Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-09-30

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cooperate with the nations of
Europe in stopping the liquor traffic
in Africa, and declaring the existing
political parties unworthy the sup
port Of christian people. A para
graph was included deprecating
''the sp ctacle Of the president Of
the United States lately crossing the
continent with a chest stocked with
liquors as reported In the news
papers, but Rev. Frank Bristol
declared that il was a shame to
believe III OF the president simply
because Of a newspaper story, and
the paragraph was expunged.
WORKING THE OLD GAME.
New YORK, Sept. SO.-The rimes
has received iu the last six months
great quantity Of green gpois lit
erature. IL has been enclosed In
letters from remote parts Of the
country, whose writers have been
anxious to learn if a purported
newspaper clipping, which i sent
out with the green goods literature,
ever appearsdiiD the columns of The
Times. The latest inquiry Of this
sort comes from Oregon, No. The
bogus clipping purports to b'
"a special dispatch To the Times"
from Washington, and is beaded,
"How the Treasury is Rubbed.
The alleged clipping never appeared
ia the Times, nor IN any other news
paper. 1t is a clever scheme Of the
green goods men that often catches
persons in the out-0f the way reg
gions OF the country. 1t is print
ed in such a way as to deceive
one who does not give it close iu-
spection and makes him thluk that
IL has been carelessly cut out Of tn,
newspaper, leaving with the clip
ping portions of articles other thar
the one it was intended to cut out.
In the bogus clipping the Register
Of the treasury is quoted as saying
that no precAution whatever j.
taken to prevent the duplication o
bonds or treasury notes should tbs
plates from which they are strucl
off fall into the bands of dishoues
persons. In 1871, it is stated dupli
Gates of coupons on bonds amount
ing to over $13,O0O,0O0 were discov
ere aud paid by the government
They were, it is added. undoubtedly
taken from the true plates. No rec
ord is kept, it is further stated, {
the redemption of greenDacks, s
that there Is nothing to prevent tn
re lemption of any number of cop
les Of the same note.
'Scoundrels backed In thei
work by some person high in gov
ernment favor" the article contin
ues, "and in collision with the en-
craving department, have issue
millions of dollars of this fraudulen
money, which it is impossible 10 de
tect.'' Then comes the statemen
that thousands of dollars of thi
spurious issue haYe been used by tn
Republican party to further its il
forests on election day. The stor
closes:
at has puzzled them (the dete'
tives) not a little to ascertain wh
4 they (the scoundrels) offer them 8
] cheap, as they are certainly AS va
liable as the genuine, and the onl
conclusion that they can reach
: that the party in New York City d
not want any excitement by usin
them in the same city where the,
make their headquarters and d
their trading"
The green goods artist then got
on to say that he represents the pei
son "high in government favor
and wants good, shrewd agen
"in your locality to handle m
goods"
Such an opportunity to make
fortune, 1t is declared, has never bt
fore crossed the prospective agent
: path. He can pay oil all his debt'
, 10 ba hoo kaan nnf.rtnnota L., h,s
| ness, aud buy mortgages. IL IN
! receiver of the literature desires
. do business with the sender he
1 told that it will be absolutely necei
j sary for him to come on to Me-
( York. Voluminous instructions al
2 given as to the proposed purchas.
: and the green goods purchase
I can be brought together. TIL
! man from Wayback must di
e tribute dozen or so kilograms owe
the country he tTaverses on his cas-
ward journey, so that the greer
goods man may know he is bona
( tide purchaser. When he arrive
I In New York he must walk dlreC
e to IA certain hotel, mentioned in tn
circular, aud there await develop
= ments Then follows the old, oil
! hunco game, which ought to be $
familiar 20 everybody.
: CHUTE DISCHARGED.
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept, S0.-Judg
Murphy OF the superior court 4
passing upon the writ of habea
corpus sued out by Richard Chut
discharged the latter from custody
Chute who Is we'll known poll
tioian on Thursday last WAS fine,
live hundred dollars and wa
sentenced live days In the count.