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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-01-14

MAJ. MCKINLEY seems to be hav.
ing good deal of trouble in the con.
structiOn Of his Cabidet. 1t is said
now Cornelius Bliss, of New York,
Is certainly slated for the Navy port.
folio, and Judge Golf, of this State,
Tor Attorney General, and the opin.
son seems to be quite general that
senator Sherman will be Secretary
OF State. And what will Hanna be &?
or rather what does Hanna want?
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-01-14
commissioners Sale Of
Land.

PURSUANT to decree of the Cir.
-, CuiI 'ourC OF Greenbrier county,
w. Va, ut its November term lS98
In the suit of The Atlantic PUBLISHING
and Engraving Company, assignee etc
against VIM. +. Yates and EliZaheth
r. Dotson, | will sell, at public auction
to the highest bidder, i'm front Of I II
STATIONS Hotel, Lewisburg. w. Va.
on ''
Saturday. January the 23rd, 1897
The two tracts of land i'm the bill and
proceedings mentioned. or so murb
thereoi as may be necessary to nav off
the plaintiffs debt and costs and tho
expenses OF sale; selling. first. the 100
acre tract, and if this is not sufficient
theh the i35'acre tract will be sold. or
30 much there0f rs may be necessary to
pay any balance due on said debt, inter
est ana costs. These lands are occu-
pleu ny the defendants, and are located
IN Inc Brush section of FAILING
spring district, Grccnbrier county. w
va, ana are regarded rs valuable for
lands so located. -0i
TERMS OF SALE.
cash in hand will hc required to nov
.ne costs OF suit and expenses of sale.
ana Tor The residue, bonds with an.
proved personal security will be taken
PaEaoie IN three, six and nine months
as'er date, with interest from the day
vi SAFE. WIN. p. RUCKER,
Special Commissioner.
bo''d as required 10y the decree i'm the
.poVe case has been given before me bv
the above Commissioner.
JONATHAN MAYS,
Dec. 244w ClerL
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-01-14

THEY say that an Iowa man has
traced the McKinleys back to the
MacDuffs. This fellow is after a
government job, sure.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-01-14

WANAMAKER GETS LEFT.-Good
John Wanamaker failed to make
connection in his effort to break into
the United States Senate. Matt
Quay barred the way and decreed
that good Mr.. Wanamaker should
continue to sell goods rather than
make laws. The fractional Republi-
can contest for the succession TO the
seat in the United States Senate &C.
cupied by j. Donald Cameron, which
Kept the people of Pennsylvania in
n fever beat for many weeks, was
finally settled on the night of the
9th in the Joint party caucus of the
Kepublican members of the Legisla-
ture who chose State Senator Boies
Penrosc, Of Philadelphia, as the man
upon whom the honor shall be be-
slowed. OF the 2l5 Republicans in
the Legislature 2ll were present and
voting. OF these votes Penrose re-
ceiVed 1873; POSTMASTER General
John Wanamaker, IS: Senator
Cameron, ; Congressman John B.
Robinson, {; Superior Court Judge
Charles +. Rice, Of Wilkesbarre, |.
The Legislature will ratify Mr.. Pen.
roses selection on Jan. 10. Penrose
was strongly supported by the all
powerful Influenza Of Sapator Onay
lie Is young lawyer of Philadel-
phia, about 81 years of age and has
been member of the State Senate
since 1883.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-01-14

THE joint Congressional commit
tee on library, now that the finest
library building in the world is
nearly completed, expect to adorn
the great rotunda with the nost,mag.
niticcnt clock in the world. John
Flanagan, young American sculp.
tor, has the work Of designing it well
in hand in his Paris studio. The
materials to be used in the construc-
ton include various bronzea, fancy
marbles in dull reds, pinks, vert de
mer marble, in gold and colored mo.
safes, rich cnamels, and bits of jade,
malachite and lepis.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-01-14
Pacific K. II. Bill Defeated.

