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SATURDAY . AUGUST 8, 1896
GOLD AND ITS BURDENS.
The entire issue of money In the
United States on October 1, 1895, (the
latett sUtutics we have at band) was
2.215.442.650. Seeree ated into the
different classes of money, it wa9 as
follows: ."
Gold eoin... 1566.100.8)8
Standard silver dollars ...... 4S.289.309
Subsidiary silver - 78.291,880
Gold certificates 50,748,909
Silver certificates. ..... ... . . 838.897.504
Treasury notes (act 1890) 143,666,280
United States notes-.-.., . 846,681,016
Currency certificates (act 1872) . ." 67,615,000
National bank notes 212,851.984
Of this amount $629,849, 141 were held
in. the treasury, and 81,585,593,509 were
in circulation. Estimating that the
"8499,581,189 of-standard silver dollars
, and subsidiary coins, at their bullion
value of 50 cents on the dollar re'
- present 8250,790,294 of real money,
the presumable ' burden which the
8556,100,818 of -old bears is very nearly
three dollars to one. That is the labor
it performs is to support 81,408,451,238
of fiat For every dollar of paper and
one-half the exchangeable value of the
- silver is maintained at a. parity with
gold simply because it is redeemable
"in that metal. If such a system were
applied to private business it would be
considered hazardous, risky, wild. How
long would the outstanding paper of
any bank,' corporation or individual,
redeemable on sight, remain at par if
backed only by one-third the value, in
property or money of the amount out
standing? No class' of property,
whether it is gold or other chattels,
can sustain suob a burden for an indefi
nite length of time. But under the
resumption act, the gold'reserve of the
treasury is made to bear even a much
greater burden, one that is out of all
reason and contrary to business experi
ence. . According to the provisions of i
this law the 8100,000,000 gold reserve
that is supposed to be in the treasury
at all times, furnishes the basis or med-
. ium of redemption for. the $1,408,451,
, 238 of fiat money, a burden of over $14
"a flat s atia ft skA.tial Traliia
The financial world recognizes that
this burden is too great and cannot be
long endured; hence the financiers of
the country recognize that one of three
things is necessary in order to retain
the stability of the currency. There
must either be a greater gold reserve
me amuuub ui ' uircuistiiiug uicuium
must be reduced, or some other basic
- money must be substituted. There is
but one method by which the gold re
serve can be increased, that is by buy-
- ing more gold on interest-bearing
bonds. The same is true with regard
to -'reducing the volume of paper
money that is in circulation. To call
in any part of the silver certificates,
. treasury notes or United States notes,
the government must have metal
- money with which to redeem them;
t. - I .1 J3 ' M ..iu,nM mntnl
money, under present existing laws is
by the sale of bonds, for all issues of
the government are" made receivable
for internal revenue and tariff taxes,
therefore taxation cannot be relied
v ' TVa ..isiiAn than HaAlffAl 1 fa A I f
j into these conditions: . The issuance
' ni.ntf t.ha crnln MflapvAnntAftn ftmnnnt
1 1 - vat wiu ruraisn reasonaoie security
m - . , . . . .
t , jor mo ouuswoaing aat munev, we
; burins of sufficient eold on interest-
bearing pnds to retire the greater
JJUruuu ill uurfB(wr Buraev, ur suir
stitution of another metal as the basis
' of our circulating medium.: The gov
ernment cannot accomplish things
that are Impossible to Individuals, and
since no individual could make the
limited amount of gold we have bear
the burden that has been forced upon
it, the same is impossible with the
government.
. AN' IMPENDING CRISIS.'
The San Fan Francisco Chronicle
has become one of 3rAjaiffcat calamity
v. Jwrtsr In the nation, and sees the
direst destruction awaiting the nation
and all over free institutions in case
" McKinley is defeated. It draws this
picture of the situation : -
"The Bryan democrats and Watson
Populists are forcing an isssue upon
the country whioh is not unlikely to
transcend, in its importance, those of
the currency and tariff. It is an issue
of public safety from the misrule of
fanatics. In this canvass the respons
. ible and sober men of whatever politics
are gradually getting on one side; and
on the outer are au tne wiia-eyea
cranks who wish an enacting clause
put to their fads and their empirical
- schemes for making the idle man
happy and rich. The cave of Adullam
had In it eyery one that was in die
tress, every one that was in debt, and
every one that was discontented, but
the ' cave of populist-democracy, ' be
sides all these, has gathered in every
one that is insane and every one who
has a grudge against public order and
every one who has a new political
philosophy. The Altgelds and Till
mans of the Chicago convention are
now re-enforced by the 'Cyclone'
Davises, and 'Calamity' Wallers, and
'General Coxeys:'
"It is men like these who would feel
indicated and put in a position to as
sert themselves in the affairs of govern'
ment if the Chicago or the Chicago and
St. Lonls ticket should be elected.
Washington would be full of them on
the 4th of March. Altgeld would be
there a promising candidate for a
seat in the cabinet to demand legis
lation against federal authority over
mobs. Tillman would be there with a
bill foa a national gin dispensary, pat
terned after his state barrooms in
South Carolina. Peffer would be there
to work the harrassed farmers out of
debt by putting a government blanket
mortgage over their entire holdings.
