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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-27
WHAT is TO / MEANS.

Sonso Facts for FREQ Silvcritcs to Ponder
Over.
Tt means that 16 ounces Of silver for
t,ebt-payiEg purposes shall be made, by
law. worth as much as one ounce OF
gold.
One ounce of gold will now coin
CISCO. Sixteen ounces of silver shall
be made to coin S1S.Go.
You can buy i'll any market to-day 16
ounces of silver for So.of. The profit Is
ST Fer cent, or SS.G6.
In other words, ii O. man borrows of
you to-day $3.50 he can pay you, if
free silver att sixteen. to one, becomes
law, with 1904.
Look out. that it doesn't! ssns@} s# :3
Silver is merely a commodity, like
tin, iron or wood.
If the government should say $9.94
worth of wood shall cost $1s.6O, would
you buy it? Certainly not.
The silver dollar to-day is worth So
cents. It's present ratio to gold is about
thirty -one to one. MI the governments
in the world cannot change the CONNER
c;al value of silver any more than that
of coal, iron, tin or copper!
The more silver produced the cheaper
it will get!
Would England, France or Germany
take in payment Of debt from us for
1880, 1904, simply because our gov
ernment said that So "a worth of silver
is worth $500 Of gold?
Certainly not! No more than you
would accept such settlement Of per-
sonal debt.
A standard of exchange. must be CO.
extensive with the commercial world
and acceptable to all concerned.
Means Unsettled. Business. #.
The Augusta Herald is evidently ops
posed to the free, unlimited, independ-
pnt, sixteen to one coinage of silver. Tt
believes that free silver means finaD-
cial crisis; it means a panic; it means a
readiust nent of conditions, a change of
financial basis; it means disruption and
disorganization in every line of trade
and manufacturing. Free silver means
an unsettled condition of trade that it
viii take years to straighten out before
the industries of this country can ever
.egin to do a settled and legitimate
| business on 4 frec-silver basis. Can the
| farmer, the merchant, the mechanic,
the laboring men cherish the hope That
prosperity will come to them while the
business Of the country is paralyzed and
| unsettled ?---Covingto Enterprise.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-27
THREE PAGES.

With this issue we will commence to
print three pages Of. the Review at
home, which will be continued during
the presidential campaign.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-27
Have rhey cornerod the copper Cent?

4 majority OF The letters from the
working men in your columns claim that
gold has appreciated in value since 1913
and that this appreciation has been
caused by the wicked bankers who have
cornered all the gold. Has anyone sug-
gested that these wicked bankers have
cornered all the cents? In 1878 it re-
quired 100 cents to purchase only one
ounce of silver. To-day it requires only
6S cents to purchase this same one
ounce OF silver In 1879 it required 725
cents to purchase one bushel of wheat.
To-day SO cents will purchase one bush
ell of wheat. And yet 100 cents will pur-
chase the same amount of gold to-day as
it could in 1873. Clearly, then, it is
this bad little copper cent that has
caused all our hard times and not the
gold. Let us compel all Of our creditors
to accept five mills instead of ten for
one cent. Common Sense, in N. u.
World.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-27
HAY! HAY!! HAT!!!

have a lot OF both wild and tame
hay in first class condition which will
sell by the bale, ton OF car load lots at
prices to suit.
I0UN GREEK
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-27
A <,ne-Sidcd Question.

Our currency, based as it is on gold
redemption. was never be fore so uni
form1y good in every part of the union
The wages Of labor, paid in this curren-
cy, are higher than in any other civil
lied country. Under these circum-
stances, what possible inducement can
there be for worlingmen, professional
men, persons with fixed salaries or any
other part Of orr population. unless it
be those who have silver bullion to sell,
to change the standard of value. thereby
cutting down wages and salaries one
hall and bringing the whole business of
the country into 81 condition of confu-
sion and ro-:n Record.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-27
GINSENG

Highest cash market price paid fol
Ginseng.
+. a. WALSH.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-08-27
why silver Is Cheap.

