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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-12-03
Valid Assessment Companies vs.. DeathDea
Speculative Concerns

Valid Assessment Companies vs.. DeathDed
Speculative Concerns.
Deathbed speculative insurance Is nearing
its end. The state department of insurance Is
about to squeeze out of 1t all the life there is
left. 1t has run is day, and will soon sink
into utter disgrace, and die of its own rotten.
ness. While this is cause for rejoicing among
all honest people, care should be exercised to
discriminate between the valid assessment
cOmpanic, that guarantee specific amounts
and pay all their losses in full. and the gam
bling concerns that have brought such Odium
upon insurance. These concerns were origin
ated and have been operated to swindlc the
people.
Their plans were such as to doom them to
speedy failure. Their distinctive features
we're l. To accept risks on all ages up to So
years, regardless of insurable interest. 2.
Great recklessness as to the health of the risks
accepted. 3. No classification OF policy hold
ers. 4. Pay on death, only as many do,-
lars as an assessment brings, less Is to . per
cent. for cost of collecting. The result was, as
might have been and was expected by some {:
l. tremendous rush OF new business for q
few months, thereby placing thousands of dol
lars OF commissions into the pockets OF the
general agents. 2. A tremendous mortality.
B. Immense forfeitures. 4. Paying only $25 to
$75 on claims where from one to three thousand
dollars was expected. 5. Failure and disgrace
Not go with valid insurance companies
among which the U. B. Mutual Aid society OF
Lebanon, Pa, stands first. II was chartered
by special act of the Legislature. March, I'll.
1869, and was not organized under the law of
1876, as are the deathbed companies. From the
first It guaranteed the payment of the face of
its certificates of membership in full. Its
charter prohibits accepting risks aged above
sixty-flve years. 1t requires careful medical
examination and insurable interest, and ac-
cepts only first-class risks. 1t has pail more
than ], 100 death claims in JuU, aggreSating
moro than g 5OO.OOO 1t arranges its numbers
in classes, the number in each class not ex-
ceeding l,lOo members having an average age
of not more than forty.six years. Its assess
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G.. A. Il.
Election Of ON Cers.

At meeting of George II. Thomas
post "a, held last evening, the following
named officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
Communicates. Sweger. s. V. c.
NJ. v. B. Keller. J. V. C.-Martin Stark.
Chaplain-Benjamin Henry. @. Mas
A. Nimlow. Surgeon-J. B. Lawrence.
O. OWN. Roehm. O. G.-Peter Sense
derfer. Committee of Administration
John Reese, John Black, jr., J. X. Barr.
F.-Peter Winour. Delegates to Depart
ment Encampment-Frank G. Pennell,
James A. Nimlow, A. c. ReinGhl. AL
ternates-Peter Allabacb, Jacob Geiger,
George H. Miller.
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FATAL ACCIDENT.
Crushed to Death in a Stone Quarry.

Crushed to Death in Stone Quarry.
Jacob Kearney, of Marietta, met with a
quarry, just south of Chickies Rock, of
which lie and John Lockard are the les
sees. Mr.. Kearney had entered tint quarry
suddenly without a moments warning a
huge rock, weighing several tons, fell
to death instantly. He was extricated as
soon as possible, and his dead body con-
veyed to his home in Marietta. Mr..
Kearney was man of some means, a
member of the firm of Kearney & Lockard
who have been largely engaged in quarry
ing ballast for the Pennsylvania railroad
company. He was about 25 years of age
and married, but leaves no children.
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Now and Then.

