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No. 40.
I 1.1 I "
A. II I
LEADER
President E. V. Debs
as a Witness.
He Tells in His Own Way
of the Strike.
Be Approved of the Action Taken by
tk Men. but Comleutueil Act!
of Violence.
ruiCAOO. Aug. "-President R. V.
twin, of th American lUllway Union,
M( a witness before th atrlk com
nbukui May. Th courtroom vu
crowded from bench to doorways.
"No tell u in your own way, air.
ivb.H Mid Commissioner Wright,
wnat you know of the Pullman atrlk
ind result."
Leaning forward In hi et. th tall
kader of th great trlke began tn a
lw clear vole a recital which gradu-
ally became more earnest and forcible
w h proceeded, until it developed Into
ilmoat an oration. He told of having
retired word that utrlk in Pud
amn Imminent, and of hi coming
! Chicago to investigate, I round,"
a aaltl, "th men won working fur
ilio Pullman company t wage upon
Whlch they could not live. I fount sal-
trie had been cut tlmt and again
Willi skilled mechanic were working
Mr live away fur wge nut audi-
flwil fr dwy laborers; that th town
vf Cullman wa o schemed that every
penny ih worklngman mad found
lit way bark to the company, la fact.
Mind th worfclngmen of Pullman In
a pitiable condition, and determined I
wuuld do all In my power aa president
of tht American Hallway Unlisi to lm-
rov Ih condition of these men. Th
trlkt ftilUiwtil. ordered ty the men
theawelv.'. Then cam th boycott
ordered by th duly cWcted delegate
to our conv ntion. and then followed the
railroad Mrtkea, ordered by th various
toml union, each of which bad
grievance of It own.
"Would th railroad strike nave oc
curred If there had town no I'ullman
trouble," asked Commhwhuier Wright
-No: th I'ullman atrlk wa th
prim cau.ie. We dtMlmt to atop Pull-
mL' car and ahut off hi Incotn.
thu forclnc htm to arbitral, but th
tiilruad men had grievance of thflr
wn. Th 0nral Manaiora aaaorla
tfca had bn oriranUtd with th
tnwd Intf-ntlon. of glvttiS aaltans
to th rallrtiada In labof loubla. It
tvldrat aim waa to drive onranlaed
tabor from xtMtvnr. No atmner had
this aamclathm brm formd than a
ywcmatlc induction of railroad waif
til over th ciruntry brgnn. Thu men
wr ready to atrlk and felt they had
taiw, but the trouble would not hav
com when It did had it not been for
th Pullman matter. The time waa un
propltluu. I did not order the atrlkea;
J bad not the awer. Hi men 111
that themmlvea. Hut I do not wlnh to
shirk ar.y rtmponalbillty, and am will
Inf to aay t heartily concurred In and
approved of the action taken by the
mta. A to vlolrnoe, I have alway
condemned It I he written and
tokin KUlnt It. bellevlim and know
ui a trlke cannot be won by violence.
A to th telegram aent from our of
lc, counseling violence, I know of no
wen l)ltlee."
"What ..bout the 'fluy a ifun' tele-
gram?" aik?d a conimlwtloiier.
"That Is easily explained. The tele-
pm was tent by the private aecretary
tn a friend In Butte, and wa merely a
playful expreeslon. It wu ent a
such and o umlerstcod."
Debs then said that within five day
after the strike wa itaclttred the un
ion had the railroads beaten. "They
were paralyzed," he said. "Hut In
junctions were sown brcadraat and
hortly afterward th official of the
American Railway Union were ar-
rmed for contempt of court. That
beat us. About this time S-nral
Miles came to Chicago and called on
the General Managers' association; and
next day waa quoted In an Interview
saying he fiad broken the backbom
of the strike. Now, X conalder that
call of General Mile as vulgarly out of
Place. He had no more right to con
sult with the General Manager asso
ciation than he had to consult with
our union. I might say, too, .t teem
strange that all our letters and tele
grams were made public property,
while not a line of the railroads' cor
respondence waa published. If It had
been I think we could prove the gen
eral managers at the secret meeting
declared they would statip the Amer
ican Hallway union out of existence.
In reply to a question, Deb ald tne
union had taken every possible meant
to prevent riot and disorder. "We
Objected to the presence of federal
troops, and not tate troop ana po-
HI PACIFIC RAILWAY!
The Scenic Tourist Route To
MONTRRAL.
TORONTO,
OTTAWA. ...
QUEBHC,
HALIFAX,
I'OItTLAND, MR,
BOSTON,
NKW YORK,
CHICAGO,
8T. PAUL,
OMAHA,-
KANSAS CITY,
And all Point East and Bouthet.
Finest Dining and Sleeping Car Route
In the world.
Lowest lute to all point of the
United State and Canada.
Steamship Ticket to and from all
Wrts of the world.
Passenger are given the choice of
'he following route to a connection
with the Canadian Pacific line:
1 All rail through via Tacoma, Beat
He and Whatcom.
2 Rail to Tacoma, steamer to Beat-
and all rail thence.
'-Rail to Tacoma, steamer to Van
( couver (via Victoria), thence all rail.
Only Line Operating Elegant, Up
holstered TourlHt Car for second clans
Passenger.
Canadlan Pacific Railway Company'
Royal Mall Steamship Line to Japan
China, the Short Route to the
0rient, sail about monthly from Van
over, B. C for Aslatlo point.
Also rtoyal Mall Steamship Line to
, Honolulu and Australia, galling month
ly. por further particular call upon or
"dress:
J, L. MITCHELL, '
Tlket and Pasngr Agent, Salem, Or
OmCB IN HOLMAN BLOCK.
