The Athena press. (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, November 03, 1893, Image 2

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Newspaper Page TextTTV- .. . v. . ' i 1 1 i" . i i.JU.1. NTA -PRESS Published Eivery Friday Morning I!v J. WSMITH.-'Propmetok. J. 'W. SMITH AND F. BBOYD, : : ; IDITORS. F.ntered at At limn postoflkf as Be6d-clas mail iDflKar. ' ' ' Subscription Hates: Per year, In advance, - - . - 91.60 Hiliitfle copies, In wrappers, 5c. " :' '.' Advertising Rates: ., Local reading notices, flrstilnnortion, JOc per I oe. EftcU subsequent inwrtidn, 5c. fl All communication! should be addressed to the PRESS, Atheno, Oregon. ; ,: ,( ATHENA, OCTOBER 27, 1893. The agony is over. The great war of words in the senate is at an end, and silver, as far as free, coin age is concerned, has received its death knell. Now that the bill has passed in the senateno doubt business will at once be resurrected from its present financial wreck, and those who have , then money horded up will now be induced to replace it in the channels of trade, and things generally will take on a much brighter hue. The vote on the passage of the bill as amended (that is, of the Voorhees substitute) was ayes 43, noes 32. The bill was referred to the house and at 2:50 Wednesday afternoon, the house by a vote of 191 to 94 concurred in the senate amendments, and the repeal bill was sent to 'the president for his signature. The full text of the repeal bill as reported to the sen ate from the financial committee is: . ,' . "That bo much of the act approv ed July 14, 1890, entitled 'An act directing the purchase of silver bul lion and the insue of treasury notes and for other purposes,' ' as directs the secretary of the treasury to pur chase from time to time silver bul lion to the aggregate amount of 4,600,000 ounces, or bo much there of as may be offered in each month at the markot price therefor, not exceeding $1 for 371.25 grains pure silver, and to issuo in payiient for such purchases treasury otes of the 'United States, be and the same is hereby repealed. . And it is here by declared to bo the policy of the United States to continue the uso of both gold and silver as standard money, and to coin both 'gold and silver into money of equal intrinsic and exchangeable" value, stjch equal ity to bo secured trough interna tional agreement or by - such safe guards of legislation as will insure the maintenance of a parity in the value of coins of the two metals and the equal power of every dol lar at all times in the markets and in the payment of debts. And it is hereby further declared that the efforts of the government should be steadily directed to the establish ment of Buch a safe system of bi metalism as will maintain at all times the equal powor of every dol lar coined or issued by the United States in the markets ' and in ; the payment of debts." '. . , ' Tus Albany Democrat prints the following sensible paragraph oditor ially: "If the reform papers of this state would uso more argument and less billingsgate, they would gain more strength for the party, whose principles they advocate, A good many of those papers ap pear to vie with each other in the effort to bitterly . denounce pluto crats, -and wo read in . one paper that the editor pro poses ' fighting 'this thing until hell freezes over and then fighting it out on the ice,' There is no argument in all this and tho eil'ect produced is opposite to that intend ed. There are other? who advocate reform by hinting at dynamite, wading through blood to horses' bridles and other things equally foolish. Thoir great rage is direct ed at millionaires, unmindful of the fact that nine men out of ten would do' most any thing to he roine a millionaire. All such vio lent denunciations and threats are lost on men of sense, although they may please ' the rabble which, like a band of sheep, unthinkingly fol lows a leader." .,..; Many persons who "voted against Cleveland a year . ago now pee that his election was a blessing in disguise. No other president could have done the conntry . the good he ; has done , it. No other "democrat could have united his in telligence to know the right ; thing and his courage to force it upon a reluctant party. Tliere are demo crat' like - Bayard and Carlisle, who are intellectually