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The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-10-28
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ter.
More Contributions and More Friends
Gained.
A few weeks later Mr.. Mclean !
sought one of the me-7s of this or
ganization and again rcssed his !
sympathy with the re work in
which they were engaged, and prof
fered his check for another thousand
dollars. This was repeated three or
four tim IS and every time it added to
the high regard which the silver ad-
herents in the United States senate
had for John r. Mclean.
Then came the next step in the plot.
Influence of His silver Contributions on
Gas Legislation.
The usua. gas bill was pending. 1t
had passed the house, reducing the
price of gas in the District of Column
bia to 81 per 1000. Should it pass the
senate, it would reduce greatly the
profits of Mr.. McLean's $5,000,00O gas
company.
One day he rushed hastily into the
presence of one of his silver friends,
a member of the district committee,
and announced himself ruined man.
whats the matter?" anxiousy in
Quired the senator, to whom Mclean
had endeared himself through his SUBJ
stantial protestations in favor of the
white metal, and the bimetallic league
Of which he was member. This gas
BILL" said Mr. Mclean, proposes to
practically conf1scate my property. II
it passes in the form in which it passed
the house, it will ruin me. 1t is an
injustice, not alone to me, but to every
widow and orphan who owns dol
lars worth of stock in the Washington
Gas Light company. 1t is an outrage
upon them, and will SADLY cripple
me-"
/ Further details need not be told.
| Gas Bill Defeated by Silver Votes.
! That senator, member of the Dis
trict committee, a man who would
have been indignant beyond descrip-
tion had he been offered a bribe, influ-
enced by the princely generosity Of
Mclean in behalf of the silver cause,
instantly set himeslf to work, as did
his silver associates in the senate, to
defeat the dollar gas bill" and did
defeat it, postpOning at least the evil
day for considerable term of years
Mr.. McLeans diplomacy had again tri-
umphed. He had, through the judi
cious use of few thousand dollars in
contributions to the free silver cause,
obtained results which would have
cost him many times that sum by the
ordinary process, and obtained them
from men who could not have been
approached" in the usual manner.
And this is how it happened that
John r. Mclean, capitalist monopo-
list, plutocrat, maker of gold bonds
and gold contracts, came to be a "sil-
YER man." A few months later these
same guileless old men, who never
dreamed that John was working"
them, took him up as a vice presiden-
tial candidate, and came very near
getting him on the ticket-would have
done so in fact but for the interfer-
ence Of William Jennings bryan, who
had private reasons for doubling the
political reliability of man who had
been publicly branded few months
before by Allen o. Myers as man
who "never had any political convic-
tions upon any question, but could use
and amuse himself with his party
And this is the true history Of John
McLean's Friendship for silver.
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PECULIAR AiLMENT.
Dudley's Heart Will Beat Slower and Slower
Until it Stops Forever.

Dudley's Heart Will Beat Slower and Slower
Until IL Stops Forever.
MARION, O., Oct. 25.-M. E. Dudley,
Of Corsica, Morrow county, is afflicted
with peculiar ailment, which, while
he does not suffer in the least, will
eventually prove fatal. On March II
last he consulted physician, who
found that his heart beat only 80 times
IA minute, 40 less than normal. Since
then the rate has been decreasing, and
at present it is only II. Mr.. Dudley
was never robust, and has been unable
to work hard, yet he is "up and
around" and seems well enough. His
disease battles medical science, and it is
thought his heart will continue to
beat slower and slower until it stops.
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Crows Ate His Eyes.

SPRINGFIELD, o., Oct. 25.-The decom-
posed remains of Taylor Jones, color
ed, aged 80 years, were found Sunday
in a pasture field owned by Chris Bro
sey. near Midway. He was last seen
alive ten days ago. When found a
fock of crows were devouring his flesh.
They had piclsnd out his eyes and eaten
the flesh from his face and neck. He
was taken to Enon and buried.
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j G Berry, one of the best known cit.
zens OF Spencer, Mo, testifies that he
cured himself of the worst kind of piles
by using few boxes OF DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve. He had been troubled
with piles for over thirty years and had
used many different kinds of so called
cures but DsWitl's was the only one
that did the work and he will verify this
statement If any one wishes to write
him W r Smith & Co., Druggists.
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Killed In His Cab.

