H I E TORCH OF REASON, SILVERTON, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1898. G CURRENT EV E N TS • • « • • g du<‘ti<m of about 20 per cent in the rates for advertising and the with- ‘»T draw a I of all patronage when the . • • demand wa» denied. The N ational Fishery Congress Six cases of yellow fever are re- ported at Edw ards, Miss. in e t at T am pa Fla., last week. A nti-sem ite riots are reported in The Onio legislative commit (e to Paris and the French colony in investigate the charges of bribery against Mark H anna, met on the Algiers. .Japan evidently prop ses to take 22d, with a big crowd of prom inent a hand in the disposal of C h in a’s af men present. fairs, having sent nine warships the scene. to Forty-five K londikers arrived at S eattle on tin* 22d. They report John W. Griggs, governor of New that Fort Yukon has been under Jersey, has been nom inated by the m artial law for some tim e, and ra president to succeed M cKenna as tions are dealt out daily, those who have no m oney being required to attorney-general. saw word in paym ent. The executive c< m m ittee of the Mull S pinners’ Union has ordered a s tr ik e o f the spinners of Lowell and New Redford, Mass. M cK enna’s nom ination as associ ate justice of the United States The acquisition of knowledge is suprem e court vice St< phen J. Field so solid a good in itself th a t it can nsig n ed , has been confirmed. never he lo st.— [E picurus. A Till has been introduced into It some C hristians we know are Congress providing for a subsidy of $125,000 per year for 20 years for a going to heaven, the angelic choir cable to Haw aii. After th a t time will get some pretty hard criticism the services will cost the govern before it has sung more th an two hym ns.— [Investigator. m ent nothing. When m inisters appeal to the According to statistics at the treasury departm ent the value of police power, or seek to have laws exports by the United States for enacted or enforced, it shows the the calendar year of 1897 aggregat lack of faith in the power of th a t ed $1,100,000,000, an increase of God whose servants they profess to $93,(XX),000 over any preceding be.—[ Commoner. year. The more m ystical a religious be * * * * W ESTERN . INFORMATION B u re<i n a n d E x c h a n g e Is there u // y th i o g you w a n t? H ave you property to sett? Do you irish to bun a hom e? Do you w ish to g o i n to hu si 11 ess? l)o you w ish to exch a n g e real estate or p er ‘son a I p r o p e r ty ? F riends :- - We have recently established a general Ex change and In form ation business in th e th riv in g city of Silverton, and have for sale a num ber of town lots, vacant and im proved, some well established business enterprises, some splendid farm s near Silverton, and last but not least, all the lots in • S E C U LA R H O W I E ^ w g ^ a tract of land ad jo in in g the Liberal U niversity grounds, and beautifully situated for homes. Below is a partial list of the property we have for sale. C IT Y 1 ROPERY. FA RM P R O P E R T Y , H a l f - A c r e L o t in W est S ilverton ; b eau tifu l location for residence. $200. C o r n e r L o t near th e L iberal U n i versity. : 100. L o ts in S e c u l a r H o m e , location to su it, at *25, $50 and $75. 4. acres of lan d in S ilv erto n , O regon; two good houses, fru it trees, etc. W ill tra d e for farm land H o u s e a n d L o t n e ar th e depot. $ 150. The Senate decided to procédé at lief is, so it would seem, the better H o u s e a ,’d lot in c e n te r of tow n. once to the consideration of the chance it has for obtaining a con $375. H o u s e a n ‘l b arn w th 1*^ acres of resolution introduced a few days siderable following. Many seem to ¡and in S ilverton. $750. ago by Teller, providing for the paym ent of the bonds of the U nited States in silver at the option of the governm ent. reason in regard to religion th a t the less you understand of it the surer it is to be profoundly tru e.