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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12
FROM sEI0EL, COOPER & co.


The following concerning the sill
yer coinage question is given out
as the opinion of Mr.. Frank Fl.
Cooper of the firm of Seigel, Cooper
& Co. of Chicago and New York, the
biggest retail firm in the world.
What he says below was ELECTED in
the form of an interview under date
of Chicago. August IA, on his return
from Europe:
I'VE can make everything over
here that is made abroad, but with
Mr.. Mckinley as president our cur
rency may become even more con-
tracted than il is today, as a single
gold standard. il adopted, would
work ruin to this country and make
times harder than they are.
~ can't see anything but good to
result from the free coinage of sill
yer. True, il will benefit the mine
owners; II will also benefit the
West. II will give the farmer mon-
ey; il will make better prices for
farm products; II will make the
farmer buyer in our markets.
times can be no worse than they
are at present. Our currency is not
expansive enough for the demands
of the people. France has $40 per
capita of money in circulation, and
it's people are prosperous and hap
py. We have but $40 per capita.
We need more money and free sill
yer 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 high
er prices. better demand for goods,
a revival of prosperity.
Goods and produce are too
cheap, because people have no
money to buy them. The deprecia.
ton in prices on some lines of
goods has been more than fifty per
cent in the past six months. Can
merchants and manufacturers
stand this?
with free silver the price of
wheat and corn would enhance at
once. Dollar wheat for the farmer
makes him look ut his clothes.
When they are frayed he buys new.
He refurnishes his house, If 1t is
needed, aud so helps TO start the
furniture factories going again. 1t
is 80 in all lines. The more money
the greater the demand for goods.
"a single gold standard would
bring prices still lower and more
failures and more disaster for the
people. We are practically upon
bimetallic basis now, and that is in
a measure our salvation.
Contract our currency to SIS or
$l2 per capita and the result would
be such as no one could figure.
Talking of free silver, our rnints
could not turn out over $60,000,000
per year-less than one dollar to
every iuhabitant. Would that flood
the country? II would restore
prices, confidence, and resuscitate
business. That, think, is about
what free silver would do for us.
We want to take care of ourselves
first: European countries are able
to take care of themselves"
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

From all accounts Chamberlain's q
Cough Remedy is a Godsend to the
afflicted. There is no advertise
ment about this; we feel just like
saying 1.-THE Democrat, Carroll
ton, ny. For sale by ]. G. Polster.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

The whole system is drained and
undermined by indolent ulcers and
open sores. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve speedily heals them. 1t is the
best pile cure known. w. L. Price.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Poison ivy, insect bites, bruises,
scalds, burns, are quickly cured by
DeWitts Witch Hazel Salve. the
great pile cure. w. +. Price.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

The Huber mills, at Seneca, which
were closed down by an assign
ment. mention of which was made
in these columns last week, were,
we are informed, started up again
this week.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12
Found.

At Kane's drug store, marvel
ous cure for all kidney complaints,
nervous exhaustion and female
weakness. Itis Foley's Kidney
Cure, a.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

October the W. +. Price drug
store will occupy the room now oc'
cupied by Joe Schmidt, first door
north of Fribley & Twitchell's hard.
ware store.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

The Western Union Telegraph
Company is putting up its line
along the extension of the Mem
phis from this city to Miami.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Theories of cure may be discussed
at length by physicians, but the
'sufferers want quick relief; and
one Minute Cough Cure will give IL
10 them. A safe cure for children.
II 10 "the only harmless remedy
that produces immediate results
w, &. Price.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

A complete line of Moline
Plow Co. implements at
Fribley & Twitchell's.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Judge Skidmore will have to
listen to twcnty.three tales of woe
during the present term of court.
There are that many divorce cases
on the docket.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Many a days work 10 lost by sick
headache caused by indigestion
and stomsch troubles. DeWitt's
Little Early Risers are the most
effectuai pills for overcoming these
difficulties. w. Is. Price.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12
RonfieId. nl., Aug. n. 1888.

lam subject to cramps and collie,
and have used many remedies, but
end Foley's ooIichnd DiarrhGa
Cure beats them sil. w. YEATS.
w. &. Price.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

"Boys will be boys" but you can't
afford to lose any of them. Be
ready for the green apple season by
having DeWitt's Collie and Cholera
Cure In the house. w. Is. Price.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Three girls of sweet sixteen" re-
spectacle girls, too, were fined 81
and costs each at Galena the other
day for disturbing religious wor.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12
A fionaehold Necesslty.

