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LYNCHEKS GOT THEM. TWO BANK ROBBERS SOON PUT OUT OF THE WAY. Takrn to the Bank Which They At tempted to Bob, Where an Improvised .■Scaffold Was Beady for TtieSr Becep tlnn—’The Kid" the Nerviest Sian who Ever Fared Death on tl-o Frontier— Tile Old Sian Weakened. Judge I.yneli Takes Charge. Wichita Fai.t.s, Texas, Feb. S3.— .At 3:30 last night, a mob of several thousand persons attacked the jail here, where Foster Crawford and ‘"The Kid'’ were confined. After a show of resistance on the part, of the author ities, the mob battered in the jail doors and-forcibly took possession of •the prisoners. 'The two men were taken to the bank which they attempted to rob Tuesday, and ‘ an improvised scaffold was erected. The first impulse of the mob was to burn the prisoners, but calmer counsel prevailed. Yells of “Hang ‘The Kid’ first-’ went up. Then others, “h’o, hang the old est first.” “The Kid” refused to say a word, and those having him in charge yanked him onto a box. The scene was a weird one. One had on high heeled boots, black pan’s and a deep red’fiannel shirt, which added a grue some brilliancy to the scene. In a moment the rope was about his neck and a man who, some say, looked like one of the men whose horse had been taken, fixed one end across the cross bar. All this time “The Kid” was jeering at the audience, laughing and cursing. He never quivered. He was asked to say what lie wanted, and was told he would be given a hearing. lie said: “That’s all right. If yon are impatient, swing me up now. I ain’t afraid to die, not a d—n bit of it. Full tiie rope.'’ A voice iu the audience: "You are going to die now. Tell us your name.” .“The Kid:” “My name is Younger Lewis, and my father and mother re side at Neosho, Mo.” “Any message?” from a voice in the crowd. “Well, tell my father I was not scared a bit; that I died like a nervy man ’’ •Anything for your mother?” “No, not a word. She will see the message to the old man. Say, you fellows go and look in thatdugoi.it and you will find $l0,bOO there.” "The Kid,” or Younger Lewis, as he at the lest moment says he was, con milieu leaguing anucnaiting witu tne crowd, poking’ fun at them and curs ing for a moment, and then some one yelled: ‘'Time is up.” ‘‘The Kid” said: “I am 20years old, and robbed that-bank. I am dead game and ready to die. Go ahead. ” In an instant he was nulled up above the throng, lie never quivered or kicked. He just went up in the air and was left hanging. Men on the frontier for years and years say no gamer man ever died. lie was the coolest man in all the great crowd. Al. tne while Crawford was a spec tator o: the scone. He begun to weaken and confessed, giving some valuable information. lie placed the responsibility for the crime on the “Kid." The mob pulled him onto the im provised platform next to the bank lie at tempted to rob, and his head was about on a level with the dangling feet of his companion. He asked for Captain Burnett. The latter was a spectator in the crowd. He went to Crawford and had a long talk. Craw ford had worked on Burnett's ranch for years and was a trusted man. He began stealing liis employer’s stock, however, and associating with terri tory outlaws. Crawford confessed to the bank robbery, but denied the mur der. He was a small man, poorly clad, with red face and short clipped black mustache. YV ben they began to look for a sec ond rope, he begged for whisky. It was given to him. lie talked and then hogged for more. He again addressed the crowd in Comanche, Knglish and Spanish. Those who understood him say his utterances were incoherent. The rope soon arrived and it was put about his neck. lie fell, either in a faint or from the whisky he had drank. He was soon strung up along with his companion and their bodies The lynched men raided the City National bank at Wichita falls, Tex as, Tuesday afternoon, killing1 Cashier Frank Dorsey and wounding Book keeper P. P. Langford. They were captured nine miles from town, after a tight of an hour. The robbers were in a. thicket surrounded by pursuers and surrendered only when all hope was gone. They were