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do not believe, with snch record. Of which
vlihrrs and sInrdercrs in the. stated will be
able to destroy him upon such an issue I
place my onIllonce In the people. The men
who are traducing him arc not worthy to
stoop down and unloose his Shoes"
THE FRAUD OF 1876.
observe that William NJ. Evarts and Carl
Schurz we're two OF the Vice. Pre- idents at that
Bar meeting the other evening. called. as pro-
tended. to rebuke election frauds and to criti.
else Judge Maynard. Their selection was
peculiarly appropriate. Both were In the
cabinet OF the man who was never elected
President Of the United States. and both par:
ticipntca In the conceded fraud that seated
their chief. Evarts had bsen tho counsel for
the Republicans before the notorious Electoral
made the Premier Of the Hayes Adminstra:
ton. Carl Schurz defended. admired. and
apologizod for the fraud that gave him place.
These are fit men To teach the people Of DEM
ocratic New York how 10 vote Let the friends
OF Samuel J. Tilden remember this and re-
buke these conspirators at the polls.
THE STATE TICKET.
A better State ticket as a whole was never
presented for the suffrage OF the people.
Headed by Cord Meyer-that able and intel
liEent business man and German Citizen. who
will prove a worthy successor OF that other
German AN erican. Frederick Cook. who a few
years ago SO satisfactorily discharged tho
duties of tho office of Secretary OF State-the
whole ticket represents all interests, factions.
ceive the cordial support OF all true Dem ocrats
who want to approve Democratic principles
and support our Democratic national and
State ad m nistrations.
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SHORT WEIGHT COAL DELIHERY.
Tho Retail Coal Dealers Exchange Has .
Scheme for Stopping It.

Scheme for Stopping 1t.
After considerable work and IN the face Of
great opposition the Retail Coal Exchange has
decided to put into operation. at its own ex-
pense two plans for the weighing OF coal In
this city. for the purpose Of preventing the
delivery OF short weight. which. In the belief
o!the Exchange is practised to a great extent
The first plan was approved by the Ex-
change on Oct. Z. 1892. 1t Is in the shape Of
an agreement between tho Exchange and tho
retail dealers Individually. Tho Exchange
agreed to employ. at It's own cost and expense.
a person TO be known as the INSPECTOR Of
Weights OF the Retail Coal Exchange of the
a o % he n Win Inc
agreed within five days alter the receipt OF any
report OF this INSPECTOR rejecting upon the
dealer 10 notify such dealer by sending him q
cory Of the report. ard, il requested. to give
agrees to parmt His scales to De tested with
proper test weights by the in srector: to allow
coal in process OF delivery in his carts wagons.
or other vehicles. either upon his own or othor
the inspector 10 use his scales to weigh either
his own or any other coal. and to give the
the Inspector as much as possible In perform
:, The wsiEht Com mittee. appointed by the
agrsemeITt among all the dealers u the city.
whether Exchange mem hers or NOT. for sigma.
signed the agreement. 81 have refused and
the others have not been heard from.
At the meeting Of tho Exchange held on
Sent 10. $1,000 was appropriated tor the use
OF the Weight Committee. and at the meeting
held Oct. 70 the Weight Com mittee was au-
thorlzed and instrurted to put into oper tton.
in add ti"n to the plan already agreed upon.
such further plan ms would provide for the
weighing OF coal at the place OF delivery. UNI
der authority OF the purchaser.
Under this Instruction The committee have
agreed unon this plan for the weighing OF the
coal of those dealers who refuse or lail to sign
thu agreement
The inspector will carry in his wagon beam
scale and frame. together with largo canvas
bags made specially for the purpose. lie will
weigh the coal in these bags at the place OF
delivery. on the sidewalk II necessary. under
tho authority and by order Of the purchaser.
to whom small charg": not over five cents Q
ton. Will be made, and certificate OF the
weight given.
Tho " eight Committee has appointed F. p
Crowe!l Hs inspector. He Is required to give q
bond of $1,000 that he will perform his duties
accurately. and he must report daily to tho
Secretary Of the Weight Committee. His work
begins Oh Nov. 4
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HE EXPECTED A DIVORCE SUIT; TOO,
But This Summon. Wns Meant for Another
Joseph r. Nc Donald OF Chicago.

