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robncco May le Expor.ea.

havana, jareuary 1.-The Official Ga
ze,te lsabilsi,es an edict Of Captain GEN
ssns Blanco raising the embargo upon tho
-oNporfat,cn al tobacco, Tho decree pro-
vides for the puSnicnl of duty OF 81
IA gold per int kpjS en- tnaa go Of ali
giaut rs excepi &SauaSp nc t'Nfs tobacco.
wnach ooapeindes 10 pay the ruiirg tarini
All export duty on manufacturers tobacco.
CIGARS ard cigarettes Is shoiishei. inchid-
INK the % cents stamp duty. GA cut TO-
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oers nit Pckln In drilling the cninene army
and her proposal TO consent to postpone
rnert Of the payment OF the war Indemnity
as possibly forsshadowing a Chtna-Japan
alliance
rha financk,i barometer does not show
any trepidation. conscis even improving.
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bacco the duty remains rs at }
plus 10 cents stamp duty per kiln
expectation of tobacco to Porto RI
other islands Is prohibited.
Albert Erdmanfl, OF the Arm of X
NCmaRn &c Co.. committed sufclde
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-01-02
THlRTY-FlvE MINERS WERE DROWNED
An Underground River Flooded the Mines Suddenly Taking
Them Unawares.

Chicago January IA Gupa s.v.
that Win water fran i
drowned The men usr VI s
s lower levels Of suspicion that an uae
soSnd river existed anywhsro within the although that
pon @ ~ level was szceensy damp wi,hou,
warning There like gave way ana be
fe e could safety Of water followed
~ - m'a ws swallowed W almost before they
A spsdtioa = soon As possible q recover !,
hp6les ~ ' -
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NU'Tu BHIINIin.
The Houston Post Is among ono or our
most valued exchanges The rost has
reached the standard Of Journalism whore
supporters pass 20 lower ranks. placing /,
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n Fusion Agreement S
Fall River. Mass, January 1.-Th
ners voted tonight to accept the
reduction. Consequently there Will
strike on any mill. %
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RETIREMENT CT SHERMAN.
The Twice Told Tale" Has Again
Been Revived.
THE SECRETARY IS SAYING NOTHING.
Said That He would Have stepped
Out before Except IL Might
Have Hurt Hanun.

WASHINGTON january 1.-The old story
of shernfan's retirement from the cabinet
Is bong revived with few additional
trimmings. The report now has II that h.,
will retire to the shades OF private life
after The Chic senatorial matter IS settled
whether Hanna wins or not 1t is cS-
plalued that he has long contemplated
taking tits step. but has RETAINED from
DONG 70 only on the urgent FcmonAtrauco
OF the prcsideut and hia advisers wi,o
feared that such step might have a hurt
nj effect upon Mir. Hannas chances IN
Ohio, Such is the story current tonight
but Sherman. who could SCI all doubts At
rest * SAYING netting II Ia not thought
by his friends that he intcads having the
cabinet. lie likes the blace too Welt. be-
sides which he has gGt the IDEA wungsd
IN his mind tnat he Is the mau Tor the
place.
New York. January 1.-The Journal has
the following from Washington
II is probable that Secretary Sherman
viii retire early In the new year in which
event he VIII be slteeeedcd by Amha dador
Hay, The aged statesman had iateuded 10
retire some time ago, and would have done
so hid not the newspapers demanded 1t
lmperauyely. Now that tia storm is over.
however, Sherman virtually has decided to
give up the cares OF eflice.
The somewhat independent actions of j
w Foster have produced a measure OF ire
ton between that gentleman and the head
ot tho state department, while Mr., Sher-
mans failure TO comprehend Lord Sails
hurys notes on several occasions has pro-
dnctd the impression in government circles
that 1t Is Wise, In view Of impending al
fairs in the East. that there should be ct
the head OF the state department an officer
better abie to deal with foreign affairs ac-
cordlng TO diplomatic usage
Colonel Hays experience Ats him for this
position and the president has been in cor
respondenco With him iu regard 10 The
matter
Nhiteiaw Reid has been mentioned as the
probable successor 81 Mr. sherman but
owing To the opposition of senator Iiatt
and other republican leaders in New i"ik,
his name has, tt IS said, been dropped from
further consideration.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-28

while the hardwood situation is one Of
great strength. Navigation is opening
early on the lakes. In the northwest
trade is active and ahead of last year
The lumber situation is one of encour-
agement. Spring wheat planting is al
ready reported from Iowa. Dry winds
and lack Of rain foreshadow short crops
IN Callfornia, and some damage has been
f Gohe by frosts 70 early fruits. High
from San Francisco. A sensible ouieting
down Of the l<londfke trade activity is
perceptible but general business is report
90 good II tbs. Puget Sound country and
on the Columtfa river.
