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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-01-25
AGAINST NEW BONDS
Active Opposition Will Be De-
veloped in Congress.
K OF L PEOPLE TO FIGHT 1T
Treasury to Suit Secretary Carlisle,
Hence the Bonds.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 19.-A strong senti-
ment is expressed among the silver
leaders of the house against the "gold
clause" In Secretary Carlisles notice
of the bond sale. Representative Bland
of Missouri says: ''rhe standard silver
dollar Is full legal tender aud it can be
offered and received in payment of
these bonds. The act under which the
bonds are issued provides that they
shall be payable in coin. At the time
of the act the standard silver dollar
was full legal tender, SO it must be in
cluded In the meaning of the word
'coip.'n
Some anti-silver men take Issue with
Bland on this point. They say bonds
were issued under the resumption act
of 1875, which provides that bonds
should be sold for ''coin," but they
point out that before this, in 1873, sill
yer was demonetized so that it could
not be included in the meaning of the
word "coin." Aside from the legality
of the gold clause silver men say it is
against public policy to make public
discrimination against one of the money
metals now in use, and the effect of the
secretary's action is to send gold coin
to premium and disturb the parity be-
tween gold and silver coins.
Representative Tracey of New York
one of the anti-silver leaders of the
house, said: Secretary Carlisle wants
no more silver for he already has in
the treasury much more than he wants
What is needed is gold. 1t is fortunate
under these circumstances that the la W
allows him to secure the particular
metal he wants. While the bonds are
payable in gold, yet in selling them the
secretary has authority to secure pay
ment in any class of coin he needs, al
the express purpose of that law was tt
give the means of meeting the needs O
the treasury"
Some treasury officials have theor,
which has been advanced several time
heretofore anu WHICH is Sdlu TO D
shared by some of those who have
hand in directing the affairs of the de
partment, that at this time there actu
ally exist no funds that can be properl
termed "gold reserve" The so-calle'
gold reserve, which was created by Sec
retary Sherman under the act of 1875
has b.en entirely wiped out by the re
demption of the United States note
and treasury notes, for which purpos
it was originally created. The redemr
tlon of treasury notes alone, 1t Is said
has been sufficiently large to wipe ou
the gold reserve, and the redemption
of United States and treasury notes tc
gether up to a recent period aggre
gated $149, 100000. This vast amour
of notes was not retired, but reissued
If this theory were carried to a legit
mate conclusion it is held that the gov
eminent has not been using the gold re
serve for the payment of current ez
penditures, but has been merely draw
ing on its stock assets, represented b
gold. 1t Is said certain figures bearin
out the deduction above referred t
have been prepared for the use of Set
retary Carlisle and he will shortly issu
a statement on the subject.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-01-25
N. T.. Officials Resign.

The treasurer, secretary and general
auditor of the Northern Pacific have
resigned because the receivers refuse
to pay them salaries for doing work
for the present management. Presi-
dent Ives has made application to the
courts for an order directing that the
salaries of the officers named be paid.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-01-25
MOVING FOR GOOD ROADS.
Bills Prepared for the State Legislature
by the Maryland League.

The Maryland Road League has pre-
pared two bills for the Improvement of
public roads. Both of them will be in
troduced early in the session The one
which the leage regards as of the great
est Importance is that authorizing the
appointment by the governor of civil
engineer, whose services shall be chiefly
employed in the Improvement of the
public roads. 1t has been demonstrated
time and again tha. to make good wagon
roads is the work of a skillful engine err
All the splendid military roads OF France
constructed by the first Napoleon were
the work of the best engineers of that
day. In Maryland but fe public high
ways outside the cities have been made
upon scientific principles, but the road
at Pen-Mar, leading from the railroad
station to the top of the mountains, is
one with which thousands of people are
familiar. 1t was constructed by civil
engineers and furnished a marked con-
trast to the ordinary roads of the coun-
try. 4 skilled engineer would construct
all country roads upon the principle of
this road, and If that were done 1t
would add more to the material wealth
and welfare of the state and the COM
fort of it's citizens than any reform
which could be suggested Good and
competent engineers command large
salaries, and while the commissioners
of each county have all power to en-
ploy them, the salary of one, coming
upon single county, would consume
TOO large proportion of the road fund.
If his services are used by all the coun-
ties the salary will be but small bur
den upon each.
Some of the members of the legisla-
ture may object to the expenditure of
the sum necessary to support this de-
partment of the government. But 1t
must be remembered that something
like 5000, 900 Is spent in the state each
year in repairs upon public roads. This
great sum is spent, as rule, ignorantly
and without producing the best results
epced men that more good results could
be obtained from the expenditure o.
e-half the sum than Is now obtained
from the whole. Indeed, 1t has beer
asserted that the greater part of this
great sum of money is annually thrown
away, and that the alleged repairs have
to be repeated and renewed year afte
year. To continue this method rathe,
than incur the expense of employing al
experienced roadmaker Is that with
holding more than Is meet which Solo
mon tells us 'tendeth to poverty" Tn
bill as prepared does not confine tn
work of the proposed engineer +
the roads, but makes him subject to tn
governors orders to do any other stat
engineering work which may be requii
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-01-25

