Lineoln Goanty Leader J. F. STEWART, Publisher. TOLEDO OREGON If there are any blowholes in Ameri can armor plate Spain can't prove It A dude fights nearly as well as a cow boy, and a cowboy fights better than anything else on earth. A new trolley line across the Niagara bridge, from Canada to the United States, will have to be reckoned among the ties that bind. Chicago's tallest and thinnest citizen died the other day. He was 7 feet 8 Inches tall and weighed only 125 pounds. He was a Fole. The man behind the gun Is the one who wins naval victories, and no one appreciates this more keenly than the man in front of the same gun. The manner in which the bull fight ers In Spain have been crowded out of popular Interest should be a warning to this country's prize fighters. It is safe to conclude that there will be a great deal of powder burnt In the next few years. European nations have learned the value of shooting straight of the Cristobal Colon understands punctuation; just as soon as the Colon was cut in two she made a full stop. lias it ever struck you that the fol lows who invent bullet-proof cloths have a wonderful faculty of turning up absent alxiut as soon as a real war test offers itself? A Chicago business house displays below the name of the firm a line read ing "Established Before the War." That sign doesn't mean so much now as It did a year ago. A Madrid correspondent says that "the best people of Spain are the least demonstrative In their hostility against America." Certainly; the best people of Spain are underground. "When Mrs. Lowe was" declared elected," remarks a Denver paper in discussing the national convention of women's club, "the bustle In the ball was simply Indescribable." Whose? The York (Pa.) Dispatch editorially says: "I'ostmaster George Young, of Gettysburg, was In this city to-day be tween trains." Did he get out of his unpleasant and dangerous predicament all right? , Tb several Vandorbilt families are grad ually taking up their homes in France, but It is understood that they are sulllclently friendly to the United States to enable thorn to accept divi dends declared by their railroads. A leading New York attorney writes to a Gotham Journal to say: "I am engaged by the year to look after the matrimonial and other legal matters of Miss Lillian Russell." The airy, fairy Lillian evidently saves money by mak ing wholesale contracts of this sort The negro seems to Lick a pride of race to correspond to the pride of na tionality. Instead of followlug the best and brainiest of his own race ho Is bet ter content to follow the dictates of the white politician, and the vicious white politician makes the negro vote n dan ger and a menace by using It for his vicious ends. Remember that only letters will here after be returned by the postotlice to the sender, unt.1l full return postage Is paid. No seeoud. third or fourth class matter Is to be returned or forwarded to a new address without additional postage. The new law covers newspa pers, doors ana packages of merchan dlse. The question, asked these many years and in tones more or less musical. "What are the wild waves saving V" may be near a satisfactory reply. The manufacture of paper from seaweed Is said to be a growing Industrv France. The seaweed will doubtless reveal the whisperings and thunder lugs of the ocean it has heard to writers who use the paper. The advantage a millionaire has ove a worklngman Is that he may assume the other's part. The worklngman can not play the millionaire. Some nmus lug Incidents are told In llarper'i Weekly of patriotic youths who hav given up lives of ease and pleasure to work and live like any common sailor In the naval reserves. One of them was lately swabbing dowu the deck under the supervision of an old tar, who ex claimed, "By George! there's a flue yacht Do you know who she belong to, young feller?" "Rnther," drawlei the militiaman; "she belongs to met" At a recent convention of accident Insurance companies some interesting statistics were presented In regard the liability of meu in different oc to cu- rations to inwt with accidents One 'i would uatunUlv expect that couiiuu clal travelers, being on the road most oi ! the time, would be very liable to In Jury, or at least more so than farmers. But the experience of the insurance companies has been Just the opposite. The commercial travelers show a per centage of claims for injuries received of only 3.0 per cent of the number in sured. Farmers' claims represented 24.3 per cent of the number Insured, oi about seven times as many as the com mercial travelers. From which it seems that traveling is not very dangerous, and that it is a much safer occupatioi than farming. Just now the country Is watching the second generation of some of its great names to discover whether the strength of the fathers will show in the sous. While there Is nothing more certain than that blood will tell and by blood is not meant necessarily, descent from those who made the highways unsafe when it was the polite and gentlemanlj thing to be a robber bafoo the too ad vantageous conditions under whlct many of these young men have started out has made Impossible any real devel opment of the powers which may bt latent in them. For Nature develops nothing good without a struggle; de generacy Is the product of her Idleness Progress toward a higher type is solelj by constant effort and unceasing strife Man is no exception to this law. Oui great soldiers fought up to rank againsi a thousand bitter opponents; our great merchants gained wealth over a swanr. of pushing competitors: and so or through the list of those who have achieved success In any calling. It Is the constant conflict that