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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-04-11

! 0CCAI1 lClC IL FobJS$'s ~
remains for me to submit u specific state
ment OF my objections to the bill now
under consideration.
This bill consists OF two sections. ex-
Guiding one which merely appropriates a
sum sufficient to carry the act into effect.
The first section provides for the immedi-
ate coinage Of the silver bullion In the
treasury. which represents the so-called
gain or seigniorage or which would
arise from the coinage OF all the bullion
on hand, which gain OF seignforage this
section declares to be S55,156,6S1. 1t
directs that the money be coined, or Ger.
ti6cates issued thereon shall be used in
the payment OF public expenditures. and
provides that, II the needs OF the treas.
ury demand it, the secretary OF the treas
ury may, in his discretion, issue silver
certificates in excess OF such coinage. not
exceeding the amount OF the seigniorage.
In said section authorized to be coined.
The second section directs that. as
6OOu 66 QO69lOsC dkICA tAO SSAAo6S
seigniorage. the remainder OF the bullion
held by the government shall be coined
into legal tender standard silver dollars.
and that they shall be held in the trees.
ury for the redemption OF the treasury
notes issued In the purchase Of said u
ion. 1t provides that, as fast as the
bullion shall be coined for the redemption
Of said notes, they shall not be reissued
but shall be Cancelled and destroyed il
amounts equal to coin held az any time
in the treasury derived from the coinage
provided for; and that the silver certihF
Gates shall be issued on such coin In the
manner now provided by law.
It is, however, specially declared IN
said seetion that the act shall nc: n'
construed to change existing law rclat
ing to the legal tender character OF the
mode OF redemption OF the treasury
notes issued for the purchase OF silver
bullion to be coined.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-04-11
Letter From Wedgeheld.

SUMTER, S. c., APRIL 9, 1894.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-22

ne has before made sales to Uncle
sam at extravagant prices.
Special elections are costly affairs
to the government Secretary Gar.
Isle has submitted to the house the
estimate of Attorney General
Olney OF the amount required to
pay the supervisors of elections at
the special congressional election
held in New York City January so,
1894. Sixteen thousand dollars is
the amount called for by this
estimate.
The tariff bill will certainly be
reported to the senate this week
Tha! has been formally deci led by
the committee; also that the debate
shall begin two weeks from today
nobody knows when it will end
The situation has been additionally
complicated by the demand OF the
sugar men that all doubt about the
clause repeating the reciprocity law
abrogating the reciprocity treaties
be removed by the in erliol &C
specific directions to the president
to notify the several countries Of
their abrogation, upon the passage
Of the bill, although the committee
claims the proposed amendment to
be unnecessary, and that the clause
already provides for the abrogation
Of the treaties. This has stirred up
some strong opposition from the
agricultural sections which desire
TO keep the markets for their pro
ducts, particularly those of Cubs
and Germany, open by the recip
rocity treaties, AMI the threat il
being made of dee atlng the entire
sugar clause OF the bill, leaving il
where the house put it--on the FIRE,
list if it be necessary to do so tc
keep the ciprocity treaties. The
house is over "helmingly committee
to free sugar and, unless a chang
OF sentiment be brought about, i
will be d fiji 'ult to get it to agree tC
anything short of that. Toi
reciprocity business will only serve
to strengthen the hands of th
friends of free sugar.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-22

looked like row of cornstalks. the
trees appeared to be mul bank,
and all the time the exhaust of the
old machine sounded like the hum
OF bumbe be. ! tried to yell
out, but my tongue wouldn't move.
ole went around curve like a
bullet, slipped an eccentric, Bile "
out his soft plug, went down grades
fifty feet to the mile and not con
trolling brake set. She went by the
meeting point at a mile and half
minute, and calling for more
steam. My hair stood up straight,
because | knew the game was up.
"Sure enough, dead ahead of u.
was the headlight of special. lr
a daza | heard the crash as they
struck, and | saw cars shivered into
atoms, people smashed and maogled
and bleeding, and gasping for water
heard another crash as the French
professor struck deep keys away
down on the lower end Of the south
ern division, and then | came to my
senses.
There he was at a dead stand
still, with the door of the tirebox o
the machine wide open, wiping tb
, perspiration off his face, and bowin!
to the people before him. IL l lJv
TO be l 900 years old III never for
get the ride that Frenchman CAV
me on piano"
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-22
A Drummer's Yarn.

