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The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-28
FIRE RECORD,
At NEW YoRK.

New YoRK, May 27.--The State street
fire was still burning this forenoon. The
building owned by John Stewart, Jr., and
leased by j. 5. Richards, is damaged to the
amount OF $4,000. Murphy / Co., Of
Pearl street, had l,470 bales OF cotton in
the building, valued at SlOO, 900; Williams,
Black 4 Co., had nearly 1000 bales in the
store. D. G. Watts lost l5O bales; Dwight
4 Trowbridge, lS4 Pearl street, ownedi8OO
bales; b. r, Smith & Co., 100 Pearl street,
lost LIS bales. Goodwin, MAYER < Co.,
stored 800 bales OF cork. The names OF
the owners of the remainder Of the proper.
ty in the storehouse could not be ascer.
tanned, butt is thought they were insured.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-28
Conferences Asked for Between the mills
and the NnIIers.

One Of the mills Of the city yesterday
gave notice to its nailers that the scale
now in force whereby 81 cents Is paid for
cutting lOd nails is no longer satisfactory
toit, the price Of nails having gone below
the price in vogue when 81 cents was fixed
as the rate for cutting 10d, The proprie-
tors have therefore asked a conference
with their nailers next Saturday. This
action on the part OF the mill referred to
bin accordance with a resolution passed
al the Nail Manufacturers meeting on
Monday last, and will be followed by sim
liar action on the part of all the mills.
All Of them will ask conference with
their nailers with view to a reAdiust.
ment Of the present scale. non. ~.
ltisgrestly to be hoped that these con.
ierences will result in an arrangement
satisfactory to both parties in interest, In
asInuch as the stoppage Of the mills is a
possible contingency to be deeply deplor-
ei by every person in this community.
In England great many lock-outs and
strikes have been saved by boards of ar.
bltration, and it is to be regretted that
uere is no system Of the kind in existence
IN this country, In tho absence OF it the
only thing to be done is to try and adjust
differences by conferences. 1t seems as
il conferences between intelligent and
vedispOsed men on both sides should be
productive Of good results. A fact on
either side should have in its logical force
irrspectiveot the stand point from whence
it emanates, and certainly all the facts
that enter INTO the present situation OF at.
lars between the mills and the nailers are
capable OF being presented and discussed
without passion or prejudice, and on a
basis Of simple justice to the ultimate best
interests Of all concerned. ys5g
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-28

The Arbitrator to whom was referred
the question OF the reduction Of wages in
tho South Yorkshire coal mines decides
against any reduction whatever. The de-
Cision affects h0, 900 men and boys,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-28

Tnr Ohio Republican Convention to-day
riIl probably announce that the United
s,atrs is a nation with a big n. tlI
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-28
LUMDER BURNRD,

CARLETON PLACE, CANADA, Nav GA
fire, which is supposed to have originated
from the sparks Of passing locomotive
this afternoon, destroyed about twelve
million feet Of lumber on the line OF the
Canada Central Railroad near this place.
Loss, $l30,OOO. - f'''NS
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-28
CABINET MEETING.

Alta Cabinet meeting to-day the Attor-
nev General gave his opinion relative to
the Eads jetties, 10 the effect that Captain
Eads is entitled to the payment oi $780,
OOO claimed to be due under the contract,
notwithstanding the slight filling up OF
the river above the ietties, and the Secre.
tary Of War has ordered the payment 10
be made The same officer also submitted
his opinion In the case Of Pm. Coleman,
a citizen of Tennessee, who was tried
for murder by court-martial during the
war and sentenced 10 be executed. He
was taken out OF the hands OF the militia.
ry and tried by State Courts, and again
sentenced 10 be executed, but on appeal
to the United States Supreme Court, the
action OF the State Courts was set aside.
The Attorney.General holds that the sen.
tence oithe court-martial was. not affected
blythe decision Of the Supreme Court, and
can be carried into execution, but in view
OF the circumstances and time when the
crime, was committed and the lapse Of
time which has occurred since It's commits
sion, he recommends that the President
commute the sentence 10 imprisonment
for life. ,i3I G91 fiU@ I5 *
The action OF the President on the Leg
islatiye appropriation bill having been
discussed at the meeting OF the Cabinet on
Friday, the subject was not brought VI
| to-day. Ft-i r'Ir
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-28

