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V 0 Johnson Jttn t V Oregon H 1 VOL 28. NO. 1H, OIIKGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY. MARCH 2, 1894. ESTABLISHED 18CG City ISE. No- lOUHTH. (Ilrnnlt tmnrl muiv.n.a Ural Mnuilsy In vnwiwr inn mini annular in A inn, t nilulK ouiirt In waalim Drat Mnmta lu twib tfliintli. flommlaalimsrs nnnrt mi-.ta Aral Wsitn.ailaf Bitot drat HimiUy ul mi'Ii niinilli. f IMUKAM Ali.trat'la oft: AH AIIHTHACT 1 TKIJsT CO. 'lacltamaa mititity nrmiiirl iim lanv. wimmi witi( ri-aaimaiii. ciiargria. Work giiaranti'nl Olva 11a atrial I) I!. I.aliiilri'll., V, Y. luilmlilaiili, J. . I lark, I'lrvi ima. oaswui city, .... umiiiiiN, K H joilNanN. INNAIItl) A JOHNSON, li w kiknainu, 11 VII, KNUINKKIlH AM HI'KVK VOIIH. It all w y liM'allun ami nui.triii'lliiii, brlitgoa. ilauaaiii .tlmali-a lur water l p I )T Uralnaia ul stront l(it.ravtiiittt of towna Ximrlal attelillmi given to firaiiglillng ami tilm printing 1 R IIAYKrl, ' ATTOIiSF.Y AT LAW, Oaaims City, Oaaiio. Will practice In all lite rnnrta nl tha slat. Oftlne. dirtier Halu and Hlgulti atreeta, oiu.lla court In una QREGON CITY IRON WORKS, Now oiid Enlarged Shop with all appliances, for MACHINE WORK & CASTING. All work fXfcuU'tl in tlio IxiHt iniinncr jioHHiblo. Promptness, guaran teed on all orders. E,BPAIRING - A SPECIALTY. THE PENSION LAW. l'osllfoti of Hie Grand Defined. Army THE AliJIl.MM IUTI0X ( OMiEJI.NLI) rrrtniitiitilf and Itemdutloii Adopted at Hie Last Encampment of the U. 4. It. Price tin) lowest to IxJ liml in Porllund. Shoo on near Main, Oregon City, Oregon. J. ROAKE & CO., Proprietors. y (AllKV Joll.NSOK, I.AWYKK. Corner Klght ami Main airrrta, Oregtin. Oregon. ItKAI.KSTATKTORKI.L ASH MONRY TO LOAN. J" L. I'OhTKIt, ATTOltNKY AT I. AW ASaiaAcra or raurgatv ri mitotan. Office neat to Oregon City Una un th street. O. T. WII.I.IAMH. ltKAI. K8TATKAND I.OAN A (IK NT. A good Hit. ol bualniua, resilience anil illiurliau 'mHnr. Farm finxri)r In Inula u ault (in aar lerma. (!irre.min1eiice timmiitlr anawered. office, Call iliN.r to ( audrUI A lliiuiler's drug store. 1 II. IYR. ATTOltNKY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW Ofllr o.r Oregon City Batik. oaaoiiH mv. oataoii TK. JAN.NKV. J . MWYER.WOTAKY H'llUC A INHl'HAKCK. .. Office with W. Carry Johnson. J D A P.O. LATOt'Ultm. ATTOKNEY8 AND COUNSELORS AT LAW MAIN THKKT. OBgOO CITY, OHKIIUN, rarnlih Abalracte ol Title, Loan Miin.y. fiiro- eHMHl NnrtgagM, Slid iraaaaci uvuvw Law Mualn.aa. "J J B. CHOHH, ATTORN KY AT LAW. WlU. rAtTll l AM. fOt'KTl Of TMi TAT Krai Ratal and Imuranr. Offlca on Main 8tr it. Ut. Blub and M.vvnth. oaauoM city. oa. M.RAMW, NOTARY 1TIU.IC, REAL ESTATE A INSURANCE. UJow you Can Save Money Wlirn your children need a laxative or Htoiuach mid lx)Wfl regulator, buy BABY'S FRUIT LAXATIVE. Fifty down tor twenty-live centH. The seanon for coldn and coughn iri ujMin un. In order to be pre jiured for an emergency, get a bottle of Baby's Pectoral Syrup, ' The beet in the market. Price 2' cents. For Bale at the CAN BY PHARMACY, Canby, ur. DR. J. H. IRVINE, Proprietor. Oregon City Enterprise $1.50 Pep Year. OIBi'o In hn Pnat onio. tltilMIng, O-pgnii City, Onon. ogn. c. nanwKii.1. a naaaaaa. t HOW NK U A I'KKHtiKR ATTORNEYS AT LAW, OHKUON CITY, ORKION. Will tirafllre III all lb. emirta of Hi. alato. 01 flm, ui'at UiHir In CaufleM A lliinlliya drug alnro. r. r. wiiitk. W. A.WIIITE WHITE BROTHERS I'ractical drehiteeff f- BuUdern. Will iirfpar. plana, olovatloti". working le- lla.anilaiiwlfli'allnna fur all klnila of bullil Ima HiHiolal attention glv.n to moilrrn cot UiV 'iCllmal.