r The Times-Monntaineer
: SATURDAY MARCH 2.J895
A'Or ENDORSED.
If the actions of the bolters daring
' this session of the legislature are en
dorsed by the people of Oregon, in fa
tare it may be considered that a poli
tician's ' honor is pinned to b is coat
sleeve, and that he can rid himself of it
at pleasure. Daring the campaign
last summer Mr. Dolph's Dime was
prominently mentioned as the choice
of the Republicans, and it was gener
ally' conceded by all parties if the
. ticket were sneeessfaT he "would suc
ceed himself. The state was carried by
20,000 majority, and at the convening
"of the legislature "he was nominated
by the caucus of Republicans. In
O separate session next' day he received
. i; a nisjonty of the rotes oast, and this
(: was considered paramount to an eleo
tion. When the joint convention was
called Dolph received 44 votes, it re
quiring 45 to elect, Scott of Linn be
ing absent. Daring the 45 ballots
east, including this afternoon, he has
" never received less than 37, a clear
majority of the Republican members.
Numerous petitions from prominent
' Republicans in different portions of
the state have been sent to the bolt
ing members, urging them to support
the caucus nominee, and these have
. been unheeded. This is the history
of the senatorial contest, and it is a
record of the blackest perfidy that
- was ever enacted in this or any other
stale. Men's slighted honor, the bind-
' ing obligation of a canons, and the de
( sires of constituencies have all been
trampled under feet by reckless and
peryerse minority. Important legis
lation which the Republican party was
pledged to enact has been neglected,
and this session has become a
subject of ridioule and derision be
cause a few men, supported only by
; the free-silver Republican, Populists
and Democratic press, have refused to
carry out the wishes of the people and
C act for the best interests of the state,
nation and psrty. In June last Ore
gon was fully 20,000 Republican; but
nearly every hope of party success in
the future have been . wrecked and
ruined by the policy pursued by the
-- perverse and obtusely obstinate bolters.
'.The legislature will adjourn tonight,
and very likely without eleoting a sen
ator. Everything that is laid to the
. charge of this bi-ennial session of the
Oregon legislature must be borne by
the factions minority, and when these
"members return to their homes they
should be made to know that their
.treachery is fully understood. If any
of them ever come again before the
people for political favors their action
in the senatorial contest in 1891 will
be as indelible a mark upon theii po
litical future" as the Almighty ever
placed upon Gain for murdering his
brother. This will be the Banqno's
ghost that will not down at their bid
ding, and will haunt them at every
' convention of the party hereafter.
do otherwise than oppose him for pub
lic office. As a citizen, ho eever, we
nave respect for Mr. Dolph and confi
dence in bis honor and his manhood,
bis integrity and his ability."
There are certain persons in the
United States who appear to think all
others who believe in different politi
cal doctrines than themselves are en
tirely wrong, and enemies to free gov
ernment. The editor of the East Or
egonian is one of these. According to
his opinion Mr. Dolph was never "fit
to represent the people," and yet for
the twelve years he has been in the
senate no man ever did as much for
the benefit of the producers and citi
zens of the state. But if one were to
produce facts and figures to prove this
the East Oregonian would not be con
vinced, for it has arrogated to itself all
the arguments that may be produced
pro and con, and any other reasoning
would be fallacious from its stand
point.
It further says that Mr. Dolpb be
lieves in a master and a slave class,
and yet he .is a man of ability and in
teeritv and a zood citizen. This state-
ment carries with it its own contradio
tion. No man who believes in a slave
and a master clas3 can be a good citi
zen of a republic, and should not be
allowed to exercise the right of suffrage.
Such a man cannot be a good subject
of any government except a despotic
monarchy, and is diametrically op
posed to the very spirit of free institu
tions. Senator Dolph is as far from
believing in any euch mediaeval
superstitution as the editor of the East
Oregouian, and has as an exalted opia
ion of human freedom. But he does not
believe in the single-tax notion and
other wild theories advocated by Pop
ulists and anarchists, and is in favor
of the established systems of business,
societv and government. This is suffi
oient in the opinion of the East Or
gonian to constitute him a plutocrat
and a believer in master and slave. If
a census were taken these "plutocrats"
would be largely in the majority,
and they would be found to be
the staunch friends of individual
liberty and toe supremacy ol law
and order. Bat if the populists and
anarchists were given free reins what
a chaotic coafusion would take place,
and how soon the country would drift
into the most despotic tyranny.
THE COUNTRY'S GOOD.
SENATOR MeBRJDB,
v. . ! ii .
The election of Hon. George W.
McBride as senator will be a surprise
to very many, and yet, perhaps, it was
the only peaceful solution that was pos
- Bible of the contest that bad been waged
in , Salem the -past forty days.
He is a native Oregonian, has been
secretary of state for two terms, and
. was speaker of the lower house in the
legislature in 1882. There is no more
popular man in the state, nor one in
whom the people have greater confi
dence. He is thoroughly identified
with the best interests of the north
west, and will undoubtedly use his most
earnest endeavors in carrying out the
improvements to the navigation of the
Columbia, appropriations for whioh Mr.
Dolph has secured. Mr. McBride is a
young man, comparatively, and will
have an .opportunity of development.
