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1899. THE D ALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 18, r i i i ,'f '1 . i The Weekly Gbronlele. AdvorlUlaf Kta. fr Ooali.coor kwslo Plly. ....... O at lo liwbw aud uu.ler lr tcli. . O tt four ln h aao. Iw1t tncfte J ?r twlT iu-h - DAILY ! WIIILT. Jrtt luch or f Uteh Urerone Iwh anil under Uw Inrhw. ... tt l..ur lnrh. and uuder ! Inches. II SO . 1 . 'i .12 . 1 so . 1 00 0r twclr lUi'Ce Tbe spectacle of comrades in arrrs of the late General Garcia refusing to follow the body to the grave be cause tbev were not given a certain iwsition in iho line of march shows llie bad temper of Cubans still und arms in the Greater Antilles. There was little excuse for tbeir childi chagrin, certainly not enough to pre vent their attending the last services over tbeirbravest of leaders. If the Cuban soldiers persist in act ing like children they must be treated .MMn.n Reason has little weight with them and promises svre lightly Leld. Already negotiations are in progress to pay off the Cuban armies, nd tor this -purpose several million dollars will be advanced from the United States treasury. Tbey are not inclined to accept a fair remuner ation, but ,ask pay amounting to nearly twice that of the American regular. Theira is a demand, not a request, and it must be met with the ame firmness that has characterized other demands in Cuba. The truth is, the Cuban soldier is none too fond of work. Since Spain has withdrawn tier troops from Cuba the insurgent lias had a life of luxurious idleness. He is loth to give up this mode of existence and the mere mention of work causes loud murmurs of discon tent. Cuba will begin to assume her proper place only "when the insur gents shall have been disarmed and compelled to tickle the soil with the jJow and hoe. A military government tbeie is a necessity for some time to come. Spokesman Review. THE PI SCR OF POVERTY. That trains should cease to run ; business be in part suspended ; or congressional and departmental work at Washington be carried on under difficulties these are not the distres sing results of the unprecedented .Murva along the Atlantic seaboard. BrA that the mothers of poveity .should weep while the tears freeze on " liieir hollow cheeks; children moan " through the dark night, and fret vjhrough the biting day from lack of ivacmJtb And nourishment; and home Uars persons of both sexes and all ages perish in the poor shelter of door ways these are the tragic horrors ollife in the great cities when bliz zards blow and frost converts the earth into ringing iron. At such times the matter of bare, comfortless existence becomes a frightful problem with several bun fred thousand people in the great cities. The blame of it falls in part the sufferers themselves, and in part on the selfish, heedless middle .smkI tipper clatses. When several hundred thousand people in a great city are content to go on living from band to mouth, without so much of providence as is shown by the birds of the air and the beasts of the field, there must needs be deep suffering in times when the great machinery of civilization comes to a temporary .standstill. .For the able-bodied men rnd women who wantonly neglect their opportunities to make some provision against a few days of idleness and severe winter weather, no great amount of sympathj need be wasted. But there are other sufferers who can not be blamed for their destitution -tnen and women thrown out of em ployment through no fault of their own; others incapacitated from long sickness; and sadder still, hosts of ill clad, ill-fed children, who are de pendent by decree of nature on the thrift and providence of those who .have brought them into being. But in emergencies like this, true charity will not pause to ask whether the suffering is due to ill fortune or improvidence. It is enough that a great host of God's poor creatures are in the deepest distress and danger; that bank vaults are filled with gold, and coal bins with fuel, and granaries with a surplus which can not be con sumed by both the home and the i foreign view. markets. Spokesman-Re- Some of the Chicago papers are .inolino nut three men Hoar, Hale and Got man as being in a partic j ularly direct degree responsible for i the deaths of the American soldiers ' LmIia.1 in the flahtins at Manila. This is all right as far as it goes, but what is to be done with Billy Masou? Riliv'a vntn for the treatv after he had been fighting it until that time i ought not to save him from the con demnation of the country. There was a chance all along that Billy would be frightened into supporting the treaty at the last moment," but