The price situation this week is notable
IN showing decreases more numerous than
for some time past. This, of course, in
pays a prominet part The passing of
the cold wave. with little or no reported
damage 70 the growing winter wheat,
coupled with the general forward condi-
tlon OF agricultural matters and the an
dclpated heavy acreage in spring wheat,
IS credited with much of the depressing
influence manifested in cereals this week.
Aiding this. of course. IS the discourage
ment of speculation by the strong statis-
tical position of the immediate wheat sup
plies and uncertainty as to our political
relations. The position of the -four trade
is unsatisfactory for several reasons bus
mess is reported as dragging and produce
ton may be restricted. With the excep-
ton of some makes of pig iron, which are
higher. increases are conspicuous by their
absence. Wheat corn. flour, lard. pork,
coffee, cotton, print cloths and raw sugar
are all lower this week while most of the
metals are either firm and unchaSed or
higher.
Bank clearings in the United States re-
fleet reduced speculative interest, chiefly
at New York. in total for the week al
gregating 81 .0S4, eco COO, 16 per cent smaller
than last week but % per cent larger
than III this week a year ago, 81 per cent.
larger than in 1896, % per cent larger than
IN 1898, rs per cent. larger than in 1894, but
II per cent. smaller than in 1898 and per
cent, smaller than in 1897 Only four cities
in the United States show decreases this
week from the corresponding week a year
ago namely. Richmond Hartford, Nor
folk and Houston. The decreases are
generally of small extent, however. Gains
than Of late. Business failures in the
United States this week are 215, against
233 last week. 221 in this week year ago,
276 in 1896 and 232 in 1926
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strong government in the interest OF
the few There is but one road to
travel to get rid of this terrible state
of affairs this is fast destroying our
great and noble country, beseting us
on all sides, fastening its fangs INTO
our body polite, causing it to wlther
and blight in the same manner the
victim Of the octopus does when caught
in it's dreadful ventricles. Such plans
and ways were never known before,
they have created pitfalls that VIII re-
quire great skill and vigilance to erase
and blot out. Cunning, avarice anu
greed, assisted by untold millions IN
money, combined interests, syndlcates,
corporations, railroads, banks, man
ufacturers and money gamblers, aided
by designing politicians at the head OF
our government, has created a power
that menaces the commonalty and bios
defiance to law and justice.
The restoration of silver to free
coinage with gold, at the ratio of 16
to l, with the same power to pay
debts, public and private, is the first
step to be taken to break the back
bone of this monster. Let every silver
man buckle on the armor; let him put
and enter the contest. We want pure
men for Congress and all offices we
fill this coming fall. A man who has
heretofore received your suffrage I'M
der a promise to maintain a pledge
to vote and uphold the doctrine of
Free Silver, and when elected turned
his back upon the cause and voted
directly the opposite, can't be trusted.
He will follow in the footsteps that led
him off in the first instance. Men are
sure to follow the god that controls
their emotions. Beware of hypocrites.
Trust only those who have never de-
ceived you. A man who pledges his
party, solemnly, to do thing and
then changes his mind to do the oppo-
site. should resign his position so the
people can elect representative who
will vote their sentiments. That is
honorable, but if he sets his judgment
UP as overshadowing that Of his con-
stituency, and holds his position re-
CARELESS of pledges and the wishes OF
those who placed him in power, he is
worse than thief and no promise he
can make can be upheld as proof Of
his honesty. Integrity and honesty
must go hand in hand in the selection
of men as candidates for Congress.
