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The Times-Mountaineer
SATURDAY. ....... .OCTOBER 14. 1893
QUIXOTIC.
Never did knight errant.in the days
of chivalry, with more alacrity, clothe
himself in armor for the defense of his
lady love, at an imaginary or real dan
ger, than does the Albany Democrat
in its efforts to ward off every blow
aimed at the party with which it affili
ates. According to its opinion Mr.
Cleveland is a consistent Democrat in
opposing free coinage, and -Mr. Hill in
' favoring bimetallism. Both are correct
in the position they assume on this
qnestion, and in perfect harmony with
the Chicago platform. This is political
knight-erranty, and oar cotemporary
is a bright exemplar of the ideas of
Amadis de Ganl, and of Don Quixote,
. the character satirized in Cervantes'
immortal work. Whenever the Dem
ocratic party is mentioned except in
complimentary terms, to the mind of
the editor of the Democrat, there is
some lady imprisoned in an enchanted
oastle who can only be relieved by this
knight-errant performing deeds of
prodigious valor. . As Cervantes wonld
put it, this man has always a wind
mill fight on bis hands, and, although
his gallantry can never be questioned,
: his judgment is not such that it would
be followed by the wisest statesmen.
This was well illustrated in the
Wednesday's issue of that paper, in
which the editor sets his lance in rest,
and prepares for another onslaught on
a windmill, because the Times-Moujt-.
tainbek stated in an editorial article
that the same rule Bhould not be ap
' plied where the state made a purchase
" of machinery for a jute mill to give
employment to convicts as if it were
bought by a private corporation as a
matter of speculation. Iu his knight
errant Quixotic manner of answer
ing this be uses the following sentence:
"What sedactive influence has betn
brought to bear upon our senior sen
ator to induce him to thus legi? ite in
the interest of Great Britain? British
gold? Periah tLe thought!' How our
esteemed, cotemporary can arrive at
the conclusion that the jute mill ma
chinery, for the benefit of the slats of
Oregon, would op n the doors to Brit
ish free trade or "British gold" wp
cannot conceive, but perhaps our as
tute brother could explain. Bat, then,
perhaps this sentence may be classed
as irony, according to the rhetoric 1
rules established by the classical editor
of the Oregonian, and if so, it is
simply indicative of ignorance or
stupidity to pay any attention to
its import. We have not considered
the article in the Democrat in this
line; but have arrived at the conclu
sion that it is quixotic, and shall al-
ways consider the editor of our valued
exchange as a knight-errant of Demo
cracy. Daring our editorial acquaint'
ance with the paper we have seen so
- many . exhibitions of this chivalric
spirit that it is hardly possible for us
to be mistaken. There is such a
wide almost unlimited field for our
cotemporary to exhibit his qualities in
this respect, that we hope the editor
may continue in the path he has
chosen. It makes him profoundly
consistent with his party, and the
facts will remain the same nothwith-
standinghis gallant efforts for their
demolition.
NOT A BE PUBLIC.
England is a free country in a cer
tain sense, but not a republic, and very
many of the most progressive states
men of that nation prefer to retain
the mooarchial and aristocratical eta
ment as a balance wheel on the ma
chinery of government, The house of
lords is usually tractable, and does not
offer strong opposition to measures
which are popular with the lower
house of parliament. There has not
been an instance in the last half cen
tury in which the queen has exercised
her prerogative to veto legislation. But
the recent defeat of the home rule bill
by the lords, temporal and spiritual,
has aroused a dormant antagonism to
the privileged class of . Great Britain,
which may constitute the germs of a
revolution that will eventually oblit-
erate from the British constitution
hereditary monarchy or titled nobility.
That any person or persons should be
born to wealth and power must be
placed in the same category with the
divine right of kings, and both are
contrary to the definition of freedom
as understood in toe mneteentn cen
tury. These principles are grounded
in tyranny, and cannot be upheld by a
free and enlightened people. Freedom
means equality, and in whatever mau
ner this is not fully carried out, the
development of institutions in this re?
gard is not complete. Kings and
princes, dukes and earls, lords and
knights are artificial and begotten by
despotism and barbarism. Until Eng
land can blot from its constitution the
distinction between king and subject,
lord and peasant, it will be a free
country only in a qualified sense.
MOORS AND SPANIARDS.
After centuries of comparative
peace those ancient foes, the Moors and
Spaniards, are at it again. Of old it
was the Moor who invaded Hispania
and made himself master of a goodly
empire; now it is the Spaniard in the
land of the Moors who is the aggres
sor, and would gladly address himself
to the task of a new conquest would
the Dowers of Europe but fold their
hands and look on. The fact that the
lustre of both nations has been dimmed
considerably since the day the turban
was expelled from old Grenada does
not detract from the romantic interest
of the modern conflict inaugurated on
the north coast of Morrocco two days
ago, says the Inter Ocean, The Span
iards, to be sure, were woefully in the
minority, but ' nevertheless were able
to make a most brilliant and courage
ous stand against the assailing forces
ten times more numerous.
