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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-23
For State officers.

For State Officers.
 FOR GOVERNOR, LORRIN A. COOKE, of Winchester. FOR LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR, JAMES D. DEWELL, of New Haven. FOR SECRETARY OF STATE, CHARLES PHELPS, of Rockville.
 FOR TREASURER, CHAS. w. GROSVENOR. of Pomfret.
 FOR COMPTROLLER. BENJ. P. MEAD, of New Canaan.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-10-23
The "Popo''- Democratic Janus.

In June-Opposed to free coinage, and for an honest dollar
 In September-In favor of free coin age and the Chicago platform.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-05
Indiana Organization.

CHICAGO July 4.-1ndiana was the
first state delegation TO meet for organi-
zation. assembling at 3 o'clock this af-
tetnoon In headquarters at the Palmer
House. Senator Turpie presided. and
was chosen chairman Of the delegation.
Unusual interest centred in the meeting
because IL involved the continuance Of s.
=. Sherfn. who has been for sixteen
years secretary Of tho National Com
mittee as the member Of that body from
Indiana. Opposition 20 his reelection de-
veloped from the reason that ne is not a
free-silver man. and the State delegation
is overwhelmingly so. % 20 Z. Governor
Matthews. 10 Is said. desires Mr.. Sherrin's
reelection. There were twenty-eight Of
tho thirty members Of the delegation
present al the meeting to-day. when
selection Of the national committeeman
was reached. II was voted 10 postpone ac-
ton until Monday.
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The MARYLAND Delrgafion.

BALTIMORE, MD July 4.-The disaf-
lection I'm the ranks OF the Maryland
Democracy was clearly illustrated to-day
when the delegates 20 the National Con-
yention assembled at Camden Station
and took the 1890 Baltimore and ohio
train for Chicago. There were just TWEEN
fy-two persons IN the party. Including
delegates. Democratic leaders. and nnws-
paper men.
-Four vars ago Maryland's representa-
tives 10 the National Convention and
their friends occupied three special trains,
to-day one Pullman and Nice-Presdent G.
X Lords private car. 1.-THE Delaware. ."
accommodated them. There was no music
this morning. as In former years, IN
parading 20 the railroad station: no jubi-
LIANT demonstration on the part of the
multitude: no guard OF honor from the
big Democratic clubs Of the city. Indlvii-
ual members Of the party went quietly
70 the station. and as quietly took their
seats 10 the car assigned them.
Tho three or four silver men OF the
delegation tried 10 get up a little enthu-
siasm as the train pulled ont. but the ef-
fort was not very successful.
Late last night Charles e. Crothers. Of
Cecil county. candidate for Attorney-Gen-
eral last fall. one OF the delegates at
large. telcg1phed his resignation n
Chairman Hattersley W. Talbot Of the
State Central Committee. Talbot will hll
the two vacancies occasioned by the
withdrawal Of Messrs. CrOthers and
Marion. DcKalb Smith. prior to the meet
ing OF the convention.
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ihzcd world in this important eanftary
movement Tn 20 the middle of Deem
hor last The Massachusetts, Board OF Cat
,e commissioners. OF which Dr. i. III.
osrood IA chairman. had applied the tu-
bcrculin test 20 26.9.s cattle and had con-
Gemnod 1853 or 10 per cent. During the
last ak months of 1895 the board inspect
,d 403 animals az the request OF the
owners Of them, the test indicated the
ufcsencc Of the disease in 1.OI OF these
animals. and in ali but two cases the dis
case was clearly disclosed by the autop-
eios. This shows how trustworthy the
test Is when applied by competent per-
sons.
Ina Connecticut. New Jersey. Ponnsyl-
vania. AMI several other states the Work
g. I'm progress. Every week the Connecu-
cut authorities report the Inspection or
several herds. The results OF oNamina-
lions i'm the other states are frequently
published by tho daily press For exam
rlc we find I'm the Doylestown PENN
Democrat Of the oath ult. a report or tho
killing Of II COWS I'm a fine herd owned
by "a resident Of Montgomery county. All
lad the disease "in an advanced state.
SIX hundred persons watched the Stalc
Iusncctor az ne was doing the work. As
q rl,lo Tho infected COWS appeared 20 be
in GOOD condition. but the test revealed
.ho truth a large brindle cow WIN
glossy coat and noble build, a perfect
yicidcr Of milk. was found 10 be inc
worst affected one in the lot we mlsht
,.r.r ~ scores Of similar reports which
W. have recently seen In our exchanges.
Tho time IS coming when all the dairy
herds m the New England and Middle
States will be subjected 20 the tubercuin
;ost for the protection Of consumers or
dairy products az we'll as for the beneht
of the owncs OF cattle. We expressed
This opinion some years ago, and II mas
been confirmed by what has taken place
et,ro .bat time. II state Legislatures
ref.se To- provide for the work. the cities
win require # to be done Throughout
tleir suinlrhan milk districts" for the
protection Of their inhabitants. This state
might have been foremost In the move
nont. but now il Tags behind all It's neigh
bors.-New York Times.
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were

