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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-16
sciatic Rheumatism Cured.

L. Wagner, wholesale druggist. Rich
mond. Va, says: II had fearful
attack Of Sciatic rheumatism, was laid
up almost two months; was fortunate
enough to get Mystic Cure for Rheuma-
tism. This cured me after doctors
prescriptions had failed to have any
effect. have"also heard of fine results
from ethers who have used It." ts
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-16
NEWS IN NOTES,

The funeral of the late Joseph Beav-
ers will take place this afternoon at 9
o'clock. Short services will be con-
Quoted at the house and at $50 O'clock
the remains will be taken to the Simp-
son Methodist Episcopal church. where
a sermon will be preached by Rev. J.
j. Sweet. Interment will be made in
Washburn Street cemetery.
Two West Side churches gave sup
pers last evening, the Simpson Meth
Odist Episcopal and the Scranton Street
Baptist. Both We're served between
the hours of G and s o'clock. Enter
tainments followed.
DR.. J. ]. Carroll, of Jackson street,
has returned from visit at New York
city.
At the Jackson Street Baptist church
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-16
MISSIONARY OFFICERS.

ing the Home Missionary society of the
Simpson Methodist Episcopal church
elected the following officers: Presi-
dent, Mrs G. Moser; vice president,
Mrs. ]. Il. Sweet: second vice president,
Mrs. w. w. Davis: third vice president,
Miss Katie Mason; corresponding sec
retary, Miss Helen Peck: recording
secretary, Miss Augusta Blair; secre-
tary of mothers jewels, Mrs. j. Paff
secretary of local work, Mrs. II. j.
Hughes; collector. Mrs. +. c. Hail.
treasurer Mrs. l.. II. Cooke.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-16

TOP COATS of English Covert Cloth. We
have a special fine assortment of nobby
cut garments, well made and lined as
low as 5000; Others up to $500. This
department Is in charge Of Mr. ID. +. De-
lany, formerly of Messrs. Martin e. De-
lany.
$500 BUYS fine Blue or Black Cheviot
Sack Suit, single or double breasted,
latest cut, properly trimmed and fin
ished, guaranteed absolutely fast color.
better for $40, $l2 and SIS.
SCOTCH TWEED SUITS in Plaids and
Stripes. There is that smart tailor tone
in these suits coupled to all that is re-
fined and correct in tone and the prices
range from $500 to $500.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-16
ROW ENDS IN MURDER.
Partisans Engage in a Fatal Quarrel
at IL Political Meeting.

Cannonton, Ind, Oct. 15.-Ed Bas.
singer shot and killed Emery Miles and
wounded Joel Dixon at Adiville. about
sundown yesterday. Democratic and
Republican meetings were being held
close together and Bassinger was yell
ing for Bryan while Miles and Dixon
were shouting for Mckinley.
This led to row and the shooting
followed. Bassinger is in jail and a
mob threatens him.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-16
CHI US WILL BANQUET.

The Chi Upsilon society of the Wash
burn Street Presbyterian church will
banquet next Tuesday evening in their
room. President 5. Il. York will pre-
side at the prandial exercises. The
list of toasts and speakers are as fol-
lows: "patriotism," Judson Hutchin-
son: "Politics," Herbert Hall; "Our
City" Joseph Burial; our Guests"
Archibald Mears; THE Needs of Our
Society," Turvey Breese; THE Press.
Past, Present. Future" C. ii. Derby;
"Retouching," Theodore Meyers; THE
Present." John Howell,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-16
NOVEL ENTERTAINMENT.

An entertainment and purse social
will be held in the jackson Street Bap-
tist church this evening at o'clock,
under the auspices of the Young Ladies'
Ffdelian society. Each young gentle
man attending will be given a purse
containing number, and every lady
will receive purse containing a dupli-
cate number. After the entertainment
the young man will endeavor to find the
young lady holding the duplicate num-
Der. and having found his partner will
spend pleasant hour together in the
social which will be held in the din
ing room of the church. Cake. lem
onade and coffee will be served free.
Ice cream and candy will be for sale
Two prizes will be awarded to the
couple having purses containing
blanks. The following is the pro-
gramme:
soprano solo ..........Miss Annie Williams
Recitation ......Miss Alice My Williams
selection ............. Columbian Quartctte
Duet .........Mrs. Anna and Katie Griffin
netl'atior .................MisS Allie Jones
i,usn soio '''..................E X. Grifliths
hecitation Miss Nettic Lewis
Ten cents admission will be charged.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-16
New York, ontario and Western.

