Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Plaindealer. (Roseburg, Or.) 1870-190? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 3, 1896)
4 . r j-n t n a il -r nP nn t ir yuu uur. i Kcnu IF YOU SEE IT Hi Tlio Plaindoaler The Pkmdealer I i You Don't Get tue News, i Vol. XXVII. ROSEBUHG, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 1896. No. 44. 1 i r j j it is so. , I B B 0 A. SALZMAN, iSucCCor to J. JASKULEK.) Practical : Watchmaker, : Jeweler : and : Optician. DEALER IS WATCHES, CLOCKS, JKWKLUV, AM) FANCY UOODS. Ciouuine L5i-y.iliuii JEyo Glasses tuttt !Siost xksIox A COMl'LKTK STOCK OF Cutlery, Notions, Tobacco, Cigars and Smokers' Articles. Also Proprietor ;unl5l:uiasor of Kosoburg's Famous Knrgniu Store, I ' ! k SA Jjj - - - TV.".-- t.i- .- 1- .-J STATE lNORTVYTSL SCHOOL Uleventli Year ilcclns September 7U1, iSyfi. Three Distinct Courses: Normal, Academic and Music. btto diplomas, conferring thedeire of Bache!or of Scientific Didactics, awarded to those Lo complete the Normal ccuree, and pay the required fee. .Diplomis from the school to those who finish the other courses. Thorough uork and teachers training department. Expenses low. A limited amount of work will be given their way through school. tv.;., ii 1 nmof. hphhfu! little tjtve. anil h s no Kiloons or other places of vice. of the student. The ear jist cloaed hu For fall partirniarst sen 1 for new catalogue, which will be promptly mailed to T0U. rn r-TTTiir rropiicU-r of The City Meat Market, AaJ IXi PRIME BACON, AND FRE5H MEATS OtCers UVea nl IXUrered Free la var pi of Ihc ( i!r. ,Eei9HB8E8Eeaoae2eaeBeseGBOE9l!9BaHQB3H2aiaB9HHHO RCMRSTERSaCo. 4 . Wall Paper tiki tA&ZA A Choice Collection, at Prices that Sell. LIME PLASTER HMD CEMENT. A FULL LIItE OF WlftDOW GLASS ALL, ORDERS PROMPTLY FILLED. Real Estate Bought and Sold JJ0' Farms, large and small, to Rent, AND IMMEDIATE POSSESSION GIVEN. Stock Ranees, Timber Prune aud Hon Lauds of best quality, iu cli oice locatious in quantities to suit intending purchasers, at reasonable prices and easy terms, inquire oi ID. S- K. BUICK, those who wish to thus pay a part of situated 3o" wiles north of Ko:ebnr; Tho people are moral and trne friends !ecn a prosperous one for the school. Louis 15ABZEE, b. , President. ioutr. VI.sU nucl c:nmc. 0 iu Scaion a SI - .r in HAMS, LARD. OP ALL KI.ND5. PoSebUt01". Of. v ' f r ii f i Lauds aud Miuiug Properties r 3 ' I iHyt TELEGRAPH NEWS Battle in the West. Ciiicaio, JJuly 30. Senator Thurston of Nebrasba will open tho Western cam paign for'tho republican ticket nt .Madi son, Wis., tomorrow night. Somehow or other the impression got abroad Hint tho campaigu in the West would be opened by Major McKinley himself at Columbus, August 12. Chairman ;llalm, cf tho buieau of campaigu speakers, came hero on Mon day. Every moment einco his arrival ho has bean besieged ly tho leaders in the several states muter tho jurisdiction of the Western headquarters to turn his campaign orator3 loose at once. Mr. Hahn was not aveiee to fanning the lire of enthusiasm, and ho began making as signments jesterday. His first general order was a command to Sjyjator Thurston to buckle on his ar mor and take to tho field on Friday to remiiu fighlitig, too, by the way, until tho f ve of election. Thniston will go East to uccupt a'sigmuotits from the Now York headquarter, returiiinz to the West September 1. ttisue'l !. Horr will deliver sis JinrcclifS in Nebr.u-ka, beginning with n-'Xt wcei, and 10 specvliu in Minne jla, when he lia cjmp'etod in.- to ir in Nebraska Sound Money's Cause. Is ax Fkxsciscu, July 30 Tin- Cali fornia Bankers' Assccation I. a" Usucd a pamphlet on the financial question, as the members telieve the currency issue is the vital issue of the presidential cam paign. They take the position that the p'.ank in the democra'ie platform favor ing the ".'ice coinage oi lilver at the ra tio of 10 to 1, without awaiting similar I action by any other government," is a most dangerous one. They set forth that if the United States should alone I attempt free coinage of silver at that ra- tio, gold would be hoarded to await a premium cr shippeJ to foreign countriee, and silver alone remain as a circulating medium. Thy ulso fear thut capital would bj driven away, credit pa-a!yzed and enterprise cripple J. The pampbltt conclnJes : "Convinced of the righU?0U3aesj cf out cause, and earnestly wishing to pro mote the getcral welfare, we unhesita tingly oxprees oar decided opinion that every vote a;ainst 'tec coinage oi sil ver at lite ratio of 16 to 1 is a vote for the retain cf confidence and pr.sperity ; for the-bnrtt' cf a'd chs ; for the jmo tection of jour .familiea and hornet, ami abjve all, fot the preecrya'Ms cf ronr couctrv 'a hanor." . vmii i-igiu lor souno .none. wise llae sultan of Turkey wilt lie left Can - July SO.