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Nebrnska Prohibitionists.1

LINCOLN. NEBR., Jan. 9. - Members of
the Prohibition State Central Committee
to-day decided to call the State Convention
for February IL next. This early date, it
is no secret is to allow Nebraska Prohi-
bitionists to push the candidacy of c. T.
Bentley of this city for the Presidential
nomination of the party. Mr.. Bentley has
long been leading worker In the ranks,
and will have a strong following from
Western States.
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OF INTEREST 70 THE COAST.
The Pacific Roads Committee to Hear
Mr.. Mcguire.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 9.-The
Committee OF Pacific Railroads has de-
cided to grant hearing to Representative
Mcguire, who will appear before the COM
mittee early in February to oppose any
funding scheme. The California delega-
ton is expecting Representatives Geary
and English and John P. Irish here in a
few days.
Secretary Carlisle sent to Congress to-
day these additional estimates Of appro-
priations; Nicaragua Canal Commission,
deficiency, $4,000; TO complete revenue
cutter for the Pacific Coast, $125,00
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Itco Counterfeiters Caught.

DENVER, CoLo.. Jan. 9.-While en-
gagged IN the manufacture of counterfeit
coin in dilapidated cabin in the railroad
yards district, William Fisher and George
Williams were to-day arrested by the Gov
eminent Secret Service agents. A large
quantity of spurious nickels and quarter
dollar pieces were seized, which are OF a
quality sufficiently good to make them
dangerous.
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HARRISON,S MARRI4GE.

Mrs. Dimnicb DiI Become His Hife i,s
Short Time.
NEW YORK, n. Y, Jan. 9.-The an
nouncement from Indianapolis to-day that
exPresident Harrison will shortly be
married to Mrs. Mary Scott Dimmick SIM
ply confirmed rumors current for some
time past. The marriage is to take place
In this city. Ex-President Harrison will
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STORAGE OF FIREWoRKs.
1t Caused the Series of Fatal Explosions
at ST. LO1LiS.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Jan. 9.-The Coroner's
jury examining the cause of the explosion
in the building at 300 North Second street
on January 2, in which SIX persons lost
their lives, to-day declared that the ex-
plosion was caused by the storage of unsafe
and dangerous fireworks in the building.
ii. B. Grubbs, proprietor of the store, is
censured for employing improper and in
sufficient help to care for the same.
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1NDEMNlTY DEMANDED.

President KrHeger Said to Ask Big
Damages for the Raid.
LONDON, Eng, Jan. st was reported
on the Stock Exchange to-day that Presi-
dent Kruger of the Transvaal Republic
has made claim of f5OO,0OO sterling IN
demnity from the British South Africa
Company for the damage inflicted by
DR.. Jamesons S raid into the Transvaal.
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Repulsed Oy italian Troo,,,

ROME, ITALY, Jan. 9.-A dispatch from
Massowah says the Abyssinians made an
attack on Makalle on Tuesday last. They
were repulsed by the Italian troops, and
afterwards retreated. King Menelik was
present with the Abyssinians. The Ital-
ians lost SIX killed and ten wounded.
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MANY oorrAGEs BURNED.

ftre Cut Vide Stcdth in the Suburbs
of Lexington.
LEXINGTON, KY, Jan. 10.-Ellersville
avenue, consisting of thirty cottages. is
burning. At first it was believed that the
whole settlement, which is just outside
OF the city limits in the east end of town,
would be destroyed.
After stretching 1900 feet of hose the
hre department got the flames under con-
troll alter hard work. The loss cannot be
estimated at this hour.
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ENGLAND,s ISOLATION.
1t WouId Be Exhibited in the Eren
of Var.

