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THE PRESS has the circulation, its advertising rates are within the reach of all. THE PRESS "touches the spot." $1.50 per year THE BIG. CLEARANCE SALE OP : 1 . Wagons, lacks, Bug an ( "Rnnrl flap b mm m m . 11 m m l: mm 7 7 UU CP McFADDEN ATHENA PRESS Published Every Friday Morning By J. W. SMITH, Pbopbietob. J V. B. Boyd, Editoe. Entered at Athena postofflce as second-class mall matter. Subscription 'Re tee: I'er year, In advance, - - Blngle copies, In wrappers, 6c. Advertising "Rates : Local reading notices, first Insertion, 10c per line. Each subsequent Insertion, 6c. All communications should be addressed to he PRESS, Athena, Oregon. ATHENA. .SEPTEMBER 4, 1896. FOB fbesident; WILLIAM J. BRYAN, OF NEBBA8KA. FOB VICE president: ARTHUR SEWALL, OF MAINE. 'Wo Crown of Thorns, No Cross of Gold." Mr. McKinley's speech to a vis iting delegation on Saturday show ed how hard it is for a candidate to dismount from his hobby, even in the face of an emergency that is obvious to everybody else. In bring ing forward the old "free-trade" bugaboo the Republican candidate waB equally uncandid and impol itic. Upon this question it seems to be impossible for Mr. McKinley to be honest in discussion. He knows that the present tariff, far from being "free trade," is as high ly protective as any tariff in the his torv of the country except that which bore his name and which the people twice condemned. So far from having "dethroned Ameri can manufacturing," the Wilson tariff has enabled our manufactur ers to increase their exports from $158,000,000 in 1892 to $228,000, 000 in 18. As for wages Mr. Mc Kinley no doubt remembers that he was challenged in vain in 1890 to cite one instance in which the wages in protected industries had been advanced as the result of the incieaee of duties in his bill. When Mr. McKinley proposes to restore his tariff to increase the revenues, the country remembers that the avowed object of his. bill increasing the duties was to reduce the Barplus. And eo effectively did it accomplish its purpose that there was a deficiency in the rev enues in each of the last three months of President Harrison's term. The country wants a rest on the tariff until the present law shall have had a fair trial under noimal business conditions that is, with a 6ound and stable curren cy, under no threats of depreciated money or debt repudiation. Mr. McKinley will gain no votes by mounting , the high-tariff hobby and charging upon the wholly im aginary bugaboo of "free trade." World. A LETTKii from W. E. Patterson, formerly a resident of Red Oak, Iowa, was read at the meeting of the meeting of the Bryan Silver club of Read Oak on Wednesday evening. Mr. Patterson is practicing law at Victor, Colorado, in the famous Cripple Creek gold mining district. The letter was to G. Dennis, an old acquaintance of Mr. Patterson and is as follows: "Victor, Colo., Aug. 17. I have been wondering how you are in & GORMAN, this campaign and how the people of old Montgomery county feel about Bryan. The people in the gold mining district are about 95 per cent for Bryan and Sewall. One of our neighbors, W. S. Strat ton, gave $25,000 the other day for the Bryan cause. He is the sole owner of the famous Independence gold mine. He has always hereto fore been a Republican, and while he is a protectionist he feels that the west demands pome favors at the hands of national legislation. His mine pays him about $100,000 a month. He will do all he can for the Democratic ticket. This district does not produce an ounce of silver and the claim cannot be made that silver mine owners are interested in this part of the state. Of course I am still a republican, but I feel as if the people should have some show for the future, if not for themselves for their child ren. We old line-Republicans feel very lonely this season, and the showing we can make will be de cidedly small in Coloiado." Mr. Patterson was for eix years clerk of the court in this county and was active in Republican campaign work here lor years. Red Oak (Iowa) Sun. At the coming election the women of the three states of Utah, Colorado and Wyoming will have the right to vote for president and vice-president. In those states the women are put on an equality with the males as regards the r.'ght to vote. They can vote equally with the males for presidential elec tors, congressmen and legislature. This will increase the total vote, but will not add to the number of presidential electors either of these states is entitled to. The electors are distributed in proportion to the total population, and not in regard to the number of voters. The following plank was incor porated inthe national platform of the republican party in 1888, when it won its last victory in this na tion: "The republican party is in favor of the use of both gold and silver as money, and condemns the policy of the democratic adminis tration in its effort to demonetize silver. Complete returns from Tuep day'e election in Vermont give W. W. Grout, republican candicate tor governor, 40,000 plurality. It is conceded the Democrats have elect ed Beven out of the 228 representa tives to the legislature. BOYS FOR THE NAVY. How and Where They Can Serve a Marine Apprenticeship. Several inquiries f ,-om parents of Am erican youths have been lately received by The Oregonian asking how they can get their boys into the