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SUPREME
COURT REvERSES DECISION OF
DISTRICT COURT IN BIRD
BROS REcElVERSHIP.
Question OF the Stability of Security
in Banking Loans Involved and
Banks Express Lively g" .eIaction
a. outcome OF the Decision-Other
Cases Decided.

The state supreme court yesterday
handed down a decision in the Bird
Bros receivcrship case from this
county, reversing the lower cuurt and
set ing a precedent that is OF vast
importance to the people Of the state,
alo especially to the banking institu-
tons. who were watching the decision
with interest.
The reversal of the decision OF the
district court restores. the banks say,
Il condition OF affairs that would have
been unbearable had the decision been
otherwise.
The case is one III which the ranch
Of the Bird Bros. in the upper Centch-
mia! valley. is interested. Before Judge
BramGl retired from the bench of he
Second judicial district he rendered
judgment in a case against the bro
thecs- for something like $1,000, for
money loaned. ald appointed Sheriff
Cook as the receiver. Later Judge
Scott of the First district was called
to preside here and confirmed the ar
pOiutment of The receiver and ordered
the sale OF ONE property belonging
to the estate. among the rest a bunch
of cattle. The First National bank
had a lien against his bunch of catCl"
and an individual capitalist Of this
city also held a mortgage against the
same cattle. The judgment was owned
by a nonresident, and he insisted i'll
throwing the estate into the hands OF
a receiver. The action of. the district
court tended, the banks here say. to
j%eopardize their interest in the cattle
and weaken the security upon which
they had loaned money. and they hail
with delight the decision OF reversal
by the supreme court.
Three other cases were decided.
none OF which had local bearing spt-
officially. although II is of general
interest. 1t declares thai stockmen
must fence their holdings if they wart
to keep them from being trespass"d
upon.
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Chicago. ILL.,. April 26.-Terrence V.
Powderly, formerly president of the
Knights of Labor. in a speech at the
Auditorium hotel, said: THE best
time to stop a strike is a long time
before you begin (which is true. if
it is Irish. The labor leader who has
the interests of his men at heart will
fight the strike to the last ditch. for
of all the costly, cumbersome. waste
full, cruel methods of settling a diff
Guilty in labor matters. the strike and
lockout are the worst. Let the labor
leaders incorporate. The union has
nothing to fear from incorporation.
There is nothing the law can reach in
Incorporation that it cannot reach
now"
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SIXTEEN MASKED MEN ATTACK
BAND OF SHEEP BELONGING
TO STEVENS & MAX.
WELL OF THIS CITY.
Foreman and Two Of His Herders Tied
to Fence, Two Wagons Fired and
Burned and Three Hundred Head
of Sheep Slain With Clubs-Mem-
bers Of Mob Recognized and Will
Be Prosecuted to Full Extent OF
the Law.

Sixteen masked men at 1870 last
night made a raid on the sheep camp
of Stevens & Maxwell of this city, on
the Weaver ranch, "a miles south of
Laramie and six miles southwest of
Tie Siding. burning two sheep wagons
with the supply of grub and killing
about 800 head of sheep Of the band
of 5000 breeding ewes owned by Stew
ems & Maxwell and running on lands
owned and leased By Mr.. Maxwell.
The Landing of this flock of sheep was
to have begun on the 10th of next
month.
Word of the outrage was reported
to DR.. Stevens here at noon today,
when Cyrus Engbrson. the foreman
OF the ranch, reached the city, and the
matter was at once laid before the Of
ficers. EIgbrson was in charge Of
the camp at the time and was one OF
the victims of the mob. He says he
recognized a number of the members
of the mob, although all wore masks.
He knew them by their voices, by their
clothes and by their general appear
aEce, having been acquainted with the
suspected men for some time and be-
ing familiar to a certain extent with
them and their manner of speech.
According to the story told by Mr..
Engbrson, he and two of his herders
were asleep in their wagons on the
range, the fourth member of the party
being on watch, as is the custom, to
see that no harm came to the sheep
at night. At 11:25 the Waterman
came to the wagons and awoke his
companions, telling them there was
something going on in the camp. The
three men arose. and made for a patch
of young timber near by. as they could
plainly see the forms of a number OF
men about a small cabin near the wag-
ons. and believing that the mob would
fire upon the wagons. they deemed
discretion the better part of valor.
The mob did fire in the direction OF
the herders, but over their heads. at
the same time commanding them to
hold up their hands. The herders re-
cognized the number OF the mob and
at once surrendered. In all sixteen
men set upon them and tied three of
them to a fence. A Mexican consider
ed harmless was permitted to so I'M
tied. Mr.. Engbrson asked the leader
of the mob what he intended to do.
I'VE shall kill the whole works." he
said, "if the strength of my men holds
out. and you, too, if you make any
noise or attempt to give the alarm.
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are here to wipe out this band of

