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The oasis., 1896-02-08
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The oasis., 1896-02-08
Special Notice.

From and after this date Mr. Michael Bridgeman is alone authorized to represent the Plata Reiua de. sonora Mining and Mill ing O., of New Orleans, La" in their mining Interests. in the state Of Sonora, Republic of Mexico, acting under power of attorney held by Mir. Miguel Bornio. General Manager. All powers, other than the above are hereby cancelled and revoked.
 CHAS. H. CHARLTON. \. o. Sept 2nd, 1s9 President.
The advocate., 1896-10-07

lean people, the most industrious, the
most productive on earth, are the great
est consumers, and consequently need
the greatest amount of money in their
daily transactions"
Another prediction is that It will
drive all the gold out Of the country.
Will itP Let's see. In January, 1873,
we had but 1876 millions Of gold in the
country. The coinage of silver began
at once and In twelve years we had &C.
Cumulsted over 700 millions of gold-a
net increase of owe $50 millions. And
gold continued to accumulate in the
country as long as our mints were open
to silver. But the volume began to de-
crease, as all know, soon after we dis
continued the mintsge of silver. For
in January, 1893, a treasury report
showed the amount Of gold In the coun-
try to be 857 millions Of dollars. In
January, 1896, there was but 600 mil
lions. And during these three years
our government borrowed 100 millions
from Europe. Therefore our net loss
was over $50 millions. At this rate It
Is very plain that unless our policy is
changed the nation will soon be totally
wrested Of its redemption money.
G. T. p.
The advocate., 1896-10-07
Maintain the Gold Standard.

EDITOR ADvOoATE:-Why does gold
60 to Europe, and is 1t likely to con.
tinue It's fow In that direction in any
event? Certainly it is; because European
bondholders own at least 5000 millions
Of our National and municipal securi-
ties, together with enormous invest
ments in our breWeries, Touring mills
and elevators, railroads, mines and
other industries, from which she an
nually draws, and must long continue
to draw, gold from the country to meet
interest and dividends to the extent of
$50 million dollars, over and above the
100 million commercial balance of trade
In our favor. But besides this the
100000 Americans (msny whole fami-
lles) who each year visit the Old World,
expend not less than 81 600 each, and
our export and import trade all carried
on in foreign bottoms, that is, by ship.
ping owned abroad, takes 200 million
from Us annually lin the year 1894
207 millloD). So the reader can figure
for himself and settle in his own mind
the probability Of our securing and
keeping gold enough to answer our
gold standard requirements, and to
continue that policy indefinitely. The
idea looks to me like insanity, or at
least q conclusion drawn from deter.
mined and besotted party prejudice,
1t is said that none but business men
are competent to pronounce on this
question; and 1 claim to be
ONE OF THEM.
The advocate., 1896-10-07

Of Thad Stevens, of Plumb, yes, even
Of Ingslls-hsVe been heard, as Of
men crying in the wilderness, to an
throne justice and truth and mercy, or
prepare for day of wrath. But ''eyes
saw not and ears heard not the things
which SO nearly concern their tenn.
pOrsl salvation"
Two years ago the average daily
wage Of those who had work ranged
from "A cents In Alabama to $l.30 In
Illinois. What Is it to-dsyP
Each year the interest on National,
State, county, municipal, school, cor
porste and private indebtedness far
exceeds the total wealth actually pro.
duced by the people. None place our
debt at less than 20 billion dollars,
while Prof. J, G. Ridpsth estimates it
at 45 billions. Less than half the
farms are free from debt; one.third are
rented as are two thirds Of all town
homes. Only one fourth Of the latter
are free from incumbrance. Sixty per
cent. Of Kansas taxable land is mort
gagged. For every five persons there is
one mortgage. The per capita debt in
1890 was $l70.
Thirty thousand men own half the
wealth Of the nation. Lap dogs are
given bsnquets while children stsrVe.
I'll fares the land to Fastening Ills prey,
Where wealth accumulstes and men decay"
Throw open the mints to full legal
tender coinage Of both silver and gold.
Dig material for money out of the
mountains. Set the miners at work.
Sell them, then, the butter, eggs, beef,
pork, -four, horses and mules of the
plains. With the cash pay taxes, In
terest and debts. Next buy goods Of
the merchants and he In turn will
order more and pay for them aOithoWt
bOrrO1Oing money. Then the factories
will hum, the workmen be employed
and the Eastern farmer sell to the la-
borer. J. G. RUPPENTHAL, JR.
The advocate., 1896-10-07
Experience Better Than Prophecy.

