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Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
Coming Events.

Rev. and Mrs. J. r. Wood have in
vited a number of friends to join them
i'll observing the 25th, or SILVER an
niversary Of their marriage Saturday
evening, Nov. 10, next, at the parsonage
of the NJ E. Church.
The Elks will have private wire from
the Western Union lines extended to their
(thirD floor of "The Eleanor" on night of
election day and there receive the returns
Of course, all Elks, home OF foreign born,
will be welcome. The refreshments will
be under the guardianship of Messrs. c.
E. Tucker and Arthur Baker, and the
music, exclusively "T. N" rpppytoire,
will be directed by Prof. Nicholas Tam
BOURNE Hooking. Other entertaining
features will make the evening notable
i'll the annals of the metropolis.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
Better Let Irrelevant Matters Rest.

ga New York Miner" i'll the Form,
wants to bet that Major Little was here
in 1894 with the State militia
1t is presumable this man thinks that
under the same circumstances Col Pearre
would not have been here.
But the Cumberland Ne~s, i'll defend
ing Col Pearre from blame for his of
fetal course i'll the prosecution of the
pulp mill people, sets Maj. Little right
1t says:
Col Pearre is 10 be honored for doing his
duty as States attorney, just as Major Little
is to be commended for answering the call OF
the militia i'll 1894, and going with his regi
ment as major to the strike region. The man
who is influenced by appeals to the contrary
is man who will not listen to reason from
any quarter and we hope there are very few
of them in Allegany county.
This is big setback for "A New
York Miner" but the .Nc~s adds this in
dignant prohibition
Away with such methods of campaigning
A fact not yet stated is-as States at
torney he enjoyed considerable discretion
concerning the prosecution of the pulp
mill people.
The JOURNAL remembers we'll enough
that it was and is said that "the grand
jury indicted and no other way was left
him but to perform his duty
1t remembers also that it was contend
ed on the other hand that "the advice of
the States attorney goes long way in
the grand jury ROOM
But however all that may be, his utter
ances i'll open court and public print, the
latter particularly, bulged out and over
flowed with sophistry. This was no.
tably manifest in his distinction between
natural and artificial pollution"
The JOURNAL recalls this because,
since the Ne"S makes Il parallel of it,
the whole truth should be stated.
There are no distinctions between the
natural" and "artificiar' behind a
military order. The centurion said to
his subaltem Ego and he goeth," or
"come and he cometh."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
Betting on Elections.


For the benefit of all in interest the
JOURNAL calls attention to the fact that
betting ON the results of elections is not
legal pastime or sport.
In testimony whereof Article 33 of the
Code is here reproduced:
Section IS, No person shall make any bet
or wager on the result of any election to take
place IN this State.
Section Sc, Amy person offending against
the preceding section shall be liable to indict-
ment in the circuit courts, if the otfense be
committed in any county, and, on
conviction shall be fined not less than $50
nor more than $500, to be paid to the State
for the the use of the School Fund
Section 81, Every deposit of money in any
part of the State, as wager or bet upon
elections IN this State or elsewhere, shall be
forfeited and paid over to the county COM
missoners of the county where deposited,
for the use for the county n n
1t will be seen that distinction is
drawn between the character of bets upon
the result of any election to take place
IN this state" and "bets upon elections in
this State or PIspWhere."
In the one case, the offender is liable
to Indictment and fine, the latter going
to the school fund.
In the other, he loses the amount
wagered, which must be paid to the
county commissioners for county pur-
poses.
The wisdom of this law was never
more manifest than now. Great ques-
tions are on trial before the highest
court i'll the neutrality-suspicious. so grave
that it We're sacrilege to have them
hinge in even one mind upon a gambler s
Judgment, not to say bravado.
But many, too many people are affect
ed by the daily publication of bets and
odds and all that. 1t is possible that IA
huge bet, widely known, might carry a
State, close as Maryland seems to be,
to the side where otherwise it would not
go.
Hence, the criminal color of the statute
prohibiting wagers on the result IN this
state.
1t seems to the JOURNAL, too, that
both county commissioners and school
commissioners are charged by both duty
and interest to avail themselves of the
opportunity the law gives them. If
each body will see to it that the law is
enforced, one of two events will come
about
l, Both the county and school treasur-
les will be fattened thereby, or
2, They will stop vicious, degrading
and possibly a dangerous method of in
fiuencing popular verdicts.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
Watering TrOuDhs,

