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Foreign Notes.

President Alfaro, Of Ecuador, is marching
against the rebels. who are said to be In pos
session OF Cuenca.
The American champion, Pillsbury's, de-
feat of Laskcr was q feature Df the chess
tournament at Nuremberg, Germany.
The Irish Land bill passed tho House OF
Commons.
The Venezuelan dispute was brought up
in the British House OF Commons by ques-
tions from John Morley.
The London Board of Trade has decided
that the loss of the steamship Drummond
Castle of Ushant on June 16, resulting, IN
the drowning of about $50 persons, was due
to the fact that she was not navigated with
proper seamanlike care.
The International Socialist Trades Con-
gress met in st. Martins Town Hall, Lon
don; the Anarchist delegates forced an en-
trance into the hall.
A crazy man forced his way into The pres
ence Of Premier Caaovas, of Spain, IN Mad.
rid. and threatened to kill him, Thelunauc
vas arrested. -.
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SECOND DAYS SESSION.
Senator Allen, OF Nebraska, Elected Fer
manent Chairman.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, July 24.-The Populists
began to assemble in good time THURSDAY
for the second morning session. and at ten
minutes past ten o'clock Senator Butler
the Temporary Chairman, called them
to order. The body of the hall was
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WEYLER TO TAKE THE FIELD
The Captain-General OF Cuba VIII Direct
tho Campaign. Against Maaeo.

The Captaln-GenoraI OK CubH WiH DIEecs
tho Campaign. Against Maaeo.
Captain-General Weyder, OF Cuba, will
take the field in person when reinforcements
will have reachsi HaHana from Spain. he
will dire.r the campaign against Antonio
Maceo In the province Of Pinar del Rio:
There were several skirmishes In Ptnnr
del Rio and santa Clara recently, IN one OF
which eighteen Cubans were killed. Twenty
one spaniards werswounded. Colonel Allan
defeated a body Of Insurgents at Del Medic,
killing eleven of them. Major Ygleslas, at
Congo Mountain. captured the Cubans'
camp and destroyed hospital used BY the
insurgents. The latter had five men killed.
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New Convention in Maine.

The Maine Democratic Committee calleda
new convention to meet at WaterTille en-
August 8 to nominate a free silver candi-
date for Governor in place OF E. B. Wins.
low, who has withdrawn.
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Spain's New Terror.

Spain so much fears mutiny that the
great body Of reintorcements to be dis
Matched 10 Cuba in August will be sent un-
armed, other vessels taking their equip
montS,
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a Mother's Awful Deed.

Mrs. Mary Harman, OF Camden, N. ].
while insane, drowned her two children and
tried to drown herself.
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Complicated Politics in.daine.

Maine Democrats must nominate another
candidate for Governor, according to the
Secretary OF State. Mr.. Winslow having
failed TO file bis accordance at AnRnsta-
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Short In His Accounts.

James Byers, agent for the Vandalia Linz
and Adams Express Company, at Moran. Ind.
killed himself because he was short in hi:
oannuntS
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General Propositions.
I. We demand the election Of President.
vIce-President. and United States Senator'S
by direct vo. o Of the people. -,
9. We tender to the patriotic people OF
Cuba our deepest sympathy in their. heroic
| struggle for political freedom and lnde-
! pendence, AMI we believe the time has come
when the United ales. the greGt Republic
| Of the world, should recognize that Cuba is
\ and Of right ought to be free and lnde-
pendent State.
8. We favor home rule in tho Territories
| and the Distr ct OF Columbia and the early
admission Of the Territories Us States.
| 4. All public salaries should be made TO
correspond to the price OF lsbor and its pro-
ducts.
S, In times OF great industrial depression
! idle labor should be employed on puDllc
works rs far as practicable.
6. The arbitrary course OF the courts In as
| suming to imprison citizens for indirect con,
tempt and ruling them by injunction should
be prevented by proper legislation. :, :,
7. We favor just pensions Tor our oisaolea
Union soldiers.
s. 3 .lievinS that the elective franchise and
an untranmelled ballot are essential to gov
ernnent OF, for, aud by the people, the Peo-
n,e's party condemn the Wholesale system OF
dtslrauchisement adopted in some OF the
States as unrepublican and undemocratlc,
and we declare it to be the duty Of the sew
eral State Legislatures to take such action as
will secure full, free and fair ballot and an
honest count.
O. While the foregoing propositions con-
stitute the platform upon which our party
stands. and for the vindication OF which its
orosnization will be maintained. We recog-
nise that the great and pressing issue OF the
bending campaign upon which the present
election will turn is the financial question,
and pom this great aud specific isspe oe,
tween the parties We cordially invite the aid
and cooperation OF all organizations nnG
citizens agreeing With Us upon tn1e VITA
question.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-10-21

For Representative in Congress,
GEORGE STEEL E.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-10-21
BRING THEM OUT.

