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- THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. SATURDAY. NOVEMBER 12, 1898
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LESE MAJESTE.
: In the prosecution of the lese ma
jeste cases in Germany, the crown
has gone mad, and tyranny has soared
to heights which would not be toler
ated in England or the United States,
says the Spokesman Review.
The cable dispatches report that
"a respectable girl of 19, named
Jcnnv Dvk, has been sentenced at
Breslau to two month's imprisonment
for merely criticising a picture of
the emperor which was exposed in
store window; and a girl 17 years of
age at Cologne has been sentenced
to six months in jail because, in the
presence of another girl, she tore
down a portrait of the emperor from
the walls of her own room."
These astounding acts or persecu
tion rival the apocryphal tyranny of
the Austrian Gessler, who, as the
story runs, set up his head-dress in
the public square and compelled the
people to bow before it.
Pride runs beiore a fall, and un
less the mad monarch of Berlin shall
come to his eenses, or the strain be
ended by his death, a mighty fall
awaits him. His notions of kingly
power are out of tune with the
world's song of progress and freedom.
He will push the German nation too
far. One of these fine mornings, in
the dawn of the twentieth century,
his crown will be shaken from his
head, and he will flee for his life. '
NAVAL ACTIVITY.
The naval bureaus of England and
France have been taught a lesson bj
the conduct of the late war with
Spain. At the first sign of approach
ing trouble there has been a fererub
rush in the navy yards thoroughly to
vquip the warships with every ap
pliance calculated to cripple or des
troy an enemy. The extraordinary
success of American naval forces has
. introduced new systems in Europe.
The nation which fails to fceep its
navy up to the highest degree of pro
ficiency will inTite attack and dis
aster. Russia and Germany have be
gun activity in their naval depart
ments, and even Turkey is looking
about for new vessels to maintain the
prestige of the sultan on the sea.
It was this knowledge which- had
much to do with ihe continued activ
ity of Secretary Long and his most
competent subordinates in the navy
department of the United States.
The guns of the squadron off Santi
ago were scarcely cool before the
ships were ordered post haste to dry
docks and repair stations. Two tew
battleshiws and three torpedo Tioats
have been launched and could be put
in commission in a few months.
Naval stores have been" replenished,
the vacancies in crews filled, and the
powder and projectile compartments
replenished. '.'. -' x
' If the United States is to become
involved in another dispute, the navy
is ready for it.
CREELMA'S CONFESSION.
;" A secret which has been kept m
; violate for some time by all writers
7- regarding the Santiago campaign has
been exposed at length in an article
written by Mr. James Creelman for
the November Review, of Reviews.
It seems that because of some con
fusion, the smoke of the campaign,
- or some oversight or intended slight,
the name of the real hero of El Caney
has been suppressed. The cause of
the injustice might peihapsbe traced
; in the first place to the "government
censors, but since the censorship has
been removed the silence of the lead
ers as to the name of the man who
; planned and led the attack of the
American troops upon the Spanish
position can be accounted for only
on the theory that he is another vic
tim of military jealousy. vy :
A careful reading of Mr.7Creel
v roan's article in the Review- of - Re
views will convince the most cynical
lhal the victory of El Caney is due
altogether to Mr. Creelman.' - Indeed,
while attempting to shield himself
from entire responsibility and to hide
his blushes, Mr. Creelman admits this
to be the fact. It was Mr. Creelman,
he acknowledges, who first discovered
the Spanish flag flaunting insolently
over the rude fort that : capped the
now historic hill. "The thought came
into my mind," he says, "that per
haps before night I might have that
flag in my possession." - With this
thought struggling against" a thousand
conflicting emotions to escape through
the crown of bis bat, he determined
to approach the" fort before, the
troons arrived, and foiming himself
into a solid square he moved upon
the Spanish batteries, now. wavering,
now ducking, but ever making steady
progress toward the goal he had in
view.
It is unnecessary to say that Mr.
Creelman was practically in. posses
sion of the fori when the main body
of the Yankee troop3 arrived. He
directed the movements of Captain
Walsh and offered suggestions to
Captain Haskell, which were joyfully
and almost tearfully accepted. Even
when the latter had advanced, Mr.
