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SATURDAY... SEPTEMBER 26, 1896
AN IDLE THREAT.
A nrominent sheepman of this
county yesterdoy declared that should
Bryan be elected, he should raise no
sheep next year, but would retire from
business. The electionu)f - Bryan
means the withdrawal of capital-from
active employment, and this means the
end of emrdovment for those who are
now employed-)alles Chronicle.
... How our contemporary arrived at
this conclusion is unexplained. If
capital is drawn out of active employ
tnent by the election of Bryan, where
will it go to?.vWill it seek investment
r in other countries where profits are
less, or will it be locked up in safe da
posits for the next four years, there to
lie idle and earn its owner nothing? '.
v The position taken by the: Chronicle
of course is, that if Bryan is elected,
the mints of the nation will be opened
to the unrestricted coinage of silver,
hence; the owner3 of capital who are
now engaged in agricultural pursuits
will retire from business, draw all their
capital out, and no activity will there
after exist. This position is also
taken by, many others who oppose the
election of Mr. Bryan; but it is . in
direct contradiction to their other as
sertions.
Senator Sherman says he wants a
frold dollar because it will buy the
most farm products. . The Boston
Herald says it supports the gold stan
dard because it wants to see flour two
dollars ner barrel-in Boston. -Senator
,'. Lodge, -of .Massachusetts, says ho is
against free coinage, because it would
mark up the price of all commodities.
How then do they reconcile tho
statement, that free coinage will drive
capital out 'of employment in agrlcul
turarpursults? If the free coinage of
silver will, as Senator Lodge says,
mark up the price of all commodities,
including the products of the farm,
capital will find profitable . invest
ment in agricultural pursuits, hence
will hardly leave that vocation and
seek hiding where it will earn nothing.
. If Senator Sherman's position is true,
, that the gold dollar will buy the most
farm products, capital is more liable to
be driven out of agricultural pursuits
and into safe deposits under a gold
standard than it would under a stand
ard whose dollars would buy less of
farm products.
The threat that capital willbedrawn
out of active employment in agricul
tural pursuits if Bryan is elected is on
a parrallel with, the threat made in
1892 that every sheep raiser in Oregon
would go out of business in a year if
Cleveland was successful at the polls.
While there was more foundation then
for that threat being fulfilled than
there is for the one made at present,
for the removing of the tariff from wool
was no doubt an injury to the wool
raiser, that threat was not executed nor
will the one quoted above be.
QUESTIONS HIS VERACITY.
The Portland Telegram, the evening
annex to the Oregonian, has of late
swallowed every statement madeby
Major McF" " "i. 7 "i. t""fVi!i.but
at last l it f J
the fact rx. tft.
economical of the truth, and virtually
accuses him of willfully lying. The
Telegram say's editorially:
"Major McKinley's speech to the
Pen nsylvania steel-workers who visited
him yesterday at Canton was all right
in its reference to the money ques
tion, but its tariff allusions were
hardly accurate. It cannot be-said
with truth that any factories have
been closed or men thrown out -of em
ployment by the present tariff law.
That law did not go into operation
until August, 1894, while the panic
that crippled industry occurred in the
summer of 1893. There is no official
record of the factories closed and men
made idle by that panic, and the figures
quoted by Major McKinley were pre
pared by a New York partisan news
paper. In the absence of authentic
data as to the cause of the panic, it
wrmlrl hn miiih more reasonable to
h Aocrihe it to the monetarv distur-
bances created by .the silver scare than
to a tariff law wnich did not go into
operation until a year later."
Comment is hardly necessary, for
the Telegram puts it "about strong
enough when it. says Major McKinley
'takes his data from statistics prepared
by a New York partisan paper, and
then shows the inacuracy (falseness)
-of the statement. The Telegram hav
shown him to be inacurate (false) in
one statement might well have applied
the old rule of evidence, which is
"false in one point, false in all," and
with like complacency questioned the
authenticity of all his statements, even
those on the money question.
BISMARCK IN EVIDENCE.
The claim of the supporters of Bryan
that the independent action of the
United States in opening her mints to
the free coinage of silver will bring
about bimetalism throughout the
world, is shared in by Prince Bismarck,
the ablest statesman of Europe. In a
letter to Governor Culberson, Bis-
marck says:
"I hold that this is the very hour
"hat "would be advisable to bring about
among the nations chiefly engaged in
the world's commerce a mutual agree
ment in favor of the establishment of
bimetalism. The United States is freer
' by far in its movements than any na
tion of Europe. If the people of the
, United States should find it compatible
with their Interests to take indepen
dent action in the direction of bimet
alism, I cannot but believe that such
action would exert a most salutary in-
' fluence upon the consummation of an
international agreement."
' This is exactly the contention of tbe
advocates of free coinage. They hold
that tbe United States, being a power
ful financial nation, is capable of dic
tating its own policies, Independent oi
the other nations of the world, and
trmt when It declares for a system of
viot.iiim. the rest of the world will
v V1U1VVU"U
forced to follow. Bimetalism is rec
nized by all parties, exaept the. one
that sprang into existence at India
napolis under the name of "national
' democrats," as being desirable. . How
to attain it la the only contention be
tween the two leading parties today.
Ihe republicans, by their , national j
platform, Insist that it shall be attained
only hy international agreement, a
system that many of the leading finan
ciers of the world declare is impractic
able, while the democrats, populists
and 6ilver parties hold it can be at
tained only by independent action.
And Prince Bismarck admits that this
plan is feasible. - -
ALL JiUT ELEVEN SURE.
With all the claims of the republican
press that' McKinley's election is as
sured, thev have no foundation for
their claim, for they can count with
certainty on" carrying only 10 states,
with an electoral vote of 107, while
Bryan is assured of carrying 26 states,
with an electoral vote of 213, only 11
short of a majority, while there are 9
doubtful states, with a vote of 137. The
states that can be put down as certain
to give their vote to Bryan are :
Alabama 11
Arkansas... 8
California 9
Colorado..' .. 4
Florida....: .. ...
Georgia : .; ..
Idaho
Kausas.J "..
Kentucky.
Louisiana.........
Mississippi jjj
Missouri ............ ......... 17
Montana.....
Nebraska.. ..i ........... 8
Nevada ..: . . 3
North Carolina : 11
North Dakota 3
Oregon 4
South Carolina... . 9
South Dakota 4
Tennessee 12
Texas 1
Utah......... 3
Virginia 2
Washington 4
Wyoming ; . ? 3
Total 213
To insure his election, Bryan would
only have to carry of the doubtful
states either Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,
Michigan, New York or Wisconsin.
