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The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-07

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{ The Americas Aeficulfhfist q April
4 again discusses etiitnfially the entire
feasibility Of cooperative banking
among farmers. . This can DO done,
1t says, sby siight notifications Of the
system Of cooperative savings fund and
building associations or cooperative
banks, which has proved 50 remarkably
successful In American cities. These in-
stitutions now hold over $500. 000, 900
Of deposits and are Q thoroughly demon
strated practical success. The Saxon
Land Credit association "a report upon
which can be obtained by writing TO
the secretary Of state, washingtonl IL o
modification Of the Raiffeisen system,
which in Prussia and Germany has
achieved the same success among tho
working farmers Of those countries that
the cooperative banks have achieved In
our American cities. The peoples banks
of Italy and neighboring countries. based
upon much the same plan. have had
marvellous success. Areport giving fur
ther particulars upon the Saxon Land
Credit association has been published
by the department Of state for free dis
tribution, in which Consular Agent Pc
tiers says with truth that can never be
questioned:
What American farmers require to relieve
them Of the present financial strain under
which they are living II the power TO borrow
ut the lowest possible interest consistent with
their securities and the financial conditions In
the great ccnters OF the world. So long M they
must borrow from the local money lender they
must pay u high rate OF interest for nccomino.
dation. 1t Is this high ratio Of interest under
which our farmers are now striving and fAll.
ing that Is responsible for the Runcrnl unrest
and dissatisfaction. Remove this high rate OF
interest, giv6 them the same opportunity to
use their credit ns men engaged in other bust
ness. exchange the present mortgage on the
farm for ono with reasonable interest, which
the farmer can pay and have something left
for the savings bank. and we will restore hap
piness and prosperity.
This question has been solved by tho farmers
and landhollers of Europe, and the solution
OF tho problem did not consist In the issue by
the government OF n mass OF debnsed currency
circulated among the people NJ fictitious
value. The end WAS reached by the farmers
and landholders by their own force and CO.
operation, by the founding Of associations
which In time became u power In the land. and
whose financial strength was measured by mil
lions Of undoubted securities which the public
was only too glad to invest in.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-05-07
SILVER yersu. MIX.

Up in Iowa they have given up silver
and have softer snap. They make &4l.-
500, 600 in Iowa from their COWS alone.
That beats free silver, doesn't it-beats
It all hollow? They make s4i, 500. 600
selling milk, butter. cheese and calves.
and at the end Of the year they have
the same old Bossy and Speck and Spot
and Brindle and Bess that they had
the year before. The Kansas COW is
sticking her head over the pasture fence,
lowing and mooing, with her bag swell
ing with $4l, 900, 900 worth Of milk.
while the old man is down town tear
ing his shirt because the plutocrats
won't coin $50, 900. OoO worth of silver.
-Emporia (Kan.) Gazette
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Can't Export Laws.

No civilized country can confine it's
citizens within its own territory or
prohibit all commercial intercourse with
other countries. Every country, there
fore, needs money which can be used IN
purchase from and in payment Of its
debts to other countries. Yet, howsoev-
er great country may be, and however
absolute may be the power OF its gov
eminent, its laws can have no extrater-
ritorial effect. No government, there
fore, can prescribe the standard by
which its currency shall be valued in
any other country, or compel the citi-
zens Of another country to receive It's
currency save at the bullion value OF
that currency in the markets Of the
world.
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Our own Experience.

In this country since 1855 the wage
Garner has received. his pay in dollars
which have on the whole steadily APP
preciated in value, so far as general
commodities are concerned, so that the
purchasing power Of his wages has
nearly doubled, while interest on capt.
tai has steadily fallen and now averages
scarcely half what 1t was
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Sole Agents for Lamm 3 GO.
Rooms 5, 6, Z and 8, Golf Block.

lyon have ever seen a child in the
agony Of Group. you can appreciate the
gratitude OF the mothers who know
that One Minute Cough Cure relieves
their little ones as quickly as It is ad-
ministered. Many homes IN this CITY
are never without it r. j. Criss.
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When the spring time comes. gentle
Annie. like all other sensible persons,
will cleanse the liver and renovatc the
system with DeWitt's Little Early Ris.
ers. famous little pills for the liver and
all omachthe year aroun R d. Criss.
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NAlL AND SEE W. q. POWELL
TEE DYER.

