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Frank Thomson, President Pennsylvania
Railroad.

| At Il meeting Of the Board Of Directors of
the Pennsylvania Railroad, held mt the
General Office in Philadelphia on February 3
Frank Thomson Fist President WIS
unanimously elected President.
In every field of American development
Scotch ancestry is conspicuous. Many great
men Of the learned professions, the factors Of
/ the business world, and the high officials of
our commercial ana railroad interests look
back with pride to 4 lineage of the land of
| the thistle and heather. A family OF this
description is that of Thomson In III
Alexander Thomson sailed from Scotland
and settled as pioneer in the Cumberland
Valley. Among his children was Il son, Alex
andcr. who, after winning distinction at the
bar of his State, represented his district in
Congress from 1924 to 1926. Returning to
the practice Of his profession, he became
| judge of the Sixteenth Judicial District, and
subsequently professor of law in Marshall
College
His son. Frank Thomson was born in
Chambersburg. Pa. July 9Th, 1871. His
rudimentary and classical education was re-
csived at the Chambersburg Academy, but he
did not inherit the paternal taste for the law.
With the foresight which has been one of the
distinguishing characteristics of his life, he
| saw in the practical work of the railroad an
attractive and promising field OF action, and
at seventeen years of age he entered the
Altoona Shops Of the Pennsylvania Railroad
for instruction. A four years course of
| training in this great school of applied
science graduated him a mechanical engineer
who could build II locomotive through every
stage of the progress, from the crude iron to
the finished engine ON the rails, whilo il also
fitted him to operate us engineman the pre- =
duct CT his own skill.
1t required little time for Col. Thos A Scott
General Superintendent of the road, to detec ct
in the young engineer evidences of unusual,
ability, and the outbreak of civil war furnish
ed the opportunity of testing his judgment.
Colonel Scott had been appointed by
| President Lincoln Assistant Secretary of War,
and placed in charge Of all matters relating
to the transportation of troops and supplies
and he called Frank Thompson to his aid as
Chief Assistant.
Mr. Thomson took the field Immediately.
the scene of his operations being the South
and the upper Southwest where he con-
structed railroads and bridges, repaired
those which had been injured by the exgencies
of war. directed the transportation of troops
and the forwarding of supplies to the front.
The signal success of his efforts in this
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-13
THE FLINT INDUSTRY.
Cecil County Grinders Want Protection

Cecil County Grinders Want Protection.
WAsmNdroS, Feb 6. representative Baker
today filed with the Ways and Means Com
mittec a statement from MeSsrs b. q. and j,
G. Smith and Il. NJ. Allen, Jr., of Conowinco,
Cecil county, Md, of the flint and spar grind
Ing and qUarryinS industry in the Second
Congressional district of Maryland The
statement is as follows
"rh" facilities for the milling and quarry
Ing OF Hint in the Second district, based on
tine business done in one year within the past
| five years. has amounted to 5000 tons of
Hint During the past year the entire output
was little less than 5000 tons. The business
has fallen off each year, as the mills outside
Of the state haze turned their attention to
the importation Of flint pebbles from France
| and other European countries rs we'll as the
| importation of ground flint pebbles from the
sane points. The pebbles are brought to
this country and landed ut the nili doors for
Il less prize" per ton than miners can quarry
! them in Maryland and pay freight to destiuu-
ton.
'The quarrying Of flint is all labor. not
plants, but straight from the soil; is essen
TALLY business of the people; and the large
falling Off of this business in this locality has
been source of the loss of much labor and
of distress to many
The flint pebbles are taken from the shores
of the English channel-mcrely picked up by
women ana children-and being cheap freight
lrpu,rht bnrp nt ln,y ia, ~
ton, enabling them to undersell the American
product
"The feldSpar quarries are laboring under
Il similar difficulty, but from Il Canadian
source. The mica mines of Canadn are en-
ahled to ship their feLdspar. it being IL bi-
product Of mica mining t. the United states
at a rate that ran not be competed wita by
the q0rry-owners Of the Second Congress
sional district Of Maryland and the Second
Congressional district Of Maine.
Tho quarrirs Of flint and spar in this
county have been worl;nl for many years.
int each yea ia" product is h.s-rucl. It's tHc
o..a"rs "an not compete with the European
AMI Canadian product. the quartz or nlnt
business OF the So 'ond Congressional district
Of Main" is in IL worse condition than the
second Congressional district OF Maryland.
Is their product is met 10y the importation Of
those French pebbles, which sell at Il price
| les, than the price from Maine.
"What il asked is that protection be afford
ed which will enable the quarrics and mills
to resume worE. To this end Il duty of 81
per ton Of 20O0 pounds is asked upon all i'm
ported flint pebbles. ungrouni flint or quartz
and feIdspar: and duty of - per ton of
1000 pounds upon all ground flint or quartz
and feldspar-"
These gentlemen propose to also flo petit
tion, through Mr.. Baker, shortly, praying for
the duty upon imported flint, quartz and
leldspar.
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grandiloquent not to say grandiaorant

