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Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-17

B. Febleman comes to the front to-
day like little man. He says that
She's heeled" so far as having ire
mendous stock of boots, and shoes, hats,
spring dry goods, clothing, gew gaws for
the ladies' etc. He undetermined to face
the music by selling those goods at the
lowest prices imaginable. He has an
idea that he can sell more by so doing.
Go and see his really magnificent stock,
a great portion of which was selected by
the great tragedienne Sarah Bernhardt
during her stay in the eastern cities.
Louisiana capitolian. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1879-1881, 1881-03-17

Shades of darkness, Can this he the
Birmingham Of America
Pittsburgh, Pa!
The city of a thousand smoke stacks,
which, if they do not give the average
Sunday School scholars faint idea OF
the internal regions, DO most certainly,
with their belching smoke and fire, coy
er this abode of iron, steel and glass
with an impenetrable gloom. The
houses have a smutty appearance, and
the doorsteps Of some Of the finer resi-
dences would drive into despair the av-
erage Philadelphia housewife, such
, strangers to soap and water do they
seem. At present the factories are all in
| full blast and the sound of the Kissing,
roaring, tearing and cracking metals as
| they pass under the hands of skilled me-
canics. would put to blush the uproar
| at a Chinese picnic, when the partici-
pants discern that the refreshments are
missing.
As the train slowly crosses the Monon-
gahala Oh a net work of wood, under
which a secore or two of coal barges are
passing, the scene presented, looking
down the river, is on upon which the
memory fondly fingers, until the hustle
and general confusion Of the Union de-
pot, in the heart Of the city, warn the
traveller that it is time to change cars
and to dispense of the traditional twenty
minutes for knife and fork pastime.
The ride from Pittsburgh to Philadel-
phia, over the Pennsylvania Railroad,
by daylight, is one not devoid Of interest
and is trip that will repay the partici-
pants, The wild, rugged mountain
scenery, with views of coal and iron
mine exteriors and glimpses here and
there of busy rolling mills, struggling
hamlctS and thrifty villages, lying adj
jacent to snow-covered valleys and well,
cultivated fields, keep the busy eyes OF
the tourist in constant tlutter.
AT length we reached the top OF the
Aileghany mountains, and the snow
hidden peaks, deep, pine-skirted valleys,
and general absence of human hahita.
ton reminded one of Colorado. As we
approached the famous horseshoe curve,
near Altoona, the beauties of this. por.
ton of Pennsylvania forcibly impressed
themselves. The rushing train came &c
dead stop ut the Logan House on Al
toona, shortly after, and the brakeman's
door-slaming echo of Five inmates fol
refreshments" caused a general STAN
| pede for well-flled knch connter
Altoona is healthy mountain town OF
1000 inhabitants. Thirty years ago ii
was desert waste, soon Transformed
however, into its present character, by
the Pennsylvania Railroad locating its
building shops there.
All aboard One stop between Altoona
and Harrjsbrrgh. Away wbirls the
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-07
The congregation Of the Rev. (Mayor)

The congregation Of the Rev. Mayor
Kalloch, Of San Francisco, Cal, have written
him . letter asking him not to run for Office
again. He responded that hs would net.
South.
Mrs. Miller and her young son were
instantly killed by lightning, at Sturtevant
Station, Ala. Tho infant in her arms was un-
injured.
Mrs. Antony, wife Of > clergyman q
Shelbyyille, Tenn, fatally shot herself while
attempting to shoot hawk
Five persons were killed and 1--WE in
jured by the bursting of the boilers Of the
steamboat Phaeton, near Maysville, Ky. The
boat was racing when the disaster occurred.
Dick Wood, notorious character in
Western Texas, was taken from the Sheriff,
near Cariso, and shot to death.
A fire destroyed Ave buildings at
Dyersburg, Tenn, the other night.
hiram Warner, formerly Chief Justice
Of Georgia, died at Atlanta, after long i'll.
ness. He was born in williamsburg, Mass,
IN 1907
Henry P. McGrath, the well-known
Kentucky breeder and owner Of running horses,
is dead.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-07
the Funding bill shows that they have

