( :.:iij3LiciiDiuiRumiAm Save time misi worry The Dally Astoria n Has Rsoulas and FiAmiT ...Fimlly Circulation... Much om than thfi timm ai La VOI Aft THAT or ANV OTNIH SASi IH AiTOBIA. An "Ad M p. ir til"-'"- f1 T T Jtwrii - - In Tim Atriums' "W.nl Column," ICXCLUSIVK TIJLEGIiAPHIC PRESS REPORT. VOL XI.V. ASTOHIA, OltKfJON, SUNDAY MOKNlM, SEPTEMBER 27, 18!l. NO. 231 f i Our Handy Wagon... Combines nil th (natures of tli child' plsln o mid it vlociid. an I. all thins cniiaiilereil, rosi in ionunir kM than nh.r. Ho d'ulrahla, runvoiilviil and MIUlHi'iuir has II provn. Iha(, aa n ready "M-llrr." II h n no equal. W tak a special iriil, loo. In dllvrin Hi tarn Ltrompily and In faultl cond. i ion hi ih trail. PAINT !PAINT! PAINT! That Is the Question. Whether It belter 111 Hi" nd to suffer lli- sorrow and dlsapiKilntment tht pool, paint will bring, or at th tarl provide lint HKHT thai can b bought mid ri II (llrl. There I but "ii- HKHT, anil that la THE SHERWIN-WILLIAMS PAINT Willi Paint uu will need lirunhc and p rhai Varnishes. These and all Paint"!' Huppllc ar In b found at Foard & Stokes Co. Tlu-v bJho canv a comploto st.uk of UlUKJEUJES, HARD. 'VAl.K. (iLASSWAKK, KTC. HARDWARE, PLUMBING TIN WORK JOB WORK AT PRICES THAT DEFY COMPETITION Call and Be Convinced Oregon Stnte Normal School MONMOUTH A Training School for Teachers. Twenty week of I'yhology and General and Special Method; twenty week of Teaching and Training Ispartment. Training school uf nln grade with two hundred children. Regular Normal Cour of Thres Tear. Tim Normal Diploma I recognised by law a a Slat Llf Ortlficat to touch. Light Expense; Hoard at Normal Dining Hall II Ml per week. Furnish d room with light and fire. 7fic to $1 00 per week. Board and Lodging In private families II M to 3U per week TUITION: Sub-Normal, 15 00 per term of ten week; Normal. 16.25 per tortn of ten weeka. (Irnilea from reputable action) accented. Catalogue cheerfully furnished on application. Address l. L. CAni'UI.LI., Pres., or W. A. WANN, Sec. of Faculty. flORTGAGE SAI.Eof i..mn..v t"V-. r out., take UrCJ UnnnS Fancy Lvnntaucof Goods thlH forced Male -' , . .... ,. .. i i to fill per cent at the OREGON TRADING TIME OF Astoria & Columbia River RAILROAD. KcKliinlnv on Monday, Sept. 14th, train on the A. and C. R. It. R. will run n follow: Leave Heunlde at 7:30 a. m. dally. I,eavo Kaimldo at 3 p. m. dally except Sunday. I.onvo 8oaldo at 4 p. m. Sunday. Leave Antorla at 9 a. ni. dally. Leave Atorla at 4:45 p. m. dally excopt Sunday. Leavo Astoria at 6:30 p. m. Sunday. C. F. LESTER, Supt. Oregon Industrial Exposition PORTLAND, OREGON SEPT. IQ TO OCT. 17 The trout roHources of the Paellio Northwest, Agriculture. Ilorticul. tine, l lsherles. Mines, Manufactures, iMachinery, Transpor. tation, 'I'railc anJ Coinnieree will he represented more completely than ever before. Grand Band Concert Every Afternoon and Evening Sl'KCIAL ATTRACTIONS EVERY SIGHT Lowest Rates Ever Hade on All Transportation Lines ADMISSION, 25c; CHILDREN, 10c for txhiliit space, apply to Ceo. L. linker, Superintendent, at the building B. C. MAHTBIN, Secretary. Children's Wagons, Baby Carriages, Base Ball Goods, Fishing Croquet Tackle, Sets Garden Tools GRIFFIN & REED CITY BOOK STOPF. ORAMTE WAKE, ROI'F.. STOYP.S. IRON lllR, Tr. KA COTTA IMPIIS. BAR IRON. STIIEL. CANNERY MITLILS, LMMlt-RS' TOOLS SOL OPPENHEIMER Trustee for the Ut M.C. CROSBY OHKOON. Senior Year Wholly Professional. 600 Commercial St, t Clothing Notions Shoes Hats, Etc. CO. CARD THE THE REPUBLICAN RALLY AT SEASIDE Twu Hiinilnil 11ml I'lfty Local Kcpub IKims lorry the Touo by Storm. A TOHtllll.K.IIT I'KOCKSSION iivr 3'i Were In the Line. Which Wa Il.l.. l.y Fifty IjidleaHon T. J. t.'l.-.-t.)t'K lilnifliiK PK.h HI Ihe I'avlllon. Tim !tr'iil'll"iii of Aftorla carried tfeitld '.) iriii tunt rlclit. The wca Ii. 11 win- a Mi Klnley rally and a ie rl.ii tru'M left the city at :. carrying ;ie;-. n Hti were Illttde at way p' lilt. nd when Heanlde wa reached at .'' "" le were on the train. Al Wair.tit'in Mayor O'llara, of Hklp anon. u .