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The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-07-08
FORGED WARRANTS.
Republican Rascality Exposed
Geo. D. Evans got $4,000.

Olympia, June Io-Another bomb
has been fired into the old McGraw
camp, another defalcation and misap-
preparation of funds discovered.
The old deputy state auditor, Geo.
D. Evans, under R. L. Grimes and
| J. E. Frost's administrations, is
charged with having issued "bogus
state warrants" to the extent of
which are yet unknown.
The discovery was first made about
the 10th of April when a warrant for
S68S.13 was drawn in favor of Bausch
& Lamb Optical Co., on account of
the University maintainence fund,
was presented to the state treasurer
for payment. The warrant was in
dorsed by the payee "per Evans
and the endorsement by the treasurer
as mot paid for want Of funds was
a good imitation OF the treasurer's
signature.
The warrant was paid by State
Treasurer Young, but upon checks
ing up his accounts he found that he
had previously paid an exact dupli-
cate of this warrant. This matter
was kept secret until yesterday af-
ternoon for the locating Of Evans be-
fore he became aware of the expos
ure of his defalcation. Thus far
over S. 900 of bogus warrants have
been presented for payment, some Of
them having been issued "triplicete"
and the treasurer knows OF the where
abouts OF between $500 and $4,000
more making in all about $4,000.
The work seems to have been car
ried on Systematically by Evans and
it is thought that he had an accom-
plice to effect the sale Of his war;
rants. The extent to which he car
ried on the business of forgery
can only be ascertained by waiting
until all the warrants are presented
for payment.
Evans was last heard Of in Cali
fornia about four months ago, but at
present his whereabouts are I'M
known. Assistant Attorney General
Vance this afternoon swore out a
warrant for the arrest of George d.
Evans for forgery and reward will
probably be offered by the governor.
As near as can be learned here
Evans parents reside at Malvern Ia,
from which place he came to WASH
ington. 1t has also transpired that
Evans was an habitual dope fiend'
and braced himself up after period
ical debauches with morphine, which
which he bought in large quantities
from local druggists.
A few months prior to his going
out of office he made a six weeks
trip East, and on his return claimed
he had been cured Of his habit at
some institution in an Eastern city,
but it was not long before he was at
it again with all his old time vim.
Ii is not surprising that the treas
urer paid these duplicate warrants,
for from the manner these warrant
calls have been heretofore handled
there was no ckeck.-Tacoma Sun.
The Ellensburg dawn. [volume] (Ellensburg, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1898-07-08

Thousands of person have been cured OF
piles by using De Wits Witch Hazel Salve.
1t heals promptly and cures eczema and all
skin diseases. 1t gives immediate relief
Stephens 4 ElwOOd.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-05-06
VANDEBURG'S ENDORSEMENT.

w. $. ~Vandeburg, populist candidate
for congress at last election, says that
the official record of Hon. r. NJ. Veatch,
nominee for congress in this district,
should swing every populist, every dem.
ocrat and every Lincoln republican in
line, and nerve them to strenuous and
determined efforts until the polls close,
the votes are counted and the result be-
yond the reach OF the would-be assassius
OF the peoples liberties. You NAV scan
the legislative record of Mr.. Veatch, and
he was a member for u number of terms,
and from beginning to end you will find
his name recorded on the side of econo-
my and on the side of the people against
the usurpers OF their liberties. He stood
for the repeal of the mortgage tax law.
Populists should examine pages 5S4, $50
OF the senate journal for 1893 and con-
vince themselves that Mr.. Veatch was
not an intrinsic value money advocate.
There you will find his nam recorded in
favor OF the United States issuing fifty
millions Of full legal tender fractional
paper currency.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-05-06
THE MORTGAGE TAX LAW.

