Oregon City enterprise. (Oregon City, Or.) 1891-194?, July 13, 1900, Page 4, Image 4

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    OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JULY 13, lflOO.
Oregon City Enterprise.
Fubllnhd Kvery Fridny.
L. I. PORTER, raoraittoa.
UBSCHIPTION HATIB,
2 00
25
One year
Pi I nionlhi
Trial iutcriilion two niontbt...
A dtaonni ol SO cent on all iihenplon
for on yrar, 25 ctnu lor mi nioinb, H
paid in advance.
AdvertUing rt given on applicauon.
South Africa then have by no mount! American people are tearfully In earnest ' flannel (torn Holon, with t-Wk, l"l
8uberitr mill 6 ml th dW of eiplr,
Uon ttatiiprd on ibrir papi following
their nn.. If this dt it not cbtigd
within two week after pavnient, kindly
notify a and w will look after lu
fmtered tt tt potoffle in Oregon City,
Vr., m KMiJ cl matter.
igSSTt fOR TBI ISTIBPRISK.
Bf(?fr Cwk ...
Cm by
Clackamas
M ilwau hir
Union Mill
Meadow Brook...
hew Era
Wilonvil!
Parkplae
Surtord
Muhno
Cam
aiolalla
f aruam
Batumi
Aurora
Eagle Creek
Ifemaarui
fiandy
CnmniT'lif ,
Cherry vill
aiannot...
ceaaedto bo worthy of record. Whon
It it umleratood that tho 11 month'
cannaltie from Juno 5 to July 5
aii)ountol to 5000, including l.Xl death",
It will bo realiaed that tho latter chapter
of tho wr, though comparatively un
heralded, hat been terribly grim.
"When it it going to end?" it the ques
tion heard on all lido. Tho measure of
organised Roer residence it evidently
no criterion of what tho root will be to
Grert Britain in precious live. UnleM
Lord Roberta I planning toma move
ment, of ahich tho newt it carefully
kept secret, it oeomi thero it to bo many
montht of guerrilla fighting ahead of the
Biitisb force.
1 1 regard to holding on to the l'hillp'
pinet and teaching tho Inlander elf
government before e let them gv. It
tlie convention had accepted the ltua
lion, dropped the Id to 1 vagary and
Bryan, and nominated a good atrong
democrat likely Olney. tho democrat
would havt ttood a gool tliow ofsiliYeea,
ai there are varlout objection! to Mo
Klnler't weaknea In the I'orto llico
queition and in regard to our unpro
tected countrymen in China. So long at
mill, and machinery from Chicago, but
II entering Che Koo by way uf Mong
Kong ami credited to the IWItUh flag.
tii! notwithstanding the policy of ship
plug by a lorger and more ripentWe
route iiianufaclurea tliat thould leavo San
r'lam-im-o and go direct, the I'nlted
Slate I faid catching op w ith KngUnd
In tl race. In four year American
trade ha been doubled, while In the
Mine period Fnglanda liat lallen otT
ftXH'.lXXl laelt, atael Mug 72 (W cenU.
Ihe Incitement ut Over.
The ruali at the drug ttore tat tit roll
linnet and dally ecorea of people rail (or
bottle of Kemp' lUlaam for the Throat
and lung! for the Throat and I.ungt for
lb cure uf Coughs, Cold, Ailhma,
llmmhltla tnd Conaumpllon. Kemp'
llaUam, the tamlrd family rmdy, I
old on a guaniilxe ami never failt to
give entire aatUfactloii. 1'rlce I hi and
60c.
COLO DEMOCRAT'S VIK.Wt.