! We are here to wipe out this band OF
sheep and will do it.
When the three men were securely
tied, first their hands behind their
backs and then each mar to a post,
the wagons were fired and pine poles
and pieces of timber thrown into the
fire to help out the blaze. Some bed
ding belonging to the herders was
thrown out of one of the wagons. but
the food supply and the other contents
Of the two wagons were consumed.
While the men We're talking to Eng.
brson he declared he recognized a num-
Der of the leaders, but said nothing
to them of having recognized them.
After the mob had killed the sheep
and after the wagons had been con,
sumed, the men vanished into the dis
lance and were lost to view.
The foreman says the moon a
clearly shining at the time, and with
its light and the light of the burning
wagons, he had no difficulty in noting
the men and taking c~ognizance OF
facts that will lead to his identified
ton of them when they are captured.
Warrants will be worn out for them
as soon as the officers a accomplish
the task and sheriffs will be SEN to
make the arrests.
DR.. Stevens was sec this afternoon
ald said everything would be done
that could be to bring the members of
the mob to justice. He declared the
sheep were grazing on lands owned by
and leased to Mr.. Maxwell and him
self, and that they had not been off
their own territory lately. The band
consisted of 5000 ewes. kept for
breeding purposes. and that lambing
will begin on the remainder about the
10th Of May. The sheep slain were
struck on the head with clubs, some
times their backs being broken, and
he supposes the men actually became
tired of the slaughter and desisted.
As soon as the mob had departed the
Mexican who was not molested re-
leased his companions, and Mr.. Eng
brson, the foreman, made his way to
this city as rapidly as possible.
Mr.. Maxwell, one of the owners OF
the band, is at the Home hospital in
this city, where he has been for sew
eral weeks, under the are of a ply
stefan, and knew nothing, of course,
of the raid upon his sheep until the
arrival Of the foreman about noon.
Engbrson was greatly excited, as who
would not be, and told the story with
all the vehemence possible. He said
the members of the mob more than
once threatened the lives of the four
herders, or, rather. the three, as the
Mexican was II molested, being I'M
able to speak very much English and
considered practically harmless.
The matter has created a good deal
of excitement among the sheep men
of this county, as this is the mos
fragrant case that has occurred here
for some time. The certain knowl-
edge of the identity of some of the
men possessed by Engbrson will be
used in their capture and conviction.
DR.. Stevens declares he will prosecute
the mel to the last ditch.
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PERSONAL NOTES,

AnatOle Leroy Beaulieu. the econo.
mist and publicist. has left Paris for
the United States. He will deliver a
series Of lectures at Harvard.
The Introduction Of the masked bal
by the Japanese social leaders paves
the way for the advent of that other
great factor Of civilization, the high
ball.
James Seligman, the well known
New York banker. celebrated his SOth
y ..,nday on Thursday last. Mr.. Selig-
man received kilograms and cable dis
patches from all over the world.
John Shepard, a Boston merchant,
has recently celebrated the fftieth an
niversary of his entrance into business
in that city, and especially marked the
day by the gift of $4,000 to endow a
flee bed in the Massachusetts General
hospital in that city.
Dispatches announce that Frank A.
MunSoy. the magazine publisher. has
abandoned his effort to make the New
York Daily News a success on the
lines he had laid down. Mr.. Munsey
acknowledges he has sunk Il good deal
of money in the fruitless attempt.
General Dan" Sickles is coming to
be regarded as the economist of the
New York board of aldermen. At a
meeting last week he objected to hir-
ing a new s~tenographer at $3.50 per
year when all the good stenosraphers
needed can he had at $500" The gen.
cral pointed out that aldermen only
get $1,000 salary, but then" he added
on reflection. perhaps that is more
than we are worth to the city"
General Lew Wallace. the HoOsier
soldier. diplomat. author" to whom a
loving cup was presented recently by
literary friends Of the west. celebrated
his seventy-scvcnth birthday anniver-
sary on Sunday at the home Of his son,
Henry Wallace, in indianapolis. The
day was not marked by any special GER
emory or celebration. but the general
was the recipient of many congratulate
tons from friends and admirers.
Ex-senator William A. Harris of
Kansas has lately written to friends
that while grateful for the favorable
mention of his name in connection
with the democratic nomination for
the gOyernorship of the state. he wishes
it understood that he could not permit
his name in any circumstances to be
used as a candidate for any office. He
says that his health is not very good at
present. and that it would be absolute
ly impossible for him to attend to his
business and 90 into politics in any
way whatever.
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RUSSIAN FLEET
TRAPPED AGAIN
STATED AS MATTER OF FACT
THAT vLAOIvoSTCk VESSELS
ARE IN ANOTHER HOLE.
Japanese Fleet Cut in Behind the
Bears Boats and Now Latter Must
Fight Their Way Out Many
Troops Concentrated on Frontier
Foreign News in General.

