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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-13

SCRANTON. pt.. Oct. l1-rhe scran-
for steel Works. oi LacElwlnra Iron
Company. ille l0r nearly three months
resumed work DID, al departments ah-
morning on orders that win Keep tho
works on double turn for some time.
over i90 employees are benefited ~ .he
order
READING. Pa. Oct l2-The nail
works. puddle and rolling min o. the
Brook IRON Company. af hlrdatoro. whlce
have been li.e since .asi September, start
cd uD to-day giving employment 70 -
people.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-13

SPRINGFIELD. I'LL, oct. l-.-,o'ii-
ton between the Democratic ana Fopl-
list parties ln tle Fifteenth. ElsAietnih.
N.netecntn. and Twentieth consr ssioii-i
districts ana in the Twcl'y-eiShiA,
Th.fiy-eiehih. Forteth, Foity-thnd,
Fcrty fourth. f0rty-Afth. and Forty
.lNth .ouaforiai districts Us declared or.
a.slrg 10 some disagreement botn par
ti.s viii ran tickets inf,penaeai ~ each
otrer m these districts. Chal.man TaH-
rrr..k declined 10 be- interviewed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-13

WASHINGTON. u. c.. oct. i2-com-
marler Helmer. has been ordered -
command the New London, Conn. n.t-
val station relieving Commander :. bei-
den. who b. ordered to duty as irspec-
Tor Of the Seventh Lighthouse District.
relieving Commander W r. newman.
WHO is ordered % settle accounts aud
rv-nft ORDER
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-13
FORECAST.

WASHINGTON. oct. Il ~ en'nef 'o'e-
cast for Tuesday:
Tor Virginia and Nortn N1io'in'- N1.'r--
Local showers during the carry ln0'"sne'
followed by generally far "ea,ner cur
ing the day; nortnerly 70 Westerly "a''"s .
stationary temperature.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-13

WASHINGTON. Oci. -.-Ihe POST
onc. Department has rece. -eo a eoili-
p'alul against william Norwood. esi-
master st T.rusville. sla.. charging him
..ith taking g. roo ecise part in the
sampaign. $50 oclon ues taken, bur
it IS probable that post-oilcc inspector
.fiu .ss .snel 10 Investigate lie
charge. !,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-13

WILMINGTON. DEf-, oct. Ia letter
from Ambassador Dayard 70 o ifiead ~
this city is published here to-day "a Nnir.
SIR Bayard suggests thar the Derio. fs.S
should refuse % support Bryan ana sc
y,al ana saws they should ys,e for PAi-
mer and Duckner.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-13

VERSAILLES. Ky Oet i2-rhcra is
n sHrh- imrrovemcn- ln the condition
OF Senator blackburn who IS tlreaten.
ed Win pncunor.a. but he WIZ harlg
mtkc any more c-mqalsn .uee-hcs .or
wcek CT tvo n iten.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-13

WASHINGTON Oct l0.-Stcrctary
Herbert has directed Admiral Bsnce ~
telegraph 10 Cflrr the cruiser Raleigh.
laulaln Merrill tiiller. fo proceed 10
soIirhuorr n e. Oh October 18th. 20 Tc-
celve a gllt 9. silver from t.-e citizens of
Raleigh.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-13

TOrLCN. Oct ia French cruiser IS
about starting from thls st1tion for No
rocco 10 punish lsc Aln pirates who 90
Gently seized ana riunatreu the tfel-n
ship Corlntc on tie cos@t OF Morocco.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-13

Charged with Issuing 1900 Registration
Certificate Iniewfuilv
CHICAGO. oct i-.-Comfy { Jerk Phil
lir Eropf was arrested this morning
and taken before Judge Payne on A
charge 0! endorsing fraudulent regist.a-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-10-13
,,Scr an THERMOMETER.

Following was the range OF tht Their
mosncter az The Times Office yssteriay:
y. a.. 81: +. ~, -, midniSht -.
Average. - 3-6
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25
UNCLE SAM NOT IN 1T.
Our Government is Not Interfering In Eu-
ropean Affairs.


