Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 13, Petersburg, Pike County, 18 August 1893 — Page 6

PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. President Cleveland and the Prevailing Monetary Condition. rtic Fact. Laid Before Cooereo* and the Kaeeaeity of Prompt, Intelligent and C'oiiKermUve Action Briefly Urged. HOUSE Washington. Aug 8.—The house was called io order promptly at noon, and prayer was offered t>y the newly-elected chaplaiu, Rev. Dr. Hadaway. The journal. which was a rather lengthy one. was then read and approved, and the house then took a recess until 12:45 p. hi After the recess, Mr. Springer (111.), chairman of the committee appointed to wait upon the president, reported that the president would communicate In writing a message to congress forthwith. Instantly Mr. Pruten, one of the president's secretaries, made his how a n cl bent the important document to the clerk’s desk where it was read by Clerk Kerr.

■Prf*fclent C?teto*fand. The Message. To^p8p Cokgr»«o»’ tub United States— H»> existence of an alarming and extraordinary business situation, involving the welfare and prosperity of ill our people, has com strained uie to call together in extra session the peoples* representatives in congress, to the end and that through a vise and patriotic exercise of the legislative duty with which they solely are charged, present evils may he mitigated ami dangers threatening the future may t o averted oiur uwrcmruNatb financial plight. Our unfortunate financial plight is not the result ol untoward events nor of conditions related to our natural resources: nor is it traceable to any oT the afflictions which frequently OhOck national growth and prosperity. With plenteous crop>, with ibuudant promise of remunerative production and manufacture, with unusual invitation iosafe investment and with catmlar lory assurance to business enterprise, suddenly financial distrust and fear ha vo sprung up on every side. fctuukciouH moneyed lust It ui ons have suspended because abundant assets were not immediately available to meet the demauls of frightened depositors. Surviving corporations h«J '.individuals are content to keep in hand the money they are usually anxious to loan, and those engaged in legitimate business are surprised to tin cl that the securities they offer for loans, though heretofore satisfaction', we no longer accepted. Values, supposedly be fixed, are fast becoming conjectural, ana loss and failure have invaded every branch of buMnes.-; T THE SOURCE OF DISTRUST. I believe these things are principally chargeable to congressional legislation touching the purchase and coinage of silver by the general government. This legislation is embodied in a statute passed on the !4th day of July. 1890. Which was the culmination of much agitation K>n the subject involved, atkl which may be considered a truce, after a \ong struggle, between the advocates of tree silver coinage and those intending to be vifre conservative. A Dili A PPOIHTIKG RESULT. Undoubtedly the monthly purchases by the government of 4.01M.UU0 ounces of silver, eac ^ forced under that statute, were regarded by thdsc interested, in silver production as a certfl^irwuarsuity of its increase in price. The result, nowever. has iieen entirely -different, for immediately fpllowing a spasmodic and slight rise, Mic price of silver began to fall after the passage of the act. and has since reached the lowest point ever known. This disappointing result lias led to renewed and persistent effort tn the direction of free silver coinage. EVIL EFFECT^ ACCUMULATING. Meanwhile, not oul| are the evil effects of the operation of the present law constantly accumulating, but the result to which its execution must inevitably load is becoming palpable to all who give the least heed to financial subjects This law provides that in payment for the 4,1**1.000 ounces of sliver bullion, which the secretary of the treasury is commanded to purchase monthly, there shall be issued treasury notes redeemable on demand in gold or silver coin, at the discretion of the secretary of the treasury, aud that said notes may be r^sued.

