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Iron County register., 1896-10-29
MASSES AGAINST GLASSES.
Distinction Set Up by the Money POwes
Back of gTcKinley

Back of Mckinley.
Mr. Mckinley says: THE men who
would divide the land and set up class
distinctions are the public's enemies" :"
Ihls is precisely what usurycrats
have been doing for years-setting up
class distinctions. Among them, and
with little or no disguise, attempts
may be noted everywhere of making the
breach wider between the worker and
the money lender.
These money lenders have been trav-
cling so frequently abroad of late years
mat they have imbued themselves with
the class distinctions to be seen in Eu-
rope, and they make no bones about
saying that they are not of the same
breed OF humanity as the toilers at the
plow or in the shop, or even those not
as wealthy as themselves.
1t is the work, more or less secretly
carried on, of these usurycrats that has
made the breach Mr.. Mckinley deplores,
although his words falsely assert that
the breach is the work of the toilers.
Everybody of any observing power
well knows that it is not the toiler
who .instigates class government; it
is not the toiler who would shut himself
out from associating with the rich. On
the other hand, it is observable every
where that it is the rich who have in all
periods of history sought to keep the
toilers down under the whip-lash in
one form or another.
It is the money lenders and those who
sustained usury for oppressive ends in
all generations who have sought to
build up and retain an aristocracy
which toilers were not permitted tc
enter. 1t is the money lenders who in
variably have sought to rob toilers as a
body, under the idea that they could
alone retain or increase their riches by
forcibly seizing upon the results of
toll. Therefore whatever dividing of
classes there appears to be in the pres
ent contest, it is all the work of the
usurycrats themselves, whose spokes-
man and advocate Mr.. Mckinley has
unfortunately for himself, consented to
be.
AS the masses of the great plain
people have been downtrodden by these
usurers, it is right and just that they
should unite and protest against it.
And if that protest against usurycrat
methods of robbery is Objectionable to
the usurycrats they have no one else
to thank but themselves for their short
sighted and miserly behavior.-Phila-
delphia Item.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
AMERICAN LINERS EQuALToANY
Are Formidable Rivals to British Ships In
Speed, Comfort and Safety.

Are Formidable Rivals to British Ships In
Speed, Comfort and Safety.
It is so novel and gratifying for this
country to have won place in the in
ternational maritime competition that
we are apt to underrate what the fact
implies. The truth is that with num-
beE of warships which in their respect
i've classes are entitled to rank with the
best in the world we have just two mod
ern seagoing merchant steamers of the
/ frst-class afioat. Each of these steam
ers has in turn wrested from their Brit
ish-built predecessors and from the
other the record between New York
and Southampton. In point of time they
have already established a rivalry on
equal terms with the far larger Liver
pool ships for passengers between Lon
don and New York.
This is a great triumph for nation
which for more than generation has
been out of the international compe-
tition and which has reentered it with
but two ships of its own production.
1t shows what can be done if only the
commercial conditions allow us to keep
u0 the rivalry thus begun. The record
the respectable slice of two hours from
that made by her sister ship awhile ago,
and assures Americans anew that they
can sail under their own flag practical
ly as fast as under foreign flag.
As a matter of fact, the most inter-
esting and encouraging thing about
these records is the fact that the ships
which make them are extremely prac-
teal vessels, and that they meet the
commercial conditions of the North At
lantic trade more accurately than the
crack British ships, which alone are
their superiors in speed. Every line
finds it necessary TO have a "grey-
hound" or two. but it is not the grey
hounds that make the money. It is
commonly believed that they are run
regardless of expense, in order to adj
vertise the lines to which they belong.
The ST. Paul and the ST. Louis, on the
other hand, attain a speed not indeed
equal, but for the purposes of passen-
gers equivalent to that of the great
Liverpool liners. and they do it with
the expenditure of, it seems likely, not
much more than three-fifths of the
coal burned by the larger ships. The
difference is enormous and in close
competition must be decisive, for it can
hardly be possible the greatest British
liners can earn as much more money
than the Americans as they spend It
is already recognized in England that
we threaten a formidable rivalry TO the
British carrying trade, at least on the
North Atlantic. To have attained this
result with but two ships of our own is,
we repeat, a remarkable triumph.
With a continuance of the policy to
which we owe the st. Paul and the
ST. Louis we may look confidently for
ward to feet of first-class American
passenger steamers.-N. Y. Times.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
Ma. HANNA.s CAMPAIGN.
We<king On Money Furnished by the Cor
ruut T-rrsmtn

