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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-24
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"EnRfishmen feel something like pride
in Cronta even as a foe says the Daily
News In position covering only a
SQUARE -srss~s hrmmed IN on all sides xfrs
cied with q chain Of FIRE from rife. Maxim
and howitxrr. played on ny iyddite. burst
ing In rs own slekly green light. his has,
tily bullt trenches cnnIadcd by stream
OF lead sweeping down the river from the
north bank. Gen croBie sfiil elects TO
fight II r. a magninoent courage"
Gen. Cronjs's wife is described by tho
prisoners as urging him to surrender. in
order TO save the lives Of hts men. but he
would not,
Bocr- Concentrate Near Kimberley.
The cavalry patrols sent by Lord Meth
uen north of Kimberley discovered tho
Boers concentrating. whether for defense
or ofren.e rs simply conjecture.
The Beers seem 60 he retiring from Gen.
Gatacre's front AZ stefksiroom, IN order
20 reinforce tho Free statefs
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Sec. That nothing contained in this
act shall be construed 70 3reet he legal
tender quality as now provided by law q
the silver dollar or og any eshsr money
coined or issued BY the United STATES
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-02-24

The text of the bill as agreed upon. an'
as IT will be reported by the conferees
and as It probably will become a law. &
as follows:
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Fighting by proceeding ia jhn sieingsy
~ Pietest thie narning- Gen HGileTs
advance o. hsfrg opposed ~ heih BIG
guns and rife fre
The Daily ChFoleis has fhs fajlgwlns
dispatch from I4aarsmlsh dated Saturday,
February i7
'fAH daf men Father on the Convent
hiil aNd fs9 ~ aee Gen Bullsre shells
Bursting in fhe d.Rtaucs Tha sfsgo has
hsen snsS prsHriblF tesi0Rs fqr the last
farguiRhf Hoer eHmge have sasigrly aia.
appeared frenn iha ela poaltions within
the last few days end largs g2FfieA with
wagons ars 1rskxing westward II i as
ssnled that the Frse ststers are x1lnx
"a reaist the advance - Lord Roberts
s.w. FROM the front coani1tiax.
Ths Isoassaz9 MARQUES Correspondent "
ths Daily SewS, telsgraphing Tuesday.
aaya
I'VE ars ta a state ~ Go4bt and AJAX
ietJ regarding eeaufs fr tne Free STATE
we hear that tbs telegraph wiFWv between
Ger Crouye and iUsmfgpiein have been
severed ana fhe neer from tbe front 10
conflicting
fit 81 symptom ~ ihe present trend p,
events that storekeeperr ia fhe Free
sste have wired here stopping the for.
uardlHs ~ goods learn that fHe
Trnus4aal government has c5aasa in
0Hli.au a' pretoria aad u coming E.gB
Anser eiEns q month.
Reported sortis by white.
The Daily Telegraph has the following
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26
One OF the Gravent Perilr.

OF all the dangers involved in Bry-
ans desperate campaign none is more
serious than the effect which his cleo
ton would have on the supreme court
of the United States. Within the next
four years in the natural order Of
things there will probably be four and
possibly seven vacancies on the bench
of that tribunal. In the event of his
election Mr.. Bryan would fill vacan-
cies on the supreme bench with men
who, like himself, support the denun-
ciatory resolutions of the Chicago plat
form.
Here is one of the dlrest perils of
Organism. With the supreme court
dominated by Populist majority Bry-
an could revOlutionize the government,
overthrow the gold standard. destroy
the fundamental safeguards of the con
stitutiOn and paralyze the functions OF
congress. Think of Altgeld as the sue
cessor OF Chief Justice Fuller, of Lent7
succeeding Justice Gray, of Hogg in
place of Justice Harlan or Of Champ
Clark of Missouri rattling around IN
the chair now occupied by Justice
| Brewerl
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26
Contracts Void if Bryan Wins.