His antecedents give promise of many
possibilities in the future, and he will
undoubtedly make a good record for
- himself ' in the United States senate.
His father was Dr. McBride, who, we
. believe, was formerly United States
minister to the Sandwich islands, one
of his brothers is Hon. John R. Mc
Bride, who was member of congress
from this state and the other Judge
T. A.. McBride of the fifth judicial
district. ' ' On the great financial ques
tion his views are in harmony with
those of Mr. Dolpb, and in his selec
tion the friends of that gentleman ex
ercised their best judgment.
It shows that the friends of Mr.
Dolpb,' 'while not able to elect him,
still held the key to the situation, in
nominating and electing bis successor.
The only power that the bolters pos-
One legislative body expired by lim
itation last Saturday night which
a great relief to the people of Oregon,
and another one will go out of exist
ence next Monday which will be wel
come news to the nation. The one
was a farce as regards beneficial laws
'passed, and the other will be worse
and more far reaching in its conse
quences. - Democracy has had a free
rein in the session of congress no
coming to a close, and could have
made history for itself in many differ
ent ways; but it has literally done
nothing remedial, and the country will
be worse in many ways at its close
then when it assembled. There were
finanoial stringency and business de
pression, all over the land when con
gress was convened, and the people
have anxiously waited for something
to be done to restore confidence to
capital and stimulate activity in trade.
Instead of this, tariff tinkering has
caused industries to close down, and
squabbling over financial theories has
made capitalists wary and fearful of
investment. The president has shown
by repeated messages that he under
stood the gravity of the situation as
far as monetary matters were con
cerned; but the last hope that congress
will come to the aid of the treasury by
the passage of a financial bill has van
ished. Democracy is divided against
itself.and is spending these last hours in
personal bickerings and recrimina
tions. Republicans have offered to
help pass any measure that would
place the treasury in a safe condition;
but the free silver contingent have
defeated every measure.
. There will be few regrets expressed
by the people when congress adjourns,
and would have been better in every
way if it had never convened. The next
session will be Republican in the lower
house, bat any legislation in the party
line will be handisapped by a few
Populists in the senate. There cm be
nothing done to lift the country out of
the condition in which it has been
placed by Democratic mismanagement
until the election of 1896 seats a new
president in the chair and give both
branches of congress to Republican
control. Then the people may hope
that old policies will be resumed, and
with their resumption will dawn a
brighter day for the republic.
POPULIST CLAPTRAP.
The editor of the East Oregonian is
in good health, and enjoys himself after
his usual style. As an evidence that
be is in a normal condition we print
the following:
"The Dalles riMES-MocNTAniEEB is
in very bad humor over the defeat of
Mr. Dolph for senator. It seems to
still believe that he was wanted by the
people, and that the people's interests
will suffer because of his failure of re
eleotion. It exclaims that "he hss
served the people for twelve years."
Yes, he served them, served them at
$5000 a year, while be drew four times
as much from other sources. Wonder
if he served the people really while in
the employ of other interests? Won
der if he did not pose as serving them?
Mr. Dolpb hss no interest in serving
the people. He is not a peop'e's man.
He has confidence in the idea of the
few, rather than in the common sense
of the plain people. He believes the
few Bhould rule, while the many should
content themselves with struggling and
striving. He is a thorough-going
Hamiltonian Republican, in sympathy
with the privileged people and in love
with the aristosratic. For this reason
he wss not, and never could be, a true
representative of the people, and is not
a Republican, from the standpoint that
Abraham Lincoln was."
In the first place the Times Mount
aineer is not in a "very bad humor
over the defeat of Mr. Dolpb for sen
ator;" bnt it is disgusted because thirty
Republicans refused to pay the least
attention to the people's wishes as ex
pressed at the ballot box last June;
that they voted against Mr. Dolph for
no reason whatever, and in many in
stances in violation of solemn pledges
and plighted faith. Again, Mr. Dolph
did represent the people, and served
them faithfully, for evidence of which
it is only necessary to mention the
forfeiture of the Wall uU Portland
land grant, the method of settlement
of the title to wagon road lands,
change of the work at the decades to
the contract system, inauguration of
the ship railway and the large appro
priations for the Columbia river. But
these truths are not convincing to the
mind of the editor of the East Orego
nian, for to hira conclusive arguments
are those which do not rest on facts or
figures.
This clap trap about aristocracy,
and rights of the people is not worthy a
moment s notice, except for the per
nicious effect it exerts npon the dis
contented classes. Such expressions
cause riots and insubordination to law
and order, and sharpen the edge of
the knife of the anarchist. The gov.
ernment of the United States is much
purer and freer than would be
the rule of the designing politician,
who studies how to delude the com
oion people for his own personal ends
by trying to make them believe all
others are thieves and liars and that
the present status of society is rotten
to the corer It is the old -cry of
Stop thief!" to allow the felloy an
opportunity to make way with the
plunder.
Alexander Hamilton was the bright.
est statesman America ever produced,
and enunoiated the safest theory of
government that was promulgated in
his day. George Washington was a
"Hamiltonian Republican;" so was
John Hancock, Benjamin Franklin,
John Adams, Abraham Lincoln, Wm.