Weaver would be on band to ask for
silver monometallism. Henry George
would be in the lobbies of congress
proclaiming . the silver tax. The
'cyclones' the 'calamities' and the
commonweal 'gtnerals' would mass for
an attack upon the -supreme court,
while the followers of . all their
schemes for government paternalism,
free homes, direct legislation
through the referendum, a price-of-labor
gauge for salaries, and heaven
knows what , else, would create a
political pandemonium the like of
which no country ever saw before ex
cept France in the days of Jacobin ex- (
cesses. Four years of the rule of such
men would strain the safeguards of
this nation to the snapping point and
justify Henry George's jubilant proph
ecy of the struggle wider, deeper, and
bitterer than that over chattel slav
ery." Were there any foundation for such
assertions as these the outlook would
be somewhat gloomy; but there is no
likelihood of Bryan calling around
him as his advisors such men as
Altgeld, Tillman aud Peffer. He has
nothing in commini with them. He la
not beholding to them for his nomina
tion, nor will he be indebted to them
for his election. Admitting, however,
for the sake of argument that Bryan
may heed the counsel of common
psople of the coontry, and may per
chance call some homey-fisted son of
toil into bis official household, then
compare the influences that will sur
round Mc ntinley, in case of his eleotlon
and judge which will be most closely
allied to the interest and welfare of
the masses. Judging, from those who
are most ardently advocating Me
Kinley's election, he will choose his
advisors from amon; the plutocracy of
the nation. Such men as Han Da, Piatt,
Quay, Spreckels, Huntington and the
Vanderbilts, the representatives of the
railroad, and manufacturing corpora'
tions, the syndicates aud trusts whose
purpose is to make themselves richer
and the masses poorer. What effect
would four years of rule of this nation
by the corporations have upon the
common people? What kind of
schemes for government paternalism
would be engendered under their dic
tation? What favoritism would be ex'
tended to the classses that have al
ready grown rich from the paternalism
of government beneficience? Mc
Kinley is mortgaged soul and body to
these influences; his nomination was
secured through their influence, and
his election can only result through
their aid. Four years of their rule
through him will Indeed strain the
safeguards of this nation to the snap
ping point, and will bind the common
people in a more complete bond of ser
vitude than were the southern slaves
prior to Lincoln's emancipation proclamation.
LET US ACT AT OSCE.
The waters of the noble Columbia
have receded so that work could once
more be commenced at Cascade Locks,
an abundance of money for this pur
pose is available and we understand
the engineers in charge have arranged
with Day Bros, to prosecute the work
of completing the canal and locks, but
not a wheel is being turned or a stone
being moved, why nobody except per
haps the government engineers can
tell. Were work commenced at once,
the wheat crop would be ready to
move long before the canal would be
in readiness for operation, but with
sufficient energy exerted in prosecut
ing the work a considerable amount of
the wheat crop might yet be carried
through the locks this fall. Though
from present indications it does not
appear that the engineers will exert
any energy in this direction if left to
themselves; therefore it behooves
Eastern Oregon and especially The
Dalles to take a hand in the matter.
There can be no excuse now for de
laying the work longer, and we be
lieve if the matter were properly pre
sented to the war department work
would be commenced at once and
rushed through to.completion. If The
Dalles would employ a competent agent
to make a thorough Investigation of
the situation, both at the locks and in
the chief engineer's office and report
the same directly to the secretary of
WISL IT IS NOT OPERATED.
war, there is little doubt that orders
would be immediately issued to com
plete the work in the shortest possible
space of time. , . Without some such
action we need not expect to see any
activity exhibited soon. Let us awake
to our own interest, quit relying upon
government officials, but cause an in
vestigation to be made ourselves. '
THE CASCADE RESERVE.
For almost a month, or since the
water of the Colunbia has receded so
the portatre road coil (I be operated,
not a train has been allowd to paBS
over the road. Why this is so, and
why a road built at the expense' J. the
state and for the benefit of the peop? J.
is thus tied up is a question Eastern
Oregon is anxious to have answered.
Hoping- that the matter might be
amicably settled between those who
have the management of the portage
and those who are obstructing its
operation, the Times-Mountaineer
has refrained from making comment
bat since there appears to be little
hope of an immediate adjustment, we
deem it at least due to our readers to
give the facts connected therewith as
nearly as they can be obtained.
Before the portaee road was built
the state secured from the United
States a rightrof-way through the gov
eminent reserve at the Cascades, there
being a stipulation in the grant pro
viding that the operation of the road
should in no wav interfere with the
government work on the canal and
locks. Acting on the good faith of the
general government to not be tech-
inal in the matter of interference, the
state built the portage at an expense
of about $75,000 and operated it unin
terruptedly for something over thtee
years.
During all this time work was being
prosecuted on the canal and locks, and
there was no material complaint either
from the contractors or government
engineers that the portage road inter
fered with their rights or privileges.
But now, when no work is being pros
ecuted on the canal and locks, and
there has been none during the past
month, the engineer in charge refuses
the state the right to run trains over
the road. Why such orders should be
issued at this time, when there is no
work to interfere with is unexplalna-
ble. The contractors have as yet re
ceived no orders from the war depart
ment instructing them to again begin
operations, and until such orders are
ijuued there will be no construction
work commenced. Until work is re
sumed, justice would demand that the
engineer in charge permit the state to
operate the portage. By refusing to
grant this privilege he is thwarting
the wishes of a large number of people
and also interferring with commerce.
His acts thus far in the matter seem
utterly unwarranted. ,
QUEER LOGIC.
It is a persistent popular error that
the value of money in any country de
pends upon the amount in circulation.
The value of money depends upon noth
ing but the value of that of which it is
made. Oregonian.
No more fallacious statement than
the above could be made. Money is
nothing more than a convenient com
modity through which the exchange
of trade is effected, and when con
sidered as a commodity its value must
be governed by the law of supply and
demand. ' If money is scarce and the
demand is great, its value, when
measured by Its power to purchase
labor or the necessaries of life, neces
sai ily increases. On the other hand
when it is plentiful the demand is
lessened and its purchasing power or
its "value" diminishes. - These are
facts which history and all experience
verify.
Go back to the time of inflated cur
rency, from 1861 to 1878, and the -value
or purchasing power of every kind of
money, coin as well as paper-, wmlefes
than it is at present or has been at any
time during recent years. - Durl
binations that oppress labor at one end
and rob consumers at the other.
"It is 'Wall street' that has deoleated
the treasury of gold and exacted xayrA
ious millions from the government in
forced bond sales to "protect jtecredit.'
"It is you, gentlemen oil the gam
bling exchanges, manipulators of
noney coiners, orofanizers of swind
litst trusts, weveekers of railroads.
shearervnf 'bfimbs,' tax dodgers and
absorbers of money that you never
earned, who have done more than all
the ignorant blundering at Washing'
ton and all the demagogy at the South
and West to raise the 'spectre of
Anarchy and Populism' at which you
now stand affrighted."