The following time table will go into ef-
feet on the New York, ontario and West
ern railroad, Sunday, October 4:
Trains leave Scranton for Carbondale at
1856 a. m. and G1O p. m; for Hancock
junction at 10. IS q. m.
Train leaves Hancock Junction for
Scranton at 2.05 p. m.
Trains leave Carbondale for Scranton at
2,A O. m. and 234 y. m.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-16
TO BOYCOTT THE COAL COMBINE.
Business Men of South Dakota Il
Advocate Corn for Fuel.

Sioux City, Ia, Oct. 15.-Among the
business men of Yankton, S. d., an or
ganized effort is being made to boy
colt the hard coal combine throughout
the northwest by inducing as many
consumers as possible to substitute
corn for fuel
1t is proposed to hold convention
at some central point where an Or
ganization can be formed and the boy
colt made complete.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-16
West Side Business Directory.

"est SAuc Dusiucss DTecsoaSs
HARRIET J. DAVIS. FLORIST.-Cut
flowers and funeral designs specially:
104 South Main avenue: two doors from
Jackson street.
SECOND HAND FURNITURE.-Cashf for
anything you have to sell. Furniture.
Stoves, Tools. etc. Call and see the
stock Of J. C. King. 70l to 70s West Lack
awanna avenue.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-16
FLOATING ISLAND ON WIND LAKE.
Hunters Have Sport with Animals
Shut OF from the Mainland.

Middletown. N. Y, Oct. 15.-After n
years anchorage on one side of Mom-
beshe Lake, a floating island contain
ing about two acres became released
and is now floating in. Wind Lake, sit
uated eight miles from this city, near
Monroe.
Hunters are having fine sport with
the foxes and raccoons thus impris-
oned.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-16
SHOT A WOMAN AND HIMSELF.
Gave a Check in Advance for Funeral
Expenses.

Cincinnati, O., Oct. 15.-Late this
evening d. Harry Sollars, aged 25, Of
Cripple Creek, Col, shot and fatally
injured Cleo Russell, Is years of age,
an inmate Of a house of ill-repute. and
then sent a bullet into his own brain.
The crime was caused by drink and
jealousy. Just before shooting the wo-
man SOllars drew check on a Denver
bank for $500, with which to pay the
funeral expenses.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-16
SUFFOCATED IN COTTON.
Singular Fate of a Little Girl Who
Stood on Her Head.

Norfolk, Va, Oct. 15.-Deona, the
S-year-old daughter Of N. E. Sigmon,
of Cline township, was suffocated by
going headforemost into some seed
cotton, in which she and her play
mates had burrowed hole three feet
deep.
The other children deserted the un-
fortunate girl with her heels in the air,
not realizing the danger of her plight.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-16
CLOTHING

We cannot only boast of prices eXtraor-
dinary low, but also for fit, quality, style,
cut and general appearance of every gar
ment. This is an entire new department
and is replete with all that Is new and up
to-date ideas-bought with great care from
manufacturers of repute only, which
gives us the right to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-10-16
Spring House
HEART Lake, SUSQ'A Co.
u.E. CR0FUT, PROPRIETOR.

THIS HOUSE is strictly temperance. .
new and well furnished and OPENED TO
THE PUBLIC THE YEAR ROUND, is
located midway between Binghamton ana
Scranton, on the Montrose and Lacka-
wanna Railroad. six miles from D., l.. q
W. r. r. at Afford Station. and flve miles
from Montrose; capacity eighty-nve.
three minutes walk from railroad station.
House situated 100 feet from the lake.
wide veranda extends the entire length
Of the house. which is 100 feet.
Row Boats, Fishing Tackle, Etc.
Free to Quests.
Altitude about 1000 feet. equalling in this
respect the Adirondack and Catskili
Mountains.
Fine groves. plenty Of shade and beauti.
full scenery. making a Summer Resort ur.
excelled In beauty and cheapness.
Dancing pavilion. swings. croduet
grounds. etc. COLD SPRING WATER
AND PLENTY OF MILK.
Rates 81 to $Io Per Week. $3.50 Per Day.
Excursion tickets sold at all stations %
D., L. q w. lines.
Porter meets au trains.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24
INDEPENDENT BiMETALLlSM
The People Have Become Impatient at the
Deception of international Agreement"

