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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-05
DRESS GOODS
DEPARTMENT.

50-inch Fine French Serge, CSC.
42-inch Grain Mohair CNew) 81.
4O-inch All Wool Henriettas, SOC.
Black Brocade Mohair. soc to H.75.
Novelty Dress Patterns in SILK and
Wool, changeable effects, $3.50 and up.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-17
One Kind of Proving.

Here is an example, OF the kind O,
preying that is believed in and prac-
ticed by too many calling themselves
Christian Americans: A poor woman
in Boston borrowed $40, giving a mort
gage on her little household furniture.
and agreeing to pay SIPS a month in
terest. She paid the interest for two
years and was unable to do it any
longer. But the loan company didn't
let up; they told the poor woman she
might scrub the Office" twice a month
in payment Of the interest. This she
did until, in money and work, she had
paid the original loan five times over
and still owed $25. And this is the
kind of extortion that is going on with
in the shadow Of every church spire in
the land.-Coming Nation.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-17

protection, utterly ~obllvious 10 the vsH
known fact that q bill embodyinr All
his ideas, framed according to his v
sweet will, not only created revolution
in his wv party In almost every state
IN the union, reduced wage In ten
thousand manufacturing establish
ments IN less than three months. but "a
disturbed economic conditions that the
most sagacious students Of history at
tribute the panic Of 1883 almost solely
to his work. Surely it is a desperate
case OF desperation to look for a savior
from present disaster in a party and
country wrecker whose work is only
five years old. 1
But where is the peoples savior now
do you ask? / do not seem to see him
but Gov. Matthews of Indiana looks
fairly well. This time the people will
s%crutinize the man more than the Mat
form. Cleveland's base betrayal has
taught us that. Sibley Of Pennsylya-
MIA is both the man and the platform.
l remember during the war, when dis
aster after disaster overlook the army
OF the Potomac, that it was the poet OF
the camps, Edmund C. Stedman, who
wrote the ringing battle cry that cleo
triied h country. 1t was the well
remembered poem, Give us a Man.
"1.Give us a man of Gods own mold.
Fit to rally his fellow man:
Give us a rallying cry and then.
Abraham Lincoln, give us a mani,
Then a man on horseback was
wanted to command the army of the
Potomac. Today we want no man on
horseback. We want no man who
looks to an increased standing army
and formidable battleships and forts
and Notifications along our frontiers
for continued protection and glory: but
we want q man anxious to do Justice
to the great, brave, patient people, and
whose humane rule will cause the peo-
pie to love the country and it's free in
stitutions; and her neither rmies. nor
navies, nor forts, nor bastiles will he
needed. A happy, contented and pros
porous poulace is the best shield Of the
state"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-17

P4SI IN AZ SC4uy SpA IL II pSSp2Ss
1t was almost 1000 years ago, if l re-
member Alright, that Christ, talking by
inspiration from on high, Of just such
beings, said:
"'They bind heavy burdens and
grievous to be borne, and lay them on
mems shoulders; but they themselves
will not move them with one of their
fingers. Woe unto you, scribes and
Phatisees, hypocrites! for We devour
widows houses and for a pretense
make long prayers
And all these modern Pharisees
from Sherman down claim to be cham
piCns Of the only honest money, and
that all are dishonest or ignorant who
oppose their schemes of coniscation of
the property Of the common people by
law. I would like the Plain Dealer to
look up the campaign records of the
members of the present congress who
voted a few days ago to murder the
honest silver dollar of the constitution
at every stage Of the voting, and see
how many preached the gold dollar Of
the vampires on the stump when out
vote begging. l venture the opinion
there ire not ten congressman in the
whole array, from the entire country
west of the Allegheny mountains, that
dared talk to their constituents in their
e~lectioneering campaigns as they voted
in the house. Everybody knows, who
knows anything, that nine-tenths of
all the intelligent citizens of Ohio are at
heart bi-metallists. And we have the
scoundrelism Of modern politics we'll
represented in the vote referred to.
showing that fidelity to a public trust
is no logger the rule Of conduct with a
majority Of our public men. In fact,
representative government has ceased
to be representative and the boodler
in the primaries expects his servant,
whom his corruption money elects, to
become the tool of the Shylocks when
elected, and the record of this house of
representatives to date proves that
whom the boodler buys the Shylock
holds securely in his grip.
when we witness the humiliatino
cowardice of the present house OF, rep
resentatives in refusing. to even make
one move to relieve the financial stress
Of the people, it is no W6pder SO many
business men are givings:np in despair.
Let us suppose that the,sflver men had
had their way in 1893. as the gold men
had theirs, and suppose we should
have had the result we witness today
-of the increase of the--bo4ded debt Of
over $4,000 0 900; with falling prices Of
all products Of labor, and OF the farm
and mine, and with the appalling list
Of business failures, suicides; want and
woe, and crime, that has followed as
the inevitable result Of the gold stand
ard. Why, 1t would not be safe for one
Of the silver leaders to venture out up
on the streets Of any city, or hamlet in
the country on account of mob violence.
Surely, there would be no newspapers
in the land with enough of the gall of
brutality to have advocated a contin-
uance Of the policy.
And now that we have had the
terrible experience OF the last two
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-17
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP
Prussia Gets @51,O0o,ooo Revenue from
It's Railroads..

