The Times-Mountaineer
SATURDAY MARCH 5, 1892
SLIGHTLY SARCASTIC.
Th Oreaanian corresDoodent at
-a
1 Washington, apparently under the die
' fcation of the Oregon congressional
delegation, furnishes that paper with
the following regarding the oppor
, tnnipa offered for Eastern Oregon to
aplect its own rerjresentativo iu con
gress at the coming election:
If the people of The Dalles, iu Ore
gon, will take a little advice regarding
': the imDrovement proposed at that
i place for the benefit of the Columbia
'.'v river, the Oregonxan correspondent
t will freely give it to them. For sev
years past both senators and repre-
.. sentatives . from Oregon have been
doing-' -everything they could to Hecnre
'- j improvement of the Upper Ctlumbia,
" f esDeciallv the imDrovement at The
4. "
Dalles. During this time it is known
. the people, of The Dalles have been
Jrselv ' criticiainff -the delegation in
congress, and" asserting that the mem
. bers have Dot been doing what they
should to Becure this improvement,
Now there is an opportunity for the
, people of EasterR Oregon to elect a
reDresentative to ' congress. Hereto-
' fore the trouble has always been in the
house of representatives. In the sen
i ate . Mr. Mitchell has been able to
secure the passage of. his boat railway
bill, out the house would not listen to
-' it,, neither would the house listen to
; the project of Mr. Hermann for the
. nortecs railway around The Dalles
r n
obstruction.
The opportunity of the people of
.-Th Ballea is rirje. cn account of the
' additional congressman, which should
by all means come from the people of
The Dalles, to get through their boat
railway bill and the appropriation for
locks and dams and a portage railway.
Of course, the people of The Dalles
know this can be done. They have
said bo time and again, alleging if
proper work was done by the repre-
':' sentatives in congress there nee.d be no
trouble. Here is the best opportunity
which has ever been offered to the
community to secure what they want.
It has been held that Hermann, being
from Southern Wreson and tfce sen
ators from Portland, they did not care
to have this improvement pushed
through, and were fighting the inter
ests of Eastern Oregon. Bat now the
. opportunity offers for a ' congressman
to come from Eastern Oregon. It
would probably be better to , have a
representative "from the city of The
Dalles, who can tell the river and
harbor committee, and convince that
body that the improvement should be
made, and who can talk the matter up
on the floor of the house and pass it.
- With almost unanimous consent the
people of Eastern Oregon should select
a man from The Dalles to come down
here and put through this great work
which has been so long neglected.
' WHAT FREE WOOL MEANS.
. . The New York Press says: A fe
; (lava arn Mr. Snnnmr. the foremost
- a o .
champion of the bill and the Demo
cratic leader of the house, was asked
the following question: If the bill is
enacted, do you expect a large increase
in the importations of woolens? He
. replied: "Yes, there will undoubtedly
be a heavy increase in importations.
This confession exposes in a single
sentence the motive and aim of . free
- trade. Americans everywhere will do
well to mark its significance. It is a
notice served on every American man
ufacturer .that makes woolens, and
every operative in American woolen
factories, that it is the deliberate pur
pose of the Democracy to cripple and
destroy the wool-growing and woolen
industry of the United States. It is a
clear, definite statement that if the
- AsemuurBuy uu jus way tne lujpurtu.
T-fc 1 !i L
tion of foreign woolens into this coun
try is to be heavily increased in vol-
. j nme. There should be no misunder
standing as to what free wool means.
n means mat every aaaicionai pound
of lowpriced foreign wool that comes
-- into the United States will displace a
. pound of wool grown on the backs of
American sheep. It means that every
additional yard of foreign woolens im
; ported will displace a yard of woolen
made by American labor. It' means
that the farmers of the United States
. are to be placed in direct competition
with the sheep ranchers of Australia
well-paid American woolen-worker is
to be put on a level with the foreign
pauper labor that lives from Laud to
mouth on starvation wages and dies in
the workhouse; in short it means that
the vast wool industry of the United
States is to be sacrificed to gratify the
free trade fanatics of the Democratic
paity.
ine purpose oi tne Jjeruocrats to
r make foreign wool free, on the ground
that it is "raw material," is iquarely
- opposed to the interest of the agricult
urist. To carry it out would be to re
duce the income of every farmer whose
sheep contributed to last year's Anier
ican wool product of 350,000,000
pounds. So far as the farmer is con
cerned, the wool he sends to market is
now raw material. It is a finished
product wnicn represents n:s own
labor, the cost of his farm, the in
terest on that cost and all the expense
of running his farm and makiug it pay
a profit. The farmer is entitled to
full protection aa much as the . wage-
worker who manufactures woolens.
The Democracy would protect neither.
The Republican party would protect
both.
REAPING THE WHIRLWIND.
