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The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
Bryan ON Former Presidents and tho
publ1.

Bryan ON Former Presidents and tho
Publ.
Now that Mr.. Bryan expects to live
in the White House himself it is inter-
esting to recall what he wrote on March
81, less than four months ago, Oh the
subject of former Presidents and a
proposition to pension them. These are
his words from the editorial page Of
the World-Herald:
Ex-Presidents ought to take care Of
themselves as ordinary citizens do. If
1t should ever happen that one Of our
ex-Presidents should be in need of pub
lie or private aid, said aid would be
forthcoming. In recent years our Presi-
dents have retired in comfortable cir
cumstances. Gen. Harrison is earning
fat fees at the bar, and his dignity does
not suffer one bit because he Is eating
his bread in the perspiration OF his
gray matter. When Mr.. Cleveland re-
tires he will not be in immediate want
The several millions which he Is cred
tied with accommodating will help to
keep the wolf from the door for a while
and whenever his reserve fund gets be-
low one or two millions the people viii,
help him out cheerfully. This govern
ment will attain more to the purpose
of its founders when the notion that
the people owe their officials anything
is entirely eradicated. To be sure, We
owe the faithful official our apprecia-
ton and respect. We have paid him
for his time, and he loses nothing in
dignity if he steps from official place
to the ranks of the laborers. If he Is
broken down In health or should be
otherwise unfortunate. the American
people would not permit an ex-Prass
dent To sufIes.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
Higher Prices, Higher Wages.

To the Editor of the World: Higher
prices for the farmer means an in
creased capacity to purchase for him
self and family the articles which We
workingmen are engaged In producing.
"A greater demand for our products
n1eans a greater demand for labor,
which results in either the employ
iment OF more hands or higher wages
eventually both. | shall vote for the
Democratic nominees because the NOM
ination of candidates and adoption of
platform were done fairly and squarely
by two-thirds of my party. This to me
IS law, and inasmuch as ! should obey
any legislative enactment, even though
b did not personally approve of it, so
10 feel, Though was not in sympathy
win my pasty's action, ! should bow to
|)ts decree, work for its success and
fAss W lsgitimatelV - reason ny
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
ParadO1Ical but Common.

To the Editor OF the World: The
free coinage of silver and gold is in the
interests of labor because the gold SUP
ply of the world is cOrnered and con-
trolled by few hundred men who have
forced it's price far above the normal.
In labor and in all commodities repre-
senting real value gold is now at an
actual premium of not less than 80 per
cent, and it has been forced up not less
than 20 per cent. during the Cleveland
administration.
WAGE-EARNER.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
PERSONALS,

Mrs. Calvin S. Brice has cabled 81 ,O0G
to the Peabody Library fund OF her
alma mater, the Western Female Sem
mary Of Oxford, @.
Mr.. William H. Phelps, President of
the Harvard Society Of Natural His
tory, has left for Venezuela on
scientific expedition.
Brown University has conferred the
degree of NJ. 8. upon Nathaniel Her.
reshoff. the famous designer and boat
builder OF Bristol. & /
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
Ihc GilY House of TO Day.

