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The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-07-28

Senator Vance makes public an open letter
witch he has written TO the Farmers Aiiianee.
Vance says he Is pleased at the action Of the
Alliance In urging senators and representa-.
tlves to stand 10y the present silver purehas.
Inc law until some satisfactory substitute ia
adopted. lie says years ago he urged upon
farmers the Importance OF such nm organza.
ton ~ would enable them TO make their vast
but dlsloln'ed strength felt promptly and 81.
heicntly IN legislation, aud tina, tho prcscrya.
uon oil silver IN the currency Is n vital issue.
lie declares that the use Of silver and gold, ia
equal terms, as the basis o! currency Is a ne.
ecs.lly, and asserts his determination TO Yield
nothing TO the monolneiallists who have ere.
hi.d tue phnlc 40 industriously ndvrrtifcd,
and which Will hereafter be knosn as tho
"fieh mans panlc." In conclusion. he says
the hope Of ingraiiailng hlmsclf with Ihr
President 10 secure patronage has no, affected
HIN, nor does he believe IL viii operate far 10
the repeal Of the Sherman law.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-07-28

General A. l.. Warner OF Ohio, the active
spirit In the Bl.metalllc convention which
meets Ia Chicago August 1, was at the Grand
Pacific hotel, Chicago, last week, In confer.
ence with local silver men on the arrange
mcnts OF the convention. General Warner
said:
The battle Of bl-mctallism has been fought
IN the forum Of the world; argument is passed,
What Is needed Is decided action. We expect
a large convention. There will be many earn.
trt men prescnt-inen who understand tho
subject thoroughly The country Is aroused
rs II never was before. a sense Of alarm Il
manifest all over the country at the possibili.
ties OF the establishment OF u single gold
standard. The present financial condition 10
largely artificial and amounts almost TO pub.
lie crime. The gold men should be held re.
sponslble for H. lie l. a fool who Ia made to
believe tina, the present money siringcncy is
due 10 the In crease VI st.00O, 900 monthly un.
der the Sherman purchase law"
Speaking Of the much mootcd question Of
the repeal OF the law, he said:
at viii not be repealed without satisfac-
tory substitute"
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-07-28
CHEERING WORDS.
Governor Grant Takes an Optimistio
View of AnAirs.

View OF AnAirss
Omaha, July 2l.-James Grant, Of Denver
president of the Omaha and Grant Smelling
works, gives out All interview which will do
much 10 allay the panicky feeling and re-
move false impressions In regard to tho silver
interests.
"Conditlons are not nearly so bad - ono
might believe from the reports," Mr.. Grant
said. "Our smelter will probably continue
without appreciablc curtailment Of force.
We will be able TO handle the low grade ores,
although It Ia not certain that we can arrange
satisfactorily with mine owners who have OK
elusive silver ore. We have project on foot,
however, which will, think, result In keep
Ing most Of these mines which arc our GUS
toners going.
1--WE will take the ore and refine Il on 30
day margin, SO that It will be paid for at the
same relative price ut which silver stands
when ready for the silver market rs bullion.
The smclters do not care 70 continue In the
speculative business so long as silver 10 liable
to be anywhere when tho bullion 10 ready TO
be delivered.
"This, with our other ores, will probably
keep oil our men at work. We will 20 right
htohk VIVA WI othot otSot tooht OopPsk
gold, for this trouble does not affect them at
all. The exclusive silver ores, Of course, We
cannot handle without some kind OF CON-
promise as 10 the price. The situation In
Colorado Is not thoroughly understood. One
would imagine that nothing but silver Is be-
Ing mined there. The fact Is that there arc
plenty Of mines which produce gold, copper
and lead enough to make the silver question
Of much lcss Importance than 1t would other.
wise be. imagine that We could ignoE ex-
elusive silver mines, should We 90 desire, and
60 right on with the mixed ores.
There is no reason for smeltcrs or miners
to believe that congress ia going to conspre
for their ruin. There ls and always will he,
call for bi-metallism. In fact no party has
dared to go before the people opposed In
platform TO silver as money metal. 0rd-
narily commerce demands It, and do not
look for any action which will be calculated
to destroy 1t and reduce It to the level Of
commodity for the arts. We will always have
a market for 1t rs money metal, am sure.
and II does not matter that the price may
be cheap. Colorado can stand cheap silver as
we'll as Nebraska eau stand cheap corn and
wheat"
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-07-28
WILL AID THE WEST.
Southern Senators Likely to support the
Silver Cause.