Less than one year ago Lord Derby
in a speech delivered at Manchester,
England, said: "It is notorious that
our principal industry, that of agri
culture, has not of late shared in the
general prosperity; that land in many
districts is almost, if not quite, unsal
able; that in all parts of England rent
has fallen; that the farmer is often
less able now to pay a low rent than
he was fifteen or twenty years ago to
pay a high one; that land is being very
largely laid down to grass in order to
save labor, and that the younger farm
ers and the younger laborers both are
disposed to throw up the game and to
try their chances either in great towns
or in the colonies."
Her is an object lesson in protec
tion made all the more prominent from
the fact that recently there has been
introduced in the house of commons a
bill, singular in its construction and
admitted by its author, Chaplin, to be
tentative in character. It aims at a
wider distribution of land among the
people eo as to re-create the yeoman
class steadily dwindling for many
years. It is also hoped to check the
migration of rural residents to the
towns by offering increased advan
tages, to counteract urban attractions.
This is the theory of the bill and to
accomplish its purpose it is proposed
that the public works loan commission
be empowered to lend money at Z per
cent to local' authorities to provide
small holdings for persons resident in
their counties, the amount borrowed
not to exceed a sum involving a charge
upon the rates of over a penny in the
pound for any year.
Great Britain's free trade policy
having ruined the agricultural inter
ests of the country, the nation is to be
called upon to make good the loss sus
tained. The whole fiscal system for
more than forty years has been de
voted to the expansion of the manu
facturing industries of England, .and
now it is sought to restore agriculture
to its former estate, not by a just and
proper system of protective duties but
by a drain on the national finances.
How does such a condition of affairs
strike the American farmer? Free
traders constantly attempt to persuade
him that he is deeply injured by pro
tection, but no year in this country has
t i
ever snown sucn solemn xacis as are
displayed by the statistics of agricult
ure in Great Britain under free trade.
THE RIGHT TO LIVE.
In the following paragraph from the
East Oreaonian -the suggestion is
universally applicable to the present
state of society:
The socialist editors, who distributed bread
to the destitute of Vienna, have been ar
rested lor causing crowd to collect, the
assembling of snob a destitute throng being
considered dangerous in the Austrian capi
tal. Why not arrest the people for daring
to be hungry ?
In all countries the poor and pover
ty-stricken appear to have only one
privilege, and that is, to die, fighting
for - their monarch or of starvation if
thev cannot exist on the smallest
pittance. The bread riots in Berlin
were the natural struggle tor ex
istence, the same aa the worm would
exert when trampled upon, and yet
they were clubbed and sabered by the
hirelings of monarchy and a subservi
ent press printed column after col
umn, painting in glowing colors the
dangers to society and established law
and, order of these outbreaks of the
lower masses. It must be considered
that. the poor wage-earner has the
same desire of existence, the same love
of family and the same longings for hap
piness in the future as the millionaire,
and, generally speaking, do as much
good for the- human race. Of course,
there are some heartless beings, who
believe that the world has too many
population, and that the death of a hun
dred thousand every few years is prov
idential economy for the better sup
port of the remainder; but such
men are not . the leaders of
morals or of politics. Notwith
standing we may be liable to be
charged with sickly sentimentality, we
believe the bread-winners have a right
to live, and to demand such remuner
ation tor tfceir labor as will insure
their support. The world owes more
to' the day laborer than it does to the
parasite who acquires wealth by tak
ing advantage of the necessities of his
fellows.
a ltteen assessors, representing as
many counties in the state of Oregon
met in Jf ortland last week and as a
result of their deliberations resolved
that all property, real and personal
shall hereafter be assessed at its true
cash value. What a deal of nonsense
is attached to this question of assess
ment ana iaxationi Any assessor
having the slightest regard to his oath
is supposed to assess all property at
its cash valuation and the fact that
the introduction of such a resolution
was necessary shows that these public
servants have been in the past remiss
in their official duties. There is one
simple solution to the vexed question
of taxation in this state. Assess all
property at its fair cash valuation and
ignore all claims of indebtedness.
Then the wcrk will be easy, but it is
not at all probable that the lawmakers
will be able to grasp this idea but con
tent themselves with fighting for all
manner of vagaries that lead to but
yie end that or higher taxes and
universal dissatisfaction.
Mr. William Holder, residing at
Grass Valley, Sherman county, is be
ing mentioned as the probable Repub
lican nominee as ioint senator for
Wasso Sherman and Gilliam counties.
Such a selection would be an excellent
ODe. Mr. Holder is so well and favor
ably known in this senatorial district
that his nomination would certainly
result in his being elected by a hand
some majority and the people would
be assured of an honest,active advocate
of the interests of the people whom he
represented. The . position of Mr.
Holder on the question cf an open
river and portage railway is in entire
harmony with the great majority of
the peaple and he can be safely de
pended upon to loyally support any
such measure. If Mr. Holder can be
prevailed upon to accept the nomina
tion he would be a yery proper man to
place open the ticket.
OMINOUS DISCORD.
