Joe Simon will ba boss again:
"Ring out the false, ring in the true.'1
The man handling a gun cannot be too
careful. Guna are not footballs.
There is certainly a big improvement
iii tue business of robbers.
After all there was an excellent holi
day trade, probabiy more than a year
ago.
When a man has done all the good he
can ia the world he has not done very
much.
The mistletoe has become wonderfully
prolific in Oregon. This is undoubtedly
a tp:eud:d sign.
Representative Barkley will be on
hand when the next legislature meets
aud ill be heard from.
Keep your eyes on the man who sets
his own life no as the best example to
follow. He needs watching.
600 people were at a banquet to Sara
Bomhart which lead an exchange to say
that Sara was nearly as great a man as
Mars Hanna.
The Three Friends has 70,000,000
friends in the IT. S. who are rejoicing
over the manner ia which sne beat the
Spar tarda.
When a person does the best possible
then there can be no complaint. It is
the people who do the worst possible
who deserve caatigation.
Biker City is undoubtedly a prosper
ous city. You can tell it from the man-
ner in which iie merchants advertise
It is a sure sign.
Charley Xiekel has been on the Jack
sonville Times twenty-six years. He
has made it a success though he may
have been unfortunate in outside specu
lations. The Democrat always appreciates
good words and expressions of appreci
ation from friends. So does one in any
calling in life. It is an interesting fact
that one gets the least encouragemen
often from those who -should give the
most.
Which had you rather have, a dinner
without an appetite or an appetite with
out a dinner? Albany Democrat.
Weil, tor a change, we would prefer a
dinner without an appetite. We have
had a little too much of the o'.her thing
Oregon Independent.
The volume of bu4nea enjoyed by
Baker City merchants this year will be
far in excess of any previous twelve
months. This is gratifying and gives
confidence to be belief that Baker City
nd the country tributary ia increasing
n production and wealth generally.
Democrat.
You can't give a boy too good a start
li e. The futnre depends on the boy
of todav, and the Dsmocbat never men
tions a subject of uiore importance to
tbd people of the United States than that
of getting the children oa the right road,
as a rule the hoodlum has the elements
of oae all his life. Before twenty you
cau tell alaiost for certain what the boy
will make.
The Democrat coesn't always agree
with the Oregonian, but in the following
that paper Las come pretty clsse to bit
ting the nail on the bead jast judging
froci appearance?; Senator Mitchell's
position U jest this: He wants to be
elected and he wauts votes; and to get
the votes he is in a position to take eith
er side of the money question to teach
that the earth is ronnd or flat, jast as
the directors require This is the secret
of all his oarefol avoidance of direct
statements on the money question. He
wauls some to vote fur him on the belief
that be is for gold, and others to vote
for hiia on the belief that he is for silver.
VVnici) cort is to be deceived? Certainly
oae or tae other.
Car! Sehurz, after having expended
much tiuis in assisting to elect Mr Mc
Kicley, tl a big salary, now, when tell
iuic the truth can do no good, and there
fore do no iojiry to bis reputation, Bays:
"There are real prongs, real grievances,
real oppressions to be righted. Behind
the late outbreak of Bryanism there was
a cause deeper than any reckless whim'
more chan a mere desire for change.' '
And William L Wilson, poslmaster-geo
era), another supporter of McKinley.also
tells that great goldbog paper, N. Y.
World, that "it would be irrational to
suppose toat all the millions of voters
who massed behind the flag of free silver
were conscious advocates of repudiation
and disaster or less patriotic than the
mass o: their countrymen." Mr Scbnrz
further says: "The fact that Mr tfryan
received so many votes as be did ia a
result which certainty was not owing to
ignorance and blind partizanship, but
the existence of a discontent not entirely
groundless.
The Pendletoa E O wrote very nicely
about Chiistmas on the day previous. It
eaid : Tne greatest and best and love
liest of days! At midnight tomorrow
the birthday o Christ will have been
Celebrated seventeen hundred and ninety-nine
times. The first celebration of
the event occurred in 98. For fifteen
cent'iries the event has been celebrated
on December 25tb. So better tidings
were ever given to mortal man than
Christ's first gospel message delivered to
the bumble shepherds on the Judean
hills . There surely was a special solem
nity about the night and the surround
ings, for the mind of Him would not
have coined such a beautiful and poetic
phrase as '-pease aud good will towards
men," making His voice still heard to
this day and age, if there had not been.
Tbatheepoke wilh the eb.qo.ence born
of zeal goes without ravin. That the
shepherds heard Him glad.y is proved
for we of this day are still moved and
moulded by Uis influences. Ha thus
gaye to us Cliriatmas day with its joys
aud its blessings and nobler feelings to
ward oue another. He taught us love,
and, to the extent that He did, He re-'
lieved us of the burden of hate. From
'lis teachings we have learned to live
more for one another, instead of upon
one another. We have become less lit
eral and more spiritual, hss believers in
the letter of'things and more in the
spirit of things. We Lave caught the
spirit of "Dj unto others as ye would
have them do unto you," and we have
xrown larger and broader because of ft
A personal invitation,
To sp Will & Stark's elegant stock f
boods for the holidays. of
There are eisns of a long senatorial
wrangle when the Oregon legislature
meets.
