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About The Telephone=register. (McMinnville, Or.) 1889-1953 | View Entire Issue (June 26, 1890)
THE TELEPHONE-REGISTER. HARDING &. HEATH, Publishers. SUBSCRIPTION KATES. On« Copy, per year, Inailvince................. $2 00 One Copy, six months in advac»............. 1 00 Entered at the postoffice at McMinnville Oregon, as second-class matter. T he advertising R ates or T he T ele phone -R egister are liberal, taking in consideration the circulation. Single inch, »1 ■00; each subsequent inch, $.75. Special inducements for yearly or semi- yearly contracts. * * * A ll C ommunications M i st B e S igned B y the person who sends them, not for pub lication, unless unaccompanied by a ‘ non de plume,” but for a guarantee of good faith. No publications will he published unless so signed. J ob W ork N eatly *A s » Q uickly E xecuted at reasonable rates Our facilities are the best in Yamhill county and- as good as any in the state A complete steam plant insures quick work. * * * _ A ddress A ll C ommunications . E ither F or the editorial or business departments, to T he T elephone -R egister , McMinnville, Oregon. ♦ * » S ample C opies O f T he T elephone -R egis will be mailed to any person in the United States or Europe, who desires one, free of charge . • , ter W e I xvite Y ou T o C ompare T he T ele phone -R egister with any other paper published in Yamhill county. All subscribers who do not reccire their paper regularly will confer a favor by im mediately reporting the tame to this office. Thursday, June 26 1890. Harvard’s class orator of '90 was a full blooded negro. His oration was won derful and at its finish be received an ovation._____________ The buiding of the brick on the cor ner of Third and D streets brings us back to thinking that all the energetic people of the city are not dead yet. Tile Philadelphia organ of the car penter’s union says: Up to date eight hours a day has l>een secured this sea son for the carpenters in twenty-seven cities and towns, affecting 25,355 men. Cholera is raging in Spain and Euro pean countries are alarmed. It is pro nounced by experts to be the genuine Asiatie cholera. The United States will establish a strict quarantine, so fear need not lx? felt on this side of the Atlantic. Chicago’s population has about 70 per cent, foreign born, divided as fol- lows: Germans, 225,000; Irish; 150,000; Poles, 90,000; Bohemians, 50,000: Ital ians, 15,000; Chinese, 1,000. This is the estimate of Hermann Raster, editor of the Staats Zeitung. Real estate men from various parts of the state have l>een in the city during the past week looking up investments in McMinnville property. The boom in real estate is not here and it is not wanted. Shyster real estate men we hope will go by us. Andrew Penny, the silver king of Bolivia, has recently died. He led an adventurous life and when in reduced circumstances invested, along with a French Count, in an abandoned mine in the Oruro silver district in Bolivia. A further development proved the mine to be exceedingly rich in ore, and from it he has had an income for some time estimated at £1000 a week. The Oregonian heads a dispatch about the Oregon delegation to Con- gross: They all Work Hard. They do, especially in getting up their telepraph- ie puffs. It must take considerable time, money and ingenuity to manufacture, and haA-e sent and printed, the many columns every Aveek of 1 »casting and puffing that those fellows send out to Oregon. We give it up; they must work hard.— East Oregonian. Camphor has gone up from 18 cents a pound last year to 75 cents a jound at present, owing to heavy purchases by the German government to be used in the manufacture of some new kind of powder. We have no quarrel with the German government, but we trust we may be permitted to ask what their new-fangled powder is to us compared with our unalienable right to protect our winter clothing from the ravages of the saw-toothed moth? The foundation for a neat little ro mance is furnished by a rumor now current in Eurojiean gossipy circles, to the effect that as a result of his illness last spring, the young king of Spain, instead of recovery, as was reported, did in fact “shuffieoff this mortal coil” and that a foundling was substituted by the government for the sake of sav ing the dynasty. The report, however has been traced to Brazil, whence it went over with an invoice of coffee. A most extraordinary event has hap pened. A Belgian nanufacturer has underbid the Pittsburg iron makers 25 per cent, on a contract for iron beams and channels for a new court house at Minneapolis. This naturally astonishes Carnegie, Phillips & Co., who have been growing rich on a protection of 115 per cent, on