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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

MARK HANNA endorses the action
OF the Republican Committee in Viz
ginIa in Ousting Col. Lamb as Chair
man and in declining to call a con-
NcntlOn to nominate State ticket.
Col. Lamb still claims to be Chair
man, and, ignoring the action of the
Committee. has called State con.
Vcntion which will he held in Lynch
burg soon, and the indications are
that it will be largely attended. The
<. q. p. is split wide open in Vir.
ginia and the Democrats will have a
walkoVer. In recent letter to the
New York Public Opinion Col. Lamb
says: " 1t is "ell known that neither
Messrs. Martin, Libby, Walker OF
myself (members of the late execu.
tive committee) wanted, or would
accept, any federal office, and the
war was made on us by Mr.. Hanna
because he could not buy us for Mr.
Mckinley, and the men who have
usurped our party organization
through his influence, are the carpet
baggers and scalawags who are Re.
publicans for revenue only.'"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

THE big hotel of the West Lynch.
burg Land Company, which in boom
times cost $1,000, was sold recently
at public auction for So, 200, and was
bought by Judge Garnett, of Nor
folk, as representative of a syndicate
Of the bondholders.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

ABOUT 5000 children are excluded
from the New York city public
schools from lack of room.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

SAYS 1T WAS DORR.--J. Slidell
Brown, President of the West Nir-
ginia Editorial Association and
owner and Editor of the h'UYgICOOd
AryHS, says, in recent issue Of his
paper, that Capt. :. NJ. Taylor, the
Il. n O. conductor, on whose train
Dorr was riding at the time he in.
suited the young lady Of which So
much has been said, Was in King.
and that, in conversation with him
(Rr0wn) Taylor affirmed most posi-
lively that the man was Durr, the
Republican member of Congress
from the Third district. "Capt.
TaylOr,n says the argus, "SayS that
he knows Dorr we'll and has met him
time and again while travelling back
and forth on his train, and that
he could not possibly have been mis-
taken, and will be qualified to testify
any time that it was Dorr himsel,
and not some friend riding on hi
pass, as the friends of DOrr try to eX
plain, but they take good care not I,
give the name Of this " friend" no
will they dare to do so. a frienG
in need is friend indeed and Mr.
Dorr is certainly in great need of .
friend just now, but the said fricnC
must remain anonymous"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

\ TARIFF FOR DEFICIENCY
"Our problem is To provide adequate
revenue from duties on imports to
carry on the Government" y Nelson
DhgicN V., Congressional Record,
March 2iM.
The Dingley bill was passed July
24th. Government revenue, eX-pen-
diture and deficit from August lst to
the close of the second week in Sep
tembcr:
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

Revenue. Expenditures. Deficit
1927 ........S 26 ss!leS $40, 966, Ul7 Sl7ll6sEs
lEgG......... Si,S7g65s I5.UgS,G76 lO,7lsslg
Ie'5.''...... "h,I21iii lS,r5i,SsI I,I26.9O9
1.-THE adoption Of revenue bill
which should fail in this purpose,
which should create an additional
deficiency IN the immediate future,
which would require further issue
Of bonds to meet current expendi-
lures, would certainly be fatal to the
hopes of future success of any po-
litical party responsible for such leg
islatiOn."- Senator ". ". Aldrich,
Congressional Record, May 26M.-
pHtSb'Tg Post.
According to Mr.. Aldrich the Re.
publican party should go out of
power, for, under their bill the Gov.
eminent is daily running into debt
Their high rates of duty have cur.
tailed imp0rtatiOns.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

ON the Potomac river, several
miles from Williamsport, on the
West Virginia side, remarkable
cave is said to be situated. Three
young men on n recent tour of en-
piOratiOn, were let down over 200
feet by means Of n rope, and did not
touch the bottom. The ceilings Of
two Of the chambers, which have
been entered, measure over 100 feet
in height.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

