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VOL. XXXV.
COEVALLIS, BENTON COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1898.
NO. 6.
enings Both at
Home
and Abroad.
A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED
interesting Collection of Items From
Many Places Culled From the Press
Reports of the Current Week.
George Parsons Lnthrop, poet and
author, died at Roosevelt hospital, New
York.
Professor Jules Marcon, famous
throughout the world as a geologist, is
dead at his home at Cambridge, Mass.
It took the Republicans of the 10th
Ohio district 1,877 ballots to nominate
J. Morgan for congress, to succeed Rep
resentative Fenton.
A hundred colonists have offered
their services to the American consul,
George W. Bell, at Sidney, N. S. W.,
in the event of war between the United
States and Spain.
Naval and military preparations con
tinue with unabated vigor. Seven
fl.et steam yachts, suitable for naviga
tion in Cuban waters, were procured
and several bids for steam colliers were
made in Washington Wednesday.
The police commissioners of San
Francisco have adopted a resolution de
claring that in case of war police officers
who enlist will not lose their places,
which will be filled during their ab
sence by men whoso appointment shall
be merely temporary.
It is the understanding that the call
for 80,000 men will be filled entirely
from the National Guard, and that the
quota trom each stato will be fixed in
the proportion that the number of en
listed Guardsmen bear to the total in
the United States, rather than by the
population. It is estimated that there
are nearly 120.000 enlisted men in the
organizations of the country, which
would make an 80,000 call equal to
two-thirds of tho Guardsmen of each
state.
The departure of the First battalion
of the Nineteenth infantry from Fort
Wayne for Mobile was marked by a
seiious accident. During the firing of
a salute in honor of the departing
troops by those left in charge of the
fort, Private George Engman had his
right arm nearly blown off by the
premature explosion of a cannon, and
Sergeant John W. Annis, who was in
charge of the firing party had his right
hand severely injured. Engman's arm
was amputated.
The British government is buying
coal largely on account of an increase
in the fleet in view of the anticipated
Spanish-American war.
Under instructions from Minister
Polo, the Spanish consuls are arranging
for the departure of the Spaniards from
their respective localities in this
country.
The Chicago Chronicle says: The
American soldiers live well, and the
experts declare that an army of 200.000
men can be supplied from domestic
' sources without inconveniencing any
body or causing tho price of food
products to rise.
General Lew Wallace, the famous
soldier, diplomat and novelist, who was
71 years old April 10, has formally
withdrawn from the race for the United
States senate, t.nd announces that he
will enter the army and fight for Cuban
independence.
The Spanish authorities havo ac
quired all the principal warehouses at
Teneriffe, Canary Islands, ami at Grand
Canary for the accommodation of a
large reinforcement of troops expected
there, and to hold stores due to arrive.
Even churches there are being used for
military purposes, and the strength of
the fortifications is being increased.
At Las Palmas, large quantities of
grain have been amassed.
The Rome correspondent of tho Lon
don Chronicle says: Some of the
powers, including France and Italy,
are acting in concert with the Vatican
in an effort to persuade Spain to aban
don Cuba. It is said Spain is secretjy
inclined to this course, but prefers to
await tho outbreak of war in order to
have the appearance of yielding to
force, so as to be justified by public
opinion.
News of further fighting between in
surgents and Spanish troops in the
province of Pinar del Rio, has reached
Havana. It appears the insurgents
under Lores Aguliar Riso made an at
tack Saturday upon the Spanish forces
in Pinar del Rio, and had the best of
the fight, even according to the Spanish
announcement of the affair. Spanish
report adds that the garrison of the fort
lost four men killed and had nine
wounded.
The supporters in England of Don
Carlos, the Spanish pretender, headed
by the Earl of Ashburnham, are active
ly preparing for emergencies. Every
detail has been arranged to seize tha
propitious moment for action. Tha
local Carlists are convinced that the
present dynasty is doomed, and that
Spain will be forced to choose between
Republicanism and Don Carlos. They
add that the only chance of the present
dynasty is a successful war against the
United States, the possibility of which
is scouted.
The Russian government has placed
orders for two 12,000-ton battle-ships
in the United States, according to in
formation which has reached the navy
department. The new vessels are to
equal any afloat or designed in the
world, and are to be superior to ' any
thing in the fighting line heretofore
produced in this country. They and all
their equipment will be American in
manufacture as well as in material.
The Cramps will build the hulls and
machinery, and the Bethlehem Iron
Company the armor and the funnels.
There have been many applications
at the United States embassy and the
United States consulate in London tho
past week for enlistment in the United
States army or navy. Most of tho ap
plicants were Englishmen, inclnding
several prominent personages.
It was reported in London Tuesday
that a triple alliance, composed of Ger
many, Austria ana Italy, acting up.m
Happ
the suggestion of Italy, has proposed to discreet silence it is known that he
the powers a plebiscite, under which will remain here until at least the res
the population of Cuba should be al- ' olutiona, in whatever form they may
lowed to vote on the form of govern- ultimately be, are signed by the presl
nient under which they shall live. ' t.
THE TWO PROPOSALS
Text of the Resolutions Passed
by the
Senate and House.