OBO. M'C I BROWN,
i;' Durtrtot Pas. Aft. VnoouTr
ItfL-15J rmw'lW rlarhtly. no erlou
.""1 ccurr until th feneral
arnvw, aa their invaenco In
flamed th men." ' "
Th wltnea toW nf the trouble with
tne railroad brother ....
M-htHHl hav outlived their useful-
iq. "and for that renaon 1
ten tn nremen'a nmniMii.,. i.
wra Jealous of the a. It U. There I
movement on htt to form a
united and mnd railroad organUatbm,
within rw day a pmptwltlon will
be submitted to nihe n.n..i
laatlun. whereby th otnclal of the
A, R, U, and nlhne imlnn. .k.ii u
lgn with no poaaiblllty of election to
.1 ' . 1 Principal cauae of th trlke
.n oein; witeved, an r,nlAtlon
Will be effeetMl it thu i..ih
will consent, which shall Include all
ptnpioye,
Th atrlk rnmnl..li,.u i. .. ...
fled t)tHrie M. Pullman to appear and
my ana win also call for several
memner or the Otmnra Mnn.e.
tHlaltn,
ANOTHER CLOSK BOWB.
New Rtxthtrd. Mass.. Auv o -r.i-
mornina tuwru lives limnuueui..,! .
eral Strike.. nii,l nHelu 11 mui .u i .i..
Th machinery of but five out of
iwenty-seven mill In the city 1 In
mutton, and It 1 thought ihose mill
will eoon be abut down with the olh
e The manufacturer httve little or
nothlittr to ay. but the notice of a re-au.-tlolt
ugainut whUh the holo rtiol
are still (H.tel. Hecretary llts, of the
npiiincr- union, stated thl morning
that the lliemher of hi union hav
lined up fur a long struggle, and It Is
cunmiftttiy expevled li will U of alx
months' duration.
Tee sulk promote to , the iiioMt
lmsrlant which has ever occurred In
tne textile Industry In MMacliuscliN.
The manufacturer must fight per
fectly organised union, some of w hich
are fairly wealthy. Notable In thl
particular I the spinner' union, which
ha a fund In it treasury aggregating
at let ia.oi)0. The spinner have
voted, however, not to touch any of
thl money for a month. Until ytwter
day It waa hoped th trlke would be
wverted.
ARB NEAR STARVATION.
Chicago. Aug. 20. (luvernnr Altgeld
went to Pullman today to Investigate
the condition of the striker. HI visit
wa the rw.ult of a communication
stating l.soo families are near starva
tion. Vic President Wiekca. of th Pull
man company, called on Governor Alt
geld and offered to accompany him to
Pullman. "1 prefer to go alone." said
the governor. "I think 1 can find my
way about town,"
FIVE MEN SIONTKNCIU).
I Angelea, Aug. SO.' Judge Hum.
In the Vnt'eJ Stat.- circuit court to
day, enitK'ed five men Aa th county
Jj.il for violating .the omnibus Injunc
tion during the late strike.
Pour men got eight ninths eU'h,
and ani:her m.u sentence! o ten
months,
LOOKS LIKE A FARCE.
aacr4twn(K Aug. 20. -The case of
E. Hayler and other here, ctutrged
with grand larceny In stealing a train
at Durmmulr, be4ng armed atriker,
were dlambwod tn the poUc court
tottay on motion of tne district attor
ney, and they wvre fined S& each on
another complaint, for evading the
payment of railroad fare. A they
were leaving the building, however,
they we.' arretted by a di-puty Utat
exl Hi a i c4 marshal on a charge of In
terfering with th United Htate malls
and ln'.elte ctmm?rce. Thej' all
gave ball In tM each.
BOTTOM ALL BIGHT.
THK VKilLANT WAS SOT INJURED
AS HEI'OHTEI).
i
Her Daniftfire Wag Only Sllifbt to Cen
ter Ihwrtl and Chalii Natanit
Won VeHtertlay.
SOUTHAMPTON, Aug. 2fl.-Th Vig
ilant wa examined thl morning by a
At, wh Fntw.rtml hee hiittnm not In
jured by contact with the rink In
rounding the Needle. The diver rounu
the centerbourd of the American boat
not lost but useless by being wedged
In the trunk. The board Is about half
way down, and so tightly held It can
nMther be lowered nor raised. In ad
dition to this, the chain controlling tin1
board Is broken. The Vigilant sus-
I ,,hie ilnmiiirn in huvlns: about
four feet of rail on the starboard
quarter carried away by contact wiin
ii,. uoiuiiMii i.nrk helow Hvihe on Sat
urday. The steamer Pelican towed the
Vigilant to the Inner dock here at
noon today, and the diver will re-ex-
imlne her with a view or ueiermining
h.ii,.. ah. ahnll be nlaced In the
dry-dock. Hallmaker Wilson will snll
for New York Wednesday, August hm.
In an Interview published thl morn
ng, tJeorge Oould denied the report
,ko viiriiunt would be withdrawn
iTom her engagements. Oould Is going
to France, but Howard uouia win sun
the Vlgllimt In his absence. The que
Mm. of th Vlffllant' contesting for the
Cape May cup I not yet decided.
twt.mr.ntit. Auir. 20. The Batanlta
. .h. TMiannii indHV for tbi Albert
Men. .iiw ' - .....
cup In the regatta of the Royal Albert
club. The course wa about 48 mile.
The Albert cup wa won lust year by
the Batanlta defeatfng the Navahoe,
Britannia and Calunna,
MAD ANTHONY WAYNE.