LONDON, Jan. 19.-Sir William Henry
Houldsworth, conservative member OF
parliament for Manchester, speaking at
Dundee, declared that until bimetallism
is adopted by all countries commerce
would not receive any permanent bene-
at. England, he adued, is the only
country in Europe which refused to
adopt bimetallism. He expressed the
hope that the government would CO.
operate with other governments in an
effort to secure a more permanent sys.
ten.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-01-25
silver Crisis In Asia.

HoNeKoNG, Jan. 19.-The silver crisis
is increasing in acuteness in the east,
and the situation is further complicated
by the scarcity of currency at Hong
kong, Shanghai, and Singapore, owing
to the decreasing supply of Mexican
dollars, Mexican change not having
adopted itself to the heavy fall in sill
yer. The present position of affairs
may easily become dangerous.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-01-25

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 19.-The following
was sent last night from the Knights of
Labor headquarters:
"To j. r. Sovereign, General Master
Workman, Knight of Labor, Des Moines,
Iowa. Secure counsel and 60 before
the United States supreme court imme-
diately to enter injunction proceedings
against Carlisle, restraining him from
Issuing $50, 900, 900 in bonds. The inter
ests of the people upon whom the bur
den of all taxation to pay the interest
and principal on these bonds fall re-
quire that you should Immediately take
this step against the secretary of the
treasury, enjoining him from incurring
further debt. while the resources of the
government, if properly applied, is suf-
ficient to meet all lawful demands.
John L. HAYES,
general Secretary and Treasurer"
The following was received in reply:
"DEs MONIES, owa, Jan. 19.--To John
L. Hayes, Sl4 North Broad street, Phil
aaelphia. Case submitted TO counsel.
If there are reasonable grounds on
which to force standing in court, in
junction proceedings will begin at once.
~. r. SOVEREIGN,
General Master Workman"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-01-25
A NEW TOWN.



GREAT FALLS, Mont, Jan. 21.-A large
town is likely to spring up in the east
ern part of Cascade county before the
middle of 1894 through the extensive
development of the Belt coal fields,
thirty miles out on the Neihart branch
of the Great Northern railway. The
work of development is already under
way, and the purpose is no less a one
than to largely supply the great reduc-
tion works of the Anaconda Copper
works nth fuel In fact, the statement
comes from good authority that the
Anaconda company will take 900 tons
day of this coal as soon as 1t can be
turned out to such an extent. The coal
fields of this section have been worked
upon a small scale for several years.
A few weeks ago James Shields, who
for some time has had the direction of
tracts, purchased enough private in
terests to secure control of a large
tract of coal land, and, with the reorgan-
ization of the Belt coke and coal com
pany, of which Shields is general
manager, operations have begun to
assume proportions. The mines are be-
ing put in shape to increase the output
very rapidly. ContractorP. S. Hughes,
who has been engaged upon the new
Butte, Ana conda & Pacific railway, has
gone to Belt with force of graders,
and will employ about one hundred
men putting in sidetracks for the next
| few weeks.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-01-25
Discovery that VII, Bring wealth.

CINCINNATI, Jan. GA solder that sue
cessfully joins aluminium to aluminium
has been discovered. For over four
years Robert Shearer has been at work
trying to find such solder. This has
finally been discovered. The new solder
will Join teeth to aluminium for dental
purposes. 1t will not be patented, as
no risk will be taken in giving away the
secret.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-01-25
Yakima County Sued.

