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The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28
Debow's Chapel.

The cornerstone of the new Chap
ell to be erected at Debows was laid
with appropriate ceremonies on
Tuesday, May 18th, by Rev. Corbett
Strickland, the presiding elder, as
sisted by Rev. J. Morgan Reid, of
Burlington; Rev. John Allen, of
Bethesda; Rev. Frank Fielder and
others A heavy thunder shower came
up which brought the ceremony to
an abrupt ending. The size of the
chapel will be 26x34. Work will
commence Immediately and an ef-
fort will be made to complete it SO as
to-dedicate it some time in July. The
work will be done under the super
vision of the pastor, Rev. Frank
Fielder, who was assigned to the
charge at the last conference. The
lot was presented 20 the congrega-
tion by I'll. G. Grayatt and the timber
was given by w. F. Gravatt. The
trustees are: John Stewart, Willard
Patterson, :Warren Patterson. Geo.
r. WINS and Ezekiel Thomas.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28
Veterans at Church.

Capt. j. w. Conover Post, No. G3
Ct. A. r., attended divine worship at
the Brick church, Marlboro, on Sun
day morning last. Capt. James I'll:
King, of Marlboro, was in charge of
the veterans as they marched into
the church with their flags furled:
The music consisted of singing of
hymns appropriate to the occasion.
Mrs. James Baird very acceptably
presided at the organ and the choir
was composed of Miss Anna Conover,
Miss Lizzie Rue, Miss Marion Como
yer, Mrs. Van Zee, Mr.. r. Broadhead,
and Mr.. Henry Polhemus-Mrs. Van
Zee and Miss Anna Conover, soloist.
sang selection very sweetly.
An interesting sermon was preach
ed by the pastor Rev. G.. w. Van
Zee. He took his text from ii Timo-
thy 11:3 'sThou therefore endure
hardships as q good soldier Of Jesns
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28
Miss Liberty in Position.

The statue of Liberty Triumphant
for the Monmouth Battle Monument
was unloaded from the cars on Mon
dav and taken to the base of the
monument. On Tuesday the ropes
were adjusted in the high spruce
mole and the statue carefully
wrapped with ropes and by noon
everything was in readiness to hoist
the massive granite lady to her lofty
perch one hundred feet in the air
TO the top of the column. AT 1.50 by
means of the same tackle that WAS
used in lowering the old statue, viz.
"a wiDdlass worked by a horse
the ascent began and at 2.30, one hour
and forty minutes, the statue was in
nlace on top of the column, after
which it was very nicely and ac-
curately adjusted in its place by
cementing and cleats fastened in the
base. which took an hour and a half
longer. J. f. Byno & CO., of New
York City, the same riggers who
took down the old statue, did the
work of raising the statue and Mr..
eastman, of Quincy, Mass, from the
contractors who made the statue,
cenented it in position. Benz. b.
Vanderhoef, of Freehold, did the
work of dressing up the Monument
at nlaces where it needed it. The
statue weighs four and one-han tons
and is twelve feet, 3 inches IN
heighth. Among the members of the
Monmouth Battle Monument Com.
mission present were Mr.. James 4.
Burtis. and Col Yard, of Freehold
and Hal Aliaire, of Allaire. There
,.,ora sho.1t two hundred spectators
70 witness the placing of the statue
in position. The work of taking
down the rigging and scanoldIne
used in the process OF taking dowI
the old statue and placing the new
statue in position was commenced
yesterday.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28
9TH Reoiment Band for Asbury Park,

The Asbury Park officials at Mon-
day nights meeting, decided to eni-
ploy the 7th Regiment Band OF New
York for the beach concerts this
summer. The concerts will begin
early next month. A resolution sub
mitted by taxpayer asked the
vent the residents of Ocean Grove
from monopolizing the choice seats
in the pavilion during the band con
certs. The resolution which was
laid on the table, declared that the
Ocean Grove people do not contrib
ute to the band fund, consequently
they should be debarred from crowd
ing out those who do contribute.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28
Fouuht Ten Rounds.

Benz. Hopkins, of Sharon, and
Henry Englert, of Etra, fought for a
purse of $13 at VIM. j. Kelley S
meadow near Perrineville on Satur-
day afternoon, between 2 and 4
o'clock. About two hundred specta-
tors were present and the rounds
we're fiercely contested, the combat
ants wearing gloves. At the COM
mencement of the tenth round En-
glert received a Knockout blow
which sent him sprawling to the
ground and he was too much used
no to respond when time was called.
Both were seconded by celebrated
local pugilists, while the referees were
we'll known sports. The affair was
very exciting.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28
MISCELLANEOUS.