1t has not been an unusual circum-
stance recently where important busi-
ness contracts have been entered into
for the documents to contain this
clause:
This contract to be null and void in
case of the election of William Jen-
nings Bryan as president of the United
States"
In the consideration of business
plans for the future capitalists and
business men are leaving as little as
possible to risk.
The Nazareth Portland Cement COM
pany of Nazareth, Pa, furnishes a case
in point The company, which has a
Pennsylvania charter, is about 2 years
old and has been selling cement for
about year. 1t was one of the first
companies to establish itself In the
now noted Nazareth region and is one
of the largest producers, it's present
output amounting to about 1000 bar
rels daily. 1t is their plan to build
new plant that will triple or quadruple
the output and employ 500 men instead
of $50. The plan, however, will be
abandoned should Mckinley fail of
election.
Instead Of enlarging our plant"
said George Coffing Warner, attorney
for the new controlling interests, 1--WE
would calculate upon buying up the
plants of smaller concerns that would
90 bankrupt In the event of Bryan's
election. The demand for cement is
fairly good, but the business will go to
smash unless Mckinley is elected. The
reason is that great many new build
ings and new enterprises that are pro-
Jected are to go ahead only upon the
condition of McKinley's reelection.
The orders in general business, as we'll
as in the building trade, are being
conditioned upon Republican success
at the polls.
Il have a friend, the head of a cor
poration owning a textile mill in this
section Of the country, who is going ia
build new mill to double the capacity
Of his concern at a cost of $1,000, 600
His engineers have been working for q
year on the matter, and the plans and
specifications are all drawn. The cor
poratiOn employs about 1000 men
and with the completion of this new
mill will employ 1000. If Mckinley /:
not elected, this project will be aban
doned, and they will make up theil
minds to get on with the old mill"
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26
Ma TIMES, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER , g. 1900
Southern Drr Goods Trade.


Extracts from recent interviews with
representatives of three leading New
York business houses:
Mi. John c. Games of the II. B. Claf.
lin company; The prosperity of the
south Is wonderful. The sales this fall
surpass even those of last year. when
the business done was extraordinarily
large"
Mr.. George L. Putnam of Sweetser.
PembrOOk & Co.: "The trade this year
will sUrpass the splendid record made
last year. During President Cleve-
lands administration manufacturing
lanGuished Now old mills have start
ed, and new ones have been built.
There have been more new merchants
in this city this year than ever before.
Confidence has been established. In
the south there has been a phenomenal
building of cotton mills. If Mckinley
is reelected, there will be Industrial ac-
tivity such as we have never seen"
Charles II. Webb of James II. Dun
ham q Co.: I'VE are Overrun with buy
ers. Merchants from every section are
perfectly satisfied with the administra-
tion, and | look upon it as n strange
occurrence to find a Bryan man among
them, especially among southern mer
chants. Business men of the south
and noticeably among them the Demo
Gratis, express themselves freely rs
wanting Mr.. Mckinley for their mex
president"
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26
Railway Employees For Mckinley.

Railway Employees For Mckinley.
An important action has just been
taken by the Railway and Telegraph
Employees Political League of Illinois
in indOrsing the administration of Pres
dent Mckinley. The league convened
at Chicago, and members of 80 state or
CARNATIONS, comprising 10000 railroad
employees and representing every rail
road and every branch of the railroad
service in Illinois, were in attendance.
After q four hours discussion of the
matter resolutions were unanimously
passed approving the principles of
sound money and protective tariff and
opposing all candidates who oppose
those principles as being detrimental
to the interests alike of the railway
companies and of their employees. A
campaign committee composed of rep
resentatives of each railway was ap-
pointed to canvass throughout the
state for the reelection of Mckinley,
and the president of the committee,
Mr.. ]. W. Callahan. stated very frank
! ly that the action of the league in this
matter was partisan aud was intended
/ so to be because the league considered
! it for their best interests that the pres
ent administration should be cOntin-
ucd. and they proposed to do every
thing they could to bring about that
result; that the railway employees of
. Illinois were fully aware that many
more men are employed. more wages
are paid. and there is a far greater vol
ume of business on the railroads now
than under the previous admiaistra-
ton, and it is simply the exercise OF
common sense to work for q continu
auce of these cobHHons.
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26
PRACTICAL LTESTSFOR BRYAN
E-hy His EIOQucncc Should Not Mis-
lead Any Man Who Thinks.

lead Any Man Who Thinks.
1t is a recognized fact that one cam
not successfully sail a ship or run a
locomotive without previous training
and that only disaster can be expected
to result from an attempt to do it.
Air. Bryan Undertakes to reform and
readjust the business of the country,
ard one would naturally suppose that
his Oracular uttersnces were based
upon large experience in commerce
and finance. But inquiry elicits the
following facts:
Mr.. Bryan is prOfessedly a lawyer,
but in Lincoln, Neb., where he resides,
be has never been retained in any case
Of Importance and his small practice
has been in the county court, where
jurisdiction is limited to $500, and be-
fore the justice of the peace.
lie has never been connected or plac-
ed in touch with any financial or COM
mercial or manufacturing or Industrial
business whatever and has therefore
never had opportunity for any educa-
ton in these matters.
He has never had any experience in
the state legislature.
He has never even served as alder
man in the city council of Lincoln.
He has never had any political ex-
perience whatever, outside of his four
years in congress and his campaigning
tours. Although 40 years Of age, his
only apparent source of income is what
he may derive as compensation for his
public speaking and from contributions
of the free silver people.
A well informed fellow citizen ex-
presses the opinion that there are a
hundred men in the town of Lincoln
better fitted. from experience in busi-
ness and training in the practical af-
fairs of life and in observation of af-
fairs of state and nation, to assume the
duties of president of the United
States than is Mr.. Bryan.
History teaches that the business in
terests of the individual and of the
country can be successful only wher
they follow the teachings of expert
ence and only infinite peril could re
suit from the accepted leadership Of g
talking machine like Bryan, who has
nothing to recommend him but his gif
of speech.
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26
Dryan's Ont Crop.