WERE 1HEY PROPHETS?
A number of Wasco county sheep
raisers have been arrested and taken
to Portland, where they will be requir
ed to answer in Judge Bellinger's
court to a charge of having herded
their flocks upon the Cascade forest
reserve. Information was filed against
the sheepmen by Henry Failing, chair
man of the Portland water commission.
It is claimed by the informants against
the sheep men that they have been
herding JmftifltriML-qn the Bull Run
reserve, the source from whicnMirt-
land obtains its water supply, and also
that the herders set fire to the timber,
which may do no end of damage. The
outcome of these arrests will probably
result in enforcing the law preventing
the herding or grazing of stock any'
where on the Cascade timber reserve,
and in consequence the stock business
of Wasco and Crook counties will be
diminished at least one-third, for with
out the use of the Cascade mountains
for summer pasturage one-third the
sheep raisers in these two counties will
have to go out of business.
There is little sense and much less
justice in depriving the sheepmen of
the use of summer ranges in the Cas
cades, since their flocks grazing in the
moutains are more benefit than ' detri
ment to growing timber, as they eat
out the under brush and . give the
larger timber an opportunity to grow,
As to the claim that sheep men kindle
forest fires, it is absurd. They dread
forest fires more than any one else, for
there is danger of burning up their
entire flocks, honce they are cautious
about setting them out.
it is nut just that tne Bull Kun re
serve be protected from the encroach'
ment of flocks, since it Is desirable
that the metropolis of the state should
have a perfectly pure water supply, but
the remainder of the forest reserve
should be thrown open to the stock
raisers of Eastern Oregon, . and we
trust that the Oregon delegation in
congress will exert their energies to
securing such an order.
A few days since the controller of
New York called forbids for $3,805,196
of 3 per cent gold bonds of the
New York, and the bids received agre-
gate only 810,010,000, the price rang
ing from par to 109.5. What is the
matter with these gold bonds anyway
that they do not meet ready sale? Are
holders of money afraid to buy twenty-
dollar pices? Is the distrust in the
gold securities of the great city of New
York caused by the silver agitation?
The inconvenience to which the
Wasco county sheepmen are put re
garding the herding of their flocks on
the timber reserve Is said to have been
brought about by some indiscrete
sheep owners ranging their flocks on
the Bull Bun reserve. There would
have been no trouble about the rest
of the reserve had Portland's water
supply not been molested. Hence it
is that a large number of sheep owners
have to suffer for the indescrete acts
of a few who disregard the rights of
Portland,
those years a day's labor, a
wheat or a pound of cotton would
nearly twice as much money as it.
at present, because money .was
plentiful, hence was of less Value.
Were the statement of the Ore
gonian, that the volume of money in
circulation has no effect upon its
value, really true, it would be of no con
sequence whether we had one million
or one billion dollars in circulation its
value would remain the same, .hence
its argument that the free coinage of
silver will drive gold out of circulation,
and thereby make money scarce and
dear, has no foundation. But all ex
perience teaches a different state of
affairs to exist, especially when we
consider money only as a commodity,
and it is nothing else, and compare it
with other commodities. Suppose Re
take wheat as the staivfcrif- bf whioh
values awaeured. When there is
an abundant crop all over the world
the supply is great", and the price of
wheat goes down, or the purchas
ing power of money and other com'
modi ties rises,, but when there is
shortage in the supply of wheat it rises
in price, and the purchasing power of
money and other commodities when
measured in wheat falls. The same is
equally true with regard to money,
Its value is governed by the law of sup
ply and demand the same. When it Is
plentiful its purchasing power is. dim'
inisbed: when scarce it will buy mor
of the results of labor.
WALL STREETS HYSTERICS.
The New Yok World is one of the
strongest democratic gold standard
papers in the. country, but it is not
afraid to read Wall street a lesson oe
casionaily. Only a few days ago it
turned its editorial . batteries looscon
the stock pambleis and gold brokers
who congregate there in the following
vigorous manner:
"The Stock exchange has no Bryan,
so far as is known, but on Saturday it
worked itself into quite a fair imitation
of the Chicago convention hysterics.
One of the members frantically waved
an American flag, and there was a
great outcry ' and uproar against
'Bryan and populism.' The tumult
ended with the organization of a 'Bank
ers' and Brokers' McKinley Campaign
Club,' consisting of democrats and republicans.
"The men may mean well, but they
don't seem to know that any demon
stration which they may make is not
calculated to help the republican ticket.
They ought to have received a strong
hint from St. Louis and to have learned
for certain from Chicago that anything
which 'Wall street' wants is quite sure
to be hotly opposed by immense bodies
of voters in other parts of the country.
"Nor is this feeling without reason.
Many of the wrongs and grievances
complained of by the voters who sent
the two-thirds majority to the Chicago
convention are real and just. While not
upholding the remedy they propose,
we have never for a moment lost sight
of the fact that their grievance is great
and their complaint in some part well
founded.
It is the concrete and combined
power for. which 'Wall street' is the
symbol in the popular mind that has
made a monopoly of transportation,
and has brought all the prime neces
saries of life iron, steel, oil, coal,
be it, sugar, and a hundred others
under the control of trusts and corn-
There are perhaps no higher recog'
nized authorities on finance in the
United States than John Sherman and
John G. Carlisle, especially when rated
from a gold standard point of view
They have both served long years in
congress and each has been secretary
of the United States treasurv. Each
has devoted much time to the study of
finance, and whatever either of them
says at this time on the question of
money is received almost with scrip'
tural sanctity by the advocates of the
gold standard. Hence what they said
in the past ought to receive some
degree of considerationnotwithstand
ing their minds have undergone some
sort of an evolution, and their views
have somewhat changed in the past
twenty years. Nevertheless their past
utterances had the tinge of prophecy
and what they foretold years ago has
really come to pass. In a speech de
livered in the senate on July 11, 1S76,
Mr. Sherman said:
"The enormous effect of the law In
Germany, and as a consequence the
partial demonetization of silver coins,
I suppose is felt by every man, woman
and child who buys or Bells anything.
