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1 1 i HI IV l! i ,i II ) 31 f I r !.' 1 mi xn-mn-i ijjji.iiMiiiii.nnri ffimrwh tops SpBOoh of Secretary Carlisle at Chicago, t I o Addresses a Mara Jleotlng of Work fngmen on Iho Currency5 Question, Make ?t Clear That Cheap Money Always '" W,wd Alway Will Be the Wage Karuer' JJnemy Vroe Colaage Mean Silver Monometallism and Jtcrinoed I'nr-chafing- Ifower nf Wages Scli Ha Been the Rxperlonof) With Depreciated BllviSr f In Chile, Jmian and Mexico and With f Onr Depreciated Currency Would Kob WoTklntmien of Ullllonsof Hollar De posited In 6avlngs Hanks and Ilnlldlng and Ioaa Associations and Invested la Insurance Policies-'' Wo reprint below tn fall Secretary Carlisle's lcar, forclblu und unanswerable npcoch to the labor organizations bf Chicago, at the Audita riata, on April 16; Jin. President and GEXTtsMrn-I am hero thin evening in roanonso to (communication received several month uro from number of gentleman connected with various lt.bor or ganizations of this city inviting mo to uddren tbem und their fellow wbrUlngnion upon tbo eurrenoy ond financial questions, which were ihen und uro still agitating thn minds of our -people In ell parts of tlio ooiintrv. When that eomtnunlcbtloa reqebe-d no, It was not In my power tu uiwignatn a time when my official duties would permit mo to coma huw, but I promised to bold tho matter undur connldrn tlon cad come whenever It rniLJit bo posilblo to do so. oid I now conRrntuluto mysolf upon my good fortuuu In having at but found an opportunity to rooet this treat assemblage of laboring pooplo and to dlscuM In their prrB anco.what I consider o:iu of thn ruo it Impor tant eeonoinlo questions that tan possibly en gogo tho attention of wugo taruors In this or any other conntry. 'ilia Wage Earner' latere! In Ioo4 Itaner. Whether thn general buslncM of the people hall be transuctod with good money or bad rnon, whether tho wtn a of lubor shall 1 raid In a round and stnblu currency, with full puihaslng power la tho markets v. hero they nri'.exchanged for the necessaries of life, or in Ordoprociated nnd fluctuating currency, hav fug no fixed valuo and therefore bearing no permanent relation; to tho current prices of commodities, am questions which affect the comfort und happiness of every homo und tho poaco and prosperity of every community. .Whllo all are deeply interested in tbo settle ment of those questions It is unfortunately tho Aoi.0 that nil will not bo equally affect! by an erroneous decision upon thorn. Tho wealthy man, tho man who has accumulated property or hoarded rxfunfr, la ulwitys exempt from many ot the most WIouh consetmonccs of a financial or Industrial dltturbunco. He baa both means and credit, nnd, whilo he may bo 'subjected (o much loss and inconvenience, neither ho nor his family will bo plricbod by buni'or or compelled to go without raiment or shelter. It is tho poor roan nnd tho man ot moderate means tbo man who has not been fortunnto enough to ncnumulato property or money, but who depuls upon hiawnguHor upoh tho prod acts ot his own lubor for tho means ot sup porting himself and his fumily--tbat always reels tho first and most disastrous effects of a, ."business or Industrial depression, no matter .whether it results from n depreciated nnd flue " inntlng currency or from other causes. Such man has nothing to dispose ot but bis labor -and nothing with which to uupport hlmsulf or kls family but his wages or the proceed ot his own labor, and any policy that oen tern '.porarlly suspends or obstructs tho industrial iprogrcM ot tho country by diminishing the 'demand for tho products of labor, or by im pairing the capacity or Ulaposltlon of capital to employ laiwr, must lie injurious q iija jn Uitt and Inflict more, or hta suffering upon . all who arw dependeut upon him. Labor can. Nnotbti hoarded: tbo itilu day is gone forever; lost waged ore never reimbursed, and. there ,foro sttitdy employment and good pay in good money oro ossentlnl to tho comfort nnd huppi nwj of tbo Amurioau laborer nnd hli wlfu and . children, and ho will bo unfaithful to himself 'csnd to them if ho does not Insist upon tho ' adaption