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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-08
PANlcs AND THEIR CAUSES.
Evils of n Currency Whose Volume Can
Be Controlled by - Few Men,

V.vfYa of a Currency whose Volume Can
Be Controlled by - Few Men,
Whenever a panic occurs in this coun-
try or any other, it is due to the attempt
to make credit do the work of cash.
Whatever may be the immediate a<1d
incidental cause, this is the effective
one which has produced every panic
from the first and greatest of modern
times to the latest which followed IN
America the proclamation of three years
ago against silver.
The celebrated John Law panic fol-
lowed Immediately on the first really
systematic attempt 70 'tmcnetize cred
it." and it brought almost as much
misery in its train as destructive war.
1t was not characterized, however, by
an attempt TO demonetize cash. That
most potent cause of modern panics
was not operative in Laws time. He
brought about his panic by attempt
ing to remedy an existing cash shortage
by floating credit paper into circula-
ton and trying to make it do the work
of cash. This discovery is more mod
ern, and it is characteristic Of what
is now the English system of banking
a system which is undoubtedly the most
efficient scheme of robbing the people,
of expressing labor, and taking unjust
toll from trade, ever devised by the in
genuity of the human intellect Under
this plan, the supply of cash is so far
restricted that demand is created for
the circulation of credit paper, and the
system requires that at all times cash
in actual circulation shall be no more
than enough to make clearings on an
increasing volume of credits.
Hence it is the most dangerous sys-
tenn possible for business, and the fact
that the credit circulating as cash is
generally paid or cleared" as cash does
not make it so. The entire volume of
credit paper is added to the debt of the
community. In order to keep it afoat
the supply of cash in circulation is re-
stricted. When stringency comes it
means a general call for cash to make
the credit good. 1t means that the
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WATSON is SORE.
Unfairly Dealt with by the FusIonIsts-
Why He Opposes Fusion

why ne OPpOBcS uSAOh-
ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. Thomas z.
Watson, who is here tonight, declined
to discuss the report that he contem-
plated retiring from the national pop
ulist ticket. He seems to be sore on the
national campaign for allowing him
to be traded off in the fusion between
populists and democrats in several
states. He has practically nothing in
the states where there has been fu-
sion, the populists have taken the To-
lal nominations and given the demo-
Gratis the electoral ticket or a ma jor.
ity of the electors.
In q speech at Stone Mountain, Ga,
to-day, Mr.. Watson defended his course
in opposing fusion on the electoral
ticket He said that he had refused
fusion with the repu blicans in Georgia
and in Texas. His reason for so dong
was that the populist party was or
ganized as a protest against the old
parties, and fusion would be indoors
ing their faults. ''If we were to fuse
with either of them we would be
estopped from attacking them, and
would have to admit that Shey werG
right"
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ANTI-sILvER DEMOCRATS
Getting Things in shape for an Active
Campaign.


CHICAGO, Oct. 2.-The anti-silveK
democratic managers are getting
things in shape for an active speech
making campaign. Col. Martin yes
terday called upon Senator Donaldson
Gallery of Louisiana, ex-Gov. Jones,
of Alabama, and ex-Congressman
OutRwaite, of Ohio, to take the field.
Col. W. C. 2. Breckenridge and T. VI.
Bullitt, of Kentucky, were also re.
quested to get in line. Richard w.
Knott, of Louisville, was assigned to
speak at Paris, KY, on the 10th inst.
Secretary Carlisle, Postmaster-Gen.
eral Wilson, Secretary Morton and ex-
Gov. Roswell P. Flower will also be
asked to speak under national demo
cratic auspices
Chairman Williamson of the state
committee to-day took to Springfield
the petition required under Illinois
laws in order to get the gold demo
cratic ticket on the official ballot.
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interests of the debtor class? Is it not
to the interest of the creditor class 20
get out of the debtor class all they can by
right or might, and is it not as much
the interest of the debtor class to es-
cape them-to pay them-just os little
as they are allowed to do? At least, is
this not their selfish interest, and what
both classes the most practice?
1t seems TO me that but one answer,
an affirmative, can be made TO this, also.
Now, feIlow-laborer,t to which of these
two classes do you belong? Is it to the
moneyed class, the creditOrs-although
perchance, you DO have small savings
bank account or life insurance policy.
which few real laborers have? Some
politicians contend that the day laborer,
with days wages unpaid, is creditor
and belongs to the great creditor class,
but is not this rather far fetched? Then
we are told that the best interests of the
creditor and debtor class are Identical
Granting this, but as practiced, is it not
an interest similar to the mutual in
terests of the lion and lamb, with the
lamb within the lions NAV? AS to the
silver mine cwner, what need it concern
US whose interests are mixed TO ours so
that our own are forwarded and pre-
served? Are the interests of the silver
mine owner and the laborer identical?
Let statistics say whether all the prod
ucts of labor have not decreased IN value
along with the fall of silver, and let good
common sense say whether decreasing
IN value with silver it is not reasonable
to Suppose they win increase in value
together. Fellow-lahorer. the field has
been fairly and clearly looked over.
Which side will you vote?-"Agricola,"
in Chicago Record
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MARCHED IN THE RAIN.
a Delegation l. 900 Strong From Portage
County, o., Call On Mckinley.

