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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-05-28

tionship to the Commissions
er. The Raum's will be q
heavy load for Mr.. Harrison
to carry next year, and it
will not be 8 TRANCE if he
should toss them all over
board. .Fk.lf vas
A determined attempt was
made to get up an organized
reception to welcome Mr. Har|
rison back to Washington
from his long, free trip, butt
was a dismalfailure. Nobody
would have anything to do
with it except a.haif dozen Of
his personal friends; noteven
the members of the republi-
can state association, all Of
which are officeholders would
take hold Of it, so it had to
be abandoned, then the state
ment was unblushingly made
that Mr.. Harrison did n 0 t
wish to be met by d crowd. |
10 not wish to imply by the
above that Mr.. Harrison is
disliked here, because he isn't.
The people are simply indif-
ferent towards him, and | be-
lieve that feelingis more mar
ked among members of his
own party than ar ong dem
ocrats
The impressio.i among those
familiar with the inside wor-
kings of the administration
is that Mr.. Blaine is engaged
in "playing tie possum" on
Mr.. Harrison just at t his
time for reasons of his own,
Mr.. Blaine may have beenill,
but these people refuse to be-
lieve it. and they stated that
when Mr.. Blaine left here he
would not return until after
Mr.. Harrison got back, anC
that he had gone away in 6
"huff". Circumstances seen
to favor this view ofthecase
Republicans who have tall
ed with Harrison since his re
! turn says he has about al
well developed case OF the biz
head as they ever saw.
Representative Or q in, o
Texas, is here seeing that tn
boom of Representa- tive Mill
| for the Speakership Of tn
House does not get neglect
> ed. ,> tae.i
i Ex-Represntative Yoder, Q
3 Ohio, says of politics in tina
State: 1T looks to me as
{ the democrats would unit
{ and re-nominate Gov. Camp
|, bell. One thing | am conf
dent OF, we will elect the ma
E we nominate. No man can b
2 elected in Ohio on the hig
!, tariff issue. Mckinley make
), that the issue, and he will b
r defeated. The farmers ar
e tired of high taxes, and cal
q not understand why othe
+ necessaries Of life cannot b
d cheapened by being put o
i. the free list as sugar h a
v been.' a, 5
al AS men get older they thin
3 more and more Of their p'
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-05-28
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From our, Regular Correspondent

From our, Regular Correspondent
.i0 !s tssfsTT-T SIR fGaf iNiBiI
Mr.. Harrison found anasty|
mess waiting for himin that
nest of'crookedness, the Pen
sion bureau, when he return
ed from his royal excursion.
Much against his own incli-
nation he had kept Commits
sioner Raum in office in the
face Of the crookedness in his
business methods, 50 effec
tually shown up by Repre-
sentative Cooper, ofIndiana,
and he had a right to expect
that no further crookedness
would be indulged in. There
fore he must have been terri
bly, shocked when informed,
that Green B. Raum Jr., as
sistant chief clerk, OF the Pen
sion bureau, and son ofCom-
missioner R au m, was the
head of an office-brokerage
concern which had been sell
ing notonly originalappoint.
ments below the classified
service, but promotions un-
der the Civil Service exanlin-
ations. A more disgraceful
situation has not confronted
a President since Gen. Grant
kicked Belknap out of the
War Department on account
Of his wife's engaging in sell
ing Indian post traderships.
And the most remarkable
part Of the whole business ia
the leniency with which Raum
Junior has been treated. Three
other government employs
implicated in the swindIe
were at once dismissed, but
this precious jewel of a re
|publica n administration
was allowed to resign and
that wasn't all, the sresigna
tion was accepted to take ef
feet thirty days from date
and he was given leave o
senc 9 Until that time
which was a neat way OF pre-
senting;him with, q month'
salary 1T il stated here that
!. Secretary Noble is RESPONSE
! ble for the leniency EXTENDED
to this criminal, although HI
was out of town when tn
resignation was accepted
What puzzles honest epeopl
: is why all OF the parties con
! cerned in this steal have mo
! been arrested and brough
before a criminal court t
!. answer for their ,r,isdeeds.
!. Mr.. Harrison, when h
thinks about this ou nj
mans peculiar transactions
i az. well as those Of his father
! probably wishes he had neve
!. seen the Raum's and that /
had not been go precipitat
in kicking Corporal" Tai
ner out-no one ever accuse
Tanner. Of being dishones'
The Raums have rcertainl
tried to make,hay while I'll
official sun shines. The ol
gentleman as soon as he b
came Commissioner began t
look out for the rest OF tt
> Etalpily. Green Bs Jr,gsws
i fssakl6 assistaHt .chisi- elerl
! two daughters / we're .giss
d clerkships John, ancth'
II SON who does business az:
ID F;y1,onoion affnrnpv ,pvaa riv<
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-05-28
Ttk Notice.

