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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-05
IN MIR. D1NGLEY's TOWN.
Twenty Thousand Maine Operatives
Affected by the Cotton-AIill Cut.

Lewiston, Me-, Jan. 4.-The reduction
in the wages of cotton mills of Lewiston
which goes into effect January 18th will
amount to from 10 to IL 10 per cent,
and the other mills in Maine, as far as
is known to-day, will adopt either one or
the other of these rates.
1t is estimated that nearly 10000 OPP
eratives will be affected in this State.
1t is thought there will be no strike in
Lewiston or Auburn, but it is difficult
to tell what the Biddeford operatives
will do. The Lewiston and Auburn
mills employ about 5000 persons, and the
reduction in their pay will amount to
about $4,000 a month.
TEN PER CENT. CUT GENERAL.
Whitinsville, Mass, Jan. 4.-Whitins
Brothers, of this town, who operate cot
ton mills at North Bridge, Linwood,
Saundersville and Whitinsville, have
posted notices that wages will be re-
duced 10 per cent. after January 10th.
A reduction of wages has already gone
into effect at Mullbury, Sturbridge and
in the Farnumsyille mills here 1t is
thought the operatives will accept the
reduction.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-01-05

1t is not considered profane to speak
of a well-mended stocking as being
darned good.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
FADS IN FLOWERS.

Florists shops abroad are much Diff
ferent from the ones in this
country. In London, for ex-
ample, funeral freaths and en-
blems are displayed in the windows,
with their prices attached. Some are
attractive, others very hideous. Lichen
is fashionable there for crosses and
wreaths, and from this grisly-gray
background Gala lilies and white roses
peer.
Set pieces, the "gates ajar," broken
columns and floral pillows, are always
painful, for, in the first place, the nat
ural grace and beauty of the flowers is
destroyed, and in the next there is no
excuse for the emblems. Flowers for
the dead should be scattered in care
less handfuls-then only are they COM
forters, with their graceful beauty I'M
impaired. The modern custom of add
ing to death notice the words,
Friends will please omit flowers, may
be traced to the reluctance of the sur
vivors to be confronted with those
CHASTITY set pieces which have ragged 50
long.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11

Ihls youES man had no money, so he
gave himself, with all that that i'm
pies, to his country. He sacrificed low
ing sweethearts, friends, home, bust
ness and all things both profitable or
pleasant. He shouldered his musket
and went South to do and dare that our
country might live and that the Dec
laration Of Independence and our Con-
stitution might not become obsolete
rubbish. Can pen or tongue ever tell
what he suffered. Of the long marches;
of the lying under fire for weeks in the
trenches; of the hunger, cold thirst
and heat; of the lonely perilous hours
on picket. the terrific charges; the
hellish fighting where his comrades
were left in piles. He was following
the stars and stripes. How he shouted
as he saw Old Glory pressing on to
victory! How his blood tingled as he
of the boys in blue! He was one of the
nations defenders. He was fighting
for his country. He was earning the
gratitude of coming generations. He
fought at Shiloh until bullet wound
in the shoulder laid him low. He spent
two months in hospital and rejoined
his regiment in time to fight for
months in front of the heights Of
Vicksburg. He risked his life on a
score Of battle fields. He contracted
rheumatism from sleeping on the
steaming, blood-drenched ground. But
his patriotism never faltered. For all
this he received the munificent salary
of thirteen 35cent dollars per month,
which was finally raised to SIG! If he
had saved all this money till the "cruel
war; was over he might have had as
much as $500. Just think of it! He
might have got as much for his four
years service as his rich brother re-
ceived for interest, ETC.. in nearly four
fortnights! Then added to all this mu-
nificence and "paternalism" our gov
eminent has given him a pension of
$12 per month ever since 1890. Over
six whole years. Then it follows that
the old soldiers pension for a month
is nearly half that of the bondholders
for a day. Old soldier is worth in
wages and pension, neither having
been used, say s1,400. Yet the old SOL
der dearly loves the bondholder. He
believes that the bondholder did a pa
triotic thing when he loaned that $40
900 to Uncle Sam. He never dreams
that the bondholder is a greater enemy
to the country than was the slave pow
err. But he is. learning the truth now.
The slumbering form of Justice has be.
gun to show signs of awakening.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
1ndia's Money Famine.