HO DISCRETION LEFT THE SECRETARY. It Ik. however, flee lire*! m the act to he “the established policy of the United States to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other upon the pressut legal ratio or such ratio as may he provided by law " This declaration aocoulrols the attiouof the secretary of the treasury as to prevent him exercising the discretion nominally vested in him. if by such action the parity between gold and silver may he disturbed. Manifestly a refusal by the secretary to pay thesma treasury notes In gokd. if demanded. wouliU®ce3sarily result in their discredit and deprccf.ition as obligations payable only in silver, and would destroy the parity between the two metals by establishing a discrimination in Favor of gold. THE COLO DRAIN EXPLAINED. Up to the fifteenth day or Ju£r. 1833. these notes had bocu issued in payment of silver bullion purchases to the amount of more than •il7.0ln.000. While all but a very small quantity of this bullion remains uncoined and without usefulness in the treasury, many of the notes given in its purchase have been paid In gold This is Illustrated by the statement that between the 1st day of May. 1892, and the 15th day at July. 1893. the notes of this hind issued In payment for silver bullion amounted to a little more than $51,003,000. and that during the same period about $49,000,000 were paid out in gold for the redemption of ■uch uoles. THE COLO RESERVE NOT SPARED. The policy necessarily adopted of paying these notes in gold has not spared the gold renerve of $100,000,000 long ago set aside by the govcrum eot for the redemption of other notes, for this fun d has alree.dy been subjected to the payment of new obligations amounting to ■bout $150,009,000 on account of silver purchases, and as a consequence has. tor the first time since its creation. 1 een encroached upon. We bare thus made che depletion of our gold cosy, and have enabled other and more appreciative nations to add it to their stock. That the opportunity we have offered has not been ncglectod.is shown by tlfe large amounts of gold which have been recently drawn from our treasury and exported to increase the financial strength of foreign nations. EXPORTS AIHI IMPORTS OP SOLD. The excess of exports of gold over its imports for the year ending Jane S3.1893. amounted to more than $87,500,090. Between the first day of July. 1190, and the fifteenth da; of July, 1S93, the gold coin and bullion in our treasury decreased more than $132,000,000, white during the same period the silver coin and bullion in the treasury increased more than $147,000,000. AN INEVITABLE CONSEQUENCE. Unless government bonds are to be constantly Issued sad Mid to replenish eur ax

hausted gold, only to be again exhausted. It is apparent that the operation ot the silve purchase law now in force lead? in the direction of the satire substitution of silTer for the gold in the government treasury and that this must be followed by the payment of all government obligations in depreciated silver. V THE GOVERNMENT'S DILEMMA. At tfife stage gold and silver must part company and the government must establish a policy to maintain tbe two {petals on a parity with each other. Gives over to the exclusive use of a currency greatly depreciated according to the standard of the commercial world, we could no longer claim a place among nations ^of the first class, nor could our government Claim aperformance of its obligations, so far as such an obligation has been imposed upoii it, to provide for the use of the people the best and safest money. CAN NOT WORK SINGLE-HANDED. If, as many of its friends claim, silver ought to occupy a larger place in our currency and the currency of the world through general international co-operation and agreement, it is obv;“us that the United States will not be in a position to gain a hearing in favor of such an arra ngement so long as we are willing to continue our attempt to accomplish the result sin-gle-itianded. THE EFFECT IN BUSINESS CIRCLES. Tlie knowledge in business circles among our own people that our government can not make its fiat equivalent to intrinsic value, nor keep inferior money on a parity with superior money by its own independent efforts, has resulted in such a lack of confidence at home, in the stability of currency values that capital refuses its aid to new enterprises, while millions are actually withdrawn from the channels of trade and commerce to become idle and unproductive' in the hands of timid owners. Foreign investors. equally alert, not only decline to purchase American securities, but make haste to sacrifice those which they already have. A MENACE NOT TO BE DISREGARDED. Itj does r.ot meet the situation to say/that apprehension in regard to the future of our finances i* groundless, and that there is no reason for lack of confidence in the purposes of pow er of the government in the premises. The very existence of this apprehension and lack of confidence. however caused, is a menace which ought not for a moment to be disregarded. Possibly if the undertaking we have in hand were the maintenance of a specific known quantity of silver at a parity with gold, our ability to do so might be estimated and gauged, and perhaps, in view of our unparalleled growth and resources might be favorably passed upon. But when our avowed endeavors to maintain such parity in regard to an amount of silver increasing at the rate of 150,000,000 yearly, with no fixod termination, to, sufeh increase, it can hardly be said that a problem is presented whose solution is free from doubt. ENTITLED TO A SOUND AND STABLE CURRENCY. * The people of the United States are entifrcd to a sound and stable currency, and to money recognized as such on every exchange and in every market of the world. Their government hasj no right to injure.them by financial experiments opposed to the policy and practice of other civilized states nor, is it justified in permitting an exaggerated and unreasonble reliance in our national strength and ability to jeopardize the soundness of the people** money.

