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4 OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JULY 29, 189b Oregon City Enterprise. Published Every Friday. L L. PORTER, Paoraiiroa. SUBSCRIPTION RATKR, On year 12 00 Hix month... ... 1 00 lnl lubscription, two months 23 A discount ol SO cents on til subscriptions lor one year, 23 cents for nx mouths, It lam in advance. t Advertising rates given on application. Riihsorihers will find the date of expire lion stamped on their papers following their name. If this date la not changed within two weeki after pavment, kindly notify os and wa will look after it. Entered at tta poatoltice in Oregon City, Or., as aecond class matter. 4QKNT3 FOR THK RNTKRPRI8E. Beaver Creek Dr. T. B.Thomu t'anby tieo. Knittht Clackamas A. Mather Xilwankie Oscar Wiaainger Union Milla O. J. Trnllinger Meadow Brook Chas. Holman New Kra W. S. Newberry Wilsonville Henry Miley Parkplace F. L, Russell Stafford J.Q. Uage Mutino C. T. Howard Cains K. M. Cooper Molalla Annte btubba laanniam E. M. Hartnian Butteville B. Jennings Aurora Henry A. Snyder Orville U J- rerdtie Eile Greek H. Wilbern Damascus J. C. Klliott Handy F. Go-tsch Currineville Oeo. J. Currin Cherrvville Mrs. M.J. Hammer .Marmot Adnlph Ascboti MOKTAI.1TY IN OHKAT II ATT I K The following table, (or which we are Indebted to the Springfield Republican, gives some Interesting comparisons of the casualties In several Important bat tles: IVr rent. Total ot W'd foiee Ion 1,011 W..VK) 10.3 7.S22 Nt.000 Jtl I) tMM M,tivi u 0,028 IKI.OOO 10 9 CaTThe way to bulld'up Oregon City I U fire Oregon lit; People joor l'atrwiarf. Dewbv ia proving himself a diplomat as well as a fighter. Total Iota K'ld Bull Run..,. J.UM m Shiloh .... XS.ST3 1. 7.15 Aiitietam.. . 12.4KI 2,010 Kred'rlcksb'g 12 XVI 1 ISO llettysburg... 23,11 2,U 13,700 (SO.OOO 28 9 Wildnerness 23.737 .N7 21.401 UO.nOO 20.0 Santiago t,M 211 1.2S.1 Hi.oOO 0.9 These casualties relate only to the Federal army. They do not correspond entirely with those given by other au thorities, but are probably near enough to serve for comparison. It will bo a surprise to note that the battle of San tiago was nearly aa bloody aa Dull Hun, in proportion to the total force, and more than half aa fatal in the actual number of killed, wounded and missing. On the other hand, the loss at Gettysburg was about three times as great aa that at Santiago, but this represented the con sequences of thiee day's lighting. The loss at Shiloh was the result of two day's fighting, as was also that of the Wilder ness. Spanish pride is a study. When it comes to talk ot peace it cannot be con sidered, because the army has not had a fair chance, and Spanish pride woiilJ never allow a surrender until the army had such a show. But Spanish pride did not prevent Torel from begging tor every concession at the surrender of Santiago, nor will it when the treaty of peace is considered. Tat Oregon in the battle at Santiago . fired a patriotic number of shots, 1776. Watson was the man that lashed Fsrragat to the rigging in Mobile bay. Tut army at Santiago took more pris oners than than there were men In service. Tun United States are after the revenue, as they should be, and will estab lish a custom house at once at Santiago, and get revenue on the same terms and conditions as any city on the American coast. This will be the only Cuban port open to the commerce of the world. Fabtus interested in the fishing in dustry at Astoria are already moving in the umtWr of getting the legislature to assist in artificial propagation of salmon, as well as passing laws for the protec tion of the fish. These are matters well worth the serious consideration of that body. Tubbs Are many evidences that China Las thrown to the winds her conserva tism and will embark in modern im provements on a lavish scale. Not only Are railroad concessions being made for several lines, but the right to operate im mense iron and coal mines in Shan-si. The Pacific in a very short time will be the scene of great trade and industrial development. With a base at Honolulu and Manila, America will stand a good chance of getting her share of the great trade that China will soon open to the Industrial world. Tustock in trade of the populist lead' era and press is to tiy and array one class againBt another, create dissatisfaction, and overturn the present order of things. As fast aa one fallacy is exploded they bring np another. Silver