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The Meeker herald., 1892-12-17

There is such very decided senti-
ment among Democrats in favor OF an
income tax that unless it shall be
thought good policy to let it 90 over un-
til the meeting of the Fifty-third con-
gress it is altogether probable that the
house will pass a bill providing for a
graduated tax on all annual incomes in
excess OF $4,000. No urrc expects tiut
the present senate will agree to an in
come taX-iu contains too many rich
Republicans - but those who think it
should be passed at this session believe
that it would result in making its popu-
larity so plain that it would be certain
of passing the next congress, and of
becoming law, although it is said that
while Mr.. Cleveland does not now cX-
actly oppose the idea. lie has not made
up his mind in favor of it.
The Meeker herald., 1892-12-17

criticisms on Mr.. Lands management
of our large game Interests, it must be
plain to the average citizen that while
a man might be iirst-class liSh-cultur-
ist he might not make o practical man
at enforcing laws for the protection of
game and fish on the public domain.
On the other hand, Il mah familiar with
the hauuts and habits OF the denizens
of our forests and streams and knowing
the tricks of game viOlators and the
prejudices of the people of the game
region, would undoubtedly be better
qualified to fill the office of chief game
warden.
The friends of General Give En- He'll
West are moving in the matter of hay
ing the old veteran appointed United
States marshal for Colorado, and we
hope they will succeed. Right here we
wish to inject the assertion that there
is not another man in Colorado more
worthy or more entitled 10 the appoint
ment than General West and it would
be gratifying to his hosts of friends to
see him round off an honorable career
in the marshal's office.
The generosity and philfnthropistic
nature OF George w. Childs was beauti-
fully demonstrated Tuesday night at
the conSummation of the Ledger office by
the angry flames. After the FIRE had
o.yti ,fSl, sTp Il
the brave iiremen to a midnight supper
and $1,000 in money. Such men rs this
are shining stars among the vast army
of greedy humans who think not Of their
fellow beings, but only possess that
grasping faculty for the almighty
dollar.-Salida Mail.
\ Topeka. Kansas, dispatch says
there will he no inaugural ball when
Govern0r-elect Lewelling is inducted
into Office. That question was settled
when meeting of Popuists decided
the dance was immoral, degrading and
a disgraceful pleasure indorsed by the
society classes. of which the Peoples
party was no part thereof. One of the
resolutions declared that the plain peo-
pie of Kansas who elected the new
state officers cannot but look with anN-
iety upon any indication that their oili-
GERS have submitted to the allurements
of fashionable society, which represents
all the enemies of the common people,
and, based upon wealth gained by mo-
nopoly, constitutes dangerous lobby
about the official it may secure in its
meshes."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-13
BRITISH FLAG TORN DOWN.

One of the Queens Subjects in New York
Taught Lesson-His Wife Willing
Enough to Apply to Americans for
Protection.
NEW YORK. Oct. 12-[Special ]-Yester-
day morning Mr. Mckenzie, who lives at
Marble Road, Armour Park, West Chester
county, hoisted an English flag on his gate
post, and saluted it with the remark that
he suppos ed it would make the residents
pretty angry and that it would probably be
torn down by night, bQt that he was a
British subject, and proposed to take a
bushel of stones to his garret and would
make it hot for whoever attempted to haul
down his flag.
e The news spread through the community,
and about o'clock in the afternoon 80 men
who had not been able to attend the New
York glorifcation formed parade of their
own. Armed with revolutionary fintlocks,
shot guns and revolvers, the citizens of
Tuckahoe marched in double file across
country to tear down the British flag. The
Tuckahoe constable strobe patriotically at
the head of the column.
Mr.. Mckenzie may or may not have an
ticipated this possible demonstration. At
any rate, he was in. the city when the crowd
arrived at his home. In reply to the re-
quest that the offensive bunting be hauled
down, Mrs. Mckenzie said that she and her
husband were British subjects and would
do IS they pleased.
The men then tore the flag down, fred
several bullets through it, and hoisted the
Stars and Stripes in its stead. Then they
peacefully dispersed. As Mrs. Mckenzie
appealed to the city of Yonkers for protec-
ton, it would seem she has lost her faith in
the British Government. Whether a flag
affixed to a fence post comes within the
meaning of the law prohibiting the planting
of foreign flags on American soil is ques-
tion which may soon have to be determined
by the West Chester courts.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-13
BAD BOYS IN REBELLION.

