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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-06-18
Another Fatal ARRAY.

Birmingham, Ala, June l7.-Mon-
roe jackson and J. W. Vest, prominent
Populists, had an affray at Hartzelle,
Ala, last night. which resulted in the
death of both. The trouble occurred
over a political argument and they
fought with knives and pistols. Jack
son leaves widow and ten children.
Vest leaves a widow and six children.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-06-18
A Three Times Murderer Hanged.

John Craig, three times murderer.
was hanged in Folsom prison. There
could not have been more perfect
execution it is said. The condemned
man was completely resigned to his
fate, and walked to the gallows as
cooIy as though going to a wedding.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-06-18
Rate for the Elks' Convention.

Chicago, June 15.-The roads of the
central passenger committee have
agreed to a rate Of one fare for the
round trip for the meeting of the Order
of Elks, which will be held in Cincin.
natl. July 70.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-06-18
His Death a Mystery.

The body Of man with his head
split open, was discovered floating in
the Columbia river near Wallace's
island. It is not known how he was
killed
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-06-18
NEW STYLE OF wARsHiP.
0mcial Report of the Board of Battle
ship Batteries.

Omcial Report of the Board of Battle
ship Batteries.
Washington, June 16.-The report
of the board Of batteries on battleships,
of which Admiral Walker is president,
has been handed to the navy depart
ment. The report shows that the
board considered. with much care and
in great detail, the whole subject TO
battleships AS result Of this invest
igation it recommends slightly differ
ent ship with somewhat different ar
rangement of battery from any hereto
fore built. While speaking very ia
vorably of the superimposed turret. as
designed for the Kearsage and the Ken
tucky, the board does not recommend
installing more turrets of this descrip-
ton until experiments with the two
ships named have demonstrated their
utility. The hull recommended for
the ship is like that of the Kearsage
and Kentucky, but so modified as to be
similar in many respects to the Iowa.
The main battery recommended is COM
posed of four 13-inch and fourteen e.
inch guns, SO arranged as to fire two
18-inch and four 6-inch guns directly
ahead, two 13-inch and two 6-inch di-
reotly astern, and four l3.inch and
seven 8-inch in broadside. 1t is be-
lieved by the department that the ship
outlined as above will be an improve
ment on any yet built in this country.
The secretary of the navy has ap.
proved the general features of the re-
port of the board, and directed that the
plans be taken up without delay. The
secretary has already decided upon all
preliminary steps.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-06-18

Niles, Mich, June 16.-Reports
from peppermint-growers IN all parts
of Southwestern Michigan say that
grasshoppers are doing great injury to
the crop. The yield Of oil will be con-
siderably less than last year,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-06-18
A Boys Awful Crime.

Roseburg, Or. June II. james Dix.
on, the 18-year- old son Of J. R. Dixon,
wealthy and highly respected farmer
living north Of Umpqua, shot and
killed Charles Rice, aged 30, son of
Mrs. Jane Strader.
The affair occurred at baseball
game, at Blakesleys, fifteen miles east
of Roseburg yesterday afternoon. The
immediate cause of the shooting was
trouble oyer the ball game.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-06-18
A Hospital Burned.

Santa Fe. N. M, June 17.-St. Vim
cents sanitarium, conducted by the
Sisters of Charity, burned last night
The hospital annex was. Quilted. The
loss is 100000; insurance, $4,000.
Both institutions were crowded with
patients and guests, but there were no
fatalities.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-06-18
The Grasshopper Plague.

South Bend, Ind, June l6.-Grass-
hoppers are doing immense damage in
portions Of this county. Alexander
Smith, of Center township, has eighty
acres of wheat from which every blade
has been eaten up entire, as we'll as
fifteen acres Of potatoes and a large
field of oats.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-06-18

Teheran, Persia. Eddin,
the new shah Of Persia. has been form.
ally enthroned,
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-06-18

Spokane, Wash, June 15-John
Brannan. aged 81, unmarried, was
drowned in Hangman creek. near
Waverly, Saturday. With two com.
panions, he had been shooting fish with
dynamite. The sport was slow, and
Brannan, went swimming in intensely
cold water. He was seized with cramps
and was drowned. His companions,
unable to swim, could not reach him.
The body was recovered
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-06-18

