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NUTK, ' Books, Periodicals, MaZin-;'' Are Not to ho Taken From The . -i i , m nii';'.if)l l. Afl ASTORIA PUKLIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATI' LliJiary vvnnuvn h". liable loijrosncution. THE DAILY ASTORIAN Is the tlccest anl test piptr on the Columbia River THE ASTORIAN has the largest circulation of anv piper on the Columbia River KUU. ASSOCIATED PRESS 'HKPORT. VOL. XLYJ1. AHTOK1A, OIlKOON: TJIl liSPAV MOKNINtt, A CO 1ST 18!)7. NO. 29. LADIES' HATS ft. J A. It A. . Sole Agents for Knox and Wauturton lints BUFFUM & PENDLET9N Hatters and Furnishers 94 Third Street, PORTLAND, OR. .The Only Exclusive SEASONABLE GOODS Baseball and Tennis Goods Boxing Gloves Crouet Set Mammocks New Novclrtjiiul Magazine rm-ivnl an noun iw aililihlicl GRIFFIN & REED J. M. THE SISTERS OF THE Convent of the ...Holy Names ASTORIA. OREGON. Will roopen Ihulr Hoarding and Day thiiool ftupletlibar O. For rnloa. otc, auidrtwui th. HuporioreiM PUPIL8 KECKIVED IN THE PU1MAKY. OHAMMAH AND ACAUCMIO UKADKS n f? P! TT 71 It IT . . . 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If lor tu t'l li Mm S..rinill ,ll.!.iua I. rri'.. o. by law u HI At K l.lm I'MtllKH All-: t.. truli. I iflit rll-li. lllltlntl. iMMiltk, IhihiiI and lixliflllg i,n proiiiuaifii . 1 k'urn jmr 4lil.te.it Kiitr.lltii tlintiM-lvea, ll) W mt year A.nl.ini- frl.. a-c.tal hum lllll fc.ilOol. tValoiiui i-b-rftilly .riil mi Mfi'll'all Hi. Ail ifeaa P. I.. CAMHIKI.I., Prcldeut, r W. A. WANS, Secretary Faculty Mount Angel College MOUNT ANGEL. Marlon Count,, OReCoN Thla la just th. place for your boy; IMIghtful location, large buildings and grounds, good meals, plenty of healthy exercise, excellent teachers iinil careful training thla la what they all aay of MT. ANOKI. COLL1CGK. Send for C.U alnRU and iptolal trrma Hitio.il will open 8oitomtHr 1 P. F. PLACIDUS. Director. PORTLAND, OREQON General Contractor Our n!rk f Ymi Mi'iuM v -- --V STARTLING NEWS xV FROM ALASKA Can ii1 in n Officers Nut so 1'ilcmlly urn! Tmulilc .Miiv Aric. Till: SKAfit'AY TKAII. OI'I.M H Nf Kithft Rti(iilf(l - l-hi Jrrit aoJ numlmlill SaiS r.uitut Mam MmcIi f tiicmrni Vcak I1rail Knam Htltln. Auk ual 1.-Th- .'..imrhl.i Al Kl. hli li iirrlvo In jk t thla mii:i,' fruin Xkiixwuy nut I'yr.i. liri'i.'R.'it thr fullowlnif Mti-r f'r th Ao m I'r. Hk'ik'ii.iy, iv nr 1 iy-a. Al.nkn, Aukiii 1 -Tw'lv I'liiiiiil'.iiTt i tivt'Hna oT1'--j fi r rlvol Imre mul In fw On) a Hill (.tnb Huh u I'liMlom liuuk' piirlaic tipinr-'ii l.uk Hfiuu-il nni Tnijluii l.ikt. t i'tn: ly mhli-h nil Yukon nn-l Kluiullk irn- rli-ra muat p '.t t'y firtrt fio-n Pyr i nnil BkiMTuny. Th ru!a ot Im y Hill nwruitF iiUmt ISi on iir, uviMKa &"iifU of th Vuki'iii-r. Tl- uflli""-r ar will arml rtnO will huv ih nntAl-mu o' th miml K'H' to nifor th cllc lion of itntka. KurilK-r 4on thi rl ' will l tullnrii-1 (f iiiT'Ih to t.'it'-rri'pt ruiy on who m KM ilii-le Ve vlKilim -of tlm orflc'ia Tho mtn.-r. iird rp c tora iin much cx.Tdil o.-r tin- -Itii.i. Ili'ii a ml low Krumblina; l lo-nrd oi vry l'l'. wtlrh my I nil io orni lira. tl.'iia. Thi' f' win.li hi nrtlci-ii In very Him aiul lio.lllvn ton" il'i l.'lo Ih.u 'h-y will i-iifori- lh l.iw linp.irlliilly ant will no 11m rlnilno!" nnnlnt Amr lan. t 'i:i!h tli.'V linLliMitnlly chilm ih.it i yr or two iiitu thi rnt;inli in iiiIiiitk Hit- lr!r- ii out of Th. injrvii .it fVrvli' i"fy oall, thy ttr not n.i tur.illi"! Ani-Tt-run l( In i:. I n tn j.ri;ii'' Th.it th t n not i(rloui fnliiiK l'iiifrt ih Hio ii; win tin r It I itli' or no' I lu n-t iri'!vil .i ay. Th r.'inatVa'i o(flrr nr. t.ik.nu l'h th'tn i f ill M-ir'. Mi'pll an. I ttl"! -h.. -i.iii.'i. ! H: ni'tiiii- . 