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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07

Elegant reclining chair cars on oil trains AMI
Pullman sieerers from Wichita 10 Kansas City and
chicago without change on might trains. Tickets
sold and baggage checked through To all points
north south, east and west and steamship tickets
sod tn ali European points at lowest rates. City
ticket office 100 East douglas avenue, corner Main
street. passenger station corner Douglas and sleai
avenues Telephone l!S.
J. II. PHItIIPs Tice-t AGENT
rNo. SEBASTIAN. e. 1. & = A. Chicago. III.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07

"No, Johnny, can't buy any candy
for you. Its bad for the teeth"
after some moments of profound
ourht)-"Mamrna. what would the
dentists do for Twin if every family
was run like ours is?'-Chicago Trib-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07
KapsssCity aratu and Produce.

KANSAS City Dec 6-wheat in fair demand No
hard aSc; No Pred s,lec. Corn fair d, maud; No 2
mixed &IsG:as4C, No. white Sic Oats slow, No 2
mixed <ss4Ws.sC No. white g a.a1pc Rye firm,
No SOC flayseed firm; 81 U1UhI 10. Bran firm
a9A6 c. Hay steady. timothy IS UU@t9 =. pr.siri
81 CD0O1 90 Butter eady, creamery 2Us25c, dairy
los l9c Eggs quiet, 2i1tc.
Leaf hec,lp,s. l4UUl. shipments. 1907 Corn
Receipts, ,...., shipments, 400. oats-Receipts
rbinmepts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07
-, Ions Gram and proauc..

ST. Louis. Dec. 6-Nhear higher; cash 59slc
Decem Der t0ss. January 6il4c. May e'5ssesac.
(orn gleI; cash ,4c, December 3+1ec JanuaIy
~, Aay IS C. Uais highe, cash 2SIac. De-
Der 2s5se, May she Pork dull; josbing
epeter drm. held at s. o. Rye sc bid. Barley
aull aud We ak. Bran dull 63Iac Did. Hay-timothy
klu UUCl % 20 lrairie s. .OaS %. FlaYseeG 81 To-
Corn meal 81 ~. But er-Ciealuery - s26C, dairy
lod2ic. Eggs quiet fresh .Ilec
Wheai-I,eceIpls 20. o., shipments 100 Corn
Receipts S3.DyJ, shipments l<S,UU1 Oats-Receipts
"a. u shipue
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07

Ba~iey-Den; IL very generous ran.
E-a-e--In VIA. respect
Bagiey--Ee never passes heggas
tia. he co~sn't borrow a dime fsors I'd
- give 20 hisa -EgooAlya Lie.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07
New York PRODUCE and Money,

NV York. Dec. g.
Money on call easy, l@I1S. closed offered at IL per
cer.
frime PAPER 3Ip@5Ip per cent.
FXciange hrlu, with actual business at 81 SG5l8
tS7 for den-and. and ~ AGA Si54 for sixty
bills.
Silver certificates esq bid.
Total sales OF slocks today. 1915 shares.
Coffee bot K o hiG or; No l5c.
Sugsr-kefned steady; granuliiled 5-l6c, pow
aered 9-I6c.
otton-S pot easy: m:ddling upla2ds SC, mid.
ling Orleans Sac
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07

COIN. NrSTH AMI EAST.
No. Kansas CITY ~. Louis
and Chicago. worlds Fair
limited. dailv....-.....
No. = 10 ois,tlo springs.
Denver and Pacific Coast
Express daiiC......-........
No. ! Kansas city It Louis
and Chicago iicht ex.
daily, except Sunday 800.
NO. s. Accommodation,
daily. except Sun,!ay.....
GoING SOUTH.
No. |. Oklahoma and Texas
express daily. ...........-...
No. 3. Oklahoma eN, daily
except Sunday ........... 81.
No. q. Accom-. daily except
SUNDAY ...,... 1900.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07

A mouse lately showed great pres
ence OF mind on falling into dish OF
cream. II swain round and round vio-
leatly. until it was able 10 crawl out
on the butter This was IN America
TsC-RitS
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07
SALES.
he following are the representative salcs OF cat.
Market steady to SC lower.
REPRESENTATIVES, SALES.
SREEe.
Wichita Produce Market.