Washington, d. c., Special: A strong
argument for government ownership Of
railways is contained in a report to the
State Department by United States
Commercial Agent Moore at Weimar
upon the Prussian railroad system. He
shows that last year the gross receipts
from these railways was $244, 467, liza, or
more than half of the entire revenues
OF the state. The net earnings after
deducting $53,240,600 interest on work.
ing capital and sinking fund we're $751;
05l,0O0, which will be turned into the
treasury for the use of the state. This
sum is larger than the income derived
from taxes Of all kinds.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-17

years and a half, with a no,icv +b.+
every democrat of intelligence and
patriotism predicted at the outset
Would result only in disaster, it seems
lncomprehensible how n we'll mean
Ing citizen who loves his country and
MS kind should exhibit a disposition
10 further exploit the field Of disaster
certainly no true democrat is in favor
or 1t. My observation is, and I am
looking at the situation only from q
business standpoint, that business men
OF 10Th parties arc thoroughly con-
WINGED that the present fiscal policy
must be changed before we can have
any substantial prosperity, and I be-
leVe that a majority Of sagacious bust
ness men understand that the present
effort OF the republican leaders to try
and avoid the only live issue the mon
ey question: by switching off on the
tariff is a scheme of humbug and fraud,
as transparent as it is insincere and
dishonest.
The people are about ripe for a lead
er who is sound on the money question
for the peoples honest dollars and not
the scarce gold of the Shylocks that
has never been seen by the common
people, has never been the money of
circulation and never will be. There
is no civilized country anywhere that
has ever adopted or ever will adopt
our present financial policy of fiat mon
ey for the people and gold for the Shy
locks Th0rn ic M oiyiJ;yoJ
IN the world that would discard silver
as a money metal if that country was
as rich in silver mines as the United
States. The worlds record today is
that all the silver using countries are
prosperous and all the exclusive gold
countries are not. This ought to dissi-
pate. the miserable rot of the gold stand
ard organs that a silver standard for
the United States would mean bank
ruptcy. It is a bare assertion with no
vitality to sustain it. but lie. Even
England, the credit nation Of the world,
would not tolerate for a month u
present fiscal policy. We recovered
soon after the war from the Geneva
award some S15,5O0,OOO of England.
- SAdAAA mdIuICu lu0 UduhluS
and commercial classes of Great Brit
ain, fearing a disturbance of the mon
ey market should gold be withdrawn
for export, induced the Bank Of Eng
land to interpose and the United States
treasury was induced to, exchange Sc
curities, ST as to. prevent any. with
drawal Of gold.a g..
Here is Mckinley, WHO claims to be
for protection (and no one is able to
tell just what that means now, not in
favor Of the protection, Of u richest
and most favored American product,
silver. The fact that whole commune
ties have been wrecked in the west by
legislation which he commends, and
populations wrecked iby hostile legisla-
ton, in direct conflict with his whole
theory Of protection. does not move
him to utter a word Of condemnation.
He has been going up and down the
land with Napoleonic beak and Ches-
ter1eldian pose and talking the barren
paucity OF unmeaning platitudes about
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-17

