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HONEST BIMETALLISM.
How the Bank of France Met n Deman
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sfow the fSank OF Franco Met q Dcfnano
for Gold.
1t will be remembered that Senator
Jones, of Nevada. was one of the United
States commissioners to the interna-
tional monetary conference which as-
| sembled in Brussels some months ago.
While in Europe a syndicate, of which
Senator Jones is member, had occa-
sion to use 81 200, 900 in cash. which was
to be drawn in Paris from the bank Of
France. The syndicate's financial rep
resentative was instructed to ask for
the entire amount in gold. hut the re-
ply of the bank officials was: NO. sir:
we will pay half of it in gold and half of
it in silver" In other words, the officials
of the bank of France refused to dis
criminate against silver and in favor of
gold: and yet no financial crisis or even
the threat of one followed this perfect
ly natural conduct in a country where
both gold and silver are lawful money.
Yet there is more silver in circulation
in France, both relatively and abso-
lutely. than in the United States, and
the ratio is 15ls to 1, while the. ratio in
the United States is 16 to l. In which
connection the question naturally
<si i>Ss. u t-tN 10y iAASs ouo VI oii>Si
money in the ratio of 151s to caused
no financial disturbance in France, why
should the paying out of silver at the
higher ratio of Is to cause financial
disturbance in the United States?
That it would cause disturbance in
the latter case is admitted, and the rea-
son is plain. There is. and has been
since 1878. an organized conspiracy to
force the United States TO demonetize
silver, to drive it out of the currency,
and to establish gold as the sole sand
ard of value. The conspiracy has been
far reaching in its ramitications and in
it's effects. though those who Were in it
consciously may have been and proba-
bly, are comparatively few in numbers.
We do not mean to say that all
who are fostering the policy that ID
intended to make gold the basis
of the currency are knowingly con-
spirators. Some of them are honest be-
LEVERS in llisnf: some of them
have been frightened into acquiescence
by lurid pictures of the consequences
of a so-called ''debased currency" and
many of them look only at the fact that
their selfish interests are promoted by
dear money and would be injured if the
currency were flexible and adequate
With the large ma jority it is sufficient
that self-intercst lies in the direction of
discrediting silver, but the conspirators
who started and have fostered the anti
silver crusade knew perfectly well that
they could rely upon all these cooper
ating motives and inducements.
All that the honest bimetallists OF
the country are asking is that the
United States treasury do what the
bank of France does-pay out gold and
silver equally, without discriminating
for or against either. They believe
that this would establish and maintain
parity" between the two metals.-St.
/ .o,lis ,,,hl;1
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CROP BULLETIN,
Brief Review of the Condition of Crops b
. Number of States.

Brief Review of the Condition of Crops IN
Number of States.
WASHINGTON, May 24-The weathe,
during the past week has improved the
conditions in the northwest and central
valleys, while the outlook is less fav-
orablc in the southeast sections of the
country.
Texas--CorE looks splendid cotton prospects
improving and farmers are planting over the
northwest portion Of the state, where work had
been delayed by drought
Arkansas favorable and all crops
very much improved; southern portions. how.
ever, report crops foul and poor stands OF cot
ton; wheat oats, clover and grasses promise
abundant crops
Missouri-Vegctation makes rapid growth
and Improvement; work being expedited;
ground breaking.
Illinois-Conditions unusually favorable: corn
planting progressing rapidly; considerable
acreage sown in oats; meadows and pastures
generally excellent; wheat heading in southern
portion.
Indiana-weather last half OF the week was
favorable for plowing and planting and bene-
fetal to crops
Michigan-Wcathcr during the past week was
generally favorable to crops and farm work.
farmers mostly finished oat seeding; considera-
BILE preparation made for corn; oats and rye do
ing we'll
damage in lumber lands: tornadoe5 and hlil
cut many fields in southwest counties last
night: extent not known; planting corn and
potatoes nearly finished: all crops growing
nicely. -
Iowa-Favorable weather conditions for corn
planting and other farm work: planting prac-
tically completed, except In localities where
plowing was delayed from excessive moisture;
oats and spring grain show improvement
North Dakota-Seedins OF all small grain
nearly finished and corn planting in good prog
ress; much damage to growing crops and late
seeded grain by high Winds excessive rains in
west portion of great benefit to grazing lands
South Dakota-Very favorable week, except
grain whipped considerably by gales; corn
growing in south and planting progressing in
north; flax seeding general
Nebraska-Corn about all planted and early
planted coming up nicely
Iansas-Wcather beneficial TO all crops in
eastern portion; very unfavorable in western
and northern portions corn doing well in east
ern half.
Oklahoma-Au crops, except cotton, doing
finely.
Montana-Weatherv very favorable for crops
Wyoming-Wcather generally beneficial to
all crops; heavy winds were injurious, drying
the soil rapidly.
Misunderstanding about completed; high winds
and cold latter part Of week; unfavorable for
growth of crops.
Colorado-ToO cold over southwest, with in
furious frosts; bitches in southeast have plenty
of water: crop conditions good
New Mexico Weather has been very favora-
able; everything doing very well; great i'm
provement in cattle ranges.
Utah-Not fav(Anble week; graiu looks
we'll.
Californa-Cool weather with rains i'm
proved the outlook for grain and hay; small
fruits, large yield.
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BLACK BOB LANDS.
Dispositions Being Taken as to Value tt
Settlers Alarmed-A Sketch Of the Case.

