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190(
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NO. 25.
Just Received
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We have just received a fine line
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OLEO TRUST
AND THE FARMER
It Still Has the Dairy Men and
&2 Grangers of the State by
the Throat.
ANOTHER ANTI-QUAY VICTORY.
The Machine Loses Everything in
Luzerne County—The Fusion Move-
ment Growing—Chester County Will
Send a Full Fusion Ticket to the
Legislature Next Kall — The Big
Fight Is Now On.
(From Our Own Correspendent.)
Harrisburg, July 10.—The entire
state of Pennsylvania has been suffer-
ing from intense heat during the past
week, moderated for brief intervals by
local showers. The fact that the far-
mers are in the midst of harvest and
that the weather is oppressive and tor-
rid does not prevent the active politi-
cian from making things lively
throughout the commonwealth. In
nearly every county where primaries
are to be held, and indeed where they
have been held, a vagy deal of quiet
political work is EN i
Now that the Democrats at Kansas
City have named their ticket, and the
Democrats of the state know just where
they stand, the work of fusion will be-
gin at once. The leaven of the at-
tempt to forever reduce the machine
to its proper level is at work. In Ches-
ter county, where the machine put up
its own candidates and the friends of
Mr. Quay ran everything to suit them-
selves, the number of independent Re-
publicans has increased amazingly.
Chairman Cavanagh, the Democratic
leader of Chester county, in a recen
interview, declared that by the efforts
of the Independent Republicans and
straightforward Democrats the Quay
machine would not have a foot left to
stand on in that county. The honest
Democrats who cannot be purchased
by the machine are as much in earnest
in their desire for good government in
the state as the independent Republi-
cans.
FUSION IN CHESTER.
Tt is more than likely that there will
be an equal division of legislative of-
ficers in Chester county, the Democrats
taking two members of the legislature
and the anti-Quay Republicans taking
two. Ex-Represcentative Plummer E.
Jefferis, Republican, has been practi-
cally agreed upon as the fusion candi-
date for state senator in opposition to
State Senator Snyder, who is one of
the principal cogs in the Quay machine.
Professor Rendall, Repubiican, will
also be a candidate for the legislature
again. The four fusion members of
the legislature from Chester county at
the last session were among the most
representative men sent to that body
from any county in the state.
One of the most telling anti-(uay
victories won this year was in T.izerne
county last week, where State Senator
Scott, who openly declared his opposi-
tion to Quay and to the Quay machine,
defeated William Drury for the state
senate at the primaries. Drury was re-
garded as the Quay candidate, although
he had the backing of a number nf an-
ti-Quay men. The fight was a very
bitter one, and all the energies of the
Quay leaders were concentrated on
Drury, for he was the one brand they
hoped to pluck from the succession of
defeats that they have met in Luzerne.
It will be remembered that at the
legislative primaries in Luzerne the
Quay machine lost every one of its
candidates. With the loss of its candi-
date for the senate, the sweep of the
anti-Quay forces in Luzerne county is
complete
In its issve of Saturday last the Phil-
adelphia North American charged that
the oleomargarine law will not be en-
forced, despite the fact that a new
dairy and food commissioner has been
appointed. In its article on the subject
The North American says:
MR. COPE'S ULTIMATUM.
“At the recent conference between
the new dairy and food commissioner,
Jesse K. Cope, and the committee sent
by the Pure Butter Protective associa-
tion, with an offer to co-operate in the
enforcement of the cleomargarine law,
Cope dictated what he style an ‘ultima-
tum’ to the committee.
“The association was willing tc turn
over to the commissioner all its cases
against the oleo lawbreakers, after
having spent thousands of dollars in
the collection of evidence against the
swindlers.
“But the committee was met with
such impossible terms that they were
obliged to withdraw from the confer-
ence.
