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Biliousness, Headache, Malaria and Indigestion are all liver diseases. Keep the liver active by an occasional dose of Simmons Liver Reg ulator and you'll get rid of these trou bles, and give tone to the whole sys tem. For a laxative Simmons Liver Regulator is better than Pills, it does not gripe, nor weaken, but greatly refreshes and strengthens. Every package has the Red Z stamp on the wrapper. J. .'II. aeuiu a uo., I'nuuacinma. Sclentlfio American Agency for AVBAT. , TRADS MIRK. CESICM PATENTS. COPYRIGHTS. etaJ for inuirniniioa anu rrtio nanuouoK writ CO MUNIi CO.. 861 Broauwat, Mew York. Oldest bureau for aecnrinff patents in America. Every patent taken out hy w la bronjrht before tlie publlo by a notice given free of charge la Uia ff timWtit mmm lanmrt clrrmlatlon of any clentlflc paper In tha world. Splendidly Illustrated. No lutellltrfnt man should be without It, Weekly, 3.00 a yeari $l.50lx months. 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Free Coinage Substitute Over, whelmingly Defeated. VOTE RESULTED 90 TO 215 "Sound Money" Forces Cheer the Announcement. Washington, Feb. 15. The pub lic and. private gallaries of the house were thronged today in an ticipation of the debate on . the senate tree coinage, substitute for the bond bill. , : Mr. Dingleyy chairman of the ways and means committee? in sisted on the regular order as soon as the journal had been read, under the arrangements made yesterday One hour was allowed each side for closing. . Mr, Crisp, representing free sil ver, said this was an economic question, and no matter what views the members might have enter tained in the past, he assumed that in casting a vote today each mem ber would do so conscientiously, in accordance with the dictations of his convictions. . Mr. Crisp'-opener his argufnent proper with the farniliar word,8, "In 1873 pongres. demonetised silver. Prices were fixed by the amount of primary money in the world. If the stand ard in England was gold, France silver and China silver, the measure of values would be com bined against both gold and silver circulating as money," He read from the statement Sen ator Sherman made in 1876, that the demonetization of silver haf caused the redyctfon fif ita'pfipe' and created, a mad scramble for gold on the part of England, France and Germany, which appreciated its price and induced a fall of prices throughout the world. That fall of prices, Mr. Crisp asserted, was largely due to the demonetiza tion of silver. He read from Bal four's speech on the 9th inst., in the English parliament, attributing the decline of agriculture in gold countries to the appreciation of gold and the artificial advantage t gave silver countries.. Bftlfou'r also declared thp obVtasles to rpforra came npt from, abroad, but wprp put forward, at borne. Mr, Crisp affirmed the existence of a well de fined purpose by those in authority at home and abroad to deDress the ! price of silver in order to prevent its remocetizalion. He cited the manner in which the Bland-Allison act of 1878 was executed, the coin age of the minimum amount under the act and refusal of the treasury after a few months to" coin silyer under tha act of 9Q. He cited Secretary Carlisle's refusal to give silver for gold in 1893, because sil ver was needed for the redemption of treasury uotes, and his course a few months afterwards of redeem ing those notss in gold. "What kind of juggling is that?" he asked. "What sort of friendly treatment is that?" Applause. --, . He then directed his attention to the mariner in which the parity between metals had been main tained. Every obligation, govern ment bonds, greenbacks and treasury notes was payable jn coin. If that was ndt'tfue, and they were gpld obligations, why; did not tho, e who believed it have the courage to 6ay so, and tave a tax-ridden people millions of dollars? In February, 1895, - congress could have saved the people 116,000,000 interest by authorizing gold bonds. "Congress refused." Baid Mr. Crisp. "We paid sixteen millions for the privilege of paying in sil ver, and now you attempt to deny our right to do so." Applause. "ftlr. Speaker," said Mr. Crisp. continuing, 'a few days ago our condition was pitiable. The great est nation in intelligence and trade, we had just applauded to the echo the president's message, warning European powers that'they would, not be permitted to secure lodg' ment on th American continent. The echo of the applause had hard ly ceased before the administration with shaking knees was hysterical ly calling on congress for hejp. It was feared that Great Britain would take out our gold. We were helpless in the face of tbe enemy. Yet you want that condition per petuated." Criticising the bond bill, hp de clared its purpose wa( to impound greenback?, and to do indirectly what the majority dare not do di rectly. It wag a plan to retire, all greenbacks by holding them in the treasury at the cost of outstanding interest Waring