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The advocate., 1891-08-12
THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BUILD RAIL

notice, reading the articles OF many
ofyour correspondents, that there seems
tobe @ Misunderstanding Of our system
OF government. While the Peoples
party advocates government ownership
and control Of the railway systems, we
should bear in mind that we have duo
government, consisting OF state and a
national government. The state govern
ment in the main, is what the citizen has
TO deal with, while the national govern
ment is government OF the states. To
form the national government, the states
entered into compact, and delegated TO
Congress and the United States certain
powers as set forth and defined In the
constitution of the United States. To
prove that the general government is
government of the states, instead Of the
people, it is only necessary TO call to mind
that In amending the constitution Of the
United States, the proposition is submit
ted to the Legislatures Of the several
states, and not to the people Of the states,
unless the Leglslatu res thereof see fit to
submit It to q popular vote, which, IL
done, is In no sense binding upon the
Legislature, and cuts no figure In the
adoption or rejection OF the amendment,
90 far as the general government is con-
cerned, any more than does the popular
vote in the election OF president OF the
United States 1t will be remembered in
the adoption OF the fifteenth amendment
In few states the proposition was sub
mitted by the Legislatures to the popu-
lar vote, and was voted down, but the
Legislature adopted it after the people
had rejected it, as In the case Of New
York. The same ls true In the election
OF president Of the United States, and
very often the person receiving a large
majority Of the popular vote for presl-
dent, Is rejected by the states in the
election Of the chief magistrate Of the
nation. The popular vote does not count,
from the fact that the president lS not an
officer Of the people, but Of the states.
For this reason the general government
cannot come within the state and con
denim and assume control Of the railway
properties, for it has not the jurisdiction
Of persons or property; but these rights
are reserved and exercised by the states.
The state government deals with the
property and citizens exclusively within
the states while the general government
exercises only delegated powers derived
from the states.
If the government even wants troops,
Il has not the power to go within the
state and draft them; but the president
makes a call upon the governors Of the
several states for the requisite number
Of soldiers and the states proceed TO en-
list or draft the men, as the case may
be, and the governor appoints and COM
missions the officers, and the state has
full control OF her troops until they are
turned over to the federal authorities
and mustered into the service of the
United States. In the late war 1t will be
remembered that each state numbered
its regiments, and they bore such num-
bers and the name OF their state during
the war; The government really had no
soldiers outside OF those furnished by the
states, and cannot have under our federal
The advocate., 1891-08-12

right OF eminent domain over the rail
way systems within the state, the gen.
erRl government under the constitution
could not.
The general government, under the
constitution, has the power TO regulate
commerce between the states, and such
being true, could construct and operate
o system Of interstate railways and tele
graphs TO regulate and control interstate
commerce. In the government owner
ship and control Of railways, | cannot see
that 1t Is necessary for the state or gen
eral government to exercise the right Of
eminent domain, or even purchase the
present railway systems Of the country.
We have q large amount of idle labor
In the country and general scarcity OF
money. Suppose that Congress should
pass the necessary law, and the govern
ment OF the United States should en-
plOy this idle labor and construct stan
dard guage, double track railway from
east to west across the continent, and
pay for the same by an issue Of full legal
tender paper money. Another line,
double track, standard guage, should
now be constructed from British America
to the Gulf of Mexico, and paid for in
the same manner, and We would then
have the continent spanned from east to
west, and north to south, with double
track, trans continental railways to regu-
late the carrying trade, and now by addi-
tional lines, we can connect each state
and territory of the union with these
trans continental lines, which would give
us an Interstate railway system, embrac-
Ing every state and territory, and COM
pretending a mileage of 14,0OO miles Of
with telegraph system Of more
than 10000 miles; each system owned
and operated by the general government
under the interstate commerce clause of
the constitution ofthe United States The
construction OF this interstate railway
and telegraph system would cause an ex-
penditure Of $3600OO 900 Of legal tender
money; and would add about $5 per
capita to our money circulation, which
certainly would not cause an undue infa-
tion Of the currency and no debt would
be created. To operate this system Of
railways and telegraphs by the govern
ment would neceSSitate the employment
of $4,000 persons, which number would
constitute the entire force employed by
the government In operating these sys-
TENS, and would certainly prevent the
system from becoming dangerous from
political standpoint OF view.
The tolls for messages or the tariff rate
for the transportation Of property should
be uniform throughout the interstate
system and stamp attached to package
containing 100 pounds, 1000 pounds or
car lot should take it to
any part Of the United States,
the same as a 2 cent stamp will now take
q letter Weighing one ounce or less to
any part Of the United States; and the
rates should be 80 low as to merely de-
fray operating expenses. With such
cheap system Of transportation In vogue,
all branches Of our industries would be
stimulated, each section of the country
would raise such products as were best
adapted to It's particular soil and climate,
The advocate., 1891-08-12