Dispositions Being Taken as to Value The
Settlers Aiarmed-A Sketch Of the Case.
OLATHE. Kan, May 24.-The taking
of dispositions was begun in this city
yesterday before Ii. B. Tracy, special
commissioner for Kansas, in the case
of the United States of America against
dians ct al upon the part of the govern
ment and in behalf of the Indians.
This is suit that was ordered
brought by the encouragement of the
United States under an act of congress
passed about six years ago to settle the
title to about 5000 acres of land in this
county, known as the Black Bob land,
which suit was filed in October, 1890, in
the circuit court of the United States
for the district of Kansas by United
District Attorney Ady and his assistant,
=. L. Soper, making defendants all the
Indis. IS as well as all the settlers on the
land.
About $4,000 acres having been set
tied in 1884 upon compromise by the
Indians government, spectators and
settlers, after twenty years of litiga-
ton. by the terms of which the settlers
got the title to the same at an average
price of SO per acre.
f. NJ. Clark, of Leavenworth. held
most all the Indians titles. The bal
ance of 5000 acres, which is still in liti-
cation, was not owned by Clark and
was not included in the decree of court
in 1884, the most of which is owned by
the heirs of Thomas Carney and w. r.
Wagstaff. The settlers on this remain
ing tract have a contract with Carney
to get deeds to the same for 90 per
acre. The government, however,
charges in the suit that Carney did not
pay the Indians enough for the land,
and also charges the renters with be-
ing trespassers, and asks for rent for
the same for about twenty years at 50
per acre. There are about 100 settlers
whose homes are affected by the suit.
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THE FORKS OF THE ROAD.
The Issue Is Between Wild Cat Banks and
Sound and Honest Finances.

He SSSut Is net"eeh w iiu Val bduks anu
Sound and Honest Finances.
We are near the forks of the road on
the money question If the national
banks cannot be kept up by the issue
of more bonds as IA basis for their circu-
alton. then it is evident the next
scheme that would best please Wall
street and IL majority of the bankers
would be non-legal tender wildcat
currency under state authority. While
Cleveland and his advisers have not
committed themselves in definite terms
to any monetary plan, enough has
leaked out to show that the old ante
bellum wildcat plan is looked upon
with favor.
1t has been given out that Secretary
Carlisle favors private banks of issue
under state authority, with some sort
Of Endorsement by the general govern
mcnt All such paper issues would not
be money. but non-legal tender wild
cat shinplasters. as the states are
prohibited by the federal consti-
tuition from making anything but gold
and silver legal tender in payment of
debts. We don't believe the people
want anything more to do with any
form of non-legal tender paper shin
plasters, and the more this question is
agitated,, and as we approach the time
when the future monetary plan of the
government must be decided upon. we
believe that it will be decided that the
general government alone has the con-
stitutional power and should alone is
sue the money of the nation. and this
in sufficient volume to do the business
of the country on a cash basis. OppO-
sition 10 all plans of private issues of
paper bills to pass as currency is be-
coming more and more pronounced. and
no party that indorses any form of
wildcat. red-dog, banking system can
or will receive the Endorsement of the
people.-Shelbyvillc Nll.) Peoples Pa
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FALL OF A WALL.
Chicago Workmen Buried While Tearing
Down \ Wall.

