The Times-Mountaineer
SATURDAY DECEMBER 9,
1893
DEMOCRATIC POLICY.
The president's message is quite
lencthv. occupying several columns in
thn dianatchea. It is not
O 1. t Li.
remara-auie
in anv regard and contains nothing of
u;k fh. nnln have not had a fore-
east. Aa usual a large ponton ui iU
.; r it..
document is devoted to a statement of
our relations with foreign powers, and
the reports of the different cabinet de
partments. This is very important to
be made public, but is not interesting
to citizens. Of course, peace reigns
and our international complications
are in a fair way of being amicably
settled.
- On the Hawaiian question the pres
ident says little, if any more than
was given in Secretary Gresham's let
ter. , Relying implicitly on the find
ings of Commissioner Blount the pres
ident does not fairly state the position
assumed by our late minister, Mr.
Stevens,' who distinctly denies the con
clusions made. From the premise as
sumed that the existing goverament
was subverted by the force used by
Mr. Stevens, he plainly states that the
instructions to Mr. Willis were tore-
establish the prior . existing empire.
". But later dispatches from Honolulu
state that Mr. Willis will be forced to
communicate with the home govern
ment before any actien will be taken.
This is virtually saying that the policy
of the administration will not be car
ried out, and that conditions are now
existing which render it impracticable.
On the Chinese question the presi
dent excuses himself for not enforcing
the Geary law for the reason that a
'. test case was to be made before the
supreme court; but hepes that since
the law has been declared constitu-
'. tional Chinamen will register and
there will be little necessity for forced
deportation. This does not come in
very good grace from the executive of
70,000,000 people. It is very evident
that Mr. Cleveland made a bad blunder
in this matter, and for which he will
be held accountable by the American
people.
' , The financial report is not at all en
couraging, and at the end of the fiscal
year 1894 Mr. Cleveland acknowledges
there will be a deficit of $28,000,000,
This is very discouraging for the first
year of an administration that prom
ised all sorts of reforms,and the strict
est economy ia the management of af-
fairs in all departments. The present
- deplorable state of affairs is not the
result of drouth,famine or pestilence,
for the country possesses all the ele-
meats of prosperity it did under the
successful administration of Mr. Har
rison." A shadew has fallen upon the
natien, and this will not be lifted un
til there are hopes of a different econ-
omic policy being inaugurated,
The president speaks hopefully of
the results of the repeal of the silver
purchasing clause of the Sherman act,
., and expects when the effects begin to
be felt that times will be better. It is
a little over a month since this passed
1 congress, and some effect should be ap
parent now; but the tigbtnes of money
still continues, and there appears to
be no improvement in business -mat
ters.
Ob the tariff Mr. Cleveland fully
endorses the Wilson bill, and believes
this will inaugurate the reform re
quired. He is strongly in favor of
' free raw material, which he believes
will allow manufacturers to place
their goods on foreign markets, and
not be alone dependent on local de
mand. - He argues that this will cause
factories to run on full time and re-
dace the price of commodities . to the
consumer. It will take a wiser states
man than Mr. Cleveland to make the
American people concur vin his views
on this question. But the bill drafted
by the ways and means commit
tee does not go te the ful! ex
tent 6f free trade as demanded by
. the Chicago . platform,' - and it is
- very doubtful if this measure will
pass both houses of congress. The
country is alarmed at the least ap-
. proach to free trade, and Democrats
may heed the .warning -given last
month by wrathful electors.-
There is one "peculiar feature of this
message, and that is there is not the
least mention made of the prosperity
of the country; but Mr. Cleveland has
as studiously avoided any direct refer
ence to the glooaa which has spread
over the nation for the past few
months. How far different is this
from former state papers from Repub-
hcan executives, which always could
. truthfully portray the prosperity of
the land, and give facts and figures in
substantiation. This message could
not be expected to be otherwise and be
truthful, for the greatest financial de
pression ever 'suffered has settled upon
the land,
Mr. Van Alen has declined the mis- I
sion to Italy, and this will remove one (
disgrace front the Cleveland adminis-
x i m 1 1 l i j i .
irauuu, wr lucre ia uui mucn aouut
that he was offered this position be
cause he donated $50,000 to the Dem
ecratic campaign fund last year. In
1884 Mr. Cleveland was electedto the
presidency because he was considered
opposed to the spoils system, and in
Id (Dl KJ L tuauuiauiug igjuiiu itt Mil
department of the civil service. For
the four years following his election
the appointments were made with due
regard to competency and with little
consideration for partisan predilec
tions. The country rejoiced in the ad
vent of a new era in politics, and the
executive had among his friends some
of the strongest advocates of purity ia
politics. After his nomination last
year the first act of Mr. Cleveland was
evidence that be was drilling with pol
iticians, and his compromise with
Tammany before the election gave no
encouragement to the friends of civil
service reform that, if elected, he
would follow the same fair, unpreju-
diced methods in his appointments that
he did during his former incumbency
of the White House. Nearly his first
act was the appointment, as ambassa
dor to Italy, ot Air. Van Alen, an
Anglo-maniac, who had spent mauy
years in England (although a native
of this country), a man possessed of
great wealth, and whoso only quali
fixations for the position was the dona
tion of a small fortune to the Deino-
cratic campaign funds. Yan Alen had
never given the least evidence of any
diplomatic ability, and had been al
most unknown to politics. This, as
was to be expected, caused some severe
criticisms, and the appointment was
declared to be simply a business trans
action between Mr. Cleveland and this
wealthy citizen. But Mr. Van Alen
has declined, and while the disgrace
will be removed from the administra-
tion.tbe opprobium of selling appoint
ments to the civil service of the govern-
tueat to the highest bidder will still
attach itself to the president.