RHEUMATISM CURED IN ADAl.
s.Mystic Cure" for Rheumatism and
Neuralgia radically cures in to days.
It's action upon the system is remark
able and mysterious. 1t removes ut
once the cause and the disease immedi-
atelv disappears. The frat dose greatly
benefits; Us cents. Sold by Cunning
ham Bros. & Co., Druggists. Clarks-
burg. l6-0m
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TH0MAS JEFFERSON.
The ORIGINAL DEMONSTRATION or
SILVER WAS EFFECTED BY
jEFFEeSoN,s ORDER.

L
he was ut An Times Opposed - Cheap
Money ana Rspudiation q Debts-lse-
llsved That Coinage Rasio should stick
Close 70 the Market Ratio-Hagored use
Of Both Metals. but showed Moderate
Preference Hsr 0old-could Not Have
stood on the chicago Platform.
Thomas Jefferson was patriot and a
statesman Of the highest order. It 10
proper for all true Democrats to cele-
brate his birthday, April 10. and 70
commemorate his many excellent quail
titles, but why should those who voted
in 1896 to repudiate debts and to cheap
en- our dollar by attempting to fx an
artificial ratio between gold and silver
widely different from the market ratio
meet to honor, or dishonor. jefferson 9
name? Is there anything in his writings
or his conduct to indicate that he would
have been u cheap money and repudia-
ton Democrat?
In 1888 Mr.. Jefferson wrote:
The proportion between the value Of gold
and silver Is mercantile problem nitogether.
$50 Just principles will lend US to disregard
legal proportions altogether, to inquire into
the market price of gold in the several coun-
trios with which wo shall principally bc con-
nectcd in commerce aud to take an average
from them.
Does this sound like the silver plank
of the Chicago platform?
In a letter to Mr.. Hamilton in Feb
ruary, 1792. Mr.. Jefferson expressed his
opposition to cheapening the dollar or
reducing the monetary unit. He said of
the dollar:
VERY much doubt right now to change the
value, and especially to lessen 1t. 1t would
lead to 50 easy mode Of paying OF their
debts . . Should It DO Thought, however.
that congress may reduce the valuo OF tho dol
lnr. should BIO for adopting for our unit, In.
stead Of the dollar, either one ounce OF pure
silver or one ounce of standard silver. 10 as to
keep the unit Of money part OF the system
OF measures, weights and coins.
The original characterization Of sill
yer" was effected by the following or
der from Thomas jefferson:
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ROBERT PATTERSON, Esq,
Director of the Mint.


Except 1000 pieces, no moro silver
dollars were coined till after Andrew
jackson retired from the presidency.
It is clear from Jefferson's writings
that he favored the use Of both metals,
but only at their natural ratio in the
worlds markets. He seems to have had
an instructive fear that people who wish
ed an "easy mode Of paying off their
debts would attempt to fix our coin
age system independent of the worlds
markets. His policy at all times was to
stick close to the natural ratio. ~
His desire to ascertain the market ra-
tho between gold and silver and adopt
that as the legal ratio is shown again
in his supplemental notes, Works, edi-
tion Of 1858, volume 1, page 100. written
in 1888 or 1884, when he suggests that
the committee Of the states be instructed:
To appoint also proper persons to inquire
what are the proportions between tho values
Of fine gold and fine silver at the markets OF
the several countries with which we are or
may probably be connected In commerce, AND
what would be proper proportion here, hav.
ing regard to the average OF their values ~
those markets and to other circumstances,
them to be laid before congress.
jefferson framed and had passed by
the Virginia assembly law by which
the value Of the paper money Of Amer
lea was settled Sin sterling money Oh
the lawful money Of England. :"
II Jefferson had been compelled to
choose between the two metals, he
would undoubtedly have taken gold. In
his "Notes" he observed that the high
price which Spain paid for gold had q
tendency to draw away gold and to
leave MS only silver. He thought, there
fore, that eve might with safety lean
to q proportion somewhat above par for
gold"
Free silver Democrats are not Jeffer-
SON Democrats. They should either
abandon their false doctrines or worship
at another shrine.
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DEpARrAEnT OF STATE, May 2, 1908.
SIR-In consequence Of q representation from
the directors of the Bank OF the United States
that considerable purchases have been made
Of dollars coined Mt the mint for tho purpose
Of exporting them. and Us It IL probable fur
ther purchases and Expectations will be made,
the president (ThomAs Jcfcrson) dirccts that
ali silver to BIO coined ut the mint shall be of
small denominations, so that the value OF tho
largest piece shall not exceed hnlf u dollnr.
JAMES MADISON.
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Group and whooping congh are child
hoods terrors; but like pneumonia
bronchitis, and other throat and lung
troubles can be quickly cured by using
One MinuteC Cough Cure. RI Criss
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M nruce,sts a. 81 90, or sent by mail on receipt
n nries, write for book containing testimonials
and valuable Information for AL Mothers irea
TAs Br.da.ld Rssalsior Co., Aslsas.. @.
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Friend.