1 1. ! 1 1 ' I'r.ii'ii. 'o tii i nlai i ft'i oftli-iil monthly mull rile It oiliclil pnriifri only ltwti Klonl.ki' init rt I an a. Al rcfiil thi-ri ar fully T I n .1 of horaf-a hfr. nnil iibont u r- it ire to arrlvo h th iwxt d-n ilny. Th- lis tnm to th Ink I uhotit forty ml ', nml th hlKlnat nliltm! to ! oioi"! I 31'MI ft. Hor'a enn make t-o ronn 1 trlpa n w k. nrh im-k nvt riRltiK nhout !.V) potiinla. On company h-r la hl -nlnif hito th Klonllk a oompl-t a.-t of mnohlnry for op'rntlna; a :iw mill, ."knituny trail to th laki-f l Jut oinl nl It la aiul to h !n sooit tmvMtnv conilltlon. Tho followlait alKiilili'iint tli'i:niin w in r.-lv.it lT. toJny at Mealy At Wilson trndlnit pout from Ottawa. umlr flat, of July IT: 'if pom hi., kln.llv ml wotl :o Dominion surveyor. McArthur, to com to Iiyi-n for Important Irat ruc tion". II n-t not hiinir hU pariy. (Si(fnl K. lVvlll, survyor H'noril." Mi'Ar:hur wm Into tho , Interior ot Alaska through Chllkoot a. .irly 1 ia aprluir nnil Intemliil to coin out nt thl; point. I.ocaiiiiir 'h i-xn-t l ournlary I e-ti-n th two co-.mtrl-a m ih Yukon la mippos-il to l th 'Mniporinn- to airiu Iivib" rfrril o. ihouuh in.my ex. I'rli,tii'il Alnnknna profea to lllve tnl McArihur will recrlv Inatmctl on 10 ilcllnlli'ly lo.-nt th boiin lary iir till point, to that tho Cnimillnn cimtoms cffloora now n.t Skiisuay enn loc.iv a cuatom hoiia aa near to th h-uniinrv line na poaalhl. The nwly npoolntM collector of Alaska, Mr. Ivy, of Oregon, was hi tha ottvr lny naul niiM that h Iinil hin In tcloitrnplc communl-ntlo i with Pocrotnry Onjro Just prior to .-illln from Siittl( on July :5, and Hint he wna onlrl to Instal n ulixirt of enlri ot Pycn na aooo aa posnlM. I'nlcna th Ifovenimcnta nre vr' cnreful n ayatem of rtnlint;on will he in voaru hefor either ar awnre of the fnct ai d muoh 111 foellnir will fnlUKV nni the miners will he pont iifTerer. w. j. Junes. REPORTS HY THE Qt'EEN. Victoria, Augimt 17. Th ate.imcr Queun arrived hit tonight from th nor;h. According to Purser Carroll, very few of the M men now encamped at Skugimy nnd Pya will gt over th puss this winter. Men started to build a nw tra.l, but found that It would take 3t'0 men three wks and aban doned th Idea. Probably JnO men will got ncross In time to start down the river. A committee of twney-flve has Ixen appointed to keep order nt Sknguay. J. McKlnney of Seattle blng elated chair man nnd W. J. Sapiuirntas of Nerw York secretary. Everything Is orderly nnd th- men are In gool health. On August 7. high tide drove ninny campera back from the bench. There la a good ron.l flv mll. s from the buy and goods enn he haiil-d In by wnson that dis tance. After thnt the trnll is bad. Mti LiidiiV Siiilor, Walking nii'l J-Vdora ...... 1 : it l..i. t I Inn uur M'Ut' II 1 1 1 HJH-CI lilt' IUH-1 an- IikiiiIiik lou u.1 KkuKuuy, one iK-iiK noli fur .'". Moat uf Ui; Hiu or.' pri purliiK to Mlni'-r ut Hk.'m i.iy. A pi. i I. r Irtn I'ortln.Tl lout i.iKht Iikmki. nii'l piurka, lli-y fit lit riar 'lown a clllf fiut, tlw pick-r narrowly e. i IlK. 'I'm- r port that tic i:ivmr I'anul trmii I hl rt wan im-IxiiI nt lyet In I'.iIkI l.y ii.., .lur ut th.- Uui-vii. (illl.KT I : I XT THAU., ii l'ri.i. AiiKua: IT.