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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-14
DITMAN'S DISAPPEARANCE.
Tho Hunt for tho Body in the Schuylkill
 Given Up.

Tho Hunt for tho Body in the Schuylkill
 Given Up.
 PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 1.-The mys- tery surrounding the disappearance of bank President Ditman, seems to deepen moro and Aore. His friends are firm in the belief that his body will be found in the Schuylkill River, but the most energetic efforts to recover it has thus far failed. A diver has gone to work, but so far no trace of the mis- sing man has been found.
 The search for Mir. Ditman in tho Schuylklll river has been abandoned and Captain Chasteau has ordered the boats to shore with all their apparatus and the diver has also ceased his efforts. This order was issued owing to reports made to Captain Chasteau by the park guards and tho diver that they were convinced that MT. Ditman's body was not in the river. A thorough search was made of the river from whore the first wheel marks were seen and con- tinued over the whole river down to a point near Girard avenue bridge and from shore to shore, but failed to bring anything to the surface or any indica tions that the body was in the river.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-14
EIGHT HOURS A DAY
An Address to the People of
 the United States.
SCHEME OF THE FEDERATION.
A Decrease of the Hours of Labor Would
 Stimulate Production.

Advocating . Law Furnishing Employers
 Who Compel Their workmen Not to Be-
 long to Any Labor Orsanizat,on-Kssu-
 lation Wanted for the Employment of
 Children and Convicts.
 BOSTON, Dec. 14.-One of the import ant events of tho Convention of tho American Federation of Labor was ! discussion upon . resolution asking for a general law punishing employers by imprisonment and fine who compel their workers not to belong to any labor organization.
 The committee to whom the resolu- tion had been referred reported adverse ly to tho measure. This brought his feet. He declared that to vote tho resolution down would be an injury to the miners of tho United States, who, of late have been treated like Abject slaves by the great coal companies. Delegate Skofingten of the shoenak- CTS, holding aloft copy of an ironclad oath e1acted by manufacturer in New England from all his employees, followed Delegate Hysell with a pas sionato appeal to treat the enemy as he treats uS.''
 Tho American Spirit Prevails.
 President Gompers said to vote the resolution down would be equal to sanctioning the tyranny of employers, and if a law prohibiting the interfer- ence with the individual liberty of workmen was at once ado s ted 1t would become evident that the wealthy classes, and not the workmen, are defy ing law and order.
 Secretary McGuire called the resolu- tion a revolutionary measure, as it favored the use of force, and must of course, result in force being employed by the capitalistic class against whom it was directed. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 32 agalnst 25.
 Eight Honrs for n Days Work.
 The report of the Committee on Eight Hours was read by George E. McNeil, the aged agitator. It contains an ad- dress to the people of the United States upon the necessity of reducing the ducing the eight hour work day the would be increased at least two mill ions, thereby stim ulating productio on instead of stifling it, as many capital ists are inclined to believe. The re- port of the committee was adopted without debate by a rising vote and amid signs of enthusiastic excitemcn An invitation from the Brotherhood of Baseball Players to patronize them was referred amid great hilarity to the Com mittee on Labels and Boycotts. This afternoon the election of officers will conclude the labors of the convention.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-14
Oh, Dear,

It seems but yesterday when we filled the stocking for 1888, and here we are on the eve of another
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-12-14
Christmas.

Everything is commencing to be hustle and hustle and our minds are stirred up afresh with the question
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-06-30
TO ENCOURAGE RoBBER-SHoOTING.

