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starvation Threatened.

N1oBARA, Neb., Dec. 23.-The suf-
ferinp among the inhabitants of the
drouehtblasted part of Nebraska, in
cluding three-forths of the residents of
FIVE counties, is becoming more intense
daily, and immediate steps alone can
prevent many deaths by starvation.
Three years ago, the farmers of these
drought -blighted counties raised a very
light crop and the past two years the
crops have been almost total failures.
Many families have not enough pro-
visions in their homes for one weeks
sustenance, and no money to purchase
the necessaries- of life. Many of the
merchants here feel that they have
aided the poor farmers to the extent OF
their ability, and are unable to do any
more for them or to sell them goods
on credit. The sufferers cannot OBJ
tain employment, and unless they re-
ceive aid very soon, it is the general
opinion that many will starve to death.
Should the weather turn very cold
many will freeze to death, as it is a
fact that many have scarcely sufficient
clothing to cover their nakedness. A
mother and her two children were
found dead in their little cabin this
week. It is supposed the mother had
been confined to her bed by sickness
and she and her two little ones starved
to death. The stomachs of the children
were opened and not a trace of food
could be discovered. There is not a
stream of water in Perkins county and
not a living spring. Wells run from
80 to 200 feet, the majority being $50
and 900 feet. The soil, if watered,
raises good crops; if not, it bakes into
. solid mass. The roads and much OF
the prairies resemble asphalt, so hard
packed and smooth are they. Well
diggers say that the soil is a solid mass
$50 feet down, so hard that picks have
to be used to loosen it. Over this sur
face, the never-ceasing winds blow
from every direction.
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is made pretext for further extortion
in the shape of repeated issues Of gold
bonds to furnish investment for
the usurious interest levied up
on the South and West. This
class of men, who live by the
profit of capital, controlling the
Government and hostile to the interest
Of the general public, during the past
thirty years their term of supremacy
have legislated into their possession
all the railroads, telegraph lines, va
cant lands, mineral lands, and through
the instrumentaGty Of loan associa.
tons have shingled our farms and
homesteads with mortgages, owning
everything in existence, they are now
seeking, through the repeated issues
of new gold bonds, to secure liens
upon the energy and industry OF fu.
ture generations. These are the gen.
tlemen, their hirelings and parasites,
who dwell in glowing periods on the
symmetrical beauty of the gold stand,
ard, who speak with an air Of honest
sentiment about individual and Ma
tional integrity, and roll under their
tongues as sweet morsels such clever
catch words as ''honest money,
'sound money" full value of money
of the world"
To suppose that this class in Europe
who by the prescription Of ages con.
stitute the dominant element, who
boldly avow their intention by main
tanning the gold standard to reduce
the social status Of the agriculturist
because, it is for the stability OF gov:
ernment that capital shall rule, and
Democracy find it's home in the rural
sections, that they will impair ia the
least their power by virtue Of the Nn:
glegold standard, to control Ghd sp
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-01-02
Padgett PAYS the Freight.

The advertisement of L. F. Padgett,
the well-known furniture dealer of
Augusta, gives some idea of what he
offers in the way of furniture and
house furnishings. In his extensive
establishment may be found well-nigh
all that is needed to make the home
comfortable. This large trade which
Padgett enjoys and the testimonials
which he has from scores of custom,
ers sufficiently shows the character OF
his goods, the fairness of his prices,
and his determination to carry out
his guaranty of satisfaction in every
instance. Read his advertisement.
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A frog farm with about million
head of stock is carried on success
fully by a man in Contra, Costa coun-
ty, California. He started ranchlng
in frogs few months ago with herd
of about 1000 frogs, and is already
making lots of money. He supplies
the markets of San Francisco, Oak
land and other large cities on the
coast. It costs little ornothing to raise
the frogs, and the rancher is not anX,
ious to trade his ranch even for gold
mine, so he says.
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A Bloody Sunday