EDITOR ADVOCATES Prediction Is
not argument; and yet our
gold devOteeS evidently consider 1t
such. What shocking consequences
they predicted from the coinage Of sill.
yer under the Bland law in 1873. The
President and Wall street finsnclers
confidently declared that the country
couldn't withstand an increase Of our
silver currency Of over % millions at
most without q collapse of the whole
fabric and a depreciation of the dollar.
But alasl Their predictions didn't ma
terlallze, though we coined over 400
millions under the act. And that IN.
relenting antagonist to free silver, Mr.
Cleveland, afterwards "frankly admit
ted that none of the evils that had been
predicted to follow the coinage Of sill
yer under the Bland law Of 1873 had
been realized; and also that the afro
cious Sherman act had been nowerless
TO impair the silver dollar, because the
American people had been able to 'Rs-
simulate q Surprising amount Of the
white metal. That's the important
point in the whole matter. The Amer
The advocate., 1896-10-07
Effects Of the Gold Standard.

EDITOR ADVOCATE - The gold
standard began a trend in conditions
which still continues. Men were
thrown out Of employment. Others
worked on half time. Wages fell, fell,
fell. An ebb was reached when human
nature could endure no longer even in
that browning year of Republican
prosperity, 1892" Even then they
struck in Pennsylvania, In Tennessee,
In New York, In Idaho. But oppres.
sion's heavy hand is on them. ALI the
power Of the law 10 invoked to make
them starVein silence. Protests are riots.
Banners are treason. Yet In all great
cities women work for wages that will
not sustain vir tuOus life. Children Of
tender years
"Toil In mines and factories
I'LL th9y scarce can hold 10 true
That In distant ields the lilies blossom
Under skies Of blue"
Labor dies In need of products which
are rotting on the farmers hands.
A cold, brutal selAshness pervades So
ciety, so that
"Man is cruel tyrant the foe Of his fellow
Pitiless and remorseless by impulse and by
plan
Is and forever has been since time its course
began,
On all who strive to thwart him
In the frenzy Of his need,
In his hunger for dominion,
In his hate OF o rival creed"
These facts are of ominous import.
For the many there is stern indiVld-
ualism and fierce competition; for the
few, careful paternsllsm and friendly
monopoly. American citizens knocked
Vainly at the gates Of the Capitol. We
retrogrsde thousand years. Justice
is "sold, denied, delayed" and the
Magma ChsIta is Scorned; the Declara-
tlon of Independence spurned; the
constitution trsmpled upon; the right
of petition denied. Abraham Lincoln
struck shsckles from the blacks. Are we
freer menP We have drunk to the dregs
the cup of humiliation and degradation.
We have neared the elimination In
conditions, not new. They are the
goal.
The panics Of 1887, 81, '7S and '9S
are not forgotten. Nor are the de.
pressionS Of 1878 and 'S2. Have
the strikes, at Plttsburg, Home.
Buffalo, In Wyoming, Idaho, Kan
sas, the Hooking valley and the
Illinois coal regions faded from the
peopl e's minds as they have. from the
gold standard pOliticisns'P
Memories Of unheeded warnings now
return to mock the sufferer. The
voices Of mRny--Of Lincoln, Of Logan,
The advocate., 1896-10-07

