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La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05
Wilson Law. pinsley Law.

Exclusive OF S3I. 100000 received
from the sale of the Union Pacific rail-
road.
The fact OF enormous advance impor-
totions OF merchandise under the no
duties or the low duties OF the Wilson
law and their effect in diminishing Gus
toms revenue until these large antici-
patory stocks should be exhausted is
too well known to need recapi,niatlon
at this time. The heavy falling on Of
revenues for August, September. Oc-
tober and November. 1897. tells its
own story in that regard. During De-
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05
Tho Holiday n.some..r.

A holiday trade unprecedented in
variety and volume is reported from
every part of the United States.
Hardly. without exception. the retail
merchants of the cities, towns and vii
lages tell Of trade that surpasses that
Of the holiday period Of 1896 by Is to
80 per cent. and all are agreed in say
ing that the percentage of cash sales
to the total was never before 80 large
There is no more reliable trade bar
ometer than this. This year the mer-
curry OF holiday shopping has risen
high In the tube. and there is NO mis-
taking It's indications. Not only are
times easier. but money is more plen.
tiful and more generally apportioned
in the pockets OF the masses than at
any time in the pas: four years OF free
trade ssringency. Increasing bank
clearances show thaat this is the case.
Money IL mot being hoarded in nervous
dread and anticipation OF hard times
ahead. but is being freely spent by all
sorts and conditions of men.
The purchasing power Of wage earn
ers has greatly Increased since protec-
tion and prosperity made their appear
ance together. and the immense vol
ume Of the holiday trade shows how
| widely and evenly the improved con-
ditions nrc distributed among the peo-
pie.
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

cember imports OF sugar and wool be-
gan to resume something like their ma
iural proportions. though still below
the volume they will reach when the
antieipatory stocks shall be wholly
used up.
As will be seen by the statement Of
Chairman Dingley In another column.
the revenue for December shows pos
itive surplus without counting the
money received from the Union Pacific
railroad sale.
confidently expects that the Wilson
law figures OF January. 1897. will be ax-
ceeded by more than $3.000,000 In Gus
toms receipts alone, while the excess
from all sources will not fall below
$4,000. 900 as compared with last Janu-
ary. Owing to the heavy demands up-
on the treasury in the shape OF inter
est payments surplus for January is
not anticipated. but 1t Is safe to look
for an actual surplus In February and
March
One thing is certain: The danger
period has passed, and the problem Of
future revenue under the Dingley tar
IN may be set down as definitely solved.
The law OF 1897 is vindicatcd alike in
the matter OF revenue and Of protec-
t!on.
1t has already stopped the mouths OF
the deficit shouters and calamity croak-
ers, none OF whom has had word to
say since the treasury record for De-
cember was made public.
1t has kept at home in the past FIVE
months many millions Of American
money hitherto sent abroad for foreign
goods. and at the same time 1t has
shown that under conditions Of aug
mented prosperity America will buy in
the worlds markets enough to keep
the peace commercially with the rest
o! mankind. besides furnishing abun-
dant revenue for the needs Of the gov
ernmeLs
This is what the Dingley law is do
lag. and will do. 1t Is good law.
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

The tendency Of young men born
and reared on farms to leave the coun-
try for towns and cities IS certainly an
unhealthy movemept In n large eense
and Improbable to many Of those who
embark In II. Properly and steadily
followed. there is no safer business
than farming. nor any more certain to
yield satisfactory results. In very
many instances they who abandon II
for city life live to regre, the change
The farmers institutes and farmers
themselves ought to be able to develop
higher interest In the occupation and
more of certain sort of esprit du
corps among those who follow 1t.
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

Some men have most distressing
habit Of carrying their business home
with them in the evening and lying
awake at nigh, to think about It. This
is bad habit which anyone with any
sort OF control over himself can break
up. The conclusion OF the whole mat
ter Is that man waikcth in vain sha-
dow and disquleteth himself in vain.
and the most unhappy man is the one
who thinks everything is wrong. and
II is his especial calling to set It right.
FrettIng causes our food to remain un-
digested. It whitens our locks and
makes wrinkles and imparts the BIZ
cycle face.
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

