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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
Little Doubt That They Were
Killed by the Constantly
Gazing Rock.
TWO CAUGHT IN THE CAGE
All Attempts TO Rescue the Unfortu
mates Resulted in Complete
Failure.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo, Jan. a.
The Cripple Greek district has been ex-
ceptionally free from serious mine accl-
dents, but its reputation IN this respect
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
Fire on the GlenGo,you,

LONDON, ENG, Jan. 4.-The new Brit
ish ship Glengowan, Captain Dougherty,
from Swansea, October Is, for San Fran
cisco, arrived at the Falkland Islands De-
cember IL having been Quilted by fire.
She was scuttled and will probably prove
total wreck. He crew was saved.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05

upon to make the amount good, as there is
but small chance of the receiver of the
bank being able to collect the deficit
Treasurer Reeves is in no way blamed for
the deficiency, as it has always been Gus
tomary to divide the county's money
among the general city banks, so as to
keep it in circulation.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05

SONORA, CAL, Jan. A meteor of
unusual size and beauty passed through
the heavens at clock this evening. It's
course was from east to west.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05
With Tobogganing, Skating and
Sleighing Visitors Are
Kept Busy.
GUESTS HOSPITALITY TREATED
The Mountain Town Furnishes a Menu
of Pleasures for Those Who
Attend

PALACE OF THE ICE KING
CLOSE TO ZERO.
TRUCKER, CAL, Jan. 4.
The carnival was inaugurated to-day
but not auspiciously. There is disappoint.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1896-01-05

Some remarkably clever Suits in ALL
Wool Scotches, for short trouser boys be-
tween the ages of 5 and Is, stylish color
ings, only few of each kind. They will
average for boys to Is years; the cheap
est in the lot not worth less than $3.50.
Your pick at the housekeeping price of
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10
CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTIONS.

The peoples party of the Sixth congressional
district in convention assembled renew our de-
votion to the fundamental principals of the
Omaha platform.
Money being prime necessity of exchange be
who contracts its value entails more ruin than
all wars, petilence and famines in the history Of
the world. We therefore believe with Thomas
Jefferson that the power to issue and control
the value of money should be taken from the
banks and restored to the people to whom it
belongs and demand the abolition of the ma
tional banking system and basing tho currency
on all the wealth of the nation.
As free and sovereign people we demand the
free and unlimited coinage OF silver and gold at
the ratio of sixteen to one, and that all money
be made full legal tender for all debts, both
public and private. We oppose the issue OF
bonds except by express authority of congress
and we condemn the extravaganza of the ma
tiOnal administration.
We have no use for any system of taxation
which tends to build up large fortunes for one
class at the expense of others.
In William Baker, congressman Of the Sixth
district, we have found and honest advocate of
these principles We commend him for his manly
stand against the steal of nearly half million
dollars for extra clerk hire for congressman,
We are in favor of submitting all important
questions to the direct vote Of the people, To
the support of these principles to which we
pledge the nominee of this convention we invite
the cooperation of all iberty-loving people to
assist us in OveTthrowing the present system Of
corporate power and establish a government for
and by the people.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10
90 aILYER nEPHFcIATEnl

The prices Of al commodities have
suffered a marked depreciation in the
last quarter Of century Is measured
in gold, but as measured in silver, at
bullion value, there is little change.
There is no question but what the de-
monetization Of silver has inaugurated
such a demand for gold that it has at
last become a 200 per cent dollar.
Hon. E. A. Baker, Detroit attorney,
in a recent article published in the De-
trOit News, presents aseries Of instruc-
tive tables showing the changes in the
purchasing power Of gold and silver
since 1874. Coin was then at a pre-
of 10 per cent over gresnbacks. Table
No is as follows:
Quantities in avoiTdupOis pounds, OF p staple
agricultural products, puTehasable at Chicago
prices, July 1, 1874, with one pound troy Of pure
gold, or with l6 pounds troy Of pure silver. The
= - AZ
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10

