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THE MONEY QUESTION
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TRUE MONEY AND OUR
BNT VICIOUS SYSTEM
PRES.
i
The Intrinsic Value Fallacy
of All Villainies and the
of All the Montary EtIU That Afflict
la tit Sam
Foundation
H i
1 cent1 pot at compound to orest on
the day Christ was born at 6 per cent
would amount to more now than all
the wealth of every kind on the Amer
ican continent. Only 1 cent.
One dime placed at 5 per cent com
pound interest on the first Christmas
would now amount to oyer 3,000,000,-
000,000 of spheres as large as our earth
H PTES AND COMMENT,
il
Prof east nal
watch.
politicians will do te
of solid sold. It
1,600 years to
counting 100 a
Rev. D. Ogles by in Chicago Express:
A true system of money would secure
a just exchange of the products of la
bor. But the money systems of the
world are perverted, and money Is
made the instrument to rob and en
slave labor It is so oerverted that it
places the cart before the horse. Ig
noring the fact that labor fixes and
regulates prices of all property to be
exchanged, money is made to usurp
the place of labor, and it becomes mas
ter instead of servant. It sets and reg
ulates prices of everything on earth.
of money too, when as a matter of fact
it is nothing but the price of property
itself. I We read of money being
"cheao." or -dear." an "easy money
market, a "tight money market' etc.
Money, true money, bears a similar re
lation to property that the yard stick
does to a holt of cloth, or the survey
or's chain to a tract of land.
The yard stick does not make the
bolt of cloth longer or shorter, but is
used to ascertain its actual length. So
the surveyor's chain is used to ascertain
the boundary of a tract of land, not
to change the area. If the chain was
made of rubber the quarter section
might be made to contain 1,000 acres
instead of 640; just as our rubber sys-
tern of money makes the farmer's
wheat sometimes $1.50 per bushel and
sometimes 50 cents; or the laborer's
day of work sometimes $2.00 and some
times fl.00, all of which is accom
plished by expanding or contracting
the -volume of money in the country.
It is a wicked perversion of mcney
to give it such power.
It makes it the master and enslaves
the toilers.
This perversion f money Is based
on the false idea tnat'money is proper
ty; that it possesses intrinsic value.
It Is even recognized as not only
property, but elevated above all prop
erty. J
1. This idea gives rise to a class of
money-mongers men who deal in
money. Money is not made to deal In,
but to do business with.
1 This property Idea is the basis on
which usury or interest stands. There
is no other ia&p for interest to
stand on r property claim.
3. Th " S the source of
all dehf - j(kt0 draw ln' 2
would take a-man
count these globes,
day. It would make
over 800,000 rows of globes as large as
the earth made of solid gold, reach
ing to the sun. Only a. dime.
That is the outcome of property
money. The world is groaning under
its load and It is getting heavier every
hour. No wonder it crushed to pow
der Rome, Greece, EgypCand all the
great empires of earth.
We are traveling the same road and
unless we "face about" we will land
where they did. 'II
But we don't propose to "face about"
We voted to stick to the gold standard
because the Renuhlican oarty wanted
us to do it
For thirty years or over the Repub
lican and Democratic parties pretend
ed to fight each other with all their
might The reformers told the people
that it was a sham war. The old par
ties held up the tariff before the people
like shaking a red rag at a mad bull.
so as to keep the country from seeing
that. thnv vera manlDUlating the
money question so as to enslave them
Now the two old parties are married
and enjoying their honeymoon.
It was not free coinage of silrer that
both the old parti es hated. This was
sham again. It was the income .tax,
government by injunction, but espe
cially the war on national banks that
these our enemies hated.
The hard conditions of life produced
by this heathen system or money is
awful. "The destruction of the poor
is their poverfY" Bible. The harvest
of mammon worship is appalling. .
In th: mr 189iyer two hundred
men weprcjSked each 'fray to drunk
ard's graves. Oyer thirty murders
each day. andovet ten suicides.. Esti
mate ityou can the anguish, the tears,
the groans, the crushed hearts and
blasted lives of the wives and children
of wrecked families.
Yet we voted to worship the gold
calf on Nov. 3.
So this dance of death is to continue.
The world is going mad after wealth
and power.
