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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-21
Horse Racing at Chicago.

CHICAGO, July 21.-Two race tracks on
the west side started in business yester-
d8y-the Hawthorne and Garfield courses.
AT Hawthorne the winners We're: Fred
Taral, "a mile, 1:1S; Silver Lake, Is miles,
1:5S; Z. L. Brown, "a mile, liz; Blaze
Duke, % mile, 1:04; Allan Bane, mile,
l:451z.
At Garfield Lake View, g mile, LA:
Mollie V, % mile, 1:0l4: Topgallant, /
mile, Ia; Farine, q mile, 1:C2; Ray S,
5]1 furlongs, 1:0s]z; Boreahs, e mile,
1:O115.
DETROIT, July 21.-Races at Driving
Club park yesterday: Leicester won 2:27
class in three straight heats, best time
2:2114. lvorene won 2:24 class pace, best
time 2:lg3I
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-21
National Temperance Assembly

AsHEvILLE, n. c., July 21.-A national
temperance assembly under the auspices
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union opened here yesterday with a large
attendance. 1t will continue for ten DAYS
Among those who are taking prominent
part in the proceedings are: Mrs Chaplin,
Mrs. Goodale, Mrs. Wells, Mrs Woody,
President of the North Carolina Woman's
Christian Temperance union, with Mrs.
Mary Allen West and Mrs Mary Lathrop
representing the north.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-21
Says The Bank Is Solvent.

Fort WORTH, Tex, July p The as
sets of the Merchants National bank,
which closed its doors yesterday, are said
to be 81, 10000 and the liabilities $500, 900.
Bank Examiner Spaulding says that the
bank is solvent, and that depositors and
creditors will be fully protected.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-21
Costly Fire at Chrismsp. Ills

CBRIsMAN, Ills, July 21.-Fire started
in Henderson Bros restaurant yesterday,
and was not extinguished until it had
destroyed block of business houses. The
whole populprionf organized itself into
fire brigade, and kept the flames from
spreading beTond the block Loss, about
$4,000; insurance, So, 900.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-21
Peddler Murdered by Two Bows.

NASHVILLE Tenn, j uly 21.-A Tracy City
special says: There are well-grounded ru-
mors afoat that two boys who reside in
Grundy county, few miles from Pei
ham, named Sanders and Meeks, waylaid
and murdered Sicilian peddler at Lusk's
Gap few days ago. The man was killed
by knife wounds, and the boys were detec-
ted in the act of burying the body.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-21
Established a Censorship.
Memphis Troops of for the War.

MEMPHIS, July p. The Chickasaw
Guards, Hibernian Rifles, Bluff City Zou-
aves and the Roster Zouaves, under ord rs
from Governor Buchanan, left this city
at $50 last night for Briceville, the seat
of the mining troubles. The companies
are small, the four turning out about 100
men, under the command of General Sam
uel CarneS
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-21
The Warrant Is of No Use.
AN IRON NINE ON FIRE.
Two Shafts of the Great Republic at Mar
quette, Mich, Ablaze.

MARQUETTE, Mich, July 21.-Fire start.
ed in No. 5 shaft house of the Great Re.
public iron mine at l o'clock yesterday
morning. The surface fire was soon ex
tinguished, but not before it had commu.
nicated to the timbering OF Nos. I, and {
shafts, which are now burning fiercelv.
The fire is spreading underground and part
of No. shaft has already caved in The
night shift men escaped by another shaft.
The Republic employs nearly 1000 men,
and when the IRE can be put out and work
resumed is not known. The loss will be
enormous
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-21
Another Kansas Rank Faits.

KANSAS CITY, Kan, July 2l.-The Cen
trail Bank of Kansas, of this place, closed
its doors yesterday. The liabilities are
100000. This is the second failure of
bank in this town within a week. 1t is
expected thai depositors will be paid in
full
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-21
MoAu,iffe Makes n D.pos;t.

NEW YORK, July 21.-Austin Gibbons,
accompanied by score of New Jersey
sporting men, went to The Police Gazette
Office yesterday to meet Jack McAuliffe
and arrange for match for the light
weight championship. McAuliffe did not
show up until the others had departed,
after waiting an hour. Jack deposited
$500 as a guarantee of his intentions, and
it is likely that Gibbons will cover it
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-21
Mighty Poor Show for Her Money.