4 Delegation l. 500 Strong From Portage
County, o., Call On Mckinley.
CANTON. o., Oct. 2.-It took three
special trains to bring the Portage
county co. delegation to Canton, and
it numbered more than 1,6OG
souls. There were Mckinley and
Hobart clubs from all the towns
in the county, and three marching
clubs composed entirely OF women.
In the DRILLING rain, they marched
with flags flying and bands playing
through the streets to Canton toward
Maj. McKinley's residence. When
they were within two blocks of it the
indications for heavy storm seemed
SO strong that the long line OF
enthusiasts from Portage county
turned back to the tabernacle
where Maj. Mckinley addressed them
The spokesman for the Portage county
people was ex-State Senator S. P. VOL.
colt.
In response to his remarks Maj. Nc
Kinley made a speech which was greet
ed from start to finish with cheers and
tumultuous applause.
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Candidate Bryan's Trip Along the Ohio
Marked by Demonstrations.

WHEELING, ". Va, Oct 2-Tne
trip of Candidate Bryan along the
banks OF the Ohio river, between Park
ersburg and Wheeling, was marked
by demonstrations at SistersviIle and
New Martinsville, the only stops
made. At SisterviIle the crowd at tin e
station numbered about two thousand
people. They cheered vigorously
when Mr.. Bryan appeared on the back
platform and when the regulation
brass band had finished playing, he
made a short speech, which contained
nothing new.
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NEWSPAPER WAITS.

YoUNe HUsBAND-"Are my eggs
done yet, darling?' His Bride lin
tearsl-''Oh, Jack! have boiled them
for an hour and half and they are not
soft yet. Puck.
TEACHER explaining that the earth
is round 80 Tommy, what country on
the globe is China underneath" Tom
my (who reads the newspapersl-
1'Japanl"-Chicago Record
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-08

LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 2-The ma.
tional democratic state central COM
mittee made application to the secre-
tary OF state yesterday for the placing
of Palmer and Buekner electors on
The official ballot
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-10-08

path would have been levelled to the
ground. and the loss of life must have
been heavy. The property loss is es-
timated at between S350.OOO and $780,
COO The loss of life is four. so far al
known. The victims are all colored.
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Nominated for Congress.

JACKSON, Miss, Oct 2-The demo-
cratic executive committee met last
night and declared Maj Pat Henry
the nominee for congress in the sew
enth district. His majority over Col.
Charles Z. Hooker was Lis. Total
vote cast. 5.Gs7.
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Charles ", emperor of Germany
and king of Spain. had lower jaw
which protruded SO far that he could
not masticate his food. This was "A fami-
" popularity. and eliminated in his sue
cessor. Charles the idiot who died Of
inanition.
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nre Remedy.

