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Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-09-25
Instead of following the fathers

4uSGcdu VI 4OuOWmS Uu0 IaGQ0rS
of our currency they would go
the reverse and try and regulate
the commercial value of silver
by the fiat of the government de-
claring sixteen, instead of thirty,
ounces of silver to be equal to
one of gold. Will the fat of the
government fix the market? We
shall see. Returning now to the
first coinage of gold and silver
and we see how they worked
together. All went well for O.
short time. Silver soon showed
a tendency to pull apart from
gold. They were not running
equally in the race. Silver be-
came less valuable than gold al
though the silver dollar was the
unit of value and was used in the
monetary system far beyond
gold. Gold increased in value in
the markets of. the world; and
by 1910 there was little of it in
use as money. By the year 1917
gold had disappeared altogether
1t had become practically de.
monetized, but there had been no
fall in the price. 1t was all on
account of it's increased value as
an article of commerce. The
gold in bullion was worth more
than in money article. The old
ratio no longer held good. One
ounce of gold was worth more
than fifteen of silver. Brokers
in gold bullion found it to be
profitable to gather up all the
gold coins for expectation. Gold
continued to be coined; and in
1920, 81.319,O3O were struck of
at the mint; but it could not be
found in circulation. ''The facil-
tiles of the mint were simply
used by merchants to certify the
weight and fineness of gold for
expectation" Silver was the
coin in general circulation. 1t
was worth more in coin than in
bullion. It was cheaper than
gold, and so it remained at home
while the gold went abroard.
The cheaper metal drove the
dearer one out. The coinage act
of 1892, without intending it, put
a fiat value on silver, or in other
words overrated it; but the effect
was not to increase it's real value
as compared with gold. The
effect was to make silver practi-
cally the only standard of value.
Bimetallism, or the double stand
ard was knocked out, gold went
abroad and the commercial value
of the metals ruled above the
legal value.
We have every reason to look
for similar result now should
the people adopt free and un-
limited coinage of silver at the
ratio of sixteen to one.
This law of 1892 provided for
small silver coins for change; but
this change was displaced by
small Spanish coins of similar
value which poured into the
country through our trade with
the West India and Sonth Ameri-
ca. Our practical silver coins
were more valuable than the
Spanish pieces because they
were less worn and Gifted and
would weigh little more. They
were gathered up and melted
and sold for bullion. Thus the
least valuable money drove out
the more valuable. This history
should be warning to all men
against adopting the notions of
the silverites and populists on
the monetary system. You can
not legislate real value into any
thing. You can't regulate the
commercial price of metals OF
other things by law.
o. p. CHAMPLIN.
Free Coinage of Iron.
I take this means of notifying the
public that am going over the county
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-09-25

On motion the report was adopted.
Moved and carried that q committee
made up of one from each precinct
represented be appointed by the chair
to present for nomination not less
than two names for each county Office
to be filled. The following we're APP
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-09-25
County Ticket.

SOuAAty AASASl.
County Auditor,
P. A. MEIGARD.
Register of Deeds,
Sheriff,
CLAUS JACKSON.
Treasuser,
1vER UDGARD.
County Judge,
T. E. WARNER.
States Attorney,
DAVID BARTLETT.
Judicial Ticket.
For Judge Fifth District:
S. L. GLASPELL.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-09-25

