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VOL. 'X
IIILLSBOllO, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 25." 18.
NO.-U.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome ot the Telegraphic
New of the World.
TEESK TICKS FKOM THE WIUF.S
Aaluterestlng Culleotlou of Hams From
the Two lleiulailieres Presented
In a Cuiidemed Form.
Tweuty-fonr
Tuikish troops
hundred aildiMosal
are uow on their way
to Crete.
It It thought the Turki are preparing
for another massacre. Mouses of
Christians are being marked by the
Turkish soldiers.
Sir Josoph Freatwloh, pmfessor of
geology at Oxford, and the author of
valuable geological works, diud in Lon
don, aged 84.
French officers were grossly insulted
at Canoa by Turkish soldiers. They
were cursed and reviled aud swords
were drawn threatening their lives.
U H. Pendwson, a HHhermHti of Ab
trw, ia missing, and, aa he whs wry
despondent previous to hia disappear
ance, it ia believed that be baa com
mitted suicide.
Notioei have been poatnd at all the
, oollierlea ot the Lehigh & Wilkesbarre
Coal Company, of Pennaylvania, that
work 1 discontinued until further no
tice. Eight thousand mun ai'd buys
are idle. '
Preaident Jordan, of the Stanford
university, has arrived at Seattle to
take oharge of the expedition which ia
to aail on the steamer Albutroaa to in
vestigate the seal fisheries on the
islands of the north, and study the lifo
and, habits of the seals.
. The largest single night's catch of
salmon which has been mado for mauy
years in the Columbia river, waa taken
between midnight and dawn Tuesday
morning. The cauneries were com
pelled to limit the boat to a certain
amount of fish eaoh, aa they were un
able to handle all that was brought in.
Unless significant signs fail, the
squadron of United Status warships,
just now stationed in the harbor of
New York, will be diapatohed soou nn
an Important mission. Those who
should be in a position to know say the
destination will bo the coast of Cuba.
During the last week work on all tho
vessels baa been doubled in response to
ipeolal order received from the sec
retary ot the navy. The nature of this
order oanuot be ascertained,
President Cleveland will take no no
tion as to the Cuban rebellion.
John M. Thurston, of Nobraska, waa
made permanent ohairuian of the Re
publican national convention at St.
Louis,
Adolph Padelford ia dead in Paris.
I lie waa the the husband of Bettina
I Vrard, the aotreas, whom he paid
V"o,000 to drop her name.
The pump house of the North End
Water Works, Taeoina, waa burnod
down, leaving that entire section of
the oity without water for a day.
Sarah Blackburn obtained a vordict
at Oregon City from the Southern Pa
oiflo Railway Company for 13,000 for
the kililug of Mark Blackburn, by a
train at a street crossing.
As a result of the rtceut warm
weather rivers and creeks in Idaho are
booming, and lands in many places
are overflowed. It is estimated that
damago to the amount of $12,000 has
been done to the road between Wallace
and Osborne.
Owing to poor attendance and bad
weather, the Portland baseball olub of
the Paotflo loauge, haa been (Mabanded.
The 8eattle olub followed suit. Ta
coma wil make an effort to hold to
gether. An ettort will be made to
have desultory games throughout the
summer.
John Connors shot Mamie Mulligan
three times in the head, in ChioHgo.
Be then shot bimrelf through the right
temple. He is dead. The girl is not
expeoted to live. The deed was com
mitted beoause the girl would not
marry him. Connors is 45 years old,
and Miss Mulligan is 16.
The British steamer Drummond Cas
tle, Captain N. M. Pierie, from Cape
Town, for London, oolllded with an
unknown ateamer near Brest, Franoe.
She sank in three minutes with 144
- passengers and 108 offloers and orew on
board Two men were pioked up by a
iflshtnsr boat. The fate ot the steamer
with which she collided is not known,
News of a terrible earthquake, In
volvins the loss of over a thousand
lives, haa reached Yokohama from the
island of Yesso, which oontains the
northern provinoes of Japan. The
snbterraneons disturbance laBted abont
twenty hours, and during that period
the utmost terror prevailed. Ground
rumblings are described as resembling
the roar of distant oannon. snook- ioi
lowed shook almost in uninterrupted
suooession. In all it was estimated
that about 160 shooks ooourred. The
whole town of Kumaishi ia destroyed
by a tidal wave, which aooompanied
the earthquake. Many disasters to
hipping are reported from the tidal
wave.