The Boston Globe says: ''The crime
of 1873 is charged with the decline in
the price of silver. The white metal
was 'demonetized.' and SO. they say. it's
value in the market was reduced. What
are the facts? In the s years preceding
1873 the whole world produced only
a little more than seven times as much
silver as gold, or. say. 615.ooo,o 900 ounces
Of silver, to S5,O00,0OO ounces Of gold
for that entire period. In the year 1873,
when the great silver mines OF the
United States were pouring out their
product, less than Il times as much sill
YER as gold was produced in the world.
But after 1873 the worlds production Of
silver increased with great rapidity.
For the last ] 5 years it has been at the
rate of Just about twenty ounces of sill
YER to one ounce of gold. The figures
for these Is years are: Silver, 1852
100000 ounces; gold. $4,000 ounces"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-21
BIRTHDdT or LEE.
Exercises AZ the Soldiers Home in His
Honor sunday.

Exercises at the Soldiers Home in His
Honor sunday.
General Lees birthday was observed in
Richmond yesterday by the closing Of the
banks. but the most Of the exercises in
honor Of his memory took place on sun
day
The occasion was marked Sunday at
the Soldiers' Home boy "a delightful din
ner given To the veterans by he cOmmau-
dant, Colonel Charles j. Bigger. AT 3
o'clock the old soldiers marched into the
large dining room, wnere there were
twenty-five tables covered with good
things.
Captain j. TAYLOR Stratton presented
10 the veterans Mr. j. T.. Stuart. Jr..
son of the chleftan, who read with much
feeling General Lees farewell address.
10 which the Old soldiers listened with
close attention. Dinner was then SERVED.
The hall was decorated with flags and i'm
the center was a shield bearing the name
Of Lee.
After dinner the veterans filed into the
chapel OF the Home. where Rev. l.. Il.
Mason. OF Grace church. preached a ser
mon appropriate 10 the occasion.
The handsome new hall Of Lee Camp,
Confederate Veterans. was thrown open
10 the public yesterday. with Adjuiant
J. Taylor stratton Ia charge, and all day
up 10 a late hour last night it was
thronged with visitors, admrng the
handsome interior and the splendid full
length portrait of Lee.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-21
"MERCHANT OFVENlCE''
A GRAND PERFORNINCE AT THE
ACADEMY LIST NIGHT.
Ir,ing's Thrilling Interpretation OF Shy
lock and Miss Terry Perfect rs
Portla-splendId Staging.