NOW 0Ou 4000e
The Philadelphia Press announces
that " Senator Lee, who was chairman
Of the recent state conference of Repub-
licans, designed to promote Popular Rule
and Free Representation within the Re-
publican party" has appointed the ex-
ecutive committee of the organization,
which consists of eight members, who
are again to appoint a general commit
tee of two hundred and fifty-one men,
bers, being one for every representative
and senator. The Press puts itself forth
as the champion of these Republicans
who thus organize themselves to pro-
mote Popular Rule and Free Represen-
tation within the Republican party"
The capital letters we copy from the OF.
gan of this party within the Republican
party, and we assume that the title thus
given to it expresses the aim of the men
vino start it. g Popular Rule" is not a
very remarkable thing for a citizen Of
this country to express his devotion to :;
it is generally thought that this is the
idea of our dem ocracy. But these Re-
publicans in Pennsylvaniana announce to
us that the party they belong to is not
governed by devotion to their idea. They
find it necessary to start an organization
within it to endeavOr to secure its con-
troll subject to the idea that the people
rule.
That is a very remarkable admission,
made by Republicans, of their party.
One would think that a party jE a de-
mocracy, which is conceded by its men,
bers not to he democratic, is in fit con-
dition to he dissolved, and that any
effort to save it " within its lines " is
loves labor lost. But these men think
differently we wish them luck in their
labor. But we doubt their having it.
They hardly deserve it. Many of them
are not sincere. They are political bush
whackers. They are down and want to
get up, and don't care how they do it,.
They care nothing for popular rule, y
unless they are its agents. The people
whom they want to have rule are them
selves.
They want free representation within
the Republican party, and it is very
reasonable request. But these men who
now, to suit their purposes, declare that
there is no free representation within
their party, were loudly proclaiming in
the late election canvass that it was the
distinctive virtue Of the Republican
party that it secured free representation
to every voter. Now they say it is not
to be had, even in the party itself; and
how then can the party, if put in power,
be trusted to secure it to the voters of
all parties? The men who form this
new organization within the Republican
party were all, Il few weeks ago, urging
the election of the Republican ticket.
They were, as they now confess, asking
the people of Pennsylvania to seat men
who were opposed to popular rule and
free representation. What claim have
they upon the confidence of the people,
in the sincerity of their motives and the
integrity of their actions? None at
all! They are demagogues, not demo.
Gratis. The only honesty in the Repub
lican revolt against Republican leader
ship is that which is found in the move
ment of Wolfe to purify the party by fire
and sword.
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with just as much chance Of profit to
the speculator and no less danger of con-
victiOn to his victim.
The SneakeTShfl.


The news from Washington this
morning point to the success of J. War
rem Keifer, of Ohio, for speaker-the IN
fittest of the three leading candidates
named for the place. His success, If
achieved. will have been accomplished
by means that are apt to precipitate the
inevitable rupture between the Stalwart
and Half Breed factions of the Republi-
can party, and array the administra-
ton where it belongs, with the Cameron
Conklng crowd. Pennsylvania has
been the centre Of the contest. On the
vote of its members has depended the re-
suit. The president, upon being asked
his preference, is reported to have said
he had no hand in the contest but lie
aided significantly, "see Mr.. Cameron"
Meantime Cameron was busy. He was
'seeing" the congressional delegation
from Pennsylvania. He saw and con-
quered. In their conference the old
game of the unit rule" was resOrted to
with the same success. Hiscock lost and
Keifer won by this manipulation. A
trade is arranged which will beat the
New Yorker, suspected of Liberalism,
and prevent the presidents state from
being overloaded by honors Won for
man not in sympathy with him. The
a1jacency of Keifer's stateto Pennsylva-
mia will help to shut off McPhersOn's
election for clerk, which is another i'm
portant matter with Cameron. The
Press thinks that the determination said
to have been reached 4" is not the free
and unbiased determination of the men,
bers, but has been accomplished by i'll
fluences which deserve unqualified repro
baton. 1t is not dictated by regard for
the interests of Pennsylvania or by a
Just consideration of what is due to the
Republican party of the nation. A trade
which should be made up with the small
group of dependent Southern Republi-
cans at one end and a Pennsylvania
dicker at the other would not he thing
which the Republicans Of this state could
view with pride. Pennsylvania has too
often in the past won discredit by such
operations. But what will the Press
and its people do about it. 1t vaguely
threatens that " neither the people, the
party nor Republican congressman are
going to set up any standard of Repub-
licanism but the simple fact of a mans
| Republicanism.' Which means that
after being used as Il floor mop, the In
dependents will hang themselves on the
fence to dry for future service in the
same good cause.
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.. Skin Diseases /" Cured by Dr. Swayne's
OlH1menf.

