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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-16
LEGAL Daily Weather Report for the
Morning News


Local forecast for Savannah and vIcln-
ity till midnight, May Is. lSs5-saturday,
continued fair and warm: variable winds.
Indications for Georgia-Generally fair,
light, variable winds
Comparison OF mean temperature al sa-
vannah. Ca. on May Is, 1Sg6. with the nor
nal for the day; Temperaure-Norma
"A; mean. so; excess for this date, 6; ac-
cumulated deficiency since Jan. !, 1856.
90.
Comparative Rainfall Statement-Nor-
NAL, .oS; amount for May 10. 1896, o: depar-
ture from the normal. -OS: total depar-
ture since Jan. !, 1886. 80 "a.
Maximum temperature, 50; minimum
temperature, 40.
For Same Day Last Year-AIaNimum
temperature, Il; minimum temperature. 50:
rainfall, o.
The hight OF the Savannah river al Au-
gusta at a. m. (75th meridian timel yes
terday was 90 feet, a fan OF i feet dur
ms the preceding twenty-four hours.
United states Department OF Agrlcul-
lure Weather Bureau. cotton region bull
letin, savannah, Ca, for the twenty-four
hours ending at a. m, 10Th meridian
Time, May rs. lSPi
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PHOTOGRAPHY.

WE ARE HEADQUARTERS FOR THE
finest photographs, crayOns etc, In Sa-
vannah: views made to order In the city
or country by a special artist; prices rea-
sonab,e; quality guaranteed, large assort-
ment frames; all sizes. Wilson a. Royal,
q Bull street.
DO NOT HAVE YOUR PHOTO
graph taken or have pictures copied and
enlarged without first visiting our studio
and see the style of work we do. There
Is none better, and you will find the prices
reasonable. Launey Studio. l4i Brougn-
ton street
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LEGAL NOTICES.

GEORGIA., CHATHAM COUNTY-No-
tice is hereby given that I have made ap-
plication to the court of ordinary for
Chatham county for leave to sell all the
wild lands belonging to the estate OF
Lewis F. Harris, deceased, for the pay
ment of debts and distribution and that
said order will be granted at the June
term 1885, of said court, unless objections
are filed. NJ. y. MILLEN,
Administrator Estate Of Lewis r. Harris,
Deceased.
May /, 1896.
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The Cotton Acreage.

Savannah, Ga, May 15.-Editor Morn
ing News: You are wrong in your article
this morning about the cotton acreage
The government estimate Of Increase Of
IA $40 per cent compares with last year
1S95-not 1894. The figures are nearly the
same as those of 1894, and show no such
increase as you say, just about making
up last years decrease This years in
crease is on last years acreage, when the
crop approXimates 100000. Otherwise
your remarks seem all right d.
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CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.
Personal.

BROKEN WATCH" WATCH TOO
slow, watch too fast. is the watch I am
watching for. Repairing and engraving
worth OF old gold and silver for cash or TO
be exchanged for new jewelry. Fegeas,
the reliable jeweler. los BrOughtOn; mail
orders promptly hlled.
LEAVE YOUR ORDER FOR ICE
cream for Sunday at the Armory Cream
Parlor.
BUCKBOARDS. SEE MY NEW SIX
and twelve passenger buckbOards, with
tops no sun or rain. l.. &. Gleason,
Oglethorpe stables.
FINN'S AUCTION ROOM: YOU CAN
ma almost anything you want I pay
spot cash for bicycles, or Will buy any
KIND OF fixtures and merchandise.
ICE CREAM SERVED To FAMILIES
by the quart or gallon at the Armory Par
lor' under Guards hall.
THOMAS MAYLE, PAINTING.
granting kalsomining. paper hanging. ia
Broughton street. savannah, Ga.
FOR FANCY GROCERIES. CHOICE
meats, vegetables, etc, try Scott & Davis,
81 Henry street; all goods promptly de-
hyered at lowest prices.
LADIES. CHICHEsTERs ENGLISH
Pennyroyal Pills diamond brandt are the
best safe, reliable. take no other; send
&c stamps. for particulars; Relief for
Ladies" in letter by return mail; at drug
glsts. Chichester Chemical Co. Phlladel-
phia. Pa.
FIRST PICNIC or THE SEASON.
The picnic season will soon open, and
10 enjoy yourself you must have your
feet in good condition for dancing The
only way TO do this Is to send for Lem
Davis. the surgeon chiropodist, VINO will
remove your corns and ingrOwlng nails
without pain; orders left at Wheeler's
drug store, corner Bull and state streets.
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Wheat