IT is a generally acknowledged fact that
nowhere the world over do foreign ar
tists-f mean artists Of true authority and
ction-immediately meet with such
a warm, such a whoie-souled reception
as in this country.
At the Academy last evening Henry
Irving and Ellen Terry made their first
appearance before a southern audience,
and fairly carried that audience by storm.
The house was crowded In every part,
and the assembly was brilliant. fash
ionable and thoroughly representative.
In his beautiful production of The
Merchant Of Venice" Henry Irving has
restored the nfth act, the jailer scene
and the casket scenes. I'm fun. and the
piece was acted with strict fidelity TO
Shakespeare Judiciously cast and COR
recfly dressed and mounted, Henry lrv-
ing's revival Of the Merchant Of Venice"
captured public fancy, and I'm every quar-
ter II was sincerely felt and proclaimed
that here, at last. was the perfection Of
stage display. The performance was
round, symmetrical. and thorough. every
detail being kept subordinate TO inteiii-
gent general erect. and no c0ort being
made toward ovcrwoening individual dis
play
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-21
PIG IRON PRODUCTION.
TIE TOTAL ron 1925 THE LARGEST
~ THE MAKING HISTORY.
Forty-Two Per Cent I'm Excess Of 1894, and
2f3, 1908 Tons Than In 1890. When the
Next Best Record Was Made.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, Jan. 2o.-The
bulletin of the American Iron and Steel
Association. issued to-day, says:
The American Iron and Steel Associa-
ton has re .eived from the manufacturers
complete returns Of the production OF
pig iron In the United States In 1893,
and also complete returns Of the stocks
OF unsod pig iron IN the hands of manu-.
facturers or their agents at the close oi
the year. -
The total production of mig IRON IN 1879
was the largest in our making history,
amounting TO 9,ii030s gross tons, against
66573ss tons in 1921. Il24J O2 tons IN
1891 and .. 202, 7O3 tons in 1890.
The production in 1925 was 2.1ss, W.
tons, or nearly ~ per cent. more IMAM
In 1894. and 2i3.6OJ tons more than IN
1890, when our largest previous produc-
ton was attained.
WHERE 1T WAS INCREASED.
All the large pig-iron-pr producing States
shared in the greatly increasing produc-
ton in 1898 over 1894. As might be eN-
pected, the most notable increase was
in Pennsylvania, which prod iced a.oil,-
463 tons. or 1916 per cent. OF the total
production Allegheny county alone pro-
ducing 1904, OsJ tons, which was 800: itb
tons more than the production OF OHIO,
more than double that of Illinois. ana
nearly two and a half times that OF
Alabama and yet Alabama and Ill nois
made splendid records in 1895. Allegheny
made 4j.7 per cent OF the total production
of Pennsylvania I'm 1895. The Shenango
and Mahoning valleys also made remarks
able gains IN production In 1895 over
1894.
Five States made less pig iron In 1895
than in 1S9I-Connecticut, New jersey,
Georgia, Michigan. and Colorado The
production OF Bessemer pig iron In 1895
A
In 1894 an Increase OF l.ss5. $50 tons. The
great Increase In the total production OF
pig iron I'm 1885 over 1894 was largely
caused by the extraordinary demand for
Bessemer pig iron. which demand was
I'm turn chiefly caused by the extra
ordinary demand for structural steel
The stocks OF pig iron which we're uu-
sold in the hands OF manufacturers or
their agents on December 81, 1898. and
which were not intended for their con-
sumption. amounted TO 662. 08S gross tons,
and on December ~, 1898, they amounted
10 iii, 332 tons
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-21

Rey. n. r. swecny Draws "a Large and I'm
fbusiHstic Audience.

ney. n. r. swecny Draws Large ana IN
tbuslasic Audience.
The lecture Of the Rev. H. T. Sweeney
at scventh-street Christian church lass
night was one not soon to De forgotten
bv any of the GOO people Who were ao
fortunate as TO hear 81. The SUBJECT
nCoiur 10 to Jerusalem, was treated i
"a most unique and charming manner.
The audience was held apel-bound by
The perfect torrent OF eloCuence painos'
and humor that wened from the speak
sf'e Inns. His commanding appearance
Genial countenancc. and graceful ses-
turc at once captiyatod. and delighted tne
audience. There were times when APE
plause must needs Doe INDUCED in. BE-
cause the wrought-up feelings must De
EXPRESSED Especially vac mat true
when the tribute TO "Old Glory was
completed by referring to our united
country under ono Tag The graphic
description Of the suicide at Monte Carlo.
the pathetic reference 10 Joan of Arc,
fDo humorous account of the Italian salad,
foUowingt one after another LETT the
audience in a fever OF expectation and
delight
The lecture was one and thfee-1"af Ter
hours in length, but every one was sorry
when the speaker stopped.
Mr.. Leo T. Wheat rendered, in ms
usually delightful manner, some excellent
music on the organ Taken all in all.
30 was an evening of rare enjoyment and
profit 90 those present.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-21
4 prefiY Neiilirg.