SPRINGFIELD, O., Oct 25.-While GO
ing at terrific gate of speed Sunday
morning the driving rod of the engine
on the southbound train from Detroit
on the Big Four, due here at $3.50
o'clock, broke, MASKING one side of the
engineers cab and instantly killing
Fireman D, J. Palmer, of this CITY.
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Tuesday, November 2, 1897,

(Beipg the first Tuesday ext after the first
Monday in November) in the year of our Lord
ore thousand eight hundred and ninety seven,
QS97,) is, by the constitution and laws of Ohio
appointed the day on which the qualified cleo
tons OF Highland county are notified to meet
Ill their respective town hips. at their usual or
proper places designated for holding elections
between the hours of fve-thirty O'Clock, GEN.
trai standard time in the forenoon and five
thirty O'Clock, central standard time. il the af-
ternoon of said day, and then aud there pro-
coed to vote by ballot for the following named
officers to-wit:
STATE TICKET.
One person for Governor of the State of Ohio.
One person for Lieutenant Governor of the
State Of Ohio.
One person for Judge of the Supreme Court
of the State of Ohio.
One person for Attorney General of the State
of Ohio.
One person for Treasurer of State for the
State OF Ohio.
One person for School Commissioner for the
State Of Ohio.
One person for Member of Board of Public
Works for the State of Ohio
SENATORIAL TICKET.
Ono person for State Senator in the next
General Assembly Of Ohio, for the Fifth-Sixth
Senatorial District. composed of the counties
OF Ross, Greene, Clinton, Fayette ana High
land.
COUNTY TICKET.
One person for Representative for Highland
County, in said State.
One person for Sheriff of Highland County,
in said State.
One person for Treasurer of Highland Coun.
ty, in said State.
One person for Clerk of Courts of Highland
County, in said State.
One person for Commissioner of Highland
County, in said State.
One person for Inirmary Director of High
land County, in said State.
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SANDUsKY. o., Oct. 25.-Great excite
ment was created at the Soldiers home
Sunday evening by an alleged criminal
assault made by George Botkins, an iu-
mate of the home, upon Lelah Haines,
the 11-year-old daughter of Chaplain
Haines. Botkins was arrested and
gplaced under a strong guard in the
home prison
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President Mckinley Registers.

CANTON, o., Oct 25.-The name of
President Mckinley is registered at
Precinct c, of the First ward, the home
of his mother He registered by af-
fidavit, declaring that he was neces-
sarily absent from the city on all of
the days of registration.
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BAD WRECK.
OIL Tank Broke, Causing the Death Of Ont
Man-Another Badly Hurt.

Man-Another Badly Hurt.
FREMONT, o., Oct. 25.-An oil car of a
Wheeling e. Lake Erie west-bound
freight broke in two in Clyde, eight
miles east of here causing bad wreck
and resulting in the death of young
man named Rudolph Croft and the Sc
rious injury of Frank Palmer, both of
this city
The accident occurred about Q o'clock
Sunday night about two blocks beyond
the station. The young men had taken
the train at Bellevue and lain down be-
side the fatal tank which collapsed and
caused the wreck.
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Mammal wonder what Tommy will
be when he grows up?
Papa-Hed make a first class civil
service examiner. He's constantly ask.
ing questions about things that nobody
knows any thing about.
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WOOSTER, O., Oct. 25.-Early morning
burglars effected an entrance to the
hardware store of Brenneman & Co.,
in Smithville. and got away with al
most the entire stock of fine cutlery
and two gold watches.
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LIMA, O., Oct. 25. 5.-Motorman Van
Norman, while connecting the electric
heater of his car, caught live wire
with his right hand and it was fright
fully burned,
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SHERIFF'S
PROCLAMATION
State, District
and County
ELECTION
Sheriff's Office. Highland County.
Hillsboro. Ohio, October 8 1897 |
To the Qualified Voters of Highland
County. Ohio :

WHEREAS, By the laws of Ohio. regulating
elections, it is required by the Sheriff of his
c. nnty to give notice, before the time of hold
ing general election, by proclamation through
out the county, of the time on which such elec-
tion shall be holden;
Now, therefore, in pursuance of such re-
quirements, !, s n Fattor, Sheriff of High
land county, OhiN, do hereby proclaim and
make known that
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-10-28