Southern Senators Likely to support the
Silver Cause.
Congressman who were most interested In
defeating the passage Of the force bill il ia re-
ported, may aid their Western colleagues In
opposing the unconditional repeal Of the
Sherman silver bill. This state Of affairs 10
represented to have been brought about BY
correspondence between Western silver sen.
ators and many Southern senators. II is said
that at the time the force bill was before the
Senate the Western silver senators Dol ted
their party to aid them ind resented to the
bitter end all efforts to whip them into line;
that II was through their efforts, united with
those of the solid Democratic minority, led
by Senator German, thn, the fight agains, the
force bill was successful, and that much
diplomacy was necessary TO gather sufficient
strength from the Republicans to defeat the
force bill, aud that obligations were conse-
qucn,ly then incurred which have since ben.
Gifted the Republican senator's who aided the
Democrats. Tariff, silver md all other qucs-
tons were niihat time RELOCATED to the back.
ground, and every energy was put forth by
the Southern people TO prevent the passage
OF the force bill.
II Is cited that by a strange coincidence the
very Republican senators from the West who
helped to defeat the force bill are now the
most interested In continuing the use Of SILL
yer US money, calling upon the Southern sen.
ators TO help them prevent action wt,vh snsy
believe will prove 10 be q calamity to the bus.
incss interests Of their states.
A Southern scnaior friendly To silver said
he felt very much like going to the aid OF his
fellow senators In the West on the principle
that one good turn deserves another. by SO
doing, he added, he could repay an obllga-
tlon tina, both he and his people felt was due
TO those who aided to defeat the 'cursej
force bIlln
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-07-28
KANSAS COAL MINERS.
The Coal Operators Secure tho Aid OF
tho Federal Court.

The Coal Operators Secure tho Aid OF
tho Federal Court.
Hon. W. q. Perry, as attorney for the Kan
sas and Texas Coal Company, has filed ia the
United States Circuit Court ut Fort Scott a
petition for an order restraining II. l.. Wal
tcrs and 100 employees Of the company a,
Weir City from entering upon the company's
property or in amy way Interfering with the
operations Of the mine. Clerk OF the Court
Meshcr received Instructions FROM Judge
Foster, who considered the petition, TO issue
the injunction.
United States Marshal Walker arrived with
eleven dcpuiizcl marshals, aud he was Joined
by Deputy United States Marshal Hurlhurt,
who also dcputizei number OF Fort Scott
men. They all left Saturday morning, we'll
armed, for the trouble at Weir City. by this
action the coal company has enlisted the gcv-
ernmcnt IN iis behalf, and any miner who
dlsobcys the Injunction will be arrested for
contempt Of court.
The Stars special from Topeka, Kansas,
says: Governor Icueiiing has received a
communication confrmaiory OF the rcpor,
that the milne owners are preparing to Import
1000 negroes from the South to take the
places OF the striking coal miners
Should this be true and the negroes under.
take to go Into the mine. the governor apprc-
bends serious trouble. In that event he will,
II called upon by the local authorities, or II
advised by Lieutenant Governor Daniels tina,
troops are needed, order out the militia.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-07-28
A PANIC IN DENVER.
Three National. Three saving. and Three
Private Banks Close ON tho
md

