The Times-tlountaine&r
SATURDAY DECEMBER 29 1894
MARITIME STATISTICS.
The tariff lesson baa been so burned
into the minds of men by the hot iron
of adversity that the .few theorists
who still believe that Great Britain
and the rest of the world will bay
more of our prodnats in proportion as
' we become mora dependent on them
- . find few listener!. But while the free
trader has become a less noisy and in
finitely a less powerful quantity, the
free-ship advocate baa become bolder
And yet the demand for free ships is
bat a demand for free trade in ships.
It is just as true that a free-ship pot
icy is as destructive , of American
maritime greatness as that more ex
tensive policy of free trade by repeal
of tariffs is destructive of manufactur
ing prosperity says an exchange. It
also is true that our mercantile marine
increases or decreases exaetly in pro
portion as the old and so-called "pre
scriptive" navigation laws are retained
or modified.
The old "prosenptive" navigation
act still is in force on our lakes, and
- in relation to our river and coasting
trade. It has been considerably mod
ified in relation to our open sea trade.
Bat Bradatreet't last report upon oar
- mercantile condition . shows that oar
'' lake vessel tonnage has been nearly
doubled during the past ten years. . It
atandsat 1,227,401 gross tons in 1894,
against 727,401 in 1884. Bat; while
this increase is noticeable in the nftvi
cation that has been sheltered - by
highly protective, or, aa the free-ship
men say, "prescriptive" legislation, a
corresponding decrease is observable
in our ocean trade, whioh has been
under les rigidly protective, or, as the
free-ship men may say, less "prescrip
tive," enactment. In 1894 we had
1350 vessels of 916,180 gross tons'
burden registered for foreign trade,
. against 2127 of 1,304,221 gross tons
in 1884.
We submit these fasts. The free
traders and the freesnip men wiH
not heed them. They will continue
to twaddle. out their M wherefores" and
"therefores," and will continue to con
vince themselves that free- trade and
free ships must result in larger trade
and larger commerce. But the obsti
nate faots prove that our shipping
flourishes most when protected, and
declines most rapidly when least aided
by auch bounties, subsides, and, other
helps as have been given freely by all
great maritime powers to their ocean
going ships. . - .
loved his country supremely, and who,
loving it, devised wise measures for it.
Theodore Parker and Wend el Phil
lips, by eloquent sentences, devoted
Webster to perpetual infamy. "He
fell," said Parker, "and. falling, lay.
"Mot leal than archangel reined."
Something like half a century has
passed and the country well nigh has
forgotten Parker's denunciation and
has enshrined Webster among the
American demigods. Phillips and
Parker were abolitionists; Webster
was a Unionist. He was not an ad
mirer of the alave system. Indeed,
he was an "emancipationist," a name
once having a very distinct meaning.
There were abolitionists in Parker's
time who would consent to dissolution
of the anion if in its dissolution
slavery should perish. There were a
few abolitionists of that day who felt
and said that the union of states was
"a league with death and a covenant
with hell" so long as it held states that
were free and states that had slaves
in political league. The emancipa-
tionibt regarded slavery as an evil
that in the nature of tbiogs must come
to an end, and that should be brought
to an end by gradual and peaceful
methods. . Parker and Phillips ranked
Webster, the emancipationist, with
Toombs, the slaveholder's champion
The judgment was unju-st.
Pre-eminently, Webster was a
Unionist. He foresaw and foretold
tb impossibility of "peaceful seces
sion." He worshiped the federal con
stitution of union of states, one and
indivisible Had he lived into the
period of the war time he would have
been one of Lincoln's chief counsel
ors. . His distaste for slavery and his
devotion to the Union were offensive
to the sontn, and but for southern op
position he would have been president.
Politically, among the most honest of
men, he was denounced by the early
abolitionists for his preference of a
united republic, with' slavery as a
diminishing evil to a dismembered re
public in which slavery sbouid be un
known, or rathe J to two republics, by
one of which slavery should be held as
a consecrated constitutionality. At
the same time he was opposed by the
slave holding oligarchs because he
would not consent to convert the great
northwestern territory into a slai
breeding region.
Time and history have done him
justice. His statue now stands in the
capitol in fit company with the frameri
expounders and defenders of the con-
8TILL NOTORIOUS,
Penneyer's Christmas' letter to
President Cleveland is a characteristic
one. The governor has a notion that
the great panacea for the ills suffered
by the people is the unlimited coinage
of silver, and he is not modest in th
least in expressing to the executive of
the nation his views on the question.
Of coarse, this open letter to Mr.
Cleveland will accomplish nothing to
the purpose, and will have no effect
except in making our governor more
notorious, if possible. There is no
official position in the United Scates
that is intended to elevate the incum
bent above the plane of citizenship,
and still the strict subservience of the
people to law would inculcate in them
a proper respect, not aauiauon, tor
those in authority. The law should
be supreme even in free countries, and
this would inculcate a respectful re
gard for all persons in their official
capacity. Uovernor Jrennoyer no
doubt possesses this regard as much as
an oitis-n, and yet one cannot bat
consider his epistles to the presiden',
when iie knows the proper branch of
the government to petition for redress
of any grievance is congress, rather
unbecoming a governor of a state. If
he desired free coinage, which he does
not, the president does not possess the
power to enforce it, and any letter or
petition to him wonld be useless ex
cept for the accomplishment of per
sonal ends. Perhaps Mr. Pennoyer
has been successful in this respeot.
iKTtere. sod 'alk-d of presidential po S'
bilities. General Clarksoo thinks itrns
the cou vent ion were held this vtar.
