Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1896-01-17
NEWS AND COMMENTS.

The FIVE members OF the band oil
counterf,i:ers known as theYehuda
Brotherhood were sentenced at
Philadelphia to $1,000 fine each
and FIVE yeals in the penltentlary'
The Central Hotel, Altoona, Pa
was totally destroyed by fire early
Sunday morning. Many OF the
guests were taken out upper WIN
dows by the firemem. Oae fireman
was killed by falling wall. Ihe
loss will rea ch close TO 100000.
Utah is now admitted into the
sisterhood of States, and Is the
4sth. This will give the Republi-
cans two more U. S. Senators and
another Representative In the
House, and will give three more
votes 10 the electoral college which
elects a President.
An unknown negro brutally as
saulted the 1l-year. old daughter
of Thomas A. Wetherill. PArkers-
burg. w. Va, Friday night, in the
psrlor of her home, in the fashion
able part of the city. The negro
will be lynched. Suspicious ne
groes are being arrested by whole
sale.
On the ninth the Virginia su'
prems court of appeals rendered
an lmrortant decision IN regard 10
usurious interest to the effect that
the only part of the interest which
may be applied to the principal is
all that IN excess of the rate pro
vidsd by law, which is six per cent
The indignation meeting against
the Hop. Jas. G. McCune, which
wa. advertised by the Stras6urg
Free Lance to be held in Wood
stock, last Monday, did not ma
terislise. We are rather oil the
opinion that the indignation is
more imaginary than real. We
asked a number of republicans,
who had supported Mr.. McCune,
about the meeting bat they seemed
to know nothing about it, and
manifested no sympathy for the
movement. The only parties that
we could find who expressed any
desire to attend 1t, were those
who we're prompted by curiosity
TO know what would be done and
who would do it.
The number of new election
hills presented IN the Legislature
of Virginia Indicates a strong
desire upon the part OF a large
number of The people of Virginia
for a new election law. they,
evidently, are not satisfied with
the present and desire change.
A new law that will retain the
good features Of the present law,
and discard the features that are
Objectionable, on account OF their
unfalrness, is, in our opinion, what
the great majority of the people
want. From the history of cleo
tions, in this country, it's evident
that the different parties have at
times endeavOred to gain advan'
tsge, by means Of unfair election
laws aud unfair administration OF
the laws. What we want is a law
that is fair for all parties, and Que
that will defeat bribery aud all the
Unfair means used to defeat the
fnll and fair expression OF the
public sentiment at the polls.
We are glad to notice that the
bill requiring railroads, to furnish
separate cars for white and colorsd
passengers will probably be de-
feated. We don't want that law
One Of the effects in this valley
would be that the company would
be compelled to cOniioe all traveIl-
ing to passenger trains. AS 1t IS
the B. & 0. Railroad give the peo'
ple Of the Valley Of Va. as good, II
not better travelling facilities, than
any other section of the State.
Now we bave tour trains each way.
If the proposed law should pass we
would probably, have but two. We
hope that our representatives Will
vote against it.