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ATHENA PRESS Published every rrldy Morning By J. W SMITH,' Proprietor. f. B. BOYD, EDITOR. Entered at Athena postoftlce i mull matter. i second-class Subscription Hates: Pet year, In Advance, . -ftlngle copies, In wrappers, 5c. tl.30 Advertising 'Hates: Local reading notice, first Insertion, 10c iter 1 1 nc. Each subsequent luftertion, 5c. All eoinmunlontlons should be liUdreXHed to he PRESS, Athena, Oregon. ATHENA, MARCH 15, 1895. GERMANY AND BIMETALISM. The decline in the prices of Ain- crican securities- on the Derlin Bourse on the arrival of the. news of the shelving of the freeisilver bill in the United States senate is an evidence of the growth of bime tallic sentiment in Germany, Bays ,'tho Giobe Democrat. Two or three years ago this action on our part would have not produced any such t effect. .It has had no influence of this Bort in England. The tenden- u i t ;y, muuuu, wuuiu fiuve uwii in the opposite direction. A defeat or a postponement of a free silver bill would have appeared to Ger many, as to all others of the great nations, to be an act ' of financial ;6anity. It would lave beon a bull factor of tho highest importance -for us. Prices of Amorican stock in that country would have gone "up, and the current of money in our direction for investment Would deepened. , The change in the at- tiHviM nt liormnnv nn tha diver question which has just been re leased is of considerable signific ance, and is of great interest to tho 'United States. unaouDteuiy uerraany is in a position to materially strengthen t.hfl mil a A nf 5nti'rint.i,inn1 lilii.n- tallism. , The double standard men have clearly obtained a large ma jority in the reichstag, and if they secure the favorof ,the kaiser for their scheme tho prospects of ac complishing Bomothiug in the pro jected monetary conference will be brightened. The kaiser has a fac ulty of making his desires 'prevail sooner or later and if the bimetal lists of his country win him to their Bide the whole influence of the government will be with them. Coupled with a few mediaeval no tions and some obsolete and absurd opinions, as to the sanctity and authority of his guild, he has some ideas which makes him more mod ern than many other of the crown ed heads of the time.. If William II, should be enlisted in tho cause of international bimetallism that policy will have secured a power- fill nknmniAn With Germany's Weight in " the scale in favor of the restoration of silver to its old place in tho cir culation, a new and powerful pres sure would be brought to boar on England to win her over to this the great nations of Europe and of nearly all the small ones can doubt Iobs readily he gained. Tho pros pects in favor of international harmony at an early date on this question appears brighter now than it did at any previous time since the United Slates started out in 1878 in the crusade for tho general rehabilitation of the white metal. In tho present instance, however the initiative, as is proper, will not be! taken -by the United States This country has been doing a good deal of missionary work in this case among the European nations in the "past sixteen or seventeen years, but without any discernable result. e will now let some of the other countries take the lead in the enterprise, but we stand ready at all times to lend a hand in, the work. All the countries of the world are interested in solving the silver problem, and. tho solution lies in the readjustment,, under an international agreement, of the ratio between the metnls anil the general opening of mints to sUver. A fuixow form Milton tent the Press a long communication for publication purporting to be thecor red, details of a scandal in that burg. He pays the.. Eagle won't print anything about tha matter Neither will the Press. The gen tleman on the sida requests tie not to use his name, bat signs the ar ticle 'one who knows." , The Press is too old a gosliu to ie takeh in with a libelous article to whiclvls attached a fictitious Signature, and then, too, the matter is of no inr ter?st generally to the public' at large. ..