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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-10-20
Archbishop Ireland on saloons

FuuAnEIrurN, oct. l2.-hrcnaisLar
Ireland lecturei on "Tempgranrc" TO-
night lie argued in favor If united
action on tie part OF Catholics - use
their best efforts in temperance move
ments. Then he believed there vii. he
4 decrease in the demand for hospitals
orphan assylums and aim-hou>eS
america demands temperance" he
said. The speaker alluded 70 anti
Catholic societies. ard said that they
will die ont in their own time unless
Catholics themselves furnish a protest
for their continuance. The frequency
with which Catholics are found in the
saloon business was derlored. "Now-a-
days" he said. the man WHO j.
ashamed to beg and too lazy 10 work,
runs saloon. Its an easy jon fer 4
man Without much ~clt-rc~pect.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-10-20

An A. P. a. remarks: If, as Is
claimed, the \. 2. As are working for
the offices more than for principle,
why don't our leader, Mr.. Cheney.
ask for some good place ?" That is not
a hard question at all. If the 4. p. \.
association becomes strong enough in
this state to warrant it, Mr.. Cheney is
booked for Governor two years hence.
Ifnot this, then he hopes to have this
congressional district so Well in hand
that he can be elected To- Congress. Mr..
Cheney Is a good organizer and he Will
take good care Of Sir. Cheeney's polit-
ical chances.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-10-20
September Freight business.

James Kelly, chairman OF the Lake
Superior Car Service ASSOCIATION, est
mates that scarcity Of cars alone can
prevent this month from rolling u, the
heaviest freight traffic in head of the
lake history. The largest number Of
cars of freight ever handcIed by the as
ISOLATION in Il single month was in Nov
embcr lS9l-;i}22, -2!22S-though October Of
two years ago stands good record with
), l92. The coal traffic for this month
has been remarkably heavy. Mr..
Kelly says, the lumber has made good
comparative showing. There is con-
siderhble trouble over scarcity OF cars
and this condition is limiting the
amount OF freight handled to a very
great extent. The number of cars re-
cciycd for September was -, HOP.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-10-20
The Gamblers Plea

Chippewa Herald: Gov. Peck and
the rest of the roster roosters, in order
to evade reimbursing Tracy, Gibbs 4
Co. for money advanced on Peek 5
fraudulent contract with the Madison
Times for the printing Of the roster Of
the Union veterans, pleaded in open
court that the contract so made by Peck
and approved by O'Connor was against
public policy and therefore void.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-10-20
Brig OUT the Roster Rooster.

Inland Ocean: The democrats have
kept COY Peek in the background long
enough, Trot him out If the Demo-
Gratis expect to make their whole cam
paign on the lies of the Milwaukee
journal they are mading gricyous
error. At any rate, thh people should
he allowed to see their funny governor
and chief roster rooster. Bring Linn
ont and let him crow.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-10-20
Populism pctcrirg cut.

Glendale Commercial: The Populist
party in the Northwest is certainly on
the decline, and shall they fail to elect
their ticket at the connnin@ election
there will be wholesale and pro@iS-
scramb,ing cuous to set away from the
wreck and to gain solid ground again.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1894-10-20

-"Now is the time to set out shade
trees. Telegram.
We offer an amendment: Now IS the
time to order tombstones.
The advocate., 1894-09-26

have the Winchester's deadly crack as
wage slaves are made to know their
places; instead of the eloquence of
Adams, Webster or Choate, we have
the lobbyists of the trusts and the spe-
cial pleas of the paid attorneys of class
privilege; instead Of prosperous and
contented people, we have misery, un-
rest and despair. Instead Of states
men seeking to remedy these intOlera-
bic evils, they at once deny their ex-
istence and say they are natural and
inevitable and to grumble at them is
crime.
WashingtOn's and JeffersOn's resi-
dences could be reproduced to-day for
two or three thousand dollars each, but
none were homeless then in America.
One Of tne Vanderbilts has six resi-
dences in this country, costing from
to 5 million dollars each, and palace
in London; but "a per cent. of the
residents in New York city are ten
ants, and nearly one-fourth live in
cellars or in single rooms, while the
forcible evictions number 10000 yearly.
Sometimes a sick nation does not
die, but discharges its quack doctor
statesmen, takes a dose of gunpowder
and bath of fire, expels its parasites,
and at least partially recOVers, as
France did, a century ago.
Watchman, what Of the night?
The advocate., 1894-09-26