GLADSTONE ON TIE EUROPEAN
CoNCERT.-The London Chronicle
publishes an extract from a letter
written by Mr.. Gladstone under re-
cent date. In it Mr.. Gladstone says ::
The pain, shame and mischief
of the last two years in the Eastern
policy transcend entirely the powers
of any language | could use concern.
ing them. The sum is this:
Firstly-A hundred thousand Ar.
menians have been slaughtered, with
no security against n repetition, and
with greater profit To the aSsaSsins.
Sccondly-Turkey is stronger than
at any time since the Crimean war.
Thirdly Greece is weaker than at
any time since she became king.
dom.
F"urthly All this due to the Eu-
rOp"an concert, that i, the mutual
hatred and diStruSt of the powcrs.~
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

Office Of Com r Guy b Mdns. !
Lepisburg, Sept. l7th, 1897. !
NJ. NJ. McGrath, Adm'r of Mary Gard
ner, deceased.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

Ginghams, PIaidB, CalicOes, Brown
and Blcached Muslins, 4,c. per ward
and up, a large lot of Mason & Fruit
Jars, Stoneware, Tinware, Hardware.
Clothing, Hats, Boots, Shoes and Dress
Goods, at Bottom Prices. Highest
Prices paid for Produce
5. +. MELES,
Jeweler and dealer in General Mer-
chandise,
FALLING SPRING, w. VA.
Aug. 18th. 1897.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

SOME of the most prominent and
progressive Of the colored citizens of
Ohio met at Columbus last week, or
gained the Negro Protective party
and nominated IA State ticket. The
object seems to be TO declare their in
dependence of the Republican party.
In other words, they want better re-
COgnitiOn, and seem determined To
CNtOrt what * due them from the
Republican in the way of official
patronage. In Kentucky the negroes
are following the example set by
their Ohio brethren. Property man.
aged and persisted in, this move
mcnt would mean serious trouble for
the Republicans, not only in Ohio
but in many other States. 1t will
not Brighten Hanna, however. He'll
find the remedy in his barrel, buy up
thclcadorS ana squclch the movement
before it hardly becomes known.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30
Sly Mr.. l,lkins.

Senator Elkins is i'm an ugly pre-
dicamCnt. He admits, yea boasts,
that he was largely, if not chiefly,
instrumental in sticking Section -,
discriminating against goods shipped
into the United States through
Canada, into the Dingley tariff bill,
and the part he played in that disre
putablc trick has invited the sever
est criticism from leading journals
all oyer the country. Mr.. EIkins
attempts to Justify the trick he
played in getting this Objectionable
section into the bill on the ground,
as he claims, that, had the section
not been declared illegal by AttOr-
ncy General McKcnua, it would
have meant for the ocean what the
tariff bill means for the land, and
would have been of great benefit to
Americas ocean traffic.
Senator Chandler, the papers say,
proposes To get after Mr.. Elkins
when the Senate meets in Deem
Der. In recent letter To Boston
paper he declared that Section -
WAS put through by chicanery, or a
legislative trick; that is by writing
it a. new matter into q conference
report when ii was adopted by both
houses Of Congress without being
noticed Ivy more than those persons
engaged in the scheme.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

TIE Louisville Post brings the
pension list home to roost in this
way zone hundred and forty mil
lion dollars year for pensions means
about 100000 day, or $4,000 an
hour for the Pight-h0ur working day.
This is quite n lot Of money, hut is
only SO year for every family in
the United States, and just think
what an effect il has in keeping the
Republican party solid.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30
Government by Injunction.

judy" Jackson Oh INC D'''ii''
Court, has perpc'ua'eo 'he inJuho'''"
lately granted against 'ho ''ilNi"e
miners OF Marion county, a'iu' !"
doing So, TOOK occasion 10 uelo"o HIS
action III the matter
We think the Kanawha GGzsttC
nroncrly and ius,lv criticizes the
.Iudpc when il SAWS Judge Jack
son i y LAWYER of conceded ability
and learning, but in defending the
priuripl" of the injunction he goes
beyond tn" domain of law and en-
,rrs that OF government. This is
TIA" chief trouhl" with many of our
Judges. Instead of sticking to their
last and inrpar'ialIy administering
tn" law, they seek To enter the realm
Of craftsmanship and hCcom" rulers
Of men. Judge Jackson is plainly
F"dUrali~i III the ancient School ot
Hamilton, now mod"rnlZeu INTO
vague, indefinite ard llmltl"SS aut0c-
rHCy. Whether his law IL sound or
not "" VIII leave IN" lawyers L"
judge, but 80 Tar rs the public policy
of his attltud" Is concerned, we have
n doubt that IT leads up I" the de-
etructl"n of liberty and government
ny ''' P''i'''
~ "E''''N' '''''S' . ''NN"'' wv Pu'
N'"''e''"' '"''H' '"' W '''' AP-
p'l'"'' "ui' " l''""'9' ""o says :
hen courts undertake" To settle
Labor disputes ny tn" us" of the writ
OF injunction, they are acting with
out jurisdiction. TO use the writ ct
injunction I" diSperse or prevent an
unlawful asSemoiage, or TO patrol n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