strengthens the sinews of character. But In the second generation of success we too often find the son, In defiance of Na ture's final law of development, spend ing without earning, and receiving un earned, and consequently ridiculous honors. Those who have done nothing but stagger under a father's historic name along the path of easy advance ment are not likely to make history. II Is the nameless ones who have been toiling up step by step whose names will mean something at the end of the present strife; for it Is only with work that blood will tell. There Is In the country a great re newal of Interest In the Nicaragua canal, a bill for assisting in the con struction of which is now before Con gress with the expectation that It will be the most Important subject to be discussed by that body at its next ses sion. There are some questions that will add to the public Interest upon the subject like the retention of the Phil ippine Islands, but the annexation of Hawaii is enough to make the project an important and necessary one. It Is nearly half a century ago that the Idea of constructing an Interoceanic canal across. Nicaragua was first pub licly discussed, and since then four oi five surveys have been made to oscer tain the best route and an approximate Idea as to the cost of the work. The line that has been most popular extends from Greytown, or some point near It through Nicaragua Lake to Brito, on the Pacific coast Finally a company was chartered by the United States to construct the canal, and necessary con cessions were obtained from the Nicar nguan Government The route adopted was to start from Brito, following the Rio Grande and the Lnjas River to the lake, a distance of seventeen and a half miles. In this section the canal was to have a depth of thirty feet and a width. nt the bottom, of 123 foot Through the lake a channel would have to 1k dredg ed, the distance from the mouth of the Lnjas to Fort San Carlos on the eastern shore being fifty-six and one-half miles. From that point the River San Juan would le followed for sixty-nine miles. Two important tributaries enter the San Juan, the San Carlos and the San Francisco, at a point called Oehoa, and from that place a regular canal would le contracted to Greytown. There have been several estimates made as to the cost of the work, varying from $rt3.nno.oon to $133,000,000. but it is probable thnt $110,000,000 would be ample to complete It The savings in the distance to our ocean commerce would, by the use of this canal, be euor mous. Ships bound from San Fran cisco to New York would save about 8.000 miles in taking the canal Instead of going round Cape Horn. From Eng land nnd European ports the saving of distance would be 1.010 or 2.000 miles less. While the cost of ocean transpor tation is not great, the risks of naviga tion are to lo considered, while the time, involving interest charges oi shipments and Insurance are of great moment Judging from the most care fully compiled estimates, the revenues of the canal could not be much If an.v less than $S,000.000 annually, which would pay operating expenses and a re munerative dividend upon the monej Invested. The present bill authorizes the Government to guarantee bonds of the company to the amount of $100.. 000. being amply secured against any loss by reason of such Indorsement. The war has been an object lesson to the people of the cnuutry. and has re moved nearly all the opposition that once existed against the Government lending its old in the building of this great waterway. A brnlnk'ss man Is about as useless as a tralnless rallrond. fi w Havana Batteries De liver a Parting: Shot. SAN FRANCISCO WAS STRUCK Large Hole Torn in the Crulaer'g Stern No One Aboard Ship Wag Hart American Vessels Steamed Out of Range as Kapidly as Possible. Key West, Fla., Aug. 16. The flag ship San Francisoo, the monitor Mian tonomoh, and the auxiliary yacht Sil via, were fired upon 'y the Havana batteries shortly before 5 o'clock yester day morning. One 10 and two 12-inch shells struck the San Francisco's stern as she turned to get away out of range, and tore a hole about a foot in diam eter, completely wrecking Commodore Howell's quarters and smashing his bookcases into fragments. No one was injured, and, being under orders not to attack the batteries, the ships departed as fust as their engines would carry them. The flagship and the Silvia lay parallel to each other, not more than a mile from Morro ca9tle, and separ ated from each other by three-eighths of a mile. The Miantonomoh lay about three-quarters of a mile to the rear of the others. All were within range of the Spanish batteries, and the tempta tion was too strong for the Spanish to resist. The first glimmer of dawn was break ing through the eastern skies wheu, without an instant's warning, the look out on the flagship saw a jet of smoke puff from one of Mono's big guns. Al most before he could pull himself to gether sufficiently to make a report of the incident, 10 and 12-inch shells weie screaming all around. The Spaniards had the range, and apparently were grimly in earnest in tiieir last efforts to wreck injury on their too mighty enemy, bnells tell netween the ban Francisco and the Silvia. Some fell short, a few went over them. The flagship signalled the Silvia to get out of range without delay, and both ships swung around and made for the sea. It was then that the shell struck the San Francisco's stem. Commodore Howell was on deck with Captain Leary .when the' shell struck. With the utmost speed the fleet moved Out about three miles. Here the men on the flagship patched up the ragged hole in the vessel's stern. All the shells fired at the vessel fell around the