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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-01-19
A CHANCE DISCOVERY.
Cart spreokeIs Writes His CHECK at the
bidding of a Customs onleer.


o PHILADELPHIA, Jan. iT.-Special
Agent Chance, of the customs service,
made an important discovery n few days
ago. which gave evidence OF the exist
auce OF gigantic conspiracy tn defraud
the government out of legitimate reye-
nue.. BY the merest accident he was
made aware of the fact that there was a
lowering In the sugar entries OF w. Ford
Thomas, representing the Clans Spfeck-
els sugar refinery.
Collector Cooper at once started an
Investigation IL ttek but short time
to show that fraudulent alterations had
been made In the sugar entries, and the
casual examinations led to the opinion
that the amount OF money of which the
government had been cheated was al
most SCI, 900.
Collector Cooper, with Wow 10 pro-
tecting the government, made an immo-
diate demand upon g. A. Spreckels from
the firm for Tie sum OF SEQ, 900, believing
that sum would cover the extent OF the
fraud. Mr.. Spreckels handed to the col
lector certified check for that amount
and this, II Is believed, will fully protect
tine government. The district attorney
will at once institute an investigation
with the view TO the prosecution OF the
offenders.
= ife method pursued shows that one
or more persons In the appraisers Office
acted with some one on the outside sup
posed 10 represent the Spreckels refinery.
The way the scheme was worked was to
change the figures on the invoices which
showed the polariseope test OF tho sugar
as 20 reduce the amount Of duty 20 be-
paid The government officials said this
afternoon they had not proceeded far
enough with tho investigation 10 warrant
making known the names Of the sus-
peeted persons.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-01-19

C0RsICAsA, Tex, Jan. i7.--Col. Albert
M. Lea, aged 81, died here yesterdag4
Lea, who was graduate OF West Point,
supervised the surveys Of Iowa, Mime
sofa, Wisconsin aud . large part OF the
territory OF the west Mississippi river.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-01-19

NEWARK, n. j., Jan. l7.--The Riley
Osborne Manufacturing company, whose
line of fancy metal goods Is In the hands
of q receiver, has assigned. Liabilities,
$500, 600; assets less than half
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-01-19

PfIu.AnELrnIAN Jan. 1.-THE loss by
the FIRE at Dobson's carpet mills last
night can oaly be Appropriated this
morning. IL II Thought II will amount
To between 81, $50, 900 aud 81, 100. 600. OF
this there IA IN insurance IL a. .Qsln. 0e0
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-01-19
TRIUMPHANT AGAIN.
Geo. Il. williams Gets the Best Of HIs vim
dlctlvc Enemtss Once More.

IDA Grove, Jan. i7.-Speelal: The
application for an Injunction against the
Ida County Udtoh was rejected by the
court.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-01-19
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES

Rich a. RoBINsON, shoe dealers Of
Bradford, Pa, have disappeared. Liabil-
titles, 500, 600; assets, SIC, 200.
THE directors OF the DistiIIlng and
Feeding company have declared a
monthly dividend of y of l per cent,
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-13

indianapolis Sentinel: 1t IL said thai
the republicans lost Iowa on the prohi.
bition issue. This IL largely true. But
what OF IL? Ths warepublicsDs must
stand by this issue in future campaigns
and, 50 doing, they are certain 10 lose
every tune. Iowa has given the prohi'
bition experiment . full trial, and Il
heartily disgusted with Il. But II The
republicans abandon prohibition they
will lose the votes OF thoussnds Of pro-
hibitionists who will act with the prohi'
bition party. 1t looks % II the g. o. p
DO Iowa were very thoroughly "dons
up.1
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-13

The Railway Age and Northwestern
Railroader says concerning the work Of
railway men In the Iowa election. It
refers to employee only. and asserts that
the railway employer club Of Iowa did
good work 10 the political campaign In
that State. II further says: "The
movement will not be checked By any
such campaign cry - has been raised
against IL In Iowa. That outcry is only
an evidence that the organization hss
such elements Of strength % TO make
the politicians fear Il. And Il will make
itself heard. not IN lows alone, but IN
every western State. Il has no party
preferences. II only hates the suti-rail.
road demsgogue. 1t charges that the
most conspicuousIy Objectionable anti
railroad demagogue aspiring TO election
this yesr was : Republican. and Il ap-
pears from the returns that the employ q
understood this. In Minnesota the club
u credited With having materially assis-
ted 10 electing some Republican State
|ofIicisls. and in Ill States the men who
|are most likely hereafter 10 feel The
weight Of the employer opposition ere
The members Of the third party"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-13