Huntingdon Reform School Inmates Again
Mutiny-A Preconcerted Attack Made
Upon an Officer, Who Is Half Killed
The Revolt Quelled by Force.
HUNTINGDON, PA, Oct. 12-After the
return few weeks since of the incorrigible
inmates of the Huntingdon Reformatory to
their respective counties, it was thought
the spirit of characterization among the
prisoners had been pretty thoroughly
weeded out. Last night, however, it
cropped out again. AS Officer D. w. Boyer
was marching squad Of 60 inmates to the
school-room, James Caul, an inmate from
Philadelphia jumped from the ranks and
hurled his slate violently at the guards
head without hitting him. Alonzo Bill
lings, also from Philadelphia, acting on
Caul's signal, also struck at the guard with
his slate, but missed his aim. 1t was the
signal tor general revolt among the pupils,
and half the $50 prisoners engaged in
deadly attack upon the defenseless officer.
Caul, who had precipltated the assault,
drew q brick from his coat and dealt Guard
ing him down. After receiving . fusilade
of kicks and blows Officer Boyer drew his
cane, but this was speedily taken from him
and turned upon himself In endeavoring
to rescue his PROSTATE fellow-officer Guard
james Kyle was also severely handled.
A general alarm was sounded and the
riotous inmates were finally subdued by
force. Officer Boyer was removed to his
home, where he is now confined. Caul and
Billings, who had threatened before to kill
the guard, are now in dungeons The
affair was due to G uard Boyer's having re-
ported Caul and Billings for insubordina-
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-13
TROUBLE BEGINS TO BREW.

Columbus Police Promptly Nip In the Bud
an Incipient Riot-The First Day of the
swftchmen's Strike Ends In Favor of the
Company.
COLUMBUS, Oct. 1.-THE preliminary
skirmish in the strike of the Big Four yard
men took place this afternoon. This morn
ing superintendent T. j. Higgins posted o
notice that all employees who did not resume
work at P. NJ would be discharged and
wages due paid. They were also notified to
keep off the property of the company Not
q single striker responded at the hour
named, and they were all discharged.
Just before noon, under the direction OF
Superintendent Peck, an engine came from
the roundhouse and ran out on the main
track, There was no interference further
than some loud talk on the part of the
strikers who endeavored to get the crew to
leave the train, but they refused. The in
terest and excitement gradually grew till 2
P. NJ, when the company started three en-
gines out of the yard, two freight and q
passenger locomotive. The regular engi-
neers were in charge.
About 200 men were present when the
engines were brought out A great crowd
rushed to the locomotives and one of the
engineers was denounced as a ''scab." Two
strikers mounted the cab of one engine, and
they were Immediately placed under arrest.
Their names are Edward Lotus and Joseph
Cokely. The appearance of detail of po-
lice on the scene caused the strikers to
scatter and the engines proceeded down
town. The strikers were about to follow
the engines for trouble, but the police
o1a ~ol &h and nufaf
A considerable amount OF perishable freight
was gotten out of the yards during the rest
of the afternoon, and the strikers pro-
ceeded to their hail, where they held q
meeting.
Lotus, one of the strikers arrested, has
been released on $1,000 bail. The two are
charged with interfering with railroad Off
GERS and attempt to incite riot.
The strikers claim that the yardmen at
Springfield, Dayton and Cleveland will
come out tomorrow; that they will be
Joined by the Panhandle, Baltimore and
Ohio, and Columbus and Hooking Valley
and the Toledo Railroad tomorrow. These
reports are denied by the officials Of the
railroads named. The yardmen of the
Hooking Valley have sent communication
to the superintendent asking an advance to
the Chicago scale. The representatives of
conference during the afternoon to decide
upon plan of action, and the yardmen
held another meeting tonight. The Big
Four officials tonight secured an
Injunction from the Common Pleas Court to
prevent the strikers from in any manner
interfering with the business Of the road,
and ordering that they do not enter upon
the property of the company.
A dispatch from Cincinnati SAYS the
switchmen's strike on the Big Four road is
at present confined to Columbus, and the
Big Four officials here say that as the strike
was not ordered by the Switchmen's
Brotherhood they do not expect the
trouble to spread.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-13
CITIZENS MUST READ ENGLISH.
A New York Judge Refuses Naturalization
TO All Who Can't,

