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The Conservative, 1900-12-20
The defeat of
the populist presi.
SUBSIDIES.

vote OF cOnf1dence In republican leader
ship upon all questions and permission
to enact into law any sort of scheme
their fertile and resourceful intellects
may now devise. During the campaign
there was but one subject discussed by
republican orators and newspapers, and
that was the necessity of maintaining
the gold standard and it was the position
the party took upon this question which
made it's success possible.
Now republicans in the United States
senate are determinedly advocating the
passing of a shipping subsidy bill, which
proposes to take from the people SO ,OOO,.
600 per year for thirty years and give
to already reasonably prosperous ship
owners. The friends of this measure
urge its enactment into law upon the
plea that it is to encourage the building
OF an American merchant marine. If
this be the object of the bill, why pay
the bulk of the subsidy to ships already
built and this to rapid trans. Atlantic
really carry freight cargo? Then too,
if it is right and lawful to use public
money to aid private individuals to
build ships, is it not just as legitimate to
use money raised by taxation from all
the people to aid private enterprise to
build wagons, lawn mowers or auto
mobiles? If we once admit the principle
is there any end to the application that
may be made of it? Did any republi-
can orator or candidate, in any speech,
declare that republican success meant
shipping subsidies or other forms of
special privileges to favored interests? !?
If not, are they now acting in good
faith?
The subsidy bill is not the only piece
of legislation favorable to special
interests. The
lower house of
congress has already acted favorably
upon the Grout bill, which places tax
of ten cents per pound upon oleomar-
garine. The tax is SO excessive that it
means the crushing out of this
industry if the bill passes the senate
and is permitted by the president to
become a law. The power of taxation,
contrary to the constitution, is being used
for the avowed purpose of destroying
an industry. 1t is an attempt to
enrich the buttermakers at the expense
of the makers of oleomargarine, rival
food product. Scientific investigation
has established the fact that oleomarga-
rine is healthful and wholesome food
product 1t is therefore entitled to the
protection of the law the same as any
other legitimate business. If it is being
dishonesty sold by retailers the law
should be amended to prevent such
deception. Enact stringent laws re-
quiring that oleomargarine be sold under
The Conservative, 1900-12-20

time, except in case of distress, and in
such case shall depart as soon as possi-
BILE; vessel of war of belligerent
shall not depart within twenty four
hours from the departure of vessel of
war of the other belligerent.
"It IS agreed, however, that none of the
immediate foregoing conditions and shpu-
Iat1ons IN sections numbered 1, 2, 8, 4 and
5 Of this article, shall apply to measures
which the United States mag find 1t
necessary to take for securing, by ats owm
forces, the defense Of the United States
and the maintenance of public order.
"6. The plant, establishments, build.
ings and all works necessary to the con-
struction, maintenance and operation of
the canal shall be deemed to be part
thereof, for the purposes of this conven-
tion, and in time of war as in time of
peace, shall enjoy complete immunity
from attack or injury by belligerents
and from acts calculated to impair their
usefulness as part of the canal.
"7. No Notifications shall be erected
commanding the canal or the waters
adjacent. The United States, however,
shall be at liberty to maintain such
military police along the canal as may
be necessary to protect it against lawless-
ness and disorder
The action of the senate in amending
the treaty is great disappointment to
D.,. c, the administration
for the reason that
the treaty az it was written was an
administration measure and for the
additional reason that it is feared the
treaty in it's present form will prove
Objectionable to Great Britain, and thus
delay for many months, if not indefi-
nltely, the construction of the canal. At
any rate it is not probable that Great
Britain will be able to act upon the
amendment before the expiration of this
session of congress so that the definite
consideration of the matter will 90 over
until next session.
AS it now stands the treaty is rather
inconsistent with itself. The main
,,.. objection urged
against it by
those seeking to amend related to Sec
tion of article 2, which prohibits the
erection of Notifications commanding
the canal or the waters adjacent" This
objection is not overcome by the adop-
tion OF the amendment for the reason
that the amendment precedes section z,
thereby leaving the Objectionable
feature still in force. 1t is possible that
our government may, under the terms
of the amendment, be permitted, in
time of war, to use it's fleet at the en-.
trance Of the canal or mine the
bed of it and use it's military force to
guard the entire course of the channel.
There is question, however, whether
all of this would he permissible under
section 7. The present form of the
treaty suggests the suspicion that those
xrvIa< ~-I~k ~
The Conservative, 1900-12-20
Che Conservative.
The senate, by a
vote of 65 to II,
amended the Hay
TREATY
AMENDED.