The Pacific Railroad bill, which
had been debated pro and con with
much earuestness in the House of
Representatives for some days was
defeated by "A vote Of 16S to 1902 on
Monday, the House refusing, by the
vote stated, to order the bill to its
engrossment and third reading
This bill involves the settlement of
Sll2,000, 900 of Indebtedness, it be-
ing proposed to extend the time of
payment eighty years, We believe,
ut per cent. interest, the principal
to be reduced $36j, OOO a year for the
first ten years, $3.50, 600 for the sec
ond ten years and thereafter at the
rate of 500, 200 annually. The gov.
eminent has large debt against
these Pacific roadS-betweeu 80 and
60 milliOns-for money advanced in
their construction. This debt stands
as second lien, there being, as we
understand il, lieu for Sol 200, 600
prior to that held by the government
There was much interest in the fate
of the measure, and its friends made
every effort to secure its passage
The settlement of the government
claim against these roads has been
before Congress for some years, it
being well understood that default
would be made when the debt fell
due. 1t is urged by some that the
government should foreclOse its
mortgage and buy the roads on its
debt. This policy, however, is not
likely to prevail.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-01-14

THE UNwRITTEN LAVA spe.
cIal from Carroliton, KY, says
" Frank Harris, who shot Herman
Hedley to death on Christmas day.
while the latter was occupying "a
room with Harris wife in the Harris
home at Eagle Station, was dis
charged last week by Judge Donald
son. Harris made a statement,
which was strongly corrOborated by
circumstances detailed by other wit
nesses. The Judge held that it was
case in which the unwritten law
applied and the defendant was dis
missed.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-01-14

WOLCOTT'S Mission .-The Lon
don Times in referring to Senator
Wolcott's trip to Europe in the in
terest of bimetalism, says:
"Scnator WOlcott will be well
coined here. For several reasons
Mr.. Mckinley could not have chosen
more acceptable envoy. But pub
lie opinion in England is more hostile
than before to bimetalism. Nothing
can he hoped from the visit except
as political movement and a salve
to the silVerites.
The failure of the mission is GER
tain. No public man, whatever his
theoretical views, would think the
present an oppOrtune moment to
moot the question, and this opinion
will subsist at all events as long as
blmetalism appears TO be dropped or
revived, according to the cxigencies
Of American domestic politics."
The friends of bimetalism in
America have hut little hope that
MIR. Wolcott will accomplish any.
thing, but his observations in Eng
land and on the Continent may serve
to convince him and many others in
this country that America must act
for Itself, if it acts at all IN this mat.
ter OF monetary reform. This idea
Of An International agreement to fix
the relative value of our coins is
something new under the sun any
way, and our opinion is that it is "A
mere device of seltishness and greed
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THE BEST GOODS,
AND UP-TO-DATE.

Repairing warranted. Properly done.
Gold Soldering of all kinds. You will
find me in the New Ford Building,
Lewisburg, w. Va.
Dec. 3rd, 1896.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1897-01-14

In the Senate, on the llth, Senator
Mills, in speaking to his Cuban reso.
luton, attacked the attitude of Presi-
dent Cleveland and Secretary Olney
and produced documentary evidence
in support Of Congress- power to act
In the matter.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-30
VOLUME Mi.

With this issue the STAR enters
npon u new volume. The paper is
eleven years old. The present man
age ment has endeavored to give the
people just as good a newspaper as
a be given under the circumstances.
The STAR does not huctuate, though
tho seasons do. It tries to be as good
= newspaper during the winter as dur
ing the summer. 1t seeks to be true
e the p1ople; il caters to nobody's
hims IA Independent of any boss,
bproprietor; it does what it be-
ebest.for the greatest number of
and for the city, county and
b Nghichs it is proud to be a po-
4 factof. 1t will try to keep clear
upbm f~actipnal, personal and spiteful
quarrels jjddst as it has done. That
mucho Of a pepmise for the future we
cheerfully make. We are proud of
the adverhse1ts and patrons We have,
sor they numher the staunchest and
best-ones that We can recommend to
the people. Wethank them for their
good will and their good %deeds-and
they may rest assured that this paper
will endeayor to continue to merit
.heir friendship by keeping we'll along
in the front ranks of newspaperdom in
Abe west.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-30

The Nashville exposition will no
doubt be visited by thousands of PEG
pie, for they have obtained Il surpris-
lngly low railroad rate. Beyond dis
I lance of 200 miles the passenger rate
will not exceed so per cent of the rate
one way. These rates are goo! until
seven days after the exposition closes.
or Oct. 1. Special rates much lower
are made for special occasions and for
tickets limited to one week or more
II resorts and other perinuuei,l attrac-
tions could secure rates similar to
these temporary shows. how quickly
and how continuously WOULD the bus:-
n ess increase at such ~places-and with
the railroad companies. But no doubt
the business must be very. great to af-
SO cheap a rate.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-30
Good Money i. Good Anyvhere.

