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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-04-11
BIG DAMAGES AWARDED.
Ohio Man Gets $4,000 for Two Legs
and an Arm.

Cleveland, April 7.-One of the heav-
lest verdicts ever given in a personal
injury case was renderer in the
United States circuit court Charles
Heathorpe sued the Baltimore & Ohio
railway for 100000 for the loss of
both legs and the crushing of an arm
in a collision in Indiana, and was
awarded $4,000 by the jury after
three hours elaboration. 1t is under
stood that the railway will appeal
the case.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-04-11

Nine. Casinir-perier, according to
private letters from Paris manifests a
disposition to be very gracious towards
some social stars of the American col
ony there. Some will hold this 70 he
evidence Of her good perception and
appreciation of the peculiar brilliancy
and cleverness Of Brother Jouathans
daughters.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-04-11
CORKERAN IMPLICATED.
Said to Be Guilty With Price in Miss
Deans Death.

Denton, Md, April 7.-Grant Cor
koran school teacher residing near
the spot whore Miss Sallie Dean was
murdered, has ben arrested. It Is said
thar Price, who is now il the Balti'
more jail charged with participation in
the crime, has confessed and impli-
Gated Corkeran.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-04-11
WISCONSIN SOLONS

Madison, Wis, April Sin the SEN
ate assembly bills were concurred In:
Providing for stenographers and copy
lists for justices of the supreme court;
appropriating the usual sum tSl ,SOO)
annually for the State Horticultural
society and allowing $500 for estab-
fishing an experiment station in the
northern part of the state and to au-
thoriZe cities to pay mayors salaries.
When Senator McGillivray's bill to
cheaper the cost of the administration
of estates, came up for engrossment
Senator Spensey said a similar as
scmbly bill had already been killed,
and that the bill was impnctcable, be-
cause 1t gives county judges too much
work and then, too, said he, a judge
should not be allowed to draw pa
pers and then sit in judgement upon
them. The bill was killed.
In the lower house the assembly
bill establishing n board of pharmacy
for the state, consisting of five men,
bers, was passed The bill making 1t
lawful for cities to purchase or lease
and operate water works or lightning
works, or both, was passed. Among
the senate bills concurred In were the
following: To protect union labels
and trade marks and abolishing the
board of trustees of the soldiers
orphans home
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-04-11

The Spanish government has called
out 2oooo reserves. owing to the re-
sent to Cuba.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-04-11

Madison, ,""N tin the senate n
statement from state Treasurer Peter
son was made showing that the coun-
ties Of I<ewaunee, Burnett, Marquette
and Shcboygan have not paid over fines
collected In criminal eases to the school
fund. The committee reported favor
ably on the appointment of Halford
Erickson as labor commissioner, ana
the appointment was confirmed unani-
mously. The Joint resolution. request
ing the president to appoint Edwin f..
Townsend rs hrigadier general was
adopted.
The assembly concurrcd in the SEN
ate amendment to the bin relating to
supreme court steuographers. The
amendment leaves with the governor
the power To appoint S75 Il month as
sistant to the law librarian, but gives
each Judge the authority to name his
own stcnographcr at SIS month. AS
Scmhly bills were killed: Changing
the rate of interest on tax certificates;
empowering court commissioners tn
exercise circuit judge powers ut cham
hcrS In ease of the absence of circuit
judges: providing for the election OF
supervisors and that the one elected
for three years shall be chairman. and
providing for the semi-annual coller-
| ton Of taxes. Mr.. Johnson's bill re-.
Quiring engineers to be licensed by the
state. after examination, created a de-
bate but was finally ordered engrossed
Madison, April 5.-ln the senate the
committee on claims reported the bill
for Il joint library building for the
state university and State Historical
society, for indefinite postponcment
The same committee reported the Dill
providing for a board Of Immigration
FOR concurrence. Mr. BaShfords JOINT
resolution, authorizing the governor e
cause construction OF walks IN the
capitol park. with amendments for sev-
eral improvements about the capitol
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1895-04-11

