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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-09
BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND

that question and that they propose this
year to assert their political independence
of ell political organizations and political
bosses and vote in their own interest and
in the interest of good government, and
stamp out the British gold standard in
this country, root and branch.
Hon. William Jennings Bryan:
The National Silver convention with an
unanimity unexampled in the history of
national conventions in this country NOM
mated you as the candidate of the Ma
tional Silver party for the distinguished
office of president OF the United States.
office of president of three great political
parties. of which the Silver party is not
the least.
The convention selected a committee to
formally notify you of its action and that
committee conferred upon me the distin-
guished honor OF advising you of your
nomination as the candidate of the Ma
tional Silver party for the Office of presi-
dent of the United States. We are met,
therefore, at this time and place for the
purpose of performing the pleasant duty
therefore. in obedience TO the wishes of
the committee and of the convention,
hereby formally notify you that you have
been nominated by the National Silver
party as its candidate for president. and
request that you accept that nomination
in the same spirit in which it has been
rendered you
on are now the chosen commander of
a GRAND ARMY,
composed of three grand divisions. which
is now mooilizing for the purpose of fight
ing in behalf Of humanity on November
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-09
EXPERIENCE AND EXAMPLE.

let me carry you back to the period
just before the war. If you will turn
to a book recently published, entitled
John Sherman's Recoileptions.
Qaughter) you will find on page 1l2 of
the first volume, a portion of a sneech
which he delivered in congress in 1856.
Let me read this extract:
i am willing to stand by the COM
promises of 1S49 and 1850, but when
our Wing brethren of the south allow
this administration to lead them off
from their principles. when they
abandon the position which Henry Clay
would have taken, forget his name and
achievements. and decline any longer
to carry his banner, they lose all their
claims on me. And 1 say now that un-
til this wrong is righted, until Kansas
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-09
TIE SALT LAKE HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER D. 1896.

3, 1885, the most important political battle
of this or any other age; battle which
IS to determine whether this nation shall
be province of Great Britain and be
governed and controlled as that nation is,
by the money barons of Europe, or
whether it shall be, as the fathers in
tended it to be, free and independent
and sovereign nation.
The people who constitute that grand
army. inspired as they are by the noblest
sentiments of patriotism, under your lead
ership. viii, there can be no doubt, on
that day lift high their banner in triumph
over the defeated allied hosts of plutoc-
racy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-09-09

N7-AA LII II
from destruction. and in taking away
from the people the right to have silver
coined into money free Of charge cannot
be too strongly condemned.
Language is inadequate to properly char
acte1lze the acts passed by congress un-
Ger which money volume has been enor-
lnOuSiy contracted in this country. The
contraction OF the money volume of c!r-
cuauon during the past thirty years has
wrought more misery and suffering and
nnanclal loss 10 our people than all the
wars, lsmines and pestilences that have
afflicted this country from the beginning
Lincoln said. that If the government
contracts debt with & certain amount
OF money IN circulation and then con-
tracts the money volume before the debt
was paid. IL is the most heinous crime
that a government could commit against
the people. Inc very crime that he so
strongly characterizes. this government
has committed against our people by con-
tracing the money volume in circulatic-
by legislative enactment
Money is OF the most value to mankind
in general when IL is cheap. because the
cheaper it is the more readily people can
me scareer money is the more easily
its volume can be controlled, the dearer
it will be; the more plentiful It is the
more difficult il is to control il. the cheao-
er il viii he. Dear money is but
ANOTHER NAME FOR HARD TIMES.
and the dearer it is-the greater its pur-
chasing Power-the harder the times and
the lower prices will be.
The quantity Of money in circulation
fixes and determines prices in general,
other things remaining the same II the
volume increases prices viii rise and If
II decreases prices viii fall
The contest in the business world is
over. price. Price is the storm center OF
every business transaction in which
money is involved.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-03
WHEN A TEN CENT PIECE GOOD
Supreme Court of the United States
Made an ImpOrtant Decision.