Those states which McKinley will in
all probability carry are :
Connecticut . ...
De'leware .. ... 3
Maine. ?
Massachusetts......' 15
New Hampshire 4
New Jersey. 10
Ohio. 23
Pennsylvania ' 32
Rhode Island........ I 4
Vflrmnnt. .. . 4
Total...... 107
However, it is not a foregone conclu
sion that he will carry his own state,
Ohio, since the free silver 'sentiment
there is growing daily, and by Nov. 3d
may have gained such magnitude as to
win the state for Bryan. Allowing,
however, that McKinley will carry
Ohio, the vote of the doubtful states is
greater than the vote which McKfcrley
can feel assured of getting.
The states which all of McKinley's
supporters, except perhaps General
Grosvenor and theOregonian, concede
to be doubtful, have a total vote of 137
and are as follows :
Illinois 24
Indiana 15
Iowa. .r 13
Mary land; v,... 8
Michigan 14
Minnesota 9
New York . 30
West Virginia 6
Wisconsin...: ...... 12
Total.......... 137
Of these states, Illinois, Indiana,
New York, West Virginia and Wis
consin went democratic in 1892, and in
each the democratic and populist vote
far exceeded that cast for Harrison.
The same is true of every state that
is now put in the list of being safe for
Bryan. The states which, cast their
vote for Weaver in 1892 will surely go
for Brvan this year, and in ail the
states put in the doubtful column the
combined democratic and populist
vote was greater than the republican
vote. " Maryland, which is put in the
McKinley column, was democratic in
1832, and it will possibly be this year,
though it went-- republican at the last
fgeneral election, and may be put down
as doubtful. But allowing McKinley
all the states that are placed in the
certain column for him, he cannot lose
any one of the doubtful states except
Maryland Minnesota or West Vir
ginia, while Bryan has only to secure
the vote of any one of these to insure
his election
WHY THIS- CHANGE?
That there are records and history
is unfortunate for some men of promi
nence, and Major McKinley is one of
those who is just now a victim of this
invention of civilization, the retaining
of expressions made by men of rt
nown. No doubt ho regrets his ex
pressions in 1892 cannot be obliterated,
but they are matters of record, and it
is well that they are. Let us compare
what he said in 1892 with the expres
sions in his letter of acceptance of the
nomination for the presidency on a
gold standard platform in 1896,
McKINLEY IN 1892.
Extract from his
MCKINLEY IX 1896
"Extracts from bis
letter of acceptance:
"Until International
agreement is bad. it is
tbe plain duty of, tbe
United States to main
tain tbe gold standard.
It Is tbe recognized
and sole Btandard of
tbe great commercial
nations of tbe world,
witb which we trade
more largely tban any
otber. Eighty - f o ur
per cent of our foreign
trade for tbe fiscal
year of 1895 was witb
gold standard coun
tries, and our trade
with otber countries
is settled on a gold
basis.
"it (tbe republican
party) has done aU that
could be done for its
(silver's) 1 n c r e a sed
use, with safety and
honor, by tbe United
States, acting a part
from other govern
ments. Th e r e -are
those who think it has
already igone beyond
the limit of financial
prudence. Su.-ely we
can go no further." .
speech before the Ko-
Sublican League of
hio, crltizising Presi
dent Cleveland:
''During all of bis
years at the head of
the government he
was dishonoring one of
our great products,
discrediting sliver and
enhancing tbe price of
gold. He endeavored
even before his inaug
uration to office to stop
tbe coinage of silver
dollars and afterward
and to tbe end of bis
administration persis
tently used his power
to that end. He was
determined to contract
the circulating m edi-um-
and demonetize
one of the coins of com
merce, limit the vol
ume of money among
the people, make tbo
money scarce and
therefore de a r. He
would have increased
the value of money
and diminish e d the
value of everythi n g
else money the mas
ter, everything else its
servant. He was not
thinking Of 'the poor1
then. He bad left
'tbeir side.' He was
not -standing forth in
their defense.' Cheap
coats, cheap labor and
dear money : the spon
sor and promoter of
those professing to
stand guard over the
poor and lowly. Was
there ever more glar
ing ' i n consistency or
reckless assumption!
He be lieves
that poverty is a
blessing to be pro
moted and encouraged
and that a shrinkage
in the value of every
thing but money Is a
natianal benediction.
Thus it is, that in 1892 Major Mc
Kinley denounced President Cleve
land for attempting to contract the
currency by seeking to demonetize one
of the coins of commerce Then, he
said, Cleveland was not "thinking of
the poor." w nat is filCillniey think
ing of now? Who was he thinking of
when in bis letter or acceptance he
said "until international agreement is
had, it is the plain duty of the United
States to maintain the gold standard?"
Four yeais ago, according to Major
MCKiniey, it was a crime against the
poor to demonetize silver, but now,
since the money power has him in its
grasD, and is seeking ta make him its
tool in tbe presidential chair, "it is the
plain duty of tha Uuited States" to
keep silver as a token money until the
consent of the world to remonctize it
is secured, a thing be and everybody
else knows Is impossible. Four years
ago Major McKinley was a friend of
the Deoole, now be is the tool of Mark
Hanna and his corporation associates,
which explains the change of senti
ment.
LIARS WILL FIGURE.
"Figures won't lie, but liars will fig
ure" is a coarse of expression, but - it
can well be applied just now to the
Oregonian. For months and months
it has been telling its readers that the
threat of the United Slates to open its
mints to the free coinage of silver was
flooding, and would continue to flood
the country with American securities
held abroad, but in a recent issue, in
an editorial trying to account for the
present importation of gold, it said: .
"For several years our exports have
exceeded our imports, but the excess
has been offset by other international
dues, notably payment for securities
returned to this country. Now there
are signs in the movement of the New
York stock market that the return of
securities has stopped, so as to cause
settlement of the excess in gold."
There never was a time when the
threat that the United states would
adopt free coinage of silver was more
pronounced than at the present, still
the Oregonian tells us that the return
of securities has stopped, so its figures
on this point must be bumcombe. And
from this it would seem that the foreign
holders of our securities are not
mateially alarmed.
