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Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
A SHORT CURRENCY DIALOGUE.

Learper-Dr. Socrates, | can get bet
ter watch today for 500 than | could
twenty-five years ago for 500. Is that
not because the old watch was made
by hand, while the new one is made by
machinery:
DR.. Socrates Silyersnipc-By no means.
most simple youth. The true reason is
because the value of gold has doubled
since 1873, and the value of products
has been halved.
Learner-Well, my mother bought a
sewing machine twenty-five years ago
for 1925, and yesterday she bought Il
much better one for 500. The seller said
that since the patents had expired and
there was no royalties TO pay. sewing
machines had fallen greatly i'll price.
| suppose that was true.
DR.. Socrates SiyarSnipe-By no
means. The seller had never read Coin
Harvey's works. or he would know that
the fall in the price of the product was
caused by the decentralization of silver.
and that the royalty had nothing to do
with the matter.
Learner-Well, grandpa bought pair
of nice. new boots yesterday for 50.
He told me that when he was married
his boots cost him $40. and that he car
ried them in his hands to the brides
house and then put them on. He said
that the use of machinery was the cause
OF me IAN III Inc price Oh lle plouucl,
boots.
DIR. Socrates Silyersnipe-YOur grand
father has not read the works of the
wise men. Bland. Vest and CoXey and
Mary Ellen Lease. so he is an illiterate
goldbug. 1t is really shameful that he
does not know that machinery had no
relation 70 the boots. but that the fall
in price was caused by the Crime of
1873
Learner noticed that Deacon Giles
had closed his distillery and the deacon
told me that on account of over-pro-
duction the profit on whisky was so
small that ali the distillers had agreed
to make no more for some time. Was
he right in saying that the market was
oveT-StOcl<ed?
DR.. Socrates Silversnipe-No Deacon
Giles is an ass, or he would see clearly
that the trouble is that Jones, Stewart
& Co. are not allowed to dump all their
ore into the mintS
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
ROBBER Gagged IN A CAR.
An Train Runs Back and Forth Until
the Police Come.

Chicago. H., Sept. 2S.-A Metropoli-
tan l. train on the North avenue division
made a thrilling run in the dead hours
of Sunday morning with robber Gagged
in the motor car frantically endeavor-
ing to escape.
The plucky motorman and conductor
prevented him from leaping to probable
death through the window, and, after
running the train wild up and down the
line, they succeeded in attracting the
attention Of the police by furious toots
upon the whistle. When at last the
train was brought to a standstill 1T the
Western avenue station policemen, who
had gone there in response to the train
mems alarms, found the robber leaning
through the window and only prevented
from jumping by the conductor, who
held him tightly by the coat inside.
The man gave his name as w. II.
Koelkebach. He got off the train i'll
company with Charles Marquedt Il few
nights before and Marquedt was sand
bagged and robbed. When Koelkebach
boarded the train Sunday night the con-
ductor recognized him and used the
strategy detailed about to effect the
mans capture.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
FLEE FOR THEIR LIVES.
Forest Fires Around Superior Drive
the Farmers Into the City
Situation is Serious.

West Superior, Wis, Sept 2S.-[Spe-
al.1-Forest fires i'll this vicinity are
the worst today that they have yet been
A southwest wind is driving them down
upon the outlying portions of the city
and the situation is considered serious
One fire started south of West Supe-
riOr and ignited the fences of the driving
park. The fire department will be able
to save most of it and the buildings
This afternoon Fire Chief Kellogg was
summoned to the county poor farm, five
miles east, and the city engine and hose
will be sent there if the situation does
not improve.
Telephone communication says the
flames are within block of the build
ings and settler. from about there have
come in 20 save their lives. All Of the
city fire departments have been out this
morning. The plant of the Duplex Wind
mill company at South Superior is
threatened. Reports from Dedham,
down the Eastern Minnesota, state that
bad fire is in the heavy timber and
within Il mile Of the town. Railroads
report trouble for thirty miles down their
lines
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30