The nomination of Adlai K. Stevenson
to run with Bryan on the democratic
ticket did not win back great many
rortlanJ gold democrat, who rould
not vote for Bryan in lAVi. Tho fact that
the Chicago platform was reaffirmed wit
I'r.l. B. inonia . . -,:u
Geo, Kniuhl i - - -
A. Matber oie declaration agaimt expetuion al.en-
...tncar ialnjer
...U. J. Tniliinr'ated otbere who might have come back
j-a- 11 .. I 1
.'.W. k Newherry'lflo the fold had free tilver alone re-
ye.l,r?,M,,''niainoJfn tho wav. A nuruberof well-
r. i. iucii
J. Q- liaw knowo democrat were interviewed on
C. T. Howard! . , ,. ,
R. M. Cooper tubjecU by the Oregonun, Immediately
!V.'iLM.nHwtn!aII I Pn of the newt of the nomina-
....... B. Jennirif flon 0i Stevenaon. Following it what
. Iienrr a. pnyurr
H. Wilbrrn
J. C. Kllioll
the party hangK lo lU vtgarlea.lt maket' In 1A Fng'and't Chine trade we
no dillon-nce who it nouilneiee. I thall five time that ( the I'mUd Stale; In
vote for McKinley and liooeovelt, ! b'.'S it wtt more thin twice much,
cauee I'm obliged to. 1 think, however, l i IW. Fngland wat credited with
that in I'.Ot, or at furtbett, 1D0H, w can f(!Mi,0V7 and the fulled Slatet w ilh
tucceedln otuting the republican, t f ilJU.S'.H, not a di. repncy, and
e will have dropped the rraiy tilver 'oio that would be leu marked
ipieatlon and Bryan in the meantime.
Sanderson Keod The ticket it no
good. Iiupported McKinley In ISM. ami
hall do it again tliii year.
S. J. Kelly I think it l a yery (xd
for advanUg American merchants give
Knlind by emplovlng lit route and
carrier.
In HiC the balance of Chineae tra.le
waa againit the t'mted State, aVt.l7".
Ileealr I ' !
Clean Mood nii a ehn ' u
Uautr williout It. t arrla. Candy Calliar'
tie tlran your Woh and ki cUan, b)
tirring up Ih Ur lir ami ilrlving all Ini
iiUlltira (mill III ImhIv, llrgin lu lf to
4 II i ill l'ltliilr, IniU, bloti lira, Mai'Vliradt,
iil lliat an Hr bllioiia rtuiilviiori ly lakmi
lnrrt. ttity lor Irn renla. All ill ug'
gut, Mltafattum guarantrcd, lOc, S, (Oc.
Money to loan at
lliiKiia A (iairrmi.
loweat rtlrt.
E Do You
0
i Know tho News r
IIUT IH UIH Wilt.
Ilea ahelost her lieautv? If o, Con
ttiltlon, Indication, Hick Headache
r Ihe principal i aiiao. Karl Clover
Hoot Tea ha rnrl theae Ilia for ball a
century. Trie 25 rt. and W rl.
M inry rrlun.lrd If rnuli are rml tl-
Silver 1. a de.d laaue. It it like ! SU; In IS 'S the balance w.a M,V.V50 . -tory. C. l. Ilnntlev. hruggl-l
.. F. G.ftech
Geo. J. Cnrnn
.Mr. M. J. Hammer
Adolph AcboQ
' fThe way to billd ap Orejea City
It to give Oregoi City People joir
Patronlg.
Ix Linn county school district No. 6
tbere were throe applicant! fot the teach-
ai h-ii!Mi Tt.k i!eArlnM -im11 Tint
determine between tbem, tnd allowed
them to draw ttrawt. The youngest
and prettiest was tacmiful. There eras
no collusion.
It will be a bard, close fight, but we
bank reliance on the superiority of ex
pension at the leading issue of the cam
paign, which will carry us to rictory
The rpubl:can literary bureau is very
active now in sending oat campaign
material and documents that will greatly
ist in tne cause.
Altiiou,h the democrati seem to take
a very hopeful view of the outcome of the
campaign, in anticipation of the expected
futiion of the anti-republiian forces,
there are n signs of discouragement
among repub'icnn", although it is ad
mitted that the fight is to be a hard one
and will require steady, conscientious
and unceasing efforts on the part of the
republicans.
