TO
Tie Times-Mountaineer
ATUEDAY .
.JUNE 23, 1894
POPULISM DYING.
The result of the recent election in
this state may be considered a death
blow to that obnoxious political growth
called Populism, which is of a similar
nature to other "isms' that spring
into life and mature during years of
adversity, and wither and die when
panics cease and business gives evi
dence of healthful conditions. Like
the weeds that grow in a soil of filth
and slime these political thistles re
quire no sunlight or bright, stimulat
ing atmosphere to prosper and devel
ope. During the panic of 1873 the
greenback party came into existence,
and its growth was impelled by the
unsettled state of finances and busi
ness stagnation. It soon went down
to its grave, and during the recent
financial stringency Populism sprung
into life from the same causes. Its
fate is easily determined by the history
of its predecessor, and both of these
follow the same lines of development
. as the plants that flourish in un
healthful conditions in the- vegetable
world.
In 1892 tha Populists cast 26,965
votes in this state, and this year fell
off to 25,579. This shows a wonderful
decrease when the fact is known that
. the Republicans increased from 35,002
to 40,758 during the same period, and
that the conditions were very favora
ble for such wild vagaries as those
advocated by the third party to be
popular with the masses. Daring
this campaign the prestige of 3ov.
Pennoyer was used to impel forward
the movement of reform (?), and
he made a thorough canvass of the
state, except when he was prevented
by the high water of the Columbia.
In the very nature of things if Popu
lism was a permanent growth, these
circumstances would have given it sur
prising vitality; but its decay is only
another evidence that it has no perma
nent hold on the public mind.
The northwest and the nation is
much better off without Pennoyerism
and Populism, and it is a subject of
congratulation that in the future it
will be no disturbing element on the
surface of politics. Linked as it is
with anarchy and socialism any com
munity may feel happy at its utter
destruction, and the fabric of free gov
ernment will rest on a more solid
foundation when the American people
will give no heed to these calamity
howlers, who believe in the reforma
tion of society on an unsafe and un
stable basis, -
liberty cannot be too cautious in grant
ing special privileges to any sect or
denomination. It is not American to
believe in any interference in temporal
affairs by any spiritual power, and we
apprehend no danger in this regard
from any source; but while churches
are the beneficiaries of large devices,
and these are exempted from the bur
dens of taxation, there is an opportu
nity for the centralization of wtealth
in organizations whose object will tend
more to the extension of their own
peculiar religious ideas than building
np free republican institutions. In
this regard, all church denominations
exhibit the same tenacity of purpose,
and should be placed on the same
level It cannot be denied that, all
religious teachings have a tendency to
restrain the vicious elements in human
nature, and to incalculate obedience to
established authority. In this they
are helpful to government, and are en
titled to some beneficial consideration.
But schools are also great and very
necessary helps to government, and, if
for this reason the former are relieved
from tbe burdens of taxation tbe other
should be also. . This matter should
receive the attention of tbe next leg
islature, and, while the statute may
have firm supporters among some good
citizens, it should be either repealed
entirely, or amended so as to include
all public school property, and the
terms in the law clearly defined so as
to include the least possible exemptions,
EDITORIAL NOTESi
INDUSTRY AND HONESTY.
THE MONEY QUESTION.
The Ranch, of June 16 th, has the
following verse and sensible article on
money, which covers the whole range
of discussion in as few sentences as
possible:
Gold is good money,, and so is sil
ver. But what is money? Simply an
' article used as a convenience in the ex
change of the products of the labor of
man's brain and hand. It is a stand-
. ard of measure of values. Therefore
it must have a fixed value. There
can be bat one standard for a foot in
length, one for a unit of value in ex
change. Weights and measures,' the
world over, are reducible to equiva
lent quantities, and necessarily so, on
account of the exchanges of products
between all nations. A common
standard in money is equally essen
tial. What the standard is, is of no
consequence, so long as it is generally
agreed on by commercial nations. For
any nation to try to bolster up gold or
silver, clam-shells or moon-stones, as
the standard, without reference to
other nations with whom they trade,
is worthy only of a savage or barbar
ous people, foolish and impracticable.
India and China hold to silver, and so
their workmen and their merchants
can buy only half values from Amer
ica and Europe. England sticks to
gold, the highest valued money stand
ard, and so easily beats any silver na
: tion in trade. The power of gold in
commerce" is simply its quality as a
stedium of exchange. To secure a
like use of silver it must be guarded
by the gold standard. We believe in
the Juse of both gold and silver as
money, and agree with the leading bi
tnetalists that their joint use must be
agreed npon by the several commer
cial nations together, and a common
standard fixed npon. The only way
fair to mankind is to take the purchas
ing value of a certain weight of gold,
and at the same time of silver, and if
it be one ounce of gold as against 16
or 20 or 30 ounce of silver, then let
the two metals proceed on their mis
sion npon that ratio, or joint standard
or purcnasing power, among all .na-
Habits of industry should be taught
in early life, and these will form the
basis of the character in after years.