resolution, which, its friends allege,
permits the United States to fortify the
Nicaragua canal. This resolution was
introduced last spring by the late Sena.
tor Davis, the chairman of the COM
mittee on foreign affairs. The essential
provisions of the treaty as amended are
as follows, with amendment in italics
"Article L. 1t is agreed that the canal
may be constructed under the auspices
of the government of the United States,
either directly at it's own cost, or by
gift, or loan of money to individuals
or corporations or through subscription
to or purchase of stock or shares, and
that, subject to the provisions of the
present convention, the said government
shall have and enjoy all the rights Incl
dent to such construction, as we'll as the
exclusive right of providing for the
regulation and management of the
canal.
"Article 2. The high contracting
parties desiring to preserve and main
tain the general principle of neutraliza-
tion established in article s of the
Clayton. Bulwer convention, adopt, as
the basis of such naturalization, the
following rules, substantially as en-
bodied in the conventions between Great
Britain and certain other powers, signed
at Constantinople, Oct. 80, 1888, for the
free navigation of the Suez maritime
canal, that is to say:
81. The canal shall be free and open,
in time of war as in time of peace, to
the vessels of commerce and of war of
all nations, on terms Of entire equality,
so that there shall be no discrimination
against any nation or it's citizens or
subjects in respect Of the conditions or
charges of traffic, or otherwise.
"2. The canal shall never be block
AIDED, nor shall any right of war be
exercised nor any act of hostility COM
mitted within it,
"3. Vessels of war of belligerent
shall not revictual nor take any stores in
the canal, except so far as may be
strictly necessary, and the transit of
such vessels through the canal shall be
effected with the least possible delay,
in accordance with the regulations in
force, and with only such intermission
as may result from the necessities of the
service. Prizes shall be in all respects
subject to the same rules as vessels of
war of the belligerents.
~. No belligerent shall embark or
disembark troops, munitions of war or
warlike materials in the canal except in
case of accidental hindrance of the
transit, and in such case the transit
shall be resumed with all possible dis
patch.
YuyI
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-12-06

johnson CITY will hold lis
city election today,
An effort will be made to Sc
cure street lights at Da, ton.
The gin and Jaw mill Of II.
II Lewis burned near Ripley.
Smallpox is break ng out in
several Henry county spots.
I Sam llnrdl,, negro mail car
rirr, was drowned near Gimp.
An increased tobacco acreage
will be pat out in West Tennessee
next year.
Four Mormon elders received
contribution Of eggs before
leaving DyersburS-
Ire Tennessee Valley Bank
will be absorbed by the Ameri-
can National at Dayton.
The expenditure Of 100000
for pixies is the leading subject
of discussion in Monroe county.
Philip Arnold and Miss
Clara McMllkin went through n
heavy @'srm to get married ut
McEwen.
Gal Derrick, WIN made an tfN
fort 10 rob a bank at SeyierYIlle
two years ago, has been placed
at the Petros state mine.
A Madison comfy constable
arrested /" tramp who insisted on
warm coffee being added to tt 9
dinner lie officer gave him.
Two Hawkins county dogs fell
/ IN a cave wbiie chasing a rabbit
and were alive two weeks later
! when found by their master.
Johu Baggett, q former mem.
Der of the First Tennessee regl>
ment, has returned from Manila
to his home in Montgomery
county. de predicts that it will
take 10000 soldiers to suppress.
the F,iipinos.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-12-06
MARKET REPORT.
CHATTANOOGA PRICES.