bond?, apian which Carlisle bad characterized 83 the "most remarkable experiment Eng ATHENA, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY gested in modern times." Coming down to the practical questions wnetber the. United States independently could main- mm wiiu iree coinage me parity between gold and silver, he said that there was no difference of opinion that it could be accora pushed by an , international agree ment, .v He quoted from Jackson and Jef ferson, and contemptuously said it had remained for modem econo mists to assert that to create de mand and value bv law was "physical and a metaphysical ab surdity." . He also quoted from Sherman and Carlisle (while he was in the house), to the effect that united action of several countries could sustain silver. As to the ability of the. United btates to do so alone, the examplo of France, a country infinitely inferior in wealth and trade to us, must be borne in mind. Our commerce, internal and exter nal, exceeded that of England, Germany and France combined. If our mines were opened to the free coinage of silver, the commer cial value of the metal would be equal to its -legal value in this country, because anvone havinsr 412$ grains could bring it here and get a standard silver dollar's worth of commodities. At the conclusion of Mr. Dalzell's remarks Mr. . Dingley demanded the previous question, which was ordered, Mr, Crisp's motion to coiv our in the senate free coinage amendment. the vote! The vote resulted 90 to 215. The announcement of 125 majority against free silver was cheered by the anti-silver forces. Wants an Open River. The boat railway, if it is put in to practice at Celilo will be infini tely better than a portage road aqd at least a half -century auioker thftn a canal. From the time it haa taken to complete a half-mile of canal at the cascades, the child has not been born that would see the compl-tion of a canal of suf ficient length to make navigation possible at Celilo. With a portage it would be necessary to break bulk twice in shipments between the upper river and tide water. Tbe boat railway will pick boats out of the water, cargo and all and set them back in the water qn the other sica of the obstructions. This would of course saye all the expense of unloading and wpnlfj grpatly facilitate transportation, jijithpr a boat railway," portage or canal will meet with substantial opposition, bo there would be no difference in that direction. What ine peopie wouia like to see now is the Washington delegation unite fvith 0regn and procure a suffi cient appropriation to begin, a work which when completed will relieve the Inland Erppjre from ex cessive transportation rates. Ar lington Record. - Struck a Stratum of Iron. . T. T. Nicholas, who is boaring a shaft for coal on Chenoweth creek, has drilled about 60 feet into an immense stratum of pure iron, ac cording to Tho Dalles Chronicle. The metal, so far beneath the sur face is very eoft which makes drill extremly slow and, being about 600 feet deep, it is impracticable to use a screw. . Sometimes an inch and a half of depth is all that is gained in a hard day!s work. tyr. Nicholas is very' 'hopeful that di rectly beneatlV r&?8' W wiU bo found, the coveted coal, as experi ence of other gold fields would in dicate. Mr. Nicholas has deter mined to go through this iron if it extends another 100 feet, which is not at all likely. The Proper Time When the most benefit is to be derived from a good medicine, is early in the year. This is the sea son when the tired body, weakened organs and nervous system yearn for a building-up medicine like Hood's SarsapariUa. Many wait for the open spring weather and, in fact, delay giving attention to their physical condition so ong tfiat $ long siege of sickness is inevitable. To rid the system of the Impurities, and to purify the blood, theie is nothing equal to Hood's Saraa parilla. : ..'. v -'-'.... . Threw Away His Cane. - ' Mr. D. Wiley, ex-postmaster, Black Creek, N.T., was so badly afflicted with rheumatism that he was only able to hobble around with cane, and even then it caused him great pain, After using Chara beflaTrj'g ajn Elm he was so much improved that ha threw away his cane. He gays this liniment did him more good than all other medicine and treatment put to galher. For sale at 50 cents per bottle by Orburn. " Be sure and buy your cigars at Max Lewins.' as he keeps all lead ing brands. THE FIRST DEGREE. The, Found it the Case of Por ter, at Union. SENTENCED YESTERDAY. A Kansas Farmer Writes of Kaffir Corn. The Jury in the case of the state of Oregon "vs. Kel6ey Porter, char ged with the murder of Ben Mache sr., in Pine valley, Union county, on January 1, 1896, which haa been on trial at Union, brought in a verdict of murder in the first de gree. The jury retired to deliber ate on a verdict about nine o'clock Saturday night. At nine o'clock Sunday morning they called upon the court to give them a review of the court's instructions in the case and within ten minutes thereafter the verdict was handed in. Those who followed the case dur ing the trial, who have thus far ex pressed an opinion, consider that Porter's evidence was of a damag ing character. Porter la now the only witness to the tragedy, and ni8 own statements and the facts revealed by the po9t mortem ex amination 18 all UDon which evi- dence can be based. The nost mortem revealed the fact that the elder Mache had bten struck in the head by a blunt instrument, and the clothing of all three vic tims showed numerous bullet holes. . ' .. ?" ; -: .:'."