The munitions of war are very much
more deadly in these days than were
those employed when Ferdinand set
out against the infidel, yet the fatili
ties of Tuesday's battle were far less
than would have been the result of a
conflict between these antagonists four
hundred years ago. Your Winches
ter rifle tends to keep foes at a dis
tance, and stray bullets kill fewer
than . spear and battle-ax, sword and
scimiter brought down when contend
ing armies crashed together, not much
dismayed by the ordinance and guns
that served some modest purpose in
medieval wars. Nevertheless, one
hundred killed and wounded out of a
fighting body of 300 is rather a large
percentage in one day's work. How
many of the 5000 Moors were killed is
unknown, for the Moor gathers his
dead as they fall, to deprive the enemy
of the pleasure of enumerating them.
It was a lively fight and tho Moors
were the victors, but there may be
more to follow.
What caused the outbreak of hatred
long suppressed was the attempt of
the Spaniards to build a fort near the
Moorish burial ground, a sort of sacri
legious encroachment the natives are
hardly to be blamed for resenting, con
sidering how sacred to them is the
resting place of their dead. Spain
lost no time in deciding in council that
the Moors must be punished for their
temerity in attacking the Spanish
troops. Now would it not be a strange
bit of poetic justice if the history of
400 years ago should be in a manner
repeated and the Moors should rise up
and drive the Spanish out of Morocco?
Why should they not?
It was expected, after the wide
spread distress and desolation following
the inauguration of the Democratic
administration, that an effort would
be made to shift the blame to some
other cause,and this the Saratoga con
vention did in good style in the fol
lowing preamble to the platform: "The
transfer of the legislative and execu
tive branches of the federal govern
ment to the Democratic party was
none too soon to correct, even if too
late to avert, the widespread distress
caused by unsound plutocratic Repub
hcan legislation." The facts as exist
ing will prove false the charge con
tained in the above, for not until the !
country was threatened with free trade
did the business depression begin, and
less than a year ago no nation on the
globe was equally prosperous as the
United States. Our products found
ready sale in the market, our laborers
received higher wages than in any
other land, and new avenues of em
ployment were being opened to the
enterprising and energetic. The col
lapse came suddenly, and, like a curse
from God, a pall of gloom and despair
settled upon the country. But .the
Democracy have the whole machinery
of government under their control,
and have been at work in Washington
City since the 7th of August attempt
ing to formulate some plan to avert
the threatened destruction of the ship
of state; bat appear to be hopelessly
bewildered, and the people know as
little of the policy to be pursued as
they did before the Chicago platform
was adopted. There are breakers
ahead in every direction, and the pilot
does not understand the chart by
which he is sailing.
There can be little hope of any ben
eficial legislation during the special
session, for the time will be fully oc
cupied in wrangling over the repeal of
the Sherman act and in attempting to
pass a free-coinage bill. Neither the
president nor the people imagined the
senate was composed of such stubborn
material, or that there was such a pre
vailing sentiment in favor of bimetal
lism. Not that we believe there is a
majority in favor of such a measure;
but there are so many ways in which
a determined minority can obstruct
the will of the majority. Bat any one
who has watched public opinion among
Democrats for the last few years could
have noticed the fact that the party
was rapidly becoming infatuated with
free coinage, and this would soon con
stitute the subterfuge by which it
would attempt to gain the ascendancy
in the nation. This was clearly dem
onstrated at the time the Sherman act
st passed, for to save the country
from Democratic free coinage the Re
publicans compromised on that meas
ure. If it had not been for Mr. Cleve
land this special session of congress
would do more damage to the business
and industries of the country than
could be remedied by years of the
wisest statesmanship: but the execu
tive believes in honest money, and will
be a solid bulwark against any infla
tion scneme that his party may at
tempt to inaugurate.
The convening of congress in extra
session, coupled witn the promise of
the Democratic party to place wool on
the free list, caused manufacturers of
woolens to offer no more for the raw
material this season than the free wool
rate, for the reason that bafore the
same could be manufactured and placed
on the market the promise of the Chi
cago platform would be fulfilled and
free wool would be here. Such being
the case, it was evident that their
goods must be sold in competition with
imported ones made of free wool. The
present low prices then grew out of
the prospect of free wool; what the
reality will be can better be imagined.
Thus far the flock-masters of the
United States have lost by the pros
pect of free wool, in the decline in the
pice of sheep since the inauguration
of President Cleveland, $75,000,000;
in the decline in the price of wool
since last year, over $u,uuu,uuu,
Scoured wool was worth last year 60
cents per pound in eastern markets;
now it is worth only 25 cents a de
cline of 35 cents per pound. This is
the primal cause of the hard times in
The Dalles this season. '
DEMOCRATIC TIMES.
Southern states, that have always
heretofore voted solidly for free trade
and the Democracy, are crying for
"congress to go home." Last year in
one county in Tennessee five thousand
men were at work earning each week
$52,000, but now thirty men earn
$163; and in another place out of thir
teen furnaces only two are in opera
tion. In parts of Texas it is feared
that people will soon suffer for food.