Let us make no mistake A true we'll
known free silver man can be elected
to that Office in the First district this
fall, and it is useless to run with the
expectation Of electing him, any other.
VIM. NJ. KINCAID.
Cameron, w Va
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Basques and later on the Romans and
the Saracens. These graftings of alien
stock may almost be likened TO geo
logical formation, one stratum pelng
emnerimnospd upon another. The
Spaniards are, in fact, conglomerates.
Ii is, however, to the Romans that
their predominant traits may Dc
traced.
The aboriginal Inhabitants were the
Iberians, who derived their origin
from Africa. After Rome had infolded
almost the entire world in her oc-
topus embrace, her legions, drunk
with victory, were sent to the PENN
sula and soon vanquished the half saw
age inhabitants. The Romans re
NAMED in possession 400 years and
imposed their religion, their clvlliza-
ton and their language upon the her
mans. In fact, Spain became COM
pletely Latinized.
Emasculated by centuries Of lux
urous living, Rone's warlike instincts
were lulled to sleep. She had attained
the pinnacle of her glory and deemed
herself inyincible While the Ostro-
goths were conquering the once en-
press of the world the Vislgoths
brought their barbarian hosts into
Spain, and the people fell an easy
prey to their military proves. These
Teutonic hordes established q mag
nifcent empire in the peninsula and,
as they were Christians, sustained the
priestly supremacy inaugurated by
the Romans. To this preservation Of
prelatical rule the domination of Spain
by her religious rulers may be traced.
This was preliminary to the horrors
OF the inquisition. 1t was under Rod
erick that the Gothic power declined.
The Moors traversed the strait of Glib
ratar and poured their itinerant army
into Spain. These fatalistic infidels,
burning with the desire to propagate
the new faith of Islamism, took pos
session and planted the banner CT the
crescent above that of the cross where
1t Haunted undisturbed for $50 years.
These enlightened usurpers brought
With them secrets of artistic and
commercial value and inculca ted the
love of learning. Their ships traded
with foreign ports, and exchanges of
commodities with the orient were fire.
quent. Under the Saracenic ascend
ancy Spain attained civilization
which has never been equaled before
or since. The effulgence of her arts
and arms was recognized everywhere.
IN fact, the Moslem domination WAS
iar more splendid than the Christian
has ever BEEN
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THE STATE OF TRADE.
Bradstreet's.

Br3dStre :.
The favorable features of the week in
distributive trade have been the reports
coming in, with few exceptions, from ell
parts OF the west and northwest and mar
red only by the check to business and to
shipments caused by heavy rains and
high water in the Ohio valley. The uu-
settled condition Of our relations with
Spain is credited with exercising some en-
feet upon Immediate demands and upon
future undertakings in the eastern pof-
ton of the country But the two INDUS
tries-cottor and wooen-most complain
ing are those in which conditions OtTef
than foreign complications have for some
time past been working toward depres-
sion. The coarse cotton-goodS SITUATION
does not improve in any way, ana de-
clines in print cloths TO still lower rec
ord quotation render increasingly imml-
nent action by manufacturers toward
curtailing production in this line. Whle
some wooden goods mills have already
booked good orders. the business done. as
a whole, has not been UP TO antlelpatloi;S-
Raw wool, however does not l, m ne
rather unsatisfactory conditions. Inc
condition of the iron and steel trade Is
one which eXcites satisfaction and almost
surprise. From a number of widely sep
arated sections the report comes OF un-
precedented activity in nearly all
branches of the trade Pig iron is higher
at several markets, and efforts toward
ilarmon.zing producing elements in crude
ard manufactured products are being as
siduously pushed Modern steel plants
are reported rushed with orders. and con-
sumers' demands more than keep up with
deliveries Western steel men are report
ed buying bllets in the east. while eastern
shipbuilders are buying plates in the west.
Aside from the check TO distribution in
the Ohio valley the western situation Is
one of great strength. At st. Louis bush
ness is active the iobblng demand being
reported equal to the best in recent years,
and manufacturers and iobbers' stocks
are reported depleted. Chicago reports
the best weeks business for many years.