No. D. When the Matthew's resOlu-
tion, declaring that the United States
had the legal right to pay in gold or
silver, passed congress in 1878, did
not immense quantities of our bonds
and securities come back? And was
not John Sherman, then secretary of
the treasury, compelled to pledge the
honor of the United States that the
word ''coin'' should be interpreted to
mean gold before he could sell bonds
to build up the reserve with which we
resumed specie payments? Would
not a return to free coinage have a
like effect upon our securities. and
wouldn't the panic which would fol-
low the return of all our securities
hit us as hard as anyone?
No. 6. Did not Bryan in his free
trade speech of 1892 say in effect s'rhe
fall in prices can be attributed to the
development of our magnificent natu-
raj resources and to the use of new
and improved machinery which en-
ables man to increase his production
many fold?" If true in 1892, how do
you reconcile it with his statement
now, that it is all due to the crime of
1873?
No. I. l do not deny what Bryan
has said about bimetalism but has
Bryan said one word to prove that we
can maintain the parity between gold
and silver at 16 to 1? Outside of his
Madison Square speech, has he made
one speech that did not contain eight
words of appeal to prejudice, of set
ting one class against another. of ar
raging employer against employee, to
two words of argument?
No. 8. If instead of paying our
debts this fall we invest $1,000 in bull
tion, hold it until Bryan is elected
and all his promises carried out, can
we not have our bullion coined into
81 1858, pay our $1,000 indebtedness
and have 1858 left? And if a simple
fiat will SO easily enrich us 1858 why
not make Sl.7l6, or why stop at that?
Is a dollar honest which depends for
it's value upon the will of q capricious
people? You say under free coinage
an ounce of silver will not buy much
more than now. In other words
prices will double, as Bryan says,
silver will go to 129 an ounce again.
Many of your leaders say prices will
double. Now those who have loaned
us or trusted us for 1000 we pay
back in dollars which have only hall
the purchasing power of those that we
got. Have we not practically repudi-
ated half our debt. and is not the man
who votes for such dollar for the
sole reason that he may thus easily
get out of debt, as dishonest as the
dollar he votes for?
| No. 8. You say that the more units
to measure value with the more COM
modities will bring. If the govern
ment legally adopt the following table
would it not have the same effect as
free coinage and answer your pur-
poses just as we'll?
Is inches make one yard.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1896-09-25
Briggs Courier,
PERCY r. TRuBsHAw,
EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
NATIONAL TICKET.
For President:
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
of Ohio.
For Vice-President:
GARRET A. HOBART,
of New Jersey.
Republican State Ticket.

Republican State Ticket.
For Member of Congress
N. N. JOHNSON, of Nelson.
For Governor
FRANK A. BRIGGS. of Morton.
For Lieutenant Governor
j. NJ. DEVINE. OF LaMoure.
For Secretary of State
FRED FALLEY, of Richland.
GE... r. NICHOLS. of ca.s.
For Auditor
J. u. HANNUM, of Hanson.
For Attorney General
j. F. COWAN. of Ramsey.
For Commissioners Of Insurance
FRED FANCHER, of Stutsman.
For Superintendent of Public Instruction
JIG. HALLAND, of Trail.
For Commissioners of Agriculture and Labor
H. U. THOMAS. of Benson.
For ailroad Commissioners
GEO. II. KEYES, of Dickey.
j.. L. WALTON, OF Wells.
j. Il. GIBSON. Of Pembina
For Presidential Electors
JOHN II. DYSTH, of Sargent.
G. NJ. WHEELER, Of Cass.
T.. F. WILBUR, of Kolette.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-05-08
Reduced Rates to. Cleveland.

The General Conference If the
Methodist Episcopal Church will he
held in Cleveland from May ]st to
31st. For this occasion the B. & O.
r. r. co. Will sell excursion tickets
to Cleveland, o.. ut greatly reduced
rates. April Goth and 3O,nnd May 1st
to 18th; valid for return passage
until June I'd by depOsiting tickets
with the Joint Agent at Cleveland.
The rate from Chicago will be $40.
90, and correspondence low rates
from all other points on it's lines.
1'ick cts will also lie placed on sale at
Ticket Stations throughout the
country.
The 3. & o. is the only line running
Pullman Sleeping Cars between
Chicago and Cleveland.
For full particulars write to nearest
3. &. y. Agent or l.. $. Allen, A. Il.
P. A., Grand Central Passenger
Station, Chicago, Ill.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-05-08
THE WOMEN WILL STAY.
Ma j"rity Report Signed by Most Of tho
Committee.

Ma jority Report Signed by Most Of tho
Committee.
CLEVELAND, O.. May 7.-The four
women delegates will retain their seats
in the Methodist general conference.
This was practically decided at the
meeting OF the committee on eligibility.
All but two of the 81 members of the
committee were present At the meet.
ing. A long discussion was INDUCED
in behind locked doors and at its con.
ciusion the result was announced. Two
reports will be submitted to the confer.
ence. The majority report, which will
be signed by rs members Of the com.
mittee. including DR.. Buckley, editor
OF the New York Christian Advocate,
will recommend that the women dele.
gates be permitted to occupy their
seats and participate in the proceed.
ings, and that the question Of admit.
ting women to future conferences be
referred to the annual conferences for
decision within the coming year.
The minority report will insist that
the women are not eligible to seats. 1t
is believed the majority report will be
adopted with little opposition and that
the question will be disposed of so far
as the present conference Is concerned.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-05-08
"Readinq."

