0 TJIT3 OMATIA DAILY BE1S ; SUNDAY , S-ElTJSMB.ER ; 0. 18 0 *
I , COUNCIL BLUFFS DEPARTMENT
JIIXOH MI'.STIOK.
Dr. V. L , Trcynor went to Chicago la
night on a business trip.
Senator N. M. I'unny spoke at Avoca las
night In the Interest of McKlnlcy and sonm
money.
Ex-Senator Harlan will address a rcpuh
llcan mass meeting In this city next Satur
day night.
The Misses Merrill and Culbertson's kin
dcrgartcn will open Monday morning at Firs
Baptist church.
The regular convocation of Star chaptci
No. 47 Uoyat Arch Masons will be held to
morow night. A full attendance of tin
companions Is requested ; business of Im
ortMicc , lly order of the M. IJ. II. 1' .
The police have discovered that the knives
and other property found on Tommy Corblr
when he nns arrested on Friday were stoler
from McClurc's hardware store at Oska-
loosa about ten days ago. An ofllccr will ar.
rlvp from Oslcatonsa today and take charge
cf Corbln _
C. 1J. Vlavl Co. , fcmnle remedy. Medlcul
consultation free \\'ednepiiu > s. Ilcnlth book
( mulshed. Annex Grand hotel.
Sunday , September G the MtCook band of
twenty-eight musicians will give two con
certs at Lake Mnnnwa--3 to C and from 7 to
10 p. in.
( 'hiireli Ser lep * Today.
At the Congregational chutrh the rcgulai
services will be held. Morning subject , "Thr
Apocalypse of the Sons of God ; " evening ,
"Victory In Failure. "
Services at the Fifth Avenue Methodist
church will be preaching at 10:30 : n. m. by
Hev. A. C. I'ennock and special service foi
old people ; preaching by pastor at 8 p. m. |
Junior league , 3 p. m. ; Epworth league , 7 p.
m.J midweek prayer and praise service
Wednesday 8 p. m. All nro Invited. W. II.
Cable , pastor.
At the Klrst Presbyterian church llov. W.
8. llarncs of Madison , Intl. , will preach at
10:30 : a. m. and 7:30 : p. m. ; Young People's
Society of Christian Kndcavor at ( ! :30 : p. m.
Seats are free.
At the Second Presbyterian church the
subject for the morning service will bo "True
Conception of Christ ; " evening service , 8 p.
m. , "Joseph n Typo of Christ. "
At the Trinity Methodist the pastor , Hev.
Conrad Hooker , wilt conduct the service
morning and evening. Class meeting , 9:45 :
n. m. ; preaching , 10-30 a. m. and 8 p. m. ;
Sunday school , 11:45 : a. m. ; Junior and Kp
worth leagues. : i and 7 p. in.
Services at the First Baptist church , Bay-
URS park , at 10:30 : a. m. Subject , "The Son
of Man ; " 12 m. , Sunday school ; 3:30 : p. in. ,
Juniors ; 7 p. m. . 11. Y. P. U. ; 8 o'clock. evenIng -
Ing services ; subject , "Forsaken. " V. C.
Radio , pastor. _
Mrs. Hardman's kindergarten , 118 So. 7th.
Concerts afternoon and evening by the
McCook band at Orand Pluza , Manawa , Sun.
day , September C.
\otoH from I lie Ociin-t Docket.
District court has adjourned until Tues
day morning. Monday , Labor day , Is a legal
holiday.
Judge Stacy yesterday made orders In the
following cases : Emmet Tlnley against the
Lake Manawa Hallway company , motion of
J. C. Shaffer to have the default and judg
ment setasldc , received ; K. E. Hart against
Krltz Krohardt ct nl , judgment by default
and decree of foreclosure ; Mattle Martin
against Hugh W. Goss and others , suit to
quiet title , decree for the plaintiff ; J. W.
Squires against K. Sundorlaml. Judgment on
a note ; J. W. Squires against Hebccca Davis.
judgment and decree of foreclosure ; II. 1C.
Clover against J. P. Jackson , receiver's re
port as to first sale approved , report as to
second sale set aside and the sale
declared void ; B. P. Wlchham against
C. H. Ilabbltt , Judgment and n de
cree ; Klnports against Oberholrer ,
motion for a continuance overruled ; trustees
of the Worcester college against Sarah Jane
Davis and others , default ; August Ulhllne
against Anna Pralor , motion to suppress
deposition denied ; Lancaster Savings bank
against W. A. Ilohr , default ; Julia A. Doug
las against Alex McKen/.le , Benjamin Doug
las substituted as party plaintiff ; F. C.
Lougee against Alet W. Gilbert , W. S.
Maync , substituted as parly plaintiff.
Hoffmayr's Fancy- Patent flour makes the
best and most bread. Ask your grocer for It.
Good wages for good girl. Apply at once
325 South street.
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Xcxt ItondstiT Club Miltlllfc.
The next matinee of the Council Bluffs
Roadster club will be held Friday afternoon.
September 11. The entries for the events
on the program are as follows :
One mile , special , two In three : Lawrence
Hoist ; s. g. Maxle ; A. W. Wyman. b. g.
George ; J. J. Crowe , g. s. Davenant Crowe ;
A , A. Stamey , b. g. Mann.
Thrco minute class half-mile , two In
thrco : P. A. Sackett , b. in. Kcstacy ; A , White.
law , b. g. Dan Kddy ; J. J. Crowe , s. s.
Colonel ; C. A. Jeffries , b. in. Nellie Gay ; J.
N. Pusey , b. m. Luwood.
Polo team race , half-mile , two In three :
M. E. Weatherbce , b. g. Sleepy Ned , b. g.
Snap ; I ) . J. Hutchlnson , br , m. Queen and b ,
g. Joe Wllkes.
Half-mile running race : Entries to close
the afternoon of the race.
There will bo a good band In attendance.
No admission will be charged and ladles are
especially Invited.
W. S. Marshal will sell his household
goods and kitchen furniture at very low
prices. Residence , 20S 10th avenue.
A musical treat , the McCook band , Grand
Tlaza , Sunday , September C.
lllMOmi Mfo.
H has been discovered that Henry Mers-
chcndorf , the old man who died at the city
jail a few weeks ago , was a victim of self-
destruction.
The old man was found In P. C. Lougee'B
barn , complaining of being chilled. Mr.
Lougeo rendered him assistance and noti
fied the authorities , who removed him to the
city jail , where ho died In a short time. His
death was supposed to have been caused
from exposure. It now appears that he
bought a quantity of rough on rats at a
local drug atom a short time before ho was
found by Lougeu and further evidence leaves
no doubt that his death was caused by a
dose of the poison , gelf-admlnlstcrcd ,
lliinil ( 'oni'rrt I'rouriiiii.
