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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-04

our interest. bearing bonded indebtedness, more
than $40. up.OO to save our gold reserve we
are nearly where we started, having now in
such reserve 80. 9S. against S65 42s ST. r..
FebruasS, isJ, when the first bonds were
issued. -
Though the amount of gold drawn from the
treasury appea 20 be very large, as gathered
from the facts and figures herein pres .nted, it
. tuatly was mu b lirger cons derable SIMS
having heen acquired by tie treasury within
the several perio Is state without the issue of
ing that since Jan. l, is.s, Ste,OG1sn in gold
has been withdrawn. and os this Ss,..VUUO
went to redeem ereenbacks all of which are
still in Giro llation.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-04
ASSERTS THE MONROE DOCTRINE.
Substance "f the Communication TO Great
Britain About Venezuela

az Venezuela the message says that n state
mcnt Of the intercs, and policy Of the n,,ed
States regarding the boundary dispute wa.
sent to Great Britain in July last. The GEN.
eral conclusions therein reached and formu.
lated" says the president. ARE In substance
that the traditional established policy Of the
government is firmly opposed TO n forcib,e in
GREASE by any European power Of its territorial
Possessions this continent; that this policy
,s ~ we'll founded In principle !, is strongly
slppcrtei BY numerous presidents; that as !.
e1a-e-gaE6c ~ lated States L tcgni t. III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-04
STANDARD OF VALUE ANDCURRENCY
Two Things the President Holds to Re
Vastly Different.

There is vast difference between a standard
OF value and currency for monetary use.
The standard must necessarily be fixed and
and of various kinds. No silver-standard
country has a gold currency in circulation:
but an enlightened and wise system of finance
secures the benefits Of both gold and silver az
currency and circulating medium by keeping
the standard stable and all other currency at
par with it. Such a system and such stand
ard also give free scope for the use and expan-
sion of safe and conservative credit.
indispensable TO broad and growing com
mercial transactions and well substituted
for the actual use of money. If a liked and
stable standard is maintained such as the mag
nitude and safety OF our commercial transac-
lions and business require the use OF money
itself is conveniently mininized.
Every dollar of fixed and stable value has
through the agency of confident credit an az
tonishIng capacity of multiplying itself ia
financial work. Every unstable and fuctuat-
use bcgets gambling speculation and UNDER
mines the foundation of honest enterprise.
Free Coinage q Serious Menace.
have ventured to express myself on this
subject with eafnestness and plainness of
speech because cannot rid myself Of the be-
lief that there turks in the proposition for the
free coinage of silver, so strongly approved
and SO enthusiastically advocated by a multi
tude Of my countrymen. a serious menace to
our pro sperity and am insidous temptation Of
Our people to wander from the allegiance they
eve to public and private integrity. Il is be-
cause ! do not distrust the good faith
and sincerity Of those who press
but with zeal submitted my thoughts upon
this momentous subject cannot refrain
from begging them n re-exanline their views
and beliefs in the light Of patriotic reason and
familiar experience and to weigh again and
again the conscieaces of such ] gslation AZ
their efforts have invited Even the continued
agitation of the subject adds greatly to the
diff -ultics OF a dangerous financial situation
already forced upon Us.
In conclusion especially entreat the peoples
Representatives in the congress. who are
charged with the responsibility of inaugural
ing measures for the safety and prosperity II
our common country to promptly and effect
lively consider the Ills OF our critical financial
plight. l have suggested a remedy
which my judgment approves. I de-
SIRE however, to assure the congress
that am prepared to cooperate with them in
perfectins any other measure promising
thorough and practical relief. and that 1 will
gladly labor with them in every patriotic en-
deayor to further the interests and guard tns
welfarf % cur couutrymsn whom In our res-
pectiv'' places u duty we have undertaken to
ssry&
GGcyER CLETE.a:p
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-04

No Gold Now Being Received in Payment
OF Duties on Imports.

