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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22
THE BLAND BILL PASSED.
THE SENATE FAVORS COIN
AGEOF THE SEIGNIORAGE.
The Measure Agreed TO by Vote of
~ 20 3i-Evcn Its Friends Sur
prised AT the Large Majority I'm
Its Favor - The Vote In De-
tail Sent to the President.

The Bland seigniorage bill was passed In
The Senate. just as II came from the House,
by a vote Of ~ yeas TO 81 nays. When the re-
suit was announced there was hand clap
ping in the crowded galleries, which
breach OF order was rebuke1 by the pre-
siding officer. The Republicans who
voted for the hill were Senators Du-
bots Hansbrough. Mitchell (Oregon), Pet
tigrew, Power QUAY. Shoup. Stewart, Te'-
Ter and Wolcott. The Democrats who voted
against IL were Senators Bric". CaIery,
Gormnn. Mcpherson. Mitchell wis. MUIR
ply. Palmer, Smith and Villas. The three
Populist Senators Messrs Allen Kyle an
p"iIer. voted for IL.
Mr. Hill announced his pair with Mr.
Dixon AZ the Till passed without any
amendment. its next stage was its p-'snnta-
tion 10 the President for his approval or
disapproyal. Preparatory 10 the vot" five
short speeches were male-threc Ia favor ot
the hin and two against II. No other bust
ness Of public Importance was trans1ctcl |
and the Senate at 40 adjourned.
The majority in favor ~ the passage otthc
Bland seicniorage hill was un"Npcrt" lily
large. Even the friends OF the hill had IN
dorestimatoi the number OF its supporters.
Senator Villas. who is regarded as tho
spokesman Of thh Administration, iniiclt"i
In his speech that the presilen; did not favor
the passage Of the bill. Senator Lindsay. on
the other hand. who Is REGARDED as an Al
ministration man. and who is at least u
mouthpiccc for Secretary Carlisle, spoke AM
voted IN is favor.
Tho action Of Senator Hill In recording his
vote I'm favor of the seigniorage bill. for this
is practically what he lid do. being paire |
with Senator Dixon, a strong opponent ot II,
created much comment, which i increased
by the fact that his colleague, Mr.. Murphy,
voted against the hill. Mr.. Murphy says he
voted against the bill because he was salts
fled that II was Objectionable 20 his IDEAS oa
tho financial question.
Following is the vote in detail on tho pas
sage Of the Bland seignioraSe bill.
Yeas Allen. Bate. Berry. BlGrShurn.
Blanchard. Butler Call. Cockrell, Coke, Col
quit. Daniel. Dubois, Faulkner. George, Cor
don. Ilansbrough. Harris. Hunton. Troy,
Jones. Of Arkansas Kyle Lindsay. McLau.
rim, Martin. Mills, Mitchell. Of Oregon Nor
gan, Pasco, PETER. Perkins. Pettigrew,
Power. Pugh. Quay, Ransom. Roach Shoup,
stewart. Teller, TUrpie, Vest, Voorhees,,
White. Wolcott IL.
Nays Adrich, Allison, Ericc. CaiIrry,
Carey Chandler Cullom. Davis. Dolph,
Gallinger. German. Gibson. Hale. llawley,
Higgins, Lodge. Mcmillan, Mcpherson, Man.
derson. Mitchell, OF Wisconsin; Morrill,,
Murphy, Palmer, Plat. Proctor, Smith,
.,tockbrldgc, Villas, Washburn, Wilson--jl.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22
Definition of "Seignioragc." :"

