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Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10
A JAPAN EAR THQUAKE.

One Town Entirely Destroyed and Several
Damaged.
YOKOHAMA, Sept 4-Much alarm is
felt here over meager report of a
great earthquake which occurred in
the northeast provinces of the main
island of Japan on Monday evening,
The town of Rulsogo has been en-
tirely destroyed, and several other
towns severely damaged.
The provinces visited by the earth
quake are the same as those devas-
tated by the terrible earthquake and
tidal wave of June 10 last, when a
large number of towns were wiped
out and the estimated loss of life
was $4,000.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10

PITTsBURG, Pa, Sept. 3.-The Edgar
Thomson steel works OF Carnegie
closed down indefinitely last nigh.
The action was a general surprise.
All the carpenters and day men have
been laid off.abut the furnance depart
ment is still in operation. At least
$500 men are thrown out of work.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10
A MISSOURI LYNCHING.
Tramp Strung Up at RhInoland for As
sauItlng . Little Girl

RHNELAND, Mo-, Sept. 5.-LaS /
night at 10 o'clock an angry mob OF
masked men assembled in front Of the
Rhineland hotel, prepared to lynch
Thomas Larkin, tramp giving his
residence as New York, who brutally
assaulted little ALA Cannon II years
of age. Admittance was refused by
the guards. The mob broke down the
door and brought out Larkin. He
begged and prayed for them to spare
him, but this only made them more
enraged, and they took him to tree
near town and swung him up, where
they left him for the coroner to hol0
an inquest
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10

NEPoNsET, Ill, Sept. 3.-The bodies
Of Lou Wilson, a farmer, Mrs Will
son, his wife, and a 4-year-old SON
were found on their farm last night.
All had been shot through the temple
and Wilson still held revolver in his
hand. No cause for the tragedy Il
known
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10
Forest Fires in Texas.

CoLMEsNEIL, Texas, Sept For a
fortnight past forest fires have been
raging in this and adjoining counties.
The air has been dense with heavy
smoke. The young growing tim Der
has been totally destroyed and great
damage is reported.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10
Crime. Too Cheap to SEN.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, Sept. 7. The
grape growers of Northern Ohio are
afflicted with a big crop The vines
are black with the fruit, which is sell
ing at FIVE cents q basket of ten
pounds in the vineyards. There is no
profit in such price.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10
Suicide of a Prominent 81. Joseph Man

Suicide OF a Prominent st. Joseph Man.
ST. JOSEPH, Mo-, Sept. 4-Daniel
Mcdonald, president of the local Y.
NJ G. A. and member of the whole-
sale firm of Kemper, Hundley &c Nc
Donald, committed suicide this morn
ing by shooting himself through the
head with revolver. The deed vas
committed at his home OH Buchanan
avenue soon after he had eaten break
fast Financial loss is the only cause
known. for the suicide.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10
Mr.. Nat ooodnIn FIrhts Back.

NEW YORK, Sept Mrs. Nat c.
Goodwin, who has been separated
from her husband for FIVE years and
who was recently sued for divorce,
has fled q countersuit for divorce and
will fight the action against her.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10
Civil Marriage Bill Passed.

LIMA, Peru, Sept. 5.-The Senate
has passed the marriage bill
which legalizes civil weddings
when the contracting parties have not
hitherto been married under the Cath.
Ollie religious ritual
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10
Wind, Hall and Lightning About Perry.