Portland, Or, June 16.-C. Gold
smith, of this city, has opened suit
against Baker City, claiming to be the
holder of 81, 4O3 worth of warrants is
sued in 1891, said warrants have been
presented to the city treasurer for pay
ment, which was refused. The inter-
est on the warrants for f1ve years since
they became due makes the whole sum
asked for $3, 300. Milton Smith is at
torney for plaintiff, and the case will
be brought before the June term of the
circuit court. The city has entered a
demurrer to the complaint on the
ground that it does not allege facts
sufficient to constitute a cause.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1896-06-18
San Francisco & Yaquina Bay
STEAMSHIP COMPANY.
Steamship "FaraIlon .

Sails from Yaquina every days for San Fran,
cisco, Cos Bay, Port Oxford, Trinidad and
Humboldt Bay. Passenger acc mmodat1ons
unsurpassed. Shortest route between the Will
lamette valley and California.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-02-04
penguins of Possession Island.

It was most remarkable to see what 8 regulated system of roads the inhabit- ants of Possession had arranged. From the beach broad main track led straight into the middle of the island, and from this secondary roads went out to all parts, the whole forming a net work of roads apparently ruled by a most civilized department. With beak and feet the penguins had carefully put away most of the pebbles and stones from their footpaths, and where snow covered the grounds the roads had by constant use become so smooth and so neat that Macadam in all his glory would have acknowledged himself beat en. The most curious thing of all was tho way ill which the penguins seemed to maintain order ill these paths. Cur rents of penguins were continually mov- ing from and toward the beach. While the fat new arrivals always kept to the right, the thin penguins, which were moving off to the continent, always kept to tho left, and never saw any fighting among them. The colony evidently formed one peaceful community. 70. E.. Borchgrevink in Century.
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Weight and Quality unimpaired.

A man at one of the hotels the other night told an interesting story of how the freighters in the far west used to supply themselves with whisky. He said that some years ago, when all freight on the frontiers was hauled in wagons, he happened to make trip of several hundred miles with train of wagons carrying merchandise to remote stations. Nearly every wagon contained one or more barrels of whisky.
 The first night out noticed, said he, "great activity around the whisky barrels. The wagons each had hatchet and gimlet They would knock up a hoop, bore hole. draw all the whisky they wanted, then put about as much fine gravel in the barrel as they had drawn out whisky, drive plug in the hole, and put the hoop back in place.
 sI learned afterward that the barrels were weighed and the whisky tested be- fore it was turned over to the freighters, and that when it arrived at its destina- tion it was again weighed and tested The gravel supplied the weight and bulk and the quality remained the same, and this was why it was used instead of water to supply the place of what had been taken out "-Louisville Courier Journal.
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 Publishers and Librarians.

me future of the publishers work iof higher standard of literature de- penos largely upon the libraries and li- orafy associations Larger library funds ana better methods of distribution will make the next generation of scribblers better fitted to scsibble. The books which puzzle publishers the most are ehose which few people could use to great advantage. If We publishers could pe assured that 500 public libraries would buy them, it would be possible for us to publish many books which are now reIused, but which would be in demand py scholarly reading public. now not able to buy them. Out of 4 ,000 libraries lh thls country only about TOO have a buying income, and of these perhaps 100 can take these books which the scholars, who would use them with great benefit, can take Here in New England you are doing your full share in this direc- ton of catering to the most scholarly taste Of readers, but many of you lack funds, and what VIC need all over this country is better unders tanding of this need and library endowments which shall make it possible for us to publish these works that would be of benefit to libraries and to the very best class of readers, Mir. G. H. Putnam to Massa- ehusetts Library Club.
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Tho Intended Compliment.

In an old fashioned home of New Or leans there was company at dinner, and the ladies were discussing the woman question. Says The Picayune of that city:
 A gentleman present, after hearing all tho pros and cons, facetiously re- marked that two preachers were discuss ing the same problem, recently, ill his hearing, and they both agreed that it portended evil, and "that women were responsible for most of the evil in the world-in fact, that women were worse than men.
 One of the ladies indignantly retort ed, Indeed they are not; women are the salt of the earth. ''
 "Dat's so, honey" put in old Aunt Susan from the kitchen; "dat's de Bible truf, for shore. Women is de salt ob de earth. Just think ob Lots wife. y
 And everybody laughed at the sudden and unexpected application of the old Bible story.
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EXPENSIVE GREENBAeKs.
They Have Been Condemned by All the
 Eminent Financiers.