silver dollars previously coined were
boarded.
When the mint laws were revised In
1873. the prvision for the free coinage OF
silver dollars WITS droppsd. This at
tracted little attention at the time be-
cause none OF these dollars had been In
circulation for generauon and, In
fact, only eight millions OF them in all
bad been coined from the foundation OF
the government up TO th-t time. owing
10 the discovery OF new mines, the worlds
production Of silver began 10 steadily In
crease. and the price consequently began
to decline. and the European nations
were in self defence compelled 20 close
their minis against further free coinage
If the deprecated metal. While silver
was high the mine owners cared nothing
about the mint, but when IL got so low
that a pound OF gold would buy seven
teen pounds OF silver In ths market
these gentlemen began 10 clamor for n
restoration OF the privilege Of selling 10
tho American people through tho mint At
the old ratio OF sixteen TO one. II was
then that they discovered that the act
OF 1873 was a crime
As a conce sion to them the Bland law
was passed. Under which nearly foui
hundred million silver dollars were coin.
bullion foe This purpose at It's market
value. In 1870 the Sherman law passed.
compelling tho Treasury 10 buy 40 tons
OF silver every month and issue notes IN
payment. This produced the panic or
1@9 and was then repealed. As re-
suit OF these laws We have coined or Is
sued nearly ~ hundred million dollars
OF silver. Despite all these purchases
hv the Treasury the price OF silver stead
,ly fell. To-day 1t takes about thirty
hounds OF silver 10 buy pound OF soid.
hut the free coinage advocates demand
that the government-that IS to say. tho
neople-shall take sixteen pounds or silver
as the equivalent OF pound OF goid.
when the 81 IA grains OF silver tiiAt 30
70 make a big dollar were worth more
than a hundred cents the mine owners
sold their product IN Europe. Now that
al IA grains are worth about hfty-three
cents they insist that the government,
shah stamp II into a dollar and shai'
open the mints TO all the sliVer IN e'o
world at this ratio OF sixteen 10 one
New York Herald.
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sixteen To One What IL Means.

what is tho meaning OF all this talk
about free coinage and sixteen 10 one?'
This question was put by a Western
farmer 70 the cashier OF his bank. The
reply was:-"Why. John. II means that
I'm this part OF the country there are
sixteen fools TO one man OF sense"
Farmers are not the only persons who
are asking this question. Letters are
every day received by the Herald from
otherwise intelligent men Of various oc-
cupations requesting plain explanation
OF tho phrase sixteen 10 one"
Although most readers are thoroughly
familiar with the controversy. 1t may be
well TO briefly outline the facts for the
benefit OF those who are only now awak-
oning TO its Importance. The pure silver
in the big dollar weighs about sixteen
times as much as the pure gold IN the
gold dollar The exact weights are o. %
grains Of gold and 3si25 grains of silver.
Hence sixteen 70 ono
When tho mint was founded Hamilton
and jefferson agreed that a pound OF
gold was worth In the markets about
fifteen pounds OF silver. and accordingly
the ratio for the coinage at nrst was made
fifteen 10 one. Anybody could bring as
much OF either metal as he pleased TO the
ruints and have II stamped into coins.
metals Is called binetal.isnf and the
country was said to have double stand
ard OF values. The bullion In either
dollar was intrInsically worth as much
before being coined as II was afterward.
but the governments mint stamp was
a guarantee OF the weight and fineness
OF the metal and made II a legsll-tender.
Subsequently IL was found that fifteen
pounds Of silver were not worth as much
as a pound OF gold. and In order 10 con-
form 10 tho relative market value OF the
metals Congress decided that the silver
dollar should thereafter weigh sixteen
times as much as the gold dollar. In
doing this Congress went TO the other ex-
treme and put too low an estimate on
silver The European nations compos-
ing the Latin Union made their coining
ratio fifteen and one-half TO one, and the
owner OF silver here would not exchange
sixteen pounds OF II for pound or gold
because he could obtain the same thing
I'm Europe for fifteen and a half pounds
OF his silver. In other words, the guam
tity OF silver In a dollar was worth more
than one hundred cents. Consequently
holders of silver bullion ceased to send
It to the United States minis and the
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SILVER MEN WISH HARMONY.
CONTINUED from First Page)