But This Summons Wns Meant for Another
Joseph r. Mcdonald OF Chicago.
Elizabeth c. Mcdonald has obtained an alb
| solute divorce from Joseph +. Mcdonald. a
travelling salesman to whom she was married
on June 13. 1880. They have II daughter. Cas-
tie. 1t appeared that Mcdonald went to Chi
cago with girl named Mamie two years ago
and that Mamie and he separated about n veal
later. Ho then wrote several letters to his
wife, asking her to forgive him and take him
back. She replied that she would require a
letter acknowledging his relations with Mamie
before she would take his proposition under
consideration. she had been unable to get
other evidence against him.
Thereuron Mcdonald wrote a plea for for
givcness which Judge McAdam OF the Supe-
rior Court said was virtually decisive Of the
case. 1t is dated Aug. ~ last. at Chicago. and
reads in part:
give % & ] s.,srsl aoihs ago 0'
time you and my father. sisters. and brothers have
DO no, want to be separated from you and my chld
for S " my %" s k A.. 1 Gsx
IRE and rss 10 S not s the sn
YORK. II you get AdN orcs iron, me- Lizzie then viii
face once more IKE I used 70 and tel yon that
ooH woId or deed 10 give you any worn OF
complaint. | viii work untll the nails on my fingers
give and take me back aud let support you and
az. sake n s VIVA, Is
expect. 10 not banish me from Tou altogether and
crush me to the ground by getting this divorce.
From your LOVING although once reckless husband.
There are two Joseph F. McDonalds in Chi
cago and counsel took t he rrecaution OF hav-
ing the summons served on both. The wrong
one Is declared by counsel to have exclaimed
My God but this Is sudden. but it is Just
what | expected. But look here. my wifes
name is Viola"
4 sigh OF relief followed the explanation.
Judge Giegerich Of the Court OF Common
Pleas has granted to Annie / Bennett de-
nett; They were married on Dec. 20, 1887. and
lived together until September last.
CHAR +; Duncome has obtnined divorce
o'Rriec Of the supreme Court. The DuncomSs
were married on April 4. 1893. On March 81,
1883. Mrs. Duncomb ran away with man
named Ashton. and has since been living with
him. She did not defend the action.
Chief Judge Sedg Of the Superior Court
has dismissed the suit which was brought by
Davis Moschkowi.z for an absolute divorce
from his wife Celia whom he married in May.
1885, The wife denied her husband 8 chargeH.
and made counter allegations OF cruelty
against him.
Phrbe Streat has brought An action for d.
been pending In the Supreme Court for several
years, The action has not been brought to
final disposition and the husband is in arrears
for alimony. The matter came before tho
not paying alimony. Justice Jarrett, In deny
ing 1t. says: The proceedings in this action
cannot receive the sanction Of tho Court. The
defendan. has leen in default since 1889. yet
1t Ia quite evident that the intention through
out has been to use the divorce procedure
merely TO secure support and not for the
legitimate purpose which the statute contem-
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Inspector General McGrrth's Report
Awaited at Stnte Headquarters.

Inspector General McGrrth'a Report
Awaited at Suite Headquarters.
Tho troubles OF the Sixty ninth Regiment
continued to attract attention yesterday. and
a story was printed about a scene wherein 1t
appeared that First Sergeant Kelly OF Com
pany G. who is also an armory employee strobe
up to Col. Cavanngh and offered his resiena-
ton. Kelly was said afterward to have de-
clared that he could produce evidence to cor
roborate CouGhlan 8 charges against Ordn anc o
Sergeant and Janitor Frank Stewart. Kelly
said tina. he had sworn that black was white
to save Stewart. but now that Stewart was
trying to put the dishonesty off on him. he
would not bear it. In tho saloon known as
THE Canteen" he rot into n fight afterward
with John Boyle. whom he accused OF logging
his steps in the interest of Stewart.
Little Significance would be attached to
these doings and sayings. of enlisted men II
they were not echoes of the really serious
troubles in tho regiment
ninth would naturally originate with ticn.
ous Fitzgerald. the, commander OF the First
Brigade. and from hints which have come
nay action which Gen. Fitzgerald might rec
ommrnd would toe gladly accepted;
zen. Porter Mas at his Office In this city yes
Al know about the recent troubles IN the
sifty,n!ntth ana the Eighth. ne sag; mas
tor,General McGrath has racently Inspected
both these regiments. AMI suppose his report
VII he made soon. Those who know Gen.
Mcfrath will DO sure that whatever he has
observed Will be treated vigorously and Justly
In his report. lntii his report is made or until
Gen. Fitzgerald makes some suggestion. can.
not say that III. Governor will take any steps"
The announcement that the Eighth l"gi-
ment was to u" reduced 10 n battalion seems
to have been Premature. Gen. ortrr said that
he was NOT "Waie tnHt any action was con-
templated by GOV. Iln"rr. Col Scott is re-
ported 10 have said that he had an under.
standing with those in authority that nothing
would be don" until he had reached the end OF
his iwenty-nlih year OF service AZ Colonel ri
he will resign.
The object Of tho reduction o, tho Eighth to
o battalion IL said TO hc solely to retire Col.
Scott. Lieut. Ooh. Schilling, and somo Of tho
'aitnins. ths Retirement Of these officers
were brought al out by othrG means the rcg-
inent might be saved. 1t has an honorable
history OF II hundred years. and its many
sas hossi 70 sna1 1y , ,"r ma reas" " "
NJ
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Edward T. Bartlett called and examined.
BY MI Manager Mcmahon prosecutions
Q Where DO You resides Ain tho city OF New
York,
@--What is your oeeupauon' A-Attornsy and
counsel r-At,lAw.
GA member OF what nrm A--Ben EArtstt5 VII.
son.
o.-Ars you acquainted wish Caleb P Nar.ht Al
-.o--Iiow long have you known himt Al think
hAve kn'~n him since the year ;sGt 1892.
Q-!I-"e you hssu his legal Aiyiser IN tina. ,ime' 4
-Ihay! asen.
q state whether. ufoR sEy "ScA' on. ie cane 10
you with person WHOM he Represented % rv a MT.
Evans for She purpose OF paying .asn up
Mr. Carpenter tdofenccI-po H. managers claim that
they introduce evidence OF in'eTview between
third persons NJ which we were not prrGent'
Ng. Manager MoAahon-Yes, Gir, We propose to
meet the accused with Is In tho Of trial.
TITS q che mere formal part OF the proof
Mr.. oArpentsr-we do not know any rule which
sllsws thsm 70 pTsIs AZ Interview between this
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Mr. Sico.son's sanity.

