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THE PLAINDEALER, Published Dally, except Sunday. W. K. nKSJAJIIN U. Y. HKNJAMIN...'.. Editor. ..Manager. HuliHcrlptlou Itatcs. Oiie Year, by mail ... Si Months, " .... .. Three Monthn " ..... . ........ .... Ono Month .... Per Week; delivered by Carrier...--..... ..WOO 1 M .. 75 .. 25 - 10 TUc "Weekly Plnlntlcnler. One Year . ...........-. ....! 00 Six Montha . ........ 1 00 Three Months .. .. JO - OCTOBER 7. 1895. TO THE VOTERS OF R05E0URQ. The Water Company, by ita mouth piece, tbe Revfew, cornea out this morn ing asserting that: "There Is not a citi zen of Hoeeburg who honestly beliores tbil the candidate for couuciliuen m tho taxpayers' ticket art) in any way what ever pledged to tho interest of that or any other corporation." As a denial cf that assertion it is suffi cient nnswcr- to Mate that David Moore and fl. C. Slauton arc known to favor the Water Company. Thcso two men wo know, from their action on the ali xen'fl committee rabod a few weeks ago, and it is reasonable to suppose, that tho uther gentlemen aie of a like opinion or tbey would not be so ardently supported by tho llamiltona and Sheriilaue. ThcSht is net againat that ticket on personal grounds, but upon the attitude It hold on the question of renewal of that one-sided contract with the com anyr.for, disguite it a thej may, that ia tbe .only lasue. Tbe Re view extra" worked up Sunday and held back till near tbe opening of the polls, tries to ehow tbat as Mr. Marka pays $1,000 taxes, he is the man. Admitted ho does, lie don't pay more than bis jost proportion of taxes, if be doea that. The $1,000 tax is his tax on about 190. 000. The tax be pays doubtless covers tbe tax on the company of which ho is administrator. That estate was ap praised at 2lB,'00o. Aa to that dodging the issue by assert ing tbat "several candidates on tho so- called citizens' ticket nave no property interest to protect and no taxes to pay," it is sufficient to say that any elector is eligible to office, and not one on the citi zens ticket has had paid for him a nom inal tax by the interested parties to make them eligible. Every candidate on the citizens' ticket is a leg-! elector and is eligible. SHALL CORPORATIONS RULE? Tho contest in Monday's election teems ttf be between tho "Water Com pany and ihose opposed to having tliat company fastened upon them like a leech, sacking the life blood out of tho city's prosperity. Let all citizen's de sirous of the city's welfare stand up in . plialanx, determined tliat no monopoly of any kind or cliaractcr shall receive their suffrage. The Water Company, as we judge from observation, is determined and active, putting forth every effort to bring the city's future in subjection to their demands, and should they be suc cessful in their efforts, the taxpayers will then have an onerous burden im posed'utKMi them without any corres Ionding benefit. It is to the interest of every citizen of the city to see to it that no monopoly sliall gain control of any franchise tliat will inuro injuriously to the city's welfare, or the imposition of heavy taxes upon her citizens. Should the so-called taxpayers' ticket gain the victory'next Monday, they then may be prejared to suffer the ill consequences resulting therefrom, and for a decade of years they will regret that they havo brought themselves under the domina tion of a monopoly, greedy and insatiate, and which knows no law other than tho doctrine that "might makes right." Citizens, it is in your power to prevent this monopoly from fastening its fangs upon you. See too it that you exercise that rower by voting the Citizens ticket next Monday, and you will then have the consciousness of having performed your duty to yourselves and to the city's lK'3t interest?. The fight is on, and on next Monday must be decided whether cororulion rulo shall control the interest of tho city, or whether tho citizens shall bo left free and untrainmeled in the administration of municipal affairs. If tho citiiona aro desirous of living under corporate rule, then voto tho Bo-callod tax (layers ticket, for bo by doing you will havo taxes to pay to saiety, for it la well known wherever corporato power has tho ascendencyin municipal affairs, taxes aro alwayslncreased bo as to advance the financial interests of tho corporation holding the reigns of power. Any ono conversant with tho affairs of tha city uitiRt bo well awaro that corporate power has for some past months put forth all aud every effort ikjbsIuIb to keep tbe citizens iu subjection to their avaricious demands, an t should this bo called tax payers ticket, alias corporation ticket, bo victorious next Monday, then may tho citizens kneel to that corporate power and virtually surrender their best inter ests to those who through pecuniary con sideration would sacrifice private and public interests to fill their already plethoric purses. Tho citizens ticket headed by A. C. Marstera was nominated in n fair and impartial manner, every