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Tm k frr!tg.-TxawpK nmmawm- myf i,mm" mjrii-ft v"' -ge -vi wr- i3-J'Tar;-l5-s,e:-r i5fSea S2c-'s t THE MORNING OREGONIAN, ERIDAT, 'APRIC 27, 1900. . SILVER HIS SLOGAN Candidate Smith Launches His Campaign FOR CONGRESS IN SECOND DISTRICT All the Stock Arsrumenta of "Blmct- nllsm" and Free Coinage BronRbt Anew Into Reqnlnltlon. BAKBR CITY, Or.. April 36. State Sen ator "William Smith, of Baker City, the Democratic - Populist nominee for Con gressman in the Second District, is arranging- to make an active campaign. He will go on the stump early next month and keep up the fight until election day. He expects to devote considerable atten tion to Multnomah County. The issues upon which he will make his canvass are: 1. Free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1. 2. Opposition to Republican expansion. 3. Suppression of the trusts br overturning the told standard, repeal of the tariff as to commodities that do not need protection, and by .prohibition of discriminating transconti nental railroad rates. 4. Demand for the immediate construction of the Nicaragua CanaL As the campaign progresses. Senator Smith will doubtless bring out other ques tions, but the foregoing are the principal ones ho has In mind at present. His fight will be along the lines of Colonel Bryan's well-known dogma, that "money is the master and man the slave." He will charge tho gold standard with all the Ills which he conceives burden the country. He breaks new ground on the expansion question. He declares It Is the avowed purpose of the "money power" to estab lish large factories across tho Pacific, to throw the cheaply made Asiatic goods on the market In competition with American goods, and ultimately to force down th wages of American workmen. Senator Smith vaa asked today for a statement of his views on National issues. He authorized the publication of the fol lowing as representing his earnest con victions, accompanied by the remark that both those who would support him and those who would oppose him have a right to know how he stands. Senator Smith said: Demands Free Silver. "I believe In IS to 1, and also think that had we had a free coinage of silver at that ratio to gold during the time McKlnley has been In the Presidential chair, the a alue of the dollar would not have de creased any more than It has decreased during that time, for the reason that dur ing his administration the very large number of dollars, approximately JSCV, OM.000, has been added to the money of our country. In other words. Mr. Mc Kinley's administration has brought about r. better condition of things In the com mercial world by pursuing the course which Mr. Bryan and his followers have always contended for and now contend for, namely, adding to the volume of money. I believe that the value of a dol lar depends very largely upon the ease ot difficulty with which It may be earned or bought: that is to say, when dollars are plentiful they are not so dear as when they are comparatively scarce; that a con stant Increase of specie money, all being legal tender, means a constant rise s property values In wages and more op portunles to secure money; that when the supply In the volume of money Is checked a corresponding depression In all values other than money must Inevitably occur. 1 hare no more consideration or respect for a silver dollar as a factor in our prosperity than I have for the gold dol lar, and It Is difficult to see how the so-called Intrinsic value of money of any kind has aught to do with Its function as the commercial medium of exchange. It has been the experience ot our Nation, at least, while our mints were open to the coinage of both metals, there has never been any disparity in the values of tho metals when coined, and such Is the case today owing, I think, to the fact that If you owe 11000 and tender your creditor the coin, whether the same be gold or silver, tho creditor must accept It and It discharges your debt. In the ab sence, of course, of a contract calling for one of the metals. "I believe that sliver Is better money the National Bank issues, and Is espe cially so under our new currency bill for tho reason that It does not presuppose and require the existence of an Interest bearing National debt to secure Its sta bility. Under our new currency law It would appear that our National debt must almost keep pace with the means of our National prosperity, and a 2 per cent Government bond. It must be ad mltted. Is very advantageous to any bank which has a limited capital and almost unlimited deposits. By that I mean. It a bank In New York, for Instance, has deposits aggregating J5O.O00.000. and is capitalized at $1,000,000. It will prove very profitable to the owners of Its stock If It can secure 130,000,000 of those 2 per cent bonds at par: that Is to say, those bonds alone will pay CO per cent returns, upon tho capital of the bank. If, on the con trary, this addition to our money could be made without the penalty of perpetual interest on & pefpetdii