The People Have Become Impatient at the
Deception of international Agreement"
We propose to base our system OF
finances upon the well tried doctrine OF
bimetallism. We declare that our bond
ed debt, that the greenback and treasury
notes and all other forms Of govern
menr paper payable in coin. are payable
in gold or silver, at the option OF the
government and not at the option or
pleasure of those holding government
obligations. We insist that this govern
ment is strong enough 70 pursue the
policy that is followed today by the
Bank of France, which is to pay gold
or silver at the option of the treasury
and thus to bring silver into use as an
aid to gold, and in this way to obviate
the necessity Of any further bond issues
to maintain coin redemptiona And as
q means of supplying our people with a
currency we propose to 60 back to the old
system that was followed by this gov
ernment during 80 years of Democratic
rule, with open mints to the free coinage
of gold and silver, as was our policy
prior to 1878. This will give Us sys-
tenn of currency that will be adequate in
volume and stable as compared to all
other things.
This we propose to do without the aid
or consent of any other nation. We
insist that this country is abundantly
able to maintain financial system OF
its own. The Republican party, in its
st. Louis platform, confesses that BIZ
metallism is preferable to gold mono
metallism, but demands the mainte.
nance of the gold standard until inter
national agreement can be had looking
to the establishment of bimetallism
throughout the world. The people Of
the United States have become impa
tient upon the question of international
| bimetallism. For more than 20 years
the argument of international bimetal.
lism has loomed up to thwart the hopes
of the American people upon this sub
| iect It has been interjected into every
campaign and been made stumbling
block to every step looking toward the
restoration of silver by the American
| people. They will no longer be fooled
in this way. We must either establish
bimetallisn for ourselves or surrender
the fight and content ourselves with tht
single gold standard for all time Hon
Richard P. Bland in North American
Review.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24
DEMOCRATIC NORTHWEST NAPOLEON SEPTEMBER "a 1896

gave Us. 10 pay in dollars which cost
twice as much sweat, twice as much
blood, as did the dollars which they gave
us-we say that that act was a fraud
and was a crime against civilization.
This is net partisan question. It is
not question of Republicanism or Of
Democracy. John Sherman and Grover
Cleveland are sleeping together Il is
aquestion Of patriotism. It lis q question
Of maintaining the institutions of the
fathers, for if the present standard is to
be maintained, if our people must 60 on
paying interest and principal in dollars
that require twice as much labor, twice
as much sweat, twice as much blood to
obtain, as did the dollars that were in
circulation when the debts were created,
then the doom of the American pro-
ducers is sealed. Low prices will be
made perpetual, and there will be no
hope for the American farmer, the
American mechanic or the American
labmeF John p Altgeld.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24
cAINcH BUGS NO clNcA.
Badger Bill Writes the Government and
Gives Up His Claim.

Badger Bill Writes the Government and
Gives Up His Claim.
After having lived on government
claim for year and finding That he had
only succeeded in propagating new spe.
cies of chinch bug, Badger Bill abandoned
his claim and addressed the following let
ter to the government:
BUGGvILLE, Kan, JUL the 8 lS-.
Tew the Government Nv the United states.
Washington, d. C.
DEER SURF don't want yer claim no more
am tard NV bein an axual settler, tard Nv
watin fer rain an tard of raisin chinch bugs.
am also tard Nv conductin sperimentin sta
shun at mi own expense. When tuck this
claim understood that you was goin ter dig
an irrygatyn ditch so we could water our
crops so thinkin you was goin to do the fare
thing i subscribe fer yer paper Every time
it has com looked fer somethin about the
ditch, an each time saw that you was borryin
more money Nv ]. Peerpunt Morgan ter
strengthen yer credit. When / read that i
went over ter Old Ducks. owe Duck Sl7.O0.
1 asked him to lone me Sl700 more ter
strengthen mi credit. do you take me fer a
lunatlck asylum sez he. Are you smarter
AN the gover'mentP' sea I. YES, a ID
sight smarteri seq he. That settled it. 1
didn't git the money. yer skeem won't work
out hear. l reckon III natter come eaSb Ter
liv When s. Peerpunt Morgan comes ter get
his bons Civ him mi adres an tell him want
ter strengthen mi credit Wei, when comes
back from Ducks rote you q long letter ter
hav put in the Reckord, which sined anxus
subscriber. j asked all about the ditch, an was
shure you'd publish in the next paper, but
you didn't. guess you was tew bizy. Mebby
you don't care nothin fer pore man sence you
got that money from ]. Peerpunt Morgan. But
Will yer passin appropriatin bills an putin on
stile on borryed money, don put 1t in yer cal'
cerlashuns that i'm out hear tendin quarter
seckshun Nv buffalo walters ter help pay of
yer bons. You are havin yer day now, but the
sauatter's goin ter hav his some time. You're
| livin in pease now an weartn yer good close an
| cultivatin the acquaintance Nv the 400 but the
| furst thing you know you'll kick up wal
| with Spayn. Then you'll halter take off yei
| good close an look round fer some pore mer
| ter do the hghtin. you'll send out yer recruit
| in offysers while the 400 sales fer "Trip, ar
| you'll meek speeches, play yer fife an tall
| about savin the country. then you'll cum tel
| me an when you ask me ter be a spanysh tar
| get fer Sl3.00a month you'll find haint fergo
about that irrygatyn ditch
| There's lot more jist like me out hear, al
| Will don't want ter fall out with the COVER
| ment, i think it's well enuf ter tell you nov
| that when you git in another war an look ove
! yer muster roles, don't expect ter find th
nameuv BADGER BILL.
Will Lisenbee In Up TO Date
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24
CONFRONTED BY A CRISIS.
It Ia Not Partisan Question, but One OF
Genuine Patriotism.