Everything produced by labor, which
is of. utility, has some marketable
value, and the producer should receive
higher respect in tbe community than
the mere consumer. The former is a
benefactor of the race and the latter
is nothing but a parasite. He who
lives by the exercise of brain or mus
cle acts the nobler part and is a man
among meD; but he who maintains an
existence by the use of his wits is a
weak apology for God's creative abil
ity. When one learns the value of
money by hard work he has a practi
cal lesson in honesty, but if h prac
tices cunning to gain wealth he is lit
tle less than a robber. An industri
ous laborer or skillful mechanic occu
pies a higher position in the scale of
humanity than a shyster lawyer or
quack doctor. Tbe world needs more
honest workers; but is cursed with
too many worthless, shiftless beings,
who use their greatest mental efforts
in evading the law and picking up a
livelihood b any dishonest means.
Our boys, and girls, too, need kinder
garten instruction in honesty and in
dnstry,given while the mind is plastic,
and this will result in less pilferings
among young boys and less crimes
committed by young and old men.
The Democrats in this state appear to
take their medicine, since the election,
in a very heroic manner, and are deter
mined to await patiently for their next
opportunity.
Sheepmen must bear the present ills
patiently. There are better times
coming, when the sovereign people, at
the ballot box, will express their dis
approval of Democratic free-trade fal
lacies.
There were only four counties in
Oregon in which Populists received
majorities, and these were Coos, Jeff
erson, Baker and Wallowa. In these
Pennoyerism may thrive for awhile,
but with development tbe inhabitants
will look on political matters in a dif
ferent. light.
Tbe people of Mississippi are agi
tating the question of passing an anti
miscegnrtition law, and, as the Demos-
racy has had control of both branches
of the legislature, success has not at
tended the -efforts. Oregon is in the
front, column of Republican states,
and has had a stringent statute against
inter-marriage of whites with the col
ored race for long years.
A London dispatch of June 14th
contains the intelligence that Lord
Cbief Justice Coleridge was dead. He
was a leading jurist in Great Britain,
and a patron of literature and art.
As the leading counsel for tbe defense
in tbe celebrated Ticbborne trial he
enjoyed considerable fame, and his
maiterly speech in that case, which
required more than a month in its de
livery, was considered absolutely con
clusive, Tho Republican party in the senate
has fought the Wilson bill sufficiently
for tbe people to understand its po
sition on the question, and, as its
passage cannot be prevented, any fur
ther delay will not help matters.- Let
it pass and become a law, and the
Democratic party will be held respon
sible for the ill shaped thing. In 1896
the people will render their verdict on
this and other legislative acts of De
mocracy. Tbe Populist members of the senate
have awakened to the importance of
protection for wool, and undoubtedly
will be so amended. Wool can in no
wise be considered raw material, for
it takes labor of various kinds to place
the product on the market. This fact
is well known to every flock master,
and to be successful in this business
requires untiring effort and a high de
gree of skill in selecting breeds and
pasture, shearing and marketing the
fleece.
The Coxeyites are dwindling into
insignificance, and there is scarcely a
paragraph devoted in the daily press
to their meanderings. A few scattered
bands of "cosamonwealers" still re
gard does not mean in flooding the cir
culation of the country with a surplus
of either metal. To maintain a parity in
value theie Bbould be a definite stand
ard of measurement, and this should
be universally acknowledged in all
commercial transactions. With the
deplorable state of the finances of the
nation when the Republican party
came in power in 1861, and the heavy
expenditures made necessary by the
four years of war that followed, it re
quired the most careful statesmanship
to guard the government from finan
cial wreck and ruin. This the party
accomplished, and left the natiou in
1S92 in a better condition than was
ever known before. As financiers Re
publicans have exhibited the best abil
ity of any who have ever guided the
public affairs of the republic, and in
so doing they have earned and are en
titled to tbe lasting gratitude of the
American people.
An esteemed cotemporary says:
"people who know Pennoyer intimate
ly doj not think him a 'maniac,' or
even a fanatic, by any means. He is
entirely practical." This may express
the views of some, but others consider
him the cbief of demagogues, and
very "practical" in adopting almost
any means to accomplish his ends.
The opinion of many is that the vaga
ries he voiced from tbe stump during
the recent campaign were uttered for
the purpose of courting popularity
with tbe mas-sea daring these distress
ful times, and with an eye on the U.
S. senatorship, for which be hoped the
members of tbe next legislature might
favor him. In this he was very much
mistaken, and tbe 6tar of Pennoyer in
Oregon has forever passed below the
horizon. Pennoyerism and Populism
ate dead dogs in the pit in this state
hereafter, and it will not be charitable
to show even repugnance to them.
TELEGRAPHIC.
I.
A Black Burned.
uatah, Wash., Jane 18 Fire broke
out m the Bell building, caused by a
defective flue, sod an entire block was
consumed. Tbe loss is $9300, ted tbe
insurance is about 250a. . Th Rli
building, which was valued at $2000, is
a total loss. It was insured lor 51500.
The Wheeler building, valued at $2000,
..a uu insurance. D. T. Ham's office,
iucu ai ouo, was burned, also C. F.