AUGUSTA, Ca, Dec. 23.-This was
probably the bloodiest Sunday in the
history Of Augusta. John Wiggins,
q negro, waylaid Anderson Williams,
also colored, on the South Carolina
side of the river several miles, from
Augusta last night, killing him and it
is said also attempted to kill another
old negro. The murderer fed to Au-
gusta. Negroes living in the vicinity
Of the crime learned that he had come
10 this city and was at the home of his
sister. They followed him here and
asked assistance at police headquar-
ters to make the arrest. Detective
Joe Murray was detailed for the work
with instructions to call for further
help from the police precinct in which
Virgins sisters house was located.
Officers Wrenn and Stringer accompa-
MED him. Wiggins was told by his
sister of the approach of the officers
and as they entered the house where
he was lying, the murderer opened
fire upon them shooting Murray twice
in the face about the nose and mouth
and Stringer near the eye. Murray
will die. Stringer may recover, but
he will be injured for life. The negro
then fed followed by Wrenn.
The pistol shots attracted people in
the neighborhood to the streets, and
among these was John Davis, white,
an operative in Richmond factory,
near Augusta, who came to the city
TO spend Christmas with his family.
Davis was shot in the breast by q
bullet from the murderer's pistol, and
died in half an hour. Wrenn pursued
the fugitive to the river bank, where
the negro hid behind a clump of trees.
Holding pistol aloft in his right
hand, the scoundrel told the officer he
surrendered, to come and take him.
The officer advanced, and the negro
shot him in the leg with q long bar
relied pistol he had concealed in his
loft hand. Others Joined in the chase
but the murderer reloaded his weap-
ons and made a desperate fight. He
was directing his steps toward the
bridge, hoping to escape into South
Carolina. Just as he approached it,
however, one shot hit him and ranged
around inhicting only flesh wound.
His weapons were empty then and he
surrendered. The presence of num-
Der of policemen on the scene when
he was captured was the only thing
that saved his life. So.
The only thing that saved the muir
derer's life is the fact that the Leg
islature that has just diourned passed
. law empowering the Judge to call a
special session Of the Superior Court
ia criminal cases for immediate trial.
The negro will be tried within two
weeks, and February winds will prob
sbly blow over his crave.
There was great excitement in the
city all day, and mob Of several
hundred gathered in front of the Jail.
They only murmured their discomfort
though, and no attempt was made to
raid the jail, which is guarded by a
special detachment of police and by
Hannf1aQ
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Women Beg for Bread.

NEW YORK, Dec. IA Lima, Peru,
special says: Over 1000 hungry wo-
men and children called on President
Carceres, who ordered them dispersed.
Rioting followed, lasting over three
hours. Many persons were killed or
wounded.
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he sservlce of the world for its
9heysS This was clear subordina-
ton of the end to the means; this was
a sacrifice of money that could not be
spared in its volume and in its force,
in order that the symmetry of the
mintage might be more conveniently
attained. This.was in the nature of a
sacrifice of the great and manifold
transactions of an open commerce to
the convenience and the simplicity of
Z the bookkeeping which records it.
The act of 1873, a coinage act, as I un-
! derstand it to have been, which, under
this nnlucky incident of regulating
coin, has assumed to suppress onehAf
the intrinsic money Of the State u 4 *
isWhaA is it competent, within the cour-
age a wisdom of this conference,
fori propose that shall accomplish,
"-or shall promise, or shall tend to ac-
complish this great result of placing
the money of the world abreast with
its burdens and responsibilities and
untrammeled in the discharge of
them"
Delegate How (see same, pages 242
, and 243) said. 1--WE do not seek a
pinched market pining for our social
ed precious metals. We rather wish
!. to find busy and lusty world to help
consume the really precious fruits of
our agriculture. We seek thrifty
terld to pay for them. 1t is the pro-
bund heGef, of that government that
% world is possible if its money
- limited to single metal.
And It is not to be forgotten that the
moralization of silver means the
tirement of not only nearly half the
brld's coin circulation, but of more
Ian half of its convertible paper is
sues It means to double the weight
of existing obligations and to com
press the worlds activities into half
their existing scope" Fhe delegates to
the international monetary conference
of 1892 on behalf of the United States
reiterated the same sentiments. (See
international monetary conference
1899, page 81, appendix Az. The men
who constituted the several delega-
Mons were not cranks or Populists, but
representative men, selected through
hB ordinary channels of government
Sr their intelligence, integrity and
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-24
SELECTED HANKEYE MENTION
EDITOR CURTIS CAUGHT.
"A Rascal Who WIN Have to Answer f,
Many Sins.