In the Pacific states wool is cheaper,
and wages are lower. In Vermont,
since the president's message to con
gress, everything has been at a stand
still Virginia expresses a lack of
confidence in the administration. In
forty one states on Nov. 5, 1892, just
prior to the election of Cleveland,
there were 143,401 hands actual
employment, drawing wages amount
ing to $,509,891 each week. On Sept
2, 1893, the number of hands had de
creased to 56,384, a shrinkage of 61
per cent, in the quantity of labor em
ployed, since the election of the pres
ent president and congress. The
weekly wages paid these men aggre
gated only $459,089 04, a decrease of
69 J per cent, in the same time, in the
weekly disbursement of wages through
out the whole country. A prominent
western woolen manufacturer correctly
says, that "we should supply our own
wants and also compete for the foreign
trade." How much more advantage
ous this would be than having the for
eign trade competing with us. A for
cible illustration of the pernicious ef
fect of threatened tariff reform is
shown in the result of the sale of the
wool crop from The Dalles this season,
a loss of about eight cents per pound
on 7,000,000 pounds amounts to
$560,000. No town like The Dalles
can stand so great a loss and not feel
it. Again, recently compiled statis
tics show that whero the average
weekly earnings during the week end
ing Nov. 5, 1892, were $10.56 per
head, the average weekly earnings all
over the country were lowered to
$8.20 in the week ending Sept 2, 1893.
Now if we will take our present pop
ulation of 65,000,000 people, and, as
suming on the basis of five persons to
each family, there are 13,000,000 wage
earners in the country, we have an
aggregate decrease in the amount of
wages paid, in excess of $30,000,000
per week. This will give us a total
loss of $1,560,000,000 annually in the
distribution of money throughout the
United States.
The end is approaching of the long-
continued debate on the monetary
question in the senate, and before the
week closes a vote will have been
reached. For many weeks the speeches
of the senators have been very tire
some, and this has been particularly
true because it has been generally un
derstood that these long-winded har
angues have simply been made by
those favoring free coinage to obstruct
legislation and, if possible, to tire into
complaisance the friends of honest
money. It is a fact of which Repub
licans should be proud that their
representatives in the halls of congress
have been almost a solid phal
anx in favor of the honest dollar
and the single standard for the meas
urement of values. This has been the
Balvation of the credit of the nation in
the past, and the party of . patriotism
and of progress is true to its tradi
tions. Free institutions seem to be
lacking in" some essential qualities
when a minority, as has been demon
strated in this special session, can
block the wheels of legislation to the
injury of the whole country, and the
importance of applying some remedy
is very apparent There always has
been a majority in the senate in favor
of the repeal of the Sherman act, and
the people will rejoice when obstruc
tionists are forced to capitulate uncon
ditionally and their farcical and dis
graceful proceedings end in their com
plete discomfiture.
The editor of the Oorvallia Timet
has addressed an open letter to Senator
Dolpb, because he introduced a bill
asking that machinery for the jute
mill be admitted free of duty, claim
ing that the same reasoning could be
applied to any article of importation.
This jute factory at Salem is a state
institution, and will not compete with
any department of labor. It is ex
perimental as a means to furnish labor
for convicts, whereby the state may be
reimbursed for the expenses incurred
in their keeping. Under such circum
stances, the , machinery for the mill
would be considered differently than if
it were to be used in a private enter
prise and for the benefit of an indi
vidual or corporation. It would be a
manitest injustice to apply the same
rule to both these instances, and pro
tection aims to deal fairly with all in
dustries and those who are engaged in
operating them.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
Congress is as useless as a last year's
bird's nest. If the press would quit
mentioning it it might possibly reform.
If New York Democrats can wear a
Maynard medal around the neck, and
a Van Allen monocle in the left eye,
they can stand anything.
The farce being enacted in Wash
ington Oity is Democratic throughout,
and Republicans watch the different
scenes and enjoy the amusement.
The Vulcan iron mills at St. Louis
wnicn cose $i,uuu,uuu good money,
are being sold for junk. Democratic
tariff reform is the agent and receiver.
When Columbus was discovering
America, Spain was having a time
with tbe Moors. The conditions have
not changed much for the better in
Morocco.
"The majority rales" is not in force
in the United States senate. Point a
hollow corn cob at the Democratic ma
jority and it drops on its knees and
begs for life.
"The Sunny South" ssems this year
to have more than its share of calami
ties. The elements have been terribly
destructive to both property and life.
Unless the relief is prompt from the
more favored localities the suffering
will be great
Iu November, 1892, "Democraoy
swept the country." Now the country
is called upon to feed the hungry
sweepers, who have swept prosperity
out of sight
The Memphis Commercial says "Mc
Kinley is the best possible campaign
document for Democrats." Just wait
five weeks, and then let us hear from
the Commercial again.
Several ships have been chartered
to carry coal from the United States
to England, in consequence of the
strike in the collieries. It is a new
export for Uncle Sam.
In the Saratoga Democratic conven
tion the anti Cleveland delegates were
admitted; but the platform was pat
terned after the one adopted at Chi
cago last year. Does this mean that
Cleveland is read out of the party by
the New York Democracy?
