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The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-22

Being unable to deny that prosperity
has come again upon the country, the
Popocrat statesmen and organs with
che accord are loudly proclaiming THAI
it is all due to the failure of the foreign
wheat crop. The growers of wheat,
they say, are prospering, but other
wealth producers are getting no bene-
fits. There is a great deal of difference,
however, between mere assertion and
well authenticated fact. There is
abundant evidence on every hand that
all classes Of the people, including
wealth producers of every description,
are sharing in the new prosperity. The
failure of the foreign wheat crop could
not start hundreds of idle shops and
factories to operating and give employ
ment to hundreds of thousands of idle
workingmen. The failure Of the foreign
wheat crop would not suffice to stimu-
late all lines of business and produce
feeling of confidence and security
among investors and merchants
throughout the country.
The failure of the foreign wheat crop
would not quicken the domestic wool
trade, the leather trade, the trade in
print cloths and sheetings, the tin, cop
per and iron trade, the beef, pork and
lard trade, the trade in petroleum,
glass, lead, cottonseed oil, lumber, pa
per, brick, coal, salt, hay, hemp, pota-
toes, corn, barley, rye. butter. eggs and
fruit. According to Bradstreets, which
has kept record of the business done
in all lines for the last four years, the
trade in all these commodities and
scores of others has rapidly increased
since July-the month in which the Re-
publican tariff was enacted.
Regarding the stories Of Western
farmers paying off their mortgages in
such enormous amounts, the Orange
Judd Farmer has made careful inqui-
ries and says that while it finds the
newspaper statements somewhat ex-
aggerated, there is unquestionably an
Immense amount of liquidation going
on. During the past few years the
farmers have practict1 such economy
that the marked improvement in wheat
and other prices has wonderfully i'm
proved their financial condition. One
great incentive to pay off old mort
cages is the lower interest rates at
which new loans can be obtained.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-22
PROSPERITY is NOW GENERAL.
Business Improvement Moves Forward by Great
Leaps and Bounds.
The DoIefuI Cries of Calamity Howers Cannot
Check the Advance Of Good Times

high prices. and 1t is little wonder they are
making the best of it. The people are max
Ing an earnest effort to get out of debt and
when they succeed in doing this the Kansas
farmer will be the most independent person
on earth, because he knows enough to keep
out OF debt when once he gets started In the
Kansas is to-day the most prosperous State
In the Union. There will be 10000 home
steads cleared of mortgages this fall. Think
OF what that means. The mortgages will
| average $1,000 each, which means the ex-
penditure of $40,00O,O00. 1t means also that
this State is becoming Commonwealth Of
homes.
If Breidenthal had said last November
that in less than year 10000 Kansas
farmers would pay off $4O,000,000 of
mortgages, under a Republican President
and the gold standard, his fellow Popu-
lists Of Kansas would have chartered a
special train to convey him to an insane
asylum.-kansas City Journal.
Why Do the Croakers Croak?
Solemn silverites whose knowledge of
affairs is wider than that of most of the
men who voted for Bryan last fall, are
not altogether silenced by the rise in
prices under the conditions existing since
the complete triumph of sound money in
the United States. Some of them, like the
lubugrious Ritchie, of Summit County
essay the weary task of persuading people
who like the change in the times that it is
the result of famine in India and ruined
harvests in Europe. These persons pa
rade before the voters of America the
dread procession of gaunt victims of star
vation N Hindustan, and they quote the
gloomy reports of crop failure in Ireland.
They point to meager grain fields in Rus
sia and to the shortage of $4,000, 900 bush
els in the wheat crop of France. There"
they say, ''is the source of higher prices
in the United States. Let famine and
ruin abroad be followed by normal wealth
er and harvests, and the general level of
the markets will again be as low and weak
as the price of silver"
This sort of explanation can never be
effective, for two reasons. The first is
that it goes too far for the average voter
to follow with much interest. The second
and the best is that it wholly fails to ac-
count for the advance in many important
commodities which have nothing to do
with the harvests inEurope or the famine
in India. Has there been a famine in
hides anywhere? Has the leather crop
failed? What bad weather has made
iron scarce and raised the price of steel!
What is the force that has lifted the mar
ket for wool as far, in proportion to for
mer quotations, as wheat has risen? Why
are lambs much higher than they were
when the Dingley bill was passed? How
about the butter crop? Has that failed
in India? Is the cheese market feeling
the effects of the harvests in Russia
Where is the cotton crop failure? Who
has heard Of lumber famine? Cleveland
Leader. -'''
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-22
Postal Savings Banks.