-. lurnl.l.c.1 on ,.nll,mtl..n li 1 . n . , Orrgon City, Ogn Call on or adilreaa T1 11HK COMUKKCIAL HANK, OK OBKGON CITY i'.nll.l. IH.0 TANAtT A OgWKA!. AN1N0 auaiB. Italia mailo. lllllai dlacoiinled. Makea col loctinna. Hnya and aolla exchango on all rHil" In tlie Diilliid Htaloa, Kurope and Hong Kong. Dnnoalti rcptil'-cd inbjoft ta check Inton-al at uanal rale" allowed o t'"u dcpoalla. Bank open from 9 A. M. U r. u. Halurday ovonlnga from & to 7 r.M. U. C. LATOl'KKTTK, rreainoni. Tho Cheapest and Best Paper in Clackamas County. OREGON CITY JOBBING SHOP. i All kindii of Tinning. Plumbing and General Jobbing DONE TO ORDER ON SHOUT NOTICE. SEWER AND WATER CONNECTIONS MADE At the moHt reasonable rates. ffiPAll work is done with a view to last and satisfy all concerned. A. W. SCHWAN. Nhop on WcTcnlli HI nr 1chI, Orrgun fit. J. JONES & SON, DKA1.RK IN Doors, Vindows, Mouldings, DOOR AND WINDOW FRAMES. Cabinet Work, Fitting up Stores and Repairing of all kinds. Jobbing Orders Tromptly Executed. Fit 1 4 I.N II IF. IOHINI. Shop coriu-r Fourth and Water utreetB. back of rope A to 8, Oregon Uty K DONALDSON, Caahler -JANK OF OKKOCN CITY, Oldest BanklEi Honse In lie Cltr. Paid up Capital, IM.OOO. THOi. CHARUAM. 010. A. HARMNO. a.o CAurm.D. CHA1I.1I H. CAUrilLD. raiaiDlNT, viol ravaiuiNT, CAallllH. MANAoaa. A general banking bualn.aa traniaoted. Depoalta received anbjcot to check. Approved bills and notea dlacouuted. Count; and olty warrant! bought. Loan, mvlo on avallablo aeourlty. Eiehauge bought and lold. Onlleotlnnr mado promptly. Urafti eold avaltaule lu any part of the world Telegraphic exohnngei gold on Portland, Sao Franolaco, flhloago and New York Interest D.U on time deposit!. Sub AF.uts of THE LONDON CHEQUE BANK SEVENTH STREET DRUG STORE. DR. L. M. ANDREWS, Prop. A Full Line of Fresh Drugs and Medicines. Patent Medicines of all Makes, Notions, Optical Goods Full Stock Of Machine Oil, Best and Cheapest. VSnAttoWfinn nf lVfumerv and Toilet Soaps. And Lead- 1 1IIV l'VIV"w - I ing Brands of Cigars. iiii:m"kiitio:vn iiaki fi ixy vii.i.i:i. Shively's Block, . -,re8n lly-ur GEORGE BROUGHTON, MANUFACTUKKR OF ALL KINDS OF FIR AND HARDWOOD LUMBER. FULL STOCK OF FLOORING, CEILING, RUSTIC AND FINISH ING LUMBER, DIMENSION STUFF AND LATH. Special Bills Cut to Order: Mill and Yard on the River, Foot of Main Street, OREGON CITY, OR. "To hinil tip the nation's woiimla; to tar for him alio ahull have borne the Fourth Street, i t'ltle, and (or hi widow and orphan.' Thu ioke Lincoln the (ireat, Lincoln thu J tint, utaruliiiK reverently, with un covered head, in the immediate prfwnee of a i rui'l and devaatinK war, that had already lantod four year, the end of which, although ho near, his prophetic viaion wa, not able to fee ; aiicakinK to, for and hy the authority of the American FtxVe, concerning one of the supreme duties of the hour and the future, when entering for the second time upon the diMcharge of a trunt coiiiuiilted to bin) by that people. Within a few ahort weeks that end so long looked for had come; but his dying eyes were not privileged to see the full fruition of his labor, and the work so well begun and carried on by him fell Into other hands, charged with all the trtiHts that the condition Implied and required ; and thone who had "bonrne the battle" after so many days "turned their happv feet toward their long (le st rt ed homes." A grateful nation met and received them, and gladly showered upon them the plaudita and the honors tbey had so well and hardly earned. Thej "liearera of the battle" were then, in the main, in the prime and vigor of young manhuod, with all the honors and poKaihili'ies of life before them, with all the hope born of lofly courage and patriotic and successful achievement beating high in their bosoms; and they little needed and Btill less cared (or material aid from the country they had preserved and made free, save where low of life or limb or impaired health and broken constitution were presently visible ; and for audi, in the main, ample and prompt provuioo was made by that country. . m -iy life loo freqiienty developed into prema ture old aue, and youth passed into riper year with galloping (eet; and ala! too soon the exultant and hearty soldier found that in the rac of life there were