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ST. HELENS, OREGON; FRIDAY, JUNE 2G, 1896..
NO. 27.
VOL. 13.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome oi the Telegraphic
Newa of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM TUB WIRES
Anltretln Colle.tlonof Item from
tb. Two llauilaphera rraMnUd
la a Oond.uMd Furui.
President Cleveland will take no no
tion at to the Cuban rebellion. ,
John M. Thornton, of Nebraska, waa
made permanent obalrman ot tha Her
publican national convention at St.
Louis. -. . '
Adolpb Fadelford ii dead In Pari.
Ha waa tha tha husband of Bottina
Gtrard, the aotreta, whom ha paid
120,000 to drop her name.
The pump home of the North End
Water Worka, Taooma, waa burned
down, leaving that entire aeotlon of
the city without water for a day.
Parah Blaokburn obtained verdlot
at Oregon City from the Bouthern Pa
olfio Railway Company for 13,000 for
the killing of Mark Blaokburn, by
train at a atreet oroaalng.
As a remit of the recent warn
weatbor rlvert and oreekt in Idaho are
booming, and landt in many plaoea
ate overflowed. It la estimated thai
damage to the amount of 1111,000 baa i
been done to the road between Wallace
and Osborne.
Owing to poor attendance and bad
weather, the Portland baseball club of
the Paoiflo leange, baa been flabauded.
The Seattle club followed suit. Ta
coma will make an effort to hold to-
ether. An effort will be made to
bave deaultory gamea throughout the
eummer. v..-" .
John Connor ahot Mamie Mulligan
three timea in the bead, in Chisago,
lie then ahot hlmielf through the right
temple. lie ia dead. The girl li not
ejpeoted to live. The deed waa com
mitted becauie the girl would not
marry bim. Connora ia 45 year old,
and Mia Mulligan ia 16.
The British steamer Drommond Cat
tie, Captain N. M. I'lerie, from Cape
Town, for London, collided with an
unknown steamer near Brett, Franoe.
She cank In thro minute with 144
paaaenger and 103 officer and crew on
board. Two men were picked up by a
fishing boat. The fate ot the ateamer
with which she collided la
not known.
News of a terrible aarthanake. ln
volving the lots of over a thousand
Uvea, has reached Yokohama from the
island of Yeaao, which oootalns tbt the final ratification ot the constltu
northern nrovinooa of Japan. The tluial amondment by which Vene
subterraneous disturbano lasted about
twenty boors, and during tbat period
the ntmoat terror prevailed. Ground
rutnblinga are described a resembling
th roar ot distant cannon. Shook fol -
lowed abock almost In uninterrupted
nooeaaion. In all i was estimated
that about 180 ehook occurred. Tbe
whole town of
Kumaiobl ia destroyed
by a tidal wave, which accompanied
the earthquake. Many disasters to
hipping are reported from the tldl
wave.
A year-old baby fell ont ot a fourth
storv window in Chioaso tbe other day
and sustained no serious damage, lie
lit in a mndhole.
Th banka at Cheney, Wash., sus
pended payment
ana lauoa w upon
their floora. iiara inw m maouuy
to make ooiieotion are w " -
signed for tbe failure.
A young man named Conway, a
brakeman on a gravel train, fell be -
tween two oar of the moving tram
near Arlington, ur., ana naa
hi
right leg crushed In two plaoea.
The coroner' Jury impaneled to In
vestigate tbe fatal shooting of Charlea
Rioe, near Roseborg, returned a verdict
of willful mnrder against James Dix
on, the boy who fired the fatal ahot
A 16-year old boy named Charlea
Wyatt accidentally ahot and killed
himself with a aa-oallber rifle near
Centralla, Wash., while out hnutiiv
In oompaoy with another lad of abuut
bl own age.
By a fire at Hoqulam, Wash., the
mill ot the Northwest Lumber Com-
vany wa destroyed, and tbe barkentlna
North Bend, Wbion wa taxing on a
etrgo at tbe dock, waa damaged to tha
extent of 11,000. - The amount ot tbe
damage to th mill baa not been esti
mated. ,
Tbe Goodrich reservoir, fifteen mile
from Baker City, broke, and a great
volume of water rushed down the guluh
about tour miles, where it jumped
from Goodrioh creek to Pine creek.
About three mile further the flood
truok R. French' bouse and dashed
It to pieoec, drowning th family, oon
Isting ot th parent and five child
ren, agea ranging from 8 to 18 year.
The bodle were found scattered along
tbe oreek a distance of two mile. Tbe
clothing wa torn off and the bodle
mangled. Large pine tree were car
ried mile down the stream and fenoea
and bridges were swept away. Grain
ld ar badly damaged. Tbe reser
voir wa constructed in 1808 and ha
been used for mining purpose. ,
ladloa War V.taraas.
