fittfiJR VccMy gaito M. A .SAKCK tDlTOK TUESfitr. JANUARY .21. IS'JO. J.Sr DISTEJIWTION WEALTH POSSIBLE. OF For tL kappinets ! citizen, the wealth ef tho country should e so justly distributed, tLekeaebaud every should haro tueh a proportion that they eeultl lio lu convenient plenty anl be in no servile condition. But L i wealth to he eveuly or justly divided 1 ' This is a. question which tit defend on of the present soe:al and industrial system ask with appareutiy the confi dent assurance that it adroit ef an war. If wen wara but truly honest, if they would but tkii.k honestly, if they would but reason anal give ecu cience free aclien, tliay wauld readily, ate thtt the aniwer iz. art ealy possible but naif evident. Wliat is it that now makes the tre sendeus differences in the fortunes of individuals? Surely not because of possessing greater natural abilities, nor ia it because of greater industry on tlie part of the possessor af these great fortuoes. If this were true, the most wealthy would be the most industrious and the most gifted, la it net rattier, that sensn men have greater opaei Uni ties, and in mast instances if net ail. da aet theie greater opportunities arise tram tha aperatiea of uitjust laws and systems I Oee man obtains pessesion f a piece af ground; a corner far instance; and in time, thousands of Men find it necessary to use it, and they make him wmlthj. Another nan invents a labor saving inaehine, a capitalist buys from him the sola right to use it. The government, by means of a patent, gives him a monopoly. Tha new invention finally beceraes a necessity, and the owner af the meaep ly nine times aut of tan ho is not the iaventer becomes enormously wealthy .another nan gits the monopoly of a caal mine and compels the community te wake him wealthy or freeze. Others, ' through combinations, organize into so called "trusts" in the leading commodi ties or accessaries af lifa, sneh as sugar, il, lusaber, salt etc., and in their inor dinate ambition for wealth, and under tba protection of tha law, sqaeeze from tha ppls every passible dollar that their ill gotten millions mny be thereby added t. And so it gees. Under the protection of society, the humble toilers are robbed right and left, and wherever inordinate vealth is found, it is the accumulated earnings of other men, and net tha result af its own ers productive labor. Without an equivalent is given, men cannot obtain possession ef wealth whUh other create, except by unjust means, anerin industrial system is un. just that allows tha few to kieeense possessed of what the many produce If each retained possession of what he produces, there could be no inordinate wealth, neither could there bo any ab jeet poverty, except as a result af idle ness. The icnicdy for the existent unjust division ef wealth lies in the reform ef the laws and abolishment of the sys. tsms which allow men t obtain it V anr means other than ay their own in dividual industry, and net through the absorption ef the products of others' labors. Neither individusls nor eor. poratioas should be allowed to obtain control ef the natural sources ef wealth or special governmental privelegis er franchises be grantad them, and thus be enabled te compel others te surren der the wealth they create for the priv elege ef having acoess te tho. land, the mines, the transportation ef their pro. ducts etc. The mines, the land, tho means ef distribution and onr current cy must no longer be monopelizod. Usury in all its forms mast be abol ished. In a word, all laws and - sys tems which prevent men obtaining and retaining the full results of their own toil must be abolished and destroyed. Are such men Lc-nasL f j Do they treat th question fairly Or are they themselves go ignorant as to snppose that silver dollars arn any- mere ' fiat money" tlir.a sold dollars ? Is it possible that loM money bags" cf the mortgage bendoeracy, is sa igner- ant as not to know that ail ''money" is "Sat" and that without the. 5at of a government there weald not be a gold or silver or paper "dollir" in ail God's universe f . Hence it is thtt a Vilver dollar is jnst ns honest as a gold dollar, ant vice verta; and the dishonesty in them or either of them is in tho man who dis loyally brings discredit upon the monw ey of the sovereign gevernment that protects kirn in Lis