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SATURDAY... NOVEMBER 14, 1896
m rRTEvns nv BIMETALJSM
TTon. William Jennings Bryan, the
greatest llvlne champion of independ
ent bimetalism, and defeated candidate
for president, has issued the following
letter to the bimetausts oitne unnea
States.
"Conscious that millions of loyal
hearts are saddened by temporary de,
feat, I beg to offer a word of hope and
encouragement.- No cause eyer had
supporters more brave, earnest and de-
voted than those who espoused tne
' cause of bimetalism. They have fought
from conviction and have fought with
all the zeal which conviction Inspires.
Events will prove whether they were
right' or wrong. Having done their
: " duty as they saw It, tney nave nommg
to regret. The republican candidate
has : been heralded as the advance
'- people. If his policies bring real pros
peritytothe American people, those
' who opposed him will share that pros
perity. If on the other hand his poll
cies prove an injury to the people
VHUHflal IV. Llinnn BUlUVI MVyS, s
. not belong to the office Holding mass,
or to the nrivile?ed class, will sufferin
'common with those who opposed him
:, Friends of bimetalism have not been
; vanquished; they have been simply
: overcome. They believe the gold
. standard is a conspiracy ol tne money
' changers against the welfare of the
' human race, and until convinced of
; their error they will continue the war-
.. fare against it. The contest has been
. waged this year under great embarass-
: ments and against odds. But in spite
' . ' of the efforts of the administration and
its supporters, in spite of the threats
: of the money lenders at home and
abroad, in spite of coercion practiced
- by corporations on employes, and in
. spite of trusts and syndicates, in spite
- of the enormous republican campaign
fund, and in snite of the influences of
a hostile daily press, bimetalism has
almost triumphed in its first great
the contest stronger than it was four
months ago, I desire to commend the
work of the three national committees
' which have joined in the management
of this campaign. They have laid the
foundation for future success and will
be remembered as pioneefs when the
victory is at last secured. No personal
or political friend need grieve because
of my defeat.
- "My ambition has been to secure
immediate legislation rather than to
enjoy the honors of office. Therefore
defeat brings to me no personal feeling
" of loss.
' HDM..l.t.A Ia. 1. if. n till a
my labors as well as for myself, I de
sire to say that we have been amply
repaid for all that we have done. In
the love of millions of our fellow citiz-
' edge gained by personal contact with
the people; and in broadened sym
; pathles, we find full compensation for
what efforts we have put forth. In
. tne iace oi an enemy rejuiciujr
jn 'victory-' let' the roll , be called
for the enffieement and ' urge all
. friends' of bimetalism to renew
.- their, allegiance to the cause. If
' .- .we are - right, as I believe we are,
" we .shall yet triumph. The year4
" J .......
t year arrives international bimetalism
will cea8ej-fieceive. Before that year
fives those who have called them
selves gold standard democrats win
have become bimetal Is ts and be with
our party, or have become republicans
and thus open' enemies;' before that
year arrives we will have convinced
still more people that the trusts are a
- menace to private welfare and to pub
lic safety;, before that year arrives the
evils of the gold standard will be even
more evident than they are now, and
the people will be ready to demand an
. American financial policy for an Amer
ican people and will join with us in the
immediate restoration of the free and
unlimited coinage of gold and silver at
the present legal ratio of 16 to 1,' with
out waiting for the aid or consent of
any other nation."
HUMANITY DEMANDS ACTION.
It is probably not the province of
this government to interfere as a peace
maker betweewany foreign power and
ernment pursues humane methods to
subdue the rebels, or confines itself to
'legitimate rules of warfare as recog
nized by the civilized world. . But
when any government shall resort to
butchery of women and children and
the wanton destruction of property be-
lnnci no- to citizens of the TTnited States
: who may be in the rebellious colony,
' it is then time for this country to step
in, and in the cause of humanity, say
' since tne insurgents oi vuoa Degan
n . . J 1 ,
their patriotic struggle to throw off
'r t.riei'irnfrA n? Sna.niah tvi-a.anv.the TTnited
States has -pursued the course of
- neutrality and has not sought to inter
fere either for or against the patriots,
and so long as Spain confined itself to
legitimate warfare this government
should not hive interfered. But since
. Spain has chosen to prosecute the war
. after the fashion of the most depraved
barbarians, the United States should
stretch out her strong arm and decree
the butchery shall cease. The Pitts-
Durg isispaccn very putiuiy prascm-cu
the condition of Cuba and the duty of
this government in the premises, when
it said: .
. - . "There is no prospect of an early
end 01 tnis condition oi tniDgs, except
lUrUUgU Wl iukiioiouwivi ww uuxvcu
States or some of the first class powers
of Europe. The insurgents feel that
' after complete ' ruin there will be
liberty, and Spain, which sees the
. magninceult iierniiurjr Biiyyiug uum iw
erasp, is apparently determined that
the sum shall be complete before its
tyrannical hold is relinquished. Mean
time, women and children are suffer
ing, dying of starvation, being
slaughtered like beasts.
"In the name of humanity, how long
must this barbarity be continued, with-
------ aann lHv nf t.hA civilization, en
llchtenment and humanitarian virtues
of which we boast? Under the Monroe
ji .-(no t.Ma nnintrv p. An not rtermft
UWlUuwi J r
any European power to interfere, in
Iia onlv wav that interference will be
AffActnal. yet the government at Wash
ington does nothing to alleviate the
conditions itself.
"It is only a question of time until
Cuba passes under control of a first-
class power, and that is merely to say
it is a 'question whether the United
States will treat, peacefully, jpr by war,
witn spain, or wnetner tne govern'
ment will wait upon the necessity to
treat with another foreign power after
the situation has become more com
plicated and difficult."