Talking with . Sun reporter some
time ago about suicides. DR.. w. B..
Fletcher, the we'll known ply sician and
insanity expert. said: Il consider sui
eide ss : sort Of mania, and IL persons
once becomes afflicted with II. they will
ultimately accomplish their purpose.
They may wait for weeks and II may be
years. but they will get there. During
the time that | was 1t the hospital l saw
some very conclusive proof Of this. We
had . man who told us that be was going
to kill himself. l put an sttendent to
watch over him, with orders never 10
leave him. We were building the en-
gine house at that time, and one day the
attendent and HE charge we're walking
Ia the yard when the man, being per-
haps halt dozen feet in front. suddenly
picked up . cord that came around .
bundle Of laths. sprang upon . scsfiold,
aud, before be could be reached dung
the rope over rafter and jumped oil,
breaking his neck The most peculiar
case I ever saw was . patient We had
there. He Was quite sick, but ! sus-
pected that be wanted 10 kill himself
and told an attendant to look at him
every is minutes. The attendent saw
him kneeling at one Of the windows. at
one Of his calls. but thought nothing Of
il, thinking be was just looking out. He
saw him keep the same position all dur
ing the night. and finally when be went
10 urge him to 60 TO bed saw that he bad
twisted q string around bis neck and
then hung bic weight on Il BY fastening
Il to . window catch. death resulting
from strangulation. That is one among
many. but they generally succeed some
wsy."-IndianspoIis Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-13

In his eProblems OF Health DR..
Greene says that there IL not one re-
motest corner or little inlet Of the blood
vessels OF the human body that does not
feel some wavelet from the convulsioDs
occasiened by good hearty laughter
The life principle Of the central man i
shaken to its innermost dcpths. sending
new tides OF life end strength TO the SUR
face, thus materially tending to strength.
en the persons who indulge therein.
Therefore IN hesven's name, laugh
London Standard.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-13

indianapolis Sentinel: A case has
been discovered In which the consumer
does not pay the tariff. and, what 10
equally remarkable, does not pay for
the goods. Mr.. Carnegie neglected 70
provide Tor the tariff on biz cask or
Scotch whisky which he sent 20 the
prssident and the 4ll.25 extorted BY .
relentless government was paid by cx-
ColIector Erhari, Of New York. IL IL
supposed that Mr.. Harrison will be
afraid 60 reimburse Mr. Erhart for fear
Of destroying The protection theory.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-13

In one Of the states OF this union, not
long since, negro wss taken from jail
by : mob and tied 70 . tree. Then :
crowd piled wood about him and burned
him % death. Let us send good people
10 distant lands TO stop the inhuman
barbarity OF hsathens who quietly drown
girl babies 20 keep them
from overlooking The population, do.
-KeudalvillD Sun.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-13

Little Girl, reading: aNat1re una
dorned 10 adorned the most What does
that meant
LIttIs brother, sfser deep thought: Il
guess Il means : rosst chicken is nicer
than ) chicken vii its feathers on
Good News.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-13

The New Albany Ledger says: Ill
viii require two wesks to perfect the ar'
rangemeut for the distribution Of thu
stock OF the Kentucky and Indians
bridge company 90 . 70 give President
Mackey the 81 per cent, Of The stock sti'
pulated 10 him In the deal for the bridge
There are some constitutional question:
In the way Of sn increase In the stock
under the law OF Kentucky, and the mat
tor bas been placed in the bauds Of Pres
ident Mackey and the directors Of ths
bridge by the stockholders. II may b
necessary 10 remove the Offices Of the
bridge company to New Albany before
the proposed increase In the stock Of the
company can Be issued. Until this mat
ter Il settled the Air Line will not send
its trains over the Kentucky and Indiana
bridge"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-13

