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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-11

but it is likely to go hard with him as
the court records of Waterville and
kennebec county have much to say
about this young man, now only Is
years of age. Since 1892, he has served
his time in Kennebec Jail and also at
Auburn. The records show a number
of cases of thievery, larceny, and break
ing and entering
After the break last October, on the
TOgtS road. Lessor went to Boston. He
stayed there a few days, and returned
TO Augusta. He was arrested here by
Marshal Morse and held to the present
session of the court. Lessor, a few
days previous to the breaking and en-
tering on the Togus road, had hired a
horse and carriage in Waterville. say
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-11

claimed, are perforce too local Their in
quiry and prosecution. conscientious as il
may be. is often too much Handicapped
by OTHER duties. it is urged. ana the in
cendiaries get away unpublished. Accord
inSly those who favor the project say /,
ire marshal could do much to investigate
the causes of fires. and run down in
cendiarles. and in support Of this say the
Office has been successful in other states
Inc following new corporation filed
papers at the secretary of States Office
Thursday:
The Boston Cycle Supply Co, organized
at Berwick for the purpose of acquiring
me inventions relating to bicycle saddles
etc. with $4,000 capital stock, OF which
$4o Is paid in. The officers are: Presi-
dent james A. Morse of Newton, Mass :;
treasurer. Charles u. Nichols of Boston.
Mass.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-11

tence for breaking ind entering, but
this is not the extent of his transgres-
sion, according to the article given be-
low.
Johnny and Willie Chamberlain, also
of Oakland. received sentences of four
and ] years, respectively, as being con-
nected with the breaking and entering
with Billedeau.
Johnny is the elder, and claims to be
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-11

an every day -out n-the-street Hello
f,.,,, habipd the iron CRATE. He was
dressed. as is his wont with extreme
neatness. He had on white "boiied
sh;,+ and collar. stiff and shiny, with
n neat little string tie. He looked as IL
be were getting ready to go to a dance
somewhere. and was not bad looking
by a good deal.
Fred Billedeau of Oakland, the al
,aoad co,,nterteiter, is at the Jail, full
e,;volitv that may wear off, after
six wears stay at Thomaston. He ex-
meets to go to the State prison. the lat
a.,.t If this week. He got his SEN
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-11

20. He is a sturdy, Sharp-eyed looking
fellow, and seems to care little because
he is to serve out four years. When
asked if he did not dis4Ke to think of
it, he tartly replied that for that time,
he'd be ready To stand on his head, if
necessary.
Willie, the younger. looks less ac-
complished than his brother. but ap-
pears To have been ready to learn
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-11

The best salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises. Sores, Ulcers. Salt Rheum, Fever
Sores, letter. Chapped Hands, Chilblains
Corns. and all Skin Eruptions. and pos
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction
or money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box. For sale by Chas. X. Partridge.
aug Il. .form.t
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-11

At The Bath court house the other day.
there WAS a pleasant reunion of three
colonies OF the 18th Maine Regiment,
which went out from that city. AT the
present time they are all engaged in law
practice: Col. J. w. Spaulding of Boston.
Col; W. II. Fogier of RockIand, ana Gen.
+. ID. Sewall of Bath
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-12-11

Lovers of sauer kraut will find Il
fresh supply at f.. w. Church. 1t is
made by Harlow Hall: many Will re-
member it, last fall as being extra
good
Willmar tribune., 1896-02-11

wheat at a Still further advanced
price to pay the debt. Thus,
year after year, though my fields
teemed with corn in abundance,
+ would be forced to plaster fresh
mortgages upon mortgages on
my farm until the mortgages
amounted to more than the value
thereof. Where would my credit
be then? J@= 4. n.
Now, this is exactly what our
government is doing to-day. We
are issuing bond utting a
mortgage upon this country to
buy gold to pay q debt when we
have the option Of aging that
debt il silver. This policy was
inaugurated by the Repub blican
party not only Witho out shad doWof
law, but il defian ce Of law. The
Dem cratic part denounce ed this
policy and denounced its justly,
and promise ed the people to put
q stop to i. The Demo ratio par
ty came into power, but it has
adopted the Repu blican policy.
which leads TO ankrup j and
mi a Both old arties have
betrayed their trusts to the
Amer oeopl rhey stand
osday hand u hand nl ortgagingI
the pro pert y and liberty this
country away toifforeii gam blers.
Ind lind 4 8 DO
Willmar tribune., 1896-02-11