The following passed the senate 07
to 21:
Whereas, The abhorrent conditions
which have existed for more than three
years in the island of Cuba, so near
our own borders, have shocked the
moral sense of the people of the United
States; have been a disgrace to Chris
tian civilization, cnlimnating as they
have In the destruction of a United
States battle-ship, with 266 of its offi
cers and crew, while on a friendly
visit in the harbor of Havana, and
cannot longer be endured, as has been
set forth by the president of the United
States in his message to congress of
April 11, 1898, upon which the action
of cogress was invited; therefore be it
Resolved, By the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of
America, in congress assembled:
First That the people of the island
of Cuba are, and of right ought to be,
free and independent, and that the
government of the United States hereby
recognizes the republic of Cuba as the
true and lawful government of that
island.
Second That it Is the true duty of
the United States to demand, and the
government of the United States does
hereby demand, that the government of
Spain at once relinquish its author
ity and government in the island of
Cuba, and withdraw its land and naval
forces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Thiid That the president of the
United States be, and he is hereby di
rected and empowered to use the en
tire land and naval forces of the United
States, and to call into the actual ser
vice of the United States the militia of
the several states to such extent as may
be necessary to carry these resolutions
into effect.
Fourth That tha United States
hreby disclaims any disposition or in
tention to exercise sovereignty, juris
diction or control over said island, ex
cept for the pacification thereof; and
asset ts Its determination, when that is
accomplshed to leave the government
and control of the island to its people.
House, 323 to 19.
Whereas, The government of Spai
for three years past has been waging
war on the island of Cuba against a
revolution by the inhabitants thereof,
without making any substantial prog
ress toward the suppression of said rev
olution, and has conducted the warfare
in a manner contrary to the laws oi
nations, by methods inhuman and un
civilized, causing the death by starva
tion of more than 200,000 innocent
noncombatants, the victims being for
the most part helpless women and
children, inflicting intolerable injury
to the commercial interests of the
United- States, involving the destruc
tion of the lives and properly of many
of our citizens, entailing the expendi
ture of millions of dollars in patrolling
our coasts and policing the high seas
in order to maintain our neutrality;
and,
Whereas, This long series of losses,
injuries and burdens for which Spain
is responsible has culminated in the
destruction of the United States battle
ship Maine, and in the death of 266 of
our seamen; therefore be it
Resolved, That the president is here
by authorized and directed to intervene
at once to stop the war in Cuba, to the
end and with the purpose of securing
permanent peace and order there, and
establishing by the free action of the
people there of a stable and independ
ent government of their own in the
island of Cuba; and the president is
hereby authorized and empowered to
use the land and naval forces of the
United States to execute the purposes
01 this resolution.
RIOTS IN MALAGA.
American Consulate Stoned Escutcheon
Torn Down and Insulted.
Malaga, April 19. The rioting
which broke out yesterday was con
tinued last evening. The gendarmes
charged the mob frequently, and the
rioters returned their attacks with
volleys of stones. Many persons were
bruised, and numerous arrests were
made. The city is quieter this morn
ing. The Insult to the United States.
London, April 19. The Malaga cor
respondent of the Daily Mail says:
About 10 o'clock last evening a large
group of young people, who had al
ready met in another part of the town
for the purpose of organizing a demon
stration, arrived in front of the Ameri
can consulate, and began to cheer for
Spain. They did not at this time ut
ter any cry against the United States.
The chief of police endeavored to dis
perse them, but only succeeded in driv
ing the crowd from the front of the
consulate. The demonstration then
paraded along the Calle de Larses, the
most frequented street in Malaga, and,
accompanied by a very large crowd, re
assembled in the Plaza de la Constitu
cion. The civil governor and mayor has
tened to the spot to calm the people,
and were received with wild cheering,
Dut in the meantime another group
posted themselves opposite the Ameri
can consulate. They carried a Span
ish banner, and after uttering many
patriotic cries, began to throw stones
at the building. All the windows
were smashed, and a part ol the furni
ture of the consulate seriously dam
aged.
When the crowd was as the height
of its frenzy, a ladder was brought and
a man, getting hold of the American
escutcheon, threw it to the ground,
amid Immense cheering. The escut
cheon was then paraded as a trophy
through the streets, and was ulti
mately oarried to the crowded Plaza
de Constitucion, where its appearance
created great enthusiasm.
Another group, headed by a well
known Carlist, went through the prin
cipal stieet and passed the consulate
shouting "vivas" to Spain, to the army
and crying incessantly, "Death to the
United States!" and "Death to the pig
Yankees 1"
Tola Still In Washington.
Washington, April 19. The an
nouncement of the action of the senate
was read with great interest at the
Spanish legation, but there was do dis
position to comment upon it. While
the Spanish minister is preserving a
The Tocsin of War Has at Last
Been Sounded.
JOINT RESOLUTION PASSED
House Forced Senate to
President's Plan of
Without Recognition.
Yield to the
Intervention
The tocsin
Washington, April 20.
of war has been sounded
by the Amer-
lean congress.
After one of tho hardest-fought bat
tles between the two houses known in
many years, congress, at an early hour
this morning, came to an agreement
upon the most momentous question it
has dealt with in a third of a century.
The Cuban resolution passed and will
be sent to the president this morning.
