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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-12-10
NO. IA.
SUMMED UP.
What the Present Agitation Means Tersely
Set Forth In Paragraphs.


The idea that the overproduction Of
commodities is the cause Of all trouble
is refuted by the fact they are harder
tor the poor to get at their present prices
than they would be at higher prices
with full circulation, because it is harder
now to get the half dollar than it used
to be to get o dollar to buy them with.
If machinery has increased the prod
1ct of commodities, it would also have
increased the product of money Of re-
demption if silver had not been demon
eti2ed. The relation between the two
would have been approximately sus-
tanned Stoppage of coinage without
the stoppage of the production Of com
modities has limited the supply OF
money and increased the quantity Of
commodities The cheapness Of the
commodities is but another expression
for the DEAFNESS of money.
This question is one between labor
aud capital, aud with the appreciation
Of money the laborer must always get
less.
It is a question also between Ameri-
ca and Europe. Europe, being a credit
or country and America a debtor coun-
try, with dearer money Europe must
get richer and America poorer.
1t is aQuestion between the masses Of
the people and few magnates OF
wealth, and with dearer money the
people must get poorer and the mag
mates richer.
1t is u question between the taxpayer
and government, and with Gearermoney
the taxpayer must be moro heavily bur-
dened
1t is a question Lotween debtor and
creditor, end with derer money the
debtor must 30 to TIE wall
1t is question between property and
the charges upon it, and with dearer
money property must be sacrificed and
in many cases the creditor involved in
ruin with lis insolvcnt debtor.
1t is q question between democracy
and autocracy, and with dcarer money
the autocrat3 Of the world have filed
their strong boxes with American gold,
dipped out Of tho treasury with green
backs, and every monarch Of the old
world has been strengthened, while free,
liberal and independent movements have
been proporticnately checked.
1t is a question Of America and her
freemen on the one side ard her rivals
and enemies on the other side. Senator
John W. Daniel.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-12-10
A DEADLY OCCUPATION.
Bringing Out BOrax From the Riffs In
Death Valley.

Bringing Out BOrax From the Riffs In
Death Valley.
The deadliest occupation for men or
horses is teaming in the borax fields Of
Death valley of the great American des.
ert There the longest teams in the
world are employed. Scientists declare
that the fierce heat in this narrow rent
in the cracked surface Of the earth is
not equaled elsewhere in the world.
Where the thermometer often registers
40 degrees of heat unrelieved by even
a breath CT air, where men sleep at
night in hollow bitches filed with wa
ter in order to avoid dying from col.
lapse, the necessity for the longest
teams Of mules and horses ever harness.
ed to draw the great borax laden wag.
ons is apparent
The desert team is the longest in the
world, and the percentage Of deaths
among the horses is greater than that
of domestic animals used in any other
calling. Forty to go horses are often
hitched to one Of the numbering vehi-
oles in which the borax is slowly drag
ged across the sun baked alkali plains
The average life of even the sturdiest
horses used in this work is six months,
for in this length of time they either BE-
como broken winded, consumptive frem
inhaling the deadly dust Of the desert
or are driven crazy by the frightful heat,
A man there, though protected by the
wagon awnings from the suns rays,
cannot go an hour without water with
out danger of DEATH When a team
breaks down and the water supply be-
comes depleted, the men ride on at top
speed for the nearest source of supply,
and often when they return they find
that the remaining horses, made mad
by thirst, have broken from the harness
and dashed off only to find death in the
desert.
The borex wagons weigh 5000
pounds and carry 10000 pounds at a
load. Behind each wagon is a tank con-
tanning hundreds of gallons of water.
The horses are harnessed in pairs, the
trained ones in the lead, and the next
in intelligence just ahead Of the tongue,
while the unruly and the youngsters are
hitched between. The nigh leader has
a bride with the strap from the left
jaw shorter than the other, and from
the bride runs a braided rope, which
the driver, perched on the wagon seat,
holds in his right hand.
The rope is called the "jerk line" and
is little longer than the team, which
stretches out several hundred feet in
front Of the wagon. During the busy
season the borax wagons make an al
most continuous train. and the horses
alone, if placed in single file, would
make team more than 100 miles long.
Besides a little food and water the
poor animals get no care. They curry
themselves by rolling in the burning
sand. After few months of the killing
labor the poor creatures become unfit
for service. A kindly rifle ball then ends
their agony, and their emaciated car
Dasses are left alongside the trail to fur
nish scant picking for tho towering vul-
lures. California Letter.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-12-10
SENATOR HILL IN 1898.
He Declared For Tree Silver and Said It
Should be tho Issue In 1896.