THERE should be no Republican
-at-homes this year. Let every
voter on that side come out on
election day and make his vote
count. The candidates should see
to it that there is a Republican
hustling committee in each voting
precinct which will bring every
vote to the polls, even if it becomes
necessary to 60 after the voter. We
understand the opposition will have
such committees at work, and the
Republicans must meet aggressive
ness by being aggressive. Don't
rely on the majority we had in the
county two years ago to elect the
ticket this year, But WORK Te
BRING OUT THE FULL REPUBLI
CAN VOTE.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-10-21
Efs.;.L FESTIVITIES G'f ST. LOUIS.
September Gil, % oc.o.ier p.
GRAND CONTI<JUcS REIGN c

A GRAND coSrfHro;-s REIGN OF
Hi,;vH. MELODY AMI, MYSTERY.
The comnitte having in charge the
st. Louis Hall Festivities. which have
contributed 50 nucil to the pleasures
OF the good people OF the Mississippi
Valley. as we'll a those residing in
adjacent states. AGAIN announces its
programme covering the nineteenth
annual season of niTth melody and
mystery. After q Eo!uminous cores
pondence, carried on by the aid OF
i Luclc sans postal service and mys
terious messengers fr2n} foreign lands,
it was decided that ali then ovelties Of
Of the world, including he queen: Of
song. kings Gf hi.nor. princes OF mGl0-
dy and wisc-acras OF nys1 cry. could
by land. water aud aerial fight, reach
st. Louis September Ath. 1886. and
take their places Ga her carnival stage
where 10 cuitain will drop between
the twilights Of September 9th and
! October 18th.
| The first attraction announced on the
| programme Of gilt is the opening of
| the Thirteenth Annual 81. Louis E,N-
DositiOn. which throws It's doors open
to tie public September Sta. and for
/ forty days and nights. untii October
2ith. will be the home for all wishing
to be deli@lited with it, magnificent
displays and enrapturcd BY tie strains
Of GilnoEe's and iunes' Peerless Bands.
The master of ceremonies next an
nounces our newly discovered but
| highly esteemed friend. King i.otu,
supreme high chief Of the Funny Eel
| lows. i'he jolly king with his band Of
humorous chaps will entertain the
yoans ard old On Saturday afternoon.
! October Sd, by Il mirth-pF0Sok;ng
Parade through the decorated thorough
fare: Of the city. Act No. } on he
programme OF gold will IL ;'olinc2tcd
By the st. Louis Fair Association
through its 'Thirty-siXth anual TX
hibi5ioil. The stage for this event
will be set Oh the morning Of Monday.
! October .'ei, and viii not lie disturbed
untiI Saturday, October i2til, when the
curtain drops on a pleasing feature OF
st. Louis Carnival. \ blaze of light
atllwart the darkened Eastern skies
strange creatures Of inconceivable
forms dsrting to anG fro in the
heavens and wired sounds CHI Giscord-
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-10-21
October 18th 1896.
Reputation.

Read it over again, this promise
and threat Of reputation made by
the Chicago Convention:
I'VE demand that the standard
silver dollar sha!! he a full legal
tender, equally with gold, for all
debts, public and private; and we
favor such legislation as will PIE
vent the decentralization OF any
kind Of legal tender money by pri-
vatc contracts"
There you have repudiatlon,
naked and unaslllamed; repudiation
Of debts, Reputation Of contracts.
Debts are to be paid i'll none;
worth only about half as much as
the money il which the debt was
contracted. The power to make {
contract calling for as valuable
money as was lent IS to be taket
away by act Of Congress.
Dishonor to all; loss to most @:
those who have anything to lose; :
patcrnalistic hampering of the righ
of contract: that is vi bat the Chicago
platform and Mr.. Bryan offer as :
consideration for votes.-Nev
/ Iork Sun.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-10-21

