7 A an A4v.rtl.lnu Medium Ill KNTKUI'IUMK UhmhjiiiI to none III I'olk luiiiily. norms li aiituni tlway nilluw i'ri'fulilvir UhIiiH In mi'li n 'Unr, In lh tnaurro., 5 , ' I-OOAI. NKWfi tlio ESTt KPUUS always miti-avoni to l noxrr ui acctjiat. ' but prvfrr mwunry tf autliunsru to bliiinlrlnj A a aon uta. Eternal Yl'danm the Price of Liberty. Jeftritutt,. INDKrKNDKNCK, VOLK COUNTY, OKKGON.' THURSDAY, DECEMJ5EK 13, 1891. VOL. 2 NO. 2 i r.n vit vvat? .cT!!h.Ti. I mumis.. at NEWS OF THE WEEK. Highest cf all in Leavening Power Latest U.S. Govt Report V V w ." J (JoiiiiiiiiinhI lliimiH'! March 4, IHHO. " First Rational Bank uf J ?Hiloiu, Oregon, Capital Stoek, (Surplus, 160,000.00 14,000 00 J..(Hll'IBn, U W. H.iMKtlTmiM, 1'rr.l.loil, VU rmhl.nl. w, ii. iMwi.tr, Cliicr. 1 Diuiarroits. J B. Cooper. L. W. K.iUrtHon, Ilpliiili k.d.W. Wlillctkwr, W. W. Collins. .n.rl tutiiklns IhhIhwh lcn'll. Hye u4-llt.'lii.. "Ii lll...M.rli.l .oim.. r II......H. W.II"I lllilwl UB .!. ..r.li.n. t'vllMluita Hiwlt. time Itaurii . m i P- THE INDEPENDENCE Rational Bank! Capital Slock, r0,(KX).(K). II. HlItSCIIUKKO. - l'rt'Hiilrnt AHUAM NEI.HON, Vice t'realili'iit W V. CDNNAWAY. l'"lilfr ! A general Unking ! pxi'lmnijn lmI noun trminiu-tl i loans mmle, Win H' rounlMl, coiitiiicnlul credit trrantm '' rl.iwHit received on tnirnml necoiii iubjoct toelieok, interest paid on time lroi)IU. IHHK0TOUS. It. V. Smith. A. JMoii, I. A. Alio H. II. JHHrnon, A. J.CSootlmnn, 1. W Hears, Ii. IlirMehlwrg. ; FRUIT PARLOR One door wt f poMoflU'tf r.O.SHOEMAKEIl,rroi' j Tropical ami domestic fruits, nuts t etc., at wholuinlo and retail. Frails of all Kinds Cmslanlly Ob Hand fe) ( Iwf Our rrht art the LowcHtjM Sperlirpg Bros., Meat Market i -HKAI.KR IX Choice Meats. srfiiifc!isi .-. i rj nTnr I, - 11 hi! lr Pl'EN SUNDAYS FROM K to 9 a. in I Free. Delivery to all parts I of the city. JUin Street, Independence, POOrSHOE SHOP ; P. H. Murphy, Prop. IhMmlrlng of all klndn will t rtnelvo prompt . atUtntlon Tho Ix-Mt of work turned out oil uhort not kis j A share of your patronage id solicited. Jfain street, - Independence M. T. CROW I n MHiiurneturur of . . For 1 II Sash I Doors Everybody. Il'rlcri reBnolilo and work guaranteed ; BLACKSMITHING Tromptly and neatly done by H. A. FULLER, The Cash Ttlacksmith. Horseslioeing A Specialty. C 5TRSET, - INDErEXDEXCE. e o if I OATS, HAY, HAMS, BACON, SHOUL 1 DERS, LARD, EGGS, POULTRY and CASH. 5p THE . STAR GROCERY. 'BX0TJ3 " 'ii ooo pub qt ooi t 'm 02 ! ucs ioI 'HiOpfaOlJ '8UIB 'SUB.) p;i HaiiBr( ui dnii 'tKpBi pus siJJi ut JBng 30O)S III doo OV ' o I is-J s l -i 3 O 3 1 Don't miss an early opportunity to buy some of our celluloid goods. They are beauties, and bargains, too. 33 E3 QUICK. PHOTO ALBUMS. We offer you Albums from 60e. to $7.60. jl BIG LUSTS DOLLS! DOLLS!! Do not take our word that they are very cheap, but drop iiA and price them yonrself We have the finest line ever brought to Independence. Lots of Toys for the little hoys. G'iu-IIhIh Currency K Immiio In the IIiumIm of the Committee. JAPAN IS DEMANDING REPRISALS Alaskan Gold Heidi-The Dallei Bob ber Sentenced-A Terrific 8torm at Sea-A Pioneer Mining. Books, Booklets and Xmas Cards. We have some bargains, "and don't you forget it," To prevent baldness do not tell your wife we have no selection of Christmas Presents. iVEiasic by the Ctioird. at FELTER- Bros, Main St., Independence, Ore, CLOD From tho Orrgorilan, Han, and HUiU.mon, Tlmrrttlay December 0. Cloture Defcftleil Id C'uucun. Wasiiinotox. Cloture wan de feated in caucua today. The- din caHHi'on was at time8 quite ani mated. Vet, Vila?, Uerry and Cieorgo favored the propoeition, while Gorman, Morgan, Palmer, Harris, Pugh and others opposed it vigorously. The defeat of Clo ture practically settles all chance of the pop-gun tariff bills passing during this session. Intbe Hand ofbl FrleiiUn. vVasiiixgtom. fn regard to the Oregon senatorial fight Representa tive Hermann expresses himself as follows: "I am not a candidate for senator and I shall not an nounce myself as such. I shall not bo a candidate, unless the legislature should wish me to be. Oregon's legialaturo is perfectly competent to select a senator. I have not conversed with a single member of tho legislature in my interest, not even the members from my own county. If there should be a failure to select senator from among the candidates mentioned and a compromise can didate should bo needed. I then might enter the fit-Id." MM 1V V or mv rr r i i" 7. value will reach as high as $145. 