There are no trusts in England such
A. we have in this country. Combina-
tions Of capital over there are con-
Quoted in way that Is not over op-
pressiye to the consumers. There arc
no periodical meetings OF directors for
the purpose of restricting output and
raising prices. There !s no hypocria-
cal cant about supply and demand
after the supply has been restricted.
In the nature Of things. and outside the
English law. there could not be. How
could one of our trusts exist under
such circumstaneesy
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

The recent attack OF the commission
followed up by some efforts to bring
the worst specimens to account. is Il
circumstance that is notable enough 70
deserve attention. The pension abuse.
however, is not to be abated by attack
Ing the pension attorneys. No doubt
many of them are much to blame. and
when they have committed frauds they
should be held to u severe accountable
ty. But. after all. 1, Is Just as well 10
recognize fact that congress has
often been the chief offender.
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

Those American judges who decide
divorce cases with indecent haste
might well learn lesson from the life
Of the late Baron Pollock OF England.
His pale and wearied look was noticed,
and the baron explained: II have had
to be up almost all night: for to SEN
tence come, especially the young
young men and boys--is such an awful
responsibility. You must think care
fully what Is right. what Is best for
their souls. You need so much
thought and prayer" Is 1t not an
'.awfui responsibility also. to decide
10 break up household? Were some
Judges to give more thoughtful and
conscientious consideration to these
eases. our court records would be free
from some entries which are nothing
short Of disgrace.
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

The gold Democrats of the country
are attracting q good deal OF atten-
tion by the vigorous work which they
are doing In opposition to that winS
Of the party which went on on the
free-silver tangent. In view OF the
recent tumbles which silver has taken.
and the growing disfavor with which
the l6-to-1 proposition IL viewed alike
by all political leaders. 1t would seem
as though the gold men OF the party
would soon be In position to die
tate terms to the silverites.
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05
rhe r...y c,.er to Church Collections.

Tho ressy .Civer TO Church ceiieetiens-
Edward ". Box makes an earnest
plea. in the February Ladies' Home
Journal. for more liberal giving TO
.hurch collections. It is an insult 10
God ard to his church. he contends. to
surreptitiously drop a penny in the col
lection basket, when one can readily
AFFORD to give more. People. he says.
take literally the teaching that religion
is free. when--in fact. !; costs money 10
have free religion. He suggests even
hat clergymen announce from their
pulpits that no pennies are wanted, and
he shows how the money for church
work could be greatly increased IL
those who now give pennies would
make q nickel their minimum contri-
button. This, OF course. does not In
clude the very poor, whose penny is In
deed the widows mite"
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

The lstest announcement OF nation-
al importance Is that Mr.. Bryan, inc
candidate OF the dear people and OF
Vote for Bryan and Humanity
fame. is wearing diamonds. II would
seem enlinentiy proper and tnsseiai
for any ordinary man and politician
to wear diamonds. but the idea that
Mr.. Bryan. who stumped the country
from the rear end of baggage car IN
shirt-sieeves. or with S3 dollar al
paca coat, should now wear diamonds.
II all goes to show the return OF pros
perity.
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

BY no stretch OF the doctrine OF graf
itude can II be claimed that the gov
eminent owes clerks and other EN-
pioyes anything beyond the remunera-
tion which It paid with a certainty
and q regularity that cannot be de-
pended upon In any commercial or
other business pursuit. 1t is. there
fore. not only un-American In prin-
cipIe to establish a civil pension-and
that ts logical outgrowth OF the
merit system'-bu. It is an outrage
upon the taxpayers.
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

The objection OF West Virginia
representative TO the c.yil service sys-
tenn Ii that is makes 4: less possible
for u poor man to go to congress be-
cause he can no longer pay his po!iti-
cal debts with patronage. When the
representative has had experience he
VIII learn that for every debt he pays
with an Office he makes ten or twenty
enemies or other aspirants. and may
revise his Judgment.
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

A Boston physician who formerly oc-
cupied the two positions OF medical cx-
aminer for pensions and for positions
In the Boston police and fire depart
ments was called upon to examine an
applicant for appointment to the police
force. The applicant testified that he
was ble-bodied In every respect and
had never had a sick day in his life.
Subsequently the same man appeared
before the board OF medical examiners
for pensions as an applicant for an in
crease OF his pension, and he testified
that he was physical wreck and In
capacitated for work on account Of his
physical iniirmities resulting from his
services In the war.
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05
DEAD LINE PASSED.
REVENUES IN EXCESS OF Ex-
PENDITURES.
Imports EsEia TO Resume Nosmat Pre-
vindIe.tsd--Ankr as ss Cations Re-
.eipss and Protection to Dons.sic
laIastries-