McKio'ey would be the Republican
choice, bat two' years are io in'ervent-
nd u tee meantime General Ciarksor
think Thomas B Reed, ol Maine, wi i
roine fnrw rd as a powerful candidate
He thinks Mr Reed the strongest Amen
eao, intellectually, today, and siys h
woaid malte a great president. He al
spoke of General Harrison, Senator Cul
om, Rihert Lioaiin, Senator Bponntr
S nan r Davis and Senator Alli.on at
possibilities.
flfi-w Orleans Botuiaaraa.
New Orleans, Dec. 24 The grand
jar tbat baa been io continuous session
tor two months made its final report to
day. Judge Ferguson tbsnked the jurors
lor the distinguished services and th
personal sacrifices they bad made during
the psst two months, and discharged
tbem without date. Io refereoce to J
municipal jobbery, the report ot the jury
says.
"The bold sale of nfiVvals' votes for
privileges, wi.ich belong io the future aa
well as the present; the sworn evidence
of applicants for licenses tbat council
men, before cbsmuiooing tbeir just and
proper applications lor ordinances,
warned them tbat their passage wa irn
posinle auless paid for; the unb'nshmg
effrontery witb which citizens were way
laid in ho' el corridors, to have dishonest
proposals made to them; the myMeriou
paymenta for franchises worth hnudred
ot thousands ot dollars, which never
reached the pub ic treasury; the nfficia
favoritism which secures contracts in
one sud excludes anoiber; the charging
of extra fees by clerks In the mortgage
and conveyance offices and at tbecttv hai
in tbat part of the confolier'. office
known 'as tbe tax mor'gage floes, r
cital to show the degree to wnlcti i.ffiaiai
debaucheTy has gone, and we recommend'
an anrelenting war upon such methods."
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The Lexow Committee in New York
is still showing up the rottenness of that
municipality, and the job it has un
dertaken appears to be an endless one.
Carlisle's currency bill will receive
as many amendments as Wilson's tariff
measure did. Democracy is not quite
certain what it wants; and the people
have expressed themselvea very posi
tively that they want as little as possi
ble of Democratic currency or Demo
cratic tariff.
atitution
America.
of the United States of
A PRACTICAL LESSON.
ESTEEMS VIEWS.
This paper believes in equal rights,
equal freedom to all men, regardless of
race, color or previous condition of
servitude. It thinks all men have a
right to a livelihood, from the result
of the full fruits of tbeir labor. It
has no prejudices against Chinese, ne
groes, Indians or whites. It knows
- that jaatiee is their only claim and
when they are given it they are given
it they are given all that belongs to
them. Intelligence alone makes in
dividual men superior to others, and
no matter what man happens to pos
sess superior intelligence to another,
to that extent be is superior, regard
less of the color of the skin, of his
race, craed or condition. Those edi
. tors who are opposed to Chinese labor,
- so-called, are simply trying to capital
,'. ize prejudice and ignorance in order to
live upon an unearned dividend and
. are, therefore, as base at heart as a
cut-throat or a thief, and aa devoid of
. justice and human virtues as a vulture
or any living thing that thrives and
fattens through sacrifice ol another.
East Oregonian. .
. We believe Brother Jackson is too
positive in his opinions, and in his
criticism of editors opposed to Chinse
labor very unjust. All men, no doubt
have a right to a livelihood if they can
earn tt in an honest vocation; out the
industrious and thrifty sbouid possess
a largest portion of this world's goods
because they earn the privilege by
: their labor and self-sacrifice, and there
is no law, human or divine, that en
titles the lasy man even to an existence
On the Chinese question it is not fair
or just to employ them when our own
citizens are suffering because they can
not procure work. Universal frater-
nity is a noble principle; but family
. ties and patriotism will make any one
' give a preference to those nearly re
lated to him. The cut throat and thief
are mean, malicious and devilish at
heart, and there is a wide difference
between auch and the loving parent
or the honest patriot who prefers his
family and his country and country
men to all others.
" .
DANIEL WEBSTER. '
Daniel Webster safely might have
- followed the precedent of Francis Ba
con, who formally bequeathed his
memory to "men's charitable speeches,
to foreign nations, and to the next age,"
aays the Inter Ocean. The moral in-
- firmities of herioc tempers always be
Msnoi AnkiOAra aI - man'a . Aka.Ll
ww qisujuwn v at usj a MUmi IbswUlfJ
speeches. When the strife of rivals
has ceased, when the objects of the
strife are settled, when the rivals are
sleeping "in cold, dull marble," the
high motives of the strife remain para'
mount. The skill, the bravery, the
honesty of the combatants1 become
glorified, and the weaknesses that
overcame the men - when they had
stripped off their armor and changed
the heroic for tbe human role are but
matters of compassionate remembrance.
As a man Webster was "like unto our
selves," or like unto oar grandfathers
and great-grandfathers, whose modes
of life were not in all things as ours.
As a statesman he was like unto lbs
wisest and the best of all time; lik
onto Pitt or Fox, unto William of Or
ange, unto Washington or Hanilton
or Jefferson, or onto whomsoever
There is an old saying' which our
mothers and fathers used that might
be made of daily application, and tbat
is, "After-wit is no good except for
catching blind horses." . The tragic
railroad aondent that happened at tbe
Summit Tuesday has been the occasion
of many criticisms of the O. R &
Co., of the!' extra train crew and of
the engineer of the passenger train.
