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The herald., 1897-09-25
A Town DESTROYED

MUSKOGEE, I. T., Sept 24.-Every
business house in the town Of Alton,
fifteen miles west of here, was destroyed
by fire this afternoon. The Frisco depot
was among the buildings destroyed.
Fifteen cars loaded with wheat were
also destroyed. The loss is stated to be
over $50, 1000.
The herald., 1897-09-25
Instead Of Andrews

Eliphalet Mott Potter, D. D.. LII. D..
formerly president of Union college in
this city, today informed the Associated
Press that he had accepted the presi-
dency of the Cosmopolitan Educational
University extension.
The herald., 1897-09-25
Refuuding Bonds

BAKERSFIELD, Cal, Sept. 24.-The
supervisors have called an election Tor
November 9th to decide the question of
refurding county bonds. The issue Will
be about s235,C0 at Az per cent interest,
payable semi-annually, the bonds to run.
ten to twenty years.
The herald., 1897-09-25
Council of Friends

LOUISVILLE, Sept. 24.-The Supreme
Council of Friends this morning selected
Baltimore as the next place of meeting
and fixed the date for the third Tuesday
in September, the committee having re-
ported favorably on an amendment to
have biennial meetings.
The herald., 1897-09-25
Bound to Have It

A small boy, the Rev. DR.. Lambuth re-
lates, teased his father for a watch till
he was forbidden to mention the matter
again. AT family prayers next morning
when asked for his scripture verse, the
youngster repeated: What l say unto
you, I say unto all-watch."
The herald., 1897-09-25
RIFLE PRACTICE
Scores Made by the Regular Army
Soldiers

CHICAGO, Sept. 24.-The. cavalry pre-
liminary compe tition on the Fort Sheri-
dan range was at skirmish firing. The
score of the five leading contestants fol-
lows: Sergeant Lee, Third cavalry, 222;
Sergeant Onalette, Third cavalry, 219;
Corporal Murphy, Second cavalry, 206;
Corporal Wilson, Third cavalry, 204; Pri-
vate Johnson, Sixth cavalry, 204.
The average was. IFS and. the possible
score 3O0
The herald., 1897-09-25
A Village Burned

LONDON, Sept. 24.-More than half
the village Of Ravenstone, near New
port-Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, has
been destroyed by fire. The flames con-
sumed forty cottages, with barns etc,
leaving $50 people homeless.
The herald., 1897-09-25
A Street Car Strike

CHICAGO, Sept. Acknowledgement Of
the last twelve hours point to a general
strike of all street car conductors, mo-
tormen and gripmen in the employ Of
the Chicago City Railway company on
Monday morning.
The advocate., 1897-09-08
GOOD AND BAD MONEY.

The following text and comment we
find in Ignatius Donnelly's paper, the
Representative:
"Peffer says POpulists see no reason
why money that is good enough for COM
mon people is not equally good enough
for uncommon people, The trouble is
that the money PETER has been recon-
mending to the common people they
do not consider good enough for them.
The common people want a dollar worth
100 cents, not 80 cents, and said so last
November very emphatically. The peo-
pie of the United States don't consider
50-cent dollars good enough for them,
whether they are to be regarded as COM
mon or uncommon. When it comes to
money, the best is not too good. "-Ex-
change
The meaning of this article is that sill
yer being worth as a commodity but 40
cents on a dollar, dollars made from
that commodity must be worth only 40
cents. This is disprOved by everyday ex-
perience. The Accent silver dollars OF
the United States are worth 100 cents,
every one is glad to get them and take
them at 100 cents; and they would be
worth 100 cents If the material used in
making them was only worth 10 cents,
and the explanation Of it is that they
are legal tender.
No one will decline to receive them in
payment of debt, or otherwise, because
he knows that everyone else is con-
strained by law to take them from him
for 1n0 oopto To hn tSyae, nyuiuu q nrndifnr
and the creditor was not willing to re-
ceive them, all he would have to do
would be to make legal tender Of the
money and the court, when applied to,
would cancel the debt and return to him
his note or mortgage, or whatever it
might be. Hence, so long as the people
are not bankrupt, but are solvent, the
money that will pay the debts OF the peo-
pie must be solvent and worth its face.
Moreover, as we have many times ex
planned, silver has fallen in price because
tbs demand for it has decreased by the
The advocate., 1897-09-08
Pullman Don't Pay His Taxes.