"The Ike OF the season is on my
house." smilingly remarked well
kno vn lumber salesm IN. al can't
help laughing when aver think Of
it, AMI you fellows will have to par
don mo if | do laugh at my own
story more than the rest of you.
have regular customer in little
town up in the N1rh vest. He
is little particular aboat the ella. s
Of good, ne bugs, and by taking
SPECIAL pains in filing his orders we
managed to get a sure thing on his
trad. A few weeks ago / sold him
big bill of lunber in anticipation
of the usual spring boom, and
promised him that | would per
sonally see that he got the cream of
the whole lumber yard did tell
the house to see that his order was
filled with especial care, but some,
how il want A new man was IN
charge of the yard. He not only
did LOT pick out the best TO be sent
to my customer, but he must have
figured out that anything would do
for a little Texas town like that,
and loaded up lot Of second. CT ash
stuff II you knew my customer q,
veil az Go you could imagine how
disguised he was when he came tt
inspect his invoice of my pers n
ally selected lumber He was ;
church deacon and | don't think he
.Nore, but he had to do something
to g even. Abou. an hour afte
the lumber reacted its destination
the house got telegram. o
course i wa sent collect. 1t wa
short, bat significant aad read, II,
blank Lumber Co., Blanktown
Texas: Knot holes just received
Please send knots. TEX. Com
mercial Traveller.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-22
THE POWER OF MUSIC.
An Engineer Gives His impress
sion Of a Plano Solo.
NJ o.. Orlonnn rNir,na Dam nnrat.

NCW OllCfus L lilltS' ISLADOt az.
~ was lettering around the
atreets last night, sa d Jim Nelson,
one Of the old locomotive engineers
running into New Orleans Gas |
had nothing to do, dropped into a
concert and heard sleek looking
Frenchman play the piano in way
that ma lie me feel all over in spots.
IA soon as he sat down on the STOOL
| knew by the way he handled him
self that he under stood the machine
he WAS running.
50 G tapped the keys way up one
end, lst as if they were gauges
and he wanted TO see if he had
water enough. Then he looked up,
as if he wanted to know how much
steam he was carrying, AMI the
next moment he pulled open the
throttle and sailed on TO tbs main
line as if he was half an hour late.
"You could hear her thunder over
calverts and bridges, ani getting
faster and faster, until the fellow
rocked about in his seat like Il
cradle. Somehow thought ii was
old $50 pulling a passenger train
aud getting out of tae way of a
special The fellow worked the
kev4 on the middle division like
H.; btning, and then he few a'ong
the north end OF the line untii the
drivers went around like buzz sa n
and | got excited.
nAbout the time | was fixing t.
tell him to cut her off little he
kicked the hampers under the ma
chine wide open, pulled the throttle
way blck to the tender aud how h'
did run. couldn't stand 1t any
longer and yelled to him that h
vas pounding on the left SIDE anc
if he wasn't careful hs'd drop hl'
ashpan.
"But he didn't hear. No on
heard me. Everything was iiyln!
ana whizzing. Telegraph pole
an the sides of the tract
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-22
List of Patents

Granted TO Texas Inventors this
week. Reported by G. A. Snow d
Co., solicitors Of American and
foreign patents, Opposite United
States patent Office, Washington,
d. c.:
j, p. Barker, Honey Grove,
quilting frame; w. Gibson, Doid,
beer cooler; l.. Hill, Pi,tsburg,
cattle guard A. b. Homer, Calves
ton, spool or bobbin holder
ii. Nehrmeyer, r 'inhardt, stall
cutter; F. Z. p. Pool, Brandon
kitchen cabinet; S. p. Sawyer
Valley View, cotton seed planter
A. j. MausImann, Del Rio, nu
llock.
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-22
that bi metallism is necessary, and