rupt Trusts.
The battle being waged In the mid
ule west is worthy all the interest it
creates. 1t is immensely significant.
HE republicans, under the direction
OF Mark Hanna, are making a stupen-
uous light. Hundreds of his orators are
ON the stump, his newspapers are
trumpeting, and every agency that can
be persuaded to cooperate or that can
be bought or drafted is employed to
convince the people that the gold
standard is as good for them as = is
Tor the trusts, syndicates and preda,
tory millionaires who are paying the
bills for all this.
On the other hand the democrats
are obliged to rely largely on voIun-
teer effort. They have little money
not enough to defray the cost of an or
dinary campaign to say nothing CT cff-
setting the unprecedented elaborate
ness and energy of the republican op-
eratiOns. Yet are the democrats conf
dent of winning. Their trust is the
same as that expressed by Mr.. Bryan
when he said: "As against corruption
fund, however much, we place the iran
hood of the American voter"
The staff correspondent of the es-
teemed New York Sun telegraphs from
Chicago that an admirer of Mr.. Hanna,
impressed by the remarkable thor
oughness of the boss methods, cried
out of him: Hanna, you missed your
calling. You ought to have been a
general. You'd have made a Hanni-
bal, Caesar or a Wellington" And
unqGestionably Mr.. Hanna is a very
able man of his kind. But the error he
Is making is the error to which the
class he typifies is always prone.
knowing the power of money in their
business schemes they insensibly come
to think money must be equally irrc-
sistible in other fields. They View
lqbor as a commodity only, forgetting
the humanity of the Iaborer, and they
commit the same mistake as to the
voter. They rush into politics as they
do into the wheat pit, not doubling
that the heaviest purse must conquer.
That money is potent in politics
everybody is aware, but it is not om-
nipotent. When mems blood is up,
when their patriotism is aroused, they
think of other things than money.
That is the state of the masses Ill the
middle west now. The very scale on
which Hanna is conducting his battle,
the enormous sums he is pouring. out,
the swarm of orators he has sent to the
stump, the lavishness with which the
press is being trcated-aIl combine TO
reveal his sure knowledge that if the
middle west were left free to follow its
own inclination it would sweep toward
Bryan and honest bimetallic money.
And as Mckinley can't be elected and
the gold standard fastened on the
United States without the help of the
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
ron coon EArrves sAKE.


The Uniaue System Adopted by Railroad
Company to Have Its Dining Car Servic1
Up to the Best.
The following is an extract from the Lo-
comotive Engineer of New York city, pa
per Of recognized authority In technical rail-
ruad matters:
''In connection with the through train
service between Chicago. Buffalo, New
York and Boston, the Nickel Plate Railroad
run their own eating cars, and they have
adopted rather unique manner OF keeping
the men In charge of the cars up to the
mark. There Is n grievance committee con-
slsting of two superintendents, the superin-
gendent or motive power, the regular tray-
eilng representatives, and the general car
inspector, who have authority to take a
meal IN the cars at any time and report on
anything they find wrong. These officers
make life a burden to the superintendent of
the dining cars. There is q good deal of
pleasantly about the criticisms, but those
patronizing the cars find that they never
have reason to complain of the victuals be-
ing cold or out of season.
The dining car service on the trains OF
the Nickel Plate Railroad is something that
strikes the traveller as approaching perfec-
ton. With the system in force referred to,
there is not much room for kick from
anybody"
In conjunction with the above article we
feel justified In adding our compliments to
the painstaking MANAGEMENT of the Nickel
70 have occasion to use this line in our fire.
Quent trips from Chicago to New York city
and Boston.
While travelling in one Of the day coaches
On q little 1aunt from local station into
Bunalo, was impressed by the cleanliness
OF the car. The secret was soon divulged
Along came a colored porter in uniform,
dust cloth and brush in hand, and with
polish here and wipe there, the seats, win
dow siils and floor were kept scrupulously
clean.
The schedules of their fast trains are con-
venient and the sleeping cars placed in the
regular daily service are of the most luxuri-
ant type of modern car construction. Solid
trains are run between Chicago, Buffalo and
New York city and through sleepers to
Boston.
A fact worthy of note yet remains to be
pointed out to the readers of this journal,
which, perhaps, has not come to the noticeo of
many. Rates are offered between the same
points lower than those quoted by competi-
tors of the Nickel Plate Road and from nav
experience their passenger facilities are ex-
celled by none. A POINTER.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
ALeading Question.

