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Telegram-herald., 1888-12-03
BORN TWICE.
How They DO This X lad of Business In the
East.

How They DO This Kiad of Business In the
East.
Nxw YORK. Dec. Baby EDITH Eleanor
Mclean has been taken from the Matching
cradle in the Wards Island Hospital. Little
Edith is the baby who vas born thirteen
weeks before her time in the Emigrant Hos
pital. and, as the only means Of preserving
her life. was tsken from her mother and
pl acsd In a patent incubator or hatcbing
cradle. thus far he FIRST time successfully
used in this country. When placed IN the
cradle. September q. little Edith was only
fourteen inches long and weighed but
little over two pounds. When released
from the incubator today she was twenty
inches long and weighed six pounds. Her
mother took her to Birmingham, in this
Stale, where her sister lives.
Telegram-herald., 1888-12-03

wh.t nsshseiss society Disoessrsa IL
CaioA4bos-

Co1usBes. O. Lee. "A startling dis-
cover na3s ~ ne w0nEDs Missionary
socixty q tns Methodist Episcopal church
Of Columbus VS. msas puolle last uiSlL
TIE mseabsss II tie soclsls, e0s oi ~hom
resides ia one of tie principal thorough
fares over low saloon snd restaurant
Which las Ter sons ne been under police
safveillsrCs. Fec.ngiy ooiicec so4oE sc1oo.
gre sotsrins tLis saloon - Tie rear door.
While boys 81 ne s4lue ags entered another
wav. The ers came eut Ia hilarious
dr1akeu osnaitioa. some ~ them ssFs
traced 70 their h0ulsssnc found 20 bs mem
bsrs u prominent families. hst u tie
girls and hove shows tlst toere sre about
So Who have been visiting the place nearly
sverv osy fOr month ~ more. They ale
msmbers of the ii "a school.
Telegram-herald., 1888-12-03
WAGES REDUCED.


But the Men say that They VIII Re-
sign
Saw FRAECTsco. Dec. 2 - All employees
orhsr than train hands. ysrdmen and men
employed in handling the motive power Of
the Atlantic & Pacific Rsilvsy Company,
we're notified that those wBO we're receiving
over 80 per month would be reduced 10
per cent Oh tbeir wages to Gate from No
vemosr J. The train dispstchsrs. operators
and agents u tie CslifoTnis DIVISION At
once nou6sd the SopenBtsndsut that u7-
less n. wage we're restored By s O'Clock
tonight they roClj stop work
Telegram-herald., 1888-12-03
FATALLY SHOT.

One Death for One Dollar-Ths Man
Arrested.
ORRvIILE. Ohio, Dec Al. =. Swervai
Office Of the Exchsnge Hotel last Saturday
night NcDOnsil lad loaned SVervai =
dollar snd had made some reference 10 It.
70 which the latter took exception. He
asked a bvstander: "Shsli ! give II to him.
and on receiving an Affirmative reply. pull
led ont a revolver and commenced shoot
ing. II rss srrssted after resistance. and
i an Old offender. having served term ia
the Michigan penitrntiary.
Telegram-herald., 1888-12-03
DlcKiNsON's REPORT.
A BIC Increase in the Nail BUSINESS. Also
In the ExpeDss.

WAsHFNsToN. Dec. Z-Postmasier Cen
era Dicxinson's annual report was given
to the press tonight II presents conGssly
the condition and history Of every branch
OF the postal service for TIE fscal year ended
June ~ iss5. With many comparisons with
previous years. showing remarkable eK-
nsnsion If business snd large increase in
the srnsnd.fures The gross reve1us for
ne vesr vas 81. 2.6a5. .i-s. while the sxpendi-
su-es amounted to S5s 80 403. The esii-
nafs3 deficiency is 81 le1 ri.
Telegram-herald., 1888-12-03
IT is SO THIN.
The Democrats VIII Not Withdr zw Fro
a

