The Hillsboro argus. (Hillsboro, Or.) 1895-current, May 25, 1899, Image 1

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aorvlvlng comrade of lait year will thla year bav Joined that rest army of patriot, wh.
bravery thl, country la proud and ardent to honor. The mother of some worthy son of ona
of theaa eblvalroua aoula who gav bl, Ufa righteously, h believed, for th Southland, will
elasp hand and mingle teare with tit widow of aom strict, hardy old New-Kngtaudvr, to
Whom liberty waa dear wherever It waa deserved. In a common caua each felt
The tnemortea of th, dead aoldlvrs of th war of 1M411 0 hav com to be a aulemn, aaered
Influence thoa of any later dead will be mor vivid, mor poignant. Alike, they Bleep,
however, honored, regretted, myrtle-crowned. Every fond flower atrewn, whll bedewed with
the tear of Borrow, amllea up Into th face of th giver a benlaon. Ileneatb th aud I on
who helped to atrik th (hackle from groaning alavery and peraecutlonl
Half a algh, half a cheer, the eoft, huinld Cuban brwae waft westward th prayer and
th pralie of nnuanal devotee at place wher aom of our brv boy felt To the, aur
new neighbor, aa each Decoration IHy cornea around, although ther apieara to thra the
merest ahadow of Ita general celebration In thla country, th holy aenttmeot of aympathy
cannot fall to exist and find txpreaalon.
Ther I an object leaaon for th rialng youth In th doubt premutation of till Decora
tion Day; th garlanded grav of th Union aoldler and th garlanded grav of th hero of
the Spanish war. W ar not a nation of warrior, but w are patriot,, teadfaat and true,
and a, from th grand old atock of th day, of Washington ther descended th brav, Im
pel uoua wplrlt of '61, ao thea noble aoula aeeni to bar left to their children and grandchildren
the ,park dWIn of court,, and devotion, that reiponda magically quick to th caU of dUtreaa
and th clarion-oof of liberty th world ovr.
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MEMORIAL DAY.
TREAD anftlyt A hero
la aleeplng Mow,
Kneel duwoere beald, him,
H oerer wtll know.
Which Bag did be B,ht furl
'What reeka It ttt.lar?
sThay ar ateeplni lo,ibr,
Tb Hlut aud to bray,
iry pap, oft tell, ai
when ft falla the itew.
Of "Huiui'tMdy'a Darling,"
A hem la Ulu,
Who laid down hla life
-On the red ald of Mara
For tli .like of th "old Hag,"
1 All atuUJtd with aura.
And down wher th rypren
' HeAda low o'er th, war,
Whrre the mnaa from lh lit, oak
Haugt gh(ily and gray,
jt. .
Who kaowa hot at twilight
Home atory la told
Of a. (ohllcr who died
for the "Lout Cauae" of old!
. They were brother!, ttii-a twoi
In mem'ry to-day.
We can avo tbem again,
The nine and the Orny.
; Bidt- ty aide now they aleep
Uenealh th, green ad,
The pride of two aruile.
Both taken by Uud.
Bring ont the wltd bloaaoma,
The darllnga of May,
. Th buildliiK June rnai-,
t'ur lllu, and for Oray.
IMIe high tb' white lllli',
O'er enrh hero'a hreaat:
Lear God and Hla aniH
Iq watch o'er their nau
I Wbicb Shall Enlist?
t I
6 6 'lWftTEI't K''' l'yt anllatedr
VAVA"lIuve you though. Tom?'
J U "Yea, airl I'm one of tnnr
"I declare, I wiah I waa, too."
"Folk won't let your
"No." ' ' 1 s.
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a i fim .a tin
r'Tbere'a only alxteen more wanted to
CU up the company and I've Just met three
fellow, that aaid they were going up to
put theitaamea down," and then Thoinaa
Ilinea, eighteen year old, llthe-llinbed and
fair-haired, enumerated to bin chum of th
game age, .'Edward Wllkinion, who "the
fellow1' were who aaid that they were
going up to enlist.
"Edward, mother want, you to come In
to dinner. How do you do, Tom?" and a
young light-footed girl of fourteen ran out
from the fttrm house opposite to which the
two boy hud fronted, and looked half
earnestly, halt-laughingly, Into th eya.i
of the.jminK limn, her neighbor, and her
brother a Inseparable companion, Thomas
illnea.
