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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-28
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OF his argument tor pimetdillsm' laple
showing the commercial ratio of silver to
raid si1re 1857 and ,,ne showing the pro-
1uo,LA -, .o,, ,,d st,,.er in TN, world
s,,a ,,V' e. a"r 20 - cn,r,o,,t
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,t, "an '''S ,h"' i""'S u'spiopp' 'i"n III
,ta ',"',.o tlouu' 'iun VI spiu anu sil'or
w no' ursliuF ."1 pl'n'ta,i'c Jaw
MI PRESIDENT. here is the total Of the
.tnn' ,'' '' stNeI anu solu III inc WORTH
1 ' 'No u's'",oiS oi Aihorica Drought
~ |'' 'us 'u''nE 'N'"' lhe 'otal pro
roo. 80 W Suiu 'VP'ulnb Nhiuol Ia SN'VuV-
VvV'VVo anu Oh SILVER $lu'oooVuo' QUO, diHer-,
NC pi",'lcsiN ihpercepthie during all
the period since li92: and the difference be-
tween 'he coming Value OF silver and the
cunning value OF gold Is more than made
w "a NY Juusueni py tne larger use OF
SILVER than gold in the arts.
ma the most remarkable fact OF all
ana That Is. that In 1896 the worlds produc-
ton or gold was s2l5 900 600 and the
worlds production OF silver was s2i5 O0o
0Oo. II would seem as II providence. as II
nature, Il perhaps God himself. had inter-
posed here to flute tho prelictson of those
who have demanded the denonetiyatior NJ,
silver on the rr,,und NJ ite onos.,,,,, ~, vi
production and has shawn ne In ~ 49,
S97 as the result nf Tho prod,,,,,ion 'af ,,,'t,
and silver in tho world in IN, 800. ton,,
the exact equality Of So16 ooo noo n,ar, t''";
eacl, ~ tha n.ast w D-.''u'""uV worth or
the one metal mr. tho o, T'l,e' si because
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-28
THE MISERY an TIE ORIENT.

The losses to the farmers in the items ~
corn, wheat, rye, oats. barley, huckvhcat
as between wha, 1896 prices brought then
brought at 1875 prices. is over y777ooo 600
lilo claimed that the trouble In this coun-
try would have been much greater II II
had not been for the famine and starva-
ton In other lands, which caused an I'M
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-28


IN reputation OF the senator declaratioh'
ana lh"h pu!led on the gentleman iroh
" Iscohsln the minority report from inc
committees on resolutions at the chhcago
CON ehll9h' W it was signed ana strongly
@uE1,a'eu ny V ms ahu wn'eh uecia i.l
nay the efforts OF inc government
sh lt,, De ste.d'lg alIeeteH toward Inc eS,
OilAuhlehC o' H'leihatioDai oIihe'al'sil'
>,r,,,, -, ,,o,r,
NE" E'NuLA-N4' y. ~; ~, . tAoiS GALL ~"
SILVER.
went more deeply into the history of BIZ
metalism, quoting al length from decla-
rations OF leading economists lie told in
this connection OF au Interesting discoy-
cry be mace made last summer at lawrence
MASS There are there certain companies
WhIeh under contract made years ago.
require that rents OF real estate. ceased Tor
a long period ot years, should be PAID III
so many ounces OF ftns silver. THESE
leases we're made at the time OF the gold
discoveries on the Pacific coast and in
Australia. when the gold scare VAS On and
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-28


these he argued that the property Of the
world had diminished the money value one
third IN the last twenty years
u striking table is that furnished by the
statiHtician of the department Of agricui-
ture. These statistics were used by the
secretary for another purpose, but what
they do show ia the great lall IN tho 'aiue
of farm products. since lS6b. In anal-'zins
this table SENATOR Chandler sad:
This Is the result: Taking the 100
bushels OF corn. which, ia 1866. would have
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-28

that the senator from New Hampshirs :.
speaking sarcastically!
He thanked Secretary Carlisle ~
contributed all In his power to ay. \
Mr.. Mckinley the electoral vote Of K,s
lucky and then quoted his famous sptsA
of 1873. 'f'''
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1897-02-28

During the special effort to
Furniture that will be closed
of Carpets will be sold Do not fail to call and
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-07
WIN Contest at Milton.