Indebtedness, there would be no hardship to any other than the owners and holders of shares of the stock In our National banks, under our present system. An American system of finance Is much safer than an adoption by our country of a system which makes our commercial condition sensitive at all times to disturbances that may arise In other countries. I believe this Is admitted by some of the greatest financiers and advocates of the gold standard In Europe even. "I have great respect for our country, generally, for Its strength and power In all fields of enterprise, but I have not a "great deal of respect for any one w ho w IE belittle, whether consciously or uncon sciously, the money Issued by the Nation. I have heard that there was a time when counterfeiting the coin of the realm was treasonable and punishable by death treasonable because It was an Invasion of the King's prerogative. "While we have outgrown that particular Idea, It ought to be admitted, nevertheless, that the manwho adds a trifling amount of base money to the legitimate circulation Is not as harmful as he who uses alt his ability to destroy the confidence of our people In at least one-half of our basic money. "I have no Interest in silver differing In anywise from that of any other citi zen, and I never did have, nor do I ever expect, to have any Interest In a silver mine. The interests of silver mine owners In nowise influence me. It Is simply a question of stable values of Increasing property, and commercial Interests based upon an Increasing stable currency, and affects every producer and consumer In the land. Mr. Bryan's position upon this question Is patriotic and the correct one beyond question. However, it is Inimical to our present system and Is naturally opposed by those who hold the obliga tions of otherr and by those who receive fixed Incomes, but Is in nowise unjust or unfair even so far as the latter classes are concerned. Furthermore, the re-enactment of the old law relating to silver and gold would not operate, eo lnstantl, to reduce our legal tender silver money In value. That It would do so Is the some what lurid assertion of the advocates of the gold standard, who assert at the same time that It would greatly benefit the hold ers of silver bullion an unexplalnable paradox. The value of all dollars would decline by reason of an Increase In their number, as has been the case of Mr. Mc Klnleys administration, and. In conse quence of the heavy additions that have been made to our money. And by the way it Is to be noted that the Controller of the Currency mildly berated the National banks, If I remember aright, because they did not also join in the good work more extensively and assist in creating more money and more consequent prosperity, and for falling to pursue the course of the Administration, a course which the gold standard press in effect assured the pub lic Mr. Bryan Would pursue by a different route, and which frightened so many timid people into assisting in the turning over our Government and all its machin ery to the trusts, Mr. McKinley's favored offspring. expansion Considered Undesirable. "As to expansion, I am somen hat at a loss to tell jou and the public just how I feel for the reason that I have been unable to discover what Republican ex pansion means. I do not mink I have ever seen a definition of Republican ex pansion. If It means an honorable com petition for foreign markets, if it means a race for commercial supremacy along the lines heretofore pursued by the United States, I favor It; but, if it means, as 1 suspect It does, trade supremacy In foreign lands secured by force of arms, by parti tion or dismemberment of foreign coun tries; if It means conquest and the shed ding of the blood of the human race, 1 not only oppose It, but I detest It- I have never seen any dollar or heard of any aggregation of dollars that I would sacrifice the life of one of my sons to secure, nor the life of any other man's son to secure, and I certainly would make no such sacrifice to secure such a. benefit for another. "And I have this to say, that It Is my firm conviction that the exploiting of for eign territories has for its object the breaking down of organized American la bor, and Is wholly In the Interest of those who, for so many years, have been the un grateful recipients of this Nation's bounty. Suppose we conquer China and It Is par titioned among certain foreign nations and our own. We will then proceed to estab lish large manufacturing plants in that country, employ tho cunning Celestial at from 15 to 20 cents per day, produce an ar ticle and tranship It to the United States at less than one-half the cost of Its pro- ductlon here at the present time. Uncle Sam will load himself with steel rails, farming Implements of all kinds, struc tural steel, etc, place one foot upon the PhlUIpInes, the other upon the Hawaiian Islands, and on his third step, will land upon the Pacific shores, undersell all American manufacturers and say to the American laboring man: Take DO cents per day for