PaxI Schulze has sued Yakima county
for a block in North Yakima he gave
away on behalf of the railroad company
some years ago. He claims the gift
was conditional on the block being
used for courthouse. This the county
In Its defense will deny.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-01-25
DENoUNcss THE RITE AS BAReARIc
DIR. Rosenthal Wants a Law Against the
Jewish Circumcision.


jewish Circumcision.
CINCINNATI, Jan. 22.-Dr. Rosenthal,
a prominent surgeon of this city, mas
gone to Columbus to introduce a queer
measure in the legislature. II provides
for the abolition of the Abrahamic rite
on the ground that the operation is
cruel and unnecessary and that 1t is a
relic of barbarism not compatible with
the civilization of today. The doctor
holds that no religion can promote such
cruelty 10 infants and hope to be pro
tected in it by the law. He proposes
severe penalty for the performance OF
the rite, the violator to be prosecuted
under the section prohibiting cruelty tc
children.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-01-25
FOUND A BOMB IN HIS OFFICE.
Discovery at Salem, Ohio, Causes Con
siderable of "A Sensation.


EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio, Jan. 23.-Job
Evans, coal dealer and mine operator
at Salem, few miles north of here
when he opened his of1ice found a can
gerous bomb in the doorway, the fuse
failed to burn. The bomb was an or
binary piece of gaspipe inches long
and inches in diameter, filed with a
highly explosive powder. As yet no
arrests have been made. The bomb Is
supposed to have been the work OF
the dissatisfied men In the Evans mine.
Some time ago Evans and the other
mine-owners attempted to reduce
wages, and since then the feeling be-
tween the employers and the men has
been very bitter.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-01-25
CAUGHT IN A DIAMOND SWlNDLE.
Tiffany A. Co. Contributed to the $4,000
Worth of Jewels Taken by Barth.


Worth OF Jewels Taken by Barth.
LOUISVILLE, Jan. 21.-The diamond
swindle which was perpetrated in New
Albany upon several eastern jewelry
firms proves to have been much more
extensive than was supposed, and 1t Is
now thought the alleged Mr.. Barth,
who secured the jewels, carried away
not less than $40, 900 worth of property,
which can be sold anywhere. The po-
lice authorities have not been able as
yet to find the slightest clew to the
identity of the thieves, although they
have done everything that could be
done to recover the property. 1t has
been learned that Tiffany & Co. of New
York lost 81, 600 worth of diamonds In
exactly the same manner as Ball & Co
had lost theirs.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-01-25
chinamen In a Dilemma.

The Gold Beach, Ore, Chinese are In
a dilemma. They are willing enough to
register, but the nearest photographer
is at Crescent City, Cal, ninety miles
away.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-09-27

must be stocked with interesting and
unusual information.
II certainly think" said Miss Mat
son, "that the arm is one Of the most
beautiful attributes of womankind, and,
as fashion and polite, refined society
has decreed that it may be displayed
without forfeiting the modesty woman
should never permit to grow dulled,
think it is a subject that may be ap-
preached with the same freedom as a
discussion on eyes or hair. want to
begin by saying that the American wo-
man has the most beautiful Of all arms,
and will try to point out to you why
CHS is. The American arm is small
at the wrist and tapers gradually to
the shoulder; it is usually white and
almost invariably the flesh is soft and
fine. The wrist Of the Irish girl, re-
CARELESS of her station in life, whether
It be the highest or lowest, is always
too large to be artistic or even to be
pretty. 1t is also too long and extends
too far up the arm itself. I have
never seen an Irish arm that has been
free from this defect, nor have I ever
seen an Irish arm, although on a wo-
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-09-27
"You surely hadn't"
Barber. in a Lion. Den,

Fired by the example Of Madrid
barber, two French Figaris have
been practicing their art in den of
lions. At Levallois-Perrett, outside
Paris. a bold barber from the Avenue
de Clichy went in among the lions of
the Juliano Menagerie and not only
shaved their tanner but combed, brush
ed, and fixed up his hair in the latest
capillary style. The lions looked on
with an apparently interested air dur
ing the operation, which lasted twenty
minutes, They began howevere, to show
some signs Of Impotence and perhaps
hungar as the barber was finishing.
When he left the cage with the tanner,
in order to bow his acknowledgements
to the public, the lions, regretting no
doubt his departure, began to roar.
without tlinching, although the animals
were in a very excited condition, and
among them was dangerous lion call
ed DArtagnan after one of the heroes
OF the elder Dumas. D'Artagnan fire.
quently evinced q desire to have q
MUNICH at the barber, but the eyes Of
the soaped and lathered tanner kept
him in check.-London Telegraph.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-09-27
PITH OF THE NEWS
h, ENTs OF THE, PAsTWEEK m
A CONDENSED FORM.
The Latest and Most Important News
Of the World, Culled From the
telegraph Reports Of the Press
AssOciati0n0.
Personal Mention.

