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, 1888-11-01
FREE AMERICA vs. THE wOKLD.

The crisis through which our coun-
try is passing has been equalled in inn
portance but twice since the May
flower landed at Plymouth Rock. The
early struggle through which the
Union was established and the later one
through which il was preserved, illus
trate the capacity Of the American
, 1888-11-01
FUNNY, Amt 1T?

Senator Blair of New Hampshire
was rotten-egged in Virginia. In order
to break the force of such spectacle
Southern paper claims chat repub-
lican speakers are hiring men to rot
ten.egg them in order to create SYM
pathy" Queer world.
, 1888-11-01

THE taxable property of our terri
tory has increased, in round numbers,
twenty-three millions OF dollars the
past year, and OF that sum Spokane
county is entitled to be credited with
over three millions.
, 1888-11-01

The attorney general has decided
that it "would be unwise on the part of
the judges and inspectors Of elections
10 allow females to vote" at the COM
ing election. So the ladies can turn
their attention TO other matters. Some
Of them appear to have done so al
ready, judging by the account OF the
magnificent six-story block that Mrs.
Alice Houghton proposes TO build in the
,urnt district. Let Mrs. Houghton go
head with her building. She is set
ing the politicians . good example.
, 1888-11-01

FREE wool, free lumber and re-
duction of the tariff on lead is the bat
tie cry of the democracy Of Washing
ington territory Next Tuesday voters
will recall the fact that but for the re-
publican party the Mills bill would now
be law.
, 1888-11-01
SPOKANE COUNTY.

Unless something unusual turns up,
the republican county ticket will be
elected by 900 majority. Reports
from all points indicate that the spo-
kane county voter is thoroughly
aroused TO the necessity Of putting his
foot down fat on the free trade propo-
sitiOn
, 1888-11-01

THE Spokane real estate market is
stronger than at any time this year.
Important sales are made every day
and the indications point to heavy
transfers during the fall.
, 1888-11-01
ON THE HOMEsTKErCH.

Victory is assured II the republicans
of Spokane county go to the polls and
vote for the men who represent their
views and the views of their party.
There should be but one cry: "The
, 1888-11-01

VorERs will remember, on election
day, the hard struggle Voorhees, made
to stay at home, and do what they can
to accommodate him, by voting for
Allen.
, 1888-11-01
ny THE -
REVIEW PUBLISHING COMFY.

PRoHIBrrIoNIsTs in the South, dur
ing presidential years, are like snakes
in Ireland-iherc are none.
, 1888-11-01

Two YEARS ago. Mr.. Dubois said in
public speech at Moscow: "I rec
gnize that you are for annexation.
When the Mormon question is settled
o honest man in Southern Idaho will
ppose annexation"
Well, the Mormon question is set.
ed!
Every mothers son of q Mormon
)ter, in Idaho. il disfranchised.
This il undisputed.
Now, how about honest men oppos-
annexationf
, 1888-11-01

There was British minister named West,
Who got into terrible hornets nest
BY Offering suggestions
On political questions
When he ouahter been pulling down his
, 1888-11-01
Minister Vests Reply.
(Private


BEVERLY, Mass. Sept. 13. 1888.
Sir:--I am in receipt of your letter of
the 4th inst, and beg to say that fully
appreciate the difficulty in which You find
yourself in casting your vote. You are
pro, ably aware that any political party
which openly favored the mother country
at the present moment would lose popu-
larity, and the party in power is fully
aware Of this fact. The party, however.
is: ! believe, still desirous of maintaining
friendly relations with Great Britain and
10 still desirous of settling all questions
with Canada which have been unfortun-
ately reopened since the rejection OF the
treaty bv the republican majority In the
senate and the presidents message 10
which you allude. All allowances must
therefore be made for the political situs.
zion, as regards the presidential election.
thus created. 1t is, however, impossible
TO predict the course which President
Cleveland may pursue in the matter Of re-
taliation should he be elected, but there
is every reason to believe that, while up
holding. tho position he has taken, he viii
manifest spirit Of Cancellation in dealing
with the question involved in his message.
enclose AN article from the New York
Times OF the 22d of August and remain
yours faithfully.
l.. 7. SAcKvILLE WEST.
, 1888-11-01

raised by Cardinal Lavigerie for the
liberation OF the negroes OF Central
Africa, should never be furled, until it
has been borne ia triumph around the
world
, 1888-11-01

VOORHEES, is making three speeches
day and keeping it up right along.
Neither Webster, nor Clay, nor Gal
houn could do that.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-17
LEvELAND,s BROKEN PLEDGE.