The Democrats VIII Not Withdr zw From
the q. A. X.
New YORK, Dec 2-Msjor William War
ner, Commander-in-C Chief of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, said last evening:
Il think very few will withdra ", tor the
simple reason that they have no cause for
withdrs wing. The Grand Army rs not in
the least influenced o. controlled by sectsr-
ian or partisan differ, noes existigE among
its members. X leaves these Questions 10
tire individual judgment Of the member.
without attempting to il fuencs him in his
opinion in any way. THIS fact IS recOg-
nized and known by members OF the Grand
Army.
Telegram-herald., 1888-12-03
THIS is HORRIBLE.
Developments In an indianapolis Sem.
efery.

Developments In an indianapolis Sem
efery.
INpIANAPoLIs. Dec. I'm an investigs-
ton by the officers of the Board of Health
some horrible discoveries have been made
in Greenlawn Cemetery, the Oldest burying
ground il Indianapolis. In the vaults
coffins are piled on each other, -nd in some
psris of the cemetery. particularly in one
corner where 900 COntederates who died
in hospitals during the war are buried.
three lsyers of dead bodies have been in
TERED. IN sOme,Of the vaults the bodies of
infants have been deposited in paper co'iins
because their parents could afford no more
expensive manner of burial. The City
Council will take action on the matter.
Telegram-herald., 1888-12-03

WssHrVsroN. peo 1--Secrs.ary Eniicott.
IN hs sunusl rsport aIi1dss feefugly 20
the death Of Gsrsrs. Sheridan. Which. be
says. deprived he sru7 n = Grief pre-erni-
nenI7 81 f1r such ~mrnf. and
whose vide sKpe-iencs and - III rescl -
I'D o@-s0ns qualities msis BIN poser ia
colnril sni srft0a.
Telegram-herald., 1888-12-03
AFTER THE MORMONS-
What an ExsminstiOn Is Develop

What an Exsminstion Is Develop
ing.
SALT LAKE. Utah, Dec John Graves
was examined before United States Conn
missioner Mcrrell yesterday on the charge
OF unlawful cohabit alton. The examin2-
tion developed a case Of polygamv. Mrs.
Williams. the alleged plural wife Of Graves
refused 10 answer questions and was COM
mitted for contempt OF court. Half au
hour after. however. she came in and ed.
mitted q al she vas married 10 the defeR-
ant about two years ago. and that he was
the father Of Der child Graves was held IN
"a. 600 bail to await the Grand Jury's acti0n.
Telegram-herald., 1888-12-03

ssv Dfrso. Cs. Dec. 1-Tbs ssuts Fs
system 5sgsn yesterday runri1g direct
P1l man ssrvIce befusen tais cit7 sn1 Chi
rago mating fr- longest coa-ir ucns sIser-
"a car service f1 she rorIi-ZflI m -
T s~eF n re flf1rs ae eat o1s ctsr-s
- hs rrasns
Telegram-herald., 1888-12-03
ON SUSPICION.
% Having Committed Robbery and
Arson.

CHATrASooGA Dec. .. George 3. Willis
has been arrested at Waverly. Tenn, by
Detective s. N. RasOr on 8 charge of being
one OF the men VINO robbed General r. n
Bigger on the night of the European Hotel
ire Oh November II. Bigger jumped from
one Of the hotel windows while the house
was burning and lost bis life. His vaiise
WIS tOu~d q the Tennessee river week
after ths fire. snd the officers are certain
that several OF the guests were robbed and
The hotel set on FIRE 10 cover MP their crime.
Il is stated that one Of the vic inns had also
been murdered. Willis IS in Jail here.
Telegram-herald., 1888-12-03

