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SWUNG INTO ETERNITY.
HOLMES PAYS THE PENALTY FOR HiJ
BLOODYWORK.
Meets Death Calmly?History of His Maui
Crlmea-A Mama For Confession?Tin
Most Prominent of Modern Criminals.
Philadelphia, May 7.?Murderei
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JLLorixiitu vv . luuu^ctb anas ju. n.
Holmes, was hanged this morning ir
the county prison for the killing ol
Benj. F. Pitezel. The" drop .fell al
10:12 o'clock and 20 minutes later h(
was pronounced dead by the prison of
ficials, Dr. Sharp and Dr. Butcher.
; The execution -was in every way entirely
devoid of any sensational features.
To the last he was self-possessed
and cool, even to the extent of giving
a word of advice to Assistant Superintendent
Richardson as the latter
. was arranging the final details.
He died as he had lived, unconcernI"
ed and thoughtless apparently of the
1. future, even with the recollection still
? vividly before him of the recent confession
in "which he admitted the kill
jjL ing of a score of persons of both sexKi.
?8 and in all parts of the country. He
g! refused everything and almost his last
K&-. words were a point blank denial of
Km any crimes committed except the
Re death of two women at his hands by
P malpractice. Of the murder of sever111
members of the Pitezel family he
denied all complicity, particularly of
the father, for whose death he stated
he was suffering the penalty. Then,
with tne prayer of the spiritual attendants
still sounding in his ears and
with a few low spoken words to those
about, the trap swung, and beyond a
few incidental post mortem" details,
the execution which culminated one
of the worst criminal'stories known to
criminology was ended.
Herman W. Mudgett, better known
aa H. H. Holmes, was one of the most
conspicuous criminals of modern times
and if the 'murder confessions' which
he has written can only partially be
believed, he was without a peer as a
blood-thirsty demon. His recent inEgfjf/Mnious
"confession," wherein he
claimed to have killed 27 persons was
disapproved, partly at least, by the ap
pearance of several of the so-called
victims; but Holmes' object in making
the "confession" was realized?the obtaining
of a sum said to be $7,500 and
fei which amount is said to have been
aettled upon the criminal's 18-year-old
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served to increase the sensationalism
of the case, the only capital crime for
which Holmes had to answer was the
f: killing in this city, on September 2,
; >, 1894, of Benjamin F. Pitezel, his fellow-conspirator.
The murder was
committed in the dwelling, No. 1316
Callowhill street. Holmes' conviction
of murder in the first degree, the affirmation
bv the Pennsylvania supreme
court of the verdict and the recent refusal
of Governor Hastings to grant a
: respite are so well-known that a narration
of these facts is unnecessary.
I Holmes was captured in Boston,
I Mass., in the latter part of 1S94,
| by Owen Hanscom, the deputy superl
intendent of police, upon the strength
' of a telegram from Fort Worth, Tex.,
where he was wanted for horse stealing
and for other charges of larceny.
1- At that time officials of theJFidelity
Mutual Life association, of .fnilaclei?
phia, were hot on Holmes' trail for der
irauding the concern out of $10,000 in
connection with Pitezel's death, the
. latter being insured for this amount,
Ms. and as the accused believed horse
stealing to be a high crime in Texas,
^ne voluntarily confessed to Deputy
Superintendent Hanscom to theinsurIance
fraud. He did not, for a moment
dream that he was then suspected of
the murder of Pitezel, and he came to
Philadelphia without requisition papers.
He expressed a willingness to
IDe tried here on the conspiracy charge
in preference to that of horse stealing
at Fort Worth. Before leaving Boston,
Holmes made this confession to
Mr. Hanscom:
"When I concluded it was time to
carry out our scheme to defraud the
insurance company, I secured a 'stiff'
in New York and shipped it in a trunk
to Philadelphia. I turned the check
for the trunk over to Pitezel on the
| Sunday nearest the 1st of September.
x instructed mm now to prepare tne
body, ano in three hours we were on
our way to New York. Two days af\
' ter the payment of the money t saw
Pitezel in Cincinnati. I took the
1 three children to that city, where the
father saw them. Pitezel agreed to go
south, and he took one child, Howard.
