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Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-23
Separate Trial Asked For.

BROOKLYN, Jan. 2s.-when separate
trial in the case OF John Y. McKans WAS
moved Judge Bartlett said that each Of
the defendants had that right. The ds-
fense tried to secure the services OF W.
Bourke Cochran as counsel, but as yet the
Congressman has not accepted.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-23
Point For the "PeeIer.v

BIDDEFoRD, Me-, Jan. 23.-The fight
between the city authorities and the po-
lice commission advanced little yesteF-
day when Judge Foster overruled the de-
murrer and adjudged the plaintiffs
declarations sufficient In the case of Nor
gan VS.. City Of Biddeford. Morgan was Q
police officer and sues the city for pay fof
69 days' work
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-23
McCandless' Testimony.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 93.-John McCand.
less, who was member Of the committee
on safety at Honolulu during the revolu-
tion, was before the senate subcommittee
on foreign relations yesterday. He suS
tained the action OF the revolutionists
and that Of Minister Stevens.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-23
GOING WITH THE TIDE

is following the popular current,
which is all in favor of our foot
wear. The tide hasn't any ebb,
either; just now in fact tits at the
flood and our shoes are in it.
Create a surplus in your income
by buying shoes that are cheap,
because they are good and low
priced. Money talks; SO do our
shoes. IF you introduce your
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-23
0anbury's Troubles Are Over.

DANBURy. Conn, Jan. GA settlement
was finally made yesterday afternoon In
the trouble at Danbury. The hatters made
concessions which were satisfactory to the
manufacturers. Some of the shops opened
today and the rest will resume operations
tnna
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-23
indefinitely POSTPONED.

Boston, Jan. 23.-The case OF Daniel NJ.
Robertson of New Bedford, charged with
the murder OF his wife, which was set for
a trial on Feb. 8, has been postponed In
definitely. Timothy w. Coakley has
been relieved az his own request from biz
assignment as counsel
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-23
Allen Fayors an Injunction.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-senator Allen
says he cannot act as chief counsel for the
knights Of Labor In their efforts to en-
Join the issuance of bonds. He suggests
that an injunction be asked for against
their payment when issued.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-23
Peckham For Supreme Justice.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23.-Wheeler Peck
ham OF New York was nominated to be
associate justice Of the supreme court Of
the United States. Mr.. Peckham was
born In Albany Jan. I, 1873 For many
years he has practiced law in New York
city
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-23

10 dozen fancy Turkish
Bath Towels, 42x22, large,
soft and nice; this is a sur
prise at ID I-2c.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-23
RADlkIN g. COONEY,
TRINITY SQUARE.

Do not miss anything advertised in these col
umns, It is interesting to know what have to
talk about. Every week you will always find
something advertised be sold here at a much less
price than you can buy the same thing elsewhere
and you will find it sale when you come here too
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-23

feet to pair you'll be much better footing than before
and will walk through the few months comfortably and
pleasantly We selling finer Shoes for $3.50 and 81
be found in this city, for ladies and gents '
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-23

Don't Forget Kelley a Taylor
at the "Pickwick." East avenue. most pop.
ular placeiin the city.
Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-01-23

Cold weather, bid defiance to
any change of the weather,
bid defiance to colds, influenza,
grip, pneumonia, be well and
comfortable all the time if
you are properly clothed;
and that's easy enough if you
will let us and get in one of
our Overcoats or listers.
The advocate., 1894-10-03
MOrrill'S Record.
ITO be continued.J