"Tom haa enlisted, Nellie. Now Isn't It
too bad that my folk won't let me enlist
, and go to the war?'
. .'You've enlisted, Tom? Really?"
''Yea, Nellie, and I wish Edward would,
then we could be always together. Bleep
in the same tent, march together and"
fPlght together I" aaid tbt girl, her eye
flashing. ."
"Yea, Nellie, fight together!" th young
man proudly added.
. , A tall woman with slightly gray balr,
who, had beep standing at the side door of
the long white porch of th farm house,
now called:
. "Come to dinner, children, and yon, too,
Thomas Ilines, come In and eat dinner
with ns."
The boy would have hesitated, but a
hind at either side, holding each of his,
' there was nothing for the young volunteer
to do but to accept.
"Enlisted, eh?" said Captain Wilkinson
In a gruff voice, aa be came In from the
1- 6ld a minute later, where h, had been
Double Significance of This Alemorial Day.
MEMORIAL VAX baa I fuitbl slgntflcsBe thl year that will be given
expression In very section of tbt country, and thla very rrt will lend
draw mor clnselv totether th.n turn. n.. 1.1... ....i .1.-
From Main and Mississippi, from far Oregon ana KlurUIn, from every
Stat and Territory of th land, uuavlflah and valorous volunteers
eullated for th Spsnlah war. It waa Fnwdoui'a own light, and color
and nationality cut no figure, aectlooal prejudice had uo part, The
mult la that new bond of union la cemented, and In Ita freahues and
true, deep meaning It la With ua thl. Memorial Day vividly.
Ther art many new grave to decorate,
campaign will not ba neglected, la niauy
not far from th last reeling place of bl
planting, and took hla seat at th head of
the table.
"Well, Thomas," h added after a mo
ment a silence, "aotnebody'a got to do It,
I a'poat liut you'r rather young yt.
lotni"
"Can't Edward go with hlra. father?"
at length a.ked, lu pleading voice, th
girl, breaking the ,ileuee.
Edward Wilkinson looked op at hla si
ter, a feeling of deep gratitude In hla
heart, aud followed th attack with. "Y.a.
father, yon aaid once that you'd glv your
consent, If auybody from right around
horn her waa going that would look out
for me."
"Hut Tom I only boy himself. I
meant torn older person.'
"And do yon w,nt your only brother to
go to th war, N,lllr aaked th girl'
mother.
"Yea, aa he want, to go himself, and
besides when It la r,ry on' duty to go
who can," aaid th girl spiritedly, "llo
alitea, too, when hla beat frlcud and chum,
Tom Illnea, la going!"
Th tbre young face looked earnestly
at the head of the table. Aa they did ao a
tall, thin-fared woman came and atood In
the open door.
Invited In. Mrs. Ilines would not take
off her things, and said, all breathlea, that
sne not come to kuow If they bad made
tip tbeir mind to let Edward enlist. She
had given her conacnt to her own son feel
Ing sure that hla friend wa aolnir also.
"No, Mrs. Ilines," replied at length In
slow, measured voice, Amos Wilkinson
"Edward ha never been very well, and,
besides, I must bare bis lieln thla aiiinmer.
W must both work out for the neighbors.
uy aay worn on their forma when we can
get time, to meet the bills that'a due."
"Hut did you bear about the town meet
ing thla morning, what tbey did?"
"No, what?"
"Voted to glv every man In th new
company bounty of two hundred dollar,
in advene."
At th word th face of th hard
featured farmer flushed. Looking at him
hla haud could be seen to tremble. lie
was not an avaricious, grasplug man, but
the sterile little rocky New England farm
he tilled made him think, In a practical
way, in order that both enda should meet
I lila bad been one of the weightiest res
on against hla aon'a enlistment, but be
had not mentioned It before. The other
waa the frailty of the young man. Hut
now, as he sat there, he thought of the
mortgage of two hundred dollnra upon the
little place, and a note coming due lu the
aummer.
The color came and went to the man'a
face, but no, be would not sell bis boy's
life, or the risk of that life. Rising, as all
sat and looked upon him In the alienee,
watching the struggle, be aaid, a deter
mined look upon hla face, and with flash
ing eyes, in a low tonei
"Edward la not going to enlist, but I
am. I will go myself 1"
Aa a thunderbolt th word cam upon
me aevotea family.
