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STATE OF HUE'S
STILL IH MUDS Of
PROHIBITIONISTS
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Although Republican was Elected
for Governor his Majority was
Near 17,000 Short ot Previous
Majorities. Some Explanations
of the Great Break.
Democrats Made Re-Submission
of Liquor Prohibiten Amend
ment Part of Plattorm while Re
publicans Endorsed Prohibi
tory p lan.
Portland, Maine, September 11. —
The result of th 6 election yesterday
when the Republican plurality for Gov
ernor which usually approximates 25,-
000 was reduced about 8,000. while
at the same time the total number of
votes was greatly increased over the
figures of four years ago, is attributed
by the leaders of both the Republi
can and Democratic parties to the pop
ular feeling over the operation of the
prohibitory liquor laws.
Although the Republicans re-elected
Governor Cobb and all four Congress
men, and will have the working con
trol of the State legislature the plu
rality was so generally reduced as to
occassion surpise in many quarters.
Both Governor Cobb and Congress
man Littlefield. in whose district the
most vigorous battle of the campaign
was waged, are of the opinion that the
Sturgis law providing for enforcement
of the existing prohibitory laws by the
State liquor deputies, was the leading
factor in the result The Democrats
made the re-submission of the liquor
prohibitory amendment a part of their
platform, while the Republicans stood
squarely for, the endorsement of the
prohibitory plan and its strict enforce
ment.
The result was especially evident in
the cities, the Democrats carrying all
of 21 municipalities, with the exception
of four smaller ones.
The vote of the country t districts,
however, where the re-suomto~ion idea
has never gained any noticeable fol
lowing more than offset the Democrat
ic gains in the cities.
In the second district, congressional,
where Mr. Gompers, president of the
National Federation of Labor, conduct
ed a vigorous to defeat Lit
tlefield, Littlefield's majority was re
duced from that of four years ago by
several thousand. The Congressman
attributes the result not to the com
paign against him but to the general
sentiment regarding the Sturgis law.
A Puzzling Election.
The election was one of the most
puzzling in Maine's history. The
city of Lewiston was one of the most
important factors in reducing Little
field's plurality for it gave to Mc
f-illicuddy a vote of 1,430 in excess
that given to Littlefield. Four years
ago Littlefield divided the votes
evenly with his Democratic oppo
nent.
Of more startling nature was the
vote for Governor Cobb who failed
to carry his home city, Rockland,
here Davis received a plurality of
1". Augusta, the capital of the State,
went Democratic by a small margin.
Sixteen out of 20 cities in the State
went Democratic, Hallowell, Gardiner,
Eastport and Calaias being the only
ones to remain Republican. Two
years ago when the candidates for
governor were the same as this year
Cobb carried 18 of the 20 cities, Wa
t rville, the home of Davis, and Lew
ifton being the only cities in the
Democratic column.
CONCERNING YELLOW FEVER.
Tropical Countries Fast Ridding Th»m
sclves of Encouraging
Report.
New Orleans, La., September 11. —
One of the most encouraging reports
the present summer on the struggle
to exterminate yellow fever was given
cut by Juan J. Fernandez, Consul Gen
eral for Honduras. It indicates that
the tropical countries from which it
has been charged yellow fever Infec
tion has been transmitted to' Southern
i'nited States, are successfully ridding
their territories of the disease in Hon
duras with American surgeon in
charge, the precautions have been car
ried almost to extremes.
As a result during the last two
months in the communities where for
the last year 50 or more cases of yel
low fever were reported nell one case
bas been reported during the last two
months.
KILLED BY LIVE WIRE.
Two Men Killed Instantly by Coming
Into Contact With Barbed Wire
Fence Charged With Eelectricity.
RushviHe, Ind., Sept. 11—Three
v/orkmen were killed by coming in
contact with a barbed wire fence
that had been charged with electric
ity from the plant of the Indianapo
lis and Cincinnati Traction Company.