Madison, April 6.ln the upper house
Scnatc bills were passed: Allowing
Milwaukee an extra circuit court and
permitting sale of beer at state fairs.
Assembly bills We're concurred in To
allow churches to organize to insure
church property and relating to mum
icipal ownership in waterworkS and
lighting plants. A senate bill was
killed allowing the killing of mink at
any time
In the lower house assembly bills
were passed: Providing that no county
judge or court commissioner Sham nave
power to vacate or set aside any judg-
ment of circuit court; giving liens on
charcoal in Door. ShaWaun and Oconto
counties to those VINO furnish supplies
to persons making it: changing terms
Of court in the 18th circuit; and To al
low receivers. asSignccS guardians.
committees, trustees. executors admin
iStrltors. and other fduciarie> To i'm
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28

1886, 35333 ,992 short Of a settlement. In
8 word their paper would have realized
only small fraction over IS cents on
the dollar. AS a pinch, in fact, the
gold mans paper would not have made
as good showing as the much de-
spised and greatly dispaFaged silver
dollar under controversy"
If the banks are not "bustedn under
this statement We don't know what
'bustv means. Every bank must keep
an eye open to being able to meet the
demands of their depositors if there
should be a run on the bank. They
are therefore always trying to stay in
position to meet a run. They must
therefore have gold on hand or know
where they can get it. This makes an
awful demand for gold, and this makes
gold worth too much for ordinary bust
ness. Now lets put silver back where
it was before 1873. Make it equal ia
gold by law. There is about as much
silver as there is gold. This would
double the redemption money" would
be twice as easy to get as it is now, be-
cause there would be twice as much of
it. Gold is money because the law says
it is money. Silver will be as good as
gold if the law says so.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28
THE SILVER People

The yellow metal press never tires of
calling the advocates of free silver
cFanks, lunatics, anarchists and dis,
honest knaVes, though it knows that
more brainy, sensible, loyal and honest
class does not exist. In the great sill
yer producing states and all over the
west the silver men are intensely loyal
to country, and they regard, and prop
erly regard, the advocacy Of free coin
age as work of pure patriotism. They
are distinguished from their opponents
by their high degree of honor and hon
esty. No class Of people On earth ever
showed such Internal dishonesty and
untruthfulness as have those people,
politicians and others, who have forced
the gold standard upon this country.
In every platform that the political
parties have made since this question
has been before the nation, words have
been juggled with to deceive the peo-
pie or else the politicians have brazen-
ly broken their promises to the people.
They have ignored the will of the PEG
pie and have been shaping our f1nan-
cial legislation to suit their own sweet
wills. They have been playing the roll
of master over American free citizen
ship and have assumed that the few
we're the wiser than the many; and the
present unrest of the people will never
be allayed until the overwhelming free
silver sentiment of the people finds ex-
preston in legislation and the yellow
metal liars and deceivers have been
forever siIenced. That much can be
depended on.-Farmers' Voice.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28

EngIishmen, guides and station men
opened fire. With the first volley three
bucks went down, and two of them
never rose again. The third leaped as.
tride of a companions pony, and be-
fore the smoke of the first volley bad
floated upward in thin blue wisps the
war party had sought the shelter of
the wateroourse. The express rider
came on, and as he was abreast of the
fresh mount held by the station agent,
he leaped from his still running pony,
dragging the saddlebags with him.
"Golng to stop over Jim?" asked the
agent. "Hell, no, was the answer, and
he threw himself astride the fresh
pony and dashed down the trail. Pres
emily he turned, plucked an arrow
from his sleeve, and with a laugh
tossed it away. Then he leaned over
the neck of the pony and dashed its
hanks. The next station was ten miles
away, and at every mile there must be
an armed band. The Englishmen stuck
to the station for ten days, when
troop of cavalry came along. At the
station down the trail they found the
express rider knocking around the bar
with a strip Of plaster across his face.
One of the Englisbmen walked up to
to him, and after looking into his face
said: MY friend, you are a brave man,
but you are also a d-n fool"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28
WHAT WEALTH Has ESCAPED.


