The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1896 Page: 8 of 8
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Ike Jtietrftg Ciml.
The latest in regards to this projected
fiiter-oceanic caaai as given in a dis-
patch from Paris to the New York
Herald is a startling and unexpected
sjolution of the Panama'canal problem
m a possibility of the near lulurc. "It
iS in the lorm" says the dispatch "of
r consolidation ol the Panama Canal
Company with the Nicaragua Canal.
The Herald learns that the president
jrjf the latter corporation Mr. J. R.
Harriett who has just left Paris en
route for America brings with him an
recrnent for the iusion of the two
companies. This agreement was for
mally signed here butit is not conclu-
sive It i understood that it will be
Operated on behalf of the Panama
Company when concurred in by the
directors of the Nicaragua Canal cool-
pany in New York.
It provides for the absorption o.f the
Panama franchise and assets including
the railroad across the isthmus. The
French company is to receive a sub-
stantial sura ol money and stock in the
American corporation which will pro-
ceed to pierce the. isthmus via Lake
Nicaragua. The inducements to the
Panama people besides these mate
cal concessions were an honorable re-
lief from recurring turmoil over their
affairs and the presentation to their
4iareho ders of interests in a more
vjtal concern.
The Nicaragua representatives on
Cietr part claim to derive great ad-
vantage Irom the removal of a possible
future competitor and the securing of
monopoly of the waterway between
(he two the oceans. With this change in
(he situation the many bankers of
Great Britlan and the continental cen-
ters as well as of America are pre-
pared to float the Nicaragua com
pany's bonds.
Capt. Chamberlain Bey late secre-
tory of the Panama Canal company
and formerly her Brittannic majesty's
acting consul at Panama said to a
Herald reporter: '-I have spent seve-
ral years in Panama from the outset of
the work until its suspension and I
-fcnow every inch of the ground from
Rio Grande to'Aspinwall. I consider
'that the Panama Canal project in its
actual condition owing to the ob-
structions of the Culebra mountain
and the Chagres river and the deadly
dimate is absolutely impracticable.
Iven were it to be conrtructed it would
require for its completion an amount
Of money larger than could possibly be
raised at this time. I believe that the
Kicaragna route is practicable and
(hat the amalgamation of the two com-
panies would be of great advantage to
both and moreover bring into friendly
alliance the money interests of France
(be United States and Great Britian."
The beauty of unstaple money and
the condition in which American busi-
ness would be were we to go to a silver
basis is aptly crystalized in the story of
silver for the fiscal year about to be
officially reported. Nothing known io
auman ingenuity can make a silver
dollar intrinsically worth more than its
bullion value although the government
pays out gold and hords of silver in an
effort to gain an impossible end. The
average bullion value of the silver dol-
lar was for last year .49 The ratio
of gold to silver for the fiscal year was
x to 32 50. Should the free silver
interests have an opportunity (which
they will never have) to try their
monetary theory upon American busi-
ness the chief occupation day by day
of the American business man would
at be buying or selling other com-
modities upon a 'known and staple
Bonetary basis but weighing his silver
and finding cut by telegraph overland
and sub-marine how much his money
was woitli Business men who fancy
fhTs sort of ocTopation "wolildbe "pros-
11 table after a few month's trial would
belp to increase the population of
asylums for exhausted intellects and
bankrupt pockets Chicago Times
Herald.
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Address ELH. Strovse
Indianapolis Ind.
DtMMrati Call.
Abilsnk Texas Feb. 85 1896.
The Democratic Executive Committee
of this County met in this city on the
15th inst and unanimously ordered a
primary election to be held in the
several voting precincts of the County
on March 21st next to nominate a
Democratic ticket for County and the
various precinct officers to be vocd
for at the next general election Nov.
3rd.
Therefore said primary election is
hereby called to be held at the several
voting precincts in this County in the
manner and at the time ordered by the
committee.
The committee unanimously ordered
that the following test and no other
should be permitted to be printed on the
the ballots used at said primary elec-
tion: "In voting this ticket I declare my-
self to be a Democrat and I agree to
support the nominees of this pntuiry
election at the next general election
Nov. 3rd."
Therefore all Democratic voters un-
der the laws of this state irrespective
of past political associations and dif-
ferences who will abide the result and
support the nominees of this primary
election are earnestly invited to go
into said primary election.'
Precinct Chairmen will in due time
issue their call for said primary elec-
tion in their several precincts.
It is earnestly hoped that the Demo-
racy of he County will unanimously
avail itself of this fair way of nomiat-
ing its ticket to present to the voters of
this County at the next general elec-
tion. B. A. COX
Chairman of the Democratic Execu-
tive Committee of Taylor Couaty
Stiver Party Movements.
A Washington special to the Sf.
Louis Republic- dated Feb 29 says the
executive committee of the silver party
are greatly elated over the prospect of
a split in the St. Louts republican con-
vention. At ajoint meeting of the silver
party executive committee and the exe-
cutive committee of the national bi-
metallic union last Friday plans were
considered fur conducting the silver
campaign.
