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WEEKLY
' One Tear. Vy nail.
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78
All ttnlMrritlfa Payable la Advane.
;; "POSTAL SA VINGS BANKS.
: The tendency - of the American
' paople is to spend rather that save
", small" accumulations. They will hesl
' ' tate before changing a $20 bill to make
a purchase of 23 cents especially if the
. article desired is a luxury, but if they
have the 25 cents in change they spend
it without a regret, not stopping to
- realize that eierhtv" of these 25 cent
pieces make a 920 bill, tt is no trouble
..; fQr any one to deposit $100 in a hank
but one would seldom think of deposit
' ing a single dollar-- Hence it in that
few whose earnings are small ever
accumulate a bank account. This is
; owng in a large extent to two causes
.-' the disposition to spend"loose change"
and the tendency of banks to not en
courage small deposits.. ... ...
. True, private savings banks are es-
tablished and conducted for the' ex
' press, purpose of accepting small de
positee and are considered the legiti
mate depository for people of small
earnings, but as: a rule' they have
proven unsafe, many of them .having
v been run, not in the interest of de
positors, but as places where larger
banking institutions could dump their
'-questionable securities, too often going
: : to the wall, and In their fall carrying
the earnings that had been saved up a
. little at a time by their depositors.. -
What Is required to encourage sav-
ings-of small amounts, is a banking
. system that will open accounts with
, customers for any amount-, and at the
same time will be absolutely safe. The
postal savings bank seems to come
. more nearly meeting this demand than
. does any other system yet devised.
All the leading nations of the world,
. with. the exception of two or three,
" lave postal savings banks, and all
hav better facilities for the accomo
' dation of savings depositor's than has
the United States. While savings de
. posits in this country have shown a
gradual increase during the last quar
ter of a century, the savings deposit
ami number of depositors in countries
having postal savings, banks have
. grown by leaps and bounds. In the
United States 80 pe cent of the sav
ings banks and savings deposits are in
the New ' England states and New
York-. Throughout the West and
South, except in the great centers of
.population, it is impossible for private
enterprise to furnish sayings facilities
sufficient to meet the seeds of the
' people. ' Besides,' the ' depositor of
small means frequently is not able to
' pick out from private banks those that
are safe, and consequently will truot
npne.whereas all could bava con fidence
in an Institution controlled by the
national government. :
The Chicago Record has prewired
what seems to be a very coocise postal
savings bank bill to be presented to
congress "at the next session. It pro-
. vides for the receiving of deposits at
all postoffices, in smoonts not less than,
one dollar and cot to exceed $1,000
from any one individual, and no more
than, $300 ajrear shall be received from
a stogie ' depositor v To encourage
small savings a system of stamps of
-'five cents denomination Is provided
for, so that the patron can deposit any
- amount from five cents up, receiving
these stamps until.he shall have accu
mulated 'one dollar in stamps which
will "be tak6n up by the postmaster
and -a-certificate of deposit issued.
Depositors shall receive 2 per cent in
terest upon their accumulations. And
all moneys above what is required to
meet immediate demands shall be in
vested in government bonds or other
- safe securities, so that loss is absolutely
impossible. " ,
The system' presented In the lie.
ord's bill seems very complete and is
well worth'v the attention of our law
making body. .Should it. be enacted
into law it will result beneficially to
he" masses and also to the government,
for through, its workings, it would be
but a few years until the public credits
of the country would be held at home
instead of being held by foreign money
leaders.
WHAT IS THE MATTES?
In timea gone by nearly all the
wheat raised in Klickitat county came
to The Dalles, and a large amount of
the supplies required by the farmers of
that county was purchased from Dalles
merchants.' This year the wheat of
Klickitat is going either- to Grants.