Should be tho Issue In 1896.
On July 10, 1898, Senator Hill, in a
letter to The Constitution, announced
that tho Democrats must make free
coinage the issue for the presidential
campaign Of 1896. Tho letter was per-
sonal and hence was rot published at
the time it was written. About u year
ago. however, Senator Fill authorized
its publication, and so general has been
the demand for it of late that The Con-
stitution herewith produces that part Of
it relating to tho currency question.
Senator Hills advice has been taken by
the Democratic party. This is what he
wrote:
AS to tho repeal OF the Sherman law, favor
She unconditional repeal OF the law. have al
ways been opposed to 1t. IL should be aban-
doned by general consent. My views were par
TALLY expressed in my recent Tammany letter,
which you have undoubtedly seen. PERSONAL
ly should prefer not to repeal the law until
an acceptable substitute was provided, in or.
der to render more probable the adoption OF
such substitute and not because approve 40
all Of the Sherman silver law. But from q
party point Of Wow tho wisest course is UNI
conditional repeal. The country expects 10,
and tho party will be found fairly well united
In favor Of It. Therefore it Is unwise, while
agreeing upon the general proposition, TO
waste our time in agreeing upon substitute
pending tho repeal. Let the repeal be made at
once, and lot us differ as to other financial
matters afterward. am In favor Of bimetal-
lism as the issue Of the future. We should seek
to keep that issue to the front. We should not
strive for temporary success or compromise.
We should DO for free coinage under an inter
national agreement, II it be possible to pro-
cure one and il not possible, then for indie
pendent bimetallism. This Is the great goal
for which wo should strive. Il cannot be done
at once Our friends must not DO inpatient.
The people must be educated. The unexpect-
ed action Of India and the general sentiments
Of tho moneyed classes cOnspire against us Rt
this time. l do not believe In the Bland bill
or any other measure which guarantees any
thing less than an unrestricted coinage for
gold and silver alike, as pledged In the Demo-
cratic national platform. Let US prepare not
for present victory, but for victory upon that
issue in 1905 The repeal Of the Sherman law
will not give the relief which Is anticipated.
It will aid business temporarily, but In year
times will be hard, and the demand for perma-
nent financial relief will DO irresistible. We
should continue to hold out free coinage as the
goal which the country must ultimately reach.
Tho triumph Of tho monomstallists will be bus
temporary. DAVID b. HILL
Albany, July 70, 1903
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-12-10
The Brave Man.

"Do understand you to say" que.
ried the barrister, looking hard at the
principal witness, THAT upon hearing
a noise in the hall you rose quickly, lit
q candle and went to the head Of the
stairs-that a burglar was at the foot Of
the stairs, and you did not see him? Are
you blind?"
"Must l tell the TRUTH" stamme-ed
the witness, blushing to the roots Of his
hair.
1.-THE whole truth" was the stern re-
ply.
"Then, replied the witness, brush
ing aside his damp, clinging locks and
wiping the perspiratiOn from his clam
my brow, my wife was in front Of
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-12-10
EATEN ALIVE.
A Fish That Watches It's Own Demolition
Is a Japanese DelicaCy.

A Fish That Watches Its Own Demolition
Is Japanese DelicaOy.
The most dainty dish to the Japanese
epicure is none other than q living fish.
This horrible delicacy is served as fol-
lows: Resting on a large dish is a mat
formed of rounds of glass held together
by plated threads, on which is living
fish with gills and mouth moving regu-
larly. At its back rises a bank of white
shreds resembling damp isinglass, but
in reality colorless seaweed, while the
fish itself rests on damp green alge In
front is pile Of small slices of sawfish
garnished with a radiating tuft Of varie-
gated bamboo leaves. A portion Of the
raw fish from the pile in front of the
living victim is now placed on saucer
and passed to one guest, ard so ON with
the rest till the pile is consumed. Then
the carver raises the skin (Which has
been already loosened) Of the living fish,
and proceeds to take slice after slice from
the upper part. The creature has been
carved while still alive, the pile of flesh
first served consisting Of the lower half
Of the body. This has been done with
such consummate skill that no vital
part has been touched The heart, the
liver, the gills and the stomach are left
intact, while the damp seaweed on
which the flesh rests suffices to keep the
lungs in action. The miserable victim
looks on with lustrous eyes while its
own body is consumed, probably the
only instance of a living creature assist
ing as a spectator at its own entomb-
ment. -Cincinnat ENQUIRER.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-12-10
slEoted ProvIneiallsm.

