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THE DALLES, WASCO COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22, 1895.
VOL. V.
NUMBER 22.
Ift THE SOUTH SEAS
How Natives Are Taught
Respect for England.
MURDER OF BRITONS AVFXGED
Katlves of the Solomon Groap of lal-
idi Driven' to the Interior
and Many Killed.
San Francisco, Mar 17. John Car
ter, an ex seaman of H. M. S. Royalist,
arrived here on the Australian from
Honolulu. Carter came to Hawaii from
Sydney, where the Royalist ia now sta'
tioned..
England, according to the reaman
took very drastic measures in the pun
ishment of the natives of the Solomon
group of islands, and the villages at the
mouth of the river Soy were cannon
aded. A landing partv started out for
'Verne, an adjacent town, and the sav
ages were driven miles into the interior,
A number were slaughtered. For four
. hours Soy was under fire. The trouble
and the subsequent bombardment were
brought about by tba murder of Donald
Guy last April and the later murder of
. eight inebriated English tars who went
ashore at the island Malayta to enjoy a
good time.
The month after Guy was murdered
the boat's crew of the brig Para was
also fired upon by the natives. Two
men were wounded. The Royalist pro
ceeded to New Georgia and there learned
that Guy had been surprised by natives
and shot down. The sloop proceeded
up the Soy river, and there found the
passage blocked, The natives had taken
to the bushes. The Royalist cleared for
action, and in ten minutes literally
blew the village of Soy off the earth.
The land forces pursued the natives into
the interior for several miles, but could
not force them into open battle.
The Royalist then steamed to Malayta
island and anchored off the town of
, Altai. The ship's guns were turned on
'the village and a quick fire opened.
Two cutters armed with 7-pound rapid-
lire guns steamed close to the beach and
ponred shot into a little bunch of natives
that were defending the chief's palace.
A number were killed and wounded.
One after another three villages were to
tally destroyed, the natives driven to
the bush and the residence of one of the
principal chiefs of the Solomon group
blown to pieces with six-inch shells.
The Royalist then steamed around
the island looking for fresh villages to
try its gun crew's proficiency upon, and
finally steamed to Wanawana. Elabo
rate preparations were made for a sea
and land attack, the natives having as
sembled in great numbers. A steam
launch armed with a Gatling gun and
two cutters with 7-pound rapid-firing
rifles were detailed to land a detachment
of marines and sailors. Suddenly the
Royalist received orders through a
- British steamer captain to cease opera
tions and return to New Zealand. The
slaughter of the defenseless was thus
averted. j
Peek Says
Wisconsin la
State.
a 911 rer
New York, May 17. George F. Peck,
the recent democratic governor of Wis
consin, is at the Holland house. Speak
ing of the condition of his state, he said
"You see a good deal printed in the
papers in the East about Wisconsin be
ing torn wide open on the silver ques
tion. Those reports were perhaps true
about a month ago, but conditions are
very different today. The bubble has
' burst and the farmers and merchants are
thinking for themselves, and this
thought has not done much for silver,
When the craze first started I saw a lot
of men who expected to make political
eapital out of the movement. Now
political ambition is all right, perhaps,
but the men who have flocked to the
silver standard I do not think did it on
account of convictions, but through the
idea of gaining political chances. One
month ago had an election taken place
with a silver ticket in the field, I believe
it would have swept the country. (: To
day the silyerites have only a scant fol
lowing. Suppose a man bad been
elected on a silver ticket, he would bate
himself all through his term of office, for
he would know very well that be eould
'not deliver the goods.' Prosperity is re
' turning, and with it a better understand
ing of the financial question of the day.
Ikmy confidently that Wisconsin is se
curely within the ranks for sound cur
rency, and nothing can shake her alle
giance." ' i
, Specie Payment to Begin Next Mentli
Both Metals Used.
Washington-, May 17. The . text of
Chill's currency conversion bill, as
passed by both houses of congress, has
been received here. It provides for
specie payments from June 1, 1805. As
. i 1 . a Via n 1 1 J rr as) tKa a vt rr A
DOM menu re w uo
promises to have an important effect
upon the world's supply of metals. The
president of Chili is empowered for three
years to coin $10,000,000 ia silver. All
proceeds from the sales from nitrate beds
shall be devoted exclutively to the pur-
chase bf silver. Three gold coins, $20,
110 and t6. are also provided for. The
silver dollar is to weigh 20 grammes and
be 835-1000 fine. Silver is not a legal
tender above $50, except to the govern'
ment, where it is received aB gold. The
government mint is also directed to ex
change gold for silver dollars presented
to it with that object. The act also pro
uides a system of bank currency guar
anteed by the government and redeema
ble by the government if the bank fails.