ABOVE THE PLANE OF PARTY POLITICS. ' This matter rises above the plane of party politics. It vitally concerns every business anti calling, and enters every household in the land. There is one important aspect of the subject which especially should never be overlooked. At times like the present, when the evils of unsound finance threaten us. the speculator may anticipate a harvest gathered from the misfortune of others, the capitalist.may protect himself by hoarding or may even find profit in the fluctuation of values; but the wage-earner—the first to be injured by a depreciated currency and the last, to receive the benefit of its correction—is practically defenseless. He relies for work upon the veb tures of confident and contented, capital. This failing him. his condition is without alleviation, for he can neither prey on the misfortunes of others nor hoard his labor. PERTINENT WORDS. \One of the greatest statesmen our country has known, speaking more than fifty years ago when a derangement of the currency had caused commercial TITstress. said: “The very man of all others who has the deepest interest in a sound currency, and who suffers most by mischievous legislation in iftoney matters, is the man who earns his daily tread by his daily toil.” These words are as pertinent now as on the day they were uttered. and ought to impressively remind us that a f^Skre in the discharge of our dufy at this time must especially injiire those of our countrymen who labor, and who, because of their number and condition, are entitled to the most watchful care of their government. THE DUTY OF CONGRESS. jit is of the utmost Importance that such relief as congress can afford in the existing situation be afforded at once. The maxim: * He gives twice who gives quickly/’ is directly applicable. It may be true that the embarrassments from which the business of the country is suffering arose as much from evils apprehended as from those actually existing. We may hope, too, that calm counsels will prevail, and that neither the capitalists nor the wage-earners will give way tounreasoning panic, and sacrifice their prope&y or their interests under the influence of exaggerated fears.

DELAY EAHAYDE3 THE DA5HER. Nevertheless, every day s delay in removing one of the plain and principal causes of the present state of things enlarges the mischief ■already done and increases the responsibility of the government for its existence. Whatever else the people have a right to expect from congress, they may certainly demand that legislation condemned by the ordeal of three years- disastrous experience shall be removed fnom the statute books as soon as their representatives, can legitimately deal with them. TARIFF REFORM TEMPORARILY SIDE-TRACKED. It was my purpose to summon congress in special session early in the coming September that we might enter promptly upon the work of tariff reform, which the true interests of the country clearly demand, which so large a majority of the people as shown by their suffrages desire and expect, and to the accomplishment of which every efjort of the present administration is pledged. But while tariff reform has lost nothing of its immediate aad permanent importance, and must in the near future engage the attention of congress, it has seemed to me that the financial condition of the country should at once and before all other subject!, !be considered by your honorable body. REPEAL OF THE SHERMAN ACT. I earnestly recommend the prompt repeal of the provisions of the act passed July 14, lv90, authorizing the purchase of silver bullion, and that other legislative action may put beyond all doubt or mistake the intention and the ability of the government to fill its pecuniary obligations in money universally recognized by all civalized '■ countries. [Signed] Grover Cleveland. Executive Mansion, Aug. 7,1893 The message was listened to with intense interest by the members of the house, and at the conclusion of its reading- was greeted with general applause not confined to any section of the chamber. The Michigan election case pending between Kichardson and Belknap was then taken up. SENATE. The senate met at noon, and after the morning routine took a reeess until 12:43 to await the arrival of the president’s message. Bev. Mr. Milbum, the new chaplain of the senate, made the opening prayer. The journal of yesterday was read by the new secretary of the senate, Mr. Cox. _ The proposed sanitarium for Knights of Pythias at Hot Springs, Ark.? will c«4t DUO? «L