Rufus or Biggs, and the farmers of
Klickitat are as rule buying their
supplies at some other point except
e Dalles. There are reasons for
this change, and. it is well that the
cause be investigated. It has been al
leged that it was on account of the dif
ference charged in ' ferriage at taia
place and at other points on the river,
but since there is a rate of one dollar
for tbe round trip on wheat teams es
tablished by .the ferry ..company here,
the matter of ferriage cannot be taken
Into account, and the cause must be
in something else. It is stated
from " Rockland to the
is in a fearful con-
able for light teams,
for hauling
en, must be tbe
losing the
Batne
voa&. from
here to Ui
aia . it . first-eUos
iy if it' will coat no
--more are at Ittdt llw. w
rs in Klickitat sounty wb would
ng thtlr products to this ' market if
yen an opportunity. Each, of tne
farmers will require' no less than $100
worth,- of - supplies for. the coming
wioiervlf they bring their wheat here
and self i t, they will buy their supplies
of Dalles merchants, that -is they will
spend $20,000 in the city within the
next two months. Will it not "pay
Dalles merchants to expend $3'J0 in
order to secure this trade? It is . no
difficult matter to see why tbey will
not get it without putting forth some
e fort, and it is an easy matter for
the n to see how they can get the trade
by a judicious expenditure of a com
paratively small amount of money.
KLONDIKE -AND -FORTT-NINE
Already the shadow of a dire calam
ity bangs over Klondike. Before the
Arctic winter has fairly begun,
the only stores at Dawson City have
closed 'their doors and hung out their
sign, "no more goods for sale."
.Months ago Wilbur Cornell, who has
been on the Yukon for five year?,
wrote to the Spokesman-Review pre
dicting this ptate of affairs. Mr. Cor
nell said there never bad been a time
since white men went on the upper
Yukon that enough provisions were
taken in to meet the demand. This
year the stampede has carried men in
there out of all proportion to the sup
plies that have -been "taken in. .Al
ready famine is stretching forth its
gaunt fingers, ice is closing the Yukon,
and in a little while no relief can pass
to the snow bound population. Hid
eous consequences are almost 'sure to
follow. Such scenes will be enacted
in the Artie darkness this winter as
were experienced by many of the -ear
lier colonists in America. . . .
Provisions will probably command
prices higher even than some of the
quotations made in the early days in
California. In 1849 sales were" reported,
for example, flour, $800 a barrel; stigar,
coffee and pork, $400;' a, pick, shovel,
tin pan, pair of boot?, blanket, a. gal
lon of whisky and five hundred other
thingp, $100 each; eggs were $3 each;
drugs, $1 a drop, and pills $1 each;
hire of rocker one day, $150. A Colo-
ma storekeeper's bill in -December,
1843, ran thus: : One box of sardines,
Sid; one pound hard bread $2;- one
Half pound cheese, $3; two bottles ale,
$16; total for this lunoheon for two
persons, $43.
In brief, where food is scarce and
old abundant, there is hardly a limit
to the prices which men" will pay for
the necessaries of life.
DIVISION IN PARTIES.
Oregon politics will bo in a jgmble
ext year, and in fact are pretty well
In!
mixed even now. Neither of the three shall have' demonstrated that the en
parties ts united, and each will find ' actmentof a nigh protective tariff,
dissension within its ran ks. The two
factions In the republican' party are at
words points, and the- dispensing of
federal patronage in the state "will not
tend to harmonize tbe elements. .' Nei
ther element will set -just what it
wants,, ana wnatever attempts mat
may be made at & compromise will not
harmonize tbe elements.. A Serious
apti&in that party seems" almost inevit
able, and it would rot be- surprising if
there were two republican conventions
held . ; . ; .
The democrats are almost certain to
divide on the money question, as the
national democrats, who are decidedly
in the minority, will not traip with
the majority, ; and being unable to
make their beds within' the republican
ranks, because of tbe tariff law exacted
byShat party, :.will very likely run a
convention of their own and put up a
ticket. What Btrength they can de
velop is an unknowns quantity, but
they will be a factor in the' coming
state election to the extent that they
will draw some votes from the regular
democratic ticket,
Neither is the populist party a unit.
It is divided on many points and can
not hope to cement its forces upon any
one Set of principles. -5 A few of the
leaders clamor for every ism enunci
ated in the Omaha platform, and wili
not hear to tbe surrendering of a single
one of their tenets. . Then there is an
element in the party that is ready to
join with any reform party that prjtn
ises clean and economical government,
and would combine forces with the
democrat.'. ?.-'
. Another element that is to be con
sidered in tbe eoming state election ii
the xilver republicans, those who have
severed the ties that ' bound them to
their old party and are ready to unit
with the party that has toe bravery to
make the silver cause tbe issue in
future elections. This element is far
more numerous than the national
democrats, and will be no email factor
in determining the; result of next
year's election.
