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About Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 1893)
ONE CENT DAILY I fitted, month bjr Mull I'reptifd in AdvAn0 TAo Paper Beni WJtoH Tlm Onif The-1 Gent' Daily, CAPITAL JOURNAL MHHMIIIII VOL. 0. DAILY .EDITION. 8AJLHM, OIUCGON, "VVISDKKHDAY, AUGUST U, 189 DAILY EDIIlOtf. NO. 18 J. m I N I TK Wo aro still in it whon it comes to low prices on GOOD GOODS! SUCH Shoes, Clothing, Dry Goods, In fact all lines of general Morchaudice at the it CASH STORK Bonanza Bar mBroken . J.JY..TSPMAS, 2t;Corn'l,fSt,- ' JiSAsLEM, 1 f t . i i I " H. W. OTTLE& CO., General Insurance Agency. Representing the followlne well-known and reliable Cempanies: STATE INSURANCE CO., EiBtn,Insurance Co., Trader' Insurance Co., dun Insurance Co.. National Insurance Co., Westchester Klre Ins. Co., lilon Klre Insurance Co., Imperial Fire Insurance Co., London a Lancashire Fire Ius. Soc.. London Assurance t orporatlon, Alliance Assurance Co., Norwich Union Fire Ins. floe. Oldest and Leading Firm In the Ulty Devoted Exclusively to Insurance, J. W. TflORNBORG, TUB UPIIOLSTKRER. Recovers and repairs upholstered furniture. Long Experience in the trade enables me to turn out first-class work. Samples of coverings. No trouble to give est i iiia tes. State Insurance block, Chemeketa street. Ed. C. CHURCHILL Spraying outfits, as , -lb'3 BURROUGHS State Street. F. T. HART, 247 COMMERCIAL BTREET. Lamoureux's Stables, At tbe Commercial street bridge near Willamette Hotel. New stock and ve hicles being added constantly. Only the best service rendered. No shabby rigs nor poor horsta. H. L. LAMOUREUX, Proprietor. West Printing Flrst-class Work. 203 Commercial St., MONEY TO LOAN On i mnroved Real 'Estate. In amount andj UmVto Vmt Nodeu? ?n ooilderlng loan.. FEAR & FORD, fVxira 11 HnnU Bank block. 6 11 iff !'.';: ', proprietor of the GERMAN x MARKET South Commercial Ht., &tlew. An kind Fresh, ! and Smoked Meat kndatac. . . FJMCB DKUVXJUVr - AS Lines Straw Hats ii Cross, Choice Meats. Wliolcssilo and Retail Dealer in Fresh, Salt and Smoked Meats of allKimls OS Court and 110 State Streets. LEADING MERCHANT. TAILOR. Co.," BOOK AND JOB Printers.- Reasonable Prices. Pulem, Oregon. SMITH BROS. . .' , i CONTRACTORS & PLASTERERS. Leave orders atOottlo-l'artchurit block.room 15,Halem,Orrgon. P. J. LARSEN & CO., Manufacturer of-AVagons, Car riages, etc,' Rpulrlnn a Speofalty, " ' v Kaop 45 8UU strret. FARM FOR SALE. A BARGAIN '.to acre with Improvement ovrrhaifnpd rrnitlvatlon. trt putuwand com good Umber. Term wj . 7. A rtifia U I IATn, MT-lnvdw 'wbeatUna.Or. STAGE GLINTS. Robert MautsH's wife will recelvo nil notiy of $.V" n wmlc from lilm during the term of her natural life. It Is said that novcr lwforo in tho his tory of the American stngo havo theatric nl matters been so unqualifiedly dull as at-prcscnt. DInncho Walsh will be the leading lady of tho "Aristocracy" company next sea son. Manrico BnrrymoTO will have tho principal malo part. Do Wolf Hopper's third wife, Edna Wallace, has mado a great hit in Delia Fox's part, Paquito, in "Panjandrum." Miss Fox has gone to Europe It is said that Charles Frohman will havo 20 companies on the road next sea son and that his salary list will contain the names of more than 400 well known theatrical people. Edwina, a graduate from a female minstrel or burlesque company, has cre ated a mild sensation by her dancing on tho roof garden of the Madison Squaro Garden, New York. Edward Vroom, who is to star next season in his own adaptation of "Rqy Bias," will bo managed by Edward Mi ner, a young son of the famous and wealthy Harry Miner. American playwrights will have very little opportunity next season, as man agers have been frightened by the cry of "hard times" and will buy nothing bnt established foreign successes. There will do no fewer than six melo dramas on tho road next season with a steeplechase as the 'principar feature. This is one result of tho phenomenal suc cess of "The Prodigal Daughter." rnllremcn Outwitted. The remarkable coolness of a cop tain London burglar assisted him to escape. He broke into a laundry, and while soiling the garments into a