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The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18

me most remarkable performance of
TIC late legislature OF Oregon was lis
omission to vote money to pay its own
members:
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18

The New York journal Of Commerce
Is In favor e Increasing the revenue by,
increasing The t.ix OH beer.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18

The Philadelphia Record says Of this.
that sugar, woolens and nearly all the
articles mentioned. except wool. are now
heavily taxed. The people pay, for ex-
ample, thirty million dollars ON sugar
to the Government, besides what they
pay to the Sugar Trust. Twenty mil
lions are to be added, and $4,000, 900 10
other nccessaries Of living. 1t will be re-
membered that President Mckinley in
his inaugural address recommended re-
henchment and economy, but Chairman
Dingley and his committee have paid
no attention to This feature Of admin
istration, and the above is an evidence
of it. However,, when Mr.. Mckinley
made the plea for retrenchment and re-
form he had no referancc 10 any re-
formation III the way Of taxation.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18

Hoyts s2ttrical comedy, az Contented
Woman" Which was PLAYED last ,yaal,
III Fhiiaaeiphia, says the Ledger OF thai
city. was declared on the programme 10
pc & representation not OF actualiies
but only Of possibilities. in Denver 10
litical life.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18

C. nnSSIEq7;HnMN &c G9 } !, ~ WITH
49, VFORD GREY. DARK RLUE
Or BLACk GIliNCHILLA OF NO MEAN
2uALITi; WE'LL MADE AND SPLEEN
DlDLf TRIMMED. EXTRA LONG
STORM COATS THAT ARE WARM AND
DuRABL.E AND WON'T REQUIRE
MUCH PERSUASION TO FIND ANOTH-
ER OWNER FOR THE FIVE DOLIlA RS
TO ANY MAN WITHIN 36-INC1 BUST
MEASURE.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18

According 10 the statement Of Chair
man Dlngley. Of the tariff revising com
mlttee, the tax on wool and woolens
UNDER the proposed tariff will be in
creased from $4,000. 900 from the rates of
the existing tariff.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18

The hint that the McIlinlcvs ma, e.,
low the example Of the HAYES f. milv
IN hansshng wine from the White
House recalls Mr.. Evarts' dry dcscr;p-
ton Of state dinner under the H,vas
regime. why" said he gravely,
"woter flowed like wine"
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18

Il Is estimated that there arc %
acres OF land TO every inhabitant Of the
globe. :
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18
THURSDAY. MARCH is. 1897,
EIGHT PAGES.

AIR. Hanna has refused to set 81 date
for prosperity. Because he can't.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18

There Is bill before the Kansas Leg
!slature to make the ten commandment
part OF the law of the State, and if it
passes they will have to build a thou
sand more jails than they now have.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18

The atlanta Constitution says that a
patriotic New Yorker bought Lincoln S
birthplace for $4,000. and he offers 10
sci II to the government for $50, 900.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18

The proposition to change the name Of
the Bowery to Piccadilly is meeting with
much opposition in New York. and no
wonder. Todylsm to England has gone
too far already
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18

y newspaper correspondent at Athens
mas discovered tina, Russia is still after
Cohs'antinoplc, which she intends 10
seize as soon rs the Greeks and Turks
begin to fight
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18

~ - cHEVioTs AND BEAVERS.
VARIOUS HEFTS, SHAPES, COLORS
GOATS THAT WOULD COMMAND EV-
ERSWiERE a CONSIDERABLE AID
", NANCE On OUR PRICE FOR GOODS
EFT ANYTHING; LIKE AS WELL. AN
OTHER ASSORTMENT OF PHENOM-
EMAIL OFERCOAT BARGAINS.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18

.S7.OOHH5#E@HsS;s G sXyx 1 EH5sH Or g E2R
~, WOOL, DOUBLE WEIGHT
GitEHlOI WARM. COMFORTABLE
MANS MONEY ANY DAY IN THE
" iJEK. BUT TO CLEAN UP THE LOT
S6GlGi> 500 TAKES YOUR CHOICE AS
LONG AS THEY LAST.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18

The Baltimore Americ4p says they
nave been trying to kill aSbad elephant
n Connecticut, who refuses 10 die, and
we wonder If It was a white elephant.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18