-The commercial j ,Q ieatorc orjer m c,ete. travelers cf '.he country arc going to! Jt i3 rumr-ied ihat the Turkish -..vern-wage war against free silver. There are ! ,nent lliteuj. lo ,j a ftwci of Al- 120,OOJcf them in the Unile l .-:at, ' bln;ans ainst the Greek filibusters and of this nnml'er t3 j-cr cent are said to be champions of McKinieyism. The orsanizition through which they wiil work is known as tho National Kxocu- i live Committee of Commercial Travelers J of the L ntted states. 1 tie cbairman, ;.C. Corey, ia president of the Com mercial McKinley CInb, No. 1, of Chi cago, which was organized Juno 15, 1S92, j tho day Major McKinley waj made per manent chairman of tho national con yen - J'oa at Minneapolis. The woikcd mapped out by Mr. Corey and approved by the executive commit tee, will be to make this club the parent rganization, and all traveling men will be invited to become a part of one of the greatest organizations for campaign work in the United States. Every traveling man's name will le entered on tho list, and a membership card will be issued lo him showiug that he is entitled to all ts privileges. Prospect In Iowa. Des Moixns. July 30. Chairman Mc Millan, cf the republican state centra' committee, has c'.ojed a tones of con ferences with members of the state com mittee representing the various districts. Ho states that the outlook for republican aacces3 in Iowa is good, and that it is increasing daily, but a great deal of work will have lo be done. The com mittee began at once to distribute litera ture, and not later than the 13th of August will p'lt spsakers in the field. The congressional candidates are. many ot them, atreauy in me tielu, holding out-d-jjr meeting?. The demo crats are also getting ready for their campaign, but they are comixslled to await their state convention, August 12, before making final arrangements Protecting the Reserve. Nr.'.v Yokk, July 30. A representa tive of tho Associated rress was in formed today by an influential member ot the svndidatc of foreign hankers formed lo control the exchange market, that the signatures will ha attached to the contract today. In addition to tho exchange houses, a number of outside business interests will l:o added, includ ing several inlluential corporations. Mr. J. P. Morgan said today, iu reply lo a report from London suggesting thnt an advance in tho premium on gold at Now York to 1 per cent tvonld start the import of gold eagles from London, that imports of gold was not needed hero at tliia time, and the inflow of foreign gold would greatly complicate existing difficulties. It transpires that tho machinery for controlling the exchaug') market during tho next 90 days includes a syndicate which guarantees foreign exchange bankers asrainst loss in theii operations. This syndicate ill take all the profits which may accrue, For their part, the exchange bankers agree to forego any profit in the time specified. The guar anteo syndicate includes a large number of capitalists, corporations and financial institutions. Deposits ot gold at the subtreasury by the bankers of New York and oilier cities in eschango for legal tender, with a view to tho main tenance of tho treasury gold reserve, aro made under supplementary arrange ments. To Exhibit at Minneapolis. Messrs. 15. S. Pjguc and A. II. Devers will leavo about September 113 for the Minneapolis exposition, taking with them a car of Oregon's products, wnich they will exhibit there. The car will be fitted out by the Northwest immigration board, an 1 will bo fillfd with ea in pies of the agricultural, .mineral and lumbering products of tho northwes', all of which will be arranged in a tasteful and con spiciio is display at the Minneapolis fair. I!csid! ibis, tho centlemen will take with lliein ttercoptican views of tho NoittiWi-st, and literature descriptive of all it.