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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-28

Ssx FRAvctsco. May y Collc-iaF
Phelrs announced to-day that un Monday
next De- goil1 undertake - have seven
Chlnsse elef-srtci under the pnss islon q
The Gesry act The men ar iataisfs
aud were .muggicJ in ffom Victoria
The matter xill b. heard before Uuisrai
states Com missioner Savyef.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-28

TAHsokoucs. \. C.. Mss a. Mn
steele, an Aesonaal had thrilling en-.
perisnce yesterday. She had made an
asosnsson aud was ior feet Ia the air
when the balloon caught fire. She srsed
d eat loose the ssrsehuse. but vas an
able " DO go, sf.a as the flames spread
the balloon began o. descend swiftly.
Mns Steele kept her seat IN the para
chute. ana ~ she nearea the earth she
was enseioIsed in smoke from the tire
atcse her. She struck the ground ~
violently that she xas rendered uBeon
scsous. but later on recovered.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-28
BOOTH HAS a RELAPSE.
lie Il Unconscious aud May Not Live
Tfsroaxh the Night.

NEw YoK1. May - DR. 81. Clair
Smith. Edwin Booths pin, sieian. said at
midnight: Mr.. Booths condition is
much more serious than it has
been for some time. He is weaker
and has been partially unconscious
-~ffS noon. lie cannot recognize
any one. Without great rally IL is
doubtful IL be can recover from this last
attack" At . O'Clock j: was said at the
Players club that Mr.. Booths condition
had not changed since midnight.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-28

FisplAf, Ohio. MAJ n The Peoples
bank II North baltimore. IN which en-.
Secretary Poster held $1,000 stock,
stood heavy run Yesterday. and IL sas
feared would be- compelled to suspend
The bank opened up ss usual for bnsi
mess this morning. houeser, and lie di
rcctors announce their ability to pull
Through
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-28

tssgttnt. May = : private cahlc
gfaie received here this uteru4as ,fnm
tstnsisb fn4land announces thc ssa'h
q bf Hamilton triiiln. sssafsihrf a.
Mar knasfssn snd her lase bnsnrsa
maHaeoF pr Htif'o has heen in bati
heslth toe nessl, seafs i.stne sufferer
ff,shl iirlehfs tsisesse.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-28

Ie~fs. Mich. May y Frank Steele
vho j. serving shori ecrtencs IN jail
ID laFcsrs, hss he-n taken sick With
daehtheria Arrangements have l'een
IA ale far his removsl and i@,iatipu The
all Nili hc famigafsd There arr three
ether prisoners iu the building bot
every effort - being rlS'ie g. pfeYent
the spread = the MALAY
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-28

Nfr aas Asy Il fehp q Nre
r,A-ul sensiai g. is.nsias us .irs the
llsggiisill afsnlpsstfaiisn arrived sss iae
ltsits lf-4aY eith hsa fsmdf itts isnl
- sl leave hsf IaifaHsls tahsaft
NJ Nse wld fassash "a q wn stlsi - ths.
@usb
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-28

f-t-etvo. Nirh. MAY ~ Mrs. Minnie
HERE . Dkeufe eaiFesl examinatian
Un The chsrse - knsrg her 500. sssfer
t4y hsf.tre just.er isaan Size sse
Iriinsi over O. ths fraif eouft sif1nnf
b4d Ger aefenss sui - made ca the
a. nad q lnssnitg
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-28

land sDr funds 81 be used ir support q
the PsfbeiiIts faetiun. ffsy say that
fhe party = overwhelmed by financial
btlre.sns and hat 4ssistsaee - necessary
% ave the p.srty organi,Arian from dis
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-28

wsrrzns sxorn cut by John n JohnsoI
Il NJ - kelusouf avenue. sbo alleges
that the gentleman vlsh fltir bnBesed
hin out II o.eso which he inlr1stec h.
hss cSfe.
Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1893-05-28

1l.s ti.iazs = 81 gsnns is t,f.su1 fa
svety csai 4 his sslsfs
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04
An 3ly Balance

rhe fact that 6792 murders were com.
nitted in the United States last year and only
lo7 judicial hangings took place, goes to show
that the cunning of the lawyers was more
effective than the restraints and penalties of
the laws.-St. Louis (Mo.) Globe-D Democrat.
Very often it looks like the law is a
formal scheme to promote murdarous
enmity to society.
And yet so great must be our respect
for the scheme that we have to be very
careful how we speak of it, and es-
pecially Of those who have it in charge
These can evade it with impunity in
the interest of scoundrelism and
murder, bat to US it is the unavoidable
yea" and the inevitable "amen" OF
tyranny.
Criminals are thus enancipated the
Press correspondingly subjugated.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04
Hands Or.