his attacks upon it were as persistent and vindictive as those of any other of its onrxnents. To the extent of Billy's influence he was as much re sponsible for the lives of the forty or fifty Americans killed in the reccut fighting as Hoar, Gorman or Hale. The American people, in keepin that list of twenty-seven copperheads who voted against the treaty, will not fail to make a place on the tail end of the roll for the name of the Illinois senator, who stood with these renegades up to the moment when the indignation of his own state forced kirn to abandon them and to attack his own tricky and discredit able record. The effort to send female convicts to the state reform school, instead of caring for them at the penitentiary, which is argued as a feasible plan by Superintendent Gilbert, of the prison, is not looked upon with favor by those connected with the reform school, and those who have taken an interest in it. They say the school was instituted and conducted for the purpose of training youth so they may never go to the penitentiary, and that it would be utterly repugnant to every idea connected with the school and the pupils thereof to have female criminals brought in among them, thus tainting the whole institution wiih the name and attributes of a prison for felons. Tbey claim that all that is necessary to be done is to fence off a portion of the state prison grounds as the exercise yard for female prisoners, and then furnish them with work in the line of sewing for the other inmates, just as must be contemplated for them if sent to the reform school. This question is worthy of serious consideration. There is no doubt that it would be difficult, with present facilities at the reform school, to enforce that com plete isolation of such women from the boys there as would be dictated by propriety and tie rules of safety. Only two Republican senators voted against the peace treaty, and both are being denounced all over the country by nearly every respect able newspaper as traitors, upon whose head rests the blood of the soldiers killed at Manila. Every other vote against the treaty, besides these two, was cast by a Democrat or Populist. But It is a little singular that only the two adverse Republi cans are characterized as traitors and held responsible for the death of our troops in the Philippines. It seems to be taken as a matter of course that Democrats and Populists should be disloyal to the country, but such con duct is held highly reprehensible in Republican senators. Here is a lesson in politics that should not be lost on the rising generation. Can it be won dered that so large a majority of the young men reaching voting age ally themselves with the Republican party? GOOD WORK AT MANILA. It is clear now that the period cov ered by the censorship of the cable was devoted to a general work of preparation to repel the attack from Aguinaldo felt to be inevitable. Ad miral Dewey and Gen. Otis knew perfectly well from the pressure ex erted on all sides by the Filipinos, from their insolent manner and their defiance at Iloilo that a collision was certain to come. The Filipinos were told by their lesders that we were half-disposed to evacuate, and that one severe blow would settle the matter. Our army and navy were made ready and the work carefully cut out It was complicated and dif ficult. A large city must be held in subjection, and every weak point strengthened against a possible massed attack. Aguinaldo planned aa uprising in the city, and it is said to have miscarried. It is far more accurate to remark that the disposi tion of troops in the city and of our sbipa in the bay prevented the battle in the streets that had been arranged. It was our readiness and display of force In Manila that foiled the plot in the Filipino quarter. When the battle opened Dewey's flagship took position in the midst of iho foreign vessels in the harbor. He believes in giving personal attention to the duties of neutrality under try ing circumstances. If Aguinaldo had any consulting assistants on a foreign ship in the bay they kept quiel. The Ahtinr craft of lighter draught went to their appointed stations to aid in repelling the assaults. In every at tempted advance our troops carried the position tbey wanted, and held it. Our long and f atient forbearance at Manila is proved by the fact that armed Filipinos held the water works, though the city was surren dered to the United States months ago. Wc allowed them to remain up to the day of their attack rather than provoke a quarrel Here again they suspected timidity. Our army and navy at Manila deserve the warmest praise for admirable foresight as well as splendid