-.n and limtnntly a ruih was made f.,r him by Mnyor Taylor and event! ithi r He managed lo ecapr, however. Kleiil preparation had been made at Hewtl.le for the reception of the visiting ht. A large delegation met the vlnliom at the train and all were supplied with torchea. Then the proceHolon was furni'M and t'xik It line nf march, hendeil by fifty of the Ia4:e of Keaaldc. eai h i arr'lng a torch. The Mi-aMlde anl Hklpanon Republican were also In attendance. Marshall Whrrlty won In charge of the proo-a- Ion. and nut I. tied It to the Grime Hotel, where a turn was made and all aiuemliled at Alex Gilbert' pavilion. Ther wi-re M0 torches In the line and a many person marched without torches. The pavilion wa packed. Six hun iln-d people llntenet to the M'aker of the evening JildKe Meliulre pr.-Kled. The puvlll.ni was provided with elec tric light. Mr. Arthur Hartholomew having run wire to the hall. The meeting opened with a selection hy the illee ("luh. w hich I comoed of Miwt l.-li her. Hurnett. 11. (1. Smith and Oarner. The gentlemen responded to a In-nrtv ein ore. Chairman Mcfiulre then IntrielucM the speaker of the evening, lion. T. J. Cleeton. The speaker Ix-Kan by expressing his delight ai nuiilng so many of the peo ple of Hi-aside. The niOKnlllcent dem onatrntlon. lie wild. Indicated only too plainly, that patriotism reigned In the town. Mr. Cleeton made very slight mention of the turIT, but dealt almost entirely with the free silver proposi tion. It no time for partisanship, he said, but a lime for patriotism. "Our political enemy this year Is an organisation which stole the name of Iirmocracy and come before the peo ple nuking supiKirt for the greatest fal lacy of political history. I will not dis grace the proud name of Democracy hy applying it to tho I'opocrats because the lienioeratlc party, which ha made many errors, ha always stood upon principle; ami In the Indianapolis can didates we have the honor of the Dem ocracy. "The tariff Is not tne question. I am iiuite willing to let the tariff rest, bi-cause a vnst majority of the voters are convinced of that lending Republi can principle. The great sliver ques tion will receive my attention tonight." Mr. Cleeton reviewed the history of ra tios. With the birth of (he Roman em pire silver and gold started out on eiiuiil ratios I lo 1. Hut, as the cen turies rolled on, and nations became civilised. It was found that the demand for gold was far greater than that for silver, and the consequence Is that the ratio Is now about 30 to 1. Yet the Popocrats would make the ratio 16 to 1. while In reality It was twice that. The fallacy of the proposition was clearly demonstrated. "Early In the century Jefferson and Hamilton, two of the greatest states men who ever lived, consulted with the nations of the earth to discover If pos sible the true ratio of the mctnla. The result was that they concluded to make IS ounces of silver equal In value to one ounce of gold. Hut the ratio was not exact. There was a difference of Hi cent on the dollar In favor of gold and as a consequence no gold was coined, as It was worth more aa bul lion. It was better and more profita ble for the owners of the yellow metal to ship It out of Ihe country. "Now, my friends, If a difference of lls cents on the dollar stopped the coinage of gold, what would be the re sult If we went to the silver standard with the amount of silver contained In a dollar worth but 63 centB?" The speaker explained that a dollar of silver Is as good as s-old for the reason that It Is backed up by the gold dollar a dollar that Is worth 100 cents the world over. "The Popocrats claim that the stamp of the government gives to money Its value. When, after the civil war. pa per was Issued by tho United States, lid gold circulate In the country? No, It did not. Why? Because It was too valuable. The fact that an enormous amount of paper money had been Is sued made this condition. The paper was not backed up by gold; people know It would be many years before the government could redeem It and. despite the government's stamp, it fell (Continued on Third Page.) AT ALDEHBROOK Lanjc Attendance of Property-Owners Yesterday Decide on Defi nite .Mcasares. hiKirr :ak froii).sition'okiinatei in treasury Plans for Intensions I'larku and Hou- Drafted by Dr. Llnderman and HevUed lt.vardst.Vdar Strtrot to be Improv- by Controller Knox No Conceal ed -organisation to be Formed merit about the Matter. Which and Committees Appointed. Was Above Hoard. A repr. st ntatve body .t bunlncss Astoria. September 25 (To the Editor) men and properly hold.