HI Victory Celebrated by the People
- .. . , ... v - XT i . i V. n4t
Of UnJO in i-liUK3 nuilliram
. . ' . .. . ..M on iwarf f.nnf)
Toledo, unio,
people assembled today on the baittle-
field 01 i'OJien 4wi""i " - --
mee river, twelve mile above the city,
. . ..... ...- .wrv nt Wavne'
to com,
victory n-,re on uur" ' : :
defeated Wynndotte, OWawa and the
. . ,. i,l,r thn nower
Delaware muiaos, v -
of their confederacy and securing peace
to xne nirniw-"
ORDERING GUNS.
The Japanese Goveniment Order Large
tri. An ir 20. The Japanese
government 'has ordered, It I fwM,
: " and ammunition
100,000 Bianus ui
from a firm In thl city.
ASYLUM FIRE.
tin rPnAnv thfl ln-
aZll building at the Insane aaylurn
boiwin the weKiy w"' "
Son, There wa great confusion
SUaW moments, but the women
l0T -,i e-nwtvel aMy. The building
yyci w - .
1 serlouily damaged.
FRENCH TOWN BURNING.
"Trmrn n miins wet
Nice. AUg. 2U. "B"v" .
of S; cttj. rented
destruotlon by fire. Th Hre dop art
ment of Nice has VJt
ported eeveral live. JJ
Cagno haa a population of 2,000.
AD MENS FATE
A Horrible Death for
. Two of Them.
The Brakeman's Head
Cut Clear off.
A Krvlartit Tralu Strike Cow ami
h Dltrlie) with Fatal KmiiIU
uear Seattle,
SEATTLE, Aug. JO.-A freight train
on th Seattle, Lake Shore 4k Katern
railroad, consisting of ten car loaded
with coal, log and shingles, wa
wrecked near Latoim about & o'clock
thl afternoon by striking a cow, and
two of th crew wer killed nntl teirt
bly mutilated.
Th train waa coming towards the
city at good speed, when It t'trilck th
cow and the engine was thrown In th
ditch. The tender rail Hxulnst It and
smashed one-half of the cab. crush
ing In on side of Fireman Tlioinu J.
tiluck' head, breaking on of hi leg
and mutilating hi body, death result
Ing Imttuntly, llrukcnmu lYiink Par
rot, who wa also In the cab, bud hi
head cut clean off a If with a gulllo-
tlne, the back of It crushed and the
hrad thrown several feet from the
body, tloth men' bodies were nlmt
badly scalded, Engineer Ralph -tHirne
and a com I heaver, nume un
known, were In the other side of the
cab and escaped unhurt, but Ihe coal
heever ha not since been seen,
The tender, after smashing the cab,
ran some distance to one side, It
truck landing In one place and the
body of it In another, and the caM
fere all plied up promiscuously In the
ditch and bndty damaged. Th It
will h from ll.fwo to IJ.otm,
ACCIDENT AT ASTORIA.
Astoria, Or.. Aug. W. John Cniiipo,
a half-breed Indian, ehot and killed
Peter Muttson, a rancher, at Seaside
last night at I o'clock. Campo wa
Intoxicated at the time and a knife
had Just been taken from him by ft.
L Kberman. a? wtloon-keeper. Camiw,
enraged at being disarmed, secured a
ride and hunted up Ebermen. II fired
through the door of the saloon, the
hull passing through Mattson's neck,
killing him Instantly. Constable Stan
ley brought the murdered to thl city
tils morning. Mat (sou wa one of the
pioneer rancher of Clatsop plain.
KEPT THERE INDEFINITELY.
No Action Ye In the Case of the Ran
Salvadorean Refuge.
San Francisco, Aug. 20. If hi requl-
it Ion paper or warrant for the ar
ret: of General Antonio Kxcta and the
three other refugw from San Salva
dor were dlsjaitehed from Washington
on the lllh taint., a the authorltle
there have led the public to believe,
It i con.tvded tl.i.t ill doeumonts
must have oeen In San Franeiteo at
lent two day. Notwithstanding this
fact, however, the guntioat Pennington,
on whk'h iho refugee are prisoner.
Is still cruising off shore, and there Is
every Indication itat she 1 lo be kept
at sea Indefinitely,
THE REFUGEES.
San FrMa-lsco, Aug. 20. The tug
Son King went out to the gunboat
Ronnlngton ahortJy after noon today.
She oiu-ried a gcut quantity of pro
vision, and It wa surmised from this
that the Bennington will continue to
remain oulnlde for om'tlme. Lieu
tenant fttonery, who went out In the
Sea King, positively stated truut he
ttwk no warrants, end he expressed
the belief that none have left Wasli-
InfrtoM t;nltetl Htttt Dlslrlct At
torney Oanter ftave the same opinion
I his morning.
LATER.
Sun Francisco, Aug. , 20, Warrant
for the arret! of Electa arrived tottay
and wer turned over to Consul Cal
dron. He refused to say whiut action
would be taken,
NO EMETIC NEEDED.
This Will Make an Honest American
Vomit Without Effort.
London, Aug. 20. The engngement
Is announced of Miss Florence Pullman,
daughter of O. M. Pullman, to the
Prince of Isenberg-Dlrsteln, oldest on
f Prince Charle of Isenberg-Illrateln
and Arch Iuches Marie Ix'ulse of
Austria, and a cousin of the Emperor
of Austria. Miss Pullman's father only
consented to hi daughter' engage
ment on condition that her children
should posse the full right of suc
cession to the title dignities and her
editary privilege of thj bouse of
Isenberg-Hlrsteln. According to Aus
trian law, however, the magnate of
the house of Isenberg-Rlrsteln muMt
by a formal document recognize the
eiiunllty of Mr. Pullmnn's grandchil
dren Ith their own descendant. If
Mir Pullman could obtain the title
of Princes from some foreign court,
this dllllculty would be-overcome.
WAR AND NAVY CHANGES.