Creelman's mad impetuosity earned
him ahead of the regular and volun
teer forces and kept him ahead of
them at least two hundred feet dur
ing the hottest moments of the fight.
The Review of TReviews article
contains a picture showing Mr. Creel
man in the act of leading the main
assault upon El Caney. . He is away
ahead of the assaulting line, and is
brandishing a couple of revolvers,
which he says were "the finest in the
army, a pair presented to me by Mr.
Hearst, who was at that moment un
der fire in the center of the. army."
What Mr. Hearst was doing under
fire, or how far he was under it, Mr.
Creelman unfortunately neglects to
say, being occupied more particular
ly with his own position. It .. was
about this time that Mr. Creelman
stumbled upon the barbed-wire fence
strung in front of the Spanish trench.
After he regained bis feet and his
presence of mind simultaneously, and
had resumed his hold on . the finest
pair of revolvers in the army, "Cap
tain Haskell," he says, "hurried "for
ward two gallant fellows, who obeyed
my orders and cut the fence. 1
stepped through the fence and found
the trench filled with dead and dying
Spaniards and others unhurt." Mod
esty intervenes here and forbids Mr.
Creelman to mention bow many of
these Spaniards fell at bis hands, but
he continues: "I ordered the Span
iards to surrender (presumably the
live ones) and they leaped up. at
once and dropped their rifles. -. I
jumped across the. trench and ran
around to the entrance -of the fort.
As I entered the fort a wail of terror
went up from the wounded men. I
went up to the officer in command,
and, looking bim straight in the' eye,
said in French, 'You are my pris
oner.' "He threw up his . hands : and
said, 'Do with rre as you please.' "
It is too bad that Mr. Hearst, who
happensto.be Mr. Creelman'8 em
ployer, was at :that moment under
fire in the center of the army. Had
be seen Mr. Creelman in the act " of
looking the Spanish officer straight in
the eye, and witnessed the surrender
that followed, he would have raised
the salary of bis correspondent on, or
at least near, the spot. ' ' . .
Mr. Creelman is now on -tT" peace
footing, but we shall have to watch
bim closely lest he precipitate and
carry on another war. This is all
the more necessary because he leaves
the impression that "hcstill retains
the finest pair of revolvers', in the
army, presented to - him by Mr.
Hearst, whom he leaves under fire in
the center of the army. - ..7
A HE RICA I NFL VENCES CROPS
The course of four of -the most
prominent nations of Europe at this
moment shows in a striking way the
great 7 influence -which ; the United
States is beginning to exert in the
politics of the Old World. Until a
few weeks ago England's course in
Asiatic and African affairs aroused
great dissatisfaction among her citi
zens, but all this has been changed.
Some of the leading British . papers
asserted that their government was
being deluded and beaten by France,
Germany and Russia, in the : contest
which was being waged by them for
territorial aggrandizement in China,
Marcbnnd'g march . across ; the Nile
region was interpreted by English
newspapers as not only an indication
that France desired to appropriate a
large part of Egypt, but as an evi
dence that she would get it. Liberal
journals charged Premier Salisbury
with weakness. The Tory press made
apologies for bim, and attributed his
laxness to ill-beakb. But both ac
cusations and apologies have ceased,
The England of Salisbury has begun
to show some of the vigor she dis
played under the elder Pitt. . The
change in England's course is one of
the surprises of the Old. World's poll
tics. It all has come since the war
of the United States with Spain, the
strength which the United States
showed in that conflict, and the evi
dences of friendship by. this country
for Enaland displayed during that
struggle and since. .
It was noticed and commentei
upon by the British papers , that the
only foreign diplomat present at the
banquet just given in England to
General Kitchener was the United
States representative. "In thus as
sociating our American kinsfolk with
our national rejoicings," says the
London Times, "we desire. toshow
the warm appreciation of the sym
pathy with which General Kitchener's
victory bos been commented upon
beyond the Atlantic." - It is this
American sympathy, frequently and
conspicuously displayed of late, which
has nerved England to turn upon her
enemies. America s moral aia wouia
be extended to England in any con
flict between that countryj and the
nations of continental Europe. Every
nation in the Old World knows this,
and has commented upon it. Ameri
ca's influence in this way is decisive,
though not a shot need be fired by an
American vessel or soldier. ' The
fact that the United States would be
unfriendly - to any combination
formed against England, so long as
England, as" now, - is fighting -the
battles of civilization, has a deterrent
effect upon continental Europe which
turns the scales in favor of England.