India is suffering from an extreme
stringency in the money market, and is
feeling severely the effects of the gold
standard. Dispatches from Calcutta
bring information that in order to meet
the monetary crisis bill has been in
troduced in the council to provide for
the issue of currency notes against
gold The local resources have utterly
failed to supply the demands of trade.
In explaining the situation Sir James
Westland said the scarcity was due to
the banks renting their capital to
England" but he did not tell the cause
of this condition of affairs. The fact i.
that this embarrassment to trade has
been brought about by the closing of
the India mint to silver. This has
produced fall in prices and has given
great advantage to English manu-
facturers; therefore, the money in the
banks Of India has been drawn from
that country to England. The export
trade of India has been practically
killed, and 1T can never revive SO long
as silver is Disseminated against by
the native mint. Sir James Westland
further said that "the banks must
operate on commercial principles, and
no blame was attached to them" If,
then, the banks are not to blame, what
is the cause of midas financial fam
inc? Evidently the closing of the mint
to silver, the consequent fall in prices
producing poverty among the people,
and the stopping of export business
India is receiving an object lesson on
the beauties of the gold standard. Will
the people of the United States be wise
enough to take the hint?
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
PEDDLERS IN MEXICO,
Why an Old Woman Wouldn't Sell All
Ter Honey at One Time.

Why an Old Woman Wouldn't Sell All
Ter Honey at One Time.
''While travelling in Mexico a few
years ago I had a funny experience
with a Mexican vender which goes to
show what little business ability the
lower classes have" said E. T. Guig-
non of St. Louis. II was en- route to
look at some mines away up in the
mountains. At the station where we
left the train to take the stage 1 saw
an old woman selling some honey. She
did not have more than ten pounds Of
it altogether and as it looked so good
l wanted to buy it all to taxi along with
us. I asked our interpreter to buy it.
Much to my surprise the old woman
would sell him but two boxes. claim
ing that if she sold it all to him she
would have nothing to sell to other
people, neither would she have any
thing else to do during the remainder
of the day."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
Wolcott's Report.

Senator E. 0. Wolcott's unofficial re-
port concerning the transactions of the
bimetallic commission, which he gave
to the senate, contains nothing new so
far as facts are concerned 1t is evil
dent that the chairman of the bimetal-
lie commission has not abandoned all
hope of securing an international
agreement looking to an enlarged use
of silver as money, but he expresses
the opinion that England is firmly fixed
in her opposition. Exonerating Pres
ident Mckinley from the charge of dis
loyalty to the bimetallic cause, Senator
Wolcott is inclined tc criticize the ac-
lions of Secretary Gage, against whom
he has declared war, and for whom he
has no kindly words. With sarcastic
emphasis Wolcott suggests that it IS
premature to discuss the secretary of
the treasurys Republicanism, as
Cages advent into the party and the
cabinet were contemporaneous." While
declaring that bimetallism is not dead,
either in the United States or in Eu-
rope, Senator Wolcott is prepared to
make concessions as to the ratio of the
coinage in order to bring it to that
now accepted by Russia, Austria and
India.
This is the most significant utter.
ance in the entire report, and will
cause the widest discussion.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
REDEEM IN SILVER.
REAL MISSION OF THE STAND
ARD DOLLAR.
How 1t May BE Used to Protect the
Treasury from Bank Sharks-Extract
from an Article by Senator Teller
The Way to Bimetallism.

