintain themselves in power and preserve the monarchy, is question concerning which it is almost useless to speculate Spain has still one fleet left It is not strong enough however to oppose any effectual resistance to Watson and will doubtless be hurried into some port where it will have the protection of forts and land batteries There it will remain until some freak of Spanish strategy as unexplainabe perhaps that which ordered Ger vera of Santiago, shall order Camara to put to sea and deliver his and his ships over to the i- evitable doom.
 The chances are, however, that are soon to have peace The Emperor of China had sense enough to perceive that when suppliants by thousands with arms in their hands to ask for peace it was time to grant 1t. Sagasta should have at least much sense as the unknown Prime Minister of the Celestial monarch
The San Francisco call., 1898-07-09
WHAT WILL THEY HAVE2

IS instructive to bring together the issues offered l by different members and organs of the Bryan Democracy One IS opposed to the revenue bill because 1t does not provide sufficient taxation to pay all preparatye and expenses of the without issuing bonds This apostle of the pay you go idea proposes to make the fall campaign against issuing bonds and in favor of present taxation. When he gets to the convention he will meet the other apostle who is telling the people how they have been betrayed by taxing them at all He speaks of Re publican stamp taxes and the Republican increase of the beer tax for purposes him bleeding brine at the eyes for the sorrows of the poor who must drink smaller schooner and pay that beer tax in unquenched thirst. He fercely demands that all the taxes should be put on "the rich,' and as fercely fails to say how stamp and liquor taxes can be paid only by one sort of people and not by another un- less we have law compelling the rich guzzle beer and the poor to refrain. The same plan might work to all other kinds of taxes, and their pay ment could be put class to the relief of the others, but in other way.
 These two manufacturers of issues will meet third, who is opposed to both bonds and taxation for war purposes. He wants the seigniorage coined. If he were asked what that is he would be in the same fix as the British statesman who was nurating the House of Commons by speech against some finan- cia legislation for India The climax of each period
 
 merely, but laos of rupees" Finally member asked him what lac of rupees was. He stammered a mo- nlent confessed that he didn't know, and sat down
 But with the seigniorage issue wants is coined and for the rest of the expenses he wants issued irredeemable paper currency that shall be an unlimited legal tender for all debts, public and pri vate, So convinced is he that Uncle Sam can hold himself up by the seat of his financial trousers with his left hand while he fights with his right that he de- sres to expe General Wheeler and the few Demo crats who voted for either taxation bonds and n- tends elect Congress that will impeach the Presi dent for signing the revenue bill and court tial the army and navy for fighting under it.
 These three schools of opinion coming together to consult the means and ways of voting want of confidence in the President, while he goes on straight ahead in command of the army and navy while they march and sail and fight from victory to victory.