, A Jtequltltlon Provided For.
Washington, Acting Beoretary of
the Interior Sims haa approved and
provided for a reqaisitiun on the treas
uw for the payment of $22,000 to every
state included in the Morrill act of
1890 for the endowment of agricultural
and mechanical oollegea in the United
States. This is to apply for the fiscal
year 1896-97.
Belgrade. A serious conflict has
taken plaoe' between "Servian offloials
. . and Montenegrins ..: at Kursamlida.
Several person " were killed and
wounded on both sides. '
Hull Bo Drought to Trial.
A Cape Town dispatoh says the sec
retary of state for the Transvaal bat
telegraphed the British high commis
sioner there that, having in view the
welfare and peace of South Afrioa, the
Transvaal government is convinced
that the proofs in its possession, which
are at the disposal ot Great Britain,'
now completely justify and compel the
bringing to trial of Cecil Rhodes, Al
fred Beit and Dr. Harris, aHvof the!
British South Afrioa Company, and
oonueoted with the raid into the Trans
vaal. The secretary adds that the
Transvaal secretary is' obliged to press
this step on Great Britain, and also to
urge that all oontrol of the British
Chartered South Afrioa Company be
transferred to Great Britain. .
Tho Justice Was Speedy.
Paul Kamaune, a kanaka, was hang
ed in the prison corridor in Folsom,'
Cal., for the murder ot Mrs. Ellen
Robinson at Latrobe, Eldorado oounty,
on May 6, 180(1. The exeoutlon was
deovid ot sensational incidents, and
waa witnessed by only the few persons
required by law. The murderer died
without a word or a tremor on the
scaffold. He waa pronounced dead
exactly 11 minutes after the fall of the
drop, his neck being broken. It was
the quickest execution on record, the
body being out down just 12 minutes
after the prisoner left his cell.
Few Troops Will be Hovod.
The programme for the annual move-
meut of troops has been definitely ar
ranged at last, and the necessary orders
will go forward at once to department
oommanders. There will be much
diaappointment over the faot that with
the exception of two oorapanies of the
11th infantry, the movements are con
fined to two regiments. It is under
stood that lack of funds is the oauae for
limited changes.
j
Tan Thousand Drowned.
A Yokohama dispatch says: It is
estimated that 10,000 people were
drowned by the tidal wave on the
ialaud of Yesso, in the northern part of
Japan, whloh accompanied a suooession
of frightful earthquakes lasting about
twenty boura. In addition to the town
at Kumaasia, whioh was wholly de
stroyed, many other ooast towns have
been washed away entirely or in part.
The Strike Situation.
. Every cannery on the lower Colum
bia river la in operation, some ot them
taxed to their utmost capacity to
handle the cat oh of fish, and it looks
as if the fishermen's strike is about
over for this year.
Venezuela for Gold, '
Minister Andrada, of Venezuela, has
received advioea from Caracas as to
the final ratification of the constitu
tional amoudinent by whioh Vene
i lela adopts the gold standard.
Fortune's Favorite.
George Delong, who had been plok-
ing strawberries in Benton Harbor,
Mien , has fallen heir to a lortune oi
160,000 by the death of an unole in
the St. Louis tornado.
Five to Be Hanged.
Judge Parker, of the federal court,
ot Fort Smith, Ark., has sentenced
Dennis Davis, George W. Wilson,
Frank Carver, Jesse aud John Notice
to be hanged July 9, for murders com
mitted in the Indian territory. Carver
killed hia mistress, Annie Maledon.
This is the second time he and Davis
have been sentenoed.
Soma Silver Statistics.
Of the silver bullion purohased un
der the aot of July 14, 1800, there are
now on hand 132,998,452 fine ounoes;
the cost of this bullion ia 1119,941,065;
ita ooiuing value f 172,541,414. The
total number of silver dollars coined
from bullion purohased under the aot of
July 14, 1890, to June 1, 1898, was
46,104,051. Upon this ooinage there
was a aeignorage or profit ot $10,-
117.884.
Fattersm Was Kleo'ed.
C. T. Patterson, of Taooma, has been
eleotod commander of the G. A. R. for
the department ot , Washington and
Alaska.
Drowned in the Umatilla.