CLENELANDS BROKEN PLEDGE
HIS CIVIL SERVICE PROFESSIONS ANNULL-
ED By HIS PRACTICE or THE SPoILs
SYSTEM
New York Sun. MAY IL.
The Union League Club last night at
tackled President Cleveland on his civil
service reform record. President Chaun-
cey Mitchell Depew was not present. The
attack was in the shape of reportOf the
clubs Committee on Political Reform.
and was signed by Mr.. Whitelaw Reid
Mr.. John J. Knox, Mr. E. B. Hinsdale,
DR.. ID. E. st. John Roosa. Mr.. Thomas N.
North, Mr.. Franklin A. Paddock, Mr.
CephaS Bralnard, Mr.. Clarence c. Buel
and Mr.. VI. NJ. BudlOng The committee
say that the Mugwumps in 1884 were al
lured by the impression, which the Dem
ocratic candidate encouraged, that he was
born refOrmer and raised up for the es-
pecial purpose of completing this great
work"
The report quotes voluminouslv from
Mr. Clevelands letters, written before his
election and Inauguration, giving in de-
tail his promises concerning the enforce
ment of the civil service laws. Then the
report gives statistics which are intended
to prove that Mr.. Cleveland has not kept
his promises.
OF the 80, 13i offices at his disposal, the
report SAYS up to June IL, 1887, when the
last count in the interest of the Republi-
can party was made, Mr.. Cleveland has
availed himself OF. 42,9 1872, and up to date
the estimate is that of 56. 134 of the men in
office under executive appointment when
Mr.. Cleveland went to Washington, $1,000
have been turned out.
OF the 2,400 Presidential Postmasters a
very Insignificant number have been re-
appointed and nearly all have been chang
ed. Of the other POstmasters, of which
there are upward of 81, 900, it appears that
10000 have been changed within a year,
and it is known that of the remaining H.
COO the greater part of them held offices
which commanded so small salary that
the place was not deemed worth the
trouble of change.
Of the 50 Collectors of Internal Reve-
nue. 81 have been changed, and of the Ill
Collectors of Customs 100 new appoint
ments have been made.
The committee declare that removals
made on the charge OF offensive partisan
ship We're brought about by mere pre-
text and subterfuge, and SO far as the OBJ
seryatiOn of the civil service laws in the
New York custom house goes, the situa-
ton is truly depressing. The report was
unanimously adopted.
This is one of the resolutions appended
to the report:
THAT the course of the President has
been radically inconsistent with pledges
which he gave before his election and in
his inaugural address, in respect to this
reform, and the disposition which he man.
ifested in the cases of Stone and Benton,
and in many others, gives color to the
charge of insincerity, partisan bias, and
q lack of genuine sympathy with the spir-
it and aims of civil service reform.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-17
OHIO CROPS.
THE MAY REPORT SAYS WHEAT is DECI-
DEDLY IN BAD WAY-AN EXCELLENT

THE MAY REPORT SAYS WHEAT is DECI-
DEDLY IN A BAD wAY-AN EXCELLENT
PROSPECT FOR FRUIT.
Columbus Special to Cleveland Leader
The May crop report just issued by the
State Board of Agriculture shows an un-
paralleled decrease in the amount of
wheat grown in the State. The report is
based on the returns from over one hun
dred correspondents. The May estimates
shows decline of thirteen points in CON-
parison with the report made March L.
The drouth, which has prevailed over
the greater part of the State, is the chief
cause of the low condition of the wheat
drop.
The severity of the drouth last season
prevented farmers from sowing the usual
acreage, and caused the amount soWn To
be put into soil too rough and poorly
fitted to start growth The wheat went
into winter feeble and short. While it
was not heaved by the frost, it had not
the vigOr to make growth against the
lack of moisture in the soil. Tbs spring
rains have not been sufficient to sataFaSs
the ground to the depth of wheat and
clover roots. In this enfeebled condition
the plant has been materially injured by
the dry, cool weather of April
From some counties we have reports
that more than half the wheat land has
either been plowed up for oats and flax.
or oats have been drilled among the wheat
the mixture of wheat and oats to be
used for feed. Still more would have
been sOwed to oats if the land had not
been sown to timothy last fall.
We have no means of estimating this
reduction of the wheat and barley, but it
is almost unparalleled. 1t will result in
marked increase in the acreage of oats
and corn. As a rule, the oats are going
into the ground late, and the spring is
backward. Pastures have been weaken
Ell by the long continued drouth. Glover
and timothy pastures have been so mate
rally injured that they cannot afford
more than nalf of full average of grass.
The outlook for orchard fruits and ber-
ries is very promising. Cherries alone
are reported injured in some counties.
In giving the following summary of
the estimates made by our correspond
ents, says Secretary Bonham, it may not
be amiSs to say that careful observa-
ton of the wheat and barley in the south
ern half of the State leads to the opinion
that the estimate of wheat is high, and
that of barley is so high as to be mislead-
ing, because, in the counties where the
most barley is grown, there the destruc-
ton is most nearly complete.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-17
OUR TARIFF HISTORY.


