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The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
A Dynamiter.

A mailman entered Russell Sage
office in New York a few days ago,
and after a peremptory demand for
q million and a quarter of dollars,
accompanied by threat to blow
himself and Sage to smithereens il
the demand was not complied with,
which of course it was not, pro-
ceeded to execute his dire threat.
The mailman and a clerk in the
Office were instantly killed, the
room utterly demolished and sew
eral persons about it more or lese
seriously injured; but by some un-
explainable cause Mr.. Sage received
but slight injuries. Out of this
piece Of madness performed by q
man who should have been in a
lunatic asylum some Of our ex-
changes are very unwisely trying to
concoct an anarchist scare. This
is sheer humbug, there being as yet
neither evidence of the mans iden-
tity. nor of his connection with
any organization whatever. He was
simply a cunning lunatic with a
hobby, and lacking the sense to
handle the terrible weapon with
with which he had provided him.
self, he persisted in q misguided and
clumsy attempt to slay Sage, re-
suit with which that gentleman is
doubtless we'll satisfied.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
A Petty Larceny Thief.

Four weeks ago we wrote and pub
lished an editorial entitled "About
Calamity Howlers," and this week
we had the modification and dis.
gust of reading it reproduced as q
leading editorial in the columns OF
the Moscow Democrat, but without
credit, of course. There was time
when we regarded an incident Of
that kind as compliment, but that
time has gone by. A man who is
SO lost to shame and decency as to
pirate our editorials and then re-
turn them to us rs leading editori-
ais in his own paper is too big a
scrub to compliment anybody OF
thing, either by intent or otherwise.
Such wretch is a shame and dis
grace to journalism, and a ninny
who, by his own act of stupidity
and baseness, unwittingly adver-
tises himself to the world as lack.
ing brains to write and honesty to
credit the matter he must have to
fill up his paper.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12

lect, leave the unequipped and the
weak to die in its wake, despised and
without hope here or hereafter, as
is done now, merely for the stupid
purpose Of clinging to an old,
effete and inefficient system; but
must provide for the physical and
intellectual nourishment of the in
competent Of its members, protect
them against spoliation and help
them to become men and women,
and to live human instead Of brute
lives. There is no selnblance of the
religion taught by Jesus in social
state in which the unrestrained su-
periority OF the few may with inn
punity wreck the lives and hopes
of millions, truth the Congrega-
tionalist cannot learn too soon.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
Silver In Congress.

The New York Press, a rabid anti
silver paper, has made o poll OF
Congress on the silver question and
has come to the conclusion that
there has been no abatement Of the
"craze" since the adjournment OF
the last Congress. There are, as the
Press puts it, 236 democrats and 8
alliance men in the lower house Of
Congress, of whom 1852, classed as
democrats, are in favor of and will
pass free coinage bill. The Senate
is republican but not strong enough
to prevent the passage of such 9
bill in the first instance, but quite
strong enough to make certain the
defeat of any bill vetoed by the
President.
The number of democratic Sen.
ators in favor of free coinage, 36
number opposed, 4.
Number Of republican Senators
in favor Of free coinage, 18j mum.
Der opposed, 30.
Number of democratic Congress
men in favor of free coinage, 1852
number opposed, 81.
Number of republican Congress
men in favor of free coinage, g.
number opposed, 70.
Total number of democrats ir
both houses in favor of free coin
age, 1893; total number of demo
Gratis opposed, Al.
Total number of republicans ir
favor of free coinage, q; tota
number opposed, 100.
Total number Of democrats doubt
full, 48; total number of republi
cans doubtful, 9.
A majority of two-thirds is neces
sary to pass a bill over the Presi
dents veto, and as this cannot b.
gotten in the Senate, of course nj
such bill can pass. This brings u.
back to the stand occupied by tn.
KEYSTONE all Of the time, which i.
that bill will probably pass tn.
House, and may pass the Senate
but will be killed in the White
House in accordance with the wish
es of the republican leaders through
out the country. So we shall have
no silver bill from this Congress.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12

NEW TODAY.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
MANY of our republican cont,

MANY of our republican contem-
parties are worrying themselves into
a fever about Gov. Hills alleged
violations of law and attempts to
steal the legislature. We probably
know but little more about tho laws
of New York than do these excited
newspapers, but We feel more than
certain that Gov. Hill will never be
convicted of any Of the charges
made. against him, and suggest to
his critics that unfounded and un-
proved charges are very foolish,
besides they are not arguments.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
Close of Volume Ten.