largo clothes basket was surprised by two- officers, who appeared at the window opening into the yard. The fellow worked so systematic ally and quietly that the officials thought that perhaps he was an em ployee of tho establishment and they therefore asked him why he worked .at so lato an hour. He replied: "I am getting the -things, ready for the girls, who will be up soon to do tho ironing. I get 14 shillings a week and have to work awful hard to keep my place." Ho then went to tho window, and putting his arms on tho sill said "My, but this is a disagreeable night to bo out in I I would not like to be in the place of you gentlemen. Won't you come inside and tako some re freshment? 1 will open tho wine cellar .for you." The officers Btarted for the kitchen door in tho rear part of tho yard, and tho thief mado for tho front door and escaped, parrying with him every thing ho could lay his bands on. Exchange. A Draft Indicator. A draft indicator has been invent ed which is intended to be placed at either or both ends of a vessel for the purpose of showing at a glance to tho officer of the deck how much water his vessel is drawing. It may also be set at any desired point, bo that when a certain draft is reached a signal bell is automatically sound ed and continues to ring until stopped. This is effected through electrical connections. Tho accurate working of the instrument can never to the slightest extent bo affected by the riso or fall of waves alongside. Exchange. Metamorphosis. Clara I understand Chollio wears a beautiful pink shirt. Cora He used to, but he doesn't now. "Discarded it so soon?" "No; ho had it washed, and it's white now." Yonkers Statesman. Genuine. "Where did you get your now wait ress, Hawleyl" "Down on tho Jersey coast" "Really!" "Yea. She is one of tho breakers." Harper's Bazar. Her Ilcanty Went With It. Fred She isn't tho pretty girl she used to bo. Arthur Is that sot Fred Yes. Her father lost all hla money speculating. Truth. nr loreTor two yean, and, .pbftWani saw It could not be .tared. Alter, taawi . - --j- tile S. S.3 were uno. f " .area new lease.on VCIIC III II Eft. Ynu ought to let all suiferers know of W wonderful rdr. la IS A WONDERFUL KEMEDy-wecWhr foi old people.. J,buMBP the cuanl health. Trtai free. 71 m mntv-Teii yean ow tndUve had my ? n" at least twentryear by tba bm o Swift's Spedfie. My fool nd lea to my kn" "M.l iwirr wane coMrAMy. At)4fc. maiiri i , i Commercial of 'Frisco is Short TO TOE TONE! OP Ml i 71 Speech Making and Resoluting by the Silver Men, SEVERAL CONCLUSIONS REACHED. Favor Repeal of the Sherman Coinage Law. RESTORATION OF OLD STANDARD And Free Coinage of Bo!h Metals at Ratio of 1G to 1. Bad Banking. San Francisco, Aug. 2. The Chronicle charges that the failure of the Paclflo bank, only Commercial bank in Ban Francisco which has closed Its doorsr that It was not duo to present financial' stringency but to recklesa management of tbe bank. It says it is hopelessly wrecked, about two million dollars being gone. 1 Silver Men. Chicago, Aug. 2. Tho silver con vention resumed. Its session this morn ing. Owing to jhe Juadequato rooms used yesterday It was"decidea to meet in Central Hall, but tho auent stood at the door this morning and refused to open it until $200 per day rental was guaranteed. This was done and the delegates llocke I in. President Thur man called the convention to ordor. Ex-Senator Hill, of Colorado, addressed the convention on the sliver question. Arguments wereclilelly based on statis tics tending to show the adoption of the gold stundHrd In any country waa luvaribly followed by decades of pover ty and depression. At the conclusion of Hill's addresH, the Hon. J. R. Do little of Wisconsin, presented resolutions declaring It tho duty of congress to coin both gold and silver in mcb ratio of weight that bullion In tho silver dollar ihall equal in vulue bullion In th gold dollar, referred to a committee on reso lutions. The Kesolutions. Chicago, JIls., Aug. -Congressman F. Q. Newland, of Nevada, fol lowed In an address reviewing congres sional legislation on tbe silver question. The committee on resolutions this af ternoon submltte I a long