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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-03

which TO buy unless they arc able 10
sell their products 40 remuneEativO
prices. Production Of wealth ROos
before the exchange Ok wealth; those
who cheat must secure a profit before
they have anything 70 share with
others. You cannot afford TO JOIN the
money changers in support Of a iinSn.
cial policy which they destroy in the
purchasing power Of the products Of
the Toll aud must in tho end discouT-
age the creation of wealth.
0LARlNo APPEAL FOR LIBERTY,
II ask, TexpeCt your cooperation
II 10 true that a few Of your GnAnCiOEs
would fashion a new 6GuT0--A figure
representing Columbia, her hands
bound fast with fettera Of geld and
her face tuTnsd toward the. eASt, ap-
pealing for assistance 10 those who
live beyond the sen, but this ACuro
can never express your idea Of this
nation. Yon wall rather turn for In.
SEPARATION TO Che heroic statue which
guards tho entrance TO your City--a
statue % pAtrlotlo in conception 90 il
is colossal in proportions, il. was the
gracious giEt Of . aiseer republic and
stands upon q pedestal which was
built by tho American people. That
6guFe--LibsEty EnlightaAlnR The
World. -ia OmblemAtiC Of the mission
Of our nation among the nations Of
the earth. With q government which
derives ito powers from tine consent Of
the governed, secures to oil the people
freedom of conscience, freedOm Of
thought and freedom Of spssch, guar
antees equal rights tOiAll and promises
special privileges to none, the United
States should be Cd example IN al
that is good and the lsading spirit ia
every movement which has for itS Oh
ieCt the uplifting Of The human EaC@'
NO READING AT THR LAST.
MIR. Bryan spoke FOR one hour snt
fifty minutes and Che hands Of III,
clock pointed 70 1895 whom he finish
cd the eloquent psFoEaticn addresses
TO The citizens Of New York, speaking
with uplifted arm and with manu-
script thrown aside. TheteFrlAC hsa
had made the upper galleries AlmOa
unepdurable, and before Mr. BrynI
had finished 3 nnjoTity OK their ocSu
pants had deGled through the door
Candidate Sewsll, "SllvSr Dick
Bland and other leaders on the stag
Rrasped Bryan'a hand in eOngratulG
tion. r-.te ~
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-03
From the Omaha wUrld.ftefald.
AN OBJECT LES son.

The single standard organs arc fond
Of pointing to what thSy call the do.
probation OF silver, and drawing tho
conclusion that because Of this depEe.
citation IL is not it for usO % q stand
ard money metal. Let uS examine
this logic and see 10 what condition II
will bring the producers Of the west.
The average value Of che BIlvor in o
silver dollar during the year 1855 was
$.769. On August %, 1886. 6eptem-
Der wheat was quoted in Chicago Of
76A cents q bushel. On chat date the
silver in q silver dollar WIS worth just
four.tenths Of q cent more than O
bushel OF wheat, while che bullion in
gold dollar would buy ons and one.
/ fourth bushels Of wheat. On August
q, 1895, September wheat was quoted
in Chicago at 57s cents busheI, and
the bullion in q gold dollar would
buy one and three-fOurthS bushels Of
wheat. But the bullion In 0 silver dol
lar would still buy @ bushel Of wheat
lust a. It did on August %, 1885. II
other words, gold appreciated in val
ne to the amount Of half d buShel o.
wheat TO the dollars worth.
Or August rs, 1885, Ssptsmbo
corn was quoted ct 40 cents on thI
Chicago market. On that day th'
bullion in 0 gold dollar would bu!
| two and one-half bushels Of corn. u
August %, 1896, September corn wa
quoted Of al cents in Chicago, An'
the bullion in 9 gold dollar woult
buy within q fraction Of ave bushel
OF corn. In other words, tho bulllon
in q gold dollar had appreciated i
ten years TO the extent Of two AM
one half bushels Of corn.
On August %, 1885, SOptembe
oats were quoted Of 20 cents on th
Chicago market. On that day VI
bullion in q gold dollar would com
within A cents Of buying four bushel
Of oats. On August 2a 1885, Sep
teinber oats were quoted 81 16 cent
on the Chicago market On that da!
the bullion in q gold dollar lacked
cents Of being worth seven bushsls o
oats. In other words, the bullion 4
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-03

= gold dollar had appreciated a little
more than the value OF three bushels
OK oats during ten years.
On August 20, 1886, pork was quot
Cd Of 9h cents on the Chicago market.
On that day the bullion in a gold dol
lar would buy within q fraction Of
eleven pounds Of pork. On August
20, 1896, pork was quoted at 5 3.5
CentB on the Chicago market, and the
bullion In q gold dollar would buy a
fraction over seventeen pounds Of
pork. I'm other words, the bullion
lid ? gold dollar had appreciated in
tan years a little over six pounds Of
poFk.,gs .n...s,...
But during All these years the bull
ion in Q silver dollar would buy prac-
tioally The same amount OF wheat,
corn, oats and pork, The producers
ctthOso articles may Judge from the
market reports whether il is silver
that has deprecated or gold that has
appreciated.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-03
nucKLRM.e ARNIcA sALvE.