your skilled labor or get off the earth!' and the American laborer will comply with his 'expansion request or starve In fact, I think he will starve anyhow. The laborer, who. perhaps, has voted for this expansion, will appeal most earnestly to Congress for protection against these expansion Importations, and will be cited to the decision of the Su preme Court of the United States on the Porto Rlcan tariff bill, which said decis ion will be to the effect that the Porto Rlcan tariff bill Is unconstitutional, as the flag finds Its only suppport In the Con stitution Itself. The passage of the Porto Rlcan tariff bill is designed for no other purpose. In my humble opinion, than to secure Just that decision and for that pur pose. It follows that If there Is any sec tion of our country where patriots should oppose Republican expansion. It Is the Pacific Coast. "The shrewdness of the 'manipulators oi our National affairs passeth all under standing, and In that respect alone Is like the peace of God. This Porto Rlcan tariff bill, upon which the President, his Cabinet and the Republican Congress 'changed their minds, is but a means to an end, and I have ventured to say how It appears to me. It Is also to be noted that the only excuse given for this change of view upon the Porto Rlcan tariff meas ure by the Administration and Congress Is the pitiful plea of 'loyalty to the party. This excuso at once suggests tho ques tion. Who or what constitutes the Re publican party? and I sincerely hope the day Is not far distant when the question will be clearly answered. Many of us might try to answer It now, but It Is Just as well to let the people think It over ana answer It for themselves. It cer tainly would bo Interesting to know to whom Mr. McKlnley, his Cabinet and the Republican Congress were loyal In their notaoie cnange of sentiment. Beyond question, it was not loyalty to the people. Remedies for Trusts. "You ask me concerning the trusts. 1 will merely say that I heartily accord with the views that oppose them. They are the natural outgrowth of the gold standard, and shift the losses which man ufacturers would otherwise sustain from their shoulders to those of the common people. It ought not to require any great deal ot thought and consideration to see how true that Is. One is the complement of the other. As long as the trusts may continue to exist, the gold standard, with Its crippling results, will not affect the manufacturers. They will continue as the comrades in arms of the great gold-standard money trust, and the burdens must necessarily fall upon those who are not connected with the trusts. When the price of anything Is enhanced by any in fluence other than that of supply and na tural demand. It Is a dishonest price, and smacks of the methods of the highway man shorn of romance. As the product of our great factories Is seeking foreign markets and there underselling local com petition. It would seem that to tear down the barriers now existing In the United States against imported articles would not affect the wages of our work men, and would strike the trusts a kill ing blow. As our manufacturers are en abled to sell tinplate. steel rails, cotton fabrics and other commodities abroad and In competition with foreign manufactur ers, they are not entitled to tariff pro tection, especially when tho removal of the tariff rate would tend to destroy the trusts which they have created, or tend, at least, to prevent any kind of over capitalization. Another effective blow at the trusts would be an amendment to the Interstate commerce law, which would prevent rate discrimination by the trans continental railroads. This Is a question vital to the Pacific Coast, for It Is this rate discrimination that enables the East ern and Middle West manufacturer to land his goods here at unfair rates and undersell our local factories to the detri ment of the whole Coast. If I may escape the charge of dema gogy. I would add that the people on this Coast have as much right to live as those who are building up other portions of our magnificent country. Mcnrnima Cnnnl. "As to the Nicaragua Canal, It does seem to me that It ought to be possible to galvanize that project Just a little. If our Representatives would drop all other questions until such time as they had secured the construction of that canal, and go to work strenuously, and would resort to any and all fair and rep utable means to secure It. they would merit and receive the gratitude and ap preciation of the entire Coast. We have slept on this question, have sent man after man from the Pacific Coast to Congress, and In Oregon held a special session of the Legislature in 1EB for the purpose of sending a man to the United States Senate in the Interests of this canal. But we seem to bo stationary. I will not say that this Is unavoidable, but If it be so. It Is very unlike other meas ures, for Instance, the new currency bllL It ought to be possible to get a wedge In between the Nicaragua Canal and some great party measure, and effect the pas sage of the former. It