-tf 11 hv The agency on the reservation is honored with a guard of U. S. reg ulars, 40 Etrong. It all came about from an"; innocent Indian , dance and the timidity of an-' agent who never saw a siwash. 'until he was imported frOiri" Georgia to -Oregon. The Republican organs continue to laud Senator-elect McBride and bis "principles.'-. We have not as yet heard that McBride - has made any declaration of principles. If we will wait we will gee what wo shall see. "Is a gold dollar honest?" ; Asks the Portland Sun. : If there is or ever was a dishon est dollar in the - world it is the gold dollar when made the sole standard. It confiscates property, checks commerce, and paralyzes industry. In times of trouble it hides in hoards, and gloatingly hugs itself in satisfaction that it is safe, while the people are in trouble and want. It comes forth to serve its pro per function as money, only when it is held in counterpoise by an other dollar, to which it cannot and daro not say.v "I , am better than thou." . ,. ; .' Alone, with absolute power as redemption money, it is a merciless tyrant; out nice an tyrants it is a coward and flees at tho whisper of trouble or the shadow of a cloud. Made a master, it ..is as cruel as fire; kept a servant, it is useful-be yond calculation or description. . And there are men, even men calling themselves statesman, who say it is the only "honest dollar.' , () ALL STYLLS : , Kangaroo. . , . . . ... Calf. . .. . The Wear .. .Milwaukee drain Crcedmoor. . , The. .Great ; : : LOW PRICES Givan a chance, given ihe power of " being 'exclusively redemption money, it is the most colossal rob ber that ever pillaged and desola ted the earth. ; : The Sun is very tolerant of Other men s opinions, but it wonders now Yuen are disinterested and intellig ent can speak of gold, used as the sole money-staudard, being an "honest dollar." ' vr - ' The caiiBe of silver is becoming stronger day, by rday. ' Its friends in the East are gaining strength and are putting their shoulders to the wheel and shoving ahead, j . The Branch Asylum Case,,, In a report of Tuesday's proceed ings of the circuit court at Salem is tho following: A. C. Taylor ex rel. tho state of Oregon vs, Sylvester Pennoyer et al., tho board of pub lic building commissioners; motion of tho defendant's attorney to dis solve the order of injunction here tofore issued for the reason: First, that the complaint is defective and fail? to state a cause for injunction the same having been so adjudged by the supreme court; second, whilo the order jf the supreme court still , stood the defend ants, relying on the same, bought the land near Union, Union coun ty , as a site ' for tho asylum arid paid for the same, and tho remain der of the appropriation being un expendeed at the meeting of the legislature lapsed into the treasury ; third,'. tha' term of office of tho board having expired there can be no use of continuing the injunc tion.' i .,!' :; J-'- .' ,:; :. . : Settled With th County., A settlement has taken : place between ex-Treasurer Foleom s and his bondsmen on one side and Uma tilla county on the other, Mr Fol som and his bondsmen are now free and the county has instead of its claim against them if 13,000 in cash ami $25,000 in good notea which will be paid when they fall due. Tho satisfactory settlement of this troublesome : ufVair was brought about through the efforts of Thomas V, Kourkc. . A LEGISLATIVE RIOT. Revolvers Drawn and Many Injured ' Kiock-Down Fight. ; JjibiANApoLis, March 12. The legislature broke up in a wild riot tonight in which almost "every member participated.. Revolvers were drawn,5 and many persons J were seriously injured, Adams,- of ; Park county perhaps fatally. For fully 20 minutes the 8tate house was filled with a howling, purging mob. Men who had been friends and sat side by side during the ses sion became deadly enemies, and made every effort