has been laid iide, so has the greenback craze. Tbey have dropped the mob rule proposition and that the salaries of county officers should be lower. They are now crying for the referendum, simply because they think the people can be foo'ed tba tbey, the people, are "politically ignorant," Always something new, something to latter the people with, so that they will Va decei ed into believing a great bene- Mi is to be obtained. Paternalism is Mother strong point to flatter tbe weak -with. When everything else fails tbey fall back on the proposition that they i array oae class against another, and carry their poiaU by prejudice rather djau education. Tke Hand of Fate. There are certain progressive, or rath er cumulative, tendencies in history, for which we can find no other name than fatality. The movement may be delay ed or for a time even reversed. We do not always recognize the inevitable cer tainty toward a goal, a contemporary critics. It is only in the retrospect where all the relations of facts in the past as well as the present become clear ly outlined that this melancholy stomp shows its deep brand aa if burned in with fire. The downfall of nations al ways offers material for reflection of this kind. Individuals pay the penalty according to measure of long continued blunders and vices. With peoples and governments even more than with indi viduals The mills of the gods grind slowly. But tbej grind exceedingly Una, and conclusions are ultimately reached, pitiless as the climax of a Greek trage dy, where the idea of doom or fate scarcely wears a mask. The decadence of Spain impresses us in this fashion with such vividuess that detestation of the deeds and characteristics which have accelerated the ruin lucks bitter ness to lessen pity for its completeness. Only tbreo centuries ago Spain wa practically tho dictator of Europe, the most powerful peoplo in tho world, iuto whose lap the gold and silver of a new world poured in a ceaseless stream aud against whom otlier nations found it necessary to combine for safety as against a public enemy. The elements which caused Spanish decay began to do their fatal work even when the power which was welded under the great Charles V was at its height Religions bigotry, which crushed all thought and mado education a farce; political intol erance, which disdained the rights of other nations as a matter of principle and even made oppression a virtue; commercial blindness, which saw profit alone in aa iron restriction of trade ; I haughtiness of caste, which looked on the masses as merely serviceable tools; pride so petrified as to revolt against any instruction from tho contemporary progress of other peoples all these evil factors have been dominant in Spanish life for three centuries aud still show their enfeebled but convulsive energies. Spain has learned nothing, forgotten nothing. The whole world has been moving on. She has limped backward. She has lost successively her great colo nial possessions and become the mere shell of a nation. Fate has chosen the newest of the great powers to deal tho final coup, the stroke of the matador. Unwillingly as the United States be came the instrument of destiny it may be a compensating thought that it is in the pulverization of Spanish power and its present conditions that a new life may find its birth, as French life found its renewal from the debris of the revo lution of 1789. Decay and death pre cede regeneration in political as in nat ural life. Napoleon at St Helena said that the heart of a statesman should be in the fore part of hisskolL This reminds one of the latest utterance credited to Bis marck, that state policy which allowed sentiment or sympathy to have a part in it was generally guided by fools or j IIiiwhII. With the settlement of tho Hawaiian question renewed nttontlou is filed ou tho advantages which this beautiful group of island, one of tho world's paradises, will giro us. Its value as a half way house between America and the oust invests tho now possession with a onmnmiidiiig Interest Tho stimulus In jected into tho desire, for annexation by war condition greatly quickened the result. It became the easier to see how big u factor it would become, whether in tlio service of peace or war, to strengthen our hands in kneading tho future. But putting aside consideration of tho llHwniiuu Isliuids nsa fulcrum for other ends it seems eminently worth while to have acquired thorn for