; THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. AUGUST 29. 1896.
The Weekly Ghfoniele.
BTATK OFFICIALS.- ;
Governor .W. P. Lord
Secretary of State H R Rincaid
Treasurer - ...Phillip Meteehan
Bapt-of PubUo Instruction.. G. M. Irwin
iifaimnKTipnil C. M. Idleman
' G. W. McBride
Benators - Jj.-H. MltcheU
( B. Hermann
-.xmgressmen )w. R. Ellis
State Printer ....W. H. Leeds
COCNIT OFFICIALS-
County Judge..... Root. Mays
sheriff T. J. Driver
Clerk...
Treasurer
Commissioners
Assessor.......
r
A. M. Kelsay
.C. L. Phillips
i A. s. Jilowers
i D. 8. Kimsey
W. H. Whipple
Superintendent of Public Bchools. . X. L. Gilbert
Surveyor.
j. a. noil
C. dinner W.
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For President,
WILLIAM M'KJNLEY. . Ohio
For Vice-President,
GARRET A. HOBART . . . .New Jersey
For Presidential Electors,
T. T. GEER Marion County
B. M. YORAN Lane
E. L- SMITH Wasco
J. F. CAPLE8 Multnomah
THE GREAT CRIME OF 1S06.
Since the free silver coinage agita
tion began and the people have
talked, written and published tons of
matter about silver and its coinage,
the advocates of free and unlimited
coinage have been incessant in their
denunciation of "the great crime of
1873" and "demonetization of sil
ver." That "great crime" consisted
in the representatives of the people
passing an act eodifviner all nrevious
1 ' i Vt O rotafinnr ts AAinanA ntA in flin
list of coins, omitted, or, as it is
, sometimes said dropped, but by the
free silver advocates demonetized,
the silver dollar. They adopted this
latter term probably because it is a
long word and can be used indefinite
ly to indicate the demonetization of
silver entirely; which has never been
done. Silver has been coined con
tinuously from the establishment of
the mint down to the present time.
Has anybody ever heard a free sil
ver advocate in speech or in print
denounce Thomas Jefferson for dis
continuing the coinage of silver dol
Jars in 1896, inquires an exchange . 5
Under that order not a single silver
dollar was coined for thirty-four
years. That order -was issued, not
by any special authority of an act of
congress, but by the fiat of Mr. Jef
ferson, through James Madison, his
secretary of state.
Wow, it is a pertinent question to
ask those who prate of "the great
crime of 1873," whether that act was
any greater crime than that of Mr.
Jefferson in 1806? Jefferson and
luauison were uistinguisnea among
. the most able statesmen of the revo
lutionary fathers, the latter having
been prominent among the framers
of the constitution of the nation.
Think you that Jefferson and Madi
son had a suspicion they had com
mitted a great crime against the peo
ple and their country, and that pos
terity would, when an act was law
fully passed by the representatives in
congress effecting the same thing
which had been done 67 years before,
declare that act "the great crime of
the century !"
, If that act was a great crime id
1873 it was no less a crime in 1806,
and those sterling patriots and states
men are more deserving denuncia
tions because they set a precedent
which congress followed.
It is also remarkable and worthy
of the attention ot all who delight in
anathematizing those who voted for
that act as criminals, that during the
ensuing 34 years following the order
of Mr. Jefferson '8 secretary discon
tinuing the coinage of silver dollars,
in all the discussions in - congress on
the subject of coinage, not one in
congress or out of congress, is known
to have denounce J that act as a
"great crime." or even objected to
it. It caused no popular stoim to
sweep over the country demanding
the remonetization and coinage of
the neglected silver dollar to disturb
the stability of business . and the
neace of the people. Panics came
and went during all that period of 34
years and nobody attributed , them
and their attending distress to any
great crime which Mr. Jefferson had
committed by his order stopping the
coinage of the silver dollar, which
his successors failed to discover.
Twenty-three years after- the pass
age of the act of 1873, people speak
glibly of the "great crime" who. have
little conception of the "crime" of
which they prate, or if they do .it is
for purposes of deception for selfish
motives. They have.neither the in
terest of truth or the people in view,
Millions have crown into manhood
since 1873 and millions who have at
tained that age were then, unborn
these have little or no true personal
understanding of the condition of the
country when the "great crime" was
committed.