The republican party is unFeserVedly for sound
money, It caused the enactment of the law pro-
Viding for the resumption OF specie payments in
1875 since then every dollar has been as good as
gold. We are unalteFably opposed 10 every
measure calculated to debase our currency or
impair the credit of our country. We are, there
fore, opposed to the free coinage of silver except
by International agreement with the leading
commercial nations of the world, which we
pledge ourselves to promote, and until such an
agreement can be obtained the existing gold
standard must be preserved. All our silver and
paper currency must be maintained at parity
with gold, and we favor all measures designed
to maintain inviolably the obligations of the
United States and all our money, either coin OF
paper, at the present standaTd-the standard Of
the most enlightened nations Of the earth.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10
FARM CONDITIONS.

From every hand comes the wall of
the farmer telling of hard times, no
market for his products and a vast de-
probation Of his property.
A month ago Kansas and Missouri
grown potatoes we're selling on the
streets of Kansas City for u cents per
bushel and light demand even at that
price. This spring the Wisconsin far
mers hauled out thousands of bushels
of potatoes and spread them on their
land for fertiiizing purposes on ao-
count of finding no market for them at
sight and five cents per busheL
Men who bought corn last fall at u
cents per bushel are losing money on
their investment, as are those who in
vested in wheat, barley, rye, oats, etc.
Horses are all but worthless, hogs
are cheaper than at any time for years,
and cattle are falling in value.
Butter sells for five and six cents all
through the country and eggs about
the same. In the hay producing Sec
lions the cost of cutting is barely
realized.
Farm labor was never so cheap, and
yet there is little employment offered.
Farmers see nothing to gain from hir-
ing men to do work that will end in
putting them in debt.
What is the trouble?
There is an attempt on the part Of
republicans to point to their pet
hobby, protection, but very few profess
to believe that g remedy lies in that
issue. Eminent men and writer's on
both sides of the silver question de-
oiaye the trouble lies in our finance
and that the remedy is to be found
only in monetary reform. What that
rsform must be is where a difference is
found.
As 3 rule, the farmers journals, more
reliable, generally, than the metrOpo-
titan daily papers, are this year break
ing their political reserve and espOus-
ing the cause Of silver. They declare
that in bimetallism only is relief to be
found. These papars are, in most
cases, nOn-pOliticsl and their conolu-
sions carry more weight than would
the political Journal. Old party papers,
With q record of indoEsing everything
the party does, declare for gold as the
sole money metal. The peoples party
papers are with the farmers journals
IN declaring and lighting for the white
metal So il seems that there is almost
Unanimous verdict that the financial
a4estion is the issue.
he coming campaign will be, no
aaht, bsttle royal on the money
question. The plutOcEats know where
zy are IS, and it bahoeTes the CON-
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10

mon people to speedily locate them
selves. Il shonId't be difficult. They
have seen that their property has
shrunk a half under the gold standard,
they have seen bonds sold in vast sums
to maintain a pitifuI reserve under the
gold standard, they see a steadily fall
ing market with no Indication Of
bottom under the gold standard,
they see conditions arising that
will eventually Europsanize or destroy
America under the gold standard, they
see wealth arrogant and becoming more
SO under the gold standard, they see
poverty universal under the gold
standard, they have seen trusts and
monoplies and vast fortunes rise and
flourish at the expense Of the poor IN
der the gold standard, they see every
where the oppression of this modern
moloeh.
There is but one thing for the great
common people to do. There must be
be an amalgamation of the producing
classes, a moving along common lines
to the end that unWholesCms class leg
islation shall be done away with and a
return made to the fundamental prin-
eiples of the constitution and true de-
mocracy. Unit! that is done the pro-
ducing classes will continue to sxpeF-
fence an aggraYation of the ills now
fostering the body polite.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10
HOMESTEAD JOHN SHERMAN.

