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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-12
VESSELS PROBABLY LOST.
Wreckage Drifts Ashore Near Marsh,
field, Oregon.

Marshfled, Or, November 11.-A
wooden rudder drlfted into the bay yes
terday and was picked up near Jarvis
Landing. 1t evidently belonged to some
large ship and it is feared that some
vessel has succumbed to the elements
during last Saturday nights storm. The
stage driver came down the beach yes
terday and also reports wreckage drift
ing ashore near the mouth of the Ump-
qua river, The main portion of the
wreckage was a mast painted white
and came from some small vessel.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-12
PRETTY CLOSE.

san Francisco, November 11.-Official
returns from all counties in the Sew
enth Congressional District show that
Castle. Democrat and Populist has
been elected over Bowers. Republican,
by 80 votes
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-12

Denver, November 11.-charIes $.
Thomas received telegram from w.
J. Bryan today saying he would be
in Denver November "A. Pueblo the fol-
lowing day and possibly at LeadvIlle on
the night OF Thanksgiving day.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-12
THE WHITE ELEPHANT.
Special to the Astorian.

Special to the Astorian.
Portland, November 1.-THE white
elephant sent up from Astoria by Foard
& Stokes Co., and which was used there
in the parade Tuesday night. was one
of the most attractive features in the
big parade here tonight.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-12
ROBBED THE PosToFF1cE.
Exciting Times in the Little Town OF
Paisley, this State.

San Francisco, November n.-News
has just reached here that the post
office at Paisley Lake county, Oregon,
was robbed by two unknown men on
the morning Of November 6. Deputy
Postmaster Herbert Aldrich witnessed
the robbery and fired after the burglars
as they left the building, wounding both
and one so badly that he was subse-
quently captured by the sheriffs posse.
The other started away to the south,
leaving bloodstsins in the road,
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-12
THE POPE DIsPLEAsED.
Does Not Approve of Archbishop Ire
lands Course in the Election.

Rome, November 1.-THE statement
circulated in the United States that
the Pope has decided to remove Arch
bishop Ireland from the diocese of st.
Paul is untrue. But it is stated by
those qualified TO know that Arch
bishop Ireland has lost the greater part
of the former consideration in which
he was held at the Vatican and the
course he pursued in the election in
the United States has increased this
disfavor.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-12

The Chinese have a fondness for eggs
some two or three hundred years old.
In several Baltimore boarding houses
the same taste is displayed but the
eggs are disguised as spring chickens
Baltimore Life
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-12

era House. in this city. There are sup
posed 10 be his opening guns In the
four years campaign for bimetaIlism.
which Mr. Bryan has promised to in
augurate."
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-12
BEGINS HIS LONG TALK.

Lincoln, Neb., November 11.-Satur-
day afternoon Hon. w, j. Bryan will
deliver two lectures at the Funke OPP
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-12

The woman with large feet is griev-
ing because fashion DEGREES that short
er gowns shall be worn this winter.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1896-11-12
ALAsKA's GOLD OUTPUT.

Seattle, November 1.-THE output Of
gold in Alaska this year is about $4,-
$4,000
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT.