Ihrec national, Three Savings and Three
Private banks Close ON tho
nth and 18th.
The financial squall struck Denver q hard
blow Monday and Tuesd,y.
The first sign Of wreck was seen when
the Peoples, Colorado and Rocky Mountain
savings banks failed to open Monday morn
ing. This caused mn Increase In the dIstrust
Of other banks which hns been growing for
some time, and during tho day small runs
commenced on the Union bank. The state
menu published In tho evening payer by sew
cral national banks were not calculated to
restore confidence In them, and Il was evil
dent that there would be more trouble for
them tho next day. The directors Of the
Union national and Commercial national
were evidently Of that opinion as they did not
open their doors at all, and the National
Bank Of Commerce after sustaining run for
twenty minutes closed.
On the doors Of the Union bank the follow
Ing notice appeared:
The Union national bank Is In the hands Of
the comptroller Of the currency. We have
paid to our dcpositors, in round numbers, a
million dollars In the past few months, and
have q, GOO, 900 In assets to meet our remain
Ing liabilities, and which amount to about
100000. We have realized on assets rs rap
idly rs possible, and enough loan pnymcnts
have been promised the last OF the week TO
enable US to take care Of depositors again.
II then paid, and the comptroller asscnts, We
deposition may be fully assured that he can
by no possibility lose dollar OF his deposits.
X. W. WOODBURY.,
President
Tho Union bank is one Of the oldest In
the city and has done large
business, but apparently tho depositors have
recently lost confidence ~ It's soundncss.
Large amounts Of money have been with
In safe deposit vaults In which all the boxes
arc said to be full at the present time.
The National Bank Of Commerce has la
bilitics Of 100000 and assets Of 81, SOC, 900.
Ex-Governor Cooper is president
The Commercial National reports liabilities
At $435, 900 and assets at S750,0O0.
Three small banks, the Capital, the Mer-
camille and the North Denver, closed their
doors MS result Of the large banks closing.
They have small liabilities.
To greater or lesser extent there was a
run on every bank In town. In several in.
stances II was hardly visible and was over nj.
most before 1t began, 1t othcrr it lasted until
the hour ut which the banks closed.
There was big run on the German Ma
tional, First National, City National and
State National, but the run had about ceased
on them at night and 1t looked rs though
they would pull through. The bank officers
claimed that the run was participated in by
check holders and small depositors and that
they could weather the storm all right.
The failure OF the banks carried down a
number Of business houses. The largest OF
these was the Mcnamara Dry Goods Com
pany, which was attached by the Union bank
for s7o,00O. Other claims against the firm
aggregate s255, 900. The John Mouat Lumber
Company also assigned.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-07-28
COAL MINERS STRIKE
OVER ONE HUNDRED SHOTS
FIRED.
Five Hundred Strikers Headed BY Women
Attack the Works.

WEIR CITY, KAN, July 20.-Thc expected
crisis has come In the Kansas miners' strike
Miners who were willing to work quietly and
peaccably have been attacked by the strikers
and blood has been she'd. The feeling which
has been growing bitter for several days cul-
minated to-day In fierce battle Of Clements
pit, one mile south Of this uity. All the fore
noon there were mutterlngs Of the approach
ing storm and the feeling was universal that
serious trouble was at hand. Just beforo
noon band Of 800 Of tho strikers, headed by
100 women, which had been marching TO the
various strip pits, reached Clsmcnts' pit and
sent In committee TO persuade tho miners
working there to quilt. This they refused to
do and when the committee reported the on.
tire body Of marchcrs moved on TO tho work.
to force the men out.
The strip mon were ready for them, and
when they had passed the trcspass line, they
wefe fred upon, and general battle ensued,
in which Winchester rifles, pistols and clubs
were used. Over ono hundred shots were
fred, and It Is nothing short Of . miracle that
nobody was killed.
One man was injured In the forehead, an.
other in the leg, n boy was shot In the foot,
and one Of tho women got ball through tho
arm None Of tho wounds arc fatal and It 10
believed none of them arc dangerous. A
number on both aides wcrc badly beaten up
with clubs and dubbed guns. The wounded
were quickly removed by their friends, and
their names have not been learned. A. re-
suit OF tho BATTLE tho men IN tho strip were
routed by the strikers and were forced 10 fee
for their lives, pursued by tho bowling mob,
which would have lynchcd them had they
been caught.
The owner of the strip. Clements. bis son
and n man named Rio Dick Reed are snid TO
be the ones who did the shooting. and thew
have given themselye. and nm were run ont Of
Tho countv for s.fc k.,n,nu Tn. eYc,t.m.n,
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-07-28

The great Montgolncr nrc balloon. In which
Capt. Burnnby accompanied by N. GODDARD,
the Frrnch RrronHut, nscrnd~d from Crrmorbc
Gardens. Chelsea, somr thirty years since. IL
appears from Mr.. Evelyn BurnAby's narrative
that his late brother was on that occasion n
decidedly unwcloomr passenger. N. Goddard
Ind refused to take HIN. but Capt Burnaby
was not the man 10 take irnials. Accordingly
"M the balloon" says Mr.. Durnnby, "com.
mcnccd 10 risc from the ground. my brother,
with much dcstcri,y, sriking the ropes, vault.
Cd into the car. The effect wM magical. mud
tho descent Of the balloon 10 tho ground was
the work Of moment" The nrronauts Ian.
nunvc. Md. tho writer, wns far from polite,
In b. oxen French hr cjArnintrdi "wrcl, snrc [,
you spoil dc Affect. DO band play, lie people
shout, VIZ ri.c, We mount Masnidquci Aud
then you-why, you put your heavy csrcnss
Into my balloon, and We 10 down, plomp,
dare. dat Il vot you do" Capt, Burnhby,
however, gained his point, and. NJ tho balloon
made its second ascent, he wns found 10 be
among tho entcrpri.ins pafiy.-Londoa Daily
Nsus,
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-07-28
KANSAS FOR SILVER.
strong Resolutions Adopted Mt tho Tops-
In Convention.