mo committee ever called on Mr.. Carlisle
frOm the Cincinnati convention as was reported.
The whole story was lie
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A n11sp1REorEp 1ETTER.
How It Separated Lovers Who VIII h
Married To-Day.

How It Separated Lovers Who VIII be
Married To-Day.
Chicago, June 29.-Last evenings
train over the Milwaukee road carried,
among other passengers Mrs. Maggie
Mcvickers, who will tomorrow, at
Rochester, Mimi, be married to one OF
the wealthiest merchants Of that city,
Mr.. Arthur Morton.
This marriage is the result of VOWS
spoken 20 years ago, but which we're In
terrupted by misunderstanding occa-
stoned by tho loss Of letter in the
mails.
In 1872 Arthur Morton and Miss
Maggie Hartley lived on the North Side
in this city and were engaged. Their
parents, however, considered them too
Young to marry. 1t was agreed that
young Morton should 60 West, and ii at
the end OF three years he was able to
support wife, and thoy still leved each
other, the wedding should receive paren-
tai sanction. In the meantime the two
lovers were not to correspond for two
years.
Morton went to Minnesota, and for
two years worked hard to provide a
home for the woman he loved. He
prospered fairly well and acquired q
very comfortable property. lie then
wrote to Miss Hartley, apprising her OF
his condition and offering her his hand.
At that time Miss Hartley lived in
Milwaukee, which fGct Morton knew,
but In directing the letter, through
habit, lie wrote "Chicago" instead Of
"lIilwaukee." The young lady, still
faithful, waited long for the letter, but
ut the end OF the third year she became
discouraged, yielded to the important
ties Of Mr.. John McVickers, and in 1916
married him.
In the meantime Morton waited for
reply to his letter, and as one never
came he accepted itas q fact that he had
been rejected. He did not pine away,
even after the marriage Of Miss Hartley.
About six months after Miss Hartley
became Mrs. McVicker3 she received
through the dead letter office, the letter
written two years before by Morton. In
spite OF the fact that she was wife she
wrote to the first love-. telling OF the
mistake which had separated them, and
and assuring him that, while she should
be faithful wife, her life would have
been pleasanter had she received the
letter in tina.
Three years ago Mr.. Mcyickers died
in this city, where he had lived for 10
years, and about a year ago Mr.. Morton
and Mr.. McVickers began correspond
encc. The romance ends in the we'd
ding which has been postponed for 20
years.
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RrtLArRE.
All Sorts of Local News and Gossip from
the Glass City.

All Sorts of Local News and Gossip from
the Glass City.
Tom Danford has gone to Indian Ter
ritory to live.
County Treasurer Archer was in the
city yesterday.
Howard Baker, OF Findlay, is here,
the guest OF his mother.
]. Z. strahl is now editor and propri-
etor OF the Leechburg, Pa, Adrance.
Another Fourth ward man has left
his wife, making two within two weeks.
Mr.. P. r. King, of Muncie, Ind, was
: here in attendance nj the funeral of Mrs.
w. j. Morrison yesterday.
Miss Mabel Crafty will accompany
Rev. D. L. Thoburn to Boston, Mass,
for several weeks visit to friends.
DR.. D. W. Long, OF this city, and Miss
Eleanor Martin, OF Moundsville,are to
be married this week at the home oil tho
bride.
John Lavelle has been arrested and
locked up. charged with being one OF
the parties VINO attacked the B. d o.
man last pay day.
Capt. Gearing, of the fuel plant,
started yesterday to experiment again.
He feels certain of success this time, he
says. The work done now is at his own
expense.
Capt. William Ault and wife were to
start to Denver last night, butatelegram
from Mansfield, o., summoning him on
u B. & 0. law suit, will disappoint them
for few days.
All the machinery for the Barnard
Brick Works has arrived, and in two
weeks they will be in operation. a
brick machine with capacity Of $4,000
brick arrived yesterday.
Mr.. Peter X. Morrison, formerly OF
this city, now OF Muncie, Ind, and Miss
Lula Andrews, Of the same city, were
married last week. He is now one OF
the firm of King & Morrison Bros, dry
goods dealers.
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NOT A FAILURE.

