THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY. AUGUST 13. 1898.
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ALGER AND ROOSEVELT.
Secretary Alger shows a persistent
determination to convict himself of
littleness and incapacity. His most
recent exhibition of vindictiveness
is in connection with the courageous
and manly course taken by Theodore
Roosevelt to save the army at Santi
ago from annihilaticn by disease.
The conditions in camp at Santiago
are frightful. Our solJiers are en
feebled and fever stricken. Official
reports show that not to exceed 10
per cent of the forces under Geneial
Shafter are capable of active service,
The yellow fever season is approach
ing, and the surgeons on the ground
' reDort that unless immediate relief
is afforded, our gallant troops will
perish like sheep.
These facts have been set forth
repeatedly in official reports, but the
usual course in such matters was
powerless to impress Secretary Alger.
Conditions were daily growing more
intolerable, and the secretary of war
failed grievously to meet the situa
tion.
In this crisis, Colonel Roosevelt
displaj-ed superb moral ccurage. He
had the nerve to speak out sharply,
to take the initiative, and dare the
vindictive nature ot Secretary Alger,
"After Colonel Roosevelt had taken
the initiative," says the Associated
Press report from Santiago, "all the
American general officers united in
an address to General Shafter, ex
pressing the opinion that tbe army
should be taken at once to some
point on the northern seacoast of the
United States."
The sharp, bold words of the dar
ing Roosevelt have accomplished
their purpose. They have been heard
by dull cars at Washington, and tardy
steps are now taken to save our shat
tered army at Santiago. The soldiers
will be brought back to the reviving
air of their beloved country.
But from this hour forward Roose
Telt is a marked man in the army.
-Alger will never forgive him tor con
Ticting the war department of gross
incapacity and lack of feeling. Al
ready be has struck a blow in return
by publishing through the Associated
Press, a confidential letter he had
received from Roosevelt, asking that
his R0U4I) Riders be given active ser
vice in Puerto Rico.Ii is true in this
letter Colonel Roosevelt made some
indiscreet statements, but the indis
, cretions were prompted by patriotic
zeal, and lie would not have written
in so frank a tone if be had suspected
that bis confidential communication
would bo published broadcast by
Secretary Alger.
Algers's course in this matter has
been contemptible. Roosevelt is a
distinguished hero of the war, and
the American people will Dot counte
nance Alger's petty warfare against
him. Others have been as courageous
upon the field of battle, but note has
shown such magnificent moral cour
age. Spokane Review.
THREE IDEAL COMMISSIONERS.
A member of President McKinley's
cabinet says that Senators Davis,
Foiaker, and Lodge are likely to be
the American commissioners in the
negotiations for a final treaty of
peace with Spain. Three names more
satisfactory to the A merican people
could hardly be mentioned. Every
one of the three senators is a thor
oughbred American; every one of
them is devoted to the welfare of this
republic; every one would enter the
peace conference with the firm pur
pose ot obtaining -for this country
all advantages consistent with honor.
If Senators. ; Davis, Foraker '"and
Lodge are to be the American com
missioners the people need have no
fear that any fruits of our glorious
victory over Spain will be sacrificed
to such day dreams as have been
presented to us recently under the
specious titles of "generosity" and
. "humanity." A treaty drawn with
the consent of Davis, Foraker and ,
Lodge would surely meet the ap
proval of the senate and the people.
As chairman of the. committee on
foreign relations Cushman K. Davis
drew up the report on the Maine
disaster a state paper second to
none that has emanated from the
senate since the foundation of the
government. Joseph B. Foraker was
the author of the Cuban resolutions
adopted by congress, and is a man
who has never flinched before tbe
name of jingo and has never blushed
to be known as an aggressive Amer
ican. Henry Cabot Lodge is a pa
triot of tbe same school, a deep
student of history, and a clear in
terpreter of the spirit which guided
the fathers in enlarging and strength
ening the republic.