The crazy c0lored woman who ran
away from f. S. GasLili at New
Egypt, is now in the Burlington
county almshouse.
Thomas NJ. Durham has been ap-
pointed receiver for the Hicklev
Electric Launch Company of Asbury
Park, in suit brought by the stock
holders to wind up the corporation.
The stock poisoner at Golfers Mills
was an ingenious scoundrel. He took
4 large potatoes, cut ia two. seooped
them out, and after filing the hollow
with Paris green, tied them together
witha string and fed them to the
cattle.
The outbuildings of George Rue.
near Imlaystown, was struck by
lightning on Tuesday afternoon, and
all consumed. Three horses and two
cows were also burned to death.
The house was saved. Supposed to
be insured.
Peter Kumbeil, a well-known char
acter at Long Branch, was taken to
the insane asylum at Trenton last
week by Constable Clay Woolley. He
was 20 years old and of late years
had resided with Westervelt Lane on
West End avenue
Senator Herbert will leave New
Brunswick within few days for a
lengthy sojourn in Colorado. He
will be the guest of his brother, Rob-
ert, who has extensive mine proper
ties in several portions of the State.
Senator Herbert will return in the
fall.
Among the portraits of deceased
distinguished Jerseymen placed in
the State House at Trenton lately,
was that of John G. Ten Eyek, who
in the early part of the Civil War
represented the State in the u. s.
Senate. He was a native of Mon
mouth, Freehold beng the place of
his birth in March. 1874
james Crowley, Of Keyport, and
Henry Stevens, of New Brunswick,
were fatally injured on Thursday at
SayreviIle. They were working in &
trench, when huge bank of sand
over them dropped into the trench,
burying the men. Crowley was
struck By stone and fatally injured
Stevens was severely bruised and it
is believed injured internally.
The inhabitants of the village of
4 Newfoundland are gossiping ever the
marriage of Jesse ,ahill to his cousin,
Stella. Cahill was a widower of 40
and the bride only 13 years old.
Jesse had worked for Steila's father
all Winter, but her parents never
suspected anything of the kind, and
were attending donation when the
marriage took place. The parents
will endeavor to have the marriage
annulled.
/ L. A Thompson, the new Clerk in
Chaneery. has just submitted his
first monthly report, in compliance
with the new law. The gross receipts
for the month of April were 81, 55O.S2,
(which amount was paid over to the
State Treasurer. The entire expenses
of the Office amounted to about 81
700. leaving clear profit TO the State
of about 81 600. This would indl-
cate that from $4,000 to $l6, 600 a
yea~ win be realized to the State by
the act of the Legislature changing
the system of the Office.
/ Leo, the seven-year-old son Of
William T. Nash. of New Egypt,
narrowly escaped drowning on Mon
day. The little fellow, while playing
with another lad, fell in the lake.
His companion a. once ran for Mr.
Nash, who hastsned to the spot and
after diving three times succeeded
in bringing the boy TO the surface.
, DIR, Woodward succeeded in restoring
] the boy. who had been in the water
about five minutes.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28
Change in time Of Mains.

Arrangements have been made by
Postmaster johnson, for a mail to
New York, which closes at 5.45 P. NJ.
The early morning mail hereafter
will close at 6. As instead of 7.45. The
next mail to New York is at II A. M,
so that it is important to have your
matter in time for the first mail to se-
cure it being delivered in the New
York morning distribution.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28
Mr.. vredenburah Appointed.

Gov. Griggs, on Tuesday, ap
pointed Chas. G. Black, member ol
State Board of Taxation; George H,
Large, of Hunterdon; ex-Sheriff a.
M. Reynolds, of Essex; Gen. James F
Rushing, of Trenton and VIM. H
Vredenburgf1, of Freehold; as com.
missioners provided for by the recent
Legislature to investigate the ques-
tion Of taxation, particularly with
reference to railroads, and report to
the next session.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28
Granted a Divorce,

An absolute divorce has been
granted to Rebecca j Tomlinson, of
Manasquan, from her husband,
Samuel Tomlinson, of Philadelphia,
the charge being adultery on the
part of the husband. A. E. John
ston represented Mrs. Tomlinson and
HI. HI. Wainright, of Manasquan act
ed as Special Master.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28
Memorial Day Program.