1t WOuId Be Exhibited in the Event
of Var.
ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA, Jan. g.
The Novoe Vremya in an article discussing
the Transyaal situation says:
The attitude of the British Government
press seems to be rather an attempt to in
timidate Germany than a serious inten-
ton to 20 to war. The Transvaal question
will only acquire serious importance if
fresh developments occur which force the
German Emperor TO act in conformity
with his message TO President Kruger.
In that event the complete isolation of
England, which is so menacing to her po-
sition in Egypt, would be fully exhibited"
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work. This, of course indicates more than
mere intention to demonstrate by
naval display England's power and invul-
neEability.
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SUGAR TRUST SCANDALS.
Trial of the NetO York Broker Who Re
fused TO 11tsaUe9 Questions.

TWsed TO AlastUer Questions.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Jan. 9.-The
trial of the contumaeious broker of New
York, Chapman, was resumed to-day.
Senator Jones of Arkansas testified in
reference to the amendment to the sugar
clause introduced by him, which, it is
alleged, caused the advance in sugar
stocks.
Senator Gray testified that he had never
been able to find the original subpoena
which had been submitted by the court de-
spite objections by counsel for the defense.
Inc prosecution read one of the news
paper articles quoted in the indictment.
Benjamin Durfee gave expert testimony
as to the effect OF legislation on sugar
prices. The proceedings will be resumed
tomorrow.
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MANSION


Ny Dear Senator: have read to-day in the
Congressional Record the debate in the Senate
on Friday concerning the financial situation
and bond issues.
l am amazed at the intolerance that leads
even excited partisanship to adopt basis
of attack the unfounded accusations and asser-
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the RenubLicou Covc,,e

WASHINGTON, D. c., JAN 9.-Owing
to the late session OF the Senate the Re-
publican caucus was not held this after
noon. 1t will be held at the call of the
chairman, possibly tomorrow.
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The Story OF an Arrangement
With a Syndicate Denied
by the President.
Mr.. CARLISLE ACTED WISELY.
In a Letter to Senator Caffery Cleve.
land Related His Views on the
Bond Issue.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan, 9.-senator
Caffery of Louisville tonight made pub
lie letter of the President to him which,
had opportunity presented since Monday,
he would have incorporated in re-
marks which he intended to make in the
Senate on the bond bill. 1t reads:
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Must Gipe Up Their Gtens.

LONDON, ENG, Jan. 9.-The British
South African Company has ordered its
officials in South Africa to deliver all the
guns and ammunition in their possession
to the officers OF the Imperial Government.
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privlng the official Postmaster of his fees.
Ihere has been bad feeling between Tour
gee and the gentleman appointed his sue
cessor by President Cleveland. Tourgee
stated that he did not know he was vio-
lating the law
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ernment had recently assumed in defense
OF German interests abroad had met with
universal approval. This utterance was
greeted with prolonged applause.
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fense of the principal seaports of the coun-
try. The committee viii resume its in
quiry tomorrow.
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To the Secretary of the Treasury.

Coupon. Registered
$50 $50
100 100
500 500
1000 1000
5000
10000
The gold reserve at the close of business
to-day stood at $57, 715, ,s26 The withdraw
ais to-day at New York were $2O6, 600.
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PORTUGAL Is NEUTRAL.

Nay Not Permit t!se Landing of Troops at
DeLGgOG Bay.
LISBON, PORTUGAL, Jan. "a dispatch
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PEOPLE WE WANT TO KNOW.


A Chicago newspaper has published
a list of 100 consecutive farm mort
cages taken at random from the books
of firm prominently engaged in the
business of procuring loans for farm
ers. The book numbers of the mort
cages ran from $3.50 to $3.50. 1t was
found that one third, thirty-hve of
the lenders and mortgage holders in
the list were widows, who had invested
in this way the greater part Of their
small capitals, the individual sums so
placed by them ranging from $500 to
$4,000, Among the other lenders were
nine unmarried women, two farmers
wives, four farmers, one blacksmith,
fourteen retired sea captains, country
store-keepers and small traders. Twelve
of the loans had been made out of
funds held in trust for the heirs of
small estates, the mortgages so placed
running from $1,000 to $4,5OO. Seventy
eight of the numbers were thus ac-
counted for, and the remaining mort
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agea are held By persons Of small

