The Times-Mountaineer
SATURDAY . NOVEMBER 26. 18!)2
WHICH IS DEMOCRACY t
The letter of acceptance of Mr.
Cleveland was not in harmony with
the platform on which lib was nomi
nated, and the administration of na
tional affairs for four years beginning
March 4, 1893, will be watche l with
the greatest anxiety to see which will
succumb, the executive or the party.
Through an -eventful history Democ
racy has been known by the advocacy
of certain policies of government, and
there has been a man elevated by its
vote to the highest position in the (ift
of the American people who has dared
to antagozize the "time honored prin
ciples." The Whi party has !;? a
Tylerized, and Andrew Johnson stult
ified himself and the party with wLich
he affiliated - by adopting a contrary
policy. There cannot be much doubt
that Mr. Cleveland has sufficient indi
viduality to arrogate to hiaise'f th
power of managing affairs suitable to
his peculiar ideas; but this would be
impolitic, and, the last campaign has
demonstrated the fact that he under
Btands how to practice the wiles of the
politician. It may inure more to his
benefit to keep in harmony with Tarn
many and the Democratic leaders than
to antagonize them by inaugurating
policy different from that adopted by
: them in national convention.
.'. There was no uncertain sound in
the Chicago platform regarding the
tariff, for it declared the imposition of
duties, except for revenue, unconstitu
tionaL la his letter of acceptance.
Mr. Cleveland did not endorse this
plank, and (frankly ? declared that he
did nQt favor any policy that would
cripple American industries. This
plank is supported by Mr. Watteasoo
Mr. Carlisle, Senator Hill and other
Democratic leaders, and it will be in
teresting to know which horn of th
dilemma tariff for revenue or protec
tion the president will grasp.
On the money question it is well
' known that Mr. Cleveland is a mono
metallist, and has so declared himself
on different! occasions. The Democ
racy has been very equivocal on this
subject, and in 1890 secured many
seats in the lower house of congress be
cause of the advocacy of unlimited
coinage, and defeated the Bland bill
with that end in view in 1891. The
president and his party will not be any
more harmonious on this matter than
they are on the tariff, and it will be
. interesting to note which will be Dem
ocracy Groyer Cleveland or the Dernl-
ocratio leaders. , ,
During his last term as executive,
Mr. Cleveland pocketed the River and
Harbor bill, and it failed by this cow
ardly means of becoming a law. The
recent congress passed a very liberal
appropriation bill for the improvement
of rivers and harbors, and if Mr. Cleve
land has not changed his ideas on pub
lic expenditures there is likely to be a
clash between him and those who
elected him. . '
With the positions assumed by Mr.
Cleveland on all these national issues
his incumbency of the presidential
chair with the prerogative of the veto
in his power for four years will
furnish an important chapter of Amen
can history, and will demonstrate the
fact whether a party that claims to be
grounded on certain principles which
are foundation stones in the structure
of our government, can maintain its
supremacy against the will of one
man. If the party changes its posi
tion on the doctrines that it has her
alded over the country, to suit tne
opinions of the president, the people
will be pleased to be made aware of
the fact; and if Mr. Cleveland, with
his boasted independent, succumbs to
the pressure . of Watterson, Carlisle
and others, this will be a revelation to
many. Ho party can expect the sup
port of American citizens except it is
true to its platform and honest in its
declaration of principles. Democracy
will be put to a crucial test in these
regards during the four years follow
ing March 4, 1893, and the people
will render their decision in the matter
in November, 1896.
EASTERN OREGON.
An article published it yesterday's
" Oregonian in reference to the "soils of
Oregon," and occupying nearly two
columns space, does gieat injustice to
the Inland Empire It emanates
from Bulletin 21 of the Oregon Agri
cultural ' Experimental station of the
chemical denartment and was nrenared
c r i
by Chemist G. W. Shaw. After
speaking favorably of Western Ore
gon, and mentioning in detail many
of the superior agricultural facilities of
ths different counties it gives the fol
lowing brief notice of Eastern Oregon:
"Only two soils have been as yet ana
lyzed from Eastern Oregon. The soil
is of a very fine texture. It is a light
gray soil, which darkens slightly on
moistening. It is abundantly supplied
with 'potash, but phosphoric acid is
deficient. The main growth is bunch
grass and sagebrush, and to one unac
quainted with its peculiarities, the soil
would not be considered favorably,
although experience shows that the
Boils of this same character produce
well, provided they are given mois
ture." In every portion of this
part of the state grain has been
grown of . the best quality, and the
yield per acre has been equal to the
most tavorea regions or tne umtea
States. The soil, of volcanic origin,,
is very prolific, and vegetables attain
a degree of development rarely ex
celled anywhere. Fruit grown here
is very luscious, and command a
ready sale in every market. ' .
During the last two years the ca
pacity of the soil has been tested in
many regards, and, in every instance,
the constituent elements of the soil
have been demonstrated to be such
that there can be no farther question f
in relation to its adaptability to the
growth of certals or fruits. To place
its productions as sage-brush and
bunch-grass is doiug a great injustice
to that portion of the northwest that
for the past few years has crowded, to
the utmost capacity two or more lines
of railroad to remove its wool and
wheat crops to markets. Freight
rates to seaboard have been so high
heretofore that there has been little or
no encouragement for farmers to prop
erly test tbe soil; but, ith an open
river to seaboard, and charges for
transportation at the miuiuinm, double
tne number of acres will be planted
than there re at the present time,
and Eastern Oregon will demonstrate,
even to scientific investigation, that
ths laud can be put to batter purposes
than the growth of natural grasses.