valor. The threat of a Havana paper that Cuban hostility to the Spanish resi dents of the island will make the Spaniards all annexationists undoubt edly means something. Independ ence would be likely to instigate as saults on the Spaniards by the natives which would repeat the feuds of the other Spanish-American states three quarters of a century ago. This peril is sure to win the support of a large majority of the Spanish residents in Cuba to the annexation policy. Un questionably also the influence ot Spain will be used in favor of an nexation. Spain will haye no sway of annexation. Spain will have do sway over the native Cubans, but it will probably have some weight with the Spanish inhabitants of the island. Stability and progressiveness in gov ernment will help the Spaniards in Cuba as well as the rest of the resi dents, and these conditions, as Spain presumably knows, are more likely to be secured under; a government run by the Americans than under one managed by the Cubans. We are informed that "Aguinaldo is one of the greatest Malays whose name appears on the page of history." It is not known whether this charac terization takes Hoar, Hale, Billy Mason and the rest of the Filipino Junta in Washington into the com parison. These individuals deserve some sort of recognition from those persons who are reciting the deeds of the great Malays. Stock-jobbers and trust-builders are not in very good repute at pres ent, but the man who puts his trust in the American army and navy may begin to count his profits from the time the first gun is fired. A New York curio collector is mourning the loss by fire of three mummified Peruvian kings. In a city like New York he ought not to have much trouble in finding some thing to beat three kings. With a population of 35,000,000, the republic of France maintains a standing army of 500,000 men. Sure ly an army of 100,000 would not be a very serious menace lo the liberties of the American people. For Five Dollars you can Duy a Camera hat will laks larger pictures than any other Camera on the market. For sale by Clarke A Falk. tf La Grippe is again epidemic. Kvery precaution sbcuid be taken to avoid it. Its specific cure is One Minute Cough Cure. A. J. Suepard, publisher Agri cultural Journal and Advertiser, Elden, Mo., says: "oon will be disappoint ed in using One Minute Cough Cure for La Grippe. Pleasant to take, quick to act. 8 pi pen, Kintralev Drug Co. Where do you get your money back if you don't like Schilling's Best tea baking powder - eolfre flavoring extracts soda and spices Right here ! don't forget right herel m For tale by Vandugn, Adams & Co. Tygh Valley, Ore. FORESTER S CASE NOW SolaTra "111 Afalnal Casos Dlapoaa mt. -Olkar Thuradaj'a Daily. In the cat of the Stat vs. John Sbeehe, charged with an assault with a dangerous weapon oa the person of Mike Schwarti in Micbelbach's saloon on the morning cf the 4th, the graud jury brought in not a true bill. In the matter of the Slate vs. Win. KoKe, charged with assaulting B. C. Keee with a dangerous weapon, the de fendent withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered a tea ol guilty, lie will be sentenced Saturday morning. The grand jury brought in a true bill against L. Morris charging hi in witb larceny from a dwelling. The case ol the State vs. VVm. Kulfe, charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, committed at Antelope on the period of Murdock McKay, was con tinued for the term, owing to the condi tion of the prosecuting witness who is not able to be present. Al Mesplie withdrew his plea of not guilty and entered a plea of guilty and was fined $50. The court was busy all yesterday after noon and evening securing a jury in the case of the State vs. Frank Forester, charged with killing Phil Brogan, and on adjourning had succeeded in getting ten jurors. Shortly after noon today the remain ing two were selected. The entire panel was exhausted and a special venire bad to be issued before the requisite number were chosen. The following gentlemen compose the jury : O. B. Connolly, E. E. Lyons, F. C. Benson, H. J. Hibbard, John Wagenblaat, J. J. Luckey, Fred Fisher, W. H. Taylor, Wo, Haynes, Jesse Imbler, C. 8. Smith and J. L. Thompson. The court room was crowded this afternoon with spectators who are apparently taking great interest in the case. A. A. Jayne made the opening statement for the prosecution and F. P. Maya for the defense. HOT TIME IN THE HOUSE. The Daly Text Bonk Bill Discaaalon Cre atos a Sensation Among tba , Legislators. Statk House, Salem, Feb. 15. 