THEORIES.
The Eati Oregonian says the sum
and substance of all failures is trying
"to make something out of nothing," in
rebattal of an article in the Times-
Motjntaineir stating that the failure
of a prominent sheepman in Umatilla
county was because of the Democratic
victory last fall destroying the market
for his weol. Taken in reference to
general matters the remarks of our
cotemporary are unfair, unkind and
very narrow-minded, and can be ap
plied with equal force to himself as to
any other person. '" In reference to the
matter under discussion we believe the
sheep industry is as adaptable to East
em Oregon as a daily paper is to Pen
dleton. The great paper of Portland
supplies the people of Oregon "with
fuller dispatches and more news at a
lower price than the local press, and
yet one should not be so bigoted as to
say let the big paper live and the
others die. The conditions are not as
favorable for the growth of wool on
the Pacific slope as in the Argentine
republic and Australia; but for that
reason we do not believe that sheep
men are trying to make "something
outfof nothing." One of the greatest
factors in the development of the
aorthwest has been raising sheep, and
we do not desire to see those engaged
in this business become- bankrupt and
driven from the country." But Bro.
Jtu-kson is a disciple of Henry George,
and his political gospel is "Progress
and Poverty" by that author. He be
lieves in the single tax theory, in nei
ther silver or gold as a circulating
medium, and all the other impractica
ble notions advocated by poetical and
speculative economists. During pres
idential campaigns he is Democratic
Simon pure; bat during the intervals
he is a political will-o'-the-wisp, and
flits to all points of the compass.
The rule of politicansin this coun
try has nearly subverted the object of
free institutions, and, practically
speaking, the people have as little te
do in governmental affairs as if they
were subjects of the czar ef Russia or
the sultan of Turkey. From municipal
affairs to national elections this class
of persons have as complete sway as
though they were absolute monarchs,
and the' voters are like dumb driven
cattle that are herded to the ballot
box to do the bidding of their masters.
The primary is the only purely demo
cratic institution in our system of gov
ernment, and this is so largely con
trolled by cliques that it is far - from
being a popular expression of the
public will. In county and other
conventions the caucus and the ma
chine control the nominations, and cit
zens are accorded the privilege of vot
ing pets into office. There is a des
potism in this country almost as de
grading as that which disgraces mon
archical Europe, and the class of ex
pert politician -who have carefully
studied the art of duplicity and
who consider no means too despi
cable to accomplish their purposes,
have as unlimited power over a free
and enlightened people in America as
the satraps of the Ottoman empire ex
ercise over the ignorant, hal f -civilized
disciples ef Islacisoi in Asia.'
The Kansas City Star jumps on th
"southern brigadiers" in its party, re
minding them that they must keep to
the rear, and that they cannot dictate
the policy of the Demosratic party. It
also reminds them that their boom for
Vice-President Stevenson for presi
dent is ill-timed, for their finding in
Stevenson a "logical candidate" for
1896 looks too much as though they
were only considering his record as "a
headsman" and not as a statesman,
It is , rather rough on the "southern
brigadiers" to furnish the votes for the
Democratic party for years, and then
be told to keep to the rear when the
party starts to do something. It is es'
pecially galling te the southern men to
support a free-trade party and then
have their own infant industries suffer
the first from the effects of that policy;
but this is perhaps poetic justice. The
iron men ef Alabama,' Virginia, and
Tennessee can now understand the need
or a tew .Republican representatives
from their section to go into congress
and fight for their interests.
The death of Prof. Tyndall removes
from the world of scientific research
one of its most earnest disciples. He
has done more ia disseminating science
to the people than any other living
person, and he possessed the rare fac
ulty in presenting truths in a shape
that they could be easily understood,
A thorough knowledge of principles he
combined with the ability to impart
information to others, and the stu
dents of physics have suffered a great
loss in the death of Prof. John Tyn
dall. On both sides of the Atlantic
he was equally honored, and no one
could be Makea from active. live who
would leave a greater vacancy,and one
more difficult to filL
C0NGRES3 IN SESSION.
The first Democratic congress for a
number of vears convened in Wash
ington City te-day, and we presume
the message of President Cleveland
was delivered soon after it assembled.