If the president appoints these
three senators, his action will receive
the approval of the American peo
ple, with the bare exception of those
persons who never Lave resented the
destruction of the Maine, who have
not approved of the conduct of the
war, and who are not willing to see
this country reap benefits from a pol
icy adopted without their endorse
ment. In other words, he will please
everybody who is worth pleasing.
Inter Ocean.
MILES AS A GENERAL.
Von Moltke had anything, to do
with it.
But from Bismarck's bier he for
the first time proclaims the truth
fairly, generously, justly. It was
Bismarck who achieved "the realiza
tion of the undying aspirations of
the Germans for unity and great
ness." It was Bisraarsk who "created"
the German Empire.
In the last paragraph of the res
cript, however, William becomes
himself again in vowing, "I will main
tain and develop and if need be de
fend with blood and treasure." In
that there is no suggestion that there
are fifty-odd millions of other Ger
mans who will supply at least a part
of the blood and treasure.
Still, neither this lapse nor the re
flection that praise of Bismarck at
this time was a political necessity
dims the biightness of "William's un
stinted and unalloyed tribute to
man of whose achievements and
fame the Hohenzollcrns are insanely
and not unnaturally jealous.
tbe nation. Were Hobson a British
officer the Victoria cross would fall
to him without, a question. In this
country special medals are voted by
congress in recognition of such acts
of bravery as Hobson and his com
panions have to their credit.
CLEANING CUBA.
is
General Miles may be fond of glit
tering uniforms and have a partiality
for posing before the public eye, but
he evideitly is a wise general and
knows how to bardie large bodies of
troops in the field. In fact, those
who know him have always declared
he appears to best advantage when
actively engaged in a campaign, and
to worst advantage when seeking to
play the part of a long range execn
tive. He is better at tbe bead of a
moving army than in an office di
recting movements.
His ability as a wotking soldier,
rather than a bureau soldier, is shown
by the admirable manner in which
be has handled the campaign in
Puerto Rico. He cut loose from the
administration string at the begin
ning, adapted his plans to fit the cir
cumstances and achieved a strategic
victory. His army was landed sue
cessfully, and without loss. But his
military genius was shown more in
the manner in which he has cared for
his troops siDce the landing, than in
the preliminary operations. A sim
ple sentence in an Associated Press
dispatch tells more than columns of
descriptions could the secret of his
army's excellent condition:
"No word has come of soldiers
without food or ammunition or of
sick men without dsctors or med
icine, nor is the onward movement
of the American army delayed for
lack of artillery, owing to General
Miles' insistence upon keeping up his
artillery in the vanguard and giving
personal attention to the commissary
and quartermaster departments."
"When you want something done,
do it yourself," is the motto on
which the greatest generals of the
world have built their success. There
was no detail of the provisioning or
equipping of his trocps with which
Napoleon was not familiar. , He was
a terror to the officers of his ctaff be
cause theslightest shortcoming on
their part would bring upon their
heads a torrent of condemnation.
Nothing was overlooked by him.
Grant, Sherman and others whose
names will live in history were not
so immersed in laying plans for the
rout of the enemy as to forget the
care, health and comfort of tbe men,
something of equal importance with
the actual conduct of a battle in
achieving victories. With all due
respect to the ability of Shafter and
the glorious victory he won at San
tiago, one can not help thinking it
would have been better had Miles
gone in command of the first Cuban
invading expedition.
THE KAISER'S JUSTICE.
The Kaiser's- rescript on Bismarck
will excite as great astonishment as
any of his many astonishing perform
ances, but in an entirely new way.
' Hitherto whenever William has
spoken of the founding of the Ger
man Empire he has given all the
credit and all the glory to "my
sainted grand father." No one would
have supposed that , Bismarck and
"The ground fairly smells sour!"