While a government can within its
territory define that which shall con-
>stitute a legal tender in satisfaction Of
legislation fix the purchasing value Of
its money, for money is a commodity,
and its value is determined in the mar
kets of the. world under the laws Of
trade, and the laws of trade, like. the
laws of nature. are stronger and more
f%arreaching than any constitutions or
statutes. The best money is the money
of greatest purchasing power, and that
money has the maximum of purchasing
power which is exchangeable at par,
not only in the country from whose
mint it is issued, but also in the markets
of the world.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-30
CHERIFF's SALE.

under the seal of the circuit court in and for
the county of Fall River and state of South
court on the 18th day of March. A. ID. 1877,
and docketed therein on the goth day
Of March: a; D. 1891; 'in nm action wherein
tiff, and Black Hills Development Company,
y corporation. and Harry ID. Clark, are de
PENDANTS; in favor Of the said plnintitf, and
against the said defendants, for the sum of
Three Hundred and Twenty-Eight and 7OlM
(s32s. 20, Dollars, which execution was directed
and deli ~ re- 4 to me as sheriff in.and for said
March. a: D. 1897, levied upon all the right,
title md interest of the said defendants Black
Hills Development Company, u corporation,
ana. Harry ID. Clurk, in and to the following
described real estate and property to.wit:
The two thirds (sa) interest of said defendants
IN lot number eleven Ql) in block numbeN
eight 81, and seventeen Iis1, in bloek: number
ffty-six 1851 also lots number one m, W [2l
three III, forr a, five n. six 1851. seven III, and
all of lots number two ri, three [3l, eight ISL,
nine Ig] and ten Il0l in block number ffty.two
t52l. all in SULPHUR Springs addition to the
soSth Dakota. together with all appurtennn.
GEES and improvements thereon or therennto
belonging.
Notice is hereby given. that 1, the UNDER
signed. us sheriff as aforesaid, will sell the.
o described real eftate and property t
the highest bidder, for cash, at public auction
city of Hot Springs, in the county of Fall
River. and state of South Dakota. on Sat,ir-
day, the LIST day of May, A. d. 1897, ut $3.50
o'clock p: m. of that day, or so much thereof
as may be necessaey to satisfy the said
execution. together with the interest and
costs thereon.
Dated, Hot Springs. s. d. March -. D 1897.
CHARLES s. EASTMAN,
Sheriff of Fall River County, South Dakota.
FOWLER, Gull & WHITFIELD,
Plaintiff Attorneys.
First publication March 81 81
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-30
More Money In Circulation.

II there was any actual relation be-
tween the quantity of money in circula-
ton and national prosperity, we would
now be on a flood tide. For more than
a twelvemonth now the amount of mon
ey in circulation in the United States
has been steadily on the increase. July
l, 1896, about the time the Chicago
platform was in the process of incuba-
ton and the mouth. of the popocrat was
full of demands for more of the circu-
lating medium, the total money in cir
culation in the United States was ST.
500, 72o. 900, making $2l.1 5 per capita
Oh an estimated population of II, $780,
900.
Nov. i. 1896, on the eve of the cleo
ton, when the people of the United
States were to give theirxerdict against
q debased and deprecated currency, the
money in circulation was 81, 627, O55,-
GA, making $22. SO per capita on an es-
timated population of u, 9O2, 1000.
March l, 1897. on the eve of McKin-
ley's inauguration. the total money in
circulation in the United States had
risen to the unprecedented sum of ST.
675, 1904, 953, making s23.l4 per capita
on an estimated population Of 2,4l8,-
900.
To fully appreciate this increase Of
the money in circulation in the United
States it is only necessary to say that
in the last ten months it amounted to
$165, 900, 753, or more than 50 per cap
ita of the entire population.
While the absolute circulation has
passed all previous high water marks
the per capita circulation is still ST.. 80.
below that of 1899, just before the pam
ic. But the per capita is now higher
than it was in 1890 or any year in the
history Of the republic prior to that.
Then why are the times not as good as
they were along in the late eighties?
Simply because good times depend on
public confidence and industrial activ-
ity, and not on the amount of money in
circulation. This is simply the teaching
Of the old proverb that q nimble six
pence is better than a slow shilling.-
Chicago Times-Herald.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-30
w. II. RoDDLE. Governor.
Secretary of State.

