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The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

Now THAT it is all over, let us quiet
down and attend to business. The
voters have done their duty, and the
country is safe. Some of us have been
badly wrought up the past month or
two. The occasion for that is past,
and private interests need looking af.
ter. We are all sick of the excitement
and nervous strain of the campaign.
Lay it all aside. If you have differed
with your neighbor and have felt like
denouncing him for his opinions, shake
hands with him now and bury the
Ratchet. The result is made up and
1t cannot be changed. Whether winner
or loser we must all abide by it. If a
winner in the battle be generous; if a
loser remember that the country never
has, and probably never will, go to the
demnition bow-wOws because a certain
candidate won and another lost. Re-
member that in the matter of abiding
BY the laws, the country depends upon
the homogeneity of its citizens, and
though the policy of the majority rules,
that policy need not necessarily be in
imical to the interests of the minority.
Let us lay all feeling, partisanship and
prejudice aside, and start out with a
determination to win back prosperity
as soon as possible.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

sort of grim resignation I settled down
to listen for the crash that would land
us in eternity.
The road was growing more uneven
now; the machine was bounding and
lurching from side to side; little
further and the road turned abruptly
towards the right, but, like cannon
ball tearing through space, we left it
and headed for the precipice. Two
hundred, one hundred: fifty yards, and
there down below, like an open grave
ready to receive us, lay the sullen wa
tiers of the lake. My senses grew dim;
one thought of home, of the loved ones
there, of their anguish should | never
return, convulsive sob-and [ flung
myself headIong from the machine.
There was thud, tearing noise;
felt myself whirling over and over, a
crashing as of branches, and then down,
down. And even as [ fell thought
my eye caught out towards the lake a
circle of flashing light, a demoniacal
cry, and then all grew still about me.
When I opened my eyes four hours
later I was in the room had been oc-
cupying the past two weeks, and the
baron and an attendant were standing
near. / attempted to rise, but the pain
in. my limbs arrested me and | fell back
in a swoon. In few days, however,
was able to be about, and although sore
and bruised, I was glad to know that
none of my injuries would be lasting.
was very anxious, as may be sup
posed. to learn something additional of
the occurrence that had befallen me on
that dreadful night, and this was suffi-
GENTLY startling.
It seems that some two months pre-
viously a murder of very atrocious
character had been committed in the
district by a man of, at times, unsound
mind, and although the murderer was
we'll known, he had vanished on the
night of the murder, leaving no trace
behind. 1t was surmised, however,
that he was lurking in the dense woods
that covered this part of the country,
awaiting chance to escape. Prowling
about the woods on the night of my
trip, he had observed me on my bicy
Gle, and it flashing upon his mind that
here was the opportunity he was wait
ing for, had instantly availed himself OF
it, with the result as shown. Such at
least was our theory.
It seems further that on the night in
question, the baron, growing uneasy at
my prolonged absence, had mounted to
one of the upper stories OF the castle,
and from there observed what seemed
to be bicycle light rushing down the
northern declivity towards the lake,
and actually disappearing in it I! Thor
oughly alarmed he had summoned a
few servitors and instituted search,
with the result of finding my insensible
body at the foot of cliff, over which |
had apparently fallen. A further
search the next morning revealed the
dead body of the murderer, fearfully
mangled, side by side with the frag-
ments of the machine.
Shortly afterwards, fully recovered.
my official duties called me from Rus
sia; and although over a year has
elapsed since then, never see a tan
dem bicycle or piece of stretching
road by moonlight, but / think OF my |
mad race down that steep declivity
with that bowling madmah behind me.
T.C.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

KEN0SHA county can be set down
now as 800 for Bryan, and the head Of
the democratic ticket will have at least
that majority if not more. Gazette of
Oct. 2S.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

WHEN any republican has the nerve
80 set up claim for his party carrying
the city of Kenosha in the approaching
election it is about time for his friends
TO have the anti-cOnceit cure admins
tered to him and have him properly
confined. = Gazette of Sept. Is.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

THE disgraceful campaign tactics in
dulged in 10y the pOpocrats, in which
they attempted to array labor against
capital has met with the just rebuke it
so richly deserved. Ordinarily one has
feeling of pity for badly defeated OPP
ponents, but in this matter We feel like
rubbing it in little.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

THERE appears to be queer COM
Dinati0n of circumstances at work. po-
htically, here in Kenosha. Its pecu-
liarities are known to only a few, but it
shows to those that there is great
element of the republican party which
has split off and will not support the
party ticket this fall Gazette of Oct.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

ANOTHER week of the GGZette'S
pOpycnckism about coercion and in
timidation and Kenosha would have
made it unanimous.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