..'. ' In his own defense Porter stated that the Maohes threatened to kill him. He claimed that the Rhnnt- ing of Ben Macho jr., was done in sen aeiense, and couid not explain how it was that he killed the two old people, It has been imnracticable to aret a detailed account of the trial. For some time previous to the killing there had : been trouble between . .. . Porter and Mache. on account of the latter going through Porter's field. When the father, mother and son cama uo to Porter's nlaca on New Year's day, the latter was standing on a shed with a Win chester. From this position on the shed the ra4 which the Maohes came up was plainly visible. Evi dence was submitted showing that Porter had been there some little time awaiting their arrival. Notwithstanding the outcome of the case there is alstroagsentiment in behalf of Porter in Pino valley. At a meeting of citizens there j was adopted resolqtioris condoning liis acts and. a subscription of about $2QQ was raised, for , his defense. The verdict will.i therefore, meet with quite a division of sentiment in that part of Union county. It is presumed that, all the usual methods will be resorted to in or der to reverse or modify the ver dict, although the charge -of mur der of the younger ' Mache and of Mrs. Mache are still pending a gainst Porter. ' With one exception this is the first verdict of murder in the first degree within Union county. The other case was that of the state vs. Evan Carver, who j filled, a, mari namc TJeBoarij near' Jjlgin, four or five ypars ago, j The supreme court granted a new. trial, and Car ver Is now serving a life sentence for murder in the second de'gree. Porter's sentence,; which under the verdict can be nothing but tho death penalty, was pronounced yesterday morning. 1 ' KAFFIR CORN, Kansas Farmers Speak Well of the Product,1 A correspondent writing from McPherson county, Kansas, rela tive to Kaffir corn, says:' "Having made numerous inquiries , the answer generally seeras to be in its favor.'' ... V- - v ;- v "In two other counties where we have made investigations, stock men say that they have used it successfully in feeding cattle for the market. They do not agree as to its value compared with corn bushel for bushel. Some claim that it is beUer, others deny this. But all agree that it can be made to lake the place of corn to a very great extent. "In this county the farmers all speak well of it, On man who stall fed cattle with corn and another lot with Kaffir corn, sara the latter lot did just as well. "It is said to be better . than Indian corn for horses, especially when thty are not worked hard. "For ponltry and for general use on a farm, for feeding such homes and cattle as a farmer usually keeps about him, it will take the MORNING, FEBRUARY 21, 1S96. place of corn and do exactly as well. "Kaffir corn flour is good for pan cakes, and also for such uses as graham is usually put to. Some say it makes good biscuits. Tastes will probably' differ on these mat ters but many are already using the flour, and there will probably be 6ome demand for it. "The conclusion we draw from what people tell us is that every farmer will do well to. put in a small patch, say ten acres,' instead oi inai area ot Indian corn. He will be pretty sure to get a. valu able crop. "But don't expect Kaffir corn to grow of itself, it won't. It must be carefully cultivated. But when properly cultivated the crop is very sure. It is probable that we do not )'et know all about it that is to be known, and it will be well to begin with it in a small way and branch out when we get more ex perience." Tho little daughter of Mr. Fred Webber, Holland, Mass., had a very bad cold and cough which he had not been able to cure with any thing. I gave him a 25 cent bot tle of Chamberlain's Couch Rem edy, says W. P. Holden, merchant and postmaster at West Brimfield, and the next time I saw him hn said it worked like a charm. This remedy is intended esneciallv for acute throat and lunir diseases such as colds, croiipand whoopinar couch. and it is famous for its cures. There is no danger in giving it to children for it contains nothing in jurious. For sale by Osburn. A Worldly Exercise. A patron of the public school of this city writes to the teacher of bis little daughter, asking that she may be excused in the future from participating in the morning salute to the Stars and Strines. on tho grounds that the little one is simply a loan from the