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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-19
A PROMINENT MINISTER WRITES:
SIMPKIN { HILLYER,
ENGINEERS.

W. SfMPKlN, A. s. "A. E., late Superintendent
Tanner s Delaney Engine Company aud Rich
mond Locomotive and Machine Works; Is. Z.
HILLYEk, NJ. T., proprietor OF tho Warwick Iron
Works. Newport News, Va, late chief designer
PGtapsco Bridge Works. Plans and speeinea-
lions for all classes Of engineering work cotton
anu other mills. gas and watec-wOrks. Estimates
Gu engines. boilers, machinery OF all descrip-
lions. Working drawings and blue prints. VElua-
tons made. srDitraiions attended engines iDdi-
Gated, castings furnished. aepair work promptly
attended TO- All repairs, &c, should DO ssnt TO the
works, Newport News. Va. General once, ii05
Main street, Richmond. Va
Carresnondence solieitad ph E-Su2m
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-05-19

A clear complexion, free from plmples,
pax be bad hx tsksng Haad,s Ssraanariila.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
tn" View SpOiIs Tactics Meaner Than
the Old,

Civil Service Reform is uttering some
very distinct notes in the far West.
The summary removal OF William &.
Jones. United States Marshal in Kan
sas, has provoked indignant comment
even from portion OF the Republican
journals of that Ssate. They say that
had President Harrison removed Jones
because he was Democrat, and because
his place was wanted for a Republican,
there would have been no serious COM
plant. But he was dismissed upon
charges of inidelity in Office. without
giving him the slightest opportunity TO
defend his reputation from assault. As
eX Marshal Jones is a prominent YeteI-
an in Kansas his old comrades protest,
not against his removal, but against the
indecent manner in which it was made.
This is but one of the case which
show the meanness TO which the Spoils
system, in its newest phase, is compell-
ed to resort. The Supreme Judge of
New Mexico was asked to resign on the
oreteuse that his method OF dispensing
Justice was not such as it should be.
When he made inquiry as TO the nature
OF the charges against him he was told
by the Attorney General that his judi
cial course was not in harmony with
the policy" of the Administration.
Mrs, Clay, the Postmistress of Hunts
VILE, Ala, was requested to resign on
the groundthat she had neglected her du-
ties, aud when she asked for the charges
she received notice of the appoint uaent
of her successor, Railway Mail Super
intendent Bell discharged about l, 800
postal clerks in q few weeks, and he
meanly undertook TO put a rsproach
upon nearly all OF them by notifying a
few only that they were removed solely
for party reasons.
Formerly the dispensers of Govern
ment spoils aud patriotism did not deem
It necessary to resort TO any subterfuge
or aTtifice in removing their political
opponents from Office, When they re-
moved capable and trust worthy officials
they put The act on party grounds, and
bade their political opponents make the
most of il. They did not deign to
trump up charges against an official in
order to make pIeteXt for removing
him They were too manly for that
But now. under the latest ministers of
the Spoils System, partisan meanness is
superadded to It's trucuiency. The Of
nee is taken away, and with il the repu>
tatiCn of the Incumbent. 1t is not
enough to deprive him of his present
living. but by throwing suspicion upon
him he must be prevented from earning
livelihood in the future. Thus the Gov
ernment CT great and magnanimous
nation is made a conduit OF official slau-
der ard calumny.
The Spoils system as hitherto admin
istered is Infinitely preferable to this
mixture of hypocrisy and cant OF zeal
for the public service. If public Of
hcials cannot be permitted to meet the
charges assigned for their removal let
Us get back to the old Spoils System.
with all its frank brutality, as soon as
possible. The AK OF the public
executiOuer in taking tbs official life of
the citizen would not at the same time
take away his good name.-Pbila
Rtrnrl
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
JOhnstOwn's Health is GOed.