) I took the two girls to Chicago because
I had business there. We all
met again in Detroit. Pitezel took the
children and went to South America.
During all this time Mrs. Pitezel
' knew her husband was alive, but she
did not know he had the children. If
she was aware of that she would insist
"that the crecked business be wound up
right away. In order to keep Mrs.
Pitezel away from her husband I had
to tell her that he was here and there,
traveling from one city to another."
This was the first of a number of alleged,
admissions that Holmes subsequently
made. In fact he acquired a
nenehant for makinc "nnnfasainns"
that surprised the Authorities. The
insurance officials had good ground
for believing Holmes had murdered
Pitezel and the three children, so when
the prisoner arrived in Philadelphia
1 he was urged to make another "conL
fession." And he did so without any
I' hesitation, but it varied somewhat
| from the one ha made in Boston. It
graphically narrated how the body
was substituted for Pitezel in the Callowhill
street house, and its identification
by^Alice Pitezel as that of her
father a week afterward. Holmes also
related how the money was received
from the insurance company and its
ubsequent division between Mrs. Pitezel,
Jeptha D. Howe, the St. Louis
lawyer and himself. It was in this
, "confession" that Holmes accused
Howe of receiving $2,500 for his share
in the transaction. Howe was indict'
ed for conspiracy, but recently the case
against him was dropped.
Soon after Holmes was brought to
Philadelphia, Detective Guyer visited
him in the county prisonin relation to
the finding of the body at 1310 Callowhill
street on September 4, 1894. After
an hour's conversation with the
wily Holmes the detective emerged
from the prison with a "confession"
which the accused said that the body
was not that of Pitezel, but was substituted
to defraud the insurance comL
pany. A week later Holmes hoftored
A Guyer with another "confession."
m "Mr. Guyer," he said, "that story 1
I told you about the substituted body is
H not true. It is the body of Benjamin
F. Pitezel, but I did not murder him
PI or his children. On Sunday morning
September 2, I found Pitezel dead
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in the third story of the Callowhill
street house. I found a note in a bottle,
telling me th at he was tired of life
> and had finally decided to commit suicide.
He requested me to look after
the insurance money and take care of
r his wife and family. I then fixed up
the body in the position it was found.
3 These children you speak of are all
right. They are with Minnie Williams
in London. _ I gave Howard to
r Minnie Williams in Detroit and T sent
Alice and Nellie to her from Toronto.
Thev met Miss Williams in Niagara
' Falls, and sailed for Europe from New
^ York." Between this time and his
5 trial for conspiracy to defraud the in'
surance companies to which he pleaded
guilty, Holmes made many other
" "confessions," but they differed very
' little from those already given. Each
time he pretended to tell the truth,
but he sedulousy avoided doing so.
Nobody believed what Holmes said
about Pitezelj^afcb'fie would not say
anything"7I13out the children, except
that they were all right.
In his many interviews with District
Attorney Graham, Holmes persisted
that the three missing Pitezel
children were with Minnie Williams
in London. He even persuaded Mr.
Graham to have an advertisement in
the shape of a cipher puzzle inserted
in a New York paper, for the purpose
of bringing Minnie Williams and the
little Pitezels back from Europe. The
district attorney placed little' faith in
what Holmes told h;m, but the adver- (
tisement was published as a sort of ,
last and hopeless effort. When the '
bodies of Nellie and Alice Pitezel
were unearthed in Toronto, Holmes j
denied having killed them. When ,
Howard's charred bones were located
in a superannuated stove in Irving- ;
ton, Ind., Holmes calmly denied any j
knowledge of the lad's death. When ;
the murders of Minnie Williams and j
her sister were discovered. Holmes
said Minnie killed Nancy in jealous 1
frenzy, and he buried the body in i
Lake Michigan. He vigorously de- (
nied having put Minnie to death so as ]
to secure her property. The disap- .
pearance of Emily Cygrand was traced
to Holmes, but the criminal said ,
he knew nothing of the girl's fate.