ships. One of the Silvia's men stood calmiy on the deck of the yacht, watch in hand, and counted them. Morro castle fired several of the uii siles, but how many is not known. The others came from two sand bat teries near Morro. The firing lasted 20 minutes. The one-sided engagement had scarce ly ended when the men of the Silvia were treated to another eurprise. The little yacht gunboat is manned by the New York naval militia. Her crew had barely recovered from the excite ment when the flagship called the ves' eel over, and Captain liellers was given a packet of piivate documents, which he was ordered to take into Havana under a Hag of truce. The white Hag was hoisted over the Silvia, and she started towards the guns which had just given her such noisy greeting. As the Silvia approached to within a mile of Morro, the character of tho flag float ing from her foremast was discerned and the castle signalled: "What is your purpose?" To this the Silvia answered: "We have papers to deliver." Morro did not resume the conversa tion and for some little time the gun boat rocked on the watei9 almost under the still-Bmoking cannon of the enemy. Presently, however, a Spanish gunboat drew out of the harbor and came close to the Silvia. It was the Martin y Pinzon, and canied a much stronger battery than the American ship. The customary formal salutations wore ex changed, and Lieutenant William G. Ford, the executive officer of the Silvia. boarded the Pinzon and delivered tho documents. The ceremony occupied no more time than the physical net involved. The American officer returned to his ship, and the vessels went on their re spective ways. ltnu Into a Wnnhout. Chicago, Aug. 10. Battery A, Colo rado light artillery, passed through Chicago today on the way to Fort Han cock, N. Y. The troops arrived over the Santa Feroad just too late to make connection with an eastbuund train. They weie delaye.l by an accident. A washout occurred near Nemo, 111., nnd to the speed of the train the men ow0 their lives . As the last tourist car passed over a small cowpit, the ioadll collapsed and the car plunged from the tails. Every man on the train whs awakened, but before it came to a stop, a guard rail caught tho rear truck of the sleeper and threw it on the track. SPAIN IN MOURNING Public Stunned by the Loss of the Colonic. London, Aug. 16. The Madrid cor respondent of the Daily Mall says: The comments of the prees on the pro tocol are a veritable 'funeral hymn on the destruction of the Spanish colonial eniprie. Some days ago, tho desire for peace made the people close their eyes to the price, but now, upon read ing the protocol, they realize that the cost is the loss of that emphe which Spain had conquered with so much glory, and that Spain now falls to the second rank among nations. The pub lic mind is stunned and theieis general mourning. Generl Blanco telegraphB that Hav ana is greatly agitated by the news of the signing of the protocol, and that much anxiety is manifested to learn the conditions, which have not yet been published. Some uneasiness is felt regarding the effect that the text ol the protocol may have on the Spanish volunteers in Havana. , Many newspapers express grief and despair that the men who brought dis aster to Spain by lack of foresight, or eanizatiou and ability, should continue to govern the country. The Madrid Tress. Madrid, Aug. 16. The El Pais to day prints the text of the protocol sign ed by the United States and Spain with mourning borders, and says: o,.: .:,.i,., rir;rz :z r, i i Uf.xu, v.,...u, to the role of a third-rate power." El Imparcial says: "Peace will not bring to Spain even the rest she so much needs after three years and a half of war." El Nacional says, bitterly. "If Spain had at least been van quished only after a furious and heroic struggle, she could resign herself. Peace with the United States will only be a momentary respite from our mis fortunes."' El Epoca says: "The peace is the saddest imposed since the treaty of Utrecht," and ex pressed the doubt if a government which allowed itself to be dragged into war will acquit itself well by nego tiating peace. El Liberal says the article in the protocol relating to the Philippines does not indicate that anything good for Spain will be fixed upon, and the question will not be settled favorably for her. El Globo (ministerial) prays for peace between the United States and Spain, and says the communication on Eastern questions, which Day and Cam bon have signed, begin the first chapter in a new history of Europe. El Tiemp (conservative) says: "'Peace is an accomplished fact. The bitterness of defeat does not prevent us from seeing with Batisfction tho end of the war." DEATH IN A CLOUDBURST. Twenty Persons Met a Sudden End in Tennessee. Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. 16. A terri ble cloudburst, in which at least 20 lives are known to have been sacrificed, was last night visited upon the com munity of Beach tJreek, about 15 miles north of Rogersville, Tenn., which place is 80 miles distant from Knox ville. The torrent of water fell in the vioinity of the home of William Figan, a well-to-do farmer, and his entire family, wife and five children, were drowned, and washed away with the flood. Figan, however, escaped. The deluge of water carried with it every other human being within its reaoh, but tho only names of the lost reported here up to a late hour tonight, in ad dition to the Figan family, are John Arnold and Samuel Henry and wife. These people resided within a quarter of a mile of the Figan home. This in formation was received in this city by friends of the deceased. Searching parties have been formed and are tonight looking for the bodies of the unfortunates who perished in the flood. It is, however, feared that they have been carried to graves from which they may nevor be recovered. The cloudburst destroyed several thousand dollars worth of property. Whole crops were washed away and palatial homes suffered the same fate as the humblest hut in the path of the flood. It lias been impossible to communi cate with the stricken community from this city on account of the fact that all wire communication has been inter rupted. The complete details of the catastrophe are, however, expected by tomorrow night, coming by mail. The reports received up to a late hour to-n-ght make it the most terrible affair of us kind experienced in this section for many years. Threatened Protest by Japan. Seattle, Wash., Aug. lO.