The people Of Marion county pay more
than two dollars Tor criminal, peupor,
and police expense, 20 the one dollar
they get back 10 license and 6nss.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-13
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Longer advertisements At the same
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70 ade TO regular advertisers.
Notices OF appointment Of adminis-
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10 be paid in advance.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-13

at interest. We have stored now In the
coinage of the United States 639. 600 1000
ounces OF silver at el.2o per ounce. The
people who have this silver stored In
coinage are receiving interest on 81 -
for each ounce that they hold. In CON-
mon language, our full legal tender sil-
yer coins are worth to us l2s per
ounce.
The other nations Of tho world have
about dve times the amount that we have
stored In silver coinage. But the silver
10 stored at . higher rate than ours. 81 33
per ounce. and the people who hold
those silver coins are getting interest on
worth TO them 81 33 per ounce.
No other Government In the world
except ours can afford 10 open its mints
to redeem the 70.OO0,00O ounces in bsr
silver, for the reason that Il would not
only have to redeem that amount. but Il
would have to redeem the $40 600, 900
ounces now stored away in the United
States Ct lower rate. Any one Of the
large mints Of the world could open at
any time il 1t only had the amount Of
silver TO take care OF that we have. But
no mint In the world dare open under
the threat by the United States that we
will, within twent -four hours, dump
upon II 5000 tons of silver stored at
el.29 to be re-minted at 81 33. The
combined mints OF all the world could
not stand such . load as we are waiting
and anxious to dump upon them.
Some worthy people have been de-
T~k
Wall Street bunco. that IL eli the other
mints Of the world will agree to open.
the United States Mint will open. They
dare not open, and be knows It. When
they closed they closed forever. Sup
pose one or all should open with ours.
Not "a ounce OF silver would be offered
to the United States Mint for redemp-
'tion at t129. All would be offered to
the other mints for REDEEM ption at 81 80.
More than that, every dollars worth Of
coined silver 10 the United States now
stored at ol.29 would be offered to the
other mints for redemption at q 80.
Our mints would have nothing 10 do.
They would have no silver to coin. All
the burden would fall upon the other
mints.
The man who talks about waiting nm
I'll other mints open IL talking nonsense.
Tie either has no conception Of the situa-
tiou, or else be is . more Wall Street
bunco steerer trying to swindIe the pe0-
pie and TO huanbug the voter.
4
! The loading up OF THE Government
\ within . dozen years with 5O0. 900 600
ouuces OF coined silver ~ 81 20 was done
deliberately by John Sherman TO bring
about the greatest financial panic that
1.-THE world has ever known or ever can
know. The panic u certain 10 come.
II may come before next Nay, and II
may be postponed q years; but Il must
come. Free coinage Of silver by the
United St4tes only viii stavs II on. But
IL 10 bound 10 come. s0oner or later, uD-
less We re-coin every legal tender coin
u that uo hava ~ n a Il Fl WIfsON
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-13

The first Township Institute or Patoka
township for this school year was held
at the Public School building at Hun
tingburg, Nov. z, 1891.
Institute was called TO order q 8 80 :.
No., b. the president, G HI. Osborn, who
had been previously appointed By Mr..
Bamberger, our worthy Trustee.
Mr.. M. A Seidl had been aIso appoint
ed Secretary, but refused TO serve,
whereupon the Institute elected n. l..
Eckert to fill the vacancy.
The roll was then called, seven teach.
ere responding, with quotations from
Bryant.
.Opening Exercise" was the first sub
ject, and was we'll handled BY Miss
Leighton, giving several good points .
10 the nee Of Opening Exercise" /" viz:
l. To prevent pupils from plotting
evil
.. To prevent monotony.
Bring sunshine into schooI-room.
M. Katter then gave . talk on ssSchool
Course" which vas we'll rendered and
discussed by the institute. after which
Mr.. Osborn read we'll prepared essay
on Pages life and works.
Mrs. Emma q. Wilson then took up
Literature" /" giving periods Of time, best
writer's and best productions OF each,
discussed by mem bers. after which %
iutermission Of % hour was taken.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
The next subject was Reading. in
which the Institute constituteds reading
claes, with n. l.. Ecksrt as teacher.
The next half hour was devoted to
General Topics, by Ed =. Hildebrand,
in which the msmb bers Of the Institute
had lively discussion.
Language wss presented In the form
OF On essay by Miss Deerhake. which
was we'll rendered.
The last subject on program, but not
the least, was Psychology. By Ar. n. A.
Seidl.
On motion the Institute adjourned 70
meet Saturday, Dec. II. 81.
N. L. ECkERr, Sec'y.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-13

Coinage 10 the Redemption Of q
Dollar In . Legal-Tcnder Coin.
Nothing to Prevent the United
States Mint From Opening.

