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. ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY ' . A DOUTHIT, Publisher. SUBSCRIPTION BATES. , . DAILY rm MA t Six Ma V. Three 1 ' - v- the rear, 07 eaau c-"" Hum ......... ......... s.w Moooths.... I-" WEEKLY (me Year, by mail Six month....... 11. so 75 : All Bnbacriptiona Payable In Adnuce. SATURDAY... SEPTEMBER 19, 1896 GOLD GOES ANYWAY. One of the stock ' arguments of the gold press of the- country against the free and unrestricted coinage of silver is that it would drive gold either out of the country or out of : circulation Possibly this might bo the result, but the driving out process could scarcely beany more rapid than it has been :. durinc the Dast thirty years, for dur ing that tin? e we have driven both geld and silver out of the country very rapidly.-in fivct at the rate of about .40,000,000 a year of each metal, or aSout $80,000,000 of both. The mint reports show that from 1860 to 1894 we produced, from our mines, $1,337,800,000 of gold and $1,395,- 200,000 of silver. It is generally esti- I mated that we have in circulation and horded in the treasury some $650,000,- 000 of 'gold and about $575,000,000 of silver .'a total of 81.225.000,000. Allow ing that we had $500,000,000 of metalic money in I860, and we really had more than that, and that since then we have produced $2,633,000,000, and now have only $1,225,000,000 of metalic money, we haye lost $2,408,000,000 in thirty years. - Whether this drain has been caused by our monetary system or whether it has been through the balance of trade beinir against us. , we leave for the goldites to explain, but certain it is that the metalic money that has been due from our mints has gone, and if statistics are of any value, it has gone more rapidly since we have been on a purely gold basis than during any other period of our history. Can it go any faster if we open our mints to free coinage? , is the question that con fronts us. It seems not. If our mints are opened to silver we will at once begin the coinage of that metal, and bv causing an increased demand for that metal will increase its production, On the other hand our gold, even thouch it croes to a -premium, will be in demand as the basis of commercial . ! J , I . An profitable investment here, would not necessarily be attracted abroad any f. more rapidly than it has been in the J past. If it goes into hiding at home it t . will AA&oa tn raa.li7.n a. nmfifc to its own ers, and since there is no hope of its becoming more valuable when another metal is allowed to take its place as a basic money, it would soon find its way back into the avenues of trade. THAT PBOSPEBOUS EBA. . Something like one hundred thous and newspapers in the United States are telling us that- the most prosper ous times this country ever had was from 1880 to 1893, and the prosperity . was 'Checked by a change in the ad ministration. Tbey persist in telling their readers that a return of that -prosperity can be had by the election ' of Major McKinley to the presidency, the adoption of a little higher rate of taxation and the maintenance of the . gold standard. Let us look backward and see if we want to return to that season of boasted prosperity. Total number of business failures in . the United States first half of 1880, 2,399; -assets, $14,727,907; liabilities $31,000831,803. Total number first half 1890, 5,466; assets, $30,025,116; liabilit ies $62,867,963. Total number of strikes in United - States in 1881, 471; affected 2,528 es tablishments and threw 129,521 men out of employment, causing a wage loss of $3,372,578. Total numbtr of strikes '- in 1891, 1,718; affected 8,117 establish- ments and threw 299,064 men. out of . employment with a wage loss of $14,- 801,714. ' Acres of land mortgaged in 1880, 42,743.013 for $710,888,504. Acres of land mortgaged in 1889, 70,678,257 for $1,226,323,000. . '. Mortgages of town lots incurred in , 1880, 429,955 for $368,322,037. Mort gages incurred in 1889, 1,282,334 for ; $1,166,838,555. Percentage of increase - of real estate debt incurred in 1889 over 1880, 146 53. Rate of taxation per capita in United States in 1880, $6.20; in 1890, $7.53. - This is the effects of the "prosper ity" caused by the retention of the gold standard and the operation of the high protective policy. Do the people of America want to continue being thus prosperous? : NOT A THEORY. More ton Frewen, one of the best known authorities on finance in Great Britain, being interviewed in London . recently by a representative of the "New York Journal, gave the following as his opinion of the effect of free coin- age in America upon tne price or silver: ' .- personally agree vr.th Mr. Bryan - - that if the United States should open her mints at 1 to 16 she can raise the 'exchange value of silver all the world - over to her rating. I hold this opinion -not upon mere grounds-of theory, but upon what we actually saw during the month of June, in 1893. We saw the mints'of India closed and we saw the effect of that closure; the price of sil ver fell more than 25 per cent in five days. If the closing of the Indian mints singlehanded had such a colos- "-Bui-Effect as that upon the price of silver bullion, how great would be the ." effect experienced if the United States, with her enormous exporting power, were to open her mints to free coinage? It seems to me almost a 'rule of three' sum that with the mints open in the United States silver would go to 129 cents an ounce and remain there. I agree in holding this view with President Andrews of Brown University, and with a number of authorities on this side of the water, including Mr. H. B Gibbs and Mr. Grenfell, both ex-gov ernors of the Bank of England, who stated this view explicitly in the evi dence they gave before the royal com- - mission on currency in 1887." BAKBVPTCY CERTAIN. 