IT MUST BE MET.
An extra session of the 55th congress
to be called for next spring, to pass
tariff bill, is sure to be urged now, but
the movement is to be deplored. This
is not the time to plunge the country,
into another tariff discussion, with its
inevitable bad effect upon business.
The only emergency that would justify
an extra session would be the need
for revenue or currency measures.
This may develop by spring, but mean
while, when one considers the rant
such men as Tillman, Jones and Dauiel
would hasten to pour out upon the
country from the senate chamber, the
old adage about sleeping dogs has an
attractive and restful -found. Ore-
goaian. -
Indeed are we not now to have any
tariff legislation after all theante-elec
tiOQ ttvadle of the republican organs
that the tariff was an issue, and that
"cKinley and protection" would
bring us prosperity? Are the people
to be deprived of the boon for which
they voted? Are the sheep raisers of
Eastern Oregon, who voted almost to
a man for "McKinley and protection'
to be put off with the assurance that
all the promises of the republican party
to give them relief were made only to
catch their votes? Since the republi
can party has Becured control of every
branch of the government, is it afraid
to eyen attempt to remedy the ills it
has denounced the past three years?
While we concede the Oregonian to
have been a power in this state during
the recent campaign, and by its false
hoods and misrepresentations to have
turned the votes of many credulous
citizens to its cause of protection, we
hardly believe its influence will be
great enough to prevent President-
Elect McKinley from calling an extra
session of congress early next spring.
And though an extra session will,
we believe, result in little or no tariff
legislation, the republican party will
necessarily be compelled to show its
willingness to offer relief to the treas
ury by convening congress lor tne
purpose of passing a revenue bill. If
it does not it will at once be compelled
to go into the bond-selling business in
order to pay expenses. It is anything
but a promising outlook for Mr. Mc
Kinley, but it is a situation he must
meet, and his only alternative will be
to begin selling bonds or convene
congress in extraordinary session, and
of the two evils he will most likely ac
cept the latter, regardless of what the
consequences may be.
JOUB FUTUJRE CUBBENCT.
Since the election has passed, evi
dence accumulates that the real inten
tion of the gold standard people is to
contract the currency of the country
and thereby increase the purchasing
power of their gold and other money
represented or based on goid. Evi
dence of this is furnished in the follow
ing telegram from Indianapolis,' bear
ing date of Nov. 10:
'Local bankers and business men.
without regard to . political ' lines, are
expressing themselves in favor of an
organized movement to bring about a
revision of the . currency system,' and
declaring that something must be
done to remove all cause of distrust.
'The majority agree that the green
backs must be retired. The sugges
tion is also meeting with general favor
that a ' national meeting of business
men be held to' consider the subject
and recouimed action to be hereafter
indorsed by congress. It is the purpose
to ask the Indianapolis board of trade
to take the initiative, but meanwhile
it is proposed to seek the views of
boards of trade in other cities to the
end that there may be concerted ac
tion." '
strip tms statement ot all Its cov
... - ....
ering, and wnat does it mean? Sim
ply this: The greenbabks and . all
other paper issue of the : government
will be retired, thus curtailing the cir
culation of the country about $750,000,
000; and what. of the result? Money
will necessarily be made scarce, and
thereby its purchasing power will be
enhanced. In time, of course, some
other medium of exchange (monjy)
will be supplied, but before that can
be furnished, interest hearing bonds of
the government will have to be issued
to call in the credit currency, for the
nation cannot retire its paper unless it
gives something in return. The busi
ness of the country cannot be con
ducted on the small volume of ex
change that is left after the credit cur
rency has been retired, hence a de
mand will be made for something to
take its place. That something will
be supplied by an increased national
bank issue, which will probably take
the place off the $750,000,000 of credit
money to be retired, and will be based
upon the additional three per cent
bonds that will be issued to retire the
vast amount of credit money provided
the bond-sellers and bond-holders are
allowed to have their say in the man
agement of the financial policy of the
country which seems altogether likely,
since under the government to be in
stituted next March they are in a fair
way to revise the currency as they see
fit.
WHY JXQTt
The Oregonian advocatee the reten
tion of Carlisle and Olney as secretary
of the treasury-and secretary of state,
and giving Cleveland a foreign mission.
Certainly this would be a wise course
for Mr. McKinley to pursue. Only we
would suggest that he put Olney back
as attorney-general, since he is a tool
of the trusts who elected Mr. McKin
ley, and would serve them well. Car
lisle would indeed be the right man in
the treasury department to carry out
the gold-standard idea, and Cleveland
would serve in almost any position ac
ceptably to the trusts and syndicates,
so we would submit that he should su
persede Mark Hanna as chief advisor
to the president, and that congress
create such an office fixing a sallary of
about $250,000 a year. If. we are to
have a government for the plutocrats,
syndicates and trusts, why not make a
bed of roses, or rather of gold, for all
the favored ones who are to be re
warded? . '
Charles D. Lane, a wealthy gold
mine owner of California, offers to see
to It that Bryan's expenses' are guar
anteed if he will continue the cam
paign for silver another four years,
Mr. Lane has confidence .in. the just
ness of the cause, and is "determined
that the campaign of education shall
not lag for want of financial aid.. .
LET US GET lOOETHEB.
Tf The Dalles would reap the full
benefit of the bounties bestowed upon
it by nature, and al90 by the United
States government in the way of an
open river, to the sea, its people must
begin pulliug together toward advanc
ing their common cause the building
up of the city. Natural resources must
be developed and new ones created.
This can be accomplished only by
united effort. One cannot wait for
another to bring wealth to his door,
neither can a few individuals develop
resources requiring the expenditure of
thousands of dollars, that are intended
to benefit the entire community with
out financial aid from the community.