In the present state of our difficulty il is not
easy tt understand how the amount of cur
revenue receipts directly affects it. The I'M
portant question Is not the quantity of money
received IN reveHue payments, hut the kind of
money we maintain and our ability TO con-
tinue III sound financial conditions. We are
considering the government holdings of gold
as related 10 the soundness of our money and
As aHectlng our Iiationai credit ana monetary
strength. Ii our gold reserve had never been
impaired or II no bonds had ever been issued
TO replcnish II: If there had been no fear and
tlnlaity con erning our ability to 60 ,tinue
toid payments, II any part of our revenues
were now paid IN gold. and if we could look
10 our COLO receipts as a means of maintain
ing q safe reserve, the amount of our rcvrnues
Soul. re an infiU initial fact i'll the problem.
But Uniortuia ely all the circumstances that
might lend weight 70 this coiIi .erat ion are EN-
tirelg ia-hins. Ia cur present ,Jredi ament no
gold l. re eived by the sovcrnm mt IN payment
OF revenue charg 5. nor would th-rs h If the
revenus were increased. The receipts of the
treasury, when not in silver GER; .tcates. con-
hi-t OF nited StateS notes ann ra-ury notes
issued FUR s1lv,r purchases. Thsc !orms Of
money arc only useful to the government in
paying its current ordinary expcu ses and it's
quantity IN government possession do not in
the least con ribu.e towarl giving US that kind
OF safe financial sta ding o. condition which is
built on gold alone.
Easy Proposition tn Answer.
If II - said that these notes If held by she
government can be used to oh. ain gold for olx
reserve. the an wer S easy. Tile people draw
gold from the treasury ON demand upon United
States notes and treasury notes but the
rG9po7.i.o1 Tat lie treasury C2l ~ demand
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-04
SILVER LAWS PARTLY RESPONSIBLE.
Provided . New Treasury Obligation e
Redeem in Gold

1t is neither unfair Must to charge .
large share Of our present financial perplex-
tiles and dangers to the operation of the laws
OF ls.o and lo;U. compelling the purchase OF sill
yer by the government, which not only fur
nished new treasury obligation upon which
its gold could be withdrawn hut 50 increased
the fear Of an overwhelming fool of silver and
a forced descent to oliver payments that even
til. repeal Of these laws dio rot entirely cure
the evils of their existence.
Free Coinage of Silver Discussed.
While ! have endcavorca TO make a plain
statement of the disordered condition of our
currency and the present dangers menacing
our pro sDerity and TO suggest way which
leads 20 a safer financial s. stem. i have Goa.
stantiy had il mind the fact tina. many of orr
countryrner.. whose sincerity do not doubt,
insist that the cure for the lis threaten
ing may be found in the single and simple
remedy OF the free coinage of silver. They
contend that our minis shall at once b-s thrown
"lssn ~ the free. unlimited and independent
coinage o. both gold AID s;lves 1ciiars = fnIi
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1895-12-04
GOOD FOR EVERYBODY

Almost everybody takes some laxative
medicine to cleanse the system and keep the
blood pure. Those who take SIMMONS
LIVER REGULATOR liquid or POWDER
get all the benefits of mild and pleasant
laxative and tonic that purifies the blood
and strengthens the whole system. And
more than this: SIMMONS LIVER REGU-
LATOR regulates the Liver. keeps it active
and healthy, and when the Liver is in
good condition You find yourself free from
Malaria, Biliousness. Indigestion, Silk
Headache and Constipation, and rid of
that worn out and debilitated feeling.
These are all caused BY sluggish Liver.
Good digestion and freedom from stomach
troubles will only be had when the liver
5 properly at work. If troubled with any
II these complaints, try SIMMONS LIVER
REGULATOR. The King of Liver Medi-
ines, and Better than Pills.
ES-EVERY PACKAGES
Has the u Stamp i'm red ON wrapper.
y. II. Zeilin & CO., Phila-, Pa.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-03-20
THE SIZE OF THE NATIONS.