Princess Maud gives her husband an
hours lesson every morning in the Eng
llsh language, says al exchange. Maud
il q good young woman.
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18

VaAi'v Fair says that when Don
Jsl:re. tic SCH OF Don Carlos. was nj
<clacl = ENGLAND, one of his older
sctt,1: slows was one day vigorously
k.t..n Ain. Asked what Jaime had
dtt!.@so provoke such treatment the
E:!g!.ah boy answered: HE hasn't done
chy:h:'i:i but perhaps he'll sbe King one
OF taese day, and II is, want to be
ssbie t. say that once kicked the King
81 Spain
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18
WHERE THE rAxE> FAnr.

Speaking OF the new tariff bill, it will
be interesting to know what the increase
VIII be on certain articles, anu accord
ing to Chairman Dngley, Of the Ways
and Means Committee, here is what the
dear people will have to pay:
The Norfolk Virginian. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 186?-189?, 1897-03-18
COOKE CLARK g. CO.
SASH DOORS AND BLINDS,
PAINTS, OILS AND GLASS.
BUILDERS HARDWARE.
81 ROANOKE AVENUE
and
81 COMMERCIAL PLACE.
Norfolk Iron Works,
GEO. w. DUVAL & CO..
No. Is Water Street. Norfolk. va,

ENGINES, BOILERS, SAWMILL and
all KINDS OF machinery OF the most i'm.
proved patterns. Also repairing at the
steamboat work. DUVAL'S PATENT
BOILER TUBE FERRULES are the
only perfect remedy for leaky boiler tubes.
They can be inserted in q few minutes by
any engineer. and are warranted to stop
leaks.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01
"First in War, First in Peace!"

On another page of this paper may
be found detailed report of the Ma
tional Grand Army encampment held
last week at Buffalo, with the speeches
in full delivered there by President Nc
Kinley. The veterans who gathered
In that western city are unanimous in
saying that there never was, since the
Grand Army was instituted, 80 success
full national encampment. One of the
most interesting phases of this encamp-
ment was that it was made up of citi-
zens who in the pursuit of their ideal
did the duty which presented itself at
the time when it needed to be done.
They began early and they have. kept
it up until the present time. Otherwise
80 many of them would not hold con-
spicuous positions in civil life.
The same qualities which raised men
from the ranks to the command of reg
iments, batallions and divisions during
the years of the Civil War have, since
the need for their swords ceased at
Appomattox, lifted them to governor
ships, senatorships and presidencies.
The old soldiers have been honored in
civil life because they were worthy of
honor. Since the close of the war
there have been but two presidents of
the United States who did not wear the
army blue. The head of the present
administration was major, the pres
ent Secretary of War was general, as
were our ambassadors to France and
Spain. In the national Senate and
House, veterans can be counted by the
score, on the bench, at the bar and in
the pulpit, in every community there
are men who thirty-6ve years ago went
to the front in response to the presi-
dents call.
Men who have fought shoulder to
shoulder for good cause, who have
passed through similar experiences
have enough things in common to make
any gathering of them successful,
whether it be a national or state en-
campment, or village campfire. The
spectacle of such a gathering of men
welcoming the president of the United
States as comrade and fellow-citizen
was enough to make one feel proud of
the fact that we live in country in
which such things are possible. While
accorded all the honor and homage due
his exalted station, Mr.. Mckinley de-
sired to meet the old soldiers as COM
rades, and the burden of his speeches
was that the war was fought by citizen
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01
Recent State Conventions.