It is generally believed that under
lying this section is an immense body
of coal, i a met it has been demonstrated
that there are limited veins of coal at
a slight depth below the surface right
here at The Dalles, though old and ex
perienced coal miners believe a depth
of from 1,000 to 1,500 feet will have to
be reached before a permanent vein is
found.
Acting upon tnis belief, The Dalles
Drilling Co. began prospecting for
coal on Chenoweth several years ago
and have expended several thousand
dollars in this enterprise. At last
they have reached a point where it is
discouraging for them to continue the
DrosDect work uuaided, having en
countered very refactory rock, neces
sitating the use of more improved drill
ing machinery than they possess. In
fact, if the company continues the
work they must have assistance.
It is needless to enlarge upon the
advantages that would accrue to The
Dalles from having coal mines discov
ered and in operation, nor is it certain
that such will ever bo discovered,
though experienced miners consider
the prospects here very favorable, and
upon such assurance the enterprising
citizens of the city would be justified
in expending a few thousand dollars
prospecting. If there is coal under
neath the surface in this vicinity it
will not come to light of its own accord,
neither will any other industry be de
veloped in our midst without action on
our part. So let our people begin
getting together on all propositions
that offer to benefit our city com
mercially.
A TBIUMPH OF PEACE.
After many months of bullying and
blustering Great Britain has at last
accepted the terms of the United
States to submit the Venezuelan
boundary dispute to arbitration, and
Oscar II, king of Norway and Sweden,
has .been chosen as the fifth arbitrator,
while of the other four, the lord chief
justice of England will select two and
the chief justice of the United States
supreme, court will name two.
The happy termination of this dis
pute is indeed a triumph for modern
civilization, and marks and important
period in the march away from the old
time methods of settling controversies
between nations by the resort to arms.
which was the method when kings
ruled the world. More than this, it
establishes the principle . that the
powerful shall not wrong the weak;
that even the weakest nation on the
globe shall have its rights guarded as
sacredly as shall the most powerful.
The nation that has no standing army,
no nayr, no coffers of wealth .with
which to prosecute war, may submit
her grievances to the tribunal of the
world and have her wrongs righted
Tnis too wltnout bloodshed, bu: as
peaceably as if it were an action in a
civi1 court between two neighbors. In
sbort, It is tbe establishing of a prin
ciple that nations must be neighbors,
and if one, though powerful, seeks to
encroach- upon another because it is
weak, there are other neighbors who
will interfere and insist that justice be
done.
Less than a year ago, when this
matter was first brought to public
notice, few believed it could be settled
peaceably. The peonle of both Eng
land and America were arroused to a
high pitch of excitement by the critical
situation the boundary dispute had
percipitated. When President Cleve
land issued his message insisting that
the Monroe doctrine must be observed,
and that England should not encroach
upon American soil, war seemed almost
inevitable, but the stand taken by the
president met with' patriotic response
in the hearts of Americans, and the
British government began to realize
that to longer refuse a friendly arbi
tration with little Venezuela was dan
gerous, ' when the people of . her big
sister to the north were ready to back
their president in his demand that
justice be done.
Aside from the fact that this dis
pute is to be amicably settled, and
that the proudest and most insolent
nation on earth has been forced to
recognize tbe rights of others, without
first having spilled the blood of brave
men, tnis neacelul settlement of a
serious question is a most important
historical event, and is full of promise
for the future. It is a great achieve
ment of diplomacy, and a grand
triumph for peace, right and justice,
for it marks the lines on which like
disputes must and will be settled in the
future.
A PLAIN DUTY.
A majority of the silver men in the
senate and house are beginning to take
a sensible view of the situation, and
recognize the absurdity of longer con
tinuing the 'dog-in-the manger" policy
pursued at the last session. They
realize that there is nothing to be
gained by opposing legislation that is
intended to increase the revenues and
at the same time afford incidental pro
tection to certain American industries,
and it is barely possible that some such
legislation may be had at the coming
session that will relieve the treasury.
Possibly the Dlngley bill will pass the
senate, and if it does, will no doubt re
ceive the approval of the president.
Having conceded this much, the silver
senators cannot be expected to do more
towardirelieving the treasury, unless
some measure is presented to restore
silver to its rigntlul position as a
money metal. After they have con
sented to the passage of a law that will
bring the .'eeeipts of the government
up to the expenditures, their duty as
regards further legislation is plain,
and their plans appear to be well form
ulated. , . .
By no means do they expect to give
up the fight for;silver. They will con
tinue in the future as they have in the
past, to battle for a cause they believe
is just, and to this end they will effect
a more permanent organization than
ever before. They will continue the
"campaign of education" among the
masses, and unless general prosperity
shall come during the first year of Mr.
McKinley'a administration, they will
elect an overwhelming majority in the
next house and will haye control of
enough, legislatures to insure a safe
liver majority in the senate. .
That the silver people shall thus for
tify themselves is desirable for. many
reasons. They must put themselves
in a position that they can shape
future financial legislation, for if
general prosperity shall not result
under the administration of Mr. Mc
Kinley. the nolicv of which will be a
financial system based upon, a gold
standard and increased protection, a
change will be an absolute necessity,
and the silver advocates must be in a
position to make that change. But
if increased protection and a continu
ance of the gold standard shall prove
beneficial. no change will be
desirable, and the silver people should
be the last to demand a departure from
a policy that brings prosperity.
A large majority of the people of
America have said in emphatic terms
that thev want a continuance of tbe
gold standard and increased tariff
duties. It is now incumbent upon
congressmen who differ in opinion
with the majority to give the people
what they have voted for in order that
a fair test of that policy may be had,
hence the advocates of the free coin
age of silver will be undemocratic in
deed if they do not submit to the will
of the majority, and cease obstructing
legislation that the majority wants.