THANKSGIVING DAY.
The observance of one day in the
year as an occasion of national thanks-
triving and prayer dates from the
Puritan settlement of New England,
when those religious eutbusiasts be
lieved that it was - necessary to punish
the body by abstinence from food and
drink- after the Jewish custom or to
make 'loud and earnest prayers to pro
pitiate the anger of the deity, and ac
cord to him the most fulsome praise
for a continuance of his favor. As
the fall season was after the crops had
been harvested, it was considered a
duty for all persons to rest from secu
lar employments and to render praises
to God for bountiful returns for their
labor,whether they were satisfactory or
otherwise. From this it finally became a
national custom, although the primi
tive significance of it was forgotten.
As an evidence of our advancement,
its observance at the pr'esent time is
generally devoted to an annual reunion
of families, feasting and devotional ex
ercises. On ordinary occasions the
pulpit discourses consist of givlog vent
to national egotism and of praise
of the great and supreme intelli
gence. The minds of the people, by
reason of early training and inherited
prejudices, appear to require such ser
roons, and the more egotism displayed
and flattering terms applied to deity
the better are the hearers pleased.
The family reunions, the rest from
labor, and the proper appreciation of
our dependence upon a higher power
for life are very desirable, and tend to
unify the people and make them law
abiding; bu the higher acts of wor
ship are the distribution of alms to
the unfortunate, the relief of the distressed,-
and a generous self-sacrifice
for the benefit of our fellows. As we
advance in benevolence, liberality and
charity " we praise 3od in a more ac
ceptable manner, and render to him
that adoration which is the incumbent
duty of all creatures.
NOT TILL THEN,
Tie Democrats, in their exultation
over the recent victory, express the
hope that they will hear no more about
the "solid south," and that the "bloody
shirt" will be forever furled. When
any single state south of Mason and
Divon's line cast her electoral vote for
any other candidate except a uemo
crat; when colored citizens are inea
by courts of justice according to the
laws of civilized countries and not
riddled with bullets, hanged to trees
or burned at the stake for crimes
which are passed upon by juries at the
north, and when the . "Star Spangled
Banner and "America are national
Bongs instead of "Dixie's Land" and
the "Bonny -Blue Flag," the "solid
south" will be an obsoletetsrm and
the "bloody shirt" will never be waved;
and not till then. In the history of
the world there was never such leni
ence exercised towards a rebellious
people as in the reconstruction of the
southern states after the late war by
the Republican party, and tbe pages of
history have never .been blackened by
such barbarities practiced npen a de
fenseless people as were upon the for
mer slaves by their late masters the
Ka Klux Klans and the White League
in the south at the same period
The black hole of Calcutta and the
Cawnpore massacre would dwindle
into insignificance if the colored people
were the perpetrators instead of the
victims. xSut these matters would be
forgiven and forgotten by a generous
north if now, after more than a quar
ter of a century has elapsed, and after
Yankee public bchoold and Yankee
capital have disserumated ' education
and industrial habits among a.11 classes,
the privileges guaranteed by the con
stitution were respected in regard to
white and black without discrimina
tion, and bull-dozing were not resorted
to and ballot-box stuffing not exercised.
All portions of the country should for
ever bury sectional hatred to insure
permanency to the 'union; but . this
will require the acceptance of the re
quirements by north and south, east
and west.
. a EDITORIAL NOTES.
The freshets during the past few
days have caused considerable damage
on the Sound, and many farms are
considered ruined. Damage to prop
erty from natural cause?, except by
fire, rarely happens in the northwest;
but this must be considered an excep
tional year.
The wet weather has caused sever a)
heavy landslides along tb.9 lines of the
Northern and Union Pacific railroad.
These demonstrate the superiority and
reliability of water as a means of com
munication, and tbe faroier and ship
per will always look to the river as the
safe and sure means of cheao trans
portation. ' .
The Democratic press have begun
to howl about a bankrupt treasury,
and the Democratic congress will very
likely lemedy the evil complained of
by cutting down the River and Har
bor bill and reducing the pension list.
This will be economy in a manner that
will be felt by the wage-earners and
the poor soldiers.
During the season of heavy rains
the question of roads becomes promi
nent in the minds of all persons inter
ested in the growth and development
of the country, and there is tio matter
that would so largely benefit Oregon
as aood hiehwavs to the interior, cut
ficient attention has not been paid to
this subject in the state.
The long-continued' strike at Home
stead has at last ended, and . the men
(are now at work. This will put a
stop to a lengthy discussion of the old
Question of labor and capital, which is
always brought into prominence every
time there is a contest between em
ployers and employes. It cannot b
expected that the strife will ever cease,
but for the peace of communities it is
always better to keep 10 below the
surface.
. There appears to be an almost unij
versal demand on the part of the Dem
ocracy for an extra session, and Mr.
Clevelrnd will not satisfy those who
elected him to the executive chair
without acceding to their wishes. If
the verdict rendered at the ballot-box
simply emphasized the dcetrines of
the Chicago platform then the extra
session should be called as soon as
possible, and the principles of free
trade inaugurated.
Lieut. Peary has the Arctic fe ver,and
is again eager to make a journey into
the frozen regions of the north. He
has trade some discoveries, but only
enough to whet bis ambition to make
more. The people of the world are
ju t as happy as if tbe open polar sea
could be made tbe scenes of summer
vacations, and some, good and noble
men would have done 'more for their
fellows if the Arctic craze had died
out generations ago.
