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.
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CURRENT EVENTS.
The American Cotton G row ers’
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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
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Senate resolution asking for infor-
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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
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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- ,
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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 ,
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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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