a young farmer Of Tuscola, Ills,
thus paid his respects to Mr.. Bryan in
published letter recently:
Mr. Bryan says that he made So to the acre with
his five acres of oats, yet from his immature ex-
perience he judges Of the agricultural prosperity
lie makes two mistakes. He would be a poor
farmer who could not make IS out Of the sS clear.
Mr.. Bryan says that is not enough Perhaps 1t is
not on his very high priced land, but It is per
cent on 800 land. And land that is worth less
than sl0O will produce well or better than that
OF Mr.. Bryan's. Land that sells for $50 and 800
Will rent for IS TO $3.50. That is more than
per cent on the investment, is 1t notf And what
railroad share paying per cent could you get for
less than Sl1O2 None perhaps. No. Mr.. Bryan 8
experience" Is not "a fair illustration of what
Is going on in the country" Considering the
amount Of grain raised, the prices are fair. Mr..
Bryan makes another mistake when he hints that
Republican votes are being lost because the farm
ers are not making enough. Even the renter Is
making better income on what he owns and
"hat he does than he would II the two were sepa-
rated. No farmer having fair crops (Which are
controlled by nature) need complain Of the prices
(which are controlled by mani this year.
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26
BRANCH ROADS.

Leave Harrington for Franklin City, and way
stations, milford, Georgetown, Berlin. Lewes &c)
10 3S a. m. and $50 p. m. weekdays Return
ing, train leaves Fran kiln City 90 a. m. and
1.37 p. IN. weekdays.
Leave franklin City for Chincoteague (via
steamer) 1.33 p. m. weekdays. Returning, leave
ChincOteague 50 a. m. week days.
Leave Harrington for Georgetown, Lewes and
RehOboth at 1O.3S q. M, $50 D. m. week days.
Returning leave RehOboth 6.33 a. m, and 25l
p. m. week days; 7.22 a. m Mondays only.
Leave Harrington for Berlin, 1898 a. m. and
$50 p. m. weekdays. Returning leave Berlin
6.66 a. m. and 2 80 D. m. week days.
Leave Townsend for Centreville and way sta.
at 9.23 a. m and 5.54 p. m. weekdays: Re-
turning, leave Centreville ISL a. m. and 2.45 p.
M, week days.
Leave Clayton for oxford and way stations at
9.38 m. and 5.5S p. m. Returning leave Ok
ford 700 a. NJ. and 1.56 p. m. week days.
Leave Seaford for Cambridge and interme.
diate stations at lily q. m. and 72S p. m. week
days Returning, leave Cambridge at 700 a. m
| and 2.30 p. m. week days,
Train leaves Clayton for Chestertown 10.15 m
| returning, leaves Chestertown, $50 a. m.
CoNNEcTIoNs.- Porter. with Newark d Della
ware City Railroad. At Townsend with Queen
Anne So Ken tRailroad. AtClayton, with Delaware
chesapeake Railroad and Baltimore q Delaware
Bay Railroad. At Harrington with DelswPre
Maryland 4 Virginia Railroad. AtSeato. h
/ Cambridge & Seaford Railroad. At Dem
New York, Philadelphia 4 Norfolk, WI
Pocomoke and Peninsula Railroads.
fDaily except Sunday.
| ]. B. HUTCHINSON, General Manager.
| j. X. WOOD. General Passenger Agent.
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26
The Menace of Disaster.

