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CHADLER ON SILVER.
Senator' Chandler, of New Hamp
shire, does not wholly accept the po
.iiin'n hia nni-tv with reference to
monev. He Is not ready to fall down
and worship the golden- calf, nor does
ho attribute the present return oi pros
Tui-ii.t aniniT tji me Dassascit ui
J . L
Dlngley bill, aa do some of his fellow
i-m auviiuiihts uauiowwmw,
. m . ...If,.., nvtt thA
.rrnionr. lnw nrl to wnicn silver u
fallen does not cause him to lear iesi
It shall yet be recognized as a basic
- money metal the .world over. In a
recent Interview, which, by the way,
-was'uot given- out by the Associated
Press or published in the strictly re
publican journals. Mr. Chandler said
Jo part::
-, "Many are asking: me what effect I
think the continued fall in silver wjll
have upon the prospects of bimetalism;
of the restoration of silver free coin
age by international agreement or
otherwise. T reply to them that I think
the progressive depreciation of silver
nnchttn axnediate bimetallism, as a
' means of preventing the full realiza-
tion of tbe injuries which mankind
must suffer if all tb commercial
nations of the world are to continue to
move toward and are to fully and finally
reach and -permanently adopt gold
' monometallsm.
"One of the most important facts I
. bave learned in connection with the
study of this question Is that the pro
gress of . great economic changes
is very slow,and that the effect of tne
I demonetization of silver by the nations
which began in 1873, wasonly partially
felt during the twenty years prior to
' 1893, in which year the Indian mints
'were first closed to silver; and that
such effect has been by no means fully
realized at the end of the foiiryears
since 1893.. This slow propagation of
""the result of economic shocks is curar-
ly depicted by Professor Francis A
Walker, in his work-on bimetalism,
and is amplified by me in my remarks
- in the senate on February 18 last.
"This point is a most important,. if
not a vital one. If the. -complete re
sults of discarding silver, which lowers
prices and thereby .hinders trade, bave
been already reached and no future in-
' jury from demonetization is to be ap
prehended, possibly the world may be
held to the single gold standard. But
if the tendency of the last twenty-four
" years to a fall in prices, caused, as al
alleged by stbppiDg)the coinage of sil
ver, is much longer to continue to pre
vail, the nations of the world cannot
be held to gold monometallsm. The
renewed coinage of silver will be Irre-
- slstably decreed by uncontrolable pop
ular movements. The temporary con
ditions of todav or tomorrow will not
''settle a question so broad and uoiver
' sal as the issue between the new gold
monometallsm and the old bimetalism.
"Under present conditions it is not
Strange tnat Buver continues w iau iu
' mi r . , .nSr H n nrt anil
for tne meuu to coin inui uiuuey, su
avai-v -vcar 2n.nnT.n00 'worth fat tha
ratio of 151 to 1) must find its way into
. . i , 1 ' 33t.! .L -
use in me arts, anu in auuii-iua nun
price Is threatened by JM.OOO.OUO.OUD
worth of silver, now. constituting the
world's coined silver, but which is
likely to be precipitated upon the mar
ket as a commodity, not needed for
money, if it is only money because, it
must be redeemed at all times and
places in gold. Paper money will be
as good and even better than silver, If
: the latter Is not to be as complete
money as is gold. If there is to be .no
retrograde movement toward rein on e-
tlzation, silver will fall until it com
mands only its price as a commooit.y to
use in the arts. - Where the lowest
; . price will be no one knows and no. man
can ascertain But. here is no argu
ment against bimetalism. The prin
cipal value of gold and silver is derived
from their use by the-nations as money;
and the principal argument in favor of
the remonetization of silver is derived
from the continuous fall in prices of
commodities since 1873 greatly accel
erated in 1893.. T .
"The fall In silver will not lesson
the present or prospective woes from
monometallsm. . .. It .only points the
moral of demonetization. The -gold
price of silver falls and so fall the
prices of all other commodities. Such
I v aiall in the prices of the necessaries
1 of life is beneficial if it comes from
f natural causes, but is injurious, accord
. . , ,. , i t t -
ing to an political economists ij it re-
; suits from the cancellation or deBtrUC
frf... . Vi. m rtn on rt f Vl o waiI lvrili.h
is the measme of values. If this wrong
". to society has been progressing for
.Anfrm .AaM t. will Ka uriad It.' t.hb
.- free citizens of America, who can ac-
- compMsh results by votes to begin the
inquiry anew (now that the tariff ques-
" tion passes out of sight for a time)
whether the work of remedying the
wrong ought not soon to begin: This1
question is not to be answered alone
by the money lenders and the persons
-of fixed incomes. All classes in the
community will study It and will reach
and act upon' their conclusions. I
should be glad If I "could, thjn t the
question has disappeared, rf the
reason that silver lias gone dowlln
price everywhere because demone
ed. and wheat has gone up every.
i because of a shortage of crops
u countries. But titbe ques-
tone? - Let us not be "too
i Inquiry." -
EVERYTHING.
it products;
rejoice over
our btI- i
' over
it
die
v
v.
Nrrei
Vof
SBut
will -be dfelbdgri.' Wfcen this -siatiH
mentis stripped of its clothing, what
does it mean? Simply thin. Rither
tbansupplantgold with another money
metal, every leading product of the
country would be sacrificed.