them Helves alone. The bureau of statistics, lu a recent publication, has given full information about our latest territory. According to these tig ores, Hawaii import uourly ev erythiug she uses with tho exception ot sugar, rico, colToo ami fruits, aud the United States now supplies her with 76 per cent of these ueids. Hereafter ws shall probably furnish tho islands with at least 95 per cent of their imports. On tho other hand, we have taken from them practically all tho output of their labor, except such as is consumed at home. It is a littlo interesting to noto that the productions of tho islands are articles for which tho United States has seut money away from its own limits, things of primary and constant demand. Tho acquisition of Hawaii still further 6treugtheusoiir independence of tho rest of the world as a homo producer ot the things we need aud feeds our sonroes of export to supply tho demands of the rest of tho world. Tho salubrity of tho cli mate and tho boundless fertility of tho soil make it indisputable that ten years of American management aud energy will quintuple its productive power, oth er things being equul. The yearly jumps for the last half decado have been quite wonderful, but In the future we may look for them to bo exploited in "seven leuguo boots." Many other things will no doubt be introduced to diversify the agriculture such as ten, indigo, cacao and vanilla (tho last named Indeed are indigenous). There is scarcely anything grown in the Philippines which may not be successfully raised in Hawaii. The most perplexing question will be the labor problem. This can be most easily solved by nsing the Chinese and Japanese. But that means a further en tanglement ot the question, which has already so greatly perplexed the Pacifio coast rxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxt THE N OF THE WEEK Friday July 22. The powers ol Kurope will not Inter fere with atson a squadron going to tho coast of Spain. General Miles on the Yale with 300O troops sailed for Port Itico. Several other expeditions from Tampa, Newport News and Now York will loin Miller at once. Porlo Rico once captured bo released. will never Sampson will give all necesaury assist ance with the nary to Miller. The second expedition to Manila ar rived July 10. Four deaths occured en route. The situation is unchanged at Manila but an advance la now Intended and may be made More the arrival of lion. Merrtt which 1 exacted in ton days. Aguinatdo has formal a cabinet. In a naval engagement at Mamanllla five Spanish gunboats were destroyed ss well as three transports, when the American fleet withdrew without loss. where and when wo plouso, regardless of otlier nations. Camp Merritl is to be abandoned and the troops quartered at the Presidio. Watson's fleet is being fitted with all haste possible (or a descent on tho coast of Spain. Gen. Campos admitted that there will be nothing but defeat for the Spanish In tho West Indies. Practical Points of Amity. The friendship of Great Britain, which has shown its warmth so unmis takably in sentiment during the last three months, is also evident in more practical stage In no direction have clashing interests sounded their dis cords more frequently than in our rela tions with the Canadian Dominion. Scarcely a year has passed without more or less wrangling to annoy if not to alarm the authorities at Washington, Westminster and Ottawa. Full provision bus now been made for the final settle ment of the questious at issue between the United Stutes and her northern neighbor in tho form of a joint commis sion. All matters of dispute which havo arisen during tho lust 80 years down to date, including the Alaska boundary, the sealing problem, the Atlautiu fish eries, reciprocity and hostile tariffs, general trado interests and Klondike regulations, will be treated with a view to permanent arrangement. Tho coin mission, vfctb earlier sittings at Quebec, will probubly llulsn their work at Washington. Still more interesting, however, is the organization of an Anglo-American committee of 600 members to work for and cement Anglo-Saxon friendship. Mado np entirely of British member ship, it includes the most eminent and influential men of tho laud, representing all parties, all ranks of social life, all professions, all religious. Its roll is blazoned with the names of tbo most illustrious as well as tho less known personalities, and it constitutes the most powerful