Chattin's dwelling and store, with a loss
vi 9isvu ana no insurance; also tbe
dwelling and store of J. M. Kelson,
valued a $2000, and no insurance.
i do merchandise slock ol E. 8. Bnrgan
was damaped $1000. which was lullv
covered by insurance.
ecretary Herbert's Pacific coast tour
is an official investigation of tbe new
Puget sound naval station. Captains
Asserain, Menocal and Prindel, ot the
civil engineer corps, left New York very
privately last Friday night for Seattle
on a mission which has been carefully
guarded. They are the ranking officers
of tbeir corps .
TELEGRAPHIC.
A TJnlon or Three.
Chicago, Jane 20 Presibent Debs, of
tbe American Railway Union,; says steps
win soon be taken to form a triple alli-
Their expert opinion is ance between lbe Knights of Labor, the
required as to tbe usefulness of tbe new
dry dock, costing $600,000, now under
construction. It is claimed that con
tractors have not driven the piles deep
enough and that infenoi concrete had
been used. Secretary Herbert thinks
it bad policy to have tbe dock piove a
failure when an emergency arises for
promptlv docking a 10,000ton battle
ship.
A First-Water Cranfe. J
CHICAGO, June 18 Referiiug to tbe
Indian halt-breed, who is tbe alleged
icauer 01 an alleged anerchistic Dlot to
The Green-Eyed Monster.
Marshfield, Or., June 19 News was
received here this morning from Lee,
a small settlement about 16 miles east of
this place on tbe north fork of tbe Co-
quale river, that a murder bad been
committed. W. H. Hatcher, a farmer,
harl Wn nil f hnntinr. Anrinrr tha aftar-
blow up tbe capitol, the treasury, war I noon and evening and anon returning
ana navy builangs at Vfashiugton, Chief
of Police Biennan today said
Jackson is a crank of the first water.
and will therefore ber watching. Last
summer ,be was hffiliated with men
known to be of anarchistic leaning in
iui cuy. it will be remembered there
was to baye been a world's congress of
auarchista in this city during the world',
fair, and that, though there were no pub
lic meetings, there was a secret session
in Jacksnn's effice. Tbe police fouud no
occasion for interfering, and nothing was
done.
noma about 11 o'clock toand Frank
Blair, a schoolteacher, of whom he bad
bean suspicious of undue intimacy with
bis wife, in the house. Hatcher im
mediately fired two shots, both ot wbicb
took effect and caused Blair's death in
about two hours. After tbe shooting
H tcber left tbe house and has not yet
been arrested. Blair was a young man
about 25 years eld.
TELEGEAPHI0 HEWS-
LEGISLATION NEEDED.
j
. The Republicans have complete
control of the next legislature, and
reform measures are demanded. There
are several useless commissions, which
are drawing salaries out of the state
treasury, and the laws creating them
should be repealed. The burden of
taxation is heavy enough on the peo
ple without the creation of offices
that are sinecures for the purpose of
giving a few political pets an opportu
nity at the public crib. Several of
these might be mentioned- that have
never been of any benefit to tbe state
or any one else, except those who were
favored by an election or appointment
to them. There is legislation needed
which will further tbe publio interests
which should receive liberal appropria
tions, and unnecessary parasites should
be lopped off.. The commonwealth
cannot afford to support the railroad
commission, eta, wbile the producer
of Eastern Oregon are under the con
trol of a railroad monopoly because
the state has refused to pass a bill
providing for a portage railroad around
the rapids in the river above this
point. The legislators chosen at the
recent election should exercise the
most careful economy in curtailing un
necessary expenses and the most un
bounded liberality where the interests
of the public would be subserved.
main ; but these are rapidly disinte
grating and becoming ordinary tramps.
There never was such an ill advised
movement in the history of the coun
try, and it would have fallen to
pieces long ago if it had not been kept
prominently before the people by the
eagerness of reporters to 11 the col
umns of the papers On which they
were employed with the latest sensa
tional novelties.
From present indications.the north
west will have the largest crop of
grain that has been harvested for
many years, and if a good price is of
fered the farmers will be in a fair way
to recover from the losses of former
seasons. The wheat market is governed
by supply and demand the same as
that for other commodities, and if
there is not a surplus from other
countries the United States will profit
thereby. Adversities have followed
close upon each other daring the paet
fe years, and it is to be hoped that
there will be a change in this line
soon.
The California Republicans exhi
bited more sense in adopting a woman
suffrage plank in their platform than
they did in the one favoring free
coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to
I. In this country where universal
suffrage prevails an intelligent lady
should have as much interest in the
government as the horde of ignorant
voters who usually congregate aroung
the polls on election days. Women,
if they would give more attention to
the politics of tbe country and less to
some other matters, would make very
intelligent and conscientious electors,
and there is a great demand for an
honest ballot -
The Orrson Xnvlgatlon.