The United States today can produce
more silver than any other country on
earth, and if given a chance it would
be one of the leading products of the
country. In 1893, before the last fatal
blow was struck at silver, this country
produced 60,000,000 troy ounces of the
metal. This at the coinage value
would have been worth $77,487,000, but
on account of adverse legislation the
product of 1893 is worth little over $30,
000,000, still the Oregonlan and kindred
journals want to keep this great pro
duct down to less than half the value it
would be if recognized as a money
metal. ' These papers know full well
that the principal commercial value of
both gold and silver is on account of
their being used as money metals. De
prive either of the office of a money
metal, and it falls in value as is shown
by the decline in the .price of silver.'
Restore either or both to the standing
of money metal, and the price ad
vances, hence it becomes unpatriotic
for any American to gloat over the de
moneization of silver, since it results
in the killing of one of America's lead
ing industries.
The efforts, however, of the gold
press to prevent silver from being
recognized as a money metal, illus
trate', their inconsistency as protec
tionists and at the same timo shows to
what straits they would resort to fur
ther the interests of their pet hobby
gold. They insist upon a protective
duty on wool to encourage the wool
Industry; a duty on sugar to create a
demand for sugar, beets; a duty on
manufactured articles tp ; encourage
manufacturing, etc. But they hope
the sllveniodustry will be ruined, or
rather, that silver will fall to such a
a low lavt?l "that it9 . production Is no
longer possible in order that the single
gold standard shall prevail. If these
same papers should find the production
of what4 wool, iron, manufac
tured goods "or any other industry
threatened the gold standard, would
they not seek to strike them down the
same as they seek to strike down sil
ver? If they wouli' kill one industry
for the benefit of gold, would they not
kill another? The more one becomes
acquainted with the animus of xhe
gold standard advocates, the more ho
is convinced that everything else is to
be made secondary to this one tblcg
gold must predominate regardless of
who or what is made, to Buffer.
A FAULTY. SYSTEM.- :
The push, rush and scramble for
federal appointments in the state must
be assuming rather undignified pro
portions when the Oregonian, which is
not noted for its cleaalineasin politics,
is compelled to make such a statement
as the following:
"What a spectacle this scramble for
federal office, this levee held at Port
land by dispensers of party swill, this
push of snouts for places at the public
trough, this virtual auction sale, held
openly and without shame for days
past what a spectacle it is!"
Beyond doubt the energy -with which
some of the place hunters are pushing
their claims before the Oregon delega
tion is not dignified: in fact, is really
disgraceful, savoring more of the
methods of the ward politician than of
the dignified campaign of people seek-:
tag positions of honor and trust. But;
these disgraceful scenes will be wit
nessed Bo'Ioufgas the Bystem of filling
officsshy appointment prevails. What
s being enseted. at .Portland is more
the fault of this system" than of the of
fice seekers. . ..
If federal' offices were elective, the
aspirant thereto would be compelled to
stand or fall, to some extent at least,
upon his worth and qualifications,
When the are filled by appointment
they are given out as rewards for party
fealty and service. Thes, are handed
around like cbrmoa to those who have
been faithful in tbe past and can ren
der service, that is, deliver votes to the
party dispensing patronage, at future
elections. Until the system is changed,
and all offices, except members of the
cabinet and ministers to foreign coun
tries, are made elective, such criticisms
as the above from the Oregonlan may
be expect!. '
qreatTTme forfarmers
The Chicago Journal gave tbe fol
lowing item which was republished in
the Oregonian of ,tfae 28th:
"This has been a marvelous month
for the farmers. , . ,
""Farmer Joseph Leiter has made
$500,000. ' v ; - ' '
"Farmer Charles Pillsbury has made
5OOOQ0-v: . ..-. : . . a i.
"Farmer . Williaua Baker, has
m ide $3,000; ' :' '"'.'
"Farmer P. R. Francis has made
$30J,000. "
"ITurmAr R Waim.)! haa maIn
$260jO0O. -"' v . -
"Farmer J. Pierpont Morgan has
male $1;000,000. :
"There will be great doings at the
county fairs this falL!.; : , .
When one stops to consider what
branch of agriculture these "farmers"
are 'engaged in, he cannoTbnt realize
who are the beneficiaries of the pater
nal systems of government that pre
vail these days. Every one ot these
"farmers" Is an operator in Stocks,
Jbooda. and - tri&gte..,. Each of them
farms" the markets thoroughly and
piles up profits to bis credit without
producing anything except more gold
in his pocket.- When such "farmers"
aa these thrive most, is when the real
producers are suffering. When this
class of' individuals makes money it is
by absorbing profits that should go U
the real producers of wealth. Indeed
the past month has been a good one
for stock-gamblers and 'dealers in
futuresjahwell m for those classes
who reully.produce. .-,
When" a inerch'ant' has wares to
sell be 'advertisers the fact and
announces the bargains be is
prepared to offer. The Oregon con
gressional dhg4tl6n .haa rsome bar;
gains tpdliBPnitelind thii,fact has not
been hidden under a bushel. Even
though they tnay be perfectly consci
entious in thi.matter:, and have a de
sire to serve the best in terests- of the
ablic, our senator and representatives
escape censare for the methods
are pursuing in determining
shall recommend. Holding
e tings where canditates can
offer, their respective "in-
hy they should be w
too much of tha
style; of dispensing
with general ap
psee has been
eggs. The
ph arti-
ugb
Vnnot
lhey
Xvors
r&ttElMfE'Ttssbss. -
Whatever may be the outcome of the
coal miners' strike, the people of
America will have the benefit of an
object lesson, by it from which they
may profit. The mines that are af
fected by the strike are in what is
known as the coal trust, a combina
tion that is organized for the purpose
of limiting the output of coal to an ex
tent that prices of coal may be kept up."