A bill has been introduced into the
legislature to abolish capital punish
ment, but it is doubtful if it will be-
come a law There is much to be said
in favor of the adjustment of capital
punishment The chief argument Tor
it is that when society has 'control Oh
man who has committed murder ana
has protected itself from him, 1t mas
done all it has a right to do; thai II
cannot deprive a man of his life with
out committing a crime against him.
But the argument has not been potent
enough to influence many legislatures
in this country to abolish the death
penalty, and we believe not at all IN
foreign countries. The right of society
to take life rests solely upon its right
to protect itself, and it must be the
judge of when it is sufficiently protect
ed. If life imprisonment is not suffi-
cient protection then the death penalty
alone is
Against life imprisonment there are
many arguments. Those who oppose
it allege that there is always a chance
Their crimes, and that whether he does
or not his punishment is not sufficient
to deter others. Again, his mainten-
ance is a very great expense to the
state and burden upon those who
pay taxes. That which finally decides
is very apt to be sentiment. Mans
nature revolts against the killing of his
6 air INC f.r1 &c
and this fact and this alone
very often sways juries and not infre-
quently legislators.
Perhaps no state in the Union has
had so much experience with the ques-
ton of Furnishing murderers by life inn
lives of two or three men who were
innocent, but only two or three years
ago it caused the death of a guard at
the state prison at Jackson. A life
prisoner poisoned him. There was no
punishment for his crime save the one
he was then undergoing. 1t was to-
tally inadequate to protect society.
Such instances as these should be pom
dered well before capital punishment
is abolished in this state.
The question of what shall consti-
tute life Imprisonment is an import
ant one and deserving of consideration
by the legislature. If we remember
rightly, sentence of imprisonment for
life in England is considered
to have been served when a
prisoner has served twenty-five
full years, and then he is entitled to his
discharge. The indeterminate sentenc-
is another matter worthy of attention
Of necessity the present legislature
cannot give these questions the atten-
ton they deserve, but they should be
taken up by the next one.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17
THE FIGHT IN KENTUCKY.

Today is the last chance the Ken
lucky legislature, at this session, will
have to elect a United States senator,
as the legislature must adjourn today.
So intense has become the excitement,
SO grave the threat of violence that
Governor Bradley has thought it his
duty to call out the militia to pre-
serve the peace. Several military COM
panies were called out during Sunday
night, and Monday morning were
found to be in possession of the state
house at Frankfort. There were strong
protests against the action of the gov
ernor, more especially among the fol-
lowers OF Blackburn, who look upon
his course in this matter as an I'M
warranted interference of the military
power in relation to civil affairs How
ever, martial law was proclaimed and
the militia remained in possession of
the state house all day yesterday and
only persons entitled to place on
the floor of the respective branches
of the legislature were admitted, but
the legislators refused to vote. and
uOuDLlGSS VIII ~ tie Sdiue to-day, ana
as The session expires by limitation to-
day, there will most likely be no cleo
ton of senator. This will leave the
governor of the state to appoint a
senator for Kentucky at the expira-
ton of Black burns term, March 4th,
1897. He will be a Republican and a
single gold standard advocate, of
course. But then, after March 4th.
1897, congress does not convene until
December following; and as a new leg
islature will be elected by the people
of Kentucky in August of that year.
and will convene in January, when an
other opportunity will be afforded the
peoples representatives to elect a SEN
ator in place of the senator by APP
pointment, the governors appointee
will not have a very long lease of SEN
atoriai honors, unless that legislature
duplicates the action of the present
one and fails to elect. Let us hope
meantime that the people of the Uni
ted States are not closing their eyes
to the object lesson furnished by the
events in the blue grass state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

amounted to very little. therefore it
was all right to kill such bill
We said at the time that while this
/ fixed things all right for Senator Cam
non, it left Senator Brown in bad
Ioshape. But now comes, in the letter
TO Chairman Graham, referred to, Mr..
Browns explanation and defense. And
SO the merry effort at explanation of
votes goes on. And these are Utah S
senator's! The men Republicans IN
Utah sent to the nations capital to
represent our statel Explanation ssn-
ators,
AS to the explanation of Mr.. Brown
itself. it amounts to but little. In sub
stance it is a defense of his vote for
tariff, and he thinks if the parts of the
bill which would have affected the west
were not satisfactory they could have
besn so amended as to make them sat
isfactory He rather turns the tables
on Messrs. Cannon and Allen by say
ing: why anybody should deem that
the cause of silver was advanced by
refusing to consider a free coinage sill
yer bill is mora than 1 can compre-
hend." He doubtless makes this re-
mark because of the senate commit
tees free silver substitute for the tar
if bill, and which he doubtless thinks
would be considered with it. had the
tariff bill been taken up. AS for the
rest of the epistle it is plea that sill
Yer Republicans do not break with
their party for free silver, but that
they make their fight for both protec-
ton and silver within the party. His
advice is: Get as good platform as
we can at st. Louis, continue the work
of making converts in the states east
of us to the silver cause, anG vote to-
gether for the Republican ticket in
1885,
That may be loyal Republicanism'
but it leaves the settlement of the
money question to a very remote dis
lance in the future, if that were it's
only chance.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17
AS TO SALARIES.