km CONVENTION.
TOPEKA, Kan, July 2o.--A convention was
held here to-day under the auspices Of the
Kansas Bi-mctalllc League TO consider the
silver question. One hundred aud flft, dele
gates were present, the majority being Popu.
lists There wa. fair sprinkling OF Republl.
cans and Democrats. A. c. shlnn, vice presi.
den, for Kansas Of the National timetable
League, called the convention Ia order. FIX.
Governor Osborne, Republican and dlrec.
tor Of tho First National Bank OF Topeka, wa.
made permanent chairman. lie made Il
strong speech In favor Of the free colnagc OF
silver. Speeches were also made ia the sane
strain by Congressman bryan Of Nebraska,
W. Y. wrighiacrc, Popuiist, John VI. Ives.
fopullsi, and several others Of the same Do.
lltieai belief.
Resolutions were adopted opposing an uni.
yer,nl gold standard; declaring that nm later.
national agreement for the coinage OF both
gold and silver 10 unnecessary and lmnroba.
BILE; calling attention to tho present buslnes,
depression, claiming It to be due to an Insult.
fcient circulating medium; conforming the
proposal TO change The ratio between gold aud
silver or to repeal the Sherman act; dcprccat.
Ing the suggestion Of violence, believing that
oil wrongs can be rcmcdicd nj the polls; de.
handing Of tho Kansas Representatives In
Congress tina, they oppose the repeal Of tho
Sherman net unless I, DO replaced by law
placing silver in that position occupied by II
previous 10 1919, aud dcnouncing Il MS jncop.
sis'cnt with sound public policy TO confer
with amy foreign nation rs TO what the money
or currency OF the United States should be-.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-07-28
TO MIX THE METALS,
PROPOSED ooLolo COIN.
senator Sherman oives His Views on q
fuaaslnu

senator Sherman Givcs His Views on tho
Question.
Willard q. Day, OF Baltimore, who gives
much Of his time to the study OF economic
questions, recently addressed letter to scna-
tor Sherman, Of Ohio, making q suggestion
regarding tho Issue OF coins composed Of al.
loycd silver and gold: lie says:
Let the silver and gold now In tho treas
ury DO coined into mixed or elcctrum dollars
composed Of 90 ccnts worth Of silver bullion
and forty ccnts worth Of gold bullion. By
purchasing 100 1000 000 more ounces Of silver
at cost Of 10000, 900 tho treasury would
have bullion TO coin 10000 Of standard cleo
trum dollars, worth hundred cents each all
over tho world. The deprecated silver dol
lars could be called In and replaced by the
new dollar at full value"
Senator Sherman's letter In answer to Mr..
Days letter, and commenting on the suggcs-
tIon, follows:
"MANsrIELD, o., July 81.
"Kv Dtar Sir:-Yours Of the 10th received.
The experiment Of making what Ia called the
goloid coin, consisting partly Of gold, was
thoroughly tried while was secretary Of the
treasury, but II was found that II did not
change the color OF the silver, or enable any
one without an assay to distinguish the golold
coin from the silver coin. To avoid this dill
Guilty 1t was proposed TO insert the gold por-
ton In the center, but this was not satlsfac-
factory, Is 1t would DO very small, like dot
on tho silver coin.
mo doubt 1t 10 desirable TO use both gold
and silver for coinage to the utmost extent
that will not dcmonetizo either of them. Even
II new ratio should be adopted, unless II has
tho sanction Of the chief European powers, II
will not prevent huctuatlon In the relative
value Of gold and silver. Now that the choice
must be made, l have no doubt the subject
will be given careful attention, and may be
solved. Very truly yours,
JonS SHERMAN"
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-07-28
THE PAN.AMERIcAN RAILWAY.
Ex-senator Davis Is Confident It Can lie
Constructed.

