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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-01

TIE MEXICAN pension bill is the first un-
finished business to he considered on the
Speakers table of the United States House
of Representatives. As all other pension
bills Of every conceivable sort have been
passed, it is hoped that the few to be bene-
fitted by the bill referred to will not re
compelled to wait any longer for what they
have patiently waited for so many years.
Viewed as a measure of compensation for
value received, no men were ever better en-
titled to pensions than the surviving soldiers
of the Mexican war, for the territory acqhir
ed by their valor has added untold wealth
to the possessions of the country.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-01

MYSTERIOUS HIscOvERY .-~Worknlen bare IL
Gently dug up in a cellar At Richmond Hill, Long
Island womans kele:"r whose skull :Lowed
marks of bullet hole. AID the skull of an infant
A few days ago -. Coroner received an Anonymous
letter, evidently w-ittcn by a woman which -t,tri
that in l $50 there Iesidei in the place man. RS
wife and child and the wife's sister. which family
was hrok en- up by the wives charges Of too pr q:
intimscy between her husbini aud Sister. On,
night the wife aud her child disappeared. So
after the husband and sster-in law went away and
were never heard Of after The writer asks the
Coroner to find trace Of the latter pair.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-01

THE FACT that the wages in the protected
industries and manufacturing
have been reduced to the minimum. living
rate after twenty-four years of protective
tariff, and with one branch Of the national
Legislature to prevent reduction OF that
tariff in the next two years and more. is
sufficient to prove to every man subject to
the influence Of reason that protection does
not now, never did, and never can protect
labor. And, besides, the whole system of
protection is based upon the idea Of taxing
many for the benefit of q few, aud is there
fore not only contrary to the spirit of free
institutions, but is unjust and tyrannous in
itself
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-01
Commonwealth of Virginia,
Office Auditor Public Accounts.

Richmond, Va November %, 1884.
A statement showing the counties and cities
from which no payments appear from the books of
the Auditors office have been made by the clerks
of the circuit courts, on account of taxes on law
process, &r., for til" fiscal year 1881 'S2.
WILLIAM IL. WADDILL Clerk.
Albemarle, Alexandra county, Allegheny, Am
herst, Apponattox. Bath, bedford, Bland, Bruins
wick. Buchanan, Buckingham, Caroline, Carroll
Charles ity. Chesterfield, Clarke. Craig, Cuipeper
Cumberland, Dickinson, Dinwiddie, Essex. Eliza
beth City county, Fsuquicr, Floyd, Fluvanna
Franklin, Giles. Gloucester Goochland, Grayson,
Greene, Greensville, Halifax, Hcnrco, Henry,
James City, King George King and Queen. King
William, Lancaster. Lee. Louisa, Lunenburg, Mad
son, Matthews, Nausemond, Nelson, New Kent,
Northampton, Northumberland, Eottoway, Or.
ange, Page, Patrick, Powhatan, Prince Edward,
Princess Anne. Prince William, Pulaski, Kappa
hammock, Richmond county, Russell, Smyth,
southampton. Stafford, surry Sussex, spotsyl-
vauia, Tazewell Warren Warwick, Wcstmoreland.
WISE Wythe York, Fredericksburg, Manchester,
North Danvile, Portsm nth, Stauntou, Williams
burg Winchester.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-01
Commonwealth of Virginia,

Richmond, Va, November 49, 1884.
statement showing the counties and cities
from which no payments appear from the books OF
tho Auditors Office to have been made by the
clerks ofthe circuit courts OH account Of taxes on
law process &c, for the fiscal year 1SS2!S3
WILLIAM NJ WADDILL, Clerk
-,lbemarle, Alexandria Amherst. Augusta, Bath.
Bedford, Bland, Brunswick, Buchanan. Chester
field, Campbell. Craig, Culpeper. Cumberland,
D;nwiddie. Elizabeth City. Floyd, Franklin, Giles,
G. oucester, Goochland, Grayson, Greensville,
Henrioo, Henry, James City, King Gorge, King
and Queen, King William, Lancaster, Madison,
Matthews, Mecslenburg, Nansemond, Nelson,
ew Kent, Noi Hampton, Nottoway, Powhatan,
Prince Edward. Prince George, Rappshaunock,
Richmond county,. Scott, smyth, spottsylvania,
Stafford, Sussex. Warwick, Washington, Wise.
York, Fredericksburg, Manchester, North Dan
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1884-12-01
ALEXANDRIA,,
MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER l.,