This is tbe report of the sick and
emaciated soldiers of this republic
who return invalided from Cuba
Centuries of filth have polluted the
vf ry soil of the unfortunate island
All that in civilized countries
buried deep in earth, or that is car
ried away by swift streams that oxy
genate and purifj its noisomeness, or
that is burned to prevent its danger
ons infection, is, and by generations
of unclean people has been, poured
on the surface of the earth of the
cities and towns of Cuba, which at
length arc saturated by poisonous
germs. It is impossible to give in
stant and absolute control of Cuba to
a people who have not learned that
ablution is a word illustrative of the
first letter in the alphabet of civiliza
tion. A temporary protectorate is s
necessarv preliminary to the evolu
tion of Cuba into a domain in which
decent folks can " live. We have
fought that Cuba may be a member
of the sisterhood of civilized states
we cannot turn it over at once from
Spanish filth and despotism to epi
demic and disorder.
In the oldest book that relates the
progress of a race from salvery and
degradation to freedom and eminence
we are taugtt that Moses enforced
cleanliness upon the Jews as the first
law of being. The higher civiliza
tion of the tabernacle and the temple
followed in due course, and almost
naturally, 'Upon the strict hygienic
regulations that the great law-giver
enforced upon his people while they
journeyed and dwelt in tents in tbe
wilderness. A ballot is a good thing
in the hands of a clean man ; not so
in tbe hands of a dirty child or an
unclean nomad. Cuba must be made
clean and healthful first, free and
independent afterward. We have an
educational vork to do preliminary
to our noble work of establishing lo
cal government.
We arc not fighting in Cuba solely
for Cubans. We expect that the out
come of the war shall give to the
capital aud enterprise of the United
States free room "to run and be
glorified." We must make Cuba at
least as healthful as Louisana before
we relinquish our authority over the
territory from which we have driven
Spain, The Cabana must be educated
in the rudiments of civilization, near
to the first of which is persona),
household, and municipal cleanliness,
All naval officers and men who
have distinguished themselves during
the war with Spam will be rewarded
by the government in some manner
appropriate to ineir individual ex
ploits. Tbe president is determined
that not one deserving roan, from
commanding officer down, shall be
neglected in the distribution of hon
ors. This is eminently proper, and
the navy will be all the better for
every such act of- consideration.
England has built up her navy by
making those who follow it proud of
their profession and by establishing
the practice of conferring honors up
on her heroes without regard to rank,
station or employment.- 'One of the
decorations to which all fighting Eng
lishmen aspire is the Victoria cross.
Those who wear it have in some way
distinguished themselves by heroism
that stands out in bold relief before
Aunauias, No. 2, was recently a
visitor in Baker City, and called at
the Democrat office. We have al
ways held the proprietors of that pa
per in tbe highest regard, and are
surprised to learn that either Bro.
Small or Bowen entertains such vis
itors; but no doubt they have for
gotten that a person is known "by the
company he keeps. During that
gentleman's (?) call he informed the
editor that The Dalles is the 'dullest
town on 'earth. We wonder which
side of the street be was working.
Handouts have been scarce of late,
for there is so much business going
on and so much work to be obtained
that there is no necessity for .any
idlers or beggars. The amount of
business being done in this city at
present, in spite of what is supposed
to be a dull season of the year, would
make a Baker City man dizzy in the
head.
Friday's Daily.
Wednesday was tbe hottest in the his
tory of Pendleton. At 11 o'clock the
thermometer stood at 111 degrees. In
the afternoon it reached 119 degrees at
the voluntary observer's office. Other
thermometers about town read from 114
to 122 degrees. Some attribute 2 or 3
degrees of tbe heat to the fires in the
wheat fields four miles east of the city.
Business was qniet and people haunted
cool places. The woolen mills shut
down'in the middle of tbe afternoon on
account of the heat. There were no
prostrations in the city, but a number of
horses and men were overcome in tbe
wheat fields.
. The yield of grain at Olex, in Gilliam
county, 'a remarkably large. There is
hardly an acre that does not produce
from 22 to 27 bushels, and in places the
latter figure is exceeded. The farmers
will make a big profit if they can get
enough men and machines to harvest
and thresh tbe crop. At present thresh
ing machines are scarce, and farmers
who failed to engage them beforehand
will have totake their turns in the wait
ing lines. The farmers say a few years
ago machines could be bad at any time
but this year they are comparatively few
in proportion to the acreage, and they
command a good figure.
