. ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY 7 .; V:. tby j. A.. DOUTHIT, Publisher. ' .SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 'i DAILY OncYcw.br mill..;.. 24.00 Sis Months.-. . 8.00 Thne Hooaths.. 1-60 -WEEKLY OneYear, by mail...... ajamontnt.. ...... ' All BobMriptiona Payable la Advance. 1.M 75 SATURDAY. AUGUST 29, 1896 " - A JUST DEMAND. If any one class of people 1b entitled to the fostering care of the govern- ment, or if any should receive special ' faTors from legislation it is the agri oolturistev Upon those who produce the wheat that makes our flour, the wool and cotton that clothes us and ... the meat we eat, we must all depend for our sustenance. The farmer who toils in the fields is the real producer of wealth in all countries, except per haps in the strictly manufacturing centers, and these all are indirectly dependent upon the agriculturalists. , ' The farmers then are the real backbone of the country, and upon their prosper ity rests the prosperity of all. With out them our railroads would have no "traffic, our merchants no customers, - our bankers no clients, our maaufao ' turers neither raw material to manu facture, nor consumers of their pro ducts. 'Therefore, since the life of all industries depends upon them, if the fostering care of the government c should be extended to any class it is the farmers. But, with the exception 1 - of the wool farmer, they have received the least favors from legislation in the past. . They have been taxed to build up manufacturers and transportation , lines, to maintain the army and navy, - to pay the running expenses of govern- ment, but little indeed have they re ceived in return. ' ' Now when they ask for a change in : the monetary system of the country which they believe will be beneficial : to their interests,- in that it will en ; hance the value of their products, they 'are confronted by the moneylenders, the manufacturers and the transpor tation companies with the charge that . they are "repudiators -and traitors." In this we believe the favored classes are unwise. . They may be shrewder financiers and more accomplished manipulators of stocks and bonds than are the tillers of the soil, but they are no more patriotic or honest. Through their manipulation .of legislation : they - have been able to formulate systems that are bene ficial to themselves, but detrimental and oppressive to the masses. It is but natural that they should reluctant ly surrender any of the privileges they have enjoyed in the past, but they have almost squeezed all the life out of the wealth producers by their op pression, until a point has been reached where the burden is no longer bearable, and if they would be pros perous in the future they must con cede something to the class upon whom their prosperity depends. They must concede to the farmer something more than a mere living as a result of his labor. It is argued of course by the favored classes that the remonitization of sil- Ter wui not result beneficially ana higher this rear than for man; years past, despite the competition with France, Italy and Spain. Neither did he complete his pathetic story about the injured farmer of Grande Ronde valley who cannot sell his bar ley because there is not enough duty to prevent its importation from Can ada. Had he completed his sorrowful barley story.he would have shown that in the most prosperous year under high protection the Grande Ronde farmers had been able to ship fully two train loads of barley and there were perhaps fifty farmers in that sec tion partly engaged in barley raising. What an awful big percentage is this compared with the balance of the 70, 000,000 people in America. He might also have profitably shown how it was possible for the farmers in the more rigorous climate of Canada to raise barley and ship it into this country and sell it at a price below the cost of production in Grande Ronde valley. He also might have shown wherein the Canadian lumber men are success ful competitors for the lumber trade of this country by admitting the fact that they pay the same wages across the line that are paid on this side, that their timber costs them very nearly the same, and that the mill men have to import their machinery whereas our mill men are using domestic ma chinery. Had he gone a little Into de tail and dwelt a little on facts it would not have been necessary for him to have shed tears over the dangers of our Pacific coast Industries being an nihilated through competition with Canada. The idea of any of our in dustries being- endangered through competition with Canada . has long since-been exploded and is only re ferred to by such back numbers as McComant. THE QUESTION OF WAGES. INCONSISTENCY. to the farmer, but the latter believes differ ently, and bases his belief upon the : conditions that existed prior to 1873, when- silver was -demonitized. He looks back to the period of "Inflated Currency" when his every product brought almost double . the price it does now, and remembers that in those . days he was prosperous, whereas, since that time he has seen the values of his products steadily decrease, until, now he is confronted with ' bankruptcy. With such conditions existing it Is but just that the demands he makes for a revision of systems that will better his condition be granted. To prevent anything-that will be beneficial to the farmer is to prevent all possibility for prosperity, since without a prosperous farming communities all business en terprise is impossible. The gentleman who met in state convention at Portland last Saturday and effected the permanent organiza tion of the national democratic party of Oregon, did some consistent things and many that were inconsistent. All the gentlemen who addressed the con vention admitted that the prime ob ject of the organization was the defeat of the regular democratic nominee and the election of the republican. Some went so far as to say they wanted to be left free to support McKlnley, but by tneir acts tney iavorea putting up a ticket to catch the votes of the waver ing democrats who. opposed the free coinage of silver,' yet who were not ready to aid in turning over the reins of goyernment to corporations, syndi cates and trusts. But the most inconsistent feature of the convention is brought out. by a comparison of the platform with the sentiment in favor of electing the re publican ticket. After commending President Cleveland's administration, and denouncing the Chicago conven tion for not praising it, the platform says: "On the other . hand, while the declaration made by the republican party on this aspect of the financial question is more in harmony with our views, we believe that in other direc tions its principles and- practices are fraught with the greatest danger to the welfare and integrity of the country. It is not a party of the people, and the plain people of the country have no hope oi It has dealt with (lavish hand favors AWFUL GOOD DOLLAES. .With a tenacious persistency the republican press and orators continue to demand that we have an awful good . dollar, one tha is big and sound, and - high priced, one that will buy "its full weight in gold," and none-other. The harder the dollar is to earn the better it suits them., Senator Sherman is : emphatic In his demand for a big dollar, but in this he shows himself to be in consistent with his tariff views." The -. Spokane Review, commenting upon his . recent "great speech" thus very clearly .'