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The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-22
coLD Work oE RoaBERs.


Illinois Farmer Beaten and l,b1hcd OF a
Large Amount.
ARTHUR, Ms, june 9Th. resldeaco
of Goorgc Ellb wealthy German farm
on living four miles east OF hero, was en-
tered about / o'clock Fidty morning by
four robbera when they forced the door
open the noise awokc 1Ir kalb, who 40
once bcgrn 90 Investigate Ho was met in
the hallway by the burglars, one OF whom
knocked him down with "a club and after
beating him numerically, securely tied
him.
Next they beat and tod his wife, who
came Co his assistance 1han q lftlc
child came down stairs crying. They
knocked herd0Un and put a slrngorouud
her neck and tied her % a bed After sc-
wIey tying the other three children
they pr0.oa.lcd 90 scaroh tAr huusa for
wlu1hlc Prcyious Co this hey lad tied
Ir Kllb hired man CD tree I'm the
yard Ha was returning home from Gar
rett q small station neur by, and had just
come into the yard about the time Che
bursl lars were ready TO maze an entrance
into Che house
They secured about 81 O09 in notes and
e90j in cash. In their huriigd search they
overlooked "a S50D bundle Of cush Mr
Halb keeps small srfa f1r valuable pa
pers in case of fire, bat the $1,000 was hid
in another place and only The s-05 were 10
the safe This they made A.r kalb open
after releasing the cords which bound
him. After they had initacl their worf
the robbers went to The barn ard hitcheJ
up one OF kalb's best tuams to his s9an,
Mnrnn md lrL.n nAsL.
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tn ND a Cnnnl.

PRINCETON. HIS, june 22.-Ihrough
tho instrumcntality of the Bureau county
oo,,rt an organization of farmers was
formed here Friday TO construct an oxtcn,
sivo farm drainage canal The channel
will have am average width OF twenty-five
fcet and will extend along the Greeh river
valley for n distance of twenty-five miIcs
II Will commence az point IN enc s'uth-
orn part of Lee county. ana run "on'h-
west. by theuse Of this canal u Is esu'
mated that nearly o10JO acres OF swamp
land. now almost worthless, viii oe con-
vcrtcd into lno farming land Tho court
nro,idcs that the expense shall bc pnr.e
bv special assessment, ana the cost VIII O'
| oNnr 900.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-22
MuR0Eas I'd Sd. PAUL.
Gang OF Tramps Attempt "a Hold-Up al
XIII Two Ncn.

Gang OF Tiamps Attempt a Hold-tp aId
llili Two A4cn.
ST PAUL. june AT an early hour
Saturday morning John Paul and Jacob
Hayes of Wyoming a ST. Paul and Du-
luth station, north Of here. were muir
dored By unkncwn tramps who also seri'
ously injured DIR. Foster Of ST. Paul DIR.
Foster wanted TO be driven across to Wy
oming Mills and Paul and Hayes were
getting a team ready for him, when three
tramps appeared and ordered them all to
hold up their hands DR.. Foster showed
fight and Paul and Hayes promptly came
TO his relief The tramps fired one volley'
Hayes and Paul both falling dead. After
pounding DR.. Foster about the head the
murderers escaped and officers are hunt
| ing for them. DR.. Foster has been brought
60 The city and win probably recover.
William Schodner, aged a, living IN
West st. Paul, at 1880 o'clock saturday
morning, after an all-night quarrel as The
| elimination of long continued family
| lars, shot, missed his wife and put bul
| let through his son, who had tried to save
| his mothers life. so that the son, Pau
Schonner, aged -, is not expected TO re
cover. The father then locked himself II
| his room and fred ball through his TEN
ple. death resulting instantly.
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Wisconsin RGApPoaTToNNENT.
Suit to Test the BIN Passed by the Last
Leglslatua..