Corrected Weekly by Hill & Son.
Corn-S bu., wholesale SAC; retail,
CSC.
Wheat-Tennessee on wharf, re
Oats-Tennessee, 25 a CSC.
Corn meals a Soc,
Bran-ln carloads, 81 a Soc.
Flour-Pstents $500; straights $50
Hides-Fresh green, &c and Sc.
Beeswax Pure, 20 "a &c.
G,nseng-3 90 q $50.
Pink root-Good and clear, 8@1Oc
Golden seal root-35 a Acc.
May apple root-2e.
Eggs, per dozen, 13c.
Poultry-hens 2lc; fryers, 12c; tur.
keys, 7@Sc p ID.
Irish potatoes. p bu. 706S0c; seed
potatoes, 10000.
Sweet potatoes, R bu. LOO.
Peas-R bu. 225.
Hsy-Timothy, 1890 "a 1900.
Tennessee Sorghum-31@32c.
Nails-Basis 2 IS, wire.
Leather, hemlock. 34c; yak, 39c.
Barbed wire-350@400.
Clover seed-Prime crimson. 6 CO.
Timothy seed-S13 80.
.Cattle-Best butchers 3OO@325
Common butchers, $50 a 225
Hogs-Heavy, 75c; shoats, 4.75;
pigs, 40O@425.
Shssp-Fsir to choice, 2.75 TO 800
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-12-06
STATE NEWS.

A brass band is being organic
ed.
A lecture hall will be erected
at McEwen.
Several Kentucky spcrtsplen
are ut ReelfoOt lake.
Chattanooga has commenced
talking It's spring festival,
Telephone wires at Memphis
will soon be underground.
A new Christian church at
Gleason was opened for use.
Deals in phrsphats land cOa,
tinue active ia Maury county.
The Chattanooga Electric line
will be extended three miles.
The smallpox scare has injur>
ed business in Putnam county.
Snow forced lumbermen out
of the Green county mountains.
1t took two 'Squires to try a
lawsuit over a rooster at Ben
ton.
Hawkins county farmers pres
fer packing their hogs to selling
them.
The lumber business in Fen.
tress county is more active than
for years.
The efforts of whitecaps to
force negroes to leave Marshall
county failed.
Circuit court at Kingston ad-
journed on account OF smallpox
in the county.
John Mcconnell, OF Haley
raised turnips weighing eight
and nine pounds.
Republicans in Wayne county
surprised themselves by gaining
ISL votes in two years.
Peter Ware, an aged Mont
gomery county negro, was
ground to pieces by the cars.
Aft Harrall. q well-known cit,
izsn, fell from a buggy near
Huntingdon aud broke his neck.
G. S. Houser aud four children
returned by wagon from Mis-
souri, and will again become the
residents of Sewer county.
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-12-06
Best for the Bowels.

No matter what ails you, headache TO
a cancer. you will never get we'll until
your bowels are put right CASCAR-
ETS help nature, cure you without a
gripe or pain, produce easy natural
movements. costs you just 10 cents 70
start getting your health back. CAS-
CARETS Candy Cathartie. the genuiRe,
nut ID Ia metal boxes, every tablet has
c. c. c. stamped on IL Beware Of imi-
tsiiOps
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-12-06
STATE NEWS.