. shows his inconsistency: "Mr. Sherman says he is for the - gold dollar . because it cheapens ' American products. He likes it be cause it will buy three bushels of wheat, six bushels of corn, twelve to fifteen pounds of cotton and wool, nearly forty pounds of .lead, and all other commodities in proportion. 'That dollar is the best dollar that buys the largest quantity.' He there fore believes that the dollar would be twice as good if it bought six bushels of wheat, twelve "bushels of corn and thirty pounds of cotton. ' If Mr. Sher man believes that, and he says he does, by what peculiar mental process is he in favor of the protective mental tariff? The avowed purpose of the protective ' mental tariff is to raise prices, and thus make the dollar ' buy less food and clothing. How can Sherman con sistently be for one principle to make the dollar buy more, and the same time support another principle to make it buy less? Grover Cleveland at least has the virtue of consistency. With Sherman, he believes that the best dollar is the dollar that buys the most, and he pursues a logical course when he tries to make it buy greater quan tities, first by its appreciation, and second by the application of free trade." - and privileges to special interests and corporate enterprises until they . have become arrogant and insolent, and, setting their own selfish ends in array against the common weal, - they have assumed to direct and control the affairs of state for their own advance ment and in disregard of the rights and well-being of the great body of the citizens of our country. These in fluences now constitute the mainstay of the party which fathers them. . "We recognize in impost duties the most efficacious means of raising reve nue to defray the expenses of govern-' ment, but we hold that the prime object of this system was to provide revenue and that protection is its in cident, and we affirm that as admin istered by the republican party It is the fundamental . cause of the ills which now afflict the country, and for which we hold misgovernment by that party primarily responsible. It is sectional and partisan in its effects; it has created and nourished privileged classes at the expense of the body of the people; it has fostered a spirit of dependence of the employe upon the legislator and of the employer, thereby sapping the essence of enterprise and manhood; it has destroyed our mer chant marine, and made desolate the shipyards of our seaboard states; it has almost caused the retirement of our flag from the high seas and cut off both capital and labor from the great field of commerce, one of the prime supports of every truly great nation; it has bred trusts and combinations of capital and power, which destroy- competition, narrow the opportunities of labor and depress purchasing and enhance sell ing values at the expense of the laborer, the material man and the con sumer; and it is an ever-present source of corruption in the public service." .Ye gods, what inconsistency! In one voice the honorable gentlemen who composed the convention assert their object is'to aid in returning the republican party to power, and in the next, they in their platform, arraign that party as the enemy of the plain people of the country; a party whose practices are "fraught with the. great est danger to the welfare and integrity of the country;" a party that has "de stroyed our merchant marine," a party that has "bred trusts and combina tions," and is an "ever-present source of corruption in public service. " Still these gentlemen avow both by word and act that their purpose to aid in again putting that party in power, simply because the party of the people threaten to open our mints to the un restricted coinage of silver. " The fact that higher wages are paid in the United States than in any of the free silver countries is held up as an argument by the gold standard press for maintaining that standard in this country. Especial stress is laid to the low wages paid in Mexico, they being held up as an example of what the American laborer would be brought to in case free silver coinage should be adopted by this "coantry. But some of the writers on this question are de cidedly indiscrete and overdue their argument. Especially is this true of a correspondent to the Evening Post, an American capitalist who has in vestments in Mexico, whose expres sions are quoted as authority by' the Oregonian, in an editorial under the head "Conditions in Mexico." This correspondent, in the following words, convinces the unprejudiced mind that it is not the money standard, but the standard of the laborer, that reduces him to low wages in that country. He says: "The Mexican workman, as long as he is punctually paid, does not grumble or kick. He asks himself "no questions as to what his employer makes. Strikes. and labor combinations are unknown. The Mexican government would soon put an end to what we see almost daily occurring in this country. He never saves anything, so the secretion of wealth does not trouble him, and he knows nothing about spring beds, porterhouse steaks or pianos. His wants are few A cotton suit, a serape, a straw hat and sandals for wardrobe: maize cakes and beans for food, and an occasional spree on mescal or pulque, with plenty of tobacco which he gets dirt cheap that is all. He lives con tentedly and unconcerned for the mor row as a bird, never looking forward and never looking backward, till the day comes when he. is coffinless, wrapped in his cotton suit and serape and laid to rest." This is proof of the position taken by the advocates of bimetalism, that the standard of money does not gov ern the standard of wages paid. And while