THE RELATIVE VALVE OF GOLD
The fundamental principle of the
free silver statesman is that the "do
monetization" of silver has enhanced
gold, and the increase in the price of
gold has made it more difficult for
wage earners to acquire it. In rela-
tion to what has gold increased in
value ? It has not increased in value
in lts-reiation to wnat Tne wage
earner has to exchange for it; rela
tive wages and prices in gold in the
United States of all occupations, tak
ing wages of 1860 as 100, are given
by statisticians as follows :
Prices Wages Prices Wages
1840 116.8 87.7 1871 122 9 147.8
1850 102.3 92.7 180 106.9 141.5
1860 100 100 1890 92.3 158.9
1870 117.3 133.7 1891 93.2 160,'
From 1860 to 1891, wages have in
creased 60.7 per cent, and during the
same time prices of articles for which
the laborer must exchange his earn
ings have decreased 7.8 per cent. In
Lreat JtSritam the increase in wages
has been 23 per cent during the 15
years ending with 1892; in France
the increase from 1875 to 1883 was,
among carpenters and laborers, 33
per cent and among ten classes of
common day laborers from 1805 to
1883 120 per cent. During these
periods these nations were upon
gold basis or went from the silver to
the gold basis.
From 1873 to 1891 Lhe average fall
in price of eleven of the chief agri
cultural products of this country was
26 per sent; during the same period
tbe average fall in twenty-three of
the principal manufactured and other
articles consumed but not raised here
was 55 per cent. Measuring the
price of gold by corn, the agncul
tuial product of this country which
is least influenced by foreign compe
tition, foreign demand, new methods
of cultivating and harvesting, we
find that it has enhanced 6 per cent
from 1873 to 1891. We believe that
a careful examination of all statis
tics will show, when considered in
the light of increased production
and improved facilities for produc
ing and transporting, that the relative
price of gold has fallen and not en
hanced. It should also be borne in
mind that gold and silver are not
consumed ; the existing volume is
rapidly increasing; while all agricul
tural products when once used lose
their existence.
LOST OR STOLEN.
The state portage railway, last
seen at the Cascades of the Colum
bia, has disappeared. One rumor
says that this railroad, which cost the
people of Oregon 60,000, disap
peared between two Days and no
one knows what has become of it;
another is to the effect that the canal
swallowed it, the last appropriation
of congress having been too small to
satisfy its rapacious maw. If the
latter tumor is correct we hope the
State Portage Commission will not
go near that awful canal ; having lost
the railroad we can't afford to lose
our commission also. .
; The Cascade forest reserve is a
great benefit to the government of
ficials who have a salary as a member
of a commission or who get fees for
serving processes: these dependents
upon the government ' take pleasant
outings to Cloud Cap inn and Crater
lake and return to report the baneful
effect of pasturing sheap in the tim
ber, never having seen a sheep ex
cept such as were on exhibition' at
some county fair. They, travel the
roads used by tourists," are enter-
tained as dead heads and when " they
return to Portland write out a report
that sheep men believe in burning
the pasturage upon which . they de
pend to maintain their . flocks.- A
short ume ago several sheep . owners
were arrested, taken to Portland as
common criminals in charge of two
deputy marshals, were advised by
the aforesaid , marshals to employ
counsel and were then allowed to re
turn home; an injunction case was
begun against oner party which was
to be a test case and this was indef
initely postponed, presumably until
such time as the sheep owners could
conveniently remove their . sheep.
Every lawyer, outside the U. S. At-
tornej's's office, to whom the matter
has been submitted finds no authority
of law for the exclusion of the sheep,
and yet deputy marshals are now
threatening to arrest every' herder
ivho does not immediately remove
the sheep in his charge from the res
ervation. The sheep men, if no one
else, have discovered that there is
something radically wrong with this
administration.