Hffg Notice. L s
phs warrior and World Won
der Jack. IA Ia hands high, will
stand at Cooks Gap. Insurance
"a. 90. PerOns tkrding mares out
Of the county, money ia due.
r. A. CRITCHER.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-05-28

have not claimed their stock-no-
tice is hereby given thom or heir
legal representatives to- present.
their claims or the stock will b
forfeited, In accordance with en-
act of the last Legislature | will
sell to the highest bidder for cash
at PattersonN g. June 1st, 1891,
al shares qfsaid stock remaining
unclaimed. tsSi,,
.s. HUGH GwYN.
April 7th, 1891. President.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-05-28
.ias STOP AND THINK. 1
Cor. Of the News and Observer.

.feM STOP AND THINK. 81,
Cor. Of the News and Observer.
Ihaye read your editorials
on the currency with inter-
est and Instruction, and ven
ture to make a. suggestion,
indirectly connected with the
subject, thatmayarres some
Of my alliance friends. Iyis
now the boast Of alliance
leaders that there will soon
be s.sin, the field thirtyrfve
thousand lecturers to repre-
sent our cause and and pre-
sent its merit to the people.
This is quite anArray yof spea-
kers, andnecessalily involves
the outlay OF a large sum Of
money. In addition to the
lecturers we are expected to.
sustain our press, but leav-
ing out the amount paid for,
alliance newspapers, it may
cause alliance-men to stop
and think W h en- reminded
that the thirty-fve thousand
lecturers will cost the differ
ent alliance orders q sum e.
quail to the value OF a large
part of the entire cotton crop
of the South. Let us make a
simple calculation: / am in
formed that Mr.. Otho Will
son, Of your city, receives a.
bout one thousand dollars a
year to lecture; Mr.. Ben Ter
rel receives a large sum, while
sub lecturers get | e. ss. 1t
would not be unfair to say
that the average pay of these
lecturers will be at least six
hundred dollars, a year, and
this may notinclude all Incl
} dental expenses. Now, null
; tiply thirty-fve' thousand by
six hundred and the result
shows that the alliance will
pay twenty-one million dol
lars in one year 10 certain
!; gentlemen go about and de-
liver speeches. Now, the en-
J tire cotton crop OF the South
|, is valued at about three-hun'
dred million dollars, an d
thus it,appears that one-fif
, teenth of it will actually bt
, given away to our canvass
> ing agents. Is it dot time tt
: stop and think what our lea
ders are doing? This larg'
t sum Of money is paid by tn
t farmers of the country, ant
/ while the contributions o.
Q each to the general fund MAJ
: seem small the general funt
+ must be growing larges whel
n only one class of our official
e can be paid twenty-one mill
h ion dollars a, year in the INA
s ture of salaries. The private
e in the ranks of the allianc
9 might we'll utilize arainy da,
! looking'into these matters
r ALLIA NCEMAN.
IA sttt ~ y "a ~ '
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-05-28
J.F. Nerphew. 3. 5. Blackburn
Marion, NC. 10 err on, N.C.
MORPHEW & BLACKBURN
ATrToRNEYs AT LAW.

ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Will practice in the courts
Of Ashe, Watauga and Mitch,
ell counties, also in the Fed.
.ral courts of the Dist. and
Supreme Court OF the State.
(.ollection OF claims solicited;
April, 10. aa ppm it
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-05-28
NOTICED

Whereas certain stock holders OF
the Caldwell and Watauga Turn
n;xo Cnmnanv tO wit: ,4ests.,,8
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1891-05-28
J. Q. WMBAIRI, y
DENTIST,

ELK PARK, NORTH CAROLINA.
Z Offers his professional services
to the people OF Mitchell;
Watauga and adjoining conr.
ties. .b% No lad mateial used
and all work guaranteed. ssa
May1 1 y.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-20

MATTHEW 5. QUAY, on Monday says
the New York World. made in the Sen
ate of the United States what he is
pleased to call reply to the charges
made against him months ago in the
World.
In due time the World will analyze
that reply in detail. At present it is
sufficient to direct public attention to
two or three important points.
Mr.. Quay's reply has been strangely
delayed and is now made in n form
which an innocent man would hardly
deem sufficient. The charges were spe-
cific. The answer is shuf1ling.
The charges were made months ago and
widely copied If they were not true
they We're scandalous. They were made
by entirely responsible parties. Mr..
Quay's friends and political associates
demanded that he should meet them
then, and in fashion which should
put their truth to the proof.
He did nothing of the kind. He re-
mained silent and saw his party defeat
ed in his own State because of his silence,
/ by reason of the revolt of its self
respecting voters. He remained silent
| in face of the fact that a distinguished
man of his own party declared in Con-
gress that his silence was confession.
After all these months he offers the
Senate and the country his unsupported
world that he is innocent, and his dec
! laratiOn that the crimes alleged were
committed by his partner, who is now
| dead and therefore unable to answer.
If Mr.. Quay is innocent why has he
not met these charges in a way which
admitted of the taking of testimony
/ under oath?
Why has he not put the matter in such
shape that the facts could be tested with
certainty? Why does he offer, in refu
tation of such charges, only the word o.
an accused and discredited man, withou
even the poor support of his own affida
Wit
Mr.. Quay's answer is no answer. II,
has not met the charges because h,
cannot. He shirks because he know!
that the accusations are true.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-20
A Fair Girls Sad Death.

Miss Clara Fleming, OF Wash ington,
Pa, was instantly killed while aboard a
Pittsburg, Cincinnati and ST Louis car
on Tuesday morning by boulder which
had been looSened by the rains and fell
from Duquesne Heights, near Pittsburg
crashing through the car window. Miss
Fleming was student of Duff College,
and was coming over To attend her daily
classes. In the same seat with her was
]. f. Donehoo, who is a medical stu
dent The rock fell just after the train
had passed Point bridge. 1t was 20
minutes late and was running East on
the westbound track. Her neck was
broken and her head frightfully crushed.
Mr.. DonehoO, who sat next TO her, was
uninjured, though the boulder was
thrown on his knees. Frank Oller and
Miss Mamie Baldwin also had narrow
escapes. 4 panic was averted only by
the presence of mind of the trainmen.
The body of Miss Fleming was taken
TO SIMPSONS undertaking rooms and
prepared for burial. Her relatives al
Washington were notified of the sad ac-
cident and as early as possible her moth
er, who is widow and her two younger
brothers arrived in Pittsburg to take
home the. remains. During the after
noon nearly 500 students of various col
| leges viewed the body
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-20
Tha COrOner's Verdict.