personal and pieper ty rights. Wheuever the "money" of the coun try er any portion af it is discredited, finiaci-il stability ceases. Prices fluc tuate. Confidence dies oat. The in dustrious poor bse9me beggars or starve. Men cease to pat money into new enterprise-!. A crash comas, la- toroit tuns high ard tho money kings laugh at the ruia tbey have wrought, and chuckle as thy incro-iaa thaur bonds upa the toiling suilliens of earth. TVsy have ulre.xdy fatUdtliis coa n try wish tramps, au.l the cities with starving poor, and yet they do mand mere swe.it and toil aad bUed. We, toe, want a stable currency and a stible government. The Gad f nature has given us the material far the form er aad it will be our own fault if we do not utilize it aad preserve tha latter. It is the geld-gatsbliag bondocraey that has disturbed the "stability" ef our currency and not the people at large. A paper walking in tho interests of the bondecracy now befsro us allsges that all the principal nations Lave de monetized silver, and therefore Amer ica she-old do so. That sheald not fol ia, even if tha statement it ere true, but it is nnt true in any form er pot ion. The number af people with sil ver as the sole standard of money is 63,944,456. The number of people who make both silver and geld a stan dard, including the United States, is 187,300,000; while tho number ef pooplo in the gold standard countries is only 87,000,000, according to the re' port of eur silver commission ia 1877 Of course that was 12 yens ago, but the ratio holds goad; and to-day ever 700,000,000 people have adopted silver a the sole standard of raoaey; evar 187,000,000 have adopted the double standard, while tha insignificant minor ity of 87,000,000 under the central ef Great Britain, Germany, Norway and Sweden, have adopted the geld stan dard. And even in these last named countries, subsidiary (silver) eeins con stitute the money of the laboring peo ple. The qjsitioa is, shall the gsld gamblers ef Europe (falsely) represent- ig less than 00,000,000 af people i de stroy the universal "rneney coin" of ever 900,000,000 1 Skull one Johnny Bull dietata to ten ether men, and ruin them, too, financially I It dss net seem prssiblo that our people can be so foolish as te threw away their silver t please the Engine geld gamblers and the bendecrkcy. Waseca Herald. HE EILLI56 OF A. L. MET M J.K. DAVIDSON. d;.vidscn voluntarily surren ders HIMSELF. lie says that Barry Skot at BIni First, and in Self Defense Ke Fired wish Fata! Effect. The Cnranra Jnry Krfne In n Verdict Cfcarsloe Davirtaen -with Barry's 4eath, Bui thiil lh Killing was Jasliale. Eirly in the forenoon on Monday J. K. D vi.!in curti ii-.t j taa city acom piniwd by Parry Shaffer, aad sending for th m ijitrate, sairendersd himself t that i-tiisii',- claiming th t in his efi'oits to defend himself from the nturdcinus attack ef A. L. B:trry of Will Horse pseuntuin he was eeru-pollt-d t i kill him. On account of the terrible condition of the roids, because of the sr-.o bleeknde, word could nfit bo sent to our enrener in time for him ia get hare and hold an inquest ever the remains of tWe deceased Justice LVikvr innaedutjly proL-eesla-J to impanel jury, and in company with J. H. ICfinnn.ly, physician, proceeded with sleighs t imk th trip up Wild 11 r-. mountain to tin scene ef Uu killing, to hsld aa iRqjet upn i.il that was Ift ef poor Barrv. The asrabt was nmde. but enly bv great eiUiV; snow threa to four feet was on- vountoroii, bsifl huo drifts into . hi-h one or more of tko sleighs weuld upl ad epiil the occupants. It wis after one ':l?k bfot'e tho jury started and altUagb tho distanse was but afeo-Lit ten mile, and the hor- ST ABILITY IS SEEDED. The gold advocates make no end ef thsir pretended demands far "stability' in the currency ef the country, and yet the evidence goes te show, as we think conclusively, that the same men that new talk se learnedly about an "honest dollar," are the very men who hare al ways disturbed tha stability cf tha cur rency, first, by attempting te demone tize gold, and, next, by attempting to demonetizs silver, and, third, by issu ing bank notes whenever they get a chance. There can be no doubt at all that if the money kings of Europe had allowed gold and silver to have taken their nat ural course there weald never have boon any