by which he had become converted.
But one day, some minister OF his
faith OF church told him that there
was no religion without sanctitica-
ton. and he believed it. got up in
church and declared that he never
had religion until now. 80 orr
democratic friends must tell us that
the theory Of tariff reform is all
wrong, BUT TElI.E HAVE RE:I1GGoS
NOW, and if We will just give them
another chance, the land will flow
with milk and honey, sure. Let
us not do it: ii does not pay to be
making these costly experiments.
Remember the proverb OF one who
has often deceived.
Now as to our interest in the
county affairs: Are we to have the
present incumbent. the Hon. +. {.
Baugher, whose record stands I'M
impeachabIc, to represent It's i'll
the next General Assembly of the
State. or are We TO have q man who
cares nothing for the Office, as his
record has shown. And that is not
all. His record shows that he is
in favor Of class legislation.
Every public school teacher CT
this county knows, OF ought 10
know, tie course he pursued while
the Institute law was pending.
lie fought this bill. 50 long as he
thought that ''thc burden was to
rest upon the taxpayer. Bu.
when it was placed upon the teach
er, he threw up his hands and said,
amen; forgetting, | suppose, that
the teacher is taxpayer. No, lie
did not announce because OF any
interest in the welfare Of the
county, but rs ''the champion vote
getter." He is, in his own Ian
guage, ''going to overcome the
Republican plurality OF 1S35, of
1894, without fusine with the Pop
ulists," and, l suppose, will wear
a silver belt Us 4 reward for his
victory.
VIII the voters Of this county
allow any man of his arrogance
and conccit to carry out those
boasts at their expense ard ridi-
cu!e! No. we want men who are
patriotic and who are interested in
the welfare of the county.
''EUZz."
| October 18TH 1896.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-10-21

tie. HccEzcHed Oh the American
quotation, the metal in = dollar is
worth ',at 80. 9.@sc. or one-:ifth Of I,
mill below hall dollar. This is
the wrctched stuff which the
Bl.1anites arc trying to force upon
the United States fer free and IN
limited coinage into standard mon
cy. And they have tie etIrontry
to claim that dollars free coined
for aii concr8 from material no"
worth less than soc in gold, and
likely to 90 lowcr, can be raised
to the gold leve! bT the breath Of
Congress and kept there in defiance
Of tie enormous and ever @rroHin:. ::
silver production Of tie world.
i;uston Herald.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-10-21

The Bryanite papers are trying
to make great political capital out
of the alleged coercion affair of d.
Crawford in St. Louis. Compared
with the intimidation and shotgun
tactics practiccd by Democrats in
the South, the discharge Of a few
employees in moment of anger,
which constitutes Mr.. Crawford S
offence, sinks into insignifcance.
Nowhere in the South is the ballot
given an honest expression, and
the Democrats do not even try to
disguise this fact. Since the DEM
ecratic State Committee has under
taken to urge a criminal prosecu-
ton against Mr.. Crawford, it has
established a precedent which may
be useful to the Republicans. Ii
former elections even in this county
in certain localities, there have beer
attempts at intimidation at the
polls. Should such attemps b.
made at the coming election, W,
shall urge tho prosecution of th'
offender or offenders. The law
protects Republican as well a
Democrat against coercion and in
timidution.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-10-21
EDITOR JOURNAL.

EDITOR JOURNAL.
Observing the interest being cx-
pressed in this campaign, | cannot
help noting some Of the false the
orics and absurd falIacics rcsorted
to with the avowed intention OF
misleading the voter who has not
the time, perhaps, to study and
! consider the political question as he
should.
1t is not necessary to enter into
a lengthy discussion of the issues.
We only have to think Of the
methods and lessons of four years
ago and wonder why Cleveland's 5
tariff reform did not bring the
great prosperity it was claimed it
would do at that time.
At that time they would insist
that we listen to that argument
and beg us to believe it. But now
that is not the. question at all. Oh
no! Now VIC arc in the midst of a
''Revolution." The destiny Of the
nation is trembling in the balance.
and there is but one, and only one.
remedy by which it can be saved,
and that is by the adoption of tho
free and unlimited coinage Of silver
at a ratio Of Is to 1, and the elec-
ton of W. J. Bryan, in whom
suppose Providence has placed th'
possibility of becoming their mex
"great man of destiny
| Wheat and other products Of The
farm will not be mentioned, bat
everybody will, when this silver i:
coined, get an equal share Of the coil
when it leaves the Z. S. Mints.
! In the light of observation and
correct reasoning, we fail to SCI
) the means by which we can obtain
any more money or realize an,
| higher prices for our products
> and they have failed to give Us
: satisfactory explanation of thi
? part Of the new experimental lesson
, We know that this is brcuph
2 about by an increased activity o
Q the capital which we have, and 10
by an increase in the volume @
$ our money in the form Of silve
owned and controlled by a fey
millionaire mine owners.
1t all reminds me, this argu
t ment, of 4 good old Methods
: neighbor Of mine, and he was
| good old fellow too. Certainly h
) claimed to have religion, and pra,
| ed for all his sinful neighbors tbs
G they might become christians
!, through and by the same teaching
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-10-21