Che Foo. April 2G.-Surprise is man.
ifest here over the report that the
Vladivostok squadron is out again and
had sunk a Japanese merchant steam,
err. 1t is stated here tnat as a matter
of fact the fleet rushed into another
After the V~ladivostok squadron was
out the Japanese admiral. who had
been watching closely, u in behind
the Russian boats, cutting them off
from their base at Vladivostok, and
now they will be compelled to fight
the big fleet of the Japs. who are
gathering for a big contest.
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LABOR PARTY CONTROLS.
Has Completely Recognized Cabinet
in Australia.

Melbourne. April 26.-Labor rules iii
this continent. Australians new cab
met has just been formed. Mr.. Wat
son. the labor leader. is the premier.
Mr.. Hughes has been chosen for eX-
ternal affairs, Mr.. Higgins for attorney
general. Mr.. Mahon for postmaster
general, and all the other officers are
members of the labor party.
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MANY MEN
Believed to Mark End Of Struggle at
Des Moines.

Des Moines. Iowa. April 26s-The re
turn of five hundred men who quit
when the employers declared a lockout
it is believed marks the end of the
struggle between the labor unions and
the contractors. The plumbers and
electricians alone hold out. The en-
ployers are generally insisting upon
an open shop"
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OIL MAGNET DEAD.
One Of the Founders Of the Standard
OIL Company 10 No More.

New York. April 26.-Final account
ing vas made this morning before the
surrogate of White Plains Of the estate
Of Bradford McGregor Of Cleveland,
one Of the Standard Oil company
O00, 00O, $4,000, 900 being in personal
property. Bradford McGregor was
married on his deathbed to Clara
Shanner Of this city. and by a family
arrangement she was today given
81. 900 900 in cash and agreed to relieve
the estate of all claims.
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Completes Concentration of Troops,

st. Petersburg. April 26.-General
kuropatkin has completed the con
centration of his forces on the line
from Mukden through Lao Yang to
the Yalu and from Mukden to New
2ncamped on the banks of the Yalu
and 10000 at T%akushan, at the head
OF the Korea bay. Another force holds
the Tumen river from the Korean
frontier to the headwaters of the Yalu.
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KILLED SEVEN MEN
MAN WHO coNFEssEDTo WHOLE
SALE MURDER GUARDED By
SOLDIERS WITH GUNS.
Benny Simmons Trial Will Probably
Begin Tomorrow at Austin, Texas
-Lawton Man WHIP Killed An
other in Street DueIssNas Refused
Bail and Remanded p Jail.

Austin, Tex, April 26.-Four COM
panies of infantry and 2 Calling gun
squadron are encamped near the court
house guarding Benny Sinmfns-1vhuss
trial will probably occur Wednesday,.
Simmons Is said to have confessed this
morning to the killing of seven people
in the past four years.
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WANTS TO Jet ON.
Henry Allen Asks the Supreme Court
to Compel Certifying Of His Name.

Topeka, Kas., April 26.-Henry Al
len today filed in the supreme court
an application for a writ of mandamus
compelling the secretary of state to
clerks as the republican nominee for
congress from the Second Kansas dis.
trict, and the case is set for May s.
The court once before refused a writ
on the ground that the application was
premature.
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IN RE TRUST MATTER
RESOLUTION CALLING UPON AT
ToRNEY GENERAL ADOPTED
WITHOUT DEBATE.
Representative Williams Wants to
Know About Northern Securities
Company and Anthracite Trust
Rhode Island commends Roosevelt
Administration-Dined a Prince.