The grand encampment of Indian
war veterans ot th Paciflo Northwet
was held in Portland this week, pre
sided over by Grand Commander Thos.
A. Wood, and Otto Kleemann acting
as grand adjutant The representation
of members was unusually large, and
wa augmented by a large attendance
of tbe women' auxiliary, embracing
in wive ana aaugnter or tne sturdy
, t
men, wno in me earner matory ox the th Arab ohieft against tne BrH'sn. nas rgte Q. d a jwn MtA. Eight
Northwest protected their bomea and been massacred to a man, it oonflrmed. i pf the pa,,engerl wew internally in
fatnlliee from the hostile savages. Th Th member of the DeMore expedition .red grnd wer, takeB hospital, but
aaHttsc lutfid U tf7 ! wer killed near Cadema. tl i, 00t thought any deaths will follow.
' Mini Brought to Trial,
A Cape Town dlipatoh lay the too
reUry of itate for the Transvaal bai
telegraphed the British high oommit
iloner there tbat, having in view the
welfare and peaoe of South Afrloa, the
Tranivaal government ia oonvlnoed
that the proofa in iti possession, which
are at the disposal of Great Britain,'
now completely Juatlfy and oompel the
bringing to trial of Cecil Rbodoa, A1-,
fred Beit and Dr. Hurrii, all of tbel
British Booth Afrloa Company, and
oonneotod with the raid into the Irani
vaal. The aeoretary adda, that the
Tranavaal aeoretary la obliged to preii
tbiaj atep on Great BriUln, and alao to
orge that all control of the British:
Chartered South Afrloa Company be
transferred to Great Britain.
' Ttae.Tu.tlra Waa lpdy.
Faal Ksmaane, a kanaka, waa bang
ed in tha prlaon corridor in Folaom,
Cal., for the murder of Mr a. Ellen
Boblnaon at Lntrobe, Eldorado county,
on May 8, 1800. The eseoution waa
deovld of aenaatlonal inoldents, and
waa witnessed by only the few persont
required by law. The murderer died
without a word or a tremor on the
scaffold. He waa pronounoed dead
esaotly 11 mtuutee after the fall of the
drop, bia neck being broken. It waa
the quickest execution on record, the
body being out down Just IS mlnutea
after the prlaoner left hit cell. '
rw Troop. Will be Moved.
The programme for the annual move
meut ot troopa hna been definitely ar-
ranged at laat, and the neotaary oraera
will go forward at once to department
sommandera. There will be much
' diaappolntment over the fact tbat with
the exception of two oompanlea of the
m infantry, -be movement! are eon-
oned to two regiments. It la under-
stood tbat lack of fundi It the otuae for
, limned orange
Ton TXon.and Drown.d.
A Yokohama dispatch aaya: It 1
animated that 10,000 people were
drowned by the tidal wave on the
ialaod of Yeeao, In the northern part of
Japan, whioh aooompanied a auooession
of frightful earthquake laating about
twenty hour. In addition to the town
of Kumaaaia, whlob waa wholly de
stroyed, many other ooaat towna have
been washed away entirely ox In part
Th atrlao BHoatloa.
Every cannery on the lower Colum
bia river i in operation, some of them
taxed to their ntmoat capacity to
handle the catch of flab, and it look
If the fishermen' strike 1 about
over for this year.
vnaia for Gold.
Minister Andrada, of Veneanela, baa'
'received adviooa from Caracas aa to
I tela adopts the gold standard.
. fortono'. favorlto. .
George Delong, who bad been pick-
' log strawberries in Benton uaroor,
! Mion , has fallen belr to a fortune of
1150.000 by the death of an uncle la
.th bt. 14ui orusuo.
' Five to Bo Haned. ;
Judge Parker, of the federal oourt,
ot Fort Smith, Ark., haa sentenced
Dennis Davie, Goorge W. Wilson,
Frank Carver. Jesse and John Nonce
'to be hanged July 9, tor murders coin
muted in th Indian territory. Carver
. killed bi mistress, Annie Maledon.
Tiiis is tbe second time he and Davit
bave been sentenced.
. an.., nt.ii.it.
Qf ft iiWw boU,OB pal(A w
.aerthe act of Joly 14. 1890. there are
now on band 188,098,468 fine ounoe;
the ooat ot tbi bullion is 1110,941,056;
1 it oolning value $178,641,414. Tbe
total number or auver oouara ouiuou
from bullion purchased under the aot ot
July 14, 18U0, to June 1. 1896, wa
40,104,661. Upon this coinage there
wa a seignorage or profit of 10,
117,834.
: Patlar. a WmU.i od. '
a T. Patterson, of Taooma, ha been
elected commander ot the U. A. R. for
the department of Washington and
Alaska.
Drowned In tbo ITmoMlla.
