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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1899-12-23

bonds issued in their stead. When
ever bond buyers and financiers deem
it advantageous to themselves to force
a bond issue all they need do is present
a few million dollars at the treas
ury and demand gold therefor
If the gold Isl not in the treasury,
the treasury must purchase IL in the
markets by the issuance OF bonds.
That they will find this of advantage
is certain, for by taking credit money
out of circulation will make their gold
more valuable, because it will increase
the demand for IL. When the law
goes, into effect it will be found to
operate solely in the interest OF few
and to the detriment of the many.
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SATURDAY. DECEMBER %, 1898
PROSPERITY IN BIG CHUNKS

That the country is prosperous we
cannot deny. for we are told by such
undeniable authority as the Oregonian.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat, and hun
dreds of other like truthful journals.
that it is, and they give "facts and
figures" to prove their. assertions, but
that the prosperity is not equally dis.
tributed among all is quite certain.
Some manufacturing concerns that are
controlled by trusts are extremely pros
porous, the railroads generally are en-
joying a wave of prosperity, and office.
holders are not going hungry, but
the far ming communities, the mer-
chants and trades people generally are
not enjoying the thrift that they would
desire. There are reasons for this that
may be found in the following list of
prices that prevailed in Milwaukee on
November 13 OF this year and compared
with those prevailing 8 year ago by
Robert Schilling, of Milwaukee,:
NOVEMBER 13, 1898:
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Irish Sympathy.

CHICAGO, Dec. 20.-"So far as have
been able to observe, the Irishmen in
the different parts of this country are
in entire sympathy with the Beers in
the war with England. This sympathy
they have chosen-and I think the
movement will not 60 farther than this
to manifest, by passing resolutions
and providing money for the equip
ment for hospital, ambulance and sur
gical department."
This is the statement of J. T. Heating,
president of the Ancient Order Of
Hibernian and conspicuous among the
Irish-Americans in this city and else
where. The action taken by the local
order in Chicago and that of st. Louis
has not ended the movement in the
matter. The united societies of this
city have determined to hold q mass
meeting on January S, at which time
there will be speech-making and
general expression OF the feeling Of the
Irishmen of Chicago toward the people
of the Trausvaal.
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ONESIDED FINANCLERING.

The currency bill that has passed the
house and will be adopted with perhaps
q few amendments by the senate, is
more oueslded than any financial leg
islation that has ever been attempted
in America. 1t is all in favor Of the
creditor class and opposed to the
debtor in that it makes all obligations,
both public and private, payable in
one class of money, and it gives to a
certain class the privilege OF making
money plentiful or scarce, whenever it
Is beneficial to them to do so. Accord
ing to the provisions of the bill there
is no real money except gold, and no
token money but national bank notes.
That there Is not enough gold in cir.
culation to meet the demands of trade
all will agree, and since there can be
no credit money issued except national
bank notes, the volume of money
will be placed solely in the hands of
the banks. If it is advantageous to
them for money to be scarce, they will
80 regulate their issue as to govern
the supply. This is' most dangerous
proposition for it places the people in
a position where they must pay double
interest upon whatever money there
may be in circulation outside Of gold.
First they pay interest on the bonds or
which the circulation is based, and
then in order to get the money out of
the banks they must again pay interest
to the banker.
Another most pernicious feature OF |
the bill is that provision which makes
Ill money besides national bank notes
in gold at the United
States treasury and providing that no
,redit currency shall be raised except
n payment for gold. Under this pro-
,ision there is nothing to hinder every
ollar of silver, greenbacks, treasury
otes and silver certifctes being locked
p in the treasury and interest bearing ! 1
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IN POWER OF RAILROADS.