It would be a question of some anx
iety to know what new policies would
be advocated by this administration,
if they had not been outlined previ
ously in the Chicago platform, the
special session, Secretary Gresham's
letter on the Hawaiian question, and
tho tariff bill prepared by the ways
and means committee. The president
is undoubtedly favorable to the single
standard, but his fereign policy will be
extremely weak, and not as distinct
ively American as was expected by
some. On the tariff he will undoubt
edly lean towards free trade, and at
tempt to carry out the plank in the
national platform. The message is
usually considered an important state
paper; but it will not advocate any
thing that has not been gone over be
fore. Last November the people of
the country demanded a change, and it
has come. The words of Mr. Cleve
land may render easier the dose to be
swallowed; but the effects of the med
icine will be as disastrous. Reading
it by bis fireside, with his starving
family around him, the unemployed
laborer will have the opportunity to
consider the effect of hii ballot last
November; the flockmaster, with his
wool uusold, and bankruptcy staringhim
in the face, may cogitate upon the words
of the executive in no very agreeable
state of mind, and the manufacturer
may devote his time, now that his
looms are idle, to carefully consider
ing the reasons assigned by the
executive for financial depression
and hard times prevailing in the
country. The Argentine and Austra
lian sheep-raiser will look upon this
document as the words of a great de
liver, who will open to the produce of
their farms the gates of the great mar
ket of the west. For several months
the country lias suffered from the
change, and the regular session of con'
gress, or the message of the president,
cannot make it less poignant or less
easy to bear.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The message of President Cleveland
has received many favorable comments
from the British press; but free trade,
when inaugurated, will make the Brit
ish people more joyful than the papers
are now over the prospects in that di
rection.
The extension of time in which to
pay for the forfeited railroad lands is
another gracious act procured by our
delegation congress. Oregon s in
terests have never been neglected for
a number of years past, and never
will while we have such indefatigable
workers in Washington City.
. It transpires that Prof. Tyndal"s death
was caused by a mistake on the part of his
wife, who gave him choral instead of sul
phate of magnesia. x This is a deplorabe
error, that sucn a useful lite should sutler
the penalty of an error, and should pass
from existence by a blunder of his dearest
friend.
It is estimated that one province of
Asia Minor has suffered a' less of $15,-
000,000 this year in trade owing to
the prevalence of cholera and to the
attempts to suppress this diseasa But
the United States in a time of unusual
health and bountiful crops has suffered
ten times as much from the attempted
"reform by a political party.
If the makers of the national Dem
ocratic, platform - could have looked
ahead one year and seen the fool atti
tude of the .administration toward
Hawaii they never would have said,
as the platform does: "The Demo
cratic party is the only party that has
ever given the country a foreign pol
icy consistent, vigorous, compelling re
spect abroad, and inspiring confidence
at home. .
There is some excitement in British
political circles over the action of the
Russian government in attempting to
make navigable an arm of the Dan
ube, as this is interpreted to mean a
movement towards Constantinople.
This has been a dream of the czars
since the time of Frederick the Great;
but it will not be accomplished whue
England mamains her naval supremacy
aod' Das a statesman as premier.
The Washington correspondent of
the New York World is getting weak
in. the back. . Speaking of Blount's
report he says: "The publication of
it is followed by a feehpg of disap
pointment, and more than one member
of the cabinet is now satisfied that
his report was anything but a reliable
guide for the formation of instructions
to a minister." The administration
has not seen the end of it yet.
- rresiaent uieveiana nas naraiy a
supporter of his Hawaiian policy
among his own partisans, and Senator
Hill, of New York, has used some
very plain words in reference to re
seating the Kanaka queen' on her
threae after the provisional government
was established. It is very evident
that the president and his cabinet will
not inaugurate any very popular pol
icy with foreign nations, if the action
toward Hawaii is te be taken as an
example. '
v Washington has only one senator at
the national capital, and the papers of
that state are discussing the question
of convening a special session of the
legislature to supply the deficiency. Of
course the Democratic press are not
very favorable te the proposition; but
if Governor McGraw considered the
best interests of his state this would
have been done long ago, and the reg
ular session would not have convened
last Monday without Washington hav
ing a full representation.
The president, ia his message, says
there will be a deficit of $28,000,000
for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1894,and Democrats acknowledge that
the Wilson bill will reduce the reve
nue of the government $50,000,000
annually. From these denciencies an
important question to be considered is,
How are the expenses to be metl If
an income tax is to be the means, it
must levy 5100,000,000 tribute upon
the earnings of our citizens, and this
will not be borne patiently. .
In his rulings on the trial of the
indicted smugglers Judge Bellinger
first decided that there could be no
conviction on the evidence of accom
plices without corroborative testimony
Yesterday he stated in open court
that, after a careful consideration of
the matter, he had arrived at the con
clusion that conviction could be had
on the testimony of an accomplice,
without any further testimony. This
will settle the cases before the U.
S. dissrict court, and the parlies now
being tried on the testimony of Blum
will undoubtedly be found guilty as
charged.
Economy should be the watchword
of the hour.and this should be followed
in national, county and munioipal af
fairs. During these times of financial
depression taxes co bear the ordinary
expenses of government are sufficiently
burdensome, without the burden being
increased by outlays for unnecessary
improvements. In a few years money
may be easier and business better, an J
then will be an appropriate time for
liberal expenditures; but at present
too careful guard cannot b had over
outlays which may increase the burden
of taxpayers.
The Wilson tariff bill is not sweep
ing enough to please some Democrats,
and they claim it does not carry out
the provisions in the Chicago platform,
If it abolished all duties on imports,
and opened our gates to all raw mate
rials and manufactured articles free
traders, we presume, would be satis
fied. Bat the dose must be made mild
at first, and increased in severity as
the system becomes accustomed to the
medicine. If the Uemocrats are placed
in power in 1896, the country may ex
pect strides forward in the direction of
free trade that will put .British
economists to the blush.