This issue closes Volume len o.
the KEYSTONE. The years OF its ex-
istence have been years OF change.
During it's time it has known about
all Of the fluctuations and vicissl-
,udes that go to make up frontier
life. It has enjoyed the most active
business patronage coupled with
an almost princely income, and the
extreme of neglect and poverty.
With true frontier instinct 1t parted
with it's dollars about as fast as they
were earned, thinking naught of to-
morrow or else thinking its day of
prosperity would last forever but
like the frontiersman, it saw the
high tide of it's prosperity recede and
itself stranded on the dry sands OF
pennilessness awaiting the inflow OF
another boom. It has so far waited
in vain, and while waiting has seen
the town of it's nativity-Ketchum
-dwindle from a city of 5000 or
1900 inhabitants to mining ham,
let of 700 or 800 people. 1t also
saw it's subscription list and its gen.
eral business dwindle in the same
proportion; but it fingered on, and
during the past year has had the
good fortune to witness an increase
in it's subscription list without any
diminution of it's business patron
age. Moreover, in spite of the de-
preston of it's finances it has main
tanned it's accustomed place as the
leading newspaper on Wood River,
and to-day, by universal. consent,
stands at the forefront of them all,
while above it's financial horizon
there is glimmer of hope such as
has not encouraged it before in
years. This hope is that something
may lead to the passage of a free
coinage bill by the present Congress.
Should that happen, the KEYSTONE
will at once mount the topmost
wave Of financial success. Other
wise 1t will have to linger and wait,
as many others are doing, but it
will wait, if wait it must, with
certainty that our mines will yet
be worked and Ketchum become
one of the principal mining centers
in Idaho, the richest section in the
country; for mines 'such as ours
will not be suffered to remain perma-
nently unworked. Commerce needs
their silver, and they will ere long
be forced to surrender it.
Grateful to its friends and pa
irons for their firm adherence to it
whether fortune waxed or waned,
the KEYSTONE turns from its tenth
to it's eleventh volume, with bright
ming prospects and renewing antici-
pations Of better days: and prom
Uses in the future as in the past to
do the best it can for Ketchur,
her mines and her people.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12
The Statesman and Lead.

The Statesman thinks the KEY
STONE has accepted the statements
of paper published in the interests
of the free lead ring at Ell Paso.
The KEYSTONE only accepts news
paper statements in lieu of better
authority, knowing as it does the
great and almost insurmountable
difficulty of procuring correct in.
formation upon any subject, and
the great lack of information pre-.
vailing among newspaper men; but
it has no more evidence that the
Bullion is published in the interest
of free lead ring than it has that
the Statesman is published in the in.
terest of protection ring. Neither
do we know that the Statesman is
correct in relation to the matter Of
the Omaha and Grant smelters, not
being in the lead conspiracy. We
have always understood, and still
believe, they form a part of that
combine. But however that NAV
be, the Statesman has not yet &C.
counted for the prevailing low price
of lead, nor for the idleness of our
smelters. Until it does this it has
accomplished nothing, since it does
not enrich the lead miner to tell
him that he is protected when he
is selling. his lead for less than he
received for it under competition
with Mexican peon labor"
The Statesman says the Omaha
and Grant smelters were "purchas-
ing the product of the Idaho mines
before protection came about. AS
they are doing the same thing now
we do not see that protection has
benefited our miners in that line, but
as they do not pay any more than
they did under the old regime, it
seems to have benefited the smelters.
If lead-silver ores are so cheap
in Mexico as the Statesman pre-
tends-which they are not-and if
old dumps can be gotten for moth
ing, as it charges, what is to hinder
the whitehead trust from paying
the tariff and importing the lead?
The silver contained in the ores
will pay the tariff, or nearly go, if
they are careful in selecting their
ores to import, and they will have
the lead, practically for the freight,
which, considering that they are in
a position to command rates from
the railroads, would be very little.
Further on the Statesman asserts in
eference to the KEYsToNE's decla-
ration that there are no lead miners
in Idaho, that following the same
line of reasoning it might assert
that silver ming is not an industry
in Idaho. This not logical. Silver
mining is profitably conducted in
this state in the entire absence of
lead. No prospector ever goes out
to prospect for a lead mine. When
a prospector discovers lead he has it
assayed for silver, not for lead, and
if it carries silver enough to pay he
locates it as a silver mine; other
wise he does not locate it at all. 1t
is true that some mines are worked
in consequence of the large amount
of lead they carry that could not be
worked for the silver alone; but no
mine in the state is worked for it's
lead, exclusively. On the whole the
Statesman's argument does not i'm
ply a very complete mastery Of its
subject.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12