Washington. A UK. 20, The president
today sent to the senate the following
nomination: War department MiiJ.
Jus. H. Bradford, eleventh Infantry, to
e lieutenant colincl, Ctii. G. W. Da
Is J4tr Infantry, to be major; Flrnt
.leutenftiit Frank F. Enirtman, 14th
Infantry, t be captain. First Lieuten
ant Mitchell of the 13th Infantry, to
lie captain; Second Lieutenant Ja.
Dean, 2d Infantry, to be first lleuten-
.t. Second Lleuteniant U. G. McAn-
der, 25th Infantry, to be first llouten
ant; Cho. B. Stivers, formerly cap-
in of the seventh Infantry, to be
captain.
Navy department To e oasisiant
paymaster, Oeo. Guy Rodger, of
Missouri; Martin McMahon Ramsay,
Distrlot Columbia, and Jos. Johnson,
Health, Tenn.
To be awlstant engineers John
Twiggs Myers, Virginia; Ed. S. Kel
log of Now York, and D. VanAllen
of TeuncHflee.
DIVIDEND DECLARED.
Waahjlrortont Aug. comp
troller of ithe currency haa declared
dlvldonkl in favor of creditors of tn
Holvenit bank a follows: Fifteen per
cent of the Oalurrobta bank, New What
com, Waah.; and 10 per cent of the
Linn county bank, Albany, Or.
MISSOURI INCREASING.
Monett, Mo., Aug 20.-Mr. R. G.
Morgan, of thl city, thl morning gave
birth to four children, three girl and
a boy, the combined weight of which
1 16 pounds. The mother, who la a
small woman, la doing well.
A LAKHS KMPTIRD.
t aMsaMa
A Mumiiier Resort Left High and
Dry,
Memphis, Tenn., Aug. II. Horn lake,
a long chain of water tw.Mity miles
muth of Memphis, today broke through
li bank and, stiirtwl with a tremen
dous rush toward the Mlwtlnslppl river,
a mile distant, carrying evmythlng be
fore It, The Mississippi river ha
tablUhed a wide reputation for mark
ing out new channel for Itself In th
moat erratlo fashion, but thl I th
first time on record It ha ever Induced
unoiher body of water to follow It
xmni'le, Many year go the river
flowed through th territory now being
Ktivered by the water of th lake, but
It wore a new channel for Itself and
th old bed formotl Into a chain of
lake five mile long and from on to
two mile wide. Last spring, when
th river roe to an unusual height, It
overflowed It bank and spread Into
Horn lake, filling It to th utmost of
It rapacity. During the protracted
drouth of thl ummer, the river ank
to almost It lowest gauge, standing
now 1 font ft Inche from extreme low
water mark. On Saturday a mall
stream started to trick)) from th
take to th river, and th stream grad
ually wore out a wide breach, until
thl morning, when th Ink broke out
In a solid body, sweeping everything
before It. Matured Mil of cotton
wr destroy d, bridge, fen 3 mi and
cabin washed away, liy morning the
lake will be dry, and when the river
rise again the water will flow back
through th sumo channel and possi
bly carry the current of the rh'er back
with It to It obi course, which la more
direct Hum the course now followed
by Ihe river. Horn luk has for year
been imt il fur It fish, and the town
of Uikevlew link grown upon It bank,
principally by the patronage of spuria-
men, who have frequented the place
from hundred of mile around. Thl
town I left high and dry.
STILL KEPT AT SKA.
Th Ou n host Bennington Remain Out.
side the Three-mile Limit.
San Francisco, Aug, 21. Th gunboat
llcnulngloii, with General ExtHa and
ihe San Salvadorean jjefugee on board,
I still kept at ea beyond the three
mile limit. It I now positively known
that warrnt for th arrest of the
refugee have been In thl city since
last week and that th paper ar
now in the hand of th local attorney
who are repreentlng th government
of San Salvador. It I generally be
lieved that the refugee will be landed
it morrow.
THE UNION PACIFIC'S EARNING
The Receiver Have Issued a Report
Concerning Them,
Boston, Aug. 21. Th receiver have
Issued their report on th earning of
the Union Paclflo nd It connecting
limn for the month of June, It how
the earning of the Union Pacific for
June to have been H.lHK.ooo and expen
ditures JNM.ooo. the Oregon Short Line
and Utah Northern earned t.17S.0O0.
and expended $330,000, the Oregon Rail
way V Navigation system line earned
W.ooo, and extended f.'OJ.ooo. The to
tal earning of the connecting lines
were 1x73,000, tola expenditures 1951,000.
GRADING HAS BEGUN.
Olympla. Auguwt 21. Th work of
grading the ground for Washington's
million dollar oejilM wa commenced
today.
GOV. ALTGELD TALKS
ABOUT WHAT CA.V BR DONE FOR
THE POOR OK I'ULLMAN.
Hp May Issue a Proclamation Hcttlnfr
Forth Their Pitiable Condition -Other
Strike New.
CHICAGO, Aug. 21, "I rn do little
mylf." ald Governor Altgeld today,
"and If anything considerable were lo
be done, tho money wiwild have to
come out of the government's finan
cial reaor). I might convene the leg
islature for the purpose of making an
appropriation, or I might make an ap
peal to the people of the state. I
think we have gone to the bottom of
thing now ami can proceed Intelli
gently and It remain to bo seen what
can be d.me."
The govirnor used the frregolng at
Ihe chwe of the meeting respewrtng
the Pullman strike Issue. At the In
vitation of tho governor, the commit
tee met at his ollice to give Informa
tion regarding the atriker.
He wa told that 8.4:16 fumlRoe hod
been helped, "t do not kpmv Juat
what method X shell take to aid 'these
mtn," said the governor, "but aome-
thing mut bo done, I have written
George M. FuHnum.' It J probable
the governor will Issue a proolumuitlon
"tMng forth the pitlnble condition of
the striker and calling for aid.