We have not seen the official announce
ment of it, but the newspapers are saying
that the Union Pacific railway company
offers reward of s., 900 to any passenger
on its train who will shoot a train-robber
We doubt the truth of the story, as it
would seem to be considerably out of the
regular way of doing things to make such
an offer. At the same time, why would it
not be good scheme for inspiring passen-
gers with courage! 1t is easy enough to
how two or three desperate men.
well-armed, can ''hOld up'' stage coach and
''go through half a dozen passengers. The
desperadoes have all the advantage on their
side, the affrighted travellers having no
chance to be courageous if they were dis
posed to show fight; but it always seems
peculiar, to say the least, to read of d man
going through a crowded car with pistol
in one hand and with the other collecting
the valuables of the passengers. We I'M
dertake to say that one of three in a miscel-
laneous company of travellers in the west
carries loaded pistol, and it is frequently
the case that every man in the car is armed:
yet, who ever heard of train robber being
resisted by the people he was plundering!
Men seem never to think of their weapons,
and are only too glad if they can keep
from the highwayman any of their cash or
iewery. Perhaps if railway COM
pany were to put a big price on the
corpse of road agent, some of the pas
sengers might find it in them to shoot oc-
Of course the r0bber under
stands that he has the advantage, for he is
not going to take even chances, but men
are lacking in courage when a car-full
Of them will submit without show of
resistance to robbery by one or two masked
lesperadoes
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Individual case and in consonance with the
mandates, the directions and the principles
OF law. President Cleveland conceived
that this was all the platform judge
should have, and as long as the one
in question occupied no other, he was not
a subject for removal. Certain it is that
he did not remove him and was not in
fluenced to any extent to do so even by a
friend. The ''friend" afterwards exhibited
his appreciation of rectitude and regard
for law by working against CLEVELAND in
the districts south Of Brooklyn, and doubt
less contributed largely to the defeat of the
Democratic ticket, although claiming to be
of that faith himself
Is it not all a rather startling common
tary on things as they are, when we con-
slider it seriously! The idea OF a
thoroughly representative government,
with a strong, compact and well-defined
charter whose provisions are regarded by
men in authority as so many adjustable
platitudes, not to be upheld or even re-
spected when cabal or clique having the
power to do so, sees fit to suspend or set
them asidel
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CHILDISH APPREHENSION,

It is ridiculous, this storm that certain
newspapers are trying to stir up over the
circumstance that the English are putting
money into American industries. 1t has
been estimated that within year our
transatlantic cousins have invested $780,
600, 600 in the industries of this country, in
cluded in which are breweries, and wooden,
iron and Touring mills, and some Of the
journals see in this very great danger
They fear that the control of our factor
les and manufacturing enterprises
will pass into foreign hands,
and that as the men who
pay wages control in politics, the govern
ment will not be American.
We cannot, for the life of US. see that
there is the slightest occasion for appre-
hension, nor would the alarmists see any
such occasion if they would look at the
matter calmly and with intelligence. Late
official figures indicate that the personal
and land estate in the United States is
worth nearly sixty-five billions of dollars,
and fully 80 per cent. of all this property,
the value of which is almost incalculable,
is owned by American citizens. Just how
much of this wealth is invested in
industries such as the English
are taking up cannot be told.
1t is not likely that the English will con-
tinue their investments at the rate of the
past year; indeed, they cannot continue
them for many years at that rate; but let
US give the alarmists the advantage of all
they claim, and admit that our friends on
the other side of the ocean will bring over
here $500, 900, 900 year, how long would it
take them to gain preponderating inf1u-
ence in American business and industries?
If Americans were to stand still. making
no advance whatever, the English would
gain less than one-third of l per
cent. a year. But Americans will
lot stand still They do not
belong to the stand-still race They gain
in much greater proportion ethan their
British friends, man for man and dollar for
dollar, for while the English invest only a
small percentage of their wealth here, the
great bulk of their values being held at
home, the American invests his all here.
There is but one thing that we have to fear
from foreign investment and that is a |
natter which the United States has regu-
ated in regard to its territory, and the
states viii regulate as soon as real danger
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THE DAWSON KILLING.