such depreciation of values as has taken plaec since 1S74. We are told by the bend and mort gage holders that they want an "lion et delUr" and not a fiat silver er paper dollar; just as tkoegh there were seme ttell us tht are not "tit dollars." Jlll.1 Cllt Of SCHOOL Did you ever pau&e and contemplate the eoy who isjmt out or scheel just released from study and discipline when school is eut and ha coaaes wheor ing down Main street on his way K;:.'2 Ordinary humanity, when i,astd frem the toils ef the day. it proae te seek relaxation mid rest. Tha bay scorns all sueh ideas. He is cempesed of but three part; legs, ai ass and yell. His legs have bean cramped up all day and ho is glad te get out. His voies has been swelling and boiling in birn far hours, and now he mast give it vent. As soon as he is clear of the recita tion ream, eut on the steps, ha yells a yell tbat ia at once ear piercing aad threatening. One would think that every Indian en the Umatilla reserva tion had beon turned loose upon us? But his yell has o more object, mean ing er direction than tko midnight vociferations of a mule; and now he appears moving t full spved with his arms flying about like the scintillations ef a pm wheel. He is no respecter of perseas;ho dea't care whether he runs dewiv a smaller boy, er mashes a girl's hst down over her eyes or net, in his meddlesome career. "Oh, ' Lord that boy was my own " But just than your own boy flies by, falls over a dry goods box, comes up, kick at anether b;y and ii chased around the eorner bsfore jeu have got the "You Ed 1" out ef your mouth. There is ene thing that has a sesth iag influence npou tha bey just eut of school: he can see the old mm farther thu Prof. Pierce er Draper can see a , hay-staek with a telescope, and tho min ute that parent dawns upon nis vision, be beccmes as proper as a model letter writer and the finely modulated voice with which be wheedles the aether of bis being eut ef .ive eents on the spot is a lsssen for future ambitious oharch &es were urgf.i, it wks nark beNie thc-y loarhea this piat'u where the bdy lay. Wsu found the borfy was a fsj fct from t'c rod lying A it on hiie face in the s:. f, a, rifle lay but few fet from til botiy, evident ly tbrwwn by tha daa.ssi vba f;.!! in. The fatal sliat iju .t htve takn iinuuediato eii'ect, as but liltie if any e idenc-e of a struggle was sen. dying in his tracks. The bta tiful white snow was itaineJ with his life blood, which had rlo.vii freoly. Tiie hour was late and the darkness, had already btgua to fettle en the mountain, and the jury after being sworn had but Hula time in which to view the re mains and to take in the surroundings. All of this was most carefully nettd by the jury the roads, the trails the beat en tracks and everything ef the situa tion that would bo likely to be ef service in assisting thein in their in vestigation. The body was then placed in the bottom of a sleigh and the party through the darkness and fcg commenced their descent. It was a g and cold ride, a journey that few would undertake and that only in case cf necessity as the present was. Late in the night the jury arrived at Weston and after leaving the body at the unJti -taker's adjourned to meet again ou the following morning at ten o'clock. Promptly at the hour named thojary met and proceeded to take te&tuneny. J he fir&t called te the stand was J. K. Davidson who testi fied as falljvvs: "Have received warnings from neighbors several times that Barry would do lua harm and for me te guard myself. J. K. Saling Wra McKay and Tbos. McCabe, also others have at times warned mo and told me that Barry had threatened my life in their presence. In Oct. 18S8 at Mr. Ferguson's well Barry and I had a dispute and at that time 1 told hiua that if ho did not shut up I would slap his meutb. On the eVening ef the 19th ef Jan. between fiur asd five s'clack I was returning to my home from the timber, 1 saw liarry celling towards me oa the same read, he passed by the trail leading to his heuse. He was leading a male; parsed him and as I did, he said: svant you to quit throwing dawn wiy fence." I replied that I kad not throws his fence down. He then said "leu are u liar : U V you I v ill kill ycu !" and ot the same time, raissd his sun. As auick as I could. I drsw my pistol from the scabbard aud tired twice. He