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VOL. 33. NO. 21.
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, MARCH 25, 1898.
ESTABLISHED 1866
Okegon
10. 0. SSOWHSI.L.
lYKOWNKM. 4 CAUPIIKl.t,
ATTOKNEYS AT LAW,
Omoon City, . . . ,
. v. annul.!
Will prsdlln In all Hit oourts af llit state,
floe, lu CtUlMll lui.JIng.
OttUON.
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II. IHOM.
CIVIL KNOINKER and
DEPUTY COUNTY SUUVEYOR,
Vi ill be at court Iioiiim on eath Halurday
and oo regular enaalon day of
county court.
QLACKAMAB AHBTHACT TKUbT CO.
ITiirnlih, AbM'MU. ( halm ol Tit's, LWrlp
Hon.. IxMina, liisuri r. 'k, Tim I'vrfml
TUIm. tic, (. (JllU't ovar Utnk ul
Oregon Chr.
J. t. CLAHK, Fr..,aud Mitr,
Ossooxcitt, .... ORIU0N.
J H. MILI.EK,
DENTIST
Pint tet of teeth, roIJ crown, all kind of
filling anil bfldgtwurk.
Seventh Ht. near depot. Oregon City, Or,
Jl?is (jirl...
IlMdoxotiiof tmaux,
the retton whereof wo will tell : It
In not Imcause of lutr tweotiful clothe
but the ha learned how to cook on
nr atovea. Never tiny a alove be
fore yon lnKi t our line we ll
warranUid 0 dole alcul range for (30.
Delldmy & Busch,
The lloiidffurrilliern.
aWOppoeil Court Mou-e.
rf 11' tStll.TS- "TV 'J yi KJ M I
I Kill
MASON WILL FIGHT
Hacked by (Jeonre Powell and
the Army FInloI.
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c,
a T. WII.UAXS.
KKAL ERTATI AMD LOAN AOENT.
A m4 Hut ul butlu.., retldimo iu luburbau
rroperty.
Farm Property la tract to lull oo tt.y term.
Corraspendsno promptly aniwsred. OBoe,
em aour tuuiu u MvIIhmIIU eiiufoiu
Jt W. MKI.DKUM.
SURVEYOR AND CIVIL ENGINEER.
All order promptly attended to.
Pottomne addret Oregon Cllv. Itrtldenre
at Mtldrum Plane, on Kl rild Electric
Ilia two mile norlli ul Oregon City,
Q D,A D.O. LATOUKKTTs,
ATTORN EY8 AND
COUNSELORS AT LAW
I ,
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toe'? a ptNijg
to it
We have a airing to each ehoe,
of course. You have a atring to
your money, for, tf the shoe doesn't
tuit you can return it and Lave your
money back. We put a atring to
thia for we guarantee our ahoea to
be the beat and they are the beat
Our line I auro to please you.
Krausse Bros....
Ex.I're-ldfnt Clerelan. and William
L. Wilton Talk-Xra. C. II. Dye'e
Address fialoong Cloned.
The Greatest Value
ever offered
in
HAia araaar oaaooa city, oaaooM.
Purnlth Ahttrteta of Tltlt. Loan Money, fnre-
eiott uniM, ana Iranian uentral
Law Umlp.M.
B. CROSS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will Patents in All Cout or tri Htatr
Rnal Kitaie aad Ininranre,
Offloa on Main Hirvet bL Rlith and Seventh,
oataoM city. oa.
A.
8. DRE8HKH,
ATTORN EYATLAW.
Olflceovar McKltlrlrk'e Shoe 8tor,
the liank of OrrgonClty.
nrar
Oaaooa City,
Ohiiiom.
J.
E. MARKS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Will pratlce In all the court of the tittle.
Olltce 0iK)jlle court home in Cautlelil
biillihng.
L
L. PORTER,
ATTORNEY AT LAW
AaiTRACT or raortRTY riiniiiD.
Offloa ntit to Oregon CHv bank on ttb itreok
fJIIIg COMMEKOIAL BANK,
OP OHKOON CITY
CaplUl, ..... 1100,000
Tn"rn k niKaaiL BAHdho mm Kim.
Loan indt. HI lit Ulioounleil. Mtkea col
lactiont. Iluyt and tall eichtnn on all pnlnta
In the United HUtt, Knront and Until K(
Deputlta recal"cd aubjent to oba
opau from e . u. to 4 r. m.
D. 0. LATOURKTTB, Prendent.
P. J. MEYER, Catbier,
one.