A young ton ot A. B, Hogne, of Pen
dleton, while playing on a footlog over
the Umatilla river, lost bia balance
and toll into the rapidly running
.tream and wa drowned. Hi body
bat not been reooverea.
Borlal of tbo froaob rarallr.
The burial of the Frenob family, tbe
vlotlm of tbe reservoir disaster at
Baker City, took plaoe in that city, the
even bodie all being interred in one
grave. The funeral wat the most im
pressive, and tbe bodies were followed
to the cemetery by a prooeeaion of ear
riage one mil In length. .
Outbreak of Natives.
A new outbreak ot the native of
Matabeland oooorred between Umtali
and Salisbury. At a meeting in that
vicinity June 9, of a number of obiefa
under Makonl, all exoept fonr agreed
to revolt, and several whites wers mur
dored. , General Dlmond Is Oaad.
General W. M. Dim on d, of the Cali
fornia National Guard, died at the
Gilsey house la New York.
Hold-Cp Near Bakor City.
The MoEwen-Canyon City stage was
held up., tlx miles from MoEwen, Or.,
by two masked men armed with re
volvers. They relieved one paaaenger
of tl8 and then emptied the mall sacks,
taklug all they deemed valuable.
Mm. acred to a Man.
The report that the party headed by
the MarquU de Mores, consisting of 85
m.n tinnnd for the Soudan to enlist
ujou, . (
MILITIA AND A MOB.
Troops W railed Out lo Prvnt a
Lynulihig. :
Boaeburg, Or , June 28. Upon the
reqnest of the mayor, Governor Lord
ordered ont the militia here last night
to protect prisoner Jamet Dixon, who
ahot and killed Charles Bice, on the
14th, from mob violence. The order
hid the desired effect. The mob,
bearing thit the jail waa well guarded,
did not come. Sheriff Cathoart took
the prisoner to Engoue for safe keeping
on the north-bound overland. Having
walked a short distance. Cathcart sig
naled the train, and getting on board
with bl prisoner, waa soon beyond
the reaob of the would-be lj n ibert.
The flrat intimation tbat an attempt
would be made to lynch Dixun waa
last night, when John Dixon, a brother
of the murderer, rode iut Rotoburg
and Informed the sheriff thnt a large
mob was forming at Blakcsloj 't, the
scene ot the crime, with the intention
of proceeding to Boaeburg and demand
ing the prlaoner. .
The sheriff and hi deputies at once
made preparations for defending their
charge, but at latt, fearing that the
mob would be too strong for them to
oope with, a consultation was held
with the mayor of the city, which re
sulted in a request being made upon
Governor Lord for aid.
The crime for which Dixon is await
ing trial was the murder of Charles
Rio at a ball game near Blakesley's,
on hist Sunday.
The two young men were old ene
miea, and their quarrel was reopened
over a decision concerning the game,
when, after a few hot word between
them, Dixon drew a revolver and fired
twice at Rioe, both shot taking effect,
and resulting in the instant death of
the young man.
THE STRIKE IS OFF,
riibarntoa'a Union Hat Formally Voted
' to Oo to Work.
Astoria, June 88. At a meeting of
the flabermen'a union, held tonight,
under a call made for tbat purpose by
the executive committee this afternoon,
the strike wa formally deolared off, by
a majolrty of 67, in a total vote of 460.
m anticipation of tbe action oi tne
meeting, the men bave been applying
all day at the oannerle for their nets. 1
Tbe militia bave left for their homes. '
It It asserted byalltheflthermentbat
the compromise oomea at a late day, a
few, if any fish bave been coming into '
the river during the last few days.
The oatche last night were uniformly
Urge, one ot the Scandinavian Packing
Copmany'i men being paid 1 1 63 for
bis night' work, while few of them
delivered loss than 3,000 pounds.
The appearance of tbe fish indicate
tbat they bave been lu tbe river for ,
some day st least, and it ia predicted
tbat as soon aa all the boat are out,
the river will qutokly be cleared ot
fish, and small catobe will be th rule
until the July run oomea.
Folly ot a Driver.
Atlantlo City, N. J., June 23
Three men were instantly killed and a
fourth probably fatally injured in a
ornda ertMaincr accident at Abaecon to-
f. u ,
dev. Tha dead are: Georce Hober. '
a ui an. tt.j l. u. no t
uwi iw. mwwqa, mi ww.., v, .
Germanta, Uiis county, and Harry
Henbelor, of Philadelphia. The in
jured man ia George Sahl, ot Gallo
way. The men were crossing the
traok in a wagon drawn by a pair of
spirited horses when tbe accident oo
oorred. Nearing the traok, the driver
attempted to beat tbe approaohing
Cnmdon express train aoross the traok.
The train was running at the rate of
sixty mile an hour. Tbe Ruber
were thrown under the wheela and
ground to piece. Henbelor was thrown
agaiuat the station, with a horse upon
him.. ..,. : y v.;..'.
