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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15

SILVER IN HAWAII.
n Little Island Republic Keeps the
White Neral at Par with Gold.

The Little Island Republic Keeps the
White Metal at Par with Gold.
The only money bearing the Hawai-
ian stamp is silver, and $1,O00,V0O of
this money is in circulation in the is
land republic. The issue consists of
dimes, quarters, half-dollars and dol
lars. Silver certificates are issued
against deposits of these silver dollars
in the Hawaiian treasury, the denomi-
nations being $40, 500, $50 and 500 bills.
Not one ounce of gold is held in a re-
serve fund to redeem this silver. The
government declines to receive its own
money in payment of taxes or customs.
In all other countries but Hawaii this
silver is worth but so cents Gu the dol
lar, and will not circulate at all, even
at that discount. The banks il. Homo
lulu (there are three) charge " per
cent. for exchanging gold for silver,
and give one per cent. premium for
gold deposits. But in all ordinary bust
ness-trading transactions this silver is
on Il par with American gold, no differ
ence being made in the price of any
article, whether gold or silver is offered
in payment therefor. United States
silver certificates or dollars are not
OAAg aAAo a@C pun III II
status as Hawaiian silver certificates
or dollars by the banks.
Wages of skilled labor in Hawaii are
from 10 to 100 per cent. higher than in
the United States. From SIS to $125
a month is paid clerks in dry goods
stores, drug stores, wholesale houses,
etc. ~Bookkeepers receive from $50 to
$3.50, according to position. Soldiers
get $50 a month, instead of S13, as here.
Printers receive from $50 to $50 a week.
this list can be indefinitely extend
No unskilled labor is performed by
white men. Living costs about 25 per
cent. more than in Chicago. The claim
that high wages are the result of Ha-
waits being a new country falls fiat
when the fact is looked Mt that before
this silver was in circulation men who
now receive from $50 to $25 a week re-
ceivcd $12 to SIS. Hawaii was much
newer" then. Hawaii's m%illionaires
have lately shown considerable hostili-
ty toward this silver issue, and as the
common people have really nothing
whatever to say about the government
there, they will, perhaps, succeed in
lowering its value.
Inc populat1on OF HAWAII is, In round
numbers, $4,000, divided among the fol-
nationalities: Forty thousand
Chinese and japanese principally COOL
ies), $4,000 Hawaiian natives and Portu-
guese (~peasants), 5000 Americans and
other than Portuguese. II
these $4,000 people can keep at par with
American gold 81 ,OOo,O 900 silver, with no
gold reserve fund, no redemption in
gold by the government-on the con-
trary, in the face of a refusal by the
government to accept this silver in pay
ment of taxes or customs-and do this
1t n time when n revolution is either in
progress or expected all the time, can
not the American republic, with 100000
D0O of intelligent people, circulate and
Seep at par with gold as much silver as
{ is possible for the minis to coin?-
Cor. Chicago Record.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15
"sIxTEEN TO ONE" AGAIN.
What 1t Means-Free Coinage Would Not
Drive Ont Our Gold.