No family should be without Fo-
ley's Collie and DiarrbGa Cure, for
ali bowel complaints. w. &. Price.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Examine that line of Stu
debaker Buggies and Wag-
ons at Fribley & Twitch-
ellis before you buy.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Mr.. and Mrs. N. b. Williams of
Protein, NO., have taken mp their
residence in this city. Ar. VIII
Iiams lie an old soldier and moves
here 10 be Close TO our big reunionI
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

CapIes' Powders relieve all pain.
No cure. no cost! w. +. Price.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12
LIGHT DRAWING DONE DAY
OR NIGHT, BY MAC GILL.

BIotches, Pimples, Scrofulous Sores
and all humors of the blood and
skin will succumb to Beggs' Blood
Purifier and Blood Maker. 1t posi-
lively has no equal. Every bottle
guaranteed. Ask your popular
druggist, A. X. Kane, for it.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Just in, a full line of Ladies',
Misses and Mems Shoes. Newest
styles, lowest prices, at RENDELS.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Best square meal in the city for
the money at Mrs. Meyerdings.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12
OBITUARY..

Died, at the home of his parents
in Lyon township, on, Monday, Sep
tember z, 1896, Thomas, son of Mr..
and Mrs. T. ]. Lovejoy, aged one
year, six months and twenty-five
days. Funeral services were held
on Tuesday of this week and the
remains inferred in the Baxter cem'
etery.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

All kinds of country produce
taken In exchange for Dry Goods
Groceries, Boots and Shoes at
OSBORN'S.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Col. L. c. Weldy and family of
Galena spent Sunday with DIR. +. L
Barber and family in this city.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

GLOVES! GLOVES! GLOVES!
For Farmers, For Driving
For Hay Men, l For Everyoody
CHEAP AT OSBORN'S.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Everything in the bread, cake
and pie line at Mrs. Meyerdings.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Meals and lunch at all hours at
Mrs. T. Meyerding'e.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

caples' salve heals all sores.
No heal, no 'payl w. E. Price.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

$35 buys a Cracker
jack" aoad wagon at Fribley
& Twitchell's.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Hay, Grain and Feed bought and
sold at the stone barn.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Fribley & Twitchell are
closing out their stoves at
cost to make room for imple-
ments.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Caples' Chill Cure is dead shot
No cure! No cost! W. E. Price.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

W. ID. Pinnick has moved his
stock of feed to the yellow build
ing. south of Coopcr's.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Rendel carries full line of Meme
work and dress Gloves. Ask to see
the Harvest Glove. Price 25c.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

All kinds of fancy cakes at Mrs.
Meyerning's Steam Bakery.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Fresh oysters now on hand Mt
Mrs. Meyerding's, first door south
of postoffice.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Fresh oysters in any quantity or
style at Mrs. Meyerding's.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Caples' Blood Builder cleanses,
renews, builds. Satisfaction given
or no pay. W. E. Price, agent
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

Will and Jesse Gracey came down
from Weir City Sunday on their
tandem.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12

caples' Collie Cure cures. W. E. Price
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12
OPERA HOUSE TONIGHT.

Go TO Mrs. Meyerding for fresh
oy stcrs.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-09-12
CHILDREN WANTING HOMES.

CLARA SILENCE.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-19
BIMErALL1SM, NOT BLSTANDARD.
ISM.
Des Moines Register.

