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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-07-21

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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1892-07-21
STATE DIRECTORY.
Geo L Shoup,
WI Mcconnell

w J Mcconnell.
Member in Congress, Willis Sweet: gov
ernor, Norman b Wiley; secretary. a J
Plnkham; attorney general. Geo III
Roberts; U S MARSHALL Joseph Wilson; U
5 district attorney, Fremont Wood; treas
urer, f X Coffin; auditor. SilasW Moody:
superintendent public instruction, ] E
harroun; surveyor general, w II Petit;
supt Assay Office, w ] Cunning
ham; supreme judge, / n Sullivan: chief
Justice, J w Huston. John Morgan; dis
trict judge, Edward Nugent Sd dis; dis
trlct attorney. Chas HAYS Sd district.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-11
Death Of w. A. Stuart.

Col. W. A. Stuart, of Saltville, Va and
owner of the Greenbrier White Sulphur
Springs, died in Philadelphia on Satur>
day last. A dispatch from that city says
of sthe event: William A. Stuart, Of
Virginia, brother of Gen. J. E. B.
died suddenly at the Girard House yes
terday Mr.. Stuart was sixty five years
of age. He came to the city to consult
DR.. Pepper as to heart trouble, which
was undoubtedly the cause Of his death.
Fatigued by the journey he was scarcely
able to register at the hotel, but he be
came somewhat better under treatment
and dictated encouraging messages to
his friends in the South. DR.. Pepper
visited him twice on Saturday, but a
sudden attack Of heart failure carried
him off before aid could be summoned
Mr.. ssStuart's son at Saltville, Va, ar
ranged with a friend in New York to
superintend the removal of the remains
to Mr.. Stuart's home. Col. May. of Po-
cahontas, Va, also volunteered his SER
vices and escorted Mrs Stuart to her
home by to nights express, along with
the remains of the deceased. They will
be met at Roanoke by members Of the
family. Mr.. Stuart was one of the owners
of the salt works in Washington county,
Va, and also Of the celebrated Green
brier White Sulphur Springs.
Mr.. Stuart had large business interests
in Virginia, and his death will cause a
sensation in many business circles.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-11
Mr.. Blaine Declines.

1t has been stated for months past, on
occasions, that Secretary Blaine intend
ed to write a letter declining the use OF
his name before the Minneapolis Con
vention for the Republican nomination
for President, and it has as often been
denied. At last the contention has been
solved, and below will be found the let
ter. 1t is positive and takes him out OF
the field as presidential possibility
WASHINGTON, February6, 1S92.-Hon-
Orable J. S. Clarkson, Chairman OF the
Republican National COMMITTEES
Dear Sir: | am not candidate for the
presidency, and my name will not go De-
fore the Republican National Conven-
ton for the nomination. l make TINS
announcement in due season. 70 those
who have rendered me their support
owe sincere thanks and am most CRATE
full for their confidence. They will, |
am sure, make earnest effort in the ap-
preaching contest, which is rendered
specially important by reason of the IN
dustrial and financial policies OF the gov
eminent being at stake. The popular
decision on these issues is of great mo-
ment and will be of far reaching conse-
JAMES G. BLAINE"
1t is likely other names will now be
suggested as suitable for consideration
in the convention. But, as we look at
| it, it leaves the field practically clear for
President Harrison, and we believe he
will be nominated, when the Conven-
ton meets, by reclamation. He has
given the country strong, clean admin
istration, and measured up to every re.
quirement of the great office, where i'm
portant and complicated questions and
interests have been presented for treat
ment and disposal. The Republicans
could not consistently refuse an endorse
ment, and not to nominate him would
be tantamount to condemning thai
which every Republican and many Dem
ocrats approve.
Ex-President Cleveland is the logica
candidate of the Democracy, and We
| expect to see him nominated by the
Chicago Convention. The contest ther
of 1888 will be fought over again, with
the difference that Harrison has beer
tried and not found wanting. The ex
perimental period with him is over, ant
he will stand in 1899 for what he ha
done, as we'll as for what the Minneapolis
platform may promise for the future.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-11
Reciprocity.