A struggle for the possession of gold
at once arose between the great
nations, because anybody could see
that if $3,200,000,000 of silver coins
were demonetized, and $3,500,000,000
of gold coin made the sole standard, it
would enormously add to to the value
of gold, and tne Bank of France, the
Bank of England, and the Imperial
Bank of Germanv at once commenced
grasping for gold in whatever form
Therefore, what we have recently
observed is not so much a fall of silver
as it is a rise of gold, the inevitable
effect of a fear of the demonetization
of silver."
Two years later, John G. Carlisle,
then a congressman from Kentucky,
addressing the house on the question
of the demonetization of silver, said:
"According to my view of the sub
ject, the conspiracy which seems to
have been formed here and in Europe
to destroy by legislation from three
sevenths to one-half of the metallic
money of the world, is the most gigan
tic crime of this or any other age.
"The consummation of such a scheme
would ultimately entail more misery
upon the human race than all the wars,
pestilences and famine that ever
occurred in the history of the world
The absolute and instantaneous de
struction of half the entire moveable
property of the world, including
houses, ships, railroads, and all other
appliances for carrying on commerce,
while it would be felt more sensibly at
the moment, would not produce any
thing like the prolonged distress and
disorganization of society that must
inevitably result from the permanent
annihiliation of one-half the metallic
money in the world." ;
Only a few years prior to these utter
ances the United States had closed her
mints to silver and France had ceased
to UBe it as a primary money. The
effects were already being felt in all
parts of the world. The leading
nations were scrambling for the pos
session of gold, and on account of the
increased demand for that metal its
purchasing power gradually increased,
or in other words, the price of the pro
ducts of labor, when measured by gold,
fell. This fall was so gradual that it
was scarcely noticed from year to year,
but when covering a period of years it
was most perceptible. A comparison
of the price which the two great
staples, wheat and cotton, commanded
in 1875 and in 1894 show the prophesies
of Sherman and Carlisle, that the price
of gold would increase, were trne.
The price of upland cotton for export '
fnJI&ffaifTaehts, inl94 it was 7,
cents. Wheat for export in 1875 com
manded $1.12 per bushel, in 1894, 57
cents. A like decline in the price of
nearly every other product of unskilled
labor resulted during that time. And
what was the cause? Sherman and
Carlisle, both able statesmen an
financiers, one a republican the other
a democrat, said twenty years ago that
it was the natural result of the de
monetization of silver, and what they
said then would follow seems to have
come true.
IN A PICKEL.
Bourke Cochran, the erstwhile pol
itical boss of New York, who has been
trying to pose as a democratic leader,
has recently returned from a trip to
Europe, and is now busying himself
trying to conjure up some means by
which the democratic national ticket
may be defeated. Cochran cannot
swallow anything that pertains to sil
ver. lie wants a single gold standard
and more than anything else he wants
to see McKinley elected, because he
fears no silver medling under his ad'
ministration. The idea of bimetalism
or a silver standard is very distasteful
to Mr. Cochran, in fact he cannot en
dure anything but. pure gold as t
money.
It is Indeed strange that Mr. Cochran
ever came to America, since when he
crossed the Atlantic his native Ireland
was on a gold basis and had been for
years, while the United States was
then a bimetallic country. And it is
also strange, if a gold standard is such
a good thing for all classes that Mr.
Cochran was never able to earn enough
money in the old country to pay his
passage first-class across the ocean.
No doubt- the visions of the bard'
ships he endured in the old country
still haunt Mr. Cochran, but since he
has become a great corporation attor
ney, and has lost his sympathy for the
poor common people, he is no longer
interested in their welfare.
But this does not clear away the
picket which he "is in. He wants to
beat Bryan, and doesn't know just
where to begin. We would suggest
that he make a start by pointing out
the comforts and flourishing condition
of the laboring man in his native
country which has been on a gold
basis since 1816, and endeavor to con
vince the labarers of America that it is
to their advantage to stand in for his
good, pure, cold gold. .
Are foa "Made
Miserable by indigestion, constipa
tion dizziness, loss of appetite, yellow
skin? Shiloh's Vitalizer is a positive
cure, . f or saie oj m. jwuuw.
) EDITORIAL NOTES.
In his own estimation Bourke Coch
ran is the biggest man in the nation.
He is trying to straddle all parties
at once, and wants to get one
foot in each the old parties and ride
astride all the new ones.
If a gold standard causes high wages,
why do we hf-ar so much about the
"pauper labor" of England and Ger
many? And why was it that there was
suuh an immigration of laborers from
those countries to the United Status
while we had a bimetalic standard ?
Despite the protests of Papa Van
derbilt young Cornelius has married
the girl of his choice, Miss Grace Wil
son and has carried her off toSarotaga
for a honey moon. Cornelius is a way
ward youth who refuses to submit to
the "old man's" dictates regarding his
love affairs.
A ju9t retribution overtook the Moore
Bros.' who -attempted to corral the
Diamond Match Co. and the New York
Biscuit Co., to the detriment of other
stockholders in the concerns. While
trying to pinch others they say be
tween $4,000,000 and $5,000,000 slipped
away from them.
The combined efforts of the populists
and republicans, who fused in Ala
bama, could not overcome the demo
cratic majority in that state, a demo
cratic governor and legislature just
having been elected. The republicans
and populists made such queer bed
fellows that they couldn't pull well to
gether in the same harness.
The ratio of the production of silver
and gold 1b 17.37 to 1. In other words,
seventeen and thirty-seven hundredths
ounces of silver is produced to every
ounce of gold. The production of the
world in 1895 was 9,500,000 ounces of
gold to 865,000,000 ounces of silver.
The difference in real value at a ratio
of 16 to 1 It appears is very slight.
The attention of those papers who
have been making the silly assertions
that the Wilson tariff law had reduced
the receipts from internal revenue is
respectfully called to the report of the
commissioner of internal revenue
which showB that the receipts have in
creased $3,384,545 during the past fiscal
year. Thus, sorrowful though it may
be, another "argument" against the
1894 tariff law has had to fall
It is a pleasing pastime with the
McKinleyites to point to Mexico as a
"shining example" of free coinage
Why not point to China as a "shining
example" of the beauties of protection?
