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CHARGES AGAINST JUDGE JONES.
Statement from the People OF Gladoyill
Denouncing False Charges Against the
Judge of Dickinson County
GLApEvILLE, Dec. llth, 1890.
To the People Of this County:

To the People of this County:
We, the undersigned have heard from
various sources, that several persons who
arc pecunarily interested in the town of
Tacoma, have been charging that we, or
some of the people of Gladevillc had sue
cceded in preventing Judge H. NJ. Jones,
of Dickinson county, from coming TO
Wise and ordering the election at the last
term of court by bribery, that is by giving
him, Judge Jones, five hundred dollars
($500.00) not to come. This charge we
pronounce absolutely and unquaitiedly
false And in order to vindcatc our
selves MS we'll rs Judge Jones we give be-
low written statement from Judge Jones
which explains itself. The original of
said statement is in the hands Of Bullitt
& Mcdowell, at Big Stone Gap, and cnn he
seen by any one desiring to inspect the
same. Wee arc also satisfied, from our
knowledge of the high standing of Judge
Ward that he never sent my such tele-
VI II. "a L.
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James kenfrO.
JUDGE Jones STATEMENT

JUDGE JONES STATEMENT.
1t being now well known that ! refused
to go to Wise comfy and hold Judge Mil
lcr's court. Mt which ii was intended as I
am and was informed, to present petit
ton for an election on the county site
question, now being agitatcd in said
county, and my action in so refusing being
criticised by the Tacoma people, ns ] am
informed, and being DESTROYS that the
people of Wisc county should know the
exact reason why did not 70, l have
thought it right, in justice to myself as
we'll ms to those who oppose the removal,
to make this statement:
In the first place, received avery kind
letter from Judge Miller, asking me to
come and hold part of his term and pass
on the county site matter. ] declined to
go, ut first, thinking it was mere local
matter, but on reflection had about come
to the conclusion, that perhaps l ought to
go and probably would have gone, but for
the factthat one ]. S. Colly, of Clntwood,
who had just returned from Tacoma, un-
dcrtOok, as | thought, to influence my
opinion in the matter by an offer Of money.
Said Colley urged me very strongly TO go,
IHu s'hIu iHut u uuSc w al III, VI w "Hh'' I wa
county, had tclcgrapllcd the Tacoma
people that he would come and order
the election for two hundred dollars.
but they would rather should have the
money, that he was authorized by the
Tacoma people TO give me three hundred
dollars which would be paid me ne soon MS
| got to Gladcvilc. ! of course felt very
indignant that the Tacoma people should
attempt in any way to influence my opinion
in the matter and then and there per-
cmptorily declined to go.
| wish to say further that those opposed
to removal have never in an improper
manner talked with me about the matter
but simply asked me to consider whether
in this mere local matter felt it my duty
to 90, saying Mt the same time that if
did feel it my duty TO go that they could
not and would not blame me for 90 doing
H. NJ. JoNEs.
Judge Dickinson County Court.
December III 1890.
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be so framed in the future as not to build
up one industry DIT the expense of another.
We further demand the removal of the
existing heavy tariff tax from the neces-
saries of life That the poor Of our land
must have. We further. demand just
and equitable system of graduated tax on
incomes. We believe the money of the
country should lie kept as much IS posi-
bile in the hands or the people, and hence
demand that all national rights be limited
to the necessary expenses of the govern
ment economically and honestly admins
tered.
6. We demand rigid, honest and just
State and national governmental control
and supervision of the means Of public
communication and transportation, and if
this control and supervision does not re-
move the abuses now existing we demand
governmental ownership of such means Of
communication and transportation. A
spirited debate followed, and the intro
duction Of this report, at the beginning
of which President Polk reminded the
members Of the restriction of FIVE minutes
placed upon all spccch-making by reso-
luton previously adopted.
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South Carolina senatorial Election.