over the veto of President Hayes Feb.
ruary %, 1873. 1t restored the standard
silver dollar of 4l215 grains to the
coinage, and authorized and directed
the secretary Of the treasury to pur-
chase, from time to time, silver bullion
at its market price, not less than 2
million dollars worth per month and
not more than million dollars
worth per month, and cause the same
to be coined monthly, as fast as so
purchased, into standard silver dollars,
which were again made legal tender
for all debts and dues except where
otherwise expressly stipulated in the
contract.
Under this law, which remained in
force up to the adoption of the so
called Sherman law of July IA, 1890,
the secretary of the treasury always
exercised the discretion which the
law gave him to purchase and coin the
minimum amount provided for.
BY the act Of July II, 1890, the secre-
tsry of the treasury was directed to
purchase 4 15 million ounces of silver,
or so much thereof as might be offered,
at the market price thereof, not ex-
ceeding 81 for 37l.25 grains of pure
silver, each month, and to issue in
payment for such bullion United
States treasury notes, redeemable on
demand in coin, and legal tender in
pa ayment of all debts public and pri-
Vste, except where otherwise expressly
stipulated in the contract.
SeCti on 2 of this act provided that
upon demand of the holder of any Of
these notes the secretary of the treas
ury should redeem the same in either
gold or silver coin at his discretion.
Section provided that he should coin
each month 2 million ounces until
July /, 1891, and after that time as
much as might be necessary for the
redemption Of the notes. AS the secre-
tary invariably exercised the discretion
given him by section 2 to redeem the
notes in gold, he never found it neces-
sary to coin any of the bullion after
July l, 1891.
The purchasing clause of this act of
July IA, 1890, was repealed at the spe-
cial session of congress in 1893, and
this is the status of the silver question
at this time. There is now no law
requiring either the coinage of silver
or the issue of any more treasury notes
for the purchase of bullion.
The advocate., 1894-09-26
TIE WINFIELD CASE.

The Non Partisan Medical JOurnSp' Calls 1t
Political Mud.
A political supplement of the Topeka
Lance, of September l, 1894, contains
eight columns or more denouncing GER
tain operations of DIR. Pitcher at the
Asylum for Idiotic and Imbecile
Youth, established by the state at the
city of Winfield. 1t appears from the
face of the article that there were cas-
trations of several boys who had been
long confirmed in a vicious habit,
which had not yielded to prior treat
ment, and which operations had been
openly discussed and intelligently con-
sidered by DR.. Pitcher and other medi-
cal men, and which had been sane
toned and advised by council of
capable and efficient physicians. The
whole trend of the article alluded to
was not in the interest of the science
Of health or right living, but had for
its one supreme object the political
purpose to envenOm the voter against
the administration under whose reign
these operations were accomplished.
1t is hardly considered the province of
a medical journal to seek opportuni-
ties to reply to campaign documents,
but when they involve the honor and
standing of the medical profession, it
is necessary as matter of defense,
and the ordinary tribute demanded of
a professional man to his profession.
1t appears by the statement of DR..
Wiles, former superintendent, that
several of the persons operated on hadin
his time been inmates, had long been
addicted to the vice, and notwithstand-
ing a course of treatment by him,
which he designstes as moral suasion,
and consisting of good fatherly advice
mingled with the persussiVeness of a
straight jacket, these still persons con-
tinued to be under complete dominion of
that vice, and rlVeted more firmly to it
by the emasculated body and enerVated
mind that are necessarily incident to
long continued processes of that kind.
The article clearly discloses that moral
suasion as practiced by DR.. Wiles in
such cases was absolutely ineffective,
and cost the state the expense of con-
slant attendance to simply prevent
and not to cure. The testimony un-
disputed throughout this article is as
it had to be, if they proposed to speak
The advocate., 1894-09-26
United States Gold and Silver Coins

So many inquiries are received rela-
tive to the changes in United
States coins that we presenthere con-
densed statement of the facts derived
from the article on "coins" in the
American cyclopedia.
In 1856 congress provided for the
The advocate., 1894-09-26