With this clashing of forces through
out the stale no one can foretell what
the outcomo willbe. .Should the regu
lar-republicans be able to patch up
their differences they would probably
command a plurality pf all votes in the
state, and would capture the state gov
ernment and the legislature. But
this ia not likely. The breech be
tween tbe Mitchell and anti-Mitchell
forces is wider now than ever before,
and harmony seems at this time to be.
impossible.
There is, however, possibility of
the organization of a party, or rather
the uniting of forces, that could wrest
the state government from the repub
licans. Were the regular democrats.
conservative populists aod silver re
publicans to combine, they would com
raand more votes than any other party
that could be formed, and as a result
jrould elect a ticket. ; An organization
Could possibly be effected on lines
of economy and with silver as the
prime issre, that would meet the ap
proval of a majority of voters, and
oulu result in an economical govern .
ent for the state tbe next four years.
unfortunate clash ' between
t sheriffs and tbe striking miners
in last Friday, in which
miners were killed and
re seriously wounded, is
may ever b ex-
l and labor clash.
Ldid the 'shooting
ins of the coal
superiors'
ience. It
.an ex-
en-
?s of
ut
are pi
rather
their owi
only ones wh
doctrines or a
really worthy .&rTfliTicieraUon. By
them, the "mentally deranged" indi
vidual who raises his voice in favor of
"free trade" or "free silver". is con
sidered an object of pity; yep, even
worse, a lunatic not worthy of consid
eration. one who should be ''fired"
out of all positions of responsibility
and trust, so that their "heresies" can
no longer "poison" the minds of the
body politic. It la no doubt some com
fort for such editorial writers to hug
themselves in a vainglorious way and
say "we are the people who know jt
all, the other fellows are fools whose
mouths should forever be shut." But
few of them have yet seen fit to show
any material benefit that has accrued
to the masses of the people through
the workings of their two pet theories
protection and the gold standard
nor dothey dilate upon even a single
one of the short-coinings of their hob
bies. True, the country is in a prosperous
condition, but only the very most hide
band demagogue will attempt to attri
bute this prosperity either to protec
tion or the gold standard. Neverthe
less there are some who claim the
rains that gave us abundant. crops and
the drought that cut short the crops
of other parts of the world are direct
results of the gold standard and pro
tection, or in effect, that our present
prosperity is the result of these two
agents).
This class of writers, have singled
out President Andrews, of Browd un
iversity, whose resignation has been
demanded because he saw fit to ad
vance bis ideas upon the money ques
tion and undertook to teach the the
ories of bimetalism from the stand
point of unlimited coinege of silver
and President Eliot, of Harvard, who
teaches free trade as a fundamental
principle of nations, as being men who
are unfit to be heard, because their
teachings are fallacious. Possibly
such men as Professors Andrews and
Eliot are not entitled to consideration;
possibly tbey may be mistaken in their
conclusions, but both are men of mas
ter miads, who have devoted a life
time to the study of economic princi
ple s, and it can hardly be established
that their life work has been a failure,
and that they have arrived at wrong
conclusions In every instance.
Until our gold-standard, protection
ist frleuds. have demonstrate) by
actual practice that their theories pro
duce the greatest good to the gi eatest
number they should at least be charit-
! able enough to grant those who differ
with tbt-ra a . hearing. When-tbey
such as is now in fprce, and tbe -main-talnance
of the gold standard are bene
ficial, to all alike, they may choke off
other theorists; but until they shall
have shown this, the free silverite and
tbe free trader, or the one who be
lieves in tariff for revenue and inci
1 dental protection, is entitled to his day
in -court.
This government has had experience
both witn the gold ..standard and pro
tection, sufficient to enable all lo judge
of the benefits they have, been or "the
damage they are responsible for.' Since
1873 it has virtually been o'ri s gold
standard basis, but its full effeeta were
not fully realized until after the special
session of congress in 1803. From that
time to tbe present the only standard
of money has beon gold, and that it
will be maintained for another, four
years was emphasized by the result of
the election last fall. During these
past four years of an absolute gold
standard we have had sufficient oppor
tunity . to enjoy whatever blessings
there are in it. We have seen one of
tbe greatest industries of the nation
silver mining killed) tbe produots of
our mines reduced 23 per cent, and
nunareus ot thousands of miners
thrown out of employment. Other
"beneficial" effects might be enumer
ated, but these are sufficient po em
phasize the argument of our gold
friends that the voices of the silverites
Bhould bo hushed.