r.o.hers, the Baltimore ninlstors,
Si i. i,, q, LIquIdute Their Liabiii-
de-, H',-,vone MD., June 2o.-The firm
, SS-, ( Co., Masters, who assigned
q I ,ar was very favorably known
' 'Ioog the financial and business cir
; ~. n tn this city and throughout the
@untry. 60, ,o,., hr,iross IN
d, ip immunity for over half q century,
vi during al that time has never
:2a u ~ meet its engagements prompt
ti!!e51 ny ~ Arm retired from active BUSH
y IN IN The spring Of 1850. The pri'
le.' Y Mnoi XIII are 100000, and the
pai ,y!,, ,Sy liabilities 100000, aggregate
taa: va 900. The assets will aggregate
W S4:S 'yI A number OF banks IN TINS
s,N'yOg ,,,,.red to help the firm over its
aiy ,I 81 hut it was thought best to
ifSuV ,I,s step which eliminated in the
s,,,,;,nment to-day. ..,
!. ". .be firm Of II. Stratus Bro. & 20.
ill, s ,,,d either as o firm or In
y ,,Iigiv v. Of the paper Of Mr.. Solomon
G.y.au' "Hd Of Barth 4 Co. to the extent
s i:Si6 i I.O Being suddenly confronted
a - ,bs contingent liability and not
wv ,;. '' enough quick assets to meet SO
iI,,ea liability, they promptly DECIDED
Nv iar their affairs before the creditors.
l %'G? st"tnment showed their ability to
iny''s = Tor every one dollar, provided
wore given time to realize their
Jug and liabilities submitted. \ very
; ;s,a number ~, Of creditors we're present,
~. a'Tg Iii expressed their qualification at
Wv. XIV cybibit Of the firms affairs and con
gSao e% in their ability to pay their in
yIT,oiness with interest, and still have
Iorge competency left over;
49, his meeting q resolution was
jaa,oi recommending to the creditors
: .SO n three years extension be granted,
w. .''%' that the firms affairs be liquidated
I; ~ v is.,. Levi Strauss and Joseph ID.
s;,' nv, in cooperation with a commit
,ss n creditors 10 be appointed.
When the agreement predicated on
ri, resolution was presented to the
S s,.i n the creditors, they were informs
W. " ,Sat Ibis creditor had an attach
:. cont Non m property belonging to The firm
a . .iirated in another State, and that
!, raiu,ed to withdraw this lien. :,
Rrcognizing therefore, that 1t would
ie uniair to other creditors 70 ask them
N rant IN extension in the face OF the
Inference, which this creditor had OBJ
aimed through his attachment, it was
Considered best for the interests and
rrotcction OF all creditors that the
,..snmcnt be Immediately made. The
matter i really not an assignment In
whit i generally understood by that
fern but only a means to assist the
firm in liqnidating its affairs and pay
it. crelitors in full.
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ltoUNDsv1n1E.
Typhoid Fever = Women Fight about
nrnn-1,hn Prnoemnker Hurt.

typhoid Fever women ElBut hDout u
Aran-Tho Pcacemnker Hurt.
The new postolIice building will soon
be ready for occupation.
Mr.. William Sharp died Sunday morn
ing and was buried yesterday after
noon.
Tho Moundsville Gun Club had lit
tie practice shoot last eveng. William
Wiedebusch made IS out OF possible
25, while DIR. Hall, w. r. Mcconnell
and John Mcconnell each made Is out
Of the possible 20.
Typhoid fever is veryprevalent in the
First ward there being six cases in one
square. The disease Is supposed to be
caused by the impure water in a
well, which was under the water dur
ing the flood and which has not been
cleaned out since.
Sunday was another big day ut Bel
mont Park. A larger crowd was on the
grounds than any day since the open
Inc. Two women from this city, Mary
Cooper and Alice Sharp, got into fight
there. The women quarreled over a
Young man, also of Moundsyille, and
settled their dispute in regular prize
ring style. They had several set-tos, in
which scratching and hair-pulling were
the principal tactics, but the lust round
WIS more in accordance with the
Oueensbury rules. The Sharp woman
was frightiully scratched about the
face and had one eye blackened as
nicely rs could he done by the most
scientific pugilist. In one OF the pre-
liminary skirmishes an Italian inter
fered and she hit him in the eye with n
stone, cutting very ugly wound. The
Cooper woman was very slightly hurt.
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NEsBITT g. DEVINE,
1919 Market Street. iels
FOB RENT.
FOR sHLB.