weight upon his feel and burden upon his shoulders, a the result of premature and over-heavy draught upon his vitality, that sadly Interfered with suc cessful competition in the crowd and jostle of the fierce struggle for advance ment. And still the nation sought to keep abreast of the necessities of her heroes, and hy additional enactments to measurably make provision for the nec essities of those who ' had bourne the battle." A quarter of a century had s!aped. The young had become old. the middle aged had become feeble, and the old had crossed the river. Time, with it ruth less finger had joined hands with tiie ravage of war, ami the two combined had proved a burden npon the aging soldier greater than he could bear ; and the cry went abroad that in too many instances for the credit, honor or good name for the nation, many who had followed the flag and faced the fiery furnace of battle, had in w ant fallen by the wayside, and in the poor-houses were looking longingly for the relief and comfort of the grave. Their sympathising comrades and a patriotic ieople. with one accord, voiced the sentiment that such was not human administering of the sacred trust recog- nized and announced by Lincoln. As to what the remedy should be, men's minds differed. Many, possibly a majority of the survivors of the war, believed that the time )iad fully come when the name of every honorably dis charged survivor should brt placed upon the pension roll. Others, denying the right that they should receive aught from their country through the pension roll, stoutly resisted the demand. It was under such circumstances and dealing w ith these conflicting opinions, that Congress enacted the disability pension law of June 18SH). This act was accepted by the surviving soldier and by the people in general a a settlement of the question. I nder the aiinnnistra tion of that law, the poor-house gave up its veteran tie who had borne the battle was cared for ; and thus the sacred trust accepted and left as a legacy to the nation was faithfully administered. Within a few month we hear with profound sorrow and regret that all this must be changed ; that the construction of the law has been changed, and the regulations and rules in regard to proof and ratings, under which more than three hundred thousand claims have been allowed and paid, have been re voked, and another construction of the luw ha been established, and new regulation (or proof and ratings, less fuvorahle to claimants, have been adopted ; that a board of revision has been organized in the pension office, charged with the duty of revising all these adjudicated claim In accordance with this new construction, and at eh changed regulation a to proof and ratings; that under these chsngfis, thousands of peasions have been sus pended without notice and thousand of pensioner have been dropped from the rolls. It is claimed that an adjudication of a pension settles nothing; that the secretary of the Interior and commis sioner of pensions are invested by law with absolute power over the pension roll, and it is within their legal authority toreoien and revise pension, allowed by their predecessors under regulations adopted by them, whenever they see fit to change the rules of evidence and the scale of ratings under which the allow ance was made; and this in a country where from tha very infancy of the government tha United fStaies, by it organic law, is in terms denied the right to deprive any person of property with' out due process of law, notice ami an opportunity to be heard, and where in every other relation and condition of life fraud i never presumed hut must be clearly proved and every person shall have the right to fare his accuser. To emphasize the viciousnesa of the situa tion and accusation, we learn that it is said, as though by authority, that "it 1 to those who in it hour of need stoo.1 between it and death, the officers of that nation, administering a