that bi.metalIism is necessary, and
says:
On the monom etalic standard of
gold the nations of the earth cannot
stand. 1t is too narrow. 1t appe ils
10 no intelligent minds outside of
Wall street, New York, and Lom-
bard street, Lon Ion, where few
short gnted representatives of the
capitalis,c and creditor class insist
on their pound OF fl Ssh regardless of
the kniting operation on the goose
that lays the golden egg. 1t means
a scramble for gold such "a the
world has never witnessed. 1t
means destruction of the money
value of billions of silver now in
circulation. 1t means contraction
of the circulating medium and fall
in prices TO which even the awful
shrlnkage which has occurred since
India stopped the coinage of silver
and the United States repealed the
Sherman law would be but as a
gentle shower to heavy downpour
over Thelming in ruin the debtor
classes that are already all cted
sorely.
The only escape from the finan-
clal crisis In which the entire world
Is now involved is in an interaa
tional agreement for the rehabiljta.
ton Of silver aud its free or IN
creased coinage at a fixed ratio to
gold. The adoption of such an
outcome may be delayed, but the
bimetallic movement al Boston, on
which the Journal has laid mark ID
stress, ~ but the beginning of a
policy which will meet with world
vide favor and eventually be en-
dorssd as the only solution of the
mighty problem.
We have already called attention
to the Boston movement, which
promises SO much. The East hai
been from ths beginning unfriendly
to silver, and any effort TO re
establish silver as a currency which
promises success should come frou
, there. This ia why the Boston
ganizAtion has eau ed so great ,
4 sensation throughout the n ~
q Egg and aud mldd states. 1t il
4 the beginning of movement whicj
? will restore bimet allism here an
4 throughout the world IN w Orlean
L es- Demo orat
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-22
Judge McLennan on a Duty Of
Newspapers.

Utica IN. " observer Jadge
y. Is. McLennan, of tais ,dicial
district, makes good impression
on the bench. Acquaintance with
him as he preside here m,de
friends at the O zelda county bar
and with the readIug puolic who
gained Knowledge of him through
the Observer lie has be IL pres!d
lug in Wateftown and has had a
libel euit before him.
There WAS n peculiar horse trade
up in JEFF rson cou ny and thu
victim told his story to TIE Water
t,wn Times an IL was printed.
The horse trader brought suit
az siust both tie newspaper and the
in ormant The defense was we'll
prepare and WAS successful he
Gro examination of tbs plaintiff
vas feature of the trial which
tendc TO relieve the defense. In
giving the case to the ary Judge
McLennan said some good and quite
characteristic things. For one ,ning
he stated tbs duty Of the newspaper
20 its colst .tutency quite plainly.
We quote a paragraph;
81 it was swindle, and if this
man, in concentrating this deal,
vas q swind.er, and was acting in
that capacity, he cannot maintain
this action against either OF these
defendants Because if this was a
swindle that was boing perpetrated
upon the people OF Jacksonville
county, upon This defend mt and his
neighbor, il was the du J, lot only
The right, bu- ii was the du y Of the
Watertown Times 10 say 80 and
warn the people against Its further
petpetrAtion. Any reputable paper
o"es a duty to the community i'll
which it IL being circulated to ex
pose fraud, t. expose s~indle, and
to expose swindlers, and if they do
it honestly and in good faith and
keep within the facts, they are not
liable for an action of libel"
The jury found "no cause of ac-
tion," thus declaring that the Water
iowa Times had in this instance but
done it's duty to the community to
which it furnishes news.
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The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-22
The Financial Crisis.

