Slit Centre gileurocrat. m • m* bkllefonte, pa. TUB CENTHK I) K MOCK AT in pub tih<*4 ivury Thnndijf mriiiii|r. At UrlUfi'Ut*, ('••nlr® county, I'A. TKRMB—-Cashl* *Apr au tin ii anally rrliaMo And profitable medium forAUVrrtialue W ii*T til* m*t ample facllltlc* f ,( r Jolt \ViItK • nd rf prepared to print All kind* of tlok*, Tra< t, printing, ,iu the fi Dt atylo aim! At th* low rat |>**iMe rAte*. All AdriTtiarmruU fr a Ic*# term than threw month* '!0 irntu |er line for the flr*t throe iti**Ttion*, and • cent* line fwr ea h Additional luaertion. fc 4 pecla! notice* ono- half in -re Kditorial notice* 1 cent* per line. Lai-at. Not If km. In local columnA, lOcouttpor line \ lii>#n%l discount i made to persona advertiflug ly I ha juartar, half year, or year, aa follow* i- ?- apart occrrtlD. On* inch (or u llnea tl.l# typo) f 5-fl: Two inch. • • M 1 ' Three lurhee I" I Qaarler column (r '.in h-- . •••• 1 •" Half ooltttttA ••• ' In h< a . " 1 One. diitiin o hi. he* • !• f ireU. adeertiaeme. ' • -t e|.. .I for before in urtiuN, • rl\ -utr.. t ohen half-yearly o omenf •t • ?*■ ne .. juinfl I'tLttl V" S'oflCK - eit* \ . til. ewrb insertion Nothliiclnt'rt. - for lea- than '.ocnt ni4iiat** S'oti. r* tn the editorial column*. 15 cant* er line, .-Ar.Gallagher, Ilernard Gallagh er, Curtin, Ansburgh and Whitehead, the eight men arrested in connection with the dynamite plots, were arraigned tbia morning. Norman was conveyed to court by himself and when all ar rived it was announced that he would turn informer. The others were for mally charged with treason and felony. Norman on being called to thestand tes tified that his real name was Wm. Jo*. Lynch, and that he was born of Irish N v parents in the state of New York. Lynch swore that he joined a secret so ciety in New York, the object of which was to free Ireland by force. He was given money by Gallagher to go to lon don and was told he would know what *or when he got there. He reached l/ondon on March 22 and metOallagher on the 27th. They walked past the Westminster explosion and Gallagher told him that was what they had to do. Lynch said that be inferred from the talk of bis conspirators that O'Donovan Koesa was in the scheme. Gallsgher sent him to Whitehead for material. In the course of Lynch * testimony Gal lagher and Whitehead several times called from the dock that he was a liar and a traitor. Lynch fainted while his deposition was being read, and exami nation was adjourned until tomorrow A Contract Prison Labor. The passage of the bill abolishing pri son contract labor by the New York Assembly and the avowed purpose of certain labor reformers to put such u ' measure through our own legislature firings this subject before the public for > consideration on its merits, if it lias any. It is a favorite theme with a cer tain class, and the people who are easi ly caught and carried away by clamor * may bo led by the mere force of noise 0 to suppose that great injustice is being 1 done to labor by the present system. There aro but three possible methods i of supporting tho criminals who are I; compelled to be confined for the pro t lection of society. Their labor can be j leased to tho highest bidder, the Statu can erect and sustain manufactories in order to give them employment, or they ' can be supported in idleness by the tax payers. < >ne of these three methods must be adopted. In some of the South ern States the first method is pursued snd the convicts are employed on the roads, in quarries and on public works, iu most of the Northern States the sec ond method has been found best. Kx perienco has shown that tho ordinary prison officials have no aptifude or train ing to make them successful managers of manufacturing establishments. Hence it has been found necessary to contract the prison labor to practical manufac turers, who givo their time and atten tion to the business lor the prolit there i* in it. l!y this method the prison* in most instances have become self sup porting. The lalior reformers propose to abol ish the contract system. If this is done the prisoners must be maintained in idleness at the tax-payers' expense or the prison authorities must superintend the prison manufactories a* best they can, and if they fail to mako the prison selfpurporting the tax payers make up the deficiency. If by this method the prisoners are made self surporting the labor