believed ttat II the madness which had
been Iurncd up WAS preserved iae parry
would be the degradation 81 the republic
(Cheers) He had heard but one positive
shout for the last two or three weeks.
To every interrogatory propounded the
reply was 1s io for every contention Of
reason that was sought 10 be made the
reply was stiil i6 to /. Laughter) lie
might comprehend the declaration, but
he had not yet heard any Of those who
were the heralds OF the new doctrine
and who were filling the air with the rail-
ary and clamor OF their voices, tell HIM
lust how they expected 10 gain RELIEF
from the condition which prevailed to-day
By the adoption of theis policy.
\ hundred years ago a Ike clamor
filled a land across the seas. Frenzied
with the wrongs. either fancied or real,
OF a thousand years, the people had come
to believe that the destroying OF all sys-
tens. the plungng into absolute license
unrestrained by law. and the trampling
under foot Of every precedent were rene
dies for the existing wrongs.
80 now with ] TO ], the cry proclaimed
by the wild dervishes OF the day"
QaughterJ
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are 70 be 90 cents an hour, eight hours
work six days in the week. the hours
being from 5 A. NJ. to z. NJ, with
one hour OF for lunch. No strike is to
be ordered until the matter In dispute has
been brought before the Arbitration
Committee for settlement. AL overtime
and work done on legal holidays are to
be paid double time.
At Boston employing brewers are ask
Ell 10 employ none but members OF the
National Brewery Workmen's Union, and
pay the following scale OF wages Men
I'm cellar. fermenting and kettle depart
ments SIS. foomen In ale and porter
departments. ST; men "a wasb-house.
not less than Si6; night watchmen. sls
20 SIS. depot drivers SIG: route drivers,
SIS: strikers and drivers helpers. si3:
first stablernen. SIS; other stablemen.
sl6 first night men in stable, SIS A days
work IS 70 be 10 hours In u. two hours
for meals 30 cents per hour for overtime:
one apprentice 10 Is employees and free
beer during working hours are also de-
named by the men.
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CHICAGO. July 4.-Sonator Jones. Of
Arkansas. chairman OF the Steering Com
mitiee. 70 whom has been confdcd the
preparing Of the silvermen's plan OF cam
paign has sent 10 the leaders OF The sil-
yer delegations this letter.
Dear Sir. re would be glad 10 know
II your delegation agrees with ms IN the
conviction HAT the best interests Of the
cause we an have az heart would be adj
vanced by having the platform and nomi-
nations practically determined By the
silver men of the convention. Please
let me know az the earliest possible mo-
ment n your delegation agrees I'm this
movement. Senator Jones VIII be guided
as 20 his course in calling general con-
ference Of silver men by the way the
majority answer"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-05

Among the prominent visitors I'm the city
for the reunion were Colonel and Mrs.
w. W. Smons. OF Charleston, s. c.. who
are TO-. 103 east Franklin street Colonel
SmOns is a member OF Veterans Of Camp
sumter. and D. one OF six brothers who
served throughout the Confederate war.
lie is descended from Chcvalier de Saint
SimOns, OF France q noble HugucnOt. and
SIS a nephew Of General James ST. Simons.
vice-president Society OF Cincinnattus,
United States.
Mrs. Simons. a South Carolinan By
birth. is q Nirginian by Inheritance. She
is closely connected 20 the old families OF
Tdilisferro. Carter. and Beverley-Lame
who have given 10 their own and other
States always the brayest men and fairest
women.
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Family Died Of starvation.

TORONTO July News has reached
here from River Hois.e, on the NORTH
shore. TO the effect that party or hunt
ers from Moisie found the remains OF
several Indians about 200 miles Ia tho In
terror. The remains were those OF a fani-
Nv consisting OF father, mother and nve
children. A few notes In the Masxoupi
Language. undoubtedly written by the
souaw. showed that the family had start
ed from Moisle last fall FOR the HUDSON
bay hunting grounds. After having
travelled about 200 miles the provisions
ran short and there being no game. one
after another succumbed 10 staFvauon,
the woman being the last 10 DE
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-05
Gladstone and NiijfariSm