EDIIOBIAL NOTES.
R. P. (Silver Dick) Bland will te a
member of the next congress, having
been again elected in the eighth Mis
souri district.
We do not need higher education but
more general education of the masses.
This can be had through free public
schools, and not otherwise.
The total vote cast at the recent
election in Oregon was about 90,000,
This would indicate that the popula
tion is in the neighborhood of 48,000,
The prosperity that has been prom
ised us through the election of -the
republican ticket cannot be too soon
in coming. The country needs a little
prosperity, and God speed the day
when it shall come.
The Dalles at present has all the
population that it can furnish employ
ment for, therefore if it would grow it
must institute industries that will give
more work. What will be the first
manufacturing industry established?
There are loud assertions afloat that
in the recent election in this state
there was any amount of repeating and
illegal votine. Whether the claims
are true or not, they are disagreeable
to hear. This could be averted by the
adoption of a strict registration law,
Whatever else may happen The
Dalles should keep on the look out for
every individual or corporation that
has money to invest in manufacturing,
We need factories that will consume
our raw material and give employment
to more people.
The people of this county should re
member that prosperity for them can
only be made permanent by getting out
of debt and staying out. Now seems
to be a time to get out. If you .have a
surplus of cash invest it, but do not
borrow to speculate on, should be ob
served. '
Utah takes'the lead as a woman suff
rage Btate, having elected Mrs. Martha
H. Cannon to the senate. Mrs. Can
non was nominated on the' democi atic
ticket and her republican opponent
was her husband, Angus M. Cannon
Either Mrs. Cannon is a most popular
woman or her husband a most un
popular man, since she beat him by
4,000 votes.
Oregon has a number of commis
sions that are of no earthly use except
to furnish offices for the fortunate in
incumbents. The member? of the
next legislature were all pledged to
economy prior to tne June election,
and the people will expect them to
begin fulfilling these pledges by cut
ting off the commissions and state
boards. They furnish abundant op
portunity for practicing economy.
Woman suffrage received a blackeye
in California, where the proposed
amendment to the constitution con
ferring the right of suffrage was badly
snowed under in the recent election
The staid old fathers and gallant
brothers of the ' golden state flatly re'
fused to place the fair sex on an
equality with them in governmental
affairs. They are now lords of tbe
situation and pronose to retain their
dignity.
The dispatch announcing that the
war department has called upon trunk
lines to furnish information as to their
ability to transport troops to Florida,
has we believe little significance, since
the administration has of late shown
little inclination to recognize Cuba as
a belligerent. However, it may be
possible tbe president's sense of hu
manity has been aroused and he con
templates putting a stop to the butch-
erics in Cuba.
Martin Luther Pipes is entitled to
some recognition at tne bands oi
President-Elect McKinley. When he
goes to dishing out the federal patron
age in Oregon, we would suggest that
he make M or tin Luther U. S. district
attorney. He ought to be rewarded,
after having accepted a nomination
last spring on a free coinage platform.
and after he was defeated found - that
his conscience would not permit him to
support a candidate for president on
the same kind of a platform.
People generally are too prone to
base great hopes upon the result of
an election; and are invariably disap
pointed. A change of tbe policies of
government cannot bring wealth to all
or good times to every section, there
fore under . any administration ' the
country will be just about what we
make it by our individual efforts. If
we hope to get anything we will have
to earn it after the 4th of March next
just the same as we have in the past,
Certainly the republican party owes
much to Palmer and Buckner for the
success in the recent elections, and al
ready managers of the party are be
ginning to show their gratitude by ar
ranging a reward for General Buckner,
suggesting that he be sent as minister
to Italy. Now they should pick out a
fat job for General Palmer. It would
be well to send both the old generals
off tosome'foreign country, since they
have outlived their usefulness here.
Alreadyiprofessional politicians are
beginning to figure upon who shall
compose McKinley's cabinet. Hun
dreds of them are hungry for office, and
ready to accepi any job, from secretary
of state down to secretary of Agricul
ture. If Mr. McKinley is grateful for
past favors and proposes to hand out
cabinet offices in payment for services
rendered in the recent campaign, he
ought to make Grover Cleveland secre
tary of state and John G. Carlisle
secretary of the treasury.
If we ever arrive at a stage of uni
versal education, where all, both the
rich and the poor, snail have a knowl
edge of the rudimentary branches, it
must be attained through tbe publie
schools, for they are the only schools
within reach of all. To enlarge the fa
cilities for disseminating knowledge
through our public schools should
therefore be tbe aim of legislation.
This can be accomplished by cutting
off appropriations for colleges, univer
sities and normal schools, and enlarg
ing tbe public school fund to an extent
that there may be six months of free
school each year in every district.
The Times-Mountaineer is a little
crusty because some of our leading
people state officials, senators, etc.
attended the opening of the locks but
did not, or could not go up to The
Dalles. The T.-M. has a bad liver.
Heppner Gazettee. You are mis
taken , Brother Gazette. Our liver is
all right. We simply expressed the
just indignity of some 10,000 people of
Eastern Oregon at tbe action of cer
tiin state and government officials,
and even ce of our own represent a
tives in the legist iture, for ignoring
the people in order that they might
hob-nob with the contractors. These
gentlemen could have attended our
celebration, for they did come up on
the night train after it was all over.
A DW ARK'S
USE. N
Had Hlmaelf Shipped in a Box In Order t
Beat tbe Railway.
Four or five years ago one of the most
celebrated of European prodigies was
the Polish dwarf, Hermann Zeitung, at
one time one of the chief attractions at
the Folies Bergere, says the New York
world. Latterly Zeitung has been lit
tle in the public eye, or rather was un
til the other day, when he started in tc
carry out an interesting exploit which
very nearly succeeded.