COLUMBIA, S. C., Dec 9.--The ballot in the
two Houses today for the successor to Senator
Wade Hampton, rcsulted--Irby So, Donaldson
As, Hampton A.. Another ballot will be taken
tomorrow. Irby is Tillman's lieutenant and
Donaldson is the Alliance candidate. Hamp-
ton stands upon the platform that he will adj
yocate any plan that is beneficial TO the far
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calling for bonds will go come way tsvas
doing this"
SHOULD AID KEW YORK,


SHOULD AID NEW YORK,
LONDON, Dec. l0-Tbe Times In tAe
financial article says: London, PafA
and Berlin ought to afford all possible as
sistance to New York The present mia-
chief s spreading The immediate cause
of the trouble may be traced to the cur
| tnilmcnt of accommodation through the
Barings collapse, which caused other
great firms also to stop accommodation.
In the case of America, the stoppage OK
these facilities is particularly unfortu-
nate, in view OF her large cotton crops.
We believe that the Bank of England
could spare million and half in case Of
necessity.
NEW YORK. December l0.-The stock
market was quite different to-day from
that of Yesterday, and in place of weak
ness decidedly strong feeling existed
ward movement was interrupted only in
the forenoon, while prices never got down
TO the level Of those last evening.
In fact the market was taken in hand
by some of the old bear party, who have
turned bulls, and prices were bid up rap
idly upon the shorts. The room was
formed again ON the bull side and the
upward movement seemed to meet %
little resistance as the bear raids did 80
lately
The failure was announced Of Colbron,
Chauncey Il Co.. an old and highly re-
spected house OF the street, but even .bat,
together with the failure of the directors
of the Western Union to recommend the
declaration of an extra dividend, failed to
create ripple upon the rapid advance
then in progress. The movement met
with no check during the day and gains
over the lowest figures reached in some
cases as much rs { per cent.
THE CLOSE ACTIVE AND STRONG.
The market finally closed active and
strong at the highest prices oftbe day,
The Gould stocks were very prominent in
the upward movement, but it reached all
portions of the list and the final gains are
more pronounced and more uniform than
for many a day.
GOLD ron NEW YORK.
LArEE.-LoXpoS, Dec. ll.-Oyer S3,000,-
GOO in gold was shipped to-day for Nov
York per steamship Majestic
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-Four Things Done Best BY Hand.

Picking cotton, coupling cars. milking cows, nm,
spanking bubbles are four branches OF industry witt
which the inventive genius Of the American peopl
has long struggled In vain
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The Tobacco Rebate,

wAsmyaroS. DOc lo-Thc House this sflefmna
passed the tobacco rebate bill.
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ton to the securing Of manufacturers
This will give more pcrmanency 10 .n'
town, and in the long run would nc decld-
cdlv more beneficial to those OF us VINO
have come here to stay. think however
that Mr.. Colquitt's plan is good one, ana
would suggest that somc of the members
of the club communicate with him in re-
gard to the matter. Also that nc Obtain
from some of our friends at Middlcsboro
information regarding their trip on
wheels, the cost of such a trip. While !
do moi believe in advertising town for
the purpose of making great boom, We
must lei the world know OF our resources.
A RAP FROM THE PRESIDENT.
Before adjournment the president called
attention to the fact that many OF thc
committees were not doing their duty
matters of Importance had been Ill their
hands for weeks aud vet they were not
prepared 10 make reports. Some OF the
committees had never been called togcth-
or. The chairmcn of some of the commit
tees though in the city, were not IN At
tendance. If VIC arc going to have II
commercial club let us discharge the du-
ties il imposes. All admit it is valuable
organization and may he made far more
valuable than il is. yet persons whose en-
tire fortunes are involved in the progress
of the city 10 not Try to render il more
effective by punctually attending ITS
meeting and performing the duties as
signed them Both officers and chairmcn
of committees should discharge those
duties or resign.
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FINANCIAL.