1 One of the contentions for the re taining of a gold standard is that it is a benefit to the borrower, since it lowers the rate of interest he is re quired to pay for the use of money. IThls position seems difficult to sub Wntinte. for the price of money, the interest charged for its use, is governed mainley by the supply and demand and the nature of the security pledged rlor its repayment The purchasing' power of the money cuts- little figure in the amount of hire demanded for its any other property, and since the value of any other article does not al ways determine the rent charged for use. Money Is but slightly different from its use, the purchasing power of money will not dictate its interest. To illus trate, a horse kept for hire may be worth only $30, which is a low price, yet the owner may charge $2.50 a day for its use, a very high price. And the position that the value of a thing is distinct from the value of its use is as true witn regard to money as any thingelse. But suppose an appreciated money does reduce the rate of interest, is the borrower benefited? His inter est must be paid in the same article borrowed money and if it requires more of his products to buy the ap preciated money with which to pay the interest, and 1 the money continues to appreciate each year it becomes more difficult for him to pay the interest. If money is dear and hard to get, in terest is necessarily dear and hard to get also, and 5 per cent of dear money will be harder to pay than 10 per cent of money that is more plentiful and easy to get, and will continue to get harder as money appreciates. So the contention that the retention of a dear standard of money is in the interest of the borrower is fallacious. Instead of benefiting him, it will make the pay ment of interest more difficult, and the payment of principal impossible. With a continuance of a money stand ard that is constantly appreciating, bankruptcy stares every borrower in the face. THATINPEBTINENT LI. Li Hung Chang, the great Chinese statesman, is not out altogether for his health. He is pokinsr his nose into everybody's business, and learning everything he can that will be of bene fit to his government. His inquisitive- ness is indeed admirable and leads almost to impertinence, but he is a "heathen Chinee" and is excusable. The S. F. Examiner very appropriately portrays his search for knowledge when it pictures him having a private interview with Boss Hanna, and puts these questions into bis mouth: How rich are you? Did you make any of your money reducing working men's wages? If . the free coinage of silver would, as you say, tend to re duce the wages of workingmen, why are you opposed to it? Who gives you all the money you are spending now? What do you promise in return for it? How do you make Mr. McKinley do what you tell him? Will be keep on doing it when he is president? How did you get hold of him first? Do you consider those notes are a good in vestment?" Although these questions are put into the mouth of the great Li, and are about the catechism he would put Boss Hanna through, they are ques tions the American people would like Mr. Lanna to answer just now. ENGLAND WILL FOLLOW. A correspondent to the New York World, had about the right idea of the effect of the adoption of free coinage in America when he said: "Let us sup pose just for argument's sake, that such would be the case, that our trade with England for instance would be completely paralyzed; what would be the probable effect on the two coun tries? We get nothing from England that we cannot produce ourselves. Our tourists, instead of spending $200,000, 000 or $300,000,000. annually abroad, would go to Wyoming, California or Alaska, where their dollars would pass for 100 cents. China, who sells us teas and silks; Brazil, who sells us coffee, and Argentina, who sells us hides and who takes comparatively nothing from us in return, will buy from us when we receive their dollars for 100 cents while England allows them but 50 cents for it. Our surplus cotton we would make intofabrice and send to China, Brazil, Argentina and other silver conntries instead of sending cash. ' "England could not produce the cot ton, wheatand meat she gets from us.nor could she get tbem elsewhere, but then she probably would not want them With her trade with the silver couu tries cut off she would have no market for her fabrics and wares and no work men to consume our wheat and meat. England will say all sorts of mean things about silver and keep us in the gold standard column as long as possi ble, but when we once cut loose, when we get the bit between our teeth and go rearing and tearing like your old white mule after free silver, England will be so close on our trail that it will be hard to tell which is really ahead, Yes sir; let us elect a free-silver pres ident and congress and England will adopt free silver before we can get our president and congress together. THE EAST AGAINST THE WEST The result of Monday's election in Maine, when compared with the demo cratic landslide in Arkansas, to some extent, illustrates the sentiment of the peopln of the different sections of the nation with reference to the issues that divide the two great political parties. However it cannot well be taken as a safe index of what the vote in Maine will be in November. The democrats were seriously handicapped in the recent campaign in that state, Eeiore . ttie cnicago convention was held they nominated ' a gold man for governor and adopted a gold platform The nominee subsequently resigned, and the platform was reversed, where upon a bolt of the gold democrats oc curred, and a gold candidate and plat form were put out in opposition to the regular ticket. The 50,000,000 plurality for the republican candidate for governor, under these circumstances, cannot be looked upon as much else than a victory of a well organized party oyer a party that was disorganized, more than it tends to show that in the ex treme East the sentiment is strongly in fayor of the republican ticket, while the result of Arkansas' election shows the sentiment