From an article by Senator Teller:
The retirement of the greenbacks, and
the substitution of national bank notes
to make up the amount lost by their
withdrawal, appears to be the present
scheme of the administration. Such a
proposition will never receive the
sanction of congress- 1t may be put
through the house by republican votes,
but if it came to direct vote in the
senate it could not pass. It is foolish,
in the first place, to suppose that the
national banks would increase their
circulation. To retire the greenbacks
and treasury notes means a contraction
of $5O0,000,O00. The circulation of ma
tional bank notes is less than $780,
100000, and if any man believes those
institutions would swell their circula-
ton to $70O,000,000 and guarantee to re-
deem every dollar of it in gold across
their counters he is financially un-
sound. If required by law, it would
not be done, for the banks would sim
ply go out of business. The idea of
retiring the greenbacks is based upon
a desire to get rid of the constant drain
upon the treasury for gold. If our
treasury were to adopt the policy Of
France that drain would stop instant
ly. When holder Of paper currency
goes to the Bank of France to have it
redeemed he does nQt know whether he
is to get gold or silver. The bank ex-
ercises its option, and our law contem-
plates that our treasury should exer-
else its option, but it does not, and
right there is the trouble Offer silver
for those greenbacks once and the
drain would stop. This, of course,
would not solve the whole situation,
but it would accomplish much, and
should be done. But it will not be so
long as the gold men dominate our
treasury
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
Thanks to Dingley.


Prosperity and the Dingley tariff arg.
linked together. First came the Ding
ley bill,and then followed dollar wheat.
When the great and all-powerful tariff
act became law the farmers of Eu-
rope announced that they had no
wheat to sell; indeed, they had none
TOR home consumption. Prices for the
cereal went up, and the Republicans
sang pean of praise and said,
Thanks to Dingley.' Sugar stock
jumped 40 per cent and Standard Oil
stocks climbed so per cent, while Met
ropolitan Railroad stock in New York
sells Tor l3O per cent-thanks to Ding
ley. Trusts were never so numerous
ana never SO profitable as they are
now Never were so many new com
b'nations of capital formed; never were
the rich favored as they are at present
thanks to Dingley. Senator Hanna
missed point when he telegraphed
Mckinley to the effect that God rules
and the Republican party still lives.
He should have simply said with truth
and brevity: Thanks to Dingley."
Seldom has there been more genial
and kindly winter. The mercury has
gone up with a cheerful PERSISTENCE
and enthusiastic Republicans can but
recognize in this another proof of the
upward trend of all things since the
60. p. went into power. Surely they
are justified in saying, Thanks to
Dingley."
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
Like an Advance Agent.

1t is stated that Maj. Mckinley may
visit New York this month to attend
a manufacturers dinner. There is no
1mprobability in the announcement.
The President does not like to STAY
many weeks continuously in Washing
ton. He has a rowing spirit, which
induces him to accept any possible ex
cuse for getting out on the road. He
labored hard to get into the executive
office and now that he is there is quite
willing to swing around the circle on
the slightest provocation.-Ex.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
STARVING the Chi,dren.

Men Of means, who manufacture ar
ticles that help the washerwoman to
gain livelihood, are not as charitable
and humane as they are protested to
be. We know Of one, not a hundred
miles from this office, who is of a
sanctified nature, and who drops "dol-
lars" into the church contribution bas-
ket, as a Cody offering, that would
rather 'starve orphaned little children,
also men who wish to make home
with him, than kneel down at the sa-
cred altar and offer up prayer telling
the world how he had constantly tried
to do his uttermost in helping the
poor out of this competitive world
CoalaR Events:
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
Good Times for plutocrat,.

From the Flaming Sword we learn
that times are good (for the million
aire) II and prosperity booming as
Gagged by the secretary of the treas
ury who g scheming to do away with
greenbacks, and issue bonds instead.
for our dear" people, whom the bank
ers OF Lombard and Wall streets love
so well and cater to their wants so
faithfully. Such is life. in the poor
mans mind Eek.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
ARE YOU TO LIVE IN ALASKA?
Some Requirements That Will BE Found
Indispensable.

