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Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
SILVER MEN ON TOT.
FREE COINAGE BILL PRESENTED
~ THE SENATE.
of the Senate Finance Com
mittee Adopt a Substitute for tho
sarif Bill-Act:on Taken on PROPOSE
ton of MIR. Vest.
Substitute Given the Senate.

The belated tariff bill emerged from the
Senate Finance Committee Tuesday and
made its appearance soon after the ses-
sion opened. Chairman Morrill, made the
report. stating that a free silver amend
ment had taken the place of the original
bill. Mr.. Quay had remained standing
while Mr.. Morrill, spoke and at once fol-
lowed with Il motion to recommit the bill
and substitute back to the Finance Com
mittcc with Instructions To report the orig
inal bill and amendment separately. The
silver substitute to the tariff bill reported
To the Senate WAS suggested by Senator
Vest and was agreed to in the Finance
Committee by Il majority of l. Senator
Jones (\cv.) voting with the Democrats
for the substitute and all the Republicans
present voting against ii. Senator VOL
colt CColO.) was the only Republican Gb-
entee and he was recorded as voting
against the substitute. Senator Jones
(Ark.), the only Democratic member not
present, was recorded as voting for it.
The substitute agreed to is in the exact
words of the silver substitute for the bond
bill which PASSED the Senate on Saturday.
Ii provides for the free coinage of silver
Mt the ratio of Ii to |; directs the imme-
date coinage into standard dollars of the
silver sciSnioracc in the treasury accumu-
lated by the purchases under the Sherman
act: prohibits the issuance of national
bank notes of Il smaller denomination
than $40. and directs the Secretary of the
Treasury To redeem g~rccnbacks and treas
ury notes in either gold or silver cXclu-
sivcly, at the option OF the Secretary, and
| TO reissue grccnbackS.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
LINCOLN, P%INKERToN, AND M~cLERNAND.

people n reverence that never Will he fog-
gotten. and his birthday will always be
Httingly remembered e~yery where in the
puited States.
But, says the Chicago Tribune. while
these memorial services impress upon the
minds of the people the memories Of that
s9astriOus martyr, there is no fear that
ChicagOans viii ever forget him, for right
among them are more mementos of the
war President than can be found in any
other city OF the Union. The largest OF
these collections is at the Libby Prison
War Museum. and Manager Macloon be-
Ieyes II 70 be the most authentic cOllec-
sion OF Lincoln material extant.
In connection with his early life there
are original photographs of the house in
which Lincoin's father lived md died in
Coles County, H., and also an original
photograph of the house that Abe Lin
coin and Dennis Hanks built and occu-
pied in Mercer County, in 1880, where
Lincoln made fame as Il rail splitter. This
house was on exhibition at the Sanitary
Fair held in this city in 1860, and Mr..
and Mrs. Hanks lived in il during its
exhibition in Chicago. 1t will be remem-
bered that Dennis Hanks taught Lincoln
his first 'lesSOn in reading and writing.
and this collection contains a good pho
fograph OF the old gentleman. There is
also an original copy of the Sansamon
Journal of Springfield. H.. of Nov. IL,
GS42, which contains the notice of his
marriage. The collection contains many
Interesting manuscripts of Lincoln, of
(which. perhaps. the most noted is his
famous last dispatch to Gen. Grant.
In'this collection Of Lincoln mementos
ut Libby Prison there are many things
worthy OF extended notice, but to make il
brief the following are n few of them:
the key, n piece of the curtain. and wall
paper OF the box in which he was shot ut
Ford's Thcatcr: six Of the chairs used in
tho box or the Inflated night and an orig
anal program of the play; Lincoln's library
chair, q sofa from his residence. and the
bed upon which the body lay while the
physicians .wcre holding the autopsy: his
old bootjack made by himself, and all Of
the portraits OF himself ever published.
Among the original photographs is one
that shows what an unusually tall man
he was. IL is a picture of Allen Pinker-
ton, Gen. McClernand and himself at the
Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac.
The three men arc standing before an
open tent, Lincoln, in the center, tower
ing head and shoulders above his two
companions. There are also portraits of
Lincoln's wife and family. ]. Wilkes
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
KAFFIR CORN IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Interesting Results of Experiments
Made by Farmers Last Year.