while it is aleo possible to keep down
the. wages of miners. Members of the
trust have entered in to two agreements
one as to the minimum price at which
coal shall be sold, together with an
understanding as to the amount of
coal that shall be mined so that the
market may not be glutted, and as to
the scale of wages that shall be paid
miners. In short, those in the trust
have combined so as to keep the price
of coal up and the price of wages down.
By this argument the consumer can
nqposslbly derive any benefit from
any cut In wages, for no coal can be
sold under: -the minimum price, but
were tbe demands of the miners to be
met, the consumer would be called up
on to pay the advance in wages in every
ton of.coal he buys.
The strike of the deck hands in this
state also furnishes food for reflection,
and supplies an object lesson frou
which something can be learned. It
is a well known fact that there is a
tariff agreement between nearly all, If
not all. the transportation lines in the
state, fixing uniform rates on freight
and passenger traffic, so as to prevent
competition. This agreemcfltis noth
ing short of a tru9t to Keep .-up. prices,
and to prevent patrons of transporta
tion lines 'from, deriving any benefit
from competition.. The .'. union to
which the? deckhands' belong is a
similar -trust intended to protect the
interests of those engaged in a certain
line of busiuess by keeping up the
wage9 of .its members, the same as the
trust among the transportation com
panies to keep up .the earning power
of their different appliances.'
Ia the one instance there is capital
lu the trust, and its business is con
ducted by men of experience in busi
ness affairs, consequently they are
able to prevent the violation of the
contract into which they have entered.
With the striking deckhands it is
different. There is no capital back of
them, they have not tbe advantage of
business training, nor are they able to
control the labor market. When they
quit their jobs, their employers are
able to nil tne places tney leave va
cant, for ther is a plentitude of labor
ers. As a result the business ' of 'the
transportation companies will go right
along . undisturbed and the agreed
rates for handling the traffla will be
charged, because there is no one'to en
ter the field as competitors. Should
even their patrons those who employ
them to carry their freight demand a
reduction they could not enforce it, be
cause they are not in a position to go in
to the markets and employ other means
of transportation. From these object
lessons we may as well learn now and
forever that nine-tenths of tbe pop
ulation is at the mercy of the other
tenth who are able to form trusts and
corporations, and we had as well learn
to take our medicine one time as , an
other. Take what tbey are willing 10
give us and be satisfied.
HIGH PRICES .. WILLPIiE V UL
Probably consumers and producers
.will not complain pf-high prices so
long as aa increase in their earnings
counterbalences the increased prices
which they are called upon to meet
for what they cons'u'm'et lint when these
shall cease to be e.quallzedth.8re-will
be a complaint; and inquiries will - be
made as to the cause of high prices
and why there are classes so favored
that they are enabled tov reap more
than reasonable profits for conducting
business. - The Oregonian, which is,
in most things, far seeing, anticipates
this certain complaint that will come
sooner or later under the workings of
the new tariff law, and in advance es
plains why. the price ot certain com
modities will advance. It says:
"Consamers must pay the price of
protection, and they will make no com
plaint, so long as . wages shall be good
and employmebt abundant. Mr. H. O,
Havemeyer, of the sugar trust, an
nounces that tbe price of sugar will be
put up soon three-quarters of. a cent per
pound. The window-glass Irdustry
to wnicn tne umgiey . law .is very
liberal, is engaged in-organizing a new
combination whose ; purpose ' on
doubtedly is to put up prices. Tbe
domestic glass trade of . the: oountry'ia
at present controlled practically by
two consolidated companies, the Pitts
burg Window Glass Company and the
Western Window Glass Company, with
a balf-dozen co-operating factories,
These organizations bave worked in
harmony, regulating the price of labor
and duration of work and fixing the
prices of the product to jobbers and
consumers. Uut there has been enough
independent domestic manufacturing
uncontrolled to actasachek on prices,
while tbe competition furnished by
foreign manufacturers has served alsd
to keep prices within reasonable limits.
Now these two have combined, mak
ing a force strong enough to absorb
the others. The new trust, which is
to be known as tbe American Window
Glass Company, proposes to lease the
warehouses of each factory, all the
glass that passes into tbe warehouses
becoming the property of the American.
Company. The manufacturer is to be
given cash or the company's paper for
a trifU over the cost of the glass, and
when the glass has been sold he is
to be given at the.end of the season ji
pro rata share af the profits. This will
put an end 10 competition and remove
all check ou rise of price, but the good
sense of the ' trust managers. They
can perpetuate the combination only
by reasonable; dealing. with the publfc
Excessive profits by a protected mo
nopoly would not be endured for long."