Atlanta Constitution.
1t was not until some time after the c,,l-
ORies became Independent that there were
duties placed upon imports. From 1884
to 1880 inclusive the imports from Eng
land exceeded the exports from, America
in the sum of s52,372.S75, and cla1nor
arose for protection.
The first tariff law passed was approved
by the President July 4, 1889. Its pream-
BILE recited, Whereas, 1t is necessary for
the support of the government. the dis
charge of the debts of the United States.
and the encouragement of manufactures,
that duties be laid on goods, wares and
merchandise imported"
From the year 1885, when the protect
i've tariff was i'll fall operation, to 1901. a
period of seven years, the exports of this
country exceeded the imports by SS9,374,-
3l6, leaving England in debt to America.
In 1924, although the revenue was suffici-
ent, new tariff was adopted with higher
duties in order to extend the benefits of
protection. This measure had the active
support of Presidents Monroe, Jackson.
and John Quincy Adams.
In 1888, following the demands of South
IL.
a revised tariff law was passed, lowering
the duties about twenty per cent.
BY 1910 this tariff revision" had so
the revenue, and the manu-
factures were SO PROSTATE that the Gov
ernment and the people were almost in
bfnki uptcy. This caused a raising of
customs duties to the protective point in |
1912, un0er which trade revived, and the |
Governments credit was preserved.
IN 1916 reduction was made in tariff |
rates, and during the neyt eleven years, |
while ohese reduced rates Were in force, |
the revenue fell short of the expenditures
by $21 ,790,S05. In 1860 the Government |
had to borrow $20,O00,O00 to maintain its
credit.
The duties were increased in March. |
1861, and Since then, while the war tariff |
has been reduced to natural proportions,
the manufactures of America have flour
ished as never before
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-17

operative il the compensation allowed by Sec. 1895
Commissioners herein referred TO matter
wholly within their sound discretion. (See The
State, eX. rel Weaver, Pros Atty Clarke County,
Ohio, vs.. Serviss, Auditor, ct al. and authorities
there cited, Law Bulletin, July 9Th, 1881. More
over 1t has been the rule OF former boards, prior
TO June, 1886 acting under this fair construction Of
the statutes, to allow Sheriffs seyenty-ive cents
per day and the additional allowance OF forty dol
lars per month for jail guard, when in the exercise
OF their discretion It was necessary.
Item II refers to an allowance of S3,2125O in IA
vor Of w. ]. & A. McClain for extra work on
courthouse, and contract reduced 10 writing two
years subsequently, No report is made by your
Committee upon these contracts, for reasons there
in explained, and presume for the further reason
that it Is not matter comm! properly under the
scope Of their investigation, but belongs to work
Of a succeeding Committee.
Item Is, with reference TO contract made with
Morse Bridge Co., November 10, 1886, for bridge
superStructITe at Met Onnelfs also one at Glenn's
Run. is, think unfair to the Board. Taken as
clearly were their letting to contract was plainly
authorized by the provisions referred to in Section
Sd7 K s., neither piece oil work exceeding the limit
therein specified, viz (S1 O000O) one thousand dol
lars. Besides large number Of bridge eOntrac-
tors were present, bidding other work, and bids
were received by the Board from Ill these con-
tractors, thereby gaining every advantage of COM
petition and saving TO the county of the unneceS-
Sary cost of advertising
Respectfully submitted.
j. W. HOLLlNGSWORTH,
Prosecuting Attorney,
Belmont County, Ohio.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-17
REPORT OF COMMITTEE.

REPORT OF COMMITTEE.
DRTGGS Judge Of the Common Pleas
COtuty, Ohio
undersigned Committee appointed examine report
Transactions Of the Board Commissioners
ending 3D. beg submit the foowing
We of
In their report and find the received
correctly stated.
settled with Auditor November,
of
making
BeaTe
dollars paid the
railroads
paid Auditor Darah for road abstracts
think unauthorized by law.
providing for Relief OF INDECENT Soldiers Sailors and
which
Is sprOyide Sc 0S revised statutes
Commissioners
Sheriff
ournn
dollars u This
ioars placed the Sher monthly boar
providing prisoners and drawn out Of the county treasury 0t
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-17
EXPLOSIVES ON TRAINS.