A detailed description of the new ia
nous Kaiir corn in an article frOm Guth-
RE, Ok, and first printed n few weeks
ago in the columns of the GlObC-DcmO-
crat, has been widely copied by the news
papers of the Northwest and has aroused
much discussion among the farmers of
South Dakota as TO the a~daptability of
Kaifir corn To that climate. Last year
and prior Il few farmers in the State pro-
cured small quantities Of this seed and OK
pcrimcntcd with il. and the results of
these experiments are interesting. I. Il.
Strong. Il farmer and ranchman IN White
River, in the coded Sioux lands, had n
field of corn which yielded fully up to
expectations. He declares that it is the
very best kind of feed for any kind OF
stock. l.. j. Germ, n Chamberlain bust
ness man. experimental last season with
Il small field of ordinary Indian corn and
Eaflir corn. The ordinary corn was irri-
gated several times. while the Kafiir corn
received only the natural rainfall, which
| was much below normal. Still, the Eaffir
| corn grew as fast as the other, was green
and Healthy looking during the very driest
periods of the summer, proving, in this
instance, at least, that'it can withstand
| drought to the degree claimed for it. In
referring TO Il newspaper statement warn
ing farmers Ia go slow in going into the
culture of kafiir corn, +. ID. liver, Il prom
incnt farmer Of Hanson County, says
that three years ago he riSkcd n dime for
seed. This year he has ten bushels of
| seed and next spring will put in all he can
! cultivate. lie declares that he finds moth
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12

Minister Terrell Asks 500, 900 for
Burning American Missions.

United States Minister Terrell has de-
mandcd of Turkey an indemnity of $780,
o for the burning and pillaginS of the
American missions ut Marash and Ehar-
put. !le also asked for the immediate
granting of firmans for rebuilding them.
Reports from Turkish sources, believed
10 be fairly accurate, say that il is be-
licvcd that the Zeitounlis are still hold
ing out. The Turks have made seven diff
fcrcnt attacks upon the town. but all
have failed. ana their losses are reported
10 amount 10 10000. 1t is alleged that
10000 troops will be needed To capture
ZcitOun. 1t is believed that the Zcitounlis
number from 1000 to 10000, well armed,
and provisioned for n year. There is a
doubtful report that 1000 Russian Arme-
mans crossed the Persian frontier and
defeated the Turks at Siz, eighteen hours
from Zeitoun, and have new Joined the
XcitounliS.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
Bidders Number 1910,

-Four thousand six hundred and forty
bids for S55S. 269,SJ ) worth of bonds was
the tremendous total of the subscriptions
opened At the Treasury Department in
accordance with the terms of the call is
sued a month lgo inviting proposals for
$1UO. ,0C0 OF United States / per cent
bonds to run TO- thirty years from Feb. /.
1S9J These figures do not include about
100000 e. bids rejected as bogus.
The immense offerings astounded experts.
The bids literally swamped the Treasury
Department.. At & O'Clock it was impOs-
sible To tell with dctinitcncsS how many
bids and for whal aggregate had been re-
ceived ut figures in advance of the price
Of 110.6SI1. N which Il syndicate com-
posed Of j. l.. Morgan x Co. Harvey Fisk
X Co. and the DcutSche Bank of Berlin
offered to take the whole loan. The bids
ranged from par up 10 a single 500 bid at
100. The public gets from 100000 o to
$40,000,000 of the 100000, 900 popular
loan, and the Pierpont Morgan syndicate
secures the remainder on Il bid Of 1l0.6ST
for 500, 100000.
Treasury officials regard the loan as a
complete success, both rs - the popular
subscription feature and the prices OBJ
tanned. Bids came from several thou
sand individuals and from hundreds of ma
tional banks and other banking i%nstitu-
tons. Nearly al of the leading New York
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
LincOIn's Sclf-ControI,