Lord, and the exercise is regarded as beinsr altogether of a too worldly nature. That man should be cared for im mediately, else he raav do himself or family injury, for he certainly must be mentally unbalanced. Love of one's country Bhould be only second in Intensity to love of one's maker, and the one affection should in no wise interfere with the other.: It is a duty wo owe ourselves and ohildren to teach them patriotism, for by so doing they inculcate respect for law and a sense of right that will remain with them through life and will go a long way toward fitting them for the life to come. Eagle. Out of weakness eomes strength when the blood has been purified, enriched and vitalized, the appetite restored and 'the system built up by Hood's SarsapariUa. Hood's Pills cure nausea, sick headache,' indigestion, biliousness. All druggists, 25c. ; THE "EAST END." . From the weaton leader.) ' Stevens lodge K. of P., conferred the knight rank, Wednesday even ing, upon James Fuson. The normal school athletic club will introduce cricket at Weston. Two elevens have been chosen, and practice begin? thia evening. W, Praebstel, J. M, Downs, H- Milliken, J; Downs and J. II. Conrad, have a placer mining claim in Idaho, near Pierce City, said to be good property. A farewell dinnei party occurred last Wednesday at the homo of Hev.and Mrs. A. K. Olds in honor of Rev. A. Brady, who has gone to the Willamette valley to take a charge at Itequia. A party of Westor. knights paid a visit last Tuesday evening to Hercules lodge, K. of P., at Milton, and report a first-cLws time, the Milton brethren being courteous and hospitable in their treatment of the visitors. Protracted meetings have been in progress during the week at the M. E. church, South, and will con tinue over Sunday at least. Rev. I). E. Vernon, the pastor, is being assisted in the work by Dr. R. A. Sloan, of Walla Walla, and local ministers From tne Milton Eagle.) Moses Taylor, of Athena,, and John McEachern, of Helix, were over doing the city, Ernsley Ilidenour, the farmer journalist, accompanied by h.'a wife, visited his father at Weston on Wednesday. Prof. J. T. Hinkle has finished his term of school, in the McCoy district and has accepted a situa tion in a similar capacity in the Juniper district. C. C. Cunningham is said o be sojourning in Walla Walla, which is beyond the jurisdiction of Mil ton's marshal and his cold-ptorage plant. Sensible man. A CHURCH SQUABBLE Factions Fight In a Dayton Church House. BLOOD FLOWED FREELY. Love Affair Said Cause of the to Be the Row. The Dayton church row among the Baptists, which reached a crisis Saturday morning about 4 o'clock, terminating in a bloody battle, was the outcome of a love affair. In the first place the fued started over Bob Hester engaging himself to two young ladies, Miss Mary Zables and Miss May, the latter being the one whom he married. Mary Zables, was a dressmaker. Hester went to Honolulu, and sent her a handsome silk dress from San Francisco. Miss Zablea made the dress, preparatory to her mar riage to Mr. Hester oti hia return. When Hester did s return, six mouths later, he brought with him another silk dress for Miss May May's wedding gown, and Miss May took it to Miss Zables to have it made. The latter, prompted by curh.ty, asked Miss May what occasion it was to be for, and Miss May told her in confidence that it was her wedding gown, and that sho was going to marry Mr. Hester, and the girl learned for the. first time that they were expecting to marry the same man, ' Both girls were members of the Baptist church, and tho affair to a church trial, the result being that both the handsome wedding gowns were burnod in the church stove. Subsequently Hester ingratiated himself into Miss May's iavor again, and she became his wife. Miss Zable's friends . took it up, and wanted Mr. and Mrs. Hester put out of the church, and then it was that the church divided into two factions the Hester-Booth faction and the Bodwell-Samuels brothers faction and there lias been a row ever since over the possession of the church. r ." " About three weeks ago .Levi nkony, the Walla Walla banker, locked the doors against both fac tions, as he had a-mortgage, on tho church. The Hester-Booth faction went to Walla Wallii, pai.i the in terest -and got possession of the church, which they have kept since, until Saturday morning, when the Bodwell-Samuels faction broke into the church, taking the sleeping guards by surprise, and precipita ting a bloody fight. The floor and tho walls were spattered all over with blood. Several were injured besides Bodwell, who nad his head nearly split open. This row has been going on for more than a year, and it is said that tho whole town is divided on the subject. It is said that Hester wag en gaged to six young ladies at one time, but Miss' Zables is tho only one who has caused him any trouble. : ! ; BflLIi 'ANOTHER VERSION. The Walla Walla Statesman's Dayton correspondent throws ad ditional light on the circumstances