The revolutionists have stopped fir
ing on Rio J aneiro, and one has not
to wear bomb-proof clothing to live in
Brazil. How long this will continue
is uncertain, and the next dispatch
from that country may contain the in
telligence that fhe work of death and
destruction still goes on.
The appointment of Mr. VanAHen
to the court of King Humbert has not
yet been endorsed by congress, and the
real fight between the president and
his party will begin in good earnest
when this and other names are before
the senate for endorsement There
evidently will be a breach which will
not easily be closed.
Now that the city is the possessor
of a rock crusher, the business streets,
at least, of The Dalles ought to be well
macadamized. The material is at hand,
and the work could be done at a min
inum rate. The present condition of
the streets is not a source of pride to
the citizens of the town. Simply fill
ing up the bad places with crushed
rock will only prove to be a useless ex
pense. The state of Minnesota has for
many years sold its convict lahor to
tho highest bidder, but at the last
meeting the board of prison managers
found themselves in a predicament
that had never existed since the state
was organized, no hid having been re
ceived from Oct. 1, 1893, to Oct 1,
1895, which places 400 convicts on its
.hands with no work for them to do.
Even the honest men in Minnesota
can find little work to do in these
"good Democratic times."
Oregon, although not properly rep
resented at the world's fair, has re
ceived many compliments on account
of the horticultural exhibit If the
state had appropriated sufficient money
to have displayed the fruits to an ad
vantage there would have been a heavy
tide of immigration in this direction;
but as it is we most rest satisfied with
oar display and be thankful for the
recognition we have received. Econ
omy was not exercised in the proper
direction in this matter, and by saving
dollars development has - been re
tarded.
TELEQEAPHI0 HEWS.
Tired or Being a FagUlve.
Seattle, Wash., Oct 9 Colin E.
Daugbdrill, a young railroad man wbo
killed Armstrong J Stewart, yardmaster
of the East Tennessee, Virginia & Geor
gia railroad, at Gadsden, Alabama, in
March, 1892, gave himself up to Sheriff
Woolery Saturday, after having been a
fugitive twoand a half years, He claims
be shot Stewart in self-defense and tbat
he now wants to go back to stand trial
and to see his wife and baby. Tbe arrest
was kept yery quiet until today, wben be
was fully identified, and tbe Alabama
authorities sent word they would send for
bim. Tnere is a reward of $250 for his
capture. -
Mix Uvea Were lMt-
Dees Park, Mich., Oct. 0 A disaster
on Lake Superior, in which not less tban
six lives were lost, came to light today.
wben a drifting boat was picked up by
the crew of tbe Muskalonge life-saving
station . Tbe derelict was sighted this
forenoon, and by the aid of strong glasses
it was lound tbat tbe craft was disabled
and drifting. Tbe crew put out and came
to tbe wreck just . west of tbe station.
lbe craft was found to be a fishing-boat
of large size, which operations on tbis
part of tbe lake make necessary. No
trace of tbe six occupants, known to have
been in tbe boat, oan be found.
Bismarck ttaod. Per Ten Tear Bore.
Hamburg, Oct, 9 Dr. Schweninger
told a friend yesterday tbat Prince Bis
marck bad shown surprising endurance
during the trip. "He has recovered from
tbe fatigue so completely," said Schwen
inger, "that I baye more confidence tban
wben I took over bis treatment this year.
tbat be will lire 10 years more His last
illness has proved tbe excellence of bis
constitution.
A Fatal quarrel.
Seattle, Wash., Oct. 9 What will be
a fatal attray occurred In a saloon at
Hamilton today. George A. Addiogton,
owner of a shingle mill, quarrelled with
Swan Peterson while pi ay lag billiards,
and struck bim orer tbe bead with a cue.
Peterson will die. Addington is a south
erner of good education, 31 years of age
and very popular about Edison and
Mount Vernen, where he lived several
years. He was arrested and will be taken
to tbe Mount Vernon jail.
Jfarsnal HaeMahea'a End X carina.
Pabis, Oct. 9 Tbe latest bulletin in
regard to Marshal MacMabon savs be is
in a comatose condition . Life is slowly
ebbing away, and deatb It only a Ques
tion ot a few davs.
Ferdinand de aaaepa Dyiag-
PABis,Oct. 9 Count Ferdinand de
Lesseps is near death. His son Charles
and wife are at bis bedside, and tbe end
of tbe great engineer may be expected at
any moment.
.Fraaetaeo Uynantlte JBxploatoa.
San Fbascisco, Oct. 10 Two more
arrests have been made in correction
with tbe dynamite explosion tbat
wrecked John Curtain's sailor boardiag-
house and killed four men. One of tbe
prisoners is a woman. Tbey were botb
taken to Oakland last nigbt. Tbe man,
Johnson, arrested, is a cousin of Trygove
Johnson, and it is belmed that be
knows more about the dynamite tragedy
tban any one except tbe person wbo left
tbe valise at tbe Central house. Tbe
woman was also arrested on suspicion of
knowing facts connected with tbe explo
sion. TDe police ieei connoent mat tney
now are closer on the trail of tbe perpe
trator ot tbe dastardly crime tban ever
before.