financial policy, absolTe the party from
all responsibility for his d%eplorable adj
ministration and put the party back
on Jeffersonian lines. Then there
would seem to be a chance, and it is
the only chance, to elect a democratic
president this year. 1t is criminal folly
for democrats to longer attempt to sus-
tain a man who has betrayed every
democratic principle worth anything.
The real facts are, Grover Cleveland
is a stencil in all right smelling dem
ocratic nostrils. At the end of his term
he will have less real friends among
the democratic masses than Benedict
Arnold had in the continental army
when Lord CORVALLIS surrendered.
Witness the absolute brutality of the
last proposition Of the gold standard
papers, that borrowing gold by issuing
one hundred millions of interest bear
ing bonds would strengthen the public
credit and help business. Garry this
idea into your own business. Could a
corporation or business firm strengthen
their credit by making a large loan Of
1lCICJ LIZ AooulA6 14ICl CSL UCal i
notes for obligations that bore no in
terest? Is not the proposition thor
oughly idiotic when examined in the
light of ordinary common sense? We
have now had over $3.50, 000, 900 useless
bonded debt created in the past two
years, and the end is not yet. When
tho Sherman silver act was repealed
all the gold bugs in the land, big and
little, from John Sherman down,
claimed that we would have prosperity
in sixty days. Read Senator Sher-
mans last speech in the senate, just
before the silver repeal bill passed.
Sherman was the chief bugler among
the loud singing cuckoos in both houses
of congress-. He then said that all we
needed to bring gold from Europe by
the ship load and give us a substantial
business boom was to destroy silver as
a unit of value and a money metal.
And it was done by men who were
elected to congress sacredly pledged to
b~i-metallism. Look at the terrible
business wrecks in the Immediate trail
of this Infamous enactment. Look at
the record of bond sales since then.
See from the records how every prom
iseg for better times has been proved
cT1minally false and delusive. And
again I'VE see Senator Sherman, as the
real mouthpiece Of his pl%atitudinous
|fobesity of the White House, arise in
the senate and commend the present
house Of representatives because they
have just voted to kill any silver legis-
lation whatever.
"And did you notice that. Sherman
savagely criticised leading statesmen
and senators Of his own party for vot-
ing against another tariff bill. and
commended the republicans Of the
house for defeating any legal recogni-
ton whatever of the white metal; that
Sherman, in a speech made at Zanes-
Vile last year, before the Ohio repub-
lican convention. claimed to be a
stanch and trusty friend? Andsh ne had
the marvellous audacity to claim, in his
speech, not yet five days old, that these
house republicans. fresh from the peo-
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-17
Miracle of Modern Days.

Charles Foster, a young man of
Franklin, Pa, had a breakdown on a
steep hill while driving a team at
tached to a wagon in which was 48O
quarts of nitro-glycerine. The wagon
got away and running over a embank-
ment at the side Of the road turned
end yer end, scattering the cans of
nitro in every direction. One can
struck a stump and was broken open,
but no explosion occurred. Every
body in the oil region is wondering
why that stuff didn't bust"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-17

In a running debate in the United
States senate recently, the fact was de-
veloped that Senators Jones and Teller
wrote, or helped to write, the financial
plank in the national republican plat
form Of 1892. It is known also that
Senator Jones wrote the platform Of
the free silver gathering at Washington
city recently. Neither of those plat
forms are explicitsenough for populists
to stand upon. The first is so ambigu-
GUS that .poulists have accused the
Rothschilds with writing it, while the
latter has IA preponderance of where
asses" to Resolutions"
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-17

The designs for six of the fifteen
main buildings Of the forthcoming Ten
nessee Centennial exposition have been
accepted and the construction put under
contract. to be completed by June next.
The lakes and terraces have already
been finished. and the Administration
building has been completed.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-17

New York has Just been INDUCING its
aristocracy with a fine cat show-which
Is about the size Of their ambition.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1896-04-17

Honest politics is the only kind the
people have any use foa.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-08
Ii IS HOMEWARD BOUND
THE CHINESE ENVOY SPENDS PART
OF DAY AT TORONTO,
And Then Starts West for Vancouver,
Where He VIII Embark for His
Celestial Home.