Governor Brown is said to be after the
beneficial! societies doing business in this
State with a double-edged AK. Not long ago
the charter of the International Fraternal
Alliance was declared annulled by Judge
Wickes upon application of Attorney General
Poe. Among other fraternal societies of the
law are the Royal Arcanum, Fraternal Legion,
Order of Heptasophs, Shield of Honor Elks,
Junior Order United American Mechanics,
Knights of the Golden Eagle, Catholic Be
nevolent Legion, Hebrew Benevolent Society,
Legion of Honor, Knights of Honor and
others.-Cumberland fourier.
If the above be true, the governor
will make a great mistake.
He will err
/, In chasing the Royal Arcanum,
Legion of Honor, Knights of Honor
and, perhaps, the Ancient Order of
United Workmen with the Inter-
national Fraternal Alliance
., In deprlying poor people of small
insurance at cost, and
3, In subjecting himself to the i'm
putation of leading crusade at the
hehest of the old-line life insurance
companies.
The JOURNAL names the Royal Ar
canum, ETC., because it knows more of
those mentioned than any others. Be-
sides, they are the leading organiza-
tons, and, as an instance of their USE
fulness we will give the work of each
for 1891, the figures showing the sums
paid to widows and orphans:
Ancient Order of United Workmen S. sos, 900
Knights of Honor. Observation-Disclosures. 4 20S, 900
Royal Arcanum. .......... 3,Oo6, OOO
American Legion of Honor. ...... 2,7O7, zoo
All this was done at . cost to the
membership of not over IT per cent. of
the amount insured.
In the case of the United Workmen
the cost of carrying So 900 was $23. y =
a fraction less than II per- cent.
AS before stated, it is this sort of III
surance only that is available to poor
people
| l, Because the maximum risks are
small =
,, The premiums are payable in
small instruments, and
3, They never dispute, abate OF
resist payments of amounts due upon
death.
At headquarters, too, the officials dc
not enjoy a picnic founded upon
exorbitant salaries. The JOURNAL be.
lieves the general running expenses Of
the Royal Arcanum and Knights Of
Honor, perhaps the Legion of Honor
also, are higher than necessary, but
there are no $4,000 presidencies, non
So, 900 secretaryships and actuary
ships, nor $4,000 directorships among
them.
We repeat 1.-THE Governor viii
make great mistake if he assails the
insurance Of the poor
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04
COUNTY NEWS.
The Coal Trade.

Shipments of coal from the mines of
the Georges Creek coal region were
IN long tons
For week ending Jan. Is 1898. 80, G6S
- year to same date. .............. DOB $50
Decrease compared with last year,. 46, 1873
The latest news from the New York
market is CLEANED as follows:
There has been some Improvement in trans
portatlon facilities, cars now coming back
that should have been returned month ago
Coastwise shipments are much hampered by
ice and foul weather.
One of the large companies has bought
Cleartield coal for IS. 50 alongside New York,
and retailers have paid as much as So for
PocahOntas. A demand for 900 tons of
good soft coal met no response from sellers,
as they did not have it and could not get it,
The trade is not disturbed over the recent
Nova Scotia deal, " as the total production Of
these mines last year was only /, 763 900, as
against $4,000 in 1891.
When the new company takes hold it NAV
introduce modern machinery and modern
methods in the Nova Scotia mines, and may
reduce the cost Of mining below the present
figure of Sl.12MSl.25 The uncertain feature
of the venture is the rigorous climate which
will forbid active operations for at least four
months in the year.
Putting the cost of the coal on board at
Sl.25, which is probably too low, adding IS
cents freight and IS cents duty-the cost of
Nova Scotia coal alongside, Boston, will be
$40. AT this cost it cannot interfere serious
ly with our coal, as Ceartield coal, or Cum
berland, can be laid down at Port Reading or
Philadelphia for $3.50. In spite of the mag
mtude OF the enterprise said to be on foot
with view to opening the Cape Breton
mines on large scale we can see no serious
, danger to our own mines-Engineering and
Mining JOujl,H
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04
PrOblenaticaI.