The Oregonian has also told its
readers that the repeal of the reel
procityclause of the McKinley tariff law
has ruined our foreign trade, but in
the article referred to it gives the fol
lowing account of the increase in the
exports of American merchandise:
"For the seven months ending July
31, this country exported to Europe
nearly $69,000,000 more of merchandise
than we sent in tbe same months of
1895. We have imported also $43,000,
000 less. .. The result is a foreign credit
balance this year, on merchandise
trade alone, ofiSD0,743,609, against an
actual debit balance last -year of $21,
219,092. In July alone the excess of
our exported merchandise was $15,
787.1G9. In July, 1895. the excess of
imported over exported merchandise
was $16,4S4,057. In other words, our
foreign ' obligations on merchandise
account were $32,271,226 less in July of
lS9Gthanin July of 1895. The year
1896 is remarkable in this respect, for
only in one other year since 1882 has
an excess of merchandise exports oc
curred in July. The average excess of
imports for July has been about $8,000,'
000.'?
But this is not all. The Oregonian
for the past two years has never ceased
declaring that the enactment of the
oresent tariff law had annihilated our
manufacturing industries, and that it
had turned our manufacturing bus!
ness over to England, but in this ar
ticle it confesses that our exports of
manufactured articles is greater now
than ever before. Here is its testl
mony:
"Our exports of manufactures are
the largest ever known. They reached
nearly $26,000,000 during July, and for
the calendar year Statistician Ford es
timates that they will go to $240,000,-
000. In 1895 they amounted to $228,
498,89?, and in 1892, when our total
exports touched the high water mark
of $l,01o,732,011, manufactures aggre
gated only $158,510,937.
How can this be accounted for when
the "Wilson tariff law has ruined the
manufacturing industries of America?"
How is it possible that under this law
we have been able to manufacture' for
export $91,000,000 more than under the
McKinley law in 1892? "when our ex.
ports touched the high-water mark
The only conclusion that can be
reached is that a liar has been figuring
for the Oregoian. -
CONFLICTING AUTHORITIES
: There is a serious conflict in the
reasoning of our- esteemed contem
porary, theJChronicle, and the Oregon
ian, both able exponents of the gold
standard, on the question of capital
being driven out of the country or but
of active investment by the free coinage
of silver. The Chronicle, in under
taking to show that capital invested
in sheepraising in Wasto county will
take wings and fly away, says: : "If it
is owned in Europe, it will be recalled
and will not again be invested here to
give employment to labor." Further
on the Chronicle says "the rate of in
terest here will not fall, but is more
likely to rise."
Now let us see what the Oregonian
says about this question of interest:
"During-the last half of August call
money ruled in New York at 8 per
cent or more, with time loans higher,
while call loans were bringing scarcely
1 per cent in London," and "when the
currency of trade, whether local or
international, is more abundant in one
country than another, so that the de
mand for loans on ' good security is
greater and the current rate of inter
est higher in. the latter country, gold
flows to it naturally from the former,
being tempted by the chance of large
profit."
Let us now apply this to tbe reason
ing of the Chronicle. First we have
tha statement that "there is today a
considerable amount of capital used in
Wasco county wbich is owned in
Europe, not by corporations or banks
but by individuals. This will certainly
be called home. ' Tbe Oregon Mort
gage Company, the Northern Counties
Investment Trust, and perhaps a dozen
other money lending corporations, also
have money loaned in this and adjoin
ing counties. These loans will be
withdrawn as -soon as practicable.
Then comes the assertion that "rates
of interest will rise."
Call money is only worth 1 per cent
in London, says the Oregonian. Gold
flows naturally to a country where
profits (interest rates) are high. Then
how is it that money invested here.
where interest rates are already high
and "likely to rise" will be called
home to be loaned at 1 per cent? 'The
argument of one of these gold expon
ents simply refutes tbe other.
GRANT ON SILVER.
Jesse B Grant, son of General U. S.
Grant, gives the following as some of
his reasons for favoring free coinage t
'I believe heartily in the great ad
vantage to this country of the free
coinage of silver. It does not mean
repudiation of our debts at home or
abroad. We could not pay our debts
with both gold and silver, even if we
had it all. Our mortgages equal the
enormous sum of $J9,00Q 000,000. These
debts will bare to be paid in produce,
and anything that will raise the value
of this .will, I believe, benefit alt
classes. If we can double the price of
the si Iyer rupee we have'doubled the
price of wheat that comes into compe
tition with our . wheat and therefore
double our wheat as to its debt paying
capacity. The argument holds good
n the silver 'peso' of tho Latin
American countries, and as to the
price of our meats and livo stock. It
holds good, too, in the silver ruble,'
and as to the price of oil. It holds
Opd in many ways too numerous to
mention. Instead of foreigners pur- ' guished writer and bullionist, who is
chasing the productof our silver mines now .here and has given great atten
. . , , n i tion to the subject of mints and coin-
at tho rate of about Scents per ounce, . Plinin ,iin first draft of
and with this silver buying produce
(seme of which comes in direct com
petition with our production) from
South America and the Orient, they
would have to pay at the rate of $1.29
per ounce."
IHE '-CRIME" OF 1873.
Hitherto we have placed little stress
upon the so-called "crime" of 1873, and
the part which England played in tnak
ing the coinage law of that year, for we
have considered matters of the present
of more importance, and possibly would
not have referred to that matter now
but for the fact that Senator John
Sherman in bis Bpeech at Cincinnati
last Wednesday declared that the act
of 1S73 was fully discussed by congress
before it became a law and was fully
understood by the members of both
houses. Thi3 leads us to quote from
the San Francisco Chronicle of August
5, 1893, its version of the passage of the
act. The Chronicle is a pronounced
gold paper now, and cannot be disputed
as authority. We make tbe following
-extracts from that paper:
"An acrimonious controversy has
long been maintained over the ques
tion whether the striking of the silver
dollar of 4124 grains from the list of
coins and its subsequent.dmonetization
by congress was tho result of a con
spiracy. In the senate and house in
1877 and 1878 the change was freely
made by the advocates of silver that
the men who engineered the scheme
through congress had an ulterior ob
ject in view, and that they studiously
endeavored to work in the dark. The
monometalists repelled the charge,
undertook to prove from the records
that the bill was read in the usual way
and that every ooportuhity was' given
its opponents to debate it had they
seen fit. -
"This latter assertion may be ab
solutely true, and yet it would not dis
prove the allegation that there was a
small clique which clearly understood
the object to be achieved by demoneti
zation, while the great body of sena
tors and representatives did not haye
tbe remotest idea what the senate com
mittee and house committee on weights
and measures were seeking to accom
plish It is well known to every gne
familiar with the usages of congress
that much of the legislation touching
the practical work of the mint is shaped
in committee, ttnd tho representatives
accept as trustworthy the recommen
dations of the body delegated by them
to inquire into a particular matter. .