New York Mail and Express.
Giant powder factories explode not in
frequently at out of the way places in the
stony. desolate mountain regions, and the
three or four men whom the companies
are always able to obtain to ply the dread
full trade of fabricating are heard Of no
more: and there is generally nothing left
but hole in the ground As giant pow
der is very useful, if not absolutely neces-
sary, the world seems to accept this cas-
ual tragedy as an essential incident of its
production, and so to pass to the order OF
the day, but if giant powder is to come
down from its isolated home, and be much
exploded in the more pOpulOus regions
and on railways, the world will find itself
called upon to give it more attention.
How much such attention is needed will
be perceived in moment by anybody
who reads the story of the explosion on
the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad.
This explosion occurred at little waySide
station-wrecked everything near it, kill
ed seven persons and wounded eighteen.
| Suppose it had occurred in the station at
Philadelphia. 1t would have been worse
than an ordinary earthquake. And yet,
! the stuff being on the cars, this explosion
might have occurred anywhere, simply be-
cause it resulted from a fOrcible contact
between cars, such as may be observed
anywhere at all times. Engineers hand
| ling a locomotive commonly feel them
selves, we suppose, free from any Obliga-
ton to go gently; and it is very usual
| experience of people in train to which
locomotive is backed up, to find that
the contact is very forcible one. On
the Reading road the train had broken in
two, and the engine with two cars was
halted at the bottom of down grade to
receive the contact of the seventy two
cars behind. This conclusion exploded
the giant powder. To halt at such place
in order to receive train not under con-
troll was foolish, and the engineer who did
| that might be equal to any eccentricity;
yet it seems hardly credible that a man
should have done this if he had known
that one of the cars on his train was load
ed with material that could be exploded
by concussion. Everybody on railroad
ought to know the car that is loaded with
dynamite, nitro glycerine, giant powder,
or any similar compounds that are in use:
and practical way to secure this is to
adopt some familiar indication, such as
covering the whole side of the car with
the word explosive"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-17
TIE CENTENNIAL SOCIETY.

At recently meeting of the Belmont
County Centennial Society the following
persons were named in addition to those
previously selected from the various town
ship, and in addition to NJ. c. Mitchell,
d. Ii. Darrah and J. NJ. Lewis, Commits
sionerS respectively of Martins Ferry,
Bellaire and Barnesville, whose duty it
shall be to look after, in general way,
the interests and departments to which
they are respectively assigned:
CttIiOSitieS and ReIics-W. r. Talbot,
Barnesville: J. c. Bethel, Flushing; J. V.
Fisher, Morristown; NJ c. Mitchell, Mar
tins Ferry; ID. ii. Darrah, Bellaire; II. E.
Wells, Bridgeport, and VIM. HewetsOn,
st. Clairsville.
Poultry. Pigeons. Pet Stock, etc-Joe
Farmer. Flushing; Perley Pickett, Barnes
vile; H. E. Wells, Bridgeport.
Wool end Shee2-A II. Lee. New
Athens; W. E. Bundy, Barnesville, and
James GLADDEN., Demos
Cdttie-Wm. George. Louisville; Reese
Thomas, Bellaire, and L. p. Bailey, Barnes
vile.
Horses VIM. Estep, Louisville;
James Dunfee, Key; John Kintner, st.
Clairsville and S. Gregg, Somerton.
Dairy PrOductS-J. II. Denham, st.
Clairsville, and Secretary o. T. Severns of
SOmertOn Creamery.
iStCine-George Lentz, Louisville.
History AID ArcheOlogy-T. W. Emer-
son, st. Clairsville.
Science, Education and MuSic-Prof.
Jones, Bellaire.
Womcn'S Wo5k-Mrs. L. II. Waters,
ST. ClairSville
Persons previously selected in the town.
ships should urge upon farmers and stock
men the necessity of commencing at once
to prepare for tie exhibition of their pro-
ducts, and thus place Belmont county
where she belongs-in the foremost of all
she attemps to do. Let each one prepare
something and the aggregate will surprise
all, besides giving prominence to our
county and her citizens.
Rules and premium lists may be had
by addressing L. n Bonham, Sec'y of the
Ohio Centennial Society, Columbus. Ex-
position opens September 4th and closes
Oct 18th, 1888.
A. T. MCKELVEY, Pres.
nv NTCEInT Snosu
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-17
A WOMAN'S DISCOVERY.