The will of the late Marion Ward of
Milton is to be contested by her cousin,
Mrs. Caroline NJ. Lamb. Miss Ward in
herited a fortune of $4,000 from her
mother. She employed Lucius w. Landon
to manage her estate for % years, and he
received an annual salary of 5000. Lam
don's wife was Miss Wards cousin. Miss
Ward died at the age of rs, after being i'll
several years. The allegation is that the
will was not properly executed, and that
the testator was not of sound mind. When
Miss Ward signed the will the estate was
worth only $4,000 having dwindled to the
amount, Miss Ward told her attorney
that she had spent more then her income
for years. Miss Ward left her real estate
to Mr.. and Mrs. LandOn, $500 to Kate
Conlin, $500 to the Milton cemetery asso-
citation, $1,000 to the Congregational socie-
ty of Milton, and the residue to the son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Landon.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-07
Wholesale Lynching in Texas.

Seven negroes were victims of a lynch
ing bee at Sunny Side, Texas, last Thurs
day night. Last fall citizen of BRENNAN
was robbed of 500. Suspicion pointed to
four Thomas brothers and they confessed
to having committed the theft. Becoming
short of money the brothers decided to re-
cover $50 which they had given to man
named Daniels and they visited his house
for that purpose. Daniels, having spent
the money, was dubbed to death and his
step-daughter and 7-year-old child were
assaulted and killed and the body of the
latter was thrown into well. The house
was then set on fire and Daniels and his
step -daughter were cremated. When the
Daniels family was missed a search was
made and bloodhounds were put upon the
trail of the murderers. The hounds follow
ed a trail directly to house where the
Thomas gang lived, and the brothers and
three other negroes who were with
them were arrested. A mob overpowered
the guard and in a short time all seven
were strung up and their bodies riddled
with bullets.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-07
StrIeken India.
From the Boston Transcript.


Engrossed with home affairs and with
outpourings of sympathy and material aid
for suffering Armenia and Crete, the char
itably disposed people of the United States
have overlooked, temporarily, the more re-
mote yet immeasuraby greater sufferngs
of the starving people of India. In a
country of 1903, 900, 900 people, one-fourth
of the entire population is said to be in
distress, and more than one-tenth of the
whole people are actually suffering the
pangs of starvation. And the suffering is
of the direst sort, of which we know little
or nothing. Not isolated cases here and
there, but whole districts are destitute of
food and clothing living only on meagre
relief and by eating the dried grass which
grows in the baked earth under a rainless,
brazen sky. The restitution is such that
1t finds no parallel, save in the past his
tory of India itself. Within the last 100
years there have been "a famines in India,
and since the beginning of the present
century the death roll attributable TO fam
inc embraces 5000, 900 names.
Yet no government has been more Law
ish in assisting nature, or has done more
for its starving people. The lack of rain
Is the direct cause of these famines, for 90
per cent of the whole population is agri-
cultural. And in spite of the fact that the
English government has spent S75, 900, 900
on works for irrigation and navigation in
India, in spite of its distribution of rice by
the million tons per year, and the system
of public relief which cost 100000 900 in
the famine of 1877, the starvation condi-
tions prevail again this year, owing to the
inexplicable failure of the rain bringing
monsoons, and there is no prospect of nat
ural relief before the June rains, which
may fail again as they did last year.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-07
A War Survivor 100 Years Old.

VIM. Harding, who celebrated his Tooth
anniversary recently at Waseca, Mimi, is
a survivor of three wars, and the oldest
man who served in the Civil war. He was
born in England, and at the age of 10 en-
listed to serve in the war of 1912. He was
living at Burlington when the Mexican
war broke out, and he at once enlisted and
fought under Gen. Taylor. He receives a
pension of SIP a month for his services in
this war; When the Civil war began he
was over 90 years old, but he swore that
he was only 40, and was accepted for ser
vice in the 9TH Minnesota regiment He is
hale and hearty today and in possession of
all his faculties.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-07
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
The Tennessee Exposition