Its provisions means the expulsion of
Spain from the island of Cuba by the
armed forces of the United States.
Thero wore roll-calls in both houses,
and each body had tenaciously held to
its own resolution. The conferees had
great difficulty inagreeing.
The first conference showed a deter
mination on the part of the house not
to yield a single point, and it was only
after long consultations with the house
leaders that they agreed to allow the
little words "are and" in the first sec
tion of the senate resolution, which de
clares that the people of Cuba are, and
of right ought to be, free and independ
ent. The resolution, as finally adopt
ed, was that reported from the senate
committee on foreign relations, with
the addition of the fourth section,
known as the Teller amendment, dis
claiming any intention on the part of
tho United States to acquire Cuba.
The resolution cannot be sent to the
president until after it is signed by the
presiding officers today.
Speaker Reed will "not sign the
Cuban resolution until the house meets
this noon. It will then go to the vice
president, and, after his signature, to
the president. ,
Washington, April 20. The house,
after one of the hardest and most des
perate fights in its history, succeeded
in forcing the senate to yield its main
contention in the war resolution the
independence of the existing govern
ment of Cuba. With that exception,
the house accepted the senate resolu
tion. The Republicans who joined
with the Democrats in an attempt to
concur in the senate amendments en
tire rallied 14 votes at one time, and on
every vote thereafter the vote dwindled.
When the final vote was taken short
ly before 8 o'clock this morning, 810
votes were cast for the declaration,
upon which we are going to war, if war
is to be. Six votes only were cast
against it. They yielded five Repub
licans and one Democrat.
House, 310 to 6; Senate, 43 to 35.
Washington, April 20. The resolu
tion as agreed to is as follows:
Joint resolution. Joint resolution
for the recognition of the independence
of the people of Cuba, demanding that
the government of Spain relinquish its
authority and government in the island
of Cuba, and to withdraw its land and
naval forces from Cuba and Cuban wa
ters, and directing the president of the
United States to use the land and na
val forces of the United States to carry
this resolution into effect.
Whereas, The abhorrent conditions
which have existed for more than three
years in the island of Cuba, so near
!our own borders, have shocked the
jmoral sense of the people of the United
States, have been a disgrace to Chris
tian civilization, culminating, as they
,have, in the destruction of a United
States battle-ship and 266 of its officers
and crew, while on a friendly visit in
the harbor of Havana, cannot be longer
endured, as has been set forth by the
president of the United States in his
message of April 11, 1898, upon which
the action of congress was invited;
therefore be it
Resolved, By the senate and house of
representatives of the United States of
America, in congress assembled:
First That the people of the island
of Cuba are, and of right ought to be,
free and independent.
Second That it is the duty of the
United States to demand, and the gov
ernment of the United States does
hereby demand, that the government of
Spain at once relinquish its authority
and government in the island of Cuba,
and withdraw its land and naval forces
from Cuba and Cuban waters.
Third That the president of the
United States be, and he is hereby di
rected and empowered to use the entire
land and naval force of the United
tates, and to call into the actual ser
vice of the United States the militia of
the several states to such an extent as
mry be necessary to carry these resolu
tions into effect.
Fourth That the United States
hereby disclaims any disposition to ex
ercise sovereignty, jurisdiction or con
trol over said island, except for the
pacification thereof; and asserts its de
termination, when that is accom
plished, to leave the government and
control of the island to its people.
Names for the Tags.
Washington, April 20. Secretary
Long has selected names for the five
tugs recently purchased by the govern
ment for service in connection with
the Pacific and gulf ports. The tugs
C. G. Coyle and Penwood, purchased
at New Orleans and Mobile, respec
tively, will hereafter be known as the
Choctaw and Powhattan, respectively.
The tugs Fearless, Vigilant and Active,
purchased on the Pacific coast, will re
tain their present names.
Call for Volunteers.
Washington, April 20. Representa
tive Hull, of Iowa, chairman of the
house committee on military affaiis,
will tomorrow introduce an administra
tion bill authorizing the president to
issue a call for volunteers to the num
ber of 50,000 or 70,000 men. It will
be considered immediately by the com
mittee. Its passage will proceed rap
idly, and wity take effect immediately
upon the president's approval. Its
terms will authorize the president to
call on the various states for quotas in
making np the aggregate.
NOTICE TO QUIT.
Spain Will Be Told to Leave Cuba and
Must Answer in 48 Hours.
Washington, April 21. Spain will
not receive official notice of the de
mands of the United States before to
morrow. She will then be informed
that the Cuban resolution, passed by
congress at an early hour this morning,
is now a part of the laws of the United
States, and an ulimatum will be sent in
compliance with this law, and an answer
within a very short time, probably 48
hours, is expected.
Compliance is not expected, and
lorward movement on Cuba will com
mence the latter part of this week, ac
cording to the plans of the administra
tion. The congressional Cuban resolution
will not be signed until tomorrow. The
ultimatum to Spain will be signed at
the same time. The president decided
to make the two practically one act by
a simultaneous signature of each.
Two cabinet meetings were held dur
ing the day, the first being at 1 1 o'clock
and lasting nearly two hours, and the
second lasting from 3 until 5:80 o'clock.
