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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-06
Free Silver Bill Passes the Senate.

Free Silver Bill Passes the Senate.
The free coinage bill passed the
senate Saturday, says Washington
dispatch, by a majority of 7. There
was a good deal Of parliamentary
sparring before the final vote was
reached and a number .of Senators
were disappointed because they were
excluded from offering amendments.
The amendments that were pend
ing before 2 o'clock were voted upon
and rejected.
Then Mr.. German made a motion
to Law the whole bill On the table
and this was defeated.
The bill was reported then from
committee of the whole to the SEN
ate and passed by vote Of AZ to 3d..
The report of the majority of the
finance committee was sustained
throughout. Senator Jones Of Ark
ansas managed the bill, and did it
with extreme tact, good nature and
efficiency. There were some sur
prises when the vote was announced.
1t was expected that Baker of Kan
sas, Mcbride of Arkansas and
Martin of Virginia wonld vote for
the bill, but they registered their
votes on the other side. Senator
Mills of Texas voted for the bill in
committee of the whole and against
1t on the final vote IN the senate.
The action of the Texas senator
meant that he preferred the free
coinage of silver to the issue OF
bonds, and, consequently, voted for
the report of the senate finance com
mlttee, which substituted free coin
age for the house bond bill. When
the free coinage bill pure and simple,
however, without possibility of
being substituted for bond bill,
was before the senate the Texas
senator voted against 1t.
Of the, AZ senators who voted for
the bill 20 were democrats, 10 repub'
hcans and populis:s. Of those who
voted against tie bill, % are repub-
licans and - democrats. Nobody
expects, of course, that the house
will adopt the senate bill, but it Is
probable that there will be con-
ference committee, and that serious
effort will be male to get up some
scheme while the bill is in confer
ence that would meet the approval
of both houses and, perhaps, the
president. 1t is very doubtful, how.
eyer, at this time if any measure
can be patched up that would meet
the approval of the divergent SEN
timents of the senate, house and
President Cleveland. -.
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-06
She Was Not to Blame.

A little Cincinnati girl was at the
seashore during the, summer with
her parents and was very fond of
putting on her bathing suit and 60.
ing into the water along the beach.
She was cautioned about the danger
of gong near the water alone, and,
though she was often dressed in her
suit and allowed to play among the
sand, she was forbidden to venture
in the water, even to wade. One
day she was playing on the beach,
and, forgetting the motherly injunc-
ton, she waded out ankle deep in
the lapplng waves. She met her
mothers reproot later with dis.
turbed .countenance, but had no ex-
cuse to offer.s
what made you wade into the
water2 asked the mother, when /
had told you not to do sop
ooh, the devil made me, mama,'
was the reply.
Yes pursued her mother, but
why didn't you say TO him: Get be.
hind me, Satan.2'
4 did, mama; / did, and the tears
began tc,gather ipAthe little eyes;
and, mama, he just got behind me.
and pushed me right in.'---Gincip.
natl Enquirer.
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Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-06

elevator. saws a writer in the Detroit
Free Press. A second seized his
trunk and dragged 1t down one pair
of stars and left it and then threw
his coil of rope out of the window
without stopping to fasten the end,
and then ran into the hall and into
a room at the far end of it and was
found in a wardrobe after the tire
had been extinguished.
"And in your case?" was asked.
ooh, l was very, very cool. |
threw up a window, made the hook
of my rope fast and slid down to the
street amid Jeers from the assembled
populace."
"Yo GU mean cheers?"
"Not exactly. You see | had only
to cross the roof to another window
to step out on the roof of a store
level with the sill. and the assembled
popuIace couldn't understand why
/ should prefer to monkey with the
rope and burn the skin off the palms
of my hands till l was cripple for
six weeks. l believe one impVlsive
individual called me a hero but the
rest of the crowd and the daily pa
pers spoke of me as an ass, and
think they hit the case plumb center!
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1896-02-06
What Uncle William Says.