There . are two dates in this leap
year February that the Democratic
party is likely to recall. with a somber
ness tinted with the red of anger, says
the Chicago Inter Ocean, the 22d and
the 25th. It was cn the former day
that David B. Hill crossed the rubicon
at Albany and set at defiance the pop.
ular sentiment of his party in favor of
Cleveland, proposing to coerce tljat
party with his legions of professional
politicians. If he will cast his his
toric eye at the foot of Fompey's pillar
he may see something to his advantage,
and if he will recall the ides of March
and the events which led to the asp of
suicide he may be reminded that when
personal ambition overrides popular
sentiment its wreckage - is something
more than personal. But Feb. 25th
is quite as ominous in its portent for
the Democratic party. It was on the
night of that day that the Democrats
in congress, undeterred by a drenching
rain, held their long advertised silver
caucus, resulting in a split. Just how
far that division may extend no one
can tell, but the caucus bids fair to be
a landmark in the history of that
party.
One is reminded of the split be
tween the Douglas and the Buchanan
Democracy which culminated in the
Douglas and Breckinridge schism of
1860. There are two well defined
convictions in the party on silver; one,
led by Mr. Bland, maintains that duty
and expediency unite in demanding
immediate free coinage as flat repudi
ation and fiatism. There does not
seem to be any intermediate opinion.
Every Democrat in congress, ap
parently, is either a red hot silverite
or a stone cold goiaice. Jine spue
of Thursday evening was inevitable.
The only way to prevent a clash and a
division was to hold no caucus on the
subject. The conflict of opinion is ab
solutely irreconcilable.
This winter caucus is prophetic of
next summer 8 convention. Stats con
ventions will probably get on well
enough, but the national convention
must meet the question squarely. It
will not be able to evade it by ad
journment. A platform must be
adopted which means one thing or the
other, and a candidate nominated who
is for or against free coinage. A
straddle will be out of the question,
however strong the attempt may be.
In ' the meantime the Republicans
are industriously sawing wood. The
silver act of 1890 is not looked upon
as a finality, but as the best way to
hold matters in abeyance until an in
ternational ratio between gold and
silver can be arranged. There are a
few Republicans who are unwilling to
wait, but there is no danger of any
thing in Republican prospects at all
analogous to the Democratic caucus of j
Thursday night over that matter or to
the Albany convention of Monday.
THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES.
The organizations which sent deta
gates to the recent tit. Xiouis conven
tion are already discussing third party
presidential candidates. The San Fran
cisco Bulletin says that General Jamea
B. Weaver, of Iowa, seems to be the
favorite so far. He has the prestigi
of having made one campaign for the
presidency, in 1880, as the candidate
of the Greenback party, in which ho
polled 306,219 votes in the whole
country. Of the other candidates
mentioned, Ignatius Donnelly, of Min
nesota, 19 the most prominent, lie
has been a congressman without dis
playing any marked ability, but
chiefly known . as a sort of literary
crank. He published some pseudo-
scientific books which excited the
smiles of scientists, but his effort to
find a cryptogram in Shakespeare'i
works which would fix npon Bacon as
the author is his only literary work
which has ever excited serious atten
tion, and even that has been relegated
to the domain of eccentric authorship,
Latbly he has made himself somewhat
prominent in advocating the new party
movement.
L. L. Polk, of North Carolina, has
come into notice in connection witn
the presidency of the Farmers' Alli
ance. - lie nas yet to snow or wnat
stuff he -is made.
We all know Senator Stanford's as
pirations, but his candidacy is hardly
probable. . His somewhat celebrated
advocacy of the Argentine system of
finance is his only claim npon the third
party. . Since it has been made to ap
pear that the passage of his promised
measure would enable railroads of the
country to borrow government funds
at low rates of interest to an almost
unlimited extent, the philanthropy of
this financial scheme, has been some
what discredited.
T. V. Powderly, the Grand Master
Workman of the Knights of Labor, is
well known to the country in connec
tion with the great organization of
which he is the head. He has shown
himself to be conservative and judi
cious in nandling. important public
interests, and has developed good or
ganizing and administrative qualities.
Possibly be might be antagonized by
rival labor organizations.
ine last or those mentioned as
probable candidates is Anson J.
btreeter, ot Illinois. Htreeter is an
other ex-president candidate, having
polled 145,961 votes as candidate of
the United Labor party in 1888.
That fact will, no doubt, give him
some prestige in , the race. Possibly
other men may come to the front be
tween now and the assembling of the
third party convention. It is a fa
miliar fact that fcuch movements are
apt to bring forward new men, and
sometimes to draw to them the alle
giance of disappointed members of
other parties, who think they, see
promise of preferment
'. The precious days of the congres
sional session are radidly passing into
history, and nothing is being done re
garding the ereak public improvements
whic j hai j been in progress in differ
ent portions of the country for several
years past. That our rivers and har
bors need improving is a fact that no
one will dispute, and that money ap
propriated for this purpose will be for
the public good is also well known.