Roth schili predicted at the time
of the late monetary conference that
unless some agreement was reached
ia regard TO silver the whole world
would be plunged into financial
crisis. That predic ion has already
been verified, and the situation has
grown steadily worse, with no im
mediate prospects Of improve
mant unless some action is taken on
the silver question. The deprecIa a
ton in the price of silver bullion in
Londod intensified the financial
crisis in which tae who'll world is
involved, even England, which has
so little silver money III circulation
Our standard dollar is now worth
only half its face value, but the
United States, in spite of this, is in
better circumstances than many
nations whose c)inage RATIO between
gold and silver is lower than ours.
Qua ema|a has already had to de.
fault in the payment of interest on
its bonds because the silver stu .tion
has crippled it. luda, China and
Mexico, whose currency consists al
most entirely of silver money, are
suffering from tAe very greatest
business depres ion and financial
stringenoy, due to the low price Of
bullion.
Thus the situation has grown
steadily worse, every country yieing
with Others in striking blow at
silver. The shah Of Persia, for
instance, has CLOSED the minis of his
cou ltry to further coinage Of ''the
white mesal' and prohibited its
further importation, actually max
ING it a contraband article. the
b 4nk of Shanghai aud Hong X ing
mas redu ,ed its rate for demand
bills in Chinese ports TO the lowest
rates evar known on accJunt of the
decline in value Of silver, which is
the basis Of the currency of CHINA
and the decline is reported "to be
producing an almost complete stag
nation in Chinese trade with the
United States via the Pacific coast. "
Strange to say, although the bal
ance of trade is in our favor, and
has been so for some tune past, gold
is aga II being shipped t. Europe,
either because European holders OF
( American securities are selling them,
or because Earopeaa loans in this
county q e oeiog called in. What
ever the cause, he shipments prove
that the scramble for gold is being
renewed. Ia that scramble, France
has been, as usual, the most success
full 80 far, and has increased it
holdings OF gold more Than any TIVE
other couI tries,
The finan-la situation is growing
III re steamed, and large portion
of the K sstern press ID beginning t
appreciate that fact. The Alban
IN. y Journal, for instance, see
The Waco evening news. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 1891-1894, 1894-03-22

Salvation Oil, the greatest cure on
earth for pam, as an anodyne has
no equal in the market. 1t is without
doubt the best IMMINENT. 20 cts
The advocate., 1894-03-28
CONCERNING KANSAS.

unjust criticism upon such officers. We,
the undersigned, ex soldiers and members
Of said home, take this means, knowing and
desiring chat 10 shall receive the widest cir
OulatiOn, to refuto such charges and hereby
certify that there hsS never been any un-
wholesome or damaged meat issued to the
members Of this home By any Of itB ofiSers,
and we know that the table Of the officers
Of this institution is furnished from the
same beef and issued on the same days as
10 other members Of the home.
This statement was certified to before
9 notary public by GA OF the sc male
members OF the home. Afterwsrd Mr..
Taylor told the members that if they
had not signed it with a full understand
ing Of it's purport they were at liberty to
withdraw their names from it, but none
Of them did so. We'll is to answer to the
charge In q justice court on the 10Th.
From all this 1t would appear that the
board had some other grievance against
the commsndsnt than the diseased feet
matter, or else they are acting without
just cause.
The advocate., 1894-03-28

political missionary work Of any official
in Kansas. Some other county official
would do we'll 20 initiate him,
/ soe ISwill not have space to write Of
the other meetings in this issue, but will
speak OF L2rned, which was the last
meeting we had, and other meetings
next week. The local papers in each
county we were in did all they could to
make our meetings success, and YOur
representative 10 under personal obliga-
tions to the editor for CourteCies shown.
0. w. HENDEn.
The advocate., 1894-03-28
The Soldiers Home.

On last Saturday the board of mana
gers of the State soldiers home, at
Dodge City, notified commSndant @. FL.
Moody of his removal from Office. They
also ordered the vacancy filled by Quar-
termaster Reid, of the same institution.
The board consists Of L. VsnVoOris, j.
Fl. Stewart and G.. Bohrer. What their
reason was for making the change will
probably be learned when the governor
comes to investigate and decide whether
he should approve Of it.
A few days ago report was circulated
charging that Joseph We'll, son-ln.lSw
Of CommRndRnt Moody had sold dis
sssed beef to the institution. Governor
LsWelling began an investigation Of the
matter at once and deputized Charles A.
Taylor to assist. Mr.. Taylor visited the
homo and reported that on a very care.
full investigation he fallsd to find any
truth in the charge. On the contrary
the members Of the home voluntarily
made the following statement:
WHEREAS. Il has been q matter of news
paper notoliety that unwholesOme and
damaged meat has been i1sued TO the old
soldiers and their families ab this home,
End
WHKRBAs, II has been charged by said
newspaper that Captain Charles II. Moody,
the cOmmandantu and other officers Of this
institution were aware Of the fact, and
WHHEEAs, Il hes cast great di0sguEt and
The advocate., 1894-03-28
Those Political Sermons.

