3.
Denon Ya
Terms, $2.00 a Year, in Advance.
Bellefonte, Pa., November 15, 1889.
P. GRAY MEEK, - - -
EpIiTor.
— Just before the election, when
the Republican managers made
their campaign visit to Philipsburg,
they gave the faithful there to under
stand that they had the “Democrats
on the run.” The question now with
the boys to whom this story was told,
is, what kind of a “run” they had ‘em
on, that put the majority away up to
the figures it stands at.
——The one individual who has
most reason to feel proud of the result
in this county is WirLLiam CARNER
Heixig, under whose management the
glorious victory of the the 5th inst. was
achieved. Everybody feels good over
the 1600 majority, but tne chairman
and his committee, who would have
been compelled to take the curses it
the result had been otherwise, have a
right to feel a little bit prouder and a
little bit more hilarious than the rest of
us. While the band plays, however,
we have all a right to be happy.
The Montreal Witness, speaking
of the decline of the commerce of the
United States, with much truth says:
“The Americans are now the only
family of the English-speaking race
who have no part in its proud posses-
sion, its empire of the seas. They have
brought this about by selfish laws
meant to shut others ont, but which
have availed most in shutting them-
selves in.”
There couldn't be a more truthful
comment on the effects of our monopo-
ly tariff. It has destroyed the mari-
time commerce of which the Americans
a generation ago had so much reason
to be proud. And the infatuated econo-
mists who are responsible for this
loss propose to restore it by the ap-
plication of subsidies.
——The English Consul at Baltimore
has a good word to say for the English
sparrows. He claims that on account
of the killing of large numbers of
these birds by the great blizzard of
March, 1888, there has been an in-
crease in grubs and caterpillers corres-
ponding to the decrease in sparrows.
This is mere imagination. Our continent
suffered no serious inconvenience from
grubs and caterpillers before the
sparrows were introduced, and since
they have been here they have made no
visible diminution of pests of that kind.
On the other hand they are known to
drive away birds about whose service
in this respect there can be no dispute.
The sparrows are an unmitigated nui-
sance and should be made to go. Bat
the query is, how can it be done ?
A Part Left Out.
We read the Philadelphia papers of
last Sunday very closely, but in none
of them did we see it reported that
when Gen. Hastings and his two
Lieutenants from this county, Messrs.
L. L. Brown and Jack Dare, entered
the hall where the reception was being
given to the Pan-Americans, the band
struck up, “See the Conquering Heroes
Come.” It is said that this had been
previously arranged as part of the pro-
gram, but the 1000 Democratic ma-
jority in the General's home county
evidently knocked the ‘conquering
hero” part out.
Turning His Back on Mahone.
Since the complete overthrow of Ma-
HONE in Virginia and the frustration of
the attempt to bring the Old Dominion
under the control of its worst political
and social elements by the worst part-
isan methods, President Hagrrisox
pretends that he had no complicity
with the undertaking and tries to shirk
the respousibility of favoring the in-
famous scheme. But the Philadel-
phia Telegraph, the most conservative
and reliable Republican journal of that
city, fastens a large share of the guilt
in this bad business on the President
when, in speaking of the contest in Vir-
ginia, it says:
The alleged Republican candidate had the
unconcealed sympathy and very practical sup-
port of the administration. Mahone was
promisad “help” from Washington, and he got
it; the plot developed so rapidly and unmis-
takably that before election day came round
President Harrison was as good as pledged to
the Virginia adventurer through thick and
thin. He engineered actively for a candidate
known by him to be offensive to a great ma-
jority of the people concerned. Mahone had
all the assistance it was possible to give him
from Federal appointments, and in other ways !
more or less corrupt he was given the greatest
boost that probably any candidate ever re-
ceived—such as being empowered to draw «d
(ib. on the national organization for funds.
If this attempt to break the “solid
South,” notwithstanding the nefarious
means employed, had succeeded, Mr.
Harrison wonld now not be repudiat-
ing the instrument he had selected to
do a verydirty job.
