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VOL. VII.
THE DALLES, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 13, 1894.
NO. 71.
A STRICT PARTY VOTE
Resolution Before tic Tariff Committee
' Defeated.
TEN ARTICLES PASSED, NO CHANGE
The Seigniorage Bill Taken Up in the
Senate Dolph Denounces A
Swindler.
Washington, March 12. The eenate
- finance committee today considered the
tariff bill. By a strict party vote it de
feated the resolution giving workingmen
farmers and manufacturers five days for
a hearing. Ten articles of the bill passed
with ..at change. '
In the Senate.
Washington, March 12. The. senate,
by 33 to 27, laid on the table Peffer's
resolution calling for an investigation of
the statement that senators had been
interested pecuniarily in sugar specula
tion pending action on the tariff bill.
Dolph called attention to the circular
sent by Harvey Spaulding, of Washing
ton, a claim agent, offering t" ecure
lands along the Northern Pacific read at
a nominal cost. Dolph characterized
the circular as a swindling scheme, the
grossest fraud he ever knew.
THE WONDER OF THE WORLD.
Edison -writes a friend, of Ills Greatest
Invention.
One of Portlond's richest merchants,
erstwhile a telegraph operator in the
same office with Thomas A. Edison when
his colleagues ased to call him "Sleepy
Tom," J who. was never expected to
amount to anything, is in receipt of a
letter from the "Wizard of Menlb Park,"
in which he makes a startling revelation
as yet not given to the press.
Edison alleges in the communication
that for the past, five years he had
secretly been experimenting on an
electric camera with which he intends
to astonish the world, and by the aid
of which medical science will take a leap
in advance of the combined progress
made in medicine since its recognition as
a science. The invention is almost per
fected, and he intends to exhibit its
powers first in London next summer,
in the presence of the greatest English,
German and French physicians,
The electric camera will photograph
action without the agency of solar light,
and with the rapidity of electric flashes.
Edison claims for it the power of reprodu
cing the circulation and every movement
of all the organs in the human system,
together with their physical condition,
thus enabling doctors to diagnose disease
by the plates, without the risk of making
mistakes.
By this invention Edison says, human
life may be materially prolonged, and
humanity's misery from '. , physical
ailments reduced to the minimum.
- If you wish to see a fine assortment of
oranges, lemons and bananas just call
and see the display at H. H. Campbell's,
next door to the postoffice
Revolution
In Eating
has been brought about by the
introduction of Cottolene, the
new vegetable shortening. The
discovery of this product, and the
demonstration of its remarkable
qualities, has attracted the widest
interest. . Hitherto the common
shortening has . been . lard, or
indifferent butter. Every one has
probably suffered occasional dis
comfort from lard-cooked food ;
while it is well known that thous
ands are obliged to abstain entire
ly from everything of that kind.
To such people, Cottolene is of
peculiar value, widening as it
does, the range of what may be
eaten and enjoyed. Cottolene
is a cooking marvel. It combines
with the food imparts to it a
tempting color, a delicate flavor,
and. an appetizing crispness.
No trace of greasiness remains
to offend the taste, or disturb the
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. ) WASHINGTON LETTER.
Prospects of the Wilson Bill The Pr esl
dent In a Quandary.
From our Regular Correspondent. .' v' '
Washington, March 9, 1894.
Mr Cleveland has been in a pet ever
since he got back to Washington and dis
covered the pitiable plight of the cuockoo
free traders in the senate. He has
stormed and raved but it has all been to
no purpose; the free traders are still on
the run, and today the prospect of the
ultimate defeat of his tariff bill is bright
er than ever. The bit of parliamentary
legerdemain by which the senate took
up the Bland bill for the coinage of the
seigniorage did not improve his state of
mind, as the democratic party is even
more divided on that measure than up
on the tariff, and if the senate promptly
passes it, as' now seems probable, he
will have to choose between vetoing it
and breaking his word, pledged by Sec
retary Carlisle to the New York bankers
in order to prevent the absolute failure
of the recent bond issue.