Chicago, September 3.The Taxpay-
ers Defense League Of this city has
called George M Pullman to account
for assessing his immense wealth at an
absurdly low figure and charges him
with thus defrauding the community OF
at least 5000 900 annually, The protest Is
an open letter addressed to George M.
Pullman, President of Pullman's Palace
Car Company. The letter contains tab
ulated statements Of figures showing the
assets Of the Pullman Company to have
been, at the last annual meeting, $685.,
900 900; the amount Of property assessed
as belonging to the company In Illinois
in 1896, ST ,561 955, or 11s per cent. OF the
assets; the assessable property in I'LL
nois to be $39 900, ,36575; the assessment
on property at Pullman to have been
made by acres, when the town contains
fine residences, a hotel, a bank, churches
and factories; the assessment on this
property to be $741 per acre for 293.5S
aores and nothing for 1S24 acres; the
value placed on 1T in the companys as
sets to be $17, 900 per acre, and fair es-
innate Of it's actual value to be 100000
per acre: and finally, claim that dis
crepancy between the assessors figures
and a fair assessment in comparison
with what others pay means a difference
of 100000 annually in the revenues Of
Chicago, Cook county and Illinois,
The advocate., 1897-09-08

closing of the mints against 1t. II the
mints were again opened silver would
rise TO it's old level. II the mints Of any
one country, as large and wealthy as the
United States, were willing to receive
silver bullion and turn 1t into legal ten
der dollars worth 100 cents, the same
quantity of silver that made that coin
would at once be also worth 100 cents.
This is as plain as pine staff. No man
would sell his silver for less than he
could swap it for at the mints.
The Republican papers know this per-
fectly well, and yet they try to deceive
the people The adage is "the full value
Of a thing is just as much as 1t will
bring" and this is true Of money, as 1t
is of everything else. If the govern
ments of the world were to refuse to per-
NIT gold to be exchanged for coin, or
permit gold to be minted into coin, they
would at once stop all demand for gold,
and there being no one to purchase 1t,
it's price would fall to the level Of it's
intrinsic value, which probably would
not be 25 cents on the dollar, because
being cheap, the followers Of vanity
would no longer employ it for purpose Of
ornaments, and the only use 1t could be
put to would be the filling OF teeth and
things of that kind"
The advocate., 1897-09-08
THE BRYAN DOLLAR.

The New York Commercial Adver-
tiser a few days ago said:
"The Bryan dollar yesterday possessed
an intrinsic value of 40 cents and frac-
ton of a cent. At the same time the
price of cash wheat went to 81 per
bushel That nefarious money power Is
certainly working hard to enable the
Western farmers to pay off their mort
cages"
To which the Washington Post, gold
standard paper, replies:
"The intrinsic value Of any article is
that which belongs to the subject in Its
very existence The ascertainment Of
that value according to the gold stand
ard or any other standard is an eX-
tremely difficult problem. We believe,
however, that it is not extraVagant to
credit bushel Of wheat with more OF In
trinsic value than an equal weight OF
either of the precious metals, for food
Is absolutely Indispensable to existence,
while the maintenance of life is not natu-
rally dependent ON either gold or silver.
One can readily imagine q world going
on comfortably without either gold or
silver coins, but without wheat or its
equivalent in other food, life would be
impossible. How much of the bullion
value of silver or gold is intrinsic and
how much Is due to usage and legisla
tion cannot, of course, be definitely de-
termined, for neither of these metals is
as necessary to mankind as iron. In
fact, iron is more important than all
other metals; has been a greater con-
tributor to science and the arts and
to the advancement Of civilization than
all others. Stripped Of all intrinsic
value, leaving in each metal only that
value which belongs to the subject in its
very existence, would not a ton Of iron
be worth more in silver than a ton Of
gold, if silver were the standard and
gold were utterly and universally de-
mOnetized? Would not a ton Of iron be
worth more in gold than ton Of silver
if gold were the only metal used as
money!"
The advocate., 1897-09-08
SEES THROUaH A GLASS pARKLY.