AS announced more fully last week
Capt J. w. Conover Post, g. A. r.,
the Vredenburgh Rifles and Free
hold Division, K. of P, will form on
Court street Saturday morning and
march to the P. r. r. Station where
they will take the $50 train for Ten
nent Appropriate exercises will be
held on their arrival at Tennent
church. The organizations will
leave Tennent on the 125 train.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28
To be Instituted TUESDAY,.

Marlboro Council, Jr. 0 U. A. NJ,
of forty three charter members, will
be instituted next Tuesday evening,
in the new lodge room over D. r.
Richmond's meat market at Marlboro
Delegations from Freehold Council
and other nearby councils are ex-
pected to be present. The State
officers have been invited.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28
cLARKsBURG.

The Clarksburg school children en-
joyed picnic on the school grounds
Yesterday afternoon.
The bad places in the road from
Smithburg to Clarksburg are being
repaired.
Rev. Mr.. Lake has returned from
conference.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28
sr. PETERS CHURCH.

Trinity Sunday, Services as fol
lows Early Celebration OF the
Holy Eucharist, 7.30 A. NJ. Sunday
School and Catechising, 945 A. NJ.
Maths. Litany. and Sermon, IL A. NJ.
Choral Even Song and Sermon, 7.5O
p. M. A cordial welcome given to
strangers and Sunday visitors in
Freehold, to this Parish church.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28

Mr.. Samuel S. Campbell, formerly
of Freehold, has been elected AS.
sistant Cashier of the Merchants
National Bank, Wall street.. New
York City. His many friends IN this
vicinity win be pleased to learn OF
his advancement.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28
Board of FreehoIders.

The Board of Chosen Freeh olders
met to open bids for road building
on Tuesday of this week at the
Court House.
The committees received the bids
and opened them and afterward re-
ported to the Board The committee
on the Long Branch and Asbury
Park stone road received eleven bids,
four of which were afterward with
drawn, but deferred awarding the
contract and will report further at
the regular meeting of the Board on
June 10th. The bids received were
as follows
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28

1t is not necessary 20 advertise sc
that he who runs may read, bat it i:
that he who runs win stop to read.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28

johnson Wickersham, Media, Pas $53,664 90
M. R. Van Keuren, Plainheld.........- 51,236 90
Rehill l. Edwards, Jersey Citys....-... 5i,594 CO
John f. Stanley, Philadelphia..... 5l,242 90
John Redhings, Staten Island. 64,640 90
Barbour & ireland, Philadelphia. 1872 90
Mitchell & Nef Newark* .......... 1920 90
G. F. Brackett Jersey City*. l0l 362 90
T. F. Reilley, Philadelphia -...-.....e 90358 90
Roe Walters. Trenton. GA 366 20
T. G. smith. Long Island City.....-.- $3.50 90
afterwards Withdrawn.
The committee on the gravel and
iron on road from Manalapan to the
Engiishtown station reported the
following bids
R. H. Broadhesd, Marlboro. -. $I149s 90
Field 4 Eaton. Long Branch. .......... 14s02 90
Charles A. Sims Co., Philadelphia II 974 90
David J. yanHorn. New Brunswick. 1854 90
The committee recommended the
awarding of the contract to David j.
VanHorn, which was done after con-
siderable discussion.
A letter was read from Mr.. Snyder,
stating that he would reduce Shrews-
bury townships bridge appropria-
ting $4,000, as a bridge near Little
Silver could be repaired at small
cost so that q new one would not
have to be built for year or two.
Mr.. Fairy announced that the
committee on Collectors accounts
would meet next Monday.
Messrs F. E. Heyer, Conover and
Erickson, were appointed a COM
mittee on bridge in Atlantic
township.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1896-05-28

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Question. Why Should Democrats Legis-
late in favor of the Canadian as against
the American Farmer?
A Pointer for Farmers.

remember one instance that bears
particularly upon this question that came
to me today as / sat here. and that was
this: My father came from the New
England states upon this prairie in 1887.
He told me this instance once: That
after sowing a crop of wheat by hand,
cutting il with the cradle. binding il with
the rake, and threshing it with the bah
upon the floor. he put it upon a wagon
and drove il to this city of Milwaukee,
ninety-six miles away, and sold il here
for .46 nts a bus'el. This was in the
SOS. ana silver then was S1.30 an ounce.
Now tell the silver men to explain TO you
how il was that in the early SOS wheat
was 46 cents a bushel, and silver 81 30
an ounce. II the price of silver always
carries with it the price OF wheat And
when lac hens and haws. say to him
at is not only confined to wheat, but
that other commodity you yoke up with
silver. cotton; and tell him that for the
four years ending in 1916 cotton in the
city of New York averaged only cents
a pound: and that for the four years
ending in 1894 the same class averaged
6 cents a pound. Tell him to explain
that TO you. That was when we had
free coinage and silver was then S1.30
an ounce. He cannot explain it. That
one illustration my friends, utterly de"
stroys the whole silver heresy Con
gresham Fowler of New Jersey.
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BRYAN a Greenbacker.