The universal article of diet in that
country, depended upon and indispens-
able, is bread or biscuit. And to make
the bread and biscuit, either in the
camp or upon the trail. yeast cannot be
used-it must be baking powder; and
the powder manufactured by the pro-
cesses of the Royal Baking Powder
Company, miners and prospectors have
learned, is the only one which will
stand in that peculiar climate of cold
and dampness and raise the bread and
biscuit satisfactorily.
These facts are very important for
every one proposing to go to Alaska
and the Yukon country to know, for
should he be persuaded by some out
filter to take one of the cheap brands
of baking powder, it will cost just as
much to transport it, and then when
he opens it for use, after all his labor
in packing it over the long and difficult
route, he will find solid caked mass
or a lot of spoiled powder, with no
strength and useless. Such a mistake
might lead to the most serious results.
ment in food, or try to economic with
your stomach. For use in such
climate, and under the trying and
fatiguing. conditions of life and labor
in that country, everything must be
the best and most useful, and above
all it is imperative that all food sup
plies shall have perfect keeping quail
Sc 10
difficult and expensive routes an arti-
Gle that will deteriorate in transit, or
that will be found when required for
use to have lost a great part of it's
value.
There is no better guide to follow in
these matters than the advice of those
who have gone through similar expert
ence. Mr.. McQuesten, who is called
1.-The father of Alaska" after an expert
ence of years upon the trail, in the
camp, and in the use of every kind of
supply, says: eve find in Alaska that
the Importance of a proper kind Of
baking powder cannot be overesti-
mated. A miner with a can of bad
baking powder is almost helpless in
Alaska. We have tried all sorts, and
have been obliged to settle down to use
nothing but the Royal. 1t is stronger
and carries further at first, but above
all things, it is the only powder that
will endure the severe climatic changes
of the arctic region"
It is for the same reasons that the
United States government in it's relief
expeditions, and Peary, the famous
arctic traveller, have carried the Royal
Baking Powder exclusively.
The Royal Baking Powder will not
cake nor lose its strength either on
board ship or in damp climates, and is
the most highly concentrated and eff
cient of leavening agents. Hence it is
indispensable to every Alaskan outfit.
1t can be had Of any of the trading
companies in Alaska, but should the
miner procure his supplies before leav-
ing, he should resist every attempt of
the outftter to palm off upon him any
Of the other brands of baking pow
der, for they will spoil and prove the
cause of great disappointment and
trouble.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
One Defended OF
by the
FORM o just showss
From New Time

From New Time.
inns young man did not give himself
70 his country in the war of the re-
oelllon. He had $4,000 in gold, and
"hen government bonds went down to
~ he bought 100000. Uncle Sam has
PAID the interest, $4,000 per annum, in
gold ever since, and exempted him
from all taxation which we will say,
is equal to 2 per cent. more, which
makes his yearly pension for invest
ing IN sure thing" $4,000 But even
ILLS is not good enough for this man.
Our Uncle Sam therefore gave him
pack $4,000 in national bank notes.
every one of which was indorsed by
uncle Sam. Thus, in addition to his
pension OF $4,000 a year in gold, with
exemption from taxation risk. worry,
care and labor, he has enjoyed the use
and Increment of $4,000 for over thirty
years. And besides all this, this pa
trlotic' citizen Who is so very Jealous
OF the nations nonor" still has his
pond yielding him six thousand 200
cent dollars every year, and his $780,
ooo bank notes, which yield as much
more at least. Then we find his pres
ent worth to be as follows:
His bond, which is still yield
ing him six thousand 200
cent dollars per year at mar
| ket value, about S119 OOo
National banl: notes ....... 10000
Profits bank notes thirty years.
0''inoteu '...... $50 900
saved IN taxes thirty years.. 10000
interest on bond ....... $50 900
Now we find him worth S62S. 900
Reader, do you think he has been
fully paid for his kind of patriotism?
Or DO you think he deserves still fur
Their favors for his unspeakable patriot
ism. If so, do you think our present
system OF finance is 1.-THE best the world
ever saw Are you willing to have
our government make so much differ
ence between it's rich and poor citi-
zens? How do you suppose the legis-
latlon, the workings and results of
which are here illustrated, was OBJ
tanned? Bondholder is worth, bonds
and interest, $62S,OO0.
He belittles the soldier and calls him
an anarchist. But he does this merely
to hide his own iniquities. Some day
his guilt will find him out. Then the
soldier will put rope around his neck
and hang him for treason to our flag
and our country. The days of the bond
holder are about numbered The time
is near at hand when he will have to
go to work.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11

compare the, foregoing evils which
india has experienced with the condi-
ions which have prevailed in the
other silver-using countries In Japan
there have been rising prices and good
times to the producing classes until
the creditor class secured the adoption
of the gold standard of falling prices.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
Worse Than a P1utocr.t.