A bolt of' lightning had burned the
insulator which allowed the guy wire
leading to the fence to become
charged.
J JMUAt
THE HICKORY DEMOCRAT
«* f f ■ V. 4 y
■ AND PRESS
fck St?
THE OLD EYE-SORE, THE FREIGHT DEPOT, HAS BEEN MODERNLY i
"IMPROVED" (?) —SEEI
[' SECY. SHAW AT STATESVILLE.
Statesville Donned Her Finest Attire
2 FOP Reception of Secretary Shaw—
f Speaks to Larne Audience.
5 Statesville, September li.—Honor
' able Leslie M. Shaw and party consist
ing of G. L. Patterson of Concord,
- Spencer B. Adams of Greensboro, Spcn
- cer Blackburn, Charles H. Cowles of
a 1 Wilkesboro, J. A. Ramsey, and Chasey
' : Kestler of Salisbury, J. D. Dorsett of
Spencer, arrived here at 10.20 on No.
i 11 and were met at the station by a
- large reception committee.
The order of the procession from the
station to the hotel Irdell where the
* i Secretary will stop, was as follows:
> First carriage Secretary Shaw, Mayor
Steele, Judge Furches and Dr. Mott;
. second carriage, H. C. Cowles, Geo. Hj
Brown: third carriage, Congressman
! Blackburn, Judge Adams, N. R. Tuns
| tall, J. W. Cling.
' J Other carriages brought over the re
| j mainder of the party. The opera
I j house has been beautifully decorated
; ■ with evergreens and flags by the ladies
' of the city.
; I It was packed and Mr. Shaw began
*his speech at 1:30 m~
| He was introduced by Judge Furches
' who was introduced by Congressman
Blackburn and he discussed the issues
in the same manner as they were
[ treated at Salisbury and other points
in North Carolina where he spoke.
1 The following gentlemen were on the
stage with Mr. Shaw: Congressman
'{ Blackburn, Judge Adams, Mayor ■}.
1 Steele, C. H. 'Cowles, H. C. Cowles,
L. C. Wagner, Judge Furches, Collec
tor Brown, Dr. Mott, Dr. Tustall, Post
master Long, A. A. Whitener of Hick-.
; ory and Messrs. F. Pool ?nd H. T.
* Campbell of Taylorsville, and the mem
bers of the board of aldermen. After
the Speaking there was a public recep
' tion at the hotel Iredell where the pub
lic was invited to meet the secretary.
' MURDER IS VEILED I
I HI DEEP MYSTERY
I
j
» No Clue as to Brutal Murderer of
Jg/s.- W. K. Lewis. Her Body
was Fount! in Closet in Horri
ble Condition. Motive Un
-1 known.
»
| Philadelphia, September 11. —The
mystery surropndine ttie brutal mur
r der yesterday of .Mrs. M. K. Lewis,
) the young wife and mother, who was
" shot and killed at an apartment house,
" in the uptown section of the city, is
- still unsolved.
Morris K. Lewis, husband of the
i slain woman, is a travelling salesman
and was at Altoona, yesterday. He
reached here to-day.
The dectectives thus far have been
' unable to obtain any clue.
The body of Mrs. Lewis was found
bv a policeman who had been called
1 into the house by the proprietress,
Mrs. Charlotte Kelly. The latter ac
companied by her mother went sight
seeing yesterday and on her- return
3 in the evening was alarmed at the
5 condition of the house. They found
1 Mrs. Lewis' seventeen months old
" child in the hall spattered with blood.
A policeman was called and found
L the body of the slain woman wedged in
a closet where it had thrust by
1 the murderer. A bullet wound was
' tound in the neck and a knife wound
' in the breast. The motive of the crime
1 is unknown.
SMITH BROTHERS ON TRIAL.
j
r Indicated for Alleged Peonage—
~ Charged With Holding 4,000 Ne
' groes in Slavery.
Cape Gibardeau, Mo., Sept. 11.—
The trial of Charles M. Smith, Pas.