A very quiet and beautiful marriage
took place last night at Q o'clock. AT
the residence OF the bride 8 stcp-father
1869 east Franklin street. the contracting
parties being Mr.. Charles {. Mettert and
Miss Lottie G. Sickinger.
The bride was handsomely gowned IN
pure white silk null and carried a bouquet
OF brides roses The ceremony was per-
formed by Rev Preston Nash. rector OF
Christ =. J.. church. Owing 10 recent
Bereavement in the brides family only
the nearest relatives OF the contracting
pefties were present.
The bridal presents were numerous aaC
elegant. among the latter was q hand
some dafned-lece bed-set, made and pre-
sented TO the bride By the groom's sister
Miss Lee Mettert.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-21

The following cases were disposed OF
ia the Police Court yesterday;
Old Blind Tom. the familiar paper car
rier. was the victim OF an attempt at
robbery Sunday night at the hands or a
colored man by the name OF William
Robinson Tom heard noise under MS
bed, and at first supposed Il 70 be cat;
He got out OF the room, however and
latched the door Having done this he
notified the police. and In short while
Police Officer J. J. LANCE was on tho
scene. and going into the room he found
H. Jason o.. ll-Ie. Yesterday morning
Robinson was before the Justice and was
sent on 10 the grand jury
Lizzie Gllpin and Martha Gay were
fined s. each for being disorderly and
assaultlng and abusing Annie Gilpin.
Henry Moore (colored) was hned 80
FOR assaulting and beating Rosa Walker.
Martha Harris fcolored) was fined $3.50
for assaulting Annie Lewis
John Currie (colored was fined 81 for
fightng In the street.
Besides a number OF DRINKS and dis
orderlies, thirteen negroes were fined $50
and costs for playing craps.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-21
FROH THE J.. ". &. h
Leland 3. Powers, the Great isnpersonator,
Coming.

Coming.
The address Of Major Stiles on Per
sonal Liberty" 100 Association Hall sun
day afternoon, was an able EFFORT, and D..
Keeping with the best thought OF to-dh,
The music was very attractive. MessIa.
Logan. MOuntcastle, walker ana MIS-
Smrhdeal participating.
Secretary Mckee spoke 20 large AUDI
cucc of The coming statesmen ana bt5l
ness men IN the boys meeting al 3 =. ~
he drew instructive and helpful lesson
from Nathaniel HaWthorne.S story, I'M
Great taIbumCle. MI c. NNDuf MONT
gOmery was the sOlOlSt IOr thia mte'lla.
The famous impersOnalor, MT. LELAND
o. Powers WIN appear in - 81. G.. a
Hall Friday, January 2ith, as ile sN lH
number of me star Course. air Power
ls the ablest imDersouatur in me tah..
ana viii appear in 'ihe Shau- fnah'
Inc finest irish play in tne Lngisn ian-
ruaee. a crowded house should greet
him. OF Mr Powers MISS FRANCES IT,
Willard says:
I'VE had Leland Powers, Have you
ever heard him? Well you Will unles.
YOU hibernate or emigIate. RE comes ll
Iull dress upon the stage. ana undertake
TO make you see the thirteen character
I'm David COpperfeld. Without DIT OF
scenery OF Il particle ol cuatuinlls D..
reproduces David, SteeriOrtn, bcgSoiit,
Ailcawber, Heep. and others, his voice.
expression ana action changing So c,i"
Dletely while you look ana listen ii."t
the metarnorphosis seems little less tha
magical The great-hcartcOuess OF flsu-
erman PcfgOtty. the manllness OF laNio.
the expansive OratOry OF wilkins Mica"
ber AN live before your eyes. The goo,
BIS everywhere held up. the nad denouuceo
and Iriah Keeps Meachis 0apoi-i
excitcs thx universal moral nausea Oh
in ought one feels that Air. Powers has
discovered a new neiu. anU one t.a. bl..
what i5 good ln the drama Mlt-o-t d.
reserved seats can be secured com
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-21