Th us we see England preparing her
self at this moment to strike : France
in Africa and France's ally, Russia,
in Asia, if provocation is furnished.
As a consequence France is evacuat
ing Fashoda and Russia's activity in
Chinese affairs has suddenly ceased.
: This evidence of the decisive char
acter of the United Slates influence
in Old World affairs will give time
liness and point to a prediction made
more than a century ago by a con
spicuous Englishman, "North Amer
ica is become a new primary planet
In the system of the world," which,
while it takes its own course:: must
have its effect upon the orbit of every
other planet, and shift the common
center of gravity." The .author of
these words was Thomas Pownall,
formerly a British governor in the
colonies, and then a member of the
House of Commons. The words were
uttered in 1780, and, a little over a
century afterward, they have become
literaly true. The United States, as
Pownall7said, has become a new
primary planet, io the system of the
world, and itbas moved the common
center of gravity of the universe. Its
voice, will have a commanding po
tency hereafter in the councils of the
nations, and it will, be ' directed in
the intere&t of civilization. Only
one of the great countries of the Old
World is in harmony with its methods
and aspirations, and its moral aid for
that country in this crisis gives the
latter a courage and a potency which
enable her to noia tne primacy in.
European affairs. ... Through England,'
as against the continental European
nations, speaks America, civilization,
the twentieth century, the world's
newer and '.. grander : . age. Globe
Democrat. -;: . " ' '
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restores the system to its natural vigor.
Try Electric Bitters and be convinced
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OF INTEREST TO . STOCKMEN
A Bill to lie Presented t the Next E,eg
. Islatnrr, Concerning Taxes on
7 Stock, Ktc.
. At the next legislature the following
bill, or one substantially the same, will
be preeeuteu. it is ot tne utmost im
portance to stockmen generally, and it
is suggested that they peruse carefully
the contents thereof " 7
.' - - . . .. A B1L1. ..
For an Act entitled "An Act empowering
- County Courts to levy taxes on Sheep,
- Cattle and Ilogs, and also on Real-and
Personal Property, to Create funds for
. bounties for Coyote, Mountain Lion or
Cougar, Bear, Lynx or Wild Cat and
. Oray 'or Timber Wolf scalp; also pro
viding for tlie necessary affidavit lo be
tvken before a Notary Public or Magis-
' Irate of the precunei in which the wild
animal or animals are killed, and pro-
; viding ahofor the evidence of such kill-
. ing, upon which tht Counlg Court sliall
-pay ihe bounty for such scalp or scalps."
Be it Enacted by the Legislative As
sembly of the State of Oregon :
. Section 1. That the county courts of
the several counties of this state shall
levy a tax upon the assessed number of
all the sheep, cattle and hogs in their
respective counties which are owned by
residents of the counties or are being
pastured in the counties, that .may ap
pear upon the assessment rolls as if
made on the first day of March of each
year. ' The tax shall be as follows : One
cent per head on all eheep appearing on
the assessment rolls as aforesaid ; one
cent per head on cattle appearing on the
assessment rolls' as aforesaid; one cent
per head on all bogs appearing on the
assessment rolls as aforesaid.
Section 2. The county-courts of the
several counties of this state shall levy
a tax of mill on 'all personal and real
property that may be returned on the
assessment rolls of their respective
counties to be used and placed in a fend
in the possession of the state treasurer,
to be used In conjunction and in con
nection with the aforesaid tax on sheep,
cattle and hogs as a scalp bounty fund
for the state of Oregon. 7 '
Section 3. It shall be the duty of the
county con rf, upon . the receipt of any
scalp or scalps, accompanied by an af
fidavit as hereinafter mentioned, to pay
the following bounty for the same :
three dollars apiece for each coyote, lynx
or wildcat scalp; six dollars for each and
every mountain ., lion or cougar scalp;
six dollars for each ' and every gray or
timber wolf scalp; and in payment of
the same the county court shall draw a
warrant on the state treasurer foi the
amount, and the same to be attested by
the Clerk of the county wherein such
bounty is claimed. ..