H. Seward, James A. Garfield and U.
S. Grant. But John O. Calhoun,
Robert Tombs and Jefferson Davis
were not; neither is Henry George,
General Ooxey and the editor
of the East Oregonian. "Hamiltonian
Republicans" preserved the American
union, freed the slaves, protected
American industries and inaugurated
the safest system of finances that ever j
any country enjoyed. It is rot neces
sary to state what Democraoy, as ap
plied to the political organization in
this country, has done and left undone,
The history of the nation 'from 1861
to 1865, and from 1892 to 1896 will
show what it has attempted to do and
what it has failed to accomplish.
in trust for them the sum of $8,500,
000, or over $6500 per head. Never
theless, they are supported at the pub
lic expense, like so many destitute
persons, while there is a constant howl
about pensions paid to keep union
soldiers out of the poor houses.
A statistician finds that 2.500,000
people in Europe are living in coun
tries ether than those in which they
were born, while in the United States,
according to the census of 1890, 11,
500,000 persons had migrated from
their native states. Two thirds of
those born in some of the New Eng
land states are scattered in other parts
of the country.
The Portland Sun has begun ad
monishing Senator McBride; bat our
esteemed co temporary must know that
Mr. McBride is a Republican, comis
f om good stock, and will work for the
best interests of the state from a Re
publican standpoint, unmindful of the
advice of Populists or Democrats. He
will represent the people of Oregon at
Washington City; bat not in the way
the thirty bolters did at Salem.
Says the Salem Statesman: We are
sorry to observe that Binger Hermann
has not a high estimate of the qualifi
cations of George W. McBride for
United States senator. Binger is the
only citizen of Oregon who thinks he
himself is better fitted for the place,
and there are growing to be quite a
number who think this distract has
many abler and better men for con
gress. Bin&ensm is considerably run
to seed. If he does not get the chair
manship of the rivers and harbors
committee, his political cake will sure
ly be dough.
The treasury's gold increases at the
rate of $2,000,000 or $3,000,000 a
day. The resirye will probably be
$80,000,000 or $85,000,000 when all
the purchased gold comes to hand. It
should never be allowed to go below
$60,000,000 again at the lowest. The
government has ample auihority to
replenish the reserve when needed,
and it should be exercised promptly
and fearlessly. If the recently dis
posed of bonds had been put on the
market two or three weeks earlier the
government would have saved $10,
000,000 or $15 000,000 in the better
terms which it could command.
Tbe Curtis anti fish wheel bill passed
the house Thursday through inatten
tion of the friends of wheels; hut very
likely it will not reach a vote in the
senate. If fish-wheels were prohibited
it would be a death-blow to a very lu
crative industry in this vicinity.
Earlier in the session we might expeot
further action on this matter, as the
Astoria delegation daring every ses
sion of the legislature works arduously
to deprive fishermen on tbe upper
river from receiving any benefit from
the annual ran of salmon, And uses
every means for the passage of legisla
tion to accomplish their desires. We
may feel thankful that their eelfixb
ends have been defeated, but those in
terested in salmon catching aod can
ning on tbe middle river should care
fully watch matters in this regard, and
see that the industry is not destroyed
by inimical legislation.
The act of vandalism committed last
night by some residents of the city in
setting fire to tbe pest house to pre
vent the inmates of the house in which
the small pox patient resides being
removed to that locality is to be cen
sured in tbe severest terms. It is a
crime punishable by imprisonment in
tbe penitentiary, and cannot be jus ti
tled from any stand point. From the
opinions of tbe best physicians in the
city there is not the least danger by
these persons who have been exposed
to the contagion occupying this build
ing, and the board of health considered
it tbe most advisable plan to follow,
The citizBDg of The Dalles have always
been considered a law-abiding com
m unity, bd we are sorry that any of
our people should have so far forgotten
their duty as to lend aid to this incen
diarism. If it is necessary the mili
tary should be called out to support
the city authorities; but we hope that
this act will be the last in this line.
TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Farther Particular.
New York, Feb. 25 -Cipher dis
patcbts received bere by members of tbe
Cubsn revolutionary psrty, to whom tbe
date set for tbe u pricing has been known
sinceTebruari 9, told that tbe revolution
had been begun.
Jose Marti, twice bautshed from Cuba
because of bis bate of Sosnish domlna
tion, aod General Maximo Gomez, who
commanded tbe eastern wing of Cuban
rebels In tbe revolution of 1868, left New
York two weeks ago for Vera Cru, and
news received from Cuba last night tells
that they have landed, and their arrival
was to be tbe tigoal for an uprising.
Ir was bere In New York that tbe rev
elation was planned sod it was from bere
that tbe order wss sent which lighted
tbe fire of civil war in Cuba. Cuban
leaders here are In league with tbe revo
lutionists of tbe islands aod with sympa
thizers in tbe Uoittd States, Mexico and
Sooth America republics, and have been
long preparing for tbe event.
Tbe insurgent forces in Mataozas, near
Ybarra, where one wing of tbe patriot
party raised its standsid, are under the
command of Mejor- General Jnllo 8ao-
gullj . The point meetioned Is about 66
miles east of Hayaaa, on the west end of
tbe island.