It is stated, with considerable truth,
that if the side track had been long
enoagh to hold forty cars the wreck
would not have taken place, and Mr.
Beady -would have been alive now;
also, had tbe flagman of the extra
closed the switch or flagged far enough
ahead it would have averted the dread
ful consequence, and if the engineer
of the passenger stopped tbe train
when be received the first signal the
collision would have been averted.
This is what the old folks termed
"after-wit," and can do no possible
good now. No amount of censure or
criticism can restore Mr. Ready to life,
or make conditions as they were, and,
while they may give vent to tbe feel
ings of tbe community, tbey are pow
erless to undo what, has been done.
Experience is a severe schoolmaster
but the lessons taught are not easily
forgotten. Each of the parties men
tioned were to blam6 in a certain d
gree, and if they will make a practical,-
application of the lesson - taught
the tragic occurrence of last Tuesday
may result beneficially in the future.
First, the railroad company sbouid
construct side tracks of sufficient
length to hold all freight or passenger
trains, and as corporations are simply
the creatures of statutory law they
should be held very strictly to a com
pliance with every provision that has
for its object the protection of human
life. Then, further, conductors and
train crews should comply with the
rules furnished for their guidance, and,
exercise tbe greatest care in their vo
cations, as, from the least carelessness
on thfcir part, may result the most
fatal disaster. Again, engineers
should be careful to pay attention to
all signals, and stop their trains when
human life is in danger. Should this
lesson be heeded, the frightful acci
dent of last Tuesday may accomplish
some good; and, let us hope, that tbe
defect of side tracks will be remedied,
and the mistakes made on that occa
sion will never happen again
Tbe people of the state are not de
manding many new laws from tbe leg
islature this time says, tbe Grants Pars
Courier. Tbe statute books sre get
ting pretty bulky with unenforced
laws now. . If tbey will cut down ap
propriations, head off raids on the
treasury, stamp out all new county
formations, reduce the number of lady
clerks who have heretofore beeu hired
to do nothing, put the state prisoners
at work and come home, their fame
will go down to poaperity as the most
successful set of legislators assembled
since Oregon was governed by tbe
good, honest old motsbacks of twenty
years ago. Our state needs a good
doss of "mossbackism" well applied and
long continue! to tide us out of debt
and reduce taxes. Let us hope the
day of the progressive profligate, who
filled h's pockets and made money for
ids friends under guise of progress, has
ended "
The Armenian outrages are to be
investigated by a commisiion from
different European government. It is
a pity tbat those who committed these
os t rages cannot he punished for tbeir
brutality; hot tbe only way to do this
would be to wipe Turkey from tbe
map of Europe and Asia.
The New York banks tbat rushed
patriotically to the relief of Secretary
Carlisle and took bis $50,000,000
bonds have already swiped out $25,-
000,000 of tbe gold. Give tbem a
little time and tbey will take the bal
ance. They seem to be piaytng into
the hands of wild cat 'statesmen with
both bowers and the ace.
It is reported in the dispatches that
China has appointed two peace com
missioners who will immediately pro
ceed to the Japanhse capital and see
what can be done to restore amicable
relations between the two countries.
If this should result in stopping the
war China may consider herself lortu-
nate, for Japan baa proved nersell
cspable of inflicting considerable more
irjury on the Chinese empire.
Emperor William cannot xpect all
his subjects to coincide with his no
tions regarding government. The
G -rman people are too intell'gent to
believe that one man embodies all tbe
patriotism in tbat country, and tbe
emperor should not give way to anger
when be finds tbat bis suMec's are in
the line of advancement. Biyooets
may support the throne for a time;
but it must have other foundations or
else it will totter and crumble to ruins.
Under the income tax law, all per
sons wbo bad an income exceeding
$4000 per annum during 1894 must
pay two per cent on the excess. All
persons clearing $3,500 are obliged to
send a list of their profits to the col
lector of internal revenue or his dep.
nty. Failure to do so incurs a penalty of
Gf y per cent additional of the lawful
tax. Fradulent returns are punished
by 100 per cent additional when found
out. The tax roust be paid on or he
fore July 1st of each year 'Five per
cent is added and one per cenr per
month after July, unless paid. Tbere
is nothing' in the law exempting the
president of the United States or any
other officer receiving a salary of
$4,000. Mr. Cleveland will thus have
to pay two per cent on $46 000 a year,
which will amount to $920.
Senator Dolph is quoted as opposed
to tne forfeiture o unearned railroad
lands, because be did not favor the
Democratic measure forfeiting the land
grsnt to the Northe n Pacific from
Bismark, Dakota, to the Pacific coast
terminus. This would have been un
just, not only to tbe railroad, but to
the settlers wbo purchased their lands
from the com pan v, and whose
A Hrnra of Fatalities.
Wallace. Dec. 24 -The Cwur d'A'ene
country was the scene ot a sere of fatali
ties this morning. Thee men are reported
dead, and one man is so seriousiy injured
that recovery is doubtfnl . The first fa
tality occurred in tbe 'Frisco mine, oo
Canyon creek, near Gem, in wbicb Patrick
Bull i van and J.nira Cruey were inntanl
lv killed, and Fred Sue'l seriously in
jured Tbe men were at work in one of
the slopes, when the Umber broke
through . They fell five floors. Bth
men were terribly crushed snd mang'ed
The wonder is thai Snell, also, did not
meet witb in-taut death. Several other
men lu the mine bad narrow escapes.