PERRY, okla, Sept. "A severe
wind and hail storm visited the north
ern part of the county yesterday. A
number of farm houses were blown
down, and it is reported that one
home at Mckinney was demolished
and several persons hurt. lightning
struck Joseph Kibbe's house, but the
family were in storm cave and es-
capped injury.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10

JoHNsTowE, Pa, Sept 7-Practical.
ly every department Of the Cambria
IRON works shut down Saturday night
for an indefinite period, throwing at
least 2, 900 men out of employment.
Lack of orders is given as the cause of
the suspension.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10
Pittsburr, Kan, Miner. Strike

PrTTsBURG, Kan, Sept 8. - The
miners at Wear Coal Company's Shaft
No. have all come out in sympathy
with the drivers. They demand that
all the striking drivers be reinstated
at 5? per day, which superintendent
Kirkwood fatty refuses to agree to.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10

New York, Sept. Annie Living
ston, for years the common law wife
of John L. Sullivan, died at Bellevue
hospital on Saturday night of heart
failure, and her body was taken to
morgue
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10
Prof. JAY of St. Johns SCHOOL Dead

SALIVA, Kan, Sept 5.-Prof. Wal
ter NJ. Jay, head master of st. Johns
military school, died this morning Of
brain fever, after n three weeks ILL
ness, at the age Of 80.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10
Armour and Pullman Go In.

CHICAGO, sept. THE management
of the New York Biscnit Company
was reorganized Yesterday, George
M. Pullman and Phil Armour were
elected directors
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10
Cochran Going to Omaha.

OMAHA, Neb., Sept 7.-Bourke
Cochran has wired accepting the in
vitatlpn of Nebraska gold standard
men to speak in Nebraska.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10
Electoral Fu,Ion In MI.,ouri

ST. LOUIS, Mo, Sept. 1T is said
that the Populists are to be given four
electors on the Missouri Democratic
ticket but that there will be no fusion
ON State or congressional candidates
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10
Senator voorhees, Very Ill

TERRE HAUTE, Ind, Sept Sen
ator Voorhees, is very i'll and failing so
rapidly that his friends fear he will be
unable to take part in the campaign.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10
Died at the Age of 1O7.

CHn.LECoTHE, Mo-, Sept Mrs.
Rachael Rhimehart, who resided near
Wheeling, Livingston county, died
last night at the advanced age of lo1
years
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-10
G. A. R. COMMANDER.
MAJOR T. S. CLARKSON OF
OMAHA THE MAN.

Chosen by AeolamatiOn at the St Paul
Encampment-All the other CandI-
dates Withdrew of tho Encamp-
ment-WOmen's Relief Corps
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30
NEEDS A

Only last week we congratulated the
Charlotte Observer for standing by the
administration and calling things black
when they are white, Or vice versa.
We did this Notwithstanding the we'll
known fact that the editor of that pa
per has changed his financial views
several times during the past few years
But the Observer, Democratic like,
had to go ard spoil it all. On the 21st
it said:
The Wadesboro Messenger Intelli-
gencer says that in view of the recent
prediction in this paper that n o free
silver coinage law will ever be adopted
in this country, it was somewhat sur
prised" 10 see, Tuesday, an expression
of our belief that IF the elections were
held to morrow free silver would sweep
the country" Yes, sir; that is a rather
curious way we have. If, upon a show
ing Of facts, we see what warrants a
change Of an opinion, we change it.
We are not here to hold doggedly. in
the face of proofs, to preconceived
ideas, but to tell the truth as we see it.
We said in the editorial from which
contemporary quotes that q re &C
ton may come. If il does, and we hay e
occasion to change our opinion again
and get back to the original position.
we will do so and tell the people about
it."
Now we see that the goldites who
put up money to establish the Obser-
yer will be bound to add another item
Of expense. They want to put an edi,
torial turntable in the office so the edi-
tor a &C Just himself to suit all
changes. IG need not be as large, or as
heavy as the turntables used by rail
roads at terminal points, but it should
be strong enough to hold up a ton at
least. If this is done, the Observer will
have the most complete newspaper of.
flee of the size in the country, and it's
readers may reasonably expect at least
two OF three changes every day.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30
AN OBJECT LESSON.