If I was lookin' for sucker I'D
hunt for the Teller who Is allus brag-
GIN that he's nobody's fool.
1t has allus seemed to NE to be
mighty thin consolation fur poor
man to declare that riches don't
make happiness.
Somehow or other we don't appear
to extract as much comfort ont Of
this life as we really orter. Perhaps
it's because my neighbor haln't the
man he should be.
The Teller who mortgages his land
to buy pianner for his house has to
try awful hard to find any music in
the strings.
I believe in loving my naybur as
myself until he begins to kill off my
hens. Then I'm goin' to buy lace
curtains and upholstered cheers to
make him feel as bad as he possibly
can.
The Teller who figured that a
clothes.line would last six weeks
longer if taken down every night
was all right as fur as he went, but
he might have also figured that it
would take Jest twelve weeks otf'n
any mans life to do it. Things is
purity nigh right without any hgur.
ing at all.
l once knowed bank president
who didn't chaw, smoke, play keerdS
attend boss races, drink beer or use
cuss words, but he cleaned, out the
institution and went to Canada jest
the same. I'm alters lestle biz
skeery of angels who walk around
on alrth.
Even if we never say word t.
him about 1t, it is only human
natur' to feel sort O tickled to know
that our naybur's fence is two foo
over our line and that we can raiSt
a row any time we want to.
| never vet went to man ant
asked him to give ME his advice
withoutI had my mind fully mad
up to believe him a fool if he didn'
think as l did about it. If he was
lawyer, however, and charged M
$40, why that altered the case.
I've heard heap o men talk abou
luck In time, and so fur as | hav
been able TO keep track of indlvidu
ala, the ores hoein' corn at dollar
day instead of talkin' on the grocer,
steps got ahead the fastest.
Now and then you meet a maj
who has soured on the world an
can't see no goodin nuthin', nor nc
body. In SIGH cases jest size him W
aad you'll find a chap so ALFRED mea
that yaller dog wouldn't foller him
( have allus admired a hossfy il
one pertickler. He don't hang aroun,
on his relations and walt fur sumthir
soft and tender and JUICY to turn u
to give him d job, but tackles tht
1 fust thing that comes along and i
q Ilns ahaad nf tho uama
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-03
A Costly Cow.

Ex-senator Philetus Sawyer Of Wiscon-
sin told the following story: when we
were living on my farm at Rosendale, IL
became necessary to sell COW. The buyer
wanted certain cow or none at all. le
happened TO be the COW l had given to my
wife. went into the house and told my
wife. She. the good soul, said, Sell her,
hut I want the money | sold the COW,
gave my wife couple of dollars and said,
Call on me when you want more. When
she wanted to buy dress, bonnet or we'd
ding present sha would ask for some OF
that cow money had paid back several
thousand dollars of the cow money, and
was wondering when the demand would
cease. A house was built. Ii had to be
furnished We figured up what the fur
nishing would cost 1t amounted to sew
erai thousand dollars. l said Wife, I'll
nav You the balance Of that COW money,
and you can pay for furnishing the house
with it 1t was u bargain, and the COW
deal was over The SEQ cow cost the old
senator not far from $50, 900, but he never
complained of the price.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-03

"You here, Ralph TompkansP
cane of Good Hope. You must watch
these fellows day and night. If you get
careless for day. they'll capture the
ship and cut the Threats OF officers, pas
seneers and crew at the first rush.
We had a sailing crew of IA men.
Each had signed for the round trip ana
knew what the cargo would be, and yet
when they cav what a villalnous gang
had come aboard at least half the sailors
would have deserted if there had peen
onportunity. If there was one single
nerson above decks who was SATISFIED
with the situation. he must have kept
his thoughts to himself. We were on,
however, and it was useless to grow OF
lament. Just as the towboat had got
our cable wherry dropped alongside
and letter was handed up for the cap
tain. 1t was badly written and spelled
and its contents were another dose Tor
us. 1t read;
81 think it my duty as an honest man
70 tell YOU that at least one OF your
onards is friend of Ben Johnson
and will stop at nothing to help hinl
take the ship BE OH your guard.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-03
CHAPTER III.