The best Salve IN the world for CutA
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sOroS, letters, Chapped hands, CHI.
blainS, corns, and oil skin eruptions
and positively cures piles, or no pay re-
quirod. II Is guaranteed to give per-
fect satisfaction. or money refunded
Price Is cents per box. For sale ~
g. 8. Fisher. druggist
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1896-09-03
MEXICAN SITUATION.

II have been in the mercantile bust
ness in TAmpiCO, Mexico, about thirty.
Ave years." said Mr.. j. Saunders, a
Shrewd.faCed, pleasant.spOken gentle
man, who went from North Carolina
10 the sister republic, and who chat
ted snsOrtainiOgly to q reporter at the
Metropolitan in Washington.
They may say what they please
about gold" he observer, "but SILVER,
10 the sheet anchor Of our prosperity
and always will be, 1t is only when
we deal with outsiders that we feel
the depreciation Of money, and sooner
or later chat intercourse will be q
minimum unless the other nations
give US fairer play.
1T seems 10 me absurd that the
United 6tatOs does not open her
minsS 10 treO coinage. OF course,
Mexico would gain thereby, but not
10 half che extcnt this country would.
A fool can understand that from the
very day that this government renon.
etiEed silver, every dollars worth Of
goods imported into Mexico would be
bought In tho United States, paying
England, Germany and France $l,85
for 81 worth Of goods, when there
would DO no discount on the purchas.
ing power OF that dollar in the states.
IL 10 all duo TO the lack Of nerve, and
I think showsv very poor craftsmanship
ON the part ON the greatest and rich
cot nation ON earth. Not only would
you gain as for customer, but also
the Central and South American
states, and I believe that rather than
eco all this trade monopOlized by our
government, England would very
quickly fall in line In the matter Of
recognizing SILVER.
However, il doesn't matter very
much TO u1. We are more prosper
ous and developing faster than any
other part Of the world. We will
continue on a silver basis and year by
: year decrease our purchases from
abroad. Manufacturing plants are
startling up in all parts Of our repub-
, lIC, and after awhile we will be inde'
) pendent Of foreign nations, for we
will make the bulk Of all that is need
cd az home, and the money changers
! Of New York and London will no
longer exact tribute from US. Even
: now we are on the defensive and pro-
: tectinR ourselves at the expense Of
the people Of this country.
"TheEe 10 q prohibltive duty Of Sic
: q barrel on -four imported from any
: other country; the result is that the
!. natives are raising wheat and impor
I CATIONS have entirely ceased. w
have RFst-clAss roller mills Of the lat
Y sst type, and they turn out as Hn'
? Aour IS is sold anywhere.
= Right now there is q great rush 0
y immigrants into the country abou
? Tamplco. Americans are coming ii
Y = and buying big tracts Of land for COT
: Toe planting. Coffee is a sure AM
! lucrative crop, but IN addition Their
y 10 plenty Of money to be made in 9th
y or things. There is no country tina
= oflerB such inducements to capital Q
Mexico, nor 10 young men who ar
not afraid Of work"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-11
HOUSTON. FRIDAY. DECEMBER I
is MAcEo DEAD?