"Edward, you can take care of the
jrks ir
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MABCmiCO A WAT TO WAR.
farm," he aaid, and then turning to Mra.
Illnea, "perhaps I can look out for vnn
boy better at the front than another hnv
of the same age could."
The next day the Allentown comnnn.
enlisted to It full compliment of one
hundred and one men, marched proudly
down the street of the old town, and at
Ita head, beneath the flag upon Its staff
on the town's green, the company halted.
No captain that had ever ateDDed before
volunteer company looked better fitted
and th, beroe of th Uuhan
inatancea the win will sleep
honored alre-ln other, the
fur hla place than did Amoa Wilkinson,
in old nut, uillltla captain, the com'
pany'a choice.
a mourn, retiring man, lie bad no
thought of the plare he waa eleetrd to til.
wuen, in day before, be bad enliated.
Ho It waa that the Allentown company
reported at the mat ramp, and after,
with Ita regiment, reported at th Heluht
of Alexandria, aud In all the marrhea aud
battle of the Army of the Potomac, tw
neatn Virginia, Maryland and I'ennavlva
nla aklra, the fanner, citiien, soldier of
Allentown did hla whole part In cheering
on ami leading nis men. r irat, aa captain,
then secondly aa major and again lieu
tenant colonel, to final v fall whi-n. M
that awful June mornlug of 1H4H, In th,
fiery fatal loop of Lee, th dlvialon of
Aisrtindal fell aa a Uving wall at Cold
Harbor.
"I wa to watch ovr yon, Sergeant,"
he said, as, dying, his orderly, Rergeant
nine, bent over him Col. Wilkinson
"Tctl-tell-tclJ your " but th death
ram Bounded, th eye put on a vacant
am re, and another urav officer of tb
Army or tne i'otomae waa no mor.
The remalna of Col. Wllklnaon rest In
nis own village cemeterr at Allentown
Tbrr, each year, aa aad Memorial dsv
comes round, th widow of Captain 1 1 litest,
h who died a year later from a runahut
wound received among tb last fired before
iiicnnmnd, and the daughter of the town',
brav hero, (Jot Wllklnaon, with her little
one, trim the flowers above thine rava
And with them, too, another grave, for
Edward Wllklnaon, the frail youth, could
not stand the work ho tried to do at home,
and died even before the war ended. Hut
the bravery and determination of a father
at the front strengthened and disciplined
a regiment. in, llouquet.
KENTUCKY'S WAR MONUMENT.
i.racicu to in memory of Union and
Confederal Roldlera.
Th fact that bitterness no longer exists
between the North and Bouth waa cele
brated recently by tho erection of the first
monument ever ralaed
to the Joint memory
or federal and Con
federate soldiers. It
Is, appropriately, the
work of the State of
Kentucky and stands
on the battlefield of
Chlckamauga. Ken
tucuy bad seventeen
Union aud nine Con-
federate organ!
ration, t Chick,
mauga. The nionu
ment stands at th
apot where the
Fourth Kentucky
bstui's anart. regiment of tho Union
army met and fought the Fifteenth Ken
tucky regiment of th rebel force.
Uov. Uratlley, on behalf of the State,
turned over the monument to the United
otatea uovernmciit, Thla la the Inaerln.
tlon on the atonet
EHBCTED DY TUB STATE OV KKN-
XUCKY IN HONOR OV HUlt SONS
U'J ruuuiii' AND VKUU
ON Till 0 K1KLD. a
Aa w ar united In life, and they nnl-
ted In death, let one monument perpet-
uut their deeda, and on people, forget-
ful of all
oniMTiui'., lorevar noid in
grateful rememliraiK all th glorle, of
that terrllilo conflict whleh made all ineu
iree ami rotaiuva every star on tb, ua-
tlon', flag. ,
The Oroateat National Peaat.
No more purely imtlonul feaat than
Decoration Day could be possible. To tbo
rest of the world May 80 I merely a day
at the close of the last aprlng month. To
th, 'patriotic dweller In tb land of Unci
Sam how much morel It Is customary
to call Americana, aa a nation, luuirhtan.
loving and fickle yet who, viewing th vast
wrongs aasemDiea in every city and ham
let to do honor to the glorious dead, can
believe thla true? Rather would th.
stranger on our shores be Impressed by the
racr mai patriotism strong within us.