und maintenance of such a policy us will most certainly preserve tho value und sta blllty of all our currency and promote the regular nud profitable conduct ot all our in dustrial patcrprlscs. IIo cannot prosper when tho country is in distress, when its industries aro prostrated, i commerce parulyzcd, iu creUlt broken down or il eoclal order dis turbed, nor can be prosper when thu fluctua tions ot thn currency uro such tliat ho cannot 'certainly know tba valuo of tbo dollar in which his wo-gctinru paid or cstlmato In od 'yuneo tho cost of tbo necowarlcs of llfo. Whethor wo shall of tdiall not bau a long period of flhoncial, commercial nnd Industrial dlsturbauct) in thin country, and whether la bor shall bo deprived of pormonont employt ;mont or be partuilly employed and Inade '"qanteb' paid, aro questions directly nud ntKes Atrlly tavolred in tho dtimand now seriously undo by muuy ot our fellow citizens tint the United State.j, without thAco-opcratlon of any .othor guvurnmeut in tbu world, and in oppo--tltlon to tho ovtabllbhvtl policy of every 'Other great civilized nnd commercial nation, shall nutburir tho freu und unlimited coinage of full legal tender bilver nt the rate of 10 to 1, rotwitbatoudlng tho truo market ratio bo tweeu tho two metals is nbout 31 to 1, or, In other words, that tho United States alone shall '.Beclara by low thr t 10 ounces of fellver are equal lit valuo to 1 ounco ot gold, when It Is an ludi.'putablo favt everywhere rceoguired tb&t in all tbu markets of tbo vorld, in tsilvur standard rountrics is wi 11 ca in gold standard Countrlee. 10 ounces of silver uro worth only about out -half us much n 1 ounoo ot gold and will purchase only nbout one-bolt as much ?f tbo ucevtuaries of lite. What Trivo tiolnngM Iteally Means. The milled proposition lit that thu United ' States rhall coin, at the public expense, for tho exelusivo Wmflt ot the individual' und cor porations owning the bullion, all the silver :thBtmny bo presented at tho mints into dol 'Jaraceutaiuing UTl'i grains of puro silver, or 412H grains ot utundard diver, worth Intrin sically about 61 or 62 cents, deliver tho coins to tho depositors of the bullion and compel all jbo other p-oplo la the country to receive tiu-sa coins nt u valuation Of 100 tents each la the payment of dobta due them for property -old, for labor and su-rlco of all kinds, for -nlona to soldleraand sailors nnd tbeir wtd 'own and children, for losses sustained under polldts l&iuud by llfo and otbir Insurance companies, for deposits in savings tanks, trust t.impauie3, building associations and other in stitutions, for debts due to widows and orphans by Buardians, executors nd udminlbtrntors of tlt-cedenU, otates atid other trustees, (or sala ries of all civil, military and naval officials imd theoompeawitloivof privato soldiertf and Kumeu, and, in short, tor every kind of obli gation recognized by tbo laws of the land, ex Avpt only in case where tho prudent cnpltalU. bus token tho precaution 1n advance to con tract for payment of debts due hiiu in gold or jt equivalent. lossy nothing of the gross partiality and Uiunifeet injujtlco of such a policy, ltd linme cilato effect would bo to oiutrnot our currency to the extent ot about t0J0,UW,uU) by stopping tho uso of gold as mouey apd putting a pre julum upon the coins of tLsl wctl tqual, or about equal, to tho ulfferenoo between the in iriusia valuo of the gold dollar uud tbu lntrin aio valaaof tho Ulvk-r dollar. Gold coins would at one beooroo a comuiouUy and would bo Voogbt.and sold y speculators in the market jnkt W tbey went during thu war, when wa wl a deprectatsl iMUKr ourreiicy. The vnlpe f tlio sllwr dollar wotd lluctunto from day to dy, moving up uud down with the riee und fill of tho commercial prico of thu bullion con fcOctd in it, uv Uio Mexican dollar dot-a not. ( ti a.jjit4M.W4 jjiJixffBswgwssswsaBii - speculators to buy nnd sell It at n profit. It wouM crane to be used ns money, Ix-causo no mnn would psjr his debt In cold dollars or In piper rrdtc-noble In gold dollars, worth 100 emit, whi the law p -rmlited him to pay It In silver dot turn, worth only fit or C2 cent. The udd withdrawal