is working at Cleveland.
Ileury Benton killei a big
ba d eegIe in Robertson county.
The Cleveland Jnnrn&l will is.
sue al industrial edition Dec 10.
An artesian well is being open
ed on Mary vile College ground.
K Sak1iume, Il native OF Ja-
pan. has entered Grant Universi-
ty.
The Southern railway eompa>
ny occupies new depot ut Taze
well.
But one burial that of 8 negro,
is reported at Cleveland for ten
weeks.
The Nashville city council
assed an ordinance against CO.
caine.
The Banner is a monthly start
ed by the Brownsville Female
College
A new building Is being
erected tor the Cleveland Wool
Gu Mills.
A movement has baen started
against street preaohing at
Spring field.
George Jackson lost his barn
and three horses BY FIRE in Olsi-
borne c0Gnty.
Nearly ten thousand Thanks
giving turkeys were shipped from
Bedford county.
Henry Moore, of Shelby coun>
ty. made a success raising Jap
enese persimmous.
Ed Barnett and Miss Ollie
Thompson were married on the
street at Union City.
Albert Kramer secured the
contract for the erection OF a lace
plant at Hohenwald.
Workm,n IN a Bradley coun
ty pike found a lot OF huma
bones between two rocks.
Thousands Of dollara damage
was done to property in Wes'
Tennessee by the recent rain.
Bank clearings at Memphis for
last week were $l,62774 more
than for the same time last year.
Robert Clark, for nearly a
quarter of a century a toll~gate
keeper in Montgomery county, lie
dead.
A youth of Hutton, Bradley
county. gave a social at which
cotton picking was the leading
work.
Annie Young, a Nashville ne
gro, was burned to death while
trying to keep a house from beA
ing destroyed
A clerk in poultry house at
Nashville was nearly frightened
to death by turkey thinking II
was a ghost.
The body of Benton Asbe, OF
Alma, West Va, who died at
EIizsbethton, six years ago, was
found petrified.
Messy Greek reports that the
Southern railway company will
put in a double track between
M0rristown and Knoxville.
Lockjaw, resulting from the
loss of four fingers in a corr
shredder, cansed the death o.
Will Rsdding at Pleasant View
Mrs. Ellen Robinson, of Nor
ristown, gave the First Presby
terrain Church there a 81 500 par
sonsge snd the M. E. Church
South, 81, 200 in cash.
"Who stole fifteen gallons o
whiskey election day." is ques
ton causing more comment a
Huntingdon than how the bal
lots were cast and counted.
A man at Hannibal, Mo-, sd'
vertised for a wife, and Mis-
Sequachee Valley news. (Sequachee [Sequatchie], Tenn.) 1896-1952, 1900-12-06

Read be News-sOo.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-10
'Insurgents" Lose Their Case.

The case of the Pennsylvania mem
bers of the Junior Order of American
Mechanics, who opposed a special as
sessment and other changes inaugurated
by the national council, was decided
adversely on Wednesday by the state
supreme court. The insurgents" as
they are called, took the matter into
court and secured victory in the
Dauphin county court. The decision
rendered Wednesday reverses the court
of Dauphin county and dismisses the
bill of the ''insurgents."
The committee appointed by the in
surgent faction held conference yes
terday with their attorneys and decided
to instruct all the subordinate lodges
throughout the state to abide by the
decision of the supreme court and pay
the Is cents per capita tax.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-10

If the Hon. Mark Hanna can draw
any comfort from the returns of the
Maine election he is welcome to the
enjoyment of it. An unusually active
and earnest canvass had been made in
the hope of securing such majority
as would impress the country with the
belief that the people have implicit
confidence in the Mckinley administra-
ton. The most distinguished orators
of the country were brought in and the
strongest defense of the presidents
course that it was possible to invent
and present was made. But the result
is not reassuring to the Republican
managers. On the contrary, it is most
discouraging, for 1t not only shows a
dangerous decrease of the Republican
vote, but a threatening increase of the
Democratic vote.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-10