also fired, the ball passinn through the verecat I was wearing. I think he shot tir.t, though there was scarcely a second between the twos'usts. We were aboat twelvo feet apart at the time of tha shooting. When I sket the second time he turned but did not make more tnan one step before he fell, immediately after fired this shot. I did not conceal my pistol, it was in a seaboard and in full sight. My reasan far believing that he was goiBg te kill me, was because he raised his gun after be said ho would deacons and tax celloeteis. G. R. Klien Ecby ttm rieU we pT her Castorta, When ihe m a Child, sue cried for Castoria, When xbe become Mias, she dung to Cutoria, When, slio hat SiuUrea, se save besu Caatoria, kill me. Immediately after the shoot u" I went to Thomas McCabe and tald him ef the difficulty, and tbat had killed Barry. McCabe and passed by the body shertly after th sheeting, en our way te my home. The body was lying in the same place where he first fell; did not step, but passed ifi within a feet or so ef tho deceased; be lieve that he was dead. Ihe rease: I did not coma to town that night was beeaue ef the eondition ef tho road and the darkness ef the night;' but at daylight the next morning, in company with Perry Shaffer, I proceeded te Weston, and as soon as I reashed th eitv I nosited Justice of the Peace M A. Baker- that 1 had killed A. L. Bar rv, and wished to give myself up. lir. J. K. Saling was the next wit ness called. He testified as follows "I am personally acquainted with de ceased and also with J. K. Davidson Have known deceased for fifteen years. Ha was about fifty years of age: be liave hire to be unmarried. He tel me that be swas a native ef Mass. It is my opinion that Barry, at times was not altogether right in his mind. This epinicn was also entertained ly bis neighbors in general. The deceas ed told me that be had his skull crack ed and tint he bad a silver plate over the fracture. The deceased made threats against the life ef Davidson I to me. He threatened Davidson's life ia my presence ia tho summer ef 1887. Tne deceased said to me that if ever lie had a difficulty with Davidson, that be would kill him. At one time dur ing last summer I was in conversation with the deceased. We were talking at the time about the remonstrance agaimt the p-cpesed new road in th mountain, at that time he said "if Davidson did not look out he would fax biin yet." I told the deceased to let tho matter drop and to have noth ing more te de with it; he replied, that be would jy t as soen kill Davidson as a dg. I did not repeat the conversa tion to Davidson but did say to him that he had better be en his gaard as I thought that his life was in daaarr from Barry. From ray knowledge of Barry I bsliere tbat it was reasonable fe:- Davidssn to think himself ia rlancr after the threats that Barry bad made against his life. 1 have good reasons to believe that my threat that deceased made against another that he felly intended to execute tha same. I was not present at the shooting, nor did I hear any shots fired at ike lime mentioned. Thomas McCabe was next sworn and testified in substance as follows: "Am acquainted with both thedeceas ed and J. K. Davidson. Mr. Davidson came to my boose on Sunday, Jan. lh, about 5 o'clock ia the evening. He toW me at this time thit he ha ! a dtiRcuUy with Barry and that he had killed him We rode together from my place 'o Davidson's bouse, passed by dtcensed who was lying, face downward in tb enow apparently dead. Mr. Davidson seciaeJ to ba lab-"rinj under intense ex citement, at the time be was telling me of Hie shooting, I have known Barry to make threats against the life of David son. He told mo that Davidson had tiirov. u his fence down anrf let Ids stock out and had injured him in other ways. Told me of the dispute at Ferguson's well, tie said that if Davidson ever did slap him that it would be the last roan that bo would ever slap. And that if Javidson ever fooled with biin that he would fix him. He was always abusing Davidson to me and making threats gainst him. I told Davidson more or less of these threats made against him by Barrv. Barry told me of bis lia inir razy spells at times, tbat he knew that he was crazy, for he did things at times that no sane man would do. I saw Bar ry shoot bis gray horse. It was done oa