How is the baby2 Is the question often
put to q mother, and many an answer
comes, thanks to Dr.. BULLS Baby Syrup,
much better to.lay.n
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-28

o,,,. So.. 2S and ~ Fourteenth street.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-28

Commissioner Hagh, Of the Indian Bu-
reau has returned from New York, the
annual purchases Of Indian goods having
been completed and,a considerable pof-
ton shipped 10 the agencies. The prices
this year baye been remarkably low, and
the purchases are eminently satisfactory
to the Department. The contracts for
transportation have been made at unpre-
cedentedly low rates and, it is believed,
with responsible parties. 5.t .t-r
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-28
our IMrORTS AND RxroRTS.

The Chief Of the Bureau OF Statistics,
in his tenth monthly statement for the
currentfsca year Of imports and exports
in the United States, says the excess Of
exports over imports Of merchandise was
for the ten months ended April 80, 1879,
S24l, ,443,69S; in 1878, S227 ,042,0S7. In
the twelve months ending April 30, 1879,
$272, ,2l5,770; in 1878, S22l ,6SO,0l3.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-28

The Finance Committee to-day resumed
the consideration OF the Voorhees, bill
making allowances for losses Of spirits by
leakage or unavoidable accidents during
their transportation from distillery ware.
houses for expectation. Secretary Sher-
man opposed the bill on the ground that
its enactment would tend to induce care
lessness on the part Of the manufacturers
and shippers and result in allowances to
an amount that would appreCiably dimin-
ish the Government revenue,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-28

A Few shots Before the BatlIe-The Pros.
poets for n brilliant Display on Deco.
ration bay Exccllent-NOtes and News,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-28

Ahb SOullHlItee HppOlnteu 70 make ar
rangements for the decoration OF soldiers
graves on the 3Oth have secured the use Of
Room No. in tho Opera House, for Inc
purpose Of collecting and arranging ihe
flowers. AL those who desire 10 contrib.
ute flowers to decorate the graves Of on,
dead heroes are requested TO have them
left at the room named on the morning ~
the Goth, 50 that they may be arranged and ID
put IN order during the afternoon Of thai
day. me committees Of ladies from the
several wards are desired TO be present n
me u !, meeting on the afternoon Of the 2oti
at the place designated. S -''''
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-05-29

THE Chicago Tribune is not altogether
pleased with the iron and steel manufac-
turers of Pennsylvania, and 30 makes
these observations:
British steel rails cost $22 per ton, the
tariff duty is $23 per ton, and the freight
and other expenses make up $55 per ton
which Vanderbilt paid few days ago.
Now, the Western manufacturers have
been urged to stand by the tariff, while
these PennsylYApians have been under.
selling and delivering their rails at $40
per ton. They were robbing the miners
and the lsborers, and the mechanics OF
the $28 per ton voted to them by IA.
vorable Congress. No wonder the work.
men of Pennsylvania and the country
are becoming Socialists and Communists
when this scandalous, barefaced and
wholesale robbery is thus persistently
praCticed.
Further, this influential Republican
organ, speaking of the raking oration Of
Mr.. o. W. Potter of Chicago, before the
Iron and Steel Association, has these
honeyed phrases: l.....
Mr.. Potter's address was, in It's manner
and its force, like such as might be ex-
peCted from the Evangelist Moody, in
speaking to an assemblage of unrepent-
ant sinners. 1t fell upon the hearts Of
the Pittsburgh meeting as the words of
the Gospel fall upon the hearts of those
who know their guilt, and are conscious
of the hVnopriaV and fraud hv whioh
they try to hide that guilt. He pointed
out to these dishonest people who made
up thai convention that they, by their
frauds upon the miners of ore and the
miners of COAL and their laborers geneR.
ally, had produced that feeling through
out the land, WHICH resulted in the large
votes for Socialists and Communists.
This is not respectful or friendly, but
the worst of 1t is that the Tribune claims
to have many of its free trade faith
among tho Republicans in Congress.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-05-29