The scene of the other npriiing men
tioned In tbe Havana dispatcbes, Guan
tanamo, is on tbe east end ot tbe inland,
and tbe fact tbattbess widely sepsrated
places are given prominence is accepted
by Cubans in New York to mean that the
uprising has extended throughout tbe
island, and that tbe Spanish authorities
are attempting to belittle its extent.
Tbe revolutioosry forces in tbe eastern
section of tbe island, which Includes
Gusntanamo, are commanded by Brigadier-
General Gulllermo Moncada. It is
estimated that be can raise 4000 men .
The Spanish forces number about
18,000 regulars, of which about 6000 are
stationed at Santiago de Cuba, and are
within reach of tbe rebels at
Uuantanamo. Tbe balk of the remaining
Spanish troops are stationed at Havana,
and are to near tbe scene of General
Sangully's starting point, Ybarra.
Men who are bigb In tbe councils of
the Cuban party, and who were
instructed with tbe dste set for tbe up
rising say that tbe arms wblch have been
muggled into Cuba during tbe last few
weeks, and which were lauded near
Mataozas and other points, and those
which are already in tbe possession of tbe
patriot forces ot General Gomez, would
be able to arm about 8000 men at once
and many more within a short tame.
TELEQEAPHIO SEWS-
sessed was that of a minority, and
however insignificant this may be it is
always fraught with considerable mis
chief in that it may block legislation
and defeat the wishes of the people.
AH Republicans will be thankful that
tbe senatorial contest ended tbe way
it did,' and that those who defied the
voice of the public and trampled under
foot every ..political obligation were
obliged at last to accept the man
named by the friends of Senator
Dolph;:,"i:'
1 . I. SSMBSSSSSMaWBSlSwMaWSSSS
V1 NARROW-MINDED.
The East Oregonian, in its issue of
yesterday,, speaking of Mr. Dolph,
says:: '
"Senator Dolpb is no longer an issue
in tbe politics-of this state. He will
fee soon a private citizen and will be
respected as such. He is a man of
ability, of legal learning and training,
but he wa never fit to represent the
people. He is a class man, a firm up
holder of the ides that there will ever
be a master and a slave class. He has
no sympathy for popular government
or confidence in the mass of the peo
ple.' For this reason no real Demo
cratic. newspaper can have any sym
pathy with bun as public official or
The greatest oV jection against Mr.
Dolph appeared to be that be lacked
the elements of popularity with the
masse; in other words, he was not
"bale fellow well met'" with everv
ganj who crowds street corners There
has never been one word said against
his ability, nor one charge substanti
ated that he did not faithfully repre
sent the best interests of the state at
the national capital; but that he acted in
a dignified manner, and was cold and
nnsooial were the most serious objec
tions made to his re-eleotion. Tbe
thirty bolters wonld have supported
t? t i i ...
mm ii ne naa oeeu a smiling syco
phant or a loquacious demagogue, in
stead of what he is, a dignified gentle
man, conscious of the honesty snd
purity of his convictions. These men,
who were elected to represent the peo
ple of Oregon in the legislature, paid
more attention to the wiles of the
politician than to the substantial qua!
ities of statesmanship in the candidate
for United States senator, and because
Mr Dolpb was not possessed of the
former they voted against him on
every ballot.. From such actions the
Oregon legislature does not advertise
itself as a very competent body of law
makers to tbe thinking, discerning
world, ' - .
NO FREE SILVER.
There has been a fruitless attempt
to induce Senator McBride to say
something in favor of the unlimited
coinage of silver; but the senator is a
Republican, and he knows the party
baa never given any countenance to
the many fallacious theories of finance
that spring into life every few years
and have a short and uneventful ex
istence. The greenback craze attracted
some adherents in 1873, but it passed
out of notice withont making the least
change in the monetary system in op
eration. - No heed was paid to it by
Republicans other than to show up its
fallacies. After the hard times which
began in 1892 a craze for iree silver took
possession of oertain portions of the
country, and has continued ever since,
The Republican party, with its sound
financial record during the epoch when
it required statesmanship of the high
est order to mansge national affairs,
oannot afford to pay only sufficient at
tention to this to show its vagaries to
the people. The Republican party has
always been in favor of a sound and
safe currency, and this cannot be
maintained by free silver. Mr. Mc
Bride is thoroughly Republican, and
this is a sufficient answer to silverites
who imagine tbey won a victory in
his election at Salem last Saturday
night. They oiay cross examine him
all tbey please on this question, When
his vote is called for in the senate it
will be cast in the same direction that
Mr. Dolph's would if he had been reflected.
UU In Whittled Vowa.
Washington, Feb. 8 The senate
committee on appropriations did not in
clude in tbe deficiency bill an appropri
ation of $423,000 for paying claims to
Cansdisn sealers. It Is expected that an
amendment will be offered in tbe senate,
Senator Morgan, chairman, of tbe foreign
relations committee, says he will not of
fer it, nor will be call a meeting to con
sider it. "I will vote against it," ssid be.