UNJUSTLY SEVERE. .
There is no denying the fact that the
state t-easurer.shquld make a semi-annual
report, or in fact better still, a
quarterly report of the moneys in his
keeping belonging to. tbe state, and a
refusal to do so subjects him to severe
clticism, though sucb criticism as is
indulged in by- the Salem Journal is
not justified. 'Until Mr. Metschen is
proven to be a defaulter, he should not
be accused of being a thieff for as far
as is known he has never stolen any
thing from the state, '. nor have his
bondsmen been, called upon to make
good any deficit that has occurred in
his office. Tbe Journal makes an un
just attack upon Mr. Metschen . when
it say 9: ' .:;
;. "Tbe public will not be disuaded
from demanding a show down in the
Oregon state treasury by the furious
contortions of a deputy nor .he suave,
but unsatisfactory, refusals of ,the
treasurer to take the public into bis
confidence. The publlo will know
some day what becomes' Of the public
money that Is supposed to rest in the
Btate treasury for years at a time. In
other states public moneys not in use
are let out to safe depositories on a low
rate of interest and bring in a revenue
to the state. But in Oregon the people
neither know where their money is
kept, what use It is put to, nor what it
earns for those who manipulate it.
They never will know until the present
alministratlon of tbe state treasury is
retired and prevented from dictating
its own successor. They may never
know anything about how much the
treasury is insolvent until a populist
treasurer is elected."
EDUCATION THE REMEDY,
The address of President Wool worth
on theoccaslon of the assembling of tbe
American Bar Association was an ex
cellent one and showed a master mind.
In closing be took special pains to point
outsomeof the characteristics and evils
of labor organizations. While, said he,
the wage earners are men of like pas
sions as other men, no. better or no
worse,yet they display a strange and en
thusiastic loyalty to their class; so that
if one section falls into trouble, those
who are at the moment less unfortun
ate contribute relief from their poverty
with generosity. "The sympathetic
strike," continued he, "is the expres
sion of this passion. In the next
place, tbe wage earners submit to a
discipline as rigid and severe as an
army in battle. Each abdicates
his free will, his jundment, his per
sonal wishi'B and interests. He is
no longer an -individual, but an
atom of a mass the smallest part of a
machine driven by power greater
than steam, and directed by' the hand
of Ihe engineer at his pleasure. What
this great body of citizenship, pos
sessed of. political power, transported
by the enthusiasm of self sacrifice,
directed by a relentless discipline, will
be when it becomes thoroughly satur
ated with these doctrines, It Is. not hard
to divine. In that day, if it ever comes,
the federation of labor, their bat
talions, . enthusiastic, compact, dis
ciplined, organized, and moving with
One Impulse at the word of command,
when launched upon institutions under
which they suppose themselves trodden
down, will sweep from' tho face of the
earth, not corporations, syndicates.
trusts and aggregated capital only, but
the whole ordt-r of industrial society
as now organized."
There is more or less truth in these
statements, probably more than is
generally recognized, for the very peo
ple who are undertaking to combat tbe
effects of trust9 and combines are form1
log one of the most gigantic trusts
ever known. Tney seek to remedy a
wrong by creating ' another. It is a
state of affairs that needs remedy, and
Mr. Woolworth points Out the remedy
as being education. But the education
he suggests is not the education to be
had in the public schools. , It is. an
education in practical events,-a realiza
tion .of the "right every citizen bas to
demand recognition and justice at the
bands of bis fellow man. This educa
tion, Mr. Woolworth claims, may be
largely bad through the proceedings
of our courts and an improvement in
the jury system, where men of affairs,
men who eann a living by labor, only
are qualified to act. - When equities
are considered-more 'than technical
law, those who are ? grieved will have
more confidence in courts .than they
bave'now, and will look upon them
more as an arbitrator than as vehicles
of chicanery and trickery. When our
courts are raised to a higher level, the
people will soon become .. educated to
rely on the courts to settle their dif
ferences, and will not so readily resort
to force in order to ' right supposed
wrongs. , .
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Canovas was assassinated August 8.
and his murderer was executed August
20. - In dealing with assassins Spain is
right up to date. Now let us hear
from Uragaa.
: Thirty thousand people in the coal
fields of Indiana are reported to be
starving, and are calling upon charity
to save them from death. . Why can't
the operators divide a bit of tbe addi
tional tariff on coal with their miners
so. that they can keep the wolf from
the door?
President McKinley expresses con
fidence ' in' the new tariff as a pros
perity makei'. Ha probably has over
looked the fact that it bas not brought
universal prosperity, especially in the
coal fields where it is announced that
30,000 men, womeu and children
are on the verge of starvation, because
the men cannot earn to exceed three
dollars a week. '
Justice Field has broke the record
on the supreme bench, having exceeded
Chief Justice Marshall's time of thirty-
five years. '.. There are several repub
licans who would b glad if the vener
able old jurist.. would hand down his
resignation as his final' opinion. He
may decline to do so until Mr. Mckin
ley retires or signifies- his willingness
to name the man he may select as his
own successor.
