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Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-13
DOWN GO THE RATES!

The Union Pacific now leads with re-
duced rates to eastern points, and their
through Car arrangements, magnific-
emily equipped Pullman and Tourist
sleepers, free reclining chair car and
fast time, make 1t the best time to tray
el. Two trains leave from Portland
daily at S:45 q. m. and 7:30 p. N. The
rates are now within reach of all, and
everybody should take advantage of
them to visit the worlds fair and their
friends in the east. send for rates and
schedules OF trains, aud do not purchass
tickets until after consulting Boise 4
Barker, agents, Salem, Or.
w. II. HURLBURT,
Asst Gen'l Rass. Agent, u. p,
Portland, Or.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-13
Dearth of POPULAR songs.

There seems to be a dearth of songs
that appeal to the popular ear this sea-
son. Whether the music of new comic
operas is less catchy" and the variety
stage tunes less tuneful than Of old, or
whether there be some other cause, it is
certain that this year has furnished no
successor to the list that may be said to
begin with "Shoo Fly" and takes in
whoa, Emma" Sweet Violets,r =
White Wings" "McGinty," Annie
Rooney" Maggie Murphy's Home" and
dozens of others-the songs that one
could not escape from, that were bruised
by serio comics, battered at amateur
concerts, mangled on cheap pianos, lac
Grated by the whistling of street boys
and murdered by hand organs.
Pretty melodies many Of them were
before they became omnipresent, but
1898 has none. ION the Bowery" has
been hummed and whistled here much
this winter, but that was only because
Louisville was little belated, for Hoyt's
song had become a "back number" in
New York long before. They say that
the popular air in the metropolis now is
Daddy Won't Buy Me a Bowwow,
but it has been sung here without meet
ing with favor. AS proof that there
is no song by which 1893 can hereafter
be recalled, heard newsboy yesterday
splitting the air with the sibilant sounds
Of II Whistle and Wait For Katie"
They are going back to forgotten favor
ties in sheer desperation.-Lou
Courier-Journal.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-13
THE MONTEREY.

The battleship Monterey costing sew
eral millions IL to be moored at Port
land Friday to remain there an indefin-
ite length OF time until ordered else
where by the government.
This heavy plated steel-armorsd war
ship is TO be exhibited as an inspiring
object lesson OF the United States navy.
1t will cost ten cents to visit this terri
BILE engine OF destruction that could
lombard Portland out Of existence In
an hour.
What benefit can result from this
vassel lying at anchor in the Willamette
river, llO miles inland, no Que knows.
The presence Of a man.of-war these
hard times with It's crew offour hun
dred men In idleness, fed by the pro-
ducers aud taxpayers, Is not refresh-
ing one contemplate. The Monterey
need not tarry TO suit Oregon.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-13
rHgnE IS NOT ENOUGH GOLD.

The Oregonian and other authorities,
wboare seeking 10 force our finance
system to deal level gold coin basis,
making all public and private debts
and interest payable in gold and moth
ing but gold, forget that 1t is very
doubtful II there Is gold enough in the
world for that purpose. Certainly
there IL not outside of the United
States, England aud Germany. Leav-
ing out Of the controversy the fact that
the great bulk OF business Is done with
bank checks, paper and silver money,
even In the gold standard countries, l.
It wise to force all business to gold
basis as a measure Of value?
The fat element in silver and paper
have been q valuable accessory iD
swelling the volume OF currency. There
is no more reason for treating our silver
coinage as a commodity than there II
ia treating Bank Of England notes a.
waste paper to be sold at penny
pound. Yet 1t isa well known fact
that Bank Of England notes are not
issued pound for pound on a gold basis.
There may be defects in the laws Of our
country that need to be remedied, but
the elimination Of the government fial
would throw the world back into the
barbarous methods Of barter, when a
few fortunate owners of gold would
hold all the rest Of the world In bond
age and fix the value Of the labor and
products.
Modern methods and investment of
great sums of capital In silver mining,
with inventions for refining have un-
doubtedly cheapened that metal aud It
is proper TO fix new coinage ratio.
That should be done and then our cur
rency shOald be established for period
Of years on q secure basis, the govern
ment to issue its notes directly to the
people. But there Is no room for re-
turn TO the age Of barter, and no money
in circulation but the annually dimin-
ishing volume Of gold, and all the
shylocks In the world snatching for
that and constantly increasing its pur-
chasing power. AS Mrs. Lease puts 1t,
there is not gold enough In the country
to I'LL the women's teeth. to cay moth
Ing Of there being enough for the busi-
ness necessities of the people Of the
10th century.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-13
She May Re Running Yet.