like to witness than this disheartening
and undrarnatic story OF the Venetian
money lender I am at loss even now
to know what moral Shakespeare intend
cd in THE Merchant of Venice. Though
Shylock was a rapacious nend Ia his de-
termination to cut the flesh from around
the heart Of Antonio. yet was he swindled
and maltreated by the Christians. and
his ultimate discontinue was a triumph
OF most wretched injustice. The ten
dcncy IL TO sympathize with Sbyioc-, but
this tendency Is killed In an auditor by
the inveterate spirit OF vengeance that
il At the TON Of th,. mans character.
Hence there is no real lesson taught
here. and as for action and dramatic elo-
ouence. / fail TO find them IN the play.
It's literary beauty Is in the speeches.
and never In the sentiment or the scenes.
The Shylock OF Henry Irving, feeds
fat the ancient Rrudge" against Antonio,
until the law Of Portia. more subtle than
equitable. interferes TO thwart him; but
also he avenges the wrong that his
sacred nation" has suffered. His grasp
Of the character is firm. his execution OF
II flexible with skill and aiiluent with in
fellectual power II memory carries
away A shuddering thought OF his bale
ful gaze upon the doomed Antonio and OF
his horrid cry Of the summons. Come.
PREPARED II also retairs the image Of
father convulsed with grlef-momentar-
fly but sincereiy-and OF a man who at
least can remember that he once loved.
II was a most austere Shylock. in
veterate OF purpose. vindictive, malignant.
cuel, ruthless; and yet IL was human. No
creature was ever more logical or con-
sistent In his own Justification BY pur-
fly. sincerity. decorum. fanaucism. the
f1r~f wac nrffv suggestive Of such men
as Robert Cotosby. Guy Fawkes. and
d ..... exon ..elsOns. who. with prayer
on their ups. we're nevertheless cap
able Of hideous cruelty.
In earlier times "The Merchant OF
Venice" was Gust lmariy offered for the
sake OF Shylock alone. and with that
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-21

Judge Edmund Waddill entertained a
few OF his friends last evening al his resi-
dence. No g2l Park avenue. The assem-
bie1 quests old Justice 10 the sumptuOus
sumner prepared FOR them, and each seem
ed To appreciate the charmlng hospitality
Of The host and hostess. The table was
adorned with tropical ferns and flowers
and between the draughts OF light ana
choice wines was interpreted The now
OF wit and hum0r OF the veteran poll
tic'ans. c.....t ~.
Among those present were General Os-
borne. Of Boston Messrs. Allan, Russell
60 md Belegates vale, Coles, Han
Cock. Gose. Smith. Dorton. Zlrke, and
sims. and Mr. Dunn, prominent Repuo-
Intel Interest were discussed, among
t6em the presidential possibilities, and II
was the opinion OF the majority OF those
present that MCKINLEY Woula ne ths me-
her OF the company expressed himself al
having spent a most enjoyable evening.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-21

OF Leah's rims, but only lacerated sense
of the value of that jewel Brooke, a
great Shyl0ck. concurred with Kean' S
ideal and made the character orientaily
royal. the ayenger Of his race, having
''an oath In heaven and standing on the
law OF an eve for an eye Edwin For
rest. the elder WallOck p. J.. Davenport,
Edwin Booth Bogumil Dawson. and
Charles Kean steadily kept Shylock upon
the stage-some walking in the religious
track and some leaving IT, But the weight
OF opinion and the spirit and rift OF the
text would justify prcsentment Of Shy
lock as the incarnation. not alone Of
avarice and hate. but Of the stern. terri
bic. Mosaic law OF justice. That IS the
high view c. the part, and I'm studying
Shakespeare ii is safe TO prefer the hish
view
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-21