Since Senator PETER has joined the
Abe Steinberger brigade, he is travelling
about the country trying to prevent the
silver forces from uniting for fear the
Republican party should again be de-
feated.-Junction City Sentinel.
On the contrary, Mr.. PETER Is trying
to get the "silver forces" together. Inn
mediately after the election, last fall,
he proposed and has since been urging
union Of all elements in one body, with
common name, common creed and a
common battle cry.
The advocate., 1897-09-08

men Of the nation, he always defended
his party's principles and never sur
rendered them or apOlogized for them?
Yes, yes. Mrs. Diggs remembers all
these things. And knowing them, how
could she excuse Mr.. PETER If he should
now turn away from the people who
trusted him and honored him far beyond
his merits, and voluntarily join the
ranks Of a party that many years ago
closed it's eyes and is now only begin
ming to recognize the light?
A portion of the Iowa POpulist con-
vention undertook to turn the party over
to the Democrats, to work and vote as
Democrats, and those who did not wish
to abandon their party objected and held
Populist convention at Des Moines
August 10, and by delegates duly chosen,
put up a Populist ticekt on POpulist
platform. Mr.. PETER, by request, at
tended that convention and delivered a
Populist address, He only wishes there
were enough POpulist votes to elect their
ticket
Mrs. Diggs says "the anti-Republicans
of Iowa are thoroughly united" That
cannot be true, for fifty-six of the dele
gates appointed to the first convention
objected to being transferred to another
party, and five members OF the regular
Populist State Central Committee are
with the "disturbers"
But, "and then" says Mrs Diggs,
Senator Peffer all along had been for
federation. He declared for it
at st. Louis and in the campaign. Why
is he opposed to it nOw?"
You shall know it all, good woman.
In an evil hour and against the earnest
protest of Mr.. PETER, the National COM
mittee determined to postpone the hold
ing of the POpulist National convention
till after both the other parties had held
theirs. The intended and expected re-
suit followed. There was no way to save
our self-respect and avoid an exhibit OF
our imbecility, but to make the Demo-
crat candidate ours and shout for silver,
But election day came and we were
released. The alliance was at an end
The federation" was dissolved and Mr.
PETER thinks that those of our people
who do not want any more Of that sort
of medicine should be excused.
The advocate., 1897-09-08
Interstate Commerce Commission Reduces
Rates,
Rates,

Chairman Morrison, Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission, has handed
down q decision in which a reduction OF
local freight rates is ordered on the
Frisco in Missouri In the opinion the
recent decision of the United States SUI
preme court is referred to as follows:
"Under the law as construed by the
court, the commission has not only the
power TO say what, in respect to the past,
was reasonable and just, but as to the
rates complained Of as unreasonable, uns
lust and unlawful and so found to be by
the commission, 1t can make no provi-
sion or order for their reduction which
the court is not required to enforce, or
the carriers Obliged to obey. When the
rates are found to be unreasonable the
commission can declare them unlawful
and recommend their reduction, and
whore, after investigation rates Of car>
riers complained Of are found to have
been in the past, and still to be unjust,
unreasonable and in violation OF the
statute it Is made the duty Of the com
mission to notify carriers to desist from
such violations"
The advocate., 1897-09-08

shipped several carloads and has sev-
eral parties buying for him. In about
two weeks he says he will take ten car
loads q day for the London, England
market. A Kansas City firm has con-
traoted for $4,000 barrels, or about 175
carloads, and Minneapolis house has
just closed a deal for 10000 barrels, or
200 carloads. The barrel factories here
cannot supply the demand One Kansas
City cOoperage concern has shipped in
5000 barrels and contracted for 10000
more"
The advocate., 1897-09-08

The man who has good apple orchard
has mine of gold If he will take good
care Of 1t. A. dispatch from Sloan
Springs, Ark, tells of the growth and
Importance Of the apple industry in that
region. "This section" 1t says, "is full
Of apple buyers. Our town has already
shipped 100 cars or more aud Sloan
Springs and other points are not far be-
hind it Mr.. Shuttleworth. OF London,
Canada, is here and wants apples for
the export trade. He has already
The advocate., 1897-09-08
Popkg Used Last Yoar WiII 10 EEohangsd.