w.
A Rascal Who WIN Have to Answer For
Many Sins.
ANAMosA, May aS.-R. B. Curtis, the
absconding editor of the defunct
Anamosa Daily Call, was caught by
detectives in Minneapolis and has been
returned to Anamosa. Hewas running
the Mankato, Mimi, Morning News
under the name of w. c. Wilson, and
went to Minneapolis to get his mail
under the name of C. G. Adamson,
where he was caught. He married a
young lady in Anamosa, whom he left,
and he is known to have at least four
wives, all living, and none but the
last divorced. He was leading a
prayer meeting in Mankato, and has
travelled all over foreign countries
and speaks several languages. He
pleads not guilty, but will get a long
term in the penitentiary. The case
admits of no doubt of guilt He is
one of the smoothest criminals in the
United States. Curtis edited small
paper in Center Junction, Iowa, and
about one year ago moved his plant to
Anamosa and printed paper named
the Call Having ingratiated himself
into the good graces of one of Wyom-
ing's fair daughters, they We're mar
ried and moved to Anamosa. where
everything ran apparently smoothly
until November 10, 1894, when he
suddenly took his departure to parts
unknown. Curtis left sundry persons
in his debt. and especially was this
true of his father-in-law. When the
next grand jury met, wife No. |, from
Illinois. appeared on the scene, and
Mr.. Curtis was indicted for being too
much married."
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-24
NEGROES LYNcHED.

Three of Them Flayed and Burned
MADISON, Fla. May %. There is no
longer any doubt that Sam Echols,
Sim Crawley and John Brooks, the
negroes who outraged and murdered
Miss Mamie Armstrong, of Lafayette
county, were flayed and burned. A
man from Lafayette county says the
belief is gen raj that the negroes were
tortured to death. One man who
ventured into the swamp into which
the negroes were carried asserts that
he found the place where the negroes
were put to death. He says that it
was evident the negroes had been tied
to trees and the skin stripped from
them with knives. Then wood was
heaped about the bleeding forms,
matches applied and the wretches
were soon dead. This man says he
found some strips of skin about the
place, which bears out the assertion
that the negroes were hayed. Every
thing is quiet in LAFAYETTE,
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-24
THE WORLD IN GENERAL
INDIANS MAY FIGHT.


Trouble With the Winnebago Tribe Liable
to Occur.
OMAHA, Neb., May 22.-Additional
interest in the Winnebago Indian
troubles is given by the news that 100
stacks of arms have arrived at the
agency from Washington consigned to
Captain Beck, the Indian agent 1t is
known that these arms are to be used
to equip the special Indian police in
their eviction of the white squatters
which is sure to be done in few days.
IT is known that the agent has been in
communication by wire with the in
terror department for several days and
it is known that the proper steps are
to be at once taken by the department
to carry out the wishes of the agent.
Ii is not possible that this step can be
taken without much trouble These
sqnatters have the sympathy of all the
people of Fender and the white people
OF the county as well as the county
authorities. That the people will as
sist the squatters in resisting this
eviction seems certain. and as Beck is
bound to see that his orders are en-
forced, it looks as if there surely would
be bloodshed This is the critical time
OF the whole trouble and the situation
is intense in Thurston county.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-24
CHAIRMAN CARTER TALKS.