of 1620,000.003 from, tho relume, tX currency In t!i country would un doul.todly produca n financial nnd industrial dl&turbanco far mora disastrous to the inter its of labor tlinn has oror bern experienced In our hiftory, and no man who bna a particle of sympathy for working en and women nnd i their dependent families otin contemplate tho I posnlhility of such a calamity without feeling that It Is his duty, whethey fan occupies a pub ' 11a or u private station, to employ every hpn ornblo means at his command to uvcrt it. Uhllu tho sudden expulsion of ICO.OOO.OOO in gold from our stock of mouey w6uld lte)f bo sufficient to crrute n financial dlstut banco tin' paralleled io the history of this or any other country tho eituntion would bo very greatly aggravated by tho fact that tho purchasing power of nil tho remainder of our currency would lie suddenly rodueed about ono-half; we should have only about two-thirds as much currency an wo hava nowfandattheametline it would be ho dfepreclatpd in valuo that It would requlro nbuut twroasmucb as we havo now to trannuct tho business of the country, provided thero should, bo any buelnerta to transuct. Double Standard a Failure. Tho attempt to maintain what is called tho double ataudurd of value thbt is, to attempt to kcp tb legal tender coins of tho two met bIb, gold and silver, In uso as money nt tho name' time, upon n ratio of vnluo fixed by law mn repeatedly been mado by kings and par liaments in every clvlllzrd country in tho world, and It has failed again und again in every ami of thum. Anil It ri'nulren no ulft of prophecy to foresjo that (t must continue to i fall so long us self interest constitutes a con trolling factor in tbo buslncst atialro of men. Without trespassing upon youn patience to review tho monetary history of other coun tries In which this experiment has bou made and foiled it may bo wlrantuguoua to refer briefly to our awn experience upou this Hub joct. When it was determined o adopt -a monetary eystrin for tbo United States und tablUh n mint, Alexander Uumllton and Tbomcs JefferMun, two men who differed widely upon almost every publla question nnd whom numes us founders and lender of their respective parties will live uh long tut our po litical llternturo W road, agreed that In deter mining what tibould bo the colnago or legal ra tio botwetn gah) and silver tho truo relative commercial valuo of tho two metals In the markets of tho world mtut first Iki ascertained, and tliht ihla rclatlvo value, when ascertained. should bo lpcon'oratod Into tho Htntute as tho k basis of tho proposed syntem of colling. Al though they were party It-adorn, thuy worn statesmen und pUtrioU, uud when they wcr called on to consider this groat buxlneks ques tion affecting all the prlvato affairs of their follow citizens they gave it n thorough nnd impartial investigation upon lb merits, with out regard to tho effect their decision might bavo upon their own political fortunes or upon tbo political fortunes of their followers. The "Fathers" Hot Disturbed by This De lusion. These great men wiro never disturbed for n moment by tho delusion that congress could fix by statute the actual or relative valucf of gold nnd stiver nny mora than It could fix. by statute tho actual or relative values of a pbr.nd of lead nnd a pound of iron. They know that gold and silver, like oil other ex( hangeablo things, aro commodities and that their volco will bo fixed in tbo markets of the world. They knew that It was entirely competent, in fuct necessary, for congress to docluru tho ra tio upon which tho two metala should be coined nt tho mint, if they wcro to bo coined at all, but tbey know equally well that if tho ratio no declared did not correspond substantially with tbo ratio w hich tho commercial world had es tablished, thu coins of tho two metals could nut be. kept In uso ns money ut tho samo tiroo, and consequently, as I havo alruudy said, thoy determined to uicortuln tbo commercial ratio and to adopt it. They reached thu conclusion that the truo coramerqlul rutlu ut tb.