ex-senator Davis 10 Confident 1t Can he
Constructed.
Ex-senator Henry q. Davis OF West Viz
ginla, president Of the wsst Virginia Central
and Baltimore Il Cumberland railways, who
was appointed by President Harrison men,
Der OF the International Railway commission,
has been shown statement Of the progress
made by the several surveyors who have been
In the field surveying n route for the pro-
posed Aan-American railway.
lle said no formal meeting Of the commits
s!oncrs had been held since tho surveyors re-
turned to the United States, and no maps had
as yet been completed, but from the topo-
graphical work done, which had been SUBJ
mltted to the commissioners, was fully con-
vinccd OF the feasibility Of the enterprise.
The route through Central America surveyed
by Mr.. Macomb was along tho southern
boundary OF Mexico and through Guatemala,
San Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua and Cos
Ia Rlca TO the sancgrc river. This portion
OF tho route would present no very great en-.
cheering difficulties.
Tho line through the Andrcan region sur
veyed by Mr. Skunk WAS necessarily the NOS,
troublesome To locate and construct 1t
Wouiu ienu Hunn tut Mhcuuu ietntulan tur-
vcy to Car,hagenia on the Caribbean sea.
The line through Ecuador to Perm he knew
nothing Of as yet. The aggregate length OF
the line would probably be $500 mlles. As
soon rs the surveys arc completed the com.
mission will meet to view them. The cost Of
the surveys IL borne In proportion TO the pop
ulaiion by the several American govern-
ments represented at the Pan-A american con.
ference. Senator Davis says this railway was
always one Of Secretary Blainc's pet projects
and he looked forward to its construction as
means Of locking thr American republics IN
a commercial union which would enable them
to finally solve their own financial and other
problems independent from Europe and In.
dueing greater stability OF government In
South America.
Mr.. Davis had no doubt the international
railway would be most powerful, and II no.
where was more difficult undertaking than
that Russia had carried TO n successful ter
mination since the Russo Turkish war.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-07-28
NEWS OF THE WEST.


The new town laid out by tho big eastern
Investment company, four miles from Raw.
Inns, has been named Campbell In honor OF
Ex-Governor Campbell Of Ohio
Frank Melbourne, having failed TO bring q
rain TO Cheyenne, dynamite was resorted to
few days ago. Five hundred pounds were ex-
ploded near the city and rs o result or coinci-
dence good shower fell.
1t 10 reported from Sheridan that Water
Commissioner Dow IA selecting sites for water
storage reservoirs In the mountains for
the big Pcralto ditch, the largest irrigation
enterprise ever undertaken In the county.
Ranchmcn In the Vicinity of Wcndover sta.
ton, on the Cheyenne " Northern railroad,
report that the country has been invaded by
a swarm Of grasshoppers which are destroying
everything In their path. All vegetation IL
suffering.
The Royal Horse Association ranch, twenty
miles north OF Cheyenne, with l,5O0 horses
and 1000 cattle, has been sold by the United
States marshal to satisfy a mortgage hold by
John Arbuckle, who was part owner. II wns
bid In for him for $4,000. The value was
$4,000.
A telegram from Chicago announces that
Frank Hewitt OF Laramie won the first prize
of 81 600 In the sheep-shearing contest at the
Worlds Fair on Saturday. He clipped the
100 1eeces In three hours md twenty.scven
contest.
special from Laramie on the Goth says
Tomorrow four-horsc load Of ore 10 ex-
pected IN the city from the new discovery %
miles west Of Laramie. 1t 10 one OF the RICH
est gold discoveries ever made In this section,
an assay running between Il, 100 and u 700
This load of ore will be shipped TO Denver
to be mIlled. Large numbers Of prospectors
are out In the vicinity Of the new discov-
cry.
A number Of ranchmen along the Platte
river arc endeavoring TO organize n company
to erect mammoth power plant for eleyat-
ing the water from the river for irrigation
purposes. II is proposed 10 use system Of
cribs and turbine wheel. 1t Is believed that
sufficient power can be developed to run an
Of the Harvey Clough wheel has greatly en-
couraged the ranchmen, who have heretofore
been unable to get water upon their lands be-
cause OF the depth OF the channel Of the
river.
A dispatch from Cheyenne on the Goth says:
1.-THE great stringency In the money market
has finally affected the banks OF Cheyenne.
There was considerable excitement here to-
day upon the suspension Of two OF the largest
banking Institutions In the state Last night
the private banking house OF 7. A. Kent made
n voluntary assignment This precipitated
run on the two national banks OF this city,
which resulted in the suspension OF the First
national this afternoon. The Stock Growers
national met all demands The liabilities OF
Kents bank aggregate sa5s,00O, but j. w.
Foster, the assignee, says that three times
this amount can be realized from the assets.
The First national has paid-up capital of
$200, 600. The liabilities arc s5U2, 900 and the
assctts s12a5, 000."