Regarding Silver and the Presidency.
New YORK, May 23.-United States
Senator Thomas H. Carter. of Mon
tana, chairman of the republican ma
tional committee, speaking on the sill
yer situa ton, said: 1.-The republican
prospect west of the Mississippi de-
ponds on how the party meets the sill
yer question. The western demand
must be met in the national platform.
Fifty-nine electoral votes depend on
this. These votes will not go to any
man who is not willing to pledge him
self to sign the silver legislation sent
him by congress. 1t would not be sur
prising if the house elected president,
should the silver men put third
candidate in the field. l believe the
silver bills will be passed by both
houses next year. As to the candl-
dates, the silver views of the candidate
and not his personality will interest
nc - .
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-24
A Remarkable Feat.

Joseph Alexander of Newburg N v
was 81 years of age last January, but is
in full possession of all his faculties.
Last month in heart shaped design
on a sheet Of paper 21ax2 inches. he
drew circle the size of ten cent
piece. With a pen he wrote the Lords
Prayer within the circle, and the whole
Of the 1O3d Psalm in the heart
shaped space. When in Washington
recently he wrote on piece of paper
the size of postal card matter con-
tanning 12.4O0 letters, besides the
Lords prayer in each of the four cor
pers. This remarkable piece of work
for such an old man has been placed
In the Smithsonian Institution.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-24
FROST DAMAGE.

What the Iowa Weather and Crop
Bulletin Says
Dies MONIES. May 22.-Concerning
the recent frosts the Iowa Weather and
Crop Bulletin says: Reports indicate
that the heaviest damage by the
recent frosts was suffered in the east
central and northeast districts. The
damage to small grain has been rel
ativcly light, and it seems probable
that the incidental benefit resulting
from checking the too rank growth of
spring grain viii fully compensate for
the injury by the freezing temperature
With fayora bic conditions in the future
there is ample time for the corn crop
to fully recover its lost ground. The
only irreparable injury has been sui
fered by grapes. berries and some other
kinds of fruit. The bulk of damage to
all other crops can be repaired, if there
is ample warmth and moisture in the
near future
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-24
Women Only Know

How much they suffer when nervous,
weak and tired.
Nervous prostration is lingering,
racking, living death to those afflicted,
though wholly imcomprehensible to
others. The cause of this condition is
impure and insufficient Blood.
Make the blood pure, give it vitality
and it will properly feed the nerves and
make them strong. Hoods Sarsaparllla
cures nervousness because it acts di-
rectly upon the blood, making it rich
and pure and endowing it with vitality
and strengthening power. No other
medicine has such a record of cures.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-24
SENSATION AT BURLINGTON.
Administrators of w. ID. Inghram Say III
Was Murdered.

Administrators of w. ID. Inchram Say He
Was Murdered.
BURLINGTON, May ga sensation
has been sprung on the public by the
administrators of the estate of the late
w. d. Inghram, the county clerk who,
it is alleged, committed suicide last
October The German American Mu-
tual Life Insurance company refused
to pay $4,000 insurance on Mr.. Ing
hram's life, claiming that he suicided
so his beneiciaries might get the
money Now the administrators bring
suit for s., 900. and, to offset the sui
eide theory, will introduce evidence
tending to prove that Inghram was
murdered by an unknown person. 1t is
claimed the wounds in the head could
not have been self-inficted, and that
other evidence will be introduced indi-
eating that the murderer had ample
chance to commit the deed and escape
through door that was found open.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-24
Dirt in the Eve.

Place your forefnger upon the cheek
bone, having the patient before you;
then slightly bend the finger, this will
draw down the lower lid Of the eye,
and you will probably be able to re-
move the dirt; but If this will not en-
able you to get at 1t, repeat this oper-
alton while you have netting needle
or bodkin placed over the eyelid; this
will turn it inside out and enable you
to remove the sand or eyelash, ETC.,
with the corner of fine silk handker-
chief AS soon as the substance is re-
moved, battle the eye with cold water
and exclude the light for day. If.the
inflar'uation is severe, let the patient
use refrigerant lotion.
il you want to do something, find one
who believes something
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-24
THE COURTS FATHER.