What 1t Means-Free Coinage Would Not
Drive Out Our Gold.
We despair of making everybody un-
derstand what is meant by sixteen to
one" in reference to gold and silver
coinage. After repeated explanations,
we still receive letters from correspond
ents asking what the phrase means.
They AVE evidently overlooked what
has been so often said before. So here .
goes, once more, and, as we hope, for
the last time: Sixteen to one means
that the government shall declare by
legislation that one grain of gold is
equivalent to sixteen grains of silver:
in other words, that as n gold dollar
contains 1929 grains of pure gold, 10
times that much of pure silver, namely,
371H grains, shall by act of congress
be enacted to be its equal in value. The
silver men demand this, because it win
restore the coinage of the two metals
to the same ratio as had existed for
nearly a hundred years before the coin
age of silver dollars was suspended in
1873. The gold men oppose il, because
they say 23.22 grains of gold instead of
being only worth 371H grains of silver
are in reality now worth COS grains of
silver, and that therefore the demand
of the silver men is that this govern
ment shall declare that TO be true
which is false and that to be equal
which is unequal. Moreover, they ray
that after it attempts to enact this
falschood int n truth, it is, without
charge and without limit, to stamp the
falsehood upon the inferior coin, send
it current through the country and
compel every seller to TAX it il pay
ment for his commodities, every ilborer
for his wages, and every creditor for his
debts. The answer of the silver men is
hat when silver is admitted to free
coinage its value will increase until it
gets back to the old ratio of sixteen to
President Andrews, of Brown
university at Providence, X. l., has writ
to Mr.. Stephen w. Nickerson, of
Boston, n letter in which he says:
I'm yours of the Goth inst, after adj
to Cernuschi's latest position
touching the policy of the United States
in freely coming silver at sixteen 20 one
without waiting for an international
you ask what, if any, OBJ
1 would urge against this pol
icy. reply that 1 would urge none.
The vast new output of gold in recent
years as compared with that of silver
mpresses me that free coinage by us
alone would not lead to the displace-
of our gold; that, Therefore, free
would be safe. If it is safe, it
IS certainly desirable. OF course, no
can be absolutely certain hat ws
could proceed with free silver coinage
md yet retain our gold. 1 therefore do
'ot dogmatizc, but leave that to the
gold men. To my mind, however, the
overwhelming probability is that gold
would stay with us. l have noticed of
ate no serious argument to show that
t would not"
That is n fair statement of the view
entertaiDed by the most Intelligent and
educated silver men.-AlbanY
-
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15
eRYAN's SECOND SPEECH.
Demonstration In Union Square That Fairly
Outdid the Big Meeting.

Ouhuhu a. AAb "NCbhhS
New YORK, Aur. 13.-In Union
square, facing the Bartholdi hotel, oc-
Cured, just after the adjournment of
the meeting at Madison Square garden.
a scene that outdid in excitement those
that took place in the hall. A crowd
of 5000 to 10000 people had been eX-
Guided from the hall, and when the
candidate emerged, in an instant there
began a mad rush for places of vantage,
it having become known that Mr.. Bryan
would speak from the hotel balcony.
The police seemed powerless to stop
the crowd. On they rushed, stopping
the cable cars and carriages, falling
over each other in their mad fight,
and screaming their appreciation for
Bryan. When Mr.. Bryan stepped upon
the balcony there was a roar of APP
plause from at least 10000 throats.
When he secured order he said in a
firm, clear voice:
Fellow citizens, 1 cannot do more
than to express to those who are as
sembled here our deep appreciation of
the interest which the people of New
York are taking in the campaign,
which is now formally opened. When
/ left home l told the people at the
ucDOJ IIldO L was COulluR W Opcn IL
campaign in what was thought TO be
the heart of the enemy's country but
which / hoped, before the camgaign was
over, would be our country. Our hopes
have been realized sooner than we
expected, and wherever the enemy
goes after this he will be in our coun-
try, no matter where he is. Some of
your 6nanciers have boosted hat they
- - -l I.A -I-l1
teach them that they must carry their
ideas far enough to believe not in gold,
but in the golden rule, hat treats all
men alike.
II commission you all as soldiers to
fight and as missionaries to preach
wherever you go from now until cleo
ton. Our opponents in the democratic
party have been threatening to organ-
ize a gold standard democratic party,
but we are not afraid; You will search
the pages of history in vain to find a bat
tie ever won by any army of generals.
They have not a private in their whole
ranks.
Now. my friends. 1 want you to set
to you opponents an example which
they have not set TO you. They have
said that they represent the respecta-
BILE element of society. Teach them
that responsibility cannot lie mani
Tested by slandering every man who
differs from them in opinion.
"And now, my friends, l leave with
you just one injunction. In this gov
eminent every citizen is a sovereign,
and those upon whom the response
bilities oil citizenship rest owe it to
themselves, to their country and their
God to exercise the right of suffrage for
the benefit of their country. l beg you
to do it. not only to investigate, but
find out what is right, and l beg you
every one to have the courage to vote
your sentiments and let your ballots
register u freeman's will. ] thank you
for your kind attention"
Mr.. st. John and Mr.. Sewall spoke
briefly, and then the immense crowd
dispersed slowly, shouting cheers for
the candidates.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15