Washington, D. c., April 26.-The
resolution of Representative Williams,
calling upon the attorney general to
report to the house whether or o any
criminal proceedings had been insti'
tuted against the principals of the
Northern Securities company. and
whether n investigation of the
charges against the anthracite trust
had been made, was adopted without
debate, by agreement.
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BIG CELEBRATION.
Odd Fellows Of Five States Gather a
Carbondale.

Carbonate, Ills, April 26.-The Odd
Fellows Interstate association, COM
prising Illinois. Indiana, Tennessee,
Kentucky and Arkansas, convened
here today for the nineteenth annual
celebration. Five thousand people are
present.
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Rhode Island for Roosevelt.

Providence. R. l., April 26.-The re-
publican state convention today en-
dorsed the national platform OF 1900.
commended the administration of
President Roosevelt and pledged him
its support.
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Second Attempt Against maura.

Madrid, April ga second attempt
to assassinate Premier Maura was
made today. A shot was fired at him
while travelling to Madrid from Bar
celona. where he was stabbed a fort
night ago. The shot passed over
Maura's head as he a in a railway
coach. He was showered with broken
glass.
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DAMAGE RUNS HIGH
THE MARES DIES CYGNES RIVER
STEADILY RISING AND FORTY
FEET ABOVE ALREADY.
Missouri Pacific Tracks Blocked and
Frisco Tracks Submerged-ken-
lucky Cities Suffer From Yester-
days Wind Storm-Missouri River
Still Rising Rapidly.

Paola. Kas., April 26.-The Maries
das Cygnes river is steadily rising and
is now forty feet above low water
mark. The Missouri Pacific is blocked
at Osawatomie. while the Frisco
tracks at Pendleton are submerged
The damage runs into the thousands
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XXI ditor Wants Bond.

Lawton. Okla, April 26.-L. T. Rus
sell. the eX-editor charged with the
murder of Colonel William Hawkins in
a street duel, was refused bond today
and remanded to jail. He asked for
a writ of habeas corpus and release on
bond from Judge Gillette.
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Paris. April 26.-Russia has con-
cluded alone in this city through a
syndicate for the taking of $160 900 900
Of its treasury bonds. Eighty millions
is taken by individual members of the
syndicate. Public subscriptions will
supply the rest.
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Missouri River Threatening.

st. Louis, Mo-, April 26.-The Mis-,
souri, river reached the thirty-one-foot
stage today and is rising rapidly. Fear
of a repetition of the flood of last June
has caused many inhabitants of Ven
ice, Granite City and Brooklyn to flee
to higher ground.
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London. April GA Tien-Tsin ca
blegram reports that the Japanese
~combarded the forts at New-Chwang
yesterday. Nothing further is heard
from the Observation-Disclosures fleet
which sank a little Japanese steamer
at Wonson. Great enthusiasm was
aroused in St. Petersburg by this ex-
plot.
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Rome. April ga military review.
in which 10000 troops participated.
was held in honor of President Loubet
today. President Loubet in a carriage
rode to the parade ground with the
queen of Italy. but reviewed the troops
On horseback.
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Kentucky Towns Suffer.

Louisville. KY, April ga wind
storm which swept central and west
ern Kentucky yesterday caused dam
age estimated at $3.50, 1000. The towns
which suffered most are Paducah
Greensboro. Carlisle and parts OF
Maryvale.
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Kansas City, Mo, April 26.-The
second trial of State Senator Jewell.
charged with soliciting $4,000 in brides,
was continued today on ccoun of the
defendant being threatened with pneu-
monia.
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Railroad Strike at End,

Budapest. April 2G-The railroad
strike in Hungary is at an end and
roads are now running passenger and
freight trains regularly.
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Lima, Peru, April 26.-Several new
cases of the bubonic plague were re-
ported on Sunday. Several were found
on Monday and the fearful plague is
spreading.
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Strikers Bound Over.

Price. Utah. April 26.-The 1870
strikers arrested yesterday have been
bound Owe in $500 each for prelim.
mary hearing tomorrow morning.
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London. April 26.-King Edward and
Queen Alexandria landed at Kingston.
Ireland, today. and after a formal re-
ception proceeded to the Punchestown
races.
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Berlin, April 2G.-The governor of
German Africa cables today that ty.
plus has broken out in the army there
and many deaths are reported daily.
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FORMER PRESIDENT DEAD
Baltimore and Ohio Official Succumbs
After Long illness.