At their close, announcement that exec
utive action was delayed until tomorrow
was made.
Both cabinet sessions were devoted
principally to discussion of the ulti
matum to be sent to Madrid. At the
morning session, the president rather
favored allowing the Madrid govern
ment two, or even three days, in which
to reply to our demands, but since that
time he has changed his views some
what, and it is now believed to be his
purpose to require an answer within a
very short time, probably within 24
hours.
The reason for limiting the time to
one day, or even less, is said to be en
tirely strategic, otherwise two or even
three days would have been allowed.
The ultimatum itself, it is believed,
is short and to the point. It will recite
the main feature of the resolution
passed by congress and demand a som-
pliance therewith.
So far as could be learned, there will
not be a meeting of the cabinet this
evening or tomorrow morning before
the president signs the two documents
which it is believed unquestionably
will precipitate war. It is likely that
the president and Assistant Secretary
Day will tonight, go over the message
which is about to be sent to Madrid and
make any change which may bethought
desirable, leaving the final act of sign
ing the resolution and the ultimatum
until tomorrow morning. It probably
will not bo made public until notice is
received that it is in the hands of the
Spanish, diplomatic etiquette requiring
this.
The Cuban resolution, passed by con
gress, arrived at the White House at
1:15 o'clock, a little over an hour hav
ing been consumed in the formalities of
securing the signatures of Speaker Reed
and Vice-Presideiit Hobart to the reso
lution in open session and its delivery
at the White House by Representative
Hager, of Iowa, cnairman of the com
mittee on enrolled bills, and Repre
sentative" Overstreet, of Indiana.
It was expected that the resolution
would be signed immediately after it
had reached the president, and this was
President McKinley's inclination; but
for certain state reasons it was deemed
advisable that the resolution and the
ultimatum to Spain should bo signed
simultaneously, and time was needed
to draft the ultimatum in diplomatic
form.
Plan of Operation.
The fact that the resolution was not
immediately signed gave rise to a few
disquieting reports, but it soon ap
peared from statements of cabinet offi
cers that the president had not the
slightest intention of withholding his
signature, and that the delay in attach
ing it was accounted for solely by his
desire to prepare a full and complete
plan of operation in the immediate
future, before taking the final step of
turning the joint resolution into a
statute.
As to the course of events in the im
mediate future, the only prediction
that can be made is one based on prec
edents. According to these, Minister
Woodford will notify the Spanish gov-
r ernment of the action of the govern
ment of the United States, and should
the Spanish answer be unsatisfactory,
as is expected, the next step would be
for him to ask for his passports and
leave Madrid. That would be followed
instantly by the withdrawal from
Washington of Senor Polo, the Spanish
minister.
At this point it can be said that the
state department officials are confident
that the Spanish government will so
shape every phase of the negotiations
as to oblige us to take the initiative at
every point.
AAfter the withdrawal of the min
isters, and assuming that Spain does
not back down, will follow actual war,
but whether or not the first overt act
would be preoeded by a formal declara
tion of war, which would insure the
immediate neutralization of the powers,
or whether the North Atlantic squadron
will make its appearance off Havana as
a beginning, cannot be predicted.
It is announced that Italian experi
ments on vegetable life with Roentgen
rays have shown that the effect ie
identical with that of sunlight.
Madrid Press Comment.
Madrid, April 21. Imparcial today
commenting upon the commercial as
pect of the war, which it regards as
certain as soon as President McKinley
stops vacillating, says: "The Ameri
cans who are now rushing into war will
be surprised to find it is not an affair
of weeks, but of months. It will last
nntil the commercials are more anxious
for peace than they are now anxious
for war."
El Liberal says the Spaniards are
tired of talk of papal and other inter
ventions. War is a matter of hours,
in spite of rumors of delays upon Mc
Kinley's part. El Liberal urges Spain
to stop argument, adding: "The time
has oome for blows not words.
Merely Another Bluff.
Madrid, April 21. An official note
issued this afternoon says negotiations
are actually proceeding between the
colonial government of Cuba and the
insurgents on the island with a view
to obtaining the submission of the lat
ter to further concessions regarding
autonomy.
THE SOLDIERS 1 Mil
Troops Make a Start for the
Gulf Coast.
COMING FROM ALL POINTS
Being; Stationed at Chickamauga, Tam
pa, New Orleans and Mobile Orders
to the Light Artillery.
Washington, April 21 Three branch
es of the regular army, infantry, cavalry
and artillery began its movements to
ward the mobilizing points in the South
from all parts of the United States to
day. The four points to which the
army moves are Chicakamauga battle
field, Tampa, New Orleans and Mobile.
As soon as they reach these places they
will go into camp. The adjutants
general of the department received the
troops and made necessary arrange
ments for their comfort and conveni
ence. The troops carry 30 days' rations
and a number of rounds of ammunition.
Orders were issued from the war de
partment today placing the light batter
ies of artillery on a strictly war footing.
Telegrams were sent to the command
ing officers of these batteries in all
parts of the country directing them to
increase each battery from four to six
guns and increase the horses for each
gun from four to six.
En Koute to Chickamauga.