or two montns past we , nave en
joyed the workings of the highest pro
tective tariff ever enacted, and from
this we can learn to some extent if it
is just tbe thing for the people.. Since
this law has gone into effect tbfe price
of nearly every article of general con
sumption has advahoed. Those who
buy are compelled to pay more for
what tbey consume than tbey. did six
months ago, and the earning power of
only a limited number has Increased
Wages in only a very few isolated
cases have been advanced, so tbe gen
eral public finds little comfort in tbe
beauties of increased protection. Aside
from Increased price, we find this
protective measure is running the
nation in debt, the receipts of revenue
during tbe month of August: having
been $14,504,433 less than the expendi
tures, which is at the rate of $15,773,-
196 a year, and If. this Keeps up will
necessitate the burdening of . the peo
ple with close to $200,000,000 more of
interest bearing debt by the end of the
fiscal year,
Until a better showing can be made
for tbe gold standard and protection
than experience has shown, there is
cause for the agitation of doctrines
taught by silverites and free traders
and those who teach these theories
should be heard.. . . .
DECIDEDLY ANARCHISTIC.
Meeting were held in Chicago sun-
day night of what is termed the social
democracy, at which most dangerous
utterances were indulged, in. One
Dranch of the organization passed a
resolution declaring that tbe "blood
of tbe idle and useless aristocra'ct is
the most convenient medicine for nour
ishing the tree of liberty. 'An eye for
an eye, a tooth fora tooth.' For every
miner killed and wounded a million
aire should be treated in the same
manner. The millionaire class is re
sponsible for the slaughter of Septem
ber 10, and we regard tbe torch as the
most succesful weapon to wield
against them."
A speaker at one of the meetings re
ferring to the recent slaughter of
strikers ic Pennsylvania said: "The
miners should carry arms and use
them, too., Tbe time has come to
meet forcej with force. ' I should have
told thenj to shoot to kill. I would kilt
millionaires today." Another firey
r relieved himself of this expeec
J would attack property with
would destroy their places;
hen men are shot, down
Pensylvania."
s as these cannot
any very; great
t. How-
W Are
st postal
e estaDiismng oi
... . , . .
Tiiions would, to a -great ex-
t, interfere with tbe system of pri
vate savings banks, to which that
paper is partial; but the reasons which
it submits as argument against this
proposed innovation in American
banking are by no means founded.
Its principal obje-tions to the
system are that it is populistii ;
that tbe government could not pay in
terest to depositors; that private sav
ings banks would prove such sharp
competitors that they would atttact
tbe accumulations of all depositors,
and that there are not a sufficient
amount of certain securities in exis
tence available in which the deposits
may be invested to insure tbe payment
of any interest whatever.
Neither of these, objections is ten
able. It matters not, if the system will
encourage thrift aud frugality, whether
it is popuiistic or socialistic. If it will
provide a safe depository for the earn
ings of depositors where a small rate
of interest may be earned, it is of no
consequence by what name it is called.
The contention that the government
cannot pay interest on deposits without
burdening the people with taxation,
aud that there are not available secure
ties for investment ia fallacious. Tbe
government is at p.-esent paying in
terest upon $850,000,000, of tbis amount
$250,000,000 are held by national
backs, leaving $600,000,000 available
for investment of moneys accumulated
through postal savings bank. These
bonds command such a premium that
the interest rate Co the holder amounts
now to about 34 per cent, and as it
is proposed to allow ouly 2 per ceut on
deposits in postal savings banks, there
could be do loss from investments in
such securities, nor any necessity of
increased taxation to maintain tbe
svstem. B sides there are hundreds c i
millions of dollars of city, school dis
trict and state bonds available that
command much higher rates of interest
which would supply perfectly safe
securities.
As to the competition of private
savings banks, if all such institutiocs
were conducted honestly and depositors
could be convinced that they were
perfectly secure, it would be so great in
commercial centers and large cities
that it could not be met, for private
institutions that conduct business up
o'n a speculative basi, and deal in se
curities that are not absolutely safe,
can pay higher rates for the use of
money than those that deal only in
paper whose payment is guaranteed
beyond question.. But there are locali
ties that cannot be feacbed from tbe
large cities and commercial centers,
and in such postal savings banks would
find tpany of their clients. More than
tbis, were the government to enter tbe
markets as a purchaser of securities on
which it bad to guarantee only 2 per
cent interest, it would be able, to offer
such premiums for giltedge paper,
that In a short time interest charges
.would be reduced, and public corpor
ations would be able to float
their bonds at 34. to 4 per cent, whereas
tbey are now paying from 5 to 8 per
cent. As a result tbe large holders of
money who now seek public bonds for
investment would be driven .out. of
that field, and would look to personal
securities. In consequence the rate
on- call and "time loans would fall.