At Grand Plaza this afternoon nnd even
ing by Nebraska Ilrlgado band of SIcCook :
Mnrcli Dla Hnlkonlgan . Iloth
Overture Scmlriimldu . Itosnlnl
Waltz Aufwledi-rnnhn . . Ha I If y
Piccolo Solo f'uprlce . Ounim
Characteristic 1'lcco Stiiy Polo D.inro. .
. Tolmnl
ncllly nnd the Four Hundred . Brnhiun
PAHT II.
Selection Cn vallt'rla Uiistloaiui. . .Mtiscnmil
Pantiisla on My "Kentucky Homo"IJiiU > y
HciirtM and Flowers ( n new flower none )
. , . . . Tohnnl
I'ntrol The Crack Heglment . Totmnl
Deserlntlvo I'leco Twenty Minutes on
Midway PliUsnncu . . Dolby
Supreme Court OrilorN.
Judge McOce yesterday overruled a motion
for a rehearing In the case of Myrtuu
against White. Myrtue surd to have a real
estate contract set aside. He was defeated
In the trial and asked for a rehearing.
In the case of Allen Bros , against Krone-
\veg & Schoentgen , a suit growing out of the
Vaiieh grocery failure , the demurrer of the
defendants to the petition has been over
ruled by Judge McQec.
Per rent , seven-room house on Glou avo. ;
modern Improvements. Must bo rented at
once. Call on II. L. . Smith & Co. , 45 Muln
etrect.
I'lpo , I'lrc Uriel ; , l
Wholesale and retail. J , C. Blxby , 202
Main ntuot. i _
V. M , C , A. .VulvM.
The finance committee Is requested to meet
for business on Monday evening at 7:30 :
o'clock ,
The regular monthly meeting of the board
of directors will be held In the parlor of the
association on Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock
sharp. Uvrry member of the board of Is
expected to be present on time.
Myers & Dillon Drug Co. . leading druggists
and aeecttt lu Omaha for Qeneral Joe clear * .
AND BRYAN FINDS THE WIN !
Brilliant Speech of Hon , W. H. Byera 01
Finance ,
RIDICULES THE FUSION CANDIDATI
Wisdom of .SlnteHinen for Yenm Tend
Iiij TiiTViiril the nntnhllNliineiit of
the I'rraeiit Monetary S > -
tein ot the Country.
If any new proofs were required that n
political campaign that Is calling forth the
best thought mid best energies of the besl
people Is on the great demonstration on the
streets and around the republican headquar
ters last night certainly provided them. .
There was a roar pnd boom all over town
fiom 7.30 until nearly 9 o'c'.ock. The McKln
lcy marching cluLs , drum corps and flambeau
clubs made their first great parade of the
campaign. It was the Ilrst appearance ol
the matching and flambeau clubs with their
new uniforms and torches. The parade was
led by the McKlnlcy drum corps , consisting
of sixteen snare drums , twelve fifes and
four bass drums , The line of march cov
ered the principal business streets and ter
minated at the republican headquarters ,
where Hon. II. W. Dyers , the brilliant young
speaker of the last Iowa house of representa
tives , addressed an audience of nearly 2,000 ,
The hour for beginning the address was
fixed nt 8 o'clock , but It was nearly 0 before
the uproar on thu streets subsided sum-
clcntly to permit the speaker to bo heard ,
In the meantime hundreds had struggled tc
force their way Into the headquarters build
ing , but were unable to do so. In the audi
ence were many women. In the gallery
Mrs. Byers , the wife of the speaker , and her
Klstcr-ln-law , Mrs. C. S. Byers , occupied
reserved scats near the reporters' table. On
the platform were Judge Macy , W. E. Baln-
brldge. C. S. Bycis. William Blood , C. M.
Hart and Alderman Brown.
CLEVER INTRODUCTION.
Mr. Harl Introduced the speaker In ono
of his liipompaiablc introductory addresses.
Ho said the people had heard a great deal
about 10 to 1 and wondered what It meant.
The Vermont election gave the answer six
teen votes for McKlnlcy to one for Bryan.
"Tonight , " ho said , "we will have a speech
from a gentleman from Harlan , and on
next Saturday night wo will have one from
llarlan himself. " and he then made the
announcement that Senator Harlan , the
venerable statesman from Mount Pleasant ,
would deliver one of his great speeches from
that platform. He then Intioduccd Mr.
Byers as the brilliant young man who had
charmed the people of Iowa with his able and
faultless administration of the office of
speaker.
Mr. Byers said he hud expected to meet
i goodly number of men and women , but he
lad not anticipated such nn outpouring. It
s an Indication that the people are beginning
to think , and American institutions and
American prosperity are never In danger
when American people begin to think. Ho
said It was always a pleasure for him to
talk to republicans , but It was a greater
pleasure this year than ever , for It in cans
moro for the country and the nation than
ever before within the r rlod of his active
llfo. He was glad to see so many of the
women present. There never was a battle
Fought out for justice and the right that
the noble women of the land did not bear a
leading part , lie declared that a good way
to determine how men should vote In the
present campaign was to go back a few years
and see what the conditions were at a time
which Is polnlcd to now by men of all par
ties as the period of greatest prosperity this
country has ever known.
PERIOD OF PROSPERITY.
That period was In 1S92. He read extracts
troni Governor Boles' message to the Iowa
legislature In 1S92 , In vblch the governor
extolled the unparalleled prosperity of the
leoplc at that time. We had then the same
{ Ind of money we have cow. He quoted
'rom President Harrison's message to con
gress In December of the last year of his
: erm , In which the president declared that
so high a degree of prosperity , such general
wealth and comfort of the people had never
been known before In the history of the
country. This was the condition of the
country In ' 92 , when every line of Industry
was thriving , when there was more wealth ,
moro food and better cooked , more children
and handsomer ones , moro mechanics and
worklngmcn employed at largo wages , moro
merchants doing more business , more big ,
iappy-go-lucky traveling men Belling mil
lions of dollars worth of goods ; but now the
renditions are Just the opposite , "and you
can't find a traveling man who cannot make
out of his chin a breastpin. "
During those happy days Bryan , standing
on a platform declaring for honest money ,
was going around advocating a change from
thoao prosperous conditions. These came
men who are responsible for tbo overthrow
of American prosperity and the temporary
ruin of American Industries are now advo
cating n more hazardous experiment. They
have cut oK ono leg of American prosperity
and now proposing to euro the calamity by
amputating' the other. They were then
going to give the seller higher and the
liuycr lower prices for the Bumo commodity.
They have absolutely wiped out all of the
pleasant conditions and plunged the country
in bankruptcy by their claims that prices
were too high. Now they propose to set
things right by declaring that the money Is
good , too sound. They were going to keep
the prices of everything the farmer had
to sell up to the republican standard and
reduce what ho buys to democratic free trade
Iirices.