Mark Hanna gives the lie to those
who term him plutocrat. There is.
after all, line of demarcation between
rlutocrat and corruptionist.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11

This embarrassment to trade has
been due to falls in the average Of
prices and the dislocation of the par
or exchange with the other. silver US
ing countries, and the advantage given
to English manufacturers through the
restored par Of exchange with India.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11

In Mexico there have been rising
prices, a bounty on exports, home
manufactures stimulated, and as a
consequence a grand era of prosperity
Ihls contrast is an object lesson which
is not being lost upon the producing
classes Of the United States.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11

They did not all see these things in
1896, for these facts were denied by
the gold standard advocates; but the
prosperity which those advocates
promised has proved to be a prosper
lty for those only who are benefited by
falls in the average of prices, and this
excludes the producing classes-95 per
cent Of the population.
The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1898-02-11
SILVER IN INDIA.
(By George H. Shihley,A

The Indian government, in its an
sWer to the proposition to join with
the United States and France in the
free coinage of silver and gold at i5k
TO l, makes this very important admis-
sion: India has, since 1898, passed
through period Of serious tension and
embarrassment, alike to trade and to
the government"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-13
\ COMPANY FORMED.

TIL martial spirit pcrvadcs the
breasts Of old and young and those who
cannot find vent by joining some COM
ranY to go forth to do or die" seek
some other means. II was some such
idea Of this latter kind that eliminated
last week ia the formation Of COM
pany of young men whose ages range
from l6 to 20 ycaIs.
The organization took place at the
Jackson Street Baptist church and
about forty young men were enrolled
Officers We're chosen, both company
ana otherwise, for it is intended to have
literary side to this company. The
following are the officers President
George Nichols; vice president, w. H.
Thomas: financial secretary, PctCf
Lewis; recording secretary, Reese
Grill tbs; treasurer, G. j. CoOns; cap
tain, William Morgan; first lieutenant.
Perry Clark; second lieutenan, John
Hitchings. The nOn-Commissioned Of
ficCrs such as serGeants, cOrpOrals, etc,
will be selected at next Monday even
ing's meeting
The boys are in real earnest and are
enthusiastic. Their captain has served
three years i'm the regular army AMI
three more in the National guard
They will drill once a week on Monday
evenings.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-05-13
TOLD IN 4 FEW LINES.

W. w. Williams was arrested YES
tcrday al the instance of Mrs. Luke
Evans, on the charge of committing an
assault and battery on her minor son,
Eugene LlOyd. The case was to have
been heard last evening, but was post
pOrcd until ihis evening.
David j. Jones, of. Wayne avenue, is
indlspOscd.
The Ladies' Aid society Of the Prim-
itive Methodist church will celebrate
the sixteenth anniversary of itS or
ganization on May l6 TO nttlngly
commemorate the occasion a large pro-
gramme, in which several of the best
artists of the city will participate, has
been arranged, 1t is expected that a
large crowd will assist them in cele-
brating.
The funeral of Elijah Huntsman win
take place tomorrow afternoon from
his late home ON Green Ridge street
Intermcut will be made in Forest Ilill
cemetery.
Misses Lena Edwards and Bertha
Simmons,of this place, called ON friends
i'm Olyphant yesterday.
The members Of Father Witty soci-
city enjoyed a social time i'm their rooms
in II. Marys hall last evening. \ pro-
gramme comprising numbers Of much
interest was rendered, The members
had present with them as guests a
large number Of their friends.