Republican State Conventions were
held last week in Maryland, Nebraska
and Pennsylvania. Their platforms
and proceedings are of Importance to
the country at large 80 far as they re-
fleet the drift of party sentiment in
these states. In Nebraska Senator
Thurston sprung a surprise upon his
constituents by declaring that he was not
candidate for reelection. The plat
form adopted in that state re-affirms the
declarations made at st. Louis in 1896,
demands the enforcement of the Sher-
man antitrust laws. and urges the In
terstate Commerce Commission to pre-.
vent the increase of freight rates from
Chicago to the Eastern seaboard. Not
withstandingthe fact that the democratic
presidential candidatei in the last election
was Nebraska man, and although the
state went Democratic last fall by a
narrow majority, the Republicans made
an excellent showing, and they are
counting this year upon certain VIC
tory in the state election, because of
the prosperity boom which has struck
that state. So far as the offices are
concerned the election in that state this
fall is of little Importance, but mas
much as the prosperity which has come
to the farmers in Nebraska is attribut-
ed by them to the present Republican
administration, it will be interesting to
note how large Republican majority
will be rolled up in that state in No
vember.
The most sensational feature of the
Maryland convention was the turning
down of Senator George L. Wellington.
This is attributed to the fact that he
carried the idea that he was the Re-
publican boss" in the state beyond
the endurance limit. In the state con.
vention held last week the declaration
made in the United States Senate by
Mr.. Wellington that no federal ap-
pointments ought to be made in the
state unless dictated by him was used
against him, and contributed in no
small measure to his overthrow.
In the Pennsylvania Convention the
Quay slate went through, and the plat
form IadoptedI attacked Grover Cleve-
land for his extension of the civil SER
vice reform lists. The platform makes
prominent dollar wheat" and asserts
that the rise in price of this cereal and
the prosperity along all other lines of
business has sounded the death knell
of the free silver heresy.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01
Providence and the Dingley Tariff.

Providence is on the side of the Re-
publican party. Big crops of wheat |
and other grains, with large foreign |
demand at high prices, are contribut-
ing to the prosperity and happiness of
the American farmer, and through him
to the material welfare of the transpor.
tation companies, and trade and industry
in general. Wheat has reached the
dollar mark and around this point has
advanced and retreated with the ebb
and flow of speculative movements
But the substantial advance in the
price of wheat is not speculative. 1t is
real. 1t is the result OF natural causes
and will undoubtedly be maintained
long enough to give the western farm
er its full benefit on every bushel he
has to sell. Corn and other farm
crops participate in the grand advance
in prices.
We have not only dollar wheat, but
are likely to have dollar potatoes--a
matter that more directly affects the
eastern than the western farmer. In
the Aroostook, Me-, country the price
of potatoes is double what it was a
year ago, and heavily laden trains go
out daily from Houlton to the New
York market. The Aroostook farmers
are making money, and the Aroostook
tradesmen will sell them more goods
than they have been buying in former
years. The same thing will be true in
Vermont. Farm produce will sell for
greatly advanced prices; the farmer
will be able to.payihis debts, improve
his farm and have money for the trades
men or the savings bank, as his west.
ern brethren are doing.
If Providence is on the side of the
Republicans in providing plentiful
crops and lucrative returns for the hus.
bandman, Republican wisdom has
taken thought that this splendid influx
of Providential riches shall not be
dumped into the bottomless pit into
which Grover Cleveland's recent ad
ministration poured some $4,000, 00(
of The common wealth of the nation
A tariff that, when it shall become fully
operative, will cooperate with Provi
dence in befriending this country hat
been enacted, and Providence, with thu
Dingley tariff, will speedily rebuild The
places laid waste by Democratic folly
and imbecility. The high price of ce
reals and farm produce in general, thu
overtaxed energies and resources O
the railways in transporting to tn,
markets of the nation these magnificen
crops, the springing up of trade in al
the centers of commerce, the starting
up of mills that have long been idle
the employment, at advanced wages
of thousands of laborers that hav'
long been signing and praying for worl
these are among the signs, not of {
prosperity to come, but Of prosperit,
here present with this people, and tina
will abide with them 80 long as the,
choose wise rulers and hold fast to RICH
principles of government.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

