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The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-01
The Truth.

EDITOR ADvooATE:-The saloon keeper at
this place telegrsphed the representative Of
our county "That forty y-nine cowboys and
fifty citizens were at this place awaiting his
command" We suppose the above (Which
is lie made Of whole cloth) is probably a
fair sample Of the reported kilograms re-
oeived from other parts Of Kansas. Your
correspondent requested the gentleman TO
explain why he had sent such false report.
The reply was "That il was only joke" "
We call it only another republican lie, for
short. Such falsehoods have tendency to
mislesd the outside world, leaving the i'm
preston that the people are opposed TO our
governor, and favor the republican house,
which is not the case. We look at the situa-
tion as being the dying struggles of the once
powerful party that has made her boast Of
80. 900 majority in Kansas.
Give US the Australian ballet system, and
in '94 we will bury the g. o. p. beyond all
hope Of resurrection. In this county the re-
publioans carried the election through the
corrupt use Of money. They bought mems
influence 1--WE call it votes), which consisted
in walking to the polls and allowing the
parties (who paid the money! see the vote
deposited and that the voter talk to no one
on the way to the polls nor get out of sight
Of the republican guardian Rngelwhose busi-
ness il was to see that the voter had no op-
portunity to secure ticket other than that
given him by said guardian.
JOSIAH GoRsUoH.
Sharon Springs, Wallace county, Kas.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-01
Resolutions of a College Reform Club.

Resolutions of a College Reform Club.
At special meeting OF the Reform
club Of Salins Normal University, the
following resolutions were unanimously
adopted
WHEREAS, In the last election the
honest voters # Kansas, who voted as
they stood, "for principle" were ma
liciously slandered, msltreated and mis-
represented by the republican press, the
dire organ OF political debris and putre-
faction; and
WHEREAS, The so-called republican
party brought several thousand negroes
from the southern states into Kansas
Cess than ninety days before eleCtion)
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-01

4 yohIS bBO' AS 40 X SOnVS POA h0ANA "
now. The Peoples party tried to lowe
it two years ago about one.hslf. The re
publican senate blocked all such chances
The railroads took courage, raised th
freight 3 cents per bushel upon 7O,0O00O
bushels in 1892, whereby the state wa
mulched in the fine sum Of over $4,000,
900. II the. Peoples party had succeeded
in reducing the rates to one-hslf, the!
would have made the charges about
cents per bushel from Lindsborg to Kan
sas City. Lindsborg being situated il
the center Of the wheat belt, it woulC
have reduced the charges on whea
shipped in the state about one-balf. o
say 5 cents per bushel on 70,000,0O
bushels makes $3,5OO,OOO; add this Il
the raise in freight, 3 cents, $2,1OO,OO0
for every year sum of $5,6O0,000. A
pretty nice sum that the republican
blocking game has produced.
The railroads can well afford to pa!
the Douglass rump to block you agar
and then stick on to us another 8 cents I
bushel to make another $2,0O0,0O0 fol
every year in the next two years.
Yes; gentlemen Of the Dunsmore house
be strong. I live in the darkest politics
corner in Kansas, where scarcely ray o
light has penetrated; where Joe Hudson
is the saint by whom they swear. Reason
cannot here prevail; facts are useless tt
produce. am openly charged Of lying
But if you will now act strongly aud re
duce our wheat tariff on the basis Of thu
Missouri tariff OF two years ago, then
promise you that we will run up msjo
tiles. Do not let the supreme court scare
you. When the republican party was
young it was also honest; when thu
country was in peril it saved the coun
try. During the Lincoln administration
the greenback act was passed. No ac'
of any party has been denounced more
than that act. The supreme court Of the
United States decided it unconstitu.
tional. Evarts was attorney general; ht
moved the court for a new hearing. Con
gress changed the constitution of the
court from seven judges to nine. Gen
Grant was president; he appointed addi-
Ftional judges to sustain the party act
The decision Of the supreme court was
reversed; the greenbsek was sustained
No act Of the great general was greater
than that act.
Gentlemen, do not attempt too many
things. Do not meddle with gambling
laws, prohibition laws, school book ques-
ton laws, and special laws, but do pass q
redemption law, railroad tariff law, and
possibly a commission through whom
money may bs loaned at less rates that
at present. Do not meddle with the
usury law upon taxation Of land and
personal property. Try to define policy,
but do not pass any law; leave that as it
is. Do not try to pass any law that you
are not positive the people will sustain at
the polls. To do anything else is not
stalesmanlike. The boast is on the
streets that you will try to do too much.
You must restrain yourselves. If you
have these things in view, victory is ours
now and hereafter. CHAs. FERN.
Lindsberg, Kas., February IL, 1893.
Resolutions of College Reform Club,
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-01
The Transportation Question.