President Cleveland suggsts that
the deficiency caussd by the reduction
of duties in the Wilson bill be made
up by an income tax, which he thinks
would be the most available method
During the war and soon after its close
this kind of tax was levied: but it
was never viewed very favorably by
our citizens. The most indirect way
in which revenue can be raised is al
ways the better and the most popular,
and for this reason the duty on im
ports is the least burdensome of any
on the wage earner. It is better to
make Australian and Argentine wool
help pay the expenses of govern
ment, then to levy tribute on earn
ings.
Senator Dolph's arraignment of the
president yesterday on the floors of
congree, was a jus,t criticism of Mr.
Cleveland's action in regard to the
Sandwich islands. Very mauy Amer
icans who do not believe in annexation
and consider the actions of ex Minis
ter Stevens censurable will not en
dorse the policy pursued by the exec
tive. Congress had the right to un
derstand his views regarding this sub
ject before Willis was sent to Hono
lulu to carry them out. lhe de facto
government was in existence, and no
power could interfere with it without
violating international law. in bia
attempt in this line the president has
undoubtedly made a bad blunder, and
it seems that Mr. Willis is not willing
to subvert the existing provisional
government.
The president and the Democratic
press are urging upon congress the im
portance of immediate action on the
tariff bill. They say the people de
manded this change at the last presi
dential election, and it is right that
congress should accede to their wishes,
All things considered it would be more
satisfactory to wage earners and em.
ployers to know what economic policy
will be pursued by the present admin
istration, and the sooner thsy .know it
the quicker they can make calculations
to adapt themselves to the altered cir
cumstances under which American in
dustries must live or die in the future.
If free trade is to be the policy of the
country the quicker it is inaugurated
the better, and if protection is still to
be maintained producers and manu
facturers should be made aware of the
fact so that industrial life may be
revived.
TELEGBAPHI0 NEWS
Dolpn. After drover.
Washington, Dec. o Tbe senate
opened witb a light attendance in tbe
galleries and on. tbe floor. Tbe vice-
president laid before the senate a com
munication from Governor Altgeld, of
Illinois, announcing that in statuary ball
of the national capitol a statue to Gen-.
eral James Shields would be unveiled to
morrow , alternoon and inviting tbe
friendly co-operation of tbe senate. Sen -ator
Cnllom gave notice that be would
tomorrow introduce a resolution bearing
on tbe subject. Dolpb presented a peti
tion of tbe Oregon Horticultural Society,
favoring tbe maintenance of tbe present
duty on prunes.
Hoar offered a resolution (for which be
asked present consideration) requesting
tbe president, ss far as in bis opinion it
shall not be inconsistent with tbe public
interest, to communicate to tbe senate
copies of all tbe instructions wbicb mav
have been given to any representative of
tbe United States or any naval omcer
since March 4, 1891, in reference to tbe
Denervation of public order in Hawaii,
in tbe protection of lives aDd property
of American citizens or the recognition
or support of anv government there.
Sherman, wbi.e expressing nimselt as
in favor of tbe resolution, thought, in
tbe absence of the chairman of the com
mittee on foreign relations, that nothing
would be done but refer tbe resolution
to tbat committee. After some further
debate the resolution went over.
Dolpb tben proceed to address tbe sen
ate on tbat part of the president's mes
sage relating to Hawaii. He began by
expressiBg bis surprise at tbe utterance
of the president in bis message.- Dolpb
said be could not conceive it possible tbe
administrttien bad determined npon the
forcible overthrow ef tbe existing gov
ernment and tbe restoration of a corrupt
and licentious queen. If such bad been
tbe intention oft he administration, tbe
expression by the press of tbe country
ot a most unanimous public opinion
against such a course, he believed, weuld
nave changed tbe purpose of tbe admin
istratioa and have caused tbe president
to modify his mstrnctioas to tbe Ameri.
can minister to Hawaii. Dolnh read a
part of tbe reference of the president in
bis message to Hawaii and asked whether
the report of tbe personal represent: tiva
of tbe president beting under secret in
struction snd conducting au ex irti
examination was entitled to more crea-
ence than tbe official report of tbe former
American minister to Hawaii, and of
American naval officers and representa
tives el tbe Hawaiian government te this
country, and ot information received
from tbe Christian and intelligent per
sons of Hawaii since tbe revolution. -
A Mine on Fire.
New York, Dec. 5 Tbe report has
just reached here from Hazelton, Pa., to
tbe effect that tbe Crystal Ridge mine at
Burli is burning, and a number of men
are imprisoned. Flames are said to be
filling the slope. Four men are closed in
and rescuing parties are working hard to
liberate tbem. Tbere is little hope of
saving tbe slope. Tbe destruction ot
property seems inevitable. Tbe damage
will exceed $100,000 if not controlled be
fore spreading to tbe inner workings.
Cabinet photograhs, $1 a dozen at the
Court street gallery, near the Times
Mount aineeb office. Tbey are first-class j
pictures in every respect.
TELEGRAPHIC.
Additional Advice.