For In the national holidays may aural
be read the character of the people aa it
can be read In no other way, Croakera
ther will alwaya be, but we can afford to
disregard them. The future of a nation la
aafe In the hands of those who reverence
it noble paat, ,
Itomember the heroes who year, age
fought for their eonntrv and nnra
And oover the gravea of thoi nobl brav
na iragrani, dmuuiui nowara.
EVENTS OF THE DA
Epitome of the Telegraph
New. of the World.
TKKSK TICKS FROM THK VYIUKH
Aa UUrMllag Collaetlua mt Um Wmm
tk Twa lUwtl.ptiarM rroeMtod
la a Ooadoaead form.
Agonnlllo I aaid to lie In Hun
Kong umlui-n aaaumnd name.
Neatly 400 person, lout their lives
In tb big Australian hurricane.
Aibltialitin, It Is said, will l.av
Drat place In the peac confluence.
England will pre a number of laraa
uaiiiaga claim against Nicaragua
I.i United rllatee Henatot Chailes
liiiokalnw, ol femiaylvaiiia, la dead
Th wife ol a tleorgla planter killed
a negro who tried to enter her room
Vice-President llobait la alowly re
voTonug 1 rum in iiinoaa, aim la now
........-.. .a 1 . 1 ti .
able to sit up.
The HulTalu striker, have taken
lllaliop yulgley', advice and ar re
turning to woik.
The tukon river la upon from Lak
Lebeige to Dawaiin, but the Ice ou th
lake la dill solid.
The llulna Mercedes, on ol Cer
vara a (loot aunk off hanllagu last July
use airivtKi at Hampton Koada.
rout men weia killed in the Wai
r.gle mine at Uoaaland, by tli hoist
galling sway Irom the engineer.
A Chicago court haa bald that bank
director ar not liable lor the ml.
management of (uud by a apeculnling
president.
The Atlantic Unci I'srl, ran aahor
on the hngliali coast, (the loat hoi
comae in a heavy log. The oftloari
and crew kept cool and the paaaeugara
Wei, taken od without fatality.
The cruiser Olympia. with Admiral
Dewey on boaid, baa loft Manila for
thl ooimtiy. The II rat stop will be at
llong hong. An enthuslaslid farewell
w, given bv the vessel ami lorta iu
Manila baibor.
Levi Monro, a rletk In the cltv
maraei, at nauaae Lily, shot and per
hape fatally wounded Mr. Jennie
Campbell, Mta. Klla La mi la and Mra.
Anna Meek, In lluu ran. Th
Campbell wuiuan bad desorted Mooie
lor another man.
Mnjnr-Oenaral Utl haa declined
recognise the rebels to Ilia eitent
agreeing to an atmlslice, but he has
notified (lie American commanders
lufrain temporarily from aggiesslve ao
Hun. Thus h is in a position to te
some hoalilitiea at any tiro. Thl
HI tlefeat any aubteifugna to vain
tuna, which would not be the case
the gnneial agreed to an armlatloe.
il
An nnlduntifloil American tolJler
was killod lu Havana in a row with the
police,
General Murriatu haa aaked lor more
ttuopa. want, cavalry thla tlma to
preveiit disorder at Uurke aud Mullan,
I'tiiililniit Dim, ol Meiloo, will ao
cent ,n Invilutloii to vinit Chicago aud
the Utiitod Slates duting tb fall fes
tival.
Judge linker, of the United States
district court at Indlananolla. haa ten
lerutl a Ueomlon In whluh he hold, that
a sheriff la leavunaible lor a. prisoner
111 Di ouarge, and Is sulijoct to damage
mr nis lynoiung.
The Uregnn regiment, though en
titled to come home first, it fur from
Manila, bearing the brunt of the Law
ton campaign, and may not be back
when the time for the rotum of the
volunteers begin.
Mexico la considering tlis refunding
of hoi existing natiounl 8 per oe'ut gold
debt held in loroig.i countries. The
scheme anticipate an inoreaaed Drill
clpnl, bnt a red not ion In the amount of
annual Interest by reason ot a lowei
rate.
Judge May how haa denied the an
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pnoaiion ror a writ 01 Habeas cornus
tor bounty Uoinuiissloneri Boyle and
Mimton, who ate In jail at Wardner,
In rendeting the decision, he denied
every material contention ol the appii
oanta.