With these facts before the lower
house of congress, there can be no ex
cuse for the Democratic majority to
use the time of the session in making
the "paths straight" of their candidate
in November. The people demand of
their representatives in Washington
such consideration of their interests
that from tho public treasury, which
is the result of the taxes imposed upon
them, they shall receive sufficient ap
propriations to make the navigable
rivers of the country highways of
commerce.
Multiply the 54,000,000 ounces of
silver which the government is now
compelled to buy every year from the
silver operators by the 39 cents an
ounce additional profit the government
would be compelled to pay after the
passage of a "free and unlimited" sil
ver coinage bill, and you will have the
imperial sum of $21,060,000 a year to
go from the pockets of the whole peo
ple of the United States into the
pockets of those interested in silver
bullion and in silyer mines. It is sur
prising that the silver operators work
with never-sleeping energy for "free
and unlimited silver coinage," by act
of congress? The real subject forewon
der is that any considerable number of
the people of the country consider
with patience so audacious a proposi
tion. There are very many prospective
candidates who are enjoying the pleas
ures of hope af. present in anticipation
of the nomination for office at the
next county and state conventions, and
this is particularly true with very
many ambitious Republicans in East
Oregon and even in Wasco county.
Of course, the Republican candidates
for congress and for county officials in
Wasco, if there is unity in the party,
will be elected; but the conventions
will only name one candidate for each
office, and it is impossible for us to
conjecture who these will be. We be
lieve in representative bodies crystal-
izing on candidates, and not in being
controlled by the caucus or the ma
chine. If such a rule is followed, the
office will seek the man, as it should
do in all free governments.
The Oregonian makes the suggestion
that the conventions for the first and
second congressional districts be
held at central points, and says
the convention for the first should
be held .at Salem and for the
second at The Dalles. This is very
fair and disinterested on the part of
onr esteemed cotemporary, and we
hope will be acted npon. There can
be no doubt that Salem could accom
modate the delegates of the first dis
trict, and The Dalles those of the
second. By adopting such a pian both
Eastern and Western Oregon could
make their nominations, without the
least fear of the "bosses" at the me
tropolis. If the different county con
ventions do not act on this suggestion,
they cannot make the charge of polit
ical centralization in Portland.
If Gov. Pennoyer is a steadfast
friend to the portage road from this
city to Celilo he should have called
special session of the legislature long
ago when importuned to do so by she
press of Eastern Oregon, and not at
tempt now to cut down appropriations
for the locks by sending letters to
congress in favor of tbe government
building the portage railway. '
TELEGJJAPHI0 HEWS.
Knlned bj False. Friend.
Santa Fe, N. M., March 8 A terrible
tragedy came to ligLt tbis week at 1
Rito, a little Mexican town about fifteen
miles west of tbis city. Some ten yeais
ago a young man named Rodeiigo Mar
tinez left home for Old Mexico to work
in the mines. He told bin mother and
sweetheart tbat he would return wealthy,
and would care for them In eood style.
He bad been gone about three years, and
wrote at long intervals. Then suddenly
all communication ceased. Finally it
was learned tb rough a man, who was
supposed to be a friend of young Marti
nez, that be bad been killed in a fight in
the mines. Roderigo, meanwhile, bad
received werd from his old home tbat bis
mother had died, aud that tbe girl, who
bad promised to wait for him, bad mar
ried another. After working bard for
ten years he return 'i to bis native town
to learn tbat his mother was still alive
and bis former sweetheart was not mar
ried. He met tbe man who advised bim
to bo to bis old home in disguise and
surprise bis mother. Tbe idea wat acted
upon, and while be was sitting in his
mother's house as a stranger introduced
by a friend, be was suddenly set upon by
the old woman, who stabbled him to tbe
beait. She bad been told by tbe sup
posed friend that be was the one who had
killed her son and she took immediate
revenge, woen she learned tbe truth
she went raving mad and cut her throat
from ear to ear. The intended wife of
Roderigo heard of the details, and
through her instrumentality tbe falee
friend also met bis death.
Xa the lloune mf Commons.
London, March 3. In the commons
tbis evening, Balfour's motion to hold
morning sittings for tbe remainder of the
season, was strongly opposed by Glad
stone, who, however, said he would agree
to tbe motion if it should apply only
until Easter. Balfour accepted tbe sug
gestion, and tbe motion earned. A long
debate ensued on the proposition to vote
20,000 for tbe survey for a railway from
Mombosa to Victoria Nyanza. Brtce
declared that parliament was practically
asked to take the first step towards tbe
annexation of tbat territory, and should
pause before makios a fatal descent.
Gladstone demanded to know what guar
antee there was tbat it would be a blood
less operation. Goschen replied tbat
treaties bad been concluded with tbe
chiefs all along tbe route. Gladstone
said:
"Show me tbem. There ought to be a
motion for tbe production of tbe paper.
It is treating'the bouse witb disrespect.
Tbe government is astuming authority
which it has disclaimed previously. The
case of the government is a perfect blank.