China has pursued a most vigorous
protective policy for centuries, and if
the condition of Mexico is an argument
against free coinage, the condition of
the Chinese ought to be as effective
with reference to protection.
'In the natural course of events,
Jonathan Bourne ought to get a rest
for a time. H. L. Barkley, elected by
the republicans to represent Marion
county in the legislature, has re
pudiated the St. Louis platform and
ticket, and has declared for Bryan and
Sewall. Those who have been so in
dustriously seeking Bourne's scalp
should now turn on Barkley and de
mand his resignation if they hope to
be consistent in all things.
Over in Washington there is quite
a readjustment of party lines among
prominent politicians. Hugh Wallace,
member of the democratic national
committee, " has discarded the demo
cratic ticket, while Senator Watson C.
Squire and ex-Goyernor Miles C. Moore
both prominent republicans, have re
nounced their allegiance to McKinley,
and will support Bryan for president.
The democrats can " stand such ex
changes as this where they get two for
one. . j
The relative, amounts of gold and
silver in trtenty-slx nations of the
world, including the United States,
England, France, Germany and Russia,
according to the estimates of the
United States mints, based on a ration
of loi and IB grains of silver to 1 of
gold are: Go'.d, $3,901,900,000; silver,
$3,931,100,000. With the amounts at
this ratio so nearly equal, why should
not the commercial ratio of silver
bullion be at the ratio of 16 to 1 if
legislation has not effected the price.
Philip D Armour, the Chicago
packer, is pursuing the same course of
threatening attempted by some other
concerns that are large employers of
laborand aslBsuej a 2'rcula'' ho
'A
Chicago Bankers Not
turbed in the Least.
Dis-
AFFAIRS IN CUBA
The Outlook is Not Altogether Bright
at Present For the Cu
ban Patriots.
New York and Chicago Banker are Kf
ing the tiold Reserve Intact Trean
urvr Mlnto Hu Finally Settled
With Marion County.
Chicago, Aug. 4. Nothing in years
has caused such a flurry in commercial
circles as the collapse of Moore Rro.
in their efforts to maintain control of
the Diamond Match Company and the
New York Biscuit Company. A strik
ing feature of the failure is the fact
that the stock exchange for thu first
time in its history adjourned indefiuuly
today without doing a dollar's worth
of business. The following notice was
posted:
"The Chicago stock exchange has
adjourned, subject to the action of the
governingcommittee. WlNKINS, Sea
retary."
In the corridors were excited groups
of brokers and traders 'discussing the
situation. Every one connected with
the exchange was endeavoring to con
vince everybody else that there was
no cause for alarm. They announced
that the officials of the exchange were
endeavoring to form a pool to buy up
the stock of Moore Bros., to hold it un
til the flurry was over. At a meeting
of the governing committee a commit
tee of four was decided upon to confer
with the bankers of Chicago and Moore
Bros., to arrange upon a basis of settle
ment. This committee will meet at 3
P. M. today. This action had the effect
to modify the excitement. Those best
posted declare that there is no foar of
a general panic.
It is estimated that Moore Bros, lost
between $4,000,000 and $,000,000 in
the Diamond Match deal. Some say
It wiped out every cent of their for
tunes. The Chicago News bureau Bays
the banks are taking the Diamond
Match flurry very comfortably. Their
only anxiety seems to be to help cus
tomers. The basis -of bank loans on
Moore securities has been low for a
long time. Diamond Match has been
popular, but the banks understood that
there was a lot of water in it. The
anxiety of the banks is not so great
regarding Diamond Match loans, how
ever, as regarding New York Biscuit,
which was marked up from under 30 to
over par.
PROGRESS OF THE WAR.
Cuban Patriot! Defeated in Cambola Hill
Intnrgent Campi Destroyed.
Havana, Aug. 4. The Spanish Gen
eral Lono, via Candelaria, reports that
he engaged the rebel forces in the
Cambola hills. The rebels were dis
loged ai the point of the bayonet. The
Spanish ' Vsaotured - their positions,
burned their camps, destroyed their
plantations and seized their cattle.
The rebel loss Is unknown, but it is
believed to be consideraftle.
Brigadier-General Echague, with 700
reinforcements, acrlved by the trans
atlantic mail steamer Catalina from
Spam yesterday. The tame vessel
brought a quantity of munitions of
war and $1,000,000 in silver consigned
to the captain-general.
The naval authorities report the
seizure in Nueva Ge.'ona, Isle of Pines,
of additional rebel munition deposits,
including a quantity of dynamite.
A smallpox epidemic is thinning the
ranks of the insurgents in the eastern
districts of Santiago de Cuba.
The prisoner of war, Antonio Pena
Lopez, a private, recently court-martialed,
was shot here at sunrise this
morning. Another prisoner, Nunez
Bravo, a rebel prefect, was shot at
Santo Domingo yesterday. La Lucba
insists that the executions ihould be
made public.
BOWiSD ACROSS THE OCEAN.
: the total amounted to $2,425,000. The
I gold is now beiug weighed for short
age. All coins falling below a 10-graln
limit must be made good by the banks
depositing. Thus far In the test the
gold has been found of standard
weight. The deposits bring the supply
of the yellow metal in the Chicago
office up to $12,500,000.
BOOKS IN A MIDDLE.
Kxuert Report of Kx.i reaaurer Mlutu'
AccountH.
Salem. Or., Aug. 5. The report of
the expert committee, appointed to
:t.--cfrtaln the ex-treasuror's standing
with the county, which was given out
by the county court today, corrobor
i ii ted the Information before published
aud showed that besides the $1577 held
back in the First National bank, there
was $741 45 wholly unaccounted for,
The experts further said the accounts
were so badly confused and the methodt-
so poorely adapted to the requirements
that the office books would have to be
rewritten for the period of the treas
urer's incumbency. The treasurer
receipts for the special school fund and
taxes, amounting to $79,817, were not
entered on th6 book of receipts and
disbursements, nor was the payment
thereon, amounting to $32,114, entered.
Scrip Invalid.