Push the work of education on
eminent railroads.
There Is a strong mistrust that the
meat trust is hoggish. l
A howler for office is out
place in the People's party.
of his
"Banks are more dangerous
standing armies." Jefferson.
than
Let the war against banks of issue
be waged all along the line.
The Republican party has a large
batch of promises to redeem. Watch it
Agitate the question of compelling
the banks to give full security to depositors.
QUEEN OH ABB1TM0H.
Refers With Gratification to the Treaty
With the- United States.
BRITISH PARLIAMENT OPENED.
The Jaw Gymnasium, alias
American Congress, is now ln
blast.
the
full
If we had Direct Legislation we
could wipe up the earth with the politicians.
One of the demands of the times,
and one that the people will have soon,
is an income tax.
The banks have declared war on the
people's money, now let war be declar
ed against the banks.
The priests of mammon rejoice,
have gained a great victory.
They have put down anarchy.
have crushed out reparation.
era, and their
Hanna's money
m -- wm -am r i n or
in ii v xx. nr vu-
?ffitrated soT s7L Ln
. r rnnn mi
1
I
I
jted so
erty (money) m ,Ar
other property.
6 This produces panics
times, causing all prices
They
J
They
They
have their feet on the necn. of the toil-
slaves are subdued,
did it and they shout
for joy. Let the masses weep, starve.
uffer and die. What -care they?
Gold is God. "Wat is the Aimtgnty
that we should aerve him." "Is there
the Most High?" Yes.
ugh at their calamity and
their fear cometh." and it
Richvlew, 111.
nnd hatrd
to shrinjk,
houses are
, . f i j.
The People's party is no one man's
party or two men's foolishness. The
rank and file must rule.
One of the piincipal objections which
plutocratic papers urge against Popu
lism is Peffer's whiskers.
In Illinois a banker has been sent to
the penitentiary for robbing his de
positors. Mark one tor Illinois.
tct ai, ihe
vhat makes
Tt Mwh About 120.006.000 a year to
sustain tbMvy. anc b proposition
now is tc fctmense.
-rant. in. -necti' r
U U U W - - - '
big doNar of . l
the rich richf snoUia "r poorer.
jr fws from tnr
If 0 lafjc 4ake money,
then let! . om- '--iie repeal of the
law which makesgold a legal tender.
r .. a .
The $few York Journal is authority
for the statement that the Republic
ans had a campaign fund of $16,000,-
000. .
The ?pMth Front the Throne Read in
Joint Session in the Hium of Lords
Salisbury Land Art tration Treaty
Diminishes the Bisks or War .Brine;
Nation Together -Address Cheered.
Lokdox, England (By Cable.). The third
session of the Fourteenth Parliament was
opened Tuesday with the usual ceremonies,
laeladtag the formality of searching the
vauHs of the Parliament buildings for pos
sible Guy Fawkes. United States Ambassador
Bayard and Secretary Carter were present in
the House of Lords. Senator Edward O.
Woleott, of Colorado, was in the "distin
guished strangers' gallery in the House of
Commons.
That part of the Queen's speech devoted
to the arbitration treaties was as follows:
"Mv Government has dlscusse l with the
Unite 1 States, aoting as a friend of Vene
zuela, t'je terms whereunder pending ques
tions of the disputed frontier between that
republic and my colony of Britfsh Guiana
may be equitably submitted to arbitration,
and an arrangement has been arrived at with
that Government which will, I trust, effect
an adjustment of existing controversies with
out exposing to risk the interests of say ot
the colonists whoso established rights are in
.the disputed territory.
"It is with muoh gratiflattnn that I have
concluded a treaty for general arbitration
with the President of the United states by
which I trust that all differences tnat may
arise between us will b peacefully adjusted.
I hops that this arraogement jay have
further value in commending to other pow
ers the eonsideratioa of the principle by
which the danger of war may be notabi;
abatsd.
Marquis ot Salisbury said in response
ard to the treaty of arbitration Just
ded with the United Sta es, that n
not epeak fully on the subject, becie
reemnnt had not yet been ratine.
ped, however, that something woa'd
eto dimfnlsa trie ri-ic or war. ue
not say that the treaty would remove
the neatest risks of war or restrain a Na-
poleoi or Bismarck, but tLe policy with
the t died States was full of an indefinite
numb r of small differences, which, some
times exaggerated, caused irrtat'on
any' enmity. The tribunal of arbitra
tio would settle these differences.