A considerable number of watering
troughs have been recently located and
erected at available points on roads cen
treing ill town-a great convenience to
both country and town people and a
boon to the horses. 1t is said this has
been done more or less throughout the
county and that president Pritchard, of
the county commissioners, is especially
to be credited for the provision around
here. Those who are thoughtful of the
convenience of the people and the SIM
pie needs of the patient workers who
cannot speak for themselves are "blessed
i'll their deed"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
No Free Trade Since the War.

In reporting the death of Hon. Will
liam L. Wilson the Meyersdale Pa.)
Commercial distinguishes him thus:
He was the author of the Free Trade bill
that made Mckinley President, a former
Post Master General and Congressman.
AS a matter of fact, he was not the
author of the Act that "made Mckinley
president
If the Commercial We're to write an
editorial and the JOURNAL were to amend
it i'll 667 particulars, each amendment
carrying it further from its purpose, the
rommerciM would hardly acknowledge
its authorship.
Hence, the Act that "made Mckinley
president was not free trade measure.
Moreover, there has not been a so-caIied
FIRE" haie .ict IN force since the ~dr'
All ''the hard times of 1896" and other
years we hear of in campaign times hare
tr""spired ""i"r torit$ that ""re not only
nigh bit protcctjrc!
The German Act-the one which the
Commercial thinks, or affects to think,
made Mckinley president, was only
Az points i'll income percentage below
that of the Mckinley Act, and only Ga
below the current Dingley Act.
That is why great old Grover CIeve-
land denounced it as the product of
''pertidy and dishonor."
The truth of the matter is, gentlemen,
you are i'll the imperial hands of the
money power. This is the force whose
sweet will rules-that controls every
thing except the winds, clouds and sun
shine-thdt dccrcrs whcn times SHAH be
g0od and "hen the ~oL ShoH haunt the
doors Of III" poor!'
This is the force that dictates hard
times if elections do not go its way, and
after election, avenges defeat by in
stigating CoXey armies
This is the force that handles the
tariff, enacted in labor's name, as club
to break labor's head.
Were it otherwise, labor would never
have to strike for what is its own by
governmental enactment
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
OucSti

Inasmuch as both the county commits
sioners and town council have been buy
ing large amounts of terra-cotta pipe
and will probably buy much more, why
do not these gentlemen purchase this
material i'll carload lots from first hands
and save the middle profit, thought to
be big, either for further use on the
roads, or to the pockets of the people?
Or do they owe more to terra-c Gotta
pipe peddlers than to the people at large:
If so, for what?
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
An Old EnlIacv RnhS In

An economist named Flint is the latest
authority to contend that the way to
cheapen merchandise is to pay rising
prices for raw materials and labor.
That used to be rule in high tariff
arithmetic.
But the law of like causes produce
like effects has not yet been repealed.
Until it is will flour, for instance, cost
more and more as the cost of wheat rises
and the greed of the miller grows.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27

Among the local organizations promo
tive of vocal development not the least
is "the singing school, conducted by
Rev. j. r. Wood, pastor Of the M. E.
Church. The school is held every Fri
day evening. To his church choir and
members of the Y. NJ G. A. his services
are gratuitous; TO outsiders IL small fee
is charged for a long course. Rev. Mr..
Wood is not only a scholar III vocal lore
but an accomplished cxemplar of the art.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
FROSTBURG, OCTOBER 81, 1900
Ask for a Certainty.