AS results begin to show of the reel
procity with the South American States,
the policy becomes more popular, and
other countries are entering into recip-
rocal relations with this government
A proclamation announcing the estab
lishment of system of reciprocal trade
between this country and Germany has
been issued by the President under the
provisions of the tariff act of October 1,
1890. A list is given of the articles of
American product that are to be admit
ted into German ports either free or I'm
der reduced tariff. The free list is as
follows: Malt germs of bran, flax, anise
coriander, fennel and caraway seed.
horse hair, bristles and feathers, hides.
charcoal, bark of wood, and tan bark,
solid and ground residue of fat oils, live
animals not otherwise designated, bee
hives with live bees, colts following their
dams, and wool.
The articles on which the rates are re-
duced are: Wheat and rye to 3. 80 marks
per 100 kilograms, oats to $50 marks,
buckwheat to 200, pulse to 1.50, other
grains not specially mentioned to 100,
barley eco, rape seed, turnip seed,
poppy, sesame and peanuts, to 20, corn
or maize to 1.6O mat to 800, lumber in
various forms to from 30 to 80 marks
hops and hop meal to 400, butter (also
artificial butter) to 17Q0, fresh slaugh-
tered meat Except pork) to 1900, slaugh-
tered pork, fresh and dressed. Except
bacon,) to 1900, dead game to 5000, fruit
seeds, &C., 400, mill products of grain to
7.30, goose grease and other fats inclu-
ding oleomargarine to 1000, horses to
900 each, horses up to two years old
1000, bulls and COWS to 800, oxen to $3.50,
calves less than six weeks old to 800,
hogs 500, pigs weighing less than ten
kilos to 100, sheep to 100, lambs to so,
cheese to 20 90.
The items of German manufacture to
be admitted free into American ports
are those enumerated in the general act,
including hides and sugar.
The new tariff went into effect on the
Isl instant.
The negotiations for a commercial
treaty between France and the United
States are dragging along, and it will be
another week before they are completed
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-11
The Russian Famine.

The Loudoun Daily Graphic OF the
says has been issued by the Russian
zemstvos Qocal administrative bodies
composed of country gentlemen and
landowners on the famine in Russia
and the inadequacy of the Governments
measures to afford relief.
The Globe and other papers comments
ing upon this manifesto, declare that it
is the most reinal kable expression OF
public opinion Russia has ever given.
The lotteries for the benefit of the fam
inc fund and the way in which public
benevolence is Systematically thwarted
are especially condemned.
The manifesto asserts that Tolstoi's
efforts to tighten the sufferings of the
famine stricken people are only tolera-
ted because he is q celebrity. 1t contin-
ues:
The Government, armed with the
weapons of state of siege, is filling 81
IBERIA and the jals with suspected per-
sons, fearing revolutionary propogan-
da. This Government, which has rob-
bed us of all the reforms inaugurated
by Alexander H., and which has de-
priged society from taking any part in
public life, has brought Russia..t to star
walton. Such government cannot
solve the present problem with its own
forces.
1.-THE calamity is only in its initial
stage; the spring will disclose its actual
proportions. How will it end if the
Government does not change its att
tude? Society is in state of bankrupt
cy, political enfeeblement, and dislnem-
berment. Russia. in a popular rising
would be deluged with her peoples
blood. No one can foresee the end.
''The advocates of assemblage have
elected representatives for free discus
sion of the situation
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-11
The Tenth Dist, let.