Washington, Sept. 23.-From time to
time rumors have come from European
sources to the effect that the govern
ment of the United States had signified
an intention of cooperating with one
or more Of the great powers, those last
mentioned being Great Britain and It
ally, to enforce reforms in the Turkish
empire and prevent further attacks on
the Armenian Christians. To support
these stories a perfectly routine move
ment of two Of our cruisers has been
twisted into an intended hostile DEM
onstration.
1t can now be authoritatively stated
that 1T is not contemplated, nor has it
been, that our government in the
slightest degree should depart from
its time honored policy of re-
framing from intervention in Euro
pean affairs further than is necessary
to protect American citizens, and even
in protecting our citizens any action
taken will be absolutely Independent Of
any other power. AS was the case in
the Brazilian rebellion and the Chino
Japanese war; and in many other in
stances in the past the government,
as a matter of prudence, has MAIN
tanned a sufficient naval force near
places where Americans reside in num-
Der to insure their safety, but with the
political aspect of this or any other Eu-
ropean question, there will be no inter-
vention by our government.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25
MICHIGAN PICKINGS.
WHAT is GOING ON. IN OUR OWN
STATE.

Items Whsch VIII he Of Interest to Our
Readers Gathered from Here and There
Grimes Casualties, and Other Occur
rences of the Week Reported by Wire.
Detroit, Mich, Sept. 23.-The great
spectacular event of the German Cath
Ole convention was the torchlight pa
rade Monday night. Nearly 5000 were
in line. including representatives of all
Catholic societies of other nationalities
than the Germans. Besides the torch
es carried by the great majority of the
marchers, the night was illuminated
by rockets and other fireworks sent up
from wagons at short intervals all
along the line.
Several ingeniously gotten UP floats
were In the procession, representing for
the most part events in American his
tory and commemorative of the labors
OF Father Marquette and other early
missionaries. Bishop Foley and the
other bishops and clergy reviewed the
parade from stand erected in front of
the bishops residence on Washington
boulevard.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25

currency representing knives 90
inches long, with hole in one end of
the handle. BY 800 A. d. the knives
were 7 1-5 inches long and the hole or
ring was larger. Later the handle dis
appeared and the ring was attached to
the blaze, which was increased in thick
ness to give the same weight as former
ly. Still later the blade was gotten rid
of and the ring was pierced with a
square hole for the string. Thus trans
formed the original and cumbersome
knife money became comparatively
convenient currency, though the value
has deprecated greatly, partly because
of reduced size and inferior quality of
metal used.
Cash is the basis of all price compu-
tations in China. Considerable sums
may be paid in gold or silver, but they
are treated as merchandise and are
bought and sold by weight without a
government stamp to guarantee weight
and fineness.
The as was brass coin used in Italy
until after 200 A. ID.
2. INTERNATIONAL TRADE. - When
trade became international, there was
still greater need for the most accurate
and reliable counters of value possible.
Real coinage began when governments
first guaranteed weight and tineness
with an official stamp. A great part
of this immense gain to commerce
and civilization was lost when. after
awhile, monarchs began to abuse this
coming privilege and to break faith
with their subjects by stamping light
weight or otherwise debased coins as
genuine. Such coins would continue in
use, but would soon depreciate in value.
Figure IA represents one of the earli-
est silver coins. 1t was struck in Rome
about 800 b. O.
Gold was coined in Rome in 206 B. @.
Figure Is shows the gold solidus of
Julian III. The solidus weighed four
scruples from 312 A. d. to 1453 and
formed the basis of more modern Euro
pean coins. The form, coined in Flor
ence in the fourteenth century, was
the first regular coin of western Europe.
1t soon became the recognized unit of
value in commerce and was replaced
only by the English sovereign, which
has since remained the standard unit of
value for international trade.
The commercial world has chosen
gold as money because, all things con-
sidered, it is better fitted for this pur.
pose than any other metal or substance.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25
Some More Financial Literature.

Washington, Sept. pa second re-
gised edition Of treasury circular No.
l23 was issued from the department
Monday. 1t contains sixty-eight pages
Of matter relating to United States
bonds, paper currency, coin, produce
ton of precious metals and other sub
jects of general interest at this time.
The comptroller of the currency has also
Issued a circular, No. 1876, containing
seventy-one pages of information re-
specting national banks, state banks,
savings banks, loan and trust compa-
MES and private banks of the United
States. Single copies of both of these
circulars may be had free upon appli-
cation.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25
COAST DEFENSES.
PLANS for Some Important Works Have
Been Formulated.