Dictatob Brjan fajs tie is willing that
all thoee who have njoyed any of the
blessings of renewed prosperity during
the patt four j ears should vote the re
publican ticket this fall. If Mr. Bryan
was honest, which be never is politically,
he would vote the republican ticket, as
he has prospered during the last four
jears as he never prospered before dur
ing all his life.
Bbvas has been nominated on a plat
form specifically declaring for free silver
at 16 to 1. In fact he declined to
run on any other platform. This showi
that he is not a good judge of the trend
of public opinion. Free silver is dead
and that plunk will cost many votes for
Bryan. The shrewd men of the party
tried to push anti-expansion to the front
as the leading plank. That plank in
sures the entire electroal vote of the
coast to McKinley. The coast is for ex
pansion, and for it strong.
Tub democratic clatform is cunningly
devised scheme to catch the unwary
and unthinking voters. The most
labored effort of their document wan to
cr-ate a rlilTi-rence between expansion
and imperiuliHm. It is rather amusing
to note thtii lii,e of demarcation; they
apparently rely upon the constitutional
uecuoii iu ebiauiibii mat (inierence as
to whether the Hag follows the constitu
tion or the constitution follows the flag.
The republican party can and will meet
them on their own hypothesis. In re
gard to the free silver plank, the lepubli
cans see victory ahead by their big
blunder, while one-half democracy
ackr tw leilt b that it was a fatal mis-
i
take.
they had to tay :
('mot ladora Thai Platform.
Judge C. B. Bellinger I am in favor
of expansion and opposed to 16 to 1. I
cannot indorse that platform.
llarplag oa Sam Old Siring.
A. B. Hammond When I wat a citi
i n of Montana I favored silver, at it
Wit somewhat of a local question with
the people of that state, but the financial
q lestion was settled in lS'.-C, and I don't
tee any tense in harping on the same old
string now. Bryan continue to prate
about bard timet in the face of the moat
prosperous timea the Nation ever taw.
Money never wat to abundant or cheap
ai now, in this country, and there it
work for everybody at fair wages. I
notice some kick tgainst McKinley on
account of bis being a "weak" president,
but we hid a strongman in Cleveland
who vetoed nearly every important
measure. The kickers of the present
want a boss, and if Bryan is elected they
will have one sure enough. McKinley
does not fly in the face of congress, but
permits that body to have its wty, as it
should.
rennoyer t'ounela Itrymn.
Sylvester Pennoyer I tm pleased with
the nomination of Mr. Stevenson for
rice-president. The democrats at Kan
sas City followed the precedent of the
republicans in the Philadelphia conven
tion, by putting their strongest and
ablest man at the tail of the ticket. We
will elect the ticket if Bryan will only
keep still and let "Teddy" do tbe talking.
Strange Action fur Drmocrat.
Benton Killen I am profoundly aston
ished that men calling themselves Dem
ocrats should declare in favor of giving
Porto Rico and the Philippines up to
dark races. It was the effort and at
tempt to turn a part of this country over
to the control of the black man that
made me a democrat. II there had been
nothing more offensive in the platform
than the declaration for free coinage of
silver I might have been willing to sup
port it. This Is but a pausing folly,
which willl right itself In time, and
which is not treasonable. But the idea
that a party that was once the democra
tic party, should desire to give up our
possessions to a lot of ignorant and half
savage blacks is too mnch for me. At
far as the ticket goes, it is consistent
with the theories set forth In the plat
form.
No It r a (on for Changing Back. j
C. A. Cogswell I was opposed to
every plank in the Chicago platform.
The democrats have reaffirmed that
platform, and have several other objec
tionable planks, especially that opposing
expansion. I see no reaion why a man
who refused to support Bryan and Bewail
in 1896 should support Bryan and SteV'
team.
the water that went over tho mill wheel
a month ago you can't bring It back.
What could Bryan do anyhow? It would
bo neceseary for him to have rongreea
with him to do anything for tho tilver
raii4o. and would probably take eight
yeart to get a complete change iu con-grea.
TKAKK WITH till A.