IT is announced that Postmaster Cen
eral Gary, after thoroughly studying the
subject, has concluded to favor the estab-
lishment of postal savings banks in this
country, and will make the advocacy OF
such a measure feature Of his incum-
bency of the Postoffice Department. He
has not as yet formulated plan, but
will do so in his report to be submitted
to the President on the opening Of the
next session of Congress.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-22

In other words, we have ante-panic
values and ante-panic prices. The crop
is worth $25,O0O,000 more than it has
been in the best year for five years.-Eew
York Press.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-22
No Ha1ting the Advance.

Dun's review, which has been jubilant
in it's proclamation of business revival for
several weeks, declares that there is no
halting in the advance; that business
grows better in all ways; that there is a
steady increase in production and work
ing force, and that the power of the peo-
pie to purchase is a feature which over
shadows all others. New York reports
show that wheat is not the only commod-
ity that is advancing in price, for over
one hundred staples are higher, and there
is continued heavy demand for manu-
factured goods of all kinds.
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-22

The free traders took their last shot at
the farmers in June; they hustled In evr ~
erything available on which the new tarlI
law increased the rates of duty. Inc Iol-
lowing shows the value OF some OF tne
more important farm products III june
1oo1 COMPARED with June, 1886:
The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1897-10-22

The farmers are rapidly getting back
the $S0,000,000 which they lost in the
value of their sheep under free trade,
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24
MISS GuILFoRp,s VOW.

Said She wouldn't Speak for Fifty
Years, and Now She Can't Talk.
The people in the southern part OF
Hancock county, Ne, are deeply inter
ested in q peculiar malady which af-l
f1icts Miss Experience Guilford, an aged
woman of Fast Rluenill. who has not
uttered word or any audible sound
for so years. The original reason for
Miss Guiiford's sPcechlessness was an
ger because she could not marry the
man OF her choice. When she was 10
years old she fell in love with William
Simpson, the village schoolmaster.
They were to be married on June IS,
1S47. Ore of Miss Guilford's rejected
suitors told tales about the schoolmas-
ter, and Miss Guilford's parents stopped
the wedding. Miss Guilford thereupon
said:
81 swear 1 will not speak woru,
though L live for SO years. unless mar
ty this man.
She kept her pledge. Her parents
died, and she went to live with her mar
ried brother. When he died she made
her horIe With, a sister, and after the
sisters death she went to camp in the
woods and kept house for a brother.
with whom she is now living. All this
time she performed her share of the
household work and did not show any
regret for havi2g made the VOW. When
! the sc years of silence expired she
| was visited by a large number of rela-
Ile,s and friends, who went to the camp
for the purpose OF being present when
/ she was at liberty to speak. Soon after
/ tine midday meal Miss Gui-cord dressed
! herself in the garments which she had
not won for half century. At two
o'clock she stood up before the people
smiled and opened her mouth to speak
but, though she tried hard and got red
III the face in trying, she could not
utter sound. Her vocal muscles had
become atrophicd from long disuse and
refused TO work.
When Miss Guilford found that she
could not speak she sent to Bangor
Tor physician and took to her bed
The doctor gave no hope of recovery
but suggested that she be sent to &
Boston hospital for trea tment. AS soor
as Miss Guilford gets strong enough tx
take the Quincy she viii make another
effort t. legai,i her speech. Her father
left her Il good sum of money at his
death, which has been growing every
year in savings bank, so she is wei
able to obtain the treatment she re
quires.-N. Y. Sun.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24
Tha surprise OF Am.

Mr.. James Jones, of the drug firm of
Jones & Son, Cowden, ILL.,, speaking of
DIR. Kings New Discovery, says that last
winter his wife was attacked with La
Grippe, and her case grew go serious
that physicians OF Cowden and Pana
could do nothing for her. 1t seemed to
develop into Hasty Consumption. Hav-
ing DIR, Kings New Discovery in store,
and selling lots of it, he took bottle
home, and to the surprise of all che be-
gan to get better from first dose, and
half dozen dollar bottles cured her sound
and well, DIR. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs and Colds is
guaranteed to do this good work. Try it.
Free trial bottles at Blakeley & Hough-
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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24
Port Arthur to be Strength
ened.
RUssIA's INTENTIONS MADE PLAIN
Japan Decides to Keep Clear of the
Chinese MuddIe at Present
Other Oriental News.