"It will also enable the reader to
more clearly understand the disputed
question if he keeps in mind the fact
that when the standard dollar of 412J
grains was stricken from the list of
coins of the United States, owing to
the difference between the ratio es
tablished by the Latin Union, it was
at a premium of 3 per cent over gold.
Jt is necessary to fix this fact in
mind, otherwise the assertion made by
gold monometalists that silver was de
monetized because its increased pro
duction bad depreciated intoyalae may
proveconfusing." TheChronicIe then
quotes from a speech of M. Hooper,
who was chairman of the committee on
weights and measures in 1873, in which
he shows that the silver dollar was
then at a premium; also from the re
port of Director of the Mint Linder
man showing the same fact. The
Chronicle continues:
"It is clear then that from these tes
timonies that tho standard dollar was
not stricken from the list of coins be
cause sijver was a depreciating metal.
for it was worth more tban gold at the
ratio of 16 to 1.
What then was the motive for the
action of Hooper and his committee?
A dilligent examination of the records
.discloses none. There was no allega
tion made that the demonetization of
silver by Germany in 1871, and tbo
subsequent closing of the French
mints to the free coinage of silver
made such a step necessary. -
"The entire avoidance of all discuss
ion of the possible consequence of strik
ing an important coin from thelUt of
coins authorized by the United States,
and the further fact that no reference
was made to the legal tender quality
of the coin stricken from tho list are
strong points in favor of the contention
that a select few understood the matter,
and that their purpose was to keep tho
bouse in ignorance of their object.
That there may bo no mistake on this
point, we quote from the congressional
record of May 28, 1873, showing the
evident anxiety of Chairman Hooper
to force through his bill, and the act
ual misrepresentation resorted to by
him to accomplish his purpose:
Mr. TTnlman I sunrx-se it is intended to have
the bill read befcre ft is put on its passage.
The Speaker rne substitute wiu oe read.
Mr. Hooper of Massachusetts I hope not. It
is a Ion? bill, and those who are Interested in it
are perfectly familiar with its provisions.
Mr. Kerr The rules cannot be suspended so
as to dispense with tbe reading of tbe bill.
Tbe SpettKer iney can oe. -
Mr. Kerr I want the house to understand
th-.it it is attempted to put through this bill
without oeing reaa.
Tbe Sneaker Does the gentleman from Mass,
achusctte (Mr. Hooper) move that the reading
of the biU be dispensed with?
M. Hoorier of Mrssachnsetts I will so frame
my motion to suspeau me ruies iuut it wui ais-
pense witn tne reaain 01 cue uui.
Tbe Speaker Tbe gentleman from Massa
chusetts moves that the rules be sussended and
that tbe bill pass, tnereauing tnereoi Deing ells
tuwiRd with.
Mr. Randall Cannot we have a division of
thnfc motion?
The Sneaker A motion to suspend the rules
cannot be divided.
Mr. Randall I should like to have the bill
read, although I am willing that the rules shall
be suspended as to tbe passage of the MIL
Tbe question was put on suspending the rules
and passijg tHe bill without reading, and( two
thirds rot voting in favor thereof) the rules
were not suspended
Mr. Hooper of Massachusetts I now move
that the rules be suspended and the substitute
for the biH in relation to mints and coinage
passed, ana 1 asx mac me suoautute oe read.
rne cierK Deguu tu reau iub Nuuuuiuie.
Mr. Brooks Is that the original bill?
Tbe Sneaker The motion of the gentleman
from Massachusetts (Mr. Hooper) applies to
tbe substitute, and that on which the bouse is
called to act is being read.
Mr. Brooks As there is to be no debate the
only chance we have to know what we are doing
is to have both the bill and the substitute read.
The Speaker The motion of the gentleman
from Massachusetts being to suspend the rules
and pass the substitute it gives no choice be
tween tbe two bills. ' The house must either
pass tbe substitute or none.
Mr. Brooks How can we choose between the
original bill and the substitute unless we hear
them Dotn reau:
The Sueaker Tne gentleman can vote "aye'
or "no" on tne question wnetuer tnis suosiitute
shall be passed.
Mr. Brooks I am very much in the habit of
voting "no" when 1 do not know what Is going
on. . . ...
Mr. Holinan uciore iue question is taiten
qui
upon suspending the rules and passing the bill
I hnna the gentleman from Massachusetts will
explain tne leaaing cnuiwes muue uy mis diu ia
the existing law, especially In reference to the
coinage. It wovilQ seem mat ail tne smaiicoin
Am. of tbe country is intended to be recoined. v
Mr. Hooper of Massachusetts Tbis bill
makes no changes in the existing law in that
reeard. It does not require the recoinage of tbe
small coins.
The question being taken on the motion of
Mr. Hooner of Massachusetts to suspend the
rules ana pass tne diii, it was uyieeu w, mere
being 110 ayes and 13 noes.
When Mr. Hooper reported bacH
from the committee of which ho was
chairman, he made some remarks
which seem to have attracted little
attention at the moment. Tbe bill
was supposed to only make changes in
the practical workings of the mint.
The debate over the substitute shows
this was tbe understanding of the
members, and how tney arrived at this
understanding may be inferred from
tbe following. Among . other things
Mr. Hooper said (congressional Record,
April 9, 1873, p, 2034.)
"Ernest Seyd, pt London, a aiBtin-
tuis Dili, maae various sensible sug
gestions, wuich-thecommiti.ee adopted
and embodied in this bill."
The Chronicle says no explanation
was made, by Mr. Hooper why Mr.
Seyd was before tho committee or how
be came to be in America, and all the
information it has of the reasoa of his
mission to America it gains from the
following which appeared in the Au
gust, 1873, number of he Bankers
Gazette:,
" In 1872 silver was being demonetiz
ed in France, Germany, Eneland and
Holland, a capital of 100,000 was
raised and Ernest Seyd, of London,
was sent to this country with this fund
as the agent of the foreign bond hold
ers and capitalists to effect the, same
object, which was successful."
IT WILL NOT DOWN.