TIE Industrial South, of Richmond, refer
r;ro to the fact that the sectional animosiy
of the North against the South is the result
of the ignorance of the Northern people
concerning their fellow citizens of the South
ern norton of the country, says
"If the Northern people would read the
Southern papers more than they 90, tneS
would find the antidote for the poison IN
stilled into their minds by the nisreprese.-
tations every day presented TO them 10 thelr
own papers"
The proposed remedy might mitigate the
viruleuce of the disease, but could not
possibly cure it as long as General Ma
homes paper, printed in the very capital OF
late Confederacy ,maligns and denounces the
people of the South with degree OF mal'g'
nitv greater even than that Of the most IN.
tense Southern hating paper in all the
North. People in the South understand
Mahone's methods" and know that bis
paper utters only his own words, and is
supported, not by those to when it is sent
hut by enforced exactions from bis office
holders. But the Northern people, unac.
uuainted with those methods, really be.
lieye that the paper is correct reflex Of
the opinion of at least large class OF the
community in which it is printed, and, ur
der the influence Of this belief, it is not at
all surprising that they should nurse their
wrath against the South to keep it warm.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-02

lists who would forSake their party to vote the
Republican ticket Such platform would drive
from the Republican party thousands who be
lieve in the right of submission, but not of pro
hibitiOn.
Let US look at Iowa. In 1880 it gave its 20,
600 majority for Garfield, but in 1883,
when The party declared for prohibition,
even though the people had passed such
a law yet the majority was reduced two thirds,
and to merely nothing on members of the Legis
nature The same was true to certain extent
in Kansas How could the party hope to sue
coed in this closely contested STATED
Butt they tell US they are tired of voting just to
help party to succeed. Yet they are glad for
the party to succeed if it will only adopt pro
hibition. But since the chances are ten to one
that the party could not succeed, yet do they
still demand it, and do they want to keep on
voting with unsuccessful party just becaue
it favors prohibition What consistency To
want prohibition and then in reality vote against
it. The temperance people have said they willvote
for no whisky candidate. They. need not do
this. should they. 1t is claimed that a
majority of the Republican party are temper
ance men. Then it is their right and duty to
secure the nomination of temperance men on
their ticket Then, with submission platform,
and with the support of the temperance people,
there is no reason why the party should not sue
coed. Many prohibitionists are submission
men, and so is every temperance man. But all
submlSsionists are not prohibitionists For that
reason, if a prohibition plank be
Temperance people, which do you WANT Temper
ance men on the ticket, with platform which
will stand show of success, or will you demand
prohibition plank, and thus bring defeat and
elect lot of whisky Democrats to rule, and who
will not show you one iota of favor2 For my
part 1 want no failure now; l am with the party
that will give us the first step-submission. On
such platform every one can stand who is in
favor of this being a government of the people
by the people, and for the people. Temperance
people, do we want success! If so, let us show
il by our actions S. EDGAR NICHOLSON.
EARIHAM, RICHMOND, Ind, April 30,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-02