GERMANY, with 211, 900 square miles.
is about the combined size of Nevada
and Colorado.
THE South African Republic, so called,
has an area of $4,000 miles, the exact
size Of Arizona.
LITTLE Switzerland has about 5000
square miles, or is about the size of
Maryland and Delaware.
THE Molucca islands have combined
area of $4,000 square miles, little more
than Ohio.
MEXICO has an area of Isl 900 square
miles, or nearly one-fourth that of the
United States.
MONTENEGRO, having 5000 square
miles, is almost exactly three times the
size of Rhode Island.
URUGUAY and Nebraska are of near
ly the same size, the former having r.,
600, the latter 10000.
THE territory of ancient Troy and
that of the District of Columbia are
equal, 70 square miles.
SIAM has 100000 square miles, about
the area of North and South Dakota,
with Minnesota added.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-03-20
SPORTING AND STAGE NOTES.

A RoUNDin siXty-cight strokes, or nine
holes twice, in thirty-four each time,
was done by professional named
Avcston Mt the Cromer golf links on a
very bad day.
MRS. LANGTRY's eccentricities have
offended finally the four hundred of
New York, and she is no longer re-
ceived in society, but she protests
that she doesn't care little bit-so there
now.
A LADIES' football club has been or
ganizcd in London, but has not vet
Given public performance. The pres
'2nt is the eccentric Lady Florence
':;%'H. The club plays the 'Associa-
ri"a game.
'HA;I.i9 FEcHTER's widow died re-
Wy i'll France at the age of seventy
years. Her maiden name was Ele-
.,nor Rabut, and she made her first ap-
n"Hrance at the Comedie franchise,
in 1S35 as TIcrmione in "Andromaoue. +"
The Statue Granary ut Bam;an.
The wonderful East Indian statues
and temples cut from the solid bowl
ders and strntificd rock are duplicated,
if not cXcclled, by the Afghans Prof
j. A. Gay, in one of his recent lectures
on the far cast, tells of stone statue of
Il god which he saw at Bamian, near the
Russian frontier. This particular statue
was ono of n score, but was the giant
of the lot, being one hundred and sew.
cnty-threc feet in height and large in
proportion. 1t was used as store
house for grain, and ut that time con-
tanned over two thousand bushels.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-03-20
AMAZING SKILL.
A Clever French JuEElor's WGAAsrful
= -. Feat With Colns.n -

Feat With Coins. ~
A writer on the streets Of old Paris
gives in Blackwood's Magazine the de-
scription of wonderful juggler, who,
must, however, have performed the
following trick by skill rather than by
deception.
He asked the crowd for pennies, that
is, pieces worth two sous; he put five Of
them into his right hand, played with
them, tossed them q few times in the
air, and then suddenly flung them
straight up to height which seemed
above the housetops.
He watched them intently, as they
rose, and as they turned and began to
fall, he opened, with his left hand, the
left pocket of his waistcoat, and held it
open, perhaps two inches.
Down came the pennies, not loosely
or separated from each other, but in
what looked like compact mass. He
gazcd at them fixedly, shifting his body
slightly, so as to keep under them-he
scarcely had to move his feet at all
and crash! came the pile into his waist
coat pocket.
He repeated the operation with ten
pennies, and finally he did it with
twenty. Yes, positively with twenty!
1t almost took ones breath away to
hear the thud. Never did he miss, and
never did the pennies break apart or
scatter. They stuck to each other by
some strange attraction, as if they had
become soldercd in air. There was evil
IDENTIFY something in the manner of
Ginging that made them hold together.
After wondering each time ut the
astonishing skill of the operation, al
ways went on to wonder what that
waistcoat pocket could be made of, to
support such blows. The force, the
dcXtcrity and the precision of the
throwing-some sixty feet high, as well
as l could guess-and the unfailing ex-
actness of the catch were quite amaz-
ing. The pennies went up and down in
an absolutely vertical line.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-03-20