cages are held by persons Of small
means.
In most " the speeches and newspa-
pers that espousc free silver II has
been assumed that the holders Of farm
mortgages are the money kings" and
the gold bugs Of Wall street" and
that almost any means. however un-
fair. would be justified for the pur-
pose Of getting even" with these op-
pressors who are crucifying the farm
ers upon "a cross Of gold" But such
hard facts ~ those we have just cited
show that the oppressor" ia not a
"plethorlc gold bug" weaving his
schemes In a Wall street back office,
but II is a widow. whose husband has
left her a few hundreds 10 exc out her
subsistence and support her children;
the splnster. whose little property Is
all that stands between her and de-
pendence upon the cold charity Of rel
atlyes: the sea captains. who by years
0 hardship nave Acfaped together a
thousand or two for old age The gold
bug seems 10 be an approbrious crea-
ture. whom II would be- righteous to
swindle; but looked at narrowly. the
gold bug" Of the particular variety
that oppresses the farmer turns out 10
be a widow Of narrow means. with
whose hard lot any man would sym
pathize. the splnster aunt. the maiden
sister, the bronzed and broken ship
master The truth Is. the great capital
lists have never put their money into
Western mortgages. The great bulk
Of the money loaned upon Western
farms comes from the savings Of hard
working people. or the little estates Of
families in the East which had lost
their bread-wlnners. Warfare on this
particular class OF creditors is not a
warfare upon hnanciers or upon able
bodied men; II Is warefare upon help
less women, upon broken-down men.
and upon little chlldren.-watchma
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BRYAN ANTIDoTEs.

l. That omission Of the silver dol
lar from free and unlimited coinage in
1873 destroyed half our money.
The per capita circulation in 1878 was
$lS,O4. In 1873 we had neither gold nor
silver in circulation. The total Of our
money. including treasury coin, was
s75l, l,SS1, ,SO9. July 1. 1896, our money in
circulation consisted OF gold coin, $780,
12S, ,4Ss; standard silver dollars. s52,175,-
99S, with $S7S,614.O4S in the treasury;
subsidiary silver. s59.999,SO4; gold GER
tihcates, S42,S2O,759; silver certificates,
1881, ,259,509 "Shermans," sos, ,S61;
"greenbacks," s225, ,451. 1858; currency GER
tiicates, SS1, $40, 900; national bank notes,
$2l5, ,927. This makes a per capita
in circulation of $21.1O (See official
treasury report
2. That the act of 1878 destroyed
silver as money"
Under our limited coinage of silver
we coined from 1878 to 1896. eighteen
years, total of $471,927,729 During
the entire eighty-five years previously,
with free coinage up to 1873. the total
silver offered and coined was $222,5S5,-
92l. Mint reports.)
S,--That the act of 1878 was a gold
conspiracy against silver"
1t was earnestly supported and voted
for by the senators and representatives
of the silver states. The bill was re-
ferred to the finance committee of the
senate April 2S. 1870; submitted to the
house June 25, 1870; passed through va
rious stages, all public and of record,
until February 12, 1873, when it became
a law. (See Laughlin's "Bimetallism, -
page IS, or Congressional Record for
the years indicated)
4. That legislation can keep up the
price of silver.
During the operation of the Bland.
Allison act QS7S), when the government
was buying $2,OOO,O 900 monthly, and dur.
ing the operation of the Sherman act
QS9W, when the government was buy.
ing 54,OOO,OOO ounces annually, silver de.
clined per ounce from S1l6 to 7S cents
mint reports)
5. That because silver cannot bs
kept at par with gold, in poor
country like Mexico, it must not bC
presumed the United States canno'
keep the metals at par.
This is suppression of the fact thai
all the countries now on the gold stan
dard tried to keep the metals at pal
and failed, one group consisting of the
combination Of France, Italy, Belgium
and Switzerland. Can the United States
hope to succeed alone where all the
greatest countries in the world, singly
or in combination, failed?
6. That gold and silver with free
coinage at 16 to 1 is the money of the
constitution"
Read the constitution.
Z, That free coinage of silver at 1t
to of gold is the money of Jefferson,
Hamilton and Jackson
Read their writings. Each knew that
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GETTING INTENTIONALLY
PLANTED.