Pota,ocs-Ct dorado 7jc. Egg. lsc. Butter
irst creamery &c. second creamery 2Jc, othei
grades I0G i5c.
ChickeDs-Hens &c per pound; ROSTERS &c: tur-
keys 6pc; ducks full feathered &C, spring chickees
tU pounds and over per doZsn &C.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07
MARKETS By TELEGRAPH.

BOSTON. Dec. 6-Santa Fe railways 1884,
BALI MORE Dec. 6-Coffee quiet. spot Rio No Z
Exc.
new ORLEANS. Dec. 6-Cotfor quiet; middling
55sc, low midding Fac good ordinary 65sc,
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07
Fatal Gift of ReautY.

THAT is an awfully pretty girl that
Timmins is engaged to just now"
Yes; too pretty, in fact. Timmins
her beauty that he has never had the
courage to turn down the gas when he
was calling on her for fear of losing
sight of her pretty face. indianapolis
Journal.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07
Eumor'a Decny.

Minstrel End Nan Ito professional
literary humoristl-I say, old fellow.
now, really, is there any money in
writing jokes for the comic papers?
Enthusiastically. Why, ! can
live whole week on about forty jokes,
End Man - Slavery, sir; positive
slavery! Why in the palmy days OF
ministrelsv | could start in at the be-
ginning of the season with one joke,
and live on it for forty weebs.-Puck.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07
Or. BENNETT,

Cures Piles. Fis-
tula. FiSsufe and
all diseases of the
rectum w j { h o II {
knife, ligature, caus
tics or detention
from business.
Cures GuaFan-
teed. No money
to be paid until pa.
tient is cured.
Private DiSeas-
es in both sexes
quickly and radical
IT, rnrol In tho
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07
yoca,Grain sna Feed Market.
wichita Horse Market.

Wheat No. ?. 45c. Corn $50 3dc Ont- s5@2sc. Baled
lay as tG@7 o. Ground corn I5@S5c. Corn and
eats mixed SOC, Bran 65c.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07

v~tEf. fE-z e. 49, G~xLEL ThAE4-
Il - ,as1.EE fAs Gay sszle sss1ET t@~1zsss
rrey Ca. -. H. 3sSslesEz a. - --<ews -
&c. 4 lAExs go. -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07
wichita Mule Market.

Wichita Breadstu1 Market.
Flour-Best patent 81 81. second patent 81 Co. ex.
IN fancy Al 81.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07
REAL ESTATE AGENTS
FRED W. ISRAEL. II e. ISREAL
Notary Public.
ISRAEL BROS.
Real Estate and Rents.

bnv Wichita city property or Sedsw'ck county
land present prices means large returns on your
money. Wichita with her stock and other indus
tries IS Just In her infancy and such bargains AS we
can now offer were never offered before. All having
business IN line invited to call or correspond.
The Wichita interests OF nOn-residents properly
and faithfully cared for. Office second hoor ia
North Market. Israel Building. dUi-u
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WICHITA MARKETS
WICHITA, Dec. 8.
CATTLE.
Market steady.

The ouotstIcBs nere presented are TO give the
bipnersn idea OF the general range Of prices
atlve shipping steers. good TO extra. ii 2'e@' on
= lnIir1 her ieai
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07

Trains designated as local or mixed do not run
Sunday.
For ull information call at city ticket office, Ia
Main street.
Depot corner Second and Wichita streets.
l.. BLECkLEY, Il. and T. 4.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07
RAILROAD TINE T4ELEj
TRAINS.
NORTH AND EAST.