President MoKlnloy tins lont the fol
rowing cablegram to Otia at Manila:
Uonvoy to Law ton and the galanl
men ot hla oommand my conumtiila
tloni tiimn the liiovoaslul onHialians
urtng the past month, resulting In the
oapture 01 Han isidro."
Uncle 6am will inform Draiil that
s must be mure careful In future.
Hur dlttoourteay to tho Wilmington is
to receive attention. A proper iepre
entatlon ol the laoti will be made,
and It la expected that the Ilrailllan
government will promptly investigate
anu niaae amends. JNo tiouble a ex
pec ted.
On the birthday of the king of
Spain, many Spaniards in Havana
raiaed dug over thuir houso. This
made the Cubans rise In revolt. The
house of Juan Monttoto. a Snanlah
merohaut, waa rahlod by Cubans and
the Spanish flag torn down. The po
lice inteifered and clubbed the raldori.
arresting several.
Minor New llama.
Queen Victoria haa teen evorv throne
In the world vacated at leatt once and
tome ot them teveral timet.
Governor Rooaovelt. of Mew York.
in denying 1 pardon to a wile beater,
hot deolareed himtelf lu favor of the
whipping post.
The military order of the Loyal Lb-
on of the United States held ita an.
nual election In New York and Rear
Admiral Winfleld S. Schley, United
o;i'a new. waa chosen commander.
..I . . -r-
VI later news.
LATER
A Philadelphia company la battling
a Driuga ror anipmanl to Japan.
Th Mlasourl legislature haa
ad'
Jimrned after a session of 184 days.
In a skirmish with the rebels near
Matiiiuina, Uo Americana were killed.
A cliip.li la reported hetwiwn doneial
Otis and the civil Philippine oumiuii
sinner, Tle old eoldinre have declared for
Oonerel Henderson, of Iowa, foi the
speakership.
Admiral Dewey waa given tremen
dous ovation by the Urltlshert ou his
arrival at Hong Kong.
The New Yoik Mutual Life Insur
ance Company's Insuranoe baa now
paaaed the billion niaik.
The Washington alate law requiring
railioada to aooept grain lor ahipmeul
over competing road ha teen de
clared Invalid.
Chailea W. Whitney and Frank
Whitney, brothers, wei drowned at
I'aloun rapids, about Hire mile below
(lrange.Wa.il., by thecapaiaiugoi their
canoe.
Miss Hilton, ot Aurora, Or., waa
dragged from her horse by a nianlao.
Solomon Hacbait, Jier aMailaut, at
tempted tu com in it suicide by shooting
lilmaeir.
iiiHiano, a rillplno congre.ainan,
wealthy real.leut of Manila, aud lor
meily Aguiiialdo'i coinmiaaary gnii
ral, acconipaiiltHl by an inaurgent can
tain hat surrendered to tleneral Oil a.
The war department la not going to
apaw any pains in making the leturn
voyage of the Volunteer pleasant and
comfortable, and the trip aoroe the
i'acillo will be made in atyle.
Receipt ol wool of tb 1809 clip t
f'eiidletoti have been to date 150.000
pounds. Some wool la atilling. aud the
prioet range I cent, under the figure
oflaatyesr. Th quality ol the crop
la below last yea ft standard.
A oonfeaslon of Claud Uranton.
recently hanged at fcngeue, Or., has
been made publle In which be adroit
Bring the shot that killed Linn. Th
confeaslnii w left to a mini, ter to be
publialied ten day after the banging.
The Oregon atate grange. Patrons ot
Husbandry, livened in its 20th annual
aeaalon at Portland. Reports show
advancement all along the line. The
meinlieraliip I, growing fast, Nil J mote
than unatial interest la being ehown
by farmer.
Oeneral Lawtun aayt be bat found
a letter near San laldio, written by one
of the Yorktown't crew, saying that
they were being kicked, that their hair
wa being pulled out and that they
wai cruelly treated In varloiu other
way, aud Implnting the Americana to
hurry to their release.
A Deiuocratlo conference ha been
called to meet in St. Loo Is thla week.
The grain thoveler' strike at Dot-
alo, N. Y., hat been tettled, and the
wen will leturn to work.
The body of II. D. McOulre. Ore-
lon'a llali commissioner, waa found in
the Umpqua a mile Irom where the
drowning took place,
The teotion men ot the Urand Trunk
railway system luoently asked tor an
Inoreaso In wages, which waa refuaed.
and alMiut H00 men have struck. The
strike affecta the road fiout Sarnie.