."It (the free coinage of silver)
would not make labor easier, the
hours of labor shorter or the pay
better. It would not make farming
less laborious oj more profitable. It
would not start a factory, nor make
a demand for an additional day's
labor. It would create no new oc
cupations. It would add nothing to
the comfort of the masses, the cap
ital of the people or the wealth of
the nation."
These utterances from McKinley's
letter ot ' acceptance cannot be re
futed. Talk about the lap of indo
lence and tbe brow of labor sounds
well in a stump speech; they are.
however, nothing but appeals to
prejudice and their use is an attempt
to influence men, not by reason, but
by hatred. McKinley is no "boy
orator." He speaks forth "the words
of truth aiid soberness."
The peicentage of silver coinage
has been increasing ever -since 1873.
In 1872 we coined 121,812,645 of
gold and $2,504,488.50 of silver; in
1890 we coined $20,467,182.50 of
gold and $39,202,908.20 of silver;
in 1872 the coinage of gold was near
ly ten times that of silver; in 1890
the coinage of silver wa3 nearly one
and a half times that of gold. Will
the silverites if they come into
power, ever treat gold as well as the
gold bugs have treated silver? -
The Dalles has recently felt the ef
fect of a good example in the matter
of sidewalks. The appearance of
the principal business portion of
town has been improved 100 per
cent during the past three weeks by
the construction of cement sidewalks.
Times are hard but The Dalles is
growing and rapidly improving in
appearance even under the regime of
gold standard.
Mr. Bryan said at Syracuse yestei-
day: "We want enough standard
money to keep pace with the demand
for money and increase of popula
tion." He knows, if he knows any
thing about the money question, that
under the gold standard of the last
forty or more years the per capita
circulation of standard money has
been steadily increasing.
It shonld be constantly borne in
mind that the Bryan Sewall ticket
offers the American people nothing,
except the free coinage of silver at
16 to 1, which the present adminis
tration has hot forced upon us; all
they promise, aside from free coinage,
is what we have had to endure dur
ing the past three and a half years.
Major McKinley's letter of accept
ance which was made public today is
declaration of principles from the
pen of a statesman and a man ot
large experience in public affairs; it
has nothing of the politician but
everything of the statesman. Its es
sence is that we need open mills, not
open mints.
Mr. Bryan asks: , "Is there a man
who believes the age of oratory is
gone? Taking Bryan's idea of or
atory, such a man has been beyond
e reach of newspapers since the
Chicago convention was called to or
der, and must live where there are no
Populists. . . ; ' .;.
THE APPROACHING CAMPAIGN
- The campaign of 1896, more tbair
apyiuring the past thirty years, de
mands of -all parties fairness and
freedom from deception or error.
The financial question has become,
through the agitation of the conj
oined rorccs or. tne advocates or a
greater supply of money, the prom
inent issue. It is an issue that must
not be determined by trickery or
fraud,for such a determination would
be a source of danger to the ultimate
prosperity and possibly to the very
existence of the nation. It must be
an educational campaign in the tru
est and highest sense. Oratory . of
the sky rocket order, vituperation
and appeals to prejudice will move
some voters, but the intelligent lab
orers and farmers who constitute
ninety per cent of the voters of the
nation will attempt to understand the
effect of free coinage before thev
will vote for it, and in this lies the
assurance that, this latest proposed
experiment . of Democracy will not
be tried. Between now and the No
vember election the truth, so far as
history and reason can reveal it, can
be and should be found.
It is utterly useless for the advo
cates of free coinage to quote single
passages from the utterances of Lin
coln, Grant, Blaine and others of the
illustrious dead, to support their
claims. The American people know
the Popocrats and Populists who
quote these statesmen know that
were they able to speak to the Amer
ican people today their advice would
be in the words of McKinley and of
Sherman not in the words of Bryan,
Allgeld and Mrs. Lease. Said Mr.
Blaine Feb. 7, 1878, in the U. S. Sen
ate: "ax current rates or suver,
free coinage of a dollar containing
41 2 grains, worth in gold about 92
cents, giyes an illegitimate, profit to
the owner of the. bullion, enabling
him to take 92 cents worth of it to
the mint and get it stamped as coin
and force his neighbor to take it for
a full dollar. This is an undue and
unfair advantage, which the govern
ment has no right to give to the
owner of silver bullion and which
defrauds the man who is forced to
take the dollar." What would Mr.
