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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-27

Brose & Harvey for Insurance of
all kinds.
Great reduction on all summer
goods at Sommercamp's.
A. B. Anderson has returned in
safety from the mines Ayers and
Harris were at Ruthburg at last
accounts. Anderson says that their
record of six gallons up to the time
Of his leaving has never been broken.
The mother of Milt Canary, living
in Middle valley was bitten on the
arm by cat last Sunday and the
attendance of a physician has been
necessary, her arm having become
much swollen and making the old lady
quite sick.
The Harris party are reported to
have killed a bear. AS near as we
can learn it was freed by Mr.. Allison,
Ayers brought it out of the tree on
writ of replevin and Harris beat its
brains out with copy of the session
laws
Don't fail to bear in mind that
, people on the outside are watching
, this sidewalk matter to see how much
o ''gumpton' we have got here in
Weiser. What impression do you
: desire them to receive?
The names on our sidewalk list
q have been handed in without any
/ personal solicitation, as we have not
e spoken personally to but few as yet.
The eight names that have been given
: us aggregate in their donations S76.
r which is ratio greatly exceeding ouI
k expectations. We will soon get
: around to the heavy men and expect
II to raise enough money without
e trouble. Let us have big list mex
; week
ST Ketehum Keystone; The Sever
'e Devils copper balloon seems to have
g collapsed for lack of funds to keep i
ia inflated Still we believe upol
Sc information derived from mining mel
S that the camp is immensely rich il
i, copper, and will establish itself in til
Id confidence of capitalists and miners
5. and become a chief wealth produce
S. of the State. But this will not com
MT about until mine owners there put i
We their own money and labor an
re develop what they have; for capitalist
We will take no risks whatever, neithC
re at Seven Devils nor elsewhere.
=, We vouch not for the rumor bl
it has been intlnated that those we
q known and experienced newsl APP
men, the Stenuenberg Bros, OF Il
10 Caldwell Tribune, are contemplate
40 the purchase of the Leader plant
tAis place. 1t will be lucky day i
Weiser when these able men loea
here, if there is any truth in t.
red ramor, and as " have been told tn
~. each of the boys have been in Weis
~ during the last ten days, and Meth
e of them having called upon Us,
Idge from their mysterious aetio
.~ that there is something in it, y
ran hope Caldwell has not played out
49, gone back on the boys, however.
but The laboring can get the worth
ped his money at Sommercamp's
5 of The low prices at Sommercam
ines are surprising
'uf- The closing out sale at Haas
a still the rage.
Brose & Harvey do accurate c.
lrge yeyancing and handle real estate
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-27
SETTLE UP.

AS we are about to close out our
business, we desire all those indebted
to us to come forward and settle
between now and October 1st. All
accounts not settled by that date will
be placed in lawyers hands.
SoMMER & GoRRIE.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-27

Mrs Rahm is now rapidly improv-
ing.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-27

1t is learned that the family Of G.
w. Ehrlick will shortly return east.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-27

Born, near Weiser, August 21st,
to the vile Of w. Il. Beardsly, son
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-27

Buckeye and Whitley mowerers are
the best. for sale at the Idaho Com
mercial Co.'S.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-27

Sommercamp wants to offer you a
bargain. Call at the store.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-27

Brose q Harvey for farm loans.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-27

Fruit cans at the Idaho Commerclh
companyS
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-27

D. Gorrie visited Mineral last week.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-27

METAL MARKET-Bar silver, $0.9S.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-08-27


Brose & Harvey for Insurance of
all kinds.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-09
TERMS OF THE DISPATCH.
PITTsBURG, WEDNESDAY. SEPT. Q, 1881.
THE SHORTAGE EPIDEMIC.