WINE
A Significant Victory:
While it is a matter of gratification
to every Democrat, and for that matter
to every decent Republican, to see the
blustering, blathering Foraker of Ohio
shelved politically, this part of the re-
cence Democratic victory is small as
compared with the securing of both
branches of the Legislature in that state.
With the Democrats in control of the
Senate aud House, they will be able to
elect a successor to United States Sen-
ator Pay~Eg, and as a new apportion-
ment for Congressmen is to be made,
this Democratic success will secure to
proportion of representatives in Cou-
gress.
The present Republican gerrvman
der gives to that party fifteen of the
twenty-one congressional representa-
tives, or one for every 27,737 votes,
while the Democrats, with 396,455
votes, have but six representatives, or
one to every 606,076. An honest
apportionment in that s tate alone will
make a change of at least ten in the
next congress, and this of itself will
overcome the present Republican ma-
jority in that body, counting in its new
members from the states lately admit-
ted.
Is it any wonder that Republican
politicians are chagrined or that Demo-
crats are elated over the victory m
Ohio! It means a Democratic Govern-
or, a Democratic U. S. Senator, a Dem-
ocratic Legislature, and a Democratic
majority in the next Congress. Who
wouldn't feel like whoopin' er up ?
Pot Hunting in Camberland County.
MECHANICSBURG, Pa., Nov. 8—The
lovers of legitimate sport were much
surprised as well as highly incensed yes-
terday. Two gentlemen from Carlisle,
one an expert shot, came to this town
and engaged a livery team and a driver
to carry them and their dogs and guns
toa favorite locality for quail, south of
town. When en route to the shooting
grounds acovey of quail was noticed
alongside the road. The expert wing
shot (?) jumped from the wagon and
cautioning the driver to hold the dogs
fired two charges from his gun into
the covey on the ground and picked
up nine half grown tirds. The above
is told by the driver who witnessed the
whole transaction and was so disgusted
that on the return of the party to town
he gave the thing away.
Who Owns the United States ?
In spite of the rapid increase in the
number of millionaires in the United
States in recent years, the popular notion
is that wealth is yet very much more
evenly distributed 1n this country than
in England. Mr. Thos G. Shearman,
the well-known New York statistician,
has been engaged for some time in col-
lecting facts to show as precisely as pos-
sible the proportion of the wealth of the
country held by a few rich men and
families ; and he finds a greater concen-
tration of wealth here than in any other
country. The results of his investiga-
tion will appear in 7%e Forum for Nov-
ember, from advance sheets of which
the following facts are taken. Mr.
Shearman makes the following enumer-
aticn of owners of more than $20,000,000
each :
$150,000,000 : J. J. Astor; Trinity
Church.
$100,000,000: C. Vanderbilt, Jay
Gould, Leland Stanford, J. D. Rockefel-
ler
$70,000,000 : Estate of A. Packer.
$60,000,000: Wm- Astor, W. W.
Astor, Russel! Sage, E. A. Stevens, Es-
tate of Moses Taylor, Estate of Brown
& Ives.
$40,000,000: P. D. Armour, F. L.
Ames, Wm. Rockefeller, H. M. Flagler,
Powers & Weightman, Estate of P.
Goelet.
$35,000,000 : C. P. Huntington, D.
0. Mills, Estates of T. A. Scott,J. W.
Garret.
$30,000,000.000: G. B. Roberts,
Charles Pratt, Ross Winans, E. B. Coxe,
Claus Spreckels, A. Belmont, R. J. Liv-
ingston, Fred Weyerhauser, Mrs. Mark
Hopkins, Mrs. Hetty Green, Estate of S.
Singer.
$25,000,000,000: A. J. Drexel, J. S.
Morgan, J. P. Morgan, Marshall Field,
David Dows, J. G. Fair, E. T. Gerry,
Estate of Gov. Fairbanks, A. T, Stewart,
A. Schermerhorn.
$22,000,000 : G. H. Payne, Estate of
F. A. Drexel, I. V. Williamson, W. F.
Weld.