What a blow it would be to Bryan
and' free sllverites if mexico should be
compelled to adopt the gold standard
says the patent editorial bureau of the
national committee in one of its ad
vance sheets sent out to "make editing
easy." Tbe blow would not be severe
at all. ; It would simply ' be. another
evidence that the gold power is rilling
the world, and Is capable of contract
ing the volume of money at will. '
Spain's- new Premier, it is said, is
satisfied with Weyler's management
of affairs. This 'shows that even ad
versity . teaches the, average Spanish
statesman .nothing. Weyler hurts tbe
Spanish cause in two -ways. By hia
barbarities be strengthens tbe determ
ination of ..the Cubans to accept noth
ing short of-. absolute independence,
and be destroys all prospects for Spain
to retain the sympathy of the European
governments in her efforts to put down
the rebellion in her colony.
In these days of scramble for office
the seeker cannot hope to be chooser,
Billy Jones affords an example for
others . to contemplate. He was ap
pointed commissioner at St. Michaels,
but he wanted to go to Circle City, and
so telegraphed to the department at
Washington. Billy was a little too
fresh, and as a result he won't get any
thing. . He will have to be content
with being a high private in tbe rear
ranks all because he wanted to dictate
as to what office he should fill.
The total quantities of wheat avail
able for immediate distribution.. in
the United States and Canada,-both
coasts, plus the quantity afloat from all
sporting countries added to available
stocks In Europe, were put down
August 1, 1897, at 63,340,000 bushels,
as gainst 51,070,000 bushels August 1,
1893; 142.345,000 bushels, August. 1,
1894; 118,837.000 bushels, August J,
1895, and 91.131,000 bushels, August 1,
1898. Thus the stock' August:!, this
year, was less than one-half the aver
a?e of that of four years past, at the
same date, and " but little more than
two-fifths that of 1893, when the great
decline of price" set in.
The French government will sell
more of its bonds, some ,"0.000,OCO
worth of them this time. This means
that the French people who toil will be
"required to pay interest ou $250,000,000
more which will go to the Donothlng
family who are large consumers of the
very best fruits of toil. . It is the bur
den of these bonded debts in all coun
tries that threaten the comfort and
happiness of the people.. It is tffe
burden of these debts that makes hard
labor so unremuneratlvev It Is the
burden of these debts that' destroy
equality among men and lesson op
portunity. East Oregonian. . .
The reports of suffering in Alaska
are already beginning to arrive and
the season is yet young.' The spectacle
of a man sitting in bis cabin sur
rounded by buckets of gold and chew
ing a strip of bacon to keep himself
alive, should deter many a man from
foolishly rushing ioto that barren
country after gold. The real suffer
ing has not yet begun and it is terrible
to think of the winter that is before
thousands of prospectors in that
country. Very soon the winter will set
in and it will be impossible to obtain
news of those who are shut in for the
next six or eight months.
The ''bears" are on top in the wheat
market. They have been able to force
prices down the past few days, while
the "bulls" coull r on effect a wise.
Thus it is these speculators are able to
govern the markets dealing in the
necessities of life, living off the earn
ings of .'others. Even though they
own qeata.i.. the stock boards, they
are uo better or more honorable' than
those who hover around the banking
games and fleece the "suckers." The
wheat speculator adds no more to tne
world's wealth than does the "sure
thing" gambler, nor is he a more de
sirable adjunct to society. '
The fears that the United States
government will lose something In Its
silver holdings on account of the drop
in -that metal are baseless. All tbe
silver bullion which was obtained un
der the Sherman law will ultimately
be converted into coin under tbe ex
isting ratio, says tbe Globe-Democrat
Why. we would ask, are these fears
basles9? If silver is ever to be only
a token money, what Is the need of it
as money at all? Why not use papar
instead? 'Our silver coin is now more
than half fiat, and to continue coing it
under present conditions would be the
sheerest folly. So -long as we are on a
gold standard, there is no sense ia us-1
ing any other metal as money. All
other money should be paper , for - sil
ver even at 2a cents an ounce is too
valuable for a subsidary coin. If we
continue on! the gold standard, the
government cannot, but lose on
the investment it made in silver under
the Sherman law.
A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. .
Two Men Caogbt Under an ngU That
. Fell fhroQgh s Bridge.
PORTLAjiDi Or., Sept. 2. Uufus H.
Norman, a former resident of tbisclty.
and. a member of the Portland Volun
teer Firemen's Association, met with
. a horrible accident that- caused his in
stant death.' near Tigardville, Wash
ington county; about nine miles from
this city, early this morning.
News of the deplorable affair was
brought to Portland about noon by a
messenger wbo : came to notify tbe
Volunteer Firemen that they might
make arrangements to take charge of
the remains". ' , ;
' Norman for several weeks bas been
working in Washington county with a
treshing Crew. - This morning the out
fit was to move from one farm to the
other, and Norman and a fellow work
man named Harkins were given charge
of the water wagon that was attached
to the engine. As they were passing
over -a bridge near Tigardville the
flimsy structure gave way, precipitat
ing the engine and the wagon to the
bottom of - the . stream, a distance of
about l- feet, beneath the bridge. In
the fall -the water tank completely
capsized, and Norman and-Harkins
were caught under it.- A steam pipe
on the engine burst, and tbe escaping
steam burst fotth in such a volume as
to obscure the wreck from- view.