When Senator Tillman spoke Of the
dense ignorance existing on Manhattan
Island ON the money question, he utter
sd the naked truth. There is less gener-
al information in New York city on
financial as we'll as other issues in pro-
portion to the square acre than in any
other portion of the United States It is
very largely due to the one sided man.
ner in which the newspaper are con-
Quoted, az the senator saws.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-12-10

This is a good time to buy -four. Wheat has
been high for some time, but look at the low
prices atwhich we can sell you the famous
Halstead Flour.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-12-10
strange beginning of a Friendship.

remember the anecdote my stepfa-
ther, Count d'Aure, who entered La
Fleche before the regulation age of 8,
used to tell me. 1t was the first time he
had left his mother, and he was some.
what bewildered by the roughness Of
his comrades, who affected the airs Of
old troopers. To make sure that he was
not q milksop, one Of them, veteran
Of IL, made him lay his hand fat ON
the ground, stepped ON it and crushed
one of his fingers. This tormentor was
the future General paraguay d 'Hilliers.
The victim, who nearly tainted, bore
it bravely, however. "And this was the
beginning" my stepfather used to add
half a century later, when showing his
deformed finger, "of a friendship that
lasted all our lives" This happened
shortly after the first empire, when
Roman virtues were emulated, but one
must not infer from this isolated fact
that stoicism 1ourishes vigorously in
the French educational system. TIL.
Benton in Century.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-12-10

Earl Fitzwilliam, in Wentworth,
Woodhouse, near Rotterdam, York,
has the largest private house in Eng
land. but had he not an income Of over
81, 900, OOOa year he would probablyre-
gard the place as white elephant
There are l75 rooms in the building.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-12-10

"There's no dandy business about it."
be said. cts Just plain, hard sense
Since the new woman has made herself
90 distressingly apparent ! have had to
have my initials put on nearly every
thing wear. so that there would be
no excuse for my wife. thinking it's
hers. Chicago Post n.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-12-10
OnIv Trillnr difference.

Stiokem-What's the difference be-
tween a scorcher and the antibicyCle
crusaders?
Stuckum-Give it up.
Stickem-One wheels to beat the
band, while the others band to beat the
wheels. New York World.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-12-10

"A popular trading point for the masses; store
full Of Christmas happiness extended cheerfully
e ~ R3 every Day IL thS yeeF sv2eo oD s
to attend 10 - yoHr wants and we ask only le-
We could BALD mountain with our stock
of Christmas Novelties.
Store Crowders Picked out From the Great
Mart of Things Useful:
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
mAceo VERY HARD PRESSED.


sPa.iards Making s<ro.e EHsrts 70 Cap
ture the Cuban Leader.
HAVANA, March 81 -Confirmatory news
has been received of an engagement of the
battalion Of Wadra, of TeneriA near
Guanas. Tbs Insurgents. it is reported,
lost seventy-two killed and so wounded.
Macso 10 evading the pursuit by the coll
umns Of General Linares. Colonel Ynclan
and Others through the mountains, aban-
doning many horses The government
authorities believe that 1t is MaceO's in
tcntion to try to escape by sea. They have
again attempted to cross the Muriel line,
but without success
General Arolas Is Organising n night
service for outposts and ambush duty.
The troops arc to rest during tho day in a
building protected by iron. The trees and
bushes in the spaces about the forts are
being felled. The military forces OF
Jucaro and Moron have commenced to
fortify those places and to set up electric
search lights rendering it impossible for
an enemy to cross the space about the
town without being seen.
HAVANA, March 3l-The authorities of
the war courts are investigating and gath
cring all tho facts in the case of Walter
Grant Dygert, tho American who has
been imprisoned for working with the in.
surgents. and whose case has been the
subject Of representations by the United
States government. The authorities are
striving to clear the matter up IN order to
determine whether to indict Dygert OF
not. Rumors of the recall of Captain
General Weyler are pronounced to be un-
true, and he is said to continue to enjoy
the complete confidence Of the Spanish
government.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
LABOR TROUBLE At CHICAGO.
Threatened Over the Proposed Attempt
Obtain Eight HOura

Threatened Over the Proposed Attempt to
Obtain Eight Hours
CHICAGO, March 3l.-What may develop
into a strike which will paralyze the
building industry in Chicago for q long
period was begun yesterday. So far only
about 800 men arc out, but the trouble is
expected to spread. 1t is the beginning of
the war for eight hours by the carpenters,
which was authorized by the Federation
of Labor ut indianapolis recently. The
demands of the men arc for eight hours
and the prescription Of non-union men,
together with several changes in working
regulations in the interests of the unions.
Unless the employers agree there will
certainly be a strike of the knights Of tho
hammer and saw all over the city. And
the beginning of the building season will
be the end of it, too There are about ID
900 carpenters in the city. Without any
assistance at all, it is claimed, they can
tie up all attempts ut building. no matter
what the character of the work. And with
their influence in affiliated trades they
can, they say effectually stop all construc-
ton, not only through the month of April,
which is now SO near, and usually SO busy,
but throughout the entire season. There
are about l. 400 bosses.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
A Miracle in Vermont.
THE WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE OF 4
WELL-KN0WN CHELSEA MAN.