The partially consumed bones that i
were found in the Chicago "castle" <
are known to be those of some of j
Holmes' victims. About the last time !
that Holmes was taken to the district (
attorney's office to "confess," Mr. j
Graham lost patience with him.
Holmes gave a repetition of his pic- (
turesque falsehoods. He actually ]
gave the district attorney a veritable ;
"jolly" about the Pitezel family and ,
Minnie Williams being still alive. ]
The scene that ensued was extremely ,
dramatic. Mr. Graham said:
"Holmes, you are an infernal lying j
murderer. I will hang you in Phila- ^
delphia for the murder of BsDjamin {
Pitezel." s
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and he said:
"I defy you. You have no evidence
to prove me guilty."
Mr. Graham looked with disgust
and determination at Holmes, and
said:
"You will surely hang in Philadelphia
for murdering Benjamin Pitezel."
The trial and conviction followed.
The district attorney endeavored to
prove during the trial, through Detective
Guver that Holmes, also killed
the Pitezelchildren, but Judge Arnold,
before whom the case was tried, declared
this to be irrelevant. Guyer
had unearthed the murder of the children
after a prolonged investigation
/>Am m r\r> mool nro a ni?anQi*orl
aiiU tUV wviUiilV/li TT I'MikU ITIM ^
to prove that Holmes also committed
these crimes. Holmes embraced the
Catholic faith when it became evident
to him that he must hang, and Rev.
Father Dailey ministered to his spiritual
wants. Throughout the trial and
subsequent imprisonment, this archcriminal
maintained a nonchalance
that was remarkable. Herman Webster
Mudgett was born in Gilmanton,
N. H., May 16, 1860.
Value of Farm Animals.
According to statistics published by
the Department of Agriculture at
Washington, says the Iron Age, the
aggregate value of farm animals in
the United States has declined very
materially in recent years. At the
present time the value of these animals
is $755,580,597 less than it was in 1893.
The decline is more particularly observant
in the case of horses. Taking a
the five years from 1890 to 1896, it is e
shown that horses increase in number d
until 1893. In 1892, however, their
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was not quite half that of 1892, show- I
ing an aggregate decline in this respect t
of about $500,000,000. This deprecia- I
tion is attributed in the main to the in- I
troduction of trolley cars and bycicles
The high cost of fodder, howev- b
er, after recent seasons of drought, is p
also given as a contributing cause. J
The value of mules since 1890 has fall- p
en nearly $80,000,000, or not far from 1
half the total existing value of these d
animals in the United Sates. On the d
other hand, milch cows have increas- r
ed in number, while the average value C
of these animals has advanced steadily b
within the past few years. The increase
in the value of milch cows last t
year, as compared with 1894, is$l,300,- b
000. Oxen and other cattle decreased i n
numbers more than 2,000,000 in 1895, 1:
while their value increased on an aver- I
ages $1.80 a head in the same period. I
A decline is noted in the numbers and b
value of sheep in the last three years, s
the decrease in value aggregating b
about $60,000,000, and the falling off
in numbers of these animals last year r
being nearly 4,000,00U. Swine, in t
1895, declined 3 per cent i.i number c
and 15 per cent in aggregative value, 1
the total decrease in the value of swine i?
in 1895 being: nearly $33,000,000. It t
is expected, however, that the enor- b
mous corn crop of last year will have b
a favorable effect upon the next statement
of farm animals, the tendency "v
to an increase in numbers and value a
being already observable -?Times and j
Democrat.
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Deed of a Fiend. L
Madrid, May C.?At Alosno, prov- t
ince of Huelva, last evening, some n
miscreant set fire to a building in p
which a dance was in progress. Six v
persons were burned to death and c
many were injured in consequence. "\
c
Liberia is the only more ir less c
civilized country where clocks are al- s
most entirely dispensed with. The t
sun rises at. (5 a m and cpfo at
6 p. m. throughout the year, and is
vertically overhead at noon. \
d
Douglas Jerrold was sometimes r
witty at the expense of his wife. He d
once told her, when she was no longer s
young, that he wished wives were like 1
bank notes, so that one of forty could 4
be exchanged for two of twenty. t
A HOUSE BLOWN UP.