He had himself fastened up in a box
addressed to a .large importing house
at Madrid nd labeled: "Fragile. With
care. Top." Holes had been made in
this box for breathing purposes and
one of its sides was so constructed that
it could be opened from within to give
the little dwarf a way of getting out
unnoticed when he reached his destina
tion. The box was fitted up with a
cushion seat and an abundant supply
of provisions was placed within it.
The start was made at Vienna, where
Zeitung had been living for some time,
and after the dwarf had p'.ased him
self inside and fastened himself in two
lusty porters carried him oil to the sta
tion, having been paid beforehand a
fee of sixty cents each. They gave the
box in charge to the stationmaster to
be shipped to Madrid by express.
According to Zeitung, the journey
was an uninteresting one and with
out incident, but when he got to the
Spanish capital his troubles began.
The Madrid stationmaster evidently
bad a poor knowledge as to the fragil
ity of glass, for he turned the box over
and over, and at last came to the con
clusion that its contents onght to be in
vestigated. His aids, therefore, opened
it and dragged out the dwarf more dead
than alive from the shaking he had re
ceived. It would have puzzled a man
less full of expedients how to further
punish Zeitung, but the stationmaster
Bolved the problem by having him ar
rested for trying to swindle the rail
road companies out of their fares.
The dwarf's defense was that he waa
traveling in this manner on a bet of
three thousand francs, the terms of
the wager being that he was to get to
Madrid without a cent in his pocket.
Three hundred francs, however, were
found concealed in his shoes. The real
reason for his traveling in this remark
able manner was that he might save
railroad fare and also get a good adver
tisement for the engagement in Madrid,
for which he was billed.
HIGHLY MAGNETIZED.
What Happened to a Family from Drink
ing Impregnated Water.
A remarkable story comes from tha
upper x ok una -country, wasmngxon.
Two years ago Peter Stromshadt lo
cated on a piece of land near what is
now known as Borax Springs, his fami
ly consisting of bis wife and two chil
dren. A few days after his settlement
Stromshadt discovered a spring close
to the shack he had built, the water of
which was strongly impregnated with
iron, bnt not tinpalatabble. Stromstadt
dug and deepened the spring, and since
July. 1893, the family has nsed the
water for all domestic purposes.
One night" recently a heavy electric
storm passed over the cascades, ac
companied by vivid displays of light
ning. The following day Mrs. btrom
stadt, while kindling a flit in the stove,
found it almost impossible to separate
the stove lifter from her hand. Her
husband, bearincr her scream, ran to
her assistance, when, to . his surprise,
he found that he, too, experienced great
difficulty in detaching any article of
iron with which his hands came in con
tact.
Breakfast was finally prepared and
the family sat down to the meal. The
children, girls of five or seven years,
respectively, drank their milk from tin
cups, and upon raising the cups to then-
mouths found themselves unable to
detach the cups from their lips. Strom
stadt, who is an intelligent immigrant
from Sweden, waa nonplussed, and
while unable to account for the won
derful occurrence, nevertheless laughed
at his wife's excited declarations that
the family was bewitched.
A member of the Portland, Ore.
academy of science, to whom the cir
cumstance was related, says that the
Stromstadt family has become satu
rated with iron, which was rendered
magnetic by the passage of electricity
from the clouds to the earth during the
recent electric storm. 'Stromstadt him
self takes tbe matter philosophically,
and aside from the inconvenienco of
having his head decorated with
fringe of knives, forks and teaspoons,
which are attached to him, is inclined
to regard he nrrence lightly.
Blakelev & Houerhton carry a full
line of Munyon's Homoeopathic Rem
edies,
When a little one is
expected in the family how
lovingly the parents plan
together for its future well-
tare, inev sometimes even lorecast its
education and career. Does this seem
too early to anticipate while the child ii
yet unborn f it isn't. The child's dea
tiny has already been partly mapped out
by Nature according to the disposition
and habits of the parents. The best plan
a mother can make for the future happi
ness of her unborn child is to maintain
her own cheerfulness' and health while
her child's undeveloped being is still a
part of hers. Her health at this critical
period is ot tremendous consequence to
the little one's whole future existence.
Every prospective mother will find direct
nourishment, comfort and sustaining
strength, in Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre
scription. It will maintain her vitality
both bodily and mental: shorten the peri
od of confinement and make labor easy and
almost painless. It imparts strength and
elasticity to the organs concerned in par
turition, invests the mother with recuper
ative energy against any after period of
weakness and depression, and aids in the
secretion of healthy nourishment for the
child. It is the unfailing cure of all " fe
male weaknesses."
Dear Doctor Your ' Favorite PrescrioUon.' b
the best medicine to take before confinement
that can be found. It proved ao with me. I
never suffered ao tittle with any of my children
as I did with my hut, and she is the healthiest we
have. When I began your treatment I could not
stand on my feet lone- enough to wash my dishes
without suffering almost death ; now I do all my
housework, wash in I. eookina. sewinar. and every.
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The Venezuelan Question
be Arbitrated.
to
GOTT OFF LUCKY
Mrs.
Castle is Allowed to Return
to Her Saa Francisco
Home.
Keuator Pettigrew Opened the Campaign
of lOOO He Will Aid McKinley in
Tariff LegiHlatlou Hut Will
Oppone TrtiKta.
Washington, Nov. 10. The Vene
zuela commission has authorized the
following official statement: '"The
statement of Lord Salisbury as reported
in the morning papers, makes it prob
able that the boundary dispute now
pending between Great Britain and
Venezuela will be setUed by arbitra
tion at an early date. Under these
circumstances, the commission, while
continuing its deliberations in the pre
paration and orderly arrangement of
many valuable maps, reports aud docu
ments, which have been procured and
used in the course of its labors, does
not propose to formulate any decision
for the present of the matters subject
to examination. It will continue its
sessions from time to time, but we hope
and tbe expectation is that a friendly
and just settlement of all pending dif
ferences between the nations interested
will make any final decision on its
part unnecessary."