his superiors, but none of them has -.his rare power . to - -command. - Since the death of fjamuel J. Randall, there has been no democratic leaden un iting in one intelligence those en dowments of force and wisdom which have enabled Cleveland to hold the country back from the .verge of a financial abyss. Baker City has an ordinance against variety theaters. Recently a Portland gang has been trying to start a place of that kind there and the Epigram should be com mended by the citizens of that place for its efforts in trying' to down the proposition. A variety theatre in a town like Baker City is a nuisance and a veritable hell to good society. .La. Grande is stricken with a siege of incendiaryism. Last week two attempts were made to destroy property, In one instance an effort was made, to burn the dis trict which the Chinese inhabit, and in another, oil had been used to distroy an ice house. The officers over there should appre hend the fiends and a rope and the limb of a tree should be brought into instant use. - It is estimated that it would re quire from $6,000,000 to $10,000, 000 to deport all the Chinese that have not registered. It would be a good proposition at that price. However, their presence in Umatil la county is not so great a detriment as they are to other sections of the Btate. Now that the Sherman law has been repealed, in all probability wheat will take a boom on itself. THIS AND THAT. 3M,BS51134 148,824,1(12 aa.m.m 64.10U.415 An unofficial statement prepared in the treasury department gives the silver and silver obligations of the government, not in the treasury and redeemable at will, October 1, as follows: Pnper, nil ver ertifleatcH TrenHury notes - - Hllver dollar In circulation Subsidiary silver coin Ihis' substantially is the silver outstanding. Should the repeal bill become a law during the next 10 days the only change will occur In the amount of treasury notes, f hich will be increased by the October purchase of silver not more than f 2,000,000. Tho governor has in effect sus pended the laws providing for the jute mill and the Eastern Oregon insane asylum acts winch re sembles interference with a co ordinate function of government and remind one of the gubernator ial fulminations in connection with the Geary law. m m m The report of the superintendent of the railway mail service for the past four years shows that the per centage of killed and injured in railway accidents is pretty high among postal clerks. There were 32 killed and 553 injured. The ex posed position of tho postal cars in the forward part, of the train, is chiefly responsible for these re sults, for in the event of a smash up the postal car is apt to suffer the greatest Bhock, It is hardly practicable to place the postal car in-a less exposed position on most railway trains, but the safety of the mails as well as of the postal clerks demands that all feasible precautions should bo taken. Tho postal cars are now built, under the requirements of the postal de partment, in the most substantial manner possible The superinten dent of the service advocates the use of the vestibule pattern, which would diminish the danger from collision by distributing and equal izing the pressure received trom the shock! Perhaps the adoption of steel employed in some tubular form of construction would lessen the danger of accident. mm In a compilation appears tho amount of per capita mortgago in 22 etates in tho Union. The table shows that in New York a division of.tho entiro mortgago debt of. the state by the number of inhabitants given each man's share $268, while in Oregon it is but .$73. Arkansas has tho best showing, the amount being but $13. Grand juries are at best of but little avail and when one or two men, who have no regard for their obligations as citizens, and their oaths as officials, unite with a cor rupt and comtptable prosecuting attorney to defoat the ends of jus tice, tho people suffer seriously. Such corrupt prosecuting attorneys and men of no moral stamina in tentionally and unintentionally deal out justice, not with regard to the merits of the case, but accord ing to social, financial and politic al standing of tlu culprit. If charges are preferred before a grand jury and it refuses to investigate at all, although it knows to a raor certainty