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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 189?-190? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 20, 1894)
In Ilia maUor at -, I.OtJAI. NKWH " Ue IN TKIU'HUtl vara endeavor lul ... raoarr u AocmiTi, bnt rrA-w Maurur of etatmntiiil to bluudvrlng A Mtauatu, Al au -v Adtinlilng Madlum s.ibaJCNTKItl'UINK laeaouiid t" ln romAiU IMOttl j " I wari aMw o rfl dvtr. tlolna. In audi a r. Eternal Vigilance it the Price of Liberty. Jeffenon i V0i: ji NO. 3 r NEWS OF THE WEEK. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report Commenced Uuiiiims March 4, 1HW f r .' f f 1 " . ' v 1 ' r"" ' T. T 7 ...,...,T.Mi.i urn i.' nniivrv nntTJONT THURSDAY DVCVMUVH 2fi. 180.1. 21.50 PEIt YEAH. ' trrlELti' - , IJNJ-fJ'ji TjiNi-TjIl vJV, ivun vvum a, uniiuv-. .. - - ;-i -'t - . .. ; Tine pirt otiorpal Bank of I iHlie.idm.e, Oregon, OtptUl Btock, Jnrplai, 160,000.00 114,000-00 nnnraa. J W. anaanTtio". " ' fn.ll.nl. Vlca freeldeiit, W. . KlKlITi CMIlier, v MKKCTOKS. J. B. Cooper, L. W. HoUrlaor,, Law Is llelinii'i, vi. r. W. W. Collins. I . ......I kanklll txUlnM treiHWted. f OBI f"l. ullTun made. 0ee eerei le. . WO. e. THE INDEPENDENCE i Rational Bank! Capital Stock, $50,000.00. . II. 1I1K8C1IDKUU, President. AlUtAM NKI-HON, Vire Preal.lent. V, P. (X)NNAWA Y, Casl.lfr ; A gennral bank luff and eiolmnire timl tteaa transacted : loans matin, liilla dis counted, commercial credits granted J tjfpoait rwwlved on etirrent account "Subject to check, interest panl on time -deposit. MRECTOKX. ' B. F. Smith, A. Nelson, I. A. Allen, II. II. JHron, A. J. Goodman, I. W. boar, II. Himhlirrg. FRUIT One door "went of jxwtofllec jr.O.SHCOEM.A.XCEIi.Prop Tropical and domestic fruitit, nutM, etc., at wholesale and retatl. jj Kruitiof ill Kiads CwsUntly Oa Haad Our Prior are the Ixxrewt jaaj Sperling Bros., Meat Market i dealer is 'Choice Meats. ft? Mm 1 .OPEN SUNDAYS FKOM 8 to 9 a.m. I Free. Delivery to all parts ? Win Ktrwt. Indeitndenoe. BOOrn-SHOE SHOP P. H. Murphy, Prop. LU , llenalrlngof all kluU will ' receive i prompt atteutloa Tlie beet of work turnod out oo nhort notice, , A share of your patronage is solicited. " Main street, Independence M. T. CROW M.nufkotur.r of . . For . . Prl reawnabla ad Work luaranteeJUj BLACKSMITHINO Promptly and neatly done by K. A. HI, Sash I 1 Doors I M. The Cash Blacksmith. Horseshoeing A Specialty. 1 C STREET, - INDEPENDENCE. Q. V WANTED. 0V ?ATS, aY HAMS, J BACON, SHOUL- DERS, LARD, I Poultry and cash, j I f f . . ,6 Jl., ..STAR.. If! ff J 3 H il ' ' GROCERY, hi I 4- B ni oo pu ii ooi 4 -JOAlTplBT ptWUOOBJ A- if 'iMp'nig acuou 'sub) If p ib s)H8q 4a3)t ur dnn.3 O-v n QeIiIjUIiOID HOVEbTIES. Dressing Dolls: We have a Bargain Counter. 8J GhSDrChTCR AVo have a few novelties left . in tho you want any, come quick. and Toilet Cases. Finished in Celluloid, arc very stylish presents this year, and we have some beauties which are also goiflg fast. Wo have a very large stock of Dolls going cheap, cheap, cheap 1' v . . Photo Albums, Christmas Cards, Xmas Books, Bibles, Wagons, Toys. Celluloid Goods, and if 1 BR2S. The Currency Committee Ito i miiietid CurlUIo'a I'lan. HARRISON 13 NOT IN THE FIELD Japan ! Hammeriog Away at Obioa Tb4 Beserv rand Again Down to 191,000,000- Opium Beiiure- From the Oregonlan, Hun, and Htaltmiiau.J ThurHtlay December Vi. Japan Will Kaka IoTMtiKaUoaa. London. The Japanese tvarmin istcr will go to Port Arthur, prob ably to ascertain lh basis of the persistent rumors that the Japan ese solJiers killed civilians after capturing the city. Tillamook Light Clublftd. Astoria, Or. Tho late storm disabled the Tillamook light. The mad waves threw up pieces of rock, breaking the plate glass around the lantern, damaging the lenses, etc. At one time six feet of water was in the siren room and four feet in the keeper's quarters. Chang, d Iti FitM-aity. Washington. It is understood that Representative Springer will father the Carlisle scheme and in troduce it in the house over his own name. There will bo no im portant changes made in the bill. The New York financiers favor the scheme since they learned that the silver Democrats oppose it. The bill will probably pass the house before the holidays. Senator Suboii 1 Tiawt. Washington. Senator Dubois, of Idaho, said today international agreement meant agreement