to injure each, other.. . ' ' . -. ." ' Myron King, Governor Mathew's private secretary, was locked in the elevator and a 1 big, burly man guarded the door and refused "to allow him to leave. The police finally drove the roan away, and the secretary was finally released: When he arrived at the doOr of the house at 11:15,' he found it locked. He had an important message from the governor, and a great- deal de pended upon its delivery to the speaker of the. house" before ,12 o'clock. He pounded on the door, but was denied admission. He cried that the door was locked and requested that it be opened, as he had a "message from the governor. His voice was heard by a number of democrats who were in the corridors and they ran to his assistance. An attempt was made to force open the doors, but the crowd of republicans who were bent upon the governor's secretary being kept out .with his message, resisted with all the force they could command. The heavy oak doors were unable to stand tho OP KELLOGG . . JHONSON , . ! ' COMPANTS -wir. vnM -..wwfci-. 1 VI4I I U'U UlJLUiJiU AT MATT M0S6R0VE. pressure that was "brought to bear upon them and they were forced open.JCing, who was in the front, was forced into the crowd of repub licans, who were bept on keeping him from reaching tho speaker. With one accord the men began, striking at each other, and thesec retary..was, in great danger ef being killed. "Kill him," cried tv hun dred voices. In a moment ever thing was confusion and friends and enemies alike were fighting. The sole aim of the democrats was to get. King through the ; crowd . to speaker's desk, with the governors veto, and the republicans wer de termined to hold him .back until 12 o'clock, at which time the house would .adjourn,?- sine- die. Inch " by iuch M the ' democrats gained ; ; ground. ', , Many persons were knocked down and trampled under foot. Revolvers were flourished in the air, but . as fast as they were drawn, ,the men holding them were knocked down. The heavy chairs were torn from the floor by tho .. mob and desks were broken to pieces. The doors leading to other rooms were . shat tered by persons in the corridors trying to effect an entrance to the chamber. . , . The police were powerless to check the mob, which seemed bent on destroying everything in the room. .King." -with- his Clothing torn almost from his body, and his face bleeding, was pushed by main strength through the crowd and thrown heavily against the speak- jBig j Boxes j One j j Truck j jLoafl YOU CAN BUY A Sulky. Plow for. . . . V A 16 inch Walking Plow for. A 1 Inch Chilled Plow for . . . A 3 Section Harrow for i. T. . , A Gang Plow for . . . . . . '.'.' . . . ; A Buggy for: : . , 11 . . . ; . . . A 4 Spring, Hack for.,,. . ; ; A'Road Cart for. . . . . .-. Lime Per Barrel. . . . . , . . Cement Per Barrel 1. ....... i ; A 14 Bar Seeder, for. ... . . -1 We have the goods in stock and named. All first class goods. ; g. a. baeeett;co. er's desk. He held Governer Matthew's veto in his hand, but - it never reached the:, speaker.' Just as,;King was about to '. place it in Speaker Adam's hand, that official kicked and leat back the crowd, and, in a voice that could be heard above the horrible -din, cried; ?'The house has adjourned." This raised a great cry Irqm the Crowd, and everybody Tnade a rush towardthe speaker. The veto was torn from King's hand by a man who dashed out of the crowd and . made good bis escape. 'This practically ended the riot. . :'r : , , . , 'j : The trouble originated over art attempt this morning to. supplant Custodian Griffin, a democrat, with a republican. The governor has three days in, which to consider all measures. The bill -was - delivered to the governor three nights ago. It was his scheme to hold it until the last minute, and then the ' leg islature could not pass it over his veto, as its satute adjournment would takeplace at 12 o'clock. The. governor's secretary started with the bill with 10 minutes' time. CONGRESSMAN ELLIS HOME. He Fears that Mr. Cleveland Will Pocket His Land Bill.' 4 Congressman W.'R. Ellis passed, through Pendleton this week on his return -from Vashington. He spent a day or: two at his' home in Heppner. arid is nowv visiting in Portland.