TRAINS ARRIVE LEAVE
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07

l.og. sALe CuisP - iiot .iioi.D f'tHyIJ-
r fpeIt.s4ug ta.rre fae belfog1l 80. fiiGif 49,
Esase burner I'D o. - 4ss.llss- Cal a. issisEx
- y4sss
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07

U>oK NaLE-sEyEx GOOD DfsIyING or
sxark b0rsee. 0ae sg9ssgs ORE god Top raEsy.
= - Z. llt.-.-ls. a.e. "a b. aEsI.f. a.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07

I,OH ~ALs-psE CHANCE N \ THotr t&D-
The good Tl4l ali essnpleis QUIT q he ~
p4y4Aa Msslirai lfistfGre IA kaflsa-. kur s~e f4F
one half the value Il tle otce tElHTes e, s4te -
Medical Ia. st!E45e eaEc .@a.se os,es Tor % 10
Lars
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-12-07

IgoE aLf--osE DitsoSD sTCn WIGHT
= 4-.trsse-,rs N&-
The morning call., 1893-08-04
PERSONAL NOTES.

Major Frank McLoughian of Oroville is
at the Palace.
E r. Shelley of Riverside is registered
mt the Hotel Pleasanton.
Superior Judge r. McGarvey Of Mendo-
cino County is at the Baldwin.
Isaac Copeland. well-known mimi e
man Of Valley City. is registered at the
Lick.
N. Malarine, an extensive cattle-raiser
of San Felipe. is in town and Is staying at
the Baldwin.
A. B. Hebron, proprietor of the Arroyo
Hot Springs Hotel in San Dernardino
County. Is registered at the Baldwin.
Colonel A. W. Jones Of the Monterey and
Fresno Railway is In the city on short
visit and 10 staying at the Lick.
and James WOODBURY.. liquor-dealer of
Sacramento, are among the guests at the
Grand.
Louis McClane Jr., proprietor of the
Cal stoga and Clear Lake stage line, and
T. Harrington. Colusa banker, are at the
Palace.
Admiral j. H. Selwyn, n. M. n. is on
his way through California and Alaska on
a pleasure tour. He has taken apartments
at the Baldwin.
Rev. Denis Mahoney has been transferred
from 81. lgnatius College to San Jose,
where he succeeds Rev. Father Calzla.
Father Calzia has been assigned to Santa
Clara.
Edward Bedloe. who was appointed
Consul t. Annoy, China, three wears ago,
Although he has not served the full term
Of four years, he has been recalled and
Colonel G. Hoge of Virginia has been ad-
pointed In his stead.
The morning call., 1893-08-04
LOCALS IN BRIEF.

Ann Duffy of 4S5 Deane street, Brook
Ign. n. Y. has written a letter 10 Post
master Backus asking for informatinn
regarding her uncle, James Duffy, who
left for California twenty-five years ago
and who when last heard from was keep
ing hotel in San Francisco.
Mary E. Peudleton has succum bed ito
the pressure Of her creditors and has re.
linQuished possession of the Plea.anton
Hotel. She allowed default judgment to
be taken against her by Abijah Baker,
who sued her tor back rent. and Judge
Slack has ordered restitution Of the prem.
ises.
Joseph Pedrozzin. an employe of a milk
ranch at HalfmoOn Bay, was run over by
the last horsecar of the Omnibus line from
the ferry. He was rem we'd t. the Re-
ceiving Hospital. where he was booked
as drunk and his leg was amputated
Yesterday jury In Judge Hunts court
awarded Pedrozzin $3.50 damages from the
Omnibus Cable Company.
George Holmes, man about 30 years OF
age, was brought before Judge Campbell
yesterday charged with petty larceny. He
admitted having stolen bundle Of mems
half-hose from store on jackson street.
and requested the Judge to sentence him
to as long term as possible as he was an
outcast without home. money or friends
He was sent to the County Jail for three
months.
Mrs. Lizzie Evans, 46 Dorland street.
called at police headquarters yesterd ay
and stated that her husband, Charles w
Evans. had deserted her. She wanted the
police to find him and bring him back tc
her. Evans was employed at the Market
street Planning mill. but has'not been seer
since Wednesday morning. He is Sc years
of age. feet inches in height. has q
sandy mustacbe, dark brown hair:and wore
brown sack suit and black derby hat.
The morning call., 1893-08-04
THE LONE JURYMAN.
Charges Made by Harry Lane
Refuted.
Eleven of His Peers Raise a Very
Direct Question of
Veracity.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