Manifestations Of fear are various, and
there is evidently ono woman in New
York who believes that she who runs
away may live to gee another runaway
A runaway team came tearing down
Broadway at q terrific rate the other
day. At Thirty-third street the horses
decided to turn toward Fifth avenue. and
as the only thing which could have
stopped them-the big apartment house
at that corner-did not get in their way.
around the corner they went like fash.
and then they "streaked 1t" for the East
river.
In the crowd thereabout was a woman
who puts not her trust in runaway
horses. When she saw the plunging,
galloping team turn to the east she
turned to the west. Gathering her skirts
In her hands she made across Sixth av-
enue at fairly. good trot.
Reaching the pavement she looked over
her shoulder, and seeing that the horses
were undoubtedly going in the opposite
direction she increased her speed to .
sharp canter.
Another backward glance soon showed
her own and the exertions Of the horses
were putting a safe distance between her
and danger, they having gone a block
from the corner in one direction while
she went so yards in the other direction,
so she was encouraged to get into live
ly gallop.
This, together with the speed Of the
flying animals, was so successful in
stretching space between her and them
that she settled down for long, swift
run. Nobody in the neighborhood
stopped the horses. Nobody stopped
her.
Perhaps she is running yet.-Eew
York Tribune.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-13
CONDENSED.

A milk trust taxes the motherless
newborn babe; leather trust exacts
divid ids of its tiny shoes; the rubber
trust revies upon the nipple to It's nurs-
ing bottle; a book trust reaps It's un-
hellowed profit Off every text book
used in our common schools and coi-
Ieges; every drop of medicine prescribed
for the sick is taxed by trust; even
the flour we eat is passed through the
milling trust on the way from the farm
TO the table. You may be fortunate or
sagacious or uDciviIzed enough TO escape
all these, but a coffin trust will catch
you when you die.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-13

NhMaFNa NNsNNoN NHeN nN"sN
This IL told BY Vermont paper - q
"rathsr amusing incident which took
place In st. Johnsbury schools
at about II o'clock the children all
began, apparently without signal from
any one, % clap their hands and contins
ned this demonstration for several mo
ments Upon che teachers asking for
an explanation Of their strange conduct,
she was told that they did u because
Almy was hanged The teacher then
gave them a little talk on the awful
crime for which Alny had made atone
fnent and drew the lesson from the story
that Is - obvious 20 all"
Il IL Incredible, bat true that this IL
lustration Of the low average Of our civ
ilization should be set down in cold print
as rather amusing" II Is sufficiently
terrible that children should be permit
ted by their parents to know all the hor-
rors Of an execution, but the teacher
gave little talk on the crime" Why
not something to divert those morbid lit
tie minds from the contemplation Of
crimel Better wholesome fairy story
or recess for game Of tag. Instead
the greed Of personal notoriety was fed
and the training in vice went on by the
appearance of the incident in print next
day.
The wretched little prigs who clspped
their hands because sin had met with
punishment will grow up into the sort
Of men and women capable Of asking to
have the United States troops called out
to keep the fair gates closed on Sun
day. Truly, the spirit that burned Ser
vetus is hard to kill, and the crude prim
tive instinct Of slaughter dies hard in
the children Of Adam, who are not
taught and taught and taught again
that nothing light puts out darkness.
and nothing utpractico Of the one new
commandment" will ever make the
world begin to keep those 10 old ones of
Moses.-Boston Transcript.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-13
His Object.

Bingo-Well, old man, I'll say goodby
now. I'm off for the Worlds fair to-
morrow. Going to take all my family
with me.
Kingley-Why, l thought you weren't
going.
Bingo-I wasn't. But / understand
there is a place there where you can
check your children. and want to see
If l can get little rest.-Clothier and
Furnisher,
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-13
What Chinese ImmixrAtioa Means.