000. There is grave suspicion that there was an inside man who gaye pointers to the robbers. Currency 5ow Bppsrmoit. WASin.NGTo.N. ChairmanjSpi-ing-er is arranging to have tho opinion of expert financiers presented be fore the bouse banking and cur rency committee concerning the proposed currency system. Invi tations have been extended to leading financiers of New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati, Nashville and other representative cities of the country. Secretary Carlisle andComptroller Eckleg will appear before the committee Mon day. A Lozow Wanted. San Francisco. The grand jury in its report today, among many Other things, recommends "that the next legislature create a commis sion to investigate the actual ad ministration of the duties of the police commissioners and the force under their control, similar to that which has accomplished so much I ? TL- Xf. 1 f . 1 t goou in new iors. jmer large cities are demanding this sort of investigation. We believe that San Francisco would also be benefitted in the same manner, if not to the same extent." A Threatened Indian War. Washington. Delegate Rawlins, Fi-iday, December DeLeunpt U Daad. Paris. Ferdinand de Lessupa, of Utah, says that he apprehends the great engineer who built the an outbreak among the Indians Suez canal, is dead. before the present difficulties are steamboats safer than Rail. settled. The settlers are arming Washington. According to ror the purpose of driving the In government railway statistics just dians back into Colorado. Haw- published, it is safer to travel on lins has notified Secretary Smith of a steamboat than on a railroad the intention of the settlers and train. Of 700,000,000 people car- asks for government assistance. The ried by steamboats last year, only secretary has sent the following 255 lost their lives, while of 593,- telegram to Governor West: "Your 5GO.G12 who traveled by rail, 299 telegram of the 4th instant sub- were killed. mitted to the war department. i . Alaskan Gold Kald. General McCook will doubtless pre- Port TowNseND. The steamer vent any outbreak. Agent Day Chilkat, which arrived here toniirht. has been instructed to return the j . i - brings the news that another rich Indians to their reservation.' goia nna nas Deen made in Alaska. Suicide of Ex-Warden Coblenti the mines are located at the head Walla Walla, J. H. Coblentz, of Turn-again Arm, in Crook in- ex-warden of the penitentiary, corn- let. It is said the pay dirt shows mitted suicide here this evening by up from ?7 to ?20 a pan. shooting himself through the head Carlisle's riau to be considered with a Smith it Wesson. The ball Washington. The financial entered just behind the right ear, plan submitted to congress by the came out of the left temple and esident and Secretary Carlisle struck the ceiling. He was recent- was taken under consideration by ly discovered to be a heavy default- the finance committee and a pro- er of the state's funds and did not 1 . gramme arranged today. The have the courage to face disgrace. democratic members want to pro- He leaves a wife and several chil ceed as fast as possible and favor dren. There is undeniable proof reporting a bill before the holidays, of Coblentz's crookedness. He The Karoo County Delegation. combined with sejeral "trusties" Tacoma. Tho republican mem- at the penitentiary, who have as- bers from Pierce couuty, nine in sisted him in defrauding the state. number, held a meeting last even- His shortage is not yet fully ascer- ing and passed the following reso- taiued, but will reach at least $15, utions: "Resolved. Thai this 000. lated by a caucus of Republican members of the house of the fifty first congress. The , suggestion meets with favor among Demo cratic members.' . .-.. The Japanese Treaty- -Washington. -The full text bt ' of the new treaty between the Unit ed States and Japan was published, today and has excited mueh com ment in diplomatic and, official ' circles. Tho United States formal ly recognizes Japan as a firsj -class power. The treaty muct be ratified within six months, which makes it incumbent for the senate to act on it at the present session. Minister Kurino has forwarded a copy of the treaty to his government, where ' it will be considered and ratified by the privy council of Japan. Monda3', December ID. The Bailee Bobbers Senteneed , The Dalles, Or. Judge Brad shaw today sentenced Otis Savage and Frank Klien to the