The sermons on "ChristiRn Socialism, ="
in which Rev. G. M. Sheldon, pastor OF
the Central Congregational church Of
this city, advocates public ownership
and control Of public utilities, as we'll as
other Populist doctrines, are making
him famous at home and abroad. OF
late the church building has proven too
small for the congregations, but that
does not discourage Mr.. Sheldon. Pro-
gress assembly, Knights Of Labor, at
Junction City. adopted the following
resolutions:
Resolved, That we, the members of
Progress assembly, No. 2671, Knights Of
Labor, note with pleasure the announce
ment that q series Of sermons on social
problems is being delivered by Rev. g. M.
Sheldon Of the Central Congregational
church, Topeka, Kansas, in which, judging
from the printed report we have seen Of
the first Of the series, bold and advanced
ground ia taken for the cause Of labor aud
the betterment Of the social condition Of
the human race.
Resolved, That we congratulate Mr..
Sheldon upon his able, dignifisd and truth
full presentation of the important subject
Of Christian socialism and the need Of the
application of it's principles as a remedy
for wrongs now suffered by humanity.
Resolved, That We commend the eK-
ample of Brother Sheldon in thus preach
ing the essential paramount doctrine Of
the brotherhood Of man as one worthy Of
general emulation by the clergy Of all de-
nominations.
The advocate., 1894-03-28
The Boards of Regents.

A news item in last weeks issue, re-
garding the appointment Of G. B. Hoff'
man, was supplemented with comments
which might be construed by new read
ers az an injustice TO Governor Level
ling and others Of his sppointees. The
writer, to smphatically express the idea
that the governor has departed from
the policy Of former governors, that Of
choosing unfit and incompetent men to
govern the educational institutions,
used Mr.. Hoffman as an example, and
failed to state that other good selections
had been made by Governor Lewelling
for the different boards Of regents, the
University Of Kansas, the State Agri.
cultural college, and the State Normal
school They, however, were mentioned
at the time OF their appointment, John
Madden, Harrison Kelly and Senator
Rodgers having been spoken Of as es-
pecislly good selections.
The advocate., 1894-03-28
NOTES.

NUTESos ,
II. Mehl, Of LssvsnwOrth, and @.
Lawrence, Of Wichits, were appointed
members Of the state board Of phsr-
macy.
Topeka is to entertRin the Kansas
Republican league April 5. That will
be q gala day for HoOh's political
friends.
Allen Sells, one OF the original Sells
brothers of circus fame, died in Topeka
last week. He was proprietor Of the
Chesterfield hotel.
In Enterprise the women have nomi-
mated a city ticket composed Of csndi-
dates Of their own sex, and they are
making red hot campaign without
platform.
Some boys found what they thinkSis
robbers cave near Winfield. That is
probably where Ed Greer used to make
and store his dynamite, while he was
earning q nomination for congress.
Walter N. Allen, who was selected by
the governor several weeks ego to sue
ceed H. B. Kelley on the State board Of
charities, will take charge Of the Office
April l. At the same time II. M. Hin
shaw, popular railroad conductor from
Emporia, will succeed w. T. Yoe on the
same board.
Another gsrsnium has been added to
the Lagste- Lease Corning Smith group
It ia Ell. L. Psttee the quack doctor who
has closed an engagement with the
Midway PlaisRnce fake and is in To
peks 90 numerous as of old. He is
going to teach the governor how to
govern.
The Irrigation Farmer means well in
publishing the following: "Alfalfs is
fast becoming one Of the staple products
OF the PLAINS. 1t not only makes the
finest forage for stock but is very pro6ts-
bic in seed production. This last year
alfalfa seed has been extremely high.
Many farmers in western Kansas have
rsslizsd from $25 to $40 an acre for the
seed from their alfalfa fields and have
received from two to four tons OF hay
per acre besides, and whore the land has
been irrigated, from four to seven tens
OF hay per acre. Nine tons per acre is
not an unusual yield where the crop
is we'll set and irrigated"