-Mn who urrtv.l from tin. north t'a.ttcht Mat ihut nt. thouirli tlw (iillkoot irall la the ho-t or., lulu. r hp- cnli rlnK nt Hkajfuny. tloodi mi I,- h-uil. J ovr u l.irK imrt of th r hilk""i trail In wiiKon ntl mt of th rit. of th wny on pu k hor-. AhO'-it I wo mill . ovr thr biimnilt n-i have to -.irry ti-lr ol. Tlwj Wh.tu paai ir ul i vry l i-i mul hora. a are 1U;k rill.. i l.ill). Aho'it two mlhaof tl: irnll ., ..r luroy. 'l. hut n: II l .rir ixirtkci r f I: l h .KKy. A f w n .-n nr Kit.nn n r.i.tr,h. lnii vry alowly. hora l.li.i,-w.in--. roinpar d With the ntimlxr of in. n t lu ! MoltK VKFHKI.H TO HAIU S;n Krittlro, Auirut li.-Thr ar- till iMii-ral vriu-ta l.ooki-1 to n.ill for i Kl'diil.k. Th mtirtuT North l'.irk .11.1 n-it K-t away rt.-rlay. hut Ih l'i rnliu!h4 lo atari Huh n.o.-mnK. C. J. l.oij.TH. an exiH-rli'n! mlrilriK m.ui of Color.nlo iul Nevada, ' u D-u-nKT. II any a that Ii will rvprenont a. ayn liCi.li wl:h u .uilt.il o." tM.. a:.J tnat in tho ayikllmi are II. A. li'kel an. I Mux NVtmluiiK. of Ixa Ai-if. l.-n: J. A. Hurtling of Klvpmll. and (icorn Krif-r of IMi:ivt. Th r.vr atearr.er Thomaa Dwy. r la hilnir tl(t-d for Ih Yukon trip. She will h toweil to Kt. Mi. hiK I l.y the Navarro. Thl xi llt on mil Hiarl on AuKurt X'h und-r tl. I.l.r.ction "f llu- t'nll'orlila Alaska Nav IlK itli.n K C'omni-rlal Company, comp's !i.l lanci-ly of MnJwino county m-n. ,':ort l Mii'haul. of Mi-nlwino. Is 1-;',. t of Hi company. Th, r.s K . which will ink up iirtl frmn i At in.-ila. i ra..llv l-:ir mad ready for j lb- ti.p. Th -nj in? ja-lit Kl-ue'... , u : ; d nil - t.ik-s up t :i l.-r ii k. .1 .c ! I . . n l..t d with . n inwn ant .rtil.T i,n I put l.i i o:.tll:t in for th- Yukon rlwr i n ti y 'Ih Alaska lve-tnutil Com pany lll .nil th- II rulrk to ft. Mil-La U ... S. pt 111! if I No :it'mpl w.l! t :c..i 1. :o Bt up ,h- Yukon until l'ft priiiK. NKYV I.ICHIIS l!9CtVEHKI. T.i-oma. August l- Tlie steamer Queen arrlv.1 this afternoon dlr-n from Al.s k.i w.th 111 'ourlsK. who mad-. th round trip on her from Pug't 8nunl to the north. Cnp'ain Carroll suys: 'Tlvre were 2V peopl- nt Iy-?a ml Skaguay on August It tre day the Queen Vtl tbi-rv. Some of the mn who slrriel over th trail ha.i Ihooiii dlhirtiKd and were selling their outfits at lees than they paid for them. Itacon w is being soli at ten cents a pound n Hour at th rU of two sacks for M. Many of th fortune-seekers have given up the l.l.a of soon cross ng tho trail. I .id v1m no on to go north until spring. Skamiay is alreody n thriving town, flaiiibllng house, saloons and other re sorts are running full Hast beneath canvas roofs. On our return trip Wf passed ten st-niners bound northward w.th gold-seekers. The latest mws to reach Pk.igtiay conllnrs the leporls of rich strikes on Stewart rlvr on th American si.l. th dl cov rl s l.ln. richer than thos. of the Klondike. THE Ill MItOI.PT SAILS. Seattle, August IS. Tho atenmer Hum boldt for St. Mlchn . U finally got away at 3 o'clock this aftoriUKin. The 11 culths with passengers which thri-atet. I to in.letlnlt.iy postHie rsr voyage we amicably sottlid and the lihols Hlev. aaglnst her were d.smissed. Th'.. frvlht of all passengers was taken on boarl expt eight tons of Hour, which Mnj'O' WimI. ia lh-li' of tie chvrt'trs. agreed to make gooil from tho at ck Of the vessel when it reachfd St. Michaels. THE AL-KI A K RIVES. Tlwi Al-KI arrived from Pyc.i and Sknguay at 4 a. m. She brought but one passenger from those part. The news as to tlie conldtlon of tho trail--across tint mountuln passes v.as ery in. deflnitj. None of