Chicago is placed in peculiar situa-
tion and Is in way to suffer from ex-
cessive freight rates that will seriously
curtail its business. However it is in
the the power of the railroads, and
while it will suffer, the entire north
west, including the agricultural dis
tricts will also be loosers, for increased
freight rates mean lower prices for
their products and higher prices
for every thing they have to buy. The
Chicago Chronicle says concerning the
proposed raise:
"One of the most radical and general
advances ever made in freight rates
will go into effect on all the railroads
east and west of Chicago January l.
Thousands of articles of every descrip-
tion will be effected, and the increase
will average 35 and 40 per cent, the
jump on many classes reaching so per
cent. The contemplated action has
aroused the shipping interests of the
country.
The shippers say that if the carrying
charges are increased to the extent an.
nounced by the railroads it will hav
the effect of increasing retail prices in
every line of trade. Sugar, soap, coffee,
flour, coal and farm implements are
few of the articles to be affected. OF
these, as we'll as on hun ireds of other
articles, the increase will run from 20
to 40 per cent. The rate on coal, for
example, west Of Chicago, will be
pushed up 25 cents Oh the ton. Rates
on cattle will be advanced to % cents
per 100 pounds, and hogs and sheep
will go up from 25 to 80 cents and
dressed meats to 40 cents per 100
pounds. Hay is another article that
will feel the advance severely. The
tariff on this will be increased $I.lO
per ton.'
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DANGERS OF MILITARLSM.

many months older strong effort will
be made to increase the regular army
to 100000 and perhaps 100000 men.
That there is no excuse for a material
increase in the regular army is evident
to almost every right thinking mind.
America has never wanted for soldiers
when necessity for them has been pre-
sented. There has ever been a readi-
involved in war, and tho American
volunteer army has proven itself equal
in every emergency to the veterans of
other countries. Hence we insist that
there is no need, in time of peace, for
increasing the standing army to more
than its present number as provided
by law. But there are dangers from
large standing army which threaten
the very foundation of republics. En-
pires require large military forces to
keep the turbulent and liberty loving
subjects in subsection, but in repub-
lie, where every man is the peer of his
fellow, bayonets and cannon are not
needed to enforce loyalty.
The American republic, the French
republic, indeed every republic ex-
periments with aggregated standing
armies only at peril of its own ex.
istence. Democracies. by the very
character of their institutions, are un-
fitted for safe maintainance of multi
piled military. 1t was the ''grand
armee" that was the instrument of
Boneparte. in establishing his empire
on the ruins of the democracy given
France by the revolution of 1889. It
was by the same means that Nspoleau
III transformed himself from president
of France to emporer of France in 1853.
1t was by the same means that Caesar
overthrow tht old Roman republic, the
purest democracy that ever existed,
and opened the way for Augustus to be
crowned emperor of the Romans. His
tory overfows with instances of the
overthrow of republics by their own
armies led by crafty men, and history
repeats itself. Men of today in am
bitions, desires and methods do not
differ from the men of so, ITO or 1000
years ago.
May not large standing army be-
come menace to American freedom
or result in the downfall of the repub.
lie as it did of the Roman and French
republics? May not an ambitious
"Caesar" or Napoleon" spring up in
this country, gain control of the army,
when it has become sufficiently power
full to crush the people, and overthrow
the government? With the reins of
government rapidly drifting into the
hands of corporations, combines and
trusts, and with large standing army
at their disposal, is there anything to
prevent those who lose patriotism in
self interest turning the army against
those whom they would oppress, de-
prive them of their rights as citizens
and declare this country an empire?
With hired soldiers, men who make
army life profession. such result Ia
possible, but with volunteer army,
composed of men who discard civil
pursuits to take up guns in defense Of
the nations honor, such result could
never occur. Volunteers can always
be depended upon to uphold govern
ment, but meyer to Cypress its citizens.
Therefore congress that will attempt
to increase the regular army beyond
needs will undertake to
the rights of citizenship and
possibly overthrow the republic.
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The failure of number Of large

The failure of a number Of large
banks in the East right on the eve of
the passage of the currency bill by the
house is not very fattering result.
1t shows that confidence has not been
restored to a very alarming extent.
OF course goldites will say the passage
Of the bill had nothing to do with the
bank failures, but bad it been a free
coinage bill tl.ere would have been a
mighty howl 60 up.
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AN ELECTRIC PRANK.
Lghtning Cuts t'p High Jinks on .
Mountain Sije I'm North
Carolina.

