Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-12-22

iHS pVuui VI scuutor 1soSun = coh-
nection with the illinois whisky ring il
very circumstantial. lie has always
been tho baeker of Supervisor Mum,
and when Blistow issued bis order Inst
February directing transfer Of all
revenue officials, Logan was almost the
first lnan 10 put in m appearance at
the White House to insist upon It's rev.
ocation.
Ills connection with the other NOM
bers Of tho ring arc Of the closest kind,
and ho has been the active partner in
two most villainous and diSisputable
transactions, which will give fair in.
dex Of his true character.
Last summer Senator Logan, Fred
Grant, and IL. II. llonole, Prince Frod's
fatherinlaw, were given 100000
worth of stock in the Dives Silver Min
ing company of Colorado, to secure
their influence to effect tho removal Of
United States Judge James B. Beliour,
of Central City, Colorado, and the APP
pointmcnt OF another man who would
be the tool of the Dives people, and
thus enable them by judicial decision
to breakup company which had the
legal right 10 rich silver mino.i The
company that was to be busted was
known as the Pelican, and its mine
was located on ono side Of Democratic
Mountain near Gcorgctown. The
Pelican company several years since
had driven It's tunnel und struck lode
that paid from the start and continued
TO grow richer and richer as II was
developed The Dives company be.
gan 10 operations OH tho opposite side
Of tho mountain and expected to strike
tho samc lode, bnt nitcr driving their
tunnel for some distance and find
ing that they had miscalculated, they
began to turn their tunnel and gradu-
ally sheercd il over until they cnt into
the territory Of the Pelican and then
they set up the prcposteous claim that
they were entitled to one.half the lode
OF course the claim was resisted, and
u bitter contest cnsu6d. First one
party obtained possession Of the lode
and held it by main force until the
other gathered rcinforccments and re-
captured it. In this way several men
were killed, until finally the Pelican
people applied TO Judge Belfour for a
temporary injunction to restrain the
Dives company from trcspassing on
their property. Ii was granted, aud
then the Dives people gave Logan,
Grant, and llonore the $4,000 OF
their stock. Judge Bcllour was forth
with removed-thcsc judges are com
missioned for four years and until their
successors are appointed--by President
Grant, and fellow named Stone, n
friend of llonore, was appointed his
successor. rts.ra
Stone not only Immediately dissolved
the injunction against the Dives coni-
pany which Beliour bad granted, but
he issued another restraining the Pcli
can company from operating their own
mine and then proceeded with railroad
speed to finally decide the case in favor
Of the Dives company and now Logan,
Fred Grant and Ilonorc have $500, 900
of stock that pays them $4,000
apiece year in premiums.
There must have been handsome
"divy' for the Washington members Of
tho Chicago ring. The operations Of
these ioguos were on much grander
scale than those OF Mcdonald and Joyce
at ST. Louis. The indictments which
have been found against the Chicago
manufacturers of "crooked' whisky
specify tho nsmber Of gallons in each
ease where the tax was not paid and
the total number OF gallons set forth in
these official documents as having been
made and disposed Of without payment
of excise duty is 4,653,Is5 gallons,--
This is only from Dec. |, 1873, to May
10, l875--a period OF one year and
five months. Receiving during al
this time the tax ut seventy cents per
gallon (irom March 4, 1875, ii was
ninety cents), the total steal was 81
s37 ,539 so But this, it must be re-
mcmbercd, was only the operation for
less than eighteen months Of a few
manufacturers. There were several
distillers who succeeded in destroying
all their books and papers before the
officers of the government could get
possession Of them.
One firm alone, Rolfc, Junker & Co,
who own a dlstillery and large rcctiiy-
ing establishment, manufactured from
Dec. |, 1873, To May 0, 1875, 730, 900,
gallons OF high wines, and rcctidcd dur
ing the same period l,775,720 gallons
of whisky, and did not pay one cent Of
tax TO the government on all this vast
quantity of spirits. They, in other
words, took in seventeen months ST.
75l,704 from the government lone
hals Of which went into tho pockets Of
the corrupt officials and their political
friends. 1t il safe 10 say that during
the last three years at least 5000, 900
were taken by the Chicago bran,h Of
the ring alone, Now believe that
s79,sll of this money eau betraced dl.
rcctly to Washington, where It was
divided in the following transaction q
Young Augustus Campbell, General
Babcock's brother.in-law, some timc
since purchased, from the famous real
estate pool Of Washington, square No.
l93 which Is located between q and
4 streets and Fifteenth and Sixteenth
streets, in the northwestern portion of
that city. For this square, which con.
tains scvcniy-iour lois, hepaid s79,sIl,
OF the sevcnly-four lots nine have been
transferred TO Bradley Barlow, Of 81,