-.t tinio woh IS to 1 that hi, that 15 ounces of silvjr woro equal in valuo to 1 ounco of gold and accordingly tho net ot 17W. which was our llrwt coinage law, authorized thu colnago ot the two metuls at that ratio. At (bo ratio thus established tho silver dol lar contained U71K grains ot lino silver und tbo gold contained 'ii grains of lino gold, but it was soon discovered that a mistake bud been made nnd that b1l)i grains ot lino silver wero not in fact equal in valuo to 24 grains ot flno gold, nnd thu contscqucnco was that, although the difference between thu viuo of n sliver dollar nnd tho value of a gold dollar wua only about ono cent nnd one-eighth of n cent, stiver drovo gold out of uso and out of tho country, and from that tlmo wo hud kllver mouumutal lljm until utter tho piutiuge ot thu acta of 1341 and 1S37. Tho fact that tho silver was put into the form of u coin nnd mudo legal tender tbo same as gold, and that loth dollars wero declured to bo worth 1U0 oentu each, did not increase the vuluu of thu W1U gruio.s of silver to any extent whatever. Ibu people could not ho de ceived by more words printed In a statute: they soon learned that tho metal contained lu the sllvor dollar was not equal In value to tho metal contained In the gold dollar und thoy paid sliver to their creditors and hoarded tho gold or sent It out of thu coun try. Even our new und full weight silver coins would uot circulate or remain in tho country, because congress, by various acts, tuadu certain foreign coins legul tender in the payment ut debts, oud as they wero generally eo woru by abrasion as to be ot less weight than the new domestlo corns thuy drovo our dollars and half dollars, and to a largo extent our quarters nnd dimcu also, out of use as money, our own coins v, ere exported ana used at their bullion vujuu in making purrhuscs and paying debts abroad, und Sir. Jefferson himself, s bo hud then bucoroo president of tho United States, Inoucd an order on thu first dny ot May, lbOO, sWppiug the colnago ot silver dollur at our mints. No mora silver dollars wcro coined until l&XS, CO years utterward, and then only 1,000 of hem were issued from tho mints Restoration of Gold Standard In 183. Gold having left the country, cougrets, in l&X, during thu administration of Andrew Jackson, dettrmlue-d to rontoro it to tbo circu lation und, lu order to accomplish tbut result, thu legal ratio was changed from IS to 1 to about 10 to 1 tb.at is, thu law so amended as to provide that tbo gold eagle, or $10 piece, should contain ' grains of pure gold, which mado the dollar consist of i3 1-3 graius, but by tho uct ot 1KS7 It was changed to Sl'ii grains, which now constitutes the dollar and unit of valuo. llils was a slight overvaluation of gold in the coinage, because, 2S.Zi grains of fine gold were not in foot worth us much lu the mar kets us b71J grains of Bnoeilvtr. Although the dlffcrenre in valuo was very small, it proved sufficient to change the whole character of our metallla currency, and under this ratio gold and silver exchanged place' Bl'tcr went out of the country nud gold camu in, and from that tlmo until after thu passage of tho act of lifTK wa bad practical gold monometallism, except during tho period of thu war. when we had no metallla mouey of any kind. When the great civil war began, we had uo Mlver In circulation oxoept thu subsidiary coins author ized by the act ot 1U3, but we bad gold and paper redeemublo lu gold, and it was not long before we had another practical llluktrutlun of tho natural law that the Interior or loss valu able lrgal tender currency will expel tho su perior or more valuable legal tender currency from circulation. sapcr Curmocy of War Teriod. r.irly In IStQ congress, most unwisely, in my opinion, autboiitod the Issue ct lcgul tender paper to clrculau ax money, and the usual and Inevitable result followed. Gold oeasod to be vmed as uioni y and tho banks and the treasury having sunpuuued specie payments, tbo coun try woe flooded with a depreciated eurreucy worth at ttruo.