“In substance, Commissioner Cope
demanded that the Pure Butter Pro-
tective association should withdraw
from its independent fight against the
oleo lawbreakers
“He also refused to accept the ser-
vices of the association’s attorney in
an advisory capacity in the prosecution
of the association's cases, although it
was made plain that neither the asso-
ciation nor its attorney asked or ex-
pected a penny of remuneration for his
services. Cope'’s ‘ultimatum’ was as
follows:
“ ‘The Pure Butter Protective asso-
ciation is to submit a list of the cases
which they desire the dairy and food
commisioner to assume. The list is to
give:
“ ‘First. The name and address of the
person charged with violating the law.
‘ ‘Second. The tharacter of the sam-
ple.
“ “Third. The date on which the
sample was taken. ,
‘“ ‘Fourth. The name and address of
the agent who collected the sample.
“ ‘Kifth. The name, address and re-
port of the chemist who analyzed the
sample.
“ ‘Sixth. The total expense incurred
by the agent.
“ ‘Seventh. The total expense incur-
red by the chemist.
“ ‘Eighth. Any additional expense.’
“ “The dairy and food commisisoner
will examine the list so submitted, and
such cases as in his judgment have evi-
dence sufficient to justify him he will
take and prosecute. It is understood
that no attorney fees are to be included
in the list of expenses submitted.
*“ ‘The Pure Butter Protective asso-
ciation will in the futur: furnish infor-
mation as to violators of the plec law
to the dairy and food commissioner
upon the report cards prepared by the
department for the purpose, whereupon
he will direct his agents to make in-
vestigation, and if the suspicion is well
founded to take sample and send it to
the chemist for analysis. If the case
is found to be one suitable for prosccu-
tion suit will be ordered.
“It is further understood that the
Pure Butter Protective association is
not to involve the department in any
expense for future cases.” ”
THE INFERENCE.
ference from this that while Commis-
sioner Cope is perfectly honest, and
wants tc do his duty, yet he is already |
being made use of by officials in their |
efforts to protect the sale of oleomar-
garine, thereby ruining the business of
the farmers. The North American
says:
“The truth is, that however honest |
may be Commisisoner Cope’s inten-
tions, and however great his personal |
integrity, he is already being made a |
tool of by the machine.
“Hedged in by a system impregnated
with corruption, he appears to be pow-
erless to effect any reform in the dairy
and food commisison. or to conduct his
department in the interests of the far-
mers of the state. Its whole machin-
ery is still being manipulated in the in-
terests of the agents of the oleo trust,
whether or not Commissioner Cope is
ready to confess the fact.”
Plot to Assassinate President Me-
Kinley.
A plot to murder President MeKin-
ley was discovered a few d f
couspirators are a few Spa
Cubans in New York City.
Full par-
ticulars are not yet made public. The
President is closely guarded, and it is
hoped that all of the conspirators will
be found out and properly punished.
Hot Times in The Old Town.
During the past week there were
some hot times in the old town, caused
by some of our young men getting hot
under the collar.
Big Al Swartzwelder assaulted Ben
Livengood by striking him several vie-
ious blows while Ben was quietly sit-
ting on the porch of Hay's hotel, not
expecting to be attacked by anyone.
This resulted in Swartzwelder’s arrest,
and the arrest resulted in a stiff fine
for Al and some indemnity for Ben.
This inglorious affair took place on the
“glorious 4th.”
Ed. Showalter and John Rodamer
also had some sort of a disagree-
ment on the 4th, but we have not learn-
ed the full particulars. There was a
hearing for these fellows before Bur-
gess Livengood, and if we are correct-
ly informed, Rodamer was fined $1.00.
We don’t know who was to blame for
the trouble, as we have always known
both of these young men to be rather
quiet and inoffensive.
Another fight occurred last Saturday
night, in which the chief combatants
were Arthur Emerick and Albert Petry ;
but several other fellows who belong to
what is known as the “Dirty Dozen,”
also took a hand in the fray. As the
combatants were all bad men from the
remotest bend of “Bitter Creek,” (in
their minds) the Lord only knows how
many of these crashing crushers would
have been killed if Policeman Krausse
hadn’t appeared on the scene in time to
stop the mill. After the smoke of bat-
tle had cleared away, those who had
gathered around with blotting pads
with whieh to gather up the pulverized
remains of the dead, looked somewhat
disappointed, for there wasn’t a single
man killed. Albert Petry got a punch
on the proboscis, from which his aris-
tocratic blood was flowing freely, and
that was about the extent of the dam-
age, although the windy portion of the
battle was something awful, and many
new “cuss words” were ushered into
existence, we are informed.