A young son of A. B. Hogue, of Pen
dleton, while playing on a footlog over
the Umatilla river, loat hia balance
and fell into the rapidly running
stream and was drowned. His body
has not been reoovered.
Burial of the French Family.
The burial of the French family, the
viotims of the reservoir disaster at
Baker City, took place in that oity, the
seven bodies all being interred in one
grave. The funeral was the moat im
pressive, and the bodies were followed
to the oemetery by a procession ot car
riages one mile in length.
Outbreak of Natives.
A new outbreak of the natives of
Matabeland ooourred between Umtali
and Salisbury. At a meeting in that
vicinity June 9, ot a number of ohiefs
under Makoni, all except four agreed
to revolt, and several whites were mur
dered. General Dluiond Is Dead.
General W. M. Dimond, of the Cali
fornia National Guard, died at the
Gilsey house in New York.
Bold-Hp Sear Baker City.
The MoEwen-Canyon City stage was
held up,, six miles from MoEwen, Or.,
by two masked men armed with re
volvers. They relieved one passenger
of $12 and then emptied the mail sacks,
taking all they deemed valuable.
Massacred to a Man.,
The report that the party headed by
the Marquis de Mores, consisting of 85
men, bound for the Soudan to enlist
the Arab ohiefs against the British, has
been massacred to a man, is oonflrmed
The members ot the DeMorea expedition
were killed near Cademas.
GROSS CARELfcSSNESS.
Ban Francisco Bulletins; Collapsed,
Burying Steven Persona.
San Franoisoo, June 24. The three
story building at the corner of Fifth
street and Mint avenue oollapaed at 4
o'clock this afternoon, burying a dozen
persona in the ruins. Two bodies
have been recovered, and it is feared
there are others in the debris. The
list of dead follows:
Mrs. Ernstein Silverstein, of 205
Stevenson street.
John May, laborer.
The injured are:
Patrick McKeown, proprietor of the
Brighton house, severe internal in
jnriea; may die; Richard Bucking, H.
Shepard, Dennis Griffin, Emeile Luen
berger, John Lyons, Simeon Dean,
Miss Sarah Byrne, skull fraotured,
right arm broken, right thigh frao
tured; Mrs Joseph Byrne, Mrs, J. L.
Mahler, Miss Bessie "Wilson, Miss Pearl
Woodward.
To add to the horror, a fire broke out
in the ruins shortly after the aooident,
but it was extinguished before reach
ing any of the victims.
Carelessness of the grossest sort it
responsible for the collapse of the lodging-bouse,
and the loss ot life it caused.
From the statements of several people,
it ia evident that the disaster had been
expeoted. Warnings were given and
unheeded. Contractor P. Gleason him
self, who bad obarge of the construc
tion of the under-paving, or street
work, on which the building was
raised, says he explained to some of the
i workmen several days ago that it they
. oontinued operations along the line in
j which they were working, there was
' sure to be a collapse.
The resources of the receiving hos
pital Were totally inadequate to the
care for the wounded. Nine people
were taken to that institution within
three-quarters of an hour, and while
two were being treated iu the operat
ing room, the remaining seven were
huddled in the outer offloe, where they
' writhed and groaned in agony, until
the doctors were able to attend them.
I Two women gave up the only sofa in
the room to a man whose injuries were
j to painful that he could neither stand
nor sit
INVENTIVE GENIUS.
Woodburn Announces Two Kew Me
chanical Devices.
Woodburn, Or., June 24. Mr. A.
Ohlhoff, a civil engineer of Portland,
has been in Woodburn for the last ten
j specifications of a patent potato-digger,
j originated and gotten up by Peter
Soborbach, of this plaoe. It is a won
derful piece of maohinery, and yet very
simple. It will dig, sort and sack the
potatoes, doing the work of sixty men.
It will require two teams and two men
to operate the maohine. One man will
handle the horses, and the other tie
the aacka. Already agrioulture firms
in the East are beooming interested in
this potato-digger, and one firm has se
cured an option on the patent for the
United States. Mr. Soborbach leaves
today for Portland with hia model,
which is a perfect brasa one, drawings
and papers, where he will have them
upon exhibition for a few days before
forwarding them to the patent offloe at
Washington.
George Cathey, a 12-year-old boy
and a sod of Dr. B. A. Cathey, haa in
vented a devioe for opening, olosing
and locking any gate whioh swings on
a pivot. Mr. Ohlhoff says it ia the
best patent gate he haa ever seen, and
thinks there is a fortune in it for some
body who will push it.