The rol1v-maln dwelling -huilt 10
rcnt-in the first half OF Inc century,
compares with the ready made dwell
ing to-day rs the fail of E"anklin'S
time compares With the modern thrcsh'
ing machine. In nothing that is out,
side the line Of the revolutionary in.
yentionS of The age has progress made
such strides as it has III ministernG to
the comfort Of those who dwell in
cities. The rcntcd house Of the first
half Of The century was larger than it
has become, but it was a mere empty
box, after aIl-nsually it was a part of
4 mOnOtOn0uS row OF such boxes. Now
such dwellings are taStcfully designed,
and an effort is made to give each an
individual character. Within they are
illuminated by great nlate-SlasS win
dows, decorated with 4 liberal finish
Of ornamental hardwood. fitted with
sanitary safeguards in the plumbing
and vCnt;lating fixtures. and completed
by modcrn improvements Of many use
full kinds. In each is house telc-
phone. with mouthpicces and electric
buttons in every room. The dumb
waiter Of such a house reaches to the
first bed room moor, if not to the top
of The building.
The mantcl pieces have cabinet tops,
and are built above CRATE tireplaces
that contain gas logs, or false but
snowy fuel made Of asbestos veined
with perforated gas pipes. The doors
slide into the walls, so as not to take
up any of the too little space in tie
small modern rooms. A snowy china
cabinet is a fixture in the breakfast
ROOM and q refrigerator is built in one
of the walls near the kitchen. In
madame's bed room and in her parlor
is chcvNl glass. An apron Of iron
over the kitchen range promises to rid
the house II the smells of cooking, and
good draughtS for the fires are guarlll-
teed by tlues Of iron piping instead of
brick. Wardrobes, which are really
dress closets, with great doors. are
fixed in the wall, and for the clothing
of men the closet drawers Of old are
turned into shelves fronted by dours
that drop open upon hinges at the bot
tom thereof. The dining room has
moved up stairs into the back parlor,
and is One-quarter furnished by having
a pretentious sidebOard built in niche
in the walls. Stationary tubs are
housed in an annex Of the kitchen, and
the fin de steele bath room has become
q beautiful chamber lined and walled
with brick. ventilated by an air shaft
and skyl:ght, and fitted with tubs and
other equipments that are either porce-
lain-lined or made Of crockery. Flee
trio lights are distributed throughout
the house, and al! doors to yard and
street are double. to save coal and In.
ternal heat of the dwelling.
Thus the modern Cornelia is pro-
vided with what we may call fixed
comforts. But she is rot content with
these. Therefore with the modern
dwelling goes the man who keeps the
street clean by an arrangement with
the householders Of each block. With
it also goes he who attends to the fur
mace and rolls the ash barrels out to the
curbstonc. The private Waterman
gives first aid to the insufficient police,
or the automatic burglar alarm stands
In that relation to him.-Harpers
Weekly.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
HE SILVER BRIGADE.
The Capture uf New York State Is Al
ready FOreOrdaine,l.

Among The features Of The campaign,
as outlined by Chairman Jones, will be
the sending Of Silver Brigade Into
Now York city and state. This brigade
will consist of three hundred picked
orators from The west and south. Tie
result of their work is already fore
ordained by the following poem, after
Tennyson's famous Charge of the
Light Brigade
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22

There are thousands Of opposition
thrusts like the above that will make
good campaign material for the demo-
cratic party. Editors should make
use of them and show that there is :,
gigantic conspiracy being hatched to
fasten the British gold standard ~.
this country forever. As soon as :he
patriotic people of this country unfer-
stand the situation properly they will
get under the American bannsy re-
gardless Of former party ties.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
Race for Titled EnellshmeD,

The English Derby is race which
nearly always falls to a titled person.
age. During the last twenty years only
hve gentlemen without handles To-
their names have carried off the coveted.
prize.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
Still Another.

st. James Gazette: Should the United
States adopt free coinage of silver,
England would be forced to adopt
plan of retaliation that might startle
the world. AS we have time and again
said: "AnglO-SaXOn union, with the
United States in consideration, is an
idle dream"
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
Another.

London Standard: The position of
the democratic party on the finance
question will lose to it the sympathy
Of its friends on this side Of the water.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
Omen n Conviction

Parson Ito youngster nshing on Sun.
day)-My boy. I'm surprised to find
you here.
Youngster (innocertly)-Do you know
some other pls"e wrere they bite bot
terAUp.tn-Dsc.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
From . Pro. British Sheet.

New York Post: Between protection
and free silver we unhesitatingly take
the former. "Sound-money" democrats
should vote for Mckinley.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22

On 10 the fight. OH TO The fight,
Brothers. march onward;
Against the Wall street horde.
Charged the three hundred.
Forward, the Silver Brigade,
Three hundred men arrayed;
Into the cncmy's lair
Charged the three hundred.
II.
Forward, the Silver Brigade!
Not a single man dismayed;
For we'll they all knew
That Jones had not blundered.
Twas theirs to reason why,
Twas theirs to make reply,
Twas theirs to do or die;
Into the enemy's lair
Charged the three hundred.
III.
Curses TO the. right Of them.
Curses to the left of them,
Curses in front Of them
Volleyed and Numbered;
St0rmed at with rebel yell,
Boldly they fought, and well:
Into the Wall street hordes,
Into the lairs Of hell
Charged the three hundred.
All Wall street schemes laid bare;
Fee silver rent the air,
Bryan and Sewall there,
Charging the Wall street hordes,
while
All the world wondered.
Into the battles smoke
Through party lines they broke,
Democrat and Populist,
Until Keeling from truths stroke,
Shattered and sundered,
Wall streets lines were broke,
But not the three hundreds.
".
Glory to the right of them,
Glory to the left of them,
Glory all around them
VOlleyed and Numbered.
They had st0rmed the walls Of hell,
While not hero fell
Of them that had done so well.
Back from Wall streets lair,
Back from the walls of hell.
Came every one of them
All the three hundred.
V.
When can their glory fade?
Oh, that grand fight they made!
All the world wondered.
Honor the fight they made,
Honor the Silver Brigade
Victorious three hundred!
p. D.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
Voice From England.