A Missouri man with 13000 in his
pocket committed suicide. Do your own
commenting.
It is a irood thins that coneress meets
after the regular football season, else
the papers would have no room for con
gressional news .
Dist. Attorney Black of Chicago, on a
salary of several thousand dollars a year
gets a pension of $100 a month for total
disability. Doesn't that make one
weary.
A man writing a letter to a .friend in
Sioux City, ia reported as saying, "I am
getting pretty well acquainted with Mc
Kmley. I shook bands today with a
man who sold him a load of bay." That
settles it. What postoffice or cabinet
office does that fellow want?
The Oregonian has the cheek to con
tinue to tell what Bryanism did. That's
past . We are getting what McKinley ism
did now, and why didn't the Oregonian
on Saturday give iU usual weekly report
from Broadstreet and Dunn, showing the
condition orhutiness in the TJ. S.
A sample of the manner in which the
income fails to meet the expenditures of
the government ia seen in the expendi
ture of $6,000 to get a red wood stump
located in Washington. Another sam
ple was $20,000 spent to get a star insect.
Another sample is $4,800 spent annually
by the government to inspect in a small
town in Indiana, where the annual ex
port was $305. A man who would do
business that way would be called in
sane. ,Tbe election of a populiet as mayor of
Lynn, Massachusetts, on the issue of un
fulfilled republican promises has created
a flutter in the McKinley dovecote, espe
cially as it is not an isolated phenome
non. The democrats have been winning
a majority of the municipal elections in
Massachusetts during the past three
weeks, and the evidence is incontestable
that the republican tide reached its high?
water mark on November 3d and has
been running out ever since. Various
explanations of this phenomenon have
been offered, but one of the most re
freshingly candid is that of tbe New
York "Evening Poet." "Wages had
not gone up" (at Lynn) says the "Post";
"on the contrary, cat downs had occurr
ed in many of tbe shoe manufactories."
Congressman Allen submitted tbe fol-
fowing resolution: Resolved, Tbat a
committee of nine senators be elected by
tbe senate to constitute a committee on
the use of money in elections, and tbat
said committee be instructed to thor.
ooghly investigate tbe extent to which
money, if any, was used is connection
with the recent pres'dential election,
either in promoting tbe nominations or
in influencing in any manner tbe choice
of presidential electors, and to inquire
whether or not any such expenditures
were excessive, illegitimate, corrupt, or
unlawful, and especially to inquire and
ascertain to what extent for snch pur
poses the owners of eilver mines, gold
mines, the bankers, the manufacturers
the railroads, or other corporations end
millionaires of all classes made contri
butions, and what contributions, if any,
were made by persons and corporations
residing abroad, and to report to the
senate all tbe facts, and whether or not,
in the opinion of tbe committee, any leg
islation by congress is expedient and
necessary to lessen or prevent tbe use of
money in elections. Said committee
shall have power to act by fnll or sob
committees, to send for persons and
papers, and sit during tbe present ses
sion of consiesa and until tbe first Mon
day of December, A. D. 1S07, the ex
penses thereof to be paid out of the con
tingent fund of the senate. All of which
wilt terminate is smoke, thongh it weold
be very interesting if the actual facts'
could be obtained.
Tbe Mortgage Tax Law.
RoHEBCBO, Dee. 2oth, 1896.
Editor Dkxockat:
The most important measure tbat will
come be'ore the next session of tbe leg
islature will ba tbe reenactment of tbe
mortgage tax law. It is to be noticed
tbat the Oreg-mian is beginning to take
an active interest in this just measure.
If the wishes of tbe people are to be re
garded in this matter it behooves tbe
public press and the friends of the meas
ure throughout tbe stato to be watchful
and earnest. Tbe influence wielded by
Mnltnomoh county has been sufficient
in the past to control all legislation upon
tbe subject, and it is evidently tbe in
tention to again deleat the bill by means
of political wire pulling.
There can be no doubt but that a ma
jority of tbe members of tbe legislature
are pledged to give tbe people relief from
the preeeot iniquitous system of taxa
tion, but as Multnomah county will in
the person of Joe Simon nnquestionably
secure tbe presidency of the senate, un
less some active work is done, the meas
ure will again be killed in the senate
committee room. Those members who
favor the reenactment of the law should
organize their forces at the earliest pos
sible moment and see tbat the meat are
secures early consideration. ,
Very respectfully,
Fbed Floed.
Short But Interesting.
The common pond frog's natnral life
time is 12 to 15 years.
The common house sparrow flies at the
rate of 92 miles per hour.
Tbe crow flies 25 miles an hour, and
tbe pigeon hawk 150 miles.
A Warren County (Indiana) man
thinks he has a fortune In a calf that has
two heads and no tail.