Legislature.
MADISON. Wis, juno @ There viii he
q suit to test the rolpportionment bill
passed at the last session ol Che Wiscon'
sin legislature. Ia the supreme 7.rt fri-
day morning Attorney Burr ~ Jones
fled q direct petition to the court in the
name Of State Senator Michael kruzska
of Milwaukee, the original petitioner, ask
inc that leave be grantat to him TO begin
suit to set aside the upportionment law
An order TO that effect was Immediately
granted without arguments, and the case
win be heard at the August meeting OF
the supreme court. Owing to the refusal
OF Attorney General W. II. Mylrea TO
brlne, the suit the consent of the supreme
court TO the commencement of the action
became necessary be ore it could be
| brought.
Health COMMISSIONS Waltcr Kcmpster
| OF Milwaukee need fear no frthor legal
proccednrs to oust him from oih'e dur
| inc the remainder of his term. in the SUI
prene court Friday morning cX-Attorncy
| General O'Connor announced thAt inc
other milwaukee, cltv authorities ma
given mp the FIGHT ay ust Dr kenps'e or
bv fling written sci cl1tiun In behalf oi
the attorneys ot Dr hrmpstcr' signed by
the LEGAL representative OF Che cily ol
milwaukee. ii dsmissiug Che appeal on he
half of tl, city in tha writ of cortiortr
pr0cce1iur in which ihe lower court ue
cIared DIR Fomp-.w to bc the leg
health commisAouct ul the city Oh Sill
| Nv.fl-oa.
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rntnl stnr,n in Nebraska.

OMAHA. June 2. "A special tn The Bce
from Republican City, Neb., says; Inc
terrible windStorm which passed over TINS
section Friday night did much damage
and resulted in some loss of life. All see
tions touched 10y the storm have not YET
been heard from. but in one township the
residence of r. =. Duncan was comple'eiy
demolished and the debris strewn IN All
directions Mrs Duncan was killed IN
stantlv and Mr. Duncan, two sons ana
daughter badly hurt and may die.
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nIa TIVE Ar ST.. louis.
Plans TO Have a Monster Republican Hati'
fcasion Meeting There.

Plans TO Have a Monster Republican Eati-
Rcasion Meeting There.
Sr. LOUIS, June 22.-The nomination
Of Mckinley and Hobart is to be ratified
in -. Louis 10y a monster street parade
and subsequent meeting with speeches ut
the convention auditorium. The prolim-
mary plans for the event hnye been laid a5
n meeting at the southern hotel. Among
those present were B c. Kerens, Nathan
Frank, Major John H. Bittingcr and 9TH
ers. including n half dozen of the other
Missouri dclcrntcs The intention is 20
make of this demonstration a united eN-
prcssion OF opinion of On" Republicans OF
Missouri. and it viii bc Che sirnal for SIM
ilar ratification meetings oll over the state
Within week meeting VIII he caiiel
for the appointment of committees ON
nrrnu-cncnts and tho ratification viii
take place not later than two weeks hence
National Committeeman Kercns has m'u
some correspondence with Mr.. Mckinney
i'm regtrd 10 tour Of Missouri by th'
uresidcntial candidate, and he Is of th,
opinion that tho pcople of the state vii
| have an opportunity of hearing the lSe
nnblican standard bearer before e.ectiol
| time. probably i'm september
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To,e,xa Girl ON Drummond Castle.

TOPEKA, Kan. June 22.-Ihere Is n"
longer any doubt that Miss Belle Bennett
of Topeka went down with the Drum
mond Castle that was lost of the coast
Of France. June It, Mr.. Charles Bennett,
a brother of Miss Bennett, cabled the
London offices of the steamship com
many 10 learn il his sister had sailed on
the Drummond Castle. He received
reply that her name was on the passenger
list. but that she was not one OF the sur
yivors of the wreck. Miss Bennett lett
this city two years ago for South Africa
to teach in Worcester seminary, 100 miles
from CapctoWn.
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cn.l.deh Mllh a Trelght.