A climbto the top OF "Big Craggy," !"
along the banks Of the Big Tree creek,
affords many bits Of picturesque seem
cry, as well as view OF surprising
grandeur from thr si::rili. A party OF
gentlemen from As..rv.iie. who recently
visited this majesi : u.d mountain, that
rears its head mn:r than 5000 feet
above sea level, rep.ii an unusual man
Hesitation of the rrEnks of electricity,
says the Asheyillc n. c. Citizen.
Along the top Of the ridge for dis
tance of perhaps - or SO yards there
was deep furrow. as II made by q
large plow. As the current passed along
large pieces of turf were thrown aside,
tough rhododendron bushes were torn
up by the roots and hurled to one side.
while huge bowlders that lay in the
pathway were split in twain and in some
instances shivered IL atoms.
After the current hnd passed alone
the surface of the mountain, or top
most ridges, for so or 60 yards, it ap-
pears to have divided, one fork going
down the mountain side and the other
on the ridge for some Is or
20 feet and then disappearing entirely.
The strange feature of this electrical
Is that the charge did not
1t once disappear by taking q down,
ward direction into the earth instead of
for so great o distance ON
The surface.
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CURRENCY BILL PASSED.
Had q Majority of Forty In the House
Eleven Democrats Supported Ir.

Had Majority of Forty In the House
Eleven Democrats Supported IL.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 19.-The cur
rency bill, which was debated all last
week, was passed yesterday, by the
house by vote of 100 to 100. 1t had
the United support of every republican
in the house, and of IL democrats
Clayton, briggs, Fitzgerald, Levy,
ltuppert, scudder, Underhill and VIII
son of New York, McAleer, of Penn
sylvania, Denny. of Maryland, and
1'hayer of Massachusetts. All the
other democrats voted against the
measure or were paired against it, ex-
cept John Walker Smith, Governor
elect fcom Maryland, Stsllings OF
Alabama, and General Joseph Wheeler,
of Alabama. Stallings has not been
present in the house this session on
account of illness, and one of his col
leagues annouHced that il present he
would have voted in the negative.
General Wheeler is serving In the
Philippines. Il 5i.srs..,
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Austria May MIX In.

NEW YORK, Dec. ia dispatch to
the Herald from Berlin says: The
Berliner Tageblatt is informed that the
Austrian government is inclined to
offer its mediation in the conflict in
South Africa. IT is considered that the
diplomatists of Europe who only few
months ago signed TIE protocol of the
peace congress cannot admit that the
present loss of life, which only can end
in favor of the black population, should
continue.
The Berliner Tageblatt, however,
considers that mediations would be
premature. Germany. at least for the
moment, has no intention of taking
part in any steps of the sort.
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BOSTON, Dec. 19.-Dillway & Starr,
bankers and brokers, of this city, have
assigned. The assets and liabilities
have not been computed. The firm is
one of the most prominent of the kind
in the city, and is composed of Char
les w. Dillaway, George 81. Flint and
A. W. Lawrence. The firm, it is un-
derstood, with two other houses, car
ried large quantity of mining stocks.
The em moarrassment Of the Globe
National bank and the subsequent
furry in the stock market is said to be
firm was a heavy loser. Assignee
HooYery. at noon said no statement
would be given out today.
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Grazing on the Reserve.

