The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, January 20, 1898, Page 5

SS OU TR ee Ce? Ws tallic Commission's Trip. THE OBSTACLES IT ENCOUNTERED. International siseranteie Nee a Myth but a Splendid Possibility—Many European Statesmen Would Welcorm nt of the Question. tlem Phe ceedings in the senate of yesterday's pree t os cott about his was a speech by Mr. We labors in connection with the bimetal- lic commission and embodying his re- tirement from that body He intro- duced his subject by ng that he was glad to make a statement respect- ing certain phases of the work of the recent bimetallic commission, but in doing so he spoke unofticially “not committing his associates in the slightest degree, cither to his opinions or deductions.” He detailed at some length the joint negotiations on the art of the .t}merican commissioners and the French ambassador in En- gland. At first, he said, there seemed but few difficulties in the way, and he quoted the resolutions of house of commons and the utteranees of Mr. Balfour and Sir Michael Hicl ch ks-Be of March 17, 1896. Said the senator: We were ne Wee present ourse nty of that ception which must { Te and open in ome we had the ri vitation And the we to expect we received. From the day we reached Eas we tober, our 0! atment that could be desired Th in terms, asked the F ourselves to suggest wherein, in o England could materially contrib; tion of the question an: tain for her own people the what are termed “prop: teered, but were made by way of the explicit request of the Ex When they were received they with full consideration, as were t tives of the two governments con negotiations The newspapers of London, tik pers of many of the capitals of the world, are dominated by and allied with the banking e ment and reflect their views, and often their expressions The business of money loaning anengrossing pursuit, not always tending to the cultivation of the amenities of life, and it is not to be wondered at that the London news- papers, voicing that industry, in the hostility to a policy of which the é forget for the mom: that cou due to the stranger w when he comes upon invi that should be led to characterize proposals pertinent” which were 1 only up quest of their own governm: It was perfectly realized that bimetallism for question. India was the vital pc of all the negotiations with E nd and all other pro- posals were insignificant in comparison with that respecting the reopening of the mints of India to the unlimited coinage of silver and the repeal of the order permitting gold to be paid for government dues and to be exchanged for government rupees Many English monometallists of wide influ- ence believe the policy to be a mistaken one and would be glad to see the India mints re- opened, if it could be Zone without stimulating the cause of bimetallism and as a separate aad distinct action. Mr. Wolcott next enumerated the obstacles with which the commission had to contend, in which he included the remarkable dropin the price of sil- ver, the coincident tariff legislation in the United States and the statement of New York bankers in England, who, he said, sought access to the English officials and reassured them that any sentiment which had formerly existed inthe United States in favor of bi- metallism, was dead. Other statements made by the bankers, according to Mr. Wolcott, were the following: That the mission was sent solely as a sop to a few far western republicans; that the country generally favored the gold standard and that the president of the United States shared this view. “Questions of possible future negotia- tions,” continued Mr. Wolcott, ‘*be- tween France and the United States and other countries, and the question of change of ratio are for the moment held in abeyance.” Mr. Woleott then announced his in- tention to retire from the commission and continued: Itismy sincere conviction that tonal bimetallic agreement is still f the terms of which certain countr us and open their mints to the unlimited coin- age of silver, and others will contribute to the plan and enlarged use of that metal ai this the more freely bec 1 give way upon the commission to somebody more fitted for such negotiations and better able to give them his constant tim This re- sult cannot be brought about withont the ex- Penditure of both time and pa and the Persons intrusted with t must have back of them the the president and congress. the newspa- an interna- asible, by will join The senator then wound up as fol- lows: the parity b. question th Swe are, strt water and seek jaw in St. Louis. feature | | for the en of In- dians not lot nt. IMMIGRATION BILL. THE ARMY APPROPRIATION BILL. Bill forthe Reorganization of the Indian Territory—Indian ill Amended to Open Certain nds to White Settlement. Surplus WasutNe?ox, Jan. 18.