taken to Wich ita Falls and State rangers guarded them all night. Yesterday morning a mob gathered for the purpose of lynching the two robbers, hut feared to advance on the jail as long as the rangers were inside with the prison ers. Last night the'rangers left and the mob soon had the men. Oiillacntke'a Masonic Temple Dedicated. CimxicOTiiK, .Mo., Feb. The new Masonic temple in this city was dedicated yesterday afternoon. Ten lodges from near by towns attended tli*;' services. Dr. R. Barney, district deputy grand master, presided at the opening of the grand lodge and con ducted the dedicatory exercises. The address was made by dames L. Davis of Ibis place. A 9100,000 Fire at Florence, S. C. IYohexck, S. C., Feb. “8.—The en tire business portion of this town was ■destroyed by a fire which broke out at 4 o'clock this morning. Loss, $100,000; insurance, $.'.0,000. George Williams, a printer, was cremated. Tlie Grant Monument. New York, Feb. 28.—The trustees of the Grant Monument association met yesterday. The funds on hand will be sufficient to complete the monument. The granite work will be finished in dune next. The ■marble lining in the mam structure and crvpt, the stairways, interior dec orations, carving and the sarcophagus will be completed in about a year and if no extraordinary and unforseen delays occur the structure will be finished and ready to receive the body •of General Grant and to be dedicated upon the anniversary of his birth, April 27, GOOD NEWS FOR CUBANS. House Committee Reports Belligerent Resolutions. Washington, Feb 2S. — The House committee on foreigu aifairs, after a session of two hours, adopted iv con current resolution declaring it to be the sense of Congress that a state of war existed in Cuba, and that the in surgents should be given the rights of belligerents, and that it was the sense of Congress that the government of the United States should use its in fluence to stop tne war it necessary by intervention and pledging the support of Congress. The resolutions were greeted with cheers when read, and Mr. Suizer, Democrat of Now York, asked unani mous consent that the resolutions ho made'a special order for Tuesday. Mr. Meredith of Virginia suggested that they be passed immediately. More cheers and loud applause greeted this suggestion. Mr. Hitt, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, said that the committee would ask the earliest possible consideration of the resolu tions. . All but two members of the committee who were present voted for them. The ayes were: Hitt, chair man; Smith of Michigan, Cousins of Iowa, lleatwo’e of Minnesota. Quigg of New York, Pearson of North Caio lina. Adams of Pennsylvania, Repub lieans; Newlands, silverite. of Nevada and Dinsitiore of Arkansas, McCreary of Kentucky, Democrats. The nays' were: Draper of Massa chusetts, Republican, and Tucker, Democrat, of Virginia. The absentees were Tuft of Ohio, Republican, and Price of Louisiana. Democrat. RIPE FOR REVOLUTION. The Nicaraguan Outbreak a Spark for Other South American Countries. Panama,Feb. 28.—The leaders in the revolution against the government of President Zelaya of Nicaragua arc (ieneral Ruben Alonzo, ex-minister of war; Jose M. Cbavarri. military gov ernor of Leon; Francisco Haea, ex minister of the interior, and (ieneral (rotloy and others. The uprising lias spread over the west provinces, in cluding Chinaudega and Chichigalpa. The port of Corinto has been closed and Mr. Zevjrich, the general agent of the Pacific Mail company, bus been notified. Steamers will not be allowed 1o touch at that port. The port on San Juan del Sur is still open. More than 5UJ tons of cargo for Corinto are now awaiting shipment here. A private cable dispatch reports that fighting lias taken place between reueis an<i government lorccs near Moinotombp. on Lake Managua. It is said the rebels captured two lake steamers. Telegraphic communica tion has been interrupted between Corinto and Leon with Managua, the capital. The Pacific mail steamer Harracouta is • unloading freight here which was destined for Coriuto. There are sic ns that the revolution in Northern Nicaragua may spread over