VneallncM In Rialn.
London, June 88. -A dlapatoh from
Madrid to the Dally Mail aaya: The
platform adopted in St Louis oaute
great uneasiness in Spain, and it it
feared a conflict with the United
State haa now alomst a fixed date.
The government ha hastened to boy
two 13,000 ton lronolads at Genoa, at
a price whioh a few day ago wa
thought to be exoesslve. A great
part ot the loan of 100,000 peseta
made by Rothschilds on tbe Almadln
quioksllver mines will probably be im
mediately applied to such warsihsp at
re now for tale. The government,
responding to the undoubted national
aentimeut, and trusting probably to
the help of other powers, seeing re
solved to resist Amerioan impositions.
Result of Bblrmlahes. '
Havana, June 23. As a result ot
skirmiahet In Pinar del Rio, Havana
and Santa Clara provinces, the insur
gents have sustained a loss ot nineteen
killed, eleven wounded and four pris
oners, while the troops had three killed
and five wounded. On aooount of the
alleged outrages committted throughout
the country, many families are moving
into tbe towna..
Monthly Berenue ttatameul.
Washington," June 88. The monthly
statement ot the internal revenue bu
reau shows that during May, 1896, the
reoeiptt form all sources amounted to
111,464,490, as oompared with $10,
768,490 during May, 1895. ' - ,,
, A I'aoullar Aeoldeut.
Philadelpiha, June 88 More than
twenty paasengers on two ' open trolley
oar were injured tonight in a peouliar
aooident.at Franktord, a suburb ot this
oity. One ot the oars wat returning
from and the other going to a nearby
pleasure park. They ran on parallel
traokt. Both were to crowded that
many of the passengers were on the
sideway footboards, and when the ears
Kiceinpteu fcu uoaa n,uu uiuu
attempted to pass eaoh other at a rapid
MoKlnley for President, Ho
, bart for Vice-President.
NOMINATED ON FIRST BALLOT
Tbrllllng lenn la tko Ball Wbon
. Baanlt Won A uoun4 -Sllvor Hon
; BolWd tb Gold Itaadard Platform.
St Louis, Ma The Republican na
tional convention ha nailed it prin
cipal to the masthead and plaoed in
Dommanc of the ship, whiob i to bear
it to fortune or disaster in November,
its popular idol, William MoKlnley, of
Ohio, and Garret A. fiobart, of New
Jersey.
But there waa mutiny aboard, and,
before the linea were oaat off, some of
the member of the crew who had
shipped on many a voyage refused to
subscribe to the new ahipping artiole
and walked down the gang plank..
Vote by Btato. fur f ro.ldent.
STATES.
Alabama
Arkanau. .,. ,
California .......
Colorado ,
Connecticut .....
Ijf-lawara
Florida , ,
Ueorala
Ma bo
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky ,
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Mapfiachusetts ..
Mlchlxan
Mlnneaota .......
MlKslKIIDpl ,
MlfnourI
Montana
Nebraaka
Nevada
New Hampihlre.
New Jeraey......
New York.,
North Carolina..
North Dakota...
Ohio
Oretton
lVnnsylvanl ...
Itho.li, iHland....
26,
8
80
261
20! 20
Ml
1
12
Hi
811
18: 18
17
34
1
IS
3
17
19V4:
8
is'
s
24
21
a
8
23
8
South Carolina....
South Dakota.
1""'
u(ah
Xfr"1.0"'
whiirfon'.V.
v phi v irigiiua,
Wisconsin
13
31
6
I
t
4
Wyoming"
Arisona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Diet, ot Columbia.
Alaska
Total
922661'4;84t!
Vota by at. for Vloo.Pnaldent.
STATES.
Alabama ...
Arkansas ,
California .,
Colorado ....
Connecticut
Delaware ...
Florida
Georgia .....
t
6
t
'iV
12
8
20
t
'ii'
.14
1
t
13
10
1
16
"T
20
72
lu.iig
Illinois
J nano
Indiana
Iowa
Kinai
Kentucky
t l-ioulatana ........
! Maine ,
' Maryland
Maasachuaelts .,
MIchlKan
I Mlnneaota r.
' M!Mlsalpi)l , ,
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
: Nuvuda i
New Hampshire .,
New jersey
Now York
North Caiollna
, North Dakota
' Ohio
Oregon
SOW
-1
36
8
S4
....
8
'ii'
s
8
"T
13
3
t
4
"4"
i
4
IS
I'pimsyivania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota ....
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia ,
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Arisona
Now Mexico
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Dlstrlot ot Columbia...
Alaska .,
Totals
853'Al
aw:
S9
The last day ot the convention was
! held in session for ten boors to aooom
I pliah the work ont out for it, and the
' scenes at different timea were tragio,
dramatioand inspiring. Fully 15,000
people were in the vast auditorium to
hia or cheer by turn.