Mr.. BELLAMY, who is both good
thinker and close observer, points
out relationship between the low
prices prevailing at present, and the
trusts. He says that vast combi-
nations of capital make it possible
for the managers of such combina-
tons TO furnish an article to the
general public at very low rates,
fact all will readily admit. But they
are mistaken, as he very tritely OBJ
serves. who suppose that low prices
under trusts is permanent condi-
ton, In their hands low prices are
but a means to an end, and that end
is the crushing out of small rivals
and to keep new rivals out Of the
field. BY compelling competitors
to sell their products at loss they
are speedily bankrupted and out OF
the way, and then the trust low
price conspiracy ends and prices go
up to q point that enables the con-
spirators to recover their losses, and
enrich themselves by such extort
tions az they see fit to impose, It
IL to enable them to accomplish this
purpose that all capital favors pro-
teotion. and opposes the placing OF
any operative restrictions upon for
eign immigration,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12

THE quantity of crocodile tears
shed over the misfortunes Of the
Field family by the newspapers is
suggestive as it is nauseating. OF
course everybody sympathizes with
the unfortunate, so far as words OF
sympathy go; but when pretended
sympathy is based upon the cir
cumstance of a wealthy family hav-
ing been reduced to perjury, it be-
comes disgusting. The Fields, if
they are honest people, are just as
good as the Smiths or Browns, and
10 better, and the fact that they are
in poverty is q misfortune only
equal to the misfortune that the
Smiths and Browns are in poverty.
y more intelligent and just eco
nomic system might have saved all,
and might also have saved young
Field from the criminal career that
has made his father a pauper.
Furthermore, the fact that the son
has been permitted to escape the
just consequences of his villainies
through the open door of an insane
asylum is a condemnation of our
administration of justice, of which
we should all be heartily ashamed.
Were a poor man in New York to
steal loaf Of bread to feed his
starving child, the same law that
sheltered Field in lunatic asylum
would send the poor man to Jail or
the changing. This we all know
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-12-12

The Presidents Message was re-
ceived by yesterdays mail, and is
quite a lengthy document. 1t is
much praised by the republican
press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-10-30

Complaints reach us from East
Dorset and Weston that the SITTER
bundles did not reach those places
until Tuesday. Both were mailed
here in due season, and why this de-
lay is past finding out. The Weston
bundle came back to this office Sat-
urdav night, on the alleged reason
that it was wrapped in daily paper
that was marked to the SITTER, not
withstanding it was plainly labeled in
double plea type to Weston. But
why then it should not have reached
Weston ON Monday is another mys-
terry.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-10-30

Governor Page has appointed Hon.
Fred G. Field of Springfield, VT,
Inspector of Finance, to fill the va
cancy caused by the death of Hon.
Luther o. Greene. Mr.. Field is a
successful business man and without
doubt well equipped for the position
He is said to be firm in the conviction
that our savings banks should give
preference to Vermont loans. II
this is true he is the right man in the
right place.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-10-30
PRICE THREE CENTS.
Vermont News.