Mr.. Bryan is not so much a silverite
fioor of the House of Representatives in
Washington, June 3, 1894:
saThe issue of money by the govern
mept directly 10 the people gives US a
safer currency (than national bank bills
and saves 10 the people as whole the
bank issues money, you must pay the
market rate of interest 70 get il; but
when the government issues money, the
people save the interest, if the money is
afterward called in; and they save the
principal also, IL the money is kept In cir
culation."
He asserted that greenbacks "can be
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1896-08-20
A loss during four years of
gain during four wears of
62.712,2s0
Cheap Dollars.
eC4.oGO.37s

Everything is cheap or dear according
TO what we have to pay for II. Sugar is
cheap at cents pound, but would be
dear at 10 cents.
the merchant buys with less goods than
he would have to give for a dearer dol
lar Ii a merchant now gives twenty
pounds of sugar for dollar, and the dol
lar which he gets is 20O-cent dollar;
and if the 200-cent dollar is dishonest
dollar. and ought 70 be replaced by 100
cent dollar. worth only half as much; in
that case, the merchant will give only
half as much sugar for the cheaper dol
lar as he now gives for the dishonest
2O0-cent dollar. That is clear, is il not ?
This is precisely what cheap money"
means.
Is this what the farmer and the work
ingman really wantf
Apply this illustration 10 labor, IL you
please. The workingman buys dollars
with labor. Does he want cheap col
lar, for which the merchant will give
want 200-cent dollar, for which the
merchant will give. twenty pounds of
sugar? Cheap dollars would cut his
wages in half. He surely does not want
that.
"Oh, no." says the workingman, that
is not what want; but, ifsdollars were
cheap, / would get twice as many of
them for a days work."
Would you. indeed? Not on your life.
Free and unlimited coinage of silver, at
the ratio of 16 to 1, is simply a scheme
to reduce your wages without your know
ing il or having an excuse for striking.
What good would it do you to get twice
as many dollars for a days work if 81
would buy no more sugar, and no more
of anything else, than 81 will now buy ?
Besides, if prices go up, under free
coinage, as they will-we admit that
does Lot the workingman know that the
first thing to go up will be rents, the
next thing will be food and clothing, and
the last thing will be labor? Under free
coinage, instead of being better off, the
workingman would be worse off than be
is now.
Think this over, and see what II all
mesus to you and to your little family
Springfield Nll) Journal.
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used TO pay the expenses of the govern
ment." The tariff on some of the neces-
saries of life might be reduced, and the
deficit made up by an issue of money"
Or, if this is not deemed advisable, gov.
eminent paper can be issued TO pay for
special improvements; harbors can be
deepened and rivers improved in this
way" He introduced a bill TO issue
S70O00.0O0 of United States treasury
notes, with which TO inaugurate the con-
struction of the Nicaragua canal. He
further suggested that I've can use any
available coin on hand TO take up ma.
tured bonds and replace the coin so used
with paper money" He introduced an
other bill providing in this way for the
payment of the $25.000.000 outstanding
per cent. bonds. He did not stop even
at that point, but gravely proposed that
government paper should be issued in
the place of national bank notes, as they
are retired" His theory of the ultimate
redemption of government obligations,
a IS stated by himself, was that the larger
the issue of treasury notes, the smaller
will be the "coin" reserve required with
which TO meet them. By ''coin" he ex-
planned that he meant both gold and sill
yer, wilfully ignoring the disparity in in
trinsic value between the gold and silver
dollaI.
And this is the fnancier and states
man for whom honest and sensible men
are asked TO cast their votes, next No
vemberi
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There is abundant proof that Mr..
Bryan is an insincere politician and an
unreliable adviser of the people. He
was a bolter in 1898 and in that year,
too, he made a speech in which he de-
clared that the exchangeable value of q
dollar depended on something besides
congressional edict.
When Frank Irvine was running on
the Democratic ticke for judge of the
Supreme court of Nebraska Mr.. Bryan
supported a Populist. In reply to a LETT
ter from Mr.. Irvine, calling Mr.. Bryan's
attention TO his unexpected position, the
present candidate for President on the
Democratic ticket wrote a statement OF
his reasons for boiling which contained
the following cool remarks aud assur.
snces of personal and peculiar esteem
for the Democratic candidate:
! regret that our people chose for slaughtex
so deserving a man. They ought TO
have selected some one OF the numer-
Gus ~, pem fsia Mo q, Are Are nresponsi
vote. / have spoken TO you thus
frankly and confidentially, because
! feel that you deserve bet er fate
than the ole which fear awaits you
this fall.
During the extraordinary session OF
Congress of 1898, called by President
Cleveland. Mr.. Bryan made a speech In
which he declared that:
While the government can say that a given
weight Of gold OF silver shall consti-
tute a dollar and invest that dollar
with legal tender qualities. II cannot
fl the purchasing power OF the dol
lar. That must depend upon the
law OF supply and demand.
II the number OF dollars increases
more rapidly than the need Of dol
lars-as Il did after the gold discover
les Of 1e49-the exchangeable value OF
each dollar will fall and prices rise.
Thus it appears that Mr.. Bryan knew
what the exchangeable value of a dol.
lar depended on. His change of tune,
therefore, is not because conditions have
changed, but because he shifts his prin-
ciples with the varying political breeZes,
and that he is willing TO do anything for
Office.
In the spring of 1892 Bryan declared
in a speech made by him on the tariff
attributed
To the inventive genius that has multiplied
thousand times, in many instances,
the strength Of single arm and
enabled us 20 do today with one man
what fifty men could not do fifty
years ago That Is what brought the
prices down In this country and else
where.
At this time another change has come
over the spirit of his white house
dream. He and his fellow Populists
ascribe the fall in the prices of commod.
tiles 10 the fall in the price of silver.
Mr.. Bryan and his associates declare
that 1.-THE crime of 1873" which the
News has shown to have been no crime
al all, has pulled everything down with
How can the people believe a man
Who Tins stultifes himself and puts him
sic on both sides of vital questions,
while. at the same time, he proves IN
true to his party associates !-Bufalo
News.
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II would evidently be impossible for
farmers fifty miles in the interior of any
Of the states bordering on the Great
Lakes, to compete with eggs skipped by
water from Canada.
The Mckinley tariff imposed a duty
Of > cents a dozen on eggs. This law
went into effect October 1, 1890. Dur
ing the year ending June 80, 1890, we
imported nearly 10000 dozen EGGS less
than in the year previous, when there
was no protection. The importation of
eggs steadily decreased until the repeal
of the Mckinley law in 1894. so that
instead OF nearly 100000 dozen eggs
being brought into this country. as here
tofOre, in 1901 we imported 100000
dozen: 100000 in 1S9l-92; 100000
in 1928: 100000 in 1884. BY 1894
nearly S2.000.OO0 had been taken from
the foreign shipper, which now went into
the pockets Of the American farmer.
The following table shows the impOrta-
tons Of eggs since 1882:
Annual importations Of foreign eggs. 1883
1895
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What Stewart Thought in 1904.