In the matter of the complete vindi-
cation OF the Dingisy y Law as furnished
by the record of revenues collected dur
Ing the month OF December. 1897. the
American Economist claims an espe-
cial right 10 say: We told you SOL"
s;reRuousiy. IN season and out Of sea-
son. the Economist has insisted thri
with the return OF anything like nor
mai conditions as TO imports. the Law
would yield ample revenue. In fact.
the explicit prediction has been made
In these columns that with the month
OF December the dead line OF compari-
ton between the Wilson and the Ding
ley laws would be parsed.
The dead line WAS passed In Decem-
Der. the revenue for that month being
more than 81 .000. 600 In excess Of the
revenue for December OF the previous
year. The revenue receipts for the
first hve months OF the Dingley Law
and for the corresponding months OF
1896 under the Wilson Law are as fol-
lows:
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05
REPUBLICAN OPINION.

Last year william Mckinley said
that in his Judgment 1t was better 70
open the mills Of the United STATES
to home labor than to open the MINIS
Of this country TO the silver OF tne
world. There are many others VINO
didn't think 20 then but who have
since reached the same conclusion.
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

Every few days bring announce
ments Of another shipment Of British
gold to the United States. and appeals
are made for its acceptance by the
treasury. which now has more OF the
yellow metal than 1t needs. Are the
'Britishers and gold power still schem-
ing against the silver theory even to
this extent?
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05
n..s xs... s.- -. mas.

We want this money at home. We
waut our own ships. We want moro
.hipyards. We want more Stars and
stripes on the scas. This Il the time
tor I revival Congress should face the
nxures and act--Jackson tMich.) Pa
trjof.
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05
Nor. reop,. wear Ds....s.

A marked increase 10 the importa-
t.on Of diamonds and i-ecious stones
is one OF the interesting results Of tho
Dinsley tariH. Uncut stones are now
admitted free Of duty. and cut stones
bear a duty Of 10 per cent. whereas nm
Ter the Wilson law the duty on cut
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05
pse.s msr.ah.

A teacher Of childrens tctxllys Aesf
from birth. having explained to. ~
class how. . dog exprsssss ny " was-
ginx its tail. told them 70 express the
lesson on their states. ons alats eon-
tainsd iris piece Of infornafion: my
d6g hurTAhs WITH hi1 WAk rAIlS-
fdeiphla Tfmes.S III N IA 4
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05
~. remccratic leaders ars serious

The Demccratic leaders ars serious
- considering the adoption Of ths
e.overpmsnt q by injunction" cry q
- ehief feature Of THAR canpaigns a
- ana 1eoo. in vier Of Tia met that
- me- coinaes prorcsition = being
a - ~ ~ people
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

An exchange says It is tired Of the
frequent pictures Of Gladstone, with
fhose Of his near and distant relatives
q various periods Of their existence.
Hut the exchange must admit that
3,adstone has been neglected to some
Sxfant II behalf Of Martin Thorn. Mrs..
1Qaek. md ouf. ola friend Bismarck. :
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

f1larnond drope ornament the ears OF
! ~ pel cat of : woman Of b. Louis:
Srd tS(norTpw ws ehail hear Of Chi
lsS1p cSt thaf has diamond rinss on her
and : sospse ON her charm
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

There liz danger that in n short time
the will become an obsolete quantity
in New York's .-foo."
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

up to 1893. when the advent to national
power OF the party OF free trade was
followed by the most prolonged and
severe industrial and financial depres-
sion ever known in the history OF the
United States
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

for eeology'' whats that foef' 'Sbe
.an't make him keep himself tidy. and she
thinks II he 10 scientific II won't b noticed
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

.sYour exfemporaneous talk on art was
se: i put In three solid weeks getting II up"
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

EAueass YssF Dsvsls with cassarses.
Candy Cathartic. cure constipation FOREVER.
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

Ny doctor said would die. but Pfsc's Cure
for Consurn ption cured me.-Amos kelner.
Cherry valley lila. Nor. - 1906
La Junta tribune., 1898-02-05

.sDon't you love bright sunshlny day in
winterr mo; It makes my wife taik about
house-cleaning."
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-17
NEW HIGH SCHOOL SET BACK.
Present Fsnanciers Said to Be
Agafnst the Project.

