The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1884-03-08
Editorial Mention.

81 MARY BRowN, widow OF John Brown
of Harper's Ferry notoriety, died on Fri
day last in San Frsnciseo.
IT is announced that President Arthu
says all Government employees shall b
protected in their right to work and vot
for whatever presidential candidate the,
may favor. That is right.
-IF you will nay up your subscription
TO the ADVOCATE now, and one year II
advance, we will present you with th,
large page monthly family paper
HEALTH AND HOME, one year free as I
premium. This offer is open TO all new
and old subscribers paying promptly il
aivancc.
CHAIENlE HENsEL has issued cal
for the Democratic State Convention
1t will meet in the Opera House. Allen
town, Wednesday, April 0. The can,
didates to be nominated are Congress
.fnan-at Large, six Delegates-at-Large tc
the National Convention and three
Electors-at-LNrge.
AT recent meeting Of surgeons and
officers of tao Pennsylvania Railroad
Company to arrange for medical and
surgical supplies to be placed on trains
and Mt each station on the road, the
question of adding alcoholic stimulants
to thu supplies was at once rejected,
som of the surgeons claiming that in
case OF shock from injury it was worth
less.
The coroner's investigation ms to the
death of Salmi Mosse, in New York, was
concluded on Friday last, when the iurv.
after 10 minutes deliberation, returned
The following verdict 1--WE find that
Salmi Morse came to his death by drown
ing. bat the evidence produced does not
en'ble us to say that it was intentional
and we therefore believe it was accj.
dental"
The statement of the public debt Is.
sued on the lst inst, shows decrense @
during February of So, ,5S2, $50. SO, and n
decrease since June 80, 1883, of S67 59o.- =
074 81. The interest-bearing debt
amounts to 81 2G6. $40, 900; debt on which
int rest has ceased since maturity, S12,-
o6 3G5.26; debt bearing no interest,
Si90,522, ,2l4 81; total debt. 81 SG9, ,43O .
479 81; interest. $40 36I. los 43; gold
and silver certificates, 81 Is, 58I 32i United
States notes held for redemption of cer-
tid 'st s of deposit, slS,2l5 900; cash
alance available, March ], 1884, sl45,-
f3t,zSl.20; total cash in the Treasury.
March l, 1884, 1896 293, ,45l,73.
TaE Democratic committee of the
Fourth Legislative district met in Hazls.
ton on Saturday last; Chairman Weaver
being absent, Claude G.. MILESTONE, of
the PLAIN SPEAKER, presided. John A.
German was chosen secretary. Edward
NcHugh. of Foster; Abraham Heller, of
Sugar Loaf, and E. p. Kisner, of Halle.
ton. were elected delegates to the COM
ing State Convention without opposition.
The delegates were instructed to vote for
William F Harriiy, of Philadelphia, and
Senator Coke, of this district. for dele
gates-at-large and exercise all honorable
means to secure united Pennsylvania
d legation to Chicago for Samuel ].
Randall NJ
occurred and the best of feeling pre-
vailed
THE PRINTERS C1RcULAn: A novel
copyright bill has been prepared ond
presented to Congress; it proposes moth =
ing less than the cnpyrightng for the
period of twenty-fUur hours the news
dispatches of the Associated Press
Such measure curiously enough creates
m pnopoly in the reports of Congress.
sional proceedings, presidential procla.
nations, and important appointments
by the President. All of these matters
of interest to the nation at large it is
Customary for the Government officials
Mt the National Capital to hand to the
agent of the Associated Press at Wash
iugton, with the tacit understanding that
they are to be given to the public press
aor the use of the public. Under the
proposed new copyright act all these
and similar national news topics would
he the private property of the Associated
Fress for twenty-four hours At all i'm
portant points OF locations where events
OF general interest tmnspirs The agent.
OF the Associated Press depend for ac-
counts of the local news on the local
papers. Uader the proposed act all in
telligence thus gathered would be taken
from the original owners, without so
much as saying 10y your leave, aud, for
twenty four hours, be the exclusive pro.
perty Of the Associated Press. So unjust
a measure ought not to receive the seri-
Gus attention Of Congress, much less b,
enacted into what will be at once vex.
atious and preposteIous law. II the As.
sociated p ess can copyright its news
dispatches for twenty-four hours, pro-
prietors of daily aud weekly newspapers
can Copyright their local news Tor the
same ren"d; and il Tor twenty -four, why
not for forty eight hours. and where
would the ls-oci.t,d d Press be thent
ER0M WASHINGTON