MRS. I'ASTLK RELEASED.
Clemency Was Extended I'pon Medical
Groands.
London, Nov. 10. Mrs. Walter M.
Castle, of San Francisco, sentenced at
the Clerkenwell sessions Friday last to
three months' imprisonment without
hard labor, after baring pleaded guilty
by advice of her counsel to a charge of
shop-liftinjf, was released from Worm
wood Scrubbs prison today on medical
grounds, by order of the home secre
tary, Sir Matthew White Kidloy. The
commissioner of prisons, it appears,
directed the medical board to inquire
into and report upon tne health of Mrs.
Castle, whose condition was causing
anxiety to the prison authorities. She
was watched day and night by special
attendants at the infirmary and shown
every attention possible. The com
missioners after receiving the report
of the medical board on the state of
Mrs. Castle's health, oommunicated
with the home secretary, who prompt
ly ordered her release from prison and
that she be placed in the care of her
husband, who has undertaken to tako
her back to tbe United States with the
least possible delay.
A Bally of Silver Hosts.
Sioux Fails, S. D., Nov. 10. Sen
ator Pettigrew opened the campaign
of 1900 last night and addressed one of
the largest audiences ever gathered in
this city. It was announed as the be
ginning of the bimetallist fight of four
years hence. The senator said that he
would render McKinley every aid pos
sible for him to demonstrate that the
tariff was what ailed the country, but
wanted to put himself on record assay
ing that he would resist every action
of a tariff bill that provided for tariff
on any article controlled by a trust.
This created a sensation, and the de
monstration that followed was tremen
dous. Tbe senator was given a great
reception at the close of his speech.
Mines to be Operated.
San Fbancisco, Nov. 10. Ex
United States Senator Stephen W.
Dorsey has just arrived here direct
from London. For several years the
ex-senator's home has been in Denver,
and for a year and a half past he has
been interested in a large group of
gold mines near tbe Colorado river,
28 miles from Yuma, in Southern Cal
ifornia. He went over to Loudon to
get money to develop these mines. He
succeeded, and will now erect a 100
stamp mill and employ 4G0 or 500 men.
Wheat in New Vork.
New York, Nov. lO.-Wheat eclipsed
yesterday's record price this morning.
December going up to 87ic, soon after
the start. A sharp advance induced
profit taking, and December dropped
to 871 before noon. Unexpected higher
cables, foreign buying, ' unfavorable
European and Argentine crop reports
and light spring wheat receipts occa
sioned early buying. Transactions in
wheat futures to noon amounted to
507,000 bushels.
An Armenian Massacre.
Constantinople, Nov. 10. The re
port, last Thursday, that CO persons
were killed in a massacre in an Armen
ian village near Kaisrieh, was not ex
aggerated. On the con trary, the affair
turns out more serious than was at
first announced. The massacre occur
red at the village of Everek, where
100 persons were killed and nearly all
the Armenian bouses pillaged.
An Improbable Bobbery Story.
Chicago, Nov. 10. J. Merman, a
jeweler whose place of business is on
the tenth floor of the Masonic temple,
told the police yesterday that two men
had entered his office, bound and
gagged him and his clerk, C A. Mc-
Curdy, and then carried off diamonds
valued at $4,000 and about $100 in
money. '
Appeal to Loyal Canans.
Havana, Nov. 10. The committee
on national defense will today publish
a manfesto addressed to the loyal in
habitants of Cuba calling upon them
to join together to secure peace by tbe
triumph of the Spanish arms, with the
security that Spain will do justice to
all political parties who have united to
sustain the national sovereignty.
Her Carso on Fire.
Liverpool, Nov. 10. The British
steamer Avonmore, Captain Duncan-
son, from Galveston for this port, has
isrnalled off Point Lynas that her
cargo in the forehold is on fire. .
DOSK BY THE FARMERS.
Many Resolutions Presented to the Con
gress.
Indianapolis, Nov. 11. The farm
ers' national congress today by resolu
tion requested ex-Presiden Harrison
to address the body. The president ot
the congress, referring to the bill
pending in the United States congress
providing for an industrial commission,
said that action should be taken by the
farmers' congress looking to the ap
pointment of one, or perhaps two of
the five members of tbe commission
from the membership of this congress.
Resolutions were referred to the
committee on resolutions as follows:
The suggestion of S. W. Allerton, of
Indianapolis, to the secretary of ag
riculture that the congress of the
United States appoint a corps of civil
engineers to examine aud report as
to the practicability of constructing a
ship canal connecting the Atlantic
with the Great Lakes, by way of the
rivers and the Gulf of Mexico; declar
ing the sense of this congress that
women whould b3 givoa the right of
sulTerajje; that the congress of the
Uuited States should take active meas
ures to restrict undesirable immigra
tion, discountenance class' legislation
and discourage sectionalism.
W. H. Hoffman, of Illinois, intro
duced a resolution to the effect that in
asmuch as the supreme court of the
United States had decided the tax' on
iucotnes to be unconstitutional, all
uirni products should bo oxenipt from
assessment or taxation.
Shahl, of Illinois, introduced the
following "Whereas, as trusts are
annually robbing the people of mil
lions, be It resolved that this congress
demands that the laws against trusts
be enforced, and that laws that are
now inadquate be strengthened."
England l:ot-s Kot Object.