London Times: The democratic party
has created grave error by adopting
free silver instead Of free trade. We
hope Mckinley will be elected.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
FROM THE OPPOSITION,


New Yorl; Times: We will sive olr
hearty support to the republican party
The democratic Marty is no longer the
party of Cleveland.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
From Another Leading ADarch,st.

Henry Clews: If ignorant suffrage
makes the silver cause successful at
tie polls the east wall street, has
another card to play (secession).
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22

Chicago Tribune: Owned in England
This is not the democratic party
at all. Call it the popocratic party.
That's a better name for it. But
whatever name it goes by it shall
not fasten its (Amerlcan) financial sys-
TEN on this country"
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22

In the public schools Of Germany the
bright pupils are separated from the
stupid onSa Medical men Do ~
seCtjaS N
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
Herr Most Against 1t.

The arch-anarchist says: I cannot
support the democratic party on the
silver issue.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,.
Lessor, TX. AUGUST 80, AZ
SALONS DEFEAT AND DEATH.
Way % ia. RiGhtoous, hnt ,hs Way
OF the tnrOdiy Shall Pcrish'-Eorl
OF Psalms, ChaptCr NCrre II,

N-NEi we coutu 81.
tHa story 81 J..
Sr'u!,.y'" lesson. Eul
Se"jl}:; he sad ont
OF 'hn disotcGirNI
son .tul the father \
grI"t over him, ""
looIt at the story
from the fathers
siur. BESIDES lh"
maiU lessons of II"
sad harvest from
breaking the fii|h
Commandment. Az
of the fathers f"r.
ings toward his uiS-
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22

New York Sun. We cannot support
the democratic nominees.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
Wants More Of a Good Thing.

To he Editor OF the World: have
been subscriber TO your fearless jOEr-
nal since its birth under its present
management 1888, both daily, evening
and Sunday, and have tried successful
ly) to shape my moral, social end rO-
litical standing by its tGachinga. There
is no such coin as q 50-cent dollar in
this country, nor is there any Intention
OF circulating such by the ffee-silver
advocates. 1t is beyond question that
the present administration believes in
gold standard, yet it authorizes the
minting OF 371iA grains of silver in
standard dollar and calls it legal ten
der. II it is legal to-day (Which it Isl
the Chicago platform only asks for
more Of this good thing. What ter
Tible howl those trust magnateS and
gold maniDulatGrs set up always about
election time, for the benefit OF the
wOrkingmap, and after election, what
ever is the outcome, cut his wages
down 10 to % per cent under the plea
OF retrenchment or production.
The gold standard men have had full
swing for many years. What have they
done for the workers and consumers?
On the files Of the World can be found
many object lessons, which, unf0rtu-
nately, the laborer neglects to husband
up, of manufacturing companies send
ing their products to Europe and sell
ing them cheaper than the home con-
sumner could buy them.
In conclusion, allow me to call the at
tentiOn of your Workingmen leaders TO
an article in this days World July ~,
entitled "The Causes Of Discomfort,
and for every honest reader of that ar
ticle will guarantee silver voter.
JAMES J. MEADE.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22
THE VOICE OF LABOR,
mo CROWN OF THOR&S, NO
CROSS OF GOLD"

pedIng to the Cause OF Humanity
Letters to the New York World from
Wage Farmers.
The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-08-22

The New York World, which has
seen f. 30 bolt the Democratic ticket
and platform, has opened its columns
to the discussion Of the silver question
from tho standpoint OF the wagc-earn-
ers OF that state. The letters now being
printed on its editorial page must
prove poor consolation TO the editor.
Here are q few Of them:
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-04
DISASTER.
Crowded Electric Car Takes .
Erirhtful Plunge.