Central America. It has a dis tinctly religious cast, and the Lcon ites say they can count on aid, not only in this republic, but in the other four republics as well. The Liberals have no confidence in the ostentatious display of sympathy f°r Zelava by leading Conservatives in this city. It is believed that it is a device to lull apprehensions and give the revolution time to grow. Presi dent Zelava cannot hope for aid from the Conservatives, the richest, most influential people in the country. The influence of the highest social classes is against Zelaya. Guatemala is ripe for revolution, owing to the deep seated dissatisfac tion of the intelligent portion of the people witii the military rule of Bar rios, whose humble extraction and record for cruelty have turned the upper class against him. HIS FATHER A CONVICT. Younger Lewie, Lynched in Texas, In herited Uis Criminal Tendency. Neosho, Mo., Feb. 28.—Younger Lewis, “the Kid,” lynched at Wichita Falls, Tex., for the murder of Cashier Dorsey of the City National bank, is the son of Jim Lewis of Neosho. The boy, who would have been 20 years old next month, left here last fall in company with a cousin. His father uas serveu a term in tnc state peniten tiary for complicity in the raiil of Seneca. lie said lie knew nothing' of his son’s conduct until lie received a telegram stating that he liad been hanged. Younger Lewis is u cousin of .1. T. McElhaney, one of Neosho’s leading citizens, and though connected with reputable people he was always prone to be a worthless fellow BLACKBURN MUST RETIRE. Sound Moirnr Democrats Are Weary or Supporting n Hopeless Flglif.. Fiiaskkoiit, Ky.. Feb. l'S —A reso ltlion has been prepared by the gold standard Democrats who have been supporting Senator J; 0. S. Hlackburn for re election to the United States Senate, asking his withdrawal. A caucus will be held Monday and some other candidate selected. The gold men have assur ance from Judge Petrie and two ottier Republicans that they would join the Democrats at any time in an effort to elect a gold ^standard Democrat, and the call on Senator Blackburns personal followers to unite with them in an effort to induce Senator Hlack burn to withdraw from the race, if Senator Blackburn refuses to with draw, apronunciamento will be issued next week and twenty-live Democrats will vote for some other Democrat. The thirty-five ballot resulted: Blackburn 02, Hunter 02, Carlisle j, Holt 2, Colson i. Hate I. i A nasmerc Instead or a Sp.tiiUli Victory. j Havana, Feb. 2\ — Refugees from | Punta lirara and CJuatao, arriving at | Havana, say that a reign of terror ex ists in their locality in consequence of i troops having massacred pcuccabio people. The official government re port issued Sunday states that the tight near Punta Hrara resulted in a glorious victory for the Spanish arms. I twenty insurgents having been killed and fifteen prisoners taken. Resi dents of tiuatao have identified eigh teen of the dead as peaceable citizens. One cf the prisoners claims American I citizenship FOB A TABIFF BILL POPULISTS FAVOR ONE ON SILVER CONDITIONS. ! if There la No Free White Metal Thn There Will He No Increased Revenue— Senator Allen of Nebraska Make* the Populist Proposition—He Sharply Crit icises Action of Republicans in the Senate. Washington, Feb. -7.—Mr. Quay re ported the army appropriation bill in the Senate to-day and gave notice that he would call it up to-morrow. Mr. Allen ot Nebraska returned to the tariff question by referwig to the statements of Mr. Morril^Vlr. Sbe» tnan and Mr. Plutt during the exciting debate yesterday. Mr. Allen said he had believed that it was the honest purpose of the Republican party to enact a law placing gold and silver on equal terms. But the debate of yes terday developed that the Republican leaders, under no circumstances, would accept a free coinage measure. Under the circumstances, he would submit a distinct proposition to the chairman of the finance committee, namely that he. (Allen) would assure sufficient Pop ulist votes to give a majority of the Senate, if the passage of the tariff bill was accompanied by the adoption of a free silver