TORONTO, Ont, Sept. LII Hung Chang
crossed the border into Canada by way of
the suspension bridge a little after 9 o'clock
to-day. The distinguished Chinaman trav-
e1ed on a special Canadian Pacific tram.
which had been taken to the American
side dhe first ever taken into the United
States by the way) especially for his con-
venience The train arrived in Toronto
this afternoon. His purpose now is to get
to- the Pacific coast rapidly as con-
sistent with safety and he will take most
of his inspection of Canada from the car
windows. 1t is understood that Lii is pre-
pairing autograph letters of thanks to Geo.
W. Boyd, assistant general passenger agent
of the Pennsylvania railroad and Major
General Ruger, the Presidents representa-
tive on the tour. Both these gentlemen
have been tireless in their efforts to make
the visit of the distinguished visitor a
pleasant one and it is because of their
kindness that the Viceroy desires to write
them personal letters of thanks. He has
also expressed his intention of sending
handsome presents to Mr.. Boyd and Gen.
Ruger when he reaches his home.
Earl Ii passed a rather restless night
probably on account of the roar of the cat
aract. He rose bright and early as Is his
wont, and ate sparingly of fish, rice and
eggs. Then he was ready to start, but it
was an hour or more before the Americans
were ready TO take leave or him. The
retinue of servants went directly to the
special train and boarded it, while Ii him
self, with a small party was taken in a
carriage across the upper bridge to the
Clifton House, at Niagara Falls, Ont. Here
Sir Henry Deroly and Mr.. w. Parmalee,
representing the Dominion government re-
ceived the distinguished guest with words
of welcome, and the American escort bade
him bon voyage. The Canadian hosts then
took Ii in their carriage and drove through
the Canadian Park to the Dufferin islands,
Ii was even more visibly impressed with
his view of the falls from the Canadian
side than he was from the American side
and so expressed himself through his in
terpreter.
Just before noon the party boarded the
special train and started for this city. The
train was stopped opposite the exhibition
grounds and the Chinese statesman was
met by parliamentary and civic notables
and escorted through the grounds to the
platform in front of the grand stand where
the address of welcome was read to him
by Lieutenant Governor Kirkpatrick, of
Ontario to which Ii Hung Chang, through
his interpreter briefly responded He was
cheered by the large crowd present and
pleased with the ovation. About 4
O'Clock he boarded the train for North Bay
whence he will continue on his journey to
the Pacific coast.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-08
OKLAHOMA DIVORCES.
Decision That Pnves the Way for
Wholesale Annulment.

GUTHRIE, o. T., Sept. THE Terri
torial Supreme Court late this evening
handed down a decision which makes a
prominent and wealthy New York city man
and a well-known Cincinnati woman big
the divorce law, create consternation
among the thousands from al parts of the
United States who have secured Oklahoma
divorces.
In May, 1885, after hard-fought trial.
Charles F. Beach, a well-known writer of
legal text books. with offices in New York,
Chicago and Indianapolis, obtained a di-
Vorce from his wife, Anne NJ. Beach. on
the ground of cruelty and incompatibility
Mrs. Beach at once appealed the case to
the Supreme Court, the transcript being
the most complete and voluminous ever
filed in the court, and the court to-day
with a full bench reversed the lower court
annulling the divorce and dismissing the
case. The ground for reversal on error
that Beach was never a resident in
good faith of the Territory of the coun-
ty in which the divorce was granted, hav-
ing lived in Perry three months simply as
a transient guest, and going to Norman
where the divorce was granted, but the day
before the application was granted. The
same holding by the court will annul three
fourths of the divorces ever granted in the
Territory.
Beach, who is a leading member of the
Manhattan Club and receives $40, 900 year
royalty from his numerous law text books
has. since obtaining the divorce. married
Mrs. Day, a charming widow, of Cincin-
rope. both being made bigamists by this
decision
Mrs. teach. who wins the fight, was a
Miss Annie Van Loon. of Philadelphia
married to Beach in December 1892 in New
York city, being eleven years his senior
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-08
SOUTH CAROLINA POLITICS.
Corruption in Administration of the
Dispensary Law.