1t Ia Not Partisan Question, but One OF
Genuine Patriotism.
We are confronted by money power
that Is seeking to fasten upon the peo.
pie of this country an English yoke. We
are now in the midst of the gravest crisis
that ever confronted this republic. In
1861 the Union was confronted with
dissolution which meant anarchy In re.
spect to government and perpetuation
of the African slavery. In 1895 we are
confronted with the question of perpet-
ually enslaving the white race. We are
confronted with the question whether
we shall install the English Shylock as
a taskmaster over all the generations OF
Americans that are yet to come. We are
not proposing to wrong anybody. We
are proposing to give every man his due.
We are not suggesting experiments We
are demanding return to the expert
ence of the world for thousands of years,
and we say that this experiment. Of try
ing to force the nations Of the earth on
to a gold basis for the benefit of Euro
pean creditors IS running the American
people.
We propose to pay back the English
creditors in the same money they gave
us-gold and silver. We propose to give
them dollars that shall have the same
purchasing power, that will buy as much
property and as much labor of every
kind as had the dollars which they gave
us-money having exactly the same pur.
chasing power. We propose to pay them
principal and interest in the same money
exactly which they gave us, and we say
that their acts in getting silver demon.
etized and gold made dear, after they
had succeeded in getting our bonds and
our notes, SO as to compel us to pay In q
different kind of money from what they
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24
A BUSINESS MAN.

Here Is Merchant Who Investigated For
Himself and Knows What Is the Matter.
One of the most encouraging inter
views on the money question was that
recently made in Chicago with Frank
H. Cooper Of the great dry goods firm Of
Siegel, Cooper & Co. of Chicago and
New York, and known the world over.
Mr.. Cooper has just returned from a
trip to Europe, and to a newspaper man
he expressed his opinions on the fnan-
cial issue as follows:
II am yet somewhat onthe fence, but
can't see anything but good to result
from the free coinage of silver. True, il
will benefit the mine owners; it will
also benefit the miners; give them
work, and benefit the west 1t will
give the farmer money; it will make
better prices for farm products; it will
make the farmer buyer in our markets.
"Times can be no worse than they are
at present. Our currency is not expan-
sive enough for the demands of the peo-
Pile. France has $40 per capita of money
in circulation, and its people are pros
porous and happy. We have but $40 per
capita. We need more money, and free
silver coinage will put an end to bust
ness stagnation.
''Our factories are closed and our
artisans and mechanics are out of work.
More money will make higher prices,
better demand for goods and revival
of prosperity.
Goods and produce are too cheap
because people have no money to buy
them. The depreciation in prices on
some lines of goods has been more than
30 per cent in the past six months. Can
merchants and manufacturers stand
this?
"The Wilson bill that reduced the
tariff on goods about 10 per cent, except
on wool, which is made free, is not the
cause of all the hard times.
'Do you think that putting back the
old tariff would cause return of pros
perity?"
"There are many ways to view this
matter. The poor and the middle classes
pay all the taxes. l believe the multi
millionaires should pay their proportion
believe in a graded income tax as {
partial panacea for the ills we hav'
fallen into.
with free silver the price Of whea
and corn would enhance in value a
once. Dollar wheat for the farme
makes him look at his clothes. Whei
they are frayed he buys new. He re
furnishes his house, if it is needed, ant
SO helps to start the furniture factorie
| going again. 1t is SO in all lines Nor
money, the greater demand for goods.
"a single gold standard would brinl
prices still lower and more failures AM
more disaster for the people. It is har
to say what is exactly right. We at
partially upon bimetallic basis now
and that is in measure our salvation
: Take that away, and where are wef
; Contract our currency to $15 OF 81
per capita, and the result would be sue
as no one could figure Talking of fre
silver, our hints could not turn out owe
500, 900 per year, less thanS1 toever
inhabitant. Would that food the cour
7 try? It would restore prices, confidenc
and resuscitate business. That's about
I think, what free silver would do fc
us. This question is near to the people
and they are carefully discussing it. "
o want TO take care of ourselves frs
European countries are able to take cal
$ Of themselves. I"
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24
WHY HE CHANGED.
George Fred williams Tells an Audisnes
Why He Became = SILVER Man.