SwANroN, o., june -3.-Ihc New YORK
and Chicago limited duo at Swanton at
II o'clock Friday night, collided with n
freight tain one mile east of Swanton
siding. Engineer Hovey Of the limited
noticed the danger too late. The fireman
jumped escaping with a few bruises. The
engineer was seriously injured. Passen-
GERS were badly shakon up. Engine, bag
raQeaud Ieepingcar ot thcpassenger tram
were deraucd, blocking traffic several
hours The fireman and engineer OF the
freight escaped with few bruises, Los
In The railroad company is placed at 9loo,
pnl
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ST. LOUIS. june % Albert j. Baker
o,-cd 10. who lives with his uncle, }. w
Glndcr. in this city, made the first dive
into the Mississippi river ever taken from
the Eads bridge saturday. For weeks
Young Baker has been fred with an
ambition to Jump Off tho big bridge, ana
has been practicing almost daily at the
n,tctorium. The distance from the tor
of the bridge 60 the water IS 10 icct.
R,ker struck the water head first ana
soon came up. He swan about 200 lee,
to n waiting tug and was taken on board
without having received a hurt.
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ADOPTED A e6lo STANDARD.


VeuelurIg Goes Further Than Any other
Nat.on in tiunomctai.ism.
WASHINGTON, june 22.-Ministcr An
drade. Of Venezucla has rcccivcd adviecs
from Ca1acas ms to the nnal ratification oi
the constitutional amendment 10y which
Venczuolo adopts the gold standard. Pres
id2nt Cr4Fo advised congress some
months ago 10 meet the prevailing agita-
tion for dcarcci1tci currcncy by "a con,
s,itutional ,nneudmont. Congress passed
the law and 60 has now boon confirmed py
all the stutcs 1t IS as follows;
'.Neithor tho Legislative nor executive
mowers. or amy other power in tho rcpub-
lie. shall in any case or for any motive
issue paper money, r"r declare legal ten
der any bank uoto~ or any other value
represented In pauor nor shall The coinage
| of silver or nickel bc ordercd without pre-
vious authorization of congress-
At present the Venezuelan circulation
consists of gamO,G0O Bolivars co ccntsl
of which l2UnUJois in gold and sojoOV
I'm silver. This silver airndy IN circula
! tion will not bervtircd The future co,na-'
will be restricted 90 gllJ and gold certih
/ Gates representing actual gold on hand.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-22

Denver juno 22-Tho great popular
ovation by the citizens Of Colorado TO SEN
ator II NJ Teller will take place July 4.
There viii be a monster parade, followed
by speeches, and in the evening fireworks
and "A brilliant illumination. A special
feature OF the reception will be the pres
onco of senators and delegates from other
states who walked out of the St. Louis
convention with Senator Teller, and who
will be invited to participate
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~.v., scheme TO Pay Debt.

DECATUR, Mich, June 2s.-The Baptist
society is $4,000 in debt ON its house oil
worship and the members have devised
novel scheme to pay Off the Indebtedness
during the comming year. Some of them
will devote the product Of one acre oil
ground; Others the money received for the
butter Of one cow. some the output from
a specifed number of hens, while many
will themselves curtail luxuries and CON
tribute the excct price To the fund.
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SHE MAY GET 100000.
Decd from the Late Senator Fair to MIS-
Craven IL Fiied.

NOD from the Late Senator Fair to Mrs
Craven IL Fhed.
SAN FRANCISCO, June ga sensation
,,,s caused saturday when a friend OF
Mrs hottie Craven fled for record a ace"
srom the late Senator Fair conveying to
Lor two very valuable pieces Of San Fran
cisco property. The decd is dated sept
s 1894, and was knowlcdgcd before y % o.
- t,tv ~. public Cooney sept % Of that year
Tbc entire document which purports 20
bo in the handwrtnr Of senator FAR Is
a. lead nencil and tie acknowledgement
Is in ink a., so,,tor
do,dcd a large lot ON the corner OF IlnS
ond Sansome streets end n half block OF
III ON Missouri street 60 Mrs. Craven
The Tbc property is worth 100000 son'
,in,c ,,u aeo il was rumo-cd that Mrs Craven
Sad ',,i in her pessosdon document shown {,
thot ,i. She had been married TO Mr.. Fair ''l anu
,',i,' Jc,d 70 valuable property. Tho hnnA
~ ,bc decd is the FIRST confirmation ol '''
| ruuOrs.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-22