FATAL ACCIDENT.
Locomotive Boiler Exploded, Killing
Seven and Injuring; Others.
Woodville. Tex., June 24. At Don
cette, three miles north of Woodville,
today, the tram engine boiler of the
Nebraska Lumber Company exploded,
killing seven men outright, and seri
ously, if not fatally, injuring three
others. It seems the engineer was just
ready to start for the log camp, when
the explosion took plaoe, some eight or
ten men being in the oab. Some of
the viotims had their heads torn from
their bodies, and were otherwise muti
lated beyond recognition. The . killed
are:
A. I. Douoette, president ot the Ne
braska Lumber Company; Grant Ham
merely, Charles Walforth,
Charles
Smith, William Sargent; a man
known about the mill as "Frenohy,"
but whose right name oould not be as
certained; another unknown man.
The wounded are: Dan A. Harman,
fireman, arms terribly lacerated and
painfully scalded about the face and
neck; D. C. Sullivan, seotion hand,
badly scalded; Dowling, scalded
about the face and neck.
The reports of just how the aooident
happened are somewhat oonflioting.
One reason given is that the engineer
let hia water get low with a hot fire
and then turned on the injeotor.
Two were Killed.
Montpelier.Vt., June 24. In a rear-
end collision on the Central Vermont
rallwav near here this mornintr be-
twaen a cattle train and the Montreal
express, J. Seskinde, ot Chioago, and
Edward Brown, of Janesville. Wis.,
cattlemen, were killed.
A Freeh Massacre Near Van.
London, June 23 A Constantinople
dispatoh to the Chroniole says a fresh
massaore of Armenians is reported to
have ooourred near Van, Sixty
were killed.
Urged to Settle the Venesuela Question
London, June 28. The Daily Newl
(liberal) has an artiole in whioh it
again strongly urges upon the govern
ment a prompt settlement of the Vene
zuela question.
None ot us realize how muoh people
talk about us behind our baoks.
McKinley for President, Ho-
bart for Vice-President.
NOMINATED ON FIRST BALLOT
Thrilling Scenes la the Hall Whea the
Beaulta Were announced -Silver Men
Bolted the Gold Standard Platform.
St. Louis, Mo. Tbt Republican na
tional convention hat nailed its prin
cipals to the masthead and placed in
oommant ot the ship, which is to bear
it to fortune or disaster in November,
ita popular idol, William McKinley, of
Ohio, and Garret A. Hobart, of New
Jeraey. ; i
But there was mutiny aboard, and,
before the lines were cast off, some of
the members of the orew who had
shipped on many a voyage refused to
subscribe to the new shipping artioles
and walked down the gang plank.
Tote by State for Hreildent.
STATES.
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts ...
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire.,
New Jersey
New York
North Carolina..,
North Dakota...,
Ohio
19
17
6
46
46
64!
8
Oregon
Pennsylvania ...
Rhode Island
South Carolina..,
South Dakota...,
Tennessee ,
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia...
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
58
18
18
8 8
24 24
80 21
8
24
Dist. of Columbia.
Alaska
41
Total
922 i
661:84'!
681614,35
Tote by States for Vice-President.
? J 9
STATES. j ' jjf
: t
Alabama j 10 11 1
Arkansas 10 5 1
California 14 3 1
Colorado
Connecticut 12
Delaware 6
Florida 5 3
Georgia 5 21
Idaho .
Illinois .T. 44 4
Indiana 12 16
Iowa 8 6 10
Kansas 20
Kentucky 8 17
Louisiana 8 8
Maine 5 2
Maryland 14 1 1
Massachusetts 14 12 '4
Michigan 2 7
Minnesota 6 12 ......
Mississippi 13 6
Missouri "... 10 23
Montana 1
Nebraska 16
Nevada 3
New Hampshire 8
New Jersey 20
New York 72
North Carolina 1 20W
North Dakota 3 3
Ohio 25 15
Oregon 8
Pennsylvania 64
Rhode Island
South Carolina 3 15
South Dakota 8
Tennessee 24
Texas 11 12
Utah 6 1
Vermont 8
Virginia
Washington 8
West Virginia 12
Wisconsin 3 20
Wyoming 6
Arizona 4 11
New Mexico 6
Oklahoma 4 2 ......