with England. That country established the single gold standard in 1316, and in 1873 she succeeded in get ting the world to agree to it. She is the great creditor nation and all the debts are made payable in gold. To expect England to go into an international agreement for the re monetization of silver would be like proposing for a man having $100,000 to' go into a pool with half a dozen other men, each hav ing $10,000, with the understand ing that when the pool was made up all were to divide equally. Friday, December 14. Again Below the 8100.000,000 Mrk. ' Washington.. There was a heavy drain on the treasury today. The enormous sura of 14,870,000 taken out of the treasury and the sab-treasury of Boston and New York. The gold balance in the treasury is now reduced to $96,3 11, 884. Japan'! Diplomacy. , San Francisco. The steamer Gaelic brings the information direct from Tokio that Japan is jealous of foreign meditation iu the settlement of her war with China. The Japanese consider it essential to Japan's national supremacy to compel China to admit her over whelming defeat and humiliation. Tha United State! Will Not Inratigata. Washington. The United States will take no part in the investiga tion of the Armenian outrages. Finding that the limitations pro posed by Cleveland upon the func tions of Jewett were such as to pre vent his joint action with the Old World powers, the sultan withdrew his invitation to the United States to appoint a commissioner, conse quently Jewett's appointment lapses Under Arreat for Embeslemunt Vancouver, Wash. Representative-elect Mills, of this county, is under arrest, charged with the embezzlement of school funds while acting as director of school district No. 51. Mr. Mills' asso ciate director, P. Wolf, is also ar rested. The district has recently built a new school house, and the specific charge against Messrs. Mills and Wolf is that they in directly drew pay for work done on the building. Am Attempted Train Bobbery. Grants Pass, Or. Two masked men attempted to board the north bound overland train at Woodville, a small station 9 miles from here, but missed their footing and failed. About four miles out from Woodville three masked men swung a rea ugni across me track ahead of the train, and the engineer, enepecting something wrong, pulled tho trottlo wide open and left ibem behind. It was clearly an attempt to hold up the train, Saturday, December 15. Carbale'i Plan to be Kaaommendad Washington. The house bank ing and currency committee have decided by the close vote of 9 to 8 to recommend the adoption of Secretary Carlisle's currency plan. Johnson of Ohio and Ellis of Ken tucky voted with the republican members against reporting the plan. The committee has been in session for a week hearing leading bankers and officials on the pro posed revision. Xi-Treamry Howe Found Onilty- Jacksonville, Or. The jury returned a verdict of guilty in the case of Ex-Treasury Howe, whose case has just been tried here, on change of venue from Klamath county. The case was contested with great energy ou both sides and has excited a good deal of in terest. Counsel for defense asked until Monday next in which to file a motion for a new trial. Harmon Kotion tha Field. Buffalo, N. Y. - Col. D. S. Alexander, ex-United States at torney for Northern New York, is authority for the statement that Ex-President Harrison will not be a candidate for re-election. While on a Western tour CoL Alexander visited the ex-president, who talked freely on the presidential outlook for 1896, and says most emphatically that he is not a can didate for renomination. General Harrison thinks "the treasury de partment will get very tired of maintaining a gold standard by paying interest on bonds issued for the purchase of gold." Banker BtJohn'i Opinion. Washington. President St.- John, of the New York Mercantile bank, iu his testimony before the currency committee said: "Con gress fiddles with the bank notes while the burning issue is our primary money coin." He charac terized the repeal of the Sherman act last year and closing of the mint to silver as "the worlds blind experiment" in money. It severed the last link that coupled silver to its crippled right of money in the western world. Mr. St. John declared it was the duty of congress to stop experimenting and go back to the Hamilton-Jeflerson coinage system to restore bimetalism, inde pendent of other nations. In con clusion Mr. StJohn declared that 'if this respect of mony is to be preserved, the rich will be made richer and the poor poorer as the achievement of our statute law." Sunday, December 16. Associated Banka New York. The bank state ment of the associated banks show the following: Reserve, increase $ 443, 1 i o Loans, decrease 962,200 pecie, increase 6,37o,900 Legal tender, decrease. .. 