$20,000,000 : F. W. Vanderbilt, Theo.
Havemeyer, H. O. Havemeyer, W. G.
Warden, W. P. Thompson, Mrs. Schen-
ley, J. B. Haggin, H. A." Hutchins,
Estates of “loane, KE. S. Higgins, C.
Tower, Wm. Thaw, Dr. Hostetter,
‘Wm. Sharon, Peter Donohue.
These 70 names represent an aggre-
gate wealth of $2,700,000,000, an aver-
age of more than $37,500,000 each. Al-
though Mr. Shearman, in making this
estimate, did not look for less than twen-
ty millionaires, he discovered incidental-
ly fifty others worth more than $10,000,-
000 each ; and he says that a list of ten
persons can be made whose wealth aver-
ages $100,000,000 each, and another list
of one hundred persons whose wealth
averages $25,000,000. No such lists
can be made upin any other country.
“The richest dukes of England,” he
says, “fall below the average wealth
of a dozen American citizens; while the
greatest bankers, merchants, and rail-
way magnates of England cannot com-
pare in wealth with many Americans.”
The average annual income of the
richest hundred Englishmen is about
$450,000, but the average annual in-
come of the richest hundred Americans
| cannot be less
| probably exeeeds $1,500,000. The rich-
i est of the Rothschilds, and the world re-
' nowned banker, Baron Overstone, each |
| left about $17,000,000. Earl Dudley,
| the owner of the richest iron mines, left | }
' Bank street, one week from next Mon-
$20,000,000. The Duke of Buccleuch
' (and the Duke of Buccleuch carries half
the state a fair bill, and to the party its |
V. Harkness, RB. W. Coleman, 1. M.
than $1,200,000, and |
vr
of Scotland in his pocket) left about :
$30,000,000. The Marquis of Bute was |
worth, in 1872, about $28,000,000 in
land ; and be may now be worth $40,-
000,000 in all. The Duke of Norfolk
‘may be worth $40,000,000, and the
Duke of Westminster perhaps $50,000,-
000.
Mr. Shearman’s conclusion is that 25,-
the United States ; and that the whole
wealth of the country is practically
owned by 250,000 persons, or one in six-
ty of the adult male population; and
he predicts, from the rapid recent con-
centration of wealth, that under present
conditions 50,000 persons will practical-
ly own all the wealth of the country in
thirty years—or less than onein 500 of
| the adult male population.
Looking Forward to 1892.
Wilmington (N. C.) Messenger.
{ All the signs point to
i Cleveland as the Democratic candidate
}in 1885. The tides are all rushing that
way. See how he was cheered again
and again when his letter to the Penn-
sylvania Democracy was read. The peo-
ple like to honor an honest man, especi-
ally after twenty-five years of radicalism
under such officials as Grant, Garfield,
Hayes and Harrison. We omit Arthur
because he made a fair, honorable, re-
spectable, patriotic President. Cleve-
land is the people’s favorite because
he has been tried and tested, and they
know him to be every way trustworthy
—a statesman of clear views, of high
ideals, of decided convictions, of Demo-
cratic principles,of unswerving integrity,
of broad patriotism, of invincible deter-
mination to do right. ‘We love to hon-
or such a man. No man ever learned
{faster or grew more rapidly in states-
manship than did this statesman and
patriot of New York after he took office.
He has developed into a far-seeing,
broad-gauged, intensely wise statesman,
and the American people of all sections
and all parties know it. The Republi-
can editors and politicians are not can-
did and honest enough to admit it, but
the rank and file know it and may
say it.
In his letter to Chairman Black of
Pennsylvania Mr. Cleveland said this,
and let all true Democrats pin it in
their hats:
“We, as a party, are fairly enlisted
in the cause of the people and patriotism ;
duty and party success require that we
should be consistent and steadfast. All
personal and selfish aims should be sub-
ordinated.”