Times are bad, and even the most
ardent goidites cannot explain how an
Improvement is to come in the event OF
the retention of the single gold stand
ard Pointing out imaginary ills under
free silver does not remove the present
e7ils.-PhiIadelphi Item
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The storm Damage Much Worse than a.
First Reported

LEBANON, Pa, Oct. Late reports
show that the damage by the storm
Tuesday night was far greater than at
first supposed. In addition to the
roundhouse of the Lebanon & Corn
wall railroad being demolished, that
of the Cornwall railroad met with 9
similar fate. The losses will run into
the thousands
The United Brethren church at Ann
vile was wrecked and the Sunny Side
mills were unroofed. a part of the
roof of the United Brethren church
in Lebanon was carried away. as well
as those of the dwellings of Joseph
Strohman and ). r Fretiff.
At the Iron City brewery the boiler
and engine houses were levelled TO the
ground. The top of the steeple of the
Salem Lutheran church was also
broken.
1t is difficult to estimate the extent
of the damage. as there We're few
buildings in the track of the tornado
escaped.
A portion of the building of the st.
Johns church was blown away. The
roundhouse at Trement was wrecked
and several engines damaged Noone
was seriously injured so far as can be
learned.
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Flood in the JunIata Valley.

HUNTINGDON, Pa, Oct. ]. - The
Juniata valley is experiencing de-
structive flood. scarcely less in extent
than the great flood of 1889 During
the last 81 hours the rainfall has been
unprecedented and the climax was
reached at = a. Ii. by cloudburst just
west of this city. This volume
of water swept through the western
end of the town, washing out streets,
flooding houses, carrying away out
buildings and drowning several head
of cattle. Many families were obliged
to flee from their homes. Traffic on
the middle division of the Pennsylva-
MIA railroad has been wholly sus-
pended, all through eastern trains
going around by way OF LOckhaven,
on the Northern Central The Penn
sylvania's tracks. five miles east of
here, have been washed out, and a
slide on Jacks mountain, ten miles
east, has covered the tracks for
distance of 200 yards Teie-
graphic communication with the
east is also suspended. In Bed
ford county on the Raystown
branch. two houses were carried away
at Saxton and Riddlesburg. the occu-
pants having to fee from them in their
night clothes. The farmers suffered
greatly by the destruction of crops.
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CEDAR KEYS SWEPT AWAY,
And q Wide FurFOw of Devastation
PI0wed Through Florida.

And 3 Wide FurrOw of Devastation
PIOwed Through Florida.
ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. IA special
from Jacksonville, Fla, to the Consti-
tuition says:
The West Indian hurricane, which
entered Florida at Cedar Keys yester-
day morning and swept through the
southern part in a northeasterly di-
Tection, left death and destruction in
its path. Owing to the prostration of
telegraph wires and the delay of trains
due to washouts, only meager reports
have been received. And yet, meager
as those reports are, they show that
over twenty towns and villages have
been wrecked, and t;lst forty or fifty
persons have been killed, while proba-
bly, twice as many more received
wounds more or less serious.
About four o'clock in the morning
the hurricane. which bad been churn-
ing the gulf, left the water and
swoOped down upon Cedar Keys, a
town of 1900 inhabitants, about one
hundred miles southwest of Jackson
Vile
Thirty-six hours have elapsed since
the storm struck Cedar Keys, but not
one word has been received directly
from that place as to the damage done
or the number of lives lost. No trains
have been able to reach there because
the tracks are covered with heavy tim
Der.
The-only report from Cedar Reyes
comes by way of Gainesville, so miles
northeast of the gulf town, and is to
the effect that Cedar Keys has been
swept away, and many persons killed
and wounded. This report reached
Gainesville by courier from Williston,
hich is 20 miles north of Cedar Keys
The report is hardly exaggerated. as
Cedar Keys was directly in the path of
the hurricane. and received it's full
force as it leaped raging from the
gulf.
After demolishing Cedar Keys the
storm, moving in q northeasterly di-
rection, struck Williston. a village of
400 inhabitants At that place IL
houses were wrecked. one person
killed and Is wounded, some, it is
feared. fatally.
Near Williston is large turpeDtine
farm, on which many state convicts
are employed. Twenty of these con-
victs were huddled in a cabin, across
which the storm blew great tree,
crushing six of the unfortunate in.
mates to death.
Leaving Levy county, the hurricane
dashed across Alachua, one of the
nest populous counties in the state,
where a number of persons were killed
and many more severely injured.
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To Cure n Cold in One Day.