Naturalists who have investigated the
matter say tbat a 'bat's heart is aided by
tbe "rhythmic contraction of vein in the
wings."
A strong microscope shows the single
hairs of tbe bead to be like coarse, ronnd
rasps, but with teeth extremely irregu
lar end iagged.
There are t'.ree varities of the dog that
never bark the Australian uog, the
Egyptian shepherd dug aud the "lion
headed" dog of Taibet.
; John Dennett of Santa Cruz, Cat., once
killed a reptile of the common black
snake variety, which had two perftct
beads, four eyes, two tongues, etc.
Tbe speculative astronomers are now
arguing that the moon is in the shape
of a plumb bob, and that the U'ge end
Is always towards the eirtb.
The remarkable echo at Eagle's Nest
on tbe banks of the Kiliarney, Ireland!
repeats a bugle call 109 times, each clear
and distinct.
Reaumur says that each threa t of
what we call a "spider web' ia composed
of about 5,000 separate fibers, and that
it would take 27,643 full-grown spideia
a year to spin a pound of such silk.
Interesting Discovery.
'W P M" writing to the Barer City
Democrat from tbe North Fork of the
John Day river says :
"A surprising and most interesting
discovery was made by Elmer Thorn-
burg on tbe North Fork of the John Day
river, in the steep hiilb opposite his mine
about nine miles above the mouth of
Granite creek, tbat will add another im
portant page in the history of the dim
and far distant past. Mr. Thornbarg
with four men in his employ has been
engaged in driving a drift through the
rimrockon his claim and, as tbe work
was nearly completed, at the suggestion
of the men, he BtarVed out to find a good
tree for making snowshoes. In wander
icg along the precipitous mountain-side
his attention was attracted to what ap
peared to be a narrow opening in a cliff.
Upon reaching the spot, instead of find
ing an opening, he found a smooth neat
ly designed drift about two and one half
teet in width, and five and one half feet
in height, tbat was evidently tbe work
of man. Thinking tbat it had been tte
wore of some prospector in search l
earth's bidden treasures, be entered the
drift to investigate farther. After pro
ceedlng for a distance of 30 feet, be was
astonished that it terminated into what
appeared to be in the semi darkness, a
spacious chamber . He naturally a ban
doned the mission for snow shoe timber,
and returned in taste to where the men
were at work, and reported his find.
supplying ourselves with candles, we re
turned with him to tbe drift, prepared
to thoroughly explore the mysterious
ock-bound room. Tbe tunnel wss
thirty feet in length from tbe opening
to Us intersection of the room, and the
latter was U feet loog, 8,'i feet wide,
and 7 feet in height and excavated in
the hardest kind of black slate rock.
Our surprise can be much more readily
imagined than described. That tbe
place had been tbe abode of man at some
time was evident, and inspired ns to
minute search of the premises in tbe
hope that we would discover something
tbat should throw some light upon the
mysterious one-time occupant and, his
most unique habitation.
The first thing to attract our attention
was a large nrn-ebaped vessel that bad
either been monlded from clay or chis
eled from some formation that would
stand the action of . fire, as it was evi
dently need by the strange occupant or
occupants in lien ot stove for heating
and cooking purposes . Bowls and other
vessels of pottery were scattered here
aid there, some of them being elaborat
ely covered with what was cooeeeVed to
be images of animals, but so indistinct
as to preclude the possibility of identify
ing what they were intended to represent.
In one corner was a huge mortar and
pestal, both made of the hardest graniu
rock. Stone implements were found.
demonstrating mot conclusively tbat
the deoisen of tbe cliff lived before met
sis were in nse or known to tbe people
of his time. Tbe handles to theee im
plements if they ever had handle, bad
long years, perhaps ages ago, decayed.
"In another corner of the chamber
was found nearly a bashel of small
pieces of flint and near this stack of chin
pings was several spear beads and qnite
a number 'of arrow Leads. Tbe walls
were nearly covered with hieroglyphics,
while in an aicome rudely cut out was
ao image that we concluded waan idol.
Tbis imae bad been made from a soft
formition tbat had not resisted verv
successful!? the ravages of time. Joe
Watts who had passed years of bis
in tbe Southern s'-ates, and wha
found and examined the relics of
prehistoric Aztecs, state J tbat he
confident that lb inhabitants of
life
h
tbe
was
tbe
place were identified with the same peo
ple who once populated the now arid
wastes of Arizona-
"Everything found ia tbe chamber
was carefully removed and will be sent
to tbe Smithsonian institute."
Scientific
Tbe blood flows almost as freely
through tbe bones as through tbe flesh
of very young children, but as a;e come
on, tbe b!od vessels i i the bones are
almoet filled by tbe disposition o! matter-
Tbe B'l-lelin d'Apkullure states that
holes can be easily drilled in glass with
an ordinary drill, if tbe spot is moisten'
ed with a few drops of a mixture com
posed of twenty-five parts of oxalic acid
in twelve parts of turpentine. Keep
tightly corked.
