At ai- Arivertl.inu Martlum , 11m KNTKUI'IUHK Uwmuiid In til folk Coll my, riorrrAiui auom lo tlx m.iru t I.OOAl, Nr.VVM in. isu;kiuis alwaya.ndaerom lo h TtOUtT a. iOCCEATi. bin prefer Ki-araar of .lkMit l blundam.d iUMMwaM, aJwuy. follow earefiiUlvr- 4 li.ina ill ucii it 'Hr, Eternal Vigilance it the 1'rlce of Liberty. Jeff tnon, VOL 2 NO. 1 INDKI'KNDKiNCE, l'OLK COUNTY, OREGON. T11UKSDAY, FOKUAKY 14,1805. Sl.&O PER WAU ea...a,ta, f 1 ? ' "IT 5 ' " t Uika QfflD CDn?FC?V Sells Everything - l.)ur and Feed, Wood. p . . Wooden ware. . . I r VLw Highest of all to Leavening Power. Latest U. & Gorl Reprt UIIHV UIVWUUI V i Cash Prices. I V I I 111 X :iuem'(l Illumine Mure 1 1 4, 1HS1I. Tine First Hatioi?al Bonk. ; of IiKlrMiiiilunou,(A'p;ciii, Coital Btook, 50,000.00 f 14, 000 00 4.S.OOOIKS, I.. W. SOtlHITMiiN, rre.lil.Kl, Vll' I'rnlilMl. W , II IIAWI.RY, t'ttdllllT. iniii:c-j'i:s. J. B, Cht, !.. NV. l:. ' iTtw.ii. Um I. , J Illlllll'K, . l. lllieitKIT, W. W, Collinf. A (eneiiil kauklii kiHirM tntnwed. nur aurt il.e,'uiiiii, in illiiiirtiMl i Mm. lt.,.Ml. rnwlvi I au.iimi 10 'k ir ia eerlllt' ftl. .,f .le;.''.!!. i'ultl't'llUHK fllMiif, oi1U itMiii h. m. ii.. im. THE INDEPENDENCE iati 1 ban . Capital Stock, l.'O.OOO.OO. The Moral is Plain Tlw ti-lnnt'hoy traveler anlil; "Wlnit a rtrrncl fu I tlilnf It would Ufl tf I wiirp .truck IiIIihII" Ami hi mii.t nerd, walk mi iiIh Id try ln,w U would mi'Iii II llil. iiilnlurtuiiH Hi r Ui liemll lilm. li ill, liud not pereelviiil, .1.oi, eye II in irmi'li'i-, eoinltiK ufl.T lilm, iili kfd 1 1 1 u iuru ul gold wliluli li, having III. Jiacc Fabnla IJocet .don't "go It Wind," II vou urn in need of Har ness op Saddlery Goods, open your eyes to tlo fact that we sell tlio Im-hI good for tli least id mey, and pick up tliu purse of gold by purchasing of um. V. H. GRAVEN CO. NEWS 0FTHE WEEK. Illtfjffxt Kllzxard ofKeecnt Year Itajrliitf Kant of the ItoekieN, CHINESE FLEET SWEPT FROM THF SEAS The Btsmlilp Gasoogne 8fe The 4- rtinmmiwa UiU iiefeataa Eich Gold Strike- 11. MKsaiBKltU, Al'.RAM NELSOX, W. I1. CO NX A WAY, . riwi.ii-iit. Vice 1'ruddeiit lii.lller. 4 You will remember that Ooliath ttim vi-ry much nurprined hIicii Mnvid tJ.i' I''"' with it nunl. 14 llcmtiil tliHt"Mijcli II tllilli; llinl IK'ViT I'llN liii lnnd lii'foro." idi:ii f iniiiii'roiiit In mir utm-lc. W'o I'hviiys have wliat in l:it(t, bi-iit mid UlCHIMMt, 3 laUw Wtktof UmU BUmrd. yr.vr ok, Ttb. 8. Have for the leneer fH of now, tho blizzard which Htruck the inetropolin luct night, will rank with that of March 12, 1888. The incieamnR neventy of the utorrn, the wind reaching a velocity of 70 mik an hour at noon, and th accumula- tion of ice in the rivers during the day, brought about n condition which ban practically caged up the inland of Manhattan, and with it thousands of those who daily come fronjtho suburbs in Brooklyn. WAsm.viTov, Feb. 8. The wextern blizzard ctruck Washing ; A ifKMierul Ir.iiiliitf iiml OM'hiin lmi- ! lioii Irmi-urU il ; Ioiiiik niiuti. !i- MUiitt?4, coiiimrrlnl tTiiliti Kriiutid; ; (Ii'M)nili rw'!ivil on vjrruiit nreuiint I MiiliJiH'tli) L'liM'k. liilrn -l piiiil on thin.' llc(lOfitN. li PlKKCIliltS. I :n. T. Knilth. A. NVIi-on. I. A. Alli'ii, f . II. li. Jn""Tn'l. A. J. tilMxlillllll, I. W, I yM, U. llir.i!H!