A terrible accident occurred at victoria,
b. c.. on the 26,l. A sham battle ana re-
view was to take place at Macauley $
Point, near Esquimault, in the afternoon,
and crowds were making their way there
by every route. All tram cars were
packed. Two cars left Government Street
| with more than 100 people. The first got
over Point Ellice Bridge, which crosses
| Victoria arm, safely, but when the other
was about half way over, the midspan OF
the bridge, about 40 feet in length, gave
way, and the car plunged into the water
some 100 feet below. The car was COM
pletely submerged and all on board were
drowned with the exception OF some OF
those who were standing on the platform,
and who escaped injury from the ialling
timbers. managing to save themselves by
using the floating ruins OF the bridge and
thus getting ashore. a number OF the
! bodies have already been gotten up, ana
the work of identification Is proceeding.
IL is a difficult matter, as a great many o!
the bodies are those of visitors.
When the bridge broke there were sew
eral carriages on IT and these were also
precipitated into the water. Superlntcnd-
ent Wilson was driving one of these ana
had his five children with him. lie sue
ceeded in savin. himself and four OF the
children. The fifth, a Little boy, was
wedced between some iron bars II Was
drowned.
As soon as tie news of the accident
reached Nacauicy the review was brought
to as speedy a termination as under llc
circumstances was possible, and tie shan
fight was abandoned.
Sixty-one bodies have been recovered
Many are still unidentified.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-04
Rushing Tobacco out of Cuba.

The animation that Spain has conceded
to the United States an cXtcntion of time
pleasure by the Havana tobacco men and
Spanish politicians. They say the United
States is getting all that is demanded.
The rush of tobacco to the United States
is now so great that the Algeria is eX-
pected to take nearly 10000 bales, valued
al 81 900, 600, to Key West. During the
past week fully $4,000 bales were shipped.
Shippers here say that the United States
stock is fully equal to the demand for
eighteen months.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-04
ANARCHY HAS FULL SWAY.
Long Threatened Outbreak Has Oc'
Cured on the Island of Crete.

The London Times has Il dispatch from
Athens which says: The long expected
disaster in the island of Crete seems sud-
denly to have been precipitated, and since
the 24th anarchy has relgncd at Canea.
The Turkish soldiery, breaking all re-
straints, poured through the streets, shoot
ing, massacreing and pillaging Christians.
Tie conSulS have ali telcgraphcd for war
ships. The British fleet at Malta has
sailed for Crete. The Greek Ironclads
will start at once.
The canvasses Of the Greek and Russian
consulatcs at Canea have been killed.
Turkhan PaSha is utterly powerlcss to
restrain the soldiery. as he is on bad terms
with the military governor, who is suS-
pected Of being at the bottom of the whole
trouble. The immediate cause of the out
break is, however, ineXpllcable, as the
Christians there have never given provo
cation.
The situation at Rctimo is equally
serious. lleraklion is quiet, but sharp
fighting j. reported between tie Turks
and the CIctans in the vicinity Of Namos.
a Russian man OF war has been ordered
TO proceed to Canea.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-04
KILLED A WHOLE FAMILY.
A Worlds Fair Commissioners and
Five Others Murdered.

Col. X. p. McGlincy, his wife and
daughter, Mrs. James Durham; James
Wells, a son of Mrs. McGlincy; a hired
woman, Minnie Schesler and a hired man,
James Briscoe, were killed at Campbell,
CAL, by James Durham, the son -in-law
of Col. McGlincy. The multiple MUIR
derer escaped. About midnight a neigh
Dor named Page heard reports OF shot in
the direction of McGlincy's home, fol-
lowed by the sound of galloping hOofs on
the country roads. Page hurried to the
home of McGlincy and was Mortified to
find the body of McGlincy lying in an
clubhouse in a pool of blood. Entering the
house he found the bodies Of James Wells,
who had been shot; Mrs. McGlincy and
her daughter, who had been stabbed, ana
the hired man and woman, who had been
hacked to death with a hatchet. The
rooms where the bodies lay were bespat-
tered with blood, with every evidence
that the dead made a desperate resistance
for their lives. Tie only being in the
house that escaped alive was a mOnth-old
baby of Mrs. Durham and the alleged
murderer. Family troubles are said to
have caused the murder. The last seen of
Durham he was riding rapidly towards
San Jose. Col. McGlincy was one of the
California commissioners to the Worlds
FAIR at Chicago.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-04
THE NEW LADY"
Women Whitecaps Destroy a Moon
shine Still.