They Have Been Condemned by All the
 Eminent Financiers.
 The elementary principles of national finance are so little understood that Sec- retary Carlisle's proposition to retire the noninterest bearing greenbacks even at the expense of issuing interest bear ing bonds is treated by prominent pa per ill this city as something ridiculous, ,, the credit for which belongs exclusive ly to tho statesman from Kentucky. No other man would have the nerve to claim it. ]"
 Yet in a review article, already no- tieed ill these columns, that is set forth as the idea of NJ. Leroy -Beanlieu, and under the leadership of President Thiers it is the idea that France pfaeticed from 1871 to 1879, when the last of the war paper currency was retired, though that currency drew only and tho bonds drew 6 per cent interest. Indeed there is no difference of opinion among fnanciers of standing i'll this country and abroad upon this question. Mr Hugh McCul- loch, a successful banker and one of the few trained fnanoiers we have had at the head of the treasury, got congress to begin the retirement of the greenbacks before the reduction of the bonded debt, but after a couple of years the cheap money plen and the demagogues and the men who have full set of convio-' tions on all financial questions without the least acquaintance with financial history proved too much for him and stopped the work.
 Enough of the history of the green back has been published ill the last two or three years, and the difficulty of keep ing gold reserve for their redemption has been great enough in the past three years to convince any intelligent ob- server that the most expensive portion of the national debt is the portion which draws no interest. New York Journal of Commerce.
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Free coinage Means Silver Monometallism.

Free Coinage Means Silver Monometallism'
 A stork which had holding ac- ouaintance with a crane who lived Ill the same marsh asked one day, Neigh bor Crane, do you always stand on one lee?" The crane thoughtfully swallow ed frog which it had impaled mo- ment before, and, after some reflection, replied, "No; always stand on the other.
 The pretense that free coinage would establish financial system resting on two distinct standards of value has been abandoned by nearly all silyerites and Populists. They admit that free silver at Is to would shift our currency from q gold to silver basis, and that we should have monometallism as cer- tainly as we have now. The only differ ence would be that, instead of standing on the gold leg, which has been used for 60 years, the country would try to balance itself on an unsafe silver leg But the wise American bird replies to the pleading of the silver mine owners that their cheap metal be tried: .No' thank youl I always stand on the othar o
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PRICES AND WAGES
GOLD IS NOT PARTICIPATING AND WA
 GEs ARE RISING.

Facts That Should Stop the senseless Rowling 6eainst Gold-Increased Out put of the YeIlev Metal Will Stop Its Upward Tendency.
 The following statistics and diagram of prices, wages, etc, ought to stop the bowling Of those who are shouting against gold because it is approaching at some rapid rate and thus putting money into the pockets of the gold bugs The truth is that it is practically stationary in value as compared with all labor products and that it has depre- ciated only when used as a measure of kgalue of that most important of all com modities-labor. How this works to the advantage of labor is shown by the rap idly increasing purchasing power of wages. The greatly increased output of gold ill 1894 and 1895 will probably en- trely stop the slight tendency to appre- ciation and perhaps check the downward course of prices of labor products. This would be of doubtful benefit, as it is perhaps best for mankind that prices of most manufactured articles should de- cline somewhat owing to constantly im proved methods of manufacture It is only fair that consumers should receive share of the benefits of eheapened pro duction.
 RELATIVE PRICES AND WAGES IN THE UNITED
 STATES
 Compiled from "Has Gold Appreciated" by
 c. c. Jackson.
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Rnrrnuers to pay In Gold.

"There are 800, GOO to ,ooo,o 900 men in this country who, within a year or two, have borrowed gold on land, rail road mortgages, etc." says the Chicago Tribune (Rep.). "Fhey have promised specifically to pay back in gold coin of equal weight and tneness or present American gold coin ~Why cannot the government be equally honest? Why does congress want to shirk tho promise to repay in as good msley as 1t now de. mauds? Is it done for the purpose or cheating the lenders:'
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Hedroom Light.