sas, and Miss Katherine King, OF Tennes-
see, two charming and accomplished
young ladies'. The party consisted
of fifteen or twenty young ladies OF
this city, and a very pleasant afternoon
was spent by them in the enjoyment of
parlor games and other amusements.
The large and elegant dining o was
Hastily decorated, and the luncheon was
a most delightful affair. Among those
present were: Misses Dubois, King,
Reeder, Elizabeth McGrew, Silver, Henry,
Peak. McCIeIIand, GiIkeson, Davis, Faris,
English and Stramcks.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15
ONLY ONE CANDIDATE.
BimetaIIists OF All PARTIES Must Unite ts
Make Success Certain.

BtmetalIistG of All PARTIES Must Unite to
Mako Success Certain.
The bimetallists of all parties must
unite on, and give their u~nwavering
and loyal support to a common presi-
Dental candidate. Unless this is done,
success is out of the question. There
must be but one bimethllic candidate
for president-not three. There must
not be three candidates representing
bimetallic principles, and each asking
for the suffrages of bimetallists.
B~imetallists in the democratic, popu-
list and republican parties must not
stand apart over questions of minor
difference. Because b~imetallists in
both democratic and republican parties
cannot agree on the questions over
WHICH they have fought and divided
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15

tian minister, visited his sister, Mrs.
Thos. b. Campbell, of near this city this
week.
Mrs. w. A. Oldham, of Carthage, aud
Mrs. j. w. Harris and children, of Nor
t~onville, Kas., are the guests OF Mira, II. j,
Groves.
Mrs. Jas. Hays spent last Sunday in
Independence, the guest of Mrs. II. j. Nc
Elroy. She was accompanied home by
her son, Master James, Jr., who had been
there for "a week.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15

ITleuuS.
He was born in Weythe county, Va,
August 6, 1910. For many years he had
been a member of the Old Mems Club,
being a charter member of the same, and
none of the members took n more active
interest in the organization than did the
deceased. He was the father Of many
we'll known residents OF the county. Mrs.
Carter died six years ago.. She was a
most estimahIe lady aud her death was
greatly mourned by all. The children
who survive them are Mrs. w. G. Beattie,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15

During the past year Uney nave vAPO"uO~
$4,000 on the grounds, buildings and
equipments. In addition to this the gov
eminent has just supplied them with
S5 900 worth of arms, amunItion, accou-
trements, etc., and detailed a United States
army officer as military instructor. They
nave also purchased the good will and
supplies needed from the Marmaduke
Military Institute, which recently close d.
We would advise our readers who are
looking for a hoo for their ions to
write Major Sandford Sellers, superin-
tendent, for further information.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15
C s%HoRT-sToPs.