A shop attached to Hawley's black
smith shop at Castleton was broken
into Friday night and tools stolen.
John II. Ayres of Bennington has
been appointed special aide-de-camp
on the staff of Lieut.. Gen. Under
wood, commander of the Patriarchs
Militant.
The agitation of the Black River
railroad question brings up claim
that better route than the one pro-
posed is from Springfield to Bellows
Falls on the west bank of the Con-
necticut river. This is said to give a
route II miles shorter to Fitchburg
and Boston and "a miles shorter to
New York.
w. 7. Foster, the Western wealth
er prophet, says that the first storm
wave of November will be due to
leave the Pacific coast about October
80, cross the great interior valleys
from October 81 to November 2 and
reach the Atlantic coast about the
Sd. A cold wave, severe for the
time Of year, may be expected to ap-
pear in the Northwest following this
storm center and cause frosts in all
the northern and most of the southern
states, closing the cotton growing
season by November 5. Our winter
weather will approach from the North
west, and winter will set in earlier
there and be more severe than in the
states, and this storm
wave will be followed by wintry
weather in the upper Missouri and
upper Mississippi valleys.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-10-30
Court of Insolvency

State of Vermont, !
District of Court of Insolvency
Westminster, IS.
To all persons interested in the estate
of Henry A. Stearns of Windham in said
District.
Take notice that on the 9th day of Oc-
tober A. ID. 1891, said Henry A. Stearns
filed in said court his Petition in Insol-
vency, and that at a Court of Insolvency
to be held at the Probate office in Bellows
Falls in said District on the 7th day of
November A. d. 1891, meeting of the
creditors of said Henry A. Stearns will
be held to prove their debts and choose
one or more assignees of his estate, and
you are further notified that the payment
of any debts and the delivery of any prop
erty belonging to said debtor to him or
for his use, and the transfer of any prop
erty by him, are forbidden by law.
Dated this 27th day of October, A. D.,
1891.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-10-30
A Gigantic Lantern.

The largest lighthouse lens in this
country was made by Paris firm and
shipped to the United States board of
directors in August, 1888.
1t was intended for lantern as big as
a small church, the lens proper meas
uring 15 feet in height and II 1-2 in
width, the internal diameter, or bulls
eye," being 8 feet 8 inches. st. Louis
Republic.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-10-30

State of Vermont,
Westminster, SIS. : The Probate Court
for said District. To all whom it nav
concern, Greeting. Whereas Emma A.
Howard, administrator of the Estate of
Henry G. Howard, late of New Mexico,
deceased, having estate in said district
has represented that:
The amount of debts due from said
deceased is $S76.34
The charges of administra-
ton, estimated, $4,000.
Balance of debts chargeable
on the real estate of said
deceased, S9l6.34.
Praying for license to sell all of the
real estate of said deceased, as the same
is necessary for the payment of said
debts and charges of administration.
Whereupon it is ordered that the same
be heard at the session of said Court, to
be held at the Probate office in Bellows
Falls on the 9TH day of December A. d.
1891, when and where you may be heard
in the premises if you see cause.
CHAs. B. EDDY, Register.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-10-30
a prominent merchant SAWS: .

A prominent merchant says: 81
lave sold Megrimine for over year
and guaranteed it to cure any head
ache without bad after effects snd
nave not found single case it did
not relieve" Samples free. The
Dr.. Whitehall Megrimine Co., South
3end, Ind. Sold by g. G. Smith.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-10-30

Elsewhere will be found the pros
pect of the Boston journal, that old
reliable journal and favorite newspa-
per in Vermont. 1t has just been
enlarged and improved. All who pay
for the SITTER one year in advance
can have the Journal for only 45
cents, by sending to this office.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-10-30
Written For the SIrTER.l
RAILROADS-PAST AND PRESENT.
No. 2.