A New York Judge Refuses Naturalization
TO All Who Can't.
BALLsToN, N. Y, Oct. 12.-Justice
Stover, holding the circuit here, refuse.
naturalization to sliens who cannot read and
write the English language, and has rejected
six applicants. One of the applicants, q
native of county Kent, England, is more
than so years of age, and has been a resi-
dent Of this county for 25 years. In deny.
ing the application, of John Griggs for
naturalization, the sixth denied at this term,
Justice Stover said:
''Its no use to make such application. I
will not admit to citizenship, in courts at
which I preside, applicants who cannot read
and write the English language. Every
citizen should be able to read and write.
An alien asking naturalization must have
these qualifications before I will grant to
him certificate of citizenship. He should
be able to read the Constitution of the
United States before he is asked or allowed
to take the oath OF citizenship, and I intend
to adhere to this rule, whether, as in this
case, the applicant speaks the English
language as his mother tongue, or whether
he is . subject OF one of the continental ma
tions ignorant of our language, our customs,
or our situation and our laws"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-13

which makes Q very important difference
between the situation of the United States
In 1889 and the situation at later period.
It was assumed in 1789 that the United
States did not produce and never would pros
duce the precious metals No duty was
therefore laid on gold, silver, or precious
stones, unless they came IN the form Of
wares or jewelry, on which an ad valorem
duty was imposed. On cotton was laid q
duty Of 8 ents per pound, to take effect
from and after December l., 1890. This pros
pective legislation was obviously designed
as an expression of the intent of Congress
to encourage the production of cotton when-
ever it should be apparent that it would be
practicable to establish it. A duty of 8
cents per pound on foreign cotton could not
produce any revenue in 1889, but 1t would
signify that Congress would be ready to en-
courage the cultivation of cotton when it
might become apparent that 1t would be
produced. Hemp, being an article already
produced in this country, and capable of
still further production, was subjected to .
duty of 60 cents on every 112 pounds, to
take effect December 1, 1880.
1t was considered that the interests Of
capital and labor, so far as they are capable
of distinct appreciation, would both be pro-
NOTED by legislation which tended to e1.
clude foreign competition in our own mar
ket, because that legislation would enable
the employer to pay the employed higher
wages than were paid in other countries. It
was not considered that the American
laborer because he is an American, has Q
superior right to higher wages; but It was
considered that comparatively higher wages
would result to him by securing to his en-
ployer some permanence and safety in his
investments.
How far changes in the situation of the
country may have operated to bring about
different views of this important subject,
how far the American laborer may have
been led to expect, and thus have q moral
right to, better condition than he would
enjoy if he were employed in any other
country. is question that has come into
great prominence since the year 1889. In
my next letter 1 shall treat of the meaning
Of ''a tariff for revenue only" which I re-
gard as very delusive and meaningless
phrase, entirely unworthy to be considered
by American statesmen, and utterly i'm
practicable.
TIE guaranteed cure for all headaches is
Bromo-Seltzer-10ca a bottle
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-13
ALL TICKETS SMALLER.

County Commissioners From Every Part OF
the State Agree to Have Ballots Printed
Napkin Size Instead Of Like Blankets
"A Move to Kocnk Out General Goblin.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct 12.-[Special. J.
The 81 Boards of County Commissioners in
this State have decided to follow the fashion
set by Philadelphia by defining the size of
the new Baker ballot according to their re-
spective districts and agreeing upon form
best adapted to their views Of what the
voter should vote. Editor j. NJ. W. Geist,
of the Lancaster Ner Era, found this out
when he came to town to-day to buy new
paper cutter to cut paper for the 52x22 bal
lots. They told him at Republican head
quarters to save his money, as Chairman
Reeder had informed the various Boards of
Commissioners to fix on q size of their own,
as they had right to do under the law.
The various Boards of County Commits
sioners to-day arrived ut the conclusion
that they were delegated by the Baker law
to name the size of the ballot at a confers
ence here by few men selected to repre-
sent the whole.
Senator P. Gray Meek said the confer
ence was no secret to him. 'Tt is thought
that new difficulty emanating from the
Baker ballot law will arise on election
night" said Mr. Meek. 'The arrangement
of the names of the candidates as now
directed will cause trouble In the case of
scratched ticket to detect whether a voter
has cast his ballot for two men tor the same
office. For this reason and the peculiar
ballot, it is likely that it will take good
while to do the counting"
"I have looked the law over and cannot
see anything in it to enforce its provisions,
said Editor Savage, of Clearfeld. SIT pre-
scribes penalties enough, but how are they
to be carried out?''
General and Senator John Peter Schindel
Gobin's name appears on the nomination
papers, as filed, by initial only. The Baker
law directs that the full name must be
given, and Chairman Wright holds that
Goblin cannot be voted for. The fact that
the name in full might cause Q further en-.
largement of the ballot does not go as an
excuse for the abbreyiation,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-13
OBJECTIONS TO NOMINATIONS
Filed in the Dauphin Court Yesterday
TvUo