This great battle was started, it is
said, by Petry making a remark to the
effect that Emerick and his best girl
are the most sickening people in town.
Emerick couldn’t stand that, and we'd
like to know who would put up with
such talk concerning himself and his
ownest own darling duckie or his best
gir'. It's a poor chump that won’t fight
for his best girl.
Tie Star's speeial cartoonist was on
the ground and took the following snap
shot picture of the battle, which we
here reproduce, so that our readers can
see what a battle between real scienced
pugilists looks like.
J
As no one was badly hurt, it is evi-
dent that the scienced gentlemen were
fighting for points more than for blood.
Both Emerick and Petry were ar-
raigned before Burgess Livengood, who
fined them about $2.50 apiece. Petry
says he don’t care for the fine, but he
fears that he has lost his reputation in
the community. We presume he means
his fighting reputation.
Niverton and Vicinity.
July 9th.—Farmers have begun har-
vesting. The prospects are for a good
grain crop, while hay will be only or-
dinary.
The mines at this place are doing a
booming business, running to their ut-
most capacity.
Applicants for schools for the com-
ing term are visiting our school direc-
tors quite frequently. We are glad
that we have a school board that can
be relied upon, and still more glad to
state that in it are no longer to be
found members like unto a certain
nonentity who once degraded the board
as well as the schools by promising to
support every one who asked for a
school, but failed to make good many
of his promises. Much good home tal-
ent that he had promised to support
was completely ignored by him. But
this would-be director’s official career
was cut short, owing to neglect and
violation of his duties as a director.
Noah Beachy had the misfortune of
The North American draws the in-
getting his hand in a hay pulley, and
|
| as a result thereof he has a badly lac-
| erated hand.
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J. 8. Miller, the noted piseator, of
near Grantsville, Md., passed through
here this evening on his return home |
| from a trip south, where he had spent |
| . . . .
| some time engaged in piscicapture.
{ Charles Oester, while returning home
from a sporting trip, had a run-away
which resulted in a demolished buggy.
Fortunately no one was hurt.
8. S. Miller, who delights in making
| improvements on his premises, is at
| present erecting thereon a model sheep
cote.
LI. H. Miller, who has now the appel-
lation of “Squire,” takes great pride in
visiting the Sandflat horticulturist.
It's Ed. Yoder who wishes to have
the census retaken. You know why.
Par Axp TED.
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Astonishing.
Under the above caption the Demo-
cratic editor of the Frostburg Mining
Journal last week got off tke foliow-
ing, which comes about as near to our
own ideas on the subject as anything
we have seen in print for a long time:
“Bryan is nominated on a platform
which makes a specialty of 16 to 1
He would Lave it this way.
And this is his own finishing touch
of himself as the most stupendous
chump in the annals of American
statesmanship.”
Sudden Death of Jacob D. Liven-
good.
The people of Salisbury and vicinity
were greatly startled, last Friday,when
it was learned that Mr. Jacob D. Liv-
engood, one of our best and most prom-
ineut citizens had died very suddenly
and unexpectedly in the early morning
of that day.
Mr. Livengood had been considered
one of the most vigorous men of his
age in this community, and as he had
been about town the evening before
his death, looking as well, and appar-
ently feeling as well as usual, it can
readily be seen how the report of his
death a few hours later would shock
the community.
He was taken ill some time after
midnight, and he informed his wife of
the fact, who did all she could for his |
comfort. After a few moments he ap-
peared to be resting easy, and said |
something to that effect to Mrs. Liven-
good, but it was only an instant later
when he turned over on his left side
and immediately expired. Dr. A. M.
Lichty was called, but the spark of life
had fled before the doctor arrived.