One phase OF tho silver question came up
in the supreme court of the United States in
case decided by Chief Justice Fuller
James T.. Morgan and wife were on ear
operated by the Jersey City and Bergen
Railroad Company. The conductor refused
to accept for their fare tcn-ccnt piece, be-
cause he thought it was not worth par, being
worn by abrasion while circulating as II part
Of the national currency.
Morgan was elected and brought suit
against the railroad company for damages
therefor He recovered Judgment for 1915
and costs, and the Judgment was affirmed by
the supreme court of the state. The railroad
company sued out u writ OF error and
brought the case to tho supreme court Of the
United States. In disposing of it the chief
Justice referred to the law regulating the de-
faced and abraded coins and stated that
there was no provision agai st silver coin S
which were abradcd in circulation and that
they were legal tender ~ long as they bore
the semblance of n coin.
The writ of error was dismissed thus af-
ilrming the judgment Of the state supreme
court against the railroad company.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-03
4 Fire i'm ILcrShaNy.

The new hotel building at Kershaw,
owned by DR.. Halle, and which was
being pushed to completion for Capt.
Bcnton's occupancy, was burned We'd
nesday morning. Also Mr.. l.. +.
Stratten's residence, near by, was
burned. The Halle building was near
ly finished. 1t was twelve-room,
two-story building. Capt. Benton was
to commence moving tomorrow. DIR.
Halle, who occupied room in the
wing of the house, escaped undresscd.
He lost some valuable furniture and
relics. Mrs Stratten had been sick
for over two weeks, but was taken out
and carried to Col. Ashes. across the
street, and part Of their furniture
was saved. The loss is probably 81, 900.
DIR. Halle had about 81, 300 insurance
and Mr.. Strattcn SiOO or 500. The
general impression is that it was the
work OF an inccudiary.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-03
PALMETTO
POINTERS.
INTERESTING ITEMS FROM ALL
OVER THE STATE.
Hard Times I'm Beaufort.

The Beaufort correspondent OF the
Columbia State snys: We are without
doubt undergoing the most stringent
financial depression that has been expe-
rienced in this section since the war.
The times are harder than ever during
tbs period that followed the August
Cyclone. There is more real want of
money to relieve embarrassments than
at any time resulting from natural dis
asters by earthquake or by wind and
storm. The great industries that the
phosphate mines created are suspended
aud loss of circulation from the en-
ployment of labor has caused such n
scarcity of money that all business and
employments are paralyZed, aud there
Us suffering among class of people
tnat have everything to buy and moth
ing to buy with. The agricultural pop
lulation and the comparatively poorer
CLASSES are better oil than those who
have unremuuerative properties and
callings and occupations and profes-
sions that can get no money either rs
private creditors or as creditors of the
courts. great many people who have
properties find it dfiicult to raise
money to pay their taxes. The small
taxpayers have been able to raise their
pittances for the public treasury, but
the larger taxpayers can only do so at
great sacrifice. AS consequence the
creditors of the courts have 10 wait for
their money, and they are a class also
bin great straits. The outlook for the
resuscitation of tho phosphate industry
bis gloomy ON account of the low price
of rock. The works are closed down
and the mills are hardly working. The
cotton crop has been good one, but
the prices are low. Fortunately the
provision crops have been abundant
and the negro farmers are the least suf
ferers.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-03
AN AWFUL ACCIDENT.
Rotten Piling Throws An Engine Into
River, andTwo Men Instantly
Killed.

Engine No. 26. of the South Caro-
lima and Georgia, pitched into the
Ashley river on Tuesday morning
through the West Shore terminal
trestle, two miles beyond Charleston,
Engineer George Baxter and Brake
man Clarence Turner losing their
lives and Fireman William Boyce re-
ceiving severe injuries.
On the dock hundred yards from
the scene of the disaster five empty
cars had been placed and the engine
was backing from the wharf, when the
trestle went down. In the cab were
Engineer Baxter and Fireman Boyce.
Sitting on the pilot of the engine were
Brakeman Clarence Turner and Con.
ductor NJ. p. Danner. 1t was 8 o'clock
a. IN. when the engineer started to
back the locomotive from the dock.
When it was IL few yards from the
wharf one side of the trestle suddenly
settled, and before the engineer could
realize the terrible danger the engine
went over sideways into the river with
a terrible crash
AS it went down the whistle was
thrown open and until all of the steam
had escaped it kept up one long shrill
screech that brought the people to the
scene from all directions.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-03
TELEGRAPHIC Il! KS.