He
Announce That HI Op moaa
Sliver Are Unchanged.
Tebre Haute, Ind., May 17. Senator
Voorhees has arrived home for the first
time since the adjournment of congiess.
He said :
''I am to old to change my views on
the silver question. I have always been
a friend to silver, and it will always re
main the money of the common people,
while gold will be the money of the rich
I hope 1 will be alive to make another
campaign on that subject. When we
talk about free silver we mast recollect
this country was for 81 years prior to
1893 practically on a silver basis. This
country fought the war of 1812, the Mex-
ican war and the war of rebellion under
silver. Opposition to it is knavish and
speculative. By pronouncing against
silver and driving it out as a currency,
the purchasing power of gold is in-
creased, and that is what the rich are
after."
Evidences That a cieaning-Up Process
Haa Begun.
New iobk, May 17. The Wall Street
News Agency says: Evidences point to
a cleaning-up process having been begun
by the bond syndicate. The recent re-
turn to members of 40 per cent of their
subscription money was the first step in
this direction. It is uncertain when the
balance will be returned., but some
think it will be in a short time, The
calling from the syndicate members of
of extra gold is another step in the same
direction. There1 is authority for the
statement that the progress of events
in the desired direction has been a
good deal faster than the syndicate ex
pected or even hoped would be the cbec
The development of foreign investment
on a large scale, so noticeable last month,
has practically assured the country
against any large demand for gold for
manv months to come. Most ot the
syndicate's preparations were made
against this danger.
A Trip Around the World to Be Com
pleted In Ninety Day
San Fbancisco, May 17, Colonel and
Mrs. John Bradbury, of Los Angeles,
will leave on Saturday for Honolulu
This will be his first stopping-place on
their trip around the world, which must
be made in 90 days ten more than
Phineas Fogg, Jules Verne's hero, had
at his disposal. It is said that the trip
is. the result of a bet made by the smia-
ble young millionaire with some of his
friends that he and his wife and sisters
can make the trip via Suez canal in the
time mentioned. The reasons for the
90-dav trip are said to be two; one that
as executor of the Bradbury estate, one
of the richest in the West, Colonel Brad
bary cannot be out of the state over 90
days without forfeiting his position, and
the second is that he has made bets
amounting to upwards of $15,000 with
members of the California Club in Los
Angeles that he will succeed
What the . Silver Conference Haa D.
( veloped Into.
Salt Lake, May 17. The silver con
vention today provided lor a permanent
organization, to be called the "Bi
metallic Union." The purpose of the
organization is to spread the doctrine of
bimetalism at the ratio of 16 to 1 by' the
circulation of documents, holding meet-
ings and other appropriate means."
Delegates were appointed as follows to
awena tne oimetainc league convention
at JMempnis, ienn., June 11 : ii-bov
ernor rrince, oi xnew Mexico; . .
Sargent. , of Montana ; ex-Governor
Adams, of Colorado ; C. M. Donaldson,
of Oregon; Henry Laugenour, of Cal
ifornia.
Paymaster Smith's Court-Martial. .
Washington, May 18. The findings
in the court-martial of Paymaster Henry
R. Smith, of the navy, have been laid
before the president by President Her-
bert. The charge against Smith, who is
paymaster on the Concord, now on the
Asiatic station, was drunkenness, and
was preferred by Commander Folger, of
the Concord. The fact that the case has
been taken to the president means that
the court recommended dismissal.
THE NORTH PACIFI
. t,
Confirmation oi Rumors Re
garding Reorganization.
HILt HAS A FINGER IN THE PIE
The United German Committee Have
Approved the Plan Prepared by
the Adama Committee.
- New York, May 18. Among the pas
sengers on the steamer New York today
was President J. J. Hill, of the Great
Northern, who has been talked of very
much of late in reference to the pro
posed control of the Northern Pacific
He said:
"The reorganization committee of the
Northern Pacific has a majority of each
clasB of bonds, and is ready to push the
reorganization of the road quite vigor
ously."
"Are the Great Northern people in
terested in the matter?"
"I am one of a number of gentlemen
who are interested in the Northarn Pa
cine reorganization, ana our company
will be ready to do anything it can to
facilitate the matter. We shall be glad
to see the Northern Pacific reoreani.za
tion on a basis which can carry its finan
cial burden
The three failures of the
Northern Pacific, commencing with Jay
Cooke, have marked three financial
crises or panics in America, and I think
I the placing of the'eompany on a sound
financial basis, as at present proposed
will do as much to restore the credit of
the security holders here and abroad aB
I anvthing that could be done anywhere
i -
.wm the Great Northern take part
in the reorganization?"