They must have peculiar ideas of law and
justice down in South Carolina. A few
months ago the nation was startled by the
announcement that Editor DAWSON, of the
Charleston NetCs and Courier, had been slain
by DR.. Mellow. At that time there was
talk Of lynching the murderer who had to
be protected by extra guards. There was
not a newspaper in the state, and not many
in the union that did not denounce the kill
ing as an unprovOked and outrageous af
fair. Letters and kilograms of con-
aolence from various parts of the
republic were sent to the widow and fam
lily. The editor was 80 widely known and
50 highly respected that the affair seemed
almost national in character. 1t was pub
lished and appeared to be admitted that
mellow, who was a married man with an
Hnsavory reputation, had been meeting
elandestinely with a governess in DAwsoN's
family knowledge of these meetings reach
ing the editor he went to the Doctors Office
to protest and to caution him against con
Rnuing mis- course, the lady being either a
relative of DAwsoN's or a person over
whom he had the right to exercise watch
fulness. What was said in the Office will
never be known to any body save the doc
tor. mellow claims that he was assaulted,
but could show no evidence of it. It's GER
tain that the doctor shot and killed the ed
itor, and then dug a hole in the cellar with
the intention OF burying his victim. Fail
ing in this, he locked the Office, and went
home, leaving the corpse lying on the floor,
where twas subsequently found.
Ever since the first outburst of inGigna-
ton there has been steady and persistent
effort to reverse public opinion and excite
sympathy for the murderer, and that effort
seems to have been eminently successful.
Ten days ago, on the eve Of the trial, Nc
Dow was chosen member of a military
company-an organization made up of what
are known as society people, The trial
was held last week, and the jury appears
10 have been chosen with q view to it's res
pect for mellow and readiness to acquit,
regardless Of the testimony The dis
patches informed US that the killing was
proven beyond doubt, as was the attempt
to bury the corpse under the cellar, yet
last evening a telegram said the jury, after
celebrating two hours, returned a verdict
of not guilty.
In the light of such verdict in such
case people must wonder what the laws are
made for anyway.
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INTERFERENCE WITH THE JUDICIARY.

A year or so ago a New York Congress
man approached President CLEVELAND for
the purpose of inducing him to appoint a
friend to certain Office that was not
vacant, but was filled by man who was
giving satisfaction, and who besides was
protected in his place by constitutional
provision. The President and the member
were on excellent terms, and doubtless the
former would have granted any reasonable
request the latter might have made, but
this was going too far: the Presidents
wel-known sense of duty would not permit
him to evade law, even # under any ex-
traordinary pressure he could have been in
duced to do anything savoring SO strongly
pr partisan bias, and he told the Congress
man to that effect, q portion Of his words
being, "YOu know it would be unconstitu-
tional." "Oh, come OFF, was the elegant
reply, "you amt going to let any constitu-
ton come between friends, are youn'
We mention this incident because it
Is illustrative of a certain senti-
ment or policy which some peo-
pie would like to have prevail
in the United States, and in many in
stances they can see no harm in it, This
is a species of ignorance which is more
harmful and insidious in a general way
than are all the evils accomplished by
those who are intelligent and willfully do
wrong, the latter class, however, acting in
many cases under the pressure brought to
bear by the former To clearly compre-
bend the powers and limitations of our
system of government, to understand its
practical operation and the functions pos
sessed by each branch, should not only be
part Of the officeholder's education. but
his constant and ceaseless guide. The
New York Congressman only represented
a school of politicians whose training and
instincts are those Of the political shambles. |
and yet what bevy there are of them and
how high some of them get! They cannot
or do not try to comprehend that it is i'm |
proper even in the absence of law on the |
subject to bestOw places of trust upon |
those whose only claim to recognition is |
blind, fanatical and, it may be, corrupt par
tisanship; they are apparently in |
blissful ignorance of the fact that |
the charter of this great corporation Gre
ates three grand divisions of government. |
u,
one having no right to infringe upon the |
other, and ell being administered in the |
form and manner laid down and subject to /
the rules prescribed and recognized. And
yet we see at least one man in the legisla-
tive department of the nation, and have
abundant assurance of there being many
more Of the same kind there if not else
W here, who uses his influence as a law
maker to induce the man whose duty it is
to execute the laws to violate them and in
terfere with the other department of the
government at the same timel That judge
the one aimed at-was not an offensive
partisan - and his tenure OF Office was the
fundamental law; he had exhibited no set
policy, certainly none of political charac-
Ter, his rule of conduct being simply to ad-
iudicate, to sit in judgment and pronounce
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DIR. JOHN A. MILLER.