Harry Menier, of Brooklyn, jumped
from the bridge at st. Paul into the
waters of the Mississippi Christmas
day, a leap of 125 feet. He came ont
alive.
1t is said that Russia has offered to
loan this country $40O, 900, 900 in gold,
without interest.
A terrible fire occurred Baltimore on
Friday, corner of Charles and Balti
! more streets, and before the flames
could be extinguished $350,000 had
gone up in smoke.
The Savannah, Ga, board of trade
and the city council of Savannah have
adopted resolutions endorsing the bill
introduced in Congress by Senator
Squire to provide for fortifying the
coast cities.
There was cry of fire ut Front
Street Theatre in Baltimore on Friday
night, and the large audience made
| mad rush for the exits. Thirty-three
persons were killed, and ten others,
more or less injured, are at the city
hospital
Secretary Carlisle has been inter
viewed in regard to the pending bond
bill and tariff measure. He says the
bond bill falls short" and that there
is only one remedy for our financial
! embarrassments, and that is to provide
for retiring and cancelling the legal
tender notes.
The President has pardoned Peter
S. Davis, convicted in Georgia of rob-
L.. I
years Imprisonment.
The first national congress of color
ed women in the United States con-
vened with the Cotton States and In
ternational Exposition Friday.
At n special meeting of the Charles
| ton, S. c., chamber of commerce held
Saturday resolutions were adopted
calling upon the South Carolina Con-
gressmen and Senators to support the
Squire bill. Charleston endorses the
! proposed measure as unit.
a dispatch from Constantinoplc to
the Central News says that the United
| States have demanded from the Porte
the payment Of an indemnity for the
loss sustained by American mission
aries through the action of the mobs
in Asia Minor.
| Knoxville, Tenn, merchants have
received the contract, through Balti-
more merchant, to furnish half
million pounds of dried apples for the
German army.
Secretary Herbert announces that
the twin sister of the battleship Kear-
sarge has been named the Kentucky.
Wesley Watson, young man -
years of age was killed near Ararat,
Surry county, n. c., Saturday night
i'll his attempt to jump from n passen
ger train on the Cape Fear ~ Yadnin
Valley road while it was running At
the rate of % miles per hour.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-03

Joint resolution shall not be returned
Oy tho governor within three days
after il shall have been presented to
him, Sundays excepted, it shall have
the same force and affect as il he had
signed it unless the general assembly,
oy adjournment, prevent its return, in
which case it shall have such force and
effect unless returned within two days
after the next meeting.
Sec. "a. There shall be elected by
the qualified voters of the State Sec
retary of state, comptroller general,
an attorney general, a treasurer, an
jutant and inspector-general, and a
superintendent of education, who shall
hold their respective Offices for the
term of two years, and until their
several successors have been chosen
and qualified; and whose duties and
compensationo shall be prescribed by
law. The compensation of such Off
GERS shall be neither increased nor
diminished during the period for which
hey shall have been elected.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-03

Lord Dunrdven's visit is for the purpose
OF doing what he can to substantiate the
charge of fraud which he made against the
Defender after his return to England, and
which set yachtSmcn Of the two continents
by the ears. The managing owner Of the
Valkyrie brings with HIM several depositons.
of members of his crew and will appear be-
fore the special committee Of the yacht club
appointed to make the investigation
Mr.. Asquith will conduct the Earl's case.
and it is said he is famous as cros,-cX-
aminer. He is brother of Henry Asquith,
who was Home Secretary under Gladstone.
The committee. which consists Of j. Pier
pont Morgan, William c. Whitney, GeorgeL T..
Rives, Edward j. Phelps and Captain A. T.
Mahan, engaged no counsel, but it was said
that Joseph III. Choate WAS retained by the
Defender syndicate. 1t was decided that the
hearing before tho investigating committee
should be strictly private.
Captain Hank Half and the crew of the
Defender. Captain HysIop, the official
measurer, and the members of the Defender
syndicate were summoned to appear before
the committee. 1t was also said that the de.
signer of the American yacht, "Nat' Herre-
shot, had been informed that he would be
called upon to testify.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-03
A Narrowing Occurrences.