ST.. LOUIS. june p The controlling
solrit Of the Peoples party have preArtd
on ed,lrrss TO their followers throurheut
the country. advising thcn ~ make
Henry NJ ipiler their wti0Ad siAhu -'t'-
be,rcr The address bcors tlc f'fl'''l'a
of prominent Populisia Ahe ht'''f
men nj thv UNcHih- l tfaf 'S'',
n.cssly disclHin siy uipose or l'f'' ~
bind any PARTY or l'Hfaou W the vows ~.
forth, but is.j 70 az YeipoWefihk son.
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r.,1eh 40 60 on the wnge scaIe.

prrrsnuRe. June 22-The steel sheet
manufacturers and workers committees
held conference on the wage scale, but
adjourned after an eight-hour session un'
til next week without having reached an
ogreemcut Tho manufacturers demand
cd a reduction of - per cent. on wages 81
sbcarmen. rollers and heaters. The work
men offered to compromise by cut ~
dav mems wages, but refused To agree T.
n reduction i'm the skilled labor scale.
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SENSATIONAL eLoPEMENT.
Episcopal Minister Runs Away with a 10
year-Old Girl.

Eear-Old Girl.
LOUISVILLE, juno 22.-Rev. Joseph
spect. a young Episcopal divine from Al
exandria, Va, and Miss Lena Turner the
16-year-old daughter of one OF thc wealth.
est citizens Of Madison county, eloped
fro,r Richmond Friday Her sister, Mrs.
w r. Trsc. and Ambrose Dudlcy, Com
,,rcssmln NcCr,1rys private secretary,
followed her TO Lexington. Mr.. speeht
saw Mrs Luke first and he and Miss
T1rner managed to slip by unnotieod and
took n train, presumably for this city, out
after they had gone few milcs they got
olf II is supposed that they took a buggy
M Nicolasyillc aud drove north with tho
intrntion of crossing The river into Ohio
70 bc marrisd. Police met the train ON
its arrival in Louisyillc late tndhy hlght'
having tele-raphic order of arrest Miss
rrrncr viii come into possession OF "a
lorre fortune when she at1ains her ma
iority.
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FoRr WAyNE, Ind, Juno 2s.-Soturdoy
,,,l,,.,,ir.. three excursion trains with S,O0O
nooplc. the employees Of tho Pcnnsyiyani,a
roilyov shops and their families on board
...,.,,j for 2,mo Civ. on the Grand Rap
i5s road 10 spend the day. When near
Eopdallville one Of the trains broke in two
and two shopmen, sam @. Henderson an"
g F.. Miller of this city were thrown rom
th. rIatform and run over and killed
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TWO Will rRonAnLY DIE.
The Result ofa Collision of a Train with a
Zig Toc's.

The Result OF a Collision OF IRAN WIN
Zig iuc'.
DosroN, June 22.-Two moa were prob
ably fatally injured and several others
hurt by % train collidine with heavy
stone at Hogs bridge, Roxbury district
Friday afternoon. The injured aroi John
Burgen. cut about tho head and fractured
skull; Joseph Kollidlno, laborcr, internal
injuries; w. A. Campbell, injured about
the hips; James Toolo and another work
man, slightly injured.
AWKWARD suburban train on the Prov
idcnce division of the consolidated road
was passing % derrick which WAS swing
ing a huge stone into tho new roadbed
The men at the derrick were too late tc
prevent the train hitting the stone, which
was pushed against the embanEmcnt'
Knocking down six workmen and thei
swinging into the passenger coach. Ih'
car was dam1g,l but no one in it was
injured
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rcnnh,l,an CnlIer. Lcagnc.