E. Smith and Rex Smith, brothers,
of Sikeston, on lie charge of peon
age, began in the United States Dis
trict Court. Three hundred witness
e cs are here. The charge against the
Smiths is that they have held 42
3 negroes, four of them #omen, in
1 practical 1 slavery and made them
e work on 4,000 acres of reclMmed
swamp land. ,
*-■ •• —; ——— ;
Warsaw, September 11. —The refu
e gees from Sidlce declare that the prin
e cipal plunderers were Reservists who
e Tossed through Siedlce Monday on
, their way home,
HICKORY, N. C.. THURSDAY .SEPTEMBER 13, 1906,
AN END OF BLOODSHED.
s Massacre of Jews Ended for Time Be?
ing—About 100 Were Killed. j
Warsaw, September 11.—The reign
of bloodshed at Siedlce has ceased, at
least for the time being. Troops are
» camped in the streets, and a systemati
" ic search of houses and persons is be
' ing carried on. The authorities have
'') opened an inquiry into the events
' which led up to the outbreak and the
• subsequent reign of terror. There is
1 great need for medical assistance for
the wounded. According to the best in
! formation the number of persons killed
1 in Siedlce is about 100.
BRYAN SOUTHWARD BOUND.
■ Makes First Stop on Southern Tour
and is Warmly Greeted. .
St. Louis, Sept. 11. —The reception
committee, including former Governors
Stannard and Bockery, National Corn l
| mitteeman Rothwell, Senator Stone
| and many other prominent Democrats
greeted Mr. Bryan on his arrival this
morning. St. Louis is the first stbp
-1 ping point in Bryan's intinerary of thd
South which will end in Indian Territo
ry late this month. He will address a
' mass meeting at the Coliseum tonight.
| After breakfast at the Hotel Jefferson
Mr. Bryan held a general reception and
later visited the Merchants' Exchange*
• Trust Fighter is O: K.
Mr. Bryan sa:d he had not been
following closely the ouster proceed
ings of Attorney General Hadley
the alleged oil combine, but,
icferrlng to Attorney General Had l
ley, he said: "I'm right with any
body who lights trusts."
Washington, September 11.—Pay di
rector Eustice B. Rogers has been ap
pointed Pay-Master General of tho
Nay.
KeXO
? Whether to Name a Straight Par
ty Ticket, or Nominating Hearst
for Governor Agree to a Fusion
with Democrats Still a Mooted
Question.
! New York, Sept. 11.—The much
• e'ebated question of whether the In
dependence League, in its State con
-1 vention which opens today stiall
i name a straight party ticket, or nom
ii-ating Hearst for governor, agree to
, a fusion with the Democrats so far
an the remainder is concerned, was
1 still undecided when the State com
mittee adjourned at three this morn
ing.
After hours of debate and when an
1 agreement seemed hopeless, the State
' committee voted to refer the whole
matter to the committee on resolu
tions, instructing thvt body to report
1 to the convention upon the expedi
-1 ?ncy of the league naming a' straight
ticket, fusing with Democrats, or
occepting the proposition to appoint
a committee to confer with the com
mittee to be named subsequently by
; t!be Dfemocratic convention at Buffalo,
this joint committee to choose the
ticket on which the Independence
, league and Democratic party shall
unite.
In the meantime the league to
name no candidates, it being under
stood, however, that the candidate
agreed upon by the joint committee
shall endorse the principles repre
sented in Hearst's candidacy.
The State convention will be called
to order at noon.
Hearst's Name Applauded.
The convention was called to order
, tt 1 o'clock by tho State Chairman
Ihmscn. Every mention oi Hearst's
> feme was enthusiastically applauded,
! the cheering following the first refer-
B £nce lasting' fully five minutes while
i several delegations marched cheering
I round the hall.