He spoke of ex-Governor Boles' Introduc
tion of Bryan to the crowd at the depot In
DCS Molnes , when the honest governor de
clared that ho would Introduce a man who
iad not been nominated by the democrats ,
the populists or the people , but who had
nominated himself.
SCHEMING MINE OWNERS.
Ho crystallzed the present free silver agi
tation Into a simple scheme between the
silver owners and the silver leaders. The
nllllonalro mlno owners proposed to dig out
of the hills where nature had planted It fnr
ho benefit of mankind 53 cents worth of sil
ver , and these people , the Anarchist AH-
; eld. Penoyer , the Til I mans and Blood-to-
he-Bridle Walto and a lot of other gentlo-
nen would furnish 53 rents worth of silver ,
and the young spellbinder from Nebraska
would furnish 47 cents worth of wind.
Ho declared that volume after volume had
jeen written on the money question , and
ho gest brains of the. world had considered
t , and still thu great problem had not been
settled. Is It possible then , that all of the
wisdom of all the philosophers and states
men of history are to go down before the
ranscendent discoveries In finance made by
his young and Inexperienced spellbinder of
s'ubraska ? Franco changed her ratio nine-
eon times In ono year In her effort to nialn-
aln the parity between gold and silver.
He viewed at length the history of finan
cial legislation In this country and the rela-
lon of the democratic party to the white
netal. Ho ridiculed the bugaboo styled
'the rrlme of ' 73 , " and declared that every
nan In the west , north and south who had
vealth or oven Independence today earned
t between the years of 1873 and 1892 , and
hey had all been having a hard time to
< eep It under a democratic administration.
"Wo want moro business to do with the
noney we have and not moro money to do
justness with as Bryan declares , The vol-
imo of money In 1S92 was about the same
is In 1895 , but more than 100 times as much
uiblness was done In the former than In the
alter year. "
His speech was warmly applauded and
Istened to for over an hour with the deepest
ntcrest. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Don't you think It must bo a pretty good
aundry that ean handle thu work of fifty or
sixty cities and towns to the. satisfaction of
lundreds ? It's the Eagle Laundry , 721
Iroadway ,
Those who heard the McCook baud last
iuuday at the Grand Plaza will no doubt
io pleased to know that It has been engaged
or next Sunday.
D Yl , druEi , palnta and glaii. Tel. 2S9.
SOCIAL IJVK.M'S OK TIII2 WnKtC
Mturnientn ami Dolnjj * of People In
Whom You Arc Intirentcil.
Mrs , 0. W. Chcrrlngton has returned from
a visit In Idaho.
Mr. A. R Hollls left last night for the
DCS Molnes state fair.
Miss Stella Mclntyro has gone on a visit
to friends In Silver City.
Miss Bessie Gillette has returned from an
extended trip to the Black Hills.
Mrs. John Mcllet ot Ravenna. Neb. , Is vis.
Itlng her sister , Mrs. W. S. Balrd.
Mrs. W. C. Chcyno has returned from a
visit to her parents In Oakland , la.
Mr. and Mrs. Austin of DCS Molnes arc
visiting the family of W. W. Wallace.
Misses Jessie and Lottie Caldwcll of Oak
land arc visiting Council Bluffs friends.
C. C. Clifton and family have gone to
Montfort , WIs. , for a visit with relatives.
John Hewitt of Riverside , Cal. , Is visiting
his nephew , George W. Hewitt of this city.
Miss Kdlth Aycrs returned yesterday from
a month's delightful visit nt Emmctsburg ,
la.
Mrs. M. J. Al worth nnd daughter have re
turned from n visit to eastern Iowa and
Wisconsin.
Agnes Drake returned home yesterday
from a two months' visit In Ogdcn nnd Salt
Lake City.
Mrs. C. W. WattB and son of 18 North
First street have returned from a visit to
Galena , 111.
Miss Mamie Olt has returned from St.
Louis , after a six weeks' visit with relatives
and friends.
Mrs. Frank M. Wood , with her son Arthur
and daughter Ruth , has returned from a trip
to Geneva , 111.
Miss Jessie Pontius , who has been visiting
relative at Learned , Kan. , for the past two
months , Is home again.
Miss Frances Bowman has returned from
Lasello seminary , Auburndalc , Mass. , where
she has been attending school.
Mrs. E. C. Worthlngton of DCS Molnes Is
visiting her sister , Mrs. H. W. Rothert , at
the Iowa School for the Deaf.
Mrs. II. I. Forsyth and daughters , Hor-
tense and Noan , have returned from a pleas
ant visit at Uath and Colorado resorts.
Mrs. William Annan of Marseilles , 111. , is
visiting relatives and friends In the city.
She was formerly Miss Carrie Hoffman.
Mrs. W. W. Keen nnd daughter have re
turned from Cheyenne , Wyo. , where they
visited Mrs. Brown , formerly of this city.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Chambers will return
home about September 25. Mr. Chambers will
open his school of dancingnbout October 1.
Miss Street , Instructor of English litera
ture and preceptress of Ferry house at Lake
Forest university. Is in the city visiting the
family of E. C. Smith on First avenue.
Mr. John Hlnkel and Miss Bertha A. Bcrn-
iiardl were married Wednesday evening at
the home of the bride's parents , No. 217
Madison street. Rev. Von tier Au , pastor of
the German Lutheran church , olflclatlng.
Miss Marie Bernhardl , sister ot the bride ,
was bridesmaid and James J. Klrley best
man. Mr. and Mrs. Hlnkel will bo at homo
after September 10 at 209 Franklin avenue.
Dr. F. T. Seybert and Miss Clara McDermott -
mott were united In marriage at St. Francis
Xavtor church Thursday afternoon , Rev.
Father Smythe ofllclatlng. The ceremony
was performed In the presence of a limited
number of friends of the contracting parties.
Dr. and Mrs. Seybert left at once for a wcd-
dlni ; trip to Minnesota points. They will be
at home at the Grand hotel after September
15.
Council Bluffs was well represented nt the
Ak-Sar-Ben ball In Omaha Friday night.
A special car was provided for tbo local
knights and their wives and female friends ,
and a number of others went as spectators.
These occupying the special car were :
Messrs. and ! Mesdamcs Lucius Wells , W. A.
Travis , R. N. Ellis , John M. Lane. W. A.
Maurer , W. S. Dlmmock , William Moore.
E. A. Troutman. H. W. Binder , Dr. V. L.
Trcynor , F. J. Pierce , H. K. Pierce , T. D.
Hughes , W. H. Hunter , Mrs. Pcregoy , Misses
Cavln , Keating , Snydcr , Moore , Farnsworth ,
Sadlo Farnsworth , Troutman , Bowman , Lu-
crctla Smith , Carrie Morgan , Mary Tlnley ;
Messrs. Thomas Metcalf , T. C. Dawson , Dr.