said Lord Bacon. "maketh a full
man." That is, a man OF knowl-
edge. knowledge is power. Do
you want to he powerful? Text
books in school furnish knowledge,
but they can give only the skeleton.
The flesh must he put on by, the
teacher Tor by reading.) in the way
of Illustration. To get this addi-
tional information one must read
many special books, which are not
to he found outside of big libraries.
Each month the Burlington Route
issues printed sheet containing ar
ticles of thirty to fOr:y lines, COM
pact, reliable and interesting, on
geographical, scientific and histOrl-
cal subjects. If you send your name
and addess to w. j. G. Kenyon. Il.
F. and p. A., st. Paul. MIMI. one Of
these sheets will be sent to you
every month during 1896.
N: B.-The Burlington Route is
the best line from st. Paul and Min
neapolis to Chicago or st. Louis.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-05-08
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

Default having been made in the con.
StHn a Of Een SSe gis m Sy
9rs, TO lanes H: Thompson ,yPs mo5tgagee,
corded in the office of the Register of
and state of Minnesota, on the tenth day
of December, 1854, at ten o'clock g; m. in
book II" Of mor + on page 3S, and
pointed executrix of the last will and
testament of James H. Thompson, de-
ceased, by letters testamentary issued by
Wisconsin, dated the 5th day Of Septe1n
Der, A. D., 1891 and recorded in said county
Of Morrison, state Of Minnesota, on the
l M in n1 Book E" Of INSTALLATIONS records.
Which said mortgage. together with the
BY said Mary s; Thompson, as execatrix
ceased, to Mary E: Thompson, by written
1893, and recorded in the office of said reg
lister of deeds of Morrison county, on the
18th day Of July, 1888. at one o'clock p. M,
in book "X2' of mortgage deeds, on page
The amount claimed, to, be due
upon said mortgage at the date n here;
doaTs and cents
principal and interest, and twenty-five
dollars attorneys fees, stipulated for in
said mortgage.
Notice is Hereby given, that the said
mortgage will be foreciosed by a sale Of
the premises described in said mortgage,
viz:
The norti, half tn&) of the southeast
quarter (se1D of section eight (8 in town.
ship one hundred and thirty (13O), north,
of range twenty-nine (29) west, containing
eighty $50 acres, more or less, according to
the government survey thereof, in Morri-
son county and state of Minnesota, which
sale will be made by the sheriff of said Nor
rison county, or his deputy, at the front
door of the Morrison county court house,
in the city of Little Falls in said county
and state, on the 22nd day of June, 1896, at
ten O'Clock a. M, of that day.
Dated April 8th, A. D., 1896.
MARY E. THOMPSON,
Assignee of Mortgagee.
ALLEN J. GREER,
Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage,
Lake City, Mimi.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-05-08
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURES SALE.
By the Court.
N. RICHARDSON,
Judge of Probate.
'efault having been made in the pay

Default Def III 1 hayi. been made in The pay,
due at the date Of this notice upon = Ger
tain mortgage, duly executed and deliver
ed by Mary Mary +. Staples and her hus-
date the 18th day of February .i6s, and With
a power Of sale therein contained, duly
deeds in and for the county of Morrison
February, 1893, at / O'clock p: M in: book
which said ne 1T Sss. tosether.with
sisned p BY said Seerse II. Thsy e1H mort a.
sssste dated the FL o Szay ef Ms4sR
1883, and recorded in the office of said
register, Of deeds, on the 18th day Of
III @ st on aG peae and IN nd boo.
tuted, at law or otherwise, to recover the
debt deb 4 secured by said mortgage, or any
Nov, therefore, notice is hereby, given
that BY virtue of the power of sale con-
the statute in such Case en- made and BRO.
vided, the said mortgage will be foreclosed
by a sale Of the premises described in and
6Sy safd m94tegage
quarter and east half of southeast quarter
and southwest quarter of southeast quar-
ar ID s snd twenty
one, in Morrison county and state Of
Minnesota, with the Entertainments and
appurtenances; which sale will DE made By
the sheriff of said Morrison county, at the
north front door of the court house in the
city of Little Falls in said county and
state on the 10th day Of June, 1855, at
10 O'Clock a. M, of that day, at public ven
due, to the highest bidder for cash, to pay
est, and the taxes, if any, on said premises,
and twenty-five dollars attorneys fees, as
stipulated in and by said mortgage in case
allowed by law; subject to redemption at
any time within one year from the day of
sale, as provided by law. :. :
Dated, May 7th, A. D., 1895.
= H. G. GILBERT,
Assignee of Mortgage,
L1NDBERGH, BLANCHARD & LINDBERGH.
l .sa...- g. ATTORNEYS
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-05-08
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE SALE.