GOOD wishes alone will not bring sue
cess to the Republican party in No
vember. There must be educational
work IN the way of publications and
speeches, and the vote must be got out.
The assaults of the Bryan Democratic
requisite combination must be met.
After the experience Of 1892, when
the administration which had brought
the greatest prosperity to the nation
that 1t had ever known up to that time
was turned out of Office and one in
stalled that brought upon the nation
untold disaster, it will not do to take
anything for granted. The disaster
that would follow the election of Bry-
an would be tenfold greater than that
which followed the election of Cleve-
land on free trade platform. The de-
cline in the value of farm animals
alone under Cleveland aggregated near
ly $1,000000,000. Over 100000 men
were thrown out of employment. The
consumption of wheat, owing to the
poverty Of the people, declined from
6 bushels per capita under Harrison to
3.SS bushels under Cleveland, causing
a decline in prices and enormous loss
to the farmers. The export price in
1892 was $1.03 per bushel and only 67
cents in 1894. Other products fell in
value in a similar manner. Wages
went down, and the deposits in the
savings banks declined from S2G.11 per
capita in 1892 to $25.53 in 1894 Trans
actions in the clearing houses of the
country declined from SEC, ,SS3. .572, ,43S
in 1892 to $45,O2S 496, TAG in 1894. The
election of Cleveland on a free trade
the civil war.
How much greater will be the loss
| should Bryan be chosen on the free sill
! yer, free trade and anarchistic plat
form on which he is running. Can
the nation afford to take any such
chance? We do not believe that there
is one business man in a hundred who
thinks so. But there is danger without
hard work. Mr.. Hanna and many 9TH
ers are giving their entire time and a
good deal of their money to legitimate
work to avert the terrible disaster that
would follow Bryan's election. They
ask for help. Can business men afford
to neglect their part of the task? II
they reflect on the gloom and disaster
that followed Republican defeat il
1892 and the complete reversal of con
ditiOns that followed Republican sue
cess in 1896, they will certainly no
fail to do their duty this year.-Phila
delphia Press.
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26
A Georgia Judge scores Bryan.

The revolt in the south against Bry-
an continues to spread. In long pub
lished letter from Judge John j. Hunt
one of the leading lawyers and jurists
of Georgia, he demolishes Bryan's
paramount" issue of Imperialism and
shows that the whole texture of the In
dianapolis speech of acceptance was
worthy of nothing better than con
tempt from persons of ordinary intel
lectual capacity. Judge Hunt has beer
a Democrat all his life, and in 1896 he
was one of the electors at large for the
state of Georgia on tne Democratic
ticket.
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26

I Daily. EDalIy except sunday. = Leaves
Tuesdays and Saturdays only.
"a" Stops to leave passengers from Wilmington
south of Delmar.
"f' Stops only on notice to conductor OF agent,
or on signal.
81" Stops TO leave passengers from Middletown
and points south.
"p" Stops to leave passengers from points south
of Delmar, or take passengers for Wilmington
and points north.
NEW CASTLE ACCOMMODATION TRAIEs.-Leave
Wilmington S.13 a. m 1903. 4.39 and 65S p. m
weekdays Leave New Castle S.3l, 9.53, l1.0l
a. M, c 3S p m. week days.
Express trains leaving Harrington $40 a. m,
and arriving at 646 p. M, weekdays, run
through solid to and from Baltimore, via Porter
and Newark.
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26
Lincoln Yernus RrYan.

In his first inaugural address Presi-
uent Lincoln said, '"The power conhded
70 me will be used to hold, occupy ano
possess the property and places belong
ing to the government"
i, Bryan takes the opposite view Of the
uuty OF a president. He has pledged
himself. IL elected, to call an extra ses
sion Of congress to give up some OF the
territory Of the United States. = st
Louis Globe-Democrat
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26
The Omcini Programme.

The gold standard is here It has
visibly brought prosperity. Four years
have passed without ripple of anX
lety or perturbation about the cur.
rcncy. Gold exports come and go and
no one gives them thought. Once
established beyond question or chal-
lpnEc on the exclusive gold standard. a
sound currency takes care Of itsell
and next November it is going to take
care of Mr.. William Jennings Eryan-
philadelphia Press.
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26
A PnrticulRr Point.

''In case CT thi:, kind" said the law
yer, there are many things to be in
vestigated. and before take the case
there is one thing in particular that
must be looked into"
Il presume. said the client. that
you refer to my pocketbook. k."-Indian-
lpOlis Sun.
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26
UnwrIttcn History.