Port Townsend, Wash., Dec. 5 Fur
ther advicta from Honolulu appertaining
to tbe political affairs of the islaods were
received today by the barkentine Klick
itat, which arrived last night. Minister
Willis' authorized interview in the Star.
which was telegraphed here last night,
alloyed public feeling and restored gen
tril confidence in the commerciil aflairs
of the islands. The queen's supporters
continued, howevei, to aver that the
American ministei should be severely
reprimanded for not obeying tbe instruc
tions of the state department, which, as
it eoian .ted' from one of two of LiliuoK
alani's closest advisers, was to tbe effect
that Willis had imperative instructions
to restore and recognize the monarchial
government. These assertion, together
witb Willis' remarks that unexpected
contingencies bad arisen, of which the
American government or himself had no
knowledge and which were ot sufficient
importance to cause him to alter his
plans and send dispatches to Washington
for further Instructions, were taken as
indicating that Wiilis had orders to re
store the queen. It was be.ieed in Hob
olulu that Willis went there prepared
to abolish lhe provisional government.
and that his instructions were based
upon an existing conditions of affairs.
which, on investigation, Willis iound did
not exist. This supposition is further
verified by a remark made to Captain
Cutler, of the Klickitat, by Willis, when
he said he surprised to meet so many
broad-minded, law-bbiding and thor
oughly . intelligent people in Hawaii
Willis is religiously inclined and to a
considerable extent associated witb tbe
missionary elements in tbe is'ands, and
came in contact with tbe ablest men in
Honolulu, ail of whom are strongly op
posed to the restoration of monarchy, and
especially the queen, en account ot her
supposed unchaste conduct. This class
of citizens were careful to see that Willis
was correctly informed of certain facts
that Blount did not choose to consider.
A Dyoamite Scheme.
LoNDCif, Dec. 5 In connection with
tbe arrest of a raau at Hampstead. yes
terday the police searched the rooms of
a man named Schneider, just arrived
from the United States. He saw them
coming and decamped. Tbey found in
the room a tin can containing 24 pounds
of dynamite 10 cakes, before npeuing
it, it was immers. d in a eistcrn, where it
fizzed and foamed over the sides of tbe
rtceptacle. It was tben dUpa'ched to
tbe government explosive laboratory.
Tbere it was ascertained that it contained
fuses and all the apparatus necessary for
explosions, and that it would have bad a
terribly destructive effect. The police
expect to make a large number of arrests
in connection with tbe affair, as tbey be
lieve they have discovered a genuine dy
namite plot.
The Irish nationalists scout the idea
tbat Schneider had anything to do with
tbe Irish physical force section. Tbey
says bis name ia enough to stamp bim as
a German auarcbist, probably from New
York 01 Chicago, supplying anarchists Of
trance, Austria or bpain with explo
sives .
The Evening Standard adds to tbe ex.
citeinent by announcing that tne police
have discovered several bo.nba in a
swell cafe in tbe West End.
State Equalization Board.
Salem, Or., Dec . 5 Tbe state board
of eqaalization convened this afternoon.
J. P. O. Lawnsdale wag re-elected pres
ident and 1). W. Uooiidge, sec
retary. A communication from W. D.
Tyler, president of tbe Oregon & Wash
ington railroad, asking for a day to be
set aside for the railroad companies to
consult witb the board, was read. Tbe
secretary was requested to notify him
tbat be wonld be heard at any time. A
resolution was adopted that Attorney-
General Chamberlain be asked to pre
pare a written opinion on the following
proposition: If the county board ot
equalization makes a horizontal reduc
tion from tbe valuation of all property
as established by the county assessor, is
tbe state board bound to take tbe valua
tion as thus made by the county board of
equalization as tbe basis for tbeir work
in equalizing.
Only one Was Saved.
Highland Light, Mass., Dec. 6
During tbe nigbt the ship Jason wbicb
went ashore off here, broke in two amid
ships. Only olb off tbe crew was saved
He was washed from tbe rigging and
ashore by the tremendous seas. Tbe crew
numbered 27. . '
Evans, tbe survivor of tbe crew, to a
repoiter of tbe Associated Press told the
storv of the voyage: "We sailed irom
Calcutta last February with a cargo of
iute butts for Boston. Two days after
leaving port we were nearly dismantled
in a storm and bad to put into Mauri
tius for repairs. During tbe gale our
mate was washed overboard and .lost
We came in through tbe south channel
last Monday, and shaped our course for
Boston. Tuesday tbe wind pulled out
to east-southeast, and at 9 o clock snow
began falling. Wi bad no observations
for two days, but Captain McMillan
ibouebt we were off Cape Cod, and we
kept on our course. At 3:30 in tbe after
neon we made tbe breakers rigbt under
oar lee, and a few moments later saw
land. We shook out' our upper topsails
and fried to drive bv tba cape, but bad
no sea room, and at 7:15. finding tbat we
must soon strike, the ship was beaded
for tbe beach. Tbe captain bad been be
low examining tbe charts, and on reach
ing the deck, cried: 4We are -lost." Tbe
sb:p struck with fearful force, and we all
sprang tor the lifeboat. Uelore we could
cut the lashings tbe spars began to fall
and the vtesei to go to pieces I felt
myse.f dashed into tbe sea. and I was
left power ess. I knew nothing more
until I found myself under tbe care of
tbe life saving men. My companions
acted as I did, and all sprang into tbe
-rigging when tbe boat went by the board
and all bad on lite rolls." -
tirover Barlta lown.