PARIS, July 21.-Ex-Queen Natalie of
Servia has brought suit against ex-KIng
Milan, in the Paris courts, to recover the
sum of 5000, 900 francs, being a portion of
her personal fortune which her dissolute
husband squandered.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-21
Sam Chnse is western Cham pion

CHICAGO, July 21.-At the Kenwood
Tennis courts yesterday Sam T. Chase
won the western championship in the sin
giles by defes ting B. f. Cummins after a
hotly contested game.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-21
Ex-Ernperor Dom Pedro Ill.

PARIS. July 21.-Dom Pedro. ex-empe-
ror of Brazil, is seriously i'll at Vichy He
recently met with an accident which in
jured one CT his feet, and gangrene has
su nerYened
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-21

quences. Inc readers reply was that Mt
attack would be made.
The troops then marched out of camp.
carrying with them the convicts, all theil
commissary supplies and baggage. They
marched to Briceville and there took the
tram to Knoxville.
Promises Promptly Violated.
The troops were hardly out of sight be
fore the mob violated its promise Tn.
rioters went to the mines of the Knox
vile Iron company, surrounded the stock
ade, and captured the 125 convicts there,
with the guards. They were shipped
away to Knoxville, and arrived here about
500 O'Clock. The mob then started fol
Oliver Springs, where they also intended
hberating the prisoners The whole OF
eastern Tennessee is in sympathy with tn,
miners. Whether the convicts at Alum
Springs have been liberated is not known.
Great Excitement at Knoxville.
A call of some labor leaders has been
Issued for labor meeting here tonight.
The excitement here is intense Streets
are crowded and a diversity of opinion is
heard. Many of the labor men say the
miners have done right. The troops who
arrived yesterday say the statements made
that they would not fight but wished the
miners to capture the convicts are false.
The Chattanooga boys showed determin-
alton to go back to the front.
The Mob Leaders Send Out Scouts.
number of the leaders in the mob YES
terday were in the city last night getting
all the information they could of the in.
tentions of the governor. Some of these
men returned to Coal Creek on the $50
train, and others remained in the city.
Excitement here seems to be increasing
every minute, and thousands are on the
streets.
Established a Censorship.
The miners have appointed a committee
to say what dispatches shall be sent out
and what not, and this committee or some
of it is in the telegraph office all the time
and reads all the matter sent out by the
newspaper men. The committee, whether
self-appointed or under the miners organi-
zation, told the operator on duty at the
key that If he did not let them read the
messages they would cut the wires. A re-
port came from Coal creek late yesterday
afternoon saying the miners declare that
no troops can be landed there. There are
threats that they will wreck the trains or
burn railway bridges.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-21
Tom Reed Lunched by the speaker.

LONDON, uly 21.-Asr. Thomas B. Reed,
ex speaker Of the house of representatives,
was entertained at luncheon last evening
BY the speaker of the house Of commons.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-21
Terrible Forest Fires Reported.

OSHKOSH, Wis, July 2l.-People re-
ring from upper Michigan say that a
te forest fire-ihe worst ever known
n tn 1t region-is now raging there.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-07-21
Our Hog Not Out of the French Woods.

Our Hog Not Out OF the French Woods.
PARIS, July 21.-The senate must ratify
The bill removing the restrictions upon
the importation of American pork before
it can become law. Owing to the political
crisis at present existing, it is feared that
the ratification of the bill will not be &C
complished without difficulty
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-07-25