CLEVELAND'S SILVER IMESSAGt Onumiti at the Leading III per* on the Auspicious Document. President Cleveland's message to congress is jot a long document, and mar bo described as a meatjone.—Chicago Tribune (Rep). This message is Clear, impregnable, aad indisputable in insisting on the Erst step That is to stop silver purchases at once and thea settle the other questions in accordance with sound and conservative principles.—Pittsburgh Dispatch (Ind. Rep). In the main President Cleveland's message to congress is clear, sound and praiseworthy. He tells the story of financial trouble in a simple, straightforward manner, and his recom mendation for the unconditional repeal of the purchase clause of the Sherman act will meet' the approval of the best people and a majority of all the people, north, east, south aud west.— Pittsburgh Commercial Gaxette (Rep.). President, Cleveland, In his message, well says: "The matter rises above the plane of party politics.'' He wil> find the majority of republican statesmen with him upon that. Another of his remarks, that ‘it be done at once,’ ’ is worth more thpifh^passing notice. The country is in no mood ne listen to long-winded speeches.—Chicago Inter Ocean (Rep). The message is a clear statement of the case against silver purchase, as nearly nonpa-tisan as it could be, conciliatory in spirit, and well calculated to unite the sound money men of both parties. The president very adroitly calls the Sherman law a truce, agreed to after a long contest, with neither party pledged to it as a finality.—Cleveland Leader (Rep). The gold monometallfsts may construe “money" in the concluding sentence of the message as meaning gold, but it is proper for a democratic congress to place on an expression in the message of a democratic president the construction furnished by tbe democratic, platform upon whtch both congress, and president were elected. If it does this il wil', while re ! pealing the Sherman law, talte “other legtslu : tive action, " placing gold and silver money on | an equality. s It ought to do so. We believe it i will.—Cleveland Plaindealer (l)em-). President Cleveland's message Is brief, clear. ; and decidedly to tbe point. He lays the presell’ 1 disturbed financial condition ol' tbe country tc ! the Sherman law, and advises its prompt re- ! peaL Congress should act at once. The presii dent states the facts of the situation, and shows j they are clearly and unmistakably attributable | to tbe Sherman law with great clearness and ! force But his strongest presentation is of the i possibilities and, in fact, certainties of the future unless that law shall be promptly repealed —X. Y. Post cDem.). Mf. Cleveland hopes to ha re congress next month ripping up the tariff. The fear and apprehension of the country caused him to oall his congress together to repeal a law which has about as much to do with the present distrust and uneasiness as the name of the private cat he was hauled to Washington in last Saturday. He has simply proposed tariff tinkering. If the silver business is disposed of at this special session he will set congress to work in December on the tariff.—X. Y. Advertiser (Rep). The message itself is a gold standard doeumeat without a word as to any substitute fot existing legislation It is not the Chicago platform, but the Wall street platform. Dure and simple. The session is called to make war tc the death on silver and let the tariff go. The country, even in the opinion of Mr. Cleveland, cannpt stand two such blows,—Kansas City Journal (Rep).

Mr. Cleveland's method of dealing with the situation is on the sau^e- line as his celebiated tariff message, which is now generally admit ted to have been a state paper of extraordinary ability. He proceeds on the theory that “it is a condition and not a theory that confronts U v" He cuts away from all side issues and possible problems of the future in order to deal with the great problem of .to-day. It is to bo hoped that congress will follow his example.— Indianapolis Sentinel-’(Dem.) President Cleveland s message has hardly satisfied the country. It was restricted to the question of silver, while the public looked for a broader treatment of the monetary issue. It is evident the president believes the chief remedy for jyur financial and commercial ills is the repeal of the purchase provision of the existing law. He hfe pointed out the evil fully anf fearlessly, but the country may not be entirely satisfied regarding the adequacy of the counteractive and the cure he recommends. How ever, congress will not shirk or evade its obli gations in this respect, but may be relied on to provide the legislation the situation may demand.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat (Kepi) While the president's message contains nc recommendation or genera! proposition foi which the public mind was not tully prepared, it will be read by most people with great satisfaction. The president earners dy recommends the prompt repeal of so much of the Sherman act as provides for the purchase of silver bullion, and g>uch further action as will “put beyond all doubt or mistake the intention and ability of the government to fulfill its pecuniary obligations in money universally recognized by all civilized countries.’’ For the present h« recommends nothing more.—Chicago Herald (Dem.). It is a characteristic document — plain spoken, honest, terse and patriotic The president places the chief responsibility for the financial trou1 les just where the business men of all parties have fixed it, upon the Sherman law. His statements af facts are undeniable, his conclusions are irresistible to all open and caxmid minds. The president does well to emphasize one phase of the trouble which has received less attention than it merits. This is the bad effect of a depreciated or a suspected currency upon the wage-earner. The president's meaning in the last sentence doubtless is that power should be explicitly given to the administration to reenforce the supply of gold when necessary. Such authority is needed and should be given.—N. Y. World. (Dem.). There is not a trace of partisanship or of that much more subtle temptation for men in high place—the pride of opinion. There is nothing in it that*'can offend any section, any class, or even any faction The legislation which is -o far the cause of our troubles that its removal is essential to recovery is not denounced in any angry spirit, and no reflection is made upon the motives of those who brought it About. There is no harsh criticism of conflicting theories or theorists, while there is the most moving appeal to the sense, the patriotism, and the fairness of alL It is a message that every American must respect, and in which all may feel not only satisfaction, but pride.— N. Y. Times (Dem.)