Bank
JJANK OP OREGON CITY,
. Oldest BankiDK Boost In the City.
Paid np Capital, 160,000. 1 1
Burpliu, J0,86U. '
MMIDINT,
? ioa raaaiDRNT,
CAIHlia,
CBAai. R, CAOriBLD.
eao. a. aAaniHe.
a. e CAuriaLD.
A faneral banking butlneta trautacted.
Dapotll raoelv(f ub)ot to check.
ApprOTad bllli and note dlaaountad.
Couuty and city warrant bought.
Loan made on available lecurity,
KxcbanM bought and told.
Collection made promptly.
Draftt told avallaola In any part of the world
Telearaphio eiobnei told on Portland, Ban
Franoltco. Ohloagoand New York,
ntareat pal J on tfma depotltt.
Men's Stylish
Spring Suits
Here is a Suit SriBCial
That wo open tho Bcason M'ith that may prove very
interesting:
Smooth surface Cassimere cloth,
medium weight,
eelf-lined with same goods clear over tho shoulder,
cut in the latest style;
comes in checks, hairline stripes and plaid3.
We place them on salo at
$8.50
Send for our new spring book, "Art in Dress."
SAM'L ROSENBLATT
CLOTHIERS, HATTERS,
193 Hi 195 First St, Cor. Taylor.
FURNISHERS.
Portland, Or.
W. P. KHAN Kit
Kranor & Kramer
..Tailors..
225 Wellington St. Portland, Ore.
GKO. K. KIIAMKK S
Wimora, Minn., March 21. In reaponse
to the challenge of Baron el Cordo, mar.
qui of Allavilla, Madrid, Spain, toflgbta
duel with Senator Maton, of Illnoi, for the
latter' utterance in the United Btat ten-
ate, George Powell, of Lacrotae, ha cabled
the following acceptance of the challenge In
Maton i dead:
"Baron al Cardo, llalrld: Through the
pre dinpstcliea I am informed that you
have challenged 8enator Maaon to mortal
combat fur words ipoken In defeine of bi
Kelllon a the champion of the patriotism
and principle of hi country and It people
In the United State, with uiual Spanish
generosity naming your own weapon. Now
at Senator Maaoo ha (pent a liletime in
the puriull of a more humane calling, and
In tbe walks of a civilization which has but
poorly fitted him to meet a bully alarm a
one who bat admired and now indorse tbe
objectionable worda and patriotism of Sena
tor Mason, I, a plainsman, a Westerner,
one of a class known a typical American;
typical because It holda principle and
patriotism above price, because It believe
that murder In the first degree cannot be
paid for with gold, hereby accept your chal
lenge, and name tbe army pistol, tbe old 44,
the organ of civilisation, tbe Instrument
Ith wbfeb tbe A nierican pioneer measured
Justice to atsassina. and while I earnestly
assure you and all your kind, that thousanda
of men of my ty pe stand ready to step in my
track and pick up my pistol,if I abould fall, 1
sincerely thank the representative of a thou
sand years of barbarism, for tbe opportunity
to fire a shot In revenge for tbe Yankee
tailors bo fed tbe sharks in the bottom of
Havana bay. "Oeoroi Powill.
Lacrosse, Wis., Mtrcb 21."
Dr. UeorgeE. Powell la a noted Western
plainsman and Indian bghter, wbo, fol
lowed the fortunea ol lb army for 30 years
In tbe capacity of scout and guide In the
numerou Indian wars.servins: with distinc
tion under every general of the army west
of the Mississippi river during his term of
service. Dr. Powell i about SO year of age.
and a well-known phydcian of Lacrosse,
Wia. Dr. Powell la a boon companion of
such noted frontiersmen as Buflalo Bill,
Texas Jack and others of equal note.
William L. Wilson.
Lkximotoh, Va. President Wilton Mtrch
9th in hit address to the atadenta made
reference to the recent appropriation of 50,-
000,000 made by congress in view of war
with Spain. Ua said It was a very unusual
occurrence that congress ver makes an ap
propriation of money the expenditure of
which la left to tbe discretion of any one
man. He went back to the administration
of Mr. Jefferson and explained the nature
of an appropriation and bow it was changed
at that time. Instead of making an appro
priation In a lump to any one department
It was changed by givinn a certain turn to
each apeciflc purpose. He said it was con
trary to a free government to putjso much
power in the nanus or any ona person, no
matter how much confidence we put in him.