OF San Francisco, physician and surgeon
and experienced specialist in diseases of
women and abdominal surgery Graduate
of the unworthy of California, and creden-
tails from the universities of Berlin and
Heidelberg, Germany. My proficiency in
the class of diseases that claim to cure is
the result of special training in the Royal
Institute for Diseases of Women, and at the
private clinic of DIR, A. Martin, Berlin.
Germany, in the years of 1884 and 1885.
Patients from distance requiring delicate
surgical operations can have the comforts
of home at the Doctors residence, 1913 w.
Third South street. Office, No. 16 Z. First
South street,S opposite the Deseret bank
building.
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MINNESOTA HAS a good temperance law
1t provides that if a man appears in the
public streets drunk he shall be fined for
the first offense from $40 to $40; for the
second ofense, from $50 to $50; for the
third, Imprisonment from sixty to ninety
days. For the first two offenses imprison-
ment may be substituted for the fine, in
the discretion of the court. The law treats
intemperance as it should be treated, as
crime against the community which is
offended
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TERRITORIAL COUNCIL DISTRICT.
HEADQUARTERS PEoPLE's TERRITORIAL

HEADQUARTERS PEOPLES TERRITORIAL J
COMMITTEE,
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, June 81, 1889.
The Peoples convention of the Twelfth
council district, held at Cedar City, Iron
county, in 1886, having appointed commit
tee to call future conventions in said dis
trict, and said committee having issued
call and made all necessary arrangements
for holding conventions in the Twenty
fourth representative and Twelfth council
districts, for the nomination of candidates
to be voted for at the ensuing August cleo
ton, the members of the Peoples party re-
siding in said districts are requested to
honor said call and carry out the arrange
ments made by the local committee.
The call Of the Territorial Central COM
mittee for holding conventions issued on
the 18th instant, so far as it relates to the
1'wenty-fourth representative and Twelfth
council districts, is hereby withdrawn.
By order of the executive committee
JOHN r. WINDER, chairman.
ELIAS Il. SMITH, secretary.
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1t will be remarkable if some very nasty
scandals do not grow out of the distribu-
ton of the fund for the relief of the Johns
town sufferers. Indeed, there have already
been hints of things which should not have
occurred. Mayor FITLER, of Philadelphia,
is pursuing course to bring odium on him
self and others associated with him in the
relief work. When the Philadelphia relief
commission set out to visit the scene
of the disaster, it decided not to
let any newspaper representatives go
along one reporter who insisted
upon going was Extensively ordered
from the train by the mayor, whereupon
the young man printed an account of the
trip which he called iunket, and in which
he reflected severely on the commission.
F'rTLER answered by denying the accusa-
ton and derouncing the reporter; the
latter persists in his allegations, and the
papers are taking the matter up.
Whether the story is true or false,
the mayor and commission did
wrong to exclude the reporter
BY that act they aroused suspicion and il
vited criticism. There should have been
nothing in their visit or in their work
which required concealment from the
public. The fact that they did try to con-
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IT COMES as a direct announcement that
ex- Secretary BAYARD will soon re-eRter
politics, his present intention being to
begin with the next state campaign in
Delaware. He is ambitious to 90 back to
the Senate, and as stepping stone will
try to get into the legislature. 1t was
most unfortunate thing for Mr.. BAYARD
that he entered President CLEvELAND's
cabinet. Heretofore he maintained the
reputation of being one of the foremost
American statesmen. What he ever said
or did to get the fame has never transpired;
but certain it is that he ranked in front,
and being idolized by his state might have
held Delaware Senatorship indefinitely.
CLEVELAND dwarfed him, in some manner,
and for four years he was little more than
a nonentity. The country was astonished
at the weakness of the man, and Delaware
lost much Of it's faith and pride in him. 1t
is doubted that Mr.. BAYARD can regain the
place in the esteem of the American people
which he once held. However, it is to Be
hoped that he will return to political
activity
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THE DEWEY HOUSE,
CHAs. C. HAYNES, PROPRIETOR.
The Leading Hotel Of ShOShOnG.
Renovated and Re-furnished Throughout.
Shoshone, Idaho.
NOTICE To CONTRACTORS.