months with nothing but green corn
from the field, and winter with corn
meal as luxury are Vividly remem.
bered." Pictures Of this terrible time
will cloud our eyes with tears as they
arise before as.
But with the spring came the war,
and your enlistment and the gsuntitude
Of your attenuated frame speedily dis
appeared. And now am forced to In.
trOduce an instance Of your goodness
Of heart, which your innate modesty
forbade you to insert in your herd
book autobiography. You pleaded that
you might be excused from serving as
q soldier at the front, as in addition to
the dangers which might result to you
personally from the careless musket
practice Of the enemy, your nerves
would be hOpelessly shattered at the
sight Of blood. Never since the days
Of Hudibras has such a hero been found.
In very ancient times the soldier thus
affected was allowed to return home to
enjoy the wise counseIs Of his mother
at the safe fireside, but your patriotic
spirit scOrned to give up the cause Of
your country without an effort to save
It. The commlSsary department offered
q refuge for your trembling perturbs-
tions. Here, at least, you were safe.
No danger Of seeing blood here, not
even In the skinny beef which you
dealt out to the vulgar butchers, who
knew no better>thsn to believe that 8
soldiers duty cOmprehended killing the
enemies Of his country. Here you
earned your title Of Major, won by
weighing out the densely populated
biscuit, the Wsll-tsnned round of
widowed COW, the msny.dugged bosom
Of the lady swine. 'TiS meet to close a
wsrlike career SO glorious with slight
transformation Of the eulogy of an
other warrior.
"oh, FAREWELL
Farewell the bawling beef and the shrill
The irsnzIed call to grub pile,' heres yer
The rake Of with his nibs, the boss, and all
Pride, pomp, and circumstance OF glorious
war.
FAREWELL for MorrilPs occupations gOneP
OF one accusation, Governor, cheer
fully scquit you. 1 do not second
search into the dealings of the time
subsequent to your return from the
wars In order to discover the sources of
your colossal fortune, the half Of which
the tax assessor, plaglarizing the ex.
clamation of the Queen Of Shebs, de-
clsreS has never been told him, but I
Rnd in the proud recital Of your army
experience the secret. Every old soldier
knows that there are millions In hard
tack. INDEX.
The advocate., 1896-10-07
Great Rock ISland Route PLAYING Cards.

Send IL cents in stamps to John Sebas-
tian, General Passenger Agent c., r. 1. g.
P. railway, Chicago, for the sllckest pack
Of playing cards you ever handled, and on
receipt Of such remittance for one or more
packs they viii be sent you postpaid.
Orders containing 60 cents In stamps or
postal note for same amount win secure
i've packs by express, charges paid.
The advocate., 1896-10-07
LETTER TO GOVERNOR
MORRILL,.
NO. II.


Of your selection as standard. bearer by
the boss and bully Of the Republican
party. 1t was deemed Of the first i'm
portsnCe that q man should be named
who could inspire the people with some
degree of confidence that the ott-re.
peated pledges Of the party should be
worth more than the paper on which
they were penned. Conscious that no
reliance was longer placed In the plat.
form promises of the convention, the
sponsors of the party sought ss their
candidate a man whose reputation
should guarantee that the resolutions
would be carried into practice. The
choice Of the Kansas Warwick fell
upon you. You, my Governor, was
accepted as a good man, one above
guile and double dealing. Perhaps
your ears never burned ss the impas-
stoned orators Of the campaign de.
picted, In terms properly applicable to
q Cincinnatus, q Washington, or a
Uriah Heep your distinguishing char
acterlstics. "Here," they Chanted,
"behold good man, Sabbath school
teacher, the patron Of the needy and
distressed, who walks daily with his
God, and makes even the dusty pOr-
tails Of his bank trysting place for
angels, who will shed upon the foul
pools Of politics the holy effulgence of
gOdly walk and conversation. Be-
hold the man." To the profsne such
q pOrtralture might have suggested
that sweet scene In the career Of that
lovely character, Gloucester,
"When holy and devout religious men
Are OF their beads tits much to draw them
thence;
so sweet Is jealous contemplation"
but the event proved that the great
bard did not picture an impossible con-
ditiOn, for you followed Gloucester's
lead and suffered yourself to be nomi'
mated. Here then was the man who
should readjuSt the dlsjointed mem.
ters Of the body polite, who should
cause prosperity to abolish poverty, be-
meath whose beneHclent rule the un-
employed wandereV should find remun
erative engagement, whose acts should
eXterminate vice and crime, and render
the whole commonwealth from Mission
Creek to MonOtony one paradise of
lOvellness. Under the moral inspira.
tlon Of irrigation and Sabbath school
gushltude, who had not a right to an
ticipste the time so sweetly predicted
by the poet In the Pslsm sung In and
by the CoVsnanters-
@The lion with the lamb lies down,
And exc the lamb outslde
The bullock with the tiger plays,
And licks the tigers hide"
With sll this bestitude In view there
were certain facts In the life Of this
goo.goo man which were sdroitly
CLOSED over. The history Of bonds
voted In aid of the Northern Kansas
now the st. Joseph & Denver Railway
Company, furnished some material fol
uneaslness. The manner In which titlE
was acquired to the Iowa trust lsndl
gave some grounds for fears that the
holiness Of the candidate would be tar
nished by It's recital. Then there wer'
other links In the chain Of your liiI
which were too obviously In need o.
polish. In your autobiography In thr
The record-union., 1896-11-12
Occurs in a DenseIy Populated Part Of
the City Of Cleveland,
The Robbers Securing Over Six Thou
sand Dollars.
Two Iasked rlen Overpower, Bind
and Gag the Watchman, Blow the
Safe to Pieces With Dynamite,
LOOting 1t of Its Contents, and
Then Make Good Their Escape.