"lam not prepared to say what the
Great Northern will do, further than to
8tate that yoa may depend on the Great
Northern looking out to the best of its
ability for its own interests. It will be
most glad to co-operate with the bond
holders of the Northern Pacific to secure
the results I have, stated, and thus put
that company on a sound basis. I do
not care to go into the matter any fur
ther at this time for reasons that must
be apparent to you."
Did you meet J. Pierrepont Morgan in
London?"
"No, there is absolutely nothing in
that story at all," replied Mr. Hill
did not even see him, much less talk to
him."
"What are your relations with the
Vanderbilts, present and prospective?'
"We have very pleasant relations with
them," answered Mr. Hill, "but our re
lations are also pleasant with the other
lines, ane we have no desire to make
any closer alliances than are at present
existing."
The Reorganization Committee' Plan
Berlin, Mav 18. For the past four
days meetings of the united German
Northern Pacific committee have been
considering the reports of Ed Adams
the representative of the Deutsche bank
of Berlin, for the reorganization of the
Northern Pacific, and they have finally
authorized him to carry out his plan.
which the bondholders will be recom
mended to accept.
The first point of the Adams reorgani
zation plan is the foreclosure of the old
company rnd the formation of a new
company under special arrangements for
this purpose,
Secondly, the new company is to issue
shares to the amount of $100,000,000, and
a maximum of $200,000,000 gold bonds,
tree of taxation. A sufficient amount of
these bonds is to be reserved in order to
replace the present first mortgage bonds
later, and $3,000,000 bonds are to be re
served in order to acquire independent
branch roads, and for new construction
at a maximum charge oi SzU.UOU per
mile. The new bonds will be secured
by a mortgage lien on the Northern Pa
cific system, including the St. Paul &
Northern Pacific line, and will bear in
tere8t Dartlv at 4 and nartlv at 3 rr
cent. all under the same mortMs.
Thirdly, the capital and interest of the
new bonds are to be guaranteed, nncon
ditionally, by the Great Northern rail
way by endorsing each bond, the Great
Northern receiving in return half of the
stock of the new company. ...
Fourthly, the board of directors of the
new company is to consist of ninedi-
rectors, four of whom are to be nomin-
ated by the Northern Pacific reorganiza-
tion committee.
. Fifthly, in accordance with his system
there should be given for each $1000
Northern Pacific second mortgage bond
a $1125 new 4 per cent guaranteed bond ;
for a $1000 third mortgage bond a $1000
new 3 per cent guaranteed bond, and at
least $250 in shares : for each $1000 5 per
cent consol, at least, $500 3 per cent new
guaranteed bonds and $300 in shares
Sixthly, that overdue coupons of the
second mortgage be paid in cash at the
rate of 5 per cent-annually. Those oi
the third mortgage are to be paid in cash
at the rate of 4 per cent, and those in
consols are to be adjusted at the rate of
2 per cent in new 3 per cent bonds.
Seventhly, the floating debt of the re
ceivership is to be paid' by the assess
ment of about $11,000,000 on the old
stock.
Eighthlv, the reorganization and the
raising of the necessary working capita
is to be secured by a syndicate headed by
J. Pierpont Morgan and the Deutsche
bank.
General Schofleld Haa Started on HI
Tour of Inspection.
Memphis, May IS. Lieutenant-Gen-eral
John M. Schofield, commander of
the United States army ; Mrs. Schofield,
and Miss Kilbourne, her sister, and
party, arrived in this city at 7 :30 this
morning. They were met at the depot
by Major-General Snowden, command
ing the encampment, accompanied by E.
S. Kellogz, Fifth infantry; General Joe
Wheeler, of Alabama, and a detachment
of troops in the Third cavalrv, under
Major Keyes, and company A, United
Confederate Veterans, under Captain
Carnes. The latter command is com
posed of men who met General Schofield
on a less friendly footing at Franklin,
Tenn., in the fall of 1864, and who took
this occasion to show their appreciation
of their former adversary. At 11 o'clock
General Schofield received the officers of
the army temporarily stationed here.
This afternoon the general visited Camp
Schofield, but only in a private capacity.
He will appear in state and review the
troops Monday.
A Tramp'a Home.
Philadelphia, May . 17. Ex-Post
master-General Wanamaker proposes to
build a hotel in this city at which any
one may be fed and housed free of any
cost whatever. The primary object of
Mr. Wanamaker was to establish an
institution for the reformation of inebri
ates, and in connection with this to
build an inn where unfortunates could
find a home. . He has been giving the
matter considerable attention of late and
is now determined to carry bis plans
out. Since the matter first occurred to
him he has been broadening the scheme,
and now intends to not only establish a
stopping-place for drunkards who may
desire to reform, but to provide a tern
porary home lor any unfortunate so
journer who may be without fundB,
but possessed of a healthy appetite and
a desire to sleep elsewhere than in
warm corner or in a cheeriest freight
car.
