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The Philipsburg mail. [volume] (Philipsburg, Mont.) 1887-current, 1895-08-29

ties than they receive now. And mas
much as Mr.. Carlisle himself admits
that the prices Of our export products in
foreign countries tend to steady the
prices here wo can at once see that if
the price Of these commodities was
raised 25 or 80 per cent or so per cent
in foreign countries to which we export
them they would necessarily 90 up to
that figure at home.
As long as our policy is to drain these
countries of their gold we must look for
low prices i'll this country and in the
countries to which we export our prod
ucts, and the more gold we drain from
England, Germany and France the more
We lower their prices, and the conse-
quence is tho lower will be the prices of
our export commodities to these coun-
tries, and if the prices fixed in these
countries fix our prices here We readily
understand why it is that prices are
constantly on a decline, for this fact I
assert to be tho case, and the statis-
ticiaEs above referred to establish the
truth of this beyond controversy, and I
take issue with Mr. Carlisle OH that
point when he insists that prices, as Il
consequence Of silver demonetization,
have not fallen.
Will he or any gold advocate contend
that had there been no delnonetization
of silver, and we had continued the
free coinage Of silver, prices would have
fallen as they have? Or will lie contend
that the demonstration of silver has
not had the effect to cause fall in
prices, which means an appreciation Of
money? If he does, will he explain, if
he can, how the restoration of silver will
have any effect upon prices or the value
Of money?-R. P. Bland at Sedalia, Mo
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NONE. AND PRICES.
Secretary Carlisle Driven Into a Corner
by .Silver Dollar" Bland.

Secretary Carlisle Driven Into Corner
by "silver Dollar" Bland.
Mr.. Carlisle in his speeches has laid
detyn the broad proposition that the free
coinage of silver would give us dollar
worth only so cents, and in the very
same breath insists that the restoration
of silver would cause a contraction Of
currency and fall in prices. If there
should be fall in prices below what
they now are, it would mean that the
dollar would buy more than the dollar
now buys. If he would explain how a
30 cent dollar can buy more than 100
cent dollar, he would make himself bet
ter understood.
The idea of cheap money and falling
prices are antagonistic. The two cannot
coexist, and no man understands this
better than Mr.. Carlisle himself. a
cheap dollar means that it will buy less
Of property. He argues that the effect
Of free coinage would cause the export
Of ON gold to foreign countries. Taking
this argument as true, it would not hap
ESiA oitJA JttNt q
ply of other Mooney to take the place Of
the gold SO exported, for tho simple raa-
son that gold would b9 worth more here
than abroad until we had supplied it's
place with other money to keep up the
prices here as compared to prices abroad.
But what would be the effect of send
ing our gold abroad? 1t would 20 into
the gold standard countries-Eng1and,
Germany and France. tt would swell
the volume Of money in those countries
to the amount Of gold exported, and il
that amount was 1000, 600 it would
add 600, ,O00,O to the volume of money
of these countries where we sell our SUR
Plus products. The wheat growers, the
cotton growers, the producers Of food
and textiles export their surplus to these
countries, and if 600, 900, 900 of gold
was added to the volume Of money of
these countries it would proportionately
raise prices in those countries, and es-
pecially the prices of those things we ex-
port and sell to them for gold.
In that event the farmer, the manu-
facturer and those who produce articles
for expert would get possibly rs or so
DEE eses more gold for their eommodi-
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Colanetition witt, India.

The greatest loss this country srstains
by the suspension Of silver coinageis is the
depreciation in the price Of silver, which
places it cheaply in the hands Of British
spectators for use in the development
OF India. A restoration of silver, which
is sure to come, will bring immediate
prosperity to the silver producing states,
but wheat producing regions will find a
competition in the markets Of the world
that will continue to compete long after
the restoration OF the white metal, and
that composition has been built up by
the infamy Of our own congress and the
negligence of our own people. Chicago
Express.
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CARLISLE's AxIoMS SPOILED.
a Republican Newspaper Secs the Secre-
tary and Goes Him One Better.