]. H. Upton is the vigorous veteran
editor Of the Southwest Oregon Report
er, Langlois, Coos county, the very neat
est and best filled little paper in Oregon.
Mr.. Upton has not made a fortune in
pfc simply from the fact that he has
always been an ardent, fearless advocate
Of truth, who scorned to bend the knee
that thrift might follow fawning." A
word of commentator from him is of
more value to q candidate for Office than
columns Of quack "write-ups" in the SUBJ
sidized papers of the money power. He
thus relates a chapter in his own expe-
rience:
During the 1883 session of the legisla-
ture, the Portland bankers and specula-
tors and wealth owners hesieged the cap
ital for weeks, lobbying for the repeal of
the mortgage tax and deduction for iu-
debtedness law. viii. r. King and T.
I. Geer, now opposing candidates for
governor, were members of the lower
house (also the writer hereof that year.
NJ. Gccr, against his honest convictions
OF rights, was finally brought into line
and succumbed to the Establishments of
the great tax-shirking push, headed by
H.. W. Corbett, the leading money
changer of the state, and reluctantly, as
he afterwards confessed, voted for the re-
peal. Not SO with Mr.. King, who aided
in the fight against the unjust, unreason-
able Measure to the last. 1t was then
said that Mr.. Geer was looking to future
rewards at the hands of the Portland
push, in a nomination and a big vote in
the metropolis Of Oregon for governor,
and the push have thus far kept their
word good, for without the detection of
the large Multnomah delegation in the
late Astoria convention from Lord to
Geer, the former would have, as has
been the custom, received a second NOM
nation.
Let the struggling poor, whose sub
stance has practically been confscated
in the shape OF taxation to the tune of
eight hundred thousand dollars since
1893, consider we'll before casting their
ballots for Mr.. Geer, their enemy, and
against Mr.. King, their friend, for gov.
ernor, at the approaching June election.
Portland, with all its possible frauds,
VIII hardly be able to overcome the in
dcignant protest against Mr.. Geer's action
In the repeal matter which ought and
will well up in the farming and produc.
tive districts of the state.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-05-06
The Philippine Islands.

Dewey's great victory has turned the
eyes of the whole world upon the Phil
ippine islands. This group of islands
extend almost due north and south from
Formosa to Barneo, embracing an exteut
of l6 degrees Of latitude and 8 degrees Of
longitude. They are over 400 in num-
Der, and their total area is about $4,000
square miles. The largest is Luzon,
with an area of over 10000 square miles.
The population OF the group is supposed
to exceed 100000. The capital of the
Philippines, Manila, has nearly zoe, 900.
Most OF the inhabitants are of native
races, among which the Mallayans pre-
dominate; but there are many Chinese.
The resident Spanish population is
small. the islands, like all Spanish
possessions, have suffered through
maladministration,
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-05-06
ANSWERS.

Mr.. Geer wants to know why a popu-
list favors the free coinage Of silver at
the ratio OF 16 to 1? There are quite a
number of reasons The greenback were
converted into interest-bearing bonds,
payable at maturity in lawful money
greenback currency-the kind Of money
with which the bonds were purchased.
By the subtle manipulations of the bond
holders, in 1868, congress was prevailed
upon to pass ian act to strengthen the
the public credit" making the bonds
payable in coin. This was done despite
the opposition thereto of Thad. Stevens,
o. P. Morton, John A. Logan, Ben.
Wade, and other patriots Of justly hon.
ored fame. John Sherman said: Gun
der the law as it stands the %bondholder
can demand only the kind of money he
paid; he is a %repudiator and extortioner
to demand money more valuable than
he gave" The populist believes the
passage of this act was an outage on the
people. 1t became a law after the pub
lie credit had been so abundantly
strengthened by the soldiers and sailors
that government bonds were selling at
from IS to "a cents above their par value.
However, perforce, he accepts the law
and increased burden so unjustly i'm
posed, and desires to get rid OF the debt
by paying the bonds in coin. To'pay
these bonds populist wants the free coin
age of silver at the precise ratio at which
it was being coined when the credit
strengthening act was passed-no more,
no less. Herein the populist differs from
the bondholder, who does not want the
bonds paid at all. When they become
due he wishes them converted into a new
issue Of bonds, that he may continue to
interest thereon, thus visiting
the sins of the fathers upon the children
unto the the third and fourth gem
Grafton" For the purpose of perpetu-
ating the debt silver was surreptitiously
in 1873, thereby making it
impossible to pay the debt, as there is
not gold enough produced in the United
States to even pay the interest on the
bonds.
Did space in this paper permit, popu-
list could enumerate many other reasons
why he favors the free coinage OF silver
at the ration of l6 to l, but were there
no other, the above in itself is all sufi-
cient. Populist will concedc to Shy
lock the pound OF flesh next the heart,
but not one drop of populist blood.
II. DESIISGER.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-05-06
TO RECOGNIZE CUBAN INDEpEND-
ENCE.