Baker City, Or., Aue. 4. An opio
Ion handed down yesterday by Judge
Eakin, holds that $20,900 worth of
Baker county scrip is invalid and
Sheriff Kilburn aud Treasurer Jett are
enjoined from receiving the same in
payment of taxes pending an appeal to
the supreme court. The scrip affected
is that issued for work oti the court-
boude: also warrants issued for insur
ance of county buildings; for indexing
the books of the county; for the pur
chase of a poor farm; building county
roads and bridges in 1891 and 1893, and
$400 worth of scalp scrip.
In Freedom' Cause.
Philadelphia, Aug 5. It U re
ported here that the Cuban junta In
the United States this week raised a
fund amounting to $375,000. Part of
the money has been changed into gold,
and is on shipboard bound for Cuba,
where it will be placed in the hands of
the officers commanding the insurgent
army. The balance has been retained
by the heads of the junta in Philadel-
delphla, who will use it in a way that
will best serve the Cuban cause.
TKOUBLE FOR SPAIN
Threatened With a Revolu
tion at Home.
ANOTHER SCRAP
The
Ing his people what they will receive
if there is a change in the money
standard; . or Jin other words, what the
consequences will be if they incur his
displeasure and not vote as he dictates,
In the light of such threats, we are
forced to ask what has become of
American manhood and freedom? .
The annual report of the commis
sioner, of internal revenue contains
some interesting figures. During the
past year there was a falling off of
7,413,129 gallons of distilled liquor as
compared with the preceeding year,
while there were some 4,000,000 more
gallons of fermented liquor consumed,
showing that the American people are
discarding distilled and adopting fer
mented liquors as a beverage. In the
matter of smoking, however, we are
retrogressing. The report shows that
in the past year there were 4,052,391,-
640 cigarettes consumed, an increase
of 14,897,850 more than there were the
year previous.
Harro and Samnelsun Recount
Their
The Syndicate Succeaaful.
New York. Aug. 4. The syndi
cate of foreign bankers which came
into existence to check the drain on
the United States treasury reserve
exerted by Europe has been signally
successful in its efforts in that direc
tion, but the withdrawals of gold for
shipment to Canada continues. It was
very generally said In official and bank
ing circles down town that all the gold
withdrawn for Canada nets the sup
posed shippers a premium of at least
half of 1 per cent over and above any
profit on the exchange transaction.
Marlon County Bai the Money.
Salem, Or., Aug. 4. The remainder
due Marion county from ex-Treasurer
Mlnto was today turned into the treas
ury. The amount claimed to be in the
First National bank. $1577, was turned
in yesti r.lay, and today Minto's friends
made t od the remain ing- $741.45.
Since Trouaurer Brown look charge of
the office, July 7, he had until today,
been stamping warrants, "Not paid
want of funds," The total amount
thus stamped was $8193. Today x rea'a-T
urer Brown began paying school war
rants. Maine Democrats.
WATERVILLE, Me.. Aug. 6. The
second democratic state convention
for the nomination of a candidate for
governor, assembled here today. M.
D. Frank, of Portland, was selected
for the place on the ticket made vacant
by the declination of Winslow, who
retired because of the attitude the
democratic party had taken in its
national convention on the insrrrrjpy
question. On tne ballot Fruk re
ceived 192 votes, to 133 for Hanson.
On motion of tbe latter the nomina
tion was made unanimous.
Militia and Strikers Have
Lively Skirmish in the
Streets of Cleveland.
The Water Wa Not Inviting to a Would
Be Suicide All the Presidential Can
didate Will Attend the Hal;
dlor1 Re.unlea.
Bearat'a Chicago Paper.
Chicago, Aug. 4. The Tribune to
morrow will say:
'Unless all plans miscarry, the sil
ver democrats will have a morning
paper in this city, the first number of
which may be looked for August 10.
The skeleton In
many a household is
the peculiar weak
ness of the wife and
mother, or of the
wife who ought to be
a mother and is not.
Happiness is de
stroyed by the pres
ence of the secret
sickness that may
lurk like a grinning
death among the
most luxurious
homes. The most
terrible thing about
this condition nf nf-
fiiirs is that it Is entirely needless. There is
no reason in the world why every woman
in the world should not be stronir and health
ful and capable of fulfilling her whole duty
as a wife and mother. Many women go on
month after month, and year after year, be
coming weaker and weaker, because of a
very natural hesitancv thev feel in consult
ing a physician. They know that if they go
to a doctor for treatment, the first thine he
will insist on will be "examination" and
local treatment" This must of course be
distasteful to every modest woman. They
are generally as unnecessary as they are ab
horrent. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
cures positively, perfectly, permanently, all
varieties of "female weakness" and dis
ease. It is designed to do this one thing,
and it does it. It is the only medicine now
before the public for woman's peculiar ail
ments, adapted to her delicate organization
by a regularly graduated physician an ex
perienced and skilled specialist in these
maladies. It cannot do harm in any condi
tion of the system. Its sales exceed the
combined sales of all other medicines for
women.
Every woman will be healthier and happier for
following the menaiy, practical
counsel contained in Dr. Pierce's
great universal doctor book:
The People's Common Sense
Medical Adviser." It is the most
comprehensive medical work in
one volume in the English lan
guage. It contains 1008 paxes.
fuUy illustrated. 600.000 copies
have been sold at J1.50 each
bound in cloth. The profits are
now used in printing hau-a-miU-
inn Am OTmies bound in St IX) HO
manilla paper covers. To get one you have only
to send 31 one-cent sumps ( to pay cost of mail
ing only), to World's Diaoensary Medical Associ
ation, No. 663 Main Street, Bnflalo, N. V. send
promptly before all are given away if in want
&ney ant goiBg 00 zajnoiy.
London, Aug. 5. Full details 01 the
adventurous voyage of fiarvo and Sam-
uelson in a rowboat which reached
Soilly last Saturday are published
Harvo Bays they left New York, June
6, at 5 P. M. Owing to strong winds
they were driven northward to the
banks of Newfoundland, and July 1
they epoke the schooner -Leader, and
requested tbe master to report them
all well.