The New York Recorder offered prize OF
twenty Ave dollars for the best definition OF
the word "SeiGniorage. so frequently heard
OF late in connection with the silver ques-
tlon. \ definition OF the word given by
Senator sherman. and agreed TO by silver
Senators. is in these words The seignior-
age is merely the difference between the
coinage value OF the silver and its cost"
The clearest. brie'est and, on the whole.
best statement of what 'seigniorage means
as applied TO the existing financial con niition
OF this country was that received from Mr..
Fred. J. Hcrzog. of New YORK, TO whom there.
tore the paper mas awarded its prize. Mr..
HerZog's definition Is us 1 -.-"'s
"Seicniorage consists OF the difference
tween the cost OF an amount OF bullion ii
the face value of the coins minted from H.
BY the sherman act the Government was
compelled to purchase i,5O0,00) ounces Of
silver per month. NJ the market price. As
the price Of silver fuctuated. 50 the amount
ol Treasury notes issued IN payment OF this
bullion sometimes increased. sometimes di'
minishel. The downward tendency having
been greater in the last few years. there Were
issued, from the time Of the passage OF tha
sherman act 10 its repeal, Sl5i 900, ,0O) in
Treasury notes. To cover an amount OF hui.
lion which should actually have made 209,-
600 900 silver dollars. lr other words. there
Is now an amount ofbulion (in excess Of the
reserve necessary To cover the sl5J 200, 900
Treasury notes. in the Treasury which, /,
coined, would make 55.000,000 silver dollars,
against which the seigniorage bill " to issu"
paper currency, and so put sos, 100000 IN
the Treasury and help the Government out
OF its financial difficulties"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22
THE DEADLY CYCLONE AGAIN.
A Fearful Wind Sweeps over Texas
Causing nnnth and nest rnntinn


Causing Death and Destruction.
A cyclone struck Longview, Tex, shortly
after midnight Sunday causing great dam
age to property and loss of life. Hailstones
weighing from 10 to IS ounces fell with
such force as to destroy buildings, trees and
shrubbery
The list of dead Is as follows: Alexander
Lester, aged so, Alexander Lester, Jr 10 years
old; Robert Lester; Saran Lester.the moth
er; Lester baby ? years old. found dead in a
treetop and Jasper Collins. crushed under a
tree.
Reports from Emery, the county seat of
Rines county, are TO the effect that six peo-
pie were killed outright and several fatally
wounded. Among the dead are Esther Al
exander, Henry Brass, George Walker and
year old son Of Henry Murray. Three
bodies were found north Of Emery which
have not vet been identified.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22

II is little over hundred years
since the Chinese learned To smoke
opium. The pcrnicious habit has
spread with alarming rapidity, till
now, declares the San Francisco
Chroiclc, the whole nation has bee omc
enslaved to an insidious drug that il
responsible for the physical, mental
and moral ruin of millions oi human
beings every year.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22
FiFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Summarized Proceedings of Our Law
Makers at Washington.
II Ia M

Makers at Washington.
rEyTNrY stcoSD DAY.
SENATE.--Ihe proceedings in the senate
10 day were Of an extremely unin,erestiDg
character. Without the intervention Of
any morning business. except the presenta-
tiOn OF few pensions and the introduction
OF some unimportant bills, the senate took
up the discussion OF the seigniorage bill,
which was continued until adjournment
HousE.-The house began tile considera
ton OF the bill making appropriations tor
thu sundry civil lexpenses OF the government
aud far progress was made No Other
business was done and the house adjourned
after brief session.
sEvHNTY-THiBp DAY.
SENArE-The Bland seigniorage bill dis
cussion occupied the entire day aud after a
snort executive session the senate adjourn
ed.
HousE-Chairman Sayers of the appro.
pristion committee is making wonderful
progress with the sundry civil bill in the
House. Today 40 pages Of the bill were
DISPOSED Of, making in all S3 in two days,
and leaving only l6 pages more. No
amendments of Importance were adopted
today, although the northwestern members
made a vigorous effort TO increase the
amount for the survey of public lands. The
House adjourned at 4:30 u. m
SEVENTY FOURTH DAY.
SrSArF.--The Bland bill for the coinage OF
s1J,OOO. 900 OF the silver selgniorage in the
Treasury passed the Senate this afternoon
by n vote of 81 to 81 Thirty Democrats, IL
Republicans and Populists voted for the
bill and 2l Republicans and 10 Democrats
against 1t. Attera short executive session
the senate adjourned
HorsE The lower branch Of congtes
transacted no business OF Importance to-
day.
sFvESTy.FiFTH pAv
SENATF-The senate was not In session,
HousE-lhe house, IN committee OF the
whole res lmed consideration of the sun
dry civil appropriation bill. The house at E
o'clock took a recess until o'clock About
30 members were present at the night ses
sion, Alter action on a number Of private
persion bills the house at 1928 ad
iourned.
SEVENTY SIXTH DAY.
SFSkTB.-Not in session.
HuUsr.-No business of public import.
ance was had and after a short session the
house adjourned.
sE;ENTY SEVENTH DAY.
SrNATE.-\o important business was
transacted IN the senate, the entire day
being consumed in the consideration Of
bills Oh the calendar The senate received
from the president message in regard to
the occupation OF Bluehcds Nicaragua aud
also message relative to Hawaiian affairs.
At 5.oj O'Clock an executive session was
held, ana soon aiterward the senate adj
luurucd
Horsr-The House went into committee
of the whole TODAY and the consideration
OF the suudry civil bill was resumed and
continued until adjournment
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22
GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT.
All Railroads Are Asked TO Make Con
cessions For 1t.