CITvFTsNn Dec 2-TAe propeller Nichi-
gan. bound up. took frs G ssDduskT 'o-
dsv. she Tas 'izhtsd - = tug su5 f0wei
nfo tbe port. where the .1csi frs = 1a-f-
uaenf sEfins a snsi ;ns flames Her entire
upper w1ks ve-e cortuned she vas
vain Z a. 5000 ana o1ns6 ~ Fiover
E-as 81 L-e----I
Telegram-herald., 1888-12-03
WITHDRAWING FROM The ORDER.
Bcstoas ysrnish ers and Peiishers LeRv


Bcstoa's Fsrpishers and Pciishers Leave
the h. of T..
BosToN. Dec. 2.-The piano and organ
varnishers and poiishers. at q meeting here
last night, decided 10 withdraw from the
Knights Of LABOR and form sn open union.
The members of this craft, in times psst.
havs been mong the strongest supporters
II Ponteriv's policy. There was n uch
enthusiasm and long list OF names were
sixnsd 10 the roll II the movement sue
cesds The leaders will endeavor 10 organise
similar bodies IN other cities. and n those
JOIN 10 the movement an effort viii be
made 70 organize an International Union.
Telegram-herald., 1888-12-03

Cvs~svs7ly OAK n-e a fsrvs ~s,s
- "a ss uzt b~en ds-svs-e3 s,ekt rH IS
soufa u tss eii7. TIE c7sl = ~ = zoo5
ca it7. And srFsugs1erts 49, es m sde
~ f1rfos~ eve ~ tns yer Coz
Ths siss y &C - sFsst sze sEsEt
Telegram-herald., 1888-12-03

DERCY T. COOK.
10 ~outh foBfs street.
80 Lots. Bsth's Addition. 20o Lots south Grand
Rsdids Houses for Sale on Easy Terms Lumber
Furnished ,or Building on Vacant Io.s. 90
Farms for sale In Southern Michigan. So
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-03-23
IMPORTANT DECISIONS.

On last Monday the Supreme
Court at Washington rendered two
decisions which deserve more space
than is now at our disposal.
FIRsT.-It decides in favor Of
Bells telephone monopoly. If this
monopoly was broken the general
public would obtain its telephone
service for one third, probably one
fifth, of what it now costs. BY
means of this monopoly small
group of men gather $l0,000.000 a
year, which should remain in the
pockets of the people. 1t is one OF
''the signs of the times that Justice
Gray could not sit in this case be-
cause II Of his near relatives held
stock in the Bell Company. These
'near relatives" would be unlikely
to hold so much Of this stock unless
they were represented on the Court
Bells monopoly continues at least
six years longer. Here then are
$60.000,000 that will be poeketed
by the men who are shrewd enough
to fleece the unorganiZed public
The people have the remedy in their
own hands:-let them elect to the
Legislature men pledged to regulate
telephone rates.
SECoND.-Iowa passed law pro-
hibiting intoxicants from coming
into the State; for example. it was
made unlawful for Il railroad to
transport liquor into Iowa. The
Court decides that this law is I'M
constitutional. 1t will be remem-
bered, we predicted this decision
more than year ago. Should West
Virginia adopt the prohibition
amendment, it will destroy our bust
ness and distilleries while it will not
diminish the supply of liquer:-tbe
other States will furnish all our peo-
pie will buy. This decision is u con
elusive argument against the amend
ment
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-03-23
RAILROAD METHODS.

The West Point Terminal Com
pany is a Va. corporation to enable
Wall street gamblers to control rail
roads, and it has long had posses
sion Of the Richmond and Danville
system. The Baltimore San says:
The discovery, that the Legisla-
ture had passed an act under which
the Terminal directors may hold of
fice3 years, has occasioned much sur
prise in Richmond. The bill was
passed on the 3rd, but the thing
was done so quietly that it was not
noticed until the 19th;-nearly two
weeks after the Legislature had adj
journed.
Here is fact the people may well
ponder over:-A bill in the interest
of Wall street railroad managers
"was passed so quietly"that nobody
knew about it," Surely this is
conclusive proof of the value of ca
pable men in Legislature, who are
not afraid to do their duty.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-03-23