Washington, April 21. Troops A, E,
G and H, of the Sixth cavalry, from
Fort Myer, passed through ttie city
early this morning on their way to
Chickamauga. They passed in review
before Secretary Alger and General
Miles, and were greeted with enthusi
asm by the crowds along the street.
Presidio Troops Leave.
San Francisco, April 21. Light bat
teries C and F, Third artillery, left
here today for Chickamauga Park, via
the Southern Pacific railroad. The two
batteries marched from the Presidio to
the depot at 1 o'clock. At every point
along the line of march they were
cheered by the enthusiastic crowds, and
Market street was lined by the children
of the public schools, all of whom had
a half-holiday, and with flags in their
hands they cheered the soldiers as they
passed; .
Started for Chickamauga.
Denver, April 21. The two troops
of the Second cavalry, stationed at Fort
Logan," left for Chickamauga over the
Santa Fe road at 2 o'clock this after
noon. The train is a mixed one of 17
cars, carrying all the men, horses and
baggage of the two troops. The in
fantrymen, who will remain at the post
until tomorrow afternoon, cheered
their departing comrades. The Seventh
cavalryvwill parade in this city before
taking trains for New Orleans tomor
row, jfe'
'i.
Cheers "From the Flying Squadron.
Fort Monroe. April 21. Remarkable
enthusiasm was evinced this afternoon
by the 2,000 men of the flying squadron,
when a barge bearing the men, horses
and fighting apparatus of company F,
Fifth light artillery, loft Fort Monroe
for Norfolk on its way to Chickamauga.
A cheering from Fort Monroe wharf
announced the departure of the battery
to the ships of the sauadron, and im
mediately, permission being given, the
men on all the ships swarmed into the
forecastle rigging and rails and began
cheering. As the barge swung by each
boat, the men of the navy gave three
hearty cheers, hats in hand, and the
representatives of the army returned it
with a will.
PANIC AT PORTO RICO
Prospect of War Sends Prices of Food
I p a Huudred Per Cent.
New York, April 21. A special to
the World from St. Thomas says:
-United States Consul Hanna's parting
instructions to his agents throughout
the island of Porto Rico were taken out
of tho mails and destroyed. Mi. Han
na's departure from San Juan created
more excitement than all the war ca
bles. Food prices on the island of Porto
Rico have advanced 100 per cent, and
in consequence there have been serious
demonstrations in the interior. Two
battalions have been sent'from Havana
to reinforce the Porto Rico garrison,
besides a company of artillery from
Madrid. Orders have been issued for
the purchase of 80,000 rations.
A financial crisis is imminent in Ha
vana. The rate of exchange, is high.
The workingmen's organization issues
a notice complaining of the merchants
raising the prices of food. Rice is 12
cents a pound, lard 85 cents, Spanish
beans 45 cents, common beans 20 cents
and rolls 3 cents apiece. To add to
the hardship, the dealers give light
weight, 12 ounces to the pound.
Stripped, Keady for Action.
New York, April 21. A dispatch to
the Herald from St. Vincent, Cape
Verde islands, says: Should war be
declared, the Spanish fleet, consisting
of the cruisers Cristobal Colon and In
fanta Maria Theresa and the torpedo
boats and torpedo-boat destroyers
Furor, Terror, Pluton, Arioto, Rayor
and Azor, now anchored in this harbor,
will leave at once for Cuba. On all
the ships the utmost restlessness pre
vails among the officers and men, be
cause of the uncertainty as to the time
for action. No shore leave is being
granted to any man on the ships, as it
is expected that word to move may
come at any moment. The cruisers
Vizcaya and Almirante Oquendo.which
sailed from Porto Rico, are expected
here Wednesday. All the vessels here
are stripped for action, and ready to
sail at a moment's notice.
A municipal council in France has
ordered its proceedings to be reported
by phonograph.
Another Bid for Sympathy.
Madrid, April 21. On receipt of a
dispatch from the Spanish minister at
Washington, giving the result of yes
terday's voting in congress, Minister
of Foreign Affairs Gullon forwarded to
all the Spanish ambassadors a memo
randum to submit to foreign govern
ments the grievances of Spain, show
ing all Spain has done to avoid war,
and saying the responsibility for war
rests entirely upon the United States.
The total membership of the Chris
tian Endeavor Society in London is es
timated to be 25,000.
REPUBLICANS OF OREGON.
Convention Held in Astoria Nomina
tions and Platform.
The Republican state and congres
sional conventions were held in Astoria
last wee"k. The congressional conven
tion, which met on Wednesday, nom
inated Malcolm A. Moody, of Wasco
county, for representative for the second
district.
Thos. H. Tongue, of Washington
county, was nominated for representa
tive tor the first district at the congres
sional convention held in Eugene a few
days previously.
The state convention met on Thurs
day and completed a state ticket before
adjournment was taken.
The following resolution was adopted
immediately after organization was
effected:
"Resolved, That the following mes
sage be at once wired to President Mc
Kinley: 'The Republicans of Oregon,
in convention assembled, to the presi
dent of the United States, greeting:
With the utmost confidence in the wis
dom of your administration and pledg
ing you the support of the state of
Oregon, we express our earnest convic
tions that the Maine was destroyed by
design or criminal neglect of Spanish
officers, and that this outrage is just
cause for the United States to drive the
Spanish nation from the Western hem
isphere.' "
The State Ticket.