tary and Goes Him One Better.
Mr.. Carlisle i'll one Of his speeches de-
ivered himself Of five SO called axioms,
which the gold press in the east is cir
culating as something profound and un-
answerable. They are as follows:
/. There is not free coinage country
in the world today that is not on a sill
yer basis
2. There is not a gold standard coun-
try in the world today that does not use
silver money along with gold
3. There is not q silver standard
country in the world today chat uses any
gold along with silver.
4. There is not a silver standard
country III the world today that has
more than one-third of tho circulation
per capita that the United States has.
5, There is not a silver standard
country in the world today whe1e tho
laboring man receives fair pay for his
days work.
EoWill Offset these five with siz. 9TH
ers:
1, There is not one free coinage coun-
1LJ !+t wv NChAS+ tOttttt tllttb lS IijL Gll
ing uneSanlpled prosperity, the only
drawback being foreign debt contract
ed on the gold basis
2. There is not a gold standard coun-
try in the world today the property of
which has not shrunken from 35 to 60
per cent during the last 21 years; not
one in which there are not unexampled
depression, distress and SORROW
3. There is not q silver standard
country in the world today that has any
need of gold money except to settle for
eign balances, and there is not a gold
standard country in all the world today
that the bulk Of all the gold is not lock-
ed up in the treasury or in the banks
and the people are suffering from sound
money asphyxia.
4. There is not aflvvc atenGaed eoua-
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Tho Two Alternatives.

The discussion of the money question
in the next campaign will be lifted from
the low plane whero Secretary Carlislei is
trying so hard to con1ine it, The present
agitation is not due to the greed and
selfshness Of the silver miner, nor is it a
scheme Of reputation III the interest Of
the debtor class If there was nothing in
the present agitation beyond the fact
that the silver miner was getting G5
cents instead Of $1.3O per ounce for his
silver, it could mover rise to the dignity
OF being considered Il question Of serious
national Importance 1t is the legisla-
tive depreciation Of the $4,000, 900, 900
Of silver that is circulating as money in
some part of the world, and the conse-
quent effect upon the price Of all COM
modities that makes this national-a
neutrality-suspicious. of overshadowing
Importance.
AS an apt and slzillful imitator the
Asiatic has no equal. Ages Of poverty
have Injured him to all manner Of hard
ships and privations and forced him to
adopt a low level Of life that is entirely
at variance with the intelligence and
civilization Of the western world, IF we
would compete with him and maintain
our present basis of civilization, we
must remonetiZe and restore the price Of
silver, and thereby take from him the
bonus of 100 per cent given him by 65
cent silver Failing in this, we should
not hesitate for a moment to accept the
only other alternative that promises any
relief from the present state Of business
depression and stagnation-adopt the
silver standard and share with Mexico,
China and Japan the prosperity that is
sure to be theirs SO long as Europe clings
to the gold standard. j. B. Grant of
Denver
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They've Had Enough.

Nebraska silver Democrats will hold
state conference Aug. 20. Carlisle is
to be challenged to attend and debate
with Bryan. But he won't do it, The
Horr- Harvey debate has killed all future
possibilities of getting any more joint
discussions with the goldbugs. They are
now fully persuaded that they have no
argument on their side and that bull
doing and bluster are not relished by q
suffering public, SO they will necessarily
fall back on their secret, dark and dingy
still hunt methods Of Doodle, beer and
party lash. Farmers Tribune.
Whyte Melville once defined the diff.
ference between pluck and nerve Pluck,
lac said, enabled a man to do what he
was afraid to do. Nerve is simply the
lack Of fear. The nervy man does risky
things because he never thinks of being
afraid. The pluclzy man goes on and
does tho Same thjnsl when he is afraid
to 10 them, but forces himself up TO it
nevertheless. Which is the hrayer man?
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Goldite Argument.