Sullivan Is an old timer io the Coenr
d'Alene couu'rv and has a sis'er, Mrs
James Cromn. residing la Spokane. Ti.e
unfortunate accident was entirely u.for
seen, and is deeply deplored by all.
Met rlre to his Bed.
Medfokd, Or., Dec -25 Ytsterdav
morning a man, appareotly drunk, got
off the south bound overland train and
failed to get on again It was soon dis
covered that be was insane, and be was
allowed the freedom of the city until late
at night, when he was tk n in charge by
City Marshal Churchman snd locked no.
About 0 o'clock lb S morning he set fire
to his bed. and it was with d tfi.rulty thit
the fire riepar'ment was able to liberate
bim. Wbeo searched, he had in Irs pos
session a ticket from Roseburg to Scrin
ton. Ia.; also a check lor baggage, which
bad gone ahead of bim. Be gave tbe
name of Charles Robinson, wbicb corre
spond wnh the name on the ticket. He
was taken before Judge Walton, wbo or
dered him sent to Jacksonville, to be
examined before Judge Neil. Heclaiaied
to have re auves at Can'yooville, Douglas
county, snd was on bis way east to vtsit
bis old borne and parenta. At times ne
U quite desperate, and tbe weather being
too coin to seep mm in tne citv jail,
wbicb was flooded la extinguishing tbe
fire, he was kept in irons until this after
noon, when he was taken to Jacksonville
by Deputy Sheriff Paine He is a young
man, apparently not over 80 years of age,
and a cripple. I' is supposed tbat tbe
insanity is only temporary.
TELECRAPHID NEWS.
Feedinc l-ll.
Wasaikotn. Dec. 28 General com
plaint against the issutnee of government
ations lo the Indians is madn in the an
nual reports of sgents. Cpi sin P H Ba .
of the Shoshone agency, Wjonvcg, sva:
"They will never become self-supporting
so long as the government gives tbem ibi
coib ance of support; neither can tbe
begin to accumu ate property so long a-
be supply of tue necessaries of life i
solev ia the band of wbiie iradera "
Another factor retarding tbe develop
ment complained of by Captain Riy 't
the domination of chief allowed to dic
tate to tbe agent aa to tbe issue of annui
ties and iff.irs of tbe agency. Tn.
removal ot trnuMtsome chiefs is recona
mended Tbe Snoshones are regarded a
communists, wbo are loth to take ap any
untried purauit. Tbeir agent recom
mends that the ration Issue, except to
iooigent and helpless, be gradua.ly dis
continued, and tbe money now use.l tor
tattoos he devoted to the payment ot
ludian labor.
Tbe international treaty governing
("'al-bUQiicg on the north Pacific auo
Bdhring sea, bas worked great hardship
to the Indians at Neah Biy agency.
Washington. These Iodises caunm
agree Upon a bead man or chief, and con
atquently are divided among tbemseivea.
tntir agent regarding their failure to
Delect one as a disadvantage to them.
C msiderable opposition to the work ol
the commission preparing lands on the
Puyallup reservation in Washington for
sale, is Dei rig sbowa by s minority ol
these Indians, bat tbe faction i evidently
influroced by having a'l restrictions re
moved.
Tbe pr gress made at Tu'alip agency.
Wasb ngton, indicates tbat within a tew
tears tries Indians wi'l become self
supporting and independent of govern-ui-
ni aid.
S mvd finite action is urged noon tbe
department to restore to the Takimaa
tneir rights at heir accustomed fisheries
on the Columbia river, in Wasnmgtou, a
dirpote over wbicb naa resulted in con
siderable trouble Tne Yakimaa refuse
to take tbe alio1 ment, but have marked
off a line which they cla m as hv.r res
ervation In common They are reported
10 had financial condition and in great
need of government assistance. "Wbi-ky'
ats Agent Erwin, "ia tbe greatest hind
ranee to Indian prosperity. There is an
immense traffic in alcocol and vile de
cisions carried on with tbem, and one
murder and two violent deaths duri.ig
the year are charged to whisky."
A Bloody Chrietmaa.
Pendleton. Or., Dec. 20 Cnnstmaa
day Frank Fietcber. of tbe Milton neigh
borbood, shot James Ash worth, of Dry
creek'. Ash worth is a promioant rie'egate
sod was a candidate for tbe a minatin
for sheriff at tbe convention last spriog.
Frank F.ttcher was, pardoned by Gov
ernor Pennoyer Isat Jane. He was in tbe
penitenitiary for lite lor killing Charles
Petrie on .Liokton moautain September,
1893. Repors by telephone ssy Ash
worth was shot in tbe leg and was cot
seriously hurt. Fletcher is not yet in
rnstndy. Snenff Honser has deputies
scunring the county for Fletcher, wbo is
supposed to be biding in the B ce moun
tains. Tbe shooting occurred on Basket
mountain, a few miles from Weston
Fletcher was drunk. -
At Echo a big crowd gathered for a
Christmas dance, and revcral men drack
too much whisky during tbe evening. A
row insutd between Dick Williams, of
ihia place, and Sam Atkinson, of Echo
Williams drew a dirk and made a savage
rush at A'kinson. Mat Smith and Rub
ers McCu'loogn attempted to prevent
a colli-ion, and Williams cut eacb one
severely. He then succeeded in getting
a' Atkinson, slashing bim in the groin and
i'jfl.ctiug two wounds six inane long in
bis legs. Williams is now in Pendleton
aod bag not beeu arrested. Atkinson is
in a precarious condition.
fetore-ly Afflicted.