Merchants are buying better goods ana
anticipating payments for the sake Of the
discounts. Dry goods. clothing millinery,
iron and steel. wagon material, hardware.
groceries and lumber are all active. The
demand for bar iron and steel is reported
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on the decline, and its industries aho
commerce have sunk to the condilloh m
meciccrity The wheels of progress haNe
ceased to turn. The fog of inactivity, NJ
tolerance and ignorance has spread over
the land once distinguished for the sp'sh-
dor of its achievements.
The prospect is not an encouraging one.
The impoverished nobility reside in their
tumble down castles, too proud to LABOR
and too poor TO keep up their vanlshed
state. Like Don Caesar de Bazan, they
wrap their ragged cloaks about ther
emaciated forms and stepped in lethareic
Indifference, are pictures of apathy ana
dull despair. Inaction rather than pro-
gress is their watchword
The curious compleXity of the Spanish
character is due TO the fusion OF the
blood of divers nations. They have, how
ever, perpetuated the most ignoble traits
of their mixed ancestry In the modern
SpaniarG may be traced the ferocious IN
stincts of the ancient Iberans. the bar
barity and adventurous spirit of the Nlsi-
goths. the pride of race, the treacherous
suavity and the elegance of manner Of
the Romans, tempered by the fiery, i'm
domitable and naughty spirit of the
dupliclty. the treachery and the cruel
vindictiveness of the era of bigotry and
oppression instituted during the inquisi-
torial age. He also inherits the cupidity
of those men who came to- the new
world and whose motto was Booty a
certain exaggerated chivalry is still one
Of the dominant characteristics of this
degenerate race. The exaggerated air Of
the alert to avenge an insult. and the
intolerance of aught but what they deem
right and proper are due to this influence
A remarkable fact is the solidarity of
faith which has always been maintained
intact This religious intolerance has
proved the bar to ma terial progress. The
monkish teachings of the church have
imbued the Spaniards with a brooding,
secretive nature and an ascetcsm which
cut them off from communion with other
nations. To these qualities are added
in0ecision, weakness and swagger The
Spaniard has always deemed it incum-
bert upon him to accentuate his superior
ity by the blatant blazonry of his
prowess, which is not sustained by his
valorous deeds The history of Spa1sh
conquest is that of superior numbers.
They have always oppressed the weak
and have been ungenerous and cruel to-
ward vanquished people. Has a nation
Of degenerates any chance of success
against the sturdy courageousness of the
descendants of those men who forced
America from England against over
whelming odds? The watchword Of the
United States is progress. That of Spain
is decadence.
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Kind friend here is our silver dollar,
take it at 40 cents, the value you place
upon it. Our honor must be main
tanned; you are entitled to buy with
every gold dollar we pay you two and
a half American silver dollars worth
of our products. and every workman,
and everybody having anything to sell
must receive them for one hundred
cents on the dollar; you fix the value
of our commodities and thereby fix the
price of labor, and you pay for all
with the gold dollar at its appreciated
value at the same deprecated price
you estimate our silver dollar as being
worth when placed on your market.
This compels the American producer
and laborer to receive sixty cents on
the dollar less for their commodities
than they would if gold and silver dol
lars of this country we're maintained
as money Of final payment for all
debts as they were prior to 1873. This
being true, every dollars worth of
wheat and every days labor is sold
for so cents less than it would bring
if gold and silver were admitted to our
minis alike and coined at ratio OF
Is to 1 with debt-paying qualities the
same. We defy any man to prove the
negative to this. The gold standard
is a scheme in the interest or British
capitalists and Wall street money gam
blers. The silver dollar is created by
law the same as the gold dollar, and
there is no such thing as money hav-
ing intrinsic value. AS soon as the
metal receives the stamp or the gov
eminent. is of proper weight, contains
the necessary alloys, is properly
moulded and milled as described in the
law. it must pay for the amount it is
designated to represent. Our Repub-
lcan friends, who have left their moor
ings on bimetalism and joined the
Gold Democrats, are all aware OF this,
and they get around it, not by law,
but through and by declaration of
Secretary Foster, October IA, 1891, who
held that greenbacks and treasury
notes were redeemable in gold only,
on demand, as it was the unit CT value,
made so under the act of 1873, demon
citing silver, Notwithstanding the fact
that these notes were redeemable in
silver This drove the entering wedge
started in 1873 to the hilt and sepa-
rated at once the two monies; it turn
ed aside silver as money of final pay
ment and constituted gold as the only
money that could be used in payment
of bonds and the interest thereon.