Governor T. T. Geer, of Marion.
Secretary of state F. I. Dunbar, of
Clatsop.
Supreme judge F. A.
Columbia.
State treasurer Chas. S
Klamath.
State printer W. H.
Jackson.
Attorney general D. R.
Moore, of
Moore, of
Leeds, of
N. Black-
burn, of Linn.
Superintendent of public instruction
J. II. Ackerman, of Multnomah.
The Platform.
"We, the Republican voters of the
state of Oregon, in convention assem
bled, congratulate the people of the
state as well as of the whole nation on
the unmistakable fact that the dark
cloud of adversity, which has hung like
a pall over our fair land, has been dis
sipated. We recognize that the return
of prosperity is due to the restoration
of the Republican party to power.
"We are in favor of the maintenance
of the present gold standard; we are
unqualifiedly opposed to the free coin
age of silver and to all other schemes
looking to the debasement of the cur
rency and the repudiation of debt. We
believe that the best money in the
world is none too good to be assured by
the government to the laborer as the
fruit of his toil and to the farmer as the
price of his crop. We condemn the
continued agitation for free silver as
calculated to jeopardize the prosperity
of the country and to shake the confi
dence of the people in the maintenance
of a wise financial policy; we particu
larly condemn as unpatriotic the efforts
of the free-silver agitators to array class
against class and section against sec
tion; we declare that the interests of
all classes and of all sections of our
country alike demand a sound and
stable financial system.
"While we deplore the imminence of
war, we recognize that the country is
on the eve of war, undertaken for the
vindication of the national honor and
the performance of a work dictated by
every instinct of humanity; we declare
that the administration is entitled in
this conflict to the confidence and sup
port of the entire people.
"We are firmly attached to the prin
ciples of the federal constitution; we
recognize that representative govern
ment is one of these principles, and we
are opposed to any change in law or
constitution which will abrogate this
time-honored principle.
"We are in favor of retrenchment
and reform in state and county matters.
"We demand strict economy in pub
lic affairs, and the abolition of all need
less offices and commissions.
"The salmon fishing industry, so
fruitful a source of revenue to the state,
should be fostered, and to that end we
favor state aid in the artificial propa
gation of salmon, and. their distribu
tion in the waters of this state.
"We affirm our allegiance to the
principles of the Republican party of
the United States, as enunciated by the
Republican convention in St. Louis in
1896.
"We denounce the fusion party of
Oregon as an aggregation of spoilsmen,
who are ready to subordinate principles
to offices. Each of the parties to this
compact is willing to stultify itself and
form alliances with elements which it
has heretofore denounced as dangerous
and unfit to be intrusted with power;
we declare that good government can
not come from such an alliance."
A Western man has designed an end
less chain propeller for boats in which
a double chain of buckets is hung to
two shafts extending crosswise through
the boat, with power transmitted to
the shafts by piston rods attached to a
crank section in the center of each
shaft.
Moscow has a hospital large enough
to hold 7,000 persons. It was founded
in 1764, and at present takes in chil
dren at the rate of 40 a day, or about
15,000 a year. There are 26 physicians
and about 900 nurses.
Very Caloric.
The emotional literateur has just
written a piece of which he was very
proud. The editor looked it over and
then Said:
"Do yon candidly think such opinions
ought to go into cold type?"
"I don't know much about the prac
tical work of printing," was the reply,
"but I don't believe it makes any differ
ence. Even if the type is cold 1 guess
that article will take the chill off it."
Washington Star.
When It Didn't Count.
"Did yon give him any encourage
ment?" inquired the mother, referring
to the impecunious young man who re
fused to consider himself out in the
cold.
"Oh, dear, no; none at all," replied
the beautiful daughter. "On one or
two occasions at the seashore last sum
mer I promised to be his wife, but that
was all." Chicago Post.
Canada's imports from the United
States increased $8,000,000 last year,
and her imports from England de
creased 13.000,000.
Votes to Recognize Cuba and
Intervene in Her Behalf.
MAJORITY OF FORTY-SIX
No Intention to Annex the Island Stir
ring Speeches Close the Debate
Twenty-Five Senators Heard.
Washington, April 19. The United
States senate has spoken. Its voice is
for war war until the saffron flag of
Spain shall have been furled in the
Western hemisphere, and furled for
ever. Its voice, "too, is for the independ
ence of the infant republic of the Gem
of the Antilles. "Free Cuba and the
independence of the island republic"
was the shibboleth of the senate
throughout the four days of debate
which ended tonight.
While the verdict returned was de
cisive, it is just to say that it was not
final. Notes of discord almost forebod
ing in their tones were sounded. This
foreboding was not due in any sense to
anxiety about the result of the impend
ing conflict. It was prompted by a fear
lest, if the action taken by the senate
should ultimately bo accepted as final,
this government might become involved
in complications that in future years
would prove serious.