report. Tbe nreamble. after reciting ttie antiquity of bimetallism, reviews the history of demonetlzttlon of silver iu 1873, which led to the nresent distress by doubling the purchuse power of gold. The preamble further recites that tbe mnnev of the country is inadequate for the business of tho laud, and in order to hold the balance level between the debtor and creditor of the various nations, the upply of currency must increase wish Increased population ana homness. The resolutions then say: "There must be no compromise of tbla ruination. All legislation demonetizing ellver or restricting coinage thereof niist be mmeuiateiy anu compieicjy ranealed bv act restoring the coin nice of tbe country to the condition established by the founders or tbe nutlon. 'I he rMnlutlons assert that the power of tbls nation to stand on Its own feet, to legis late for itseir upon all subjects, 'rue only remedy for purely metallic finan cial troubles is to open the mint of the nation to L'old aud sliver on equal terms at the old ratio of 10 of silver to 1 of gold. TIIK HHEHMAN ACT. While the Sherman act is objection' able, the resolutions protest against re ral of the act ozcent by au act restor lag free blmeUl'to coinage, as it exited nrinr in 1873 The resolutions aasert that tbe unparalleled calamities which now afll cttlie American people are not due to tbe so-called Sherman act, and in proof thereof call attention to the fact that the same evil conditions now prevail over all the gold-standard world. Bad m Is tbe lUto of llaiw In l IN mm this country, It would have bom still wors but for tho Hhorman act, by which tbe nation has obtained lo some extent au expanding circulation. Tho resolutions Insist on tho purchase of the full amount of silver oaoh month Chicago Market. Chicago, Aug. 2. At the oponlng of tho board of trade, September wheat started at GO. September pork opened unchanged at $12 to $12 60. JJouyanoy however was abort lived as soon after the opening failures were announced of Deggleaton tt Son, George G. Parker & Co. and Thomaa Gregg. This caused a break in wheat to 68, but a rally quickly followed to GO. Pork declined to $11, but recovered to $12.25. Bam and Cattle Burned. POUGHKREPSIK, N. Y., Aug. 2. Ex- Vlco President Levi P. Morton's Im mense barn near Rhienbeck, with out buildings and ono hundred head of Guernsey cattle, and all farm houses were burned this morning, loss over one hundred thousand dollars. la Siam. London, Aug. 2. It announced that the Frenoh blockade of Bangkok was raised today. WORLDS FAIR DIRECTORS. , Fined Tor Not Opening the White City Sunday. Chicago. Ills., Aug. 2. Judge Stein In the superior court today adjudged the world's fair directors guilty of con tempt of court In closing the gates Sun day, July 23d. He ordered tho direc tors, Gage, Hutchinson, Henrotln, Mc Nally, and Kerfoot, to be fined one thousand dollars each. Director Law- eon received a fine of one hundred dol lars. Director General Davis was fined two hundred and fifty dollars. An ap peal was taken. Underestimated Crop. Buda Pesth, Aug. 2. TbeHungar Ian wheat crop is expected to be ono million hundred weight abovo esti mates and quality excellent. Brass Works. Elyria, O., Aug. 2. Tbo Lorian Mfg. Co., tbe largest brass works in the country baa failed. Assets $102,000 liabilities $100,000. Stills 2000 Looms. Woonsocket, R. L, Aug, 2. The Plants' Valley Falls Co., making cot ton dress goods here and at Valley Falls running 200 looms and employing about 760 bauds has shut down Indefinitely. THE MARKETS. San Francisco, Aug 2. Wheat weaker, December $1,221, teller .03; cash number, one shipping, $1.10. Cuicaqo, Aug. 2. Cash, 66f; Sep tember 68 j. Portland, Aug. 2. Wheat valley, 1.00, Walla Walla 87.O0. A ROYAL FLUSH. Queen Victoria is said to be an expert knitter, and ono of her quilts, with V. R. in its center, is among tho coverlets used at Notting hospital. Young King Alexander of Servia, who is barely 17 years of ago, looks llko a man of 28 with his broad shouldors, bearded face and cynical and resolute expression. Queen Amelie of Portugal is a com paratively early riser, and it is seldom that 7 o'clock finds her in