I am willing to take that bill as it
came to us from the house and ifitls not
sufficient to supply the necessary reTeH-
ues, let us add a tax on tea, tax on cOf-
fee, or a tax on anything; for, as l said
On a former occasion, I would vote to
tax anything; would take the last shirt
of the backs Of the people Of the United
States rather than to violate the public
faith Of the gOTeFnment....JOhn Sher.
man, Congressional Record, Page 1853.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10

GONE James A. Ray of Sumner coun-
ty, Kansas" says the Journal, San
nOunces that he can no longer support
the republican party. Mr.. Hanna has
not been heard from, but it is believed
the campaign will go on as planned"
It is significant that when honest
voters are leaving the republican party
the radicals can do nothing but boast
Of Hanna's power. Hanna, however,
has not enough millions to buy all the
republican silver men and not terrify
the average westerner to any great ex-
tent. 1t is also a fact that many honest
citizens of the United States would
rather be zone James A. Ray" with the
courage of his convictions, than. Marcus
A. Hanna with his s6GOOOOO stolen
from the people through the iron trust
by raising prices and lowering wages
Kansas City Times.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10
Dannnds go IL sIIrer b 1sae.

The American people, from tradition and In
terest, favor bimetallism, and the republican
party demands the use of both gold and silver
as standard money, with such restrictions and
under such provisions to be determined by legis-
latiOn as will secure the maintenance Of the
two metals, so that the purchasing and debt
paying value of the dollar, whether of silver,
gold or paper, shall be at al times equal. The
interests of the producers of this country, its
farmers and its wOrkingmen, demand that every
shall be as good as any other. We commend the
wise and patriotic steps already taken by our
government to secure an international confer
ence to adopt such measures as will insure
parity of value between gold and silver for use
as money,
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10
"TFR VERGE or RUIN.

No statement ever made to the Am
erican people has received more vilifi-
cation and abuse than that of the
Omaha platform where the nation was
declared to be upon the verge of ruin.
Yet in the light Of the events of the
last few years no more truthful state
ment was ever made. This, even its
opponents are obliged to admit. The
State Journal, republican, contains the
following editorial comment:
'1tmay be remembered that our pop
ulist friends in their Omaha platform
in 1892 said: we are on the verge of
moral, material and financial ruin
For this they we're denounced as Gala
nifty hOwlers. While populist doctrines
are wrong in many particulars, that
prophecy of theirs came near being
absolutely true. Within u months
afterward, a terrible panic struck this
country; a months afterward the worst
railroad strike ever seen in history
afflicted US. We have not recovered
from the effects of either. If this
wasn't material and financial ruin what
is? The populist prophesy vas right;
the country was ignorant and wouldn't
believe it. Perhaps it is ignorant get;
u months from now, reader, you may
be holding radical views that you do
not now believe you can entertain for
q minute. We are making history. We
do not stand still.H
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10

HENRY CLEws, of Wall street, ex-
presses his disappointment at the lack
of buoyaRcy in the stock market. He
had anticipated substantial advances
in share values as a result of the ad-
option Of the single gold standard
plank by the st. Louis convention.
Mr.. Clews is one of those deluded indi-
viduals who, reasoning from wrong
standpoint, expect stability in values
under the gold standard. Such con
dition would be analogous; a falling
market is ever experienced when money
advances, and with gold as the sole
money metal it viii keep on increasing
in value, and other property decreas-
ing as measured in gold.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10

Mckinley has st last declared his
position on the financial question. Ia
his speech formally accepting the pres
identisl nomination, be said: "The
platform adopted by the republican
national convention has received my
careful consideration and has my IN
qualified approval In othsF words he
declares himself SIS much Of q gOldbug
as Sherman, Morgan and ClsyelSa1.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10


The republican congressman who are
running on a silver platform are
placed in an incOngurOus position, and
in asking the support of voters further
complicate matters. The currency
question must be settled in the coming
campaign. To elect a congress divided
upon the subject, with a president
pledged to the gold standard would
perpetuate the discussion of an issue
that has already been used as the basis
for a damaging panic. What the peO-
pie want is csndor; doubIe-dealing viii
be severely froWned upon.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10