-(r. Several thousand pieces Hish-cracle Music atlOc per copy. Books, Periodicals, Stationery, School Supplies. CLODFELTER BROS., Inik'iX'iidc'iK't', Ore Mnin St l ret. I From llio Onf unliin, Kim nd Hilemii.J A Coovut't BttJcid. Palv.m. Or. Feb. 7, W. A. Baker, convicted and sentenced to the tciiiteritiarv from WuHhintion county November 21.), 1893. for bigamy, committed suicid at an i.. i .1.: . :.. i i ... I viv.j uu, ,.Jlim.K uy K- ton yesterday with its fullest force land the t-Alv i Tinsbiiio' thmtioh . I J i o " " " o Blnke 5UPorted- one of tho severest kdcIIh of ,M it. . fl . r . I ft r . I wKA.vrs i ah, urreu. iuite haM evcr exi)7.ri,,nftd. Th .nn a stir in mining circles was create k(,,ai, tMna vaierA.v art(,rnnnn a day or two ago by the announce- ttl)( by 1)igltfalI tho gr.,und wag n.entofa very rich strike in the fivc inches det-n in ...,. whil . it i . . . ... I r oia i;ry i;igyings mniMjf three high win.l(ldl to the intensity of hum east ot tins city. Howe very lh U ilich wag , rich quartz mid dirt lias teenLmi ti. : i ...:i iuv rintT will till llfu Ulllil taken out, as high as $70 ier pan 2 o'clock and drifted so badlv oh beinB realized. J he discoverers, to Btop travel on t, fiuburbl.n illiam Flamm, Dan Crafts and gtreetcar lines and to render transit .II. thu k.Kre down only about atx)Ut lhe ,.:, 8,ow nn(1 I)nrprtain M feet in the ledge, but their pros- ., . - v. riilii art yhyv i Ii ( t.n i m 1 oHuug hv'huucdv niiju. to munijig -ondon leu. A cablegram Li , t , I f., U',.i ll.,IV: I VMJ'VIU,,V i!7 lUillllg. to the diplomatic and consular Appropriation ways made giving f XXJJOO for beginning work on the cable and authorizing the president to contract for the entire work, estimated to cost 13,000,000. A Kolld Mm of Ice. New York, Feb. 9. Today New York was practically icebound. The bay from the Narrows to San dy Hook, is almost a solid field of ice. lhe upper bay would be as bad were it not Inat a number of tugs are at work breaking the ice to permit the passage of crafts and that small steamers are plying in the North and East riyers. The canal and many of the railroads are so badlv blocked bv irn and snmv that they cannot be operated for several days. "The Sick Man" In Trouble. Coast to Hawaii. An amendment T snow is three Atdeep i I,.. i lami and the westher is the coldest in 40 years. , , Th HumtiUn cbt Titkltf ghap Wa su.votox. FeU 11, A bill to incorporate. the. International Pacific Cable company for cable from California to the Hawaiian islands, thence to Japao and other points in the Pacific. ar.d on the mainlands of Asin and Australia was inlroducvfl in the house today by Representative Stons of Penn sylvania. Tb Xarch to Ptlla. New York, Feb. 11. ItaroIJ Fredrick has cabled from London to the Times as follows; " I have from an absolutely informed qua ter an interesting view of tha stattf of affairs in the far East. Cores' avtonomy is aseured, Manchuria Is virtually in Japanese hand, and they are already building addition Duriiil? ut leant Hi-ven Minted period In ' ft DIN 1! IZirble Granito Indfit,itil,iicM, - Ore- " Monuments, , 1 J leads tones, (Utrbin Etc. Corn.'iMiHlein'rt solicitoil. " : Spsrlirpg Bros. Meat Market -DKAI.nit IN"- 0 Choice Meats. nde OPEN SUNDAYS FKOM 8 tot) a.m. Free Delivery to all parts of the city. Mailt 8 trout. Independence. i flic' BOOr.SHOESHOP j P. H. Murphy, Prop. repairing of kinds will , ; reeeive 'i , aentinn Tlio bent of work turned out on short notice. IE! t ln HUBS'' ", . -. : - lr' - a? : , A l.c of . your patronage .'.L.''-': ! . . ' Jiv'fL. i 9 Jjlfit ii reeoril hIioii !d be itrxerml of ,,:.j'Cjv.. '"''i 'i t'ify' 'vj eini'H likem, um follown: tJio-'tj ,'ir IiiMiiIIummj, jinny ii.hhi, i ihi'iiiimim, -iy--..I'v V .y .V' Ii.n.,1, ManlMHMl. Mld.il.. Old Ke, Pfct-rtffi'h CUAVKK li..-, hotogra, 1,,-r. ' 'Kti'i'-' wltl supply J'"! Willi iIh-ko likeiirsaes at til v lii in n call. lhe very lowcat rutes. Don't be Sick! Wli K.) i pick rii KNOW liow Tt uiuVeo one feel to Hut if von will ui't ciek reineiuluT liuit it in our litifineHx In wll Metli.'ine. We've imd rotifidvrnlilo ex perieiitX! in preparing inetlieineN and know die ml vuiiIiilu of nslna freKh mid pure Dhih. We kci p no other kind. ury o, ciiyn; i ne Vinnece nee lias practically ceased to exist. The ironclad Chen Yuen and her sister ship, the Ting Yuen, have been sunk and llm other vessels of t he Chinese (lent are within the grasp of the Japanese. Tho Chen Yuen and Tiirg Yuen were built at i the Vulcan works, Stettin. Ger many. The former was launched in December, 1S')2, and the latter in December 1801, The Japane.-e forecaster Day savg that by to morrow morning tho mercury will reach 8 below and the 6evere cold will continue far several days Snow ceased falling after midnight, but the wind piled it in drifts, practically stopping railroad traffic. Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 8 Key West and Palm Beach are the only points in the state above freezing. Orange and other fruit trees, are probably all killed, ex- WhcnYou are Well I L ll. i 1 1 x f Upkeeps up a furious bombard- "u '""8"- tnriij. iiio lOBrt Will MKEri'Kft w R1 KMKMHHli that wo han- l!o many articles you may dusiro, sucli as jewelry-, Silverware, Watches, Clocks, etc. incut on the Chinese fortt. Zht AdmisiAnitioa Biil EofoiUd. Washixotox, Feb. 7. The last 1 op of financial legislation for the relict of the treasury at the present I session of t his congress went by the board when the house, by a vote of 134 to 1C1, rejected the adminis tration's bill fo authorize an issue of ;00,000,()00 of bonds. The bill WU8 many millions of dollars. All Jinrltr vorrd'lKlna n pa minjul o I " ' i BTaamtif Oil lr , C . C L 100,000 boxes of strawberries, which " . ,., . . , cIosa the jetty on the Oregon side of the river. The passengers and crew all escaped without 60 much as a wetting, would have shipped from February 20 to March 10. are destroyed. Baltimore, Md., Feb. 8. High winds prevailed throughout the night and early morning hours, and snowdrifts rendered the side- beaten before it reached its raIks a,most impassible. Traffic PATTERSON BROS., Main St. Independence, ( iretron . For sUQ0s310.cn.3r- -0 pnr- 'i'lwit does mil economise. In not economy. Kconomv- in elmwinn thnepie.vg counints in jfelting tlmt wnteh or rioek wliieh will hint the longest, keep liino 1110H accurately and need tlio least repairing. YT atob.es Yon limy pet ono for 12 while another will rod (100. The former is cheap, tlio latter beautiful; neither is economical. S3qo HXxcixsiQxr 0 If yon need a wateli, and ho will tell you how one for the leant ixjunlblo monev. to get a good i- I is golicited. : 'it'reet, - Independence : COUNTY TILE WORKS. V. I BDRRC8 t 00., rtorumu. at nmt-ela.il tlio from S Inelic. to , W liiclicn, iniiniifiK'Hircd, rilOCI Fit ThOUSAND: . i tin 7 15 S " an H inch DO 10 " 1UII in. S,r lny InK Tile promptly nirnUlicd and coiilnx't. tufci'ti. AllMDik tuamuterat antlHtltctory. ZPEJi"DEJrCK, 01lEOO. :.I A INDEPENDENCE :-: STAGE :-: J. It. THOMPSON Prop. L " ves Independence every morn itff 1 : 2 ("cept Sunday) at 8:30 a. ni. kju Leaves Salem at 2 p. ni. 'JJ.r ve orders at Little Palace Hotel or s t .(iniee. Fi ' t nnd passengers earried on rea 'rms. 3g. The Traveler to Independence The City Restaurant Hliiiulil nnt full to make hi. Iieuilij Hurler, al Imeiiiher, wejrlvo Flrst class leal.s lor $1. "The comfort iificuesU la .urcoiiHtaululiii.'' We dp.lro your palronaite. onrt If carefully preiuiretl fimil and courteous trent nat will .oc.ire II, ve milk'lla tl'lul. MRS. L. CAMPBKLL, l'rop.; C. W. HAYES, Man'gr. Main St., Independence, Or. si The IudepsndeacQ Meat Market. JOUAX MULLER, Prop. la now ready to supply the people of Independence with all kinds of Fresh and Cured Meats, Hams, Bacon, Sausages, Lard, etc., at lowest possible rates. OUST 3D DOOR WEST OF POST OFFICE, Independence, Orrgox. To Weekly Orcgonlaa 50 ots a Tear. Th rrirnliir unhMrlnllon prlc of the Ks- TKKeKHoc l.tl.Ulaiulllie n-Eiil.r.iibwrlptlon prii-e nr Tho wei'Kly .irnroiilHn I. !.' All wlin.uliiM'rllM for the Kitt.'ri,rlne and ear one your In.dVHr.ov ran irl tHith the Koiofirt, and th Weekly Onieoulan one year fr r. "H. All old .nhM'rllMT.piiylnc their. iilmrlpi Ion for one year In advance will be rollUvd to lhe aame olTer. Bncklen's Arnica Salve. last parlimentary stage. This re sult wus reached after three days of speeches and at time heated de bate, and nt tho end of a woven hour's session. An analysis of the vote shows 14 republicans and DO democrats voted for the bill, and 5(5 republicans, 97 democrats and 8 populists voted against it. Tdt Eig Blinard Extending. Washington, Feb. 7. The weather bureau furnishes the fol lowing special bulletin: "During the past 24 hours the storm in Louisiana has moved to the South Atlantic Coast, increasing in in tensity ana area, iho higli pro sure has moved from the north of Montana to North Dakota. Be tween North Dakota and tho South Atlantic Coast sharp barometric gradients will cause the severest cold wave and the lowest tempera ture ever recorded the first week in February. Temperature in Indian Territory and Louisiana has fallen 8(5 to 48 deg. in the past 24 hours, and is now 40 deg. below normal. Ei-Sinnter Steven. Dead. Augusta, Me., Feb. 8. John L. Stevens, ex-minister to Hawaii, is dead. An.ther Bond Iuua. x Washington, Feb. 8. Tho bond transaction consumated today, 6trictly speaking, is not a sale of bonds for gold, but a purchase of gold to be paid for in bonds. The contract was made with August Belmont tt Co., of New York, on behalf of llothchilds Jfc Sons, of London, and themselves, and J. P. Morgan it Co., of New York, on behalf of J. S. Morgan fe Co., of London, and themselves, and pro- The Bd Salve in the world for Outa, Rruiwa. Korea. ITIeerx. SLill Ithonni F-ver roren, IV-tter, Chapped Hands, vides for the delivery to the United ebilliluiiia, Corn, and nil rkln Erupt- c,.... nf 3 r00 000 nnncoa nf at r Ioiir, and positively curea Files, or no ta,8 or f.t,.KW,UUU, ounces of Stan pay required. It in pinrantee.i to (rive!dard gold coin of the United States, to- be paid for in United States 4 lerfect aatiMfaetioii, or