bod of a morn ing. She is very fond of bathing and always takes a cold plunge bath on ris ing. The crown of the old Scottish kings is still preserved. It is formed of two cir cles of gold, tho upper and narrow cir clet being surmounted by a row of crosses and gem incrnsted imitation flowers. The British crown is a circle of gold adorned with precious stones, from which riso alternately four Maltese crosses and four fiowcrs-de-luco. From the tops of tho crosses spring four arch diadems, which close under a mound and crott. Within the cross is a crim son velvet cap bordered with ermine. Bur to He H Go. Modern Composer I've got a uow stage song that's bound to muko a hit Manager Any sense in itf "None at all." "Any fun in itt" "Not a bit" "Any musk) in itl" "Nnfc a note." "Whoop I Wo'll take tho townl" Now York Woekly. Tn to Kxt Natural Teeth. Euduro all reauonablo paiu for a timo rather than have a tooth ex tracted. One natural tooth in prot er condition, and even badly decayod onea, may bo reatored to that state, to worth a dozen artificial Bubetl tutea. Philadelphia Pre Highest of all In Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. Iw&! jmam ABSOLUTELY PURE REOAN, POWDERLY, THURMAN. Prominent Trio of Speakers at tho Silver Convention. CniCAao, Aug. 2. At tho Tuesday afternoon session tbo committee ou permanent organization reported for permanent chairman Allen W. Thur man of Ohio; for secretary Joseph Hutchinson of Colorado, also that a vlco president bo appointed from each state, the selection to be mado by each state delegation. When it wfb sug gested that tbo roll bo called for tho ar polntmont of tho committee on resolu tions C. C. Thomas of Colorado urged that each state name three members of this commltteo, ono 'from each of the three parties. Paul Vandervoot of Ne braska objected. He hoped that party differences wouldn't bo recognized in this convention. Ex-Senator Regan of Texas was called to the stage and said in part: "We aro here for the purpose of try ing to relieve tho country from present embarrassment and place it on a foot ingof prosperity. We aro hero as blme talllsts without referenco tonnydistino tlon of political parties. The moment wo Introduce a partisan question into this convention we throw beforo It matter whioh will causo strife and im pair its work." Tbe sense of tbo convention was bo overwhelmingly with Regan that Thomas withdrew his motion. Tine commltteo appointed included tho fol lowing, members: Colorado Ihomas M. Patterson; Idaho G. V. Bryant; Nevada H. F. Bartlue; Montana E E. B. Matta: Washlngtou Patrick Clarke. The question of preparing an address to the people aud a memorial to con gress was referrod to the committee ou resolution. Tho permanent chair man, Mr.Thurman, wus escorted to his seat amid great applause and dollveied an address. Mr. Tburctian said that should tbe Sherman law bo repealed without any substltuto in lieu thereof It would mean the fiual destruction of silver as a meas ure of value. The Issuo resolves itsell down to a question whether tho paper money of the country Is to bo Issuod bj banking corporations upon Iho debts of thepcoploor othor kinds of corporate securities or whether It is to rest.upon tho broad and safe basis of go d and sil ver. Gold alonocortainly cannot atrord a sufficient basis upon which the amount of circulation medium required by tho peoplo of this country can safely rest. "I am against irrcdotnnblo currency in every way, but If t la to be decreed that we must havo fiat monoy then 1 am in favor of lis being Issued by tho government aud not by Individuals." Thurman referred to tho catch penny phrase continually used in high places, of sound and stable curronoy, and said he had no doubt that this phrase will be used In Cleveland's mescago to con gress. He wanted the president or tin United States to tell tin people of tbe country and members of congress what he means by "sound and stable cuareu cy." He wanted tbe president to tell the people why bo thinks gold alone will make that. Thurmau asked to present one proposition that might be considered with others that might como beforo the convention. It Is first, let our