Of the sum o Of six hundred sixty thee and
is Se at the dats Of
de aia BY ef asn fkoft1%an, mesteaeos,
%s Ass d ksSd ad %tE
Office Of the Register Of deeds, Of Morrison
eaeF on ah Soos st Sfy ma
cages, on page 46S, which said mortgage
was given to secure the balance Of the
end ortRaeed b1
which default the power of sale con.
tanned in said mortgage has become oper.
and no action or havias
recover the debt secured by said mortgage
or any part thereof. -.
Now, therefore. notice is hereby given
tanned in said mortgage, and pursuant to
the statute in such case made and pro:
the s9iS % n sn
conveyed by said mortgage, lying and be.
ing in said county of Morrison and state
of Minnesota. viz: ~.
seven e, and eight o.. of section number
thirty-One (31), In township number one
hundred Twenty-Five t12s). Of range mum
bred and sixty acres, according e
government survey, excepting strip OF
land fifty feet wide on each si de-. Of Ft the
& Dakota railroad as now constructed and
operated. Which sale will be made by the
sheriff of said county of Morrison, at pub
at the front door of the court house in the
city of Little Falls, in said county Of Nor.
rison, on Saturday, the 10Th day Of June
1895. at two O'Clock p M, to pay and satisfy
attorneys fees, stipulated in said mort.
gage to be paid in case of foreclosure
thereof, and the disbursements allowed
nv law subject to redemptiOn at any time
within one year from the day of sale, as
provided by law!
Dated May 9Th, 1886.
Mortgages
J. D: JONES,
Attorney for Mortgage.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-05-08
MEN AND ARMS LANDED.
Second Bsrmuds Expedition Reaches
Cuba in safety.

Second Bsrnuds Expedition Reaches
Cuba in safety.
New YORK, May IA dispatch to
The World from Havana via Key
West. Fla. says: There is tremendous
excitement throughout Cuba over the
rumor that the Bermuda has landed
her men and arms on the northern
coast, somewhere east Of Cardenas. It
is said that while the cruiser Bena
Mercedes was waiting for an insur.
gent expedition at Hole.in.the. Wall.
between Nassau and Abaco, the Der.
muda took the outside course and es.
capped. She was pursued by Spanish
gunboat, but was
i3s Too Fast to Bo Caught.
The Spanish commanders seem to real.
ize the danger of having to face ma.
chine guns handled by trained Ameri.
can artillerymen.
The captain general is beginning to
appreciate the fact that his Wanted
trocha is bringing his military reputa-
ton into ridicule. General Maceo
knows it and refuses to attack it for
the simple reason that he desires to re.
main In Pinsr del Rio and control the
prOvinco.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-05-08
\ Greatest One the Country Has
Ever Known Said to Have @
Been Organized.
The Trust incorporated With
Over One Hundred Mills
in tho Deal.
Will Advance the Price OF
Flour and Lower Trans
+% portation.

CHICAGO, May IA special from
Minneapolis to TIL Times-derald says:
Il. M Hubbard, the executive front OF
the linseed oil trust, has succeeded,
with the aid of tho Pillsburys, in per.
fecting the organization Of tho greatest
millers' combine ever got togeth;r IN
this country. The purpose is to I'd.
vance the price Ut flour from the pres.
ent low quotations, to secure satisfac'
factory rail and water transportation
rates. and to compel every spring
wheat grinder in the country to become
part OF the pool. There are 500 spring
wheat MIXERS in the United States.
. More than 100 have joined the new
pool, which had its inception last fall,
reached q head last February and 10
nova
Houx Eide Organization.
The pool has been incorporated. 1ts
name is the North American Mill.
ing company 1t is commonly known
here in st. Paul, at Duluth and in
Southern Minnesota as the American
Mill company. It is the successor of
the Southern Millers association. OF
which Hubbard was the leading spirit.
Representatives Of the trust here claim
to represent ITO mills having daily
capacity of 10000 barrels The whole
aim ct the organization is to protect
the Touring interests Of Minneapolis.
which are now threatened by competi.
ton,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-05-08
THE CRIMES or HOLMES,