The cash quotations were as follows:
Flour quiet and steady; prices unchang-
ed; No. spring wheat 61A@6l&c; No.
red, 65hQ6lc; No. corn, Zs52a2gc; NO. 2
oats, 19h0195sc; mess pork, $7.600765; lard,
%60d4.62a; short rib sides. $4.0544.20; dry
sailed shoulders, %.50d4.62IA; short clear
sides, $412154475; whisky, S.22.
Cincinnati, May 15.-Flour active; win
S36Oa3.9O. Wheat, quiet, steady; No.
red, nominal at 6Sd68Ec. Corn quiet and
steady; No. 2 mixed, track, Sic. Oats
quiet and steady; No. mixed, track, 2
022lsc. Pork quiet and steady; mess,
$92S Lard quiet, fair demand; steam IAN
demand; loose shoulders, 4%c; short rib
sides, SAC; short clear sides, sc; bellies,
5l4c. Dry salt meats steady quiet; loose
shoulders, 4Ac; short ribs, 4Ac; short clear
more. Whisky quiet and steady at $1.22.
st. Louis May 15.-Wheat lower; May,
56l2c; July, 595sd5924c asked; August 1875
Q59&c asked; September, 603sc. Corn low
err May 26c; July, 265sc September ISIS
nominal; July, 1sc; August, 18c. Pork,
standard mess, new, $7.671a; old, %25. Lard,
prime steam, 4.35c; choice, 445c. Bacon,
shoulders, 4%c; longs, 49sc clear ribs,
43se; clear sides 45se Dlry salt salt meats eats
424c: clear sides, Acc. High wines steady
at M22
Baltimore May 15.-Flour dun and un-
changed. Wheat dull and easy; No.
red spot and May, 6ShQ68Ac; July-Aug
ust, 6Sd6S14c; southern, by sample, 71d72c;
do on grade, 6SG71c Corn quiet; mixed
spot and May, S4d34l4c; June, S4MSiAc;
July, 3503514c; steam mixed, 32%4 Q33c;
southern white corn 351&c; do yellow, 35c.
Oats quiet No 2, white western, 2544 Q26c;
No. > mixed do, 24AQ2419c. Rye easier;
No. ?, Ale nearby; 4Sc western. Hay
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SUMMER RESORTS.

COUNTRY BOARD. WE WISH A
few select hOarders for the summer
months; our place. Mount Airy, Is beau
tifully located ia the mountains OF the
valley or Virginia; large old stone house.
comfortable rooms, large and shady
grounds. good fare. with plenty Of milk
and butter; terms moderate; references
exchanged J. Alex Carter, Mount Jack
son, Va.
SUMMER BOARD IN THE NOUN
la.ns or Virginia Reference, Rev. R0bb
White. For circulars address - RAM
dolph, keswick. Albemarle county. Vir-
ginia.
TURNERVILLE HOTEL, GEORGIA,
wanted, 90 boarders for the summer. W.
C.. Davidson, Turnerville, Ca.
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morton cadets cSS
ClIhcL RlueS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 253
IN the afternoon the consolation match
was shot and the prize also fell to the
engineers corp. This match was for
teams of six from organizations of Volun-
teerS or the United States. ANY persOn
VINO mad previously shot in contests at
sea NNrt, CreedmOor or Walnut Hin
those being the crack ranges of the coun,
Try, was debarred from participating in
this match. 80
The entries were the following teams.
Engineers Corp of the District of Column
blay the Georgia Hussars, the Savannah
volunteer Guards and the First C3aOrgia
regiment. The shooting was from 200 and
5Jg yards and skirmish firing
When the Scores We're made IN after
the shooting at the 200-yard range the
points; the Hussars were a close second
with 231 the Guards 23l and the First res-
lment III. This put the scores Of the foiir
teams within y points and show I'd tbam
to be very well matched.
At the 5OQ-yard range the Hussars took
"a jump ana made 255 points. giving them
4& points and the lead of the Engineers
corps, which had 4s4. The First REGIMENT
was third with Ala and the Quarts haI iG2
In the skirmish firing the Engineers
corps did their best shooting. With HE
exception OF one man, every shooter male
over 50, which is a good showing FOR wfsf
the cracks of the District team are d;s
posed to call Scrubs" The First rete3-
ment skirmished well, beating the Guards
and the Hussars. NS
Harrison of the Hussars made the hest
individual score of any man. malSinlr 1QT
out OF possible 200. Harrison has b.en
shooting remarkably during the ma
week. scott OF the Engineers corp made
The following is the score.
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PASsENGERs.