amendment. Mr. Morrill remained in his seat without responding, but Mr. Iioar of Massachusetts made the point that the' discussion was out of order. Unanimous consent was given, how ever, to Mr. Allen to proceed. Ho criticised the financial record of Mr. Sherman. The Republican party could not escape, said Mr.'Allen, from the attitude of declining to remone tize silver. ‘‘The Populist senators are ready to swallow your nauseating and unjust tariff measure,” said Mr. Allen, ‘-if you will place silver on equal terms with gold; but you will i not do it.” Mr. Allen then turned his attentton j to Mr. McKinley and had read from | the desk a speech said to have been j delivered by the ex-Governor of Ohio, j Mr. Allen referred to Mr. McKinley as | the chief apostle of protection, and 1 the speech purported to give Mr. Mc I Kinley’s severe criticism of the de | monetization of silver. In conclusion | Mr. Allen held up a bill, exclaiming: j “Now, to test your integrity and good | faith, I offer this bill. It is your tariff bill, without a ‘T’ uncrossed or an ‘I’ undotted, except in the title. “““ ^ u ,yuu aio i uaujr to show the good faith of your asser tions for silver and link it with the tariff bill, we pledge you six Fopulist votes. ” Mr. Allen’s biil was read, it being the tariff bill and a free silver bill combined. Mr. Baker of Kansas asked if Mr. Allen would agree to deliver the six Kansas votes for a tariff bill with an amendment restricting the silver pro . duet to American mines. “I have not consulted my colleagues on that,” responded Mr. Allen. “And I do not undertake to direct the Popn. list vote beyond this specific proposi tion. Personally I would not agree to it.” There was some discussion as to the merits of Mr. Baker's suggestion. The Allen compromise bill went to the table temporarily. Mr. Lindsay of Kentucky offered an amendment to the tariff resolution of Mr. Carter, directing the finance com mittee to report back a repeal of the one-eighth differential on sugar. KILLED BY BANK ROBBERS. Cashier Dorsey Shot Down for Refusing to Yield Funds. Wichita Falls, Tex., Feb. 37.—Two robbers entered the City National bank, of this city, at 3:45 p. m., and demanded the money of Cashier Dor sey, who resisted them. Shooting be gan, resulting in the death of Cashier Frank Dox-sey and the wounding of Bookkeeper P. P. Langford. Lang ford’s wounds are not serious, being light flesh wounds. The robbers secured only a few hundred dollars in silver. They then mounted their horses and made a run for their lives. Bv this time manv of the eitirnna had armed themselves and a small battle took nlqpie. One of the rob bers’ horses was shot from under him and it is believed the robber was wounded. He mounted behind his partner and, about one mile from town met a farmer in a buggy. They took his horses and made a break for the hills. In the meantime, citizens had se cured horses and started in pursuit of the robbers. Captain McDonald and liis rangers came in on the 4 o’clock' trui.i and took the t ail nt onci. Late last night word was received that the robbers are corralled in a large thicket in the middle of a pasture nine miles from town. The thicket is surrounded by twenty-five or thirty determined men, who are fully armed, and escape is almost impossible. They have sent in for twenty-five additional men, who have just started. Foster Crawford, one cf the robbers, who killed Cashier Dorsey, is said to be a noted desper ado. it is also reported that one of the famous Christian gang was the otiier man. It is believed a hanging bee will take place when the robbers are caught A rewart, of 81,000 is offered by the Panhandle and City National banks for their capture, dead or alive. Vive Hundred Miners Return tn Work. Him.sboieo, 111., Feb. 27.—The r.oC miners at the Consolidated Coal Com pany's mines at Staunton and Mount Olive, who have been out on a strike, have returned to work. They failed to force a raise in the scale of wages Fargo Odd Fellows to Uloband. Faiioo, N. D., Feb. 27.