HARD TIMES RESULTS.
Omaha, Aug. 21. The Nebramko. rail
roads are reducing thdr force. Thl
Is partially due to the drought. A
Burlington olllcliU today In speaking
of the dlsnhnrge of employe now go
ing on said: "I believe It would lie a
conservative estimate to say that 1,200
men on the Burlington syatem have
boon dlnchargel elm June. Where
ever ponalble, the force are being
reduc.nl, It 1 Impossible to say lust
where thl wholesale decapitation will
eml." it (a pretty generally thought
the Union Pacific will also make an
other reduction In force ad eo lories
may be cut,
AN J MM EN, SB 3KIDGE.
To Give Long Iln ntloM nn Entrance
Into New York Cliy.
New York, Aug. 21. Ground was
broken today at tha New York end of
the new Blackwell's Island bridge,
whtoh la to furnish thu Long Island
railroad an entrance Into New York
City. There wa no ceremony, Tho
bridge will have a capacity of four
ray road tracks, If need be, besides a
roadway and foot walks on elti. . aide,
The spans over both canal of the
river will oach be 8!5 feet. The span
on the Wand will be (135 feet between
center of plera, The distance be
tween the centurs of the two extreme
piers will be 2,85B feet,
RAILROAD PROPERTY BURNED.
The Big Fcur Freight Office and other
Valuable Building and Contents,
Cincinnati, Aug. 21.-The "Big Four"
freight office and adjoining 'buildings
were burned today, causing a Ions of
about 1600,000. Cart. Romua, Lieut.
Oavanaugh and Fireman ,; Brownlee
were badly hurt by falling timbers.
The goveu-niment bonded warehouses
adjoining ithe depot were burned with
their valuable contents,
Many cam, Itialudlng the Pullman
and Wagner coaches, were burned In
adjacent buildings.
The Now Tariff Bill
Full of Them.
Serious Embarrassments
Expected.
Secretary CarlUle Advance No Oplii'
ion Upon tint M Intake but May
Later On.
WASHINGTON, Aug. H.-AtWHloniU
error In tit punctuation In the new
tariff bill, are constantly batnar dhv
covered by the treasury official. To
day an Important mistake waafound
In .section Ave of the free list Thl
wUon provide that article of for
eign martufaolur must be atamped
with th nam of the origin and then
ay: "And until no marked, etmtnped,
branded, labtld, they shall not be
delivered to the Importer, should any
amiMe of Imported men4iamlle be
marked, in.mHd, etc,, In excess of
ajnnulty vxtuniy coiMicd Itx uch
arilclu," It la aasumed llmr ahould
have been a period established fee
tween the word "Importer" and
"should," but a there 1 none, th
paragraph, aa It stands, I unlntolll
glble, .toti tnuy lead to erlou em
barrassment In It execution. Up to
this, Mr. Carlisle has not advanced
any opinion of the attorney-general
uHin mistake In the bill and be will,
probably not do o until after the bill
become a law, The secretary, how
ever, ha --xpriweed hi opinion that
all good now in bond, which have
been change! for dutiable, to free list,
wilt ba aubjec to th duty In fore
when Imported and then rdmported
and ttiu mttve the beneflta of the
free lint, ThtH wa not the Intention
of congri-s early In the preparation
of th bill Thl question waa raised,
but the word "or withdrawn for con
sumption," which appear In the enact
ing clause, were then changed to clear
ly Indicate that good In bond could be
withdrawn at new rate. But the
true tttgiiiiWnce of the word "and
mentioned In schedule herein con
tained" which follow, do not etn to
have be'n fully undifoid,
SPEED THE ENACTMENT.
Washington, Aug. Si. A Mtrong re
port favoring the rigid exclusion and
deportation of alien anarchist ha
been made by the committee on Judic
iary. The report ay; Igllatlon on
thl subject Is called for by every con
sideration of public safety. The com
mittee advisee that owing to the se
vere legislation recently adopted by
France and Italy a great many dan-
gcrou anarchist are making their
way to the United Stale and aa, un
der existing law they cannot be de
nied admission to our territory, the
United Slate will onn be the ren-
dexvou of the human monster un-
le the proposed legislation 1 peed
lly adopted.
MEXICO COMES TO TIME.
Washington, Aug, 21. A celebrated
case which ha occupied a good part of
the attention of the state department
for year and ha also figured In con
gress several years, ha Juat come to
a successful termination and the Mex
ican government ha placed with the
state department to the credit of Mra.
Leon McLcod Baldwin, the mm of
120,000 a an Indemnity for the assas
sination of her husband, Mr. Baldwin
was superintendent of the Valencia
mines. In August, 1K87 he waa shot
and killed by two desperadoes. The
Mexican government renounced respon
sibility for the assassination and It
has tuken seven years to determine
otherwise.
CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATS.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21. The
demo-jratlo state convention which met
thl afternoon elected R. F. Delvalle,
of Lo Angele, chairman, He Is
strongly anU-rallrood and so expressed
himself In the apcoch accepting the
chairmanship.
After appointing tho urnta! commit
tee ihe convention adjourned until
ttnnorrow.
Tonight the Interest center In the
content for the gubernatlonal nomina
tion and "he nomination of three can
did."." for the railroad commlaslon
and candidate for election to the atate
board jf equalisation. The conteat
between the faction known aa the
railroad" and "atiU-rcllroad" I main
ly ovir th naming of candidate for
these two Important slate board. For
governor the leading candidate to
night are Ex-Congrosnman J. II. Budd
of Stockton an4 "Harney" V. Mur
phy of San Joee. The name of Con
gressman Mogul .-e la also prominently
mentioned, but he 1 making no fight
for tho lomil nation. Tonight, how
ever, It can 'be said that no one has
the battle. Thl 1 due to the fact
th'nt the pnuotloal slate making poli
tician are handicapped, none of the
reputed bosse having sufficient
strength to wield the whip.