COLUMBIA, S. c., Sept. 1.-THE dis
closures in connection with the administra-
tion of the dispensary law in this State has
created the most intense interest coming.
as they do, on the eve of the second elec-
tion for United States senatorship, to be
held tomorrow. The facts evidently were
brought to the surface by the bitterness of
the fight between Judge Earl and Governor
Evans for senatorial honors. Both Till
nantes and Conservatives admit that the
public charges and admissions of corrup-
tion Dortend the COON of the present dis
pensary system. The charges and counter
charges are between Governor Evans on
the one side. and Superintendent Mixson
in control of the administration of the dis
pensary law in South Carolina, on the
other. The son of the latter acknowledges
having received money from whisky people
exonerates his father. who denies ali guilt
Governor Evans is accused of falling to
give an itemized account of a charge
against the dispensary law of $3.50 for q
trip to Washington. The Governor says
the expenditure was legitimate. Political
wiseacres declare the disclosures will result
in the total disruption of the reform fac
ton. The election tomorrow will be ex-
tremely close
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-08
STEVENSON FOR BRYAN.
The Vice President Mny stump the
Country for silver.


CHICAGO, Sept. 7.-Vice President Stew
enson was closeted with Senator Jones at
Democratic national headquarters for two
hours to-day He declined to make any
statement for publication, but Senator
Jones in his hearing, said 'Of course, the
Vice President is for our ticket. He is as
much for it as 1 am, ana that, / should
think. is enough. Mr.. Stevenson and my
self were just talking the situation over"
The statement of Senator Jones in regard
to Mr.. Stevenson being ''for our ticket"
was supplemented later on by bulletin,
which makes it plain that the Vice Presi-
dent promised to take the stump for the
silverites. The bulletin is follows:
'.Vice President Stevenson arrived in the
city to-day from Mackinaw with his fam
lily, where he has been Summering for sew
eral weeks He called at national Demo-
cratic headquarters about O'Clock and re-
with Chairman Jones. The Vice President
is very much interested in the campaign,
and made many inquiries regarding the
situation in Illinois, Ohio. Indiana, Michf-
gan, Minnesota and the Pacific States. He
was informed that the prospects in all of
they would all undoubtedly roll up a safe
majority for Bryan in November. He ap-
peared much gratified at the information.
He stated he would remain in Chicago for
several days. While no official informa ton
was given out in regard to Mr.. Stevenson s
programme during the campaign, 1t is
thought he will make several speeches for
Mr.. Bryan, not only in Illinois, but also in
other States. The Vice President is stop
ping at the Palmer House."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-09-08
TELLER IN ILLINOIS.
The Senator Speaks at Morrison, His
Former Home.

MORRISON, ILL.,, Sept. 7.Senator Henry
NJ. Teller delivered his first speech in this
place to-day. The crowd that assembled
was yariously estimated at from 1000 to
5000 people. This is the home of Senator
Teller. He came to Morrison from New
York in 1858 and formed a law copartner-
ship with Mr.. III. r. Jackson, which con-
tinued until April. 1861, when he went to
Colorado. His mother lives here with four
sisters and a brother. These are the rea-
sons why the Senator selected his old
home as the place for making his first
speech of the campaign. lie leaves here
tomorrow morning for Chicago, where he
will spend the day with the executive com
mittee of the Democratic party. He VIII
then go TO Grand Rapids, Mich, where he
is announced to speak on Wednesday next
Senator Teller introduced by T.. w
Payne, a one-armed soldier and ex-
Republican. who has been the clerk of this
county for tWenty-four years. lie was
greeted with warm cheers upon his APP
pearance. His speech was in line with the
one he delivered last week.