manded. very full and fair statement of
the affairs of the company, not only when it paid
dividends but since it failed so to do is made
The committees statement shows that in the pc
riod of eleven years, 1873 to 1888 inclusive. the
net earnings averaged $601, 1874. As per year. The
dividends paid during the said period have av
eraged $3.50 PCS. Al per year, or 2 IA per cent
annually The increase in stock and debt Dec
81, 1888, was 81 $50, 1926 %. 40 per cent. as
compared with Dec. 81, 1872 Nearly one-third
of this increase in stock and debt during the
eleven years has occurred within the past year.
incident to the full control and rebuilding of the
properties indianapolis e. St Louis and the
St Louis Alton & Terre Haute railways). be-
tween Indianapolis & st. Louis as fully set
forth in the annual report of 1883. And, during
this same period 1873 to 1883 inclusive the sum of
s., 795. 925. "a has been expended for new and ad
dltlonal equipment side tracks, new and
permanent bridges, and for additional land for
terminal and station facilities. The construc-
ton account or the expenditure for additions
during these eleven years averages per year the
sum of 1854, 17503 OF the proposition of the
McHenry interest to issue new bonds or stock to
represent the money expended on improvements
to the c., c., c. 6 l. and its extension the com
comittee say, after a consideration of the figures
submitted, 1t would be unwise to create further
Indebtedness simply for the purpose of declar-
ing dividends. 1t is proper to say that not
single stakeholder of record to our knowledge
has asked or manifested desire for any stock
dividend. In statements recently made by some
stockholders the expression of feeling about the
right and expediency of stock dividend at this
time has been markedly significant in opposition
to it. If the policy pursued by this management
touching finance and dividends is to be judged
by the current market value of the
eompany's shares then this is to
be said: In a period of twenty four years
being from 1860 to 1888 inclusive, the
highest value of the shares in any one year oc-
CURED during 1881. This estimate is made by
averaging for each calendar month the highest
and lowest official quotations Of the shares by
the New York Stock Exchange The report
closes by saying: 'In all that has been borne
and DONE and earnest and anxious as the
board has been to make dividends, the best inter
ests of the stockholders and the responsibilities
of the management have faithfully been
garded. And now, that the present situation
has been reached, it is the opinion of your com
mittee that judcious caution should continue to
be observed in the making of dividends. The
Cincinnati & Springfield, and the Indianapolis
& st. Louis roads having now reached the points
where their operation promises to be unaccompa-
MED by loss, it is to be expected that dividends
from the net earnings of the railway can be de-
clared hereafter with greater certainty and reg
ularityn
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-02
miscellaneous Notes.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company yester-
day declared semi dividend of per
cent
The net earnings of the Pennsylvania railroad
the first quarter of 1888.
In 1879 the capital stock of the Pennsylvania
road was sos, $40 200 and the interest account 49,
BOG, 1856 In 1884 the capital stock is $92, 227 764
and interest charges 81, 055, 300
The price at which the Atlantic & Pacific Rail
road Company sell 100000 acres of grazing
lands to the newly organized land company is 50
cents per acre. Robert Garrett, P. B. Cheney
and others are large subscribers
There is no overlooking the fact that the Den
yer & Rio Grande is in bad financial state.
Since February the earnings have been so poor
that none have been published. The stock has
dropped during the past three years from lis to
ID.
New England continues to buy Union Pacific
at the decline, contrary to the general rule that
investors will buy only upon steady or advanc-
ing market. The New York books have dis
charged 3,577 shares to Boston since April 2, an
average of nearly 200 per day.
Kansas bids fair 70 have the same spider-web
appearance on the map that Ohio and Indiana
present Five new railroads have been
chartered there in the past few months, and all
Of them have very bright prospects of being
built. Besides this nearly all of the older
lines are making extensions in every direction.
Further consideration of Union Pacific and
OulCdSoi burlington o. quincy . troubles VIII De
had to-day So long as these interminable rail
way wranges exist and for the settlement of
which there appears really honest effort, it is
folly to look for any improvement in stocks or
for an increased demand either at home or
abroad
The annual meeting of the Connection Valley
company occurs at Canton, o., May IA, the
books closing May g. There are not shareholders
enough in Ohio to fill the quota of directors re-
Guired by Ohio law, but this little difficulty will
be easily cotton over by qualifying a few clerks
The dummy is very useful factor in modern
railroad management.
1t is stated that soc, 900 was paid to the Den
yer & Rio Grande, by an agreement formed be-
tween the two lines, as the Santa FEES percent
age of the loss to the Denver & Rio Grande in
the cut rate against the Denver & New Orleans.
The payment of this 5000, 900 is to be protested
against in a court of law by the Denver s. New
Orleans company.
The meeting of the stockholders of the Pitts
burg Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad Company.
called for yesterday at Pittsburg. to consider
a proposition to issue mortgage bonds to the
amount of $50 900 900 to take up stock hereto
fore issued and known as betterment stock, has
been postponed until the 2lst inst, When the
annual meeting will be held
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-02

To the Editor of the Indiana polls journal;
All low tariff advocates contend that tariff is
always tax, and that it enhances the price of
any article upon which it is levied by just the
duty imposed and that the consumer pays it.
Will some contender for this most absurd pro
lection please tell us how tho tariff duty of 10
cents per ton adds one cent to the price of bi-
luminous coall By the census report we learn
that during the census year there was mined IN
the United States east Of the l0Sth meridian,
40,311, 459 tons of this kind of coal By the
same report we learn that the average price at
which it sold at the mines was $1.22 per ton,
that the average cost for labor per ton was
rs cents, and the average cost for the material
used in the mines was II cents per ton. Total
cost for labor and material, SO cents.
Now if the assertion is true, that the tariff is a
tax and adds to the price, then COAL instead of
selling at $l.2. should have sold at 20 cents
less per ton, or AZ cents. But how can this be
so when the price paid for labor alone was &c
cents and for labor and material SO cents as that
would leave a net loss to the mine operator OF
al cents on every ton!
AS another illustration of the absurdity, to
call it no harsher name, of the oft repeated as
sertion, let take wheat, with tariff of twenty
cents per bushel. If the tariff adds to the price,
then wheat is twenty cents higher to day than it
would be but for the tariff If the assertion is
true, then every farmer in the land should be a
protectionist. Instead of twenty cents buShel
why not have tariff on wheat of $1OO or
So 90 or $1,000 per bushel; such tariff would
very soon compensate the farmer for all the
money extorted from him by the robber tariff
for, 10! these many years.
While this latter illustration is not new, we
cannot help repeating it, in order if possible to
elicit from some free-trader an explanation of
the fact that while they always contend that a
tariff duty on rice is tax and adds to the price,
still they say that tariff on wheat does not en-
nance its price If the price of rice is enhanced
by reason of the tariff duty, why is not wheat
also9 If the price of wheat is not increased by
the tariff duty. why is rice2 Protection
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-02
LETTERS FROM TIE PEOPLE.
The Indian Appropriation Bill.