in the South and West is the opposite. Even the apparent republican vic tory is not discouraging to democracy, for two years ago Maine gave a repub lican plurality of 38,978, and in 1892, when the republicans weie anihiliated in the presidential election, Maine, in its September election, rolled up a good majority for the republican state ticket. Maine and all other Eastern states will of course give McKinley a large vote next November, while the Soutn and West, whose interests are with the democratic nominee, will cast their votes solidly for Bryan. It is expected that the coming election will be larerelv sectional, and that it will be an array ing of the East against the South and West. Boss Hanna has arranged for fiftv tree excursion trains to run into can ton tomorrow, and na expects to get 50.000 people to ride in and look at the major and listen to His generals talk politics. A NATUBAL BESULT. Major McKinley, in his letter of ac ceptance says: "It is a cause for pain ful regret and solicitude that an effort is being made by those high in the councils of the allied parties to divide the people of the country into classes and create distinctions among us, which, in fact, dojnot existand are for eign to our form of government. These appeals to passion and to preju dice are beneath the spirit and intel ligence of a free people, and should be met with stern rebuke by those they are soue-ht to influence, and I believe they will be. . Every attempt to array class against class, 'the classes against the masses,'- section against section, labor against capital, the poor against the rich, or interest against interest in the United States, is in the highest degree reprehensible. It is opposed to the national instincts and interests and should be resisted by every citizen." Every word of this is true. Classes and casts should not be known in a re publican form of government, but sad to relate.-they do exist in the United States, and-it is to put an end to this distinction that the allied parties of whom Major McKinley complains, are laboring. By a long system of class legislation and paternal form of gov ernment, classes have been created. An aristocracy has grown up in our midst, in practice, if not in name. Through legislation favorable to their interests, the aristocracy has been enabled to, step by step, build themselves up to affluence, and grind down those who have been unable to control leglsiation. By these methods they have created classes. It is they, not tho masses, who have drawn lines between the rich and the poor. It is this favored class that is at the found ation of the sectional strife of which Mr. McKinley complains. Had they been satisfied with letting well enough alone, and not have sought to enlarge their powers and tighten the bonds with which they hold the less favored classes, the cry of sectionalism would never have been heard. They are the ones who are responsible for the con ditions that now exist. The actions of the St. Louis convention in turning over the management of the party that Mr. McKinley represents to these favored classes made it necessary that the lines be drawn between those who seek to manipulate the government io(their own interests, and those whom they sought to oppress. These lines were drawn by the actions of the Chicago convention. The toiling masses sought through the declarations of that body to free them selves from the oppression of the favored classes. Though in those dec larations there was little of "bitterness or sectionalism, simply a demand for justice and right. And how was this met? By a united voice from the classes that the tolling masses were anarchists, socialists and traitors. For demanding their rights and lessen ing the powers of the favored classes, they were denounced as howling dema gogues and a lawless mob. Nor was this all. Fearing the efforts of the St. Louis convention would- prove ineffec tive in arraying the classes against the masses, another move was set on foot, and the Indianapolis convention re sulted. It had no other object than to more firmly cement the power of the favored few and further subjugate the wealth 'producers of the country. " If there la.; an arraying of labor against capital it is the outgrowth of the systems adopted by interests which Mr. McKinley represents. It is the result of wealth ' having become too ayoricious and having undertaken to enlarge its powers at the expense of the majority of the people. It is only a child of necessity, brought into ex istence by the acts of those who now condemn it most bitterly. LABUBS- "FB1END: The republican nominee for the presidency is being made to pose as the Mead of laborers, and his election is urged in oehalf of the wage earners of America, it being asserted that the policies that will be adopted, in case of his asoendency to power, will set the mills and mines in operation, thus af fording employment for the great army of workers. Were Mr. McKinley standing alone in this campaign, 'such a contention might be accepted with a degree of credence. But behind - him is Mark Hanna, and his hand will be the one to wield the power, hence the question arises, what position does Mr. Hanna hold toward labor? The following dispatch, dated at Ishpenn- ing, Mich., on Sept. 11, will tell: "Robert Askew, president of the Mineral Mine Workers' Progressive Union, arrived today from Chicago where he had been to make a special plea to Mark Hanna in regard to the unjust treatment received by employes in the mines owned by the chairman of the republican national committee, Mr. Askew is not satisfied with Han na's attitude, as the latter is ap parently fighting for delay.. 