From the amount of fruit boxes which
are daily piled up in front of the Pacific
Express Co.'s for shipment one would
suppose that little would be left for the
needs of tbe local trade. But' the sup
ply is inexhaustible and there is plenty
and to spare. However, is it not the
case that in many instances the beet is
shipped and that which is second best
kept at home? We have heard many
complaints to that effect; but have con
cluded that as "the proof of the puddin'
is in eating it" the Chronicle force will
have no opportunity to refute the charge
unless some of our friends who have
fruit farms afford us a chance to test the
matter and tbe fruit as well.
Residents of this city had begun to
think that the promise of cooler wea
tber, given by Observer i'ague, was
never to be fulfilled, when yesterday the
thermometer dropped several degrees
and stood at about the 90 mark. . While
this would not be considered anything
but very warm at another time, to peo
pie who have been sweltering for about
three weeks it was a decided relief. Mr,
Pague's latest report says : The area of
high barometric pressure continues off
tbe Northern California coast, slowly
moving northward. From this, "high"
cooler weather is expected to prevail
Friday and Saturday over the Pacific
Northwest. Accompanying tbe fall in
temperature will be clouds and probably
rain along the coast. Tbe currenc warm
period east of tbe Cascades is phenome
nal.
Fire started at 2 o'clock Wednesday
afternoon in Edward Linsler's field, four
miles east of Pendleton, between tbe
Umatilla river and Wildborse creek. It
destroyed three settings of wheat from
140 acres, being about 2700 bushels.
Desperate fighting by Mr. Linsler, as
sisted by his men, saved two other set
tings, which had been given up for lost.
The flames spread and destroyed 80
acrea of barley, or 3zuu Dusbeis, ana o
acres of wheat, or 2000 bushels, belong-
ng to Earhart Bros. Peter Tecalo lost
3000 bushels of wheat, which had been
threshed and covered, ready for hauling
to Pendleton. Linsler's and Earhart's
grain ' was headed, .but not threshed.
LinBler'a wheat was not insured. Fire
destroyed wheat fields between Adams
and Athena. Names and amounts are
not obtainable.
Bob Moore, ot La Fayette, Ind., says
that for constipation he has found De-
Witt's Little Early Risers to be perfect.
They never gripe. Try them for liver
and stomach troubles. . For sale by the
Snipes-Kinerely Drag Co. -
A TRIP TO MT. HOOD.
Miss Katharine Looks Describes the
Ascent of M t. Hood in an Article
In the Cosmopolitan.
Clarke & Falk have the purest and
strongest Paris Green in the market.
Tbe Cosmopolitan for August is a
number which has especial interest for
Pacific coast people, and particularly for
Oregonians, trom the fact that it con
tains a well-written article from the pen
of Miss Katberine Locke regarding a
trip to the summit of Mt. Hood the
pride of Oregon. The people of this
coast are justly proud of its scenery,
and consider that it has few rivals as to
grandeur. -Indeed, such is the testi
mony of many disinterested travelers.
Ex-Gov. Moody, when riding some
years ago along the route of tbe Denver
& Rio Grande railroad overheard a con
versation which, he says, filled him with
pride and a satisfaction that he had the
honor of living "where rolls the Ore
gon." Two gentlemen, on undoubted
ly a tourist by "profession," were dis
cussing the grandeur of various famous
places they had visited, when' he of
"touristic" proclivities remarked: "1
have traveled all over the world, have
been in every place where is any noted
scenery, and to me the grandest I have
yet beheld is along the Columbia in
Oregon" the accent on the final syl
laole. This to us seems overdrawn, and
no doubt each is tbe case; but, never
theless, it is not without a shadow of
fact. v.
Miss Locke, who wrote the article for
the Cosmopolitan, is a sister of Dr.
Locke, formerly pastor of Taylor street
church In Portland, and was one of Dr.