The jury inquiring into the cause of
the explosion at the Mammoth Mine in
Westmoreland comfy rendered its YER
dict Friday night. They found that the
explosion was caused by the accumula-
ton of carburetted hydrogen gas in the
lower level or dips of the mine. All the
machinery of the mine was found in
good order. In conclusion the verdict
reads:
"While we find that the H. c, Frick
Coke Company has not been guilty of
any neglect in providing for the com
fort and the care of their underground
employees and miners, we do protest
against the employment of fire bosses
and pit bosses who are addicted TO the
use of malt and spirituous liquors either
when employed or off duty. We also
believe that there should be an amend
ment to the mining laws against the
working of mines under water level with
any flame or open light, and to compel
the lighting OF the same by electricity or
safety lamps. We recommend that no
person be permitted TO enter any mine
nov operated in this State, or hereafter
opened, except those whose names or
number shall be kept in book or regis
ter nj the entrance of the mines"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-20
Relief From Washington.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9,-Representative
Kerr has drawn up and will present in
the House n resolution asking Congress
TO appropriate $50, 600 for the relief of
the widows and orphans of the miners
who lost their lives in the Mammoth
disaster.
II don't know what the fate of the
resolution viii be- Mr.. Kerr said this
evening, "but Congress is voting away
millions for pensions and for other pur-
poses, certainly no more worthy than the
relief of the distress at Mammoth. /
think 1t a good thing, too, and at least
Will make an attempt to get something
done. The miners in measure take
their lives in their hands every time
they go into the bowels of the earth.
They are poorly paid, and as rule save
nothing out of their wages after support
ing their families, so that when disaster
comes, as IL does with such an appalling
frequency, those who were dependent
on them are left absolutely destitute !
will do what l can to get my resolution
passed. but if it fails it may at least serve
the purpose of calling the attention OF
the whole country to the condition OF
the mining population OF Pennsylvania
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-20
II er Final Vows.

PTITRBURG, Feb. 13-Catharine Drex-
el, the Philadelphia heiress, who two
years ago entered a convent here, took
her final VOWS and adopted the black
veil yesterday morning. The ceremoni-
al was private and no one outside the
church, not even the members of Miss
Drexel's family, were present. Arch
bishop Ryan conducted the services, as
sisted by bishop Phelan, of Pittsburg,
Rev. Father Stephan, of the Catholic
Indian bureau, at Washington, d. c.,
and Rev. Father Conway, of Mercy con-
vent. Miss Drexel, or Mother Cath
crime, as she will be known hereafter,
brings with her $1,000, 900, and will
found the Order of the Blessed Sacra-
ment, the object of the order being to
educate the Indian and colored man.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-20

An exchange says; People in the
townships of all the counties Of the
State have been accustomed so long to
work out their road taxes that any at
tempt to change this system will be ex-
ceedingly unpopular with them. While
hese oppositions exist there can be no
successful denial of the fact that this
way of paying taxes has given all parts
of Pennsylvania miserable township
highways. Work done in this way is
as a rule only half done. 1t were better
for the roads if the road tax were all
cash, but there would thus be imposed a
burden upon the farmer that would soon
jeopardize the existence of the road law.
No road building can be carried on sue
cessfully without the cooperation of the
farmer
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-20
Work OF DesperadOes.

MoSoSGAHELA, CITY, PA, 16.-The
residence of Christopher Friedman,
near Finleyville, was entered by burglars
Saturday evening. They broke open
the door, and bound Mrs. Page Fritch-
man. They then tied and gagged the
old man, aged 75 years, and blew open
the safe. They got only $40 for their
pains Miss Ellen Friedman, and her
nephew Harry, aged II, arrived home
from Finleyville while this was going on,
and they were both seized by the men,
bound and gagged, Chris Friedman
came home about II o'lcock, and he
was knocked down, tied and gagged.
The burglars then ransacked the house
from cellar to garret, and ate and drank
of the best, finally leaving with all the
money they could find. Mr. Fritch-
man succeeded in getting free soon af-
ter the men left. There is no clue TO
the burglars. The members of the fam
lily are under the care of doctors.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-20
A Reciprocity Scheme.