The committee to whom was referred
the subject of -apportioning the State
into Congressional districts, have, it is
stated, substantially agreed upon re-
port. 1t leaves all the districts as they
are except the 9th and 10th. 1t takes
siyns it to the 10th. This is to save the
present free trade member from the 10th
tdlstrict from defeat in the election this
coming fall. Botetouru gives from 300
t. 500 Democratic majority. But it is
b. no means certain that any man who
holds to the views that Mr.. Tucker en-
tertains can carry Botetourt at all. Mr..
Tucker has placed himself on record as
fayoring all the Alliance fallacies except
! that of the sub-treasury scheme. lt Is
known that he is 1t practically tree
trader-under cover of tariff reform.
This district is not for free trade; it is
not for free coinage of silver; it is not
for the Kent railroad bill, and the con
spiracv between few Democratic and
Alliance traders to rob her of these rev.
enues to reward broken down politi-
Clans: innair their power for usefulness
and make them the unwilling adJuncts
of q poli;i,.al machine The counties Of
the 10th district, especially those west
of the Blue Ridge, have too much al
stake to becoms parties to a disreputa
bic dicler between scheming politicians
bv which the railroads would be serious
ly injured, and their facilities for devel-
opng the country tributary to them dis
astrously impaired. They are too deepl,
interested in the opening of iron ore
mines and establishing furnaces to viii
lingly support tariff policy that woule
arrest all progress Fin that direction
There is too much robust practical com
mon sense with the people of this dis
trict to subordinate their present ant
future prosperity to the necessities 0
political aspirants who are not in accort
with their welfare, and who are, becaus
of their alleged convictions, incapable
of securing them in the enactment o
laws and the maintenance of policies
Indeed, it is more than likely that th
annexation of Botetourt to the 10th dis
) trict will prove boomerang in the end
Methods which have been adopted ant
may hereafter be adopted in some OF tn
counties east of the Ridge to suppress o
reverse majorities cannot be applied il
Botetourt or the counties of the lot
1istr;ot woet of tho Ridpa These meth
DDS will be fully discussed hereafter, an
the Judgment of the people asked upo
them
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-11
w :. :. =: ! 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
Hard lines 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 &C.; Ladies' Shoes, good quality, &c. 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.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-11
A Result of Partizanism.

Legislative inquiry is being made into
the alleged mismanagement and corrup-
tion of the administration of Blacks
burg Mechanical and Agricultural Col
Iege. Grave charges have been made
against the faculty, and the State Sen
ate will institute an investigation. This
is one of the pernicious results of intro
dEcing partisan politics into State insti-
buttons. All the professors and officers
of the College were appointed from par
tisan influence, and of course party be>
ing paramount, merit was a secondary
consideration. Either this method of
selecting the faculty ought to be aban-
doned, Or the College abolished. No
good can come out of it, if political con-
siderations are dominant in it's control
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-11
Hot Times in Louisiana
A dispatch from New Orleans, dated
the 9th, says:

A dispatch from New Orleans, dated
the 9th, says:
The arrival of about 500 rifles and 2. 600
rounds of ammunition, consigned to Col.
Crandall, chairman of the Democratic
Paso. from New York, was noted yester>
day morning by the New Delta. accom-
panied by strong editorial remarks, CON
Guiding as follows:
"To Winchester in the hands of a
hireling oppose a Winchester in the
hands of free man. Let every crack of
the lottery rife wake as an answering
re-echo of the anti lottery gun. IL the
hoodlums of New Orleans appear on the
streets of the city armed, with weapons
placed in their hands by this Lottery
Committee, sweep them from the face of
the earth If the streets of New Orleans
are to be Redeemed with blood. let It not
be alone the blood of her good citizens.
If wholesale murder has been resolved
upon by the lottery, let the people re.
solve upon wholesale executions"
In reply the Eoena?ag States says: Mr..
Foster, of st. Mary, the candidate of the
Ants for Governor, was the first man
who raised the cry of rifles in this con
test. Every five hundred dollar bill,
in substance, was to be met with 25
dollar rifle, In view of these facts, argues
the States, it is not astonishing that the
Democratic committee have taken nee
essary steps to protect the freedom OF
opinion and of the ballot. 1t adds; III
they had failed to do so, they would not
be fit to hold the leadership of a party OF
American citizens Ballot against ballot
rifle against rifle, and, by the remem>
brance of the men who fought and bled
for our Constitution. it shall be rifles
against fraud and rascality.'
Chairman Crandall, in an interview or
the subject, admitted that rifles had
been received, and said there was nc
secret about it. 1--WE are determined,
said he, ''to have an honest election and
fair count, and propose to show that
we are not going to be bulldozed by the
manner in which the Governor is hand
ling the militia in shifting them about
from place to place" He said that they
expected further shipments of arms and
ammunition. 1t is expected that Gov
ernor Nichols will sieze the rifles now
here before many days.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-11