In Minneapolis Mr.. Bryan sought to use the
Republican platform OF four years ago against
the Republican party in this years campaign.
The platform of four years ago affirmed the
doctrine of bimetallism. Well, isn't that what
we have, and isn't that what we propose to
continue to have? We now have bimetallism.
We have the only bimetallism which is prac-
ticable. We have gold and silver circulating
side by side, in equal quantities and all as good
as the best. We have bimetallism with the
gold standard. With Mr.. Bryan's silver stand
ard we ouad not have bimetallism, except in
theory, for we would have no 100-cent gold
dollars circulating by the side of 50-cent silver
dollars. That is n OF the way money circulat tes.
of what it said in 1892. Mr.. Bryan simply con-
founds bimetallism with bi-standa rdism
That difference ought to be plain to all. In the
future, as in the past, we propose to nave one
final standard, gold, and on that standard we
will circu ate the two metals, gold and silver.
besides paper money. Could anyth ing be
nlainer2
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-19
II. so knots on consumption of IL pounds
of coal per horsepower.

Although the French were the first to adopt
uiple-screws to large vessels of war, the United
States was the first country to make success
OF the system in the Colu bia and M1nneapo-
lis. Germany also adopted the French idea IN
the Kaiserin Augusta, but neither OF the latter
vessels nor the French ship Dupuy de LONE
have come anywhere near the American
cruiser The Dupuy de LONE was under con-
struction about six years, ana aIter q uin . Dsa
of uns successful trial trips during one Oh wniGn
nearly twenty men were killed OF pauiy
scalded, she was finally accepted. Ire Kali
serin Augusta barely made twenty-one KNOTS,
and after her return to Germany rom .ne
naval review at New York 1t became neces-
sary to strengthen the hull, which had SHOWN
alarming signs OF structural weakness
A series of royal navy handbooks, edited by
Commander Robinson. British navy, is III
course of publication in England Three nave
already come out; the first, dealing WIN the
"nayal administration" of Great Britain, past
and present. is from Admiral Hamilton, late
First Lord of the Admiralty. The second VOL
ume, on the Mechanism of Men-of- war, Is
by Fleet Engineer Oldknow; the tn1ro, anu
most interesting on ..Torpedoes and Torpedo
vessels,'' by Lieutenant Armstrong, gives q
succinct history of this modern part OF naval
warfare of all countries. Nine more YoiunAes,
treating on several matters connected Win
the navy, are in course OF preparation.
The torpedo-boat destroyer Desperate, re-
Gently built by Thorny croft for the British
navy, had final trial September "a, extending
over three hours, at which she developed
mean speed of 80. il knots. The boat nad on
board extra weights to the amount OF thirty
five tons.
Thornycroft is building torpedo-bo de-
stroyer. named the Albatross, which is to de-
velop a speed of SO knots. The vessel is to be
completed next autumn.
The lessons of the battle at Yalu and other
sea fights between Japan and China have
worked several changes in vessels subse-
quently built The substitution of metal for
wood as bulkheads and partitions and even IN
furniture is one of the results, and is not alone
much less dangerous from bursting shells ana
fire, but adds to the space and the sanitary
comforts of cabins and staterooms. In the
battle-ship Deutschland of the German navy,
recently reconstructed, the woodwork has been
repl aced by steel and aluminium.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-19
PER ONAL.