PLANS for Some Important Works Have
Been Formulated.
Washington, Sept. 23.-The engineer
and ordnance departments Of the army
are preparing for the execution of the
legislation of the last congress looking
to the improvement and strengthening
of Notifications and coast defenses of
this country. Plans for these impor-
tant works have been formulated and
in most instances the approved pro-
jects are under Roadway. The appro-
priation of $12,000,0 900 made by the last
congress has been allotted so as to ac-
complish the greatest good with the
means and facilities at hand. A big
slice Of the appropriation will be de-
voted to the protection of New York
and San Francisco, as the most i'm
portant ports on the Atlantic and Pa
cific coasts respectively, and the re-
mainder has been allotted to the prin-
cipal exposed ports along the two
coast lines.
Although the general plan for the de-
Tense of the United States was ap-
proved several months ago, it is
deemed prudent to keep the main de-
tails an official secret. One reason for
this is the desire to keep foreign coun-
tries in ignorance Of the various forti-
fications. Contracts, involving the ex-
penditure of $5,000,000 or $6,000,000, are
to be awarded soon for the furnishing
of gun forgings, the manufacturing of
a number of rifles under private con-
tract, and the purchase of material
with which to begin the preparation of
the various sites for the batteries de-
termined upon. Land for the en-
placements in the majority of cases has
already been purchased, and where it
has not condemnatory proceedings are
being taken to secure it.
All the larger Notifications will in
clude in their armament number of
16-inch rifles, the heaviest type of gun
ever attempted in this country, and of
which there are but few abroad. Re-
Gently the war department purchased
forgings to begin a trial gun of this
calibre, and If 1t proves successful
twenty will be manufactured for the
larger cities. Construction of this line
Of defense, extending along the Allan
tic seaboard from Portland to Jackson
vile and around the gulf to New Or
leans and Galveston, means an in
crease in the standing army in a few
years, and especially of the artillery
branch, to which will fall the work Of
manning and caring for them.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25
Oval Wood Dish Factory Burned.
Ministers Say They Go Hungry.

Lansing, Mich, Sept. 19-One of the
presiding elders reported to the Mich
igan Methodist conference that some Of
his ministers had reported that dur
ing the last year they often have left
their tables with their hunger unsatis-
fled in order that their children might
have enough to eat. The reports gen.
orally show that the ministers have
been great sufferers because of the
financial depression, scores of salaries
being in arrears. All other collections
averaged well with those of previous
years.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25

cider. quarreled with his family and
hanged himself.
Mrs. John Robinson delayed gather
ing peaches, and in quarrel about the
affair was killed by her husband at
Decatur. Mich.
John f. Johnson. secretary and treas
urer of the Johnson g. Field company,
Racine, Wis, which went to the wall.
made personal assignment to Jo-
seph Schroeder for the benefit of his
creditors. His nominal assets are
about 1000
Charles Carroll, aged II, living near
Breedsville, Mich, is dying from cigar
cite smoking. His skin has turned
green and he acts like one afflicted with
hydrophobia.
j. G.. Bragg, a wealthy business man
who was jailed at Harbor Springs,
Mich, for assault, broke out and
drowned himself in three feet Of water.
To visit old friends at Coldwater,
Mich, a South Dakota man made a
journey of 1850 miles by wagon.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25
Broke Jail and Drowned HIMSELF.

Petoskey, Mich, Sept. 22.-J. G..
Bragg, a wealthy Petoskey business
man, who has been in jail at Harbor
Springs for six weeks charged with as
sault, escaped Sunday night and
drowned himself in Little Traverse
bay. He ran out while the guards
were setting up q stove in the main
corridor, leaving the door ajar and by
means of a sheet tied himself to the
side of a pleasure yacht at anchor,
and thus drowned himself, head down
ward, in three feet of water.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25
VIII Make 500 Men Idl..

Marquette, Mich, Sept. 19.-Superin-
tendent Walters has received instruc-
tons from Cleveland to close the Lake
Angelina mine Sept. 26 for an indefinite
period. Five hundred men will be
thrown out OF employment. The Lake
Angelina has been operated with less
interruption than any mine in this dis
trict. The reason now given for the
shut down is stringency in the money
market. All the other big mines will
follow suit.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25
Emancipation Day.