Thus peacefully and quietly passed
away one who was greatly endeared to
many and highly respected by all.
Jacob D. Livengood was a good man,
and he will be greatly missed in this
community. He was noted for his
good-natured, easy-going, generous dis-
position. Ile was a man of charity and
kindness as well as a man of wealth.
He was broad-minded, always having
due respect for the honest opinions of
others, and there was not one atom of
narrow-minded bigotry in his entire
make-up.
Mr. Livengood was twice married.
First to Elizabeth, a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John W. Beachy, who died
about 15 years ago. His second mar-
riage was to Mrs. Elizabeth Beachy,
widow of Daniel Beachy. His second
wife and two children of the first wife
survive him. The children are Mrs.
AL C. Berkley, of Burr Oak, Kan., and
Ernest Livengood, of the firm of Bar-
chus & Livengood, of Salisbury.
The deceased was engaged in the
banking and mercantile business for
many years, having large mercantile
interests in Kansas as well as in his
native town. He was also extensively
engaged in real estate and mineral
deals from time to time, and being the
possessor of excellent business judg-
ment, he naturally became wealthy,
and was, without a doubt, the wealth-
iest resident of our town.
Jacob D. Livengood was a son of Rev.
David Livengood and the descendant
of a long line of eminently respectable
and influential ancestry. Ile was a
very prominent and useful member of
the German Baptist church, and the
high esteem he was held in was plainly
manifested at the funeral, which took
place at 2 o'clock, Sunday afternoon, at
the German Baptist chureh, where
more than 1,000 people came to pay
their last respects to a greatly beloved
brother and prominent citizen.
The funeral services were conducted
by Rev. W. A. Gaunt, assisted by Rev.
Hazlett, and it was by great odds the
largest funeral ever held in Salisbury.
The body was laid to rest in the Odd
Fellows’ cemetery. Peace to his ashes.
The deceased was aged 61 years, 3
months and several days. To his es-
teemed wife and children, as well as
to the other sorrowing relatives, Tue
Star extends its deepest sympathy.
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IbLe men, tramps and Coxey’s armies
furnished but poor markets for farm
produce.
Snip
Ture situation hunter is gradually be-
coming obsolete. The situation now
hunts the man.
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Tiere is no encouragement for the
foes of the United States in the Phila-
delphia platform.
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Tue corn crop of the United States
was worth almost $85,060,000 more last
year than in 1895.
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A Reruvnricax victory in Nebraska
this year would be a fitting climax for
the Democratic campaign on false is-
sues.
ea
Tine Chinese pig-tail makes fine
twisting material for those persons
who have been so persistently at work
on the British lion’s tail.
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WasminGrox exercised the veto pow-
er twice, Monroe but one time, Lincoln
three times, and McKinley four times.
Tolerance and confidence in the coordi-
nate branches of the (Government have
characterized the actions of our great-
| A GREAT COAL TOWN.
| ——
| How They Hustle out Black Dia-
| monds at Windber.
Windber, the new toan in the north-
| ern part of Somerset county, is truly a
| mining wonder. A visitor to the new
| metropolis of our county last week
| contributed the following to the Ber-
lin Record:
“For a mining wonder, take a trip
| into and get a sight at Windber. There
| you will see them rolling 300 or 400 car-
| loads of coal per day and hollowing out
from under the surface each 24 hours
| rooms aggregating three or four acres,
and the topmost notch has not yet been
| reached. The work of developing is to
be expediated until the daily output
equals 700 to 800 cars. This means that
{ it will hardly do to bank upon Wind-
| ber being a permanent institution. Ten
[ or twenty years of rush and push, and
| then the work of evacuating and dis-
Tue Hon. John R. McLean has re-
| tired from Ohio politics and sailed for
| Europe. Mr. McLean's experience with
{ io voters was anything but en-
| couraging.
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{ the O]
-
news from the
{ Tm West indicates
quite plainly that this is going tobe a
bad year for the political party that
flourishes on short crops and empty
dinner pails.