grandiloquent not to say grandiAorant
language:
1--WE learn, and we must confess with the
most poignant regret and profound humil-
iation, that, on Thursday last these eminent
opponents of public and political wisdom
met in a corridor of the National Capitol,
at Washington, and that nothing but the
sacred precincts that environed them
averted the most direful consequences The
bellicosity of the Hon. WELLINGTON was
particularly displayed on the occasion.
| The neck of the Bitter Creek warrior was
clothed in thunder, and he paved the ilaI
stones OF the corridor even Is the war horse
| of job paved the dust in the Valley Of
,Judea. His wild snortS, like unto the
shoutin9s of the captains, tore along the
may laby.inths of the classic edficr,
iloatcd out through the western pnrtco
over the monument-capped city, and did
not pause until they had wreathed them
selves around the apex of the cloud-cre,tsd
monnlith erected to the memory OF the late
&. w.
The Hon. McComas was notified that he
was no good, that he was wolf in shrep's
attire, that he was traitor, and according
to the Hon. Booze, who was present, it was
act of floor mopping did not then and there
occur.
The Hon. McComas, it appears, main.
tanned something of judicial calmnes>,
though there was nothing to indicate that
he was, in any manner, intimdated by the
furious onslaughts of his antagonist. With
that mein Of stoical confidence which might
come to man with his hand in his pocket
and firm grip on solid brass knucGle,
he backed himself against wall, and with
his basilsk eye fixed on the enemy, he
seemed to say, with Fitz James:
Come one come all, this rock shall fly
From its firm base as soon as l.
But the threatened bolt did not fall,
though the Hon. Wellington stood aggres-
sively for some moments, with his eye in IL
fine frenzy rolling, and turning the circum-
ambient atmosphere a murky blue with
the burning powder of his wrathful maledic-
tions.
What might have happened had this
meeting taken place on the t,rampian hills
Of Western Maryland, wherein these two
brilliant statesmen fed their fathers foc,s
Of course no one can now ,rll, bur the minI
Shuddcrs iIum contemplation of the pos
sibiIities.'
Some few years ago, the New Yoyj.
Herald, startled thc world by Il sixteen
column imaginary account Of the ESCAPE Of
the animals from the Zoo in Central Park
Since the publication o. that blood curd
ling story, of the rayenou- beasts eating NJ
helpless women and children in the streets
Of the Commercial Metropoi, Of the Great
Republic, no equal to it has appeared,
until, this cannahalistic story Of the "rolSt
ing" alive of a L. ). District Judge under
very the dome of the nations capitol.
How state, flat and Improbable seem the
real events of life, when over shldowed by
the monumental work of that magnificent
faculty of mantle Imagination
Lacking that like OthellO'S, the enter.
prising reporters occupation would indeed
be gone
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-13
THE PEOPLES .ROGBER-THE
SUGAR TRUST.