Mr.. Bryan has not given any data
upon which he bases his belief.
His speeches contain no argument;
point to no era in the history Of
our country or the history Of any
country, to back up his assertions
that gold and silver can be kept at
par by free coinage. He simply
asserts, that is all. He says this
country can have its own financial
system if it will. No one has ever
disputed this. but unless there is a
benefit to be derived from going it
alone, why act Independent only to
be Independent. A mans right
hand can act Independent Of his
left, yet it would avail him nothing
to cut his left hand off, it would
leave him crippled and interfere
with his usefulness. We are a
great nation, but even as a great
nation we are guided to a certain
extent by the experiences of other
nations. Our own experience with
silver and gold has shown lis that
the two metals have never been
maintained at an exact parity for
any appreciablc length OF time,
and it was by that experience that
we builded our financial system
upon the gold standard, which has;
been adopted by the great CONNER
cial nations Of the world as the
most equable standard by which to
measure values.
Now if Mr.. Bryan and bis friends
could point to a single country
which has the silver standard
where the surplus products OF that
country are measured by its own
standard of values, there might be
somereason to believed his assertions.
that by increasing the value Of
our products at home by cheaper
ing our circulating medium, VIC
increase the value of our surplus
products abroad. But we ship our
products into to the markets Of the
world and the price is fixed regard
less of our own valuation, and we
find, although we had a standard
of values independent Of the other
nations, we could not regulate inter
national exchange by being inde-
pendent. Mr.. Bryan can keep Oh
talking as long as he pleascs, he
will find that he cannot change the
natural laws of trade.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-10-21
rrote Lien anl. Prosperity


''Thcrc Is no ,nan, / care not
what may be his nationality, I care
not what may be his past party
q affiliations, who does iot know that
this country has enjoyed through
out its history TIE highest and
largest prosperity when we were
living under III American protec-
tive system. There never was
such & great prosperity ii this
country rs there YVES from 1850 to
1822, and VIC Is;;>7 ;l.on a protective
tariff which defended American
markets from foreign competition
Hen. u. 1c;c<inIcy.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-10-21

THE Democrats have some good
men on their county ticket, but
none who are whit better nor
more capable of filling public Office
than the men ON the Republican
ticket. Therefore there is no oc-
easion for scratching the Republi-
can ticket. Vote it straight.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-10-21

Mr.. BRYAN is making great
promises of benefits that are to re-
suit to mankind from the free and
unlimited coinage Of silver at 16 to
/, if the people of this country will
place him in position to inaugurate
bis financial policy. Nevertheless,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-10-21
Less Than Fifty Cents.

Silver is still falling. It dropped
yesterday to 2ozd per ounce Ill
London for British standard silver,
and to Gle in New I ori for fine
silver. decli:1e Of lied abroad.
and of &c on this side Of tic Allan
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-10-21
CAN VOTE

The Democrats arc making Il
strenuous effort to regain the county
Offices, and the Republicans should
be equally as active i'll trying to
prevent such an outcome of the
election.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-10-21

COUNTY TICKET.
For Representative,
EUGENE G. BAUGHER.
For Collector of Revenue,
ROBERT Fl. EN EMS.
For Sheriff,
JAMES X. WHITEHEAD.
For Treasurer,
FREDERICK WILL.
For Assessor.
NORMAN +. ROBINSON.
For Prosecuting Attorney,
G. l. VAN ALIEN.
For Probate Judge,
a. w. SCOTT.
EOr County Judge, 1st district,
J. c. COLEMAN.
For County Judge, I'd district,
ROBERT G.. BRYAN.
For Surveyor,
HYRCANUS HAWKINS.
L'or Public Administrator,
SAMUE Ell PATTERSON.
For Coroner,
a. o. GLORE.
For Constable, Breton Township,
FREDERICK EEENS.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1896-10-21
$f.OO Per Annum.

NATIONAL TICKET.
For President.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
For Vice President.
GARRET \. HOBART.
STATE TICKET.
For Governor.
ROBERT Il. LEWIS.
For Lieutenant Governor,
ADRA c. PETTIJOHN.
For Judge of Supreme Court.
RUDOLPH EIRZEL.
For Secretary of State,
3 WILLIAM Z. FREEMAN.
For State Treasurer,
j. +. GMELICH.
For State Auditor,
JOHN e. BISHOP.
For Attorney General,
JOHN kENNISH.
For Railroad Commissioner,
GEORGE n. STILLE.
For Judgeof Court of Appeals.
RODERlCk e. ROMBAUER
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-08
Williams Still without BAH.