Chicago, Jane 18 la railway circles
it is believed that E. McNeil, general
manager of tbe Iowa Central, is soon to .
become receiver of lbe Oregon Railway
& Navigation Company. Mr. McNeil
was at Union Pacific headquarters today
and left for Portland this evening. He
carries with bim a bound volume of
orders made in tbe Union Pacific case, in
order probably to familariza himself
with tbe duties of a receiver, and tbe
action by tbe circuit court in a multi
city of matters brought to its attention
ay tbe receivers ot tbe Union Pacific
While nothing is known at Union Pacific
headquarters regarding tbe intention of
tbe bond and stockholders of tbe Oregon
Railway Jfc Navigation Company, it is
thought a bill asking for a separate re
ceiver will be filed July 1, tbe day
default in tbe payment of interest takes
place on tbe part ef the Union Pacific
It was decided to file tbe bill June 15,
but conditions arose wbicb prevented
tbe consummation of Doughterty aad
Cook's recommendation, and the high
water in the Columbia country may have
had something to do with tbe withhold
ing of tbe bill till July 1 . It is ex
pected however, that Mr. McNeil's visit
west at this time will have very much
to do with the appointment of aa
Oregon Railway & Navigation receiver.
Along the Njrtneru raeifls.
Iacoma, Jane 18. General Soperio-
tendent Dickinson, ot the Northern
T-4 c
r-aciac railroad, who returned tonight
from Idaho, aaya through trains will be
run without transfer by next Monday.
laiuaare now running over the main
line, with a transfer of 16 miles by boat
uu iiB&e a urewe, irom Hand Point to
Hope, Idaho, The main trouble now is
at the Priest trestle, six miles west of
nope, iuu bents of the trestle having
been washed awav. Detolatiou reigns
in tbe valley of Clark's Fork, tbe flooded
settlers having lost their all.
To Hake a Redaction.
Omaha, Jane 19 It was announced
today at Union Pacific beadqaarterB tbat
tbe receivers would, about July l,dis
pense with tbe services of 25 clerks, and,
perhaps, abolish one or two depatmects,
as tbe result of tbe reduced work. This
is regarded as the first substantial evi
dence that the Oregon railway & Navi
gation's affairs are to be run separately
after July 1.
A Crambler Murdered.
worth Yakima, Wash., June 18 N.
8. Bay well, a gamoler, was murdered
about one o'clock this morning. He was j
on bis wav home at tbe time, and tbe
murderer, concealing himself behind a
picket fence, waited until bis victim bad
passed along a few feet, sod then, raising
a 44-caliber Winchester rifle, sent tbe
big ball into bis back and through tbe
heart. Tbe divorced husband of Bav-
well's wife is supposed to be connected
with tbe crime, though there is no real
clue.
A Sawmill Accident.
Bakes Citt, Jane 19 A fearlal ac
cident befell Eugene Jonhson, a young
man employed at tbe Oregon Lumber
Company's mills, yesterday. His right
leg was caugbt in tbe cogs of the rollers.
and tbe member was tern in sbrebs, ne
cessitating amputation balf way between
toe knee and hip.
Treasury Very Low.
Washington, Jane 19 The cash bal
ance in tbe treasury today is $1 14,02 1.
047, of which $68,423,623 is gold reserve.
Engagements for export already made,
however, will reduce this reserve to $66,-
Q91 ROA Thia ' -iK! a email - ..,-,..
of tha lowest point reached previous to ,ome time male all his contracts'patable
the last bond isseue. , m .., .!... "
is uiuon tuuay state mev
American Railway Union and tbe
Farmers' Alliance which will control
about 1,500,000 men. A convention,
under tbe auspices of the Illinois State
Federation of Labor, will be held at
Springfield, July 2. 3 and 4, at which tbe
union will nrobablv be pffW-terl Th.
platform which will contain the fol
lowing planks:
Compulsory education; direct legisla
tion for labor; a legal eight hour wwk
pay; sanitary inspection of workshops,
mines and homes; liability of employers
for injury to health, body or lite of
employes; abolition of tbe contract
system on all public works: abolition of
tbe sweating system; tbe municipal
ownership of street cars gas and electric
plants lor the public distribution of beat,
light and power; national ownership of
telegraph, telephoue and railroads, and
the collective ownership by tbe people of
all mean of production and distribution;
the principle of tbe referendum in all
legislation.
Fire In Front.
Birmingham, Ala- June 20 Fire
broke out in tbe Mary Lee mine, 10
miles from berc today, cutting oft 50
men from escape who were working in
the rear part of tbe mine. Tbe work of
rescuing went on for reveral hours, and
oy oars every man who was alive bad
been taken out. It is believed all tbe
men have been accounted for. Those
working far back in the mine could not
pass out. They were loaded in tram cart
and drawn through tbe smoke and
flames. Four of tbe number were taken
out dead. They were:'
Jobn Whalen, superintendent of the
mine: G. W. CaBkins, William McKenaie
auu an unsnowo white man.
Korean Locking for tto'd.
Cincinnati, June 20 Tbe banks and
capitalists on tbe board of trade are ex
ercised over a circular letter from
United States Treasurer Morgan,
instructing tbe sabtreasurer to secure all
gold possible here, and asking the banks
and others to exchange gold in tbe sums
of $100 and multiples for new paper
currency. The Ohio Vallev bant bad
promised the subtrtasury $50,000 of gold
today, but the prospect of premium on
gold renders it doubtful whether anv coin
will be released here. Thomas Emery,
v mjc laigcai investors Uer
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The Story discredited.