wages are much higher in- the United States than in Mexico, they are higher in that country now than they were under a gold standard, and are steadily advancing as the native labor becomes more skilled. Besides wages in free silver Mexico are much higher than they are in gold standard Italy, Turkey and Egypt, even though the Turk and the Italian are more grasping and have a greater desire to accumulate wealth than the -Mexican, who, according to the correspondent quoted above, never saves anything, and is satisfied with maize cakes and beans for food and a suit of cotton for clothing. A class of people who are satisfied with sufficient with which to supply immediate Wants and who have no idea of accumulating a competency for the future are not such people as will command or earn high wages. This is the condition of the Mexican laborers. They are only semi-civilized, they are indolent, im provident people, and ages will be re quired to bring them up to an equal standard with American laborers as wage earners. More than this, skilled laborers from the United States, such as railroad engineers, brakemen, sec tion formen, who are working in Mex ico are getting as high if not higher rragn thnn thn nitia rlnan nt laborpra are in this country, hence it is difficult to be convinced that the standard of money has anything to do with the price of similar kinds of labor by la borers of equal skill, whether the money be gold or silver. Conley, says this depression has fallen alike upon the countries that are upon a gold basis and the countries that are upon a silver basis, hence the agita tion of the money question in the United States could scarcely have been responsible for the depressions that have existed throughout the world. Then what is the cause? Is it not possible that the claim of tho bimetal lata, tue "sliver loons' as they are called, that the striking down of one half the basic money of Germany, France and the United States, when they demonetized silver, is the cause of all this wide-spread disaster? When these three countries, in rapid succes sion, declared gold the only standard by which values should be measured. they struck down one-half the basic money of each country. Thus the de' mand for gold was increased two-fold and all value of property, measured in gold, was reduced one-half, so that the products of labor fell in price corres- ponding to the rise in the price of the metal in which they were measured tiiaine, bnerman and Carlisle, years ago, predicted this would result from the demonetization of silver as a pri mary money, and what they predicted has come true; the greatest financial panic through which the world has ever passed has been the result. WILL AID BIMETALISM. Something was said in these columns recently with reference to the effect the adoption of free coinage would have upon other countries, especially those holding' American secureties, toward forcing them to adopt bimetalism in order to protect their own interests, It was held that our foreign creditors. so soon as they were convinced their American holdings were to be paid either in silver or gold, would at once insist upon the introduction of bimetal ism in their respective countries; that is, they would favor the restoration of silver as a primary money, and thereby a most perfect system of bimetalism would be established throughout the world. In short, it was intended to show that the only way to secure inter national bimetalism is to begin witn national bimetalism, since foreign creditors'would be interested in bring ing our money, or rather the money in which their securities are to be paid, to a parity with the money of the world. The same line of reasoning appears to haye suggested itself to Dr. Otto Arendt, the learned bimetalist, He says: "Bryan's victory will no -doubt pre pare the way for an international agreement. Should Bryan be elected we, the bimetalists, would gain form idable allies, while American bankers would certainly do all in their power to forestall the depreciation of Ameri can values by backing our cause of international bimetalism. "Now as to the prospects in Europe. The possessors -of American values, fearing depreciation, would influence the Bourse to such an extent as to cause capital to reconsider its attitude toward bimetalism, whereupon the European governments may be obliged to adopt bimetalism in order to restore confidence and equality. All Europe has formally declared that bimetalism shall not be introduced without Great Britain's co-operation. The English Cabinet, at Balfour's instigation, de sired March 17th that nothing should interfere with the gold standard. . Bal four represenlsThe remarkable and" questionable view that no change of WHAT IS THE CA USE? On the morning that William J. Bryan arrived in New York to meet the notification committee, Francis D. Carley, president of, the monetary trust, addressed an open letter to the candidate, warning him to stay away from the metropolis of the nation. In his open letter Mr. Carley held out the impression that no one has a right to address an audience in that great city without first having obtained the consent of the money leaders. First he attempts to show that all business depression has. been caused by the agitation of the theories which Bryan advocates; then he goes on to explain that there has been a general depres sion of business all over the world, dating back to the failure of the Bar rings in 1890. In his open letter to Bryan, Carley says: "You come to a great city. Hereto fore it has been a joyous and prosper ous city, but gloom has seized upon every business circle and anxiety has come to every home since you. an nounced your coming. We fear you. We believe you represent the worst elements in the country." Had Mr. Carley stopped here and said nothing more, his warning might at least have had the semblance of con sistency, since it was an avowal that the agitation of the silver question had caused the unsettled condition of busi ness, but like all other hypocrites, in his endeavor to make his argument more impressive, he gave his whole case away when he said: "We realize that we are in a period of industrial depression. Those of us who have spent our lives' in finance and in study of economic questions know that this depression has been world-wide; that it fell alike upon those countries which are on a gold basis and upon those countries which are on a silver basis; that periods of prosperity and periods of depression have followed each other through the entire history of civilization; that such alternations