President Cleveland's message is important on account ot its source, Put it throws no new light on the problems that have brought con* gress together. There is nothing in the message to offend the friends of silver. The president points out the undeniable fact that the price of that metal has been steadily falling ever since the passage of the Sherman act. Certainly, under such circumstances, a recommendation to repeal the law cannot be considered in itself an indication of hostility to silver Mr. Cleveland is careful to say nothing against the principle of bimetallism. On the contrary, be points out the' fact that tliO" repeal of the Sherman act is a necessary preliminary to the establishment of a bimetallic system. If any member of congress expected the president to do their work for them they were oversanguine. All he suggests with regard to the silver question is the repeal of the Sherman law. No possible substitute is described. The task of devising a satisfactory measure of that nature will have to be undertaken by congressmen themselves.—San Francisco Examiner tDem.). President Cleveland sends Just such a message to congress as the Press feared he would. Be dilates on the existence of an alarming and extraordinary business situation, Pat makes the fatal and most criminal blunder of attributing it largely to con gressional legislator touching the purchase and coinage of silver. Instead ot broad s tatesmanship we find this document a commo nplace summary of foolish ideas tangled with the usual amount of Cleveland egotism. Instead ot the force of a great leader, we and the echo of the mere partisan free trader. Instead of a mas terly view of the entire situation, the country is treated to a brief argument for unconditional repeal of the sil ver act and a hint that if congress heeds this obj ect lesson on the installment plan it may be followed In September by another on tariff reform— N Y- Press (Bep).

THE SILVER QUESTION. Member* of the Houe of Repreeeatntlvee Eadesrorinr, by Means of Caunulng, to Formulate Some of Plan Action by Which They May Promptly and Satisfactorily Meet the Need* of the Country. 0 Washington. Aug. 11.—The committee appointed by the house free-silver caucus met yesterday morning in' the house judiciary committee room for the purpose of preparing a measure, favorable to sil”«~ to submit to tbe house. The anti-silver representatives met In the room of the house committee o’i naval affairs, and then joined the freesilver people in^the judiciary committee- room. The free-silver people submitted their measure to the opposing forces and a discusssion of the matter followed. Xo agreement was reached.hnd the conference adjourned shortly after 13 for an hour. The proposition in regard to the ratio of coinage advanced by the freesilver men was opposed by the antisilver men. and when the conference took a recess the anti-silver representatives met to further discuss the matter. They were also unable to r#ach an agreement respecting the conduct of the discussion of the bill to be prepared by the committee of the free-silver caucus. Soon after the house adjourned the silver aud anti-silver advocates held separate conferences. The anti-silver men adjourned about 2:30 and proceeded to the house judiciary committee room for a further conference with the free-silver men. A prominent anti-silver man stated that the matter had now narrowed down to the question as to which proposition—repeal or free coinage—should be voted on first. This question is now being discussed. Secretary Carlisle is credited with advising the anti-silver men to insist on the unconditional repeal of the purchase clause of the Sherman law, and to reach a vote on the. subject as soon as possible.

The conference oi the silver and anttsilver men lasted half an hour, after which they adjourned without reporting- an agreement. The anti-silver men insisted on offering- a bill for the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman law, allowing the free-silver people to offer additions to it. The free-silver men would net agree to this. They wished to put in a free-coin-age bill, and allow the other side to bring in the amendments. The matter was dismissed, but neither side would yield, so an adjournment was taken until this morning. The anti-silver men met last night to further Consider the matter. The free-coinage men continued in session on the subject. The anti-silver men in insisting on taking the affirmative side in the silver light, claim that they represent the wishes of the administration and hold that to yield to the demand of the free-coinage men would be a backdown on the part of the administration. The conference lasted nearly two hours, and at its conclusion those in attendance congratulated themselves that the action taken was the best under tiie circumstances. A proposition will be made to the silver men to-day to close the debate in ten days and then vote on the different propositions regarding free-coinage. different ratios and an unconditional-repeal of the purchase clause. Mr. Cockran and the other anti-sil-ver leaders expressed themselves as hopeful that this plan will be agreed to. While it cannot be positively stated, it is more than probable that the bill will be introduced in the house to-day, or at any rate by Monday afternoon. when the debate will be commenced. _ Both Sides Opposed to It. Washington, Aug. 11.—A new phase of the silver question was presented to the attention of members of congress, yesterday, in the shape of an apparently authorized proposition from London bankers, backed by the English government, to leading New York financiers, in which it was asserted that if the United States would maintain the present Sherman law on the statute books England would renew the free coinage of silver in India at the increased ratio of 34 to 1. The most painstaking search fails to produce a single senator who ever heard the tdea suggested, and when the proposition was unfolded it was seen that both silver and anti-silver advocates were opposed to it.