The epidemic Of official shortages seems
to have struck this section with modified
force, that would almost Justify theory
that there is sort Of secondary inocula-
ton from the fatal eoEtagion that has been
raging in Philadelphia. The suburbs of
Pittsburg have furnished two cases within
the past few days, and Youngstown is not
behind the rest of the world, having de-
veloped two similal examples at the SINE
time
II nothing more serious than the in
stances already published is developed in
our vicinage, Pittsburg may congratulate
herself at having escaped with very light
touch of the disease of fduciary irregu-
larity All the shortages are of the COM
paratively small sums which infiict as de-
cided a stigma on the peeuating officials
as the larger ones, but let the public off
without serious loss. The smaller defalca-
tions can also be explained without the
theory of general and organized plundering,
which seems to have been characteristic
of the Philadelphia scandal 1t is to be
hoped that Pittsburg may be mercifully
spared any such stunning cases of whole
sale stealing as the city in the East has
experienced
Nevertheless, the exposure at variou2
points, almost simultaneously, of public
officials who nave diverted the funds in
trusted to their charge in sums ranging
from hundreds up to millions of dollars, is
an exceedingly unpleasant feature of the
lines. Is it possible that the political
practices Of the day have resulted in put
ting men into office who do not know that
in using trust funds for private purposes
they are committing theft? Whether
speculation or the spoils system, or both
together, furnish the sources of these
shortages, their frequency, and the scan-
dals which arise from them, emphasize the
lesson which ought to be self-evldent, that
public official cannot afford to take anf'
money but his own salary.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-09
TARIFF HARDSHIP.

The customs laws of the country do not
recognize sentiment except that which
holds that American industries should be
encouraged and stimulated by their opera
tion. Yet the hard case of New Yorker
which has Just been made public seems
almost enough to awaken the sympathies
even of revenue collector or solicitor
of the Treasury Department. The victim
in this case had what he regarded at the
time as the good fortune to be engaged to
a young lady residing in London. Hesent
her an engagement ring, but the tickle fair
concluded to discard her lover and sent
back the ring,
Here the trouble began, for when the
ring was returned to the rejected swain,
there was S46 of duty to be paid on it.
To have to pay such round sum for
being Tilted seemed a peculiar hardship to
The discarded lover, like adding injury to
insult. He paid the duty under protest,
and appealed to the Treasury Department
The Assistant Secretary took the case
unde, adyisement, and in due course of
time decided that as the ring was of
domestic manufacture. it could be ad-
mitted free of duty, provided that it was
not improved in condition or increased in
value during its sOjourn abroad.
This alleyiates the hardships of the case,
for it is very clear that rejected engage
ment ring has decidedly deprecated in
value. This opens up another eomplica-
ton. If the ring has been increased in
value the duty would have to be paid; but
as it has been deprecated, has not the in
jured lover claim against the Govern
ment, in addition to the refunding of the
duty, for a drawback on the depreciation?
1t is to be hoped that this point will not
be pressed, however, and that the harrow
ing case will be settled on the lines laid
down:by Assistant Secretary Crounse.
If this does not establish precedent,
the Treasury Department should make a
special ruling to cover the pathetic case of
rejected lovers and let them receive back
engagement rings from abroad without
the additional infiction of having to pay
duty on them
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-09
PEARY,s NEED OF RELIEF,

Prof. Heilprin, of the West Greenland
expedition, which has just returned to
this country, is being widely quoted as
contradicting the reports of the danger to
Peary's party. An examination of his
statements shows that he says that Peary
is supplied until next summer when re-
lief expedition will be necessary to res
cue him from starvation. As this is in all
important respects, exactly what was
stated at first, the presentation of He'll
prin's opinion as contradicting the neces-
sity of relief is laborious insistance upon
the difference between tweedledum and
tweedledee. If Peary was in need of re-
lief this year, his case would be hopeless,
as it would be impossible to organize the
expedition and ges it on its way to Green
land before the Arctic seas will be closed
by icl.
The fact remains that this Arctic expe-
dition will repeat the record of its prede-
cessors in requiring the formation of res
cue expedition to save it from freezing and
starving. The relief expedition should be
gotten ready for start next spring, and
after that the experiences of De Long,
Greeley and Peary should be accepted as
establishing the futility and foolishness of
further Arctic explorations which can do
little more than afford a costly practical
demonstration of the fatality of such
efforts.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-09
SOME PEOPLE WHO TRAVEL.