peniten tiary, the former for four years and the latter for 18 months. Klein's light senience is due to his having turned state's evidence. Savaae received his sentence wirh stoical fortitude. . , ;.";"" Hungarian! wad with Excitement. Buda Pesth. There was "great excitement in the reichstrath today - when Prime Minister Wekerld an nounced that the king of Hungary : had given his sanction - to ' the ecclesiastical bills. This , means religious liberty for the people of Hungary, the legalizing ot civil marriages, allowing conversion of Christians to Judahignj, granting . religious liberty, to Hebrews and removing restrictions .with regard . to the children of mixed marriages. The Belligerent Jane. - Shanghai. Before cousidering peace proposals Japan insists upon the surrender of" all Chinese of ficials who offered money rewards for Japanese heads. ; N 1 delegation will stand by the repub- loan state and county platforms the election of United States senators." The platforms . favor the coinage of silver at 1G to 1, and' indorse the Nicaraguan canal pro ject. Our Treaty With China, ashington. The long delayed Chinese treaty has finally reached ashington. The Chinese govern ment had dispatched the docu uient to the United States by wav of Europe to avoid possible danger along the shorter Pacific route ate this afternoon Seeretsrv resham and Chinese Minister Yang Yu exchanged final ratifica tions. Nothing now remains but to announce the treaty ratification by proclamation. Saturda3', December 8. The tig Train Robbery. Fort Worth. Different posses are still pursuing the train robbers and the fugitives are in close quar ters. The robbers are evidently heading for the Indian Territory, with the rangers trying to head them off. It has been learned from reliable source that their booty Sunday, December 9 A Railroad Sold. Union. Or. Henry Hewitt, of Portland, has purchased the Union railroad that extends from Union station ou to the O. R. & N. rail way to this city. The Jury Says Judge Neil is Guilty Jacksonville; Or. The jury in the case of County Judge Neil, for breaking the jail door, rendered a vervict of guilty, after being out ten hours. Mr, Neil js serving his second tenn as judge of Jackson county. He is a leading attorney of the Southern Oregon bar, and is a Democrat. The trouble arose out of a dispute between the judge and Sheriff Patterson as to tho right to convey persons to the asylum arjil reform school. .. Demoowta Tailing into line. Washington. Most of the Deiu- ooratic leaders of the house are urg ing that the currency scheme be made a party question, that fea tures of the bill to be passed shall be agreed upon in caucus, just as the silver bill in W, since known as the Sherman act, was first form u-1 Tuesday, December 11 ' A Terrible Storm at Sea. Astoria, Or, The severest storm, of recent years struck this section early Sunday morning and raged until late at night. .At and off the ' mouth of tho Columbia the wind blew a perfect hurricane. The tug Fearless and her Jow, the Breida blik, arrived here safely Monday ' morning, after having a terriflo fight with tho maddened elements. The Storm on the Sound. . Tacoma. The storm of Saturday and Sunday on Puget sound is pro-t nounced by the local weather bu reau to have been nothing lesg.tHan a small cyclone. The wind blew at a rate of 50 miles an hour part of the time. It i3 pronounced the, worst storm iu 10 years. Collidai ia a Tnauel, Chicago. Two cable cars col- . lided in the Washington street tun nel this evening. One man . was -fatally injured and 15 others 6erit , , ously hurt. The cars were set on ; -fire by the stoves and for a time there was a fearful panic, The.Rc- cident was caused by a gripyjaq . losing his hold on the cable, . the car shooting down a steep iucliue. The conductor set the brakes but could not check the frightful veloe-. ity of -the car. . . ... . A Bgnton Pioneer Kissing, : . Corvallis, Or. Pryor Scott, a. . , pioneer of 1SJ5. has been missing . - since Sunday morning.. Heiffsu. posed to have wmmittd"Suicidet lie had teiiiK!-"ni)anc:ai;y enibari tapwcTaml has been quite desfwnid cut. A hat, identified as his, was found on the river. - . ; -, . .; . A Caring SacondreL. Sir Fhancisco Mr. and Mrs. W. Browu, who arrived heru. last night from Portland, were rol bed of $49 this afternoon - by & ' man who entered their apartments -on O'Farrcll street.. ' : Or. Price's Cream Baking: Powu, jtnM (rat Mj1 Fiir, : friKiMi 0; - - j