william Fl. Willis and DR.. Samuel r. Elliots
have been appointed by Justice Barrett OF the
supreme Court commissioners to inquire into
the sanity o. John Ni.os,on. who ia in an asy;;
years OF age. is the owner q ten lots on
Fightisih street valued at $4,000 each. and
has about $1,000 in bank. His daughter Clara
has instituted tho proceeding in order that a
committee OF his ierson and estate may be
appOintud.
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10 Save tho s;cow. from Going to sea.

Street Cleaning Commissioner Andrews and
President Cram Of tho Dock Commission vis-
tied Riker's Island yesterday to inspect the
work OF building crib for dumping ground
for ashes and other refuse. Tho crib work 10
on the southeast sido Of the island. and II Is
hoped to cnIuplrte 1t 80 that the scows oi the
street Cleaning unI artment NAV ha unloaded
there hrtore the season OF storms sets In.
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Commissioners Of Parks George V. Brower of
Brooklyn has received n letter from thu Com
mittco N Horticultural Exhibits Mt the Worlds
Fair. notifying him that prize medal had
heen awarded 70 Prospect Park for It's fine
arrives II will be shown In the new greenhouse
Nervous sasssss:s S.s. Ri,i sssss A
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FACTS AND REMEDIES.
FIRsT-FACTs.