That prince Of monopolists Mr.. Henry O
Havemyer and his obsequous servitoI Mr..
Searlcs have been before the Lexow Invc.ti-
eating Committee in New York. this week
These gentlemen have openly admitted
that the Sugar Trust controls the price o.
sugar used by 20 millions Of people in this
country, because it p'oauces 80 per cent of
the sugar refined in this country.
They admit that their margin of profit is
% per cent. on capitalization of 5000, =
600, made up by watering the trust stock
on the combined property of absorbed
reaueries appraised at only $l2, 600, 600.
The present profit of the Sugar Trust of
J of cent pound nets more than 50, 0OO,.
600 annually.
What will be its net profit when it wipes
out the remaining small retineries which
produce one-tfth only of the refined sugar
produced in this country?
What would stop this arrogant monopoly
in robbing the people of the country, and
further accommodating it dishonest millions?
Mr.. IIavermyer deliantly told Sen
atorial Committee, at Washington, that the
tie Supreme Court of the United States has
q legal right to exist.
What will put an end to it?
The removal of the duty on refined
sugar.
That's the remedy.
And what is more, if the Republican
party redeems the promise it made to the
people last fall, to impose and maintain
only such rates of duty upon articles of
general consumption, as will not foster or
maintain monopolistic trusts, it will take
the duty off refined sugars, and give the
American people free sugar, along with the
free coffee they already have.
Considering the small quantity of sugar
produced by the Louisiana sugar growing
belt of this country there is no sufficient
reason why the duty on refined sugars
should be longer maintained.
Let the sugars, the millions OF America
consume, come in free for the tariff on
them only fosters tie Sugar Trust, and in
creases annually the millions Of half
dozen men.
If wisdom rules in Congress, the life of
the gigantic Octopus, that brushes every in
dividual capitalist it touches, will be
limited.
If Republican statesmen and leaders,
listen to the pleas of these monopolistic
spoilsmen, and accept the ''swag" Mr..
Havemyer admits he has paid in the past
for the special privileges his monopoly
, enjoys, their days of dominance may in
turn be limited.
Popular remonstrancc against such exist
ing monopolies is everywhere in the air.
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SENATOR ARTHUR PrE GORMAN bobbed
up seronely in Baltimore, on Tuesday. and
srnilingIy assured Herald reporter, Chat
the Democratic party will be in the fight
next fall, and that he would be with the
party.
Why of course Mr.. German will be with
his party. There would be no sense in his
tloclsing by himself, like Mr.. Hill of New
York.
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BLACK DRESS GOODS:

BLACK MOHAIR SlCILlANS-with
very bright, fancy figures IS inches wide
Real value, rs cents per yard, at 90
cents.
BLACK JACQUARDS - Atwood,
granite ground, an excellent quality, 40
inches wide. Real value, rs cents; at
S. cents.
BLACk CREPON FRIEZE AND
BASKET WEANE-all-wool, 40 inches
wide. Real value, $3.50 pc yard; at Is
cents.
BLACK MOHAIR AND WOOL
NOEtlllkS-42 inches wide, beaut-
luI designs. Real value, 81. so per yard;
at $Goo.
MOHAlR AND WOOL NOVELTIES
high class, IS inches wide. Real values,
400 and $3.50 per yard; at sI.25 and
$I5o
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THE DUKE
AND THE JUDGE
Reported Encounter Between
Wellington and McCOmas.
In THE CAPITOL CORRIDOR.
Statement From Both the Gentlemen
Concerned.