aMyw wife suffered more in ten min-
utes with either Of her other two chill
dren than she did altogether with her
last, having previously used four bot
tiles of Mothers Friend 1t Is a
blessing to any one expecting to be-
come ! MOTHER y saysa customer.
HENDERSON DALE, Carmi, Illinois.
The herald., 1897-09-25

only unique but daring She made her
reputation as a political worker in four
short weeks. In the Louisville primary,
Just over, Mr.. Camp was induced to enter
for the Democratic nomination for tax
collector. When he nnounced himself
as a candidate Mrs. Camp began polit-
zeal canvass that opened the eyes of the
Louisville politicians. She visited the
factories and shook hands with the men,
who, when the dinner hour came, found
nice, wholesome dinner spread for
them, with freshly tapped keg of beer
and talked to the men, climbing high
ladders to reach them. She went into the
slums and distributed her husbands
cards. She visited the levee and talked
to the roustabouts, many of whom are
Democrats, at the time of the primaries
She went to the tenement houses an6
made friends with the wives of work.
men. Her husbands rivals laughed and
pretended to believe that her work was
having no effect, but they were wiser
when the primary was over and the re-
suit announced, for James b. Camp was
first, the rest nowhere.
Few women can show Mrs. Camp the
way awheel, and she is also recognized
as one Of the most graceful horsewomen
in Kentucky. She plays tennis and golf
shoots well ,swims like duck and dances
divinely.-Chicago Chronicle.
The herald., 1897-09-25
M'KINLEY'S OUTING
An Ovation rendered by Citizens of
Massachusetts

LENOX, Mass, Sept. 24.-President
and Mrs. Mckinley, with others mem
bers of their party, who have been visit
ing in Adams, reached Lenox this after
noon. There was an immense crowd
about the station. at Pittsfield to meet
them. Cheer after cheer was given for
the president tnd his wife as they ap-
peared upon the platform. Hon. John
Sloane, whose guests they will be, wei
coined them and escorted them to the
vehicles waiting to take them to his
home.
The carriage was stopped In front Of
the park, which was filled with a strug
Cling mass of young Americans The
president had stated when he received
an invitation to stop the carriage for
moment at the park that he would not
make any remarks. The tremendous
enthusiasm of the school children was
too much for the president, however,
and he rose in his carriage and made a
short address to them, referring to the
duties Of citizenship before them and
advising all to continue to live the lives
of morality and virtue practiced in
their youth.
The president was then drivet t. the
links of the Lenox Golf club, WIFE he
held short reception.
In the evening the presidential party
dined at Wynnhurst, with Mr.. ard Mrs.
Sloane after holding reception for the
cottagers Of the vicinity.
The herald., 1897-09-25
A TEMPEST IN A TEA SHOP
New York's Fashionable Tea Room Is
Closed

A tempest in a tea shop IL what soci-
ETY. calls the latest news concerning the
dissolution Of the partnership of Miss
Wilmerding and Mrs. Lowery of the
business known as the Tea Rooms, on
Fifth avenue. The place is shut up e<id
there has been a ITO let" sign in the
show case. which, however. has been
taken down.
Rumor has it that Mrs. Lowery will
continue the business, which should, ac
cording to the showing of both partners,
have been a profitable one, as there is
q demand for just such a place. Miss
Wilmerding may go abroad. Her two
brothers are in Paris, both of whom
married daughters of Mr. Schenck, the
rich whisky man. Mrs Louis Wilmer
ding is dead, but Mrs Fred Wilmerding
is one of the most popular women in the
American colony in Paris
Mrs. Lowery has lived for some years
in very pretty house in Thirty fifth
street, near that of her friend, Mrs.
Richard Irwin, now occupied by Mr.
and Mrs. Fred Gebhard.
A runlor in society runs that Mrs
Lowrey and Miss Wilmerding will patch
up their differences and open a tea place
in Paris as rival to the one in the Rue
Cambon.-New York World.
The herald., 1897-09-25
NOT TAPE GAMES
Kansas City Bucket Shops Closed by
Police