That is the note for now, for 1890 and
for 1892. Let our aims and ends be for
the good of our country—for the great-
est good to the greatest number.
there be no time-serving expediency—no
coquetting with traitors or open enemies
—no attempt to dodge responsibilities
anl substitute false issues. The Demo-
cracy must move right out in the open
field of battle with reform on every
flag and a determination to win in every
heart.
them when marching out against the
enemies of Israel.
Cleveland on the Late ‘Elections.
Ex-President Cleveland was inter-
viewed on the election results. “Tt
is evident,” said Mr. Cleveland, “that
the leaven of tariff reform has ‘at last
leavened the whole lump. The west,
which has suffered the most from the
unjust burden of tariff taxation, has
awakened. The State platforms of both
Towa and Ohio were abreast of the St.
Louis platform on the subject of tariff
reform. The people have considered
and passes judgment. It was for the
people to decide. They are now decid-
ing. It is enough for me to say that I
am satisfied at the indications and results
of Tuesday's elections. The verdict in
Virginia indicates that the South is still
faithful to the Democracy of Jefferson
and Jackson.”
ere going for the gamblers down in
Williamsport in earnest. A warrant
sworn out for the arrest of Peter Mul-
doon, Saturday, was served by Chief of
Police Gibson on Monday and the deft
fingerer of the pasteboards was taken
betore Alderman Milier. Muldoon
waived an examination and furnished
$500 bail for his appearance. During the
afternoon the parties raided on Saturday
night appeared before the same Alder-
man, five of them being fined $25 and
costs, and the other two being held for
court in the sum of $200 each, on the
charge of keeping a place for gambling.
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.
SicKNES) AT Lock HAVEN.—A dis-
patch from Lock Haven says that an
epidemic of fever is prevailing there,
due to filth left by the great flood of
June 1. No permanent relief is antici-
pated until freezing weather comes.
The continued rainy weather has greatly
within the past few days. A meeting
of the physicians was held last Tuesday
evening to devise ways and means for
the better health of the city. From
statistics gathered from the local doe-
tors by a newspaper reporter, there are
now about fifty eases of malarial, ty-
phoid and scarlet fever.
——The Missionary Society met last
Monday evening with Miss Sadie Roan at
the home of her sister, Mrs. O. Atwood,
on South Allegheny street. It was
largely attended and after the meeting
had closed the company was requested to
remain in honor of Robert A. Roan and
Calvin Ray, recently of this place, but
who, having obtained employment in
Altoona last spring,have since that time,
and expect in the future tomake that
| place their home. The company ‘wa
| agreebly surspried by the appearance of
| an elegant basket of grapes and a lwge
| dish of taffy presented by one of the gen-
| tlemen inattendance, who is entitled to
thanks for his kindness. The Society
will meet with Miss Peters on Willow |
day evening.
000 persons own one-half the wealth of
Grover |
Let
Stand by your principles and let I er of the opinion that his vigotne nna ou
i Xdite : | work i1 these cases has ereated local prejudeice
expediency be-ditched and the faint- against him and largely contributed to this de-
hearted sent to the rear as Moses sent | which deseives the careful consideration 0
GOING FOR THE GAMBLERS.—They |
increased the number of sick people
The Worse Scandal Yet.
The Administration’s Sympathy With |
the Land Thieves. |
Charles F. Conard, special agent of
of the general land office, has been dis-
missed by John W. Noble, secretary of
the interior. This is the most serious
scandal that has yet arisen in connection
i with the Harrison administration. The
i survey frauds perpetrated by the Califor-
nia syndicate, at the head of which
stood John A. Benson, are the most com-
prehensiveand far-reachinglever attempt-
ed upon the government by public
land swindlers. The loss to the govern-
ment is estimated at over $5,000,00).
By the most indefatigable labor Conrad
unearthed the frauds and secured the
evidence necessary to convict the con-
spirstors. Benson was arrested, but
secured bail. On August 23, 1887, he
fled to Canada. Officers followed him
and he was finally re-arrested in Copen-
hagen, Denmark, on December 13, and
was brought back to this country. Con-
rad continued his work, and as the re-
sult seventy-six indictments have been
found by grand juries and twentythree
civil suits have been instituted by the
government.