that a crime has been committed, the members of that jury who refuse to investigate be- como perjurers and should become social outcasts, ignored by all hon est men. The worst feature of this is, however, the miserable puppet of a prosecuting attorney, who for financial and political considera tions forces a bill against the thief who has no friends and breaks the road for the rich and the political tools who helped 'to elect him. Salem Independent. ( mm At the Irrigation Congress at Los Angeles last Meek resolutions were adopted declaring that waters in natural channels and beds are public property, and that when necessary vested rights therein may be condemned public uses , under the law of eminent domain. An other section was adopted advising every state in the arid domain to enact laws for the supervision and development of irrigation. Reso lutions were also adopted asking for advancement on the supreme court calender of the case testing the constitutionality of the Wright irrigation law; appointing Emery, of Kansas, national lecturer on ir rigation; urging state and govern ment to provide remuneration for irrigation commissions. ' The mau who never finds time to read, says an exchange, wiil al ways be the tool of and beneath the" one who 4oes- . The habit of reading begets and strengthens the habit of thinkihg. Thinking men control the world, whether they think for evil or good. The man who never finds time to read is and always will be a miserable being, is and always will be oppressed. Plunged into the River. One of the most horrifying acci dents in the history of Portland oc curred there about 7 o'clock Wed nesday morning. The.electric car from Oregon City plitiged off the Madison street bridge into the Willamette river, drowning five men. Two of the bodies have ali already been recovered, but are not yet identified. The, car contained about fifteen passengers, but ten of them escaped by jumping just as the car left the bridge. A heavy fog prevailed at the time of the ac cident and the draw of the bridge was open for a passing steamboat. James Steel, president of the rail way company, has been placed un der arrest. . Four bodies have already been recovered and taken to the morgue. They are: Charles Breckman, of Sell wood; a booKkeeper; leaves a wife. Alexander Campbell, of Milwau kie; saloon keeper; leaves a wife and child. John P. AnderBon, of Milwaukie; cabinet maker; leaves a wife and five children. Joseph Stadtler, of Oak Grove; leaves a wife. " ': . Two men, named Bennock and Scott, are missing. Several of the passengers received slight injuries in jumping from the car. Heppner Gazette: The price of flour at the Heppner mills is only 65c per sack, or $2.50 a barred, cash. This flour is guaranteed equal to the best, and there is no reason why the flour trade should not come this way. The creditors of R. L. Snyder asked him to make an assignment. The claims againat Mr. Snyder are proven to be $82,00C, while an in ventory of all the assets shows about $60,000. , When you feel uncomfortable about the stomach, take Simmons Liver Regulator. Do not ruin the stomach with chemicals. Simmons Liver Regu lator is purely vegetable and effect ive, i , . Mam on Mount lllanc. An Interesting- event in -the history of mountain climbing and in the rec ord of Christianity as well was tho re cent celebration of mass on the summit of Mount Blanc. This unique religious venture was undertaken by Rev. Jean Itonin, the parish priest of St. Didier, who, with three companions, two of them priests, and with three guides, left Courmayeur in Piedmont, and ascended the historic mountain, bear ing with them an altar consecrated by the archbishop ofrurin for the pur pose. They starred ono Wednesday evening, but were overtaken by bad weather and compelled to pass the night at the last shelter. The follow ing day they reached the summit, cele brated mass, and returned to Cour mayeur by 7:30 o'clock the same evening. :' , I lid Holland Fortlllcatlont. With very few exceptions the old cities of Belgium and Ilolland have leveled the walls which have played such grand parts in the national his tories, and they . are converted into promenades after tho manner of Chester and York. The walls of Ant werp and M alines have been replaced by boulevards. The old bastions