adversaries agree to tho tree coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 or 10 tol. I perfer the former. If they do tbls we wl I agree to tho unconditional repeal of tbo Sherman law. Next, amend the National banking laws. The report of tho committee on cre dentials showed forty-two states and territories represented and 810 delegates entitled to seats, The report of the committee on rules provides that all discussions shall be confined to the sub ject of bimetallism and that nn dele gates be allowed to speak more than five minutes ou the same subject. T. V. Puwderly, general master work man of the Knights of Labor, addressed the convention brlttlv. "Tweuty-flve thousand Knights of Labor," said ) e, "stand today on tho verge of ruin In our Western states. Ten thousand are already Idle and 60.C00 luveadVa! me to come here and ray that tbe Wist la Baking Powder In danger from thoao who would de monetize sllvor and drlvo It from the country. I havo been asked how the KnlghtB of Labor stand on tho question, aud reply they stand as a unit on It. Not In any section, but wherever there aro Knights of Labor they stand for the frco and unlimited colnago or sliver in the ratio of 1 to 10." (TremondouB cheering). Ignatlui Donnelly waa then called upon and spoke for-half au hour. He spokoof tbo (treat European conspiracy against silver, aided by the coadjutors in America. VvmEIn men are past forty. "Actlvn ltcoreatlon" of tlie Sort Kcrora niemleil Here Would Kill Many. Moro walking exercise, although it is invaluable, hardly fulfills tho idea of perfect recreation. Sir James Paget says "good, nclivo recreations", ought to inoludo "uncertainties, won ders and opportunities for tho oxor ciso of ekillin something different from tho regular work." Tho pres ent writer is always longing for cricket in tho summer and football or hockoy in tho winter and spring, but ho cannot find a man anywhere abovo '10 years of ago who will agree with him. Why should tho litorary man, tho doctor and tho stock broker or tho merchant not play cricket aft er 45. What is to become of Ids dinner hour? is it asked. If a bettor lunch eon wei'0 taken at midday and a lighter dinner nt G In tho evening, thero is no reason whatever why a man of 45 and up. to 05 or 70 should not bo in tho cricket fiold at 7.S0 and play briskly until 0 or 0.30. An hour and a half at crickot after alight dinner would make middle aged men so young that they would not know themselves. Writers would write twice as brilliantly, and business men would bo clovoror and keener by half. As it is, tho avorago middlo aged Englishman of tho professional and businoss classes grows fatter, wheoz tor, moro pompous and moro dull and uninteresting every year of his lifo. To got a laugh out of him Is impossible, to crack a joko at his ox ponso is to commit tho tinpardonablo Bin. "Poor old porpoiso," as Bonie body has called him. His innocent pleasures hnvo vanished with his youth, and "ho has nothing now loft to livo for but his respectability, his solomn respectability, and his monoy bags." Tho contrast botwoon tho youthful Englishman and his middlo aged pa rent is Bomotimos startling. The for mer is all lifo and fun ; tho latter is a moving mountain of ponderosity and fat. It is all for want of outdoor ex erclso and recreation. Twenty-fivo years ago tho solemn fathor of today was tho fun loving son of a middlo aged father. If anybody had thou shown him in a prophotic mirror tho figure ho would cut at tho end of a quartor of a century, ho would havo committed suicido in ahoer voxation and disgust. But all this rotundity, wlioezinoas, irritability of temper, incapacity for work and general disgust with life and all things in it can bo cured cured easily and cured forever, and tho euro for tho vast majority of cases Is ono or two hours' daily oxcrciso and recreation in tho open air. Lon don Hospital. ALL TNE OMFMTS OF I0ME2 includes the great temperance drink Hires'a Lit gives New Life to Uio Old PoUso,; k Measure, to the Parents, i Health to the uiiiuren. k fll tot ill -5w4 AH TbM. . A f (M pW Im ! A &.'" it .' ll.....n.t nm .L " M h limit T X "H 1 J ti tf" i mUUuMmL .a