SATURDAY EVENINGS sEssIoN-sENATE.
Met at 7:3O. Lieutenant Governor
Sadler, presiding.
S b No. 57-Compensation of
members of the Legislature.
After considerable discussion the
whole subject matter was laid on the
table.
FIRST READING.
A B 92-To provide for the imme-
di1te requirements of the State Ii
brary. Education
A B 6-Amendatory of Act to Gre
ate Boarl of County Com missioners
in the various counties of the State,
define duties etc. Judiciary.
A B 73-To protect public ranges
from the depredations of wild horses.
Agriculture.
A B 123-The ci .arette bill. Ways
and Means.
THIRD READING AND FINAL PASSAGE.
S B No. $50 appoint secretary
Of the Supreme Court. Tabled,
A B 133-Military encampments to
be held in immediate vicinity of the
State copital. Passed.
The Committee of the Free Confer
ence on A B 116 reported recommend
ing that the Senate recede from it's
action thereon.
S B 92-To provide for the imme-
diate requirments OF the State Lii.
brary. Tabled.
A b 95-Locating. recording, work
ing, establishing marks and bound
aries of mining claims. Passed-14
ayes.
a B li9-Providing for the accept
nnce, reclamation and disposal ofpub-
lie lands presented to the State.
The Senate refused to recede from
it's action on this bill, and Kaiser
Skaggsand Gregovich were appointed
as Conference Committee for fur
Their consideration of the matter.
Substitute for S B 13-The "Keeley
Cure" bill. Indefinitely postponed.
Resolution adopted thanking the
State officers for courtesies extended
to this body during the session, and
as 'uring them that the same is prop
erly appreciated.
A b SS-Amendatory of act to pro-
vide for the selection, reclamation
disposal of public land granted to the
State. Passed.
4 b 162--To encourage the mining
interests of the State of Nevada.
Makes it punishable misdemeanor
to tie Ir down or deface mining notices
destr roy marks and bounds. surrep-
titiously remove ore, etc. Passed II
ayes.
Conference Committee on A b 119
reported that Assembly will accept
the Senate amendment.
Substitute for : B Sl-To provide
for the purchase and preservation of
newspapers published in the various
counties of the State. Amended in
the Assembly, "that in counties poll.
ing l,5CO votes the official printing
shall be equally divided if there are
more than one newspaper"
Senate refused to concur. and an
pointed M ute, Comins and Richards
MS a Conference Committee ON behalf
of the Senate.
) Is 6l'-National Guard and enroll.
ed militia. Indefinitely postponed.
: Il 80 ~Bailitf Of the Supreme
Court. Janitor of the State Capitol
to serve III that capacity. Lost.
Substitute for y b 83.-To protect
the public ranges from the deprcda
ton OF will hOrcs. Amended. tbai
nj a
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-03-20

a fine display of silver ware, fancy
dishes, lamps, knives, forks, spoons
ETC., at the EFT. M. Co.'S. Cali and
inspect these goods which are TIE
nest in their line 'ever broug to
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-03-20
Continued on third page.)

DR.. Prices Cream Baking powder
Azure Grape creaun Of Tartar Powder.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-03-20
STATE LEGISLATURE.
SEVENTEENTH. SESSION

Fifty-f1fth Days Proceedings,
CARSON, Mar. II, 1895.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-03-20

SATURDAY EVENINGS sEssIoN-sENATE.
Met at 7:30. Lieutenant Governor
Sadler, presiding.
S b No. 157-Compensation of
members OF the Legislature.
After considerable discussion the
whole subject matter was laid on the
table.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-02-21
PERSONAL PRIVILEGES
Are the Themes in the House in COnnec-
tiOn With the Six Per Cent Interest Bill.
The Caucasian Talked About. Many Mi
nor Matters.