GUILTY" AND mot GUILTY..
The first thing the police of any
cuntry do when murder has been
bmmitted is to find a prisoner, and !
hey always assume that whoever they
happen to lay hands on must be guilty
because they have got him. The officers
we're not so far out of the way in hold
ng her ladyship's maid for examina-
ion, for all circumstances were against
per, but in my case one hours intelli-
kent work by detective ought to have
pet me at liberty. My mother, Uncle
John Hampton, Jerry Simpson and
bthers could account for every minute
pi my time since landing in Dudley. AT
me hour the murder was committed
was in the company Of five or six men,
pill Of whom were law abiding and hon.
est
| say that it would have been easy
enough for the police to satisfy them
selves that was an innocent man, but
They never work to clear a man. On the
contrary, they bend their energies to
prove or to try to prove the guilt of the
one arrested. Uncle John was repri-
handed for expressing his astonish-
ment, and his offers of assistance to
nelp prove my innocence were promptly
reused. was pretty well satisfied that
LORD Dudley himself doubted my COM
phcity, but the police had the case, and
twas not for him to interfere.
IL was not until after the funeral of
LADY Dudley that was taken to court
lOr examination. Being only q sailor
man, and never having had to do with
Jaw before except to make affidavit,
Own mat l was badly upset and could
no' plan what to do. Uncle John and
mO'ner fixed it, however. They sent me
~ lawyer, telegraphed to Liverpool
.Or captain Clark and got all my wit.
nesses together. / came very near hav.
lug a row with the lawyer before he
nau oeen IN my cell five minutes. Al
,Oon as he had introduced himself h,
led of with:
:. am glad to be able to tell you tina
was not murder out of hand, bu
"a' Lady Dudley came to her death b,
SHOCK There is no evidence that Bel
'O s.n laid a finger ON her."
but what have | to do with that?'
" ..H. py way of reply.
a, II is necessary, if l take your case
s aas we have an understanding" h
. ~ aiter giving me searching look.
a;s, am agreeable to that. hope 70
mani" '"o sa'''
a., oohnson persists in his declaration
ha u inc police evidently believe the
A' '., good case against you"
ana johnson and tho police be hanged
mo u you ON top of them. II you haven
~ ''e sense than the men who locked N
YOU" '"s W oo WI
what will be our line Of defensel
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-03
ABSOLUTELY PURE

feared him. His face was full of curl
osity as he stepped on deck, but the IN
slant his eyes lighted ON me he raised
his mauacled hands 10 strike and shout
ed at the top of his voice:
"You here, Ralph Tompkinsi An
You cowardly cur, but l could ASK ior
no better luckl When We take the ship,
il will be- my pleasure to fay you alive.
Iknew, of course. that he had been
sentenced to transportation for life, but
IL had never occurred to me that he
might be among the gang OF 60 Inc
Uuards seized him and were hustling
him along when he caught sight OF
Mary and her parents. He realized In
an instant that they were passengers
and there was q look Of devilish feroclty
ON his face as lie cried out: &c."
"Whati And Mary tool Why, satan
himself seems bound to play into my
hands ON this trip. Three cheers Tor Ben
Johnson's luck!'
The girl and her people were as badly
knocked out as 1 was, and bad we not
been all ready TO weigh anchor they
wonId have quit the brig and forfeited
their passage money. Mary had to be
led below, while the father declared to
me that nothing ON earth could have
induced him to go with the Hindu had
he known that Ben Johnson was TO DC
one of the gang. The situation was
bad one for all four Of us, but the only
way left us was to put on bold face
and make the best of it. Ben johnson
was perhaps the most desperate man In
the lot, but the gang as whole was
one of the worst ever embarked. When
they had been divided and Gagged, the
officer Of the guard felt it his duty 10
say:
.I have handled at least 90 gangs OF
convicts in my time, and tell you tha'
/, no ship ever had worse one under
: matches. There are plenty of men afioa'
= and shore who are willing to bet two t'
one that you never get as far as TINT
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-03

you'll never get me half way
therer' he shouted when the judge pro-
nounced sentence II warn you, judge, |
jury, lawyers, witnesses and all, that
for every week m prisoner I'll have
q lifer'
They had given him the full extent
and could do no more, and everybody
felt relieved when it was known that
he was bandcuffed and shackled and
chained to the wall Of his cell.
Lord Dudley sister had come to pre-
side at the castle, and both were per-
fectly willing to have Mary Williams
take her old plaza. The girl would not
20 back, however. With all the gossip
OF the country roundabout, and with the
columns of stuff printed in the newspa-
pers. she felt disgraced for life and was
anxious to get out Of the country. Her
parents felt the same way, and one day
her father came down to Uncle John
Hampton's Inn to make some inquiries
Of me regarding Australia. had made
three voyages to that country and re.
turn and had picked up smart bit OF
Information. When had told him all
could, he said:
mother and me might stay on and
live it down, but Mp~y would grieve
herself to death. Sh { as proved as in.
nocent as babe, but she knows she II
be pointed out for years to come, and
that certain people will always be fling
ing out, and so we'll pull up stakes and
CO."
When Lord Dudley heard Of this re-
solve. he called upon Farmer William
and paid him fair price for his lane
and stock, and it's my belief that n
also paid the passage OF the three out q
, Australia besides. They had only de
cided ON going when returned to Liv
a erpool and thought had seen the las
| | of them, though the thought upset m
( more than dared admit to myself. /
be honest with you, / had fallen M low
a with Mary Williams. Perhaps the thin
4 would have come about just the sam
. had met her at church or on the higf
a way, but maybe the circumstance OF on
d being arrested and tried together an
a of our interests and dangers being II
v same pushed matters along at fast'
!. pace. Be that as it may, realized th'
!. I loved her. She was under ciou'
- you see, and one couldn t reasonably e
re pect her to permit Of any advances d
,f love for Ben johnson had turned
at gall, sure enough, but that was no ne
ar to me under the circumstances. reail
if ed that was foolish to. entertain &C
as tain hopes, and yet ! could not dri
v. them out of my mind.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-03
(oosrIsuEp')