Out,, to Portland, Mo.
A portion ot the Ilwaoo Railway &
Navigation Company' trestle at IN
waoo collapsed, while the lieacft traiu
waa passing over it, and the locomotive
waa dumped overboard Into the bav.
but fortunately no one waa Injured.
Wlille digging for relict at the lite
of old Foit Mackinac, in Miohinan.
complete snuietons were un
earthed.
Thla la posaibly the burying
aome ol the victims ol the
place of
massaor
ago.
which took place 130 yeara
Three Chicago men, employes ot the
Aetna t'owder Company, at Aetna,
were blown to atoms in the explosion
of tank ot nitro gycerline. A nine
leading from the engine burst, Igniting
tome saw dust and leavea near a flue
leading into the room containing tiie
uitio-giyoorlne lank.
General del Pilar, one ot Aguiiialdo'i
peace envoy, tayt: "The insuiuents
ere anxious to surrender, but want the
assurance first that there will be no
putting to death of the leader, in the
robullion, aud tome proof that Ameri
cana will carry out the general ituto
menu In their proclamation.'
Private letter! from Riga, province
of Livonia, Prussia, report that Lettish
and Llhuiiauian workmen there quar
reled beoanae the latter worked for
lower wagea, ami ttreet fighting fol
lowed, wheienpon the military Inter-
lerea. He vera I workmen were killed.
many Injured, and a number of houses
were destioyed.
A land ot f 100, 000, drawn from
dividend on 400,098 tlmret of world's
fail ttook, it being tot aaide for needy
id tunoring memberi of the various
Illinois Tolunteoi regiment! of Cook
oounty who served in Cuba. Fundi
are reported now on hand to pay a 4
per cent dividend on the ttook, and a
relief committee will be appointed
from the aociety of the army of San
tiago to act with a committee of colo
nel of the regiment to secure the divi
dend. The government hat deoided to es
tablish a militarr noet at i'vramlil
harbor in Alaska. This harbor it on
Chilkat inlet, neat Chllkat village.
Commisaloner General Peok hat se
cured 8,000 additional feet ot tpaoe at
the Peril exposition, to be devoted to
the ditpley of American bioyclet.
The National Afro-Auierlc.au council
aa itiaed a proclamation calling unon
the colored people ot the United State
to lot apart Friday, June 9, at a day 0
fatting and prayer.
RATES ON HARDWARE
Coast Jobbers Ask Railroads
to Adjust the Tariff.
II Hi II KU (IIAttdKM ON SMALL LOT
moia-Weat llealer Oeaaae Aay
I'bance-TraaaiMtrtallaa l.laa
Await aa Agrauat.
HI. raul, Minn.. May 25. Tb Pa
elflo coast heavy hardware Jobbera and
the Johbeia from the Middle Weal
eltle are In conference heie with th
trafllo managera ol the Ureal Norther
and fiorthern Paolflo roada. The Pa
cilia ouaat men ak to have a hiaher
late ol tariff applied to fraction, of
carloads than are applied to car lota
Upiwsliig them aie the jobber from
soin ol tb largest house In the conn
try, who are here, fioiu Ht. Lou!, Chi
oago, Milwaukee, St. Paul. Miiine
apolia and Duluth.
The suasion today was de ruled to
presentation of the claims ol Hie Pa
cilia coast dealera, who declare that tin
.1. .i . . , ...
uer in present srnoiiuie, Which was
adopted May 1, by the Northern roada,
their business Is restricted, while the
Jobber from Mississippi river point
are enabled to compete with them in
their own territory. The merchant ol
the Middle West contend that thei
business amount to many timet tha
of the coast jobbers, and that to in
crease the tariff would teveraetlie situ
atiou by leatrlcting their teirltory
W R. Wheeler, repiesneting the coast
Jobliera, demanded ol th road
greater margin between carload and
loattbao caiload ratea, and th tlimina
lion ol mixed carload shipments. The
railroad offli ial ar quiet spectators ol
the oonlrovetey, preferring, il poeslble,
to nave the hardware dealer reach 1
settlement among themselves, wblob
Will be satisfactory to the loads.