—In the ate yesterday a speech sen- vered vas di by Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, chair- man of the bimetallic commission, upon the negotiations of the commission h European countries relative to international bimetallism. When he had ¢ uded the immigration bill was taken up and discussed until three o'clock, the hour at which, by previous cement, had been arranged to ally upon the amendments and bill. An amendment offered by Spooner, of Wisconsin, providing t the ability on the part of the im- migrant either to read or to write should be accepted as suticient test of his literacy was adopted by a vote of 42 to Another amendment by Mr. Spooner providing that the members of the family accompanying an immi- grant rejected under the conditions of the bill should be returned to the coun- try whence they came by the steam- ship comp . was also adopted. Other efforts were made to amend the measure, but failed. The bill was then passed by a vote of 45 to The bill as passed provides that all immigrants physically capable and over 16 years of age shall be able to read or write the English language or some other language, but a person not able to read or write who is over 50 years of and is the parent or grandparent of a qualified immigrant over 21 years of age and capable of supporting such a parent or grand- be sent for and come to y of the child or grand- ld ars of age qualified under the law; and wife or minor child not able to read or write may ac- company or be sent for and come to join the husband or parent who qualified. Senator Pettigrew amending the act compelling railroads to equip their cars with automati couplers. It addsasection to the pres- ent law providing that when there are any collisions and a passenger train or any part of it accidentally leaves the rails it shall be the duty of the officers in charge of the road at the time to submit a full and detailed report under oath of the accident and its causes to the interstate commission. Penalties are provided in the section. Senator Hanna was sworn in by Vice President Hobart. THE HOUS WasnINnGTon, Jan. 18.—This was Dis- trict of Columbia day in the house, but only three bills of local impor- tance were passed. The remainder of the session was devoted to further con- sideration of the army appropriation bill. The debate was particularly notable for a vigorous speech by Mr. MeClellan, of New York, a son of Gen. George B. McClellan, attacking the present army organization as obsolete and inefticient. He asserted that we were woefully unprepared for war should a crisis come, and contended for modern methods in organization, equipment and supplies, which would enable the United States to meet an emergency. Mr. Lewis, of Washington, made a vigorous speech against any increase of the army. He charged that the trusts were in control of the country and constituted the mailed hand of power behind the decrees of the courts. if the army were increased, the people would, he said, be justified in asking whether it was not to be used to bar- ricade the courts and break down everything that means the freedom of the government. Mr. Hull, of Iowa, committee on military pressed concurrence in the views of Mr. McClellan to the extent that he believed that the army should be re- organized, as the present organization sobsolete. Without completing the 1, the committee arose. The Curtis bill for the reorganization of the Indian territory with the changes made in joint session of the In- committee was introduced by Mr. nsas. Broderick secured an amend- ment to the Indian appropriation bill which provides for ope g to white settlement of the surplus lands of the Pottawatomie Indian reservation in age n the ‘am over 21 is introduced a bill; chairman of the affairs, ex- Mr. Jackson county, and of the Kickapoo reser in Brown county. The two i about 12,000 acres of land much of it valuable agricultural iand. T pat the bill amends the PENSIONERS DEFENDED. i Wealthy West Virginian Offers to Pay $100 for Each Case of Fraud Proven. Wueetine, W. Va., Jaa. 18 —Col. | F Kirk of} ssioner of Pensio i announces that case of a ional banks at the close of ss Dee nows the aver eserve iscounts, jcenter of the Passaic Items. Unfortunate is the song bird which has the merits of its music passed upon by a jury of crows. In other words, unfortunate is the man whose motiv with an uncengenial and unsympa- thetic nature. That it takes all kinds of minds to make a world, seems to be hard to understand