Kebels data a Polat.
Rio Jakbiko, Oct. 16 One of tbe torts
in tbe bay surrendered to tbe insurgent
fleet today.
Tbe fort which surrendered is r on
Villeealeoon. situated on an island in
Rio bay. It surrendered for lack of sup
plies. Tbe guns are old style, not capa
ble of doing mucn damage.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Rlolina In Hamburg.
Hamburg, Oct. 10 Another fatal riot
occcrred last nigbt in St. Paul, a suburb
of this city, growiug out of the attempts
of the sanitary officers to enforce tbe resr
ulations for tbe prevention of tbe spread
of cholera. As in the previous not, when
a policeman wag brutally kicked and
stamped to deatb, tbe sceno of last
night's trouble was in one of the districts
of tbe pillage inhabited entirely by tbe
poor and ignorant classes, who seem to
bave a horror of being compelled to ob
serve cleanliness and tbe ordinary san
itary regulations. When the sanitary of
ficers attempted to put extraordinary reg
ulations in force, trouble at once resulted.
The sanitary officers were accompanied
by a number of policeman, but the pres
ence of the latter bad no effect upon tbe
violence of tbe mob, that quickly gath
ered when it became koowo tbat tbe
sanitary officers were about. The mob
made a decent in force upon tbo police,
storming them and using clubs. Tbe
policeman were unable to quell tbe riot
ing in fact.tbey 'could make no attempt
to do so, being compelled to fight des
perately to protect themselves from tbe
tury of the rioters. While some of the
mob tbus engaged tbe police, others de
voted themselves to a furious onslaught
upon the sanitary officers. One of tbe
latter was captured by tbe mob. His
comrades could make no attempt tores
cue him, as they bad all tbey could do to
defend themselves. Tbe officer in tbe
bands of the mob was struck on tbe head
with a large stone and knocked to tbe
ground. Tben tbe mob jumped on him
and kicked him about tbe head and body
until life was extinct.
THE BRUTALITY OF THE MOB.
Meantime tbe crowd bad succeeded in
knocking a policeman down, and be, too,
soon met bis deatb . Tbe rioters, with
fiendish delight, kicked bis face until it
was a pulp. Even after be was dead
some ot the rioters danced upon bis body.
The fight was waxing desperate, with tbe
odds in favor of tbe mob, wben a detach
ment of troops, wbo bad been hastily
dispatched to tbe scene, arrived. Tbe
officer in command of the troops ordered
the mob to disperse, bat tbey paid no at
tention to tbe command, and continued
tDeir attack upon tbe policeman and
sunitary officers. An order was given
for tbe troops to fix bayonets, and wben
tbe gleaming steel points were fastened
to the rilles the soldiers were ordered to
chat go tbe mob. With bayonets lowered
tbey moved forward on tbe double-quick
and tbe rioters, seeing tbe bristling wall
of steel advancing upon theui, attempted
to disperse in short order. Tbey ran in
every dnection, save in the direction of
tbe troops, and disappeared In alley
ways and tbe doorways of tbe tumble-
down tenements with wbicb the district
is tilled. JaaDy ot them, however, were
not quick enough to escape the police,
wbo began to chase them the moment
tbev saw tbe crowd beginning to break
up. At least a dozen of the mob were
arrested. Tbe bodies of tbe policeman
and tbe sanitary officer were taken to tbe
police station.
Stole au Entire Train,
Houston, Tex., Oct. 10 Southern Pa
cific officials are considerably excited
over news received from points along tbe
line concerning the capture of one of
tbeir freight trains at Del Rio by a band
of 65 armed men. wbo claim to be min
ers from California and New Mexico.
The men say tbey were driven to des
peration by tbe delay of tbe senate in
settling tbe silver question, so business
may be resumed in silver-producing
states, and tbey propose going to Ala
bama, to take the places of the striking
miners, as it is now work or starvation
with them. Tbey ran tbe train on tbeir
own schedule, and dispatchers were puz
zled to avoid collision with regular
trains. Tbey stopped at different towns
and levied tribute for provisions, bnt so
far bave committed no other depreda
tions. Tbey were w.eli armed and tbe
officers dared not attack tbem unless they
could master a large posse. Tbe bead
quarters of tbe Southern Pacific here
bave just received a telegram from San
Antonio, stating tbat wben tbe train
pulled in there 4U ot tbe tramps were
caught while 25 escaped, but are being
pursued. It was expected tbey would
abandon tbe train near the end of tbe
division, go around tbe city, and by cap
turing other trains proceed on tbeir jour
ney.
Purity mr tue Ballet.
Chicago, Oct. (10 Tbe - Commandery
in Cbief of tbe Loyal Legion will bold its
annual . meeting here tomorrow. Tbe
impression prevails tbat ex -President
Harrison will be chosen commaader-in-
cbief, bat General Scbofield is also being
talked of. Ex-President Harrison is at
Dresent in tbe city and talked freely to
night regarding tbe repeal of tbe federal
election law.