Tammany and the president will be
the principal factors in the adminis
tration of national affairs during the
next four years, and one of these will
be responsible at the next election for
tbe calamities under which the people
suffer. Mr. Cleveland Ls ordinarily an
honest man; but, under obligations to
the most corrupt ring of politicians
who ever disgraced politics m any
country, he may sacrifice honor and
integrity at the behest of the bosses.
If he does his administration will
demonstrate the fact, and if he adheres
to his ideas on national questions he
will no longer be a Democrat
The New York Herald is howling
about the Republicans who are "set
ting a trap" for President Elect Cleve
lai.d by urging him to call an extra
session of congress os soon as he gets
into the White House. It is rather
unfair in the Newr York Herald to try
to credit to .Republicans tbe work of
the Chicago Jieraia, tne Atlanta com
stuutum, the Louisville Courier-Jour
nal, the New York livening Post, and
other earnest Demccratic organs, and
to represent this as a trap for Cleve
land. The Herald is too fresh for
fresh convert to
Chicago namesake
Democracy,
should take
Its
it in
hand.
The letter from Denny, Rice & Co.,
the great wool dealers of Boston,
Mass., toMr. Joseph Sherar, of this
county, shows that the election of Mr.
Cleveland is already having its effects
upon, the market. If the Chicago' plat
form is carried out by legislation in
the next Democratic congress, the
sheep industry in tbe northwest will
be completely crippled, and those who
have thousands of dollars invested in
the business will be" forced - to look
elsewhere. Protection has made the
country prosperous, but Democratic
free-trade in a little while will tear
down and wreck and ruin the indus
tries that have taken years to build up
by Republican policy,
It is very probable that the Demo
crats in congress will attempt the for
feiture of the Northern Pacific land
grant from Bismarck, Dakota, to Port
land, Oregon. This will work a great
hardship upon many innocent pur
chasers from the railroad, as the title
to a large portion of this land in Da
kota and Montana, has been changed
several times since the grant was made.
The forfeiture of the unearned grant
was all that the people, in justice, re
quired, and this was done by a Re
publican cotgress years ago; but it is
rank injustice to cause the land to re
vert to the government after the' com
pany has built the road and complied
with the conditions of the grant.
The. interstate commerce commis
sion has just rendered a decision on
the long and short haul feature of the
law, says the Inter Ocean. That de
cision expatiates at consideaable length
upon the subject in general, arriving
at the conclusion that the commission
itself is the proper authority to decide
whether a given rate or scale conforms
to 'the intention of the law or not.
There seems to be no restriction upon
the power of the commission to au
thorize a greater charge on a shorter
haul if satisfied from the facts pre
sented that tha interests of commerce
and common fairness to the carriers
require that an exception should be
made. This is in conformity to the
Pauline rule, "I magnify mine office."
A. Leader.
Since its first introduction, Electric Bit
ters has gained rapidly in popular favor
until now it is clearly in the lead among
pure medicinal tonics ana alteratives
Containing nothing which permits its use
as a beverage or intoxicant, it is recog
nized as the best ana purest medicine for
all ailments of stomach, liver or kidneys.
It will cure sick, headache, indigestion,
constipation, and drive malaria from the
system. Satisfaction guaranteed with
each bottle or the money will be refund
ed. Price only 50 cents per bottle. Sold
by Snipes & Kinerely. 2
Seeing Him Home
Here in Paris we enjoy days of bright
sunshine, while in London, we are told,
a dense fog prevails, and it is sometimes
so dark that yon cannot see a yard
heaad. In this connection a friend
communicated to ns a rather funny
story. An individual ran up against a
blind man and apologized:
"Beg your pardon, but it is so foggyr
"Ah! there's a fog, is there?" the blind
man replied; "wejl, never mind; take
my arm, and 111 see yon safe." Carillon.
His Identity In Proved.
Clerk (at country postoffi.ee to gentle
man desiring to cash a money order)
Have you any proof of your identity?
Cientleman (searching through his
pockets finally finds his photograph)
Will this do?
Clerk (regarding first the photograph,
then the original) Why, yes, that is
yon. That is all right. Harper's Bazar.
Dae to Carelessness.
By being a little careful and thought
ful yon can preserve the beauty of form
in your shoes; running them over at the
sides and heels is a matter of pure care
lessness only and a habit that is a rather
expensive one, as it makes the shoes look
worn and old long before they would if
properly cared for. Detroit Free Press.
. Their Way.
She Why don't von nick ont some
nice girl in your set and marry her?
He Humph! Yon don't know the
girls in our set They do the picking
out. Life.
TELEGKAPKEC.
tol:n Mini Basins.
Seattle, Nov. U I Reports of the
storm throughout tbe state are still worse
to-day, and the prospects ot rail cora
muoicatioa are abandoned for several
days at least. A number of additional
deaths are also reported as a result of the
floods, while the loss of property in the
shape of farm buildings curried away nnd
wrecked will maUe a verv formidable
item. "
Tbe valiers of Duwuroish. V hit
Green, Blnck, Sluck, Cedar and Puynllu
rivers to the southward, and tbi: SJ-iuliom
ish. 6:i;la?uamish and Skaiit to th
northward, are vast lakes. In Stuck va
lev. as far as tbe eve cau see, tbe valle
is a securing lake, in which logs, shingle
bolts, wrecked bul!ding!, raiiroud tie
uprooted trees and debris are jammed to-
aether 10 to 20 feet deep, and ic is feare
the new county bridge will be carried
out. In Chehalia county, near .him a, in
Northern Pacific railway bridge od Gray
Harbor branch is so weak that tram
dare not cros.- till the high water recedes
The Great Northern will cot be able to
run trains till tlie bri iges are repaired
slides removed and track renewed.