Given under my hand officially, as Sheriff Of
Highland County, State of Ohio, aforesaid, this
9Th day of October, A. D., 1897.
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NUCEN 7
Asked to Write an Epistle "To
Whom 1t May Concern"

The following letters need no expla-
nation or comment:
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-18
THE CAUCASIAN

For sometime past have been forced
to devote practically my whole time to
Congressional duties, and to the nation
nj campaign OF the Populist Party.
Therefore, | have not been able To give
Tue CAUCASIAN the attention that
desired. We are now nearing one
Of the most important campaigns ever
seen in the State. The questions to be
settled and the issues at stake are OF
the greatest Importance to the future
welfare Of our people. Therefore, !
shall take time to give the editorial
columns of The CAUCASIAN my per
sonai attention. | believe that a ma
jority Of the state, will, when they
know the facts, sustain in the next
campaign, the reforms for which we
will contend. But it is absolutely
necessary for The CAUCALIAN and other
reform papers to- be put into the
hands OF the voters Of the State to
make victory certain. Therefore j
wish to call upon every subscriber
of THK CAUCASIAN and friend OF the
reforms FOR which the forty Pop
ulist members of the legislature
stood with uDfincbing courage in the
last legislature to a once exert them
selves 20 put THE CAUCASIAN or some
good Populist paper into evey house
hold in the State II ossible. Yours for
the right and in The fight.
MARION BUTLER
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-18

We have roticed that several papers
have published a clipping from q
Rocky Mount paper which stated that
Senator Butler in his speech nj Rocky
Mount charged that the brute that
committed the BAmeless crime in
Richmond county was hired to do so
by Democrats To furnish them with
political capital. In the first place
the speech was made at Rocky
Mount some time before this shocking
affair occurred in Richmond county !;
in the next place Senator Butler Of
course never said anything Of the kind.
The papers that have been SO eagerly
copying and commenting upon this
false and malicious report could have
easily ascertained whether or not the
same was true il they had desired: and,
besides, the statement was SO unreason-
able that it seems that any fair and
honest editor would have attempted to
ascertain the fact before publishing
the same. If there is any paper that
desires TO know what Senator Butler
said in his speech at Rocky Mount and
will publish the same, he will take
pleasure in furnishing the paper with
copy of his remarks.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-18
RE MEMB Err

Remember that if freight and pas
senger rates were reduced to fair and
just level that s., 300, 900 would be saved
to the people Of the State each year.
Remember that this amount is more
than twice all the taxes that the peo-
pie Of the State pay each year TO sup
port cur State government.
Remember that reduction of tele-
graph rates to fifteen cents mean a
saving of over $2l 900 a year, while if
the twenty-five cents rate was put back
and the proposed increase in taxation
made in lieu of the reduction, that il
would mean a loss of between nineteen
and twenty thousand dollars a year.
Remember that if the fraudulent
ninety-nine year midnight lease is set
aside that the State will save over
100000 year for the next ninety
nine years. We say more than $780,
600 because the value of the North
Carolina Railroad will constantly in
crease and will double and treble in
value in the next fifty years. In ninety
nine years the loss would amount to
more than twelve or fifteen million
dollars
Remember that the legislature h:s
the power to prevent corporation fed
eral judges from issuing injunctjons
to tie the hands of our State govern
ment, and from removing cases from
our State. courts to Federal courts,
which are too friendly to monopolies
Remember that the monvpolists are
opposed to all of these reforms, and
that they will spend several million
dollars. if necessary, to prevent the
next legislature from being elected on
these issues. Therefore, let the people
watch the newspapers and politicians
who are now laying plans to sidetrack
these and other important questions in
the next campaign.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-18
vx-GOvrRSOK ALrGELD's CHE III
SPEECH.