CHICAGO, May 24.-With crash that
startled hundreds of people almost
across the street from the city hall. a
section of the Oriental building wall.
in La Sale street, fell to the ground.
The accident occurred just after large
force of men had gone to work tearing
down the building, to make place for
the new stock exchange.
Among the broken timbers and heaps
of brick five men We're buried. When
the victims were cXcavated the casual
ties were found to be as follows: In
known man, killed: Frank Mcdonald,
leg broken; Stephen Madden. head
bruised and scalp wounds: Adam Linke,
severe bruises; Alexander Talzleuski,
severe bruises.
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Rude to Miss Soper.

HACKENsACK, y. j., May 24.-Miss
Mary Stuyvesant Soper, of Lodi, has
asked Justice Heath to issue warrants
for the arrest of seven more of her tor
mentors. Miss Soper created a sensa-
tion as she walked along Main street
attired in her new costume of lilac
broadcloth, the skirt reaching about 6
inches above her ankles. The hat,
which Miss Soper says cost $40, came in
for its share of attention, but the
'.bloomers" were by far the most attrac-
tive. Miss Soper has become SO ac-
customed to the taunts of the young
people in Lodi that mere glances at her
costume are unnoticed by her.
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The Gould Estate.

New YORK, May 24.-The efforts of
the heirs of Jay Gould to get the as
sessed valuation of the late millionaire S
personal estate reduced from SIC, 900, ,0OO
were resumed yesterday afternoon be-
fore the tax commissioners, and, as
usual, the hearing upon the application
for reduction was secret Ex-Judge
John F. Dillon. counsel for the Gould
family, and George Gould filed affi-
davits, and the hearing, so far as the
testimony is concerned. was closed.
The matter is now in the hands of the
tax commissioners, and they will give
their decision upon the matter before
June 1.
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The Caravels.

WASHINGTON, May 24.-The' navy de-
partment has completed arrangements
for conveying the Columbus caravels,
the Santa Maria. Pinta and Nina, from
New York to Chicago. They will be
towed from New York to the mouth OF
the st. Lawrence and from there to
Chicago. The service will cost about
$1,000. Com. Erben will arrange for
their trip to the mouth of the St
Lawrence, and the consul at Montreal
will make arrangements for theiI
cruise from there to Chicago.
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AUSTIN, Tex, May 24.-Gov. Hogg
has vetoed the act known as the sugar
bounty bill. The act was intended to
enable the superintendents of Texas
penitentiaries to accept from the gen
eral government the lawful bounty on
sugar raised on the convict farms.
Gov. Hogg's veto takes the form of an
address to the public, in which he gives
his reasons at length. and closes by ve-
hemently denouncing the sugar bounty
law of the United States
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Killed His Horse with His Fist.

WACO, Tex, May 24.-Tom Roe, a
truck farmer, entered his horselot to-
day and his horse rushed at him with
open mouth. Roe leaped aside as the
horse passed and hit him on the neck
with his fist, killing the horse instant
1r
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Storm In Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, May IA wind
storm passed over Indiana about 4
o'clock this morning and did much
damage In the eastern and southern
portions of the state the wind blew
with the greatest force. At JEFF
ersonville many houses were un-
rooted and trees blown down.
John Stem was blown over an
embankment and severely injured. At
Elwood the roof of the American tin
works was blown of and the building
otherwise damaged
Dispatches from Detroit show much
damage done in Michigan.
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GENERAL

THREE editors of Ell Democratic, a
newspaper suppressed in the City of
Mexico, have been sentenced to seven
months Imprisonment. The foreman
also got five months and the proof
reader four. All were fined besides
The Presbyterian board of missions
vigorously denounces the Geary act.
The Methodist Foreign Missionary So
ciety has decided to make final appeal
to the president
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Choctaw Ancient Dead.