Is Antonio Maceo dead? The jublatior
in Spein over the rumor Of the brave gen
erals death shows significantly how Spain
valued his services to the Cuban cause.
The rumors must he taken not only with
a grain OF salt coming from Spanish
sources, but the alleged details of the dis
ooyery OF the bodies and their abandonment
by the Spaniards rather carry doubt on
their face. 1t would b. very easy for a
Spanish colonel to concoct such story in
order to glorify himself at once In the eyes
OF Spain. But having possession Of such
precious bodies as those of Maceo and
young Gomez, and dragging them at the
horses tails. is 1t likely the wonderful
find would be abandoned because 'the
horses became tired?" Would not every
horse and man in the Spanish detachment
of 500 men. with the enemy routed have
been bent to the task OF exhibiting the
body of Antonio Maceo in the plaza OF
Havana? when fame and good fortune for
the colonel waited upon the confirmation OF
his story would he ever have abandoned
the best proofs, when within few miles OF
Havana?
Tho articles exhibited could have be-
longed to any of thousand men under
Maceo. and the letter supposed to be from
young Gomez could easily be forgery
Aside from all this It Is not likely Maceo
was with the little band Of Insurgents sur
rriscd by tho Spanish detachment Antonio
Maceo would take good care. of all others
not 10 be surprised. but had be been. and
been also shot. tho Cubans would never
have left his body on the field The whole
story looks improbable and fishy in the ex-
IRENE.
1t is significant, too. that the report
comes just when the forces operating
agaiust Maceo were absolutely compelled 10
spring some encouraging news upon Mail
rid Weyler's campaign In plnar del Rio
has been failure. the tinted States wcre
getting impatient, she Cubans were grow
ing In hope AMI Madrid becoming dis
gusted. What better scheme to Offset
these unfayorahlc conditions than to KIN
Mecoo' By the press bwcau2 one blast
uron his hnele horn were worth thou
sand men why not cren,e tho most start
Ing OF sensatlGus then by the simple de-
vice OF finding his body abandoning
w And then Madrid proceeds to ICON
firm The story by repeating 1t to Washing
ton The probabilities are that Maceo
stu lives, but. II not. the cause he fought
for sun lives,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-11

Silver league. No. /. an organization which
1t is proposed TO put into every election
district in Texas during the ensuing four
years, and each member of which pays 81
in advance each year for the purpose of ad-
vancing the interest of free coinage and
monetary reform.
Navasota Examiner: The telephone line
to the county capital is now beginning to
leon up bit. aud a force Of men We're put
to work this morning to lay the poles, and
1t Is thought that the line will be in opera
ton by Christmas at least Poles are also
being laid to the residence of J. w. H.
Davis, about five miles out. There is also
some prospects of line being run to Allen
farm in the early part of the year. And
thus little by little the telephone wires will
run into Navasota from almost every direc
ton and place the people of the different
communities in immediate communication
with each other This is another pro-
gresslve enterprise for Navasota.
Marriages.
northumberland Gilbert and Miss Estellc
Staples.
san Angelo John Gardoni and Miss Clara
Aldorctt.
Tyler--Ben E. Richardson and Miss An
ME Kennedy.
Itasoa Professor b. T. Ausley and Miss
Gclda Nally.
Harmony Hill-Oscar c. Walker OF Car
thage and Miss Dora Garrison.
}renham-J. H. Barwise, Jr. Of Wichita
Falls and Miss Lucille Mayfeld
Deaths.
Calvert-H. Altschul.
Parls--George Baker.
Gainesyille--A. NJ. Hill.
Live Oak-Rollo Lee Miller
Marshall-Mss Mabel Oakley.
Greenville-Mrs. NJ. b. Young.
Corsicana-Rev ]. r. Armstrong;
brownsville-Mrs. Ignacia Qulntanila
dc Castaing
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-11
Tie Message PiCtorially Rendered.

party Mr. Bryan's election meant their
death blow, and tina; is why they llned up
alongside of Mex pley..
MIR. Walter Wollman. Washington cor
respondent of the Chicago Tmas-Hcrald,
recently furnished n significant tip. The
proprietor of the Chicago Paper is The
confidential friend of Mr. Kmlgy. and
Mr.. Wollman has siven evidence repeat
ely thu, he has Advantages of inside IN
formation" Here what he sad:
Men wa hold conli Re ,tial relations with
the prcs dgrt-eiect hci.eve the coming ad-
nan siration wa mark the enac ,nent of
a now election law, no a 'forcc hlI!,' but
a cr.nprthcn.iNc statute dc eined to pre-
Vs.t Il recurrence Of such election ira ads
as these which have cursed II number OF
Southern aud border states dur.ng past
MAJ o1al campaigns,
Commenting or the above the Post
Dispatch says. "Thc anmus of such Il
movement VII be partly poit:icll and
rarity coInorcin The ron and steel
manutactu" nG Industries Of Pen0sy.van Il
ana the textile manufacturing ministries
Of Nc% England resist the commercial de-
vc'opn en- oil tn. Sou h. TIC ulst OBJ
vious lne Of resistance to that develop
mcnt /, to keep tho South IN turmoil as
a means Of preventing the iuves;mc-, of
hatred. with It's accompany ng evils. Will
serve well the purpose they have in view
The po,uca! motive is that of carrying
! bv force and oppression what they can not
carry On fa"ty is,lcs as they are now
raised anl rlust remain un'A SET: Cd r!sh..
They ruy hope. too, to again trouse The
ssei!c al spirit IN such States AZ Kansas
and Nebraska aud 10 h n by that nsal.s
their strength IN other Northern States.
| is not unlikely that NV force bil Ia
part of tire Mrl[micy pro ,ranre The
great c9nsol dated .pl,rs SITS win ch elect d
MEX nloy vi. run MS admins. ration. And
tho e policy viii he dictated as much by
commercial as by Political coaaderl-
TONS
, Tho coinage Of standard silver dollars by
| tho n.ted states niL1tS dur nG the mon Il
of Move niher aggregated N9i.UD, ana
! now THAI iAe c,ccuOn - over au,! 30 cam
! ign Il In progress there can be no i'm
| propr'cty in stating the faet.-tillves. On
| Tribune.
| If, as the rr bune Intends, thesa dollars
are worth onlv 5s cents each, 3 not the
| government gnllty of wroag in coming
them aad passns them out upon the pso-
/ pc at 30 ccntss
! ncg1fG,css OF the clam made by on
! thus ast.c MCKINLEY organs. the oaly
! southern states carried y the OHIO Ma
! =. en- were Ge aware, Maryland. West
| Nirs!ra, Kentucky. virginia ana ren.os-
| ,oe.-t;aiyesion News
Ttc Fest Is at log to determine
/ whether the brilliant Gu;hor Of the above
| .nteclci to be fualy. or whether it was
iuft TIE same OH every esy Job Of lying
| against space.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-11
II sinscd Ills WHISPERS.