of Amsterdam still remain, .but the citizens of Arnheim and Utrecht and Hoorn and Zwolle and Haarlem and Leyden disport themselves on fine evenings upon the line of fortifications famous in the most stirrtng pages of what is perhaps the most stirring of European histories. ' NOTICE FORPUBLICATION. ; Lttnd Office tln Grande, Oregon, October 10, lsi. Notice t hereby (riven that tho fblloHitr- n.vixM settler hits tiled notice of Ills Intent Urn to make Hnnl proof in eupimrt of his claim, unci that Raid proof will bo made before the (lount.v Judfre of Umatilla county, at lVnd.'e tou. Ore, ou Nov. let, ISM, vU Nkil McDonald, lid 0IO4, fbr the E 4 ec .11, tp 4 N It Si K W M, He name the following witnesses to prove hl continuous residence npon and cul tivation of, naid land, vii, William Ander Ron,Jme o. Hales, John C. Price and Alex ander McDonald, nil ut Adams. Oregon. country - - .' . ' - T - , -! I REG to'anabunee'to the people of Athena and mrrounding coun try that I etui carrv a full stock of Drugs and C tfiemicals, Paten . r " - i m .f j 1 1 T.r.,mnv.r 11a CI fills Ti.: Medicines, Jewelry, Toilet articles and Perfumery Ola fig, Oils and Pain. Also a ChbicQ Line of JFrcsli k Liquors ; 'and purd Wines for Medical purposes, oudy. THE PIONEER v DRlfG STORE. P. 31. KIRKlAneI, PROPKhrrOR, . . - Athena, Oregon. FIRST MTIONSLli W-lii Main Street MfflV' c OFITHEHS; CAPITAL STOCK, SURPLUS, $ 50000 $21,000 Pnyg interest on time deposits. Proper attention given to collections. DeaU ' In foreign and domes t lb excrmuga. L. D. Lively. Cashier, Athena, Oregon, FRANK BEAL, proprietor. iFRESH' MEAT ALWAYS (hi HARiK solicit the patronage of the pnblic and in return will give 'you" the best of fresh eats at the lowest price, ' . ' . FRANK BEAL. ARE Going to buy any ,ip Q( Household Furniture? J" qJJ . Call on us andg et our Prices'before going elsewhere Be assured it pays to call on us aas Do not be influenced by what our opponents may say to eep yo u from coming to see our goods. Come and see for yourselves. We car ry a full and complete stock of Furniture, wa.ll paper and underta ing goods. GILLIS BROS. V 50c For Wheat. The proprietor of the Ath ena PRESS will give - Fifty Cents per bushel for No. 1 Wheat on Subscription ac'ts. IF YOU WISH TO borrow money on real estate, Sell or buy farm or city property; have your life in sured; have your property insured against fire in the best'eompanies in the world; invest money at' good interest and have it well secured; have Deeds, Mortgages, Contracts, Leases, etc., drawn correctly, call on W. T. GILMAN, Athena, Ore. ,He represents the following first-class XXX fire insurance companies: Phoenix, Home, Royal, Ger man, Caledonian and JNQrth west, lie writes his own XXX policies and guarantees correctness i and at the lowest rates at which responsible com panies will take risks. He has the agency for the , . Equitable Life Insurance Co., the best of any Jiii - ' .' I'M I, - 1 tA - ri i " DEALERS IN . SHELF and HEAVY HARD FARM IMPLEMENTS, TIIRESHERS, 2toMOWERS, RAKES, IURROWS, GANG PLOWS, MACHINE REP. Main Street, 1 A : WARE ; Athena, Oreg .:'. ' . - . :: ,. . the f LEADING FURNITURE DEALER Wants Som'e Cash !i :. , t t Jnv iu uiliu, ne will lor the. next t0 days, sen FURI TURE at the bottom notch. Bed Room Sets , . ..... V Extention Tables I Rocking Chairs W:' ' - Sofas Bed-Lountf as ' Parlor Suits; . .j , i Springs Matirelses AT .: YOUR .: OWN .: PRICE :. FOR :. CASH., all Paper from 15 cents (double roll) to65 cents. Bob-dei 4-rx mnU nil mamam -Trv -ff 4. M Jl 7 .1 ' :;,. vv- . r-ci UJN MA1JN . STKKJST, ; ' .--WJT' SNA, OBJ5. , 1 t . i , t & t 1 I Corner of ISti ;; Main: and 3rd; Sts.,-A 1 Is now in its NEW BUILDING, Where we will be pleased to meet all of our old customers a! as many new ones as we can accommodate, and we can acconim date a great many by giving them . si A 1ft Par fjant To all Cash - - " 20f $1.00 and. - - - Purchases 1 DISCOUNT 1 I Upwards. We have the largest stock of Dress GbHsi U IN THE CITY. J have the freshest Groceries! have the largest stock . of shoes'1 inM EASTERN OREGON. W DON T FORGET! The fact that we give you i a;10 per cent rebate for every cash purchase ofi One Dollar and upward. . i BERGEVIN BROTHERS, uVTHENA, OREGON. V A V I. i- i y . 4 i i ,1 u. c. w iirot, uegim cr. 4S w .