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
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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
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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
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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
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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,"
$5,366,036,2$%