When the debris was cleared away
it was found that Norman had been
killed instantly and Harkins .was ter
ribly scalded by tke escaping steam.
Harkins will probably recover, but
will be crippled for life.
A Compromise Effected.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 2. At 2:30 this
morning the conference committee of
tbe .three conventions adopted tbe fol
lowing report: :
'We recommend that the conven
ventloos tnent separately and ballot
for a judge until one man receives a
majority of two conventions. Tbe
regents shall be given to the two
parties which do not secure the judge."
' The democrats and tdlver republi
cans adopted the report of . the confer
ence. At, 4:1.) tbe populists were still
debating the report of the conference
and neither of the other conventions
bad agreed upon a plan of action. At
noon today the deadlock was broken
by the free-silver republicansagreelng
upon J. J. Sullivan, of Columbus, dem
ocrat. The populists then also agreed
upon Sullivan. '
Love bas a
'long way -,to
go to reach
the heart of
the modern
up - to - date
yonnp man.
When he
looks for a wife,
He expects a
gooddeaL Prob.
ably he expects
more than he de.
food nature,- good
health. They usually bo together, r -
An observing man learns that a woman
who is physically weak and nervous and in
capable, ia likely to be ill-natured too. Tbe
sweetest temper ia ruined, by continual
sickness.
A woman whose nerves are constantly
racked and dragged by debilitating drains
and inflammation, cannot be a genial com.
panion or happy wife'; and she is totallj
unfitted to be a mother.
These troubles prevail almost universally
among women largely because of careless.
nes and neglect. There is no real need of
them. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription i
a positive specific for the weaknesses and
diseases of the feminine organism.
It cures tbem radically and completely
It heals, strengthens and purifies. It is the
only scientific remedy devised for this spe
cial purpose by an educated, skilled physi.
cian. It is tbe only medicine that makes
motherhood easy and absolutely safe.
Miss Lauretta McKees, of Reno (P. O. Box 723),
Washoe Co., Kev., writes: "I have discoutiuued
taking the 'Prescription' and will not take
anv more (at presentv. Lmst month I had no
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inconvenience whatever. It was' the first time
I never had pain duriug that period. I cannot
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the Favorite Prescription ' and Pleasant Pel
lets. I know of a lady who took one bottle of
your Favorite Prescription and she aaya she
was not sick like she was with her first" baby.
This was her second babv. She thinks it a
grand medicine. So do I.' :
Dr. Pierce has had a life-time of experi
ence in this particular field. His looo-paire
illustrated book, "The People's Common
Sense Medical Adviser' contains seveial
chapters devoted to woman's soecial physi
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! LABOR CONVENTION
Resolutions Committee Makes
a Sensational Report.
DAMAGED BY FROSTS
A Cold Wave Strikes Several North
ern States Injuring Crops to
Considerable Extent,
The -oantess M. DeCauavarro Take tii
Buddhist Vowes A Wheat Bloi-k-acli,
in San l'ranclsco Tiro
. -More Victims.
St. Louis, Aug. 31. The labor con
vention was called to order at 10
o'clock this morning to listen to the
report of the committee on resolutions,
Mr. Bergen in presenting the resolu
tions said the report was the best the
committee could do under the circum
stances. The repirt which is very
lengthy, starts oil by saying:
"The fears of the more watchful
a thers of the republic have been justi
fied and the judiciary has become su
preme with the republic prostrate at
the feet of a judge appointed to ad
minister the laws.
.'Under the cunning f.trm of injunc
tl his. the courts have assumed to en
ac criminal laws, and have repealed
rijhts and denied the accused the
rig it of trial bv jurv. The exercise
of the commonest rights of freemen,
the right of assembly, and tho right of
free speech have by legislation under
the form of inju"etiots, been made a
crime. Haying drawn to themselves
all the powers of the federal govern
ment until congress and the president
may act only by judicial permission,
the federal judges have begun the sub
jugation of the sovereign states.'
"The pending strike of coal miners
who starved by reason 'of the scant
wages paid for arduous and dangerous
toil, the pending strike for tho right
to be fad enough to make labor pos
sible, bas been prolific of judicial
usurpation, showing the willingness of
judicial despots to rosort to the most
shameless defiance of decency as well
as of the laws of humanity, in order, to
enable heartless avarice to drive Its
hungry serfs back to the mine to faint
and die at their drudgery, aud there
remains today not otie guaranteed
right of American citizens unaffected
by these subversions of constitutional
lioerty." '
LATE CROPS WEBS OlMAUEO.
Heavy Frosts' in Miunesota, Inorth Dakota
and Michigan.
St. Patji, Aug 31. Raports of frost
come from a few points in Southern
Minnesota and North Dakota. Late
tender crops and garden truck were
killed or badly damaged, but none of
the crops to speak ot were seriously in
jured. ' Detroit, Aug. 31. A heavy frost Is
reported to have visited the northern
part of the state last night. At Etst
Tawas great damage was done to vege
tables, and the balance of the
"OP
through that section' was general.'
Dubuque, la., Aug., 31. A light
frost, the first ot tbe season, visited
this section, but did no damage.