The convention ho 681 delegate;.
Reeoilutilona have been drawn up
holding the Cleveland adwlnlstraitlon
and con d em nl nig the Unitett States
senator who succeeded In defeating
the purpyiea of the Wilson bill a to
sugar, Iron and coal. Resolution
have been drafted openly condennnlng
Senator Gorman, Smith and Brice,
ENGLISH RENOMINATED.
San Francisco, Aug. 21. The dele
gate of the third congressional dis
trict this afternoon renominated Con
gressman Warren D. Engliah.
A USELESS BUREAU.
Washington, Aug, 21. A formal re
quest to abolish the Afro-American
bureau of organization of the demo
cratic committee Is made in a commu
nication to Senator Faulkner, chair
man of the committee by H. C. C. Ast
wood, chairman of the negro demo
cratic league. Chairman Astwood In
urging Immediate action, soy there Is
nothing to be accomplished by the bu
reau; recounts Its assessment letters
now under Investigation by the civil
service commission, and characterizes
Its method aB Improper. He state
that the work of the league cover all
the needs of the colored voters of the
country',
Senator Faulkner, chairman of the
democratic ' congressional campaign
committee, Bald that very Rood and
sufficient reason muBt be produced be
fore the bureau would be abolished,
but that It had no power to collect
contribution. , ; ,
CAMPAIGN OPENED. v
Santa Rosa, Cat., Aug. 21. The po
litical campaign wa opened here this
evening by M. M. Estee, the republican
candidate for governor,
i WASHINGTON CONVENTION,
Tacoma, Washington, August 21.
Th democratic state central com
mlttee met her today and Issued a
call for th stitt convention at North
Yakima, Sept, 26th, th apportionment
being fixed at two at large for each
county and one for every 100 voters or
major fraction cast for th presiden
tial elector, This will give the con
vention 367 delegate.
A special to th Ledger from Ocost
say the remainder of the crew of th
U. 8, coast survey steamer McArthur
hav been patrolling the beach since
Saturday for fourteen mile but no
trace of th bodies of Capt. Crosby or
any of th four men drowned In the
surf Friday night can be found. Th
McArthur Is now at Ooosta dock,
BHOT HIS BROTHER.
A Srlou Wound Inflicted Th Shoot
er Arrtd.
Ran Franclaco, Aug. 21. Oeorg J.
Moor, on of Dr. CJeorge A. M jcre,
president of the Paclflo Mutual Inur
anc Co., wa shot y hi bjjther Har
ry today, The two brother wer leav
ing th office where they are employed,
when the e!tot1ng occurred. Hurry
Moore said Oeorg" had threatened 1.1
father and he had told Mm If he
truck hi father h would inoot him.
Georg then struck at HI brother and
the latter fired on shot whloh Uk
effect In the hip, Inflicting a letioua
but not dang-troua wound. The ahooter,
who I 24 year old, wa arrottted.
WHEAT" STEADY HOPS DULL. '
San Fmwlnto, Aug. 21. Wheat,
shipping S!4 to S 3-4; mllMng 92V, to
Llverpout. Wheat ateaid; demand
fair; No. I red wl inter, 4 tin t
spring, 4 Itil.
New Yoik. Hops dull.
NEW KNCMNE8 OF IVA.R.
Wnshlngton. Aug. 21, Th comrtruc-
Ron bur mu of the navy ha prepared
plan for the tranformatlon of the
dynamite cruiser Vesuvius Into a tor-
jiedo boat. ,
THE OLD MAN AGIN IT,
Ctriougo, Aug. 21.-Geo. M. Pullman
today denied the report of the formal
engngwwtrt nf hta daughter, Flor
ence, to the Princ of laenberg-Blr-
telu.
BIGHT DROWNED.
St. John, N. It., Aug. 21 During a
yacht race today one of the boat
swam tied end her crew of eight men
wa drowmd.
GOINO HACK TO WORK.
Ttuxxard'a Bay, Aug. II. Preeldant
Clmfcutd left for Washington this
afternoon.
HOP INTELLIGENCE.
Next week picking begin In the big
Holme yard near Salem.
Over In Polk rountv hon nleklnr will
be generally commenced on Sept. 10th,
The new hop are looking well and
everything promises a crop of splendid
quality, which In quantity will b
about en Bverag one. Picking will
loon be In full blast. James F. Clark
begins on hi early growth next week
Tuesday, and picking will be general
the following week. Otsego Republi
can, 16th.
Sir. Welaner, of Wisconsin, in the
fall of 1867, planted the first hop yard
In Oregon, and built th first dryer at
Huena Vista, Polk county. The yard
consisted of ten acres and wa planted
on high prairie land and did not
thrive well, and Mr. WeUmer removed
the root and established a new yard
near Harrtaburg, Linn county. In 1879,
on the Willamette rive" bottom. George
Leasur procured root from Mr. Wei-
her and planted the second hop yard
In the trtaita at Eugene City, In the
spring of 1SG8, which yard la still In
line cultivation and yielding hand
somely. Within a fortnight hop-picking will
become quite general throughout the
Willamette vnlley, In some of the
early yards picker will commence
this week. The crop, though abundant,
will not be a large aa wa expected.
To form any definite Idea a to the
price at thl early date would be next
to Impossible. A loading hopraleer,
who Uvea In the vicinity of Buttevtlle,
to a Telegram reporter sold:
"We shall have a large crop thia
season, but the hot, dry weather has
done much to lessen the general yield.