fDr. p. II. Chambers is convalescent.
The recent hot weather greatly damaged
he late corn.
AuIl & Wilson are headquarters for hne
a.. and conees. 4-25-tf
Fol the best sack of hard wheat -four
90 to ID. Hackers. S-S-Zt
Roofing, gathering and spouting at
| Yingling's. Opposite Moorehead's. 2Otf
FoR SALE.-I have for sale nine very
hne yearIing mules.
WALTER B. WADDELL.
Let us hop that the torrid weather
recently experienced will not return again
this summer.
Call and see the latest water filter for
your cistern's, at Yingling's. Opposite
Moorabead,s. 6-2Otf
Mr.. David Filing, son of Judge Herman
4 Filing. of Concordia, has been elected
4 cashier of the Citizens bank, of Higgins
EyilIe.
Something for house keepers. 1t Will
DO everything. Use it once. You VIII
never do without it. C.. c. C., at Eggles-
ton q Ewing's. o-loti
Mr.. Luther w. Crenshaw has been up
lpointed a railway mail clerk. He is one
4 of the model young men of Lexington,
and his friends congratulate him upon
f. the merited recognition he has received.
Sore ewes, no matter o severe or long
/ standing, are cured by DR.. Jackson's Eye
Salve. 1t. soothes and removes the in
damation and granulation at once Can
Daoe had at any drug store at twenty-five
ksnts a box. 2-3-1year.
Theories of cure may be discussed at
length by physicians, but the sufferers
want quick relief; and One Minute Cough
kCnre will give 1t to them. A safe cure Ior
chiIdren. 1t is "the only harmless remedy
THAT produces immediate results" Crist
n Gardner. 1-25-1y
Miss Elizabeth Smith, OF this city, has
been elected to take charge of the vocal
tdspartment of Elizabeth Aull Sc ninary.
miss Smith is one of the sweetest singers
we have ever heard. and is very highly
4 educated In voice culture. The Seminary
Is to be congratulated upon her selection
FARMS FOR sALE.-Rare bargains / Will
sell my two farms, lying four miles west
of Concordia, containing 500 acres best
Improved, we'll watered land, all under
|Aaid with superior quality of coal, at n
bargain. For further information apply
to Charles Hefer, Higginsville; j. r..
Hendrick, Concordia, or Mrs. s.. B. Hen
drick, Warrensburg, Mo. 2-l-tf
For the accommodation of Lexington
,oatrons the Missouri Pacific has put n
new Pullman sleeper on their train No.
| 1874. leaving Lexington at 7:45 p. M, and
running through daily to st. Louis with
tout change. Parties desiring to make
reservation for berths, ETC., please call on
IA. 9. LOOMS, Ticket agent.
II YOU nave ever seen a little child in
he agony OF summer complaint, you can
) ealize the danger of the trouble and APP
Iureciate the value OF instantaneous relief
ALWAYS afforded by DeWitt's Collie and
Cholera Cure. For dysentery and diar-
rhna IL 10 a reliable remedy. We could
cot afford to recommend this as n cure
knnlsss It we're a cure. Crist 81 Gardner.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15
Daniel Webster,s opinion.

Daniel Webster, the greatest consti-
t~utional lawyer and statesman this or
any other country has ever produced,
said: Il am clearly of the opinion
that neither congress nor any otheI
authority can legally demonetize either
gold or silver. The command to com
gress is to coin money, not to destroy
it; to create legal tender money for the
use of the people, and the rrant o:
authority to create money cannot ba
construed to mean authority to destroy
money" -
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15

Mrs. Carmi Sharp, Mrs. Milton Hendrix,
of Omaha; Mrs. F. A. Young, Mr.. August
Carter, Mr.. j. Y. Carter, of this county,
and Mrs. Mary Crawford, of Kansas.
The funeral services took place at
Prairie church on Sunday. A large con
course of friends and relatives were pres
ent and accompanied the remains to the
grave. Truly a good man has gone to his
reward.
Died, in this city, Thursday, August
18th, 1896, after a protracted illness, Mrs.
Mi. Gt~-io-- --'s~ - Az Ge0rpa
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15

the native OF sunny Italy cut him several
times on the head and back with a
stiIleto. Though painful, the wounds
were not serious. Paul is now in Jail.
Some time during Saturday night a tramp
named Willis Hall robbed Hortie Bennett
and Levy Billiard OF number OF small
articles and o pocketbook containing 81
In silver. Willis attempted to escape
arrest, but was caught on the public high
way between this city and MayyieW. lie
was fined 800 for the offense, and will
remain seYenty-one days in Jail.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15
GEORGE WILSON NAMED.
The POpulists of the Fifth District
Nominate HIM for Congress.

The populist congressional convention
met at Independence last Wednesday.
The convention was composed OF sixty
delegates, twenty being from Lafayette,
twenty from Jackson outside of Kansas
City, and twenty from Kansas City.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15

D.. Hacker keeps the Gold Medal, the
best -four made. S-S-2t
Col. Bob Everhart, the Napoleon ladies'
man, was here Wednesday.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15
The shah,s Assassin Hanged.

TEHERAN, Aug. 13.-Mollah Resa,
who assassinated the late shah of
Persia in May last, was hanged here
yesterday in the presence of an I'M
mense o of the people,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15
To CLOSE.

The postofice, under the direction OF
the first assistant postmaster general, will
be closed today from 10 a. m. to II M,
during the funeral services OF Mrs. Geo.
]. Taylor, wife of the deputy postmaster.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15
3OUR & BIAS

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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1896-08-15
BUSINESS COLLEGE.
A Young Institution Which
Has Already Taken
High Rank.