The earth is growing heavier at the
meteors, or shooting stars, in passing
through the earth's atmosphere are
burned up and fall on to the earths
surface, occasionally in heavy mass,
but most usually in small meteoric
dust.
Professor Nordenskjold, from his
great experience, estimated that from
the cause named 800 tons fall uni
formly and steadily over the whole
globe in each year, and the observa-
lar result.
These meteoric streams, says another
astronomer, are really small planetary
bodies, revolving around the sun in
fixed orbits by the force of gravity.
The earth revolves on its axis at the
rate of 1000 miles an hour and speeds
through space in its orbit around the
sun at the rate of 1000 miles every
minute and in August and November
plunges into the very opposite direc-
ton.
The rapidity with which they enter
our atmosphere and the friction thus
generated are so enormous that they
are set fire to, the smaller ones being
consumed and falling in dust, while
the larger ones occasionally reach the
earth in the shape of meteoric stone or
iron.-Answers.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-10
Reducing Its Risks.

AT the recent meeting of the supreme
council of the American Legion of Honor
an important measure was adopted.
The benefit certificates heretofore is
sued ranged from $500 to s., 900, but at
the meeting mentioned the laws were so
amended as to reduce the higher benefit
certificates to s., 900. Hereafter persons
who are holding IS, 900 certificates will
pay for only $1,000, thus very largely re-
ducng the liabilities of the order This
will be considerable of blow to persons
holding the larger certificates, and who
have been expected to realize the full
SIS, 600.
Another scaling of obligation is that
the American Legion of Honor will not
hold itself responsible for the face of
the policy unless the amount
received from the assessment of mem
bers is large enough to pay the loss. 1t
is also provided that ''if necessity re-
quire, the executive committee may at
any time call an extra assessment of the
whole or any part of the table of rates:
in default of payment thereof a member
shall stand suspended from membership
in the order, and his benefit certificate
shall be void"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-10
The Woman With the Broom.

Written after seeing a farmers wife cleaning
house
Bowed by the cares of cleaning house, she leans
Upon her broom and gazes through the dust,
wilderness OF wrinkles on her face,
And on her head a knob OF wspy hair.
Who made her slave to sweeping and to soap,
thing that smiles not and that never rests,
Sanctioned in stall, a sister to the cow2
Who loosened and made shrill this angled jaw7
Who lowered this narrowed chest for blowing up
OF sluggish men folks and their morning fire?
Is this the thing you made bride and brought
To have domain over hearth and home,
To scour the stairs and search the bin for -four,
To bear the burden OF maternity?
Is this the wife they wove who framed our law
And pillared bright land on smiling honest
Down all the stretch of street to the last house
There is no shape more angular than hers,
More tongued with gable OF her neighbors' deeds
More filed with nerve ache and rheumatic twinge
More traught with menace of the frying pan.
Oh, lords and masters in our happy land,
How with this woman will you make account,
How answer her shrill question in that hour
When whirlwinds of such women shake the polls,
Needless OF every precedent and creed,
Straight in hysteric haste to right all wrongsf
How will it be with cant of politics,
With king Of trade and legislative boss,
With cobwebs of hypocrisy and greed,
When she shall take the ballot for her broom
And sweep away the dust Of centuries?
Edwin W. Sanbon in New York Sum-
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-10
AgAH@lEs
>>sssS,-FITH;-=Er THH;;-z==ErrIl Is assss!Esg gX-M
= --s--r=--,ll ~ 5S1-e - -
-EsRsa.--s
TIM LOST.
An Instructive Fable by Dear Old
Uncle ELI.


Copyright, 1900 by C. B. Lewls.l
One day as the Sage was passing
along highway he came upon several
Travellers who were standing around
the body of man lying upon the earth.
What is thls?" asked the wise man
as he looked about.
"We cannot agree as to the man ly.
ing here" replied one of the Travellers.
81 contend that, being a Traveller like
myself, he should not pay a poll tax"
''And l contend that, being a Peas
ant, he must pay the tax" added a
second.
"Under the law he must be Travel
er."
Under the law he must be d Peas
ant"
Thus they argued and wrangled and
discussed, and the Sage looked down
at the man in silence. 1t was finally
agreed to leave it to the wise man to
decide, and he lifted up his voice and
said
my dear friends, you may cease
your wrangling and go your ways In
peace. While you have been arguing
the question the poor man has died of
starvation, and he is therefore neither
u Traveller nor a Peasant, but cold
corpse"
Moral.-You'l find it In Washington
OF Porto Rico. NJ. QUAD.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-10
Glory.