All Railroads Are Asked TO Make Con-
cessions For 1t.
The agricultural department at Washing
ton has issued q circular to be sent to all
railroad presidents in the United States
offering suggestions for their co operation
in the good roads movement Many of the
railway companies nave made concessions
in Transporting road materials, ranging
from half rates to free carriage Others have
offered TO carry the freight at the bare cost
of hauling whenever general road
improvements - undertaken. Ii is
suggested that the latter plan be generally
adopted The method OF computing the
cost IL is Gifted. could he defined and a
board constituted for adjusting the rates 10
be granted, in accordance with local
conditions.
The circular says such combined
concession would he of immense value to
the public, while il would involve little
actual expense to the companies and its
bare announcement would do more TO
advance the road movement than years of
purely educational work. II would be an
inspiration TO prompt action by state and
local authorities throughout the union.
Should anything in the state or national
statutes be found 10 prohibit such dlscr i'm.
ination in rates the legislative au,ho tiles
would no doubt quickly remove the obstacle
IN the intesest OF the public welfare"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22

NJ. Gaulp, writing TO u Paris publi-
cation from Russia, says that the cul-
tivation of cotton in the Iaraishan
district of that country has developed
wonderfully since American varieties
of the plant have been introduced.
At first the natives were so preiudiccd
against the new plants that the expert
ment failed
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22

AT Philadelphia fire destroyed the big
mill property owned by Frederick Rump
a. Bros, manufacturers of tableoloths and
counterpanes, fronting on Huntington
street, in the heart of the Kensngton mill
district, The total loss is estimated at
$4,000
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22
5000 Men Return to Work.

Five thousand men who have been In en-
forced idleness for Several months. have
gone 10 work at South Chicago within the
work on Monday. No place in the country
felt the blow Of last summers financial
disturbance with more force that South
Chicago and the reopening of the industries
there 10 great boom to the people.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22

lnsurgent Admiral Da CANA and about
20 OF his officers and men have escaped de-
capitation in Brazil by being taken aboard
Portuguese vessels, which will land them at
Montevideo.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22
He Escaped Through Death.

At birmingham, Ala, negro named
Charlie Fleming, a city convict, attempted
escape from the street gang Street Com
missioner Burkhalter, who was on horse.
pack, overlook him and drawing his pistol
Commanded Fleming to surrender. The
negro quickly snatched The oihcer's pistol,
ired one ball into Burkhalter, another into
Burkhaters horse. killing the animal and
buried third in his own brain, dying in.
nantly, BuIkhart's wound is moi serious,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22
Daring Mail Robbery.

A mail rider carrying mail between Pine
Bluff and Sheridan, Ark, was held up by
two men Saturday while en- route and two
pouches taken from him. The men rifed
the pouches, 0nlyIone registered package
was IN The mail. The robbers escaped TO
the woods
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22
Slaughter the Only Cure.

4 bulletin has just bser is'uNl py pro-
fessor Robertson. ofthc Central Experimental
Farm, at Ottawa. Clngda. IN wltcn ho say5
there Is no cure for tuberculosis in clttle.
The only means OF cS.eruiu Itins the dis
ease. he says, is tho slausn,e o! animals
affected.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22
cArIIAi ANn IARnR.

Marshalton iron works of Wilmington, Del.
which went into the hands of receiver on
January ~ and was then closed. has started
up giving employment to 800 hands.
The boot aud shoe manufacturing firm oil
Isaac Pfouty Il Co., Of Spencer, near Wor
cester, Mass, one or the biggest concerns of
its kind in the country, made an assign.
ment for the benefit Of its creditors. The
factory employs 1900 hands. No statement
can be obtained OF assets and liabilities.
President Bliss OF the Boston Il Albany
Railroad, has ordereda reduction OF 80 per
cent in the runaing expenses of the road in
this city and TO carry this out a wholesale
reduction and discharge of employees will
take effect on Monday. All branches are
included.
The 5000 miners in the Jackson county,
o., district who have been out OF strike
against reduction, have decided To accept
the same and will 90 10 work this week.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22
DISASTERS, ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.