-i thu ijcecto oa the dollar. Later on fruoiiouai piper currency was au tborized by congru? s. and the t Sect of this wu to drlru out of circulation even the light weight subsidiary coins, uud for many years net a ulnglo piece of metallic money of any kind watt u-d by1 the people except on t be' Pa (ills ooaet, whsru (,-uld southed to circulate k .. mh ii 111 m i 1 j. - . - . . , t r ".r ' '"". yon elTect this deproclatrd currency had iipon tho wages of labor ana upon tne prices cr com modltles which thn laborers wcrn compelled to purchase with their wages, my purpose nt the proscnt moment IkIiir simply to prove, by our own experience, that it is impotslblo to retain In circulation at tho name tltre legal tender gold nnd silver dolus of tho simo denomina tion ot any ratio which doei not correspond With tho actual ootntnerjUl values of the two metals In tho markets of tho world, and that, therefore, the free nnd unlimited coinage of legal trader sllfer by the UnlUnl States nlone at tho ratio of 0 tu 1, when the true commer cial ratio Is about 01 to 1, would Instantly cup tract tho currency by tho expulsion of all tbo gold now In the country. If the overvaluation of silver to tho amount of a ltttlo over 1 per cent In the colnago law of 1702 expelled gold and established nllver mono loetoUlsni, und it tho overvaluation of gold to tho extent of less than 1 per cent In the acts ot 1WH and 18S7 expelled silver from circulation and establUhcd gold monometallism. Is not tho conclusion lrresistlblo that the free and un limited colnago of legat tender silver at the present time, nt au overvaluation of nearly 100 per cent, would at once place tho country upon a monometallic silver basis? Thin ques tion does not Boom to mo to be open to eorious argument, and when it 1st proposed that tho i United Btnton shall, In defiance of our own ex. I perlenoo during n period of S9 years and In do llanco of the experience of other nations dur ing many centuries, authorize tho free colnago ot legal tender silver nt such a ratio, it 9 the duty of the people and especially tbo duty of the laboring people to pause beforo it is too lata and Carotully consider whether they will deter mine to overthrow their existing monetary system aud substitute in its place the depre ciated silver monometallism of Asia and Mex ico and tho small states and republics of Ccn ro, ttna Bouth America, with their low rate ot wngt-a nnd their high rotes of exchange. Under tbo coinage act of 1702 we hud silver, but no gold, nnd under the acts of 1634 and IK7, with free coinagn of both metals, wo had gold, but no silver except the token subsidiary coins after 18S3, while sow, with gold as the' standard and limited colnago of sliver, wo hare both gold und hllverns full legal tender money in larger amount) than ever before In our his tory, and tho coins of thu two metals ars kopt equal in purchasing power by tho credit and resources of tho government, notwithstanding tho difference In their intriuslo value. Steal Question Shall We Havo Srrer DIonoinotallUmT Wo havo sow about $030,000,000 In gold and $413,000,000 in full legal tender silver, besides $78,210,077 in subsidiary silver coins, which uro legal tender In payments not exceeding $10, and tho rvl question for thu peoplo to de cide Is whether they will continuo to use bo coins ot both metals or adopt a monotary sys tem which always has and nlways will drive ono of them out of tbo country. I am not horo, therefore, this evening to ndvocato the exclu rdvo uso of gold coin a money, or to opposo a conservative and safo uso of silver coin na money along with gold nnd at a parity w 1th gold, but I am hero to insist that wo shall not abandon tho present legul standard ot value, expel all tho gold from thu country nnd, auopt silver monometallism, with frvo et Inagos of a nominal dollar worth intrinuicslly only CI or U! cents. I am hero to insist that tho mlnta of tbu United Btatos, which were constructed and aro maintained und operated at thu vs. Itenso of all tbu peoplo, shall not bo used for tho oxcluslvo be-netlt of the owners ot silver bullion under a law giving them tho right to bavo 51 or K3 cents' worth of their silver coined trco of chargu and stumped as a dollar and compelling you and all others to reoeivo it from thorn as a dollar. All thu mints of the United States, operated to their full capacity und doing no other work; could not coin