(cosrSurD.) -
'...r we will hear your
bw pr is1S 4 last night. 1t is my
you you. '', you q tina, anything ,l,u vS yua
warn war tending to crimina'e e: you, !"
\ drop re psssd against you on n. .r s;r,"
!, r : tan an 10 be tried tried. f0. greatly
., Wv, demanded, being s''''''
o. are 70. c mnrSer Of Lady Dudley.
:, ,ss w warrant for your arrest Soo TI
y y n so'r story, or perhaps you -
not ct, % 's'I to murder Lady Dud !,
: s,a ss,siI SSpcle John, while ! . sSpOa
: man ssos s't that none Of you al have 9
! n0p How could he have been a
cray = that att horrid crime when hen he 3
!, = nv house from soon ai.el !.
PSI I are not here to ask questions . OF
o quar-; arc y 1C cautioned the chief far
a aa n his temper at the word.
-
stss 8 nv blooming heart Oh courss
Int you'll only cover youise sn =
O OODf1sjon if you go on this way.
y rVD YOU recognize the man, my
y, !" .: lied the chief of the great man.
have SeI never YER seen him BEFORE to my
Wedge" .,.oa ~ N,
| - .a but here a singular trait o :,
p sr'1 nature showed itself. They lei
4; = would be a great consolation Z
la ~ sn and the police if the guilt!
iss were caught and punished. AM
Ia ~ vbOle three hesitated and STAN
[e 81 and finally concluded that the
seen me in the company OF Be
lnsou several times during the pas
|n;0ht Uncle John saw the chief
Fate secretary taking down every
n0 said, but instead Of protesting b
81 me wink which decided me nc
bell my story over again.
who says this man had a hand
\ there MURDER" asked the landlor
|tbe chief wanted to know If l desire
talk.
|"His nal has confessed and given hi
Fay."
|"Do Won mean that Ben johnson sa,
llph Tompkins was in it with him'
|"I do he says this man acted as b
bkcut on the outside, and that he
ally the one who put up the job
"Well, Of all the billing, bloomin
ossoming stories ever heard this
sat 'em ALP exclaimed Uncle John
struck his fist ON a table.
Ben Johnson had made a clean bres
it and had declared that Mary, t
laid, and your humble servant were
nifty as himself. He was getting ev
18th me sooner than he had hoped to
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-03
CHAPTER V.
THE SHIPS DOCTOR.

In every ship sent out with convicts
the prisoners were under the charge OK
the doctor sent along at government ex-
pense. His authority was supreme. he
represented the government. We OF the
Hindu did no. catch sight of our doctor
until the last moment before sailing'
.nd the sight of him gave us suprr'ss-
fro BE CoNTINr ED
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-03

Dan Beard, the artist, told tLs following
story of his father: "while painting Zach
airy Taylor father said to him, Well, gen.
erai, suppose yon are TO be our next
PRESIDENT Il hope not, gruntcd the bluff
old hero. No military man has any busi-
ness in the presidential chair, but II they
offer It 10 me / suppose III DO - fool
enough TO accept It, And no was"
When the cat washes her face, look out
for q rain.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-03

Ircfused TO accept a penny OF ."
more especially magnificent diamI .a.
necklace, was in the safe that nign''
The cold blooded villain went still iar-
Their. He declared that she nho rev Ia
gas Jet lighted for his convenience, an ~,
that she had suggested chloroforming
LADY Dudley to give him full swing;
He even declared that she commanded
him En- kill the woman when she arose
from her he'd and discovered them
THOSE who heard Ben Johnsons tesu-
monv said that he looked the Judge
straight in the eye and never hesitated
or Numbered. When he was 'nrousa'
ine-tenths OF the people In tine oo'''
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
Are you going to Washington?
THE WAR IN CUBA.