While the present turmoil in China
mut of necessity diaturb existing trade
relation, the volume of buaineo I
tween that country and the United
the other way ; and lait ycr rrmaiiirt!
o by Ism'i.TH, although pun har made
in Chin by the people of the I'nlted
State were f KHM),(M) more than fr
the year previoua, and nearly Iwico a
much at made by the KfiglUh. At on
tune the leading import from Ameri. a
atoll, but thi I now o far from bolng
the caao that the trade in thi commo
dity threaten to route lo naught. Tliii
i not to much by reaaon of lb Mirt
that devilt Inhabit the American oil ran
(though thlt do have enVl, a that
the oil I adulterated, and that other oil,
Statet had been Increasing; not by leap 'ft Jown in Cheefoo at greater expen
and bounds, but iteadilv enough to ho for freight, it tjld under tho price anked
that American merchant! are learning j lor the American trtklo. So oil, one
the value ol the Oriental market. They in the leid. conatitutlng one-third of the
dj not find there an untouched commer
cial field, but one in which many oppor-
entire export lo Cliina, ha ll it place.
Shwling now lead, ttd the vlu of the
tunitiet have been neglected, They are , theeting tent to China for lvaj wa
ttriving lo tupply tho demand with the 1 lJ.trJ4,R70, a mm greater than Ihe value
precieo article demanded, and Dot by I of everything sent during any yrar prior
Wiin k the news from China continues
Cpm!'!c,"V to overshadow events in
enson in 1900.
TJUgmited With 16 to 1.
Fred R. Strong I'm disgusted at the
continual howl for 16 to l.and I'm out of
pjlitics. Did not read the platform and
don't care who they nominate. Am a
republican because I cannot be otherwise.
Fatal Ml.takc.
Thomas N. Strong The Kansas City
convention made a fatal mistake in de
claring against imperialism, as the
tending "something juat at good." The
results have, in a modest way, been
gratifying, more a indicative of poi
bilitiet than of that which hat actual. y
been accomplinhed.
In K9 the foreign trade ol China
amounted to tt3o,lS9,300, which wat a
gain of H'.,O0O,0OO over lH'.H, and more
than double the total of lA'.aJ. Tint
thowt plainly enough tint ttte field it
being exploited. Chtna't import in
im were, roundly fl'AOOO.OOO against
export! of fl -13,000,01 ). The increae of
imports included cotton products, hard
ware, machinery, oil, opium, and sua-
dries. The United Statet got no part of
the increase in oil, but loit. China ex
ported ot tea, silk, hides, wrxd, and
beans more than ever before. The value
of the silk was f'M.000,000 and of the tea
$19,3.r)S,000. It shipped 3U,0iO,(iO
pound of cotton, rice, matting, tobacco,
and hides, wool, and beana more than
ever before. The value of the silk Wat
$110,000,000 and the tea $19 3.'.8,0(!0. It
shipped 30,000,000 pounds of cotton, rice,
matting, tobacco, and hides from Mon
golia and Thibet. Some of the hides,
purporting to be wolf-nkin, came from
the common dog, but still the supply
fjym cattle and sheep it practically inexhaustible.
Statistics at to the carriage of Chinese
commerce afford a curious ttudy. Dur
ing 1S99.63.41S vess Is cleared from
treaty ports; of these, 23,330, with ton
mge of 8,044,81'J, to China; 3,712 tot.
nage 2,8.'i9,741, to Japan; 2,078, tonnage,
1,854,240, to Germany. After these
came France, Sweden and Norway,
Russia, and then the United States with
716 ships of 310, 107 tons. In other w ords,
the United States is not within hailing
dirttance of its legitimate rank, although
the record for 1890 makes a comparative
Biiowing tuat Is encouraging. Iti
Chinese commerce reached lant year an
Bgregate of $32,000,000, almost equally
divided between Imports and exports.