CLEVELAND tO), Nov 11.-The
most daring and successful robbery
that has occurred in this city for years
Star Brewing Company early this
morning.
Night Watchman Louis Christensen
was making his rounds inspecting the
buildings, when two masked men
sprang out of the darkness. fierce
struggle ensued. The robbers We're
heavily armed, but refrained from using
their guns, in order to avoid noise
The watchman was finally overcome
bound and gagged, and tied to steam
pipe.
The robbers then broke open the office
door and wrapped the safe with wet
blankets. The combination handle was
broken off and the safe blown to pieces
with dynamite. After looting the safe
Of its contents and taking everything
of value in the office, the robbers de-
parted.
he watchman, after repeated strug-
eies, released himself and gave the
alarm. Officers quickly arrived. and
made an investigation. The robbers
left no clew behind them, but the police
think the work is that of professionals
The robbers secured $4,000 in money
and carried away a collection of rare
coins belonging to G. A. Strangman
valued at 81 800
The robbery occurred in a densely
populated, wealthy residence part Of the
city. Watchman Christensen sustained
three serious wounds.
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THE FLOOR COLLAPSED.
Luckily, None of the rIany Employees
Were Killed.

NEW YORK, Nov. 1.-THE second
floor OF the building occupied by the
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Com
pany, 30 and 81 Vesey street, suddenly
collapsed about s o'clock this morning
The floor which collapsed and the floor
directly under it are used as the head
quarters of the tea company, whose
large retail establishment is in an ad-
joining building The third floor was
occupied by Hendy 1. Cain e Son,
printers. The firm of Benkett & Brass
ford, general printers and bookbinders,
have the two top floors. They employ
a number of girls
The printers in Cain & Sons estab-
lishment had just started their presses
at a few minutes of s o'clock. when
there was a long rumbling noise, and
then quick crash, which made the
building shake for a few minutes The
printers did not wait long to find out
what was the matter.
The cause Of the collapse Of the floor
was that it was overweighted. Luckily
no one was in the shipping room on the
ground floor at the time, or loss of
life would certainly have occurred. The
building had recently been braced in
order to strengthen it.
The record-union., 1896-11-12
COUNTERFEITING INCREASING
Annual Report of w. p Hazen, Chief
of the Secret Service.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE an
nual report of w. p. Hazen, Chief of
the Secret Service, states that counter
letting has materially increased in the
asst year. This can be accounted for
largely in raised or alterated notes
found IN circulation, some of which are
most eXcellently executed.
1t Is also made plain, he adds, that
the distinctive paper in use is an aid to
the criminal rather than protection 10
the public, because of the fact that a
note printed upon paper containing
SILK threads (aS a number of the best
OF the counterfeits ard all of the raised
notes are) is accepted in a majority of
instances without hesitation, owing to
the erroneous impression that the pa
per used by the Government is manu-
tactured by secret process and cannot
be counterfeited. He has also become
convinced that the introduction of silk
into the paper tends to lessen it's wear
ing qualities, and is therefore respon-
lble to a degree for its short life.
The counterfeiting of gold and silver
coins has been ON the increase in all
parts of the country. Some of the coun-
terfelts OF silver coins have appeared
on the Pacific Coast that are quite as
good as the genuine both in weight and
fineness, and made from dies of excel
lent workmanship.
The record-union., 1896-11-12
ADMIRAL BUNCES SQUADRON.
1t VIII Go to the Venezuelan Coast
Within a Few Weeks.