arise from the effort of mankind to conquer nature and im prove his condition; that periods of de pression are brought about by natural causes, and can only be overcome by a more careful obedience of those laws." Here one of the greatest financiers of the country, a representative of the most gigantic money-loaning concern coinage should be imposed on financial men. In other words, the world of finance rules, the thief is jailer. Bal four waits and hopes patiently for the bimetalic conversion of London. That famous debate of March 17th has clearly shown what is thought of the question in the city. The Shylock standpoint was never presented with more brutal effrontery than by Har court." . Many of the leading statesmen of Europe are firm believers in bimetal ism, but the courage of their convic tions do not carry them far enough They will not seek to give them tho force of law without the consent of tbo money power. That consent will never be given so long as it is profit able to maintain the gold standard. But when it becomes necessary as a source of protection against possible loss, In order to maintain at par the values of some great debtor nation like the United States, consent will be readily f orthcomi ng. It will n o longer be profitable for the money loaners of Europe to attempt to keep up the gold standard at home, while their securi ties abroad are payable in silver or gold at the option of the debtor. Whenever the mines of America are opened to the unrestricted coinage of silver and it has full legal tender powers, then the creditor nations will favor international bimetalism and not till then. cial system, gold monometalism, is not desirable or the best for the country, but it advises the people to cling to it until an impossible thing can be ac complished. Then it appeals to the patriotism fit the people by inviting them to re-enact a protective policy that benefits the few at the expense of the many. EDITORIAL NOTES. AN APPEAL TO VOTERS Address Issued By the .Metal ic League. Bi- GOLD DEMOCRATS Why don't the Oregonian demand the resignation of Secretary of State Kincaid? He is holding an office at the behest of the republican party, and at the same time his paper, the Oregon State Journal, refuses to sup port the republican nominee for president. The communication of M. J. Ander sen, published in another column, is worthy of careful perusal. Mr. Ander son is a life-long republican, but like thousands of others, refuses to follow me lead oi his party wnen it arrays itself with the classes against the masses. The Telegram says "Killfeather has been snubbed by the fusion, but wait,'' intimating that he will bolt. In this the Telegram is off. Mr. Killfeather was not "snubbed." He retired from tho electoral ticket of his own free will, and is a firm supporter of the Bryan electors. The Statis, tbe leading financial journal of London, in its issue of Aug. 1, discusses at some length the finan cial situation in the United States, and unlike most gold standard papers, admits that the free coinage of silver can result in no harm to -the United States, nor can it in any way endanger its credit. The sheepraisers who are so bitterly denouncing President Cleveland be cause the Cascade forest reserve is closed to their flocks should bear in mind that the bill creating tho reserve was passed and approved during Pres ident Harrison's administration. That was indeed a protection administration to the extent that it sought to protect the grass in the mountains against the encroachment of sheep's teeth. The president has appointed Hon. David K. Francis, ex-governor of Mis souri, secretary of the interior, vice Hoke Smith, resigned. In coming to the Middle West for a secretary of the interior, President Cleveland has used good judgment. Had he not totally ignored the West in making up his cabinet in the first place, possibly his administration would have been more popular on this coast. At least it would likely not have been credited with so many mistakes. Those democrats who believe the maintainance ot a gold standard of more importance tnan all other issues are consistent in supporting McKinley for president. And on the other hand, republicans who believe silver should be coined without restriction, and that this is a question of : paramount inter est, can only exhibit their consistency by coming out squarely for Bryan. There can be no middle ground on this issue. - There is no fence to straddle this time. Tho nomination of a gold democratic ticket at Indianapolis or a free coinage republican ticket would be the height of folly. ' The "dignity" with which Major McKinley has thusi far conducted his campaign, or with which Marie Hanna has conducted it for him, assumed a rather more 'common plaee attitude last Saturday when a few thousand Pennsylvania protectionists went over to Canton , to gaze upon their 'prophet," and the "dignified" candi date actually condescended to address the common herd for a few minutes. He was very guarded in his remarks, and from his speech it is difficult to form any idea of where ho stands on any question except the tariff. . He is still solid for taxing the masses for the benefit of the classes The Executive Committee Arranging for the National Convention. A Murder and a Suicide A Mated Outlaw Killed The Kuler of Zanzibar Is Dead Suicide of a Promi nent Lawyer, Chicago, Aug. 2o. An address was issued today to "the friends of bimet alism in the United States," signed by A. J. Warner, president of the American Bimetallic Union, and George E. Bowen, secretary. After declaring the importance of the s'lver question in the present campaign, the address says: "Tho contest is now on and it can only be settled at the polls To tho end that the decision may be right, the American Bimetallic Union strongly urges the formation of silver clubs and leagues in every state, county, city, town -and school district in the Union. To all interested in the cause we say, organize. Our means are limited and the wealth of the country is arrayed almost solidly against us, but we will aid in the work of organization and education to the utmost of our ability. " THE GOLD DEMOCRATS. Arranging for the National Convention at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Aug. 25. It has been practically settled by the executive committee of the national democratic party that the temporary chairman of the convention shall be taken from the East and the permanent chairman from the South. Several names have been mentioned, but the plan, it seems, is to make -Bourke Cochran of New York