Secretary Noble was in office bat
twenty-five days when he dismissed
Conrad. On April 12 he reinstated him,
doubtless believing that the agent would
understand his suspension to mean that
the ‘persecution’ of the Benson gang
was to be dropped. Conrad, however,
was not to be intimidated by a threaten-
ed loss of place, and he renewed the
fight most vigorously. The cases were
carefully prepared and were entered on
the docket of the United States district
court for trial at the present November
term. On July 19 Senators Stewart and
Jones of Nevada, Senator Standford and
Congressmen Felton, Morrow and Clunie,
of California, sent a telegram to Secret-
ary Noble, demanding Conrad's dismiss-
al, and the demand was obeyed. Stew-
art is Benson’s attorney. Jones is one
of the principal stockholders in the Ne-
vada bank, which holds $300,000 of Ben-
son’s claims on the government. Stan-
ford is president of the Southern Pacific
railroad, cne of the chief beneficiaries of
the land frauds. The California con-
gressmen are also interested in the ‘“syn-
dicate.”
This is one of the boldest and most
unblushing outrages ever perpetrated in
this country. When Secretary Noble
received the telegram he referred it to
Hon. A. W. Stone, acting commission-
er of the general land office. Mr. Stone
replied in writing as follows:
If the government desires to prosecute the
pending cases against Benson et al. to trial, I
am of the opinion that the service of and in-
formation possessed by Mr. Conrad cannot, in
justice to governmental interests, be dispensed
with. He initiated every step which led to the
indictment of the several parties, and is doubt-
less more familiar with the details of the case
than any other official connected therewith.
Consequently his services in the official capaci-
ty, as stated, are undoudtebly of great value to
the government if it be contemplated to vigor-
ously prosecute the pending cases. I am furth-
the department.
| Notwithstanding this remarkable let-
: ter,’Secretary Noble removed one of the
| most fearless and efficient men in the ser-
! vice of the government on the very eve of
Ia trial in {which his testimony was ab-
| solutely necessary to secure a con vic-
(ion. Conrad was sacrificed to save a
| gang ofconsciencelessswindlers who hap-
| pen to be prominent in the Republican
party.
He Trusted in Providence.
“One day, adozen years ago,” said the
stoop-shouldered tramp, as he rubbed
"his hand overthe deep pits in his face,
| “I came along to a house in the out-
i skirts of Pekin, Ill. I wasn’t much
i struck with the house, but what did hit
rme was alot of coats, vests, and pants
| hanging on a clothes line. I was on
! my last pins for clothes, and as I saw
{ them hanging there says to myself.
“Moses, old boy, I'veallus tole you
' to trust in Providence, and you now see
| the result. Them duds was hung out
! there for you. Go and get ‘em.’
“1 crawled along a fence, got over
among sore bushes, and after a little
trouble I got a wholesuit, ¢nd got away
with em. Nine days after I blossomed
out with one of the prettiest cases of
small-pox you ever saw, and some farm-
ers drove me into a barn and let me
fight it out. When I knew what had
got hold of me I says to myself:
“Moses, old boy, I've allus tole you
I to trust in Providence, and you now see
the result. Serves you just right tor be-
ing sucker enough to suppose old Prov
cared a copper for our purfesh. Guess
vou’ll die, but if you manage tc pull
through just keep your paws oft’n pest-
house property in future or we'll dis-
solve partnership.
President and Ex-President.
| Ex-President Grover Cleveland, with
| his face wreathed in broad smiles, was
| a visitor at the White House on the
7th instant. Mrs. Cleveland was with
him but did not get out of the carriage.
Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland came on from
New York to attend ex-Secretary Bay-
ard’s wedding. Captain Dinsmore, who
was standing near the door when
the ex-President drove up, hurried down
to open the carriage door.
Mr. Cleveland smiled pleasantly as he |
extended his hand to Dinsmore,and Mrs.