A letter received in North Yakima
from Congressman W. L. Jones, by
one of his friends, says:
have just had long talk with the
secretary of the interior upon the
matter of grazing on the forest re-
serves. find that this is not a simple
question as to sheepgrazing, but Is q
question whether either sheep or cattle
will be allowed TO Craze on the reserves.
Protests have come in to the secretary,
and certain reports from officers that
have led him to believe that grazing
OF any kind there Is q great injury to
our country in the destruction of our
forest, of the range and OF the water
supply" He, however, talks fairly lin
the matter and is free to change his
views.
SIT will be necessary for our people
who are most vitality interested in this
subject to get together in some way,
for If they destroy not only the sheep
industry, @bdtsthe cattle industry OF our
country it win be very great blow to
our people. lam sure, however, that
if our people get together in this
matter and work together, the secre-
tary will not shut the sheepmen and
cattlemen entirely out Of the reserva.
tions, but will allow them to go in un
der certain restrictions, Those inter-
ested should agree upon q line of action
and should send the delegation such
facts and data as will warrant the sec.
retary in opening the reserves under |
strict regulations"
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Congress will soon be called upon to
admit forty-sixth state, and it will
be the state of Oklahoma. Governor
Barnes announces that Oklahoma now
has a population of 1000 which rep.
resents an enormous increase since
1890. when the census returns showed
1000 people in that territory. 1t has
been suggested that Oklahoma and
Indian territory be united and ad-
mitted as single stste. This would
give large but conglormerate popula.
tion, for while there are 300, 900 So
called whites in Indian territory, they
are very much mixed up with Indians
and negroes. If the two territories
should be admitted as a single state, IL |
would have between 600, 200, aud 100.
100 population, and, therefore would |
nut rank more than dozen of the
tates now in the Union. :
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a Thunder shower I'm winter.

Thunder storms are supposed to be.
long only to summer months, when
the elements get overheated and pro-
duce electrical convulsions that re-
suit in thunder and lightning and
causing heavy downpours of rain, hut
occasionally this section breaks over
all we'll defined rules and produces a
phenomena :hat would puzzle the pro-
fouudest scientist. Such was the case
Wednesday night. About 9:45 several
claps of thunder were heard and the
heavens were Illuminated with an
electrical display that was grand, the
whole northwesterh heavens being
lighted. This wasfcllowed by heavy
rain storm that lasted until enear mid.
night, and the dcM-pour was equal
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Sympathy For Beors.

DENVER, Dec. BY vote OF niue
to five the board of aldermen OF Denver
adopted joint resolution expressing
sympathy for the Transysal republic
In its fight with Great Britain and hope
for the success of the Boer arms. The
resolution was introduced by Alderman
Kelly and was supported by every
democrat but one on the board.
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posed not too largely of attorneys for
railroads an5 corporations that are
bleeding the people of their substance
by depriving them of their natural
rights to secure transportation by the
cheapest and best methods.
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The prices of farm produce are taken
from the market report of the Milwau-
kee Sentinel, of November IA, 1899, the
rest are obtained from business men.
They may vary somewhat in different
stores and different localities, but they
are fair average.
Mr.. Schilling goes on to make these
comparisons, addressing himself to the
farmers:
"When you wanted 100 pounds OF
nails year ago you could buy them
with three bnshels of wheat, now you
must give five and half 5eshels to get
them. , t--
"A year ago, you could buy 100
pounds of nails for less than four
bushels of barley, this year you must
pay oyer seven bushels.
: ''Or you could buy the nails with sew
enibushels of sosts year age, now you
will have to give nearly fourteen bush
els. Last year you could buy them for
five and three-fourths bushels OF corn,
but this year the trust makes you pay
over ten bushels for the same weight
of nails"
With these advanced prices in manu-
factured products it cannot be denied
that the manufacturers have prosperity
thrust upon them in great, big, chunks
And with his products reduced in price
and everything he has to buy advanced
it is not difficult to see why the farmer
is not prosperous. The:merchant, too.
suffers from this inequality Of distribu-
tion of "good times" He is placed at
disadvantage sby having TO invest
nearly double the amount OF capital In
the stocks he carries, and although he
may make the same per cent OF profit
on every dollar invested that he did a
year ago, his trade is diminished by
the inabilityiof his customers to buy OF
him. Therefore the farmer and the
merchant are being sacrificed alike for
the benefit of the manufacturers who
are In the trusts.
Another cause of prosperity that has
been forced upon a certain class during
the past year is the increase in taxa
ton. This has benefited the office
holders and government contractors.
but it Is a. burden on all others. Taxes
have been enormously increased dur
ing the past year, whils the incomes
of at least one half the taxpayers have
decreased. According to the reports
of the secretary Of the treasury, the
total customs and internal revenue re-
ceipts for the year ending June 80.
1898 were 1920. .475, ,703 and for the year
ending June 80, 1899, they we're $479,
O89, ,S39, an increase of $129, ,089, ,939,
or very nearly SO for each of the thir
teen million voters in the country and
a.totaal tax of $37 per voter. i.
When taxes have thus increased and
the prices of farm products diminished
1t is difficult matter to believe the
of our contemporaries that |
all the people are prosperous, and the
country enjoying an unprecedented
amount of thrift.
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PROBABLY FRozE TO DEATH.
Body of Jonathan jackson Found Near
Cello.