temporary chairman and Donel. son Gallery of Louisiana -permanent chairman. The statement made in the East yesterday that Henry Watterson would accept the nomination for pres ident under certain conditions, attracts wide attention. It is conceded that the gold democrats of Kentucky will be an important factor in the conven tion, and they may be able to swing the convention for Watterson. BY THE PI9TO. , ROUTE. a Prominent lawyer of Ban Suicide of Jose. San Jose, Aug. 25. P. O. Minor, a pioneer resident of San Jose, a promi nent lawyer and capitalist, committed suicide this morning. He shot himself. He left a note saying that intense suf fering and worry were the cause of the act. He -was on the bond of a notary who secured several thousand dollars by forged mortgages and fled. Yester day a remitteur was received from the supreme court affirming the judge ment ' against the bondsmen. His wealth would hardly make this a suf ficient motive for suicide. McKINLEYS ACCEPTANCE. AN EXPLODED IDEA. In an address before the U. S. Grant : club in East Portland the other day, Wallace McComant drew a decidedly gloomy picture of the lumberman, the barley raiser ana tne prune grower, all of whom he said had been ruined by foreign competion through the re moval of the tariff on their respective, products. The lumber mills are closed, he says, by the shipping in of lumber from Canada. But he failed to give to his hearers the benefit of the fact that not 5 per cent of the lumber consumed in the United States is imported from Canada; nor did he refer to the foreign lumber trade of the Pacific coast or ay anything of the millions of feet that are being shipped to South Amer ica and Africa in direct competition with the lumbermen of the world. Mr. McComant also forgot to state the facts in reference to tbe prune market -ad let his hearers know that prunes Differ as we may on politics, all of Eastern Oregon and Washington too has a common interest in the opening of the canal and locks at the Cascades, and on this question we can all join hands. Let us not lose sight of this important matter, but keep up a never ending clamor, especially with our senators and representatives, urging them to insist upon the work at the Cascades being prosecuted without delay. The republican press of the country urgently advises Bryan to not make any more speeches in New York City. Are they afraid that he will convert some of their forces to the cause of the masses? Thousands of people are availing themselves of the free excursions to Canton, Ohio, and listen to Major Mc Kinley talk. It Is a sort of picnic Jfor the laborers whose employers gives them a holiday while Hanna foots the railroad fare. .r? in the nation, and a "true blue" re publican by the way, knocks two of he most forcible arguments of the re publican party in the head. For three years we have been told that tbe de pression in business was the result of tbe threat to establish a free-trade policy in this country, and now a firm advocate of the protection theory says the depression has been universal throughout the world, so if bis state ments have any truth in them, tha idea that the agitation of the free.trade doctrine in the United States is re sponsible for all this trouble is ex ploded, for it is hardly reasonable. that the adoption of a policy, which the protectionists tell us would result in benefit to the rest of the world, caused such wide-spread disaster in countries whose interests were to be Improved by the throwing open of our ports to their commodities. Later, we have been told that all this disaster Is the result of a threat to place tbe United States upon a silver basis, but this great financier, Mr. The long looked for letter of Candi date McKinley has at last been pub lished, and the letter throughout is a defense of the principles of protection and the gold standard, or might more properly be construed as an apology for the principles which the national republican party enunciates. The can didate enters into a lengthly discussion of the money question, and asserts that the republican party favors bi metalism, -but says it never can be ob tained except by international agree ment. Plainly stated, Mr. McKinley pledges himself and his party, in case he is elected, to fall down upon their knees and implore the rest of the world, and especially the countries holding American securities, to aid us in get ting away from gold monometalism and place ourselves on a firm financial basis. Virtually McKinley acknow ledges that the single gold standard is detrimental to the best interests of the country, but he can only suggest an impossible remedy for getting away from it gaining- the consent of the money lenders of Europe to surrender a portion of their profits on the loans they have extended to this country, After thus having expressed the in. ability of hi9 party to cope with the money, question independent of for eign powers, Dr. McKinley writes the prescription which he pretends to be lieve will cure all human ills. In this he is like the old doctor who had but one . remedy for all diseases, and pre? scribed his ijour pills for all ailments. Dp, McKinley '8 medicinp Is protection.. "Increase tbe burdens of taxation and you will bring everything around all right" is bis theory. But he is care ful to not be top radical on this sub ject, so radical as to alienate the old: line democrats who consider gold paramount to everything else, and he throws out a very pretty bait for their support. Nevertheless be could not refrain from denouncing democratic tariff reform, and lauding the merits of the tariff-law which bears his name.