Even an eastern preacher can grasp
the idea that in business one merchant
or manufacturer can only hold his own
against another by praeticing like econ
omies and keeping his wages fund down
TO the lowest point which his worlmen
win tolerate. 1t may be beyond the pow
ers Of the preacher to grasp the equally
undeniahle fact that wages are regulated
by the competition Of workmen for en-
plOyment Let in the Chinese in suffi-
cient numbers, and they viii, by the op-
Grafton Of law that Is as imperious as
that OF gravitation, regulate wages in
the United States. That means simply
that white men in order to compete with
coolies would be forced 10 become coolies.
Does ny American who Is not more
concerned about keeping 400 mission
aries IN the Chinese empire, with its
population Of AO0. .OOO. .000. than for the
future Of this republic and Christian
civilization, think il desirable 10 vel
come without restriction the Chiness
immigrant who brings with him the mi
erooa. of such industrial and social po-
lfatiAlihss'-saR FrsRsiseV ArgOnsut
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-13
An ARTIST.
Hs wouidnt Come Down, SO she Finally
AoTesd ta It.

Hs wouidn't Come Down, SO she Finally
Agreed 81 It
He was whitewsshing a board fence
on Beaubieu street when a woman step
ped up and asked him how much he
would charge 10 whitewash n kitchen
ceiling. He replied that his figures were
- cents. when she Indignantly exclaim-
ed:
why, have had three different men
offer to do 1t for so cents, and one said
he'd make a good Job Of IL for 4O."
"Doan' doubt it, mum-doan' doubt IL
tall. he calmly observed, but who war
dem pussonsl Was dey scrubs or art
ists1 Was dey gwine to mop dat ceilin
or put on de whitewash wild de han OBJ a
BON decorator
They guaranteed to do the work hrst
classF'
"'Zactly, mum, but how yo' gwine to
tell bout it? When dey goes away, de
ceilin am all wet. Nobody kin dun tell
under TO hours wheder it was de work
OBJ an artist or a scrub
"Seventy-fve is too much"
1T am too much fur de whitewash,
mum, but dar's odder considerashuns.
re a purfectly 'sponsible pusson. /
knows my bizness. | doan' call yo' in
from de parlor whar yo' am playin on a
$500 pianer to ak queshuns. l dean spill
no whitewash on yO'r valuable lie paint
ins an statuary. | doan' damage yo'r
moquette carpets or break yo'r $500
mirrors.
Cant YOU say 50?' she asked.
"An s'posin an agent Gums along
when FEn at work dar?' he went on
without needing her. He wants to see
de lady oh de house to sell her rug on
de installment plan. Does he see yo'i
Not muehl | inform dat pusson dat
when we wants rugs we buys de best
an pays cash down. an he goes away wild
flea in his ear"
"Make it 60, then"
"If I'm dar in de house, yo' doan' hev
to go round an pick up yo'r diamonds an
hide yo'r bankbooks an yo'r purse. If "a
lady calls fur yo' wild kerridge to GO
callin. yo' leave me in de house wild a
feelin OBJ security. If yo' wants to GO
down to de dressmaker's to see bout dat
$40 dress, why
well, I'll give you 75l When will
you Conner
''Fust thing in de mawnin, mum.
Thanks. Just go right along now an
doan' bodder yo'r purity head no mo-.
Yo' has Secured an artist an a 'sponsible
pusson combined, an when gets frew
wild dat ceilin de naybers will be so jeal-
GUS oh yo' dat yo'n hev to shet up de
house and go off to Sarytoga two weeks
ahead of time. Detroit Free Press.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-13
for Infants and Children.

"CassogiaissowsliAd Adapted - eardrn thas
Irsoommend ~ - Superior 70 any psssoriptioa
known 10 me-" IA. AHcHEn, n. D.,
III %. oxford s., Rrooklyn, H.Y.
Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1893-1895, 1893-07-13

Casfoyia eursa Coiic, ooa~siraflon.
Sour Stomach, DiErThoa Efuctation.
Nllis Wormas sises aiesps aad prosaot~s 4
goation,
w.ihoai Injurious nsdicaatoA.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-11

KoKoNo. Jan. Especial, &c. NJ.
johnson. rerresenting tho Hercules tor
pedo company OF Lims. o., was blown TO
pieces near this CITY this morning while
handling nitro-Flycerine
He eanc here last night for the purpose
of shooting gas well, and this morning
went 10 a magazine maintained by his
company 10 get q quantity OF the ex-
plosive About 10 o. clock the residents Of
she vicinity 81 the magazine were startled
by terrific explosion. Hurrying TO thu
spot where the store house was located
they found n large hole in the ground.
and shreds of human flesh strewn about
the ground. Not a trace of the building
could be found. and a Gas well house
situated near by was torn 10 pieces. John
sons parents are wealthy residents of
Toronto. Can. and his uncle is the man
ager of the company for whom he was
working.
He preferred his hazardous life to po-
sition in the company's Office. and often
said he would be blown to kingdom come
some of these days, and so he was blown
today.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-11
COMBINE GROWS STRONGER.
Indiana Farmers Asking High Prices fc
Natural Gas lands.