The Riley county suit, in which the
textbook agents were restrained from
refusing to accept certain school books
In exchange for new ones, has been dis
missed. The companies objected to talk
ing any but complete books, and the law
says that any book used last year shall
be- taken at half price in exchange for
new ones. Some Of the patrons insisted
that this meant half Of the retail price.
The matter was settled by the cOmpa-
nies' agents agreeing to accept all books
used last year ut half the wholesale price
of the new books. When books are ex-
changed 1t must be shown by certificate
Of the teacher that the books were in use
last year The textbook law like any
other new one, causes some friction In
getting it In operation, but 1t will save
a great deal Of money to school patrons.
The advocate., 1897-09-08
Now Is Your Chance to Get Farm.

Now Is Your Chance to Get q Farm.
Harvest excursions ON the Great Rock
Island Route to the Oklahoma district,
also to Kansas and Texas. There are
six excursions arranged for Ticket rate,
one fare for round trip plus 50. Dates
are September q, and October S and 49,
Inquire Of any ticket agent Of the Rock
Island system, or address John Sebas-
tian. G, ?, A., Chicago
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-11
Mortgage Sale.

DEFAUIT having been made In the condi.
Dtions OF certain mortgage made by Louis
4. Parker and FrancaIia Parker hts wife, TO
Mary A. westlake. dated August ed, A. ID. 1884.
and recorded In the Office OF the Register OF
Deeds for the County Of Crawford aud State Of
Michigan, on the 24th day Of September A. ID.
1888. in l.iber d OF MORTGAGES. on page 1855, on
viii h mortgage there Is claimed TO he due at
the date OF this notice the sum OF three hundred
attorney fee of twent y-ive dollars. provided
for In said mortgage. and no suit or proceed Dgs
at law having been instituted to recover the
moneys secured by said mortgage or any part
theref;
Now, THEREFORE,, by virtue of the power
Of sale contained In said mortgage and the stat
ute In such case made and provided. notice Il
hereby given that on Saturday, the nth day OF
April 4 ID. 1897. at ten O'Clock In the forenoon,
shall sell sell at Public Auction. TO the highest
bidder. at the front door of the Court House. in
the village ofGrayling. that being the place where
the Circuit Court for Crawford County is holden.
much thereof as may be necessary TO nay the
amount due on said mostgage, with per cent
interest, and all legal costs, together with an
attorneys fee Of twenty five dollars covenanted
for therein the premises being described In said
mortgage as all that certain lot. piece and parcel
Of land stiate IN the township If Grayling In
thu County of Craw ford and State of Michigan.
and known ond described as follows: The west
half OF the west half Of section thirty four 34]
township twenty six 1851 north of Range three
III west, containing one hundred and sixty acres
OF land, be the same more or less,
MARY A. wESTLAKE. Mortgagee.
o. PALMER, Attorney for Mortgagee.
jauA-13w
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-11

The message of President McKin.
ley will be read with greater interest
than has been attracted by any, since
the inauguration of President Lin
coin, and but few will be or profess to
be disappointed. 1t Is altogether a
remarkable and statesmanlike docu-
ment not confined to petty PAL tisan-
ship, but broad and deep, and patri-
otto. He recognizes the needs of the
nation, In regard to revenue, and
proposes q direct and sufficient rem
edy which has proved in the past to
be sufficient under Republican rule.
He will maintain the honesty Of the
country In regard to our currency, In
such a manner that none will suffer
and all will be satisfied who are will
ing to place the general good above
party squabbles. He will give ample
protection to our citizens, In what
ever land they may be, and protect
"Old Glory" everywhere. In short,
from his uttcrances we may con a.
IDENTIFY expect return to prosperity
In every part of our broad land under
his administration.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-11