Inc question of increasing the salary
OF the governor and the salaries of
several other state officers was agi-
tated yesterday in the senate and is to
be considered again today That the Leg
isiature has the right to fix the salaries
OF the state officers is, of course. ad-
mftted. The constitution empowers
them to do that; the only question is.
can the change which it is proposed
10 make affect the present incumbents
during their present terms? For the
constitution provides that compensa-
tlon for any officer in the state, once
hxed by law, shall neither be in
creased snor diminished during the
term for which that officer was elected.
Bu6 there are those who contend that
This can be done in the case of the
present incumbents of the state Of
fices; that the salaries, not yet having
been fixed by the legislature the clause
referred to above does not apply in
case where the salary was temporarily
fixed by the constitution. We think,
however, they are mistaken. We think
the constitution squarely blocks the
way of increasing the salaries of the
state officers during the present terms
Tor which they were elected, and any
law which the legislature may pass on
that subject can only apply to the
successors of the present officers. This
is the passage:
Art. VII, Sec. 2O.-The governor, sec
retary of state auditor fraa S11rer. q f
torney general, superintendent of pub
lie instruction and such other state
and district officers as may be provided
for by law, shall receive for their SER
vices quarterly compensation as
fixed by law, which shall not be di-
minished or increased so as to affect
the salary of any officer during his
term, or the term next ensuing after
the adoption of this constitution, unless
vacancy occur, in which case the
successor of the former incumbent
shall receive only such salary as may
be provided by law at the fine of his
election or appointment
The clause-"A compensation as fixed
by law, which shall not be diminished
or increased SO as to affect the salary
of any officer during his term, or
mark you-'the term next ensuing af-
ter the adoption of this constitution
is what prohibits the change of salary
for the present incumbents of the
state Offices The constitution fixed
the salaries for the first term of the
state officers which it created, the leg
to operate upon their successors.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17
MIsFoRTUNEs OF A FORTUNE
SEEKER.

A story comes from Baltimore of an
old woman named Seibels who comes
back to America after spending long
time hunting fortunes in Germany and
England Some time ago she read in
newspaper of the death of one Sci
bells in Germany who was said to have
left fortune of some $500, 900. Her
father was from Germany, settling in
North Carolina, and of course the
similarity of names established her
heirship. The old lady (she is eighty
four years of age also claims there are
many millions due her from the Temple
estate in England. She has been in
England and Germany hunting up
these fabulous fortunes. She had no
success in her quest in Germany
neither in England, though in the lat
ter country she succeeded in getting
into the work house, where she spent
thirty days. She is to be pitied surely
but she is the victim of her own de-
lusions.
Every little while the story is pub
lished of some man of enormous
wealth dying in Europe, all of whose
heirs live in America. Good but guilt
BILE people believe them and most often
become a prey to designing knaves
who usually insert an advertisement
in some paper telling of some vast
estate waiting for heirs to claim it.
Had these people a modicum of COM
mon sense they would know there was
no foundation for the stories, that
wealthy men do not die in Europe
any more than in America without
plenty of next of kin on the ground
to claim any property they may leave.
The people who go to Europe as heirs
seeking some great fortune without
claimant are only less foolish than the
Annake Jan heirs.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17
THE BERMUDA.