Moses Cone, the smart Alex, and a
member of the paid trust, has some
thing to do with the finishing mills at
Greensboro. He is a great unwashed
goldbug. The other day he brought
down q thous and Mexican dollarsfrOm
Baltimore, the great big dollars that
contain more silver than our American
dollar, but which, owing to adverse
legislation, are only worth but a little
over so cents as u money is reckoned.
He paid off the hands employed in the
mills the other Saturday with MEXICAN
dollars to furnish them an Gators; Io@
u1r1v- mavo- T"nU Tr-TN''
son in finance"
The funny part Of it is that the hands
were we'll pleased with the lesson He
paid them two dollars for each dollar
due them, and they spent them like hot
cakes, some passing each dollar for 100
cents, thereby doubling their wagesfo
the week. Now the joke is on Moses
Gone. The next time he furnishes an
object lesson he will use a black board
or something of that sort. The mill
hands tre ~beseeching him to pay them
in Mexican dollars every Saturday, but
Moses he's not fully decided to carry on
his financial school any longer. He
has learned that North Carolina folks
are not all fools, and that they will use
anything for a dollar that has a gov
eminent stamp on it and contains the
lawful amount of silver. Mr.. Cone will
confer O favor by bringing down a few
car loads of these silver dollars from
yoldbugdom. We need 'em awful
badly.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30
BUT YOU DIDN'T CARRY NECK.
LEEBURG.

In the counties of CASTOR, Lincoln,
Cabarrus, Burke and Iredell, in this
State, where there are sound money
weekly papers like the G. Astonia Ga
zette, Lincoln Democrat, Concord
Times and Standard, Morganton Her
aid and S~tatesvitIe Landmark, there is
a pronounced sentiment in favor of
sound money, and it was in evidence
in the Democratic conventions recently
held in these five counties Charlotte
Observer.
That is so, but what about Mecklen,
burg3 Tne Observer is published in
that county, and it contains the largest
city of any of them, and yet the o.
server didn't preserve sound money
worth a cent. Probably our contem-
por0ry was in the act of changing
it's views just as the conventions met,
and the folks not knowing what to do,
got lost in the eh' fl.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30

gentlemen spoke without authority
from the Populist party, and l do not
believe the party will sustain them.
They had not conferred with the
party and had been given no commits
sion to speak for it. Personally 1 have
a high regard for Mr.. Teller, but I have
no idea that the old party spirit of the
Democratic organiz Ition will be so far
relaxed as to bring about his nomina-
ton.
"And in any event I do not think ex-
listing conditions warrant POpullst in
dorsement of the Democratic presiden.
tial ticket, even though the nominee is
for free silver and the platform con-
tains q positive free silver declaration.
l regard the integrity and perpetuity
Of the Populist party as essential to
carrying out the plan of reforms we
have espoused.
The money question is but one of
these. While the Democratic conven-
ton doubtless will be for free silver,
vet it will not be e. pressive of those
other great questions of land tenure
and of labor which the Populist party
regards as vital. 1 had hoped that
there might be some amalgamation of
Democrats, Populists, silver men and
all others in a new declaration of prin-
ciples, and, if need be, a new name.
But the time for that has gone bY, and
all that remains is for the Populist
party to maintain its integrity by nom
mating it's own candidates on its own
platform"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30
A

The best and wisest people can be
deceived, but there is 40 excuse for it
when a thing bears the impress of
fraud.
We were told by Democratic papers
and individuals before the convention
that the goldbugs in the party were
to be retired and we'll known, tried and
true men nomina ed for every position.
But what a spectacle! The State con
vention was thoroughly sprinkled with
gold men. True a gold resolution was
voted down by an overwhelming
majority, but it is well known that
~cow~rdice prevented many from voting
their true sentiments. One year ago
the same crowd would have adopted
a gold resolution. Where were ali
these silver men during the past three
years. Not a word Gid they say in de-
Tense of silver. Where were they when
the silver convention was held in this
city last September7 Not more than
twenty five Of them were here.
What did the convention do? DID it
nominate Judge McRae, who had the
manhood to stand by the call he had
signed and act as chairman of the CON
vention9 Did it nominate Capt. Sam
Ashe, who signed the call and stood by
the convention until he saw that the
Democrats did not Gomez No. McRae
was defeated for the nomination for
: Governor and Ashe for Treasurer.
though both had strong backing. Did
it nominate Elk Governor Jarvis or Ed.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30
THEY WOULD HAVE SOUND
MONEY"