coinage plan, has utterly and completely
failed to gain the confidence of the bust
ness judgment of this country, and IT
elected his triumph will be a victory of
majorities over judgment.
Those who believe that country is
better off without banks than with them,
that 4 section hand on railroad knows
better how to run it than the general
manager. that the clerk in the store is
better fnancier than the owner OF 1t,
that the janitor of bank is more hon
est than the cashier, that a brlcklayer
knows more about law and has more
conscience than 4 supreme judge, that
the hired man on the farm has more
sense than the man who owns 1t, that all
men who read and think are fools and
all who don't read and don't think are
wise, that the man who holds othce
is always corrupt while the man who IS
seeking the office is always honest, that
the farmers of the West can get mar
ket for their produce while the iaDOrlng
men of the East are unemployed, that
labor can get employment while the fac
tories are shut down, that idle indus
tries will start against the Judgment
of the men who own them, that industry
and commerce are managed by Oratory
and not by business mind. that boy
knows more than man, those who be
lieye these things will regard the elec-
ton of W. j. Bryan as Il victory for the
American people.
But so long as the people who read
and think are in the majority, so long rs
the majority of American farmers know
that their market is the table of the
American workingman. so long as ma
jority of the workingmen know that they
are employed only when there is conf
dence in the mind of the employer, so
long rs mind and conscience has infu-
ence at the polls. there will be no bank
ers hung and no boy orator in the prcsi-
IOntial hat
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
THE REPUDICRAT's OUANDARY.

WAL. yes, come to think it over, it is sorter
hard to say.
In this mixed,.up mess o. pollytics, where
L DO stan today
There is Bryan an there's Sewall, an
there's this here Watson. too.
An a teller with mortgage don't know
what is bes' to do.
Some they low tibet Bill an Sewau will
reduce the thing by half;
Others say that this here Sewall's jest a.
film us with chatf:
Fer they low thet he's banker, an is
hence plutycrat-
Till a fellow with NOR gage jes don't
know whore he is at.
Yes, [ staid with the Republicans fer
moren twenty year,
An l never had no trouble yet to read my
title clear
Till l got tibet cussed NOR gage an the
neighbors did the same,
An 81 SimpkiDs said he reckoned tibet the
goldbugS were to blame.
Course we'd mostly built new houses an in
dulged in kerridges,
But 81 lowed he was entitled to whatever
goldbugs is;
An he likewise USE to tell US, in mos
convincin way
That the government 'ud fix US with fiat
loan some day.
So Of course we all turned fiat, fer ST said
that fiat drew
About l per cent. per annum, with provis-
ion to renew
All of which was gratifyin', and ST lowed
t 'ud break the heart
OF that party in the NOR gage that was
named as ''SecOnd part"
Now there's them tibet says that Watson
was engaged to see it done
BY a-runnng some new ray show thet they
call sixteen to one;
But an homes man gifts puzzled how to
vote, an sorter fraid
Tibet he'll make some fatal error, an his
mOrg gage won't be paid.
Albert BigelOw Paine in Harper's Weekly.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
MISS JEFFEKSUN WEBS.
Actors Granddaughter the Wife of Glen
McDonough of New York City.

Buzzard's Bay, Mass, Sept Is,
There took place at the residence of
Charles B. Jefferson, near Crows Nest,
the marriage of Miss Margaret Jelfer-
son, eldest daughter of Charles Is. JET
ferson and granddaughter of Joseph
Jefferson, and Glen McDonough of New
York. The ceremony was performed
by the Rev. Herman Paige of Fail River
and the form of the Episcopal church
was employed.
Prominent among the guests were
President and Mrs. Cleveland, who we're
driven over from Gray Gables; AIr. and
Mrs. Archibald Brown of Chicago: Mrs.
Wentworth, Chicago; Miss Jennie
Wood, Boston; Howard Walton. New
York: Mr. and Mrs. W. j. Rolfe, Mr..
and Mrs. e. A. Taft, Miss TAFT Joseph
Jefferson, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles b.
Jefferson, Miss Jefferson and Mrs Jack
SON. Mr.. and Mrs. Donough will re-
side in New York.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
Help for the Farmer.