- I V ;' " In -reply ; td '. inquiry says. ' the, Heppner Gazette, Mr. Ellis stated that his billf which passed "the house amending the law so as . not to require actual residence on rail-: road lands, also passed the senate , ' . ALL STYLES .r". AustraihCalf... ; .i. " .Ladies. . . Low Cut. Tans "q withput amendment, and' wentv to the president for hia '- approval. This much which the papers had nreviouslv stated was welcome news to many settlers in Eastern Oregon who had cultivated railroad flands for years without actually residing on them. Justioe demanded that , their tights should be respected -and had the measure received the president's signature, it would have." been the means of securing to- set- tiers the fruits of their hard labor, hut Mr. Ellis is of the opinion, that Mr. Cleveland will pocket the measure as the secretary of the in terior is antagonistic to this meas ure beeause of the fact that, he . is laboring under the delusion that it would mean an-ienlargement of the homestead privileges. ; Senator Mitchell also labored hard for Oregon's interests,; but 'many of the western measures were either pigeon-hojed ' in the , committee room or defeated when brought up for passago. ."' .. . ' - " ' i v A: Rich Stpike of Gold. Intliel3i&covefy ' of the 'mines they havicalled the Desert Chief, the Desert jQuccn, Chief of the Hills and Dry Lake Valley mine, located near Iudio the McIIaney boys, William and James, have probably located the richest group of gold mines evec discovered in the world. Tha discoverers and owners of the claims say there is more than $ 1,. 000,000 tforth of gold in sight, and old mining men, who have no in terest in the claim whatever (and the-MclIaney boys say. they will not sell afoot of what they have located), say the mines will make multimillionaires of every "man interested.' 4 The richness of the mines ean,be judged from the res ults obtained from working a hat ful of the ore mined years ago. It was put through a three Btamp gold mill and yielded 1953 in gold. The gold was first discovered in an old rave located in a canon,' which had evidently been inhabited by a tribe of Aztecs. ' The cave was strewn with human bones. Work on the mines will be started at once, and a big mill will be erected in the canon as soon as the road, on which the men are now working will allovr its transportation. WITH SILYERi $ 45 00 17 00 -11 00 10 00 ' 65 00 75 00 . 90 00 25 00 ' , 1 50 t 5 00. 65 00 will sell them to you at . the prices i a ' .' - . - - . REPORT OP THE CONDITION ' - ' '"OF THE"""--" FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF ATHENA No..451G. i ' ' , v v " " AT i Athena, in the State of Oregon, at the . Close of Business March 5.- 1895. , - RESOURCES. . lxinns and discounts . f 101 277 89 OvprdmftH Recited and unsecured . . 1 SMA-7S U 8 bonds to IPoure drcuUiUcm . . J2fiU0 0O Premiums on U S bonds 1500 00 Bankins-bouwi 1'iirnltuve fixtures . 1 007 02 Due from National Buks (uot re serve agents) . 2 aiS 80 Due from MUito banks and bankers 1 - 2 00126 Pue from apr'v'd reserve nsents, 4 OsmtS Fractional paper e'n'c'y nickels, cts (it) (rti 8lMele - . 4 80000 Red'm'n fund with U S Treasurer (Slier cent of circulation) 5U2M ' - ' Total "" $ 133 5&II94 LIABIUTIES. Capital stock paid In ' 5SOOO000 Surplus fund ' 20 11 60 Undivided profits, less expenses and ; taxes paid ' 111 04 National bank notes outstanding , 11 2o0 00 Due to other National Burnt . . . , 22 73 Due to State Banks and bankers " 81 HO Individual deposits subject to check , 22 524 37 Demand certificates of deposit- . 13 275 i'iO Time certlftcates of deposit - 1022150 Total $ 13a seo w State of Oregon, I ' Comity of lmatilla ' ! I, L. D.Xlvely, cashier of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the alxve state ment Is true to the best of my knowledge nud beliiif. - ' L. D. liiVKiiY, -Cashier Subscribed and sworn to brfore me . this IS day of Mar. W6, JiBErKArr. .