All Foreign Mtnts Closed Forever Because
They Can Never Open a ol.3S Per Ounce
without Having al the silver Coins of the
United States. Coined 1t ol.20. DUN ped
Upon Them for Recoinagc II Pront 70 the
Holders Of Four Cents Per Ounce.
To THE EDIroR or the COURIER -
Coinage Is the safe storage OF . surplus
money metal In legal tenders which can
be put at interest. Honest coinage is
eolely for the redemption BY . govern
ment OF any money metal which II ssys
shall be used as . legal tender In the
payment Of debt.
The law says that IS 8 grsins OF gold
{ 800 fine) shall be the lawful dollar OF
the United States OF America. The dol
lar 10 not coin--only the IS grains Of
metal. This amount OF metal IL taken
as standard OF value, ss the "dollar" IT,
self. Bv law rs 8 grsins make one dol
lar, whether coined or uncoined.
The Government Il not called upon or
required to coin any dollars except for
the purpose OF redemption. Il has no
moral right TO coin . single dollar ex-
cept for redemption. When two persons
disagree q to whether the gold offered
IL Of the right ineness, or the right
weight, or the right shape. or anything
OF the kind. the owner Of The gold takes
IL 20 the mint and demands from the
mint an equal weight Of gold coins hav-
ing the Government stamp making
them legal tenders. This stamp IL the
final decision q TO weight, and fDeness
and shape. Ii must end disputes.
The United States Government, from
1898 to this year, has never coined :
gold dollar except for purposes Of re-
prove TO The holder OF the
gold metal that the bar metal was q
good IS the gold coin dollar. Every
dollar OF gold in our coinage has been
coined from rs graios Of bss gold that
hss been presented BY the holder for re.
Idemption BY thu Government in ils To-
gal tenders. This redemption OF gold
has been free Of cost-
The laW says that ll9 5 grains OF silver
shall be dollar. IL does not Say that
l4l2 5-grain coin shall b . dollar. bu
that this amount Of bar silver shall b [
dollar The Government may mol prop
erIy coin one silver dollar for itself
\ That Il not one Of its duties. The righ
,.to coin money" IL not to be exercised
iunless some person calIs upon Il 10 re
deem Az grains Of bsr silver IN : lcga
tender coin. From 1893 TO 1873 tn
mint was called upon to redeem 0nll
lf6,O3i .236 Of bar silver In legal tende
coin. People took II 10 bars, the sam
as II IL were minied. The United State
assay stamp on lars was as good as th
mint stamp on coins.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-13

While the Government redeems it,
bar gold dollars In coins Of equal weight
the bar gold must CONTINUE to be honest
metal money. The moment the Govern
ment refuses to redeem its gold metal
the value Of the bar gold doIlsrs will
necessarily fall. and the gold dollar
|cease 20 Be honest money.
Il q the same with silver. When, In
1873. the Government stopped redeem
ling its bar silver dollars In On equal
weight Of coin dollars, refusing 10 coin
free, the value OF bar silver for the first
time in our history ceased to have The
same value q coined silver. Redemp-
|tion OF silver wss stopped In order that
the Government might do something
which no Government has right 10 do,
which no Government on earth ever be.
fore attempted to do. and that 10 70 pro-
vide : compulsory full legal tender coin
age Tor its people which Il would not re-
deem. II IL called 'compulsory" coinsgs
because II .compels" them TO take 90 10
cent irredeemable dollar ss . legal ten.
der for 3 lOO-cent debt.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-13