these Welshmen out of the United
States market, and our American ener-
gy at once established this industry. 1t
is remarkable object lesson and one,
too, that the American people will not
soon forget. g
THE faint-hearted people who look
with suspicion and scepticism upon the
rise of the price of wheat, cotton and
other products, and upon the steadily
upward course of the stock market as
indications of returning prosperity,
should turn their eyes toward the rail-
roads of this country. In the three
years ending January l, 1897, one hun
bred fifty-two railroads, representing
one-ffth of the total mileage OF the
country were sold, under foreclosure
proceedings, but since July last, the
reports of increasing traffic on all rail-
roads have been multiplied. The Pa
cfic railroads show an actual increase
of earnings for the past ak months Of
fourteen per cent; the grange railroads
from Chicago and the northwest, ten
and one-half per cent; trunk lines from
Chicago East, four per cent; roads east
of Ohio, nine per cent and even Next
can railroads show an increase Of
twenty-five per cent. The railroad
managers of the country predict a
larger traffic for the next twelve months
than has been known since 1893. An
other indisputable proof of reviving
business is the fact that the circulation
OF the New York banks, which has
been declining for over two years is
again steadily increasing. This in
crease has been under way for the past
six weeks. The total loans are already
up to high figures but the expansion
seems bound to continue, and new
records for loans by these institutions
are sure to be made in the coming fall
and winter. -
In certain lands and times the issue
Of William j. Bryan's prophecies, ut
tered during the last national canvass
would have sent him to the headsman
and in q metaphorical sense the Ameri
can people have already whipped of
the top-piece of the boy Orator.
A year ago he was loudly proclaimins
to assemblages of western farmers tina
if Mckinley were elected wheat would
drop to twenty-five cents bushel
Mckinley was chosen, but wheat hal
jumped to dollar bushel and be
come chief among the plutocrats, Will,
the vagabond white metal has contin
ued on its downward course till thu
commercial value of silver dollar ha'
dropped to less than forty cents. Tel
Ter, Jones, Stewart, Boies have seen {
new light and have declared that the
free coinage of silver, in the ratio o.
sixteen to one, is no longer desirable
Bryan, the Cassabianca of the Inflated
silver craft, still islands on the burn
ing deck" but there is no longer either
heroism or dramatic interest in the stu
alton. By 1900 the waters of the po'
litical deep will give up no wreck o.
Bryan or his "great cause"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

The last paragraph of the Pennsyl-
vania platform demands the purifca.
ton of elections and the free exercise
of the franchise. The elections this
fall in these states will be watched with
no little interest
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

soldiers and that since its close peace
has been preserved by these same vet
eran citizens.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01
ARTHUR ROPES. General Editor.
CANNOT some of Mr.. Bryan's friends

CANNOT some of Mr.. Bryan's friends
induce him to cease for time his in
vestigations of the conditions in Mex
leo and explain to his followers in this
country why the price of silver con-
tinues to fall while that of wheat stead
lily advances. -
PETTINeILL's newspaper directory
for 1897, just issued, is authority for
the statement that aside from weeklies
made up from daily papers and from
combinations of editions, there are
only five weekly or semi-weekly
newspapers in Vermont which have a
circulation Of $500 per week or over.
These FIVE are the Times of Bellows
Falls, the Pheai1 and Reformer OF
Brattleboro, and the WATcHMAN and
argus of Montpelier.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-09-01

these Welshmen out of the United
States market, and our American ener-
gy at once established this industry. 1t
is a remarkable object lesson and one,
too, that the American people will not
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-31

the northern part of the town of Home,
where the Bottegs live, are indignant
over the matter and Carl may get into
trouble unless he looks out. The law
does not contemplate that parental con-
troll shall consist of whalings with
spades, neckyokes, whipple-trees, pitch
forks, bull whips or clubs and the soon
er some people are taught that fact the
better it will be for the rising genera
ton. ...-=:
Mrs. Strelow of Sleepy Eye visited
with relatives here from Saturday till
Monday. y A..
w. n. G. Bushard of Lafayette went
to St. Peter Thursday to attend special
session of the board of commissioners,he held
in response to petition Of the citizens
of Belgrade for special election for the
purpose of incorporation. The petition
was granted.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-31
CRONE BROS.

farmer in sled undertook to drive
through the water along the street and
seven others jumped into the sled with
HIM. But the sled was soon swept a.
way by the current and overturned, all
of the occupants being thrown into the
raging flood. Six clung to the sled and
got out safely. Another caught tree
and drew himself up on a branch, whele
he was chilled for an hour or two before
he could be reached with a boat.
One man, Hans Nelson, aged sixty
five years was swept away and drowned.
The waters Of the upper Minnesota
have not reached Mankato and the great
est fears are entertained for the bridges
and houses on the flats when the rush
comes.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-31
MankatO
Flooded.
The Minnesota River Over it's Banks and
Flooding the Streets of the City.
Over Two Hundred Families Forced to
Leave Their Homes.
Manv of Them Unable to Save their Cloth
ing and Furniture.