Lord Salisbury pictured the nations
groaning undr excessive armaments, and
dsobtred that the Government believe' the
measttre they ha t taken was valuable in that
it would lead to the gra iual disapp ar
anee of vast armaments before the
Krowth of the teudency to Bubetltote
judical decisions for the coarse nrbiiracnent
or waK This would be somnthine to look
-back ipon. In conclusion, Lord Salisbury
s ildr j 4I hope that the effort, small ns it Is,
Will bis so successful that others more exten
sive and more successful will be made." The
PrimTMinister was heartily cheered when
he finished" his speech.
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PENROSE, FROM PENNSYLVANIA.
COMMERCIAL REPORT.
Financial nod Commercial Markets
Advancing Towards Better Condi
tions. Messrs. R. G. Dunn t Co. says:
"There is more business, though not
at better prices. It is interesting that
almost all prices which chahge at all
are lower than a week ago and yet bus
iness is unquestionable larger. There
is a laager production, bat as yet hot
as much increase in consumption, and
there is larger buying of materials, but
at present cnly because better prices
are expected in the future. A few obn
ppicuous failurres during the v ok have
had no material influence. ? ' e mar
ket for securities are slightly Wronger
and yet there is verv litl. doing.
The number of hands e. jloyeo,
all industries considered, i slight
ly larger than a week ag . with
out adverse changes in the rate of
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Proceedings Briefly TsM From
Day to Day.
SENATE.
Tfbwday The Nicaragua bi was
nndar consideration in the Senate today
for two hours. Turpie, (DewL.1 of In
diana, denounced the bill. Mr. Hill.
(Dem. ) of New York, spoke for an hour
and a half on a joint resolution relating
to the electric sub-ways in the Distric
of Columbia. The matter went over
without action. Monday next was fixed
j upon as the day for the delivery of
eulogies upon the late Speaker Crisp.
Wednesday,- The Senate passed the
custom house bill for the erection of a
new custom house at New York at a
cost not exceeding five million dollars.
They are still hammering at the Pacific
railroad matter. As to the lines be
tween Venezuela and British Crninea,
it was referred to the committee on for
eign affairs. Turpie (Dem.). of In
diana, continued his onslaught on the
wages. All apprehension of for, igndis- Nicaragua canal bill. The legislative
The
Republicans
lha i tqioia If
threaten
thaw
to break
turban ce of money markets he. 3 passed
away, but there is still a great caution
in making loans. It is a mistake to
reckon these as symptoms of depres
sion. On the contrary, in spite of the
lower range of prices in important in
dustries, the conditions all indicate
larger production and consum ; tion in
creasing, not as yet largely, b t stead
ily. "The earnings of railroads in Jan
uary have been 4. 4 per cent. smnLler
than last year.
' 'Wheat, corn and cotton exports are
the key of the financial situation, and
during the past week wheat has de
clined . 5-80. and corn 5-8c. , while cot
ton is unchanged. The woolen indus
try is as alow as ever, and no real im
provement appears in the demand for
goods, although owing to the lateness
of the season there is a little more do
ing, both in spring and in winter
goods, without quotable change in
prices.
"Failures for the week have been 409
in the United States, 878 last year and
35 in Canada, against 61 last year. "
A GEORGIA LYNCHING.
The Fewer the Better.
three successive elections Mis
sissippi has chosen seven Congressmen
on a total vote of less than 66.000. In
. . f . i I f
total vote was less tnau
on a
1894
000.
the
Amendment to
unto tn fai . DUMUcoo
uauno . A
ruined and business Pai?cu- fou
7 This property fallacy is the foun
dation for the theory of redeeming one
kind of money with another kind, of
swapping dollars.
8 This property fallacy causes the
world to cling to coin as the ory -a-
rlal to use for money. - '
2. out o. POO" is only currency
i redeemable in coin.
The object is to make money scarce
and Produce debts in order to get in
terest And the theory now is to have
no real money in the world but gold;
' all other money must stand on that.
j . v, . ii tho minted
We are assureu ma ,
world could be stowed
are
in t ha
, rdinarv church, house or
El This little pile of metal is to fix
the price of. and measure the value
vind of nroperty on the earth.