There ha not been enough rain. Had
the weather been more motet, we
should have had a very heavy crop.
The extreme dry, hot weather ha
shortened the vine, and thu very ma
terially decreased the yield. About
price thl season? Well, that I a very
hard question to answer. I shall not
attempt to give the ruling quotations
now, for It 1 too early. Very much
will depend on circumstance. One
thing 1 very clear to my mind, and
that la: We shall not get high, or even
good, prices for our hop this year,
The hop louse hns not done much dam
age to the crops In our section. There
has been considerable spraying done.
In my judgment, the yield will be
fully up to what It was last season,
owing to the Increosed acreage."
LOCAL MARKET QUOTATIONS.
Weekly Review of the Prices Paid at
Oregon' Big City.
Flour Portland and Salem, $2.55 per
barrel.
Oats Weak at 32c per bushel for
white and 31c for gray.
Barley Brewing Is worth 80 to 85c
per cental, according to quality.
Millstuffs Bran, 115, short, $16; chop
feed, $15 to $17; middling, $23 to $28
per ton. ,
Hny Good, $10 to $12 per ton.
Butters-Firm. Oregon fancy cream
ery, 22Vfj to 25o per pound; fancy
dairy, 20 to 22VjC .
Cheese Oregon, 11V& to 12M0 per
pound ; Swiss domestic, 16 to 18c.
Potatoes New Oregon slow at 35 to
EOc per sack.
Poultry Old chickens are quoted at
$3.50 to $4, and young $2 to $3, accor
ding to size.
Errs 10 to 12o per dozen.
Vegetables Sweet potatoes, 2c per
pound; Oregon cabbage, l'j to 2o per
pound; string and wax beans, 1 to 2o
per pound; cucumbers, 10 to 15o per
dozen; corn 8 to 10c per dozen.
Berries Blackberries, 4 to Bo . per
pound.
Fresh fruit Oregon eherriea, GO to 60o
per box; Hood river apples, $1.25; Bart
lott pear, $1 per box; apricots, $1.25
per 60-pound crate; Oregon peaches,
60' to 65c per box.
Wool Valley, 8 to 10c, according to
quality; Umpqua, ; 9 to 9Vjc; Eastern
Oregon, 6 to 8!4c.
Hops The market Is lifeless and It
Is Impossible to give quotations.
Hlghett of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S, Gov't Report
wwty.
I j
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Special Correspondent
on Timely Topics.
The School Book Change
Explained.
No Necegulty for a Cuanfe of Text
Book! Tola Year-Tie
Tidal Wave.
Portland, Aug. 2lt, The general
topics of conversation Is the "tidal
wave." By devoting considerable space
to this fake the local paper have uc
etieded In arousing much apprehension
tn tha mind of the credulous and
timid. The whole thing 1 bailed upon
an alleged prophecy by Professor
Falb, the renowned astronomer and
scientist of Vienna He Is credited
with holding the theory that earth
quake are caused by planetary Influ
ence acting upon the liquid matter
of the earth' Interior much a they
do upon the wter on It surface, and
when the molten matter I drawn into
a high tide at some point the result
I an earthquake convulsion or a vol
canic unheaval. There is at present
a greater conjunction of planets all
In a line and pulling one way than
has occurred since the great flood that
landed Noah's ark on' the summit of
Ararat, and upon this fact Falb 1
aid to base hi direful prophecy. Be
tween August 17th and 3oth there are
to be earthquake shock pretty gen
erally over the entire globe, resulting
In great upheaval of new land in the
ocean and linking of land already out
of water, similar to the sinking of the
great Atlantis beneath the Atlantic
ocean. California I to become an
Island and Florida Is to .be cut off
from the mainland. Upheaval In the
ocean are to cauie great tidal waves,
one of which will go up Hudson river
and swamp New York, while another
sixty feet high will sweep along the
Oregon coast and cause great destruc
tion of life and property. All thl
prophecy I credited to Professor Falb,
though he probably never heard of it.
Nevertheless the papers have worked
up considerable anxiety among ' the
dwellers at the coast, and tome timid
one In Portland are also apprehen
sive, little thinking that even were
such a wave to come It would expend
all of It force before penetrating so
far Inland. Many have cut their visit
to the beach short, not because of fear
of the tidal wave, of course, but for
multitude of more or less plausible
reasons, while a still greater number
who have remained at the beach will
breathe much more easily after the
first of September than they do now.
August 27th Is said to be the critical
day, The whole Incident Illustrate the
power of tho local preas and the de
pendence of the community upon it
New York, where a thousand live
would be lost to one here, Is not wor
rying about It, because It papers pay
no attention to it. The whole thing is
a canard, and yet, because the proph
ecy Is alleged to have been made by
an eminent scientist and to be basel
upon scientific data, It has attracted
far more attention and credence than
It would had It been the utterance of
some religion prophet, like Lieutenant
Totten, the late Mrs. Williams or even
so respected a gentleman as Judge
Bronaugh,
The time for selecting the school
text books for the next six years Is at
hand . and considerable interest Is
being taken In the matter, the general
sentiment being hostile to any radical
changes, because of the expense and
the general sot-back eohoola always
receive from a general change of
books or system. It I certain that
school superintendents who vote for a
change will be severely criticised.
Never since Oregon was a state has
the payment of taxes been so difficult
as at present,, and taxpayer are dis
posed to let well enough alone In all
particulars where a change would In
volve expense. There I nothing the
matter with our present series of
books. Oregon made an unexcelled
educational display at the World's
fair, and thl should be sufficient evi
dence that our text books are of the
best. The American Book company
has the contract at present, and criti
cism of this company as a "monop
oly" or "trust" and agitation for a
change are made in the Interests of
other publishing houses, no matter
under what guise they come. But this
fight between publishing house Is of
little Interest to the taxpayer except
a it might result in a change that
would add to his expenses.