The proceedings, 1 believe, are without
precedent in the history, of this or any
other administration."
TELEGRAPHIC.
Derision Against Trusts.
Columbus, O., March 1. The supreme
court of Ohio, in the case of Attorney-
General Watson vs. the Standard Oil
Company, banded down a decision today
of importance concerning trusts. Thy
case was instituted by a petition in quo
warranto to oust tbe company from its
corporate rights aqd to forfeit its fran
chise. Tbe judgment of the court is to
oust the company from tbe right to make
tbe trust agreements set lorlb in tbe peti
tion and of the power to perform tbe
same. Tbis is all tbe attorney-general
desired. He had no animosity towaiii
tbe company, and did not desire to de
prive it of its corporate rights as enjoyed
by others, but of trust agreements which
are contrary to law. Under tbe decision
the company will be allowed to continue
its corporate powers. Tbe decision of
tho supreme court sustains the attorney
general's demurrer to tbe answer ot tbe
Standard Oil Company, which set up as
a defense that the trust agreement was
entered into by individuals, and not by
the company as a corpoiation holding a
franchise. While tbe decision does not
oust tbe company from its franchise, it
prohibits them from in any way continu
ing to carry out or lulDU any provisions
or agreements under trust contracts. Tbe
attorney-general of New York has pa
pers ready to file against the Standard
Oil Company in that state, prepared in
contemplation ot tbis decision.
The Third Party.
Jackson, Miss., March 1. Kepresenta
tive McAllister, chairman of tbe national
anti-sub-treasury alliance, tbis morning
was asked what he tbocght of the recent
labor conference at St. Louis and its
bearing upon the politics of the South.
He said :
"The pretended opposition of tbe
Southern delegates to the third party
movement is tbe merest sham. They
were all in full sympathy with it, pos
sibly with the exception of Livingston, of
Georgia, who is in doubt as to whither
bis state ia ripe for the movement. There
is no question that the sub-treasury ele
ment in tne soutnern ainauce win pin
tbe movement. Ine third partyitea
adopted tbe Ucaia platlorm and this ele
ment believes their political salvation
depends upon the success of the sub-
treasury and land loan schemes. The
movement is fraught witb danger to the
Democrats in several Southern states, no
tably in North Carolina, Alabama and
Louisiana. A fusion of this element witb
the Republicans would teriou?lj imperil
Democratic success. Tbe Kepubhcan
managers recognize the waning fortunes
of their party in the Northwest, growing
out of this movement, auu will eagerly
embrace any fusion in the South as an
offset. Oar committee will Issue a call
tbis mouth fur the national coaveatioa to
resist tbe suo-treasury and other party
schemes."
Ingalls Again in the Arena.
Topeka, Kan., March 1. John J. In
galls has again actively entered the
political arena, having made hia appear
ance tonight at tbe convention of tbe
state leagne of Republican clubs. He
made a speech defending bis inactivity
during the past two tears, and announced
the future programme of the Republicans.
It bad been said, he stated, be took" no
part ia tbe recent campaign. Tbat was a
fact, but he was obliged to say tbat tbe
state central committee bad ignored him.
His name, be said, should not be used iu
connection witb any office. He offered
his services to tbe state central committee
to -go as a private wherever tbe generals
ot the campaign wanted biin.
. The Creek Cabinet Resigns.
Athens, March 1. The Greek cabinet
has resigned and tbe king has summoned
Tricoupis to form a ministry. Tbis will
bring to an end tbe proceedings taken by
the Belyanois ministry to impeach Tri
coupis, formerly prime minister.
Tbe greatest excitement is caused by
the resignation of tbe ministry. No
definite information is at present obtain
able as to tbe causes which led to the
crisis, but it is known tbat tbe king re
quested the camnet to resign. The mm
isters declined to yoluctanlv accede to
tbe kirjg's request, as they have a major
ity in tbe chamber oi deputies.
UtoUnar In Tripoli.
London, March 1. A dispatch from
Tripoli announces there baa- been serious
rioting there, growing out of tbe issuing
of a firman by tbe sultan, making the
natives liable to conscription, from which
they were hitherto exempt. ' One thous
and Arabs assembled outside tbe walls of
tbe city demanding a withdrawal of the
firman. The Arabs had an encounter
with the troops, several beini? killed and
many wounded. Europeans living in tbe
vicinity have taken refuge in tbe city.
Business is suspended.
A Xlistake of Anarchists.
Pabis, March 2. Tbe attempt to blow
up the residence of tbe Princess de Sagan
promises to be a nine days wonder. No
body could conceive-; why tbe princess
should be attacked in this manner. She
is one of the most popular members in
Parisian society, and was never object
ionable to the populace, with whom she
is a favorite on account of her liberal
dealings and expenditures and the amia
bility of her disposition. It now appears
that tbe whole affair was a mistake. Tbe
explosives were for another house. The
dynamiters bad made a stupid blunder.