Entire Family Blotted Ont.
Pittsburg, Pa., Nov. 23 The lives of
an entire family were blotted out by fli
this moroioc.' The dead arc: Hiiam
Dan timer, aged 45; Mrs. Danabuer, agi
43; a daughter, ased 10. The Danahuer
family lived in Ohara township, just out
side tne town of Suarpsburg. 'lhcy had
a greenhouse in the basement ot their
home and placed a furnace in it yesier
day. It U piesumed the furnace becatn
overheateii, setting fire to the woodwork
The fsnnlv died before the neighbors
kDbw of their danger. When the. fire
was discovered the house bad burned
the ground, aud the charred remains of
the t.itheri mother and daughter were
found anions the ruins, Danajiuer was
a tinner ly occupation, ana quite we.
connected.
Serious 2Ilne Explosion.
STEUBENVILLE, O., Nov. 21 Twenty-
five bees of blasting powder were accident
ally exploded in the Blanche mine, of the
West End colliery, shortly after noon to-day.
The explosion was caused bv a lighted fuse
throwing fire into a powder can, the explosion
of which resulted in the whole stock going on.
I he stunning explosion was heard some dis
tance around, and relatives of the men in Uhe
mine came rushing to the scene. As soon as
possible a rescuing party went down, and in a
short time all but one of the unfortunates were
out. The followipg is a list of the .dead
John Prasky, Wesley Anderson (colored)
Injured- Michael Choker, William Ander
son (colored), Ed. Cook, George Teeters,
John Anderson (colored), Lawrence Camp
bell, John Seading, John Gillespie, Matthew
Wright, John Ramsy. The first four of these
will undoubtedly die. The others are not
badly hurt. A miner named John Hully has
not been found, and what became of him is
unknown. The damage to the mine was not
serious.
The Rain-Makers at Work.
San ANTONIO, Nov. 22. General Dyren
furth and his rain-makers will be ready to
begin their experiments to-morrow. They
did .a little playing with the clouds this after
noon, bit it was only a test of the power of
the new rosehte explosive. A. 20-pound stick
of roselite was exploded by an electric battery.
The concussion was terrific. It broke win-
dew-paas and crockery in residences for
half a utile around. Two hours later another
20-pound Stick of roselite was discharged,
but. beyond a dense gathering of the clouds,
no effect was produced. A large number of
cattlemen of Kansas, Wyoming and various
parts of Texas arrived to-day to witness the
experiments. Governor Hogg and other
state officials will come on Wednesday.
The t it nation at Taeoma.
TACOMA, Nov. 22. Reports are being re
ceived of persons who have been drowned
while trying to escape from their ponies,
whicfi were threatened by the valley floods.
Frame houses of all descriptions have been
seen floating in the Snohomish, Snoqualmie,
Nooksak. Gieen. Chehalis, White. JJuwam-
ish, Black, and in fact nearly every stream of
anv size west of the mountains. All railroad
communication in this section is stopped, ex
cept on the Northern Pacific main line. It is
raining hard, and the floods have greatly in
creased since last night, making certain still
greater destruction ot property.
Was laterally Boasted.
Pittsburg. Pa., Nov. 22. The. body of
Anthony Newhouse, employed in the Home
stead mill, who was found dead in his room
last night, was brought to the morgue here to.-
dav. Newhouse had the chills, and procur
ing a bottle of whisky went to his rooms.
Then he sat near the roaring gas fire. The
escaping gas asphyxiated him and his body
was so close to the fire that it was literally
roasted. His legs were baked black, and his
breast and face browned. ' The body had
been subjected to the terrible heat more than
24 hours Every time the undertaker touched
it part of the body would crumble away.
Fatal Train Wreck.
OMAHA, Nov.' 22. Three people were
killed and two injured by a wreck on the
Union Pacific at Alda, Neb. The wreck was
caused by a collision between the "Overland
Flyer," due at Omaha at 10:40 this morning,
and a freight which, had just pulled out of
Alda yard. Both engines were completely
smashed and the baggage and postal cars tel
escoped and freight cars piled up- on the
broken mass. The killed are: Engineer A.
G. Barrett. Conductor B. McDonald, Fireman
J. W. Keeler. Injured: Fireman Sutherland,
badly. Only one passenger was hurt, and he
only slightly. . ,
Notorious Character Killed.
Cincinnati, Nov. 22 "Cooney" Seam-
ers, a notorious character, was latany snot a
week ago by an equally notorious man named
Dorsey. The affair attracted wide attention
because both men are political bosses with
big followings. The shooting occurred very
late at night in a "crap dive," and there was
a mysterious man wno also took a hand in the
shooting. No trace of him could be found
until yesterday, when he surrendered, and
proved to be Henry Brown, one ol the richest
tobacco planters in the Ohio valley. He was
slumming, and fired the shot in self-defense,
he claims.
Homes end Strikers Apply for; Work
Pittsburg, Nov. 22. Strikers applying
for work at Homestead are required to sign
an agreement to retrain from belonging to
any labor organization, and be goverened en
tirely by the regulations of the company.