CONGRESS, which 10 Democratic In both
branches, has voted twenty'seven and a
half millions Of dollars for the support
of the army and eighteen and a hall
millions in round numbers for the legis-
lative, executive and judicial depart
ments, during the next fiscal year. The
arst bill was vetoed by Mr.. Hayes, and
1t ia said the latter will be. The army
appropriation is enormous, and really
should be cut down largely.
The Republican party leaders sustain
the fraudulent Presidents vetoes' In
this course Of action we see minority
Of Congress seeking to control the action
Of the majority, representing large ma
iorlty of the people Of the country la
this not revolutionary Is it not high
handed and tyrannical
These party leaders have been accus'
toned for near twenty years to rule
things with strong hand, regardless oi
the wishes Of the people. Mr.. Hayes
vetoed the army appropriation bill at
the dlctation of the Republican caucus
The real reason, of course, is that they
hope to use the army at the next Presi'
DENTAL election. They will deny this
but Grant did it to get Hayes counted in
and it may be done sglin'
The legislative appropriation bill had
a repeating clause also, to do away WITT
supervisors and marshals' and general
deputy marshals' and special deputy
marshals' using the army to carry cleo
tions, making arrests without process
and drawing FIVE dollars day for parti'
san service. The struggle then is as to
continuing this infamous force and fraud
business in Congressional and Presiden'
tial elections. The minority, then, re-
fuse to allow appropriations to support
the army and carry on the governmental
departments, unless they shall be allow
ed to continue their force and fraud ar
rangements.
These leaders seek once more to arouse
sectional hatred and strife, and array
North and South in hostile attitude for
political purposes. They are not good
American citizens. The first duty of an
American is, "absOlute 0cquieScence IN The
decisions of The majority, the vital principle
of republics, from which is no appeal b'a tC
force, The vitaI principle and immediate par
ent of deSpOtiSm."
AS the majority Of the people must d.
rect public affairs, elections must be free
from interference on the part of the
President by means of his minions and
the army. We must have FREE ELEo
TIoNs.
Supervisors, marshals and deputy mar
shals shall not be allowed to prevent the
freedom of the citizen in casting his
vote shall not be authorized to make
arrests without due process of law.
These principles and requirements are
essential to liberty.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-05-29

HAYES started in to be very liberal in
his administration, just the reverse Of
Grant. He removed the troops from the
South, allowing the State governments
in Louisiana, South Carolina and Florida
to sail on. This collapsed the Radical
concerns that Grant had been propping
up by bayonets. Mr.. Hayes also took
Key, an ex-Confederate into his cabinet
For all these and other matters the stal.
warts of his party made war upon him
They haye been savage over Mr.. Hayes'f
liberal policy. His late conduct, how.
ever, has, in measure restored him to
favor. They feel better. The stalwartf
now rejoice at HsYes's 7etoes, and feel
pretty good, considering.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-05-29
akO.OO0 LInEL sUTT.