- .h-nrd and monstrous. It is
rmntible that, as the b,oy said.
mLJ -vra nv-r
iJVi.n-t fit to be ridiculous
Thus we must keep $100,000,000 of
a o aacred reserve, to accommo-
th banks. Nobody else wants to
redeem greenbacks.
nvut.. intrinsic nroDerty Idea
money is the cause of Wall street gold
gambling
10. To
sum it
all up in few words,
this property idea of money adopts by
the vorld.
dollar
old or
i
ia tfiA sum of all villainies
It is the upas tree breeding death to
all governments.
imki mankind, but robs
it not uiiv - .
God too. Here is the proof : God
makes the oak tree. It bears acorns
The acorn is invested with vitality. It
will grow and make another oak tree.
Man makes money the dollar. It is
invested with vitality. The
dollar will grow and make another dol
lar Thus man becomes a creator too,
and man's work, money, is equal or
, t nod's work. The oak tree
-ivi rrw old and die. But the
planted in debV never grows
gam Jones said when the old prophet
Daniel waked up in the lion's den after
pillowing his head on the shaggy mane
of the lion and sleeping soundly all
night, he rubbed his eyes. and. looking
round, said. "This beats h 11."
His idea was that if he had dis
obeyed his God he would have been
east into hell instead of the lion's den.
Rut this oronerty theory of money
beats the sxeat God.
His intention was that every man
should eat his bread in the sweat of
his face, or by labor. But this system
lifts the money-monger above God's
law of labor. He can snap his finger
in defiance -of his creator's law.
Some one made the calculation that
The Fourteenth
the Federal Constitution reads in part
as follows:
"But when the right to vote at any
election for the choice of electors for
President and Vice-President of the
United States, representatives in Cong
ress theexecutive and judicial officers
of a state, tor the members of the leg
islature thereof, is denied to any of
the male citizens of sucn state, uem6
twenty-one years of age and citizens o.
the United States, or in any way abndg-
a oent for participation i reoeaiuu
nthpr prime, tiie ucusio wi
. r l i . . i a.
tion therein shall be reaucea in ui
which the number of such
y.wjK" ' .1.. V,lo
male citizens snau near uu .
..hr f male citizens twenijr-uuc
UUUIIva
v tq nf aze in such state
UUlaiuc w. r
nhin9 no three Congressmen
who will occupy seats- In the next
house whose districts did not cast In
the aggregate more than 66,000 votes,
and in many single districts in the
late election more than half that vote
was thrown. Now if the clause of the
constitution above quoted means any
thing it means, that under such condi
tions as now prevail m tnis stio
rtth Carolina the representation in
Congress shall be cut down In the pro
oortion which the number of male citi
zens disfranchised by state laws bear
to the whole number 6t male citizens
in the state over twenty-one years of
age.
This would give
rtainW not more
and unless
lorful improvement oh
hv masaueraded
"UJ " : i . i i
we uo not new-
un
people. agtf t
Don't depend too much upon the
question of free silver as an issue; edu-,
cate along the lines of the Populist
patform.
A numoer oi txie meu ""
in Chicago for "sound money" in the
recent campaign are now marching for
something to eat.
Elect J' United States Senator to Succeed
i Cameron.
ete for a accessor to United States Sraator
Cameron. Boies Penrose reeelved the votes
of the forty-two Sepublicaas present and
CbianceyF. Black Me votes of the six Demo
crats. Tie House also met. Peurosa re-
The Murderer of Mrs. Rowland Hang
and Riddled With Bullets.
Friday night Charles Forsythe and
Willis White, nesrroes. were taken
from Twiggs county jail, at Jefferson
ville, Ga., and lynched by a masked
mob of 100 men. The negroes were
swung from a scrubby oak and before
death could ensue from strangulation
their bodies were filled with bullets
and buckshot.
The crime for which the men were
executed was the killing of Mrs. Bow
land at Adams Park, on the night of
January 13. They went to Rowland's
store and asked for rnney and tood,
and while Mrs. Rowland was comply
ing with their demands one of them
shot her with a pistol, the ball striking:
her in the abdomen, causing death the
next day. The negroes were arrested,
and each accused the other of the
crime, but there is no doubt of their
guilt.
it is said the lynching is the result of
the long-deferred punishment of Mrs.