FROM HONOLULU. Every tiling Quiet on the Islands—Increased Confidence in the Provisional Government—The “Katzenjammer” Libel on Claus Spreckels in Court. Vancouver, B. C., Aug. 11.—Special advices from Honolulu per steamer Miowera state that everything has been quiet on the islands since the last mail. The Postal savings bank has been able in one week to put $17,000 into the treasury from excess of deposits over withdrawals, indicating a strongly increased public confidence in the stability and strength of the provisional government. The prosecution of the Star for the “Katzenjammer” libel on Claus Spreekels was heard on the 81st ulL, in the district court. The decision as to committal for trial was reserved for consideration. Counsel for the defense secured from royal witnesses their testimony that Spreekels advocated the restoration of the queen. Golden, Colorado, Disgraced. Goi.dex, Col., Aug. 10.—President Cleveland was hanged in effigy here last night by free-silver enthusiasts. Thfe figure supposed to represent the president was strung up to a telegraph pole in front of Mayor Koenig’s grocery store on Washington avenue. An ardent populist headed the hanging party. Going Back to Basaard's Bay. Washington, Aug. 11.—The president will leave this afternoon for Buzzard's Bay, to stay probably until the first of September. -

AT FEVER HEAT. ' The Condition .it Atkin at thejl >u|.naaa« ’ *"•' Mint* of a Rather Volcanic Dcwription. and Liable to Break Ont at Any Moment—The Belief Gaining Ground that an Innocent Man era* Lynched at Brlceetlle. Ksoxvrmt, Tenn.. Aug. 11.—Though apparently quietude has reigned all day in the mining regions to-day. sneh is not the ease, and reports from there aay that the excitement is at fever heat, and the situation is growing more serious hourly. The miners are all still out on the strike which was inau- . gurated yesterday. They are reported as drinking heavily, and a clash be- ! tween the state militia and miners now seems unavoidable. Considerable excitement prevailed ; i here to-day when Capt. Milter, of Co. i | D, received orders from Adj't. John A. j ! Fite to hold his company in readiness [ | and be prepared to go to Coal Creek at a moment's notice. The companies aV) Chattanooga and elsewhere also received the same orders. The soldiers : here held a meeting to-night, and are J prepared to leave at once when ordered. A report received here to-night says | that Monroe, the leader of* last year's riots, and who s now tinder seven ! years' sentence for participating in the i same, has been quietly circulating j among the miners for the past few days and rekindling hatred for the soldiers and convicts ia their breasts. At these mines the miners are still at work, though they are greatly excited, and fears of an outbreak here as well i as elsewhere are entertained. They l have been upon friendly terms with j the soldiers until the trouble this wee* | came up, and then all speaking