we suggest nothing except that the
facts be published about such mat
ters as are Of a public nature and of
vital Importance to our welfare
Surely.things havecome to astrange
pass when such facts are To be con-
cealed and kept from the people
We anticipate that this report
will be vigorously assaulted by In :
titious popular clamor. but such
clamor we expect will be manufac-
tured by the emissarics OF persons
who prosper by a concealn.ent OF ex-
actly the information W. desire TO
have published. For example, our
attention has been called to the fact
that West Virginia probably has a
inst and valid claim against the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad for
upwards of $l,1O0,000. The facts
appear to be these: Prior to 1868
the commonwealth of Virginia was
the owner OF the Covington and
Ohio Railroad; when the new State
was created. all the property of the
old State within our limits was
transferred to West Virginia. Sec
ton Z article III, of the Constitu-
ton of 1868 declares: The Legis-
lature may direct the sale of the
stocks owned by the State in banks
and other corporations" and 1t
would seem to follow that our Leg
islature was without any power to
make a gilt of any property which
we inherited from the old State. Ii
this view be correct, then the act OF
1866. in SD far rs it transfers to the
Covington and Ohio (now the Ches-
apeake and Ohio) such property as
West Virginia inherited from Vir
ginia, is void; in which event our
State has q claim against the
Chesapeake and Ohio (the successor
of the Covington and Ohio) to the
extent Of the value OF such property
held by Virginia in our limits. But
we may well expect that any attempt
to moot such claim; we may well
expect that any suggestion to en-
force the rights OF the public as
against this corporation will induce
it to exert every influence to excite
hue and cry against those who are
responsible for the proposition. BE
it observed. the writer has not ex-
amined into this matter sufficiently
to express an opinion as to its mer-
its, but he does say that it ought to be
Investigated: he does say that If any
individual claimant occupied the 20
sition of our State respecting this
matter it would be investigated.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-03-23

derstand matter So simple as this.
Experience demonstrates thatatarIf
for protection enables the manufac-
turer to obtain enormous profits, but
does not compel him to pay higher
wages. Where the tariff helps one
man. it Injuries a hundred. Those
injured by it have one hundred votes
to every one vote among those helped
by l.. The question is, whether the
one man, who pockets the profit. can
control the votes of the 80 who pay
the bill? Carnegie has the profit
secured to him by the tariff tax on
foreign rails, which amounts To 81
per cent; Carnegie is worth 10 mil
lions, but only owns one vote. Poli-
ticians fear Carnegie's money will
control more votes than the voice of
Reason :-they fear his money will
hire, or fool, the masses into voting
against their own interests. Ifthese
politicians are right, then make Car
negie king and stop the farce of cleo
tions. If our millionaires spend less
on politics, perhaps they will be con
tent with lower profits.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-03-23
STATE PROGRESS.

The Industrial Convention has worked
wonders; the people have walked up,
and the enthusiasm will bring capital
and emigration here. Our resources are
made known, and the next Legislature
will be one Of public spirit and broad
business views. Boom the State.-Er.
Such twaddle may amuse fools,
but will not bring a dollar or man
to West Virginia. Blowing horns
once destroyed a city, but never
built one. Progress is paralyzed by
the unlawful practices of railroad
managers; they build;up some per-
sons, or places, and pull down 9TH
ers. The remedy is to pass TIE
Chew bill. Is any one such fool
as to suppose that capital, seeking
legitimate enterprise, will come to q
State where the c. & o. coal and
lumber agency exists? If this agen-
ey did not exist, why the opposition
to the Chew bill? Why do the rail-
road lobby combine to exclude from
the Legislature every man of ability
who wishes to protect the body Of
the people from the unlawful secret
practices of railroad managersp The
truth is, few men who expect to
appropriate the property and earn
ings Of our people, and their schemes
depend on their being able to pre-.
vent any agitation of this subject.
Hence, the papers and politicians,
blowing horns about the industrial
convention, are silent on the very
matter which is the chief obstacle
to our progress. Not one of these
papers or politicians dare commit
themselves against the bill offered
by Chew:-their plan is to avoid
any agitation that will educate the
rank and file, and to scheme and
plot to exclude men who, if in the
Legislature, would pass it. So far
as We can see, this is the only paper
that speaks out on this most impor-
tant subject.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-03-23