"It is a proposition containing neither
merit nnr anything else to commend it "
Tbe appropriation committee bas also
amended tbe naval appropriation bill so
as to provide for two battleships instead
of three, and six composite light draft
gunboats snd three torpedo boats. One
of tbe torpedo boats, it provides, shall be
built on or nesr tbe Pacific coast. It also
reduces tbe appropriation for reserve
guns for cruisers at tbe Mare Island vard
146.000. and for ibe drvdock at Paget
nuod $70,000 There is a reduction of
$450,000 In tbe boots appropriation for
armor and armament. Tbe total appro
priation is $29,000,000, with a reduction
of $2,639,798 trom tbe total earned by
the bill as It passed tbe bouse.
Invalid 3 Years,
Cured by Hood's
Havward Murder Trial.
Minneapolis, Feb. 26 When the trial
of tbe Hay ward murder case was resumed
todsy it was announced that County At
torney Nye coold not be present, owing
to a funeral in bis family, snd Assls'ant
County Attorney A H Hall conducted
tbe cross-examination ot Harry Hay wsrd.
Hay ward's connection with tbe loan Miss
Ging made on tbe floor mill at Hamel
and tbe collection of the loss when it
suddenly burned, was thoroughly venti
lated. Harry was asked whether be had
not driven oat to Hamel with Miss Glng
the morning after tbe fire, This be
denied utterly. Tbe state proposes to
show on rebuttal tbat he was not telling
tbe truth.
Harry described how be bad turned tbe
lot given him by bis faiDtr into csih.
The proceeds bad been nearly $10,000,
and this be partially lost at gambling,
wbile tbe rent be bad given Adrian in a
sealed envelope, end it was put In tbe
safe. He declared the most money be
ever lost at one time was $5700, at the
Twin City Athletic Club.
A Ureal Trade Destroyed.
Chicaoo, Feb. 26 Speakiog of tbe
decree just issued by tbe French govern
ment prohibiting tbe ' importation of
American cattle, Nelson Morns, a well.
known packer, ssid: "We shipped
$18,000,000 worth of csttle and produce
te France alone last year, and this great
trade is absolutely destroyed by the or
der of tbe French government. I knew
this wss coming, and with tbe exception
of two or three boat loads, not any csttle
or and product has been sent to Fiance
in the last 10 days. Tbe effect of tbe
German and Belgium embargo bas been
to reduce tbe price of cattle of the classes
shipped io these countries by $10 a bead.
and this French edict will even more un
justly affect tbe stockyards.
"Ibis bas. been tbe enect on prices not
witnstandiog the fact that the supply of
cattle bas been cut down two-t&irds en
account of tbe lack of feed. Tbe effect
on tbe product is even greater tban tbe
effect on the live-cattle trade, especially
as far as France is concerned. . We were
shipping 7000 cattle a week and as many
more in addition in tbe form of product
France has been taking a great deal of
lean cattle for soaps, and this class will
be very injuriously effected bv tbe new
edict, wbile as to dressed beef sod pork
products tbe result will be eyen more
f&r reaching.
Battered ut Braised.
Chehalis, Feb. 26 Another furrow
ing tale of maritial in felicity .comes from
Drysd, this coaoty. A farmer named
Cooper was brought in this morning to
be tried for insanity. His head'waa bst
tered sod bruised until it hardly looked
as if it belonged to a hnmaobeing. Hj
does not appear to he insane, and bis
neighbors express doubts of his being so.
tie says tbat alter retiring witn tvs wife
tbe otber night be reproscbed ber for be-
lag too free with other men. 8be said
nothing, but got up and banted np a
hammer. Tben witoout warning sbe
went after him with it nd beat him
nearly to death. When be attempted to
defend himself sbe raised an outcry, aod
when tbe neighbor came sbe said he was
crazv and bad tried to cot bis throat with
a razor.
farewell dinner last night. Among tbe J
toasts wss "A Happy .hotry into Peking."
Count Aokl will sail tor New York from
Bremen todsy, and expects to leave Van
couver, B. C , March 14.
Jamleson Slllls Burned.
Seattle, Wssb. Feb. 27 The Jrnnie
son shingle mills at Ballard, with a daily
capacity of 200,000, and owned by Mc -Gee
Bros., was destroyed bv fire this
morning. Tbe los is fuily $15,000; in
surance, $5000, In tbe Palatine and North
ern companies.
The boiler wss the only thing saved.
Tbe fire started in the fan of tbe drying
room. four Great Northern box-cars were
burned, and tbe stock-yard ot J M Dooo
boe's mill ignited from the sparks, but
was quickly extinguished with small
damage.
Kill! d His SoD-Ia-Law.
Cobtallis. Or., Feb. 27 It is reported
from Summit, a small station about 25
miles west of Coryallis, in the Burnt
woods district, just over tbe line in Lin
coin county, tbat John MoCalb was shot
and almost instantly killed by bis father
in-law, John McDowell.
There seems to have been trouble for
some time between McCalb and bis wife,
which finally ended yesterday by Mc
Dowell having McCalb arrested on tbe
cbsrge of assault and battery on bis wife.
The trial came off yesterday in Jastict
Lockey's court at Little Elk, when Mc
Ca'b was acquitted.