Suit was begun yesterday for $50 900
in the U. s. Circuit Court by II. g. Dun
& Co, the we'll known commercial agency,
against Archibald and William McGreg.
or, publishers Of the Stark County Dem
oCRAT, published at Canton, Ohio, for q
liSelous publication. The article was
written in relation to the agent Of II. q.
Dun & Co. at Canton, and was In sub
stance as follows: I'VE haze smoked out
j. j. Clark. He no longer signs himself a
7GT.pnyer,' but comes Out, signs his nonle,
and dcknOwledgsS that he has for years past
been The secret spy and informer Of he nOto'
riouS X G.. Dun & 10 IS commercial agency,
a piroRcdL and infamous concern that sells
this secret knowledge 10 any one whO Is toot
enough 10 pay for Il. High minded sensible
business men n0lU poy no heed 10 such q dtS'
honest arrangement, lUhicb Is nothing Jm a
widespread conspiracy ahead Of any thing
ever conceived Of JeSuitSm or The SpaTish IN
QUESTION. This combination Of vttdiny
breaks It's VictimS on The Wheei, lets 0m the
last drops of blood and laps ii up with the
greed Of a hungry ger"
The animus of all this iDvective from
the editor of the Stark County DEMOCRAT
appears to have been stirred up by the
exposure Of the defalCatlon of the Treas.
urer of Stark County, who was obliged
to fly the country, by j, j. Clark, and
was published in the Canton REPOSITORY
paper of opposing politics, The DEMO
Graf took its revenge in this manner on
Clark, and r g. Dun & Co. seek theirs
at law Cleveland Penny Pr S0.
The Penny Press is not penny wise"
in it's comments, and it evidently knows
little or nothing of the history of the
case. The defaulting Treasurer VAS
placed ia the Penitentiary last fall and
this controversy was in March last. The
publisher and proprietor Of the RepoSi'
tory had favored and urged, with the
other publishers of the county, the pass
age Of bill through the General AS
sembly empowering the County Commits
sioners to settle with the sureties at not
less than 80 per cent. An article ap'
peared in the Repository signed "A Tax
!
payer" while the bill was pending, vio'
lently opposing the measure and especi'
ally naming A. McGregor, and no one
else, as he responsible and guilty party
although both publisher and writer ol
the Rep knew that the Republican edit
ors of the county, with A, McGregor, had
signed a letter to our Representatives
recommending and urging the passage
of the settlement bill. The article re.
ferred to was meanly and bitterly vitu.
perative and personal at Mr., McGregor
We replied and gave the authors name
]. ]. Clark, intimating that he was capa
BILE of such work, that he had for years
served the Dun & Co. Commercial Agency,
etc. This was the commencement Of
this controversy, and it continued but a
short time. The bill passed and the
county has settled with the bail, really
securing fifty or sixty per cent.
PoLITIC5 had nothing to do With this
matter. The gentlemen active for SET
tement were of both political parties, as
were the bail. 1t seems the Dun q Co.
agent did not relish our Exposure " and
proposes to take his revenge as the suit
indicates.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-05-29

THE Republican National Convention
in 1860 was held in Chicago. Then Sew.
ard was caring for the altar of human
freedom, but Lincoln was nominated
and afterwards issued the emancipation
proclamation, Seward being his CHIEF
guide and adviser. Well, one of the re.
solves was:
"lk0t the maintenance inviOlate of The
rights Of The States, and especially The right o.
each State 10 order and control It's own do
meStic inStitu'iOnS according to lis Own judg.
ment Exclusively, Is essential to that balance Of
powers on sOhich the perfection and endur-
ance Of our political fabric depends and ws
denounre the laW'es8 invaSiOn By armed force
of The soil of any State or Territory, no matter
under Ohat pretert, as among the grave8t OF
crimes"
The above is strong for State rights,
and dead against "lawless invasion by
armed force" But circumstances alter
cases much. They are now in power,
and hence the change.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-05-29
JOHN SHERMAN and his followers, and

JOHN SHERMAN and his followers, and
Republican journals in this State gener-
ally, are trying to convince the people
that a wave of prosperity has reached
this happy land. No doubt Mr.. Sher.
man himself is prosperous, handling
through the syndicate hundreds of mil.
lions Of bonds, Notwithstanding their
sYren song of prosperity, the struggle
for existence among laboring men con-
tinues, as does the struggle for life among
business men generally. Money does
not now seek useful business investment;
rather avoids such, and seeks investment
in Government bonds. This Circum.
stance shows the evil condition Of John
Sherman's prosperity" 1t is all false,
as is its author. The fact is, it is not ev.
idence of prosperity when money avoids
business Investment, and prefers to load
all interests with public debt. This sick.
ly condition is ours at present. Public
debt is now the curse of our land, as it
is sof nearly all civilized countries.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-05-29

Tx one week, lately, the Register Of
the Land Office at Fargo, Dakota Terri.
tory, received applications for 1872 900
acres Of land for settlement under the
timber culture act and the Register OF
the Land 0Gice at Cruxtons, Mimi, says
that during the same week he received
applications for 100000 acres. OF the
ninety.six Registers Of the Land Office,
over halfare reporting immense increas-
es in the settlement of the public lands
in the West. The General Land Office
here is running behind because of the
increased business of the Office, which
during the past two years has more
than trebled.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-05-29
SOUTHERN SCHOOL BOOKS.