Mr W H Dal I, returning from bis ex
aminatioo of tbe coal fields of Alaska,
has brought back with him to Washing
ton pieces cf lat of a mammoth preserv
ed in ice, this beinx (he first discovery of
a mammoth in the flesh on the Ameri
can continent
" 'Whatever success I have a'.UiLed
at tbe bar was attained without a course
at a law school,' " writes ex -President
Harrison in tbe Jsnoary Lad'ea Home
Journal in reply to a request from the
Editor of tbe Journal that be would ans
wer a correspondent as to tbe possibility
of making a success at law without a
course at a law school. ' "I studied law
in the office of a leading law firm in Cin
cinnati. That a course of lectures by
able professors upon the law, as upon
any other-subject, is valuable to tbe
student, I do not doubt. But these pro
fessors derive their information from
books, to which the student has access,
and be may grub knowledge for himself
if he has the requisite pluck and indus
try. Tbe observation and casual in
struction wbicb a student gets ia a law
office are of the fiist value to a practi
tioner.' "
It Is a good billing that young man
from Nebraska, for whom nearl7 7,000,
000 "anarchists" voted for president
was defeated. If be bad been elected
every shaky bank would, have been
thrown info liquidation by the Gold
Lords and he would have 1een to blame
for it all As it is he is not to blame for
the failures that are coming faster and
taster Journal.
A good many of tbe applicants for pc
ei lions are ex-member of the lejiula
tnre. It Is an inteieninit 'act that being
a member Is a stepping stone to tbe
more lucrative position of clerk.
The New York Son advises farmers to
spend less than they ea-n and pay tbeir
dehrs more promptly. That is good ad'
vice fur anybody. But what is the farm
er to do whose interest account is more
than bis income.
Cuba is entitled to her entire freedom
from Soanlsh government, and that is
what the peoole of the U. S. wish for.
Asa land of the free, we should be quick
to recognize the independence of other
struggling nations.
In view of the great boom Roland
Grant is giving Oregon in the East an
exchange suggests live advertising by
real estate men.
MISFITS.
The man who votes for any new com
missions in the coming legislature might
as well change his name to Dennis. -
Abolish the state board of equalization.
It does more harm than good, instead
of equalizing it confuses and causes extra
expenses.
In tan years there have been thirty
six cold blooded murders in Portland,
and only one hanging, and he a China
man. Tbe Tendleton E. O. suggests that it
will be a good idea for people before they
"settie down" to work after New Years
to "settle up."
One of the sonirs of the Stanford Uni
versity Glee club will take in Sa'em. It
is entitled : "When Murphy Kicked the
Goal," and Murphy will be there hi in
set t.
A Salem man, George Bunc, was ar
rested yesterday for simply pointing a
eun at another man, which served him
rirfht. Pointing guns is a very serious
matter.
Rivera is all right. He has already
given Weyler one "thrashing." If we
are not permitted to give him open as
sistance he has the universal sympathy
of the U. 8. who give a shout at every
victory no matter how small.
Salem will come to Uie cominsr legis
lature for another big appropriation for
its capitol sewer, and it will not be sur
prising to see it ask for numerous relief
bills on account of the recent high wa
ters. It is doing its beat to live on the
state.
"Can any of yan tell me why Lazarus
was a beggar?" asked the female teach
er. "Way was Lazarus a beggrar?" she
repeated sternly. "Please, ma'am," re
plied a small boy wboee father was a
merchant, "because be didn't adver
tise. Of course John Mints has to be a can
didate for something, and he has con
cluded to accept the U. S. marsbalship.
Sheriff Driver, M 8innot and others
are like Barkis, willio'. II. C. Grady,
the preeeot official, who voted against
Bryan, is also willing to retain tbe office
on account of that tact.
Instead of starting in to do away with
some of tbe nselesa commissions there is
already talk of mora commissions, su
preme court and road commissions for
instance. It is safe to predict there w ill
be as many commissions established as
are done away with.
An Albany man yesterday advertised
for a firl to do general bouse work,
"bummers not to apply." He received
eight or ten answers, Tbe advertisement
suggests tbat not onlr as to girls but
help generally, the world doesn't want
bummers whree ambition is to run the
streets most of the lime.
The Astoria Budget sav : There were
contractors in the city yesterday looking
tor men to work on the railroad, but at
last accounts thev Iiad not succeeded in
getting a man. It is said tbat none can
be had for the miserly wajes offered by
the contractors $1.23 per day and $4
per wek for board, which means tbat
the men will have to work for nothing,
clothe themselves and peruapa ruin
their health.
"How ia business?" asked one Port
land lawyer of another. "First-class,"
was the reply, "I have two rushed to
death all the fo-enooa." "What have
you been doing?" "Oh, I was drawinz
up a mechanics' lien for a poor devil of
a carpenter, and, when I bad finished it,
I had to lend him a dollar to pav for re
cording it. Could von lend me four tits
to buy some mistletoe and holly?"