Shocking Cacaatrophe In thw City of CIn" (
clnnatl.
Cincinnati, May 5.?What may
prove to be the most disastrous calam- 1
ity of the year occurred in this city
last night, when a five-storv brick
building, filled with people, completely
collapsed and fell, a conglomerate
mass of brick and shattered timbers,
burying the unfortunate inmates be- i
nea'th its ruins. i
Tf io i m nncci Kl a to MV VlOW ITianV f
persons have been killed, some plac- (
ing the number >as high as forty, oth- s
ers as low as fifteen. No accurate 1
statements can be eiven on this point c
until the debris shall have been cleared 3
away, which will certainly taue all c
night. ]
The building was situated on the I
east side of Walnut street, just south e
of 5th, the lower floor being occupied 1
by Drach's saloon. The upper apart- d
ments were rented out to lodgers. Peo- p
pie for several blocks around where
the disaster occurred were startled by a
a most terrific explosion about 7:45 e
o'clock. A fire alarm was instantly c
turned in. and in a few moments half r
the fire department of the city was b
upon the scene. The work of rescue J
was immediately begun, a force of men
taking the front while a second corps 5
went to the rear of the building, which a
opened into an alley. The first per- n
sons who appeared upon the scene en- p
tered the alley and came up to the
rear of the building, where the piteous d
cries and moans of a female were the p
only ev'dence of life beneath the k
wreck. These cries came from the eel- g
lar. It was utterly impossible that I
any persons on the other floors could n
have escaped a horrible death. In h
addition to the victims who are buried v
beneath the building it is estimated A
that fully one hundred people have t<
been more or less injured bv the con- a
lussion, falling electric wires and n
fragments of shattered glass, stone tJ
and timbers. il
Twentv of those injured on the a
streets were taken into the Gibson n
House just across the way and their e
wounds dressed. Among these was L
Chief of Police Joseph Pugh, of Cov- 1
ington, Ky, who reports a most mirac h
ulous esiape. He was just in the act n
:>f entering the saloon, in fact, one C
foot was upon the door sill when he
Wjis startled by the flash of a burning ?
slectric wire overhead. He sprang c
backward, when almost simultaneous- D
ly the explosion occurred and he felt
the ground leave his feet. He was S)
blown almost into the middle of the r(
street. p
Three persons whose names cannot ?
be learned were injured slightly in a
passing street car, and several ladies in n
mother car were prostrated from the y
shock. A New port, Ky, car, which p
wras near the scene, met with a remark- ^
ible experience. It was suddenly ^
wrought to a standstill by a fearful
shock and an immense mass came r(
irashing through the roof. This t|
sroved upon examination to be an ircn n
loor from the cellar of the building. v
which by some strange freak of the ex- 'al
jlosion had been blown through the a]
'ailing debris and up into the air. A ^
nan named John Neibel, of this city, "
lad just left the spot where it fell and jr
walked back to the rear platform. No Sl
>ne was hurt. r
A Brown street car was smashed al- (j*
nost into fragments. There were forunately
no passengers on board and
he conductor and motorman escaped ?
vith slight injuries. ?
The explosion was caused by the J'
gnition of a gasoline tank. Adolph ?
)rach, proprietor of a saloon on tne '
ower lloor, had recently placed a
jasoline engine in his cellar for the r;
jurpose of generating his own gaso- Yl
ine fuel. Best authorities agree that
he commutator of the engine had
mrned out, setting fire to a tank of
rasoline. The building was seen to
hake for an instant and then cave in.
Ln instant later only an indiscriminate
nass of ruins remained. The walls of
he buildings adjoining on either side
emained in tact. The streets all ,
Lround the block are literally covered ?
nth pieces of glass. It is almost im
>ossible to push one's way tnrough the r*
hroxig of excited thousands gathered
ibout the place as late as midnight. ,,
lundreds of anxious inquiries keep JF
he tele ph ones busy and the hospitals
md morgue are besieged with callers, ^
ager to ascertain the identity of the ^
lead and dying.