Blaine say as to the free, coinage of a
dollar worth only 53 cents in gold ?
ine I'opuiists ot J.'ortianci are
brighter than the Popocrats they
nave discovered tnat pennoyer is a
demagogue. What will become of
Pennoyer when the' Popocrats find
him out? There will then be no
wigwam at all.
ONCE MORE IN A TRANCE.
The Semblance of DeatU Again Visits
Mrs. Mary Albertson.
There is a sequel to the escape of Mrs.
Mary S. Albertson, of Columbia slough,
from being inhumed alive early this
month.
On the 10th inst. Mrs. Albertson had
sufficiently recovered to accept an invi
tation from friends near Grant's Pass.
She was taken very sick two days after
her arrival there. On the third day she
was apparently dead. Bat from ber
narrow escape from being buried -alive
before, she certainly would have been
subjected to one of the most horrible
fates the tinman mind can conceive, on
the Southern Oregon farm. Blochmeier,
whose family Mrs. Albertson is visiting,
writes that a Grant's Pass physician ap
plied a galvanic battery immediately
after death had claimed the woman, but
it proved nnavailing till last Tuesday !
noon. Then the cataleptic attack gradu
ally abandoned the patient, and at 4
o'clock she asked for a drink of water.
She, however failed to realize where she
was, and complained bitterly at being re
moved from tbe society of ber parents
(who are dead), with whom she waB
haviug a delightful visit. In this in
stance she was perfectly unconscious of
terrestrial life, and as tbe theosophists
bave it, her astral body had been mean
dering about in celestial realms.
Blochmeier adds that it was fnlly two
hours before Mrs. Alberson could grasp
who he and his family were, and it was
almost impossible to convince her that
she had been in a death-like trance for
five days.
"She remembered nothing about her
leaving home," continued the writer,
"and for several hours she raved like
one demented for having been brought
back to this earth. At nine o'clock at
night, however, she grew calmer and
quite lucid. She then was able to real
ize her phenomenal situation. . When
she was bright enough to appreciate ber
second narrow escape from a living buri
al, she went into convulsions, and
at midnight she again was in a trance."
The letter in Thurman's possession
says that since then, up to Friday, even-
ing, Mrs. Albertson has but once been
brought to hereelf by means of a galvan
ic battery. . She has not taken any nour
ishment since her atttack' on the farm,
and she was wasted away to a mere
shadow.; A strange feature in this con
nection with this case is that while in
the trance condition, Mrs. - Albertson's
respiration and pulsation are absolutely
imperceptible. Yet she must breathe,
and her beart must be in ' action. Her
medical attendant, who is a skilled one,
says the afflicted woman's life hangs on
tbe slightest thread, and certain death
is likely to ensoe at any moment. But
in this case there will be no interment
till decomposition has set in. ."
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The readers of this paper will, be
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constitutional disease, requires a consti
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Care is taken internally, acting directly
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L& 'Sold by Druggists, 75 cent's.
Two Lives Baved. "
Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction City
111. was told by ber 'doctors she bad
Consumption and that there was no hope
for her, bat two bottles of Dr. King's
New Discovery completely cared ber
and she says it saved her life. Mr. Thos.
Eggera, 139 Florida St. San Francisco,
suffered from a dreadful cold, approach
ing Consumption, tried without result
everything else then bought one bottle
of Dr. King's New Discovery and in two
weeks was cared. He is naturally thank
ful. It is such, results, of which these
are samples, 'that prove the wonderful
efficacy of this medicine in Coughs and
colds. Free trial bottles at Blakeley &
Houghton's Drue Store. Regular eize
60 cents and $1 00.
Real Estate Transfer.
J. A. McCrum and wife to Merchants
National Bank of Portland, north half
nw qr sec 36, tp 1 a r 8 e; $1.
A deed covering 30 pages of the rec
ord has been tiled at the clerk's office
between A. Marcus, Chas. S. Fair child
and Chas. C. Beaman to O. R. & N. Co.