The Harvey debate resolved it.
self into something of this sort toward
the last:
Harvey-The unit Of value is silver,
see act 1902.
Horr-You are liar
Harvey-The volume of money in cir
culation controls the volume Of prices.
Horr-You dod bummed liar, you
know better
Harvey-The act of 1878 was surrep-
titiously passed and is i'll fact crime
Horr-You are liar
Echo from Sherman-Liar!
Harvey-Times will never improve
while we remain on the gold basis
Horr-You are liar
Echo from Rothschilds-Liar!
Chorus OF Goldbug Papers-Liar!
Liar! Liar denver Road.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-05-23
A RACE FOR FARMS
A Rush Expected When kickapoo
Lands Are Opened.
THE BORDERS ALREADY LINED
Seventy Five Thousand People VIII
Witness the Start When the
Gun Booms.

Kansas City, May ia special to
the Times from Guthrie, o. T., says
The publication of the presidents pro-
clamation opening the Kickapoo In
dian country to settlement created great
excitement in this section. Although
everybody was expecting the news, its
sudden announcement came as a sur
prise. Today all is excitement in the
towns surrounding the new Eldorado,
and everything from a horse to bicy-
Gle is being got in readiness for the
coming race for farms which bids fair
to equal the great rush to the Cherokee
strip.
Next Thursday at noon 1872, 900 acres
VIII be thrown open to settlement.
Eighty-three thousand acres have been
reserved for school land purposes, but
Governor Renfrew gave out word today
that he will Immediately throw open
the school lands. This fact will help
hundreds of people who will fail to get
in on the ground floor in Thursdays
race. Trains are already bringing in
hundreds of prospective settlers. and it
is estimated that by Wednesday night
$4,000 people will be lining the borders
of the Kickapoo country.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-05-23
MADE BOGUS DOLLARS FROM TIN
Denver Officers Bring Dangerous Coun-
terfeiters to Prison.

Denver May 19.-City Detectives Loo
mis- and Burlew have discovered what
they claim to be most important job of
counterfeiting, and have made three ar
rests, capturing at the same time a Won
derfully perfect outfit for money max
ing. The prisoners are James C. Cor
bett, Charles Williams and George AL
len. The first two were detected dis
posing of some of the product to a ta-
male man, and Corbett has made a
partial confession. So far as yet as
certained, the gangs operations were
confined to dollar pieces, being made of
tin plated with silver. Corbett and
Williams recently came to Denver from
Grant, Colorado. They are married to
sisters, who were aware of the employ
ment of their husbands. The authori-
ties believe that third sister and her
husband, who live in Montana, are al
so involved in counterfeiting opera
tions.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-05-23
CHARGED WITH TRAIN ROBBERY
Three Cripple Greek Worthless Arrested
and Jailed.

Cripple Creek, Colo, May 19.-Sher-
man Crumley, Kid Wallace and Sam
Walder have been arrested on warrants
charging them with participation in the
Florence and Cripple Creek train rob-
berry last March. Crumley and Wallace
were arrested few days after the rob-
berry and were released because the evil
dence in the preliminary hearing before
the United States commissioners was
not sufficient to warrant their detention.
Bob Taylor and Gibson were held. Ever
since the release of Crumley and Wal
lace, deputy United States marshals and
Denver & Rio Grande express detectives
have watched them and claim to have
positive evidence of the prisoners guilt.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-05-23
jim HILL IS IN IT.
Reorganization Of the Northern
Pacific Railway.
THE OLD ZEAL is TO STOP
of Two Hundred Million Dollars
in Gold.

