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Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21

In the Leedom Carpet Mills of Bris-
toll. Pa, is q white cat. which has long
been Il pet Of the employees in the insti-
tuition and has done many remarkable
things. The feat for which it will be
longest remembered. however, was
performed the other day. Some time
in the early morning the cat crawled
into the engine-roOm and went TO sleep
in the big fly-wheel.
The machinery was started about 10
n. III. The engineer and fireman. as
the wheel reyolved, noticed something
white cinging to the inside. but sup
posed it to be Il piece of paper When
the wheel stopped at q p. m. the cat
rolled to the floor. 1t seemed daZed
for a few minutes. but soon recovered
its bearings and has seemed none the
worse for its long ride-a matter OF
over POO miles, as the wheel is four
teen feet in diameter and makes eighty
revolutions a minute.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21
THE MASK is OFF.

m HE New York Chamber of Com
merce is to inaugurate at once
"A campaign in favor of the sin
gle gold standard. The special com
mittee appointed by the chamber some
time ago TO consider the ways and
means necessary to control legislation
In the interest of the British gold
standard met recently and outlined Il
policy TO be followed by the Chamber
or Commerce during the coming preSi-
dental campaign
resolution was presented by Mr..
Schwab to the effect that the agita-
ton in favor of the maintenance of the
present standard of value and against
the free coinage of silver should be
prosecuted with vigor." and was adopt
ed resolution was also adopted TO
refer the Schwab resolution to the
executive committee, with the recon-
mendatiOn that that committee pre-
pare and submit to the Chamber of
Commerce an address inviting the CO.
operation of all commercial bodies and
OF all business men in the movement
to secure the adoption by the national
conventions of both parties of I'M
cquivocal declarations in favor of the
mamtenance of the present standard
of value"
Chairman HentZ of the special com
mittee told Il reporter that he had
been assured personally by Mr. Carlisle
that "he hoped there would be no
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21
Horrors Of Wagner.

The Partisan wits are reviving an old
story about the wonderful cure from
deafness of n patient who was recon-
mended to go TO hear ''LoEengrin,
and TO sit near the orchestra. by the
trombones. The doctor accompanied
his patient, and sat beside him. All Of
n sudden. while the noise of the inStru-
ments was at its loudest, the deaf man
found he could hear.
Doctor" he almost shrieked. Il can
hear
The doctor took no notice.
Il tell YOU. doctor" repeated the man.
in ecstasy, you have saved me. / have
recovered my hearing"
Still the doctor was silent. He had
become deaf himself.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21
He WAS NOT AT HOME.
Not Even Though the Collector Had
lust Talked with Him.

The death of Tom Hannum, one time
a well-knOwn habitue of the press gal
ferries on both sides of the Capitol, was
sincerely deplored among old-time
members yesterday. ana some amusing
anecdotes were told of the popular
newspaper man by his friends in the
course of the day. One of the best is
worth repeating.
Hannum was in the habit of taking
q late breakfast at the Press Club ev-
cry morning. On one occasion, while he
was vigorously discussing hearty re-
past of ham and eggs. a bill collector
suddenly walked up to Hannum'S side
and laid his account before him. Han
mum looked at the bill and then at the
collector, and i'll a deliberate tone be-
gan:
You blamed fool, can't you observe
the amenities of ordinary civilized So
ciety? Don't you know that a mans
club is like his home, and that you are
in danger of being summarily elected
for coming in here without 4 card OF
membership and without being intro
duced: The rules OF this club require
that if you have business with a men,
Der you wait in the lobby outside until
waiter takes in your card and ascer-
tainS whether the gentleman with
whom you have business is present.
Now, you go out into the lObby-take
this bill with you-and comply with
the rules of this club"
The collector apologized for the in
fraction of the rules of the Press Club,
which, to tell the truth. were never en-
! forced on anything. and waited until
| the steward came TO ascertain his
! wishes.
Please announce me 10 Mr. Han
num-" said the collector
Tie steward told him to wait and he
carried the mans card to Hannum.
who looked at it carefully. then hand
ed it back To the steward. and said:
Not at home. -Washington Post.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21