Oregonian
Tbe financial administration of Clack
amas county has for years been like that
oi tbe national government, uneconom
ical. The county redeems anoually
about ITO.O'O of warrants on wbicb from
three and one-third to three and one half
years interest at 8 per cent, has accrued,
or about $19,000. Tbe county bas a debt
of $150,000 in warrants and interest ac
crued, and there is little bore, under the
system in vogue, of ever w iping this out.
Coarier.
Under the text "Black '96 awl White
"97," Rev. Copeland, at tbe UnaLarian
ehurcb, Suiday evening, said some verv
pointed things. For instance he pictur
ed the year 'art blacker than one could
hardly imagine, showing physical dis
aster, floods, tornad, tidal wave, in
nn lations, epidemics of suicide and d's
ease, conflagrations, cruel wars and mas
sacres, political upheavals and sick na
tions, lie said our nation is sick; tanks
and business firms are (ai.lnif, men are
unemployed, woman and children are
starving, business is stagnated and the
nation is oeally sick ; no political doctor
seems able to core it ; some have though t
thAW t,ad tli 4-fiM Kit I, im ...1.
denoted whether any permanent relief
wiu vr me resuiu l ne man Who stanas
bV Anil tjU-itl fWntlitl I h. M,n.lNlMH
of cruelties and atrocities will in the end
saner, so win a nation, eo will the L nit-
ed States, for standing by, while a na
tion of patriots are being slaughtered,
their only crime being that they love
libertv. Th 1
optimist and not a peaaimist and he aw
ItArsIS Af kotlA timtm ;.. flT M3 ll..
w.wb s una u ut auu to tviitj
duel ein being tbe growth ot cooper
ative works:
opening wedge to better times; it mav
be one of the neftdixt linaln, ri.t A
the sick nation. Journal.
.MARRIED..
IIAND-BEXTLEY.-At the home of
thobridein Albanv, Oregon, Decem
ber. 28, 1896, Mr. Wm. Hand and Miss
Clara Bentley, both of Albany, Rev. M.
C. Wire officiating.
Mr. and Mr HnnA d,va ii.. lui
wishes of Albany friends.
An important me
tre often comes by
toleirraph, but the
most Important nn.
saffe that ever .t a
delivered to mankind has
been g iven to them through
the newspapers. It Is given
again ia this article.
It is the information that
?8 per cent of all cases of con
sumption can be completely
and permanently cured.
There ia no doubt about it.
Tbe statement is not made
-'7t (ci wc ex
cellence Of thousands haa tnntlo If on in.
disputable fact. Consumption is not a dis
ease of the lungs. It is a disease of the
blood, which in weak luntrcd people man.
Kests itself by the formation of tubercles
1l- the lungs and the wasting; away of lung
tissue. Tbe cure for consumption is simple.
It consists in the administration of a medi
cine that will assist the lungs in throwing
off tuberculous matter, and that will cleanse
the system so that this refuse matter will be
replaced by strong, healthy tissues. That
sounds like a very simple operation, and
yet consumption baffled the combined med
ical skill of the whole world for hundreds
of years. Consumption was considered in
curable until the advent of Dr. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery. This great
remedy is tbe most wonderful blood purifier
and strengthener that the world bas ever
known. It is the result of years of study
and experiment, by a scientific physicinj
and haa been tested In every way by him
for over 30 years. It has an unbroken
record of success. It cures a great variety
of diseases, because almost all diseases
have their origin and support in impurity
and weakness of the blood. As long as a
man's blood ia rich and pure, he is in no
danger from diseases. The blood is the
medium through which food is carried from
the digestive system to all of the tissues of
the body. If it carries impure things, or
an insufficient quantity of good things,
trouble will ensue. There is nothing about
that so very hard to understand. It ia per
fectly plain and natural and rational. The
"Golden Medical Discovery" puts the di.
gestive system in perfect order, purifies
and enriches the blood and so puts the
whole body into perfect tune.
This talk Is continued ia Dr. Pierce's Common
enac Medical Adviicr, This 1008 page book
sent free on receipt of si one-cent stamp to
cover cost of mailing emlf. World's DiaeaM
aaa Manif.L aaaocuTrow, Buualo, N.V.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Denying Tbtngs.
WasniNOTOK, Dec. 29. From official
sources denial is made that lue Spanish
premier, uanovas, nas sent to secretary
Olney a communication accepting the me
diation of the United fctatti in carrying
out autonomy for Cubs. It is said no
such letter bas been sent, nor bas anything
of such a nature, passed through the 8 pun
ih officials here. Negotiations toward
home rule have proceeded for some months
and tbe last phase of there negotiatiiuis
indicated an enlargement of tbe home rule
laws adopted by tbe Spanish cortes lat
year, but not put in execution.
flan mt tbe Advaare Ageal
Chicago, Pec. 29. Whan Major Mc
Kinley t.ikes the oath of office March 4, his
personal escort will be formed of the Chi
cago bumuira squadron and tbe Cleveland
Urays, Cleveland's crack organization. The
husMira were asked aud promised lust night
in a big nieotinir at the Great NorlUrn
hotel to accept the honor of the escort.