There is not genuine miner on
Georges Creek who wants to strike
next spring, nor at any other time.
If the JOURNAL were i'll the betting
business, it would be willing to wager
something on that proposition.
Yet what assurance have miners i'll
the promise of "a full dinner-pail' that
there shall never again be occasion for
them to strike?
What covenant is there in the ''full
dinner pail that guarantees to them "a
conference" whenever they want it?
What engagement is there i'll the full
dinner-pail'' that commits the companies
to recognition from this out?
What pledge is there i'll the full dim
ner-pail' that will hereafter obviate all
occasion of pleas for reinstatement: y
What contract is there i'll the full
dinner-pail'' that "the damnable black
list shall be thing of the past?
The JOURNAL asks these questions be-
cause the mere promise of the full din
ner-pail' is too general; because what
is wanted is "a bill of particulars
suited to the miners situation and needs;
in short, because miners want the es-
sentials which make the full dinner
pail" sure thing statedin specific terms.
They are not unreasonable questions,
because, from Mbor's pojm Of ric", the
several items named conference, etc,
are indispensable to the prevention of
strikes for the "full dinner-pail.'
The particular pledges named can be
as easily fulfilled as the general promise
of "a full dinner-pail' can be carried
out.
Why not, then, exact them severally,
particularly and jointly before you vote
The JOURNAL is further induced to
mention this matter because the time Is
certainly on the wing, no matter "ho rs
piectrd, when the consumers of Georges
Creek coal will get tired of meeting Mr..
Hanna's promise to pay for the
miners ''full dinner-pail," based on -
Genus Il tOH.
Write that prophecy high on your
walls where the children cannot rub it
out.
For it should be remembered that Mr..
Hanna must "break faith and play
false either to the miner or consumer.
He has promised the full dinner-pail'
to both, but cannot possibly fill the con-
sumer's "dinner-pail' "Hhom robb'"g
that Of the miner. 1t is a case wherein
.'nO man can serve two masters
Hence, miners, exact the promise-not
of the full dimer-pail" only, but of the
pledge that youshall never have to strike
for it, For Mr. Hanna has as much right
and as much prerogative to pledge the
latter as the former.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
Real Estate Transfers.

The following notes of real estate
transfers are of more or less interest:
Anna Eilbeck to David Kiddy, lot in Pekin
1890.
John B. Wright and Thomas w. Frost ex-
ecutors, to Charles Cook, lots Is and IA,
GrahamtOwn.
Same to Henry A. Gable, lot 1872 McCuloh's
addition, trostburg, 81. etc.
Same to Jeanette Brode, part of Wright
property on Welsh Hill, Fro,tburg, 500
Same to James McAleer lots 16O and 16l,
McCullohs addition, Frostburg ST.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
HOW the Tariff is Work ed

Not one workingman i'll thousand
reflects that the tariff, enacted in his
name and for his protection, does not
reach him (when it does reach him p
from first hands; that the benefit in
tended for him passes () through the
importers hands; % through the whole
sale merchant or jobber's hands, and (3)
through the retail merchants hands.
In other words. each buyer of foreign
commodity has at least three trustees,
each of which pays himsrf a commission
which he himself fixes, and the higher
the tariff the higher the commission.
If, however, the tariff prohibits impor-
tation, which it often does, the importer
is not i'll it. The home manufacturer
takes both his place and his pay. Then
in the same way the benefit, ostensibly
for the producing workingman at one
end and the consuming workingman at
fingers until all the possible profit i'll
it is squeezed out. The dollar the con-
sumner sends back to the producer loses
at least 30 per- rent. en- ro"fr.
\ tariff law that would confer actual
benefit upon labor would also .dt he
""g"S which its rate of duty provides for.
But when democratic motions to put
articles on the free list whose manu-
facturers failed to give labor all the bill
provides for labor, have been offered,
they have been invariably voted down
by representatives of the people engaged
i'll the super loyal business of uphold
ing the hands of the President
SO that, whether going or coming, all
the protection in the dollar given by law
to labor, is squeezed out of it by those
through whom it is transmitted.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
TOWN ANDVICINITY.
Married.