Straddling Of the financial problem
by the two great political parties, but
that each party would boldly take the
bull by the horns and adopt the only
safe policy-that favoring THE GOLD
STANDARD. for the nation TO pur-
sue
All this ought to be explicit enough
to satisfy the people as to the real
aims and purposes of the money pow
or, and as to the real policy advocated
by its agents and instruments in bust
ness and official life. 1t is TO be OBJ
served that the New York Chamber
of Commerce and all its connections,
and even Mr. Carlisle, who was so
rampant n free-cOinage man a few
years ago, have decided to throw off
the mask entirely We do not per-
ceive in the resolutions we have quoted
any humorous reference TO sound
money, and as for "bimetallism," Amer
lean or international, that has been
thrown into the trash barrel. The
contest that is now on is declared by
these agents and representatives of
the money power to be Il contest in
favor of the British gold standard and
against the free coinage of silver.
1t is n very hopeful sign that the
New York Chamber of Commerce and
Secretary Carlisle have thrown aside
the thin mask of international bimetal-
lism 1t is sign that these men and
the elements behind them have come
to the conclusion that the honest voters
of the country are not stupid enough
to be deceived any longer by the talk
about international bimetallism."
Four years ago there was not Il prom
inent man in the country, nor Govern
ment official, nor a candidate for Of
flee, nor newspaper editor, who
would admit that he was in favor of
the single gold standard. All the ar
guments of the free coinage men were
admitted-being, indeed, unanswer-
able-but the people were Informed
that to postpone free coinage would
result in bringing about an interna-
tional agreement and the reopening of
the minis of Europe and this country
to the free coinage of silver.
The people ought to be thankful that
shylockism has arrived at that stage
of its career in this country where it
feels justified in throwing off the mask
behind which it has carried out its sin
lister designs of decentralization and cur
rency contraction, and in laying aside
the cloak under which it has been par
aiding for twenty odd years. The PEG
pie ought to be even more thankful that
the money power has at last concluded
to send its liars and its hypocrites To
the rear and To 20 before the voters of
the country on IN issue about which
there can be no mistake. An issue that
is boldly made can be boldly met, and
! the pcoplc-the hCnest voters of the
country-in the campaign that shylock
ism has begun, will have the advantag &C
of knowing who and what they are
lighting against. The situation will be
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21
\ Word" Root"

The passion Tor any science may make
a man hopeleSsly one-sided Harper's
Drawer tells Of an old professor in Mid
dletONn, Connecticut. whose love for
philology was such that he often dis
regarded the broader principles Of Ian
guage in n minute search for the par
ticleS binding an ordinary English word
TO its Aryan or ASsyrian ancestor.
While this was a source of exquisite
pleasure to the good Doctor Dryasdust.
it caused his classes a great deal Of dis
content. Finally one of the boldest Of
the students resolved 10 give the doctor
a hint. With mock modesty he rose
and said, quietly:
Doctor. l have been thinking good
deal lately upon the derivation of the
word 'Middletown' What is your own
idea of it,
'Ahem." said the doctor Really.
sir. | am afraid that is Il subject which
will require much concentrated refiec-
ton. Now might | ask. sir, whether
you have discovered any light on it,
"Oh. yes" said the young man, with
a demure smile. "It is my firm belief,
sir, that MiddletOWn is derived from
Moses"
why. bless my soul,' exclaimed the
doctor. with hasty glance over his
spectacles. to assure himself that the
young man was in earnest. And pray,
sir, how do you derive Middletown
from Moses Z"
Easily enough. DOCTOR" replied the
student. by dropping 'oses' and add
ing 'iddletown-
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21