A. j. Rodgers of Fresno is in the City.
L. Murdoch of Juneau, Alaska, is here.
f. A. Molyneaux of Pomona is at the Lick.
B. s. Grosscup of Los Angeles is at the Palace.
DR.. C. A Devlin of Vallejo is at the Baldwin.
the City.
G. B. Noble, an attorney OF Stockton, is at
the Lick.
yesterday.
I'D. Adams, a general-store keeper OF Colusa,
is at the Grand.
II. B. Cornwall, an attorney OF Sacramento,
is late arrival here.
B. D. Worcester, owner of mining property
near Angels Camp, IS in town.
w. Bowen, an old resident OF Boise City,
Idaho, is registered at the Russ.
DR.. P. A. Lowering of the United States war
ship Oregon is at the Occidental.
Daniel Richardson, business man of Ritz.
ville Wash, is at the Occidental.
Robert Shewan, wealthy merchant OF
Hongkong. China. is at the Palace.
Mr. Morehouse, the well,known politician of
Tulare, is at the Cosmopolitan Hotel.
Nat Mahoney of Belfast, Ireland, is touring
the world, and Is at the Cosmopolitan.
Paymaster George G. Sichle of the navy
with headquarters at Mare Island, is In the
City.
~. Anderson, general merchant of Los
Angeles, is here on a business trip and is at
the Russ.
Charles F. Lindsey. who is connected with
the Southern Pacific Railroad at Visalia, is at
the Grand.
w. A. wilcox, agen. of the United States
Fish Commission, Washington, D. G., is among
the arrivals at the Grand.
D. Collins of the firm of Collins Bros. of
Fresno is in town on his way to visit the old
country, and is stopping at the Cosmopolitan
Hotel.
w. H. Chambers. q business man OF Santa
Monica, is here on his way to Santa Cruz to
attend the encampment of the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows.
L. A. Sheldon of Sisson, and owner of large
lumber-mill there which employs directly and
indirectly about 100 men, is at the Grand.
He is accompanied BY Mrs. Sheldon.
R. Van Brunt of New York, superintendent
of Fred Gebhardts ranch in Lake County, and
we'll known as prominent horseman on both
sides of the continent, is at the Palace.
F. M. Bradshaw of Chicsgo, who is a wealthy
investor and who has put considerable money
hitherto in California gold mines, is at the
Baldwin. II g has just returned from visit to
El Dorado County.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-19
R. J. ENGLISH, One of Several
Circle City Miners Now at the
Commercial.

as gifts to friends. Unfortunately he was
robbed of these night or two ago by pick
pocket. Peter Frisk, who has sold his claim
on Mas ten Gulch, near Circle City, for Sic. GOO,
is one of the arrivals, and he is en- route to
Mexico to look after some property which he
owns there.
J. B. Stravens. ]. E. Pearson, W. q. McPhee,
r. c. Smith and John 7 Hughes, all OF differ
ent parts of the Yukon, are also at the Com
merciaI.
r. ]. English, one of the most picturesque
looking men in the lot, by reason of long,
straw-colored beard, is also one of the most
popular in the throng. He pushed forward to
Circle City when it first began to attract at
tention, and went into business there. He is
said to be q great friend of the miners. Mr..
English is also identified with mining.
''The men who have reached here from the
gold mines in that country" said Mr.. English
yesterday, "have as rule done pretty we'll.
They like the country, notwithsta nding such
hardships as they have undergone. / think
we'll of it myself. and when I have had my
visit out here 1 will return. 1t is good coun-
try If men are adapted TO it,
Most of the Alaska men will remain In diff
ferent States during the winter.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-19
THE POOR AND THE RICH
Truth.
Atlantic Monthly.

Atlantic MOnthiy.
But if the time is ever to come when the
poor and the rich are to be permanently ar
rayed against each other at the polls, it is not
yet come; for we have not passed out OF the
period when the poor Of to-day become the
rich of tomorrow. Although it assumes the
guise of the supremest danger, the present ag-
itation ought to turn out, as 1t seems likely TO
turn out, to be farce; no other fact is so con-
spicuous in our recent history as the very
rapid increase In the number OF well-to-do.
If we roughly divide the population into the
poor, the well-to-do and the rich, and could
determine the number in each class at any
two given periods, say IN 1876 and 1896,
We should see that, while there has
been large absolute and small
comparative increase alike in the number OF
the rich and in the number OF the poor, there
has been an enor nous increase, both absolute
and relative, in the number of the weil-to-do:
Never since industrial society was organized
has there been such q general rise from pow
erty to comfort as there has been In the United
States during the last thirty years. There is
no more tallacious doctrine than that the rich
are becoming richer and the poor poorer.
The truth is that the lift from poverty to
plenty has so engaged our thought that We
have come too near TO forgetting that other
things than material well-peing are needful to
make great people, and we are now paying
one OF the penalties OF this torgettulness.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-19
PROTECTION AGAINST TRUST s.