public trust, have arbitrarily deprived without notice) or an opportunity to be heard, our needy and distressed comrade ol the rights thus solemly adjudged and confined to them. Wc DacLAkc, That every presumption should be made in favor of such records so made; that no presump'.ion of (rami shall be indulged in against them, anil' that no change be made in the pensions so accorded until after charge have) been made and evidence in support thereof ha been produced, of which, charge each pensioner ha had full notice and a full and complete opportunity to be heard in support of the pension so accorded to hiiu ; and it is further Rksolved, That as the commissioner of pensions, by bis recent withdrawal of the obnoxious ruling which had been so generally condemned, ha virtually ack nowledged the incorrectness of uch ruling, we deem it his further duty to at once restore to the rolls the thousand of pensioners now stanJing illegally sus pended. I. N. Wai.. A. M. WAB53H, J. W. Be st, A. R. Greek, II. E. Tkaixtoh, Committee on Pension. (iladiteae Has X.iiga.d. Lohdox, Feb. 27. The Evening New, expected that many of the pensioners ! of Edinburgh, announce on what it so summarily suspended or dropped will be able to prove that tbey are still en titled to the pension of which they have been deprived:" thu saying in no un certain voice that the bnrden is not u?on the party alleging the fraud, but that the government whi.'h they had pre served shall first brand with infamy by the charge, then sentence, and after the calls reliable authority that Gladstone has resigned as premier, but will retain place in the cabinet and continue to represent Midlothian. Though following many contradicted rumor regarding the) intention of the great atateeman, it meets a wide belief in well-lnformerl circle, and is causing the greatest ex citement and hurried exchange of tele- stigma has been effective, then concede g'am b tween the leader and their . 1. IT.t Al l .... ,l to them, whose barriers and support of character have been thu undermined, the pitable privilege of moving for a new trial upon the gronnd ol newly discovered evidence ; and this not upon stranger, aliens or foea, but upon onr own flesh intimate adviser. That he has actually tendered bis resignaiion is not counted on so much a that he ia expected to take uch action within the present week. The reasons assigned are a cataract is forming in one eye, which soon must be and blood, our comrade, the savior of 'operated on, ana tiie criticisms ol uie the nation those who. in the language of ! liberal paper on him for not forcing; the Lincoln, the- Immortal, have "borne the battle." . We deny Ul Urn., awretary of, the IBlerior and commisvoRer of pension have any nch Dower. We insist that the adjudicating divisons of the pension office, acting under the direction and supervision of the commissioner of pen sion and secretary of the interior, are tribunals established by authority of law I for the settlement of pension claims, and that their decisions are entitled to full faith and credit, and cannot be legally impeached when a change of adminis tration occur, except lor fraud, npon charges preferred and evidence adduced in support thereof.- We insist that where change are made in the con struction of the law. rule ol evidence and schedule of rating, unfavorable to claimants, they must and should be lim ited in their operation to the future work of the office, and not the past. An ex post facto regulation is as repugnant to our ense of justice as an ex post facto law. and we protest against the adoption and enforcement of any such regulation in the matter of pension claim. Tuibefore, The Grand Army of the Republic, in National Encampent as sembled, epeaking for that great army of beloved comrades, many of them too poor, too broken, too bruised, to with stand the strong arm of the government when administered with an unfriendly hand, proud of the good name and