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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03
ABBREVIATED TELEeRAMs.

E, NJ. and James c. Powell. brothers, of
Lowndes county, Miss, quarreled, and
James got the worst of it. He then sent
word to his brother that he would kill him
on sight and kept his word like man of
honor and veracity
Byciclist Edge, an English wheelman.
has beaten the 1000 mile road record 5
hours and 40 minutes
EX-County Recorder King, of Nevada.
Mo-. charged Governor Stone in that gen
tlemans presence with lying and the re-
suit was scrap" that ended with nobody
hurt.
Two men killed and four seriously
wounded was the result of a row at Ca.
toosa, |. T., caused by bad whisky.
The rolling and plate mills of the Por-
tage Iron company at Duncansville, Pa,
have closed, throwing 600 men out of
work
A storm cloud formed in a clear sky at
; Pleasant Valley, Pa, and flooded the
town and vicinity in forty-five minutes SO
that fifteen houses We're inundated and
six small bridges were swept away.
The Mutual Life Insurance company OF
New York, has, it is said, been swindled
out of S44, 600 by Wyoming real estate
swindle.
The Chaffee County bank, Salida, Col.
has made an assignment
For the first time in its history it was i'm
possible July to buy drink of nose paint
at Charleston, 5. c., owing to the going
into effect OF the new liquor law which
provides that the state shall run all sa.
looms, which shall be established only
where a majority of the people petition for
! them.
General Warner, the silver man, and
president of the Bimetallic league. will
/ probably call that body in convention al
Chicago July 25 He says that foreign
bankers and gold bugs" have influenced
American tinanciers to Couspre to produce
just the state of affairs obtaining at pres
/ emit
Senator Allison says the United States
cannot maintain free coinage of silver
without an international agreement.
At Pawnee, His, sombody hanged Gov
ernor Alleged in eftigy because he pardoned
, Fielden, Schwab, and Neebe.
! The latest specimen OF our civilization
was the slicing off of one of !. L. Elem.
! inG's ears at Marian. Ark Fleming is a
| negro editor who had made himself
! obnoxious.
Herr Krupp, the German maker of guns
| Will sail for the Worlds fair July s.
Englishmen who have been to visit the
| Worlds fair and gone home again are
writing letters to London papers charging
| that the New York custom house is a
! place where you can &C, what you want
| for a consideration.
| y genuine gold mine, it is said, has been
| discovered on the Hudson farm neal
| Battle Creek, Mich.
Nellie Sullivan, Alice Leonard and Mag
| gle King, three girls from Cincinnati
have been arrested at Chicago and sent
home. They We're visiting the Worlds
| fair without their parents consent.
Six moonshiners Were found guilty at
i birmingham, Ala, of ir imidating wit.
nesses in United States C-es Their crime
was the beating with sticks of two wit.
nesses, the rape of tae wife of one, and the
shooting off of one of her legs.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03
Held n Council of War.

WASHINGTON, July "a secret council
of war, comprising four chieftains of the
radical silverites, was held at the head
quarters of the An erican Bimetallic league
here. AS a result Chicago and July 25
have been decided on as the place and time
for general gathering of the leagues
members and the friends of free silver.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03

CHICAGO, Jul, paul Fontaine, the
judge of the recent cowboys race, has
awarded the prizes of Bugalo Bills 500
for the men whose horses were in the best
condition. John Berry gets S175, Giles
pie and Stevens $50 each, smith and Jones
SO each and Middleton, Albright and
Campbell So each. OF the 81, 600 Chadron
prize Gillespie and Smith get 500 each,
Jones and Stevens Sls1.5O each, and Mid
dleton, Albright and Campbell $40 each.
Berry wins the saddle and Gillespie the
revolver
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03

which he says he
promised to give
Carlisle in writing
the substance of
statements made
to him in a con
versation touching
the monetary con-
dition of the coun-
try and proceeds
to do so as follows
u then express
ed the belief that
the present strin-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03
WHAT HE PRoPaoEs AS A REMED
Some Radical Propositions that VIII Prob
ably Not Go Thrnmgh.