The meeting last Saturday at Cum
berland to deyise advice to the County
Commissioners how to rebuild the
courthouse was universally acknowl-
edged collapse.
From start to finish it was Il Babel
Of disagreements, and the wonder is
that several new languages did not
break out from the scatteration.
A few lone, lorn spirits from the
Creek were present, representing no.
body but themselves and little show to
do that.
The only man from Frostburg was
our Commissioner, and he should have
staid at home.
The outcome is-the Commissioners,
unable to decide, have unloaded on
Judge Hoffman their duty in the
premises, and now it can hardly be
said that the courthouse will be re-
built in Cumberland by majority of
Georges Creek commissioners,
Maybe not.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04
This Also il Settled

Sometime ago the Cumberland Cour-
Ter said:
No cannbal feeds on one of its kind
The JOURNAL looked upon this
statement as a compact, consolidated,
concrete contradiction of ITSELF and
expressed that opinion in substance.
Now the Courier says
The JOURNAL must look upon the word
"cannibaf' a word with a meaning,
whereasi it is so meaningless that the only
way to get it IN the dictionary was by saying
that it is probably corruption of the name
of a people who eat human flesh ;" and in
this way it can be used as having reflected
and secondhand meaning, describing the
habits of those to whose name it is tied by
an uncertainty as "probable' tail
1t probably depends upon the
dictionary used. There is but one
species of cannibal, literally speaking,
but there are several kinds of die
tionary. The one we have says prima-
rily cannibal is
A human being that eats human flesh etc
A dog-eating dog, therefore, is not
a eannibal.
But the cannibal, as shown by
Webster, does eat the flesh OF his or her
kind.
Otherwise, he or she would not be a
cannibal.
The sentence
No cannibal feeds on one of its kind
is doubly erroneous. Like the sentence
embodying two negatives thing
sud destroys the thing meant.
Literally the Courier should have
used Webster's primary definition.
There would, then, have been no
confusion of kind or gender-certainly
no unintentional misstatement of a
fact long since patent.
And even now illustrated in way
by Cumberland people as feeders and
Georges Creek people as the fed.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04
Respectfully Declined.

One of the strongest tributes to editorial
gallantry is the request by the committee of
ladies from the Baltimore Society of Friends,
that each paper will publish an article on the
Qualification of the Press -Cumberland
Times.
The JOURNAL will publish no such
article.
The we'll meaning ladies err so far
as Allegany county is concerned.
Here the Press is not regarded as a
self-puritier. Other people have taken
in hand that department of economic
defecatlon.
Until the Court of Appeals called a
halt they bowled along with some eclat.
But the treatment was too drastic.
Now they are the best qualified of our
Nterati to prepare the article desired.
And to explain also how the Press
can be impure in its exposures and
COMBINATIONS of impurity.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04

Look AT the quotation elsewhere
from the Engineering and Mining
Journal concerning the dimensions of
the Nova Scotia free coal scare.
AS red rag to divert attention from
the jury commission bill it shakes and
shakes with augmenting debility,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04
Rate Of Taxation.

A prominent Cumberland lawyer,
it is reported, announces very conclu-
'siyely that "a new county will cost its
people 81 80 per 800 per annum."
The JOURNAL is glad this statement
comes out, for it puts us Oh new line
of inquiry.
What is the actuni rate Georges
Creek people are paying now?
The nominal rate is oil cents per
800, but what is the actual rate
We estimate that at the yely lowest
figure Georges Creek pays $l22 of
the county's taxes.
OF this sum it gets back $67 600,
which is all the nominal rate of oil
cents per 800 yields to Georges Creek
Now, then, as 81 is to I'D so is Oh
cents to 81 .G5--the actual cost per 800
AUegany county is noc costing Georges
Greek,
The Georges Creek assessment seems
to be nearly Is million 500 thousand
dollars. To raise $67 ,000-the amount
the Creek gets now, would require a
levy of only 81 cents per 800, or 81. II
per 800 less than is actually paid now.
Fellow-citizens, q new county will
pay, and pay big.
1t will pay the coal companies cnor-
mously i'll reduced taxes and the people
in both reduced taxes and an enor-
nous enhancement of their property
values
\ preliminary survey is neces~ airy.
Let us hayc it,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04
The Reasons Muitiply.