tho parties who have stnrted out have returned. Two h'.in. dred miners are working on White pfiss, which Is In a passable condition to the summit, but bej-ond that nothing la known. SKAOUAY TRAIL OPEN. Seattle, August IS. The e.imshlp Queen, w-hlch arrived this evening, brought mall from Pyen, W. J. Jonps writeat the) Associated Press from Lake LlnrVrman as follows: "Lake Ltndcrman, N. W. T., Augui 7. On Lakes Ilndorman and Fenrett are nearly fxXI people actively making preparations and building boats for thr descent to the Klondike "The Sknguay trail 4 open and thj first contingent reaohed Taglsh lake on Thursday last numbering 200 people. The trail Is nearly GO miles lang, and horses are able to pack 0 pounds from salt water to Tagtsh. . Nearly 1000 people in tlic lnt'-t tyl- iwi'l combination of color. Sornctbing entirely new. ....: .... 1 1 I.. .II -t .... ....!. f & ill in m ivji nun riiiiM- tin ui jM'uiui jmikt. are encumiy at Bkouay and It Ii ex p.til they will reach the likva In ten d.iy. Tliat route will tnke r.e.irly all of the trnvbl from th. Dya rout., except diirinif the winter acd aprln? DionCha. The opening of tho Hkinfuny rood ! aure to causo travel to continue aa tat' aa Htttmlr IS. At r.re(nt th. tyeu trull la hkkl with frelht aril paa.-n. Kra nnl to compllcat. mat tor i the Chll koot Irvllana have atruc for i cent a pound, whhh ma't th. cost of flour laid down at thla pla.-. Ill a tack. Foil loruta of pco(.lo r leavInK h.re ar.d Uike Mennrtt .very d.iy for th. n:!ne. THE NEW LINE. Portlan-1. Auffuat IS. 1 he I'orllnnd & Aliuika Trading Tri-i tp'rlatlon Com pHiy'a atcmwho.fi timr Eug-ne left down river toi4fht for Victoria, where ah will t mnt hy th. atenmer ril'to! and convoyM to HI. Mlchi ls. from wh-r ah will aacnd the fukon tn Iawsn City. From AatorUi tog will tow tha Kugne to Vllort;i- Tho Eugene'f pna anitra and fright will bs tiken frjm hr to 8attle by rail anl thence by boat to Victoria, wtur. ilv.-y will Bi put on th nrlntol. The Eugene will l ki)t at D.iwvo.1 Cl-y all wlnt r anl next aprkxr will ply th. Yukon, con not.n with the ti-amr Haslr. which will run twtween Por'.Uid anl SL MI cluv la. THEY LOST HEART. Victoria. Auguit 1!. Th. i:nv Dan ube brought back from Dyoa three young mea who .tartod out a fivr weeks ago for the Klondike mine. They were R. Smith, II. Hudson and J. J. Jamlefoa. who, when they went up. took nr hore and aeclng what was before them their hearts sank Into their boots and they old th.4r outfits and came back. Many o-.hera. they say. will soon fololw. THE EfGEXE. Word xv a rclv1 l.y Agent Lounn-N-rry last nlpht thai the sternwhee'. atwimcr Eugene would Uave rortlmd o us to arrive Inr In time !'. go to hc.i today uiout now for Alaska, Th? tug E-ort will tow her to Vi:i.rli. Nd t'UK'KKT, N-a York. Aimui -Tin Trlhuc. hays: Lord Hawk, who ri-et-.nlly accepted an invitation extn.lrd to him by the reptvsi ntiitlve? of tire Ass .clit-' l '"yc hr.g clubs ui riill id slp'.il.' to br.n?" a crick i team to th.s counr'y In Sep tember, has lcn compelled f breAk th i:Rag 'ment and cancel the arrnge-ni.-.nts made. LONGSTREET TO MARRY. 