Those-- who are compelled to . borrow
! would get money at lower rates, and
the holders' of " wealth wuld have to
be satisfied with lets icoomes.or to in
Test their money in enterprises outside
banking and brokerage.
The establishing of a perfect postal
savings bank system by tbe : govern
ment would In time act as an equaliz
ing agent to bring tbe incomes of the
capitalist and the producer nearer on
a level. The former wou'd get only
what its capital is wor.h for its use, ,
while the latter when compelled to'
hire from the capitalist would only be
required to pay actual vilue for it.
Then Is it a wonder thatap tHr whose
interests are allied with those of tbo
money lender should oppose tbe aystem
and denounce it as the outgrowth of
misgovernment?
EDllOhJAL 01 ES.
' There has reldom 1 een a season
more favorable for Wasco county farm
ers than the present. Tbey have an
opportunity now to get out of debt, and
if they will just stay out, we need have
no fears of hard times for years to
come.
Cuba's rebellion is attracting little
attention just now. Not became it is
ended, but because Weyler is no longer
able to oonoaal the fact that his army
is gradually rotting away, .and every
body feels confident that Cuba will yet
win her independence.
The manufaotuiing and agricultur
al interests in Mexico are unanimous
in favor of the silver standard. They
see it In the encouragement of home
industries and a protection that can
not be had through the workings of
any other system. Naturally they op
pose tbe attempt of tbe commercial
interests to put the country on a gold
standard basis.
Multnomah county is having a very
expensive experience in collecting de
liuquent taxes. It co.t the county
$3,013 to publish the delinquent list.
and the actual sales amounted to little
more than that amount. Tbe list cov
ered less than a page of theOregonian,
and was published five times in that
paper. Some more economical method
of collecting taxes will have to be
adopted, or in course of time tbe
county will be bankrupt. .
Even the staid old bank of England,
bich is the most conservative finan
cial .institution on earthy recognizes
that public policy demands something
must be done for silver, and the man
agement thereof has determined to
hold one-fifth of Its reserve in silver,
provided the mints of France are
opened to the free coinage of tbe white
metal. Tbis to be sure is only a small
concession, but it shows tbe trend of
public sentiment, and evidences the
fact that the silver sentiment is grow
ing; even in Europe. . '
San Francisco found itself in a pe
culiar muddle recently. By a decision
of the court, tbe board of supervisors
was dissolved, that is, the members
were removed from office, leaving tbe
ity without supervisors. To add to
this embarrassment both the governor
aod tbe mayor claimed tbe right to fill
the vacancies, but a compromise was
reached, and those officials got to
gether and jointly appointed the same
men. California with all its boasts
about advanced ideas, must have some
peculiar laws, when the appointive
power of city officers rests in two sep
arate executives. .
Possibly the marching miners, men
and women, intelligent and ignorant,
are legally in the wrong. Tbe courts
say so, and we must respect our court
though we.retain the riaht to crit-
icistt thetp.,.. Jiiit there isk prior,' ihf
tisii. gerjnlnatjiig wonfihat causes
"them to march. TnS-t wrjong Is - the
failure to receive sufficient wages on
vhicb to support themselves and fam
ilies.4 Whenever they, receive just
compensation for their labor tbey will
cease to march and will be found. in
the mines earning a living. " ' .;'
. The lynching of five robbers at Ver
sailles. Ind... is only tbe natural out
come of the failure of authorities to
eo force the law. ' Robberies and as
saults were, of frequent occurrence
about Versailles, yet no one was con
victed.' The people, failing to recive
protection to Ufa ai.d property from
the authorities, took the punishment
of offenders in their own hands. The
means adopted' were severe and are to
be deplored, yet tbey are effectual.
Where the law fails to regulate affairs,
society becomes disceouaged and re
sorts to -violence.
Dollar wheat is a fine thing for the
Western farmers, and will bringpros
perity to all branches of business de
pending upon them, but it means clear
bread for the Eastern laborers, who
wili be tbe sufferers unless there is a
corresponding increase in their wages.