To tho Editor of the New York World.
Last week l made clear, per
haps, that the word "dollar .
means a certain amount of value
equal to that contained in
25.8 grains of gold-coined or un.
coined, legal tender or bullion
and not certain amount of vel.
low metal. l showed that this
value was used to measure by, not
the coin; and that whatever had
the value in it could be used as
we'll as the gold itself as a meas
ure of value. The truth of this is
apparent to every one who uses a
greenback or certified check.
Our legal tenders were below par
when they had nothing behind
them but the promise of the 60. :
eminent to pay nothing in particu-
lar. If they had been redeemable
in anything--cotton, potatoes,
sugar, iron, steel, anything what
ever at the current or exchange
value in gold, they would have
been kept, at par. These were
wanted, not the gold. The green
backs went to par when redeema-
bic in gold, not for the sake of gold,
but for what the gold was worth
in other things? and they would
have gone to par if redeemable in
any equivalent of gold-in the
things the gold would buy. A
piece of paper, redeemable in any
current commodity at that COM
modity's gold equivalent, always
was, is today, and ever will be "as
good as gold," and will buy the
exact amount the gold buys. Such
a piece of paper is a title-deed, a
pawn-ticket, and it is used to meas
IRE values 1000 times where the
gold coin is used once.
When the advocates of "honest
money" were demanding that the
legal tenders should be declared
redecmable in gold, nobody said
that to do this would "drive the
gold out of the country" nobody
thought it would Contract the cur
rency;;" there were no prophets of
evil. If it was "inAation" there
could be no objection from honest
men.
When the advocates of "honest
money" now demand that the
deprecated silver coins, paid out
by the government as a full dollar
shall be declared redeemable in
gold or its equivalent, with one
voice the very men who howled the
loudest for the redemption of the
legal tenders oppose any such re.
demption of this kind as fraud
and swindle. jeremiah was
nowhere in his representations of
evil compared with these men. The
gold will be driven out of the coun.
Try. We will enter upon the era
II ''inf1ation," and the woes I'm.
Of the muse will then be /;
'urs, they shout from the house
ops.
The vulgar can reply with "rats!"
The digniiied must mourn that ,
here is nothing else to be said. |,
Ia what does the present demand
or free coinage (redemption) of
ur silver dollars differ from the ,
emand for the redemption Of the '
reenback dollars? It is beyond '
,e ingenuity of the cleverest mind v
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-07-25
A TALK ABOUT MONEY.
The Financial Situation
oflS71 Exactly Repeat.
in 1891.
AN UNREDEEMABLE BROWN.DACK
DOLLAR WORTH ONLY so
CENTS IN GOLD.

Free Coinage Nothing but q Demand
That the Paper Dollar Used by the
People Shall Have a Value Equal to
GNld Coinage the Silver Men
Want and how They Feel-How Coli.
and Silver May be Kept Joined at
sixteen to One.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-07-25

| W BLOW tuc slSntest ullIcTcuCc Dc
tween the present financial situa
ton and that of 1905, ex
cept that the bankers were then
favoring honest money" and are
now opposing it. The only ques-
ton in free coinage is the redemp
ton of the silver certificates now
flooding the country, either in gold
or commodities of gold value.
If the government of the United
States can redeem a piece of green
paper in gold it can redeem 412
grains of coined silver; if the green
paper and the gold will circulate
side by side, so will the silver and
the gold; if the redemption of the
paper does not drive the gold out
of the country, the redemption Of
the silver will not. The honest
opponents of free coinage have
been buncoed by the bankers.
They have been deceived as to the
issue.
The silver dollar is as sacred a
pledge of the government as was
the green paper dollar. 1t was
more sacred. The government says
it is dollar, pays it out a dollar
and redeems it with 80 ceqts! It
never said the greenback was a
dollar.
Where is the cat? Why, that
cat should be in plain sight. The
bankers held the greenbacks; the
people the silver certificates.
Stripped of it's technicaiities the
only demand in ''free coinage" is
for the redemption Of the 4l2-grain
silver coin in 25.8 grains of gold,
and that it shall be put on a par
with the green paper dollar and
made legal tender in payment of
debts, the same as the greenback.
The financial situation today is
to the letter that of 1875. We then
had about $375,OOO,OOO in green
backs, worth 80 cents on the dolls~
which constituted the c.~.4..ting
medium. The national bank-notes
were redeemable with greenbacks
and the greenbacks were redeem
able In debts or commodities at so
cents on the dollar. The people
demanded ''honest money" and
the banks backed the demand. I'll
meant that the debts due them and
contracted on IS per cent basis
should be paid in commodities on
1 gold basis. 1t was 20 to SIS per
cent. clear gain to the banks. it
vas inevitable, and the price
he people had to pay for
honest money"
We now have about 1926, 100000
brown backs (silver biils), worth
80 cents on the dollar, in circula-
ion. These ''silver bills" comprise
'ine-tenths the currency in use.
Take the bills out of your pocket
md examine them. Every one
eads: This certifes that there
las been deposited in the Treasury
# the United States ONE silver
DOLLAR, payable to bearer"
his dollar bill, this promise ofthe
to pay ONE DOLLAR,
lie, swindle, a cheat. 1t is
'ot one dollar. 1t is only so cents
exactly what the greenback was
'orth in 1875. 1t is not "nonest
Money" 1t is dishonest money,
'sued as a counterfeit to swindle
he poor lwho must use it at the
Of the very men who
owled so persistently for the re-
emption of the greenback in gold.
The republican bankers of the {
he country, owning the govern. ]
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-07-25