—The North ern lodge, I. O. O. F., held its last meeting last night, and its charter will be turned over to Orand Master McConville. This action arises out of the order of the Supreme lodge to pay back 81L000 alleged to have been il legally used from the funds contrib uted after the big fire of 1893 by Odd Fellows all over the United States. The Supreme lodge demanded pay ment of 81,800 this year and security for the balance. The lodge offered to pay ten per cent annually, which offer was refused. | GEN. SHELBY’S ANSWER. i A Blue and Gray Military Farade on July 4 Would Be Incongruous. | Kansas City, Mo., Feb. U7.—Jo 0. j Shelby, commanding' the United States ! Confederate veterans’"of Missouri, yes terday received an Inquiry from a New York paper asking' for an expres sion of his views on the action of Com* mander-in-Chief Walker of the G. A. R. in declining to sanction the pro , posed marching of the members of the ! Grand Army of the Republic in uni form and the Confederate veterans in uniform at the Fourth of July demon stration next, summer in New York city. Replying to the query, General Shelby sent the following telegram: | When General Lee furled the flag ; and stacked arms at Appomatox, then and there the colors and uniform of tlio Confederacy were buried for all time. The idol of brave men lay shat tered as the stars and stripes floated again in its old time place. Heroes wept at the burial, bnt raised their faces to salute the flag of an undivided and indivisible country. And we, who still stand ‘this side of the weary door of death,’ enjoying the freedom and protection vouchsafed to us by our common country and that flag, realize that there is but one flag and one uniform, one symbol and one army, for our common country. Citi zenship is broader than sentiment and duty greater than tender recollections. Hut above all, true Americanism is chief of this trinity of virtues. And so the ex-soldiery, whether of the North or of the South, should maintain that spirit of duty, citizen ship and Americanism which will banish sectionalism, bitterness and prejudice, and tie us together with a fourfold bond of respect, osteem,affec tion and patriotism. Believing, therefore, as I do, that in the parade as proposed in your city ‘ July 4 next, of the Grand Army of the I Republic in National uniform, and j the ex-Confederates in grey uniform ! with stars and bars, would bo incon j gruous and mar the harmony of that occasion, I indorse cordially and com mend the action of General Walker, commander-in-chief, in the course he has taken. Our griefs are private— the Sunny Southland all billowed over with the graves of our dead from the sea to the gulf, invites our love and claims our tenderest care. And it is no part of our duty or patriotism to obtrude ourselves or our private sorrows into the marching columns of the Grand Army. Chinese Troops Hatlnp London, Feb. 27.—A dispatch to tho Limes from Shanghai says that Anhui troops at Xiang Yin, ninety-five miles ; from Shanghai, have mutined. By the explosion of the main powder magazine at that point, 300 persons I were killed and many wounded. One I captain has been killed by the troops and the general lias been made pris oner and is awaiting death. The for eign instructors of the troops are safe and are being protected by the Hunan troops. Miss l lugler's Sentence. Washington, Feb. 37.—Miss Eliza beth Flagler, daughter of General Flagler, chief of ordnance, U. S. A., who last spring shot a colored boy I named Green, was arraigned in court j yesterday. She pleaded guilty to in voluntary manslaughter and was sen tenced to three hours in jail and to pay a fine of $500. General Flagler paid the fine aud the youug lady was conducted to jail and served the three hours in the matron's reception room. Bourgeois* Down full Appears Certain. Paris, Feb. 37.—It is believed that the coming debate on the proposed in come tax will determine the fate of the government. The outlook is not very bright for M. Bourgeois and his fellow ministers. I.IVE STOCK AMD PRODUCE MARKETS Quotations From New York* Chicago* Louis, Omaha and Lise where. - OMAHA. Butter—Creamery separator.. Butter—Fair to good country. Eggs—Fresh. Chickens-Dressed, per lb. Ducks—Per lb. Turkeys—Per lb. 12 Geese—Per lb. 8 Demons—Choice Messlnas. 