Mai Mckinley seems to have struck
a responsive chord in the minds and
hearts of the people when. in one of his
speeches, he suggested that there would
be more sense Ill opening the mills than
in opening the mints. This is Il short,
terse and common sense presentation of
the difference between the sOund-money
people and the free silyerites. Maj. Nc
inley said in q recent address to dele
CATION of farmers:
Free silver will not increase the de-
mand for your wheat or make a single
new consumer. You don't get consumers
through the minis. You get them
through the factories. You will not get
them by increasing the circulation of
money in the United States: you will get
them only by increasing the manufacture
ing establishments in the United States"
No matter how free the coinage of
silver be, that or any other coin must
get to the people through some natural
channels. The government will not
even under the control of the most reyo-
lutionary and anarchistic PODulists.
make q free distribution of silver They
only propose that the government shall
coin whatever is brought to the mint.
for the individual who owns the metal,
therefore to get the benefit of free and
unlimited coinage, it will be necessary
for the farmers to get bullion, and how
shall they get bullion any more easily
than coined silver? What they want is
a market for their products. Increased
demand can follow only increased con-
sumption, and increased consumption
will only come after increased general
business, particularly increased lnanu-
features. The policy suggested by the
Popocrats, namely, independence of
Europe and reputation in a measure
of our obligations to Europe is not
likely to increase our foreign commerce.
1t is not likely that with the repudia-
ton of our foreign indebtedness, cur
foreign exports of cereals will be vastly
increased. Such a policy on our part
would show such an unfriendliness that
the nations of Europe would prefer to
import wheat from South America and
meats from Australia, than to have
anything further to do with the Ameri-
can people. The farmers of this coun-
try will come to see, before next elec-
ton day, that we are not independent
of all the world. They will realize that
Europe binds us in our obligations TO
system that is at least honest and fair.
if not friendly. The hope of the farmer
lies in revival of business, and also
in increased expectations of our grain.
The farmer is not, therefore, inGaDand-
ent of the old world, but must deal hon
estly with it.-St. Joseph CMo.) News.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
REWARD FOR RoBBER THOMPSON.
Man Who Killed Paymaster Wilson and
Stole $4,000.

:, Cincinnati, O., Sept. 28.-The Times
says: ''W. L. Wilson, paymaster for
the Longsdale Coal company, who was
held up and robbed of $1,000 while going
from Sewall to Cliff Top Saturday even
ing to pay off the men, and who was
shot by the robber, Joe Thompson, died
late last night. A heavy reward was
offered today for the arrest of the high
wayman, Thompson, and posse is in hot
pursuit Thompson is a Western des-
perado, and it is thought he will not
be captured alive. If captured alive
lynching is inevitable. Wilson was
very popular R hEt and prominent man and
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
WANAMAKER BUYS IT.
Pays 100000 for the Hilton
Stock in the Old A. T.
Stewart Store.

New York, Sept. 2S.-Upon the au-
thority of ex-Judge Horace Russell, SON
in-law of Judge Henry Hilton, the state
ment is made that John Wanamaker of
Philadelphia has purchased the lease and
stock of Hilton, Hughes & Co. original
" \. T. Stewart & Coz, which firm re-
Gently closed its doors. The price paid
is said 70 be S2000.00O
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30

erwards extending to the Indian terri
tory. The funeral arrangements have
not yet been made.
Mr.. Joy was born in Durham, n. H,
in 1910. He graduated at Dartmouth in
1888, removed to Detroit in 1886, and
was a successful lawyer. He organ
lied the Chicago. Burlington & Quincy
dent of the Michigan Central and it's con-
nections in 1866. He organized the
company that constructed the st. Mary's
Falls ship canal and had been a rail
road constructor and manager in the
Western states
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
Bryan's New Theory.

Since his advent in TIE Bluegrass re-
gion of Kentucky, Mr.. Bryan has pro-
mulgated a new theory in regard to gold
so much of the yellow metal was used
in plugging decayed molars, and in the
manufacture of engagement rings, and
for use III the arts, that after consuming
the residue for bi-chloride of gold solu-
tons to counteract the jag" habit, there
was none Of the metal left for money
This is q remarkable statement from
man who IS continually preaching the
woes of the gold standard. Recently
Mr.. Bryan declared that all the gold
was being manufactured into crosses
whereon to cruelty the workingman. but
ing 20 this Maysville Speech the people
are so well-to-do that they can use up
the entire product of our mines in arti-
cles of personal comfort, and are so
prone 20 marrying and giving in mar
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
DEATH OF H. C. FULLER.
General Agent of the Wisconsin Central
Passenger Department..