watched with great interest the coupon
voting contest of the Record some
months ago when silver sentiment
scored n big victory over gold in Chi
cagO. BY the Records figures there
were two to one of ChicagO'S voters
in favor of bimetallism. A canvass
of South Bend, Ind, by n correspondent
showed $50 in a total Of 215 business
men to be in favor of silver. In fact,
every time the Record has published
anything to show sentiment silver has
scored winning. Now, in view Of
these facts, what basis is there for
the direct and implied assertions in
the Record and in other papers that
the silver issue is dead everywhere
except in the mining States?' How
can we reconcile actual figures in IA
vOr of silver and the random but en-
phatic statements that the silver fight
is over and past? If silver is dead
how can we account for the Chica go
vote, the South Bend record, etc? If
it is not dead, upon what founda ton
do the requiem editorials rest? The
West would like to know which IL
correct, the figures or the assertions:
JOHN W. PACE.
columbia Falls, Mont"
OF course silver is not dead" and
the Records correspondent labors I'M
der a misrepresentation in supposing
that the Eastern and Middle Western
observers of the situa ton think it is
dead. The late episode in the Senate
is only one of many signs showing that
the political leaders apprehend Il Sc
we're contest on this issue. Neither sill
yer people nor anti-silver people will
deny that silver promises to be an issue
of the first Importance in the strategies
of the coming campaign.-Chicago Rec
ord
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21
Water for the West.

That characteristic rallying cry of the
great West Lets irrigate'-is being
put 10 practical use now every day in
the development of the country. The
latest scheme proposed is the watering
Of 100000 acres of arid land in Col
orado. which the Government offers to
give the State on condition it receives
the proper irrigation. There appears
To he plenty of money for the venture.
and enough settlers 10 occupy great sec
tions of the land. but there is doubt if
large enough supply of water can he
secured to reclaim SO large an amount
of Springfield Republican.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21
New German Comedy.

a new German comedy with n satiric
barb TO it was brought out ut the lrv-
ing Place Theater. New York, the 9th
er night. 1t is by Robert Misch, and ID
called "Nachruhm," and gives the story
of an unappreciated composer. who is
supposed to be dead, and ut once becomes
the rage, and returns from foreign
parts to find that lie is famous.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21

very embarrassing for some of those
officiOus and official statesmen who
went about in 1892 declaring for free
coinage. who little later beloved
about international bimetallSm," and
who are now cooling and cuckooing
about sound" money. But they will
have TO put up with it. They cannot es-
cape the deep pit into which official
cuckooism is leading them. They will
either have to stand with the people
against the gold standard and currency
contraction. or they will have 10 stand
with the money power in favor of the
policy that the people abhor because it
is the policy of ruin.
The issue has been made Il long time.
but now. for the first time, the money
power has acknowledged it and has an
nOunced that il proposes To declare in
favor of the British gold standard and
currency contra elton. Such declara-
ton would be infinitely preferable to
hypOcrtical evasion and lodging. or To
Misunderstanding. For the voters could
then go TO the polls with their eyes
open ana with Il full understanding of
what their ballots meant The man
who goes to bed in n mudhole knows
that he is going to get up dirty the next
morning. He is not deceived about
the matter. He knows what To expect
Atlanta Constitution.
Silver Not Dead.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21
A Hazardous Experiment.

AS there is no possibility of securing
n return to bimetalliSm with the pres
ent President and Congress, wouldn't
it be just as well for the silver men
in Congress to let the gold bugs. who
are in control, have their way undis-
puted? Nothing SO soon shows the
weakness of any system as its unob-
structed operation. Just let the gold
bugs have rope enough and they will
hang themselves.-AIilw News.
The trouble with the suggestion of
the News is that the chaps who espe-
cially need the hanging are the very
ones who would escape. If allowed to
have their own way completely they
might so fastcn the gold standard upon
us that nothing short of revolution
would enable the people To ever break
its bonds The experiment would be
too hazardous. Let us curb the gold
power ut every point In that way the
final victory will be the more easily
won.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21
THE WINTER BLASTS.
REV. DR.. TALMAGS SHOWS HOW
TO WARM The WORLD.

a Unique Text and Powerful Ser
mOu-The Effect Of the Cntimely
Cold-W Warmth of the Church of God
The Worlds Fireplace.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21

Investigation seems To establish that
. woman will rave more over an actor
chan over her pastor.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21

The annual profits of the Suez Canal
amount to $S,OOO,OO0. and the ships
using it save $1O0OO.0oO year after
paying the tolls.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21

New York has an Irish population OF
AIS, the largest of any city in the
United States.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21
Christian Sympathy.