ADMITTED TO HODD.'IlSr FAITH.-
Nove) Ceremony Performed at .New fork
Last Night. - ,
New York, Aug. 31. The Countess
M. De Canavarro was made a Buddhist
last night beloi-e a small assemblage at
509 Fifth avenue. This is the first
public initiation of a woman to the
Buddhist faith in America.- The ex
ercises were conducted by S. Dharnia
pla, who was the representative of the
Buddhists of Asia to tho Chicago par
liament, held during the world's fair.
The exercises were in Sparli, the old
est language in India.
A principal feature was the vows
taken by the count ass, as follows:
"I pledge to abstain from employing
conscious life. -
"I abstain' from taking anything
that does not belong to me.
"I abstain IrOru unt.'utb and slander.
"I abstain frqjn taking alcohol and
'stupifying drugs."
Tho priest and .countess start for
Europe soon. - The countess goes to
A9ia to begin her work and the priest
will go to London,, to tho congress of
Orientals,to be held there In Septem
ber. : - -
' BlBTJLlfi AT' HONOLULU.
Ureat Activity Followed Minister Hatch's
Arrival.
San Francisco, Sept. 1. The
steamer Australia, . from Honolulu
direct, arrived today with the follow
ing Hawaiian advices:
Francis M. Hatch, minister to Wash
ington, arrived August 20 with Im
portant information, which will re
quire the attention of both the govern
ment and senate, and secret notice baa
already been Issued to mombers of the
latter body calling upon them to meet .
in extra Session on September 6 to
consider tho question. Meanwhile
Minister Hatch Is in almost constant
consultation with President Dole and
bis cabinet. The lawmakers will be
asked to ratify an annexation treaty
recently signed in Washington, and as
a majority of .the members favor an
nexation, the matter will be rushed
through.
Another matter- to be considerel by
tbe Hawaiian senate is that of render
ing assistance to the executive in un
raveling tbe Japanese muddle. There
are rumors of a split , ia . the cabinet
over the question, and It is said tbe in
tervention of tbe senate is. required to
prevent aa open rupture. ..
Tne Hawaiian star created a sensa
tion by tbe publication of a 'scheme,,
alleged to bave been backed by the
sugar trust to blook annexation. It la
said every Hawaiian in the group bid
been called upon to appear' in Hono
lulu September II tq participate in a
mammoth demonstration against a
closer political union with the United
States. Senators Morgan and Quay
are expected to arrive from the United
States on that day, and tbe objec of
the antl-annexatioolsta is to impress
tbem with this feeling on the islands.
VIEWS OF SECRKTARX WILSON.
Farmers of the Middle West Ara Once
Mora Prosperous.
Chicago, Sept. 1 James Wilson,
secretary of agriculture, bas returned
from a trip through the Weatern
states, wl ere he has been investigat
ing conditions regarding irrigation
and other matters which will tend to
widen the ' scope of agricultural in
dustries. . '
Mr. Wilson U enthusiastic concern
ing the agricultural future of the West.
and Is confident that tbe bard tijies
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ALL GOODS MARKED IN
PLAIN FIGURES
iiiuiiuumiuuiiiiuuiiuiiiuituimmuiiuuiiuiiiuiutiiiiiiiuiiiiuiiiuiiuiiiiiiuiiuiuiuuii
have passed for tho farmers west of
the Mississippi river. During bis trip
through the-. Western states he ex
amined into the conditions existing
among the firmer. Il-i foind that
the la'.ter had fait the wave of prosper
ity, and that they wera building new
machinery, making numberless Im
provements, and are able to piy off
their mortgages.
"I have baen through the mountain
states," sitd Mr. Wilson, io order to
learn what could, ba .done regarding
irrigation in tbe nnge lands of West
ern Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming,
Utah, pirts of Iliho, Man tan i and
North Dakota. - The principal object
of my trio was to ascertain to what ex
tent the government eauld add to the
annual production by further irriga
tion. During the course ot my observa
tion I have found that these states have
already used up the waters in many
districts without being able to Irrigate
the. bottom lands. . .-They are- 'now
I Mo-itjitlnar t.hA thanrv fit dammlnir thn
waters in winter.'
Negro Methopiata at:. -Tacoxna. '-.
Tacoma, Sapt. 1. Tbe sixth annual
conference of the A. M. E church con
vened in this city this morning. ' Bis
hop Wesley J Grives, presiding. 'Dele
gates were praent from .Washington,.
.OregQn,.CaHfgi'gia, British. Columbia,
Indian territory and Oklahoma, all
that district being included in the
conference. The bishop's address
showed progress in all departments.
He said the negroes in the South were
not blameless In regard to the causes
of lyncbings there.
Fusion In Nebraska.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 1. It is safe
to say harmonious fusion of the three
silver parties is assured. . Whatever
doubt there may have been about co
operation was dispelled by good-will
morning.
The sentiment on every tongue is to
fuse regardless of which party furb
ishes the nominee for suDremo judge.
The democrats, who favor W. H.
Thompson, express great confidence in
their victory, but say they want fusion
above all things.
Loadlot Waest far Earaps.