Ansel Lee, cousin Of Gen. Robert f.
Lee, died at. Meadville, Pm.
Jesse Hill, said to have been the old.
est settler in Mclean county, ILL.,, died
near Bloomington.
Mrs. Esther 7. vandergrift, mother
ln-law of Robert Louis Stevenson, the
novelist, died ut Danville, Ind.
Bank Examiner James T. Harrity,
brother of the national Democratic
chairman, was formerly in the whole
sale tea business in Philadelphia.
Prof. virchow, the most versatile of
living savants, filed up his summer va
cation by attending five great interna-
tional congresses. Yet he Is % years
old.
James Campbell of Pittsburg leads
the opposition to Mr.. Sovereign for the
position Of general master workman
of the knights Of Labor. Campbell
Ia said to be one Of the brliniest men
In the organization.
Besides being clergyman the Rev.
I. NJ. Springer of Belle Vernon, Pa,
Is Justice of the peace, an undertaken
and a furniture dealer. He can also
make m omelette and edit paper
better than the editor himself.
Queen Victoria's walking stick once
belonged to Charles II. and is made out
of branch of the historic oak tree
In which he hid. On the plain top the
queen has fastened little Indian idol
which was part of the foot Of Sepinga-
patam.
Henry c. Raworth, railroad eng,n-
Ger, who died recently at Augusta. Ca,
enjoyed the proud distinction of hav-
ing pulled the cars Of the first locomo-
tive ever used on the South Carolina
railroad. Added to this he had the
remarkable record of more than half a
century of continuous service on the
SEINE road.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-09-27

maker called upon me and said that y
came to take my measure over ao,;s
as the manufac turer declined to =
cept the measure already made for ~ 81
reason that he did not believe anv Al, '
grown woman had foot that Womb
70 into q No. 3 shoe and at the sora.
time required 80 large q top to Nv
shoe as the measurements indicatas
that did. This episode is the hest 'I !,
lustration l can give Of the preyailins
shapes. That shoemaker was accus'
toned to large feet and small limb
rather than small. comparatively, faat|
and large limbs. '
1.-THE result Of my observations DIN,
ing several years residence abroad !.
that American women are the mos,
beautifully formed of NIL the women
who populate this globe"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-09-27

old niece out q second.story window
and then Jumped after her. The child
was fatally and McArdle slightly In
ltd.
Daniel r. vermillion Of Chicago, a.
distant claim agent of the Illinois Cen,
trail railroad, was arrested at Spring
field, Ill, and placed under $500 bonds
on a charge Of passing q worthless
check.
John H. Cater, who was arrested at
DEBORAH, Iowa, on suspicion Of having
ing killed his wife and George, We.
NETT September 1, has been b91as
over to await the action Of the gfah6
jury, after preliminary examination
which lasted four days.
Marshal James Donaldson. while try
ing to arrest Mrs. John Ju1ik at Kang-
ley, ILL.,, was shot by her husband and
will probably die. NJ. e. Tobias, clerk
for the Star Coal company, who was
assisting Donaldson, was also shot,
but not seriously. Jurik gave himself
up and Is in Jail.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-09-27
Unfortunate Events.