Bring flatbed.
Salem. Or., Dec. 29. Besides Baker,
that was raited by the board of equaliza
tion 10 per ant, and Clatsop 5 ptr cet on
lands other than town and city lou yexter
day, tbe nine class waa today raised 20 per
cent in Multnomah, 10 in Lmatilla, 6 in
Union and S in Yamhill county. Other
counties weie allowed to stand as return- d
by the county boards. This complete the
work of the board, as far as the work of
equalizing is concerned.
S4 aire's Flgbt,
Pi'OKasg, Wash., Dec 29. Senator
w arson V hquire, accompanied b h'.e
manager, C II i lagan, arrived from Wanh
iogtou this afternoon and will leave tomor
row for the hound to op-n an active cam
paign, fie hus in his poaetition a copy of
a letter from Senator Daniel, temporary
president of ihe Chicago contention, to a
prominent populiit of this state, urging
Squire's re-election as necessary to the
caute of silver.
. BaaMihUg Tblagt ever
WAltlftKniYW rtk. 00 ..t (I.
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Eckels said this sfurnnnn Ihal l U!i
apprehension over the bank failures weich
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uae w.uxim or iaie. 1 wo mors lailures
tbe Commercial National, of Roanoke.
Ta , and the Columbia National, of Min
neapoliswere added to the list today.
Tb?V are oomfmratirt-lif mall in.i,r,v.
however, and under ordinary circumstances
their failure, it is said, woxld only attract
pasing attention.
ery Cleanly
Lim Avdrim I W xi il
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official acts of iUjor Kaderwiil be to at
tach his irnture to an ordinance making
expectorations upon the sidewaiks of public
streets, entrance to public buiiJuus or the
8 jori of street cars a uudetueanor, pon-
unaoie vj eitner one or imprisonment, or
both.
Tfc mitst Medlaia
Wasbixotw. Dee. 23 th IW .ill
sav tomorrow:
It haa ln IrarnAt frmm n xll.ti.
source tbat Secretary O ny ana tesor
ed the negotiations of tbe Cnb&a question.
mt are i j oe tuummca to cttsgre
when it convene, January 5. Tbe terras
si tbe agreement are turd on recent offi
cial communications from I'leniier Cano-
. j j . ...
auuirawfa 10 uie secretary or slaw.
The premier sUU c!eriy the terms
rtiii.K fthjin wilt . 1 ,A . . ; . .
and j ran tod I y asks lb- United States tn
propose these conditions to her rebcJUotu
Subjects.
They Are Xav
I'lXClSS.tTt. !w. Tk I'nn-;.)
Tnlrtise" fjtecul from Kej We jjs:
loeUdTana rooming paprr yevrJy
were sara. in tone acatcot tb L ciitd
States. epci.t:iy aA-ain.t the policy that
Permits i;.iSiiVr. iw . t., w. .
and ilo the egf-rot of tee AmernJn
press to print "masthing to diwry-dtt
ffuo. is. 1 lie fatt or tae 1 uree
1 net! eTfxiiti :n a printed in New Yori
U iud as lh- teit I. t s
bitter asd arcslic, fating li.at the ixwr
oeoary, Irtr. re. 1. i tj Ihsie f jt baif
the war triable."
arecls al Im
WAtusios, LVc. 2f. Hie Lvetuog
St r today rays:
The prwuJerrt bas had several conft-r-
of late with the attar vy geirf-rai,
tbe aecr-Urv t4 Us interior cd the ecre
tarr of the treatury. with a view i speedv
action f-r t&s adjustment of obligations of
tbe facias raiirtad to the irorrraraead
It baa been settled tJut t wiU short'y
be taken for tbe foreclosure of the govern
ment mortgage on these road, unless con
grm shall make a provi.lon f or teule
mtnt of the qati ?n at the prratct aesion.
. Tartar Tlakerlac
Wasiiisotos. IVjc 23. He bearinjrs
which the ways and means committee, ot
the boose a-i.'l give to the reprweiaUve
of the various industries intereMed in tbe
preparation of the new tariff bill began m
tiw room of the committee at the ctiu4
j today, and will continue djiiy until Janu
ary II. il.ich interest n tucif-ei.
nd tee mom ra ct-o-Untij tbrot.k-.l with
dViCjistk'Ds and rpiv-eoUlnr. i f rjiiojf
trades.
Ksaik ,ruDin.rr
Bar vi. 11'., Dec. 2. -Tb liq-r J-tion
of the Atlas bank, of Cbicii-. hs precipi
tated tte uspt-oaoo of Ihe Van Ncrtwu-s
bank, of liatavia. and tbe alignment It
William S and James IS Van Nortwictt. of
all their wt property iniervt. aggregat
ing ri.5CO.0rt). to Ibe fquiUt le lrul Co.,
of Chicago
( Irrall ( nrt at
Dali.a. Or.. Dec. 2. ("irruit court,
department No 2, Hon. II H. Hewitt,
judtre. convened here tooay. Tne docket
is quite large, 67 caes. Many are im
portant. A Terrible Wiwk.