Between the Philippines and China
there was barter only to the extent of
$30,000, but under Spanish rule and
peace thete figures had uevr gone above
fiio.UOO. imports from the United
States to China during 1899 were $4,147,-
702 greater than they had been In 1898,
almost equal to the increase of Great
Britain, which was $4,072,10; but the
total for England was $28,930,083, where
as that of the United was $10,039,041,
The apparent gain of the United States
should have teen much greater, for large
quantities of American goods are shipped
to London, and go thence to China under
the English flag. Consul Fowler re
cently noticed, among other goods, 80
barrels of nails from New York, cases of
cigarettes from Richmond
to b'.al. So, the gruiilu la not lo be di--U
ed.
Exercise and Ileal!!..
Thrarmer and Merhanle toro uf
(.He.. it Cily lltvilr tour Iihh tin of
their new line of dry good, clothing, etc.
oyk.Ton.iyk..
At Bed Tim.
I take a I'lraaaril herb drink, th neat
nviruing 1 lel bright and my complet
ion i lirlter. My dx-tor tat tt a. I
grntly un th stomach. It rr and ktndr),
an 1 1 a pleaaanl latatl. It U ma le
In in herb, and i prepared aa eaaily a
tea. It I called I-aiie' Mvdiclli. All
drtiggiala aril It at 2V. and W rt.
I. aiio Family Mdi..n move th
bowela each day. If oU cannot gel it,
at-tid for a free tamp!, A hlrra. (rtr
F. Wold ward. I.-Roy, ,N Y.
Thoroughrrd IWtg an brfif !.
Faii Cm, BaMiiai lta Co.,
Fly, Oregon.
Portland ami Vulde imperial.
Beginning Saturday Jun nli and
every Saturday Ihrrr.fler ll. A.torla Til 1 1 1 1 CllfA flf FpPfi
... i mii inwiavMi w wf vwm
You can have It all fur
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pARMEKS . . .
Your tram will have tin Ul
of care and
A Columbia Ititer l:ai!rd Co. will run
l'urtlatid and Sraanlo pr. Ui lo !
Portland at 2 :0 p. m. and run through
dirtx-t w itliout Iratiafrr, arriving at Sr
i fti at 3 M i. m. and ntunnlig leav
At 11
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rxrrcite la a splendid thing for a
healthy person, lint when the tly it
weakene.1 by ilivaw, earrciae tr.un Sraid Sundiy at ft p. m. and am.,
rather than atrenijlliruf. I'.rfnr will .,., , ,,.
m,t ru araVrt,n l. Il in,, m. . av i uiuaii'i at v .v y, in.
ll may in-
crpa-ie the appetite, Imt it won't curt
uvt-(ta. anl an
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ki'-.-1 cure n.it a t.trt. ' t-tM
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City StublcH
W. H. YOUNC. Prop.,
.. w. H. Cook.
Llvrrjr Kijjt on Short Notice.
Ttlephono No. 42.
Tkc rrriw liy
all mrana Imt al
lake Ir. I'lrrce"
Coldrn Mnln al I
covrry if Ihrre la a
drnni'rd on! Israel
ronililion of the 1
itum.uh and trthrr j
org ina of iligrtii.n
and nutrition. Thie '
, . i
rneiiriit- not a
cure all lut ii'ic
fur diirar iif the
atomai h ami i1i;t
live and tmtrilive
nyitrm, ltitrrngih
r n a the atotiiach,
purifiea the blml,
and incrrava phyai
cal vigor.
There ia no alco
hol roritninrd in
Coldrn Medical
Ifmovery " and it ia
nhiolutcly fr-e from
opium, cotaiue and
evrrv other narcotic.
It ia itrirtly a temjerance medicitic.
I wiah to my lhal Iw plrrrr'a GoMm Med
ical Vlutmry ha. uruvH (rr.l l,lrwlii tu
m." wntrt Mr I!llm K Br,n of Miu!r.r.ry
Prank lin County. Mum. "l-rn lo hr.-mtr!
iv7. I had liK-diri-,l f.,r my rt'.ma. h irouMr fc.f
arvrral yar, f .iti( thmui-h a onrw ol irmi.
mmt wlUxwl any il lnrfil In hrplnnlwr. Ll
Ifc. I had v-rv m k wll. and arr-w n i ri
tould eat bat little. I rommenml In nrjrtrmlwr
177. to lak( Itr J-lrrrr'. mxliriiir, mid In a
ahort time I could eat and work. I hart sained
twenty pound. i lwo nuotha.