1 Aalanta. August IS. It is reported that General James G. Longstreet. thi vet eran of many wars. Is engaged :o be marrhd to Miss EUn Dortch. assistant state Ubrirlan. Miss LKrth Is 2 and th gmeral Is TP. but he looks younger and carries himself with a s urjy a r. DKj PARRIN. The iiregtmian. Pr. Parrtn. after a ojo ln Portland of nine years, has closed his cilice in this Icily, and will be Astoria, n' the Occident Hotel, Auggust ISth to September ISth, I w here he can be consulted. I I lis tn atment by electricity and mtli jcunvs ha.s Ix-come so popular with the 'aiHU'tod that his oflloes are crowded night .and day. and that thei iMieuts d r.ot I s.ek In v iln for rell-f from the Ills thr.t flesh is heir to. Is positive rou: of the superiority of his elvtncil treatment ever all other methods of cure. As i fur. tlier proof we give the :um, of so.re recent cures- Volna Welft.r, Weston, Oregon, ca tarrh cur.'d. H. A.Tucker , president of the bank of Cleiiesif, Idaho, catarrh 13 years, cured. Judge O. P. Mason, Portlanl, deafness W years from paralysis of the nerve restored. Trunutn Ptitltr. Th, Pall-s, Oreson, chronic rheumatism and contracted joints and Impoverished blood, oil years' stand ing, given up by all treatment until Pr. Darrln cured him. William M. Colwell, Skamokawa, Wash, sciatic rheumatism and liver complaint, cured; also his brother, Geo. L. Colwell, Skamokawa, Wash., paralysis one side, permanently cured and remains so to this day. Mary McConnell, Genese9. Idaho, cross eye straightened also her brother was cured of consumption, elg'ht y?ars pgo. W. R. Duncan, Health's addition. Spo kane, Wash., larga scrofulous swelling and tumor ln neck. W. Hays, 914 Fifth street. East Port land, Or., Inflammation neck of bladder and sclatlo rheumatism; cam: on crutches to the doctor cured and left chutches at the doctor's office. J. A Llndsey, news agent on the U. P. R. R., residence at Alblna, Or., consump tios, bronchitis and catarrh, cured anj gained 15 pounds. J. W. Kinney, Long Cr?ek. Grant coun ty. Or., kidney complaint nnd pains ln the back and down sciatic nerves, restor. ed. Office hours: 10 a. m. to 5 p. m. The poor will be free, except modtclne?, dally from 9 to 10 a. m. Consultation free. SHANAHAN IOWA MEET State Cunention at Cedar Kapids I5t(jins Its Session. TK.MI'OKAKY CHAIRMAN HARE Dtliiers as Eloqieat Address ia Which He Calls ipon All .Meaib(ri of the forty to Staid by Their Record. Cdar Kaplds, la., August 1'. ipec!a! to the Aaiotian.) The republican 3Ut-; convention ajmblod twlay. C. M Har, of Council L'ljffs, was chosen temporary chamian. In hla adlrtsi to thi con vention he said. "From the organization of the party. Iowa republicans have had a potent influence In Its council! by naJ3 o' th.r just appreciation of its principles and policies and their iteailfas: loyally to its caralidatea. This lnfiuencw has beeci more and more extended as th cenfjT of ih political iower In th? nation has moved westward, until the l.itt rretildortrlaj campaign, when thr if sue was trembling In the talance; whei the princlpl-.s of sound money and con. w-rvatlve pAiri'Jiic pjllcl. w-ere thr-at-ened by an overwhclm.ng flood of pollt kal Ural finantiiil nretsWs. tl:e eyes of the nation were turncl toward the states of the ctotral west as arblt-ers of the conttL l'iKn them was thrown th: rwlonrtb:lity of d- tearing poLical van dalLim that would have overturn-.d th very- foundations upon which rest the ttM- fortune around with him was :iot rights of the people and the adminisira- j t.;ortt(i to the lake front to "see .he ti:n of the affairs of govcrnmnt woul I ! steamboat explosion." T. A. Walker is have substituted f . r the experiences of j the eon of a SiiH city .nUlllowtlrn the tuttti financial agaric which would ,inJ h84 ln the East for some s;.e.r-i.ly wreck the fortunes of a cross J ,lme attending to business maters for ro...l., MOfck ip- r. When It beanie e.i-' hi father. In New York he was hell .l.