William Smith, fisherman, was
killed at Newark, N. j., by lightning
Lloyd Garrison, 8 years old, was
drowned at Chenille, Mich.
Jerome Bristol fell into well at
Coldwater, Mich, and was killed.
The Rev. J. J. Lehnen Of Norway,
Ia, fell into cistern and was drown
ed.
A barrel Of cider exploded at Valpa-
raise, Ind, seriously injuring George
Chatam.
An unknown tramp stepped in front
%of a train at Marshalltown, a., and
was cut to pieces.
Mrs. A. G. Miller, Of Roscoe, ILL.,,
was killed by poison put in a prescrip-
ton by careless drug clerk.
Fourteen houses and ten barns were
wrecked by storm at Huntley. ILL.,,
Ninty head of live stock were killed.
Mr. and Mrs. Orson Higgins were
killed and a little girl fatally injured
by train at Putnam, N. Y.
Israel Underwood, aged 81, Of Lena
was instantly killed by being thrown
out Of his wagon against tree.
Israel Underwood, a horse dealer,
was thrown from his carriage in rum
away accident at Lena, Ill, and in
stantly killed.
A fve-year-old son of Charles Her
stedt, farmer of Shillop Wally, H.,
fell on broken bottle, cutting the ar
tertes in his arm, and bled to death.
Henry Ruppel, aged go, born in Ger
many, prominent boot and shoe mer-
chant Of Beardstown, ILL.,, was drowned
in the cistern at his home.
At Roanoke. Va, the Brio fer
building, containing many il ~,
was destroyed, entailing a los ~
OOOO.
William Hill Of Brooklyn ap': A. 8.
Woodward Of Allegheny City wore
seriously injured in a freight week at
Springfield, Ohio.
Adolph Grafroski, Herman Clemic
and Charles Blossin were struck by a
Wabash passenger train at Decatur,
III. Grafroski was instantly killed and
the others will die.
Julius Applicants, aged 16, was killed
and Willie Flick, aged 10, has since
died Of injuries, and Engineer Craw-
ford was badly hurt in a railroad ac-
cident near New Orleans, La.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-09-27
Crimina! Doinxs.

Treasurer T. L. Smith of Columbia
county, Ark, Is said to be defaulter.
Abe Diller shot and killed Emery
Smith near Rulo, Mo.
The trial of Louis Miller, charged
with killing Joseph Shielle at Murphys-
boro, ILL.,, has begun.
The, ten.year-old son Of the notorious
Ferdinand Ward is kidnapped III Con
necticut, at the instance Of his father.
Amanda Campbell 10, committed
suicide near Marshall. Ind, by taking
poison. No cause is known for the act.
Alexander Shields, prize stallion,
worth $4,000, was stolen from Bound
brook, n. J.
In gun fight in Logan county, Va,
between members of the Phillips-Mc-
Coy factions, three men were wounded.
Charles Chacvin. a hermit, was
found muri: ell st Detroit. His house
had ben ransaclsed for valuables.
The general manager of iron works
at Butte, Mont, ia short in his &C
counts.
The case tagainst Father Legion,
the Aurora. ILL.,, priest charged with
assaulting Miss Stessia Cummings, has
been dismissed
Warrants are issued FOR the arrest
Of the governor and other state offit ers
Of Mississippi for violating the United
States law regarding the issue Of mon
ey.
A crowd of tougbs attempted to wreck
Potter Palmer's saloon at Elwood, Ind.
and James McDermott, the bartender,
shot and killed Isaac Martin and seri.
ously wounded Philip Hoppe.
w. D. Pinkston, secretary treasurer
Of the Western Iron Works company
Of Butte, Mont. is $4,000 short, and
was arrested while trying to leave the
country.
Peter McArdle of Brooklyn. N. z.
while intoxicated. threw his five-year.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-09-27

n .glected or ignored than the physique
of the college graduate, and, happily,
the tendency of the present is to re-
gard this culture with more sensible
and more rational concern than here
tofore. The American girl ut this mo-
ment is q grander type Of nature In
her carriage, her health. her self-re-
lance, her ability, her physique, than
is the girl of any other nation ON earth.
And this convdition is gaining recogni-
ton more and more every day. Our pa
pers and our magazines are showing us
in almost every issue the distinctive
feature and characteristics Of the real
American woman, while she herself In
flesh and blood is forcing the same
truth upon our cousins across the. sea.
1t is, therefore, not untimely to hear the
testimony Of one American woman who
has had the pleasure of foreign recog-
milton as a perfect type of womanhood
and who rejoices in the distinction be-
cause it has demonstrated in country
where much stress has always been
laid upon physical culture that an or
binary American girl in the normal con-
uAlAOA u Amei1cuu Sli1S SeueIduy ~
far beyond those who have been train
ed on foreign soil to reach a perfect
physique. The American woman re-
ferred to is Miss Grace Matson Of
Brooklyn. An art club at the French
capital selected Miss Matson as an ex-
ample Of perfect shapeliness and ex-
tended her an invitation. to sit for them
for their next picture at the salon.
Miss Matson on the Arm.
A reporter for the New York Press
called upon Miss Matson the other day
and asked for her views upon the sub
ject Of arms, concerning which she