Dr. Pierce' Pleasutit relict are a cart
for constipation.
VCrV TNbSr TU
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'Tlic Miners'
and Prospctlor'
Favorile.
!n.ifTrctfl l'coM
or liat.
vutnULm ty wry
a a a t
oni .ttPi pohl cvrr)wn-rc
5xn n.nm anl address on a
jKi-t.-iI caril for Mngc u;j
t rated catiloonic. It It free.
Wlnclicstcr Repealing Arms Co.
4iS Market St., tn Tratxlaco, Col.
M-rckholilers' Meeting. W
Notice la hereby iriven. that tl.. 11
nnal meeting of the Oregon City Mann- j K
factnrinir Cnmiianv mill 1. I...1.1 .i..!fi
" . Hi IMR 1
office of the company in Oregon City, on '
Saturday, July 14, 1!KK), at 10 o'clock !
. m. of taid day, for purponeol electing i
director! of the coriKiration to rerve for,
the ensuing year, and trm.Hai tir.g mich
other hiiNine! an may come before the
stockholder! meeting.
CO Jaconn, ffecrelary.
Oregon City, Jrme 7, 1!HI0
Do'l Tobarro Spit aad hmoa Tour I Iff lea;, j
To quit tol.arro e.iilly nnd ffirevr, l.n irmir '
ntlc, lull of lire, in-rvi) and vliror, tali No To
Ilao, the yindi;r worlo-r, tliut muki- weak uin
atrong. All driit-iflhta, rocortl. CurKmirun-'
tpfd. Uoolilct and i.iinpla free. Ailirrna
Sterling lietneily fa, Clilcaio or New York.
.TT.-zx:xx.'zyxxxxxxxxxxxy.xxxxxn:xf
In the New Store.
For Toung Men and Voung rfomen.
There ia nothing that will arome the
ire of a young man or woman bo quick an
to have inferior laundry work put 01T on
them. They may dreag ever ro well,
but if their ehirt front or nhirt waitt ia
musay their neat appearance in tttoilud.
The Troy laundry makei a tpecialty of 1
ladies' and gimtlemcn' fine work. !
Tliere can be no better work than in
done at the Troy. Leave your order at '
Jounnon'! barber ahop.
Kik-rs Piano House now at 3V, Washington St., near 3
hikrlitli Street, rortlaml.
A conntatitly inoreaHing htixirii'M has trntdo
it rii-ccHniiry for um to m-curo Inrgcr itiiirt(-r
ninl wo hrtvo hml huilt for uh tlif hnatitiftil now
''Mneic lliiil.litif;" nt tlin curniT of I'nrk and
WftMhingUm utroclM, vt heri) we have every facil
ity for conveniently handling our wholcnalo
and ri.-tnil htiKinim
On our retail floor you will nlwnyg find tho
firifHt aeloction of nearly a dozen diirerent
niiikcH of pianos- and orgniiH, iitnong them tho
mot-t valuahlo and contly I riMt riitnentn inado
in A rii'iriou. Tho Chickcring of UohIoii, tin'
Velr of New York and tho Kiinhall of
('liii.'iio.
Before you divide on tho purc-hano of a jian
elsewhere it will pay you to inveHtigato our
instruments and our method.. Full iiarticulftrs
and catalogue for the ankint?. Write H'ty.
IIw Are Your Kidney. I
Dr flohlx'Snaraaiia PHI.cnraall kMne.lll. a.. I
Canton J t''r' aud biorung iiuiucO) Lo .n.M..Mjr v
E1LEUS PIANO HOUSE,
Ofnco 351 Washington St
C PortUnl's LoiJinj Plana and Organ Dealers.