The Map land Legislature have
been debating whether To exempt
mortgages fram taxation. There is
a powerful element in favor of nut
ting all the burden on ,ani and ex.
enpting commercial property from
any share of the burden OF paving
the expenses Of government. This
discussion in Maryland is a repeti.
ton of the old and plausible theory
that taxing mortgages is double
taxation. We presume agriculture
will be fooled again. The matter is
fully explained in the preliminary
report of the West Va. Tax Com
mission, pages rs and 26. VI GER
tain gentlemen in the Maryland
Senate had read this report, they
would have talked less nonsense.
Our Legislature is more easily
managed. We profess to tax all
property. both real and personal,
but while making this profession
our laws are so shaped that farmers
pay SO per cent. of the revenue.
Under the pretcnse Of exempting
pigs and calves, we exempt $75 of
commercial property and 81 of farm
products. Wequiet our babies with
rattle; we quiet farmers with
plausible theories. 1t takes less
cunning to quiet farmers than ba-
hies.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-03-23

The present tariff on common win
dow glass, in sheets above "a by 40
inches, amounts to 108 per cent;
under the Mills bill it will be &C per
cent. In other words, when you pay
the merchant 81 for a lot of glass,
you get As cents worth of glass and
pay so cents as the tax on it. If the
Mills bill passes, when you spend 81
you will get 60 cents worth of glass
and you will pay 40 cents tax on it.
Present tariff:
As cents for glass.
50 tax.
Under Mills bill:
60 cents for glass.
40 tax.
1t is truly a hard case that we must pay
40 cents tax every time we buy 90 cents
worth of common window glass, but
there is no help for it so long as the rank
and file vote for politicians who truckle
to millionaire manufacturers.
The present tariff tax on earthen-
ware amounts to IS per cent; under
the Mills bill it will be So. When
you pay 81 for earthenware, you get
So cents of ware and pay GA cents
tax. Under the Mills bill, you will
get "A cents worth of ware and pay
26 cents tax.
1t is astonishing that the masses are
such fools as to tolerate politicians who
are silent about system which compels
the day laborer to pay IS cents tax every
time his wife buys IS cents worth of
earthenware. There will be no relief
until voters learn to cast an intelligent
ballot
The duty on blankets amounts to
6S per cent. Under the proposed
law, it will be 40 per cent. For 81
you now get Al cents worth of blan-
ket and pay SO cents tax. If the
bill passes you will get IL cents
worth of blanket and pay 29 cents
tax. And so we could 60 through
the entire list of articles in common
use, from the cradle to the grave.
1t is true, the masses are easily
fooled, but surely no man is so blind
as not to see that law which COM
peIs us to pay $20S for 81 worth of
glass is worse than a law under
which we will get 81 worth of glass
for $1.66. 1t seems to US incredible
that our politicians are afraid they
will not be able to make voters un-
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-03-23
ceiver of the C. & O., wherein the