What is more distressing thar an obstinate
skin disease, and why persons should suffer u
single hour when they have sure cure in
"Swayne's Ointment " is past our cOmpreheE-
sion. The worst cases OF fetter, itch, salt
rhcum, or that annoying complaint, itching
piles, yield to its wonderful all-healins quail
ties. Pimples on the face and blOtchcs on the
skin are removed by using this healing Oint
ment. Perfectly safe and harmless, even on
the most tender infant. Itching Piles -Symp-
toms are moisture, intense itching, particu-
larly ut night after getting warm in bed;
other parts are sometimes affected. Swayne's
OintmentIeasant, sure cure. DIR. Swayne 4
Son, 81 North Seventh street, Philadelphia.
Pa. to whom all letters should be addressed.
sold by all prominent druggists.
Oct4T Th&FXw
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Are you disturbed nj night anil broken Of
your rest by u sfc!. Child suffering and crying
with the eXcruciltins pain OF cutting teeth
II 81, go at once and get Il bottle Of MRS
WINSLOW'S SOOTHING STRUr II will re-
lieve the poor little sufferer finme,iiitcly-tle-
pend upon 1t {: there Is no mistake about II.
There is not Il mother on I;h who has ever
used 1t, VINO VIII not tell you 1t once that 1t
mother, and relief AMI health to the child,
operating like magic. 1t Is perfectly safe to
use III all cases. and pleasant 10 the taste, and
Is the prescription of one OF the Oldest and
best female physician AMI Gurses in the
UEitel States. sold everywhere: 25 cents 4
tOttie. ''nr?-lvd!&wM.WS
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
EAST END ITEMS.

Protracied MeetIngs-schOOl Matters, New
Store at kinZers, SC.
Our Gap correspondent sends the follow
lug items from the east end of the county:
The effort made by the Evangelical as
sociation to hold a prOtracted meeting at
the White Horse proved to bo unsuccess-
full, as none were converted. The meeting
closed Oh Saturday evening.
The protracted meeting held by the NJ.
E. association at the Gap has not met
with much success thus far, as only one
convert is forward.
The new school house at Simmonstown
is now ready for use, and school will COM
mence in it on Monday. It is a large,
commodious and handsome brick struc-
ture, furnished with the latest style of
furniture it will bs far more comfortable
and cheerful for the scholars than the old
one was. Mr.. Robert Lynch has pur-
chased the old school house and intends
to remodel it for dwelling.
Hershey Bros, have started new store
at Kinzers, and are making quite 4
I" racket" with it.
The following pupils OF the Gap second.
ary school, have attended the first three
months of the term, ending November
22d. without missing day: X. Lizzie
Wise, Ella Parke, Jennie Parke, Cora 3 i.
Shelley James McCachren and Willie
Ovendorf.
Those who did not miss day for the
month, ending Nov. 22d, are James Nc
Cachren, Willie Orendorf, Daniel Ault,
VIM. Hanway, Walter Bailey, Franklin
Lindecamp, Cora B. Shelley, Bertha NJ.
Shelley, Kate Sweigert, r. Lizzie Wise,
Maggie A. Kinley, Carrie Marsh, Ella
Parke, Jennie Parke. Nettie Eckert and
Susan Bair. Mr.. VIM. J. Johnston is
teacher, and he may be proud of his ''reg-
ulars,"
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LATEST NEWS BY NAIL.

Tho secretary of war, in his annual
report, earnestly endorses General Sher-
mans recommendation that the army be
increased to $4,000 men.
The reductions in star route service made
by the postoffice department during No.
vember will effect a saving OF Sill, 155 per
annum.
A fire in the press room of tho Erening
Post at Montreal destroyed several valu-
able presses. Tho loss will reach s., 900 or
IS, 600.
In an affray at Gadsden, Ala, Buck
Martin was mortally shot by man named
Williams. He returned tho fire and in
stantly killed Williams.
About 100 members of the Ohio Editor.
ial association, with several ladies, ar
rived in New York yesterday. They will
stay a week or ten days in the city.
The body of the Earl of Crawford and
Balcarres, who ldied in December, 1880,
has been stolen from the mortuary chapel
of Dunechthu, Aberdeen.
David Leavitt, ofAgawam, Mass, aged
about IS, was found dead in his carriage
near /" Feeding Hills" He had been shot
in the back of the head, and the circum-
stances indicate murder for money.
John E. Moreland was assaulted and
robbed by three negroes, near Dawson,
Georgia. Mark Thompson, supposed to
be one of the robbers, was captured by a
mob of white men and beaten to death.
A riot occurred at Admission, a mining
town in Alabama, in which many colored
men took part, using stones and pistols.
Two of the rioters were killed by the
police before order was restored.
Henry Meune aged 81, shot Margaret
Massey. aged 10. and then shot himself, in
New Orleans. They arc believed to be
mortally wounded. They were lovers, and
agreed to commit suicide because the girls
mother forbade the young mans visits.
Robert A. Barnes, a we'll known citizen
of St. Louis, has given $25, 900 to the Meth
odist Central college, Fayette, Howard
county, Mo. It is understood a Barnes
professorship will be established at the
college.
A custom house officer at Prescott, Ont,
has made an extensive seizure of American
coal oil which had been smuggled into
Canada within the past few days. The oil
was found in cellars, garrets, pig pens and
other ut-of-the-way places.
Arnoldos Vanderhost, prominent cit.
zen of Charleston, s. c., and owner of
extensive rice plantations ON the coast,
wrs killed on Kiawah Island by the acci-
dental discharge of his gun while deer
hunting. He was member of the society
of the Cincinnati.
1t is reported in Washington that the
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PERSONAL.