The rush lor employment conunaes. lyiany
of those who took the strikers' places are
leaving; some were discharged, but most of
tbem are leaving of their own accord. The
borough of Homestead is in financial embar
rassment owing to a failure to collect taxes.
Measures are being taken to relieve tne strin
gency.
A Magnificent iift.
New Yobk, Nov. 22. It is reported on
good authority that an individual whose iden:
tity is for the present concealed has signified
to Bishop Henry C. Potter his intention of
donating 500,000 toward me iuna lor ine
building of the new Protestant Episcopal
church of St. John the Divine. It is claimed
that the giver of this princely sum is a well
known and wealthy New Yorker, and one
high up in the councils of the Protestant Epis
copal church.
Utility of Harder.
Oregon City, Or., Nov. 23. William
Ht-nderson wbs to-night convicted of
murder in the first degree. The trial be
gan this morning and the entire forenoon
was consumed in impaneling tbe jury.
At tbe opening of tbe trial Henry Mc
Ginn, for the defense, ' moved'for a post
ponement, which Judge Ic Bride denied.
The trial began after noon and consumed
less than five hours. The evidence snow
ed that September 19 Henderson, Cy Su
ter and others were in a saloon in Canby
nlaymg cardp, when a quarrel enened.
Name were called and the game was
broken up, Henderson and Suier swear-'
iog about cheating. - Finally Suter seem
ed to conclude that hu wonld make up.
and coming across the room, laid his
bind on Henderson's shoulder and said:
'We won't quarrel, will we?" Hender
son's ut.swer was to slip from bis sleeve a
loug, sharp knife, wiih which he made a
pass at Suter, intlicfing a long, deep
gash acrois tbe abdomen, out of which
the intestiuee prot'uaed. Suter seized a
chair and would then have truc;; him,
but the bartender prevented him from
doing ho. Henderson at lliat time tried
to reuch Ida back with the koiie, bu
failed. He then ran out, aud passing by
Dr. Ku'glil's told him a man was nurt iu
the Hloon, and then skipped lor the
woods, in which be bid for several days,
finally turniug ui in Portland, where tic
whs arieoled. The tesiiuiouy was nil
pretty direct, and there was no Mttmpt
lo contradict it, tlio defense relying upon
tbe claim of self-defense in justification
of ibe crime.
The Extra NcnhIoii.
Washington. N iv. 23 The pressure
for an extra session does not come from
tiie Republicans alone. They hold that
it is in keeping with the Democratic dec
larations that an extra sessu.n to revise
the .tariff should be called at as early a
date as possible; but there is also a pres
sure from many leading Democrats for an
extra session. Representative Bynum,
ot Indiana, one of Cleveland's men of the
Mills stripe; Catchiags, ot Mississippi,
who is not no much a Cleveland mm;
Wilson, of West Virginia, who is possibly
Cleveland's attorney eeneral. ami- Wike
and Cible, of Illinois, have already de
clared themselves in favor of an extra
t-espioD. as well as Senator Cockrell, of
Missouri. It is believed also lha Clip
is In favor cf an extra seti n, ar,d if s ,
be will be able to manipulate affairs in
the bouse so as to force one Ot course.
Clevcluud will not be governed by any
body's adjice, but will do just as he
pk-uses anyway. But tbe public senti
ment of the countrv seems to tie pnssmg
for an extra sesinu. The offi.;e seekers
and epoiU hunters ere ibe only tfersoos
opposing an extra Bess on, aDd Cleveland
has set down so hard upon them that it
look more favorable for speedy tariff
legislation tbau before.
i
Desperadoes Terrorize an Ohio Town.
Lima, O , Nov. 24. A gun of despera
does creited terror in the city vestetdny
by playing highwaymen and having a
shooting encounter with a posse of police.
G. H. Aospaigb was h..-ld up near the
Chicago & Erie railway track. A man
fchoved two revoivcis into his face while
one behind him rubbed cold steel agaiast
bis neck. He knocked th revolver Dear
bis face away, and biougbt his lantern
down on the man's bead . The blow
knocked bis man ti the ground and Ana
paigh ran Several shots were fired at
him. 'Another run 11 named Rimer w.
next attacked. He was severely choked
and his pockes linVd. He is iu a serious
condition. Frank Herrod lost his over
coat, a gold watch, bis pocketbook and
contents. By this time the police were
in pursuit. la an encounter the chief of
police tvas injured, and a' I the highway
men escaped. , Getting reinforcements
and ammunition, the police started again
buggies to scour tbe oouctry for the rob
bers, who were all armed. A hot battle
with bloodabed may re-iu!t.
Au Idaho" Drowning.
Spokane, Nov. 24 A Review special
from Lewiston, Idaho, givts meager par
ticulars of the drowning of four young
men near there in Snake river this after
noon." Tbe government ecow is at work
in the river, and six men were in a boat
endeavoring to set off a blast when tbe
boat capftizecJ, only two of its occupants
reaching ehore. Tbe remaining four
hung to tbe boat until they were swept
into a whirlpool and were wrenched loose.
Among tbe unfortunates was the foreman
ot the scow and William Wiggin, one of
the most popular young men in Lewiston.
None of tbe bodies have been recovered.
The names of those drowned are: Will
iam Wiggin, member of a -prominent
family here; E. W. Evans, foreman of tbe
tcow, who leayes a wife and four children
in Ellens-burg, Waeh,; Harvey Williams,
LondoD, England; and Reuben Neu-
mever.
Fight Between.ewgpaper Men.