H. A. Woodbury , J. J. Hess , Emmet Tlnley ,
W. L. Douglas , George S. Wright.
Miss Helen Baker entertained a pleasant
company of friends at a dancing party at
her homo on North Second street Friday
evening. The house was tastily decorated
for the occasion and dainty refreshments
were scrve < l. The guests were : Misses Clara
Fla.tant. Nell Crispin , Mona Heed , Bess
Mooie , Mabel Robinson , Cora Keller , Zula
Llpe , Delia Meyers , Ethel Shepard , Mary
Barclay , Cora Smith , Jessie Wallace , Ethyl
Thomas , Alice Foster , Breta Jeffcrls , Bird
Baker , Nettle Groneweg , Millie Graham ,
Delia Dyer , Ella Wlrt , Ucrta Troutman ,
Dora Bfslcy. Nelllo Lutzj Messrs. Fred Par
sons , Walt Sawyer , Ed McKesson , Tom As-
kin , Herb Brown , Will Keller. Tom Evans ,
George Wlckham , Charles Jefferls , Ford
Chllds , Frank Capell , Clarence Capell , Harry
Hattcnhauer , Greer Reed , Harry Murphy ,
James Butler , John Standard , Charles Soyles ,
Mat Tlnley , Holla Crockwell , Don Beno ,
Painter Knox , Charles Bradley , Lloyd Grif
fin , George Cavln.
On Friday evening Mr. M. F. Sayer was
completely and delightfully surprised by a
delegation of commercial travelers. Until
a year or two ago Mr. Bayers was the dean
of the western corps of agricultural Imple
ment salesmen and was well known as the
witty man of the Deere , Wells & Co. forces ,
Thrco years ago ho retired with a fortune
and has slnco been living on a llttlo farm
of 1,600 acres In Greene county , Iowa" . He
was the guest of his brother-in-law , Lucius
Wells , during the fair. On Friday evening
n number of his former commercial pilgrim
friends made an appointment to meet him at
a down-town restaurant. Karly in the be
ginning of hostilities Mr. Sayer was made
to stand up and receive an elegant cane. It
was appropriately Inscribed nnd came as the
gift of all the commercial men present.
The presentation came so unexpectedly that
It produced a bad case of tongua paralysis
and for the first time In his life Sayer was
unable to say a word , and for the first tlmo
In Ills llfo he was the first man to be taken
off his feet at convivial gatherings of the
boys ,
A quiet , elegant homo wedding took place
at the resilience of the bride's brother , Mr.
C. E. H. Campbell , last Tuesday evening.
The contracting parties were Miss Edith
Campbell , formerly of this city , and Dr.
Charles Center of Qulncy , fll , Rev. L. P.
McDonald ofllclailng. The parlors were beau
tiful with roses , palms and ferns. The front
parlor was turned Into a Very bower of palms
that made a beautiful bauKgiound for the
exquisite gown of the bride. At 0:30 : the
bride came slowly down tno stair on the
arm of her brother. They were met at the
archway by the groom , all quietly taking
their places to the strains of "Mendelssohn's
Wedding March , " played sort and low. The
bride's gown was heavy cream silk with an
overdress of cream brocaded solette , trimmed
with duchess lace pearls. After the ceremony
elegant refreshments were served. The only
guests present were relatives and a few In
timate friends of the bride. They left the
same evening for Qulncy. III. , their future
home. The young couple have congratula
tions and best wishes of a host of friends
In Council Bluffs and Omaha.
Serveil Their Time.
Frank Parker , John Lawson and John Oil
man wcra released from the county jail yes
terday. Tlicte men were arrested soon after
the first of the year and convicted of rob
bing a number of chicken roosts In the east
ern part of the city and stealing a lot of
hciipy. They were sentenced to six months
In the county jail.
The McCook band of twenty-eight will be
at tha Grand Plaza , Manawa , next Sunday ,
6.
September
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IliinU Itohliem line I > > iiainte ,
OTTU.MWA. la. , Sept. E. ( Special Tele
gram ) . An attempt was made early this
morning to rob the Hank of Kussoll , The
robbers ruined tbo safe with an explosion
of djuoinlte and the currency was madu
easily accessible , but the explosion alp * " ned
the night watchman , whose approach fught-
thu robbers away.
I'ronpect In Ion a.
JEFFERSON , la. , Sept. E. ( Special Tele
gram. ) It Is very cold tonight , with a
north wind and prospects of a. hurd frost
before morning.
SEES VICTORY AT1 THE POLLS
Ml
Hon , Stephen A , Douglas iTalks of MoKin
ley's Election ta Oortaini
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HIS OBSERVATIONS flN iA LONG TOUR
Soiitliueiil of tinPcjoplr Townril fill-
vor ltiiilitly ChniiKlJiK nntl the
Defeat of llrjnu I'orc-
Hon. Stephen A. Douglas of Chicago was
In the city for a few hours yesterday. Mr
Douglas was billed to speak at Glcnwood
yesterday afternoon and at Emerson yester
day oenlng. Ho was delayed In reaching
the city and so had to cancel his date at
Glcnwood.
Mr. Douglas spoke briefly to n reporter for
The Bee In regard to the political situation
Ho has been making a tour of northern Iowa
and says that he has met with Immense au
diences and has found the greatest enthusi
asm among republicans and great Interest
among all classes of people on the financial
Issue. Ho was delayed In reaching Lcmars
on Friday night , but the audience waited
for him and he spoke to them , commencing
after 11 o'clock. Ho said that ho saw no In
dications of defection In the ranks of Iowa
republicans and felt that the state woult !
roll up Its old-time republican ma
jority. Ho will make a number
of addresses In Iowa , Kentucky , In
diana. Ohio and New York anO
for the two weeks preceding election will
make a tour of the state of Illinois , speaking
from the platform of a train , a la Bryan ,
"If the election had been held ten days
after the Chicago convention , " said Mr.
Douglas , "Mr. Bryan might have been
elected , but I do not see any possibility of
such a result now. The people have been
thinking and the fallacy of Mr. Bryan's plat
form Is being forcibly Impressed upon them.
I look for a great change about the
middle of October and expect to see the voters
ers of the country making a grand rush for
the republican band wagon. "
Concerning the effect of the ticket named
by the national sound money democrats at
the Indianapolis convention , Mr. Douglas
said. "It depends upon the situation by the
middle of October as to what kind of a vote
Palmer and Buckner will poll. If there Is
the landslide to McKinley that I expect Pal
mer and Buckner will poll a large vote. On
the other hand. If there Is an apparent pos
sibility of the vote between McKinley and
Bryan being close , I have no doubt but that
the sound money democrats of the country
will vote for McKinley and Mr. Palmer will
not cut much of a figure In the returns. "
iiiunii : Km.Msii DEAD ix man.
Whether Aeeldeiii or Sulclilc IN Xot
KIKMVII in Her FrleiulH.