Springfield Ills, Sept. 23.-Emanci-
patton day was celebrated at the home
of the great emancipation here, Tues
day. Excursion trains from Chicago,
st. Louis, Belleville, Peoria, Jackson
Vile, Decatur and other points brought
hundreds of colored people. There was
a grand street parade, headed by COL
DYED wheelmen, bands, drum corps,
floats, etc.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25

have been used in different countries.
The friends of tobacco and corn tried
hard to prevent these "crimes against
humanity" but the copper, gold and
silver bug conspirators came out on top
in spite of special legislation in the in
terests OF tobacco and corn. This was q
hard blow to our country. There is
plenty OF tobacco, corn, eggs and mo-
lasses to give us all the "per capita"
we could oarryff the crime of demoneti-
zation had not been committed against
them, thereby causing prices of these
and other articles, except the precious
metals, to fall precipitately. Economists
tell us that these articles ceased to be
used as money because they lacked
some essential quality. They say that
some were perishable; others bulky
and hard to transport; others could not
be easily divided for the purpose of
making change; others were not uni
form in size or quality, while nearly all
lacked stability of value. But every to-
bacco, corn, molasses or egg producer
and every lover of the weed, of omelets
or OF johnny cake and sorghum knows
that they were demonetized because
they were so plentiful that the Shy locks
could not monopolize them as easily as
they could the precious metals.
Manufacturing Stage.
The manufacturing stage is not clearly
I4G. - IL
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25
Suicide of a Michigan Woman.

Traverse City, Mich, Sept. 19.-"Look
for me in Silver lake." was written n
q note to her family by Mrs. Eva Will
helm, who drowned herself in the lake
Wednesday night. Mrs. Wilhelm was
an esteemed pioneer of this section,
aged 81 years. She was missed early
Thursday morning and her body found
in the water. as told in the note found
in her room. She had suffered long
time from cancer
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25
Losses at ontonagon. Mich.

Ontonagon, Mich, Sept. 49, - Ever
since the confagration last month UNI
derwriters have been trying 10 get a
complete list Of the losses. Owing to
the fact that many original policies
and agents records were burned this
was not possible until now. The com
panies are losers s62S.56S. or this $257, :
300 was on general property Just sew
enty insurance companies were losers.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25
Dying from Cigarettes.

Niles, Mich, Sept. 22.-Charles Car
roll a 17-year-old son Of Henry Car
roll, living near Breedsville, is slowly
dying from cigarette smoking. For
nearly two years he has smoked from
three to five packages a day, and now,
on his death bed, Graves for them The
poison of the cigarettes has caused his
skin to take on a greenish hue. He suf-
fers intense agony and acts like one
afflicted with hydrophoba
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25

cattle as money. Similar words in nearly
every language testify to the once gem
eral use of cows and sheep as money.
A mans wealth was estimated by his
herds and hocks.
1t was in this stage that conquerors
stopped eating captives because it was
discovered that they were worth more
as shepherds and carriers of water,
wood, etc. Hence also slaves often fig
ured as money
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25
Hunting and Fishing Stage.

traded with the
Indians. Thus 1
beaver equals l
brass kettle; 1
beaver equals 3
shillings; 6 bea-
vers equal 1 gal
lon brandy, etc.
Fishhooks form
ed the currency
on the northern
shores of the In
dian ocean from
Persia to Ceylou.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25

skins (and some
times with their
milk, f orm G d
the currency and
the unit of value.
Our words fee,
pecuniary and
capital come
from the use of
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25
Michigan Crop Report.

Michigan--Frequent showers have
delayed all farm work and spoiled
many beans which are pulled but not
secured. Corn is nearly all in the
shock and considerable bucKwheat in
southern counties has been cut. Early
sown wheat is up and looking finely
Pasturage IL excellent.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25

and they are to-
day in Anam.
Little hoes, such
as the one here
figured, took the
place of real hoes
and became a
true money.
III an d made
nails once circu-
lated as money
in some Scotch
villages. Some
IF tho Othar
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25
weil.Known Young Woman Killed.

Abba, Ia, Sept. 23.-Miss Jennie Wy
coff, aged 30, was KILLED by team run
ming away while returning to her
home five miles north of this city Mon
day afternoon. She was well known
over Iowa.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25
Womep,s Relief Corps to Go to Canton

Cincinnati, Sept. 23.-Representatives
of the various Women's Relief corps in
and about Cincinnati met here and de-
cided on an excursion of women to Wis.,
1t Major Mckinley at Canton Sept. %
or 20.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25
LOOKING FOR A SHARPER.
How Henry f. Weltner Swindled Num-
Der of Michigan Farmers.