KANSAS CITY. Sept. 24.-Marcus Mui-
len and Claude Hurd, who as telegraph
operators transmitted fictitious mining
stock quotations from Kansas City, Kan
sas, to two dynamite bucket shops in
Kansas City, Mo-, have been arrested on
bench warrants and placed under $500
bond. This was furnished by their en-
ployers
When the officers presented them
selves to serve the warrants the opera
tors refused to admit them and the Off
GERS were compelled break in the door.
All the paraphernalia was seized. When
Mullen heard the officers kick the door,
he tore up part Of the squared slips from
which he was sending and threw them
out of the window The slips bore the
markings for the entire days "fiuctua-
tons of the fictitious stocks in several
so-called mining companies The quota
tions are prepared in the morning and
telegraphed to the dynamite" shop at
intervals during the day. The charge
against the two operators is setting up
device for the purpose of permitting
gambling and the exchange Of money on
a game of chance purporting to be the
fluctuations of mining stocks.
The herald., 1897-09-25
MINERS KILLED
A Fatal Gas Explosion at Marion,
Illinois

MARION, ILL.,, Sept. 24.-One man was
killed and three fatally injured and six
were severely burned and bruised by an
explosion of gas in the Williams county
coal mine today. An unknown miner is
still imprisoned in the shaft and was
undoubtedly instantly killed. The dead:
FRANK FARRAR, Italian miner.
The injured
G. GRIETI, burned by explosion; will
die.
PETER CASPER, burned Internally;
will die.
JOE BARLOW, driver, bruised about
the head; will die.
A shift of forty-five men went down
the main shaft in the cage at o'clock
this morning. They had proceeded only
a short distance up the main gangway
when the lamp on the leaders cap ig-
nited large body of gas. A terrible ex-
plosion resulted. Farrar and the un-
known miner were knocked down, the
latter being buried under mass of
broken timbers and rocks Those who
were able to crawl back to the foot of
the shaft signaled for the cage which
had been blown to the surface by the
force of the explosion. Rescuers de-
scended and soon all the injured men
were brought to the surface.
The herald., 1897-09-25
A Vague Decision

OLYMPIA, Wash. Sept. 24-Some
doubt appears to exist in regard to the
decision of the supreme court filed yes
terday, declaring the act of the last leg
islature granting one years stay of ex-
ecution and sale under foreclosure of
mortgages and allowing minimum
value to be placed upon mortgaged prop
erty, which is not to be sold under fore
closure unless it brings so per cent of
such value. The doubt exists as to the,
effect of the decision upon subsequent
contracts. The fact is, this question will
not be directly raised in the case decided
and of course was not passed upon by
the court
The herald., 1897-09-25
Odd Fellows Session

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Sept. 24-The
Sovereign grand lodge, Order of ODD
Fellows, held three sessions today to
clear up the work before adjournment to-
morrow. resolution was passed, after
strong fight, as follows:
After January 1, 1898, no grand or su-
preme body shall receive any credit for
old rituals, destroyed or returned, and
shall pay full price for all rituals fur
nished."
During the afternoon the body con-
sidered the official certificate question,
but no decision was arrived at. There
is little room for doubt that the Rebekah
ritual will be revised, as there has been
much dissa tisfaction over it.
The herald., 1897-09-25
The Cervileta Grant

DENVER, Colo, Sept. PA special
to the Rocky Mountain News from
Santa Fe, N. M, says: The United
States court Of private land claims to-
day, in the Cervileta grant case, involv-
ing PATIO acres Of land in Soccorro
county, overruled the objections to the
approval Of the survey, except as to
the north boundary, and made an order
confirming the grant for 2S,S0O0 acres
less than the claim.
The herald., 1897-09-25
THE LATIMER KILLING
The Jury Retires to Consider the
Evidence

HAzLETON, Pa, Sept. 24.-The cor
oners jury investigating the death Of
the Latimer victims met again today
and heard additional testimony. Moth
ing new was adduced. After a half
dozen witnesses had been examined
Coroner Mckee closed the inquest and
hte jurymen retired. They will meet
tomorrow evening to deliberate and de-
eide upon a verdict. 1t was the inten-
ton of General Goblin today to order the
withdrawal of part of the militia, but
the rain interfered. Battery c, of the
artillery, broke camp today and returned
to PhoeniXville, and tomorrow, weather
permitting, the Twelfth and Thirteenth
regiments will leave.
The governors troops toured the re-
gon today. The city troops Of Phila-
delphia will return home next week. All
was quiet in the region today.
The herald., 1897-09-25
Conditions in Cuba