lT has been officially decided, at n
conference Of the members of the
faculty and board of regents, that
the inaugural ceremonies Inducing
into office the new President of the
State University, will take place on
October 18th. This ceremonial will
probably be the biggest event in the
history Of the school.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

FREE GRATIS.-A gold bug agency,
located al Washington, ID. c., Lock
Box 80, is flooding the country press
with gold bug literature, which they
furnish any paper that wants it
" free gratis and for nothing" The
object Of this made-tO. order matter
Is to show that the country is now
overwhelmed with prosperity and
confidence, all due to the maiule.
nance Of gotd as the only money of
maj redemption. Our Republican
contemporaries are using this stuff in
large quantities, many Of them in.
sorting it as original editorial matter.
1t Is amusing to see the same article
appear in many of them the same
week.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

THE Dinglcy bill levies a tax of
81 cents ton on imported coal to
keep up the wages of labor, rs il was
claimed. Then why have the mi.
nerS Of five States been on strike
since July?
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

THOSE Of our Republican and gold
bug friends who affect to believe that
the Democracy is drifting from the
free coinage idea should read the
speech of Mr.. Chapman, Democratic
candidate for Governor in Ohio. and
should also carefully poruse the plat
forms recently adopted 10y the Demo.
Gratis of Virginia, Pennsylvania,
Massachusetts and other States.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30
Optical Goods
T. =. TRY.
Com III issiOner's Notice.
GO TO 7. i. FRY.

LewiSburg, ". Va.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

DIR. FREDERICK \. Cook, who
was a member Of Peary's Greenland
expedition Of 1891, has sailed from
New York for the South Pole, or a
point in that direction. He proposes
to join tho Gerlach expedition, a Bel.
GUM undertaking, which is well
fitted with all the means of coping
with the difficulties of Antarctic re-
search, including balloon, PAN
dree, with which To make aerial pro-
gress where ice prevents navigation.
SPECIAL. United States Officer G.
W. Faucet, at work in Preston
county ON the Cuunterteiting case, is
treating that community TO some
great surprises, and announces that
he has more of the Same sort in store.
He arrested recently :. II. Wolf, a
wcll.to-do farmer, who has always
borne the best reputation. The evi.
dence against him is said to be con-
viucing. He was taken to the Clarks-
burg Jail.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

THE Democratic campaign in Nir-
ginia was formally opened at Rich
mond Thursday night. Mayor j.
Hogo Tyler and Mcssrs. Edward
Echols and y. j. Montague, the three
nominees on the State ticket, were
all present and made addresses,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30
N,,nv IrJIa GIxTEK. the mil.

MAJOR LEWIS EINTEK, the mil
lIonaire tobacco manufacturer OF
Richmond, Va, is about 10 die at his
country home near that city. he
has been seriously sick for months,
and DR.. McGuirU now expresses the
opinion that he cannot live though
the week. His large fortune, amount
ing, it is said, To between eight and
ten millions, has ali been accumu-
lated in the tobacco business since
the war. The Hotel Jefferson, one
of the largest and most magnificent
hustelrius in the United States, stands
us an imposing monument to his
memory.
The Records Of the war between
the States, the completion OF the
publication OF which by the Federal
Government is announced, are said
to be the most VOluminOuS work ever
published 10y any government. The
III books of the series contain 49,
232 pages, and are described as con-
tanning can exhaustive body of all
the accessible data bearing upon the
war, no papers being withheld on the
plea of privacy"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-09-30

n GENERALstrikc il on among the
miners employed ON the four mines
Of Simpson y Watkins, north of
Scranton, Pa. About | 100 men are
out and the strike may assume more
serious proportions among the for
cign element in the upper Lacka-
wanna Valley. Why all these strikes
with a tariff of 81 cents on coal for
the protection of the miners?
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-01