'For several months Superintendent McMasters, who is employed directly by Hanna to manage his mines in this district, has been discharging members of the union on the slightest pretext Members of committees who waited upon him to have certain abuses cor rected have been instantly discharged, The condition of the miners and their families is deplorable, and it was thought if Hanna was appealed to di rectly some change in the arbitrary methods of the superintendent would be made. The horrors of the situation are sensational in the extreme. If it were not for the charity of the miners for each other, deaths from starvation would be of frequebt occurrence. None of the men employed in the mines dare object to these conditions, as the loss of his position would be the penalty. Hanna is said to have requested Askew not to mention the matter, but to return home and prepare a written statement of all the grievances and submit them for his consideration. This is regarded by the miners as a scheme to delay the matter until after the election, as in the meantime they would be expected to -remain, quiet. After November the old order of t&ings would be renewed, it is claimed, and for that reason the miners will issue an ultimatum that Hanna must right all wrongs suffered before October 1st. If he does not the union will notify all labor organizations in the country of the situation." T1UBD TICKET PLATFOBM. In discussing the platform princi ples of the boltercrats, on which Pal mer and Buckner stand, the New York World calls attention to some features that are important to the voters of the country and particularly to democratic voters who are considering it a duty to vote for the third ticket. Tho World says, a " democratic plat- j form of 2000 words surely had room ! ormwli frvt- a KiiwSfin declaration ui,-ii " - i against trus'ts," but it says not a word for or against such aggregations cf the money devil. Why? Because the Indianapolis convention was under tho control of those who servo trusts, syn dicates and monopolies. "Even more important," says the World, "is the financial plank. In setting up tho single gold standard and having no word in favor of an in ternational agreement or any other means of increasing the use and en hancing the value of silver, one of our country's richest products and consti tuting over one-half of Its store of money, the convention simply gave new point and edge to the free silver arguments. It is a banker's plank, written by bankers' attorneys, and hence is both selfish and short sighted." There you have it! The World frankly admits the plank was written by bankers' attorneys. That is why it is so undemocratic and yet a few democrats are deeming it a "prin ciple" to vote the ticket. The World concludes its article as follows: "Messrs. Flowers, Belmont, Fall-child and their associates are ap parently too closely identified with the Well street view of finance to un derstand the depth and strength of the popular belief In blmetalism. In op posing the disastrous descent to a cheap silver basis they lose sight cf the possibility of reconciling the country to the single gold basis" - "The people of the United States desire an honest and actual bimetal ism, gold and silver dollars of equal Intrinsic value. This is the tradition of the country. This is the demo cratic principle and practice. In fail ing to recognize it the Indianapolis convention made a bad mistake." This is exceedingly interesting, com ing from a journal unfavorable to the Chicago platform because It is undem ocratic and opposed to McKinley be cause of his weathercock record on money and his one advocacy of high protection. As the election draws near and nearer it becomes apparent that the voter, believing the people should rule and not the rich and opulent, will cast his ballot for Bryan and thus settle the doubt that exists concern ing the capacity of the people to dis cuss public questions to such an ex tent as to use their votes in their own interests. BESENTJNG COEBCION. The members of the American Rail way Union have come out boldly and declared their rights and privileges as American citizens to exercise their right of suffrage as tbey see fit, and will resent every effort to coerce them into voting the gold ticket. On Sept. 9 the directors of the union issued an address to all its members and to all railway employees in the United States denouncing the coercion of railway employers to join McKinley sound money clubs, and calling on all West erners to vote for Bryan. The address is signed by Eugene V. Debs, James Hogan, Sylvester Kelliher, William E. Burns, R. M. Goodwin and M. J. Elliott. It Bays the coercion practiced is of momentous import, and describes the methods practiced as "astounding." The round houses, depots and shops, says the address, - have temporarily been converted into political wigwams, and employees are intimidated to join sound-money clubs by - the railway managers. 1 "We know of many instances," says the address, "where employees. .are given to understand that their con tinuance in servioe depends on their supporting the gold standard candi dates. - The country stands amazed at such bold and shameless intimidation." The address declares that it is not free silver alone that has enraged this railroad monopoly, but the attack in the democratic platform on govern ment by injunction. This, it says, is the milk in the cocoanut. The Injunction history on the Tol edo, Ann Arbor and North Michigan road, and the injunction restraining employees from quitting the service of the Northern Pacific because of a re duction of wages, under penalty of being committed to jail, are reviewed. The election of McKinley, it says, would mean the perpetuation of a gov ernment by injunction, the supremacy of the corporation and the helpless subjection of employees. The demo cratic platform is commended. In closing tho address says: "We pledge ourunited and unwaver ing support to William J. Bryan for president and appeal to railway em ployees and all workingmen to join with us in rebuking corporate tyrany which attempts to wrest the sacred rights of suffrage from employees, in abolishing government by injunction and in securing and maintaining every right of citizenship vouchsafed by the constitution