Another Reservation Ready.
Washington-, May 18. It is under
stood that the date for opening the Kic
kapoo reservation in Oklahoma. Set
tlemeut is fixed for next Thursday
Settlers will be required to pay $1.50 an
acre, 60 cents of which doubtless will be
required for deposit oh the original en
try. Copies of tbe proclamation have
been prepared, and will be immediately
issued on official notification of the pre
sident's approval. All necessary pre
parations have been made by the land
office officials for carrying the provisions
of the proclamation into effect. Tbe re-
reservation consists of 216,000 acres, but
131,000 acres of this have been withheld
for allotments of the Indians 'and for
school indemnity purposes, leaving 85,
000 acres to be taken up.
. Damaging Frosts.
Indianapolis, May 17. A white frost
covered the central portion of Indiana
this morning. The damage is very great,
especially on early fruit, vegetables and
grain. . In some localities the grass was
frozen stiff.
Cleveland, May 17. There was an
other - destructive - frost last night
throughout northern Ohio. Vegetation
which escaped Sunday night's frost was
destroyed. A number of points report
great damage to wheat,' corn and pota
toes, in addition to the destruction of
fruit.
Detroit, May 17. Dispatches from
southwestern Michigan report frost this
morning the most disastrous to fruit of
any recent visitations. At Benton Har
bor it is reported that not over 20 per
cent of tbe grape crop can survive. '
The Kershner Court-Martlal.
Washington, May 18. The record of
the naval court-martial in the case of
Medical Director Kershner, which has
just wound up at New York, was brought
to the navy department by the the judge
advocate of the court, Lieutenat Lauchei
mer. It has been placed in the hands
of the judge-advocate-general of tbe
navy, who is now carefully examining it
with a view to ascertaining its regularity,
and when this examination is completed
it will be turned over to tbe secretary of
he navy tor bis approval. -
ISslfflCONSTITOTIONAL
Supreme Court Decision on
the Income Tax Law
FIVE 0F THE JUSTICES OPPOSED IT
Providing New Source of Revenue
Will Suggest Imposing at Tax on
Beer and Tea.
Washington, May 20. The supreme
court today declared the income tax law
unconstitutional in toto. The jutices
against the law were Chief Justice Fuller
and Justices Gray, Field, Brewer and
Shiras. For the law were Justices Har
lan, White, Brown and Jackson.
A Tax on Beer and Tea la Contemplated.
Washington, May 20. lu view of the
certain loss of the $30,000,000 revenue
expected from the income tax and the
admitted certainty of a deficit at the
close of the fiscal year, treasury officials
aie beginning to turn their attention to
the question of providing new sources of
revenue. When questioned on the sub
ject the commissioner of internal rev
enue, J. S. Miller, said the repeated sug
gestions for an increased tax on beer
would undoubtedly be called to the at
tention of congress. .
"We must have more revenue," said
the commisssioner, "and tbe easiest,
cheapest and least burdensome internal
tax would be on malt liquors. We could
increase the tax to any amount without
the expenditure of another dollar, or the
employment of a single extra clerk. It
is just as easy to collect $2 a barrel as
half that amount, and the difference
would not affect the price of beer to the
consumer."
This statement indicates that this in
creased beer tax will become an ad
ministration measure as soon as con
gress meets. The production of beer for
the fiscal year, ending June 30,1894, was
33,334,783 barrels, so that an addition of
$1 a barrel would bring in as much as
was anticipated for this year from the
income tax and quite as much will be
received as duty unless prices improve.
Some of the treasury experts are figur
ing on a revenue duty on tea, and this
will have the support of the heavy im
porters, who wish to shut out the cheap
grades. Any attempt to raise more rev
enue from beer will bring to Washington
a strong lobby representing the brewing
interests. To avoid clashing with demo
cratic free-trade theories, an effort will
be made to secure the imposition of rev
nue while the expected fight on the
beer tax is in progress.
A Brutal
Murder
Committed
Pass. .
Near
Grant's
Grant's Pass, May 20. Charles
Fiester, aged Bixty-three, deliberately
drowned his wife near that city yester
day, in the presence of their three yoang
children, the eldest of whom was ten
years old.