A recent editorial in the New York
World says: "The overthrow Of the in
come tax by the money power is moth
ing new. It is only continuation of
the successful efforts of wealth to es.
cape federal taxation ever since the
end of the war.
SIN 1866, the year after the close of
the great struggle, there was collected
s236,OOO,OOO from internal taxes that
were within less than 10 years nearly
all repealed. These we're taxes, for the
most part, upon wealth-that is, they
were levied upon those who had the
greater ability to pay. There we're
taxes upon incomes. upon banks, upon
sales, gross receipts and dividends,
upon legacies, distributive shares and
SUGGESTIONS, together with stamp
duties.
"One by one all these taxes were re-
pealed. Corporations and rich men
employed the lobby at Washington to
help them escape taxation. They cleo
ted men to congress to secure the re-
peal of these laws, until in 1874 only
100000 of these taxes remained.
Ten years later every vestige of inter
nal taxation upon wealth was gone,
and only taxes upon universal con-
sumption-whisky, beer, tobacco, ETC.
remained.
Wealth had escaped.
1t was not because the expenses on
war account had diminished that these
war taxes were repealed. In 1866 the
interest on the war debt and the pen
sions, the continuing war expenses,
called for S14S,OOO,OOO. In 1879 they re-
quired 5132,0O0,OOO. But last year they
demanded S168,OOOOOO. In other words,
the increased cost Of pensions has out
run the reductions on interest account.
In 1875 the interest charge was S1O3,-
100000 and the pension cost 829OOO,-
600. Last year the interest charge was
S2I 100000 and the pension list cost
8141,OOOOOO.
These figures show that while ex-
penses on war account have increased
836,0OO,00O in 20 years, every internal
tax on wealth originally laid
to meet them has been abolished. The
whole burden of government is left
upon the necessaries of the people, of
which the poor and the people of mod
crate means pay 80 per cent.
If this injustice can be remedied in
no other way, verify the justices of the
supreme court are right in saying that
the constitution should be amended.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28
DARING EXPRESS RIDER.
An English Party Amazed at a Frontiers
man on the Plains.

An English Party Amazed at a Frontiers
man on the Plains.
In the days when the west was wild
and woolly and yard wide party of
Londoners bent on the destruction of
the buffalo struck a small station on
one of the now lOng-forgotten coach
lines of the plains. Not one of the
Englishen had every been in the coun-
try before, relates the New York World,
but each was confident of his ability to
do the region in proper style. The
whole outfit had rounded up at the sta
ton on the discovery of Indian signs
but after lying over for two days the
Englishmen concluded that the three
'front.' eTsman, acting as their guides,
had been unnecessarily frightened,
On the third day they announced that
they we're going on to the next station.
"All right" said the frontiersmen,
swell go with you, but it will be run
and a fight for it" At dawn the follow
ing day the party was preparing to
mount when the agent called out:
"Here comes the expressr' Far to the
eastward a horseman was coming over
the crest of a rise in the prairie. As be
came into full view the party could see
that he was hanging low over the POM
mel of his saddle and that he was lash
ing the wiry steed galloping at full tilt
under him. Presently over the rise
came another horseman. Then another
and another, until a score were strung
out on the trail of the pony express.
The agent silently withdrew to the sta
ton and reappeared with a rife. "In-
dams" he remarked.
The Engiishmen drew their shooting
irons and retreated to the cabin. But
the agent and his helpers led a pony
out Of the stable, saddled and bridled
the animal and held it beside the trail
slim may want to go on" explained
the agent.
Just before the trail turned into the
station it ran through watercourse
filed at the time With suffocating
alkali dust. The Englishmen watched
the express rider until be dashed into
the furter opening Of the cut, and then
prepared to fight for their lives. As
the pursued and pursuers went out Of
sight in the dust the men at the station
heard a rife crack and then hOrrifying
yeiIs, the war whoops Of the Indians. /
Presently out Of the dust-cloUded water
course dashed the express rider closely
followed by painted. screeching say
ages. The express riders face was
gashed by an arrowhead and in the
flank of his foam-lathered animal q
feasheEed shaft waved to and fro at
every leap. As the Indians cams on,
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28