"a large percentage OF what is ordl-
narily called love is about as safe n
guide in the choice of a companion as a
freely would be trustworthy ilumlna-
ton in the intrIcacles Of a deep forest
on a dark night" writes the Rev, Chas.
II. Parkhurst, d. D., in the November
Ladies' Home Journal. II am well
aware that 1t is much easier to reason
about these things in the abstract than
II is to keep ones head cool and ones
temper regulated in a season of severe
exposure; but so much of the success
or failure Of u young mans after life
depends on the way in which he gets
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A boat from the tramp steamer Wen
nlngton Hall came near going to the
bottom as a result OF the storm Tues
day. says the San Francisco Exam
liner. The boat came ashore In the
morning at the Clay street float for
n quantity OF CRATE bars Weighing $500
pounds. for her furnaces. The iron
was loaded into the small boat and
when II was about ready to put back
for the ship Captain Cantrell, accom-
panied by his wife and daughter. en-
tered the boat Besides the captain and
his family and the iron there were four
Malay sailors and the second mate.
The boats glinwale was scarcely more
than six inches above the water and
a heavy sec was running out in the
bay The captain secuted any idea OF
danger, and his crew pulled for the
ship. BoatmRn John Garter saw the
boat start and he followed 1t In his
whitehall. The steamers boat, as soon
IA II got past the shelter Of the
wharves, began to take water and in a
few inmates II was almost half fun,
Captain Cantrell called to Carter for
help, and the boatman took the ship
master, his wife and daughter, and
put them aboard the Wennington Hall.
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unless the coinage ratio approximated
closely 10 the market ratio the un-
dervalued metal would not circulate
and advised accordingly
g. Bryan garbIes Blaine and quotes
Carlisle before the great era Of silver
production set in.
10. That while free coinage OF silver
win advance prices Of commodities
II VIII also advance wages.
The same report shows that between
1850 and 1865. when gold went 10 a
premium, as IL win under free coinage
Of silver. the average price Of all artl-
cles In this country advanced 116 per
cent and the average Increase In wages
was 4g per cent. although during that
time there were Withdrawn from the
labor market 100000 men. making a
scarcity Of labor. There will be m
withdrawal now. Wages, therefore
cannot rise. because the supply will be
In excess Of the demand.
hedo Dotn unBarDleo.
o. That dropping the silver dollar
from the coinage Of 1873 cut down
prices and wages.
SO long as wages do not fall. decline
in prices is an indication OF prosperity
From 1879 TO 1895 the savings bank de-
Dosits increased from 1901, 2,49O.29s tc
;1.Oli. .ss7,5OO. This stands for surplus
after wages have supported the earn.
ers. II is not hereditary wealth. That
seeks other banks A non-partisan
committee Of the United States senate
reported in 1894 that in twenty-one In.
dustries wages were 40 per cent higher
in 1880 than 1850 and 90 per cent higher
in 1891 than in 1850. The fall in farm
products was due to over-productIon,
other countries competing with tht
United States.
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MORE BRYAN FoRGERIEs.
Some Methods Exposed Which Have
Been Used on an Unsuspecting
Public.