Gibraltar, 1 September il.—Steamer
. Prinz' Adelberti due here Wednesday,
- will call at Tangier to pick up and
) take to New York Paul O. Stevsland,
i former president of the Milwaukee
Avenue State bank at Chicago. *
Spoke there Last Night to About
1000 People. Is Pleasant and
Makes Good Impression. "Was
Introduced by Mr. Blackburn.
• • *
An Outline of Speech.
Salisbury, Sept. 11. —Secretary
Shaw spoke last night to probably
1,000 people. He was Hstened to at
tentively and makes a good impres
sion. He was introduced by Con
gressman 'Blackburn.' He spoke in
part, as follows:
tHE SPfeECH.
Our political- opponents lay much
stress on the fact that some American
! manufactures are sold abroad cheape/
than at home. Thiit the practice pre-
I vails to some extent all must acjmit.
but that it does not prevail generally/
, or to any considerable extent is easily
' established. A- nonpartisan industrial
commission was appointed by Con
gress in 1898, which, after spending
• more than three years in the investiga
j tion, filed its report in 1902, which was
l published in. 18 large volumes. This
t fepOrt cbntafns all available evidence
3 on "this subject. 1 "After making Careful
> compilations from the data therein
- contained, Senator Gallinger, of New
3 Hampshire, stated on the floor of the
3 United States Senate, in April, 1904,
3 that approximately $4,000,(TOO worth of
J American manufactured products ar«i
p annually sold abroad' cheaper than in
- cur own domestic market. No one has
I ever attempted to disprove Senator
Gallinger's conclusions, though our po
etical opponents continue to speak of
the practice as well-nigh universal.
This $4,000,000 worth can be far more
t than acounted for by the advantage
given to exporters under our drawback
i laws, and it is quite likely the estimate
5 js too low.
I I It has been the policy of the Repub
; I lican party for many years to allow
5 manufacturers who export their pro
; duct the advantage of the cheapest
- possible raw material. The Dingley
• tariff law provides two ways by
- which exporters may avail themselves
i of this advantageous privilege. First,
• the law authorizes tho manufacture
t of merchandise for export in bonded
I lactories and permits to be transfer
red there to not only Imported ores,
iron, and steel Mllets and other materi
i al free of duty* but also spirits and
• tobacco free tit- internal-revenue tax.
• During the fiscal year approximately
, $10,000,000 worth spirits and tobacco
• were thus used and the entire product
• exported and.no duty or internal rev
enue paid thereon. Had this material
been entered for consumption in this
. country, the duty and internal-revenue
. tax would have been a large amount,
> and, to the extent of this saving in the
cost of the finished product the smelter
and manufacturer could reduce his
export price and still make the same
profit.
Under the American scale of wages
the value of ordinary American manu
factures Is about equally divided be
tween material and labor. The con
version into finished products, there
fore of $10,000,000 wOrth of raw mate
rial consumed in bonded factories
would justify the sale abroad of twice
• that amount of refined or' manufactur
ed products cheaper than at home. I
t should not be surprised to learn that
most of the output of these bonded
| smelteries ftnd factories is sold
. abroad below the price prevailing in
I the United States.
The other method proyfded in the
Dingley law for allowing • manufactur
ers who export their products the'ad
-1 vintage of cheap material authorizes
■ the Secretary df the' Treasury to pay
. Back to the exporter Of manufactured
■ merchandise 99 per Cent, of the duty
which he has actually paid Upon any
' imported m&Cerial consumed fherein.
i During the la&t fiscal year there wag
. refunded to 'exporters of manufactures
produced in whole or in part from im
-1 ported dutiable material approximately
■ $6.000;000. The refund "of duty aver
. ages about 5 per cent, of the value
of the exported merchandise. This
drawback provision, therefore, jiisti
-1 fles the sale abroad of $120,000,000
! worth of American-manufactured mer
chandise 5 per cent, below the domes
tice price of similar articles. Both
these provisions of the Dingley tariff
law were enacted for the avowed and
sole purpose of enabling the Ameri
can employer to put his product on the
foreign market at reduced prices, *ln
this way is he able successfully to com
l pete with rivals who always have the
benefit of cheapyabor and frequently
of nondutiable nfifterial.