As a rule, however, we are too selfish
to borrow trouble over the ills of
others, and we will enjoy our tempor
ary prosperity even though the East
ern wage earners must go on short
rations. . .
- The Louisville Courier-Journal says
that it is just as well to notice at this
time that tbe deficit in August was
larger than that of any month during
the last administration.' Tbe greatest
monthly deficit while Mr. Cleveland
was la office was in October, 1894. and
amounted to $13,573,800. Tbe deficit
during tbe first month of the Dingley
bill was $14,981,765, or in round num
bers, $15,000,000. The men who were
so anxious last spring for a tariff that
would permit no deficits now have the
floor to explain this curious result of
the midsummer tariff agitation.
Because a postmaster at one of the
small offices has just Keen detected in
the swindling of the government by
filling out postal money orders upon
which it is charged be secured the
money, it is understood an attempt is
made restricting the business men
and limiting tbe number of orders
which each postmaster c-tn issue in ono
pjonth, with each order limited to $100.
This would be all wrong and an unjust
hardship in many caves. ' Tbe post
master is a bonded officer of the gov
ernment and the government should
protect itaeif without subjecting tbe
citizens to unnecessary inconvenience,
ever muoh one class is ground down by
another, it doei not justify tbe doing
. a. - . I I-
oi a wrong to ngnt anoiner. necause
lives have been sacrificed does not
Justify the sacrificing of others. Even
though tbe striking miners were mur-
dered, and tbe action of tbe sheriff and ;
deputies at Latimer, seems little lets'
than cold-blooded murder, it does not
license their sympathizers to assassin
ate millionaires or destroy tbeir prop-
berty. Anarchy cannot, must not, bare
a place In American institutions, and
tsuoh sentiment as that expressed in
Chicago should be frowned down by
all who have a spark of patriotism in
tneir veins. , v. . j nen say fall showers are due In Other
At last the great coal strike Is ended J states In a few days. "In Southern 11
and the miners gained 'concessions I Hnois .the temperature , has averaged
that never could have been secured j 90 degrees for 12 days. - Northern II
hy peaceable ea treaties' to their ern- linois and' Chicago reached an un-
ployers for an advance of wages. For
over two months the miners have man
fully held out for their rights, earning
nothing during the time, : while the
operators have suffered only slight in
convenience, as they have been, able
to clear up all the coal in stock at ad
vanced prices... ; Although the miners
have got very nearly what they asked
for, and will be in better circumstances
in tbe future, they are the real losers,
though they have won the strike.
Encouraged by the abundant crop
raised this year and the advanced prices
realised for all cereals, many farmers
are looking about for more land which
they can buy, no doubt expecting large
crops and good prices for years to
come. These may be realized but they
are uncertainties that are unsafe to
bank en, and tb) idea of increasing
tbeir acres does not appear to be a
safe rne with most farmers. One of
the drawbacks to Oregon is that all
tbe farms are too large already. There
is too much land that is only half
tilled. If the farmer who has prospered
this year will devote a portion of his
profits to improving the soil he has, so
that he oan increase its producing
power, instead of buying more acres,
he will find himself a gainer in' the
long run.
No Afreemeat Reached.
ST-LOUIS, Sept. 16. At a confer
ence of . miners and operators of the
Belleville, 111., district, the former re
jected tbe proposition of the owners to
pay 23 cents for mining. The present
scale for digging ranges from 22 to 30
cents, and tbo miners demand 37 cents
per ton. The operators say they would
like to pay more, but cannot on ac
count of existing, contracts. . The
matter will probably be taken up at
the state miners' convention, which
will bd held at Springfield, 111., next
Monday. . . . ....
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Five Robbers Executed by
. Ripley County Mob.
CORN CROP DAMAGED
The Middle West Suffering- Fmm
Drouth That Has Cut the
Corn Short.
Another flaah Between nfflrcru and Strik
en Kvrrytlitnc Qultt at Uazelrnn -Postmaster
General f.itrj Fn
vors the Establishing- of
Postal Savings Bant.
Louisville, Ky., Sept. 15. A spec
ial to the Post from Osgood, fnd.,
says:
Incensed by numerous depredations,
repeated burglaries and daylight rob
beries, the people of Ripley county,
Ind., have taken the law into their
own hands and meted out to the per
petrators punishment greater than that
provided by law. Five men, who .have
long been a terror to -the citizens of
that county, met their death at the
hands of an enraged populace.