ST. Louis. june % Tbs senatorial
committee OF The American Republican
COLLEGE league Of the United States held a
nicotine to arrange for the coming cam
nairp The lelgue hiss q membership Of
about 20 s0Oooccilcgc mon scnttegod through
ont the country. aud its purpose is t.
educate The people in Rcpui hcinifm
Tbe lcir-ne orranissa hy cleccing s. -.
perlins of Tarona. Wash, chgirmnn
and the latter appointed E. J. Henning o.
Madison. Wis. chairman of The speaiing
committees and i. NJ pcrkins of Boston
clafrfnuD of Huanpc.
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GAlrsnuRG, HIS, June 22.-Enginoor
Geddings of the fast mail on the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy was found dead
by his fireman while the train was cross
mo the bridge at Burlington. His head
was crushed. supposedly by a mail crane
so,,a where bctwccn Monmouth and tho
Rprlinpton bridge The high rate OK
srcod .f the train going over the bridge
sttr.ctrd rhe fremans attention TO the
dead engineer He leaves VIE ana Two
.hf1lTau
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P,qrspr'.G. June 43.-Iho east-bound
Atlantic express on the PennsyNanl"
railway ran into freight wreck, near
walls station. sixteen miles east OF here
c1rlv saturday morning, derailing the Two
enripcs. two express cars, combination
car and one sleeper. Engineer Mcintyre
yyas badly brliscd by jumping, but mono
Of the Messengers were injured. Inc e4-
nrrss was delayed sometime by The WrecN'
bpt later left for the east.
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invited iu-at Iatdcle a.ion WAS head
cI br Cornelius N Bliss president of tho
American Protective Tariff LEAGUE; Cen
eral Horace Porter, president oi the Union
league: GeueH Anaon NcCook, Colonel
R. G.. Crusr Colonel Horny ". Petty
man of Governor Bushncli's s&if; Sena-
t,r james R GlrGcld Of Ohio, senator
Frank d Pa1cy of New York, Roger /.
I,ewisnn3 Robert Miller. cX-m2mb'rs OF
the Nev Yprl asscmhlj; William brook
field ard Andrew Jacobs members-oi the
state co.rnituce in No, York.
what Cornelius Bliss Says.
Among other New Yor6crs who were OF
the partv were Henry G. Robinson, Wlll-
INN $ Btc-, Thomas IT, Eagan, BenJa-
min Opp pnhcimor William Hencker,
John G. Graham, Andrew Peddi' Thomas
Humphrey. l. E. Nj, McAiullen, Montague
Tcssler. 4. H. AIcOowan and Lloyd Coils.
Cornelius Bliss said th1t New York would
undoubtedly be solid and enthusiastic for
Mckinley though 1t WIS ccrttin that none
Of the candidates mentioned FOR the wee
presidency in the Empire state could pos
sibly have carried the united party
strength. A gentleman nclr by reierrcl
Mr.. Bliss To MIR. Mnholland address II
uressuting Warner Miller to- the gather
| inc I'm front Of McKinlcy's homo Friday
nirht. and speaking OF him as the mex
| q lvern1r of New York Mr.. Bliss sald h
/ thought thar was "a matter too early 10
| consideration at this time.
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ToRoNro, June - Hon. Johh n,'v,y I''
pol,,pson. ex-licuIenant governor oil ON
- dronpcd dead while on the PLATFORM
.ot tho Massey Music h'lli ri..l.;S,,'t..ll i.'.'S III"
I'm attendance ON p5llli,'l ii'ess'''s 80 4,
by Sir Charles TuppeA hoOinS0n "'''
years of age.
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LITTLE FAILS, y. y, June se--ecorg'
nnman died saturday, making the
twelfth victim Of the stcim yacht boiler
exnloslon on Thursday lt Is repor,,s.u
tbat stroup and Caster viii also d'e.
Tirht funerals were held saturday ali
b,,sincss and work being suspended the
CITY NJ IN mnurnInE.
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of duty and I'm saying what they do 70
members OF the Peoples party and all
other good citizens, who, apprehendins
the approach Of "a momentous crisis IN our
Couniry's lfo, arc willing TO avert it by
acts OF exalted patriotism.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-06-22