In that eloquent epitome of Republican,
ism which constituted the salient feature
of Senator Thurston's address on his elec-
ton as chairman of the st. Louis conven-
ton no clause better deserves the attention
of the people at this time than that which
declared it to be the policy Of the Republi
can party to provide for ''the government
tai supervision and control of transporta-
ton lines and rates, the protection of the
people from all unlawful combinations
and unjust exactions Of aggregated capi'
tai and corporate power"
So much has been said by the Demo
cratic orators and organs during the cam
paign of the power and trusts and aggre-
gated capital to injure the business of the
American people, and so many efforts
have been made to induce the credulous
to believe that the Republican party ig-
nores this danger to American prosperity,
that it is well to recall the minds of citi.
zens to the fact that the Republican party
in its broad and comprehensive system of
protection proposes protection against the
evils OF trusts as we'll as against the evils
of foreign com petition.
The Republican platform OF 1888 con-
tanned the following declaration:
We declare our opposition to com binations OF
capital organized in trusts or otherwise to con.
troll arbitrarily the Condition of trade among
our citizens; and we recommend to Congress
and the State Legislatures, in their respective
jurisdictions, such legislation as will prevent
the execution OF all schemes to oppress the
people by undue charges upon their supplies,
or by unjust rates for the transportation of
their products to market
There is reason to believe this resolu-
ton was presented to the convention by
Mr.. Mckinley, who was chairman of the
committee on resolutions. There can be
no question that he is heartily in accord
with the sentiments expressed. All his
speeches and all the actions of his life bear
witness to the fact that he is not only a
sincere, but most intelligent friend of
American labor, and is on his guard
against everything which even threatens
to interfere with the best interests of the
American people. There can be no ques-
ton that under his administration the
antitrust laws will be enforced, and those
evils which Mr.. Cleveland has either fos-
tered or neglected to oppose will be crushed
out of American life.
When men talk about trusts they must
not forget that the greatest and most in.
iquitous trusts of to-day are Democratic
trusts. The whisky trust is peculiarly
Democratic institution. The Standard
Oil trust has among it's supporters Mr..
Whitney, who came near being the Demo-
cratic candidate for President. Moreover,
there is no single trust in the country
against which Mr.. Cleveland's admins.
tration has made the slightest attempt to
enforce the law. The great coal trust,
which is to-day disturbing the East, finds
in Mr.. Cleveland at least silent ally. In
the face of these facts, open apd notorious,
it is folly on the part of The Bryanitt
organs to attempt to mislead the people
into the belief that the Republican party
favors trusts or that the Democratic party
OPPOSES them.
The San Francisco call., 1896-10-19
NEWS OF FOREIGN NAvIES.

The French corvette Duguay-Trouin, al
though nearly twenty years old, is still in q
fair state of preservation, and has been one of
the most useful cruisers in the French navy.
She was built at Cherbourg and launched
March 81, 1877. The hull is of iron, sheathed
with two thickn nesses of planking of q total
thickness of eight inches. Her displacement
is 3140 tons, and the trial speed fifteen knots.
The armament consists OF five 715-inch and
three 515-inch rifles, and the total cost WAS
$791, 300. The Duguay-Trouin has been at
tached to the Asiatic station since 1884 ex-
cepting one trip to France for necessary
repairs, and participated with great distlnc-
tion in the bombardment OF Foochow Arsenal
December "a, 1884, in the.Minin River, during
which the Chinese feet of nine vessels was
totally destroyed.
The British cruiser Minerva, of $500 tons
and $500 horsepower, had her thirty hours
trial at sea last month. The vessel was down
to her designed draught and developed under
half-power 49l9 horsepower and speed of