The 1isreputable methods and lying
inventions Of Bryan's campaign man
ayers and press representatives have
been so thoroughly ventilated and dis
credited that hardly any respectable
paper now deigns to notice the fresh
fakes and falsehoods which continue TO
emanate from these sources. As the
campaign closes. however. there is one
species Of fraud in which the small fry
among the disorderly elements now
threatening the country has become so
adept, and which certain local free sill
yer organs. in their desperation over
Bryan's waning chances, are prepar-
ing to carry to such fragrant and Of
fensive lengths. as TO require immediate
and vigorous interference.
Knowing very well from previous ex-
perience that no campaign statement
which they could print as their own
production would carry any weight or
command any attention, these papers
are now stealing the cloak OF the tele-
graph companies under which to utter
the vilest and most preposterous ca
nards against Mckinley; and by means
Of bogus and forged dispatches, pur-
porting TO come through the reputable
agency OF some press association. they
are daily dlshing out to their readers
pretended developments and facts in the
campaign favorable to Bryan's interests
which have never had any existence
and could never happen except in the
disordered imaginations Of their dis
eased or dishonest brains.
1t is perhaps known to most newspa-
per readers in this city that the Asto-
rian controls the only telegraphic press
report which comes to Astoria, and
every word Of the columns of pretend
ed telegraphic news printed in other pa
pers is manufactured bodily in the Off
ces OF these publications, or clipped and
garbled from old newspapers arriving
here by slow course Of mail.
1t would be a great shame and in
justice. after all the legitimate and
painstaling labor performed for Nc
Kinley and the cause Of sound money
by the Republican organizations of
Clatsop county If one solitary unin-
formed or timid voter should be in
fiuenced or distressed by the roorbachs
which may be expected to appear in
these papers on the eve of election.
The following certificate from the
managers of the only telegraph com
panies whose wires enter this city
ought to put quietus upon dishonest
campaign methods of this order. 1t has
been procured and is published in the
interest of truth and the protection Of
Clatsop county voters against the
frauds and impositions already at
tempted and which will be still further
attempted for the purpose of misleading
them in their patriotic duty on the
third day of next November:
State of Oregon, County of Clatsop, SIS:
We, the undersigned, local managers
respectively of the Western Union and
Postal Telegraph companies, hereby
certify that the Daily Astorlan is the
only paper published in Astoria which
now receives, or at any time during our
control of said offices. has received, a
telegraphic press report.
B. d. JOHNSON.
Manager W. U. T. Co.
]. r. CLARK,
Manager Postal T. Co.
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matrlmonially planted that II seems
well worth while TO preempt the ground
with as much rational consideration
as possible. II man has accustomed
himself 10 canvass the ground with
some seriousness before the susceptible
moment arrives there viii be more like
llhood Of his being able to ride the
storm when It breaks without the loss
Of ship. cargo and crew"
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DILUTED SILVER CURRENCY.


To the Editor Of the Astorlan:--
Mr.. Bryan Is working hard TO make
people believe that he could make
good dollar out OF fifty cents worth OF
silver. and he is ready TO help his
friends who have plenty OF the metal,
and know where TO get more. to have
any amount OF II coined into dollars
OF that sort, and returned to them free
from any cost for coinage TO them.
He dearly loves the common people.
and would endeavor to provide that
when they worked for others or had
anything to sell they should find enough
OF these dollars to pay them. He cannot
for his life see what there is to object
to in that. and he would dearly like to
be president and make the common
people happy.
l am reminded OF what really took
place in a farmers kitchen in the pres
ence OF a friend OF mine A lubberiy
young fellow. whom the farmer hired
to do his chores. came in for his sup
per. The wife set before him large
bowl with a quantity OF bean soup in
II to meet his wants "Ho~ said the
young fellow. that amt enough for
my supper. want more" 80 you
shall have IT," said the kind woman,
who took the tea kettle from the stove
and poured the boiling water into the
bowl, stirring the porridge with a spoon
until the quantity was doubled.
There" said the dolt, contentedly,
that is something like"
Can Mr.. Bryan find enough people
who win regard complacently his prom
ised diluted currency to place him and
his friends in their coveted clover?