The gold press of the country main
tain that tho present unsettled state of
business and prevailing low prices in
the United States are the result of the
agitation of the. silver- question, and
offer as an only remedy the election of
McKin)ey and the retaining of the
present financial policy, or more plain
ly, a continuation of four more years of
agitation and uncertainty. If they
imagine the silver question will down,
they reckon without reason. Nosooner
than tho polls shall close on November
3d, if McKinley is elected, the cam
paign of silver will be resumed. :
The great mass of producers in Amer
ica are as much in earnest in their de
mands for tbe remonetization of silver
as were the abolitionists sixty years
ago, when they began their clamor for
the freeing of the human slaves of the
South. When a little handful of pa
triots began demanding the freedom of
the colored slaves away back in 1830,
they were cdlled cranks and fanatics,
and the two great parties, the demo
cratic and whig, in their national plat
forms denounced the agitation as being
dangerous to the interest of tbe gov
ernment and tending to disturb busi
ness. These denunciations, however,
did not deter the advocates of human
freedom, and as a result the whig party
had to givo place to the republican
party in 1860.
The great producing masses of this
nation are just as earnest in their de
mands today for their emancipation
from the yoke of gold , as were those
abolitionists, and nothing short of the
opening of the mints to tbe free and
unrestricted coinage of both silver and
gold will satisfy -their demands. The
republican party would continue this
demand, and the consequent uncer
tainty and lack of confidence resulting
therefrom another four years, while
their opponents would settle the ques
tion at the polls on November 3d.
Which do the already over-burdened
people desire, four years of unsettled
business or an immediate return to
prosperity?
A SCRAP OF HISTORY.
Senator John Sher'man, who was the
agent through whose efforts the coin
age law of. 1873 was passed, took an
early opportunity to show that the de
monetization of silver was influenced
by Great Britain. In a speech de
livered on March 6, 1876 (see page 1481,
Congress'ional Globe, 44th congress,
first session, volume 4, part 2) be said.
"Our coinage act came into opera-
tion on the 1st of April, 1873, and con
stituted the gold one-dollar piece the
sole unit of value, while it restricted
the legal tender of the new silver trade
dollar and the half-dollar and subdi
visions to an amount' not exceening $5
in one payment, thus the double stand
ard previously - existing was finally
abolished, afad jthe United States as
usual was influenced by Great Britain
in making gold coin the only standard.
This suits England, but does not suit
us." 7 ,
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The republican platform takes the
ground that bimetalism is deeirable,
but this is not the time to get it. Any
thing that is good for the peoplo
should be adopted at once.
.Tho republican platform declares
that wo mus") . maintain our present
financial policy, not until we get tired
of it, butuntil foreign nations get
tired of it and consent for us make a
chonge.
If bimetalism is a good thing why
not have it at once by opening our
mints to the .unrestricted 'coinage of
silver?. If it is a bad thing why does
the republican platform advocate its
adoption when the consent of other
nations can be secured ? '
"Of course,1 there never has been.
any dcubt of McKinley's election,"
says the Oregoniau. Then what is the
Oregonian and the rest of the republi
can party making such a fuss for? If
McKinley's election is insured why
are they putting so much money into
the campaign?,:
It is not the campaign in New York
that is interesting the voters of Ore
gon at this,. tine, but the. campaign
here. . Wo have enough to do to luck
after our own interests without de
termining if it is consistent for demo
crats to voto for John Boyd Thatcher
far governor of New iTork.
If our present financial policy is to
be maintained, if gold is to be the only
money good enough for government
use when it pays the bondholders and
noteholders, then this government, if
run by those who believe in that
policy, must continue to issue bonds
in order that a few may make money
out of the laboring man.
At last the Oregonian has been
forced to acknowledge the article J
going tne rounds of tne democratic
press, credited to the London Financial
News, in which it enumerated the
benefits to accrue to America by the
adoption of free coinage, is genuine
but it offers as an apology that the
Financial News is not much of a finan
cial authority.
The Argonaut, a strong McKinley
paper of San Francisco, candidly says
the chances for Wm. J. Bryan for elec
tion are far better than those of his
opponent. That if McKinley wins it
must be among the doubtful states, and
that Oregon is the only doubtful state
he can lose without losing the election,
tm Argonaut s nonesty is very re
freshing in these days of partisanship.
We nave reacted a crisis in our
monetary affairs. ' Our financial policy
is run by a few syndicates in the in
terest of the money-changers, and the
question presented to our people is
whether the people shall take charge
of our government and run it In their
own interests, or farm it out to those
syndicates to let them run it in their
own interest. Extract from Bryan'
speech at Chester, Pa.
After all the republican landslide in
Maine does not turn out to be such a
wonderful victory. The plurality is
4,732, against a plurality of 38,978 two j
years ago. In 1894 the demqerate were
, , . . , . 1-, .. .
united and polled their full strength,
this year they were divided, having
two tickets in the field. It is a wonder
Powers' plurality was" not larger, and
the result is not such us ought to dis
courage the opponents to McKinley.
Of course those 35.000 people who
went out to hear Bryan in Philadel
phia were only attracted by curiosity,
still about 95 percent of them will vote
for him "through curiosity" next No
vember. '
The gold pres3 of the country has
thus far failed to explain how it is pos
sible for the silver mine owner to de
rive a profit of 47 cents on each do!
l.ir's worth of bullion and at the same
time to pay his laborers in a 03-eent
dollar. The trouble is that the two
propositions do not harmonize.
"Would free coinage of silver, at the
ratio of 16 a 1, make a silver dollar
worth 100 sents in gold?" It would
not. The bullion it contains wonM be
worth no more than it Is now. Now
York Commercial Advertiser.
Then just how would the silver
mine magnates get rich out of the free
coinage of silver as you have recently
been preaching in such a pyrotechnic
fashion? This merely shows tho ficti
tious nature of this whole money con
troversy. The Voice, (N. Y.)
No wonder Senator Sherman deter
mine! to not carry bis campaign for
McKinley any further west than
Helena, Mont. He addressed a Mc
Kinley and Hobjrt club thero last
Saturday and the dispatches say:
"When he mentioned the name of
W. J. Bryan, in referring to him as
McKinley's opponent, the cheering
continued for five minutes so that he
could not proceed. There were some
cheers for McKinley, but they were
scattering as compaired with those for
the democratic nominee."