JoHHsTOwN, Pa June 19.-Govern-
or Beaver and the Flood Commission
arrived here quite Unexpectedly short
ly before noon, accompanied by Gener-
al Hastings, and made tour OF the de-
vastated district on horseback. dining
afterwaTd at headquarters. The Phil
adelphia members of the Commission
express themselves as satisfied that the
press reports of the disaster were not
exaggerated, and that the people Of
Johnstown are entitled TO substantial
relief from the State,
DR.. Benjamin Lee, Executive Officer
OF the State Board of Health, issued
health bulletin No. , this morning, the
first bulletin since the 18th instant.
IL reports gradual improvement in
the health Of the burroughs. Coopers-
dale is somewhat inaccessible owing to
high water in the Couemaugh, and
there are some cases OF stomach trou-
bles in consequence of poor food,
There have been no cases of contagious
disease at the general hospital. but one
fatal case of diptheria at the Red Cross
Hospital and one other case. Among
the soldiery there is not a single hospi-
tai case. Measels are diminishing.
Gangs are engaged in collecting the
carcasses of dead animals along the
different streams and burning them.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21

THE proverbial generosity OF the far.
away people OF the Pacific coast received
another illustration when the news of
the JohnstOwn calamity reached them,
Public meetings were held and money
was literally subscribed. While COL
Iections were IN progress at Seattle.
Washington territory, and several
thousand dollars had been cheerfully
subscribed as a nucleus for the Terri
tory's offering, the fire king came along
and swept $4,000, 900 OF business prop
erty away. The news was telegraphed
all over the coast, and for a moment
people were daZed at the second cslami-
ty. But Only for a moment. The next,
The people were subscribing money. nos
only for Seattle, but also for JOhnstown.
The collections were made Jointly, and
some who had subscribed before made
second offerings. 4 remarkable scene
occurred at Seattle itself after the fire,
when the citizens met TO do something
about rebuilding. 1t was announced
that in one of the bank safes, still red
hot in the debris. were the collections
for the Johnstovn sufferers. In view
OF the fact that charity begins at
home" it was hinted that the fund had
better be diverted to the bom sufferers.
The proposition was Indignantly voted
down and the citizens proceeded to SUBJ
scribe literally for its own sufferers be-
sides increasing the Johnstown fund
The citizens of Tacoma, SeattIe's rival
for supremacy, came Dobly to the res
cue with a fund OF 81, 600 cash and
supplies sufficient 10 feed 1900 people
for thiIty days, with as much more in
reserve II necessary. Truly, the Amer
can people are great institution, on
which no flies rest even momentariIy.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21

THE Johnstown Tribune of Wednes-
lay says: We Ofen hear it said that
the worst wreck of all is on the South
side. To the eye, yes for there many
houses from the North side went. But
the real ruin is where there are neither
houses nor people, as in Woodvale, the
Second Ward Of Conemaugh Borough,
and, with the exception of a house or
two, the Second and Third Wards OF
Johns1owu, and agood part OF Cambria.
There is ruin il the lower portious Of
the South Side, but not complete and
pathetic desolation as in The other dis
tricts named. Nothing existent will
compare with pihiity, and it is only
in the memories OF the living that any
thing is left Of large portions of the
town.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21

THE Philadelphia Ledqer, a stauuch
Republican paper gives President Har-
rison the following friendly warning
Mr.. President, either your Attorney
General has made q mistake or you
have been led into error-if the pub
lished correspondence between the de-
partment of justice and Justice Sand
ford, of Utah, be true. The Judge
comes out OF that correspondence with
by far the better credit, so that if there
Is anything behind of nature to help
the executive it had better be brought
promptly to the front.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
DISTRESSING Weakness.

The Johnstown disaster was a splep-
did opportunity for Governor Beaver to
do something to gloss over a very bad
record, but il served only TO show his
lamentabl bic weakness. At the time of
the calamity he was, as usual, juuke.-
ing around the country, just as Hart
rantt was when the railroad riots of
1877 occurred. While the governor of
ONO was rushing train load OF pro-
visions and clothing and tents to Johns
town our own governor was doing moth
ing. No one seemed to know ANYTHING
about him. IL was not until his an
peal was published in TUESDAYS papers
that the public were made aware of his
return to Harrisburg. Why did he not
hurry TO Johnstown as fast as steam
and horses could carry him, pu. five
thousand men to work and personally
superintend the recovery of bodies and
the removal OF the debris ? The press
ence OF the governor would have had
much to do with the effectiveness of tie
work. But he kept away from the
scene OF devastation and private clti.
zens were obliged 20 fill the place that
he should have occupied. Try to i'm.
agine Foraker, of Ohio, or Hill of New
York, making such an exhibition of
weakness.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21