In all probability the first railroad
ever built in the world Ga wooden one,
was at the collieries near Newcastle
upon-Tyne, England, in 1872, Late
on other roads of a similar natur,
were constructed. The motive poweI
used was horses.
The first railroad sanctioned by
Parliament was the "Surrey Rail
road, running from the banks of the
Thames to Croydon, which was au
thorized in 1901.
September 27, 1925, the first steam
railroad, the "Stockton and Darling
ton," was opened for the Transports
ton of passengers. This road was
II miles long, and was originally
built to carry coal from Durham to
tidewater.
The first railroad ever built in
America was at Quincy, Mass, in
1926. 1t was 3 miles in length and
was constructed for the express pur-
pose of carrying granite from that
place to the Neponset river.
In 1927 the Delaware and Hudson
Canal Co. built the "Carbondale
Railroad" 16 miles long, at Homes
dale, Pa, connecting the coal mines
with the canal. 1t was opened for
traffic in 1929, to be operated by
stationary engines. The first loco
motive in this country was run over
this road August 9, 1929.
The construction of the "Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad" was begun in
1928, and by May, 1880, 10 miles
Of road were completed. Horses
were first used as a motive power.
1t was on this road that Peter Coop
er experimental with his trial loco
motive in 1929.
In 1880 work was commenced on
he "Mohawk and Hudson Railroad"
4 line running from Albany to Sche-
nectady, N. Y, 16 miles, and finish
ed the next year. August 9, 1881 it
was opened for general traffic. Both
locomotives and horses were used on
,he road. 1t is claimed that the first
steam passenger train in America was
run on this road.
From % miles of track in 1880 the
mileage has steadily increased to
nearly Or quite 165, 200 miles. The
estimated total mileage Of the whole
world is 100000 miles, of which this
represents about one half.
The greatest railway center in the
world is Chicago. 1t is the terminus
for 25 railroads. The state of Hi
nois has greater mileage than any
other state in the Union-10,00O
miles. The state of Kansas is Sec
ond-S,S00 miles, and Texas third
$3.50 miles.
1t seems hardly credible, but at
one time 30 different guages of rail-
road track were in use in this country.
There are 50 now, but the present
tendency is to two guages, one, the
stannard, 4 feet s 1-2 inches, and the
other, 3 feet. AS it is, three-quar-
ters of all the mileage is 4 feet, 8 in
ches and half.
Following is the introduction of
roi1rooJp into Jiffarapt oouptr;ac.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-10-30
CHAs. B. EDDY, Register.
ESTATE OF NATHAN BUXTON.

STATE OF VERMONT
Westminster, S.
By the Probate Court for said district to all
persons interested in the estate of Nathan
Buxton late of Londonderry in said district,
deceased, greeting. You are hereby notified
that this Court will decide upon the allowance of
the account of E. F. Rugg, administrator
on said estate ,and decree distribution thereof to
the persons entitled at the session thereof to be
held at the Probate Office in Bellows Falls
on the 7th day of Nov. A. d. 1891 when and
where you may be heard in the premises if you
see cause. Chas. B. Eddy, Register.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-10-30

The administration is taking vigor-
Gus action in referance to the assault
made upon the Baltimore's sailors in
Valparaiso. The Gillian government
is asked to make reparation.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-10-30

Berlin now numbers 300 millionaires
among its residents. The importance of
the German capital and the prosperity
of its inhabitants are said to date from
the campaign of 1866.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-10-30

Elections are to be held next Tues
day in IL states. The principal in
terest attaches to Ohio, New York,
Massachusetts and Iowa. In Ohio
the issues are national in character
and the result will foreshadow the
trend of public sentiment upon the
tariff and silver questions. Both par
ties are working like beavers. We
expect to see Maj. Mckinley come in
WI a.handsome majority.
In New York the contest is mainly
over state issues. Fassett, the Re-
publican candidate for governor, has
waged vigorous campaign and may
be elected. Much depends upon the
action of the county democracy who
are disgruntled over being kicked out
of the convention. Should any con-
siderable number of them vote for
Fassett it will make his calling and
election sure. Otherwise the demo-
Gratis will eat the cake made from
their own Flower (Roswell P).
In Massachusetts hot contest is
being waged and both parties are
sanguine Of success.
In Iowa the prohibition issue en-
ters largely into the contest and mat
ters are much mixed. Next Tuesday
will settle the matter and the SITTER
will report.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-10-30

Late news from Santiago indicate
that the Chilians are disposed to be
stuffy towards the United States in
reference to the sailor difficulties.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1891-10-30

The present week, according to the
programme, will witness 40 big mass
meetings in Ohio.