No audi step bat been taken since 1835,
when congress appropriated $10,000,000 leav
ng tbe expenditure of which to the discre
lion of President Jackson, in case of war
with France. It was at thia time that
Daniel Webster ended hia speech against
the appropriation by saying that he would
not rote for it if the guns of the enemy were
trained on the capitol at Washington. In
the old demooracy of Greece each niclivid-
al who was entrusted with public funds
waa held to a most atrict accountability.
Mr. Wilson said that be did not wish to
orlticise the action of congress, and in case
of war he felt sure that the United States
couhl take care ol herself. He futber said
tbat it would be very little glory for a pow
erful and wealthy nation like our owa to
get into a war with a little nation like Spain,
hich wat weak and exhausted, by trying
to put down her rebellious subjects in tbe
Philllpine Islands and Cuba. It reminded
him of an honorary member of a college
football team jumping on a little sublresb
man.
Tennessee mountains more inspiring than
rtnrufl .11 .1 t. I . . 1. . I m
I v. mn luv iiKiKuiB tvijum usr new
I England and the Middle West long have
been exploded, we are apt to tire of the re
Iterated glories of 'the South befo' the wa?
dialect which bat been done to death, but
Oregon lies untouched with nuggets spark
ling all around oa. We have a romantic
era in the Hudson' By days, our Indians
have Bre'r Bar and Bre'r Coon stories equal
to any Uncle Remus telle. I ssw an Item
In the Oregonian not long ago about a fam
ily that had moved to a barren billy spot to
live on a view of Mount Hood. They came
from the swamp land of Arkansas, where
they bad lived on fever, chills and quinine,
and never had a well day In their Uvea un
til they came to Oregon. There I bint
enough In that for a story as good as any of
Craddock.a. California owe more to ber
writer than to ber land boomers. Joaouin
Miller, Helen Hunt Jackson and Bret Harie
have covered ber billt with halo.
"rio; I would not ttart a magazine, it
ill not pay; It doea not pay even in Cali
fornia. Try to reach the magazines of the
Kast. If you write well enough sou will
get a bearing. Sometimes it it not neces
sary even to write very well, judging bv
tome things they publish. Writers work
uw who mutual inspiration. There are
people in Portland wbo bave never come
Into your historical work wbo would gladly
enter such a club; people all over Oregon,
of which this society might be tbe head and
center. We can have our own 'Fortr Im-
mortals' and tome to spare. If we are not
beard, 'the fcult lie in ourselves, and not in
our start.' Oregon bat toiled ber ntst awav
leveling forests, building homes, preparing
tbe way for the cultivated tastes and intel
lectual pleasures of today. Leisure now In
vites at to ttudy our own environment and
take our place in the world of letters. For
this the original Investigation of tblt his
torical society baa led the way. She
baa now but to expand Into the larger field
to become herself bistorio
Officers for the ensuing year Were elected
as follows: Colonel James Jackson, presi
dent; Hon. M. C. George, first vice presi
dent; Mist Ruth E. Roundt, second rice
president; Professor A. M.James and Miss
M. 8. Barlow, members of the ereculiye
committee lor three yeart.
SENATOR PliOCTOR
Tells AboHt the Cubans, Hotr
They Die of StaWatlon.
la the XldHt or the Markets, Heir tbe
Little Children Are Dlseated
Capable of 8e!r-fc!oTeromeul.
. Powder for the O'Hlfflnt.
Washiiotox, March 19. The naval
bureau of ordnance has contracted for
4,5(10,000 pounds of brown powder, which is
probably tbe largest single order ever given.
Tblt waa divided between the California
Powder Company and tbe Dupont Powder
Company. These concernt together are
furnishing the bureau about 20,000 pounds
daily' and within a week or so, it ia expected
the capacity of these two worka will be
brought up to 40,000 pounds of powder daily.
The order la sufficient in the aggregate to
give 200 rounds for every gun afloat its the
America navy and with thia large aupply on
on hand, the navy, for the first time in years,
will be more than amply supplied with pow
der. TheO'Higgina is a vessel or 8500 tons,
built at Elkswlch. Her dimensions are:!
Length, 400 feet; beam, 62 feet; draught, 22
feet. Her contract speed It 21 knoU.
Her armament it four 8 inch, 10 6 Inch.