"Is your mamma home, my dear?"
eyes, SIR
"Well, run in and tell her that one of
her old beaux would like to see her"
please, sir, which one are you?'
(Which one?"
'Yes, sir. I heard papa telling man.
ma about all of you last night. He
said one of you was hanged, and one
was forger, and one was bigamist, and
one a bunko steerer, and one ran a
faro bank, and two were free lovers.
Which one are you ?"-Cleveland Plain.
Dealer.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
INFLUENZA AND SUICIDE.
Instances Where SeIf-Destruction Was the
Result of Bad Colds.


Result of Bad Colds. o..
A case which occurred lately at
Dover. where a Scottish gentleman
committed suicide, is of Importance
in one particular. At the inquest it
was pointed out that he had not been
himself since an attack of influenza
two ears before, and that in all prob
ability this attack was the primary
cause OF the self-destruction. The i'm
portance of this fact, with regard to
motives for suicide, should not be dis
regarded, and we are of opinion that
a large number of the unexplained
cases of suicide which have occurred
lately are in all probability to be as
cribed to post influenza cerebral
changes. During the six epidemics
since the winter of lsS9-9O, a very large
proportion of the population has suf-
ferod, while many of these must have
developed nervous symptoms. To turn
to a particular instance, g case in court
not long ago depended on the question
whether a man had committed suicide
or not, but the fact that he had had
an attack of influenza two years be-
fore was not insisted on, owing to the
length of time which had elapsed be-
tween the attack and the death-just
about the same time, it will be noticed,
which elapsed between the attack and
the suicide IN the first case. Medical
jurists will do well to remember that
if the actual effects of influenza, though
protean, are feeting, the after results
in many are of long duration, insidious.
and often of nervous character, lead
ing to the cerebral instability.-Lon-
don Medical Press.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
THE FARMING WORLD.
DAIRY MANAeEMENT
How to House Cows So They VIM Pay
for Themselves.

How to House Cows So They VIM Pay
for Themselves
1 viii first quote the golden rule of
dairying: Make the cow thoroughly
comfortable by keeping her warm and
satisfied with good food and pure wa
ter, and keep her clean and give her
exercise. The man with only three
or four cows can fix a warm place in or
about his barn. But I will give plan
for ten COWS which can be reduced for
n smaller number or enlarged as mucn
as desired, and yet be very handy and
economical.
For ten cows should certainly have
silo. In this article shall not give
detailed plan for building the cheap
est and best silo, but may in future.
A stable should be light, well ventilated
and warm. 1t should be so arranged
Iron County register., 1896-10-29

In England the first cost of making "a
highway is estimated at $4,000 per mile;
in France il is 900 and in Italy 50 900
per mile. The principal item Of cost in
arises from the necessary pur-
chase of property; in the mountain dis
tricts of France from the nature of the
country through which the road runs
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
Kentuehr Took the Lea.I.

Kentucky was one of the early west.
.rn states to take an active interest in
roed-making. 1t was the policy of the
state TO cooperate with itssminor poIit-
ical divisions in the construction OF
roads, and many years ago corps OF
engineers set 10 work to lay off roads in
all parts of the Blue Grass state
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
THE PEOPLE ARE WITH HIM.

Growing Faith in the Brilliant Young
Democratic Leader.
There is inspiration for the democrat
ic masses in the contrast presented by
the forecasts of the Bryan managers
and the Hanna men.
On the republican side the certainty
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
Made Her Do 1t Over ApaIn.

A lady was singing last week at a
charity concert, and the audience in
sisted on hearing her song second
time. Her daughter. little child, was
present, and ON being asked afterward
how her mother had sung, replied:
Every badly: for they made her do it
ell over again.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
The Kaiser.s Artistic Efforts.

Kaiser Wilhelm s artistic collaboration
with Prof. Knackfuss continues. The
next result of it will be a picture rep
resenting the holy Roman emperor of
the middle ages oD Italian soil.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
The Greedy Gold Power.