Cleveland extended a tiny hand through
the open door and said: “How do you
do, Mr. Dinsmore?’ Mr. Cleveland |
was shown through the doorway, but
Mrs. Cleveland said that as Mrs.
Harrison was not at home she would do
some shopping and return with the car-
ringe later on. She sent up ber card
after assuring her husband thut she
would be back in half an hour.
President Harrison and his predeces-
sor had a confab which lasted nearly |
three quartersof an hour. It must have!
been a pleasant one, for when the big
form of Mr. Cleveland reappeared at the
glass doors he was laughing heartily a
some nemark made by President Harrit
son. The President accompanied him
as far as the top landing of the stairs and
shook hands cordially as he said gocd-
by. On his way down stairs Mr. Cleve-
land shook hands with the familiar at-
tendants who served him during his
term and for each he had a pleasant
smile. !
——\We all have a veason to be thank-
ful.
The Revolution at the Ballot Box.
Philadelphia Record.
The results of the, elections in Ohio,
Jowa and Massachusetts have totally
changed the aspect of the political sky.
There was no break anywhere in the
Democratic line. "While New York has
returned to the Democratic column with
a decisive majority, the three great Re-
publican States of Ohio, lowa and Mass-
achusetts have been added to the doubt-
ful list for the contest of 1892. In cast-
ing the horoscope of the political future
it will not be easy to overestimate the
significance of the electoral phenomena
of last Tuesday.
In Ohio, as well as in Towa, the revol-
ution has been attributed hy defeated
partisans to popular hostility to the Re-
publican candidates for Governor, to
Prohibition, and to other local causes
having no relation to national issues in
politics. Allowing to these pleas all the
weight to which they are entitled, they
are far from accounting for the results.
The demerits of Hutchinson do not ex-
plain the probable defeat of his associ-
ates on the State ticket, who were per-
sonally unobjectionable to the Republi-
can voters of Towa, nor the narrow
escape in the Legislature through a ger-
rymandering . apportionment. Neither
does the unpopularity of the Republi-an
candidate for Governor account for the
loss of the Legislature and a United
States Senator in Ohio.
To those who donot choose to shut
their eyes there is manifest in this elec-
tion the same stream of political tenden-
cy among the workingmen of Massachu-
setts and the farmers of Ohio and Iowa.
In all three States the Republicans en-
tered the campaign declaring for the
tariff, utterly unmindful of the fact that
upon the issue of Tariff Reform a large
majority ot the people, though not of the
State electors, had last year affirmed the
policy of President Cleveland. In Ohio
especially the Republican campaign was
made upon the Democratic candid te’s
vote for free wool in the Fiftieth Con-
gress ; and everywhere the attempt was
made to alarm the Ohio farmers with
the cry that the Hannibal of tree trade
was once more at their gates. 1f local
issues were concerned in defeating the
Republicans in Ohio and Iowa, and in
nearly turning tbe scale in Massachus-
etts, it was because the Republican posi-
tion upon national issues has lost its
potency.
The Democrats have been taught by
the lesson of these elections that if they
shall remain true to their mission of
Tariff Reform they need not despair of
winning other Western States besides
Ohio and Iowa, and of overcoming the
narrow margin of their opponents in
Massachusetts. In the East and in the
‘West the conviction is rapidly growing
among the people that the dominant ele-
ments of the Republican party are re-
sponsible for the evils and mischiefs that
check the political progress of the coun-
try and dispoil the industrious masses in
the interest of monopolistic greed. At
the same time, the people are recogniz-
ing more clearly that the Democratic
party represents economical reforms which
are - ssential to the promoticn of the na-
tion's industrial and commercial pros-
perity. Itisthe resistless march of this sen-
timent that explains the recent electoral
phenomenon in States that hitherto have
been well-nigh impregnable citadels of
Republican power.
The West Virginia Feud.
True History of the Vendetta ftom the
Begining.