Thrce.foomed house, National road, 500.
Double frame house on baltimore street.
Desirable new residence on south Front street
49, acres land, Greeley county, Klhsas, $50.
Sixteen lots In j. aud J. r baker addition.
No s. and 81 Sixteenth street.
No, 1851 and 26SS Chnpline street.
Thirty.hve acresStone and coal land, Rush Kun,
Ohio.
Seventeen and one.hnlt acres land, one'hat
mile west lower point OF Island.
Desirable residence one mile west OF Bridge
PHI SF e5i and onoha acre. o. land near West
10; iiSi7 South street. tthe late Hubbard saw
Three and onc.halt acres of land in Liberty
No. 80 wctzcl street, ground 50 by ooOfect.
No. 2SJl and 1888 Wood street,
Twenty.one shares Riverside Glass Works
' So. 3 Aiiey ). corner Alley and Alloy
Nos. 2OiS and 2o2l Main street. "A
Eighteen acres Of land one mile east Of Elm
Grove. Fronts about 500 feet on National road,
with fourpOomed trame house and 200 fruit trees
Price, 81 500.
iot7O b. 100 feet, Elm Grove.
Nos. 81 and 90 Alley 10.
Nos. 1904 and 1905 Chapline street.
No. 1905 McColloch STREET.
No. sos SicColloch street
No. MO aud 2ll2 Main street.
No 2OOI and 5000 Main street.
No. 260i Market street.
No. % Ohio street.
No! $50 South Penn street.
No, 90 North Front stEcet-ground % by about
100 feot.
No 2Sll Eoff street.
No. 200 Main street.
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DIRorr, MIcH., June 29.-Twenty-
eight thousand copies OF the Detroit
Commercial .ldrati,er and Home Journal,
June 20, were held in the postotllce Of
ih!s city to-day us unavailable under the
lottery law. The Vice President, secre-
tary and Treasurer OF the Company
were arrested on complaint Of Postoffice
Inspectors Fleming and Pulsifer. Elk.
animation was waived, information was
1lrd and a plea OF guilty entered before
Judge Swan, OF the United States Dist
tnd costs.
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win Test Ills Rain Machluo.

SPRINGFIELD, O., juno 29.-Trank
Melbourne, the Australian inventor OF
the alleged rain machine with which
he claims to have caused frequent heavy
gun storms in Canton, Ohio, lnstmonth,
as arranged for a public test next
tuesday, He will, he says, cause rain
70 iail over 10000 square miles. The
government authorities have invited
'1e inventor to Kansas to experiment.
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rirrsBrRon, Pa, June ga scat
io'ains at the new theatre OF Charles L.
Davis, now in course of erection on
sixth street, fell about $3.50 o'clock this
morning, precipitahng ionr workmen to
W.! t ground, distance Of about sixty
iCCI The men were all badly injured
anu =, may die. The names Of three OF
T TT; " nFedwere Charles PieiiTor, George
INlOLt and William Gnrdnn-
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SELLING FEMALE SLAVES.
Thirty to Fifty Dollars Paid for Young
Annnmcse Women.