INSTRUMENTATION by the senate Of
Pennsylvania into the anthracite coal
difioulties-1871.
Second-Pennsylvanis supreme court
decision in 1871 in case of Morris Run
Coal Company va. the Barclay Coal Com
psny. Volume SO, Pennsylvania State
Reports, page 173.
Third-New York assembly committee
on railroads report on the co. combins-
tion-1878.
Fourth-Labor troubles in anthracite
regions, 1887-1888, house Of representa-
tiVes, Fiftieth congress, second session
Report No. 4147.
Fifth--New York senate investigation
of the coal combinstion-1892.
Sixth - Alleged coal combination,
house of representatives, Fifty-seCond
congress, second session. Report No.
2278, January Is, 1893.
Seventh-The Coke case before the
interstate commerce commission. Coke
Brothers & Co. vs.. the Lshigh Valley
Railroad Company. Report and opinion
of the commission.
Eighth-Testimony, Haddock case be-
fore the interstate commerce commits
sion. John G. Haddock vs. Delaware,
Lackswanns & Western Railroad Com
pany-1890.
Ninth-Hocking Valley investigation.
General assembly of Ohio-1885.
Tenth-Trusts or poola Investigs-
ton by the legislature Of Ohio-1SS9.
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industries. Here is to be seen rising
into view q new law Of industry. Own
ership Of the highways ends in owner
ship of everything and everybody that
must use the highways.
HOW THE CARRIERS BECAME OWNERS OF
THE oARRIRD.
The railroads compelled private own
ers to sell them their mines or all the
product by refusing to supply cars for
their business, Documents No. 8, 4
and g. and by charging rates for the
transportation Of coal 30 high that every
one but themselves loses money on every
ton sent to market.
When the railroads elected to have
the output large they furnished many
cars; when they elected to have the out
put small, they furnished few cars, and
when they elected that there shall be
no output whatever they furnished no
cars. (Testimony in the HaddoCk case,
and testimony Of John 9. Hsddock be-
fore committee Of congress, 1893.
Though coal is an article of commerce
greater in volume than any other ma
tursl product in the United States
carried on railroads, amounting to not
less than 130,0OO,00O tons q year, and
though the appliances for its trsnsporta-
tion have been improved, and the cost
cheapened every year, SO that it can be
handled with less cost and risk than
almost any other class OF freight, the
startling fact appears in the litigstions
before the interstate commerce COM
mission and the Investigations by con-
gress that freight rates have been
advanced instead Of being decreased, are
higher now than they were in 1879, and
that coal is made by these confedersted
railroads to pay rates vastly higher than
the average Of all other high and low
class freight nearly double the rate on
wheat or cotton. Document No. 6,
page 4,) These high freight rates serve
the double purpose Of seeming to justify
the high price Of coal and OF killing of
year by year the independent coal pro-
duCers. What the railroads coal miner
pays for freight returns TO it's other self,
the railroad. What the independent
coal producer pays goes also to the rail
ros1-his competitor. "This excess over
Just and reasonable rates Of trsnsporta-
tion," d" says the report to congress in 1893,
page 4, constitutes an available fund
by which they (the railroads) are enabled
to crush out the competition of indepen-
dent coal producers"
By these means as congress found IN
1888, Document No. 4, page 45) the rail
road managers have forced the inde-
pendent miners TO sell TO them or their
friends at the price they chose to pay.
They were the only possible buyers be-
cause only they we're sure of supply Of
cars, and Of freight rates at which they
could live.
THE ECONOMICALLY WEAKER CoNoUERs.
The private operators thus being
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OFFICIAL STATE PAPER.

frozen out, are able, as the investigation
by the New York legislature in 1878
showed, to produce coal more economic
ally than the great companies, because
not burdened with extravagant salaries,
royalties and leases, interest on fcticious
bonded debts, and dividends ON false
capitalization Of wstered stock. By the
laws Of supply aud demand they would
compete out the unwieldy corporations,
but these administer superior political
economy in their supply and demand of
cars and freight rates.
THEN THE FITTEsT COMBINE.
'The railroad companies engaged in
mining and transporting coal are prac-
tiCally in a. combination to control the
output and fix the price. = They
have practical monopoly of the pro-
duction, the transportation and sale Of
anthracite coal" Document No. 6,
pages 8 and g. This has been the find
ing in all the Investigations for twenty
years.
THE REsULTs-ARTIFICIAL WINTER.
The anthracite oollieries Of Pennsyl-
vRniR could now produce 50,0O00O0 tons
year. The railroads restrict them to
10000, 900 or A,OOOOOO tons, 100000 or
100000 tons less document No. 6,
page y than they could furnish to ward
of the frosts of winter, and to speed the
wheels Of the world, and this creation of
artificial winter has been in progress
from the beginning Of the combination.
$40,0O0000 A YEAR MORE THAN FAIR
PRICE.
In the ten months between February
and November, 1892, the price of coal in
the east, as investigated by congress,
was advanced by the coal railroads
Document No. 6, page 81 as much as
e1.25 and S1.35 ton on the kinds used
by housekeepers, and the combinations,
the report Of congress says Exercise even
more baleful influence on the pro-
duction and transportation Of coal for
the western market" The extortion in
the price fixed Dy the coal railroads was
found by congress in 1883 TO be an aver
age Of 81 ton [ Considerably more than
81 ton" page 14) on all consumed in
the United States, or S39,0OO,0OO in that
yea, Congress, 1888, page 15), and now
$40,0O0O0O to s41,OO0,OOO q year. The
same investigation found that between
1873 and 1886, $2OO,OOO,OOO more than c
fair market price was taken from the
public by this combination.
HOW MUCH IN BITUMINoUs?
Thus in anthracite alone, how many
hundreds, perhaps thousands of millions
more, have been taken by the railroads
which control the bituminous coal fields
from Pennsylvania to the Pacific, there
are no sdjudicated means Of estimating.
THE RETAILER PUT IN HARNESS.
By the same power which has crushed
out the independent coal miner, the re-
Continued on pa0eSJ
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Eleventh Alleged combinations in
manufactures, trade, etc. Dominion
house Of commons, Ottawa-1888
THE ANTHRACITE CONSOLIDATION.