Opened with Imposing Ceremonies
Celebrates the Admission of the state
TO the Union.
The Tennessee Centennial Exposition
was opened at Nashville Saturday with APP
propriate ceremonies. Thousands of peo-
pie assembled to witness the parade of the
Essenic Order and other societies. The
public buildings and hundreds of business
houses and private residences we're hand
somely adorned with the national colors
and other decorations. The parade march
ed from the public square to the exposi
ton grounds, hating in front of the Ad-
ministration building. From there the Of
ficials, legislators and distinguished guests,
escorted by vast concourse of citizens,
proceeded to the Auditorium for the open
ing exercises. Maj. j. w. Thomas, presi-
dent of the Tennessee Exposition company,
made a brief speech setting forth the OBJ
ject of the exposition, which is not only
to celebrate the admission Of the state to
the Union, but to proclaim its advantages
and resources. After short address by
Gov. Taylor, Maj. E. G. Lewis, director
general of the association, dictated the fol-
lowing telegram to President Mckinley at
Washington: 1.-THE people of Tennessee
send greetings, and request that you now
put in motion the machinery of the Ten
nessee Centennial Exposition" A circuit
roo miles in length, connecting the ex-
position with button in the telegraph Of
fee in the executive mansion in Washing
ton, having been made up by Western I'm
ion officials, President Mckinley, under
the guidance of Mr.. Montgomery, placed
his finger upon the Morse key, and slight
NH; oI, inc Mt lv not 70
the signal to the Nashville end, and put in
motion the wheels of the exposition.
The exposition is built on what used to
be the old West End park, where Tennes-
see thoroughbreds were wont to show their
PAGES. All the exterior walls of its pal
aces are of staff, white as marble. The
site proper is in a gently rolling plain of
more than 200 acres, dotted with groves of
splendid trees and three miniature lakes.
The central building is the Pantheon, or
fine arts building, surrounding which are
the Erechtheon, or history building, for
valuable relics; the Commerce building for
manufactures and liberal arts; the Educa-
ton and Hygiene building; Agriculture;
Transportation; Negro building; Machine
ry; Government building; the Woman's
building; Minerals and Forestry, and others
of lesser note, nearly so in all.
One of the ATTRACTIONS of the exposi-
ton is a gigantic seesaw which rivals the
Ferris wheel of the Chicago exposition.
The main support of the structure is a
tower 100 feet in height, built entirely of
steel. Across the top of this tower there
is swung a rectangular steel beam POO feet
in length. On either end of this beam is
suspended car capable of holding about
40 persons. The seesaw will be operated
by electricity and when one end is depress-
ed and the other raised to its greatest limit
the total height, including the terrace up
on which the seesaw is built, will be 225
feet
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-07
The Suffering in Cuba.
SMALLPOX Is Raging and Hundreds are
In n Starving Condition.


Now that the reforms are about to be
put in operation in Cuba, according to
Captain General Weyler, the question
which Americans throughout the island
are asking is what the new measures will
do to feed the thousands who are starving,
and who cannot afford either separate beds
to die in or an unused coffin for burial.
The Health Junta in Guines decided to
appoint special committee to investigate
the sanitary conditions of the population
in that town. In the first house they en-
tered they found II persons i'll with small
pox, lacking not only medical assistance,
but also food. At the reservoir for the
water supply they we're shocked to see it
full of filth more than a foot deep. From
the reservoir they went to the hospital,
where there were two in each of two beds
and three in another bed One in this bed
had been dead for four and half hours
and was lying with the other two, who
were yet living. There was only single
man in charge of all the sick and one
woman to do the washing.
In one house, where there were two i'll
with the smallpox, woman was doing
washing for the neighbors. At the Plaza
de La Villa, where there are 200 huts of
reconcentrados, in every hut there were
one, two, or even five or six persons i'll
with the smallpox, and all of them in the
most wretched condition.
Everywhere hunger, starvation and ILL
ness reigned. In one house there was a
coffin against the wall, and the woman of
the house said she had already used it to
bury three members of her family, victims
of smallpox. She had brought the coffin
back home to use for the next one, and
Just then there was on the bare floor an
other man who had died of smallpox
awaiting his turn. She bought the coffin
for 80 cents, knowing it had been used sew
eral times before.
In Mantanzas, where they shot an in
surgent daily, it has been found necessary
to drive 5000 reconcentrados out of the city
to relieve temporarily the congestion of
starving persons. This only aggravates
the condition of those expelled.
In Sagua recently the American consul,
shocked by the desperate distress he saw
about him, offered to contribute, through
the mayor, 5000 loaves of bread to feed the
hungry. The offer was refused, although
the mayor had said in public that a thous-
and persons were dying of hunger in the
city.
The refusal of the mayor was due to his
fear to recognize officially state of affairs
which would cause criticism of Weylers
style of warfare.
The country awaits the reforms and the
rains now. The reforms may help the Gu
bans. The rains surely will.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-07