Nobtbfield Minn., Dec. 27 The Ht
t e towo ol V- siey, 18 miles west of here,
U sorely afflicted. 8 nee November 28
54 deaths from diphtheria have occurred.
Tbe disease is not confined to tbe village,
but bas spread all over the surrouoding
country. Tbere have been 60 deaths at a
settlement tbree mles west ot , here
Aide from this, there sre 60 critical cases
and, worst of a l, there it no doctor in the
place, nor is there a board of health Tn
!raveyard ia too small A surveyor from
nere has been employed to lay out a new
one for pressing needs. Two men are
engaged to dig graves, and an average of
two deaths otcnr dailv, while twice a
many new cases appear. Th village
has u population of 800; ot whom uoi
m'lethao a dozen speak English. All
ire B ihemians. There is a Cttboiu
cliurch here, but no funerals are all iwe
in it. Ber ces are heio tn a field s me
distance away. The priest is iocaptcita
ed tor duty much ot tbe time, and few
ourials are attended by rervices. Two
or three bodies are thrown in a pi e, like
dead sheep. Instead of a doctor, thi
priest is called in, and piayer is offered
in place of medical aid. Tbere is no drug
s-ore here, and disinfectants are unkoowu.
Dozens ot sick chi'dreo lav for days with
out attendance of any kind antil ihej
die. Ia some instances five or six mem
bers of a family have died. No pre'
cantiou is tssen to check the ravages of
the disease.
The Indian AporoDi-iatiaa Bill.
Washington, Dec. 24 Tbe sub-com
mi'tee of ihe bouse committee oo Indian
sflairs bas been considering tbe appro
prialion bill several days, and will report
it soon after tbe bo idavs. Tbere is a
proposition to make a redaction in tbe
expense of eastern schools Represents
lites Wilson, rf Washington, member of
the sub committee, is preparing the hill.
He says there a general ft eling tbat tbe
Indians can be oetter educated on reser
vations in ibe west. -'It is no longer the
frontier," said Wilsoo, "the railroad,
telegraphs and telephones have obliter
ated it." The committee has alo been
considering what to do with the improve
menis made by churches for cou tract
schools, and it bss been determined to
appropriate 5y.0d0 lo bay a number of
them and to a. quire ihem at tbe rate of
about 20 per cent each year.
Aa old Piwapretor.
Robltn, Wash., Dec 24 William
Wagner, a Montana miner and prospec
tor, is believed to bave ptr'shed in tbe
upper Cle Elum country. Two weeks
ago be left for Stlmon la Sac placer
mines. 20 miles distant,' to put in the
winter placer mioiug. Midway be lef'
the traveled ro-td witb tbe latent ion of
skirting the foothills to the east lo quest
of gam. sending bis supplies on by a
sled. 8-on after his deptrure. a beavv
snow storm set io and prevailed for two
days. It is almost certain be lost bis
bearings, wandered tsr luto the moun
tains and perished from exposure aad
starvation. He was an old mouotaioeer.
but unacquainted wiib tbe topography
oftbis stction.
"Drowning AeetdaaC
Boston, Mass, Dec. 56 A very pecu-
lirr drowning accident occurred at the
East Boston side of Ibe South Ferry last
night, The ferry boat was fust entering
tbe slip and bad struck the right hsnd
side of tbe pi isg snout 25 feet from tbe
drop. When tbe boat struck the piling
tbe crash frightened borse attached to a
coupe m whicb Misj Lillian A Note and
Austin F Suow were seated. With a
bound the borse started forward, and,
leaping tbe chain, crossed tbe end of tbe
coat, forced its way through tbe gate and
leaped overboard, carrying tbe coupe witb
bim. The ferry-boat was stopped in
stantly and backed, and t'le coup e were
seen ia tbe water, having in some wsy
managed to get oat of tbe sinking carriage
Edward T WiWoo. ibe driver of tbe coupe
wbo had left bis carriage standing Un
attended on tbe boat while be went into
tbe canin io warm bimseif, seized a boat-
hook, and, assisted by several of tbe pas
sengers aod oeca bands, succeeded in res
cuing tbe woman, oat tbe mis wss
drowned.
Pennoyer') Pet.
Pendleton, Dec. 27 Witnesses of the
shooting affray on Btsket mountain in
whicb Frank F.e'cher shot Jsmes Ash.
worth st a Christmas dance, say it was
cold blended. F.etcber cam- to tbe dance
drunk, carrying a pistol. He had a dis
pute wj'b an aunt, and drew the pistol,
and while flourishing it before her and
threatening ber, Ashwortb, wbo was
playing the violin, expostulated. Flet-
chei Said, -You---of a, I'll shoot an
man who interferes with me " He
pointed tbe pistol at Asbwortb's vitsts.
Ash worth struck dowa the weapon, and
the ball entered Ash worth's knee.
Several gentlemen here have piepared a
dispatch to Governor Pennoyer, sajlng.
"Please send a pardon by return mail
to Frank F etcher, whom you pardoned
lost June He has shot another man, and
we desTe to save the exnense of trial and
conv ction. Signed Citizens of Umatilla
Connty.''
A Bllssaard Kaxlnc-
Wasbihstok, Dec 27 From a weather
bureau view, the. chief characteristic of
tbe present storm bss been tbe rspidity
of its development snd movement, this
result being isrgelv due to a barometric
pressure io Montana of 81.8 Inches, tbe
highest recorded by the weatror buieau.