Indian Territory 6
District of Columbia 2
Alaska 4 .
! Totals lm mv, 39
The last day ot the convention was
held in session for ten hours to aooom-
Plisn tne worlt ont out for its' an3 tne
scenes at dinerent times were tragic,
dramatio and inspiring. Fully 15,000
people were in the vast auditorium to
. hiss or oheer by turns.
I The bolt of the silver men from the
West furnished the most dramatio in
oident of the day. Led by Senator
Teller, they had previously deolared
their intention of refusing to aubsoribe
to the gold plank in the platform, but,
after Senator Teller had made his final
appeal to the oonvention not to take
the step whioh would drive him and
hit colleagues out of the ranks of the
. party whioh in the past honored them,
' ni4 tliav had AollaMjul ftn eorvA. thn
oonvention had voted, 818 to 105,
to stand by the gold declaration in the
platform. When Senator Teller made
his declaration, saying: "I must sever
my oonneotion with the politioal party
whioh makes the gold plank one of the
prinoipal artioles of its faith,"
of its faith," he
I paused and swpet his eyes aoross the
hall. The galleries rose witn a yen,
1 and mingled with the yell was a lusi
lade of hisses. There was a pathos in
the senator's voioe, and those nearest
oould deteot a glimmer of tears while
he said there would be heartburnings
and grief in the saorifioe he and his
oolleaeues were to make lor tneir oon
soienoes.
Cheers then oame from the silver
delegates and the gold men were on
their feet from the admiration ot the
man. not of his cause. The hisses
were few this time.
No one who witnessed the scenes will
forget them to his dying day, the pio
tore of Senator Frank Cannon,
cf !
Utah, facing from the platform 10,000
irate, hissing, jeering people, as he
read the valedictory of the silver men.
The very courage displayed by him
won for him. the admiration which
compelled silence. When be bad fin
ished he turned and shook handa with
the chairman and other friends on the
platform.
He then locked arms with Senator
Teller, and the two men left the stand
and moved down between the walla of
yelling delegatea to where the standard
of the Idaho delegation stood. There
th"y were joined by the handsome,
stalwart Dubois, and the three con
tinued their march to the main door,
their followers falling in behind them
as they left the building.
Carter and Mantle of Montana, kept
their seats, signifying their willingness
to abide by the plartfom.
The silver men who bolted imme
diately perfected plans to place Senator
Teller in nomination as an independent
silver candidate for president.
After this sensational incident the
convention turned to the work of
selecting the standard -bearers. It waa
a foregone conclusion that McKinley
would be nominated.
Baldwin, of Council Bluffs, nomi
nated Allison, Senator Lodge nominat
ed Reed, Hastings nominated Quay,
Depew nominated Morton, and For
aker, in a masterly effort which turned
the convention into bedlam, nominated
McKinley.
Save for the tumult that followed
Wolcott'a speech placing Blaine in
nomination four years ago, the demon
stration had no parallel in the nation,
at least in length. The applause
lasted twenty-seven minutes.
Just at the close of the shouting
thousands were ready to sink from
sheer exhaustion. Altogether the scene
was a remarkable one, and testified to
the popularity of the oandidate who
had been placed in the field.
The ballot was then taken and Mo-
Kinley's vote exceeded the expectation
of his frienda, as he received 661)3,
within a vote and a half of 200 more
than a majority, and almost ' three
times aa many as hia five opponents.
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Majur William McK'nlejr.
The nomination was made unanim
ous with enthusiastic speeches from the
representatives of the other candidates.
After the deoision of the Piatt forces
not to present the name of Governor
Morton, the nonimati-o of Hobart, of
New Jersey, for vice-president, beoame
a certainty. The McKinley force was
thrown for him, which was too potent
to overcome, besides, it was the general
sense of the delegates that the situa
tion required the nomination ot an
Eastern man for vice-president The
nominating speeches were brief.
Bulkley, of Connecticut; Lippitt, of
Rhode Island, and General Walker, of
Virginia, were also placed in nomina
tion, but it only required one ballot to
determine the result. Hobart received
530 '-j' votes, 90 more than a majority.
Evans, his nearest competitor, received
280ig. There were scattering votes for
Reed, Thurston, Grant, Depew, Morton
and Brown.