(our 4.7-inch Armstrong guns; eight 12
poundert, 10 6 pounders, and four tub
merged torpedo tubes. Her protection is
a belt of harveyized steel, seven inches thick
Hergunhouses for tbe 9-inch guns and the
casements of the 6 inch guns are protected
by six inches of nickle steeL
PZSSi
A. W. PHILLIPS,
EXPRESS
AND
DELIVERY
Prompt attention to hauling to any
part of Oregon City.
Moving attended to promptly and
carefully.
Special rates' given on hauling to
and from Gladstone and Park-place.
Mil!
mm
f"A SPRINC-TOOTH
ON WHEELS. . .
The driver ridea instead of walking.
HARROW
New Stock of
Canton Clipper Plows
( Genuine Chilled Plows
Harrows and Cultivators
Agonta for the celebrated Siuionda Cross cut Saws.
Also a full line of HARDWARE,
Stovcp, Granite ware, Tin and Copper ware, Wagon woods, Etc.
Plumbing and general jobbing a specialty.
POPE St CO.
Corner 4th and Main Streets, - Oregon City.
Wr?Pr'r,HrliJlVrVrVrVHHiJrlr'HHr1rlr,r'iVrlr'iJrlr,Hrlrlr1rlr,r'rJ
Fire on Broadway.
Butte, Mont., March 21. The Hale house,
large three-story brick building on East
Broadway, used at lodging and boarding'
house by miners in the employ of the An
aconda Company, was entirely destroyed by
fire, which broke out abortly after 3 o'clock
thia morning. So far as known, two men
are dead from injury In jumping from win
dows, another Is dying and 20 are missing,
while a search of the ruin may disclose the
fact that many trancient lodgers lost their
lives also.
Portland Ulatorleal Society.
A large and appreciative audience as
sembled In tbe lecture-room of the First
Congregational church last evening, to hear
the closing lecture of the fifth year's course
by Mrs. C. H. Dye, of Oregon City, whose
subject was the "Development of American
Fiction." Her treatment of the theme was
brilliant, judicious and suggestive. The
closing paragraph, subjoined, bad a local
coloring, which ia commended to the
younger generation of Oregon, from whose
ranks the future literary workers of this
state must be recruited.
"One step further I would suggest crea
tive work. Why not a school of literature
in Portland as well as in Boston or New
York or Concord? Is the Hudson more
picturetque than our Columbia? Are tbe
Grover Cleveland.
At a recent meeting of Gold Democrat! in
Philadelphia a letter was read from ex
President Cleveland, in which he says:
"1 cannot account for the arrogant confi
dence of the free silver forces, except upon
the theory tbat they are led to believe that
there is very little aggressive force to be
feared from their opponents. If any one
believing with us supposes that free silver
can be prevented Ironi controlling the two
houses of the next congress without effec
tive organization and bard work tbe quicker
be abandons that idea the more useful be
will be as a sound money man.
"I am so earnest in my desire to see our
country blessed with safe money and a suit
able financial system tbat I am of the opin
ion we ought to give patriotio and consist
ent support to any plan wbicb insures this
result, and which has the elements tbat
promise its successful advocacy."
What Happened Tomorrow.
Colfax, Wash., 17. At an early hour
this morning Henry Clark waa thrown from
hia horse over a 40-foot bluff near this city.
He wtt picked up unconscious, with tbe
back of hit skull crushed in and the brain
matter protruding. He died four hours
later. Clark waa a recent arrival here, hav
ing come from Nebraska. He had pur
chase several horses and expected to go
to Klondike overland. He waa breaking a
horse for riding when killed.
Dr. Keefer Goes to Alaska.
Dr. F. R. Keefer, who wat ordered to take
atation at Fort Stevens, has been ordered to
report to tbe commanding officer at Skag-
war, Alaska, and relieve Dr F. M. Kemp,
ho will accompany the exploring expedi
tion to Pyramid harbor. Dr. Q. A. Skinner,
now at Fort Sherman, will take the place of
Dr. Keefer at Fort Stevens.
Prominent Han Dead.
New York, March 18. Allyn Cox, one of
the best-known railroad men in the Jnited
States, long identified with the Vanderbilt
interests,, died today at his office of hemor
rhage, from a violent fit of coughing. He
was 64 years old.
Kx-Senutor Bruce Dead.
Washington, March 17 Hon. Blanche
K Bruce (colored) died today. After Fred
Douglass, Bruce had been regarded as tbe
most conspicuous man of his race.
Washington, March 17. Senator Proctor.
of Vermont, who returned last Sunday front
an extended trio through the t.iarf r
Cuba, this afternoon made a statement to
the senate of his observations on the Island.