THE OUTLOOK is EXCELLENT.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-16
MISSIONARY WORK CURTAILED

Probably among no public organiza-
tons has the financial depression in
the United States during the past few
| years been more seriously felt that the
missionary societies. Every society OF
| this character is almost entirely de-
pendent upon the benevolence of pri-
yate individuals, and unfortunately as
| the hard times have cut down incomes
the missionary workers have been the
first to feel it. Many men who can meet
their obligations and keep up their con-
tributions in other directions have felt
that the missionary worker could get
along without the money sent in from
one source or another, and as a result
many of the societies find themselves
in decidedly straitened circumstances.
Heavy debts have been incurred, and
the officers find that even a religious
society is liable to be pressed by cred
itors. The lack of funds has been
sorely felt by the workers in the field,
and in more than one instance the ad-
visibility of abandoning certain fields
has been seriously considered. The
Baptist societies were obliged to change
their plans in connection with the
usual anniversary exercises on account
of the difficulty of obtaining funds to
meet the necessary running expenses.
The Presbyterians have made a strong
appeal to the churches for assistance.
and the American Board of Foreign
Missions, after cutting its appropria-
ton for the current year to $4,000,
finds itself in most trying situation
The most unfortunate feature about
this state of affairs is that some of the
societies have been forced to recall mis-
sionaries and practically abandon work
that has been carried on with fair sue
cess. 1t is bad enough to be obliged to
have progress stopped in different coun-
tries, but to be forced to abandon
people who have had simply a glimpse
of the good work wrought by the Cos
pei, leaving the faithful few to fight the
battle of Christianity against heather
ism without the assistance of guiding
and protecting hand, is to give mis-
s1onary work setback from which it
will not readily recover.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-16

/ Wales he conducted the Empire
newspaper and smashed the scheme fol
creating colonial hereditary peerage
with an upper house in which the peo-
pie would have no voice. He may there
fore be regarded as the founder Of the
present system of government in New
South Wales.
Sir Henry's legislative career com
menced in 1854. In 1866 he first took
Office as Colonial Secretary, and in 1872
he formed his first ministry. The main
work done was a new fiscal policy. In
1877 he was made Knight Commander
of the Order of ST Michael and St
George. In 1881, being then again Pre-
mier, his health broke down and he
passed through Honolulu in the S. S.
Australia on his way to the United
States and England. In the former
country he wanted mail subsidy and
a reduction in the wool tariff He was
successful in neither effort. During the
years 1887 and 1889, having carried
through a free trade policy in the teeth
of great opposition, he was the most
popular man in the colony. The last
great scheme of his life was the feder-
alton of the Australian colonies, but
his fifth ministry was defeated before
the scheme could be realized. From
1891 to 1895 Sir Henry Parkes was in
opposition, and finally could not secure
reelection, and so dropped into private
life.
His pecuniary affairs were in a very
involved condition, and the last few
years of his life he had barely 81 900
a year to support himself and his fam
lily. This sum was the interest upon
60 900 subscribed for him by his friends
and placed in the name of his second
wife, Lady Parkes. Upon her death his
creditors prepared to sweep down upon
him, but he got the better of them by
marrying his domestic servant and pro-
viding another Lady Parkes.
There is no doubt that not only New
South Wales, but Australia generally,
owes much to Sir Henry Parkes. He
was a man of great natural ability,
much shrewdness, and had OratOrical
powers. He was an intense lover of the
liberty of the subject, and firm be-
lever in free trade. His reputation was
not local, it was worldwide.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-05-16

The religious journals have attempt
ed to impress upon their readers the
necessity of continued liberality, but
thus far they do not appear to have
reached the pocketbooks Of those able
to give.
1t Is sad indeed 10 have this practical
demonstration OF the truth that when it
becomes necessary for private individu-
ais TO curtail expenses the missionary
IS one of the first to feel it. II shows
that TOO many church people desert
their God to worship the golden calf
of private comfort.
We doubt if this condition that faces
the American societies could ever OBJ
tain in this country, at least during the
present generation. The personal pri-
vations of the early missionaries and
The good work done by them is too fresh
in the minds Of the people here who
have money to contribute for such a
marked desertion of the missionary to
take place.