the Funding bill shows that they have
the disposition to do 80 whenever the
people undertake by law to restrain
them in their exactions. But, thanks TO
Providence, by their rebellion they fired
o shot mt the business safety Of the
country that will be speedily answered
by popular movement for their aboli-
ton. The people are now forming for
assault along the whole front
The task before us is the grandest
that ever challenged the effort Of free-
men. We have to-day, practically, but
one railroad, one national bankers asso-
citation, one express company and one
telegraph company! And the four are
confederated together to destroy compe-
tition, and to contro lsolely In the interest
Of their shareholders all the great agents
OF commercial life and activity. The
evils Of African slavery were but bsga-
telle compared with the dangers now
overhanging the country.
Then IS not our duty plain? The
conflict il upon us, and il we do not
at once advance TO the assault, Prov
ldence will raise up m army that will
do 20.
The war is between the industrial
classes Oh the one side, and the confeder-
ated monopolies on the other. The latter
march under one flag, and the banner Of
the National party Is broad enough to
cover every division and Subdivision Of
the anti-monopoly movement. Let us
attack the enemy along the entire line,
and let our guns, double shotted, sweep
the whole field now held by the in
trenched allies. Raise the battle cry
from one end Of the republic to the
other. Form your National Greenback
clubs, committees Of workers ani Anti
Monopoly Leagues, not to fight one
monopoly alone, but attack the whole Of
them combined. The people are coming,
and they are fully able for the task.
Sincerely yours,
j. b. WEAVER.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-07
The Anti. Monopoly Party.

The Greenback party has always been
an anti-monopoly party. 1t has never
adopted State or national platform that
has not protested against monopoly.
But, because it came into existence IN II
time Of financial depression, it has given
the greater prominence to its opposition
to money monopoly. This has fur
nished the opposition chance to be-
little it, and to assert with such vehe-
mence as to make IN impression upon
the unthinking crowd that the National
party has but one idea, and that is to
Hood the country with III unlimited
and unreasonable issue Of greenbacks.
And now that there is great popular
demand for an anti-monopoly party.
the newspapers and politicians of the
old parties speak Of the organization Of
such party as one of the possibilities
Of the future. They should be made to
understand that such party has been
some time i'll existence, that it has an
organization in every State in the Union,
that it polled $1,000 votes for Peter
Cooper III 1876, and a5N, 600 for Weaver
in 1850, and that it intends to carry tho
lower house Of Congress in 1882. and
the Presidency in l6S4.-Chicay0 Err
press.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-07
MONOPOLIES.
Henry Ward l8cecher DiscOurscs ON
Ihcir Evils.


Henry Ward l8cechcr DiscOurscs On
their Evils.
Speaking on the subject Of monopo-
lies. the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, in
a recent sermon, said: "The great
peril Of the future lies in the develop
ments Of the combination Of labor and
capital. In the past We have SO sue
cceded in limiting power that the indi-
vidual will does not have sway. But
now the power Of property comes in.
The power is tending from the individual
to the corporation. can remember
when there were 10, 900 looms in private
houses in New England. Now there is
none, and all textile fabrics are made in
factories. The individual becomes cow
erless before the gigantic monopolies
created by force Of wealth. Sup
pose man wishes to invest $lO0, 900 in
oil refining. The Standard Oil Compa-
ny says to him: Sell out to us, or di-
vide your profits with us. II you don't
We will crush yon.' Ii he says this is .
free country they reply that it is Is free
for the corporation as it is for the indi-
vidual. That Standard Oil Company is
like twenty Egyptian pyramids in y
bunch, each with Pharaoh on it. It is
the most gigantic combination on the
face Of the earth, and it is not whit
better because one Of the best men in it
is member Of leading Baptist church
in Brooklyn. There are five or ten men
who control 10, 900 miles Of railroad in
the lines of travel and transportation,
and 50 have billions upon billions Of
property under their authority, and u
clutch OH the very throat Of commerce.
''If the need should come for Presi-
dent who would favor the railroad
monopolics, it would take only five
pockets to put any man in the Executive
| chair. Out from New York run three or
four roads which are nndeyeloped dam
gers to the very existence OF uncorrupt
central government. There is u many
mouthed lion and real peril. But
danger will be oyerruled for good. Com
bination III manufacturing means cheap.
er fabrics. Steamboat companies and
railroads will distribute them cheaply.
Commerce will he n winged lion when
the perils are oyerrulel and the money
will remain. As to the labor troubles,
comprehensively rejoice in them, while
individually ! nm sorry. Labor must
organize for self.dcfense. Men are not
to he troddcn down like grass. The or
ganization OF labor il widespread, and
wages formerly discussed only at ono
end are now talked over ut both.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-07
Holding the Fort.