Wben'tbe citizens of Versailles, the
county seat, arose this morning " they
found tbe bodies of five m m dangling
from as many limbs of an elm tree in
tbe public square. Stout ropes, . not
over six feet in length, bad served to
send the men to their destiny. Tbeir
feet were but a few inches .from the
ground, while their hands and feet had
been securely pinioned with strong
ropes. .
Versailles is a town of 800 people. It
is five miles from a railroad station,
and has no telegraphic communication.
For four or five years the farmers of
the county have been the victims of a
lawless gang, who have plied their vo
cation to the terror of the people.
During tbe past week the robberies
had increased alarmingly. Last Satur
day word was received by the sheriff
that the store of Woolly Bros., at Cor
rect, Ind , 10 milesafrorn here, was to
be entered. Sheriff Bushing with a
force of deputies secreted themselves
in the store and shortly after midnight
captured two of the robbers as tbey
were entering the store, while two
others escaped, but were arrested
later. All were taken to jail at Ver
sailles together with Heory Sehuller,
arrested for robbing a barber shop.
it was 1 o clock tbiii morning when
tbe mob seemed to come from all ouar
tePB ana dismounted on the side of the
h near Vwaiihp. Ah,f. dftn
men
marched into the town. Shortly be
fore 2 o'clock the jailor was forced to
give up the keys to the jail, and ttie
five prisoners wera taken out and
hinged.
DROUTH CACSBS URA1T DAMAGE.
Bail State of Affairs In tbe Corn Growing
" '' State.
Chicago, Sept. 15. Illinois, Indiana
and Iowa are parched. - Until last
evening Kansas was in the same con
dition, but rain came. Weather bureau
usually hot period for so late in the
aea3on.
. Corn is being destroyed in all tbe
Egyptian country and no' such record
has been made in heat and drouth
since September, 1879. The Sagimon,
Mackinaw and "Vermillion rivers are
nearly dry, and caUle- 00 . a thousand
hills are dying for want of water.
In Indiana no drop of moisture has
fallen for two months, the corn is
being burn ad to death, the pastures
are as infiamableas powder, and prairie
fires are rag in. -
Iowa has had an average of nearly
90 degrees for 10 days, and never be
fore has there been such suffering in
September. Public schools are closed
in many towns,and workmen are forced
to quit toll.
Storm Has Broken.
New YoRK,'Sept. 18. A special to
the Herald from Panama, Columbia
says:
Guatemala now faces an uprising far
more serious than the one of a few
months ago, telegraphs the Herald cor
respondent in the city of Guatemala
The present rebellion Is led by men of
great wealth and influence, and is
slightly gaining in strength each day.
Advises . just received from Guat
emala are to tbe effect that 3000 rebels
attacked the city of Quezaltenango on
the morning of September 13. The
garrison there consisted of less than
1000 soldiers, but they fought valiantly,
The attack continued far into the
night, when the rebels, despite their
superior numbers, were repulsed. They
vigorously renewed the attack at half
past 9 o'clock on the inorninirof tbe
14tb. and the advices state the latest
report is tbat the fighting still con
tinues. t
The garrison still holds the city
against the rebels, but the fall of tbe
city is inevitable, unless tbe reinforce
ments bow . hurrying.', forward arrive
within a few hours.
The present revolution is headed by
General Prospero Morales, who. until
a faw months ago was minister of war
in the cabinet, General Fues Barrios,
a brother in-law of President Barrios,
and Fel'ciauo Gultera.
These three men were candidates for
president to succeed Barrios for the
constitutional term from 1898 to 1901.
Their antagonism to the president
dates from the time he declared him
self dictator of Guatemala and an
nounced his intention of having a law
passed in defiance of tbe constitution.
permitting a president's election for a
second term. This meant another
term for Barrios, and met with solid
opposition from the upper classes of
Guatemala.
t) mpat by Coat Them Liberty. .