l
Judge Stake recently drew the jury
for the February term of Court in
| Washington county, concerning which,
| among other things, the Herald and
Torch says:
For the first time in many years no names
| of gentlemen qualified to serve, or whose
| names it was desired should be put in the
box, were suggested by counsel. This custom
was carefully avoided and disregarded because
| of the recent decision in the Court of Appeals
quired to put the names in the box without
the advice or suggestion of the members of
the bar. Indeed, it is said, that ifan attorney
ventures to suggest name it is to be
purposely left out
Which sounds like it was hard
matter for the attorneys to keep still,
and hardship for the judge to do
right.
But every objection to the existing
method, real, implied, or even sus-
pected, is an argument favoring the
jury commission measure.
If the objection, however, be founded
upon antipathy to the spirit of the
current law, then there is more need
than ever for july commission.
Because it is essentially the spirit of
the law the jury commission bill was
designed to represent and put into
effect.
1t was the then existing method from
which we We're trying to get away.
Fact.
The Frostburg JOURNAL champions the re
moval of the county seat from the ancient
city of Cumberland to the lofty metropolis of
the coal region, of which the aforesaid JOUR
NAL, both as "a person and a paper" is the
pride and boast.-Oakland Democyut
The JOURNAL, especially as paper,
is glad to quote the Democrats tribute
For it embodles great fact.
The JOURNAL is the greatest instltu-
ton eyer located in Frostbmg.
No other eyer shed half the lustre
on the towns name, or made it so
widely and creditably known.
No other eyer so unseltishly ded-
icated itself to the towns improve
ment and to the protection of its
good name.
No other institutions word 'goes,"
not only in Frostburg, but in the
county, like that of the JOURNAL.
We say these things at the risk Of
mourning the charge Of egotism, but
they are tacts-brietly stated.
Yet there are people here blind
leaders of the blind that sect "who
honor no prophets" save those in Cum
berland or some other heterogeneous
lace who cannot see that the town
would be almost unknown but for the
JOURNAL.
These could not be made to under
stand that it's cline upon line and pre-
cept upon precept" have been Of in
calculable value to the material and
moral growth Of the town, and that, in
spite Of their own characteristic skep-
ticism concerning their town as a
Nazareth from which no good can
emanate, it has both worthy name
and wide fame.
In conclusion, the JOURNAL has done
more and better work and effected
more valuable results for less compen-
sation than any institution in West
ern Maryland.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04
Turn on the Light,

The Court of Appeals emphasized the
lesson Of publicity in public affairs in
the Avirett case i'll a most impressive
manner
public, but the names must be selected
in public.
n few months ago the JOURNAL had
occasion to haul the Town Council over
some hot embers for violating that
imperative provision of the Charter
which says:
and all meetings of the Council shall be
public.
To hold meetings at any time and
anywhere III secret to transact the
pudlic's business is illegal.
Not only so. The Mayor and Coun-
cilmen violate that oath which binds
them to carry out all the provisions of
the Charter, etc.
We are somewhat reminded of the
matter by the mystery which now
environs the proposed expenditure of
about $4,000 of the towns money in
some transcendental manner, in some
undiscovered neighborhood, for some
mystic work.
So far only two men know where
we are atone an unprofessional
water supply artist, the other an mex
pert water supply designer.
They may be on the right track, but
the JOURNAL, for one, would like an
early opportunity to Judge.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04
\ Pair OF Becauscs.

Mr.. James j. Corbett refuses to enter into
controversy with Mr.. Pat Sheedy because the
latter is an evil man. Washington Nc~s.
And enthusiastically newspaper
will "decline" to be hauled into a
controversy with the JOURNAL because
the latter is 4 sinful sheet.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04
NODanSer Ahead.

The Cumberland Meas makes an in
genious defense of its position anent
that faction of its party which favols
free coal, and in doing so says the
tariff on coal
is involved in the policy of party, and
the question whether coal was to be free, or
the duty retained was as much of an issue in
the late campaign as the remainder of the
Mckinley bill.
The JOURNAL thinks this an error.
The tariff on coal was overlooked in
the construction of the Mckinley bill,
and is not and never was Mckinley
measure.
SO that when Nh. Cleveland asked
"what are we in power for, if not to
repeal the Mckinley bill ?"-he had
not and could have had no reference
to coal.
The current tariff on coal, in fact, is
the compromise figure effected by a
democratic representative when a re-
publican Congress had practically re-
duced it from $l25 to so cents per
ton.
Moreover, the current rate, IS cents
per ton, is the tariff-for,revenue rate,
below which Mr.. Cleveland is pledged
not to go.
Consequently, the JOURNAL firmly
believes there is no reason whatever to
fear injury to coal from a revision of
the tariff.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04
The Smell of the Charmer.

