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The Republican journal., 1892-09-29

The friends OF the Australian ballot law
in this State have No desire to thrust upon
the people system of voting which they
do not want They supported the system
originally because they believed it to be a
better system than the one i'll vogue, and
one better calculated to express accurate
ly the opinions and wishes OF the voters.
The system has been tried now and the
people have had a chance to See whether
the beliefs Of its supporters We're we'll
founded OF not. To the opinion Of the
majority the believers in the Australian
system are ready to defer. Undoubtedly
the next legislature fresh from the people
will indicate this opinion accurately.
Portland Press
The people of this county did not want
tile Australian system in the first place,
and are disguised with its workings as
shown in the recent election. 1t has none
of the virtues claimed for it. and many
more faults than its opponents supposed.
1t is fraud and farce. and the law
that saddled this thing upon the people
should be promptly repealed, as we have
no doubt it will be.
The Republican journal., 1892-09-29

The Gardiner News comes right down
t" the plain, practical. every day things
of life and remarks that the sewerage
question is Of far greater Importance to
Gardner than all Of the Presidential cleo
tiolls for the IS years. Sewers are needed,
but the need OF any particular man for
President over another is of doubtful i'm
rortance. Bangor Commercial.
1t would be difficult to over estimate
the Importance to city of complete
system of sewerage. With the introduction
of water it becomes almost imperative.
while it is indispensable if the health of a
community is to be considered For these
reasons we regret that the feasible plan
inaugurated for building system of sew
el, in this city has been abandoned and
the work stopped. 1t was said that the
work would be resumed this year in pur-
suance Of the original plan, but nothing
las been done or can be done until an
other year.
The Republican journal., 1892-09-29

We think the item was corrected in the
following issue, but cheerfully give place to
the above. Ed. Journal
The Republican journal., 1892-09-29

The Vote OH the Amendment
So far as completed, the returns of the vote
OF the State on the two constitutional amend
mentS show:
EDUCATIONAL AMENDMENT.
The Republican journal., 1892-09-29

The two letters which follow bear the
same date. relate to the 5; me subject and
were received at this otficr the same day.
tIen. Betls' letter is published on the next
The Republican journal., 1892-09-29

and through the medium of the press we
present them, believing it to be the best
method known of coming directly to the
people. We have that which we are de-
sirous that call who read" should know.
The Republican journal., 1892-09-29
\|ElD|LRI|Sl'

We want the people to be informed con
corning
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24
Steel bu "a Direct Process.

The following important paragraph
we find in the Baltimore San of the 21st
1t is known that the firm referred to in
it, had been experimenting with the
Adams direct process, but whether that
is the method that is announced as sue
cessful, we cannot say. 1t is more than
likely that it is that or something SINH
lar If so, it is an important discovery
to this section of country, where the
ores are peculiarly adapted to it. The
paragraph is as follows:
ga new method of making steel has
been adopted by the Homestead Steel
Works of Carnegie. Phipps & Co., that
will, it is claimed, reyplutionize the iron
and steel trade Of the world 1t is known
as the "drect process The firm has
been experimenting with it for u long
time, and it is now said to be perfect
During the past week the new process
has been in operation in a portion of the
plant, and the results have exceeded all
expectations, the product being of SUI
perior quality with material reduction
in the cost The details of the inven
ton will remain trade secret, and the
company expects a practical monopoly
of the steel trade in the future. 1t is
said that under the new process work
man can make four ..heats to turn,
whereas under the old method he could
make but two The employees have not
been notified that the new wage scales
now being formulated must be based
with view to the condition of affairs to
obtain in the future of the works.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24
w hat 1t'MeanS.