The articles on which drawbacks
[ are allowed are numerous and varied.
Last year drawbars were allowed on
, 18 articles in which dutiable iron or
steel wafe Consumed; 9 articles Itl Which
, dutiable Imported lead ore Of lead bul
; lion Was incorporated, 3 articles ip
[ which dutiable sugar or molasses was
used, 12 different articles in which im
ported alcohol 'W&s ' tised, several in
which imported dutiable hides or leath
er was used, end of articles in
which dutiable "imported wool was
used. Drawbacks were allowed on
\ over ISO manufactured articles, in the
5 production of Which 50 different kinds
> of dutiable imported materials were
" consumed.
■ The policy of allowing drawbacks
; upon the exportation of manufactures
into Which dutiable raw : material
entered is in strict harmony with the
r principle of protection. The protec
, tive principle avowedly and in fact
I gives the American producer an advan
, tage within the American market,'but
; no economic policy can give the Ame
rican producer an advantage over his
foreign, competitor in the foreign mar
ket.
The Republican party from the time
of its birth until now has protected the
laborer who produc.es for the Ameri
can market in everyway possible for
man to conceive; Republican legisla
tion excludes Chinese labor primarily
because, the Chinaman refuses to live
on the American standard. The
t lahoresr is unpopular, largely because
of his inexpensive habjts. He neither
feeds himself, clothes himself, nor
houses his family as do Americans.
Living on a lower plane, he can of
course afford to work cheaper than
' Americans and his presence is a men
see; not so much to American morals
as to American wages and fails to con
tribute proportionately to the consump
■ tjve capacity of the country his pres
ence is undesirable. The Republican
party therefore says: "Unless ydu con
- s-ept to be an American consumer you
shall not be an American producer.
You must be,an American in both re*,
spects or in neither."
. Republican' laws against contract la
bor are ot the same class. But for
these laWs manufacturers would go
abroad, hire laborers at the European
' "scfile 6f Wages, and" "bring them to this
country under contract tp work below
the American scale. This was once
(he'jSrafctlcetothe prejudice not only
of labor but to the 'prejudice of the
American farmer as well. Low wages
compel poor living and poor living
harms the farmer and the manufac
turer also, for it restricts the consump
tive capacity of the country .
The Republican party gives the Ame
rican manufacturer tor the foreign
market, however, every possible ad
vantage except that of cheap labor.
fio law can protect the American pro
ducer in the -foreign market, " hence
the exporter of the product' of Ameri
can labor is given the cheapest pos
sible raw material. If It be said tHat
this is to the advantage of the export
er, I reply that it aids quite as much
those whom the exporter employs,
while those who supply the ordinary
needs of these employed arMsans are
benefited also.
Perhaps I can make this drawback
principle clearer by means G f an illus
tration. The American produce, of
steel billits has a minimum protection
of $6.72 per ton. The producer of
spikes and bolts h>s a protection of
$13.44 and $33.60 per ton respectively.
The American iron and Steel Manu
facturing Company of Lebanon, Pa.,
was paid last year in.rQpnd numbers
SIO,OOO drawback on the exportation
of $75,000 worth of railway spikes and
bolts produced from imported steel bil
lets. H
In effect the Government said to this
concern: If you wnl consume $35,000
worth of iabor in the manu
facture of $75,000 worth of spikes and
bolts, there will back to you
as- soon as you export your product
JIO,OOO or the duty which .you pay on
the billets consumed. This drawback
enabled this concern to sell $755,000
worth of spikes and bolts abroad for
$65,000 and make the same profit as
if sold at home for $75,000. It being
impossible to protect the
producer of spikes and bolts in the for
eign market, the law authorizes this
refund to him on proof of exportation,
with" manifest'intent that he shall sell
his product abroad that much below
the American market price.