81 am well satisfied with the message. /
am glad the president has overlooked the
tariff question long enough to pay some at
tention to money matters. Il shows that
THE PRESIDENT IS IN FAVOR OF HONEST MONEY
AND IN FAVOR OF A SINGLE GOLD STANDARD.
He is opposed to the free coinage Of silver,
money by all countries, which means
gold. / am more interested in THE CoNDI-
TIoN OF AFFAIRS IN NEW YORK than anywhere
else just now. II they don't get relief there
soon things will be much worse. Topeka
State Journal (Rep.), Aug. 8, 1898.
The advocate., 1894-10-03

hands they now employ to say nothing
about putting on three times as many.
If the government owned the roads it
couldn't afford to do so either"
"But it is estimated that in the hands
OF the government the expenses would
be l6O million dollars less than under
the ownership and control of corpora
tions. This saving would be made by
using shortest routes and no parallel
lines, by consolidating depots, by doing
away with attorneys fees and big
salaries to officers, by not issuing
passes, by abolishing the present ex-
pensiVe system of advertising and nu-
merous other expenses which the COM
petition of the different roads now
makes necessary. Besides this, there
would be saved 2l4 million dollars
which the companies expend in politics
and in rebates to favored institutions
and in paying dividends. This makes
total of 374 million dollars, out of
which saving alone the government
could pay all the men now employed
on the road"
81 don't believe the government
could operate the roads as cheaply as
it is being done now"
"Of course not. The actual expense
would be greater than it is now, be-
cause we would expect better work
done. But when we consider the cut
ting off of all those unnecessary ex-
penses, the cost would be ever so much
cheaper; 374 million dollars taken off a
single years expenses is quite an item"
sit seems to figure out all right, but
l doubt very much if an actual test
would show such results"
"I find that in Victoria, little
county in Australia about the size of
Kansas, with $500 miles of railroads,
there was profit in one year Of 35
million dollars to the government from
owning the railroads and telegrapha
postal systems. And l also find that
in India the roads are proftably oper-
ated by the gOVernment-eVen with
passenger fare at cent a mile, on the
average. In most every place where
government ownership has been tried
it is giving satisfaction
81 guess, Sophia, we will have to
postpone this discussion on railroads.
You are having everything your own
way this evening. I'll have to ask for
little time to post up. We are not
making railroads an issue this yearand
1 haven't been paying much attention
to the subject"
Gall right. If you want some good
reading on the subject l can tell you
where to find it."
ITO be eOBtiDHed)
The advocate., 1894-10-03
Beware Of Ointments For Catarrh That Con
tain Mercury,


tain Mercury,
AS mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and completely derange the whole
system when entering it through the mu-
be used except on prescriptions from reput-
able physicians, as the damage they will do
is ten fold to the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Cstsrrh Cure manu-
fsotured By F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.,
contains no mercury, and is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. It is taken internally and made
in Toledo, O., By F. J. Cheney & Co. Tes-
timonials free.
Ey'sOld BY druggists, price rs cents per
bottla
The advocate., 1894-10-03
PREPARING FOB SUFFRAGE.
The Representative From the Kitchen Has
the Floor.
NO.X.
BY CON HEALY.

AhGpAJ Ou OnO ouOJCOI VI Ab1LOhuoS
Cicero. My attention was called to it
by the great strike this summer, when
our friends from California were de-
layed so long on the road on account of
the roads being unable to run trains.
Don't you think that it is the duty of
the government to interfere and settle
this matter in some way so as to pre-
vent such things from happening2"
"Well, Sophia, if you had been read
ing as much as you think you have,
you would see that the government did
step in and settle the matter"
"How was that? 1 hadn't heard of it
yet"
"Why, Cleveland sent the soldiers
and a few gatling guns to the scene Of
the difficulties, and that soon settled
matters"
"Oh, yes. l read Of that; but 1
wouldn't call that settling a question
Of this kind. That might do in case of
an outbreak by the Sioux Indians, but
in case where there were several
thousand loyal American citizens con-
cerned directly, and all the people con-
cerned indirectly, it looks like rather a
queer way to settle it,"
"But remember that this was plain
case. Those strikers were regular out
laws; they were as bad as train rob-
bers. They were interfering with the
United States mail and destroying pri.
Vate property. 1t was plainly the duty
of the government to send soldiers to
suppress them."
"What did the government do with
themp Were they arrested and sent to
the penitentiaryP"
"No. After things quieted down,
most of them went back to work for
the companies"
'It won't be very safe to travel then,
will it, if the railroad companies have
train robbers and outlaws in their en-
ployP But perhaps they put them
under bonds to behave themselves"
"Yes, very likely. You have strange
ideas about things"
"Well, if something of that kind
wasn't done, how do we know that
there won't be another outbreak by
these outlaws and we will have another
strike next year, or even next week ?
Now, to be honest about it, you don't
really think that those men struck
without good cause, and you don't be-
lieVe that they destroyed property, if
they did it at all, just for the sake of
being mean? Don't you think that it
might be found, if the matter was
looked into, that the other side was to
blsme?"
"No, l don't. If the wages those
men were getting didn't suit them,
why didn't they quit and let some
other men have their placesp There
were plenty of men who were willing
and anxious to do the work at even
less wages than those men were get
ting. They were entirely wrong, and
were outlaws in every sense of the
word when they attempted to destroy
property or to interfere with the moV-
ing of trains"
"How does it happen that the labor
ing men in such cases are always the
outlswsS Are the corporations COM
The advocate., 1894-10-03