A very narrowing occurrence is re-
ported from near 1emassee, the details
of which are most sad and distressing.
Mr.. w. c. Webb, the telegraph oper-
rator at that station, quite fine,
steady young man, had married some
years ago Miss Hicks, to whom he
was tenderly devoted. A short time
ago she died under distressing circum-
stances. The disconsolate husband
refused to be comforted and lost his
reason from grief. Tuesday night he
suddenly quit home and the family,
who had anxiously watched his demen-
ted condition, became alarned and
went in search for him. After an in
effectual hunt, with their worst fears
for his safety being eXited, they re-
paired to the cemetery, where the re-
mains of his wife wereinterred. There
they were confronted, in the early
dawn, by spectacle that was enough
to curdle the blood of the most inscn-
sibles Reaching the grave. they found
the wretched. dementcd husband down
in the freshly-ii!led grave, his body
naked and begrimcd with mud and
dirt, where he had been all night, dig
glng out the looseued earth with his
hands until he had well-nigh reached
the casket in which were encased his
beloved wife. 1t was with difficulty
they could tear him away from the
spot, while uttering the most heart
rendering screams that portrayed the
depth and measure of his woes. He
was taken to Charleston for treatment.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-03
To Go to Libcria.

The Newberry correspondent of the
Charleston News X Courier says: About
one thousand dollars have been sent by
negroes to Birmingham to purchase
passage to Liberia. How many negroes
are going from Ncwherry cannot be
determined, but many of them are in
an unsettled state of feeling on the suf-
frage question and do not know whittier
TO turn
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-03
Schools I'm Alaska.

The United States Commissioner of Educa-
tion has issued q report on education in
Alaska, from which 1t appears that during
the last year there have been maintained
there sixteen day schools with twenty-four
teachers. They have also been maintained
seven contract schools with forty nine teach
hrs and employees. Tho Commissioner rec
ommends an appropriation OF $4,000 for
the ensuing year for education in Alaska
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-03
LORD pUNRAvEN RETURNS.

He Comes to Reiterate His Charges OF
Foul Sailing Against the Defender.
Lord Dunraven, owner OF Valkyrie III,
accompanied by his legal adviser, George
Asquith, of London, and Arthur Glennie,
Rear Commodore of the Royal Portsmouth
Yacht Club. arrived at New York City on
board the Teutonic.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-03
Southern Railroad Earnings.

TIA" southern Railway reports for NoY":l-
bcr gr - earning OF ; $40. .36i AN incr";i~"
OF SSb,T35 expenses and taxes Il .lGl. 200
irrr"asc S5J.7i1, and net earnings oi 500.
1913. increase S3O, ,9s7 and from fuly 1T to
November 3O;h. gross carniHg~ Vi = .J0i G2I,
Increase .Jil lyJ.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-03
PetitiOncd Congress.

Three hundred and seventy-four
citizens of Lancaster county have pre-
sented to Congress, through Senator
Lodge, a petition for an Investigation
of the elections in this State.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-03
A Christmas Dinner.

TIE penitentiary authorities gave
the 400 convicts n big Christmas dinner
and allowed tGcm day for fgolic.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-03

A cable is to be laid in the Amazon River
from Para to Manaos, q distance OF 400
miles
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-03

Arizona's calf crop is reported to bo very
email.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01
Garfield, Kas.
ATTORNEY cORsWELL RESIGNS

ATTORNEY C0RSWELL RESIGNS
A Topeka dispatch dated Jan. 30ls
says: T. W. Cogswell of Pittsburg,
who, several months ago, was ..
appointed assistant attorney gen.
eral for Crawford county, has ten
dered his resignation to Attorney
General Dawes. The letter of resig-
nation is confirmatory of Governor
Morrill's interview Ia the Star last
spring, when he took the ground
that the prohibitory law could not
be enforced where public sentiment
is against It. Cogswell says the
only honorable course was to
resign. Pittsburg saloons are run
ming wide open. The city govern
ment favors open saloons and they
are licensed by a system of month
iy fines. AS a result Cogswell
occupied the enviable position OF
prosecutor without any business In
that line. He therefore terminates
IL by resigning. He is satisfied
that public sentiment in the county
is against the enforcement of the
prohibitory law. If he had been
supported by public sentiment he
says he coulh have closed every
saloon In the county.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01
BOLD BURGLARS.