of our country. The one federal judge who has proved himself to be immeasurably above the corrupting influence of cor porations, who has earned the con fidence and gratitude of all railway employees, Henry C. Caldwell, has de clared that the nomination of William J. Bryan is the greatest since Lincoln. "We heartly concur to the declara tion of the honest and distinguished jurist." THE MKINLEY PBESVBIPTION The medicine that Dr. McKinley and his supporters prescribe to make the country more prosperous is taxes, taxes, taxes. "Increase the duties, give us a return of the 1890 tariff law, make the farmers, the great mass of producers, pay a little more taxes, discriminate in favor of our manufac turers, our coal and iron minors, our coal oil trusts, our glass and tin plate makers and our sugar planters" say Dr, McKinley and his henchmen, and then we will return to prosperity. To raise the price of wheat, they would give more protection to the manufacturers of wool and cotton cloths. To raise the price of beef, mutton and pork, they would give an extra protection to the manufacturers of tin plate and glass. T raise the price cf wool, they would extend more protection to lum' ber men and the manufacturer of agri cultural implements. And it continues through the whole list in this line. To create prosperity, to give the primary producers better prices, tbev would increase the bur dens of taxation for the producers and give the favored classes more favors. Tax the people for the benefit of tne classes is the only prescription Me- Klnlevism offers as a medicine to cure tbe evils tnat now exist. The Orezonian pi tne iztn, in a flaming double-column notice, offered "a liberal reward" for an answer to the ouestion- that "Pascal answers for Mr. Gourlav today. Unless the Ore- gonian was simply bluffing it should now put upxr shut up. EDI7VRIAL NOTES. The bankers are succeeding pretty well in their "patriotic" effort to maic tain the credit of the nation and have succeeded in getting the gold reserve up to $114,271,000. now long will it take -them to deplete the reserve after election day? If tho gold standard is a good thing, why do the republicans, in their national platform, declare for bime tallsm by international agreement? which is an impossibility. Vhy are they not honest, and declare for a gold standard first, last and all the time? Bryan had an audience of only about 45,000 to hear him in Kentucky yes terday, hence the Oregonian aid not see fit to mention his meeting. Whenever less than 50,000 are out to hear Bryan, the big daily down at Portland considers it a sort of a "frost" unworthy of mention. A republican exchange says there can never be but one stable money standard, and that must be gold. In another paragraph it savs it favors a double standard whenever the con sent of other nations can be secured According to its fir3t proposition, it favors something that is impossible. The spectacle of Col. W. P. C, Breckenridge of Kentucky making the principal speech in the bolters' con ventlon at Indianapolis leads some people to wonder if Madeline Pollard wouldn't be satisfied with even 53-cent dollars in settlement of the judgment she holds against the old sinner who ruined her. We are continually reminded of the fact that the enthusiam in Bryan's campaign is on the wane: that is the republican press tells us so editorially, but the dispatches report gatherings of from 30,000 to 40,000 greeting him wherever he goes. Only last Saturday he addressed three meetings in St. Louis, Mo., at each of which there were from 30,000 to 35,000 people. A large stock-raising corporation in Crook county has given its employes an "object lesson" by reducing their wages to 50 cents a day, and seeks to emphacise the lesson by informing them that if Bryan is elected they will be paid 25 cents a day. How does this compare with the "pauper" wages of Mexico? Only 50 cents a day for toil ing ten hours in the sun under this beautiful gold standard of ours. Since tho Maine election the Ore- gonian informs us that Bryan will carry no states except in the "black belt" in the south. This rather con tradicts the statements of the Detroit Evening News, which says Michigan, which, by the way, is a long way north of the "black belt," will surely go for Bryan. Lenewee county, the strong est republican county in the state, it says, is given up to be solid for Bryan, as is nearly every other republican stronghold in that state. Senator Mitchell is not proving the "Moses" to lead the laboring vote to McKinley that was expected. In his speech at Independence the other day he undertook to justify President Cleveland's calling out of the federal troops to put down the Pullman strike. Organized labor generally believes McKinley is the candidate of the rail road -corporations, and when one of his chosen speakers undertakes to jus tify federal Interference in cases that should be settled by state authorities, it has the tendency to intensify this belief. :;" , ";, j or soma unexpiamable reason a large amount of the Klickitat wheat, which formerly come to The Dalles, is now being hauled to Grants. Possibly . this is owing to the fact that the road leading to Grants is better than that leading to The Dalles and also to the fact that tho state portage has been taken up, thus interfering with river traffic. If it were only the wagon road it could be repaired for $100, but if it is for want of a portage road, there is no power on earth to overcome that obstacle. The Lord down at Salem has ordained it shall be destroyed and there is no appeal from his decree. THE STATS UNCHANGED. First Day of tit Sfeur York Democratic Convention. Buffalo, Sept. 16. The platform of the democratic party in the state, as drafted tonight, will have as its first proposition this statement: "The democrats of the state of New York, in convention assembled, do hereby unreservedly indorse aod ap prove the platform adopted by the national convention at Chicago, and