Some Radical Propositions that win Prob
ably Not Go Through.
Mr.. Henderson than asks: 'What now
is the remedy" and proceeds to answer as
follows:
First-The customs duties should here
after be paid in gold alone
SecOnd-The silver bullion in the govern.
ment vaults should at once be sold for cash
in gold and the proceeds covered into the
treasury.
Third-Tnree per cent. gold bonds to
the amount of three hundred million
dollars should be promptly sold and the
proceeds transferred to the treasury.
FOurth-A day should be fixed not later
than Jan. l, 1898, for the redemption and
payment in gold coin of all circulating
notes of every description heretofore issued
by the government.
Fifth-At least half of the silver dollars
issued under the acts of 1878 and 1890
should be sold as bullion and the remain
der minted into subsidiary silver.coins, and
made legal tender only in payment of ten
! dollars or less.
Sixth-Provision should be made for the
use of the $500, 900 600 of gold bonds as a
DdSiS AOI DauhihS, the
as liberal as possible. consistent with safe
ty, but under government supervision.
Seventh--The basis of national banking
should be SO enlarged as to permit the
issue of circulating notes on the deposit of
| other than United States bonds, the SOL
vency of such bonds to be passed on by
responsible govern ment officials
Eighth-All bank issues to be redeemed
| in gold coin on demand.
Ninth-All foreign gold coins should be
made legal tender for debt, and receiv-
able for government dues at their value as
fixed by law
Tenth-Previous to the LIST of January,
$685. the surplus funds of the treasury
either from loans or collections to be placed
| with the banks in such sections of the
| country and in such amounts as may be
determined by the secretary
He closes by declaring that at is not
poverty but distrust that afflicts the coun-
J try. Our fabric o. finance must be torn
| down and built anew. 1t was conceived in
error, and every step increased the depart
ure from truth. The act of 1883 was dis
honorable to the government and ruinous
to the people. y We accepted the
bad advice of the silver inflationists once
yes, twice The cup is too bitter
to continue the draught. q
We shall again be told that there is not
gold enough to furnish the worlds ex-
changes. If every mans experience did
not detect this fallacy the sophistry might
be accepted as argument. 1t is universally
admitted, as already stated, that less than
per cent. of human transactions require
the use of circulating money,
at will be charged that single standard
is sought by capital as means of extort-
ing higher rates of interest. 1t is enough
to say that in every country havinga single
standard interest rates are scarcely half
the rates prevailing here Give us a gold
standard of vatle Now is the most ac-
ceptable time. We have tried the double
standard, and it is most frightful fail
ure. j. b. HENDERSON,"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03
Crossed Niagara on a Cable.

NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y, July S.-Several
thousand people saw Clifford Calverley
make his daring walk across the Niagara
gorge ON a A-inch cable. Calverley not
only crossed successfully but performed
some daring feats in the center of the
gorge. One was wheeling cooking range
out and there lighting fire in it and cook
ing several dishes of food which he ate.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03
The Great De Lesseps Near Death.

The Great De Lesseps Near Death
PARIS, July 3.-Ferdinand de Lesseps is
very near death. He seems to be moribund.
His utterance is almost unintelligible and
his mind has virtually ceased working.
His physicians think that he will hardly
live through this week.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03
OUR NATIONS CASH
Its Deficiencies According to
John B. Henderson.
ATETTER TO SECRETARY CARLISLE

In which the Ex-Congressman Lays All
the Trouble to silver Legislation and
Tells Why He Does So-Together with n
Radical Programme by Which the Finan-
cial Goose May BE Put on the Proper
Elevation.
WASHINGTON, July 3.-Senator John B.
Henderson, of Missouri, has addressed to
Secretary Carlisle a communication, in
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03
Got His Dose Mighty Sudden.

OMAHA, July 3-0harles Mcclure, one
of the three men arrested for attempting
to rob Missouri Pacific train and who
confessed to hs, ing held up the engineer
OF the same rain short time before.
pleaded guilty in the district court and
was sentenced to fifteen years in the peni-
Tertiary.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03
rihertv R.,, cast without a F1.w

ALBANY, n. Y, July 3.-The Columbia
Liberty bell has teen taken from the pit
in which it was cas 1t is without flaw.
1t will not be fms ned api shipped to Chi
cago for ten days yet.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03
About Abundance of Money.