John NJ. Risher, the coal operator, re-
turned from q trip to Cleveland yesterday
He thinks that less coal has been shipped to
tributable mainly to competition from the
Hooking Valley. Prices for railroad coal
ore do not show signs Of rising.
T. Kirke White, of York, Pa, the we'll
known insurance appraiser, is at the Du-
quesne. Mr. White says he has been lucky
in his coverings this year. He thinks that
all the Pittsburg companies came out very
we'll
Miss Marie Robinson Wright one of
New York's leading newspaper women, is of
the Duouesne. Miss Wright is ION the staff
of the World, and is here in the interest Of
that paper.
at the Monongahela last evening. He came
here from New York to have a look ut the
iron and steel mills and the natural gas.
General Superintendent Alfred Walter
and C. Il. johnson, engineer OF maintenance
of way of the B. & .. east Of the Ohio, are
guests at the Monongahela.
Lieutenant w. j. Scars, U. s. N, has ar
rived at the Monongahela. He is detailed
for duty as steel inspector in this district
for three years.
George Goldsmith, of Chicago, counsel to
the Pullman Company, was passenger on
the Eastern express to New York last even
ing.
John Sheridan, Superintendent of the
Consolidated Coal Company, OF MI Savage,
Md, is guest at the Monongahela.
T. w Pierce, Assistant General Manager
of the National Rolling Mill, Mckeesport,
went on to New York last night.
CAPTAIN E. A. Cogle and wife, of Louis
willie are spending Il few days with r. j.
Cogle, at Atwood street.
H.C. jackson, of Parkersburg, a relative
of the former Governor Of West Virginia, is
at the Monongahela.
Z. K Bennett, of Joseph Horne & Co.,
has returned from trip to Paris and other
European points.
Henry Buhl, Jr., of Boggs & Buhl, re-
turned yesterday from business trip to
New York.
Mark Gusky has arrived in New York
from Europe. His mother met him on his
arrival.
George L. Holiday, President of Com
mon Council, went to Bradford yesterday.
7. T. Townsend and daughter, from WASH
ington, are at the Central Hotel.
Winfield Scott, thread manufacturer of
New York, is ut the Duquesne.
C. R. Hubbard, of Wheeling, was at the
Monongaheia yesterday.
Samuel B. warmcastle returned from
Philadelphia yesterday.
FL. Robbins. the coal operator, returned
from the East yesterday.
James B. Oliver left for New York last
evening on business.
F.P Kays, an oil man of Philadelphia,
is at the Duquesne.
A. NJ. Byers returned from New York
yesterday.
George s. Houghton has returned from
the East
G. C. Deckey went to Chicago yesterday.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-09
THE OLD MISREPRESENTATION.

The persistent survival of the ten
dency to make violeng misrepresen-
tations concerning the interstate Com
merce law is str.tingly illustrated by
couple of recent publications In widely
different quarters One of them is a
collection of opinions by the New York
Independent in which an obvious care is
eXerted not to procure any opinions from
sources favorable TO the purposes of the
Law.
In this collection, Senator Hoar is
quoted as seeing the unfortunate position
in which the railroads of the United States
are placed 10y the law in competition with
the Canadian railroads The actual fact
is, however, as THE DISPATCH has fire.
queutly shown, that they are placed at no
disadvantage at ALL Yet the misrepre-
sentation constantly goes on as made in
the language of President Miller, of the
Chicago, Milwaukee and st. Paul, that
Legislation has tied up the American
railways and leaves foreign railways free
10 carry off their traffic" The looseness
OF expression involved in representing
that Canadian railways are not American
is not less conspicuous than the utter lack
of foundation for the assertion in fact
But a more important illustration of the
way in which misund s!-tanding of the
law is industriously inculcated, is fur
n.shed by the comparison of an opinion
expressed by eX-Commissioner Schoon-
maker with another almost cotempor-
aneous assertion on the subject Mr.
Sehoonnaker says that the theory on
which the act was constructed was that
competition among railways was of great
public advantage and that arrangements
to diminish the force of competition must
be prejudiciai to the public" This he
dsser1s to be disproved by experience In
connection with this it is pertinent to note
a recent attack on the law by the Wichita,
Kan, Eagle, which asserts that ''the law
was never anything else but job and
scheme to hedge and protect the
railways against competition. The cor
relation of the declaration of a commits
sioner of four years standing that the law
as in favor Of competition but it ought not
to be, and Of the Western paper that the
law is against competition, ought to be
suggestive Of the truth. tits true that the
theory of the law upholds competition,
but owing TO the presence of members on
the Commission holding the views which
Mr.. SchOonmaker now publicly expresses,
there has been the most strenuous care
never to enforce the provisions of the law
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-09