In some localities there is a demand
for the admission of hides free of duty,
and the principal reason assigued is
that it will enable the manufacturers
of leather goods to export more of
their products. Drawbacks were allow
ed during the last year, however, on
larger amounts of exported leather
produced from dutiable imported hides,
and on shoes and bel.ting produced
from dutiable imported leather. One
concern in Boston received $16,000 in
drawbacks on the exportation Of sole
leather produced from imported hides.
Presumably this sole leather was sold
abroad cheaper than at home. It could
have been. There was $16,000 differ
ence in the cost and cost of a like
amount of sole leather consumed at
home. I repeat, it is the policy of the
Republican party to give the exporter
of manufactured products the /benefit
of the cheapest possible raw material.
He must "pay the' Anierifcan 'standard
of wages tor the labor consumed so
that those in "his employ may in turn
tcinsu'me American food products, Ame
rican-made clothing, live in American
homes, and educate their children to
the American standard, but' whenetet
the product of this American labor is
exported and thus put out of' all pos
sible bompetition In our markets, there
is refunded to'him the duty he has
paid on the imported raw material.
We exported during the last fiscal
year approximately of man-'
ufactured products exclusive of pre
pared and partly prepared • foods. Of
this total probably $20,000,000 was pre>-
duced in bonded smelteries and factor
ies, and no duty was collected upon the
material consumed. On approximately
$120,000,000 a drawback of about 5 per
cent'was'fec'overed. Thus it will be
seen that nearly 25 per cent. Of our
exported manufactures leave this coun
try costing the exporter less than cor
responding articles which he places on
the American market.
Very frequently the drawback thus
allowed, though small, has made pos
sible the exportation of American pro
ducts. To what extent our export
trade in manufactures is dependent
on this wise provision of law under
which American labor, while working
generally for Americans, is enabled
to perform some service for other coun
tries, no one can tell. I am convinced
that much more can be accomplished
along this line by liberalizing our draw
back laws. This phase of the question,
however, I will not discuss at this time.
Suppose Senator GalliUgerts estimate
to be correct that $4,000,000 of Ameri
can manufacture is annually sold
abroad at prices lower than prevail in
this country, what does it prove? "We
manufacture about 112,000 millions per
annum, exclusive of prepared foods, of
which $4,000,000 is but one-third of 1
per cent. If Senator Gallinger's estl-,
mate is correct then for every SI,OOO
worth of output from orfr Bhops and|
factories about 30 cents worth is sold
'abroad cheaper than at home. The
manufacture of SI,OOO worth of finish
ed products necessitates the outlay of
SSOO in wages. The proposition, there
fore, may be stated as follows: For]
every SSOO in wages paid out our shops
and factories 30 cents worth pf the re
sulting products are disposed of in for
eign markets at reduced prices.
Of our manufactures exclusive of
prepared and partly prepared foods,
we Export but a small fraction above 5
per cent. In other words: of every
SI,OOO in finished products at the
door of our shops and factories, the
production of which has consumed SSOO
worth of labor, practically $52 worth
is sold abroad, and the $52 actually
exported, a little over $3 worth is sold
below the American market.
The practice complained of is not
confined to America, nor is it limited
to countries where the protective
principal prevails. Every government
of Europe approves it and all. save
one, encourages it. George Parish,
editor of the London Statist, perhaps
the iargest" economic journal published
Jn the English language, was my "gufesl
at DeWitt, lowa during the compaign
of 1504. I introduced him to iny audi
ence and he sat Upon my platfbrm.
DuHng the discussion of this subject I
made the statement that every foreign
government except England encour
ages the sale of manufactured products
abroad cheaper than at home, and ad-i
. ded that I was not certain as to the
English policy and asked Mr. Parish
for information. Promptly did he re
,ply: "England does not encourage it,
but our people practice it." The prac
tice is frequently referred to by Writ
ers ,:on political economy as the Eng
lish-German policq.