we hereby unanimously approve the nominees of said convention, William Jennings Bryan and Arthur Sewall, ana pieage mem our earnest and coi dial support," The oompleti. a of the first day's Session of the democratic convention has not disturbed In any great measure the forecast that has been prepared. The conditions tonight, however, are rather interesting, because the inter nal fights, which are good-natured upon their surface, are not wanting in internal . bitterness. The principal strife tonight is to prevent the adop tion of the unit rule, and to prevent thereby the nomination of any candi date withont a fair, open fight. often by the mere fact that when treating the diseases of women, they suireest and insist on " exam. nations" and "local treatment" A great fuany ot hem do nqt (now that this is abso lutely unnecessary. Many a woman has oeen tnrown into a dangerous state of ner vous excitement bv the mere nrmlioii nf such treatment Many women lie to the uucior. inai sounds bard, bnt it is nn- donbtedlv trne. The know that If th admit certain symptoms that the doctor will lneVltablT insist on an "evaniinatinn ' They do not rive him all the farta in the case, and so he works in the dark. Quite often the doctor is too busy and too hurried to maice tne necessary effort to obtain the tacts. He frequently treats symptoms for wuai mey appear to be on the surface, when the real cause and the real sickness is deeper ami moic o&ngerous. a derangement of the distinctly feminine organs will derange the whole body. The woman herself may not know exactly what is the matter with ner, out wnenever she is sick, there are two things she should look out for first One is wnat is called "female weakness;" the other is constipation, for these two things frequently go together. Dr. Pierce's Fa vorite Prescription is designed for the cure of diseases and disorders of women, and it does cure them. It has been performing its healing mission for 30 years, and tens of thousands of women have been made happy by it. Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are for constipation, and contingent ills. Druggists sell them, bnt sometimes in well meaning ignorance, tbey will try to sell yon some. thing else. There la nothing "just the same " or "just as good." The druggist who tells you there is, is either mistaken or aisnonest. - Ifyou care to know mote about your own body, end 21 One-Cdlt stamus to envr cmt nf mailtns tnlv, and yon will receive absolutely fret a copy of Dr. Pierce's 1,008 page book, " Common Sensr ncuicai AQvucr. Aaaress, world s Dispensar UmUmI a 1 .1 In n..dr.i. u ,1 - handiranned WILL ACT IN UNISON Ambassadors at Constanti nople Form A' Plan. SPAIN'S OVERTURE She Offers Home Rule to the surgents if They Will Lay Down Their Arms. In- Imports and Bxports Have Increased Dur ing the Past Eight Months float,! Hake A Big- Deal tu Alines. Constantinople. Sept. 14, via Sofia, Bulgaria, Sept. 15. (Copyrighted, 1898, by the Associated Press.) Am bassadors of the powers held a meet ing today to lay out a plan for measures of protection for the different om- hassies and loreiirn population jreaer- ally In the event of a renewal t.f the disturbances here. The plan is un derstood to include the united action of the warships of all the powers, each snip being assigned to a certain posi tion and the men to be landed at a given signal to protect the threatened points. The defenses of ttie embassies will also, it is rumored, bo consider ably strengtnenea by an increase in the number of men now guarding them, and by other precautions which will tend to make them capable of resisting an attack for a considerable time. It is also reported that in case of possible contingencies a number of additional warships of the powers will reinforce tbo guardships now doing duty in these waters. IjIPORT AND EXPORT. Merchandise and Coin Movement Eight Months of 1896. for Washington, Sept. 15.-The month ly comparative statement of imports of merchandise, gold and silver, last August, and during eight months end ing August 31 last, which was issued by the bureau of statistics today, shows as follows: Domestic merchandise exported dur ing August, 1890, $66,732,453; August, 1893, $04,827,169. For the last eight months, $575,279,427. For the same period of 1895, $469,360,551. Imports of merchandise during last August, y,4ss,32o, 01 wnicn u,tH4,7i was free of duty. Imports during August, 189o, 71,111,943, of wbicb about one half was free of duty. Imports during the last eight months, $471,222,434, of which 8214,216,671 was duty free; for the same pertod in 1S95 the total was $.335,737,819, of which $254,409,427 was free of duty. The gold exports during last August amounted to $1,971,544, as compared with $16,667,261 during August, 1895. For the last eight months, the exports of gold amounted to $55,511,811, which is almost the exact figure of 1895. The gold imo-ts during last August aggre gated $4,045,885, as aompared with $1,534,086 for the same month last year. For the last eight months tbe imports of gold exceeded those for the same period in 1895 by about $2,- 650,000. The silver coin and bullion exported during last August was $5,351,434, and the imports $929,422. During August, last year, the exports amounted to $4,553,398, and the imports to 81,114,- 677. During tho last eight months the silver exports amounted to $40,392,418, and the imports to $8,712,959. During the same period in 1895, the exports aggregated $33,265,216, and the im ports to $5,199,471. HOME BTJLti AGAIN OFFKRED. Spain's Latest Overture to the Cuban in surgents. Jacksonville, Fla., Sept. 15. Spanish Consul Salis, who says be represents Minister De Lome, who told J, A. Huan, representative of the Cuban junta here, that if the insur- gents would lay down their arms by November 1, Spain would grant com plete home rule to the island. Salis said amnesty would be granted to every man wno had been in the rebell ion, and that Spain would recall Gen. Weyler