Chicago, H., Sept. 2S.-[Speciall-
Harry c. Fuller, general agent of the
freight and passenger department OF the
Wisconsin Central railroad since 1885,
died at Lake Geneva, Wis, Saturday
morning of a second stroke of paralysis.
after a hard fight for life, which was
characteristic Of the determination of
one of the biggest little men" who ever
lived in Chicago. He was formerly with
the Milwaukee q St Paul in Milwaukee
and had immense acquaintance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
seventeen Persons Injured

London, Sept. pa collision between
an express and an excursion train oc-
CURED today at the March, Cambridge
shire station of the Great Eastern rail
road. Both trains We're wrecked and
seventeen persons were injured, many
of them sustaining serious injuries.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
MINERS OUT OF WORK.
Pittsburg and Ange1ine Mine at Ishpem-
ing Shuts Down,

Ishpeming, Mich, Sept 25.ISpeciall
The Pittsburg and Lake Angelina mine
will close down tomorrow, throwing 900
men out of work. The miners have sub
mitted a proposition to the management
to take pay in due bills, but no reply has
been received and total cessation of
work is regarded as inevitable The sus-
pension is for an indefinite time.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
HEAVY RAINFALL IN COLORADO.
Bridges Swept Away and Many Washouts
Reported.

Grand Junction. Col, Sept 24.-The
worst storm for ten years has been rag
ing since Tuesday. For forty hours rain
has been pouring down necessarily, 81
inches of rain having fallen.
East of here on the Denver & Rio
Grande railroad there are eleven wash
outs within six miles. The Rio Grande
Western running west from here is in a
worse condition. A long bridge at Salt
Wash has gone out, as have several
smaller ones. The Denver and Rio
badly damaged.
Trains on all roads are water-bound at
various points along the road. The main
irrigating canal which supplies the farm
ers of the valley with water has been al
most ruined. It will require thousands
of dollars for repairs. 1t belongs to the
70 4
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
ARTHUR J. KING IS DEAD.


Was the Executive Head Of the Firm of
II. G. Dun s. Co.
New York, Sept 2S.-Arthur J. King,
executive head of the firm of r. q. Dun
& Co.. died today at his home in Bloom
field, n. j., aged 70 years. he had been
connected with the firm of r. G. Dun &
Co., for forty-seven years, entering the
employ of the New York office as 4 clerk;
from here he was sent to Cleveland, Gin
cinnati and st. Louis, leaving the latter
place in 1880 to return to the New York
office Since 1881 he has been a mem-
Der of the firm
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
Receiver for the A. c. & N. Railway,

Hollidaysburg, Pa, Sept. 28.-Op the
petition of the officers of the Altoona,
Clearfield & Northern Railway company,
in which they stated that they were I'M
able to pay the running expenses OF the
company and interest on the bonds. the
Blair county court today appointed +. @.
Patterson receiver to sell the road and
it's franchises. The liabilities amount to
S226. 500
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
JAMES F. JOY DEAD.
Detroit'S Well-KnoWn Citizen and
Railway Manager a Victim
of Heart Disease.

Detroit, Mich. Sept. 24.-James F.
Joy died at his home in this city at an
early hour this morning of heart disease,
aged S6 years. Mr.. JOY was well
known in railroad circles throughout the
country, both as a promoter and man
ager. He has been president of the
Michigan Central and Wabash systems
and was instrumental in building the
Chica go, Burlington & Quincy and in aft
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
ST. LOUIS POLICE WAKE UP.
Think They Have Captured ''the Long
and the Short Man."

anN ING SHOTG Man.'
St. Louis, Mo-, Sept. 2S.-The police
believe they have under arrest the tall
and the short man" who have been car
rying on robberies in Chicago recently
The one suspected of being the tall
man" gave his name as Dan Darling
ton, but later admitted that he was
named Cherry. The 'short man. gave
the name of William Askran Cherry
and Askran were attired in new tailor
made clothes. Each had new gold
watch ana other jewelry and considera-
BILE money Both men admit they came
from Chicago recently
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
UNKNOWN MAN BURNED.
a Finlander Loses His Life in Fire at
Houghton.