-t treat rt-.urces. hii'iif.' t'ie exposition (litre will le held in Ii'ii,endis the tirami Army cn- ( :u.iiif nt ai.ii Hie grar.u com-snv oi me Ki:tlitn of I'viiiiiM, and H U cstinia'ed tiiat t li-at a half inihiuu infoprts uill sec Oreoii'' exhibit, ("tuple froai all over the state are requested to send in contributions for tho rar, including every thlag which will give a gool .idea of the fertility and wcaltti of the state. The contributions should be sent in not later than September L0, as the cir will leave about September 23. The Porte's Demand. O.siiTAXTixorLs, J aly 30. As the re sult of a cabinet conned the Turkish government yesterday made a formal complaint to the government of reece regarding the alleged thipment of arras and ammunition from (ireece to the Is lar.d of Crttt for the use of the insur gents ihsre, aud relative to the apear auce of crmet! lands in Macedonia, pointing out the danger therefrom to the peace of Europe, and adding that Greece would bo liell r)WHtibJ- Tha lutk covernmcnt also announced that i: had been decided to grant a limited concession to the Cretar.s, and that they would be allowed representation. The powers have decided to tend a collective note to Ureeo , declaring that which will undoubtedly add consider ably to the gravity of the situation. Buildings that Puzzle. For centuries past the ingenuity of 'earned men has been exercise! on the Noraghe or Sardinia, but to this day thev hate no more been able to discover the origin of these famous buildings thau had the Homans before them. They were unable to say whether llwy weic used for tombs or fire temples, for trophies of victory, for observatories, or merely for human dwelling places. More than 3000 of them have been counted in Sardinia, standing on artifi cial mounds 30 or !.") feet high, and measuring at the base 100 to 300 feet iu circumference. They are usually in the shaie of towers, built, with immense blocks of stone, roughly hewn with ham- mere. No cement is used in their struc ture, nor is there any inscription to in dicatc their origin. A low entrance at one side loads into a long rnd lofty passage, communicating by a very low door with a domed cham ber bet ond. On cither side of this small cells have Leon formed In the walls, spiral staircase risitig steeply from the dome, leads to another, but somewhat smaller chamber above, and again be yond this to the broken top of the Nor nghe. Nothing has been found within these buildings, and to this day their existence is a mystery. In the same t icinity other building have been discovered which arc no les puzzling to antiquaries. The general opinion is that they tt etc built for th purpose oi burying giants. London Tit Bits. The Queen Will Retire. i.osno::, July 31 The rumor that Queen Victoria intends lo u-tire in favor of tho Tiince of Wales i?agiin cut rent today. It is added that court circles aro greatly troubled regarding the condition of tho queen's health. Such icports have frequently appeared recently, only to be semi-olhcially contradicted later, I but it seeina that there may be some actual foundation fcr tho statements made. It is added thai her majesty has decided lo spend her time in future at Balmoral or Osborne, and will give the Prince and Princess of Wales the use oi Buckingham palace and Windsor castle. There is no doubt tho queen scema lo feel greatly wrought up over her eyes and bereavements. Her majesty is quoted .as having repeat e lly remarked during her stay at Buckingham pahuo upon tho occasion of the recent marriago of Princess Maude of Wr.Ies to I'rincc Charles of Denmark : "This is my last visit to Lyndon." Color is given the reports in circula tion by the deep emotion displayed Ly the queen as eho bowed in reply to tho enthusiastic multitude which lined ttio route from Iiuckingham palace to the railroad btation where the took the train for Windsor, after the marriage ceremony. Court-Martial at Honolulu. lIo.Nor.ui.ir, II. I., July 23. There haye been two sittings of the court-martial for tho trial of Captain John Good, Jr., com pany F. First regiment, National Guard of Hawaii. The defendant made a plea of not guilty to the charges of conduct unbeoming an officer and a gentleman, and to the specifications of brewing dis content among the men and conspiring against and gossiping about the com manding oflii-er, Colocel McLean. The evidence so far i? tha. he captain ti3 k every occasion to sneer at lbs colonel and to sp?ak slightingly of hi.u, espe cially anni)' the men, and :hat when Urn clothing ulluwatice was cut oil-, May 1, "lie captain advised h:s nifii tu do If ss duty, stopped target prarti e work, kept the company from ' i-ing represented in a bg match, and sai 1 f-pccjfieal y that the :nverniiii nt did 1 ot npprvciate the gv'rvi-es of the Mjldi-jrs. but iH:dered thf in a necessary evil Every witness ;rt heard Itttitii-.l that the piNoiu-r spike