— [New York Voice. It is now the intention of the governm ent to sta rt the Yukon re lief expedition to Skagway on the steam er E lder, which will sail from P o rtlan d , Or., on February 1st. The supplies will follow a week later by the steam er Oregon. D uring one year the m issionaries in the vicinity of Cesarea, Turkey, gave medical treatm en t to about 9,000 natives. Christ said th at his followers could alw ays be identified by their possession of the power to cure diseases by the laying on of hands. Evidently these m ission aries are not true followers of their pretended Lord and M aster, for they surely would not have re sorted to medical treatm en t when a mere touch would have accom plish ed the desired result just as well.— [ Investigator. Blanco, the th ird general sent by Spain to put down the Cuban re bellion, is proving himself no more successful than were bis predeces sors. “ Down with Blauco,” is the cry, and even Cubans loyal to Spain dem and his w ithdraw al. Cuba continues to he the p ara m ount question in congress, and in the debates the M cKinley ad m in istration is severely censured for its inactivity in the m atter. The ad m in istratio n claim s to be w ait ing to see how the autonom ous plan in au g u rated , J a n u a ry 1st will work. A 1 renton, N. J. , preacher could n ’t hold his crowd of dupes o th er wise so lie got a lot of prettv girl ushers and had them pass th e con tribution boxes. T he girls drew not only a crowd but dollars a s well. The parson adm onished the audience that “ the Lord loves a cheerful giver,” and sent the sirens forth after the dollars. The first assault on the parishioners’ purses nett' d $300. If the preacher keeps up that gait very long he will soon l»e able to capitalize the proceeds am i sta rt other kinds of confidence The fight between the Denver newspapers and the fourteen large d ep artm en t stores of the city re garding advertising rates ended with the unconditional su rrender of th e m erch an ts’ association. The fight wag precipitated by the de m and, by the advertisers, for a re- games.— [Free Society. * * * 2 3 acres, well im proved, fine house, barn and o u tb u ild in g s, one m ile fro;,, S ilverton, $4000. W ill trad e for larger farm of equal value not over twenty m iles fiom S ilverton. 3 1 Q acres of splendid f ru it and farm ing land, well im proved, good running w ater, th ree m iles from Silverton, at (27 p er acre. Can divide if necessary to su it p u rch aser. 1 6 0 acres of tine tim b e r, n e a r» large saw m ill, $1000. Logs can be floated nearly all th e way to m ill. Silverton is the hom e of Secularism , and fam ilies mov ing here will have the 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 the foothills of th e Cascade m ountains. A tine sp ark lin g stream affords splendid w ater pow er and great advantages for drainage. W rite to us for fu r her inform a tion. Yours for business, IN FO R M A TIO N BUREAU W a t k r S t r e b t . OpiMwite L iberal H all. W ESTERN and EX C H A N G E. Silverton, Oregon. U N IV E R S ITY ^ g ^ ^ b s e n fe TcachinQ Institute INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF ILLINOIS To teach , ed u cate and confer degrees of sch o larsh ip upon those who by studious ness are e n title d to th em in A rt, Science, L iteratu re, Law, P hilosophy and Theol ogy. It is well know n th a t h u n d re d s of people arc highly qualified in various lines of scientific research , and have become practical as well as th eo retical schol ars since leaving th e school room and are deserving of a degree su itab le to their cabling. M any are w orthy and fitted, and W estern U niversity is fully authoriz ed to honor such w ith a su itab le degree. O th ers, not q u ite ready, to aid them our plan is to d ire c t courses of reading am i stu d y , followed by periodical exam inations, and w hen th e can d id ate is qualified, to g ran t a diplom a for a su itab le degree, ac cording to th e sta n d a rd of sch o larsh ip a tta in e d . The degrees th a t m av lie confer red are B. P „ B. 8 ., L. 8 ., P h . D., A. M ., M. 8 ., LL. D ., D. I). Among th e patro n s as stu d e n ts, and g rad u ates holding th e fine L atin diplomas of W estern U n iv ersity , are teachers, doctors, pastors, law yers, m erch an ts, me chanics, a u th o rs and in v en to rs. For full p articu la rs, address, J. H. R A N D A L L , Ph. D., M. D. P E O P L E ’ S IN S T IT U T E C H IC A G O , IL L IN O IS