Per steamship City of Birmingham from
New York-D Fl Kirkland, Master II Gros-
Venor, Mrs II GrOsvenOr, Alex TuOy and
wife, Rev T r Davis, ] Waldman, H W
Nordham. George Pelser, h. +.
LOOMS, Master B Sampson. Mrs A X
Sampson and infant, W J Jackson, J r
Fitzgerald, J. Blumentere, W A Sands and
twenty-four steerage.
Per steamship Berkshire from Baltimore
via Norfolk, Na.-Mrs- Leon Hughes, Mr.
Murray, II Signor, A q Guerard, ] w
Clark, W A Blase, J n Shuler, I a Stan
ford
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Pilot charts and all photographic infor-
nation will be furnished masters Of yes
sells free Of charge in United States Hy-
geographic office in Custom House. Cap
tains are requested TO call at the Office
Reports Of wrecks and derelicts re-
ceived for transmission to the navy de-
partment.
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IaMpLoYMnNT MANTEp.

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WANTED, BY A STENOGRAPHER,
bookkeeper, ETC., work with some good
firm or corporation; first-class references;
none but those who mean business need
apply. Address W., Box 1l3, WillisLon,
81 &.
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REVIEW OF THE MARKETS.
contInued % p 80

.,--s- Large SIZED, Cork for orders are As
81. Genoa, 3 3d43s Sd: Adriatic, Is 6dd
i 30. south America, rosin. 65c per bar
Is Of 80 pounds. astw.se-Steam-TO
-p.-l-s- to New York, rOsin. Size per l0J
hounds. spirits Soc; 10 Philadelphia. ros-
Il 1'-c per 100 pounds, spirits, soc; to
baltimore, rosin, TIC per 100 pounds, spir-
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LOST

LOST. WHITE POINTER DOG
brown spot around one eye and large
brown spot on one ear. Reward on return
10 III Congress street.
LOST. LATTER PART OF LAST
week. a child's gold necklace heart locket,
with small diamond set: liberal reward II
returned. W. X. Wilkinson, st. Julian ana
Whitaker streets.
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MEMORANDA.

Schooner Waltham. Boston.
Schooner Helen Montague. New York.
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ARRIVED YESTERDAY.

Steamship Berkshire, Kirwan, Baltimore
Il j. Carolan. Agent.
d. Ia tnship City of Macon, Lewis, Phila-
Ns'pAla-C- G. Anderson, Agent.
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BARKENTINEs.

H. Grohmann DAM, 242 tons, Nielsen. cid
Rio Grande do Sul-Dahl & Andersen
Antino QtaD, 40 tons, Mastellone, ldg
Europe-Dahl & Andersen.
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ROOMS WANTED.

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WANTED, TO RENT, PART OF
house with a young couple who will FUR
nish us with board. Address couple"
Morning News,
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SHIPS.
BARks.

Union Ger, 1,152 tons, Freese ldg naval
stores, Europe-Dahl & Andersen.
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MARINE 1NrELLIGENCE.

SAVANNAH, Saturday, May Is, 1896
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So l90S ....-.....-s..... Duo
''0N' b.04
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i55ish water at Fit Pulaski $3.50 am, 1887 pm.
IisH water at Savannah 10:55 am, 81 pm
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% ne time ball on Cotton Exchange drops
= In.i 18th meridian.
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MISCELLANEOUS WANTS.

WANTED BY COUPLE, BOARD IN
private family 5000; breakfast GAS, din
ner As. Address Comfort" Morning
News.
PARTY WITH SIX OR SEVEN
thousand dollars can buy one-half INFER
est only in an old hrst-class Wholesale
liquor house; well established and raying
business; one OF the best stands IN .he
city; object for above Is to get some rest.
Address Merchant, rs N. Broad street,
Atlanta, c..
WANTED BOARD, BY A MORAL
young man. Address with terms, C., this
Office.
WANTED, FURNISHED OR UNFUR-
nshed house or fiat in southern section
of city for the summer months. Il. G.
Wylly, 40 Bryan street
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DIstrIet Averages.

Special Texas Rainfall-.Houston, Bal
inger Cuero. Henrietta, Lufkin and Sher-
man not received
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CLEARED YEsTERDAY.

ds 9i,1'gla!mship City Of Macon, Lewis, Phila-
0snhla-C: G. Anderson, Agent.
N,.-ains hip City of Birmingham. Burg.
y" ork-C. G. Anderson, Agent.
St55-+vtasu1ship Drumfen (BD, Steidelman.
ca ''ih via st. Petersburg-J. +. Minis &
schooner S. P. Hitchcock. Townsend
1i Amooy-C. w. Howard & co.
Mast her Waltham, Batter, Boston
Yort' 19 u Helen Montague, Adams, New
S,h-C. w. Howard & co.
Peril ouer Johanna Swan, Shackford,
Aihooy-C. W. Howard & Co.
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.