July 7 they encountered a heavy gale
from the west, and had great difficulty
in keeping the boat free, as the sea
was continually breaking on board,
keeping one of them bailing. The
gale continued with more or less force
until 9 P. M., July 10, when a heavy
sea struck and capsized the boat, throw
ing them into the water. After a few
minutes they succeeded in righting
her and getting on board, and bailing
her out. All their provisions, anchor,
cooking utensils, signal lights and
several other articles which were not
Lvhed to the boat were lost. .After!
the accident they suffered severely
from the cold, having to remain in
their wet clothing.
Shortly after the weather moderated
and the wind continuing, they pro
ceeded eastward. July 15 they boarded
the Norwegian bark Cito, from Quebec
for Pembroke, and were supplied with
water and provisions, and again when
about 400 miles west of Soilly, July 24,
they spoke the Norwegian bark Eueu,
from Halifax for Swansea, and obtain
eJ from her a small supply of bread
and water.
Both men are in good health, and
look weather-beaten by long exposure.
They pulled two pairs of sculls during
the day and at night kept watches of
three and a half hour intervals, one
man pulling while tbe other slept.
R Hearat, qftSa.
Madrid, Aug. 6. (Copyrighted.
1896, by the Associated Press.)'
Trouble of a serious nature is being
fomented In Spain, particularly iu the
province of Valencia, by agents of the
Cuban insurgents. Tbe minister of
the interior, Senor Coseajon, yester
day replyiug to a question in the
chamber of deputies admitted that
riots had occurred in Valencia, caused
by the friends of the Cuban insurgent,
who hoped thereby to prevent the
departure of reinforcements of troops
for Cuba.
Hitherto the popular demonstrations
have been attributed to protests
against lmposllng new taxes, made
neceisary by the financial strain the
government has been subjected to,
through carrying ou the campaign
against the insurgents in Cuba, but
while the government is only willing
to admit that the riots have been insti
gated by the agents of the Cuban revo
lutionists, it is generally admitted that
the root of the trouble is much deeper
and that it is being nourished by a
natural feeling of alarm and dismay
at the apparent utter inability of the
government to cope with the situation
in Cuba.
A LlVfcl. bHlRMISH.
State Militia and Strikers Again Exchanic
Shots
Cleveland, Aug. 6. Between mid
night and 1 o'clock this morning a
crowd made an attack on the building
where a man named Johnson, employed
at the Brown hoisting works, lives.
They broke windows and yelled like
Indians. Soldiers rushed to the scene.
Part of the crowd scattered, but a
dozen men stood at bay with revolvers
and fired at the militiamen. The sol
diers replied with rifle balls. The men
then scattered.
In the melee Private Perkins, of
Company B, was shot, but it is not
Known how seriously. He was taken
away iu an ambulance. An official
statement at Colonel Whitney's head
quarters, is that Perkins was acciden
tally shot while loading a revolver.'
It is claimed by others, "however, that
he was wounded in the Luther-strcet
skirmish.
NO NAMES MENTIONED.
Astoria Dentist Received Timely Provi
dential Aid.
Astoria, Or., Aug. 6. A promi
nent dentist of this city had a disagree
ment tonight with his wife, and, as a
result, announced his intention of
committing suicide by drowning him
self. Suiting the action to the word.
tbe dentist separated from his better
liairou urn, ui ' i.w.i.-Ujuj-cats and
hastened in the direction of the waW
front. - His wife smilingly followed,
tne husband having a good-bye u he
at ftpqu.'ot intervals until he rracluxl
the doirk. Walking down a slip until
the water reached his knees, he looked
around and once more bid good-liye to
his wife, who was on the dock above,
smiling broadly and confident that her
husband's threat was only a bluff.
The farewell had just been uttered
when the dentist's feet slipped from
under him and he found himself in 30
fe.-l of water. He ti'ruge'led with all
l:U mi; ht to Ucp afloat, crying lusiily
for help, and attracting a large crowd
of peoph. He was hauld out thorough
ly soaked, but completely cured of tho
Idea of seeking a watery grave.
Shot Hit Wife and Killed Himself.
San Francisco, August 6. John
Sopher. a worthless character, this
morning tried to kill his wife
killed himself. Sopher
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A Man Sold at Auction.
Elizabethtown' Ky., Aue. 5. A
sale on tbe courthouse steps last even
lug was a reminder of ante-bellum
days. Insteatd of a negro slave being
transferred to another owner, it was a
white man sold atauctlon for vagrancy
under an old law seldom enforced
The vagrant was Lawrence Peak, con
victed by tbe circuit court. Six
montba was tbe penalty. The sale was
cried by Deputy Sheriff Williams.
Out of the large crowd present there
was only one bidder. John C. Reil
bid $12.75, for whicb he is entitled to
Peak's services for six months.
Strengthening; the Reserve.
Chicago, Aug. 4. The Chicago
banks volunteering to' strengthen tbe
treasurv with some of their gold have
made all of their deposits at the Chi
cago sub-treasury. Casbior Pratt said
IkiCO
Examiner, will be the financial genius
of the Chicago Daily Enquirer, which
will be tbe new paper to uphold the
cause of tbe sflverltes among tbe peo
ple of the Middle West."
Bloody Fight Among; Boys.
Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 5. A
bloody affray occurred among a crowd
of school boys at Buchviile, Montgom
ery county. Robert Chew and Beure-
gard Poole became involved in a fight
Friends of the belige.rents joined in the
fray. Pocket knives were used. Sev
eral boys were dangerously wounded
Poole was stabbed in the breast
several times and died of his wounds.
The Chew boy escaped and has not
been captured.
Another Ticket Placed.
San Francisco, Aug. 5. The
Spreckels faction of the republican
party of tbe fourth district held a con'
vention last night, and nominated H
G. W. Dinkt'lspiel for congressman
W. W. Montague was nominated for
presidential elector and Cornelius
O'Connor for alternate. This makes
two sets of congressmen and electors
nominated by the republicans of tbe
fourth district.