WASHINGTON, Nov. u.-Admiral
Bunce's squadron will go to Venezuela
IN a few weeks unless a radical de-
parture is made in the plans perfected
at the Navy Department TODAY. when
the Admiral came down from New York
under summons from his superiors and
devoted the entire day to a discussion
OF the complex conditions that are un-
derstood to be inseparable from the
cruise.
Inc object of Admiral Bunce's new
orders is declared to be without any
sisnlbcance IN the foreign affairs of the
united states, but relates altogether to
the necessities of effective administra-
tlon Admiral Bunce,, as well as all
naval officers. has urged the necessity
of Keeping up drills at sea. but these
require base of operations free from
ice, easy of access, in which the whole
fleet can anchor without crowding. and
Where coai Is cheap and good food
abundant. The Gulf of Mexico offers
the most admirable theater for such
winter operations, but the authorities
have agreed that on account Of its near
ness to Cuba the presence of SO large a
force in the gulf would be misinfer-
preted at Madrid. When it was finally
conceded that the fleet must be held
together. and that evolutions must be
had, the only waters where the ships
could always be in readiness for bur
ried return TO this coast if needed was
found IN that part of the Atlantic near
the mouth of the Orinoco. and at the
entrance of the Caribbean SEQ vuaIl
away from Havana. According to
present understanding, the feet will be
at Hampton Roads most of December,
The record-union., 1896-11-12
STRUCK A BROKEN RAIL.
PASSENGER TRAIN ON THE UNION
PACIFIC WRECKED.
Four Cars Turned Over in a Ditch
Fifteen People Injured, but
None Seriously.

OGALALLA (Neb.), Nov. 11-Union
Pacific passenger train No. 3, west
bound, from Denver, struck a broken
rail here to-day. The tourist car, two
chair cars and one Pullman were turned
over in ditch. Fifteen passengers
were hurt, but none seriously
One woman complains of severe pains
in the back, and may be seriously in
jured. One man was badly cut on the
head No others were seriously in
jured.
The locomotive, mail and baggage
cars passed over the broken rail in
safety, probably because the train was
running at high speed. The remainder
of the train did not get on so we'll
One first-class Pullman sleeper. one
second-class tourist sleeper. one tourist
coach and five chair cars were ditched.
the two sIeepers and two chair cars
turning over on their Sides The trucks
of the tourist sleeper were badly
smashed, but this was about the only
damage of any moment.
Physicians were summoned from
Ogallala. They found but little work.
however, as nearly all the passengers
made lucky escapes. The engine, with
the mail and express cars, We're started
west as soon as possible, in order that
the Western mail might not be delayed
The train got away from the scene of
the wreck at 800 this morning and will
be run as special. 1t left Roscoe at
T:30, about six hours late, but will pull
into Ogden tomorrow morning not more
than two OF three hours behind time.
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BATTLE WITH HORSETHIEVES.
One Bandit Killed and Two Wounded
Two Officers Wounded.

PERRY %. T), Nov. 11.-From Green
County, Oklahoma, seventy-five miles
southwest of here, comes the news of a
battle between officers of Greer and
" ashita Counties and large number
cf Mexican horse thieves, in which one
robber was killed outright, several
wounded and two officers wounded
a band of eight or ten Mexicans have
been stealing horses and committing
numerous depredations in western
counties in Oklahoma. Officers of Greer
and Washita Counties organized a
2 sse and came on to the Mexicans in
camp in Greer County. The latter
orened fire on the officers. A pitched
battle ensued, in which more than 100
shots We're fired. The officers soon
surrounded the band.
One Mexican was found dead and two
wounded. OF the Sheriffs posse two
were wounded. The officers were led
by Abraham Brennan of Washita
County. Five of the Mexicans were
put in jail at Arapahoe.
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w. C. 7. UNION.
Will Convene in Annual Session at
St. Louis TO=rlOrrOW,

ST. LOUIS, Nov. 1.-THE twenty
third annual convention of the W. c.
T. q. will be called to order in Ex-
position Music Hall in this city Friday
morning by Miss Frances f. Willard,
President. All of the officers and a
majority of the delegates have already
arrived.
The social purity branch of the union
held its first session this afternoon in
the Second Presbyterian Church, under
the direction of Dr. Mary Wood Allen,
superintendent. The subject discussed
was Equal Social and Moral RESPONSE
bility for Men and Women" This
branch will hold another session to-
morrow.
Miss Willard was suffering from fa-
tigue of travel to-day, and she was
confined to her bed in the Lindell Ho-
tel.
The Board Of National Officers. Miss
Lillian NJ. Stevens, Maine, Vice Presi-
-at-Large; Miss Catherine L. Ste
vens Massachusetts, Corresponding
Secretary; Miss Clara Hoffman, Mis-
souri,, Recording Secretary; Miss
Frances 4. Beauchamp, Kentucky, AS
sistant Recording Secretary, and Miss
Helen Barker. Treasurer held a bust
ness session this morning at Miss Will
ards bedside
Beginning Friday, the convention will
adjourn sine die on the Wednesday fol-
lowing.