corporate agent of pub lio opinion ever created in the country. The classes and the masses are behind it This amazing outburst betokens not only the belief that old irritating sores are forever healed, but it points to a profound sympathy and unity of feel ing, tusking future sores, if not impos sible, at the worst only childish trifles, which need only to be kissed to bo cured. , It has been suggested with pertinence by a great New York newspaper as a lesson of the Bourgogue disaster that there should be a compulsory boat drill at least twice on every voyage of an ocean passenger liner. The dexterity and discipline which come of practice might easily become of inestimable value. We believe tbat this was at one time the frabit of the Cunard lino, if it is not today. It ought to be carried out in every ship which undertakes the re sponsibility of crowded human lifa All territory occupied by American troops can be reached by U. 8. mails, by arrangements of the department Cubans will not be allowed to take part in tbe government of the uonquered territory. Saturday, July 2.1. The Insurgents and Americana at Manila are rapidly investing tbe city. lies on the Twenty thousand of the volnnleers, who go on the l'orto Rleo expedition are to he supplied with tho Krag-Jorgonson rltle, llis same aa are In use hy Die regu lar army. Admiral Camara's lleet arrived at Cartogona, ami waislilpa of other nations are gathering losee the light when Wat son arrives with tin American lleet. Three deaths and M men sick today with the yellow fever at Santiago, Unit oil States minister While, at Iter llu says there baa been no question be tween our country and Germany lure gard to the Philippines, and that tho German government la friendly. The Reach hotel, at Galveston, Texas, one of the largest summer resorts lu tbo south burned yesterday, toss L'.V),tXH). American steamship companies will contest tho contract made with the Span lah companies to transMrt tho Spanish pi Is mors, on tbe ground that s per cent of the money paid said coinpanlea will go to tho Spanish government, thus pro viding a nation with which wo are at war with funds lo prosecute the war, Chinese, in certain sections of China are tnohhlng foreign missionaries. Cuba for insulting Gen, Slmflor In said to bo on board, she was flying a yollow fovor flag. There are five iTunilred new cases of fovor at Santiago and one death, Oobsna are starving at Ceinfiingos and havo mndo an appeal for help lo Sainp-son. The port of Nipe, which north coast of Cuba, opposite Santiago, jxzxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxr; It is rumored among the intimate frienda of Llliuokalani, former queen of the Hawaiian Islands, that when she reaches Honolulu shr will Issue a state ment or manifesto to the eoplo. A soon as she lias informed her people of the result of her mission she will pub licly protest against the transfer of the Islands, and will present her claim for the ciown lands confiscated by the re public, which consist of nearly 1,000,000 acres, and which yield an Income of over $100,000. 8lie will also present her claim for between PXJ.OOO and 100,OUO collecting rentals by the republic. Prom Wednesday, July. 27. Spain sues for peace dliect lu Presi dent McKlnlet, through tho French ministers. latest ad vices show tlmt wo lost over IIOO men In tho listtlo of Sautlngn. It Is said that ex-qneen l.llliiokalnl Is suffering Irom mi Incurable cancer, and Is going homo to dio. The Spaniards attacked a landing f trcoof Americans, Tuesday, at Gtuuilea, Island of l'orto Rico. Forty Spanish were killed. We lost no men, Tales of great hardship are brought down hy Morning prosiectors from CopKir river. A Madrid dispatch to tho I o idon Mall says tho F.tiroean powers have decided that tho United Kutoa must not control tho Philippines, and that they must remain under Spanish ruin. Thu source) of this dispatch leaves It oni Id doubt. Charles P, Ilrant, of Vancouver. Wash., was murdnrrd In HI. lula lay, by three unidentified men. Polio have no clue. Ilrant has relatives at Vancouver. pair) Con;cs to Arjtl Her Kr)Q, Sues For Pacc Tho Spanish prisoners at Portsmouth, N. II, are qnite happy over their kind treatment and tight waistbands, as they knaves. Bismarck was never a fool nor j had been told before capture that tbey a knave in any political transaction. Washington, July 2G. Tito Spanish government has sued for peace, not indirectly, through tho