San Fe.vncisco, Aug. 31. The
wheat blockade in the interior of the
slate is being transferred to the water
front, The seawall is . packed, but
steamers continue. to arrive with heavy
oargoes of grain.. The ships that are
to take tbe wheat to Europe cannot be
loaded at the seawall fast enough, and
some have taken berths at other avail
able plases. Tne result is that every
wharf is crowded and ships are lying
in the bay because they cannot get a
berth at a wharf. Considerable ' coo
fusion is expected, as a large number
of deep-water vessels are due.
Wheat Across tne Border.
Toeonto, Aug. 31. Advices report
that by tonight all of 25,000,000 bushels
of wheat in Manitoba will be cut.'
There has been no frost sufficient to
damage the wheat in Manitoba this
season, and next week will probably
see the bulk of the wheat threshed...
The crop will be tbe largest in the
history of the Canadian Northwest.
The yield will run as high at 35 bushels
to the acre, while in Ontorlo It Is as
high as 40. The total wheat crop of
Canada this year will ' be fully 60,000,
000 bushels of crime wheat.
Mnidered by Weyler's Police.
New York, Aug. 31. A spcslal
to
the Herald from Havana says: '
Augusto Artza, a Cuban, and Fer
nando Pasada, a for tug iese were shot
by policemen on the streets-of this
city recently. They bad just arrived
from Mexico. No reason was given
by the police for the assassinations,
but it is thought that general Weyler,
who lives in constant fear of being
killed, suspected them of being anar
chists.
Zlorsethelvea at Tacoma. . ,
Tacoma, Aug. 31. It is believed
that a Dind of organized horse thieves
Is in existence in the neighborhood of
this city for the purpose of stealing
animals for disposal to Alasnan pros
pectors. Many horses lately have been
stolen. Some were recovered after
being sold to paities going to tbe
Klondyke. . Others are still missing.
To Klondike by Balloon.
TORONTO, Sept. 2. Aeronaut Leo
Stevens has successfully tested his new
generator for manufacturing gas for
his balloon, and says be will leave for
Klondike tbe latter part of the month.
lie declares he will go to Andree s
rescue provided his latter experiments
are successful.
KdaeateToor Bowela with Cascarets.
Candv Cathartic, cure constipation forever
I0o. E6c. It C C C. fall, druggists refund money-
WATCH
THIS .
SPACE .
PEASE
WILL ANNEX DAWSON
Government Officials Claim
It for Unele Sam:
THROUGH A BRIDGE
A Terrible. .Accident That Occurred
Near Portland in Which One .
Man Was Killed.
Spanish Authorities Slew an American
- ' ' i
Trading Vessel The Hawaiian Treaty . '
- VVU1 be Ratified-Nebraska Sliver
Hen Effect a Compromise.
Port Townsend, Sept. 2. A letter
just "received -from John U. Smith,
United States commissioner at Dyea
and Skaguay, intimates that govern
ment officials now on the way to the-
Upper Yukon may by their official acts
bring ou serious international com pi i-
rcations with tho Dominion govern
ment. , He says: .
'.r -It is announced here by a deputy
United States marshal that the United
Stales government is to make claim
for a larg portion of the Yukon gold
fields which bave heretofore been sup
posed to be in British territory, and
that the territory which is claimed as
being within Alaska Includes Dawson
City. ; ...
"The basis of tbe claim to be made
by tbe United States officials to the
disputed territory is in the fact, that
the bouudary line, has never been de
termined, and that the United States
authorities claim to possess informa
tion as to surveys made by - tbe Cana
dian government that fixes Dawson
City and a large portion of the district
in Alaska." ' "'
AN OUTBAOK IN IIONDUBA8.
Amerlcnn Trading Vessel Seised and the
Captain Arrested.
Nen Orleans, Sept. 2. News Is re
ceived through a man who has just ar
rived fromTSpanish Honduras that the
authorities of that country several
days ago seized an American . Trader
wbo bas been trading along the coast
for a long time. The seizure was
made several miles off shore and the
schooner towed to Puerto Uot-tez.
The captain of the sehooner, who
is a Spaniard by birth, but an American
citizen, protested againBt tbe action of
the Honduras officials, but although be
showed his papers and the bill of sale
of tbe schooner, his protests were not
heeded and he was thrown into prison
at Omoa. Later he was taken to San
Pedro and put to jail.
the annexation treaty.
Davis Days It Will Be Ratified When tbe
Senate Meets.
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 2. C. K.
Davis, chairman of the foreign relations
committee, was today asked for an expression-,
regarding 'the Hawaiian
advices to the Associated Press in re
gard to the annexation treaty. He
dismissed the, matter briefly, saying
"There is no question in my mind
about tbe truth of the first statement
that Hawaii may at once ratify the
treaty. Why not? The senate can
get together and they can readily dis
pose of the treaty. As to the state
ment that the United S'-ates congress
woul be called to meet two months in
advance of tbe usual date, there is no
truth In it. Tbe treaty will be ratified
by our senate when taken up by that
body."
A Boston Shoe Firm Falls.
Bgston, Sept. 1. The suspension
of the Parker Simpson & Aivns Com
pany, of this city, is announced. The
company did a large wholesale boot
and shoe business.' The last statement
showed cash accounts of U8,22", and
b3lls payable $274,451.
St. Mary's
Academy
A school for Younsr Ladies
in The Dalles, Wasco Coun
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