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 24.-A spe-
cial to the Commercial Appeal from
Chattanooga says: Owen McGarr, Unit
ed States consul at Cienfuegos, Cuba,
arrived here today, having left Cuba
August 2Sth. AS to the condition of af-
fairs on the island. the consul does not
agree with the Cuban. junta in New
York, but confirms Gen. Weyer's utter
ances in so far as his experience has
gone.
The herald., 1897-09-25
A New Indictment

SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 24.-The
grand jury today investigated the
charges of embezzlement against ex-
District Attorney James D. Page.
charged with having misappropriated
s1400, the property of his insane ward
Otto Lichtnecker. Page was convicted
once upon this charge. but the supreme
court on appeal declared the proceedings
were defective, inasmuch as no formal
demand for the return Of the misap-
propriated funds had first been made.
The second trial has not yet been heard,
and so the grand jury will return a new
indictment against Page to back up the
informa ton Of the district attorneys 5
Office
The herald., 1897-09-25
SECURED HIS NOMINATION
How Lovely Kentucky Woman Cam
paigned for Her Husband

One Of the keenest and shrewdest poll
ticians in Kentucky today is Mrs. James
B. Camp of Louisville. Her ability to d.
rect and come out successful at the end
of campaign is recognized by all of the
state politicians, and when she enters
a fight few care to oppose her. Mrs.
Camp, until few weeks ago. was known
socially only. She is the daughter of
Judge w. B. Hoke, who for thirty years
was judge of the jefferson county court,
and comes from the oldest families in
the blue grass state.
Her methods Of campaigning are not
The herald., 1897-09-25
Turkey Is Hopeful

NEW YORK, Sept. PA special to
the Herald from Constantnople says:
A leading Turkish paper, the Sobah.
after commenting on the Turkish diplo
matte successes in the recent negotia-
tions, says that after the definite con-
clusion of peace, the Cretan question
will come up for adjustment and that the
success which began with the dispatch of
Djered PaSha to Crete will be continued.
The herald., 1897-09-25
A Pioneer Methodist

TACOMA, Wash, Sept. PA Monte
sano, Wash, special to the Ledger says:
Rev. w. 1. Cosper, as result of fall
has sustained serious injury to his
spine, producing paralysis of the lower
part of the body, and it is doubtful if
he RECEIVERS. Rev. Cosper was pioneer
missionary Of the Methodists on the
Pacific coast, having crossed the 18TH
mus in 1851
The herald., 1897-09-25
A Seal Expert

OTTAWA. Sept. 24.-Prof. Macoun,
the Canadian expert, who spent couple
of seasons at the Pribyloff islands
studying seal life, was appointed by the
cabinet today to go to Washington with
the commissioner of fisheries and ma
rine to attend. the conference there and
give testimony in regard to the preser-
walton of seal life.
The herald., 1897-09-25
Fierce Forest Fires

SANTA CRUZ, Cal, Sept. PA forest
fire is raging near Glenwood, and has
spread over much territory. 1t started
near Zyante, crossed the summit to
the McKiernan place, and is now on A.
c. Lays land. Much timber has been
destroyed beside fencing. A portion of
S. F. Thorn's vineyard also suffered
damage. The fire is now under control.
The herald., 1897-09-25
A Rancher Killed

YUBA CITY, Cal, Sept. 24.-Joseph
Phillips, prominent fruit grower, was
thrown from his buggy today, receiving
injuries which will probably prove fatal.
Phillips has state reputation as the
propagator Of many new fruits.
The herald., 1897-09-25
AT FORT WINGATE

FORT WINGATE, N. M, Sept. pa
The annual cavalry competition Of the
Departments of Colorado, Texas and
California opened at the post today The
scores of the five leading contestants
follows: Private Lindsay, Company B
Seventh cavalry, 166; Corporal Bennett.
Company B, Seventh cavalry, 1854; Pri
vate Oakley, Company K, Seventh cav
airy, 1853; Sergeant Dubowsky, Company
C, Seventh cavalry, 1852; Sergeant Nc
Elder, Company A, Seventh cavalry,
16O
The herald., 1897-09-25
Sealers' Claims

HALIFAX, N. S., Sept. 24.-In the.
Bering sea argument today Don NJ
Dickinson declared, the losses before the
commission differed from those incurred
in a railway accident inasmuch as the
earning capacity of person injured was
partially destroyed and in such a case
prospective damages may be awarded.
The herald., 1897-09-25

conduit district will go into force April
g. After that 1t is provided that all wires
must be placed under ground. Just
what changes will be made 90 that the
city street lights and wires will not be
included in that district has not been
decided, but the ordinance will have to
be amended in some manner