Berlin, May 1s.-For the past four
days. meetings of the united German
Northern Pacific committees have been
considering the proposals of Mr.. Ed
Adams. the representative of the
Deutsche bank of Berlin, for reorgan-
ization of the Northern Pacific railroad
and they have finally authorized him
to carry out his plan which the bond
holders will be recommended to accept.
The first point of Adams reorganiza-
ton plan is the foreclosure of the old
company and the formation Of a new
company under special arrangements
for this purpose.
Secondly, the new company is to issue
shares to the amount of $100, 900, 900 and
maximum of 0,000, 900 gold bonds,
free of taxation. A sufficient amount
of these bonds is to be reserved in order
to replace the present first mortgage
later and S3,000.000 of bonds are to be
reserved in order to acquire indepen-
dent branch roads, and for a new con-
struction at a maximum charge Of $780,
900 per mile. The new bonds will be
secured by mortgage lien on the whole
Northern Pacific system, including the
ST. Paul & Northern railway line, and
will bear interest at and partly per
cent, all under the same mortgage.
Thirdly, the capital and interests of
the new bonds are to be guaranteed un-
conditionally by the Great Northern
company by indorsing each bond, the
Great Northern receiving in return half
of the stock of the new company.
Fcurthly, the board of directors of
the new company is to consist OF nine
directors. four of whom are to be nom
mated by the Northern Pacific reorgan-
ization committee.
Filthy in accordance with this sys-
TEN there should be given for each
$4,000 second mortgage bonds $1,125
new per cent. guaranteed bond; for q
$l,000 third mortgage bond 81, 900 new
8 per cent. guaranteed bond and at
least $3.50 In shares; for each 1000 s
per cent. consol at least $500, per cent.
new guaranteed bonds and $500 in
shares.
Sixthly, that overdue coupons on the
second mortgage bonds be paid in cash
at the rate Of per cent. annually.
Those of the third mortgage are to be
paid in cash at the rate of per cent
and those in consols are to be adjusted
at the rate of 21A per cent. in new per
cent. bonds.
Seventhly, the floating debt of the re-
ceivership is to be paid by the assess
ment of about $11 900, 900 on the old
stock
Eighthly. the reorganization and the
raising of necessary working capital Is
to be secured by a syndicate headed by
Messrs. j. Pierpont Morgan and the
Deutsche bank.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-05-23
REVOLT IN A NORTH MEXICAN STATE
Natives Attacked a Surveying Party and
Killed Twenty.

ANubNNo AttaNhta a e'ut Nyfh6 fdihy dha
Killed Twenty.
st. Louis, May ia special from El
Paso, Texas, says:
Information has been received here of
a bloody revolt which took place in the
settlement between Guadaloupe, Calva
and Varvagama, in the state of Chihua
hua, Mexico, few days ago. Trouble
began when the natives living in the
district attacked a surveying party un-
der Captain Morrison and killed 20 of
the party. The affair was reported to
the commander of the Mexican troops
at Parrat, who Immediately started a
detachment of 100 men to the scene.
Last Wednesday the troops were as
saulted by the natives and the troops
retreated, leaving half of their dead and
wounded on the battlefield.
The appointment Of an American,
Morrison, to survey the government
land which is now occupied by native
farmers caused the trouble. Morrison
was to receive a certain portion of the
lands for his work. The natives num-
ber about 1000 men, living in the district
which is surrounded by mountains.
Troops have been ordered from Chihua-
hua to quell the revolt. Morrison es-
capped.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-05-23
REUNION OF THE BOYS IN GRAY
Camp Culberson. Texas, Filled With Mi
1itin-Winnie Davis to Attend

Camp Culberson, Texas, Filled With Mi
litin-Winnie Davis to Attend
Houston. Tex, May 19.-Every train
arriving since last night has brought in
military, and there are now in camp at
Camp Culberson 25 companies, besides
a battery of regulars and a United
States mounted band from San Antonio
General Stephen ID. Lee arrived last
night and General Joe Wheeler will ar
rive in the morning. There will be
grand military parade tomorrow of
state troops and United States regulars
On Wednesday the confederate re-
union proper begins. One of the feat
ures of that day viii be procession to
escort Miss Winnie Davis and sister to
the Auditorium, where they will be for
mally welcomed. These ladies will be
rendered several receptions. Sponsors
and maids of honor to the number of
1000 will have daily receptions at the
Light Guard armory. Governor Culber-
son will welcome the united confederate
veterans, General J. B. Gordon com
mander-in-chief responding. Friday
there win be a parade of confederate
veterans.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-05-23
SWEPT BY FLAMES
A Disastrous Fire at St. Albans,
Vermont.
AIDED BY FIERCE WINDS
Business Blocks, Public Buildings and
Other Property Melted ny
the Element.