About Abundance of Money.
"There is no error of more common preva
lencc than that the abundance of money
ISSUES necessarily adds to the commercial
or business energy Of people" \ certain
amcunt-how much per capita the writer
does not say-of money tokens is necessary,
but % per cent. of the business of IA civil
lied country will he done with bank checks,
because they are more convenient. ENper-
fence also demonstrates. he says. that
"theSe bank facilities became enlarged or
contracted rs money tokens became scarce
or abundant This j. a business law rs in
exorable rs the laws of nature. Hence
there j. lass danger in limiting the bulk of
circulating money than people generally
imagine.
Sine Qua Non ola Perfect Currency.
''Thc bank check is better for another
reason, that having performed its office it
ceases to circulate: il is removed from the
volume of circulating money and is for
ever cancelled. If the eXigencies of bust
ness demand another check it is issued
anew, and more, in like manner is des-
troyed when its object has been accom-
plished We shall never have perfect cur
rency until every note used for circulation
shall be destroyed on it's return to the
authority issuing it, and no new note is
sued except for value and only at the call
of business demands. England has come to
this, and America with England's expert
ence will do likewise.
Circulation and Prosperity.
Mr. Henderson then gives the following
table showing the circulation per capita
each wear beginning with 1873:
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03
Some Statements and Facts.

The writer then says: Whatever the
volume of the circulating medium it does
not impose itself on anybody. He who
gets it must give an equivalent for it. If
nobody wants his labor or his property he
can get no money. If he who has it re-
fuses to loan it, in fear that the currency
TO be paid back at maturity of the loan
will be less valuable, the condition is one
of stagnatiOn and scarcity of money is
the consequence.
"The per capita circulation in the United
Kingdom of Great Britain is now $40. "a.
The per capita circulation in Germany is
still less, to wit, S17.56. And yet in these
countries, with their vast commerce and
manufactures, there is no dearth of money
and interest rules at scarcely more than
half the rates prevailing in this country.
1t is true that France has seemingly
large per capita circulation (S4l.O7), but the
actual per capita in circulation scarcely
exceeds that of the United States. and her
currency is steadied and secured by the
possession of $500, OOO. 900 in gold coin.
"Tbe panic of 1873 was, without doubt,
the direct result of speculation and
Overtrading induced by the greenback era
beginning in 1928. Between 1853 and
1873, both inclusive, the balance of foreign
trade against us was ST. Sc, 40, OOS-that is
we imported into this country during these
eleven years, over and above our exports OF
merchandise, the enormous sum of ovel
81 ,0O0, 100000
Take the period of unbridled state bank
issues of paper money between 1S4s and
1867, both inclusive, and we find a similar
result.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03
Highest of all in Leavenng Power-Latest u S Report
R@H!A!:,!:!! B Bs,&dsg,
ABSOLUTELY PURE

Accommodating srve1-une Dalance or
trade steadily increased in our favor from
1876 TO 1892 except small adverse balances
in 1888 and 1882 while after the passage of
the Sherman act our exports of gold be-
gan to neutralize on exports of merchan-
disc, until the whole balance of trade
turned against us, principally caused by
the drain of gold.
The result would have followed sooner.
he says, if it had not been for bounteous
crops The Bland bill is also declared
to have had its shore in the trouble The
stamping of the silver coin as zone dollar
he declares the stamping thereon of a false
hood and goes into an elaborate reviewed. the
operations of the treasury under the silver
legislation. The assertion that the de
monetizing' act Of '73 was passed I'M
awGres is reviewed and contraverted, us
it has been time and again. He gives the
legislation of congress designed to force
silver into circulation when, he says, both
debtor and creditor rejected it, and says
that congress having sowed the wind is
now reaping the wi irlwind.
Continuing he SAYS: IF greater eXpan-
sion of the currency were really required
by the Legitimate demands of business it
might have been secured, it seems to me-
by inducing an increase of the national
bank notes, cuErercy secured by United
States bonds, payable in gold and always
worth premium. Instead of this, the con-
| trary policy was most consistently pur-
sued, resulting in a decrease of specie-pay
! ing bank notes from S356. 100000 in 1883 TO
112,0)O0O) in 1892 While this better cur
rency was being driven out by unfriendly
legislation the channels of business were
being gorged by an issue of 100000 of
silver dollars $3.50 0OO. 900 of silver certifi-
Gates. and finally, under the act OF 1890, by
the issue of S1j4 ,OC)COO more m treasury
notes in the purchase of silver bullion at
an enormous loss t. the people and to the
government.
The government treasury - depleted
of its surplus. Government expenditures
exceed government receipts. EXtravagant
appropriations ma lie upon silver basis
must now be paid in a better medium Of
value The needless promise to pay has
now run its brief course and its perform
! ance comes with suffering and tears"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03