-Japanese papeis received hero today contain a story to the effect that the Japanese ministry will protest against the United States holding the Hawaiian islands, n order to remove the opposition of the upper house to it by raising an issue of foreign complications. Denver, Col., Aug. 16.-The North ern Colorado coal miners' strike, in which about 1,200 miners were en gaged, is at an end, the miners havnig accepted the Northern Coal Company', offer of 25 cents a ton, mine ma. Both Blades claim a victory. Wi Mill 01 Protocol Signed bj Day and lambon. ORDER HOSTILITIES STOPPED Orders Sent to American Military a0)1 Naval Commanders-An Impr Ceremony at the White nome-i. Commissions Provided For. Washington, Aug. 15. With aim. plicity in keeping with republican in. stitutions, the war which has raged La tween Spain and the United States lor a period of three months and 22 days was quietly terminated at 23 minutes past 4 o'clock this afternoon, wheu See retary Day, for the United States, and M. Cambon, for Spain, in the presence of President McKinley, signed a proto col which will form the basis of & definite treaty of peace. The closing chapter of events that led up to the signature of the protocol nnd t.hfl cessation of hnotiliUno of interest. Theie was rumors in the early morning that over niht the French embassy had received the long expected final answer from Madrid, but these, upon inquiry, proved groundless, as it wa6 no, until 12:30 tnat the note began to come from Madrid in small lots. The state department was soon ad ,'vised of the fact that the message was under transmission, but, as it was evi dent that it would be long and that its reception would occupy much time, the .secretary of etate left tho state depart ment for his luncheon. At 2:45 o'clock Secretary Thiebant, ,of tho French embassy, appeared at the state department to inform Seoretary Day that the ambassador was in full possession of the note, and was fully empowered to sign the protcol (or Spain, and only awaited the pleasure of the state department. He intimated that the ambassador would be pleased to have the final ceremony conducted in the presence of President MoKinloy, where the negotiations were begun. ' Ambassador Cambon reached the White House at just 8:55 o'olock, five minutes in advance of the appointed bour. courtesies, unnecessary loss of time did not occur, and Assistant Secretary of State (Jridler, on the part of the United States, and First Secretary Thiebant, on the part of Spain, retired to a window, where there was a critical formal exam ination of the protocol. This instrument had all the out ;ward formalities due a document of this importance. It was printed in duplicate ut the state department, one copy to be retained by the United States government and the other to be come the property of Spain. The two copies are alike, except that the one held by this government has the Eng lish text in the Hi at column, and the signature of Secretory Day ahead of that of M. Cambon, while the copy .transmitted to Spain has French in the first column and the signature of M. Cambon ahead of that of Secretary Day. The protocol sent to Spain was ac companied by the credentials issued by President McKinley, specially empow ering the secretary of state to affix bis 'signature to the document. The au thorization was brief and in typewrit ing, save for the president's character istic bold signature. Later the Ameii can copy of the protocol will be accom panied by the-written credentials of the Spanish government sent to M. Cambon, and bearing the signature of jQuoen Christina. ! The examination of the protocol wai satisfactory, and the document was handed to Cambon first and then to Secretary Day, who affixed siynatures in that order to' each side of the two copies. Then the last detail in rnakinj the protocol binding was administer by Assistant Secretary Cridler, who at tached the seal of the United States. No credentials were produced during the meeting at tho White House, the president accepting Secretary Day's as surance that this had been settled to his satisfaction at the state department It was 4:23 o'clock when the final signatures were attached to the proto col, and, within tho knowledge of officials present, this was the first time that a treaty or protocol had been Eig"el1 at the White House, i As this ceremony concluded, the president requested the hand of the ambassador and through him returned thanks to tho sister republio of France for the exercise of her good office! i m bringing about peace. He also than tho amba8ssador personally for the im portant part he has played in this ma ter, and the latter replied in suitable terms. " . As a further mark of his di'I' tion, President McKinley loalled (or the proclamation, which he caused" be drawn up, suspending hostibtiP'i and signed it in the presence of. Cambon, who expressed his apprcc111' tion of the action.