Miss Sarah Louise Erwin, private secre-
tary and stenographer to President Spauld-
ing of the defunct Globe savings bank,
testified before the senatorial investigating
committee at Chicago Friday that Spauld-
ing had given her about S75,O 200 with the
understanding that he was some time later
to secure divorce from his wife and mar
ry Miss Erwin.
David FL. Hays, for Is years cashier of
the st. Louis post Office, was arrested Fri
day charged with the embezzlement of
$4,000. He was held in the sum of $4,000.
The shortage was made good by G. M.
Hays, general manager of the Grand
Trunk railroad, who went to st. Louis
several days ago on receiving word of his
brothers trouble.
This has been great month in the
wool market. The imports have been
enormous, if the figures that are given out
as accurate are to be accepted, over 1OO,-
100000 pounds having been received in the
country in April alone, Philadelphia get
ting over 100000 pounds in four weeks.
New York over S24, 900, 900 pounds, and
Boston apparently over 60, 100000 pounds.
Twenty-six Anarchists, in addition to
those already sentenced, have been con-
demned to death at Barcelona, Spain, for
completely in the bomb outrage of June Z,
the Feast of Corpus Christi, when dyna-
mite bomb was thrown into procession,
killing II persons outright and wounding
about so others, some of whom have since
died from the injuries received.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-07
The Vermont Troops at New York.

The Army and Navy Journal of Satur-
day last criticises all the troops marching
in the parade April ~. The troops of each
state were carefully watched and the Yer
mont National Guard is spoken of as
follows:
"The battalions looked exceedingly fine.
They marched we'll and kept the proper
distance and alignments. Every officer
and man wore sprig of green in their he'll
NETS which, while it may have been the
custom in Vermont, was not strictly proper
from military standpoint. With this ex-
ception the Vermonters made an excellent
display"
The Vermonters forgive mention of the
green sprig' but they will not forget how
it was handed down to them from the
"Green Mountain Boys of the revolution.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-07
Four More Survivors
OF the Wrecked BrIgsntine VRIIIRnt---
IL of Their Companions PerIshed I'm
the Open Boat.

OF the Wrecked BrIgantIne VaiIlant---
IL of Their Companions PerIshed in
the open Boat.
Four more survivors of the brigantine
valiant have reached st. Johns, N. F..
They came in Saturday on the French
brigantine Amadee and are the only
survivors of 81 men who left the Valiant
in lfeboat soon after that vessel struck
an iceberg off the Grand Banks and began
sinking. All their companions persisted
as a result of exposure and frost bites.
The bodies of the II dead men were thrown
overheard. The four survivors claim to
have kept themselves alive by eating the
flesh and drinking the blood of dog be-
longing to the brigantine Valiant. They
were without water, provisions, oars, sails
and proper clothing when they left the
brigantine. They had only time to jump
from their berths into the lifeboat, and
no opportunity was afforded them to
make even slight provisions against cold
and starvation.
The II men who died suffered excruci-
ating torments. The survivors seem to
have Jared little better. All four of the
men are very weak. Two of them will
lose all of their limbs, and the other two
will lose their feet as a result of the frost
bites. The men relate story of a fierce
struggle on board the ship for places in
the boats, some 80 of the crew going down
with the wreck. A somewhat similar
fight occurred on board the lifeboat, the
men quarrelling about the division of the
flesh of the dog, which was killed on the
morning of the thi.d day, when four men
had already persisted. Three died the
next day, six the next, and four the day
previous to their rescue. The men were
rescued at midnight on the sixth day.
They were so exhausted that they found it
almost impossible to shout when they saw
the lights on the brigantine Amadee,
which came near running them down in
the darkness.
The news of the wreck of the Valiant
was brought to st. Pierre, Miquelon, on
April ~, by four men, badly frozen, driv-
en- to cannibalism and finally rescued by
the French barkentine Victor Eugene.
The Valiant, it was announced was on
the Grand Banks, with over 80 men on
board, when the lookout suddenly saw a
cloud before him, which became a glisten-
ing wall of ice; then there was a crash and
the men felt the ship settling beneath their
feet. A scramble for the boats followed
1t is known that one of the boats was
swamped. When the four men were
picked up by the barkentine Victor Eu-
gene they were so weak and cold that they
could scarcely lift their heads. From the
first the recovery of the men rescued by
the Victor Eugene has been extremely
doubtful owing to their weakened condi-
ton.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-07
A $4,000. 900 Fire in Pittsbure. Pa,