citizen of the tho city having the right and privilege of being heard at tho lime the nomination was made, and on that ecoro no excep tions can bo takon to the ay find man- uer in which the ticket was placed in tho field, and the nominees belug citizona of unexceptional character thoy should bo most overwhelmingly elected. Vote the citizens ticket and tho interests ot the citizens will bo in trustworthy bauds. Vote tho taxpayers, alias cororation ticket and bo prepared to suffer tho con sequences of monopolistic rule, a rule under which r.t all times and under all circumstances tho tax payer has Buffered grevious burdecfl. Voto .tho citizens ticket and thus consign monopoly to tho maelstrom of political death. Cuba's Present Condition. New Yokk, Oc. 3. Tho World tomor row will print extracts from a .private letter from Cnlu, which predicts a fan ine it tho war continues. Tho troops in tho interior jiart of tho island aro suffer ing unheard-of harpships. They aro famished, clotheales, shoeIese,and with out medical attendance. The officers confess the total demoralization of the army aud pronounce tho difficulty insur mountable. Tho departments of Santiago, l'uerto Principe, Santa Clara and Mutanzas, that is tosay, nearly all of tho island, aro betas devastated. Every ho re small parties of rebels patrol tho country with perfect impunity, robbing and firing property. In tbe port of Havana, there is a tittle ol sugar of 300,0(0 tons without buyers The sugar estates have no money to pay their workingmen, who aro driven by starvation to join the robels, and no life is safe in tho country. The money in circulation is tbe $5,000,000 monthly pay of the army, of which eomo is remitted to officers' families in Spain. The sugar planters are mined completely. They, at least thus far, have constituted an ele ment of production. The picture that Cuba presents today is very gloomy, and the futuro is very, very dark. Cuba's Independence. Chicago, Oct. 4. The Times-Herald prints tho following, dated September 23, from tbe headquarters of tho general of the rebel army," at Tnerto Principe, Cuba: "At a meeting of tho Cuban provincial delegates in this place today, tho report of tbe special commit tec appoiutid to draft a constitution was adopted without debate, tbe fundamental laws of tbe re public were formally proclaimed and tho indepence of the island from Spain sol emnly declared. The provincial govern xnent of General Maceo gives way to this permanent organization: Tresident, Salvador Cisncroa of Puerto Principe ; vice-president, Barto molo Maceo of Manzanillo ; secretary of war, Carlos Koloff of Santa Clara; for- eisn affairs, Rafael Portuondo of Santi ago; treasury. Severs Pina of Sancti Spiritu; interior, Santiago J. Kaninares, of Remedios ; gencral-in-chief. Maximo Gomez; lioutenant-general, Antonio Maceo. "The province of Santa Clara, Santi ago, Havana, l'uerto Principe and Mat anzas aro all represented in this new gov ernment." County Indebtedness. Tho following figures show the county's indebtedness: ct. 1, ISiH $172.15)3.15 Oct. 1, 18S5 144,397.88 Decrease 27,705,-'7 A reliable dealer. II. C. Stanton. ANNOVNCKJIENTH. FOR CITY MARSHAL. To the voters of the city of Roseburg, I hereby announce myself a candidate for city marshal, at the election to be held the 7th day of October, 1895. J. R. CANNON. FOR CITY MARSHAL. T undersigned hereby announces liiniM-lf a candidate for the office of city marshal, at the coming election, Octo lwr 7th, 1893. F. W. CARROLL. TELEGRAPH NEWS flust be Arbitrated. New Youk, Oct. 4. A 8iecial to tho Herald, from Washington, Bays: The great international quostion ot tho hour is tho Venezuelan boundary dis pute. Secretary Olney has prepared a dispatch to Ambassador Bayard which will 60on bring tho matter to an isjue. This dispatch is of a most positive and unequivocal naturo. As soon aa it shall lj placed before tho Uritish government it will raise an issue which can be set tled only by tho retreat of ono or tho other governments. Tho stand takon by tho United States in this dispute ia ono which involves one of the oldest and most sacred traditions of tho government an enforcement of the Monroo doc trine. Secretary Olney's dispatch is, in substance, a declaration in tho most pos itive language that tho United States will not content to British occupation of tho disputed territory in Venezuela unless that nation's right thereto is determined by arbitration. This declaration ia sub stantially the same as that which was made soino months ago and to which the British foreign office replied with a state ment that while England's right to a part of the territory in question could bo submitted to arbitration, tho right to an other part of tho region iu question could not bo submitted to such adjudication. When Great Britain took this ground the question which President Cleveland and his advisers had to decido was whether the United States waa bound by the Monroo doctrine and by her dignity to insist that all of tho