reformers will have gained noth ing, becaue the product of prison labor will be in tho market for what it will bring, just the same as under the con tract system. Practically speaking, therefore, there is no middle ground between the present system and sup 1 porting the criminals m idleness. If the men who do work for th<-ir living are benevolent enough to support theives and other blacklegs in idleness |uet to please a lot of fellows who work with their noisy tongue* chiefly, there is nothing further to he said on the •übjsct. A reference to the figures, however, will show how empty is the claim that the great mass of laborers are injured hy the competition of prison labor. In 1880 the total number of convicts in the I'nited State* undergoing confinement st lior was about 43,000. The laliorers employed in the manufactories alone at the sme time numbered two sn-i three quarter millions, while the tot 1 num ber of persons pursuing gainful employ ments at the time was between eight and nine millions. If the eight or nine millions of free-handed and willing workers cannot stand the competition of the paltry 43,000 criminal* who only work because they are compelled to, their case is deserving of sympathy in deed.—PKi/a. T, rr\'-. A NOTAnt.x illustration of the manner in which injudicious taxation oppresses the people for the benefit of a few fortu nafe individuals, is affected by the lucifer match industry of the I'nited States, tin a yearly production of about 2,600,000 gross, or over thirty seven bdlion matches the Government has been collecting a stamp tax of about 1-3.270,000, the result being that the Diamond Match Company, which mono polizes the manufacture of lucifer matches in this country, has sold its product* st $2.60 a gross. According to the American Grocer the cost of mak ing a gross of matches, plus a fair man ufacturer's profit, is about 36 rents, or, in other words, tho consumer has been paying over seven times as much as ought to be necessary with the tax re moved. It will be noticed that the stamp tax is only about $1.36 a gross, and that the $2.60 charged by the l>ia mond monopoly is 88 cents more than tho cost of manufacture, with a moder ate profit and the tax added. The peo ple, then, have not only paid the Government impost, but also sfiout $l,- 200,000 a year of unusual and oppre* sive profits to the Diamond Match Com pany. Indiana a majority of the people hold I that wo should have a tariff for revenue, with a duo regard to the interests of the i manufacturers. The question depends greatly on how the interests of the I country ore atlocted by the new act. ' Should it bo found to be beneficial it would go far towards settling the que*- j lion, and it is not probable that, in that case, the tariff question would en- j ' ter into the campaign issues or bo dis- j . cussed in tho next Congress." i "Is not the Democratic party greatly i divided on the taritl l "The leaders appear to be much more ; divided on that subject than they really are." , "Is there not a large free trade eh* j ( merit in the party ?" "Some of the leaders are termed free traders, but so far as 1 can lesrn theie ; | is not one among them who is in favor > . of absolutely abolishing duties arid col i j lectmg by direct taxation. 1 do not think there will be so much difference | I of opinion among Democrat* a* ha ■ | been supposed. The tariff is a question t i of business. I know of no Democrat , who advocates a horir intal tariff that , is to *ay. a total abolition of revenue i duties. There has to be a great deal of | judgment exercised in the arrangement * i of taxation on different articles. I "What, in general terms, then, is the position of the Democracy on the tanll ?" "'I hat is a broad question. I can only say this in reply Taxation lor f protection is not going to be receive t by the Democratic party.' "Will not this issue have a bearing on ( the contest for the next speakership ?" "It may be advanced by some of the ' , candidates. Miould it be understood | , that Mr. far lisle is in favor of wiping - out all internal taxation, it will lose | , him the votes of Indiana." I "Are you in favor of a reduction of | the revenue ? ! "I hold that taxation ought to be re" , duced, for the revenue is in excess o( the proper expenditures of the Govern , ment. Congre* has reduced the m . j ternal revenue, and it ought to be