Maxi'iit. Dec. 27. A tpciai to fhe
Commercial Appeal, from Birmingham,
Ala., says:
Fiends in human form wrecked Ihe Dir
mink'ham Mineral paioengpr train No. 4
at Cahalta river bridge, 1 milt- from here,
at 7:50 this morning, and 22 lives were
lost That nn tuber of bodies have been re
covered, and further search may swell the
list of dead. The wreck is regarded at al
most certainly accomplished by tbe removal
of a rail on tbe middle span of the tnJle.
This derailed Ihe train, which caused it to
fall down the two spans and precipitated it
into the river, 110 feet below. The wreck
was the wcrst that has ever occurred in
tbe state, and the survivors are few and so
badly hurt, tbat they are uniole to give
any detailed description of how it happen
ed. A fterlasis Sllaallaa
Jacksosvillk, Fla , Dec. 27. A Cili
wn special from Tampa says:
The developments in Cuban circles today
have been startling, and the actors in the
rcent tragedy who were on board the Three
Friends are badly frighted over the gravity
of the situation in which they have been
involved . They fiud themselves, instead
of lieing in a dangerous position as fili
busters, in the unenviable position of pi
rates, and the wisest Cuban beads have
been summoned in lousultulioo.
Ciettlag Ant Eai.Hr
Chicago, Dec. 27. It was announced
tonight tbat the Atlas Naticnal b ink will
go into voluntnrv liquidation and retire
from business. Tbe action is not consid
ered as a failure in any sense, as the busi
nefs was comparatively small It is not
anticipa'ed that anv flurry in the banking
circles of Chicago will result.
Tbe trper Thing.
Salkm. Dec, 27 The state hoard of
equalization's 30 day session will expire
Wednoiday. At fhe opening of the session,
D. P. Thompson declared his in'ention to I
introduce a resolution to cut in two tbe
salaries of the member and clerks. The
pay of secretary and clerk has been reduced
fr iu $10 to (6 per ilny, each, and that of
page from $3 to $1 50 a day.
A TerrlOe Kxplawlasi
explosion of firedamp occurred in the mine
of of the Mau'e Coal Company, of this city,
at 8:30 tbis afternoon, and ns a result nine
or more men were instantly killed and four
were injure One of the four taken out
alive is dangerously injured.
Weyler Bepatsed.
CiNCiNHATt. Dec. 20. A special fo the
Commercial Tribune from Key West says:
Reports from Havana tonight are that
an attack was made on one of General
Kivera s foothill torts vesterdav bv some
ot Weyler 's forces, nnd that the Hpanish
were repulsed, the big dnamue gun be
longing to General Rivera's comnmud so-
curing the victory for tbe insurgents.
Pure Dim g.Irrta Law tin's.
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OREGOfi.
EXECUTOR'S NOTICE.
Notice is hereby (riven that the under
signed have beed duly appointed by the
Hon county court of Linn county .Oregon,
executors of tbe last will and testament of
Herman Arnold, deceased, late of said
county, and sll persons having claims
against said estate are hereby required to
present the same to tbe said undersigned
t Albany, Oregon, properly verified with
in six months from tbe date hereof.
UafcKi at Albany, Oregon, tbis 9th day
of December, I9O6.
COKRADIN AkKOLD,
. ROBEBT AftSOlD,
Whitmkt tc Nwpot, Executrs.
Attysfor Exs-
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.
Notice la hereby given tha tbe under
signed baa been appointed by the county
court of Lion county, Oregon, adminis
trator with tbe will annexed of the eat.te
oi Jane Fanning, deceased, late of Linn
county. Or. All persons having claims
against said estate are hereby notified to
present tbe same with the proper vouchers
to me st Albany, Oregon, within six
months from the date of this notice
Elkjks tc Cajkkow, Samcel E Torso,
Attys torAdmr. Administrator
with tbe will annexed
Albany, Ortoo, Oct . 1896.
Notice.
Laxd Om at Okegos Citv Or
December 23th. 1896.
Notice is hereby sriven tbat the approved
fractional plat of Township 13 Sooth,
lianee 8 East has been received from the
surveyor general of Oregon, and on Feb
ruary B'-b at 10 o'clock aw m.. ot aald
date, said plat will be filed in tbis office.
sod the land therein embraced wt-le
subject to entry oa and after raid da'e.
Bosuvr A MILIXB,
Wm Callow at Register.
Receiver.
KOTIJE OF FINAL SETTLEIiEMT.