FROM the report or Secretary of the
Treasury Window it appears that dur
ing the month OF May, 1889, the farm
ers of this country sent out TO Europe
and the rest of the world over three
million and q half barrels OF nnur,
nearly three million bushels Of wheat,
more than three million bushels of
corn, and other breadsluffs, such as
barley, cornmeal, oats, rye, etc, the
whole amount exported being valued at
80, 762, SCI. The total quantity OF
breadstufTs sent away from the United
States in the II months ending May 81, ,
1889, is valued at Sill. .CiJ. co.. The
farmer sells this in markets where be
meets the competition with breadstuffs
raised in India, in Russia, in Algeria, in
a ustralia and in South America. This
makes the cheapest market il the world.
lie buys his supplies in the highest mar
ket in the world, where he has to pay
from 50 to % per cent. duty on cotton
goods, as high as 90 per cent. on earth.
enware, ~ 10 80 per cent. on has, 45
per cent. on the wooden clothing he
wears, and 20 to 80 per cent. on his
boots and shoes. The farmer Will learn
one Of these days.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
Merit wins

We desire 70 say 10 oar citizens, that for years
We have been selling DR.. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Dr. Kings New Lille Pills
Bucklen's Arniea Salve and Electric Ritters, and
have never handled remedies that sell as well or
tnat have given such universal satisfaction. We
90 not hesitate 10 guarantee them every time
and We stand ready TO refund the purchase price,
II satisfactory results do not follow their use
These remedies have won their great popularity
purely on their merits. For sale at the drug
store OF r. James, Ebensburg. and ". W. Nc
Ateer, Loretto.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
A Safe Investment.

Is one which is guaranteed TO bring Won salts
factory results, or IN case of failure a return o.
purchase price. On this safe plan YOU can buy
from our advertised Druggist q bottle OF Dr
Kings New Discovery for Consumption II 1:
guaranteed 10 bring relief in every case, vheI
used for any affection Of Throat, Lungs or Chest
such as Consumption, Inflammation of Lungs
Bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping Cough, Group
ETC., can always be depended upon Trial bot
Ties free at the drug store OF L. James, Ebeus-
burg, and W. ". MeAteer, Loretts.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
HASTINGS

GENERAL HASTINGS, who has
charge in Johnstown announced on
Monday last that he has all the men
employed that he can furnish work to
foT the present and says that no
more need apply. He cameo, state de-
hnitely the number employed, but be-
lieves the number to be 800. The
work goes on with the same s!ckening
details, finding bodies, daily but 50 badly
decomposed that with few exceptions
they are irrecognIzabls and are con-
signed to the cemeteries As unknown.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21

THE superintendent Of the Census
has issued q circular letter 70 the medic
cal and surgical practitioners through
out the country asking their co-Opera.
tion in the preparation of the mortality
and vital statistics for the next nations
al enumeration. Books OF registry can
be obtained upon application to the
Census Office at Washington. This Is
work which every physician will be
glad TO help on.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21

THE CroniR case, says the New York
ItnteS, as 1t has now been deyaloped
has painful interest for the admins,
tration. The kind OF Irishman who
manages the Clan-na-Gael is .be kind
that is universally known as the Blaine
lrlshman- One of this kind is the pres
ent American Minister to Chilli. Epan
was the friend and associate of Sullivan
and tie other leaders of the Clan>na.
Gael, and was selected for a foreign
mission as their representative and fo
satisfy their demands. 1t is now es.
taollshed that the Gamma Gael was An
ASSOCIATION OF men who practiced syiud-
ing under pretense of committing
murder, and that this pretense was NOT
holly false, as even if they have not
murdered many or any Eng.ishmep. il
IS clear that they have murdered An
lrlshmen whose survival threatened the
success or their swindling operations
Egan's nomination was accepted as "a
Blaine appointment, I" and the Secretary
OF State must be especially anxious to
rid himself of this odium attaching to
such an appointment without seeing his
way clear TO do 90.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21

VINO shall say that Governor Bea-
YER, says the Altoona Mirror, is not
equal TO the greatest emergency ? lie
went TO Iohnstown full week after
the world had stood aghast at the hor.
Tor and "wept like chnd'' while
others worked. And now two weeks
after the horror he issues a proclama-
tion. Along in July he may have
something to say about the necessity
of ourying the dead
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
Tanner and the Administration.