The Middle West dealeia. In reply
ing to the coast jobber, declared that
the coast jobbers do not take advantage
of their geographical position, whioli
they are attempting to nae a one of
their main arguments. This it ehown
by the fact that only 35 per oent ol
their hardware and kindred articles are
brought to them by water routes, while
the other 75 per cent comes across the
continent ny rail. The present rate.
are Iiom 60 cents to 3.50 per 100
pntmda higher than the carload ratee.
Thla difference, It ia contended.
should be sufflolent to protect the coast
dealera. Again, the jobliera in the
middle ttatee show that ratea both on
caiload lota and lest which are grantee'
to the Neat, are the same at arr
charged New Yoik and Euslorn job
bar. It 1 a general rate, applying
irom the Mississippi to the Paoiflo,
Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Paul Job
be it have to pay for bringing their
goods from the Kuat at the same ratee
that aie paid by the Pacific coast ship
pers, before they can diatribute their
foods throughout the West in lest than
caiload lots, hence they claim that the
present schedule ia only just to them,
The meeting today waa liaimonioua.
but stubbornly contested. Some ot
the best tariff exports in the country
are in attendance, and there is noargu
ment that has not been made by the
contending jobbera.
THEY MAKE THE WOMEN BLUSH.
New York ruatnin N.nit Official. Ara
Hail, Had Mn.
London, May 5. George A. Smal
ley, the New York correspondent of
the Times, continues to denounce the
methods ol the custom-house inspeotoit
at the port ol Now lork. He tayt Ir
part:
Americana leturnlng from Eurone
aie sun ireateti as intentional tiiius-
glere. Mr. Dingley't personal luggage
limit is yet unrepealed and American
womon must still explain the coat ot
their underclothing, point out In which
trunk it it to be found, and itnnd by
while corsets and chemises are valued
"There hat been some relaxation in
the rigor of the inapootion, bnt thesys
tern continue! in force, bringing blush.
et not only to the cheeks of American
women but to all Americana who oare
for the good mime ot their eonntrv
The Imputation of bribery ia confirmed
by the dismissal of inspector Only
by paying the Inspectors can the re
turning Now Yorkor ettape Insult and
outrage at the cuatom-house, and not
alwayt then."
Wholesale Negro Lynching.
uinuinnati, way so. a. special to
the Enquirer from Dint, Mexico, tayt:
There la great exoitement in the town
ot San Dialio, 10 mi lea from here, over
the lynching of sevon colored laborer
on the Mexican railroad. Joso Santo.
a Spanish negro, attempted an assault
on the we of ire nor Dupley, a ranch
owner, ana, after escaping Irom the
plantation, waa tracked by blood
houndt, and in company with nine
othera, waa captured in a hut on the
river bank opposite Englo Past. The
regulators did not wait to Drove the
guilt 01 any ot them, but hung three
and thot four more, who were attempt
ing to escape, The offloiala are swear
ing deputiea, aa a lace trouble it threat
ened in the Colored qnartert. The
(our negroet killed are Americana, and
have all served tentenoet in the lexer
penitontiary.
Irian Polltloal Prlannara Heleaaeil.
Dublin, May J5. The lord lleuten.
ant of Ireland, Eail Cadogan, hat re
leased O'llanlon, Mullot and Jamet
FiUharria, aliat "Skin tho Goat," Hit
last three Irish political prisoners, who
were sentenced to itnDrlsonment for
lite for conspiring to murder Lord
Frederlok Cavendish, ohief
for Irelnnd, and T. H. Burke, ner-
manent under-secretary for Ireland,
who were assassinated by stubbing in
ruoeniz rarv, Dublin, May 6, 188S.
WASHINGTON'S JUBILEE.
Pm Day CalebraUil la tk MaUoael
t'aallal.
Vaahlngton, May 25. Washington'
peso jubilee wis inaugurated at sun
rise today by a national salute of 18
gun from the dispatch-boat Dolphin
and by a chime ot bells and the Bound
of steam whistle all over the city.
The day ia a half holiday, and moat all
the department closed at noon, the
hour being marked by a salute of 45
gunt. The day'a festlvitlee weia
maiked by a parade of all regular army
an navy attaches and many volunteer
organ iiat ions in and aiound Waaliing
ton. The president, with memberi of the
cabinet, their wivea, and foreign min
isters with tbeir attaches. General
Miles and his staff, and many promi
nent people in public life occupied the
reviewing atanda.