'We are sowing tbe seeds of discord,"
he said, "in breaking away from tbe na
tional election law. Tbe people of the
country will not submit to tbe selection
of their officials by tbe dice box or tbe
jugglers bat Above all things, we
should nave purity oi toe oauo:, out we
have reached tbe condition in our nation
al life where we submit to tbe most in-.
famous outrages upon tbe ballot of tbe
people. Net only in the South, but in
tbe largest cities of tbe North, is there a
demand for tbe purity ot the Dallot-Dox.
In honest elections lies our nation's saf
ety, and we cannot tolerate fraud witb-
out payiog a bitter price in tbe end,"
Miurderea Ills Wife.
San Fbakcibco, Oct. 10 Mrs. Marie
Collins was killed by ber husband, Pat
rick, tbis morning. Tbe murdered wo
man was employed as a ant tress in a
kindergarten. Sbe was engaged at he1
work when she was approached by ber
husband, from whom sbe bad been sen
arated. After a lew word be drew a
knife and literally cut ber to pieces. Col
lins, wbo is a drunken, worthless fellow,
made bis escape, lbe police nave been
unable to trace bim, and tbe chief baa
posted the following description of the
man:
"Arrest for tbe murder of bis wife, this
morning, Pat Cobint, also known as Pad
dy Miles. He is described as about 84
years of age, 6 feet 8 inches in b.igbt.
weieht, 180 pounds; fair, gray eves, light
mustache cut snort; wide, ttuooy nose.
tbat bas tbe appearance of one being bro
ken. He is generally dressed in laborer's
clothes. ' He bad a fresh bruise on tbe
left cheek under the eye."
The .Peary Expedition Heara jrroaa
London. Oct. 10 A letter from a
member of tbe Peary expedition baa been
received by Morganblatt of Christiana.
It says "The Falcon reached Bowdoin
bav. Murchison sound, August 2. By
diligent shooting:, 20 tons of walrus meat
fot tne use oi me aogs uunng toe win-
ter have been secured. A cache of pro
visions bas been established on tbe in
land ice for tbe use of tbe sledge party
n tbe journey in the spring. Jjieuten
ant Peary is going with 50 dogs to estab
Iisb other depots, and try to penetrate
half way into Independence bay. Tbe
house built at McCormack bay by Lieu
tenant Peary's party in 1891 bas deen de
molished bv tbe JSskimaeux. Mrs. feary
is enjoying fine health and vigor, and
takes part in most of tbe sporting trips.
Mrs. Peary will remain for tbe present in
tbe bouse at .Bowdoin bay."
Blown Into Fraanienta.
North Lawrence, O, Oct. 10 At 8
o'clock tonight an eastbound freight train
on tbe Pittsburg ,Fort Wayne A Chicago
railroad, while running at a high rate of
need one mile west or nere, was oiewn
into fragments by tbe explosion of a car
containing 443 kegs of gunpowder. The
track was torn up for iuu yards and a
bole 200 feet deep was made in tbe
ground. Telegraph poles were leveled.
Thirty cars were wnona ana tne can
stripped from the engine. Tbe follow
ing were injured by being badly burned:
Engineer Colvin, of Crestline; Thomas
McCann, fireman, of Letonia; VV. W.
Rockhill, brakeman, of Alliance; Charles
Borden, of Canton ; Samuel S. McDer
mott, of Cauton .
Iowa Kepnblieaaa Ballylng.
Des Moines, Oct 10 There was a Re
publican rally here tonight. J. S. Clark
son piesided and made a short speech, in
which he said the Sherman law was not
to b'ame for tbe bard times, but the lack
of business policy on the part of tbe
Democratic party. He protested against
the repeal of tbe election law.
At tbe farmers' alliance convention to
day free silver coinage was voted down.
They favored honest money In tufficitct
volume.
Paymaster Hntllven Iisml9aed.
Vallejo, Cal., Oct. 10 Rumors are
current at Mare island navy-yard ' tbat
Secretary Herbert bad approved tbe find
ings of tbe general court -martial wbicb
tried Paymaster John Clyde Sullivan on
charges of embezzlement, and bad issued
orders announcing tbat Paymaster Sulli
van bad been found guilty as charged
and in consequence was dismissed from
tbe naval service of tbe United States.
Work mf tbe Bafla.
New York, Oct. 10 The body of
Leonardo Daerto, a strikingly handsome
young Italian, of apparently high class
was found lying in Mulberry street early
tbis morning. Much mystery surrounds
tbe cause of deatb . It is believed to be
another Mafia murder. Four Italians
bave been airested on suspicion.
It Created a Panic.