LONDON, Dec. ga Peking special to
the Times says:
The Chinese are provisioning Port
Arthur, and will reconstruct the fcrts
there, Russia furnishing the money. In
the face OF this indication of permanent
occupation, the necessity of the safe
guarding our position in the far East is
increasing. The Russo Chinese bank,
which is the agent for the Russian gov
ernment, has offered to China 10000
rifles, with payment five years hence.
China has accepted the proposal.
The Times, in an editorial on the SIT
uation, sarcastlcally asks whether the
German press, in claiming a Russo
German entente in China, and Emperor
William in his speech at Graudez anric-
ipated demand for the removal of the
German drill seargeants from the Chi
nese army.
1t adds with reference to the demand
for the dismissal of the English engin-
GERS:
"Our Peking correspondent says Chi
ma is hesitating, and possibly we may be
able to appeal to motives at Peking
which will str engthen China's disincli-
nation to comply with the Russian re-
quests for the dismissal of tie English
engineers"
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24
SUMMONS.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF the State of Ore
i gon for Wasco County.
Emma Golden plaintiff.
VS.
Dewitt Golden, defenuant.
To Dewitt Golden, the above named defendant:
In the name of the State of Oregon, you are
hereby required to appear and answer the com
plaint filed against you in the above entitled
court and cause on or before the first day OF the
next term of said court following the expiration
of the time prescribed in the order for the pub
lication of this summons, to-wit: on or before
the 14th day of February 1898; and if you fail to
so appear and answer, or otherwise plead, in said
cause, the plaintiff for want thereof will apply
to the Court for the relief prayed for IN the COM
plant filed herein, to-wit: that the bonds of
matrimony existing between plaintiff and de-
fendant be dissolved; that the plaintiff be
awarded the custody of the minor child men
| toned in said complaint, Zola Maud Golden /;
that the plaintiff have and recover her costs and
disbursements made and expended in this suit.
and for such other and further relief as to the
Court may seeR equitable.
This summons is served upon you by publica-
ton thereof by order OF Hon. w. L. Bradshaw,
judge of saio court, which order bears date OF
September 28th, 1897, and was made and dated at
chambers in allies City, Wasco County, Oregon,
on the 2Sth day of September, 1897.
FRED W. WILSON,
ii Attorney for Plaintiff
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24
NIis,nterprets Our Policy,

vienna, Dec. 2S.-The Deutsche zei-
tung says.
''The United States, which from its
geographical position, has a greater in
terest In the opening up of China than
all the European nations together, can
not possibly consent to Its partition in
spheres Of influence without having a
voice in the matter. 1t would be a great
mistake to underestimate the strength
of the United States, and a partition of
China would be impossible without the
approval and participation of America.
The European powers will do well to
give immediate attention to the asser-
tions and interests of the United
States.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24


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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24
Free Pills.

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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24
A PhiIadeIphia BANK Failure.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 23.-The Chest
nut Street National Bank did not open
its doors for business this morning. /. A
notice posted on the door reads as fol-
lows: 'tThe Chestnut Street National
bank is closed for business and is in the
hands of the national hank examiner -
Crowds of depositors soon gathered,
but there was no special excitement.
The bank has had good reputation,
but it has been known for some time
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24
NOTICE.

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,l
THE DALLEs, Or, Sept. 20, 1897.
Complaint having been entered at this office
by William Johnson against Oscar s. Roffsen for
abandoning his homestead entry No. 1884, dated
September 25, 1895, upon the So NEI4, SElz
NWL and NE14 SW1z, Section So. Township 5
South Range Is E, in Wasco County, Oregon
with view to the cancellation of said entry
the said parties are hereby summoned to apDeal
at this Office on the 30th day of October, 1897 al
10 o'clock a. m, to respond and furnish teSti
mony concerning said alleged abandonment.
sp25-n JAS. F. MOORE, Register
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24

The total number of jisentary cases
re eported up to the end of NoveIn Der was
81 ,27S, of whom 81 ,545 were fatal.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24

According to an official census just
completed, the population of Japan for
the year OF 1896 was 42.761 ,02S, an in
crease of over 437, ,644 over the proceed
inc wear
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24

tampered with by Japanese emissaries.
who are doing all they can to stir up dis
sention among them.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24
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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24
italian warship For China.