3 00 Ora,nges—Per box . 2 25 lldney—Fancy white, per lb... 14 Apples—Per bbl.2 73 Sweet potatoes—Good, per bbl 2 80 Potatoes—Per bu. 30 Beans—Navy, hand-picked,bu 1 40 Cranberries—t ape Cod, pr.bbl 8 5'J Hay—Upland, per ton. 5 00 Onions-Per bu. 35 Broom Corn—Green, per lb. 2 Hogs—Mixed packing. 3 70 Hogs—Heavy Weights. 3 80 Beeves—Stockers and feeders. 2 75 Beef—Steers. 2 75 Bulls. 2 10 Milkers. 2 50 Stags. 3 75 Calves. 2 40 Oxen. 1 50 Cows . 1 85 Heifers. 2 00 Westerns. 3 30 Sheep—Lambs. 4 00 CHICAGO. Wheat—No. 2, spring. S3 Corn—Per bu. 20 Oats—Per bu.. £0 Pork. 9 85 Lard. ft 21 Cattle—Native Beeves.3ii5 Hogs—Averages. 3 93 Sheep -Lambs. 4 00 Sheep—Westerns. 3 35 Sheep-Natives. 3 00 NEW' YOBK. Wheat—No. ?, red winter. 75 < oru No. 2,. 31 Oats—No. 2. 25 I'ork -.10 25 Lard—. 5 00 ST. LOUIS. 18 <3 13 © o9'4@ 7‘4@ 10 © © @4 no © 3 © 1 © 8 © 5 <10 It 3 © 3 @ a @ 4 © a © a & 3 © 5 tin 3 © 3 © 3 © 3 © 4 © © ©10 @ 5 (m 4 © 4 © 4 © 3 © 3 © © © ©10 © 5 St. 18!} 14 10 8 11 It 9 25 25 15 03 75 35 50 7* ;o 40 2!< 80 at t:o oo 25 03 40 05'a 2914 a>H 05 50 25 50 50 05 *.* 2«lj W heal—No. 2 red, cash. 71 © 72 Corn Per hit. 21H© is Oats—Per bu. 19 © 2> Hogs—Mixed packing. 3 t.0 © 3 90 Cattle-Native beeves. 3 25 ©’4.0 Sheep—Natives . 2 7i © 3 7.5 Lambs—. 3 25 © 4 50 KANSAS CITY. Wheat—No. 2 bard.. 49 © 54 Corn—No. 2. 23'}© 23>f Oats—No. 2.. 10'}© 18!} Cattl —Stockersand feeders.. 2 55 ©3 s i Hogs—Mixed Packers. 3 70 ©3 80 Sheep -Lambs. 3 75 ©4 35 lie Found Thompson Ready. liF.XTKit, Mo., Feb. 27.—Thomas A. Thompson, a saloonkeeper at Pu.xico, twenty miles northwest of Dexter, yesterday shot and instantly killed Lon Rodney. The killing took place in Thompson's saloon. On last Christ nuis, Rodney went to Thompson's sa loon and raised a racket with Thomp son, which resulted in an exchange; of pistol shots without injury. Rodney has since threatened Thompson, and yesterday afternoon, got a Winches ter and went to tlie saloon to kill him, but .was himself killed. Thompson (rave himself up to the authorities. THOSE CHEAP PRICES. PROMISES OF 1892 CONTRASTED WITH FACTS OF 1896. Trices 'to Consume rs Advancing A1 Aloug the I.lne—The Cry of “Clieap Trices" a Regular Democratic Fraud— Only Wages Slade Cheaper, ass 1 The effort of congress will be to re duce the burdens of the people, not in crease them; to cheapen living, not to render it more costly.—New York World, Nov. 14.1892. This is a sample of the democratic promises in 1892. Every paper and every politician that favored free trade was, at that time, spreading broadcast the wildest statements as to the won derful cheapness of goods that would follow their success in the national elections: We have shown, from facts compiled by Dun’s Review, that prices in cotton goods, woolens, silks, iron manufactures, boots and shoes were ail higher at the end of 1895 than at the opening of that year. But Bradstreet's has examined this subject of “cheaper prices” even more extensively and, in its Issue of' Jan. 11, 1896, gave such in 1,1895. Crnde and refined petroleum, castor oil and turpentine are all higher, to-day than they were on Oct. 1, but as compared with July 1 the list for those which are higher to-day Includes re fined petroleum, cottonseed oil, castor oil and turpentine, and as contrasted with prices on April 1, 1895, higher prices to-day are those for crude and refined petroleum, naphtha, castor oil and rosin. Even the sick man has to pay more money for his castor oil. Other drugs, and chemicals, are dearer, too: Leading drugs and chemicals have , advanced sharply during 1895, as Is shown by higher prices for alum, bicar bonate soda, borax, carbolic acid, caus tic soda, nitric and sulphuric acids, phosphate rock, alcohol, opium and qui nine than on Oct. 1, and this is true also as contrasted with July 1, With the exception of phosphate rock and alco hol. A similar statement may be ' made with respect to prices nine months ago, excepting with reference to those for phosphate rock, alcohol and opium. Not much inducement iB offered, either, for the wage earner who wants to build a home for his family. With free lumber he was promised a “cheap” house. Lower