The congress of trades union men now
on in England has accomplished but little
during the two days it has been in session.
1t has demonstrated, however. that the
royal family of England is not held in the
highest regard by the working classes. A
proposition that toasG be given to the
"Queen and royal family wa; the oeea-
sion.of a long dispute which terminated
in the compromise toast, "The Queen and
the Country" thus ignoring the fact that
the family exists, or holds in its ranks
one who will be sovereign some time.
Probably no oEa is responsible for this
feeling on the part of the British subjects
but the Prince of Wales. The accounts
of his misdeeds have been heralded far
and wide, and, while Britors are loyalty
personified, it is not believed that they will
enthusiastically support sovereign who
has being sowing his wild oati in public
for so many years as has the Prince 1t is
plainly evident that the drift of all
European nations is toward republican
ism, and nothing has aided the cause of
the Government of, for and by the people
so much as the spectacle of an embryo
ruler Of the caliber Of the Oldest son of
Queen Victoria.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-09
OHIO POLITICAL P0INTERR

GOVERNOR CAMPBELL, of Ohio, has gone to
the seashore for health and his whole party
would like TO join him there If it could This
is a very sickly year for Democracy in Ohio
Minneapolis Tribune.
WITH much hemming and having the
Democrats have at last decided that the
tariff is the issue in Ohio. That is what the
Republicans meant when they nominated
Major McKinley.-Rochester Democrat.
THE American eagle displays O Mckinley
bill In this years campaign, and with it is
tearing out the yitais of Democratic preten-
sion and justification in a verv relentless
and exhilarating manner. = Philadelphia
Press.
BUMPTIoUs Democrats who ask Major Nc
Kinley questions, meant to be impertinent,
ON the tariff when he is addressing audiences,
are very likely to wish they hadn't. The
combined logic and irony with which he re-
plies generally leaves them overwhelmed
with tolerably complete sense of their
own ridiculousness.-M Y Press.
REpupI1oAs papers in Ohio are printing O
declaration made by Governor Campbell in
1857: "May my right arm wither and drop
palsied to my side if ever attempt to raise
it to cast Democratic ballot" They are
probably mistaken If they think this annoys
Governor Campbell. When man Who has
been a Republican turns Democrat his
moral sensibilities are dead. Look at Isaac
P. Indianapolis Journal.
The policy of the Ohio Democrats is to
keep Governor Campbell in the hands of the
doctors for fortnight longer, and then
hurl him into the campaign in the hope that
he will find Major Mckinley exhausted by
his oratorical efforts. But the Major, mean
while, has been doing some persuasive talk
ing and the people have been doing some
appreciative listening. When Governor
Campbell begins to halioo It may be too late
to change the verdict.-M J. Advertiser.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-09
NOTES OF THE STAGE.

THE western flavor and sensational real
ism of 'sBlack Hawks" the drama now be-
ing given at the Worlds Museum -Theater is
evidently in favor for this popular house
has never been so crowded as it was Monday.
and Yesterday large audiences were the rule.
The play has as much merit as border
dramas usually have. and it is acted with
spirit by Arizona Joe and his associates.
The stage coach, drawn by two horses, is
ssheld up" in true Western style, and the
scene in the concert saloon affords chance
for the introduction of some clever varieties.
The beautiful St. Bernard dogs Jumbo and
Queen are wonderfully intelligent Alto
eether it is as good show as the public is
often willing to pay five times as much to
see.
TO-DAY a double bill, consisting of Fra
Dianon and "Ruy Bias" will be given at the
Duquesne Theater matinee, and in the even
ing "st. Marc" which was again rapturously
received by large audience last night. viii
be repeated.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-09
RHYNKLEs IN RHYMES.