Apparently not content with these poster
head lines, and a statement from both
these gentlemen absolutely denying the
unfriendly character of their meeting, the
HeraM still further exhibited its enterprise
in a half column editorial, repeating the
story of the crib. roasting" pictured in this
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dangerous undertaking not only received
fitting recognition from the War Department,
bnt marked him as Il railroad man of rare
promise. At the conclusion of active hos
tiIities in this territory he was relieved from
military duty. and in June, 1861 wa. an
pointed Superintendent of the Eastern
Division of the Philadelphia and Erie Rail
road, which occupied his time until. March
1873. After this experience promotion came
rapidly. In March, 1913, he was made Super
lntendcnt OF Motive Power Of the Pcnns,J
wanna Railroad at Altoona.
| In this position the vast information and
wide experience gained from his course in
I'll" shops was applied to the work of practi-
/ cal locomotive construction, and so was laid
the foundation OF the system which has since
| produced those celebrated locomotives
known As the "PcnnsyIyunia Railr. adj
Standard Engine On July lst. 1874, he
r"Iinquishcd this post TO hecomo Genera.
Manager of the penns ylvania ltnlroad system
east of PittsDurG and Erie.
As General Manager he introduced n num-
her of reforms in the management. admins
N'''''''i '''''' ''''i'''' me- vi IHt road. The
standard track and solid roadbrd owes IT'S
existence to his efforts, and the system If
track inspection and the awarded of prizes
for the best sections of track were jnstituted
by him.
On October lst. 1882. Mr.. Thomson be-
came Second Vice President, and on October
9th, 1888, was advanced to the post of First
Vice-P President, which he has held I'D to the
present date. During his incumbencv of the
| Vice Presidential offices Mr. Thomson was
charged with the traffic arrangem ents of the
System. both in the freight and passenger
branch, and as administrative officer of the
road and direct representative of the Presi-
dent was in position to carry out to their
fullest truition the progressive reforms which
| he instituted rs General Manager
Mr. Thomson Is II member Of the Philn-
| d"iPhia CiUb, the Uaon cub Of New YORK.,
and other prominent clubs of both cities.
| Mr. Thomson is "a widower. his wife the
, daughter Of the late Benjamin G. Clarke. of
New York. hay.H.- died IN June. 1887. Miss
Anne Thomson, tho o"iy duu,,h IL prunu-
"nt liturr in Philadelphia society, and Frank
q. and Clar"r Thonso both students n,
| Harvard compose !hr lamilg.
|.... 81 northumberland
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Local Matter Ten Cents line for single
Insertion.
Transient Ratcs-Eight Cents II line for one
and four cents Il line for every additional
insertion. One inch of space counted rs
twelve lines. Special rates for regular ndVCr-
tiscmcnts furnished upon application.
Marriage and Death Notices inserted gra-
tutCusly. Obituaries will be charged half the
usual rate OF transient local matter.
The circulation of the WING being among
the most intelligent classes OF Cecil county
and the adiOin ny counties of Maryland, Penn
sylvania and Delaware. the proprietor conf
IDENTIFY recommends ii to business men as Il
most desirable medium for remuncrattvc
advertising.
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With the SpOrtSmeD.

1t is said that wild ducks and other ,,ome
have disappeared from the vicinity of Chester
river, which is the one on which Chcstcrtown
Is located. The cause for this is given Inv
Sunners. who say that the men employed on
oyster boats have shot off all Of tho game.
IL Is claimed tina: even the men on the police
oyster boats do this.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-13

A young man in Lowell, Mass, troubled for
years with constant succession of boils on
his neck, was completely cured by taking
only three bottles Of Ayers Sarsaparilla.
improved digestion with increased avoirdu-
poiS.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-13

Congressional "Deestlicks' the free
seed" perquiste is big thing, for every
body else, it is an arraut fraud and hum
bng.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-02-13