At 9:10 o'clock the Davis resolutions
those reported from the committee
on foreign relations, amended so as to
include tho recognition of the republic
of Cuba were passed by a vote of 67
to 21, as a substitute for the resolution
adopted by the house of representa
tives. All day long the contest waged with
an earnestness, energy, ability and elo
quence seldom equaled, even in the
senate of the United States. From
10 o'clock this morning until the final
moment the interest in the debate
never abated. Under the agreement
limiting the duration of the speeches,
xcept in specified instances, to 15 min
tes, every senator who so desired had
an opportunity to express his views.
The great speech of the day was made
by White, who has been consistently
and concientiously opposed to action of
any kind upon the Cuban question.
The speech was a masterly oratorical
effort, and attracted profound attention
from every auditor.
No less than 25 senators addressed
themselves to the momentous question
under consideration during the day,
and it was not until the first vote that
on the amendment of Turpie, providing
for recognition of the island republic
had been taken, that the senate was
brought face to face with the tremend
ous importance of its action.
The scene in the chamber of many
historic debates was one of incompar
able solemnity and impressiveness.
The galleries, which had been filled ap
parently to their utmost capacity
throughout the day, were massed with
brilliantly attired women and men
distinguished in all walks of public
and private life. On the floor was
every member elected to the senate
f .ve one, Walthall, who was again de
tained from his seat by serious illness.
Probably tho most notable utterances
of the closing hours of the debate
were made tonight. Hale, Gorman,
Allison, Aldrich, Jones of Arkansas,
and Hoar, all deeply impressed by the
magnitude and possibly awful conse
quences of the stgp about to be taken,
addressed the senate with an eloquence
and solemnity born only of the most
profound feeling for their country's
welfare. As the words fell from their
lips, the chamber thrilled with an in
tesity of interest which bordered upon
awe.
The test vote, quite naturally, was
on the amendment offered by Turpie,
recognizing the independence of the
Cuban republic. It prevailed by a ma
jority of 14, the vote being 51 to 37
By political parties, the vote was cast
as follows:
Ayes Republicans, 11; Democrats,
28; Populists, 7; silver Republicans, 5.
Noes Republicans, 32; Democrats,
5.
Upon the final vote the alignment of
parties was quite different from that
on the Turpie amendment. An analy
sis of it follows:
Ayes Republicans, 24; Democrats,
81; Populists, 7; silver Republicans,
6 total, 67.
Noes Republicans, 19; Democrats,
2 total, 2L
War Revenue Measure.
Washington, April 19. The Repub
lican members of the ways and means
committee of the house have practical
ly completed the preparation of the
revenue measure, which will be passed
to raise revenues sufficient to prosecute
the war. The members propose that
the present generation shall bear the
burdens of the war, and, proceeding
upon the theory, they have prepared a
bill that will raise $100,000,000 to
$120,000,000 additional revenne per
annum.
The bill provides for an additional
tax of $1 per barrel on beer, an in
crease of from 1 to 6 cents a pound on
manuactured tobacco and snuff, and an
increase on cigars and cigarettes not yet
fixed. A proposition to tax all stocks
and transfers of corporations is embod
ied in the measure, together with prac
tically all the schemes of internal reve
nue taxation of the act of 1866, which
includes the stamp tax on all- checks,
drafts and all instruments of business,
mortgages, loans and bonds. Taxes on
patent and proprietary medicines, and
a tax on telegraph messages and ex
press messages are also incorporated.
A duty of 10 cents per pound is placed
on tea and 3 cents on coffee.
Spain Calls in Her Fighters.
Paris, April 19. Spain has been
calling home all able-bodied Spaniards.
A Dust Bxploston.
Boston, April 19. The roof of the
grain elevator at the Hoosac Tunnel
docks, Charlestown, was blown com
pletely off by a dust explosion at 4
o'clock this morning, the fire that fol
lowed not only destroying the remain
ing portion of the immense structure,
bat consuming nearly the entire con
tents, over 400,000 bushels of grain,
mostly wheat. The steamer Cambro
man, which had just finished loading
at the dock, was towed out without in
jury, but some of the small tenants ad
joining were damaged.
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.
Trade Conditions in the Treading Cities
of the World.
A year ago wheat traders were
theorizing as to the effects on the price
of wheat of a war between Turkey and
Greece. Neither of those combatants
was a wheat producer, but the near fear
of the contest involving Russia kept
the price for a month swinging through
an unusually wide range, and advanced
quotations about 10c a bushel, half of
it on the Monday following the open
ing of hostilities. It is surprising that
the wheat-consuming countries abroad,
in anticipation of a war involving their
chief source of supply, have of late
been ignoring everything except this
possibility, have been maintaing prices
in spite of a declining tendency at
times on this side, and have been mak
ing cash purchases with unexpected
energy?
The United States is furnishing at
present half of the wants of the wheat
importing oountries of the world,
about 4,000,000 bushels of the 8,000,
000 bushels supplied weekly. Would
the grain opeiators abroad, whose
office it is to anticipate the world's
situation, take phlematically a war
which threatened to embarrass even in
the smallest way this vast weekly sup
ply and which might possibly affect it
seriously?
That is hardly to be assumed. In
deed, it has not been the fact. The
other side for a fornight, incredulous
as everybody has been all this time of
the differences growing into an actual
conflict, has been ignoring fine crop
prospects at home and large offerings,
and has been making liberal purchases
from America at prices which have
been a surprise to the American trade.