Altgeld, Bryan and Tillman probably
come NJ aear or nearer to the princi-
pies Of true Jeffersopian Democracy
than any other Of the prominent men
in the Democratic party, and therefore
they come nearer Ia tn. Peoples party
platform We publish I'm this issue .
recent speech MAD. by Tx Governor
Altgeld ghich - fna.t.rly pr-ssrta-
,ion of these principies. He say- tina,
since tn. war W. has. red thirty years
Of cGiurIes. politics. which has pro.
duc.d sci a. politicians In both of th.
old partia. who have -trAddIed every
important question and become the
willing tools II rnouopolies and trusts.
Thus he picture. clearly and forcioly
the conditions that made the Peoples
party a necessity. Governor Afge1d
goes further than the Chicago plat
| form, "a every true Jeffersonian Dem
/ ocrat does. He stands for the whole
! OF the Peoples party platform, which
! f. simply the. principles Of Jefferson
applied to present conditions. Let
everyone read carefully and study the
Governors great speech. IL is one Of
the best presentations Of the principle:
OF the People, party that we have eveI
seen. Read his speech and then 20,
will know for what the party stands
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-18
WITH OUR COMPLIMENTS.

II you are not regular subscriber,
then this copy Of THE CAUCASIAN
goes to you this week with our
compliments. IL you like this issue,
then we will be glad to visit you
regularly each week. But before
YOU decide, let US make one request,
that you read every line in this paper.
After you have done this, il you like
il, then wo want Won for a subscriber,
if not, no harm is done.
THE CAUCASIAN is run strictly on
a cash in-advance basis. Those who
subscribe now will re- celve THE eau
CAsIAN from date OF receiving sub
scription until January !, 1899.
Address,
THE CAUCASIAN
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-18

TARnoRO AND aEH WATE9 ss~f
Tns Caucasian 10 informed that the
town of Tarboro has Just made con-
tract with company 20 put IN vA'st
system, the system tn BE- oxasd sho
operated by the company and not py
the city. Ifw. are correctly informed
the company IL allowed to charge the
citizen. nj hast ruic- Ne much I" FUR
nish them with water IN their hoa-~s
n IL Il. worth. and. besides. that The e''y
IL 10 pay The water company f"r The
privilege az u.; n the water ia 'as- OF
Gre an .mcuns thar would soon pay Tor
the whole water works system W our
information is correct, there - either
some jobbery in this contract, or else
the city council is dsnseiy ignorant
concerning their business.
The water system, electric light sys-
tenn, gas plants and sewerage system.
etc, Of every town are monopolies by
nature, therefore the only way that the
people living in a city can have them :
selves furnished with these conyen.
| fences and necessities At = living price
10 for them To be operated and owned
by the city.
The city council Of Tarboro would
do well to study the example OF Glas-
gov. In 1869 when that city decided
to own and operate these natural mo-
nopolies in order to furnish necessary
convepiences for its citizens At cost.
it founi that the gas company, the
water company, the street railway
companies, ETC., were giving the peo-
pie poor service and charging dou bic
what it was worth. As soon a. the city
took charge, they at once reduced the
water tax to one. half and arranged to
furnish the people with purer and bet
ter water. The price of the gas was
also reduced One-balf, and other
charges in like proportion. 1t was ad-
mitted by everyone that to- day he cit y
of Glasgow is the best governed city in
the world. You can live in it cheaper
and get more conveniences, and this
because the city owns and operates all
the natural mOnopOlies.
The people in many of our American
cities are rebelliDg against monopoly
domination and robbery, and are fol-
lowing the example II Glasgow. The
other day the people Of Mobile, Ala.
by vote of me than four to one, de-
cided in favor Of municipal ownership
of its natural monopolies. The same
thing was done within the last few
months In Des Moines, Iowa. In fact
nearly every day a move along thi:
line is being made somewhere. Sooner
} or later it must and will come every
J where.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-18

Ex-coyernor Isrvis 10 cut In IN open
latter in which he makes Q stcioas At
,.ek On senator Butler and Governor
Rn.seli, and counsel. that silver Demo
,,s,. should not make any further var
nm rola Democrats This so please.
IN. Charlotte Observer that that
paper published hi. letter Ia full With
aeproval. IT. iii he r-mem eer.d that
Las, wear WHEN the Charlotte Observer
sh,usb, .x-Goy.rnsf Jarvis ~ss sin-
Ger. silver man that it sptn' gr~si
d-.i az time in rid cuhHx aud asu.irg
him.
In thi. connection w- are Reminded
1 of n letter that ~ received . few day
since inquiring why Governor Jarsi-,
who claimed 10 BE- .nch = strong IRE
silver msu, va, sttarkiax - r'eionsly
senator Butler. Who did ss much -
auy other man in America In elect
Bryan. The explanation 10 Easy. ~
our correspondent will recall the fact
that ex Governor Jarvis ran from the
SILVER Convention in lss5 because ~
.
that time be did not want Co be called
"a pom 10 declare that he would vote Tor
no one but . silver man for President
aud will also remember that he was
before the legislature of lss5 posing as
. disinterested visiting statesman aud
advising the legislature TO compromise
the back taxes which the Atlantic
Coast Line owed the State, while AZ
the same time be was 4 hired attorney
of the Atlantic Coast Line and Was
keeping this secret from the Legisla-
ture, and will also remember that he
biames Senator Butler and TnK Cku-
cAsIAS for exposing his hypocrisy IN
both Of these cases be will have an an
swer TO his question.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-18
THE GRAND JURY CAN ACT.