into standard silver dollar two thirds ot tho annual production of silver In our own couutry. but, notwithstanding this, it is sorously proposed to offer f reo colnago to all tho silver in tho world nt a legal valuation almost double it commercial value In the markUu of tho foreign countries whero It is produced. Tho annual production of sllvor lit tho world is about $216,000,000 at our coinage rate, and tbo unnuul capacity of our mints to coin standard silver dollar is only about $W, 000,000. Last year we colno'd $43,lUM7o Is gold and 19,0CU,B0 in silver, so that if our mints wcro devoted cxcluulvely to tbo free coinage" ot standard nllver dollars the addition to our stock of metallic money would bo about $15,- 000,000 less every year than it is now, and it would not bo good money after it was coluod. Mara than IS years would elapso boforo we could at this rato coin enough depreciated sil ver dollars to supply the place ot the good gold dollars expelled from tho country, and In tho meoutlmo a complete revolution would havo to bo effected in our commercial rela tions with other nations nnd in ull our domes tlo business affairs, Including a readjustment of thu wages of labor, the price ot commodities, tho rates of municipal, utata aud federal taxa tion, charges fo transportation nnd every other) matter Involving the use of money or credit. We should descend by a singlu step ' 4ln Itlnliaut atnnrlntl rf r1tti t ullnw monomt tsallsra, with a contracted and at the sarao tlmo depreciated currency, a. financial experiment which has so precedent in the monetary interest ot the world. KartunuUly when changes have heretofore bceiunado in the circulation by thu subutitu tlorvof thu coins of onu metal tor the coins of tbo other, thu difference in thuir valuo has been very small and tbu process of substitu tion has been gradual and created no great financial disturbance, ' Undur tbo uct ot liftl the difference lu value between tho coins and tbw legal rutio was only a little over 1 per cent, and yet, within lfss than onu year after iho enactment or ina siniuio, congress was compelled to ru-enforcefour stock of mouey by making certain foreign coins legal tender In the payment ot debts, und on the somu day ot the passago of the act of 1KM, which put tho country on a gold basis by undervaluing sil ver about 1 per cent, congress paused anotbur statute muklug tho gold culns of O ruat Britain, Portugal, llruzll, Franca, Mexico and Colom bia legal tender by weight in the payment of Cebts, thus providing as far as possible against a contraction of thu currency on account of the expulsion of silver from tho circulation. During thu war, when gold was leaving the country, legal tender treusury note were rapidly Issued, undur authority of congTess, to taiiu its pluce, and instead of a contraction of tho currency wu had un expansion. After th war, when it wa) determined to cbaugo the character ot our curroncy ugain by the re sumption of sprcjo payments, thu law was en acted four years In auvoucu of tho time when it was to tuko effect in order that amplo op portunity Might bo afforded to adjust the busi ness ot tho people to the altered conditions. Now, "howover, all thu conservative and pru dential considerations that have usually con trol lea In thu sottlcmeut of great financial questions seem to bo utterly disregarded, and wu ure confronted by un orgucued und ag gressive uiovemunt to dustroy by u sisglo blow the measures of vuluu upon which ull existing contracts uro based und thus subvert thu very foundations of our monetary system, without allowing a slnglo day to prepare for the change. In the general contusion und disorder re sulting from such a radical measure what will bo tbu oond.tionof tbu American laboreif Will be bo benefited or injured by reducing the valuy of tbu mouey in. v hich his wages are paid and nt thesuinotlm increasing tho prices ot tbu commodities for which his wages are expended! Effect on the Wagewurkers. After struggling for moro than a quarter of a century, through labor organizations and otherwise, to secure a rate uf wages which would muku tho proceeds c-t u day's work equal to the cost of n