The queen Of Hawaii wanted to farm out
the opium traffic but she could not put her
people to sleep.-Cumberland Times.
She missed big thing by not taking
q pointer from Cumberland's mes
merle sway over all the negative forces
on Georges Creek.
Another Richmond in the Field.
The JOURNAL has real Hon. John
M, Robinson's dissenting opinion in
the Avirett case.
1t is a powerful back-action argu-
ment in favor of a jury commission.
Its negations of the feasibility of Il
judge knowing everybody are fright
full.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04
Business Locals.

Why is 1t the Bcst.-Pan-Tina
lit cures Coughs and Colds.
2-Strengthens weak Lungs.
3-Releves and cures Asthma.
4-lnsures you against La Grippe.
5-Robs Group of its terrorS.
6-Cures when all else fails. % and 80
cents. Trial bottles of Pan-Tina free al &. &.
Shearer Il Co. Drug Store
Dcntistry.-Drs. Z. Z. Ritter n Bro have
all the latest appliances to perform any and
all operations pertaining to their profession.
Preservation of the Natural Teeth specially.
Office opposite Central Hotel
II YOU want to get at our prices you can do
50 by figuring about 10 per cent. off what other
dealers ask you, and you'll be about the mark.
We are always the lowest in price as well us
best in quality. GFHAUF ~ MAYER.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04

I'm Immense Of1er-l have arranged for
short time to make dozen of our uncXcelled
Cabinet Photos and fine l6x2O 9-lifeSize
crayon pictures for 50. We do this as
another method ofintroducing our work into
every home. This offer also holds good with
anyone who has recently had work done.
For further information call at Gallery.
All work done "without pain
4 a
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04

Weather delightful yesterday. Re-
ports favorable for to morrow.
Mrs. Catharinc Simons was appoint
ed postmistress of Eckhart Monday.
The grounding editions Of the Cum
berland dailies made no mention of the
patron saint Of the day. The weather
thereupon will doubtless continue its
wicked ways for II days, more or less.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04
Biting Off More than it Can Chaw.

BII1HB OH MOFt tHdH 1C CaI1 VHHW.
The Homecoming Repiep wants the new
county seat at Lonaconing.-Ledqcr.
The JOURNAL. has understood all
along that the Reoie,o does not want the
county-seat removed, nor does it want a
new county.
And that it has thus disqualified it.
self as county-seat elector if either
of its wishes are overruled.
Besides, it took the Reoiem too long
to find site for that new schoolhouse.
If it has to look out now for enough
suitable ground for courthouse and
Jail its ''lot is not a happy one.n
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04

Sentiment that Reaches Only Half
Way.
The Cumberland Times, hard up TO,
an argument against a new county.
says:
United we stand, divided we fall
The JOURNALS version of it is
United we Cthe Georges Creek regon) are
already down; divided we (the Georges Creek
region) rise.
When we separate, depend on it
there will be no calamity here.
Not Il Su%ar-Coated Pill Either.
It's sometimes actually pleasant to be in
the wrong and own it.-Baltimore NemS
Witness the hilarity Of some of oul
valued Cumberland friends when they
talk of the Avirett case.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04
Election.

One day last week the Homecoming
and Cumberland Electric Power COM
pany organized by electing officers as
follows:
PrcSident-juhn j. Bell
ce-Ireside"t- George w. Clark
Aecfrtoyy ana TrcoSurcr-W William Pe;rrc.
-Nunager-F. V. L. Turner.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1893-02-04
Whittlety-Whct.

The Cumberland Ne,cs by implication
says our Learned legal informant
did not advise us truly concerning the
mooted point in the Troxell case. In
its own concluding words:
The JOURNAL can easily find ground for re-
reversing itself on this point if it will make
any investigation worth the name, and it
Will then perhaps not be so ready hereafter
to accept the mere statements Of every person
whom it considers a Learned legal gentle
man
The JOURNAL has it in black and
white, voluntarily offered hence 1.-The
burden Of proof seems to rest upon
the Ners.
1t is from a reputable authority. If
he be not what the Nems seems to think
he is not-a "learned legal gentle
man." it may at least amount to only
lawyers estimate of lawyer--a case
wherein one judgment may be erratic
us another.