Some of our fanatical republican
contemporaries are making great tado
over the fact that Ex-Congressman
Boen: while shaking hands with a
militia captain, had the audacity to
say that he was glad to meet him as
citizen but that he did not admire the
military. OF course, it was altogether
too bad on the part of Mr.. Boen.
And we are real sorry for the Captain.
And we almost agree with the above
mentioned class of papers, that Mr..
Boen's sin is heinous one, and de-
serves more blame, than if he had
been Republican State Treasurer
and run away with a quarter million
dollars. AS these papers can find no
thieves, embezzlers, nor immoral chief
justices among the populist leaders,
to Offset the army of such in the old
parties, they must make mountain
out of mole by parading before the
public the fact that a Populist Ex-
Congressman failed tc lick the boots
of a militia captain. O tempora, O
mores! CT.
Willmar tribune., 1896-02-11
BIRCH IN A FIX.

The gyrations and spasmodic
evolutions of this man Birch is
something uniq lein the heuniverse.
With a modicum OF intellect, any
amount Of cunning and trickery
and no moral principles, he is
capable Of deeds, dark and das-
tardly, beyond the comprehen-
sionsof ordinary mortals. We
bave let him alone, because one
cannot touch dirt without getting
some on ones fingers. Sill the
noisome smell of the manure heap
gets so near that a little attention
to abate the nuisance is necessa-
ry. We simply refer to Birch
now because he is working Il new
racket on us in the last issue of
the Argus. For over a year the
Argus has spouted mud at us in
every issue, we believe, but one.
Lies, the most foul and diabolical,
have been circulated about to in
jure our character, business and
reputation. Had we been thus
assailed 20 years ago there would
no doubt been before this d dead
Argus Editor or a dead doctor.
But with growing age we have
learned moderation, and in spite
of themachinations of Mr.. Birch
we are still living and doing bus
mess better than ever. Now,
Chas. A. Birch is getting desper-
ate. He knows he is whipped by
the W1LLMAR TRIBUNE. His in
fuence is gone. for few read the
Argus, and not one out of d hnnd-
red that do read it believes one
word of what it says, Birch
knows this as we'll as anybody.
What can he do next? He had
only one card left and he played
thai last week. He claims that
the doctor has topped, cover to
the Republican column again. "
See? He thinks he can discredit
us among the poPulists! Poor
miserable wreck<of what might
have been one OF the foremost
men Of this part Of the state, had
he had some average decent man
hood about hinn Poor Birch!
He has proven false to every
friend he ever had. Every man
in the county knows his duplicity.
And now he thinks he can lie as
down among our friends
Il
Willmar tribune., 1896-02-11