Is not a party question, but for some reason or other It seems to be a very dead one. "I am as much interested In the election of Senator Daly as Congressman from the First District as In my own, and would esteem It an honor to represent Oregon in Congress with htm. I consider him one of the finest men I have ever met. and I wish to congratulate the state on his nomination." MUTOSCOPE. See the handsome moving pictures now on exhibition at Union Pacific ticket office, IS Third. Free. JOURNEY TO IRKUTSK SIBERIAN TRAIl COMPARED WITH THE AMERICAN. "Wretched Irkutsk Hotel Service A Characteristically Inconvenient Iluaslnn Toilet Device. IRKUTSK, Siberia. Sept. E. This Is the limit of train service from European Rus sia to Siberia until the line on the othsr side of Lake Baikal Is completed, as I have reached the end of the railway stage of my Journey across the Euro-Asiatic continent- Yesterday I was glad that the lux ury of the Siberian express was at my disposal as a change from the hotels and trains that had been available for the last few weeks. Today I am even more rlad of that and less Inclined to speak critical ly of the things on that train which were not perfect, because I am quartered at an Irkutsk hotel which Is almost as bad as the worst I have found In the empire. The Siberian express Is the train which will carry most of the world-glrdllng trav elers when the railway is finished. Un doubtedly the line will profit not a little by tho travel of tourists who want to go around the world by an unhackneyed route, and it Is not an extreme prophecy to expect that this train every week will MUSEUM OF carry Americans who are making the grand tour. They are not yet numerous. however, and the Journey will be an easier one for them next year than It Is now. When they come they will find the train a comfortable one, that will serve them ex cellently for the nine days from Moscow to Irkutsk. It is promised that ine spcea will be accelerated, as It might easily be. so that the Journey would require not more than half as many days; but the chango is not apt to be made for a year, and then tho Increase of speed will be but gradual. To change the rate from 15 miles to 20 miles on hour for the Siberian portion of the distance alone would re duce the time on the trip a day and a half. It Is promised, too. that the express w ill run twice a wek before long. Instead of weekly, and in that event it will be possible to make the Journey, break It for three or tour days at Omsk, Tomsk and Krasnolarsk. and continue it In each Instance by another express train. As it is now. If one breaks the Journey It Is neces sary to wait a week In a place, for the next "do luxe" train or patronize the post trains, which are rather more primi tive than would appeal to tho average traveler. It would seem a pity to take the long riae -from Moscow to Irkutsk without a h.lt at the expense of missing Tomsk and Krasnolsrsk, but I think not many who travel for pleasure and comfort would care to meet tho trying conditions of the broken trip as it Is now. Xot Like Onr Car Service. In fact, travelers should not bo exacting even when they patronize the express. It Is not kept clean after tho fashion wo expect on our own limited trains, or even the ordinary ones ot sleeping cars, and that Is tho worst feature about it. The Russia porter Is not particularly deft, and I havo not yet got over being entertained at the spectacle of a great bearded peas ant In top boots making my bed. The dining car, as I have said In another let ter. Is by no means orderly in its arrange ment. Its meals or the persons In It. and yet It Is a welcome resort for the hun gry stranger, who finds a real dinner and a real menu waiting him. The toilet rooms are by no means adequate In their arnfngements and the space and water they provide, nor Is there any separate room provided for men and women. Other than these Imperfections the train Is en titled to high praise. The cars are wide and the compartments roomy and well pro- MEMORIAL ARCH NEAR vlded with electric light. Tho rear end of the last car Is arranged for an observation-room, which is bound to be popular with tourists. The train Is In no way as elaborate as our American sleeping and dining cars, but that is not always a fault. I missed the large windows of plate glass, though these were larger than- on any other Rus sian train I have seen. It did not disturb me. however, that the floor was covered with linoleum instead of carpet, and the seats upholstered with red leather Instead of plush, for it is certain that the- Si berian style Is more wholesome and more easily cleaned If tho attention were given to cleaning It than Is the American. In a dusty rido tho linoleum and the red leather appealed to me as distinctly good. Walls and celling, too, are not made of expensive woods, but are plainly paneled In simple fashion or padded with leather and an embossed fabric apparently of papier-mache, which takes decorative fig ures and colors very well, and should be cheap and easily cleaned. In the