The identified dead and the injured
o far as known are as follows: Dead,
I. A. Davis, travelling man, Hamil- cc
on, Ohio, has wife living in Tryon, Pj
J. C.; Adolph Drach, proprietor of sa- v
oon. Four bodies not yet identified.
The injured are: H. E. Hunwick, st
lookkeeper; Joseph Spriggs, colored
tor tor; C. S. Wells, clerk; Sidney W. tc
ohnson, barkeeper; W. D. Crosby, v<
taper hanger ;|Wm. E. Cook, clerk, se
Lvondale; J. L. Ward, race horse .
nan, Toledo; Barbara Huddfelman, iE
iomestic; John McCarthy, of Cincin- h:
tati Wharf Company; Pete Burns, m
,narie3 opnio. ut tne injured it is
elieved several will die. ^
Several more victims are yet beneath
he rains and everything possible is s*
>eing done to recover the bodies. M
R. A. Fricke. of Norwood, was to
lave left for Philadelphia to-night, tr
le is known to nave left his valise in ^
)rach's saloon early this morning. As ai
le has not been seen since the explo- fc
ion his friends fear that his body is ce
luried beneath the ruins in the cellar, tr
A pathetic incident in the work of ?*
ecovery occurred when by digging ai
hrough an a j joining wall the firemen
ame upon Jofin McCarthy, who was 9
ying upon his back helplessly pin ti
oned. McCarthy was released after
he hardest labor, he himself assisting ju
lis rescuers by giving them directions
iow to proceed.
Near where McCarthy wa3 found
rere three other victims, among them th
, woman and a child, who have not
ret oeen laicen rrom me ruins.
The pitiful moans of the mother and cr
ries of the little one, begging her mo- tt
her to come to her, stimulated the *s
rave feilows who are working with hi
[light and main to save them. Two
triests, Fathers Tiernan and Kelly,
?ere conspicuous for their efforts at p
onsoling those beneath the ruins.
iVhile leaning forward to administer of
onsolation to an unfornate who was ai
rying for aid, Father Tiernan was
truck by a falling tile and badly ^
hough not seriously hurt. M
v<
An exchange srys that a fellow in a p<
tear by town who couldn't spare one v<
lollar and a half a year for a newspa- w
>er sent liftv two cent stamps to a iu
lown East Yankee to learn how to n<
top a horse from slobbering, lie got ai
lis receipt and he'll never forget it: w
'To stop your horse from slobbering le
each him to spit."
A SOLEMN WARNING.
SENATOR VEST DENOUNCES THE
DOMINATION OF OFFICEHOLDERS.
LTnleHH the Chicago Convention is Untrammelled
by the Power of Federal Patronage,
He Will Not Regard it an Democratic?Investigation
Ordered.
Washington, May 7.?By the decisve
vote of 51 to G, tlie Senate today
naugurated an investigation, to b
son ducted by the Senate Committee
>n Finance, into the facts and circumitances
connected with the sale of
Jnited States bonds by the Secretary
>f the Treasury during the last three
rears. The six adverse votes were
:ast by Senator Caffery of Louisiana,
Faulkner of West Virginia, Gray of
Delaware, Hill of New York, Mitchill
of Wisconsin and Palmer of Illilois,
all Democrats. The resolutions
lirecting the investigation is very ex>licit.
The debate had been animated, and
it times sensatioDal, throughout the
arly hours of the day. Mr. Palmer's
pposition to the resolution and his '
eference to "snap conventions"
irought on a heated colloquy with 1
Ir. Vest and Mr. Cockrell.