Never before has the city of Mankato
suffered from high water as it is suffer-
INC tins year. Many Of the streets are
flooded. houses are under water and the
river is steadily rising.
When the flood came the rise was so
sudden that many families had barely
time to escape from their homes, and it
was absolutely impossible to save goods
and chattels. 1t is estimated that iully
two hundred families have been Obliged
to move and it is feared the worst has
uot been reached. .%z
During the excitement attending the
sndden rise of the river fatal accident
occ CURED at one end of the wagon bridge
in sight of hundreds OF spectators, Inc
torrent had swept across the street lead lead
ING to Belgrade and North Mankato and
thus cut off all farmers and northslders
who happened to be in the city. ons ing
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-31
BLOCK SAYS IT ISN'T so
He Flatly Denies the Bribery Charges
Made by Editor Caswell. 5.

Sheriff Block of St. Peter has dubbed
Editor Caswell of Anoka an aacrobatic
prevaricator. He says that ..the story
of the attempt to bribe him with $4,000
shows that the Anoka editor has but
little regard for the truth. The follow
ing is Blocks statement:
81 want to say that l am not only dis
gusted but am very indignant that this
resolution should be presented in the
senate by the friends of Anoka before
they consulted me as to the truth of the
charges, It ought to have been done,
III fairness to myself. In a way it casts
reflections on me, for if knew Of such
charge and had been silent all this
time / was guilty of a gross wrong in
not making il public myself as soon as
it occurred. But want to say that it is
absolutely false It is all poppycock, a
false story gotten up ata late hour to
cause delay. IF I had ever been ap-
preached as Caswell intimates and
charges, I should have SAID something
before this. But the fraud is evident on
its own face. Why, if such charge was
true and could be proven, would we not
Ehave used it in this fight? Certainly,
for it would have won our case for US.
But it was not brought up before the
senate when the matter was being inyes-
tigated just because it was not true 4
was for .Anoka from the first, and voted
for Anoka through the whole fight It. ]
|stilI think was right. Bat cannot
count tenance such methods, even when
i used by my own partisans. am smurs m
4 these absurd tactics hurt our cause.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1897-03-31
SALARY REDUCTION BILL
Rep. Heimerdinger Presents His Sch eme
for Lowering the Salaries of
Auditors and Treasurers. 49,

= On Wednesday Mr.. Heimerdinger, as
chairman of the special house committee
on salary reductions, presented two bills
fixing the salaries of county auditors
and treasurers upon new basis. The
committee did not indorse the bills and
therefore they did not have the prestige
that attaches to the introduction of
bill by committee, and were referred to
the committee on general legislation.
The bill relating to treasurers provides
for compensation of $500 in counties
where the assessed valuation is less
than 81 100000; $500 and one-fifth of
mill ON the dollar for the second million
where the valuation does not exceed
$2,O00,000; with one-sixth of mill on
the dollar on valuation in excess of ST.
100000. Where the assessed valuation
exceeds $12,OO0,OO0, and does not ex-
ceed $20,000,O00. the compensation is
not to exceed $4,000; nor $4,000 in
counties where the valuation is between
$2O,O0O,000 and $5O,0OO,0OO; nor $3,-
| 500 where the valuation is between $780,
100000 and $75,OOO,OOO; nor $4,000
where the valuation exceeds $75 200, 900.
| Where the valuation of a county exceeds
$4,O00,000 the treasurer is to be allowed
one tenth }of mill ON each dollar on
such excess up to $12,O0O,000 and one
twentieth of a mill on the dollar on the
amount in excess Of $2O,OOO,OOO, for
clerk hire. The bill fixing the salaries
of county auditors provides for the same
salaries as for the treasurer. For clerk
hire one-sixth of a mill IS given on the
assessed valuation in excess of 100000
up to $12.OOO,OOO, and one-sixth Of a
mill on the valuation in excess of the
latter sum. The adoption of such bill
would give the auditor of Brown county
salary Of $1,400 and his clerk $3.50
The treasurer would receive 81, 400 and
his clerk $10O.