WAsmEGroN, Dec l0-Secretary Win
dom, in conversation this evening with
The sun correspondent on the financial
condition and the prevailing uncasiness in
monetary circles in New York and all
over the country. said:
The treasury department is doing nil it
can 10 relieve the present unfortunate con-
dtion, and it will continue to do SO on the
same line Of policy rs that which has been
followed up to the present time.
THE money stringency is not result
Of 4 contraction OF the currency. There
never has been time in the history of
the government in an era of peace when
50 much money has been flowing ont Of
the treasury into the country. During
the nineteen months that have been at
the head Of the department. the amount Of
money in circulation has been increased
over Il hundred millions, and during the
five months Of this fiscal year the increase
has been between Scventy-fvc and eighty
miIlone. That is an enormous amount Of
money to put out. but its effect has been
scarcely appreciablc. 1t has become alb
sorbcd without apparently leaving any
trace Of its existence. OF course, when
business is lively and brisk, as it hns been
recently in nearly all branches of bnsi-
ness. it produces Il scarcity of money, but
the present condition Of affairs cannot be
accounted for on that ground. | think
that for the greater part of the hundred
millions which have been expended by the
treasury in the purchase Of bonds, you
must look in the private tills and in the
vaults o.. TIE safe deposit companies, and
until confidence is restored and those who
are now boarding money can be induced
to let go OF it, IN enormous amount Of
moncy would be required TO give adequate
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THE CLOSE ACTIVE AND STRONG.
GOLD FOR NEW YORK.

L.rER.-LoxpoS, Dec. ll.-Oyer S3,000,-
GOO in gold was shipped to-day for Nov
York per steamship Majestic.
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A GOOD DEAL OF ROMAScE

has been woven about this adventure of
Burr. There is no romance in the story;
it is simply hideous. Burr ignored social
obligations to the last. ending as the hus-
band of the famous Madame Jumel. who
was herself in her early days walker of
the streets of Providence, r. l., her ma
tive place.
Mention of Madame Jumel brings 10
mind one of the few allegations against
tho good name of George Washington.
The father Of his country was, SO far as
the public gaze entered into his private
life, an exemplary husband. The stories
affecting him have never been the subject
of historical allusion, as in the instances
above mentioned; but in more than one
section Of the country men are sleeping
their last sleep who are reputed to he the
children of George Washington. One son
ia said to have been born when George
Washington WAS still q young man, and
long before his marriage to the widow
Custis. The other instance, much more
notorious, ID that of George Washington
Bowen, rspnsed 10 have BEEN Che son Of
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2O.92 days without recoaling, and at eight
Knots, the supposed minimum speed, she would
last for 81 days, cruising in the meantime 8, 1892
knots in the aggregate.
The armament of these vessels consists al
most entirely OF what are termed secondary
batteries, although one set of guns has been
called the main battery, for the purpose OF dis
tinctlon from the other. The main battery
consists of ten finch rapid-fire guns mounted
In broadside style, except two on the rear deck
which are given plain mountings. without pro-
lection. There Is one 6-iuch breech-loading
rifle mounted in the bows behind shield. The
secondary battery consists of two 6-poundaS
rap1d-tire guns, two 3-pounder rapid fires, one
1-pounder. two 37-millimeters revolving can
non and two gatlings.
THE MONITOR PURITAN
There is about two years more OF work to be
done on the monitor Puritan the keel of which
was laid in the year 1875. before she will be
ready for sea. She is essentially of the monitor
type of vessel, but has peculiar notifications
that have caused her to be dubbed a vessel of
the low free board, barbette-turreted, coast
defense type. This means that she is de-
signed for harbor work, short cruises and
heavy fighting when in close quarters She
was started in the celebrated Roach ship ward
at Chester, Pa. but upon the failure Of that
firm she was taken into the government yard
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A TAX-TITLE GENIUS.
The Schemes Of Gray and Frazer to
Swfndle Millions From Investors.