On Sunday night somebody
without fear of God or the laws of
Kansas in his heart entered the
residence of Dr. W. A. Mckinney
On East Spring street and with
malice aforethought, did then and
there, unlawfully, feloniously,
wilfully and premeditatedly
appropriate to his own use coat
and pair of trouserloons, the
property of the said DIR. W. A.
Mckinney. At the same time and
place the burglariously inclined
individuals fingers became glued
to some trinkets belonging to Mrs.
McElhiney. The doctor is in
Parsons, Kansas, and his wife is
staying at the home of 7. B.
Mckinney, so the burglar had
things his own way.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01

An absent-minded old bachelor
is in the habit, when he comes
home to tea, of putting the kettle
on the stove and taking snooze
until the kettle begins to sing,
when he gets up and makes his tea.
The other evening, being q little
prostrated on account of old
Simkins' daughter cutting him on
the street." he put the kettle on the
lounge and got on the stove
himself, and never discovered his
mistake until he begun to sing.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01
THE GUN BURST.

On Friday of last week ]. c.
Naylor took H. NJ. Bacon, Marshal
Gill and Frank Hemstreet out TO
his farm rabbit hunting. The last
named gentlemen had fairly good
success, but Naylor met with a
seventeen-dollar nishap. During
the hunt he managed to get one
barrel of his gun partly filed with
mud and when he next fred at
little bunny the gun bursted-that
is, one barrel did. Naylor felt sore
for a few days, but he has made up
his mind that a man will have just
about 80 much trouble in his
lifetime, anyway. The gun was
the property of Bert Duncan and
Naylor has had it cut of bar
length.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01
BIG MONEY WELL USED.

Following is letter from Pop
ulist farmer TO the Kansas Farmer:
EDITOR KANSAS FARMER:-I here
with enclose you one dollar bill,
so you will not send me a bill for
one dollar. (All rights reserved)
The bill belongs to the United
States government Gf it was gold it
would belong to EuglandJ but
have peaceable possession of 1t,
aud in sending you the same, I wish
to convey to you the peaceable
possession aforesaid. The amount
at this time is quite large and I
trust you will not withdraw II from
the "per capiter," to corner some
market, but try to make as good
use of II as have. Wishing you
and the Kansas Farmer prosperity
in 1895, am, respectfully yours.
N. o. WAYMRE.
Garfield. Kaa.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01

Nell Chittenden, young man
formerly of this city, Who worked
In Job Rendei's butcher shop, was
arrested at Weir City the other day
for stealing money from the money
drawer of meat market in which
he was working at that place. He
pleaded guilty before a justice of
the peace Tuesday and was fined
$40 and costs, which he paid.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01
SAY, LOOK HEREi

Have you read Bruner & Reddin's
advertisement which appears
elsewhere in this paper1 If you
haven't, do so at once. If you need
anything listed in their adv. II will
certainly pay you to call on them
for It. This firm is making
reputation hich any house in the
West might we'll be proud of, for
low prices, honest dealing and no
misrepresentation as to quality of
goods. 1t will pay you big to
investigate their methods of doing
business If you haven't done so
already.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01
Best Oat Meal at SC per
package Saturday, Feb. 8.
one day only.
J. A. DENT & SON.

J. b. Opperman returned Thurs
day from Cochran, Ind, where he
went in response to a telegram
announcing the serious illness of
his brother. He was absent about
a month. His brother 10 improving
In health.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-02-01
According to the Columbus

According to the Columbus
Advocate the Central Coal and
Coke Company of Weir City is the
heaviest taxpayer in the county, its
taxes last year being $ls2A25. The
Kansas & Texas Coal Company Ia
the second heaviest, its taxes last
year being $ls2064 Third is the
]. N. Cooper N. and N. Co, Of
Galena, which last year paid taxes
amounting 10 so00a. The heaviest
land taxpayer In the county 10 I. p.
LaRue of Columbus.