cpen social hall, which occupies the middle of each car. maps and time tables of the route of the train are mounted under glass on the walls, and I am told that photographs of scenery along the line are to be Included In the decorations, after tho fashion In tho finest Australian trains. When I was in Russia last Spring, be fore starting into Central Asia, I found a Russian railway official who recounted to me the splendors of this train, on which I have Just been traveling. He had been In America a few years ago, and was drawing comparisons between the best American trains as he knew them and the Siberian express, a he expected me to sec It. The train lost nothing In his de scription of It. and when he finished the list of real comforts and luxuries he con tinued to tell me some'of the things which were to be Introduced In the next equip ment, then under construction in Russian carshops. for the same service. It was possible to accept the bathroom and bar ber shop, because they" are common enough on trains at home, although he named them as the most surprising of all Improvements, and I was willing to admit flfrn jets gj alfliiP " g- -czgp'o3ziijODngi? j- -'ITg-jsisaiMgSi5: - HfTO that they are In this country. Next he I described a fully furnished church of the i Russian faith, which was to be built as a I railway car and to run back and forth I all the time on this train, with priest. choir and all the details complete, so that travelers could keep up their religious practices while on the way; and even this was credible, for I have seen mission church occupying railway cars at home. But when he passed en to describe one car fitted up as a concert-room, the talent for entertainments all the way across Siberia to be furnished by the railway company, and another which was to con tain billiard and pool tables, I drew the line and Insisted upon telling him soma stories of my own. By the time I had Included a tennis court, a roof garden and golf links In my specifications for the newest American transcontinental train, he was willing to st"D. admitting that he might have described some things that were still only contemplated Instead of actually ordered. A Russian Toilet Device. As a matter of fact, I have been as sured "since I reached Irkutsk that the train on which I camo had a bathroom, although I was unable to find It as long u I was traveling. The toilet arrange- ! ments which I did find were not to be con futed with a bath, and my fellow-passengers said nothing about such a luxury The conveniences for washing on this i train are merely Inconveniences, like the similar arrangements In most Russian ho tels and trains. The eyetem Is almost In variable.. A tank of water Is elevated above the basin, sometimes built Into the IltKUTSK. 1 wall, sometimes corresponding In size and style with an ordinary American water cooler, and often no larger than a water ' bucket. From this a email tuDe aescenoa, , Its nozzle opening directly over the center 1 of the basin. This nozzle Is a peculiarly I Russian contrivance which I should regret to see duplicated elsewhere. It has In It nn automatic valve which opens whenever there Is a prta?ure on It from below and closes when the pressure Is removed. There Is no way to prop It open, nor Is there any plug for the hole In the bottom of the basin, which leads to the waste pipe. To this affair enters the man who wants to wash his face. He puts the palm of his hand under the faucet and presses up ward to open the valve. The stream of water trickles gently over his palm about as rapidly eo It might be poured from the smallest teapot, and with about the same force. He may fill his palm with water and dash that generous allowance Into his face, but when he does so the valve closes and the water stops running. Inasmuch as the basin cannot be plugged to permit an accumulation of water, he must per form all his ablutions In that fashion, by birdlike dips Into a teaapoonful of water at a time. This may be compelled to an swer for the face and hands, but the Im agination recoils at the thought of a bath at that fountain, and I trust that this la not the appliance that my friends mean when tbey insist that the Siberian express I has a bathroom. I have described this contrivance at length because It is genuinely and charac teristically Russian and universally found within the empire. Not more than three times since I left Moscow, many weeks ego, havo I found a real wash basin that would hold water, and water to put In It. On all the trains the toilet arrangements are as I have described, and most of the hotels are the same. Sometimes I have been able to command a more generous supply of water efter great difficulty, and when I was In the Moslem regions ot ' Central Asia the attendants were always glad to pour from a pitcher when I asked for assistance. A friend In St. Peters burg, at whose house I was entertained, explained to me that It was pleasanter to wash In running water, and that much 1 will grant him It. enough of It Is furnished, but the system as