It was really remarkable that Leiter
could sell 200,000 bushels abroad Easter
Saturday. These are indications that
if a declaration of war removed all the
present doubts the price of wheat
abroad would advance sharply.
The effect of war on home prices is
not easy to anticipate. Sentiment
would be a factor. Quick, decisive
suocesses exhilirate a nation as they do
individuals, encourage business as well
as national ventures and quicken specu
lation. Any advance in the wheat
price on the other side would be pre
dicted upon some embarrassment to the
export of American wheat.
Portland Market.
Wheat Walla Walla, 84 85c; Val
ley and Bluestem, 8788o per bushel.
Flour Best grades. $4.80; graham,
$3.85; superfine, $2.50 per barrel.
Oats Choice white, 39 40c; choice
gray, 3738c per bushel.
Barley Feed barley, $25; brewing,
6 per ton.
Millstuffs Bran, $18 per ton; mid
dlings, $24; shorts, $18.
Hay Timothy, $12.50; clover. $10
11; Oregon wild hay, $9 10 per ton.
Eggs Oregon, 11- per dozen.
Butter Fancy cream, 'y, 40 45c;
fair to good. 35(3-; 3c: dafrsv. 30a.S5,
per roll.
Cheese Oregon full cream, 12 tc;
Young America, 13'14o.
Poultry Chickens, mixed, $4.00
per dozen; hens, $4.004.50;
geese, $6.00 7.00; ducks, $6.00
7.00 per dozen; turkeys, live, 1318jc
per pound.
Potatoes Oregon Burbanks, 3040c
per sack; sweets, $1.75 2 per cental.
Onions Oregon, $2.252.60 per
sack.
Hops 512o per pound for new
crop; 1896 crop, 46c.
Wool Valley, 1416o per pound;
Eastern Oregon, 8 12c; mohair,
25c per pound.
Mutton Gross, best sheep, wethers
and ewes, 4c; dressed mutton. 6)c;
spring lambs, $2. 50 3 each.
Hogs Gross, choice heavy, $4.25;
light and feeders, $3.004.00; dressed,
$5. 00 6.25 per 100 pounds.
Beef Gross, top steers, $3.50
4.00; cows, $2.503.25; dressed beef,
6 7c per pound.
Seattle Market.
Potatoes Yakimas, $12 18 per ton;
natives, $9 1 1 ; sweets, 2c per pound;
box of 60 pounds, $1.75.
Butter Fancy native creamery,
brick, 25c; ranch, 10 12c; dairy,
16c; Iowa fancy creamery, 23c.
Cheese Native Washington, 12
18c; Eastern cheese, 12c.
Eggs Fresh ranch, 16o; California
ranch, 14c.
Meats Choice dressed beef steers,
8c; cows, 77c; mutton, 8,'ac; pork,
7c; veal, small, 8c.
Poultry Chickens, live, per pound,
hens, 13c; dressed, 15c; turkeys,
live, 14c; dressed, 17 18c.
Fresh Fish Halibut, 6 7c; steel
heads, 78c; salmon trout, 910c;
flounders and sole, 3 4c; torn cod, 4c;
ling cod, 45c; rock cod, 5c; smelt, 8
5c; herring, 4c.
Olympia oysters, per sack, $33.25.
Corn Whole, $23; cracked, per ton,
$24; feed meal, $24 per ton.
Barley Rolled or ground, per ton,
$26; whole, $25.
Flour Patents, per barrel, $4.25
4.50; straights, $4.25; California
brands, $5.50; Dakota brands, $5.00
$5.75; buckwheat flour, $6.50.
Millstuffs Bran, per ton,$16; shorts,
per ton, $17 18.
Feed Chopped feed, $21 22 per
ton; middlings, per ton, $18 19; oil
cake meal, per ton, $85.
Hay Puget Sound, new, per ton,
$1213; Eastern Washington timothy,
$1617; alfalfa, $11; straw, $7.
Oats Choice, per ton, $25 26.
Wheat Feed wheat, per ton, $23
$24.
San Francisco Market.
Wool Nevada, ll18c; Oregon, 12
14o; Southern coast lambs, 78c.
Millstuffs-r-Middlings, $2826.50;
California bran, $21. 00 a 21.50 per ton.
Onions Silverskins. $2.602.85per
cental.
Eggs Store, 12o; ranch, 18
14o.
Butter Fancy creamery, 19o; do
seconds, 17c; fancy dairy, 18c; good
to ohoice, 1717c per pound.
Fresh Fruit Apples, 86c$1.40 per
large box; grapes, 2540c; Isabella,
6075o; peaches, 50c$l; pears, 75o
$1 per box; plums, 20 86c.
Potatoes Early Rose, 40 50c.
Citrus Fruit Oranges, navels, $1.25
2.75; Mexican limes, $4.00; 4. 50
California lemons, choice, $1.50; do
common, 50o$1.00 per box.
Hay Wheat, $2226; wheat and
oat, $2125; oat, $14.5016.50; best
barley, $1821; alfalfa, $14.00
16; clover, $1815.
Hops 12 15c per pound.
Cheese Fancy mildl new, lOo: old.
ioc per pound.