The bolt of the silver men from the
West furnished tbe moat dramatic in
cident ot the day. -Led by Senator
Teller, they had previously deolared
their intention ot refusing to subscribe
to the gold plank In the platform, but,
after Senator Teller had made bit final
appeal to the oonvention not to take
the step whioh would drive him and
hit oolleagues ont of the ranks of the
party which in tbe past honored them,
and they had delighted to serve, the
oonvention had voted, 818M to 106,
to stand by the gold declaration in the
platform. When Senator Taller made
bia declaration, aaying: "I moat lever
my connection with the political party
whioh makes the gold plank one of the
prinolpal arttolea of ita faith," he
panted and twpet hit eyet aoroet the
hall. The galleries rote with a yell,
and mingled with the yell wat a fusl
ladeof hisses. There wat b-pathos In
the senator's voloe, and those nearest
could deteot a glimmer of tears while
be taid there would be heartburnings
and grief in the taorlfloe he and hia
colleagues were to make tor their oon
sciences. Cheers then oame from the silver
delegate and tbe gold men were on
their feet from the admiration ot the
man, not ot bia cause. Tbe hisaea
were few thit time. r-
No one who witnessed tbe soenes will
forget them to bia dying day, the pio-
tore of Senator Frank Cannon, of
Utah, facing from the platform 10,000
irate, biasing, jeering people, aa be
read the valedictory of the silver men.
The very oourage displayed by him
won for him the admiration wblob
compelled silence. When be bad fin
ished be turned and ehook bands with
tbe chairman and other friends on tbe
platform.
He then locked arms with Senator
Teller, and the two men left tbe stand
and moved down between the walls of
yelling delegates to where tbe standard
ot the Idaho delegation stood. There
thy were joined by tbe . handsome,
stalwart Dubois, and the three con
tinued their march to the main door,
their followers falling in behind them
as they left tbe building.
Carter and Mantle of Montana, kopt
their aeats, signifying their willingness
to abide by tbe plartfom.
Tbe silver men who bolted imme
diately perfected plans to place Senator
Teller in nomination at an independent
silver candidate for president
After tbi sensational incident tbe
convention turned to tbe work of
selecting the standard-bearers. It was
a foregone conclusion that McKinley
would be nominated.
Baldwin, ot CounoiL Bluffs, nomi
nated Allison, Senator Lodge nominat
ed Reed, Hastings nominated Quay,
Denew nominated Morton, and For-
aker, in a masterly effort wblob turned
the convention into bedlam, nominated
MoKlnley.
Save for tbe tumult that followed
Woloott'i speech placing Blaine in
nomination four years ago, the demon,
stration bad no parallel in the nation
at least in length. The applause
lasted twenty-seven minutes. .
Just at the olose of the shouting
thousands were ready to sink from
sheer exhaustion. Altogether tbe scene
wa a remarkable one, and testified to
the popularity of the candidate who
had been plaoed in the field.
Tbe ballot was then taken and Mo
Kinley's vote exceeded the expectation
of hia frienda, as he received 661 ,
within a vote and a half of 200 more
than a majority, and almost three
timea aa many at hia five opponent.
Major William McKmtey.
The nomination was made unanim
ous with enthusiastic speeches from tbe
representative! of the other candidates.
After the decision ot the Piatt forces
not to present the name ot Governor
Morton, the nomination of Hobart, of
New Jersey, for vioe-prjsident, became
a certainty. The McKinloy force was
thrown for bim, whiob waa too potent
to overcome, besides, it waa the general
sense of the delegates that the situa
tion required the nomination of an
Eastern man for vice-president The
nominating speeches were brief.
Bulkley, of Connecticut; Llppitt, of
Rhode Island, and General Walker, of
Virginia, were alao plaoed in nomina
tion, but it only required one ballot to
determine the result Hobart received
680 votes, 00 more than a majority.
Evans, his nearest competitor, received
280s. There were scattering votea for
Reed, Thurston, Grant, Depew, Morton
and Brown.
PLATFORM ADOPTED.
Protective Tariff, Reciprocity and tbe
, Gold Btandard.
The platform adopted by the national
Republican oonvention it aa follows:
"The republicans of the United States,
assembled by their representatives in na
tional convention, appealing for the popu
lar and historic jua:lHcation ot their claims
to the matchless achievements of 30 years
ot republican rule, earnestly and confi
dently address themselves to the kwak
ened Intelligence, experience and con
science ot their countrymen, in the follow
ing declaration of faols and principles:
"For the tlrst time since the civil war,
the American people have witnessed the
calamitous consequences of full and unre
stricted democratic control of the govern
ment. It haa been a record of unparal
leled Incapacity, dishonor and disaster. -
"In administrative management. It has
ruthlessly sacrificed Indispensable revenue,
entailed an unceasing deficit, eked out or
dinary current expenses with borrowed
money, piled up the publlo debt by fcM-',-(Xti.001)
In .lime of peace, forced an adverse
balance- of trade, kept a perpetual menace
hanging over tha redemption fund, pawned
American credit to alien syndicates, and
reversed all the measure, and results of
successful republican rule.