The tariff bill is now in the hands of
the full finance committee, but the ten
democratic kickers, headed by Hill, Gor-
inon and Brice, are masters of the situa
tion. They are crowing over the cuckoos
to such an extent that some of them are
threatening to become kickers them
selves because of the concessions that
have been made to the ten. Senators
Allison and Aldrich, republican mem
bers of the finance committee, have
given the democratic members of that
committee notice, on the floor of the sen
ate, that the republicans do not propose
to allow the bill to be railroaded through
the committee, and the republicans,
owing to the absence of Senator Vance,
one of the democratic members ofe the
committee, -are in a position to prevent
any precipitate action by the full com
mittee. Senator Hill's, open fight
against the income tax has not improved
the situation from a democratic point of
view.
It must have caused Mr. Cleveland,
Hoke Smith and Commissioner Ldchren
to Jjlush with shame when they read the
manly criticisms of the administration's
pension, policy made on the floor of the
house while the pension appropriation
bill was under consideration. General
Sicke's, one of the few democrats in the
house who always stands up and fights
for those who fought for the country in
its hour of need, made a ringing speech
against the administration policy. ' He
began by quoting the declaration con
cerning pensions from Mr. Cleveland's
'92 letter of acceptance and declaring
most emphatically that if' that declara
tion bad been lived up to there would
have been no trouble. Gen. Sickles'
speech contained a number of epigrams
worthy of preservation.. For instance
"If you would have good soldiers in the
next war, take good care of the soldiers
of the past war"--and, speaking of a
compilation of pension laws issued by
the pension bureau, which he held in
his hand "They print them for other
people to read ; they ought to read them
themselves.'' Gen. Sickles was particu
larly severe on Commissioner Lochren
for trying to break down the act of Dec
ember, 1893, declaring a. pension to be a
vested right, an act which Gen. Sickles
said will stand. Gen. Grosvenor, of
Ohio, in a remarkably strong speech
against the administration's treatment
of old soldiers, paid his respects to Mr.
Cleveland's libel about there being hun
dreds of thousands of. fraudulent pen
sioners, and said: "If there are 200
fraudulent pensioners' on the roll, the
commissioner ought to be impeached for
inefficiency." Gen. Grosvenor said be
had been told by an official of the pen
sion bureau that the most of the frauds
on the'. roll had been-placed there by
Commissioner Black, under the Mexican
veteran bill. '' -, -
The charges connecting' a number of
democratic senators with speculating in
sugar stock have reached that point
where they are little short of a .great
national scandal, and it now looks as
though those democratic Senators who
have not been speculating in sugar stock
will be compelled in defense of their own
good names to join with the republican
senators in ordering an investigation.
Five democratic senators, two of them
members of the finance committee, are
involved in these scandals. Gossip has
it that the profits of one of these senators
on the day that it was . announced by
two democratic senators that an arrange
ment bad been made with President
Havemeyer of the sugar trust, who was
at the time in Vttshington, by the demo
crats of the finance committee, to pro
tect the sugar trust, reached the sum of
$68,000. If these democrats are innocent
of stock-jobbing with the sugar clause of
the tariff bill they should ask for an in
vestigation and establish their innocence.
Senator McPherson, of New Jersey, has
acknowledged that he bought 1 ,000
shares of sugar stock, but claims that it
was done on ' an old order given his
brokers and that as soon as he was noti
fied of its purchase he directed that it be
at once sold and no more purchased, and
Senator Vest has denied having pur
chased any. Senator Brice, " who is
mixed up in the charges, has said nothing..'
THE NEW LAW.
Its Workings Compared with the Old by
,the County Assessor. '-
Editor of The Chronicle:
Believing that a comparison showing
the difference in the assessment for 1892
and 1S53 under the new -law would
prove to be interesting to your many
readers and taxpayers, I herewith ap
pend a statement of each yeai 's assess
ment: '
The assessment on agricultural lands
for 1893 shows a decrease in value of
fifty cents on the acre compared with
the '92 assessment; but in round num
bers a gain of $20,144 on whole amount of
agricultural lands, there being a gain of
18,922 acres over the preceeding year's
assessment. ' Average per acre for '92,
$5.72; for '93, $5.22
Town lots show a decrease in value of'
$43,058 for '93.
Military road lands show a decrease
in value pf $50J765, on account of being
declared government lands and not sub
ject to taxation. .
' Improvements . show a decrease of
$50,2131
Merchandise and impements show a
decrease in value of $37,142. ''..,,
Money, notes and accounts show a de
crease of $544,444. Mortgage notes were
included in this item in the '92 assess
ment, which were not in the '93. .