Filed in the Dauphin Court Yesterday
From Two Counties.
HARRISBURG, Oct 12-Objections were
filed to-day in the Dauphin County Court
by the Chairman of the Democratic County
Convention of Potter county and the Chair
man and Secretary of the Democratic
County Committee and others to the Demo-
cratic nomination claimed by Joseph M.
Mcclure, candidate for President Judge in
the McKesn-Potter district. Mcclure filed
objections yesterday to the nomination
papers of A. 6. Olmstead, the Republican
candidate. October 20 has been fixed for
argument.
Objections were also filed to-day to the
nomination papers of William Littley, can
didate for the Legislature from the Twenty
third district, Philadelphia. Hearing was
fixed for Saturday next
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-13

this debate, too, one comes upon fact that
powerfully arrests attention. In our own
time We have seen . confederacy Of the
Southern States sustain long war against
the Federal Government upon system of
finance based largely upon the single article
of cotton, as product in constant demand
in Europe. The product of cotton in 1860
was 4,669, 40 bales In 1861 it was 1856, ,0O6
bales. In 1886 it was 6, $50, 215 bales.
The Position of the South.
In 1889 it could not be said that cotton
was an article of production in the United
States. In the debate of which am here
giving some account, Mr.. Burke, of South
Carolina, who was able to speak of his own
State and of the adjoining State OF Georgia,
when hemp was under consideration, made
the following statement: "The staple prod
ucts of that part of the Union are hardly
worth cultivation, on account OF their fall
in price; the planters are, therefore, dis
posed to procure some other The lands
are certainly we'll adapted to the growth of
hemp, aud we have no doubt its culture
would be practiced with attention. Cotton
is likewise in contemplation with them.
and, if good seed can be procured, he hoped
1t might succeed. But the low, strong, rice
lands would produce hemp in abundance
many thousand tons this year if it were not
so late in the season. He liked the idea of
putting low duty now Con hemp) and en-
couraging it against the time when a sup
ply might be had OF our own cultivation.
At that time the chief products of South
Carolina and Georgia were rice and indigo.
When the bill came to be framed for the
new revenue legislation it was deemed
proper to make the encouragement and pro-
lection of our own manufactures one of the
principal objects to be effected by 1t; which
was but the continuation of q policy pre-
viously acted upon by the separate States,
but Intellectual because the States could
only lay duties on foreign products brought
into their own dominions; and that the sit
uation of the country was virtually the
same in 1889 as it has been since in it's re-
lations with other nations, the difference
between that and any subsequent period be-
ing in respect to the quantity of importa-
tions and the quantity and kind of our own
products. There were the same questions
then as now in regard to the encourage
ment and protection of manufactures ex-
listing among us, and those which might be
introduced and established later.
There is one fact to be noted, however,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-13
WHAT Do YOU THINK OF IT7
But One Opinion PossibIe.

Disorders are rampant throughout the
land, especially heart disorders, which can
be cured by use OF DIR. Miles New Heart
Cure. DR.. L. L. GARNER, Gypsum City. Kan,
heart heat sn nSioentIy RI r. co1T ,fT he hsa
across large room. Took DIR. Miles rem
edies, was cured, and writes that he feels
like boy. six months ago my wife was
bottle of DR.. Miles New Heart Cure helped
her so much that she is about again. IF.
Sherman, Philadelphia, Pa. Symptoms OF
tion in windpipe. oppression in chest. short
breath, palpitation, pain in side. Remedies
sold on positive guarantee. Book free at
druggists or DR.. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhardt,
Ind. oclsserrs
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-13
INDIANA VOTES AS IT Is.
No Change in the Apportionment of the
State Till After Election.