That this decree is unlawful and in
violation Of good faith and in deroga-
tion Of the public credit, is not dis
puted The scheme was one long cher
ished by John Sherman ana d rev CO.
teries. and such villainy was never
practiced upon any people as these
men propagated to pass this measure.
They are the hypocritical receptions
of men depraved and willing to stoop
to any act to carry out their plans for
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A STRONG ARGUMENT.

To the Editor of the Register
Sir: Secretary Gage, Mckinley, Dow
ener & Co. say every dollar in silver,
every dollar in paper and every dol
lar we have is maintained as good as
gold, and their pet phrase is THE
laboring man must be paid dollar
as good as gold, and We point with
pride to the success of the Republi-
can party being able to accomplish
that end" If this is true, why will
not the silver dollar pay the interest
on our bonds and the bonds them
selves that are payable in coin? Why
do you discriminate and say the bond
holder must have gold because it is
our money of greatest value, and in the
next breath proclaim that every labor
ing man receives a dollar as good as
gold when paid in silver? If our sill
yer dollar is maintained, as you de-
clare the same as gold, what difference
should it make to the bOndholder
whether he is paid in gold or silver?
His obligations are payable in the
United States, and his bonds must be
presented here for payment, and are
payable in either gold or silver. Why
is it, if you maintain our silver dollar
as good as gold, in the payment Of
American labor, that in your discus
sion of the question, you proclaim it
to be only a forty-cent dollar, but
when you pay the man who labors you
hand him a silver dollar and say:
This is as good as a gold dollar and
the law compels you to take it at its
face value-100 cents"-but when Mr..
BondhOlder steps up to Uncle Sans
crib with one Of our bonds and de-
mands his interest, you say: MY dear,
kind British plutocrat, we bow before
your great and noble parsonage; our
national honor demands that your dig
nifty be not insulted by paying you in
accordance with the contract entered
into when We sold you the bonds, we
have set aside the gold of the nation
to satisfy your demands, and will not
permit you to be paid in silver dol
lars. although we violate the contract
in doing SO. A contract with people
at home is sacred and must be lived
up to in order to maintain our honor,
but with you we must break the con-
tract and set it aside in order to save
our credit. and honor A nice piece
of deceitful hypocrisy, Why not tell
the truth, and say: I'VE demonetized
silver to appreciate the price of gold
to aid you thereby in sacking every
interest of the American people, who
now never see a gold dollar, and are
forced to take the silver dollar in pay
ment of all debts" 1t is good enough
for the common people in payment of
all their demands; they are compelled
by law to receive 1.-THE law plainly
says our bonds and the interest accru-
ing thereon. are payable in silver dol
lars as we'll as gold: then why do you
not compel the bondholder to accept
the silver dollar? Why do you per-
nit him to compel payment of his dues
in gold, and all other debts to be law
fully paid in silver, if you maintain
the silver dollar as good as the gold
dollar Our national pride and honor
are not besmirched when we say that
this silver dollar we pay American
labor with is as good as a gold dollar.
and you must receive il at its face
value, but, to our British lord, We say,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1898-03-28
WOOL.

Bradstreet's.
The demand for raw material continues
dull and business doing is of small pro-
portions Dealers are not attempting to
force business, as they yet have conf
dence in the market, but in order TO in
duce a manufacturer to buy at present
concessions would have TO be made. This
applies to all cases except where some
particular kind of wool is needed to be
used at once. and in such cases buyers
will pay the market price. Conditions at
the London sale are even tirmer, and
prices show a still further advance since
the opening. Americans have taken, few
woods i'm London IS yet, continental and
English operators having the market
largely to themselves. The ship Hebe
arrived in Boston this week. There were
about ,0G0 bales bought in Australia for
America, and of this about $1,000 bales are
vet to come forward. The schooner Gull
doom, with l,105 bales Cape wool, is ashore
at Nantucket. 1t now looks like a total
loss of the vessel, but the wool will be
landed on the beach.