Body of Jonathan jackson Found Near
Cello.
The body of the dead man found near
Cello by Indian George last Tuesday
evening, proved to be Jonathan jack
son, who owns a stock farm near Des-
chutes bridge, and it is probable he
died from exposure, that is froze to
death. For several months Mr.. jack
son had been drinking very heavily,
and when under the influence of liquor
was not accountable for what he did.
1t Is supposed that he was wandering g
about aimlessly, and becoming sleepy,
took off his clothes and supposing he
was going to bed, laid down on the
ground, where he went to sleep and
never awoke. This supposition is
based upon his former acts, when
in town and was drinking he would
frequently go to a livery stable and
ask to be put to bed, thinking he
was in hotel. When found his body
was about $50 feet from where he had
taken off his coat, vest, hat and shoes.
which he had apparently laid away as
carefully as if he were retiring in a
room
Mr.. Jackson was an Englisbman by
birth, and had resided in this section
for about ten years, having been en-
gagged in sheep raising on Deschutes,
where he owns a farm of 160 acres.
Last spring he sold his sheep. p.'andisince
that time has been in The Dalles
good portion of the time. When sober
he was an energetic, enterprising man,
but imbibed too freely at times, and
when drinking was devoid OF reason,
though was never quarrelsome or
The body was brought here by Co..
oner Butts, who summoned a jury
composed of ]. Doberty, C. F. Stephens,
G. A. Borders. Paul Paulsen, Jas. W.
Fisher and Ned Gates. who inquired
into the cause OF the death and re-
turned the following verdict:
In the matter of the inquest held
over the body of Jonathan Jackson.
We. the jury empaneled by W. H.
Butts, coroner of Wasco dounty.
state of Oregon, to enquire into the
cause of the death of the body now
before Us, after due and careful con.
sideration and deliberation, and from
evidence presented in the case find the
following facts:
That the name of the deceased is
Jonathan jackson, whose age is about
forty years old, that his residence is on
the Deschutes river. six miles below
Sherar's Bridge, in Wasco county,
Oregon, and that he came to his death,
on or about the 18th day of December,
1899, so far as we are able TO ascertain
from the evidence, aoout nine miles
from Dalles City, and about 200 feet
north of the D. r. & N. Co.'s railroad
track, and that he came to his death
on said date, while suffering from q
temporary alteration of his mind. The
exact nature and cause of his death is
to. this jury unknown, but this jury
from careful examination of his body
can not find any evidence of foul play,
or evidence Of injury to the body OF
the decesaed. -.,,. -s..-,
Dated at Dalles City, Oregon. this
10Th day of December. 1899.
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Pension for Lawton's widow

WASHINGTON, Dec. Ex-senator
Fairbanks has introduced bill grant
ing pension of $1,000 yearly to the
widow of General Lawton.
Representative Lands, OF Indiana,
introduced similar bill in the house.
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naming unclaimed in The DalIes post
Office Friday, Dec. %. 1899. Per-
sons calling for the same will please
give the date on which they were