Rev. p. S. HENSON, pastor Of the Mem
orial Baptist church of Philadelphia, has
declined call to the First Baptist church
of Chicago, and will remain in his present
position.
Mr.. FRANCIS d. MOULTON, the "mutual
friend" in the celebrated TiltOn-Beecher
case, has been invited to deliver an address
at the Atlanta exposition on the dairy
interest, with which he is thoroughly con
versant.
On Thursday evening the members and
friends of Mt Zion A. NJ. E. church.
Columbia, rendered their pastor, Rev. j..
II. ACCooE, grand surprise party. They
brought with them to the parsonage the
good things of life and were welcome vis-
itOrs.
The Injunction granted in the suit of
JOAQUIN MILLER against MCKEE RANKIN,
to restrain tho production of the play
"49'' on the ground that it is an infringe
ment of the one called "California Gold, !"
was dissolved yesterday in tho supreme
court at New York, with leave to the
plaintiff to renew his application.
JUDGE Sp1ER, of New York, has finally
come to the conclusion that the old family
Bible is right in making him out three
score years and ten upwards of twelve
months ago, and he quits the bench,
Judge O'GOrman having been elected to
succeed him by the Democrats; the oppo-
sition claiming that Spier was not 20 and
there was no vacancy, ran no candidate.
The Labor Standard American Auxil-
iary association held services in New
York last evening in memory Of JOHN
BROWN, of Harper's Ferry fame, when ad-
dresses were made on the life and charac-
ter of Brown by John S. Winston and
others. 1t was proposed to raise funds
and erect monument to him, and steps
will be taken for that purpose.
The Princess of WALES is occupying
much the position in the world of English
fashion that the Empress Eugene did in
the French. Her dress at a recent ball
given in her honor in the Principality was
Of blue silk, with gauze overdress that ap-
peared to be sprinkled with diamonds she
wore a necklace and pendant and supurb
coronet of diamonds besides. The prince
left his throne-ch3ir beside her on the dais
to be occupied by people who would be
flattered by the distinction.
At the sale Of tho Duke of MARLBOR-
OUGH's Sunderland library, no remarkable
prices were realized. An offer of a lump
sum of e25, 900, from an agent for
American libraries, was declined previous
to the sale The most spirited competi-
tors were for a book on the Virginia
Coloniess'' dated 1910, and Heggeson's
"New Englaud's Plantation" dated 1641.
An English dealer, however, outbid Amer
ican buyers for both works, paying e143
and Eli for them, respectively.
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COURT.
Its Meeting this Morning.

ItS Meetlhg tnIB mOFnInS.
Court met this morning at 10 o'clock to
transact current business.
The bond of Joseph Umble, the newly
elected register of wills, in the sum Of
1850, was presented and approved.
The sureties are Henry G. Lehman of the
Fourth ward and Henry Kurtz, of Con-
estoga township.
Henry Williams, of Marietta, was
granted divorce from his wife Kate
Williams, on the grounds of adultery and
desertion.
In the case of Caroline Van Lcer vs.. the
executors of Needham Wilson, deceased.
a rule to show cause for new trial was
granted.
Court adjourned to Monday morning at
10 o'clock.
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Deserving Of Aid.

Rev. ]. G. Hume, of the Presbyterian
chapel, has investigated the case Of Mrs.
Ward, who is lying i'll Of typhoid fever,
and whose husband was dragged from her
bedside and taken to Maryland to answer
at court for an offence he declares himself
innocent of, and finds that Mrs. Ward is a
worthy woman sorely in need of pecuni-
ary help, having four small children, the
youngest a babe in arms. Rev. Hume will
take charge of money donations made for
her relief and left at the Office Of the
INTELLIGENCER.
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LANCASTER SATURDAY DECEMBER

president will next week nominate Ex-
Senator Freylinghuysen, of New Jersey.
for secretary Of state, and Chauncey 1.
Filley of St. Louis, for postmaster general.
No other cabinet changes are expected
until after the Christmas holidays.
A number of gentlemen Of both political
parties from various parts of Iowa met at
Des Moines, yesterday and organized the
Iowa Free trade League, with o. Mosher,
of Dallas Centre, as president. The Or
ganizatioD a9fovides for three classes Of
members. The headquarters of the
League are at Des MOins.
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STATE ITEMS.