house Of commons, Ottawa-1888.
THE ANTHRACITE CONSOLIDATION.
Within the last thirty years 50 per
cent. Of the Anthracite coal Of America,
practically the entire supply, it is re-
ported to congress this year, has passed
from the ownership Of private citizens,
many thousands in number, into the
possession Of the railroads controlling
the highways Of the coal fields.
These railroads have been undergoing
similar process OF consolidation, and
are now the property of eight great cor
porations. This surrender Of their prop
erty by the individual coal mine owners
is q continuing process in operation at
this moment Document No. 6, pages
4 and 6) for the complete extinction of
the individual" and the independents
in this field. It is destined according to
the report Of congress to end, sin the
entire ABSORPTION y of the entire
anthracite coal fields and collieries by
\ = the common carriers" page 2.
BITUMINoUs GOING THE SAME WAY.
Anthracite coal is geographically a
natural monopoly contained in three
contiguous fields which il laid close to-
gether would not cover more than eight
miles by sixty. But bituminous coal,
although scattered in sxhRustless meas
ureS all over the continent, is being
similarly appropriated by the railroads,
and it's area is being similarly limited
Rrtifcislly by their interference.
"Rsilroad syndicates," says the in
vestigstion Of 1888, Document No. 4,
page 22), are buying all the best bitumi-
nous coal lands along their lines in
Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Arkansas,
Tennessee, Alabama and other western
states and territories, no doubt with q
view Of levying tribute upon the peoples
fuel and the industrial fires Of the coun-
try"
The process Of consolidation is shown
by official and judicial Investigations
documents 4 and p to have been in
progress in the bituminous fields at least
as far back as 1871, with the same pur-
pose, methods and results as in the
anthracite fields, though more slowly
on account of the greater number and
vastness Of the deposits.
The bituminous fields from Pennsyl-
VRnis to the Pacific coast are narrowed
10 the territory along the railroads, and
narrowed there again to the mines owned
Or favored by the railroad managers.
OWNERSHIP OF HIGHWAYS IS OWNERSHIP
OF ALL.
The Investigations by congress in 1883
md 1893, both state that the railroads
of the country are similarly becoming
he owners Of our iron and timber lands,
md both call upon the people to save
Every observer Of affairs
Isss the same process going on in other
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And Give Honest Industry q Chance for
Its Life.
THE REAL ANTITRUST CONVENTION
Issues an Address that Will Make the Coal
BarOns Appear as Highway
Robbers.

After the adjournment Of the Bo-cslled
antitrust convention which met at
Apollo hall, Chicago, on the evening Of
June 6, pursuant to call, delegates from
thirteen of the states represented IN the
full convention, assembled at the Palmer
house for consultation and action. Gen.
James B. Weaver, Of Iowa, was elected
chairman and S. McLSllin, Of Kansas,
secretary. Mrs. Stevens, Of Illinois, pre-
sented an address which had been pre-
pared by Henry D. Lloyd, Of Chicago,
and which was adopted and made the
address of the convention to the people
of the United States. The address is
as follows:
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-09-14
ArCARELESS SHERIFF
A YOUNG RAN DRINKS POISONED WHISKY.


TERRELL, Tex, Sept. 11.-Sherifr
Lowe OF Wood county left Quitman,
having in charge man who had
been adjudged insane in that county
apd ordered confined in the asylum at
TN place. lie got as far as Wills
Point with his charge without Incl
d b. At that place the sheriff got
O the train to get his man some
medicine, when the train pulled out,
leaving his charge TO travel to Ter
rel unrestrained. The sheriff tele-
graphed Marshall Keller to be on the
lookout for a crazy man on the incom-
ing train. On the arrival of the
DtA the crazy man gathered his
Age together and alighted at the
Vepot as one in full possession of his
mental faculties. He was taken in
chhge by Marshal Keller until the
sheriff arrived on the next train and
too him over to the asylum.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-09-14
KllIod His Friend.

MINEoLA, Tex, Sept. s.--Huse
Finley was shot and instantly killed
at the county convict farm near Quit
man Wednesday night. The superin-
tendent of the convict farm was ex-
pecting an attempt to be made to
liberate some of the county couvicts
and had sent for Finley to come and
assist in guarding the Jail on the
farm, and instructed him to come in
the front way. From some cause
tiuiey Game IN tne oacK way behind
the stockade or guardhouse. He was
halted by Guard Williams, but Finley
failed to stop. Williams then fired
one barrel into the air and Finley
then ran toward Williams, who fired
again, killing Finley instantly. Will.
Jams thought he had killed one of the
attacking party until the body was ex-
amined and found to be his friend
Finley. Both Finley and Williams
were raised in this county near Quit
man.