Although Lincoln was universally re-
Garded rs one of the most amiable of men
and was scarcely ever known to show an
ger, those acquainted with him in his
youthful and obscure years have declared
that he had naturally a fiery temper.
which he struggled against until he mas
tered it completely. After having become
a prominent figure in the councils of the
nation, he was 4 pattern of self-disci-
pline and self-control. One of his favor
lite sayings, which would give color to this
belief, was, The most important victory
a man can gain is the victory over him
self"
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12

erstrom. of Lake View, owns n cane that
was sent 20 the White House in 1867 by
some unknown admirer. 1t was carved
out of n piece of apple wood. and is Il
marvellous piece of artistic work. 1t was
so unique and so different from the many
other canes sen; to Lincoln that he priced
this particular walking stick above all
others of the many that he had received.
Charles Rector is a son-in-law of Mr..
Peterson. who owned the house in Wash
ington in which Lincoln died, and he
keeps as n valuable and interesting me-
thc picture that hung over the bed
upon which the President died. The pic
ture is not a valuable one except for this
fact. A son Of Mr.. Peterson. now living
in Baltimore, Nd, WINS the quilt that
was on the lid at the death, and Mrs.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12

given the power TO read them.
But there was Grape on the door that
14th of February and the tender message
had come too late.
IF any letters come for me after I'm
gone you may read them and answer them
for me-" she had said, SO ! opened the en-
vclope. and looked at the dainty offering.
1t WAS q pretty. delicatcly tinted mis-
sivc. containing a pathetic little verse,
below which was written iii an unsteady
hand. the one word, John"
Upstairs in her trunk, the contents of
which had also been given TO me, there
was another valentine, n memcnto that
had been guarded so sacrcdly that none
but myself knew Of its existence.
Once, when but n child, | had bec1
standing near while she was searching
for something and had caught one fleeing
glimpse of it. What is that pretty let
ter, Aunt MarthaT" | had asked. is
it a valcntine:'
Yes she had answered, in such a tone
that, young as | was, instantly perceiv-
ed that no further questioning would he
allowed. But how thankful | had been
Tor that one slight bit OF knowledge Of
her past when Il few days later | was at
4 ncighbOr's house where there were IL
number Of women who, not noticing me,
commenced talking about my beloved
aunt. Yes, she's n good enough woman"
one Of them said, but so queer. Why,
I've heard it said, on good authority,
that She never had n DeaZ in her. life"
Instantly darted cut fron my place
in the corner. and. standing in the midst
90 tho .-l,p.rho1 x-npaan \. Iirn a ntlr
rcfutcd the statement, for, to my imma-
ture mind. it seemed that a woman who
had never had 4 beau was disgraced for
ever.
"'TiSn't So" | cried. "She's had beaux,
lots of EN-. And she's got valentines that
they gave her. l saw 'em just the other
day"
"Oh, pshaw, child" one of them remark
cd, regaining her self possession, ''any
one can get Valentines And then, as |
founted angrily out of the room, they OK
claimed in q chorus: "Oh. dear. Who'd
have thought that little snip was in here?
She'll so home and tell" But | did not
tell, for knew how sensitive Aunt Mar
tina was. and | would not wound her by re-
pcating the foolish words.
That happened n long time ago. and af-
ter | had looked at her second valentine
/ rcSurrecIcd the old II from beneath
the other treasures and compared the two.
They were something alike in design,
but the verse on the first one was hope
full and gay and the John" accompanying
it was written in n bold. manly hand that
contrasted strangely with the trembling
signature of the second. But, then. ono
was written in 1910 and the other in 1891.
and fifty-one years produce wonderful
changes.
Then ! fell to wondering about Aunt
Martha and John" Who was he? What
had separated them? Where had he been
all those years? Why had he never writ
ten? Had her whole life been one great
waiting and longing for the token that
had come at last?
/ dropped 4 tear on the two valentines.
and slipping into the parlor ! placed them
in the casket beside her. and SO her love
secrets were buried with her.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
Reminders of a Great Man.

Had Abraham Lincoln lived until now
Ae would have been 81 years of age. But
ais destiny was not such. In the full
prime Of the greatness that he had achiev-
ed hs was struck down by the assassin's
hand without the warning OF n moment
The long war that had marked his admin
Sstration and the terrible circumstances
attending his death made it deeply i'm
pressive. A general gloom %peryaded the
whole country. Flags hung at half-mast
and prblic buildings and private resi-
dences everywhere were draped in black.
Idncoan was the third President To die
while occupying the official chair. VIII
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12

Jam Henry Harrison died April !. 1871,
month after inauguration. and Zach
ary Taylor July 9. 1880. The death of
l.incoln occurred April L.. 1850. AMI the
fourth and last President to die in office
was James A. CARRIED. who met 4 fate
similar 20 I.incOln's in 1881.
Idncoln was President during the most
difficult period of the history Of this com
try, during the greatest civil wal the
vorld has ever known. His noble char
acter, portrayed during the whole OF that
memorable struggle. impressed upon the
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
To NationaIize Lincoln's Birthplace

The movement is on foot for the pur-
chase of the birthplace of Abraham Lin
coin for the purpose of forming it into a
national park. The promoters intend to
form an association. whose objects shall
he 10 improve the farm, long neglected,
and to restore TO its original character tile
cabin in which the President was born.
1t is three miles south of Hcgdenville,
Ky, and is no longer in Hardin County,
but in Larne County, a new division OF
the State.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
Valentines Day.