I stoppeu. Mrs. Kelk'r Anderson and daughter I arrived in Knoxville this morning froih j Coal Creek, where they had been stay- ! | ing up to the time of the present trou- | bles. It is understood that they were ; ; escorted to the train by a body of miii- | tia. but it is not known whether they were sent away from the fort on account of impending trouble or not. The body of Piek Drummond: the man who was Ivnchedl was brought to Knoxvillt? to-day. It notr-Tooks like an inndcent man was lynched at Brice- j ville yesterday morning, if the statements of tV. R. Landrum. Mrs. Lan- | drum and a man named Peek are true. , Mrs. Landrum positively swears that j Drummond, the man lynched and who boarded at her house was in his room j from 8 o'clock of the night Laugherty was murdered until breakfast time the next morning. Peek, who is also a ■boarder in the house, is positive of the same thing, and Landrum, while not ’ being able to swear to this, thinks that all the circnmstances point to that fact. It also looks as if the lynching was the work of soldiers and no one else, if the testimony of the same parties is to be believed. Landrum says he ean swear that the lynchers wore uniforms such as are worn at Fort Anderson. THEY ALWAYS DID IT. Serious. Charges Against United States Marshal Hawkins. Ixdiaxapoi.is, Ind., Aug.. 12.—Silas P. Jones, of Mt. Vernon, one of United States Marshal W. II. Hawkins' deputies, resigned his office last night and will to-day bring suit against the marshal for back salary. Jones is a farmer, and has been for years chairman of the democratic committee of Posey county. Incidqptal to his resignation he makes some very serious charges against the marshal. The government j allows the marshal far the district of Indiana $6,000 per year if the receipts of his office produce that much above the expenses of the office, the latter including the pay of clerks and deputies, but all net receipts over $6,000 must be turned over to the treasury department. Jones avers that in order to keep the receipts within the $6,000 limit, John E. Foley, chief clerk of the office, has receipted to the marshal for | more salary than has been paid him, ! and has receipted for greater sums as office expenses than were*paid. Jones declares that this has been a practice in the ■ office for years, under republican as well as democratic incumbents. Marshal Hawkins is not in the city, but his chief clerk, Foley, denies that there has been any irregularity. ‘He declares that it has always been the practice to divide up all the receipts of the office above the marshal's salary among I the employes of the office, counting the | “divide" as salaries.

INTENTION AND RESULT. Burglars who Meant to Kill and Lost , Their Own Lives Instead. Lehigh,, Okla., Aug. 13.—Four out- | Jaws attempted to rob tlie store of j Phillips & Co. Thursday night with j the result that at least two of them , were killed. They first seized A. R. Tntt, who lived next door to the store and had the key to it. and forced him to open the door. Warning of the proposed raid had been given, and Town Marshal J. W. Gael and three other policemen had been placed inside the store. When the outlaws • entered the officers called to them to surrender. The robbers immediately began to shoot.''and the officers returned the fire, killing two of them and woundingdhe other two. One of the latter said it was the intention of the- gang to kill Bookkeeper Barlow and Clerk Johns, after they' had been forced to open the safe. .One of the men killed was named Pearce. The other man’s name is not known. Rejected Toetal Cards. World’s Fair Grocnm, Chicago. Aug. 13.—One thousand or more World’s fair souvenir postal cards were stopped' at ..the exposition post office yesterday and thrown out of the mails. At noon Inspector Fleming, of the post office department, informed the exposition officials that the sale of the postal cards would have to be stopped or somebody would have to go to jail. The postals are sold from the niekel-in the-slot machines, and two of them go for that amount. The cards are under size, and the people who sell them are liable to prosecution

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—Une or two snopson rum avenue, Xew York, have carried the imitation of Englisb'eustom so far as to close the frontdoor, admittance being had only on ringing a bell. Ai aid traveler says: "That is" a little peace of snobbery that we wi 1 soon outgrow. Americans won't stand it. It uakes them feel as if they wer? under f urveillanee to have to ring it bell and be ushered into £. waiting room by a uniformed porter. In Europe, whero many of the shopkeepers are too poor or stingy to hire a clerk, the- proprietors live in back rooms, am . leave the -hop vacant % until somebody rings. Then, for the* trouble of admitting him. (hey expect); him to make a pu -chase, aEd they may ; be insulting if t e doesn’t. Sot here no •Shopkeeper can be long sue -e.ssful who,; doesn't make ns free of his place, and) if he tries any obvious dodpe to make' us buy what we don’t wan t we never call on him aga n On gen eral principles 1 never pitronize ai American shop that has a door belt.” —Baked Buck wheat:Peof le generally think buckwheat is only to be used in cold weather as a breakfas , dish in the form of griddle cakes. N< >w just try bakrng it for ore':, and Ikr ow you. will be surprised- I will give yo n my recipe Put in your mixing bowl one cupful white flour and two-thirds cupful oi buckwheat flour; add one very lieaping teaspoonful of baking jowder. mis well; then add .one-half cupful of light brown sugar, oa< beaten e;jgand three tablespoonfuls of melted butter or lard, mix all well together, and lastly, add sweet milk to make a batter tha : will pour and spread slowly, not a.: thin is for griddle cakes (experience' will teach you). Bake ini. rather hot oven in deep tin. allowing plenty rot room for cake 1o rise. To be eaten hot with butter. 1 the sane recipe for corn cake, and $ is the oest I ever, tried, using the fine Ind an meal in placet of buckwheat.—N._Y. Observe-.