of the cidom-1 being 'a ' n sailor inetead of a soldier," and wondciiuj why the govi-tnineiit didn't get a soldier instc.id of a s lilor t- handle the troops. Captain GorwiV defense'will b tliat he had spent his own money to help the company alon-.', and that ali he intended when the pay was reduced was t ) cease drawing cn his own purse to encoarage shooting or other excellence. It i-s likely that the claim will be made that the re marks hbout the colonel were justified. There ij a good deal of personal fte'ing in the matter, both men having their partisans. (.load is an oil-timer, bat it is believed tint the cabinet has decided that he must go. A Horrible Accident. Athx-tic Gtv, N. J., inly 30. A rail road accident, horrible in its details and sickening in its rosnlts, occurred this evt ntJK, just outside of this city, and as a resnit about 100 persons are either killed or injured. Tho Heading railroad expresf, which left Philadelphia at 5:10-o lock this evening for Atlantic Citv, crashed into a Pennsylvania rail read excursion train at the second signal tower, about four miles out from here. The Peanjjlvania train was returning to ISridgeton with a party of extursion- ists from that plate, Millvilc acd neigl boring towns. It was leaugil with pas sengers, and a rough estimate of the kiiied and ihjureri at a late hour places the number at 100. It h inped that this is an c-xiggeration, but the numb is undoubtedly more than 50. At the second signal tower, the tracks of the two roads diagonally cro:. The Heading train was given the signal t stop, but tue brakes either tailed to work or the speed of the express was too great to be checked in time. It caught the excursion train broadside and ploughed throijgh, literally cleaving it 111 twain. luc engine ot the Kcauitig tram wu shattered to pieces. Every rar on the excursion train was jammed to it fullest capacity. Taylor Gives a Luncheon. San Snn.tsTi.tx, July 31. United States Minister Taylor gave a luceheon to the Duke of Tetuan, Spain's minister to for eign affair?, tho Austrian and British ambassadors.Jthe ministers of Holland Turkev and San Djmiogo, and the charge d'affaires of France and German v The health of the queeu regent and the king was proposed by Mr. Taylor, and the health of President Cleveland was propose! by the Duke of Tetuan, who rivals Senor Castellar in showing cour tesv and svmpatiiv to the American representative. The ministerial press at Madrid, not withstanding the Corresiwndencia Ks pana, publishes an evidently authorized article on tho diitt cf American politics and the presidential campaign, withsur raises regarding the probable ettects up on the relttior.s letween the two conn tiies and upon the outiook of Cuban af fairs. It is urged that Spain must make prompt and decisive efforts to pacify Cuba, recognizing thr.t America has commercial and financial interests which aie leingserionly damaged by the pro longation cf the struggle. Successful Filibusters. Kky Wet, Jul v 31. Passengers from Havana by the steamer Mascotte repor a rumor of the Miccessful lauding of lihbuslenng expedition 111 the vinnit of Ciei.fuegos. The expedition is be lieved to be under the command of Cap tain Cabrera. While another expedition is said to be organizing here and almost ieadjto sail, no departures are known to have takon place from this port lately. Lumber for Sale or Trade. I i t oil have dry cows or heifers you want to trudo for lumber, or if you want to buy a bill of any kind of fir j lumber, you will do well to address P. O. box 125, Drain, Oregon. MONEY. There is a vast deal said about money that h all bosh, mere buncomb. We hear certain political croakers say that money is a creature of law fiat uf the government that if a piece of leather bore the government stamp of 0110 dollar it would ho one dollar aud ho money. Now, men .of business kn-jw belter than that. They know that for ages pieces of gold, silver, copper and brass have been stamped by private paities and that they passed as money. They know also that coins bearing a governmental stamp have been almost worthless as money. They know, too, that commodities at times have been used as money, a medium of exchange for that is the office of money and that tho purchasing power of money is flexible the world over. They also know that the fiat of govern ments fixing the value of coins is often overruled by the fiat of commerce. The first coinage law of the United States, 792, fixing the unit measure of money, fixed its fiat at 15 of eilyer to 1 