and name. a representative of the crown in Cuba who would be ac ceptable to tbe insurgent leaders. Mr. Huan agreed to lay the proposi tion before the junta, but told Salis it would hardly be accepted, as nothing short of absolute independence would satisfy the Cubans now. A Big Mining Deal. Seattle, Sept. 15. Charles F. Fish- back, one of the owners of the Seattle Evening1 Times, today sold to the British Northwest Gold Mining Com pany property in Cariboo, is. C, dis trict, the deed stating the considera tion at $5,000,000. The properties em braced In the deed are those of the Maude Hydraulic Mining Company, consisting of 880 acres; the property of the Fishbac'j Hydraulic Gold Min ing Company, consisting of 570 acres, and the property of the Quesnelle River Gold Mining syndicate, consisting of 20 miles of tbe main Quesnelle river. It is said the men making the purchase represent the millionaires J. E. Ad- dicks and . F. 3. Gaynor, of New York, representing the Gould inter ests. A Foolish Glrrs Crime. Hannibal, Mo., Sept. 15. Ida Buchanan, aged 16, committed suicide by shooting herself. She dressed her self for burial then went out in the front yard, lay down on the grass and blew out her brains. She was en- gaged to be married, and her lover was in the houso at the time. She left a note saying her health was poor and. that she did not wish to become a burden on any one. Her mother is a widow. LIVELY TUSSLE WITH A MOB. Chicago Laborers Try to Lynch an J pressman. Chicago, Sept. J6. An infuriated mob of laborers battled with the police of South Chicago at 6 o'clock last even ing for the possession of a wagon- driver whom they threatened with lynching, because his runaway horse knocked down several -of the crowd. After a fierce struggle, in which clubs and stones were freely used, the driver, Peter Zisliski, was rescued from his assailants. In addition to the half dozen men trampled beneath the hoofs of the frantic horse, a number of the crowd were severely . beaten by the police. A passing engine frightened the horse, which had been standing in front of a bouse, and he dashed down the street toward a orowd of working- men who were leaving tbe steel com pany's works. Zisliski managed to overtake the runaway, but could not control the horse, which swept into the crowd. A dozen went down, many of those who escaped its hoofs being struck by the wagon. In an instant Zislisai was surrounaea. in vain be explained his helplessness, but his captors seized him, threw him to tho ground and were crying for a rope when the police came to the rescue. Fcsiou In Illinois. Chicago, Spt. 15 The last obsta cle t -the contemplated fusion on presidential electors of Illinois be tween silver democrats and populists has been removed, and fushion finally effected. At a meeting of the demo cratic state central committee today, Chairman Hinrichsen announced that he received the resignation of three democratic eleCOral candidates. Their places will bo civen to populists. On tho state ticket, W. F. Beck's resigna tion as nominee for auditor was ac cepted, and A. L. Maxwell, the popu list nominee, named in bis place. Quay Beaten In Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Sept. 16. Tho re publican congressional, senate rial, re presentative and county conventions were held in this -city today. Tbe hardest contest in the history of the party in Philadelphia resulted. A light between Quay and anti-Quay forces has been waged for months. In the senatorial convention the anti- Quay or administration faction won. There was so much excitement that the police were called out to preserve ' order. Trouble Expected In Brazil. Rio De Janeiro, Sept. 16. The Jacobin party is preparing to inaugu rate anew the anti-Italian agitation. It is feared that grave conflicts will occur. It is rumored that a revolution is being organized by tho Jacobins and the monarchist party, and that the Italian question will servo as a base for an insurrectionagainstthe govern ment. The authorities are aware of the rumors, and are taking measures to prevent the plans of the agitators from coming to a head. Faslon is Arranged For. Buffalo, Sept. 16. Fusion of the populist and democratic parties in New York state is the important result of tbe conference today. For active sup port of the ticket to b6 named by the democratic state convention the popu lists will be given five representatives on the electoral ticket and two congressmen,- The populists assert that the union with democracy will result in Bryan and Sewall carrying New York by a large majority. His Lea- Crushed. Arlington, Or.. Sept. 17 A young man, named Boyer, met with a seri ous, if not fatal, accident at Condon, in this county, this evening. He was working for a thrashing crew. In stepping over a tumbling rod, his foot caught and he was wound around the rods. Before the machinery could be stopped the bones of bis legs were crushed in a terrible manner. Ampu tation will be necessary. Wild Stan of the Forest. Astoria, Or.. Sept. 17. The resi dents of John Day precinct, in this county, report Xhat an insane man has been seen in the woods there, running about in an almost nude state. He is dcr-i-ribed as being six feet tall,-with lonir black hair and whishers. He will allow no one to approach him and, when surprised, seeks cover the brusb. How be subsists is a mys tery. Guilty as Charged. . Heppner, Or., Sept. 16. The jury in the case of the State vs. Chester Sargent, charged with assault with in tent to commit rape, was given the case yesterday noon. The case was taken up Saturday morning, and occu pied the entire time of the court for two and a half days. The jury after being out 21 hours, returned a verdict of guilty as charged, recommending him to the mercy of the court. News From Constantinople. London, Sept. 10. The Standard publishes a dispatch from Constanti nople that the young Turk party is covering the city with placards incit ing the people to dethrone the 6ultan Serious