Take laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money II It
fails to cure. Csc.
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DR.. Gale observes in his treatise on
disease that the grea nse of wine in
France is supposed to have abated the
prevalence of the gravel.
In some parts of this country where
Speer's Port Grape Wine is principally
used. not only the gout, but the gravel
is scarcely known. DR.. La Porta re-
lates as an extraordinary instance Of
the effects of Sueer's Port Wine ON
gout the cure of DR.. Daveran. who
was attacked with 1t at the age of
twenty-five. and had it severely till he
was upwards of fifty, with chalk stones
in the joints of his hands and feet, but
who for four years preceding the time
when his case had been given to DR..
La Porta to lay before the public had
by advice used Soeer's Port Grape
Wine. and had no return of the gout
afterwardS.-LOndOn Post,
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SHOT REV. LONDON SHEARS.
Officer Curry Kills n COlOred Man
Who Resisted Arrest.

Washington. Dec. 4.-Police Officer
Edward Curry shot and killed London
Shears, colored, this afternoon. Shears
was resisting the officer and beating
him with his own baton, when the fatal
shot was fired.
The dead man called himself the
Rev" London Shears, and was a we'll
known character in South Washington.
where he preached occasionally about
the streets. His pious calling did not
prevent him from being well known to
the police. and he has been arrested q
number of times ON various charges.
He was discharged from jail Il, few
days ago. where he had served a sem
tence for committing an assault. The
policeman himself was badly hurt by
the man he killed
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NEWS NOTES AND PERSONALS.

Mrs. Joseph Reynolds. of Hampton
street, has returned from a visit to
Mr. and Mrs James Il. Lewis, of Kings
ton.
The Simpson Social circle held a de-
1ightful affair last evening. Conrads
orchestra played music during the serv-
ing of refreshments.
Monday bargains at Mears & Hagens.
4 child of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Bey-
non, of Weshhurn strcct, diod ycstcr-
day and will be buried tomorrow after
noon.
Rutherford Hadey. of Eynon street
is seriously i'll.
Tom Williams, of Plymouth. well
known young man, is visiting here for
q few days.
At the Plymouth Congregational
church The pastor. Rev. Thomas Bell.
will preach his fourth sermon in the
series, "The Epistle to the Seven
Churches" The topic will be "A
Faithful Church. but Lacking in Disci-
pine"
Monday bargains at Mears & Hagen's.
The funeral of Patrick Murphy. of
Drinker street. took place yesterday
morning from st. Mary's church, where
high mass of requiem was celebrated
by Rev. Father Millane who also
preached an eloquent sermon on the
uncertainty of life There was very
large attendance of mOurners. The
pall-bearers We're: p, +. Duffy. James
Fitzpatrick. p. j. Murphy, Matthew
Murphy, Thomas Harmon and James
Harmon. all nephews of the deceased.
1nterment was made i'm Mt. Carmel
cemetery.
Choice cut flowers and mower de-
signs at Palmer a. McDonald's, 81.
Spruce.
Rev. Thomas De Gruchy will preach
his first sermon as pastor of the Jack
son Street Baptist church tomorrow
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CONNECTING THE TRACKS.

The street car track on Pittston ave-
nue. between Hemlock and Birch streets
has been laid and the tracklayers were
at work yesterday putting in the con-
nection at Birch street. The poles and
wires are uc and there remains only
few more finishing touches until every
thing Is in readiness for the cars to
make the inbound tIics over the new
bridge. South Side cars will go down
Spruce street then instead of Lacka-
wanna avenue and will come out onto
Lackawanna at Franklin, uD Lacka-
wanna as far as Mates street and
thence ou: the way now In use. OF
late the service or the South Side line
has been anything but satisfactory. but
this Improvement will. no doubt. bring
the service to u better standard. The
change will go into effect some day
next Week
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SHORTER PARAGRAPHS.