I find It all over the ! empire does not appeal to me. In private houses It is usual to find a little pedal for the foot Jutting out from the bottom ot the washstand, and as long as pressure THE ANGARA RIVER, IRKUTSK. on this Is maintained the water will flow, stopping when pressure Is relaxed. Others have a pivoted faucet which permits the water to flow when it Is drawn around over the basin, cutting It off when the pipe Is pushed away. Both of the latter have the opening of the faucet turned upward, so that the jet of water rises a few inches from the mouth of the pipe to meet the waiting hands or face. These may answer, but for the system in effect on the railway I have no good word to say. Dashed Alonsr at 20 Miles nn Honr. For the last two days ot the railway ride through Siberia our train was making up time, and we dashed along sometimes at the rate of 20 miles an hour. The result was that we gained all that bad been lost, and when we rose this morning it was to learn that we were on our schedule and would reach Irkutsk on time. Tho pas senger list was pretty well thinned out, although every berth In the train had been full when It left Moscow, nine days ago. Not many .passengers had been carried for stations in Ruesla. for the effort Is made to reserve the train for the "long haul" to Siberia, and there always la business enough to fill It at Moscow for the Siberian cities. But Omsk, Tomsk and Krasnolarek had claimed their quotas, as well as the many smaller towns on the way, and not as many passengers Join the train east bound as leave It. In fact, I am Inclined to think that nearly every one on the train when we reached here had come all tho way through from Moscow. Many ot the travelers were Russian army officers or civil officials, alone or with their families. Irkutsk was the desti nation of most ot them, but several were on their way eastward to the Pacific coast for duty at Vladivostok or Port Arthur. The few passengers remaining Included an Irkutsk merchant or two, the family of an officer who had come to this city a week earlier to prepare a home for his wife and children, the family of a German merchant In Irkutsk going to Join him and a Hungarian Count, an officer In the Aus trian army, who was the only tourist oth er than myself. We attached ourselves one to another, and wondered why there were not more tourists a-travellng. It the train de luxe running but once a week carries but two foreign travelers and no Russian tourists In this pleasantest of sea sons. It Is a fair evidence that this feature of the business is not yet very much multi plied. As for my Hungarian companion. it was furlough time for him. and he couia sre no more profitable way of spending his six weeks of leave than by employing It m a visit to the heart of this newest of coun tries opened to comfortable travel. A few miles from Irkutsk the train dropped down rapidly to a lower level to reach the banks of the Angara River. We crossed a tributary of that One stream on a long bridge, from which we had a view of the town and lta suburbs, churches rising everywhere and dominating the landscape, and at noon rolled into the rail way station of Irkutsk, opposite the city, the terminus of the long run of the Sibe rian express. TRUMBULL WHITE. DEATH OF C. E. BARTON. Prominent G. A. R. Mau Passes Avrmy East Side Affairs. C. E. Barton, a member of Sumner Post, G. A. R-, died quite suddenly at his place, near Damascus, yesterday morning, and the remains were brought to the city in tho afternoon by Walter Smith. Mr. Bar ton had been in his usual health until last Sunday, when Mr. Smith's daughter went over to see him, and discovered him lying on the floor, partially unconscious. Mr. Smith Immediately went to the house end called a physician. Nothing could be done for him. The cause of his death was pa ralysis. Mr. Barton had been quite a prominent member of the G. A. R., and was a vigorous speaker on subjects per taining to the order. He was about 61 years old. He was a member of Company A. Seventeenth Illinois Regiment, and served in the army during the Civil War from May, 1652. to March. 1EH. He was all through the Vlcksburg campaign under General Grant, and through all the hard fought engagements of the West before General Grant was called to take com mand of the Army of the Potomac He was highly respected by bis comrades. A wife and four children survive him. The funeral will take place Sunday, and will be under the auspices of Sumner Post, G. A. R. Tne Road la Open. The small strip on the north side of the Judy tract, between the Powell's Valley road and the Richmond tract, which ob structed a continuous road from the Mil waukle road, via Woodstock and the Rich mond tract, to the Section road. Is now open. Martin M. Judy and wife, now of California, who own the strip, have just sent to Portland a deed dedicating an open ing as follows through the strip: "The east SO feet of lots D and W, and 30 feet of lot E, extending from Ellsworth street, and being the extension of Tabor avenue, in Richmond