In Bailey's old dictionary this Is the
explanation of Valentines Day: About
this time of the year the birds choose
their mates. and probably thence came the
custom of the young men and maideEs
choosing Valentines or special loving
friends" Drayton, a poet of Shakspearc's
time, wrote thus:
Each little bird. this tide
Doth choose her loved peer.
Which constantly abide
In wcdlock all the year.
My lips I'll softly lay
Upon her heavenly cheek,
Dyed like the dnwning day.
As polished ivory sleek.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
AUNT MARTHA'S VALENTINE.
a Pretty and Dclicate1y Tinted Mis-
sivc that Came Too Late.

was he ad-
dress on the large,
heavily e~mbrcider-
ed, white envelope,
L knew, when I
took it from the
postman, that ii
4 valentine,
| fancied that
there were words
inside that would
have brought joy to
the patient heart,
could she have been
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12

Acting Captain O'Ericn. Of the New
York police department. published the CEN
sus of safes in the city recently taken 10y
the police of the different precincts. Tho
total number of safes in the city, accord
ing To the census. Is 2T,3J9. The census
was taken SO that the police will know
the location of all the safes in their pre-
cincts. This census does not include all
the safes that are in use, but rs many as
the police could locate.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12

A correspondent in Rio Janciro. Brazil.
sends word that rain has fallen in such
torrents that it has caused the falling
of many houses in the city. the great
flood of water completely undermining
them. In the lower part of the city many
buildings were completely submerged.
Even those who live uron the highest cle-
walton suffered 10y the iood.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12

Virginia 5. Washington and Mary l..
Washington, of Portsmouth. O., repre-
scnting themselves To he immediate de-
.scendants of George Washington, have
written to the Secretary of the Interior
offering 10 sell to the Government Il num-
Der of relics of Washington. Among these
a. q suuffbox presented To Jefferson by
Washington and afterward returned to
the donor.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12

Should any one ask me, what Is the
first thing in religion? l would reply,
the first, second and third therein, nay.
all, Is humility.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12

While suffering with the grippe George
Mead, a farmer of Dubuque. Ia. swal-
lowed a capsule of corrosive sublimate
by mistake for Quinine aud died In great
agony.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12

bankers and big insurance companies
were represented in The list OF bidders, but
with a few exceptions they were outma-
neuycred by the Morgan syndicate. The
opening and scheduling OF the bids was
conducted under the direction of Assist
ant Secretary Curtis 10y a committee con-
sisting of Mr.. Morgan. United States
treasurer; Mr.. Eckels. Comptroller of the
Currency. and Mr.. Huntington. chief OF
the division of loans and currency.
Terms of tho Circular.
The bonds are redecmable in coin. md
will be issued in denominations Of $50
or multiplcs Of that sum as may be desired
by the bidders. Only United States gold
coin or gold certificates will be received
in payment. Under the terms Of the Sec
r%etary's circular the first payment of 20
per cent and accrued interest must be
made upon receipt OF notice Of the accept
ance of the bid. The remainder of the
amounts bid may be paid in instailments
of 10 per cent each and accrued interest
at the end Of Zach fifteen days thereafter.
Accepted bidders. however. are allowed
to pay the whole amount Of their bids at
the time Of The first inStaiimcnt. or at
any time previous 10 tho maturity of the
last installmcnt. provided that all previ-
Gus inStallmcntS have been paid. The
bonds will bc dated Feb. |. 1880. To run
thirty years from that time. ana viii
therefore mature Feb. I. 1929. Accord
ing to the calculations Of thc %actuary OK
the treasury = bidder. in order to realize
2la per cent interest on his Investment,
should nave offered $i3oSIi9 for each
500 in bonds bid for.
Bid for Previous Loans.
For the , per cent loan of Feb. /. 1891.
there were in all rs bids. representing
$52,2 $50. OF this amount $I2..E46.SJ
was bid for at the upset price OF $l1T.223.
and $9.295.300 ut a price n excess OF
that figure. The amount awarded was
$1,000 900, upon which the Government
realized Il premium Of SS.6:i3.295.
For the > per cent loan of Nov. Is. 1894,
for which there was 10 upset price, the
Government received 39f bids. amount
ing to $11S.:3f1. 80. The amount of the
bids received at $116.SS9S was $4,000
600; amount below that rate. SCI. 776. 100:
at rates between S1l6.SS9S and SHOT,
5000. 800; at S117.O77. S5o.000.0O u made
by the Morgan-B Belmont syndicate. The
amount bid at rates above $t1T.O77 was
SO, 935, go. The syndicate bid was ac-
cepted, the Government realizing a pre-
MUM of SS.J3S.. 800.
The gold purchase Of Feb. :. 1898. was
for 100000 ounces, payable in United
States 1 per cent bonds. The bid of the
Morgan syndicate 10 furnish the gold was
accepted. The Government, under the
terms of this agreement. issued bonds
amounting to S62,:31J. 100. for which the
syndicate paid at the rate of $1Oi. 1910
per 500, the Government thus realizing
u premium Of $2.S00,Sl4.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12
RELICS OF LINCOLN.
INTERESTING COLLECTION OF
THEM IN CHICAGO.