San Francisco, JJec . o ine JSxam
tnert Washington correspondent tele
graphs tbat be has succeeded in securing
some inside information in reference to
the administration's plans in dealing
with tbe Hawaiiau question. Tbe pur
pose of President Cleveland and Secre-
retary Gresbam now is not to attempt to
restore Cjueen liiuuokalant by torce, oat
to lay tbe entire question belore congress
and secure tbe sanetion of tbe legislative
branch to any new move on the islands.
Definite instrnctions have been sent to
Minister Willis, not te take any decided
action until further instructions are sent
bim. - It seems certain tbat new instruc
tions have been sent bim to this effect by
tbe Corwin. It is believed now tbat the
president and secretary of state, from in
formation receivtd from Willis, have de
cided tbat tbe queen cannot be restored
without force and tbat this course cannot
be followed without the sanction of con
gress.
Bleb mining Fields In Idaho.
Boise, Idado, Dec. 6 P.A. Marksom,
the well known Coeur d'Alene mining man,
has come in from the Seven Devils . region,
ill .Vashineton' county, bringing much un-
oortant mining information. He thinks that
section has some of the best copper ledges in
the world; also that it is destined to rival the
Caeur d'Alenes as a lead and silver camp. His
most imoortant news is in respect to recent
gold discoveries in Indian valley. Ore has
been found so rich that 45 was pounded out
in a hand mortar in half a day. V ery rich
placer ground has been opened on Rapid
river.
News oT the Rebellion
Montevideo. Dec. 8 The HeraUCt
correspondent in Rio Janeiro sends word
that President Peixoto bas imprisoned
Baron Santatecla and bis son, and will
bold them as hostages for tbe lives of
prsoners now in the bands of tbe rebel
Brazilians.
The rebels of Rio Grande do Sul are
now bescigtng tbe town of Bage, on the
southern border of the province of Sao
Pedro do Rio Grande, and the garrison is
showing itsell well prepared for a de
fense. General Isidore, who was recently
made prisoner by tbe rebels, was wounded
in the arm. They are threatening now
to shoot him. Peixoto'a minister tele
graphed to General Tavares, who cap
tured Isidore, that if the latter is shot he
will immediately order the execution of
Colonel Facunda Tavares, who is now a
prisoner at Porto Algero, tbe capitol oi
tbe state of Rio Grande do Sul.
'"'he Castilhista soldiers forming the
garrison of Santa Ana arc ready to luarrh
to Uruguayana an1 join General Hipolitf
and bis forces there.
In the Houne.
Washington, Dec. 6 The morning hour
in the house was consumed in a discussion of
the resolution to appoint a joint committee to
investigate the personnel ol the navy. Mc
creary of Kentucky, Kilgore and Sayers of
Texas, and others, strongly opposed it, and
Hayes of Iowa and Cummings of New Y Jt
favored the resolution. Before the result was
reached, the morning hour expired, and the
resolution went over.
The senate amendment to the resolution
appropriating $50,000 to carry out the Chi
nese exclusion act, as extended was agreed to,
and a resotution offered by Grosvenor, giving
the names of 1900 Ohio pensioners dropped
from the rolls, and asking for the reason and
other information lrom the secretary of the in
terior. The remainder of the session was de
voted to the delivery of eulogies upon the
late General James Shields, and as a further
mark of respect the house, at 2;SS adjourned.
Hill Makes a Strong Speech.
Washington, Dec. 6 In tbe senate
this afternoon, when Hoar's Hawaiian
resolution was taken up, Hill created a
sensation by making perhaps tbe strong
est speech of bis senatorial career. Ha
challenged tbe rigbt of tbe president to
tbe military force to restore tbe Haw
aiian queen. ''There are three co- ordi
nate branches ef this government," said
be, "and this authority is not vested in
tbe president alone." Tbe contemplated
action ot the president, be declared,
would be a usurpation of the rights of
congress. He was attentively listened to
throughout, and the galleries rapidly
filled up as tbe report of tbe sensational
ebaracter ot bis speech spread through
tbe capitol. At 3.35 Hill finished, and
was followed bv Sherman, who also cha'l
lenged the correctness of the president's
position.
Lehigh Strike Ended.
IJethlehem, Pa., Dec. 6 As a result
of tbe conference between officers of tbe
Lehigh Valley railroad, boards ot arbi
tration of the states of New York and
New Jersey, and chiefs of local and na
tional labor organizations which partici
pated in tpe great strike an tbat road,
the strike was declared off early this
morning. Tbe road egrets to re employ
strikers without prejudice, and without
regard to tbeir membership to labor or
ganizations, so lar as places can be found
tor tbem; to so divide tbe work among
tbem as to make tbeir employment re'
munerative; to listen to complaints from
grievance committees; and to give old
employes preference in hiring additional
men, and in promoting men already in
tbe service.
The tamage Overestimated.
' Marshfield, Or., Dec. 6 Since tbe
waters.on tbe Coquille have receded, it
is learned tbat the damage . to the Coos
Bay & Roseburg railroad is found to have
been overestimated, but as it wa3 nearly
all backwater, witu bo current, tbe re
ceding floods leave tbe truck only slightly
damaged. Tbere was a beavy wash at
Cedar Point, wbicb twisted and shifted
two small span bridges, which were only
temporary structures. No rails or ties
were damaged, and tbere was not a par
ticle of damage to any of tbe bridges
built on piling. Tbe greatest damage
was done to tbe ballasting, which bad
just been completed before the rainy
season opened. Trains will be running
to Coquille river by Saturday, and to
Myrtle Point some time next week. Tbe
total damage will not exceed $5000.