I nave this day filed In the County
Cart ot L.inn countv my ncal account as
admioUratrir de bonis non of tbe estate
of James Knot decraaed and the judge of
said ccnrt has appointed the 5th day of
Jan- 16&7 tor bearing objections to said
account and ihe settlement there of
Dated Dec 3rd. 196-
G. B. Haiqht, Administrator of James
nnox. deceased.
ADMISISTRATOS'S KQTICE.
Sotice is hereby eien tbat P Y Dancan
baa been duly appointed admtnttrator of
the estate of A D Knox, Ut of Linn coun
ty. Oregon, deceased, by the county court
of Linn cooo'y, Oregon, and "hat be has
duly qualified as soeh. all persons having
claims against said estates are hereby not
i!ed to present tbe saaie to me bth the
proper vouchee under oath at the office of
W R Bilew la Al&aey, Oregon within
six mos'ba trom tbe date hereof.
Dated this 1 1th day of December, 1896.
P Y DrscAS, Administrator.
Notice for Publication
Lad Orncx at Oaasos Ovr, On.
Dec 8th. 1S96.
Kotioe is bervby tirea that Um foltosrisg
nsmd m!U r hu tltd aooos of his intew
lio to snak final pro f ia ssptmrt of bis
chum asd tbat said proof will be nade be
fnr th Reeiafar said Raons-er at Orecoo
I City, . 00 jiaasary 25. IS57, via:
tlmsttaa Anboid; rrs U s 7?74 for the S
UofNE U. Lot I aad 2 Sac 3. T 10 S
LR 4 E. H raaae the f itSowicg mitaeaM
10 pnm cm eoaanaoas resvasM ID'S ana
ca'tiTsaoo of, Uad, riz: C I Eenk'ie,
T Gorjce. G '-t Kaatsoa,C 8 Gaijes.
all r4 S a. Orens.
Ronaav A. Mum, Register.
RQT1CECFFIXA ISFTTLEUEXT.
JTotioe Is hereby given that toe under
siaed ei-cntrt of 'die iat will aad te'
ment of Nancy Bigger, deceased, has tiled
in tbe county coort of Linn county. Ore
eon, her Snal accwast as inch execntrix
aad that raid coort has Sed Sstordav,
tbe 9tn day of Janaary. 1S96. at tbe hoar
of 9 o'clock a m at the coort noose in Al
bany. Oregon, for hearing objections to
raid acconnt if any, and the settlement of
tbe same.
DRK Black ncax U J 1Tsahs.
A'tj lor Ex'ix. Execntrix etc.
Notice for i?ublication.
Ld Owen at Oaaoox Citt. Oa,
11. trfd aeuier faa ttkd wetrea of fa.
Dlnn -a to mike fiaU pmef ia sapoort .f
his e am. and iht d srkf ili tai!t
hefnrc :be coantf etrk cf L'b evw-'y st
Ai-nv. O n '"v Sh 197,
tt: Mr- A-a.-OMf; II E l!032fj-:re
f . V i "d W 4 of S E t4- 4 Sec
10 ? U 6 E. Be osai-a fm fa!i-
i te. l- rrT hm ent"e.w r
der.o .r-.a s A trftimio of. paid lard.
'-;LCIv-, AT It., TO DaifortK,
MS A M Ti !lrl rWutr. Orrfiwa.
Koaxav A Xnxaa, Egiar.
IwtiCEOF FIXAl SETTtEUDiT.
Kotice is hereby given tbat tbe nnder
tinned as administrator of tbe estate of
J t Filce. deceased, ba 61 d his bnaj
cxmnt m said es'ate with tbe coon'y clerk
of Linn county, Oregon, and the coaa'-y
court has fised Monday, the 2Tlh dav of
January. 197. at tbe boor of t o c-'ock p
m. of said dav for the final heHnjr of
account and the settlement of said estate
4n and ail reron baring any objections
to ihe same are hereby noti&ed to be prs
ent at said time and present the am.
J A Pet
Weatherford Jt Wtatt. Admr
Attrs for Admr.
N3T1CE:
Tbeancavl meednff of (be atockholders
ot the Sugar Fine Mill & Fixture Co. wtsl
oe held at their office ia Aiban. Otccob.
on Tuesdy, Janaary Uth. 1S97, at 2 p.
m., tor tne porpose 01 etecnair nve di
rector, and to transact any other business
which mav properly come before tbe
meeting.
Albany. Or. Uec a. I89K.
C W SEAaa, D B MoxniTH.
Secretary, President.
ADMINISTRATOR'S KOTICE
o't.-e is hereby t'ven that tbe nnder-
signed has been duly appointed by tee
l ounty court ol l.inn county. Ore-eon. ad
minUtrator of the estate of Joacob C Mt-
ew, deceased, late of said county, and he
oas auiy quaiinea as men and ail persons
having claims against said estate are here
by requested to present the same to me at
Albany, oreoon. pronetiv venned a
oy law provued, within months from
tbis date.
Dated at Albany. Ore iron, this Ifith d
of December, 1S96. D W Mtkrs.
Whitna-v & awroKT, Administrator
Attys tor Admr.
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