The Hill men of New York say that the
nomination of Cleveland by the Chicago
Convention for President, will be tanta-
mount TO the surrender of that State to
the Republicans. The Cleveland men
say that the nomination of Hill, will
have the same effect, and each claim
that New York is Democratic State.
These several declarations, logically in
terpreted mean that the friends OF the
one will knife the other, if either should
be the nominee. 1t is not therefore a
conviction of principle that influences
them, but personal consideration, and
to have friend at court, Or none at all.
Selfishness is the influence with both, and
deprives them of the virtue of conviction
of duty to party and the country. No
otherinference can be legitimately drawn
from the declaration of either than that
they will desert or prove traitors to the
party if their favorite is not nominated.
1t is a demoralizing confession, and one
tn 1T is not likely to draw support to
either. The effect must be to look else
where than New York for a candidate,
with the facts and conditions by no
means assuring that he will be able to
carry New York. 1t reveals a low plane
of political action and is not likely to
inspire the confidence and arouse the
enthusiasm of the masses.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24
The New Railroad LEW.

The first case that will come under the
operation of the New Railroad Law,
which goes into effect July 1, 1899, will
grow out of the situation at Bedford
City. The case is stated by the Rich
mond State as follows:
RAILROAD Commissioner Hill is not
crowded with business just now. About
the only matter of Importance before him
is that concerning the passenger station
City boom the Norfolk and Western
railroad was induced by the demands
of the public to erect $4,000 depot in
the new part of the town. AZ this new
depot all the Norfolk and Western trains
were to stop. And they did stop there
and they do now stop there, and no
where else in Bedford; and that is what's
the matter. 1t is about a. mile Or two
from the city proper.
The town did not boom around the
$4,000 station as was hoped and be
lieved The old station is still in the
heart of the town, and the citizens ''de>
mand'' that the trains stop there. But
the railroad company contends that
Bedford City is not large enough TO
Justify two passenger stations, and de>
y pAStNSN
station. From the way it looks-now the
Norfolk and Western will not swap the
new building for the old unless the courts
decide against it, General Manager
Sands, however, agrees on q compromise,
so it is said. to make one stop u day at
the old and one stop at the new each
way but this is not satisfactory. Com
missioner Hill will probably have to sue
the company to make it come to time. y
The new railroad law-the Mason bill
goes into effect June 1st. Commits
sioner Hill will be busy enough then, no
doubt. The people are saving up their
complaints in order to settle them under
the amended law. 1t is believed that
the new law will give much better salts
faction-not only to the railroads, but to
the people-than the defeated Kent bill
would give. Under the amended law
the issuing of free passes will be greatly
restricted. 1t appears that no one OUT
side of the railroad circle-railroad off
cials and their families-can ride on a
free pass; not even the Governor.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24
Two Murderers Lynched,

Some months ago family named
Hines, living in Fauquier county, con
sisting OF mother and three children, were
murdered by parties then unknown.
Subsequently suspicion centered upon a
man named Lee Hefiin and another
named Joe Dye. They were arrested,
and finally confessed the crime. Their
trial resulted in a verdict of guilty and
they were sentenced to be hung on last
Friday, but a stay of proceedings had
been secured, and the condemned men
were ordered to be removed from Lees>
burg to Alexandra for safety. While on
the way to the latter place with the
prisoners, the sheriff was overtaken by
about sixty men, the prisoners taken
from hi,l, strung up to a tree and riddled
with bullets
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24
Disaster to a. Church.

Last Saturday the sexton of the Staun-
ton Methodist church opened it for the
purpose Of preparing it for Sunday ser
vices. TO his surprise his gaze was met
by a fearful wreck, the ceiling and gir>
ders and beams having been precipitated
pipe organ, MASKING the pulpit, and
splfntering the benches for % feet in front
OF the rostrnu. 1t had the appearance of
o railroad wreck from a collision of
trains, and presented a fearful scene to
contemplate. The roof of the building
was not caved in, and the most reasona-
able solution is that the timbers that
spanned the building had become rotten
and gave way. The walls were some
what sprung, but it is hoped no further
disaster wilt follow, although it is not
improbable that it may be.
1t is not known positively when the
accident occurred, but as Il rumbling
noise was heard by persons in the neigh
borhood on Friday about 3 O'clock, it is
assumed that it was at that time the
crash took place 1t was fortunate that
no one was in the building at the time.
Had it occurred during service, many
lives would have been lost, as the tins
beers and debris covered the space where
thecongroga ton is generally seated more
t!iickly, ;ani would have been fatal to
the pastor and the choir.
Of course either new church will be
erected or the present one repaired at
once. We have not heard what pro
visions will be made for regular services,
in the intervening time, unless the base
ment be occupied. Before any conclu-
sion is reached as to this, it will have to
be satisfactorily ascertained that it is safe
to do so.
The congregation is large but not
wealthy, and the destructive accident
occurring at a time when money matters
are tight ana every one interested has as
much as he can do to make tongue and
buckle meet, it will be a strain to
meet the emergency. But it will be met,
no doubt, and as soon as practicable Il
place of worship procured.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24
Richmond Terminal Affairs.