Az honest dollar II one that 10 worth
as much without the Government stamp
as with Il, as much before coinage - aftel
coinage. There never Was but one way
discovered By which On honest dollar
could be coined, and that way was "a
put dollars worth OF metal In II.
N A dollars worth OF metal 10 that
amount which 10 worth no moro than Z
dollar after coinage, and 40 less than Z
dollar before coinage.
But one way he's ever been imagined
By which any given amount OF metal
can be worth no more sfter than before
coinage mo more after it d legal ten.
der earning interest than II 10 while Z
lump OF unuaable metal, and that way Il
the redemption, weight for weight, oI
the metal In legal tender coins BY the
Government or free coinage. What
other way can there bel
/. Never 10 the history Of the world
Wss . money metal worth less before
coinsgc than after, except when its 70
demption was suspended.
2. Never 10 The history Of the world
vs. redemption suspended unless The
metal became instantly worth iess thar
the coin.
TO give bar metal market value
the honest coinage, that is redemption
must be suspended. Bar silver bed nt
"market value" when The United 6tafeI
closed It, mint; The ll26 grsins wer(
worth The same uncoined - coined.
.CompuIsory coinage d redemption
OF the 6ar silver IN the Treasury onll
and refusal 10 redeem any other. Il I
not honest, but dishonest coinage. IL
Law should b passed declaring tht
green backs not legal tender and not 70
|desmabIe, what would they b WORT
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John L. Brets. william = Coz
BRETT & COX,
Attorneys at Law,
JASPER. IND.

WILL practice in the Courts Of Du.
w bois and adjoining counties.
OrrIcE East Of Court House. Feb.o.sl
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-11-13
NEW BRICK YARD
BRICK FOR SALE f!

John Geisr, jr., has taken charge Of :
brick-yard at the North side Of Jasper,
and now has for sale, ID aDy quantity de-
sired, brick Of I'll Qualities. He aske the
people Of Dubois county for their customs
and will make favorable terme On house
patterns. JOHN 0EIER, u.
Aus. 81, 'ee--iy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-05
A BLACK OUTLOOK.

The announcement is made in Pitts burg
that the employers are about to import
1000 workmen, mostly negroes and Italians.
to take the places of the strikers. The
threat in this is terrible, looked at from
any standpoint. 1t means first, a fight in
yolving good many broken heads; it means
privation and intense suffering on the part
of thousands of men, women and children.
and it means that white but misguided
laborers are to be supplanted by ignorant
blacks and vicious Italians; it also means a
permanent lessening of wages from the low
rates already paid, for with the influx of
the blacks and the foreigners the labor sup
plv will be so far in excess of the demand
that the employers will be better able to
dictate terms. The fear of want and starva-
ton will force men into the acceptance of
humiliating terms.
Under the circumstances ought not the
men who are on strike TO take counsel with
themselves, rather than with the agitators
sud leaders who have led them into this
sorrowful predicament? Should the men
not ask themselves, in GOODNESS and de-
liberation. and with the frowning future
ouened before them, if it will be wise to
continue the hopeless struggle? Will it ce
fair TO themselves and to those dependent
upon them for bread to further stand out
when everything tells them that they can
not win in the fight they are making
They may know, they do know as do we
all. that they are treated unfairly, that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-05-05

they are down trodaen and oppressed, and
that advantage is taken of their poverty
ana helplessness to further Cypress them :;
and yet, is it not the extreme of folly for
these unfortunate toilers, because they
cannot better their condition to make it
worse.
Father LANDING, Pittsburg priest of
influence with the Catholics in the mining
region, in his sermon on Sunday evening,
denounced the strike leaders and the So
cialists, and advised the men to return to
work. The priests and preachers through
out the entire district could not do better
than second the efforts of the wise father,
joining with him in rescuing the simple
minded. toilers from the influence of the
lazy, mischievous leaders who are etern-
ally inducing their followers to do unwise
things. The pastors should tell their people
that the strike, where it cannot be made
effective, is the very worst weapon that
Workingmen can employ, as it almost in
variably acts as a boomerang. They should
tell their tiocks to avoid violence in their
efforts to induce compliance with their
reasonable demands, as they would avoid
other crimes. They should tell them that
they must recognize the fact that while the
laws protect them in their persons and
property and rights, those same laws
protect employers in their persons
and property and rights; and they should
finally tell them that it is better to work
for less pay than they think they are en-
titled to, than not to work at all.