The Caucasian Talked About. Many Mi
nor Matters.
THURSDAY, FEBRUARN l3rH-35TH DAY.
The senate was called to order at IL
o'clock a. m. by Lieut.. Governor X. A.
DoughtOn.
Prayer by Rev. J. l.. Foster OF the
Christian church of this city.
The journal of Wednesday was par
TALLY read, aud on motion of Mr.. Wall,
the further reading was dispensed
with.
THE MORNING HOUR.
The following petitions were pre-
sented and appropriately referred.
Loug, petition from citizens of Co
lumbus county fayOring the passage of
the Rurnham bill regulating the sale
of Intoxicating liquors; propositions
grievances.
Mewborne, fby request,) petition
from citizens of Craven county con-
cerning fishing: fish and fisheries.
REPORTS FROM COMMITTEES.
ports from their respective commit
tees, which took their place On the
calendar:
Messrs. WestmOreland, Sigmon
Wall, Norris, Hamrick, Long, Mar
shall, Rice, Farthing. Black.
MESSAGE EE0a THE HOUSE,
transmitting sundry bills AMI resolu
tions, and asking the concurrence O
| the Senate in the same, was received
|
by their titles, and referred to their re
spective committees.
| INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
The following bills were introduced
read by their titles, and referred as fol
lows:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-02-21
FLAKES IN FLORIDA.
The sunny South Bsing Wrapped in
sheet of SNOW.

sheet of SNOW.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Feb. 1.-THE
heaviest fall of snow ever known
here is on the ground. IL is over six
inches deep and still falling. Re-
ports from Galveston are similar TO
the above.
MOBILE, A'a., Feb. lI.-Mobile
experienced the heaviest fall of snow
in its history today. Five inches IL
the record, but where the snow Is
drifted, ten and twenty inches were
found. Electric ears were not pre-
pared for such storm. and traffic j.
completely suspended.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla, Feb. l4.-The
heaviest snow ever seen In Taliahas-
see is falling tonight. AT 6:30 the
ground is covered and large crowds
are throwing snow balls on the
streets. The thermometer is at y.
SAVANNAH, Ca, Feb. .li.-Ton.ght,
for the second time in the last -
years snow storm set in here. The
snow is falling rapidly.
BRUNSWICK. Ga, Feb. H.-Ther,
is a heavy fall of snow here, the frs
in IS years,
GAINESVILLE, Fla, Feb. IA
negro was found benumbed with
cold, lying near DIR. Montgomery,
warehouse at Tacoma yesterday. II.
was taken to his home, three mile
away, and died shortly afterwards.
New ORLEANS, Feb. A. For tw,
hours today snow has fallen her
steadily, and tonight the Crescen
City is wrapped in a mantle Of whit,
such as she has never wore before
At 6 p. m, according to the weathe
bureau, eight inches of snow ha.
fallen and the storm continued gov
eral hours later, though the fall o
snow was light. There was at leas
eight inches on the race track whel
today's races was run of.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-02-21
SETTLES SEAT.
tn. Committee viii Call np the Contest
Made by Mr. Williams sest we~k.

The Committee Will Call ap the Contest
Made by Mr. Williams sest wesk.
WAsHISGros, Feb. 1.-THE House
committee on election has decided TO
call up the contest for the seat held
by Mr.. Settle, the only Republican
member from North Carolina, next
Tuesday. The Democratic contes-
tant, Mr.. Williams, has made several
efforts 10 have the case brought up;
but several Democratic members Of
the committee have supported Mr..
Settles title. IL the Republican
member is uas-atsi he will be with
out a Congressional salary bu, .
few days, as he is reelected 10 the
next Congress. Mr.. Woodward,
Democrat Of North Carolina will lead
the opposition TO Mr.. Settle.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-02-21
A FLAG OF TRUCE.
Under which the Chinese Make n Big sur-
render 70 the japanese.