Major McKinley has undergone a
wonderful change of late in reference
to the money question. Only a short
time ago he was denouncing Presi
dent Cleveland because be was a "gold
bug," and in a speech at Winchester,
Ohio, a few years ago, says the Cincin
nati Enquirer, he announced himself
in favor of free silver, and' in empha
cizing his position, held no a silver
dollar as an object lesson, saying
"This money is good enough for you
and good enough for me. Why should
it not be good- enough for the bond
holder?" It Is, and if McKinley were
not under the influence of Hanna &
Co., he would say so today.
The railroads all over the country
oppose the election of Bryan because
of the declarations of the Chicago
platform that oppose the interference
of federal authorities in settling diffl
cutties between the corporations and
their laborers. Even the little Astoria
Gable road, now under construction,
has caught the fever and undertakes to
bluff its laborers into supporting Mc
Kinley by announcing that tbe road
may never be built if Bryan is elected.
The men working, on that road are
receiving about $4.50 a week, after
paying for the privilege of getting a
job and living expenses, so they will
hardly ' be coerced in order to retain
such a ''paying" job.
An idea of how the sentiment for
Bryan is dying out in the East can be
gained from the following dispatch
giving an account of his visit to Phila
delphia last ' Tuesday: - "Mr. Bryan
was greeted in Philadelphia tonight
by a crowd which according to the
police and other authorities, exceeded
any outpouring of the people on a simi
lar occasion in the history of the city.
He spoke at the Academy of Music,
which has a seating capacity of abtiut
3000. Every available inch, was occu
pied two hours before Bryan .arrived,
and experts estimate tne audience at
fully 6000. Gathered in the street out
side of the academy were . fully 35,000
people, who stood patiently until 10:30,
hoping to see o hear the candidate."
Tbe Bis Bruiser Jailed.
Boston, Sept. 22. John L. Sulli
van spent a few hours in a station
house last night waiting for some one
to come and bail him out. Tbe cause
of the pugilist's imprisonment was an
assault upon William Humphrey, a
street-car conductor.
' As the car came along Sullivan stood
on the sidewalk and motioned for it to
Btop. As it slowed up Sullivan stepped
out, leading a big mastiff along with
him. The conductor told him that the
dog could not get on the car, and when
Sullivan insisted the conductor pushed
him off the footboard. This began the
row and Sullivan gave the conductor
several blows before he could be
stopped. He was arrested, and re
mained in the station-house until mid
night before he was released on bail,
Hill I Out For Brjan.
A Washington special to the New
York World says; '
".Senator David B. Hill intends soon
to announco that ho will support Bryan
and Sewall. The senator has written
to friend. in Washington saying that,
after long consideration of what his
course as a democrat ought to be, he
has concluded that it is his duty to ac
cept the decision of the .national con
ven tion -and support its candidates.
In doing this the senator is empbatio
in his reiteration of the speech ho
made in the Chicago convention in op
position to the doctrine it was deter
mined to put forth as the-party faith.'1
That hideous and deathly
demon of sickness constipa
tion, is an easy enough thing to cure if
you take tne ngnt medicine. Constipa
tion is one of the commonest things in the
world. It is really one of the most seri
ous things. Fully nine-tenths of all the
ordinary sickness of mankind is due to
this one cause. If you place an obstruc
tion in the gutter, it will stop the flow of
water, and gradually a mass of poison
ous, putrefying matter will accumulate.
That is exactly what happens in the
digestive organs when constipation be
gins, poisonous matter accumulates and
is forced into the blood. It goes all over
the body and causes all sorts of symp
toms, a lew ot uiese are dizziness, flatu
lence, heartburn, palpitation, headaches,
loss of appetite, loss of sleep, foul breath,
distress alter eating, biliousness and erup
tions of the skin. These things are un
pleasant, but they are not serious. The
serious things come afterward. Doctor
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are for the cure
of constipation. They are tiny, sugar
coated granules, easy to take, mild and
efficient in their action. One is a gentle
laxative, two a mild cathartic. There is
nothing else in the world like them.
There is nothing that takes their place.
There is nothing "just as good,1" although
lieing and unscrupulous druggists may
sometimes tell you so for their own profit.
Do you want to lose your health so that
the druggist can get rich?
The People' Common Sense
Medical Adriser, in plain ICn-
tlish, or Medicine Simplified by
-V. Pierce, M. D., Chief Consult
ing Physician tothe Invalids' He-
telandSurgical Institute, Bullalo,
rt. ioob
tie ares.
illustrated.
U.vx. Kow
680,000 copies sold at $1.50,
sent, paper-bound, AnsoLtrrELV
Fkkb on receipt of 21 oneent
stamps to pay for nutiluis; cnlj.
Address the Author, as above.
LX.
3i
1'J;
Earthquake, Fire
and Flood
Cities.
Depopulating;
FRESH
OUTRAGES
yeyler's Troops Annihilate
ony Killing Innocent Men,
men and Children.
a Col.
Wo-
Senator Bill lias at Ljmt Got Off the Fence
and lie Landed oa lirynh'a Side
Bruiser Sullivan in Jail Fa-,
Ion in Wyoming.
San Francisco, Sept. 22. Oriental
advices just at hand state that the city
of Kobe, Japan, was wiped out by a
disastrous conflagration on August 26,
and floods, storms and earthquakes
caused tho loss of 2500 lives and the
destruction of millions of dollars'
worth of property in Northern Japan.
The fiteamer Doric from the Orient
brought news of a series of catas
trophes that have befallen the mikado's
realm that are unprecedented in its
history. In Gifu prefecture 4300 homes
were blown down, and along the Haji.
Gawa, 400 persons lost their lives-
The, severest storms occurred August
30. Along the Isatsugawa, 84' lives
were lost.
1 ne great flood was preceded by a
severe earthquake. Then followed a
downpour such as has never before
been experienced on the islaad. The
European residents were panic-
stricken, and sought shelter on the
highlands.
The " Minatogawa overflowed its
banks at midnight of the 2Gth ulu, and
the waters inundated streets and fields,
sweeping away 350 houses and drown
ing 200 persons at Kobe. After 12
hours' work the broken embankments
were repaired by sandbags. To make
the fate of Kobe worse, a fire broke
out late in the evening and, fanned by
the high wind, spread over the entire
city. One thousand nine hundred
blocks, including 2260 houses and 12
godowns, were destroyed totally and
10 houses, two police-boxes, one tire
brigade station, four temples and one
theater was nearly demolished. The
burnt area comprises 10 streets. Tho
total damage by fire was 1,000,000 yen
September 1, in Kokugo district, a
terrible series of earthquakes shook
the country. Nine people were killed
there and more than 40 at Hataya,
Senya, Takanashi Yokohori, Yoko1
heawa. Nagaushida, Shimzu and
Fujiki, where the disaster was especi
ally great.