FRESNO, Aug. 3.-To-morrow's Republi-
can will publish statements from eleven
Jurors in the famous Heath case. replying
to the following card published by the
brother of Harry Lane, the only one that
prevented Heath from being convicted OF
the murder of Louis B. McWhirter:
while am free to confess that | have
a deep feeling in the punishment Of crime
to the extent that no guilty man may es-
cape, desire, nevertheless, TO offer these
remarks in regard to the Heath case, and
will say now that the dissenting iuryman.
Harry Lane, is my brother and from his
lips / state the following items in which
he says that he at no time agreed to vote
other than Not guilty. that he main
tanned that stand from the beginning until
the jury was discharged. and that he would
vote the same were he put back in the box
again.
'In addition to this he was told by almost
all the jurymen that he dare not hang the
jury: that in the event of his doing SO he
would be riddled with buckshot before be
left the Courthouse; or. in other words,
the Jury was rendering verdict according
to the menace of public opinion, that is a
conviction regardless of law or evidence.
merely offer these lines as matter of right
to my brother, Harry Lane.
EDWARD B. LANE"
AS the integrity Of eleven jurors was as
sailed, to the effect that they had ATTEMPTED
to intimidate Lane, each publishes q card
in direct refutation OF Lanes statements.
The morning call., 1893-08-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The anchors of the Campania weigh 81
tons each.
The Union Pacific Railroad crosses nine
mountain ranges.
Rochester. N. Y. has company of deal
mute soldiers.
Nearly 100 different machines have been
invented tor boring rock.
Scientists have invented device which
makes a sunbeam audible.
The final fate of nearly all snake.
charmers is to be bitten by their pets.
Enough spiders webs to go around the
world would weigh half pound.
An average of five feet of water is esti.
mated to fall annually over the whole
earth.
Women are longer-lived than men. In
surance tables are now being based on this
fact
Jernsa lem is still supplied with water
from SolomOn's Pools through an aqueducI
built by the Crusaders.
Laundry women at Hamburg wash their
dirty linen in the streams OF water thai
flow around the town.
There are two places in London where
clergymen can buy sermons printed. They
cuver all subjects and can be had for
every season.
Nail biting is disease. according to a
distinguished French physician. In one
Paris school sxty-three pupils out OF 265
were found affi Icted with it.
The morning call., 1893-08-04
Nature Demands a Tonic,

We ought never to forget. even those of us who
possess vigorous health that We are wearing out
that the vital clockwork. so to speak, must eventu
Ally run down. This. OF course, we cannot pre-
vent, because 1t is nthe ordinary course OF nature
but We may retard the too speedy arrival of decay
by the use OF an invigor mt which takes rank of
every other-namely, Hostetter's Stomach Bitrers
This century has not witnessed a parallel in sue
cess 10 this famous medicine. which not only sus-
tains health by promoting vigor. but overcomes
constipation. dyspepsia, chills and fever nervous
ness. rheumatism and other disordered conditions
OF the system fostered by weakness and an i'm
poverished condition Of the blood. The feeble.
persons convalescing after sausting disease and
the uged derive infinite benefit from the use Of
this helpful and enicient tonic. 30
The morning call., 1893-08-04
SHOT BY HIS NEIGHBOR.
An Old Feud Leads to the Killing of
Rancl1er.

OLYMPIA. WASH. Aug. 3-J. S. McCabe.
a rancher living bout thirteen miles from
here, was shot and killed this afternoon by
his neighbor, George w. Manville. Both
men are prominent in the county, and the
tragedy created intense excitement. The
shooting is supposed to be the result of an
old feud, which has been revived by re-
cent suit brought by Manville against the
Northern Pacific Railroad. in which Nc
Cabe appeared as witness for the de-
PENDANT.
Tom Conboy was the only witness to the
shooting. He states that McCabe and
himself were walking along the road. when
they saw Manville on the opposite side of
the fence with Winchester pointed at
McCabe. The latter remarked that he did
not think Manville would shoot, but he had
no sooner uttered the words than Manville
fired. McCabe fell and died few mo-
ments later. Manvilie went to Tenino and
said he would await the arrival Of the
Sheriff.
The morning call., 1893-08-04
JUMPED OVERHEARD.
Unknown Suicide From the Oakland
Ferry.