of gold. But in the process of time, governed by the fiat of trade, a change was found necessary to place thes3 two "fiats" on an equality. Mark you, if the fiat of the governai nt was all that was required to ere i'e a money, 110 change would have been necessary. But in obedience to i hiih'r law, the la of commerce, a change was made S3 that the fiat of gov ernment was iu harmony with the fiat n trade. The fiat of trade governed the fiat f this government. Government fiat boweJ tu the fiat of trade. If, now, since the fiat of trade has made a disparity cf the two metals, 32 of ilver to one of gold, the dollar silver coin would have to contain donble the amount of silver to be on an equalitv with gold. But as a subsidiary coin. old being the standard, the same amount of silver, 1G to 1, can be main- taine 1 the same as nickels and pennies are. 1 Ins disparity of values trade will recognize, but to coin all the silver that can and probably would be produced, the laws of trade would not recognize and silver tvonld have to yield to the gher law. It would not csasa to be called a dollar but it would doubtless cease to have the same purchasing power that it has now. Unlimited free coinage of silver would, in practice, change the standard from the gold to the silver standard, and all our business would b3 transacted on a silver bast); and gold owners tvonld be the gamers in the transfer, and the poor man would lose just what the rich m3n would make by the change. THF 'TARIFF REFOM" HERESY. Hon. William J. Bryau, the' chosen leader of th-j democrats fcr the presi dency, in a telegram to the New York World made the following statement: Tariff refcrm grew strong in the West jnd South, while it was rejected as a heresy in tho East. It took vears of stringent efforts to carry the cauEe of tariff reform acros3 the Alleghenies, but the principles conquered in time. Yes, the principles conquered in time, but what did thev conquer? They con quered the psop'e, the industries, the prosperity of the cocntry; they con quered intelligence and morality. They closed cur factories, turned our working' men oat of e rripTbyment, destroyed con fidence, locked up the money, produced the panic uf 1S93 and the strikes and riots of 1S1M. They have produced gen eral paralysis in business all over the country, and totally destroyed confiV iience m business enterprises, luey lucked up money in banks, in safe de posit and trust companies and kept it oat cf business. Thev were the main cause of lowering prices and of the hard times among farmers and workingmen of which so many complain. They have ncariy bankrupted the country from ocean to ocean and from lakes to gulf. Yet these reformers, free traders, tariff for revenue advocates, will not compre hend what is the cause of the hard times and low nrices. The whole aim of the free-traders is to destroy the credit and influence of men who have made nionev. Should they ever do this they will discover that they have "killed the goose that lays the golden eg." There is about as 'much senrc in attempting to destroy tue influ ence or injure the business of bankers as there would Lc for (he inhabitants of a citv depending upon electric lights lo destroy tho electric light plant, This country was never in a better condition financially than under the McKinley bill during the Harrison ad miristratiou. But look at the condition of things now. Do the voteis of this country want any further punishment with hard times and low prices and gen eral bankruptcy, than they have already received? If so, let them vote for the demoe atie - populistte - free-trade - free everything programme. PROTECTION. Protection to American labor aud American industries is the paramount question. Populists, always the ally of democracy, aro forcing upon the people a side issue to attract the attention of the people from tho real and most vital question now before tho people. The business of the country depressos with the intensity of the free coinago craze. Give us protection to our own people, as against foreign products and the money J question wi!l adjust itself to the require- ment of the business without any trouble. So long as this howl about unlimited coinage of silver continues we will have hard times. Capitalists will not invest their money iu any enterprise whatever and hence the money is locked up and there remain till this vagary is throt tled. The election of McKiniey means protection to American industries. Twenty .four hours after it is known that he is elected, the