SPANISH BABBAKI f Y.
Weyler's Holdten Commit
Fresh
Oat
Havana, Sept. 22. Well authenti
cated reports of barbarous acts by the
Spanish troops continue to reach here.
Recently the Havaua papers published
an account of an alleged battle near
Cbuco de Area, in which, after an
hour's desperate fighting, the Span
iards drove the rebels off, killing 19
and taking many prisoners. -The
papers suggested that the government
should reward Colonel Aguilera, the
Spanish commander, for his bravery.
The facts in regard to the battle ac
cording to Cuban sources are as follows:
"On September 15, 10 rebels went to
attack a guerrilla band, but met troops
hidden in the high grass. The rebels
fired a volley, killing two officers and
wounding three soldiers. The troops
fired back, Lieutenant-Colonel
Aguilera, who commanded' the troops,
went then toward a colony named
Pablo Diaz. There he found some 2-5
persons men, women and children.
He asked if they had seen any rebels
in the neighborhood. On receiving a
negative answer, he ordered, as alleged
by the Cubans, a general slaughter,
including children from 1 to 10 years
of ago.
The little children were first pierced
with the end of the bayonet, then
finished with the machete. Of that
colony 19 were butchered and six made
their escape. The men of the guer
ril.a force boasted of what they had
done when they went book to Vega, 20
miles from tbe colony.
A DESTRUCTIVE FIRE.
Missouri Military Academy Destroyed
by
Fire.
Mexico, Mo., Sept. 24. The Mis
souri military academy, situated about
a mile south of the city, burned to the
ground early tbis morning, causing a
loss of $75,090 on the building and a
heavy loss in personal effects. The
insurance is $37,000.
Hundreds of students were in the
building when the fire broke out, but
no lives were lost. Many had narrow
escapes and received injuries. The
fire is thought to have been of In
cendiary origin. Cadet Clipton,
son of the United States district at
torney at St. Louis, and Cadet W. W,
Austin, of Carroll ton, Mo., saved
several lives. When Cadet Clipto
was awakened by the smoke, he
sounded the fire-call bugle, then, with
the help of Austin, he succeeded in
getting several almost helpless students
out of the burning building.
Captain Glascock, the military in
structor, and Lieutenant Goode, of the
United States army, ran from room to
room at the peril of their lives getting
out students. Cadet Rolla Mclntyre
was taken out by Lieutenant Goode,
who was compelled to jump with him
from a third-story window. Both es
caped without injury. 'Boys sleeping
on the second and third stories escaped
by jumping 'from tho jrindows,
Twenty-one were injured, but none
fatally.
A BATTLE IN CALABAZARA.
Spanish Troops Badly Defeated by the
Insurgents.
Key West, Fla., Sept. 24. Advices
from Havana last night per steamer
Mascotte state that late on Monday
afternoon 87 Spanish troops started for
Calabazara, eight miles from Havana.
On Tuesday morning five of the 87 re
turned to Havana and reported their
companions bad been killed by insur
gents shortly before reaching Cala
bazara. The Spaniards said they were sur
rounded by about 200 insurgents, who
poured in one volley and then charged
with the machete. The five who re
turned were badly wounded, and were
left for dead by the Cubans.
On hearing tbe story a Spanish regi
ment was 6ent to the scene, and tbe
bodies of the 82 Spaniards were found
in a heap. Tho wounds made by tho
macbete were frightful, several of the
Spanlardshavlng been beheaded. The
captain was killed in this manner.
Captain-General Weyler has issued
orders to newspapers not to publish a j
word about the tragedy.
This morning five prisoners were
executed, wp garroted and three shot.
Two thousand people, mostly Spanish
officers and their wives, witnessed the
executions.
Odd Fellow t Uallai.
Dallas, Tex., Sept. 22. The second
day's session of the sovereign grand
lodge of Odd Fellows opened with the
biggest parade ever seen in Texas,
over two miles long. Five thousand
Odd - Fellows and Daughters of Re
bekah in line were viewed by nearly
50,000 people.
Subsequently, the sovereign lodge
elected grand officers. Theodore A
Ross, the present grand secretaav, was
defeated for that office by Frank Gant,
of Kentucky. Fred Carlton, of Austin,
Texas, was elected to tho office of grand
sire, by unanimous vote. For grand
treasurer,Hon. M. Richards Muckle, of
Philadelphia, was renominated by ac
clamation.
Washington' Fish Hatcberl.
Vancouver, Wa9h., Sept. 24.
State Fish Commissioner James Craw
ford says that up to date about 2,000,-
000 salmon eggs of tho sockeye species
have been taken at the new Baker lake
hatchery. Siz hundred thousand eggs,
mostly of the chinook salmon, are on
tbe racks at tbe Kalama hatchery, and
a large number of the same species
have been taken at the Chinook
station, near the mouth of the Colum
bia. Mr. Crawford expects that by
tbe close of the season fully 15,000,000
salmon eggs will have been saved and
the fish turned into the waters of tbis
state by these three hatching stations.
Four Were Indicted.
Astoria, Sept. 24. The grand jury
today returned true bills against Thos
Cooper, for grand larceny, and against
four fishermen John Dovich, Daniel
Hannula, Lucas Frantovich and Paul
Holloppa for inciting to riot and
assault with dangerous weapons upon
the person of another fisherman, named
Oxvod.' The assault was committed at
Booth's cannery, where tho complain
ing witness was beaten, for attempting
to deliver salmon during the recent
fishermen's strike."
Will Call an Ultra Session.
Frankfort, Ky., Sept. 23. Thore
is little doubt that an extra session of
the Kentucky legislature will be called,
to meet after the November election,
and that the' senatorial race will be
revived and a successor to Blackburn
elected, who will be either a ropubll
can or John G. Carlisle. The point as
to whether tbe election could be made
in an extra session is not now disputed,
as it has been settled by Acting Gov
ernor Worthington's examination of
authorities on the suhj.A.ir.
Rulciae of William Knighton.
Forest Grove, "Sept. 23. William
Knighton committed suicide yester
day by shooting himself in the head
with a 22 caliber Winchester rifie.
Knighton was about 30 years old. He
had trouble with his wife, who left him
last Sunday and wont to tbe family of
Cooper Branneman, in Scoggin valley.