Ram or now has fallen generally east f
the Mississippi, while from the west ot
the river cold weather and btgb winds
are advancing. Bismarck lead tbecold
weatber statious with HZ below, aud it is
18 belew at many poiuts in tbe far north
west.
Storm signals are displayed all along
the Atlantic and Gulf coasts. Damage
to shipping is fcard, as the wind's ve
locity will range from 40 to 70 miles an
hour. .
A PALACE OF GHOSTS.
Haunted by Spirits of Women Who Pof
soiled On Another.
In the midst of tbe old ruins and
palaces of Italy, stained with count
less deeds oi blood, tt remains for ow
modern structure to be Jcnoa yr
iicularly as the home of ghosts. This
interesting building is described by
Marion Crawford in an article in The
Century devoted to the wonderful
Italian coast between Sorrento and
talerno.
Above Agerola, which itself is al'
most directly above Prajano, on the
southern aide of the peninsula, stands
an enormous palace, visible from the
sea at a great distance. It is known
as the Plazzo degli Spirit! (the pal
ace of the ghosts), and I once took
the trouble to climb up from Praja
no and go all over it It is entirely
deserted and has neither doors nor
windows, a building almost royal in
proportions and plan, standing on a
vast terrace overlooking the 6ea, by
no means ancient, and in some parts
decorated with frescoes and stucco
work, which are fast falling a prey
to the weather.
It was built by a personage known-
as General Avitabile, who came to a
tragic end before he had completed
bis magnificent residence and whose
heirs are, I believe, still quarreling
ibout tne division of the property.
while the building itself is allowed to
fall into ruins. It would be hopeless
to attempt to disentangle the tales
told about the family by the simple
billfolk. There were women in the
case who poisoned one another and
the general and whose spirits, ven
omous still, are believed to haunt the
vast halls and corridors and stair
cases and underground regions of the
palace.
Whether they do or not, a more ap
propriate place for hobgoblins, ban
shees, ghouls and vampires could
scarcely have been created by a dis
eased imagination in a nightmare.
Even at midday, under tbe southern
sun, the whole place seems as uncan
ny as a graveyard on St. John's eve.
Bits of staircase lead abruptly into
blank walls, passages end suddenly
in the high air, without window rail
ing or parapet Lonely balconies lead
around dizzy corners to dismal watch
turrets whence a human voice could
hardly find its way to the balls with
in. The most undaunted explorers
of the Society For Psychical Research
might learn what "goose flesh" means
in such a place as this.
The Waves Vuaaallv High.
New York, D:c 27 There is no di
rect telegraphic communication between
this city and Sandy Hook, owing to the
stormy All tbe meiae are received by
way ot Long Branch, At Sandy Hook
tbe wlod is blovings moderate gale from
tbe northeast, and ram continues. Tbe
water along Siaten island sbore is un .
nsualiy high, and In many p'aces tbe
waves made a clenn breach over the
docks. At Quarantine ' tbe waves are
breaking over tbe stonewall built to pro
tect the shore. Reports from the inter
rior indicate more or less serious inter
ruption to railway trafB :, central -New
York showing tbe most general disturbances.
A Conaular's Mss's Trouble.
London, Dec. 27 A dispatch from
Lorenzo Marqaos, E-ist Africa, of De
cember 4. sys the son of Jsmes Mcintosh
the UulleS States consular agent, wbo
got into trouble by shooting a native
burglar, bas been sentenced to tbree
months' imprisonment, with tbe option of
payiog a fine of 1000 reis daily, for re
sisting tbe police.
Peared He IsIDrowaed.
Astoria, Or, Dae. 27 Al Somer,
resident of Portland and for some time
past engineer of tbe steamer Uarvut Moon
bas been missing since Monday ' night
last, and fears are entertained tbat be has
been drowned. Tbe steamer arrived here
Monday, and it is supposed tbat Somen
fell into tbe river while attempting to go
aboard bis vessel.- tits wire and family.
it is understood, are residing in Portland
at present.
A Murderer Kay Inherit From Ilia Vint Int.
After six years' litigation thesu
preme court has decided the case of
Ransom versus Shellenbarger, in
volving the point of whether or not
a murderer can 'Inherit property
from his victim. .
Seven years ago Lee Shellenbarger
murdered his daughter in order that
he might inherit some valuable prop
erty left her by her mother. He was
convicted and sentenced to be
hanged, but while the case was pend
ing in the supreme court he was
lynched. Before this tragic episode
he had deeded his interest in the
dead girl's estate to his attorneys,
Frank Ransom and John C. Watson.
The other, heirs contested the at
torneys' rights, asserting that the
iaw would not allow a murderer to
profit by his crime. The attorneys
contended that in this country crime
worked no corruption of blood and no
forfeiture of property and that Ne
braska's statutes contained nothing
' to prevent Shellenbarger's transfer.
The trial court found for the attor
neys, but the supreme court reversed
this holding. Since then the person
nel of this tribunal has entirely
changed, and when the case came up
the second time the court upheld
the attorneys' contention. Lincoln
7eb.) Dispatch to St Louis Beoub-
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The most extraordinary biography
in existence is neither written nor
printed. It is painted. It contains
the life and adventures of Charles
Magnes, a noble Venetian. Having
been calumniated, he determined to
set himself right in the eyes of hia
contemporaries and employed Paul
Veronese to paint his biography.
The volume has 18 pages of vellum.