MN nlng can t disguise or deny. They
may organize immigration bu-
reaus to boom things as much as
they like, the steady and continu-
Gus depreciation Of farm proper
ty will continue as long as the
single standard of gold prevails,
or as long as contraction, of the
money volume continues. #
Thus it is that the money ques-
tion is, and has become a sectional
question. We can understand
how the political representatives
from the East and the great cities
are for the present money stand
ard But we cannot understand
how an intelligent and honest re-
preventative of the South and
West can be for it. We predict
that in the near future there will
be Mason's and Dixon s line as
clearly drawn, and as bitterly
distinctive in politics as before
the late war. We may deplore it,
but it cannot be averted now.
1'he East will not compromise
now, any more than the slave
power would before the war. The
West and South have no course
left but to com bine to save itself
from utter industrial ruin. The
East have been the aggressor. 1t
stabbed the West and South in
the back in 1878. The West and
South lies bleeding and disabled
from the effect of it. But it is
finally getting to it's senses and
who knows but the dying giant
may in the end rise and success
fully fight it's foe.
Let our eastern fellow citizens
and their symphatizers be aware
and duly careful of the contest
they are forcing on this country
Omlnous sounds are heard from
the fiery South. Their blood is
hot, and their courage to dare
and do, equal to their temper
Should the South unite, which is
very probable, to force settle
meet Of the money question a con
flict might be precipitated tha
might shake this nation from
centre to circumference.
G.. +.
Willmar tribune., 1896-02-11

made it go We have however
several hundred original sub
scribers that have not paid the
dollar they promised us before
we started the paper, We ask
such to remit US at once, and also
if possible renew in advance for
the coming year. And we ask
now again our friends every
where to give us a helping hand
by getting renewals of subscrip-
tions and also new subscribers.
W1LLMAR TRIBUNE ought to be
in every house during the com
ing year. We set up as much
type, and often more, as any of
the larger papers in the country
and the original matter exceeds
any of them. Our county news
service are we eve'unrivalled.
Put it into every household in the
county. You can do that and
you ought to do that. W1LLMAR
TRIBUNE stands up for the inter
est Of the common people. It is
cranky on something's of course
but it takes crank to turn the
world, to turn scalawags down,
and good men up. <WmLMAR
TRIBUNE is independent, liberal
to the views of any honest man
no matter how much it may differ
from the editors ideas, and with
al reasonable. Itadvocates what
is practical and possible realizing
that any act or measure under
our system of government m ust
always be more or less of COM
promise between the various and
contrary interests of the different
sections of the country. Push
WILLMAR TRIBUNE.
Willmar tribune., 1896-02-11
THE MONEY QUESTION AS A
SECTIONAL ISSUE.

The money question is as much
a sectional issue in the country
as the slavery question was be.
fore the war, A moments redec,
tion will show this. The
single gold standard has it's solid
stronghold in New England, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
and the big manufacturing and
comm ercial cities further west.
Now it is well known that this
section has grad ually during the
lastquarter of a century aban-
doned agriculture as leading in,
|dustry, and substituted manu-
faalctplring and commerce. The
farms Of New England and New
y ork even some of the richest
SECTIONS suoh as the Gennessee
vail are lying. ID leand fine farm
houses and barns and plan t;ltions
are standing y uln1fenantted / e Just
81 afft eft the war agricnl tire was Sill
the lending industry throughout
.t'E this section, but as the profits Of
farmingg began to grow less. dur
ing the seVen ties, the wide awake
farmer boy left the fa,: tns so1ne
to the height ng cities 80 en-
gage il the ore renumeratiYe
2oecup upations of anu fac cture and
commerce, and erest of them
forIhe richer viii gln soil of the
ives
Nh !. I'M 1.g =, ,e . .
Willmar tribune., 1896-02-11

That cursed land, South Dakota,
has another scandal on its hands.
this time it is the chief justice of the
supreme court that is in trouble.
This supposed preserver of law and
order in the state has been found to be
without decency and morality himself
so much SO as to necessitate his re-
moval frem office. What next?
c.
Willmar tribune., 1896-02-11
PUSH The CUL.ATIoN OF'
" Mar TRIBUNE