LONDON, July 3.-Mr. Gladstone. IN
acknowledging the receipt Of copy Of
q protest against increased armamcnts.
declares his 'warmest sympathy with the
promo<ers Of the protest. IN manfully OPP
posing the wanton and periious cxDcndi-
ture the country has undertaken. Let
US pray" he adds. FOR an early awaken
ing TO the cOmmon-sense ideas OF our
fathers and erandfathcrs."-N York
Sun
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Tnfnllfies OF The Ennrfh

WOODSTOCK. VT, July 4.-By the
bursting OF a cannon i'm to-day's celcbra-
ton az Bridgewaters corner this morn
ing Charles Il. Edour was killed and
William Courlray was so badly injured
that be may die. Charles Southgate had
q leg broken and was otherwise injured.
Bert Woodward also had a leg broken
and was hurt internally. Several others
were sllghtlY inlurod.
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Alaska's Golden Treasnre

WASHINGTON. July News Of the
Geological Survey party sent 20 investi-
gate the gold resources OF the interior Of
Alaska. come from j. T.. Spur, the ex-
pert who heads the expedition. The par
~ reached Juneau June 9th. Expert
SPUR SAYS the mines Will be even more
productive in the future than they are
now.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-05

The Richmond Lodge. No I. 7. o. 0. T..
Will give a big entertainmcnt in the hall
Of the y. NJ. G. A.. tomorrow night.
when a public installation will be- held
and a fine musical programme rendered.
The lodge IS one Of the live, progressing
lodges in the city. and is very popular
among Odd-Fellows.
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DEATHS.

at her late residence.
60 north Twenty.third street. Satur-
day. July 4. 1894 at 6:i5 o'clock. Mrs
Johanna A. FOLKES. a relict OF the
late II. J. Folkes. In the sixty-second
year Of her age.
Funeral from Union Station ~ +.
church MONDAY. July 8. 1895. at II
A. n o'clock. Friends Of thssfsmiy
ars tnx1tsd % astends
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the bar. Another bullet just grazed the
frenchman's coat sleeve.
What does all this mean?" cried De
Mores, turning to the barkeeper. Thlt
gentleman merely shrugged his should
ers for reply.
Well said De Mores, 'ifI am to be
the target for these gentlemen's pistols.
may as we'll sit down and let them
shoot at still life. A little more whisky.
please
The young marquis sat down and
quietly slipped his whisky. The action
~r ei..-5
the rest, cried:
Boys, we might as we'll teach the
damned foreigner a lesson first as last,
and with that he blaZed away. Quick as
a flash the Frenchman drew his pistol
and fired twice. The first shot dropped
one cowboy in his tracks and the second
one winged another. De Mores was IN
dicted for murder, tried and acquitted.
Several men after that swore to shoot
the marquis on sight. One of them, Will
lam Luffey, started out to hunt up the
Frenchman. The latter got wind or IL
and went to meet Luffey. The latter got
in the first shot but failed to land. The
next instant De Mores began to pump
lead into him from a Winchester, the
first shot killing the man. The marquis
was indicted. tried and acquitted for this
also For four years De Mores conduct
| ed his scheme, but his capital running
| short at a critical period the business
| COLLAPSED This was in 1887.
The herald., 1896-07-26
THE FANTASTIC De M0RES
Gigantic Schemes of the Eccen-
trio French Marquis
his CAREER IN AMERICA
A Man Whose Nerve Never Failed
Him
Ills LAST Undertaking Was q Declaration Of
War Against Great Britain-Story Of
His Death Doubted
his CAREER IN AMERICA

Until something more definite is heard
about the young Marquis de Mores none
of his former friends in this country will
believe the widely circulated story that
he was murdered by Snoussis tribesmen
in the desert of Sahara. They believe
that the marquis will yet turn up alive
and we'll in some corner of the earth, un-
ruffled. smiling and confident.
Yet the story of the deathe of De Mores
seems based on a solid foundation, and
II 1t proves to be true. as it probably
will, the world has lost the most pictur-
esuuely unique figure of the century.
The first rumor of the murder was fol-
lowed a day or two later by a cablegram
from Tunis sayingl that a servant of
the marquis had arrived there with the
announcement that De Mores and
large number of his party were murder
ed by natives near Gadames. The SER
want was one of the few to escape the
attacking party, and managed to reach
Tunis on foot.
If the motive of the killing could be
The herald., 1896-07-26

can quickly pick out few popular tunes
by air, which her friends will be glad to
Join in singing. Indeed, contrary to the
general impression, chords upon a man.
dolln make very pretty accompani-
ment
A passable mandolin sells for $40, but
this is not desirable, unless one has
means of getting a discount upon the
regular selling price, in which case one
can get very good one for that amount.
When one pays SIS for her mandolin,
and goes to reliable dealer to get it, she
may be sure that she has an instrument
without defects in the frets at least
Twenty-Five dollars will buy a compara-
lively nice instrument, and for $40 one
can get an imported Vellacia without
any pearl ornaments, to be sure, but with
sweetness of tone that rivals anything
made in this country and which corre-
spends in desirability to the Stradiva-
rius in violins.
The herald., 1896-07-26