-"- ',' ; " - Summed up. Major McKinlev's letter is a confession that our present flnan- Senator Mitchell announces that so soon as be arranges some private busi ness, be will be at the disposal of the republican ' campaign committee and will take tho stump for McKinley. Now if the senator will lend us his ear for a moment we will whisper some thing to him that may be of interest. While we have no objection to his campaigning for McKinley, we would impress upon his mind that the people of Eastern Oregon have a claim upon his services. They want the locks at Cascades opened and they want the portage road at that place operated. If Senator Mitchell wants to succeed himself, he had better look after these matteis before be starts out in the in terests of somebody else. Should McKinley be elected, says the San Francisco Examiner, the presont vicious system will continue. Tho bond syndicate in Wall street are keeping quiet now, because they fear they are not popular and might hurt the party. But with McKinley in the White House they would have four years more of a stock exchange president. At present the bond mill is out of commission.' "The wheels of this industry," as. Major McKinley would Bay, are stopped, but the fire is only banked, .and the' grist is ready ana waiting lor the time to quote Major McKinley again when "con fidence is restored." That is what he told his friends 'at Canton Saturday. "Elect me and you will restore confi dence." . - - ' A Murderer and a Suicide. Lowell, Mich., Aug. 25. Charles Church, junior member of the. private banking-bouse of C. J. Church & 'Co., shot and fatally wounded his wife and then committed suicide this morn ing. The bank closed yesterday for the alleged reason that it was unable to realize upon its assets. This morning Deputy Sheriff Cowan called at Church's house to serve a a writ of attachment. Church locked the door and immediately three pistol shots were heard. ' The door was broken in and Mr. and Mrs. Church were found lying on tho floor, the former dead, the latter mortally wounded. The elder Church had dis appeared. They Want McKinley. Canton, Aug. 24 A thousand work men from 28 potteries in East Liver pool traveled 70 miles to call on Major McKinley today. This glazed-ware in dustry has been established in America since McKinley was sent to congress from this district 20 years ago. Chair man W. L. Smith, Colonel J. N. Tay lor and W. B. Blake headed the dele gation. When they reached McKin ley 's home there were 3000 cheering people in the crowd. Whitney and Yanderbllt. Newport, R. I., Aug. 25. The wed ding of Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, the oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Cor nelius Vanderbilt, to Mr. Harry Payne Whitney, the oldest son of the former secretary of the. navy, William C. Whitney, took place at noon today at "The Breakers," Vanderbilt's summer residence. . The wedding was in the way of a disappointment to society here, owing to its simplicity. buildings, worth nearly $2,000,000, and lumber worth nearly $1,000,000; insur ance, $75,000. The loss on the balance pf the village will foot up about $2, 000,000, insurance, $300,000. Houghton and Hancock are raising provisions and clothing. Money is needed. THE COFFEE CROP IS DOOMED. Weylcr Will Mot Allow It to Be Gathered. Madrid, Aug. 2G. According to ad vises received here from Captain-Gen eral Weyler in an interview has ton firmed the report that he intends to issue a decree ordering the suspension of the gathering of the coffee crop, He is quoted as admitting that this is a grave step to take, but he claims it is necessary in order to deprive the in surgents of the resources upon which they count. The captain-general did not deny that the suspension of field work might swell the ranks of the in surgents, but he insisted that this was better than allowing the proceeds of the crop to be used in the purchase oi arms ana ammunition, lie ex plained that a large quantity of arms and ammunition was landed in Cuba last week, and he asserted that this could not have been dono without money. "Wo cannot punish the authors," he said, "as we did in the case of tho Competitor. We must derive the rebels of their subsidies from tne plantations." Bryan at Syracuse. Syractjse,N. Y., Aug. 20 In Han over square, at Syracuse, 5000 people gathered to hear Bryan. He said: "Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens In this land of ours, where the govern ment derives its just powers from the consent of the governed, and where an official for a short time exercises any authority by law, it is only fair that those who are to choose by ballots Baovua oe permittea to come in con tact with those who are candidates for so high a position, and, as in this cam paign it is very difficult for all our peo ple to find necessary money, either gold or silver, to visit the candidates, I thought it might be worth while for the candidate to visit the people. Then, too, I thought it might be well for one accused of being the candidate of a body of anarchists to show himself in order that you may judge whether he looks like one bent upon destroying the government under which he lives." Heavy Business Failure. New Yoke, Aug. 26. Hilton, Hughes & Company once A. T. Stew art & Company); have made an assign ment to G. M. Wright. Figures are not yet obtainable. The assignment is without preferences. Elihu Root is attorney for the assignees. Among the banks the failure is re. gardedasdue to the gradual decline of business. The firm's credit for the last five years has been badly impaired. It is understood that little of the firm's single name paper is out. The firm has been selling stock for several weeks past, and recently was under stood to have received about $750,000, which has been reducing liabilities. It is reported Siegel, Cooper & Com pany u U take over the stock of Hilton, Hughes & Company. He Has Made no Campaign Promises. ON FIRST BALLOT Washington Republicans Nominate Sullivan for Governor and Put Up a Full Ticket, & isoy Dragged to Death by a Runaway Horse Supreme Lodge of Knights Elect Officers Mutiny and Murder. Erie, Pa., Aug. 27. Notwithstand ing the three long addresses and half a dozen short speeches made yester day, Candidate Bryan plunged into the battle again this morning, speak ing from tho balcony of the Reed house to 2000 people assembled in the street and opposite park. Mr. and Mrs. Bryan were entertained at the residence of Otto Gormer, a prominent stove manufacturer, and at 10:30 a. M. drove to tho hotel, where it was an nounced they would hold a reception, Bryan was escorted to the balcony overlooking the street, where Theo dore P. Rynder and Rev. Frank S, Heath had been making preliminary speeches, and received an ovation from the crowd, in which workingmen seemed to be in the majority. In this speech he touched upon the question of patronage, declaring that none have yet approached him with requests for office in case of his elec tion, and he has made no promises. He dwelt on the necessity of electing a friendly congress as well as presi dent to insure the victorv of free Bll- r, and closed with an exhortation to elect John C. Sibley to congress. Bryan's voice was decidedly husky for the first time since his week's rest at Red Hook. You fry fish or oysters In Cottolene they will not be greasy. Always have the skillet or frying-pan cold when the Cottolene is pat in. Remember that Cottolene heats to the cooking point sooner than lard and that it must not be allowed to burn. when rightly used, never im parts to the food any disa greeable greasy odor or fla vor. For pastry or any shortening purpose, but 9j the quantity that was form erly used of lard, is neces sary if Cottolene O - IS - EE took fcrtbs OotteUos wJi marls "Cm. fewaa" sad left in eaUi leaf areata so ever Um. THE M. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY. St. Urns, WfSj an rrunw, I wiiaa w, niifi Ml Hits K DOCTOR G.W. SHORES' COMPLETE ATARRH URE. BOTH LOCAIi AJTD TKTEBNAX. 8DLI.1V AN FUB GOVCBNOB. Washington Republicans Nominate a Full Stat Ticket. Taooma, Wash., Aug. 27. P. C. Sullivan of Pierce county was nomi nated for governor by the republican state convention this morning on the first ballot. The vote stood: Sullivan 284, Whitson 48, Wilson 80, Leah 20, Jones 3. The ticket completed is as follows: Supreme judge, J. P. Hoyt, of King county; secretary of state, J. H. Price, of Pierce county; state auditor, John E. Frost, of Kittitas; state treasurer, A. A. Kellogg, of Columbia; attorney- general, E. W. Ross, of Cowlitz; super intendent of public instruction, D. L. Brunton, of Walla Walla; commis sioner of public lands, W. T.t Forrest, of Lewis county; state printer, O. C. White, of Stevens county; presidential electors, L. B. Andrews, of King county, Sol Smith, of Klickitat, J. N. Conn, of Pierce, and. W. K. Kennedy, of Adams. Aid for the Cubans. Philadelphia, Aug. 20. Accord ing to two cablegrams received in this city, the steamer Laurada, which sailed from this port for Cuba, August 6, landed one of the most formidable filibustering expeditions yet shipped to Cuba, then sailed to Port Antonio, Jamaica. The Laurada landed 200 men and an immense cargo on the southern coast of Cuba, Santa Clara province' The careo consisted of 53,000 pounds of dynamite, 11 field guns, four can non, seven gatlings, and a quantity of ammunition. Fusion Is Effected. Bay Crrv, Mich., Aug. 20 The con ferees appointed by the three conven tions yesterday, reached an agreement at 11 o'clock today. They decided that the name at the head of the ticket should be "The democratic-people's union silver party." The populists are accorded three electors and the nomination for auditor-general. The three conventions will meet in joint convention to nominate a state ticket, the populists and silver men together to have a representation equal to that of the democrats. A Famous Scout. Pendleton, Or., Aug. 27. John McBean, for 30 years interpreter at the Umatilla Indian agency, and a famous scout under Colonel Step toe and General Howard, died last even ing on the reservation. McBean was a son of a factor in the Hudson Bay Company in early days. The funeral of John C. Arnold, late surveyor-general of Oregon, was held here today. President Royal, of the normal school, preached the sermon on Arnold's life and character. Ono of the most bunglesome laws on our statute books is that regulating teachers' certificates, making a certifi cate issued in one county invalid, and the construction put upon the law. by Superintendent Irwin, that the same grade of certificate granted in one county cannot be issued to the same party in another, makes it still more bunglesomo. For instance, an effi cient teacher may be granted a second grade certificate in Wasco county, but if he desires to teach in an adjoining county, he must secure a first grade. The fault lies in not making certifi cates issued in any county valid in the entire statesince all examining boards are supposed to be competent to judge of a teacher's qualifications and the lists of questions are uniform all over the state. Baler of Zanzibar la Dead. Zanzibar, Aug. 25. The sultan of Zanzibar, Hamed Bin Thwain Bin. Said, is dead. He was about 40 years of age, a nephew of the late 6ultan, Ali Khalif, and Burgash, and succeeded to the sultanate on the death of Sultan Ali, March 5, '1893. He was one of a number of claimants, and was selected as the most fitting by the British gov ernment, which exercises a protector ate over the sultanate. Mutiny and Murder. Boston, Aug. 27. The crew of the Portland' brig Henry B. Cleaves mutinied in the harbor of St. John Porto Rico, attacked the captain, over powered the mate and about killed him and inflicted injuries on the steward which caused his death. The steward, Antonio F. Berra, was struck over the head with a belaying pin and thrown head foremost into the hold. A Noted Outlaw Killed. Guthebie, O. T., Aug. 25. United States Marshal Thomas and deputies killed Bill Doolin, a noted outlaw, in a battle near Clajton, Payne county, last night. One deputy was wounded. Doolin escaped from tho federal jail here July 4. , . TOWX DESTROYED BY FIBZ. Property Ex-President Harrison and Chaun- cey M. Depew opened the republican campaign . in New York . yesterday. Both confined themselves to the finan cial and tariff questions, holding that a gold standard and protection were the two necessary polecies to be purr sued in order to insure prosperity. Both expressed great solicitude for the welfare of the laborer and wanted his wages paid in gold dollars or their equivalent. It is not surprising that General Harrison should have some sympathy-for laborers, but when Chauncey M. Depew seeks to pose as the friend of labor one naturally ques tions his sincerity. The great strike of the employes of tbe New York Cen tral railroad.-of which Mr. Depew to president, Is still fresh in the minds of working men. Five million Dollars Worth of Was Destroyed. Houghton, Mich., Aug. 26 Fire has destroyed the village of Ontona gon. The fire originated in a swamp just south of the Diamond Match Com pany's mills. A 40-mile gale swept the flames before it and the planing mills, box factory and immense dry kilns were soon in ashes. The flames then descended to the business and resi dence quarter of the city and finally lodged in 65,000,000 feet of sawed lum ber on the dock. - The destruction of the village was complete, barely a dozen houses re maining standing. The onslaught of the flames was so sudden that barely one in twenty succeeded in saving any of their effects. The heat was so in tense the people were compelled to seek: shelter under the trees and drift wood along the lake shore. Manv of them walked to Rockland, 15 miles away. There are about 1800 men, women and children without food or shelter. Many insufficiently clothed, suffered severely last night. The Diamond Match Company lost Its mills and BABY'S COniNd. Nature intended that every woman should look forward to the coming- of her baby with joy ana nope, unciouaea by anxiety. Almost pain less