Now they have come up to the tavern.
The Samaritan, with the help of the land
lord. assists the sick and wounded man
To dismount and puts him To bed. The
Bible says the Samaritan staid all night
In the morning, | suppose, the Samaritan
went in to look how his patient was and
ask him how he passed the night. Then
he comes out. the Samaritan comes out,
and says to the landlord: Here is money
to pay that mans board. and, if his con-
yalescence is not rs rapid rs / hope for,
charge the whole thing TO me. Good morn
ing. ALL" He gets on the beast and says,
"Go along. you beast, but go slowly, for
those bandits sweeping through the land
may have somebody else wounded and
half dead" Sympathy. Christian sym
pathy, How many such men rs that
would it take to warm the cold world up:
Famine in Zarepthath. Everything dried
up. There is Il widow with son and no
food except II handful of meal. She il
gathering sticks to kindle fire to cook
the handful of meal. Then she is going to
wrap her arms around her boy and die
Here comes Elijah. His two black ser
wants, the ravens, have got tired waiting
on him. He asks that woman for food
Now that handful of meal is to be divided
into three parts. Before it was to be di
vided into two parts. Now she says t.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1896-03-21
Silver Not Dead.

Silver Not Dead.
The Record is in receipt of the follow
ing letter:
TO the Editor: Western people
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The When
GEORGE RAY IS IN JAIL
HIS SCHOOL SUPPLY METHODS RE-
suit IN BRIBERY CHARGE.
EIvOod Glass Company Not Afraid
the Trust VIII Be Able to Force 1t
to the Wall for Starting.
oecial TO the Indianapolis Journal.

Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
HAMMOND, Ind. Oct 1.-Cfeorge M.
Ray, formerly of Shelbyville, but now OF
Chicago, was arrested here to-day Il
charge of bribery, made by Township
Trustee Robert Ross. Ray has been at his
old tricks in the school supply business.
He claimed to hold warrants against an
ex-trustee and is charged with offering
Trustee Ross 81, 800 to cash them.
AT the preliminary hearing this afternoon
before Justice Crawford, a change of venue
was granted and the case sent to Justice
Irish, to be heard tomorrow afternoon
In default of bonds for 200 Ray was
placed in the city Jail tonight to await
the preliminary trial of the case. Rays
attorney. A. F. Knots, said tonight that
his client admitted having offered to Trus-
tee Ross three warrants aggregating $1,000
for a discount of so per cent. but that he
intended no bribery in doing so. He had
sold eX-Trustee Merrill school supplies
amounting to several thousand dollars and
had some of the warrants hand and as
he heard that the trustee would probably
have to be sued before they would be paid
had merely offered to cash them for half
their value. In doing so he had made no
offer to pay him any money if he would
cash them. This Mr. Ross denies and says
that at the trial tomorrow he will produce
letters and kilograms substantiating his
charge of bribery.
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An Appeal to Voters to Settle the
Financial Question ON the Side of
Honesty Next Month.
DUTY OF WESTERN RESERVE
ADDRESS by THE NOMINEE TO THE
PEOPLE OF PORTAGE COUNTY.
Urged to Roll Up Big Majority
Against the Popocratfc Scheme to
Taint the Nations HOnor.A
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.

Special to the Indianapol Journal.
CANTON, o., Oct. 1.-Two delegations of
Ohioans made the pilgrimage to this city
to-day. The first came from Portage coun-
ty in three special trains of nine coaches
each. and in the regular trains which ar
rived this morning. The visitors marched
through the city to the Tabernacle where
the speaking took place. The next dele
cation came from Springfield in a special
train of seven cars. 1t was composed of
the Heavyweight Mckinley and Hobart
Club and the CLARK County Brigade
name adopted by the citizens for the rep
resentatives of numerous clubs This dele
cation also paraded to the Tabernacle.
Major McKinley's speech to his Springfield
visitors one of the best he has made
When he said: Good credit and good
currency are as Indispensable to labor as to
capital, and he who teaches any other doc
trine is an enemy of our country's pros
perity there We're suppressed eXclama-
tions@ of Bryan 1t was regarded as a
delicate way of hitting the silver agitator.
Mr.. McKinley's speech to the Western Re-
serve delegation was appauded from be-
ginning to end.
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FREIGHT CARS SMASHED.
Tramps Killed and Several Hallway
Employees Injured.