King George of Greece has been forced
to dismiss his ministry by the clamnr of
the populaceEand call neutrality-suspicious.
to construct new one. The offence for
which the ministry are punished is their
failure to successfully conduct the war
policy which was forced upon them by
the very peopleswho have now demanded
their resignation. No rehl blame at
tacbes to them for their failure, for any
ministry would have failed under the
circumstances. But that makes no
difference. The populace under such
conditions as now exist in Greece are not
discriminating. They want scape goat
to load their-own sins upon, and the
ministry is the most available one. OF
course change of ministry can have no
effect to change the situation SO far as
the war with Turkey is concerned. but
it has served apparently to appease the
wrath of the people of Athens and pre-
vented probably an insurreotiop.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-01

/
will of the Mayor alone, and two years
ago the legislature passed law which
provides that any officer appointed by
the Mayor and Aldermen may be ra-
moved by the Mayor. Yet with all these
examples of tyranny around him, with
al these statutes, clearly from the
pen of parvenus In legislation, (and he
must have known OF their existence fer
he is lawyer Mr.. BENNETT remained
calm and refused to get excited until this
charter appeared, in which the tyranni-
cal powers already held by the sMayer
vera considerably abatod, inasmuch as
he is compelled by it to get the assent
OF the Aldermen which was not neces-
sary before; and by which removal for
purely personal reasons is guarded
against by compelling him to put his
reasons in writing where the pub lilo
can see them. Mr.. bennett has waked
up very late to the necessity of protecting
regulations. He has lived for quarter
Oh century In the midst of tyranny and
oHences against good morals" and has
not known anything about it. No off
Ger good name and tenure OF office has
oeen secure during all this time and
yet he has remained calm. Well, all that
We nave to say Is that il Mr.. bennett
could live in state OF calmness in the
midst OF all this danger for more than a
quarter of century thers is not
the slightest reason for anybody
else to get excited about it.
There must be some wey to remove
officers. The power of removal as well as
the power of appointing must be lodged
somewhere, and there is no better plaza
than in the Mayor and Aldermen. All
power may be abused, but the plan of
making the appointing power, the re-
moving power, which has been adopted
in national and state affairs is as free
from danger of abuse as any can be.
MIR. Dennett's objection to the extern
sion of the terms of the aldermen does
not amount to much more than his OBJ
lection to the power of removal. Under
the arrangement proposed the majority
OF the board can be changed every two
years, which is as often as Congress or
the State Legislature is changed. The
advantage of the arrangement is that
there will always be in the board con-
siderable mum Der of members who have
had experience i'll municipal affairs.
Mr.. bennett to the contrary notwith-
standing. municipal corporation is not
a purely political affair; on the contrary
1t is to large extent business affair,
and it is just as desirable to have it
managed by men who are familiar with
its business and have had experience as
1t is in the case of private corporation.
The danger that the city will fall into
the hands of syndicate on account of
the extension of the aldermen's terms
is not serious enough to lie awake nights
over.
Those who agree with Mr.. Dem
nett will Of course vote no on the char
ter. Those who do not will vote yes
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-01