covered that bushel of wheat was
hauled from Kansas City to st. Louis at
the cost Of only 3 cents bushel, while
from point in Kansas situated as
LindSborg is to Kansas City "a less dis
tance than from Kansas City to St.
L1uis), it costs to haul bushel Of wheat
10 cents.
In the argument upon such a condi-
tion, the committee of the house, by it's
kindly feelings and inclination to JUS
tice, made what think fatal mistake.
It took for granted that the company
could not haul bushel Uf wheat from
Kansas City to st, Louis for such a price
as 3 cents, consequently there must exist
something like pool between the rail
roads and the speculator whereby part of
the 10 cents paid in Kansas for like ser
vice being paid by the Kansas producer
was shared by the railroads east of Kan
sas City to enhance the profit Of the
speculstor at the expense Of the grower.
do not take issue with the committee
upon this, their assumption, as to
whether 1t is correct or not. it may be
correct, and it may not. But my objec-
tion to the assumption is that the COM
mittee permitted itself to reason at all
upon the situation when it found GER
tain state OF facts, showing plainly that
wheat was hauled from Kansas City to
st. Louis at a cost of 3 cents bushel.
The committee had no necessity to find D
reason other than that potent deduction
from the facts as existing; they are con-
elusive that such q price was profitable
to the company, otherwise such rate
would not exist. If the committee had
taken this view, it is difficult to say what
result it would have had upon the wheat
tarif from Kansas City to st. Louis for
the last two years
In conversation with dealers in Linds-
borg, / find that the tariff on wheat from
Kansas City to st. Louis has been for
the last two years 6 cents per busheI, II
this raise from 3 to 6 cents was a result
of the weakness OF the committee in &C
knowledging that the haul could not be
made for 8 cents, or il the raise was from
other causes, is impossible for me to de-
eide. The lesson that this raise in the
rate teaches is, that while the legislature
10 aggressive, it should also be oonserva-
tive. Aggressive In demanding for our
state the same privileges in rates as other
states possess, but conservative in not
acknowledging that the rates of other
states are below living profit. Such a
concession is nugatory and cripples the
party using it.
Suppose that the committee had taken
the strong ground that the railroad COM
psny, always sensitive to its own inter
ests, knew it's business, consequently 3
cents per bushel was reasonable rate
for such a distance, but that still the
act1al facts were such as the committee
assumes them to be, then the railroads
had been placed upon the defensive to
show the actual facts. Under such cir
cumstsnces the labors of the party would
have been considerably eased.
My desire to bring this matter before
the legislature this year Is that it actu-
ally understand the peoples interests
and those that are conservative thereto. |
After having once acknowledged that 3 |
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-11-02
HARRISON is BURIED.

Chicago Nov Mayor Harrison
was buried today with the most impos-
Ing funeral ceremonies ever witnessed
In this city. A. sad scene occurred at
the church. Miss Annie Howard, who
was soon to have been married to Mr..
Harrison, breaking down completely
and bursting into a fit of hysterical
sobblng. She was quickly removed to
the Harrison mansion and physician
summoned. She was in a state of COM
plete collapse all day, but Is better to-
right. Preston Harrison, the mayors
son, tainted during the services In the
church, and also required the aid Of
- dlcal men. Despite the efforts Of
fifteen hundred policemen distributed
along the route Of the procession, the
crush was so terrible that a number
Of women tainted and were seriously
hurt, one having to be removed to the
county hospital
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-11-02
RAzY PENNoYER AGAIN.
He Mixes Up the Deity and Free Silver
With Thanksgiving Turkey.