His Execution, Closes . Most Extraor-
dinary Greer. r
PHILADELPHIA. May Z. The murder
Of Benjamin F. Pietzel, for which Her.
man Mudgett. alias H. H. Holmes, was
hanged occurred ON Sunday, Sept ..
1894. The crime was the elimination
Of . conspiracy between the 4en to de.
fraud the Fidelity Mutual Life associa'
ton, Of this city Of $4,000, and the
swindle was SUGGEST lily accomplished.
Holmes and Pietzel became &C.
ouainted in Chicago in 1890. Pietzel
was poor and was not averse to engag'
ing in dishonest business if it were
lucrative. From his meeting with
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-05-08
Milwaukee City Council Takes
q Hand in Settling Street
Car Strike.
VIII Force the Company to Ar
bitrate or vacate All
Franchises.
Situation Continues Serious
and Additional Men Are
Sworn IA.

MLwAUKEE, May THE common
council took mp the street railway
strike matter at special meeting and
adopted resolution for the appoint.
ment Of committee Of FIVE aldermen
TO act in conjunction with similar COM
mittees of the Merchants and Manu-.
facturers' association and the street
railway emp4oyes' union in an effort to
mediate. Another resolution instructs
the city attorney to take steps to vacate
the franchises Of the street railway
company unless the officers Of that
company agree to submit the questions
ut issue between them and their late
employees to arbitration. For the first
time since the striAs began the police
admit that the
sitsstion II Bsoeming Serious.
Though the police force was strength.
sned by IS special officers during the
morning. Mayor Rauchenberger and
Chief Of Police Jantzen, late in the aft
ernoon. decided that. in Wow Of the
demonstrations during the day, 100 ad.
ditional officers should be sworn in at
once. Disturbances occur in all parts
Of the city whore attempts are made to
run cars. The new men are stoned.
car windows smashed. switches
plugged and other acts Of violence
committed. The crowds are so strong
and scattered in numbers that the pc.
lice are unable TO preserve order. Few
car. are in operation and they are run
iyreQularly. 49,, :
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1896-05-08
II. II. HOLSfES.

Holmes until his murder the two were
engaged in many questionable deeds.
In August, 1894. the two men came
East and rented house in this city
Here Pietzel was murdered in such q
manner as to make it seem case Of
accidental death Holmes had cont1ded
his plot to an outsider. however and
the declaration of the latter led to the
murderer's arrest and conviction.
Other Grimes Laid at HIS Door.
This is the story of the murder Of
Benjamin F. Pietzel. but with it is in
terwoven the schemes and acts which
brought about the killing of at least
eight other victims. These were Alice
aud Nellie Pierzel. the little daughters
Of BENJAMIN, who were asphyxiated in
q trunk in Toronto: Howard Pietzel.
the young son. killed at Indianapolis,
Holmes cutting up and burning the re-
mains in a stove: Julia L. Conner, d.
vorced wife Of I. L. Conner. and
bookkeeper for Holmes: Pearl Conner.
her daughter: Emeline G. 'Cigrande OF
Anderson, Ind. stenographer for
Holmes; Minnie r. Williams of Fort
Worth, Tex, his private secretary. and
Mana Williams. her sister. The scene
Of the latter crimes was the notorious
"oastle" in Chicago building erected
by him and provided with al! sorts of
devices for disposing Of his victims.
The murder Of these eight persons has
been fixed upon him almost certainly.
but there are at least . dozen other
cases which have also been laid at his
door #N
His Alleged Confession.
The execution of Holmes closes one
of the most extraordinary narratives in
the criminal annals Of modern times.
Murder was his natural bent. Some.
times he killed from sheer greed Of
gain; oftener, as he has himself con.
fessed, to crafty an inhuman thirst for
blood. To him murder was fine art.
and he revelled in the lurid glamour
cast upon him by his abnormal genius.
Even with the shadow of the moose
dangling over his head he evolved 80.
called confession. detailing with hor.
rible calmness how he had extermi-
mated ~ fellow creatures. and coldly
setting forth the varied and bloody
fortunes he employed. 49,.
But the man was an atrociouS liar,
and several Of those with whose muir.
der he charged himself have since do.
MED his story with their own lips. The
statement was prompted by . perverted
ambition to be regarded as the great.
eat" monster who ever walked In the
form Of man, and an incongruous de-.
sire to gain for the education of his
little son in Gilmanton. n. H.. tho
e5, 600 offered for the ''confesston" by
q newspaper.