Giles-COlumbus must have been the
victim of hunko game.
Miles-Why do you think so?
GileS-BecauSe he was the first to
conceive the idea that the world wasn't
square.-Chicago Post.
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26

Muffs were first used by doctors to
keep their fingers soft and We're adopt
ed by ladies about 1850.
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26

Men marry because they are weary
of liberty. women because they desire
it.-Chicago News
Sailors cali a low lying Iceberg a
growler. and the worlu would in gen
for bulldogs and London four wheel
cabs, to which it is also applied
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26
General BraEg's Very Good Reason

"I am with Mckinley solely in conse-
uuence of the sound money issue. That
OF itself is enough to gain him the sup
port of every honest man In the coun'
try"
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26

Educate You" a.'wels With Cascarets.
.Jarey Cathartie, cure constipation forever.
)c. sSc II @ O. 3 Ia. drugg's' lund money.
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26

Nearly 100000 worth of articles are
pawned in London weekly.
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26
Philadelphia, Wilmington Z Baltimore Railroad
NEy.Gye sGN DIVaNEUN.

o. and tter July H. 100, trains will leave
as follow.
SnuIHWARD
Exp. Pass. EXP. Pass Mail Mail
Smyrna times., 1900-09-26
Freight Received in Philadelphia Daily, at arch
Street Wharf

Office, CumE.ins Building, next door to
the National Bank.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-07-25
Harry Secrist Died SATURDAY.

Harry, eleven-year-old son of George
w. Secrist, of Eleanora, died suddenly
Saturday morning. Death was caused
by a second paralytic stroke. One week
ago Wednesday the boy had stroke Of
paralysis which left him perfectly help
less. Funeral services were held Mon
day forenoon and remains were buried
in Syphrit cemetery. Harry was the
oldest son and was an Industrious little
fellow.
Less than eighteen months ago Mr..
Secrist was in Philadelphia hospital
under treatment for appendicitis, jan
uary 10Th he lost his left arm In the
Eleanora mines, and now when his boy
had reached the age when he would be
of considerable help to his father, the
Grim Reaper cut him down, and Mr.
Secrist justly feels that trouble is crowd
ing in on him fast. Mr.. and Mrs.
Sechrist have the sympathy of the
community.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-07-25
Will be Married To-day.

At 1910 q. m. to-day, July 25th,
James Kelley Johnston, Of the Johnston
h Nolan shoe firm, and Miss Mary Mar
garet Cooper, daughter OF Niniau
Cooper, Of this place, will be married at
the residence Of Joseph Hunter, in
Beechwoods-Mrs. Hunter Is a sister Of
Miss Cooper. Tho marriage ceremony
will be performed by Rev. w. Frank
Reber, pastor Of Reynodsville Presby.
terian church, assisted by Rev. George
II. Hill, pastor Beechwoods Presbyter-
ian church. 1t will not be large
wedding, only immediate relatives will
be present. Mr.. and Mrs. Johnston will
go to Pittsburg this afternoon on the
B. II. & p. "nyer" on ten day wedding
trip.
Miss Cooper and Mr.. Johnston are
prominent members and workers In
the Reynoldsville Presbyterian church,
are numbered among our most highly
esteemed citizens and both have host
Of friends in town. The Cooper resi-
dence on Grant street is being enlarged
and transformed into fine home and
as soon as the house Is completed Mr.
and Mrs. Johnston will reside there
The STAR extends congratulations and
joins Mr.. and Mrs. Johnston's friends In
wishing them unlimited happiness and
success in life's journey.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-07-25
Attached to p. 4 z.

August lst the Allegheny Valley
Railway passes into the hands OF the
Pennsylvania railroad and the Low
Grade Division becomes part Of the
Middle Division Of the p. e. r. railroad
and comes under the supervision OF
T. II. Roberts, OF Remove, who Is super
intendent of the Middle Division Of =.
Il f. Mr.. Roberts was in Reynoldsville
Monday to look over the affairs In this
section before he becomes superintcnd-
ent Of this branch.
IL was the general opinion that when
the Low Grade was attached to the p.
& f. that some Of the offices would
be moved away from here and the
changes would compel eight or ten fam
lilies to move to other towns. but we
are glad To state that there will be no
changes for the present at least, with
the exception Of Mr.. Rumsey retiring
rs superintendent Of the Low Grade,
and he will remain In the service
OF the company until the first of 1901
This is not only good news to the EN-.
ployes, but also to the townspeople, as
II was feared the dispatchers' office,
supervisors Office, trainmasters office
and several other offices would be
moved and Reynodsville would be only
a way station, besides losing eight or
ten excellent families, which we are
loathe to do.
AS division can only have one train
master and Mr.. Gardner Is the train
master on Middle Division, Mr.. Duns-
more, who was trainmaster OF Low
Grade, will be assistant trainmaster,
but his position will be more import
ant than 1t was rs trainmaster, for
he will virtually be Mr.. Roberts
assistant on this part Of the road.