-rs met a( the -The dec larati jn that the act of 1S73 Aldcrbcok Mhoolhousu yesterday af ternoon to further the plum for radl- cal Improvements In the cu ter cf sirwta ii ml public highway, (be txten slon i f the street ear system to Tongue Point, and other matters for the material good of Alderbrook and Astoria In general. Mr. W. T. McGregor was chosen chairman of the meeting, an I a com- rnltte. on procedure appointed, con- listing of Mer. E. A. Seeley, Van Dusen and Newell, after whose report the business u carried out In the or- der Indicated by them. Mr. F. W. Newell read the proposi tion of Mr. J. W. Conn for the exten sion of the treet railway stm, which Is a follows: Flrt-A reasonable franchise must ly granted by the municipal authorl- tie Second, th. alley running through Illock SM and 2J5. Adair". Astoria, shall b. widened to W feet hy donation to ths public, making thereof a permanent 0 foot street. Third, the construction of the rail- way to commence when the property ow ners deposit a subsidy of lio.ooo wth the Astoria Havings Hank, to be held , , , ,.,.. In trust uiwn the following terms: in trust upon . When the company has the line in op- , , . r-.,,,,. emlon and cars running to Forty - . fifth street. fifty per cent or the amount shaU P. d and when the line Is completed and In operation to Cedar and Second streets In Alder brook. 2D per rent shall be paid to the company, and when the line Is com pleted and In operation to Van Dusen' west line, the balance shall be paid over by tne trustee to me rauroati ...km on n V J ' Fourth, to every subscriber of S to the BUlmldy. the railway company Is to Issue 100 tickets, to be delivered In proportion as the subsidy Is paid. Fifth, construction of the line Is not to commence until the xio.uw or Its equivalent Is In the hands of the trus tee, and construction not to begin on Cedar street until sold street Is 1m- nmvl trt Hi. .tntillh.wf mil. filth Ihn rttllnsv romnanv Is to guarantee that cars will run at least ent wt'dtern terminus of the Hn to . nnv Aantstrn trmlniii In A tin lr a 'or i Alderhrook, and that all tickets Issued will be accepted and rides granted thereon by the company, as soon as ih tick.., sr.. l..ed On motion of F. U Parker amended ; hi- .1 O Msnthorn the mutter Wa'ul'l"" "'" ...,..e-.w. ... . r ronrtv holders along the proposed line of ex tension. The chairman appointed as such committee J. O. Hanthorn. E. A. Seeley and O. A. Nelson. Mr Hanthorn stated that his prop osition and that of others Interested ! with him to donate property along the present passage from 45th street to Al- derbrook was still open, providing the ! city would grade and build a plank ..-.it. .i. , k. Considerable discussion arose as to "P to 1870 but about 8.000,000 of them which route would be most practical . hai1 becn colne1- That they were then for the car line to pursue through Al-out ' circulation because at a pre derbrook. and the willingness of the:mum. and therefore hoarded. That nronertv owners to Imorove the street, iey were not adapted for currency In As some of the property owners con- sldered It too heavy a burden for those along the line to bear the entire ex pense a motion was made and carried to appoint a committee to wait on the property owners, with the Idea of dis tributing the neighborhood so that ad Jacent lot holders would partially bear the expense and thus make the Im provement plan feasible. On said com mittee were appointed J. O. Hanthorn, B. VanDusen and Enoch Peterson. The subject of county roads next came before the meeting. Mr. B. Van Dusen spoke of the advisability of building a suitable road to bring jnto closer touch the John Day's country ! with Astoria, and alluded to the pres ent road, which did not meet the de mands of Ihe people. Mr. Titus, as a resident of the country, expressed a willingness on his part and on the part of his neighbors to aid all that was possible and was followed by Mr. Keefe w ho strongly emphasized the desirabil ity and necessity for such a highway. Mr. F. P. Kendall gave some logical views on the situation, and Mr. E. A. Seeley made a motion -that a commit tee be appointed to look up the road matter and report nt the next meeting. Messrs. Keefe and Titus were appoint ed on this committee. Mr. Seeley thought that Astoria should be represented at the Manufac turers' Association annual meeting In the East next winter, in the interest of locating new industries here. A com- (Contlnued on Fourth Pag.) UISTORY OF THE SILVER DOLLAR Graphic Account of the Oriijin and I'assaije of the Act of IS7. was a crime apal.ut silver, and demon etised it. lis aleays seemed so absurd to me th.