Our Washington correspondent says
in regard to the inauguration: 1t
was a great day. The crowd was the
greatest ever 10 Washington upon a
similar occasion. The city was better
and more generally decorated than
ever before. The enthusiasm re-
minded one of the campaign meet
ings and of the announcement OF the
election of Mckinley and Hobart.
The street parade was the best man.
aged aud most enjoyable ever seen In
Washington, and words OF praise for
General Horace Porter, the Chief
Marshal, are heard on all sides. II
every organization 10 the big parade
which deserved It was mentioned, 1t
would Oil this paper, but none of
them received more attention from
the spectators than Troop A, OF
Cleveland, Ohio, with their fine
black horses and snowy uniforms, and
the members of the twenty-third
Ohio Volunteers, the Presidents old
regiment, which shared between them
the honor of being President Nc
Kinley's personal escort, the former
OF which at the close of the inaugu-
ration ceremonies also escorted ex-
President Cleveland to the wharf,
where he took steamer for a South
ern duck hunting trip. President
McKinley's inaugural address more
than came up to expectations. 1t
was scholarly, conservative and
statesmanlike announcement of what
he hopes to do for the country with
the aid OF Congress. Every partici
pant IN the Inauguration believed
that he was helping to inauguratt
the greatest era Of prosperity THU
country has ever known.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-11

The most intensely interesting peo-
pie of the world just at this moment
are the millions of famine and plague
stricken India. But little is known
of this region by the people Of the
United States. Such reportsas come
to US are the things seen through
British glasses. What has been the
effect of British rule In India? Why
these terrible famines? Why plaques?
Julian Hawthorn, has been sent by
The Cosmopolitan Magazine to India,
to obtain answers to these questions
at first hand and depict the situation
as it appears to an American. The
March Cosmopolitan contains the
first of what is probably the most
important series of articles ever pre-
scented in this magazine. The article
In the March Cosmopolitan on The
Methods of Banking" by the Pres
ident of one of the largest banks Of
New York; man of widest business
experience-former Postmaster Gen.
eral James-is one which every per-
son, how ever humble his clerkship
or high his place In the financial
world, will find interesting and in
structive. This series will constitute
a very complete course of business
training, and every young man just
entering business lie will find 1t Of
immense value.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-11
President McKinley's inaugural ad-

President McKinley's inaugural ad-
dress Is sound, safe, discreet, clear,
brief, and helpful. 1t shows that the
new President knows his duty knows
how to do it, and means to do 1t. 1t
shows that he realizes the necessity
for restoring to the country the need
ed revenues that have been wantcn-
~ sac. ificed and the indispensable
protection tn American labor that
was thrown away In wild caprice.
1t shows that on all vital points Of
public policy and national and inter
national Righteousness, justice and
peace, he means in the Presidential
chair to prove himself the great
Christian statesman, that in the halls
of Congress, the chief magistracy of
a great State, and In the forum Of
public debate, he has during more
than q score of eventful years In
creasingly shown himself to be.-Bos-
ton Advertiser.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1897-03-11

The Detroit News OF yesterday de-
votes its entire editorial page TO .
roast on Ex-President Cleveland.
Grover Is q pretty tough old bear, but
AZ compared with him the News 10 .
chuok OF blubber to a piece Of whale
bone. Cleveland, at least, sticks to
his prin iples. such as they are, and
has the courage OF hts honest convic-
tions. but the News has neither prin-
ciples nor honest convictions. The
News lauded Cleveland through his
6rst administration and second can
didacy, and slobbered over him Ia
season and out of season. But DOW
that be has become unpopular, 1t has
no word too severe for him. The
News Is On unprincipled, unreliable,
sensational sheet, whose only policy
is to fool It's readers into believing In
some theory or scheme In which its
managers have pecuniary interest.
-Alpens Pioneer.