Each has a large central picture, sur
rounded by 10 smaller, each having
its appropriate Inscription, the whole
recounting the most notable scenes
in his life. Exchange.
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Prizes r now on exhibition in L. Rorden A Co.'s show window.
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titles
. to
their
homes : rest
on tbe validity of tbe original
grant, ibe .Northern iracino has com
pleted tbe road, and for the laBd to
revert to the pubho domain now,
wonld create tbe greatest mischief and
cause almost endless litigation for
those wbo purchased their land in good
faith. In every instance where land
grants bave not been earned ly a
railroad Mr. Dolph bas been the cham
pion of tbe people in introducing: and
and earnestly supporting bills for tbeir
forfeiture. The Wallnla-Portland
grant, through bis efforts in the senate
wa thrown open to settlement, and
the rights of occupants were carefully
guarded. -
TELEGRAPHIC.
Serrrs.1 Iauervlews.
San Fbanciso, Dec 24 William H
Mills, of tbe Southern Psciflc Company,
wss interviewed today by one of the
youog ladies of the Christmas Examiner
staff, He confided to ner tbat tbe con
struction of an electric railroad from Mer
ced to tbe Tusemite valley ia an assnred
fct. Tbe capital stock will be f '290,000.
said Mr. Mills, and will be takeo tor tbe
most part by Chicago cspi alist. Thb
right of-way from Mrced to Tosemiie
bas been obtained and engagements tor
be rental of electrical pnntr for tbe use
ot mining at points oo tbe road, aod for
machinery at Merced exceed, already,
$100,000 per annnm. Tne power is to
he established at tbree poiats on the
Merced river.' Tbe road will be broad
gauge, aod will serve the region for
freight and passengers like ordinary
railroads. The Pacific. Improvement
Cnmpmv w l take ihe coo 'ract for the
Construction or the line
Ueoeral'Joba S C srkson, who rarel
submits to ok interviewed fo newspapers,
bss fates a victim to tbe wiles of one of
Jbe Sfaviner Christmas edition lady rs-
- Killed by v Neicrv.
Tacoma, Dec. 24 E. R. Cspran, an
Dphols'erer. was killed this afternoon by
W T Taylor, a negro. Tbe men wered
quarreling, when Taylor tnrjdenly struck
Caprao terrib e blow in tbe lace and
knocked bim down. Tbey were stand
ing near tbe curbstone. - When 0-pran
fell, Talor gave him an awfnl kick
under the com. Ctpran's neck was
broken, and be died in 10 mientes. Tbe
n.nrderer claims C-tpran retnsed to pay
bim a bill of $18. anj this led to the
quarrel.
The Judge Fined.
: Jacksonville, Or., Deo. 24 County
Judge Neil, who was indicted and con
victed for breaking ia the jai! door io tbe
absence ot tbe sheriff, to obtain posses
ion of tb person of sn insane man, to
bave bim taken to the asylnm. and who
asked for 10 davs in which to fie a mo
tion for a new trial, did not file ibe in
tended mourn, but appeared before the
court lodav for-sentence and tbe judge
fined bim $13 and costs. This ends the
unfortunate matter.
Penneyer's Cnrsataaaa Presents.
Salem. Or., Dec. 25 V L Arringtoo.
tbe defaulting treasurer of Douglas coun
ty, wss released from the penitentiary
ody ou pardon. He bad been in prime
one year, be ng received December 24,
1893. Kick Jours and V a Utiawei,
life-timt-rs from Douglas and Jackson
counties, respectively, were a'S pardoned.
Ueeelvrd by Ibe Pope.
Rums, Dec. 26- The pope received the
officers ot tbe cruiser Detroit at tbe vati
cao this morning. Tne mcers present
were: Commander Newell, one lieu'ensnt
aod six junior grade lieutenants. Newel (
in a brief address, tbsnked bis bolioess
for granting an aodlence to himself and
his fellow officers. No American visiting
Europe, be said, thougtn bis visit com
pete onltss be had sen bis holiness ibe
jope. Tbe pope replied, saying be was
always particular lo receive tbe citisens
of ' tbe great republic. The pope a so
proffered thanks to the American govern
meat and tbe president of tbe repub ic
and expressed bis affection for and ad
miration ot the people of the Uoned
States, for whom he wished happiness
and prosperity. He then pronounced
benediction noon tbe officers aod their
families. Af'er an audience wi-b the
pope the officer were entertained at
luncheon. Among those present were
Ambassador McVeagh, foreign consuls
and tbe leadng American re-ideots ot
R ime. The officers of tbe Detroit ex
press themselves delighted witb tbe
reception by tbe pope.
CvMrjr Im Chirasre.
Chioao. Dee. 20 Jacob S Coxey ar
rived a tbe Auditortum today. He will
go to St L nis to urge tbe adoption of
bis bill as a Populist meainre by tbe con
ference of Populist leaders which con
venes there this week. Carl Browne bas
gone ahead to agitste tbe matter in ad
vance of tbe conference. He will present
a long prramb'e reciting tbe inadeqnacv
of the prrseoi mooetar avstrm, aad a
resr.lutioo which read "We are in favor
of the free and oaitraitwi coinage of sil
ver in tbe ratio ol 16 to 1, and tbe Coxey
non-interest bearing bonds plan, rt
Paaweager Trains Collide.