Chicago, April 26.-John ]. Cowan,
former president of the Baltimore and
Ohio, died this morning after a long
illness.
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Washington, d. c., April 26.-Secre-
tary Hay entertained at luncheon today
Prince Lun Tsee, a nephew of the
Chinese emperor. President Roose-
welt was present.
, 1904-04-26

Quincy. Mass. April 26.-On account
of labor troubles, the launching of the
battleship Massachusetts has been in
definitely postponed.
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Hand-tailored suits for spring that
hold their shape and fit at Woodruff &
'rerry's,
, 1904-04-26

The largest line Of boys clothing
shoes, hats, etc. Woodruff & Terry.
, 1904-04-26

Daily Republican SOC a month.
, 1904-04-26

Daily Republican soc a month
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Tnroart and IIIinnis.

AS between the Democratic National
Committee Chairman Thomas Taggart
and the Democratic leaders Of Illinois,
the situation is, to put it mildly more
than melancholy.
Chairman Taggart came to Chicago
and went away again leaving behind him
trail Of blasted hopes. The Illinois
Democrats expected to get some money
from the Democratic party, affluent for
the first time in many years, because the
trusts are with the Democracy. But
Chairman Taggart has no money to give
to Illinois. Whatever else may be said
of Chairman Taggart-whO is a fine fell
low-it has never been said OF him that
he las a fool. He knows better than
to waste money on Illinois i'll this cam
paign, and has practically, so expressed
himself.
This makes one sympathize and regret
somewhat the condition of the Democra-
tic leaders in Illinois, but eXalts ones
esteem Of Chairman Taggart's good
sense.
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Parker va. Cleveland.

Cleveland's second administration was
disastrous to the prosperity of the coun-
try; nevertheless, history will give much
credit to Cleveland because of his OBJ
stinate defense of the gold standard
against the assaults of his own party in
Congress, and because of his Venezuela
message.
But while Cleveland was doing his
best to preserve the gold standard, Park
er was voting for free silver. And when
Cleveland wrote his Venezuela messag
did he have the moral support of the
candidate who in his recent speech of
acceptance condemned as extravagant
and unjustifed the Republican policy of
getting the nation in readiness for war?
Had it not been for this very policy
as pursued by preceding Republican ad-
ministrations, President Cleveland's fam
Gus Venezuela message would have been
an empty bluff"
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was in accordance with the demand OF
the people, as expressed by their votes.
They, the people, have just as firmly
expressed their preference for protec-
tion. Neither currency nor tariff legis-
lation is so firmly enacted that the laws
could not be changed by Congress if the
people demanded their revision, and the
only reason that the Democratic party
is attempting to make the tariff an is
sue in this campaign is that they hope
the people have forgotten their sad ex-
perience under the Wilson-Gorman Dem
ocratic tariff bill. After the votes are
counted in November, the Democrats
will find that the people who by their
votes rule this country consider the pro-
tective policy as we'll as the gold stand
ard firmly and irrevocably established
as cardinal principles.
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posts in the nation. In neither of them
did he ever do an executive act that has
turned out disastrously for the country?
Where does the unsafeness come in?
The pretended alarm of Democrats on
this score is really great compliment
to Mr.. Roosevelt. 1t is equivalent to
saying that he is an energetic Presi-
dent. We Americans are an energetic
people, accustomed to doing things in
stead of sitting down and dreaming about
them, and why should not we have that
kind of a President? Mr.. Roosevelt's
energy is of the healthy American kind,
and it has had wholesome effect upon
our own people and in other countries.
A President who has spent his life doing
things is greatly preferable to one who
has spent his life writing judicial opin-
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TARIFF AND MONEY.
If One Standard Is Established, Why
Not the OtherT

Why should not the protective tariff
policy be as firmly and irrevocably
established" as the Democratic party and
its candidate for the Presidency con-
cedes the gold standard to be?
The gold standard was advocated by
che Republican party, and on this issue
the country went Republican by an over
Nhelming majority. The question of
tariff or free trade, and tariff reform
and revision, has been the issue in sew
eral national campaigns, and the people
by their votes decided finally that the
protective tariff principle should prevail
and that this country should be recog-
rized as favoring and supporting pro-
lection and not free trade. The Demo
cratic party was placed in power and
given the opportunity of demonstrating
the fallacy of its free trade or tariff for
rcvenue-only policy, and the result was
so disastrous that the people gladly re-
turned to protection at the first oppor-
tunity. and refused to EXPERIMENT
WITH FREE SILVER. The legisla-
ton by Congress fixing the gold standard