Washikotoh, June 18 Every, police
secret service and treasury official here
regards asf pare fabrication tbe stroy
published in tbe Pott today of a grave
anarchistic conspiracy having been
unearthed. Hoaore Jackson affects in-,
dignation. Jackson's landlady says be
prompted tbe article himself.
Tbe Situation Serious.
Mount Olive, 111., June 18 lbe
mining situaiion here is . now assuming a.
serious and threatening aspect. The 7th
Regiment, I. N. U., arrived this after
noon. It is here to assist the United
States marshalls in arresting unruly
miners, who for the past week have
been conducting things with such a high
hand, stopping freight trains, breaking;
car seals, and when coal was found, not
permitting it to be carried through tbe
city, but unloading it and taking it
home. Saturday night United Btates
Marshall Brinton and bis assistants made
an efiort to arrest tbe guilty persons, but
to no avail, for tbey were surrounded by
tbe angry miners and forced to release
tboir prisoners. Owing to tbe presence
of tbe militia, however, this evening tbe
guilty parties are being arrested when
tound.
Tried According to Law a
New Tobk, June 18 The Rev. John
R. Paxton today aid a fine of $10 for
neglecting to record the certificate ef
marriage of Representative Breckinridge
and Mrs. Wing.
DI88AT18FIED.
lions, jlbus snail we have commer
cial harmony tha world over. The
From the present temper of the
senate it is very apparent that the
Wilson bill will pass with wool on the
free list, and this great western indus
try will suffer from Democratic enmity
in congress. When President Oleve-
I J , . .. n ...
una was elected in loyz this was ex
pected, and for that reason manufac
turers made few purchases. This
caused the : unprecedented declension
in the price of the product last year,
and will also have a bad effect this
season. It will only continue for a
little while, and at, the .first opportu-
sooner the world's bimetallic congress I Bit7 th8 American people will send
meets and acts, the 'better for all the
world.
EXEMPTION FROM TAXATION.
The amount of church property ex
empted from taxation in Multnomah
county Is stated to be $2,000,000, and
thia has caused the leading papers of
Portland to agitato the question of
the repeal of tha statute exempting
from the oxpenses of government
buildings devoted to religious worship
and real estate connected therewith.
For many centuries tbe accumulated
wealth of religious denominations in
Europe has been menace to free
institntions,and forfeiture acta regard
ing the vast landed estates belonging
to churches have often been deemed
necessary to insure a proper separa
tion of church and state. The safe-
members to both hoHses whe are in
favor of protection to Amerioan in
dustries. The election in Oregon is
only indicative of what will happen in
the November states, and in 1896 a
Republican cyclone will sweep the
country from east to west, and from
north to south. Democracy has been
The disclosures of the amount of
money made by the sugar trust are
something this is truly astonishing,
and these are not one of the frauds
thai have resulted from tbe operation
of the robber tariff. Sugar' was on
the free list during the Republican
administration, aad the trust grew
into gigantic proportions without the
arms of protection being thrown
around the industry. The bill now
before tbe senate will net to tbe mem
bers of the ring over $20,000,000, and
the consumer will be taxed annually
over $40,000,000 to supply this
revenue to the trust. -
One is almost excused for advocat
ing mob rule in cases of dire disasters,
such as fires and floods in cities, when
petty thefts are committed. To steal
from persons who have suffered mis
fortunes in such calamities is one of
the most contemptible crimes named,
and the perpatrators should
not only ' be severely punished
but should merit the everlasting con
tempt of any community. We have
heard of but a few of such dastardly
acts committed during the recent flood;
but that such persons existed in The
Dalles at the time of this terrible vis
itation is a faot that should bring the
blush of honest shame to the face of
every respectable citizen.
A Washington dispatch of June
14th mentions the name of Hon. Bin-
Fell Uown a Snaft.
Bakeb Citt, Jane 18 -This morning
Robert Elliott, a miner, fell down the
incline shaft at tbe Virtue mine, a dis
tance of 810 feet, and was killed
instantly. No one svw bim fall, as be
went on the shift ahead of tbe other
miners, bat it it supposed that be
became faint wbile in tbe act of descend
ing tbe ladder and fell, striking on his
bead. Tbe neck was broken - in two
places. Tbe deceased had liyed here
only a few weeks, so tbat very little is
known of bim. He formerly worked in
British Colombia, and is supposed to be
a native of New York state, where a
cousin resides. Tbe coroner's jury made
a careful examination of tbe premises
and rendered a verdict exonerating tbe
company from all blame. Tbe big-
hearted miners defrayed the expenses of
the funeral, wbich occurred today.
WUlBeTmKepsrls.
Washihgtoit, Jane 19 George W.
Silsbary, broker, through whom the son
of Senator Ransom had dealings in sugar
stocks, was asked by tbe investigating
committee today bow tbe order slip con
taining Ransom's name became public.
Silsbary said tbe answer would probably
involve a reference to criminal proceed
ings and he mast decline to reply. He
was temporarily excused. Tbe inference
is tbat tbe slip was stolen from tbe office.
He said Senator Ransom bad not SDecu-
ulated. John W. McCarthy, broker,
declined to give to tbe committee any
information as to his private orders for
sugar stock, or say whether senators bad
been among his customers.