At $40 o'clock yesterday afternoon q
man jumped overheard from the ferry
boat Oakland and sank out of sight imme-
diately. The ferry had left this side al
2:3O P. NJ. with a small load Of human
freight, and as usual most of the passen-
gers went forward. No one. so far as can
be learned, saw the suicide jump. lie
went into the water from the after part OF
the saloon deck just as the boat was
abreast of Goat Island.
A school-lad standing on the main deck
aft saw the man in the descent and raised
an alarm. The Oakland was stopped
quickly and O boat launched with remark
able alacrity. 1t happened that the jump
was seen by passengers on the Piedmont.
which was coming from the east side. She
also lowered boat, but succeeded only in
securing the suicides hat, which afforded
no clew to his identity.
SO sudden was the act and so quick the
sinking of the body that it was Impossible
for any observer to describe the man at
all. Indeed. it is not kn"wn whether the
suicide was white or black, large or small.
It was not an accident, because II the
man had fallen he would not have cleared
the guards by at least thirty feet.
The morning call., 1893-08-04
STATE ROAD CONVENTION.
The Supervisors Invited to Attend
the Sacramento Session.

the Sacramento Session.
Mayor Ebert has transmitted to the
Board OF Supervisors communication
which he received yesterday from Sacra-
mento. 1t was from the committee on pro-
motion of the State Road Convention,
which meets in Sacramento on Septembe
Z. The communication invited the Board
of Supervisors to send delegates 20 the
convention. the objects of which are stated
to be as follows:
To consider the differing conditions relating
to road construction and maintenance IN the
several counties OF this State; the question OF
trunk-line construction IN the counties and its
relation to collateral ROAD lines.
To ascertain the influence Of good and bad
roads upon the conditions OF rural lie, upon
taxation, development OF the resources OF the
Stale. the settling OF the State and upon all
trade and industry.
To consider the influence and effects OF good
and bad roads upon animals used in Transport
tatiOn OF products aud of the people.
TO gather data Tor consideration relative to
the cost Of road construction aud road mante-
nance in California, and to compare the same
with the cost In other States ana Terri cries
under systems that have proved most ecOnom.
icai and ben-ficient.
10 ascertain and consider the relation of
such. costs to the economy OF production.
The morning call., 1893-08-04
MADE NEW RECORDS.
Wonderful Trotting Done by
Hulda at Buffalo.
The Mare Has Proved Herself the
TrOtting Marvel of the
Year.
Special to THE MORNING CALL.

BUFFALO, Aug. 3.-Some sensational racing
marked the third day OF the grand circuit meet
Ing and several records went by the board. In
the stake for the 2:15 rioters Hulda trotted
the fastest threeheat race on record. beating the
best average OF Martha Wilkes and also twice
lowered The Buffalo track record, 2:103z. made
by Maud S. Hulda's third mile was al,o the
fastest ever made by fve-year-old and the
time. 2:O81s. should be universally considered
the race record. as 2:0s14, made by Martha
Wilkes al Evansville, Ind. last year, bore a
taint Of suspicion.
Hal Pointer won the great free-for.all pacing
race after an interesting and bard-fought bat
fought 1t out down the straight and Pointer
clearly and fairly outtooted Mascot. The track
was fast.
2:15 tsot, HnIda won Won Pixley second, Dandy
Free-for. ali race purse $4,000, Hal Pointer
won. Mascot second. Manager third. Blue
Sign: Guy. Major onder and Flying Jig fin
2:OSE, 2:O6, 2:O8, 200.
2:2O trot, Prince Herschei won, Hiidebarn
second. Miss McGregOr third. Best time,
2:151a.
BUFFALO. N. Y, Aug. 3.-Budd Dobls to-
day drove Nancy Hanks In 2:12, her best time
this year.
BRIGHTON BEACH, Aug. 3.-The track was
Five iurlougs, Hardy Fox won. Kingclose
second. Coal Mine third. Time. 1:O4A.
Six suriOngS, FactOtum won, tlOflua eecono,
Clarus third. Time, 1:16N.
Six and a half furlOngs, Darkness won. Shelly
Tutlle second, Clement third. Time, 1894.
Five furlongs, Carmne won. Morrissey sec
ond, Austerlitz third. Time. 1:OOs4.
Seven furlOngs, Lou Rbett won. Bess McDun
second. King Crab third. Time. 1:29s4.
Five furIongs. Eclipse won. Merry Duke Sec
0nd, Skeddle third. Time. 1:O3N.
MONMOUTH, Aug. 3-There was fast track.
Five furlOngs. Bandit won, lola second, IA
sean third. Time. l:OOA.
Six furlOngs, Lustre won, Steve Estes second,
Vestibule third Time. 1:13Ha.
Passaic stakes. six furIongs. Arab won, Ches
apeake second, Kinget third. Time. 1:13N.
Railway handicap. one mile. Aloha won. Pic
ncker second, Merry Monarch third. Time,
1894.
Seven furlongs, Macintosh won. Chief Jus
tice second. May IN third. Time. 1:28A.
Seven iurlongs. Little Charley won. Tiny Tin
second. Bayard third. Time, 1924.
>TURGIs. Mich, Aug SIN the trots here
today Beethoven, California mare, madr a
mile in 2:12s4, the fastest time for fOur-year
old this year.
The morning call., 1893-08-04
1T AFFECTS BOOK SALES.
Money Stringency Presents Dealers
From Buying.