DENIsoN, Tex, May "a. = Aunt
Nancy Sacra, aged 10a years, died Sum
day in the eastern portion of the Choc-
taw nation. She was lineal descend
ant of the royal class of Hyah Pah Tux
Eaio, famous in Choctaw history.
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rHE SOUTH.

The graves of confederate dead were
decorated with imposing ceremonies at
Little Rock, Ark, on the 10th.
THE Vanderbilt system of railroads
has succeeded in getting into Louis
vile, Ky.
DIR. G. A.. NELSON, formerly a promi-
nent physician of Terrell, Tex, has
been sent to an insane asylum as the
result of the use of whisky and NOR
phfne.
The financial furry struck Bruins
wick, Ga, on the 18th and the banks
had to suspend. NJ. Ullman, one of the
bankers, committed suicide.
BEFORE the Crescent City club at New
Orleans Billy Mccarthy. the Australian,
knocked out La Blanche, the marine,
in sixteen rounds.
A COMPANY is being formed to build a
railway from Bowie, Tex, to the. City
of Mexico.
The Cumberland Presbyterians in
general assembly at Little Rock. Ark,
elected Rev. w. S. Ferguson, of Peters
burg, Ill, as moderator.
REPRESENTATIVES, GEORGE L. HAM
BEBT, of Lewis county, Kentucky, in a
speech. at NanceDurg accuSeu inc CITY
of Louisville with buying up the
members of the senate to pass
its charter. stating that members
of the legislature had been offered as
high as $40, coo for their votes. and in
sinuated that quite a number took
bribes.
THE Citizens bank of johnson City,
Tenn, has closed. =;
REV. MAOKEY, Lampasas,
Tex, dropped dead in his pulpit while
preaching. -
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Anybody who thinks the peoples
party is dead had better prepare now
for big surprise in the future, equal
to the one they had on reading the
election returns on November =, 1882.
The reform papers are stronger ard
more aggressive than ever, and the
work of education in public affairs is
bearing daily fruit. The financial
question is fraught with considerable
danger to the democratic party. as the
south and west are undoubtedly in
favor of either free silver or an imitation
of the currency by the issuance of
United States notes, based on the credit
of the country. This, with the FREQ
trade tendencies developing in the west
and south in the peoples party ranks.
is likely to play sad havoc with the con-
servative element in the democratic
party when another fight COMES of.
The democrats will have to be real
democrats or be relegated to the rear
again, if the signs of the times are read
aright.-Baltimore Critic. G
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AN HONEST CONFESSION.
A Newspaper Correspondent Lets the Cat
Out Of the bag.

A Newspaper Correspondent Lets the Cat
Out Of the Bag.
George Alfred Townsend. popularity
known as Gath" makes this astonish-
ing confessions:
The populist party is attracting far
more attention than Wall street infor-
nation would suggest. 1t is giving
concern to all the western republican
members of congress. 1t is coming
eastward. You see it troubling the
Georgians already. It is being formed
in the negro counties of Maryland. 1t
threatens to absorb the whole operative
class of Pittsburgh, Ohio and Michigan
next time"
1t is astonishing, first, that Gath"
should write thus, and second, that the
papers for which he writes should
print it. 1t is also surprising that he
incidentally and perhaps accidentally
acknowledges what is the source of the
information" adverse to the populist
movement. The statement is. of course,
no news to the populists themselves,
and it might be made even stronger
than it is. and yet remain within the
bounds of truth. and probability. The
populists have every reason for believ-
ing that their turn is coming next
time Vanguard.
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The only way to settle the silver ques-
tion is to put 100 cents. worth of silver
in the dollar.-Kansas' City (Kan.) Ga
Zette.
A better way would be to put suffi-
cient gold with the silver to make 100
cents worth of the combined metals in
a dollar. The coin would then be much
more portable than if composed exclus-
lively of silver, and would be an honest
dollar Record.
A better way still would be to stop
this senseless gold-hug twaddle about
the dishonest dollar" the maintenance
of the parity of the metals by continued
gold payments, and simply atone, so far
as is now possible, for the crime of 1873
by placing the two metals on an equal
ity before the law. This done, the dol
lars will take care Of themselves-Ad-
VOcate.
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Talk about honest dollars and class
ing gold as; the only honest money is
ridiculous. One dollar is as good as
another, so long as it passes. Money
only expresses measure or equivalent
of value. The law gives the expression
force, and has it accepted.-Montgon'
cry (Ala- Alliance Herald.
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THE " f.S