by some. The genius of Napoleon should not have been passed upon by a judge utterly devoid of a martial spirit. The sweet eadences of the of a Clay would have fallen upon un- | appreciative ears, in a Chinaman. The earnest appeals of a Moody would descend upon stony ground in aheathen audience. The wit and gentle humor of Mark Twain and Bill Nye would never have been the delight of a nation ifalltheir readers had been of a bitter and morose na-| ture. He who “‘spake as never man spake,” saw how this would be when he gave us this immortal command, “Cast not your pearls before swine.” Even this man had his motives mis- construed. So we need not bemoan our mistake when some brother mis- takes our intentions. However, I will just say that I can put up witha great deal of misunderstanding if the offender will only show some merit by clothing his ideas with honest courtesy. For Ilcan but impute unto all men that which I think Iam at alltimes consistent in—viz:an honest purpose. We wonder if any of our amateur astronomers have noticed what ap- pears to be two ‘‘maid’s milky ways” athwart the starry heavens these clear January nights. The main one rises in the southeast and passing up to the right of “Orion,” and the “Pleiades” with the ‘‘dipper” on the left, far to the north, cleaves the heavens in about equal parts and ap- parently settles down in Alaska, while the other makes a tangent with the horizon a little south of west and go- ing up intersects the main one in the While this may be an old phenomenon to regu- lar star-gazers, it is something I had before, and I trust eriti- stattempt in astron- Omy as to not make my remarks ap- pear ill-starred. Ivan Reeder, our democratic tax collector for Mound township is now engaged in making his required rounds in search of revenue. As he is the first democrat to fill this office fora long time no doubt it isa pleas- ant variety to our citizens to see something beside a populist in office up here. He is makinga good offic and has the ability to further serve his party should it ever be necessary to do. He complimented us by taking dinner with us. Four more cars of cornordered last week. Twocarsto Ed Boswell and twotouncle Dick Wilcox, Mr Bos- well who is a large cattle feeder will feed his to his cattle. Uncle Dick is feeding hogs. Mrs F M Maddy gave her good- looking son Jake, a birthday dinner and a pair of breeches the other day. Wonder if Jake had about run out of grub and pants. So young Aaron actually traveled in the outskirts of Passaic for fear I would immortalize him with a poem. Don’t be so timid, young man. If that had been your father he would have driven right through the main boulevard of the town, and not have lost the opportunity of seeing a real live place, with a ‘“‘Park” in it, (al- though I believe Virginia has sev- eral) just because he was afraid of heavens. mever noticed you wil! be so liberal in vour eisms upen tay (gor Verdicts AYER’S HAIR VIGOR falfills all the P ises made for it, ts the| the Christian church at verdict of those Who have tried i. Ayer’s “T have sold AYER’s HaIR VIGOR for fifteen years and do not know of a si it not give ent! GROVE, Faunsdale, Ala. Stair “When disease cansed mr ha fou YER'S HAIR VIGOR a m 2 a and one Claimed for it’—L Len that_does all that RUSH, Connellsville, Pa. Uy use of falling out sare judged by an individual) English eloquence} at is); | pracing arhyme. When you come jagain stop at “Maw-wood” a suburb 21-2 miles out, due west. and I'll see \iflcan’ttreat you to a “big long | poem” in the shape of a tin of per- simmon beer. I am satisfied your nativity that you won't be very ittish abont this kind of literat lhelp to brace up your courage, so that you williz all likelihood be if. Some of the members of from jand one dose of it wil | | 2 poetical y tian church are evidently not of ass Who are afraid of the |tious No. 13, as was shown participation in an oyster per at \the home of Mrs Doe Jenkins ¢ | Thursday 1 the which, ght 13th day of 1898 if you will take the trot investigate, is divisible if will notice to see if by a calamity be- falls those who were t east jany were not th ent and a gc more who those About 100 were pres- proceeds are all people Mrs Jenkins the good social functions were and work of of ipportin the church, might not seem so distant to some. | train on Charley Lee took th } Saturday morning for Lamonte, response to a telegram announcing the seriovs aess of his aged who was not expected to live. »see Mrs Jeffer from Dr Son Was called t son Park, who was bronchitis, last Sat is better by now. Rufus Lockard rep out in Elkhart town a success. es next Friday nig titled ‘fA Hot time in by a celebrated are invited. Mr William Crews suffering day. Hope she} ort sthe 1 erary | local to his farming b the rasing of | fine bronze turkeys. Should you} wish anything in his line, you will! know where to find them. Col Wolfe has be under the weather for a week ortwo, No doubt} he is having a little touch of Wyo-| ming grouse-hunting fever. We look for him to be better soon, as he gave his visiting friend, Osage township, a turkey dinner on last Monday. Fom cars of h from on Monday's Kansas City market and four cars corn ordered for this week, speaks well for Passaic. Maybe you think the whistle isn’t blowed at the crossing now; you can hear them at all times and hours. From the way our friend E A Lock- ard is fixing up in his personal ap- pearance, we suspect he has an eye on the northern judgship on the re- publican ticket, and as friend Atke- son announced in last week's Free Press, it is proper to mention candi-| dates of the opposition but no boom- ing them, &e. Wonder if Bro. At. had a call in this direction? Our political barometer indicates a storm. Col Harper informed me that the eommittee would likely be called in February to consider the manner of nominating the candidates and the time of holding same. Dr Son performed a very delicate surgical operation the other day upon young Fred Hardin of this communi- ty, in which he removed a large tumor from under the skin just above thetemple. It was as large as a common sized marble. He thinks it will never trouble Mr Hardin again, as he removed every trace of and it has healed up n wo Ben Frazier, of 4 here of Hume Items. Township Collector Joe Smith wa: Was in town Saturday collecting rev- Messinger returned Friday land is receiving the heart ! Ed Flagg, Memphis the brakeman who Ned while ch Hill T was He had a host of who wer tand secure ter n Batle nh, the br Ste i | bury, was =A siness in town Wednesday R A Daywalt wi move back te tow t gs. Far sa year race for re prospective rit] clerk and Howard town p has never had an office and PuLo0crat nning | nder if Bates | be policy as : | rethec aims | i yin the next con-| vent There are no better d o- erats than we have here and it} stril ime the party] to take some each | I. T. Mizer. | Free to our Readers. Our readers will be pleased to learn th the eminent physician and sci- entist, Dr. Kilmer, after many years ofr ecarch and study, hasdiscovered nd givento the world a most re- markable remedy, known as Swamp Root, for the cure of kidney and bladder troubles; the generous offer to send a bottle freethat all may test its wonderful merits without expense is in itself sufficient to give the public confidence anda desire to obtain it. Swamp-Root hasan established rep- utation asthe most successful remedy dorse- ment « all up-to-date physicians, hospitals and homes. If our men and women readers are in need of a med- icine of this kind no time should be lost in sending their name and ad- dress to Dr. Kilmer & Co., Bingham ton, N. Y. and receive a sample bottle and pamphlet, both sent absolutely ee by mail. ‘he regular sizes may be obtained at the drugstores. When writing please say you saw this lib- eral offer in the BuTLKR WEKKLY TIMEs. Virginia Items. We v th te what we hear Virginians say ie Dear Re Whatth r, don’t blame usif we hear ‘em say pens you. Ben Watkins, who has been visit- ing his brothers in Ills, returned home last week. J W Park is digging a well on his river bottom farm. Lem Jones will move to his farm near Passaic next week. Miss Luella Lotspeich of Passaic, Geo and Oscar Shilder of Henry Co., visited the family of Wm Vogt last week. The dear people surprised George Thompson last Wednesday night with a taffy party, it being his 45th birth- day. The following were present: Ben Comiford and wife, Jas Cuzick and wife, Jack Berry and wife, Joe Whinnery and wife, Peter Denning and wife, Jas Crooksand wife, Roe Burke and wife, Mother Cra Misses Minnie Denning, Meda Cuziek Lou Comiford. Report says they had a good time eating the sweet things ofearth. Others are waiting for their birthday to come forthey all would like another good time. Oscar Hensley informs us that he will start with his family Monday for Kansas City, where he expects to reside foratime. Oscar and his wife were both reared near Virginia; he has been farming for several years, but failure in crops caused him to try some other occupation. We wish from a two weeks’ visit with relatives in Howard county. The Mitchell Hotel caught from the kitchen flve one day ‘e the fire brigade a c prevented. agration was the House Thursday night was well at- tended and was pronounced a decid- jed success. | Two