DOCK AND EARTH EXCAVATION AND
III tunnelng-Sealed proposals viii be re-
celved Mt the Office of the company. in Ogden
Utah, until noon, July 20. 1889 for the conStruc-
ton Of the upper twelve miles of The Bear river
canal from the head works, or Bear river Box
Elder county, Utah, in accordance with plans
protiles and specifications on file in the ONCE of
the engineer in charge at Ogden. The amount of
work to be contracted for in the first section is
approximately as follows: $4,000 cubic Yards
solid rock, 1900 cubic yards loose rock, I,52S,
0O cubic yards earth 1900 linear feet tunneling
Contractors will be required to give q sufficient
bond for the faithful performance of the CON
tracts awarded them. The company reserves
the right to reject any and all bids.
FRED. MATTHIAS, Engineer in charge
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Cliff HOUSE.

Located Cor. Main and Third South Streets.
The Gift is the best 81 per day house
west of Chicago. Rooms large, cool and
airy, new and handsome furniture, electric
lights, and all the latest conveniences and
accessories. Dining hall spacious and per-
feet in its appointment. Table first-class.
Rooms may be secured by telegraph.
ANDREW C. BRIXEN g. Bro, Props
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Or COURSE all good citizens, members of
the Peoples party, will attend the primar-
les on Monday evening. In these meetings
the best political work should be per
formed. There every member of the party
has the right to be heard, and there he
should speak if he has a grievance or a
wish as to men or measures. Having
started right, he will continue right with
out much urging. Having had his say in
the making up of the ticket, he will sup
port the ticket at the polls, if he is honest
and earnest in his party membership. The
way TO get the best tickets is for the
primaries TO send the best men to the
nominating conventions. So much depends
on the coming election that THE HERALD ex-
poets every member of the Peoples party
will perform his full duty as citizen,
from attending the primary Of his precinct
to casting his ballot for the ticket Of the
convention.
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of land by aliens. The owners of land are
the rulers of the country, and if Americans
shall ever permit the English or other
foreigners to acquire title to any consider
able proportion of the soil of the United
States, the people may expect to lose con-
troll of their government and take a second
airy position as to their business and manu-
featuring industries
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Bids for mason work for foundation of
Utah Commercial and Savings bank build
ing will be received at the office of the
undersigned until Friday noon, July 5th.
Plans will be open to inspection at the
same place from Tuesday next.
R. KLFTTING Architect
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WHITE HOISE

corner of Main and Second South. Most
central location of any hotel in the city.
Opposite postofice. Union ticket and Pull
man office in the hotel Newly remodeled
and furnished throughout. Table unsur-
passed. Electric light, bells and all mod
ern conveniences. Terms $150 to 81 per
day. H. L. Hall. Proprietor. =
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Go TO the primary, send good and trust
worthy delegates to the nominating con-
ventions, and then you will have tickets
which you can support honestly and
earnestly
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THE MAN who is so busy that he cannot
go to his party primary is too busy to be a
good citizen.