1t is self-evident that labor fares best
when industries are active; industries
are active when they are prosperous.
In other words, labor finds steadier en-
ployment and earns more in good times
than in hard times. Good times never
go hand in hand with scarcity of
money. Wages of labor cannot be in
creased by making money scarce and
dear any more than they could be in
creased by increasing the weight of
coins. If in times when the money
volume is shrinking and money is grow
ing dearer, the rate of wages of those
who are fortunate enough to get work
is kept up by labor organizations, this
fact is many times overbalauced by the
loss of all earnings by the increased
number who can find no employment.
Thus, since 1873, while the rate of
wages in some industries may have
been kept up by strong organizations,
and possibly in some few even advano-
ed, yet the total earnings of the entire
labor population has been largely re-
duced. The only way possible to in
crease the earnings Of all labor is to
increase products, for in the last an
alysis wages are but the share of pro-
ducts which labor gets.
A condition which tends, as money
stringency always does, to lessen the
total products of labor and capital
combined, tends to lessen the earnings
of the laborer on which the mainten-
ance of himself and family depends.
No class, therefore, has a greater inter
est in maintaining conditions that pro-
mote good times than the laboring
class, and no class knows better than
they that stringency in money is stran-
gulatiOn of industry and starvation of
labor.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28

ALONG with about $50 men-of-war,
the navy of Holland possesses a canal
boat irOnclad as a part of it's defensive
armament. 1t is a perfect and COM
pletely-equipped warship in miniature,
one of the oldest war vessels in the
world. She is about 40 feet long and 10
broad, and her upper deck is between
three and four feet above the water
line. Her general appearance is some
thing like that of Hudson river light
er. But though she looks so much
a toy at first glance, close inspection
shows that she was built for business,
and there is a grim look about the
black muzzles of guns peeping out of
her little turrets, and the machine
guns in her tiny tops, that commands
ones respect.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28

A WASHINGTON dispatch says that
large opportunities for the introduc-
ton Of American machinery and the
investment of American capital are Of
fered by the peace agreement Japan
recently effected with China. A pro-
vision is made that China shall here
after be open to the introduction of all
forms Of modern machinery, and that
such machinery shall be admitted free
OF duty. American cotton machinery
should benefit specially from the new
opening presented, as should also tele-
phones, electric lights, printing presses
and many other devices of civilization
which heretofore have been kept out
of China.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28
Household Wrinkles.

Long handled spoons are useful for
stirring food without toasting the face.
Try long wire pie fork for taking
pies from the oven.
a holder may be so arranged that it
may be fastened at the side of dress
from a long piece of tape, in the same
way that q dressmaker ties on her
scissors.
A wide shelf should be built behind
the range on which to set salt and pep
per for seasoning, the -four box for
dredging and various other things
needed about the stove in cooking.
A remedy for a burn that everyone
should know is equal parts of lime
water and sweet oil mixed together and
applied as often as necessary to keep
the burn moist and covered with it.
A little lemon juice or catnip adds a
good favor to stsWed meats.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28

NOTWITHSTANDING the persistence
with which the goldbugs urge the i'm
pOrtanoe of the metal in dollar being
intrinsically worth 100 cents, or its
legal face value, every noted political
economist that is worth being quoted
as authority, from Aristotle to John
Sherman, has laid it down as prin-
cip1e of finance that it is the volume Of
money in circulation and not the ma
terial of which it is composed that fixes
its value. The goldbugs have chosen
gold, not because of its intrinsic value,
but because of its scarcity and the ease
with which they can manipulate the
currency when based upon gold. Even
now they propose to base most of the
currency which shall be put in circula-
ton on bonds which are really based
upon the credit of the people.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28
Two Papers Tor s..