structural iron, and they are surprised by the bid into the admission that wages and other items have recently advanced 17 per cent, in Europe. We have heard of no such ad vance here. What does it all mean? Simply this, that our iron masters have lieen charging such outrageous profits that even 115 per cent, duty does not keep out the foreign product. WASHINGTON LETTER. Mr. Blaine, according to some of his indiscreet friend«, has made up his mind to go in and fight Speaker Reed to the death. He does not relish the rapidity with which the sfieaker has mounted to the top 6f the ladder of party leadership. The first fight be tween the rivals is over the Federal election bill, which Mr. Reed is partic ularly anxious to see passed, and which he has persuaded the house caucus t» endorse. Mr. Blaine will bring all the influence he can to bear in order to de feat the bill, so that the fate of this bill will show which of them is in control of his party in the house, and give an idea of the victor in the conflict. Commissioner of pensions Raum told a friend that he was very much dis’ o gusted with his office and that he was seriously contemplating resigning and retiring from politics. The civil service investigating com mittee has made its report, and a queer document it is. It puts a liberal coat of whitewash on Commissioners Rose- velt and Thompscn, anil finds poor friendless Lyman guilty as indicted. There is no doubt about Lyman’s guilt, but the question which puzzles people is why wasn’t Rosevelt equally guilty in making the snidy deal. Lyman’s brother-inlaw, Campbell, has resigned, and if Lyman does not promptly follow suit it is believed that he will bedismis- ed. The McKinley tariff bill has made such progress in the senate finance committee that it is now announced that it will be reported to the senate this week. »Senator Carlisle, who as a representative prepared the minority report on this bill when it was reported to the house, is now at work upon the minority report of the senate committee FIRST RACE—Running, One-Half Mile and repeat; Purse, $50.00. on the same bill. This is a distinction SECOND RACE—Trotting, three minute class, for Yamhill County never before enjoyed by a member of horses; Purse, $50.00. congress. The republican caucus silver bill, which recently passed the house, has been adopted with some amendments, as a substitute for the Jones bill in the senate. The present house has passed bills up FIRST RACE—Running, one mile dash; Purse, $100.00. to this time appropriating $167,419,831, SECOND RACE—Trotting, 2:30 class; Purse, $150.00. for the ex-soldiers. That is considera bly more money than it costs to main o tain the immense German army fora year. Great is the ex-soldier in the eyes of the representative who is up for a nomination and election. Entrance 10 per cent, of purse. Purses divided into three moneys, 70, Some scandal is being whispered around in connection with the bids for 20 and 10 per cent, of purse. the construction of an armored cruis er, which were opened last week at the navy department. The Union iron work of San Francisco, and the Cramps of Philadelphia are the rival bidders. With CHAS WOODS. McMinnville. Oregon. Secretary Tracy has the bids under ad The track at McMinnville is without a question the fastest track in visement, and it is charged by the friends of the Cramps that the awards the state, and the people can be assured of speedy races. of the contract is held back for the pur pose of compelling the Philadelphia firm to agree to certain things relating to future campaign contribution«. It is only fair to say that these emanate from democratic sources. Mr. Harrison has been very harshly Are being arranged for on the Third and Fourth criticised for allowing Postmaster Gen eral Wannamaker to present him a bet ween the Yamhill County Associntion nine and the best team to cottage at Cape May, and the criticism obtained in the state. This announcement will be made later. comes from both democrats and repub licans alike. Mrs. Harrison anil the o rest of the family leave here tomorrow for Cape May to occupy the cottage; they are to remain there all summer. Mr. Harrison will go over on .Saturday» and remain until the following Monday evening, until congress adjourns, the? 1 he will join the family for the sumrne r. The new pension bill which has just I got through both houseland senate.will cost, it is variously estimated, from 36 to 80 millions of dollars per auum- Tuscaloosa, Alabama, caught the last presidential veto of a public building bill, and it is probable that there are more to come: The Avarm weather seems to have had a decidedly debilitating effect upon congress, and things have lieen ex tremely dull and quiet this week, though the