Miss Birdie Keller , eldest daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Victor Keller , wtts found dead in
her bed at the residence of her parents on
Lincoln avenue at 0:30 : o'clock yesterday
morning. Whether death was the result of
accident or suicide Is nuc known. The
friends of the girl and all the members of
the family arc positiye tli/it / her death re
sulted from an overdose of an opiate taken to
relieve Insomnia , but the physician who was
called pronounced the symp'toms to be those
of arsenical poisoning.
The dead woman has been clerking In the
store of John Bono & Co. for several years.
She left the store on Friday evening ap
parently In the best of spirits. When her
mother went to call h r yesterday morning
she found the door locked and was unable
to arouse her. Her slslcr , Nelllo , then went
to the door of her ro'omiland rapped , but
there was no answer. She tailed her father.
who at once put his shoulder to the door and
It gave way. Blrdlo v'as 'found ' apparently
asleep. Neighbors were called and Mr. Kel
ler hastily summoned the coroner , Dr. Jen
nings. In the meantime friends were en
deavoring to arouse her , but when the phy
sician arrived ho stated that life had de
parted for several hours.
An examination had shown that Miss Kel
ler had vomited during the night and before
death had been seized with violent con
vulsions. These and other symptoms pointed
to poisoning by arsenic , although the most
careful search failed to reveal any of the
drug about the room.
Miss Keller's life has not been always
pleasant. For a year of more she has been
greatly troubled over the conduct of a well
known young man to whom she was engaged
to be married. She was passionately at
tached to him and for several months his
conduct has made her very melancholy. Miss
Keller was 27 years old. Nearly all of her
llfo has been spent In this city. She was
a young woman of spotless character and
blameless life
The funeral will take place from the res
idence , 2.15 Lincoln avenue , at 5 o'clock this
afternoon.
OLD ISSUE STIM , CAUSES TUOUIU.E.
Odd Fellon-x' Home Locating Com
mittee AKillii 111 Evidence.
JEFFBRSON. la. , Sept. G , ( Spe
cial. ) The point was raised In a
dispatch from this city a few
days ago In connection with a narration of
the facts concerning the appeal of the Odd
Fellows Orphans' home case , as to the matter
of the expiration of the tlmo limit on the
subscription lists. Attorneys arc now agreed
upon the proposition that the subscription
paper Is still good. At the tlmo of the argu
ing of the Injunction proceedings before
Judge Elwood last spring the position taken
by the attorneys for Jefferson was that the
city had made a definite and explicit propo
sition to the grand lodge of Iowa Odd Fel-
lous while In session at Marshalltown , and
that after reviewing the matter carefully
and weighing the propositions made by the
different towns competing for the home , that
the offer of Jefferson had been ofllclally ac
cepted. The appointment of the committee
was so that the details of closing up the
contract and getting the biilldlng under way
might bo arranged In the absence of au
thority from the grand ledge as a body.
The attorneys for Indlanola and the locating
committee fought this construction of the
case and endeavored to make It appear that
no contract with the grand ledge had been
made by Jefferson. Judge Elwood , however ,
after taking the matter under advise
ment , and considering It a month ,
decided that there was a contract and the
Implication was that the grand ledge would
be cxpectetl to live up ( p the agreement. The
attorneys say that tho. opinion of the court
and the Issuance of the Injunction restrain
ing the locating committee from taking fur
ther action , except to ( go ahead and erect
the homo hero , as ordofcd by the grand
lodge , definitely and finally nettled the mat
ter of location , and that failure of either
party to llvo up to tho./culrementg ( ] of the
contract would make ( hem liable for dam
ages. This being the rase , the homo has been
located here and the subscription lists are
still In force and binding.
The decision of the Judge practically takes
the ground that the grn < l lodge having lo
cated the home at J < ? fferaan and made a
binding contract that the Action of Its com
mittee , appointed merely , to attend to de
tails In locating the , , home clsowhero , ls
without effect and of no avull. , The prevail
ing sentiment throughout , the Elate Is that
the grand lodge , which. Convenes at Mason
City October 14 , will pcnuurp the committee
ind appoint a new one , with Instructions to
; o ahead and erect the homo at Jefferson , ac
cording to the original proposition.
[ 'mild Have Her Way In Koine TIIINTM. |
SIOUX CITY , Sept , 5 , ( Special Telegram. )
Frank Van Houten and wife quarreled last
iveulng over the making of a pair of pants
'or ' their C-year-old boy. She wanted to
nake the pants one way and he have them
nade differently and he had his way. This
naming Mrs. Van Houten got an ounce of
audanum and took It and then told her
lusband. Ho sent for a doctor and she was
iaved.
Normal Open * .
SHENANDOAH , la. , Sept. 6. ( Special. )
Tills has been tbo opening week of the
iVestern Normal college. Students have
ilrcady registered from men different
states and the outlook for the yc r Is vcr ;
flattering. 1'rof. John Frederick Brown , Int
of the Lincoln ( Neb. ) Normal , Is the net
professor of languages.
OBXUIlOSITV ( n > AN IOWA CITI'/.KN
Hon. OcnrRp W. Sehec of O'llrlet
County Aunlii nUtrlliutlmr KmulM.
SIOUX CITY , Sept. 5. ( Special. ) One o
the moat generous citizens of Iowa Is Hon
George W. Schco of O'Brien county , and lit
Is not only generous , but he Is constant ! }
directing his generosity Into new channels ,
Mr. Schee commenced life n poor man anil
by hard labor has accumulated a considera
ble fortune for one living In an agricultural
community. Ho Is a modest man , his only
coming Into prominence being when ho was
sent to the legislature a few years ago.
Fourteen years ago he gave liberally to the
sufferers from a tornado which visited north
western Iowa and ever since ho has beeji
generous In all matters.
Ho and his wife built In the town of Hart
ley , where he lives , a soldiers' monument to
the memory of all the soldiers burled In the
county , and It Is one of the finest In north
west Iowa. A year or so ago he donated
) r > QO for the purpose of establishing a county
art association for the encouragement of art
and studies In art among the young people
of the county. Last year every school house
In the county was supplied with a large
American flag by the generosity of Mr. Schcd
and this cost him about fl.uOO.
His latest and best contribution for the
benefit of the people of his county Is the
gift of { 500 for the purpose of establishing
a library of professional books for the teach
ers of the county. This gift was made last
week and announced to the teachers'
normal Institute then In session. Ho
accompanied the offer with a check for $200
and the rest Is to bo paid later. Ho also
recommended that the county appropriate n
like amount , which would be Etiftlclcnt to
start a good library for the teachers of
O'Brien county. An association was formed
of which the county superintendent , ICIla
Seckcrson , and Prof. W. S. Wilson of Hock
llaplds , arc members , to carry out his plan.
Ills Interest In the schools of the county has
jeen great and his Idea of establishing a
library for the teachers Is n new one.