involved-there was a good deal of frantic
hysteria INDUCED by some noted people of
this city just before the fight in
the courts began. The fact that
there were clouds in the sky does
not explain the slim attendance, for other
wise the day was a fine one, and the free
parks We're crowded. Chicago people do
not forego their outings on account of
few clouds.
Services For the Soldiers.
Fort Dearborn Garrison, Regular Army
and Navy Union held patriotic Sunday"
services in Festival hall and the attend
ance was not over 1900. From the bal
cony hung large Union jack, which dur
ing the singing of Nearer, Nv God to
Thee" was drawn aside. disclosing the in
soription, In Memoriam. II. NJ. S. Vic
toria" The sermon of the day was by
Chaplain c. C. Bateman, L. 5. A. The
central thought was the drawing together
by Christianity of all the soldiers IN the
world. The service closed with the sing
ing of the "Star Spanged Banne." After
the close those participating marched over
TO Transportation hall and placed wreaths
on the draped model of the Inflated Vic
toria.
Another Building Dedicated.
The International Sunday school build
ing, at Fifty-seventh street and Stoney
Island avenue, has been dedicated. The
building is intended to serve as model
for the ideal Sunday school and is one of
the most complete buildings OF its kind
ever erected. Services and prayer viii he
held every day during the fair. from to
o'clock in the evening. From + until )
O'Clock every week day afternoon some
phase of Sunday school work VIII he pre-
sented. Evangelistic. services under the
direction of Dwight l.. Moody VIII be held
each evening except Saturday. Sunday
morning, afternoon and evening services
will be held
Philadelphia Makes Big "Kick.''
And now here comes Philadelphia with q
kick One of the features Of the Fourth Of
July parade was to have been the Phila-
delphia Liberty Bel, which was TO have
been put on wheels and escorted around
the grounds But NJ. Vickers, general
agent for the PENNSYLVANIA Worlds fair
committee, is en- route with pocket full
of protests against it from those in charge
of the bell on the ground that the only
condition under which the bell was per-
mitted to leave Philadelphia was that it
was to stay in the Pennsylvania building
guarded by Philadelphia police, and not to
leave that building until sent back to Phil
adelphia Orders have been sent thepolice
to see that this condition is observed, or
else the bell will be taken back to Phila-
delphia
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03
Mr.. Henderson then gives the following
table showing the circulation per capita
aach uanr heninninn with 1871.

And he argues that he is safe in asserting
"that from July /, 1879, to July l, 1888, we
enjoyed very great prosperity, individually
and nationally. There was no lack of
money. 1t will be seen that the average
per capita circulation during the period was
s20.61. If we now take the period from
July 1890, to the present, a period of great
monetary stringency, we find an average
circulation per capita of s23.65. 1t is there
fore apparent that, in the common par
lance, times may be hard and money
scarce with the most abundant circula-
tiOn
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03
.IHs BALANCE oE TRADE.
Silver Leeislstion CHARGED with All the
Present Difficulties.

He then says he believes it demonstrable
that the present troubles are not due to
speculation, etc, but to ~islatjon;
repeats the old fact tn only
100000 silver dollars ha in
ed in this country, and y
the passage of the reaui
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03

Confidence has Teen festored on the Chi.
cago board of trade and wheat went up
cents.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03

SenCy Is produced j. Il. HENDERSON,
not by any lack or insufliciency of our cur
renry, hut by the loss of confidence pro
ducsd among business men because of the
bad quality or inferior character of large
pari of tint cnrrnnrN-
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-07-03
intelligence Column.