Senator Stewart of Nevada made
speech in Congress February IL, 1874, IN
which be said:
Let everybody know what dollar is
worth. The farmers will then know how
10 measure the difference in price be-
tween his wheat in Illinois and the wheat
in Iiverpooi The wheat will be meas
ured by the same standard-gold-ln
Illinois as it is in Liverpool and any man
can figure it up. But now II is mys-
terry: the whole subject of finance is
mystery. and what do we see every day.
We see those who devote their attention
10 il making large fortunes out OF TINS
let us do as all the people Of the world
have been doing from the beginning
measure our values by gold, adopt the
standard that all can understand, and
get rid Of this mystery.
Mr.. Logan-What does the senator
want?
and no paper money not redeemed IN
cold. no paper money the value OF which
* not ascertained, no paper money that
will organize a gold board TO speculate
with il. Who pays for this gold board
Who paws these immense fortunesg How
i II that millions and millions can be
rolled up annually there? Did anybody
ever calculate who paid for il! II
comes out of the producers. How do
these men exist? By the latitude which
your deprecated currency gives to specu-
iafion and nothing else.
Persons who are specializing in your
deureciated currency are making the
money. and they will continue to make
i so long as you have a deprecated cur
rency.
If the farmers would get rich they
have cot 10 become skilled in this fiuctuat-
ing currency and make corners and man.
ipulate the market, and if they do that
thew cannot farm.-(Congression Rec
ord forty-third Congress. first session,
vol. ., .. 1922