The Washington air is full of rumors
with respect 10 Commissioner Tanner, all
suggesting that for some unexplained
reason the President is likely TO remove
him or ought TO be likely To do so.
Now why What has Tanner done
or left undOne that his place should be
deemed insecure He has made reck-
less rulings with respect TO pensions
which threaten to sweep away the whole
surplus revenue in one grand distIibu-
tion or money but is in exact accord
with the policy OF his party as laid
down 10 the Chicago platform, and Tan
ner is surely not responsible for the par
ty policy.
He has appointed his own daughter
to place in the public service, but for
that he has the highest authority of eX-
ample. Has not Mr.. Harrison appoint
ed TO Office most Of his own rel itives
and cronies, and the relatives of his
wife and his sons wife and his daugh-
ter's husband Further than that, Mr..
Harrison has recognized the hereditary
principle by appointing Fred Grant to q
foreign mission and Robert Lincoln to q
foreign mission and young Blaine to a
place in the State Department, all
simply because of their relationship to
their several fathers. Tanner has sims
ply adopted the manners and habits of
the Administration which created him.
Finally, under Tanners control the
Pension Office rules have been pervert-
ed in order to make what the vulgar
call "a good thing for the pension at
torney who most actively worked to get
Tanner appointed. But here again pre-
cedent and high example are on his side.
Has not Mr.. Harrison rewarded Wana-
maker and Whitelaw Reid and Erhardt
and all the rest OF the men who helped
him TO get his place What other bus
iness. indeed. has engaged his attention
, during the last three months ?
All this talk about Tanners removal
! is Democratic fol-de-rol. The man i:
an ideal oficer-as ideals go under the
existing regime.-N. y. World.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21

THE suffrage amendment proposing
TO abolish the poll tax qualification OF
voters is believed to be defeated.
Owing to the interest in the prohibito-
~ amendment, the vote on the suffrage
amendment was lost sight of snG the
returns are incomplete, but It is gener-
ally believed TO have been defeated.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21

TIE Johustown Tribune, made its
tlrst appearance here on Monday last,
since the flood. The enterprise of its
publisher will encourage other business
men to follow in his footsteps and in
the busy hum of industry, to push for
ward and retrieve the fortunes lost on
that disastrous day.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21

Two hundred and one votes against
and 100 for abolishing the hereditary
principal OF the British House of Lords,
exclaims the New York PrcsS. a
change of twenty-one votes in the
House of Commons would have meant
a majority. Fortunately for the
Houseof Lords, it is still. as it was
written in "Iolanthe," doing nothing
In particular, and doing it very well.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21

THERE are three thousand six hun
dred men az work on the railroad be-
tween South Fork and Johnstowu
The railroad company has dore an in-
meGse amount of work already, but it
will take months to get its line in good
condition.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21

A SUCCESSOR to Ajutant General Il. :.
I. Drum, recently retired, has been
appointed in the person OF Col. J. c.
kelton. The latter had been Gen.
Drums assistant for several years past.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21

II seems that Brother Blaine was con-
graduated prematurely upon the SI-
moan treaty. He was not quite salts
fed with the protocol and required
some amendments. But this need cause
no alarm. The protocol followed Mr..
Bayard's demands so closely :hat Mr.
Blaine would not have been able to call
the achievement his if he had not been
allowed 10 put something IN himself.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21

PRESIDENT HARRISON expects to
leave Washington tomorrow for Cape
May, where he will spend Sunday with
mis- family At Postmaster General wan
ansker's cottage. He will 60 by rail.
so as TO get as much time at the sea-
shore as possible.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21

THE Democratic National Committee
held special meeting in New York on
Tuesday last. Proper action was bad
as 10 the death of the late Chairman
William II. Barnum, OF Connecticut I;
two new members to sll vacancies from
South Carolina and Connecticut were
admitted, and Colonel Calvin :. Brice,
OF Ohio, was elected chairman of the
National Committee in place Of Mr..
Barnum
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21
e EBEHS BURG. pa.