Two young Avondale married ladies were
talking the other day about their husbands. Said
one Of them: do you really think your husband
went fishing yesterday?'
''well. don't think he tried to deceive me yes
terday: / am inclined to think he went"
''But he didn't bring back any fsh!"
'1That's what makes me feel sure he did go."-
CfncfIzlat Commercial Gasette.
Maudie-Good gracious! 1 think there ID
q man following close behind us!
Jennie-well. don't walk so fast dear. He never
can catch up with us,-LOnfsuiAk Courier Journal.
And now doth Kaiser Wilhelm
Step proudly out and in,
HDefying all the elements,
wind gauge on bis chin,
-Wushfn0ton Star.
srwelI." /" remarked Gratiot avenue Eo-
man 81 vouldn't get = divorce from my husband.
1 wouldn't care how badly he treated me.",
,sWhy not9i' asked the neighbor, who was visit
ing her. ,,-
everything. They always expect 1t. and we women
ou1bt to have more spunk. ''-Dstroft Free Press.
seWbat makes that man jump and look
...-edevery time be hears horse car bell ringf''
.sWell. YOU see, he married his typewriter.''-
He1o Tors JouTnG'
The two were rather spoony
While sitting on the stair;
And when the little brother
Came on them unaware,
Two hearts at reckless playing
Were seen amid the hush,
And at the games quick finish
Each showed pretty flush.
-beso FORK Press.
Young Mushman-Miss Clawa, beg paw
don but weceRtly your mannah, doutcher know,
quite distwesses me. Perhaps you are not awash
of It. hut you have acquiahed chWonic habit Of
stawiny at vacancy,
. Miss Clara-You silly boyl How can helm n
without being inattentive TO you!-BOston Cosrix.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-09
OUR MAIL POUCH.
Mexican Land Courts.


To the Editor OF The Dispatch;
What was the object of the Mexican Land
Grant Court, provided for by the last Con-
gress? I'D. BARNES.
MoNoNeAHELA, September .,
1.-The Mexican Land Grant Court, which
was established at the last session OF Con-
gress, was formed to have Jurisdiction over
a peculiar class of claims. These claims,
though OF unquestionable validity, have
been for the last 40 years greatly neglected.
The treaty Of 1913 provided that valid grants
Of land which had already been made by
Mexico in the territory she then ceded
should be respected, and that the titles
thereto should be confirmed. Of course il
became necessary to ascertain what were
the valid grants, and Congress-, in the
year 1854, reserved from settlement
all tracts subject to such claims. But
on attempting to examine these alleged con-
cessions It found great obstacles in dealing
with foreign laws and with the ancient doc
uments and still more ancient customs of
Mexico and Spain on which they rested. At
ter some years, a committee chosen to look
into these claims reported that IL had not
been able to obtain SUFFICIENT data for
proper investigation, and that in its opinion
snch data never could be found, Then the
Efforts Of Congress slackened, and only
small part of tile titles were subsequently,
that this Is not keeping good faith with Mex
leo, with whom the original stipulation was
made, nor is 1t just to individual owners,
who can not give good titles to lands they
millions OF acres tied up by the incomplete
action of Congress. California long ago pro-
yided herself with State tribunal for TAX
Ing charge of such claims, and the new law
provides court for looking after the cases
Of other States and Territories in which
Mexican grants are found.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-09-09
CHEAP TRACTION FARES.

The question of three-cent fares on the
traction lines has been given prominence
by citation from the report of the Pitts
burg Traction Company to the State,
which shows that if that company had
received three-eent fares during the entire
year for which it reported, it would have
earned all its expenses and slight margin
in addition. But with the increase of 30
per cent in its traffic following the reduc-
ton of fares net earnings are figured out
of $3.50, 900, which are declared to be very
liberal profits on its capital. There is room
for considerable allowance in this calcula-
ton, but it is offset by the very liberal
margin between the capitalization of most
Of the traction companies with the actual
investment in them.
These figures show that, as THE DIS