Indiana Farmers Asking High Prices for
Natural Gas Lands.
ELwooD. Jan. ESPECIAL. The farm
era' combine in the natural gas territory
is strengthening with each successive
day. The objects of the organization are
becoming more plain. At Anderson the
supply of natural gas has been limited for
the past two weeks, and the land owners
possess the idea that the Anderson field
Is too small to supply the demand.
Agents were sont out to capture more ter
rltory. This caused suspicion among the
farmers and they refuse to lease their
land. Knowing that they own the best
gas territory in the state they are holding
out for exorbitant prices.
The Chicago natural gas company is Of
fering higher prices than local com panies.
They can afford 10 DO 90 because as soon
as they complete a we'll and connect it
10 their main line the gas is Du =. ped di-
rect into Chicago ami returns are received
at once from the consumers. Not 90 with
the home companies. They are COM
PEELED to paw rentals on leases and must
wait until factories are located and more
developments ere made at home. They
have enough gas for present consumers,
anu the outlay OF securing new territory
is simply extra expense TO protect their
present territory from being entered by
foreign people who pipe their iuel away.
TIE farmers are bitterly opposed TO the
Chicago company, because thew make no
effort TO locate manufacturing concerns,
but only wish the gas, and after that is
exhausted their lands will then fall back
TO the Old-time agricul urai prices with
no home market lett them. Ii Is difficult
to tell the end. few dollars go long
way with the average farmer. They are
standing between two tires-the home
companies with lower prices but improv-
ing terri Dry; and the Chicago people,
with higher prices and no improvement.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-11
Two Feet of Snow.

BOURBON, Jan. Especial. The heav-
lest snow fell iast night that this county
has known for twelve years. 1t tell TWEEN
ty-fOur inches deem on level, aud in sew
eral drifts was eight to ten feet high.
Trains were delayed and trave ers COM
PEELED to stay over night. and ali day here.
sleigh-riding party was upset about
three miles west The team got away and
they had to walk a mile TO a house All
were frozen numb. and came very nearly
not getting to the house on account OF the
deep snow. VII lam Anderson, livery
han, bad driven to Bremen Thursday aft
ernOon with a travelling man. Being
blinded by the snow he threw tho lines
over the eigh front and let the horses
take their own way home. The horses
stopped at a barn door and a man came
from the barn and found Anderson aslee p.
The man carried Anderson to the fire and
a physician WAS summoned. Anderson
could not talk when taken from the eleig h
but lie recovered today.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-11
A DANGEROUS MANIAC.
The Sad Condition of David GriRgs,
Young Man of MOoresyiIle.

The sad Condition or David Griggs, n
Young Man of MOOresyille.
MARTINsvILLE. Jan. 4.-[Special. For
some time David Griggs. young man
living in Moorssville. has shown symp-
toms OF insanity. and within the past few
days has become a raving maniac.
Monday. as Jabin Thompson, one of
his nearest neighbors. was passing his
house. Griggs rushed out and attacked
him with large knife. iuflicting several
wounds upon his face and head. Griggs
afterward attacked young man named
Heutton with hatchet and carving knife.
and only by strategy did Hsutton succeed
in escaping. The sheriff was summoned
by telegraph. and by the aid of half a
dozen volunteers Griggs was overpowered
and removed TO the county jail here.
Sheriff Smith brought him from Moores-
vile and had a rough iussel in Tecaptnr-
ing him. 1t WAS necessary 20 handcuff
him and to be very cautions. An insanity
commission has adjudged him insane and
papers have been sent TO the hospital for
the insane at Indianapolis for their ap-
prevail.
Some OF his neiohbors say that this de-
rangement dates from the recent revival
meetings conducted by Miss Fannie Ed
wards.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-11
THE SCHOOL REVENUES
And Their Apportionment 40 the
Various Counties.