DIES MoINEs, May "a. The portrait
of Hon. Charles Mason, first chief
justice of the territory of Iowa and one
of the most distinguished pioneers of
the state, was unveiled in the supreme
court room at the capitol in the
presence of the full court and large
gathering of spectators The portrait,
by Yewell, was the gift to the state of
Judge Mason's daughter, Mrs George
c. Remey. Its presentation was an
event of universal interest to the older
people especially, and adds to the list
of portraits at the state house that of
the man who did more than any other
to lay the foundation of Iowa juris-
prudence. Addresses We're made by
Judge George G. Wright, ex-United
States Senator Jones and Judge Kline.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-24
BREyITIEs.

The Florida legislation has passed
an anti-prize fight bill.
Gen" Kelly is on his way to Wash
ington in prairie schooner.
An effort is being made to secure
pardons for Cole and jim Younger.
The United States has been asked to
act as mediator in a controversy be-
tween France and Venezuela.
A CONSTITUTIONAL lawyer residing in
Tennessee says the argument of the
supreme court in it's decision against
the income tax would apply with
equal force to the tax on liquors. to-
bacco, etc.
A stirring political encounter which
took place at Chicago few nights ago
is hardly paralleled in the west since
the famous struggle between Lincoln
and Douglas just on the eve Of the
civil war. The platform combatants
were two giants on opposing sides in
the raging financial Controversy
j. lawrence Laughlin, professor of
political economy in the University of
Chicago, favorite authority of Pres
ident Cleveland, and VIM. H. Harvey,
author of Coins Financial School. ;"
The proposition to be debated was
read as follows: Resolved, That the
United States should at once enter
upon the free coinage of silver at the
ratio Of lG to l, Independently of the
action of any other nation" Harvey
spoke for an hour and half in the
affirmative and Laughlin replied for
an hour. Then an hour was divided
into several bouts. Each received
tremendous applause.
ST. Adams. VT, was visited by a fire
which swept over seventy-fve acres,
rendered 500 people homeless and
caused loss of 81, OOO,O 900.
The governor of Minnesota has
signed the death warrant of Harry
Hayward, convicted of melting and
planning the murder Of Catharine
Cling. The execution is set for June2
The upper house of the Prussian
diet has passed the resolution of Count
Won Mirbach in favor of taking steps
for the prompt settlement of the cur
rency question by an international
agreement for bimetallism
Officials at Washington are agreed
that there is no danger of an extra
session of congress to provide for the
deficiency made by the supreme courts
decision on the income tax.
A check for Els, 900 has been drawn.
payable to the order of the Nicaraguan
minister in London, Senior Crestano
Medina, to settle the British claim of
$4,000 for the expulsion of Consular
Agent Hatch The money has been
raised by private subscriptions from
Nicaraguans and foreign residents. and
no necessity arose for accepting the
help offered by other Central American
republics.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-24
BRITISH AT coRiNTo.
Said to Have Worked In Harmony With
ss the United States.

SAN DIEGO, Cal, May a4.-The
British gunboat, Wild Swan, has ar
rived here from Corinto, One of the
officers denied the report that Admiral
Stevens stated the reason for occupy
ing Corinto was to test the validity of
the Monroe doctrine and positively as
serted that the United States govern
ment was working in harmony with
Great Britain throughout the entire
matter. He said England and Gresh-
am were kept informed by Admiral
Stevens Of every move, both before
and after the occupation, and that dis
patches giving this information both
to the English and American govern
ments, Were carried by the Wild Swan
from Corinto to San Juan del Sur.
Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1895-05-24
IOWA MINERS.
Appanoosc District strike Not Yet End

Appanoosc District Strike Not Yet Ended.
ALBA, May a4.-President J. w.
Reynolds, of the Union Mine Workers
OF America, for the state of Iowa,
strenuously denies the report that the
strike in the Centerville district is off.
About 400 miners met at Mystic in con-
sultation, and not only did they not
agree to call the strike off, but on the
other hand re-affirmed their position
about the scale of 1893, and declared
that they would prosecute the strike
to the bitter end. The decision of the
conference was practically unanimous
to this effect.