The first public movement in the
Richmond Terminal reorganization was
taken in New York, on the 18th, when
the directors of the Richmond Terminal,
East Tennessee and Richmond and Dan
vile roads met. The principal business
transacted was the resignation of Gen.
Samuel Thomas as chairman of the board
of directors of the East Tennessee, Mr..
W. G.. Oakman being elected his sue
cessor. Mr.. Oakman represents the old
Danville party. or the First National
Bank party, us it is generally called, and
his election is the first step by that
party toward assuming complete control
of the entire Richmond Terminal sys-
TEN. There was no other announce
ment made of any changes, and the di-
rectors of the three companies adjourn>
ed until the 18th, when the resignation of
the Inman party was expected to be re-
which was expected to be given out,
was again postponed, but was ex>
pected to be issued later. General
Thomas remains in the directory of the
East Tennessee Company.
The Post says: 1.-The new party
which assumes control of the Richmond
Terminal makes the interests of the
company with that of the Reading cons
bine seem very close. Messrs. Baker
and Fahnestock are looked upon as
leading interests in the combination
which carried through the Reading deal,
and John Ct. Moore, who has been ac-
tive in Terminal affairs lately, was also
interested in the movements in Reading
since the dissolution of the Philadelphia
syndicate. The plan at first proposed
to effect the reorganization of the com
pany, known as the five hundred million
dollar plan, has been definitely aban-
doned by the committee. and the scheme
to organize syndicate with 1874, 100000
has also been dropped. In place of the
old plan it is stated by the stockholders
that new company with a capitalize
ton of $40, $1,000 will be formed, in
Guiding $165, 1000 900 first mortgage bond,
500, 100000 preferred stock, and $11O,OOO,-
600 common stock. No issue of income
bonds is provided for in the new plan.
The plan will be underwritten with
$15, 100000"
kilograms from the South state that
outside stockholders of the Georgia Cen
trail have called a meeting to petition the
court to remove the receiver and con-
tinue the lease. 1t is also announced /
that the directors of Georgia Central, |
all but two OF whom are local directors,
held meeting on Saturday and passed
a resolution directing their counsel to
remove the receiver and continue the
lease.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24
Another Express Robbery.

Sam Wilson, q colored helper in Adams
Express Office, Staunton, Va was arrest
ed last Thursday, charged with stealing
an express package containing S2,379. 54
and $175 in checks. He was suspected
and a decoy letter was placed in the safe,
and a watch set upon the movem ants of
the accused. He was seen to go to the
safe and take hold Of the decoys. He was
then approached and charged with the
theft of the package containing the
checks. He confessed, and was before
the Mayor on Friday and sent on to the
grand jury.
At Benton Harbor, Mich, on the 18th,
b. F. Hill fell on circular saw and was
sawed in two ngthwise.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24
HARTMAN,


u y y
''ResolUed, That the General Manager
be and is hereby directed to advertise a
lot sale to take place at Clifton Forge,
in front of the Company's Office, on the
21st day of April, 1892. said sale to be
continued from day to day, SO long as
the Board of Directors may deem proper,
the said sale to be made subject to the
terms and conditions of the Company
heretofore agreed upon, provided that
purchasers, if they shall prefer to pay
the entire amount Of their purchase
down at the time of the sale, they may
do SO in the full paid stock of the Com
pany at par, and provided further, that
the sale hereby directed be ratified and
confirmed by the stockholders at the APP
preaching Annual Meeting, which takes
place on that day; and be it
ReSo1oed. That. the General Manager
be and is hereby directed to have these
resolutions printed and to furnish each
stakeholder a copy Of the same"
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24
4. Correction.