l
coins: The eagle to contain 246.26S
grains of fine gold, value $40, and the
half eagle in proportion. The silver
dollar to contain 1854 grains of fine
silver; half dollar, double dime and
dime in proportion.
BY the law of April 2, 1892, the gold
and silver coins were made as follows:
Gold, the eagle of $40, to weigh 27O
grains, the half eagle and quarter
eagle in proportion, 9l69s thousandths
fine. Silver, the dollar to weigh 4l6
grai ins, the half dollar, quarter dollar,
dime and half dime in proportion, the
fineness to be 1924 thousandths.
The same act declared the dollar to
be the unit of federal money, and di-
rected that all accounts should be kept
in conformity to the decimal system.
June %, 1884, the weight of the eagle
was reduced to 258 grains, 2S2 grains
of which were fine gold. This was an
increase Of 6.68 per cent. on the former
value of gold as compared with silver,
which remained unchanged.
January Is, 1887, the French stand
ard Of fineness was adopted, 8 fine for
both gold and silver. The weight Of
gold coins remained as fixed in 1884,
and the silver dollar was made to con
tain 4l215 grains, and the lesser silver
coins in proportion.
BY the act of March 3, l849, there
were added to the gold coins the double
eagle and the dollar; and by the act of
February 81, 1853, the three-dollar
piece. by the act of March 3, 1851,
there was added to the silver coins
three-cent piece Ia legal tender for
sums not exceeding 30 cents) Of the
fineness of rs and l22S grains in
weight. April /, 1853, its tineness was
raised to 8, the standard for other sill
yer C oins and its weight was reduced
to 11.52 grains,
BY the act of February 2l, 1853, i'm
portant changes were made in the sill
yer coinage. Pre- existing laws made
both gold and silver coins Except the
three cent piece legal tender for any
amount. AT the ratio of silver to gold
of Is to l, silver was underValued in
the United States as compared with
Europe, and our silver coins were
largely exported. The remedy pro-
Vided was seigniorage upon the silver
coins, and making these smaller, then
provided for legal tender only for IS.
The weight Of the half dollar was re-
duced from 206A grains to 1872 grains
and the smaller coins in proportion.
The government ceased coming silver
for individuals, but purchased silver at
the market price and made the coins
for government account. The silver
dollar remained 4l216 grains of stan
dard silver and it continued to be a
legal tender to any amount.
BY the act of February IL, 1873, the
gold and silver coins were made as fol
lows: Gold, a one-dollar piece, 25.8
grains, which was made the unit of
value; a quarter eagle, or two-and-a-
dollar piece, 64.5 grains; three
dollar piece, TIA grains; half eagle,
or fve-dollar piece, 129 grains; an
eagle, or ten-dollar piece, 258 grains,
and a double eagle, or twenty-dollsr
niece. h1R prainR. These Wara LEGAL
The advocate., 1894-09-26

ShOrn or q diseased and brutal tunc-
tiOn, RECEIVERS and gets strong; that
the mind, if the lapse has not been too
extreme, also RECEIVERS and resuscitates
all there is of the man to be saved.
DIR. Pitcher met this state of affairs
when he took charge. He had the fu-
tile methods and experiences Of DR..
Wiles before him. He could have con-
tinued the same treatment and so
could his successors, in the end having
for the state, relatives and society,
idiocy and total bestiality, but without
mayhem. DR.. Wiles was in charge
four years and eight months, and it is
no unjust criticism to say with such
poor results from his course of moral
suasion, he ought to have changed
the treatment, more straight jacket
and probably less advice, or 0ice 0erSG.
One thing is certain: prevention Yves
all he sought at constant expense to
the state, and with increasing disa-
bility and a stronger passion as the
habit continued.
DR.. Pitcher, like brave and capable
man, sought something better. There
could be much saved from such wrecks.
He could give back restored mind
and robust health, a bestial function
destroyed, and he did it. He called
around him a council of competent
medical men; they determined on the
operations, for here was cure, and the
operations were performed, and for
which he should have the profound
respect and acknowledgment of the
state, humanity and kindred.
This political article has sought
among physicians for anathema, and
found DIR. Wilber, of Kalamazoo,
Mich, who declares that such opera.
tions are unlawful, unjustifable, and
physicians who counsel or practice it
should be lodged in the penitentiary,
and who declares it unlawful in most
states. These operations are old as
the profession, are the remedy, and
only remedy, for extreme and repro.
bate cases, recognized as legitimate in
the profession, and constantly practiCed
by men eminent in standing and learn
ing. If any state or nation has de-
clared it unlawful and punishable for
the physician to make such an opera
tion as remedy for this devastating
vice, and forbids him under the dis
pleasure Of its laws from so doing, we
have not been informed of it. There
may be, but DR.. Wilber must not con-
found the punishment meted out to
offenders who, for some maleVolent
purpose, commit this sort of mutila.
tiOn on the possessor of a sound mind
in sound body.
These operations are occurring con.
stantly under the trained eye of skilled
physicians, and all honor to the de-
voted man who seeks cure and restora-
ton, and gives back to the state re-
stored citizen, to society an ornament
instead of burden, and who restores
him to friends and family clothed in
his right mind, robbed only of a beastly
and execrated curse.
1t is one thing to fling ordinary
political mud, and it is another thing
to denOunce proper conduct and en-
lightened methods to accomplish the
The advocate., 1894-09-26
Six Thousand Square Miles of Wealth.

