THE TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1898.
R E F LE C T E D RAYS.
CURRENT EVEN TS.
Bushnell was inaugurated gov-
God and man cannot occupy the
ernor of Ohio on the 10th inst.
sam e space at the sam e time.
The reindeer are en route from
e^‘
Laj land for the K lonkike relief
The man who “ walks with god”
expedition.
is not always in the best of com-
The Pacific Northwest C attle as-
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social ion will meet at Pendleton,
For m oralists to talk about alter-
Oregon, Feb. 15.
ing m orals without altering envi-
S enator F ry e has introduced a " '" " le n ts is no w i* r that, for a j
bill in congress to have l uilt eight
new revenue cutters.
t" P "»'tice a
b-n leg.—
[Hen I illet.
The senate com m ittee on m ilita-
h i the death of C. S. Adams. Or- >
ry m atters has ordered a favorable pg"ti l'ses one «»f her brightest
re p o rt on the bill to increase the mi-nds. Mr. A dam s has occupied a
conspicuous place in the affairs of
regular arm y.
our state during all the years of his
The discovery of the n.olber-lode j w(>rki„ g life.-[States.nkn.
-the source of the Klondike placer
n
i l — • is re p o rte
* d , i a . n i d g re a * t ex- i They • are again
discussing the
fields
,
question, ‘‘W hy go to ch u rch ?”
citem ent prevails.
One of the best answers we remem-
I he wom an’s a u x ilia ry of the ,„.r waH that of a hard-w orking old
Chicago Cuban (om m ittee of 100. Scotswoman, w hosaid: “ 1 ae gaed
are arran g in g for a relief fund for t()
t(, «leepit.” — [Eree-
the Cuban patriots.
thinker.
P ortland, Ore., m e rc h a n ts se c u r­
Over th e door of one of the many
ed most of the contracts to furnish abandoned churches in the west is
governm ent supplies for the Klon­ the inscription: “ This is the gate
dike relief expedition.
to heaven” ; and just below is the
sign: ‘‘Closed by order of the Amer­
C orbett’s claim to a senatorial
ican Loan C om pany.” — [ F r e e ­
seat on the appointm ent of Gov­
thinker.
ernor Lord of Oregon, is to have a
I would like to see corporal pun­
hearing next Monday. The pros-
prects are for an adverse report by ishm ent don«1 away with in every
home, m every school, in every
the committee.
asylum , reform atory and prison.
A combine of the departm ent Cruelty hardens and degrades,
stores in Denver, Colo., have boy­
kindness reforms and ennobles.—
cotted tne daily papers pending [Ingersoll.
accession of the latter to the for­
It is tsserted th a t there are over
m er’s dem and for a 20 per cent, re­
a thousand C hristiana am ong the
duction in advertising rates.
lepers in India. Doubtless they all
The last paym ent to the govern­ believe th a t God afflicted them w ith
m ent by the Union Pacific reorgan­ this horrible disease in his infinite
ization committee for the Union goodness and mercy, th a t his name
I acific was made Jan. •>, a check j might he glorified forever.— [Inves­
tor $8,500,000 being deposited a t tigator.
the sub-treasury in New York.
A prisoner in C incinnati was dis­
The New York H erald prin ts a covered in the awful crim e of slip ­
letter from Gomez, the Cuban gen­ ping his food through the bars to
eral, in which he declares th a t the his little daughter. An investiga­
Cubans will only accept peace with tion revealed the fact th a t his wife
com plete independence from Spain. and little ones were starving and
He says his soldiers will continue freezing in this city of churches and
the war if they have to go naked.
wealthy people. This is a Chris-
T he executive com m ittee of the I t *,in n a ti<>n.--[Appeal to Iva^on.
American Federation of Labor has
asked congress for legislation on the
following m atters; An eight-hour
day on all public works; preven­
tion of the indiscrim inate and d a n ­
gerous use of the writ of injunction,
and restriction of im m igration on
an educational basis.
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