T H E TORCH OF REASON, SIL V E R T O N , OREGON, T H U R SD A Y , D EC EM B ER 23, 1897. 6 CURRENT EVENTS. The American Cotton G row ers’ * * W ESTERN Association met at M emphis, Tenu., M cKenna has been appointed as- p ec 20th. sociate Justice of the Suprem e F ilibustering ojierations are sus Court. pected at Pensacola, F la., and the The N ational Federation of Labor governm ent vessels are on the qui met in its 17th an n u al Congress in vive. N ashville, Penn., Die. 13th. There has been a decided change N ancy Allison M cKinley, m other in the situation in regard to the of the President, is dead. The H aw aiian annexation treaty and funeral took place on the 13th. m em bers of the com m ittee on for- Js there a n y th in g you lea n t? H are yon p ro p erty to sett? H. \\ . C orbett, Oregon s appoint- ejgn affairs are now confident of its l)o you wish, to bun a hom e? Do you w ish ed Senator, will have to w ait till ratification to go in to b u sm e ss? Do you w ish after the holidays for a decision as to e x c h a n g e real estate or to his title to a seat. The conference on the K londike personal property? relief hills in congress resulted in a Secretary Alger, in reply to the . *.m nnnn i- » J 6 ’ 1 J . r. \ compromise on $200,000, which Senate resolution asking for infor- . , , . . , , , . am ount has been ap p ro p riated , and E rikxds :— We have recently established a general Ex m ation as to conditions m the ... . , . , , , , , z, , , , . prelim inary operation has alre ad y change and In fo rm atio n business in the th riv in g city of K londyke gold fields, subm its re- , r ‘ . . . t . . ’ t A ¡b eg u n for c a rry in g out th»‘ provis- Silverton, and have lor sale a n u m b er of tow n lots, vacant ports of a special agent sent out, ions of the m easure. C apt. B rain and im proved, some well established business enterprises, fully confirm ing the reports of des erd, of the subsistence departm ent some splendid farm s n e a r Silverton, and last hut not least, titu tio n a nd want. of the arm y, who was with G reelv’s all the lots in Reports from Cuba indicate th a t arctic expedition. I as been ordered the insurgents will not accept the to report to General M erriam at oiler of autonom y. They are con P ortland, Oregon, ami will have SECULAR HO M E cen tratin g around H avana, but ¡charge of the com m nsary dep art- have no intention of surrendering. ) rnent of the relief expedition. Maj. a tract of land ad jo in in g the L iberal U n iv ersity grounds, The business men ol the city have Rucker, stationed a t Fort W alla and b eau tifu lly situ ated for homes. Below is a p artial list lost hope of a speedy return to W alla, has been ordered north to of the p roperty we have for sale. peace. g ath er data for the inform ation of At B aughm an, Kan., a ten-year- th e d ep artm en t. General M erriam C ITY P R O P E R T Y . FARM P R O P E R T Y , old boy has been convicted of r e - ; ,,as orders to s,*1hc’ two od5cerK Hnd H a l f - A c r e L o t in W est S ilverton ; peatedly robbing a Sunday school b’s b‘‘st ,neh HC^ aw b eau 2 5 acres, well im proved, tine house, tifu l location for residence. $200. barn and o u tb u ild in g s, one m ile fro j. contribution box, having secured | guards to the exPe d i,’on- IH s es- C o r n e r L o t near th e Lil>eral U ni- S ilverton, *4000. Will tra d e for larger farm of equal value not- over tw enty d u ring a period of six m onths th a t !»>()() re in d e e r will be versity. $100. L o ts in S e c u l a r H o m e , location m iles from S ilverton. about $100. The hoy testified th at I required to tran sp o rt the supplies to su it, a t ^25, $50 and $75. he was compelled, by th reats of ¡over the trails, INFORMATION H u r e c iti a n d 4 acres of lan d in S ilv erto n , Oregon ; tw o good houses, fruit trees, etc. W ill trad e lor farm lan d . G iordano B rnno. H o u s e a n d L o t n e a r th e d ep o t, $750. H o u s e and lf,t in r e n te r of tow n. J . P. G uild is doing some The C anadian governm ent and $475. the A laska Commercial Com pany ! 8Id‘ ndid work for Secularism and H o u s e nnd barn w th 1 ^ acres of have offered free food to the needy we boPe our «•••aders will help him land in S ilv erto n . $750. punishm ent, to commit the theft, | by his father who is a church I deacon. a t F ort Yukon, and thousands are m aking desperate efforts to m ake th eir way out from Dawson C ity to accept it. The trip is attended with great danger and hardship. The cold is reported a t 50 to 70 de grees below zero. The police have stopped all passage in. S enator M cBride’s bill for the re- lief of starv in g Klondike m iners has passed the senate, ap p ro p riât- ing $250,000, to be expended by the secretary of war. Supplies will he taken in by reindeer via Dyea. I he house has also passed a bill appro- p riatin g $175,000 to he expended by the war dep artm ent for the same purpose. I robably no tim e will be lost in reaching an agreem ent be- tween the two bodies. “ Im p a rtia l”, the Spanish gov- em in en t organ, continues to pub lish strong articles in which it declares th at Spain will not accept the right of President M cKinley to intervene in Cuba in case the war is prolonged, and dem ands th a t the governm ent adopt “ the sam e ener- gctic a ttitu d e toward the U nited S tates as G erm any adopted toward H ay ti, because M cKinley’s message is equivalent to questioning the rig h t of S p ain ’s sovereignty in C uba.” ' to do m ore- Be,ow Print a few ,ines from ,d 'n whieh are se,f e x ‘ platory. ‘‘The discourse on ‘G iordano B runo’, which I gave in Lowell and in Boston, and which a p p e a r ed in the Investigator Nov. 9th. I have enlarged into a little hook, which I will print March next with pictures of Bruno, his burning, his m onum ent, and also a picture of myself, providing I can get enough pledges and paym ents for th e book in a m onth at 25 and 50 cents a copy, according to binding, to guarantee the cost of p rin tin g , Those paving for 4 copies will re- ceivè 5> *Aliy money received will be returned in March if the book jH not jbSUed. Remem ber we give fifty visiting cards to each person g etting n p a club of five for the Torch before J a n u a ry 1st. 3 1 Q acres of sp len d id fr u it and farm- in g la n d , well im proved, good running w ater, th re e m iles from S ilverton, a t $27 p er acre. Can divide if necessary to su it p u rch a se r. 1 6 0 acres of line tim b e r, p e a r a large saw m ill, $1000. Logs can n early all th e wav to m ill. he floated Silverton is the hom e of Secularism , ami fam ilies mov ing here will have th e splendid advantage of schooling th eir children in the only •/ Liberal U niversity •/ in the world. Silverton is b eau tifu lly situ ated in th e great W illam ette valley in th e foothills of th e Cascade m ountains. A fine sp ark lin g stre a m affords splendid w ater power and great advantages for drainage. W rite to us for fu rth e r inform a tion. Y ours for business, IN FO R M A T IO N B U R E A U W a t e r S t r e e t , W ESTER N AND EXCHANGE. and Silverton, Oregon. Opposite L iberal H all. U N IV ER SITY Absent TeaGhing Institute “ J ohn P. G uild ” . 30 E lliot St., Lowell, Mass, “ The board of directors of the chief public library in Chicago have voted that the library shall hereafter be open on S undays. The M ethodist m inisters’ association has decided th a t th is action ifi w rong.” And th a t settles it! 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