McDowell and bis fsmily went borne
ahead of McCalb, and the latter followed
with tbe avowed intention of taking bis
children, who were with bis wife at bis
father-in-law's. He rode op to tbe Mc
Dowell place on horseback, and called
trom tbe gate, asking It his children were
there, to wbich be was answered by Mc
Dowell tbat tbey were there. He there
upon said tbat be bad come for them,
sod would take them, when McDowell
told bim be could not have tbem, and it
is understood tbat McDowell immediate
Iv fired a load of buckshot, wbicb struck
McCalb and bis horse. The horse
became unmanageable and threw McCalb
off. As he fell he tried to get np, saying:
' Ton have not downed me yet," when
McDowell rushed out with a revolver and
Bred three more shots, all taking effect
in McCalb's side.
McDowell is 72 years old, while Mc
Calb is a young man. McDowell claims
he sbot McCalb through fear that be
wonld be overpowered it be allowed hira
to get too close. McCalb was not armed
and from tbe information so far obtained
it is tbonght tbe killing was not justifia
ble. Tbe coroner bas been sent for, and
tbe inquest will be beld todsy.
la Deflanee of Lav.
San Fbabckco, F. b. 27 Tbe North
American Commercial Company's schoon
er (7 & White will sail tt dsy on a sea
otter homing expedition to Alaska. Sbe
carties 25 men, rifles and tbe usual out
fit, also four enginee-s for tbe stesm
launches wbich the compaay" uses in
preference to tbe slow moving canoes of
tbe Indian buntirs, who are supposed to
do the bunting for pelts of tbe exceed
ingly valuable sea otter.
Tbe revenue laws are most stringent
on tbe point tbat no white man shall kill
or captors this animal in tbe waters ot
Behrlng sea and along Ibe A'askan coast.
bat tbe C O White bss signed proscribed
banters bere, ho will receive $7 50 for
every skin they bring over tbe tide of tbe
schooner. Moreover, tbey are provided
with a stock of new Winchester rifles, tbe
use of wbich will make tbe vessel liable
to seizure, ss only clubs, spears and sbnt
guns sre to be used by tbe ludisns wbo
alone are permitted to bunt.
The launch engineers are employed at
$40 a month for tbe season, and with
these small, swift steamers darting among
tbe coves and inlets of tbe bonting
grounds toe chsnces of the otter to escape
and of tbe Indian to realize wages from
f s capture are reduced to a minimum.
though it has been tbe intention of tbe
government to leave tbe sea otter to In
dians.
Tbe schooner White bas caused tbe
government a great deal of trouble aod
has twice been sezed for Illegal bunting
The schooner-yacht Rattler, owoed by
tbe Facinc Trading Company, is also fit
ting out for an otter-bunting cruise.
By an Expioaloa.
Debtee, Col.. Feb. 27 A special from
Cerrillok, N. M., says: ''One of tbe most
serious mine sccidents ever known in tbis
territory occurred at White Ash, 'three
miles from bere, tbis afternoon, when as
explosion in the Saata Fe Ompany's
mine closed the entrance and set fire to
tbe interior. Forty men are in tbe mine.
and it seems impossible that any csn
bave made good their escape. Dense
smoke is pooriog from openings and pre
vent tbe Work of rescue. One dead body
bar been recovered, that ot a driver, who
was nesr the month of tbe tunnel when
the explosion occurred.
TELEGRAPHIC,
Story Discredited.
Washington, Feb. 27 Officials of the
state and navy departments are disposed
to discredit the story tbat there has been
trouble at Blueflelds. There is no war
ship nearer tbis point than tbe Atlanta.
which bas been at Colon several weeks .
Her commander's report showed every
thing quiet at the ports he vuited . It is
assumed he is in a position to bear as
promptly ss sny one of tbe reported
trouble at Bluefields. There are a few
American vessels plying between Blue
fields and the United States engaged in
tropical trade, bat officials bere csnnot
concede any reason why tbey should be
interfered with in a hostile way by anv
Biitisb DiRD-of-war, aurt the belief Is that
if sny ships bave been disabled as re
ported, it most be tbe result of accident.
Hopelessly Mhelved.
Washington. Feb. 28 Tbat Congress
man Geary's Nicsrsgas canal bill bas
dlsd is something more than mere seem
ing. The measure through wbicb the
Pacific coast hoped so much bas been
hopelessly shelved.
Representative Geary is, perhaps, more
dissppointed tban any other member of
tbe bouse, at tbe failure of bis pet scheme
to become a law. He bas devoted more
attention to it tban to almost anything
else during bis last two years in congress.
snd wsS confident at tbe beginning of
this session tbat tbe 4tb of next March
would see it enscted into a law.
Ha says: "The present home bill was
given more study than any otber meas
ure of tbis sort tbat bss ever been intro
duced in congress. Tbe faults and
loopholes wbich bad crept into tbe
senate bill were alt corrected, and there
was absolutely no chsnce for jobbery. It
wss a clean, henest measure. I can only
attribute its failure to pass to one thing
ibe present company was not given a
large bonus for concessions wbicb they
demanded, and preferred to take their
chances in soother congress. Tbey bave
had a strong lobby bere who bave done
effective work against us. principally
among tbe delegations already prejudiced
sgatost anv sort ot a canal across Centra!