Oh, what glory must there be for him who hears
The happy people calling him with cheers,
Whose fame is everywhere,
For whom banners float in air,
Who has proved his valor on the bloody field
Or won in splendid battle on the wavei
What heights OF glory TO him revealed
In tine moment Of the cheering for the brayei
What glory must be his who rides along
The beheld Of all beholders in the throng,
Who reads love in every eye
As he proudly passes by,
Who can know that he is numbered with the
great,
Whose name will give his children's children
pridel
What glorious reflections must elnte
The statesman as he bows from side to sdel
The heroes and the men who rule are few;
There may never be a chance for me or you;
We may never hear cheer
From the crowd when we appear,
But there is joy the least of us may know;
The pride that keeps aflame within the breast
OF him, however high, however low,
Who has found some work that he can do the
best
Buffalo News
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-10
THE DELAWARE, SUsQUEHANNA AND
l. SCnUYLKILL RAILROAD.

Time table in effect April Is, 1897.
:, Iralns leave Dritton Tor Jeddo, Eckley, Hazle
DruOk, STOCKTON, Beaver Meadow ltuad Roam
anu HazetOn Junction at 30. 6 III n m dnIiv
except sunday; and W IL IN, 2 IS y m, sunday.
lfalhs leaVe Drlilon Tor Harwood, Cranberry,
except sunday; and Z 1U3 IN, IS D III, Sun
day. '-' S''i
Trains leave Drtfton for Oneida junction.
uatWoou load, humboldt Road, Oneida and
3ucpptOn ut W II III, daily except sun
aay; ana U5 Il IN, 38 p IN, Sunday
Trains leaVe hazietou junction for Harwood
cranberry, Tomhicken and Deringer ut d 35 a
n, daily except sunday; and 53 a IN, 422pm
sunday. ~ N-'
Trains leave Hazleton junction for Oneida
junetion, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road
ONEIDA and Sheppton at 81, IL 10 n m al N m
sunday. ni'
Trains leave Deringer for Tomhick N, Gran.
Jerry, Han wood, HazietUn junction and Yoan
al 20, ~ In, daily except Sunday: ana - "a
m, b W y m, sunday. "
pdaS Trans m leave sheppton for Oneida, Humboldt
ton junction ard Roam at IL m, IL 40. + ~
N, daily except Sunday; and Sli IN, 3I
y m, Sunday. ' III
Trains leave sheppton for Beaver Meadow
ROAD, Stockton, Halle Brook, Eckley, Jeddo
anu Drilton at . ~ m, daily, except Sunday:
ana ii u M, 8 Al III, Sunday
Trains leave HaZleton junction for Reoyo,
Meadow Road, stockton, Hazle Brook, Eckley.
Jeuuo ana Drl1ton at D. 40, 26 y III, daily
except sunday; and 10 10 N, . 10 IN. Sunduy'
All trains connect at HaZleton Junction win
electric cars for Hazleton, Jeanrsville. Aude"i
pany's line. NOli-
Trains leaving Drifton at 30, 6 90 a m maks
connection at Dernger with Z. H. r. trains fnr
west. N Foii1o
for the accommodation of passengers MT wov
stations between Hazleton Junction and nsrs-
lng6er' tram will leave the former point at
Deringer at 90 I'm. Ut
LUTHER G. SMITH. Superintendent.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1900-10-10

"What are those people along the
shore and in boats doing?" asked the
maiden in the pale blue taffeta shirt
waist.
"They seem to be dragging the
river" replied the interested masculine
observer.
Good land! Does the river run so
slow that it has to be pulled alongP-
Chicago Tribune.