There has been designed by clever Englishman little electric light fitting for the bedroom that deserves to be widely appreciated. It is intended more particularly for the use of invalids, especially ill houses still unequipped with the electric light. The lamp is of two candle power and gives beautiful, soft illumination. It can be fastened to any part of the bedstead and concentrat- ed ill whatever direction may be requlr- cd. The accumulation is contained in a small box, which may be placed beneath the bed.
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RadIY Told.

The member for North-South Blank shire: "Gentlelnen, you twit me with having turned my coat Years ago l snpported this measure. Then l had a reason. But now. gentlemen, have lost my reason. !" And he wondered at the deafening smile that pervaded the meet ing. .-Household Words.
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HISTORY TEACHES:

That 1t was the year of a terrible panic. '- -D10
 That our primary money has in. creased since 1873 from $1S5. GOO o0o to $1,250. O00,00O.
 That the decline in some products began in 1864 and others in l865 1866 and 1867.
 That prices are lower while the volume Of money is larger in 1895 than in 1873.
 That they had 2,00o, 900 silver dol. lars in 1873 against 400, GOO. 900 in 1895. - wy AA That the crime of bimetaIlism mt cotton below , cents in 1845.
 That prices have declined since 187s in the face of steady increase of pri. mary money.
 That they are "built that way.''
 That it is larger in 1895. counting gold alone, than in 1873, including gold and silver.
 That the burglars, pickpockets and politicians get their share -J. Holland Wright in Goldbug.
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Scarcely have l ever heard or read the introductory phrase, 4'I may say with out vanity" but some striking and characteristic instance of vanity has i'm mediately followed. = Franklin.
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TRUE AND FALSE TEACHERS
]" CoIN'' TEACHES:

s'CoIN' TEACHES: That 1873 was year of great pros perity
 That the volume of primary money was reduced one-half in 1873. That the decline in the prices of farm products began in 1878. That this decline in prices is due to the reduced volume of money. That the "daddies'' had plenty of dollars before 1873.
 That the crime of the gold standard nut cotton down to 6 cents in 1895. That primary money regulates { prices.
 That the people are dissatisfied. That our money, per capita, is di- minishing
 That the capitalists, bankers and business men steal all of our money.
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A Onery.

If the government should coin s5o' ma 900 a month in legal tender silver dollars, how would the farmers q sn's m section get any of it? Will soiae frSo silver advocate please answer!
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-02-04

In 1880 the average amount Of capi- tai invested ii each factory was $40, 900. while ill 1590 tic average capital in each was $a92, U00.
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NEWS HATS.

Mems Felt Hats, stetson style, $l.09.
 Mems Felt Hats, high crown, 79c and 89e.
 Mems Caps in Blue and Black and eolors, 25c and 30c.
 Boys Caps, 25c.
 Big bargains in Window Shades, Mating, Pictures, Shoes, Pants, Underwear, Piece Good, Lace Cur tains, Etc.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-02-04

fromo ootet-The e United States price table is made of ao tne the average prices in the United States 6e1 e s,d aditicies for each year between lsiO ana l6a oa ana Of 223 articles for each year between art;ai.a Sad ios3 In this table the price of each in .,o,e n,, IS given as much relative importance in fbii iiputing the average as that article has the sIp Iy consumption of the average citizen or s1S T, united States.
 arc 1s fss figures for wages in the United States by uei al9n the Aldrieh report and are averaged tria"S eishtlng the figures for different indus
 ISs according to their importance.
 ssPnuses results given in the last two columns: GoiIdc dcnnfasing Power of Wages and "Cost Of from th thheassured by Labor, are also. derived
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STATIONERY

Pencil Tablets, Sc each. Ink Tablets, note size, 4c, Dc, 6e up to 18e each.
 Ink Tablets, packet size, 4c up to 14c each.
 Ink Tablets, letter size. 4c, 5c and l4c each.
 Envelopes No. 5, 25 for Dc. Envelopes No. 6, 20 for Dc.
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ONWARD AND UPWARD
 In store Second avenue. e more than pleased We at mark. We buy goods below other possibly of bad debts which you help pay.