New York, Nov. 11. The Journal's
London cable says:
"I am told tbat the attitude of Eng
land favors an agreement that America
should hold future supervision ovpr
Cuba. She knows that the other
powers will not object to this modeof
ending the impotent reign of Spain in
that bland, and she also knows that
she will not be allowed by either Eu
rope or America to exercise this suzer
ainty herself. It is said that the Brit
ish government has sounded the chief
chancellors of Europo as to their atti
tude toward American interference be
tween Spain and Cuba and has satis
fied herself that no great power will
object to this course.
Fontofflre In Paisley Robbed.
Ashland. Or.. Nov. 11. News has
just reached here that the postoffice at
Paislev. Or., was robbed by two un
known men the morniug of November
6. DeDutv Postmaster Herbert Aid
rich witnessed tbe robbery and fired at
the robbers as they left the building
wounding both, one so badly that he
was subsequently captured by a sher
iff's posse. The other started away to
the south, leavinsr blood stains in the
road.
Paisley is a little village in Lake
countv. 44 miles from Lakevicw, the
county seat, and some distance from
Ager, the nearest telegraph station.
The postoffice in Paisley is a fourth
class office, situated in the general
merchandise store of Virgil Conn, who
is postmaster. A stage line connects
it with Lakeviow, and mails are car
ried in and out three times a week. -
St. Jame's Gasette Comments.
London. Nov. 12. The St. James's
Gazette publishes a leading article
headed "An Historic Moment," in
which it says: "Lord Salisbury's great
admission of the principle that the
United States have the right to inter
vene in the frontier disputes of Amer
ican powers and to compel the dis
putants to arbitrate, altogether tran
scends in importance the question of
the Guiana boundary. It is a formal
recognition of the hegemony of the
Un ited States en the American conti
nent, and gives the president of the
ne w world a power which the medieval
popes and emperors tried vainly to
claim in Europe."
A Meeting of Silver Men.
Chicago, Nov. 12. Silver men
under the leadership of I. N. Stevens,
chairman of .the executive committee
of the silver party, held a meeting at
the Sherman house and decided to
maintain a permanent organization. It
was planned by those present to con
tinue independently the agitation for
the free and unlimited coinage of silver
at the ratio of 16 to 1. "Bimetalism"
will be the new tocsin. A campaign
of literature, called by silverites an
"educational" crusade, is to be con
ducted for the next four years. It is to
be pushed in every state enst of
the Mississippi river.
The Next Congress.
New York, Nov. 11. Senator Sher
man of Ohio, speaking about the out
look for legislation in congress said to
day: "It will be necessary to pass a
tariff measure at once. The Dingley
bill, with some changes, will do for the
present. If the Dingley bill is passed
at the coming session of congress
there will bo no necessity for an extra
ordinary session after March 4. It is
doubtful if the republicans will have
a majority in the senate. Nobody can
tell yet whether the republicans or
democrats will get a senator from Ken
tucky and North Carolina."
The Vote in California
San Francisco, Nov. 11. With 13
counties unreported, the total can
vassed vote of California shows a
plurality for the McKinley and Hobart
electors of over 2600 votes. This
places the vote of San Francisco where
it was fixed by the unofficial count a
plurality for the republican ticket of
308. In no other case is anf figure
but the official one given.
The counties yet to be officially rec
orded are Alpine, Fresno, Lassen, Los
Angeles, Modoc, Mono, Napa, Plumas,
Sacramento, Santa Clara, Shasta.Sono
ma and Trinity.
To Recognize the Cubans.
Sucre, Bolivia, via Galveston, Tex.
Nov 12. The committee on foreign
affairs in the chamber of deputies has
reported in favor of the recognition of
tbe Cuban insurgents as belligerants.
The Argentine minister has been in
structed to demand of Bolivia the
evacuation of the district of San An
tonio, lately occupied by the Bolivians.
Castles Coming Home.
London, Nov. 11. Walter M. Cas
tle, of San Francisco, called at the
United States embassy today. He will I
sail for the United States on Saturday
next, accompanied by Mrs. Castle, and
will most likely leave Southamption
on board the American line ship St.
Louis.
Kailroad Accident in Nebraska.
Ogallala. Neb., Nov. 11. A
Union Pacific passenger train, east-
bound No. 3. from Denver, struck: a
broken rail here today. The tourist
car. two cnair cars ana one cuiiman
5 -
turned over In the ditch. Fifteen
passengers were hurt, but none serious-
iy.
People Starving In India.
London. Nov. 11. A dispatch from
Bombay says in 11 districts of Deccan
aud Concan a million and a quarter of
people are believed to be on the verge of
staryation. Kiots occurrea at anana
bad and Kazod.
Removed the Children.
Constantinople, Nov. 11. While
counseling American missionaries to
remain at their posts in AnaVilia
Minister Terrell has advised the re
moval of the children of missionaries
to places of safety.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Cold Medal Midwinter Fair. San Francisco,
IS GROVER AROUSED!
Rumored That Preparations
Are Makin? For War.
BOLD BAD ROBBERS
They Overpower and Bind a Watch
man and Rob a Brewery
in Cleveland.
Knijflits of rabor Want an Income Tax
A Louilun Paper Criticise Lord
Salisbury Silver Meen In
t'ltlrsKO.
Chicago, Nov. 12 a special to tha
Inter Ocean from Washington say
The war department has called on the
leading trunk line roads running to
Key West, New Orleans and other
gulf ports, for an immediate statement
of their canacity to move troops, sup
plies and heavy war material. The
information demanded is complete to
the most minute details, and embraces
such qucscions as: "If you are re
quested to move 5000 troops over jour
lines with necessary equipment and
supplies, how long after notification
will you require to perform the ser
vice?" Caution as to secrecy is im
posed on all roads called on for infor
mation. .
a HOLD-DP AT CLEVELAND.