The steamship Bermuda that was in
the custody of the United States Of
ficers a short time ago and was re-
leased, has again put to sea. Her sup
posed destination is Cuba. with fill
clustering expedition aboard. If such
is the fact, all will wish her well, but
it is none the less the duty of the gov
eminent officials to seize her II they
have evidence that she is a filibuster.
No matter what the sympathies of the
people with the Cuban insurgents, and
no matter what the justice of their
cause, this government has plain
duty to perform under the law of ma
tons. That is to prevent the depart
ure from American waters of filibuster-
ing expeditions against friendly na-
tons That is a moral as we'll as "a
legal duty Thus far it has been
pretty strictly performed, though the
Spanish authorities have complained
that it was otherwise, while Cuban
sympathizers have thought and said
that the administration was far too
anxious to serve Spain in the matter
These conflicting criticisms are very
good evidence that the government has
done it's duty pretty thoroughly in the
premises.
Out of all this trouble about filibus-
tering expeditions there is a way, and
one that the peop.e generally are i'm
patient that the government should
take. 1t is to recognize the Cuban in
surgents as belligerents. If there IS
not war in Cuba then language is in
adequate to tell what war is No one
pretends there is peace. Spain has in
the island at least 100000 soldiers
What are they there for? Let those
who saw there is no war answer.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

An American student in Athens, E.
p. Andrews, has just achieved a great
distinction. He has succeeded in inter
preting the inscription on the archi-
trave OF the Parthenon, which has hith-
ertc been an unsolved problem. He did
this by making paper impressions of
the holes to get their relative positions
and individual shapes of the characters
were nodded by means of paper pulp.
The discovery is said to be an i'm
portant one to Archaeology, inasmuch
as in addition to the interpretation of
ire inscription it has revealed series
of ornamentations of the architrave
Of The temple at various periods.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17
TALES OF THE DAY.
rho Moon Was All Right.

William ]. Florence, the comedian. had
a reputation for bright stories and pric-
teal jokes. The following one is said
to have been told by him at a dinner one
night when the conversation turned OH
travelling theatrical companies:
Years ago said Florence II was in a
small company skipping from town to
town. We had met with extremely bad
luck up to our landing in the town of
D. There we found the lowest ebb
of all, for when the curtain rolled up
there We're just two persons in the au-
dience, young girl in an orchestra chair,
and young man in the front row of the
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17
PILGRIMAGE.

1 count not life by length of years
a harping drone of weary notes
But by this rosary of tears
And glowing hours and greater thoughts
And crystal truths in silence sought
By alchemy of common things.
And in this rosary inwrought.
Which at my pilgrim girdle swings
By every gentle air that blows
With music from some tender string,
AS pioneering Fancy goes
Through lonely lands adventuring,
For these the highest God 1 praise,
AS living hours and unalloyed,
Content that all my other Gays
May pass to Times abysmal void.
Thomas Kydd.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

Secretary of War Lamont has writ
ten letter to General Hawiey. chair
man of the senate committee on mill
tary affairs. advising against the revi-
val of the rank of lieutenant-g general in
the army at the present time. This will
meet with general approval To confer
it upon the general commanding the
army merely because of his position,
would be to take from the great dis
tinction it confers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

"Jerry's mission is ended says Mrs.
Mary Z. Lease, land it is time to put
him on the shelf with Eewelling and
the gang that disgraced Kansas in 1893
and 1894. Jerry will bob up for some
thing or other this year, but 1 think
that there is enough sense and decency
in the Populist party 10 defeat him.
AS Hamlet said to the fair Ophelia,
we say to Mary Yellin'; go get thee
to nunnery."
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17
THE ART OF ANToBooMING.