Household furniture shows' an in
crease in this year's assessment of $14,
048. ' .
Horses show a decrease ,in value of
$66,595. Average for '92, $23.12 per
head ;' for '93, $17.44.
Cattle show a decrease in value of $23.-
924. Average for '92, $12.12 ; for '93,
$10.27.
Sheep show a gain in number of 25,-
055 for 93, but a loss in value of $14,248.
Average for '92, $2.04 per head ; for '93,
$1.54.
Swine show an increase in number,
but a decrease in value of $897. Ayer
age for '92, $3.46 per head ; for '93, $2.69.
Thus it .will be seen by comparison of
the two assessments, that while the
values of all property ' show a lower valu
ation for 1893, the taxable property for
the same year shows a gain of about
$100,000. It' should also be borne in
mind that the- property represented by
mortgage notes on the '92 assessment
werevery few collected on, while under
the present assessment it can all be col
lected. . -' .
The new law of not assessing, mort
gage notes and allowing no deduction
for indebtedness does not make the
difference in the amount of taxable
property, as a great many think' it
should, as what is gained in the new
law by not allowing a deduction for in
debtedness, is lost . in cot' assessing
credits or the mortgage notes.
In order to reduce it to a more simple
problem we will take for example Mr.
A. and B.'s assessment under the old
law. Each own a piece of property
valued at $2,000. yA. gives in his prop
erty at $2,000 but owes B. $1,000 and
gets a reduction for it, leaving his taxa
ble property at $1,000. B. gives in his
property at $2,000, note against A. for
$1,000, which makes the total of both
$4,000. Under the new law they are
both assessed at $2,000. Bach total
footing up $4,000, as before, and as a
natural consequence in most cases Mi S
A. blames the county assessor. '
' J. G. Koomtz.;
- I would like to add a postscript to the
above, stating that the assessor has no
say in the levying pf either state, county,
school or city taxes and is therefore not
responsible for the present high taxes.
J, W. K.
Notice.
I hereby announce myself as a candi
date for the office of county clerk, sub
ject tp the decision of the republican
county convention.
I. I. BUEGET.
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Court St., Feb. 1st.
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NEWS NOTES.
The bodies - of the men . entombed in
the Gaylord mine February 13th have
been reached. They were .so badly de
composed that identification was only
possible from their clothing.
According to a dispatch. Da Garni yes
terday, through the senior Portuguese
naval commander, offered - to surrender
to the president of Brazil, provided he
and his followers were guaranteed pro
tection against punishment. . .
- The opening of the new session of par
liament was a very tame affair, so far as
any manifestation of public interest was
concerned, and, indeed, the lords and
the commons seemed to shafe the indif
ference in a large degree. Very few peers
were in attendance, and when (he house
of commons was summoned to hear the
reading of the speech from the throne
only about 50 members-' walked to the
house of lords in response.
As to His Aupearance.
"Can you describe the man yon saw
hanging' about the house the day before
the robbery?" inquired the detective.
The Perkins Junction storekeeper
whose place of business had been
broken into and robbed of a eonsider
erable quantity of plug tobacco, canned
tomatoes and dried peaches, together
with the entire contents of the cash
drawer, amounting to one dollar and
fifty-six cents, reflected a moment and
then asked:
"Do you know Bill Quinn?"
"1 don't think 1 do."
"Lives down in the Wallick neighbor
hood." ; ;
"I don't know him."
The merchant shifted his quid to the
other cheek, chewed thoughtfully
awhile and said:
"Know Si Roberts?" -
"No." '''
"Auctioneer. Hangs 'round Thomp-"
son's a good deal."
"Never heard of him. . But. as to this
man you saw loafing about here before
the robbery took place I would like to
have you describe him. as well as you
can." -
Again the storekeeper reflected.
"Well," he. said at last, "he looks
some like Bill Quinn and some like Si
Roberts." Chicago Tribune. . : .
Sio. Verdi is hard at work on an im
portant new opera,, which may see the
light next spring. The subject of the
work is kept perfectly secret. The
veteran composer is a very quick
writer and rarely alters his composi
tions after hi first moment of inspira
tion. ..'.
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