Ex-tatate Senator Norval Dead.
La Grande, Or., Dec. 6 News has
I just reached this city tbat ex-S!ate Sen.
ator J. W. Nerval died suddenly this
afternoon ot heart disease. He bad left
bis borne, near Rinehart station, with tbe
intention of taking tbe train for La
Grande. Being somewhat late, it was
necessary for bim to run to catcb his
train. As be came up to the station, he
was seen to reel and fall, and before anv
one could reach bis side be bad expired.
Mr. Norval was one of tbe pioneers of
Union county, and had always been ac
tive in political matters. He was elec-
ted to the state senate in 1888, and was a
prominent candidate for tbe congressional
nomination before the republican con
vention in lay 2,
Uepradations of the "Kid.
Nooales, Ariz., Dec. 6 A miner from
Arispe, Sooora, Mexico, reports depreda
tions by tbe "Eld," tbe renegade Apacbe,
and party. They killed one prominent
Mexican rancher and sacked several ran
ches and mining camps At tbe mining
camp of an American named Yandorn
tbey fired all the buildings, carried off
and destroyed all the goods and supplies.
including a small stock of merchandise.
As soon as tbe news reached tbe prefect
of the district be sent couriers to tbe
different ranches and mining camps to
warn tbe people, and started a detail of
state soldiers in pursuit of the renegades.
Congress Will Deeide It.' "
Washingtok, Dec 7 Prominent
members of tbe house committee on for
eigo affairs evidently expect congress
will be called upon sooj to decide tbe
Hawaiian question. Chairman McCreary
yesterday bad an, extended interview
with tbe president; and it is supposed
matters relating to Hawaii were under
discussion ." McCreary would say noth
ing about the conlertuce, but from sug
gestions be made it is evident he expec
ted congress would deal witb the matter.
A member of tbe committee said tbe
president would not ibink ot using force
while congress wrs in session, as tbat
would be an act of war. Tbere has been
theories advanced that after bearing
again from Minister Willis, and learning
positively tbat tbe queen cannot De re
stored, except by tbe use of tbe United
States troops; tbe president will present
to congress tbe case f the queen as a
wronged monarch, whose government
was overthrown by this government, and
assert tbat it is now tbe duty of tbe
United States to restore tbe former con
dition even bv using force. -This is tbe
idea advanced by tbe friends of tbe ad
ministration. Tbere will be great oppo
sition in tbe bouse by tbe committee on
foreign affairs to tbe resolution of Hitt
of Illinois on tbe ground tbat it would
not be rigbt, in view ol a further prom
ised communicatioii from tbe executive
on tbe subject, for tbe bouse to give ex
presfioo to the sentiments contained in
tbe Httt resolution. Hitt will make
every effort to secure a favorable report
from tbe committee otbis resolution, but,
as it will take at least three Democratic
votes to bring about such a result, it is
doubtful if be will be successful.
Sot nasatns Troops. -
London, Dec, 7 A correspondent of
tbe Standard at Nice denies tbere is any
troth in tbe rumors originating in Italy
tbat French troops are being massed
npon tbe Frencb-AIpine frontier. He
says the movement of troops which gave
rise to tbe report was merely in connect
tion with railing tbe depleted regiments
to tbe normal effective force.
or.
Affairs In Europe.
Loudon, Dec 8. An important dis
patch from Vbnna, which the Timet
prints this morning, sets forth that tbe
Russian government has declared it im
perative that the Kilia, an arm of tbe
Danube, be made navigable. The object
of the demand, which is to secure exemp
tion o the Kilia branch from tbe control
of the Danube commission, has served to
attract renewed attention to the situation
of affairs in Europe, which would need
only a spark to kindle the flame. That
the various countriisare fully alive to the
difficulties ahead there can be no doubt,
and numerous incideuts have come to
light wiihiu me nat lew days which in
dicate that a'l the powers "aro making
preparations to meet auy emergency. In
connection with these recent develop,
meots the statement U made to day, 03
the authority ot the Westminster Gazette,
that the five new battleships, a first-class
cruiser and a number of smaller veste's
which have been ordered to augment the
British navy, are not without significance.
The Globe to night, commenting on the
Timet" dispatch, asks it we are on tbe eve
of the revival of the state of things pro
duced by the Crimean war. It says Rus
sia'a dewand that tbe Kilia be made nav
igable is most alarming, ugly, and por
tentous of trouble.
The Surrender or A Fugitive.
Tacoma, Wash., Dec. 7. Thomas Beals
the cashier of the Island county bank, at
Coupeville, surrendered to the authorities
here to day. He beard that he was want
ed on a charge of embezzlement and gave
himself up to Chief of Police Davis.