General" said a correspondent to-day
to Senator Gordon, "what can you tell
about the claim Blaine made yesterday
as to political school books in the
South ?"
81 can tell you everything about it,"
the General replied. The fact of Sec
tional school books was we'll known
North as we'll as South during the war
and soon after its close. No use in dis.
gusing that, for it is perfectly well
known. What we want to know and
have known is the latest history of the
matter. 1t is simply this. Gen. D. II.
Hill of North Carolina, kept on printing
and circulating among his schools, and
at his own private expense, a series Of
school books which incuCdted these sece
tional doctrines. While they never
reached the children of the South gener.
ally, yet many of us thought the princi-
pie was radically wrong, as the war was
over, and we combined to stop it. You
will he surprised to hear that Horace
Greeley was one of the principal movers
in roofing out such books from oil sec.
tions of the country, and he heartily
gave US the weight of his great influence.
What we wanted to do, was to supplant
the old books with the university series
prepared by the University of Virginia,
that contained nothing whatever sec.
tional or political, and we have succeed.
ed.
$50 they are not now used2"
"No; that is all nonsense. Mr.. Blaine,
like the rest of them, goes back dozen
years for his illustrations. l venture to
say that he can't find one such school
book to day in the hands of any South.
ern child, and we have 100000 using
books every day."
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-05-29
THE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CON-
VENTION,

THE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CON-
VENTIoN,
Held last Saturday, in the Agricultural
room of the Court House, was well at
tended, quite harmonious and very sat
isfactory. Every township in the county
was represented, and the feeling seems
to be favorable for a glorious Democratic
resultin Stark county this fall. The de-
termination is all round, to have thor
ough organization, and get out a full
vote on election day, and carry the coun'
ty triumphantly, as we can do. Two
years ago we carried the State by over
twenty Thousand, eiecting the State
ticket and large majority in both
branches OF the General Assembly, thus
electing George H. Pendleton to the
United States Senate. There is nothing
to prevent the Democracy of Ohio doing
the same this year. All who oppose the
radical stalwart party Of monopoly and
ruin should unite to that end. When
bad men combine to hold power by force
and fraud, good citizens should associate
for determined effort.
We feel assured that the Democracy
of Stark county will do their full share
in the good work. Let our brethren all
over Ohio bear ia mind that harmony,
union, effort, are essential to success,
EVERYTHING FOR THE CAUSE.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-05-29

WIN. M. EvARTs, Hayes's Secretary Of
State, spoke thus in a public address q
few years since:
"When men vote, and when their cho.
sen officers meet to conduct tho affairs
Of their political governments, no sold
iers can interfere. This limit to their
antagonisms no political party can safely
pass"
Gen. McCrary put this into his book
on elections:
"An armed force in the neighborhood
of the polls is almost of necessity men.
ace to the voters, and an interference
with their freedom and independence"
Civil liberty" said VIM. H. Seward,
"and standing army, for the purposes
of civil police, have never yet stood to.
gether, and never can stand together"
For standing up for these declarations
now, the EYarts and McCrarys, and Re-
publican leaders call Democrats revolu-
tionists.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-05-29

STANLEY, the African explorer, arrived
at Zanzibar in his little vessel, the AL
bion, on March 18th. 1t was generally
supposed his destination wss the Congo,
it having been remarked that he carries
with him a steam launch and large
cutter, with a quantity Of pierced iron
plates, evidently intended to form q
shield round the boats in case Of attack.
he has engaged a large number Of his
old followers at Zanzibar and paid them
advance wages, promising, them that
they shall see Europe when their work
Is over
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1879-05-29

DANIEL LoGUE, is in prison in Pitts.
burgh, Pa, on a charge of perjury, in
having sworn that he did not vote at the
last local election. Perjury is a serious
crime; but what is perjury in a petty
matter of this kind compared with the
wholesale bribery and attempted bri.
berry Of the legislators OF great STATED
While Logue Is in Jail in Pittsburgh for
perjury, self.Convicted felons, whose
guilt Of bribery has been proven by their
own reluctant testimony and the over
whelming evidence Of others, are unar-
rested aud unindicted. Is the reason
because Logue is poor, and the bribe
givers are rich and inAaenhal1-M, Z.
Sun.