CHARLESTON, W. Va., Nov. 8.—As
The Record correspondent was pene-
trating the camp of the Brumtield fac-
tion involved in the Lincoln county
war, on Hart's Creek yesterday, he was
halted by a sentinel and asked what
his business was. “I want to know the
true state of affairs so that the facts in
regard to the feud can be published.”
#G—d—n you, we don’t want no facts
published. We don’t want anything
published,” was the reply, after which
he added: “I will give you one hour
to get off the creek.” “I only want
five minutes,” remarked the correspon-
dent as he galloped away.
The fend exists between the Brum-
fields and the Runyons, instead of
the McCoys. John Runyon was Depu-
ty Sheriff of Lincoln county two years
ago. He is a Republican and the coun-
ty is Democratic. Last fall Runyon or-
ganized a band of regulators to elect a
Republican Sheriff in order that he
might be appointed Deputy again. The
Brumfields, who are Democrats, discov-
ered the scheme, and an intense hatred
sprang up between them in consequence.
Runyon and Al Brumfield were neigh-
bors, and both kept stores near the same
place. Brumfield has been doing the
best business, which excited Runyon’s
jealousy and intensified the enmity.
Mrs. James P. Mullin had been living
with one of the Brumfields, and after a
difference as to the rate of wages she
left her employment and went to Run-
von's house. The incidents combined
to increase the feeling between the an-
tagonists, until finally Runyon offered
$500 for the killing of Paris and Al
Brumfield.]
Milton Haley and Green McCoy
agreed to do the job but failed, and fled
to Kentucky. They were pursued, cap-
tured, brought back and lynched at
George Fry's house on Hart's Creek.
The Brumfields were avenged for the at-
tempt on their lives, but the friends of
Runyon, Haley and McCoy at once or-
| ganized to avenge the death of the vie-
tims of Lynch law.
Your correspondent passed through
Hart's Creek district and found both
factions armed to the teeth. The ridges
on either side of the creck are pa rolled
| by pickets of the opposing factions for
| several
! men on
wiles. There are about forty
either side, stationed about
three-quarters of a mile apart, armed
with Winchesters. Every movement
on either side is watched by the other,
and every passer-by halted and question-
ed in regard to his business. No injury
is intended b 7 either side to any one but
the opposite faction, but in that direc-
tion death has been determined on.
meee —————
——“Have you any particular object
in loafing around here?’ asked a con-
tractor of a new building of an idler who
was in the way. “Yes, sir,” was ithe
prompt reply. “Well what ist?” I
want te dodge my creditors and they
will never think of looking for m2 where
there is any work going on.”
Another Kentucky Tragedy.
Republican. Leaders in a Deadly Fig) t.
LEexiNeToN, Ky , Nov. 8.—The mst
sensational crime Kentucky has kn. wn
among all the many that have made the
dark and bloody ground a name for bor
rorsoccurred at 2 o’clock this afterncon in
one of the corridors of the Government
building. At that hour Hon. Cassius
Goodloe. recently appointed Revenue
Collector for this district and the State
member of the National Republican
Committee, was in the corridor leading
from his office to the post office. A few
feet from the door he met Colonel A.M.
Swope, formerly a Collector in this dis
trict, a candidate two years ago before
the Republican Convention for Gover-
nor, and one of the most prominent lle-
publicaas of the State.
Both men were after the mail that
was in their letter-boxes, which are
i rather close together. They appr ach-
ed these boxes at almost the same in-
stant, and when each saw who the oth-
er was they glared at each other fiercely,
and one of the two, it cannot be discov-
ered which, exclaimed: “You spoke to
me, you insulted me.” This was fol-
luwed by some angry words from the
other man ; exactly what they were
cannot be found out.
A FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY.
It seemed scarcely a moment till both
men, like a flash ot lightning, reached
for their weapons. Swope got out his
revolver and fired one ineffectual shot
before Goodloe had his bowie ready for
use. Then with a terrific lunge Good-
loe sent the blade to his antagonist’s
heart. As he fell Swope again dis-
charged his revolver, the shot taking
effect in Goodloe’s bowels and passing
entirely through the body. Swope
died in less than five minutes, without
speaking.