of the trouble in the First Baptist church at Dayton. Saturday morn ing advices to the Statesman say: "The war in the Baptist church in this city, that has been raging for several days, developed new and sensational features this morning. The war originally broke out over a difference of opinion as to whether certain money that had been raised should be appropriated toward the payment of the church debt, or used' to purchase a new carpet. The Hester faction favored, the first proposition, while tho Samuels fac tion favored the latter. "Some time ago the Hester faction broke into the church at night and have since held possession by keep ing a constant vigil night and day. About 7 o'clock this morning, six of the Samuels faction broke into the church and gave battle to the four members of the Hester faction who had been left on guard. ''In the disgraceful fight which ensued, Mr. Bodwell, a prominent citizen, was' struck on the head with a club in the hands 'of one Highest of all in Leavening WllUUfcJllPBft NUMBER 8. Watson, and badly injured. The house of God was filled' with the bitter curses, imprecations and savage blows of the contending factions. Christian and Moslem never fought with more bitter hatred and insane fanaticism than was displayed in this determined conflict. The battle raged with varying fortunes for 30 minutes or more, when the IleM-r rh :upious were finally ovcrcomn t.he su perior numbers I' '1, -ir .i W t-rsaries and retired fro:;i i with a rein i'action he fur- loud threats of r.-mr .i',.-. . forcements. The w 1 1 at once began rcn i niture of the chun ;.. .v.imii thev claim as private prouertv. This they expect to place in a hall or vacant church, where they will be gin amnv. "There is a mortpage on the church held by Levi Ankenvi TLia will soon be foreclosed, unless the Heotei faction raise funds to lift it. The Samuels faction have washed their hands of all efforts to pay the oldchuich indebtedness. "Complaints have been made in the justice courts against those en gaged in this morning's melee, and the whole outfit will be arrested and brought to trial. "Such a scandalous occurrence as this Dayton aflair is an injury to the cause of Christianity and a great detriment to the town. Sure ly the alleged Christians engaged in this fight have imbibed little of Him whose coming was heralded as "Peace on earth, good will toward men.' There is a suspicion abroad that many of our churches are filled with narrow partisans and sticklers for creeds and sects, who have little or no conceptions of the true prin ciples of Christianity. "The sooner the world i3 free, from such un-Christian churches the butter it will be for real Christianity." . Pride of Japan Tea is tho best tea in tho market, ami highly rec oraended, for sale at Max Lewins. Simon S. Hrtrlroou, of Tuniu l ton, West Va.,-haa been subject to aUacks of colic about onco a year, nnd would have to call a doctor and then suffer for about twelve hours aa much as some do when thev.die. Ha w. taken recently just the same as at other times, and concluded to try Chamberlains Colic, Cholera and Diorrhoca Rem-' edy.. - He ays: . "I took one dose of it and it gave me relief in live minutes. That is more than any thing else hnt. r:w r don for me." For sale by Ossbuni. For Sola. One of tho beat rrf i knees in town, Will sell cheap or trade for cattle. For particulars apply at thiR office. , " t FREE. Tho Northern Pacific. Fanner, Published at PortlandOregon, now in its twenty-first year, is the best and in fact the only truly weekly agricultural paper published in tho Northwest. It is edited by Frank Lee, the granger editor, asuisted by scoren of correspondents, and con tains from 10 to 32 pages weekly, of agricultural, horticultural, stock, poultry, Western market reports, childrens, household, and other terns of interest that no one who has any interest in the farm or the Northwest can afford to bo with out. At $1 cash in advance per year for this large weekly makes it the best and cheapest paper in tho United States. To all new sub scribers who will pay one vears subcription to Tub Pmess in ad vance. and all old subscribers who will pay their back subscription and one years subscription in ad vance to The Pkkss will receive this great Northwest journal freo for one year. No one can afford to be without it. Alex McRae, is agent for tho great Oxydoner "Victory" theinl valuable remedy which cures al form of diseases without medicine or electricity. Price only $15. Lasts a' lifetime. Address, Alex McRae. Milton, Oregon. Our peopk -re growing more and more in the h i bit of looking to the Pioneer Drug Store for the latest and best of everything in the drug line. They sell Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, famous for its cures of bad colds, croup and whooping cough. When in need of such a medicine give this remedy a trial and you will be more than pleased with the result. Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report n m prspn,?f