THE DAILY ARGUS DELIVERED ATYOUR
door every evening for 12hc per week.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-18
THE PAPER OF BENTON COUNTY is
The CAMDEN CHRONICLE

TIE CHRONICLE 20oOIumn paper all printed at home Its
typographical and clean the only paper pub
shed in Benton County is devoted printing county news Of
interest that be gotten together Democratic in politics has
more columns devoted to reading matter than advertisements lis ad
Vrsng columns free from Objectionable oureadnq quaok adv
semens may not please you all ngso newspaper does
Oes premiums not 1.-TWO papers price of one but we
every effort give you Omeurna we'll worth the noe
asked for it.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-18

MATHENtATIcIANs figure that man
sixty years old has spent three years in
buttoning his collar. How much time
has been consumed by a woman of
forty-fve in putting her hat on straight2
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-18

Albums is u most remarkable echo
in a cave in Kentucky" B-"What IS
there remarkable about it?" A-'Ifyo
call out: Hello, Smith, the echo says
what Smith do you mean" no less
man fourteen. distinct times" 4.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1893-08-18

CURIOUS to Know.-A prisoner who
had been convicted at least a dozen
times was placed at the bar. "Your
honor, I should like TO have my case
continued for week; my lawyer is i'll"
"But you were captured with your hand
IN this gentleman's pocket What can
your counsel say in your defense?"
Precisely So, your honor; that is what
lam curious TO know"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06
Pruning Shrubs.

There IS hardly n season of the wear
when shrubs may not be pruned, pro-
yided the pruning be of moderate kind.
In point of fact, if the pruning be done
as often as needed it will be moderate in
extent, and that is the sort of pruning
which best suits shrubs of most descrip-
tions.
Severe pruning may be avoided If, with
sharp knife at hand. bra1phes or shoots
here and there be cut away SO soon as
they seem to be out of place. 1t is not
an exaggeration to say of such branches
when thus cut, they never will be
missed" and, after all, therein hes very
much of the art of pruning shrubs. that
what is cut away should not exhibit loss,
but rather gain, says English Garden.
authority for the following:
One of the best features Of summer
pruning of shrubs is that when in leaf.
and Of course the remark applies to de-
ciduous shrubs chiefly. their proper con.
tour is better understood and defined in
the pruning than when the leaves have
fallen. Such robust growing shrubs as
rhododendrons are often better pruned,
If they need it. as soon as the summer
growths have been made than in the
winter, because it is then more easy to
see what of the branches may be- spared.
1t Is true that the fine hybrids seldom be-
come too large, because as rule they
are not coarse growers except in favored
situations, and the best remedy for un-
usually strong growth is found in occa-
sional transplanting, giving to each plant
more room.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1893-07-06

The cost of going to a Partisan actress
to learn French is not small. Prince
Kotohito-kan-in, Il japanese of the inl-
perial house, came here 20 study in the
Latin quarter few winters back. Hs
was told that the best French was spoken
on the stage. and the best teachers were
the actresses. Believing what he heard,
he applied to Mime. Jane Hading fer les
sons. She had no objection to giving
them. But she set a high value upon
her teaching, as the bills she ran at Mime.
Fanny Vincent's in the name of the
japanese prince conclusively estab-
lished. The total was $4,000 francs.
Here are few of the items: A pair of
openwork cream colored silk stockings,
110 francs; 90 yards of Valenciennes for
nightdresses, at 800 francs a yard, 49,
600 francs: Q meters 20 centineters of
Chantilly, ,742 francs: 10 meters of
Valenciennes for sheets, 1904 francs: a
pink silk chemise, 1876 francs. etc.
The bill, which the prince was obliged
by an imperial order to return to Japan.
was sent TO his father. who did not dis
pute it. He lost patience, however, when
second one, that had been forgotten,
was forwarded to him. 1t was for more
Valenciennes at 900 francs a meter, an
Ophelia ribbon, 80 francs; pair Of
gauze stockings, IS francs; extra fine
ditto ditto, 1G5 francs, and divers other
articles. The claim has been placed in an
avoue's hands, and the judges of the sew.
enth chamber are to hear counsel wrangle
and indulge doubtless in facetife about it.
Paris Cor. London Truth. ..