A witness of the scene thus describes
it:
“As soon as the the weapons were
drawn Swope fired, and Goodloe struck
the pistol down as it went off, the ball
entering his abdomen on the right side.
Goodloe than began stabbing his oppo-
nent in the breast with his knife, which
forced Swope backward toward the
money-order door, they having begun
the fight about midway of the lobby.
Atter several blows by Goodloe, Swope
fired again, missing Goodloe. In a
moment after firing the second shot
Swope fell on his face within about ten
feet of the door, and weltering in his
blood, died almost instantly. On his
person were found thirteen wounds, they
being on his back, arms and in his
breast.” Immediately after the killing
Colonel Goodloe walked to a physician’s
office, where his wounds were examined.
He was perfectly cool, and made a dis-
position of his property in case of death.
News of the terrible tragedy—which
| was, in effect, a duel, and isso spoken of
| here—spread over the city with the
greatest rapidity, and soon thousands
were on the scene. The families of the
two men added to the confusion and ex-
citement by their cries of sorrow.
SOCTAL AND POLITICAL LEADERS.
Both men moved in the highest social
and political circles, and for a time it
looked as if their friends would take up
the quarrel on the spot, but wise counsel
prevailed, and a vast crowd of friends fol-
lowed each prostrate man to his house.
The causes leading up to the awful affair
originated in a political quarrel some
years ago. Since then the men have
been enemies. They became the heads
of political factions, and on every occa-
sion cut each others throat, politically
speaking.
Goodloe died on Monday from ‘he
effect of the pistol shot, just at the time
Swope was being buried.
Se
Carnegie Gets a Roasting.
A Salt Lake Newspaper Savagely Rips
Andy up the Back.
The Salt Lake Herald bas this to say
re_arding Pennsylvania's great protec-
tionist and boudle campaign contributor,
Andy Carnegie, and hits the nail square-
ly on the head every whack :
“Andrew Carnegie, the millionaire
iron manufacturer of Pennsylvania, pro-
poses to build a public library in Pitts-
burg to cost $750,000. Public libraries
are useful institutions and they cover a
multitude of sins in those who establish
and endow them ; but it will take a
good many libraries to cause people to
forget that Andrew Carnegie has been
and is one of the most heartless oppres-
sors of the poor laboring man ever de-
veloped in America. There are those
who will not get it out of their mind,
however ostentatiously generous with
his wealth he may be, that he made his
money by grinding down the poor,
compelling them to work for starvation
wages. He is the man that used to
bring in ignorant foreigners to supplant
native Americans, and who boasts that
his income is $1,500,000 a year, while
his employees receive less than a dollar
a dav. Mr. Carnegie is also a foremost
Republican, and one of the most gener-
ous contributors to the campaign funde.
He is an extreme protectionist, and gives
freely toward the maintenance of a le-
gal system which enables him to add
fifty per cent. to the cost price of his
manufactures, on the plea ot keeping
out foreign competition and developing
home industries. Let us praise Mr.
Andrew Carnegie for his thoughtfulness
and generosity 1n giving to the people
of Pittsburg a grand, free library ; and
then let us hope that he will find it in
his heart to do good with another mill-
ion by distributing it in the form of in-
creased wages among the five thousand
toilers in his employ, who find it almost
impossible to keep soul and body to-
gether with the money which he pays
them.”
or —————————
Trouble Ahead for Benjamin.
There is trouble brewing for the Pres-
ident and his party over the Montana
Territorial election scandal. If it shall
turn out that the Territorial Supreme
Court was summarily deprived of its
powers by a Presidential proclamation
in order that a State Court composed of
Republican Judges might reverse the de-
¢’sion of the lower Territorial Court in
the matter of the Silver Row county re-
turns, a heavy reckoning will be de-
manded by the people of all concerned
in such a wicked and desperate crime
against popular rights and honest suff-
‘rage. This is the year 1889, not 1876.