The sunlight shed in New York during the
last few days upon the affairs of
the United States Land and Invest
ment Company seems to have withered
the three-million-dolar tree planted by Will
lam E., otherwise Edgar, Gray in some Penn
sylvania tax titles, and watered by the Napole-
onic genius Of Rudolph Gordon Frazer until its
spreading branches promised to cover S20-
100000 of water rights owned by somebody
else out in California.
The subscription books we're open Wednes-
day at the Office Of the American Loan and
Trust Company for the S750,0O0 of per cent
trust certificates of indebtedness which ''con-
sentative investors have been so eloduently
urged to buy at 971z. Nobody subscribed The
developments of yesterday were not calculated
to increase the confidence of investors in the
new gilt-edged security. Young Napoleon
Frazer had already admitted that the only
basis for the nearly S3,000.0O0 Of securities
which he was floating for the investment COM
pany was a lot of tax titles to Pennsylvania
lands. for which he alleged $4,000 had been
paid, and a claim to a controlling interest in
paper company, which in turn claimed an in-
terest IN certain California water rights which
are in possession of another company. Iester-
day it turned out that the Pennsy lyania titles
were originally held at &C, 900 instead of $40 900.
and that even the $1,000 was never paid TO the
owner. but that the deeds were stolen outright,
and furthermore that the lands since then
have again been sold for taxes. Besides this,
the lands are several miles from any railroad
no paying coal or iron mines have been devel-
oped on them, and it is said that it is at least
doubtful whether any such mineral riches
exist.
S. Q. Mingle of williamsport, Pa, was the
man who owned the Pennsylvania tax titles.
The company agreed to take the lands for
$4,000, and asked Mingle TO let them have the
deeds for submission to their attorney. Mingle
gave up the deeds, which were already signed.
but in which the name of the purchaser
blank. After being put off by the company
from day to day for a while Mingle soon
found out that the deeds for this 5000 acres
had been put on file in Bellefonte. Pa, and
that a mortgage was already recorded against
them. Mingle hired a lawyer and began pro-
ceedngs for fraud. II was discovered that the
blank deeds which Mingle had given up had
been filled in with the name of a Mr.. Van
Vechten of New Jersey. and that Van Nechten
had transferred the property to the investment
company, which thereupon posed as an limo
cent third party and detied all efforts to dis
lodge it. Mingle had the satisfaction, how
ever, of keeping one officer of the company in
Ludlow street jail for three months. Meantime
the investment company failed to pay tile
taxes on the land, and some two years ago 1t
was again sold for taxes.
Gray formerly lived in Washington, came OF
a well connected family, and had before this
been convicted of forgery to quite a large
amount
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August it was found that but one firm (the
Cramps) dared to undertake the work, and
their proposal was so high that it could not be
accepted. They bid on each cruiser at price
Of 81 $50 900. but the department concluded
that this was too high price to pay for the
vessels, and so it was decided to build the
cruisers at the navy yards at Brooklyn and
Norfolk by days labor.
1t will be interesting and instructive to note
the difference, If any should exist. between
the performances of these vessels when COM
pleted and those of a similar size that have
been built at private yards, and a lesson may
be drawn from this experience to guide the naval
authorities in their distribution of work in the
ers in question will be constructed i'll short
a time as those buht under contract, as there
is a total lack OF the element Of risk that i'm
pels every contractor to do his fastest work.
THE VESSELS IN EMBRYO.
These cruisers, which have not been named
and are known by the authorities as Nos.
z and 8, are in fair state of advance
ment, although but little progress can be seen
by the uneducated eye. All that is visible of
No. z. at the Brooklyn yard, is few
red steel rods and bars of curved and bent
shape, fastened together in a long scooped
shape, without any semblance to the beautiful
lines of vessel But great deal Of work has
been done In designing the beams aud shapes
that are to go into the ship and putting up the
special tools that are required to make some
of the parts number of minor contracts
have been let for various materials to be used
in the cruisers, including those for about
2,2S4 tons of steel to be put into the bulls.
These cruisers are to be exact duplicates of
each other. As estimated by the naval con-
structors, their tonnage will be 31S3, or six
tons less than the Boston and Atlanta.
They are twin screw steel cruisers, with
heavy protective deck, great speed and heavy
batteries of rapid-fire guns. They have poop
and forecastle decks. with an open gun deck
between and bridges along the tops of the
hammock berthings connecting the poop and
forecaste.
The principal features are: Length on load
line, 800 feet; breadth, extreme, AZ feet; mean
draft, IS feet; displacement, 3,lS3 tons: tons
per inch, 90; indicated horse power, 10000;
speed in knots, 19.
CAPACITY AND ARMoR.
The bunker capacity is $50 tons Of coal, the
normal supply being 400 tons. At a speed Of
twenty knots such a ship could steam q SO days,
2l4.3 tons day. At twelve knots,
which is an average speed, she could go for
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In 1873 blue sapphire was found In Ceylon
that weighed 20 pounds, or $500 carats, but
twas not pure. The most remarkable emerald
OF antiquity belonged to the Emperor Nero,
who was very near-sighted. The stone
CHANGED to be shaped like concave lens
so that the tyrant found that il as
sisted his vision materially at the gladiator
shows. de supposed that it was a magical gem
on this account. At all events he was the first
person TO adopt the single eye-glass, which has
since become SO fashionable abroad The
natives OF Peru are said to have formerly paid
reilg1ous homage to an emerald the size Of an
ostrich egg, which was only exhibited by the
priests on occasions of high festival This
Goddess of 'Emeralds', as it was called was
tested by Pizarro with hammer and broken
up Inc turquoise owes its color to the
presence OF phosphate of copper. Most gems
OF this sort are obtained from northeastern
9rsa =: " is said that the shah possesses nearly
All OF the very remarkable ones in existence;
the best Of those found he always keeps.
BULLETS COVERED WITH MOSS
are thrown with sings to break of the pieces
of turquoise from the inaccessible rocks which
usually contain the matrix. substance often
sold for turquoise is otherwise known as
.odontollte' or fossil turquoise and is in
TACT the tooth OF the extinct giant elephant
known as the mammoth. Great quantities Of
mammoth remains are dug up in Siberia. where
the mighty beasts used TO roam. In 1898 the
entire body of a mammoth was found frozen in
a solid cake of ice on the shore of the Arctic
sea, where it had doubtless been preserved IN
this curious way for thousands of years. When
1t was chopped out the flesh was still fresh. In
the opinion of many people the opal is the
most beautiful Of gems. Its substance is
traversed by a multitude of little assures,
which give rise to the 'diffraction' Of light
that makes the wonderful play of colors. Pliny
tells OF an opal the size of a hazel nut that be-
longed to Senator Nonnus. Mark Antony
wanted the stone and exiled the senator be-
cause he would not give it up. But Nonnus
preferred exile with his treasure to living in
Rome without it. The two biggest opals known
were found in the Hungarian mines in 1866.
Both were pear-shaped and weighed respect
lively 1856 and 160 carats. Perhaps the finest
opal OF modern times is the one which be-
longed to the Empress Josephine aud which
was called the Burning of Troy from the red
flames so wildly shown upon it's surface"
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HARDLY AN ERROR.
How the Fencibles Appeared to Kansas
City Eyes.