Special agents of the Treasury De
partment throughout Europe occasion
ally pick up two catalogues published
by the same house, one marked "ex
port" and the other "domestic." These
catalogues will be identical in every
respect except price, and the price for
export wil be from 5 to 25 per centj
lower than for the domestic market.
They frequently gnd discount sheets
applicable to the same catalogues but
regularly offering to sell for export to
the United States ' materially lower*
purchased at Trenton. N\ J., a McCori
miek mbwer for $36. This," he says,
was the price at which anyone coulcj
buy, spot cash. He found the identi
cal make and pattern for sale in Eng
land at 10£ ($48.40 our money), and in
France for francs 275. or $55. He
found Smith & Wesson revolvers,
which regularly sell in New York at
$10.50, for sale in Paris at the equiva
lent of sls. He found the Douglas
shoe advertised in every town in the
United States for $3.50 per pair, also
l>op«lar is London, the metropolis of
a free-trade country, at the equivalent
of $4.00 per pair, and in Paris at the
equivalent of $4.25 per pair. The iden
tical SoTosis shoe, which sells in New
York at $4.50, is sold in London at
$5.25. My daughters, who spent the
winter in Europe, wrote their mother
who was to join them, to bring shoes
for they could hot get shoes as cheap
in Paris. My friend says he found a
Singer sewfng machine at a cheaper
price in Europe than in America, but
he added that it was a machine made
at their\German factory, and of much
rougher finish and inferior in every
way.
But what shall be said of this prac
tice as a policy? Is the practice bad
per set Who suffers because of it?
Does Che American labourer? Go ask
the man who produces these export
wares thus dumped abroad. I Ti&Ve
been criticised, for saying that I would
prefer' to have the American manufac
turer sell his products abroad cheap
er than at home rather than have the
foreign producer, sell his wares in
American cheaper than at home. This
is the same as saying that I would
prefer to have the products of our fac
tories close foreign shops rather than
have the products of foreign shops!
close bur factories. I wish all the
world well, but if anyone has to be
out of employment, if there must be
suffering somewhere, then I will use
my best efforts that it come not nigh
ray country. If, to accomplish this,
It shall be necessary that I pay mote
for my clothes, more for my shoes,
more for my sewing machine, more
for my typewriter, more for the barb
ed'wire u&fed'on'my Ibwa'ffitiri'than is
paid for'th'e >ame articles ifi Europje,
tli&n I wnt'not' objecr'so' long ad tlie
pj'dSuet&'or 'Ahrarfeair ferifa's : feed, r and
the products of American looms clothe,
and the products of American labor
genefalty*; yupt>ly'*evefy'freed' of tho&e
who produce these things thus sold
abroad at'reduced prices. I will con
sent to'pay a little'more'than other
wise, Would-be necessary to the eid
that the products of American labor
shall be put on foreign "markets.
COLORADO pONVENfiON.
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Dembctotic *Bt*te 'CbHVentloi* Meets
To-ffay'to Name Full Ticket.
Denver, 9& l - il. —The
Democratic state Convention 1 '- met to
nominate a full''state' ticket 'two.
justices ftf the supreme poyrt. Friends
of foriner Governor Alva Adams, claim
ed he Would be nominated for 'another
tern V gfe •*. / |
'REDUCE'RAILWAY FARE.
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Erie'RaTlVoad'WaJtfel'WedfuUtibn in Rate
'of 'Transportalfbn.
N§w; 4 York, .Sept 'lL—The Brie rail
road issued a notice beginning Nov.
1 the majinnim Way lotfal fares
will be two and one-half instead f of
three cents per -mile'over the entire
system.
£fatio,h3ry Eftglrtejera''lihret.
Philadelphia, Sept. 11.—The 25th
annual convention of the National
Association of Stationary Engineers
began with 500 delegates from all
sections.