None Bnt AVer's at tbe World's Fair.
Ayer's Sarsaparilla enjoys tbe extra
ordinary distinction of having been the
only blood purifier allowed on exhibit at
the world's fair, Chicago. Manufact
urers of other sarsaparillas sought by
every meana to obtain a showing of their
goods, but they were all turned away
under the application of' the rule for
bidding the entry of patent medicines
and nostrums.' The decision of the
world's fair authorities in tavor of Ayer's
Sarsaparilla was in effect as follows
"Ayer's Sarsaparilla la not a patent
medicine. It does not belong to tbe
list of nostrums. It is here on its
merits."
No people suffer so much from physic
al disabilities as those whose business
requires little or no muscular exertion
The lack of exercise causes the liverv to
become sluggish and the result is con
stant Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious
ness and 'Sick Headache. To prevent
this take Simmons Liver Regulator; it
keeps the liver active and makes one's
condition a9 comfortable as those who
bave much exercise. '.
Kncklen's Arinca salve.
The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises, sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fevei
sores, tetter, chapped bands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi
tively cures piles, or no pay required
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac
tion, or money refunded. Price 25 cents
per . box. For sale by Blakeley and
Houghton, druggists.
Situation Wanted.
A young woman would like a situation
by tbe day or month. Inquire at this
office. augl7-3t
For Infante and Children.
. Caatoria promote Digestion, and
overcomes Flatulency, Constipation, Sour
Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverishness.
Thus the child la rendered healthy and its
sleep v natural. Castoria contains no
Morphine or other narcotic property. .
H Castoria Is so well adapted to children that
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
tnown to me." H. A. Archbr, M. D.,
Ill South Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
w For severat yean uavt. eoonuneil3ed youf
Castoria,' and shall always oontinue to do so.
as it has invariably produced beneficial results."
Edwm F. Pardbb, M. D.,
125th Street and 7th Ave New York City.
"The ose of ' Caatori' la so universal and
Its merits so well known that it seems a work ot
supererogation to endorse it. Few are the ln
telilKent families who do not keep Castoria
within easy reach."
CXHIOS lLlMTTW, D. D., ..
New York City.
Ths Cavzina Comtast, JT Hurray Street, K. T.
m
LOSS OF VOICE
After Acute Bronchitis
CUBED BY USING
AYER'S
Cherry
Pectoral
. A PREACHER'S EXPERIENCE.
"Three months ajto, I took a vio
lent cold which resulted in an attack
of acute bronchitis. I put myself
; under medical treatment, and at the
end of two months was no better.
I found it very difficult to preach,
and concluded to try Aycr's Cherry
Pectoral. The first bottle pave me
great relief ; the second, which I am
now taking, has relieved me almost
entirely of all unpleasant symptoms,
and I feel sure that one or two bot
tles more will effect a permanent
cure. To all ministers suffering from
throat troubles, I recommend Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral." E. M. Brawley,
D.D., Dist. Secretary, Am. Bapt.
Publication Society, Petersburg, Va.
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral
GOLD MEDAL AT THE WORLD'S FAIR.
AYER'S LEADS ALL OTHER SARSAPARILLAS.
EAST and SOUTH via
The Shasta Route
OF THE
Southern Pacific Comp'y.
Trains leave and are due to arrive at Portland.
FBOK JONS 23, 1895.
f OVERLAND EXO
press, Sslera, Rose-1
I burg, Ashland, Site-1
I ramento, Ogden.San !
1 Francisco, Mojave,
j Los Angeles, El Paso,
I New Orleans and I
I East i
8:50 P.M.
8:10 A. M.
'8:30 A. M.
Koseburg and way sta
tions 4:40 P.M.
f Via Woodburn for
I ML Angel, Bllverton,
i West Ucio, Browns
I ville,Sprlngneld and
I Natrou
' Daily .
except
Suuday;.
4:00 P.M.
7:30 A. M.
14:4.5 P. M.
except '
Sundays.
Salem and way stations
10.00 A.M.
ii;orvaius ana wayi
(stations
(McMinnvilie ahdj
(way stations )
t 6:20 P.M.
t 8:25 P. M.