Montana Kilverltes' Piaus
Bctte,' Aug. 5. Tbe republican
conference agreed at tbe state conven
tion to nominate state officers, after
which' the silver republicans will with
draw, organize a separate convention
and nominate electors for Bryan and
Sewall, while those remaining will
nominate electors pledged to McKin
ley and Hobart. The convention will
be held September 9, at Helena, six
days after the democratio convention.
Fight With an Outlaw.
Gtjtheie, O. T., Aug. 5. Bill Doolin
the outlaw who escaped from the jail
In this city lour weeics ago, was sur
rounded by deputy marshals at We
woka last night. A desperate fight
took place, and during a fuscillade of
shots Doolin escaped. Deputies
Gregor and Reynolds were killed.
A Farther baspenslon.
Chicago, Aug. 6. It is reported on
excellent authority that trading on
account on the Chicago stock exchange
will be suspended for 30 days after the
exchange shall have been opened. It
is also probable that deals in future
options will be limited to a week or
ten days. All this has been caused by
Moore Bros, collapse.
Kerves on Edge,
nervous, tired, irritable
I was
cross. Jiari 8 t,iover now xea
made me well and happy. :
MRS. rj. O. WORDEN,
For sale by M. Z. DonnelL
and
has
uae from
months ago
the woman left her husband and went
to Dixon. . He followed her there and
attempted to shoot her. She returned
to San Francisco to avoid him, and he
followed her here. This morning he
called at a lodging-house where she
was stopping, and after a short con
versation put a pistol to her mouth
and fired. The woman Is not danger
ously wounded. Sopher then shot
himself through the head, dying in
stantly. "
AU Nominees WU1 Attend
ToPEKA, Aug. 6. All the candidates
for president will attend the soldiers'
reunion here in September. Accep
tances have been received from Mc
Kinley and Bryan, and Hobart has
wired that he will be here. Invita
tions have been sent to Thomas Wat
son and Arthur Sewall, and the popu
lists and democrats allege that they
will be here.
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A. A. BROWN
FULL ASSORTMENT
HtD PROVISIONS,
Special f rcss to Cash Buyers
170 SECOND STREET.
Crops In Lane Connty.
Eugene, Or., Aug. 6. Harvesting
is well under way, and some threshing
has been done iu this locality. The
yieldB of wheat reported run about 15
bushels to the acre, and oats about 25
budhels7 which is fully up to expecta
tions. Most spring-sown grain Is a
failure, some fields being unfit to cut
and others barely worth cutting for
hay.
Reed Ke-Nooauutted.
Portland, Me., Aug. 6. Speaker
Thomas B. Reed was nominated by
acclamation for tbe 10th consecutive
term in congress by the republican
convention of the first district today.
Job . .
Printing:
Of all kinds doue on short
notice and at reasonable
rates at this office.
PETITION.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer has
preached Senator Squire's funeral ad
dress, and declarer his announcement
that he will support Bryan Is the sign
ing of his political death warrant. The
Post-Intelligencer must be asleep; and
has not yet learned that Washington
will hereafter take its plaze among the
sure democratic states. Squire sees
the drift of the tide and is simply get
ting into the band wagon before the
procession starts.
The democrats, single-handed and
alone, were able to carry Alabama by
40,000 against the combined repub
licans and populists forces. But when
the populists and democrats combine
on Bryan this fall there Is no tellirg
what his majority will be.
The Dalles City and Moro stage line
Douglas Allen proprietor, leaves More
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays',
leaves The Dalles Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays. Office in Umatilla
house. Passenger rates one way 11.60:
ryuna trip -
To the Honorable County Court of Wasco
County, Oregon :
We, the undersigned taxpayers and legal
voturs of Falls Precinct, county and stata afore,
said, respectfully petition your Honorslils
Court to grant a license to Patrick MoEu-aht
to sell Spiritous, Vinous and Malt Liquors at
the town of Cascade Locks, said precinct. Id
less quantities than one gallon, for the period
of one year.
A Fie schhauer, C L Sohmldt, Mike Common,
P W Ycttlck, Pat Lshy. D L Cates. Patrick
Wtilsb, P A Trana. Geo Fomun, Nels Nelson,
Win Fraser, James Uarton, S J Dryden, B
Marten. J C K Falrview, Pat McGuire, John
Wolf. John Braska, John Russell, Hans Wlecks,
w oi r raiiie, ium cuugius, ionn Vjr fsrown,
Tom Burl, John Fladeboc, John Thlewn, H
Glazier. Barry Gray. M Fitzgerald, Sam Mo
Carv. Wm Thomas, Z M Dlxoa. Jack Williams,
JWAttwell, AM Barrett, J Dlrcks John Mo
Coy, M McKlnnon, J Allison. J Dolson, John
Andersen, Louie Carey, Wm McKenzle, H L
Warner. Alfred Collls. M Smyth, P Griffin, A B
Andrew, Wm Housten, Isai Morln, P Nolan,
August Peterson, John Martin, W E Hergaton,
John Wistrand, H Fltzsimons. C H Trait, A J
Knightly, R Black, Jim Finn, Pat Flun, G
Boccl. Murtln Marcelchi, Ben Slallory, David
vvessuils, Rudolph Schmld, George Suffteft,C A
Brollier. Chas Olsen, W B UergaionJoe Smith,
Jack Burke. E Alwick. E P Ash. Dr C J An.
drain, Tho Scully, I Nonlstram, John Kenis,
John Kerns. C B Lee. Jack Amelia, H A Lear.
ens. M Welch. Uwt Mccary. J H McDonousb.
R S Aldrich. J K Sorbin, A H Traak. E A Ai
wick. Alax Tesso.
August a. lbtti.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given that tha undersigned
bus been appointed admldistrator of the astata
of Christina Phillips, late of Wasco county and
now deceased. All persons having olalms
against said estate will present the same, dulv
verified to m at Klngsley, Oregon, or to my
attorney's. Dufur A Menefee, of Dalles Cltv
W asco county. Oregon, within six mouths from
the date hereof.
Dated at Dalles City, this leth da'
Administrator of ths MUM of Christina Phil.
1 1 n. J - - ul . .
this lth day of July.
S. B. PHILLIPS. '
lstina I
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