Meridian, Mi$s., Nov. 24. A street
encounter occurred this afternoon be
tween C. S. S. Price, business manager of
the, Meridian News, and Eric Gamberll,
Binor of tbe. Meridian Tribune. Gam
berll editorially criticised in the Tribune
tbe alleged journalistic discourtesy ot tbe
News in hilling to give its retiring editor
Colonel H S. King, a send-off. . Business
Manager Price in a card this ciosning de
nounced tbe Tribune as an "officious ln-
termeddler." Price and Gamberll met
on tbe street to day. Price drew a pis
tol and otruck Gamberll on tbe bead,
kicking bim as be fell and striking him
on tbe bead after be was down. Friends
then Interfered Gamberll's fnends say
be was unarmed. Gamberll was fright
fully bruised about tbe face and is in a
serious condition.
The Men Caught Mre.
Btjda Pesth, Nov. 24 During a
torchlight procession in honor of tbe
liberal statesman aud Hungarian minis
ter president. Dr. Wtckerlez, this even-
log, several torches dropped burning oil
and great e on tbe clothes of tbe men
carrying tbem. Tbe ciotbing of the men
caught fire, and those who ran to the
rescue were badly burned Tbe men
whose torches bad leaked suffered severe
injuries. Three were tul-en to hospitals
and others to their homes.
Vied at the A-e of HO.
St. John's, N. F., Nov. 24 Mrs.
Joanna Ward, of Cabonear, tbe oldest
woman in Newfoundland, died on Sat
urday agd 110 years. She was bom in
1782, and, having received a tair educa
tion, was a mine of information on ail
matters transpinug at the end of tbe last
and earlv part of the present century.
She retained possession of all her facul
ties almost to the moment of.ber death,
and enjoyed excellent health.
Killed by Hia fettle Son. , . ,
Van Wekt, O., Nov. 24 James Neer,
' farmer residiug near this city, wag
fatally shot by bis 5 year-old son yester
day. Ncer bad loaded one barrel of bis
shotgun, and, as be was about to load ibe
other barrel, tbe child came up, and, un
noticed by the father, raised the hammer
of the loaded barrel, when tbe hammer
slipped from tbe child's fingers. The
gun was discharged, nud the entire load
1 shot strucs Mr. JNeer in the lace.
Tote In Harney County.
Burns, Or., Nov. 22. Tbe official vote
of Harney county for presidential electors
is as follows:
Caults 213, Dunne 212, Irwin 212,
Miller 215. Butcher 376, Coivi 279, No-
aod 277, Pierce 121. Ualvaci 146, Holt
149, Burleigh 148. The election lorjnini
representative of Grant and Harney
counties is a tie.
Governor JHeKinley's Father Dying.
Canton, O., Nov. 24 The amending
physician hat given up all hopes of tbe
recovery of William McKmley, sr. father
of the govenor ot Ohio. His destb i
only a question of a few hours.
William MeHinlev, sr, sged lather ot
Covernor McKinley, died this morning ai
Canton. (
Two Fiends Convicted.
Oregon City, Nov. 23- This morning
Bert Bacon was found guilty of an at
tempt to commit rape, and to-nigbt Bob
Gardner was also convicted of rape. Tha
crime was committed jointly last summer
and caused an ' inaignation meeting, so
intense was the rnbl;c feeling. I
Wasted.
A position to do general housework.
Apply at this office.
ALONG THE AMAZON.
WHERE RAIN
TERRIFIC
COtfES DOWN
CLCUD3URSTS.
IN
For Month the Country In Submerged
by Water and All Kinds of AnimaU
Are Driven to the HighlunUs and Tree
Tops A Tropical Deluge.
The worst inundations of Louisiana
and eastern Arkansas are but spring
freshets compared with tbe monster
floods that visit the Amazon valley every
year with a regularity equaled only by
astronomical events and tax collections.
The rainfall of northern Brazil is about
three times that of the webfootiest coun
ties of Oregon, and in midsummer the
thunder showers that drench the woods
every afternoon resemble a daily cloud-
burst. On the Northern Pacific no other
word would be applied to an atmos
pheric waterfall, darkening the air like
a London winter fog for hours together,
and swamping a house, if the roof
should leak, through an aperture of
few square inches.
Rains of that sort are apt to occur day
after day for a series of weeks, and their
effect on the lowlands can only be im
perfectly indicated by the fact that tbe
Amazon river drains an area of more
than 2,000,000 sqnare miles. The Mis
sissippi, too, drains half the eastern
slope of a country larger than Brazil,
but its largest affluents are dwarfed by
the third class tributaries of the South
American father of waters.
Not such flowing lakes as the Rio
Negro and the Madeira, but the Purus,
the Yavari, the Qurua, the Hingo, the
Papajos and dozens of other streams
rarely mentioned on this side of the
isthmus enter the main river through a
delta miles in width and deep enough
for the largest river steamers of the St.
Lawrence.
Abont the middle of summer, these
streams begin to rise, those from the
southwest first, those from the northwest
and north a few weeks later, and a fort
night after the arrival of the second sup
plement the valley of the Maranon, the
"wild hog river," as the early colonists
called the Amazon, becomes a paradise
of swamp loving brutes. The tapis, the
peccan, the fish otter celebrate the pic
nic season of their stimmer life, and
herds of wild deer begin their westward
exodus. Near Monte Beira, in the
province (now state) of Matto Grosso,
the woods in midsummer get full of
game, as a hundred years ago the foot
hills of the southern Alleghanies swarm
ed with wild pigeons when the forests
of the north were buried in snow.