"In the broad effect of Its policy, It has
precipitated panic, blighted Industry and
trade with prolonged depression, closed
factories, reduced work and wages, halted
enterprise and crippled American produc
tion while stimulating foreign production
for the American market. Every consider
ation of publio safety and Individual In
terest: demands that tha government shall
be rescued from the bands of those who
have shown themselves Incapable to con
duct It without disaster at home and dis
honor abroad, and shall be restored to the
panly which for SO years administered It
with unequaled suocesa and prosperity, and
In thla connection wa heartily Indorse the
wisdom, patriotism and success of the
administration of President Harrison.
"Wo renew and emphaalsie our allegiance
to the policy of protection aa the bulwark
of American Industrial Independence and
the foundation of American development
and prosperity. This true American policy
taxes foreign produots, encourages home
Industry, and puts the burden of revenue on
foreign goods; it Beoures -the American mar
ket for the American producer; It upholds
the American standard of wages for the
American worklngman; It puts the factory
by the slda of the farm and makes the
American farmer less dependent on foreign
demand and price; It diffuses general thrift
and founds the strength of all on the
atrenguh of eaoh. In Its reasonable appli
cation It Is Just, fair and Impartial; equal
ly opposed to foreign control and domestic
monopolv; to sectional discrimination and
Individual favoritism.
"We denounce the present democratic
tariff as sectional, Injurious to the public
credit and destructive to business enter
prise. We demand such an equitable tar
iff, on such foreign Imports as come Into
competition with American products, as
will not only furnish adequate revenue for
the necessary expenses of the government,
but protect American labor from depreda
tion the wage level of other lands.
"We ar. not pledged to any particular
sohedules. The question of rate. Is a
praatloal question, to ba governed by th
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conditions of the time and of production)
the ruling and uncompromising principle
! th protection and development ot
American labor and Industry. The country
demands a right settlement and then it
wants rest.
Wa be ev th repeal of the reciprocity
arrangements negotiated by th. las re
publican administration wa. a national
disgrace, and we demand their renewal
and extension on such term, as will equal
ize our trade witn otner nations, remove
tne restrictions which now obstruct the
sale of American products In the port, of
other countries, and secure enlarged mar-
ktit. for tha product of our farms, forest.
and factories.
'Protection and reciprocity ar. the twin
measure, of republican policy, and go
hand in hand, ljemoi ratio rule ha reck
lesitly strur k down both, and both must be
re-established. Protection, for what w
produce; free admission for the necessaries
of life which we do not proaajc; recip
rocal agreement of mutual Interests
which gain open markets In return for our
open markets to other, protection build.
up domestic Industry and trade and se
cures our own market for ourselves; re
ciprocity builds up foreign trad and find
an outlet for our surplus.
-vve conuemn tne present administra
tion for not keeping faith with the suaar
producer of this country. The republican
party favgr such protection a will lead
to ie production on American oil, ox au
the sugar which tha American oeocle use.
and for which they pay other countris
mure man .iw.wo.utM annually.
10 an oi our products to tnose or tne
mine and field, as well as those of the
sheep and the factory to hemp, to wool,
the product of the great industry of aheep
husbandry, as well as to the flnUhed wool
en of the mill, we promise th most ample
protection.
"We favor restoring the early American
policy of discriminating duties for the up
building of our merchant marine, and the
protection of our shipping Interests in th
foreign-carrying trade, so American ships,
the product ot American labor, employed
in American shipyards, sailing under tha
Stars and Btrlpts, and manned, officered,
and owned by Americans, may regain the
carrying of our foreign commerce.
"The republican party la unreservedly
for sound money, it caused the enact
ment of the law providing for the r
sumptlon of snecie Davments In lOTD: ilnu
then every dollar has been a good a.
ukj, we are unaiieraoiy opposea 10 every
measure calculated to debase our currency
or Impair the credit of our country.
"We are, therefore, opposed to the free
coinage of silver except by international
u,m .TinLi i, nim tur leaning commercial
nations of the world, which we pledge
ourselves to promote, and until such
agreement can be obtained the existing
gold standard must be pr served.
"All our silver and paper currency must
b maintained at parity with gold, and w
i " uieure aesignea to maintain.
Inviolably, tbe obligations at th l ni,4
States, and all our money, whether cola
or paper, at the present standard, the
standard of the most enlightened nation,
of the earth.
"The veterans of the Union armies de
serve and should reoelve kind treatment
and generous recognition. .Whenever
pintHR-Mitie iney snouia oe given the pref
erence In the matter of employement, and
thev are entitled tn the ,ni.tm.n, A ...,.u
laws as are best calculated to secure tha
fulfillment of th pledge, made to them
In the dark day. of the country' peril.