oex1eoke0 with aA lncurablo Disease a.
yet Cared.
tFfe1 ne Argus and Putriot, Neaspesisr. u.
Eight years ago Geo. Hutchinson moved
from Bradford 70 Chelsea, VT, and boughi
the sawmiu at the latter place. He wa.
section. On De 20, '92 while at work il
the mill, he was struck in the hack BY a
dying board, which seriously injured him
and incapacitated him for work OF any kind
As a>result of this, Locomotor Ataxia set in,
(this Is a form of paralysis which deprives
the patient of all use of his lower limbs.)
The Argus & Pnfrios interviewed Mr.. Hutch.
inson to-day, aud his story 10 here given in
his own words.
"My back ached continually and nv legs
began to grow numb and to be less and less
issble. BY the 18th Of April could do
absolutely nothing and was scarcely able to
tand. NV physicians advised me to 90 to
he Mary Fletcher Hospital at Burlington,
be treated, and I took their advice. When
left home my friends babe me goodbye,
never expecting ~ see me alive again.
ny case was a serious one and l was COM
pletely discouraged. I remained at the
hospital seven week and took the medicines
which the doctors gave me. / felt better at
the hospital and thought that I was recover
ing, and went home to continue their treat
ment, which did for two months, and also
had An electric battery under their advice.
The improvement, however, did not continue
and l began to give up hope. August LIST,
1898, could not get out of my chair without
assistance, and il got down upon the floor,
could not get up alone. About this time ]
cdanced to read an account Of the wonder.
ful curative powers of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People in cases similar to my
,wn. / did not have any faith in the Pills
but thought trial could do no harm, so
bought some without telling anyone what
vas going to do. After had been taking
them some time 1 found that, for the first time
post Office, and my neighbors began to dis
cuss the marked improvement in my health.
As continued the medicine ! continued to
improve, and soon recommended work in
the mill, at first very lightly, and increasing
as was able and as gained in health and
spirits, and now for the past three months
have been working ten hours per day almost
as steadily a. I ever did. / feel we'll, eat
we'll and sleep we'll as ever did and have
no pain anywhere"
The reporter talked with several other gen.
tlemen in regard to the case Of Mr.. Hutchin-
con, who stated that any statement he might
make would be entitled tn entire credence
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are for sale by all druggists,
or NAV be had by mail from DIR. Williams'
Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y, for
b0c. per box, or ak boxes for $50.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
Tho Iowa Adjournment Question.

DIES MONIES. March 3l.-The senate re.
fused to take up the final adjournment
resolution. The conclusion has been
reached that if an adjourned session were
held next year no moro pay could be
drawn till the end Of that session. It is
the intention now to ascertain Governor
brakes opinion, and II he will not call an
extra session the legislature will pass a
resolution declaring that the states in.
tercsts demand such a session. and then
adjourn. Tho senate passed bills requir-
ing the purchase of state institution sup
plies from state dealers; making the
estates of insane people liable to the coun-
ty for support expenses. The house passed
bills requiring township officers to give
bonds; regulating the pharmacy commits
sion, and allowing the use of the public
parks of special charter cities for library
buildings.
In the house bills were passed exempting
crematoriums from taxation, providing
punishment for adulterating foods and
placing the inforcement Of the law in the
hands of the dairy commissioner, and sl.
lowing the publication of bank statements
IN weekly as we'll as daily newspapers
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-03-31
DISTRIBUTION OF THE TICKETS
To tho Republican National Convention
How to Gain Admission.

To tho Republican National Convention
How to Gain Admission.
ST. Louis, March 3l-The following
members Of the subcommittee of tho Re-
publican national committee met ut the
OF transaction OF business in connection
with the Republican national convention:
James S. Clarkson, Joseph H. Manley,
Colonel William II. Hahn (of Ohio, ex-
Governor Joseph w. Fifer. Senator
Thomas Carter. General Powell Clayton,
John NJ. Ewing (of Wisconsin) proxy for
Senator Payne, and Colonel X. C. Kerens,
of Missouri.
The subcommittee decided that the dis
tribution of press tickets to the conven.
ton will be made by the press COMMITTEES
appointed by the citizens committee of
st. Louis. All applications for press
tickets should be directed to I. f. Byrnes,
sergeant-at-arms, Minneapolis. ALL an.
plications for seats to be distributed to
distinguished guests throughout the
country should also be made to Byrnes al
Minneapolis.
Each delegate will receive three tickets,
including his own, and the people from
each state and territory desiring admis.
sion to the convention will have to apply,
outside of the tickets heretofore spoken Of,
to the delegates to the convention from
their respective states for tickets. The
tickets for members of the Grand Army
will be given to the national council Of
administration and distributed by theil
| direction. All tickets to the convention
will be issued on Monday, June Is. by the
sergcant-at-arms at the convention build