I From many mints of view the statement
wat remarkable. It had evidently been
most carefully prepared. Every element of
sensationalism bad been stndiously elim
inated from it, and except so far as tbe facta
recited were sensational, it bore not tbe
tlightest evidence of an effort to arouses
the public mind, already keenly alive to
the condition of affairs on the island.
Calm and dispassionate to a notable de
gree, the utterances of tbe senator aroused
a breathless interest. Every person with
in the sound of his voice waa convinced
tbat he was putting his observations into
careful terms, lest he might subject himself
to the criticism of being emotional.
One of the best characterizations of the
statement waa made by Frye, of Maine, a.
few minutes after its delivery.
"It Is." said be, "Just as If Proctor bad
held op bis right band and sworn to it."
Following are a few extracts from that
addresa:
"There are, or were before the war. about
1,000,000 Cubant on the island. 200.000
Spaniarda (which ineana those born la
Spain), and lest than 600,000 negroes and
mixed bloods. The Cubsn whites are pure)
Spanish blood, and. like tbe Spaniard,
usually of' dark complexion, but often
lighter, to far as I noticed, than the Span
iarda. The percentage of colored to whit
baa been steadily diminished for more than
SO yeart, and ia not now over 25 per cent of
tbe toUI. In fact, the number of colored
people hat been actually diminishing for
nearly that time. The Cuban farmer
and laborer it by nature peaceable, kindly.
gay, hospitable, light-hearted and impro
vident
One thing that wat new to me waa to
learn tbe superiority or tbe well-to-do
Cuban over the Spaniard in the matter of
education. Among those in good circum
stance there can be no doubt tbat the)
Cuban ia far euperior in this respect. And
tbe reason Ia easy to tee. They bave been
educated in England, France or this
country, while tbe Spaniard bas had inch)
education at hit own country furnishes.
Tbe colored people teem to me by natur
quite the equal, mentally and physically, of
the race in this co intry. Certainlv physi
cally they are by far tbe larger and stronger
on tbe island. There it little or no rac
prejudice, and thit has doubtless been
greatly to tbeiradvantage.
"The rear tbat, If free, the people or
Cuba would be revolutionary, it not so well
founded at bas been supposed, and the,
conditions for good self-overnment are far
more favorable. Tbe large number of edu
cated and patriotio men, the great sacrifice
they have endured, the peaceable tempera
ment of tbe people, white or black, tbw
wonderlul prosperity tbat would coma
surely with peace and good home rule, the
large influx of American immigration and
money, would all be strong factors for
stable institutions.
"Torn from their homes, with foul earth,
foul air, foul water and foul food, or none,
what wonder that one-hall bave died, and
one quarter or tbe living are so diseased
that they cannot be saved A form of
dropsy is a result of this condition. Little)
children are still walking about with arms
and chests terribly emanciated, eyes swol
len and abdomens bloated to three timet)
the natural site. The physicians tav these,
cases are hopeless.
"Deaths in the streets have not been nn
common. I was told by one or our consuls
that they have round dead people about tba
markets in the morning where they bad
crawled, hoping to get tome stray bits of
rood from tbe early hucksters, and tbat
there bad been cases where they had
dropped dead inside the market surrounded
by food. These people were independent
and self-tupportlng before Weyler's order.
They are not beggars even now. There are
plenty of professional beggars in every
town, but these country people, the recon-
centrados, bave not learned tbe art. Rarely
is a band held out to you for alms when
going among their huts, but tbe sight of
them makes an appeal stronger than
words."
Will Be Succeeded By a Negro.
Wasuinbton, March 18. It ia said to be
probable that the president will appoint
Jndson C. Lyons, colored, national commit
teeman from Georgia, register at tbe treas
ury to succeed the late B. K. Bruce.,
A daughter of Blanch Kelso Bruce, thai
colored statesman, who died March 17, it a.
residentof Portland. 8he ia the wlfenf
A. D Griffin, editor and publisher of the.
New Age, a paper published In the interest,
or tbe colored race.
Captain or the Wrecking; Tug..
Captain Wiley believes that the Maine)
was destroyed through the agency of an In
ternal explosion. In an interview aboard
the Unitedwriter thia afternoon, Captain
Wiley said:
"Without having bsd oportunity to ex
amine the wrecK below tbe water line, I
would say that tbe Maine was blown up by
an internal explosion. It is the most con
fused mass of distorted metal imaginable.
There is one deck above water which is
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