CHAIN I.IKHTMNK SPEED.
EiiKllNh Inventor llopon to Olitnlii l.'O
.MIleM nit Hour on n Iliiltvrny.
There has recently been on exhibition In
London the model of a single rail line ,
which has attracted considerable attention
attention and which has also attracted con-
slderablo criticism , adverse as well as favor
able. The man who stands sponsor for the
model and the Idea , Mr. F. B. Bchr , thinks
that a speed of 150 miles an hour could be
atatncd over the rail through electric
motors.
The Bchr railroad consists of a single
licarer placed on a series of frames , says the
New York Herald. On this rail the carriage
runs on a single line of wheels , bicycle fash-
on , and the carlage hangs from the axles of
: heso carrier wheels on each side of the
frames. The electric motor Is placed as low-
as possible , and every effort Is made to keep
the center of gravity low. On each side of
the frame arc placed two rails , on which run
guide wheels. These wheels nro horizontal
and serve to take lateral stresses at curves.
Looking to the adoption of the system , a
trial track of three miles Is to be laid down
U Brussscls for the exhibition of next year.
This track will take the form of an oval ,
with circular ends of 550 yards radius , and
he speed Is said to bo guaranteed to nlncty-
Ive miles an hour. The cars have been so
arranged that the seats are above the apex of
ho rail structure , and the general center of
ho whole Is brought low by placing the
notors In the lowest part of the carriage
sides , connecting them up so as to partake
of the motion of the springs , while main
tainlng a fixed distance between the center
of the armature and that of the axles. The
cars will be fifty feet In length , each to be
supplied with a motor equal to GOO horse
lower.
At two feet thrco and one-half Inches
below the surface of the apex rail of the
resile structure there Is cross bracing , and
on each side of the trestle guide , four In all.
Where a road or a river Is to bo crossed ,
he structure Is suitably trussed to act as a
irldge , and piers are provided wherever
necessary. From changing over from one
Ino to another a portion of the structure Is
made to swing upon a turntable.
Mr. Behr lays considerable stress upon the
dea that his line can bo laid upon the banks
of existing railways at a small expense , but
he question Is asked , How will the struc-
ural details be accommodated to the slde-
eng slopes of the cuttings or embankments ,
vhlch vary In angle with every change of
trata ? And there Is no railway In England
on which express trains of specially high
peed could ever be demanded that docs not
run across the upturned edges of many dlf-
crcnt strata.
It Is reckoned that the cost of such a line
rom London to Brighton would be about
15,000,000 , and that the line could carry at
east 2,000 passengers an hour , or 10.000,000
annually , but on a basis of 2,000 passengers
a day , at about $1 each , It Is
alculatcd that the line would pay
llvldends of about 8 per cent. Mr , Bchr
ontends that his trains would suppress the
ordinary express traffic and leave the exlst-
ng lines free to do the heavy business , He
rgues that for each express train suppressed
a slow train of a remunerative character
onld take Its place , while the provision of
he Behr line , solely for high speed serv-
co and absolutely free from the slower traf-
ic , will not only develop the high speed
raveling , but materially reduce working ex-
penses.
The latest suggested vehicle would run or
wolvo bearing wheels and seat 133 passen-
ers , with space for their baggage. It would
velgh sixty tons. The speed would be mod-
rated to 110 miles an hour.
CUIUISTOM3 OHATOIl STUMPED.
Vlpped tip by 11 Stiitlntlenl Slntrp
ivltli II Ileeelpt.
Ho was a curbstone orator , with pompa-
our hair and a quick , scrutinizing glance , as
! looking for some one to disagree with
ils personal appearance , relates the Chl-
ago Times-Herald.
When he found himself on n street corner
car the office of a big newspaper In the
ildst of a crowd of men wrangling over
! io blessings of free silver , free lunch and
reo everything , ho was at homo. Ho was
no of a typo of orators not always met
n the curbstone , and his forte was statistics ,
'his ' orator carried a whole magazine of
gurcs In his head and shot them off with
10 case and rapidity of a llatchklss gun.
Ills statistics were not always right. In
olnt of fact , they were never right , but
ils genius had solved the. labor and money
uustlons by making up his own statistics
s ho went along , and for a long tlmo ho
as a howling success ,
Ills method was quite simple. When nd-
ressing a knot of citizens on the question
f bond Issues the curbstone orator would
emand In fierce accents of denunciation :
"What was the national debt In 1837 ?
Vlmt was It , I repeat ? Wasn't It ? 5,9 9fl99-
39.10 ? Wasn't It , my friends ? "
The mere thought of such a row of figures
s formidable , even for a college professor ,
o say nothing of the curbstone crowd , and
10 people In the crowd would hang their
eacls guiltily , as though they had robbed
ho government , while the orator would
ontlnue :
"Now , my friends , our enemies talk of
eorgo Washington and the coinage laws.
Vero not the exports of Iron In 1850 n , .
100,100 tons ? Did not the first tariff law
make an ad valorem per cent on old
T-rall ? What was the total crop of wheat
In 1817 ? Wasn't It 14.000.000 bushels , and
didn't It sell for $1.37 % per bushel ? Who
can deny these facts ? "
No one would be able to deny his statis
tics , and the orator was winning a reputa
tion as the "smartest man In Chicago , "
when ono night ho came to grief.
He had juU asked the crowd If the na
tional debt In 1814 was not J6,35G,444,317.18 ,
when a short man on the edge of the gaping
knot eald It was not. The orator turned
sharply : "It wasn't , wasn't It ? "
"No , " replied the short man. "You are
114 cents off ; It was just $ C,3GC,4I4-
S17.19V4- "
"How do you know what authority have
pou ? " vigorously asked the orator.
"Why , hang It , " said the fliort man , with
in air of disgust. "I ought to know ; 1
: > ald It off myself , and have got the receipt
it home In my other-vest pocket. "
Dentil * of n Ilii ) .
ALEXANOIUA. S. I ) . , Sept. B. ( Special. )
lira. Frank Dukelow , after a short Illness ,
lied this week and was burled yesterday ,
ihe WBI a pioneer and creatly respected.
CHECKS , DRAFTS AND CREDITS
Their Enormous Volnrao in Transacting
the Business of the Country ,
FAR EXCEED LEGAL TENDER MONEY
CominodlfeK of Commerce Handled liy
Atone- Only to the Extent of the.
llnlnnccM.IteNiilt of Modern
Mcthnilii ,
The extension of the use of credit In bus
iness transactions Is a point In the present
flnancl.il discussion which Is usually Ignored
or obscured by the advocates of free silver
coinage , writes Charles A. Conant In the
Olobc-Democrat. They urge the advantages
of an ample supply of money , without ap
parently considering what an enormous In
crease has been made In the available tools
of commerce by the tiso of paper currency
and the extension of banking credits. A de
posit In n. bank , subject to check. Is of ex
actly the same value as currency , where de
posit banking Is understood and availed of ,
as note Issues or silver coin. The extension
of the use of credit has been very rapid In
recent years , and even within the restricted
period of tncnty-thrco years , since the adop
tion of the gold standard by Germany and
the United States , and the suspension of
free silver colnngu by the countries of the
Latin union.