trouble, it is added, is certaiu to occur within a week. Turkish troop ships are nightly deporting Armenian to the Black sea, where it is believed they are drowned. A Woman Firebug. Danville, 111., Sept. 17. Ethel Woods, an unmarried lady of about 22 years, has been arrested for arson Her lover, George Allen, deserted her, and it is charged that lust Sunday at the hour of midnight she attempted to burn down the house in which he slept. When the fire was discovered the whole side of tbe house was in flames, Kamed by Gov. Lord. SALEM, Or., Sept. 15. The follow ing ladies were today, by the gover nor's appointment, added to tbe mem bership of the committee having in charge tbe preparation of a testi monial for the battleship Oregon Mrs K. A. J. Mackenzie, Mrs. Sol Hirsch, Mrs. H. J. Corbett, Mrs. Richard Nixon and Miss Failing. Norfolk A Western Bold. New York, Sept. 15. A dispatch from Norfolk, Va., says tbe Norfolk & Western railway was sold under fore' closure today for $3,000,000, subject to mortgages of $22,000,000. The prop erty was bought by the bondholders represented by George Coppell, Ken nedy Todd, W. E. Flinn and Victor Morawitz. Election in Arkansas. Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 15. Ofll cial returns from 61 out of 6a counties give Jones, democrat, 71,345; Reiqmel, republican, 26,410; Files, populist, 11, 280; Miller, prohibition, 1643. Jones' plurality Is 45,234. Jones' majority, 33,310. Jones' majority is consider ably less than was at first estimated. The Count In Arkansas. Little Rock, Ark., Sept. 17 Com plete official returns from the recent election shows the following vote for governor: Jones, dem 01.124 Remmel. reo 3o,836 Files, pop 13,989 Miller, pro 742 Oregon Agricultural College. , Coevallis, Or., Sept. 17. The Ore gon agricultural college opened today under the most favorable conditions. The attendance promises to exceed that of any former year, with more students in the freshman class than ever before. t -. The Tote la Maine. Portland, Me., Sept. 17 Complete returns of Monday's election, are at hand. The total vote is as follows: Powers. .: 83.573 Frank 34.841 Republican plurality 43,732 Sawmill Bnrned. Oregon City, Sept. 17 The saw mill belonging to Eillyard Bros, at Borings, burned to the ground Tues day night, entailing a Joss of about $2500, NEW YORK DEMOCRATS They Endorse the Chicago Platform and Ticket. AVEILER'S PLANS He Is Preparing for an Aggressive Campaign and Will Reverse Former Orders. Complete Election Ketnrns From Maine and Arkansas Astoria lias a WUd Man as a Sensation Tried to Cremate Her Lover. Buffalo, Sept. 17. After the reas sembling of the democratic state (in vention today, business proceeded with expedition. Ex-Congressman Bosea H. Rockwell, of Chemung, was elected permanent chairman. He made an able speech in advocacy of the Chicago platform and ticket. Tbe platform un reservedly endorsed the platform adopted by the democratic party in the national convention at Chicago, pledges William J. Bryan and Arthur Sewall a hearty and active support and declares as Its deliberate judgment that never in the history of the demo cratic party has a platform been writ ten which embodied more completely the interests of the whole people, as distinguished from those who seek legislation for private benefit, than that given the country by the national democratic convention of 1896. John Boyd Thatcher, of Albany, was nominated for governor; Hon. Wilbur F. Porter for lieutenant-governor, and Robert G. Titus for judge of the court of appeals. Presidential electors were chosen and the convention adjourned sine die. -1 ne state democratic committee se lected Elliott Danforth chairman of tho state committee to succeed James W. Hinckley, and Frank Campbell to succeed W. F. Sheehan as national committeeman. PREPARING TO FIGHT. Vigorous Campaign to be Opened In Cuba. Havana, Sept. 17. There was much animation in the captain-general's palace yesterday. Captain-General Weyler held a conference with various commauders'of columns, also with the commanding officer of marine and the chief of tho medical department. These conferences are the precursors of an approaching campaign, which is intended to be vigorous and resolute. Captain-General Weyler will assume personal command at Plnardel Rio, Ahumidaand Pahneroa, taking charge respectively of military and political affairs at Havana. Among other measures General Weyler thinks of adopting as a prelude to the campaign is the revocation of theedictof pardon, obliging families having connections in the ranks of the insurgents to move into other provinces, and making con centration in villages obligatory, con sidering all persons found in the coun try as enemies or supporters of the enemy. Captain-General Weyler's order re cently issued putting line officers in command of regular guerrilla and vol unteer forces, is bitterly reonted and in consequence theroyif many deser tions are occurring. Latest Returns From Maine. Portland, Me., 16. Complete re turns from 10 of the 16 counties give Powers (rep.) for governor 53,712 votes, and Frank (dem.) 23,014. These figures bear out tho estimate heretofore made that the republican plurality will not be far away from 48.000. Holmes Is Arraigned. Tacoma, Sept. 17. County Commis sioner Holmes was arraigned in the criminal court this morning charged with extorting money from tbe court house janitor as a bonus for retaining his position. The case was continued to October 3. Silver Coinage In Angust. Washington, Sept. 17 A statemnt i prepared at the mint bureau shows that the silver coined during August aggregated $2,650,000. rnmriTnimiLrjj lllluluhiii THE DALLES National Bank. OF DALLES CITY, OR. President Z. F. Moody Vice-President . . C. F. Hilton Cashier M. A. Moody I General Banking; Business Transacted. Sight Exchanges Sold on New York. Chicago, San Fran cisco and Portland. OREGON BAKERY A. KELLER, Prop'r. 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