-——
Dexocraric campaign stump speak-
ers are not reminding the farmers that
broom corn that sold for $40 a ton a
few years ago has been selling recently
at $150 a ton.
. nil
Do ~xor lose sight of the Dingley bill
as having been passed under this ad-
ministration. It opened the mills and
gave wage-earners a chance to again
earn a living.
->
Ir Mr. Hearst attempts to replace all
mantling will begin, and little will be |
left bat the landmarks of a one-time |
industry.
The coal company is now about mak-
ing two more openings, one of which is
to be at Shade Furnace, and will scrape
out the coal pretty well toward Bucks-
town.
The town, including Scalp Level, now
has a population of 6,000. But this is
not the limit. The coal company claim
they will run the population up to 15,
000, and they are people that can make
their word good. There is only one
question with them, and that is a ques-
tion of time, they are not embarrassed
for want of resources, and it pays them
to whoop up the town, for don’t they
own the ground, and don’t the ground
bring a pretty profit when sized
off and sold as town lots? There's
money in the business, sure, and the
Berwind- White Company are not rush-
ing things solely to keep up the circu-
lation of the blood.
The town will not compare with Som-
erset or Meyersdale, or even Berlin for
solidity and finish, the streets being
unpaved and sidewalks are lacking,
with ihe exception of board walks
erected in parts of the town in front of
the places of business.
Seven retail and three wolesale liquor
licenses in the mining wonder attest to
the demand for the beverage that
cheers. Churches are not an absent
factor, two being completed and three
under way of construction.
Publishers Claar, of the Era, and
Begley, of the Journal, are kept at a
lively gait cornering the news of the
town and caring for the job work that
keeps steadily pouring in.
The Asbestine Brick Co. is a new in-
dustry just starting up, with a capital
of $20,000. The purpose of it is to manu-
facture mining waste into stove and
furnace linings, fire brick, ete.
The village is supplied with water
from a reservoir established north of
the town. Another reservoir is being
built about 5 miles west of Windber,
on Little Paint Creek, for supplying
water to Scalp Level and mines 30
and 37.
An indication of the scale upon which
the company does business is obtained
from the fact that it has just let the
contract for 350 house to be erected at
once upon plots about the town.
Before the snow flies the village will
be connected with Johnstown by a trol-
ley line. This line will follow along
the banks of Stonyereek and Paint
creek. It will be well patronized and
a paying institution from the start.
How it will effect the Windber mer-
chants is a source of concern to some.
Already lands along the line, especially
contiguous to Johnstown and Windber
where they are suitable for building
purposes, have materially advanced.
A pleasure park midway along the line
will bring an immense Sunday travel.”
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Mr. Bryan's return to the tax assess-
or has answered one of his pet argu-
ments. Mr. Bryan is not growing
poorer.
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By sending the Filipinos American
school books the Government evokes |
another prolonged protest from the
Democratic party.
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Corrox growers realized $72,000,000
more money for their crop last year
than they did in 1895. That was the
result of opening the mills.
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Laror bas the right to organize as
well as capital, and the American Fed-
eration of Labor has gained upwards of
300,000 members this year.
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Tur Democratic party is the only
party that makes a specialty of pro-
tecting foreign interests at the ex-
pense of American interests.
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Tuere may be nothing in a name but
Admiral Schley is shrewd enough to
decline to place himself in the hands of
the Democratic politicians.
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Farmers who grow flax should recol-
lect that the flax crop of the United
States was worth 100 per cent more
money last year than in 1895.
HE IE
Tir last Democratic President haul-
ed down the American flag at Hawaii;
it was restored to its place over the
Pacific by President McKinley.
Farmers paid $828,000,000 for the ex-
periment of electing a Democratic
President in 1892, through the loss in
the value of their live stock alone.
His patient and laborious work and
the successful result of the war with
Spain alone entitle President MeKin-
ley to reelection at the hands of the
people.