De Mores purchased 1t. Then he mapped
out a town and called it Medora, after
his wife. He built hotel, stores, post
office, houses a beautiful chateau for
himself, and in a few months Medora
had a population of 200 people. He also
built a packing house and made ready
for busfNess. AS trial he arranged for
the puVhase of 10000 cattle.
At each end of the valley is a defile
between the table lands. The dealer
who arranged to sell the $4,000 head of
cattle drove $4,000 through one defile and
they were counted in the middle of the
valley. Then instead of driving them
into the corral he took them out of the
other defile and back through the first
one. He had a continuous chain of cat
tie and each steer was counted twice.
The dealer said afterward that he could
have palmed off the $4,000 for 10000 cat
tie If necessary.
COULD RIDE AND SHOOT
The marquis was considered fair game
for the whole country. When he was in
the market for horses the dealers un-
loaded upon him the worst lot of vicious,
bucking ponies In the west. But the
marquis disappointed them when he
succeeded in riding the toughest In the
lot He could not only ride better than
most of the cowboys, but he could shoot
with delicate accuracy. Moreover, he
had the courage of a lion. He made a
great many enemies among the toughs
and bad men, but he won scores of
friends among the respectable people of
the community. His courage is best
illustrated by the following little incl
dent, related by a witness OF the scene:
"One day de Mores had business in
Miles City, Mont. After he was done
with his business he went to the hotel
to take drink. The bar room was we'll
filled, but De Mores walked straight to
the bar, ordered his drink, and asked
never one of those in the room to join
him. This was objectionable.
LAS he was turning away from the bar
the report of a pistol rang out The
bullet passed few inches to the right of |
the Frenchman and embedded itself in |
The herald., 1896-07-26
PIGEONS STOP THE CLOCK
The Trials of Life in the Great City Of New
York

York
A man went running up Park avenue
towards the Grand Central station the
other afternoon. He carried heavy
satchel. his umbrella was closed that it
might not impede him and the rain was
pouring on him with gleeful Vigor. The
man stopped suddenly in his wild course
as he happened to look up and caught
sight of the clock on the front of the
station.
"Confound it," he said, my watch
minutes in which to catch that o'clock
train. and here it is only 2:45."
F'iguratively kicking himself, the man
walked into the Murray Hill MOTEL cafe
ard ordered something cooling. Five
minutes later he entered the station
and walked up to the door outside of
which he fondly supposed the train was
waiting. The door was closed, his train
was gone.
Your internal clock is slow" he said
| to an attendant 1--WE lost my train
Il guess it's the pigeons again." said
! the attendant, indifferently.
! What do you mean by the pigeons? q
with plenty of eXpletives.
They sit on the hands of the clock, y
answered Mr.. Depew's minion. When
| ever the hands mark 2:45 or 9:15 the pig
cons roost on EN- Queer, amt it?'
But the man who had lost his train
did not say whether or not he thought
it was queer. His rage had made him
speechless. He tramped out across For
ty-second street and looked at the clock
! 1t was still 2:45. Two pigeons sat on the
minute hand, billing and cooling.
well" gasped the man, IF I had {
gun 1 know where there will be some
potpie tonight" and he started off on s
search for a gun store.-New Yorl
World
The herald., 1896-07-26

fashionable girls have gone in for this
sort of thing. The guitar used to be the
the favorite weapon with these maidens.
There is something soulful about the
tones of a guitar 1t makes nice quiet
music for an accompaniment to a tlirta-
ton that has progressed considerably.
1t is especially alluring when played by
a dark-eyed maiden with a mellifiuous
voice. Indeed, it requires a great deal
of patience and practice to learn to play
well enough upon guitar to use it alone
without this sweet addition to cover
some of the sins of execution. 1t is much
easier to play attractively upon the
banjo than upon the guitar, and for this
reason 1t has been very popular with
both men and women. But many object
to the thrum-thrum tone, and it quickly
grows monotonous. Besides, it is always
getting out of tune. and the opera ton of
tuning any string instrument is doleful.
to say the least. Moreover, one can never