Lester, tbe telegraph operator for
Carson & McCarthy, declined to answer
questions as to whether be had wired
orders for tugar stocks, and was excused
a'ter a brief examination. Senator Davis
expected to make tbe report of tbe ma
jority of tbe committee on Havemeyer
ana searies to the district attorney
tomorrow, and Gray and Lindsay desired
to present a minority, and tbat of tbe
majority has been withheld so it might
all be done at once. Gray and Lindsay
think tbe questions wbich Havemeyer
and Searies refused to answer are not
pertinent to tbe investigation.
Favorable Keport Batifled.
- Washington, Jane 19 Tbe boase
committee on pensions ratified the re
port of tbe subcommittee in favor of
R.presentative Bryan's bill to pension
widows whose names were taken from
tbe roll because tbey bad remarried and
where the second husbands have died or
have been divorced.
found on The Beach.
Victobia, B. C, June 19 A pocket
book baa been picked op on toe beach
here which the contents ahow to be tbe
property of Dr. F. C. Allan, a veterinary
surgeon of Seattle, wbo baa been missing
from Yictoria tor a week past. It is
supposed be was drowned in tbe straits.
Opened to Vancouver.
Winnipeg, June 19 The Canadian
Pacihc is now open to Vancouver. With
tbe exception of a abort transfer by
steamer near Agassiz, all tbe breads
caused by tbe floods have been repaired.
Tex" Bagwell, Shot and Kit ed.
North Yakima, Wash., June 19.Tbe
city is greatly excited today over tbe
murder, of N. 8. Bagwell, a gambler,
wbicb occurred early this morning. He
was on bis way home at the lime and the
murderer, concealing himself behind a
picket fence, waited until bis victim bad
passed and sent a Winchester bullet into
bis neck and through bis heart. Stopping
only long enough to know tbat the shot
was fatal, tbe murderer ran towards tbe
river and is now at large. Tbe objec: of
tbe shooting w.is not rubbery, as Bagwell
bad over $160 in bis po.-.ket. A number
of theories are being worked, the most
probable beiDg that of revenge, as Bag
well was married to a divorced woman
and ber former busband was here tbe day
before the murder and a so this morning
when be paid for the room be engaged at
tbe hotel bat did not occupy it. Tbe mur
dered man was widely known among tbe
purimg iraiernuy as "lex," a name
given bim on account ot his being a
native of Texas. He comes of a family
of considerable importance, tbe town of
Bagwell being named in honor of bis
father.
and. others
propose to adobt tho same policy.
Stonecutters' Strike at Victoria.
Victoria, B. O, June 20 Fifty stone
cutters, on tbe government buildings,
went on a strike at noon today, because
Contractor Adams charged Jacob Durst
for a di eased stone be bad accidentally
broken. Friday be was discharged.
Yesterday, at noon, be applied for his
lull wages, but that not having been
paid witbin 34 honrs of tbe demand, tbe
men went out under tbe rules of tbe
Stonecutters' Union. Tbe committee
today waited on tbe contractor, who de
clined to confer with them. He says
if the men go oat tbey will have to re
main out, tor he has men coming from
Montreal.
A Youthful Terror.
Baker Citt, Or., Jane 20 Tbe city
waa terrorized this morning by Charles
Smith, a youthful desperado. After
uuiuK uiiuseii wun wmsKey, he moun
ted a horse and, with a double .barrelled
shotgun, be defied tbe officers of tbe law
for several boors. He was finally
captured and locked up in the conn: v
jail, Tbe boy bus many friends here
wbo deeply sympathize with hta father
and mother in their affliction. He has
been in several bad scrapes, tbe last one
occurring in Omaha, Neb., where be
shot s saloon-keeper, wbo wat ia tbe act
of ejecting him from tbe saloon.
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A. M. WILLIAMS & CO.
Joles, Collins & Co.,
SUCCESSORS TO
The Dalles Mercantile and Joles Bros., .
SPECIAL AGENTS FOR
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AND BEE SUPPLIES
COME AND SEE THE MACHINE IN OPERATION.
' ALSO HEADQUARTERS FOR
General Merchandise,
he Jew Umatilla House
T E DALLES, OREGON
SINN01X & PISH. Proprietors
A. Fire at Moaih Bend.
8odth Bend, Wash., June 20 J. C.
Cameron's cash and door factory burned
tuis atternoon. Toe roof caught fire
trom the smoke-stack, and before tbe
workmea within knew of tbeir danger,
tbe entire roof was ablazu. As tbe fac
tory is on tbe outskirts of tbe town,
and somewhat isolated, by tbe time tbe
a. arm waj given and the hre deoartmeut
oat, tbe fire bad completed its work
luo iuoo wss auoui touuu. mere was
no insurance, except $55 on a machine.
jut. isameron Das not decided as vet to
rebuild.
THE LARGEST AND FINEST HOTEL IN ORECOk
weighed in tho balance and found
wanting. It is not in harmony with I Cr Hermann as a possible candidate
tha best interests of the American before the next legislature for senato-
people, and it is not consistent with
its own teachings. Tbe hand writing
is on the wall, and the next two years
will end the control of national affairs
for a lone; period by the party now in
power.
rial honors. Mr. Hermann has been
an indefatiguable worker in the lower
house of congress, and his constitu
ents think well of him for the earnest
work he has done to further their in
terests; but he could not maintain the
high position now occupied by Hon.