Tiie enthusiasm was great aa the
parade passed through the court of
honor. Cheers and applause greeted
fa voi I te organizations. The preaident
and Secretarlea Hay and Gage, who
atood on small platform jutting from
the main stand, were repeatedly and
tumultuously applauded at they un
covered each time the Americaa colore
Irooixxl by. General Wheeler waa ac
corded the largest demonstration. In
full uniform he rode in aearriage. He
wat everywhere oheered. At he
reached the reviewing ttand, he arose
and saluted the president. The peo
ple went wild. Another Interesting
and significant inoident was the choos
ing ol Sousa'a new march, "Hands
Aoross the Sea." One of the bands
atuck up this stirring air as the review
ing stand waa reached. The applause
whioli greeted it was started by the
diplomats, spread through the atand
and broke into a roar of cheers along
the whole length of the court of honor.
The parade waa three-quartera of an
Lour passing the reviewing stand.
The president hat issued an order
closing all the executive department!
and the government printing office at
noon tomorrow, In order that employee
may participate in the jubilee.
NOT WHAT THEY WANT.
rillplao May K'J.ct Amarleaa OrTar
Will Ua Mark U Agalnaldo.
Manila, May 25. It it aaid that the
Filipino peace envoyt at the confer
ence today wete dismayed at the terms
offered in President McKinley'e cable
gram. Uregorlo del Pilar showed em
barrassment when he realised he waa
being offered nothing but vague prom
ises, and possible representation fur
hla people, in compliance with the
American demand that they lay down
their amis. All the Filipinos shrugged
tbeii shoulders aa the glowing prophe
cies ol the future, aftei cessation ot
hostilities, wote outlined to them, bv
the member! of the American commit-
aion. Tbey aaid they asked (or iudo.
pendence and liberty with dignity, un
der protection of the United States,
and were now offered nothing but an
ndeflnite assurance that Individual
nalivet ought to hold offloisl positions
under the proposed goveinment.
The rilipino coin miss inner 1 will ac
cept not a tingle condition proposed.
but will return dissatisfied to Asuin.
aldo and report the reaults.
TO DIVIDE THE WORK.
aae Cuafarane Nam,
Iu several
I'ouiDillt....
The Hague, May 25 The chiefs of
delegations to the peaoe conference held
private meeting tli ia mornlna. and
afterward informed their colleagues of
the arrarigementa made for a choice ot
presidents of committees at agreed
upon last evening. The delegates ap
proved of the selections made. The
conference held a plenary sitting at
noon. The selections were then offi
cially ratified without incident.
Following ia a list ol themeinbera of
the first commission: Honorary presi
dents, Count von Monster, head of the
German delegation, and Andrew D.
White, head of the Ameiican delega
tion; effective piesident, A. P. C. Van
karnebeck, head ol the delegation of
the Netherlands. These are divided
into two sections, war and marine.
Raeetnmaadad for Pramotlaa.
Washington, May 25. General Otia
cablet the following under date of 25:
On the urgent recommendation of Law
ton, I reooiumend that Colonel Owen
Summers be made brigadier-general ot
volunteers by brevet, for conspicuous
gallantry at Maasan, Bulac Bridge, San
UHIro, anil that Captain J. F. Caae be
made major of volunteers by brevet,
for distinguished services and gallantry
at the ahove planet while acting at di
vision engineei officer.
Summeie ia colonel the Second
Oregon volunteers, and commanded the
advance brigade of Lawton't divition
during the recent march northward to
San Itidro.
Case la captain ot com Dan v F. Sea-
ond Olegon volunteers.
Queen Must Undergo an Operatloa.
London, May 25. Truth, today, in
pite of aemi-offloial itatements to the
contrary, inaittt that an operation for
cataract on the queen's eyea it luevit-
Die. it eayi:
The queen haa lust consulted Pro.
festor Pagenatecker, ot Weisbaden.who
guaianteet the success ot the operation.
and opines the queen will entirely re
gain the excellent tight the posaeeeed
until reoently."
Detroit Did Not fir.
New York, May 28. A ditoatoh to
the Herald from Managua tayt: Tbo
report that the ornlter Detroit had
fired upon the Nloaraguan gunboat 8a n
Jacinto and tunk her Itantiue. Every
thing it quiet along the Atlautic coaat
of Moaragua.
Bubonlo Plagu Iaeraaalag.
Hong Kong, May 28. The bubouio
plague it increasing. The official re.
porta tbui far for the month ot May
liowt 418 casei and 864 deatht.
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