In st. Michael's church Thursday
morning, October %, 1900, by Rev. S. j.
Clark, Miss Anastasia S. Scally, daughter
of Daniel Scally, to Mr.. Charles Rafferty,,
all of this place
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
Political.

Hon. George A. Pearre, republican
nominee for Congress, will speak i'll
Ravenscrofts' Opera House this (Satur-
day evening. Many visitors expected
More democratic meetings? None i'll
sight.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
Two Authorities.

In the matter of prosperity
voters guage it carefully by their own
experience and vote accordingly, they
are not likely to please Terence Veracious
Powderly.
That is, not this year. Two years
hence, like as not, it would be all right
with Z. V. P.
If, however, they guage it gullibly by
Powderly's statistics, they will not vote
as they would in the other case.
There is a stupendous difference be-
tween the prosperity" reflected by
stump statistics and that furnished by
pass books and store-bills.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
Coincidence.

Mckinley will be elected sure-unless
Bryan makes a clean sweep.-New York
Uerdid, last Sunday.
1t will rain to-day sho's yo born unless
dem fogs clears away. Moses Tross,
yesterday morning
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27

Somebody writing to the Cumberland
NpWs from Piedmont, w. Va, writes his
signature "P. B. B." 1t is suspected
this stands for Philips Brothers. Boy.
In Homecoming certain caste Of drunk
is called "sedentary," III Cumberland
"aesthetic."
Read this paper thoroughly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
COUNTY NEWS.
To he Welded.

A marriage license has been granted
to each of the following couples:
Daniel James Birmingham, of Barton, and
Felicitas J. Brown, Westernport.
Robert NJ. Hutchinson and Mary McFar-
lane Marshall, both OF Homecoming.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
Business Locals.

the Laurel Flour because it is the best and
cheapest Flour in the Frostburg market.
Deafness Cannot be Cured by local
applications, as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is one
one way to cure Deafness, and that is by
constitutional remedies. Deafness is caused
by an intlamed condition of the mucous
Inning of the Eustachan Tube. When this
tube gets intiamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and I'M
less the inflammation can be taken out and
this tube restored to its normal condition,
hearing will be destroyed forever nine cases
out of ten are caused by catarrh which is
nothing but an inflamed condition of the
mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for
circulars and testimonials. Address
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, IS cents.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
Voting and Striking.

During this year the miners of this
region struck partly for 5 cents per ton
more than their employers regarded as
"a full dinner-pail'' rate
They did not get it.
Meanwhile, i'll many instances mer-
chants have been compelled to pay more
for goods by wholesale than they used to
charge the miners by retail
The average of this increased burden
upon miners for goods family uses ap-
prOaches 20 per cent.-certainly not less
than 20 per cent.
What did the increase from 10 to 80
cents amount to?
a fraction over % per rent.
And yet, gentlemen miners, of all your
guild i'll the whole world yoU are he
best treated by yo"r employers
Your anthracite brothers average
daily wage was 80 cents CSC cents is
nearer,) now 90 cents-this AFTER striking
for II!
Yours is about $1.75.
But the most that can be said concern
ing your welfare under the last four
years of the golden age of prosperity
is that it has increased 2 per cent, net,
the net being i'll doubt.
A vote for such prosperity" looks
much like a ballot in the fall for the very
thing you strike against in the spring.
-
Funny but True.
The safety of the country depends upon
the education of the children and the older
people should see that they are properly
trained-Morgantown (W. Va.) New
DOmi'tiOn.
This is fiat disagreement with the
constitution and bylaws of anti-civil
service clubs
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
Orphans Court.

AT Tuesdays session.
John Wilson, administrator of William
Wilson. deceased, filed an inventory of the
personal property and an order was passed
authorizing sale of same.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
Only the Evidence ofThings Not See,

Pohtjcjdn, not altogether cheerful
That's great stuff you put i'll that paper
of yours every week ~
JoURNAL-"Big judges, old man, you
ought to see what's left out ~
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27
Fact.