PLATFORM ADOPTED.
Protective Tariff, Reciprocity and the
Gold Standard.
The platform adopted by the national
Republioan convention is as follows:
'The republicans of the United States,
assembled by their representatives In na
tional convention, appealing for the popu
lar and historic justification of their claims
to the matchless achievements of 30 years
of republican rule, earnestly and confi
dently address themselves to the awak
ened Intelligence, experience and con
science of their countrymen, in the follow
ing declaration 01 taats ana principles;
"For the first time since the civil war,
the American people have witnessed the
calamitous consequences of full and unre
stricted democratic control ot tne govern
ment. It has been a record of unparal
leled incapacity, dishonor and disaster.
"in aaralnistrative management, It has
ruthlessly sacrificed Indispensable revenue,
entailed an unceasing deficit, eked out or
dinary current expenses with borrowed
money, plied up tne pumic dent Dy wi,
000,000 in .time of peace, forced an adverse
balance of trade, kept a perpetual menace
hanging over the redemption fund, pawned
American credit to alien syndicates, and
reversed all the measures and results of
successful republican rule.
"In the broad effect of Its policy, It has
precipitated panic, blighted industry and
trade wun prolonged aepression, ciosea
factories, reduced work and wages, halted
enterprise and crippled American produc
tion while stimulating foreign production
for the American market. Every consider
ation of public safety and individual In
terest demands that the government shall
be rescued from the hands 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
panty which for 30 years administered it
with unequaled success and prosperity, and
in this connection we heartily Indorse the
wisdom, patriotism and success of the
administration of President Harrison.
"We renew and emphasize our allegiance
to the policy of protection as the bulwark
of American Industrial Independence and
the foundation of American development
and prosperity. This true American policy
taxes foreign products, encourages home
Industry, and puts the burden of revenue on
foreign goods; it secures-.the American mar
ket for the American producer; it upholds
the American standard of wages for the
American workingman; It puts the factory
by the side 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
strength of each. In its reasonable appli
cation it is Just, fair and impartial; equal
ly opposed to foreign control and domestic
monopoly; to sectional discrimination and
individual favoritism.
"We denounce the present demooratlc
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 fot
the necessary expenses of the government,
but protect American labor from depreda
tion the wage level of other lands.
"We are not pledged to any particular
schedules. The question of rates is a
praotlcal question, te be governed by the
conditions of the time and of production)
Is" the vrorc-tion ana deveiupmentwot
American, labor and industry. Xhe courur'y
demamU a right settlement and then If
wants rest. t
"We believe the repeal of the reciprocity
arrangements negotiated by the las re
publican administration was a national
disgrace, and we demand their renewal
and extension on such terms as will equal
ize our trade with other nations, remove
tne restrictions which now obstruct the
ale ot American products In the ports of
other countries, and secure enlarged mar
kets tor the products of our farms, forests
and factoi.eB.
Protection and reciprocity are the twin
measures of republican policy, and go
hand In hand. Democratic rule has reck
lessly struc k down both, and bo'h must be
re-established. Protection. fni h.
produce; free admissions for the necessanei
01 life which we do not project; recip
rocal agreements of mutual tnterem.
which gain open markets In reusrn fur our
open markets to others. Protection bulMj
uu uoniesuo inuustry ana trade and na.
cures our own market for ourselves; re
ciprocity builds up foreign trade and finds
an outlet fur our surplus.
we conaemn tne present administra
tion for not keeping faith with the sugar
pioducers of this country. The republican
party favors such protection as will lead
10 tne production on American soil, of all
the sugar Whi:h the American nennU una
and for which they Day other countries
more than tl00.000.uuO annually.
"To all of our products to those of the
mine and field, as well as those of the
sheep and the factory to hemp, to wool,
the product of the great Industry of sheep
husbandry, as well as to the finished wool
ens of the mill, we promise the 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 the
foreign-carrying trade, so American ships,
the product of American labor, employed
In American shipyards, sailing under the
Stars and Stripts, and manned, officered,
and owned by Americans, may regain the
carrying of our foreign commerce.
"The republican party Is unreservedly
for sound money. It caused the enact
ment of the law providing for the re
sumption of specie payments In 1879; since
then every dollar has been as good as
gold; we are unalterably oppased to 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
agreement, with the leading 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 sliver and paper currency must
be maintained at parity with gold, and we
favor all measures designed to maintain.