-nt tha: Iowa. Illinois. Wkco.um and J llp un1 robbed of $ and a fine gold Minnesota were not to be sviuced fiom wfctch. When he reached Chlrago yes support of sound policy by i tlamor i rvgistorej at the Ylotorlt ho of fai. charges, the glltter.nir Srom- ; le with his wiie and thm wnsat o n to Ues of political sleight of hand p-rfrm- ers or the dulcet tones of bey orators. : pit-pared to encounter a lot of footpads, th content was titled arid thu resul: j When he purchase! the weapon be nlai fori known. ( bought diamonds worth J10.C0O. and paying "This commanding po.I.ion c. !owa ! the bill, pulled out a roll of money con r. publicans Imi-oees uron us a duty and tainlug $lpo.0ou. Policemen Granger and responsibility far higher than tliat of Flynn, with Inspector Hartwell, were merely electing Incumbents for the o.'- ! star.dlrrg In front of the s ore and saw flees to be filled at the election next : the money. The officers suspected some. November. As trustres of the republican party of Iowa we are charged with :h duty of so conduct.r.g our deliberate ns that we shall strengthen the hands of the administration, emcouraga the hop? and iaspire the faith of all the friends of good government anl make over whelming success a certal.ty. "A wvtikenjig ln our position, falter ing in our declarations or lessening o.' our majorities woull be taken by frbnd and foe alike as an InJ.catlo.i that :h; IH-ople were reconsidering n.e vrdict of lvt. It woull discourage the friends cf honest money and good government and encourage to nr.ened ussau'ts thos?, howe-er honest and sincere, who :. re through the measures they advocate, :hj -luniles of every: lung la the way ct national: policy to which the republican party stands commltt-d and by rtasori of which it has been entrusud with power. "In the l.ght of such responsibilities tl is convention has met to declare nnetv thu pnnciUs and nominate the taad, dates of the party. In vtrw of the history of Iowa republicanism there can b.. no question that it will talthfudy discharge the trust thus cominitieil to Its hands. "The republicans of Iowa are uncom- promlslngly ln favor of upholding the ar.ukms are being made to insure the plighted faith of th nation, nde-mlng success of the conventlm of the Na Its obl.gatons and preserving the equal j ,cK,ai Letter Carriers' Association, to ho purchasing and debt-paying power of every dollar coined or .ssued under th authority of the national government. Tht-y are now, as in IMC. ln favor of maintaining the gold standard, the stand ard of the most enlightened na.:ior..s of the world; of sustaining America's position In the front rank of the army of progress, rather than taking its pol icy from nations StK) years behind the age in which we l.ve. They are op posed to Mexlcanlzing either our politics or our finances. They have no patience with that modern alleged philosophy chat a man can lift himself over the front gate by his bootstraps, or with that reotart chimerical alleged discovery ln the Held of finance which would rival the miracle of creation by merely speak- j ir.g Into existence wealth and prosperity j out of nothing. "They do not believe that wealth ran , be created by an act of congress. It that could be done, the republican party would have made us all millionaires as the first act of the extra session of congress just closed, and thus-have thrown wide open