6,246,300 Deposits, decrease 1,246,300 Circulation, decrease 29,000 The banks now hold $33,345,825 in excess of the requirements of the 25 per cent rule. Bonn' Diaoonrteiy. Denver. John Burns, English member of parliament, re- narked to Delegate Wersman: 'You delegates have been asses." The American Federation of Labor takes this as an insult. Delegate Pomeroy made this pointed reply to Burns: "If an American were to eo to England would he escape the duck pond if he criticised the personal habits and institutions of your people as yoa have freely done during your stay in America?" Tha CbJaeaa loaa An ether Bttle- Tv-ixnnv A corresDondent in Antong telegraphed December 14, Bate ft that a battle had Ik-cii fought at Yth-Min-Shan, five lulled from Feng-Huang. The Japane at tacked with spirit, and defeated the Chinese, driving them to Timatsch. The Japanese loss i three officers killed and 70 privates killed or wounded. The Chinese loss is 250 killed or wounned and 30 prisoners. The Japanese cap tured four field guns. The Chinese prisoners say that the general had under him more than 4000 Kerin troops, who are in every way superior to Chinese troops. Monday, December 17. Willie Duolway Appolutwl. Salem, Or. Governor-Elect Lord has publicly announced that Willis Duniway is to be bis private secretary. And it is authentically reported that C. M. Lock wood, of this city, is to be chief clerk In the secretary of state's office. Japaneae will Attack Kew Chwanf. ; London. A Tien-Tsin dispatch' says General Sung has an army of 20,000 men at New Chwang, includ ing 6,000 who escaped from "Port Arthur. It is likely the Japanese attack will be delayed until the second Japansse army from the South joins the first army from the East. rrcaldent Gone per! Defeated. Denver. The Federation of Labor in convention today elected McBride, of the United Mine Workers, as president by a vote of 1162 to 957 over Gompers. This is said to be a victory for the dele gates who favor the "government l- ? :tailan ' hlunt 111 tne piauorm to wmcu vrumjo was strongly opposed. A. Me Craith, of Boston,' was elected secretary, and J. B. Lennon, of New York, treasurer. - 'mere were four vice presidents elected. John Burna Talka Like a John Bull. , Denver. John Burns, the Eng lish delegate to the Federation of Labor, said in an interviews. 'Since my arrival in America, in . the short time spent in Chicago and New York, I saw more poverty,. dirt, wretchednssa and misery than . I have seen in all my life in Eng- land. Mark my wouls, within the next 25 years Americans will be emigrating to England, because -. .,1 j that country uy wia umo ?. have the model government of the world. It will be the only happy and contented people on earth.' Opium Seizure. Tacoma. Customs Inspector Jossey says that within the last 30 davs he has seized 80 pounds of opium shipped to Portland, witln sweated stamps on the cans, lie has worked quietly while making investigations. His first discovery was make about a month ago. lie found a small shipment bearing.; stamps on which he had placed the number of a Portland store early in November. Ah Hing,' a prominent Chinese of Port Town- send, is implicated ana Has Deen' arrested and bound over for trial. Tuesday, December 18 Tha Cdiaei Ontflankftd. Shanghai. The Japanese hare completely outflanked the Chinese armv in Manchuria, which is now shut out on the eastern aide of the ereat wall from the central portion of the empire. Some of the Japan- ese officers are being tried by court. martial for not restraining their men after the capture of Port' Ar thur. Hot Guilty ! gabexslearaBL Tacoma. Ex-City Treasurer G. V. Roffffs has been acquitted of the embezzlement charge against him, without a line of evidence on iha part of the defense. Dr Price's Cream Bakln; Powda AwardW Gold MU fr. T-- Hood's Pills are the best after inner Dills, assist digestion, eura a . vV