Now, HONEST. you populistlc fell
lows, don't you feel little ashamed of
that silly twaddle you INDUCED in
about coercion and such rot?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

OUR neighbor of the News was ter
riBly exercised over that registration
list. Calm yourself-for the defeat
that is to come. Gazette of Noy. 3.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

THE silver tongue will no longe1
cattle in the land.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

ALL thaC is required is for some
pOpOcrat 10 rise up and move to make
1t unanimous.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

THE people havo spoken for nationa
honor and integrity.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

Fine line of fall and winter millin-
cry at Weiskopf's at prices to sui
all. If
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

Our specially from now through
November is chrysanthemums. See
them at Turner's. o27tf
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

WELL WE'LL! WELL!!!
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

How ABOUT coercion anyhow?
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

AND even the Second ward is with
as!
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

MCKINLEY is elected.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

/" WE told you so. "
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1896-11-05

BRYAN NIT.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
A Child's Heart.

Among the bizarre articles offered
for sale at tine Hotel Druot, Paris, was
q child's heart immersed in jar Of
spirits, and, although 81 years had
passed since the organ was placed in its
transparent receptacle, every portion of
1.-THE right and left auricle and ventri-
Gle, and even a portion of the aortic
arch-was in aperfect state of preserva-
tion. 1t was catalogued as the heart Of
Louis XVII, duke of Normandy, and
from tine documentary evidence which
accompanied it there was little doubt
Is to its authenticity. -Temple Bar.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
The Glacier Of the Dead Plain.

The finest scenery in this part Of our
journey, at the west end of the, famous
Bernese oberland, was that of the gla-
cier of the great Dead plain. We did
not see it until We We're on its edge and
the white expanse spread before US 1t
fills kind of elliptical hollow. some
two miles long by mile wide. Once
on its smooth, large surface the external
world is shut oat by q ring of low
mountain wall. Not q trace of human
activity can be seen in any direction.
The largeness, simplicity and seclusion
of this strange snowfield make it unique.
We traversed its longest diameter. The
snow fortunately remained hard
throughout the hour of oar passage,
thanks to a cool breeze ard "a yelled
sun. The surface was beautifully rip
pied and perfectly clcan.-''A Thou
sand Miles Through the Alps" by Sir
W. NJ. Conway, in Scribncr's.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

Electric Bitters is medicine suit
ed for any season. but perhaps more
generally when the languid ex-
hausted feeling prevails. when the
liver is torpid and sluggish and the
need of a tonic and Alternative is felt.
A prompt use of this medicine has
often averted long and perhaps fatal
bilious fevers. No medicine will act
more surely IN counteracting and
freeing the system from the malarial
poison. Headache, indigestion, con-
stipation. dizziness yield to Electric
bitters. SOC and 81 per bottle at
Hartz & Ullemeyer's drug store.
What came near being q double
tragedy was the climax Of q drunken
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
i standard is a failure,
ANOTHER REPUBLICAN LIE.
ME-. Bryan Himself Nails This One in
Great Shape.


Great Shape.
Not content with the success of their
efforts to coerce labOrers into voting
for Mckinley the Republican national
committee is circulating among Ital-
ians article which happen to have APP
peared in a paper Mr.. Bryan once
wrote silver editorials for claiming
that they express Mr.. Bryan's senti-
ment.
1t is simply another form of the
Republican campaign lie. Mr.. Bryan
was responsible for nothing but the
silver editorials he contributed and
had no control over the paper. This
correspondence explains itself:
Washington. d. c., Sept. 20. 1896.
Oscar Durante, Esq, Editor L1talia,
No. 101 E. Harrison St, Chicago, Ills.
Dear Sir-My attention has been
called to the reprint in your journal
of certain articles credited to the Omaha
World Herald in its issues of Aug. 8
and II. 1895. rejecting upon the gen.
eral character of the Italian immi-
grants to the United States.
l desire to state that the articles
in question were not written by me
nor was l in any way responsible for
them. My connection with The World
Herald was limited to it's financial
policy and did not extend to it's gen.
eral editorial sentiments or opinions.
Very truly yours.
w. ]. BRYAN.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
Omaha, Neb.. Sept. 25. 1