GRAIN, PROVISIONS OR STOCKS
bought, sold or carried on margins; write
for our Yearly Book the best ever pub
lished and market letters, both free; now y
the time TO buy wheat, while the price Is
low speculative investments and grain
consignments solicited by the old estab-
lished firm Of Foster a. Co. suite %, Can
building. Chicago.
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PAYING HOTEL, LUCKY LOCA-
tiOn," town will double population in six
months; owners desire to sell furniture,
with hotel, for $1,000 cash, subject to
mortgage on realty Of 81, 265; property real
ly worth $500; refused several offers OF
rental for $50 month; parties meaning
business requested to wire or address H.
G. Jones, High Springs, Fla.
FOR SALE CHEAP, A STANDARD
bred horse at Harmon's stable.
FOR SALE, FINE HORSE AND BUG
gy; perfectly safe for lady to drive. APP
ply at 127 Congress.
ATTENTION, TRUCK FARMERS.
for sale at reduced rates, newly manu-
featured potato and pear barrels; call on
or address The Entelman Company, 2l8
Bay street.
FOR SALE, AN ELEGANT, COM
Portable modern home on As feet front;
ground facing south; fine location; small
cash payment Address Box SO.
FOR SALE, FINE MATHUsHEK PA
no, with automatic attachment, stool, COW
er and music for attachment; only In use
low cost; to responsible party will make
terms to suit purchaser. Address Auto
matte, this office.
CYPRESS PILING AND SHINGLES;
black cypress piles at special prices Ia
quantities; cypress shingles reduced 10
sl.25 and $2.25 per thousand; boats can
load at the mills; carload lots n speciality,
vale Royal Manufacturing Company.
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BOARDING.

NICELY FURNISHED SOUTH
rooms; good table board; all convenience
1856 Jones street.
TWO SOUTH FRONT ROOMS WITH
board for gentlemen. III Jones street.
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mtsG1AsLAN EOIS.
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BEFORE YOU BUY OR SELL PROP
erty consult Robert II. Tatem, Real Es-
tate Dealer, l29 York street. near Bull
street.
CALL AT T.. c.. PACETTPs AND GET
your roof repaired and painted. A Wait
aker.
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sAILED YEsTERnAY-

Bsrie ilkoma (Nor), Hamburg.
Il superior (SwO, Bristol.
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LEGAL NOTICES.


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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDIT
TORS.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY-No-
tice is hereby given to all persons having
demands against James Porter, late OF
sid county, deceased, to present them
to me, properly made out, within the time
prescribed by law, so as to show their
character and amount; and all persons
indebted to said deceased are required to
make immediate payment to me.
JAMES r. PORTER,
Administrator Estate Of James Porter.
Deceased
Savannah, March Z, 1896.
NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CREDIT
ORS.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COTTNTY
Notice is hereby given to all persons hav-
ing demands against Mary A. CAVITY late
of said county, deceased, to present them
to me- properly made out within ina
time prescribed by law, so as to show
their character and amount; and all per-
sons indebted to said deceased are re-.
quired to make immediate payment to
me. JOHN +. CAVITY
Executor VIII Of Mary a. canty. De-
ceased.
Savannah, April q. 1896
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ROOMS FOR RENT.

COOL SOUTH ROOM, NICELY FUR
nshed, with every convenience. 81 HaD-
ersham street, corner President.
FLAT FOR RENT, OR SINGLE
rooms, as desired. III Duffy street.
ELEGANT ROOMS, FIRST FLOOR
large hall, third floor, Lyons block; also
six rooms, corner Wayne and Whitaker;
rent reasonable. Inquire John Lyons.
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ron Observation-Disclosures.

FOR RENT, OFFICE 6h BULL
street: immediate possession. Apply to
George w. Owens. IA Bryan street.
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HOUSES AND sToREs Fon nnNr.