No Change in the Apportionment of the
State Till After Election.
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 12-In a written
opinion by Judge Mcbride, which is con-
Cured in by all of the Judges, the Supreme
Court of Indiana this afternoon disposed of
the various motions and petitions in the ap-
portionment case. The motion of Attorney
General Smith to dismiss the appeal is over
ruled. The Court holds that the statements
and affidavits filed on the case show that
there is real controversy and that it is
one which the parties have right to wage.
1t says in substance that the relator had q
right to bring the suit in order to secure q
decision of the Courts upon the validity of
the law, and that county officers had q right
to resist the complaint to the end, and that
statements rejecting upon the Attorney
General are improper, although the Attor-
ney General is in the case by invitation.
Oral argument will be heard November II.
This decision removes the case as factor in
the election.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-13
EX-MAY0R GRACE CHALLENGED.
| For the First Time in His Life He Had to
Show His Papers.

For the First Time in His Life He Had to
Show His Papers.
NEW YORK, Oct. 12-When ex-Mayor
Grace went to register yesterday he was so
amazed by a demand made of him by one of
the Tammany registrars that his spectacles
almost fell off his nose. This Tammany
functionary insisted upon seeing Mayor
Grace's naturalization papers. He knew
the e1-Mayor as we'll as he knew hls own
father, and he was polite enough outwardly
when he made the request Mr.. Grace was
obliged to 60 to his box in a safe deposit
company, get his naturalization papers and
show them to this registrar.
Speaking of it afterward he said: 'Tt's
the first time that request was ever made of
me in New York City. have never been
asked to show my papers except upon the
first occasion that voted after naturaliza-
tion, more than 80 years ago. don't know
why the request was made OF me this
time"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-13

opes and can only be opened by the Legis-
lature. The Constitption's estimate as
published is the closest one that can
be +. made IF the official vote
1t eemi-officially shows from precinct
counts on the night of the election that the
majority will be 10000 This estimate
shows that the vote of the State was 200, 900,
of which Peek, the Third party candidate
for Governor received 65, 900, and Northen,
Democrat, $4,000.
The official announcement will not change
these figures materially, but it cannot Be
obtained before October 26, when the Leg
islature will canvass the returns, which are
now sealed and under lock and KEY.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-13
PALMER CALLED DOWN.
Comrades Suspended by Him Reinstate
by the Union Veteran Legion,

Comrades Suspended by Him Reinstated
by the Union Veteran Legion.
INDIANAPoLIs, Oct. 12-About 1,0OC
delegates. and visitors are in the city in at.
tendance on the annual meeting of the
Union Veteran Legion. The business ses-
sion began this morning. Corporal Tanner
moved that Colonel H. C. Jones, of the
local Washington Encampment, be REIN
stated.
Some time ago Colonel Jones wrote a
very sarcastic letter, scoring Commander in
Chief Palmer, which was forwarded to the
latter by Colonel Butler Fitch, of the same
encampment, as official correspondence.
For this both Jones and Fitch were sus-
pended by the Commander in Chief They
were notified of their suspension the night
they lett Washington for Indianapolis
A hot discussion followed. after which
Jones and Fitch were reinststed.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-10-13
sPRINGER's REPLY TO NORTH.
He Says the Latter's Statistics on Wool Are
Not Based on Fact.

he says the Latters STATISTICS on Wool Are
Not Based on Fact.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL, Oct. 12--Hon. Will
liam NJ. Springer. Chairman of the House
Committee on Ways and Means, was
recently charged in an open letter by Secre-
tary North, of the National Association of
Wool Manufacturers, with the misuse of
wool statistics in his discussion of the
tariff.
Mr. Springer has written letter in reply,
saying that Mr.. North's reference to
the prices OF secured wool in the United
States and Europe rests only upon his own
assertion, as there are no quotations of
secured wool in this country, and that
therefore Mr.. North's statement is not
responsive to controversy between Mr..
Springer and the advocates of protective
tariff on wool. and does not cover the points
of difference as heretofore stated between
Mr. North and Mr.. Springer.