Sir Walter Besant is attempting to make
+ba observance of the anniversaries Of
sbakespeare's birth and death a universal
Analo-Saxon custom.
.sEquality," Edward Rellamy's new book,
which is to make its appearance soon, deals,
as did Looking Backward, 2 with the TWEEN
tieth century. Many of the same characters
reappear.
The annual value of the human hair ex-
ported from China is said to be about $780,
600. 1t is taken from the heads of paupers,
criminals and the dead
The English language is spoken by
about 125,0oo,O00 persons, while the Chinese
is spoken by over 10000, 900.
There are ,425 characters in the twenty
four books that Dickens wrote.
England has one member of Parliament to
every 1O,e5O electors, Ireland one for every
7.177, Scotland one for every 1914, and Wales
one for every 9,613.
One inch OF rain falling upon one square
mile is equivalent to about II, 500, 900 gallons
of water.
The railways of the world carry over AGO.
900, 600 passengers weekly.
1t is 900 years since the fork made its ap-
pearance in Europe.
The British empire owns about one-sixth
OF the total railway construction of the
world. 1t is about seventy years since the
flrst railway in the world was completed.
Since then 100000 miles of railway track
nave been laid,a evidence indeed of a very
rapid advancement.
Maria Theresa's eifigy will now, after q
century and a half, disappear from the
Levantine dollars usei in Ably ssinia, as
Negus Menelik II. has approved of the
designs for a new coin submitted by two
frenohsartists. On one sidu will be the
head OF Menelik, wearing the triple tiara
snrmounted by the Greek cross; on the
other the lion OF Judah, with the motto,
Ethiopia stretches forth her hand to
none but God.
Russian doctors are hereafter to wear,
as sign that they are legally qualified
to practice, little uzak. or badge. a
silver oval plate an inch and half long
by an inch wide, on which Is a design of
Two intertwined serpents. The object Is
to increase the safety Of the wearer in
the less civilized parts Of the country.
Another quick piece CT railroad en-
gineering has been done in England, an
old bridge at Loughborough being re-
moved, new steel bridge of eight arches
put in its place. and traffic resumed
within thirteen hours. The bridge is
peculiar in that the arches are made of
one piece of steel and rest on steel pillars
instead of brickwork.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-01

Reading Mr.. Cham berlain's speech in
the House of Commons between the lines
it would seem to mean that the English
were preparing for another raid into the
B Ger Republic; this time under tie aus
pieces of the home government. OF course
Mr. Chamberlain denies that anything
more is intended than the maintenance
of British rights in South Africa, but ex-
perience has shown repeatedly that
British rights is phase which admits OF
great latitude of Interpretation. Where
ever England has wanted territory, it
has had no great trouble in setting up
some sort of specious pretext for seiz-
ing it. 1t has been quite evident since
Jameson's raid and tire farcical investi-
cation made by the House of Commons
of the affair that the British covet
the valuable gold mines inside the Boer
territory. Sir Cecil Rhodes who admit
ted that he connived at Jameson's raid,
if he did not actively instigate lit, was
made hero by the court and by the
people, and he is understood to have
gone back to South Afri ca determined to
find pretext for new invasion of the
Boer territory. Doubtless he will find
it, and he will And also the British gov
eminent ready to assist him to take ad-
vantage of it, iDasmuoh as it has just
appropriated 200, 600 pounds for just such
an emergency and despatched British
troops to Cape Colony. The signs are
unmistakable that England is contem-
plating descent on President Kruger's
country. and is merely waiting for a
pretext. Kruger understands il perfectly
well, and that is the reason he is arming
his people. Germany understands it also
and that is the reason she h as just made
a treaty of friendship and commerce
with the Transvaal. II England does
not find pretext soon it will be because
she fears Germany and Russia.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-01
STATE OF MAINE.
ARBOR DAY.
A PROCLAMATION.
BY the Governor.

The statutes of our state wisely declare that
the Governor shall annually set apart day in
the spring as Arbor day, for the planting of
scrubs add much 10 the beauty of our cities
and villages and to the comfort and elegance of
our homes. To the end that their planting
this day has been established. l therefore APP
point Monday, the 10th day of May next. to be
observed as Arbor Day, and recommend that
all the people of our state show a commendable
zeal in promoting the objects for which this day
is designed. by devoting the time to planting or
namental trees and shrubs along their streets,
iii public parks and other places and around
their homes,
Given at the Executive Chamber. in Augusta.
this thirty first day of March, in the year Of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
ninety-seven, and Of the independence of the
United States OF America the one hundred
and tWenty,firSt.
LLEWELLYN POWERS.
By the Governor,
BYRON BOYD, Secretary of State.
The Portland daily press., 1897-05-01

Globe Democrat: "Prof. Douglass
Archibald, who is considered one of the
most eminent meteorologists, forecasts
another hot summer for the Northern
Hemisphere, great masses of ice in the
Atlantic indicating an early polar spring.
The abnormal heat is attributed to solar
conditions, which have been unsettled
since the maximum period of sun spots
in 1893. A severe dronth prevails now in
Australia, and the spectroscope shows
that the sun is hotter than usual" The
issue win probably show that Prof
Douglass Archibald does not know any
more about the weather than the rest of
us.