J. N. Dolph in tbe councils of the
The Wilson bill has been discussed I nation, and he should be satisfied with
sufficiently for the people to under- a 8et in that brancl of congress where
stand i. what light it is viewed by its f " "P6,11? "J W efjts him
, . . ' for successful work, There is no man
friends and enemies. Anything -hr. nonld aa ati-Kfaftril .nn.j
guards in our constitution are conoid- I further on tho subject is surplusage, Senator Dolph as the gentleman him-
erea sumcient to debar any undue I and can effect nothinir for or aminut it. self.
Democracy has been in tha saddle for
nearly two years, and has nearly rode
itself to death. Its time is short, and
its fate is sealed.
control of temporal matters by organi
zations engaged ia the dissemination
of religious dogmas; bat, while this
may be true, a people jealous ef then
The Republican party has always
' been the friend of honest money.
whether it consists of coined silver or
coined gold; but honesty in thia re-
Y taved Expenses.
Greshah, June 18 Joseph Eicbourst,
a German, aged 45 years, . wbo resided
near Rigner's mill, three miles south ot
this place, committed suicide at 8 o'clock
this morning by placing tbe muzzle of a
shotgun to bis heart and pulling tbe
trigger with his tees. Eichonrst came to
this place from California several years
ago, and has suffered with a disease
wbicb was incurable so lojg . as be
remained in tbis damp climate. Tester
day be appealed to bis mother, with
whom he has teeided and wbo is tbe
financial agent of the family, for money
to go east of tbe mountains in search of
bealtb. . She replied tbat if be waa going
to die, be might as well die here and
save expenses. It is believed tbat this
is what caused bim to commit the act.
The deceased left a wife and one child.
Coroner Hughes was notified by wire.
Executive Clemency.
Salem, Ot., June 18 The sentence of
George Morey, convicted of killing Gus
Barry, of Portland, January 15, 1893,
was cemmuted to imprisonment for lite
in tbe penitentiary today by tbe
Governor. It was done npon tbe fellow
ing communication from tbe supreme
court :
'Although we found no error in anv
of the legal questions submitted to us
in tbe case of tbe state vs. Moray, oar
examination of tbe record impressed us
with tbe conviction - tbat bis case was
a proper subject for executive clemency,
and that tbe enda of justice would be
subserved by a commutation of tbe
sentence to life imprisonment. For
these reasons, we are induced to recom
mend tbat you make such a commutation
of sentence."
Pardons were also granted by tbe
governor aa follows: Francis L. Crain,
sentenced Uctobar 3U, 1883. from Crook
county, to serve a term of two years for
larceny, and F. D. Pettibone. from Wash
iegton county, December 16. 1891, tor
larceny as bailee, isotb pardons were
granted upon tbe recommendation of
tbe district attorney,
Free School Boob.
Chicago, June 18 Tbe city council
tonight adopted a resolution to provide
each pupil of the publio school with free
school books, in order to remove tbe ina
bility of a large percentage of poor chil
dren to receive a common school educa
tion on account of tbeir parents' financial ;
circumstances.
Bonds sTor the Canal.
Washington, June 19 Tbe details of
tbe Nicaragua canal bill, wbich will be
reported to the house, were practically
closed up at a meeting of tbe subcom
mittee today. There will 'be recom
mended a directorate of 11 members,
eight being government directors, one
representative of tbe company, one from
Nicaragua and one frem Costa Rica.
Three government engineers will have
charge ef tbe work. It will be provided
tbat dividends shall not exceed five per
cent, so that a sinking fund may be es
tablished. Tbe government share ef
dividends will be credited to a sinking
fond. Some members of tbe committee
think tbe debt can be raised la 25 years
on tbe lines laid down. Bonds were
practically decided upon today for tbe
whole amount, as tbe proposition to cein
silver involved troublesome complica
tions aad opposition. However, tbat
section of the bill is subject to change,
so tbat if any plan involving tbe use
f silver seems practicable, it cao be
adopted.
Bobbed at Hoontlme.
Medfoed, June 19 Excitement waa
nfe in this city yesterday, caused by tbe
report that Yf. F. Wascbous' jewelry
store had been robbed during the noon
hour and two gold watches and a
number of gold rings bad been taken.
It was about 10 o'clock in the evening
before a clue was found to tbe identity
of tbe robber, and in a snort time Paul
Vainer was placed under arrest by Con
stable Wolf. Tbe stolen goods were soon
located in a beadle of blankets which
the robber bad taked to tbe Southern
Pacific depot to be shipped in another
name to Coles, Siskiyou county' Cal ,
where be claimed to have a gold mine.
Vainer was brought before Justice Wal
ton this moroing. and waived examina
tion and was bound over to tbe grand
jury, and was taken to Jacksonville
tbis afternoon. Tbe stolen goods were
identified by Mr. Wascbous.
latest lietter from Penno jer.
Salkm, Or., Jane 20. Governor Pen
noyer has for some time held tbat tbe
separate institutions in existence at
Portland, and known as tbe law and
medical schools of tbe university of Ore
gon, were not entitled to maintenance
from tbe money appropriated for the Eu
gene institution, and tbat tbey mast be
located and administered at Eugene In
stead if any pait of tbe funds mentioned
were to be legally deyoted to their use.
tie conferred w;th Attorney-General
Chamberlain recently and solicited tbat
officers written opinion. Yesterday tbe
attorney-general handed tbe governor his
upmioD on me suDject, and it concurred
fully with tbe executive's conclusions .
Tbe following characteristic letter vrna
sent by tbe governor to tbe board of re
gents of tbe university :
"Enclosed find tbe opinion of tbe at
torney general of Oregon to the effect
tbat your body cannot divert tbe money
of tbe university of Oregon for tbe main
tenance of schools elsewhere. Permit me
to suggest tbat at tbis time your body
should not give countenance to the grow
ing spirit of anarchy by assaminsr and
uercismg powers not sanctioned by
law."
Two Fishermen Picked np.
Nbwpobt, Or, Jane 20. Tbe steamer
BandoriUe put two men ashore at Foul
weather light house this moroing. Tbey
are red Jackson and Etias Michae son.
fishermen working for Marshal Kinney,
ei Astoria, uaptain Winant fonnd them
clinging to tbeir boat. Tbey had been
capsized on tbe south spit, and drifted
to sea. They bad been in the water from
o a. a. to o P. x., and were nearly ex-
naustea. toey will go from here to j
Astoria on tbe tug Tonquin
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Thompson Bound Over.
Heppneb, Or, Jane 20 Ei Holland
wbo was arrested for baying votes, bad
his preliminary examination yesterday
at ueuugiuD, na was . ooand over in
tbe sum of $500. There is much talk
among tbe Populists of contesting the
election of Bootbby, representative, and
Harrington, sheriff. If they do, it will
be some time before affairs . political
assume their normal condition in the
country.
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BEER
To fie pair Damages.
Omaha, June 19 Today it was an
nounced at XJoion Pacific headquarters
that one of tbe first problems McNeil
will have to solve will be tbe repairs to
tbe road between Umatilla and Portland,
a distance or 187 miles, wnicn bas been
damaged by tbe recent high waters in
tbe Columbia. It is thought tbe re
ceiver's first action Will be to Insure
receiver's certificates tor tbe repairs of
the system, wbich it is estimated, will
cost anywhere trom ai.ouu.uug, to
1,600,000, . these certificates to become
a first lien upon tbe property.
Herbert Haw HomethiBa;.
Chicago, June 19 A special from
Washington says: The first result of
Iioweot In lta History.
Washington, Jane 20 The gold re
serve today, alter deducting $2,255,000
engaged for shipment tomorrow, is
(84,803,407, or $735,330 lower than ever,
before in its history. February 2, 1894
just previous to tbe bend issue, tbe re
serve reached SS5.433.877. tha lowrar
point to tbat time, and tbe cash balance
was B3,545,102. The cash balance
today was $115,763,705, or $31,518,618
greater than February 2. Tbe treasury
receipts so far this vear acvremtn
$286,877,633 aad tbe expeoditarei
$361,151,837, leaving a deficit for tbe
year op to tbis time of $74,273,705.
Tbe treasaiy officials are appsrautly not
alarmed at tbe continued overflow ot
gold. That there is no lack of gold in
tbe country is shown by tbe last national
oaoK statement. It showed tbat May
14, 1894, tbe national banks of tbe
Uaited States beld specie to tbe amount
of $359,941,023, of wbicb over $204,000
000 was in got'd coin and gold
certificates.
Nat Blaaa a tne Way.
Tacoma, June 20 Nat Blum, the exi
opium smuggler wbo turned government
informer and helped to convict several
persons, arrived in Tacoma tonight from
Washington . He will proceed to Port-
land tomorrow to testify further in tbe
opium cases, and is going to 'make it
hot for them" if he keeps bia word . A
deputy Uaited States marsball accom
panies bim.
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oan get fall information regarding reliable
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Wyo.. Wm. Stargis, jr., Cheyenne, Wyo..
A. Kendall, cashier First National Bank.
Bock Springs, Wyo., S. L. Spanker, chair
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lhe Union Pacibu is the shortest and
quickeat line to tbe South Pass country,
daily stages from Rock Springs and Baw-Iins.
mouth reminds me
of
The Crew or tbe Allen.
San Fbakctsco, June 20 Tbe Alaska
Commercial Company received news to
day from tbe captain of tbe Petrel that
be took eight of tbe men of tbe wrecked
wbaliog bark Jos. Allen off tbe steamer
Dora. Tbey were Joseph Doarte, third
mate; Cbarles C. Mclntyre, fourth mate;
John Roach, Joseph Oonazales. Thomas
Oordy, Peter T. Peterson, Frederick
Hib and Max Oobne. Tbe rest bate
not been heard from, -
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Cupid's bow.
Miss L. Rhodes (delighted) Really t
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why don't you separate t
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id union fscibo is the shortest line to
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