cases of scarlet | ported in this vicinity. | } | fever are re- (ne the lit- tle daugbter of J R Lyle east of town, the other the child of Robert | Hart. | The rains this week filied the e pits of this section with waterca a temporary sus] | The trial of the city o | J L McConnell Monday f ling a pair of seales ir zited in a verd The Border Telepho linto the build! vacat Racket = -t for of paint, presumably h | Mark Hanna s Mand Buckles, who has been RL elee Gwynn, Ras, ‘last week. tes gein, in Hume in this week, but through prompt effort of} The supper given by the ladies of | Opera | them success in their new home. | James Crooks shipped cattle and | hogs to K C Monday. Peter Denning has the frame of his ice house up and the sawdnst near | by and is waiting fora hard freeze. | Look out, Pete, Aaron thinks he is onto the racket. John Cope, wife and New Home, visited relativ | ginia Sunday. | Geo Ruble and Amos Burkett were t Amsterdam Tuesday. Report has it that some their way home from Free Methodist night last week, held up er bov and took a watch It was uch fan some- son Geo, of times might not so fanny, you try the w g man There was a crowd a our barley Graha Leag He appeared ¥ ss attended urre whe | sweet | ner in full, will only at Vir-| boys on} Prosperity i nights should oud that people passing 2 aud besides ps the old folks awake. Debate next Friday rir voices, night at the Juestion, resolved, As caused more crime prance Crook Lee Browning night and ot learn their names, school sev has rented the Steve { the Scully agent. Phe quilting given by Mrs Mike Maloney Tt in honor d time id aed neighbor, lard, of Grenola, Kan, was ly a very enjoyable affair. All signs of the threatened storm the day before had passed away with the and the morning dawned and clear. Yes, it seemed ature wasin harmony with asion. The ladies began to ea and with them came merry peals of laughter, making us feel at once that a merry day was in fk their ngers wel dinner store for a ryone plied the when the way was opened to thedining room where thet es were fairly groaning under the good things that one knows better how to prepare than Mrs Ma- We cannot describe the din- that every- thing was perfect in every particular, At the table each lady was presented with asouvenir, a watch and penny whistle. The sun was sinking low in the west when the last of the guests left and 1 know of no one but would like to spend another day a similar occasion at the Maloneys pleasant home, Those present were nimbe ho until r was announced, loney. toy on Mrs Geo Ruble and mother, Mes dames Washington Park, Denning, Wolfe, Thompsen, Cowan, Molly Nickell, Jas Walker, Bard, John Hens! Cole Hensley, Flemming, Mauger, Orear, O M Drysdale, Mo- Fadden, Dr Lamb, Frank Je ns, Judy, Jack Berry, Joe Winners Carpenter, rdner, Misses Maggie Nichol, Lizzie Cuzick, Lucy and Ida AARON, Cowan, Pleasant G items. Mrs. Thomas was visiting at R. R. Earsom's Monday evening. Mr. Bristow has moved into the Clem Gasoway house. Newt Requa is suffering from paralysis. Claud Dillon, of the Indian Terti- tory, is visiting relatives and friends in this part The rain somewhat interfered with the party at George Wolfe's Friday night. Miss Powell gave ber pupile a spelling match Thureday night. Be fore recess was devoted to spelling and after recess to organizing a lit- erary. The following cflicers were elected: —Tom Griffin, president; I. N. Earsom, vice-pres; Miss Powell, secretary; Miss Pontiue, treasurer; Jobn Baker, sergcan’ at arms; Chas. Nafus, poet laureate, Jobn Hinee, attorney, and J. S. Wolfe, critic. The subject selected for cussion “Resolved that all pupils between the ages of 6 and 20 should be com- pelled to attend school six months during the yesr. Joseph Baker and O M Burkhart. attended church at Elizabeth Chapel Sunday. Rev. Ceffey, of Adrian, will preach at Double Branch church the fifth Sunday in this montb. Nusika. @o great and so real danger as she is when she neglects to take proper care of herself and take the right precautions during | the period preceding | motherhood. If she is suffe g from weakness and — of the organs is- tinctly feminine, and negtects needful remedy, she is running the to take the risk of fering. the loss of her baby. and | acer we toms of ber own life. Thisisa reat and unnecessary risk torum. By tak- er precautions during the ex- | pectant period, she ma y avoid the uscal dis- co cts, and mak certain that | ex ¢ baby will be safe and easy with- e ¢ mother or child nes at this critical rce’s F ite Prescription. forms of weakness and disease . does away with the ding moth nord. ing the pr: pane Ropcemerneencnina