Section 4. Every person or persons
having in bis or their possession any
scalp or scalps of the . animals named
shall take the Bame to a Notary Public
or Magistrate in his precinct and shall
make an affidavit that the animal or
ammalsfrom which the scalp or scalps
were taken, were killed in the precinct
within ninety days of the time of
making such affidavit, and the Notary
Public or Magistrate shall thereupon
eut off and remove at least two-thirds of
one ear of each and every scalp so pre
sented, and shall give to the owner of
the scalp or scalps a certificate stating
number ot scalps, the time when the
animal or animals were -killed and the
name of the person or persons claiming
to own or have killed' the wild animal o
animals from which the scalp or scalps
were taken ; provided that the expenses
of the Notary; Public or Magistrate foi
administering the affidavit and removing
the ear from the scalp or scalps and
making the certificate shall, be made by
the pereon owning or claiming to have
killed or caused to have been killed, the
animal or animals from which the scalps
were taken. '
.Section o. lne county court, upon
receipt of the scalp as above mentioned,
and upon receipt of the certificate afore
said, shall issue to the -order of the per
son lawfully' in possession of said cer
tificate' and scalps, warrants ; for the
scalps named or enumerated in said cer
tificate in the amounts mentioned in
this act.--" 7. ': .-"7
Section 6. All acta or portions of
acts in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.-''
; ' t-" . -' "-
Section 7. As there ia no adequate
law now in force for this purpose, it is
hereby provided that tbis act shall be
enforced from and after its approval by
the Governor. . 7 . - - -
ELDER G. H. BARNETT.
An Honored Cltlxen I Called to HI
Final Kewerd.
Elder G. H. Burnett, who passed away
at noon yesterday, was in the 69th year
of his age, having been born in Ohio on
the 25th day of August, 1829. When
quite young' he removed with his parents
to Illinois. - In October ,7 1850, he. mar
ried Miss Barbara E7Martz, who ' Sur
vives him, though prostrate today: with
grief. -' . . V" '
- Ia 1850 he came across the plains to
Oregon and settled in Linn counf, find
later,' with his family moved ; to .Wasco
county, living on 15-Mile until about
eight years ago when be became a resi
dent of this city, where everyone has
since been accustomed, to seeing this
kind, grey-haired old gentleman mov
ing about among us with a pleasant
smile and greeting for all, both young
and old. He is also beloved by all who
knew him through the county. -
He was a member, of the Christian
church, enteiine the ministry about
forty-five years ago, and - was very de
voted to his calling, - even up - till two
weeks ago when his final sickness over
took bim.";
His entire family survive him," J. E.
Barnett living in The Dalles, Clarence
Barnett in Yakima City, and Mrs. C.
W. Rice is in Perns, Calif., whither ebe
moved on account ot the illness of her
husband.
The funeral will take place from the
Methodist church at 2 o'clock tomorrow,
Elder J. W. Jenkins presiding.
"HOLD. UP YOUR HANDSI""
And They Went Up, While Two Men
Secured 9135 from Ben Wilson's '
Saloon Lait Night. - .
The Dalles is nothing if not up-to-date,
and bearing that several neighboring
towns bad started the fashion of having
hold-ups, some enterprising fellows de
cided last night to see hat . this city
"held op" its reputation for being in line
when there is any money concerned.