spaniards Again Slaughter tho Cubans
With Small Loss to Themselves.
HAVANA. May 22.-The column of
troops commanded by Colonel Delgsdo
was attacked at the Teresa plantation.
by force of insurgents. said to number
l 900 men under Aleman, Fonseta and
Ssrduy.
The troops dislodged the insurgents
from an entrenched position BY q
bsyonet charge, and as the enemy re.
treated the cavalry belonging to the
Pavia regiment charged and with their
sabres killed twenty-five 'of the in
surgents. In all. the insurgents lost
seventy-six killed. among them being
the leaders, Pineris and Gsrrido, The
troops had eighteen wounded.
A detachment Of troops under Colonel
Lsnds has dislodged Q force of iasur-
gents from the fortified village OF Banes,
province Of Pinsr del Rio. The enemy
In refreshing left six killed and retired
with several wounded.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
THE BUSINESS SITUATION.
Reaction In Prices and Failing on In Bank
CleRriDRg.

Reaction In Prices and Failing on In Bank
CleariDgs.
NEW York, May 22.-Bradstreet's to-.
morrow will say: The reactionary ten
dency in prices. shrinkAges In railroad
earnings. the falling off in bank clear
ings and the fact that the present con.
sti,utes the beginning of the between
seasons period, include the more con.
spicuous features of the general BUSH
ness situation. On the other hand bus.
iness failures have fallen off sharply.
General trade throughout the central
West has not met anticipations. Cloth
Ing orders have dropped off two weeks
earlier than usual OF Chicago and the
run OF orders for dry goods there is light.
A relatively more favorable report
comes from st. Louis that dry goods.
clothing. hardware and groceries are
being sold in increasing quantities for
fall delivery.
Detroit and Milwaukee business In
terests are suffering from strikes. The
MOST favorable report comes from
Kansas City, where the movement of
merchandise continues relatively quite
active; mercantile collections are fair,
and trade prospects were never better.
Improvement is also noted on the Pa
oifc coast, due to the weather, which
has rendered the crop outlook more
favorable and stimulated purchases in
staple lines
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-05-23
ON The DIAMONDS YESTERDAY
The CLANS Turned the Tables on
the Mountainous.
'The National League Tail-enders Showing
the Champions How to Play Ball.
portsmouth Was Lucky-state League
Leaders Lose to Richmond-Phiiadsl
/phia Lost.Thsir Ninth Straight 0amA

Norfolk won the game in the ninth
inning, and this is how they did It.
Ooons, who was twirling the sphere
for the locals let down in the seventh.
he gave Ramp his base on balls, then
Blankenehip, McFarlan and Bowerman
hit safely in succession, and three men
CHASED each other ACROSS tho rubber.
This gave Norfolk lead of one run.
Both teams were blsnked in the eighth,
In the ninth, Cheesbro hit safely, stole
second and scored on Oockm ans single.
Cockman sprinted from the first to the
second bag and crossed the plate on
Whitehilrs single to center field. The
roosers and cranks went wild with en-
thusiasm. This gave the locals lead of
one run, but their hopes were short.
lived. McFarlan cracked out q nice
little single and scored on Bowerman's
three Dagger to deep centre. The latter,
made the winning run on BallentineI
single to left field
The game was Of the heart disease
klna' though the locals were in the 1eHd
up to the seventh inning, but the margin
WAS too small to make the cranks feel
safe. Both teams played fast ball, and
the features were the batting Of Bower
man, who had single, two doubles and
triple to his credit, the home run of
Cheesbro and the line driye by Bower
man to Whitehill, who pulled 1t down
with his left hand.
The locals started their run getting
in the second. Wrigley went to irst on
Lnngsfords error; Williams hunted
safely, but was called out at second on
Sweeney's easy one to Ramp; Wrigley
scored on Cheesbro's out to centre, and
sweeney crossed the plate on Cockmsn's
single. The Locals were egged the next
three innings.
In the sixth Williams trotted to FIRST
on four balls and scored on Cheesbro's
home run over the left field fence. The
lsst two runs were made in the ninth.
The CLANS got in the game in the first
inning. Bowerman singled and scored
on Turner's hree-bagger. In the
fourth Turner led off with another
triple and chased home on Langford's
out to right field. The other FIVE runs
were made in the seventh and ninth in
nings. Score: