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About Broad-axe. (Eugene, Lane County, Or.) 189?-19?? | View Entire Issue (Feb. 15, 1899)
w Sis X ""viDbiB RO ID- 4 easoe v . " mm tr aorta t-At-KH, rsorura THE BROAD-AXE, 3 THS CHDAO-AXE, 3 v4 . . ' JS Kw to'tiie mku, r tuk cAxth kau. viu:i.k thky .may.1 fcUGENE, .LANIS COUNTV, O HE. WEDNESDAY, ffcBTOUfct 15, 1899. NO. 40. f P00000.0 i ft ' VOL. Ill J r i . j ii - - 4 -Pii-sion -Koform. An KCoitvfc,l'1or.turM r.t P.ccilV, Ope'in Jlot'so- Letter cf'ltuv. Waiter. ' Capitol toiiTiitil: "J no F UHioU 'tit ex-coiiykt, entertained nn an lioncr of shout tw.i liun'ir -I M Meed's opera hemee-litst"' night with a slyry of -the ahuus practieM in 'the .Oregon state prison. The speaker announced that he ln do 'frayed ih'u entire expanse ef hiring the 0D0(a ribYtsewnd advertising ine 'meeting otlt 6f hi earnings at 110 -month' ton W farm east of fW'tn. At the C-nclusIon ofliis leetdio ho 'ufTgwl arty on char.ce t dis .puts my of his .hiteniPnts hut "no 'one dterid H Jlrrttest or denial. JIo expressed regret 'Hint 'there A HrKfrfrtifloB f.MW. i mutter, h ri ' Yr.rt tier if gTieral . . iiiert to ft lur;; Hetlloinont ! Orejiw'iiaii: "('ilheiift wroc .!tim f tl o county tli; w n opinions carry tho weight ol n;o.t vital principle invelvll, then what is tha ir.tt r7 Who are the -fr-M Of lli-iiihtuliifi4- uro, III. out ex caption, in favor Yf-w-t-mipiU'iit niul carefully dcvl: ed registration law! Tbi IxtiiiK true, it infi. irt i r'iiiinia . tlml tint pnmnt legis uture will enact ii;h a li. 1 11 -ti'lligrut 'reirMt'iilativc inoY) r not liki-ly to ignore tlio Uinly riri'nti wiilliva of , thfir cuit MttliMiiry iu a in4tlr -vitxl to hinit lfCtiiiK l ti I gV)U covitii- miit. The Harmon tiki Uill l.ilU ' ''uBtd mik! IteRiHtt-r live not l--n lutvo the merit of rtful c'u- "liuMird." Oh we foiK"t. U'hnt tructiott, ftnil -wilt, no douM,lcn rrtel of ruouoly rtriive the coiihi.l.ratlon due an orjjui? NoLlnng. , An tefamouB Bill. The "Nil "tint h4 '.'Wt ln rt KrU(l to Cl:gri y jhs 'Hou:--coinac'v C'JiBlrfitti.' le n mo-t in fmnotie iri'.mtiie. ' Ti c l.ruz'-n or jMt'larl'y f itn nii'.!ior, is tiio-t Ami ' wtouiiuiue and r.owH .t. ...ctf.-r '.'ff.'i:lirr,y 'I it !.; county :o'jrt, or tl.i; ISo jIIi Kc):-y '.uiiwi, t n'li llift it f.r'nmTK ffiir?. if.owl y? We h;ivo liwird of crr.teoirt for 'the li tcll-nr-c of hiibKiiliVd jreiw, but tmly'-curjtbo" volcn of tl:e 'mtr'.iy. A wiil:fiiorBriw hvo not 'Lifii j fropr title for thf ,:!! wonl-l 1 iolM,lii:.. We hve ,rd tl.ali"AMll lo .r(vo toN);-. v..rltj that, there w nui:h thing -in th'. wjil.j'the 'Atnerican t;eir.j.!: arc h. I.n.t iivn.fv. ul urlv the!':"iivictel loole. -vrf.n herein bu tt: 'in y impit'tHiit projiixiii ion fpn hoin-xt, r-rri'iituti ve men. -Thin it to IImom tionk, J'he Mihiwk river hns for the i;iit fiftevn y'ur been t'.nfl.K line, or 13.22 'grains f !re C 'II, lihg tno cn-tnth f rt cf tho f-e-Jtion f j,rov!d? I That r.J! ollittif.n cf 'te L'nHed fe'taUe for the pni.enl of h'J tllte.-cd it; to t!:nll; Util'tt othei mnv Kif.ttiit.ly ' tliiliited, be deenv-d end hulj to be pe.jahlo in (?o!d ccin of the L'ni'ed S'.Kte. n .lefin-d in the ctmidard nfomiii. Tii'j fourth tcetion providi for the re'Jerr tk-n of stiver dollani in fluid, thug corjijiletlng; the H-truc-ti in of filvtr en rnoi.ey me.ftl. The bill gow further and euthor- r 'the creation of a division of Tlie rgonlan fo Oel'.ing Do wn cn The i.rje ad Sccrta a fbitft , ir. tte IntreH cf lie People. growth of a tritetn of virtaal ceffddta? , -Whut ! lha remedy? tnpH fnoTdinte growth of . the? u pertditarM in every direction, and, do every&lnfe p'ostiHi 'to "redtti thera to reasonable 'UmiU and to hold "them down. It ia the leatk frlt.fllAV -Vile . r.ii-A leuderx of the country In jilur.der them of thfclr prfcpeflj 4,nd ij)rive thuir chilun-n or their bn TTingbt.' ithe Trcturv Department to Vv. If th proposed nx-aMiru I ad rfell0wn a ti e ririsich of ici'U and l-en the lw of the lan'l in IH3 f redemption a:.d eo arrnnees rn tt- Wc iffc a careful teadlng 'tf the f.Ijoring arUcle UVen from theVfpr rtAitf rfty nii eOuntrr, Vor school dhrtrkt and read diatrUt and for every divittion and ub. d!vi'.on of public aditlnhlratieid. That la tho we? to. aftp tho laeuo Orcgtriiun. Eo!ko Wfcolawrne ad ytco in offered to the voter that should Le heeded. Ye ars ptl o ii'ituerttiai a 'journal ai tle OregotilAb has thrown its weight 4n the iwe on the side of ecotoirry 'mgwiieapiul on Jhe Inquiry ia . prodacuf .av tliut one of th.-in will prohahlv tJiwd an a iiavinl lo n iin for ' nothii-ff co'lld hve proventwl the teri that the burden . , . . I ... ... ! . .1 ...J .i . . ! m fiiiitU'd into it luw, mid Uio were uiniiy rnei'.ere no initent that ' Pinn ct on gon in ivon h khIo 'they CoUld not be d?..UPirt V-ilh jjuard of honest '1h lions ho Joirg Sprupritty before a ublie atvlienre aithhcld ip the irrWePt if place He contt!ret! the oi'ly re lei:iiiing hutitingiptiiilioin.ip.", feature of the prleoh uisnafement Wo'ft.vor a iw',,itration lew l.y to be tile "uiedt.-al 'dopsf'.n eitt I K- all riieatv. -Hitt, ttch a law v ill der 'tor Philhrm'k. i!o rharf:es, hAe that olxervatioii of the Sahlth fin olor'ta rm at the prtfflii Is a iV.erc formal hy-f th ('..n!itution porrysv. He fl.arifep that tLeNiualiilitalioMi tf the voter. 'Itni'.l toiiiiiicri'iul purp!4f"aiid has i country tniiili! audi by the citizens of 'throe of tithing of .'the prlBoncre i ron 'ducted in an indecent inntu-r. 'fir 'cited litntaiKn' where convict 'were fiofnd foVcori:p1inini; ' that ! b rert cttlM-rvrt thrt the Kuprume j frnnrliiiM) tu LuitiK'r Co (); he J'ooth h;v olrd Court line dtx-rnred in lheactf White vi countyroiniijifici.ei i riiry jlh.it u'Tli'.rtu rpfjririnf 'previotn the bean wro":iour and that the JrRUtration, an a condition of x teuard. eimlM' . Much incllt'idii nn ' eroirinc the richt to Vote, in I'llut hanging a enrfvict wp'hy the artn:ftT-wrih-s & cinwtir'cwtitTi "uilili rt r" '".rm-'srreirm r.p-n to enfore'dipcitiline. A mntro- to thopo ctH'oi.'ivti hv the' ronptitu-. the Terif over taking a liptidn-t froiu a lion, and in llifn-fure.voiil. 'craty Indian who was K"'K to a' '' 11 c.ir-ful nair inution 8ao4t.nftlMtr convict. Tho etiard art i;f tho provinioTn of the i.a! tiit'it !.. n.w. n.uit ! ..nr ii( ns'i wlii.-li tin. r..nr 'iv-itl-i-r (!( t or the of maintain- leirifF cnr.uU-d in the'inir a pold reserve for there- revuii.:ion in thvt year, 'detnption cf tat:k.ncte"7the.ll be Mihak;up.d btcpiiee under its provision the. thrown' upon' the United ?Sitcp Wii'rtv.AP, The county court of rhuhine of the countrj- would have j rri-aury. It furth-jr provides for l ane coui.ty ha leut-l paMjheeii brought to a Ktandptill, -the ! the continues etle of horde by .Ireum for ninety ' years to the ' "orfrs cf 'the jccuil'.ry turret! ' the cvernment to procure goUiU: ILpith-Kflhy LlnbtT '.', coi-.trrry I mlo tl.o etreet to starve, anU carry cut the provisions of the . Jarr.es anU his band cf urdcrs and train . robbers never Hmm-VUv- That w, the f iti nr '1 h cr.mo cf-y. i; wrs coir.mitt(i ; beh-ved that tho people liked to .f Mohawk Vull-y in man niet-tini; in ti.e iarK.r I r.a people tia'i no te mnrdt-red or robbed; therefore ar'yfilh-r on thcr.tday-T-l"tcfcqW!,rt' thatun e-snult wh to-le- th-rr adopted - meanr-to-TOTEfel l''f co'vl-f ii the artion ol ujKin tlicui, an t tho con-;iheir victims to deliver up their paid rouiitv t-wurt U. jr.-uUi5 taiJ!--'trivrs coit'Juci.-ii tr-err. , wora j mtr.ey.l Ley io realize, that k;)lcvith jfrent oi.r.i.ing and secrecy ; there wa noxw: danger connected verj-'nrflfully fian.ed i to th laws paMtd in lS'JU relative idehtir would hate been forced to bill, rwat oMiHirlitiK with! to fratiehiirt of . unnavigablej "acrifice thir pocspi.nu to meet Jw Jtion whieh define the 'plrenn-K ther-fore ho ' the dt'inai.ds of creditors murder . . ... I . t . . . .I..;.: ! rrl...nf.rMA rTlk'tt tri.ii infrmilUrl 'li.liii.. and ha taken dlarui art the Con dition of things Sentiments such a art: held bv the $rgonian d'.ter ed hy-srpopuUtt would be denoun ced as an emphatic " calamity liowh- - Orcgonian : "The article 're printed from The Dalles Times Mountaineer cn the rush fbr in terest beafiirir b-rids Or warrants, and on the disinclination of capit allot it inveH in prouc.ive in dufitrv ia in acccrd with whit 'the -.for 'iarejtmetH" Industry. . . Tats the wta Tax tl. The tote'in xhe house Iaai vsjaJk on tho morfgaga tm bill ftood a. followa: Ayes 'Blackaby, 'Bra'ttain.'B-h, OurrimingS, ' Curtis, Donnelly, FJagg. Fordney, Freehand, Greet, Gray, 'flaws on, Jones, Hnigb), Krcne, Ltrcson, lewis," Harsh, Oreonian cften Raid and ureedJ 5Ias?:ngill, Mai well, HcAlistef, C:j.t;!iy i iiui' n.4 cf Mohan k Vaiii y. id '.pel detection. The in- with their enterDrise. that of hold- fitinou aet of KeWruary 12 f that-ing up .eot!e and eorop! ling them year - contain eiteen pag - df j'to- Sfrpre. - rt 'the piratical It i. ea to see why the ' ca pit r list want) thew cinch investments; KMt why should the people and the leiplfare p!ay into bis hand? Why the continual demand for ex travagance in public expenditure which bondbuyers encocrage in order that theyciay get invest ments that are pluced beyond risk? if the . Ureijot.ian coma utter a thunder-word on "the' euh'ject so as to rtfch '(he public ear it would be Hi-ii viv That f.iid franchise inn'tor,' roletin- to everything in ; band that is demmding the passage ia t0 j0 ,0 of the ! will he eoniep'.rd by tlie citu ;is of ! co-.iii.-ction with the operations ofof this bill not only proposr to j -vi'' nat 'the Ip.;'-. ! Mohawk and furthrrmort! wc t. ill ' a mint, for the ptirjw'so cf e'ndiiHj rlrrder and drive more people to ,... nj "e.T rht of tln attention of Conpres? an 1 the, deatl) through etarvatioh rnd sui wanted t ffiake -lat.-mwit peopie legislature consider? consider?. wsnlen hYid all three thcu''d to liow an firLvtive Kia'i.tr.i'.iou l.nv makeaure of ptinitihing the rifci:v frHmd that . will he one. f)no man IopI hia ream !M1:l:iiUei lY t)lC h'iprcTiO c mri. i f line ' e..nn:rv irTi a single un whi ein r.ide each' vcar than all the train i ...t. l.l.. h.-K .Kn Tim .I l.ir.'d v.ii.it i 1 1 lli.uilt-L. it .r i. i .. ',;.t ii-..r ' th- rtai3irn nlver U.lUr wss robliera I . . .1 . ! .1 . ...... unvrii. T:.at .aid county : oimuea iroin me ut i couip .cewturr. i.ut tev expect tnai me i frourt hail im rifcl.t or jori-di' ti n.; Ai.d ler-l in perusing fr:h tn j j eop'o Who are te be plundered 'trtlv bver thridrm irni.tuM i. ...I 1., .1...' 'to i-rant saf! l.-anntiM f hi-k-i , umir.' bhu - en9'j.r. -mu ana murRcrea wm ui.nuy tne wnra mrl.tK. fie n1'!inn- v.-rv timid i... .1 . i- . ... ..: , .. ':ron IVip.rt.) w - 1 -. t iri.iidmi J - i . . w.. k iJ 11'. A3 Meeting an omcrr one rlav cou.iitt; , ,(;0i, uv that will hd 1 Hhrough a dir he mr'ud bark imfl K.Hd If peil l. aril if th- chu Hhrew up hia hands. . tie wan tu-d f ur Convi!t".iion attain t.t.ind in (The worst of this abuse lies 'ir the McCourt, McQueen, KioboU, Palmer, Platts, Sherwiri, Stcwarf, Stillman, Stump, Thotapaoa Clackamas, Topping, Virtu, "Wkli. ner, Wilson, Wonacott, Yoan, and Mr Speaker; 39, 32 Repub licans, 17 Union, , . CWKva: JV'Tl't-J TV. Ya-t-:.L. Ciia'.rinan. up in the chap.1 and fcivrh injUe a ay. hy lt us am.nd the j lashe- and an OrrK.t Ihv. . pot .-riFtittinn.-ia.thtthFi.tfrf j 'onhirnandl k wh-i etit t; the c. M Huir.:i ph il! ne loupe- b- Ptulli- and In a short time he eif:e! te b. ' f:,. fe,,,' l)Nrt ridd.-n l.y the . ..... i 'dying. Jle was rarrnsi to the , .rh;Ilnl;,,H t,f C),rruj,t otpv,. bathroom, his shirt soaked otr hi hunters .. a i, i, i " r 1 M,k 1 VII U niMI vi'n'M, . - flnah. Ho horrible was tho pi.ht ! About tin Mot lffaco In Hhat one of the hardened convicts Serin Notes. We nt;ef "l.tt Uiitle Sam in I st i m?:nh:?r n.:ht accid.-nlally 'aud give the criirinaU immunity ' j,n-Vvf,1heKiT7?;W 6fJt!5c-?l"Trr!.a' ke!.r.ce"ty 'legalizing - their i.'.lar fr jm the list of coins', a i operaticps through a federal stat I rovi-i.iii wa li.ttrtcd providing; uto f..r u stiver u.Ur, a "tradrt dulNr' J To this class, of whom Secretary i that th'. -ttont'on cf the render jG;ig? is the type, representative in of the bill, oiilcv susK.-cfir.g foul the ndminiatratiou and epokeeman Law fainted. The man was declared in sane, sent to the inane asylum it" Srhere in a few days hediixl. "The editor ol tho Journal doc not believe the utibtipponed v.tate rnsnt of an ex-convict hhould be tweivedjiythe public as evidence' in every detail iirilppw corroborated 'by coUttcTal testimony." " Every now and then Vepoffji 61 a -irailar character to the above gain currency of treotrrent of inmates of tome of the statu inPtitutions at Ulem. For a whilo they Hre rp in a blaze of rnomentar 'excite ment nd indignation among the jieople until the thing is snuff. d out by thuhe officials who are re sponsible and no. more is heard of ' it Rome three Veats Or more ago, vlmllar reporta to that detailed of Bogging the man who was sent to be asylum and died from the ef fect Off the lash, came out charging kb Hendricka, superintendent of the reforsa school with aHowing ' -owe or msr of the Htm hoy a of that Institution beaten with tfce ..iah ontil their ahirU adhered to their WVs fc6 that taihiiig 1n Varm water was necessary before the clothing old be remOVed. Theae fad ere 'establikhed fey n doobtod teeVi-onyv and yet no thing wa done about it luatead l Uandrwla being removed or dishonored in any wwy in the timaCM el those who put hint In th praoe. he nil hewn promoted we . believe and now hold, a responsi ble federal appolrAinent simply as reward tdt services . rendered In j-liebalfot men who through cor Vnpt meaVrs got In 4 positiou whore they oonlii requite htm for his . rJtrvicei . T.'e ohicrVc that 'inc'Hfcopf'osetl the re-iiiPtatement of mortc;ice tax law tiepn es ..l.i.t I.... ll.-it ll... 1 ..n .rt'M I .i f-- 1,1. .1 ,l..l ... .... ....... . will not 'fall cn the holder of tin- mortgage but-ipon "the borrot er. who t. ill cotnpelled to pay the tax in nddition t the interest, n-1 . . ; .1... at I . . llliiv ip, inm tho-ity iuhiu i . may exact uwuery in oetianre ft ! . law to coyer-any burden of tax-' ation which the mortgage tax law may involve. It thia be correct, if the moniy hmner may withou" icoliaint take advantage 61 the nevpppitics of the hrtrroVer if he may demand his pound flesh, and there can be no law to restrain hifrr, "Why then wo "have not iM a great way from the days when men were imprisoned for debt, croptwd and branded for rietty larceny, whipped i at the whipping post for sWesring on Sunday and burnt at the stake for witchcraft. and Mohawk Baits Meeting. InrttrA Themselves. Seven hobos held high carnival few nights ago In the oity jail at Albany. Finding the rlcw tin- .- looked thwjr Went in and built a tirt And warmed theaiselvfe aud ' eWrhhkbttnk. The iollon-irrg resolutions were passed Feb. 3 by a mass meeting of the citizens of Mohawk valley ex prcssVve of their feelings and par poses reetarding the rcoent action of the connly couVt in leasing tho Mohawk river to the Booth-Kelley Mill Company. ' Mr C V Kvans, who acted as fcccretarr of tho meeting, informs us that there Were about Th persons bsesent and thai thro sentiment of thosw present was practically linanlmuis in support of the resolutions adopted. Mr Kvans AW-mfiirms the Broad-Axe that the hegipter first refused to publinh the resolution, nJ Vhal Mr Rowland 'eity editor evt tho Guard Informed him when requpried to publish them, thai he Mr Kvans should be very cautious about what he pullishcd. 1 We are at a loss IA explain why tho!B papeTe are rc- rdi-v and rr-t ti iiir supidies f.-or:i Australia for hip am; y at the Philippine:' j.ict now. llw nitidis tli'.s this help 'th Arnericau farmer for his products? Koxi'liur, vire. Feb. 7. An of-ht 'ear old davfjhter of Alva i Hrown was burned t-j eath last one ,;!,, ..nr Ml, 1,11.. i-r".. L- 11. r '1'itliing cauglit -firo at the lire pl i. e Orcgonian: T!ie presid.-nt's ;om inp! i,''iii of K.hmu'p Miile 'cP, and his repoilid de.-ire to humiliate j ominous for the armv I.pps se-rious have madn : I . . . 1UCIII-. ; Sifas Ijiiio, i)!n of the oldest and mot 3?pcctcd citizens of ,I.ane county, died ut his home at Cottage Grow last Tuesday. He was horn in "Granger county, Tennespee SO years ego. y In the spring '"d 1SS2, with Mr Haselton, he started from Mispo'.rri to Oregon with five teams, mHiini; the trio in five mouths. He and tho founders of Cottafi had followed farming for a liv ing, llis wite is very wk and is not expected to live. Tiev havo but one son, Jackson G'L.me, now KViiigat Deer IhIkc, Montana. Lebanon, Feb 7. John Marshall, aged. 05 years, died at his home, large numbers cf the people for eh lareement of every fnctionjf - the goverr.cvrttal system, and for dis covery e f new ways and methods of makiug things free, which , means creatiofi of new burdens for the f boulders el thspsople. The Or??onian 'la rerjentin what it rpsVirt before; but it w ould be-Iad 16 find-power " to u.iimer the protest on the" public ear till heed were given it as its im portance and ra"vity demand. "On one side the demand for in creased Tcblic expenditure is. incessant and insatiate. On the other it ii encouraged by bond-, buyer?, men 6i lare capital, whv seek opportunities to make invest ments that call for no exertion or er.'.'?rr ri?e, and art absolutely with-' who would favor such a mes-1 out risic. S-o long as tr.e people o .. . . ..t when, the votes were ccuf.tci o m xn-.a course oi creai:ng puouc Clippings uHfl CbmmeaU. ; Oregonian: "The federalisla got fcp theJ3artford convention ik 18U did not stop the War with England, but they . wrecked . theyr political reputations for life and damned themselves histdricallf for - an tme. Ecrtator- nonr - an - following will only be named to be bioaed and cursed for many yeara to come." It h hardly fair to compart "Senator Hoar and hia foilowuig" play, in a'tiw way in connection J before this committee. There isn f lieiewitli, might r adily overhnik j such thing as -presuming too much the o:t.irvi-.n. Ifvt iut 5o in thij,Cp0n the ignorance of the people measure that is now hrought nnd their blavithcess to part. fC'rward. Th prcferit bill has the ' 1'he proposed measure could not sanction of Secretary ' a ;e, wiiojhave received twenty votes in the appeared t-ersimaliy Iwfo'e tho j contention that 'nominated J'resi poinngo eoinniittee ,niu defended den,t Mckinley. If dunng' the its proviions lin-. vivn lire. Icampnign he hid made known to 'The passage of this nva.-ure wih the American people that he would constitute a lomr.-r Mei. toward the noi' lint a Secret.irv of t'n Xreas- reaiintion of a g ..Id standard than :Hry .mv lueasnTO i.ro'x i-il since IS:-', uri1 In,., ntttst-n.i;.. ..i,t:. ati:!i of the ' h .ni,t h iHIb h .iWk fo 1 d-lls and issuing bonds, the money syndicates, witnnoiumg their money from productive -enterprises, will wait for these "sure thicg, epponn pities. Augments iion of great fortunes, without risk is thus made easy, and little or nothing is done by capital for pTosotion of lyrcductive industry l government are now payable in cover that he wSs a candidate be I ....! I . :i .1. ..., nf' .w. ..... matters than this ... lurc .... FCUi..-. , - ilhe government, t il t'.e silver i Even vote that can be caun'.ea I doi.ars now in ex.st.n.-o are lawiul j itK3ii. ii either blanch of. Congress, money to pay all debt-', public and for t.n infamous uieas trc can be private, equally with gold, except '-counted upon to vote for the cre w herein . a stccif.C contiaet hab! ation cl a latgo Maf.dinc army. bcen mado to pay gold. The government of the United ..States, under the law ss it now stands, has the option to fay its bonds in! to protect itljfuv in possersion of eiihcT gold or silver coin. Green- J their plunder. Those who favor hacks and treasury n6ee 'of t?.c,lt.s to rcdeee the masses of enr Ilaselton were practically ! Kovernment ttrc redeeTiMe at the; people to starvation in order that iders of Cottare Grove. Hej option of the government in either they may increase their own gain, gold or silver coin.' In fact, the realizo the necessity for soldiers to The men who want laws enacted to ersble them to rob and plunder The expense thus entailed on The the ieoplt', naturally want soldiers Yeticent "on tls Mobtwk frstchlsejhy Craft.. seven miles enst tf this city, Into last nht from the effect of burns received during the partial de stiuction of his house by fire eaVly Sunday morning. Marshall was in i.cnaimn aluraay, ami it is said that he drank considerably, and also tUTchascd a quantity of liquor and took it home w ith him. He wna not seen again thst day. Tito next morning John Craft, a neighbor, called ai his place, and, receiving no response to a knock, opened the door , and Walked in. He found Marshall in bed, with hiH clothing almost entirely burneM fT, his left side burned to a crisp, and his head singed. The floor was in ltanrc. and Craft ex tinguished the fire. Medfcal aid for the injured man was at once summoned, but all efforts to save .his life were futile, and he died withw 38 hours after he was found United States .government, on'.c'r existing law, has Tio gold obliga tions except tha t&standing gold certificates which represent redd held In the treasury for ( their rtccific redemption. The pending ill repeals the 1aT under which all outstanding gov ernment obligations vee created and make ern payable in god niaiatain the peace and compel the starving populace ' to respect the rights of property. None el the ether nations that have rJoeed their mints to silvtr gone so far as is proposed in biH. Should this weastire be- rrmo a law and other nations follow in its wake, the fall in prices hsi thi rst mst enwe dnrimr." the next ooin Only. 1 his includes all gov j twenty years will be far greater crnment bonds a well as greyi-ithan any fall that has heretofore Te-ks and tVetsry notes, lit j taken plaeo, and the concentration provides Tor the retirement andj-sf the wealth of tho world into tho caixjellalien ot all government hands of the lew will to or. at an paper money', and authorizes the banks to issue circulating notes without limit. It fort her provide that nil silver . dollars shall be redeemable in gold. Silver cer tificates will bo permitted to con tinue in circulition for a time, to lie redeemed in ailver dollar. This is a t'cre blind, as the bill it.-elf reduces silver to token money on a level with paper. The first section of tho bill provides s follows: -'; That the standard unit of value shall as now be the dollar, and consist of 25.8 grain of rold, nine- accelearated pace until there re main only two classes, a small class inordinately tich, while the masse of the people are reduced to a dependent tenantry, with all vennes to future progress closed against them'. Silver Khight Watchman. . property of the community, with the excessive, taxation made necessary by continually IfroVng current expenditure, "rapidly dimin ishes the valuo of property for all property is mortgaged to the bond holder, and Is taxed, besides, to support the extravagant current expense. The tendency of h all is to eliminate the smaller proper ties, to reduce the number of persons of moderate means, and to 1 create a small class of very rich and a larce class o! very poor. It is so inevitably. Public expend! ture in excess, wlh sale of bonis, payment of interest and c tress of taxation from which tne bond holder is exempt, since there is no possibility of reaching him, prc- ces this result as surely as any effect follows its cause; aiid it cuts off the inducement and means of employing labor iu productive un dertakings, "Another word. Thejrwho com plain most of the grasping bond holder are. for the most part, the very men who crcaVi hia oportuui- and pbl . F Tou'ehclte, aged 39 years died at Cottage Grove Tuesday morning from cancer of the liver. He moved frorn Wisconsin ten years ago and ha been engaged in the sawmill business. Ho leaves a wife and a ten vear old ron. to those old Hartford convention sympathizers with "England. We are not certain but thatthe minority in th senate who voted egaaoit ratifying the treaty,- repreeente " the majorify of the people of' th United States. The question witk the people ie: What have we gdl as a result of "that war? What have we got for the . $20,000,000 we f r.v Spain lor the Philippines, and for trie lives of our soldiers e . pended in the , war we have had in the Philippines? And what hav'i sc got for all the live and money spent ia Cube! What have We got (o show for it? it looks to us like we have heen out on a Don Quixot ic errand, fighting windmills to de fend the honor of tern. imrinary he.n and been "lambasted for our pains. Surely people who .annot jcin in the prooeseiot. for conquest on the other sidi of tho globe, and lie demand for a large etkfi-fiag , - i. army, an abrupt cepartjrre from the settled policy of the -nation for a hundred years should uot be classed with those Hartford con vention tones'. , k We rise to give it 4s a Cur pri vate opinion .publicly expressed. that the removal of General Miles from the command of the army. - will v-ke Miles the most popular man in America', possibly, except ing Dewey. McKinley", Alger and , Eagan must take back, seat. ftiterian : . "A demos ra tie ex change temarks that the mass of the farmers are opposed to ex. pantlon. This X a huge mistake'. The formers know it will make more and better markets for their products. The increased trad re lations of the United States are of vital interest to the farmers, and in no . other way will they so quickly and surely find favorable markets for the prodacta ot tlieir farms." Oregonian: "Senator Grky Is 1 sound, consistent gedd democrat is friendly to 'expansion, and there are no other serious stations bei fore us in the future. Why not re-elect Senator Gray?" . : ti. . - . l . lira pub viio lvnu over iuvi , i-T-a7i T wholrproplrly-orhniTate7lT-,tThe al-ov remark ol lha Ore cwiutv or district into his hand's, ,'gonlan is eignffleant iM ahowin If is th general Voter who doe. WW Knt are "Wtti this business. Will be nol see broken and that the que-Uon that he is bringir.e; hie ow'n w'flns'-ceand question. grow!-J ed to the' grindstone", patting , f the Uu war will I tba -t:tnr mortgage on the energies ! hU;" tasls ul tutilre Wf posteiitv, end hKir., Indeed, tbejHfc- i . . .... .trs r-,-""Vi. ."e- jr