-.t I lo ver thought of giving II serlou onsi'l.-ratlon; but Its "dam nable tte:a;lon," as Prince Hal ays. mov-s me to give you ome or my own personal recollections of the matter. Occupying a position of considerable responsibility at the capital for a period of eighteen years. I wa naturally thrown In contact with most of the principal officers of the government, and among them none more Intimately than with the Hon. John J. Knox, when deputy, and aubaequently a comptroller of the currency. We visi ted each other often socially and I saw him dally. He was a practical hanker, a close student of political economy, and withal a pronounced ad vocate of bimetallism. J wa frequent ,y Ma Wne,or J, Bnd at h residence when married, and In 1870 . -, h,ve he-rd hlm Mr L,ndermani dlpeclor of ,h(f m,nt upon ,he tubject ot the coinage law, repeatedly. The reputa tion of both these officers for Integrity, aa well as for a profound knowledge of . . . finance, coinage and clrcu. ,atlun undisputed, i Prior to the pasage of the act of i8;3. which act. you will remember, wa !, mp y one providing for a general re- , ' . ..... . .. . vlttlon and codification of the laws re- out of circulation (save possibly on the Pacific coast, and not In favor there). The director of the mint. In hi report of 161. had recommended a reform In the coinage law, among other matter proposing to drop from coinage the sll ver dollar, or make It a subsidiary coin. .... l iH 1 .r t V. .. A I .... ... ... ' mint repeated this recommendation. It was not. however, until 1S70 that the bill wa drafted. Comptroller Knox and Director Llnderman were of one mind on the subWt. The bill did not .... originate in congress, dui in me ireas ury department. The draft was made by Dr. Llnderman and revised by Comptroller Knox, and during Its prep- arauon nu suoeequr.m, c"- in.Ue ;nien ',BtoM frum many sons money matters. Its passage was rec ommended by the secretary of the "-easury ... ... ....u i,,,, ..u ''"8 " notice was given ana - - published report to congress, fully ex- P""""" xne tacl' 8na lne "ur,us 11 lar, and it was universally conceded to be a measure of wise public policy. No thought of concealment ever en tered the minds of Its authors or of any of the large number of persons who knew about It. It received unl versaI commendation, and the reason fnr " appeared to them ample and con- cluslve. It was conceded that since the foundation of the government there alwa'8 been difficulty In keeping sliver dollars In circulation, and that um over Ave dollars on account 01 their slxe and weight, and there was no demand for them for circulation That the country had not come to spe cie payment. In short, that they were utterly unprofitable and useless to the government or the citlxen, and must be made a subsidiary coin like the half dollar If they were to be kept In circu lation. It never occurred to either Comptroller Knox or Director Llnder man that anyone would doubt the fact that gold was the standard of the Uni ted States at that time. Knox admitted that we had been practically on a gold basis since 1S34, and he was, as I have said, a blmetal- list of the most earnest type, as was his friend. General Francis A. Walker, then census commissioner. Silver at this time had not begun to fall In price, but discussions as to Its demonetization In Europe were the subject of dally con versation, and Knox would have been utterly opposed to the adoption of a single standard, either of gold or silver. As to Earnest Seyd, the distinguished European bimetallism whom It Is said a syndicate of English bankers sent here to bribe congressmen to pass the act "of 1873, he was well acquainted with Comptroller Knox, and