NOTIONS, Side Combs, 1Oc. 15c, l8c, 25c. Dressing Combs, 4c up to 25c. Fine Combs, Be up 10 l0c. Safety Pins 24e dozen. Pearl Buttons 5, 6, ', 8, Sc dozen. Hat Pins, 5c. dozen. Pins, 1c, Pc and 4c paper. Spool Silk, Sc spool. Embroidery Silk, ' spools for Dc. Knitting Silk, 15c spool. Crochet Needles, 1c each. Sewing Needles, 1 and Sc paper. Hooks and Eyes, 5c gross. Knitting Cotton, 3 balls for Sc. Toilet Soap, 3 cakes for Dc. Toilet Soap, better grade, 4c, Dc, Sc, He.
 Glycerine Soap, 5c and 11c per cake.
 Laundry Soap, 6 bars for 25c. Toothpicks, 1000 for 5c. Collar Buttons, Dc per dozen. Common White Buttons, 4c per gross.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17
SEEN IN THE PAGEANT.
Beautiful Moving Displays of Daz-
Ziing SpIendor.

SANTA BARBARA, CAL, April 16.-
The Native Sons carried off the first prize
of $3.50 with the float representing the
great seal of California. This exhibit was
blaze of marigolds, shading off at the
base of the bronze of the Grevilla robusta.
Miss Lucy Ruiz, beautiful Spanish girl.
with lustrous dark eyes and flowing hair,
gowned in flowing yellow robe, holding
shield of marigolds in her hand, and
with shining gold helmet, impersonated
the Goddess Minerva. Behind her the
sun formed blazing background with
rays of marigolds dipped with yellow mar
guerites, and below were plow and ship
wrought in the same flowers. At her feet
an admirable grizzly crouched, fashioned
of pampas plumes dyed black and brown.
Charles Gilchrist, clad as the miner, sat
below, and the driver, Alfred Ortega. wore
the colors of the float Four black horses
with yellow harness and marigold colors
drew this float, and the four outriders at
tending it, mounted on black horses with
marigold trimmings, clad in black cos
tunes with golden sashes and trimmings
of the flowers corresponding to the deco
rations of the vehicle, were E. S. Cordero,
A. Arrellanes, Asa Loomis and G. Covar-
rubias. The very original idea of this
float must be accredited to Charles Thomp-
son, while Alex ]. Harmer, the artist,
furnished the design and the scheme of
color.
The exquisite float, "Primavera, en-
tered by R. Radcliffe Whitehead Of Monte
cito, carried off second honors in this class
This was painstaking reproduction of
Botticcellis famous picture of Spring in
the Uffizzi Gallery at Florence.
Wild oats and olive branches with pink
stock covered the sides, and beneath a tall
arch, its columns wound with pink roses
and with pink garlands dropping to the
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-17

which nobody can hear in the commotion.
and the dusky fingers never miss the
strings.
During the lull the band plays ''Annie
Laurie" Love is in all this war, the
marines renew the action. They may be
thinking of other Annie Lauries, but they
are devoting enthusiastic attention to the
Santa Barbara beauties on this occasion
That George Washington in pink and blue
attempted to shout to somebody, and now
he is getting the daisies out of his mouth.
A bugle sounds, the marines step into
line, word of command and away they
go, no attention now to the ladies they
love for summer carnival day. No mat
ter how the roses are hurled at them, they
are in oblivion except as to the duties of
their march.
Here is man with great wooden PEN
Gil. He is as dignifed as the Bishop. He
is trying to estab blish order among the We
hicies, and people say that he is the
judge. People deluge him with blossoms,
but he seems obstinate in his endeavor to
straighten out the line. 1t is useless; so
he stops the float of the marigolds and de-
livers to the driver blue satin banner
that bears the words "First prize.'' The
Bishop stands right up and takes off his
glasses. He certainly believes in the yell
low and white, but the man with the big
pencil is bigger than the Bishop to-day.
Two monks on one of the floats get
third prize, the red banner, and the Bishop
smiles.
The ladies in La France roses are
awarded blue banner; blue banner is
carried away by the girls in the daisy
basket.
The girl in satin and organdie wins only
white banner of the second place.
The Maud Mullers take first prize and
the Bishop is happy again.
He is happier still when banner of blue
was over the yellow and gold and he
understands now that the decisions are
according to class. Banners are gener-
ously awarded to the little girls on horse
back, the blue one goes to the maiden