4 IT AL ' l.-ii ? 1
x suppuse mis reauiunuii, saiu 1
Ir. Palmer, "because J regard it as >
n illegitimate means of procuring 1
naterial to affect and inflame the
mblic mind." t
The Senator went on to say that he ]
id not suppose any Senator, except 1
ossibly the Senator from South Da- ]
:ota (Pettfgrew,) questioned the inte- <
rity of the Secretary of the Treasury. 1
'he Secretary's judgment, perhaps, {
light be disputed; the correctness of 1
is acts might be questioned, but there '
ras no question of integrity involved. '
Ir. Palmer reviewed the platform ut- i
Frances of the parties. Citing the old <
dage, "the world do move," Mr. Paller
said the country had moved since ?
tie platform declaiations of 1892 and ;
; was evident that the financial planks <
t Minneapolis and Chicago would s
ot satisfy the people in the coming 1
lections. In mentioning Mr. Cleve- 1
ind's return to the White House in j
893, Mr. Palmer said the President
ad called to his aid "that able states- <
lan, that pure and honest man, J. G-. ]
Carlisle." ;
Mr. Palmer asked if free silver '
rould bring about a fifty cent, sixty 1
ent, seventy cent, eighty cent or '
inety cent dollar.
Mr. Butler, (Pod . of North Carolina) ]
lid he would answer the question by 1
?J:? t u w? <
cauiijg lruLLi ck apccuu uj uouauvi
[ill, known as the Elmira speech.
Ie was proceeding to read at much '
ingth Mr. Hill's early views on the
letals, when Mr. Palmer refused to 1
ield no longer, saying: ''I asked a !
lain, distinct question, to which I j
ave received a great amount of 5
and, and I decline to yield further." \
At another point Mr. Palmer refer- .
2d to the cowardice of candidates for !
ie Presidency and for Congress in 1
ot being specific in their financial '
iews, and in this connection 1 he Sentor
had an article read from the desk !
rraigning Governor McKinley for
is "Janus-faced" attitude on finance. *
And yet," added Mr. Palmer, "all *
idications point to the fact that the ?
lbject of that criticism will be the 5
epublican candidate for the Presisncy."
6
A Senator across the aisle whisper- t
1 to Mr. Palmer the substance of the
ulletins from the Indiahapolis con- r
Bntion, whereupon Mr. Palmer add- B
1: "In fact I understand that the f
pposition to him has broken down." j
Mr. Palmer was drawn into a hot j
)lloquy with the two Missouri Sena- s
>rs, Mr. Vest and Mr. Cockrell. The s
>rmer wanted to know what Mr. Pal- (
ler meant by a reference to "snap a
mventions" favoring silver.
4lT moon " wtnlted M>_ Palmflr
inventions held last year in Missou- '
and Illinois."
"What was the 'snap' feature of the
linois convention?"
"An unnecessary convention is a
nap' convention," declared Mr. Palter.
"These conventions were called
?commit the Democracy in advance
> the free silver dogma."
Mr. Cockrell answered sharply that
ie Missouri convention was one of
te most representative gatherings
rer held. It was called because the
emocracy was being misrepresented
id an attempt macfe to commit it to
Did.
Mr. Vest declared that the Missouri
mvention was a response to the peo
le. The people led and, added Mr.
est, "the people assembled in consntions
and any man who tries to
op them will be crushed. Manhood
id decency will no longer permit us
?stand here and be accused of adacating
'unsound money,' and of as-j
imbling 'snap' conventions."
At this point Mr. Vest branched off
ito a sensational recital of personal
istory. He spoke of the order just
tade public by which this adminisation
extended civil service reform. .
was one of the tenets of this school
lat the patronage of the government
lall not be used to influence politics, f
[r. Vest went on to tell of the Presijnts
removal of United States Dis- .
ict Attorney Benton of Missouri,
/hen he (Mr. Vest) first read this
mouncement he started immediately
>r Washington and asked "His Ex- t
sllency" what had led to the perpeation
of this outrage, the removal ^
' a man of unimpeachable character
id ability. The President brought
it a newspaper paragraph, charging
olonel Benton with pernicious ac- c
vity. He had shown the charges to ^
i unfounded and the President was
ist enough to revoke the order, after
ving to the public a letter openly j
during Colonel Benton against any .
irticipation in politics while serving
lb government. 2
Mr. Cockrell interrupted at this point ^
i ask as the recent Michigan Demo atic
convention at Detroit, declaring .
iat Federal ollicials had gone there
i delegates instructed for silver and
id voted against silver. 1
Mr. Vest, proceeding, said he referred [
i the President's letter to Colonel
enton warning him aginst 'dabbling' v
l politics because this administration :
: la*e had given its whole intluence
id power to influence tho political
ntiment of the people, to influence
tese so-called ''snap" conventions.