re , 'duced. Indeed. I stated in the last 1 j campaign that the revenue should I* . j reduced one hundred millions of dol , j lars." In regard to the next Speaker of the 1 House, Mr. Hendricks was non commit ' tal. Kirhteen Mhlll*t f onilrted sn or Turn "IMIMTII TO nssTii AM. j Tlir. OTHERS TO lOM. ISISHOHSIST*. ■sr. l'rrsasiu ru, April 1 1 The trial .of eighteen prominent Nihilists ended | here today and resulted in the eonvic j lion of all the prisoners. Six were con I demned to death, two for life long ser ! ' | vitude ami the remainder to term* of | imprisonment ranging from fifteen to i twenty years. Those sentenced to suf fer capital punishment are Hogonovitch who laid a mine in l.ittle liarden street for the purpose of blowihg up the c/ar ; Saveli Zlotoposky, implicated in the Hartmann attack on the late emperor ■ in D79 ; Michael Gratrhefsky, one of j the assassins of the crar ; Telaloff, a par ticipator in the attempt to blow up the imperial train at Alexandrofsky in INNI- Klimenas, an escaped political prisoner 1 who was sulniequently arreated with 1 Gratcbefsky, and a retired naval officer named Houtsevitch. The two sentenced ' to imprisonment for life are Stevano * vitcb, who escajwd from prison at Kieff, where heha went to Philadelphia, and the case s> s exauuned by Dr. Gross. The doctor r gave it as hi* opinion that amputation tot the arm would be necessary to save i the lift *of the patiaot. This she refus t ad to idlow, saying that ahe preferred l( death to the operation. Returning I, home ahe quietly aweited the end. i f Yesterday an artery burst and she bled j to death. The enlarged bone measured . two feet and a half in circumference { and weighed forty-two pound*. She was seven teea yea re of age.- a The Pheoiiix Purk Murder. TIMOTIIV KKI.I.KT I'BACCII ON TRIAL TESTER IIAV NOKNIMI, DI lII.IN, April I'J.—Timothy Kelley, ! another of the men charged with parti | cipatiug in the murder of Lord Frede. | rick Cavendish and Iturke, was [placed jon trial this morning. Messrs. Sullivan and McKnery were appointed by i tho court to conduct the defense of the prisoner. Judge ti'ltrien having complied With the icquest of Mr. Webb and Mr. Adams to be released from fur ther duty HI defending the accused men. A jury was then sworn. i- an i goods in the store hou*es we:e thrown ' from the sliolvrt No live* were 10-t a \ far iis known, sxii-pt tii<- Mexican j herdsman and In* family, although ev j oral building* fell to the groun>l. The , cattie |lei| in terror in every direction. The air was filleil with a sulphurous ■ gxs. The wide t confusion prevailed, as it wa a long time 1-cfnrc anybody could even cor ecture wiiat ;t wa This . the largest meteor that has ever fallen, anil it has already been v:itrd j by many people, and will doubtless * continue to attract attention for months | to come. It has occasioned great ex eitement, not only here, but all over i the surrouniling country. The \niy Department Worried. W HIN'.TPPN. April 19. —'l he New Department has for some time been in j a disturb*'! slate over the alleged in ! tention of Fx Lieutenant Commander! Gorringe to bid for the new steel cruis ! era, one or more. Tbw three yards of j Roach, Haywood A Hollingsworth and i Cramp, before Corringe entered the ship I building world, were quite sure of dm ! ' ding the contracts between them. His ; ap|>earanre ha upset plans long exist ing, in which the department seems to j be concerned < 'rdinanly it would 1-e , supposed that the government would j see an advantage in competition. Not I so, however : the prospect of competi j tion has create'! at the department a sensation, a* though somebody wa* to jhe injured. There was a report that an 1 offer had been made to put Gorringe into the pool, which is denied. TUX Klmira riiOftf 9 k it. I ' Mil! ill (It |-*1 it tot* villi t- J-. ,!••'. f ' I J f f! m ' • ..JIiTM I J sej t.*!e I v !ere - ■ )t !*I Htl It's V . I'"' t ■ ISUJ. 1., UIV.. .. A."...4RKL-JAAF .3*" f CM A RHiDp miDR ■ H LWllb WUulla T :-.r . I J :M:U cf the KiJncjra an-J i " mmmm, >-J [Tf ** . > 2 ■ ' \ - Miami! IN ; ■ 2 I ]Ji>. i 1 Irk. . \ AI Jt I t • I \ 11. I. I 2 P/laloria • * | a ant i • ■ . >. . - • J .* ' r'. f ,cr -y f i kid tiki a 1 J VnTlci: r.f Ai'PLH \HON I'll; a *f 1 J • .y,|r* i -,M N * 7*r )> V : . I. - n..r • e Art f A • . t ? 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