fair fame of the American Volunteer Soldier, interested far beyond any other person or organixation that the pension roll shall in truth and in fact be what it iB in theory a "roll of honor," and ever mindful of its cardinal principle, "to pre serve honor and purity in public affairs," scouts and denies these indiscriminate charges of universal fraud and resents the imputation that because some un worthy survivors may be found, that dis credit Bhall be cast upon the entire roll, and this great body of brave and patri otic citizens shall stand disgraced before the country We demand, that there shall be no backward step in pension legislation or admistration ; that no pen sioner shall be deprived of bis property without due process of law; that the presumption shall be in favor of honesty and fair dealing; that the poor and lowly shall not be put to unnecessary expensive or oppressive process to pre serve their meagre pittance; that the sacred trust in favor of those who "have borne the battle" shall be sacredly observed and sacredy administered ; and we do now solemnly and deliberately Rksolvk, That the Grand Army of the Republic looks with solicitude, not to gay alarm, upon the proposition, that after sufficient tribunals have been es tablished by law before which questions have been presented and adjudicated, upon evidence submitted and examined and upon which a grateful nation has accorded pensions in their hour of need fight on the house of lords. Gladstone's private secretary would not deny th truth of tiie rmhimh 1 - ; himself to the statement that it was un- utborixed. How ths British Prssi Fssls. London, February 23. The Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on Benham's action in protecting the British ship Nasmith while obtaining a supply of water in the harbor of Rio, says it is difficult to understand w hy the British fleet is at Rio, if not to protect British interest. The St. James Gazette says surely Lord Roeebery does not acquiesce in the doctrine that the sole right of intervention belongs to the United States, and adds that it is humiliating in the extreme that British sailors had to seek American protection. The Globe is curious, ani says: "Benbam is doubt less at liberty to bully the insurgent, but that is quite a different thing from offering a most injurious insult to the British navy It should be the duty of the British government to demand n immediate apology from the United States for the extraordinary conduct of its officer. Btpoblloti Ohalrmia Talks Chicago, Feb. 23. Thomaa H. Carter, chairman of the national republican com mittee, passed the day in the city, on his way to Montana. He said : The Pennsylvania election is an indi cation of what is coming in the fall elec tions. The democratic party is intended to be in the minority. Congress U making it as small as possible. It is probable that the national committee, at the regular meeting, will adopt a recom mendation to the executive branch on representation in the national convention. recognizing the right of communities that give the bulk of the vote to the party to nominate the choice of the convention. The republicans will elect the senator in Montaua this year." To Bats ths Wracked Kearsarge. Washington, Feb. 23. Secretary Her bert today asked the senate and house for authority and an appropriation to contract with a wrecking company to save the Kearsarge, now lying on Ron cador reef. This action is based cn the report made by Admiral Stanton. It ia thought $20,000 will be sufficient. Mid-Winter Fair excursion tickets, Oregon City to San Francisco and return, via Southern Pacific Co's Shasta Route, will be placed on sale January 23rd. Rate $27.50, including five admissions to the fair. Tickets good for thirty days from date of sale. Karl's Clover Root, the new Blood Purifier, gives freshness and clearness to the Complexion and cures Constipation. 25c., 50c. and $1.00. Sold by C.G-Huntley.