A malicious man in NsWkirk, o.
poured kerosene on the tail Of neigh
boris cstand set fire to it, thinking that
the animal would rush msdly to its
home and cause g eOnfagratioR il the
house Of the disliked nsighbOF. With 3
cats usual perVeFsity, it dashed into
the barn Of ths malicious man, and the
barn was DESTROYED.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10

the number Of articles and We have 1871 as the
average number of pounds of staple agricultural
products puTchassble with one pound troy of
gold or 16 pounds troy Of silver That is, in 1874
tue price OF value of one pound of gold or IS
pounds Of silver was 7,84T pounds of the staple
products of the farm.
Table No. 2 shows the purchasing
power Of gold at the present time, and
reads as follows:
Quantities, in avOidupois, of q staple sgricul-
tural products, puEchasabls at Chicago prices,
May Is, 1886, with one pound troy of pure gold:
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10

Anxiously watch declining health Of
their daughters. So many are cut off
by consumption in carly years that
there is real cause for anxiety. In
the early stages, when not beyond
the reach Of medicine, Hoods Sarsa-
parilla will restore the quality and
quantity Of the blood and thus give
good health. Read the following letter:
at Is bat just to write about my
daughter Cora, aged 10. She was COM
pletely run down, declining, had that tired
feeling, aad friends said she would not
live over three months. She bad bad
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10

WHAT contrast there is between the
men who signed the Declaration Of In
dependence and the men who formu-
lated the republican financial plank.
The former declared they could do
England thought they
couldn't do the latter declare they can
do nothing England doesn't want them
to do.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10
REPUBLICAN FINANCIAL PLAHES
4 Complete SoneFsault on tins Fl-
nanclal Question Since 1884.
Favored BimssaIIIsa IN 1884.

We have always recommended the best money
known to the civilized world, and We urge that
efforts shonld be made to unite ali commercial
nations in the establishment Of an international
standard which shall tx for al the relative val.
ne Of gold and silver coinage.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10

~
Divide the aggregate by p and we have Il, 1913
as the average number of pounds of farm pro-
ducts parchasable at the present time with one
pound of gold, or nearly twice as much as in 1874
1t is made plain by this that gold has
doubled in value as measured in pro-
duce since the year that the act de-
monetizing silver became known to
the people of the United States.
The Denver News adds the following;
"At 68 cents per ounce the intrinsic
value of the pure silver in the silver
dollar, when measured by the gold dol
lar, is worth about 81 cents. Fifty-two
one-hundredths of 294,821 is 159,O47.
Divide that by D and We have 1856 as
the average number Of pounds of staple
farm products purchassble at the pres
sent time with Is pounds of silver.
This makes place for table No. 8, which
compares the value of silver and gold
in 1874 and at the present time:
SILVER.
Value of 16 pounds of silver in farm pro.
ducts in 1874. 7,Sl7
Value Of Is pounds Of silver in farm pro.
ducts in 1S96............... ...,.......,.. 1856
Depreciation Of silver. S9i
GOLD.
Value ~ 1 ,,r.rr5 ~ ,,,l5 =, e., ,,..,,7,-.s
IN 1886. 33iS
Value of pound of gold in farm products
in IS7i...., 1871
Appreciation of gold,..,...,... ...,..... 6,O31
"Since the sbOve table vas prepared
silver has advanced to within a fraction
Of SO cents per ounce, while farm pro-
ducts have decreased in value, many of
them reaching low water mark in Chi
Csgo, New York and st. Louis last week.
This wipes Out-mOre than wipes out
the depreciation Of 391 pounds Of farm
products marked against silver, while
it accsntuates and increases 6,O31
pounds OF appreciation IN products that
is credited to gold. In 3 word, the
standard silver dollar is valuable to-
day, measured in farm products
which in turn measure the value Of
farm lands-as it was in 1874, before the
act Of 1873 began to assert its danger
Gus contracting poWsrs-its fatal dis
turbance Of the relstiOn Of values"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10

TETANTED-A reliable lady or gentleman to
w distributed samples and mako a house to
hnase canvass for Our Vegetable toilet soaps and
pure haFoTins extracts. SO 10 SIS Dor month
easily made AdHirsst LrOfts and Reed, Chicago,
Ills. k-i5-es.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10