duties on nails and glass were to help every man to own his own castle. Those were the prom ises. These are the facts: Among building materials, brick, nails, glass, pine, spruce and hemlock are higher than they were three months ago, and the like is true aB compared with six months ago, with the exception of hemlock, and a similar statement may be made in reference to nine - - months ago, with the exception of the quotations for brick and for«hemlock. We might enlarge the list. But It is not necessary. Friends of protection have proof enough that the democratic i i b i "i~r TTIc Kinl^tj—IQ9H B nnrxn—1 .800.000 Dollars. -'kmOMT •Oolll ■" low. TMinJeu Reciprocity Cflra%? Porridges mackiWlUiUnifedjStflte^ 'irndJlhayUetea in Brazil • a29r,25o~sx during the tu/o jistal gears’ ending June; ao'> I89H W189S -.3 ‘HOO.OO0;:'}■ '.'.Dollars: V V ;800,00(Dfv;;V-: irjcnuiift lauiD iuai wc quuic luriu iuuic fully because they give the lie direct to every free-trader's promise of “cheap ness:” Among food products which are higher than on April 1,1895, are wheat, eggs, butter, milk, molasses, mackerel, sugar, peas, apples, peanuts and rais ins; as compared with six months ago the list Is found to be smaller, consist ing of eggs, butter, cheese, mackerel, milk, molasses, sugar, peas, raisins and currants,while as compared with quota tions for Oct. 1, 1895, higher prices for food products include those for wheat, flour, beeves, sheep, mutton, eggs, but ter, cheese, molasses, mackerel, sugar, rice, peas, apples, cranberries, peanuts, raisins and currants, indicating a much more extensive advance in quotations for staple food commodities during the past three months than has been pre sumed from some market reports. This list comprises pretty nearly every commodity that the average fam ily needs for its daily existence. A “much more extensive advance in quo tations for staple food commodities” is not quite the same as the promise of “cheaper prices.” But let us look at the clothing list: Quotations for textiles, raw and man ufactured, whoch are higher than they were on April 1 last, include cotton, wool, hemp, silk, flax, print cloths, eastern sheetings, ginghams and south ern sheetings, and the list is practically the same for those higher to-day than on July 1 last, the exception being southern sheetings. Besides the advance in the prices of articles of food, there has also been a '“much more extensive advance in quo tations” of wearing appearel and house hold articles. Now for the products of the mines: Quotations to-day as contrasted fwith July 1, 1895, show advances for iron ore, No. 2 southern pig iron and lead, and as compared with prices on April 1, 1895, present quotations show advances for iron ore, eastern anthracite. No. 2 southern pig,Bessemer pig, steel billets, rail3 and beams, copper, lead and quick silver. More money has to be paid, too, for articles made of iron, lead, steel and copper. Fire and light, as well, are more expensive, as the following shows: Circular prices for bituminous coal, southern and Connellsville coke are higher to-day than on Oct. 1 last, and as compared with July 1 last, when an advance for anthracite coal must be added. The like is true when prices are compared with quotations on April I j ui vurap piitcn was uauu. ai* most the only "cheapening” has been In wages. hi* "Hntr Foot.” The next President must be a demo crat. Grover Cleveland would put a heavy foot on billion dollarism.—N. Y. World, June 24, 1892. . He did. He did. In the first fifteen months of the Gorman tariff he made rrr 1803. © 189«. V., the business of the country almost six billions ot dollars less than In the first fifteen months of the McKinley bill. Study the figures, Mr. Pulitzer, and congratulate your editorial council upon the accuracy of their forecast. | Bank Clearings. I Fourth quarter, 1890.... .$15,612,000,000 | Full year, 1891. 55,715,575,509 McKinley period, 15 months, $71,327,575,509 Fourth quarter, 1894.$12,638,000,000 Full year, 1896..,. 52,823,539,241 Free-trade perio’d, 15 months, $65,461,539,249 “Billion Dollarisn” business decrease under his “hej vy foot," $5,366,036,2$%