- : . - " Notary public for Oregon. , Correct Attt ClarK Walter,) (7. A, BarrettV Directors. , P. E.t.olburn,j t. - ' "-' . PUBLIC NOTICE; ' Notice Is hereby given that I will -apply to the mayor and common council of thei-liy of Athena, Oregon, at a meet In ir thereof to be held on the 20th day of March, LS9f, for a license to scH spirituous, malt and vinous liquors in less qnar titles than one quart, said liquors to be sold only in the Matlock building situated on lot 9, In block 5, ot said city. Dated Feb . 20, 1805. Lkw Shaw, Applicant. Died in the Insane Asylum. Sheriff " Houser v received word Thursday night that Samuel Aul guire, sent from Pendletoil to the insane, asylum at Salem, has been released from confirtetaont by death; Ivhich resulted from . injuries to hii skull received" in'tUe' mountains near therdr r' : ; N: - - Fireman's Association. The following fire companies have paid their initiation fees and are now mernbersof ihe association f Tiger 1, Rescue No. 2, Our Boys No.; S, W'aila Walla; La Grande hose company, La Grande; Protection No. 1K Alert Hook and Ladder, Pandleton; Athena No. 1, Athena; Washington No. 1, Waits burg; Columbia No. 1', Dayton; Col fax No. 1, Colfax. j - ) f H6w's This. ' -;:;''. S I We offer Pn! Hundred "doUaf Reward for any ease of Catarrh that pannofbe cured by Hall's Catarrh Cttre,' . ' F J. Cheney Co.; Props, Toleds, O We the nndcrsigned have known F. J. Chen tv for the text 15 year, and believes him r-r-fectlv honoralile in all business transactions and "financially atlc to carry out any obliga tions made by lliiirririu. . West TruaK.-WholeisHte Drucgist, Toledo, . WaldltiR. Klimand ilarvlu, Whou-sjile lmffeisl, Toledo', tiiuo, H.'ilfs f.itarrti Cure is taken Internally, act InitdimHlv upon tlx bloot and imu-ous sur-fw"- of the Kvt.m. JTk. 75c, pev UoUle. Sold bv ail Pruggists.' 1 estiiaonlals free. We I :T-: T : j i . .'i-,: l Job iwork Down 1 Rates 4 Ghattel; Mortgage Sale ! Everything below ;-r First Cost. , fLook' . 4 These Prices: Vood Beam Plow, 16in $ 14.75 ' Iron u " 14in..:.. ;..'..,......: 14.50 " " ' 16in.. 16.35 Sulky TJow, 16in . .' 40.00 - Gang " 12in...'. $55 to 60.00 1)7S. Plow, -v.- : 4.00 Riding Corn Plow, ....... 28.00. Land Roller 15 foot 45.00 14 Hoe Broadcast Seeder, . ............ v . . . 48.00 16 Hoe Davis Shoe Drill, 85.00 12-foot Iron Lever Harrow, 18.0CT .... i , . EVERYTHING EIE IN THE HARDWARE LINE CLARK WALTER, MANAGER, FIRST NfflONEL BMK " OF -STRESS. ' Pays ! .. . I L, D. W. P. LEACH, - i , iSUCCES. - - N. A. MILLER, V . ' - THE V LEADING FURNITURE, DEALER Bed Room Suits Dinning Room . . . Parlor Suits Kitchen Furniture O ZE3LA-IP 'FOE CASH: STORE ON MAIN STREET, Don't Say A "Word ! ... v ' If things haven't come, yotir yay for a year or two . : try and forget the past tnd begin the New Year -hopefully : : : : : : We Are Right'.. .. .. J at the verge of a period of activity. If you wish proof of this come to Lively 's and see what he has. His stock of GOODS and PRICES will convince you that we are entering upon an era of : : : Good Times.. IF YOU WISn 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 companies in the world; invest money at good interest ana cave it welt secured; have Deeds,-. Mortgagee, Gon tracts. Leases, etc., drawn correctly, call on W. T. ' GILMAN Athena, Ore. He "represents the following' first-class fire insurance bompanies: Phoenix, Home, Royal, Ger ! man, Caledonian and Northwest. He writes ; " :", hi? own policies and guarantees correctness, ' 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 an v BELOW COST PRICE. : Main St;, ATHENA, OR. South side Main Street. v -; ' . ' .-, capita! stock, sxtbplus, . . $ 60000 $21,000 Interest on time deposits. Proper attention given to collections. Deals In foreign and domestio exchange. Lively. Cashier, . - Athena, Oregon SUCCESSOR TO , .!;" I. ATHENA,-ORE . d m m m m i