IT looks very much as if the Prohibi-
ton party had been hit with a Republic
car brick.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1889-06-21

PENNSYLVANIA is the eight State to
down Prohibition at the polls. This is
evidently bad year for Prohibition.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-08-31
WHERE GODS HAND IS SEEN.
BY CAPTAIN JACK CRAWFORD.

DO ike the eltyP Stranger tisnt likely that would likely that a ranger from the border ever could the Hurry the loud onearthB noise Everybody in a hurry. men an wmmin gals an boys All arushn' nation 'mid the rumble an the jar Jes their souls salvation hung upon their ttin thar
 Like it? love to wander
 Mid ihe wales and mountains green,
 In border land ouf yonder,
 Whar' the hand O God is seen. Nothn var towern' head high That you a quarter of the overhangn' sky. meddeT not runntn brook In sight NOthn but the buildns shadder maxim gloom heaven light. Fen the birds are all imported away Faces all distorted with the hand o misery.
 Like t? No. love wander
 Mid the wales and mountains green,
 In the border land out yonder
 Whar' the hand O God is seen. Roarn railroad above streets by workmen all de Every body ryn 10 shove you fin the gutter deaenin ,eln swearn grumbln ies like mps from sheol shore; Factories inn in the chorus helpn swell; Auctoneers yn bout the goods they sell
 t? No. love to wander
 Mid the wales and mountains green,
 In the border land out youder,
 Nhar the hand O tod is seen. NeS western border pine wayin in the air disorder birds Deer their Rladness elk afeeding m the glen; Not trace o pa sadness campin on the trail Q men beauty grown' the deS and bowers
 Farer pieur' the Crea'or
 Never threw earthly screen
 Than thS lovely home e natur
 Whar the hand o' God Is seen. - Outing.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-08-31
WTS. BIOWlaTd's StTatageD).
BY >YLVANUS COBB, JR.

Vulcan Blowhard considered himself right in the prime of life He fifty years of sge, but he vowed that he had lived hundred. He had once been thriving business man, and was even now doing fair amount of trade Two of his daughters had grown up and married, and he had fitted them out with what he called princely portions He had, in truth, given them exceedingly good sums of money, and they blessed him for it. and did their respective husbauds-an event which afforded Mir. Blowhard far more satisfaction than could the possession of the apportoned money have done. As these daughters were the only children with which Mr. Blowhard had ever been blessed, their absence left him with one for 8 constant home companion but his wife.
 Now Vulcan Blowhard and his better half were excelently we'll matched. He was & short fat man, with & very round, and 6 very jolly red face The top of his head was bald, and his laugh seemed to extend clear way up to the polished surface that covered his bump of veneration. Mrs. Blow hard was framed much in the same manner, and her face was as happy, and her laugh as jolly as was her husbands.
 But Mrs. B. was far the more prudent of the two. In fact, Mr. B. had allowed himself to become rather loose in much of his habits. Since his daughters had gone and the young sparks had consequently ceased to make their visits, he had accustomed himself to invite social spirits to his festive board, and far he had carried this that at the present time it was uncommon thing for him to have company to "dinner" six times a week. He called them dinners, though his wife denom- mated them very late suppers. But MT. B. knew that they were dinners He told his wife that people never drank wine at supper, but only at dinner, and consequently these disputed meals must be dinners. Mrs. B. did not dispute the wine part of the arrangement, for she knew how many bottles generally disappeared on these occasions
 Now it 80 happened that Mir. Blowhard's purse had a bottom to it-a very unfortunate thing for him, perhaps, but nevertheless, which was allied with a fixed fact Mrs. B. expostulated with her husband. She told him that he was not only spending money much faster than he earned it, but that what money he once had was all gone.
 "Let not your thoughts be fastened upon such filthy lucre, my dear," said MT. B. "I have a social nature my dear, and that social nature must be fed. While live must live, and must live too, as happiness demands"
 "All very well" returned Mrs. B. "But do you remember that other people must hve?"
 "I remember there Is such a thing, and if ] mistake not, people are living"
 "Yes, 90 they are, but some of them can't live much longer if the mass of their customers do q you do."