day's subsistence for the wurklngmnn and bis family, you aro asked by the advocates of free colnauo to loin them in destroying one-halt ot the purcbaslugpoHcr , at tbo money la which you uru paid und luv pose upon jourfcelw thu tu.k ot doubling the nominal amount or ) our v. ugee boreal tor that i, to ktrugglo for toother quarter of a cen tury, or terl.ap longer, to r-so your wage in a depreciated currrncy to a point which will vnablu you to purchaut with thum aa much ot tbe neoeaiarU of llfu as you oaa purchase now-and If. alter year ut eonUa tlon, prlratlon aud industrial disorder, you should at hut Mic-reed u au adjusting wee thxt-ttry would proenre at the high? r prlsH lUoacludwl UJXl we.) . v -. I v vtji nrM.a,4 , ft 6 "tf V tJt", 3 V--i Posing For the Next THIRTY DAYS I Offer my entire stock oj QLQTHING at the Lowest Possible Prices Regardless of cost, 3W. K. HERNCALL. " , fa - - 1 Eye Openers. A now lot of shoes just received by W. K. Ilerncall. "Wildy's received a new line of clothing, Wihly lins received lib first larc invnico of spiniK goods nd olothinc. Now line of carpets at Horn caii's. ;Ask your grocer for Ankoya coffee and get a silver spoon free Wildy. S lbs. of broken Java coffeo at Wjldy'uforSl. 20 pounds of largo California prunes at Wildy's for SI. Easter glasswaro novelties at -.VlLOY'S. 20 lbs dried apples for $1,00 at Wildy's. PADS! PADS! Cull and got your sweat pads of H. R. Green . Brown backs at 35 cts each. Final Proof "Notices Hon. J. W. Wkum, Jr., Itegister. IIox. F. M. ItliooMx, Ileceivcr, Parties having notices in this column aro re numtetl to read tho same carefully and report to thin oilim for correction any errors that may exist. This will prevent possible delay in making proof. U. S. Land Ollioe, Alliance, Heb . May G.1900 Noticois hereby given that IiNOCJI ( IiAll PKli.of 1'oncaCity, Ok'aboma. baa filed no tice of intention to maKO liual proof betora Itegistor or Iteceiver at his office in Allianoo Neb,, on the 15th day of Juno 1890, on tlmlxr culture application No. 61G, fur thu a w U eo 35, tp 29 n. r; W w. no names as wuneHses: ouuu i jierr", ui Iiemlngtord. Neb., J. ('. Wood. Peter t prarklt'n, of Marslaml, tit., John I). JobnH, of ueming ford, Nub. J. W. Wmin, u., Itegister. LandOlbceut Alliance, Nob., April 27, IBM. Notice in hereby given that tint following named settler has filed notice of his intention tu make final proof in support of his claim, und that said proof will be mado boforo Hubert l,uef U. B-t'. C. Commissioner at HayBpriugs, on June a, 18U0, viz: BUiaQB H. WRIGHT, of Hay Springs, Neb. who made II. E, No. S'U tor the. E ii N E X, N W X, N E 4 tl E X H W X see. 11 tp au n rg 47 w. Ho names tho following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon nnd cultivation of. silid land, viz; William Albrigh, Hans Kemp. James Clemens, Ellis darner, all of iay Springs, Nob. Alo WILLIAM II. ALimiailT. of HayPnrinKS. Nob., who made II E IIo. 375". for tho WKNWsi W Ji H W X sec. 25, tp.30 ti ru 4? w 'He oam'es the following Witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of, said Und viz; Hriggs II Wright. Han Kemp, James t'lemmens, Ellis Uarner. aU of Hay Springs, Neb. J. Vf. WtHN. Jr.. Register. Ijind OHIce at Alliance. Neb.. April IS. 1800. Notico is hereby given that the following- , .....I... - 411 .ul m. IT.-A nf lk tnfstnlfMn trt make ilnal proof in snpport of his claim and that said proof will bo roiwle before the Itegister and Receiver at Allisnco, Neb., on May 2ath, lbOO, viz: . BOpHIA nEj.:8Ef of Rox Rutte. Neb , who mado H K No. SJ31 J the H 4 NW ! A H M NE X tec 5. tp a n, r 47 w. Hho names the following witnesses tb prove her rontlnuous renUlenre upon and cnlnvation of said land.viz: W.A. Clark. Z. T Cunnlngliara Simon llollinger, Jamos Met abe. all of liox Rutte. Nob. J. W. Weiim. Jn., ItegUter. IndOliicoatAUlanro, Neb., April B.lKSfl. Notice is hereby, given that the following named fettler has lileil nutlco of his intention to make final proof In support of his olalni anil that nald proof will bo mwle boforo llwhUir or ltewUer at Alliance, Neb , on May 1H, HU0. viz: JOHN RULLENUEliaER, of Marsland, Nch., who made H E 2SU9 for