perfectly aware that they occupied common ground on the subject of bimetallism, and Mr. Seyd was strongly opposed to the dropping of the silver dollar from coinage, as to which he disagreed with Knox. I (Continued on Fourth Page.) A NOTABLE DAY FOR M'KIXLEY Dclccjiitions of Workmen Visit Him to the Number of Thou sands, j MANY NATURALIZED CITIZENS The Governor Makes Eleven Different Rpeerbe to a Many Delegation and Trains Kuunlng In Nu merous Section. Canton. Sept. X. Today ha been the most notable day of the campaign In Canton, except the formal opening of the county campaign on Friday of last week, the crowd exceeding that of any other demonstration yet made. Four or five state were represented In the day' doings, and "delegation came from between twenty and thirty towns, extending as far west as Peoria, 111., and a far east a Buffalo. The dele gation were so massed that McKlnley managed to address them In eleven speeches. The closing demonstration of the day was that of the People' Patriotic Club, of Cleveland, under the! auspices of Mr. J. W. Shepherd, a la dles' marching club and band, and oth er organizations from Cleveland. The delegations representing the western j majority of the Massachusetts delega reserve of Ohio, required six special tion and voted for the free and un- t rains for their transportation. It In - eluded several organized bodies of nat- u rallied American who were former i become wider and bitterer, and the subject of Bohemia, Italy, Poland, charges of "traitors" and "would-be Hungary'. Germany. Afro-Americana .dictators." have been used freely. The and first voters. I climax came last evening, when In the ! big Bryan rally at Music Hall, Mr. Wfl- Canton. Sept. 28. The fourth dem- j Hams soused the leaders of wanting to onstration of the day w as made by the . control the state convention and re Pittshurg and Lake Erie Railroad "m-1 quested all those who were In favor of ployes; the Lockhart Iron and Steel his nomination to stay all night In their Works; Anderson, Dupuy & Co.'s work- seats, so that no move might be made men; the Schultxe Bridge Company; which would deprive them of tne employes from Esplenborough & Mc- 'chance of fulfilling their program Kee's, Rocks, Pa.; the Duquesne and; which had been marked out by the sil Carnegie Steel Workers; the Baltimore ver leaders. Thus 600 of his followers and Ohio employes of Central Ohio, and .obeyed to the letter and throughout of the Corapolis Consolidated Lamp 'the night the vigil was kept, and das -"Company. Major McKIn- "Every kind of trrgennlty was tried to ley's next speech was to the John Dal-: make the men vacate the hall. The xell Republican club of the Westing- police were called upon to clear the house Air Brake Co., of Wllmerdlng, ; hall, but the men In the silver move Pa, and hext to the citizen of Plqua ment were successful In preventing this and Miami counties. Ohio. and as a result the doors were kept A delegation of Buffalo real estate locked until 1:40 this afternoon, men. six hundred strong, arrived at Last night and early today thousands 1:45 and held a reception on the Mc- of men, scores of whom were delegates Klnley lawn. To them McKlnley said: from out of town, assembled around "I am glad to know there are num- : Music Hall expecting the doors to be bered among this assemblage men of opened any moment and that a corn all political parties, men who hereto- promise might ensue. Overtures were fore have not voted the Republican made by members of the state corn ticket and will this year believe that mlttee. but were rejected by the men Republican more than any party In possession of the hall, who were stands for the national honor and cred-: fearful of treachery. The men out of the country. I thank all such for side then organised In Hamilton Place, their support of the party which this In response to a suggestion of Hon, year represents national honor and ! Timothy W. Coakley, the locked In prosperity. There Is nothing more vl- leader of the silver men. and and what lal to a government like ours than the ver business was transacted In the sanctity of law. An acquiescence in hall was Indorsed by the outside meet the public laws which the people them- ing- The state committee then went selves