monev refunded. tierreet Pi ice Si oenta per HiuitbaHoIU a 11 III bottle. For Sale By i per cent londs. in every direction was delayed. No business was attempted along the war ves today, and but a few of the larger sea-going vessels could movo in the ice-blocked channel of Chesapeake bay. Cash Itutanco and Gold Reserve. Washington, Feb. 9. Today's statement of the treasury showed the available cash balance to be ;H42,283,802, and the gold reserve $42,045,333. Sunco Kelly Sentenced for Life. Portland, Or., Feb. 9. Bunco Kelly, ; convicted of murder of Geo. W. Sayres at Portland on the 2Gth of last September, was today sen tenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. He will be taken there Monda3r. When the court passed sentence on him be remarked: "Judge, I'd rather you'd hang me than that " To Expert tho Book.. Baker City, Or., Feb. 9. After an almost superhuman effort, the taxpayers have been granted per mission to put two experts into the county clerk's office to examine the books. C. II. Stuller and I. S. Hinshaw are the experts and will receive their pay from the tax payers, who have voluntarily con tributed for that purpose. Warlike Preparation Continue. City of Mexico, Feb. 9. There is nochangeintheGaulemalan mat ter. The Mexico officials will not give any information, despite all the reports to the contrary. How ever it is learned on good authority that Gautemala has not receded from her original answer to Mexico, and is still rushing troops to the frontier. Mexico is also sending troops to the front. Hawaiian Ca.ls Anadment Adepted. Washington, Feb. 9. By the decisive vote of 3G to 25 the senate voted today to inaugurate the pro ject of laying a cable from Pacific Loxdox, Feb. 10. A Constan tinople dispatch says that an order 1 fortification n at Port Arthur to has been issued calling out the re- torn that place into a Japanese serves. There are many rumored Gibraltar. Now that Wei-Hai-Wei reasons for this action, the most 18 captured and the Chineae fleet likely being an outbreak at Mon- Jestroyed, nothing remains except astir ;n Macedonia. There are 10 advance upon Pelun. Thia cer fears of a revolt in Macedonia. tainly will be done by war of Shan- Kallroad Land. Opened to Settlement. I Hai-Kwan. AH talk of peace Jg The Dalles, Or., Feb. 10. By a nonsense. The Japanese will not recent decision of the land com- talk bout it nntil they are In missioner, 15,000 acres of rail-1 ek." road land in Wasco, Sherman and GMn M Gilliam is thrown nmn tn .tt1. New York, . Feb. 1 11. La Gas- ment under the homestead act. cogne ky outside the fcar all right. . Most of this land is verv fertilo and ow,n tne hx7 " the channel will soon be crowded with home- lbein ihifted b7 From seekers. tne passengers the reporters on tha Vancorer Ferry Steamer Hunk. ( lUS lea"ned the 0tory of the YOyagR VANcover. Wash.. Feh. 10 A I Bteamer left Sirre Jan. 26. snag, a broken shaft and a high Pn the firet d7 9 mlleawew , wind caused the wreck of the Van- na on " Xxui wiy- JU' I Am OOf ft 1 ... A cover ferrv steamer todav. Th """"""j ow muea mepiexon - I li 1.. ltfta . - rou oroite ana is nours were spent making repairs. When repaired the ship steamed 9 mile an hour,. making in all 66 miles on the 23th. i ne steamship encountered a bea-v-jr sea all the way across the AUan tic. On Feb. 7 she encountered - heavy cyclone and .after many mis- Canpow Jliifre Peace. London, Feb. 10. Pekin dis patches say that full powers have been teleeraohed to tha chin haP8 nd a hard "truggto she mad peace en vovs with a view of ne. Prt "J on weningofth O I tiating with Japan. The envoys are now at Najasaki, Japan, where 11th. H 1. Simon'. Charlor. c , Cir.i. rt c..w td Tto ,L. , n it. t I uai,i,, ui,, rcu, t., tu.g uivu they went after the Japanese . nI.t'J vt . - , . . . . , wiy "t i uiuwiu wen. tnrouitn government refuspd to treat with them, becasue their credentials did not give them plenary powers. Tho Chinese Destroyed their Forts. IjOxdon, Feb. 10. The Times the senate this morning by a vota of 20 to 4, and six absent and not voting. , . A Forty-flve Yean Senteaes. Fnnr SwiTir. Arlr.. Fah, 12 Rtir has a dispatch from Wei-Hai-Wei, Cook, the outlaw, watr aentenced. , February 9. via Port Arthur, say- todav in the Vniied Stat5B CTart to . ing the Chinese demolished the 45 year8 jn the penitentarr at 4K west-shore torts before retiring hanv NY from Wei-Hai-Wei. Some of the Th. neadiock sun co.u.a Chinese warships tried to land SaleM Or.j Feb. 12. The result tneir crews in order that the men of tha ioint ballot todav for TJmW might escape the Japanese, but the States Senator was as follows; Chinese back On TVdr,h 5- TTawi Ifl- WaaiKrfrnT , I I 1 - ; Lowell, 10; Absent 5. latter drove the board their vessels. Jananese r troops ars in good health and under strict discipline. First Contract of lta Kind. Tacoma, Wash., Feh. 10. Gen eral Harris and Charles W. Clark, of Helena, Mont., today closed a contract for the shipment of a large amount of gold ore from a Montana mine, owned by them, to the Tacoma smelter. The con tract contains a provision that, if gold goes to a premium, the smel ter's settlements with them shall be made on that basis. It is said to bo the first contract of the kind so made. Cold Weather in Europe. London, Feb. 10. Dispatches from several parts of the conti nent say that weather of great severity prevails. Toe Seine from beyond Paris to its source is frozen over, in some parts ot Kenish Prussia and Thurina the mercury went to 22 below zero. Eight more deaths from the cojd are reported from various parts of Germany. The cold continues unabated in England. Several rivers are frozen over, including the upper reaches of the Thames, where vehicles and pedestrir.ns are crossing on the ice. Gold far our Bond. London, Feb. 12. The Majestic, which sails from Liverpool to morrow, will take $1,290,000 irj gold for the United States. Satur day $3,710,000 in gold will be shipped from here. Ueld Without Boad. Vajjcouveb, Wash., Feb. 12. Lyranis Anderson, accused of the murder of J. A. Bull, ' ot Skamania county, wag brought here today by Sheriff Jeff Mix, of Skamania. The preliminary ex amination of Anderson was heldr at the Cascades yesterday. 22a was held without bonds to the Sktru auia court which will meet the second Monday in March. Malnaed for LI. Walla Walla, Feb. 12. This aftern.-xm, at Frescott, 20 raues from here, C. Scroll, a mill wright, known all over Eastern Washing- . . .a. a a t ton, lost his ng&t nana wnue working in Isaac's mill at this place. His hand was caught in a, pair of corrugated rollers, whj& were making 200 revolutions a minute, and was crushed terribly. Dr. Price's Craam Bkir Psmwfia. Avar. Cl tUHmm Fit. m fmm awv