Tbe Spanish embassy was formerly
located in the neighboring building on
tbe faubourg at. (iermain, and tbe sym
pathizers with the Spanish anarchists had
tbat place in view, be ng unaware tbat
tbe embassy bad been removed. A letter
was received at the building formerly
occupied by tbe . embassy signed by a
committee of Spanish and French auar-
cliists, making certain demands, and
threatening if tbey were not complied
witb tbe building would be blown up.
Tbe letter was handed to tbe police by
the occupants of tbe house, and nothing
more was beard of it. It is now evident
that the instruments of the committee
were not only ignorant of the removal of
tbe embassy, but mistook the bouse it
once occupied, and in a cowardly and
hurried manner deposited their explosives
in tbe doorway ot tbe Sagan mansion.
Onatemalan Troubles.
San Francisco, March 2. Advices
from Guatemala via steamer City of Pan'
ama, which reached tbis port .yesterday
morning, are to the effect tbat Barrillas,
the defeated candidate for the presidency,
is a fugitive, and is trying to escape from
tbe country without disgorging tbe
money amassed by bim during his in
cumbency in office. LieoBesta, who was
elected to succeed Barrillas, bad not yet
been installed in office wbem tbe Panama
sailed, and, if tbe reports are reliaole, it
is doubtful if be will be. One of tbe
candidates against bim was young Bar
rios, whose father was once absolute dic
tator oyer the land. Barrios is very
popular. It is now understood tbat Lfe
lately defeated Barrillas will join forces
with bim to prevent t.ie seating of Lien
fiesta. . It is underwood tbat tbe soldiers
sympathize- with Barrillas and Barrios,
and that Lieofiesta's enemies are well
provided with funds and arms. A new
outbreak is expected when the lately
elected president attempts to take his
seat.
Jerry Buk Kor President.
"Washington, March 2. Jerry Bask
for president is tbe latest thing in the po
litical line in Washington. Uncle Jerry
does not know it, and has not been even
consulted, but a number ot Republican
senators, eager to defeat Harrison s re
nomination, have agreed to take up the
farmer statesman from Wisconsin at tbe
proper time and nominate him if tbey
can swing enough votes to do it. Their
arguments are that Rusk is popular with
the farmers, and therefore would be a
great vote getter, that he has had ex
perience enough in public affairs to show
be is a man of ability and capacity. It
is argued tbat if Jerry is put forward in
tbe convention he could weaken Harrison
where Harrison is supposed to be tbe
strongest, in the West and South. If tbe
Republican senators succeed in bringing
enough anti-Harrison Republicans into
line for Rusk, it is probable a brea'k for
bim will be arranged in the convention'.
The Behrlnx Sea Fisheries llpnte.
Ottawa, Out, March 2 Premier
Abbott delivered an' important speech in
the senate yesterday afternoon during the
debate on tbe speech from tbe throne.
He warmly resented the imputation of
Mr. Scott, leader of tbe opposition, that
tbe Canadian and British governments
had altered its tone in pressing to a solu
tion tbe Bebring sea boundary disputes.
As a matter of fact, the Dominion bad
not receded from its position in tbe
slightest degree. What Canada claimed
now and had insisted upon all along was
tbat tbe United States did not possess ex
clusive sovereignty in Behnug sea and
Bebring straits. Mr. Blaine had aban
doned bis contention on this point. The
dispute now hinged upon tbe best meth
ods of pretecting seal life, tbe question
with which the arbitrators will baye to
deal. In all likelihood proper regulations
will be adopted. Tbe opposition leader
bad criticised the results of the recent
mission to Washington, and asserted that
no results bad followed. In reply, tbe
premier said be would shortly lay the
res.lt before parliament.
A Ferryman Drowned.
Spokane, March. 2. Peter Anderson
and Lars Olson were crossing tbe river by
means of a rude ferry a short distance
below the falls about 8 o'clock this morn'
ing when the boat capsized and Anderson
was drowned. Olson was caught in an
eddy and barely saved himself by hold
ing to a bowlder ui.til be could gain
strength and presence of mind to reac
shre. Anderson lived near by and at
tended to the trans-ler of passengers
across tbe river. The arrangements for
this purpose are somewhat primitive, con
sisting of a wire stretched loosely across
tbe river and fastened to a large bowlder
on either side. On tbis a light, narrow
skin is arranged to rnu by means
ropes ana pulleys, ibe river is rising,
and when the boat reached tbe swi
current it aipped water and capsized
Neither of tbe men could swim Ander
son's body has not been recovered, and
was probably carried far down tbe river
by the swilt current.
Ask That a linty Be Imposed.
Washington, March 2. The lumber
men's convention received and had read
today a number of protests against tbe
passage of tbe bill recently introduced in
the house of representatives by Bryan, of
Nebraska, placing lumber on the free
nsr. ine convention asKs that $2 per
1000 feet be irapored as a duty. Tbe
committee on resolutions reported
petition to congress setting forth tbat the
lumber industry of tbe United States was
the largest single manufacturing industry
of tbe country, representing the invest
meet ot capital of not less than $750,-
000,000, and furnishing livelihood to at
least 3,000,000 people. It calls attention
to tbe fact that all official statements
heretofore published have simply com
prebended the manufacture of lumber
by milling establishments only the
cutting of trees and transportation to
mills never baying been included.