DsaouHesd Silver Demonstration In 1883.
The republican party is in favor of the use Of
both gold and silver as money. and condemns
the policy Of the democratic administration in
its efforts to demonetize silver.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10
PATENTS FEB, e 1894 1894 Oct. ? I hsss
San. ~, 1885
Others Pending

The LayEOOd simplest bicycle
sndr
IA ps Of da parts always Setay s9s
bronze
RrVe
build without 9Eazh joints ana
adjustment
OT2 HADE
ruhbe
8 q
reader his achance WnesiS y
81 @ r.: :5 . K: .'? 5:s s s " y f; $500
o.. wit q q
H6indfnS with BicvCa fsa +
lifetime cannot aho to the opp Nc. Msyw0Od
CASH BUYERS UNION 3 "'DISySIe'" Z
m CHICAGO, ILL.,
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10
NOT ALL, WILLIAM!

"We are all ready and anxious
to get back to the period of 1892,
when this country was enjoying
its highest prosperity. William
Mckinley.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10
PEOPLES PARTY TICKET.

Congressman. B. MCCORMICK,
OF Phillipsbirg.
State Senator. Maj. LEVI PRITCHARD,
Of Hill City.
Appellate Judge. ". M,ELROY
OF Oberlin.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10
THE TARIFF FRAUD!

Revenue last year Of nc
Kinley law......,.....,. Sl9S, T6G5S9I
Revenue first year Of Cor
man-WilsOn laW,.-..... 1880, GOO
The difference between
the two systems. 2o,494,eel
Per capita difference be-
tween the tWo.......... sou cents
And still our republican and democratic
friends insist that paltry difference of 500
cents to each person IN this republic is great
enough to make on issue in this campaign.
POinter-Don't be humbugged by the tariff
fraud, More money is the issus and neither Of
the old parties are in favor of it. Get in line for
the pOpulist ticket,
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10

TIE Teller reception in Colorado was
a regular Fourth Of July affair. This
is one case Of honor in ones own
country.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10
PoPuusT PouTIcAL cALENpAR.

July 2, PeOple'sparty national convention at
st. Louis, No.
August 5, Peoples party state convention at
abilene.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10
Seed the Esyyse

Upon pure, rich blood and yOuReed not learner
vous pgostratiOa. Nerves are weak Vhsn they
are Improperly and iRsuGiciently nourished
Pare blood Is thsir proper food, aad pure blood
comes By taking Hoods SsFsapGEilia, which L
thus the gIeassSt and best nerTo tonic. Il also
builds up ths whole system.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10

Hoods Pills are the fav0rits family
esq - take, easy spCaafate.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1896-07-10
SOME OF The PROSPERITY.

This includes Homestead where PiHkePtoR
thugs shot down men, women and children, not
10 dwell 90 the buteheFies Of IaboFeFS at G0uf
De Alone and in Tennessee by militia and
United States troops, 1892.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1896-08-28
ARGUMENTUM AID ABsURDUM

In a recent issue of a cotempor-
airy in a nearby town this extraor-
binary statement is made by way of
argument. The ordinary opera
ton of the law of supply and de-
mand will raise the worlds price Of
silver bullion the moment our mints
are open to its free coinage, and the
coined metal is a legal tender for all
debts public and private. This pro-
position stated in few words is SIM
ply that the more there is of q thing
the higher it's price will be. That
such is the ordinary law. That the
moment the mints are open and the
silver of the world can be brought
here to be stamped into dollars the
price of the bullion will rise" Sup
pose this would be true, would any.
one but the mine owners Of the bul.
lion be benefited i? What the pur.
chasing power of the dollar would
be is the question of interest to the
farmer and laborer. No one dis
putes the idea that the mine owners
and the owners of silver in foreign
countries would be vastly benefited
and in their eagerness to have 10I
cents made out of fifty-three, the
price of bullion might possibly b.
slightly appreciated, we doubt even
that, but assuming it to be true thl
farmer has none to sell. He mus
take coined dollars in payment fol
his produce. and if he attempts t.
convert them into bullion, he goe