FOR RENT, THE -FOUR STORY
brick house, 1853 Liberty street; southern
frontage; thoroughly renovated; possess
sion Immediately. Apply Albert Wylly, 80
Bryan street.
FOR RENT, BAKERY AND RESI-
dence No. 81 Bryan street, between Ha-
bersham and Lincoln, known as the o. X.
Bakery; well established business; cheap
rent. Apply to p. Schafer, 81 Jefferson
street.
FOR RENT, DESIRABLE RESI-
dences, in best locations. Apply to Cham
pion e. Germany. 11s Bryan street.
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Johanna Swan, 567 tons, Shackford. cid
lumber, Perth Amboy.-C. w. Howard &
Co.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-08-14
AN AMERICAN MINER IN MEXICO

Everybody in Keystone and Hill
City knows Walter Boyd who for sew
eral years, up to last spring, worked as
a miner in this vicinity. He is now a
foreman of a mine at Union de lula,
Mexico. We are permitted to publish
a short extract from a letter recently
written by him to Charles Upham:
II tell you there is no place like the
United States; these foreign countries
are no good. Just think of it, big
strong men working for SO cents per
day, and that is the top wages too; and
the price of a woman's virtue is four
cents. How is that for the free and
unlimited coinage of silver, and their
money. is worth only SO cents on the
dollar in United States money!"
This is a vivid picture of the condi-
ton of the working classes in a free
silver country, written bya we'll known
working man, which needs no COM
Neutrality-suspicious. Miner.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-08-14
Tom Watson will have the

Tom Watson will have the satisfac-
ton of having his entire say before he
quietly submits to Bryan and the dem.
ocratic party, even though a rich sop
has been thrown him from the popu.
lists in the way of the vice presidential
nomination. in his populist paper
here is what MIR. Watson says of the
last pledges and acts of the democratic
party:
"a magnificent democratic majority
went into power in 1892 pledged to
tariff reform" The robber trusts
were to be smashed. McKinleyism and
it's "culminating atrocity of class legis-
lation' was to be hit in the neck and
put on the sick list. "a confidinr peo
ple' trusted this DELEGATE job to the
dear olddemocratic party. The net re-
suit was after much eloquence from
Bryan and others) that the whisky
trust was given a five year loan, yearly,
of mole than s%1OO.OOO,OOO of its past
due taxes. a 40 per cent. burden Upon
thousands of articles of home con.
sumption, the duties were actually in.
creased on many articles of necessity,
the sheep raiser was ruined in the in.
terest of the WOODEN manufactures, the
lumberman left to cut free trade lum.
Der with protected machinery, and to
crown the whole business of aperfdy
and dishonor," John G. Carlisle, a cab.
met officer sat down and wrote out q
sugar tariff at the dictation of the mil.
lionaire sugar refiners who furnished
the campaign Doodle, and who deied
the democratic party to resist their
mortgage"
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-08-14

Doanc Robinson, who has for the past
year edited the Gary Interstate, has
gone to Yankton. where he has ac-
quired an interest in the Gazette and
will become it's editor. We under
stand that the Gazette will be pub
iished as a daily soon, which will give
ample opportunity for Doane's literary
genius. He is one of the most fascile
and able editorial writer's in the state
and Yankton, and the whole state, are
to be congratulated uponthe fact of his
entering Il larger field of usefulness.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-08-14
STATESMEN.

lizard times" are not due to "a lack
of money!" says the Inter Ocean. Mil
lions of it are lying useless in bank
vaults. "Hard times," are not due to a
characterization of silver" Silver is
not demonetized, but isas; goodas gold.
and a medium to pay all debt. "Hard
times" are not due to a refusal of the
United States to buy 4,5Oo,ON ounces
of silver every month, for the United
States is now coming about 100000
per month and making silver dollars
as fast us there is any demand, and
have millions of silver on hand to coin
more. The whole trouble is that tink-
ering statesmen have unsettled the
people and unsettled values and CAPT
tai has retired to await results.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1896-08-14

Hot Springs people will never favor
dispensing with water works. They
will favor strict compliance with the
franchise, and since opportunity now
offers they will doubtless favor reduc-
ing the number of hydrants, but We be-
lieve very few people would consider
for q moment doing without water
works. Those who have homes that
they prize and that they are trying to
make pleasant and beautiful by grow
ing trees, making lawns and otherwise
adjoining with the verdure and fresh
ness of nature, would put up with
much before %consenting to the taking
away of the water. The present differ
ences between the city and the Water,
Light and Power company can doubt
less be fairly adjudicatcd without re-
sorting to any extreme measures, and
all concerned fairly treated. No one
cares who WINS the water system, that
is not to be considered. The thing the
city wants is compliance with the fran
chise-plenty of water. That is all the
people want, and that of course is
what any company must expect to fur
nish. The present defects of tie sys-
tenn, whatever they are, can certainly
be remedied, for they have not always
existed, and then the home owners will
not consent to doing without water.
There can be no hope of getting any
other system, for some years at least,
and the council should move slowly in
acting upon this question. 1t is quite
proper not to pay for poor service, or
no service, and it is right to do at all
times that which is in the interest of
the city-but to force Hot Springs out
of a system of water works would not,
to our mind, be in the interest of the
city in any sense.