New York, Oct. 11 A sensational
collision occuned in midstream in North
river this morning. John Jacob Astor's
steam yacht Nanchal, going at full speed
down the nver loaded with promiuea1
society people bound for the yacht race,
ran unchecked into tbe side of a heavily
loaded Pennsylvania railroad ferry-boat,
cutting into the side some six feet. The
utmost consternation and panic prevailed
on both vessels. Woman ran screaming
up and down tbe decks and many fainted.
lbe engines of tbe yacht were reversed
and backed away. A nasty examina
tion of tbe ferry-boat showed that, owing
to tbe projecting deck and tbe cabin of
tbe boat, tbe hull was not cut below tbe
water line and was in nc dinger of sink
ing. The engines were started up again
and the boat proceeded to ber dock. Tbe
Tbe Narwhal sustained no injury beyond
having her bowsprit broken and ber nose
twisted. She proceeded on ber way. Tbe
bUme for the collision appears to bave
been with the yacht.
Tbe Peoples' Honey.
Washington, Oct. 11 Tbe gold re
serve continues to decrease and today it
was lower than ever before, standing at
$86,899,008, showing a redaction of over
$6,500,000 since tbe first of tbe month.
The government mint at Philadelphia
expects to coin $ 10,000,000 gold by De
cember 1. Tbe total net currency bal
ance stands at $19,737,759, an increase
of nearly $5,500,000 since the first of tbe
month, so that tbe net working balance
ot tbe department shows a decrease of
but little over $1,000,060 since October
1. Toe receipts of tbe month to date
were $8,703,000, and tbe expenditures
f 10,270,00U, while tbe total gold in the
treasury, coin and bullion, October 10,
was f ltto,44jf,707.
Now It la Nicaragua.
Managua, Oct. 11 The partisans of
ex-Presidont Zavala bave held a meeting
and nobody doubts that there will be a
revolution shortly. Zavala's party insist
upon repudiating tbe foreign debt, of
wbicb it is said President Zavala nolds a
part, though it is denied by bis follow
ers. Tbe leaders of two bands still out
along tbe coast, despite official denials,
bave made otters to Zavala. Tbe partis
ans of Zacbete Machadas' party are pre
paring a diow. ana it is said tbey are
working secretly in conjunction with tbe
president with the promise of aid from
Salvador.
Jumped Front a Train.
Tacoha, Wash., Oct. 11 John Dry
den, being taken to Seattle from Walla
Walla penitentiary to remain In the King
county jail pending appeal from convic
tion for burglary, escaped tbis afternoon
from Jailer Munroe and Detective Rob
erts, on the train, near Hot Springs. He
jumped from the car wben going twenty
miles an boar. The train stopped and
tbe officers pursued tbe man and cap
tured bim, but tbe train went on with'
oat them, as another section of it was
approaching.
A. Schooner on the Bocks
Mendocino, Oct. 11 Tbe schooner
Electro, loaded with lumber, went on tbe
rocks here tbis morning while attempt
ing to sail oat ot tne harbor. Bbe now
lies in port in a water-logged condition
with a large bole in ber bottom. The
deck load will be taken off and tbe vessel
towed to San Francisco.
(Startling Jevelopaienta Expected.
Lindon, Oct. 11 Private advices from
Rio say startling developments are im
minent. Tbe restoration of tbe empire
is only a question ot time
Rio Jaretbo, Oct. 11 At noon there
was desultory firing between tbeinsur.
gent squadron and the forts.
Teat of Eadoxaaee.
Washington, Oct, 12 All night long
Senator Allen, of Nebraska, beld tbe
floor, interrupted by an occasional ill-
tempered colloquy for a roll- call which
dragged the sleeping senators form tbe
adjoining cloakrooms. Gray dawn at 6
a. m. found Allen still holding the fort
in the great struggle against uncondi
tional repeal, as be bad been doing since
darkness fell last night. Ha bad broken
all previous records. For 12 hours be
bad beld tbe floor continuously. Tbe
!onget time any senator bad previously
occupied tbo ftoor was on the occasion of
tbe force bill fight in 1891, when Faulk
uer remained on guard 12 boors, though
tbe latter had a breathing spell during
toe absence oi a quorum. Alien seemed
almost as fresh as wben be began. His
voice was still loud and strong, and the
great strain seemed not to bave affected
bis physical or mental vigor. An effort
was made sbortty after by tbe aotmlver
men to reach an agreement with tbe sil-
verues for a recess until 10 o'clock, but
tbe latter declined the offer.. As tbe
hours passed. Senator Allen a powers of
endurance amazed his auditors. Hhortlv
after seven 8houp made the point of no
quorum. A roll-call developed tbe pres
ence of only 43 members, three short of a
quorum., loese, however, were soon
supplied. Wolcott made tbe point tbat
48 was not a quorum, as Montana. Wv
oming and Washington were only partly
represeutea, ana 4U would not be a ma
jority with tbeir full representation. Tbe
rule was tben read to tbe effect tbat a
majority Of tbe senators chosen and sworn
shall constitute a quorum.
Manderson said tbe present rule was
adopted under a stress of circumstances
in 1864, when 18 Southern states were
unrepresented, but contended the neces
sity lor it was psased.
Vice-President Stevenson ruled tbe
senate as constituted was composed of 85
members and 43 was a quorum.
Wolcott appealed from tbe decision.
Halt moved to lay the appeal on the
table. Tbe appeal was tabled, 88 to 5.