The use of Instruments of credit Is at
once the logical result of modern business
methods , and n means of great economy In
all transactions. The error has not been
removed from all minds that trade consists
In the exchange of commodities for gold
and silver , but trade In fact consists In the
barter of one commodity for another. The
employment of money as an Intermediary
Is simply as a common measure of value
and a convenience In making exchanges.
Neither the gold dollar nor the silver dollar
would be of great value to the holder If It
were not for the knowledge that he could
exchange It against articles of food , clothing
and other necessities and luxuries. A
piece of currency of coin or paper Is simply
a ticket entitling the holder to draw on the
community for a certain quantity of com
modities. The fact that trade consists es
sentially of barter Is Illustrated by the sta
tistics of any year or series of years In for
eign trade. The fiscal year 1896. for Instance ,
showed exports of merchandise from the
United States to the amount of $ SS2,519L'2fl.
and Imports of $779,717,30C. H would have
required moro than all the gold In the coun
try to have paid for the Imports , If pay
ments were required In metallic money. The
actual shipments of gold were $112,309,130
from the United States , and $31.787.819 Into
the United States. These gold shipments ,
which were much larger than In many years
of moro normal conditions , represented in
the aggregate about $111,000.000 , against ag
gregate merchandise transactions of $1,641.-
000,000. or less than 10 per cent of the vol
ume of merchandise transactions. There
were some silver shipments , also , amount
ing In the aggregate to about $73,000,000 , but
they do not change the essential fact that
foreign trade Is not conducted by the ex
change of commodities for masses of gold ,
but by the exchange of commodities for each
other.
NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CASE.
The argument often made by opponents o :
the gold standard , that there Is not gel
enough in the country to pay our forclg
debt or to meet certain mortgage demands
has , In the language of the popular song ,
"nothing to do with the case. " Gold Is enl ;
the standard by which these transaction
are measured , not necessarily the commodity
In which they are all settled. A sufllclen
quantity of gold In the country to make tin
standard stable is all that Is required , jus
as a sufficient number of yard sticks Is re
quired In a store to conduct current work
The clerk who should Insist that there mus
be as many yard sticks us there wen
pieces of cloth hold would adopt precise ! ;
the same argument as those who set oil th
quantity of gold available against the ag
gregates of mortgage debt , or Interest pay
mcnts abroad. Mortgages do not all mature
turo on one day , foreign debts cannot hi
called up In a day , and never under any
circumstances arc such obligations settled In
the aggregate In gold or silver. They an
settled In merchandise , and gold Is only
the yard stick by which the settlements
are measured. The bugbear that there Is
not gold enough in the world to meet cer
tain classes of obligations Is as foolish as
Ihe argument that there Is not water cnoucl :
In the world on a given day to supply the
consumption of n year.
The Institution of banks has been for the
purpose of transferring credit , without the
Intervention of bags of gold and silver. The
benefits ot suclr a method of exchange were
realized centuries ngo , and the advantage
of bank credits over metal made famous the
Bank of Venice , the Exchange bank of Am
sterdam and the Bank ot Hamburg. The
use of gold and silver as currency , except
for the single purpose of fixing a standard
sinks In comparatively unproductive form
the entire capital required In producing them
The doubling of the amount of metal em
ployed as money means simply the expenditure
tureof double the amount of human labor
required to obtain the metal , with no change
In the comforts enjoyed by men or In their
relations with each other , except that the
counters In which they express value an
doubled In number and diminished In pur
chasing power. Adam Smith , the foundpr
of modern political economy , declared that
"the gold and silver money which circulates
In any country , and by means of which the
produce of Its land and labor Is annually
circulated and distributed to the proper con
sumers , Is In the same manner
as the ready money of the dealer ,
all dead stock. H Is a very valuable part
of the capital of thu country , whl'-h pro
duces nothing to the country. " This is
why the adoption of paper currency and
[ iaper credits has caused an enormous
3ronomy In the transaction of the business
if the world. Prof. W. ' Stanley Jevona. the
? mlncnt English economist , estimated at
[ 2,972,000 ( $14,500.000) ) the annual coal of
nalntalnlng 95.000,000 In gold , silver and
: onper In circulation In Great Britain. The
: est ot maintaining the currency of the
United States , If the present volume of
ibout $1,000,000,000 were exclusively me-
: alllc , would be about $45.000,000 annually ,
ind the annual cost of maintaining .the gold
ind silver circulation of the world Is about
; 2IO,000,000. If paper currency and banking
rcdlts had not taken the place of gold and
diver , the cost of malntalng the $20.000-
100.000 of banking resources lu existence
\ould be Increased by thu amount of $300-
100,000 , and this sum would be withdrawn
rom active production for the purpose of
nalntalnlng a useless fund of cumbersome
netalllc .money.
BANKING POWRH OF THE WOULD.
Banking power has now reached an ag
gregate not less largo than five times the
imount of gold In use In the wet Id as money
\ recent estimate by Prof. Miillmll , ro-
, 'Ifcd and brought dnwn to date by Deputy
\B9lstant Treasurer Miihleimin of the Ntw
k'ork hub-treasury , puts the banking powir
if the world at f3,9ir , 000.000. of which
Huropo has 2,200,000,000. North Amerlea
Cl.200.000,000 , and the remainder falls to
South America and the fast. This total of
nearly $20,000.000.000 Is five time the amount
it gold In use as money In ISfili , estimated
Dy the director of the mint at $1.080.800.000 ,
ind five times the amount of silver ar Its
ralue at existing legal ratios , which wnb
14,070,500,000 , The banking resources of the
wnks of the United Kingdom of Grfai
[ Irltaln and Ireland were calculated by Mr
It. II. Inglls Palgravo. an eminent ICngllbh
Inancler. at the beginning of 1895 , at 1.000
100.000. or f 5,000,000.000. This banking
lower Included cash , paid-up capital , notes
n circulation , deposits and obligations dun
: he banks. The banks of the United State *
lotscEsed a banking power on Juno 30. 1895
if 50,703,544,084. Including capital , surplus
indlvlded profits and deposits In national
mil state banks , loan and trust companies
ind savings and private banks. This bank
nq capital represents about four times all
lasses of money In circulation In Ihe United
States , and would ho greatly Increases If
lanklng facilities were extended under
iropcr laws In the west and south.
But even the capital and deposits of the
lanks constitute but a smull measure of
lie. meana of carrying on transaction ! )
hrough lintrumeiits of credit. They reprc-
ent only the available banking capital of a
Ingle moment of time , and not tbo KIBE *
f transactions extending through mouth
of A year. These nro measured through th
transactions of the clearing homo and
through the great central banks of Europe ,
which servo In many respects as clearing
holms.