HOughtOn.
Houghton Mich. Sept. 2S.-[Special.1
The large barn owned by John Phil
lips. Il logging contractor at Alouez Ike
Weenaw county, burned at midnight, de-
stroying thirteen horses and large guam
titles of proveHder, harness. sleGs and
supplies. 4 Finlander whose name has
not yet been learned was sleeping in
the barn and lost his life. The loss is
5000. with no insurance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
The Remedy.

When "the great crime of 1879 was
enacted, the statistics show that the
circulation. In 1895 this same oppressed
and down-trodden people had $2,217.OOO,
900; but owing to free trade, tariff for
revenue and free-silyer excitement, it
was piled away The plain thing to do
is to start that S2.217, 100000 on its
rounds. 1t can be done by opening up
the nations workshops ond giving the
millions work; and in no other way.
The largest kite. ever made in Eng
Bristol grandfather of w G.. Grace,
for the purpose of drawing a carriage
along the roads. 1t was II feet by Is
feet, and proved the feasibility Of such
q mode of conveyance.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1896-09-30
a UG. WIGGENHORN,
Watchmaka1 and 9ezUeZey

Opposite Bank of Watertown, corner
Main and First Streets. Keeps constantly
ON hand a large stock Of Watches, Clocks
JeWelry, Silver and Plated Ware, etc. Par
ticular attention paid to repairing watches,
clocks, jewelry, etc. and warranted to
give satisfaction.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-22
Plenty OF Lawyers.

\ law suit is now in progress i'll
Chicago in which 100 lawyers are in
tcrested. Tie Chicago News tells
about it in this way: LESS than four
corr years ago the painted Indian
sat on the ground where the court
house nov stands and had no thought
save how to get rid OF his fleas. Yet
the re today 100 lawyers are engaged
in a lawsuit. One hundred and nine
lawyers in a single case is n fact be-
fore which. as before the vigintlllionth
OF n lot, the imagination stands bafiled
and helpless. II 100 lawyers were put
in n row. their arms outstretched. the
tips OF their fingers touching. they
would make a living frieze around
the auditorium. II they were stood
one on top OF another the column
would tower twice rs high rs the
Masonic temple. Collectively they
weigh nearly as much rs a carload OF
steers. Eating three times a day
reg ularly for n month, rs many OF
them do, they consume a ton OF meat
and forty acres OF garden truck.
When they howl 'Bject' in unison the
wind pressure will be equal to $500
horse power. Rome in her palmiest
days never had a lawsuit in which
100 lawyers were engaged. Perhaps
that is why her Palmy days lasted so
long"
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1896-11-22
Convict Labor.

Commissioner OF Labor Carroll ID
Wright'g statistical bulletin con-
cernIng convict labor in the United
States shows that the total number OF
coLvicts i'll penal institutions III the.
various states in 1885 was 1887; in
1885, 53,Iii. In 1885 the plumber en-
gagged in productive labor was 3O,S5a
-73.7 per cent. Of tho total number;
in 1895 the number engaged i'll pro-
ductivc labor was 33,4l5, or 70.8 per
cent. Tho total value Of goods pro-
ducGd or work duno in the United
States fer the various states and
territories in all the states prisons
and penitentiarics for 1895 was go.
0i2,iI2. In 1885 the total wages paid
by contractors and lossccs for tho
labor %convicts, from which resulted
a product Of the value OF s29,GJ3.g99,
Et-l -u,si.,, ..-. % l.. ~: ,J..Yt-J laOUr
wages to $50 Of finished product ~
convict labor. At the present time,
in all probability, the total value Of
the labor expended by the conyicts in
the state p~enitcntiarics and prisons
OF tho country ia about So 100000.