roads where they have government
control or ownership with the same in
this country where railroads do about
as they please. In France one person
is killed out Of every 25 million who
ride one mile on the railroads, and in
Germany one person out of every 8
million, while in the United States one
person is killed out of every $4,000
Just think of that, the chance of being
killed on a corporation road in this
country is nine times as great as it is
on government road in France. Why,
l would sooner pay my way and be
safe than to ride on pass and be nine
times as apt to be killed. Wouldn't
youP"
eyes, go on"
"Just think of It'll In one year the
railroads in this country killed 6,4OO
people, and wounded nearly 10000. If
we had as good railroad service as the
people of France, eight.ninths, or
$500 of those lives might have been
saved, and 26,5O0 of the wounded
might have been saved from injury.
Why, we had war with England one
time for impressing few of our sea-
men into the British navy, and we were
going to eat up poor little Chill for kill
ing or Wounding a few of our citizens
who had gotten into a braWl down in
Valparaiso, and yet our own railroads
carry on wholesale slaughter to save
the expense of employing men enough
to operate the roads properly, and the
government is powerless to do any
thing about it.
"Go it! The representative from the
kitchen has the floor"
"Thank you. We have had wars in
this country that were not as destruc-
tive of life and property as the rail-
roads under the present management,
and l should think that a humane con-
sideration ought to be enough to de-
eide this question in favor of govern
ment ownership"
eyes, but under government owner
ship how would a person recover dam
ages for an injury received on the
roadP You can't sue the govern
ment."
"Well, in the first place, there would
be only one-ninth as many claims to
settle, and l suppose that it would be
safe to say that at least one-ninth of
the people who receive injuries now on
railroads fail to recover damages. AS
to how the claims for damages would
be settled l can't say, but the govern
ment pays all just claims, does it notP"
81 don't know. You are furnishing
all the information on this subject. |
I on are getting to be a regular John |
Davis on facts and figures. Go on
with your speech. 1 see that you are |
oaded for me this evening"
every well. Germany owns the rail-
roads of that country and employs
1915 men for every 100 miles of road,
while in the United States the COM
panies employ 480 men for every 100
miles. Now, if the work is done as
we'll on the railroads in this country as
It is in Germany, one man has to do
;hree mems work. But it is not done
IS well and the result is the loss of the
The advocate., 1894-10-03