Tuesday the deceased visited his wife
and gave her sister his watch, telling
her to givo it to his 4. year-old
daughter. He bade his wife good-by
and went to his mother's home, seven
miles away, where he killed himself.
Results of an explosion.
Peoria, 111., Sept. 23. The. boiler of
a 90-ton 10-wheel locomotive on tho
Big Four road burst at j Pekin last!
evening, hurling the engine more than
100 feet, partly demolishing a large
factory, killing the firemen and break
ing nearly all the glass within . a
quarter of a mile of tbo scene. Pieces
of tbt, eDgine were picked up 1000 feet
away, and one tne big drive wheels
was hurled 400 feet from the track.
Embezzlement Ia Charged.
Los Angeles, Sept.. 24. Fred Coop
er, a traveling salesman for the Craig
Stewart Company, wholesale grocers
and tobacconists, has disappeared since
the 21st. Today complaint was lodged
against blm charging felony embezzle'
rnent to the amount of several hundred
dollars. Officers are telegraphing
south and east to intercept him. He
has always heretofore been considered
reliable.
Burglary In Medford.
Medpord, Or., Sept, 23. J. Beek
& Co. 's hardware store was broken in
to last night and about $100 worth of
cuttlery and revolvers were stole n.
The money drawer was pried open and
about $5 inchange taken. An entrance
to the store .was effected by taking out
a pane of glass from the back door.
No clew has been found which will
lead to tbe detection of the guilty ones.
A Brutal Husband's Crime.
Tacoma, Sept. 24. John Mlchout, a
French laborer, shot his wife twice in
tbe head at noon, and then put a bullet
in bis own face. The woman will die.
Michout may recover. The shooting
occurred at the Fannie Paddock hos
pital, whore she is a domestic. The
crime was caused by the woman's re
fusal to live with him.
Appointed by Cleveland.
Washington, Sept. 23. The presi
dent made the following appointments
today: James A. Keaton, associate
justice of the supreme court of Okla
homa; Robert A. Habersham, surveyor
general of Oregon; John W. Cowie, of
Pennsylvania, marshal of the United
States consul court at Tlen-Tsln
China. "
Gale Sweeps England.
London, Sept. 23. A terrific galo
has swept this city and the coast of tbe
United Kingdom. Tbe 'storm broke
last evening and lasted all night, play
ing havoc with the trees in 'London
parks, and causing great damage
among coast- and fishing craft. The
loss of life however, Is reported slight.
Fnslon In Korth Carolina.
Raleigh, N, C, Sept. 22. Ti ls
morning the democratic, populist'and
silver parties agreed to fuse on a Bryan
electoral ticket in North Carolina, the
demoorats naming five electors, the
populists five and the silver party one
This union of silver, it is claimed, in
sures the state to the democratic ticket
by a large majority.
Fusion in Wyoming.
Washington, Sept. 22. Senator
Butler, chairman of the populist na
tional committee, is informed that the
democrats and populists have arranged
for fusion on tbe electoral ticket in
Wyoming on the basis of two demo
crats and one populist.
Mews From Havana.
Havana, Sept. 24. The insurgent
leader Ramirez, with armed followers,
has surrendered to the authorities at
Matanzas. The steamer Puerto Rica,
arriving from Spain, has four soldiers
on board who are sick with small-pox.
The Treasury Statement,
Washington, Sept. 24. Today's
statement of the condition oi tne
treasury shows:
Available cash balance.... $241,769,550
Gold reserve -119,RG6.124
Or. Price's Cream Baking Powder
World' Fair Highest Award.
UNDER MARTIAL lW .
The State Militia in Possession'
of Leadville. .
WANTED REVENGE
A Boy Who Had Been Whipped
Tries to Poison a Whole
Ships Crew.
urrejor-Grueral Appointed For Oregon
Kxtra tM.alonof the Kentucky Leg
islature Probable Terrible
Ucller Explosion.
New York, Sept. 23. Captain Cox,
of the British steamer Dul witch, which,
has just arrived from Hollo, Philippine
islands, via Delaware breakwater, re
ported an attempt on the part of one
of tbe ship's boys to poison all hands
by putting vermllllon paint in the
coffee.
It was last Sunday morning, when
tho steamer was lying Inside the Dela
ware breakwater, awaiting her order
to proceed, that the cook, going sud
denly Into the galley from the deck,
caught the ship's boy, Robert f eacock, '
acting in a very peculiar manner. Pea-'
cock who is about 17 years old, had
been whipped the night before by Cap
tain Cox for stealing and lying. ,
The cook was suspicious, and upon
investigating found what appeared to
be a lump of vermilllon paint in the
bottom of the coffee-pot, from which,
all hands were soon to be supplied witb.
coffee for breakfast. He at once re
ported the matter to the captain, who
determined to turn the boy over to the'
authorities, but his orders to sail were
imperative, and so he brought hlnx
along to this port. Peacock hails from -near
London. He has quite a frank
expression and does not look capable
of such a deed He has been 15 month
on the Dulwltch.
VKDEB MARTIAL LAW.'
Ihe State Mill tie lake
Possession
of
LeadTllle.
Leadville, Sept. 23. This tows
was declared under martial law at S
o'clock this afternoon by General
Brooks, under authority vested in him
by . Governor Mclntyre. General
Brooks also ordered a military court
to meet tomorrow morning to investi
gate the fight at the Coronado . mine.
Before this court meets the prelimi
nary examination of tbe persons ar
rested today will probably take place.
An attempt was made, presumably
by strikers or sympathizers, just be
fore dawn today, to destroy the Lead-ville-water
works, located in California ,
gulch, two miles from town. A guard
of 30 soldiers had been stationed at tha
works.
About 5 A. M. the pickets saw a flash
on a distant hill, supposed to havn
been a signal. A little after a sentry
discerned forms crawliog up the hill.
He hailed them and was answered by
a shot. Several scattering shots wem"
fired, but tbe attacking party, finding;
the guard wide awake, drew off with
out any injury being done on either'
side as far as known.
Warrants have been issued for 25
I members of the miners' union, includ
. ing all the officers and the executive
! committee. Threo men were landed
in jail. Tbey were E. J. Dcwar, secre-
tary of the miners' union; Eugene Can
non, a member or tne executive com- -mlttee;
Gomer Richards, a member o?
the union, who does not hold an official ,
position. '!-'-" . ,
'' Gold ArrhraU at New York.
New York, Sept 24 The gold ar
riyals on the Lahn and Aurania aggre
gated $203,000.
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