THE CAUCASIAN is in receipt of let
ter from a prominent citizen in an
oth-r county, endorsing Judge Robin
sons charge to the Wake county grand
jury against free passes, and congrat-
ulating The CAUCASIAN Il its editor
ials in support of the same; but the
writer closes by saying that court has
just adjourned in his county, and that
the Judge failed to charge their grand
jury with reference to free passes, and
that the Solicitor failed to draw in
dictments against railroads for issu-
ing the passes or to take any action
whatever in the matter, and asks THE
CAUCASIAN what chance there is to
enforce the law when the Judge and
Solicitor ignore it.
In reply The CAUCASIAN will state
that it hopes, sooner or later, to see
every Judge in the State charging the
grand juries with reference to the
law agaisns free passes, as we'll as
on other important points, and we
also hope sooner or later to see
every Solicitor vigorously enforce
the law. In fact, we think num-
Der of them would have done so
sooner, if they had before had their at
tention called to the law. But to an
swer pointedly the question of our
correspondent, we will state that the
grand jury has the power to see that
the law is enforced, no matter wheth-
er the Judge charges them on this
point of the law or not, and no matter
whether the Solicitor draws bill of
indictment or not. The grand jury
Of each court is itself court of in
quiry. 1t is not only in the power of
each grand jury, but it is their duty
to see that presentments are made
against every railroad for every free
passed issued, even lift should happen
that both the Judge and the Solicitor
were riding on free passes. A grand
jury can have any railroad conductor
summonsed to appear before them,
and can have them under oath to state
who have ridden over their roads on
free passes. Having secured this in
formation, it is then their duty to
make presentments against such rail-
road companies. If the grand juries
of the State will do their duty in this
respect they cannot only put an end
to an evil which has greatly corrupted
our Legislatures and political con-
ventions, but they can also nearly
double the school fund of the State
| without any more taxes, for under the
law everyone of these fines (from one
thousand to five tho usand dollars fol
each Offence) will be turned into the
public school fund of the State.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1897-11-18

Every time that Mckinley appoints q
negro postmaster, great howl is set
up by the railroad organs aud the Ran
som machine politicians. They shed
great crocodile tears of sympathy for
the good people in the towns that have
had negro postmasters put over them,
and who must be afflicted and cursed
by their presence. We would sympa-
thize with their lamentations il there
was any sincerity in them. But let 1t
be remembered that Cleveland kept q
negro rs postmaster over the good peO-
pie Of the town of Fayetteville, aid
that he did it at the request and solicit
tation Of leading gold and railroad
Democrats of the town. I. is under
stood that their reason for it was that
the negro had been valuable To them in
manipulating the elections in Cumber-
land county, and that they wanted to
use him for this purpose again. 10
fact, the only objection that this class
of Democrats have TO the negro is when
he does not vote with them.
Remember, negro was kept by Dem.
ocrats in the Fayetteville postoflice
over white people for political reasons
The howl that is now being raised
against negro pOstmasters by thi.
class of Democrats is also for politica
reasons. Remember also that the elias.
Of men who are bowling loudest arr
those who either openly voted for Nc
kinley for President or secretly triet
to defeat Bryan by advising Demo
Gratis not to vote the JOINT electora
ticket.
Had it not been for the patriotism
and courage Of the Peoples party il
North Carolina, Mckinley would hay,
received the electoral vote of this State
The gold Democrats and the railroad
Democrats are responsible for every
negro postmaster now being appoint
ed. These are facts. This H. history