+, The National bank of Evanston failed,
causing great excitement in that sub
urb of Chicago.
THK worlds fair continues to be short
of funds. The running expenses are
8 $4,000 daily. The pay of janitors and
helpers has been long overdue.
HuGH ADAMS, aged SIS, has sued his
wife, aged 6a, at Martinsville, Ind, for
divorce.
THE government commission has been
inspecting the work on the Missouri
river in the vicinity of Kansas City.
IT is said that eX-Secretary John w.
Noble will soon take cup his residence
in Oklahoma having in view his eleva-
ton to the United States senate when
the territory is admitted to statehood.
SCHUREMAN's private bank at Nor
NAL, ILL.,, has closed.
THERE is some talk of the Chemical
Nstional Bank of Chicago resuming.
FIRE at Starbuck, Wash. destroyed
the Union Pacific car and machine
shops, nineteen locomotives land all
other railroad property except the coal
bunkers. Loss, s3O0, 900.
THE c., b. 4 Q. directors have been
reelected
. WARREN & Co., of the Chicago board
of trade, have assigned.
Ex-SENA TOR VAN WICK, of Nebraska,
suffered a stroke of paralysis which
may result fatu2ly-
The Santa Fe wants a return rate d
SO. 50 to the wo.ls'. fair from Missouri
river points.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-11-01

meet the necessities Of the case, as the child
rem Of these heads Of families were also en-
titled to take eighty acres Of land each.
The law officer of the department held
that RS to the children, which constituted
part Of the seventy individuals to whom
have already referred, they were entitled to
take lands wherever they chose in this
Cherokee outlet. They chose what they
supposed were the best lands in the terri
tory, that is, what they considered the most
valuable lands, adjoining the depotS and
stations Of the railroad companies, the
Santa Fe line, the Rock Island road, and
other companies operating in the territory.
These persons who took the lands adjoining
the depots and railroad stations expected
10 get valuable lands for town site pur-
poses rather than for farming purposes.
The interior department., while required
by the law and the decisions
Of the law officers Of the depart
ment to allow these members of ths
family TO take land wherever they pleased
in the territOry-I say while they were 80
required by the decision Of the law officer Of
the department, allowing them to take the
lands wherever they Chose-the department
endeavored at the same time TO do Justice
to the actual settlers who came in AFTER
ward, because the allObments TO Indians
were made before the flrst day Of the open
ing was Rxed. They took these Rs have
said, near the proposed town sites, near the
stations Of the railroads; but the interior
department having been required also By
law to establish town sites, where land
Offices were to be located, and which were
TO become eventually the county seats Of
the different counties when the territorial
organization was completed, removed along
the line Of the railroad from where the
prospective or future town site was estab-
lished by the government to another place
than that where the depots or railroad
stations were established.
Mr.. Turner-Will the gentleman allow q
guRgesbionP Is not one of the town sites, Rt
which depot is sought to be established,
at the present time land officer
Mr.. Springer-It is. The land offices that
were established in every case were eStab-
lished Rt the places where the interior de-
partment hxed the town site, and not where
the railroad station was established, and, a.
have just said, this was done 10 defeat the
object of the speCulators who arst made
their appearance before the commission
and afterwards before congress TO get in
this bill the exclusive right, before any
body else was permitted to 60 into the
territory to make q selection, and the In
terror department, in order 10 DO full JUS
tioe 10 the actual settlers, found IL neOos-
Sary to remove the town sites from one TO
three miles distant from the points where
the railroads had established their stations,
for the reason have just stated.
The Speaker-The time Of the gentleman
has expired.
! ME. Wheeler, Of Alabama--I yield two