The JOURNAL under stands that Charles
H. Litchman claimed here Wednesday
evening that the whole credit of settling
the strike is due Col Pearre, and that at
Homecoming Tuesday evening Col. Pearre
himself set up the same claim.
In the interest Of truth aio"e the JOUR
NAL is obliged to announce that both
Litchman and Pearre are mistaken.
1t can be proven that because Col
Pearre could not gain even the first step
toward a settlement, the Business Mems
Committee, on his informat;on To that ef-
f"ct, were induced to take up the matter
Il second time.
The facts are
1, The Business Mems Committee was
the medium through which the miners
reached the companies, and through
that body olonc the conferences were
granted.
,, To Col. Pearre belongs the credit of
discovering that he could do nothing.
3, OF informing the committee of that
discovery and
+, OF also stating to the chairman of the
committee that he (the chairmam should
reopen correspondence with the COM
panies.
This suggestion was adopted and the
world knows the rest.
This is statement that has been due
to the Business Mems Committee ever
since the first conference, and the JOUR
NAL, for one, is rather glad that Col
Pearre has unwittingly called it out.
Higher Prices for Inferior Goods
Anent trust-controlled goods, demo
cratic merchant, doing business in Frost
burg, told the JOURNAL this week that
the increased and increasing prices of
syndicate merchandise are not the worst
feature i'll connection with that sort of
imperialism. These goods are not only
higher i'll price, but they are lo~cr in
q"ohty than they ought to be. Espec;nI-
~ IS this the ease ~jth r0t0bIrs"
The JOURNAL asked a republican grocer
aboutit, and heresponded, i'll substance
regret to say that your statement is true to
a large extent. Goods are not as good as we
used to get for this market at lower prices.
Is that the secret in the promise of "a
full dinner-pail?'
Or is ''prosperity'' to be reign of
high prices for low qualities?
Is the laborer of the next quadrennial
to live poorer as he grows richer?
Or, when he votes for such prosper
ity,' which horn of the dilemma does
he accept-the wages fixed by the
cupidity of his employer, or the quality
of living decreed by the greed of those
who control the necessaries of life?
He may take either, but he will get
the other with it.
In short, if the election goes his way,
h" ~iH hare no choicc Of oiernotire eriIx i,
He will get exactly what he orders for
himself and his family-both higher.
priced and lower-qnality goods!
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-10-27

STREET Co.'S Bakery, running in full tilt,
is turning out the finest goods ever seen here.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-11-16
POLICE OFFICERS
0UTRuN A HORSE,
Capture Two Hucksters Who Are
Charged With the Theft
OF a Blanket.

Officers Roach and Sr.lyth of the Fourth
District outran horse yesterday afternoon
IN an exciting chase after Charles Cart
land and Peter Hawthorne, whom thc,-
subsequently, arrested. The prisoners ere
charged with larceny
AT 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon 4 horse
p!annet belonging TO MIR. Charles Tusmlar
OF No. 2?SG Dickson stree. was stolen by
two pedo!ers from his buggy. which he had
left for few moments at the corner Of
Seventeenth and Carr streets Mr.. Tuemiar
pointed out the fugit!ves 70 the two
officers. and the chase began. The peddlers
had nearly block start and whipped their
horse into gal!op as soon as ther per-
ceiVed themselves to be pursued
The officers ran after them down, Seven
tee'!th street to Franklin avenue. where
the fusitives turned west, at the same time
throwing out the blanket. This the officers
picked TIP and continued their pursuit.
gaining ground steadily. The peddlers paid
no attention to orders to halt, and the
officers were afraid to use their revoiv,rs
because OF the crowded condition of the
street. AT Twsnty-third street the CAPTURE
was effected.
AT the station Garland and Hawthorne
cenied any knowledge OF the theft OF the
blanket, and claimed that their horse had
beeD running away.