Sat. Jan. 18th. Testimony of Richard Todhunter: Have knewn deceased about one year." Here the rifle found with deceased, was shown to witness ) "Thn gun be- ongs to Henry Fanning. I let Barry have the gun on the 7th of the present month. .When be borrowed it ho told me that be wanted it te shoot a bore. I let. Barry have three cartridges with the gnu, 1 know of his shooting two of them I wis about 1)3 yirds from de ceased at the time. One shot was fired at a bog, the other was at hi3 gray horse, though I do not know positively. This was on Saturday, Jan. 18th. The deceased wa as far as I knew of him peaceful and quiet. Never heard Barrv make any throats agaiist Davidson." Dr. J. H. Kennedy testified as fel lows: "From the examination made, 1 am ef the opinien that there was but two shet received by necea&d. The hrst shot 1 judge te be the ene that pe ic-trated the right arm. This bullet cussed through the arm into the side on the outside ef the ribs and opposite the point ot entrance. Ihe that that proved fatal entered en the left side ef the ehsst and passed diagonally across and downward, penetrating the back, bst wean the fifth and sista ribs and lodging ia the muscles ef the back." F. fc. Johnson was sworn and testis fied as follows: "Have known Barry ine years. The general opinion anaang neighbors is that he wai at times of unsound uificT. I considered him daaopi'euK man. His neighbors se con' sidered him. I would net consider I aan saffl, if Barry had mat an threats against him; I think tbat hi wuld. execute his threats. Never heard him make any threats against Davidson. Ntver knew deceased to carry a gun during my acquaintance with him. So far as I knew, the char acter of Mr. Davidson is good." Testimony ef Wru. Melvay: "Am acquainted with deceased. Heard Barry make threat against the life of Davidson. I advised Davidson ef these threats and warned hixi to be on his guard." Testimony ef Gip Dawsen: "Heard Barry make threats against the life of Davidson. Never heard Davidson make any threats against Burry. I warned Davidson against Barry." Wm. McCerkell testified as follows: "1 overheard Barry make threats agtiast Davidson. Personally, I knew but little ef the character of deceased." Here the testimony ended and after careful discussion among themselves, the jury brought ia the following ver diet: Westos Umatilla, Co., Or., ). January 21st, ISOO.f We, the undersigned Coroner's Jurors, impaneled for the purpsse of inquiring into the cause of the death of A. L. Bar ry, deceased, do find that he came to his death on the l'Jth day of January, 1890, on the Wild Horse mountain, near the residence of J. K. Davidson, from gunshot wounds inflicted by the hands of J. K. Davidson. That the said A. L. Barry was about 50 years of age at the the time of his death, was a native of the State of Massachusetts, and unmar ried. We further find that the killing, was, from the nature of the circurnx stances, wholly justifiable, and we here-. by exonerate the saia J. lv. Davidson from all blame in the matter. E. Ridesocr, foreman. D. I. Babp, ) r. as Hoss, Fked B. Boyd, G. A. McDonald, A. A. Walker, ,-Jurors. Wood C hoppers Wanted. Plenty of werk all winter and next spring. Apply to B. F. Johnson, on Wild Horse mountain, south-east of Weston. . ! telBlEwhWaKiii? )r Don't Ycu Know Anything About! n n A small spot of Blood having t ecently become .visible on the moon, War was Declared upon the price of every winter article throughout our LIIE. FUR CAFS CKCP ! LADIES CLOAKS TUMBLE ! -AND- LL ! Glovas, snueaa.tiuui tSaots, Ueriaati Sx, Arties, Orer B&oe, Blanket -lined Duck Coa ts, Hosiery, Ladies and Gent Uadsrwear, 3ukios, Eleods. Fascinators aud Toboggan at muck lower prices than ever before. i '.J We still have aa enormous stock ef these goedeu aaad, and ALL mast sold regardless of cost or consequences, wi th out reserve or limit, to 32A3iE for eur spring stock ! ijt- jn nee(j 0f anything i"' " " " s Winter Clothing', -Don't fail to get onr- CLEARING OUT PRICES. Also remember that wc show the largest and finest line f wearing apparel for cither sex ever shown in Westoa comprising every article Ikat fashion dictates. Call and Look Around You! DO YOU KNOW A GOOD THING- T? Would you Believe it if you Saw it? AVE GOT IT Come And See For Yourself. MAKERS OF PRICES, , WESTOH, 0REG0I1