groat powers of Europe, but by direct appeal to President McKinley. Tho proposition was formally submitted to tho presi dent today by tho French ambassador, M. Jules Cam- bon, who ha3 been deputized to present tho tender of peace formulated by tho Spanish cabinet. i 1 no proposition submitted hy bpain does not co into 3 J details as to tho proposed peace, and tho disposition of 13 A Cuba, the Philippines and l'orto Rico: neither did rl j they ask for an annistic pending negotiations. It jj 'J seems to have been a general request that tho govern- a U ment of tho United States consent to negotiations for A to ieace 3 l i 'M was taken and a Spanish gunboat de stroyed. This is Important as a base to act from. General Garciu's pride is hurt, for not being allowed to take part at the sur render of Santiago, and tenders bis resignation. Miles arrived at Mole St. Nicholas on his way to Porto Rico with 3000 troops. It is announced that Watson will only attack Camara's fleet and not the sea ports of Spain. would all be put to death by the Ameri can savacaa. Perhans some of tbe leno- It is a curious fact that extreme bold-' fellows believe that the unaccus ness results differently in thinkers and amnlitude of feedina only moans in men of affairs. Audadry in thought fattor tenderer "long pig, as the 8(,ainHt Commodore Watson's expedi is seldom forgiven. Audacity in action ! cannibal south sea islanders dnbth.ir:.! in i,- r B-.i- . -n sawayiu. favorite ariU. .iw tt . iu .ui, oDtn i v mm i m ji v tt aa i rjabvVB uywiu The blockade at Manila Is strictly maintained and no mail is allowed ex cept under supervision. The third batallion of Washington troops stationed at Vancouver left for Kan Francisco today, Tioops from Tacoma will take their place. The recruits U fill the 2nd Oregon regiment have been in San Francisco for some time awaiting the government, which ssyet has not furnished arms or clothing or transportation so as to join their regiment. Olio battery has been mustered in and are awaiting transpor tation, and the other is waiting on the mustering officer. Sunday, July 24. Tho garrison at Guantanaimo surren dered today. There are six thousand soldiers at that place. Hobson's plan to save the Spanish battleship CiPtobal Colon wld be adopted by the navy department. He proposes to raise her by air bags. Five transports left Tampa for Porlo Rico, yesterday, laden with troops. Hon. Nelson Dingley expresses the opinion that no foreign government will interfere with our occupation of the Philippine islands. He also says the talk of Euroiwan nations protesting inent American lawyers, it Is aald, have been engage J to handle the case against (be b niled States government. , , . . ... uue Hundred ana thirteen miners from Klondike arrived down on the steamer Uarrone. It is eetimaied they brought (.VJO.OOO in gold. Papa Loiter has l-orrowed 12,000,000 and expects to borrow several millions more, to square the losses of his boy Joe in his wheat Sicalatlons. The Oregon recruits will sail for the Philippines on August 3. It is now said that the mouth of the Columbia is mined with 125 toredoa. Salem will furnish about 28 men for Battery A. A large run of talmon Columbia. has entered the Fourteen carloads of canned salmon left Astoria Monday for Now Yoik, Tuesday, July 20. The ship Koiiilworili.isugar-ladea from the Sandwich Islands bound for New York, burned at sea. The captain, first officer and cabin boy lost their lives. The Iowa llrod on the Austrlun Cruiser Maria Theresa because her flag resem bled the Spanish. Spanish prisoners at Portsmouth cheered the U. 8. gunboat Frolic as she passed, an evidence of their good treat ment. The government is dealing out rail road concessions at a lively rate In China, as well as some important inin- tig concessions Pesths from yew fovnr average fifteen a day at (lautauumo, Cuba. Thursday, Julo 2S, Tho cabinet will delilteratn, and reply Friday to Spain's pro.al for Peace ne goliationa. The news of the annexation of If, wall reached Honolulu on the Kith Inst. Tho eople celebrated the event with great enthusiasm. The talk of peace will not atop the) prosivullon of the present plana of tho war department. The Hawaiian National Guard will at once be mustered Into the United States service- Overall hundred new cases of yellow fever, and six deaths, reported at Santi ago today. For Young Mm and Tanas; rTumeo. 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