This resolution, introduced by Will.
X. King, Union candidate for Governor
OF Oregon, passed the state senate with
only four votes against tall republi-
cans:
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION no. Intro
pucED by SENATOR KING.
10 the senate and house of represent
atives OF the United States of America.
IN congress assembled:
Your memorialists, the legislative as.
sembly OF the state Of Oregon, most re-
pectfully represent:
whereas, 1t Is q primary principle of
the United States that ''all men are Gre
ated equal; that they are endowed by
their creator with certain inalienable
rights that among these are life, libertv
and the pursuit OF happiness that to So
cure these rights governments were insti.
tuted among men, deriving their lust
powers from the consent Of the governed /;
mat whenever any form Of government
becomes destructive of these ends, it ia
the right OF the people to alter or abolish
H. ana To institute q new government,
laying its foundations on such principles
ana organizing its powers in such form
rs 10 them shall seem most likely tn
effect their safety and happiness"
whereas, The principle, history and
tradition OF the people Of the United
states are favorable to the advancement
OF civil and political liberty everywhere,
as evidenced by the Bartholdi statue
guarding the entrance to the New York
harbOr, a free Gift from n frao .a--
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-05-06

A bill was introduced in the Oregon
senate in 1891, by Mr.. Weatherford, to
regulate the liability of railroad compa-
mics to make compensation for personal
injuries to employees resulting from neg
iisence OF its agents. Mr., Tongue voted
against the bill; Mr.. veatch and our
fellow townsman, c. B. Crosno, voted
for the bill, which failed to pass. This
Is in line with the general record of the
opposing candidates-Tongue on the side
OF the monied corporations; veatch ON
the side Of the people.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-05-06

Mr.. Geer prides himself on being a
farmer and friend of the laboring man.
lie says he got so cents a bushel for his
wheat, Last year the hands in threshing
crews got one dollas per day of IA hours
&c an hour-the lowest rate ever paid
IN Oregon, The thresher could buy one
and one-fifth bushels of wheat with his
dollar. In all previous years the har-
vester could buy from two to five BUSH
els Of wheat with his pay for one days
work. Where does the prosperity Of the
mar who does the hardest work come in?
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-05-06
Notice for Publication.

Notice 10 hereby given that the fore
named settler has flied notice of his inte'
tomake final proof In support Of his claim
snat said proof will be made before tine c,
Sierk OF Lincoln county, at I oiedo, orego
BENJAMIN BEERS. IT. T.. 1o.a7o
for the north east Y of norh xe,t Il. 1
hail OF north east 4 and south east Kof
9 west. P
he names the following witnesses to
ny continuous residence o and GUILTY.
Of SAID land. viz: Cyrenius II. Young, Sorl
u.eson; Joseph W. Price, Of Norton's, ore
rnh.ry . Porter, Of Eorton.s, Oregon: r.
ap0 CHAs. b. MOOREs, Regis
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-05-06
FOR A

A good farm wagon, nearly new
In good order, Coast make. Also
a good set of farm harness, will be
sold cheap for cash, Inquire a,
this Office.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-05-06

Or. .Cady's Condition Powders, are
Just what = horse needs when In bad
condition. Tonic. blood purifier and
yermiiuge. They are not food but
medicine and the best In use to put A
horse In prime condition. Price Is
Cents per package.
FOR sale by 0. o. Krogstsd Druggist.
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1898-05-06
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-01
TEXAS is BACK From THE WAR
BATTLE-SCARRED WARSHIP Is
NOW IN DRY DOCK.
Given an Enthusiastic Reception at
New Yorh-Da1naged by Spanish
Shells and Her Own Guns.