A more than usually sadden rise of
the flood cnts off. many of these fugi
tives, who are thus reduced to the al
ternative of making for the highest ac
cessible ground, farther east, till every
knoll becomes a hill of refuge, crowded
with timid brutes, whose survival de
pends on their escape from the giant
.cats and boas who may approach their
stronghold by swimming, if the water
should have submerged too large a por
tion of the continuous forest.
About two months after the begin
ning of the rainy season the deluge of
the lowlands reaches its maximum.
Thousands of square miles are sub
merged so effectually that canoes can be
paddled through forests apparently free
from underbrush, since only the taller
trees, with their network of climbing
vines, rise like islands above the surg
ing waters. The swollen rivers have
found new currents, and broad, gur
gling streams twist and eddy through
the leafy wilderness, tearing off whole
groups of trees, with all their roots, but
making amends by depositing hillocks
of driftwood, which soon get covered
with tufts of new vegetation.
The pressure of the surging flood
against these mounds of alluvium soon
becomes enormous, but the deep rooted
stems of the adansonia and the canoho
tree may resist till new deposits of drift
wood consolidate a number of mounds,
thus forming good sized islands with a
down stream base of perhaps half a mile,
but a narrow head deflecting the cur
rent ' left and right, like the wedge
shaped front of a stout bridge pier. At
the time of their incipiency these new
islands may be tenanted only by river
lizards, but necessity is the mother of
successful exploration as well as of in
vention, and a week after its' birth the
driftwood hill swarms with - animal
refugees, hogs, deer and capybaris, jos
tling each other in their struggle for a
base of operations, thus often getting
noisy enough to attract the prowling
carmvora.
The climbing talent of the great cats
saves them the trouble of emigration.
The jaguar and the ocelot become en
tirely arboreal, traveling like monkeys
from branch to branch, and making
themselves at home in the tree tops so
much so indeed that some of them go
to housekeeping and raise a litter of
cubs in the cavity of a hollow tree.
Their larder is replenished by all sorts
of pheasants and woodhens, who make
their headquarters in the underbrush,
but who are now obliged to take up
lodgings on the lower branches of the un-
submerged trees. By climbing around
the stem and rising suddenly in view an
ocelot can scare a roost of gallinaceous
fowl out of their wits and strike down
two or three of the clumsy youngsters
before the whole flock contrives to take
wing.
A swimming deer in these submerged
tangle woods has no chance at all
against the pursuit of an enemy that
can leap from branch to branch or
climb along the viaductlike cables of the
great liana vines, and a jaguar would not
begin to regret a phenomenal deluge till
the waters had closed over the tops of
the tallest palms. San Francisco Chron
icle. '
, GOVERNMENT AID FOR ROADS.
The Nation's Share of the Benefits Will
Overbalance the Outlay.
Why should the great republic alone
among civilized countries be denied the
blessing of good roads?
If there is any rational answer to this
question it has not been given, and in
deed the broad question has scarcely
been asked in all the late agitation of
the subject Statesmanship at Wash
ington has not in this generation con-
Ened itself in the matter, and the
irage writer on this subject shrinks
m allusion to national aid or action,
and contents himself with berating the
farmers or lecturing the local authori
ties. Even the farmers in politics, with
all their "demands," have not asked
congress to give them good roads, the
most radical and yet the most rational
"relief" that could be offered them. In
the early part of the century sixty acts
of congress for the construction and re
pair of national roads were passed after
full discussion of the constitutional
questions involved. Now, although in
every other direction the powers and.
duties of the government have broad
ened, in this one they seem to have nar
rowed to nothing and the strict con
structionists have regained full control.
Meanwhile the failure of local and
state effort has been complete, and the
need of a radical and general reform to
redeem our civilization in the eyes of
the world has become patent. If. the
multitude of active advocates of road
improvement could be inspired with
courage to attack congress with the
vigor they display elsewhere something
might be accomplished worthy of the
effort. To this end it is worth while to
'consider any scheme designed to meet
the difficalties of national action in the
premises.
f The first consideration in such a
scheme is the economical question, the
second is the administrative question,
jthe third is the equitable distribution of
-benefits and burdens, not only among
localities, bnt among the present and
future generations. In the light of ex
'perience the economical question is
easily approached. The present road
tax in an average rural townshiD ia
about ten cejite racre citarawikh
in one 01 six mues square amounts to
$2,300 per annum. In such a township
there should be at least one through
road of the first class, with six of the
second class intersecting. It is probable
that with abundant capital, machinery
and skill, well organized labor and spe
cial arrangements for transportation of
materials, 6uch economies in construc
tion would be brought about that first
class stone roads could be made for
$6,000 per mile in most localities, and
for half that price a class of roads hav
ing one track of stone and one of earth.
At these rates the expenditure for the
township would be:
Six miles at $8.000 $38,000
Thirty-six miles at $3,000 106,000
Total $114,000
Superintendence, etc 10,000
Total $154,000
Such a sjun could not be raised by
taxation nor borrowed by the township
or even by the county, save at high rates
of interest and a short term of payment.
If, however, the state and nation
should share equally with the county
and township, and if, moreover, the
high credit of the nation could be used,
under sufficient limitations and safe
guards, to strengthen the local credit,
all difficulties would disappear.
In that case the interest charge would
not exceed 2 per cent., to which a
small amount could be added for a sink
ing fund to repay the principal in a long
term of years.