baFtrnp Advertiser.
A natural gas well. with an extensive
flow at depth Of i2i feet. has been dis
covered It is said. on the farm OF Mrs
Scrvlnkn a bohemian lady. whose farm Is
situated seven miles from LaGrangc. Judge
Robson. who har had some experience In
mining and geological phenomena, visited
the well He says It Is situated within Il
feet of the ady's houst. When he got 10
TIC well he found that the men had placed
tub hlel with earth over the 13-!nch
hole In the ground. and pachcd the earth
all agound II, Tho gas could DO dist 'nctiy
beard escaping. and could b. seen He
touched a match to the escaping xns, ard
now his majestic whlsiSers aY1 elegant suit
OF hair arc not near so gool cooking as
they used to be The distributions forced
the gas ont at various Faces around the
Well singing the Judges whiskers and his
hand. Tho dwelling was in danger from
tho ire md The diGnifed Judge End his
friend had 10 remove all the household Of
fects of the lady. The barrel Of earth was
finally removed from the hole. and ,lcn the
flames concentrated in tho VOL, bursting
forth IN blazing .o'umn 20 fsot hieh. Al
ter summonlng AID the IRE was oxtin-
Euiehed,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-11
a COMMERCIAL WAR.

The commercial war which is brewing be-
tween the United States and Germany may
become very serious affair. purely from
a trade point however in armed conflict
with Spain would not he 80 dlsstrous as tho
practical cessation of commerce between
Germany ard this country
II scene that Germany agreed to rrei
proeity treaty with us only after long per
suasion and enort on our part. That treaty
was decidedly to our advantage. the only
concession to Germany heing the FREQ I'm b.
portation of German beet sugar here The
reciprocity agreement was abrogatcd by the
Wilson Dill. without any notification IN a
diplomatic on courteous way TO the German
government that we desired TO cancel the
ARRANGEMENTS previously made. Natur.
ally the Germans were somewhat
sore, and At once began 10 place
restrictions, In the way Of rc
taiiauon, upon the imports from America
INTO Germany Those restrictions have not
only been vexatious but costly TO us. and
our protests have been OF no avail. Nor.
MI Cleveland comes into the fight with the
imposition OF a tonnage duty on German
ships bringing goods TO American ports.
and the merry war appears to have just
begun 10 good earnest
When once fight OF this kind has com.
nenced there is no telling when or where
1t VIII end. Imposition bcgets imposition,
retaliation provokes retaliation and restrlc.
tion follows upon restriction, until both
sides 10 the controversy have paid dearly
for their fun and exhausted their retalia
tory resources. The better plan now, and
before the feeling gets high. is to arrange
automatically for a better understanding
and mutual concessions, II is purely Q
question OF good business. and good bust
ness requires compromises of opinion ant
method and a conciliatory spirit. II is tc
be hoped that the German and American
governments viii each sec that nothing car
b gained by N intolsFsnt and continued
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-11
NOTE AND COMMENT.