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• THE BEST JOB PRINTING OF i
ALL K!NDB AT THIS OFFICE.,
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ONE OF THE MEANEST
MEN IN THE WORLD
IS NOW IN JAIL
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Because his Wife Spent Six Cents
for Household Necessities With
out Permission of Her "Lord
and Master" she was Beaten
Almost to Death.
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When the Woman Confessed to
Expenditure of the Sum her
Husband Began Beating her
With Axe Handle. Little Hope
for Recovery.
■Paterson, N. J., September 11. —The
expenditure of six cents for household
necessities without her husband's ap
proval may cost Mrs. William Leonard
her life. >■
/She is now in the hospital in a pre
carious condition lind her husband un
der arrest charged with beating her
with an axe handle.
According to the story told the po
lice by Leonard's ten year old son,
Leonard became furious yesterday
when he missed six cents which he
had left in the house.
When Mrs. Leonard admitted that
she had spent the money the boy
says his father attacked her as she
stood with a month old baby in her
arms.
He felled her with an axe handle
and kicked her as she lay on the flood
until the police interferred.
CUBA AND UNITED STATES. ,
American Warship to Protect Ameri
can Shipping and Commercial In
terests.
Washington, Sept . 11. —The Amer
ican sMpping and commercial inter
ests about Havana are to have the
protection of the American warship
in Cuban waters. While the govern
ment officials show an inclination not
io discuss Cuban affairs beyond mak
ing public dispatches from the Ameri
can charge at Havana, confirming
the dispatches printed in the daily
paper, there can be no doubt of the
attitude of the officials that the crui
ser Desmoines, which cleared from
Norfolk yesterday is sailing on a
State Department mission and it is
rumored in official circles she will
proceed immediately to Havana.
The Secretary, concerning the Des
moines, extends to all officials of the
Navy Department, where it is said
she has been sent on a cruise, for
Ihe benofit of the health of the sail
ors and marines."
President, 'tis rumored here, i 3 re
sponsible for the sailing of the Des
moines.
CUBAN SITUATION.
Prominent Men Join Insurrection
—Battle Reported.
Havana, Sept. 11. —What appears
to be a positive confirmation has been
received of the report that Alfred
Zayas, president of the Liberal party
and vice-president of the Cuban Sen
ate, is among a £roup of prominent
men who have joined the Insurgents
| outside Havana.
The Mayor of Moron, a province of
Puerto Principe, reports a fight in his
vicinity of rural guardsmen and vol
unteers with a band of rebels. 1 bey
were later dispersed. The casualties
arc not known.
CHARTER GRANTED. ,
Number of Companies Chartered to
day by the Secretary of State.
Raleigh, N. C., September 11. —Char-
ers were issued to the Greensboro
Decorative Art Co., at a capital of $50,-
1 000 by P. C. Baker. Abram Menden
hall and others. The Beaufort Groc
ery. Co., was chartered at a capital of
?25,000 by N. W. Taylor, I. E. Ram
sey and others, also Laurinburg Nor
mal and Industrial Institute for train
ing colored teachers at no capital
stock.
NEGRO HANQED TO-DAY.
Joseph Gibson Pays Penalty for Mur
der With His Life.
Philadelphia, Pa., September 11. —
Joseph Gibson, colored, was hanged
for the murder of William Sanders,
also colored, during a quarrel over a
card game. »
Major Pilcher Won Medal.
Buffalo, N. Y., September 11. —At
to-day's session of the Association of
Military Surgeons of the United States
Enno Saunder's prize essay on "The
Training of the Medical Officer of the
State Forces to Best Qualify Him for
Local Service and for Mobilization
with National Troops," was read.
It was announced that Major Pilch
er was the winner of the medal.
Homeopathic Congress Meets.
Atlantic City, September 11. —The
world's homeopathic congress began a
scientific discussion of papers on near
ly all subjects coming within the juris
• diction of the profession.
Revival in Great Britain.
The report prepared by David Dyce
Brown, of London, showed that there
had been a great revival in homeo
r.fathy in Great Britain. Reports from
ether countries are also of an eat
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