torritory iu dis pute should be submitted to arbitration, or whether by conceding England's con tention we should virtually abandon tho field and Ieayo Venezuela to light it out alone. Few more serious questions havo presented themselves to an American ad ministration within recent years. The decision of Uie president and his cabinet advisers, after careful discussion aud painstaking investigation, is that a bold and consistent policy shall bo adopted, and this policy has been formulated in the dispatch which Ambassador Bayard will lay before the British government as soon as he returns from his present jour ney to Scotland. The dispatch meets England's rejoin der with a reaffirmation of tho principle of tho original contention expressed in phrases which leave no possibility of doubt aa to tho meaning ot tho earnest ness of the United States. It does more. In polite, but firm and significant words Secretary Olney de clares it to bo the belief of the United States government that the territorial claims which Great Britain has set in Venezuela are in tho nature of an at tempt to seize territory on iho American continent to which she has no legal right. Tho eecretary joints ont two horns to the dilemma, leaving Great Britain to choose which it will accept. First If the quarrel with Venezuela is an ordinary boundary dispute, having ita origin in fanlty descriptions, imperfect surveys or other misunderstanding, a refusal to arbitrate tho samo is contrary to tho precedents set by Great Britain herself and contrary to tho practico of all civilized nations. Second If, on tho other hand, as ap pears to bo the case, and, aa is the belief of tho president of the United States, tho dispute as to the location of a boundary line is a mere disguise under which Great Britain is attempting by superior force to extend her territory in America, this is directly violative of tbo Monroo doctrine, and will never bo submitted to by tbo United States. This is tbo substanco of the dispatch. which, in all probability, will become one of tho most famous dispatches sent out of tho American stato department. It is a direct, positive and practical ap plication of tho Monroo doctrine in its broadest aspect to tho quarrel between Great Britain and Venezuela. It com mita tbo Lnited States to a position which must bo adhered to. Rev. Gibson on the Stand. 5as I-kascisco. Oct. 4. A great commotion was caused in court when General Dickinsou called the name of Rev. J. George Gibson as the next witness. Gibson was handed sev eral pieces of paper, ono at a tim, and asked to stato if the writing contained on each was not his own. In each case the witness replied that while the writing bore a remarkable resemblance to his own, he could not swear that it was actually his writing. On crosa-exaaiinatiou District-Attorney Barnes asked tho witness to writo from dictation a letter to Georgo R. King, in which tho names of Professor Schern stern and Mrs. Charles G. Noble oc curred. Tho purpose of this was to com pare the names with thoso on the paper in which tho rings of Blanche Lamont wero returned to Mrs. Noble. As Mrs. Noble's name and her address were printed on the wrapper containing the ring, Attorney Deuprey asked Rev, Gib son to print Mrs. Noble's name an ad dress. Witness complied with tho re quest and tho writing was introduced in evidonco. When tho court took a recess until 2 o'clock, Rev. Gibson was told to return this afternoon with specimens of his handwriting contained in sermons, one of which should havo been written be foro and the other alter April 3. Heartrending Scenes. Constantinople, Oct. 4, (Thursday , evening, via Sofia, Bulgaria,) The Ar menian church in Constantinople .and other churches in different parts of tho Turkish capital aro still crowdod with refugees. There aro nearly 500 Armen ians in the Patriarchal church alone. Tbo scenes in tho churches are heart rending in tho extreme. Many women and children aro bewailing the loss of their husbands and fathers. The Armenians declare the Turkish mob committed tho moat terrible ex cesses in the Karaghio Mkulc quarter of Constantinople during the night of Mon day, when tho rioting first broko out. A woman named Aghavni, who was eight months enceinte, wob ripped open, it is claimed, and tho child was exposed to a jeering mob. It is added tho same woman's daughter, only 11 years old, waa ravished. It is still impossible to give the exact number of killed or wounded. All ac counts concur in saying the Turkisli po lice countenanced tho excesses. Accord ing to the Armenians about 200 persons havo been killed during tbo rioting. A deputation of 40 leading Armenians called at tho British embassy today to seo tho Britis ambassador, Sir Phillip Currio. They wero informed that Sir Phillip was absent, but they said they had come to seo him and would wait un til ho appeared. Thero will be a danco at Long's hall in Coles valley, on Friday evening, October ilth. 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