Accordingly, fearing that their faces
might stop even a hold-up, they donned
masks, provided themeelves witii two
revolvers-. apiece, and about 2:30 this
morning quietly entered the
of Ben Wilson's saloon-" in
End, one stepping behind
front door
the East
the bar
and th6 other walking to the back room,
(which joins the: other with folding
doors, which were open), and ordered
eight men, including Frank St. Arnold,
the bartender, who were seated around
the gaming table, to hold up their bands,
also demanding that 'the latter stand
with his face to. the wall. While he
covered them with revolvers, the other
man opened the till and ransacked 'the
drawers behind the bar, emptying the
contents into his pockets. Turning to
St. Arnold he said : "Where's that other
sack?" presumably meaning a sack of
silver kept as change, whichjie failed to
procure. Receiving no answer be started
out, when his pal said : "Get the other
sack." He returned and found $40 which
had been left with Mr. Wilson the day
before.by an old man. :
He then ordered his companion to
keep guard while he went to see if the
coast was clear. A few moments later
he whistled and the man inside turned
and ran out the back door. '
Upon investigating it was found that
they had taken in all $135, leaving be
side the $40, some other money, which
tbey failed to find.
Nightwatchmau Phirman" claimB that
just a short time before the early train
left he saw two men run from that di
rection to the depot, and it ia thought
probable they may have been the rob
bers, who boarded the train and escaped.
Word was immediately telegraphed to
officers at Portland with a description of
the man, which is as follows : ' One was
tall and light complexioned, the other
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short and appeared, to be darker. The
principal actor ia the drama is evidently
an adept in the business, and his hands,
it is said, show that they .were not
soiled by labor, hut more likely to be .
deeply stained with such deeds as last
night witnessed. :- .".
The culprits were no doubt familiar
with the premises from the "manner in
which the robbery was carried out. . Of
ficers are at work, doing all in their .
power to ferret the matter out.
Circuit Court Jurors.
Following is a list of the jurors sum
moned to serve at the November term of
circuit court; - ,
W J Harriman, Endersby, farmer.
- J T Neff, Hood Biver, farmer. .
Chas Davis, Kingaley, farmer.
Lee Evans, Mosier, farmer.
J NEnsley, Kingeley, farmer.
J H Hnbbard, Wapinitia, stockman.
Geo H Young, Ridgeway, farmer,
P T Knowles, Wamic, farmer, .
J R Woodcock, Wamic, farmer.
8 W Curran, Viento, farmer. '
J H Shoemaker, Hood River, farmer.
J M Benson, The Dalles, farmer.
Horace Rice, The Dalles, farmer.
J W Ward, Dufur, lumberman.
. LJenry Hilgen, Dolur, farmer.
A LReeseThe Dalles, mechanic.
8 F V Newcomb, Ridgeway ,stockman. '
C A Crome, Mosier, farmer. -
Herbert Egbert, The Dalles, farmer.
R L Mcintosh, The Dalles,, farmer.
Geo Henderson, The Dalles.mercbant.
-HE Blue, Wapinitia, farmer.
Van Woodruff, Tygh Valley .stockman.
C B Don,. Antelope, stockman.
Geo Krause,Tbe Dallee, clerk.
C A Durbin, Tygh Valley, farmer.
Chas Fraley, Kingsley, farmer.
Joe Kistner, Wamic, farmer.
E Williams, Kingsley, farmer.
Troy Shelley, Hood River.farmer.
B L Foreman, Wapinitia, farmer.
Special Orders Mo. 34.
Salem, Or., Nov. 10, '98.
. Vf. All those who have previously
eigned, and those who desire to sign and
become members of the Oregon National
Guards are directed to assemble at the
armory at The Dalles, Oregon, at 7
o'clock, p.m., on Saturday, Nov. 12,1898.
for phyeieal examination. All applicants
for enlistment having successfully passed
the physical examination, will be mus
tered into the service of the state. -
VII. - Captain C. A. Macrum, surgeon,
will conduct the examination on tbedate
above mentioned, being governed by a
circular governing the recruiting of the
Oregon National Guards, issued from
tbis office, dated June 15, 1898. .
VIIL Colonel B. B. Tuttle, adjutant
general, is designated as mustering officer
and wili act as inspector of election
pursuant to regulations.
By order of coumander-in-cbief,
B. B. Tuttle,
- . : . . . Adjutant General
Just
Received.
7.50
8.50
15.00
25.00
.23.00
33.00
25,00
35.00
40.00
45.00
45.00
The Dalles, Or.
Money Earned.
Third andWashlngton S ts