We denounce the nrac-tic in th !...
bureau, so recklessly and unjustly carried
on by the present administration, of re- !
duclng pensions and arbitrarily dropping
names from the roll, as deserving the
severest condemnation of th American
people.
"Our foreign policy should be at all
times, firm, vigorous and dignified, and
all our Interests In the w, stern hemisphere
t artfully watched and guarded. The
Hawaiian Islands should be controlled by
the United States, and no foreign power
should be permitted to Interfere with
them; the Nicaragua canal should be built,
owned, and operated by the United State
and by the purchase of the Danish island,
we should secure the proper and much
needed naval station In tbe West Indies.
The maasAcma in a ,nl..i.
aroused the deep sympathy and Just In
dignation of the American people, and we
believe the United States hould exert all
the Influence It can properly exsrt to bring
these atrocities to an end. In Turkey
American resident have been exposed to
the gravest dangers and American proper
ty destroyed. There, aa everywhere, Amer
ican citizens and American property must
be absolutely protested at all haiards and
at any cost.
"We reassert the Monroe doctrine In Its
fullest extent, and we reaffirm the right
of tho United States to give the doctrine
effect, by responding to the appeals of any
American state for friendly Intervention
In case of European encroachment.
"We have not interfered and shall not In
terfere with the existing possessions of any
Kuropean nower in thi hemisphere, but
those possessions must not, on any pretext,
be extended. We hoiwfully look forward to
the eventual withdrawal of the European
power from this hemisphere and to the
ultimate union of all the English-speaking
part of the continent by the free consent
of Its Inhabitants.
"From .the hour of achieving their own
independence, the people of the United
States have regarded with sympathy th.
struggles of our American people to free
themselves from European domination. Wa
watch with deep and abiding Interest the
heroic battle of the Cuban patriots against
cruelty and oppression, and our beat hope
go out for the full success of their deter
mined corkiest for liberty. -
"The government of Spain, having lost
control of Cuba, and being unable to pro
tect the property or live of resident
American cltiiena. or to comply with its
treaty obllgailons, we believe the govern
ment of the United States should actively
use Its Influence and good offices to re
store peace and give Independence to the
island.
"The peace and security of the republls
and 'the maintenance of It rightful Influ
ence among the nations of the earth, de
mand a naval power commensurate with
its position and responsibility. Wa. there
fore, favor the continued enlargement of
the navy and a complete system of harbor
and seacoast defenses.
"For the protection of the quality of our
American citizenship and the wages ot
our worklngmen against the fatal competi
tion of low-priced labor, we demand that
tne immigration laws oe inoroughly en
forced and so extended as to exclude from
entrance to the United States those who
can neither read nor write.
"The civil service law was placed on the
statute books by the republican party,
which has always sustained it, and w re
new our repeated declarations that it shall
be thoroughly and honestly enforced and
extended wherever practicable.
"We demand that every eitlsen ot the
United States shall be allowed to cast
one free and unrestricted ballot, and that
such ballot be counted and returned aa
cast.
"We proclaim our unqualified condemna
tion of the uncivilised and barbarous prac
tice, well known as lynching, or killing
of human beings suspected or charged
with crime, without process of law.
"We favor the creation of a national
board of arbitration to settle and adjust
differences which may arise between em
ployers and employe, engaged in Interstate
commerce.
"We believe in an Immediate return to
the free homestead policy of the republi
can party, and urge the passage by con
gress of the satisfactory free-homestead
measure, which haa already passed th
house and is now pending In the senate.
"We favor the admission of the remain
ing territories at the earliest practicable
date, having due regard to the Interest of
the territories and the United States. AU
the federal officer appointed for the terri
tories should be selected from bona fide
residents thereof, and the right of self
government should be acoorded aa far as
practicable.
"We bellev the citizen ot Alaska
should have representation in the con
gress of the United States, to the end that
needful legislation may b Intelligently
enacted.
"We sympathize with all wise and legiti
mate efforts to lessen and prevent the evils
of Intemperance and promote morality.
"The republican party Is mindful of the
rights of women. Protection of American
industries Includes equal opportunities,
equal pay for equal work and protection
to the home.
"We favor the admission of women to
wider sphere, of usefulness, and welcome
their co-operation In rescuing the country
from dmocratiu and populist mismanage
ment and misrule. ,
"Such are th principle and policies ot
the repuDiican party.
"Hv these principles we will abide, and
these policies we will put Into execution.
W ask for them the considerate Judg
ment of the American people. Confident
alike In th history of our great party,
and in the Justice of our cause, we present
our platform and our candidates In the
full assurance that th election will bring
victory to th republican party and pro
parity to the peoole el th United I tales,"
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence ot Steady Growth
and Enterprise.