II the financial policy of the money
power should be permitted to continue
until the gold dollar should come 10
represent 500 cents, as compared with
the products measured by it, the cry of
the monopolists would still be: I'VE
want gold! That is the best money for
1,a. and therefore the best for the coun-
try!" No matter to what point of un-
just value the gold dollar should rise,
entailing the inevitable fall in the value
of ali commodities, the money power
will never Voluntarily loosen its grasp
end release the people from the CALLING
yoke of pIutocracy. The people must
act. This octopus must be crushed be-
fore it has done further harm TO the
sage-earners of this country.-Tem-
many Times.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29

A WAY OF EsCAPE.-sThere is one good
thing about foreign nobility, after ALL"
over here they can't compel us to associate
with them. ."-Chicago Record.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29

CLARA-''Mr Nicefello said my face was
classic. What is classics' Dora-''Oh,
most anything old" Good News.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29

CAsCARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and
bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe.
Iron County register., 1896-10-29
One of the assistant United States

One of the assistant United States
attorneys in California, who is presi-
dental elector on the democratic tick
ct, has resigned his Office because the
law SAYS that no one holding office shall
serve as an elecror, and he preferred to
lose his Office rather than the opportu-
nifty to vote for Bryan in the electoral
college. That doesn't look as though
ne believed Mckinley would carry Cali
foruia.- IN. W Leader.
The restoration OF Mckinleyism
would be the greatest calamity that
could happen to this country. 1t would
give the monopolists firm grip on the
industries of the people and compel
n payment of tribute &c them fer gem
Grafton. The industrial freedom CT this
country can only be rescued and saved
by the complete defeat of Mckinley and
his foIIowers.-SprinCfel Democrat.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-16
The Dynamos Tried,

The electric light and power station
the Maine Eye and Ear Intirmary is
now nearly ready for use. and last eve
ming Trial was made of the dynamo
which is TO BIZ used in lighting the build
ing. Another dynamo is to be used to
generate power for running the elevator
and for mechanical purposes in the sew
eral working departments of the mfr
mary. The dynamos are to be run by an
auto-gasoline eng inc and the smoke and
odor arising from the engine will be
conducted through special pipes into
the large ohimnies where it pnsses of
into the open air far above the roofs OF
the surrounding buildings.
There will be no danger from smoke de-
soendlng in the immediate vicinity as all
the smoke and vapor is condensed in
passing through these pipes which lead
into the chimneys
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-16
LIE tier Carrier Batchelder in Trouble.


Yesterday morning Officer Quinn
arrested Henry Batchelder, the letter
carrier, at the United States hotel and
took him to the station. He was turned
over to Deputy United States Marshal
Smith, and at once arraigned before
Commissioner Brad ley on charge of de-
tanning and embezzling letter addressed
to Mrs. W. r. Anthoine, 81 Winter
street. L. NJ. Webb, ESQ.,, represented
the accused and waived examination,
entering plea of not guilty. The COM
missioner ordered the respondent to
recognize in the sum of $3.50 for his ap-
pearance at the February term of the
district court. In the afternoon
Batchelder's wife and brother gave bonds
for him. Batchelder has been number
Of years in the postal service. He WAS
considered one of the best men on the
force until recently, when his habits be-
came bad. He was cautioned by the
postmaster and then suspended. Recently
he got on spree and failed to deliver q
part of his mail. Some of it was found
in his room. The penalty for OBTAINING,
or embezzling mail, may be $500 fine, OF
imprisonment for one year, or bot b.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-16
Inspection of S. of v. Camps.

The annual inspection of tho camps OF
the Maine Division S. of ". have Just
besn completed by Inspeotorl W. L. Crib
bin Of this city, and his ASSISTANTS, Alfred
r. Hal of Oakland and Fred r. Fife OF
Fryeburg. Inspector Gribbin reports that
the camps as whole are in healthy
condition and that the interest in the
work of the order is good.
As inspector, Mr. Gribbin has con-
solidated report to make out. This report
in detail shows the financial, social and
general staining of each camp.
There are at the present time about
so camps in the division, and there are
40 questions to be answered relative to
each camp. This necsssitates the writ
ing of 2100 words and figures which
makes up the consolidated report, and
as these reports are made out in triplicate
form it can be seen that it will be no
small task to comp lete.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-16
PERSONAL.