view DO was maneied and condensed.
MISS TERRY's PoRTIA.
in Henry lrving's presentment that IS
O. fine equilibrium between &c parts,
and while that blood-thirsty shyiock'
bowling for his pound OF flesh. was
kept at "a rational level. the limpid, Sc
rene. stately present Of Portia. Ike the
moon IN a cloudless heaven, dominated
the whole enchanting picture Of friend
ship. indicated and love fulfilled Ellen
Torry's portia was stately, yet fascina-
ting. woman 90 inspire awe. and vet
90 captivate every heart Nearer to
Shakcspeare's meaning that that no ac-
tress can ever go. The large, rich, SUI
peril manner never invalidatcd the gentle
Establishments Of her Sex. The repfcssed
ardour, the flowing suspense. the beauti-
ful modesty, and candor. with which she
awaited the decision of the casket scene,
showed her 90 be indeed an woman. and
worthy OF true mans love. Here was
no faltcrng Of a puny nature with great
feelings and great experience. Ana
never I'm one day has the poetry or
Shakespeare fallen from human lips in
strain of sucr melody: with such tenn
ing freedom Of felicitous delivery and
such dulcet purity OF diction.
And an this admirable play OF the
chief characters. supported by excellent
subordnates, was relieved against a
beautiful and vivid background OF We
nice.
The illusions Of stage-craft. the splen-
dor. and the suggestion OF costume. the
scenic effect OF changing groups the use
Of figure. voice. and action, the warp
and wool Of dramatic art, in all its com
pleNity. these are all woven together IN
one end-the play.
Nance O1fNa1I and Tho HDil- will be
presented az the matinee to-day.
MIR. BRAN STOKES.
Mr. Bran Stokes. Sir Henry Irving's
acting manager. is a typical Englishman.
He is a delightful conversationalist, and
a most polished gentleman.
lie is one OF the best-known managers
I'm the dramatic profession. and has
the happy faculty OF making host OF
friends wherever he goes. He was enter
tanned at the Westmoreiand Club last
night after the performance.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-21
Hiss Bruce ia We'd.

The Washington Post Of yesterday say
"The marriage of Miss Sally Archer
Bruce TO the Rev. Arthur kinsoWna
rector OF Christ church Brooklyn vii.
be solemnized at noon. Wednesday, Feb
rtarv 5th. in ST. pauls church. Rich
mond. Va. The bride-elect Is the cid
est daughter OF Mr.. Seldom Bruce. ana
granddaughter Of the late General Jo-
seph r. Anderson. OF kichmonn.
is ranked among the beauties OF Virginia,
and IS universally admired for ner lovely
fs,e and charming manners. Her ma
tcr, nj grandmother was the beautiful
sally Archer. Of the old Dominion, WHO
* well remembered by old washing
tonians as one Of the bellies OF her day,
and whose marriage to the gallant young
ensign Mr. Joseph r. Anderson, was
an event long talked Of IN the social
circles"
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-01-21

The Opponents Of the Maupin BIZ to be
Given Ample Time.

The Committees on Counties. Cities. and
Towns. of the General Assembly, VIII
both meet this morning in regular SEES
sions. to dispose Of whatever business
Will come before them. Inasmuch as
the committees have agreed TO hold q
Joint session. before which all parties will
be invited to appear who are interested
inI the Maupn anti-gambling BILL the
Reddy bill, which allows pool-selling on
certain tracks for thirty days each year,
and I'm the bill non I'm the possession OF
Mr. Digs. OF King William. chairman
of the House Committee. which Is TO
serve as a substitute for both, II Is ex-
pectod that an agreement will be reached
to-day as 20 the time when this meet
ing will take place
During the various debates which arose
In the House OF Delegates over
these bills. Il was intimated that II looked
as though desire prevailed TO railroad
the Maupin bill through. In view OF
this fact. Mr.. Diggs told me last night
that ne was not I'm favor of rushing the
matter. He knew the intimation did
not have any just foundation, but IN
order TO show that he, az well az the
other members Of his committee, were
perfectly willing to give anybody who
desired to appear before the commit
tee on behalf OF either bill. ample OPP
portunity 20 do so, he would be In favor
Of calling the joint session Of the two
committees, certainly not before next
week.
The friends OF the substitute bill. espe-
cially the representatives of the virginia
Agricultural and Mechanical Society, are
in hopes that their measure will meet
the approval OF the two committees.
They say that the Maupin till is I'M
perfect because Il putt no restriction
whatever upon winter racing. and that
he bin advocated by them would make
the operations OF bcok-makers absolute
iv impossible. inasmuch as II did not give
them an opportunity to start a circuit
in this State.