LONDON, Dec. PA dispatch from
Rome Gays that at meeting of the ItaI-
ian cabinet today 1t was decided to dis
patch a squadron to Chinese waters.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24
JAPAN IS OUT OF IT.
She win Not Meddle in the Chinese At
fair at Present.

fair at Present.
SAN Francisco, Dec 2S.-The following
Oriental advices have just been received
per steamship China from Yokohama
via Honolulu:
At an extraordinary meeting of the
Japanese cabinet, Baron Sishi, the for
eign minister, laid before the ministers
all the reports he had received from the
Japanese ministers in foreign countries
relative to the seizure of Kaio Chou by
Germany. 1t was decided after pro-
longed discussion, not to meddle with
the affair at the present time, but to
await further Developments.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24

Beware of OinmentH for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,
AS mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and Completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip-
tions from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will'do is ten fold to the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o., contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying Halls
Catarrh Cure be sure you get the gen.
uine. 1t is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio, by F. ]. Cheney & Co.
Testimonials free. Price 75c. per bottle.
90 Sold by Druggists. 4.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24

Bound For Chinese Waters.
LONDON, Dec. 23.-The French cruiser
Pascal sailed for China today. The Pas
cal is a second-class crniser.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24

Commenting upon the strained rela-
tions between Russia and Japan over
the Cerean question, the Chinese papers
repor! that the Japanese army lie full of
Russian spies, disguised as Japanese,
and that the Russian army is being
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24

Commenting upon the Kaio Chou
affair, the Asahi say the action of the
Germans in having seized Kaio Chou
on the pretext of the murder of mission
aries is outrageous, that it disturbs the
peace of the far East, declaring that
Jadan cannot regard the matter lightly
and that sooner or later the line of poll
cy to be pursued toward Chinese affairs
must be decided upon. Japan must
make protest singly or jointly. 1t ap-
pears probable the government has de-
cided to take one of these steps when
the time is opportune.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24
THE
new YORK WORLD
THRIcE-A-WEEK EDITION.

Is Page. wsel. rSo Paper. Year
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24

At the end of November there wer,
1866 banks in Japan, with an aggregate
capital OF 3I2, ,O74, ,514 yen.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24

that its business, and necessarily its
profits had fallen off considerably. The
suspension was great surprise. espec-
tally in view of the high standing of its
officers. William M. Singerly is. its
president, and Isaac Cooper vice-presI-
dent.
The bank was started in 1887, on a
capital of $500, 900, with Robert E.
Pattison as president. When the latter
took his seat as governor of Pennsylvania
In '91, Singerly succeeded him as presi-
dent. No statement of the banks liza
bilities could be obtained this morn
ing.
The Chestnut Street Trust and Saw.
ings Fund Company, the officers OF
which are identical with those of the
bank, was also closed for business to-
day.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-12-24

According to the Chinese papers.
ViceroS Chang Chitkung has issued q
proclamation exhorting his people to be
more friendly to foreigners.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-05-15

to disbelieve. on the strength Of his
own denial, the statements made by
him at the trial when under oath
Now you are asked to believe his state
ments made not under oath, with the
prospects of a pardon. There is the
testimony before you, and it devolves
upon you to believe one or the other"
A letter was received from Mrs.
Albion Ward of Brunswick. a sister of
Lowell beseeching for his pardon
One was also received from Mrs.
Colder of Lewiston. stating that at
the residence of herself and father. a
home was waiting for Lowell, il his
pardon was secured.
Mrs. C. Millett, a sister of the first
Mrs. Lowell, who was killed, wrote to
this effect:
II hope you will not pardon this man.
He has said he will fix us all some day.
and. l believe 20 years or more in jail
has done nothing to change him. If
he will commit murder once, he will
again. and / beg of you TO keep him
where he is.
Mr.. Carter, in concluding, made an
eloquent plea for his client. He re-
called the prosecution by the then
county attorney, Gen. II. NJ. Plaisted.
assisted by Judge Wing. How it was
centered on the question of identifit a
ton, and fought on the same grounds
and on these the verdict of guilty was
brought in. with no question as to the
nature of the death. He said-"It was
case of murder of the first degree, or
no murder at all. 1t was a false issue
and so understood, and the counsel for
the prisoner took his chances. The
question of the truth of the last state
ment by Lowell arises. Before he was
testifying for his life; now for his re-
lease. No motive was ever shown for
his killing her Admitting that he did
strike her on some. occasions | do not
know that he did, there was nothing to
indicate q premeditated murder in this
case. He would not have taken her
out as he did He was a man of no
education, and it was the most nat
ural thing in the world that he should
try to deceive. even though not guilty
of crime" Mr.. Carter urged the
and members of the Council
to investigate the case as far as pos
sible-to call on Lowell. or at least let
one of the prison committee call on
him, that you may see that he is
peaceably disposed man.
The matter was left to lie on the
table until the next session.