America. I preseuted a petition to the
rules committee, signed by about 150
members, bat it did not bave the desired
effec'. they making tbe excuse tbat thev
could not give the time so nesr the end
of tbe session. I would bave been sstis-
fied if tbey bad only given as half a dav
and am perfectly confident tbat tbe bill
wonld bave passed."
Tbe chairman of the commerce com
mittee. Representative Wise, of Virginia
while be bas been a strong advocate of
tbe canal, bas left the matter largely in
the bands of McCreary and Geary, be
lieving tbat tbey coold take care of it.
He is satisfied thst they have made, the
best fight possible under Ibe circnm
stances, snd does not attribute its failure
to any lack of perseverance on their part
He U as much disappointed as tbey at
tbe failure of tbe matter to come up, as
be had prepared au elaborate speech
favonng tbe canal, and bas had it in bis
desk for months waiting for tbe bill to
come up.
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la the SJeaate.
Washington, Feb, 3a The deficiency
appropriation bill was reported to tbe
senate today, leaving only the naval bill
before tbe committee.
Consideration of tbe sundry civil bill
was resumed. An smeodment wss agreed
to appropriating $300,000 fer seed for
the drooght sutlers in tbe northwest.
Stewart moved to reconsider an amend
ment already adopted, for the participa
tion of tbe United States in an interna-
tional monetary conference, and proposed
an amendment instructing tbe United
States delegates not to agree to any ratio
below 10 to 1. He said Farnce was tbe
only European country in a position to
take part in such a conference with any
prospect oi doing isiriy oy silver.
Wolcott grestly regretted this division
of opinion among senators from tbe silver
slates. Success was almost st hand,
Tbe senator declsred himself for Ameri
can bimetalism, bat if tbe nations of tbe
worid united in offering tbe greatest ad'
vantage to silver it bad received since its
demonetization it would be criminal to
cast it aside.
Stewart again took tbe floor denouncing
tbe proposed conference as "a trade with
our opposera." Whatever others might
do, he never would consent to sucb a
scheme. Stewart's motion to reconsider
was detested -yeas 9, nays 08.
Tbe sff rmative vote wss Allen. Black
burn, Call. Cockrell.'Kyle, Martin. Fogh.
feller, and tt'ew art. 'ibe negative in
cluded leading Silver men, sucb as Jones,
Teller, George, Wolcott aod Cameron .
The Hayward Trial.
Minneapolis, Feb. 27 Tbe defense
in tbe Hay ward murder case seems deter
mined to fssten tbe responsibility of the
highway robbery of April SS, 1898, on
Adrian Hay ward. Tbe chief incident in
today's session wss tbe testimony by
Fred Horst, liveryman, tbat Adrian hired
a bone at H P H. on tbat date snd re
turned at 10 :80. This would baye given
bim time to take part in the bold-uo of
tils brother and Miss uiog and Mus Ved
der.
Tbe defense expects to shew by otber
witnesses tbst Adnsn wss seen near tbe
acene of tbe robbery.
There are fears tbat tbe jurv will not
be able o stand the long strain of tbe
rial successfully . Juror 8 H Dyer is
suffering badly from swollen veins, snd
tbis morning bad to be carried np stairs
to court.
EDITOhlAL NOTES.
Dolph or no senator is tbe sentiment
of prominent Kecublicans at The
Dalies, and we presume the same is
true in otber parts of the state. The
majority should rule, and not suffer
from the domination of tbe minority.
There are about 1300 Indians in the
Oosge tribe, and the government holds
"C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.!
"GsnUsmens I am glad to tall you tbat I
have been given good health by Hood's
Sarssparills. For three ysars I was aa lo-
vaua, suffering terribly trom
Nervousness and Lameness.
"I was so nsrvous ii could not bear tba least
noise, and I had to walk with crutches for
six months, as I could not put one of my feet
to the floor. Physicians did not do me any
good, so a friend told sae to get Hood's Bar-
saparllla, bat
I Said There Was No Use.
"However, alter thinking ths matter orer, I de
cided to give it a trial, and have taken six
bottles of Hood's Bsrssparnia, and the re
sult Is that lam well as any one eouJd wish
to be, and can do any kind of work. I ad
Tlss all my friends to tke Hood's Sarsspa.
rUla for I bsUeve ft win do tbem good."
M ibs Scan Donaox, Cotton. California.
Mood's PHtS ears over ills, eonstipaUsa,
i)tesMsws,uaillssflskass4asha,ia4tgssll4a
Aa Heard at Waatunaiea.
Washington, Feb. 26-Secretary
Gresbsm bss received a cablegram from
United States Consul Williams, at Ha
vana, announcing tbat martial law has
bees oroclaimed io Cuba
Tbe Spanish minister, Senor Maragna,
received similar advices. According to
Minister Maragua'a advices there bsve
been tao small emeotes is Cabs, The
first was In tre province of Mstsczss, in
tbe south, wbere IS men armed them
selves and undertook to start a rebellion
Tbe otbxr was in Ibe province of Cubs,
wbere 27 rebels were rooted by govern
ment troops and six were taken prisonett.
Tbe minister bas co apprehension of a
general uprising.
Aaother Araaenlaa Suei-jr.