s. W. Graves & Co., the leading
mantel manufacturers in the South
Knoxville, Tenn assigned on the l3.h'
Liabilities $40. 900 Sound
The Roanoke Loan, Trust and SAFE
Deposit Company, Roanoke, Va cap
ital $3.50, 900. has assigned. 1t is claimed
that the assets amount to over S69V''
900, and the liabilities a little over $2O0''
900, (soundl but it was impossible 70
realize on securities, which consls'eu
mainly of real estate which has depr8
ciated under a gold standard. OF course
this concern contended that the va!
to make money plentiful was to S'OP
making it.
The German-American Savings BaDS'
Charleston, s G., is in the hands Oh
receiver. Stockholders will get notnlDS
it is said.
The Eagle and p oe ak cotton nDa
at Columbus, Ca, the largest nD'~
the world, went into the hands 0t'%
ceiver on the 18th. Liabilities s. I'1
900. These pnills had been doing 3 sI
cessful business for many years Wv.
year or two of the gold standardFu|'
them.
Cashier A. Brady, of the Loan aD+
Savings Bank, Charlotte, N. C., lSSr .Co
in lis accounts to the tune OF It osg
He is a sound money Republican
has not been seen since he re'u. e.
from the National Convention o. ,be
Louis. Brady attempted to hsIp
Democrats steal Mecklenburg coUD
two years ago.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30

Chambers Smith, No. The only mar
who took part in that convention in
September who got a nomination, was
@. M. Cook, and he was only in the
convention as a kicker and democrat
izer.
Where was Watson, Mason, Aycock,
Furman, Scarborough, Osborne,
Avery and the balance of them all the
while9 Has anybody ever heard OF
them doing anything for the silver
cause? Have they been bold enough
to denounce the administration when
it was destroying the peoples money
and selling bonds to enrich a few in
dividuals?
Then again, if gold men were to be
retired why was it that Col. Paul B.
Means, Fl. A London and other open
and avowed goldites were elec ed on
the Executive Committee, which is
really the party when the party is not
assembled in c~onvention2 All these
thing are unexplained, and cannot be
satisfactorily explained. We wouldn't
give ten cents a thousand for such sill
YER men as the Democratic party has
nominated in N0rth Carolina, to say
nothing of the gold men, it has nom
mated
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30
A TRUE POPULIST.

Senator PETER is not one of your
mandy PANTY greenies ready to be
caught by the Democratic free coinage
saw dust swindle. cleft Washington
for his home a few days ago, and be-
fore leaving, said:
The recent pronunciamento of a few
Populist gentlemen at st. Louis, urging
the Democratic convention to nominate
Mr.. Teller, was, in my judgment, an
impertinence, and it was treacherous,
go far as it attempted to speak for the
the PopLlist party as a whole. These
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30
ALLIANCE EXPERIMENT
STATIONS.