pressure now on busi ness will begin to lighten up, because business men will know what the policy will be and how to adjust their business under it, and the death grip of monopo lies will be loosened. Then gold and silver will come out of their hiding, and the ham of industry will be heard where now is wailing and gnashing of teeth. FACTS FOR CATTLE RAISERS. In twenty-three months of the Gorman tariff there have been imported 12,313 bead more cattle free of duty and 329, 9S0 head more dntiable cattle than dur ing four full years of the McKinley tariff. The increase in the amount of money paid to foreign farmers was neatly $775, 000. The cat'le imported free of duty are supposed to be for breeding purposes, hence the change in tariffs affected only those that are subject to dnty. And it hag affected them too in the matter of value. Under the McKinley law the average valne of each animal imported, upon which a duty was paid, was $7. then we had a specific duty of $2 per head upon cattle one year old or less, and a specific dnty of $10 per head upon cattle over one year old. There was no need to undervalue the stock. But the Gorman law changed the tar iff from a specific to a rate of 20 per cent ad valorem. Down went the valuj of Mexican and Canadian cattle, the aver age value of every dutiable animal im ported under the Gorman tariff dropping to $2.54 per head as against $7 under the McKinley law. The practical effect, therefore, has been to reduce the specific duty of $10, which protected American farmers, down to a rate of less than 51 cents per bead, th?s being 20 per cent of 2.54. The remarkable decrease of $5 per head in the value of Mexican and Cana dian cattle was not accompanied by any corresponding decline in the farm value of American cattle, which were worth $15.10" per head, in January,, 1892, and $15.86 in 189S. Here the number of our cattle decreased from 37,651,239, worth $579,749,155, in 1S92, down to 32,038,803 head, worth $50S,92S,416 in January, 1S99. Incidentally it may be mentioned that the Canadian tax upon American cattle is 30 per cent ad valorem, as against our 20 per cent rate. Every farmer in the United Slates should study these facts earnestly and diligently. They prove conclusively the iisastraus effect of an ad valorem tariff, that it increases imports by giving the foreign ehipper a chance to swear to a ie. That there has been a reduction' of oyer $40 per head in the value of foreign live stock .importod, when American stock increased 70 cents per head, since 1S92, is also absurd ; also is it absurd that the value dropped nearly $10 a head within a year. Other facts proven are that the Amer ican cattle market has been supplied by 125,000 head of foreign cattle during the first Gorman tariff year, and by 200,000 head daring eleven months of its second year, moro than lit was supplied with under the McKinley tariff of protection for American farmers. In less than two years foreign live stock has taken the place of 325,000 head of American live stock. With ourjcattle worth $15 per head, our cattle growers have been in jured to the extent of $3,375,000 in less than two years of democratic "tariff re form." We feel that a condition has con- frated the farmerse. They must be in need of a change a change back Ito the McKinley tariff times of protection for American farmers. An Appalling Catastrophe. Our dispatches in today's paper gives a sickening account of another horri ble railroad accident. The mind recoils with a shudder while perusing the ac count of the accident which occurred near Atlanta City last Thursday, by a passenger train colliding with an excur sion train at a railroad crossing, result ing in killing about 50 persons, outright, fatally wounding many others and badly injuring as many more. This accident was due to the competition between two rival roads, the West Jersey and Head ing railroads. The immediate cause was, it is thought, the negligence of the cross ing signal official. A nexlcan .Object Lesson. An object lesson oa the silver question was furuislied by a national bank in New York, which offered $10,OOJ iu Mexican silver for $46C0 in United States money. Under free coinage, our money would be treated in international transactions as .Mexico's now is.' Buffalo Exptess. Lumber for Sale, or Trade. If you have hay, grain, bacon, beef cattle or a good buggy yon wish to trade for lumber, or if you wish to buy a bill of first claas Mr or cedar lumber, you wil save money to call on Otto A. Anlauf Conistock, Oregon.