have made and ordained Is the to Fanuel Hall, where a convention highest obligation of citizenship and was held and the national candidate the chief source of safety to the re- Chicago platform were both Indorsed public. The courts which Interpret and and Hon. Geo. Fred Williams was execute the law must be preserved on nominated for gubernatorial honors, the exalted plane of purity and lncor- : This action was protested by a number ruptibillty which so signally character- of the gold standard Democrats, who lzes the American judiciary." ' withdrew In a body and placed a ticket favorable to Palmer an Buckner In the WASHINGTON "DEMOCRATS." field on nomination papers. I In Weslyan Hall the state ronven- Tacoma. Sept. 26,-The gold standard tlon of the Populists party was held. Democrats of Washington held a well and immediately they heard that Wll attended state convention here today Hams had been nominated as a free for the purpose of nominating pres.-! silver candidate for governor, they fol dentlal electors and choosing a state lowed suit and placed him at the head CQmmlttee. They call themselves the 0f their ticket also. Democratic party, leaving out the j After the adjournment of the main word "national." The following were convention the gold standard wind of nominated presidential electors: Judge the party decided to place In the field. Thomas Burke. King county; G. W. 0n nomination papers, a ticket favora Stapleton. of Clarke; T. C. Blalock, ble to the nominee and platform of the Walla Walla; and William S. Tearsley. j convention held In Indianapolis early Whitman. ! this month. This ticket as fixed by Thomas B. Hardin, of Seattle, was j the state committee of Massachusetts chairman of the convention, and Judge 1 includes Democratic electors and state T. N. Allen, of Olympla, was elected : officers, the latter being governor. Geo. chairman of the state committee. The Frederick Williams, of Prine; Lieut platform Indorsee the Indianapolis i Governor, James McConnell; secreta platform and ticket, and the Cleveland ! ry, Waldo. Linden; treasurer. Horace administration; declares that the tem-H. Toby; auditor, C. C. Spellman; at ocratlc party always has been and ! torney general. Harry F. Hurlburt. should continue to be the party of I sound money. ANOTHER RECORD BREAKER. New Tork, Sept. 26. Wofers. the short distance runner, broke the Amer ican record for 120 yards at the New York Athletic Club games. Traverse Is land, today. He did the distance in 114 seconds, a fifth of a second below the record made by Myers in 1SS2. Wo fer's record equals that of Bradley, Rlchey, and Dow ner, the English ath letes. In the 300-yard race Wofer's lowered the amateur record, finishing In 30 Beconds. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Govt Report, 4 ABSOLUTELY PUKE THEY SPLIT .Massachusetts Democracy Badly De moralized by Pree Silver. COL. GEORGE FRED WILLIAMS Has the Distinguished Honor of Head ing the Numerous Separate Tickets Eventually Nominated, Includ ing th Populist. Boston, Sept. 2C A unique and pic turesque a have been a score of nota ble political contt In this city, none approached that which today wrought up the entire community to It wildest pitch of excitement; and " never has there been such an anomalous result aa was ahown at the close of th day when three conventions held In differ ent sections of the dty named th same man for the bead of the ticket, and that man was George Frederick KWIlluuns for governor. The factional fight In the ranks of the hitherto unit ed Massachusetts Democracy can be traced back to the Chicago convention last July. when. In the struggle be tween gold and silver. Geo. Fred Wil liams and a few others boldly left the 'limited coinage of silver. Since thai i time the rift In the lute has gradually HE AGREES WITH SHEEHAN. j Special to the Aa tort an. j Albany. N. T., Sept. 26. John Boyd Thatcher has declined the Democratic nomination for governor of New Tork, ; He states that he cannot make a caa ivass on the free silver platform. KILLED IN THE RUINS. New Tork, Sept. 26. A flat house in course of erection on Madison avenue, between 81st and 82nd streets, fell to- Iday. killing three men outrlerht. and a number of others are In the ruins. m .-aw 49 1