BURGLARS carried away the slverware
in Mr.. Altgeld's house few nights ago.
Doubtless Altgeld thinks this is carrying
free silver too far.
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Spring Goods

are already abundant in every depart
ment We mention several especially
attractive lines of Dress Goods and
Linens:
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Crayons, Pastes-Oll and Water Colors-
enlarged from all sizes at reasonable prices.
Groups, Wedding Parties, Interiors of Par
ors, etc, etc, taken by iashlight at any
time day or night
Outdoor Photography. Views, Landscapes,
Picnic Parties, Animals. Horses specially.
Studio pOsiHrTiy cioSed on Sunday.
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In the text that followed, the Judge is
pictured as holding out the olive branch,
to the irate Senator, in the shape of a
tender of his judicial hand, accompanied
by the expressed desire, to do something
for the good of the Republican party in
Maryland, after which very laudable desire,
and friendly proffer, the Senator RIB
roasts' the Judge, by reminding him in
too fervent tones, that he, the Senator re-
members the Judges treachery to him III
1892, to which he, the Senator, then owed
his defeat.
The Ncos' account goes on to state, that
the Senator grew "madder and madden, y
and "roasted" Judge McComas for fully
ten minutes.
How long Judge is required to roast in
in Washington, before he is fully done, "
is not stated in the Nems, but on Monday,
the equally enterprising Morning Herdld
took up the refrain, and exceeded its after
noon contemporary in the size of its scare
head, in this style:
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Samples OF Dress Goods and illustrated
catalogue of Linens sent on request.
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SENATOR AND JUDGE
WELLINGTON GIVES McCOMAS A
THOROUGH RIB-ROASTING.

Authentic Account of the Stormy In
terview at the Capitol on Thurs
day-The Judge Holds Out the
Olive Branch, Which Is Declined
With Vehemence -The Senator
Elect DefieS the Judge to Try for
Anything in Politics.
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HENRY r. TORBERT,

Editor and Proprietor.
Y. n. TORBERT,
Associate Editor and business Manager
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ESTABLISHED IN Ie4I.

Polished Every Saturday Morning at Elkton,
Cecil County, Nd.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-03
OUR NEW JERSEY GUESTS.

The New Jersey editors. we hope,
scored good day yesterday.
They expressed themselves warmly
touching the hospitality Of our
North Carolina folks, and were specially
impressed with the marks of material
enterprise throughout the State. Last
night the Executive Mansion was hos
pitably thrown open both 10 the guests
and their hosts, the Chamber Of Com
merce, and they were officially given vel
come and Godspeed. To-day they will
see more Of Raleigh before leaving for
their homes, and will carry with them
the good wishes Of people who have en-
joyed their visit and who will be all the
more welcoming should others follow
not for brief visit, but to cast their lots
with us.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-03
PEARSONIAN FIGURES.
Baskerville Citizen.)

Richmond Pearson is reported as stat
ing in his speech asking for specific and
increased duty on mica that the industry
was the means of livelihood of "morn
than 100000 men, women and children in
my State" and this means had hnn1
almost destroyed, not so much nv tha
rate of duty as by these scandalous. pal
pable and demOnstrable under-yalua-
tiOns, by mostrOus frauds against our
government and against my people."
In conclusion the same Congressman
Said: II ask you to spare my people
from the degrading competition to
which Democratic folly has reduced
them" If the duty cut so little figure in
the mica industry in North Carolina.
why berate the Democratic party? 1t
was not and is not responsible for the
under-valuatiOns made at the custom
house of imported mica. There is no
Democratic folly in that; only misrepre-
sentation by importers.
Now as to the more than 100000 men.
women and children in my State" who,
Mr. Pearson says, have their livelihood
out of the mica industry. The great bulk
of North Cardinals mica comes from the
four counties of Jackson, Yancey, Macon
and Mitchell. The total population Of
those counties is less than $4,000, includ-
ing Indians and negroes. The actual
number of persons engaged, directly and
Indirectly, in mining mica in North Caro-
lima is probably not above 1000. Where
did Pearson get his authority for esti-
mating the number over 100000?
1t is evident the Congressman from the
Nlnth was looking for a sop to throw to
his constituents in the back counties.
and caught at the mica duty as being as
good as anything. But what figures