1t begins to look as though the project
of erecting a new High School building
has met with at least a temporary -et
back. In accordance with the request f
the mebers of the Finance Board, who
attended the recent conference of that
Board and the Board of Education, held
at the Mayors office, Superintendent of
Schools Henry Snyder has submitted an
itemized statement of the expenses of the
schools, including those anticipated for
the seven new schools now in course of
construction.
No action was taken on the matter at
last nights meeting of the Financiers.
Superintendent Snyder and School Direc-
tor Mersheimer were in consultation with
them before the meeting, and it was inti-
mated that it was not likely that the
present Board of Finance would take any
action looking to the erection of the
proposed new building. The terms of
two of the members of the present Board
President Henry Brautigam and Commits
sioner Henry Kellers, expire this spring.
1t is probable that the new Board will
take up the matter
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-17

Captain Sigsbee, the temperature OF for
ward magazine was 59 and it said that
no high explosives were stored there,
which would seem to make the mystery
more dense. s
Fears are expressed here that the div
ers will not be able to throw light on the
cause of the disaster, since the forward
part of the Maine is practically in atoms.
Why the main magazine. which was filled
with high explosives and easily affected
by concussion, did not go up is another
mystery and ! ercy as well, since, had
the after mag inc exploded no one on
board could posslbly have escaped death
AS this despatch is sent no news of i'm
portance has been received here from Ha-
vana, or from the fleet
The following is the official list from the
surgeon of those in hospital here who are
seriously hurt
Patrick j. Foley. apprentice, probably
fatal.
aCrl Christensen first class fireman.
George Fox, landsman.
Robert Hutchins, landsman.
G. j. Dressler, apprentice.
The last four will recover. No others
are confined to bed in the Marine or Gar
rison Hospitals.
There were. some curious escapes from
death when the Maine blew up. Three
men were doing punishment watch on
the port quarterback when the explosion
occurred. They all escaped unhurt.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-17
ED.
CHANDLER-On Tuesday, February Is
1898, Isabel Warne, beloved wife OF

CHANDLER-On Tuesday, February 10,
1885, Isabel Warne, beloved wife or
Benjamin E. Chandler. aged 81 years.
Friends of the family are invited to at
tend funeral services Thursday evening
at nine o'clock, at her late residence, III
Academy street.
Interment at Grandin, N. J.
cAFEE-On Tuesday, February Is, 1885,
Jane McAfee, aged A years.
Relatives and friends are invited to, at
tend the funeral services on Thursday,
February II, at eight p. M, at. the resi-
.dence Of her brother-in-l Mr.. David
Baxter ITO Pacific avenue.
Kindly omit flowers. ssrs
McCABE-On Tuesday February Is, 1898,
Michael j. McCabe. son of Margaret
and the late Thomas McCabe, aged 81
Relatives eIda and friends of the family are
respectfully invited to attend the funeral
on Friday February IS, 1898, at ten
o'clock A NJ, from his lateeresidence, M2
Spring street West Hoboken; thence to
ST MichaeFs Monastery, where a solemn
high mass of requiem will be offered for
the happy repose of his soul.
Hancock Circle. No. IS. L. of G. A. r., are
requested to attend the funeral of Sister Ann
+ Wooley from her late residence, No 26y
Newark avenue Friday, February is, at 10
BY order of the President.
DELLA A. NEWMAN.
HATTIE DAVIS. Sec'y
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-17
MRS. HoWBs CHARGES UEFoUNDED
Mr.. snyder Says Principal Du RE
Did Not Insult the Woman.