The merchants and manufacturers of
this city will probably soon be invited to
take part in one of the most novel COM
mercial enterprises ever planned. Cir
cularS addressed in general to the mer-
chants and manufacturers of the United
States having already made their initial
appearance here. They are from the
Three Americas Companies" with its
offices in Boston and New York, and
they unfold a seductive scheme for the
developing of trade between this country
and South American continent under
Secretary of State Blaine's well-known
reciprocity plans.
1t is proposed to send out from the
Boston and New York harbors, late in
the spring, a feet of merchant ships,
sailing under the American flag, into
the principal ports of all the republics of
Central and South America, bearing dis
plays of manufactured goods, merchan-
disc and inventions. The American Ar
mada is the title given to this feet, al
ready under the process of formation.
\ conquest, not by force of arms, as of
the historic Armada of the eastern hemi-
sphere, but by the great arts of peace, is
the design of the promoters.-PhiIa
Times.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-20

One salient fact that crops up among
all the discussions as to Grover Cleve-
lands opinions on the silver bill, on the
tariff and other leading questions of the
hour, says the Pittsburg Leader, is that
the ex-President is as commanding a
figure among the great men Of the coun-
try to-day as he was in the hey-day of
his prominence as Chief Executive of
the Government. His opponents may
rail at him; Dana may deride him as n
''stuffed Daniel" dsgruntled individu-
ais in his own party may decry him as
pretending to the distinction of being
bigger than the party itself; but still the
truth looms up that Mr., Cleveland s
personality constantly challenges nation
nj attention, that his utterances
havel a tremendous significance and
that his name appears oftener in the
newspapers than that of any other pub
lie man of the day, not excepting Mr.
Harrison and Mr.. Blaine Whether this
Is to be called popularity, notoriety or
what is an open question, but there is
no disputing that, in Mr. Cleveland's s
own language, "it is condition and not
n theory"
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-20

ADMIRAL DAVID ID. PORTER, of the
United States Navy died at his home in
Washington City on Friday morning.
David d. Porter, was born in Pennsyl-
vania on June Sth, 1911 and was the
youngest son of David Porter who COM
manded the Essex in the war of IS12-14.
He entered the service as a midship-
man in 1929 and served until 1916 when
he resigned to enter the army and take
part in the Mexican war. At the out
break of the civil war he was promoted
to the rank of Commodore and served
in the naval operations, below New
Orleans and mt the siege of Nicksburg.
In 1868, during the second siege Of Nicks-
buag Porter rendered material service
to General Grant in the taking and occu-
patton of that city. Admiral Porter was
advanced to the rank of Vice Admiral
July %, 1866, and after the death OF
Admiral Farragut he was promoted, in
August, 1870, to the rank OF Admiral,
which carried with it the command OF
the entire navy of the United States
subject only to the President.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1891-02-20

GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMsEH SHER =
MAN, whose serious illness was mentioned
in last weeks FREEMAN died on Saturday
at his home in New York, in his I'D
year. At his bedside were his son p. T.
Sherman, his daughters Rachel and
Lizzie, Lieutenant and Mrs. Thackera
Senator John Sherman, DIR. Alexander
and General Thomas Ewing. His re-
mains will be buried in st. Louis along
side his deceased wife and son. The
funeral cortege will leave New York to-
day Thursday under a military escort
at 2 O'Clock p. NJ. with the following or
der of column following the family and
relatives: The President and Vice
President of the United States. Mem
bers of the Senate and the House of Re
presentatiyes. The Governor of the
State Of New York and the mayor of the
city of New York. These officials will
follow the friends and relatives as repre-
sentative mourners. Military order of
the Loyal Legion of the United States
and officers of the army and navy.
Grand Army of the Republic. Corps of
cadets from the United States military
academy, Colonel Hawkins commander.
National guard, Brigadier General Louis
Fitzgerald commander Delegations and
representatives from veterans, Sons OF
Veterans, and other organizations unas-
signed, under charge OF General David
Morrison.