SACRAMENTO, Aug. 3.-The money
stringency is very wide-reachlng in its
effects, for it is hurting sales of the State
series of schoolbooks. A. j. Johnston,
superintendent of State Printing, to-day
told Bee reporter that sales of books in
July of last year reached $4,000. while
they only amounted to little over $12, 900
this year.
Book-dealers. it seems. intend to order
only surh books es they will soutely
need to carry on business.
Mr.. Johnston says that the new geog-
raphy will he ready for distribution on the
1st of September. The book has been in
hand for six years or more. 1t will con-
tain 149 pages, and will be profusely and
handsomely illustrated with maps and
wood engravings.
The morning call., 1893-08-04
FOR FREE SILVER.
The Labor Unions Send Memorial
to Congress-.


The financiers of the Labor Council will
be called upon to- night to discuss the silver
question and take action upon the follow
ing memorial to Congress. which was
adopted last night by several Of the con-
stituent unions:
WHEREAS, Dis ress heretofore unknown has
made Itself manifest in every part OF our land
flushing the hand of Industry. parayZlng the
willing hum OF labor and changing the happy
homes of American wo,kingmrn into scene
Ol despair and want; aud whereas, we feel
unfriendly attitude Of many governments
toward the use of silver; and whereas. | is
seif-evldent that what Is desirable and scarce
Is hard IL obtain, and the scarcer money
less readily II Is invested in productive
enterprises and the employment OF Labor; and
whereas. 1t takes all the worlds present
store OF coined money. both silver and gold. TO
pay one years interest on the worlds bonded
indebtedness; and whereas all legislative al
tempts TO destroy he full money quality OF sill
yer have made money scarcer and harder TO
obtain. and have therefore ben in the inter-
est OF the mOney.lenders and fatal 10 the wei.
fare Of producers, laborers and craftsmen; and
whereas, work without pay Is slavery and work
for half pay Is half slavery, aud under the de-
m0netzation OF silver wages have been main
tained AT living rates only by the constant ef
forts OF labor unions; and whereas, The uncon-
drional repeal of the so-called Sherman aci
without provision being first made for the
extend use OF silver as money would destroy
at blow One.half of he c0untry's ability to
pay It's debls or the interest thereon. would
double the scarcity of money and Tivet upon
the debtor the chains OF ptrpe ual debt and
upon the wOrkingman the serfdOm of scarce
employment at Inadequate wages, and would
deduct from the worlds Insufficient supply of
gold The 80 per cent of our counlry's total gold
product which comes from silver mines.
Now therefore we. the undersigned citizens
OF the United States respectfully pray that
Congress pass law which shalt provide for the
frcer and more extended u>e of silver as money
OF ultimate redemption and thereby check the
continued contraction of the currency, which
has been and Is now sinking the free labor of
our land deeper and decpe: Into the ruin OF en-
forced idlenesS, penury and despair.