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Tne danger of a foreign war is al-
ways imminent. In such an event the
withdrawal of the foreign shipping
from our foreign carrying now employ -
ed would seriously cripple our expand-
ing foreign commerce. The Republi-
can national platform did well to point
this out and demand the enactment of
est Presidents.
| Jones made, she also advanced some
i ideas that were pretty far-fetched Nund
{ic I se
the newspapers that have been driven
out of the Democratic party by the
Chieago platform, he will be a very
busy young man.
Kaxsas Crry is the hub of the great
prosperity belt. The Kansas and Mis-
souri farmers never were so prosper-
ous. It was not an ideal place for a
clamity gathering.
Wiiex people can afford to buy pota-
toes the farmer gets better prices for
them. That is the reason why last
year’s potato crop was worth $10,500,
000 more than the potato crop of 1895.
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Tur Democratic Nashville American
warns its party managers that it is use-
less for them to attempt to carry Ohio
this year. The American has been in-
vestigating conditions in the Buckeye
state.
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Tie Democrats in the North Caroli-
na legislature have jammed through
the bill disfranchising the colored vot-
ers. Now they can resume the discus-
sion of “government without the con-
sent of the governed.”
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A Missovrr fnrmer lost a $500 dia-
mond ring the other day while engag-
ed in feeding his chickens. During the
last Democratic administration the
farmers had no diamonds to lose, and
precious little feeding to do.
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Tue farm price of wheat on Decem-
ber 1st in each year of President Cleve-
land’s administration averaged 54.1
cents per bushel. Under the McKin-
ley administration the average price
has been 77.5 cents per bushel, an in-
crease of 25 per cent over the Demo-
cratie price,
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Presipext McKiNLey has strenuous-
ly urged the fulfillment of every cam-
paign promise made in the Republican
platform of 1896. In this he has been
supported by the representatives of his
party in Congress, and the result has
been much legislation of a valuable
character, as well as faith kept with
the people.
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Tur average price of cattle on the
farm was $16.65 per head on January 1,
1807, just before President McKinley
was inaugurated. At the beginning of
this year cattle were worth $25 per
head on the farm. The increase in the
last three years has been 50 per cent.
These figures are from the reports of
the Department of Agriculture, and
may be accepted as absolutely relia-
ble.
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Moriner Joxgs, the labor evangelist
who goes about the country making
speeches in the interest of the United
Mine Workers of America, addressed a
large street audience in this town, last
Thursday evening. The lady is quite a
fluent speaker, and she uttered a great
many things that if acted upon by the
laboring classes would be of inestima-
ble benefit —tothem. But along with
many timely suggestions. that Mother
bordered closely on the ridiculous. Many
of her ideas are utterly impracticable,
and the speaker did not conceal the
fact that she is a socialist of the most
rabid type. She is an extremist, and
we are sorry to say that much of her
talk was mere gush. However, she is
no doubt doing some good in labor eir-
cles, and if her work is instrumental in
effecting a better organization among
the working class, which we believe it
is, we hope she may live to see at least
some of her labor ideas and dreams be-
come realities.
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Tur Chinese society known as the
Boxers, and who are said to be the
cause of the present trouble in China,
is partly an athletic, partly a moral re-
ligious organization, existing chiefly
among the country people and village
communities for the purpose of mutual *
help and protection. It has been in
existence for years. Its legends are
“Ta Tao Hui” (Big Knife Society) and
“I Ho Tuan” (Righteousness and Peace
Fist). The present disturbances are
said to be the outcome of the interfer-
ence by Roman Catholic priests in
cases of litigation between outsiders
and their own church members. In
Shantung there are two Catholic priests
whose business it is to take charge of
the lawsuits of their church members,
and because of their scheming they
are generally successful in winning the
suits. This angered both the officials
and the people, and the Boxers de-
termined to get by force what they
could not get by law. They have
made no distinction of creed, but their
principal assault has been against
Catholie and Protestant church mem-
bers of their own people. Thus it
comes again in the repetition of history
—the same element that started strife
in Florida, in Peru, in Cuba and in the
Philippines, is the element that has
aused the (
nese to assert what they
believe to be their rights, and in doing
so it has become necessary for the pow-
ers to step in and restore order—
remedial legislation,
Saxton Herald.