Locke's party who ascended the moun
tain in July of last year Her descrip
tions are vivid and give a faithful por
trayal of every incident in connection
with the trip, and is calculated to awak
en an interest in western resorts which 1
only an article published in such a pop
ular magazine could do.
The writer chanced to be at Cloud
Cap Inn when Dr. Locke's party arrived,
and was one of a number from Tbe
Dalles who watched with amusement
the preparation for ascent, and the
transformation which took place as
faces were well smeared with charcoal to
prevent their being seriously burned.
Then, with field glasses in band, we
watched them ascend of the snow-covered
mountain, until they were as a speck cn
the summit of an immense field of snow.
So natural are the illustrations in the
magazine that features of the different
members of the party are distinguish
able ; even the Dr. can be discerned by
his clerical coat, which he insisted on
wearing, in spite of protests from the
guide, who declared a climbing-costume
and a clerical coat had nothing in
common.
Many from the East have visited the
Inn and returned with the proud boast
that they had reached the summit of
the mountain indeed among this party
were two gentlemen from Chicago and
it is a fact that every year brings many
more tourists than did the previous one
intent on viewing the wonderful scenery
of the "wild and woolly West."
Still They Go to the Klondike.
A letter written from Dawson City
has the following, showing that in spite
of the number of failures made known
to us every day, enthusiasm on the sub
ject still runs riot :
"A careful estimate of tbe number
of boets coming down the river places it
at 4000, carrying about 18,000 people.
These boats, if tied together with a 40
foot rope, would make a continuous line
of boats over 50 miles long. It would
take a Willamette valley steamboat,
with fitly tons at a load, and making
two trips a week, one and a half years to
convey the grub they carry.' As each
boat lands, the people look and invol
untarily ask the question, "What will
these people do?" Every stream upon
which a discovery has been made within
seventy-five miles of here has been
staked. And the few new discoveries
which will be made will certainly be
poor consolation to the thousands of ex
pectant fortune-seekers. Disappoint
ment can be seen on the faces of hun
dreds of men as they walk the streets.
It is hard for them to realizs the fact
that although they labored hard for
months their troubles have just begun.
Not a few have already disposed of por
tions of their outfite and started on
down the river, while others onlv await
the return of the river steamers."
The fifth annual Spokane Fruit Fair
will open Tuesday, Oct. 4th, and close
Saturday, Oct. 15th. The public-Bpirit-ed
citizens of Spokane have contributed
and guaranteed nearly $15,000 to insure
the financial success of the undertaking.
This year's fruit fair will be on a larger
and grander ecale than any of its pred
ecessors, and the musical and other
attractions will be an agreeable surprise
to all who attend. From an attraction
standpoint the leading feature of this
year's fair will no doubt be the moving
pictures, on a mammoth ecale, of all the
latest war scenes by sea and land. Many
of the famous battle ecenes at the Phil
ippines, Cuba and Puerto Rico will be
reproduced with thrilling effect at each
evening performance of tbe fair. The'
various transportation companies cen
tering in Spokane have put into effect a
2-cent pei mile passenger rate effective
at ail times throughout the fair.
A CIIIID ENJOI8
The pleasant flavor, gentle action, and
soothing effects of Syrup of Figs, when
in need of a laxative, and if the father
or mother be costive or bilious, the
most gratifying results follow its use ; so
that it is the best family remedy known
and every family should have a bottle. '
Manufactured by the California Fig
Syrup Co,
e motor
Windmills,
We have lately taken the
agency for the Aermotor Wind
mill, and carry a stock on hand.
We also carrya complete
stock of Deep and Shallow Well
Pumps, as well as Pitcher Spout
and Spray Pump. Call and see us before buying
elsewhere.
The Aermotor Mill is considered the best
machine on the market. Call and see it.
MAIER & BENTON,
Sole Agents for Wasco County.
The Dalles, Or.
Hardware and Grocery
Merchants
jToi7ey Sau?d is !Toi?ey Earned.
- WM. HIGHELIi
, Wishes to inform the public that he is still in the
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.' And persons needing anything in these lines can save money ' .'
by calling on him before dealing elsewhere. . '
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