Mrs. Jacob Burkhauser. of Elm
street, entertained the Ladies' Aid So
ciety of the Prospect Avenue German
Nethodist Episcopal church at her
home Thursday afternoon.
Miss Kate Daley, daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Joseph Daley, of Hickory
street. will take the final VOWS at Mount
Wisula convent, Bedford Park. New
York city, on Thursday next. Her
name in the religious world will be
Sister Margaret Mary.
Monday bargains at Mears & Hagen's.
Miss Tillie kearney. of Peckvilie. Is
the guest of Miss Mary A. Ruddy, of
Cedar avenue.
Call at the new Sc. store; everything
new. at Borchers. 7l3 Cedar ave. -
Choice cut flowers and flower ,lc-
signs at Palmer & McDonalds, 5i4
Spruce. ~
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SOUTH SIDE NEWS.
Literary and Musical Entertainment at
!. W. 6. A. Rooms Was q Success.
cling the Tracks.

The literary and musical entertain
ment at the rooms of the Young WO-
mems Christian association on Cedar
avenue last night was Il success from
every point Of view. The programme
was fine one, and it was carried out
in admirable style. The ATTENDANCE :
was large and everyone was well pleas
ed. Miss Carolyne V. Dorsey had
charge of the entertainment and she
also took part in the programme. her
elocutionary efforts and her singing be-
ing of a high order. The others who
favored with their talents We're her
pupils. They were Misses Evangeline
Dorsey, Olive Jadwin, Bessie Posner.
Lulu Simm.1 Gertie Lehman. Clara
Slocum, Susie Cross. and Archie Dean
and Leon Farnham.
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News Of the Suburbs.

morning at 1880. Topic. 1.-THE I'm
changeable Truth" In the evening at
I a song service for twenty minutes,
followed by a short sermon. Topic,
"The Remedy for Sim"
Miss Lena Z. and Annie c. Bef. OF
North Sumner avenue, are visiting
friends at Clark's Summit.
DIR. f. Y. Harrison, Dentist, Mears
Hall. 1l3 S. Main avenue.
The latest and best styles. Roberts,
l26 North Maine.
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WHOLESALE POISONING.
Milwaukee FaniIics Arc Ill After
Eatin. Products frOEa a Bakery.

Milwaukee, Wis. Dec. 4.-Che health
departments reports q wholesale pOi-
soning of families in the northern part
of the city. According to reports
which reach the health departments.
members of about 100 families are i'll
with the symptoms of arsenical poi
soning. Among those who are report
ed to be i'll are the families of Mr..
Taft, a reporter on Der HerOld; Mr..
Hertsberg. $50 Fourth street; Mr.. Wise,
butcher, and family at 6lS Clark
street.
The people who are sick had eaten
bread purchased at bakery establish
ment on Sherman street, and the ply
sicians and officers of the health de-
partment are inclined to attribute the
origin of the wholesale poisoning poi
soning 10 that source.
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WIDENING MATES STREET.

Select Councilman Robert Robinson.
of the Eleventh ward. has introduced
an ordinance providing for curbrg and
tagging Mates street. His efforts 20
improve that thoroughfare will meet
with appreciation.
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DR.. &. w. COib0rn, DENTIST.
Rooms IA North Main avenue.
West Side Business Directory.

West SluC HusIutss UArectUys
HARRIET J. DAVIS. FLORIST.-Cut
flowers and funeral designs q speciality;
l0a South Main avenue; two doors from
Jackson street.
SECOND HAND FURN1TURE.-Cashf for
anything you have to sell. Furniture.
Stoves, Tools, etc. Call and see the
stock Of ]. C. King. 7ol to TO West Lack
awanna avenue.
MORGAN'S PHARMACY-lOl NORTH
avenue Warranted pure drugs anu
chemicals. Prescriptions carefully pre-
pared. Fine stationery and blank pooN'.
A large stock suitable for Christmas
presents. Teachers Bibles cheaper than
ever. Call and examine them. WOOD
stains, paints. window glass, etc. clerk
al store all hours of night.
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DEAN IS IN JAIL.

Jimmy Dean" the Salvation Army
and Volunteer man. who last Monday
night assaulted his sister, Mrs. Henry
Davies, was arrested last night at his
home on Lafayette street by PATROL
man Peters. Dean has had some
trouble with the people with whom
he lives on Lafayette street and they
have tried to make him leave the house,
but Dean has refused His sister. car
ing for a brother went to Dean last
Monday night and coaXed him to leave
the house. Dean struck her and
warrant for his arrest followed He
will be given Il hearing before Alder
man John this morning.