IlL.LMAR TR1BUNE IS now soon
ct age, that Is Isl one year old, and
zhencefo for legal newspaper.
We thar our friends that have
stood byus SO nobly during 8 the
past. year I'M IS have been un.
usual hard nl one y very scarce
but not Nithstead ing this 10 haye
Willmar tribune., 1896-02-11

create an ind ucement for men to
lengagein usiness and pros ecute
enterprise for the prod uctiion Of
.commod dities, we would have
some ething to sell with which to.
buy gold
. Mexico has no q difhcult in buy y-
ing gold to pay interest on her
obligations, because she has
plenty Of moneys at home to stimu-
late enterprises open her mines,
start manufactures, and work
her cotton and sugar plantations.
All this makes it possible for
Mexico to buy gold and meet her
gold obligations. India had no
difficulty in buying gold to meet
her gold obligations while her
mints were open to silver; but as
soon as the coinage of silver was
suspended in India, India was
compelled to borrow gold to pay
gold obligations just as we are.
Japan finds no difficulty in obtain
ing all the gold she needs to pay
her, gold obligations, because she
has plenty Of money with which
to produce, and her people are at
work and her exports are in
creasing daily. She is not>em bar
rassed, and why would the Un-
tied States be embarrassed un-
der like circumstances.
Viewed in any conceivable
light, your banker friend is all
wrong, and when free coinage
shall have been established he
will acknowledge it. 1t is i'm
possible for your banker friend
to give you any encouragement
of a better condition of things on
the gold standard, because a bet
ter condition Of things is lmpos-
sible while prices are falling.
The amount of commodities We
will have to ship to buy gold will
grow less and the money that we
will receive will be less and less
while our original obligations
will be nominally the same, and
the principal and interest coun,
ted together each year are eating
up the substance of the country.
The increase of our annual debt
to Europe is not less than two
hundred and fifty or three hun
dred millions a year. We GER
tainly cannot pay our gold
obligations now. We can be in no
worse conditions with free-coin
age and inasmuch as every free
coinage country is able to pay
it's gold obligations, there is no
reason why the United States
cannot do the same with the
same advantages.
Tell your banker friend that
unless he is one of the great
syndicate which manipulates
the finances of the world and robs
mankind, he, too, will lose mon
ey, and will probably be ruined
by the gold standard, If he is
really doing q banking business
his prosperity depends upon the
prosperity of the community.
and the little bankers all over the
country are fast dying of dry rot,
and they must die as the business
community is destroyed. ! know
no set of fools so foolish as local
country bankers who side with
the English creditors against the
American people and destroy the
prosperity of<their own country
upon which Il heir profits depend.
I think if you make these sug.
gestions tooyoq1trl banker friend, he
may do some thinking:
Yours very truly:
WILLIAM NJ. STEWART.
THE MONEY QUESTION AS A
Willmar tribune., 1896-02-11
JOHN r. NELSON, ESQ.

| DEAR SIR: Your favor of the
Goth instant is received. In an
swer thereto will say that all
contracts are made with a
view of the sovereign power of
the government :'to coin money
and regulate the value thereof, -
and the states are denied the
right to make anything a legal
tender except gold and silver.
Gold and silver are the money of
the Constitution, and it is the
duty of the government to coin
them. Every man that makes a
contract makes it in view of this
constitutional duty. Consequent
tly the remonetization of silver
does not violate the obligation of
contracts.
The demonetization of silver
raises quite another question.
Both gold and silver are the
money of the Constitution which
it is the duty of the government
to coin, and contracts were made
with a view of that duty: The
refusal to coin silver was certain
ly a failure of duty on the part Of
the government, but 7 know of
no legal remedy for the crime of
1873, and all that the friends of
silver now ask is that the money
of the Constitution be restored.
AS to the payment of debts
where the debtor promised to
pay guid, the banker is entirely
wrong. He would have less
difficulty in obtaining gold than
he does now il silver were re-
monetized. If the RECOMMENDATION
of silver restored the parity of
the two metals, the debtor GER
tainly would not be EN- barrassed,
| because money would. be more
Iplentiful, and it would be- easier
for him to pay his debts; that is,
he would get more for his prop
erty, and it would cost him less
to get the number of dollars
which his contract calls for.
! But suppose gold should go to a
premium and should be with
drawn from circulation in the
! United States, it would certainly
4 go to Europe where the gold
standard is maintained. That
would make gold plentiful in
Europe, which IS the very thing
the people of the United States
want. The only way we have of
obtaining gold, except the little
we mine, is by the sale Of our
products in Europe. # five or
six hundred million Of our gold
should go to Europe, it would be
another California and Australia
/ to that country: Gold prices
would SO UP, and instead Of get
ting 50 cents q bushel for wheat,
we would get Is cents or ST ID
gold in Europe. IF the United
! States would get out Of the mar.
ket and stop bullingg gold, gold
would go down; in other words, it
would become cheap and prices
would go 4 is the COM
1petition for gold which raises its
I,price, the same as it, does OF any
Iother artic cle, and the United
States isIthe stronge chaser
Of gold ia the world the I'm
lited States Would stop ying.
gold there would be some chance
for poor de ebtors to buy gold with.
their wheat and COTTON and other
exports and relieve themselves
lfron their oblig alton Besides.
lliif We could set ssilv ver enough to
1lals sig = = / tl1ily IS ltr = sasll
Willmar tribune., 1896-02-11