Money Is simply II commodity that is
generally recognized as "a universal
equivalent, and its degree of goodness
or efficiency consists i'll the unanimity of
the recognition of the fitness of the COM
modify used as money to perform the
essential functions of money. Many
commodities have been used as money,
II they have remained in use as long
as they met the essential requirements
of money among the people where used,
or until some other commodity appear
ed the fitness Of which commended it.
self to tie intelligence as being superior
to the commodity then being used.
AS people have advanced in discrim-
mating intelligence they have discard
ed inferior commodities and adopted in
place thereof something that was supe-
rior. These changes kept taking place
until finally gold and silver became the
commodities that were recognized by
the people of most countries as being
the best for use as money. Sociological
transition is constant. Change is the
natural order Of things, and changes
come about naturally and are therefore
effected easily, if the natural process is
allowed to go Oh u%ndisturbed. Trou-
blous friction ensues only when there is
obstructive governmental interference
to delay or defeat the natural order of
things.
In our W day the s%tagecoach has
been supplanted by the steam railroad,
and s~tagecoaches have practically be-
come a thing Of the past. The tallow
dip was succeeded by lamps filed with
burning fluid or oil, and lamps by illu-
minating gas, and gas by electricity.
These and many other changes were ac-
complished with no serious disturbance
whatever, and 10 it would be with COM
modities used as money in the absence
Of governmental obstruction. There
would be no threatening money ques-
ton in this country today, e%ndangering
the continuity and perpetuity Of all
business activity, if the United States
was rot engaged in the banking bust.
ness.
Among civilized people the days Of
usefulness Of silver as money. except in
subsidiary forms, are numbered, and.
silver is going out Of use as surely as
have the s~tagecoach and the tallow dip,
and, for. exactly the Same reason-civi-
Flization has-aptgrown the conditions
which necessitateds fs7use~~Ep money
has ever come into use, at the behest of
government or because of statutory en-.
aotments. but solely because Of recog-
nized ability to perform the functions
Of money.-Austin W. Wright i'll Sound
Currency.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-30
EAp.pRINEs our aooHa

edng4df j@aS4 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
NJ bsGsS sseeanaSrd = avSl9s: Il
M gover4 lent can msintain II bne
time frpnrh than ofe standaidio fsNe1ne,
any More than can inaintai1aa&oteA
than bne .standafN d weight hcfd
than dhestapdard 6fs measure, spEMqfd
than dpe STANDARD Of length. HsEheif
he twd or more standAedss Of di6Areh1
value, fthestandard Of lover valhi9 will
In practice become the only standsSdi3
If che goes4 into the market, tie law
being fhatia yard shall beseither wd
feet OF three feet in length, and buyd
carpets by the yard at a fyedsprice.'
there will be, MISUNDERSTANDING carpets
measured in yards of two feet1n LENGTH
Il he b4y,ccai- by the ton, thej1a1 being,
that a ton shall be either 2,00p OF z, $40
pounds{ he will receive tonsgof 2, 900
pounds!each., If he, buy potatoes BY the
bushel,S the law being that abushel
shall contain either two pecksi o. four
pecks, there will be delivered t6s; him
bushels Of two pecks each.
On the same principle, if the law be
that o dollar is either a gold coin, with
a bullion value equal to its face value,
or a silver coin, with a bullion value of
only half its face value, and not con-
vertible at par into gold coin, the SELL
ers of the carpets, the coal and the pota-
toes will be paid in dollars of the lesser
value.
There never has been and there never
a be in any country at any time a BIZ
metallic standard, and the attempt to
create q double standard has never pro-
duced anything better than an alter
mating standard, with the inevitable
consequences of injustice with reference
to past contracts and uncertainty with
reference to future contracts.
Indeed, Senator Jones admits in the
report Of the silver commission Of 1876
that whenever under the double stand
ard there is a variance between the lie.
gal and market relations Of the metals
the standard would be practically based
on one metal, and it the cheaper and
more available one." The financial his
tory Of the United States and of France
furnish conclusive evidence Of the accu-
.racy of the senator's view on this point.
&C. Stuart Patterson.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-30
! 4