st. Adams, Vt. May ia disastrous
fire swept st. Albans this afternoon, de-
stroying dwellings, business blocks, pub
lie buildings and a large amount of
other property. The loss will amount
to thousands of dollars
Fire broke out shortly after o'clock
in the lumber yard of w. B. Fonda and
in a short time several large piles of
lumber and business offices had been
ignited. There was a heavy wind blow
ing at the time and the fire spread rap
idly. 1t destroyed Chisholm Bros. store
and tenement house and the drug store
owned and occupied by the Crown Fur
niture Company and Collins meat mar
ket. The blocks of Wood & Favro, ].
o. Montfere and w. Il. Dean. adjoining,
were also destroyed in a short space Of
time.
AT this point the wind had increased
to a miniature hurricane and the burn
ing embers were carried in every di-
rection. Swinton and Burlington were
called on for help and soon responded
1t was found impossible to prevent the
Main street blocks from burning and
dozen buildings were soon on fire.
The first Main street structures that
and f. B. Morton, the Wallace Printing
Company, buildings and stores of Lom-
bard & Winthrop, Marceau & Vincent
and Fuller's livery stables, which were
soon in ashes.
government building on Kingman
street caught fire a few minutes after
o'clock and was soon gutted The
Hill block, occupied by j. e. Welch and
w. N. Adams, was levelled to the
ground. At $50 the Messenger build
ing caught fire and burned fiercely for
half an hour, the fire extending to the
block occupied by w. II. Ellis and W.
H. Woodward's store. Most of the
buildings were of wood and burned like
tinder, many of the occupants not hay-
Ing time to rescue their effects. Moore's
marble works on Foundry street, Ryan's
grocery store and 12 tenement houses in
the vicinity of the same street were
destroyed.
Shortly before o'clock the entire Bur-
lington fire department arrived and all
the companies Joined forces in an at
tempt to stop the fire on Main street.
The attempt was partially successful
and the fire was checked about 6:3O
O'Clock in time to save the more valu-
able blocks on Main street. The stores
of A. l.. Weeks, A. j. Lang and G. II.
Harvey, however, were burned, and at
this point the progress of the fire was
stayed. The fire made an almost clean
sweep from Stebbins' store to Hoyt.
turning many people out of their homes.
The st. Adams hotel was saved with
great difficulty. The loss will reach
half million dollars
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-05-23
SAY THE ARCHBISHOP is TOO OLD
Catholics of ST Louis Require More Care.
full Guardianship OF Property.

st. Louis, Mo-, May 19.-Prominent
Catholic clergy and laymen figure in
suit filed Saturday in the district court
against the venerable Archbishop Peter
Richard Kenricks by the priests of his
diocese and laymen to divest him of all
title and control in the valuable church
property of the archdiocese of st. Louis
held by him in fee. The petition AYERS
that the defendant is SO years of age
and so weak in mind as to be unable to
perform the duties of his office. On this
account the property held by him, con-
sisting .of lands, churches, converts,
cemeteries and asylums, is liable to be
lost or impaired. The prayer for the ap-
pointment of another trustee is only
request that the law transfer the di-
ocesan property to his coadjutor, Arch
bishop Kain.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-05-23
TERRIBLE EARTHQUAKES IN ITALY
Houses Fell, Burying the Occupants in
the Ruins.

Florence, May 19.-The earthquake
which occurred at O. clock last evening
has proved more serious than 1t seemed
at first. Thousands of people spent Sat
urday night in the streets, and a second
shock at II o'clock increased a thousand
fold the first alarms. Similar events
occurred at Baris, near here. The ca
sualties there included four deaths and
many injured. Numbers of houses were
badly cracked.
Other villages in the vicinity suffered
still worse damage. AT Grassina 40
houses We're wrecked. At La Paggi sew
eral buildings fell, and three persons
were entombed. A church at San Mar
tno was destroyed while full of wor-
shippers. Several persons were crushed
to death under the ruins. Many who
We're wounded are still in the ruins. The
villages of Gallezzo and Gambino were
badly damaged. The Prince of Naples
and a corps of engineers have gone to
the villages to aid in the work of res
cue.