new navy, In one such communication, a fond mother ttiites that she has a boy 18 years old, who has finished his schooling and is now looking about, with poor success, for an opening in some of the vocations of life, tier boy is strong, healthy and wants to get into the navy and go on a cruiser that will viBil foreign ports, so that he can see something of the world. "But," writes hia mother, "he does not know to whom to apply in regard to shipping." Unfortunately, no attaches of the naval department are stationed at Portland, but Captain Merrell, of the United States lighthouse department, enlightened a reporter to some extent on this point yesterday. The new navy provides, according to Captain Merrell, for an apprentice system with room for some 800 boys, between the age of 14 and 21 . Receiving stations are located at New York and San Fran cisco, and training ships on the great lakes receive youthful recruita from al most all of the lake ports. Boys hopeful of obtaining an apprentice ship must be of good moral character, sound physically, and able to read and write, with some knowledge of the com mon school branches of study. With all these qualifications, and ooy applying, with the consent of his parents, at re ceiving ship Independence, stationed at San Francisco, stands a good chance of being accepted. He can enlist as an apprentice of the third data and will be provided fur until he becomes of aire. The disadvantage of enlisting at San Fransciaco thoughlsthat there is no training ship there, and the young apprentice U likely to be trans ferred to some ctuiser, where he will These Vehicles Must be Sold at Once " (Successors to Knapp, Burrellfc Company) receive his training in a most practical way, Af Kav Vm-V a ranovnr fraininir-iihin the Minnesota, is stationed ail the year round, excepting when she is ordered off mi a iimmsr nmian and tha AnnrAnticS on board are educated at the expense of me government ana iraiutsu buhui uib&d first-class seaman. The course is not so lahnrafa that nf Annannlifl. but is ft great deal more thorough than is received In many oi trie puDiic scnoois. An apprentice woo buowb mammi iu- IsllimniK anil mnlllnornnaa In lnarn rtlftV be given the opportunity of taking a com plete course in gunnery, electrical work and torpedo work, and he is then fitted to nil a position oi a warrant oincer. Unlike the army, though, there is at present no way for a young man to ac antra a commission, except by taking the course at Annapolis. A custom formerly ex is tea in tne navy of taking a certain percentage of appren tices for the navy academy, and some of the best officers of t he navy acquired their commission in this way, but it was found that this custom worked more harm than good, and it has been abolished. According to Oaptain Merrell there Is always room for young men of the right kind in the navy as apprentices, and thaaa onnivino nt th rAnnivino ahiD In dependence in San Francisco, need have no tear oi Deing reiuseo. ONCE MORE IN A TRANCE. The Semblance of Death Again Visits Mrs, Mary Atbertson. There is a sequel to the escape of Mrs. Mary S. Albertson, of Columbia Blough, from being inhumed alive early this month, says the La Qrande Chronicle. On the 10th inst. Mrs. Mary Albertson had sufficiently recovered to accept an invitation from friends near Grant's Pass She was taken very sick two days after here arrival there. On the third day she was apparently dead. But from her nar row escape from being buried alive be fore, she certainly would have been sub jected to one of the most horrible fates the human 'mind can conceive, on the Southern Oregon farm. Blochmeier, whose family Mrs. Albertson is visiting, writes that a Grant's Pass physician ap plied a galvanic battery immediately after death had claimed the woman, but it proved unavailing till last Tuesday noon. Then the cataleptic attack gradu ally abandoned the patient, and at 4 o'clock she asked for a drink of water. She, however, failed to realizs where she was having a delightful visit. In this in stance she was perfectly unconscious of terrestial life, and as the tbeosopbfsts have it, her astral body had been mean dering about in celestial realms. Blochmeier adds that it was fully two hours before Mrs. Albertson could grasp who he and his family were, and it was almost impossible to convince her that she had been in a death-like trance for five days. "She remembered nothing about her leaving borne," continued the writer, "and for several hours she ravied like one demented for one having been brought back to this earth. At niuo o'clock at night, however, she grew calmer and quite lucid. She was then able to realise her phenomenal situation. When she was bright enough to appreciate her second narrow escape from a living burial, Bhe went into convulsions, and at mid night she again was in a trance." The letter in Thurman'a possession says that since then up to Friday even ing, Mrs. Albertson, has but once been brought to herself by means of a galvanic battery. She has not taken any nourish ment since her attack on the farm, and she was wasted away to a mere shadow. A strong feature in connection with this case is that while in the trance condition Mrs. Albertson's respiratian and pulsa tion are absolutely imperceptible. Yet she must breathe, and her heart must be in action. Uer medical attendant, who is a skilled one, say theafHictei woman's life