New York, Sept 15. A BpecUl" to
tbe Herald from Havana says:
The Spanish authorities do not hesi
tate to show their resentment of the
interestdisplayed by the wives of Amer
icans in the case of Evangelina Cossio
Cisneros. They have not only ab
ruptly shut off tbe Cuban maid from
all communication with her friends,
but th?y have thrown into the-prison
for lewd women in Santa Clara five
women $0 dared to prepare a most
courteous appeal to General Weyler
for the release of Evangelina. These
women are Senora Rosa Plana, Senor-
itas Carmen aod Njcolasa Guiterrez,
Senora NicaU Ruiz and Senorita
Avila. All these ladles belong to the
best families in Santa Clara. Senora
Plana is 67 years of age, and is tbe
widow of the former mayor of that city.
Senorita Carmen Guitterez is tbe prin
cipal of the best and oldest private
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and. She is also principal of a muni
cipal college. Her sister Nicola'sa
teaches with ' her. Senora Ruiz and
Senorita Avila are cousins of theGuit-
errejs family. '
I'lttaonrs Men at Work.
Pittsburg, Sept. 10. Between 15.
000 and 18,000 coal miners in Pittsburg
district returned to work today in ac
cordance with tbe action taken yester
day at the convention authorizing the
men to resume work in all mines com
plying with tbe provisions of the scale
of S5 eentrt, made '.at -Columbus. The
remainder of the 25,000 miners of tbe
district will be at work before tbe
close of tbe week. It is estimated that
the strike cost the people of Pittsburg
district from $5,000,000 to $7,000,000.
Of this amount the miners lost atooat
$2,250,000 in wages. :
Tbe strike against the DeArmitts
wili continue indefinitely, arrange
ments having been made to assess thn
working miners 5. per cent of tbeir
wages to defray the expenses of keew-
j ing up the fiht until the 65-cent rate
is made uniform throughout tbe district
'.--. Am 2aoohter Near Jelllto.
Cincinnati, Sept. ' 15. A special
from Oswego, on the Knoxville& Ohio
railroad in the Jell i to eoal-miningjlis-trict,
gives an account of an encounter
last night between eight United States
marshals and tbe -striking miners.
, Yesterday nonunion men were put
to work and trouble came last night.
A mob came marching toward the
company's store. When tbey were or
dered by the marshal to bait, the mi
ners answered with oalhav. They were
then ordered by the marshal to leave
the property, whijh tbey refused to do.
The marshals took refuge in a black
smith shop and fired on tbe mob. Tb j
miners retreated but returned the fire
with their Winchesters. None of the
marshals are hurt, but as to the miners
it is not known.
. Argentine Wheat la Little Damaged,
New York, Sept. 16. A dispatch
to the Herald from Buenos Ayres says:
Despite tbe invasion of locusts, which
have come -to Argentina by tbe mil
lion, reports received as to tbe wheat
crop are of . a most encouraging char
acter. In tbe provinces of Santa Cor
dova and Buenos Ayres eyery indica
tion is now tbat the wheat crop, with
good luck, will be so great that tbey
will be able; to export about 2,000,000
tons. With a fair degree of success
there will be at least 1,500,000 tons for
export. The prospect for a big crop
is splendid.
Hot Way Has Boiled Uy. .
ST. LOD13, Sept. 16 The unprece
dented hot spell which has prevailed
in this vicinity for tbe past 21 days
was broken this morning.
This heated spell beats all records of
the weather bureau in St. Louis, the
maximum temperature being the high
est and sustained for tbe longest tijae
for so late in the season. During the
period . just endad the average maxi
mum temperature has been about 96
degrees and the average minimum 70
degrees.'
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Laporte, Colo., Sept. 15. A very
heavy' hall storm prevailed here last
night. The hail fell for a space of two
hours and the stones were as' large as
walnuts. In some places the hailstones
were piled to the depth ot a foot.
Great damage was done to orchards.
lreland'a Dreary Outlook. (
London, Sept. 15. Harold Freder
ick, the London correspondent of the
New York Times,' has an artiele in the j
Daily Chronicle describing tbe pros
pects of famine in' the county of Cork
and testifies to tbe "universal alarm"
there at the famine of 1847 being re
peated.
Favors Poatai Having Banka.
Washington, Sept, 15, Postmas
ter-General Gary has become con
vinced of the wisdow and utility of
postal savings institutions and has de
cided to have a bill prepared providing
for theli establishment and to recom
mend its passage by congress.
AU Quiet ac ilazelton. j
Hazelton, Pa., Sept. 13. The strike
situation is unchanged. General Go
bin says he does not expect any trouble
today, but is holding several detach
ments of cavalry close by.
nreadfuUy Herroas.
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