PITTSBURG, Oct 1.-Two freight trains
collided last night at Phson, on the Ball
timore & Ohio railroad. 124 miles east of
Pittsburg. making one of the worst wrecks
in the history of the road. At least two
tramps were killed and the following train
men injured:
ENGINEER ZANE. of Train No. "A. per-
haps fatally.
JOHN CORNELL. front brakeman. Sc
riously injured.
FIREMAN OWEN. seriously injured.
FIREMAN SHAW, bruised very badly.
Other trainmen were cut and bruised and
a number of tramps badly hurt The grade
at Philson is very heavy. the line descend-
ing at the rate of over one hundred feet
to the mile The accident occurred at. 10;SJ
o'clock last night. Fast freight east. No
"A. was scheduled TO meet west-bound
freight No. 80 at Phllson The
latter train reached the siding and
waited on i. the main track FOR the east
bound train. Shortly after starting down
OF the train. In an instant Il was going at
an express speed. and the crew decided TO
take chances by staying aboard rather
than jump. AS the train shot around the
curve at Philson the east-bcund train
struck the other train and every car on
center OF the collision and ground TO atoms
The engines were smashed 60 scrap iron.
The other train was also badly wrecked.
and debris WAS piled as high as the tele-
graph poles.
Rescuing crews worked all night and to-
day Two tramps We're taken out dead.
anc others are believed 70 be still under Lhs
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PRICE CENTS Ass HsslE5 SSb sSSDs ShTs SsS En- r.

yer and our paper, and to keep each and
every form or American money worth ~"
cents on the dollar.
Judge Miller spoke of the veterans or the
war who are here to testify their devotion
to the Republican cause. / am glad to meet
them Listen to what your old commander,
General Grant said in his Inaugural ad-
dress March 4. 1869. / wish they might ne
carried away in the heart of every man IN
this audience and ] wish they might pe
heard and needed by every patriot IN the
l;.ld This is his language: To protect tne
rational honor every dollar of government
Indebtedness should be paid in gold unless
otherwise expressly provided for Let II De
understood that no repudiator Oh one iar-
thing of our public debt will be trusted III q
public place and it will go FAR toward
strengthening a credit that should be Ine
best in the world That is where the Re-
publican party put credit and that is
where the Republican party means TO Keep
it. Great cheering)
Having settled the currency question on
the side of honesty, we will settle II thls
year we will then make a tariff an Amer
lean tariff. protective tariff, which VIII
provide against deficiencies in the pubic
treasury and strong enough TO uphold tne
American factory and preserve the Amerl-
can market for the American people: IRE
mendous cheering and three cheers Tor Nc
KinleyD | thank you and bid you good
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past three years. 1t is to me an interest
ing recollection that eighteen years ago,
when your county was part of my con-
gressional district. were hghting for tie
same principles which are engaging the
country now You will remember it. Then
we were contending for American pro-
tective tariff that should care for all
American interests, and We We're contend
ing in the same campaign for the resump,
tion of specie payments for an honest, run
-hundred-cent dollar Enthusiastic
cheering and cries of What's the matter
with McKinley?D Then it was that you
gave to me, the then standard bearer, the
largest majority that you ever gave any
candidate for Representative in time of
peace. tremendous cheering and cries OF
We will do it again,D Now, in the year
1896 let there be a similar, aye, stronger
verdict in favor of protection. reciprocity.
sound money and national honor. (Great
applause)
heartily for this call. Men and women this
year are all alike interested in the rlghtiui
settlement of these great questions. l bid
you all welcome to my home, and trust
that you will carry with you to your homes
that spirit which you have shown here
to-day-a spirit that is invincible. CGreat
pheerinS)