addition. The deed Is dated April 16. There Is still a narrow strip ot the Richard Williams tract on the north side of the Powell road through which Mr. Williams has stated he will open a road corresponding to the one through the Judy tract whenever the north side strip Is opened. This has now been accom plished, and Mr. Williams will, no doubt, promptly give a deed to a road through his strip. The opening of this continuous thoroughfare for a distance ot over three miles, and cutting through a well-settled district. Is practically the work of tht Woodstock Improvement Association. Most of the road had been opened, but enough was obstructed to prevent a continuous thoroughfare. The association will now address Itself to the task of getting this road Improved from the Mllwaukle road through Woodstock, along the west line of Ivanhoe. and through the Judy tract to the Section road. Bishop Bowman Coming. Bishop Bowman, of the Evangelical As sociation ot America, has started from Chicago on his Western tour, and will be in Portland May 11, to preside over the Oregon conference, which will convene In the German Church. The bishop will next week hold conference in California, where he will spend at least a full week. Part of the time will be given up In that stats to visiting churches and preaching. He is expected to reach Portland the day before conference. The meeting of the confer ence Is important, for the reason that sev. eral Eastern ministers are to join the Ore gon body and enter the work. Several of the Oregon ministers have gone East, and their places are to be supplied by new men. Rev. N. Shupp, the presiding elder for the Portland district, says that he has received moro applications for work In the Oregon conference than there are va cancies. He thinks that the church throughout the state will be stronger than ever, notwithstanding It has lost somo good men. Peculiar Medical Case. Andrew Snover, of Falrvlew, who suf fered from paralysis of the throat several months ago. Is slowly recovering, but Is not fully restored. His Is regarded by physicians as a remarkable and unusual case. At the first there was total paraly. sis, and for weeks Mr. Snover was unablo to swallow any solid food or liquid nour ishment. He had to be fed with a. rubbet tube extended down his throat- He now looks well and feels well, weighing almost as much as ever, and yet there Is not complete restoration ot tho powers of the throat. His voice Is still affected some what, but he can partake of his food fair ly well. Dr. Dav Raftety, who has been looking after the case, says that It Is dif ferent from anything of the sort that he ever encountered, and the real causa ot tho paralysis la hard to determine. East Side Ifotes. Epworth League entertainment tonight: revel of the Naiads, direction of Miss Wiseman, assisted by Anton Zllm, violin; Professor Rasmus, reader; Joe Taylor, cornet; Jesse Waddell, ten.or: Miss Emma Allen, soprano. Burkhard Hall. Admis sion. 25 and 15 cents. A farewell reception will be tendered Rev. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Farquhar this evening, at the Hassalo Congregational Church. Mr. Farquhar has resigned the pastorate of Haesalo church, and Sunday will be his last day. The services will be appropriate to his farewell services. The Woman Auxiliary to tho Conductors" Association, organized Wednesday after noon, completed all the work yesterday afternoon. In the forenoon the auxiliary visited the conductors room In St. Vin cent's Hospital, and assembled In Login Hall at 1:30 In the afternoon. Here the work was completed. The executive com mittee was elected as follows: Mcsdamcs McBride, Bruns and Carter. Mrs. Anna Page and the other grand officers from Tacoma, who assisted In the organization, left for their homes last evening. s "GREAT NORTHERN "FLYER" "The Most Popular Train Across America. Solidly vestlbuled, palace and tourist sleepers, dining cars (meals a la carte), buffet smoklng-llbrary cars. Leaves Portland dally, 6:20 P. M., for Montana, St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth, Chicago and all points East, For tickets and full Information regard ing Eastern trip, call at city ticket office, 122 Third street. "66 HOURS TO ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS" Via the Great Northern Railway. Train leaves Portland dally at 6:20 P. M. Connects at St. Paul Union Depot for Chicago, St. Louis and all points east and south. For tickets, rates, etc., call at CKy Ticket Office. 122 Third street- Pain from indigestion, dyspepsia, and too hearty eating is relieved at once by taking one of Carter's Little Liver Pills immediately after dinner. That bilious taste and less of appetite are quickly cured by Hood's Sorsaparllla. CHARTERS FOR NEW BANKS MORE TUA.X SEC HT7XDRED APPLI CATIONS FROM VARIOUS STATES. More Than Half Are State and Pri vate Banks Dealrintc to Enter the Xatlonnl System. WASHINGTON. April 20. (Letter to the New York Journal of Commerce.)) The applications for new bank charters have been slackening slightly during the last week or two, but are still reaching Con troller Dawes in sufficient numbers to Indicate a very considerable Increase In the National banking Institutions to be Incorporated within the next few months. A classified list of applications received from December 1, 1. to Saturday, March 21. 