1:25 p. m. There was intense excitement in the house this morning when the Daly text book measure came np for dis cussion. Curtis, Whalley,' Hawson, Hawley were opposed to it,whileMoody, Stewart and Stillman were in favor of its passage. Whalley stated that Hofer, of the Salem Journal, bad tried to intimidate the members to vote for the bill. Hofer at once said "You are a liar I" Both statements were then repeated, and the feeling waxed warm. The house immed iately voted to censure Hofer for his un seemingly conduct. Fiagg and Hawson also waged a war of words, making the scene a lively one, as had been expected when the measure was presented. Several charges were made that money was being used in the effort to defeat the bill. These statements were not contradicted. The bill fiually passed by a vote of thirty-three to twenty-six, one member being absent. So engrossed was the house in the discussion before theiu that an adjournment did not take place till 12:45. This morning the senate passed a grist of local measures. WASHINGTON LETTER. A Correspondent Give His Views Con cerning Affair at lha Capital. Washington, D. C. Feb. 10, 1899. The greatest interest attended the dis cussion of the Spanish treaty. While the people were almost unanimously for the treaty, the minority of the senate were some striving to embarrass the ad ministration while others were like Hale of Maine and Hoar of Massachusetts. relics of the old federalist party that op posed the war with England and all the expansion that has given our nation room to broaden and won us prestige for all time. Pitchfork Tillman on the one hand and Senator Hoar on the other, show the extremes that composed the opposition to expansion. At an opportune moment, on the Sab bath day, as the church bells were ring lug, word came from far Manila that Aguinaldo was so encouraged by the be lief that he had allies in the American senate, that be bad organized war and attacked the American forces at night aa Indians always do. They suffered the necessary defeat ; that was inevitable, and the result of this treachery will show the world the difference between the Anglo Saxon race and the common run of oriental humanity. This lesson will make easy the pacification of the 1 Philippines. It had to come ; statesmen at the national capital feel easier; they only reiret that loyal and valuable American lives were sacrificed to the hesitancy of the senate and the perfidy and miserable ambition of Aguinaldo. This opening of war tnrned tbetcale and saw loyal men in the senate vote to sus tain the administration. The loyalty of the southern men who were above the mere wish to embarrass the administra tion will be remembered and recognUed. The incident has been worth all its cost; now we must show the world that we know how to govern nenificently as well as to acquit possessions. River and harbor bill The action ot HU bine of No. 7 Woodland k stove $ 7.50 No. 8 " " 8.50 No. 8 Wood G aria, jr., cook stove 15.00 No. 8 Wood Garland, jr., reservoir and base 25.00 No. 8 Bridal Garland 23.00 No. 8 Bridal Garland and reservoir .v 33.00 No. 8 Home Garland cook stove 25.00 No. 8 Home Garland cook and reservoir 35.00 No. 8 Home Garland range 40.00 No. 8 Home Garland range and reservoir.... 45.00 No. 8 Empire Garland steel range 45.00 Also a full line of Cole's Hot Blast Air.Tight Heaters just received. Everybody knows that "Garland" stoves and ranges are the world' beet. They combine elegant finish, durability, and cbn veniance, with economy of fuel, and in spite of all competition hold their station lar in advance ol all others. We take pleasure iu call ing attention to our list of stoves on hand. Sold exclusively by MAIER & BENTON, Mlrchin".".'?rc'rv The Dalles, Or. the house In refusing to carry out con tracts for improvements in Oregon and make other appropriations, should be a practical lesson to the people of the state. The fifty-fourth congress made appropriations and laid plana for future work to thejamouot of $1,926,610. At that time Mr. Hermann was on the river and harbor committee; not only so, but he was next to the chairman on that committee and in line of promotion t" be chairman. His age made him a mem ber of all conference committees and gave him wide influence, that only old members can attain. It is no disparage rrent to new members to say that tbey must acquire influence by experience; this will apply to tbeir cases when time comes to elect another delegation. The fact that Dolpb and Mitchell served so long in the senate gave them great in fluence; Mr. Hermann had the same prestige. The important places these gentlemen held on committees they owed to the long time they had served. As a state we cannot afford to be chang ing congressmen all the time. The new appropriations