Last week in mentioning tie suspen-
sion of IS blast furnaces, there inadvert-
emily crept into the estimate of the de-
crease in the weekly output Of pig iron by
reason of this number of furnaces going
out of blast, an extra aught Instead of
600 tons per week, we had it 100, COO
an oversight in proof reading The de>
crease in supply will be greater than
900 tens per week. but we had these
figures in our mind to be on the safe
side The intelligent reader readily cor
rected the error for himself.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24

The 109th annual session of the Balti>
more Conference, NJ. E. Church, South.
convened in Harrsonburg, on Wednes-
day, the Gath inst, yesterday. 1t will be
an interesting occasion, and there VIII be
many visitors apart from the members
of the Conference and the lay delegates
The House Committee on rivers and
harbors has agreed to appropriate 81
600, 900 for the Mississippi river, from st.
Paul to it's mouth, of which $2,500,oOo is
from Cairo, ILL.,, down.
The mercury stood degrees below
freezing in Georgia, on the 18th, and one
inch of ice formed at Charleston, s. G.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24

Frank Ives, the ''Napolean" of finance
and crookedness, who created such a sem
sation in New York, several years ago.
defeated Jacob Schaefer, the wizard, >
in game of IA inch balk line billiards
and side bet of $500. at Chicago. At
the end of the play the score stood Ives
800, Schaefer. 400.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24
CLIFTON FORCE Co.


Attention is called to the follow
ing important resolution adopted by
the Board OF Directors of the Clifton
Forge Company Oil the 9TH inst, by
which stockholders and others will
be enabled to purchase valuable and
desirable lots at Clifton Forge and
pay for the same in full paid stock of
this Company, provided the afore-
mentioned resolution is ratified by
the stockholders Of this Company at
its Annual Meeting to be held OH
April 2Ist, 1892, which will doubt
less be done.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24
The Burned College.

Last week we mentioned that the
Greenbrier Military Academy had been
burned. Further particulars are furn-
ished by telegram dated the 18th:
The Greenbrier Military Academy, of
Greenbrier, at Lewisburg, was totally
destroyed by fire at O'Clock this morn
ing; loss, $4,000; insured for $1,000.
The fire originated in the cellar, suppos-
ed to be due to defective flue, and was
discovered by Captain Bidgood, who
was awakened by suffoeation from smoke
in his room. He quietly gave the alarm.
On account of scarcity of water no effort
was made to save the building. The
students, about sixty in number, who
roomed in the college, turned their at
tention to their personal effects. The
school was in the midst of a prosperous
year, and had but recently added the
military feature. The loss will fall
heavily on the energetic principal, Theo-
dore W. Gilmore 1t is rumored that he
will take immediate steps to rebuild.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24
Death of BROOKE Stafford

J. Brooke Stafford died in Staunton
on Friday last 1t will be remembered
that last summer we published state
ment that the deceased was drowned at
Low Moor, but shortly afterwards he in
formed us that we were mistaken He
had been at work painting the Washer
House at Rich Patch, and was known to
have been to Low Moor. We were in
formed that it was him that was drown
ed, but it turned out to be another man.
Brooke was raised III Staunton, and was
well known to the people of that vicinity.
A letter in the Richmond Dispatch da-
ted at Warm Springs, March 21st., says
that Nat Lewis, OF Roanoke, and Mar
cellus Williams, Of Norfolk, two negro
eonvicts, were seriously injured by a
premature dynamite explosion on the
boulevard being constructed at that
place.
Dir. N. S. Stoakley, of Cape Charles,
Va, and Mrs. NJ A. Dickinson, of Bath
county, were married On the 18th, at the
brides home, four miles from Miliboro.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24