Mrs. Robert Howe, of No. 506 West
Side avenue. has made serious charges
against Principal w. B. DuRie, of Public
School No %, at Pavonia and Romaine
avenues. They have been investigated by
Superintendent Snyder who says that the
charges are without foundation. He re-
fuses to take further cognizance of Mrs.
Howe's statements. Mrs. Howe alleges
that Principal DuRie not only expelled
her son George, thirteen years old, from
school. but when she went to him and
expostulated he treated her in an ungen-
tlemanly manner and called her liar
three tines in the presence of a. number
of pupils. She says she can get the pu-
pills to testify to that fact.
The trouble began, Mrs. Howe alleges.
by Principal DuRie ordering her son. be-
cause of some breach of discipline, to re-
port at the school at s O'Clock each morn
ing for week instead of at the usual
hour. The very next morning Mr.. Howe
was taken i'll and George was obliged to
remain at home. He went, to the after
noon session and took a note explaining
his absence. The Principal would not ac-
cept the note. Mrs. Howe went to see
what was the matter, and she alleges
Principal DuRie, when she told him why
her son was absent, called her liar and
repeated the assertion three times.
She also alleges that Principal DuRie ex-
PEELED her son. She laid the matter be-
fore Superintendent Snyder on February
I, and says she has not heard anything
from him since. Superintendent Snyder,
when interviewed regarding Mrs. Howe's
charges, said that he had thoroughly in
vestigated them and had found nothing
wrong in Principal DuRies conduct to-
ward Mrs. Howe. He declared that he
wrote her and suggested that Mr.. Howe
call on Mr.. DuRie and permit him to ex-
plain matters, also informed her that her
son had never been expelled. Principal
DuRie denies that he ever used ungentle-
manly language in the presence of Mrs.
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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-17
REPORT DISCREDITED.

WASHINGTON, Feb. II, 1SsS.-The Key
West bulletin regarding the finding of a
hole in the bottom of plate of the
Maine and referring to the work of tor
pedo was sent to the White House by
the Associated Press and was shown to
President Mckinley.
His only comment was that it was the
first he had heard of it. The President
does not wish to make any statement
concerning reports that come regarding
the disaster, but he permitted the fact
to be known that the Administration had
moi advices tending to confirm the Key
West report.
The Navy Department absolutely dis
credits the story coming from Key West
that divers have found an eight-inch per-
cussion hole in the bottom of the Maine.
Secretary Long says that there is no
such thing as a persuasive hole; that
there is no eight-inch torpedo, and there
is no other way in which such hole
could be accounted for.
1t is, of course, possible that a shell
exploding inside Of the ship pierced a hole
of that kind in the outer skin, but that
would be readily revealed by the char
acter of the angle and whether or not the
skin was bulged in or out around the
puncture. 1t is more likely if there is
any hole at an of the kind that is is
simply the outlet of one of the numerous
pieces from the inside of the Maine.
Secretary Long positively denies that
Captain Sigsbee has in any suppressed
telegram expressed the opinion that tor
pedo caused the disaster, or that it came
from an external cause The captain said
on the contrary, that he could not ven
ture to express an opinion
The Navy Department received a des-
patch this morning from Admiral Sicard,
in command of the North Atlantic squad
ron giving the details of the court OF
inquiry to investigate the Maine disaster
as follows: Captain Sampson, president
of the court: Captain Chadwick, Lieu
tenant Commander Schroeder, Lieutenant
Commander Mark.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-02-17
TO HONOR THE BRAVE SAILORS
Greenville League Club Raises Its
Flag at Half Mast.

The Greenyille Republican League Club
met last evening and endorsed Henry c.
Gruber for the position of Chief of the
Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Mr. w.
Rose introduced this resolution, which
was unanimously adopted:-"In view of
the sad loss just sustained by our country
in the 1amentable fate of the United
States battleship Maine,
Resolved, That the flag of the Green
vile Republican League Club be placed
at ha,lf-mast in honor of the nations
dead
The resolution sent by the MinkakWa
Club, requesting the Leaguers to select
a man to fill the vacancy in the County
Committee caused by the resignation of
James Greer, formerly a member of the
Minkakwa Club, was laid over for week
on account of the small attendance; also
for the reason that none of the members
present would accept the position as
County Committeeman. The Amusement
Committee held a short meeting after the
business meeting, and made arrange
ments for a pool tournament to be held
in the week beginning February %, also
for an entertainment and reception to be
held in Columbia Hall on March 2S
The committee appointed to call on the
Lafayette Battery and arrange to take
part in the big tournaments which the
Battery propose to hold, reported that 1t
had arranged to enter the League Club.
The tournaments will consist of pool
pinochle, euchre, and bowling. The Wan
ser, Grant Minkakwa, League and Bat
terry Republican clubs have all entered.
The first prize will be worth SIS to the
winner and the second $40. The Seventh
Ward Association met last night to or
ganize, but owing to the small attendance
fha maAtinP adjourned.