S4A4 = !4GA3ASs
4 number of railroad laborers go drunk
in Kane, indulged in riot, in which one
ofthem was killed and three others were
fatally wounded.
A Berlin ''sculptor has received All order
from Philadelphia for an equestrian statue
Of Washington, to be erected at Phil
adelphia, to cost e27O0."
In Catasauqua, Mrs. Crtharine Scholl,
aged 36, left her husband to 60 to the
canal, as she often did, fell in and was
drowned.
The friends Of tho Hon. James r. Lud
low have announced their intention o.
presenting his name before the next Demo
cratic state convention for the supreme
judgship.
At half-past one o'clock this morning
the Electric Light company fulfilled thei'
promises, and the principal thOroughfart
flooded with brilliant light "bright as sun
light"
After nearly four weeks illness of ty
phoid malaria, and for tho last few days Ol
pneumonia. Hon. Isaac Hereter, state
senator of the Adams and Cumberland
district, has died near Gettysburg, max
ing vacanacy in the state Senate.
In Philadelphia, at Annie Grey's house
of ill fame, sporting man. named John
Conkl:n, was shot by medical student
named Camp Huntington, of Baltimore
who was jealous of Conklin's attention tt
"his woman"
Senator Lee has appointed the follow
ing executive committee, authorized by
the conference of Reformers recently hello
at the Continental hotel. Hon, Johr
Stewart, Chambersburg J. NJ. w. Geist
Lancaster /; William McMichael, Samue
w. Pennypacker, Philadelphia q; Hon
William T. Davies, TOwanda Thomas
w. Phillips, New Castle Hugh 5. Flcm
ing, Pittsburgh.
The "Broad street station" Phila!el
phia, of the Pennsylvania railroad com
pany is to be occupied on Monday, whel
all trains at present arriving at and leav
ing the West Philadelphia depot will, OF
and after 6 o'clock a. m. Of that day, ar
rive and depart from Broad and Fiber
streets. Particulars of the arrival an(
departure of local trains on the road made
necessary by the change Of depot are yc
to be announced. There will bc two in
termediate stations between West Phila
delphia and Broad street.
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Sales of Real Estate.

3. F. Rowe, auctioneer, has sold for
Henry Lands, through Allan A. Herr &
Co., real estate agents, a lot of ground,
situate on East Chestnut street, this city,
No. 315. to B. F. Houser, for 81, 1870.
On Wednesday he sold for the execu'
tors of Elias Herr, deceased, piece Of
land in West Lampeter township, contain
ing three .fOurths of an acre with improve
ments, to Jacob Worth, for 81, 176.
Yesterday, at the Cooper house, the real
estate of Samuel Musselman, 419 West
King street, through Allan Herr & Co., was
withdrawn at $500.
D. B. Shaub, of New Holland, has sold
his bakery at private sale, to Mr.. Benja-
min Wenger, proprietor of the Millway
bakery, in Ephrata township, for 50. 300.
Christian Musser, of Earl township,
has sold, at private sale, 81 acres of land
without buildings situated along the Har-
risburg and Downingtown turnpike,
near Reidenbach's store, to Reuben Reid.
enbach, for 1000.
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Another RnilrOnd "A Accldlont.

Wesley Able, an extra brakeman OF
engine No. 234 Pennsylvania railroad, had
his right arm crushed while coupling cars
at Leaman Place at 1 o'clock this after
noon. DR.. Leaman examined the wound
and thinks no bones are broken. The man
was taken to Columbia, where he has a
family, at 2:34 this afternoonn by DIR.
Leaman and Mr.. Dysinger. This was the
first trip Able had made on tho road.
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Lamp Explosion.

The fire alarm last evening was caused
by the explosion of lamp in the house of
Mrs. Harriet Tomlinson, on Middle street.
Mrs. Raymond, who lives in the house and
is subject to fits, picked up lamp, when
she was taken with fit. The lamp fell
and exploded. Tho fire was extinguished
by the neighhors before any damage was
done beyond the burning of one chair.
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COnvalesclng,

Prof. Chas B. Keller, principal Of the
Strasburg high school, who was SD seri-
ously i'll a few days ago that it was feared
he could not recover, is getting better
slowly and is considered out of danger.
During his illness Miss Lands. one of his
assistants, has charge of the school.