Under Which the Chinese Make . Big Sur
render 10 the japanese.
WASHINGTON, Feb. l4.-A tele-
gram from Toxic dated today has
been received by the Japanese min
lister, stating that on the 18th inst.
Admiral Ting sent to Admiral Ito a
gunboat displaying q flag Of truce
and proposed to surrender to the
Japanese, all the men Of war and
Notifications at Wei-Hai-Wei, to-
gether with arms. store, munitions
Of war, etc., in his possession, on
condition that the lives of the Chin
ese combatants and of the foreigners
in the Chinese service should be
spared. The condition was accepted
by Admiral Ito, and il is thought a,
the legation that the surrender has
already been completed.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-02-21
WILL NE REruRN7

a Contractor wl-o 10 said 10 Have Forged
sSoo, 900 Coming Bsrk-
NEW YORK, feb. ls.-It is report
ed that contractor David Paige, Who
left the United States q few years
ago to escape tie consequences Of
having forged John Huntington's
name for over s9Oo, 900, and who is
now in South America, intends 10 re-
turn home. Pages friends have
taken up nearly all the forged pa
pers, leaving only about s35, 900
which is he'd by several banks.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-02-21
TINE STRIKERS GIVE UP.
And Are Applyiug for Their Old Pesitisss
by the Husdreds-

BRooKLYS, y. Y, Feb. ls.-Presi-
dent Lewis, of the Brooklyn Heights
railroad, said today that about two
hundred Of .he strikers called ON him
today and asked To be- taken back. He
said he would take them hack ~ fast -
he could make places for them, which
would be in short time. He put sew
eral Of them To work this morning.
President Norton, Of the Atlantic
Avenue railroad, said that about fifteen
or twenty old men applied for work to-
day, but he had not put them % work.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-02-21
Ilre NJ (srs<aslporo.

GREENSBORO, y. C., Feb. 1.-THE
residence Of u. 4. Monroe Was almost
totally destroyed by fire tonight n
III 80. IL was over thirty minutes after
the fire was discovered before the vol
unteer fire company responded, ~ most
Of them were at the opera house wit
Messing the -Fireman's Heart played
by home talent.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-02-21
MUCH DEBATE IN THE HOUSE
Over the Special Direct Tax Fund and the
Si1 Per Cent. Interest Bill--Mr. Turner
Favors Longer Public School Terms.

Si1 Per Cent. Interest BilI--Mr. Turner
Fayors Longer Public School Terms.
SENATE.
WEDNESDAY,, FEBRUARY 13, DAY.
The Senate was called to order by
Lieut.. Governor r. A. Doughton.
Prayer by Rev. DIR. Daniels of the
First Presbyterian church of this
city.
The journal of Tuesday was par
TALLY read.
MORNING HOUR.
Reports from standing committees
were submitted by Senators Long,
Parsons, Hamrick, Snipes, Ammons,
Marshall, White, of Perquimans,
White, of AIamance, Paddison
Grant, Moody, of Haywood, Her
bert, Franck, Starbuck, Rice, Black
Fortune.
ENROLLED BILLS RATIFIED.
The following bills and resolution:
were reported, properly enrolled
and signed by the speakers of th'
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-02-21
THE FORD THEATRE WcTIms.

The Committee Reports In Favor Of . 900
for Each wSdow or Other Heirs.
WAsHISGToS, Feb. Ex-senator Man.
derson, from a special committee con-
sidering the Ford's theatre disaster,
made report for the relief of the legal
heirs of the victims today. The CON-
mittee recommends the appropriation
Of $ll5,0O0; 5000 for the widow or OF h.
er heirs Of each victim.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-02-21

WAsHfxoToS, Feb. 1.-The President has
sent TO the Senate the following nomins-
tons to be assistant naval CONSTRUCTOR:
Washington L; Caps. Of Virginia; John g.
Tawrs>ey, Of Delaware; 4. r. Hobson, Of
Alabama; Thomas r. Ruhm. of Tsnnessee.
and Homer l. Ferguson, Of North Carolina.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1895-02-21

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