Inviolably, the obligations of the United
States, and all our money, whether coin
or paper, at tne present standard, the
'""'"' i ie must cnugntenea cations
or the earth.
"The veterans of the Union armies de
serve ana snoma receive kind treatment
ana generous recognition. Whenever
ii.uiitauie uiey snouia De given the pref
erence in the matter of tmployement, and
they are entitled to the enactment of such
.s.,a are bedt calculated to secure the
fulfillment of the pledgfs made to them
in the dark days of the country's peril.
We denounce the practice In the pension
bureau, bo recklessly and unlustlv carried
on by the present administration, of re
ducing pensions and arbitrarily droppln
names from the rolls, as deserving the
severest condemnation of the American
our roreign policy should be at all
times, firm, vigorous and dignified, and
an our interests In the wtstern hemlsphfre
carefully 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 States
and by the purchase of the Danish Islands
"ld secure the proper and much-
eiaiion in .tne west Indies.
tne massacres In . Armenia have
"I"" me ueep sympatny and just in.
aignation of the American people, and we
believe the I'nltpd Krutpe .hi, av. n
the Influence It can properly exert to bring
V . c3 ,u n e"'J' n lurkey
American residents have been exposed to
. r S,,'sc,a "a American proper
ty destroyed. There, as everywhere. Amer
ican citzena and American property must
at any cost prote!ted at aU hazards and
"We reassert the Monroe doctrine In Its
fullest extent, and we reaffirm the right
of the United States to give the doctrine
effect, by responding to the appeals of any
American state for friendly Intervention
in case of Eurorjean encrnaphmont
"We have not interfered and shall not ln-
ij.inc mm me existing possessions of anjt
European nower in thla hemisphere, buf
those possessions must not. on ,nv nrtoi
be extended. We hopefully look forward 4
the evenlual withdrawal of the Europeail
powers from this hemisphere and to the
ultimate union of all the English-speaking
parts of the continent by the free consent
of its inhabitants.
"From -the hour nf nphiAvinr .hot.
Independence, the people of the United
States, have regarded with svmnathv the
struggles or our Amnnn r(.n,,io m
free '
themselves from European domination.
watcn witn deep and abiding Interest the
heroic battle of the Cuban patriots against
cruelty and oppression, and our best hopes
go out for the full success of their deter
mined contest for liberty.
iut Kuvernroent or spam, having lost
control of Cuba, and being unable to pro
tect the property or lives of resident
American citizens, or to comply with its
treaty obligations, 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 republlo
and ithe maintenance of Its rightful influ
ence among the nations of the earth, de
mand a naval power commensurate with
its position and responsibility. We, there
fore, favor the continued enlargement of
the navy and a complete sysitem of harbor
and seacoast defenses.
"For the protection of the quality of our
American citizenship and the wages of
our workingmen against the fatal competi
tion of low-priced labor, we demand ithat
tne immigration laws be thoroughly en
forced and so extended as to exclude from
entrance to the United States those who
can neither read nor write.
"tne civil service law was placed on the
statute books by the republican rjartv.
which has always sustained It, and we re
new our repeated declarations that It shall
be thoroughly and honestly enforced and
extended wherever practicable.
"We demand that every citizen of the
United States Bhall be allowed to cast
one free and unrestricted ballot, and that
such ballot be counted and returned as
cast.
"We proclaim our unqualified condemna
tion of the uncivilized 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 employes 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- 1
gress ot the satisfactory free-homestead
measure, which has already passed the
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. All
the federal officers appointed for the terri
tories should be selected from bona fide
residents thereof, and the right of self
government should be accorded as far aa
practicable.
"We believe the citizens of Alaska
should have representation in the con
gress of the United States, to the end that
needful legislation may be 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 spheres of usefulness, and welcome
their co-operation in rescuing the country
from dmocrntlo and populist mismanage
ment and misrule.
"Such are the principles and policies of
tne repuDiican party.
"By these principles we will abide, and
these policies we will put Into execution.
We ask for them the considerate Judg
ment of the American people. Confident
alike In the history of our great party,'
and in the Justice of our cause, we present
our platform and. our candidates In the
tun assurance tnat the election will bring
tun assurance mat tne election win bring
victory to the republican party and- pros-
parity to the people of ths United gutta,"
NORTHWEST BREVITIES
Evidence of Steady Growth
-and Enterprise.