New York, July 31--Back from the coast
of Cuba, battle-scarred and powder
stained and punctured in spots, with her
formidable guns bristling like gold in the
sunlight and her officers and crews laugh
ing and cheering like boys on a holiday
trip. the United States battleship, Texas.
Captain ]. w. Phillip in command,
steamed slowly up the bay from Sandy
Hook this forenoon on hers way to the
Brooklyn navy yard
Solicitations of welcome came from all
sides. Every vessel that boaSted a steam
whistle let it shrek for all il was worth.
The piping toots of little tug boats min
gled with the deep-toned roarS from the
ocean and coastwiSa steamers, and the
unusual calm of the Sabbath was sup
planted by a veritable pandemonium.
The men in charge of the steam siren
on the Texas worked like a beaver reply
ing to the hearty reception. The cheers
of the excursionists and passengers on
the numerous ferry boats was taken up
by the people who watched the black
painted warship from the New York and
the Brooklyn shores, and the brave sailors
responded with waving caps and handker-
chiefs.
Captain ]. W. Phillip was on the bridge.
directing the course of the Texas. and by
his side stood his executive officer, Lieu
tenant Commander G.. F. HARDER.
When the Texas reached the navy yard
the dock was crowded with blueiackets
and marines. who greeted their fellows
with teverish enthusiasm and welcomed
them back with joyous cheers.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-01
"Grand and Brilliant" Says An
English Correspondent.
SWEPT ALL BEFORE THEM
NOTHING COULD WITHSTAND
THE SAN JUAN BUSHES.
Correspondent of the London News
Says He Never Saw the Like Be-
fore-Lieutenant Lyon and Sew
eral Enlisted Men of the Twenty
fourth Reach New York.

New York. July 31.-The United States
transport Alamo arrived at Quarantine
today with 26 passengers from Santiago.
The Alamo stopped at Hampton Roads on
the way north, but ives ordered to sea
to bury one of her passengers. who had
died. This man was George Patterson. a
stevedore, who went to Santiago de Cuba
Among those on board were several pri-
Yates and ordinary seamen, ana the Iol-
lowing named: E. w. Binkler, sergeant
signal corps; Sir Bryan leighton, George
f. l.. Lynch. correspondent London
Chronicle; Stephen Wright, correspondent
London Illustrated News.
Mr. Wright, in conversation, salq II
is not proper to speak of the hardshlps,
inefficient commiSsary and hospital serV-
ice. because this is war and all it implies
The operation of taking Santiago ltselI
was grand and brilliant never saw the
like before. Nothing could stand the
rushes of the American troops, so run OF
vim and eager desire to dis!odSe the en-
em.r. But these men should be relieved.
as the excitement is over and reaction
will set in The men will lose their sta
nina when the malaria fever spreads
Sergeant E. w. Binkley of the signal
corps said he was stationed, after the
surrender, at the cable station, TO see that
no one damaged the wires. AT the time
of the assault on FL Caney he was 10
service in order. The men on the firing
line were suffering for rations. but the
refugees who flocked into FL Caney were
supplied one day with 5000 rations. the
next day with. $4,000.
These were promptly sent to the
front" said he. but our boys who were
in the trenches were compelled to go with
out do not see why the troops could
not be supplied as promptly
All of the passengers will be sent to
Hoffman island and the steamer will be
disinfected and sent back to her dock in
the East river tomorrow. Health Ofhcer
Dotv said some of the men had been i'll,
apparently with malarial fever, but they
were now conyaleScent.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-01
THE MAN OF THE CENTURY.
Bismarck Eulogized and Attacked
By the London Press.