DISASTERS ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES.
At Duluth. Mimi, Edward Wagner's
German laborers put three sticks OF dyna-
mite in the family cook stove to thaw out
TIE house is in ruins and the family in
mourning. Ot.o Wagner, aged 10. is Dead
Mrs. Edward Wagner is fatally burned and
bruised Edward Wagner, slightly hurt;
Martha Wagner, aged II, seriously cut and
bruised; Baby Wagner, aged years, cut and
bruised
o. d. Stevens, contractor, and Jacob
Collins, blacksmith, were killed at Buda-
10, n. Y, by premature explosion of nitro
p,~ccrine,
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22

ireland, according to John Morley,
sas passed the quiotest winter known
Tor thirty years.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22

The army appropriation bill was com.
ple,ed by the house committee on military
affairs. 1t appropriatss u total Of s23 3.577,-
2si. The commanding officer of the army
now. Malor-General SchoGeld, is made o
brevet general The major generals, who
now number three are to be reduced 10
two one of whom shall be the commander
of the army with the breset of Lieutenant
general.
Chairman Pearson of the house commit.
tee on enrolled bills, presented the Bland
seigniorage bill 10 Private Secretary Thur.
Der, who receipted for it in the presidentt
name Monday afternoon. The coos,itu
tonal 10 days limitation within which
must be signed or vetoed began on Tuesday
as fractions Of days are not counted.
Secretary Herbert has ordered all II
American warships away from Rio. TheY
IL 10 further need for them there.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22

Awarded $4,000 for Breach OF Promise.
In the breach Of promise suit of Esther,
Jacobs against Henry Il. Sire New York,
the Jury brought in o verdict awarding 1.-The
plaintiff so 700, the full amount claimed.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-22
MARKETS.
GRAIN, FLOUR AND

PfT1SBuRG.
THE WHOLESALE PRICES ARE GIVEN BELOW.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-05-12

Bienheim palace, which was re.
Gently festive in celebration of the
young duke of Marlborough's com
ing Of age. was presented to the
great duke as a reward for tho bril-
liant military campaign that cul-
minated in the victory of Blenheim.
Though thus given, and being as
much the dukes own as anything OF
the kind can be, it has yet to be paid
for yearly by service rendered to
the crown. That service is rendered
on August 18th, the anniversary OF
the victory OF Blenheim, and takes
the form of presenting at Windsor
castle q standard with the fleur-de.
lys painted on it, as quittance for
all rents, suits, and services due to
the crown. There is quite series
of these flags accommodating at Wind.
eor
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-05-12

LAuGHTER.-It has been aptly said
that there is not the rcmotest corner
Of the inlet of the minute blood yes.
sells OF the human body that does not
feel some wavelet from the convul.
sions occasioned by good, hearty
laughter. The life principle Of the
central man is shaken to it's inner
most depths, sending new tides Of
life and strength to the surface, thus
materially tending to insure good
health to the persons who indulge
therein. The blood moves more ra pidly
and conveys a different impression to
all the organs of the body, as it visits
them on that particular mystic journey
when the man is laughing.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-05-12
NlPIED IN THE ATLANTIC ICE-FLOE

tronely dangerous, and the ship was
compelled to drift with the pack while
the captain strengthened the collision
bulkhead with chain cable, and with
the aid of the carpenter constructed a
collision mat to prevent the hole,
which was large enough already, from
spreading under the pressure of the
ice. Two timbers, nine feet long,
served as foundation, and across
these were nailed four foot lengths of
two-and- a-half inch plank. The face
OF the mat was covered with oakum;
and the contrivance was held in place
over the hole by chain cables passed
completely under the ships keel
taut, and made fast to the deck on
either side. A smaller mat was fitted
over smaller hole on the port bow,
and with her nose thus protected the
vessel pushed her way into open water,
only to have her defenses torn off by
the high seas which unrestrainedly
poured into the yawning apertures
every time she took n header into a
wave, and poured out again in tata-
racts every time she rose to meet an
other Fortunately the collision bulk
head proved strong, and the steamship
finished her voyage without further
mshap, and no more plates were
ripped from the bow.
The ice is likely to increase rather
than to diminish in the Atlantic for
the present. but steamers about to sail
from the other side will doubtless take
warning from the ships lately arrived,
and follow the more southerly course
of the liners while this unusually large
quantity of ice is floating about in the
wonted paths of westbound shipping.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-05-12
Japan's Cruel divorce Law.