The following expressions are quoted
from two popuist organs of the late
kolrhy- Grcan-Cuucy combine:
ma pe:,,."' ncrhnfs who do 10. Ike the
POLITICAL poAcy of the nllin- News. but 4
n,.hhinh l,h' upon 81 ~ one pr Acltli
that is The abol.tion mf ,hc c,d'.'on frald,,
ana l'2l.pl soN ihioxSSry ,!nat have 50 d ;
Gracc1 the South The News is right, The
,r1n who detrauds a citizen at the al Oh
b s Just as glflly As one who ii frauds
him at the teler'7 window Or IN the count
ng room. and should he punished to the
fullest extent of The lazy.
P.ttshurg Plaininaor The Dallas News
in - fearless denunr!ati1ns OF e'e,tion
frauds. bribery ami hui. Ioz ng. i,or lts
noble wsrk m this Inc aior" tn News
ils me fr}e1tshin Of ali d sS,.nt. law, d.
ing citlyers of The STAT Win, T1n fInus-
ioI, Posi- ~, ms, no rev,rs. n,1t,.ri,,,l IN
the constituencies ticu il who 80 de.ihar-
a,eN outrage AneT-An suiirAS''
me lihpoteht raEc oi inc hee'ciH ana
camp lollo"e's o. the lH'c 1851 move
meat whose mo'hois nave teen l1ria y
N'iosea by the NrNt-tlu9'on cor'ro-
Nrisy' - well un ier''ood In TeNas. II oc-
vhTn Hus;cn. after returning TO a ell
maic that suited HIM leita,- than this. az
tempted to explain the utter ia aurc OF his
N.liNQUc elicrlf 50 by .lll,tgatnC the DGO-
pie Of TcXas Whle he dil noi remain
| I'm Tcxas long. he was here long enough
| Tor the people OF the St1te to lrurn that
| under ri $ theory of posttcg all ncaf,, are
| ustiHab,e that promsse results. tbs v!ev,
| was heartily shared hv h $ coidhtors in
| the ccmttae. including the News, and tho
outcome was calnpaig1 of trlcKcry and
merjlcity without 4. precedent In TeXss
| politics The peop.e OF Texas are not nj
| a l-ca tn nr lers,nnd why the News g
| %, y.,-,,, - ...t,,,, IL. g., ~.
| ""'' Sr''o"N HiJ"'S' 'oi theS az"
| iH1N ar with is tricks AM rs man crs,
| ana with it's naughty inteut to either rule
+, M. rr,- t-,eort,r,,.,tet,, ,,,ern no coc1
| a. onI,, ,i,,ood ,,,,n a. -. ~, .,,e,,,.
| ilhelcr r., rov.,, .,,, ,,e llama .ro
,rcn, E, in.r,.lt,,,, ,,,a. ,,,,o, sf,,,,.,,
| .,,r ,,,,.,, 49, ,,,,, ~, go, ,,,
n',',,,at. o ~. ''o "a i"""u ", ',
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-12-11
TEXAS IN PARAGRAPHS.

sherman is planning to add 600 people to
its population by taking in College Park.
he city wRtcrwo.lis of Victoria have
been equipped with new and improved
pump.
The Tribune claims that more cattle are
tel at Temple and shipped from there
annually than at any ether town in the
state
rr William Miller is issuing a monthly
Journal Under the title Of the Gazette to
set fo7th the advantages and attractions
OF Boenre.
The financial troubles Of Tyler caused
by the closing Of two banks. which has tied
up public funds. Will not affect the city or
county schools.
The stampede of herd Of 1900 beef
steers in the heart of sherman was
novel and exciting spectacle witnessed
there on Tuesday,
\. S. Sherman OF Groenvlle. member
OF the republican State executive commit
tee, is organizing a stock company to print
a republican paper at that city.
News has been received Of the death Of
Captain j. II Brown. former partner In
tho Binkley hotel ut Sherman, which &C.
Cured while he was visiting relatives in
Ohio
NJ. Nj, Rodgers. a prominent negro poll-
tiolan, is an applicant for the LaCrancc
Iostoffiec Several democrats have signed
his reiit'on but not orc white republican
has affixed his nGmc To It.
san Angelo Enterprise The last pub-
lishcd report from the government weather
bureau highly commeuds tho work OF MIR
$ A. Potter in experimenting with Kites
to secure norisl ob7cryaiions Of the atmos-
tn.'e 'hl uppHr ''lrrtn's % mir, Mr.,
Potter is brother o. Mrs. s. l.. &. Smith
and was ono Of tho first mctcoroloyista 10
use Kites for observations.
sherman Register: Organizer j. c. Will
iams and Major u. F. Brown secured sew
eral signatures 10 the list OF Texas Free