The most disastrous fire which has ever
visited Pittsburg since the great fire of
1915, excepting during the riots of 1877,
destroyed Sunday night 100000 worth
of merchandise and property and resulted
in two deaths and the injury of four other
people. Not only is the figure enormous,
but it involves the complete destruction of
two of the greatest mercantile houses in
Pittsburg. The wholesale grocery estab-
lishment of Thomas c. jenkins and the
mammoth retail store of Joseph Horne &
Co. are total ruins. The burnt section ex-
tends from Fifth street to Cecil alley on
Penn avenue, and from Cecil alley to Fifth
street on Liberty street, covering an area
of several acres.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-07
YOU HAVE WAITED FOR THIS

There are many people who would be glad to
abandon the habit of drinking coffee If they could
only find some substitute for it. That substitute
is Grain-o, made from pure grains and, in the
opinion Of those who have given it thorough
trial. beverage in every way preferable to cot.
fee. Grain-o is not stimulant-it is something
better 1t is cheering, nutritious and strengthen
ing. In other words it is food drink, as coffee
is not It is acceptable to the most delicate stom-
ach, and agrees even with confirmed dyspep.
tics. Unlike coffee Grain o produces no nervous
action. 1t never interferes with sleep. AS for the
flavor Of GrainO, people who use it say that after
using 1t a week or two they like its taste better
than that of coffee. Grain-O Is sold by all gro
GERS at 10 and 25 cents per package Try it,
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-07
A Triple Tragedy In Maine.

John c. Lane of Bonny Eagle, Me-,
shot his wife and child and then ended his
own life Thursday night The three bodies
were found in the bed in the morning by a
neighbor who, seeing no signs Of life
about the house, decided to make an in
vestigation. A letter written by Lane,
and found in the room, stated that he had
decided to kill his wife and infant child,
but did not tell the reason. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lane had been married two years and they
lived in apparent happiness. Lane was
nephew of the late proprietor of the United
States hotel at Portland, and he soon
would have inherited share of his uncle's
estate which is valued at several hundred
thousand dollars.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-07
THE VERMONT NEWS.
Death OF Hon. Warren Gibbs.

Warren Gibbs died in Chicago April n.
He is survived by son and two daughters,
the death of Mrs. Gibbs having taken
place a year ago. Mr.. Gibbs was born in
Westford in 1880, and at the breaking out
of the war he enlisted as sergeant in Com
pany A of the First Vermont Cavalry. He
was taken prisoner, and for many
months was confined on Belle Isle. After
the war he was deputy collector of customs
at st. Adams for four years. He was APP
pointed secretary of the Vermont Life In
surance company upon its organization,
and thenceforward for quarter of a century
was resident of Burlington. He became
president of the company in 1880. He was
succeeded by Mr.. Robinson in this posi-
tion, and he then went to St. Adams,
where he was editor of the Daily Messen-
ger, until the management of that paper
was re0rganized after the death of Gov.
Smith. Mr.. Gibbs was chairman of the
Republican state committee through the
campaign of 1880, and in 1882 was senator
from Franklin county.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1897-05-07
BrIRandage in Mexico.

A mule train loaded with valuable mer-
chandise was on its way to Ameca, Mexico,
from Guadalajara, recently, when it was
attacked by outlaws. The muleteers and
armed guards were securely bound, and
the bandits drove the mules into the noun
tains with the merchandise. The brigands
were the ones who murdered and robbed
Edward Collaghan and j. E. Klein few
days ago. The authorities are greatly
aroused over the robberies and murders,
and a large force of troops is securing the
country for the bandits. They will all be
shot as soon as captured.