IIanniker Heaton has been gather
ing some very interesting marriage
statistics concerning the customs in
vogue in different countries, from
which one reads with amusement,
and perhaps a certain degree of
amazement, that throughout Japan a
man may get divorce If his wife
talks too much Ordinary people
may suppose that this harsh law will
have the effect OF curbing loquacity,
but it has not. Japanese ladies are
the most talkatlve OF their sex, and
divorces are common among them.
In Thibet q woman is entitled to
three husbands. In Melbourne a
man may secure a divorce II his wife
gets drunk three times, or IL she
habitually neglects her household
dutic5 IN. Y. Sun.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-05-12

At last, Daisy was brought over to
my way of thinking, and Miss Wardour
was received and made welcome. She
was tall, handsome brunette, as UNI
like my bluc-eyed, sunny-haired Daisy
as possible. AS my gaze fell upon the
graceful figure in deep mourning, |
was pleased to discover that my heart
did not thrill, and felt none of the
pleasant sensations experienced when
one cares for another Thank heaven,
my love was entirely dead, every trace
and vestige of it.
My eyes wandered toward Daisy.
She was welcoming her self-invited
guest with easy grace. and / said to
myself, "My darling little wife l
never loved that other woman as love
herr
"Ah, Charlie!' cried our guest, put
ting both gloved hands in mine, and
letting her glorious dark eyes rest
upon my face with deep, intense
gaze, tits quite like old times to see
you again! And you have not changed
one bit!''
1t was, to say the least, in decidedly
bad tastc--this reference to the dead
and gone days; but merely smiled
and uttered some commonplace moth
ing.
Then Miss Wardour proceeded to
make herself perfectly at home in our
pretty domicile. No more tcte-a-tetes
for Daisy and me. Wherever we went
of course our guest accompanied us,
though, on account of her recent be-
reavcment, she was debarrcd from
real society.
The days went by and still she
fingered Her small business affairs
were now quite settled, and there was
no excuse for her remaining; but she
snid to me, with n dazzling smile, that
she wss SO in love with our pretty
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1894-05-12

she and-and you"
Were once betrothed lovers?"
SIS that it, Daisy? Well, yes; it Is
true; but Florcnce-Miss Wardour,
mean--saw fit to break it off. / am
sure am under obligations to her,
for, had she not done so, l should
never have had you, dear"
Daisy looked uncomfortable.
But, Charlie, isn't il little I'M
usual, to say the least, for lady to
visit at n gentlcman's house, when
to come without an invitation from
me, seems odd at least"
Now Charlie Dane-six months n
benedict, popular lawyer, and with
pretty home and lovely wife, knew
that Daisy was perfectly correct. But
some perverse spirit took possession
of me. Surely | was master of my
own house. And Miss Wardour's visit
was merely q business affair. was
her lawyer, appointed TO settle up the
estate of her late father, and if
chose to invite my client to make my
house her home during her stay in
Philadelphia, why should Daisy make
"a mountain out of mole hill, and
object?
| proceeded to explain the situation
to my wife. Miss Wardour had made
her home in the South with her moth
er's sister. had met her there, while
on Southern trip, became infatuated
with her grace and beauty, proposed,
and was accepted. The course of our
true love ran very smoothly for n
time; then there was the advent of a
rich and elderly suitor-Mr. Ches-
wicke--who began at once to lay siege
to the affections of my betrotbed
wife. To my surprise she did not re-
pulse him and would not permit our
engagement To be made public. There
was nothing to do but submit
The result was that one day
Florence returned my ring and an
nounced to me that she had changed
her mind, and was going To marry Mr..
CheswiclSc. OF course | released her.
That was three years ago, and had
since met my Daisy, and we had been
married half q year. Our home was
in Philadelphia, and we were living
happily, when old Mr.. Wardour died
at his home in the suburbs and
Florence was summoned To his death
bed. She had no one else in the world;
her mother had died when she was a
child. l learned that she had not
married Mr.. Cheswicke and there
seemed little probability of it. But
she had written and asked me TO re-
ceivc her for few days. How could
/ refuse?