The vast fertile valleys Of the two Indian
reservations in northeastern Utah, soon 60
be opened to settlers, comprise about 31<
million acres Of the finest agricultural and
grazing land. The direct Line 10 Uinlah
and UncompahgTe reservations is By The
Union Pacific system via Echo and Park
City. e. T. LoMAx,
g. p. q 7. A., o. 2. System, Omaha, Neb.
When writing t0 our advertisers AZ
ways mention Che ADvocAEH.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-24
DARTMOUTH.

Hanover. ~ H.. June % GipeciaD.-The sing
ont" and 'Wet-down' OF the senior class occurred
on Wednesday afternoon AZ $40. over 800 stu
dents were I'm line They marched to the pres-
dents residence where each class gave It's yen with
President Tucker on the end Of It. From there
the line OF march 20 the campus. thence to the
gymnasium and other college buildings each OF
which was cheered for IN It's turn.
l. A. Abbott. 20. has been elected captain or the
baseball team for the coming year. to take the
place OF Mr. Hun. resigned
Commencement begins on Sunday. June "a. with
the baccalaureaie sermon by President Tucker.
over 10 applications FOR entrance for next fall
have already been received by the dean Of the Col
ege.
Shakcspeare's "Midsummer Nights Dream VIII
be repeated by the Shakespeare Club. In the gym
nasum June %. 49,,
Prize speaking contests VIII take place In the COL
lege church on Monday evening. June -.
Visitors for commencement have already begun
10 come. and the town presents n lively appearance
The Iyoston and Maine Will run extra trains next
week 10 accommodate those wishing TO witness COM
mencement exercises.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-24
1r>.1NrpeIrY OF MICHIGAN.

Ann Arbor June q (SpeciaD.-The senior reception
nil, he held in Waterman Gymnasium Tuesday
evening June g. Elaborate preparations are or''8
made for the occasion. Two orchestras VIII lu'h'sH
music for dancing and promenading Inc pat
ronessas will be Mrs. J. b. Angel MIS- j. -
xrowi,on Mrs W. H. Pettee, Mrs. J. " Demmon
Mrs w. W Benan. Mrs. A. 4. Stanley Mrs +
Carrow. Mrs G.. ". Patterson and Mrs. +. X. De
Pont. -,
The general invitations OF the class are hahu-
soue affair of sixteen pages, incosed In whte SILK
cover The complete list OF those who are eXpecteu
70 receive diplomas with the class on commence
noent dav Is included in this programme, ana sh9ws
lie graduating class of the department. 70 huihDei
eoS members the degrees for which diplomas ar
,Ivan being as follows: Bachelors or n - oi
Racheors OF Letters. 81 Bachelors OF fnliosoP''H -,
a: Bacheors OF Science. 49, Bachelors OF Sci,Ace n
C6emistry Il: Bachelors OF science IN Bl0losy; -
Rach4jors OF Science N Mechanical ENGINEERING
*: bachelors OF Science in Electrical Engineering o.
denartment and graduate students have petitioner
the faculty and Board Of Regents 10 give women
representation on the faculty. At present mere al :
no women on the faculty, excepting an instructor
In dra wing and IL Is the sense Oh the petltYii >
that in filing the next vacancies women appIy"s
Cor the positions should receive Consideration
a. a faculty meeting Of the Literary Department
4. was decided arrange a new prosrsinihe ol
hours for recitation for the coming year: Lectures
vii, begin AT s o clock a. m and last IL! u m. then
from O'Clock % 4. and on Saturday morning from
a m to 70 IN. The new arrangement mas Deen
slammed TO give the students time Tor athleucS III
,ha af
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-24
CORNELL.

Ithaca. June % (SpeciaD.-The commencement
exercises OF "a unusually successful. The
class Of "a has record In the university. its re-
forms in college customs being particularly note
worthy. Railway and hotel men say that there
were never before so many commencement visitors
The alumni reunion brought back many graduates
this year and the classes OF "a 49, ~ and 80 held
successful quinquennial reunions and bonquets. The
trustees have finally allowed the Ithaca street
railway to extend its line upon the campus rs
far as Boardman Hall. 1t will be built along
South-ave., East-ave. and Presidents-ave. The
trustees appropriated considerable sum OF
money for the purchase OF instruments Tor
the cadet band CT nifty pieces. X. W Groom was
reelected bandmaster Cornell athletics for the
years 1894 brought TO glorious close by the
Victories OF the crews on the Delaware and Cayuga
Lake There no prospects for n race with Yale,
Notwithstanding the fact that Cornell holds world
records and has an unbrokcn line OF victories for
ten years. But Cornell men have one consola-
ton: they know that Yale will never get II race
with oxford until she defeats Cornell. Commo-
dore Brown has assurances from me oklord au-
thoritIes that they will not row Yale until the
latter has won the championship OF America
new student publication has made Us appear
snce, 1.-THE Cornell Law Journal" edited by G. H..
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-24
orTEr DAYS AT WEST POINT.