It the members of the various com
m'utees are to be believed says the
above special the hopefulness of the
advocates of free coinage has been
greatly increased within the last few
weeks. It is claimed that a quiet sys-
tem of organization is in progress
throughout the various States and es-
pecially in the Central West with re-
sults which indicate very large acces-
sions to the silver party in the near
future. It is asserted that the means
now being adopted are proving most
effective in rallying to the support of the
new party a class of voters which have
never heretofore allied themselves
with the free silver movement. One
member of the commitee said this
evening that reports had been received
from every State and that the work of
organization was progressing beyond
all expectations. Men who had not
been expected to take any interest in
the new party had joined and there
was great enthusiasm wherever organi-
zations had been effected. He predic-
ted that the new movement was goino
to be a landslide.
The secretary of the Executive
Committee states that there is a big
demand for copies of the resolutions
adopted at the conference held here in
January and for the recent manifesto
of Chairman Mott. About 2000000
copies of each are to be printed and
distributed.
Cleaning: the Plow
Buy from a drug store four ounces
of sulphuric acid and pour it carefully
into a pint of water Do not spill a
drop orTf on theflesh or clothing as
it will burn like fire. Cork the bottle
tightly. When ready to use pour a
little on the rusty surface and let it
soak in; when dry give another coat.
If the plow is very rusty three or (our
applications may be required. S:our
on witn line sana ana water. Kub
dry with cloth. Rub over the steel a
mixture of crude petroleum and lard
equal pans. Set plow on board floor
in bam free from ram or snow. After
a round or two and with a good team
the furrow will turn over without a
break. When a plow is being cleaned
is a proper time to examine the nuts
and bolts to tee that ihey are all
screwed up and that the threads of
bolts are not so much worn as (0 work
loose. It is of advantage to have a
few plain cutter points and a dozen
bolts such as bolts for points land
scape and mould board Ex.
Our repretefltative the Hon. J V.
CockrcH introduced the bill to ptevent
price fighting hi any ol the territories
of the United States which was rushed
through both houses of congress and
signed by the president last week with
almost unprecedented haste. Abilene
Reporter.
Out clever and able editor friend has
given credit to the wrong man. "Old
Vard" was not the member who engi-
neered and railroaded the bill referred
to through congress. The gentleman
who is entitled to the full credit is
Delegate Catron from New Mexico
However "Old Vard" is "none too
good" to be guilty of doing such a
thing. Weatherford Evening Times.
With due regard to the Times' po
thion jn this matter the (act still re-
mains that Congressman Cockrell in-
troduced the bill in question though
he evidently did so at the instance of
Delegate Catron. And this is all the
Reporter claims for Mr. Cockrell
caring nothing for nor disputing to
whomsoever due the credit of "engi
neering and railroading" the bil
through congress. See?
Events of the Coming Year.
The coming vyear will be a period
memorable in the history of the world
if but a part of the plans of the United
States Government and European
nations is carried out. In the United
States there will be the liveliest presi-
dential campaign ever held and the
Fifty-fourth Congress now in session
will furnish exceedingly interesting de-
bates on the tariff and financial ques-
tion until June. There will be several
exciting state elections and many poli-
tical speeches. -Everyone will watch
with interest the progress of the Vene-
zeulan Commission's inquiry the re-
sults of the wars in Cuba in South
Africa in Turkey and the outcome of
other complications now arising in the
Old World.
It is a remarkable coincidence that
at the beginning of a year of such rich
promise of stirring news the greates
metropolitan newspaper in the United
States The St. Louis Republic
should reduce its price to $6 00 a year
or to less than two cents a day. This
low price now places The Republic
within the reach of everyone. Those
who wish to keep posted on politics
trade national and international affairs
during 1896 should at once subscribe
for it on these easy terms in addition
to taking their own local paper.
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Market Reports.
These market reports are corrected ever)
Thursday evening before going to press.
CHAIN. HAY AND FKD
This is price paid by grain dealers for grain.
Wheat per bushel 45 to 70
Oats per bushel 1410250
Corn per bushel t 40c
Sorghum per bushel
Hay per ton $5 to J8.co
Alfalfa hay fine $1300
Bran per hundred lbs. sellnig price to 85c
Cotton seed meal per 100 lbs.
Millet 25 toe 35
Cotton Seed roto 15
HIDES.
Beefhides et
Fallen.
21
20 Jo 21
3t
This Is the wholesale price list lor smaller
quantities a shade higher will be charged.
Flour High Patent $225
First straight grade $a 00 to 2 Io
Good common to Si 85
Sugar Granulated $ to 5$
Sugar Y. C 41 to 5
Sugar brown. ........ 4I
Coffee. . 4X 2l
Arbuckle I lb roasted. . ......
Green prime to choice....
Molassas choice La. 401045c
Molasses prime La 30 to 35c
Molasses fair La. 201025c
Dicon S. C 6to7
Bacon dry salt 6ito6J
Im 10 to 11
Meal per sack 40 lbs 38 to 40c
Salt loo lb sacks steam re
fined ....
Salt 200 lb sacks steam re
fined.... . .'. I toji.oo
Dried fruit fancy aldep 50 lb
boxes ......
Bright 2nd barre.
New Potatoes. .
Butter
Egg .
COTTOM
Cotton basis middling f 5 to 6Jc
1-8 up for each l-a grade. 1-4 down
of each 1-2 grade below middling
60c to 65
a to 7
5 to 6
70 1075c
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The Abilene Reporter. (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, March 6, 1896, newspaper, March 6, 1896; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth330930/m1/8/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Public Library.