How Henry Il. Weltner Swindled u Num-
Der of Michigan Farmers.
Jacksonville, Mich, Sept 19.-Henry
f. Weltner, deputy sheriff from Cen
tralia, Ills, came here in search of j.
j. Roberts. 1t is alleged Roberts con-
Quoted a patent right scheme, getting
the names of several prominent farm
ers and then forging their signatures
to notes of large amounts. After dis
counting the notes at the Princeton
bank, it is charged he went to Ana
mosa, Ia, where he represented HIM
self as a Congregational preacher on
special missionary work. collected
about $3.50 from the charitably inclined
and disappeared to turn up next in
Centralia under another name. repre-
senting himself to be a special agent
for mutual life insurance company.
The premiums that he collected there
and in adjoining towns. it is said, ex-
ceeded $1,000. 1t is then charged that
he ran away with the 15-year-old
daughter OF George Collitan, living in
the southern part oSvSangamon county.
Oval Wood Dish Factory Burned.
Traverse City, Mich, Sept. 22-Fire
broke out Sunday in the plant of the
Oval Wood Dish company which is
the only factory OF its kind in the Unit
ed States. The fire originated in the
boiler room and almost instantly was
sweeping through the oval wood dish
and wire and dish department, filled
with costly and unique machinery.
The fire department succeeded in saw
ing the warehouses filled with dishes,
the sawmill department, and other
outlying buildings. Four million dish
es in one pile were burned. The loss
is between $4,000 and $4,000, partly
insured. Between $50 and 800 men are
thrown out of employment.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25

I. BEAVER SKIN. II. FIsH-Latterly, how
HOOK. III. wAMPUM. ever, pieces Of
bent wire were substituted for real
hooks. Wampum was the currency of
the more civilized Indian tribes in New
England and on Long Island. It con-
sisted of white beads, made from the
ends of periwinkle shell or black
beads made from clam shell arranged
in strings or belts. 1t became the off,
cial money of New England and New
Amsterdam and lost its place as money
between 1850 and 1900, when the
"Smart Alexis" among the whites be-
gan to debase it by leaving the beads
unpublished or unpierced or by making
them of bone, horn, glass and even of
wood The colonists legislated much
trying to fix prices, and to save wam-
pun from declining in value, but it was
being produced too cheaply. Natural
law was against it, and it had to 60.
The use of shells as money is still
common on many tropical coasts Their
wide use is probably due to the strong
passion, common to primitive man, for
personal adornment. This gives shells
permanent value. Besides they are very
durable, comparatively light and are
convenient for small change. Whales
teeth, arrowheads, beads, tusks of ivory
and engraved stones are some of the other
money materials of this and later stages
of civilization.
The Pastoral Stage.
Man early tanned the domestic ami
mails. The sheep and the cow being the
most useful, they naturally. with their
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25

X. BRONZE DECUsSIs. XI. IRON MANILA
FROM W. AFRICA. XII. CHINESE CASH"
XIII. COPPER AS.
to stamped metallic money. Weights in
the form of sheep indicate that sheep
were in Biblical times the unit of
value in Palestine.
Iron was used as money in Sparta.
Pieces of bent iron ready for the black
smith pass as money in west Africa
and elsewhere.
"Cash" or "sapeks" or "le" is the
only native coin and the only legal
tender of China as well as the principal
money of small accounts. Cash consists
of round disks of kind of brass with q
square hole in the center. The evolution
of cash is interesting. About 200 B. G.
the Chinese were still using bronze
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25

a
YER DOLLAR. XVII. ENGLISH GOLD SOW
EREIGN.
trinsic worth 1t has needed no special
legislation to sustain it, nor has the al
most unlimited special legislation in
the interest of silver and other metals
and substances been able to make them
Gas good as gold' in any modern civil
liked country. 1t has come by evolution
and will not go even by revolution. We
have passed the fishhook, wampum, to-
bacco, iron and silver stages of civiliza-
ton and have entered the golden stage.
Each year sees some progressive country
stop experimenting with the tickle and
fluctuating silver standard and declare
for the stable and world recognized gold
standard of value. Possibly we may, by
foolish legislation, make silver legal
tender for awhile and drive gold out
of circulation, but our commercial in
terests will continue TO use gold, and
soon all interests will be glad to drop
Mexico and China and to return to tho
society of civilized nations.
BYRON w. HoJ.r
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1896-09-25

DR. ANNIs s. Fl. GOODING, Homeopathic
~ Residence and office, Williams ST., (Com
stock Block, Owosso, Mich. once hours-2 to
p m and to 8 p. m. Calls promptly respond
ed to. Special attention given to Obstetrics
and Diseases Of Women and Children.