Suppose the total to be 3 per cent.,
the share of the township on its one
fourth would be $1,155 per annum, or
only half the amount of its present road
tax.
The townships and counties would be
quick enough to avail themselves of aid
on such terms, but would it pay the
state and nation to give it?
For the state, whose revenue comes
from direct taxation, the answer is easy;
the increased taxable values of prop
erty, due to the improvement of the
roads, will certainly not be less than
the cost of the improvement, and so
much as the tax rate exceeds the three
fourths of 1 per cent, which the state
pays for- its share of that cost will be
clear gam to the state at large.
The nation's interest is less direct but
certainly not inferior. The tax of bad
roads falls first upon the farmers, Tjut in
the end is more evenly distributed than
any other, and is undoubtedly heavier
than all others combmed.
Good roads will benefit producers and
consumers alike and everywhere,-while
the nation's share of the tax proposed
will be trifling compared with the bene
fits accruing.
For each $100,000,000 expended the
three-fourths of 1 per cent, would be
$750,000, or one cent per head on 75,000,
000 of people. Roy Stone.
Why Army Pepper Was So Poor,
There is an old weather beaten shed
that stands on the brookside, near th
road leading from the West Shore rail
road station at Highland up to the vil
lage, in which two men during the re
bellion made a snug little fortune.
The building is in the shadow of over
hanging boughs and directly behind
mill that stands at the point where an
other road leads up a hillside and to
the Bellevue villa.
I was driving by there a few days
ago when the driver of the vehicle, in
which I was the solitary passenger,
turned around to me, and indicatin
with his whip exclaimed:
"D'ye see that little buildin?"
"Yes; what of it?"
"Waal, b'gosh, d'ye know two fellers
made nigh on a fortun' in there during
the war times, pon my word?"
"Making counterfeits, eh?"
"Counterfeits? Naw; better'n that
It was the damdest thing y ever heard
of, that business stroke was. Til tell y
it ' You know there's lots o' slate in
those hills piles of it and it breaks to
pieces almost when y look at it
"Those two fellers just looked at that
slate and then started to thinkin. They
talked over what they thought and the
next thing people hereabouts knew was
that grindstones was bein hauled into
that buildin.
"Then load after load of slate was
hauled and dumped in the buildin, and
the next tiling the people knew there
was a rollin of them grindstones and
piles of powdered slate were carried out
and put in wagons and carted off.
"People wondered what was goin on,
and if they asked, the two men -just
smiled and replied, 'No thin,' or else ex
plained how the powdered slate was
bein used all over for soft fillin for
teeth.
' 'But the thing leaked out after awhile,
Them two fellers were grindin that slate
and shippin it away to be mixed in the
pepper that was supplied to the army.
B gosh, they made a fortune apiece.
"Say, I wonder how many of the G,
A. R. fellers now livin ete the slate from
Highland's hills? Gee't ap " said the
driver. New York Herald.
The Features of the Camel.
Apart from differences in species, to
enumerate the parts of the camel is to
catalogue instances of evident design.
His long neck, giving wide range of
vision in desert marches and enabling
him to reach far to the meager desert
shrubs on either side of his pathway.
The cartilaginous texture of his month,
enabling him to eat hard and thorny
plants the pasture of the desert - Kara
very small and nostrils large for breath
ing, but also specially capable of closure
by valvelike folds against the fearful
simoom. .Eyes prominent, but protected
by a heavy overhanging' upper lid,
limiting vision upward and guarding
from the direct rays of the noonday sun.
Cushioned feet, peculiarly adapted for
ease of the rider and the animal alike,
Five horny pads to rest on when
kneeling for burden or repose on the hot
sand. His hump not a fictional, but
real and acknowledged reserve store of
nutriment, as well as nature s packsad-
ale for the commerce of ages have you
ever thought of the relation between
your morning cup of Mocha and the
hump of a camel in Yemen? His wa
ter reservoirs in connection with the
stomach not, as in the occidental "Ara
bian Nights," for thirsty travelers, but
for the animal himself, and enabling him
when in good condition to travel for five
days without water. Rev. S. iL Zwemer
in Christian Intelligencer.
What s Good Boad Costs.
Professor Lewis M. Haupt. director of
the civil engineering courses at the
University of Pennsylvania, says that a
good average road, through a rolling
country, should never cost over $7,000 a
mile and frequently not over 2.000.
And the expenditure pays. To pull one
.ton on macadam costs just one-half as
much as on hard dirt and one-fourth as
much as on sand. It is estimated that
in England improved roads have made
it possible for three horses to do the
work formerly done by four, thus sav
ing $100,000,000 annually. It is also
stated that with improved roads the
farm produce of Illinois could be hauled
for $15,000,000 per annum less than now,
and that $160,000,000 would be added to
the value of the farms.
Every One's Business Is No One's.
I Though a road is public property and
devoted to the use of each and all, yet
no one has sufficient private interest
therein to permit him to cease farm op
erations in order to look after the roads.
It is only when the roads become im
passable that their condition ia noticed
and regretted.
XmproTlng.
Aunt Hilda Think this world is im
provin, do ye? Folks lie as much as
ever, don't they?
Mr. Jinks N-o, not by a good deal.
Mighty few epitaphs put on tombstones
nowadays. New York Weekly.
. Cuffing the ears of children is a wicked
and dangerous practice. The concus
sion of the air ia the ear passage ia ex
tremely likely to fracture the tympa
num of the ear and thus render the
child permanently deaf.
The ilew Umatilla
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