Rr1uwAyo. juno 2s.-The revolt Of the
natives In the Umtali district Of Matabcle'
hand IS Of the most serious nature Inc
h,iies of forty whites have already bccn
discovered. and patrols have been sent to
warn the settlers. who have been ordered
a. Tho lsssar no Fort salisbury, which u
its,lf i'm considerable danger.
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p,.ohe,', SON Acquitted.

NEW YORK, June % The jury in the
case Of Henry Is. Bcecher, who was
charged with forging the name OF F. >.
Bond. vice president Of the Chicago, NH
Naukec and 1t. Paul Railway company
rendered verdict of not guilty. beecher
a. "A son of the late Henry Ward beecher.
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PoRTIANn, Me, June 22.-Hon. Thomas
j. Reed will be rendered a denomination
% congress by tho First district, and 1t Is
announced that he has consented to stand,
as he greatly desires TO be a member of the
FIFTY fifth cOnvrcss
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promA. June Tho scvcnteenth an
nnol convention of The Building Associa
ton I.eague oi Illinois ended friday even
iar. R0cA River beirg seiec'ed as the heA'
place of ineetlnF G. T. fenheia Oh is''c
ford was re-clcc.cd president ana - -
Nasen oi QAincy secrctary'
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THe DEATH RECORD.

POTTER HART. wealthy Chicago lumber
dealer, at Colorado Springs, Colo.
John KINKADE, veteran OF the Mexican
war, at Galcna, Ills.
GEORGE 5. CIARKsoS pioneer citizen OF
Eluin. Ills
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NEW ORiEANs. june 2..-iho Alt'''s
,,, ,lnnt. lust across th5 river Wis oe
siroycd by Gre saturday a.ie,no'n .,, i..,' a..
cstInred az $4,000 The plant Wli' 'i''
tc4une f0r some Tine.
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ReApyoRp. juno % Fire Fridpy n' w
a.,-,roved half the block OF frim ''.'
ue,.' ,'l... s,,,n e3 to us Nan fcei, cniilns :
10 ~ af s1s0J0; insurance l-''""
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A Silver Question

you were genuine dollar or den
would
yourself be
shove youa eaden dollar Tor 90 cents
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last Suit Chance.
The are aeeting going days The wise will
suit in OUR stock selling low
100 Suits Made to Order

Yov are the goods S2
Dobe line
shoes Everything for boys and children cheap.
NJ. GittIer'S Bargain Store.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-06-24

ord Judge Jas. McCabe, whose en-.
thusiasm for silver is not very slron,
The platform was prepared by com.
ml tee with Governor Matthews at it-
he' d. The convention first listened in
prayer. AS soon as the roll call was
finished the report of the organization
committee came in.
The financial plank reads we
maintain the time-honored democratic
principle of bimetalism aud demand the
immediate and independent restora.
ton of silver by the free and unlimited
coinage of both gold and silver as pri-
mary money at the ratio of rs to /.
without awaiting the action or consent
OF any other nation; such coinage to be
full legal tender for all debts public
and private" The platform declares
in favor Of the present tariff law. en-.
dorses Gov. Matthews for the presiden-
tial nomination; declares strongly in
favor of the independence OF Cuba, and
demands the election Of United States
Senators by popular vote; fayors organ
lied labor and condemns the action of
the L. S. Senate in passing an act pro-
viding for trial by jury in cases of alleged
contempt; fsvors arbitration in labor
disputes; upholds the granting of pen
sions to widows and children OF de
ceased soldiers; endorses the course of
Senators Voorhees, and Turpie, and
sympathizes with the former in his Ill
ness.