ITEJLS OF GENERAL INTEEEST
from AU the Cities and Towns of tna
Thriving Bister State
"r Oregon.
Pendleton is to have ita ordinancei
codified in book form.
A nugget weighing f 28 was recently
found in the left fork of tialice creek.
The Q. A. K. Eastern Oregon vet
erans will hold a reunion at Union,
July 2, 8 and 4.
The express company at The Dalles
has shipped up to date 13,975 pounds
ot strawberries to Montana and Port
land. The Albany creamery had to return
an 8,000-pound order for butter, al
ready having orders amounting to 21,
000 pounds ahead, all it can till in the
time desried.
A gentleman in Independence, has a
French rapier in his possession that
was used by his grandfather in the
Revolutionary war. He also has an
old razor that bears the date mark of
1778.
The directors of the Uarnd Ronde
Valley Agricultural Sooiety have pre
pared a speed programme for the fall
meeting, which beigna on Monday,
September 28. The purses range from
$75 to $150.
A large amount of wool is being
moved to market, says the Prineville .
paper. It has been a backward spring
about shearing, and many thousand
pounds of wool were lost on account ot
there being no grease in the wool.
The Prineville Review learns from
reliable authority that there will be
250.000 yearling ewes bought in East
ern Oregon this summer and driven
East, to be used for breeding purposes.
Crook county will furnish a large share
of them. .
Since the waters of the John Day
have receded it is found that the dam
age to the Canyon creek oounty road
by reason ot wash-outs is incalculable.
Muoh work and plenty of dynamite
will be required to make the grade
passable.
All the property of the defunot As
toria & Portland Railroad Company
was last week sold by sheriff Hare in
Astoria to satisfy executions amounting
to about $164,000. The property waa
purchased by a representative of Ed
ward Ehrman, a judgment creditor, for
$30,000, and is supposed to be in the
interest of the Astoria & Columbia
River railroad.
The law of Oregon provides when
100 oitizens of a oounty petition the
oounty oourt to have the question as to
whether or not hogs shall run at large
voted on, the court shall order the
clerk to place the same upon the bal
lots at the next regular election. Such
.petition was prepared, circulated and
in Union oounty. The result
very large majority of the
oounty desire hogs shall
Work on thefi
L craft
at Stolla ia porgressing
The Pleasant Valley, Wha,
ty, sonool building burned last v.
One hundred trainloads of grai:
have been ground to flour at Spokane
since last September.
The Whatoom Zouaves are happy in
the reoeipt of twenty-five stands of
arms from the adjutant-general.
The Tacoma Morning Union has been
awarded the oontract for doing the oity
printing of Taooma during the coming
year.
Owing to the refusal of the Northern
Paoifio Railroad Company to pay ita
road tax in Chehalis oounty, many of
the road districts will be short one
third of the money expected.,
Federal surveyors are at work ascer
taining the exaot boundaries of the
govenrment reserves at Points Wilson
and Marrowstone, and Admiralty
Head, where the fortifications are to be
built by the war department.
J. P. Carson and Eugene Franoe, re
ceivers ot the Aberdeen bank, have
paid off all of the bank's indebtedness,
exoept about $2,000, and expeot to
have that paid off and the affairs
finally settled by the last of the month.
Klickitat oounty was made a part of
the judicial district comprising the
oounties of Clark, Skamania and Cow
J ltiz, by the last legislature, but sev
eral of the Klickitat people think the
law is unconstitutional, and will take
a test case to the supreme oourt and
have it deeded before election day.
It is now praotioally certain that the
proposed reincorporation of the oity ot .
Port Townsend, whioh is to be submit
J ted to the voters at a special election
. called for that purpose on June 29, will
I be favorably considered, and that the
' plaoe will thereafter be known as a
oity of the third class, incorporated
I under the general laws ot the state of
Washington.
j Judge Hanford has denied the ap
plication of oertain of the Indians liv
ing on the Yakima reservation, - who
I asked for the injunction to prevent the
I agent on the reservation from expend
ing $20,000 for the construction of an
irrigation oanal.
Treasurer Lewis, of Chehalis ooun
ty, has issued a call for general fund
oounty warrants, Nos. 173 to 1827,
amounting to $8,670.24, of whioh $2,-
275.71 1s interest, eaoh dollar of the
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