The A4Ssrssn ficeisSs =
4 agah disscesss1S sSst ;enttrs
among faff6era. n donss
it says, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. AZ ~
system !. cosrpesasss fssinSssfund =
building assccdatieni ~ co-opsratiiSs
banks. whicaff III proved u remArkaSfY
successfulin American Gitiea. Theseia:
stitutiona now hold over 1900. 000,000
of deposits aldssrea thoroughly lemon
strated rractients SUCCESS. The Saxon
Land Characterization u reTort upon
which can vi obtained bbys&riting to
the secretaryiaM state. washfngton} is q
modificatich Of the RaifAsen system,
which in Prussia and. Germany has
achievcdS the same success among the
working farmers Of those countries that
the cooperative banks have achieved in
our American cities. The peoples banks
\ Of Italy ,.nd neighbofing countries, based
upon nj UGH the same plan, have had
lmarveld us success. A report giving fur
)ther palticulars upon the Saxon Land
Credit dissertation has been published
by the department. of state for free dis.
tributidu, in which Consular Agent Pc
tiers says with u truth that can never be
1questio{led:
Is. What American farmers require to relieve
then. M~- the present financial strain under
which they are living is the power to borrow
ut the lowest possible interest consistent with
their securities and the financial conditions in
the great centers of the world. So long as they
must borrow from the local money lender they
must pay q high rate Of interest for accommo-
dation. It is this high rate of interest under
which our farmers are now striving and fall
ing that is responsible for the general unrest
and dissatisfaction. Remove the high rate OF
interest, give them the same opportunity to
use their credit as men engaged in other bust.
ness, exchange the present mortgage ON the
farm for one with a reasonable interest, which
the farmer can pay and have something lef,
for the savings bank, and we will restore hap
piness and prosperity,
This question has been solvedby the farmers
and landholders Of Europe. and the solutior
of the problem did not consist in ths issue by
the governments Of a mass of debased currency
circulated among the people 1T a fictitious
value. Tho end was reached by the farmers
and landholders by their own force and CO
operation, by the founding VI associations
which in time became a power In the land, arc
whose financial strength was measured by mil
lions of undoubted securities Which the publ,
was only too glad to invest in.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1897-04-30

N3yXtVx Xt-LAi+Fr 10y So go
~ q sss sj psinsip 8 ,S 3 'ans ssas ON IN sc ssl
GSyy,cf Nloyss@s6sr. issi. sxeostsd BY 3
kiyssseSsd state q south DAKOTA, 70 Il Jenn
4alsy. of the county Of Fall River, an
sfssss = sSq 3 Dakota, which lnortss.ge, waa!!
the copnty OF Fall River. aud the state OIL
Is~olta5alakota In Book 3 Of mortgages, on
page ~. 6th day OF November, 1891, M
Whereas, No action OF proceedings at law
or Otherwise have been instituted to recover
part thereof. SAndit was stipulated in said
Imortga9e that If default. would be made In
the yme Of any portion of the principal
should become due, or II default be made In
the payment of taxes assessed ON sai premi-
sss before the he sam R..t became delinquent. then
should at once become due; and
Whereas default has been made in the pay.
ment of principal. interest and taxes assessed
on real property, and
Whereas, The amount claimed to be due
g gaso as said mortgage at date of this, notice is
@terest, besides the sum of $40 taxes, includ-
gee, besides the sum Of $40 statutory attor.
mS0rtgaEe. Nov
Therefore, Notice is hereby given that by
virtue OF the power of sale contained in said
and provided. the sud mortgage will be fore
closed by sale of the m%ortgaged premises
therein described. at public auction ut the
front door of the court house, in sud city q
Hot Springs. county of Fall River. state of
South Dakota, on saturday. the goth day of
May, 1857, ut 2 o'clock in the afternoon of
that day.
The m%ortgaged premises are situated inthe
county of Fall River, state of south Dakota,
and are described as follows: Lots six. 49,
Springs addition to Hot Springs, South Dako-
ta. according to recorded plat thereof in the
Dated ut Hot Springs, South Dakota, this
18th day of April, A. ID. 1897.
JENNIE e. BRADLEY,
M~ortgngee.
CHARLES s. EASTMAN, Sheriff Of Fall River
county, $. d.
ELMER Il. JucKETT, Attorney for Mortgage.
First publication April 10th. 8