CHBDIT TRANSACTIONS.
These transactions nro no enormous that
the credit transfers through the Hank of
Franco reached $17,000.000.000 In 1S95. and
uxceeded the net Incomes of all Frenchmen
thrco times over. The transactions through
the London clearing house reached the oven
moro surprising total of f36.000.000.000 , or
nbout five times the net Incomes of the In
habitants of the Ilrltlsh Islands. Transac
tions exceeded Incomes In volume , bccaueo
Incomes In the case of traders represent only
the net Income. Instead of the receipts from
their aggregate transactions. Such figures
prove that a large part of the transactions
of the French and British people Is done by
transfers of credit rather than of coin or
paper money. The grcss receipts of the
Hank of Franco have been recorded slnco
1S17 , and show an astonishing growth In
recent years. Transfers of credit or checks
wcro not recorded until after 1820 , but they
now conitltute nearly 55 per cent of the entire -
tire volume of transactions. The payments
Into the bank by menus of bank notes , which
nro only another form of credit , reached
nearly 40 per cent , leaving only a llttlo
moro than fi per eenl to represent paymentt
In coin. The following figures show the
proportion of thuso payments for repre
sentative years :
Transfer *
Tt.
7.fSS
S.3S7
12.7S9
M.tIS
4S.M1
70.1S1
S2.587
F3.519
The operations of the London clearing
house were 051,000,000 In 1839 , and 1,000.-
000,000 In 1S57. Their gtowth In recent
years Is given In the following tnblu , sldo
by Bide with the gross transactions of the
Imperial Hank of Germany , which hnvo
also shown a remarkable growth :
I.omliin flonrUinlcnf
HiK lloin-o. aeimnny.
Yr.-ir. rouiulit Ktprllni ; . Impel Inl mark * .
1S76 . 4ifi3.4MI 000 "
1SV ) . r..7l4.2.V ! > 000 & 2 ISI MPi.POO
ISM . r.,7 ! > sr.iri.ioo ( n MHI 70.1 TIK >
tsss . n.nfi.i'u.M si.s.17 r.ci.aoo
1K' ) . 7.MU Ills 00(1 ( 10S KM U2 ! < flO
IS'Jl . 0 84iM .IH10 1011.01.1 S49.KK )
ISM . MSI.CiCg.POO 101,4 * * 335.0"0
1V1.1 . 0,178.0I3.KK ! > 110142 ! 34S.400
IK'M . fi.illi.aH.lliiO 11(1.71.1 ( 151 IKW
1S93 . 7f,92SiC,000 121.313. ICC.kOO
The pound sterling being worth $4SGC , the
English figures for 1S33 represent nbout
$36,000,000,000 , and the mnrlt bolng worth
23.8 cents , the German figures for 1S9D rep
resent about $30,000,000,000.
CLEARING HOUSE EXCHANGES.
The exchanges of the clearing houses In
the United States , although fnr from com
prehending the transactions of all the banks ,
have several times been in excess of ffiO-
000,000,000 , or more than the net annual
earnings of the people. Clearing houses have
been established from year to year In the
smaller cities of the country , until thcro are
In 1S3G about seventy-five , as compared with
forty In 1SSS , but the ckvtrlngs of the now
Instltut'ons ' arc not largo enough to greatly
Impair the value of the comparisons for the
various years. The total clearings for the
year ending September 3u , 1SSS. were $4S.-
7fiO.8SB.81S : for 18S9 , ? 54,4fU.754,5SG ; for 1S90.
$59.882,477,513 ; for 1S91 , $50.803,2.13,957 ; for
1832. $ r.OSS3f.72,43S ; for 1S'J3 , $ oS.SSOGS2,455 ;
for 1894. $45,028,490,740 , and for 1895 , $51.-
111,591,928. The transactions of the New
York Clearing house have been carefully re
corded slnco 1S34 , and the following figures
show the progressive Increase In representa
tive years :
I'or cent
Ilalnnrcn of Iml-
imlil In nnces to
Your. Clearlnc ? . money. cloar'Ks.
HSI $ B.750.4-ii ! > S7 J 207 111 4111 C 1
1VCO 7.21I.J4I 017 3SOC11.4IS f < 3
27.SOI.K19 4(0 ( 1 0" < ! 4-4S22 3.7
37.H2 12SMI lfiin.K1S.C31 41
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Severn ! Investigations during the last two
decades have shown that more than 90 per
cent of the transactions through banks at
the leading commercial cities arc concluded
by means of checks , bills of exchange and
other Instruments of credit , exclusive of
bank notes , The last Investigation of this
sort In the United States was made by the
comptroller of the currency In 1892 , and
called upon national banks to separate the
rarious Items of their receipts on Septem
ber 15 of that year. The result obtained
ivas as follows :
I.MHHAXT : nrsiMjss c ns TO SMASH
Southern I'nellle Cut * Hntex and le-
inorall'eH tile Tralllr.
SANJFRANCISCO , Sept. E. The Southern
'aclflc has become Involved In an Interesting
ralilc squabble with the roads In the West-
irn Passei.gcr association. The bone of con
dition Is the Immigration business , which
irlglnatcs In New York , and to secure Its
iharo the Southern Pacific has formed a
lomblnation with the Seuboaid Air line for
ho purpose of handling such business
lestlncd to California anil other western
mints via New Orleans and the Sunset
oute. Within the past few days the fight
ictween the opposing lines has reached such
; ii acute stage that the enormous eonimls-
Ion of ? ll a ticket Is row hcng | offered to
gents for the purpose of securing the busl-
icss. Iho heavy commission , It Is learned ,
s being ubeil to cut the tariff rate and the
diolo immigrant business has reached a.
ondltlon of demoralisation that has seldom
icen known before.
With the view of bringing the hostilities
o a close and tu icstaro peace and tariff
ates , the Western Passenger association has
sked the Southern Pacific company to be-
omo a member of that organisation , but
'resident Stubbtr of the Southern Pacific
ompany says that the prospects of readi
ng an arrangement aio very slender for
ho reason that the Western PaHscngcr asao-
latlon Is unwilling to agree to any prop-
sltlon for mi equitable division of tbo busl-
ess ,
Her Comment.
The man who discourses on abstruse tops -
? s was talking to a girl with a faraway
lok In her eyes , says the Washington Star.
, nd the moro hu talked ( ho further away
lie look got.
"History , " ho was saying , "repeats Itself ,
i'ct past through the same experiences fit-n-
ratlon after generation , only with different
ten an I alteied circumstances. Do you fol-
j\v mo ? "
She suppressed a yawn and answered ,
Yes. Indeed. "
"In other words , events move In cycles , "
"So they do , " ho replied with animation ;
especially bicycles. "
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