.r. Vest referred to the Nebraska condition,
where hesaid "ollice holders, (
istmasters, collectors of internal ie- t
iuue, their lungs lilied with the air c
hich came from the treasury," were ,
l control. The Senator spoke of Cabi- '
el ollicers speaking about tho country
id added that he had "not heard a
hisper of critiscism from 'His Excelmcy.'"
Mr. Vest next turnel his attention to
the recent Michigan Democrtic State
convention, reading from an article
writ^n by one of the delegates who
had participated "in, that shameful
scene." The article detailed the action
of "backsliders" and "traitors," who
had been instructed for silver and
voted against it. The Senator said he
had many letters from men <^f high
standing including some of those
chosen to the national convention
detailing the circumstances of the
Michigan convention as a "shame and
disgrace to American public life." After
further denunciation of the influence
brought to bear on conventions,
Mr. Vest closed with a startling declaration
as to his own pos ition. "I
am a delegate to the national convention,"
said he, "an unwilling delegate,
chosen by mv people, and I serve
notice now that if that convention at
Chicago is to be made up of office holders,
to stifle and prevent the exprcs
lion of the will of the people, then it
is no Democratic convention to me.
The Democratic party is the party of
honorable expression, not of Federal
patronage/]
Wliat Makes the Silver Craze.
Some of the advocates of the gold
standard pretend to be entirely ignorant
of the cause that has brought
about the "silver craze," as they con- ;
temptuously designate the demand for
the remonetization of silver. If these
advocates of the gold standard would
take the trouble.to read the latest
"Monthly Summary of the Finance (
and Commerce of the United States,"
prepared by the bureau of statistics of
the Treasury Department, they would
probably learn tnec&use of the "silver
:raze." This publication gives figures
bearing upon the evils of the single
*old standard which all the eloquent
and intellectual dexterity of Secretary 1
Carlisle can make to appear contrary
to his declaration in 1878 that the demonetization
of silver was "the greatest
crime of this or any other age."
The very first thing this volume of 1
Dfficial statistics shows is that the three
years just passed Mr. Cleveland s pres- <
snt gold standard administration have
spent more money than was spent any :
three years since the year after the
war, when the army of the United
3tates was reduced to a peace footing.
It shows also that the excess of expen- 1
litures by the Government in these
piping times of peace for the three years 1
just past was $139,306,870. We are 1
thus steadily going to the bad at the
rate of $3,800,000 per month. Up to 1
kpril 1 the excess of expenditures for
the first quarter of 1896 is $5,216,243,- <
36. And let's see how the store of gold
ind silver of this country is faring un- i
ier the gold monometallic system,
with its gold reserve and hired syndicate
to keep gold from going abroad.
The three months of January, Feb- 1
ruary and March of 1896, the figures
Df imports and exports show that we
aave lost in gold $53,642,992, in silver,
?30,758,204. Here is a contraction of 1
metallic cnrrency alone of $84,401,196. ;
We are also informed by this interestng
and timely volume thac there has
.1 all forms of circulation been a decrease
of $60,978,550 since February 1,
L896. Things were much better under .
he former Cleveland administration.
3y the persistence of Democratic ConiwaecmAn
i an f tA t*ti 11 fVio
jl^OOIUCU UlAiUlCUU lt\J bug TTiil VI lilt
>eople this government had taken very
lecided steps toward the restoration of
ilver. During the four years of Mr.
Cleveland's first administration more
ilver was beine added to circulation
mder the Bland-Allison coinage act
han ever before.
Under that law, compromise and
nake-shift as it was, gold came back
md this country was in a fairer way
or a genuine return of prosperity than
t has ever been at any time since
.873-74, when the coinage of the standard
silver dollar was dropped. Here
ire the figures: First four years of
Cleveland's first administration, under
t silver coinage law: Excess of reseiplsover
expenditures, $378,934,95851.
Three years of Cleveland's second
id ministration, during which the last
restige of legislation friendly to silver
>r providing for silver coinage had
>een repealed: Excess of expenditures
>ver receipts, $140,759,698.60.