amount of routine work on regular appropriation bills, etc., which has been performed, is unusually large. Ex-Representative Valentine, of Ne braska, has been elected sargeant at arms of the senate to succeed Mr.'Cana- day, whose resignation takes effect on the 30 inst. Senator Platt has given notice ------- that — h as soon as the silver bill is disposed of I he will call up the bill for the admis- I mission of Wyoming. The senate investigation of the fisl , commission has begun, and evideni x has lieen presented to show that ca n. missioner McDonald has appointed his relations to the offices under him, and that he constantly uses the »teamen i be- longing to the commission for Iris own private purposes. Saturday was deA oted by the J louse to eulogies on the late ex-Speaker Ran-1 ft * dull, and Mr. Randall’s success« the oddest looking man in Congress, made j his debut as a congressional oral» >r. Senator Morrill today address es the ' * senate in favor of the bill relat ing to the agricultural colleges of the « »untry. _______ C arl S hi 'LTZ. RACES! RACES! JULY THIRD AND FORTH! AT THE FAIR GROUND, McMINNVIlLE The people of Yamhill County will have the Pleasure of seeing, on the 3d and 4th, good square races, both by run ning and trotting horses. J uly T hird . J uly F ourth . FOR TWO WEEKS ♦ o ta io te d ta It Start it il Ai ta! Entries to Close June 25. 1890. We will sell at COST our full line of Two Games of Base Ball ! •fl •fl a » o 2 THE MOTIVE IN CZAR-XHJ ft « .ING. I y elabo- Î Czar of I fore the ■ to be the Another and apparently a vis rately planned plot to fji th<» Russia has been disco vered k* last proceeding one eeasi< subject of news dis patches. The fact is in p o way surpita .ng. The men and worn»’ a who are trylx g to kill Alexander ar e no( murderou sly dis- posed persor ,s. They are Mead y people; who feel th e need of writing e< »mplain-1 As they | Ing letter, to the newspapers, are not 'permitted, on r pain __ of f eath or i exile,, to give publicity to the ir com plaint 3 in that harmless fashiic n, they must fl nil some other me: ins of calling The wool clip of Umniatilla county atte ntion to the fact that they t re not is extremely light this year, but the en tirely satisfied with th »existic g state sheep pelt crop is heavy. It is estimat o’. things. ed that over half the sheep in the re In Russia the only wr ,y to do that is gion of Heppner ¡»erished on the ranges to throw a bomb at the < •zar, wh o im- last winter, one house alone in that personates the system of repressioi i and town having handled 60,<X>0 pelt». hideous cruelty. They i ire not pe. 'tnit- Much of this loss and the suffering of ted to “blow him up”figi lratively; they the miserable brutes incident to the must do it physically. same could have l»een forestalled by The czar has need to I »ke a leaf out j prudence on the part of the sheep of Julius Ceasar’s boo’ s—or Shakes-, owners. So long as this industry is de peare’s, rather— and lea rn the danger pendent upon luck to sec it through a that despots encounter v hen surround- sharp winter, it will occasionally be ed by “lean and hung yy” Cassiuses j caught unaware and roll up a per cent, who “think too much.’’ As he cannot ' of losses that it will take several good abolish the thinkers in this seething years to make good. Whether from a modern world, his remei ty is to abolish humane or economic poini of view, it is the despot. It is his net fleet to do that a bad plan to keep more animals than which prompts his lovi ng subjects to the owner is prepared to feed through their efforts to do it for him.— li’orZi/. at least three months, during which » » the range cannot be depended upon.— . CROUP, Whooping couk h and bronchitis „ . immediately relieved bv Sb ¿Job’s cure. Sold Oregonian. by Rogers Bros. ♦ * N e Cl 9 F Consisting of Men's Suits, Overcoats, Underwear, Hats, Shoes, Dusters, Sumn er Coats, White Vests and many other lines. GREATER STILL During this sale we will offer, without reserve, our full line of boys’ and children s goods at ACTUAL COST. Also our full line of BROWNSVILLE AND EAGLE WOOLEN MILLS, Goods at ACTUAL COST At our last sale we proved to the people that we did just as we advertised, and to convince you that we will do the same now, all you need is to look at our prices. LOOK IN OUR SHOW WINDOW! Men s all wool Summer suits, nicely made, for $'3.50 Men's good summer or winter suits for 5.50 Boys' suits, age twelve to eighteen, 4.50 Children's sailor suits, 1.00 Children's blouse suits, 2.00 Children's straw hats at your own price. Other goods to correspond with above prices prices. Now is your time to buy, and if we don't sell as we ad .vertise then don't buv. This Sale will be genuine, and no Fake! KÄV & TODD I I 9