.Lands In hamos.
Washington, March 2 Inquiry at the
navy department develops tbe tact tbat
tbe United States is now negotiating for
about 200 acres of land at Swimming
Point and Goat Island, Samoa, with every
prospect of securing possession. One or
two small pieces of land have been
already secured, tbat is, tbe titles have
been approved by tbe attorney-general
but no money has been paid. Tbe titles
to land in Samoa at best, are frail, and
the law about the United States acquiring
titles to land is so strict tbat mucb dim
cutty is being experienced in concluding
tbe purchase. While tbe matter is tedi
ous in tbe extreme, it is believed all
difficulties will be removed and about
200 acres finally purchased for coaling
and wharf purposes.
A Mysterious 91 order.
Tacoma, Wash., March 2. Tbe born
bly mutilated corpse of Concbilla Salva
dor, a Sicilian fruit vender, was found
tbis evening in a shanty be occupied on
D street, corner of Nineteenth. There
are thirty wounds on tbe body, the bead
is broken and repeatedly stabbed. Sal
vador Picaoi and Guiessepi Morse were
arrested on suspicion. Picani, a fruit
vender called attention to tbe fact tbat
tbe man was missing, and went with an
officer to the cabin, finding tbe dead man
Guiessepi bad called Picani 's attention
to tbe fact tbat tbe man was missing,
There was blood on Picaci's hands, but
it may be from a terrible disease be is
suffering from. It is said tbat Picani
owed the dead man money, but there is
no confirmation of tV.is. . Picani admits
$28 indebtedness. Both men deny com
plicity in tbe crime, Picani saying tbat
uoncbiila was bis special mend. Guies
sepi Morse is not thought guilty, but
was with tbe man the night before.
Chill Is In Trouble.
New York, March 2 A Herald
special from Valparaiso says: Ministers
Pereira and Blanco Viel have resigned
from tbe cabinet and Carlos Walker
Martinez has retired from the council of
state. All three of tbe members of the
conservative party baye likewise sur
rendered their portfolios. Tbe coalition
miuistry, it would seem, under the pres
ent liberal regime cannot attain any sol
idity. It is said the cause of tbe resigna
tions was dissatisfation with tbe pro
posals of Finance Minister Valder Ver-
gara to rehabilitate Chili's finances and'
raise her credit in the world's money
market." "
Entirely Wlthont foondatlon.
Washington' March 2. A correspon
dent of a New York paper sent from here
yesterday a sensational story tbat there
bad been a consultation among tbe
Chinese diplomats and that it was agreed
between tbe minister and bis government
tbat if the Geary or Stnmp Chinese bill
passed congress tbe Chinese government
would adopt a retaliatory policy and
would expel all of tbe American mission
aries now in China. It was farther stated
the Chinese legation had caused' tbis to
be made known to onr state department.
it turns out there is absolutely no truth
In tbe storv.
The jKemalna f Onr Soldier.
Washington, March 2. Sec'y Blaine
has directed Minister Egan to request tbe
Chilian government to allow the removal
of tbe remains of Kiggin and Turnbnil.
the United States sailors killed in the
Valparaiso riots. Tbe law of Cniii it is
said, does not usually permit the disinter
ment of bnman remains until several
years alter l bey are buried.
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There was Blood on the.Oold.'
Tacoma, Wash., March 8. The coro
ner's jury in tbe case ot Salvatore Con
chilla, tbe murdered . Sicilian, today
brought in a verdict of death by the
bauds of a person unknown. Little
doubt now exists that Salvador Picani is
the guilty man. A belt containing $200
bloody gold was found today in Picani's
stable. A bloody hatchet was found
near tbe bed and identified as Picani's.
SHOT IN THE ABDOMEN.
Charles Groaty, while hunting near
Euston, tried to separate bis dogs which
were fighting, and struck them with tbe
butt of bis rifle. It exploded, the ball
entering his abdomen. He cow lies in
the hospital in this city dying.
THE ALLEGED BRUTALITY.
District Judge Han ford today decided
that he bad not jurisdiction in the libel
against the ship SatnariCan brought by
tbe sailors, alleging ill-treatment. Tbe
case has been passed upon by tbe British
consul.
Samples from mineral Creek.