ITEMS OF GENERAL LNTEBE3T
From All tbo Cities and Town at tha
Thriving Bl.ter State
.. Oregon .
Pendleton ia to bave ita ordinances
codified in book form.
A nugget weighing $28 waa recently
found in the left fork of Galioe oreek.
The G. A. R. Eastern Oregon vet
eran! will hold a reunion at Union,
July 3, 8 and 4.
The express oompany at The Dallea
has shipped up to date 13,975 pounda :
of strawberries to Montana and Fort
land. :
The Albany creamery bad to return
an 8,000-pound order for butter, al
ready having orders amounting to 131,
000 pounds ahead, all it can fill in tbe
time dearied.
A gentleman in Independence, hat a
French rapier in hit possession tbat
wat need by hit grandfather in the
Revolutionary war. He also baa an
old razor that bean the date mark of
1776. ,
The directoca of the Garnd Rondo
Valley Agricultural Society bave pre
pared a speed programme for the fall
meeting, which beigna on Monday,
September 38. Tbe puraea range from -ITS
to $150.
A' large amount of wool is being
moved to market, aaya tbe Prineville
paper. It bat been a backward spring
about ahearing, and many tbousana
pounda of wool were lost on aooount of
there being no grease in the wooL
Tbe Prineville Review learns from
reliable authority that there will be
860.000 yearling ewes bought in East
ern Oregon this tnmmex and driven
East, to be used for breeding purpose.
Crook county will f urniah a large share
of them.
Since the waters of the John Day
have receded it it found tbat the dam
age to the Canyon creek county road
by reason of wash-outs it incalculable.
Muoh work and plenty of dynamite
will be required to make tbe gradea
passable.....;
All the property of the defunct As
toria & Portland Railroad Company
waa laat week told by sheriff Bare in
Astoria to satisfy executions amounting
to a boat $164,000. The property waa
purchased by a representative of Ed
ward Ehrman, a judgment creditor, for
$30,000, and ia supposed to be in the
interest of the Astoria & Columbia
River railroad.
Tbe law of Oregon provides when
100 oitizens of a oounty petition the
county oourt to have the question at to
whether or not bogt shall run at large
voted on, the oourt thall order the
clerk to place the tame npon the bal- '
lota at the next regular election. Such
a petition wat prepared, circulated and
tinged in Union county. Tbe result
it that a very large majority of the
people of that oounty desire bogt thall
not run at large.
Washington.
Work on the new oigar-thaped craft
at Stella ia porgretsing alowly. ;
; The Pleasant Valley, Whatcom ooun
ty, school building burned last week.
One hundred trainloadt of grain
bave been ground to flour at Spokane
since last September. ..-'? i;
The Whatcom Zouaves are bappy in
the receipt of twenty-five standi of
arms from the adjutant-general.
The Taooma Morning Union hat been
awarded the oontraot for doing the oity
printing of Taooma during the coming
year. ;
Owing to the refusal of the Northern
Paoiflo Railroad Company to pay ita
road tax in Chehalia oounty, many of
the road distriota will be short one
third ot the money expected.
Federal tnrveyora are at work ascer
taining the exaot bonndariea of the
government reserves at Pointa Wilson .
and Marrowttone, and Admiralty
Head, where the fortificationi are to be
bnilt by the war department -
J. P. Carson and Eugene Franoe, re
oelvera of the Aberdeen bank, have
paid oil all of the bank'a indebtedness,
exoept about $3,000, and expect to
bave tbat paid off and the affaire
finally settled by the laat of the month.
Kliokitat oounty waa made a part of
the judioial ; district comprising the
counties of Clark, Skamania and Cow
ltia, by the last legislature, but sev
eral of the Kliokitat people think the
law ia unconstitutional, and will take
a teat case to the tupreme oourt and
bave it deeded before election day, ,
It ia now praotioally oertain that the
proposed reincorporation of the oity ot
Port Townsend, whioh ia to be submit-,
ted to tbe voters at a tpeoial eleotion
oalled for that purpose on June 39, will
be favorably considered, and that the
plaoe will thereafter be known at a
oity of the third class, incorporated
under tbe general lawt ot the state ot
Washington. '. f.
Jndge Eanford bat denied the ap
plication of oertain of the Indians liv
ing on tbe Yakima reservation, who
asked tor the injunction to prevent the
agent on the reservation from expend-'
ing $30,000 for the construction ot an
Irrigation canal. . " . ;
Treasurer Lewis, of Chehalia oon-.
k-a i.in.nl a nnll tt DanATol . fnilll
county warrants. No. 178 so 1837, r.
amounting to $8,670.34, of whioh $3,
' 875.71 la interest, eaob dollar ot the
I original promise now amounting to
$13.56. Tbeae warrant! were iasotd
in 1898. ' '