"Another wonderful discovery has been
made, and that too by lady in this
couptfy. Disease fastened its clutches
upon her, and for seven years she with
stood lis severest tests, but her vital or
gans were undermined and death seemed
imminent. For three months she coughed
necessarily and could not sleep; she bot
OF US bottle of DIR. Kings New DiscOv-
cry FOR Consumption, and was so much
relieved on taking first dose that she slept
all night, and with one bottle has been
miraculously cured Her name is Mrs.
Luther Lutz." Thus writes w. c. Ham
rick & Co., of Shelby, n. c.. Get free
trial bottle at PattccSons' drug store. 2
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-17

GREAT floods still prevail in the West,
At Quincy, H., the Mississippi is report
ed ten miles wide, and at st. Louis sew
en-. Red River, likewise, is reported
higher than it has been since 1S43..
Hundreds of thousands of acres of farm
ing lands are under water, and the dam
ace to crops will reach very large sum.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-17

THE result of the Congressional pri-
maries completely dazed that free-trade
sheet, the Bellaire Independent. The
farmers caught on to the reasons for the
hostility of that sheet, and came up al
most solidly for the man who stands for
protection: and still the Independent
yelps "boodle" at such men.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-17

BILLY COPELAND pronouncing the
gospel of official morality to the Com
missioners of the county is a beautiful
spectacle, indeed, and will be apprecia
ted by the public If. in the whole his
tory of the county, any public officer
has dene more than he to debauch pub
lie Office, will some one please name him?
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-17

CLERK MITCHELL used to certify $40
for the Justices who assisted in canvass
ing election returns. Now a Democrat
ic Clerk certifies $50 to a Democratic
Auditor, and he issues his warrant for
it. The work is easily done in day.
Eighteen dollars day is pretty good
pay for your average Squire.
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-17
Belmont County Cen. Society.

HOW FRENCH OR HOW AMERICAN
Philadelphia Press.
1t would be pleasant to think, as twenty
years ago one would have thought, that
the Hatch-Scofeld tragedy could have
only come in Paris. But it will not be
long if these plague spots multiply, as
they have of late, before they become
characteristic of American society The
mystery the police make of it is nonsense.
Hatch's end has no mystery about it but
the vulgar mysteries of all lust
He and his kind and all about him in
the loose comedy death deepened into
tragedy daily multiply Not a figure in
this story but has grown as familiar as
day in our cities American life breeds
in every walk of life the dangerous and
brilliant woman who looks thirty-fiYe and
passes for twenty-nine, Who has been
through close shaves innumerable, and
marries at last the quiet, gray-haired, eld
erly man of some means and larger spec
ulative expectations. She speculateS-
for such woman has always the means
for speculation, and her broker figures
foremost in the score of men who circle
around her like fish around baited hook
Detection and divorce sometimes follow.
and sometimes a pistol shot, and some
times, as in poor Scofeld's weak case, the
husband sits up all night waiting for his
own doorway to give up the evidence he
needs for divorce case
A needless inquest was held on Hatch,
who jumped to his death through another
mans bedroom window, but it is only too
plain that in this case the seventh COM
mandment was in good deal more dan
ger of being broken than the sixth.
THE PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY.
The Presbyterian General Assembly
meets in Philadelphia to-day (May 17.)-
The centenary exercises are expected to
be of great interest, and many eminent
men will be present and speak A friend
ly reunion of the Northern and Southern
Assemblies will be held on Thursday, Nav
"a, at the Academy of Music and Hortf-
cultural Hall, when double meetings s-one
in the Academy and Ole in the hall-will
be held. At the 10 o'clock morning meet
ing in the Academy the Moderator of the
Southern General Assembly will preside,
and the Rev. DIR. Cuyler of Brooklyn. will
deliver an address upon the history of
Pfesbyterianism, and the Rev. DR.. Benja-
min NJ. Palmer, of New Orleans. an ad-
q esS upon the work of PreSbyterianism
Cor the future. At the 10 o'clock meeting
in Horticultural Hall the Moderator OF
the Northern General Assembly will pre-
side. Congressman W. G. p. Breckenridge.
of Kentucky, win speak upon Calvanism
and Religious Liberty" and DR.. Howard
Crosby, of New York, upon "Presbyteri-
anism and Biblical Scholarship"
Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1888-05-17

A CANVASS has been made of 724
wards and precincts of Michigan. From
18l reports have been received that
Blaine would probably make gain over
1884, and from 544 that he would lose.