Salem, Or. Nov. 1.-Governor Pen
meyer tonight issued the following
Thanksgiving proclamation;
II do hereby appoint the fourth
Thursday of the present month as a
day of Thanksgiving to Almighty God
for the blessings he has bestowed up
on this commonwealth during the pres
cnt year God has indeed been most
benefcent to our state and nation, and
yet unjust and ill-advised congressional
legislation having made gold alone full
legal tender money has so dwarfed
and paralyzed business that the boun-
ties Of providence are now denied to
hundreds of thousands of people within
the national domain who are not only
without employment, but also without
the means Of procuring food, raiment, |
or shelter. While therefore, the peo-
pie of Oregon return thanks to God |
for his goodness, / do most earnestly
recommend that they will devoutly i'm
plore Him to dispose the president and
of the United States to secure
the restoration of silver as full legal
tender money in accordance with the
policy of the fathers of the republic,
our industries may be revived
and the honest toilers of the land may
procure their daily bread, not as aims,
but as reward for their labor"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-11-02
THE NATIYEs WHIPPED.
Matters Have Come to a Climax in the
South of Africa.

Cape Town, Nov. 1.-Cecil Rhodes,
premier Of Cape Colony telegraphs
from For. Charter that native runners
say the Hatabeles have been utterly
defeated, and that King Lobeunggula
has fed The British columns effected
juneture at Buluwayo, and both col
umns ale now pursuing the fugitive
king and his followers. Major Forbes
had desperate fight with Lubeungu-
las Rackinrizo regiment, and half the
latter were destroyed. The blacks
fought with great bravery but the ma
chine guns and unerring rifles Of tine
whites were too much for them. The
destruction was such that they never
got within spear distance of the white
columns. and they finally broke in ut
ter rout. The loss to the Charter COM
pany's forces is slight. Matabeles loss
is reported to be over 5000 killed and
wounded.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-11-02
LOOK OUT FOR RUSSIA.


The American petroleum trade in
China and Japan will have serious
competitor there if the Russian gov
ernment carries out the scheme Of one
of its state engineers, Mr. Batsevitch,
for the exploitation nj the naptha beds
of SalShaline Island. This island, off
the Siberian coast, IN the Okhotsx Sea,
is only short distance from Japan
and China, and its naphtha is even
superior in quality to that Of the Cau-
cusus. The Sakhallne product could
in 1885, consumed ll.0O99J) gallons If
easily secure the Chinese market, which
petroleum, and in 1889, $4,000, 900, a yeal-
ly increase of 100000. So per sent of
which came from Russia ami the. ball
ance from America. Moreover. the re-
gion of the Amoar consumes annually
about 100000 Joods ac petroleum. worth
about 100000 gold rubles The exploit
alton of the Sakhaline oil would give
employment 10 thousands cf political
and other convlcts sent TO the island by
the Russian government, who are al
lowed to become co!onists after scnic
years of good behavior. I3ui these
men would enrich themselves and find
means OF, escape from their life I,ison,
and on that account, the st. Petersb Irg
authorities may Ae little disrcsed TO
favor the plan
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-11-02
ABOUT THE CHINESE.
Lengthy Amendments to the Mccreary
Bill Brought in.