He therefore makes a vigorous pro
test against any change that is not
palpably a great Improvement, and
Invites publishers eager to unload
their stock upon Oregon to look else
where for a market. Having voted
down the populist and his state publi
cation Idea, and thus avoided following
the expensive example of California,
he wants the school book matter to be
let as nearly alone as the welfare of
the schools demands. A vote by the
county superintendents to change
more than one or two books would be
looked upon generally aa not having
been given In good faith and would
evoke a storm of criticism.
The amusement season will Soon
The only Pure Cream of Tartar Powder. No Ammonia; No Alum.
Used in Millions of Homes 40 Years the Standard
n
u vi vwuu
open. Just now athletic hold tha
field and will continue to do aa for
month. Bicycle meet, field game
and lawn tcnrl tournaments will be '"
followed by football until th end of
the year. The theater promise wIL .
The Marquam will open Its season
September Cth with Milton Boyle's .
charming comedy "Friends." Among
the many attraction booked then for .
the season are Mr. and Mrs. Kendall,
Alexander Balvlnl, Ward and James :
and Madam Marie Tavary'a grand
opera company, the first visit to Port
land In four years. Cordray has en- '
tlrely remodeled hi house and wilt t
open the first week in September with
light opera. He has dropped the musee "
feature and there Is talk of opening
the Park with a strictly first-class '
specialty company. There promises to
b amusement enough for these hard
time.
The free bridge queatlon is again re- -celvlng
an airing. All the money au
thorlxed by the legislature has bean
spent and still the main buslneas por-'
Hons of both Portland and East Port '
land are still without a free bridge
and must go- north to Burnside or
outh to Madison, or, else par toll on'
the Morrison street bridge or the Stark
treet ferry. The obvious course to
pursue I to throw open the Morrlaon
street bridge, but the proprietors want
more for It than It cost originally. It
was built eight years ago, la a wooden
structure and will have to be rebuilt
In a few years. There Is talk of buy
Ing the ferry, alio of charging toll
on the free bridge for wagon. Thl
question will not be settled until the
central part of town has as good facil
ities as the ends If It takes another
new bridge,
The reduction of freight rates on
grain, so much talked about, only
amounts to 76 cents per ton at the
moat and applies only to the region
outh of Snake river. It has been fol
lowed by a reduction of wages on the
O. R. AY N. amounting to 16 per cent,
upon all salaries up to $100 and Utf
per cent, on all over that sum. This
cut will probably be accepted without
a strike, as it only meets the North
ern Paclflo scale and strikes are Just
now unpopular. This reduction is hot
In contempt of Judge Caldwell's order, :
made at Omaha, because the O. R.
N. ha now a leparate receiver and Is
In the Oregon and Washington juris-
diction under Judge Bellinger. P. PB.V
OCCIDENTAL JOTTINGS.
News of the Northwest Gathered from
. Various Sources. ' .-
The confirmation of Robert Johnson
a postmaster at Corvallla waa made
In an executive session of the United
8tates senate on August 11th.
The eleventh annual convention of
Young Men's Christian associations of
the Northwest will meet In Seattle oa
the 30th Inst, and continue over Sun
day, Sept 2d. . , ,
Two claims are being worked on the
Bluo river side by McCauley and Mc
Keon, which show up well In gold,
and they are piling up quite a body of '
ore on the dump.
The Monterey, which was stationed
along the coast of California during
the recent railroad strike troubles, la
anchored in the Columbia at Astoria
awaiting sealed orders.
The Yamhill county fruit union has
opened, headquarters In McMlnnvllle
and will make an effort to educate the .
fruit-raisers to pack fruit for market
and find a market for it
The Canadian Pacific has decided to
receive flour shlnmenta. mi) nn thm
next trip of the Empress of Japan to
tne orient, at least 1,000 tons of Salem
and Portland flour will be dispatched.
Corn can be raised In Douglas coun
ty sufficient for home , consumption.
Let our farmers engage in Its produc
tion, make their own meal, thus sav
ing many dollars spent for a foreign
commodity. Roseburg Plalndealer.
Saturday in San Francisco bay the
steamer Homer had Just arrived from
Yaqulna. when she collided wit A the
schooner James Townsend. The bow
of the schooner caught the Homer on
the starboard quarter, ; giving 'the
steamer a glancing blow, but with suf
ficient force to smash In some of her
timbers above the water line, and car
ry away about thirty feet of her rail.
A young woman of Crab creek, Or.,
indulge in frequent freaks of som
nambulism. ' One of her recent ex
ploits ws as follows: She arose from
her bed about S o'clock In the morning
and was seen to approach Crab creek
In her night robe. Upon reaching the
stream the young woman waded In for
a short distance as If feeling her way,
and swam safely serosa Upon reach
ing the opposite bank she awoke, half
frightened to death, dripping wet and
shivering from the cold, and made her
way to the house of a neighbor, where
she waa cared for and taken to her
home. ' ' '
Tho Japanese consul at Portland,
has Isaued a circular, In which he
wisely cautions his countrymen against
collision with 1 the Chinese. He also
advises the Japanese In this country
who belong to the army reserve to go
back to Japan and report for military
duty. This is advisory only, for there
Is no way to compel their return. This
call has probably been issued in all
foreign countries where the Japanese
are found In considerable nufhbers.
Many of the Japanese In the United
States belong to the army of reserve. .
The present military law of Japan as
signs all men over 20 years of age to
the standing army for seven years,
three years In active service and four
In the reserve army. "