ceiver of the C. L. O., wherein the
Governor said:
1.-THE following statements / make
on the authority of responsible men
in the coal business and who are in
position to know whereof they
speak:
"First-That the Chesapeake and
Ohio freightrates east for independ-
emit shippers have often exceeded the
sale price of coal at the point of des-
tination while the agency continued
a thriving business.
"Second--That the c. and O..
through its officers, has systematic
ally planned to prevent all independ-
ent shipments east and destroy all
competition with the agency. This
can be substantiated by your own
declaration, which is in a shape to
admit of NO dispute.
"Third-That TO the present time
the C. and o. has accomplished this
outrage against West Virginia's
greatest industry, and has the eff
frontery to attempt justification of
its illegal and violent conduct.
We have the most liberal laws In
this State concerning railroads that
can be found in any portion of our
country. The c. and 0. is no ex-
ception to the general wish that all
our railroads may prosper by the
receipt of reasonable and liberal
charges for their services. But we
cannot forget that the lands and
the products thereof belong to the
people, and that the various indus
tries are theirs, and that when a
railroad corporation. as in tue case
of the c. and o. r. R. Company,
deliberately plans that our progress
and development shall be held with
in the limits of its discretion, and
that the value of our products and
the fruits of our labor shall, through
the destruction of individual enter
terprise, be deposited in its insa.
table NAV, quiet submission means
industrial paralysis. AS a citizen
of this State, anxious and hopeful
for the development of it wonderful
resources and the welfare of its peo-
pie, and realizing the great wrongs
and injuries that your company has
Systematically inflicted, and still
continues to infict, by an unwar-
ranted oppression of independent
enterprise.
1t is truly surprising that voters
are not aroused to the Importance
of sending to the Legislature, men
able and willing to pass the Chew
bill; which would remedy the evil
Gov. Wilson, and every other sensi-
BILE man, knows is running our State.
This is matter politicians don't
want agitated. The people, if wise,
will stand by and support men like
Wilson.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-03-23
LESS LABOR AND MORE PROFITS.

For the past week the chief off
Gals Of the Pennsylvania system
have been going over their lines with
a view of reducing their expenses,
and some great changes have taken
place. The evident idea is to run
the roads on a strictly economical
basis, and all the reductions of en-
ployes are said to have been made
with that end in view.-LOuisriHe
Courier, Mar. 10.
The n. Y. SIM for Mar II, cop
les as follows from the Philadelphia
Record:
The annual report Of the Presi-
dent of Pa. System for 1887 shows,
the gross earnings for last year were
$Il5,5O0,000. This was an increase
over sc of$l3.S00,000; the increase
in net earning is $3,6S0,000, after
pay ment Of all interest, charges,
sinking and insurance funds and 81
per cent. dividend is 1888, 500,
making the reserve profits Of the
corporation aggregate Sl7,60S.647.
Railroad employees may well in
quire, why these managers should
reduce the force, in the dead OF win.
ter, with net increase of $780,
600 and "a reserve profit" Of II mill
ions ? 1t is fortunate for railroad
millionaires. that Labor does not
vote intelligently.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-03-23
THE TARIFF AND THE WEST.

The n. Y. Times has correspon.
dent in Washington this winter,who
seems to give reliable news. His
letter of the 18th said:
Browne, of Indiana, wants salt,
coal and lumber on the free list; a
number of Northwest Republicans
are against free whiskey and tobac-
co so long as heavy tax is kept on
the necessities of life. Mckinley
had resolution to repeal the tobac
co tax and was amazed to find that
so Republicans would not vote for
it.
The Heralds correspondent
writes:
The Republicans are as badly
bothered as Mr.. Randall about the
tariff. They are discovering daily
that they cannot hold their party
together for any such bill as they
want to make. The Republican
party in the Northwest demands
tariff reform and not juggle, and
there are not less than twenty-five
Western Republicans who have ex-
pressed the opinion that they can
better afford to vote for the Mills
bill than for such a bill AS Mr.. Nc
KinIey and Mr.. Reed would like.
They could not he renominrte,l or
reelected if they voted for a sham
tariff bill.
The West Virginia politicians
would all be for free coal were they
not afraid of opposition from the
few men who pocket the Is cents
tariff tax on this article of necessity.
A tariff on coal, is q tax to enable
railroads to exact high rates. We
should send to Washington men who
have courage to stand by the people
as against schemes to plumber them.