Mr.. j. II. Lephart. representing Mr.
C. D. Passapae of New York, is spend
ing few days in the city and has beer
warmly welcomed by his many friends.
VIM. Cottle, of Montreal, superinten
dent of the Grand Trunk railroad, wal
at the Falmouth yesterday.
The following were among the arrivals
at the Preble yesterday: ". B. Sprowl,
G. P. Huffman, J. Rattchleffe, New
York; E. L. Cobb, A, ". Handry, Bos
ton; P. q. Morris, Buokfield; VIM. Ker
met, Madison; A. p. Cram and wife
ME-; Vernon r. S. Woodruff and wife.
New Haven; o. Z. Jones and wife, Jack
son, N. Fl.
The following were among those regis
tered at the Congress Square hotel yester
day: c. Ballard, S. Winternit, A. M
Briggs, d. W. Flemming, W. B. Thorn
ing, N. WV. Pettengill, Rumford Falls
6. Fl. Fitzgerald. W. Fl. Bennett, Flu
gene Gary, niagara Falls; H. e. Evans
York; E. P. Bennett, Worcester; c. H
Hanson, j. E. Anderson, L. W. Sumner
Il. r. Lemon, L. P. Marvel, r. Fl. Cool
idge, G. Holmes, Geo. K. Ficken, FREQ
Reed, Boston; C. P. Hatch, b. Il. Nor
rill, Buck field: Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Max
cay. Gardiner; F. Raines, Whitefeld
?. P. Burnham, Bridgton.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-16
MAN MISSING.
John j. Campbell, Valley St., Has Gone
Away.

John j. Campbell, car cleaner, at the
Union station, living at No. 6 Valley
street, has disappeared from his homo
and his whereabouts are not known to
his wife and family. He had no domestic
trou bles and why he should take himself
out of the way is not explained. He has
a father and mother living in Prince
Edwards Island and that was his native
place. He is five feet, seven inches tall
and weighs 140 pounds. He had sandy
moustaohe, black hair and dark hazel
eyes, He wore blue suit with sack coat
and had dark green overcont, nearly
black. He was last Eeen Saturday at
about 6. 80 pollock, when he told his wife
he was going to see man who would
pay him some money. His wife thinks
he has been troubled since milk route
failed to pay that he had bought.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-16
Runaway on Free Street.

A runaway occurred yesterday after
noon about A. 80 in the vicinity of Free
and Middle streets. A horse that had
been attached to private team came
down Free street at lively pace with
nothing but the harness and whitfie-
tree attached. AS the horse neared
Hogan Brothers he bolted between a
team and ono of Ingalls, Brothers wagons
which was coming up Middle street. The
runaway horse made leap in the direc-
the driver, was thrown from his seat and
was injured slightly about the leg. The
ru naway horse was then caught, and no
further damage done.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-16
A Musical Festival.

Mr.. Homer Chase of Auburn was in
the city yesterday visiting musical
people. He is interested in an effort to
establish O musical festival in Auf7rn,
annually, corresponding to the Worces-
ter, Mass, festival He says that they
have O chorus in Auburn. drilling for the
first festival to be held next October,
numbering over four hundred voices, of
which 135 belong in Lewiston. Nine.
Nordica has agreed to appear and all the
singers that appear at the Worcester
festival. Prof. Chapman of New YORK
will be the director. MIR. Chase intended
to call or Bir. and Mrs. Kotzschmar, Mr..
Harvey Murray, Mr.. Rankin, Mrs.
Bowers, Mr.. French, the president of the
Eaydns, and others. Mr.. j. B. Coyle
signed the subscription paper.
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-16

Joseph Robert, a lumber merchant of
Montreal, has assigned. The liabilities
are nearly $4,000.
Mark A. Hanna will be the guest of
honor at the annual Hamilton club ban
ouet to be held at tie Auditorium in
Chicago on January II, and has signifed
his willingness to make speech.
Ehe furniture factories in Grand
Rapids are employing mora men now
than at any time in the last six months.
The nun Der now employed is between
1900 and 1000 more than on November l.
The wages are the same as have been
paid the last three years. L -
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-16

W. ". Mansfield & Co., jewellers, offer
for holiday sale. fine assortment of
Porcelain Clocks, Delft. Onyx and gilt,
Royal Bonn, French decorations,
Boudoir etc., 241 Middle street, opposite
The Portland daily press., 1896-12-16
Neutrality-suspicious., Meeting.

The next meeting Of the new W ashing-
toDian movement will be held this eve
ming at Gospel Mission hall at 7.30
o CLOCK. rousing time is expected.
Good music and speaking. Every body
Welcome.