Thirty to Fifty Dollars Paid for Young
Annnmcse Women.
Iloye Koyo, June 20.-The French
authorities in Tonquin have, it is claim
d, adopted extreme repressive meas
uT, in connection with the clandestine
,f3le in young Annamese women be-
tween Tonquin ports, Hong Kong, Can
ion aud Hainan, which has reached
Eerous proportions within the past
eighteen months.
The Chinese authorities are acting in
concert with the French, and are be-
healing kidnappers and slave traders
:. soon as they are deported from
french into Chinese territory. Large
numbers OF the young women who arc
maglei over the Tonquin-C China
iruRtirrs are, it is said on good authors
IL, tue property OF pirates WHO swoop
loga On tile villages in the interior OF
lie country, loot the houses and carry
oil the eligible young women, whom
they deliberately sell to Chinese des-
Ftraloes, to be either taken overland
iothc zig cities in the province Of Yum
I'M. and there sold at from $50 to $50
eaCl.--according to the woman's build
and general OppearNnce-or smuggled
ii iUEks and steamers to PGkhoi, Hal
aanor to Canton via Hong Kong.
Until the French succeed in thor
C1ghly extinguishing piracy, which is
now SO rampant on the Red River,
there can be but little hope of n cessR-
ton one OF the worst phases OF the
slave trade, which Is virtually being
carried on at our very doors, and seems
likely to become as great public
scandal as the Ubiquitous traffic in
human beings which SANKEY'S ally,
TFloo lib, conducts in Africa with SC
much pceuniary benefit to himself and
a0ect misery to his Inflated victims.
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never are interviewed in Europe and
Pm sure it is q very peculiar custom.
The San Francisco reporters got mad at
me because / consented to see only two
OF them, and they wrote lot OF stuff
about me that was untrue. However,
/ have been treated very well.
The prince leaves tonight for New
VnrIy
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f'TsDrEoH, Pa, June 2O.-An explo-
1'a at the Forest Oil Company's we'll
a =, ,SFaoPoiis, Pa, this morning, COM
P'aely destroyed the derrick and
N SS' g,, house and terribly burned two
0 " named Winger. The cause
;r, ,AS explosion is not known. Tho in.
!O'ed men may recover.
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o. NSE NoRK, June 2O.-The steamer
iror ,.'a which arrived this morning
vS S" ilaytian ports, reports that all
:. ~ quiet ut the ports touched at and
ian , ny 2Ilte had quelled the insurrec-
js ,. u May 2S. At that time it was
ii I',lsu that $50 persons in all had been
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DOu'l Like Our Nev,pnpcr ,yny,.

q CHICAGO, June 2s.-Princo George, Of
,. arrived in Chicago this morning
,,Ou' Omaha, He was accompanied by
AZ, sSg'ala iAhmer, Of the Russian navy,
ir,' ; Sl' eryant, The prince is travel.
M, i:.gySnito and registered at the Au-
"iio y, as Count Folster.
=" III Interview tho prince said: 1--WE
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l wish to say to my friends and the
public, that I regard Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
as the best preparation in use for col
and diarrhoea. It is the finest selling
medicine ever handled, because it al
ways gives satisfaction.
o. II. CLARK,
D&w 0rangeville, Texas.
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REAL ESTATE.
FoR s. "a 80

Elshkroomed double house on Jacob street, be-
tween Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth streets
Lots on EoiE and Jacob streets In Upper Ben.
-Four lots on south Penn street. COO
Lots IN McMechen, newly laid OUT cheap at
L Los IN iii Sanos Orchard and Old Fair Ground
Six roomed house 2a8 Wood street, $4,000
House In splendid condition on southeast cor
Nor ChRpllne and Twentieth streets
Six roOtned brick house on Chhpllno street, be-
tween Twenty.hfth and Twenty.sixth streets,
sIxrooned brick house, 900 Jacob street, $500.
Ten rooned house Of a bargain on North
Five ROOM roomed house, ISIS Eoff street, $500.
Four roomed house, 100 Eighteenth street,
-Four rooned house. 1903 Wood street. $3.50,
Sig Toaned house ground log let front, on
Thlrty-second streets, $500.
Nino rooned brick house. sol Market street,
'' Three roOmed house, 2ilo Wood street, s1O6O.
Good busines1 hoube on Chapline street, Centre
HsiiIot on North Main street. 50 by 1872 feet
'4 fsit lot on EOrnroot. south of Tvopsy-elshth
Ssil !, = Ns;on street. south Of Twenty
sixteen lots on Inc north sidsol Twcnty.third
street, In tho new addition OF FIlan d Whyte,
FOR RESr--stpro room on tho corner Of Six
tOonth and jacob streets, with good cellar %
game. Three rooms on MoySton street, Sixth
ward, 90 20 per month.
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SYMPTOMS Moisture; intense itching ard
singing; most at night; wore by scratching.
ten bleed and ulccrutc, becoming very SORE.
SwAYNE's oIHTAiFST stops the itching mud bleed.
Ing heals liberation and In most cases removes
the tumOR ~ dTugglsts or by mail for 70 cents.
Dr. swnyue Il Son, Philadelphia.