Nobles and F ambles, convicted of mtrr
Ao..i.t JbuLeas 0f technicality have
tailing heavy expense oh t
CUBA'S OTHER SCOURGE.
If it is unconstitutional to tax the
j u . . -v a evctpn
rich then we snouiu uav
that would make It impossio.e ior u
man to become very rich.
Did vou ever think what little respect
the rich anarchists have for the laws.
They seem to think that laws are
made for the poor to observe only.
and
Land
con-
UMnance. Transportation
th main issues which
Mm humanity most. Let every Popu
list continue to educate long
lines.
these
f h law cannot make a wrong right;
u rhherv whether a violation
ruuuci; "
f law or not. Trusts, however, a
- . . .
unlawful combinations ana tnerciorw
unlawful robbera.
r
The Imperative Mandate enables the
people to vote office-holdefts out of of
fice when they don't do to suit them.
Of course plutocracy ana tne omiw
holders will oppose it.
Rvi . 1 a i ill 1 i1 r 1 1 1 1 1 I I I
I I I BOIBS rsHBosx.
appropriation bill was paeeed.
Thubsdat-An unsuccessful attempt
was made by Mr. Hill, backed bj Mr.
Chandler, to have a bUlneidered and
passed fixing the term of all postmas
ters at four years. Mr. Hale,
(Rep.) of Maine, objected and the bill
was not taken up. Turpie beun hi
third day's argument against the &ica- '
raugan canal bill. Mr. Morgan, (Dem.)
of Alabama, wanted a day set for the
final vote, but objection was made by
Turpie and Vilas. Finally, a vote of
yeas and nays showed an absence of a
quorum, so the Senate adjourned until
Friday.
F kid ay. The recognition of Ouba
was brought up by Mr. Turpie (Dem.),
of Indiana, saying he would call up
Cameron's resolution Monday and ad
dress the Senate on the subject. The
arbitration treaty was discussed at
Borne length, but was finally declared
out of order, and the matter was
dropped. The Nicaragua hiM Vas
taken up again.
Satt kday. The Senate devoted it
self to the business of clearing the cal
endar of pension bills and of other bills
to which no objection was o flexed. Ji
the former all were passed without a
single exception. There were 104 of
them and it reqired only 95 minutes to
dispose of them. Of the latter class of
bills there were some 50 passed. Among
the above appropriations was a bill to
build a lighthouse at the pitch of the
Gape Fear river near Wilmington. N.
C, to cost $7,000; $100,000 additional
for the public building at Norfolk. Va
HOUSE. -Monday.
The House spent the day
in consideration of miscellaneous mat
ters, business of the District of Colum
bia occupying the greater portion of
the session. The bill amending the
patent laws along the lines proposed by
the Americrn Bar Association to give to
the United States the lenefit of devices
patented by naval officers was passed.
. rri- 11 A. il-
iuksuai. J- lie nuuso bijoui i-xiv
whole of the day8 session in committee
of the whole considering private pen
sion bills. Favorable action was taken
upon fifty-two Of them, one being the
H atiate bill to increase to $100 a month
the pension of -Major General Julius H.
Stahl.
Wednesday. The House taken up
the contested election case of Jacob
-2,1- u- uwigs .tuoacr, from
the tenth district of Vireiniai for Ah
possession of a seat in the Fifty-fourth
Congress, and a majority of the com
mittee was in favor of "Tucker. A
partial agreement of the conferees on
the army appropriation bill was reported
and agreed to, the House insisting
upon further disagreement in
There Are 2,053 Cases of Small -Fox
in Havana Alone.
There are now 2,053 cases of email
pox in Havana. AtGuannaiav
dei Kio, which has only lu,000 inhabi- I Senate amendments still in dispute
uuw, mere are 407 cases. Yellow
fever and malaria are also ravaging the
country, and it may be safely affirmed
that the sanitary condition of Cuba is a
far g eater danger to the United totates
than the much-teared bubonic plague of
India. Cuba is close to
- , WWMMVJy fUU
X3U1S were nasaofl (.nK,
construction of bridges across thoOum
berland and Tennessee rivers in Ken
tucky; authorizing the Secretary of
War to grant certificates showin-the
service of telegraphers in t ie war for
the union.