Centbalia, Wash., March 8. Fresh
samples just received from the Snow
Storm mine in the Mineral creek district,
taken from a yein of ore over 100 feet
wide are claimed by those who baye seen
tbem to be tbe finest yet brought here
The direct trail to Mineral City, from
Centralis, is fast nearing completion, and
by the lOtb, tbe readiest way to reach
tbe mines will be direct from here, a
distance of about forty miles. There are
good prospects that the trail will be im
mediately converted into a good wagon
road, and a line of stages put on. Num
ber of people from California, Colorado
and Nevada are now here anxiously
awaiting tbe completion ot tbe trail, to
set out to the mines. The Silver Telo
graph & Telephone Co., which is string
ing wires between this city and tbe
mines, is rushing matters and expect to
be ready for business by tbe 10th.
Conspirators Plan to tne Cur.
St. Petersburg, March I. For several
weeks it has been reported that another plot
against the life of the czar has been discovered,
and that a large number of arrests have been
made in connection with it Such reports
being far from rare, the news did not cause
the degree of alarm which would arise in any
other country at the spread of a report to the
effect that the life of the chief executive had
been in danger. The rolice profess to know
absolutely nothing about the matter, but from )
other sources it is learned that the conspirators
planned to murder the czar while he was on
his way to the fortress of St. Peter and St
Paul, situated on an island in the River Neva,
upon the occasion ot the funeral on January
29 last of the Grand Duke Constanline, uncle
of the czar. The body of the grand, duke
was removed from this city to the fortress,
and was from there deposited in the cathedral
61 bt. JPeter and ' Paul on the same island,
Upon the day of the funeral the czar, Prince
Oscar ot weden, and all tbe Russian grand
dukes followed the bier on foot the czarina
and grand duchesses following in carriages.
The conspirators, it would seem, planned to
kill the czar while he was on his way to the
cathedral, but were arrested before they could
carry out the plot A number of military and
naval orhcers, two ot whom have since com
mitted suicide, were concerned in the con
spiracy, twenty students, several 'minor
officers of the government and a number of
other people are under arrest charged with
being concerned in the attempt News of the
discovery of this plot has been carefully kept
from the czarina, whose health is said to be
so delicate that any severe shock might prove
fatal to her mind even, if it did not cause her
death.
Crimes of the Mtarvlns; peaMnta-
London, March 1. A special correspon
dent, who is traveling in the famine districts
of Russia, writes from Saratov that crimes of
violence in the valley of the Volga are of
frequent occurrence. Clergymen's houses
have been robbed, and the bodies of murdered
men were found on the high roads. Tbe
correspondent was warned of the dangers of
traveling about the country, and he seldom
drove at night.
Caravans of merchandise are escorted by
armed forces. The correspondent adds that
villages in the government ot samara, which
were prosperous in 1886, are now plunged in
the deepest misery, and the population has
been decimated. In one village 2765 of its
7856 inhabitants had migrated. Of those re
maining, 1260 were dependent upon charity.
In three months the people of this village had
lost 4030 head of livestock. They were in
debted to the state in the sum of 73,838 rubles.
Similar conditions prevail in other villages.
rorty thousand acres of land are idle in the
province of Samara, owing to a lack of seed
wherewith to plant this area. A large num
ber of German colonists Uve in holes in the
earth for warmth. They eat bread made of
wild hemp and carcasses of horses. This
diet causes severe, often fatal, nausea. The
famine is changing the peasants into wild
beasts. In one case a man attempted to hang
his daughter because she was not successful
in begging.
Tne Jf enrlnc 8a Decision.
London. March I. The Standard this
morning, referring to a decision of the United
States supreme court in the Saytcard-Behring
sea case, says: "Ibis decision leaves The
diplomatic situation precisely where it was
before. There is no reason to assume the
judges considered the international equities.
1 be failure to procure a judical pronounce
ment on the validity of the pretension set up
by the Washington authorities will rather
facilitate than prejudice a full and amicable
settlement by the arbitrators."
Commenting upon the decision of the
United States supreme court upholding the
contention of the United States government
in the case of the seized British sealer bay-
ward, the St James Gazette says: "It is idle
to pretend tne imperial rights are prejudiced
by the decision. I bis is merely a matter be- i
tween the superior and inferior tribunal of
the United States."
The Globe says: "Probably the judges are
not sorry to get rid of the whole matter by
help of a point of procedure. It still remains
to show Behring sea is exempt from the opera
tions of international law."
Sharp Attack n Hlehnel JaTllt.
Chicago, March I. A sharp attack on
Michael Davitt was issued by the Con fed-
crated Irish Societies, of Chicago, yesterday
and mailed to Catholic bishops, members of
parliament and others in Ireland. Davitt is
accused of uttering a falsehood regarding the
testimony of LaCaron before the Faro ell com
mission, implying that Ur. Lronin was a spy
He, so it is claimed, sent a cipher cablegram
to Alexander Sullivan and Patrick Egan
which was publicly explained by Sullivan to
mean: "Your doctor will sail May 12 to
testify for the Timet." The cablegram, the
address continues, with the key published by
Sullivan, was one of the most effective
methods adopted by the murderers for . throw
ing the police off their guard and prejudicing
the minds of many Irishmen against tbe mur
dered man so that they gave active aid to the
conspiracy to defeat justice.
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