The crime grew out ot family troubles
of long standing. The pair had been
separated for some time, but Fiester
came to this city and persuaded his wife I
to go to Merlin, where he was logging,
and keep bouse for him. She consented
to go for a week, and they started to
Merlin, nine miles' distant, with the
three small children. After going about
five miles they quarreled bitterly, and
Mrs. Fiester started back tor Grant's
Puss, but was soon caught by Fiester
and dragged to a . hole of water, about
three feet deep, near the track, and held
under the water until-dead. After the
woman was dead the man claims to
have tried to drown himself, but failed,
and sitting down on the track, sent the
children to Merlin to tell tbe folks what
he had done. He remained until tbe
crowd came up from Merlin, and then
came to Grant's Pass and gavo himself
up to Sheriff Hiatt.
He talked freely about the matter to
every one, and says he is ready to die.
he has resided at Merlin for a uumber of
years, and always seemed to be a good
citizen.
Cuba's Rebel Leader.
New York, May 20. A: special to the
Herald from Hoguin, Cuba, says : '
Genera) Gomez, of the Cuban armies,
who passed near this place escorted by a
cavalry force of 1200 men on bis way to
Puerto Principe, has sent a letter to the
Highest of ail in Leavening Power.
ABSOOJTEItf PURE
Herald, of which tbe following is a trans
lation: .
"Magnaminity will mark this war as
well as untiring energy. Among the
veterans of the previous struggle flock
ing to my standard to guide the rank
and file of the younger generation of
patriots of liberty to sure victory, there
is noticeable spirit ot determination
and an energy far superior to anything
displayed during our last war, and en
tirely free . from certain objectionable
features which then tended to localise
our movements and prevent rapidity of
operations. The outlook for the success
of the present revolution before many
years is so bright that there can be no
doubt that the republic of Cuba will be
one of the new states soon to occupy its
place among tbe free governments of the
world. . Martinez Campos has by f tree
of circumstances been compelled to ac
cept the only plan of campaign left to
him to enable Spain temporarily toy "
maintain possession of the larger towns " ,
and principal coast ports, and these will; J
soon slip from her sickly grasp. Cam
pos will require a double army, one of
occupation and one of operation. For
the first, he must have, as any military
expert -who knows the strength of the
revolution and who possesses a knowl
edge of geography of the island may see
at a glance, at least 30,000 men in order
to occupy and defend the cities, towns
and strategic outposts already threat
ened by the revolution. For bis army
of operation as many more troops will be
required to enable bim to face our forces
in the field.
"To maintain the war until spring,
from physical and financial exhaustion
she will be compelled, as she was in
Santa Domingo, to give up the fight.
Free Cuba will not need such a large
military force, for, with our superior
knowledge of the island we can with one
and the same army of much less strength
numerically, assisted as we are by these
advantages and by all the natural re
sources of the island, compel the Span
ish army of occupation to keep strictly
with the army of operation, harassing
the enemy upon every band by our al
ternate movements of sudden dissemin
ation and quick concentration."
For s Provisional Government.
New York, May 20. Advices at the
Cuban revolutionary headquarters in
New York state that Gomez has in
structed all insurgent bands of 100 men
and upwards to send a delegate to the
general assembly which will meet at
Yara in June to put into execution the
declaration of independence and form ft.
definite provisional government.
The Cuban chiefs have great hopes
that the United States government will
recognize them as belligerents at the
next session of congress at Washington.'
Robbed by Mashed Men.
Oakland. May 20. Three masked
men bouud and gagged Mrs. George
Smith, last night, tied her to a bedpost,
locked her three children in a closet, and
robbed the house. The robbers obtained
only a purse containing a small amount
of money. From the description given
by Mrs. Smith, the ' three men are
thought to be the robbers who bound
and gagged E.'L. Crum, night clerk at
Garrett & Toggert's drugstore, which is
across tbe street from the police head
quarters.
Officers on ltlccles.
Chicago, May 20. Two officers on
bicycles last night captured William
Sullivan, a murderer, who would have
escaped if the pursuers had been on foot.
Sullivan killed William Barret on Thurs
day during a quarrel. When the officers
sighted him he ran like a dter, but was
overhauled after a brief race. The cap
ture will probably result in the addition
of a number of wheels to those already
used by the police.
A Coming Kleetion.
New York, May 20. According to A.
H. Deviras, a Peruvian who has recently
arrived in New York, tbe coming elec- '
tion in Peru is almost certain to result
in the triumph of tbe Catholic party and
tbeelevation of Pierola to the presidency.
"So general is the belief that be will
be elected," said Mr. Deviras, "that
Gonzales Perada, leader of the liberal
party, wil not even present himself as a
candidate. Perada is tbe open ad
versary of the Catholic party which has
long been in power."
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