know Of that nice little town west of
here which the railroad company de-
stroyed by moving its depot and side
tracks away and starting town of its
own little farther west; and you
know of the two mills that are standing
idle and worthless in this town be-
C cause the railroad is charging more
freight on coal and material to this
point than they are to other places
where the distance is the same or
greater, and you know that your own
brother broke up in the wholesale busi-
ness on account of unjust discrimina-
tion in freight rates."
"That will do. Those are simply
matters Of business. There is no law
against that, consequently no law
breaking. What we want is more COM
petition"
"But l want to call your attention to
the fact that in states where there are
laws against such things they are
broken every day, and it is generally
understood that the interstate COM
merce law is failure because it cannot
be enforced. What is that but law
breskingP"
"That is an entirely different thing.
That interstate commerce law is a
good thing if it could only be en-
forced"
81 have no doubt of that, and it
would be enforced if the railroad COM
panies were not law-breakers."
''It is very difficult matter to con-
troll railroads; in fact, every attempt
so far in this country has proven a fail
ure."
"What do you think of the plan of
the government owning the railroads
"Where did you get that idea into
your headS Have you been talking
with some more tramps, or have you
been reading Populist literatureS"
"Well, l got the idea from several
sources. In the first place, l used to
hear you advocating it several years
ago; in the second place, have been
reading some on the subject, and now,
in the third place, 1 have just heard
you say that government control has
proven a failure, so 1 don't see any
other way out Of the difficulty. If the
railroads have grown so big that they
can't be controlled, the only thing that
is left for the government to do is to
either own the roads or resign in their
favor and let them run the govern
ment,"
"Yes, that sounds very nice. But
there are a great many people talking
about the government owning the rail
roads who haven't the least idea of
what big undertaking that would be.
Besides, if it were practical, it is no
part of the duty of government"
"Why, governments owning and op-
Grating railroads is no new thing, it is
no experiment. At present there are
only ten governments in the world that
have not government ownership or
control to some extent. The United
States is one of those ten. France,
Germany, Russia, Australia, Belgium,
Austria Hungary, Sweden, Norway,
Denmark, India, Brazil and several
other smaller countries are giving it a
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-04-06
CHILIAN COMMISSION.
Some Of the Big Claims Thrown Ont and
Others Allowed.

Some OF the Big Claims Thrown Out and
Others Allowed.
The Chilian claims commission handed
down several important decisions Thurs
day. All Of them except one were
against the United States claimants. The
most important were the Grace claims,
OF w. r. Grace & Co. and Grace Bros. q
Co., for damages aggregating about 81
500, 900, for property destroyed by the
Chilians in their war with Peru. The
commission Sustained the motion Of the
Gillian representatives to dismiss the
cases on the ground that the two firms
had given aid and comfort TO the enemies
OF Chill. By the terms Of the treaty es-
tablishing the commission, no claims
made by persons who had assisted the
enemies OF either country were to be con-
sidered. The commission also dismissed
the claim of John l.. Thorndyke, amount
ing to STAG, 900 in silver, for the destruc-
ton of a portion OF the railway which
runs from Mendello, on the coast of Peru,
to Lake Titicaca, in Bolivia. This is the
most important road in South America.
Thorndyke's interest in it was limited to
it's construction only. The commission
also awarded $50S6 in gold to DIR. Win.
field Scott Sprigley, an American dentist
in Chill, for the destruction OF his house
hold effects, at watering place neal
Valparaiso. by Balwaceda's troops dur
ing the revolution. This was only the
second decision favorable to the claim.
ants of either country made since the
commission was organized, the other be-
ing in favor Of Wells, Fargo Il Co.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-04-06
What Seigniorage Is.

Seigniorage is that part of any given
amount of bullion brought to the mint
for coinage by private individuals, which
is taken by the ''seignior," the lord, the
sovereign or the state, as a compensation
for coming it for them. 1t may be
merely the actual cost of coming, in
which case the seigniorsge is nominal.
Real seigniorage is where the sum
charged or taken from the bullion is in
excess Of the cost. 1t lie usually very
small. Under the coinage act Of 1873 the
seieniorsge on gold WAS fixed at one-fifth
Of per cent. There was no eeigniorage
on silver, except for trade dollars, be-
cause none was coined for private per
sons. The charge for coming trade dol
lars was the actual cost of the work at
the mint where the coming was done.
1t ia misuse OF the word seigniorage to
apply it to case where private individ-
uals do not bring bullion to the mint,
but where the government buys bullion
and coins the same for its own account.
1t is in the latter case, however, that the
term is used in the Bland bill. Accord
ing to this bill, the seigniorage is the
difference between the price paid for the
bullion and the number of standard dol.
lars Of 412l9 grains each can be produced
from 1t.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-04-06
A COMFURrABLE KITCHEN.
What . Wise Woman Arraugss to Have
In Il