Lonpon, Feb. 28 Tbe Daily Telegraph
bat a special dated Moosh, February 93,
in wbich tbe correspondent relates the
result of bis inquiries into tbe stories of
strocities similar to those long sg prioted
One incioent Is tbat of a massacre near
Diellvegonsan, In abicb 800 Armenians
of all ages and both sexes were killed
by Turkish troops, wbo had induced
tbem to surrender under promises of
protection. Tbe dead aod dying were
thrown into so immense pile. The
dispatch purports to have come by
Russian wins by way ot &!.
- Hast Velars to Jmpmm.
Bkbuh. Feb. 28 Tne Japanese minis
t- r of war bas recalled to Japan all Japa
nets i fflcers serving in the German army'.
The Japanese envoy, Count Aokl, gave a
Blaoell Is rirat.
Washinton, Feb. Feb. 27 Postmaster
General Bissell set at rest all doubts as
to bis purpose of remaining in tbe cabi
net, by tendering bis resignation to Fres
fdent Cleveland this afternoon. His let
ter of resignation is said to bave been
brief and to have been couched in tbe
usual formal terms. The letter was
written by tbe postmaster general at tbe
close of office hours today, and was by
mm personally nanaed to bis cbief
line siter o o'clock, rnis action was
not taken hastily. At fsr back as the
esrly autnmn, Mr. fi asell felt tbat bis
law practice at Bafftlo required bis per
sonal attention, and at that time notified
tbe president tbat sooner or later be
woold be compelled to retire to private
life. Nothing further pasted between
the two gentlemen with reference to the
matter uutll 10 days ago, when Mr Bis
sell sgain sskured tbe president tbst be
must soon resign bis portfolio.
Turks Oeatray Prsaf.
London, Feb. 87 The Telegrvph bat a
two column dispatch from a reporter who
wss sent by It to investigate tbe Arme
nian outrages. It Is dated Moosh, Jan
uary 23, and was sent by tbe Rastisn
telegrsph line frcm Ears.
Tbe dispatch records attempts on tbe
part of Turks to destroy the proofs of
outrages, and especially to obliterate tbe
tell-tale pit dug behind tbe redence of
the little chief of Djellyrgoosan, in wbicb
hundreds of mutilated bodies were piled
in one confuted, festering mass. Barrels
If oil tbat were onglnally intended to be
nsed in burning tbe villages were poured
into tbs pit and set on fire, Tbs flames
failed to contains the mass, and a bill
Strom was dammed to- wash away tbe
horrible evidence. Now the remains are
being removed piecemeal.
Prtaee Biaaaarels Talks.
London, Feb.' 28 Tbe Daily News'
correspondent in Berlin says tbat in con
versation with a deputation from Lsipuo,
a few dtys sgo, Prices Bismarck spoke
thus: I seldom bave been a happier
msn. When I reckon my few minutes
of rcsl happiness, I am hardly able to
make 24 hours. In politics I never
gained enough rest to be happy, and had
only a few mimutes in my 'private life.
Tbe first one I ever remember' was, when
a boy, I sbot my first bsre. Lster I en
joyed my life with my wife and children.
"Une needs a certain natural gilt to en
joy bapploens. The old emperor pos-
sessea it. ms temperament was partly
sanguine, partly phlegmatic. It was
difficult to bring bim to a decinon, but
wnen nis oecision was once made, you
coold build a bouse on it. He loved
truth above all things. So do I. Dur
ing my diplomatic career I tried to stick
to the troth. Now and then I wss ob
liged to deviate a trifle from it, and thst
wss vers painful to the old man. He
always blushed, and I coold not face
him, but would look quickly away.' -
Tbe prince ssid of tbe anti-tocmllst
bill: 'I always bave told rolers with
wbom I have conversed on the snbiect. If
you combat socialism with ail the means
in your power, you will suppress It as an
acute mslsdy; but If you refuse protec
tlou to the middle class s, you will con
jure up a chronic disease which it will be
very difficult to care. Tbe idea of com
ing to terms with tbe revolutionists seems
to me to be tbe same ss if, in ease of
France's declaring war, we sbnnld icnd
lawyers to negotiate with her ."
Une of tbe prince s guests remarked
Yi'U must bave bad many years of bap
piueas In seeing the reverence and sfiVc
tion thst tbe German nation feels for
you."
Yes," answered Bismarck, "I am bap
py in mat retpect. tla'red is contsgions.
ss i nsve lesrned, but love is the same
Tbe great preparations for mv birthdsv
show sucb love and good will tbat tbey
bave put all tbe hatred I ever ftlt out of
my heart "
In the tSABMi.
Washington, Feb 28 Representative
Camlnetti reported to the bouse a pro-
pored amendment to the existing law
permitting tbe granting of a right of way
on public domain to tbe extent of 20 feet,
together with use ot necessary grounds,
not exceeding 40 acres, to any citlzn or
association for tbe purpose of gecers.
ting, manufacturing or distributing
electric power, -in uaiuoinia and else
where," says tbe accompanying report.
' small lownt and cities in tbe valley
can utilize electric light and power at .
minimum coat if allowed right of wav
across government lands to tbe foothills,"
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