Thursday Tndm- i .
there is d.ily communication between th House, including fifty-three R-
thu la anil Al. I I nnkK.J.. 1 1 . R . J "U"'D XtJ-
1 .i .1 ' Daa VoUMl iu accordance
with the recommendation of the ma-
committee on elections
that Mr. Tucker was entitled to retain
his seat as a member of the Fifty-fourth
Congress from the tenth Virginia dis
trict, which was contested by Mr. Yost
the island and the main land.
At the end of iViareh the depressing
warm weather begins here, and then
diseases of a contagious nature spread
twice as fast as during the winter.
Cuba is now a focus oi disease, aud
may become a source of danger, perhaps
w nut; vviioie wona
1 he small pox was introduced hereby ne vote effective and finally settling
the voo,Wi) soldiei-s from Spain. The the matter. J
cspanisn common people are not cleanlv
iu nicji iui.fii aim
Friday.
eive otesJBlaek 3.3 aucLex-raslma&tfir
O.UH io i. ai'umaJfF, m -.i)Ui
1 vot h bodies met In joint seion next
uay i lduded the election of Boies Pen
rose.
Boirose Is a son nf the
Penrte was born in Philailelpbia an t
moreover tliPt'
lAma 4-1.. i-. i J 3 11 , .
i i " crowuea oy thousands iii
the dirty steamers nf th
lransatlantica, in which no well bred
-American would travel if he could help
Mississippi
than three
we had a
the old
two,
at Washing
ton the oast six years,
tate to say the fewer the better.
The war against excessive rates ot
railroad and express companies is in
creasing in its intensity. The logic of
events points to government owner
ship as the only remedy.
Dlate has been
myre lULtm .
aicwprcd eoing into tne couauuo-
,f Rome of our war vessels. xa
. . . I
armor plate companies seem to oe
stadltarvard, and was eraduateii with
htRh i. He practiced taw im Phila
delpl was elected a me;nber of the
Peon a Legislature in 1885. In 1887
he w :ed ns a member of th State
Sena 1895 Mr. Penrose was a candi
date nomination ot Mayor of Pnila-
aeipi was defeated.
Are Getting
Toted For.
What They
ThA coal monopoly is turning its
! j. .
once more for the oppression oi
screw
no.outy
on an-
been. It
i)N WINS IN ILLINOIS.
The
W
the steal business as well as the steel tastAUmation for the United States
business.
th neoole. There is
,.r.itA coal and never has
thought the reduction of the duty
..nai from 75 to 40 cents per
would tend to reduce the price o
anthracite. But it has not had that
effect, and gradually coal has been go
ing up while all other proaucts are go
ing down. It simply shows that there
is a combine or trust and that they
have the people by the throat. Gov
ernment will have to take hold of that
monopoly, as of the railroads and oth-
onrnorations. and exact that
which is Just and right for the benefit
of the public. Even wages in the mines
have been crowded down, ine poor
man everywhere suffers while the rich
mine-owner prospers. Often the rail
way companies are partners in help
ing to give another turn to the monop
olistic screw. Western Rural.
niiroad corporations have done
to corrupt our courts and legis-
than all other things combln-
ort Government ownership will avoid
all this as well as be a great saving to
the people.
The Republicans seem to be in a
neck of trouble; they are asked by
hankers to retire the greenbacks
and they don t see men
do it without issuing bonds, which
they fear to do. If they do either, or
both, defeat stares them in the face at
the next election.
Ther is considerable fear expressed
among Populists at the proposition to
increase the standing army, but a
greater danger than that threatens us.
7 tm aeeressive spirit of the banks.
Motrin disnosed of silver, as they
think, they now propose to destroy the
full control oi
the currency
the
lean Caucus Nominate
.x.Conerennaii
Mason, of Ohleago, was nom-
Sena uiincis to suceeed John M.
Palate joint Republican canon a nt
8 prill other candidates withdraw
ing 1 ocame apparent that Maon
wous aimajority. Tha Democrats
vottH&obrnor Altgeld.