You can always get the best
bargains at my store. Try
me and be convinced.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-07-25

| VALUE COlltAllIcu III luCIA tACAS VI
here.
If any one will take 500 in
silver dollars, either the pawn
tickets, bills or the coin itself, from
Detroit to Windsor to pay bill
he will be told that they are worth
and will buy only $50 worth. That
is their value in good dollars-the
true number of dollars in them,
there or here.
When all our currency was alike
it was no benefit to the banker to
keep it at 80 cents on q dollar.
His profit comes in having two
currencies in the country-one to
lend worth 80 cents, and one to be
paid in worth 100 cents.
The "silvermen," the "silver-
maniacs," as the jack-fool editors
call them, are the men who want
all our money to be ''honest money"
not greenbacks alone, but brown
backs as we'll. They oppose two
distinct paper dollars differing in
value, or even two distinct metallic
dollars differing in valve. They
demand that the silver coin dollars
issued by the government shall
have the same value as the paper
dollars ISSUED by the government,
and that both shall be redecmable
in gold or gold values.
"Frec coinage is a technical
phrase. The government says that
25.8 grains of gold when coined,
shall be a dollar. Any one may
take gold to the mint and have it
coined. Only that which is taken
to the mint by private persons is
coined. The government does not
buy an ounce. There is no COM
pulsory coinage. Not gold coin
Except pattern pieces) is struck
for the government. Gold coinage
is free" and by free is meant "only
what is wanted by the people,"
The. Il, .nnot have it forced on them.
The government says that 412
grains of silver shall be a dollar,
but that its coinage shall be COM
pulsory, not free. Every dollar
must be struck for the government,
from bullion bought by the govern
ment, and no one shall be permit
ted to have it coined at any price
or under any circumstances. The
object is to swindle in the interests
Of the bankers, to depreciate the
value of the silver dollar and to
give the bankers currency to Jug
gle with.
The coinage laws fix the relative
values of gold and silver at 16 to !,
Or 412 grains of one to 25.8 of the
'uther, and SO long as they are
REDEEMABLE, one in the other,
1t these ratios, tie value in either
event will be the same-must be
he same. 1t is the case of the
,reenback over again. So long as
he piece Of green paper paper is
'edeemable in gold, SO long it will
AVE the value of gold. So long
IS the silver dollar is redeemable
n gold, it will have the same value
IS the gold-here or abroad.
The only reason why the silver
|ollar now coined contains only 80
'er cent of the value of the gold
|ollar is because it is not a legal
ender, because it is only an ire
eemable silver token, deprived of
Is value as money and not dol.
ar. 1t is so cents coined. This
its value in the arts. The CON-
ulsory coinage of tokens has but
tile effect upon the market value
silver. They are not money aud
ave only their market value.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-07-25
MONTE B. GWINN
CALDWELL, IDAHO

Has the largest general store
IN Idaho, and is selling at prices
that defy competition.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-17
AT NEW YORK
Ruling Prices in Produce at the seaboar
Commercial MeuonoIia -

Ruling Prices I'm Produce at the seaboard's
Commercial Metropolis
NEW YORK. Aug. 15-Flour-Receipts,
6,139 packages; exports. 3.446 brls and 4S2
sacks. The market was excited and un
settled. in instances 1502Oc higher asked.
Sales. 25, 100 brls. Corn-meal dull; yellow
Western. S32563.S5.
Wheat-Receipts. 271 500 bu: exports. 2OO.-
6S7 bu. Sales, 1855. 600 bu futures. 10. 600
bu spot. The spot market was unsettled.
higher and quiet; No. 2 red. s1.1O01.l3l2 in
elevator. 81. l0120l.15 afloat. Sl.11A01.16A
f. o. b.: No. 8 red, sl.Osl2; ungraded red.
S1.071201.22 No. ! \ Northern. to arrive. S1.22;
No.. hard. to arrive. sl.25; No. 2 Chicago.
S1.1sl2. Options remarks bly, excited. with
an unusual advance. selling mp to the close
of Change after feverish fluctuations fully
14G5l2c, on reports that Germany was con-
sidering the taking of of the duty. n
that French requirements would be larger
than had been expected. There was active
foreign and local buying; extensive cover
ing OF contracts and higher cables. and q
good outside market interest: No. 2red, Au-
gust, sl.lOGl. 13l2. closing at 81. 13lo: Sep
tenn bel, Sl.O9loQl |. 1874, closing at S1.l3lt;
October. Sl.O9s4 .l3l2. closing at 81. 13lo:
November. 81. 10l201.143s. closing at
S1.143s; December. S1.1101.15. closing at
Sl-14Fs: January, 81. 2s4Ql.16s closing at
Sl.l6ss; February. Sl.150l.17ls, closing at
Sl.17ls; May. S1.160L19. closing at 81. ls7s.
Rye higher aud quiet; Western. Septem-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-17