parturition is quite the usual thing among uncivilized people. Even in our own country it occasionally happens with women in robust health and good condi tion. It ought to be the rule instead of the excep tion ; and it is a fact that a very large proportion of the usual pain and suf ferinor tnav lw vmAA k. looking after the mother's general health, and specially strengthening the particular Organs concerned in parturition. Many mothers have been brought through the trying time almost painlessly by the aid Of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It prepares the system for delivery by im parting the organic strength and elasticity which the mother specially needs; shortens the time of labor and of confinement ; pro motes the secretion of abundant nourish ment for the child and fortifies the entire constitution against the after period of de- Eression and weakness. It's use should egin in the early months of gestation the' earlier the better. A Bullet In His Br Astoria, Or., Aug. 27 John Sven- son, a fisherman, was found dead at Clifton this morning, with a bullet wound in his breast. At first It was thought Svenson committed suicide, but Coroner Font's investigation now makes it appear that it was a case of murder instead. Svenson was tbe keep er of tbe scow from which a woman and two men, whose dead bodies were afterward found, disappeared during the fisherman's strike, a few months ago. It Is surmised that Svenson knew something of the murderers of these people, and, under tho stimulus of the reward offered by the county court, was about to make some damaging dis closures, and benco his taking off. The Knights of Pythias. Cleveland, Aug. 27. The supreme lodge, Knights of Pythias, today de voted tbe morning session to the eleo tion of officers for the ensuing two years. Vice-Chancellor Philip Oos- grovi was elected supreme chancellor by acclamation. The other officers elected were as follows: Supreme vice- chancellor, Thomas G. Sample, of Allegheny: supreme master of ex chequer, Thomas D. Mears, of Wil mington, Del.; supreme master-at- arms, James Moulson, of St John, N. B.: supreme keeper of records and seal. Dr. R. L. C. White, of Nashville. Tenn. ; supreme prelate, Albert Stein- nart, of Uroonvlllo, Ala. Drag-ge d to Death. Walla Walla, Aug. 27. Frank Fell, the 14-year-old son of Howard Fell, living near Prescott, this county was dragged to death by a horse last night. Yesterday evening he left tbe house, leading a horse to pasture. He did not return, and his father went out to look for him. He was found 300 yards from the house In a wheat field, dead. The body was badly mangled, while the hcrse was grazing nnar by, still held by the rope twisted about tbe boy's right wrist. Young Fell's neck was broken, both arms fractured, and every part of bis body torn and bleed ing. Investigation showed that tbe horse had drae-sred the bov throueh t hree barb-wire fences and over 200 yards of stubble field. Mangled In a Pulley, Eugene, Or., Aug. 27. A horrible accident occurred in the sawmill at Trent this forenoon, whereby a man named Howard was horribly mangled, If not fatally injured. Howard was making a wire cable fast to a log in the pond, and in some manner was caught by the cable. The machin ery was in motion, ana Howard was arawn up ana Horribly mangled in a pulley through which the cable passed. The wire cabli had to be cut to extri cate the suffering man. and it is not yet known whether his injuries will prove latal. The Kale Broken. cew iobk, Aug. 27. Money on can in tne ooararoom toucned la per cent today, but only a sirall amount was loaned at that figure. A consider able amount was loaned at from 8 to 10 percent. At extreme high figures a prominent firm broke the rate by lend- log a million in scattering amounts at o per cent. Certificates Not Needed. New York, Aug. 27. Chalman F. B Tappen, of the clearing-house loan committee, says nq applications for Ipan certificates are expected in tbe The ealy reaMdv taaraateef to ! t sir care catarrh ana completely eradicate the disease rom the Meed aad System. FULL SIZE, $1.00; TRIAL SIZE, !3CJ. 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Obi., - August 1, 180S. f Notice Is hereby given that the following. - named settler has filed notice of his Intention to make final proof In support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Kee inter ' and Receiver at The Dalles, Oregon, on Octo ber 10th, 1886: NEWTON PATTERSON. Hd. E. No. 8023. for the Stt NE!a. NWW SEIa and NEM SWttf. See. HI, Tp. 1 N., R. 14 K. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation . of said land, viz: Phillip Warner. John Darnlelle. W. H Wll. llams and J. E. Ferguson, all of Tha Dalles. ' Oregon. JAS. tr. MOORE. Aug at , . Register. NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION. Land Orncs at Tub Daixbs, Obbook. . Auiraat . I Hue Notice la hereby given that the folio Ine named settler has filed notice) of his inmtim. to make final proof in support of his em, and that said proof will be made betas Reirlater and Receiver, at The Dalles, Onson. on October ID 1HM vi. ''T'..' T- - ANNA M. MCBERO. fRecord name Anna FWeherv). W. IE. smb for tbe 8K!4 NVS(, See. a. Tp. 1 N., R. 11 r. ai. near future. Tappen expressed the rreecriptkra being ao good for a woman with sufficient for the time being- to relieve I p xmirt Sroi5:wiiH. ti . tbo domestic money situation. -The total ampuht prdered and aflpat is estimated at 1 10,000,000. anv tin: trss born I walked tnto another room and went to bed. I never had an aiter-nain or anv othr pain. Thie ia the eighth child and the Unrest of them all. I suffered everything that fleah ccmld suffer with the other babies. )sl ways had a doctor and then he could not help me very touch, but this time my mother and my husbanej were alone with me. My baby was only seven 4sye old when got up and dressed and left my i ana suyea up au day," Ohio Populists Nominate). SPWNGFIEED, Ohio, Au?. 27. 2 populist convention E. J. Stark for i food commissi Sprine two Albert Jrdan. William Jordan IWut dan an-" Louis P. Oslund. aU of Tha iwnu !). ' . '"t J AS. r. MOORE, u.:9- Register Slfiilflrt TO EXCHANGE for Orraoa, S I O.lWU property. IfMaeres nearOolfu. Placer county. California, in acres Is.TM vlnen) 10 year Tokay grapes; law a yea, Crawford peaches; 900 Bartlett pears, 1 year; 800 and year Kelsey plums; ft acres plums; balance un cleared but all tillable: new fcSOd house: all it build ngs: two gold mine on uncleared. m assaying ISO upon surf aoe roek; land roll- a. u. UAHaWELL, Monlfomery street, Baa Vrancinco,