These are the figures that make the
'silver craze," aijd it is astonishing
hat some of the gold standard advo:ates
fail to understand them. These
igures also explain the large number
>t business failures that we are having
low. The only salvation for this
:ountry is for the majority of its peoile
to get the "silver craze" and restore
he white metal to its former place in
>ur financial system. This alone will
>ring peace, plenty and prosperity to
?ur now impoverished country. When
his is done, then, perhaps, the blind
fold bugs will understand the cause oi
he "silver craze."?Times and Demoirat.
' . |
Another Advance Made.
The Keelevcure has been introduced
ntotheSt. Agnes Hospital, Baltimore,
ild. Tne good Sisters realize that in
he Keeley cure is found the only hope
or those addicted to the liquor and
norphine habits, and have made a
jontract with the Keely Institute of
Maryland bj> which the Keeley treatnent
shall be administered at their hos)ital
by regular physicians instructed
>y Dr. Keeley. This is another argunent
proving that the Sisters of Charty
occupy the front place in the care
>f the diseased and in .the service of
uffering humanity. The treatment
vas adopted four years ago by the
Jnited States government and is used
it the National home. Proving so eficacious
the treatment is now given
it Fort Leavenworth Post, to the olli:ers
and enlisted men of the regular
irmy. During the past two years the
States of Maryland, Minnesota, Coloado,
Louisiana, N^rth Dakota, Wis
:onsin and others have by legislative
inactments provided that indigent
iquor and morphine habitues be given
he treatment.
The Keeley Institute of South Caroina
continues its good work at Coumbia,
and any information desired
nay be had by addressing that instiute
or drawer 27.
Two men intoxicated and driving a
arge gray horse hitched to a wagon
oaded with dynamite were arrested in
rViilmantic, Conn., the other day
vhile driving at a gallop.
The trustworthy cure for tlie Whiskey,
)pium and Tobacco Habits is administer>d
at The Keeley Institute of South Carina.
For further information adiress
rhe Keeley Institute, or Drawer 27,
Jolumbia, S. (J.
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their goods without extravagance. Knowing
all these things perhaps they do not
know the place where they can buy to
the best advantage and would be Rlad of
a hint where to go. We can only say we
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Good tomatoes 2 pound can9. 60c dozen,
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Good tomatoes 3 pound cans, 75c dozen
7c can.
Green corn at 6 1-4,10 and 12 l-2c can.
Green peas at 8, 10. 12 1-2 and 15c can.
Peaches In cans at 8,10.12 1-2.13 L7, 20
25 and 30c can.
Potted ham and tongae at 5c can.
Lard, compound, 50 pou-d cans, 6c lb.
Lard, compound, 20 pound cans, $1 25
san.
Lard, compound, 10 pound cans, 75c can,
Best lard, 50 pound cans, 7 l-4c pound.
Best lard, 20 pound canJ, 91.60 cai.
Best lard, 10 pound cans, 90c can.
Finest Irish potates in barrel sacks SL.15
per sack.
Bett cream cheese, 15c pound.
Dried apples, 5c pound.
Evaporated apples, 8, 10 and 12 l-2c a
pound.
Good starch, 5c pound or 25 pouuds for
11.00.
littuuary h jap inz puunu uars, o, iu auu
12.1-2C bars.
Tol'et soap from 25c dozen up.
Matches 5 and 10c dozen, 50; and 91.00 a
gross.
Ping tobacco in 10 pou nd coddles 21c a
pouod and upwards, less than coddy 25c
pound and t up.
Good smoking tobacco at 18c pound,
pipe with each pound.
Fine fresh fruit jams in 1 pound ca s, 10c
ian.
Biscuits in boxei of frocn 20 to 23 pounds
proin 4 1- 2 to 7c pound.
- Raisins from 5c pound anl up *ard.->.
Segirs50,75, ?1.03, $1.25, $1.50 and $2.06
i box of 50.
Lots of other good* in stock just as
jheap Get a copy of our piice list, its
mighty Intdres ing readiog and will show
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