Omaha, Neb., Sept. %, 1896.
National Democratic Committee, Chi
eago. Ills.
Dear Sir Answering your favor of
Sept, q. relating to the charges in
an Italian paper in Chicago that Mr..
Bryan had written several editorials,
criticising Italian immigrants as a
class, l beg to say that Mr.. Bryan
did not write those editorials; did not
know OF their being written and prob
ably never even read them, as he
was. at the time they were published.
absent from Omaha upon a tour Of
the western states.
Moreover, I desire to state that I'M
der the arrangement by which Mr.
World-Herald, it was specially stipu-
lated that he should be in control of
the paper only so far as its political
policy was concerned upon national is
sues. He did not become responsible
for editorial matters outside of his par
ticular department. He did not even
direct the course of the paper on local
politics.
The editorials in question upon the
subjects of Italian immigrants were
written by a member of the staff whose
duty 1t was to prepare editorials on
miscellaneous topics from time to time
not connected with national politics.
As stated above. Mr.. Bryan had moth
ing whatever to do with the editorials
in question and was not even in the
state at the time they appeared.
Yo-rs truly.
G. NJ. HITCHCOCK President.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
THE GOLD STANDARD A FAILURE.
The Kind Of "Prosperity" It Has Brought
Upon This Country.


You are informed by the goldbug
press that a wonderful wave of pros
perity is sweeping over the country.
Has it hit you yet? This is the season
Of the year when business should he
rushing. Have you employed an extra
force of clerks?
Have your wages been raised since
this boom struck the country? Have
any new and vast enterprises been
started since prosperity set in? How
about this boom, anyhow?
If there Is a boom who gets the credit /?
We are now living under the admins
tration Of Grover Cleveland. If there
is a boom 1t belongs to him. William
Mckinley IS not president, and he never
will be. The only thing William Nc
kinley ever gave the country was his
tariff bill, and while that bill was in
full force and effect William Mckinley
went into bankruptcy. Mark Hanna
now holds his notes for $11S.OOO his
contribution to the Mckinley bill dis
aster.
fortune protect us from any more of
it. If this is what McKinleyism means
give us anything else.
Pick up your paper of last week
and look at the weekly report of the
bank clearings of the United States
1t is the most discouraging exhibit
since the period preceding the panic
of 1888. Chicago showed 314.2S6.4 27
against SOL 100000 for the correspond
ing week of year ago. There was
not big city in the country that did
not show an appalling decrease The
average decrease for the United State.
was 81 per cent. The weekly report OF
the bank clearings gauge comparative
prosperity with the accuracy of q
thermometer.
The gold pdard g fot
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
A CLEAN SWEEP.

Gov. Altgeld Confident the Democrats
Will Garry Illlnois-Outlook BETTER Than
in 1892.
Governor Altgeld has written the fol-
lowing letter to the New York Journal:
Springfield, Ills. Oct 4, 1896
I have been in all sections of the
state. and find the outlook very much
more favorable than it was in 1899.
We carried the state then by upward
of $1,000 majority.
From present indications 1 will saw
that Bryan will sweep this state by
tremendous majority. Hanna's hire
lings are making much noise, but the
people are with u.s.
JOHN p ALTGEID
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
oBulls" Not Irtsh.

Those who are not Irishmen some
times trespass on Irish property A
French cure, preaching about sudden
death, said, ''Thus it is with us-we &c
to bed well and get up stone deadr'
An old French lawyer, writing Of an
estate he had just bought, added,
There is a chapel upon it in which
my wife and wish to be buried, if God
spares our lives. =
A merchant who died suddenly left
in his bureau letter to one of his cor
respondents which he had not sealed.
His clerk, seeing it necessary to send
the letter, wrote at the bottom, 'Since
writing the above have died.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

Gov. ALTGELD during his flying
tour of the state which terminated
Thursday night at East St. Louis
made 80 speeches and spoke in all to
100000 people. A notable feature Of
the trip was the enthusiasm of the
laboring people throughout the state
and Of their eagerness to hear the
governor and the earnestness with
which they cheered all that he said.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
Gov. Aitgeld In New York.

The people Of the east have a diff
ferent idea Of Gov. Altgeld since
Saturday night than that gained
from the impressions through
newspaperdom. A New York dis
patch to the Sunday Chicago Times
Herald says in its comments on his
great speech at Cooper Union:
"Gov John p. Altgeld, of Illinois,
spoke on political issues at Cooper
Union tonight. The hall was packed,
and 10000 persons listened to
speeches from trucks and stands
outside. When Gov. Altgeld ap-
peared in the hall the big audience
sprang to its feet and greeted him
with prolonged cheers and waving of
innumerable flags. When he arose
to speak he was greeted with an
other storm of cheers and cries of
We love you for the enemies you
have made
Gov. Altgeld was a disappoint-
ment. The east knew him chiefly
under the brand Of anarchist East
ern papers habitually represented
him As snorting thunder and crying
for blood. They painted him In the
re idest red of the red flag. Over.
wrought New Workers. looked for q
man wearing horns and hoofs, fol-
a fiend trailing q forked tail, and
in curdl ng tire: Is daring the world
to tread on it. Tney were prepared
for wild talk of revolution. for in
coherent rawlings about the rights OF
mankind, for q riot Of oratoric: mad.
ness.
"New Workers were disappointed.
He was not . spectacular exhibit.
He had neither hoofs nor horns ncr
tail. He looked and acted much like
ciher dignified gentlemen. He
spoke with vigor and adroit.
ness. He argued with the acumen OF
q trained lawyer. He made an elab.
crate. closely reasoned defense oil
certain planks In the Chicago plat
form. 1t IL conceded he made the
ablest presentation Of the democratic
position on those questions that has
been offered to the public.
'.New Yorkers feel that they have
bssn swindlsd. Gov. Altgsld VA
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
THE TANNER TRICK.
Continued from Seventh page.