When the effects of a man who died
the other day in Leadville were exam
ined it Was found that he was engaged
to marry twelve different girls in vari-
Gus parts of the country.
A boy only eleven years of age has re-
Gently rescued three companions from
drowning in Hamilton, Ohio.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-11
Freight Rates in Virginia and
GEORGIA.

! A correspondent of the Richmond
Dispatch furnishes the following inter
esting comparison of freight rates Oh
the railroads of Virginia and Georgia
Those who have been SO vigorous in
their denunciation of the oppressive
rates charged by Virginia railroads can
find considerable food for reflection
/ therein:
In presenting fine views of the Cham
Der Of Commerce of Richmond to the
| Committee on Roads in the House OF
| Delegates recently Mr.. Tucker is report
ed as saying that one of the real objects
and practical effects of the Kent bill is
| to secure 'reasonableness in the rate
charges" 1t is pertinent to inquire as
| to how these charges compare with like
charges elsewhere.
The Railroad Commissioner of Vir>
ginia has recently prepared and submit
| ted to the Legislature statement of
the average rates of freight charged on
all the several classes of freight for dis
tances of ten miles and upward to over
four hundred miles in the States of Vir-
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,
and Georgia, the rates in the latter be-
ing made by the Railroad Commission
of that State, and presumably not I'M
reasonably high. They are lower than
the rates OF N North Carolina and South
Carolina, and are therefore considered
in the following comparisons. The fifty
mile rate is taken at random and the
differences are given and stated in per
centages Those who feel interested are
referred to the statement Of the Cons
missioner which they will find instruc-
tive. The fifty-mile rates in Georgia
exceed those in Virginia:
By per cent. on irst-class freights.
BY II per cent. on second class freights
BY 10 per cent. on third class freights.
BY Al per cent on fourth class freights,
By 43 per cent. on fifth class freights.
By 33 per cent. on sixth-class freights
The railroad arrangements of Virginia
can point with satisfaction to this and
to any comparisons of average intra-
state rates with those OF other States of
the country in which the material con
ditions are proper for comparison. The
effect of the bill, therefore, is not to Sc
cure reasonable rate charges It may
be shown with equal clearness that it is
not to effect any of the purposes enu>
merated by Mr.. Tucker The whole
measure is SO radical, extreme, and vio-
lent, that it cannot commend itself to
the judgment of the people of Virginia.
1t speaks effectively against itself.
The Hotel Royal was burned in New
York early Sunday morning, and thirty
persons persisted in the flames
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-11
warming a Serpent

|
The Chesapeake and Ohio has just Or
dered ten mammoth locomotives from
the Richmond, Va, Locomotive and Ma
chine Works. making thirty one engines
it has gotten from that establishment
Stauaston Vaaadicator.
| Notwithstanding the immense amount
of money these large orders cause to be
spent in the capital city, yet representa-
tive men of Richmond are amongst the
foremost to advocate the passage of the
Kent bill, which would affect the two
town building roads, the Chesapeake
and Ohio and the Norfolk and Western,
to such an extent AS to possibly prevent
any more development by these great
public benefactors. 1t is a pity the
Chesapeake and Ohio can't have these
engines built either at Clifton Forge or
Newport News, for Richmond has little
sympathy with the up-building of any
place save Richmond, and if the Kent
bill should be passed depend upon it
some of the wornout political hacks who
loaf around the capitol would be the
very ones to obtain the three thousand
dollar per year positions so anxiously
coveted by the Hungry Three Hun
redn now clamoring for that disastrous
measure to be passed.-Salem Register.
Our contemporary has hit the nail on
the head. 1t is the offices which are the
attractive feature of the bill, and the
controlling consideration. 1t is bill.
as originally introduced by Mr.. Kent,
that Hon. A. f. Withrow said was good
as far as it went, but did not go far
enough. The enactment of the measure
into law would have the effect the Reg
lister fears, and would do incalculable
damage to Virginia.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-11
Legislative Notes