the UK UseoS,tii29ii.r(rBlw. lioiiaiiies th follojTlug witnesses to prove Ills continuous residenco upou and cultivation of said land, viz: Jainee Uiokey, S. J. Wootton, K.T.Urcgg, Martin McPhea, all ot Maryland, Nnh AliO JOHN M. TROUT, otwmlngford.wob .who made timber culture ani)Ilrtimi no. Z' on the litli elay of l)ocemb,T lii forw J4cul3.tp . rg U, hereby give notico of my lutoution to mako final proof to tatalillt.li my claim to thu land at the same tliue and Place on mislay of May imd. by two of Jht fiillowlug wltne.: Henry ilohilpr. Eliaer fc. Ford. William T. Proctor. Ueorgu See, all of Lawn. Neb. J. W. Vtuu-f, '"-. iMnm-ier, UbTEand Olllce, Afllauce. fieb., May I, H;J0. C omplalnt bavliW been entenni at thi oUm hr IklwardT.Urtgg against Karel A abandoning hi botucytead entry No. 2; ' JunulM.UM. upon the K ;. e 4,tp 8 n, rg " ." .HuJ!?.V"!r'. A?lVth".UiaId view un iiucui"" " V.V.'i. V thl partieeare hereby oummoned to appear at inis on U.e stivf ! of Juno Idjo. at 0 o clMk a. m.. to respond said furnlch testimony coo cerulng Mldallrgvd abandonment. Contestant will procuro piiblicatlou of M noUro to kn made in some nopiKr PuWikbivl nearVst th laud lo nox Butte eounty, fb.. for thiiti days prior tdt;i ;f hi-ariiiy. " ' ' v JtJ, W. Yixu.n, Jn, R-Wttr. Ont Sale of Clothing J After consultation with Prasi dont Cleveland, Secretary Olnoy notified 'the Spanish authorities that tho man captured on tk-0 re cent fillibuster expidition to Cuba who claim to lie American citizens, and who liave been sentenced to death by'a Spanish court 5n Cuba, must not bo executed beforo this government has fully investigated thoir claims to citizenship, aud their guilt, C. J. Wildy wants some chick ens. Now dry goods and shoes, right up to date, just received ut Wildys. Look ut those flye cents prints at Wildes. ' OLD PAPERS 5cts a dozen, at The Heiiald office. The undersigned will take cattle to herd for the sonson of 1898, ut Fosket's ranch. Terms, 31, for sou son, from May 1st to Oci. 16th. E. D. Pipbk. L. W. BOWflAN Pjjysiciaij and Surgeon ALLIANCE, NEB. Office rooms and residence in Draver block.' up stairs. Special attention given to dis eases of children . TUTTLE & TAS3I Attorneys - at Law, HFMINGF0RD, NEBRASKA. The :: Keraid Official county Paper 4 and prints all tho news. Wo aro prepared to give clubbing rates on any paper you dosire. Sub scribe now. Now Goods, Now Clothiug, New Hats, Now Ties, Now Everythinj at WILDE'S Having purchased of J. M. Trout his Shire stallion, "SAXON KING" ami his French coach stallion, tyjINAULT, I will stand them duriug the season at my farm, six miles west and two north nF iremiiifrford. Terms, $5 to in-' auro. Thcsv stallions are too i known to nded further description. I I. A T'Nvn-Afrr. ' ' r a&, iw, . r -t' KS?H r ' - "" BOX BUTTE. (Reo'd too late for last week.) Miss Scott visited friends qver, Sonday. Mrs. N. P. Naaon visited Mra. Libby at Heraingford thi3 -week. C. L. Sneddon: leaves soon to, look up a locution in Arkansas. Tho young people will havo a "Surprise Dance" at Mi. Nason'd Friday evening. Luman Nelson visited friend over Sunday, ho had just returned rom Montana, and is bound for Colorado. ' Literary closed last Fridoy evo. A large and appreciative audienco vva3 present and tho program was a decided 'success. Matthew Cowliu went to Omaha ono duy lest week and roturned with bis 'daughter Mrs. 0. A. Benedict. C. A. and family will leave Rox Butto for & horns farther west. Win. Nye had tho misfortune ta lose his born in which were six calves, by '$ro, last Saturday. Mr. 'and Mra. -Nye wero in Alliance at iho tirad of tho conflagration' Tho firo started by sparks from, tho kitchen flue. KniFir corn for sale at WildyB Best C3real for this country. I will buy your county warrants. H. R. Green. . THE CHICAGO CHRONICLE THE GREAT DEMOCRATIC DAIti i ..:. ? of th Northwest. Will b ant postpaid to ny tlctrss U days a wsek for ona yaar for FOUR DOLLARS. The Ohronlole lu the maat ' oensplouous newspaper auo osss ef tha day, tha dally cir culation axoaedlns 70,000 copies and the Sunday circu lation exceeding; 100,000 cop ies. 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