Tho semi-annusl apportionmento of COM
mon school revenue. January distribution
prepared by Stae Superintendent Hervey
Worries. has been printed for the use OF the
members of the legislature and school
superintendenrs throughout the state. A
comparison Of Marion and with the other
counties of the state will show that
whereas most counties pay in a small sum
and draw out q large one, Marion county
pays IN So. SO0.47. and ONLY draws out S59,-
52O.50. The table is I'll ed with statistics
interesting and true. The per capita cost
of children in the state has been 81 so.
and the rising generation between the
ages of six aud twenty-one numbers no.
963. The apportIonment is as follows:
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-11
Milo Tomlinson's Suicide.

CEAwFoRDsvLLE. Jan. ESPECIAL. !
Milo Tomlinson, a prominent Young
farmer and owner of some fine running
horses. who left here few days ago with
quite a sum OF money. was returning
home this evening on the Big Four train.
When the whistle blew and the brake
man announced ''Crawiordsvill- :" he took
out his revolver and shot himself through
the head, tina ball entering directly be-
tween the eve9 and death was instantane-
Gus He leaves widow and one small
child. Financial troubles are supposed to
he the cause.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-11
TussIe with a burglar.

CRAwFoRDsvILLr. Jan. Especial. !
John Bischof discovered burglar in his
brothers store lsst night. He attempted
to secure him snd hand-to-hand strug-
Gle ensued. in which the thief succeeded
in emitting his assailsnt in several places.
Finally he tore himself loose and climbed
up poe and out of the skylight, but not
until Bischof had shot at him FIVE times.
None OF the balls took effect. however. and
the burglar is again at large. He WAS rec
ognized. however, as Sam Randolph, a
boy only eighteen years old, and well
connected.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-11
Rather a Tangled Mess.

R1cuMoND, Jan. Especial. + Mrs.
William Grant OF this city has involved
herself in such complication of love at
fairs that it will be extremely difficult for
her to effect an extrication. In 1884 she
married Allen Dodge at Oxford. O., but
was compelled to return here be-
cause of his dissipated habits.
Being informed by him that
he had secured divorce she next married
Charles T. Jones of Chicago. Jones had a
wife living. and while waiting for him &c
secure q divorce she met and married
Grant. Now she learns that Dodge had
not obtained divorce. She has a sui
for divorce from Dodge and Grant has
preferred charges against Jones for fauil
iarity with his wife.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-11
A Petition for Pardon.

EVANSVILLE, Jan. 6.-[Special. IA petit
tion is being circulated and signed by
leading business and professional menf o
this city asking President Harrison to
pardon Charles Ritter. now serving six
years sentence at Michigan City for the
emDezz em"nt of $4,000 from the First
national bank of this city two wears ago.
Ritter is in bad health and his friends
fear that his confinement will Kill him
before his term expires. The petition
will so receive the signatures OF Judge
Wood OF the U. S. circuit court and Dis
trct Attorney Chambers
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-11
GOV. CHASE SEVERELY CRITICISED.
Reducing the Punishment of Life Convict
for n Rrutal Murder

Reducing the Punishment of "A Life Convict
for a Brutal Murder.
LoGANsroRT, Jan. 3.-[SDecial. flames
McAIuIlen. life convict in the northern
prison whose sentences was reduced to
seventeen years by Governor Cha-e yes
terday. committed his crime in Logans-
port in The spl ing of 1850.
1t was q brutal murder and Governor
Chase il severely condemned for his
action. McMulen and Andy Monvhan
waylaid RAYMOND Jackson, a contractor,
in n lonely spot. and beat their victim to
death and then robbed him. McMullen
was sent to the penitentiarv for life.
Monyhan was sentenced TO be hung. but
or the fatal day Governor GRAY commuted
the sentence to imprisonment Tor life.
Monyhan died in prison.
Governor Chase's action is accounted
for by tile fact that McMuilen is an old
soldier. McMullen draws a pension ami
has Il large sum Of money laid away for
use when he is released, which will be in
four years
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-01-11
A Prominent Citlzen Dead.

DUBLIN, Jan. 7.-[Special. Jefferson
Laymon has been prominent citizen OF
this place for a number of years. In
his early life he carried on the saddle
tree business. after which he engaged in a
successful dry goods trade. a little over
two years ago he was stricken with paraly-
sic, since which time he was under the
care of a constant nurse, life terminating
with him Thursday. aged seventy-three
years. He leaves widow but no children.
lie was a prominent member OF tue
uniyersaIist church.