Washington, Nov. 1.-The bill ameEd-
ing the act of exclusion of the Chinese
vas taken up In the senate today, and
Gray explained it's provisions Hoar
offered an amendment in the nature of
a substitute, striking out all but the
enacting clause The amendment sus-
pends immigration pending the settle
rnent Of the whole question by a treaty
with the Chinese government, and
amends the provisions Of the existing
law regarding the registration and tri-
ais of Chinese aliens. Davis also Of
fered substitute providing for the
repeal of all existing laws excluding
Chinese immigration. Dolph spoke in
defense of the Geary law. Squire Of
fered al amendment eppropriating Sl00-
lOa for the enforcement during the
present fiscal year Of several acts regu-
lating and prohibiting Chinese imml-
grafton, and addressed the senate in
advocacy Of it. Gray attempted to ser
cure the unanimous consent of the sem
ate to vote on the pending bill by 4
oclock. Hoar objected, and after u
brief executive session the senate adj
iourned
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-11-02
PRICE, FIVE CENTS,

trouble in India and Australia. Our
export trade with China, Singapore,
and South Africa are already paral-
yzed by the fall in the rates OF silver
exchange. London has been praying
that you will stop your silver pur-
chases. thinking that then your stock
market may revive so that she may
send you home your securities realized
at higher prices. We are in no posi-
tion sto buy. The great English man
ufacturing fortunes have suffered ter
ribly When we in England have finah-
cial troubles, the times here are bad,
and the prices are depressed so that
your exports to England fall Off, and
your imports remaining the same. the
gold leaves you. To borrow gold In
England and bring It here inevitably
turns the balance of trade against this
country. 1t would turn 1t in the face
even of great harvest"
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-11-02

Old Vienna, for Instance, will reappear
as reproduction of pleasure garden
in Vienna The German village will be
Heidleburg Castle. But the best effect
of the Mid-winter Fair in the street of
all nations will be that the streets of
all the eastern countries are to be in
tersected with one another, one ad-
pission taking the visitor into ALL The
vris wheel, of course, cannot be NOV
ut in its place the coast will have
az ,e tower 266 feet high.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-11-02
THE OREGON PACIFIC.

San Francisco, Nov. 1.-Notices arc
posted in the offices Of the Oregon Pa
cifc Railway Company announcing the
positive sale Of that road, together with
the steamship Willamette Valley, on
December 18th. D. B. Vaughn, general
agent Of the company here. announces
that purchasers are ready to buy the
road. and as soon as the sale is con-
summated, an additional steamer win
probably be put on between San Fran
cisco and Yaquina, and the railroad ex-
tended farther east.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-11-02
PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS,

Washington, Nov. THE presiden,
has nominated II. T. Dawes, of Massa-
chusetts, M. II. Kidd. Of Indilna, al d
A. s. McKennon, Of ArkAnsas, to be
commissioners to negotiate With the
nve civilized Indian tribes undc, act
of March 8, last. George Harper, of
Georgia, has been nominated FOR n
dian agent at the Umatilla agency, ',r-
aoon
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-11-02
MIpwINTER FAIR SHOWS.

Chicago. Nov. 1.-The California Mid
winter Fair has captured all the Mid
way Plsisance attractions worth hav-
ing. They win be changed in form
when set up out there. so that people
who have seen them here can look at
them again and learn something new.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-11-02
THE LAST PURCHASE MADE.

Washington, Nov. 1.-The last offer
ings Of silver to the treasury depart
ment under the Sherman law were
made today when $4,000 ounces were
offered at 70 cents per ounce. All were
declined, and counter offer OF $O.6S25
per ounce was made
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-11-02
A GOOD .sn,N.

New York, Nov. 1.-AlI the outstand-
ing certificates, amounting 10 $4,000,
we're cancelled by the Gearing house
this morning. They were issued Iuring
the panic.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-11-02
CAUSED a sENE EArIsN.

Des Moines, Iowa, Nov LA s4isa-
tion has been created by the usslgn-
ment OF C. c. 5avery. owner of the
savery House, the largest hotel in the
state, and a heavy stockholder in sew
eral mines in Montana. The assets are
nearly million dollars; the liabilities
are unknown.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-11-02
MRS. ROOSEVELT VERY ILL.

London, Nov. 1.--Mrs. Roosevelt, wife
Of the newly appointed first secretary
of the American embassy, is danger
ously i'll from an overdose Of laudanum
taken by mistake to alleviate pain
Mrs. Roosevelt was Miss Helen Astor,
second daughter Of the late John Jacob
Astor.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1893-11-02
STEEP NOT GUILTY.