Der delivery. SLIP bid c. 1. f.; sales. 5000 bu;
State, 81 .07l7 O delivered. Barley malt
Canada, country-made. S101.6.
Corn-Rece,pts. $3.50 bu: exports, 1900
bn: sales. l.02l coo bu futures. 1000 bu spot
The spot market was higher and firm; light
offerings: No. 2. 7601Sc in elevator. T0
re afloat: ungrsded mixed, 7Sl2c.
Options advanced 140234c, declined l2D
1l2c. advanced la07 sc. closing strong at
1Ql7sc over yesterday, Influenced by
wheat and freer buying orders for Deem
Der: August. 734074c. closing at 74c: Sep.
TENDER, 700 lie. closing at 70l2c; October.
6s06S4c, closing at 6ol2c; December, 5940
60a4c. closing at $3.50; May, 57l2c. After
Change. August. 76075l2c; September, %
are; December. 6O34c.
Oats-Receipts, 45 5000 bu: exports, GEO bu;
sales. e. 1000 bu futures, 41.0O0 bu spot. The
spot market was unsettled and dull to low
gust closing at S4l2c; September. 344c,
closing at 344c: October, 337s0344c. closing
at 344c: spot No. 2 white, 45c; mixed West
ern. S3031c; white Western. 33053c; No. 2
Chicago, SIC.
Hay firm: shipping. roc; good to choice.
75095c. Hops quiet: State, common to
choice. b0l9c; Pacific coast, 160 l9Iac.
COfiee-Options opened steady from un-
changed to > points up. Sales. $3.50 bags,
including the following: August. 1850;
spot Rio dull and easy: fair oargoes. 19c;
No. z, 17011lsc, Sugar-Raw quiet and
steady; refined dull. Molasses-Foreign
nominal; New Orleans steady: common to
fancy, 2o032c. Rice quiet and fairly act
i've: domestic. fair to extra, 5l207 &c; Japan.
6l2054c.
COtton-seed oil strong; crude. off grade.
26030c: yellow, off grade. 3112036c. Tai
low weak and quiet; city tS2 for packages).
sc asked. Rosln steady, strained. common
to good, S1.3501.4O.
Eggs quiet and steady; Western, 16016s4c;
receipts, 2,1lS packages.
Hides in fair demand and firm; wet-salted
New Orleans selected, IS to IS lbs, 60Sc;
Texas selected, so to 60 lbs. 60Sc.
Pork dull and steady; old mess. S10.250
IL: new mess. Sl1.7501225: extra prime,
S10.500ll. Cut meats quiet and steady;
picked shoulders. 6406l2c: picked hams,
1lO1ll2c. Middles firm and quiet; short
clear. September. 6.9212c. Lard higher. firm
and dull; Western steam, 6.95c; sales, 800
tierces at 6.92l206. 95c. Options-Sales, $500
%tlerces; September, 6.9506.96c. closing at
6.96c: October. 7.0407.06c. closing at 7.07c;
November. 7.16c; December, 7.25c; January,
1920 1850. closing at 1850.
Butter fairly active and firm; Western
dairy. 12015c; Western creamery, 10000;
Western factory. 12014c; Elgins. zoe. Cheese
in fair demand and strong; Western, 5l2O
&c; part skins, 306l2c.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-08-17
TRADING AT CHICAGO.
Operators Seized With "a Panic tn Buy-Rye
Gains so Cents on the Week.

Operators Seized With a Panic To Buy-Rye
Gains so Cents on the Week.
CHICAGO. Aug. 1.-THE local dealers in
cereals completely lost all control over the
wheat. corn and rye ark this morning,
and many times during the day they
clearly lost control over themselves. No
such excited scrambles have been seen In
the Chicago wheat pit since Hutchinson
ran his corner in that cereal In the fall of
1858. Outside dealers were as much at sea
as the Chicago speculstors. Hundreds of
messages were received by commission men
from clients in the country inquiring what
do you hin of the marketi" but the blind
could not lead the blind. so each one was
allowed to grope for himself. The story 10
only barely indicated by the closing quota
tions. which show 6osc advance in wheat.
Sc in rye and 23ac in corn.
The excitement which characterized the
trading yesterday was quadrupled at the
opening TO-DAY. December wheat that a.