Attorney Madden, Who in the absence OF
George D. Collins, is the legal adviser of Dick
Williams, failed again yesterday in his at
tempt to secure bail for his client. There was
plenty of property offered, but it was not OF
the kind desired by Clerk Hoffman. 1t ap-
pears that well-known real-estate man on
Montgomery street was willing to place at Mr.
Hoffman's disposal twelve 25-foot lots in the
Allendale tract, near Oakland, but it devel-
oped that heavy mortgage rests on the prop
erty. Another gentleman, who seemed anxious
to become bondsman, offered as security 125
acres of Ell Dorado County timber land. He
was informed that the Government was anx-
ious to dispose of several hundred thousand
acres OF the same kind of land at the nominal
figure of 81 25 psr acre. Mr.. Madden is not at
all discouraged over these repeated failures,
but says that he will surely find acceptable
bondsmen to-day
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-08
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS.

Louis and Jennie Friedlander to T. p s Brown,
lot on ; line OF Ellis street, 100 OF Devsadero
Z 27:6 by S 1925: $40
Eliza r. BucEler wife of Thomas H) to Julian
Leroy White resrecord 1904, p l4s, lot on Sc
corner of Page and Baker Streets s 1y7 Is by r
121:1012; also, lot on NV corner Lombard ami
Buchanan Streets w 275 n ITS, E 1875 S 1877 IS.
Il 1875, S 1878: So.
Julian Leroy and Sophie E. White to Joseph X.
Hawkins lot on E line OF Baker street. 1lO of
Page, 27:6 by K III :1015; $40.
Luc: j. Campbell to Henry w. Stokes 10. on e
line Of Lyon street, 1915 Of Grove, 25 by E
100: $40.
Savings and Loan Society to Alexander Hamil-
ton, lot on SW corner of Jackson and Iocust
streets, w 1877 IS by l27 :S14: also lot on line
of Green street, 2l4:10 of Uctavia. w 25:lO N
157 IS, Il 26:11 1885, also lot on SW corner of
Clement street and First avenue, w 1875 by S
rs: $l1,l1S.
Joseph NJ. and Eliza K. Comerford to Martin
PerIch, same; $40.
Fred c. and Maggie Hensley to Joseph M. Com.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-08
NOT WHAT THEY SEEMED,
A Sailor and a Woman Mas
querading in Each Others
Attire.
They Were Arrested and Released
on Their Own Recogn zance by
Judge Campbell.

People who happened to be in the neigh
borh ood of Powell and Eddy streets about
o'clock Monday morning had their at
tention attracted by the peculiar appear
ance of man and woman. The man
was DIRE ssed in the garb of sailor in
Uncle Sans navy and looked extremely
tn about the shoulders and waist. The
woman looked like giantess.
They had both been drinking, and the
sailor had perceptible '.jag" on. Police
men Ring and McCottery saw the couple
and as they passed under a lamppost
something in the rollicking gait of the
woman aroused their suspicious and they
accosted the pair.
Neither the sailor nor the woman would
at first answer any questions, but when
they at last spoke they could not disguise
their voices and they had to confess that
they were not what they seemed. The
sailor was a woman ana the supposed
woman was sailor belonging to the Mon
terey. He gave his name as Leon Felker
and the woman as Bessie Price.
They were taken in the patrol wagon to
the City Prison and charged with mas
querading in attire that did not belong to
them. FeIker is a big, strapping young
fellow, and his appearance was extremely
ludicrous. He wore his blue flannel un-
anu over II q lOlg ilSut
belonging to the woman. He had on her
hat, light straw sailor, and his face was
covered with her veil. Bessie looked en-
trancing in the sailor suit, although it was
several sizes too large for her.
She was so unstrung at being arrested
that she tainted in the prison. Felker
said he had known her in Vallejo and she
came here to have a good time with him
Just for fun they thought they would ex-
a nnh 4
they would be arrested.
Judge Campbell visited the prison
Monday morning and released them on
their own recognizance. Feiker had
meantime donned his own suit and he
went 10 Bessie's room and brought her
dress, SO that she could leave the prison
decently clad.
Felker and Bessie appeared before Judge
Cam pbell yesterday morning. They both
expressed contrition for their foolishness
and the Judge was lenient. He sentenced
FeIker 10 pay fine of So, with no alter
native, and Bessie was released on her
own recogniZance for ten days, as she said
she would return to Vallejo.