also notified the state central COM
mittee to see that was not booked
for Rock Island on a political mis-
sion at this time, but l see that my
wish has not been respected. No. sir
l am not here for politics aud shall
make no political speech while here.
l am here to be with the Pythian
boys and nothing else"
The positive position taken by
Chancellor Commander Brown shows
his wisdom, for to have consented to
su ,h scheme as Tanner is to be a
party to tomorrow would have been
breach of good taste and propriety,
and would have brought inevitable
censure upon him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
A Morning Musicale.

Mrs. J. NJ. Buford gave . musicale
to 100 friends at her nome on Second
avenue this morning. The vocal
numbers we're furnished by Mrs. J..
B. Kimball. who was assisted By Miss
Bertha Sonntag and Albert Peterson.
The musicale was given in honor OF
Mrs. Hiram Stickuev Cable. Mrs.
Buford was assisted in receiving BY
Mrs. Sudlow. Mrs. I'd Buford. Mrs
Morgan, CT Lexington. KY: Mrs. Han
ley. of Minneapolis, and Miss Mar.
garet Dart.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

We believe that in the restoration Of all.
yer to its legitimate ONCE - standard col,
its bullion value will be % enhanced nv
the demand created BY its free and unli-..
tied coinage that NO dimcuity will be ex-
perisnosd In maintaining silver II . parity
with othsf standard moneys aad 90 We de-
nounce - FALSE and malicious the state.
msnss % freQ1sntly made By our epponeuts
that free csinage means . dolisr ef L.,
valus than one hundred csnta-Rseolusso.
~ the New York Dom0craey
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

How great indeed was the con-
trasr between the eloquent, honest
representative of labor who spoke at
Harper's theatre in its interests
Saturday night and the whining.
repudiated leader who spoke in the
interests Of the arch enemy of labor.
Mark Hanna. 10 days before!
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

not what he had been advertised to
be. Instead of the frothing blather-
skite they expected. he proved to be
an orator of ability. man OF poise,
q reasoner with plausibility."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

Tie governors flying squa dron"
probably considered the object of
Tanners visit to Rock Island suffi-
cient excuse to let him off from the
jaunt Of the state long enoughto
come here.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

TANNERS trick of coming TO Rock
Island this week during festival
that should be entirely devoid of
politics in any form is characteristic
of the imposter and consequently
characteristic OF Tanner. !,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

Generally fair and slightly warm
er tonight; Tuesday fair and colder;
brisk southerly winds shifting to
westerly. Today's temperature 50.
F. j. VALE, Observer.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

Many desperate cases of kidney
diseases pronounced incurable have
been cured by Foley's Kidney Cure.
Many ply sicians use it. Sold by n.
F. Bahnsen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup has
been used for children teething. It
soothes the child, softens the gums,
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and
10 the best remedy for diarrhoea.
Twenty-Five centa . bottle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
0hau It b l6 70 1.

Silver men say yes, gold men say
no. But al who have used it wheth-
or gold or silver men concede that
Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Syrup
10 superior to al others % is 10 to l.
Sold BY n. F. Bahnsen.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19
PYTHIAN week.
day next Saturday.
WELCOME to the Pythian Knights.

A GREAT many republican papers
are coming around to the idea OF
free coinage-of lies.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

What You nssd il something to
SURE yea. 0ss d. Kays 1saevster.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

I believe the struggle now going on in
this country and other countries for . sim
gle gold standard. would, II successful.
produce widespread disaster in the end
throughout the world. The distraction Of
silver ~ money and establishing gold ~
the sole unit Of value must have . ruinous
snsct ON all forms Of property except those
invsstments which yield . fixed return In
money.-James q. Blaine. (Congressionsl
Record. pages $40 to s22, 1881
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1896-10-19

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