Waxahachib, Ttx,, Dec 28 In a
collision between two passenger trains
aesr tbis city, last night, 13 persons were
badly and two fatally injured. A west
boned Texas Central passenger train was
passing oTtT a Missouri, Kansas A Texas
railroad crossing when a south bound
passenger train oo tbe la'ter road crashed
into the rear coach, overturning it. Tbe
car caugbt fire from an overtnned stove,
but thi iUnv-s were quickly extinguished
Nearly all tbe injured are southern peo
pie.
Im Slmatoa.
" Washington, Dec 20 Tbe subcom.
mittce of tbe bouse committee en appro
priations in charge of tbe sundry civil
bill, todsy nasrd General Casey, of the
war department, on tbe es'imates soo
mined by tbe secretsry of war for river
aud harbor improvements. Some Of tbe
nfficals of tbe interior department were
also beard regarding tbe estimate for
education in A aska snd other purposes
jarkraa Wll net Be There.
Washington, Dec 20 Representative
Bourke Cockran will not attend tbe meet
iog el tbe executive committee of Tarn
many ball next Saturday. Being Called
by John J Martin Immediately following
the bitter arraignment ot Cork ran by ex
Chief Ciokt-r. It a regarded as a means
of btii giog the two face o lace. Crckrao
will ssy nothing regarding Crwker's
statement.
Abandaaee f aow.
Pittsbuus. Dec. A snowstorm which
started last evening bas proved tbe heav
lest known here in several years. Up to
10 o'clock tbis morning 19 inches of snow
bad fallen aud it is still soawing.
Street-car travel in this city is seriously
interfered with, snd in some parts of tbe
city tbe telephone snd telegraph wires
are down. Tbe blizzard was general
over tbis section, snd especially severe in
tbe Alleghany mountain, where tbe
snow drifted and impeded travel.
Through train from tbe east are four
hours late, and Jroin the west tbey were
nearly as much behind time.
Fraaen tv Death.
Eureka, Cal., Dec. 27 Tbe overland
stagedriver arriving yeaterday reported
tint J die PiU'kaif, agal 40 years, ana
bis son, aged 17 years, wete found frozen
to death near Bridgeville, in the southern
part of tbe county, Sunday." The father
and son left Bridgeville in a blinding
snow storm Samarday afternoon to walk
home, a distance or six miles. Not hav
ing arrived Sunday morning, another
son wa sent ont by tbe mother to look
for tbem, snd found tbem witbln a baif
mile oi tbe house, seated alongside ot tbe
road, frozen to death.
Hi.
Mamma (opening the latest book
by one of the modern school of writ
ers for children) Now, Freddy, if
you will be a real good little boy,
mamma will read this pretty story to
you, Dufu you are naughty she will
stop. -
reaay--i'u De good - mamma.
(Ten . minutes later, interrupting
mamma in ner reading.) Marpnrjft
Mamma What, dear!
Freddy I'm going to be naughty
now. jjugginsville Monthly.
Why They Parted.
After living together for 87 years
a. rcrjf oribtow oi isoston and his wife
have parted. He went to sleep on the
tuuuge one aay, ana wnile be snored
Mrs. Bristow applied acid to a wart
on me rront of his neck. In a few
days it disappeared. When it is
known that Avery used that wart for
a ooiiar Dutton for 20 years, his anger
uu cuagnn may oe accounted for.
It is impossible to cause another wart
to grow in us place. New York Mail
ana ncpima.
Happy lew Tear
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Kaaaora sfa VeraJratteak
Bbooxitx, N. Y., Dec, 27 It Is ru
mored bete today that Cashier Tormeyi
in the county treasurer's office, if a de
laulter. Tbe amount of bis defalcation
is placed antwbere from (34,000 to 90,-
000. Bis friends indignantly deny be is
a defs niter," and say be bas gone aiutb
witb bis dying daughter. They say tbe
rumor is based on tbe taot tbat experts
have found a shortage in tbe account of
late Deputy County Treasurer. Gardner.
China aad Japaa.
Yokohama, Dee, 28 -General Ka'sora
reports from Hai Chang Monday ttiat the
Chinese army under General Sung, sfter
its defeat at Eogasi, fled back to New
Gbwaog, and thence retreated t Dans
sbodsi, being Joined by tbe Cnintss
troops stationed at Jta Qbwang, whicb
lowu was completely evacuated. Beruta
sent in the direction ef focbi report ibat
about 8100 Chinese are advancing iron
ico aiosg tne seasnore.
rieelaar Vr an IT rata.
LOUDON, Dec '37 Tbe Doily Neui
correspondent at Odessa says that na
me) out Armenia refugees from Hoosb
and Bulank are arriving at Sarallamiab.
Tbey sre on tbeir way to Ktcbmiadsla
All are In a wretched condition. The car
reaDondent sats that several coospicuous
Armenians to Mnosb bave been forced to
embrace Islam sb to save their tires and
property and tbs honor of tbeir wives snd
dsogbteri.
All brands ot Imported Ltqnora, Ale snd Porter,
sod Genuine Key West Kara, A fall tins of
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Mr. W. H. Tolea
Ban Francisco, CaL
M One of the srsatsst mistakes people make is
to lock the door attar the horse Is' stolen, or la
ouwrvroras,w wait until tbey are slolc in bed
Deiora tney do anything for tha poor body.
Neither my wife nor myself wars real sick; I
attended to my business, and my wlfa to ber
household duties dally, tut ws had dull, heavy
nean acnes, ana a little orer-exertlon would tire
us STeatly. and my appetite wss vsry poor. So
we look three bottles of Hood's BarsapsvrUla,
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