To the Editor Of the Indianap polls Journal:
The Secretary of the Interior has made de-
tailed report to Congress, showing the great prog
ress made in Indian educational work during
the past two years, as the fruit of the liberal ap
preparations made by Congress for that object
The industrial schools at Carlyle and Hampton
have been very great success. Young men
and young women of pure Indian blood have
shown such a rapid transition from savage to
civilized life that the nation may rejoice that
the Indian problem is at last solved This solu-
ton is confirmed by Il great number of similar
industrial schools in many of the States, an ap-
preparation having been made by the last Con
gress for that object
The great pressure Of civilization upon the
mountain tribes, by the cOvetous desire for gold,
and by the railroad enterprises from the DIissis-
sippi valley to the Pacific, and along the mount
ain passes to the National Park, to New Mexico,
Arizona, and to Mexico. has hemmed in the
Indian tribes, and limited their hunting grounds
so completely that the most untamed and rowing
are seeing clearly that they must take the white
mans PATH and learn to live as he does or be-
come paupers, to be fed and clothed by our treas
ury and sink into depraved life induced by the
vices of unprincipled white men.
The present Congress- under the influence of
false economy, are indicating backward move
Secretary Teller has indicated what it will re
quire to carry forward the Indian work thus
successfully begun. A great pressure is now
made upon him for schools where they have
been hitherto persistently refused The House
subcommittee ON appropriations have brought
in bill too small for this work by 500, 900
The committee are, Ellis of Louisiana, Holman
of Indiana, and Ryan, of Kansas. The first two
are Democrats and the last Republican, and a
most cordial supporter of the Indian educational
work
The Senate may succeed in pressing through
an amendment reaching the required sum. If
they fail the Indian schools must come under a
cloud until more liberal policy can be sus-
tanned.
We must educate these Indians and make
them citizens. This is the only solution of this
question. The dead Indian policy costs too
much 1t costs twenty whites and s., 900 900 to
kill one Indian in war. We can educate them
and make them men with greatly diminished
cost and have humanity and Christianity i'll our
support. We have tried the destructive policy
for 800 years and senators tell us that there are
as many Indians in America to-day as when
Columbus landed on our shores. They have a
manhood ready and waiting to be developed
They ask to be educated. They do not want
their children to be paupers. If we show them
humanity they will be found humane If we
are kind to them they will pay back in kind If
we work to their interest they will work to ours.
BLOOMINGDALE, Ind. 3. c. HOBBS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-02
Temperance Again.


TO tho Editor Of tho indianapolis Journals:
have read with interest the article of April
81 on Temperance and Politics" and also the
discussion since that time. To me it is interest
ing to see the temperance question thus agtated,
but regret to know of those who are avowed
temperance men taking such action as will bring
delay and defeat at least for the present, to the
cause. agree exactly with all that has been said
about the evils of incompetence, and the business
of prohibition, and for this very reason l do not
want to take any action that will bring discredit
upon the movement. We are told that prohibit
tionists cannot afford to take a backward step.
Be that as it may, as regards prohibition as q
law we are now back in the same position we
were before the Legislature of 1881 Now do the
temperance people wish to regain the ground
they have lost and take the legal course, step
by step to prohibition, or will they invite defeat
by blindly grasping now for that which they
know is impossible for three years or morel
1t will be wisdom to take one step at a time, as
that will ultimately have to be done
1t Is supposable that every prohibtionist
wants an amendment passed by the next Legis-
lature. Let us suppose that the Republican
party pledges itself to do this-a thing which it
can not fail to do-by a submission PLATFORM
then the prohibtionistS organize a third party
and cast their 1000 votes and thus defeat the
party that promised to do the very thing they
want Who will be to blame if no amendment
is passed. Such action would bring a delay of two
years at least, and would, undoubtedly bring
discredit upon the cause We are told to never
''forsake principle for policy and party success y
With this agree. Submission is principle no
less just and right than prohibition Then,
which principle shall we have frstl Let us
have submission, which will lead ultimately to
prohibition. 1 accuse no one of insincerity in
demanding prohibition, because it is right But
let him work to that end with some show of
success. 1t is time that the temperance element
Il. -.
in the right, will it be disgraeeful to vote with
the party which favors their interests! 1t is
too often the case in this coun-
try, where we rule by strict MAORI
ties. that the moral element is defeated
by the immoral. There is every reason to be-
leve that no party in this State would succeed
this year on an absolute prohibition platform
The Democrats are few, even though prohibition