A wealthy laly, who had passed tho
middle age without marrying, one day
took upon herself husband, to tho
great surprise of her friends. When
the excitement occaslonel by the event
had partially subsidized. neighbor vent
turel to ask III explanation ot the nnrx-
pected freak, and received the following
reply lyon see, keepa large house,
and employed i've seryant-girls. con-
tended against them single-hanelei for q
long time, but finally realized that il |
wished to retain possession Of my home
would have to call in reinforcements.
John hnl served in the army. under
stood tactics and was cool and brave,
aud SO | married him. Two Of the
girls were discharged. and now the
thing is eyener than it used to be. We
mean to hold the tort or die"
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-07
Gen. Weaver on Anti Monopoly.
Editor American Sentry:
Our national platform adopted ut Chi

ten. weaver ON Antl.MOhOpOlys
Editor American sentry:
Our national platform adopted at Chi
cago contains the following broad and
comprehensive declarations, to wit:
Corporate control Of the volume OF money
has been the means Of dividing society into
hostile classes: OF the unjust distribution Of the
products Of labor. and Of building up monopo-
hes OF associated capital. endowed with power
to coniiscate private property.
5. Railroad land grants forfeited by reason Of
no,l-fultillment OF contract should be ihlmedi-
ately reclaimed by the Government; and hence
forth the public domain reserved exclusively ~
homes for actual settlers.
8. Ii is the duty OF Congress to regulate in
ter-State commerce. All lines OF commnnica-
tian and transportation should I've brought un-
der such Legislative control ~ snail secure
mode ate fair and uniform rates for passenger
| and freight traffic.
T. We dcnuunce as destructive 10 prosperity
and dang rolls 10 liberty the action Of the old
parties i'll fostering. and sustaining gigantic
! lind. railroad and money corporations aud mo-
nol olies. invested aith and exercising powers
belonging to the Government, and y.t not re-
snonsIh, to II for til. manner Of their exercise.
This ut once placed MS before the
country ms IN anti-monopoly party. with
bold AMI yet conservative declaration
Of principles.
By the adoption Of that platform, the
party sprang like au athlete into the
arena of open and determined warfare
against the united encroachment o.
national bank, railroad, telegraph and
other kindred monopolies.
Thus We present to the conntry an or.
ganizcl, aggressive, anti-monopoly
movement. We do not have to change
front IN order to meet the emergency.
We were called into being tor this
Specific work, and We are united n
/ purpose in every State in this Union
Nagenuine anti-monepolist will Longer
/ fight against MS in behalf of the national
bank monopoly. 1t possesses the power
t. rsiu the business interests OF ths
country n amy time within twenty -foul
hours, ana tn,lr recent action touching
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-07
MISCELLANEOUS oLEANINos

Americans are the largest consumers
Of Japan tea. Out OF 14.2lo.c7s pounds cx-
ported from Hiogo alone in 1850, Q. $50. .533 were
inyoiced to New York, 2,422, 295 to Chicago,
SO,9sO TO San Francisco, aud only 2167, III to
other countries.
Buffalo reports the arrival of the
largest tow Of lumber from Michigan which
ever passed through ths great lakes. 1t con-
tanned s,2sO. 900 fesk
Russia thinks that il England can pro-
test against the action Of Fenians in America,
something should be done by European powers
to limit the conspiracies Of exiled Nihilists.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Booth and Mr..
J. H. Mcvicker arrived in New York on the
steamship Bothnia from Liverpool
The American Protestant Association
held its thirty-first annual convention in PhiEs-
delphia. Samuel Liggett, Of that city. wa
elected Grand Master, and John Pike. Of CHI
cago, Deputy Grand Master.
A furious wind and rain storm pre-.
vailed over a large section Of Ohio, causins,
much injury to life and property. The storm.
also extended into Pennsylvania, and in tn,
vicinity Of Pittsburgh several houses were m
rooted and otherwise damaged.
Thirty-seven women and Ave children
were among the killed by the recent railway
disaster IN Mexico.
Col. Obergon, who was commissioned
by the Mexican Government to inquire into
the cause of the Moreles bridge disaster, has
reported that the sole cause was the defective
construction Of the b ridge.
There are A, 496 postoffices in thu
United States. During the year 2,8A were es
tahlishcd and l,40S discontinued. Tho number
OF Postmasters commissioned IL 10, Ill.
Work on the Yorktown centennial
monument, which is to cost 100000, will bs
begun ut once
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-07