The Kansas City papers appreciated the Fem
cibles, as the following favorable mentions"
would seem toindicate: The Globe said: The Ma
tional Fencibles, Washington, DC. much her
aided, marched on to the ground to the tune of
yankee Doodle" and when dismissed the
''Star Spangled Banner" sounded, but was al
most drowned by the cheers given the Fenci-
bles for their notable drill. They marched on
to the ground amid cheers-a very whirlwind
of enthusiasm-and having been presented as
ready for drill, the company WAS put through
forty movements with great rapidity, accom-
plishiBg each with an accuracy that elected
many outbursts of applause. The company in
Its green uniform, gold trimmed. presented a
magnificent appearance and every man looked
every inch a soldier. Their drill was a marvel
of accuracy, the wheeling, alignments and the
manual OF arms being especially accurate and
given with a nicely that scarce left an oppor-
tunlty for criticism.
The company came to the contest in great
shape and very stylishly. They were accom-
panied by three barouches, drawn by splen-
didly harnessed horses aud the carriages were
occupied by the following ladies:
Miss Gertrude Peck, SD ,nsor assisted hy
Misses Bette De Gaines, Mamie Childs Miss
Hyde, Effie Franklin, chaperoned by Mesdames
Peck and De Gaines AT the conclusion of the
drill the ladies were saluted La militaire and
their champions were awarded handsome
bouquets by them.
Forty movements were executed in forty
minutes, one per minute. the Fencibles beat
ing the time allotted for their drill by five
minutes.
The Journal said: Company b. first regiment,
Kansas City, Kan, did not enter the list at noon
The National Fencibles of Washington, ID. C.,
came to their testing at o'clock, and for fifty
minutes put up drill which would be difficult
to improve. The work was rapid and accurate,
the rapidity of Capt Domer's orders being es-
pecialiy commended, thus enabling the COM
pany to complete its drill in fifteen minutes
less time than the best record yet made at the
encampment. Its llne in wheeling was fault
less and there was scarcely perceptible error
in the whole drill The general opinion is that
this company will carry off first money for til Q
maiden drill.