Sheriff Nunen. of Island county, arrived
at 7 o'clock, and "will take the prisoner
over for trial. Beats is said to have
squandered $11,000 of tbe bank's money
in the last three months. He bought up
a lot of bank stock in bis own name, us
ing, it is claimed, depositors' money for
that purpose. Tbere should be over f20,
000 in tbe bank in money and securities,
but only $7 in cash and some worthless
notes were found. The bank was a state
institution, with a capital stock of $25,000
of wbicb $15,000 was paid up. Deposits
aggregate $5700. Seals admits being on
a spree for the past five weeks, but says
be spent his own money and is not guilty
ot embezzlement. He says he only spent
about $1000 altogether. He claims to
have relatives and sufficient property to
make the loss good.
Cleveland In a Box.
Washington, Dec. 7 It is not certain
yet wbat course tbe executive will take
in response to the resolution of tbe sen
ate calling for information 00 tbe Haw
aiian episode. Tbe information will be
given, but wbetber as a formal response
to tbe senate resolution or in a special
message from tbe president, wbicb takes
no note of tbe resolution, has not yet
been detei mined. Tbe information is
prepared and can be sent in at any time.
It was apparently put in shape to accom
pany tbe president's forthcoming special
message before tbe resolution passed
tbe senate yesterday. There is excellent
authority for saying tbat Minister Willis'
present orders are to employ no force of
arms. It is probable tbe instrnctions by
the Corwin are for him ts proce d in bis
effort to persuade tbe provisional govern
ment to allow Liliuokalani to be restored.
It is intimated from a responsible source
tbat tbe ex-queen declines to go back on
the throne unless by consent of tbe pro
visional government leaders, or a guar
antee of protection by tbe United States.
The Unemployed.
Chicago, Dec . J7 Tbe distress among
the unemployed is so great tbat every
night 600 find lodgings on tbe cold floors
In the corridor of tbe city ball. These
are only a tew of tbe great number who
have no plaoe to sleep. Five hundred
sleep in tbe chairs in tbe Pacific Garden
mission- From 1400 to 1500 find lodg
ing on tbe stone floors in the cells in tbe
police stations. Last night it was an
noonccd that eight churches will be
thrown opea to furnish lodgings for those
wbo have no other. The men wilt be
given a cup of coffee and rolls in the
morning. Ibis action was forced upon
Christian people by tbe fact tbat for tbe
last month tbe unemployed and unshel
tered thousands bave been crowding
around engine-rooms in buildings and
other places where tbere was heat and
shelter begging for a place where they
might be protected from tbe cold. Harry
Monroe, superintendent ef tbe Pacific
Garden mission, brought these facts to
tbe attention ot the churches with tbe
result above stated.
Could Not Bear Adversity.
Monmouth, Or., Dec. 7 J. A. Demp
Bey, a highly respected farmer, wbo re-
cently came from bis farm near Dixie,
five miles north of here, and started a
butcher shop In tbe old postoffice build
ing in this place, committed suicide this
alternoon by shooting himself in tbe
forehead with a rifle, lhe deed was
committed in a small room adjacent to
the butcher shop. Tbe news was a terri
ble shock to tbe whole community. Mr.
Dempsey was held in highest esteem by
every one. He leaves a most estimable
wife, five grown daughters and several
small cbi'dren. Tbe cause of the deed
was financial distress. He was unable to
meet bis obligations, chiefly owing to tbe
inability of his own debtors to pav. A
few minutes before tbe dued was commit
ted tbe deputy sheriff bad served notice
of execution on bim on some debts be
could not meet.
A Bow In the BeiehHtag.
Berlin, Dec. 7 During tbe discus.
sion of tbe Boers' taxation proposal in
tbe reichstag today, Herr Liebermann
Sonneberg, anti-Semite, violently
demanded tbat the Boers' tax be dealt
witb separately for a receipt tax. He
attacked Herr Singer and the socialists
generally for identifying themselves witb
tbe Boers. Singer replied by shouting.
"You bad better take up your dishonored
bills." Herr Liebermann von Sonneburg
retorted, "You are an associate usurer,"
and shoots arose everywhere in tbe house.
President von Leveizow finally succeeded
in restoring quiet.
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Mrs. John Birlon, says: I was subject
to those deathly sick headaches and also
dyspepsia. Sulphur Bitters cored me
when all other remedies failed. Mrs.
Bartou is the wife of John Barton, Super
intendent ot Repaiis, Pacific Mills, Law
rence, Mass.
Boys' and Oirla Aid tioelely.
Boys may be bad (and ;ooinetirae iRirle)
or (1) ordinary eeryioe at wages; 2) upon
ndenture, to work, attend achool. and be
brought np somewhat aa your own: and
(3) children may be had for legal adoption.
Address, J. H. Jd teener, Superintendent
Oregon Boys' and Girls' Aid society, Port
land, Oregon.
Oa You WlKh.
To regato yonr health if you are all bro
ken aowo ana guttering lrom nervous
prostration? I will tell you what cared
me after suffering for months. I used
two bottles of Sulphur Bitters, and now
I am a well man. C. Stiles, Bookkeeper,
Canton.
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LAna Omca at Thb IUllbs, Orxooi,
Oct. 21. IBM.
Notice Is hereby elren that the foliowiuir named
settler has filed notice of bis intention to make
final proof in support ot his claim, and that Maid
proof wili be made before the retrister and receiver
of tbe U. B. land office at The Dalles. Oregon, on
Thursday, December 7, 18M3, we
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