Bring Back to the Memory
Events in the History of tho Mar
tyr Presidcnt-FrOm Boyhood Days
TO the Ill-Fntcd Nightinthc Theater.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12

TOTAL AMOUNT OF ISSUE SUB.
SCRl8ED MANY TIMES

Five Hundred and Fifty Millions Arc
Offered in Exchauge-Pubiic Gets
About n Tbird-Remaindcr Will Be
Awarded to the Morgan Syndicate.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12

II. Mckay, aged SO, died suddenly in
Bruce. Mich. He was one of the original
abolitionists, casting his vote for that
party in 1912, when it had hardly two
anti slavery votes in the town.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-02-12

Magruder of Washington, ID. c., owns
the original bed. The house still stands
in Washington.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-02-28
NatchitOches Parish Committee
Meeting.

The Peoples party parish com.
mittee met at noon in the Court
house in this city, Thursday, goth
inst.
Chairman Henry called the
meeting to order, and a roll call
showed 6 wards represented.
Chairman stated objects of meet
ing to be the election of a member
of the State Campaign Committee,
to outline the parish campaign, and
other business.
On motion, Mr.. j. w. Jones
was elected member of State Cam
paign Committee.
On motion, Chairman S. j. Hen
ry, Secretary H. L. Brian, and
Jno. w. Brown, were appointed to
carry out the instructions of our
parish nominating convention, held
October Sth, 1895, with reference
to offering the Democratic party a
white primary.
The Louisiana populist. [volume] (Natchitoches, Natchitoches Parish, La.) 1894-1898, 1896-02-28
Who is the Populist Nomi-
nee for Governor.

Two weeks ago we asserted il
this paper that the State Contra
Committee of the Peoples party
did not take Mr.. Booth down.
We said this in reply to Booth.
supporters, who charged it and
denied the committees authority,
and the committees published adj
dress bore us ont in the assertion.
The Booth contingent caught al
this ''dying mans straws" to claim
that Booth is still our nominee.
We regret to take away the last
straw to which they are SO devout
ly clinging, but knowing that q
good stout boat is within easy reach
of them, we have no fear of theil
drowning, and SO we knock ouI
their last ballast.
IT'S true, the new ticket was
submitted subject to the approval
and support of the partial ticket
made by the convention mot to
Mr.. Booths approval alone).
Now the new ticket has received
the approval and support of. not
only every man on the convention
ticket save Booth, but 3-fOurths
of our press and 3-fourths the
people as well-two Populist par
ishes having met and denounced
the Executive Committee, and eigh-
teen having met and Endorsed the
new ticket.
MI. Booth and two parishes
alone stand out against the mani
fest will of the party in the State
and their own better judgment.
The great bulk of our party,
its press and its original nominees
having ratified the work of the
committee, it certainly becomes
regular and right, and Capt. j.
n. Pharr is the Populist nominee
for Governor of Louisiana.