The first band of women whitecapS
in the history of Knott County, KY, made
itself felt near lIindman. Moses Mag
CORD, a once respected and well-to-do
farmer, had set up Il moonshine still or
blind tiger. lie was doing a thriving bus
mess with the young men Of Knott and
Floyd Counties.
The women of the neighborhOod had
frequently sent in signed petitions re-
qaesting Old Man Root to close mp the
place, but he laughed at them. They
finally decided to destroy the still, and
gathered together fifty women armed
with Winchesters. At the place had as
sembled a number of young men who
had heard of the matter, but who had not
told the proprietor Of the plans OF the wo-
men. as they desired TO see the fun. The
women advanced upon the place firing,
and the young men took to their heels, AS
did the proprietor. All the whisky and
beer was spilled, the barrels being chop
yed with axes. The still was also mutt
lated so AS to make it useless. They left
unidentified.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-04

he graduated III tie regular course at the
State University at Bloomington in 1854.
Upon graduating he served a year
in the war with Company a, Ninth Indi-
ana. After The war lie commenced read
ing law. and graduated from the law
school OF the State University. lie then
practiced at Muncie, where he was made
district attorney in ISIS. As a member Of
the Indiana Legislature n 1872 he helped
to return Oliver =. Morton 10 the United
States Senate. He was proprietor OF the
Muncie Times for seven years. In 1883
he was appointed register of the SPRING
field, Dakota, United States Land Office.
Office was removed to WatertOWn. In
1883 he was a member of the first state
conventions, and at that time displayed
great shire wdncSS in the management OF
territorial affairs. He was appointed
Territorial Governor by President Ilar-
rison. and was elected iirst Governor Of
South Dakota by a large majority. He
served two terms as Governor Of the state
and did a great deal of work in settling
up the affairs OF the territory ana ADJUST
ing accounts between the two Dakotas.
He was one of eX-Ireasurer Taylor's
boudsmen, and lost nearly everything he
had on account Of TayioT's defalcation,
turning over his homestead and other
property to the state. He left here two
years ago for Kansas. He leaves W.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-04
Wheat Crop Nearly Ruined.

The Hessian fly, combined with rust,
have nearly ruined the wheat crop in the
vicinity OF COldwater. Mich. Last monll
the prospects for more than an average
yield was fiattering, but now there will
not be half al average crop. Some farm
while others are hoping for some favor
able change in the weather that may
possibly benefit them. This deplorable
condition appears to be general through
out southern Michigan and northern In
diana and wheat growers are ~desrondent,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-04
RETURN TO SOUTH DAKOTA
Hundreds of Emigrants of 9th
Years Coming Back,

The great rainfall which has soaked tho
ground this year throughout the state has
already borne fruit in stimulating jmmi-
grafton aud raising the price of farm
lands. Hutchinson County reports an in.
crease of LOO people during the wear
and that land is selling freely Il: higher
prices, in h eastern part TO residents. in
the western to immigrants. Turner re.
ports that land values have increased this
spring from 20 to % per cent. and that the
immigration has been considerable. Ly.
man and Presho Counties, west OF the Mis-.
souri,. have rcgained the population lost
during the dry years, and land prices are
about the same. In Brule, banus of i'm.
migrants are coming in every week, and
land is selling at better prices to new set.
tiers and to fasteners. Those who left a
year and two years ago have nearly all
/, turned. In Miner the population is
gradually increasing, the number Of
children in the Howard schools beng Is
per cent greater than last year. All re.
port the prospects for a big immigration
as particularly bright.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-06-04
Commodore COulsOn Dead.

Commodore ). b. Coulson, who was
bitten by DIR. Coney on April 2 while the
two were engaged in a personal en-
counter, died al Yankton on the 9th from
blood poisoning.
Commodore Coulson was one of the old
est and best known Missouri River steam
boat men and made a fortune in
ing Government supplies TO upper Mis-
sour points from 1872 TO 1882. At one
time he was the owner of ten steamers
but retired when the railroads were built
north o; \ ankton. He has resided there
twenty yeas and leaves a wife and rhrao
daughters. Coney was arrested Tor MAY
hem, but viii probably be tried for Man
SlaUghter.