Mr.. Cullom rose, with a look of earnest,
ness of his Lincolnlike face. He called
his secretary to him.
Have you made the daily announce
ment Of my candidacy because of a popu-
lar pressure similar TO the movement OF
a comet?' he inquired.
Yes, SIR
Have you withdrawn the announce
ment?"
Yes, sir
Have you then reaf1rmed it?"
Il have"
Have you modestly revoked the re-
affirmation in my name?a'
1T has been done"
Have you decided that on the whole
cannot in duty to the state whose favor
lite son 1 am refuse to make the race?''
THAT has been attended to-"
Coupled with statement that my own
personal desire is to keep out of the tur-
mol, and that after all, my name will
not be Dresented?'
Yes, sir.
''Then we will take lay off until to-
morrow, and / will go somewhere and
denounce Mckinley and recognize the bel
ligerency of Cuba.-Chicago Record.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

who has just been appointed rear-ad-
miral United States navy, was born
in Charlestown, Mass, February 6,
1887, and is the son of Admiral Self
ridge (retired. He graduated at the
United States naval academy in 1854.
Was made lieutenant February 10, 80,
commander December 81, SO, captain
February II, 81. He served through
out the civil war, doing duty at Vicks-
burg, Red river and Fort Fisher In
1876 was a member of the international
canal congress, at Paris, France, and
for four years was in charge of the
torpedo station at Newport, r. |.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

California is to have lively time in
politics this year. Aside from local
politics and national issues>the women
suffnagists will make a campaigns for
equal rights. What the outcome of
this will be no one knows. 1t is to be
hoped the men of California will be
as just TO the women of that state as
the men of Utah were to the women of
this state.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

The reason why Ayers Cherry Pee
toral is so much more effective than
other remedies for colds and coughs is
because it is the most skilful com bina-
ton of anodyneS and eXpectorants
known to medical science. 1t is in
every respect a scientific medicine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

President Cleveand's objections to the
appearance in public of ladies of cabinet
officers families in bicycle boomers may
become a national issue of the first i'm
portance, since it offers great opportuni-
ties for argument upon both sides of the
MISUNDERSTANDING Dispatch.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

A bill has been introduced into the
Ohio legislature making it unisde-
meanor, punishable by a fine of from
two dollars to ten thousand dollars. to
wear hat in a play house or theatre.
There is no woman suffratre in Ohio.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

Henry Labouchere wants to know
the meaning of 'poppycock' Treasury
officials insisting that in the payment
of government obligations the word
coin means gold alone and not gold
and silver.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

Moses P. Handy says he is prepared
to give the lie to some of the stories
about Mckinley. He will have to have
large stock of lies on hand to meet
the demand the next few months,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

And now it is authoritatively stated
that Perrine's comet was never at any
time nearer to the earth than 100000
miles. The comet knows enough to
keep its distance
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

Senator Cockrell of Missouri stirred up
the goldite menagere in fine style OH
Friday in his great speech in favor of
bimetallism. The goldolators will soon
either dead or sleeping.-Denver Republic
can
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

balcony. we went on with the perform
ance, however, possibly to warm ourselves
more than anything else. According to
my part, l was helping the heroine to es-
cape the clutches of the villain, and in
one of my lines / said Have you noticed
that even the bright moon is rising to
light us on our way?' Before she had
time to reply, the young man in the ball
cony called out, I am not so certain
about the young lady down stairs, but /
can see it all right "-Harper's Round
Ill
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

Senator Brown is making more ex-
plantations. In politics there is but
one more fatal mistake than making
explanations; that is writing letters.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

Free silver seems to be increasingly pop
ular with the navy. And to think of the
Indiana being in it, too!-New York Mail
and Express.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

Mr.. Cleveland refuses to make known
his views on Cuban belligerency and a
third term.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17
SOME EDITORIAL COMMENTS.

Do we understand that Mr. Cullom de-
MES the resemblance between Mr.. McKin-
ley and Napoleon? We trust not. Let
us have no mud slinging.-Detroit Trib-
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-17

ST Patrick killed all the snakes in
Ireland. Notwithstanding this fact
men occasionally see snakes in Ire
land