Why He Became = silver Man.
The whole world is coming to recog-
nize that its rescue depends upon the
courage of the American people in this
emergency. think we have it, I think
there are men in this audience who do
not agree with our side of this question
who will have at least as much self re-
spect as I had when saw that was
wrong and acknowledged my error.
was brought face to face with this
question in a most extraordinary way.
was appointed, when elected to con-
gress, member of the committee on
coinage, weights and measures. | had
not given much study to the question
before that time, and I Immediately
took up the study of it. not with an
open mind, but as lawyer would
study it
1t was my business on that committee
to represent hostility to the free coinage
of silver, and l trained myself TO study
ehe arguments of the other side only for
the purpose of answering them, not for
the purpose of learning anything myself.
went ON in that way, trained on one
side, as all of you have been, seeing
nothing in the whole press OF New
England that could come to our eyes
except upon one side of the question,
until the structure Of our national cred
it and our private business began to tot
ter and topple, until saw syndicate
| of bankers go to the treasurer OF the
United States and with the threat OF
panic force him to sell $75, 600, 0OO
. worth of bonds for S65, 600, 600, to
wrest out of the hard working people OF
this country $4,000, 900 in single
week because these bankers had thei1
hands on the treasury of the United
States
began to suspect that something was
wrong with such a system. And it went
on, gold leaving the country by tens OF
millions every year, bonds being sold,
and the debt of our people accommodating
every six months until it reached the
enormous amount of S262, 600, 600,
money being thereby locked up in the
treasury and taken out Of circulation.
I saw business going down hill.
saw, as I am seeing now in the city o.
Boston, business men coming to me II
alarm because their banks are contract
ing their credit. see now, as saw si1
months ago, all the indications OF finan
cial disaster, and put to myself only
few weeks earlier than you may put i
to yourselves the question, Do you wan
such system to continue, or will yor
honestly investigate the merits of sys
TEN that will give Us money enough Il
transact the business of the country anc
not leave it at the mercy Of foreigi
bankers?
And I have answered that question
to my satisfaction, and all ask Of an.
man is that he keep his mind open T.
study the question fairly. without preju
dice, and cast his ballot as his intelli
gence and his conscience dictate =
Speech of Hon. George Fred Williams
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24

acknowledged to be by far the most
prosperous. and the Hon. j. c. Sibley of
Pennsylvania states it as fact that
they have more than S700, 600, 900 Of
silver, $3.50. 600. 900 Of gold. and $780,
600 900 Of paper money in circulation,
or total of 81, 240, 900, 600, and with
population of about half of ours, or
SOS. 81 per capita, OF more than $l6 to
our Si.-J. W. Goldsmith
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1896-09-24
The PhilosOuhy of War.

The man with the barbed wire beard
looked thoughtfully over spoonful OF
vegetable soup.
II have noticed
Evidently his mind was graphing with
some weighty problem, for he continued
to hold the spoon poised In midair
-'that in troublous times 1t Is the
young unmarried men who are most anx-
ious to go forth and face the guns of the
enemy"
"Yes"--
The man with the Y shaped nose cough.
ed significantly.
-"the married men know what wal
Is.
Taking advantage of the preoccupied
air on the faces of all present, a croton bug
on its way back to the kitchen hurried
safely across the table. New York World