-
We intended to make editorial ref
erence to the article appearing in our
last issue under the above title, but
pressure of other matter prevented.
The plan is an excellent one, and is
we'll worth the serious consideration
of every sub Alliance in the State.
DR.. Battle and his assistants have had
a great deal of practical experience IN
each and every branch of agriculture,
hor .iculture, dairying, and in the man
agement of live stock. Nothing like
practical experience. Then scientific
knowledge is a great advantage. Since
farming is no longer a mere vocation,
but az much a science as any other o
cupation, and since men are being edu-
Gated to become farmers at u Agri-
cultural and Mechanical Colleges, and
are as ca efully trained as if they we've
study ing for the practice Of medicine
or dentistry, all begin to see that there
is something in book farming" True,
uneducated farmers are doing as we'll
and even better than some of the edu-
Gated ones, and the same is true OF mer
chants and manufacturers. But the
progressive farmer of the future will
not SCI if at agricultural education and
information.
When the government first estab-
lished experiment stations it was up
hill work to get people interested, but
there has been a change. The expert
ment stations, with specialists in every
department., have demonstrated their
usefulness beyond a doubt. The expert
ment station with farm, stock, fruit,
poultry, and everything handy, can
devote more study to different diseases
of animals than the average farmer
can, and find the best remedies. They
can make chemical experiments that
our farmers cannot make, yer if they
have studied chemistry, for they have
not got the appliances. A detective is
seldom above the average man in
smartness, but it is his occupation. He
has the time, the patience to run down
criminals, he studies his business.
Same is true of any specialist.
Now if each Sub Alliance will elect
an experimental committee and CO.
operate with the experiment station,
muGh-Xalyahle be
secured. A great deal of valuable ag-
ricultural matter in bulletin form will
be published free of cost and questions
of general interest sent to the expert
ment station will be answered and the
answers published in THE PROGRESSIVE
FARMER Surely all this is worth a
little effort on the part of the farmers
of the State. What Alliance will be
the first to appoint a committee Of n
or more persons and report the fact to
the Experiment Station9
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1896-06-30
N. r. F. a.
EDITORIAL NOTES.

Wonder how much Chairman Tau
beneck is to pay for the Wall street
Democracy, if he succeeds IN buyingit.
The Cuban war is progressing rapid
~. Gen. WeyIer and his 200, 600 men
have driven another newspaper CORE
spondent out of Cuba, Mr.. W. W.G2v;
of the New York World.
Boies wrote the IpGoI" o.o+o 0ono
cratic nIatforrc dlana state Demo
ora'tG plaEsCniM a. Cleveland, Sherman
"@Sehe56hschilds can stand fiat footed
on it. Yet he is the man the free silver
Democrats are booming for Pre- ident.
The GoIdsboro Argus say s it believes
that the silver era } will practically
disappear within a comparatively short
time. If the people depend upon the
Democrats that surmise will prove
correct. The silver itself will also dis
appear.
Mexico is a silver country, and the
people are only half civilized-so say
the ~goldbugs. Statistics show that but
one person in "a, 500 is murdered in
Mexico. In the United States n in
every 1000 dies by the hand of a muir
derer. The ~goldbugs want to start
some other lie.
See notice of Alliance speakings else
where in this paper. County Alliances
should make effort to change date of
county meetings to conform with date
of speaking, but if this can't be done,
be sure and have a good crowd at the
speakings, and hear all about the shoe
factory aud other enterprises.
Boise, of Iowa, is hedging already.
In a recent interview he said: when
the question of what constitutes an
honest dollar reaches the country,
whatever Influence I possess will be
used to maintain the parity of the diff
ferent coins" A John Sherman Grover
Cleveland u~tterancP, as sure as Christ
mas.
Remember this: With a D 9mocratic
President and a majority in both Houses
of Congress-a majority of 148 in all
the Democrats didn't pass a free coin
age bill, though many bills were intro
duced. Now, when they have no hope
of elec6ng a president or q majority of
Congress, some of them are the rankest
free coiners in the country.
What has become of the reform press
of this country7 Will the papers keep
quiet and let Teller and Taubeneck con
tinue their efforts to deliver the reform
voters at the Chicago Convention in
order that all hope of reform may be
~destroyed9 This will be the result.
Those heading that way may not in,
tend anything wrong, but they should
be called to their senses.
Prize fighters, like political parties,
outlive their days of usefulness. Cor.
bett tackled a young sailor by thename
of Sharkey, at San Francisco, lasr
week, and was certain that he could
knock him out in four rounds. But he
didn't. Sharkey kept him busy and
the fight was declared a draw. Cor
bett was not scratched, showing his
superior skill, but with better training
the result would be in doubt.