hangs on the slightest thread, and certain death is likely to ensue at any moment. But in this case there will be no interment till decomposition has set in. Weyler's New Policy. Havana, Sept. I The rebels must be defeated before the end of the year. Premier Canovas cabled to General Wey ler explaining that the Spanish govern ment has taken alarm at the develop ments of a recent interview between U. S. Minister Taylor and the Duke of Tettian, minister of foreign affaire. Gen. Weyler cabled back to Madrid that in that case he must resort to extreme methods. "Do ai you please," replied Senor Canovas. Thereupon General Weyler detei mined to issue shortly an edict forbidding the grinding of the season's sugar crop. When the edict appears, war will be gin in earnest Cubans will occupy hills and woods, the Spanish troops will be in cities and towns. The sugar mill will be destroyed by both sides, for Weyler will adopt Gomea'e tactiee, and enter upon a campaign of extirpation. Cuba will be desolated by fire and sword. The torch will be applied by regulars and insur gents alike to everything which might give aid and comfort to the enemy. Everybody outside the military lines will be shot without challenge. There was a panic in political aud fin ancial quarters when General Weyler's intention leaked out ' The Marquis of Apeiteguia, the chief of the conservative party, was immediately summoned to Havana by wire and arrived yesterday from the Constanzia sugar plantation, where he was making extensive prepara tions for next year's crop. A meeting of the conservative leaders was held. Plant ers and politicians of great influence were present. After a long and hot discussion INSURANCE Other Companies in which General Weyler's expected edict was denounced without Btint, resolutions were adopted to this purpose : First That a committee composed of the Marquis of Apezteguia, Pasquel Goi gocha and Fatacco Sanchez visit Weyler and try to prevail upon him not to issue the edict. Second If he persist in his determi nation to issue the edict, that the govern ment at Madrid be urged to recall Weyler to Spain. Thee audacious resolutions are the talk of the city, as it is well known that Spanish rule in Cuba has always been upheld hy and in control of the conser vative party, especially in times of war, and that the party's resolutions are in ef fect law. It will not be the first case of a captain-general being virtually dis missed by the Cuban conservatives. In the last war Captain-General Dulce was sent back to Spain by the volunteers conservatives. Captain-General Campos was also sent to Spain by them. BaseBall Revival. A baseball revival has struck La Grande, and the Chronicle boastfully re marks: The baseball grounds at the athletic park, in the First ward, are being dragged and smoothed in expectation of some fall sport at the national American game. Several swift teams can be formed from the ball players in this city. La Grande is the only place in Eastern Oregon which has won and held the championship of the Inland Empire at professional base ball. Our speedy players should practice up and show the baseball tossers of Baker City, Pendleton, Summerville, Union and the Cove, that La Grande has also the amateur.championa of Eastern Oregon. Another Pioneer Gone Mrs. Amy Roberts, a pioneer of the Walla Walla valley, died suddenly at her residence in Walla Walla Sunday night of heart failure, aged 52 years. Shortly before her death she was sitting in the yard reading, then walked into the house and while sitting in a chair, suddenly ex pired. She was a descendant of General Robert E. Lee, and came to Walla Walla with her husband, E. Gaylord Roberts, in 1861, and has since resided there. Wanted-An Idea Who can thick of tome simple Protect your Mean; they may bring you wealth. tning copaientr beya. Washington, D. C, for their $1,800 prise offer write junn nbuuennunn cc kj.. i yunn n&tr&ivDunn ox. rnteui i ana iu ox two aunarea uiTenuoni wwaiea The Democratic Platform. The platform which 'has been heralded to the people of these United States by the democratic party in convention as sembled, on which it is predicted the brilliant Bryan will be swept to victory by a tidal wave is as follows; We, the democrats of the United States, in national convention assembled, do re affirm our allegiance to these great essen tial principles of justice and liberty upon which our institutions are founded, and which the democratic party has main tained from Jefferson's time to our own freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of conscience, the preservation of personal rights, the equality of all citizens before the law, and the faithful observance of constitutional limitations. Recognising that the money question is paramount to all others at this time, we invite attention to the fact that the federal constitution names silver and gold together as the money metals of the United States, and that the first coinage law passed by congress under the consti tution made the silver dollar the nnit of value and admitted gold to free coinage, at a ratio measured by ths silver dollar unit. We declare that the act of 1873 de monetising silver without the knowledge or approval of the American people has resulted in the appreciation of gold and a corresponding fall in the prices of commodities produced by the people; a heavy increase in the burden of taxation, and of all