depend almost entirely on manu-
featuring and commerce. It's.
surplus capital that could not Be
invested ~ in manufacturing was.
sentWest and put out at interest
on Westernfarms. Ithas in fact
become q second England It's
interests are similar to old Eng
land. It will thus be evident that
It is for their interest. to have
G Gear ;a7t. money, money Of high pur-
chasing t: power, the. higher the
better; hence they are in favor
OF the single gold standard. The
pernicious influence of dear
money is chiefly felt on the stable
products Of agriculture. Such
products because of their volume
and world wide production are
not subject to trust comb bv
theproducers to maintain prices.
Manufactured products on the
other hand, by virtue of tariff
duties, and com bination of vast
capital, can. and do form trusts
that control production. and reg
uiateprices On their goods in spite
OF d contracted money volume.
Thus it is, that not with standing
the contracted money volume i'm
piled in the gold standard, the
man ufaclurers down east by
help Of the tariff and trusts are
able to maintain prices for their
products. Another fact. Under
the gold standard scarce money
industry in general is crippled,
and laboring men out of work.
Now this is in some sense d bene-
ut to the manufacturer. For
under such a condition wages go
down. The latter can thus manu-
facture cheaper, 9 and still main.
tain his price to the consumer by
his trust machinery. Hence it
is no wonder that the East is in
favor Of the gold standard. It
would be contrary to human ma
ture if it were not. And the
West need not waste any wind in
trying to convert the East to the
bimetalic standard. To be sure
the common people-the poor on
farm Or in factory-are not bene.
fitted, but they cut no figure in
shaping the policy of the political
leaders, not any more than the
poor whites figured in shaping
the policy Of the south before the
war.
What we have said about the
East, applies to greater or less
extent to every big commercial
and manufacturing city farther
west. - And for precisely the
same reasons. Hence we may
count for the gold standard the
section above named and also ou1
large cities in general.
Now directly opposed in inter
ests to the East and to the cities
stands the whole south and west
the agricultural section of the
country. The farmers, As pei
cent Of the population, are direct
ly and disastrously affected by
dear and scarce money. They
are the great and bona fde debt
or class in the country. The city
corporate Indebtedness is to {
great extent watered speculations
and membranes that never hac
any real value behind them. II
the inevitable crises such air cas-
ties vanish into nothing, for i
was simply inflated nothingness
But the i'm mproved land, the farm
| the real wealth Of brain anC
Drawn remain, and on that is
thrown the burden of the whole
| fabric Of society. When a crisis
comes the manufacturer and the
com mercial house gathers in the
cash in sight, makes an assign
ment, and lays low until anothe,
wave of imitation starts in. Ru1
the farmer cannot assign without