made for Oregon amount to less than a tenth of those made by the fifty-fourth congress to wit: Upper Colombia, $5,000; Lower Willamette, $100,000; Coquille, $29,000; Upper Co quill, $6,000; Columbia to Vancouver, $40,000. These form the total for the present year. Those omitted are the laws being repealed that authorized them. Ya quina $1,000,000; Port Orford, $200,000; boat railway at Dalles, $150,000; Coos bay, Cascades, Siuelaw, Umpqua, Coos river, Alsoe, Kestucca, the Wil lamette and Yamhill, Tongue Point to Astoria all these are ignored and it re mains to be seen if any part will be re stored by the action of the senate. In the senate we count as many as any other state, but in the house we have little influence with bnt two members. The position Mr. Hermann held on the river and harbor committee was o' im mense importance to Oregon. Our pol itics may require a faithful servant but the policy of older states is to put good men in congress and keep them there as long as they are useful. The world was surprised to see so good a man as Her mann left at borne. The same may apply to changes that may occur or that have occurred. The future should profit by past experience and keep good men in congress for common sense reasons. Mr. Tongue ably showed that the state represented on the committee were but one-third of the nnion but received two thirds of the appropriations. This interests Oregon as the com merce of our state decides its wealth and prosperity. The Columbia entrance that was very dangerous, by government aid has become one of earth's safest har bors; the river improvements make Portland the metropolis of the Pacific Northwest. Congress will have too much to do the three months left of the session to devote time to the wants of the states. Many questions of interest S. WILKINSON General Storage F. B. SAUNDERS Wool and Grain wool aaniN roa taaTtan ax COMaiOHMINTa SOLICIT! D. First St., Bet. Wash, and Federal, Just Received. will be left over to another session. Mr, Simon has got acquainted and will be is good form for business when the next congress meets. The Oregon delegation get along well and act harmoniously. Our state has always been ably repre sented. It hat commanded much more influence, in past time, than any other on the vast coast. This was due to tht quality of the men we have sent; Lane, Nesmith, Grover, Williams who stood as high as any Dolph, Mitchell ill these bad influence and gave Oregon honorable standing. We are ably repre sented at this time; no more industriooi and capable man than Senator McBrldi ever represented Oregon ; his tact and political sense make him respected and influential. Senator Simon has shown efficiency in his connection with Oregon legislatures, where he has always beeni governing power. He will be sure to ac complish results here. Colonel James J. Kelly, who wai prominent in early Oregon history, and was connected with early Indian wart, lives here, be and his son being in the practice of law. Last Sunday, in com pany with H. N. Gilfrey, I called on him and had a talk of Oregon in the olden age. Col. Kelly is now 80 years of J age and likes to meet bis old timef i : i nr. ... ..I menus, no met tnere Mrs. J. A. Dolph, who is visiting Mrs. Kelly. Fee men deserve to be more kindly remem bered by old timers more than does Col. Kelly. s. A. C. Hlb, Schools. The various high school bills before the Oregon legislature have again called the attention of the public t the question as to whether the rich poor furnish tho greater number of stu dents for the public high schools. LmI week Supt. Gavin made the followioi response to inquiries concerning tb present state of affairs at The Dalles. In the high school department in tlx city on February 8th, the total enroll ment was 99. Of these 5 were non-reei-dents of the county, paying tuition ; si non-iesldents of the district, paying tu ition, and 88 residents of the district, re receiving tuitbn free. The ninety-four pupils from Watce county represent eighty three different families. The following figures are taken from the last assessment roll the one on which taxes will be collected in Marck '99 and full allowances are made for all assessments made to the named either parent and also for assessment! to corporations and firms so far as tuck facts are known to the assessor : Of the 04 resident students, 35 r from families not assessed on the rolls; 27 from those assessed not to exceed $V 000 ; 2") from families assessed ov $1000 and not less than $'000; two from families assessed over $5000 and le than $10,000; six from families assessed over $10,000. and Forwarding. THE DALLES, OR. & CO., 2 , MGR. I f