1500. showed 249 such applications, under tho new law, with aggregate capitals pro posed of tS.930.000, and SI applications for larger banks under the old law. with cap ital amounting to $5,010,000. The comple tion of the figures under the new law tor the month from March 14. when the act was approved by President McKlnley. to April 16 last, shows applications under the new law to the aggregate amount of 619. Of this number 307 applications are for banks not now in existence, and the other 312 come from private and state banks already In operation, which desire to come under the National system. How these two classes are distributed by states appears in the following table: Applications Pending; for National Bank Charters, April 10, 1000. Primary organlza- Con State lions, versions. Maine 4 1 New Hampshire 3 1 Vermont 1 1 Massachusetts 4 Connecticut 5 New York 16 14 New Jersey 7 3 Pennsylvania El 7 Delaware ... .......... 2 ... Maryland ... ..... 6 3 Virginia ... .. 7 5 West Virginia 3 7 North Carolina .2 4 South Carolina. 1 1 vxcorrrsX x Aisp&rru. ) Mississippi 1 1 Louisiana 2 3 Texas 46 Arkansas ... 3 3 Kentucky 2 14 Tennessee 2 2 Ohio 22 10 Indiana 9 9 Illinois ....... 32 16 Michigan ... ....... 2 S Wisconsin .. 1 7 Minnesota 10 29 Iowtv . 23 35 Missouri ...... 3 14 North Dakota 2 IS South Dakota 1 8 Nebraska U - Kansas ..... 10 16 k Montana 1 - Wyoming1 4 i Colorado New Mexico . ... 1 Oklahoma io -" Indian Territory 5 4 Washington 2 6 Oregon California 2 3 Idaho ... 1 ; Arizona - Alaska 1 - ... Total 307 312 These applications are being disposed of by Controller Dawes and his aids as rap Idly as they are able to satisfy themselves of the responsibility of the applicants and the fact that tho latter have compiled with the requirements of law regarding the payment in cash of their capital and proper organization for doing business. 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The work of organization is even mora carefully supervised than that of approv ing applications, which only gives a sort of authority to the organizers to proceed with their plans. The actual organiza tions under the new law have been only 10. with a combined capital of 5273,001 Other cases are being dealt with from day to day. and the applications arc on file from many of these banks for the currency to which they are entitled. The following table shows the applications approved by states eince March It, when the gold standard law took effect, both for small banks under the new law and larger ones under previous law: Approved Applications for National Bank Charters. Capital less than J50.000. i 25,000 25.CW0 Capital J50.00O or more. State No, No. Maine 1 New Hampshire. 1 Vermont Connecticut 1 New York 7 New Jersey 2 Pennsylvania .... 14 Delaware 1 Maryland 1 Virginia 5 West Virginia... 2 North Carolina.. 2 Georgia 1 Alabama ........ ... Texas 9 Arkansas Kentucky 3 Ohio 9 Indiana 4 Illinois 12 Michigan 2 Wisconsin Minnesota 14 Iowa 15 Missouri 1 North Dakota.... 9 1 6 t C J 100,000 "7io"coo 100.0CO 350,000 25.00 1S5.000 S0.CO 350 000 23.0O 23.000 123.000 53.C0O 30,001) 25.100 "iwCooo 73.000 230 000 100 000 335,000 0.000 50.000 50.0CO "loo65o 50.000 150.000 100.000 100.000 l&O.OiX) 200.0CO 200.000 "iooiooo' 150.000 150.C0O ""eo'ooo 255.000 415.000 25.00) 225.000 50.000 44O.00O 125.000 25rO 60.(00 230.000 25.000 23.000 23.000 south Dakota.... 2 Nebraska ........ 17 Kansas 5 Wyoming 1 Colorado 2 Oklahoma 10 Indian Territory. 1 Washington 1 Oregon 1 50,000 Totals 156 S4.0i3,(X 41 J3.210.0OO The classification of banks actually or ganized since March 14 last shows a pre ponderance under the old law. It is an interesting fact that with a total capital for all these banks of $1,545,000. the bonds deposited as a basis for circulation havo been only $667,300. This indicates a dispo sition to limit the circulation to the mini mum rather than to buy even the new 2 per cent bonds at present quotations.! If all tho applications for new bank char ters now on file are those ot banks with a capital ot $23,000. and they take out circulation in about the same ratio as the banks recently organized, the 619 new banks would call for new circulation to the amount of about $20,000,000. It is prob able that some of the applications will not be carried to completion In tho organ ization of banks, but some on the other hand represent larger banks than those with capitals of $25,000. The following table shows the actual organizations dur ing the past month, with the bonds depos ited as a basis of circulation: Xatlonal Bnnkn OrKonlzeil. March 14 to April 1-1, 1O0O. Capital Capital Bonds less than $30,000 de State No. $50,000. No. or more, posited. N. II 1 $ 100.000 i 25,01.0 N. 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