debts, public and private ; the enrichment of the money-lending classes at home and abroad ; paralysis of indus tries and impoverishment of the people. We are unalterably opposed to the sin gle gold standard, which has locked fast the prosperity of an industrious people in the paralysis of bard times. Gold monometallism is a British policy, founded upon British greed for gain aod I write Insurance only with the very best Companies. . "When you want Policies written on your house, barn, or grain, see that they are in the Aetna, Palatine or Caledonian. Represented. J. W. power, and its general adoption has brought other nations into financial ser vitude to London. It is not only un American, but anti-American, and it can be fastened upon the United States only by the stifling of that indomitable spirit and love of liberty which proclaimed our political independence in 1776 and won it in the war of the Revolution. We demand the immediate restoration of the free and unlimited coinage of gold and silver at the present legal ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the aid or con sent of any other nation. We demand that the standard silver dollar shall be a full legal tender, equally with gold, for all debts, public and private, and we favor such legislation as will prevent the demonetization of any kind of legal tender money by private contract. We are opposed to the policy and practice of surrendering to holders of obligations of the United estates any option reserved by law to the government of redeeming such obligations in either silver coin or gold coin. We are opposed to the issuing of interest bearing bonds of the United States in time of peace, and condemn trafficing with banking syndicates which, in exchange for bonds at an enormous profit to themselves, supply the federal treasury with gold to maintain a policy of gold monometallism. Congress alone has power to coin and issue money and President Jackson declared that this power could not be delegated to corporations or individuals. We therefore demand that the power to issue notes be taken from the banks and that all paper shall be issued direct ly by the treasury department. We hold that tariff duties should be levied solely for the purpose of revenue and that taxation should be limited by the needs of the government, honestly and economically administered. We denounce as disturbing to business the republican threat to restore the Mc Kinley law, which has twice been con demned by the people in national elections, and which, enacted under the false plea of protection to home industry, proved a prolific breeder of trusts and monopolies, enriching the few at the ex pense of the many,, restricted trade and deprived the producers of the great Amer ican staples of access to their natural markets. Until the money question is settled, we are opposed to any agitation for further changes in our tariff laws ex cept such as are necessary to make the deficit in revenue, caused by the ad verse decision of the supreme court as to the iucome tax. There would have been no deficit in the federal revenue during the last two years but for the annulment by the supreme court of the income tax law, placed upon the statute books by a demo cratic congress. The obstruction to an income tax, which the supreme court dis covered in the constitution after it had laid bidden for a hundred years, must be removed, to the end that accumulated wealth may be made to bear its just share of the burden of the government. We, therefore, favor an amendment to the federal constitution that will permit the levy of an income tax. We hold that the efficient way of protecting American labor is to prevent the importation of foreign pauger labor to compete with the home market, and that the value of the home market to our American farmers and artisans is greatly reduced by a vicious monetary system which depresses the prices of their product below the cost of production, and thus deprives them of the means of satisfying their needs. We denounce the profligate waste of the money wrung from the people by oppres sive taxation and lavish appropriations of recent republican congresses, which have kept taxes high, while the laborer that pays them is unemployed, and pro ducts of the people are depressed in price until they no longer repay the cost of production. We demand a return to that simplicity and economy which best befits a democratic government, and a reduc tion in the number of useless offices, the salaries of which drain the substance of the DPOfla. Confidina in Ihn Itrntira nf our canee and the necessity of its success ! at the polls, we submit the foregoing declaration of principles and purposes to the considerate judgment of the American people. We invite the support of all citizens who approve them and who de sire to have them made effective through legislation for the relief of the people and the restoration of the country's proep eritjr. Walla Walla, Wash. SMITH, Athena, Oregon. W, D. HANSFORD & CO., wyvxsx Dealers In SS'' Hardware... and Stoves TIN AND COPPERWARE. Pumps, Pipe, etc., - - - - Baker Barbed Wire. PLUMBING A SPECIALTY. ALL WORK GUARANTEED. 629 Main Street, Pendleton. Oregon. iiUiWilliWUlUlliiiUUjU -AS AT H SNA PRBSS iioS A rS"' - -m IvlacEiIne Shop . . v Zeiger's Shop, at Helix, can repair Ma chinery. General Blacksmithing. W. L. ZEIGER, - - Helix, Ore. M.U.i.JU.UJ..,UJ..iUJ..JU FAKMEM