What Wise Woman Arrauges to Have
The wise woman makes her kitchen
comfortable. II she is her own maid of
all work she finds that the trouble and
thought she spends ON that hum BILE room
are very wisely spent. II she has q serv-
ant che will find that the comforts OF the
kitchen will often be the measure Of the
servants stay and her willingness to work.
The floor should be- painted. There
should be neatly bound mats or carpet
here and there. but no tackled or put
down" rug. The walls, when it 10 posi-.
BILE, should be covered WITH linoleum,
tiles or something equally durable and
easy to keep clean. There should be
light colored Holland shades at the win
dow and short sash curtains of white
dotted muslin. There should be il posi-
BILE safe with glass doors through which
the blue and yellow crockery, the tin and
copper vessels may be seen without
gathering dust and smoke. There should
be at least one shelf where cook books
may repose and another where bright
heat.loving flowers may bloom. A
kitchen clock should provide the element
of accuracy for the culinary experiments,
and big splint-bottomed rocker should
be one of the prominent furnishings Of
the room.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-04-06
TO HARNESS THE OCEAN.
A New and Apparently More Feasible
Scheme to Utilize the Tides,

A New and Apparently More Feasible
Scheme to Utilixe the Tides.
A bold scheme for obtaining mechani-
cal power for industrial purposes has
lately attracted attention in England. It
contemplates the construction of q dam
fifteen miles long from the northeastern
coast of Ireland across North Channel"
to the extremity of Cantire, Scotland,
and putting in several gates and water
wheels, to be worked by the tide. Owing
to the greater depth Of the ocean than the
Irish sea, and to the freer course afforded
west and north OF Ireland, the tide comes
up from the South Atlantic by that route,
and flows southwark through the passage
just mentioned long before it can get up
there on the east side OF the Green Isle.
Moreover, the gulf stream, or rather the
drift from it. bsthes the northern part of
Great Britain more freely than the south
ern, and a portion thereof is diverted
southwark by the Scottish coast, so as to
make q continuous current, 1t is said,
flowing down the north channel. Here
ia great deal of power going to waste,
and it is not senseless proceeding to
consider the practicability OF utilizing it
somehow. American enterprise at Nj
agara has set the whole world thinking
OF eucn matters.
The depth OF water, says W. Lodian,
in The Electrical Engineer New York;,
lie 474 feet in mid.channel; but most OF
the way it is much less than this. The
proposed isthmus"-for that is what
the engineers call it-would be about
800 feet wide; and the material for it, it
is thought, might be obtained from the
high bluffs at the Irish end. The es-
timsted cost is $40, 900 600, and the time
named as necessary for construction is
three years. Mr.. Lodian neglects to say
how much of head there is here; but
the current flows at six miles an hour
most of the way across, and at some
places even faster. 1t is taken for granted
that the power developed by this means
would be converted into the form OF
electricity for transmission; but there is
some question as to the localities in
which it would be used. On the Irish
side Of the channel there are no large
towns near at hand. Dublin is 1926 miles
away, and London 1866; Glasgow, in q
bee-line, Is rs miles distsnt, and Edin.
burgh about so more. Mr.. Lodian thinks
it would be more sensible to build this
junction between Dover and Calais; toi
q viaduct as we'll as a dam is desirable al
that point, and it is much nearer Lon
don. But such an obstruction in thu
English channel, even with proper gates
would interfere with shipping.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-04-06
A Murder by Children.

A peculiarly horrible murder has just.
come to light at Ell Reno, o. T., by the
confession Of the youthful perpetrators,
1t was committed Saturday. A Mrs.
Williams, it appears, had LETT her baby
in the care Of two younger brothers,
Gibson aged 6, and another boy still
younger. During the mothers absence.
Gibson slipped to the bed where the
child lay and beat it to death with club.
After having killed the babe, the two
boys dragged the body to the rear OF the
house and and were preparing to bury it
when discovered. Gibson, though seem.
ingly aware of the enormity Of the deed,
refuses to give his reasons for committing
it. Until his brother told the story Of
their awful work today, the details of the
babe's death were not known.