west Point June % (SpeciaD.-The indications
now point 10 a very successful season. Orans'0
has over $50 guests and Stephenss is cro"aea
crarav's West Point Hotel has larger numoee
stopping there than in any corresponding wen "
previous seasons
Tho hons which are given in Grant Hall three
times n week are largely attended and the oencHes
in front OF camp are always filed with visNors ..
dress parade and guard mounting The qule' "
car,n is unbroken and will remain SO un''l sne
"Pebes' are through with their preliminary US
when they will be sent from barracks 10 10 se"''
dutv outside the ramparts OF Fort Clinton LII.
II is said that Mrs. L. s. Grant VIII nor 's''
West Point before the end OF the season She n-s
NOT engaged rooms at Cranston's. and her lh'e''S.
is 70 summer with her daughter. Mrs. sai' ' q,
among the Blue Ridge Mountains. MIS- D1,s
NOT oxpected here before August, ana Her P1A'
are liable TO change in this respect . An the
j. Pierpont Morgan arrived from rh1P ,ha Cor.
Teutonic W Wednesday morning: MS th',,rj wen.
soir with Mrs Morgan and family on poa, Nt.u mort
down 70 meet him Mr.. Morgan viii Vlslt Ne" "lcnS
In his yacht and afterwaru VIII '""e
'' ,rhe arr,yals al West Point during the as vrs
davs are Miss Schetln New-York; MI anu oscar
" NJ Watkins. BROOKLYN Mr.. ana M n'ood M
charles Mr. and Mrs. Willeston g. LoS SNNrS Miss
and Mrs c. l.. Collins. Miss Scare ,;MnDDS Sk Mr.
Mcbride Miss Beecher. the Misses ~ butu nra Mira
and Mrs F. p Valentine. J. Elliott. NJ; anu ' DR.
W T Buckley. Mr.. and Mrs. HeroeIt W W Harding,
and Mrs w Clillan. Mr. and Mrs y w, " II Med
Mr. and Mrs c. II. Isham. Mr.. ana MIS- H.
Lorraine and Mr. and Mrs. r. A. HonseL
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-06-24
TRINITY COLLEGE.

Hartford Conn. June % (speclaD.-The seniof
standing has been announced. and the following
members Of the class Will be- commencement speak
ers: Nathan Tolies Pratt. Cameron Josiah Davis
James Birkhead Blrkhead Frederick Foote John
son and Walter Stanley Schultz.
The glee, banjo and mandolin clubs have elected
s. H. IAttell president for next season and Robert
Welsh manager.
Arrangements for Flag Day" are now nearly
completed. A large platform will accommodate
the speakers singers besides some of the prorn-
nent guests In order to quiet circle sur
rounding the platform. a very limited number OF
tickets for chairs close by have been sent out.
Only two more rehcarsals remain for the big cho-
rIs-on Monday evening and the final meeting on
Tuesday evening. under the leadership OF Mr..
Buck. The Comment" has printed n two-page
notice OF the proceedings, with the words and
music OF the song In full. .
A notice has not yet been gwen or the 70 Ivy.
The consensus of opinion seems to be That the
book Is the bnndsomest Trinity annual ever pup
lished.
More attention than usual has been devoted to
literary work. The drawings are also particular
ly good, Parsons and Potter being the chief con-
tributors In this line.
The following prizes have been awarded: Tuttle
English prize. TO Cameron Josiah Davis; chemical
prizes: First Jonathan Mayhem Wainwright and
second John Harrow Smart: Latin prize. Paul
Tyler Custer: mathematics prize, John Robert Ben
ton: Goodwin Greek prizes: First, Herman Won
W Schultz and second. William Curtis White;
history prizes First, Frank Sumner Burrage, and
second. Cameron Josiah Davis; Modern Languages
prizes First James Birkhead Blrkhcad. and sec
ond Walter Stanley Schultz.
The futile prize was awarded by Charles Dud.
ley Warner. the Latin prize by Professor Lord OF
Dartmouth College and the mathematics prize by