the gateway to a llnanclal mlllenlum. "The republican iarty recognizes that I the only alchemy by which hard condi tions may be transmuted into wealth and prosperity is through judgment, en- BROTHERS ergy and tti.lted effort of an Intelligent people. It rfcognlz.. that unwise 1-gla-latlon or administration would destroy cevil.t, pnralyn bualn.4 and render na tlomil and rndlvlduul proaperlty lmpoi. tible. "On the other hand, by a wise flnan. clal policy on the part of the govern ment, crrdlt would be suspended, na tl'jmd honor upbvld ami Irrrpvtua given u bualrs-M and commerce that will unlock trapttal, lnxp.re confidence and I enri(lze effort. 'To accomplish this result is the pur pose of the republican party, and to th. end will Its 1 gelation and adminis tration he directed. We have ay-cured an admin uKraton which In Ideally re publican and Ideally American, who con duct him If with both dignity and lb- fr-edom which) ought to characterize the chief offloial rprerrtiitlve of great and free people. Through unity of action and purpose splendid results hav been attnlwxl. through unity of action and punose alone can they b. preirvrd. Iiy that means and iha alone can the great principles of honest money and protection alike of American labor, Institutions and citizenship be tm bed.led In Yhe hseislattve policy of the nation. That result can be either helped hindered by the action of thU con vection. The battle, of 1M0 will be as to the questions, the culmination of th conflict between wisdom and folly, and by courage, steadfastness ard unity the struggle for these great principles will be praotlcally without what the goldeo door of the tth century aha I swing open for our wa ting fet." Shaw was nominated governor oti the fourth ballot. WATCHING A FORTUNE. Chicago Police Make Sure That Man Is Safe. Young Chicago, August IK All the policemen In Hie Harrtson street district were en gagel in watching II'O.OOO In money lint nigh:, and Incidentally .making certain iiiai me young man wiw was currying purciiase a revolver that he might he thing was wrong ami shadowed Walker to his hotel, where they were satisfied as to his ldvnttty. When Inspector Hart. Hell was told the story he at one. made a detail ot policemen, who kept their eyes riveted on Walker until midnight, when he and his wife boarded a Rock Island train for Peoria. CLAIMS THE Rl'SS HOCSfi. Sun Francisco. August 18. Jopli Shanneberger. a middle-aged man who came to this city recently from the EaM' call'd M the b"" of record terday and made Inquiries about the re cord of a deed to the block of land on Montgomery street bAveix Bush and j Pine streets, upon which the Russ housa I stands, and which he claims ! the j property of a relative ot his to whom It was dee-led many years ago anl re ccrdid in the name of that relitiv. Sharneb-rver has the de'd to substan tiate his claim and said that hi would cause the tvecrds to be searched In or der to ascertain whether hi tan read his title, clear to the valuable Mock of land. NATIONAL LETTER CARRIERS. tan Francisco, August 18. Active prep- hel I In this city September 6th to 10th. i me fmture of the convention will be t'ne grand parade en the opening day. The l-tter c-nrrlors are drilling three tlrrKs a week for this event. The post masters and letter carriers from tii. In. terlor towns and cities will par-.cipata ln the parade. Royal Bakes the food para, wholesome sod dsllcloas. I. WGPaT, km? Absolutely Puro aovM. tuitaQ aowcia CO., aaw voak.