l. London, Aug. 1.-The space the
morning papers today devote to Prince
Bismarck alone is ample testimony
that the man of the century has dis
appeared.
He was greater than Napoleon"
says the Daily Graphic, for his work
endures. He was the greatest person
ality. of his century, the pivot on which
everything of Importance in the history
of Europe has turned"
The obituary in the Times occupies
an entire column. His DEATH says
the paper, removes the greatest per-
sonality in Europe. His career was
altogether a romance. With all his
faults, he has remained for most of
his countrymen more of a demi-god
than an ordinary mortal"
The Daily News says: I'VE may say
of Bismarck that he was the incarna-
ton, with human limits, of the Ger
manic conception of the universe as a
will"
The Daily Telegraph, the Daily Mail,
and the other morning papers publish
eulogistic editorials.
The Times editorially this morning
says: Since the First Napoleon
death has claimed no greater figure.
Bismarck was one of the few men of
whom his contemporaries can predict
with some assurance that his work will
endure"
The Standard says: 1--WE may feel
that our existence has been rendered
larger and more significant by the fact
that Bismarck was our contemporary.
His character, genius and achievements
were so colossal that it is perfectly safe
to propheSy for him, not a lofty, but
permanent niche in the temple of
renown.'
The Morning Post, comparing him
with Cromwell and Richelieu. says:
To posterity he may appear even
greater than they. If, in, his retire
ment, he sometimes expressed the
wrath which was his most character
lind rest in the knowledge that, after
all, he left his most ardent disciple on
the throne of which he was the master
builder
The Daily Chronicle. contrasting
Gladstone and Bismarck, says: Glad
stone left a national legacy of enlight-
ened, generous and democratic legisla-
ton, name loved and revered by
other peoples hardly less than his
own; Bismarck's monument is a crest
OF bayonets, and he goes to his grave
without the homage of a tear beyond
the borders of his own land"
Proceeding in a savage attack upon
the deceased German statesman, the
Daily Chronicle remarks: ITO him.
more than to any other man, is due the
TACT that Europe resounds today with
the tramp of armed millions His huge
strength, his capacious mind, his I'M
varying purpose and his colossal tri- |
umphs are a proof forever of what man
can be. Nobody but q German will
ever look to him for an example of
what man ought to be-"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-08-01
SURPRISE FOR CHICKAMAUGA.
Commander Ordered Out Instead of
the TrooEs.

Chickamauga, July 31.-A genuine sur
prise was sprung at Camp Thomas thi:
afternoon. Instead of further troops be.
ing ordered out. as might have been ex.
pected, Major General James F. Wade
commanding the army at Camp Thomas
was ordered to report forthwith to the
secretary of war at Washington. In COM
pljance with the order General Wade and
the following members of his staff pro-
ceeded Immediately to Chattanooga and
ieft thence at 10 o'clock today for Wash
ington. Major ". E. Amy, assistant adj
Jutant general; Captain Lloyd c. Griscom.
assistant quartermaster, L. S. V; Captain
j. COOKE, third commissary of subs istence
7. >. v; q. w. Reed and Lieutenant J.
p. Wade of the Fifth United States cav
airy. aides de camp.
mere was no mixing at Camp Thomas
untll late TINS evening of the purpose of
the oroeT, put 1t was pretty generally in
terpreted to mean something like what
the press reports from Washington later
outlined. and for this reason the order
had the effect to arouse new hopes among
the troops, ana especially among those
of the Third corps, who had about come
to think that they would not be called for
IN the present war. General Wade and
staH Will reach Washington some time
tomorrow afternoon.
Brigadier General ROYAL T. Frank. II
5. ". commanding the First division of
the Third corps, assumed command at
Camp Thomas this evening. which posi-
eral Wade. or until further orders
Owing to almost continuous rain, the
day was very sagreeable and the SOL
diers remained in quarters. The COM
manding officers took advantage of this
excellent opportunity to muster the regi-
ments. preparatory to receiving their gov
eminent pay for the month of July and
the result is that tonight practically all
the regiments had been mustered. The pay
rolls have been made and while the pay
masters had not arrived up to this even
ing, the regiments are expecting their
paw during the week
The report of Major c. NJ. Drake sur
geon in charge of the First division of the
Third corps. issued today. Hys that out of
the 1000 troops in the division. there are
2& sick IN the hospital. This is less than
1.9 per cent.
1t appears that William Henderson of
the Twelfth New York is deserter and
to deceive the authorities reported his
own death to the undertaken and the
newspaper reporters. Colonel Leonard
states that there was no killing at the
rifle practice of his regiments Saturday
and that the man Henderson had not been
in camp for two weeks