Our readers who are farmers need, in
addition to their best county paper, a
practical western agricultural journal,
The Kansas Farmer Of Topeka. Kan.
Send a postal asking for free sample
copy and supplement OF benefits. We
supply The Kansas Farmer regular
subscription 81 and THE REPUBLIc,
beth papers one year Tor only e.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28

THIS bond-standard, fool-governed
nation has mortgaged itself in time of
peace for s1OO,0OOOOO at 3 per cent in
order that the secretary of the treas
ury should have a chance to prove
that a gold reserve of SIO0O00OOO was
equal to the task of redeeming s1,141,-
256,372 of silver and notes, and main
tain the parity thereof. To pay off this
little incumbrance and the interest
thereon for one year, American labor
tthe rich do not pay taxes under re-
cent supreme court decision) viii have
to donate the proceeds of 21O,95O.OOO
days of toll. Surely, the financial
wisdom of the present day statesman
is great thing.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28
BEST ~ RANKING SYSTEM


The Washington Post is a goldbug
paper; but even an honest goldbug
paper must admit the physical facts.
It says:
IF gold is to be the medium Of ulti-
mate redemption, then there should be
gold enough to redeem our paper OF
the paper is comparatively "unsound."
For example, the comptroller Of the
currency tells US that on the Sd of
October, 1893, there we're in the na-
tionai banks of this country 81, 451, 1224.-
$50 Of individual deposits. Suppose
that, on the 4th of October. these de-
pOsits were drawn out and the money
paper of course) presented for re-
demptiOn in gold. Could it have been
redeemed? Against the vast sum of
their abilities to depositors the ma
tional banks held in actual gold coin
only s129, 79O,438. The difference to be
paid cut in notes, certificates, ETC.,
would have been sI,62l 1882. Where
was the gold to meet it? In one Of his
speeches at the south Mr.. Carlisle
stated that there is in this country
s635,09o,O9O of gold, but that is not
81 ,332ll 1872, or even the half Of that
sum. Even snpposing the national
banks could have obtained every gold
dollar IN the country to meet a sudden
emergency they would still have been.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28

AGRICULTURE is the foundation upon
which has rested the worlds greatness
and prosperity since the first man and
woman were placed in the Garden of
Eden. To man was given a solid found
alton upon which to build as his needs
demanded and his ingenuity devised.
The world is like a great tree. The
body is agriculture; while the limbs
and branches represent the other occu-
pations and professions; all alike re-
receiving sustenanoe from the sturdy
body. Keep the body thriving and the
branches will never want for nourish
ment.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28


patriot, taking as keen an interest in
the affairs Of state as I ever did. And
while have always been in favor Of
the double standard as our national
financial policy, my recent travels oyer
this country and my business expert
ence and observation Of the needs and
desires of the people have impressed
me more than ever that the enormous
outrage Of 1873 should be as speedily
wiped off the statute books and the
law coming both gold and silver at the
ratio Of IS to be enacted without re-
spect to international agreement"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28

The profits of the Standard Oil trust
by its recent manipulation of the oil
market, pushing up the price, as est
mated by the Chicago Tribune at s25,-
100000, and several authorities put the
amount only 100000 or sl5,OO1,OOO
lover. All this was tribute extorted
from the consumers-the people. It
was just SO muoh legalized robbery.
The only way to control the monopO-
lies is for the government to take pos
session Of them.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28

The Vanderbilts control, says a
prominent Chicago daily, the following
railroads; The New York Central,
1913 miles; the Lake Shore and Miohi-
gan Southern, LAC miles, the Michigan
Central, 1,634 miles; the Nickel Plate.
523 miles; the Chicago and Northwest
ern, ITO miles; the Big Four, 1850
miles; the Chesapeake and Ohio, 1874
miles; the Philadelphia and Reading
system, 1,17O miles. These make a total
mileage owned and controlled by the
Vanderbilt family of 1853 miles. Be-
sides, the Vanderbilts have large inter
ests in other roads, several of which
they stand good chance of control
ling IN the near future. Is it any
wonder that what Chauncey Depew.
agent and attorney for the Vanderbilts,
says IN the country goes?
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1895-06-28

JOHN D. ROcKEFELLER's only ambition
in life is to. accumulate S5OO,OO0,OOO, it
is said By the time he gets this IN
dertaking off his hands, however, he
will doubtless have some other little
scheme in view. Mr.. Rockefeller is not
a lazy man, however modest his aspira-
tiOnS.