I
Daily. (Daily, except Sunday.
DINING CARS ON OGDEN ROUTE.
PULLMAN BUFFET SLEEPERS
AND SECOND-CLASS BLEEPING CARS
Attached to all Through Trains.
Through Ticket Office, 134 Third street, where
through tickets to all points In the Eastern
States, Canada and Europe can be obtained at
lowest rates from
J. B. KIRKLAND, Ticket Agent. .
All above trnins arrive at and depart irom
Grand Central Station, Fifth and I streets.
YAMHILL DIVISION.
Passenger Depot, foot of Jenerson street.
Leave for OSWEGO, week days, at 6:00, 7:20.
10:15 a. m.. 12:15. 1:45. 3:30. 6:25. 8:00. 11:30 p. m.
Arrive at Portland, 7:10, 8:80, 11:25 a. m., 1:30,
1:15, 5:10, 7:30, 9:05 p. m., and 12:36 a. m.
Iave for RIVERSIDE only (daily) at 6:25.
;15, 10:30 p. m. Arrive at Portland at 6:10,
iu;a, u:2up. m.
Leave for Sheridan, week days, at 4:30 p.m.
Arrive at Portland, 9:80 a. m.
Leave for AIEIJE on Monday, Wednesday and
FH.lnv Atg.-iOR.in. Arrive At PnrtlAnn. Tup.
dav, Thursday and Saturday at 8:05 p. m.
Sunday trains for OSWEGO leave at 7:20. 8:40,
10:40 a. m., 12:15, 1:45,8:30, 6:25,8:00, 11:50 p. m.
Arrive at Portland at 8:30. 10:00.11:60 a.m..
1:30, 8:15, 5:10, 7:30, 9:05 p. m and 12:35 a. m.
R. KOEHLER, E. P. ROGER8,
Manager. Asst. G. F. it Pass. Agt.
LATIN AND GERMAN TAUGHT.
GERMAN.
Tbe undersigned desires to organize a class In
German. Every American citizen who can af
ford both time and expense ougbt to be master
of at least two languages. Tbe German language
ba' many advantages over modern languages on
account of ber profound literature in all branch
es of ancient and modern science produced in
her world-renowned universities. Those who .
would drink from these Inexhaustible and yet
unadulterated fountains of knowledge, must
master the language which contains the key to
them. The undersigned will organize a class in
German, and will begin with actual work on the
first dav of BeDtembeA The class will meet two
or three times a week In tbe evening or when
most convenient to the i upils. Rapid progress
guaranteed to those wbo will get down to earn
est labor. All wbo desire to participate in this
work will please auuounce their Intention to
the undersigned at un eiirly date, as the class
will be limited to a certain number. Charges
wiU be very reasonable.
LATIN.
Tbe undersigned will also organize a class in
Latin. There are so many reasons why those
who desire to sdvance their knowledge beyond a
common school education should take at least a
course in Latin, that probably everybody Is fa
miliar with at least some of them. 1 will not
take space here to speak of tbe beauties of the
Latin language nor of the many advantages In
Ufe possessed by those wbo have mastered it. I
will here only announce my intention to organ
ise a class In Latin. Rapid progress guaranteed
to those who will work hsrd. Charges very rea
sonsble. All desiring instruction in Latin are -kindly
requested to announce their intention to
tne undersigned before September, if possible.
Awaiting yi ur application, I am, very respect
fully yours. L. ORKY,
aug6-lmo Evangelical Lutheran Pastor.
Notice of Final Account.
To all Whom it Mat Concern:
Notice is hereby given that G. J. Farley has
filed his final account as administrator of the
estate of Joshua W. Reedy, deceased, and that
said final account will come on for bearing on
Monday, July 13tb, 1896, at which time a hearing
wUl be bad as to any and all objections to such
final account, and the settlement thereof.
This notice is given by order of Hon. George
C. Blakeley, county Judge. Dated this 11th day
of June, 1896. G. J. FARLEY,
Adm'r of. the estate of Joshua W. Reedy, de
ceased. - J iel8-6t,n
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