Wll Uson was born In Frank !ln-
PB Conoty, H. I., lu 1850. In
wits nis parents to Iowa.
Dee Moines, and remnvn.1
IV. He was elected tc the
mresentatives In 1879. and
tothtenein 188L He was elected
to th4 Cigress and re-elected co the
FiftyfagBs, and was defeated ior
tne rnuongress by Allen O. Dur-
Doro"
FeiBe. Elected.
At k ty both hoases rote-1
separi itet States Senator from
Missoi b resulted as foltows: In
fern.), 83; Kerens Bep.),
I la tne Senate Vest, 19
the FJst
8
. A
stonapafi
can tt
Iposed to raise Glad
fe, but somehow we
itkg that it would be
morejridto try to raise the
peeriadhe.
Women for War.
A question of woman's rights has
been raised in the War dflnnrtliitint nml
is likely to cause discussion. Ihe civil
service commission recently advertised
to fall a $1,500 vacancy in the Adjutant-
general s omce, requiring knowledge
Of hVA mnrloi-n lnt, a . '
7i' , " s"o8 typewriting
in these languages, proof reading, li
brary methods and other qualifications.
Miss Maud fetalnaker, of Washington,
a Jady of unexceptionable cha-acter and
accomplishments, was the onlv person
who passed the examination and she
was duly certified for the position, but
the appointment has been rejected on
the ground that the department does
not desire to have women in the place
Kighty-Three Cuban Claims.
tholi i fspon8e to resolution
the President transmitted to the Senate
a list of the claims filed in the Depart!
against Spain arismg out of the insur
rection in the Island of Cuba, together
with such correspondence relating to
the capture of the schooner Competitor
and the persons claiming American cit
izenship taken on that vessel as ho does
not deem it incompatible with the pub
lic interest to communicate. The list
of claims includes 83, and a-j-re-ate
nearly ten million dollars, ere the
amount is stated.
7 ,!.! v titnn - - - 1. 'Il
in the House, and the only work Of
public interest done was the passing of
the Texas judicial tlistrict bills over
the veto.
Great Fire and Explosion.
AV?Iobii?'.,A,ft-' the Planing" miU of
the Dixie Mill company was burned
During the progress of the fire sparks
from the mill set fire to the city rnaga
eine, and a temendous explosion
which broke glass in many houses in
the northern part of the city and as far
out as the convent in bummerville
about nine miles from the scene of the
explosion. At the time of the explo
sion there were o,000 pounds of powder
and 3uo pounds of dynamite stored in
the magazine. Two were killed.
Making Silver Dollars.
The issue of standard silver dollars
from the mints and treasury offices for
the week ended Jan. ICth was $847,741)
and for the corresponding period last
year was $233,400. The shipment of
fractional silver coin from January 3d
to 10th aggregated $212,000. s
r Precautions Taken.
'"he great epidemic of the bubonic
plague in Bombay has impelled the
authories of the marine hospital service
at Washington to take steps to secure
the utmost possible vigilance by all
officials of the United States to prevent
its introduction into this country.
Southern Improvement.
The Manufacturers' Record,
veekly review of business conditions
in the South, gives a detailed statement
howing the total value of all exports
:rom Southern ports for the eleven
nonths ending November, 1890, as
ompared with the correspondiug time
n 18Ut5. the total figures for 1800 being
2S8, 638, 200 against $220, 208, 01 2 in 1 8 J. .,
i gain of $78. tjOOOOO. The , increase in
he value of exports for the period
lamed from the entire country was
5150,300,000; the gain at Southern ;orts
oring a little more than one-half of the
total for the country.
i.ev. Dr. Thos. J. Conaty, of Wor-
r Chester. ?.lass., was installed Tuesday
at Washington, J). C, as rector of the
in its ' : . vunci.ujf. a. jjtre ana Qjm-
(inguisneu auuience witnessed the
ceremonies 111 the Hall of Philoso
phy.
ihe Postoflke Departmenthas issued
a lottery order against the" Southern
Mutual Investment Company at Cincin
nati and Louisyille. p
The treasurer reports a shortage ef
small silver notes. '
At Baltimore, Md.
Hrwin was acquitted of
being an accessory in
her husband.
the
the
charge - ef
murder of