The Richmond correspondent of the
Petersburg Inde1-Appsaz, gives on the
9th the following reference to important
measures in the House of Delegates:
cit has become evident that the Kent
bill cannot pass and Mr.. Mason, of King
| George, to-day introduced measure to
amend the present law in relation to the
| duties of the railroad commissioner. The
| proposed change gives to that officer en-
larged powers. 1t authorizes him upon
complaint that any railroad company
violates its charter, especially the pro
visions as to rates or proper connection
with other roads made by any person, or
when any violation comes to his personal
| knowledge, to first request that the cause
of complaint be corrected and if the com
pany fails to do SO to apply to the circuit
court of judge thereof in vacation. to
remedy the matter. This is to be done
without cost to the complainant and in
the name of the commonwealth. The
commonwealth attorney of the county
where the complaint arises Is required to
prosecute the case. This bill will proba-
bly, meet the views of the conservative
men in the legislature. Mr.. Mason is a
member of the committee on roads and
voted against the Kent bill.
The Senate to-day adopted a joint res
olution proposing to amend the constitu-
ton SO as toremedy the necessity revealed
in the recent decision of the court of APP
peals of trial by jury of cases of mis-
demeanor.
In the house Mr.. Cooke, of Norfolk,
introduced bill prescribing in what
banks the money of the State may be
kept. The bill provides that any bank
of circulation or of deposit and discount
or any loan and trust company doing
banking business, who shall deposit with
treasurer Riddleberger bonds in excess
of 5000 face value, shall be deemed
state depository The amount of the
commemorative money deposited with
such bank or banking institution is not,
however, to exceed rs per cent. of the
face value of the bonds placed with the
treasurer. 1t is made the duty of that
official, so far as the same may be done
conveniently, to distribute such with
equal justice among the banks comply>
ing with the provisions of the bill For
such deposits in excess of $4,000 two
per cent. interest is to be paid
Mr.. Saunders, of Franklin, presented
bill to impose a tax-upon the propor-
tion of the capital stock of all Pullman
sleeping or dining car companies which
is invested or used in this State. 1t is
proposed to impose tax of thirty cents
on every hundred dollars of the assessed
cash value of the capital stock of such
corporations. A further tax of ten cents
on the hundred dollars is proyised for,
which is to be applied to the public
schools
Mr.. Cooke introduced bill to require
all liquor licenses to be paid in lawful
money of the United States.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-11

Staunton Argus: The trial of Chas
johnson, colored, for killing J. r. Lofts
near Steele's Tavern last summer occu-
pied several days of the county court
last week. Ga Thursday evening the
jury gave verdict of ten years in the
penitentiary. Capt. J. Bumgardner OF
Browns counsel, asked Judge Houston
to set aside the verdict. His Honor a /.
journed over until Friday morning to
hear argument far and against and over
ruled the motion. He reserved sentence
and adjourned court to meet again Mon
day, when the trial of Sim Brown and
others was begun.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-11

DR.. Fermand, well known patholo-
gist says that the danger in using milk
from tubereulous cattle has been very
much exaggerated.
1t is estimated that fully 17,000,0 600
pounds of maple sugar were manufac-
tured in Vermont in 1891.
The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-02-11
MIR. Blaine Not In II

The New York Press of the 18th has an
article signed by Carson Lake in which
he says: Secretary Blaine will not be a
candidate for the Republican Presden
tial nomination. l have the highest
authority, next to Mr.. Blaine himself,
for making this statement. The decision
of Mr.. Blaine is the result of his belief
that his health, though not good, will
not bear the great strain of canvass for
the presidency, and the subsequent
duties of the presidential Office.