When the bond system was inaugu-
rated it laid the foundation for conflict
between fixed wealth, or the income
class, who would become the principal
holders Of the bonds, and the millions Of
producers Of wealth. 1t was leep.laid
plot to tap the source Of wealth-to alb
sorb undnly, therefore unjustly, tho
earnings Of labor. To-day the first. tho
bondholders, want to perpetuate tho
bonds, and are cunningly scheming to
do it. But it now becomes the duty Of
the industrial and commercial classes to
abolish this enslaying system, and they
must do it il they would remain free
Bryan (Ohio) Iidctts.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-07
Badges Of Slavery.

The celebrated William Corhett said
that "rags aud bare bones are the true
badges Of slavery Debts. mortgages.
foreclosures, poverty, disease aud death
tenn OF Wase-slas.ry. Oh. but It is "thc
best system" yen know, .that the world
ever saw !s'-.>unth Bend tind. Fra.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-07
WARRINGTON NOTES.

Col. w. w. Dudley, Of Indiana, has
taken possession Of the ofios Of Commissioners
Of Pensions.
Attorney General .'.acVeagn insists
t'aat there viii be no "let-np" in tho star
cute prosecution, the President and the Capl-
mel being determined to go to tho root Of the
business
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lid for it by the beneficiaries Of their

paid Tor It by Tie beneHclAf1eB q tHelf
venality.
The producing classes have the power
of protection and redress in their own
hands; bnt, notwithstanding they have
been robbed, stripped and fayed by I'M
ferior numbers, they march to the polls
like lambs to the slaughter, and, under
the lash Of party discipline, vote for the
same men and measures which have
ruined them, and thus license them to
continue their nefarious schemes Of
plunder. B. 3. HEATH.
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Time
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The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-07-07
DOMESTIC INTELIIoENoE

East.
The eight-oared race between the
Harvard and Columbia College crews was won
by Harvard by three lengths. The winners
time was n minutes 45 seconds. the Columbiat
being - seconds later.
Philadelphia had two tragedies in one
lay, caused BY faithless wives. IN one case
George Hillyer shot and killed Walter Fink fol
.alking to his (Hillysr'O wife, and An hour late,
James Gourley, who WAS separated from his
wife, broke into tho house where she lived,
and fired at her and her companion, seriously
wounding both.
The sleeping Hungarian, who ha,
seen in comatose condition for 1S5 days Il
he Lehigh Pa.) psor-house, has spoken few
words, and may, therefore, bs said to be awake
There are $31 ,OOO, 900 worth Of gold
nd silver in the United States Mint ct Phila.
ielphia.
The Bradford oil district is alive with
excitement over two rich strikes across ths
line in New York, flowing 100 to $50 barrel,
per day.
In . quarrel between two lads, aged
10 and l6, respectively, in Boston, the younger
one shot the other, indicting fatal wound.
Mr.. Euler, fireworks dealer, was
lined five shillings in Philadelphia for breach
OF the anti-ireworks act, passed in l72l
l"agsinst the peace Of our sovereign Lord, his
most gracious Majesty King George the First OF
England'). The magistrate insisting on the
dne being paid in shilings, the defendant
bought them Of broker.
John g. SAKE, son of the poet, died at
Albany, last week.
BY the capsizing of yacht on Long
Island sound, tive Of sailing party Of seven
young people were drowned.
West.
All the st. Louis gambling-hou
have been closed BY law which passed th,
Missouri Legislature last winter making
gambling crime.
The Board Of Agriculture Of the State
Of Ohio estimates the wheat crop this year q,
"A, 600. 900 bushels.
The valley Of the Kansas river, in
Kansas, was devastated by : destructive storm
last week. The farmers Are the principal suf
fsrers.
Four boys were drowned at st. Louis
while bathing in the river.
Piute Indians in the Dolores country,
COL, attacked party OF tifty-four citizens and
killed five of them. Capt. Carroll, with mel
Of the Ninth cavalry, went in pursuit OF tht
redskins.
An accident on the Chicago, Burling-
ton and Quincy railroad took place near Hins
dale, Ill The lightning divided stock train
SO that part continued ON its way with ths
locomotive; the part remaining behind was ru,
into by another advancing stock train, and twe
men wero killed.
The members Of the national and the
State Boards Of Health met at Chicago and dis,
eussed the question OF preventing the spread
OF smallpox.
Cincinnati is to have new stock-yards
Tor which 1900 900 capital was subscribed,
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IL. sYocsgHIDaG'a yIglDiCATIoN.

