Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-11-04
SAD SCENES.
Stories of Distress That Must
Touch All Hearts.
With a Starving Family Colorado
Miner Deies the Law.


| NAsH5Ser0y. D. C, Nor. s.-rSp@cisl- =
| Ne more eloquent speeches were beard dur.
ing the senate debate ca the rrpeal bSn
/ than those deiiverezi by Se1&tors Teller.
| wolez1tt and Dubois, IN which they pictured
the su1+rIags their people were 10 endure
| during the coming winter. Even thrss
| speeches were not as eloquent a. some Of
! the letters which members Of coz gress sni
senators are daily receiving trun the peo-
| ele q the eounsry II the letter whieh
| stAtesznen receive from their oaEas1s tElsa..
/ dgrsns the eoqrse Of s{r-3e azy c1lld be
/ gwen 70 the public pre- they %c2li form
/ picture q misery AID suffering and at,-
|! rTeher5Sl1n wiIaoaf parallel IA the pages q
4 rYzz4zBce One Of these lefte-s recelyss. ty
| Celo-a1o coB gresham TIE oIi2S- cay ccEa-
/ tzIaed a s.ory whieh i worth REPEATING
| Il told Of incidents which had occurred E
| shor, time before il littls mining tox1 o.
| that state. OftAe 2, so population sozrcsly
dozen, excepting cDu r1rrclal and pru.es
| sioa4l nsn, have any employment Ever
| dag the streets are flied with idle n@a-
| One day a frenzy seized the crowd, AID
| they resolved 70 board TIE e4s1hound train
| when il should szSp a; tie station. take
| possession OF the cars and locomotive AID
make their war 10 the east II search q.
/ work. Fully loo men were gathered
| about the station ST the train hoar. and
| many q sheEa hai goodhy 70 their wives
and Children and were determined TO make
the trip wifhogI tiekrs CT 1oR@y. Bat the
sE4tsoa agent tel-g-Aphea down the road,
| briefly dessrsh1nx the Situation. and the
railway officials ordered the train 10 rzo
through the town without stopping IL
was a. rnaeh a. the dense ,aronc ooala DO
TO get OF the track and zvoid beng run
| ever, 20 great Was the c-rrsh and the excite
uueut The train did not stop. and the lille
men turned s=diy away toward their desc
late homes
a story from the SILVER Mines
One man. braw1y miner. found his wife
g1d three chiIdreu waiting for him near
bv. TIE slg.hi Of thrir pinchei faces and
hungry eyes drove him To desperation He
entered a grocery store, seoo-np panied by his
family. and told ;be proprietor that he
wanted Z sack of -four. Tie storrkeeper
glanced az the man, sized him up and said
il world be necessary fer him 70 produce
the cash
Blu, have 10 money" said the man,
pleadingly.
Then YOU can't have the -four - replied
the storekeeyer-
BAT must and viii have it" persisted
the miner
Ny friend. said the grocer, i am as
po1r a. you have my goods, It IS true,
but Il yoa take them without paying me
toy them /. TOO. viii siarye."
II car I help that said the desperate
miner. Il must have food for my wife and
children"
Shifting the action 10 the word, be leapesl
upon the counter, grabbed S SACK Of -four
ard started toward the door. his wife hang
ing ,o hi- arEa, inploring him Dpt 20 do it,
and the three children crying at has heels.
The grocer planted himself before the "
trsating man and was knocked down by
blow from the miners iist- Then he man
strobe ont upon the street, his wife cling
ing to hiu4. crying and begging him to take
the -four back to its rightfnl owner. But
the miner walked on docge@iy toward h!s
little cabin In The outskirts of the town,
the crowd making WAY for him and no one
interfering with his progress.
A. soon as the grocer could pick himself
IN from the aCs7r be started in search Of
the sheriff That officer summoned posse
II n,esl and proceeded to the door of the
alinsri> cabin. followed by considerable
crowd At the door the sheriff and his
men ilaused ard looked within the little
home In one corner sat the miner, his
Eead bet vrcen his hands aDd the tears now
for the first time streaming down his
cheeks. In the middle Of the floor was the
sack Of -four, where the miner had thrown
II with such violence that the sack had
tg,1rs- ard the -four was scattered all about.
.. On her kuees vas the miner : wife, with
| a bowl of water before her, kneading the
| -four into doaGh, and mingling with it also
| bert-arS. Tbethree children were gathered
| about her. eagerly catching up rnorsels a
the raw. wet dough, and voraciously eat
| ing them. Il vas a picture which no one
who saw cauld ever forget. The sheriff
stood for moment irresolute, when one Of
the crowd Of miners around him stepped
up and quietly said;
| If yoH set a foot within that cabin We'll
! hang you.
| The sheriff did not need any further sug
| esstissn. He turned o,, his hetl, accompanied
| by his qc-sr, and walke'i aTay.
| A rarai,re,i Town In the south.
| An Alabama con ngres~nan has received s
! letter W hich is quite unique in its way u
| describes the situation in what is known a.
| 4 -bo4atn town In his part Of the country,
| II new town. with hotel just finished
! that eoSt $40 90 or go ~. and many fine
| stores. dwellings and shops. Living there
are quite number us families who until
recently considered themselves wealthy.
| but at the present day. says the writer q
| the letter there is not 8 dollar in the town.
/ Even the men who considered themselves
| rich arr unable to pay their servants. There
| is employment for no one There is no busi-
| ,.<s. because none Of the people in the town
| ard verv few Of those who live near by have
/ any money. All industries have come 10
| dead stop. There is the town, spick and
| span rev. with goods in the stores and all
/ tha outward appearance Of prosperity. but
| the community Is as hopeless, collectively
| ard Individually as if it were aaoat in The
Arctic sea upon an ice foe
Two Pieture.-a Contrast.
Such letters as these are pouring in upon
/ senators and representatives from all parts
| Of the land Probably thers i 10 other
/ rlace in the country where so many com
| r.unicstlosls of this sort concentrate Or
/ " here i Is possible to get clearer picture
! Of the distress which prevails among the
/ t.eqple Vow thai the repeal bill has pasSeS!
| congress the statesmen who receive these
! deIafnl ryixsiyt-s. and who are made sal
thereby. dare to hope that the worsr has
,s.Ssevl. anil that prosperity viii again
spread Il. bright wings oFer the country.
In Washington the prosperity Of The peo-
! ME has t,r,r been iaterfgrysi with bY the re-
eerlt Dis trtaRces Here there Is plenty ct
rrspnev fsr naen 70 spend in extraTsgaEs
. living; here salaries so on as usual, here
| building ofserat.o .oFss e5ntlnae; here officials
are able to enioF the Injuries of life, here
merchants report trade up 70 its usual
volume. all H-v;s4lse the federal city depends
for It's prosperity neither upon rnsrufacsur
| ing nor commerce, but upon the govern
raent-
maiae Postal cAasses.
wasHIyGTox. Nov. a.-These chsuges
in tie postal service in Maine are AZ