Allen, Manderson, Martin, Peffer and
Morgan voting in tbe negative. Tben
Allen, apparently as fresh as wben he be
gan 14 bonrs ago, resumed bis address.
It was far from tbe argument upon the
question at issue, but It filled time. Allen
concluded at 84ft.
TELEGRAPHIC HEWS.
Irrigation; Congrefs.
Los Angeles, Oct. 12 Toe irrigation
congress assembled at 9 o'clock this
morning. Chairman tEmery presiding.
There was much discussion over tbe
propositions made for excursions to San
Diego, Perris and other points to exam
ine the tirigation works. Tne proposi
tions were tabled tor tbe time being. It
was voted tbat tbe committee on resolu
tions be directed to report at 9 a. m. to
morrow, and tbat after tbe resolutions
are presented no other business shall re
ceive attention until tbe resolutions are
disposed of. Tbe announcement was
made by a delegate tbat a gentleman
present bad a plan for raising water by
sun power. He promised plenty of son
power anywhere in the arid regions if
the gentleman will provide the machin
ery. Hon. Jerry Millay on tbe questioi.
of privilege was permitted to spesk 15
minutes, and made an eloquent and fur
cible appeal to tbe congress to adopt res
olutions urging tbe admission of Arizona
as a state, arguing tbat ber territorial
form of government prevents tbe bond
ing of property to any extent tbat will
permit of any effectual work being done
in caring for and developing water.
Another Bern or the IHltaas,;
Washington, Oct. 12 A report is
current on tbe floor of the senate tbat tbe
silver Democrats who bave acted with
tbe repeal senators in making a quorum
will early this evening announce a deter
mination to no longer pursue tbis course
because of tbe futility of attempting to
get a vote, ir tnis is done it will place
tbe responsibility ot maintaining a quo
rum entirely upon tbe repeal men, and,
of course, increase tbe difficulty of con
tinuing toe session. Blackburn visited
Carlisle today for tbe purpose of urging
tne necessity or a compromise in view
of tbe evident impossibility of getting
a vote by a continuous session. It is said
Carlisle- expressed tbe opinion a vote
cbuld be reached, and did not promise
more loan 10 consider the suggestion
It is definitely stated that at 10 o'clock
tonight Voorbees will move a recess un
til 10 o'clock tomorrow. It is generally
supposed tbe recess will be used for tbe
purpose of effecting a compromise,
though tbe repeal men say not, but tbat
tnsy win go on indefinite from 10 a. m,
to 10 P. K. daily until tbe silver men get
tnrougn witn speecbmaking.
Will be no (Jomprenslae.
Washingtom, Oct. 12 An incomplete
canvass of tbe senate at 3 p it. indicates
the general opinion that tbe continuons
session will last at least through tonight.
Voorbees denounced unqualified tbe
statement published in some quarters te
toe enect that Carlisle and uorman bad
agreed on a compromise to be put
through tbe senate by Voorbees. He de
clares tbe administration is not seeking a
compromise, Harr.s has proposed an
amendment to suspend silver purchases
tin tDe silver now in tbe treasury is
coined, then to coin a blank amount
monthly, doinir away with all small
notes. Silver Democrats are not inclined
to accept tbe amendment. Jones of Ar
kansas will introduce an amendment tor
the coinage of $2,500,000 monthly for
four years. He thinks the silver men
will accept it, as it carries silver through
mis administration.
The JPeatlve Tramp a.
Ashland, Or., Oct. 12 A hundred
tramps arrived here en a freight train
from tbe nortb last nigbt, and on tbe ar
rival of a freight train from the south
this number was increased. About 11
o clock a body of them moved against
Chinatown with tbe intention of chasing
tbe Chinese out of town. Tbey bad bro
ken into tbe buildings and got 10 of tbe
Chinamen oat and In line belore an
alarm was given. Officers, aided by a
few armed citizens, succeeded in Quiet
ing tne aisiuroance, out tne tramp bad
already stolen some f 50 from the China
men and had robbed tbe wash 'bouse.
Tbey left for California on a freight train
tbis mornicir. Another large gang, re
ported coming from tbe nortb, is ex
pected bere tomorrow evening. Fortv
left Bosebarg last night and will arrive
bere tonight.
A Heavy Failure.
Providence, R I., Oct. 12 Wilbur,
Jackson & Co.. and Sbelmot, Binny and
Co , the largest banking and brokerage
nrms in toe state, and among tbe strong
est in new England, nave suspended.
Tbe cause is said to be the firms bave in
dorstd a considerable amouDt of Denver
streets bonds. Tbe West is said to be
deeply involved in tbe suspensions Tbe
failure has caused a great sensation, as
tbeir standing was very high. Tbey. are
said to nave dealt beaviiv in Western
municipal bonds and bonds of railroads.
Heald by tjteana.
Chicago, Oct. 18 While steam-fitters
were at work on pipes in Marshall Fields
new building, at 10 o'clock this morning,
a Bteam pipe exploded, scaldioz tbem
fearfully. Hospital pbvsiciaoa are doubt
ful ol the recovery of some.
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