y, ~, -Ils 80 ~; ). l,,a. b, H-rIh-
littn press generally II NaryIant very
cordially endorses thc yindication e! Mr.
>taclbri3ge from the Gross attacks made
upon him by the Baltimore ias,rjc",.
by his unanimous reelection as Chair
man of the State Central Committee,
Us one of our esteemed exchanges, the
Frederick ESfH.iHtr. truly says: II was
Il vinGiea5ion of the great "ody o. the
Republicans of the State, who having
grown weary OF tar d!ctatiua Of the
Bosses. determined to- and did III the
Frederick. Convention throw on the gall
M yoke, ol their oppression. and declare
jAc Independence of the party against
the ambitious au,l umscrupuiouS schemes
convention Mr. StockhriL@e refused to be
made the instrument IN the hands of Il
small cotrric 81 malatmc politicians, in
iacir efforts to subvert the will Of the
people and PROPAGATE their own lease OF
power and for this fearless impartial
AMI honest discharge o.; his duty to his
party and the people of the State at
large, he has been pursued, Prosecuted
and DETAINED. lis position at that time
WAS fully sustained by The convention.
and his reelection is Il most complete
vindication against the unwarrantah'c
and outrageous manner in which the on
Gan Of 4 Ring OF defeated and desperate
political triclStrrs, has prv>tiIuted its
license i'll an effort 10 destroy both him
SELF and the independent spirit of the
party which lie represented.
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FAILURES AND A PANIC

There is in the record Of the business
failures of the last nine months Il sug.es-
ton Of the iuaacial crash which will be
due in 1888, ten Yeas from the great
panic Of 1873, but which mag con.G many
months sooner. There were INA more
failures in the United States during the
first Nine months of 1881 than during the
same months of 1854. the Whole number
thi, year being t"Si. 1i,@ aggregate
assets Of the failing firms are 5 4. a5O. cos
greater than last year. being sci 500. :5l:3'.
Undoubtedly the increase ol failures IS
the result Of Increased Iecll !rssncss in
speculation. The county Is e>. .e.!lngly
prosperous but many veuturcS0me bust
ness men have gone beyond their depth
and found it impossible to regain their
footing. The head, Of nearly l,1Oa more
Business men VII, probably descend be
meath the surface Of thC n".i.si2l sea be
fore the end OF the wear 1881, ami iai-
ures Will be likely To increase until some
great financial movement disturl,S the
equilibrium Of a multitude of firms which
have departed from the strict methods. of
legitimate trade to engage in spccuia-
ton, and then panic will come and the
&GrpscS of the defmct will be ,trewn
over ih2 country like snow-tlakcs of the
first storm Of -;nter. Wise men can de
tecr in q thousand ways TIE approach of
a financial gale, and there is yet time Cor
the prldent to prepare fer it.
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THE RESULT IN ONO.

1t would have been an indeljble stain
on the good name of Ohio had her citi-
zemS elected as Governor Il man whose
sole claim to membership of the party
That supported him was the fact that h"
had blaukguar,ie,l the greatest and best
statesman that Ohio ever produced. We
know little. and care less. about NJ.
Boollwalter: but all that We do know,
besides the fact that he had Il "har'l.
is that lie ceased to hc Republican be
cause he wanted to ;spcrSc the character
Of James \. Garfield. Whether the Ohio
Democrats thought that this fact emit
tied him to he given their highest party
distinction OF awaited themselves of his
absurd ambition to be Governor in order
10 oct the .'Sincws Of w&r. the cuncIll-
cIuSion is equally discGeditshIe TO them.
Their success. under such circumstances.
would have been as Illuminating fact to
Ohio as the election Of Nultanhi-ham,
during the war. would have been, when
he was run for Governor. They have
failed. BY how large d hostile majority
remains to be seen. The Republican
majority may exceed that given Cor Eos
ter two years ago, notwithstanding the
LARGE vote of the ProhibitioniSts, which
naturally came almost entirely from tie
Republican ranks.