The strained relations between the
United States and England over the
Behring Sea and seal fishing question re-
Gently revived. has caused attention to
be directed to Canada, and the attitude
she would likely assume. In the first
place, it is because of illegal acts OF Can
adams, in seal territory, that the contro-
versy has been projected. In the next
place, it would matter very little to Can
ada whatever the result Of the contro>
yersy, even should war ensue. She
would be no better off, if she remained in
her present relation to England, and no
worse off if she were annexed to the Uni
ted States We don't want the Cana
dian dominion, but might, in case of
war; be compelled to take it, to punish
England and satisfy the world that we
could do it.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-03-24
w i = = 2


Because we have just received several car
loads Of Dry Goods, Clothing and Shoes,
which were bought at recent Sheriff sales in
the North at from 40 to 6oc on the dollar and
are offering them to Our customers at the
same rate
Now, while other merchants complain of
lizard Tines our Store is crowded with Gus
toners from the morning till night
Come and see the Great Bargains in Cloth
ing, Dress Goods, Flannels, Pant Goods, Cling
ham, Etc. Heavy brown Cotton, yard wide,
at Sc; Ladies Shoes, good quality csc. pair;
Mems Suits from 1898 to the Finest Dress
Suits; Carpets, Hats, Trunks and thousands
OF articles too numerous to mention, that we
are Offering at SLAUGHTER PRICES. Don't
pay big prices when you can come to Our
Store and buy the same goods and save 40
cents on every dollar you buy
Los Angeles herald., 1892-03-26
Inc one from three and four-year-old

nne one from three ana lour-year-0ld
vines.
New houses are going up in every di-
rection, and it will be but short time
when all the available land in Grape
land will be covered by fruitful planta-
tions, surrounding happy homes.
Grapeland has postofiice with Mr..
Jacob Gebhard as postmaster; also has
good school; and a church will be
built in the near future, religious SER
vices now being held in the school
house. Good stores are within short
distance at Etiwanda on the west and
Rialto on the east, while San Bernar-
dino is only half an hour by rail, and
Los Angeles an hour and half.
The railroad facilities for travelling
and the transportation of products are
first-class, being within two miles of
the Santa Fe line and four miles OF the
Southern Pacific, both transcontinental
lines, while projected electric road
from San Bernardino to Ontario will
skirt the base line and afford ample
facilities for rapid transit to and from
neighboripg settlements.
The soil of the district is OF two kinds,
the northern portion of reddish loam
similar to the soil of Redlands and the
other, a decomposed granite, contains
all the elements of plant food and
growth. The roads throughout the dis
trict are frst-class, the nature OF the
Oil being such that mud is unknown in
winter, or dust in summer, and it is
needless to say that here malaria and
kindred complaints are also unknown.
To the resident of the eastern states
tired of the long, cold winter; to the
weary man of business, or the tired
clerk in cities, who wishes to better his
condition and take life easier, no place
offers greater inducements than this
favored spot. Here home can be
created in an intelligent community
that with very small investment, be-
sides the labor of family9 will in few
years give the owner a competency,
assuring not only the necessaries Of life,
but also its luxuries.
1t is worthy of mention that all the
books OF the irrigation district kept by
the secretary, assessor, collector and
treasurer, are exceptionally we'll kept,
with an accuracy and neatDess that
would do credit to city counting room.
A particular impression was made by
the harmony prevailing throughout the
district, all being enthusiastic as to it's
future prosperity, and vying with each
other in hospitable intent. Mr.. K. T.
Myers, the secretary OF the Grapeland
district, who is also an able horticul-
turist, is daily receiving letters of in
ouiry regarding Grapeland, and is
pleased to answer all correspondents by
giving the fullest possible information
While the HERALD has always been
loyal to Los Angeles county, yet it has
been equally fair to our neighbors, and
must concede that in the march of i'm
provement during the last two years,
San Bernardino county is making most
rapid progress. not in the line of "boom-
ing" but in thoroughly healthy, con-
servative growth. A visit to Grapeland
will confirm these impressions to any
one who will go there.