Spokane, Nov. 1.-The jury In the
bribery case. after having been out
ali this week. returned verdict OF
not guilty tonight
The herald., 1893-06-11

keener Hanged than the griffin that pro-
tects the three golden hills 'twixt
Yuma and San Diego. His name
Thirst. Into this palace Of wealth
the Smith person alone entered
and came back alive. Since the day his
tale gained the public ear the griffin has
never gone hungry; he feeds on men,
and his larder is ever full. We all re-
member the fate OF the Messrs Breed
love and Fish, who we're to q great ex-
tent the victims OF the sensational San
Francisco papers, which in want OF some
better fake periodically resurrect the
Pegleg scheme and give 1t as straight
stuff, freshly gilded for the occasion;
and yet there are skeptics who declare
that the Smith fellow, he Of the wooden
limb, was simply a superb liar, unusu-.
ally gifted in the accomplishment OF
Ananias. WILL @. MOORE.
The herald., 1893-06-11

los Angelse, June 8, 1913.

Howells' Favorite Among His Novels
Howells-I have always taken the
most satisfaction in "A Modern In
stance" have there come closest to
American life as / know it.
Boyesen--But in "Silas Lapham" 1t
seems to me that you have got still
firmer grip on American reality.
Notwithstanding Still prefer "a
Modern Instance" "Silss Lapham" is
the most successful novel have pub
lished, except "a Hazard of New For
tunes" which has sold nearly twice "a
many copies ss any OF the rest.
Boyesen-Whst do you attribute that
to?
Howells-Possibly to the fact that the
scene is laid in New York; the public
throughout the country is far more in
terested in New York than in Boston.
New York, as Lowell once said, is huge
pudding, and every town and village has
been helped to slice or wants to be-
McClure's Magazine for June.
The herald., 1893-06-11
LETTER BAG.
Parlas and His Leg.


EDITORS HERALD: You refer in your
article OF the 4th to the probability OF
Pegleg Smith having made the story OF
his mine out of whole cloth, and give
his version of the manner in which he
got his pegleg. II the story OF his lost
mine is no truer than that OF his lost
leg, your guess is good one. :,
John TAFT, French Canadian and old
trapper, for years in the employ OF the
Hudson Bay company, who came to this
country with the late Messrs. John Row
land and b. d. Wilson, was present
when Smith lost his leg and has often
told me and many Others the story.
TAFT said that they were all on spree
in the mountains and Smith was shot
(by accident, if my memory ia correct),
and that one of the party amputated
Smiths leg with butcher knife and
handsaw; that they tied and held him,
and that he screamed like wildcat all
during the operation.
W. r. Rowland will remember the
story better, as TAFT worked for him
until he died. Yours, etc.,
FL. M. JOHNSON.
Dos Anpelge. June & 1913.
The herald., 1893-06-11

act with the merchant in private.
The stranger drew $40 bill
from his purse, and, lowering
his voice said: "Just four years
ago today stole "a pair OF shoes from
your store. The matter has been prey
ing on my mind but my pride prevented
me from confessing. | can stand it no
longer. Take your pay out Of this bill. .
The merchant, OF course, was delighted
to meet such a penitent, contrite soul,
and gave the man So and he departed
with light heart. The $40 bill was a
very finely executed counterfeit. The
next conscience-stricken individual that
presents himself at that store will be
thrown into the street with neatness and
dianatch
The herald., 1893-06-11

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functions, rouses every organ into
healthful action, purifes and en-
riches the blood, and through it
cleanses, repairs, and invigorates
the entire system.
For the most stubborn Scrofulous,
Skin or Scalp Diseases, Dyspepsia,
Biliousness, and kindred ailments,
the discovery" is the only rem
edy that's guaranteed. If it doesn't
benefit or cure, you have your
money back.
Isn't it safe to say that no other
blood purifier can be "just as
good?"
If it were, wouldn't it be sold SO ?