Brewery Watchman Bound, and the Oftlce
Safe Robbed.
Cleveland, Nov. 12. The most
sensational and successful robbery that
has occurred in this city for years was
perpetrated at the works of the Star
Brewing Company yesterday morning.
Nigntwatcnman Christiansen was
making his routine inspection of the
building when five masked men sprang
out of the darkness. A fierce struggle
ensued. The robbers were heavily
armed, but refrained from using their
weapons. Tbe watchman was over
come, bound and gagged and tied to a
steam pipe. The robbers thenN broke
open the office door and wrapped the
safe with wet blankets. The combina
tion handle was broken off and the
safe blown to pieces with dynamite.
After securing the content?, and
taking everything of valuein the office,
the robbers departed. The watchman
managed to free himself, and gave the
alarm. It is the opinion of the police
that tho crime w:is the work of pro
fessional fafe-blowers.
Tho robbers secured SoOOO In money
and carried away a collection of rare
coins, valued at 31500.
THE KNIGHTS OF L Alio It.
Assembly Resolves to Work for an In
come-Tux Law.
Rochester, N. Y., Nov. 12. The
general assembly of the Knights of
Labor today passed a resolution de
claring for the enactment of a grad
uated income-tax law Failing to pro
cure this at the hands of the next con
gress, it is the declared intention of
the knights to use all their influence
to have a demand for such a tax incor
porated into the platform of one of the
great political parties, and if they fail
in that, there will in all probability be
an effort made to set up a neV political
party.
Resolutions have been offered iu
favor of the initiative and referendum;
opposing the L-sue of national bank
notes, and declaring that all money
should be issued exclusively by the
national government.
Present General Master Workman
James R. Sovereign and T. B. Mc
Gulre, a member of the executive
board, are leading candidates for the
office of grand master workman.
An Incrensed Appropriation.
Washington, Nov. 12. Ebtimates
for the entire Indian service for the
fiscal year ending June 30, 198, to be
submitted to congress at the opening
of the session, call for an appropria
tion of $7,290,000 in round numbers.
This is $100,000 more than the appro
priation for the current fiscal year.
The increase is due to the policy of
tbe government adopted at the last
session of congress to abolish grad
ually contract Indian schools, -and
place all the Indian schools absolutely
under government control. Half tbe
number of Indian pupils are now at
tending contract school, but all are
required to be in the regular govern
ment schools within 12 months from
the end of the present fiscal year.
We live in a country of which the
principal scouree is stomach-trouble.
It is more wide-spread than any
other disease, and, very nearly, more
dangerous.
One thing that makes it more dan
gerous is that it is so little understood.
If it were better unuerstood, it would
be more feared, more easily cured, less
universal than it is now.
So, those who wish to be cured, take
Shaker Digestive Cordial, because it
goes to the root of the trouble as no
other medicine does. The pure, harm
less, curative herbs and plants, of
which it is composed, are what render
it so certain and, at the same time, so
gentle a eure.
It helps and strengthens the stomach
purifies and tones up the system.
Sold by druggists, price 10 cents to
$1.00 per bottle.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets
moves the bowels gently, relieves the
cough, cures the feverish condition and
tbe headache, making it the best and
quickest remedy for coughs, colds and
la grippe; cures In one day. "No Cure
no pay." Price 25 cents. For sale by
Blakeley & Houghton, druggists.
R. E. Saltmarshe
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DEALER IN LIVE STOCK
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AD. KELLER, Mgr.
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Imported an J Domestic
Liquor and Cigars.
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ol Court St.
10 and 15 gallon kegs for sale on reasonable
terms.
A SUCCESSFUL APPEAL.
Tonne; America Fired the Paternal Hear)
with Patriotism.
The peculiar brightness of Boston
children is established anew by a story
printed in the Journal. It concerns a
girl twelve years old, whose father told
her just before the Fourth of July that
he could not afford to buy any lire
works, but that she and Willie, would
have to watch the other children.
The small brother seemed quite re
signed to the inevitable, and on the
morning of the Fourth marched across
the street to see tha other boys fire
their torpedoes.
The little girl was not so easily satis
fied. At first she could not believe but
that it was a joke, and hunted all ovor
the house for bundles which miht
suggest firecrackers. At breakfast,
however, when nothing was said about
fireworks, she became convinced that
her father had really meant what he
said, and -that she and Willie were to
have no firecrackers, nor even a bundle
of torpedoes. All at onae she covered
her face, burst into tears, and said:
"O papa, what do you suppose Samuel
Adams and George Washington and
John Adams and John Hancock would
say if they were alive?"
That was too much for the fond
father, who came home two . hours
afterward loaded down with firecrack
ers, torpedoes, pinwheels, Roman can
dies and what not.
GAVE
Tha axsoa
HIM MORE LIGHT.
Lost No Time In Dotne;
tb
Rector's Blddlns;.
"I was sexton of Grace church when
Bev. Mr. Blank was rector there," says
a writer in theVtica Observer. "Itwua
a summer night and rather warm, so
when the rector commenced his sermon
I turned down the gas in the body ol
tbe church to make it a little cooler.
"Tho text that night was, if I remem
ber it, 'Let there be light.' I was sit
ting in the rear part of the church, not
paying particularly close attention to
the sermon, nor, in fact, to anything
else. Suddenly the rector exclaimed
loudly:
" 'More light! More lightP
"I jumped to the slop-cock in the gas
supply and turned on tbe gas full head
all over the church. Well, air, you
oui?ht to have seen those peoplel Some
of them lauR-hed rlffht out, and those
that didn't had hard work not to. I
found out. afterward that when the
rector said 'More light!' he was not
giving directions to me, but quoting
the dying words of Goethe."
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